About code. Mostly on C++
I’m using Red Gate’s .NET Reflector for decompiling .NET assemblies. It’s a great tool but it lacks, at least in the free version I’m using, information about the platform architecture of an assembly. Sometimes I want to know whether an assembly was built for Any CPU, x86 or x64. The tool that help you find … Read more
I have localized Alchemy to Romanian and Dutch and implemented live preview when dragging elements across the desktop area. Button Wikipedia was replaced with a language button. When you click it a new window pops-up displaying a list of available languages. The game language changes immediately. However, since the two lists with the elements are … Read more
I’m working on a project to port a 32-bit application for the x64 platform. The first errors that came up when building for x64 were related to inline ASM code, which is no longer supported in VC++ for x64. VC++ has an inline assembler built within the compiler, so you could write assembly code directly … Read more
Alchemy 1.3 is the latest update of Alchemy for Windows that brings 50 new exciting elements (taking the total to 350) and new features such as hints. The new elements in this release are focused on games; they include games such as Starcraft, Warcraft, Need For Speed, Tomb Rider, Resident Evil, characters such as Mario, … Read more
If you want to port an existing 32-bit application for the x64 platform (especially since 32-bit processors will soon be history), or if you want to target x64 for a new application, the first step in building for x64 is setting up your solution. In this post I will explain what are the steps in … Read more
I downloaded and installed a tool today, and when I ran it for the first time this message popped up. Downgrading happens! 😉
Alchemy 1.2 is a new update of Alchemy for Windows that brings 40 new elements to the game. This update is focused on physics on space, with elements such as Void, Big Bang, Big Crunch, Black hole, Wormhole, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking. The program is now build for Any CPU, so it runs as a … Read more
Alchemy 1.1 is the first update of Alchemy. It features 50 new cool elements and fixes a problem with the three elements (Bread, Hourglass and Snow) that were marked as terminals though they were required for making other elements. Combinations and elements are now verified formally so that they can all be resolved. The list … Read more
I have played recently a great game on Android, called Alchemy, created by Andrey Zaikin. You start with four basic elements, Fire, Water, Air and Earth and you can combine them to get more and more elements. The game was so catching that after finishing it I decided to write my own version for Windows. … Read more
The image of this former metallurgical plant of Călan (Hunedoara county) appeared through the surrounding hills as I was driving early in the morning to Hunedoara. It used to be a an important metallurgical center during the “Golden Age” of the communism era. Now it’s just a ruin like most of the industrial facilities in … Read more