cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/19564932

https://github.com/thingsiplay/crc32sum

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# usage: crc32sum [-h] [-r] [-i] [-u] [--version] [path ...]

crc32sum *.sfc
2d206bf7  Chrono Trigger (USA).sfc

  

Previously I used a Bash script to filter out the checksum from 7z output. That felt always a bit hacky and the output was not very flexible. Plus the Python script does not rely on any external module or program too. Also the underlying 7z program call would automatically search for all files in sub directories recursively when a directory was given as input. This would require some additional rework, but I decided it is a better idea to start from scratch in a programming language. So I finally wrote this, to have a bit better control. My previous Bash script can be found here, in case you are curious: https://gist.github.com/thingsiplay/5f07e82ec4138581c6802907c74d4759

BTW, believe it or not, the Bash script running multiple commands starts and

https://github.com/thingsiplay/crc32sum

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# usage: crc32sum [-h] [-r] [-i] [-u] [--version] [path ...]

crc32sum *.sfc
2d206bf7  Chrono Trigger (USA).sfc

  

Previously I used a Bash script to filter out the checksum from 7z output. That felt always a bit hacky and the output was not very flexible. Plus the Python script does not rely on any external module or program too. Also the underlying 7z program call would automatically search for all files in sub directories recursively when a directory was given as input. This would require some additional rework, but I decided it is a better idea to start from scratch in a programming language. So I finally wrote this, to have a bit better control. My previous Bash script can be found here, in case you are curious: https://gist.github.com/thingsiplay/5f07e82ec4138581c6802907c74d4759

BTW, believe it or not, the Bash script running multiple commands starts and executes faster than the Python instance. But the difference is negligible, an

Hi all. This is an update on my script extracting CRC32 checksum from the 7z commandline tool. The output should be similar to how the md5sum tool outputs, the checksum and the file name/path.

The initial version of this script was actually broken. It would not output all files if a directory was included (wrong counting of files through argument number). Also filenames that contained a space would only output the first part until the space character. All of this rookie mistakes are solved. Plus there is a progress bar showing what files are processed at the moment, instead showing a blank screen until command is finished. This is useful if there are a lot of files or some big files to process.

Yes, I'm aware there are other ways to accomplish this task. I would be happy to see your solution too. And if you encounter a problem, please report.

crc32sum:

(Note: Beehaw does not like the "less than" character and

Marathon looks like an Ai agent would create. Art style, gameplay and story wise.

This is the next game from the Destiny creator Bungie. A multiplayer extraction shooter. It has nothing to do with the original Marathon game its based on, an old single player game. Those who could hands on the game describe it as a Destiny like controls and animation, but as an extraction shooter mode.

As for me, I would probably even check the game out, if it was free to play (its full price game, like Concord) and if it would be playable on Linux. Bungie is anti Linux, so not for me anyway.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/19102607

Faster downloads from Gofile, in case Internet Archive is slow or not available: https://gofile.io/d/EFyn1q

Internet Archive for preservation: https://archive.org/details/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched

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This is the first time I am uploading patched Roms, unlike previously where I uploaded only the patch files. My personal collection of Super Nintendo Romhacks in ready to play patched Roms in .sfc and .smc formats, complete with a descriptive text document. Most, if not all, files are patched by myself, but I did not test every game yet. Some old Romhacks do not work in accurate emulators.

Please share this everywhere where Rom files are allowed to be shared. I am only sharing here at the moment.

This collection comes in two variants: flat structure, and sub structure. "flat" just means all Roms and documents are saved in one single directory. "sub" means, every game got its own d

Faster downloads from Gofile, in case Internet Archive is slow or not available: https://gofile.io/d/EFyn1q

Internet Archive for preservation: https://archive.org/details/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched

This is the first time I am uploading patched Roms, unlike previously where I uploaded only the patch files. My personal collection of Super Nintendo Romhacks in ready to play patched Roms in .sfc and .smc formats, complete with a descriptive text document. Most, if not all, files are patched by myself, but I did not test every game yet. Some old Romhacks do not work in accurate emulators.

Please share this everywhere where Rom files are allowed to be shared. I am only sharing here at the moment.

This collection comes in two variants: flat structure, and sub structure. "flat" just means all Roms and documents are saved in one single directory. "sub" means, every game got its own dedicated directory, where only related Romhacks and Mods are saved.

[snes_mods

Today I've reported a player in Marvel Rivals for being a cheater (it was obvious to me, even autoaim through wall playing hawkeye). And I just got a confirmation message that the player is banned until 2125... basically a 100 year ban. :D Do report them. Report toxicity as well (I get ton of confirmation). But do not report because you are angry or maybe the other player played well. It's the first time I reported someone in Marvel Rivals for cheating.

I do my part.

Finally the new Rust 1.85.0 update is here, with a new Rust Edition 2024.

Someone remaked Super Mario World in 3D in Unreal Engine 5 (no realistic graphics). The video explains what he did and its super interesting and entertaining to watch. However, there is nothing playable right now. And even if there was one, Nintendo would be fast to remove it. I hope he will publish a finished work as Open Source project, so it will live on forever.

Video description:

Full gameplay video here: youtube.com/watch?v=xy3X_txfYWI&t=0s

Made in Unreal Engine 5.

It's not a big message, so I copied it here over. To me it is notable that they specifically address a Linux Gaming distribution called Bazzite, to correct a bug/mistake on it caused by the game. This note is also under the "General" headline, so they take it serious. I am really really happy about this.

Greetings, Rivals!

We're thrilled to announce that the upcoming patch drops on February 13, 2025, at 09: 00: 00 (UTC+0)! This update will also be applied without server downtime—so you can dive right back into your epic battles as soon as the update is live!

Here's a look at what's coming in this patch:

All-New Costumes

Mister Fantastic & Invisible Woman - 60th Wedding Anniversary Combo Bundle (Store release: 2025/02/14 02: 00: 00 UTC+0)

Mister Fantastic - The Life Fantastic (Store release: 2025/02/14 02: 00: 00 UTC+0)

Invisible Woman - The Life Fantastic (Store release: 2025/02/14 02: 00: 00 UTC+0)

Bug Fixes

All Pla

Edit: Oh I forgot the Direct X and drivers links. Added it in the below link list. There is a website that hosts old versions. With Windows 98 SE I use "voodoo_graphics_driver_kit_version_3.01.00" and "directx9.0c_april2006".

I just escaped the madness of today gaming and enjoy some retro games. The original Sim City from 1989 got a re-release in 1995 as version 2 for Windows 95. This screenshots shows DOSBox-pure in RetroArch with a Windows 98 Second Edition installation to play SimCity Classic V2.0 for Windows 95 (it works with 98). BTW this is on my Linux host. It's hilarious.

The hierarchy is as follows: Linux > RetroArch > DOSBox-pure > Windows 98 > SimCity Classic V2.0 for Windows 95

It's actually the first time I played this old version for Windows. I only knew and played the SNES version before, which is dramatically overhauled (and with gamepad support off course), my favorite version to date. In case you want too, there is a lot of stuff to do and understand to get this up

Little Update: Just added an exit command after the help.

Here is another little script that nobody asked for. There are multiple ways to accomplish this, but I always forget how or which is the best way. Use tr? Or sed? When can I use the more efficient Bash substitutions instead, which are Bash integrated functionality of variables that saves me some extra calls. Also most solutions to title case will compress all spaces to single space after a word; not this "title" solution, which respects the spaces.

Use this like you would use grep or tr, which get input from stdin and output to stdout. There are no special options, only mode names without dashes. Multiple modes can be combined, but there is actually no reason to do so at the moment.

Example:

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echo "Hello World, this is an EXAMPLE." | tocase toggle upper1

  

tocase:

(Note, this Beehaw instance always replaces some characters and makes th

LGR is a YouTuber who talks and shows lot of oldschool games and computers. And he is a fan of the Sims games. The Windows re-release has still problems, but works perfectly fine out of the box on the Steam Deck. I thought this is notable and want to share his experience: Though oddly enough, the one that I've had the most success with is the Steam Deck

New version for toarchive: https://gist.github.com/thingsiplay/889cb2899f35405e10839112f5181ab3#file-toarchive

(I have added a new version of the script. The old one is renamed to 'toarchive-old'. The new script has some guard rails and more checks. Also original files can be removed automatically on success, like gzip does. But an option -r must be explicitly given here, like toarchive zip -r file.txt. Directories can be removed too, but the option uppercase -R is required here, as in toarchive zip -R my_dir. Have in mind this will use rm -r system command. Although some guard rails are in place to prevent massive fail, you should be very careful. Note that no file is removed, if -r or -R are not used at all.)

I always write little scripts and aliases that help me from time to time. I just wanted to share some of my newest simple scripts. There are probably better or easier ways to do, but writing and testing them is fun too. Both make use of the 7z command, a commandlin

Article has some observation about the new statistics provided by Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam.

The Steam on Linux marketshare ended 2024 with a 2.29% against Windows at 96.1% and macOS at 1.61%. The Steam Survey numbers for January were posted this evening and they show a sizable dip for the Linux gaming use but there are also other odd discrepancies with the updated monthly figures.

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Where things get odd though is that the January results show the English language use dropping by 8.17% down to 33.97%... Most other languages dropping too and no explanation where the 8%+ usage went from the English use.

• Website: https://freetubeapp.io/
• Download: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.23.0-beta
• Discussions: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/discussions/6676

Features

• Add autoplay toggle to the video player by @kommunarr in #5866
• Add Shift+? shortcut to view all keyboard shortcuts in-app by @kommunarr in #6306
• Right-click or hold-click on page ←/→ arrows to access navigation history by @kommunarr in #5227
• [MacOS] Make ⌘←/⌘→ go back/forward by @PikachuEXE in #6466
• Sort user playlist videos by published date by @GLEBR1K in #6280
• Add volume and playback rate change notifications to videos by @ikizey in #6473
• Added Button to Show Original Title and Thumbnail for DeArrow by @JL0000 in #6164
• Add setting for opening URLs passed to FreeTube in a new window by @OothecaPickle in #6242
• Update 'Only Show Latest Video for Each Channel' setting to handle a custom number of videos per channel by @c-ciobanu in #5901
• Add setting blocking autoplay aft

https://github.com/settings/copilot

You either love or hate them; RPG Maker games. To me the oldschool Rm2k is history like a videogame console. Nowadays I play those on the Free and Open Source EasyRPG Player. This post has some game suggestions and sources compatible with EasyRPG.

1. Where to get Games
   1. rpgmaker .net
2. Game Suggestions
3. Enough is enough

I just recommended someone to use Firefox for its excellent translation capability. And I think my reply warrants an entire post, so here is a copy of my reply. This is just a reminder that you can visit websites with other languages too. However Japanese and Korean are not supported yet, which would be helpful for me. Hopefully they add the support soon. But for German in example it works:

You could use a translation tool, for something that looks interesting to you. At least Firefox makes this easy, with its builtin translation functionality (without Google as far as I understand, and I think local/offline only, but can be wrong). Firefox is my main way to interact with Lemmy:

Directly in the addressbar for non native languages:

Or through menu:

![](https://lazysoci.al/api/v3/image

I created a simple alias for xargs, with the intend to pipe it when needed. It will simply run a command for each line of it. My question to you is, is this useful or are there better ways of doing this? This is just a little bit of brainstorming basically. Maybe I have a knot in my head.

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# Pipe each line and execute a command. The "{}" will be replaced by the line.
# Example:
#   find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'M*' | foreach grep "USB" {}
alias foreach='xargs -d "\n" -I{}'


  

For commands that already operate on every line from stdin, this won't be much useful. But in other cases, it might be. A more simplified usage example (and a useless one) would be:

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find . -maxdepth 1 | foreach echo "File" {}

  

It's important to use the {} as a placeholder for the "current line" that is processed. What do you think about the usefulness? Have you any idea how to use it?