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Metamorphman



Name: Aidin Bahadornejad
Age: 15
Location: Tehran, Iran
Joined: December 5th, 2005

DM, C++, PHP, Python, JavaScript, HTML and CSS programmer.

aidinbahador@gmail.com


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#7 Metamorphman:  

Stephie wrote:
> HI META! I am on your page stealing your cookies!!

D:

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 09:08AM

#6 Stephie:  

HI META! I am on your page stealing your cookies!!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 09:04AM

#5 Pmitch:  

Hey Meta, IM me on MSN asap please.

Pmitch2@hotmail.com

Sunday, September 20, 2009 05:33PM

#4 Yash 69:  

Metamorphman wrote:
> Too bad. I drank it all. :P

omg i wanted a drop atleast

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:14PM

#3 Metamorphman:  

Too bad. I drank it all. :P

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:00PM

#2 Yash 69:  

Metamorphman wrote:
> Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Can't wait to open it for some Fun!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 09:59PM

#1 Metamorphman:  

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:55PM

 

 

dmb2exe Dilemma

Poll: Should I remove singlefile executable functionality from dmb2exe?

Yes 36% (4)
No 63% (7)

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As of version 5, dmb2exe has been able to create installer packages for games, apart from the usual single-file no-work-needed-to-play executable. Some users though, feel that dmb2exe should only be able to create installer packages. They have a solid reason too. Take the following scenario for example:

  • - Someone who doesn't know what they're doing downloads and uses dmb2exe to create a standalone exe file for their game.

  • - Since dmb2exe extracts all the core files into a temp directory, all files, such as savefiles which are created at run-time in the same directory will be deleted some time after the game is closed.

  • - This user begins to become confused as to why his savefile system isn't working, and comes to the BYOND Forums for help. He will make a thread called 'halp savefile no work', and someone will have to answer to him.

Now, over time, dmb2exe might get popular and that said scenario may repeat multiple times. The person who suggested I remove the single-file functionality said that this may become a nuisance. I, however think it a bit un-probable for such a thing to happen. What do you think?

Posted by Metamorphman on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:43PM - 5 comments / Members say: yea +0, nay -0
Keywords: dmb2exe
(Edited on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:50PM)

dmb2exe v4

Just a note to anyone who is interested in dmb2exe, that as of version 4 dmb2exe has a new, slick and easy to use interface. The installation method is far easier for those who are less computer-savvy, and all shell() related bugs have been fixed.

Posted by Metamorphman on Sunday, September 27, 2009 04:45AM - 5 comments / Members say: yea +8, nay -2
Keywords: dmb2exe

GiaD 2009, a road-trip, dmb2exe and IM Woes

Well, I got back from my week long road-trip a few hours ago expecting to see GiaD 2009 results announced, but to my shock: they weren't. D:

Don't call me a fool for it, but I thought perhaps this year GiaD might be cooler than the past GiaDs and judge its entries in a much smaller amount of time. :(

All moaning and whining aside, it was a nice change to be able to program spaghetti like you've never programmed spaghetti before. It was quite fun, actually. Cleanliness and readability be damned, I needed to get that game finished in a 24 hour time-frame and I also had to sleep/eat/toilet/watchtv/etc. in the same time frame too. :O

Quite a nice experience, thank you Iain for hosting such a wonderful contest. I hope my entry gets a nice rank, although the code is more ragged and dirty than a hobo's loin-cloth on a Saturday morning and has more bugs than a hobo's hair on a Monday morning.

My entry is about a Turtle named Turtl, who is mortally wounded in battle with evil, zombie computers, then has his limbs and organs replaced with robotic ones. He then uses his newly attained robotic limbs and skills to stop the evil, zombie computers and assorted monsters from taking over the world. Reminds me of inspector gadget. :O

I would release Turtl, but first I'm going to debug it to perfection. Also, expect a sequel!

Any-who, to discuss the other subjects of this post.

dmb2exe:
A very strange shell() problem has struck dmb2exe that I'm unable to figure out the cause of. Upon running a certain shell() command( The very same shell command that actually MAKES the farking exe, just my luck ), shell() silently fails.

I am rather sure that it has something to do with this gem of a bug report, although it's not a bug. I'll have to look into changing dmb2exe to follow the instructions Tom gives in that Bug Report tomorrow, because right now I plan on depleting my energy on submitting this post, shutting down the computer, and sleeping. It's 4 AM. Every average insomniac has to try to sleep some time.


IM Woes:
If you take a look to the right you'll see that Pmitch left me a comment to IM him on MSN ASAP. I'd like to do that, because I'm a curious person, but hey! Guess what! Curiosity bites. Iran blocks MSN Messenger and sites like E-Buddy which allow you to use MSN Messenger using a web-based client. I can use AIM though! And GoogleTalk!

Perhaps I should put this bit of info in my little member info box to the right...yeah, I'll do that right after I submit this post. I'll let everyone know I can't use MSN so anyone deciding to IM me can get AIM, Google Talk, or shrivel up and cry in a corner because they can't IM me otherwise.


Good night, and Good luck to you all when you're trying to make sense of my post. :)

Posted by Metamorphman on Monday, September 21, 2009 04:48PM - 6 comments / Members say: yea +1, nay -0
Keywords: life, dmb2exe, development, giad
(Edited on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:39PM)

I Hate Mosquitos

Poll: Do you hate mosquitos?

Yes 45% (18)
No 5% (2)
Batman 50% (20)

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Those annoying little monsters, they have the size of an apple seed but they make a sound as unbearable as a monster truck running over your house. And they're vampire wannabes so that's another -point for them.

All that said, I wonder what would happen if they became extinct.

Posted by Metamorphman on Sunday, September 06, 2009 03:20AM - 9 comments / Members say: yea +1, nay -0
Keywords: mosquitos

dmb2exe

Following my previous post, I decided to make a little program to automate the whole process mentioned in said post. The result can be found here. I released it as code so that suspicious developers can check to make sure the commands I'm running using shell() aren't going to format their C Drive.

Enjoy!

Posted by Metamorphman on Friday, September 04, 2009 10:56AM - 16 comments / Members say: yea +3, nay -1
Keywords: dmb2exe, development

 

 

If you want to IM Me

If you want to IM me, please note that I cannot use MSN because of my ISP. I can, however, use AIM and GoogleTalk. Also, you will have to leave your AIM/GoogleTalk screen name in my comments box in order for me to add you to my friends, cause my IM, Pidgin, is stupid and doesn't show "This person wants to add you to their friends list. Accept?" alerts.

AIM: aidinbahador
GoogleTalk: aidinbahador@gmail.com
Yahoo Messenger: aidin_bahadornejad@yahoo.com.au

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