I wish you all a merry Christmas & happy new year! May 2023 be the best year yet.I’m disappearing for a few days for a well earned rest, and to chart a course for the next year.Looking Back at 2022So, how did my big 2022 plans go? I still have a tendency to drastically overestimate […]
Show/Hide the Status Icon (Docky, SysTray Icon, etc.)One user said he didn’t want the status icon, and asked how to remove it. Now that he mentioned it, having control over the docky/SysTray icon is obvious. I just didn’t think about it earlier. Anyway, v1.36 adds this missing ability. So, if you’re someone who doesn’t want […]
Part 7 of this challenge got a 2D camera working that smoothly tracks the player. Everything looks great until Scarfy walks too far in either direction. At that point it’s obvious that the ground was totally faked. Here’s the offending code:auto boundingRect = actor->getBoundingBox(); auto distToGround = groundYPos – (boundingRect.y + boundingRect.height); bool isOnGround = […]
What to do when you have a toddler who you’d like to empower with independence, but your light switches are too high? And what can you learn from the solution to this simple problem? I found out this weekend, when I solved this exact problem…Us engineers frequently come up with complex solutions to simple problems. […]
The AmiWest Amiga computer show was last weekend, and I unveiled some of what’s coming for ZitaFTP Server. ZitaFTP Server was never meant to be “just another FTP server.” I always had bigger plans…Now that ZitaFTP Server is out of pre-release I can finally turn some of those plans into reality. Watch the video above […]
Part 6 of the RayLib 2D Challenge got the 2D tile-map displaying, but scarfy could easily walk off the screen. His 2D world is larger than the screen, but there’s no player tracking camera. That’s today’s task.Click here to watch the video on Odysee.The Rule of ThirdsThe “rule of thirds,” is a rule-of-thumb for taking […]
ERROR Some users reported having a crash on startup with the new ZitaFTP Server released last week. It was caused by a thread that was missing AmiSSL initialization. AmiSSL requires special initialization for every thread that uses it, and this was missing on one thread. This has now been fixed, so a quick-fix version has […]
ZitaFTP Server v1.34 has just been released, and can be downloaded here. This version marks a major milestone: it’s no longer a pre-release.No, this doesn’t mean it’s perfect. I have plenty more features and enhancements to add. ZitaFTP Server has matured to the point that the pre-release label can be removed. It’s a solid product.Click […]
Good news! Tileson can now handle “collection of images” tile maps. At least, my version does. I’ve yet to share the changes back. Either way, it means we can get to work. Click here to watch the video on Odysee. Performance Warning The code for this part is hideously inefficient. For each tile it looks […]
Today’s video was triggered by unnecessary complexity. Ironically, today’s video nearly didn’t happen thanks to unnecessary complexity. Windows Camera stopped being able to use my webcam, Logitech G-Hub failed to start, and Logitech Capture works, but the sound quality is awful…Click here to watch the video on Odysee.I still have no idea why they failed. […]
