Forrest's
RESOURCES

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This page is dedicated to the greatness of the web, in an attempt to provide useful resources to the web community as a whole, instead of merely standing up and shouting... Look at me!

The sort of stuff which I will put on this page will vary from Lode Runner, (a game by Sierra), levels to Adobe Photoshop & Paint Shop Pro image filters, to Qbasic programs.

All resources, so far anyway, that I intend to put on this page are completely original, made by myself. I tried to put the most useful stuff which I have made, and the stuff which other people can make good use of here. Please let me know what you think...
 
 

Windows Programs
 Description Requires Download Size
PSPower - PSPower is a shareware addon for Paint Shop Pro.  Win 98 PSPower.zip 215 K
It has only been tested with PSP 5.0, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work with any other version, although the sample macros may not.  This is because of it's flexible structure.  In essence, it does no more (and no less) than send keystrokes to Paint Shop Pro just as if you had typed them.  It may take a bit to learn, but it can be quite a useful tool.  Feel free to email me with any questions!
These are all the programs I currently have to offer, barring the Qbasic programs at the bottom of the page.


    The following is a collection of levels for the
 
Lode Runner Levels
A two player set of 15 levels (Word/Wordpad doc included)
To view an HTML version of the documentation now, click here.		 Lodelevel.zip 21KB
I don't have any other levels right now, but I am currently working on a one player set.

     The following table (It is down there, just be patient and read this...) is a list of image processing filters which I have created using a Paint Shop Pro plugin called Filter Factory. You would have no reason for downloading these filters unless you have either Paint Shop Pro, (you can get a free trial from Jasc), or Adobe PhotoShop. Plugin filters can do many things. Instructions: after you download one of these files, you will need to unzip it and put the included files in the plugin sub-directory of your graphics program. With PSP (Paint Shop Pro), which is what I have, it is a subdirectory called "plugins".
     There are three files included in the zip file, name.8bf, name.afs, and name.txt. The first is the actual filter file, and is the only one that you need to keep to use the filter. You can just delete the other files if you want. The ".afs" file is the source code file for the filter, so if you have the Filter Factory Plugin, (you can download it at this web page: http://pluginhead.i-us.com/ffc.htm), you can open this file up and fiddle with the code, or use it for ideas for making your own filters. The third ".txt" file is important too, because it describes what the filter does, and what the options for it are, but you could always discover this for yourself!
 

Filters (for PSP & Adobe PhotoShop)
Made with the Filter Factory plugin for PSP
A must in the special effects category. It swirls the image around the center.  swirl.zip 23KB
Also very useful. It causes a wavy effect to come upon the image using a sine curve.  wave.zip 23 KB
On the strange side. If you want to majorly distort something, it has three different styles, and creates nifty, though maybe useless effects.  distort.zip 23 KB
This is in a different genre. It is useful if you want to add many concentric circles going out from the center of the image.  circles.zip 23 KB
This is very handy for creating web page backgrounds, or wallpapers. It merely "inverts" the image, so that you can see the way the image would come together when tiled. walpaper.zip 23 KB
I have made several other filters, but these ones which I have chosen are the most useful, I think. If you are interested in other filters I have made, please email me, or you can download the source code for all of the filters I have made, and view and compile them with the Filter Factory plugin. For all of the source files in a zip, click here (3K).

     Qbasic programs are computer programs that are written in the language of Basic, are not compiled, and are run and edited through Microsoft Qbasic, which comes with DOS on most computers, though not on computers which came initially with Windows 95. Anyway, I am a pretty avid programmer in Qbasic, and have created many programs, both simple and complex. I tend to make games, since that's what I like to play, but I have made some other utilities and things. All of these programs are provided on an "as is" basis, with no warranty that any of them will work to do anything. Qbasic programs tend to be safe. These programs should not do anything malicious to your computer, other than take up a few KB of space!
     These are really offered for people who work with Qbasic themselves, and who might benefit from looking at the code and editing it, but there is nothing banning your standard computer user to download these and try them out as well. I'm sorry that this page is getting a bit verbose, but all these words are rather important. If you are not familiar with Qbasic, then to run these programs you need to go to the DOS prompt, type "cd\dos", then "qbasic". This will bring up the Qbasic editor. From here, hit "ESC" once to clear the screen, then goto FILE->OPEN. Find the ".bas" program file that you want to run, pick it, and choose OK. Then go to RUN->Start. If you are unable to exit out of a program, hit CTL+BREAK to get out. If you want the program to work as initially intended, remember NOT to save changes when you exit.
 
QBasic Programs
Pacman style arcade game. Play at your own risk, because it has complicated control keys, and not much documentation.  Feel free to rip apart the source code to whatever end pleases you though... pacgame.zip 5 KB
I have lots more, but I haven't got them up yet. Also, most of them aren't documented...

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