Hidden October 24, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentOr, to be more precise, The Hidden.
It’s an excellent mod for the Source engine, which I had a cracking time playing with friends last night.
The paranoia was probably the best part, both invoking it as the Hidden, and watching your whole team shoot at nothingness, or blasting away at boxes as IRIS (the soldiers trying to kill the Hidden) because ‘it looked like the Hidden’, who, as the name suggests, is ‘hidden’, ie invisible.
I hope to play this again soon, it was awesome.
Using the Hammer October 7, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentI can’t exactly say I’m very good with Hammer.
This makes me feel proud that I actually got a payload cart working! 
I followed the instructions on how to do one off the Valve Developer wiki, but I made mine simple with only one point rather than two. The result is thus:
It looks so simple, but you can check out the dev page:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/TF2/Creating_a_Payload_Map
I found that quite hard to pull off, but at least I understand it.
To begin with there were a few bugs, namely the cart moved backwards, and floated, and every time the cart started moving the end capture point made a sound. Oh, and I forgot the skybox the first time I compiled. 
Still, all these were corrected, and it worked! For the first, the cart has to be facing a certain way when you compile (not straight forward, it must be facing to the right of where it will be going). I lowered the path_track entities to stop the cart floating. I also disabled the sounds for the final point, instead setting the sound for it to make when it gets captured by blue only. And of course, I added the skybox. 
We must keep on track! September 29, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , 3commentsWell, the times right now seem to be much full of change. Most of my friends have now gone to Uni, and my main fear is that the forum and clan of Techious will fall into disarray and lack of use. I intend to try my hardest to not let this occur.
Of course there’s little I can really do other than drumming up support and trying to post lots (even in sections that I would not normally post in ). After all, one would say that it’s the admins who should be ultimately responsible for control, posting, management, etc. Regardless, I will attempt to keep the forums and clan active (and hope things won’t be bad enough that I am the only person posting quite a bit).
I’m sure it probably won’t be as bad as that, but I will be vigilant.
Moar job centre September 19, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , 1 comment so farWell my visit some time back to the Job Centre went ok, but I now have another visit due TODAY!
I also failed my driving test on Wednesday, again. 
Still, I’ve finally got my map to load the skybox for everyone properly, and it works!
Now to start work on the next version, as well as to try and do some more on my tf2 map in the works.
I might post a second entry today on the Job Centre meeting as well if I get round to it.
Jobs and the Future September 1, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentWell, yesterday my parents stopped receiving child benefits for me, as I am over 18 and not in employment or education.
Thus I had to ring the job centre, to apply for Job-Seeker’s Allowance. This is so I get a pension many years down the line.
Anyway, following a long phone call, I now have an interview to go to next Monday.
Where the hell is all this going? Well, it just so happens that I’ve been searching for jobs lots, but repeatedly, they require previous experience in that sort of field. The trouble is, you can’t get that experience without a job; it’s a vicious circle.
What makes it worse is that University wouldn’t be the answer. While on the phone, the advisor whom I was speaking to offered to search for jobs in my area. They all require previous experience, and she added to that that being a graduate would be of no use; University degrees don’t count as experience.
It’s the recession that’s starting to tighten its grip, so say the doom-sayers. Should these people be believed, unemployment will rise as workers are made redundant, and jobs will be much harder to come by.
I can only hope I get a safe position somewhere before it’s too late.
Another thing that’s bothering me is my inability to pass my driving test. It makes me so angry that I continue to fail! It’ll be my 6th attempt this September.
That’s no moon… July 14, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , 1 comment so farActually this time it was:
One wonders just how many morons there are out there.
Well, looks like the rumours were true… July 2, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe next Team Fortress 2 update will be for the Heavy.
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1670
I guess that means it will almost certainly be ‘Meet the spy’ next, as the spy is currently the only class with no update or ‘meet the’ video.
Still, that’s a blatant guess with no evidence at all. I can hope however…
Oh yes, I shall hedge my bets again. ;) July 1, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentYup, I’m going to make another prediction as to the next tf2 update.
I feel that the next update will be for the Heavy, and I base this on the following:
http://www.stompfest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6053
http://forum.specialattack.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2973
Intriguing, no?
However, this would of course mean neglect for the spy, who has yet to receive any updates. Thus I predict that the next ‘Meet the’ from Valve will be ‘Meet the Spy’.
There, it is now written! Now to wait and see if I’m right.
In the mean time I’m playing Doom 3 and making a so called ‘game diary’ of it. Check it out:
http://www.techious.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=1628
My exams are over! June 25, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentIn fact, they ended last Friday.
This does of course mean that I now have more free-time.
And also the need to now look for jobs. 
Naturally I shall continue to try and remember to post here.
A new bloginning May 10, 2008
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentOk, so the title may suck a tad, but I was stuck for thinking of a good one.
Anyway, for the few readers of my blogs, my friend Si has kindly decided to host my blog on his site:
http://blogs.spcook.co.uk/metritutus
What does this mean for me? More design customisation! Currently it’s using a theme Si downloaded, which I’ve then tweaked slightly using the in-design settings. The results are clearly horrific.
Still, things may improve further, and expect more disturbing updates in the near future.
I do also intend to keep both blogs updated, but this will be the one with the extras and the nice design.