Baldur’s Gate 3 MacOS: Changing CMD+Q

Sick of accidentally quitting Baldur’s Gate 3? Here’s how to change the quit app shortcut.

 > System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts… > App Shortcuts and then click the + icon.

Under Application scroll to Other… and Press CMD+Shift+G and paste the following and press Enter.
~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Baldurs Gate 3
Then press Enter and select the Baldur’s Gate 3 icon.

Into the Menu Title section copy and paste without quotes “Quit Baldur's Gate 3" Make sure this is correct otherwise it will not work. Then create yourself a shortcut. I use ^⌥⌘Q (Control+Option+CMD+Q)

PC Button Box

I picked up an Arduino from work and attempted to create a Button Box, and it bloody worked! I found the wiring diagram and code from Kevin Peat’s site. This is a very picture heavy post!

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Bought a box, made a layout and got to work with a drill.

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The bracket inside was for attaching it to my wheel stand. It came from an Ikea bookcase, its the bracket for attaching it to the wall. #Recycling =P

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It’s a bit wonky, but it’ll do!

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I started the soldering part by removing every other wire from an IDE cable, so it would leave me only the wires on the same row.

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I trimmed the wires I didn’t need. Using an IDE cable gave me something I could hot glue onto inside of the case so I can easily remove the Arduino if it didn’t work/I needed it for another project.

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There’s two quarter inch jack sockets on the back for foot pedals, or when I have the time and resources a rally style gear stick =D

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And finally! The moment you’ve been waiting for (possibly).

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I intend to make a fancier looking one someday, but this was super cheap to make!

Warlords

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Publisher:  Atari
Developer: Atari, Inc./Carla Meninsky
Platform: Atari 2600
Release: 1981

 

The game was ported over from the arcade by Carla Meninsky, one of two female game designers to work for Atari in the early 80s, she also worked on an unreleased prototype of Tempest. While not graphically superior, Warlords offers a massive amount of fun, especially when playing with friends. The game supports up to four players with the use of two sets of paddles, you control one of the four sons (Dominick, Marcus, Felipe, and Restivo) of the king apparently… Here’s what it says in the manual “Once long ago in a distant land lived a king named Frederick.  He took very good care of his subjects and pretty much let the kingdom run itself.  One day King Frederick and his wife, Queen Christina, decided to start a family. To their surprise, Queen Christina soon gave birth to quadruplets.  Four healthy sons, all at once.  The King and Queen were overwhelmed.” There is actually quite a bit more, essentially they’re four dudes trying to destroy their brothers castle.

 

If you’ve not played Warlords its a bit like a four player version of breakout where you can play against the AI or human players. Each player sits in a corner with two walls and you control a shield to protect them. Once your wall is penetrated and a good aimed lightning ball (fast)/fireball (slow) hits your warlord its game over for you.

 

Warlords features twenty-three game modes for one, two, three and four players. The game ends when all of the human players have been eliminated.  The four warlords have their own colours, orange, green, turquoise blue, and purple. The graphics are very simple like most 2600 games, and it makes it easy to just pick up and play. The controls are just a twist of a knob… and a press (and hold in some game modes) of the button. The sound, while it could be better the three sounds it does have are used effectively. Overall Warlords is fun to play on your own, and even more fun when played in a group.