Thursday, December 17, 2015

Gamer Diary: Dark Souls II - Day 4


Made some good progress including the first boss battle. Make sure to stay tuned, because day 5 is coming soon.

Main Location: Forest of falling Giants

What is Gamer Diary? This is raw video game footage (no edits, cuts, etc) of my first attempt ever playing this game (don't judge); it may prove to be entertaining or maybe even useful.

Game: Dark Souls II (XBOX 360)
http://amzn.to/1Nkz5bM

Recorded with my Diamond GC2000 via Stand-alone mode.
http://amzn.to/1Pmyf0x

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Gamer Diary: Dark Souls II - Day 3


Long story short, after recording I cut and paste the videos to a Hard that was failing (which I found out the hard way) and is unrecoverable.

Since it was cut, that means that it also was deleted from the SD Card. This segment is the first video, unfortunately the rest of the video (about 2 hours worth) was overwritten with this one and cannot be recovered. However, nothing spectacular happened in the missing footage except for maybe 2 or 3 level-ups.

Day 4 will have mainly what is missing from this one.

What is Gamer Diary? This is raw video game footage (no edits, cuts, etc) of my first attempt ever playing this game (don't judge); it may prove to be entertaining or maybe even useful.

Game: Dark Souls II (XBOX 360)
http://amzn.to/1Nkz5bM

Recorded with my Diamond GC2000 via Stand-alone mode.
http://amzn.to/1Pmyf0x

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Gamer Diary: Dark Souls II - Day 2


What is Gamer Diary? This is raw video game footage (no edits, cuts, etc) of my first attempt ever playing this game (don't judge); it may prove to be entertaining or maybe even useful.

I have made a bit of progress as seen in the video. However, my controller died when I got to the good part and after 20 minutes of charging it still did not come on; so I called it a night.

Game: Dark Souls II (XBOX 360)
http://amzn.to/1Nkz5bM

Recorded with my Diamond GC2000 via Stand-alone mode.
http://amzn.to/1Pmyf0x

How to get started Downgrading Windows 10

Don't spend an outrageous amount of money paying someone to downgrade Windows 10 when you can actually do it yourself. You have to downgrade within 30 days of upgrading to Windows 10. To get started all you have to do is the following: ***Back up your data before downgrading***



  1. Open the Start menu
  2. Click Settings
  3. Click Update & Security
  4. Select the Recovery category
  5. In the section where it says "Go back to Windows 7/8.1" click Get Started
A future post will be done for when the necessary files are no longer available.

Friday, November 27, 2015

Gamer Diary: Dark Souls II - Day 1


What is Gamer Diary? This is raw video game footage (no edits, cuts, etc) of my first attempt ever playing this game (don't judge); it may prove to be entertaining or maybe even useful.

I started a "New Game" of Dark Souls 2. The beginning is mostly cut-scenes and getting my feel for the game; can tell a little difference from part 1. Mainly just exploring towards the end of the video.

Game: Dark Souls II (XBOX 360)
http://amzn.to/1Nkz5bM

Recorded with my Diamond GC2000 via Stand-alone mode.
http://amzn.to/1Pmyf0x

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Gamer Diary: Tomb Raider - Day 1


What is Gamer Diary? This is raw video game footage (no edits, cuts, etc) of my first attempt ever playing this game (don't judge); it may prove to be entertaining or maybe even useful.

On this day, I basically just started a "New Game". Something tells me that this is going to be an interesting game.

Game: Tomb Raider (XBOX 360)
http://amzn.to/1PhC43F

Recorded with my Diamond GameCaster GC2000 (via Standalone mode)
http://amzn.to/1Mh7iI5

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Check Network Drivers in Windows 8.1

Checking the drivers in Windows 8.1 is a tad bit different from checking them in Windows 7/Vista and XP.

There are two ways you can go about doing this, but first make sure your connection is not on airplane mode (click the network icon on the taskbar). Note: I disabled my WIFI adapter for demonstration purposes.

Method 1:
1. Right-click the start button
2. Select "Device Manager"
3. Select the "Networking" category, then check the status of your network drivers.
4. Apply any necessary fixes.

Method 2:
1. Right-click the network icon on the task bar
2. Select "Open Network and Sharing Center"
3. Click "Change Adapter Settings"
4. Right-click the adapter in question
5. Apply any necessary changes/fixes

I hope this helps someone out. If your problem is more complicated than this, let me know.


Saturday, May 23, 2015

Fix Eclipse "No JRE/JDK" Startup

If you update Java or install Eclipse on a new computer, and Eclipse won't start because the path to the JRE or JDK is invalid or not working, then this video may be the solution for you.

I ran into this problem when I first installed it on my (now 1 yr old) Toshiba last year. I updated Java earlier this month because I was unable to use some JavaFX classes in Eclipse (was still unsuccessful). When I tried to use Eclipse yesterday, I ran into this problem. Luckly I still remembered how to solve it. I decided to make a video as I went along.


Friday, May 9, 2014

Simple program that gets the sum of the numbers 1 to N

This is perfect for those who need a refresher...
**Note: I'm doing these in Visual Studio Express 2013

 The formula for completing this task

This formula is pretty straight-forward and translate to: [ maxNum * (maxNum)]/2 = [(maxNum)2]/2 + maxNum/2
Requirements for this program

  • A TextBox (txtMaxNum)
  • A label (lblMaxNum)
  • Another label (lblSum)
  • A button (btnSum)
  • (everything else is optional)
Here is the code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace CS_Playground
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        private int maxNum;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            resetTextBox(txtMaxNum, "Insert the Maximum Number");
            lblMaxNum.Text = "(Nothing yet)";
        }

        private void txtMaxNum_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Make sure the textbox is empty and ready for typing
            insertTextMode(txtMaxNum);
            lblMaxNum.Text = "Typing...";
        }

        /*
       * Reset the textbox so that there is a default value already
       * inside then clears the textbox
       */
        public void resetTextBox(TextBox textbox, string defaultText)
        {

            textbox.Clear();//Makes sure there is nothing in there
            textbox.ForeColor = Color.Gray; //Gives the font a grayish color
            textbox.Text = defaultText;

        }

        /*
         * Changes the font color for text insertion
         */
        public void insertTextMode(TextBox t)
        {
            t.Clear();
            t.ForeColor = Color.Black;
            t.BackColor = Color.White;
        }

        public int sum(int max){
            int sum = (max * (1 + max) / 2); //Algorithm for getting the sum of the 
                                             //numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n
            return sum;
        }

        public void warning(string text) { 
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(text, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK ,MessageBoxIcon.Error);
            //This is a long statement
        }

        private void btnSum_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            /*
             * Even if you don't enter anything in the textbox, it will still count the length
             * of the default text which is what we want to prevent.
             */
            if (txtMaxNum.Text.Length > 0 && txtMaxNum.Text != "Insert the Maximum Number")
            {
               //Now we need to make sure that a we are working with integers
               if(txtMaxNum.Text.All(char.IsDigit)){
                   lblMaxNum.Text = txtMaxNum.Text;

                   maxNum = Int32.Parse(txtMaxNum.Text);
                   lblSum.Text = "1 + 2 + 3 + ....... + " + maxNum + " is " + sum(maxNum);
                   resetTextBox(txtMaxNum, "Want to do another one?");
               }else{
                   //If someone decides to add some letters anyway they will be stopped by this error message
                    warning("Why are you goofing around? You know we're only working with integers");
                    lblMaxNum.Text = "Try again";
               }
                
            }
            else{
                txtMaxNum.BackColor = Color.Red;
                txtMaxNum.ForeColor = Color.White;
                txtMaxNum.Text = "Please enter a Number";
                lblMaxNum.Text = "Try again";

                warning("Sum calculations cannot take place with an empty textbox. Please specify a maximum number");

                if (txtMaxNum.Focused == true) {
                    insertTextMode(txtMaxNum);
                }

            }
        }

    }
}


Here are the images that I have (I should have a demonstration video up and going in the next couple of days).





Thursday, May 8, 2014

Simple Program that returns text from textbox

This is perfect for those who need a refresher of C#

Here is a basic program that Returns text from the textbox. You are given an option to either print the message out in either a messagebox or withinn the window itself.

What you will need:

  • A textbox (txtText)
  • A label (lblMessage)
  • A checkBox (chkMessage)
  • A button (btnGreet)
  • //This is the only class
Here's the Source code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace CS_Playground
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        private string yourName;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           
            lblMessage.Text = ""; //Make sure the label doesn't say anything

        }

        private string greeting()
        {
            
            return ("Hello " + yourName + " Nice to meet you!");

        }

        private void btnGreet_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            yourName = txtName.Text;

            if (chkMessage.Checked == true)
            {
                showMessage(greeting());
            }
            else
            {
                lblMessage.Text = greeting(); //Print the message below the button in the label
            }
            btnGreet.Text = "Do it again?"; //Change the text of the button when clicked
            txtName.Text = ""; //Empties the textbox

        }
        //Shows a message in a messagebox
        private void showMessage(string text)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(text);
        }


    }
}

Here are the results I got:


A good challenge can be making the name bold in the message. Thanks for reading!