#lounge
soft night
celest musk
why are all FE cards on nvidia.com sold out and a ton of businesses sale FE cards on ebay
pearl elk
do you get a free FE with every order of Taylor Swift tickets?
proud jay
why would you want a free front end
soft night
pearl elk
Flounders Edishion
pearl elk
Im not buying an FE card until they come with little leather jackets
slim atlas
hi
pearl elk
hows the kid?
proud jay
mostly non existent
pearl elk
Ohhh youre her son ๐ฎ
celest musk
so it got an existencial crysis?
pearl elk
Maximum Motherhood
slim atlas
my kid is in third grade now โค๏ธ
learning about critical race theory
i am so proud 
soft night
slim atlas
https://tenor.com/view/we-talking-or-we-racing-are-we-just-gonna-talk-talk-or-st...
When you are racing
does that mean you are a racist?
empty dune
so it got an existencial crysis?
Can the kid race crysis?
pearl elk
I hope the kid is a PC gamer, poor peasants
empty dune
do you get a free FE with every order of Taylor Swift tickets?
What? What's a FE card? What does that have to do with taylor swift
celest musk
founders edition card, the official nvidia cards
pearl elk
What? What's a FE card? What does that have to do with taylor swift
scalpers
pearl elk
๐คฏ
empty dune
I have a friend who got 4 tickets for the 2024 era tour. Cost her 5000 euro
celest musk
so he got 4x 4080 + 4 tailor swift tickets?
why would anyone pay $5k to see tailor swift, wtf is wrong with people
empty dune
5k is a bit much, agreed. But, her songs are good (sometimes, she has a bunch of garbage albums though)
And another bunch of really good albums
Weird
celest musk
i don't even listen to her for $0
soft night
pearl elk
lol talkin about Spotify getting aggressive with ads
empty dune
You're gonna hit me now
I have both Spotify and youtube premium
river sable
I have an adblocker and I don't use spotify
pearl elk
Spotify family does the trick for all of us
river sable
netflix has ads now I heard?
median wraith
I have an adblocker and I don't use spotify
we are the only ones that don't use Spotify
river sable
we are the only ones that don't use Spotify
youtube playlists and bandcamp is where it's at
pearl elk
Spotify costs me less than my Google Drive, poor struggles of the indie Google
median wraith
technically yes once you pay taxes for others Healthcare
limber jetty
Spotify based
pearl elk
technically yes once you pay taxes for others Healthcare
trust me, you want to pay for peoples colostomy bags
limber jetty
Although they dont have everything
river sable
my health insurance should pay for youtube premium because ads cause my blood pressure to rise 
median wraith
youtube playlists and bandcamp is where it's at
oh yeah band camp is nice, wish had more artists mid sized
river sable
idk I've got an adblock
empty dune
You guys aint seen nuffin
limber jetty
I like Spotify
empty dune
They don't sponsor me anymore ๐
river sable
you know that moment where you wrote a bunch of code to test something and then it starts working but you have to rewrite it for the actual use case but really don't want to start?
limber jetty
I dunno Youtube Premium might be worth it for some, others dont bother with it just like Spotify
median wraith
I won't get ever thr point of the people paying 5 different platforms monthly for the same kind of service
limber jetty
Your money, your decisions ^^
limber jetty
I won't get ever thr point of the people paying 5 different platforms monthly fo...
Some might have something that others dont
celest musk
see, i would actually pay youtube
river sable
pearl elk
lol and trust Google search results are legit gg
celest musk
if there wasn't like at least 50% piracy on there
no way they use it to fund the real creators
median wraith
Some might have something that others dont
Yesh but people playing Disney+ HBO, Netflix and other one per month each month and then claiming they don't have money to reach the last days of the month is like.... well
pearl elk
Well these days I get dodgy ads in any button I press so I guess Im doomed
empty dune
The one with the ||mini mass effect shock absorbers ||?
limber jetty
Yesh but people playing Disney+ HBO, Netflix and other one per month each month ...
Oh, thats a different story. And on top of that luxury like cigarettes as well etc
People do have money
Its their money management that is giving them the trouble
pearl elk
The tax on cigarettes here is so high to cover the public health that you could afford to pay for all the subscriptions instead of smoking
limber jetty
Yes
river sable
I only donated around 700โฌ to twitch streamers this month
limber jetty
Cigarettes are nothing more than luxury considering how much people spend on them without necessity
empty dune
Okay seriously why do people buy twitch subs
pearl elk
theyre looking for the next Pokimane, you can do it
empty dune
I never got the appeal
river sable
of cigarettes?
empty dune
theyre looking for the next Pokimane, you can do it
PalMane, do it laura
pearl elk
PalMane, do it laura
get dat PalMoney
empty dune
Wow okay
limber jetty
People buy famous Twitch thots their fart and hair pieces, what do you expect
And hot tub water
pearl elk
nuclear subs, pew pew
pearl elk
settings on twitch, nevah
pearl elk
ok boomer
river sable
summer cedar
Aggressive reconstruction, when you can't afford proper contractors.
Over the walls, for valour, courage, and senselessness!
celest musk
damn, i finished a game mechanic and now i'm lost with which can of worms i should touch next
river sable
take the one with the tastiest worms inside
median wraith
damn, i finished a game mechanic and now i'm lost with which can of worms i shou...
can feel that
empty dune
damn, i finished a game mechanic and now i'm lost with which can of worms i shou...
Stop touching cans of worms
zinc matrix
are there free enemies assets? simple enemies that can walk around, chase the player, patrol, snipe?
empty dune
are there free enemies assets? simple enemies that can walk around, chase the pl...
Walk around, chase and patrol is tutorial territory so probably
zinc matrix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_0VdAFg-OU I want to build something like this, a prototype level. I can either go for JK2 itself or... if I go for UE5 I'm going to need to learn how to make doors, buttons, one gun, enemies, all by myself.
unreal ether
clickbait articles are clickbait articles
empty dune
clickbait articles are clickbait articles
Ive been meaning to play palworld for so long now but i keep putting it off lol
Im asian, brb buying a license for denuvo
Wait, didn't ksp1 have a kernel level something in it?
I remember not buying ksp1 because of that
I bought it later but initially didn't because of that
Wait, ill dig it up
I saw it in a bunch of steam reviews
Brb
zinc matrix
at my current skill level I believe that making a prototype in JK2 is faster than learning the basics in UE5
empty dune
Something called red shell
It was a thing for about 4 years apparently
2018-2022
Buy mine, i already got rejected by paradox ๐
you can then complain about me wasting your money on YouTube premium and Spotify premium
empty dune
How early is that
soft night
so early
chrome gull
I was considering buying Helldivers 2 but there were warnings for its rootkit level anti-cheat lol (on GMG)
no thanks
I didn't play valorant for the same reason
celest musk
i'm glad i played PalWorld before they broke it on Linux
because they mentioned to add third party anticheat...
chrome gull
I'm really lenient with my privacy but there's no way I'll allow root level access
that too for a damn game's anti-cheat system
fuck that
timber viper
microsoft to blame there
chrome gull
how?
delicate minnow
hey guys, is there a simple way to move epic games launcher to a different drive? Or do I have to just reinstall it along with all games?
broken sigil
Yeah I'll just have to mess with it to figure out if I like it or not lol
celest musk
well the whole issue with cheating isn't a windows issue tho
errant raven
Based
celest musk
i bet 99% of the current cheats are just exploiting the fact that the server accepts any claims that the client makes
errant raven
People acting like apple invented augmented reality
chrome gull
being broken in terms of security since 1995
I've been pretty secure so
not really ig?
timber viper
I've been pretty secure so
doesnt mean windows is secure though
broken sigil
i bet 99% of the current cheats are just exploiting the fact that the server acc...
You can't do anything about aimbots or esps on the server side
And those are just the simple cheats
celest musk
but palworld isn't about aiming
it's currently PVE only
so it's more about griefing etc.
which is all something that is should be server authoritative
broken sigil
but palworld isn't about aiming
Yeah, I'm mainly talking about shooters which are plagued by (soft) aimbots, esps, and similar
There was a whole discussion about it recently here #programmer-hangout message (scroll down from there if you are interested)
The reality is that even something as invasive as Vanguard is very much exploitable
That in Palworld sounds like poor netcode then lol
soft night
unreal ether
hey guys, is there a simple way to move epic games launcher to a different drive...
It's an odd one, but I've heard that moving the directory and then setting up a symlink can have some limited success
blazing wolf
Pity me, for I must now debug phpBB to try and figure out why a forum isn't working right.
broken sigil
Lol
Shouldn't probably post it here as it goes into details of cheating and how to do it
But yeah it's a lot more common than people realize
delicate minnow
It's an odd one, but I've heard that moving the directory and then setting up a ...
eh i already just reinstalled:D
timber viper
appearently if you get your OS leaked several times and build your security systems on top of multiple tech debts you end up having your customers hacked each year
I didnt say linux is safe or safer though
its just microsoft doesnt help to make it better
after vista they started to
but it runs on same tech debt
true but does it change the fact we're doomed to pay for decisions of MS made since win95
chrome gull
what is this person's role? he preaches... christianity? how is that related to UE?
timber viper
NT literally got leaked first lol
OpenNT is a thing
it got better after vista, anything before that was literally dark age
xp was so cursed that you could get hacked by just having default email application installed
chrome gull
ohhh right right he tries to get people to use UE?
broken sigil
Yeah basically
chrome gull
lmao
timber viper
or laid off
fired implies he was bad at his job
epic couldnt afford him
he was too good for metaverse
chrome gull
i got what you meant dw
soft night
broken sigil
median wraith
xd
median wraith
Did you played Ready or Not yet? @broken sigil
broken sigil
Did you played Ready or Not yet? <@261183265438695424>
I haven't yet, have to find time
slim atlas
hi
outer sierra
I'm planning to buy 3rd monitor for Level Editor.
Just for it. Without Content Browser, Outliner, Details panel or Place Actors.
To see levels in full screen
What do you think?
outer sierra
2 monitors workings fine
was it in 3 or more monitors?
I'm using since 4.26 and never had problem with multi monitor issues
errant raven
@empty dune is 40k: darktide any good?
summer cedar
Most game devs have the blender origin story, not just for developing games but life itself.
errant raven
I wish more studios would make high quality souls like games
limber jetty
im thinking about getting 3 monitors next year but im not sure
open fog
I fell asleep in afternoon and woke at 7pm ๐ฆ that's the absolute worst
full owl
hi guys
I have something pretty big in the works and don't know whichchannel here is the better one to engage people from
there is not a metahuman channel for example
blazing wolf
We're all just plain humans here
brittle holly
there is not a metahuman channel for example
Is that so? #metahumans
last matrix
I met a human once
blazing wolf
river sable
I made a brawl deck with Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator and it's so evil, I love it ๐
just wants some pets
slim atlas
Hi
empty dune
<@333248341460779009> is 40k: darktide any good?
A year ago? Not so much. Now? Pretty great yeah
The crafting still sucks though
But the actual game is pretty fun
empty dune
https://futurism.com/the-byte/contact-lost-spacecraft-quantum-drive
Lol this article was funny
blazing wolf
Someone actually paid money to build a launch a "reactionless drive" without bothering to prove it works first? That's some kind of optimism
brittle holly
Someone actually paid money to build a launch a "reactionless drive" without bot...
Basically KSP2 ๐
empty dune
Someone actually paid money to build a launch a "reactionless drive" without bot...
there has been studies that apparently showed the drive performing. though some of those were later retracted as apparently due to measuring equipment malfunction. the others remain but have not been reproduced iirc
pearl elk
clearly the project was sabotaged by the propellant sellers
empty dune
big hydrogen is holding us back, wake UP SHEEPLE ||/s||
blazing wolf
there has been studies that apparently showed the drive performing. though some ...
Yeah, that's really what I mean. The evidence of functionality is just so tenuous that I'm surprised people would be willing to spent millions on a rocket launch just to try it out.
empty dune
Yeah, that's really what I mean. The evidence of functionality is just so tenuo...
people spend millions on luxury cars that just sit in garages and look pretty ๐คท
brittle holly
Yeah, that's really what I mean. The evidence of functionality is just so tenuo...
Well itโs not easy to achieve space conditions on Earth
empty dune
idk what rich people do
brittle holly
idk what rich people do
empty dune
not happening, the disney empire will rise
blazing wolf
There was a time when I actually admired Musk. Oh how the mighty have fallen
empty dune
i admired musk at one point too. i also didnt know shit about him back then and was young
didnt help that every fucking media outlet called him savior of the human race
star trek discovery even named him as one of the great people on "past earth"
empty dune
star trek discovery even named him as one of the great people on "past earth"
seriously, in that episode he got named next to einstien and newton
pearl elk
Apparently Musk is trying to buy Disney now
Elon is abit of a Princess so I guess that works
fathom wadi
Not sure what Musk has done to deserve any hate tbh. Sure he's a troll, but so are all the people who hate on him. At least he is advancing technologies and doing something pro-active for future generations. More than I could say for most internet people ๐
blazing wolf
I can't really voice my objections without getting into politics and human rights discussions, which I would rather not do on a game forum
empty dune
Elon is abit of a Princess so I guess that works
shouldnt it be the other way around then? ๐
oh wow
f2p no man's sky is big
regal pecan
free weekend
empty dune
free weekend
doesnt seem so, it looks like the entire new expedition is free to play
regal pecan
From 14:00 GMT, Thursday 15th Feb to 18:00 GMT, Monday 19th Feb, the entire Omega expedition will be open to everyone, entirely for free, even if you donโt own No Manโs Sky! This is the best time for players old and new to come together and explore the universe.
regal pecan
Steam's interface calls it a trial instead of the game simply being free. First time I've seen that.
empty dune
probably just a fancy name for AAA demos
pearl elk
Not sure what Musk has done to deserve any hate tbh. Sure he's a troll, but so ...
Mate, some of the corpo stuff he says is vile all to save his own bank account. He acts like this grassroots guy who worked his way up but we all know he was born into it. He's certainly not the worst person alive but he's no Warren Buffett
fathom wadi
did you know he refused his family money, took the money he earned and disowned them?
pearl elk
It doesnt matter when your family has a status
Prince Harry is still a Prince even if he's technically not
fathom wadi
they had some status in south africa perhaps, but not in Canada where he moved to
pearl elk
You think 56 billion is a fair wage?
I can guarantee he is not the only person who added that wealth to Tesla. As a SpaceX customer though I know they are making far too much from Starlink to really consider a proper Mars mission let alone colonization, its nice double talk from Musk though as per usual
fathom wadi
depends. Obviously not under normal circumstances but when you consider he wanted it so he could advance his space program many years ahead of what he would without it, I think the reason for it might balance out a bit considering it's for advancing the human space journey. He doesn't care about personal wealth to get new things. He already has all that and more.
pearl elk
That money he lost in personal wealth could fund NASA for 3 years roughly, so why didnt he just give it up? Why waste 44 billion on Twitter when that coulda funded NASA for another 2 years... Why ask the US government for more subsidies for SpaceX continually when your personal wealth is perfectly capable of sustainable funding
Im all for Occupying Mars, Musk changed
fathom wadi
Time. We are all running out of it and he wants to see his fruits come to bear before he goes.
pearl elk
Oh yes Elon is the worst at hitting his target dates, Im not sure he's ever hit one but he's the best business man on the planet by all accounts
rare sparrow
free weekend
I was gonna say, no way they make it free to play. No Man's Sky doesn't have any microtransactions. You buy the game and that it
fathom wadi
i was tempted to play the new NMS expansion. I haven't played it since launch and it looks really good
fathom wadi
https://tenor.com/view/monorail-simpsons-gif-11138737
when we were homeless the only thing we watched on tv was The Simpsons. We went through all 30+ series twice. Im so sick of it now lol
pearl elk
I wish I was rich enough to have a social media addiction ๐
empty dune
fathom wadi
I just want to be rich enough to buy my own home. In Iceland. Not near any volcanos tho.
fathom wadi
https://tenor.com/view/somersault-vanessa-ferrari-italy-team-artistic-gymnastics...
this is how I sit on the toilet
pearl elk
I wouldnt mind a shack on Olympus Mons
fathom wadi
it would suck tho if the oxygen generator broke down. I hear it's like a 6 month wait to get a repair guy up there.
pearl elk
Internet sooo slow, takes 5 mins to buffer The Simpsons
fathom wadi
speaking of starlink. I was pricing up internet connections when we moved in here and Starlink is an absolute rip off unless you live in the outback. It was like $100 a month for a fairly average connection speed. So I went with gigabit cable for 50/month
regal pecan
I just want to be rich enough to buy my own home. In Iceland. Not near any volc...
Iceland is a volcano
fathom wadi
yeah but it takes an average of 230,000 years for an eruption. So I'll just move to one where it happened within the last 100,000 years or so :p
pearl elk
speaking of starlink. I was pricing up internet connections when we moved in her...
Yeah its cheaper than other Satellite options here, we have no wired or cellular options so it was pretty limited short of building a repeater tower to get point-to-point Wifi NBN
the latency on NBN sattelite was over 500, now its regularly under 50. Not brilliant but a significant improvement
fathom wadi
I could live with that tbh. Most of the time I'm getting 30-50 ping in games anyway on both fibre or cable. Haven't had a 20 ping since the early 2000s.
pearl elk
only time I had under 20 was when I lived near the city in Perth, that was on a local TF2 server. Coast to coast here is not typically great
empty dune
used to play mmos with 900+ ping
you guys get 20 ms ping?
fathom wadi
ISDN used to have a good ping. But that was expensive for the time
regal pecan
coast to coast in aus? what an odd phrase
regal pecan
> used to play mmos with 900+ ping
>
you guys get 20 ms ping?
just to rub it in: source games wouldn't display lower than 5 ping
empty dune
just to rub it in: source games wouldn't display lower than 5 ping
The fact that you know that ๐
My greatest claim to be not terrible at video games was that even with 900+ ms ping i had above 55% wr
regal pecan
playing against you must have been rubber banding hell
empty dune
It was rubber band hell for me as well
Fun fact, India has better linkage to EU than to most asian countries
So EU servers were the only ones playable back then
The Asian servers were 1200+ ms
regal pecan
Now I see why Steam is doing the trial thing for No Man's Sky. It's not a full free weekend, just the omega expedition.
fathom wadi
free with xbox game pass if you have it.
pearl elk
Its clearly a womans sky
empty dune
Yeah, its called squadron 42
Its a separate game now
Still in development
As usual
pearl elk
I wonder what Eve Vanguard will be like, not that I enjoy playing with other people
pearl elk
Well this is an FPS set in the Eve universe so maybe it'll be more interesting. Does say solo play here hmm, thats probably just solo queues
empty dune
Fps in eve universe? Didn't that die like half a decade ago? More?
pearl elk
pearl elk
maybe they should add Pals to Eve instead
pearl elk
mobworld
broken sigil
I'm getting an itch to play Apex again 
pearl elk
nooo you must play an extraction shooter instead
pearl elk
cursive crypt
Naniteโข ready
empty dune
each of these 74 food items take up 900+ mb of memory each
Soft references
Wait
Each
Wtf
chrome gull
I am trying to soft ref
chrome gull
Soft references
I don't know where to start and what to do
unborn lotus
I cant bring myself to nanite my assets. So far Ive just used chamfers everywhere and skipped on baking normal maps, tri counts are very high but manageable. I guess only for rocks and other organics ill just dump the zbrush meshes in UE
summer cedar
Wtf
My question exactly.
@chrome gull HOW does each of those assets come to 900MB? Are you including multiple 4k textures or something?
chrome gull
My question exactly.
<@479895170511536129> HOW does each of those assets come to...
like this
summer cedar
like this
This seems to be a 'I-made-a-mess' scenario.
What did you do to make it end up like that?
chrome gull
This seems to be a 'I-made-a-mess' scenario.
What did you do to make it end up l...
I built it off an FPS template that had examples of pickups
and then added my own logic to serve functionality
tulip orbit
it looks like a typical marketplace asset pack, where the maker went "oh nanite! I dont have to optimise at all! millions of vertices! 4k textures for each mesh!"
chrome gull
it looks like a typical marketplace asset pack, where the maker went "oh nanite!...
no no this isn't about the meshes
summer cedar
Okay. But, each asset shouldn't be 900MB regardless. I can understand all of the instances of each asset together being 900MB, but each and every one?
chrome gull
Okay. But, each asset shouldn't be 900MB regardless. I can understand all of the...
I think they are loading an instance of the character?
I dunno, I''m clueless
summer cedar
Yeah, the instances piled up can occupy 900MB in memory, sure.
chrome gull
it looks like a typical marketplace asset pack, where the maker went "oh nanite!...
meshes are super light
summer cedar
Do you have a screenshot of the level or gameplay that you can share?
summer cedar
It seems like a very veggie, green project. ๐
broken sigil
actually kinda good 
https://youtu.be/XfUo2mPYQ2E
chrome gull
Do you have a screenshot of the level or gameplay that you can share?
those are just food pickups, player interacts and hunger is gone
chrome gull
It seems like a very veggie, green project. ๐
it's not
tulip orbit
meshes are super light
then yeah, I'm lost at how the asset is using so much data
chrome gull
summer cedar
Even that many pick-ups on the ground shouldn't hit 900MB if the assets are light.
Check the textures.
chrome gull
Even that many pick-ups on the ground shouldn't hit 900MB if the assets are ligh...
the size maps show that each one is 900 mb
this scene is happily running at 60 FPS without any drops
summer cedar
Are those pick-ups using 4k textures?
chrome gull
Are those pick-ups using 4k textures?
nope, 2048 * 2048
summer cedar
๐ค Dial one of them down to 1024 and see if the memory footprint for that drops.
AFK eating chapati and potatoes, watching anime
chrome gull
*AFK eating chapati and potatoes, watching anime*
no
I am trying to keep it together
(my sanity)
regal pecan
I *think* they are loading an instance of the character?
90MB MobilePhoneComponent. 200MB W_MainMenu. 470MB BP_WeaponBase. It can't really be loading these things, can it?
tulip orbit
from what I can see of the sizemap thing, it looks like the breadloaf bp is referencing your inventory item base, which references save data which references the player character.... so yeah, lots of references.
I'm no expert, but why is your breadloaf referencing the save data?
chrome gull
90MB MobilePhoneComponent. 200MB W_MainMenu. 470MB BP_WeaponBase. It can't reall...
it references the player bp which has references to all of the other things
chrome gull
I'm no expert, but why is your breadloaf referencing the save data?
it references the player bp which has all of the other things
tulip orbit
a pickup shouldnt be referencing the player, it should have an interface or a function that says "pickup" or interact that returns the item type so the player can then add to inventory or whatever
chrome gull
a pickup shouldnt be referencing the player, it should have an interface or a ...
oh wait yeah
that is what it does
tulip orbit
I dont have a game project loaded, but the default FP blueprint for the rifle has a memory size of 61mb
tulip orbit
if the item when the interact interface is called does a getPlayer, then calls a function on the player for pickup, then I think that would count as a reference
like, Interact - getPlayerController - get inventory - additem(me)
should be that calling Interact() returns the item name and quantity, or returns a pointer to the object, then the player/controller handles doing stuff with it
I'm surprised tho, I've never looked at memory map before.... I checked the theme data asset for my map gen, which holds references to a dozen or more meshes and such, and its only about 5mb
I cant seem to sleep, so I guess I'll make breakfast and coffee
chrome gull
I'm surprised tho, I've never looked at memory map before.... I checked the them...
I decided to do it just now for the objects I have now and I regret it
but ig it's better that I looked at them sooner
rather than later
summer cedar
should be that calling Interact() returns the item name and quantity, or returns...
For upgrading my skills:
If it shouldn't be Interact - getPlayerController - get inventory - additem(me), which obviously it shouldn't,
then the correct way would be something like:
Interact - TempItemStoreVariable - additem
and then, getPlayerController - TempItemStoreVariable - additem(me)?
tulip orbit
Player hits the use key on the item they want to pickup. PlayerCharacter calls the interact function, the interface has a return value, so you Interact with the item, it returns the itemName and quantity, with that returned value, it calls the inventory class to say "add this item". if the inventory says its added the item, that returns true back to the player character, which then tells the pickup that its been picked up
chrome gull
I cut out the inventory part, the item gets used the moment it's picked up
so there's no "storing"
summer cedar
Player hits the use key on the item they want to pickup. PlayerCharacter calls ...
How does this stop the reference to the PlayerController?
tulip orbit
How does this stop the reference to the PlayerController?
the PlayerCharacter will probably always reference the playercontroller (as a pointer, shouldnt be a copy of the object). Tho you do have to avoid circular references. But the actual pickup is just using the interface and doesnt know anything about the player character or controller. It just knows that it had an interface call and it returned a value
summer cedar
I see. Thank you โค๏ธ .
tulip orbit
I could be wrong about the "probably always reference the PC" but every project I've done its been the case. but I'm also really bad at circular dependancies/references
point is, the pickup shouldnt have any reference to the player, or know anything about it
soft night
woven wing
Oh, I was thinking GDC was today and was excited
empty dune
https://open.spotify.com/track/2BPvUFVjoIphztzsnHJTi2?si=86a3c21fbea94893
@summer cedar im listening to this while smacking bugs. FOR THE 500 WORLDS OF ULTRAMAR
drop kicking them harder than the beat
summer cedar
With a heretical shotgun or a blessed bolter? ๐
summer cedar
Yes, but I must question YOUR devotion personally. ๐
That's a very nice track! ๐ โ
empty dune
That's a very nice track! ๐ โ
that entire game OST is gold
also listen to "The imperial advance"
pearl elk
How important are the foods to your game?
pearl elk
Because I felt like the sandwiches in Starfield were a gimmick that had no real value to gameplay
they have all this dehidrated food too which is essentially just reskins of the same thing. Personally I dont care enough to distiguish between them, big waste of resources
Unless your game is specifically about managing junk in your inventory
empty dune
Unless your game is specifically about managing junk in your inventory
The game is an immersive sim iirc ||so yes||
pearl elk
I mean think about it, we live in a world where AI can do all these amazing things, we have automation galore but in Bethesdas future we are still shifting Apples from one box to another manually
chrome gull
How important are the foods to your game?
very, they exist to cure hunger and need to be purchased which requires money and that's the reason why the player does what he does
pearl elk
immersive sim sounds like an excuse for dated design philisophy
chrome gull
The game is an immersive sim iirc ||~~so yes~~||
my game?
chrome gull
there is literally no junk
pearl elk
Death Stranding doesnt have food and it has one of the best Stamina systems Ive ever seen
chrome gull
immersive sim sounds like an excuse for dated design philisophy
lmao how
empty dune
there is literally no junk
yet
chrome gull
they won't be any
pearl elk
lmao how
If all these items are essentially the same stat they are the same object to me
chrome gull
I hate inventory management and that's actually one of the reasons why I started making this game ๐ญ
pearl elk
Even then, Ive seen games with complex stats for objects where people only use 1 or 2 because its what they like so you end up creating far more content than is necessary
regal pecan
Death Stranding doesnt have food and it has one of the best Stamina systems Ive ...
sound of hissing
pearl elk
just make a fruit salad and boom, theres like 20 fruits worth of savings ๐
regal pecan
As long as you encourage the player to discard whatever they can't carry, it shouldn't be an issue. As soon as you need to label a storage container, you're making inferior minecraft.
pearl elk
In The Forest they have different berries and mushrooms but no one eats the bad ones once they know the game, the whole mechanic is broken but we let it go cuz survivals are hot sauce
Ive played a survival game with food degredation and oh boy it is the worst mechanic ever, just makes something grindy more grindier
tulip orbit
in games where you have to have food, they always have recipes and cooking and all this extra junk, and I just end up eating apples or whatever is easiest to get and carry
pearl elk
crazy thing is most of these games accelerate hunger and thirst beyond realistic amounts to make it more immersive, its nonsensical to me
maybe its so people dont realise how small the maps really are because they have to fight energy and stamina etc for every 10m of running
I feel like Im a more than a pack of day smoker in some of these, Forever Skies is particularly bad
empty dune
Ive played a survival game with food degredation and oh boy it is the worst mech...
was it ark survival evolved? lol
regal pecan
Fighting constant pressure and scrounging can make for a decent game loop. Problem is, a lot of survival games also want to do the minecraft building thing. The combination of a game loop that requires patience and planning and time, contrasted with a game loop that is constantly nagging you for attention is just mystifying.
pearl elk
Thing is early game is always the most punishing so you end up getting it easier when it should be getting more difficult
chrome gull
crazy thing is most of these games accelerate hunger and thirst beyond realistic...
I'm trying to prevent this in my game
People eat like, what, 4 times a day?
pearl elk
We can survive much longer without food, we eat because we have the luxury of the 21st century
empty dune
People eat like, what, 4 times a day?
pearl elk
if youre somewhere hot for eg youre much more likely to get heatstroke and go loopy before you die of thirst
chrome gull
https://tenor.com/view/breakfast-secondbreakfast-lotr-peregrin-took-billy-boyd-g...
breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner
empty dune
breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner
chrome gull
We can survive much longer without food, we eat because we have the luxury of th...
yeah but it wouldn't be fun gameplay then
regal pecan
Who snacks between lunch and dinner
empty dune
Who snacks between lunch and dinner
hobbits
pearl elk
no ones really captured the psychological aspects or the other threats of a foreign environment. Sons of the Forest I did a test, I put it on the hardest survival mode and left my player in a river for hours, all my meters were on lowest but no death
pearl elk
yeah but it wouldn't be fun gameplay then
Its not fun gameplay to me now
chrome gull
my game is set in a 2034 city lol
pearl elk
its tedious, Ive completely dropped any games with hunger systems
chrome gull
so not very harsh
chrome gull
Its not fun gameplay to me now
too frequent?
pearl elk
something like GTA: SA was super clever, food was a fun aside to the main game
pearl elk
too frequent?
and fake difficulty, its not usually hard to find food and do all the things its just a time sink
chrome gull
I'm trying to make it not unbearable but it is a large part of the game
chrome gull
and fake difficulty, its not usually hard to find food and do all the things its...
fair enough, stores are everywhere here
empty dune
fair enough, stores are everywhere here
pearl elk
See thats what I mean, stores everywhere so you end up just making it mechanical for the player. Does it actually add anything, well maybe you can find a hook in there somewhere that suits the setting
empty dune
See thats what I mean, stores everywhere so you end up just making it mechanical...
not everyone has the luxury of a stable 9-5. many live pretty desperate lives. His game is depression simulator 2034 iirc so not hard to imagine someone struggling
pearl elk
Id love to buy a pet monkey and let it hoover up all the fruit for me, maybe it can feed me slices of apple when I get low enough bit like a fancy health regen ๐
pearl elk
not everyone has the luxury of a stable 9-5. many live pretty desperate lives. H...
yes exactly my point, I have better things to do with my time than feed a fake character fake food
pearl elk
thats why all those gotchiwatchits died
chrome gull
https://tenor.com/view/money-mr-krabs-gif-18326632
that's the goal
empty dune
yes exactly my point, I have better things to do with my time than feed a fake c...
no thats not really a fair point. youre equating two different things
one is an ingame atmosphere
the other is external irl time limits
pearl elk
one is an ingame atmosphere
atmosphere is fine but when it impacts gameplay and gets in the way of my enjoyment its a net negative
chrome gull
See thats what I mean, stores everywhere so you end up just making it mechanical...
the game doesn't have a main story to push the player forward so I resorted to the most primal drives of them all
pearl elk
I only have a limited time to play so if 20 mins out of 1 hr of play is finding food and eating or resting...
that is not an extreme eg either
chrome gull
not everyone has the luxury of a stable 9-5. many live pretty desperate lives. H...
what? no! I'm trying to make the setting as happy as possible
empty dune
what? no! I'm trying to make the setting as happy as possible
since when
empty dune
everything youve told me is the opposite
pearl elk
I think Ghostwire Tokyo has some sort of foods in it, I dont pay much attention to the different types they are all essentially healthpacks to my brain
empty dune
I think Ghostwire Tokyo has some sort of foods in it, I dont pay much attention ...
strange question but, do you like fishing games?
pearl elk
Can you name a fishing game for an example
empty dune
ultimate fishing simulator 2023 for games about fishing, rdr2 for games with fishing
celest musk
pearl elk
nope dont play fishing simulators... Neverwinter had fishing but it was some sort of crafting mechanic, you get the different fish for some sort of seasoning carp
chrome gull
everything youve told me is the opposite
okay so the setting started out as an ideal world but then I quickly realized that there's no narrative without conflict
celest musk
xDD
i like how they give you the opportunity to look at this for minutes to catch a fish
chrome gull
so I'm added more and more shit things while still trying to portray that the city is a good place to live in
soft night
empty dune
i like how they give you the opportunity to look at this for minutes to catch a ...
this is exactly why i asked him the question XD
chrome gull
everything youve told me is the opposite
also what did I tell you lol
empty dune
i was wondering if he considered it a waste of time
pearl elk
I would just use dynamite but they want you to grind fishing
empty dune
also what did I tell you lol
doggo dies, kid dies, dad dies
celest musk
i was wondering if he considered it a waste of time
not necessarily if you use that time to think about other things
chrome gull
doggo dies, kid dies, dad dies
riiiight yes
celest musk
e.g. like i use to think about work while taking walks/showers
chrome gull
that's just one quest in a big city
pearl elk
e.g. like i use to think about work while taking walks/showers
I play more chill games if thats what I want, in survival I want to be acting and present to my surroundings
chrome gull
I basically wanted to state that the average citizen's biggest problem would be traffic
but traffic doesn't make a lot of stories
chrome gull
doggo dies, kid dies, dad dies
I decided to not continue with it btw
so it doesn't exist in the game
empty dune
ah
regal pecan
Factorio, but the items have road rage
celest musk
but traffic doesn't make a lot of stories
wrong, ever heard of road rage?
pearl elk
Not much point wasting all that wattage on pretty graphics if Mini Motorways fills that spot nicely
chrome gull
wrong, ever heard of road rage?
yeah lmao
but how many stories can you tell about road rage
celest musk
at least 2
empty dune
looks at gtaV
many apparently
pearl elk
Starfield was just so stressful with all the huffing and puffing, getting no where even with fully upgraded stamina. Games like that and Sons of the Forest just wear me down
chrome gull
I had to resort to creative ways to make the game's world a bit shitter
regal pecan
but *how* many stories can you tell about road rage
Imagine every storyline you've ever heard of, but start it off with road rage.
chrome gull
Starfield was just so stressful with all the huffing and puffing, getting no whe...
that's the ONE thing I hate about Bethesda games, inventory management and encumbrance
pearl elk
yet I can play a dark depressing game like Frostpunk and have heaps of fun even when the pressures on, those games arnt short either but I dont feel like its time wasted
chrome gull
that's the ONE thing I hate about Bethesda games, inventory management and encum...
thankfully I can either mod it out or use console commands to increase the storage limit
idfc if it breaks the gameplay loop I don't want to manage inventory
pearl elk
I mean you gotta consider Ive been using the same boxy drag and drop interfaces since they were invented
chrome gull
ah right
pearl elk
with only very little improvements in that time
chrome gull
somehow TOW makes it really manageable which is baffling
I was never able to figure out how they managed it
it also had degrading weapons which I also hate
regal pecan
Player: Do I really need a 20th cheese wheel?
Game designer: You might.
Level designer: I put it there for a reason.
Interface designer: No one would ever.
Player: I'm picking it up.
chrome gull
it doesn't make sense at all for Fallout 4
you're (optionally) tasked with building ENTIRE settlements
empty dune
Player: Do I really need a 20th cheese wheel?
Game designer: You might.
Level de...
and then never use it cause what if they needed it for an especially hard boss?
chrome gull
how tf am I supposed to carry all the stuff needed to build one in a fucking backpack?
yes yes here's 4 units of wood and metal go build your city now
pearl elk
I really liked The Forest inventory and then they went and made it worse somehow. I think it comes down to efficiency, what is the best to get the job done faster. They ended up adding quick buttons to get around the issue and we're kinda back where we started
chrome gull
๐๐
regal pecan
Five hours later...
Player: I lost slightly more health than I expected. Thank goodness I have these cheese wheels so that I don't have to use my precious more powerful healing items that I also have a hundred of.
Game designer: This is called "engagement".
pearl elk
Modern game design: Lets make it so players have to build a cheese wheel from cheese slices
celest musk
didn't KitBash3D sell kits in the past? All i can see is their subscription!?
empty dune
didn't KitBash3D sell kits in the past? All i can see is their subscription!?
they moved it to something called cargo
celest musk
-_-
empty dune
celest musk
what if i pay for a month and download everything they have? ๐
ah nvm, some kits still have a kit buy option
pearl elk
They might have a clause in there where you have to be an active subscriber to launch with that content
celest musk
then i'll subscribe on the launch month again ๐
queen isle
it appears helldivers devs ran out of internet.
server capicities keep being reached
pearl elk
Im pretty sure its like that with Adobe and Autodesk subs, you have to be active to be able to sell your stuff
pearl elk
Last I checked but that was awhile ago, maybe its been updated
Whats with all these asset browsers which suck ๐
celest musk
well i can see how most people don't mind tho
a studio which can afford a license most likely likes the idea to just import the stuff straight to UE from their App
assuming it supports UE and isn't just a "fancy" downloader
pearl elk
Id say most are just fancy downloaders, even the search tools arnt that great typically
pearl elk
oh yay, another thing to crash my build just like Bridge ๐
empty dune
so probably works like Quixel Bridge
It does not. That plugin is hell
pearl elk
Honestly it would be awesome if someone made a raw asset management tool for indie studios
celest musk
and windows only...
for unreal marketplace there's this for windows: https://assetmanager.studio/
dev is on this server
empty dune
assuming it supports UE and isn't just a "fancy" downloader
Its worse. It makes a new project that it downloads the kit into, then auto migrates it to your target project
celest musk
what could go wrong...
pearl elk
This is what happens when everything does things The Epic Way (tm) and Epic are all like UNREAL EDITOR FOR FORTNITE
soft night
empty dune
what could go wrong...
pain
soft night
celest musk
insert harold pain gif without morph and janky wobbling here
empty dune
@summer cedar
summer cedar
Very true.
empty dune
i love ultramarines XD
summer cedar
They look very ultra, regal-like.
I want to play Space Marines 2.
Captain Titus shall reign supreme. Screw the inquisitors.
pearl elk
What if they were just sort of okay marines
summer cedar
What if they were just sort of okay marines
H... E.... R.... E.... T.... I.... C....
empty dune
They look very ultra, regal-like.
okay, this will be fun. youre the second person i get to do this to XD
you know that ultramarines are named after the color of their armor, right? Their armor color is ultramarine blue. It has nothing to do with being ultra XD
well, third person
summer cedar
okay, this will be fun. youre the second person i get to do this to XD
you know...
You told me that once before. I was probably the first person and you just forgot.
I know that. They're still ultra. ๐
pearl elk
empty dune
You told me that once before. I was probably the first person and you just forgo...
no, @woven wing was the first
summer cedar
What if they were just sort of okay marines
empty dune
What if they were just sort of okay marines
funny thing is that is their in lore status. vanilla space marines, good at everything, amazing at nothing except for logistics
do not fuck with ultramarine logistics
woven wing
Oh, because they're ultra marines, they must be ultra good at logistics
pearl elk
Blue is faster logistically speaking, its so their crates dont get mixed up with any of the other marines
summer cedar
Don't mess with the ultramarines period.
When they go beyond, plus ultra, then you die. (manga reference there, for those of you who get it)
Well... you die anyway. But, you die ultra-more this way.
summer cedar
I hope Space Marines 2 has Capt. Titus taking revenge on his lieutenant who sold him out to the inquisitors.
Also, I hope we get to squish an entire inquisitorial ship and its crew, just for kicks.
THEN, we get to the orks.
pearl elk
I couldnt get the first Space Marine game to run ๐ฆ
summer cedar
Huh? Why?
pearl elk
Just crashes for me
summer cedar
๐ค At the intro-movie stage, or in-game menu?
pearl elk
lol neither, it doesnt get that far
summer cedar
Well, you are a heretic clearly.
The Emperor doesn't favour you and has cursed your machine.
empty dune
lol neither, it doesnt get that far
are you a word bearer fan? maybe the game detected that
summer cedar
He is. Notice his previous dig at the ultramarines.
empty dune
Well, you are a heretic clearly.
fun fact, all this "kill the heretic purge the mutant" talk was written by Lorgar.
The primarch of the word bearers
summer cedar
fun fact, all this "kill the heretic purge the mutant" talk was written by Lorga...
He was forecasting his own doom. ๐
pearl elk
Nah I just like true Space Marines like Blood Ravens, all the others are just cheap knock offs ๐
summer cedar
I would love to see any marine chapter vs. berserk Blood Ravens - plot line being that the Blood Ravens have gone insane and are rampaging across a sector. You, as a marine, must kill them all to purge the chaos.
Warhammer 40,000: The Blood Opera
soft night
slim atlas
https://tenor.com/view/halo-tv-show-dies-from-cringe-halo-master-chief-gif-25631...
Is that a real scene from the series?!
wtf
they literally have killed the series
pearl elk
Mustard Chef needs his helmet
wide socket
timber viper
to fail again? 
wide socket
to fail again? <:sad:830665992081637376>
Another tomorrow another try 
timber viper
Another tomorrow another try <:unreal_dragon:961412975745466409>
life is a rogue-lite game 
pearl elk
I dunno, when I fail I get to keep my skills
tulip orbit
Error: Infinite loop detected
timber viper
Error: Infinite loop detected
try sleeping, it adds a coroutine to the loop
tulip orbit
try sleeping, it adds a coroutine to the loop
I just had a wonderful nap ๐
tulip orbit
had trouble sleeping earlier today during my "night", so I really needed the nap
cursive crypt
and I slept 14 hours today
celest musk
just noticed that the VLC instance i've opened a week ago kept 2 of my cores at 100% for some reason -_-
the perks of having a high core count i guess...
river sable
it's just like RAM I suppose, if there's available resources you ought to use them
funny how sometimes when you swap an i for a k things work a lot better all of a sudden 
soft night
summer cedar
Two generals duel, armies volley arrows at one another, it is twilight as the sun sets on thousands of lives.
summer cedar
le sigh
The game's crashing repeatedly for some reason, in this battle, although the VFX on-screen are much lighter than those in the siege.
river sable
soft night
thick belfry
@woven ocean in the netherlands
thick belfry
Thats an article from UE on the uni I go to
the title is a bit clickbaity but the content describes the program really well
woven ocean
cuz In Moldova they only give us tasks ,they dont teach and expect results from us
thick belfry
Its a combination but Id say 80% of the time Im just working on my project
In my opinion, you should really only go to a college for gamedev for these reasons:
Opportunity to work on your skills fulltime
Connections
Getting experience with teamwork
Constant feedback loop from experts
woven ocean
yeah but do they give you information?Do they show how games are made?Maybe modeling classes,sound design,or programming
thick belfry
Well, I study game design so I dont do any modeling or sound design or programming (except in blueprints)
woven ocean
In my opinion, you should really only go to a college for gamedev for these reas...
we don't have experts(
thick belfry
The thing is, you gotta specialise, so at that point they cant really give too many in depth courses
Since theyd have to give 50 lectures for 50 students
each one needing something else
So, the main loop of learning is: You get a project -> You decide what you want to tackle on the project and submit your plan -> get feedback and greenlight -> work on porject -> get feedback -> improve -> etc
until the deadline
Sure, teachers are useless, why do we even have school
I always find it funny that a lot of game developers think this job is so special it cant be taught
You just need a proper program
Not everyone can do selfstudy and be succesful, Id argue the majority of people cant
woven ocean
i mean i understang that the person that knows his job will not teach but work,but holy sh*t how do i learns from a teacher that i am able to teach?
they are like from the movie story toys
thick belfry
In my opinion, you should really only go to a college for gamedev for these reas...
This list was in order of importance btw
in my opinion ofc
river sable
they are like from the movie story toys
ah, the famous movie story toys
summer cedar
How dare you!
thick belfry
So, the biggest advantage for me is that I am now able to work fulltime on gamedev
and only work in the weekends
summer cedar
Ask the Emperor on the Golden Throne for forgiveness.
chrome gull
for education, at least
summer cedar
Do it NAOW!
river sable
social connections, ew
chrome gull
same here lmao, all my time is being hogged by the college, no time to work on my demo
chrome gull
social connections, ew
i don't have friends dude ;-;
woven ocean
In my opinion, you should really only go to a college for gamedev for these reas...
connections,thats it, thats all i can get from my university and in my case you need to be lucky to find good connections
river sable
hey at least you can do spy shit now
thick belfry
You gotta be careful what program, cause theres a lot of shitty gamedev ones. This was the only one relatively near me I thought would be worth it
My school says on the website the piece of paper is the least important part of what youll get actually
Cause noone cares about it if your portfolio is lacking
So thats what we focus on
summer cedar
Well, I think I have reached the limit of TW: Three Kingdoms. The game crashes repeatedly in this battle. I think this is one of those late-game optimisation bugs.
thick belfry
But usually when I see people be negative about going to school for gamedev, and I ask them why, they describe the worst programs possible and Im like yeah... dont go to those schools, seems pretty logical to me
chrome gull
I am not even getting the fucking paper, I'm searching for some distance learning shit to get that
thick belfry
(Not saying, you need college, but in my case I wouldnt be in my position without it)
woven ocean
but it would be a great idea if developers and proffesionals that work at the job,as representants of their companies would teach students,so they will work in future at their companies
thick belfry
We do get a bunch of industry people give lecturers, we hold a few conferences and they come in regularly (4 times a year) to do portfolio reviews which is nice
Yeah, some people arent fortunate enough to be able to go to a good one
But again, you dont strictly need education
woven ocean
We do get a bunch of industry people give lecturers, we hold a few conferences a...
see that what im saying it helpes
thick belfry
I missed the signup for a portfolio review from the Larian design team ๐
Next year.... lol
broken sigil
i don't have friends dude ;-;
|| Be like me and actively avoid friends, works every time 
||
woven ocean
btw,i quit my team cuz we had misunderstandings,and now im making my game from start in 3 months
while others continue their games
i will be a level designer,programmer ,3d artist sound designer and game designer
summer cedar
|| Be like me and actively avoid friends, works every time <:pain:98097440307871...
No. The right way is to trap your friends on a patient's bed in your secret laboratory, dissect them, and determine clinically if they're the 'right' type of friend for you.
woven ocean
tough
chrome gull
|| Be like me and actively avoid friends, works every time <:pain:98097440307871...
doing that made my brain shit the bed
blazing wolf
Paper credentials can be useful, but people are right that it's not the most important thing. At my first job out of college as a programmer I got a 3 month probationary period. At the end of it when I was confirmed as a full time employee I asked my boss what in my resume made him hire me and he said it was because I had worked in a bakery going in at 5am in the morning for four years while going to college and that told him that I would take my job seriously and work hard at it. Sometimes that's what potential employers value the most.
summer cedar
We're both from the same glorious civilisation. ๐
We think right. ๐
chrome gull
doing that made my brain shit the bed
I was so mentally ill you wouldn't even know
woven ocean
i like to develop solo,but i need more blueprint knowledge
summer cedar
https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-stop-get-some-help-michael-jordan-gif-7964841
You know I am right. You do.
Accept it. Embrace it. BECOME it.
chrome gull
i will be a level designer,programmer ,3d artist sound designer and game designe...
I would do that too but I hate being 2 of those things
blazing wolf
The university gave me a piece of paper, while the bakery gave me cinnamon rolls. I'll leave it to the reader to decide which is better
woven ocean
here is the game im working on,about a caterpillar that in 7 days will become a butterfly now the caterpillar is very ugly,but its only for testing
chrome gull
the caterpillar is your player character?
woven ocean
yessir
blazing wolf
Is it hungry, hungry?
woven ocean
its not ๐
chrome gull
yessir
nice nice I also have a game like that planned but I simply don't have the resourced needed to work on it
summer cedar
Do you collect the nuts from the ground, digest it, hibernate, and transform into a beautiful butterfly?
woven ocean
just has to make some quests and open up abilities
chrome gull
(you'll need to control multiple animals to successfully cause a revolution against mankind)
woven ocean
nice nice I also have a game like that planned but I simply don't have the resou...
what do you neam ,like the pc is weak?
woven ocean
Do you collect the nuts from the ground, digest it, hibernate, and transform int...
most likely
chrome gull
what do you neam ,like the pc is weak?
no lol, I don't have the ability to do it
woven ocean
very simplified
chrome gull
no models, animations, skill, money, etc
my PC can handle pretty much anything you throw at it (flex)
empty dune
no models, animations, skill, money, etc
chrome gull
https://tenor.com/view/money-mr-krabs-gif-18326632
I need
woven ocean
just overlap with a plant,add it to a integer variable ,and still have issues ๐
woven ocean
no models, animations, skill, money, etc
become a solo developer ๐ learn all of this
woven ocean
my PC can handle pretty much anything you throw at it (flex)
flex? hmmm
what gpu do u have?
chrome gull
become a solo developer ๐ learn all of this
I AM solo, I don't want to be
chrome gull
what gpu do u have?
RTX 4070
woven ocean
that is where my flex comes in
btw ,do you know the inheritance well?if yes can you help me in vc?
chrome gull
btw ,do you know the inheritance well?if yes can you help me in vc?
inheritance of?
median wraith
my phone feels like this now, each company pretending to have an app and be special
median wraith
Laura, you should be outside with the dog and the couple taking fresh air
cursive crypt
Nah, they still searching where are the files shown in that File manager.
celest musk
my phone feels like this now, each company pretending to have an app and be spec...
somehow reminded me of cooledit or however one of those first html editors was named ๐
nvm, cooledit was sfx
blazing wolf
Today I have made a great leap forward in my development. I found a color theme for Visual Studio that I like!
brittle holly
speaking of red pandas, was Turning Red any good?
ah is it about female red panda empowerement?
blazing wolf
ah is it about female red panda empowerement?
LOL In a sense, yes
errant raven
What's DS mean
All I read is Dark Souls
@summer cedar my tree is going along fine.
soft night
blue man this is something cool one https://fxtwitter.com/GaminMadness97/status/1759238845625676262
errant raven
<@595262016059605022> my tree is going along fine.
It's just going to take forever to build, the circle diameter is 124 blocks. Entire circle outline is 348 blocks. I'll need 67,136 spruce logs just for the trunk alone. Not including the branches or the 15 huge roots I plan to build too ๐
slim atlas
Hi
errant raven
That's a double chest full of shulker boxes each filled with spruce logs
soft night
how dragon is the mother ?
slim atlas
i am the mother and also the dragon
I just asked luos if he was ok
because he was talking about shooting children in #graphics
๐
strange times
turbid spindleBOT
:question: mother dragon is that good to have both in one?
:8ball: Outlook not so good.
celest musk
i remove childs from their parents several times a day
celest musk
they get garbage collected at some point
cursive crypt
wow
soft night
empty dune
it yearns for the mines
summer cedar
<@595262016059605022> my tree is going along fine.
Show pics. ๐
errant raven
In a bit, brothers playing game
summer cedar
most likely
At this point, do enemies strap the butterfly to a patient's chair, dissect it, and find out if it can be a reliable friend?
brittle dove
https://futurism.com/the-byte/contact-lost-spacecraft-quantum-drive
Lol this ar...
It is with great sadness that we have to announce that after over 2 months in orbit, we have lost contact with the satellite carrying our fuel-less engine, which was slated to upend the laws of physics as we know it, and radically change life for every human in existence the moment we turned it on.
However we would like to thank you for your support and money that got us here. We are determined to keep this up.
-what cssoftware imagines they said.
that shit is a blatant scam lol.
summer cedar
Holy heck! I just told a medium-sized, friendly alliance - with about 6 to 10 provinces under their control - that they had better federate themselves with my Empire, or I'd destroy their entire alliance. My military was just 25% or so better than theirs, going my the game's measurement system. THEY AGREED! ๐ ๐คฃ
river sable
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It is with great sadness that we have to announce that after over 2 months i...
also it's not like ion drives don't exist for a good while. they also don't require fuel, just electricity 
river sable
I might have been misinformed
empty dune
should i get a sponsership from big ion now? ๐
brittle dove
You guys into exotic propulsion methods?
empty dune
right now @chrome gull is sponsering me
river sable
disregard anything I said ๐
I was very much into the Em-Drive around 10 years ago
river sable
and was very hype when nasa did tests and they were apparently promising
then never heard of it again
brittle dove
usually those end up being the best things.
empty dune
then never heard of it again
that was because of equipment calibration errors iirc
river sable
that sounds about right ๐
empty dune
man space travel would be cool
brittle dove
Lots of these projects that start out public, or with some public record, and then there is a test and you never hear about it again are just projects that become classified R&D
like the US army lighting gun.
river sable
imagine if like people went to the moon
empty dune
but doesnt look like star trek is gonna be a thing anytime soon
river sable
and landed there
brittle dove
and laser induced plasma in general
river sable
it would be the coolest thing ever
brittle dove
river sable
is that a UAP
brittle dove
It is.
Kind of.
This technology was first publicly demonstrated by a japanese aerial display company. using laser induced plasma to rasterize shapes in the air.
river sable
(pog)
brittle dove
because it's just laser and mirrors, it can do things like move at impossible speeds, change shape, etc.
river sable
how blind do you go when looking at it?
brittle dove
an easy shape to render would be a large cylinder just made of a bunch of rings.
like a tic tac.
river sable
brittle dove
empty dune
<:CIA:775817414914867251>
so sad csssoftware died from 16 gunshots to the back of his head. looks like a suicide ๐
river sable
๐
brittle dove
You can get EM energy, gamma rays, all sorts of fun stuff out of the plasma bursts so it has plenty of use in exotic sensing, and electronic warfare
river sable
F CSSoftware you will be membered
brittle dove
This is all public information
river sable
because you leaked it from the secret archives
brittle dove
empty dune
sometimes i can still hear him like he's still here
empty dune
just memories....sigh.......
brittle dove
Nah lol, there's stuff I won't talk about, but this isn't it.
river sable
has anyone followed the UAP stuff recently? I did not have any time, didn't follow anything since the hearings basically
brittle dove
has anyone followed the UAP stuff recently? I did not have any time, didn't foll...
yes
river sable
any pog news?
empty dune
has anyone followed the UAP stuff recently? I did not have any time, didn't foll...
i really dont care. im sure XCOM is out there fighting the good fight
river sable
the galactic federation is watching the space monkeys throw sticks and rocks
empty dune
one rock even makes a mushroom!
river sable
those are the most fun yeah
never know when you might need one of those, or a couple thousand
brittle dove
any pog news?
It's all a distraction so that people don't get in trouble for technically mishandling money that is funneled into beyond-state-of-the-art R&D
empty dune
thats why russia has our backs covered
river sable
It's all a distraction so that people don't get in trouble for technically misha...
that's just like, your opinion, man
empty dune
thats why russia has our backs covered
with red dot sights
brittle dove
Watch as nothing truly groundbreaking continues to not come out of it.
river sable
yeah I've been off the hype train for a bit, I do believe grusch believes what he's saying. however how true all of it is in the end is another story
we will see, it's been fun following it. at least for the most part
brittle dove
He's actually a former high level person though, if there would be someone to stick to the cover story and willing to make a saccrifice to do it, it would be him. He will also be able to fade into obscurity, so it's more of a short lived spotlight type thing.
woven wing
Doomer GDC prediction: Epic sunsets UE for small developers and pushes everyone towards UEFN
brittle dove
wouldn't work.
Yeah, regardless of what they want, regardless of the law they have put the source code out there. Unreal is "free" and thats not ever changing.
can't delete stuff from the internet.
rule #1
So yeah even with cynicism cranked up, that just means that epic games learns the hard way that their decision can cut both ways.
woven wing
For current versions sure
brittle dove
yeah, but even without that, we could just go back to "the internet is the wild west, try to stop it"
obviously
woven wing
This isn't the way I want to owe Epic money lol
brittle dove
Nah, I know that the companies are over encumbered by their own weight and ability to be found and pay money. I'm talking about small developers who have the ability to release things anonymously if they want. underground indie type shit.
right, those are just the types who would still be able to continue to utilize a pirated unreal engine in the event that epic games goes crazy and people still want to use it.
slim atlas
for a few more days ๐
until nintendo wipes the company out
copyright law basicly doesnt exist in japan
brittle dove
I love palworld and I never even played it / don't plan to. It just proves that real, actual fun games can still get high player counts like "back in the day"
I remember hopping on halo 3 after school and seeing 200-300k online, and thats about how many players were on palworld last time I checked a day or so ago. Many people were arguing that "games can't get high player counts anymore" because of the larger number of options for people to play.
Palworld proves it can still happen. Most games are just actual trash and scams.
slim atlas
I love palworld and I never even played it / don't plan to. It just proves that ...
Ok then
define fun.
I am going to roast you so hard ๐
brittle dove
no idea, but based on actual, real world results people find palworld to be very very fun.
and thats what im talking about.
woven wing
I haven't heard anything. Just had the worst most MBA thought ever about that UEFN thing and wanted to share
slim atlas
palworld already lost 60% of its audience
woven wing
Every game does
brittle dove
lol yeah down to a meager 200k players online
slim atlas
The only fun the game had is pokemon with guns
slim atlas
Everyone defines fun in their own way
brittle dove
They are probably gonna shut it down like the day before because they only have 300k players online, it's a failure, abandon ship!
gimme a break lol
slim atlas
The true problem games have these days, is that everyone and their mum is trying to monetize the gameplay...
NFTs, Blockchain, Lootboxes, Cashshops...
The games are deliberatly made worse
for these comfort articles
brittle dove
right, and palworld shows they can be made better.
slim atlas
palworld hasnt done anything special
at all
its just another smashhit
god of war did the same
alan wake 2
singleplayer games
woven wing
Palworld had good pal designs
brittle dove
I loved their absolutely savage response to the new york times article that talked about how they lost the players.
They came out and said "don't worry, you don't have to feel bad for not playing after you finish the content" mic drop
woven wing
Something every other pokemon competitor failed to do
slim atlas
So doing something right can make money
like
god of war
or alan wake...
discord lag
ah well
bye.
brittle dove
Palworld hasn't done anything special
It's just a smash hit
You should enter the olympic mental gymnastics.
bye.
celest musk
I love palworld and I never even played it / don't plan to. It just proves that ...
palworld isn't even a masterpiece
but it's playable, has content, has a gameloop, and gatcha mechanics to keep players engaged for a while ๐
brittle dove
it certainly doesn't look like a masterpiece to me.
But I still love it and what it's doing, and the shockwaves it's sending through the industry.
is the main game I play
slim atlas
But I still love it and what it's doing, and the shockwaves it's sending through...
the same shockwave god of war send
or alan wake...
brittle dove
Then why so defensive?
slim atlas
the idea that good games done right still make great games
brittle dove
Arrest my case your honor!
slim atlas
stop praising palworld
brittle dove
lol
slim atlas
its not sending a shockwave
celest musk
palworld is like that one super successful derpy indie game which releases once in two years
like among us
minecraft
and whatever else fits into that scheme ๐
but imho it only got good because of modders
if you compare vanilla to a decent modpack...
woven wing
I'm excited to see their new terrain solution
woven wing
The only thing I know about it is it being on the roadmap
errant raven
stop praising palworld
It's a good game tho
broken sigil
KD in Titanfall goes brr
