Blog by Andreas Glaser

I just finished a new version of my new 80s arcade game “Starship”.
For more information read on…

Changelog

• Added new Weapon levels
• Added dynamic enemy strength
• Added new player model
• Added new features

It is possible from now on to upgrade your weapons to level nine. Every new level increases the damage of the bullets as well as the speed.

The enemies getting now stronger with every kill.

Download

  Starship 1.3 (2.0 MiB, 346 hits)

Have fun!

So long,
Andreas Glaser (aka JaZz)

Hello everybody,

I would like to present you my first little game – called “Starship”.
It is basically a 2D space shooter in a great 80′s look with some funny features.

Screenshots

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Controls

• S – Start game
• Arrow keys – Steering
• Space - Fire
• ESC - Quit

Please post me some comments and your improvement suggestions!
Have fun with this little pastime game!

Download

  Starship 1.2 (2.0 MiB, 289 hits)

So long,
Andreas Glaser (aka JaZz)

Two days left until I’m exactly two months here in Ireland, the land of Guinness, churches and green lawns. Somehow, I still can’t believe it that I actually accomplished to move away from home, my friends and everything I knew for such a long time.

In this two months i met so many great people from all over the world… New Zealand, Italy, Brazil, France, Australia, Switzerland, California, Sweden, Ireland, Spain, Albania, Poland… so many new experiences like cooking by my own, ironing and doing the laundry… so exciting discussion about everything and nothing… It is just like living a dream for me.

I just can suggest everybody to try something like this; this is the best you can do :-)

Here a couple of new pictures

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So long,
Andreas Glaser

Hey everyone,

almost a year ago I modified one of the most popular Warcraft 3 – The Frozen Throne maps all time.I altered this map because one day there were cheats found in it… which causes that the map was nearly immediately unplayable.

On the fact that this was my absolute favorite map I started my investigation, how to change a encrypted wc3 map. The afford was fruit full and so I changed the maps which now is called “Pro” under my gaming name “ZORROX”.

The map is gaining in popularity since its initial release. There are currently more than 15000 downloads counted.

Footmen Frenzy 5.4b Pro

Download

1. http://epicwar.com/maps/rate/29165/5/

2.   Footmen Frenzy 5.4b Pro (177.8 KiB, 708 hits)

I really hope you enjoy Footmen Frenzy as much as i do.

So long,
Andreas Glaser (JaZz)

Here it is… a well commented and easy for rookies to understand CounterStrike Source Linux Server Startscript. It includes all basic start parameter as well as a good error display system.

How to use:

After you successfully installed a Counterstrike Source Server under Linux with the SRCDS tool you just have to download the startscript at the bottom of this post.
Save the “startscript” into the root directory of your CSS server and change the permission to “u + x” (chmod u+x startscript).

Now open the start script with your preferred editor (vim, joe, mono etc.) and customize the configuration variables to your system.

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############################*
# Configuration (Required):
#
 
# |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
# |~~ 1. SYSTEM PARAMETERS ~~~~~~~~~~|
# |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
 
# ~~ Description: Set the user who owns the CounterStrike Server (root is not recommended)
# ~~ Params: Existing user on your system
SYS_USER="root";
 
# ~~ Description: Path to the root directory of the server
# ~~ Params: System path
SYS_DIR="/path/to/your/server/";
 
# ~~ Description: Server daemon
# ~~ Default Value: srcds_run
SYS_DAEMON="srcds_run";
 
# ~~ Description: Name of the server on your system
SYS_NAME="CSS001";
 
# ~~ Description: Description of the server
SYS_DESC="My first CSS Server";
 
# |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
# |~~ 2. SERVER START PARAMETER ~~~~~|
# |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
 
# ~~ Description: IPv4 Address of your server
# ~~ Params: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
START_PARAMS_IP="127.0.0.1";
 
# ~~ Description: Port of your server
# ~~ Params: Between 0 and 65535
# ~~ Default Value: 27015
START_PARAMS_PORT="27016";
 
# ~~ Description: Defines the default maps
# ~~ Params: Every on the server installed map is possible
START_PARAMS_MAP="de_dust2";
 
# ~~ Description: Defines the amount of player slots
# ~~ Params: Between 1 and 32
START_PARAMS_MAXPLAYERS="24";
 
# ~~ Description: Defines wether VAC (Valve Anti Cheat) is activated
# ~~ Params: secure / insecure
# ~~ Default Value: secure
START_PARAMS_SECURE="secure";
 
# ~~ Description: Pingboost
# ~~ Params: 0 / 1 / 2 / 3
# ~~ Default Value: 0
START_PARAMS_PINGBOOST="0";
 
# ~~ Description: Defines the tickrate
# ~~ Params: 33 / 66 / 100
# ~~ Default Value: 33
START_PARAMS_TICKRATE="100";
 
#
# CONFIGURATION END
############################*

After this step just execute the start script (./startscript start).

Thats it!

Required Linux packages

• awk
• screen

Download

  CounterStrike Source Linux Server Startscript v1.0 (8.0 KiB, 511 hits)

So long,
Andreas Glaser (aka JaZz)

Hi guys,

since I’m so often converting strings into MD5 hashs I thought I could quickly set up a little page for doing that. So if you need such a function as well… have a look at the following web address.

http://www.md5.andreas-glaser.com/

Screenshot

Have fun with this little tool.

So long,
Andreas Glaser (aka JaZz)

If you intend to move to Ireland or especially to Dublin then the following links might be helpful to you.

Apartments, Accommodation etc.

• www.daft.ie
  The best Irish website to search for apartments, hostels, hotels…
• www.lat.ie
  Another platform

Jobs, Recrutment agencies

• www.jobs.ie
  Pretty simple and absolute useful to search for jobs (I found mine there)
• www.monster.ie
  Global Job platform
• www.approachpeople.ie
  Recruitment agency
• www.hallrecruitment.ie
  Recruitment agency

Working

• http://www.welfare.ie/topics/ppsn/index.html
  A PPS number is required to work in Ireland

Banks

• www.aib.ie
  Allied Irish Bank
• www.bankofireland.ie
  Bank of Ireland
• www.ulsterbank.ie
  Ulster Bank

More links will follow…!

So long,
Andreas Glaser (aka JaZz)