Author: Alex
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Steam Live gets a huge update.
Steam Live has received yet another huge update, this time adding some great new features and fixing some of those other little niggles! It’s an application that has been around for a while now and after a long stream of constant updates and improvements, it is bar far the best Steam Client for Windows Phone…
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C#: Class Member variable called ‘type’ causes weird compile issues caused by AVAST Antivirus.
Problem: Try and use this class in any C# project and it won’t work, it will give errors after compiling that it can’t copy the exe/dll with the following errors codes (warning MSB3026: and error MSB3027: and error MSB3021:) Renaming the ‘type’ member variable to anything else causes it to compile and run perfectly. I tested this…
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Windows Phone C#: “Layout cycle detected. Layout could not complete.” on LongListSelector Fix
Came across a very weird problem today that has occurred on my application Steam Live which I’ve never come across before… On a certain Steam Profile I’d get a crash with the following message: “Layout cycle detected. Â Layout could not complete.” After a lot of searching, confusion and everything else I’ve managed to find a…
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Windows Phone 8.1 DirectX Sample Landscape mode broken / rotation doesn’t work.
The Problem: When the phone is in landscape mode, the rendered area isn’t rotated on screen! As you can see, the image on the right is when it is in portrait mode, the one below is when in landscape. The problem is caused by the following code in DeviceResources.cpp: Since the window size being created is…
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C++ Controller Input Class
Something I’ve always enjoyed programming is input via a controller, I’d dabbled with Microsoft’s XINPUTÂ classes for the Xbox 360 controller before and I found it really interesting so I decided to put together a collection of classes which would allow detection of common input scenarios for video games. As it currently stands, the specific detections…
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Bringing Side Switcher to Unreal Engine 4. (WORK IN PROGRESS OCTOBER 2014)
In order to further my C++ skills and get started with the brand new Unreal Engine 4, I decided it would be a great task to convert my previous game Side Switcher from UE3. I have currently replicated the entire input, movement and camera control into the game, without any level design as of yet.…
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PHP Programming CT2014.co.uk
As part of my degree at Bournemouth University, part of the final year project was to exhibit at the Festival of Design & Innovation (FODI) where we can showcase ourselves and our final year projects. With FODI came the need for a website in which each pupil on Creative Technology could upload details about their…
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Side Switcher – Full game using UDK, UnrealScript + ActionScript
As part of the ‘Modelling & Game Design’ unit at Bournemouth University, I was tasked with creating a full game using the Unreal Development Kit. Having only ever used UDK for map design and some very simple Kismet visual scripting, I was eager to get to grips with this powerful engine as a tool to…
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COMMAND THAT TANK – 3D XNA GAME (C#, PHP, HLSL)
‘COMMAND THAT TANK’ Â is a game which puts your tank commanding skills to the test to see whether you are not only the best tank commander in your country, but the entire world. With Command That Tank you tank control of either a powerful APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) or a ferocious WW2 Tiger Tank in…