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diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org index 3d4cffe..34217a0 100644 --- a/content-org/blog.org +++ b/content-org/blog.org @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ #+HUGO_SECTION: blog -* 2024 [75/77] :@blog: +* 2024 [76/79] :@blog: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: blog/2024 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "blog/images" :image_max_width 600 @@ -64,6 +64,65 @@ Images are made to add additional value to the text, not to make it load slower. Love you, Drew! +** TODO Gaming on FreeBSD +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: gaming-on-freebsd +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Abstract A pre-note of some sort? +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Listening Steve Kirk - Thimbleweed Park (Original Soundtrack) +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Listening_url https://thimbleweedpark.bandcamp.com/album/thimbleweed-park-original-soundtrack +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Listening_img Steve-Kirk-Thimbleweed-Park.Jpg +:END: +A little update before a bigger update, sometime in the near future on my [[https://bsd.crys.site][Guide to BSD]]. +I am not a gamer, I have no idea what is going in Redmond land. +But I *want* to run a few of new games, like Baldur 3, Myst remake, or Return to Monkey Island. +What I don't want is to dual-boot. +Ergo, what I want is a working =wine(1)= gaming setup. + +What I've learned today: my laptop is a bit on the older site (Nvidia GTX1060 Mobile), and using Vulcan seems not to be an option... whatever that Vulcan thingy is. +But I can easily install direct3d via =winetricks(1)=: + +#+begin_src shell +pkg install winetricks +winetricks d3dx9 d3dcompiler_42 d3dcompiler_43 d3dcompiler_47 +#+end_src + +And games suddenly start to work! +What a time to be alive, even though it appears that I am limited to DirectX9. +Well, I stopped being in the loop around when DX6 was introduced. +/RTMI/ is a DX12 only game, so I'll have to find a way. + +** DONE Thomas the Transformer +CLOSED: [2024-10-02 Wed 11:19] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: thomas-the-transfomer +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Abstract Best toy ever or best toy ever? +:END: + + +Somehow, bootlegs are spectacular. +Nothing stops the creativity of those /crazy Chinese/. +They stop at nothing and nothing is sacred, as it appears. + +Our local /Kiosk/ specializes in Chinese imports and trademark infringement. +Often it's a miss, but when he hits, he hits. +May I present to you, /Thomas the Transformer/. + +#+attr_shortcode: :file thomas-transformer.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :alt A plastic robot consisitig of three Thomas the Tank Engine trains +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Thomas the Transformer +#+end_image + +There's even a [[https://www.wired.com/2009/08/thomas-the-transformer-steam-powered-railway-robots-in-disguise/][wired.com]] piece on this beast + +#+begin_quote +Unlicensed, undefeatable, and undoubtedly awesome. +Toot-toot is his death cry, and he will crush you as he screams his sweet revenge, all in the voice of Ringo Starr. +#+end_quote + +My kid knows what he is filling his piggy bank (45PLN, so 11,6USD) for, and I can't wait to play with it. + ** DONE Notes on Star Trek CLOSED: [2024-10-01 Tue 20:39] :PROPERTIES: |