Joined: Sep 13, 2010 Posts: 2644 Location: Kamloops BC Canada
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:21 am Post subject: Im Retiring
Well guys after almost a decade of working on the XBOX Ive decided to pack it in. No more dev on XBOX, Im gonna release the last of what I have kicking on my HDD then thats all she wrote. If I happen to come across somebody I feel can pick up where I left off I will give them my source code for various apps. Still gonna be here like always just no more dev.
Have a good one guys
dartht33bagger Moderator
Joined: Apr 17, 2007 Posts: 5408 Location: Oregon, USA
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:10 am Post subject:
Ouch. Any reason why you decided to stop developing new programs? _________________
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Joined: Sep 13, 2010 Posts: 2644 Location: Kamloops BC Canada
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:18 am Post subject:
Its a thankless job, and the attitude of many people has made me quite bitter towards releasing new stuff. Past 5 or 6 apps when I release first thing is demands I change it to include something they want (not just politely asking) Demands I deviate from my release cycle and trying to tell me where I WILL upload my stuff. Refusal to follow included instructions then SPAM posting its a POS etc. The scene in very real way has been over run by trolls and users. And all it does is just make me madder so I decided whats best for me is to just quit, and the 95% users can live with the fact they screwed things for the 5% that actualy appreciate the work. And can go back to using out dated stuff
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Joined: Apr 17, 2007 Posts: 5408 Location: Oregon, USA
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject:
I can understand that completely. I've seen a lot of those posts around here lately and I honestly couldn't believe it. People that wanted to mod their Xbox in the past were a lot less rude in the past it seems. _________________
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Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:50 am Post subject:
yep, its hard to keep the masses happy. Thanks so much for everything you have contributed so far its been great.. Hope to see ya still pop in though and that you don't mean you won't be visiting us no more.. peace man. _________________ HQ Network:
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:03 pm Post subject:
No worries Hobbs I'll still be around. Gonna back into cracking PC games, I hate haveing to put my disc in everytime I wanna play Might do some patching again to, get old games working on newer systems so people dont gotta waste money on the GOG editions when they have the original.
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Joined: Apr 17, 2007 Posts: 5408 Location: Oregon, USA
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject:
Do you know anything about porting games, to say, Linux? Having a native Linux version of Age of Empires 2 would be great, but I can't really find anything about porting a game to Linux on the net. _________________
gouraami Xbox-HQ Enthusiast Xbox Version: V1.6b Modded: Babylon3 GS
Joined: Dec 15, 2011 Posts: 22
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:36 am Post subject:
Thank you for all the awesome things you have contributed, it has definitely made my xbox experience easier and better. I am sure many others will agree
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:08 pm Post subject:
Ive never really tried porting stuff to Linux outside of XBOX but Id be glad to give it a try. If nothing else I'll learn something from it. Most of my experience on PC games is with cracking them and writing patches for games unsupported on Win7. Been a while, will have to shake the cobwebs loose. Last patch I did was the Godfather patch to run on Win7 and that was like 3 or 4 years ago.
And Ive still got a few things I need to finish up on XBOX so a few gems are still coming like the XMV2WMV converter and Emu Installer 3.1 (covers the emus Ive been ignoring in previous releases) and an improved XBMC Installer (better menu setup and some tweaks to the modified XBMC Ive been including). Hate loose ends but things like the public key softmod, UnleashX.40 and memory page file mod are getting canned. Hopefully Cyber can finish the memory mod without me as it would help many when it comes to homebrew games etc.
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Might do some patching again to, get old games working on newer systems so people dont gotta waste money on the GOG editions when they have the original.
