Last Resort Launcher Bug - December 6, 2014
I recently found out that the Last Resort launcher has a bug in it when run under Windows 8. You should make the Last_Resort.exe run in Windows 7 compatibility mode (or even Windows XP Service Pack 3 mode) if you are having problems with it in Windows 8.
I was completely unaware that Windows 8 is very strict about saving the LastResort.ini file that stores the launcher's settings. Windows 8 redirects the file into a Virtual Store folder as a way to make the operating system more secure. The Last Resort launcher gets confused about the location of the file and crashes. Perhaps including a manifest file will fix this problem in future releases or perhaps saving the settings file to AppData. I will need to research this.
I understand why Microsoft does this but it doesn't mean I don't think it is a total pain in the ass.
Write comment (0 Comments)Swat 3 in Windows 8 (holy lag!) - December 5, 2014
I recently visited the Swat 3 forums at GOG.com and saw that there were a lot of people with technical problems running Swat 3 under Windows 8. The biggest problems was extremely low frame rate issues. I just bought a Windows 8 laptop so I figured I would install Swat 3 and test things out.
Boy, they weren't joking about how laggy the mouse movement was! I was getting 2 frames per second in the menus. A user in the forum, AdamK47, posted a fix that really helped a lot.
I started a page on this website for all the Swat 3 and Last Resort fixes for Windows 8.
I also looked through this website and fixed any dead links I found. I also updated the Swat 3 Patch Wizard to reflect URL changes to the patches.
Write comment (0 Comments)Domain Name Renewal - November 20, 2014
I just renewed the website domain name for another year. I haven't given up yet on this project and hope to do some more work on it this winter.
Once again much thanks to Haystakk for hosting this website for free. He may no longer play Swat 3 but he has always been a huge fan of it.
Write comment (0 Comments)Blame Grand Theft Auto Five - October 4, 2014
Okay, I admit that I really haven't touched the Last Resort mod in about a year but Grand Theft Auto 5 is to blame. Rockstar shouldn't make such fun games.
My real life work is starting to slow down for the fall so hopefully I can find the free time to release a new version of the mod or at least work on the hires version of the Import Store map.
Below are the last screen caps showing some of the new buildings added beside and across the street from the Import store. This is still a work in progress and the texturing, geometry and the lighting still need a lot of refinement.
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Write comment (0 Comments)Texture Comparison - November 5, 2013
Below is new texture that I made a week ago that is a good example of what can be done to improve Swat 3 using the Last Resort Mod
This screenshot shows what the original Swat 3 texture looks like compared to new higher resolution version.
I am working on a new version of the mod that will include some texture improvements (this will be an on going process)
Busy With Work - September 29th, 2013
It has been an extremely busy year for me with real life work.
This season I worked a lot on various Canadian TV shows: The Listener, Murdoch Mysteries, Satisfaction, Lost Girl, Orphan Black, and worked on a TV movie with Whoopi Goldberg and Ving Rhames.
I am looking forward to some free time this fall/winter. I haven't been able to do anything "creative" on the computer in a while.