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Re: Adware and AdBlock on browser gaming

Posted on 2015-02-02, 02:28

in Milliways
Yes its too much and they can just go away for all I care, hopefully all F2P Games can just go away as well. No. How are the poor or moneyless gamers if all games are paid? They'd better request voluntary donations than put up anti-AdBlock scripts... Except we all know how well begging works. It …

Re: Who's still using XP?

Posted on 2015-02-01, 20:04

in Windows
XP and Windows 8.1 dual booting here (well, removable drives) Booting back into XP it's always a shock just how awful it is compared to 7 or 8, both for productivity and gaming. I cannot for the life of me comprehend why anyone would choose to cling to it like some of you seem to be doing. Nice to …

Re: Adware and AdBlock on browser gaming

Posted on 2015-01-31, 22:05

in Milliways
BigBodZod wrote: Yes its too much and they can just go away for all I care, hopefully all F2P Games can just go away as well. No. How are the poor or moneyless gamers if all games are paid? They'd better request voluntary donations than put up anti-AdBlock scripts...

Re: Adware and AdBlock on browser gaming

Posted on 2015-01-30, 22:31

in Milliways
I don't buy most of the shit I see in browser ads anyway, so I figure I'm not really doing any harm by blocking them. Besides, they waste MY time and bandwidth, and provide another conduit for malware to get into my PC. I'm perfectly content with having a slightly crippled web experience in …

Re: Who's still using XP?

Posted on 2015-01-29, 21:20

in Windows
But as far as I'm concerned, Windows 8/8.1 is crippleware. Not only do you need 3rd party utilities to restore basic functionality I really don't get this point. Surely everyone has tons of third party software (I count 66 games installed on my computer) and lots of third party software that …

Re: Adware and AdBlock on browser gaming

Posted on 2015-01-29, 05:14

in Milliways
All the browser games I have ever played have ways of detecting when you're blocking the ads that support the game. If you're not a paid player and you're blocking the ads, then you're stealing their server time and will be banned before too long. Sites that deny you access to content when an …

Re: Adware and AdBlock on browser gaming

Posted on 2015-01-28, 12:53

in Milliways
Stiletto wrote: I am pretty sure we are all aware of what AdBlock is here... *shrug* It's also about its opposite, it's enemy, adware, whose job is to inject more advertisements. Adware is dangerous and should be treated like a virus.

Adware and AdBlock on browser gaming

Posted on 2015-01-27, 22:54

in Milliways
Browsers themselves have now become gaming platforms, from simple soduku to complex Unity 3D gaming. Yet advertisements may be a problem by itself. You know, ads above, on the side of, or below, the game, some even show ads inside the game itself and require you to wait to continue playing. Adware, …

Re: Who's still using XP?

Posted on 2015-01-25, 22:29

in Windows
There are still many of you sticking to the good old Windows XP! I also use Windows XP. My PC dealer said XP is already the latest for my system, although it fits in Windows Vista's requirements. I use it to work on web code, raster computer graphics, and tracker music, as well as play casual games …

To Stiletto:

Posted on 2015-01-25, 08:11

in Windows
Fine and dandy, but is there something that led you to look for a thread from four years ago..? Well, he seems to be all over any thread ever mentioning PopCap games and almost nothing else, which is a bit weird, but people have their various obsessions so I'm not knocking it. :) Well I already …

Who's still using XP?

Posted on 2015-01-25, 07:50

in Windows
Who of you still use the good old Windows XP? According to Microsoft it must be dead now, but not to the extent that it can no longer run. What new (and of course, very old, as in VOGONS) games can you get to run? P.S. I'm not mentioning any PopCap game here, but those will count.

Re: 10th Anniversary

Posted on 2015-01-23, 22:47

in Milliways
Sorry if I'm late. I want to greet VOGONS a 12th birthday for still surviving right in 2014, and now even in 2015. Vogons is now 12, and it's great to see this forum survive. Just where did the name "Vogons" come from anyway? My best guess... The Vogons are a fictional alien race from the planet …

Repacking PopCap game mods to a "PAK" file

Posted on 2015-01-23, 22:24

in Milliways
Now the optional thing to making a PopCap mod is repacking the files. I just found this link on another forum: http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/9/26/2979053//poppak.zip This link kept redirecting me to a rogue PC backup site mypcbackup.com. Does anyone else have an idea? P.S. I have to repack them …

Re: "Music.xml" offsets and XMPlay sub-songs correlation?

Posted on 2015-01-21, 11:36

in Milliways
BTW, I posted this over in the XMPlay forums as well, figured someone here might be able to shed some light on it as well :) I was wondering if anyone knew the correlation of PopCap Games' "Music.xml" "Offset" entries for their various games' music, and the sub-songs info that is displayed within …

Re: PopCap Games' "PAK" Files :)

Posted on 2015-01-21, 11:10

in Milliways
Pretty pics in JP2 (JPEG 2000) format! :) JPEG2000 is also used in digital cinema, a.k.a. digital film. It is unique from regular JPEG as the compression artifacts are less visible in JPEG2000 than in the old JPEG 1992 standard. The monochrome GIF images that you see are alpha channels that take …

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