Four in a row : AI logic

I had developed the game in OpenGL some time back. Will share the useful links here.

This ppt should get you started : <http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/mysyasir-149155-artificial-intelligence-connect-4-game-ai-four-heuristic-model-presentation1-science-technology-ppt-powerpoint/>

Also using AI for this is a bit of a complicated process. Building of AI is explained in detailed in the following pdf : <http://www.connectfour.net/Files/connect4.pdf>

Other links :

http://homepages.cwi.nl/~tromp/c4.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7658209/connect-4-ai-java

Arduino installation in ubuntu 12.04 for UNO

arduino installation in ubuntu :
www.pluggy.me.uk/arduino-ubuntu/

Troubleshooting disabled serial port :
http://blog.markloiseau.com/2012/05/install-arduino-ubuntu/

Creating unity launcher :
http://askubuntu.com/questions/64222/how-can-i-create-launchers-on-my-desktop

Easy ways to install LAMP in ubuntu

Using tasksel :
http://www.unixmen.com/install-lamp-with-1-command-in-ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat/

Other method :
http://www.linuxcandy.com/2012/05/how-to-install-lamp-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin.html

Fix 404 error for phpmyadmin :
http://code-cocktail.in/phpmyadmin-404-page-ubuntu-lamp-server/

Basic Softwares installed on Ubuntu

1. Games :
• 0 AD
• Glest
• Kbounce
2. Graphics :
• Picasa
• Blender
• GIMP
3.  Internet : 
• Chromium Web Browser
• Dropbox
• FileZilla
• Firefox Web Browser
• KGet
• Skype
• Transmission Bit Torrent Client
4. Office :
• Adobe Reader 9
• Calibre
5. Programming :
• Cervisia
• Code::Blocks IDE
• Eclipse : Indigo
• KLinkStatus
• Kommander Editor
• Kompare
• MonoDevelop
• NetBeans IDE
• Quanta Plus
6. Sound and Video :
• Amarok
• VLC media player
7. System Tools :
• Battery Monitor
• Oracle VM VirtualBox
• Prey Configurator : Laptop recovery software
8. Wine

Other softwares and SDKs :

1. LAMP
2. Android sdk
3. Flex sdk
4. Ruby
5. Java
6. Python
7. Perl
8. Blueman

And also make ctrl+e as the Eject key

Installing Graphics.h in Windows

Follow these steps to install and use graphics.h in windows :

1. First install CodeBlocks
2. Then download WinBGIm and extract it.
3. Copy and paste graphics.h and winbgim.h files to include folder of your compiler directory.
   Mine was C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include
   
4. Copy and paste libbgi.a to lib folder of your compiler directory.
   Mine was C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\lib
   
5. In code::blocks open Settings >> Compiler and debugger >>linker settings
   
6. click Add button  in link libraries part and browse and select libbgi.a file
   
7. In right part (ie. other linker options) paste commands
-lbgi -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -luuid -loleaut32 -lole32
8. click Ok

The file should be .cpp.
This version of graphics.h is the modified error free one.

Download the graphics.h file from this link :
http://www.mediafire.com/?nd3whqoqb36h8ou

Flex installation

http://www.philliphodges.co.uk/?p=435

XML/SWF Charts

Display a dynamic graph using flash player n php :

http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/index.php?menu=Introduction