Tools for Game Art?

I admit it, I'm getting somewhat burned out on programming. There are a variety of reasons which I won't get into here. The bottom line is that I need a change of pace.
I have seen several comments within these posts about how difficult it is to find decent art for the latest games we are developing. I get the impression that the difficulty lies more in churning out the few dozens or hundreds of images (in whatever format) than in mastering a specific technique such as raytracing or building wireforms. RPGs and RTS'es suffer the most.
I'm willing to try my hand at making 2D art for now, or gradually ramp up to 3D. The problem is, I don't really know where to begin as far as software and desired file formats go. So the question is...
What do you use to make your art? MS Paint? Adobe Illustrator? Corel Draw? Your own custom tools? I'd especially like to try out some freeware packages first (other than GAIM).
Alternatively, are there any projects that need an apprentice artist and is willing to give some advice on how to get started with respect to their projects?

I use photoshop (you can get 6.0 at ebay for ~40-50 bucks - something similar for free would be gimp -> www.gimp.org), povray (www.povray.org), sodipodi (www.sodipodi.com), gmax (www.discreet.com), some selfwritten commandline tools for creating sheets and pngout for compression.
If you need alot of animations it's much easier if you go the 3d route: modeling, texturing, animating. One model = tons of animations. It's also easy to create new animations if you need em. [I'm talking about pre rendered sprites like everyone knows from donkey kong]
Well, you'll need alot of time until you can create decent art. And then you'll need alot of practise, because you are just way too slow.
Here are some examples for whoring and showoff purpose ;)
raytracing (povray)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/ludo_mockup8.png
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/hq2cpma2r.png
Pretty hard to do. It's all math. You have to write code in the SDL (scene descipting language). Note: the board on image 1 is drawn with Java2d functions - however, the color values were taken from a previous rendering.
pixelated (mspaint, photoshop... whatsoever)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/evil.gif
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/killbill4.gif
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/favicon2l3.gif
Takes damn long. Even that tiny 16x16 icon took more than half an hour. You'll need lot's of practise for being fast (eg 30mins for image nr2 would be fast).
svg(scalable vector graphics - sodipodi)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/eye9c.png
Takes also rather long. However it's easier and faster to do than pixel stuff. Also creating sub frames isn't that much work.
photoshopping(uuuuh... photoshop and the like)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/tr_menu.gif
This one for example was done in some minutes. Noise, motion blur, some text there, rendering filter... done!
Oh and having a scanner is nice. You can use scanned sketches for everything (except povray heh).

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Apple tools for game developers

Gaming technology has driven Windows to where it is today. In many aspects I see Windows as nothing more than a very robust gaming platform. Microsoft's Direct X 10, though proprietary, is a very formidable tool for developers. Why doesn't Apple do more in courting and aiding gaming developers on their platform? I am seriously perplexed by this. I realize that the game developers that design for the Mac are very dedicated gamers who would love nothing more than make great gaming experiences on the Mac. Most put their hearts and souls into making games happen for the Mac, with little to no support from Apple.
I've done some research into OpenGL implementation on the Mac and I'm surprised at how much Apple is missing in this arena. Especially since so many of their core UI technologies are steeped in OpenGL. Yet Apple tends to be slow in fully adopting and exploiting the newer OpenGL technologies as they emerge. Apple could be a very strong driving influence for OpenGL, but they seem, to me anyway, to have a sort of detached interest in making it happen. For instance, OpenGL 2.0 was ratified on October 22, 2004 and yet Apple has only implemented 70% of the feature-set??? OpenGL 2.1 was ratified on December 1, 2006 and they have only brought 30% of the features to OS X? I look at the drivers for the various cards and compare it against PC drivers and Apple only implements about 75% of what PC drivers have. This has got to be horrendous for game developers.
I see all of this as a critical missed opportunity on Apple's part. I know that Mac game developers have to jump through a lot of hoops to bring PC games to the Mac because they simply do not have the tools that PC developers have. In my opinion this is inexcusable. Apple has a tremendous opportunity to make a singular gaming experience on the Mac. They have a vertical marketspace that has the potential to turn their machines into a gaming juggernaut, yet they have all the appearances of being laxadasical about the whole concept of gaming.
I can only hope that Apple reads this and, more importantly, cares enough to do something about it.

I use photoshop (you can get 6.0 at ebay for ~40-50 bucks - something similar for free would be gimp -> www.gimp.org), povray (www.povray.org), sodipodi (www.sodipodi.com), gmax (www.discreet.com), some selfwritten commandline tools for creating sheets and pngout for compression.
If you need alot of animations it's much easier if you go the 3d route: modeling, texturing, animating. One model = tons of animations. It's also easy to create new animations if you need em. [I'm talking about pre rendered sprites like everyone knows from donkey kong]
Well, you'll need alot of time until you can create decent art. And then you'll need alot of practise, because you are just way too slow.
Here are some examples for whoring and showoff purpose ;)
raytracing (povray)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/ludo_mockup8.png
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/hq2cpma2r.png
Pretty hard to do. It's all math. You have to write code in the SDL (scene descipting language). Note: the board on image 1 is drawn with Java2d functions - however, the color values were taken from a previous rendering.
pixelated (mspaint, photoshop... whatsoever)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/evil.gif
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/killbill4.gif
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/favicon2l3.gif
Takes damn long. Even that tiny 16x16 icon took more than half an hour. You'll need lot's of practise for being fast (eg 30mins for image nr2 would be fast).
svg(scalable vector graphics - sodipodi)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/eye9c.png
Takes also rather long. However it's easier and faster to do than pixel stuff. Also creating sub frames isn't that much work.
photoshopping(uuuuh... photoshop and the like)
http://people.freenet.de/ki_onyx/tr_menu.gif
This one for example was done in some minutes. Noise, motion blur, some text there, rendering filter... done!
Oh and having a scanner is nice. You can use scanned sketches for everything (except povray heh).

Help using the Bones tool with imported art

Hi
I have a game design project that I have to animate characters for. The Bone tool in Flash seems like the perfect tool for the job!
Here's my problem: I can draw things in Flash and rig them with the Bone tool and animate them fine. However, I'm much more comfortable with Illustrator. But whenever I try to bring in external artwork, I get lots of errors.
Create (solid color, single object) body parts as layers in Illustrator. Import Illy file to stage in Flash. Drag bone tool across body. Body is highlighted but I can't connect the other objects. I realize the Armature is only above the body layer and all the other layers are on top. Drag Armature layer to top. Still no luck. The bone just doesn't care about the other objects.
This is my ideal workflow so I'd love it if anybody could tell me what I'm doing wrong here. Should I make all the elements into MovieClips? That hasn't worked when I've tried it. Should I import differently? Should I make the entire character into a movieclip and then rig the instance on the stage?
I'll be exporting it to PNGs at the end, so I don't need it to be robust down the line.
I get other errors with other importing methods too, but I can't recall them ("Can't connect...something" when using a PSD). But like I said: Illy to Flash is my ideal.
Thanks in advance!

Hi Brian,
There are two ways of dealing with bones. You can either connect bones to a single shape on a layer. Or you can connect bones to multiple movieclips. The bones will link the movieclips together and put them all on one layer if the movieclips are on different layers.
Shape cases are good to use if you wish to morph the shape during animation. This is really useful if you have simple shapes.
For more complex shapes (shape with lots of control points), it is best to convert them to movieclip.
You can read more about bone in the Adobe help docs:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flash/cs/using/WS58BD3A02-DA25-488f-B534-AE5463A24833.html
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What has recently been accepted for cover art

I designed my cover right in ibooks author. It is not a complicated cover. My art is my photoraphy so the cover is a photo with simple text. It didn't require making it in software like Pixilmator that I have. I saw a video tutorial where the author takes a screenshot of the cover in ibooks author and uploads that image (changed into jpg) where it asks for cover art in itunes producer. He says that his book was approved. Has anybody done that process recently and been successful on the review by apple? Or did it wind up being neccessary to use other software to make the second exact cover?

If you use iBA's menu 'File/Publish...', that process should call iTP and insert cover art for you.
What tool(s) you create one on your own with, should you choose to do so, is up to you.
From the 5.22 email on cover art:
Cover images should now be ...in the RGB color space, and delivered as JPEG files.
Ken

Cleaning tool for Asha Platform ?

Hi, I think NOKIA should build a cleaning tool for Asha Platform like some softwares on Android or Windows, such as : Clean master or Ccleaner. Sometimes, you use the asha device, system creates tempt files or dump files and you must clean all to increase internal memory capacity. With the cleaning tool you can usually refresh your device and easily manage your softwares or games. Is this a good idea?

brian_le,
That feature is sure to be desired of but due to restrictions of the Asha / S40 platform this might not be possible. Most of the temporary or cache files are needed in order to speed up some processes that is accessed frequently.
How to free up memory on your Asha device: http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/support/faq/?action=singleTopic&topic=FA141378

Are there any recovery tools for optical media?

I've had a couple of DVD's turned in to coasters recently and I was hoping that Linux could come to my rescue with some awesome 'raw-read' / recovery tools for optical media?
I burnt the discs in Windows 7 using InfraRecorder on a brand new Plextor drive (a 'PX-891SA') and these are my first attempts to burn discs with it so I'm a bit worried it could be a hardware fault!
I started off trying to back up some files to clear some space on my hard-drive, burning them to a dual-layer dvd, but the software kept failing to even start the burn process -- that was until I realised that I needed to run the program "as Administrator" (in Windows). It did then manage to burn the disc (I was using "Session-at-Once" mode) however when it came to the end of the burn process / the start of the 'verify data' phase it threw an error saying the write process had failed! Windows couldn't access the disc / data and (I think) still thought the disk was empty. So I restarted the burning application and used a function to just 'close' the whole disc. This seemed to work because Windows was then able to recognise the disc and read the data, although accessing the disc was slow and sounded 'stutter' ish.
I then tried to write a single layer dvd to finish off the last couple of gig I had to back up, but again the software completed the burn phase only to report a 'fail' error right at the end (I'm assuming) before finalising the disc. Although this time I'd tried to create a multi-session disc by using the '2XXA' (or something) 'Multi-Session' iso9660 format. The result was that Windows couldn't read the disc and still thought it was empty, even after trying a forced 'close disc' operation! -- Linux however could read the disc and see that the data had in fact been burnt to the disc (although I've not yet tried copying it in Linux!).
Finally I needed to burn a load of archives to a couple of discs (totaling ~9GiB) -- starting with a dual-layer dvd first everything seemed to be working fine, the burn process started okay and the write buffer was full etc., until at what I assume was the layer change-over it all came to a grinding halt and threw another 'write operation failed' error, only this time I can't even mount the disk in Linux....see 'dmesg | tail' output below:
[ 5758.353005] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[ 5758.353015] ISOFS: Interleaved files not (yet) supported.
[ 5758.353016] ISOFS: File unit size != 0 for ISO file (1472).
[ 5758.353019] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
[ 5758.353035] ISOFS: Interleaved files not (yet) supported.
[ 5758.353036] ISOFS: File unit size != 0 for ISO file (1536).
[ 5758.353037] isofs_fill_super: root inode is not a directory. Corrupted media?
Does anyone have any thought or suggestions that might help?
- Is it likely to be a hardware fault? (I bought a Plextor because I thought they were one of the best!)
Maybe even if I could just close the session all would not be lost?
-- Thanks in advance --
>>>> UPDATE >>>>
I tried to use ddrescue....it was fine until it got to the end of the disk and then it sounded like the drive was chewing on a bag of pork scratchings
$ sudo ddrescue -v /dev/sr0 /mnt/odd/ddr.file ~/ddr.log
GNU ddrescue 1.16
About to copy 4029 MBytes from /dev/sr0 to /mnt/odd/ddr.file
Starting positions: infile = 0 B, outfile = 0 B
Copy block size: 128 sectors Initial skip size: 128 sectors
Sector size: 512 Bytes
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
rescued: 4028 MB, errsize: 983 kB, current rate: 0 B/s
ipos: 4028 MB, errors: 1, average rate: 3310 kB/s
opos: 4028 MB, time since last successful read: 10.8 m
Splitting failed blocks...
Interrupted by user
...it was taking forever and getting nowhere so I just pressed 'ctrl+c'.....here's the log file:
# Rescue Logfile. Created by GNU ddrescue version 1.16
# Command line: ddrescue -v /dev/sr0 /mnt/odd/ddr.file /home/shodan/ddr.log
# current_pos current_status
0xF0213000 /
# pos size status
0x00000000 0xF0208000 +
0xF0208000 0x0000B000 -
0xF0213000 0x0000D000 /
0xF0220000 0x00000400 -
0xF0220400 0x0001FE00 /
0xF0240200 0x00000400 -
0xF0240600 0x0003FE00 /
0xF0280400 0x00000400 -
0xF0280800 0x00077600 /
0xF02F7E00 0x00000200 -
When I tried to mount the output file using $ sudo mount -ro loop /mnt/odd/ddr.file /mnt/vodd I got the same error as with the actual disc (natch)...
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Last edited by wwgfd (2012-12-14 13:18:41)

@chris_l -- yeah I was worried that might be the case, still I'm not sure if that explains why it keeps failing the burn process part way through?
I've tried this and that in Linux but without much luck. I'm still quite a noob with a lot of Linux things and this is the first time I'm trying anything to do with optical disks/drives etc. so I'm learning as I go...
The disk that failed in Windows but was 'readable' in Linux did just pass a run through ddrescue -- i.e. it created an output file okay and did not report any errors in the process.
However when I mounted the resulting image and tried to copy the files across the first folder reported an "input/ouput error" (just using gui copy+paste in Thunar file manager)
...the other folders did copy okay though!
It seems as though it's the lead-in / lead-out and disc finalizing process that are the main fail points with the burn operation. I don't know if InfraRecorder is any good or likely to be the problem? Anyway the drive cam with Nero (inc. Linux version) so might give either or both of these a go too, if they don't work either then at least I wont be short of something to rest a mug o' tea on
@ chris_l (again) -- the Plextor drives do have a "Vari-Rec" feature which allows a user to 'tweak' the laser power / output level so I might try this too.
@alphaniner -- thanks I've not seen this package before, I'm guessing it's a bit like cdparanoia but for dvds?!
Thanks for the help!
(pre-post) UPDATE >>> I've just mounted my Windows partition in Linux so I'll have a crack at burning the files using cdrtools before I resort to throwing the dvd drive out of the window and chasing it around the yard with a lump hammer

Is the iCloud a backup tool for your computer? How do I get my data back -- off the iCloud?

Is the iCloud a backup tool for your computer? ---- Apple care suggested using iCloud for a backup to my documents. I do not have an iphone, ipad or laptop. Just an iMac. Nothing to share the data with.
Now I am unable to access some of my documents on my computer and saving documents is cumbersome because it always wants to save it in iCloud, not my computer. The documents I am unable to open are my old MS-Word. One is a macro enabled word doc. I am using os x mountain lion.
After over an hour chat with apple care, the issue is not resolved. I did not have more time to resolve the issue today and it will be continued next week. Per apple care, I do not have any documents in the iCloud however I am almost at the free capacity with contacts and documents.
My question is -- If I purchase backup from a clould provider - other than apple, back up my files in documents in their cloud (make sure I can open them) and then delete the link to iCloud. Would I preserve my data? Has anyone tried this? I am open to suggestions.
Thanks,
Phyllis

Is the iCloud a backup tool for your computer? ---- Apple care suggested using iCloud for a backup to my documents.
Not really. You can store "Documents in the Cloud" but this applies only to documents created by Pages, Numbers, Preview, Keynote, and Microsoft Office documents created on your computer stored in iCloud's "iWork". Within that limited purpose, iCloud works very well.
My question is -- If I purchase backup from a clould provider - other than apple, back up my files in documents in their cloud (make sure I can open them) and then delete the link to iCloud. Would I preserve my data?
I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean by "purchase backup from a cloud provider" but if you're considering a service such as Carbonite, I don't advocate any of them. To back up your Mac, use your own backup device - Time Capsule or an external hard disk. It's inexpensive and reliable: two elements essential for a backup strategy, that no subscription service can offer.

Glassfish Tools for Luna

I am running Groovy/Grails Tool Suite™ eclipse distribution on a mac os x.
when I try to install GlassFish Tools for Luna | Eclipse Plugins, Bundles and Products - Eclipse Marketplace
it throws the following error below.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
session context was:(profile=DefaultProfile, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=).
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http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.jsp.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.jstl_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.jstl_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.jstl.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.jstl.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.struts_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.struts_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.struts.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.struts.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.trinidad_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.trinidad_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.trinidad.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.trinidad.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.webtier.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.xml.edit.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.xml.edit.ui_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.xml.model_7.2.1.201407111426.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/oracle.eclipse.tools.xml.model_7.2.1.201407111426.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.java_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.java_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.java_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.java_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.java.jdt_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.java.jdt_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.java.jdt_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.java.jdt_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.java.jdt.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.java.jdt.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.modeling.xml_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.modeling.xml_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.osgi_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.osgi_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.osgi_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.osgi_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.osgi.fragment_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.osgi.fragment_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.platform_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.platform_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui.swt.xml.editor_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui.swt.xml.editor_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui.swt.xml.editor_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/features/org.eclipse.sapphire.ui.swt.xml.editor_0.7.4.201406171836.jar
Artifact not found: http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.workspace.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/plugins/org.eclipse.sapphire.workspace.ui_0.7.4.201406171836.jar

Could you see if you can access the following two URLs on your system? The expected behavior is 404/not-found, but you are somehow trying to install based on metadata from the previous release, which was found in these two files.
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/content.jar
http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/luna/artifacts.jar

Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2013 - v2.2 install fails on Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2013
Version 12.0.21005.1 REL
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.5.51641
The installation completes without any errors on my VM running Windows Server 2012 R2, however its not recognized in VS2013 ? It also breaks the Publish functionality when I try and publish a web site to my hosting provider.

I tried install, uninstall, reinstall cycle several times without success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
here is my About info:
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2013
Version 12.0.21005.1 REL
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.5.51641
Installed Version: Professional
LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2013   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2013
Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 ENU   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 ENU
Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2013   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2013
Visual Basic 2013   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft Visual Basic 2013
Visual C# 2013   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft Visual C# 2013
Visual C++ 2013   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013
Visual F# 2013   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft Visual F# 2013
Visual Studio 2013 Code Analysis Spell Checker   06177-004-0444002-02824
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2013 Code Analysis Spell Checker
Portions of International CorrectSpell™ spelling correction system © 1993 by Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2012.2   4.1.21001.0
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ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2013   5.0.11001.0
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BusinessObjectEditor   1.0
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CodeRush for Visual Studio   13.2
Common Azure Tools   1.0
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CreateLayoutWizardPkg   1.0
Create layout wizard.
DevExpress.ExpressApp.Design.DesignDynamicPackage   1.0
DevExpress VSIX Package
DevExpress.ExpressApp.DesignPackage   1.0
DevExpress VSIX Package
DevExtreme.Design   13.2.6
DevExtreme Visual Studio integration package
DXCore for Visual Studio   13.2
DXCore for Visual Studio
PreEmptive Analytics Visualizer   1.2
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Hi, I've never developed a plugin for Office before. I've downloaded the technical preview of Windows 10 and have it running via Boot Camp on my MacBook (Looks good! I'll buy it when it comes out). Obviously with this being in beta it's understandable that
there are problems, so this is just a heads up on one particular problem. Maybe there's already a solution or workaround?
I've downloaded Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition, brought a copy of Microsoft Office Home And Student 2013 and am currently in the process of installing Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013.
The only problem though is that when I try to install it I get the following message:
http://s22.postimg.org/dxh1gtra9/Install_Problem_Office_Plugin_Tools.png
Here is the log:
http://pastebin.com/7wWkSfjF
I also tried to download the file directly and run that.
http://s3.postimg.org/tj9vb660j/Install_Problem_Office_Plugin_Tools2.png
I right clicked on the file and noticed an options called "Troubleshoot Compatibility". There was a wizard, and I ran through the wizard a number of times through different routes but none of them worked. I was unable to find the option which turned
off compatibility mode. I then searched for answers online which told me to do some things in the regedit program but that didn't seem to solve the problem.
Anyway, I understand that this is a beta version of Windows 10 and that there are going to be problems but thought it would be best to let you know. Perhaps I should just bite the bullet and buy Windows 8.
Many thanks,
Lawrence

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Please suggest me best reporting tool for SharePoint 2013 on premises.
Need to get site usage summary for any time in last one year.
Need to get library/list usage summary for any time in last one year. etc.
How many peak hits and unique no of users across all levels.
Thanks, Ram Ch

Hi Ram
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More references:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj715890(v=office.15).aspx
http://sureshpydi.blogspot.com/2013/06/usage-reports-and-popularity-trends-in.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chandru/archive/2013/08/31/sharepoint-2013-web-analytics-report-where-is-it.aspx
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/8/prweb9821144.htm
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How can I use some of the image i am working on to paint with? like if I wanted to give someone an extra eye in the forehead, ow could i then paint their own i in the forehead? I know there is a paint tool for that, i just can't find it ... :/

How can I use some of the image i am working on to paint with? like if I wanted to give someone an extra eye in the forehead, ow could i then paint their own i in the forehead? I know there is a paint tool for that, i just can't find it ... :/

It sounds like you are talking about the cloning tool?
Tool looks like this:
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Using AE(htmldb 2.0) as for reporting tool for other oracle databases.

Maybe I was mistaken, but when I first saw the HTMLDB demo's I saw this as a slick way to build a browser based reporting tool for the masses for quasi-ad-hoc reporting on some of our larger databases that currently have limited reporting capability, and also as a possible replacement for the many MSAccess applets we have.
I just got 2.0 installed and working on a 9i database and went through the basic tutorials, but I can't find much info on how to connect to other oracle databases.
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or
install htmldb schemas on each database I want to access from htmldb?
or
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I'm trying to perform a system copy from PRD to QAS. The database has been mounted to QAS via detach and attach method. I did a DBCC on the database and everything looks OK. I'm running SAPINST (SAP Tools for MSSQL) and selecting the Database Copy option. The source database has a schema of DBO. Both PRD and QAS are running SAP 4.7/Basis 620. The target schema is QAS. SAPINST fails in step 2 (Define Params) with:
"This service cannot be used for a system with SAP ABAP release 620"
Is this message misleading? Has anyone receive this message before.
UPDATE:
I donwloaded the latest version of SAP Tools for MSSQL and now it failes during the execution phase on step, "Convert DB objects to new schema".
Here is the log:
Process environment
===================
Environment Variables
=====================
=::=::\
=C:=C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\MSS\CPY
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\r3tadm.STAG\Application Data
CLIENTNAME=TRAIMONOTEBOOK
ClusterLog=C:\WINDOWS\Cluster\cluster.log
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=STAG
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
DBMS_TYPE=MSS
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\r3tadm.STAG
LOGONSERVER=
STAG
MSSQL_DBNAME=R3T
MSSQL_SERVER=stag
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=4
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\RAC5;C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\oma\bin;C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\oma\oldiags\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN;C:\usr\sap\R3T\SYS\exe\run
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f06
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
SAPINST_EXEDIR_CD=C:/STM/I386
SAPINST_JRE_HOME=C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/3/sapinst_exe.3012.1234409473/jre
SAPLOCALHOST=stag
SESSIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#25
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\3
TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\3
USERDOMAIN=STAG
USERNAME=r3tadm
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\r3tadm.STAG
windir=C:\WINDOWS
User: STAG\r3tadm, Id: S-1-5-21-2727398557-1322528747-1943968026-1019
Working directory: C:/Program Files/sapinst_instdir/MSS/CPY
Current access token
====================
Could not get thread token. Last error: 1008. I assume that no thread token exists.
Got process token.
Privileges:
Privilege SeBackupPrivilege, display name: Back up files and directories, not enabled.
Privilege SeRestorePrivilege, display name: Restore files and directories, not enabled.
Privilege SeShutdownPrivilege, display name: Shut down the system, not enabled.
Privilege SeDebugPrivilege, display name: Debug programs, not enabled.
Privilege SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege, display name: Replace a process level token, not enabled.
Privilege SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege, display name: Modify firmware environment values, not enabled.
Privilege SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege, display name: Adjust memory quotas for a process, not enabled.
Privilege SeChangeNotifyPrivilege, display name: Bypass traverse checking, enabled.
Privilege SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege, display name: Force shutdown from a remote system, not enabled.
Privilege SeTcbPrivilege, display name: Act as part of the operating system, not enabled.
Privilege SeUndockPrivilege, display name: Remove computer from docking station, not enabled.
Privilege SeSecurityPrivilege, display name: Manage auditing and security log, not enabled.
Privilege SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege, display name: Take ownership of files or other objects, not enabled.
Privilege SeLoadDriverPrivilege, display name: Load and unload device drivers, not enabled.
Privilege SeManageVolumePrivilege, display name: Perform volume maintenance tasks, not enabled.
Privilege SeSystemProfilePrivilege, display name: Profile system performance, not enabled.
Privilege SeImpersonatePrivilege, display name: Impersonate a client after authentication, enabled.
Privilege SeSystemtimePrivilege, display name: Change the system time, not enabled.
Privilege SeCreateGlobalPrivilege, display name: Create global objects, enabled.
Privilege SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege, display name: Profile single process, not enabled.
Privilege SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege, display name: Increase scheduling priority, not enabled.
Privilege SeCreatePagefilePrivilege, display name: Create a pagefile, not enabled.
Groups:
Group count: 14
\LOCAL S-1-2-0 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
BUILTIN\Administrators S-1-5-32-544 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED SE_GROUP_OWNER
\Everyone S-1-1-0 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
BUILTIN\Users S-1-5-32-545 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
STAG\SAP_R3T_LocalAdmin S-1-5-21-2727398557-1322528747-1943968026-1021 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
STAG\SAP_LocalAdmin S-1-5-21-2727398557-1322528747-1943968026-1023 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
STAG\None S-1-5-21-2727398557-1322528747-1943968026-513 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE S-1-5-4 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
NT AUTHORITY\NTLM Authentication S-1-5-64-10 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users S-1-5-11 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
\ S-1-5-5-0-36828865 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED SE_GROUP_LOGON_ID
NT AUTHORITY\REMOTE INTERACTIVE LOGON S-1-5-14 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
NT AUTHORITY\This Organization S-1-5-15 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
STAG\SAP_R3T_GlobalAdmin S-1-5-21-2727398557-1322528747-1943968026-1018 Attributes: SE_GROUP_MANDATORY SE_GROUP_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT SE_GROUP_ENABLED
ERROR 2009-02-11 19:31:46.529 [sixxcstepexecute.cpp:984]
FCO-00011 The step MoveSchema with step key |SAPMSSTOOLS|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|MssSysCopy|ind|ind|ind|ind|4|0|MssSchemaMove|ind|ind|ind|ind|2|0|MoveSchema was executed with status ERROR .
TRACE 2009-02-11 19:31:46.544
Call block:CallBackInCaseOfAnErrorDuringStepExecution
 function:CallTheLogInquirer
is validator: true
WARNING 2009-02-11 19:31:46.544 [iaxxejshlp.cpp:150]
Could not get property IDs of the JavaScript object.
ERROR 2009-02-11 19:31:46.544 [iaxxejsctl.cpp:492]
FJS-00010 Could not get value for property .
TRACE 2009-02-11 19:31:46.544
A problem occurs during execution the inquirer callback. SAPinst will switch back to the standard behaiviour.
TRACE 2009-02-11 19:31:46.544 [iaxxgenimp.cpp:707]
 CGuiEngineImp::showMessageBox
<html> <head> </head> <body> An error occurred while processing service SAP Toools for MS SQL Server > Database Copy. You may now <ul> <li> choose Retry to repeat the current step. </li> <li> choose View Log to get more information about the error. </li> <li> stop the task and continue with it later. </li> </ul> Log files are written to C:\Program Files/sapinst_instdir/MSS/CPY. </body></html>
TRACE 2009-02-11 19:31:46.544 [iaxxgenimp.cpp:1245]
 CGuiEngineImp::acceptAnswerForBlockingRequest
Waiting for an answer from GUI
Edited by: Tony Raimo on Feb 12, 2009 4:37 AM

This is looks like permission issue on source folder
Copy source in to your local drive and try again.
I had same issue and able to resolve after copy EXP1 EXP2 and EXP3 folder in to local drive C: with Everyone full access
Yogesh

What are the needed tools for JDBC???

iam new to this field, i want to know what are the required tools for JDBC??
i know that i need java.sql and javax.sql packages, but how can i get them???
what about the drivers???
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You need to go to the vendor's web site such as Oracle and download the jar file for that particular database. Example: ojdbc14.jar for an oracle database and copy it to the 'lib' folder of your project and then include it with your project. Within that jar file, you will have datasource, preparedStatement, resultSet objects. You will need to read up on how to instansiate the datasource for that database from the vendor's documentation.

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