![]() ![]() ![]() Or, if you want to tweak the hardware allocated to the virtual machine, feel free to change the settings before you launch it.ĭepending on your computer hardware, you should allocate more memory and at least half of your processor cores to get a smooth performance. You can choose to launch the virtual machine with the default settings. And, it should appear right in your VMware player. And navigate through it till you find a file with the “. Open VMware Workstation Player and then click on “ Open a Virtual Machine.” Now, look for the folder you extracted. Once downloaded, you need to extract the file to any path of your choice. In either case, you can also check the file integrity with the SHA256 value provided. 7z file directly or utilize Torrent (which is generally faster). Head to its official download page and download the prebuilt VMware image available. And, when it comes to Kali Linux, they offer a separate ISO file if you plan to use it on a virtual machine. To get started, you need to download the image file of Kali Linux. Recent Windows versions require that you enable the virtualization explicitly to use virtual machines. If you want to get the commercial license for your use-case, you need the VMware Workstation Pro edition, or else, the player is free for personal use.Īttention! Please make sure that virtualization is enabled in your system. This may take a while, and when completed, you get greeted with another window that lets you finish the process and gives you the option to enter a license key. Now, you have to continue to start the installation. If you want quick access using desktop and start menu shortcuts, you can check those settings or toggle them off, which I prefer. Proceeding to the next step, you can choose to disable checking for updates every time you start the program (can be annoying) and disable sending data to VMware as part of its user experience improvement program. But, if you need better keyboard response / in-screen keyboard performance in the virtual machine, you may want to enable the “ Enhanced Keyboard Driver.” Ideally, keep it at the default settings. Now, you get to choose the path of your installation. Next, you will have to agree to the policies and conditions to continue. You need to hit “Next” to get started installing VMware. exe file downloaded, launch it to start the installation process. There is no support for 32-bit systems, in case you were wondering.įinally, when you get the. You will have to click on the button for Windows 64-bit because that is what we need here. Next, you get to choose the version (if you want something specific or encountering bugs in the latest version) and then click on “ Go to Downloads.“Īnd then you get the download buttons for both Windows and Linux versions. Head to VMWare’s official workstation player webpage and then click on the “ Download Free” button. If you already have VMware installed on your system, you can skip the steps to install Kali Linux. Step 1: Install VMWare Workstation Player (on Windows) You can easily install VMWare on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. However, the tutorial is also valid for Linux except the VMWare installation on Windows part. Non-FOSS Warning! VMWare is not open source software.įor this tutorial, I presume that you are using Windows, considering most VMware users prefer using Windows 10/11. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Wii version also uses IR for aiming during combat, but this is mostly irrelevant given the game's lock-on system. If the camera is jittery and tough to control on the PS3 and 360, mapping it to the d-pad makes it even less precise and responsive. ![]() The Wii version of the game controls similarly to the PS3 and 360 versions of the game, except the camera controls are now mapped to the d-pad. Lara's animations are terrifically detailed but they'll frequently go on for a split second after you've let go of the analog stick, which can occasionally send her tumbling off of narrow ledges (a frustratingly familiar experience for long time Tomb Raider fans). The camera feels sluggish and is prone to frame dropping during sudden moves, but this happens in both versions. You'll have to move the camera almost constantly to get a full view of the environment and determine where to move next. You move Lara with the left analog and control the camera with the right analog stick. In terms of control the PS3 and 360 versions work the same. While the bulk of the in-game features are identical across all platforms, the addition of achievements might be enough for some hardcore gamers to go with the 360 version. The PC version doesn't support achievements either. ![]() The PS3 version doesn't currently support Trophies. Each puzzle has three levels of hints, and purists can choose to ignore them or use them sparingly. There's also a terrific hint system that players can use if they get stuck and aren't sure how to progress. Crystal Dynamics has implemented an admirable system for players to customize their own difficulty settings, from enemy strength, ammo capacity, damage to Lara, and the time you'll have to make last second jumps from collapsing platforms. Content and Control Underworld is a single player game with a heavy focus on story across all versions. A PS2 version will be released in early 2009 and is listed to sell for $29.99 as well. The PC and Wii version can be had for $29.99. The PS3 and 360 versions retail for $49.99. Price Point Eidos has priced Tomb Raider: Underworld aggressively on all platforms. So you're ready to jump back into the dank caverns with Lara but aren't sure which version to go with? Keep reading to find out all the key differences between the 360, PS3, PC, and Wii versions of the game. You can find Jack DeVries review of the Wii version here. For more on the game read Jeff Haynes' review of the 360 version, the PS3 version, and the PC version. Tomb Raider: Underworld continues the story of Legend, following Lara on a journey to discover the truth behind her long-lost mother's disappearance. After a terrific reboot of the franchise with Tomb Raider: Legend and the subsequent remake of the original in Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Eidos is back with another installment in the ongoing saga of Lara Croft. After a brilliant debut, the franchise has struggled mightily to remain competitive with the league of games quick to build on its legacy. Games as diverse as Portal and Prince of Persia can find some antecedent in the original formula laid out by Core Design. It flew in the face of most popular gaming conventions of the time, providing a ponderous and open-ended experience built around the pleasures of movement in a virtual space. Lara Croft looks for Thaumopolis in the Mediterranean Sea.The original Tomb Raider remains a landmark achievement in game design. Lara then dives in to retrieve it, while Amanda makes her escape. Once outside the ship Amanda throws the Gauntlet into the sea after being told by Natla that it will only fit Lara's hand. Lara then has to escape the sinking ship. Natla tells Lara that her search should involve Coastal Thailand. This is when Lara meets Amanda and her prisoner Natla. Once inside the ship it begins to sink after a mercenary accidentally shoots a fuel tank. Lara then leaves the ruins and swims back to her yacht and goes to Evert's ship. Mercenaries follow Lara, knock her out and take the Gauntlet. This proceeds to Lara getting the first of Thor's equipment, a Gauntlet. The Kraken is easily defeated by Lara through a simple mechanism puzzle. However Kraken is reveled to be in fact blind, and it does not attack Lara unless she swims very close to it. Once inside the ruins, Lara find the infamous Kraken. Lara then dives into the sea and continues downward to an underwater ruin with some sharks swimming nearby. Lara Croft is on her yacht and speaks with Zip and Alister Fletcher on a laptop, explaining the mission. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although we're going to focus on Splice Sounds, here's what else it includes: That doesn't sound like much, but if you do a lot of production work, you can easily go through hundreds or even thousands of samples in a busy month. In that case, those samples that you liked will be pretty expensive for you, several dollars apiece. You may end up buying a sample pack just because you like two or three specific sounds in the pack, and you ignore the rest. The problem though is that you may not end up using all of those sounds. But your sample pack may also contain some diversity, such as some bass notes, some drum hits, some keyboard notes, etc. That sample pack will contain a handful or maybe a few dozen samples, which are sometimes all fairly related, and intended to work together in the same key. If you buy a sample pack, you may be paying anywhere between perhaps ten and thirty dollars. In other words, a royalty-free sample is a one-time purchase that legally lets you share the sample in your song forever, with no extra expenses owed in the future if your song becomes popular. This means that you can use them in your own music that you re-distribute, either for free or for sale, without having to pay further expenses based upon the frequency of use of the samples. These sites all offer sample packs that producers can buy and use in their own music.Īn important definition here is "royalty free." You're probably going to want to make sure that all the samples you buy are designated as royalty-free. ![]() Traditionally, there have been a lot of websites designed to supply loops to producers. And the way that it's designed, quite often, the intent is that it sounds "continuous" so that you can't really tell where the loop is starting or stopping. But the key thing with a loop is that it is designed to be played over and over and over again, constantly, in a repetitive motion. Again, a loop sample can be as simple as a single sounds, but more frequently, it's a series of related sounds, such as four hits on a kick drum. The other common type of a sample is designed as a loop. The main defining characteristic of a one-shot is that it's made to be played one time, rather than repeated constantly. For example, I've seen one-shots that were a single hit on a hi-hat, and I've seen other one-shots that were sixteen consecutive hits on a hi-hat. Even though it's called a one-shot, there may be more than one sound in the sample. These are intended to be played once, without repeating. Some samples are designed as one-shot samples. I've seen samples that were as simple as a single hit of a stick on a block of wood, or as complex as three or four lines of a singer's vocals. They're short audio clips that contain things like a note or a drum hit or a spoken word, or several of any of those things. A sample pack can contain several sounds or several dozen sounds. When you get to this point, the common practice is to go online and to start looking for things called Sample Packs. Some VSTi's can only produce a single sound! Eventually, you're going to start getting bored with the sounds from your existing VSTi's, and you'll start looking externally for additional sounds. Some are pretty versatile and can produce thousands of different sounds, but more frequently, you're limited to only a few dozen sounds from a single VSTi. ![]() The only drawback with these VSTi's is that they're limited in what they can produce. For example, VST's might add things like reverb or delay or chorus or equalization or filtering to your sounds. VST's are more likely to be apps or plug-ins that affect that sound, rather than create a sounds. I should point out that a VSTi is a bit different than a VST (virtual studio technology plug-in). The VSTi's in these various programs can produce sounds ranging from the various pieces of a drum kit (kick, snare, hi-hats, tom, crash, ride) to miscellaneous percussion instruments (shakers, sticks, tambourines, etc.) to traditional instruments like basses, guitars, pianos, and synths. Examples of DAW's that come with built-in VSTi's include Ableton, Pro Tools, Cubase, Sonar, Reason, FL Studio, Logic, and several others. This stands for Virtual Studio Technology Instrument. Most DAW's come with various built-in instruments, which are sometimes called VSTi's. One source of these sounds is any instruments that might be within your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation, or audio editing/production software). If you're creating a song or producing a track, and let's assume that you're working on electronic-based production rather than traditional instrumental music, then you're probably looking for sounds for your track. ![]() ![]() Related: How To Create an Outstanding PowerPoint Presentation Forms Users can access the add-ons store from the toolbar. As with Docs and Sheets, users have offline editing capability and access to version histories.Ī special feature of Slides is add-ons, third-party applications that extend the functionality of the program. For added visual appeal, they can also edit the transitions between slides with such effects as fades, wipes, cuts and covers. ![]() Users can create richly detailed slideshows that include images, multimedia, animations and formatted text. ![]() Slides is Google's presentation software, comparable to Microsoft PowerPoint. Related: How To Create a Google Spreadsheet Slides Sheets also offers default and user-built templates. Like Docs, it allows access to the version history for tracking changes. It can be especially useful in a business setting, as the multi-user functionality allows a large number of employees to input data simultaneously. The basic features include editing, exploring, offline editing and integration with other Google services and products. It is comparable to and compatible with Microsoft Excel, another popular spreadsheet program. Sheets refers to spreadsheets and the Google software used to create them. Related: How To Create a Google Docs Resume Sheets There are also various templates provided by Google, and more that have been created by Docs' users. Google Docs is compatible with other word processors, and users can download a document to their hard drive in various formats, including: Other features include offline editing and automatically saved version histories, allowing users to view the revisions made, the dates of revision and the identity of the editor. Users can apply variable margin and line spacing, different fonts and typographical elements. The application offers wide functionality in terms of document layout and formatting. Google Docs text documents are created with Google's word processor, also called Google Docs. ![]() There are four main types of Google Docs: Documents Anyone with access to a Google Docs file and editing permissions can make changes to the file, collaborating with others doing the same. The files save automatically to your Google account, allowing you to access them through multiple channels and platforms-Google Drive, the Docs page, web browsers and mobile devices. Through Google Docs, you can create, modify and share various types of files, including but not limited to: Google Docs refers to specific applications within Google Workspace, a suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration software. In this article, we define Google Docs, discuss the types of Google Docs and describe the steps for creating Google Docs files on a computer and a mobile device. If you're interested in learning how to use Google Docs for your work, it's important to understand the basics of opening the apps and creating a file. These programs are popular free alternatives to on-premise or subscription software, providing much of the same functionality with greater collaborative capability. Google Docs refers to both a word processor and a suite of cloud-based productivity applications. ![]() ![]() As far as I can tell, all 3 methods yield reasonably similar structural rigidity. Most, including those from IKEA, have no glue and no instructions to do so. ![]() Some have instructed to glue it into both holes. Some of the flat-pack furniture I've assembled has come with a little tube of glue and instructions to glue the peg into one hole. If you'd like, you could glue the dowels in by putting a couple of drops of any standard woodworking glue into the dowel holes then inserting the wooden dowels. They give you more than enough nails to securely hold the back on and provide structural integrity, so even if you leave a couple out you'll be fine. If you damaged any spots in the cardboard, just avoid putting nails back in those areas. Square the cabinet up and nail the back on again. Once you've reduced the bulge by pretty much any means necessary, reassemble the cabinet, make sure the cam locks are good and tight, especially in this area. No, the vertical board won't be quite the same any more, but it's unlikely to cause any significant, long-term structural damage, even if this is a wall hanging cabinet. You might be able to smash it back into place by directly hitting the bulge with a mallet, or squeezing it in a clamp.Īlternatively, so long as there isn't an assembly hole in this area, you could get away with chipping the bulged out area away so the two boards can sit tight together. Take a look at the damaged area here - you may be able to flatten this area by reassembling and hitting the outside (gently at first, harder as necessary) with a rubber mallet to flatten it down. Once you've got the cardboard off the back, release the cam-locks so you can remove this side panel. Be sure to keep the hammer head along the edge of the wood, otherwise, you'll end up pushing a big hole through the cardboard backing and that's not good. I usually pry the nail up with a small screwdriver before getting the claws of a hammer underneath to pry the nail out. Even if you damage it a bit removing one or two nails, you can still reuse it. ![]() If you're very careful, you should be able to remove the nails from the cardboard backing without causing significant damage to the cardboard. That may make it difficult to tighten the side panel to the bottom shelf and leave the whole thing a little wobbly. It looks like you may have damaged the side panel here: ![]() ![]() Swamp of the Lost Monster combines the rubber-suited monsters of which Murray is so fond with a western tale of a cowboy (Gastón Santos and his horse, Moonlight) helping a family in peril. ![]() ![]() But those who wallow in the dregs of the medium celebrate Murray’s skills as an importer of fine Mexican cinema, which achieved a zenith of sorts with the 1964 classic Wrestling Women vs. Gordon Murray means nothing to you, that means you have good taste in movies. Truth be told, this is a cult movie more popular among those who laugh at westerns than those who embrace them, but it’s worth a look to watch two scenery-chewing divas tear into each other. Such images pervade this kinky story of black-leather-garbed bar owner Vienna (Joan Crawford), her boy toy Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden), and jealous rival Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge) culminating in one of the few girl-versus-girl showdowns in western history. The first adjective most critics jot down for Johnny Guitar is “Freudian.” For those who didn’t take Psych 101 in college, the term is shorthand for visual expressions of sexuality. At first the visual gags are amusing in a politically incorrect way - the cowboys ride Shetland ponies and enter the saloon by walking under the swinging doors - but when it becomes apparent that Tiny Town has nothing else to offer, the film quickly becomes tedious before mercifully ending after 62 minutes. A standard black-hat-versus-white-hat story is played out by a cast of 60 little people, led by Billy Curtis, who later appeared as a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz and Clint Eastwood’s sidekick in High Plains Drifter. One of the worst movies ever made, The Terror of Tiny Town was Hollywood’s first all-midget western. television! Thankfully, the job of defeating the Muranian robots and the evil Lord Argo still leaves Gene time to sing a few campfire tunes. Led by Queen Tika, the denizens of this subterranean culture battle surface-dwellers both good and evil with such futuristic devices as. Lurking beneath the deposits is the lost civilization of the Muranians. In The Phantom Empire, the singing cowboy discovers that his famed Radio Ranch sits on a radium deposit that is coveted by unscrupulous land speculators. The Phantom Empire (1935)īefore Flash Gordon battled supernatural creatures in the golden age of movie serials, our planet was protected from bizarre unseen forces by none other than Gene Autry. Here are 10 weird westerns that will leave you shivering, either with fear or with laughter. ![]() Western fans don’t have to feel left out. Remember when Halloween was a one-day celebration of tricks and treats? In recent years, the entire month of October has been commandeered by All Hallows traditions, with new horror flicks at the bijou and scary movie marathons on television. These 10 weird westerns feature cowboys battling vampires, monsters, a lost underground civilization - and a few terrifyingly bad scripts. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() Contents 1 Physical description 2 Battle 2.1 Strategy 2. They are only encountered in Barrel Volcano. Whether they suffer from terrible level design, illogical attacks, bad gameplay, or poor mechanics, these are the 15 worst bosses in Super Mario. Chained Kongs are enemies which appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Level design, camera angles, and power-ups often affect the design of Super Mario bosses. Yoshi Cookies can also be used in battle to summon Yoshi, where he will attempt to eat an enemy. The weapon can be obtained by winning the six doors challenge in Bowser's Keep. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario and Yoshi are required to bring Yoshi Cookies to Boshi in exchange for a race. When the bosses are more reminiscent of hack-and-slash enemies that are always defenseless, the franchise suffers.Ī boss’s attacks and weaknesses are not the only factors that contribute to bad design. List of Skills and Magic Best Weapon for Geno Star Gun Geno's strongest weapon is the Star Gun, which boasts an attack stat of 57. As a strategic platformer, Super Mario is inherently designed for bosses that are only temporarily vulnerable. Players can easily exploit bosses that are always vulnerable or are vulnerable at the wrong times. This is not always the case - and the lack of invulnerability usually results in terrible design. Many of the bosses that require three hits are temporarily invincible after you damage them. Some recent games include the same mechanic, although these games are generally imitating the original Super Mario Bros. In battle, Alley Rats usually attack with their tail, which can poison. The first Super Mario games used bosses that die after one hit. Alley Rats are a stronger variation of Rat Funks that appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.They appear in the Sunken Ship off the coast of Seaside Town.They may appear in large numbers or alongside several other enemies. There are exceptions, particularly in early titles. Since its origins 32 years ago, Super Mario has developed a predictable but fun pattern for bosses: you must hit almost every boss three times in order to win. ![]() ![]() ![]() The company's project was later reportedly shut down by the U.S. A wave of negative publicity ensued, with coverage on BuzzFeed News, CNBC, the BBC, and TechCrunch. At CES 2018, he broke the news about Kodak's "KashMiner" Bitcoin mining scheme with a viral tweet. Starting in 2015, Chris attended the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas for five years running. His work has even appeared on the front page of Reddit.Īrticles he's written have been used as a source for everything from books like Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff, media theory professor at the City University of New York's Queens College and CNN contributor, to university textbooks and even late-night TV shows like Comedy Central's with Chris Hardwick. His roundups of new features in Windows 10 updates have been called "the most detailed, useful Windows version previews of anyone on the web" and covered by prominent Windows journalists like Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley on TWiT's Windows Weekly. Instructional tutorials he's written have been linked to by organizations like The New York Times, Wirecutter, Lifehacker, the BBC, CNET, Ars Technica, and John Gruber's Daring Fireball. The news he's broken has been covered by outlets like the BBC, The Verge, Slate, Gizmodo, Engadget, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, ZDNet, The Next Web, and Techmeme. Beyond the column, he wrote about everything from Windows to tech travel tips. He founded PCWorld's "World Beyond Windows" column, which covered the latest developments in open-source operating systems like Linux and Chrome OS. He also wrote the USA's most-saved article of 2021, according to Pocket.Ĭhris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Beyond the web, his work has appeared in the print edition of The New York Times (September 9, 2019) and in PCWorld's print magazines, specifically in the August 2013 and July 2013 editions, where his story was on the cover. With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. Presumably, being an active member of the Beta ring is a good start.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. There's no public criteria for joining it-you just have to be invited by Microsoft. Alpha: This ring is invite-only, and receives preview updates first.This ring receives preview updates shortly after the Alpha ring. Beta: You must be an Xbox Insider for at least three months and reach Xbox Insider Level 4 or higher to join the Beta ring.This ring often receives updates before the Omega ring. Delta: You must be an Xbox Insider for at least one month and reach Xbox Insider Level 2 or higher to join the Delta ring.The Omega ring receives Xbox One system updates shortly before everyone else does. Omega: Anyone who signs up for the Xbox Insider Program can be part of the Omega ring.The Omega ring is open to everyone, but the Delta, Beta, and Alpha rings are progressively harder to get into. New Xbox One features and app updates appear in the Alpha ring first before making their way down to the Beta, Delta, and then Omega rings. While anyone can join the Xbox Insider Program, there are different "rings"-or tiers-of membership. The Xbox Insider Program is actually a little more complicated than the Windows Insider Program. ![]() ![]() ![]() This feature ensures that rounded rectangles maintain their roundness when transformed depending on where the guides are placed. When the master symbol is edited, Fireworks propagates the change to all instances of that symbol. Reusable elements can be designated as symbols and placed at multiple pages or on the same page. ![]() This feature was added with the release of CS4. ![]() When a user drags an object, Fireworks tries to guess what the user intends to do with the object and draws temporary visual and placement aids. They are areas of the image that may interest the user such as the image boundaries, middle of the image or general boundaries of another object. The smart guides however, are not placed by users. Additionally, the user may enable the snap feature of the Fireworks, which causes objects (pieces of image, text or layers) drag to the vicinity of a guide to snap to it. For instance a guide is useful when a piece of text must be placed in line with another graphical item. A user may place one or more guides on the image at any time and use it as a visual aid. However, the final image is produced by hiding those areas that exit the image boundary.įireworks support guides, horizontal or vertical lines that act like a real-world ruler to help drawing, content placement and image composition. Layers may be wider or taller than the image itself. On macOS, it is possible to display the application in multiple document interface mode or the standard viewing mode where all toolbars float freely on the screen.įeatures Hierarchical layers Īll the layers can be accessed from the Layers panel. User interface įireworks' user interface is consistent with the rest of Adobe Creative Suite, similar to that of Adobe Photoshop. Adobe discontinued Fireworks in 2013, citing the increasing overlap in functionality with its other products such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Edge. Older versions were bundled with Macromedia Studio. It was available as either a standalone product or bundled with Adobe Creative Suite. It was designed to integrate with other Adobe products such as Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Flash. Its features included slices, which are segments of an image that are converted to HTML elements, and the ability to add hotspots, which are segments of an image that are converted to hyperlinks. Fireworks was made for web designers for rapidly creating website prototypes and application interfaces. Raster graphics editor, vector graphics editorĪdobe Fireworks (formerly Macromedia Fireworks) was a bitmap and vector graphics editor, which Adobe acquired in 2005. ![]() |
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