I’m currently trying to extract some stuff from a .PC file. These are ZLib encoded files and the data within seem to be uncompressed files of various kinds (.DDS, .WAV, etc). I hope to extract some of the model files and textures, probably of the Aliens, and have them rendered in either an XNA or OpenGL application.

While searching for how to check Internet Explorer 5.5 / 6.0 and so on in Windows 7, I came across this invaluable little tool called IETester. This application allows you to test a website on IE 5.5, IE 6.0, IE 7.0, IE 8.0 as well as whatever version you currently have installed all from within the application. Here’s a test showing Google with each version of Internet Explorer on a separate tab with the IE 5.5 tab selected. This will certainly save a lot of hassle.

Luke warm on the heels of my Doom Engine WAD Reader and Extractor program, I’ve dug out some of my really old Visual Basic 6 (VB6) code (and ported it over to C#) to allow for ICN reading, which is a Run Length Encoded (RLE) image format for storing multiple images native to the Might and Magic series, and I can note the following about my code: it’s unstable, it falls apart under pressure and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, it bails on you. On the positive side, at least my debugger actually…

Head to the download page for the first taste of the Doom Engine WAD Reader and Extractor (Something of a mouthful, I know. It does honour the function of the application however :)). It’s still a bit rough and ready, but still very functional and supports many of the features that I initially set out to do, so for this, I’m very happy, however, it still needs a lot of polishing. For that reason, I value any comments or critique you can throw my way and they will be much appreciated. You can…

I have been fixing up a bunch of stuff in the Doom WAD Reader utility, such as making sure the program knows where to stick the huge amount of random files that aren’t bound by x_START and x_END flags, sound files, and so on. I’ve also added the ability to play the digital sound files as well as save them out as a wave file. I’ve also added a rather exciting (and somewhat nostalgia inducing) feature which allows the PC Speaker sounds to be played and saved out as wave files, and I must say, from…