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inland oriole
celest musk
Area served: United States of America and world
xD
this is the most american thing i've seen for a while
inland oriole
Lol
proud jay
What’s the problem?
bleak remnant
is epic games really only worth 30 billion?
proud jay
Wdym only lol
bleak remnant
@proud jay this is FORTNITE creators we are talking about
next to valve and microsoft that's very miniscule imo
no offense obv
warm bloom
lol what
I'd love to make billions from a video game
I can tell you most games don't make 5 billion a year in revenue
celest musk
valve is ruling the game (launcher) market tho
i'm more surprised about activision compared to valve/epic
bleak remnant
Valve is only 12b
I read it as 12T
warm bloom
if they were worth 12T they'd be worth more than Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon combined
oblique cloak
What’s the problem?
TBH Microsoft should not own Activision. I see why it's such a big deal, almost like a monopoly. I never actually looked at it this way before.
warm bloom
ehh it's fine
they have gamepass
and are expanding towards PC gamers more
it's not like they weren't already a monopoly to begin with lol
broken sigil
I'm actually very impressed with how good smartphone cameras have gotten
This isn't even a telephoto lens, it's the main 200MP camera with digital zoom from about 30cm away
warm bloom
zoom in further
proud jay
TBH Microsoft should not own Activision. I see why it's such a big deal, almost ...
Well most of microsoft’s value does not come from games though
But it can be concerning
neon void
I'm starting the process of rendering icons for my character builder
All 252 of them
bleak remnant
upper sentinel
GUYS I GOT A GF
SHE'S THE MOST BEAUTIFU; GIRL IN THE WORLD
srry I just wanted to tell somebody cuz
regal pecan
Well most of microsoft’s value does not come from games though
Microsoft using their profits from other industries to support dominating a smaller market would be anti competitive. I think the real threat is to the game console market, but for some reason Sony's name is being kept out of the spotlight (even if they're the ones filing the complaints).
fleet tangle
Just me that has no problem with companies doing that?
regal pecan
I'm going to take a wild guess that Sony did this to Nintendo in the gamecube days.
regal pecan
Just me that has no problem with companies doing that?
In entertainment/luxuries I'd agree. For something like water or real estate, it can get much more upsetting.
regal pecan
I just want whatever outcome screws Kotick out of as much money as possible.
pearl elk
Consoles are in abit of a lull atm, I mean Im not surprised, they have some big games but it just doesnt seem to generate the same buzz. I want to trust MS, sometimes they are hands off but when I look at their history of purchasing game studios its not brilliant
fleet tangle
Big problem with the industry as a whole tbh.
Things aren't making leaps and bounds in anything any more.
pearl elk
I think funding third parties seems to work out well for publishers and developers where purchases just end up consolidating IPs that largely dont get used
Well In all honestly I feel like Apple silicon generates some buzz and they are coming after the big boys of gaming with the M2
I just know how much Bungie had to fight against MS to keep Halo within their scope of vision, its just never hit as hard as those days. I think there are definitely studios out there that are capable but the suits arnt going to give them the lead. I guess for Actiblizzard its already dominated by suits so theres no going back. My concern is largely with the IP consolidation giving MS the power to fire up and destroy the competition on pure brand recognition...
That said, War of Empires, how did MS not sue them lol
Or how about Rise of Empires...
waxen oriole
how do I gather strength to work on my projects when I get home from school when I'm sleepy all day
pearl elk
zinc matrix
how do I gather strength to work on my projects when I get home from school when...
aw, discord..
fleet tangle
That looks so shady.
sweet rose
how do I gather strength to work on my projects when I get home from school when...
Stop eating junk food
unborn lotus
how do I gather strength to work on my projects when I get home from school when...
Wake up at 4 30 AM and work then on your projects! So you'll be sleepy at school and fresh for your projects
waxen oriole
Stop eating junk food
but I need to gain weight
soft night
trail wedge
soft night
bleak remnant
I've gotten way better at variable naming tbh
and yes thats NOT how you make a constructor
foggy path
Did you know Verse stands for Very Epic (Rawr) Script Engine
pearl elk
does Verse have meta tags
pearl elk
Good Developer Chat
warm bloom
this is worse than usual
pearl elk
Unusual you mean
fluid bloom
fun fact: around 5% of world GDP consists of US healthcare
proud jay
source?
soft night
veritas epic unReal Script Engine
fluid bloom
source?
US GDP is roughly quarter of the world GDP
and US health care costs of their GDP is 18% or so
soft night
some say query what lady glin did dont lead to anything
fluid bloom
Unreal States
pearl elk
Unreal States are the one where Fortnite is the most played game?
proud jay
people in USA getting overcharged like crazy
soft night
Untitled Sea?
soft night
Unknown Space
slim atlas
paid by the goberment
warm bloom
people in USA getting overcharged like crazy
yep
pearl elk
paid by the goberment
youre a goobermint
slim atlas
BE QUIET OR I PUT WATER IN YOUR FACE
soft night
pearl elk
BE QUIET OR I PUT WATER IN YOUR FACE
They'll pay me to act shocked
slim atlas
they cant pay you for that
pearl elk
you know acid works better if you dont water it down?
slim atlas
slim atlas
that was rude and you better apologize
soft night
cursive crypt
celest musk
pearl elk
soft night
soft night
soft night
saimaa ringed seal nesting peace started today
warm bloom
pearl elk
bleak remnant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXjwB4LzSA
bleak remnant
is this new Godot UI?
pearl elk
How about Its Over
bleak remnant
Overwatch more like"Over aggressive after I lose the game"
proud jay
are you making undertale?
bleak remnant
Yeah it's a fangame
proud jay
Fundertale
bleak remnant
😂
pearl elk
Talecoin
long viper
Man I wish Bloodborne and Ghost of Tsushima were ported to pc, I want to play them but like, I don’t got a console lol
pearl elk
You dont wanna play Bloodborne at that framerate anyways
proud jay
Man I wish Bloodborne and Ghost of Tsushima were ported to pc, I want to play th...
man they are so good
2 of my favorite games tbh
bleak remnant
Man I wish Bloodborne and Ghost of Tsushima were ported to pc, I want to play th...
I'll make it for you np
I just need help with modeling, music, sounds, environmental design, lawyers, extra coders, mental coach, more coders, gfx designer
proud jay
there is a bloodborne ps1 demake on pc that you can play if you really want
not the same though
long viper
idk how to feel about ps1 style games at this point lol, I’ve seen and played too many
It’s very surprising to see that trend blow up tho
proud jay
I'm not really into it personally
but you could buy a second hand ps4 for exclusives if you want
or get a ps5 like true chad
long viper
Maybe I will, some day
proud jay
can say that I've enjoyed my ps5 a lot since I bought it
ngl most of the time I used it for was ps4 games
cause I needed to catch up on all exclusives that I missed by not having a ps4
sweet rose
but I need to gain weight
You can gain weight by eating healthy food too
sweet rose
🥛
sweet rose
Hey fellas
Does anyone know what this art style is called?
The kind you see in encyclopedias and stuff
fleet tangle
An illustration? 😦
foggy path
I wonder if it does have a name for the style direction itself
It's sort of realistic illustration I guess if just describing it
warm bloom
no
pearl elk
If your butt is on another person it might be
proud jay
depends how deep you put the finger
I wonder, is there more to your life than trolling?
pearl elk
slim atlas
I wonder, is there more to your life than trolling?
making big cash sums of money with games yes 🙂
i am very good at it
slim atlas
that doesnt exclude making large sums of money.
proud jay
is 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 a large sum?
broken sigil
pearl elk
I make more from breeding cows than I do on making video games 😛
proud jay
or you just make 0 dollars from games?
pearl elk
People gotta eat
proud jay
guess I'll have to build my house with the 8 euros I earned last year then
pearl elk
You should build it where the delivery companies are on time
proud jay
hope the bank doesn't go back on my 400k loan just because I only make 8 euros
slim atlas
only 400K
proud jay
You should build it where the delivery companies are on time
they finally decided that the package is officially "lost" and they sent a new one
slim atlas
youre not getting off any time soon 😉
proud jay
off what
proud jay
dicewrv asg90ujb5e0rt9hujndbshtij
bro, don't leak your password like that
proud jay
I must be in the mariana trench to possibly be below your level
slim atlas
all your base are belong to us
pearl elk
Im in your base eating all your cheese
slim atlas
only the finest.
pearl elk
only the finest.
slim atlas
mons wanted my cheese
broken sigil
@slim atlas stop trolling
cursive crypt
Be nice to each other.
Send me money.
pearl elk
tulip orbit
sweet rose
I am always nice
No
sweet rose
I wonder if it does have a name for the style direction itself
Realistic encyclopedia illustration 🤔
tulip orbit
proud jay
it's not often that you see gw2 gifs
soft night
proud jay
no
soft night
https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1626240963197943808 who could go vegas or paris
cursive crypt
What is there to con about twitch?
pearl elk
twitch is the con
proud jay
you too can provide a foam pit that is just 2 blocks of foam on concrete so people break their back
don't let your dreams be dreams
proud jay
yup
pearl elk
thats a flesh wound
proud jay
pearl elk
I think if I tried to do the splits like that in mid air Id more than break my back
proud jay
reality would break apart
inland oriole
Always fun when Unreal sneakily throws all your saved profiling stuff on your main drive xD
zinc matrix
if youre an artist that goes to art con, does that make you con artist?
pearl compass
No it makes you an artist that goes to an art con. If you do art while at a convention then you're a con artist
unborn lotus
What if you do actual cons there?
bleak remnant
Has anyone here tried regex in chatgpt?
Regex is really useful and the fact it's "accessable" to everyone is a really good thing if it's actually good at doing it
warm bloom
actually hugee
why it take so long anyway
ive been constantly thinking it would be nice to simply have mannequins as placeholders
cursive crypt
zinc matrix
poor sydney. people bully it non-stop.
remote fog
Today was a scary day. I was working and there was a video playing on my other monitor. Suddenly, I noticed that one of the man's eyes in the video disappeared. I was confused and from that point things got even worse. When I looked back at my code, I couldn't read anything, there were missing parts like they were not exist. Some parts of my vision obscured by strange rainbow-like colors and I started experiencing some level of vision loss. I went to the hospital right away, went through couple of tests and they couldn't find anything. The symptoms went away right after I arrived to the hospital. They told that it could be just a migraine. I had no idea that migraines could cause ocular symptoms like that.
broken sigil
Today was a scary day. I was working and there was a video playing on my other m...
that's a migraine, I have them
I lose my vision almost completely, see rainbow colors, weird shapes, etc... and then insanely strong headache 30m later (not always)
It's migraines with aura if you wanna look it up
mossy nexus
same. Luckily I don't get them as often
chrome gull
where is the flag icon??
remote fog
I lose my vision almost completely, see rainbow colors, weird shapes, etc... and...
Thanks, luckily I have a mild headache. I look it up and found this. It was almost exactly like this
broken sigil
same. Luckily I don't get them as often
haven't had one with aura for a long time but I did have a regular migraine a few days ago that lasted like 4 days
remote fog
mossy nexus
mine start as a semi circle
remote fog
Is there any known trigger for this?
chrome gull
Is there any known trigger for this?
for me it's probably bright lights and/or loud sounds
broken sigil
flashing lights, sounds, smells, coffee, energy drinks, chocolate, pretty much anything
mossy nexus
can be anything. lights, sounds, smells
chrome gull
yeah fair
broken sigil
I end up with like a tiny spot in the middle of my vision that I can see through
It was pretty scary when it first happened when I was like 10 but now pretty used to it
Good news is you are now unlikely to get it again in the next few months
remote fog
Wow, that must be scary indeed. Mine was not that strong but strong enough to scare me lol
warm bloom
yall having migraines in here
remote fog
I always had problems with vision so it freaked me out when it happened. I'm 24 yo and had no idea that I have migraine
warm bloom
ive never had a migraine before ;o
chrome gull
sorry to butt in but can someone help me out here?
chrome gull
ive never had a migraine before ;o
woah lucky
warm bloom
closest I imagine it to being is having a concussion
chrome gull
never had one lol
broken sigil
closest I imagine it to being is having a concussion
I had 1 and it's not quite the same, with concussion I could see things but like couldn't focus on anything, words were disappearing when I tried to read stuff
With migraines you literally can't see through most of your vision, you have weird lights, shapes, etc...
unreal ether
It's weird how people work.
I frequently suffer migraines and have never had the visual component. Just a headache sent straight from satan
oblique cloak
It's weird how people work.
I frequently suffer migraines and have never had th...
I would recommend checking with your doctor if you always have those.
im no health specialist, but this seems like a condition that you should not have.
zinc matrix
im no health specialist, but this seems like a condition that you should not hav...
you know who is specialist? chatgpt.
zinc matrix
i get those crippling headaches once in 5 years. its horrible. i feel bad for people who have migraine. my mom has it. 😦
broken sigil
im no health specialist, but this seems like a condition that you should not hav...
Aura is a common and "normal" component of migraines
Migraine by itself is a bit of a mystery why it happens
oblique cloak
that makes sense. i never get them.
broken sigil
A lot of the time it has to do with genetics which is the case for me, my dad has them often
my sister too
oblique cloak
Thats crazy to think that it even works like that.
If only we can hack the brain and figure out the fuction and override it
broken sigil
one day 😅
also you can have migraines with aura without actually having a headache
my first ever migraine was without a headache
just the visual stuff
zinc matrix
maybe you guys just have too big brains
unreal ether
I would recommend checking with your doctor if you always have those.
Oh I have, don't worry
broken sigil
if you have them you are kinda stuck with them
oblique cloak
broken sigil
don't know if there is even anything that helps
oblique cloak
I dont know how people take like acetaminophen
broken sigil
my solution is when I feel like it's starting I go to bed to sleep over the worst part
zinc matrix
i heard some shrooms help... not sure how legal it is though 😄
oblique cloak
legal in some us states now
zinc matrix
oh, thats nice. its probably like super tiny doses. not terence mckenna's machine elves kind of s**t 😄
soft night
for bing one say it sydney
zinc matrix
https://twitter.com/kliu128/status/1623472922374574080/photo/1 yea it was on that tweet earlier
trim briar
we all live inside the matrix life is just a allusion.
primal summit
legal in some us states now
it's not quite that simple
it may be legal at the state level, but it's still a federal crime
so while the local, county, and state police won't arrest you for it, the DEA might and it's still a fireable offense if you're employed by the federal government
bleak remnant
I don't get why unreal has the best spritesheet splitting tool when it literally isn't meant for 2D....
Does anyone know of some alternatives that ALSO do it automatically?
oblique cloak
so while the local, county, and state police won't arrest you for it, the DEA mi...
MERICA!
bleak remnant
It's giving me a headache trying to fix an entire spritesheet so it can be used in godot
broken sigil
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear this song lol https://youtu.be/gY5rztWa1TM?t=67
zinc matrix
dr house
broken sigil
for me it's CSI New York, feel like I've been hearing it for the last 20 years every day at 11pm lol
zinc matrix
oh yea. that too
carmine frigate
https://tenor.com/view/head-hammer-time-hit-cartoon-gif-19504884
carmine frigate
i heard some shrooms help... not sure how legal it is though 😄
i once ate a piece of apple after i ate shrooms... its the best thing i ever tasted
like legit 100 times better than 2nd place
ow actually i think i are the apple after i smoked the shrooms.... i only did that a few times tho
i paid like good money for that stuff, but im pretty sure they grow all over my garden 😛
primal summit
There are many poisonous mushrooms that closely resemble what you seek, some of which are likely fatal. Proper identification is rather important
zinc matrix
some of them grow in horse/cow poop. remember to wash before using.
broken sigil
warm bloom
go ahead and ban yourself
broken sigil
pearl elk
#include "AllTheThings.h"
broken sigil
It's my main module where I register all the editor customization stuff 😅
zinc matrix
warm bloom
hello
timber viper
<a:concern:1072675060046909471>
why did I see this when I first woke up
broken sigil
why did I see this when I first woke up
tbf those those are all customization classes that I have to include to register 😛
timber viper
tbf those those are all customization classes that I have to include to register...
Yesterday I found a way to not convert existing BP classes to nativize them
So I dont need to write a custom node to scope the nativization anymore 
pliant cairn
fleet tangle
Ding! Gz.
zinc matrix
<a:concern:1072675060046909471>
real question is, how many forward declarations?
c++ cant let you that easy..
fleet tangle
In our main asset editor class, the includes stop on line 114. We may have too many.
tulip orbit
#include *.*
broken sigil
Yesterday I found a way to not convert existing BP classes to nativize them
Huh interesting, what's the idea
broken sigil
real question is, how many forward declarations?
Not in this file but in another header with a bunch of utility functions it has like 20-30 forward declared classes
And structs
timber viper
Huh interesting, what's the idea
check DMs
zinc matrix
Not in this file but in another header with a bunch of utility functions it has ...
thats not actually that bad
i still imagine a world where you dont have to do that. that would be cool
timber viper
its a world where Epic doesnt recommend using CoreMinimal.h for IWYU
tulip orbit
I only found out about forward declared classes this week 😄 Still dont know enough about 'em to use em. But of what I do know, I dont think I currently have a need for it
fleet tangle
Basically to use a pointer, the compile only needs to know that a class or struct exists.
A forward declaration is just saying, "hey, msvc, this class exists, deal with it."
Because all pointers are exactly the same - just a number - it doesn't need to know the details.
If you actually use the class/struct or need to know its size, then you have to include the entire header.
You don't need more than a forward declaration to use a class (even not as a pointer) as a function parameter or return value.
class Moo : public Foo // Foo.h required
{
public:
Moo(Poo P); // not required
Poo GetPoo(); // not required
void SetPoo(Poo P); // not required
protected:
Poo P; // required
UPROPERTY()
Poo P; // required
UPROPERTY()
Poo* P; // not required
TSharedPtr<Poo> SharedPoo; // not required
};```what you've said makes sense to me, but I'm still waking up, and not fully understanding its use, where I would need to use it. One day, not today
thanks for explaining tho 🙂
fleet tangle
np
tulip orbit
I slept most of the last 12hrs and barely touched my coffee yet 😦
fleet tangle
If you inlined those functions in the header and actually used the Poo class in the header, you'd need to include the header for it.
One reason inlining is bad.
tulip orbit
now you lost me
fleet tangle
class Moo : public Foo // Foo.h required
{
public:
Moo(Poo P)
{
// Inline function
P.DoThing() // requires Poo.h
}
};```I'm just scratching the surface of c++ in my games..... only have my games inventory and dungeon generator in c++, but all the display stuff, and between-class communication, done by BP
tulip orbit
wow, I'm too tired, I didnt even catch the Poo P joke. I just saw "Poo" and "P" 😦
tulip orbit
and a simple example to quickly type out
fleet tangle
Yes
unborn lotus
cursive crypt
Can't fight unlimited size. For one human there are so many scientists and dollars fighting them.
timber viper
I'll have to check when I wake up, about to go to bed 😅
good night
proud jay
it's not really fair because of the player pool though
it's insanely hard if you're #1 human to find another top rated player that will give you anything more than 1 elo point for a win
soft night
dieter want to get dietered
tulip orbit
carmine frigate
it's insanely hard if you're #1 human to find another top rated player that will...
have u played vs chatgpt?
proud jay
I've seen the video
proud jay
it's great at typing words
carmine frigate
it doesnt even type them 😛
fleet tangle
It's great at producing output.
Like some sort of all consuming being with a constant stream of shit. Like a hippo, basically.
warm bloom
it makes sense
the engine is made by Bungie
which is owned by Sony now
I hope more triple a companies picking up unreal will just result in more fixes and features
fleet tangle
Why write "triple a" instead of aaa?
proud jay
oh my, 0 blunders, that's a first
primal summit
congrats
warm bloom
Why write "triple a" instead of aaa?
the mods will ban me for screaming
fleet tangle
oh my, 0 blunders, that's a first
In chess?
unborn lotus
it's whathow he did at his job today
fleet tangle
Play chess? 🙂
See, the trouble for me is, I don't even know what the right move might be. And studying games is not something I'm prepared to do.
fleet tangle
The severity, I assume.
novel storm
I have an idea for a blog article, and I was wondering if you guys think it would be relevant / useful.
I'm finishing up a Power Automate flow that automatically closes Unreal, saves any work, then presses the "Run Local Debugger" button in Visual Studio. I'll probably make an equivalent Flow for Rider. Basically the convenience and speed of Hot Reload, but changes to header files and *.cs files compile.
Do you think this would be fitting for an article? Or is it too trivial?
lofty lark
Even if the 'flow/tool' is too trivial of a topic, it could serve as just good practice for writing blogs :p
novel storm
I've been wanting to do more to establish myself; blog, LinkedIn, etc., but have too busy with school 😭
So I'm making plans to jumpstart things once I graduate
lofty lark
Then doing a little article for this sounds like a good idea
restive heart
Anyone know of good shooter games with mechanics centered around cliffs, wallclimb, or deep chasms? DRG has buildable ziplines and platforms.
fleet tangle
Spiderman type stuff.
I am unsure if any spiderman game has ever featured a player-shootable gun, I've never played one.
But Tribes Vengeance had a grappling hook which was extremely fun
Of course it also had jetpacks, friction-free movement (ish) and large expansive environments.
boreal moss
Not sure how much of that is true, probably very loosely inspired in true events, but still.
fleet tangle
I'm not sure I can take it seriously unless there was actually international scandals and stuff.
Like I just can't take that harry potter game seriously.
primal summit
harry potter and the stick of truth?
lyric pulsar
Peanut butter (with sugar, not xylitol) (Absolutely LOVE)
Banana (Like)
Apple (Love)
Rice (Like)
Oats (ADORE) (Plus, its very funny seeing them scramble around with pieces double or triple their size)
Carrot (Like!)
Potato (Like!)
Cucumber (ADORE)
Pumpkin (Like!)
Boiled Egg (Love)
Raisins (Dislike)
Mushrooms (Love)
Cooked Seafood (Love!)
Cooked Fish (Like)
foggy path
Who puts xylitol into anything but gum and tooth paste
lyric pulsar
Who puts xylitol into anything but gum and tooth paste
idiots
what happens next? sea lion https://i.imgur.com/omGFg7v.jpeg
fleet tangle
Peanut butter (with sugar, not xylitol) (Absolutely LOVE)
Banana (Like)
Apple (L...
Is this a list of sea lion likes?
Or yours? Or what?
lyric pulsar
Or yours? Or what?
isopods
fleet tangle
I see (lion)
lyric pulsar
oO
fleet tangle
Why the list of isopod likes?
lyric pulsar
eww
lyric pulsar
fleet tangle
They are terrible photos.
boreal moss
Never seen photos that bad, agreed.
you should feel bad about yourself, making cat photos look this bad is a rare talent.
warm bloom
yeah out of all photos cat photos have to be high quality
carmine frigate
agreed.. there is soo much competition
there is decent mousemat action tho.... so for a mousemat action shot it isnt terrible at all
1 out of 5 for cat photo... 3 out of 5 for mousemat photo
fleet tangle
That's one very specific fetish.
carmine frigate
i have a fortnite mousemat... i got it from a chinese reship store here for like 50cents... its pretty nice
carmine frigate
it says copyright by epic games... but im pretty sure epic didnt get any money for this mouse mat
a friend of my sister had a room at my friends place... for free for a while.. but she put his mousemat in the washer and it got bad and he got mad and she lived here for free for a while
it was a weird situation
she is super cool tho... but it was corona and she was really messed up by it
australian livin in netherlands... but got an appartment in spain... but lockdown and couldnt go there
bottom line is basically dont mess with a guys computer stuff
dusk swift
my brain is so smooth that it has convex collision
warm bloom
wakeup
fleet tangle
That's me with literally anything with chocolate.
warm bloom
lol I just got uber eats for some snacks
and they forgot my chips support refunded a chunk of change
I spent $9 including tip
fleet tangle
Damn.
proud jay
A mistake is playing a move that is not necessarily bad, but something else would have been an opportunity to get a winning position, like developing your knight to the edge of the board instead of to the center.
A blunder is playing something that give you no advantage whatsoever but actively puts you in a losing position, e.g. moving your queen to an unprotected square.
something like that
proud jay
I spent $9 including tip
$9 just for a snack?
pearl elk
Poor Dieter, the snack wouldnt even arrive
proud jay
sadge
ancient ingot
☕
pearl elk
Who wants to make my game for me?
unborn lotus
Who wants to make my game for me?
How much do I have to pay?
pearl elk
How much do I have to pay?
Millions in exposure
soft night
5millions?
pearl elk
5 kajillions expocoins
soft night
pearl elk
What planets are those?
unborn lotus
Looks too small for Uranus
pearl elk
MoonsCalamaris
soft night
gritty heart
👋 Hi all, I am new here and just getting started with Unreal. Hope everyone is having a nice day!
unborn lotus
Forget about hogwarts, atomic heart seems to be taking flak now for being made in Russia
warm bloom
$9 just for a snack?
nah some donuts two energy drink and a frozen lemonade
grim harbor
Hi
Downloaded Unity just to get some assets I bought there in 4 years before. God that Unity's UI looks so ugly and cheap.
grim harbor
Downloaded Unity just to get some assets I bought there in 4 years before. God t...
Made by 9 year old
fleet tangle
That's insulting to 9 year olds.
soft night
warm bloom
now I want nachos
unborn lotus
you're nachoself when you're hungry
pearl elk
tulip orbit
wintry skiff
Can you guys/gals remember the first game you ever made? What were some of the most valuable lessons you learned?
unborn lotus
Like completed, released game?
wintry skiff
Doesn't have to be released. But at least a prototype you built.
bleak remnant
Can you guys/gals remember the first game you ever made? What were some of the m...
If you mean coding outside of scratch, a FNAF fangame.
Plan stuff before hand
You don't have to optimize code, but don't go crazy with it
Coding isn't as hard as it's made to be
YouTube tutorials are very bad but can be used as a reference, a 1 for 1 copy is extremely dangerous though
Don't use lumen for games
dont use lumen for programming?
bleak remnant
I just wokeup
wintry skiff
If you mean coding outside of scratch, a FNAF fangame.
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Plan stuff before han...
I definitely agree with the point about YouTube tuts. It's tricky in the beginning though when you have literally zero idea how to do anything and it can be helpful to be told what to do, so long as you go back and investigate why you did it that way.
fleet tangle
What's wrong with lumen in games?
warm bloom
What's wrong with lumen in games?
lights are bad
fleet tangle
I do prefer a black screen with text.
warm bloom
like for example when the lights are on in the bathroom
you see your ugly face
then you turn them off poof
you're beautiful
praise the abyss
fleet tangle
Story of my life.
broken sigil
What's wrong with lumen in games?
bleak remnant
What's wrong with lumen in games?
Completely unnecessary unless you are AAA
mossy nexus
😄
unborn lotus
But it saves a ton of time in baking lighting
warm bloom
Completely unnecessary unless you are AAA
Not true
warm bloom
If you have an opinion you're putting out people are gonna comment
lmao
anyway lumen is still fairly new and I'm sure we will continue to see performance and general improvements upon it
the major issue being foliage
broken sigil
Completely unnecessary unless you are AAA
that's not true at all, not much to do with being AAA or not
warm bloom
limiting your toolset just because you are not a AAA company is idiotic
just pick what best fits your needs
bleak remnant
I literally just said I am not interested and im being tagged
warm bloom
If you don't wish to be mentioned id suggest finding another platform beside one that is meant solely for socializing
¯_(ツ)_/¯
broken sigil
I literally just said I am not interested and im being tagged
Well I mean if you say something it's completely expected for others to give their opinion, that's how discussions normally go
It's a 2 way thing
wintry skiff
I might be using lumen by accident if it's on by default when you create a new project.
unborn lotus
limiting your toolset just because you are not a AAA company is idiotic
And saving time...doing assets "nanite-d" feels like cheating
warm bloom
I might be using lumen by accident if it's on by default when you create a new p...
Don't worry about it too much lighting shouldn't be the first thing you worry about
I'd suggest getting either blockouts done if you're more interested in enviroment design or uhh some basic functionality making fps implement guns etc etc
if you're fairly new you can improve as you go on and reiterate on things
wintry skiff
I'd suggest getting either blockouts done if you're more interested in enviromen...
I have been focused on blockouts mostly and learning blueprints. I only just started adding a handful of point and rec lights today, but they are more like placeholders atm
zinc matrix
I might be using lumen by accident if it's on by default when you create a new p...
i made it an option
wintry skiff
It's a work sample for a school so I'm focused on building the prototype, don't need to make a polished game
warm bloom
yeah so don't worry about lumen
it will be easier to just leave it on
and if you're looking at tutorials just make sure you have an understanding of how it actually works instead of just copying
zinc matrix
yes
glacial finch
Is it worth the extra GB install?
glacial finch
OOoooh that's a good point!
Yeah that's really annoying to deal with.
I'll try it out, thank you. :)
zinc matrix
carmine frigate
Do you guys recommend Unreal Engine 4 or Unreal Engine 5?
if you never used 4 might as well go with 5
UI changes puts me off a bit... used to the old one more
carmine frigate
Is it worth the extra GB install?
i think you need to increase ur drivespace by a factor of 20 if you ask that question
lyric pulsar
zinc matrix
https://i.imgur.com/OVXijUz.jpeg
wheres your god now?
lyric pulsar
where is the channel for marketing/sales/entrepreneurship questions?
carmine frigate
linux... thats where the knowitalls hang 😛
lyric pulsar
linux... thats where the knowitalls hang 😛
knowitalls?
carmine frigate
chatgpt
warm bloom
for fuck sakes
LOL
i ordered food again
and an item was missing again
food delivery is ass
primal summit
they amputated the meal for you, it's free healthcare!
zinc matrix
couple years ago i stopped ordering food, (started to like cooking) and people from those places started calling me and asking if i were okay because they didnt heard of me for some time. that was good customer service.
strong kestrel
Anyone know if there is a free software that takes 6 2d videos shot in all the directions of a cube and stiitches it to form a 360 video?
fleet tangle
UE5 could do it with 6 media textures.
It wouldn't stitch them together, but you could view the inside of the cube.
strong kestrel
UE5 could do it with 6 media textures.
Is that a plugin in ue5? Can it be exported as a 360 video?
fleet tangle
No.
I mean, you could set up a scene with 6 media textures on the inside of a cube.
It won't export 360 video.
And it's not a plugin.
strong kestrel
I mean, you could set up a scene with 6 media textures on the inside of a cube.
Ok. Thanks for the info.
strong kestrel
It won't export 360 video.
You just gave me an idea, set up the rendered videos to the cube faces, place a camera and use the paranomic rendering. UE5.1.1 has crash issues at the moment with nanite meshes.
lyric pulsar
https://tenor.com/view/nanotech-nanomachines-nanotechnology-nanites-ironman-gif-...
that is just water surround his dadbody
oblique cloak
coding in unreal engine c++ be like...
woven wing
UE5 is just a trick to make people learn math
timber viper
why I still suck at math after 4 years then
timber viper
go cry in your corner Eren
austere sky
coding in unreal engine c++ be like...
That's C++ in general lol
tulip orbit
started thinking about work frustrations. DAMNIT BRAIN. I'm trying to work on my game!
Hmm. Was looking for crafting hud design ideas. Found a site about interfaces. it uh... has some issues with the interface...
ancient ingot
🇧 🇮 🇹 🇪 🇲 🇪
ancient ingot
😂
pearl elk
not getting your daily Laura dose is getting to you huh
ancient ingot
😭 i need my Laura
mossy nexus
cursive crypt
🇧 🇮 🇹 🇪 🇲 🇪
minor tusk
Anyone knows a site with good 4k/8k HDR Desktop wallpapers?
soft night
cursive crypt
tulip orbit
Augh. Ok apparently I suck at boolean math.
If HasMats is false, or IsCrafting is true, CanCraft needs to be false. If IsCrafting is false, and HasMats is true, CanCraft should be true
Hm. found an issue in another spot
I do that check in another function, when I change recipes or adjust the quantity slider. SetCanCraft basically just enables or disables the crafting button
my issue turned out to be, that in the function that checks if I have the mats, the way I was doing it I had set HasMats to true, then checked each quantity, so if the map had nothing, hasmats got left at true
tulip orbit
if I could convert that to BP in my head quickly, I'd be able to respond. I dunno 🤷♂️ it works now, so not fiddling with it more
Hm. I did forget to update the function to actually remove mats from player inventory tho 😦 I should probably do that
primal summit
https://tenor.com/view/ate-material-gworl-tiger-gif-24304734
that would be terrifying
soft night
the funny how tiger put pawn to cover mouth
primal summit
Hm. I did forget to update the function to actually remove mats from player inve...
Your players will love that bug! Even more if you use plus instead of minus!
tulip orbit
that fence aint stopping that bear tho
zinc matrix
no, but if gives you couple seconds to gtfo 😄
tulip orbit
not enough time! unless that vehicle is a super car, doubt they could accelerate away fast enough, bear not might get them, but it'll get a swipe at the vehicle
bears are scary fast
tulip orbit
yeh that bear runs vertically faster than I can run horizontally
cursive crypt
Good they don't fly.
tulip orbit
...yet
proud jay
it does look like a dude dressed in black with a backpack
zinc matrix
yea. thats what i saw first
fleet tangle
It'd be more obvious if it were bigger.
proud jay
that's what she said
tulip orbit
fathom wadi
what a whole 12 inches?
oblique cloak
if you are part of the windows insider, dev program for windows 11. Do not update you pc to the newest update. I have been green screening all day when unreal engine is open. Might be subject to just AMD owners. I do not have a intel pc.
zinc matrix
what happened to blue screen?
oblique cloak
what happened to blue screen?
duhhh green is the new blue
zinc matrix
huh, i never knew before this..
last time i got blue screen was back in 2015 or something like that after i first time installed windows 10
some people still yell at me that its really unstable
spring slate
Hello Everyone !
I made a this scene in Unreal Engine 5 and did some post production work in premiere pro. Hope you like it.
Link : https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoyqoDJpwyD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
If you like it please share with your friends also.
zinc matrix
you know, theres a channel for sharing things.
zinc matrix
ngl i liked 8.1
i skipped 8. but looking back it looked nice
pearl elk
sweet rose
I had a dream that Laura called me
warm bloom
laura would never
sweet rose
And then another dream where I was Tony Soprano and I accidentally ran over a guy and then my lawyer got me out of jail within a week in an insane court trial
The lawyer somehow convinced the judge using an old Slavic fable that God was the ultimate judge and that there was no reason to punish Tony Soprano since he would be punished by God if he truly deserved and that he can seek redemption if he got out of jail
I don't do drugs
warm bloom
wakeup loungers
tulip orbit
no
warm bloom
thankyou
tulip orbit
..you're welcome?
timber viper
wakeup loungers
why?
proud jay
what happened to blue screen?
blue screen = windows dead, green screen = gpu dead
tulip orbit
red screen = you're dead
unreal ether
black screen = monitor dead
proud jay
or turned off
unreal ether
That's just temporarily dead
warm bloom
blue screen = windows dead, green screen = gpu dead
insider builds green screen instead of blue
proud jay
lies
cursive crypt
What kind of maso uses Beta Windows
warm bloom
What kind of maso uses Beta Windows
shut up
soon enough I'll get to uninstall the rgb bullshit
and use native windows rgb
proud jay
proud jay
I never write bugs
pearl elk
But do bugs write you
soft night
inland oriole
I never write bugs
Only “features” 😂
hard kestrel
blue screen = windows dead, green screen = gpu dead
whats red screen
tulip orbit
red screen = you're dead
👆
cursive crypt
https://tenor.com/view/top-gun-maverick-gif-25933072
Which sample pack is that?
fleet tangle
It's the highest weapon weapon pack called Top Gun.
tulip orbit
top.. gun? is that like a top hat?
pearl elk
If you purchase the Mav pack you get the Red Out free
tulip orbit
broken sigil
proud jay
grats
broken sigil
just 2 more wins to get my GC season rewards 
tulip orbit
What would be better, for 20+ NPCs. Each NPC being its own actor from scratch; Each NPC being a child blueprint of a NPC Base blueprint, or an NPC Base blueprint that pulls the data for each NPC from a data table or something
I'm thinking option 2, as most, if not all, npcs will basically use the same code for how they do things, just with a few different parameters, mesh, etc
oblique cloak
What would be better, for 20+ NPCs. Each NPC being its own actor from scratch;...
should always start with a base. that way they all can be changed globally if you need it.
Think of it as like a weapon base BP. you make a child of a weapon bp right?
mossy nexus
should always start with a base. that way they all can be changed globally if yo...
This. Allows very easy selection with classes
tulip orbit
other projects, my weapons have been the base, with different parameters from a data table
yeah, so if I do child blueprints, easy to set the parameters and such, mesh/anims
tulip orbit
Yeah 🙂
I'll get this started. And then at somepoint I'm going to have to figure out how to actually get meshes for the characters 😓
tulip orbit
human? sci-fi type setting
oblique cloak
ahh.
tulip orbit
I have no clear visual direction at this point
just a vague idea, but my world is just cubes and rough shapes atm
oblique cloak
if you ever got the free for the month for ROG Modular Medieval Accessories and Robes you can always modify it to be more scifi or use as a base for now lol
tulip orbit
ah, yes I do have that. But no idea how to modify existing assets with different textures, except for just applying a material to it, but that doesnt look good 99.9% of the time
oblique cloak
anything is better than the manny. its a good start to figuring out how to change all accessories for each character.
tulip orbit
I was thinking that with NPCs, the clothing/gear would all just be baked into the character, currently not seeing any reason to be changing their clothes during the game
carmine frigate
all NPCs should be created equal
tulip orbit
😄
oblique cloak
its what makes that game amazing
carmine frigate
also murder... that was good in skyrim
and than u murder the guards that seen you do it
oblique cloak
xD
carmine frigate
and than murder the guards that see u murder the guards
tulip orbit
and then get killed by a chicken
carmine frigate
i allways end up in a murder spiral
oblique cloak
then reload your save after you kill the wrong people
carmine frigate
naive sigil
tulip orbit
why is spongebobs tie blinking?
tulip orbit
but why?
cursive crypt
https://tenor.com/view/confused-white-persian-guardian-why-why-would-you-want-to-asking-gif-16145459
broken sigil
just 2 more wins to get my GC season rewards <:Sweats:775098783914000414>
Yay, now won't touch ranked for the next 3 months....
cursive crypt
Your family probably is proud of you.
broken sigil
I don't think they care much of about an in game rank
That's only me that cares 😅
cursive crypt
zinc matrix
i am proud of you. grats 🙂
tulip orbit
quasi maple
a;ny keyboa;rd lovers here?
I Noticed a; weird pattern in my keyboard, basically its doing some weird behavior:
distance between '2' and '-' is exactly 9 and they are literally connected (clicking either one clicks the other automatically)
distance between 'w' and '[' on keyboard is exactly 9 and same thing as above
distance between 'a' and ';' is exactly 9 and same thing as above
distance between 'z' and '/' is exactly 9 and same thing as above
Example: "I w[a;nt my keyboa;rd to be norma;l a;ga;in"
W{ha;t do u guys think could be ca;using this? xd
cursive crypt
wintry skiff
Can't tell if copy pasta
terse wasp
More pain than what I'd be willing to go through. I'm willing to wager that.
true
"Can you add BP support?"
btw - where is your blog post for k2 nodes and the like?
So we can point out all the inaccuracies
Easy - I'll just exclaim it and verify my knowledge to the masses by talking about something completely unrelated and convincing them to believe me.
terse wasp
You know, standard internet strats.
Time will tell.
But I'm far too lazy to try it out myself.
I'll just keep dealing with BP for the time being 😭
timber viper
someone needs to write a nativization plugin 😏
fathom wadi
yeah like Epic
timber viper
anyone but not Epic
when Epic does something, sometimes its becomes a study about "how to NOT do it"
inland oriole
"anyone should do it.. But screw Epic though"
fathom wadi
yeah silly Epic. Making that sustained codebase for 20+ years. Never get it right do they 🙂
timber viper
Ikr, which company would keep their scripting VM from 90s in 2023
and some transform system than Sony humiliated at 2009
fathom wadi
im not sure the blueprint VM is quite like the unrealscript one but I dunno never looked at it in depth 🙂
inland oriole
But Eren, that's why they are making Verse you silly.
timber viper
I leave Verse discussion to experts
Me and my 3 brain cells are not strong enough to understand Verse
I honestly just accept whatever vblanco or laura says
mossy nexus
better leaving with perts, those experts don't have current knowledge
timber viper
can you also write a blog about what is FlowStack
seems like only ChatGPT knows wtf it is
fathom wadi
now you got me reading about the blueprint VM you sadist. I was trying to relax ¬_¬
timber viper
its enjoyable tbh 
fathom wadi
i try stay away from bytecode and machine code interpretation. Thats why I like the Unreal C++ api. Keeps it away from me 🙂
timber viper
why though, you dont like rapid iteration and working hot reload?
fathom wadi
I do, but I also prefer someone else does that stuff
timber viper
I like working on and working with interpreters
timber viper
i try stay away from bytecode and machine code interpretation. Thats why I like ...
Thats why I like the Unreal C++ api. Keeps it away from me
Fun fact every UObject is an instance of BPVM 🫣
fathom wadi
I grew up during the time when coding that stuff was the only real way to make games and engines for games. But it was never for me. I got in at UT2004 and went fulltime with UE3. So I'm also used to developing with constraints, like level design within the Hardcore Old School Low Poly Map-pack, of old school gaming. Anything I get for free after that is all gravy. I'll make great optimised code within those constraints but dont ask me to code new constraints, like a new renderer or low level machine code stuff. It's for the more interested folk than I.
fathom wadi
I focus on the mantra "gameplay is king". If you get that right the rest falls into place.
timber viper
Well I actually keep hearing similar or same things from people worked on UE3
There is a cool person at #gameplay-ai likes current AI implementation a lot and quite badass with experience but probably only because she worked a lot on UE3 times
and another senior on my previous gig who likes gameplayframework a lot
fathom wadi
yeah I like the framework a lot. It keeps me in check when doing multiplayer code, and still gives me freedom when I don't need I can freehand develop gameplay stuff and tools
timber viper
dont you feel like how everything is built in a monolithic way is quite limiting though
I understand why people might like it but I'm more of a fan of agressive modularism and data driven systems
one step further and I'm in a "uobject was a mistake" team ||i know its a stupid thing to say||
fathom wadi
not when I see the end result of some UE games. And I know it needs to be more modular in some ways. The Lyra project shows how much you can gain in development time and iteration if you switch it up a little, but it still adheres enough to be familiar. The hybrid entity component system thing is looking to be a nice way to balance prototyping and finalisation
UObject and other templated stuff I couldn't say about it being the best way, but its simple. I don't always use them though with editor tools. It's just a pain when you have to do manual reflection on non-UObjects and other unreal data types
I once had a plugin kept it's own database for non-UObject type states. It felt dirty.
timber viper
I once had a plugin kept it's own database for non-UObject type states. It felt ...
so how is your fun with BPVM going
fathom wadi
I read about how it's memory addresses are reserved for the core functions and delegates etc. But it didn't go into any comparison to the unrealscript one. But as a VM it looks to be super basic.
broken sigil
yeah silly Epic. Making that sustained codebase for 20+ years. Never get it rig...
The reality is that quite a few systems in ue are prime example of how not to implement things
fathom wadi
I know I was just being a fanboy with that comment 🙂 But I also don't question it because they know more than me.
I always defer the low level stuff to those who know. It's not the part of gamedev I really get into. I'm more of a logic guy with the tools given rather than the logic behind the tools
broken sigil
I do like UE a lot but some systems make me pull my hair out
timber viper
BlueMan is the other way around, ask him about random low level memory stuff that you dont even know its name and he comes up with something cool
fathom wadi
I pulled my hair out on the old detail panel customisations system once. But it had no docs and the code was hard to decypher in a deep dive.
I don't dare get into the machine code stuff
broken sigil
BlueMan is the other way around, ask him about random low level memory stuff tha...
Yeah I do like low level stuff 😅
Can't remember the last time I did something gameplay related lol
timber viper
I only dive into low level stuff if its interesting
I find no fun in memory management 😄
broken sigil
Bp nativization is an interesting project
fathom wadi
Back in around 1996 I had a good friend who was a VX scene dude. He used to mess with ASM and pretty much anything else he could get his hands on. He once ran me through how it worked and I hadn't touched a line of code since I was about 7 so it went over my head. But I look at it now and understand what it's doing and think "where is that guy now?". He was a grade-A genius.
timber viper
so you met Laura at 1996? nice
fathom wadi
heh
who knows. he might have switched teams 🙂
he left the VX scene (he was white hat btw, doing bounties on security) when Interpol arrested all his mates. Most of the blame was put on a 15 year old girl who owned the scene pretty much 😄
timber viper
he left the VX scene (he was white hat btw, doing bounties on security) when Int...
its like those things ended rapidly after some specific day
probably both MS and interpol increased security
fathom wadi
yep
Well Microsoft were left red-faced from it all because they were selling Visio and stating it couldn't be used for cross-infection, but my mate did it and Microsoft ignored him for 2 years. Then the big arrest happened and they eventually admit it but they never paid nor acknowledged him for it.
the girl was called Gigabyte if you ever see the story around.
timber viper
so he was selling Visio with trojans??
timber viper
the girl was called Gigabyte if you ever see the story around.
I'm not familiar with those things as it predates my birth date probably xD but I'm interested to read
fathom wadi
no he made a polymorphic cross infection routine for it and told microsoft. He never released it. He had this "off the net" laptop for developing
broken sigil
Back in around 1996 I had a good friend who was a VX scene dude. He used to mess...
I know enough ASM to read and understand it but probably not enough to write a functioning program with it
timber viper
no he made a polymorphic cross infection routine for it and told microsoft. He n...
what polymorphic and cross infection routine stands for
fathom wadi
a virus that changes it's own code as it infects so the anti virus heuristics have a hard time spotting it
back then it was still pretty much dos anti virus so it was weak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte_(virus_writer) surprised this is the only information on the wiki about her.
timber viper
One of her favorite programming languages is C++
interesting person
has snake pets
tulip orbit
Auuugh. I took a melatonin cause I was going to sleep, but now I'm going down the rabbit hole of making a time of day system....
timber viper
does not like video games
fathom wadi
Auuugh. I took a melatonin cause I was going to sleep, but now I'm going down t...
there's a built in one I use. It gives me more time to slack 🙂
fathom wadi
I have never turned that on
tulip orbit
I had VS open and added a struct class, it worked somehow, for the first time ever
fathom wadi
yeah its a nice tool. I just never turned it on. I still close everything down when I do core changes like that 😄
I should probably use it tho. It's not nice when you mess with structs and your blueprints that use them get all screwy
I haven't had any issue with hot reload for a long time. Perhaps I just work around it or something
I dont fight with it tho
tulip orbit
oh, I never use livecoding. I just dont have it turned off apparently, and I added a UserDefinedStruct class. which is confusing me, cause its a lot different than anytime else I've declared a struct
fathom wadi
livecoding treats things like a module right? So it can do changes and still work?
tulip orbit
there's a built in one I use. It gives me more time to slack 🙂
whats this time of day thing built in? Is it just the sun movement aspect? or a full days/hours/min clock too
fathom wadi
sounds like doing similar workarounds for stuff that you do with hot reload
fathom wadi
whats this time of day thing built in? Is it just the sun movement aspect? or...
yeah just the ability to set the time of the sun. So you script a timer to change the value
tulip orbit
ahh, pfft. That parts easy. I need a game time clock, and alerts when the hours change.
fathom wadi
ah
I was thinking that was a bit too easy for you but as you were taking medicine I thought perhaps you were a bit wasted 😄
tulip orbit
yeah. I am.... gonna have to bug #cpp about the struct thing later once I've gotten some sleep
'night/'day whatev
fathom wadi
sometimes I wake up at 3am and think its a bug.
mossy nexus
3am is a bug?
fathom wadi
it is when I wake up at that time. It always feels wrong. I dunno why, it's 9am somewhere.
zinc matrix
this is very common issue ive seen in general chat. and people dont seem to care about it because apparently closing and opening editor is too much work. and they act like im just being a prick for pointing it out 😄
it seems to be fine for doing small tweaks on source files, but im not brave enough to use it on anything else
fathom wadi
its different for different people. I had a project once that was 160gb and took 9 minutes to open. So it was a piece of crap to do that with.