User:Jenkins08
About Me
Synopsis
- 23 years old.
- Australian.
- Independent Developer/Designer/Composer/Modder/Gamer
Finer Detail
- Former Fencer (no not the Jousting type, digging holes in the ground, coming home with blisters everyday type Fencer)
- I have an IT Certificate II from the NSW Institute of TAFE - i could probably get a Cert IV but it's too far to travel.
- I Graduated Junior High School and left approx halfway through Grade 11.
- Since then i've had a few different Jobs, mainly in Retail or Labor but my goal is to work in the Games Industry.
- Got my first gaming console when i was 6 years old but had been using a computer at that time for at least 2 years
- (Started on Apple II in Kindergarten, and was the only kid interested in using them aswell since it was Apples demon spawn of DOS)
- Gaming Consoles i've owned in Chronological order;
NES (1993) > SNES (1995) > PS1/N64 (1997) > PS2 (2001) > PSP/GameCube (2005) > XBOX360 (2007) > Current
Tip:I had more problems with PS2 than any other console put togetherPC has always been a Home away from Home for me. Slowly over the years i've taught myself how to do just about everything computer related and along the way teaching others around me as much as possible, so that in the hope they don't have to go through what i've been through.
Skills & Experience
Well here goes, i'm going to try to list all the skills & XP i have with some form of sorting. I wont just include Computer Skills either so this will be largely varied.
Gaming
18 Years + experience
- If i tried to list all the games i've played, i would be here forever so i will TRY to name a Top 5 but there are few things to bare in mind because such a list is like deciding what Food to eat, everyone has a personal choice and these would be what i consider to be memorable games regardless of Popularity or Quality.
For the Top 5, See User:Jenkins08#Gaming_Continued
PC
18 Years+ experience
- Skills include:
- Advanced File Management (Mass File/Directory Naming, Renaming, Sorting, Structure etc)
- Intermediate/Advanced Batch Scripting (Installers, compiling, and everything in File Management)
- Advanced researching skills/experience
- Basic understanding of Win32 programming
- Intermediate Networking skills (Can setup small/medium sized Network, also things like Router Troubleshooting etc)
- Beginner/Intermediate Database understanding
- Competent typist
- Intermediate MS Excel user - created over 4000 excel files for Fencing Company (Quotes, Invoices etc)
- Intermediate Hardware installation - Built current computer and also previous 2
- Full understanding and more than 3 years HTML experience. See Example
- Beginner/Intermediate JavaScript experience. Know basic functions and Vars enough to use them effectively
- Same goes for CSS - And not Counter Strike:Source, Cascading Style Sheets :P
- Basic understanding of MySQL and lightly touched on Apache aswell
- Basic/Intermediate understanding of Database Accounting such as QuickBooks (Which i prefer) and MYOB (Yuk)
(My mum knows more MYOB than i could ever know, she is a Qualified Accountant :) )
- Basic/Intermediate knowledge and experience in C++ coding. (Understanding of classes, declarations, constructors, destructors etc)
Design/Art/Media
10+ Years Experience
- Approx. 7 years+ using Adobe Photoshop
(Examples will be posted later, 7am now cant be fucked making a page with hundreds of images)
- ~4 years animation experience (Image animations and also KeyFrame anims) Example Here
Musical Composition
5+ years Experience
- Advanced use of FruityLoops Studio & Sony Acid Pro. Tried Reason3 and CuBase but preferred FL and AP
- Tought myself Guitar and Piano (Piano first when i was younger, basic stuff and Guitar in my early teens)
- I can read sheet music (not fluently), but Tabs are easier to use.
- To this date mixed/composed over 150 individual songs and covers
- Flatmates tought me how to play drums aswell, would love to have a kit to bash around :/
PlayStation Portable
3 years+ in Help & Support
- Sounds lame but you ask i can fix it if it's FirmWare4 or under / PSP2000 or PSP3000)
- Purchased a PSP when they were "Virgins" and basically had no games apart from Twisted Metal and then GTA
- Learnt some basic LUA/C Programming for PSP
Source Mapping
12 months+ Experience
- See below for some craptastic examples... I might post some better screens here in the future
Source Modding
12 months+ Experience
- Also see below
Source Modeling
3 Months experience
- I'm still learning the basics on this one.
- I can create/edit meshes in 3DS Max and XSI, preferably XSI. Because of my animation experience with images XSI is fairly easy to understand but there are certain things such as my low screen resolution that prevent me from using the program to its fullest ability (Some controls are cut off because i can see it was designed for Higher screened resolutions
- QC Files are easy.
- Skeletons and Bones are pretty easy too, just need to get more confident at creating the main model.
- I'm really interested in Model Animations especially Cinematic Animations. I need better Hardware to start creating those me thinks.
Mapping Other
Varied Experience
- ~5 Years World Builder Experience.
- Few months Experience on TGEA SDK
- Picked up Bits and peices in CryEngine (Crysis Editor) and Dunia (FarCry 2 editor)
Current Projects
ToxisResiduum
Currently i am developing a mod for Orangebox with a close friend of mine.
- The mod is closed source and a beta is not expected to be released for quite some time,
- However, i encourage you to keep track of the mod over at ModDB!
Music
- I have an upcoming album that i will be releasing for digital download for FREE!
- It's a 2CD (28 track) album with over 10 original peices by myself.
- You can hear a few tracks over on Acidplanet.com (I joined before their site went all fruity)
Art
Art is always on my mind and some can be seen over at DeviantART.com Map-wise i don't have much released to the public but you can download some from my Garrysmod.org Profile
Life Changing Links
- Here are some links that have changed my life in one way or another, thought they would be worth sharing here if anywhere...
- Incredible Documentary on Half-Life 2. As i don't live in USA i don't know this is true or not, but i would describe that Doco as "HL2 - Behind the Blow"
- That story changed the way i view Valve forever, and for the Good too :)
- Great article and very informative on the Fourth Dimension
- To do with Copyright etc. READ IT!
VDC Contributions
More to come! :D
Smaller VDC Contributions
- Talk:Compiling_under_VS2008#client.5Cc_vguiscreen.cpp_Alternate_Fix - I still use this fix with no dramas
- Help_Desk#Map_Compiling_Issues - Some compile related info
- ICE_Key_Generator - Added alternate Unicode characters, tested and not working :(
- Talk:Bump_Map - Fixed a few redirects that were leading nowhere
Gaming
Gaming Continued
- Half-Life Series (PC) -
- Would have to #1 Due to its impact on my Gaming life has and continues to be a whole new phenomenon
- GoldenEye 64 (N64) -
- #2 because every aspect of this game was perfectly executed and will always be a "GG" for me :)
- Command & Conquer Series (PC) -
- #3 Most of the time i only get a CNC game for Frank Klepacki's Music.
If the game is good, That's a bonus! (Unlike RA3 which is a pile of shit IMHO)
- Syphon Filter Series (PSP) -
- #4 Logan's Shadow is better, but Dark Mirror got me hooked.
Good times with mates sitting around AdHoc gaming. It would be this series to reignite my love for First Person Shooters aswell. As much as i don't like to admit it, especially the PSP Versions of this Series kicked some serious ass... Still haven't seen anything like it in the Source Engine.
- Zombies! (SNES) -
- #5 The amount of hours i put into playing this game is impalpable
I don't think i ever finished it either the levels seemed to be endless as was the fun..
- Even though i'm not going to add it to the "Top 5", Tetris will never grow old for me and i will challenge you to a tetris dual if there is ever a chance, and win too ;)
Tip:"Tetris" wasn't in the Firefox Dictionary... I should write to them :PSystem Specs
For anyone who is interested, here are my system specs plus a few extras
GigaByte GA-EP45-DS3L/S3L Motherboard Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E4600 2.6GHZ 512MB Gigabyte nVidia GeForce 8500GTNX Graphics Card 2x1GB DDR2 KINGSTON RAM Windows System Drive = 160GB SATA SeaGate Barracuda HDD Spare 1 = 20GB IDE SeaGate Barracuda HDD Spare 2 = 80GB IDE Maxtor HDD Spare 3 = 250GB IDE SeaGate Barracuda HDD Spare 4 = 400GB IDE Samsung HJ400 HDD Spare 5 = 500GB SATA SeaGate Barracuda (Not Currently working) HDD Spare 6 = 1000GB SATA Verbatim "Desque Dur Extreme" (Samsung HJ1000) LG 18x DVD-DL Burner LG 5.1 Surround Sound Home Theatre System 650W RMS D.S.E 750W Uninterrupted Power Supply 8.2MP Kodak EasyShare 813 Digital Camera AVICO Stereo Headset Microphone/Headphones - $15 and don't need to be any dearer lol because; Sennheiser Studio Headphones