Yeah, so we call them different way here. We call compound the old ones made from different layers of materials.
#lounge
cursive crypt
tulip orbit
afaik, you shoud mostly be using your back and chest muscles. But either way its rough when you havent been using them a lot
broken sigil
Compound here basically mean the fancy ones with the let-off towards the end of the pull
cursive crypt
My nephew was practicing. Kinda cool.
broken sigil
And from getting smacked by the string repeatedly lol
tulip orbit
๐
cursive crypt
Well, surely this shouldn't happen ๐
tulip orbit
I've never hit my elbow tho ๐ค Usually my forearm. even when that gets hit, it usually means you're using bad form
broken sigil
I've never hit my elbow tho ๐ค Usually my forearm. even when that gets hit, ...
Yeah that one happened on my first try ๐
tulip orbit
just be glad you dont got big tiddies....
broken sigil
Lmao
Tbf it's good workout lol
Gonna be good for me considering I'm sitting all day
tulip orbit
been years since I shot my bow... now I kinda wanna get it out.... but I'd have to drive to my sis's acreage to use it
broken sigil
It feels so good to shoot, it's so satisfying for some reason lol
tulip orbit
make sure you get the right arrows too. I dont think I have the right type for my recurve, and I dont think my bow is set up correct, or my aim sucks
broken sigil
Yeah this one comes with 4 aluminum 30" ones
So gonna get more of those
It's like 8$ per arrow
But if I get a good target they should last a while I would think
tulip orbit
ah, yeah ok. I've got some fiberglass ones and I have to check them any time I hit something other than my target... so quite often
I also lost one at one of the ranges about 25ftup in the air on the back wall
broken sigil
Here carbon fiber and aluminum ones cost the same
I've seen some cheaper ones that might be fiberglass then
tulip orbit
seem to remember the size/material and length can affect the shot. Like my fiberglass ones are too heavy for my recurve I think. I've got some other ones that are lighter but I have no idea which is better
broken sigil
Ah yeah I would bet a lot of variable affect it
I got some massive nostalgia at that event when I got to shoot it, instantly wanted to get one ๐
Last time I used a bow was like 8-10 years ago, 1 my dad made me when I was like 7 that I used for years and another one I later made from a pvc pipe lol
tulip orbit
lol
oh, while you're learning, you may want to get one those armor pads for the inside of your forearm
save yourself some pain, especially with the higher draw weight of a compound
broken sigil
oh, while you're learning, you may want to get one those armor pads for the insi...
Oh yeah I've seen those
That's... Probably a smart idea lol
tulip orbit
yeah ๐ I got the finger gloves too, but I"m not sure I used them all the time
broken sigil
This one apparently comes with the wrist release thing
It like hooks onto the string so you aren't pulling with the fingers
tulip orbit
yeah, makes it a lot easier for aiming too. holding it wrong with the fingers can throw off your aim
broken sigil
This
I mainly want the compound bow because it has that let-off towards the end of the pull so it's easier to hold it and aim
tulip orbit
my recurve was a measly 30lb draw weight and I remember struggling ๐
broken sigil
I don't know what the one at the event was but I was struggling hard lol
cursive crypt
With miy friend we agreed that crossbows are pretty much the better approach.
broken sigil
That nose is gone after few launches.
Welp, from that point it's my fingers turn to suffer ๐
broken sigil
With miy friend we agreed that crossbows are pretty much the better approach.
I do have a crossbow already ๐
cursive crypt
It ain't coincidence that these were like the game-changer of that era.
broken sigil
There is something very satisfying about the bow tho
cursive crypt
I do have a crossbow already ๐
Just one? lol
broken sigil
There is something very satisfying about the bow tho
It's a lot more work but it's fun
broken sigil
Just one? lol
Yeah, I have to register it here so it's a pain in the ass to get one lol
No registration required for bows tho
broken sigil
Crossbows for effectiveness and bows for fun.
Yeah I agree
broken sigil
Yeah, I have to register it here so it's a pain in the ass to get one lol
No re...
Also had to register my air rifle lol
cursive crypt
Yeah, I have to register it here so it's a pain in the ass to get one lol
No re...
Crossbows until certain power are not registered here.
That power is enough to penetrate a cooking pot.
broken sigil
Crossbows are kinda scary lol
cursive crypt
They are practical ๐
tulip bison
I wanted to try build an electric coil gun but I dont think the law in my country would be happy about it
we have no regulations on crossbows tho, I can have any power crossbow I want with no question
tulip orbit
my bro in law bought a crossbow, not sure if he's tried it out yet
tulip bison
They are pretty scary, its not something you want to shoot across your living room. I know people that have done that and nearly got hit by a rebound
tulip orbit
I shot my bow in my basement a few times, but close range so it was hard to miss. Only a few shots and I thought better of it
tulip bison
My country is really strict on firearms but crossbows have literally 0 regulations or registration, the only regulations are on things with barrels
alot of people buy crossbows justโฆ. incase. Since they cant have a gun for home defence
cursive crypt
tulip orbit
so tempted to get baldurs gate 3 right now. should work on my game tho...
but kinda wanna save my money for starfield...
turbid spindleBOT
:question: should I get baldurs gate 3?
:8ball: As I see it, yes.
celest musk
just waiting for Shadow Gambit which is announced for this month
tulip orbit
I think I'm too tired to make a decision about a $90 purchase... think I'm gonna go get some sleep and think on it...
pearl elk
so tempted to get baldurs gate 3 right now. should work on my game tho...
Dont buy any games
tulip orbit
why not?
tulip orbit
I do wanna finish my game, but I'm too tired most of the time to work on it.
pearl elk
You only need the original Donkey Kong
tulip orbit
plus I have no idea what I'm doing
pearl elk
Its like Bubble Bobble right, it was all the rage but where is it now
pearl elk
But if you make a game which is amazeballs and stands the test of time...
Whos gonna remember Balders... what number again?
Im gonna play PoE2 instead tbh, more my style
DnD dating sims were never my jam
cursive crypt
DnD dating sims were never my jam
I thought you talked about Bioware at first.
pearl elk
Call me cray but Bioware did Balders Gate too
When we gonna get a Star Wars dating sim already
I want to follow the Rey/Finn hookup story line
median wraith
https://tenor.com/view/remnent-2-scary-weeping-angel-follow-gif-1449074329444427...
Game name ?
soft night
Remnant 2
celest musk
Its like Bubble Bobble right, it was all the rage but where is it now
i feel you
bubble bobble was one of a kind
look what they did to the poor dinos
coop... they should put "friends" in the game requirements ๐ญ
apparently that was a thing back then, too
i only knew this https://www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games/bubble-bobble.html
pearl elk
Whats with games having fruit as powerups
celest musk
is that another donkey kong reference?
pearl elk
Pacman and Bubble Bobble have fruits too
Maybe veganism was just more socially acceptable back then ๐
celest musk
wasn't that rather the time where meat production boomed?
pearl elk
Maybe it was just a few chunky monkeys eating all the meats
feeding their pet alligators and whatnot
That sounds like a cool game, War on Drugs
Max Payne cross Kane and Lynch 2
with a sprinkle of CoD
celest musk
that's when you preach water but drink wine
carmine frigate
with a sprinkle of CoD
featuring snoop dog
worldly sapphire
i dont get the time code
cursive crypt
hollow dawn
"oh this doesnt work in this versio of UE, wanna update?" "yes!" "please wait while epic prepares the carrier pigeons" ...one day later... "oh you finally installed the new engine... your gfx driver look odd want a new one?" "yes!" "allright, nvidia sadly doesnt have that one anymore, its called differently now but you did of course know right, so do you want geforce experience?" "no" "ok we bundled into the download in case you change your mind anyway" "fuck no"...
...one day... one day ill start up UE... i am most certain one day it will be installed...
i bet i just needed to activate the depth plugin and not install a new version... ahhhhhh
who needs a display... lets just deactivate it... aww cmon nvidia... wtf... im not using the laptop display -.-
i see things again \o/
pearl elk
hollow dawn
i never know... never... dont ask so many things -.-
i guess skip conversion is the fatalistic way to do it, convert in place is for brave users, cancel for the super confused and open a copy for boring people
i am brave \o/ lets goooo
oh no... it was a trick question! its either cancel and live happily ever after or click anything else and... compile shaders...
pearl elk
Why are you converting to 5.3
hollow dawn
just 5.21... been using 5.1 till yesterday lul
pearl elk
oh no...
hollow dawn
but volume mats didnt seem to work
pearl elk
Lyra doesnt even load for me on 5.21 lol
hollow dawn
what even is lyra? ๐ฎ
hollow dawn
does Lyra come with network stuff examples and steam integration?
cause thats like a 20h trip to do by hand lol
hollow dawn
steam has games like toilet simulators... and they sell somehow...
so thats literally shit games
pearl elk
Gaben gotta eat
hollow dawn
10 little shaders went into unreal
and ten little shaders became 10.000 little shaders
10.000 shaders went into the material editor
and 100.000 little shaders were compiled
100.000 little shaders compiled all night, and when they woke up they were 1 million little shaders
worldly sapphire
Hold on, let me quickly move this node
hollow dawn
๐ซข
pearl elk
compiling node codes
tulip orbit
bg3 is downloading ๐ฌ
pearl elk
tulip orbit
worldly sapphire
bg3 is downloading ๐ฌ
how big is it?
oof 150gb, well better purchase it now and play it tomorrow
tulip orbit
yeah, took about 2hrs to download. Had to delete a bunch of old games to make room
also says it requires an SSD, but I dont think my game drive is an ssd, so we'll see how this goes ๐
fathom wadi
the only problem with BG3 is it's so full of content, it's hard to get anything done. I had to do some work before I started playing today otherwise it would be a wasted sunday.
tulip orbit
I made a trip to the grocery store to get the milk I forgot on friday cause I knew I'd be distracted too long
I dunno what class to play ๐ฆ
fathom wadi
you can respec classes so don't panic if you get something you dont wanna play
tulip orbit
went with drow fighter, now I need a name. Silly? or more serious type name... decisions...
unborn lotus
went with drow fighter, now I need a name. Silly? or more serious type name... ...
Drizzt for sure
pearl elk
went with drow fighter, now I need a name. Silly? or more serious type name... ...
Draven Blackthorn
Lyra Shadowblade
Vaelen Darkstrike
Selene Nightfang
Kaelar Doomhammer
Zephyr Moonshadow
Xalira Deathbringer
Sylas Grimheart
Thalira Blackthorn
Malakai Shadowthorn
mossy nexus
DrowyMcDrowface
carmine frigate
Draven Blackthorn
Lyra Shadowblade
Vaelen Darkstrike
Selene Nightfang
Kaelar Doo...
isnt that irish names?
or scottish
pearl elk
isnt that irish names?
Declan Shadowbane
Aine Ironheart
Conall Stormshadow
Sorcha Shadowdancer
Eoin Voidblade
Aoife Darkfire
Irish Drow Fighter names ๐
carmine frigate
the Irish Gollum would be neat
pearl elk
Seamus Preciouskins
Liam Ringwraith
Finnegan MyPrecious
Pรกdraig Shireling
Colleen Riddlesbane
Kieran Gollumhobbit
Eileen Hobbitshadow
Niall Gleamfingers
Brigid Shirecrawler
Ciarรกn Mirthfinder
๐น
tulip orbit
lol, I see why I should have an SSD... a bunch of the animations in a cutscene didnt load, and things were popping in as they loaded
pearl elk
proud jay
also says it requires an SSD, but I dont think my game drive is an ssd, so we'll...
it's been working fine on my hdd so far
there are some loading screens, but nothing wild
if you start up the game and load in a busy area, the props might take like a minute to all load though
but during play haven't noticed anything
so far pretty good game
played like 7 hours
zinc wagon
oh considering the bg3 release (im a bit late ik) i wanna share with you one of the best post ever posted online
proud jay
Hmm havenโt passed the gay quest yet
tulip orbit
I'm only 3hrs in to bg3 so far ๐ฆ
just noticed... got an achievement for completing the very first area of the game, basically the intro. 0.1% of players have the achievment? wtf
unborn lotus
Hmm havenโt passed the gay quest yet
Gay, and with bears? Is that right
zinc matrix
worldly mesa
going to take a minute to get used to the split keyboard, but my wrists already thank me
as usual, basic false advertising. "Programmable" with an "Application Dial" seems the wheel is not programmable, and by application wheel, they mean it brings up the windows application switcher :/
i was hoping to control brush size, and similar
also, what they call tactile, are not. these just bottom out.
got browns
even 'catwalking' these keys cannot stop them bottoming out
gusty wolf
any reason why slot 0 of my mesh in my scene capture wont display any material i put in it?
worldly mesa
even 'catwalking' these keys cannot stop them bottoming out
returning this keyboard. Damn.
proud jay
i was hoping to control brush size, and similar
Never seen that one before
Why not go with a columar if you already get a split
worldly mesa
it is already back in the box to be returned. very disappointing
i'll have to look at that
i was considering this one, but also the Kinesis.. i'll get an image
https://writepermission.com/content/2013/07/Truly_Ergonomic_Keyboard-209-Split_Symmetrical.jpg
seriously considering this one
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61qNajSSowL._AC_SX679_.jpg
celest musk
get a space navigator instead of relying on the keyboard wonky donky stuff
worldly mesa
but the columar style does make sense
worldly mesa
get a space navigator instead of relying on the keyboard wonky donky stuff
the 3d mouse?
celest musk
oh, thats the deluxe version
are you happy with it? i got the smol one only, but it's pretty good quality for what it is
worldly mesa
i basically cannot work without it, but after years, the soft plastic became sticky (as this type of plastic does) so i had to take the whole thing apart and use 95% alcohol on it. i should have used vegetable oil, but i was not thinking.
i am happy with it
celest musk
which is for the smol one, but should also fit on yours
but you end up with a hard surface then
unless you got access to a printer which can print soft materials
worldly sapphire
I'm guessing they are very comfortable to use?
celest musk
yea and you got 6 axis or smth
worldly sapphire
Is it the same controls for all programs?
celest musk
depends on how well the software supports it
worldly mesa
well, it is the whole mouse, not just the nob.. I do not have time for the most part, but yeah, i have both a Delta style 3d (tevo little monster), and a resin type (sonic mighty 4k)
worldly sapphire
Well, you probably could bind some keys to a timeline so in a way you might be able to contol 8 axes
celest musk
but the major 3D stuff has plugins or direct support
ah i see, the hand rest is also that soft touch stuff
worldly mesa
my time is so invested in trying to make these games to make some money that i have not printed in 2 years, or electronics in about the same :/ even my CNC Mill goes unused
yeah ^^
worldly mesa
Well, you probably could bind some keys to a timeline so in a way you might be a...
there are several DIY project to make your own nowadays too
Arduino based, usually
celest musk
well with the time spent for that, you could probably buy one
and i kinda doubt that they get all the axis movements well done, but i might be wrong
they probably have only tilt and maybe rotate, but not shift?!
worldly mesa
some of them do.. it is actually really impressive
worldly sapphire
well with the time spent for that, you could probably buy one
Well, if you're like me and you've got an arduino that has only blinked a LED, it might be worth it
celest musk
i would use an ESP32 none the less ๐
worldly sapphire
Yeah I'm starting to get into embedded stuff more and ESP32 is scary fast
celest musk
and has waaaaaaay more interfaces, and considering the price it's an excellent ยตC
worldly sapphire
I got myself one of these so I can play around without messing with wiring https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stickc-plus-esp32-pico-mini-iot-development-kit
celest musk
you can also start off with arduino studio to code it, if you are used to it
worldly mesa
AHH! I need to get these done so i can play again!
celest musk
but after all, ESP-IDF and CLion felt closer to the hardware
but i haven't touched it in the last years either ๐ญ
celest musk
I got myself one of these so I can play around without messing with wiring https...
that thing looks nice, does it have some GPIO outlets under that sticker?
worldly sapphire
On the top of the device
Not many GPIO to be fair, three GPIO, the others are power delivery related
proud jay
i'll have to look at that
if you just want a full prebuild package, maybe the moonlander could be interesting, though expensive
or the dygma defy
but there's plenty of open source boards that you can get and assemble yourself
or use assembly services
I have the Lily 58 pro myself
but e.g. the Corne is a popular choice
or Ferris Sweep if you wanna go with even less keys
but getting a split keyboard but still with the traditional layout kinda defeats the point imo
or the Kyria if you want a lot of thumb keys
I got mine from MechBoards UK, you can get full prebuilts or pick parts and have them assemble it for you
worldly sapphire
How's Baldur's Gate peeps, is it good if you're singleplayer?
proud jay
yeah boi
very nice
played it for about 7 hours so far
I wanna play more
but for some reason I have a stupid job to go to
soft night
for other http://milkv.io/duo
proud jay
for other what?
unreal ether
Milk-v's
cursive crypt
Milkin' hardware since the twenties.
soft night
what can replace pico
cursive crypt
Smaller, the better.
unreal ether
I mean if you want an order of magnitude smaller you can use fentoseconds, but I find anything below nanoseconds to be unnecessary
median wraith
fluid bloom
the fact that that is playing in reverse bothers me irrationally much
proud jay
scarlet cedar
so about 10 days ago i posted on /r/unrealengine about my k2 shenanigans and it was removed by the mods. the sub rules dont state anything about tutorials or any kind of self promotion and theres no comments from a mod and i have no PM from any mods so.. is reddit just cooked?
worldly sapphire
so about 10 days ago i posted on /r/unrealengine about my k2 shenanigans and it ...
Unreal Slackers doesn't have any formal connections to the subreddit
scarlet cedar
i understand. im not asking for someone with a connection to sort it out for me
worldly sapphire
Also wrt reddit being cooked, always has been
scarlet cedar
im just asking if anyone knows a reason why it happened
unreal ether
so about 10 days ago i posted on /r/unrealengine about my k2 shenanigans and it ...
Subreddit mods really tend to like exercising their authority
scarlet cedar
ye fair enough
worldly sapphire
What do you mean with K2 shenanigans by the way
scarlet cedar
guess ill go expose myself elsewhere
worldly sapphire
uhmm
scarlet cedar
i know what i said
scarlet cedar
What do you mean with K2 shenanigans by the way
for real though i wrote 3 articles on creating k2 nodes if you are interested. theres a link in my profile and a pin in #cpp
proud jay
gamer gambit
scarlet cedar
gambit was taken
unreal ether
They probably didn't want any useful tutorials on that subreddit. The amount of stuff I see being echoed in that sub that's awful advice. "Casts are super expensive, use interfaces everywhere", "level BP is great for referencing" :P
worldly sapphire
for real though i wrote 3 articles on creating k2 nodes if you are interested. t...
Oh, I'm not familiar with that part of UE. I thought you climbed K2 or something
scarlet cedar
They probably didn't want any useful tutorials on that subreddit. The amount of ...
oh lmao. ngl i dont visit reddit at all anymore but figured if the community there was active it might gain some traction
ye fair
im kind of hoping i can post on the forums but im not sure where it would fit
pretty sure theres a tutorials subforum or something
the wot
unreal ether
Epic Dev community does have a tutorials place too
scarlet cedar
fuck sake
ye
my ctrl+c keeps not working
at least it was sfw 
thanks ill check it out
maybe epic will see it and hire me
fluid bloom
so about 10 days ago i posted on /r/unrealengine about my k2 shenanigans and it ...
could be that the automod removed it
scarlet cedar
i dont even know how automod works so im not sure how to make it not remove my posts
seems like if i want to use the learning site ill need to rewrite the articles on the site itself instead of using an external link
worldly sapphire
if (author.username == "Gambit") {
post.delete();
author.ban();
}
you said this server has no connection to the subreddit so how did you get automod source
ye i saw that on the side bar
maybe i wont worry about it. i got pinned in cpp so maybe thats enough
fleet tangle
Maybe you were just wrong
worldly sapphire
maybe i wont worry about it. i got pinned in cpp so maybe thats enough
whoa ho ho, mr bigshot here
(though for real, really great you're doing this)
scarlet cedar
confirmed: 99% of slackers is bots
pearl elk
Cant be any worse than the Fortnite mod review lol
People getting mods removed for changing variable names ๐น
bool bIsThisTheBestVariableNameEverOrWhat = true;
I got banned for calling my my variable Master ๐
meanwhile... at Epic GetOwner()
pearl elk
Yeah we need an engine that isnt trying to control us and its players
PlayerController
proud jay
stupid 120 sec is holding me back from full 100 wpm greatness
pearl elk
This is why I outsource to code monkies
soft night
ยดCalamariControllerยด
worldly sapphire
my brain can't keep up with my wpm thats the bigger issue
soft night
my wpm is creater than machine can keep up with
proud jay
but to answer the question I have currently spent 23:48:29 on monkeytype since switching to colemak, so the answer is probably never
as in active typing time
have to say colemak is a lot nicer on the fingers than qwerty though
so from an ergonomic point it was probably worth it long term
not the speed training specifically though
pearl elk
Epic are just worried about being fined by the FTC again
fluid bloom
I got banned for calling my my variable Master ๐
cries in master of science
pearl elk
whats a Power IK
cursive crypt
unborn lotus
I could not get into divine divinity and the rest at all...is bg3 just as boring?
pearl elk
How dare you!
median wraith
pearl elk
DnD is the pinnacle of gaming
median wraith
oh the editor have hidden messages there
fluid bloom
the problem with BG3 is that all the different races are just... humans. With horns. Or pointy ears
pearl elk
those pointy ears make all the difference between the sheets ๐
fluid bloom
also I'm slightly disappointed the body types are "peasant who has eaten only cabbages all his life" and "CONAN THE DESTROYER"
nothing in between ๐
pearl elk
"Man who has clearly eaten too many potatos"
fluid bloom
boil 'em, smash 'em, stick 'em in a stew
ruby mason
They should add the woman from loadout
pearl elk
In a world full of magic potions ofcoarse people would abuse that shit ๐
hollow dawn
that was a pretty boring movie tbh
pearl elk
Zombeavers was better lol
fathom wadi
also I'm slightly disappointed the body types are "peasant who has eaten only ca...
the only important factor is gameplay. Gameplay is king. The rest is aesthetic and likely unimportant for the experience unless you nit pick at it ๐
proud jay
I could not get into divine divinity and the rest at all...is bg3 just as boring...
it's very close gameplay wise, just extended, different story, some new mechanics, if you didn't like dos2 at all you'll probably not like bg3 either
pearl elk
Well how much credit will Wizards of the Coast get for their gameplay ๐
fathom wadi
fuck all. They get no credit for the stuff to do put their own effort into
proud jay
pretty sure WotC contribution is very minimal
ruby mason
Sharknado too as a boss fight
fathom wadi
magic the gathering. Brilliant game. Ruined entirely by WotC and Hasbro ๐
ruby mason
Greed
proud jay
probably just IP and some marketing
fathom wadi
yep
proud jay
that's how it goes with most licences
pearl elk
Doesnt Post Malone own the best Magic card now
fathom wadi
I have a pretty decent historic collection on Arena and I can't bring myself to play it. It's like doing the science of exploits in 60 cards.
ruby mason
Most expensive sure
It was just them pushing their gambling that totally isnโt gambling
ruby mason
I have a pretty decent historic collection on Arena and I can't bring myself to ...
I wonโt even play for free on xmage anymore
Commander is just so boring with all the overly pushed cards
Every format is rotating now too
fathom wadi
They recent;y added the Lord of the Rings set to Arena. But you can't play it in standard. So instead of your daily cards/packs coming from the standard sets, they come from the LotR set too which waters down your ability to earn cards for playing. Sucks that.
proud jay
Doesnt Post Malone own the best Magic card now
a very expensive one for sure
fathom wadi
black lotus?
proud jay
no
ruby mason
The one ring
proud jay
something something ring
fathom wadi
ah
ruby mason
They made millions off people buying tons of boxes to gamble for it lol
fathom wadi
yeah thats an overhyped bullshit card for starters. Rigged up to a value like Gamestop.
ruby mason
Insane money for cardboard
proud jay
well
it's collector stuff
I just have a few standard decks and a commander deck
enought for me
ruby mason
Collector stuff like old comics and old cards is cool I guess
fathom wadi
collected by idiots who would collect their own bum fluff if they could sell it for a bit of profit lol
ruby mason
But just printing new million dollar cards is cringe
proud jay
don't have anyone to play with anymore anyway ๐
commander is so much better than classic though
proud jay
I used to play it every week when I lived in finland
pearl elk
Non fungible cardboard
fathom wadi
it's one thing collecting old MtG cards like black lotus. That has history and nostalgia. But to dump thousands on a card that was recent because they hyped people into gambling for it... seems suss to me
ruby mason
Lots of people spent thousands on boxes gambling for the card
pearl elk
How much you wanna bet Wizards new license was to try to grab some cash from Larian
fathom wadi
100%
ruby mason
They saw fortnite and realized people will buy every single crossover
pearl elk
DnD has been at an all time high in popularity overall though, high fantasy just seems to be where its at for alot of people
ruby mason
Milk the cash cow until the game is dead I guess
pearl elk
Nicki Minaj in DnD when?
fathom wadi
the crossovers I don't mind. Like I wanted the 40k one. BUt they don't give you a format to play them in which is suitable. So you end up in with all the bullshit decks and they end up being un-fun to play.
ruby mason
And they push the power level so you see the cards everywhere
So many cards I used to like playing with and were fun are just too weak now
pearl elk
the crossovers I don't mind. Like I wanted the 40k one. BUt they don't give yo...
sounds like pretty much every live service game
fathom wadi
not really. Most of them would give you a specific format to play it in. But WotC put you in with the Historics and bullshit decks that you can't beat because they had years worth of exploits applied to them and figured out. So you basically end up with a trash deck.
they only need to make a specific format and its fixed.
proud jay
How much you wanna bet Wizards new license was to try to grab some cash from Lar...
Larian asked for the license afaik
cause they got denied at first even
fathom wadi
yeah lots of people have been denied on the BG3 license
ruby mason
sounds like pretty much every live service game
Lol true
proud jay
well I don't know anything about other baldur's gate games but bg3 is gud
fathom wadi
yeah I didn't play the originals because at the time I was into other games, mostly FPS. But I do like Larian games.
proud jay
now let's hope wotc doesn't try to force larian to rush out a 4
swen is a good boi though
he's actually a very nice dude
met him irl a few times
he's also tall af
almost 2m I think
did not expect that the first time I saw him
fathom wadi
almost as tall as the wall of text you wrote about him lol :p
fathom wadi
twice as big as half the size of it
proud jay
interesting thesis
pearl elk
When the new Hellblade out finally
proud jay
hellblade looks cool, but actually playing it was not really my thing
I am complete
time to die
pearl elk
I dont understand how Free To Play games get on Steams Top Seller list
unborn lotus
it's very close gameplay wise, just extended, different story, some new mechanic...
I really enjoyed pathfinder though...guess Ill have to pass on bg
cursive crypt
Pathfinder was cool.
hollow dawn
yep, especially pathfinder 2 wrath of da righteous, pillars of eternity was sweet aswell
cursive crypt
hollow dawn
https://tenor.com/view/lacked-passion-passion-lack-of-passion-shawn-spencer-james-roday-gif-10443172
godzilla's conception?
cursive crypt
They have watched it already.
proud jay
I really enjoyed pathfinder though...guess Ill have to pass on bg
never played that so can't compare
hollow dawn
fallout 3 had to cut the cult around nuke worshipping lunatics for japan release
proud jay
only heard of pathfinder when people were trying to boycot dnd for licensing thing
see how that turned out
hollow dawn
never played that so can't compare
pathfiinder has a seemingly confusing af class system, otherwise plays like the other games
you get 20 levels, and can put each level in whatever class you like, some have synergies, but usually its only worth it on low lvls
proud jay
you have to take into consideration, I don't have friends to play with
maybe I should start dnd seshes with my brothers once the one of them returns from australia
hollow dawn
people rarely return from รถstrรคlia
hollow dawn
marriage scams, deadly environments, crime, detention centers, a cozy beachhut with a smoking hot lady.... reasons are many
proud jay
my other brother is moving to portugal in 2 years though
hollow dawn
whats a mons?
proud jay
so can't be a 3 year campaign
proud jay
monscalamari
hollow dawn
confusion +1
proud jay
I dont understand how Free To Play games get on Steams Top Seller list
this guy
hollow dawn
gee... since friday im just trying to get volumetric materials to work.. they stay invisible... (scalability is on epic, with volume plugin and without)
i really enjoy unreal, i feel productive if it works, only interrupted by shader compiling, which one can use to take a shower or somin, phone relatives, maybe eat a sausage, or to read up on the news of last few month, but these issues that come up and just eat all attention suck...
like in blender its literally make cube, give cube property, fog... in unreal its like... did you really study unreal fog volumetrics for 8 semesters? we hope so!
u gotta be shitting me...
i swear ranting helps and solves all problems lol
appears you need to put a exponential height fog into your level for volume materials to become visible... like... why????
hollow dawn
once we tried to play GTA4 on LAN... never worked... until one lunatic suggested that we alll count down from 3 and click join at the same time... wroked flawlessly ever after... cause reasons
like who programs such things?
fathom wadi
experts
hollow dawn
experts...
pearl elk
eggsperts
hollow dawn
"people gonna be playing at the same time, why would they click join later, we can save so much code"
oh, also, volumetric matrials currently only work for particles it seems -.-
celest musk
btw. any updates on aliens or lk99?
fleet tangle
It was a hoax by aliens. Also aliens.
soft night
cursive crypt
hollow dawn
oh red dead 2 was so good in hacked private lobby with friends
public was a cheater fest thou sadly
and hell... updated from ue 5.1 to 5.2... finally got volumetrics to work... and they changed how light shafts work... much more whimsical they are atm, not on every detail...
and also, light doesnt go through meshes that dont cast a shadow anymore... yay...
worldly mesa
if you just want a full prebuild package, maybe the moonlander could be interest...
That is nice looking, but yes, out of my preferred price range ATM
proud jay
what is your price range?
worldly mesa
preferably under 200 USD
proud jay
you could have a look at these pre builts (which you can also make yourself if you want https://mechboards.co.uk/collections/pre-builds?limit=40
https://keeb.io/collections/split-keyboard-parts and https://splitkb.com/ could also give some ideas
best vendor might depend on where you live
worldly mesa
Thanks! i will check them out
proud jay
if you really wanna go wild you can get most of these pcb plans from github and have them printed and assemble and solder everything yourself
you can go really far with this ๐
there's people making custom pcbs even
proud jay
like this dude https://youtu.be/UKfeJrRIcxw
he has a keyboard with 16 keys now I think
worldly mesa
i bought a couple of cheaper KBs when they were on sale, so i have a Bunch of switches. Cherry Red Chinese imitations, but they are good. I also purchased some HID compatible (i forget the name) Arduinos., just have to force myself to break from UE adventures for a bit and actually do something :/
proud jay
but I think the Corne is probably the most popular entry split kb, from what I've read online
hollow dawn
O.o
soft night
some say this is blue manny training skills https://tenor.com/view/a-round-around-dhoni-cricket-sports-mahi-gif-3849814970386972396
pearl elk
Thats no Blue Man its his AI stunt double
broken sigil
median wraith
It's a nightmare upload videos to instagram man
pearl elk
I heard that X thingo got better video
median wraith
well Twitter were always about drag drop and support gif
pearl elk
Are we still calling it Twitter?
I re-xd my exs x
she xd with xx
and now Im cross ๐
soft night
chrome gull
hello guys
come here
lmaoo alright
@delicate minnow @unreal ether @zinc wagon
hola
delicate minnow
hi
unreal ether
Eyy
delicate minnow
anyway, fallout is a game, right
zinc wagon
๐
delicate minnow
one of the games of all time
some of them are good and some bad
bethesda is either good or bad
and deathclaws exist
(ok continue)
unreal ether
My most hated enemy in fallout New Vegas is still that god damn legendary bloatfly
zinc wagon
thanks for the summery vik
unreal ether
thanks for the summery vik
In all seriousness though, console can save you from some of the more annoying bugs
zinc wagon
My most hated enemy in fallout New Vegas is still that god damn legendary bloatf...
bloatfly? is that those disgusting flies
chrome gull
bloatfly? is that those disgusting flies
yes
unreal ether
There's also some pretty cool hidden rooms you can only get to by setting your cell
chrome gull
I hate those damn ghouls in FO3
unreal ether
I also reccomend playing Tale of Two Wastelands if you havent
chrome gull
why do they need 239795 shells to die
zinc wagon
I hate those damn ghouls in FO3
of course you'd hate them smooth skin
unreal ether
The setup is a royal pain in the arse but it's worth it
unreal ether
I hate those damn ghouls in FO3
The Reavers?
chrome gull
I also reccomend playing Tale of Two Wastelands if you havent
I opted not to do that because I wanted to experience the games individually
chrome gull
The Reavers?
the ones in the point lookout dlc esp
unreal ether
Yeah, definitely get the vanilla experience before you go modded
zinc wagon
I also reccomend playing Tale of Two Wastelands if you havent
i finished the divide thing, the scifi research area thing and the hotel thing
chrome gull
of course you'd hate them smooth skin
oh please mister stuck in a rock
unreal ether
Tale of two wastelands is fun but it's hella broken and unbalanced
unreal ether
i finished the divide thing, the scifi research area thing and the hotel thing
Legendary bloatfly is in the sci fi place iirc
In a little cave
chrome gull
Tale of two wastelands is fun but it's hella broken and unbalanced
I fuck up the balance on purpose lol, I want guns to feel like guns and I want to be rich
unreal ether
It guards a decent weapon, but it's downside is it can one shot you at nearly any level
zinc wagon
oh please mister stuck in a rock
ok ghouls hater. do you know what i did to the ghouls i met? i've sent them to space
saved me a bunch of ammo and got to watch a funny rocket launch
unreal ether
I fuck up the balance on purpose lol, I want guns to feel like guns and I want t...
You'd love TTW then.
You know how in fo3 you can turn pre war books in for 1k caps and a ton of xp each?
You also know how New Vegas has a ton of pre war books?
Yeah you can see where that's going
chrome gull
ok ghouls hater. do you know what i did to the ghouls i met? i've sent them to s...
i torched them to death
but it was annoying
unreal ether
looks at my 12 million caps and level 90 on TTW
chrome gull
You'd love TTW then.
You know how in fo3 you can turn pre war books in for 1k ca...
maybe I'll try that on my next playthrough
if Starfield doesn't consume my soul ofc
zinc wagon
actually speaking of levels i thought FO new vegas capped your level at 50 or something
how'd you reach ninety?
unreal ether
It does
chrome gull
actually speaking of levels i thought FO new vegas capped your level at 50 or so...
FO3's is 20 lmao
unreal ether
TTW raises the cap, but I always manually uncap in FOEdit anyway
More fun when I can be overpowered as hell
I also manually added the fallout 3 dart gun to New Vegas because it's just too fun
zinc wagon
i thought it was a bug lol. i started leveling myself up everytime i thought i deserved it
chrome gull
in FO4 I always add 10000 of everything so I can build without collecting mugs
unreal ether
Had many years playing vanilla on console so have taken the opportunity on pc to have fun with mods
I just set up a purified water farm so I never worry about cash and buy shipments
I don't tend to make my fo4 mods stupidly op
chrome gull
FO4 is my favorite game ever
unreal ether
My main one is settlements uncapped, as well as OCDecorator
chrome gull
I don't tend to make my fo4 mods stupidly op
I do, I add headshots, bump up the damage of the guns by 3x, add slide and hitmarkers
even add new sounds
ammo too
unreal ether
I only add lore friendly weapons and stuff
I also enable survival mode but mod fast travel back in
chrome gull
I only add lore friendly weapons and stuff
I add modern weapons mostly
I just want dialogue choices and good combat
idc about leveling up to a number to kill some idiot
unreal ether
I did on Xbox, but I find most of them to be boringly overpowered
chrome gull
yk there's this mod that brings crysis/metro exodus like weapon customization to the game?
unreal ether
My go to is improved pipe weapons, ppsh, M1 grand, mosin Nagant, and MK2 heavy machine gun.
They're all balanced lore friendly guns
chrome gull
god-tier
unreal ether
yk there's this mod that brings crysis/metro exodus like weapon customization to...
Ooooh
terse wasp
The mods for Starfield are going to be glorious
pearl elk
You mean all those ported Skyrim and Fallout mods
So you can play Oblivion again this time on an alien planet
Patrick Stewart can be captain of your ship
chrome gull
The mods for Starfield are going to be glorious
ifkr? can't wait
might even make a few myself
proud jay
see you in 2 to 16 hours
well that was fun
game is addicting
you can just keep going man
I do wonder how only 0.1% of players have like the prologue achievement
or steam's database is not updated yet maybe
fathom wadi
I've just been moving towards the second act. It gets super difficult
deft loom
Any place on this discord to look for casual game making people to collaborate with. I see a job section but any hobby section to see if anyone doing game dev on a side wants to collaborate.
zinc wagon
#rev-share-jobs generally
tulip orbit
I feel like I got nowhere yet lol
same. And I'm also getting my ass kicked in pretty much every battle. Thinking of starting a new game with a diff character. spent all my gold on rezing some chars from my last fight
cursive crypt
TIL there is even a term Greenwashing
proud jay
same. And I'm also getting my ass kicked in pretty much every battle. Thinking...
Are you playing on normal difficulty
I mean itโs not easy, but havenโt had to rez a character yet
My party only died one time so far but had to restart from past save
cursive crypt
Yeah, certainly can be used as anti-eco-whatever arguments.
You've been greenwashed!
tulip orbit
yeah I'm on normal. I've died several times, and loaded saves
I really suck at getting my party in the right positions and using them effectively
doing a little better with my half orc paladin this time tho. So long as I dont have my party in stupid spots
cursive crypt
What is called the mix of orc + halfling?
tulip orbit
a horc?
deep glen
shitling (orcling?)
cursive crypt
shitling (orcling?)
ha, was going to type orcling
tulip orbit
What is called the mix of orc + halfling?
Doesnt matter what race you mix up, they all come out as pudding when they're done in my blender
deep glen
anyways, ive never been into these kind of rpg's, but bg3 sofar has been a joy
hours fly by
tulip orbit
id be having more fun if I didnt suck so bad.
cursive crypt
I won't be playing it soon, but looks the only notable game which came out this year - to my taste.
At least I had a great times decades ago with its predcessors.
deep glen
Sea of Stars might be my game of the year, but yea, ive been hyping that one up for quite a while now, so it got big imaginary shoes to fill.
cursive crypt
huh, a jrpg, looks nice
deep glen
very 16-bit era vibe
cursive crypt
Has 24 bit color tho
deep glen
and that era still has most of my fav rpg's
cursive crypt
I was never a FF boy, but was a Shinning Force one (melancholy noises)
Gonna recommend that one to my bro
PvP dungeon crawler ๐ค
Looks kinda these other two games... uhmm... oof what where the names
Mordhau
And one more
Just in dungeon setting.
And enemies/mobs ๐ค
proud jay
doing a little better with my half orc paladin this time tho. So long as I don...
what were you playing before?
I'm barding it up
I'm starting to have a feeling astarion kinda want to f*ck me
won't let him though
yet...
cursive crypt
His shoulders are too flat.
worldly sapphire
took you a full minute to find a flaw
cursive crypt
And wide, wtf were thinking the sculptors.
fluid bloom
that's the peasant farmer who eats cabbages only look
unborn lotus
And wide, wtf were thinking the sculptors.
real men have curves
fluid bloom
they look a bit weird, massive chest muscles and then non-existent shoulder/neck muscles
cursive crypt
real men have curves
Shakes belly
Anyway, prolly is sexy for some players.
TIL they are shaving their bodies in that game. Where is the fur?
fluid bloom
my barbarian has a ton of chest hair ๐ค
cursive crypt
As a bear should be.
tulip orbit
what were you playing before?
drow fighter, didnt have a great build for him I think
tulip orbit
I'm starting to have a feeling astarion kinda want to f*ck me
I get that feeling too. He makes me uncomfortable
fluid bloom
he likes to suck
proud jay
is that so
fluid bloom
yes
proud jay
he especially enjoys bodily fluids
proud jay
who pays 160 bucks for a knob https://mechboards.co.uk/products/the-rotr-gb-extras
weirdos
just put a numpad on a layer ๐ง
fluid bloom
I blame zoomers
celest musk
Keycaps and switches are not included, the case and knob are sold separately
proud jay
yup
proud jay
the pcb and case is the main product
you buy the knob separately
and then you have to get your own swithes and caps
mossy nexus
Went up the hill yesterday, found this thing.
cursive crypt
There is nothing normal in that pic.
mossy nexus
It's too small to be Au, it's aww ๐
median wraith
Went up the hill yesterday, found this thing.
hollow dawn
gold wrapper assumed to be a gold nugget, the industrial revolution and its consequences
tulip orbit
hollow dawn
oh well... ue 5.2... light shafts dont work with skyboxes etc anymore... even invisible geometry blocks them...
on a more enjoyable note, had a parrot sitting on my head, didnt murder me and fucked off eventually
tulip orbit
...like just a random parrot?
proud jay
why was there a parrot on your head
tulip orbit
maybe it was sunny out and he needed a hat?
hollow dawn
i was just standing there with a mate...
he wasnt fazed, stone cold stoner i guess, "oh good fortune that means" he said...
and i was like fingerpoke "fuck off*
and the bird was like i peck your finger peck peck
prolly looked better than any designer hat, but i was afraid of bird poop as you might rightly so assume
hollow dawn
lol oh no
hollow dawn
wizards smoke alot in LOTR eh
tulip orbit
hollow dawn
like gandalf makes the best smoke rings in all of hobbitland
and after battle, he might share some of his herbs with brave kings and elves
tulip orbit
hollow dawn
but ya, how do they say... "fortune with the natural kingdom, misfortune with unreal editor light shafts"
soft night
tulip orbit
omg, I just realised we missed an opportunity to call you a bad pirate, cause the parrot is supposed to be on your shoulder not your head. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
soft night
and oh wizarding world its more lively images
the nokia had that feature on lumia with lively images what was used with HDR image capture for exposure time
hollow dawn
and oh wonder, i see no light shafts in those lively images...
at what time is the next UE update? how many minutes left?
is it now?
hollow dawn
so...
seems you need to set the material of Skyboxes and the like as transluscent now to get light shafts to propagate through,
even if you have a one sided plane without a side facing your light, simply disabling "cast shadows" doesnt work anymore
-.-
thats why i dont always like updates, sometimes they make you redo half your assets and complicate things, especially if its not documented well
wondering if i should just go for that version 3 tester
cursive crypt
lol, go outside - you see the space not the sky.
hollow dawn
well im not a skybox dude but transluscent ones could be used to transition between times, or for layers of skyboxes etc
cursive crypt
w8, earth is square
hollow dawn
cube shaped
we only perceive it as round because corners are too pointy for our brain
gee, like half the volume fog buttons dont do anything atm -.-
only Ros Sereysothea can help now \o/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EYjqVYDXEM
cursive crypt
Instructions unclear: 00000000000000000000001
hollow dawn
ya... that slider doesnt do much for example...
but ya lol... try working with velocity stuff -.- unreal doesnt even accept that kinda amount of zeroes... you gotta trick it with functions like many zeros exp many zeroes multiplied by many zeroes
ZBrush is like that too... at 1024 something units distance, stuff simply dissappears forever...
not a clipping plane, stuff beyond 1x1024 size simply doesnt exist lol
like for example if you make a very long road
fathom wadi
unreal with 64-bit float should support 16 trailing zeroes now
hollow dawn
1x wide 1025 long, the 1 after 1024 will vanish
fathom wadi
the functions are independent tho as they are set in the function definition
you could change that
hollow dawn
unreal with 64-bit float should support 16 trailing zeroes now
internally yeah, but the fields to enter numbers are limited from my experience the last time i had to bother with it, can prolly change that in some c++ stuff wizardry code but yo... there are alot of fields lol
fathom wadi
internally yeah, but the fields to enter numbers are limited from my experience ...
yeah that's what I meant by the functions themselves are limited by the definition of the float var they use. Specifically you need ones that use the double set as the function signature. Which you can change yourself if you need but it's a lot of hassle when things expect it to chain down the same var type.
broken sigil
Butterfly
fleet tangle
Looks more like a giant moth
cursive crypt
Mesh
fleet tangle
Like a vegan fridge.
inland oriole
Why is YouTube so annoying. I had to permanently change my user agent in my web browser for their website to get my TV to act like a TV so I can use it to control it with my phone ๐
pearl elk
pearl elk
Maybe Nvidia will talk about gaming lol
"Get more VRAM vidia"
memewhile at Micron... HBM3
hollow dawn
i hope the gollum game is multiplayer and everyone is ugly af but adorably evil
aww cmon Ue... 5.21 is so broken lol...
the upper half of the screen stops displaying my spline mesh if i put an emissive material below it... i dont even kno9w what that could be related to lol, just came out of nowhere...
thats why i quit architecture lol... for every hour of doing cool design shit you spend like 50h just doing menial bs like fixing bugs, writing invoices, applying for permits, doing math lul, and such
ashen marlin
lol
hollow dawn
no clue why my plane is even bulged in sideview lol... this is all so weird
unborn lotus
thats why i quit architecture lol... for every hour of doing cool design shit yo...
Just hire an assistant and pay him peanuts
hollow dawn
hire an assistant? you lush or somin? get an intern... they have to do that to get a master lol
unborn lotus
get an intern to abuse for free? i like that
hollow dawn
pay? uhm... a bus ticket i guess
white oxide
Interns are fun
white oxide
Ihad one last year. Im hoping i get a new one this year
hollow dawn
3 simple gifs that explain the social realities of internship, in place of a 30 page essay
i really like our new languages like memes, emotes and gifs and such
fathom wadi
am I tripping or did they add a chess room?
hollow dawn
instead of a gym membership?
a cheese room would be nicer tbh
they had one of these at a woolworthi lived next to... soo awww
fathom wadi
that smells the same as my sock room
hollow dawn
you should wash the socks before puting them into their room
hollow dawn
move into an area with more limestone in the water... my jeans are like a skateboard
or just lend your socks to a teenage boy before putting them into the sock room
the UFC could really use some of this
white oxide
My last intern was fun. We went to several baseball games
pearl elk
This was a good plan, its all enterprise super computers again
with not a single hint of the quantum computers which will replace classical computers ๐
hollow dawn
but... if a quantum computer calculates something... it doesnt exist anymore
how am i gonna hord all my 5 star golden lions in planet zoo?
i guess crates
how quantum computing works
ihope my lions are safe -.-
well, they should be unless someone looks inside lul
tho update, shroedingers cat doesnt really work like that...
soft night
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-omniverse-opens-portals-to-vast-worlds-of-openusd use openUSD things
pearl elk
yawn
just another excuse for Nvidia to sell enterprise widgets
You can see the focus is on industry not on creativity in terms of the broader entertainment industry, omniverse but its very focused on Earth based resources
pearl elk
Unfortunately Nvidia has been this way for awhile, theres always a new shiney
I miss when the new shiny was graphics
Now all they do is render fancy infographics about huge server arrays
Im not even miffed they talk about those things, Im miffed because its ALL they talk about
chrome gull
You can see the focus is on industry not on creativity in terms of the broader e...
what the hell is an omniverse
how many verses are we going to have
soft night
its what connect multiple things and have connectors for UE and more tools
pearl elk
string theory\
pearl elk
The more connections you have the more you can spread your marketing
the more you save the more they spend
lofty lark
The more you buy, the less you have left to buy. Which means your potential costs have decreased. Savings. 
soft night
it use USD in it
broken sigil
Looks like resonance theory of consciousness to me
soft night
broken sigil
Yeah I literally have no clue what that graph is meant to show except that AI goes brrr without any other context
Well the mobile cloud obviously has more brrr so it's brrer than ai brrr
soft night
seems Apple focused implemention to USDz file format
broken sigil
Yeah I'm not really getting the point of it either
That stream as a whole was just a whole bunch of expensive machines that most people won't ever touch
soft night
so USD files contain fbx and setera
broken sigil
Look we have this super fast GPU that you can't buy
But look here we have an even more expensive machine that even some large companies can't buy
soft night
for industry standart perhaps
like live link so update the file in once tool like blender and it update in UE5.2 for example
P that might need Metaverse AI Expert images too
proud jay
it's bigger on the inside though
pearl elk
soft night
proud jay
man, gaming with a split keyboard is nice
you can just move the right half out of the way for most games
more mouse space
worldly sapphire
I switched from a TKL to a full size keyboard a month ago. It's more comfortable but it does take a lot more space up
proud jay
how do you find it more comfortable?
worldly sapphire
That's probably due to the key thingies
The ones that have those colour names for stroke type (im not a mech key nerd)
NOw that I think about it
proud jay
mechanical switches?
worldly sapphire
Switches yeah that was the term
proud jay
which ones do you use maybe?
proud jay
I could not go back to a non programmable keyboard now
being able to put everything where you want is just so nice
with thumb keys for layering
golden
worldly sapphire
Yeah I get that but I just can't be arsed to spend the time to customise that shit
proud jay
that's nice
I just like that I barely have to move my hands to reach anything
I find it very comfortable
drifting spear
I don't like keyboards. Too many buttons
proud jay
facts
proud jay
I just use voice commands to control chatgpt
worldly sapphire
I unironically miss old school T9 texting
Or wait
Not T9, but just old school cell phone txting
swift iris
Alternatively, the graphics dev grind set.
proud jay
baldur's gate is really not good for my sleep
turbid spindleBOT
:game_die: 18
mild basin
Last question I should ask is if Unreal is overkill for this type of game? A difference is mine is planned to be procedurally generated at runtime (in the initialization state per level).
It's not a pixelated game.
The video quality is bad and old in that video though.
Darn
I thought so.
If I'm understanding this right, my procedurally generated dungeons can be made in one level, and a second level in Unreal can be a non-random level (like one always the same in a main quest). The reason I ask is I don't think the editor is so useful in a procedural dungeon as it's made during runtime (why I'm probably thinking a level editor isn't so useful, but the level editor can still be useful for the non-random levels. So, there's still benefit.
Unless that only works for pixelated and AAA games again.
Since I want to do 80% C++ later, is it recommended to just learn BP for now? Then when comfortable with that, I think I heard to double click on each node and it will open up the function in code?
I'm very knowledgable in C++, hence why I prefer coding instead of visual scripting most of the time.
I would like to write the main game's logic in C++ and carry it over for sure.
I'll check out the link.
That would be me.
Good link so far. I'll use this when I'm ready with my game code. I'm just trying to work out the game's main classes in a console app like my procedural map.
Seems like these directions still imply to learn Blueprints beforehand (to communicate with it), which is fine by me as long as I have a plan to transition to C++.
It's the many many nodes to learn.
And it's not always clear how some work together. I saw a video of this guy saying "Put this here, and then this here, and the connect them..." I have no idea what he was doing. All I knew was it would have been clearer in code.
I had no idea I was in the lounge until now.
It must have been an early drink.
I'd like a plan, since I'm a very planny kind of person:
- Get game code finalized in C++ (main base classes I'll be using).
- Learn some intro videos & brief BP in Unreal.
- Jump down into the underworld of Unreal C++ and integrate my pure classes.
- Pray I find tutorials to go from there for my procedural game.
Or
- Get game code finalized in C++ (main base classes I'll be using).
- Learn all things Unreal.
- Jump down into the underworld of Unreal C++ and integrate my pure classes.
- Have a better understanding of Unreal to assist my procedural game.
Technically I'm starting over with my code. I kinda deleted it.
Alright.
Well, think of Eye of the Beholder. A 2D array contains a dungeon. In my case, it's a procedurally generated dungeon. So that was why I was thinking I'd get my pure C++ code down, along with cities, people/stats, items, etc. so they can be populated in the map.
It would be less of a hassle, as long as I can achieve the same thing in Unreal. I think it's just easier testing in a console app.
I don't see how that would work. If you've ever done procedural generation in an array, you'd have to see it to know if it's working right. If it's wrong, it'd just be a hallway. If it's right, there should be many hallways etc. I can display all that in a console and see if it's working right. Only then do I feel confident moving it to Unreal, although sure I'd have to put in functions/variables at a time.
My characters (I call them Actors), also have many variables and functions that they require, and it's good testing that the basic functionality works in a console.
Otherwise I'd have to close Unreal likely, code them, open Unreal and test. Close again and repeat the process. It seems like I'd be frustrated with that when all I had to do was hit F5 in Visual Studio to test it in a console.
I agree with testing game code, but foundational classes required seems like the console would be better.
It seems silly closing down Unreal anyway to code and reopen to test.
carmine frigate
you make stuff in blueprint.. if it works you can do it in c++
mild basin
So prototyping it in Blueprints.
regal pecan
Whatever's the fastest workflow.
tulip orbit
the fastest workflow is to skip the beginning and middle part of the project, and skip straight to the part where you give up and play a pre-made game. Thats what I've done and its worked out quite well
mild basin
Excellent idea.
regal pecan
And then you have nightmares where the Roblox smell won't wash off.
mild basin
I tried C++ today in Unreal with a first person view project. It's less complex than I thought it was. It should be easy to plug in code, etc. The macros are something to get used to.
unborn lotus
what's up bear lovers
cursive crypt
white oxide
regal pecan
I hope that's a ship and not a sword.
scarlet cedar
Buster sword 2.0
regal pecan
From that perspective, I suppose it could be both.
white oxide
Ship
deep glen
for some reason reminds me of
and makes me wonder if you can split the ship into two as well
cursive crypt
for some reason reminds me of
Did such icecream design really existed?
deep glen
Did such icecream design really existed?
had em all the time as a kid.
cursive crypt
So it is a two-handed icecream?
deep glen
yea, and if you pull on both, it --generally-- breaks from the center, turning it into two
mind blown as a kid
cursive crypt
I think, in my case, it would usually split in 90/10 part and half of the 90's will fall on the ground.
cursive crypt
My bigger bro was splitting these in a "by a bro manner" aka the bigger/older you are, the bigger part you get.
Looks like a manufacturing defect.
deep glen
My bigger bro was splitting these in a "by a bro manner" aka the bigger/older yo...
same, but often little bro got upset XD
unborn lotus
We would do half and half, he would save it for later, I would eat it right up and ask for half of his half
deep glen
XD reminds me of the time I took some icecream out of the fridge and hid it in my closet for later.
Only to get a stern warning from parents a few days later because A) I hid it between my clothes, and B) didnt realize ice would melt.
ahh, childhood memories.
regal pecan
That's one way to learn physics.
deep glen
XD
proud jay
but sometimes when you get in flow state it really flows
unfortunately people bother me too much lately to reach that
ah the good old days when I just worked here and no one bothered me and could just be productive all day
unreal ether
Sometimes if it's really stressful the tears flow too!
proud jay
tears of happiness
unreal ether
"I know you're our sole programmer, but you've got 3 days to integrate servers, and make a server dashboard for our mmo"
*cries happily*
I always wonder how much those "startups" that want to make an mmo, but only hire like 1 programmer actually pay
fluid bloom
I always wonder why there are so many "MMORPG" tutorials on the internet but none of them are actually "massive" and instead just support 64 players or so
load balancing? Multiple servers? What's that?
well, yea. I guess I don't really wonder about it
celest musk
they would make games and big cash if they knew how
unreal ether
Nah the barrier of entry to make an mmo is low :P
Very easy cheap product
celest musk
as long as not too many players crowd together i feel like this is all a non issue
since you can just ignore all the data of those out of range!?
celest musk
wouldn't you just run multiple servers? and move them from cell to cell kinda
fluid bloom
that's what load balancing is
celest musk
ok there still needs to be some interaction on boundaries
or you have multiple servers for multiple game aspects maybe
one just handles movement
etc.
guess they roll their own server solution and dont use anything engine specific?!
unreal ether
The main issues for mmos is the price, the fact that it generally needs above average netcode, and the fact that they tend to promise a hell of a lot more content than a regular rpg
Not to mention the whole live service backend side
celest musk
what are popular MMOs?
WoW?
and that lol thing
leage of legends
idk anything
i barely play games
unreal ether
WoW, RuneScape
IdleOn is an MMO, made by a solo dev, and is a perfect example of an achieveable goal for a solo mmo
celest musk
is second life an MMO?
unreal ether
It's all 2d, not too many quests and areas, and most of its grinding encourages being offline
cursive crypt
solo mmo, wtf is that
celest musk
i think you could do it laura
cursive crypt
Ah, good, thought a single player mmo
unreal ether
But if course when people say they're making an mmo, that's not what they mean.
They mean they want WoW "but better"
10,000 handmade quests, a map the actual size of California. Machine learning AI opponents
cursive crypt
make MUD with gpt
celest musk
my problem with all the LLM stuff is that they are unpredictable, and you can't produce reliable results with automation
but i think the unpredictable part makes them so addicting in the first place
proud jay
there's a giant window behind me at the office, a lot of light today, I have to burn out my eyes at max brightness to see anything lol
this is why WFH is nice
worldly sapphire
I just logged into Discord for the morning and I immediately regret it
worldly sapphire
there's a giant window behind me at the office, a lot of light today, I have to ...
Did you bring your split keyboard
proud jay
of course
how would I work without it
unfortunately it does not have a light blocking feature thoughh
worldly sapphire
Thanks
soft night
launch saving pack with cuteness?