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AdMob and CustomAds Helpers for Swift and SpriteKit etc.

If you ever need to integrate AdMob ads into your SpriteKit game or Swift app, these helper classes are very useful: https://github.com/crashoverride777/Swift-AdvertisingHelper They make it easy to display ad banners wherever you like in your app, e.g. in a Game Over scene. Thanks to crashoverride777.

UNISA COS3711 Practice: XML

Given the class definitions and sample XML file below, write code for the constructor and addAnimal() function of AnimalWriter to append the state of an Animal object to the XML document maintained by the animalWriter class (so that it follows the XML example given below). The XML animal.h animalwriter.h animal.cpp animalwriter.cpp main.cpp

Good links for free 3D models

http://archive3d.net/ http://www.3dmodelfree.com/ http://tf3dm.com/ http://www.creativecrash.com/ https://clara.io https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/ http://www.thepixellab.net/freebies http://3dsky.org/ There are some free 3D models on  http://www.cgtrader.com/ , like this detailed microscope: Available here:  http://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/science-medical/lab-equipment/microscope--6 And of course  http://www.turbosquid.com/ , if you look hard enough you might find some surprisingly good 3d models amongst the lower quality stuff.

Some Qt and C++ tickles for UNISA COS2614

Some simple things to remember for the UNISA COS2614 exam, in no particular order: Download Qt here:  https://www.qt.io/download/ Nice simple Qt examples here:   http://zetcode.com/gui/qt4/ Nice Qt videos here:   https://youtu.be/6KtOzh0StTc?list=PL2D1942A4688E9D63 C++ if-else shorthand (ternary operators):   condition ? value_if_true : value_if_false Command Line Arguments:   int main ( int argc, char *argv[] ) The integer, argc is the ARGument Count (hence argc). It is the number of arguments passed into the program from the command line, including the name of the program. The array of character pointers is the listing of all the arguments. argv[0] is the name of the program, or an empty string if the name is not available. After that, every element number less than argc is a command line argument. You can use each argv element just like a string, or use argv as a two dimensional array. argv[argc] is a null pointer. Explain two be

Free 3D coffee grinder

Grab this cool model for free over at turbosquid Made by Turbosquid user PlastyForma Created in 3ds Max 8, has V-Ray materials  

Free Terminator 3D models

Great T-800 Bust model available from TurboSquid member MarcuSCatu89 available here Full terminator model by TurboSquid member mmarti available here

Vray 3.0 for 3DS Max full pricelist

V-Ray 3.0 now supports 3ds Max 2015. This is how much it will cost you: