The Asylum - Asylum Blog (RSS Feed) The Asylum - Asylum Blog http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/ Pixie installed @ http://www.the-asylum.com/ en http://www.the-asylum.com/files/images/rss_feed_icon.gif http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/ The Asylum - Asylum Blog (RSS Feed) Latest mix for possible use on Electronic Rumors dot com http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test#comments/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:26:00 -0700 Dr.Oopy musicmixelectronicrumours http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test/ My latest 'lectro mix. For possible use on Electronicrumors.com

Electronic-rumours-jan2010-mix-P5 by p5ymon

Tagged: music, mix, electronic, rumours

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test/ Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) not finding games, NAT issue or not? http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not#comments/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:23:00 -0700 Dr.Oopy XBOX360ModernWarfareMW2MW http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not/ Lots of people are suffering with the XBOX 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 not finding games. Myself included.
After filtering through some of these posts, there are some answers to this that are not suitable for everyone. I thought I'd post my findings in case they are useful for other people.

Ok the main fix for this is related to NAT and opening ports, and will only work if you only have one XBOX in the house. If like me you have housemates with XBOX's, this fix unfortunately will not work.
Without going into the specifics of assigning IP address and specific router set ups, all you need to do is bind an IP address to your XBOX from the router settings (so the XBOX is effectively at a static IP address), leave the XBOX network settings on Automatically Assigned though, as the router will deal with this. Now set up the following open ports for the IP address you assigned to your XBOX:
UDP/TCP: 3074, 53
UDP: 88
TCP: 80 (NOTE - may clash with the web setup of your router, but as this is purely the HTTP port address you can probably safely leave this off and let NAT take care of it)
Ignore other published advice about opening ports for one XBOX and setting another in the DMZ as, if your routers implementation of DMZ is correct, simply will not work. DMZ *should* bypass any other port rules and effectively stick one of your private IP's on the other side of the router. However in my experience, several router manufacturers just don't implement DMZ correctly.
If you have done this correctly, and your router is actually doing what it is told,  you will have no problems finding games on MW 2. However this will only work for a single Xbox and will prevent any others in your household from connecting to XBOX Live. Sucks, I know.

Now as far as I can tell this may be a specific problem with MW 2 as other Live games seem to work correctly by just letting the router take care of things via NAT.
Personally I used a Draytek 2930 router, which in my opinion is one of the best routers you can buy without going into the big commercial realms and spending thousands on one. Plus it happily handles our 50 meg connection.
I've recently raised a technical support query with Draytek in regard to XBOX Live / MW2 but have yet to hear.
More news if I get any further.

Tagged: XBOX, 360, Modern, Warfare, MW2, MW

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not/ Unreal Engine 3 For Free? http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/unreal-engine-3-for-free/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/unreal-engine-3-for-free#comments/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:59:00 -0700 Dr.Oopy unrealengine http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/unreal-engine-3-for-free/ If you've ever wanted to get stuck into game creation, why not use a next gen engine such as Unreal Engine 3?
Why not, they've released it for free :)

http://www.udk.com/index.html

Well not quite, seems this is just an Unreal Development Kit - there is no actual game or engine source code here. Shame really, that truly would of been awesome :)

Tagged: unreal, engine

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/unreal-engine-3-for-free/ Adding Bots To Google Wave http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/adding-bots-to-google-wave/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/adding-bots-to-google-wave#comments/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:05:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy googlewavebots http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/adding-bots-to-google-wave/ So I've been testing out Google Wave for a small while now.
Really could use some more people I know in it. Ideally members of my mod team.
Anyway, I digress slightly.
For those who may stumble across this via search, here's a quick tip on how to add Bots to your Google Wave account:
Simply add the bots address to your contact list.
Then you start a wave with it, like you would with another friend.
The data interaction is done via the wave, so if you add the RSSYBot for example, simply add the bots address to your contacts: rssybot@appspot.com
Start a wave and in that wave add the url of the RSS feed you want to read.
Updates on that feed will arrive in your inbox.

Hope that helps.

Tagged: google, wave, bots

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/adding-bots-to-google-wave/ Windows 7 Performance Rating http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/windows-7-performance-rating/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/windows-7-performance-rating#comments/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:35:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy windowsperformancerating http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/windows-7-performance-rating/ Hmmm.
Just ran the performance rating thingy in Windows 7 (64 bit) and a bit dismayed my 10k raptor (boot drive) only came out at 5.9.
Wonder if this has been rescaled for the supposed higher performance of SSD's?
Aside from that: Processor 7.4, RAM 7.8 and both graphics scores at 7.3 so not bad seeing as the maximum is 7.9.

Tagged: windows, performance, rating

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/windows-7-performance-rating/ New Software Section http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-software-section/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-software-section#comments/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:43:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy freedesktopwallpaperchangerdualmonitorsupport http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-software-section/ New section added for Software.

Just added my automatic desktop wallpaper changer (with dual monitor support) to download.
Best of all IT'S COMPLETELY FREE (aside from any donations you'd like to send of course) :)
Oh and it works in Windows 7 (tested on 64 bit, should also be fine on 32).
Ensure you read the notes for use.

Go check it out (if you're interested of course).

Tagged: free, desktop, wallpaper, changer, dual, monitor, support

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-software-section/ Retail Windows 7 has landed... http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/retail-windows-7-has-landed/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/retail-windows-7-has-landed#comments/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:25:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy windowsreleasecandidatehomepremiumupgrade http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/retail-windows-7-has-landed/ Well seems that they may of released it slightly earlier than the announced 22nd of October as mine arrived this morning.

There is apparently a work around to 'upgrade' Windows 7 release candidate to another version, namely Home Premium in my case.
I'm about to embark on this adventure following tips from here: http://icrontic.com/articles/upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-retail
I'll let you know how I get on :)
Ok install now complete after following advice from the above link.
Took far longer than expected (around 2.5 hours total), and appeared to just hang in places. Just be patient :)

Few problems, mainly seem network related:
Hamachi hasn't come back online correctly and would seem to need a reinstall to sort out.
Eset Smart Security firewall screwed up. This required a reinstall to correct.
Also seemed to find a problem with my IDE controller, however I only have a DVD drive connected to that so wasn't overly concerned at this stage.

Aside from that, plain sailing. At face value, everything seems ok.
Thank you Robert Hallcock for the above article :)

Tagged: windows, release, candidate, home, premium, upgrade

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/retail-windows-7-has-landed/ Just because January Jones is one sexy lady... http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/just-because-january-jones-is-one-sexy-lady/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/just-because-january-jones-is-one-sexy-lady#comments/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:08:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy JanuaryJonesWallpaperPicture http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/just-because-january-jones-is-one-sexy-lady/ Have a picture:

January Jones

Tagged: January, Jones, Wallpaper, Picture

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