Whoa, I really hate doing that but it was required.

I just finished writing a php script that read all my old blog posts from the old database in the old format (my own custom blogging system), converted it all into the WordPress format and then inserted it into this blog’s database.

I had to do it before when I updated my own blog system (before I totalled my site).  I’ve decided to take the easy way out at last, but getting all my old posts back definitely wasn’t easy.  However, it worked with amazing success and to top it off, it was all coded via SSH and nano

The only thing that hasn’t been converted, and I couldn’t really see any easy way, was the custom bbCode-style image and link tags I handled on my old blog but screw it… I don’t care , at least I have the option to go back through them and edit the old posts if I really want.

Now, where is that git, I wanna play some Tiberian Sun!

Over a year ago a few friends and I decided to get back into playing some Tiberian Sun, an old favourite that we had neglected while we were playing Supreme Commander on our shiny new (at the time) 64bit dual core machines.

However, when we got around to installing and setting up a multiplayer game, we instantly ran into some problems.  None of us could actually get to the Network lobby while using the IPX/SPX compatible protocol.

“Ahh!  Got to add the protocol to the network connection.” I remembered since we had formatted since we got our new machines.  So we added said protocol and tried again to no avail.  Slightly frustrated, we checked Google for the issue to see if it was common and what the fix was.

To shock horror we discovered that the IPX/SPX protocol was not going to have a complete implementation for 64bit Windows machines since it is a legacy protocol and the one provided was a dummy protocol.  This literally blew our gaming session out of the water and we spent ages hunting around for any solution at all.  Unfortuantely, there were none.

So, a year and a bit down the line and the withdrawal is beginning to resurface (probably after the complete tripe that was C&C 3) and in one of our eternal dilemmas on which game to play Tiberian Sun managed to pop-up again.  Then we remembered why we never got around to playing it before.  But that was over a year ago and the great thing about computer games and addictions is that at least one person in the world won’t stop till they succeed where many others have failed.

Back to Google we went.  It took less than 5 minutes to find NOT an IPX/SPX protocol driver for 64bit Windows, but a Tiberian Sun & Red Alert 2 LAN patch that changed the game from using IPX for LAN games to UDP instead!  Absolute genius!  The guy that wrote this is a legend and deserves a ton of credit and kudos for this, this has effectively brought back a couple of the best RTSes out there (I’m surprised EA didn’t do this when they re-released the game, they really should have tested it but obviously they only give a crap about money, as long as it sold… it didn’t have to actually work).

Anyway, enough babbling, here it is:
http://www.understorm.net/cnc/lan/ts_ra2.php

Just discovered he also has the C&C1 and RA1 fix on his site too at:
http://www.understorm.net/cnc/lan/cnc95_ra1.php

Game on!

Hola,

Welcome to my new blog.  I’m currently in the process of converting all my old posts across from my old blogging system, so this site will be bare for a while till I get around to it.  So you may as well come back later.

Ciao!