Monthly Archives: August 2009

New version for PBSViewer, version 1.2.2.1

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There is a new version available for PBSViewer, version 1.2.2.1. This free php script PBSViewer can be used to view ingame captured pb(punkbuster) screens on a website, a demo can be seen here. A lot of new features are added to this version. The newest key features are listed below, a complete list of changes can be seen in changelog.

Newest key features

  • Read log files to obtain extra information like ip and md5 of original screen.
  • Extra info is given on top of screen, like player with most incomplete pb screens.
  • Screens can be selected by date. This allows you to search for screens of a match played yesterday.
  • All screens shown are ordered by date, the newest one are located on top.
  • Smart update feature: it will only download new or changed screens.
  • Numbers of screens shown on main page can be customized.
  • User can request an update: admin will be notified

Latest key features

  • Download latest pb screens from gameserver.
  • Shows your pb screens independently to your visitors, without user/admin intervention.
  • Search player by guid or by name, without openening every single pb screen.
  • Use of multiple wildharts in your search.
  • Automatic update of log file. This will prevent the log file to grow in size. Since pb keeps adding data, there is no limit in file size (pb does not clear old data, with this script however you can).
  • Multiple admins are possible.
  • Updates for pb screens can take place automatically or by admin intervention.
  • Easy automated install script included.
  • If there is an update available then you will be notified. A warning is displayed on top.
  • md5 hashes are added to screen
  • Detailed screen page is added, you can get here by clicking on a screenshot.
  • Get aliases of player.
  • Read log files to obtain extra information like ip and md5 of original screen.
  • Extra info is given on top of screen, like player with most incomplete pb screens.
  • Screens can be selected by date. This allows you to search for screens of a match played yesterday.
  • All screens shown are order by date, the newest one are located on top.
  • Smart update feature: it will only download screens that are new.
  • Numbers of screens shown on main page can be customized.

Update PBSViewer: version 1.1.2.1

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There is a new version available for PBSViewer, version 1.1.2.1. This free php script PBSViewer can be used to view ingame captured pb(punkbuster) screens on a website, a demo can be seen here. A lot of new features are added to this version. The newest key features are listed below, a complete list of changes can be seen in changelog.

Newest key features

  • md5 hashes are added to screen
  • Script can now be used for CoD4 too
  • Detailed screen page is added, you can get here by clicking on a screenshot.
  • Get aliases of player
  • Parser is improved and a debug mode is added if needed

Latest key features

  • Download latest pb screens from gameserver.
  • Shows your pb screens independently to your visitors, without user/admin intervention.
  • Search player by guid or by name, without openening every single pb screen.
  • Use of multiple wildharts in your search.
  • Automatic update of log file. This will prevent the log file to grow in size. Since pb keeps adding data, there is no limit in file size (pb does not clear old data, with this script however you can).
  • Multiple admins are possible.
  • Updates for pb screens can take place automatically or by admin intervention.
  • Easy automated install script included.
  • If there is an update available then you will be notified. A warning is displayed on top.
  • md5 hashes are added to screen
  • Detailed screen page is added, you can get here by clicking on a screenshot.
  • Get aliases of player.

Task manager in Ubuntu

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This is going to be my first tutorial, I hope you like it. In this tutorial I will explain how you get a ‘task manager’ in Ubuntu. Please leave a message if something is missing or something is not clear.

If you are a windows user and you switched to Ubuntu, the first thing you probably are looking for is the task manager. In windows you can press the famous keyboard combo ‘Ctrl+Alt+Delete’ to get your task manager. However this does not seems to work in Ubuntu.

In Ubuntu you have a similar tool as the task manager, it is called ‘System monitor‘.
In this tutorial I will show you how to make a shortcut for system monitor in Ubuntu. This tutorial is written for Ubuntu version 9.04 with GNOME as desktop.

1] First go to ‘System‘ and then to ‘Preferences‘, finally click on ‘Keyboard Shortcuts‘. If it’s not clear see figure 1 below.

figure 1, Ubuntu step 1: setting up shortcut for task manager
Figure 1: Creating shortcut for system monitor, step 1

2] Then you get the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts‘ screen, see figure 2. Click on ‘+ Add‘.

figure 2, Ubuntu step 2: setting up shortcut for task manager
Figure 2: Creating shortcut for system monitor, step 2

3] Now a screen will popup where you have to fill in a name and a command, see figure 3. You can choose an arbitrary name as long it does not already exist. In this case we choose ‘System monitor‘. For command use the following: ‘gnome-system-monitor’. Click on ‘Apply’ when you are done.

figure 3, Ubuntu step 3: setting up shortcut for task manager
Figure 3: Creating shortcut for system monitor, step 3

4] If you scroll down you find ‘Custom Shortcuts‘, see figure 4. Now click on the field with the text ‘Disabled’ which is next to ‘System monitor‘. To create a key combination for it just press your keys. In this case ‘Ctrl+Shift+Esc’ was chosen since ‘Ctrl+Alt+Del’ was already used.

figure 4, Ubuntu step 4: setting up shortcut for task manager
Figure 4: Creating shortcut for system monitor, step 4

5] If everything went ok, then you should have something similar like figure 5. You can close the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts‘ window and test you new keyboard shortcut.

figure 5, Ubuntu step 5: setting up shortcut for task manager
Figure 5: Creating shortcut for system monitor, step 5

PBSViewer updated

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There is a new version available now for PBSViewer. This free php script PBSViewer can be used to view ingame captured pb(punkbuster) screens on a website, a demo can be seen here.

Latest features

  • Download latest pb screens from gameserver.
  • Shows your pb screens independently to your visitors, without user/admin intervention.
  • Search player by guid or by name, without openening every single pb screen.
  • Use of wildharts in your search.
  • Automatic update of log file. This will prevent the log file to grow in size. Since pb keeps adding data, there is no limit in file size (pb does not clear old data, with this script however you can).
  • Multiple admins are possible.
  • Updates for pb screens can take place automatically or by admin intervention.
  • Easy automated install script included.
  • If there is an update available then you will be notified. A warning is displayed on top.

In this new version 1.0.2.1 a security-fix is added, see changelog for more info. For more info about the project go to PBSViewer.

Welcome

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Hi Welcome,

My own blog is finally online. This is not the first time I have created a website, though it is my first time making a blog with help of WordPress. At this website I show you my work. Next to this I will try to post some tutorials. You can also ask me to make signatures or avatars, it’s free, just go to this page. If you want to know more about me, just go to the ‘about’ page. Feel free to leave a comment and if you like this page don’t forget to bookmark it.

Cheers,

Brett