Being bored easily and quite often, I decided to play with Resource Hacker a bit to customize my Logon Screen (logonui.exe). This is what it currently looks like. I also have the pop-up say "Fail. Try again." if the password is incorrect. I will probably edit several other files to change the overall look of things. Next on my list is the Boot Screen (ntoskrnl.exe).
Who else here likes to play with ResHack?
And what are some things you have done with it?
Fixed slight issues with WDEF calculation (a .6 instead of a .5)
Added MDEF calculation
Updated accuracy calculator to 1.1
1.1 (Fri Aug 22 00:24:27 2008) -
Updated with Crimsonwood Keep mountain area monsters
Created a 'ratio' sort option
Changed location from a specific sort to a filtering option
Renamed tax dialog from ms_tax to tax_calc
1.0 (Mon Jul 21 05:33:18 2008) -
Better organization of files
Abstracted each utility from the main file
Compiled dialog definitions into a single script file
Updated readme components
Added a loader - default behavior is all files are loaded on first load
- May change this behavior if it's found to be annoying
Reversed the order of all version histories so the most recent is at the top
Updated all text files to adhere to the lame 80 character per line standard
Updated damage calculator to 4.1
Made the commands to launch more consistent
Icon for the loader from a pack called Simple
Keep in mind that I designed these for myself, so some features may not make sense to you. I tried to keep it as straightforward as possible.
They are scripted in mIRC's built-in language. What is mIRC? It's a client that allows you to connect to IRC networks. It, like many others, allows for scripting of numerous events. Suggested reading: http://www.mirc.com/mirc.html
I know I'll get some bitching about this, but trust me, it's faster to launch mIRC than it is to launch Excel. Plus, I can add an interface to it instead of having it just be a bunch of spreadsheet cells. You wouldn't complain about Excel calculators, would you? Good. Moving on.
Included are my damage calculator, my accuracy calculator, an HP/MP percentage calculator, and a small tax calculator. All are works in progress. There will be bugs that I haven't found, there will be mistakes somewhere, and above all, I will add more features in the future. Feedback is important to all of these. I am just a single user. You see something that would make the utilities better? Let me know.
There are two ways you can do this. The first is more advanced. You do want to run the initialization features, unless you feel like adding dialogs.mrc yourself and using the loader to load the rest.
1. /load -rs "path/to/script.mrc"
If it's somewhere within the mIRC directory, which I recommend for placement, you may omit the first part of the normal path and just put folders, e.g. /load -rs maple/maple.mrc. The only file you must load is maple.mrc.
2. Picture tutorial time. ^_^
Milk and cookies after your nap
1. Click
2. Click
3. Browse for file
4. When you get:
Click yes
It's highly recommended that you unload the main script (maple.mrc) before deleting directories to load a new version.
[SIZE="7"]Using it:[/SIZE]
Should be able to right click anywhere and there'll be a "MapleStory" menu. Whether it's the Commands menubar item, a channel, or a status window, or a private chat. Alternatively, there are commands to bring up any of them if you prefer that method, the commands can be found in the titlebars for each utility.
As of official version 1.0, there's a loader that you can utilize to get rid of utilities that you won't be using, preventing them from taking up script space or allowing misclicks or whatever. I'll probably be messing around with these ideas a bit in the future, but hopefully this is fine for now.
[SIZE="7"]Accuracy calculator note:[/SIZE]
The accuracy calculator dynamically compiles sort lists based on monsters.ini, which means that the first time switching to them will be a little on the laggy side. I also offer precompiled lists because compiling all of them can take 20+ minutes on my decent PC. But sorting is very snappy afterward. Lists go in maple/accuracy/lists/
As of 1.1, list generation is definitely not for the faint of heart. It took almost 20 minutes to produce all 588 lists on my machine. Chances are that it'll take longer on a worse machine.
Is anyone else here following this amazing series?
Macross Frontier, like the previous Macross series/movies, is a mecha anime with a strong musical performance theme. So whether you love concerts, fighter jets, OR BOTH, this is something that you MUST watch. The music in this series is great, as is the visual design for how they tie in performances with the main plot. The 3D CG mecha battle animations are simply amazing, and will make any other mecha series look like crap by comparison. The artwork is superb, and you will find a lot of creative styling in pretty much every object that you'll see. When you compare the attention to detail in this series, as well as overall production quality, Macross Frontier blows away even awesome mecha series like Gundam 00.
The only weak point this series has is that it wasn't mastered in High Definition. Some of you may not see what the big deal there is, but after you watch the first episode, you will most likely be wishing that there was a real HD version of it.
Oh, and even if you don't generally like mecha anime, you should still give this a try. Unlike the recent Gundam series, or some lame mecha animes out there, Macross Frontier isn't all "big robots fighting each other all the time" and has a well written plot, with an exciting story. Or at least, that is my impression of it so far.
As the title says, can you resist these youtube clips? If you laugh, you lose =P
Ironically I find it near impossible for someone not to laugh at these unless they're so serious or they don't get the joke at all.
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There'll be more coming up soon if I can find any. In the meantime you don't find those funny, post your own below and we'll see if it's funny or not =P.
So, looking over the pirate threads, i didnt see any where a thread about the names that would be used for pirates. So here it is! Mine is already made, sitting lvl 10 and 89%, and the name is WindJackaI. I chose this name from a book series I read called the Edge Chronicles, which features sky pirates as a major part of the story, and one of the first sky pirates is Wind Jackal. So I had to go with WindJackai because the original was taken already. So how bout yours?
[COLOR="Teal"]I wasn't sure if there was a riddle thread yet, and after checking around I didn't find one so
I decided to start one (: Secondly, I wasn't sure if this belonged in the Rubik's Cube section
or Funhouse, so if I made a mistake, please move for me d:
Name the word of three syllables, that when you take away five letters a male will remain.
If you take away four letters, a female will remain. If you take away three lettters, a great
man will appear. The entire word shows you what Joan of Arc was.
according to many people, showa was nerfed because nexon america didnt want human enemies to use a gun against players. But when a pirate fights the clone during 3rd job advancement, would the clone be using guns against the player. The clone is also human shaped. This mean both the player and the clone would be shooting each other wouldn't it? and isn't this what nexon america don't want?
I need some opinions on which route to take for the best exp, regardless of cost. I am currently level 82, and I jumped the gun on assualter by leveling it up to 20; albeit, I still have 6 free points. Anyway, I was wondering if I should max assualter or start investing in BoT, if it's not already too late. At this point, I plan to bomb gobies until 90, but then I am a tad a confused where to go. Also, I am sure to have both assualter and BoT maxed by 95 for himes.
To summarize, I guess I'm asking the following:
~With my 6 free points, should I continue to max assualter (that's already level 20), or start getting BoT?
~At level 90, would I get better exp from BoT-ing Kents or assualter/bombing goby houses?
I really hope to get some input before tonight, because I will be hitting 85(2x at gobies).
Thanks for taking the time to read (and comment)