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Strongbow’s 2023 Creations released

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— orudge @ 12/01/2023 11:46 am

Strongbow’s 2023 content pack is now available for download. Check it out on the Strongbow’s Creations page!

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New content available to download

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— orudge @ 11/01/2022 9:21 pm

The user Strongbow has kindly sent a new mod pack which I’ve made available for download. Check it out on the Strongbow’s Creations page!

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New soundtrack recordings available

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— orudge @ 10/02/2020 9:28 pm

jfs has recently recorded the entire Transport Tycoon and Transport Tycoon Deluxe soundtracks using an MT-32 synthesiser, which is now available in the Music section of this site, and on jfs’s own site.

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Updates!

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— orudge @ 17/01/2020 11:43 am

I’ve made a few, admittedly quite minor, updates to the long-neglected GEM section of the web site. Nothing too exciting though, I’m afraid.

I did, some years ago, mirror various old GEM sites which are now lost from the Internet, and hope to be able to restore their content at some point via a special Archive section of the site. Quite when that will happen remains to be seen.

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20 years of owenrudge.net!

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— orudge @ 28/11/2019 9:20 am

It’s hard for me to believe, but this web site is now 20 years old! On the 28th November 1999, I uploaded a little site I called “Owen’s Visual Basic Workshop” to the free web space my dial-up ISP offered (those were the days, eh!) – it looked something like this. It’s evolved over the years, though I’ll admit it has stayed rather static for the past 12 years. As you might have guessed, I’m quite busy with “real life” these days, so updates are few and far between, but I do try to keep the BAEC/Star Alliance calculators up-to-date when I can. I also intend to release the source for most/many of the utilities that are available on the site when I get the time. Hopefully the site will still be here in 10 years time – maybe it’ll even get a redesign by then, you never know! 🙂

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owenrudge.net turns 18!

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— orudge @ 28/11/2017 10:12 am

Yes, believe it or not, this web site is now old enough to vote! Although, being pedantic, the current domain only came into being in 2002 – however, the oldest content (the Visual Basic Workshop) dates back to November 1999.

The web site hasn’t seen many major updates in recent years, I’m afraid, as I’ve been pretty busy with life in general. I am hoping to port Foxamp to the new Firefox 57 extension framework (which, if I understand correctly, should also allow the extension to work with Google Chrome), but that’s not completely straightforward due to the nature of it. I also recently released TTDX Editor as Open Source, and may do so for some of my other software as and when I can get to it and tidy it up.

Not long now until the big 20… see you in 2019!

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TTDX Editor released as Open Source

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— orudge @ 06/11/2017 2:36 pm

I’m pleased to announce that the source code for TTDX Editor has been released, and that the project is now licensed under the GNU General Public Licence version 2. You can find out more information on the TTDX Editor page, or you can find the Git repository on GitHub.

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Winamp Control Centre 1.4.3 released

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— orudge @ 15/08/2015 6:35 pm

Winamp Control Centre 1.4.3 has been released – new in this version is the /PLAYPAUSE switch, enabling you to start playing music if Winamp is currently stopped, or pause/unpause if Winamp is currently playing. Handy if, like me, you have a combined Play/Pause button on your keyboard that you want to map.

As usual, the binaries and source can be found right here, and are also now available on GitHub.

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Winamp Control Centre 1.4.2 released, and open sourced

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— orudge @ 10/06/2015 7:54 pm

Long time no see, I know. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve released version 1.4.2 of Winamp Control Centre, a small collection of utilities for controlling Winamp playback – useful to add as a toolbar to your taskbar, or to use from scripts, etc. I’ve also taken this opportunity to release the source code on GitHub, under the GNU GPL v2. I’m planning to release the code to some of my other utilities as and when I’m able to – whether anybody will find them useful or not is another matter. 🙂 If you have any queries or if there is anything of mine you’d particularly like to see open sourced, please let me know and I’ll see what I can do!

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LocoMods.eu content now available in AMI Trains section

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— orudge @ 22/04/2015 9:00 am

Following the recent integration of AMI Trains into Owen’s Locomotion Depot, strongbow and Hodkowicz of LocoMods.eu have offered their fantastic Locomotion mods to be hosted here, as they’re closing down their own site. AMI Trains was always one of the most comprehensive sites for Locomotion mods, and the addition of this great new content from LocoMods.eu means you’ll have plenty of choice if you’re looking for something to spice up a game of Locomotion! Check out the AMI Trains section for more details.

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AMI Trains is now part of Owen’s Locomotion Depot

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— orudge @ 18/03/2015 9:00 am

AMI Trains, one of the largest sites for Locomotion with many great downloads, including the BR Set, NI Set, US Set and LocoTrains, is now part of Owen’s Locomotion Depot. Some AMI content is still being moved over to the site, but you can find the majority of it here – just take a look through the categories on the left to browse the available downloads. If you have any comments or queries, please contact me.

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A few updates

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— orudge @ 01/02/2014 9:41 pm

First of all, a belated happy new year to you all. I hope 2014 will be a good year to you. It’ll be a busy year for me – amongst other things, I’m getting married in August! I’m not sure how much I’ll get done with the site this year, but I hope to release a couple of new Transport Tycoon utilities at some point. I also have some Foxamp work I did last May, but never quite finished – shall try to get that out soon! In the mean time, I’ve made a few minor updates to the About Me pages.

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Transport Tycoon for iOS and Android released

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— orudge @ 04/10/2013 9:08 pm

The new mobile version of Transport Tycoon for iOS and Android devices has been released. You can download it from the App Store, Google Play and Kindle Fire stores. See the official Transport Tycoon web site for more details. I played with the game during the beta, and found it quite enjoyable – I’ll hopefully find some time to play it more soon, and will be able to get some new content up about it in the not too distant future!

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Transport Tycoon for mobile devices coming soon

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— orudge @ 15/07/2013 2:27 pm

Today it was announced that Chris Sawyer, in conjunction with Origin8 Technologies and AppyNation, will be releasing a new version of Transport Tycoon for iOS and Android devices. You can find out more information on the new game at the official Transport Tycoon web site, and you can discuss new developments over on the forums.

It’s quite exciting to hear of new official developments regarding Transport Tycoon, and it’ll be interesting to see how the game is adapted to suit mobile platforms. The press release suggests “every element of what made the original such a prestigious and enduring piece of entertainment” will be retained. I’ll post more updates when they emerge, and I look forward to a new generation of players discovering the excitement of Transport Tycoon!

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Foxamp 0.4.2 released

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— orudge @ 21/05/2013 9:00 pm

I have released version 0.4.2 of Foxamp. (Maybe I should name a release “1.0” some day.) This features no new user-visible functionality, but removes the requirement for an internal Foxamp helper DLL (foxamp32.dll / foxamp64.dll) which caused problems with approval for the Mozilla add-ons site. Hopefully the new version will be available through the Mozilla site soon. Until then, you can download it right here, of course.

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Foxamp 0.4.1 released

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— orudge @ 09/04/2013 10:29 am

Hot on the heels of the release of Foxamp 0.4 comes Foxamp 0.4.1. The new version fixes a bug which might cause the buttons to stop working when no Winamp path is specified in the settings, and also adds support for 64-bit versions of Firefox (such as Waterfox).

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Foxamp 0.4 released

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— orudge @ 04/04/2013 10:36 pm

I’ve released version 0.4 of Foxamp, which features an architectural change in that Foxamp no longer launches an external process (Winamp Control Centre) to interface with Winamp, instead controlling Winamp directly through a DLL. This may lead to slightly better performance. It also seems to have fixed a bug where the song title wouldn’t update. You can download the new version here, or it’ll be available on the Mozilla Add-ons site soon.

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Happy 2013, everyone!

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— orudge @ 15/01/2013 12:30 pm

Figured I should post a message of some sort, seeing as it’s a new year. So, I hope 2013 is good to you all. I do have various plans for this site, and my other sites, but time is not on my side – too much going on in “real life” I’m afraid. So expect some dribs and drabs over the coming few months.

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File3D 1.2 released (yes, really, I’ve updated an ancient Windows 3.1 utility)

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— orudge @ 01/12/2012 6:50 pm

In what must surely be a contender for “most pointless software upgrade ever”, I came across the source code to File3D the other day. As one of the first things I ever programmed in C, back in 1999, the code was pretty bad. So I decided to tidy it up and release a new version. File3D 1.2 doesn’t do anything much different in terms of functionality, but it does have some installer improvements, and also features a Windows NT 3.51 version. (It should work in NT 3.1 and 3.5 too, but I haven’t been able to test it properly.)

If you happen to be one of the 3 people still using Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows NT 3.51, or the lesser-spotted Windows 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups 3.1, and you don’t already have a program like Calmira to make your entire Windows experience 3D, then feel free to download File3D 1.2 today. And then tell me about it, because I’d like to know that you exist!

Coming soon: hopefully an update of something that is more useful!

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Hey, I’m still alive

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— orudge @ 03/09/2012 8:53 am

Just very busy, hence the lack of blog updates. Maybe one day I’ll post something more interesting here. Quite probably not for a while, though.

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