How to Play RUST Online?

A short guide to playing RUST online using Tunngle (also works with offline LAN).

RUST is a survival first-person-shooting game where you start off with nothing but a rock. From there, you wander around the wilderness of a beautiful post-apocalyptic world with nuclear radiation zones, gathering materials and building houses, weapons and more. It is sort of like DayZ without the zombies, as there are enough ways to die in this game. Here's an easy guide on how to play it online, or even LAN.

Note: This guide only shows how to install the game CLIENT. To see how to setup a SERVER with mods and plugins, refer to this guide.

Steps to Follow

1. Get RUST Client and Server
Currently, most people are playing on version v25, which you can get here.

2. Run the RUST Client v25 Installer.
Install the client. Server is not needed unless you are planning to host a RUST server.

3. Enter your nickname.
Go to where you installed RUST, launch ChangeNick.exe and type in any name you like. This will be your in-game name. Some servers may prevent default and same names from joining, so it is best that you enter a unique name.

4. Join game.
Make sure you're in Tunngle (also works with Hamachi, Evolve and other VPN/VLAN software), there is a Rust network in Tunngle which you can join to look for servers. To join a server, launch the game using "Rust Client.exe" and press F1 when in-game to bring up the console. Type in this:

net.connect [ip address]:[port]

Make sure to fill in BOTH the IP address and port of the server. The default port used in RUST servers is 28015. For example, net.connect 7.11.72.66:28015. Once you're in game, type "/help" to get started, as most servers have plugins to provide information on commands and things you can do in the server. Some even has starter kits which will give you a stone hatchet for easy mining at the start.

Common Problems

Cannot start the game.
1. Make sure you have the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages installed.
2. Make sure you have the latest .NET Framework.
3. Make sure you run RUST as administrator.

Can't join the server?
1. Most likely the server runs on a different version, some are still running v19, an older version.
2. Firewall problems are also common, make sure all connections are allowed between you and the server.
3. Other than that, it is possible that the server has a plugin which auto-kicks players due to certain name constraints. Try changing your name.

College Problems in Malaysia

Academic excellence is overrated. I know I get straight As and all, but these are some reasons why I don't actually study hard:

1. Scholarship is a lie.

2. Charge thousands for information obtainable online like those conman seminars.

3. Strictly follows a marking scheme which has no realistic grading of your actual capabilities.

4. Strictly follows stupid rules and imposing subjective values which does not matter or are of no relation to reality.

5. Colleges forget that you're their customer, but never forget about getting your money.

6. Colleges act as if your academic excellence is important to them, but only to make use of it for free to gain more money.

7. Colleges, even in the UK, having poor coordination and management worse than local government agencies.

8. Lecturers do not strictly follow the stupid rules aforementioned and therefore students get low marks.

9. Lecturers and teachers act as an authoritative figure, or focused on teacher-centered learning.

10. Some idiot who is the husband of the lecturer interrupts the class to ask the customer for respect, although it should be the other way round. =P

11. Theories everywhere, but no realistic application. All talk, no do.

12. Assignments which require you to use certain materials or facilities but not provided in the college, so the student has to pay. After that, use the students projects as part of their free marketing to further con more people.

13. Assignments asking you to do more than what is taught in order to achieve good results such as doing a degree-level project during your diploma, so your own learning is required, further highlighting the expensive tuition as a total ripoff in the first place. They call it "testing your research skills" which is also not taught in the course.

14. Colleges participating and encouraging students to do MLM as part of their business.

15. Colleges don't care. But they're not honest with it, so it's like having a relationship with an affair.

16. I achieved more knowledge and finished projects which benefited everyone in 3 years with free time than 3 years in college.

17. Constant sausagefests from primary school until now.

18. Colleges feel that students with marks above 80% is too high and will do whatever they can to press it down to either 60% or 70% so they don't have to go through the troublesome peer reviewing process due to their stupid rules designed to make peer reviewing sound like some kind of alien technology.

19. Students are always being taught what to think, and not how to think. Students are never taught how to voice out and fight for their rights. No school or college here teaches logic, critical thinking and its applications correctly, yet expect students to apply such skills to get good grades, at the same time exploiting them right under their noses.

20. Good grades are just for show.

How to Customize Facebook Theme?

Cool blue theme with CSS hover effects for your Facebook addiction!

Customizing your theme only applies to you locally, which means nobody else can see it except yourself. However, it does serve as a very cool eye candy to show off to you and your friends, and they'll be asking how you did it! Here's a picture below, it's actually pretty neat with effects that give out a blue light as you hover over some of the controls.

"Dark Shiny Blue" by DaedalusIcarusHelios

You actually have to run a Javascript which locally replaces the CSS for the Facebook controls. It is not permanent, so it goes back to normal after you refresh your page. If you really want it to stay permanent, you will need to download something like GreaseMonkey for Firefox which applies it for you every time you visit Facebook. Okay, here's how to do it:

1. The first step is to go to this link: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=TWgqWe2Q
2. Select all (Ctrl + A) and copy it (Ctrl + C).
3. Go to your Facebook home page. You need to be there for the CSS to actually replace the controls on the page itself.
4. If you're using Google Chrome, press Ctrl + Shift + J.
   If you're using Mozilla Firefox, press Ctrl + Shift + K.
5. Paste the code (Ctrl + V) and press Enter to execute.
6. You will immediately see your Facebook in its new theme.

As of today, maybe this theme doesn't work so well with the new Facebook Timeline, it may have some glitches here and there, but it's still one of the better themes out there. If you find any better themes, please do share it at the chatbox!