For the very basic knowledge of programming look at the courses offered by http://www.codecademy.com/

However, when it comes to game design external libraries (or at the very least graphics libraries that are never really used in overview courses) are usually where the bulk of the code is derived from so even the courses offered there won't really help you outside of teaching you how to code "correctly".

More advanced knowledge including some graphics programming can be found on the Berkeley Self-Paced coding website http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~selfpace/ (look to to lower left for the actual courses) However here you won't get feedback on your code.

A good book for C++ coding in relation to games can be found http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~af909/Beginning_C++_Game_Programming%5B1%5D.pdf

Check out this link: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/641877-starting-a-fps-game-ideas-on-where-to-begin/ especially the second post on there linking to two good threads.

Same thing with this link: http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2011/08/04/I-want-to-be-a-game-developer.aspx

Actually because omp is the most amazing person in the world, he already wrote a vim syntax.

http://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/1cip2e/cfg_a_syntax_highlighter_for_tf2_scripting_xpost/c9gyoyd

Also, apparently the creator of the script either removed the file or moved it so the dropbox link is broken. I actually downloaded it earlier so I'll upload it to my dropbox.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74892144/cfg%23.zip

Geez, I wonder how sore Audio Technica's dick is going to be after reading that link. That link spreads a lot of misinformation. The m50 are a great pair of $100 headphones for those who like bass heavy music in a portable format.

The m50 are not the second coming of Christ. There are many other headphones in the price range that compare favorably to them and often do some things a lot better. The direct competitor would be the VMODA-M80 but for other musical/gaming preferences there are far better choices. The article tries to compare them to the HD800 and the HD650 just because they are ranking favorably on head-fi. It then later tries to say they are even better than the HE-500 and the Beyer T1. Either the writer spent 1 minute gathering research for this article or they were payed by ATH, the m50 does not belong in any comparison to these headphones.

Bottom line, the m50 are a great option in the price range but to say anything else is plain wrong. Hell, I would argue that once you get to $150 they become over-priced, and as a result Euros should not be looking at them. The reason why they get such favorable reviews online is that the general internet population prefers bassy music and don't want to spend that much money on headphones. They are perhaps the least offensive headphone to most people and they don't require external devices (amps) to sound to their potential.

Maybe they look it, but they aren't uncomfortable at all to wear. I find the m50's more uncomfortable personally.

For a middle ground between gaming and your music preferences look at the surprisingly cheap Jaycar Pro Monitors (http://www.jaycar.us/productView.asp?ID=AA2065&keywords=AA2065&form=KEYWORD).

For headphones that are better for your music than gaming check out the ATH-M50 (generally these are ~110, sometimes sales bring it to $100.)

A lot of the headphones recommended don't isolate that well so take those recommendations with a grain of salt. Any headphone with (semi-)open in the name is going to leak sound out and let sound in with few exceptions.

Unless Dolby Headphone appeals to you then you really don't need a sound card. And unless you hear constant buzzing you really don't need a DAC. And unless you find the volume not satisfactory you don't need an amp, because afaik the hd558's are able to be driven fairly well without an amp.

Having a amp, dac, or both doesn't really help in positional audio, they generally help with the clarity of the audio. If you want better positioning then either try out Dolby Headphone and see if it is for you (requires you buy a soundcard like the Asus Xonar DG) or upgrade from what you currently have. However, using the hd558's as a starting point I don't think you are going to see drastic changes in the positional audio unless you spend significantly more for something like the ATH-AD900 or the AKG K702/701/Q701.

Brands mean nothing in the audiophile world. Every company makes at least one bad product so suggestions need to go on a case by case basis.

Unless space is limited, or you find a really good deal, external will always be better for the price simply because there is more space and the electronics are more isolated.

However, with that said, the Asus Xonar DG is probably the best bang for your buck on the cheap end ($30). Above that, external options are better choices (from strictly an audio quality position). I personally am a fan of the FiiO E17 ($140) and it has a bonus of being portable. Above that, for Americans the Schiit Magni+Modi ($200) are a great option and for slightly more (and available for the globe) is the measurement proven O2+ODAC combo ($300). Still have more to spend Mr. Moneybags? Why not check out the Diamond DAC IV+Woo Audio WA5?

However, with all the options out there you really need to ask yourself why you need a sound card in the first place. Are your headphones not sensitive, and no matter how loud you turn your computer volume they never get loud enough? Does a certain part of the headphone sound off (muddy bass, etc.) when you know that they shouldn't sound like that. If you can answer yes to this then you might need a headphone amplifier. Do you constantly hear interference when listening to music? Do you sometimes hear pops and cracks that definitely don't belong. Does the audio cut out? Then you might need a DAC.

As a heads up, some sound cards are a combination Amp+DAC (like the Xonar DG) while others can be one or the other. The same thing goes with external options.

The main reason why you might want a soundcard lies in Dolby Headphones, an effect that while I personally dislike you may prefer. Example can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pVdgMQC2rYM

A very good beginners guide to all of this can be found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/15wunp/guide_dacs_and_amps/

Oh, thought that only pertained to having actual scores in the scoreboard, not using the default one. I feel stupid now. Thank you.

Is there anyway to hide domination icons while still keeping the class icons? Currently I just make the name width large enough to force everything else off the scoreboard panel. Setting the nemesis width to 0 (or less than) creates weird blown up icons, and with a width of 1 they are still visible.

This happened to me after the brutal legends promo update. I kinda fixed it by binding a key to -attack and just pressing that intermittently but still half my clicks did nothing. At first I thought it was an X issue, but I don't think that is the case.

Some googling gives this https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1249 which conveniently tells us that the problem is with raw input. However it looks like Valve knows about it and apparently they were supposed to fix it... Still looks like there are numerous bug reports, so it isn't fixed. I guess you are going to have to play with no raw input if you want to play on linux.

While I also use arch, the bug reports are from multiple distros, so I don't think it is an arch specific issue.

I don't see the Asus on sale, only the Acer GD235HZ. Pretty big distinction considering that the Asus monitor is one of the best 120hz out there while a lot of people have complained about input lag on the Acer (although googling I couldn't find any legitimate tests).

You may need to add

nomodeset

to grub after adding your graphics driver. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 (note this applies to all distros not just ubuntu).

Now that tf2 is out of beta on linux I am in the process of setting everything up on the linux side that I had on my windows end. My config files and HUD all transferred perfectly without problems but p-rec refuses to be recognized by tf2. I assume this is because p-rec was compiled only for windows but I could just be stupid. Are there any linux players (or I suppose mac os players) that have p-rec (or a different solution) working?

I also remember some time ago when p-rec was broken there was somebody who was attempting to work on a new plugin but I have no idea what come from that.

Are you sure that your config files are actually .cfg files and not .cfg.txt files?

Try setting it to zero, run tf2, quit, and then comment it out. I had the same problem and googling it lead me to multiple threads on natf2 stating to remove mat_antialias which worked for me. One by unf says to add mat_trilinear 1 in its place although I never tried this.

I'm not sure why you have AA on in the first place though...it is disabled by default in chris' configs.