-- Posted by pleaseremove at 5:42 pm on July 24, 2006 Free Software How many of you find it frustrating trying to find free software for your computer? Perhaps you want something to make music CD’s with, perhaps you even want to try your hand at making the music itself. Quite often you can spend ages searching without finding the software you really want. Well we have a brand new sticky to help you! Click here Myself and other moderators with the help from suggestions put forward some while ago by members have begun to build a big categorized list of free software downloads. Now this list is all well and good, but we want it to be better. The best way to make it better it to get everyone involved. We want you to make some suggestions and contributions too. With your help we can turn this into a really useful resource for everyone on Livewire. - Craig (Edited by penguincube at 10:06 pm on July 24, 2006) -- Posted by dragonking at 5:47 pm on July 24, 2006 It's AMAZING that you post this now because I was just thinking about making a topic asking about free computer programs. -- Posted by PHo at 5:50 pm on July 24, 2006 Brilliant. -- Posted by Rhapsody at 5:51 pm on July 24, 2006 Kudos, to you guys for making this. Hopefully people will realise that they don't have to have illegal software, but free software which is just as good. -- Posted by Tigerhawk at 6:05 pm on July 24, 2006 Nice. -- Posted by BBallAsh23 at 7:38 pm on July 24, 2006 Nice idea... Should we pm you links or can we put it in here and you mods will edit the sticky?? -- Posted by silentkiller at 8:07 pm on July 24, 2006 its badaass -- Posted by mamamanda at 8:27 pm on July 24, 2006 Great Idea!!! -- Posted by jinalyn at 10:27 pm on July 24, 2006 Good idea. i it. -- Posted by PraveenScience at 11:24 pm on July 24, 2006 Its a good idea to start a topic like this which would help others saving their search time. It can also be made like request of free software site. -- Posted by Fender at 1:09 am on July 25, 2006 Ah, good job. Quite handy. -- Posted by Devil Jin at 2:09 am on July 25, 2006 Thats a nice idea. -- Posted by Tri argentum at 3:47 am on July 25, 2006 I'd say look up the NCH software, they're for converting MP3's at any quality and other convertions. They are of the prime. I use them a lot and I haven't had any complaints with it. Also a nice bunch (especially for graphical artists) are the XCC Utilities (http://xccu.sourceforge.net/) It's mostly used for modifications of games using the .MIX systems since it's probably one of the only programmes that can open it. But you can view any file when your computer has the coding for it and store it into MIX files. These files are coded deeper than WinZip and use up less space. Plus the computer can read straight out of them. The VXL software offered for download on http://www.tiberiumsun.com/downloads/utils.shtml are swell as well. VXL are voxels. Through the editors you can make 3d objects with the best details inmaginable. Then with the VXL viewer, you can load them up on a background and look at it from any angle with special coloured lighting to make a screenshot or GIF animation. These techniques are again used mainly for moderators from the Command & Conquer world. This is the work of a beginner. Think of the potential if you're working more on the details. EA is getting high for these kind of programmes. I know more, maybe I'll add them. -- Posted by iheartkyle at 6:50 am on July 25, 2006 LOVE the idea! -- Posted by Link01 at 8:33 am on July 25, 2006 that good -- Posted by pleaseremove at 10:45 am on July 25, 2006 Quote: from BBallAsh23 at 3:38 am on July 25, 2006 Nice idea... Should we pm you links or can we put it in here and you mods will edit the sticky?? I would rather they were PM'd. If you go to the topic it has instructions. -- Posted by ilovecookies at 2:16 pm on July 25, 2006 Wow! Great idea! I there are alot of sites I know. I'll compile a list with information and adresses, but check for them first. Great idea. Thanks. -- Posted by BBallAsh23 at 8:08 pm on July 25, 2006 Quote: from pleaseremove at 1:45 pm on July 25, 2006 Quote: from BBallAsh23 at 3:38 am on July 25, 2006 Nice idea... Should we pm you links or can we put it in here and you mods will edit the sticky?? I would rather they were PM'd. If you go to the topic it has instructions. Yes the topic now has instructions, previously when I viewed the topic it did not!  Well I shall give one of you a PM then. -- Posted by KentAdams at 8:26 pm on July 25, 2006 i find it funny how this is on w website and yet... if people needed some of these software...s? they wouldn't be able to reach them cuz they need access to the internet lol