From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Due to a change at work that I cannot talk about due to an NDA, I can no longer work on Zerogame, unfortunately.
I wasn't asked by my bosses to stop working on it (and I did tell them about it). I wasn't asked by Sony or anyone else to stop working on it, so don't demonize anyone over this.
I hope you understand I have to think of my family first. Sometimes, it's not just important to not be doing anything wrong.. it can be just as important to not look like you COULD be doing anything wrong.
I know it's cryptic and I wish that I could explain it all to you in full detail as I'm sure most of you would understand if I did.
But let's look past this. I don't want all my work to die. If someone is interested in stepping up and continuing the work, I will be more than happy to give them direct commit access to SVN so that the work can properly continue onwards. Please let me know.
Jay

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From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby zerojay » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:35 am

Due to a change at work that I cannot talk about due to an NDA, I can no longer work on Zerogame, unfortunately.

I wasn't asked by my bosses to stop working on it (and I did tell them about it). I wasn't asked by Sony or anyone else to stop working on it, so don't demonize anyone over this.

I hope you understand I have to think of my family first. Sometimes, it's not just important to not be doing anything wrong.. it can be just as important to not look like you COULD be doing anything wrong.

I know it's cryptic and I wish that I could explain it all to you in full detail as I'm sure most of you would understand if I did.

But let's look past this. I don't want all my work to die. If someone is interested in stepping up and continuing the work, I will be more than happy to give them direct commit access to SVN so that the work can properly continue onwards. Please let me know.

Jay


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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby Oner » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:16 pm

Thanx for everything Jay. Your selfless contribution and skills while juggling everything in your life (family, work, ZGP etc) are greatly appreciated. Again Thank You ~ see you on PSN.
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby Paco2099 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:59 am

Zerojay, I would like to partake in being a part of zergoame, I am in college right now for game development software, and as of now my c++ skills are evolving, i believe you may be working with java, or javascript not sure, but I would like to learn. and help and bring zerogame to a point to where it highlights your work.

In the future I will be taking a linux class, but I do not know if this would help.

As of now I may be little to no help, but in the future, definitely.
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby thizzkid » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:04 pm

wow i knew it, no .52 no nothing, glad i already updated, time to rub this in mucksonys face lol, ZGP epik fail, to the ps3 history
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby evilbart » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:45 pm

Hmmmm thizzkid you say you've already updated but yet you have been on this forum day in day out for the last few months,makes me wonder why? :D epic fail on you maybe :D
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby zerojay » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:47 pm

Zerogame v0.52 = SVN
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby Mucksony » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:53 pm

Thizzkid why do you care if 0.52 is dead or not? u updated. I have 2 ps3's lol. I use one for playing single player and blu ray and ydl and zerogame. i use other for downloading movies for free and vuze and new games and psn.

0.51 works great except for a few minor things. like everytime I install zg when I play genesis roms the box(with cart, cd save extension & list of emulators) where you select mega drive, mega drive is to far down to see. other intstalls the mega drive it near top of this box and visable. idk what decides during install if mega drive will be at top & visable or not in that box to select.

i can't find any mame's that work yet.(if any1 can tell me the names of good mame games that you have working i'd appreciate it, do not list any roms just names of games working on zg) i also haven't figured out how to use bios for famicom, lynx or sega cd.

my biggest problem is the black screen saver(the screen turns black) that pops up every 10 or 15 min while playing any emulator. if i wiggle the mouse or hit any key on keyboard it goes away and i can continue playing. if i wiggle the mouse or hit any key every 5 minutes it will never happen but that is annoying to have to keep that up. i've tried to delete a black screen saver box in fluxbox and turn off screen savers in ydl but idk how to fix it. i don't even know what causes it. even at the graphical login i hit ctl atl f1 log into root at terminal, if i dont hit any keys or wiggle mouse the screen goes black(black screen saver) after 10-15 min.

any advice for any of these problems? jay or anyone with experience. people have tried to help me out for months. i think i just described it the best so far in this post though. like i said b4 jay if need donations for a slim so your kids can have psn and you continue working on 0.52 let me know.
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby xnonsuchx » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:23 pm

thizzkid has been a little snot ever since he first got on here, so his continued behavior is hardly surprising.

Zerogame works mostly fine as-is (for me...I'm still using a self-modified v0.50 install, though may try a new fresh install soon), so it's not like it NEEDS a huge amount of development. I'm probably buying a PS3 Slim soon to keep my 60GB phatty at FW 3.15 (there are other PS3 Linux things I'm interested besides gaming...like realtime HD Cell-based H.264/AVC video encoding). Otherwise, I'd want another emulator box for my HDTV, which would probably be a $250-350 investment anyway, so buying another PS3 doesn't really change the financials and hardly helps Sony if they're still selling about AT cost.

Jay, are the current contents of the SVN tested as stable or does it still need testing?
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby Mucksony » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:31 pm

If i install the readme but replace everywhere that says 0.51 with 0.52 will i get a nice surprise? :D
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Re: From Failing Hands We Pass The Torch

Postby zerojay » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:00 am

What's in SVN right now needs testing. Those of you brave enough, check it out and I'm willing to package it up if it gets everyone's thumbs up.
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