DeVaultSetter

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 20 posts – 221 through 240 (of 764 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3885
    DeVaultSetter
    Keymaster

      Turns out the Mastering CMake files there are just TOC, and Martin/Hoffman’s version have non-functioning links. Better to just get it from CMake. 😛
      No corrigenda since 2003? They have indeed upped the standards! And news group comp.std.c++ dead?
      Interesting link on file system limits, thanks. Because the IA has well over 200 pb of data, the operation of extracting their offline info becomes … interesting even on a machine with ReFS. 😛
      IA retains some old AL links, the actual files for Miscellaneous and Downloads are missing, do remember attempting to edit the AHK version of HTML Sundry Tips … and getting a Cloudflare bounce when posting. Worked today, but the intended updates back then have quite slipped the mind. 😛
      Also came across the Previous Morrowind Patches, are those still current?

      in reply to: Sounds and Music #3882
      DeVaultSetter
      Keymaster

        Not too many comments in there either, also a Reddit thread with similar. The Miniot wheel is what we want:

        Really want to splash out on a Michell:

        A cute timelapse sonification of a supernova “bowl”:

        in reply to: Oblivion: ShadeMe Ini Presets #3879
        DeVaultSetter
        Keymaster

          For Oblivion interiors, they include objects (or paths) deemed to have the property of casting a shadow, “casters” if you like. Interiors have a similar canonical list for shadow receiving, the above lists are from users, so may not be complete. There are also types for interiors, and some of those, Skill for example, won’t make any sense as far as shadows are concerned. 😛
          Ditto above for Oblivion exteriors. 🙂

          in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3872
          DeVaultSetter
          Keymaster

            The hallmark of a bad movie: while the director’s away, folks wander around the set wondering what’s to play! 😛
            Have been reading old newspaper reviews of past series that were once available on our state channel. Apparently they don’t have a long holding period, so a lot of good stuff missed is gone until the lazy Susan (hopefully) brings it round again.
            The subscription based Cult Cinema Classics have amassed quite a collection as well, streaming through YouTube is not a bad experience as they keep ads to a minimum in long vids, (mostly.)
            The Knight of Cups is a mood piece steeped in watery reverie, fancy, and mystery, the mystery being how the audience can gird their dendritic loins around Rick’s mystic travails. A loosely spun narrative which unfortunately tied these neurones in knots, your mileage may vary. 🙂

            in reply to: Oblivion: ShadeMe Ini Presets #3867
            DeVaultSetter
            Keymaster

              The tables are barfed again, will resolve tomorrow. 🙂
              Fixed – the borders for the tables have gone even though “Visual” has them.

              in reply to: MWEdit #3858
              DeVaultSetter
              Keymaster

                It can be changed with WS_TABSTOP, see here, implementation may not be straight forward. The comments in How can I set the control’s tab index? explain things a little better.
                Have you got a portable DVD player? If any issues with that, just copy setup files to HDD, else try transfer to flash drive instead 🙂

                in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3856
                DeVaultSetter
                Keymaster

                  Yes, can get Tubi on Fetch. so will give it a whirl!
                  Completed The Darkness, not bad, although one can imagine folks making movies in Iceland have a hard time keeping the cold out!
                  Midnight Special never did deliver the genre of sci-fi these eyes and ears prefer, yet it works quite well as movie, with some genuinely stunning visuals. A bit less of the cannonball runs and volleys, and more … sci-fi please. 🙂

                  in reply to: MWEdit #3855
                  DeVaultSetter
                  Keymaster

                    Ooh, the language will be a thing – are there libraries for them?

                    Tab doesn’t work properly in pages with a tab control

                    It’s a bit cryptic, typically one transfers the focus of one control to another control on a form with CTRL-TAB. A tab form or page is itself also a control, thus the user may not expect the change in focus. And, depending on the tab order, the focus could switch to another tab, or a control in another tab, so you’ll want code for the tab to be activated with the contained controls shown, along with the one with the focus. Here’s a little V1 AHK script where CTRL-TAB selects the next tab:

                    WS_CLIPSIBLINGS := 0x4000000
                    DetectHiddenWindows, On
                    Gui, +LastFound -MaximizeBox -MinimizeBox +OwnDialogs HWNDguihWnd
                    thisguiW := floor(A_ScreenWidth/2)
                    thisguiH := floor(A_ScreenHeight/6)

                    Gui, Add, Text, vText Center x0 y0, Tab1
                    GuiControl, Move, Text, % “x” thisguiW/3 “y” thisguiH/3

                    Gui, Add, Tab2, x0 y0 w%thisguiW% h%thisguiH% vTestTab gTestTab HWNDtestTabhWnd, Tab1|Tab2|Tab3

                    Gui, Show, w%thisguiW% h%thisguiH% Hide

                    ; Calling GetNonClientDim with testTabhWnd is useless
                    tabguiH := thisguiH – GetNonClientDim(guihWnd)
                    tabguiW := thisguiW – A_LastError

                    tmp := A_ScriptDir . “\” . “logo.png”
                    urlDownloadToFile(“https://stearnvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/logo.png”, tmp, “Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/101.0.4951.67 Safari/537.36 OPR/87.0.4390.45”)

                    sleep 120

                    loop, 3
                    {
                    Gui, Tab, %A_Index%
                    picH := LoadPicture(tmp, GDI+ w%tabguiW% h%tabguiH%)
                    if (picH)
                    {
                    Gui, Add, Picture, x0 y0 w%tabguiW% h%tabguiH% glogo %WS_CLIPSIBLINGS%, % “HBITMAP:*” picH
                    gosub logo
                    }
                    }

                    ControlGetPos,,, w, h, Static2, , % “HBITMAP:*” picH

                    msgbox % “Pic width ” w ” Pic height ” h “nthisgui width " thisguiW " thisgui height " thisguiH "ntabgui width ” tabguiW ” tabgui height ” tabguiH

                    Gui, Show, w%thisguiW% h%thisguiH%, Test

                    return
                    TestTab:
                    GuiControlGet, tmp, , TestTab
                    GuiControl, , Text, %tmp%
                    Return
                    logo:
                    GuiControl, Move, % “HBITMAP:*” picH, % “x” 0 “y” (thisguiH – tabguiH) “w” tabguiW “h” tabguiH
                    Return
                    Esc::
                    GuiClose:
                    filerecycle %tmp%
                    ExitApp

                    GetNonClientDim(Hwnd)
                    {
                    If WinExist(“ahk_id ” Hwnd)
                    {
                    VarSetCapacity(rect, 16, 0)
                    DllCall(“GetWindowRect”, “Ptr”, Hwnd, “Ptr”, &rect)
                    W := NumGet(rect, 8, “int”) – NumGet(rect, 0, “int”)
                    H := NumGet(rect, 12, “int”) – NumGet(rect, 4, “int”)
                    VarSetCapacity(rect, 16, 0)
                    DllCall(“GetClientRect”, “Ptr”, Hwnd, “Ptr”, &rect)
                    W := W – NumGet(rect, 8, “int”)
                    DllCall(“SetLastError”, “UInt”, W)
                    Return H – NumGet(rect, 12, “int”)
                    }
                    else
                    msgbox Problem with Tab!
                    }
                    /* Written by Masonjar13

                    Downloads a file from a URL to a local file.

                    Parameters:
                    —————
                    url: url to download from

                    fileDest (optonal): local path to save to (defaults to script
                    folder with name of file from the url)

                    userAgent (optional): a valid useragent string to be used during
                    the http request

                    return: caught error message
                    —————

                    Example:
                    ————
                    urlDownloadToFile(“https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png&#8221😉
                    ————

                    */

                    urlDownloadToFile(url,fileDest:=””,userAgent:=””){
                    if (!fileDest) {
                    splitPath,url,fileDest
                    fileDest:=a_scriptDir “\” fileDest
                    }
                    if (!regExMatch(url,”i)https?://”))
                    url:=”https://” url
                    try {
                    hObject:=ComObjCreate(“WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1”)
                    ;hObject:=ComObjCreate(“Msxml2.XMLHTTP”) not reliable
                    hObject.Option(9) := 0X0800
                    ;Msxml2.XMLHTTP
                    ;hObject.AddRequestHeaders($hRequest, “Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9”)
                    ;hObject.SetRequestHeader(“Pragma”, “no-cache”)
                    ;hObject.SetRequestHeader(“Cache-Control”, “no-cache, no-store”)
                    ;hObject.SetRequestHeader(“If-Modified-Since”, “Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT”)
                    hObject.SetTimeouts(0,30000,30000,120000)
                    hObject.open(“GET”,url)
                    if (userAgent)
                    hObject.setRequestHeader(“User-Agent”,userAgent)
                    hObject.send()

                    uBytes:=hObject.responseBody,cLen:=uBytes.maxIndex()
                    fileHandle:=fileOpen(fileDest,”w”)
                    varSetCapacity(f,cLen,0)
                    loop % cLen+1
                    numPut(uBytes[a_index-1],f,a_index-1,”UChar”)
                    err:=fileHandle.rawWrite(f,cLen+1)
                    } catch e
                    return % e.message
                    }

                    The AHK logo is now stored here, ever since a rather stricter regime of Cloudflare settings has taken hold over there. 🙁
                    Ehm, anyway, back to C++. 😛

                    in reply to: MWEdit #3848
                    DeVaultSetter
                    Keymaster

                      The tab issue is super old and they were problematic back then, in AHK there are now three types of tab, the second tab came in 2007. In C++ it really amounts to what styles and attributes are applied.
                      If they meant MWEdit rather than CS, is it able to display AI package windows?
                      Will definitely want specifics for the search, is it regex based?
                      Sounds good. 🙂

                      in reply to: Random #3838
                      DeVaultSetter
                      Keymaster

                        The PC time was a day out (weekday correct – calendar date wrong) which explained a BIOS settings mismatch, and the Solitaire Events not playing nice, now fixed. 🙂
                        The setting in SB commander didn’t stick after reboot, even after stopping the service, so now trying out “direct mode” for the soundcard, seems a little more promising.
                        And ew, a few repairs on some of my tiny Oblivion mods due. 🙂
                        Sounds like a challenging game, with quite a few mods out as well, would “Tamriel in Minecraft” be of any use?

                        in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3837
                        DeVaultSetter
                        Keymaster

                          Haven’t seen yours, do recall the localised versions over here, especially “Turps” Turpie and Emdur who made it fun to watch.
                          LMAD never took off in a big way over here, so ended up LMADICI (In 101).
                          TTFAW is on the list! Many of these older movies end their journey in IA, TTFAW is offered in OGG format at 367 mb, so not bad for 360p format over ~90 minutes. The MPEG4 version is well over twice that, could there be a noticeable difference?
                          Many newer movies uploaded to IA are 1080p, which can be a pain to stream through average bandwidth. There would be many IA subscribers willing to downgrade to 720p for improved buffering no doubt, unfortunately 720p is not on the IA table at this time.
                          The interrelationship of the two young male leads in Murder by Numbers lends a bit of ballast to a generally empty and scatter-brained affair pf a movie. The matter of fact way Sandra Bullock enters the drama might play to her impressionable character, but doesn’t make sense at all in reference to the unravelling of a rather disturbing chain of events in this bleak and undeveloped story.

                          in reply to: Random #3832
                          DeVaultSetter
                          Keymaster

                            Huh, interesting, glad it was of use. 🙂
                            Cloudflare wouldn’t let me get on to NexusMods, because the time on this desktop was not updated for the end of daylight saving. After changing it and clearing cookies, still required a bit of doodle-foo for the thing to like me again. 😛
                            Back on the machine with the soundcard, forgot all about the dread 5.1 setting. 😛

                            in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3825
                            DeVaultSetter
                            Keymaster

                              You’ll want to watch the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies first without the dubious overlays of 21C “brush”. 😛
                              Think I saw that last century – anything with Jesse Ventura is bound to have a few good bangs. 🙂
                              Reason for including WOF is because many of their prize showcases back in the day were stunning, even the envy of some involved in department store displays!
                              WOF1980s Shoppers Bazaar
                              Here’s a short video of someone shopping for a Ceramic Dalmation!

                              in reply to: Power to the Pluggers and Players #3820
                              DeVaultSetter
                              Keymaster

                                Something (probably me) tripped the cord onto the sleeping 1200 VA 720W Eaton UPS: 5S1200AU, thus won’t power on means it or the batteries have kicked the bucket.
                                Yep, two batteries, and not cheap through the official, alternatives include the ones at Amazon, manufactured in Taiwan if it were ever a thing, whereas the provenance is Vietnam for this or this.
                                Anyway, the securing screws on the UPS don’t conform to anything on hand, and the bum software support from Eaton are enough to tip the scales over to a hopefully, better product.

                                And shock horror, could have got it for considerably less with free delivery through …. Amazon! So, to relieve the pain, ordered a second for another family member. 🙂

                                in reply to: Random #3814
                                DeVaultSetter
                                Keymaster

                                  OTOH, we’re bound to get close and personal to a bunch of Walrus issues which don’t involve Vault-Tec at all. The first and most obvious, is that Walrus is not a fictional brainchild of a game-creator, although there is no reason why it should not have a readable, rollicking and ropable counterpart in myth. One for the thread! 🙂
                                  Got a CloudFlare blech on this site, https://www.sure-green.com/suregreen-gardening/suregreen-plant-protection/suregreen-mesh-and-netting.html
                                  Same with you? Succumbed to temptation and posted at Reddit

                                  in reply to: Veg #3805
                                  DeVaultSetter
                                  Keymaster

                                    Over here, some plants won’t show chill shock symptoms ’til spring, and in many cases it’s too late. A great culinary addition to one’s garden is Mother of Herbs, also requiring chill protection in winter, even though it is a fantastic ground cover. So best in a pot. The much rarer Lemon Sherbet Coleus has similar requirements, been on the waiting list for that, uh, a while.
                                    Good luck, verbenas are tough, granted, make sure it’s well established before being walked on.
                                    Most of the tree plantings are complete, the main worry is to maintain protection for the young plants from wallabies and deer. Happens when things dry up a bit.

                                    in reply to: Hardware Relics #3804
                                    DeVaultSetter
                                    Keymaster

                                      Shucks, minor disaster with the VAX, the metal cover securing what was left of the brushes on one of the attachments has metal rot! Heh, one would expect after 40 years the plastic would go first? It’s fine. 🙂
                                      Only problem is, the head is stuck fast on the metal connector. As replacement rods are costly, might be some cutting involved, heating sure to work but smelly.
                                      Edit: Got it off with the help of a neighbour by propitious snicks, so went right ahead over to ebay and ordered the head! 🙂

                                      in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3802
                                      DeVaultSetter
                                      Keymaster

                                        Tucked into an episode of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. Fun certainly, very 70’s, also comes with extra short music or recap/explanatory interludes that didn’t elevate appreciation. Lot of folks like it, do you?
                                        Sometimes things come of as pure flat, no matter what they pump into them. If you can’t correct visuals, sequencing or parts, then the dialog is the last resort. In the flunks of yester-year, the cast and crew could laugh it off and hope for the best, these days, reparation with a po-face doesn’t cut it somehow.
                                        Never viewed Wheel of Fortune before, only localised variants thereof. This one sprays a bit of pizzazz around to make it more than a nothing show, guests can surprise, Seacrest can be funny when he wants. The FTA here will show it, not stream it, pity. Youtube has it through the Fetch service, thus if not a paid Youtube subscriber, one has to manually search and select episodes that haven’t been viewed yet, each time YouTube is launched. Despite ending up in many selections at the beck and call of weird editing by fans, one may not be disappointed at all.
                                        Also streaming The Darkness, so have those beanies, snow boots and warm jumpers handy. 🙂

                                        in reply to: Random #3795
                                        DeVaultSetter
                                        Keymaster

                                          Ah, humans vs. The Mechan in eternal conflict, quite a few not happy about the ending as well – is there possibly a better one?
                                          That is a massive article indeed, surely a candidate for a Walrus-Tech spinoff. 🙂
                                          As time marches on, Google Community erases content from their forums, case in point, they did however tag it as a !Non-Issue, presumably the reason for closing the thread. 😛
                                          The broken linked threads (no doubt tarnished by link rot) are the following:

                                          (Content unavailable->) https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/d/topic/chrome/QXM8OdiA1Qs
                                          (Content unavailable->) https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/d/msgid/chrome/34469b65-7154-4dfa-8346-df4f2dd2b123

                                          in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3790
                                          DeVaultSetter
                                          Keymaster

                                            Well, to suss out the mysteries of who disposed of the missing Scooby Doo franchise will no doubt require the investigative skills off someone like … Scooby Doo!
                                            Absolutely, they have to be convincing without invoking a lighter comedic edge, San Andreas has problems with varying tsunami height, from 100m to less than 10m in a short time, for example. The blooper types correspond to many from other genre, particularly sc-fi, so it seems.
                                            Twelve Monkeys had sufficient tension to keep one onto the end titles, anything which glosses over the enormous complexity of impossible time travel wants a enough structure in the plot to make it credible. Not quite enough in this case, despite the highlight of Pitt enjoying his part in the infirmary.
                                            CSI Cyber never made it to series three, even with our old favourite Ted Danson on board. No surprises there when it came to the lame banter and thin character expositions. The technical wizardry of the crimes did somewhat bedazzle, even after their explanations later, which turned out to be unsurprisingly short on detail.
                                            Found Snakes on a Plane to be an unsettling film of slasher ilk, thus a dampener on enjoyment. Memorable, so that the takeout is to check for any sign of the slithery critters next time one takes a flight. May also inspire one to not take the trouble to look out for Snakes on a Train whenever it next pops up on FTA.
                                            The energy in Black Adam is wambam relentless and never ceasing. Spoiler alert: here are some fight scenes:

                                          Viewing 20 posts – 221 through 240 (of 764 total)