Modding Dead Air is an entertaining enterprise.

I am still working on modding the Stalker Dead Air mod. This one is a bit old now, but benefits from a lot of changes. I have changed the Rostok megaphone audio to the audio used in the Stalker beta builds. This is controlled in the configs\misc\sound\script_sound_l05_bar.ltx file, this controls a lot of the sounds … Read more

How to spawn fire on top of a smoke stack in Arma 3 and other useful tips for mission making.

Spawn fire in air in Arma 3 Put this code in your initPlayerLocal.sqf and this will spawn a fire object on top of a smoke stack. _firePos = [4234.45,18088.8,58.9342]; _fire = "test_EmptyObjectForFireBig" createVehicle _firePos; _fire setPos [_firePos select 0, _firePos select 1, 59];_firePos = [4234.45,18088.8,58.9342]; _fire = "test_EmptyObjectForFireBig" createVehicle _firePos; _fire setPos [_firePos select 0, … Read more

Useful tips for a programmer on a Macintosh machine. Install GCC.

How to install the GCC compiler for Macintosh programming on a Macintosh Air. This simple command will install the GCC compiler collection and the make command on a Macintosh. This enables programming console apps on a Macintosh machine. These instructions are for Macintosh OSX Sierra. May not be the same on an older Macintosh machine. … Read more

Macbook air security is lacking.

http://blakeyrat.com/2010/11/macbook-air-security-wtfs/ According to the posting linked above, the Macbook Air has quite limited security by default, very worrying when the firewall is turned off by default, but that can be rectified after booting up, but why would you have auto-login enabled when this will reduce security? After the tragic earthquake and resulting tsunami that has … Read more