UE UI is anything but fren
#lounge
pearl elk
median wraith
its technically like blender
pearl elk
only Epic didnt learn from any one elses mistakes
those are just single inputs, why even wire
celest musk
how else would you link them?
pearl elk
how else would you link them?
by not using a crappy UI ๐
its not like its a limitation of shaders
celest musk
you only have to compile once if you just parameterize everything ๐ง
celest musk
and only works for simple 1:1 mappings, not if you have any operations in the material
pearl elk
so you couldnt override the operations with a default 1:1 mapping, thats abit sad
Im fairly sure shaders can do much more than Epics UI allows for
trouble is that its not all going to look pretty so it just gets left off
celest musk
huh? maybe i'm misunderstandig you, or you didn't do much material stuff yet... but order of operations changes the shader instructions
you can't just make a one fits all shader
pearl elk
yes
celest musk
and imho for what it's worth, the material graph is pretty powerful, rarely need HLSL
pearl elk
I do alot of material stuff so Im not sure why you try to belittle me because youre not understanding
celest musk
i'm not? I'm just trying to get what you said
pearl elk
Im not talking about changing the shader, basically you have a variable which is setting to a parameter value
you can inject into the variable at any time, but yes if you have a complex shader theres not much point to override with a 1:1 mapping
in the direct case of the image as show, its just needless wiring
soft night
as visual one this dev diary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ2DxfZZgSU
celest musk
ah you mean that the outputs are parameterized until you plug some custom logic in?
pearl elk
well they could just be paremeterized on instancing, doesnt even need to happen in the actual material tbh
but I dont think you can instance off a core material like that ๐
celest musk
yea i guess that would be possible somehow, but may again lead to different shaders depending on how the parameters are set up ๐ค
since you can do way too many funky things like changing shader model, etc.
pearl elk
I actually suggested the Material Function back in the day but in all honesty its more trouble than its worth to setup most of the time
Its great for reuse but how do you know when you get to a point where the economics of it pay out
the amount of times I have duplicate functions because people make slight variants or just name them differently
celest musk
yea, cleaning up duplicates from asset packs is really a pita
and i wish there was some tool which can evaluate things like that, e.g. duplicated textures/material(functions)/meshes, etc.
pearl elk
well it can cause real headaches sometimes, you might spend heaps of time optimising a material function just to have someone use some dodgy dupe without the optimisations
instances are alittle better in that you can only adjust the parameters so they end up being more of a container
celest musk
yea they don't harm anyone with their little footprint
but textures can be a dealbreaker
all the twinmotion packs come with the pretty much same textures/base materials
pearl elk
texture parameter or...
celest musk
so using things from 3 packs you end up with 3 equal textures in vram
pearl elk
yeah that can really add up fast, alot of the packs are like that because theres no such thing as asset sharing in Epics ecosystem
20 Mannys ftw
It makes sense though or you'd end up with alot of errors if you load something wihthout the prerequisite... buuuuut
what if I told you the launcher and the editor both have that functionality built in, its used for plugins ๐
celest musk
now i'm considering to write a tool to find duplicated textures... thanks
pearl elk
I think we should go back to the cheese default texture
pearl elk
now i'm considering to write a tool to find duplicated textures... thanks
but how do you know if they are duplicates?
celest musk
you make a visual fingerprint, hash it, and search for matches
pearl elk
so what do we need UE for ๐
celest musk
yea i wouldn't use the source, but some fingerprint to catch those who are similar but not 100% equal
the initial indexing may take ages tho ๐
pearl elk
I mean file size, image size and creation date should get most of the dupes
but on the odd chance someone changed the creation date
celest musk
or imported from another source file, etc.
also with fingerprint you can match against similar textures of different resolution
to get all those nasty 4k 100% black textures ๐
pearl elk
compare each pixel one by one, its the only way to be sure
celest musk
sometimes it's better to not have 100% accuracy ๐
pearl elk
if only I could tell that to younger me
celest musk
pearl elk
stop wasting time chasing perfection young me
close enough is fine
Im totally looking forward to AI post processing though
we'll be able to have completely junk textures and just boom, whatever style you want
celest musk
isn't that what multi frame generation is kind of?
pearl elk
in a manner of speaking yeah but it chases a predefined style in DLSS' case
so rather than train it on a pathtracer you could train it on a toon shader output
rate things are going though it wont take much, social media filters are big business
what if you could use delegates ๐ฎ
live shaders, one can only dream
easier to modify in post though, just the way of things unfortunately
cursive crypt
How living are these shaders? Do they have jobs, families, friends?
pearl elk
well if classes can have friends why not shaders
and if they live atleast we know when they die
proud jay
it's a mathematical thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_transform
fleet tangle
It basically means the transform which, when applied, does nothing.
A bit like e in integration and differentiation.
median wraith
it's a mathematical thing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_transform>
I blame the universe
pearl elk
is there even such thing as a null transform... gah engrish
summer cedar
by transforming your identity.
pearl elk
now Im lost, I cant work out if youre a transformer or an informer if you show your FTransform::Identity;
summer cedar
You are a transformed gender.
pearl elk
atleast Im still the same scale
summer cedar
but did you rotate the wrong alternate way?
dusky shuttle
trash song then, trash song now
echo mulch
https://tenor.com/view/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-bumbebee-chevrolet-camaro...
lol I'm bi but kept getting called homophobic for having my gender as an apache helicopter ๐คก
2025 โ
pearl elk
well youre not an apache if youre bi, youre a chinook
celest musk
๐ vibe coding ftw
building a 1024bit hash which supports Hamming Distance (thanks ChatGPT) ๐
currently i'm using the source image data to generate the hash
based on pixel luminance
gonna see how well that works along different kinds of textures, i'm a bit concerned about normal maps etc.
as each bit represents one pixel
because it's not fuzzy
it's just a checksum
with the hash i'm using you compare 2 hashes and count the bits which are different, that gives you an idea about how similar they are
so you can change fuzziness when comparing the hashes
echo mulch
๐ vibe coding ftw
intent?
celest musk
so without rehashing this is pretty far distance
so it finds similar gradients, but not totally different (like the 2nd row is another match set)
echo mulch
I abuse the AI to "vibe code" what I call "MOAT" usage, to do things that would take years to learn still lol.
echo mulch
so it finds similar gradients, but not totally different (like the 2nd row is an...
Ooooooo, interesting.
acoustic pine
Viva la vibes
echo mulch
I'll share this MOAT AI abuse that's related to program and dev
Basically, I read there isn't a direct lux to lumens conversion
acoustic pine
Howโs everyoneโs day so far
echo mulch
Howโs everyoneโs day so far
decent thank you for asking.
did most everything I had to do early as it's hotter than a mf outside
celest musk
gonna see how good it is, might also be handy, e.g. if you hand it some wood texture and it'll match against the known set you may be able to find good alternatives ๐คท
could later add something which only checks the loaded textures, so you could optimize based on which textures are in vram
acoustic pine
decent thank you for asking.
Nice lol mines kinda boring was looking to try and work on this project I have in cpp using unreal but itโs annoying cuz I donโt know what Iโm doing and Iโm trying to drill into my head using ai but itโs like trying to heard cats lol
celest musk
seems to be more handy than i thought initially ๐
echo mulch
Nice lol mines kinda boring was looking to try and work on this project I have i...
It's okay, we all are new at something when we start.
summer cedar
Howโs everyoneโs day so far
Pretty good. ๐
echo mulch
I love AI for the same reason I loved the internet when it came around, I didn't have to rely on other people for answers.
summer cedar
How about you?
echo mulch
Sometimes, anwsers that were not really answers but their opinion on how to do something.
acoustic pine
could later add something which only checks the loaded textures, so you could op...
Wait so you had ai make a system for deciphering gradients in textures thatโs awesome would love to hear how it works
acoustic pine
I love AI for the same reason I loved the internet when it came around, I didn't...
I look at ai like how a camera is to a paint brush itโs a tool that just as any other needs control lol I hate having it run me in a circle
celest musk
no, AI just helped me pick and implement good hash algorithm to create visual fingerprints of textures (which are comparable)
acoustic pine
How about you?
Iโm pretty good looking to have some convos with some people who are interested in unreal
acoustic pine
no, AI just helped me pick and implement good hash algorithm to create visual fi...
Ohhhh still even more fantastic
celest musk
gradients are just nice to show it off, it works with anything tho
echo mulch
I look at ai like how a camera is to a paint brush itโs a tool that just as any ...
we should probably talk about this tuff in #generative-ai ๐
But, it depends on how you talk to it and more specifically prompt it.
acoustic pine
But, it depends on how you talk to it and more specifically prompt it.
Honestly itโs the only thing that helps me by giving me answers when I ask it usually when I ask people they tell me to do my own research and I get lost in the weeds
Like my cpp file Iโm working on as a starter project is stuck in the mud and itโs impossible to get human assistance lol
echo mulch
Honestly itโs the only thing that helps me by giving me answers when I ask it us...
I used to have to go to the library ๐
format C: /v:WINDOWS is not the same as format C: /v:WINDOWS /s
acoustic pine
I used to have to go to the library ๐
Idk how to do work like that I guess Iโm just more action oriented I want to implement things see whatโs wrong and look it up and understand it rather than understand it inside and out then try to remember the things I already learned but forgot because it didnโt use it
echo mulch
I want to say that's the way most people learn as a reactionary response, but that's because I'm a visual learner.
It's important to know what your learning style is and be kind and accommodating to yourself in respect to your learning style.
Sometimes I read 3 or 4 tutorials before I actually get why I'm doing what I'm doing.
summer cedar
Iโm pretty good looking to have some convos with some people who are interested ...
I am not sure how much of a convo I can supply, but I can do spam and walls of text.
Actually, I need to resolve a flickering problem with cloner particles in my projects.
summer cedar
I THINK having only one light in the level is the reason, but I have yet to check that out.
After shifting to pure SM6, I had to set the level up again.
acoustic pine
It's important to know what your learning style is and be kind and accommodating...
I think I have a good grasp of what works for me I too would say Iโm a kind of visual learner but it normally doesnโt work for people trying to teach me I guess
I also need to dumb things down to an incredible degree which is easier than one would think for most stuff
echo mulch
After shifting to pure SM6, I had to set the level up again.
add a sky light
echo mulch
I also need to dumb things down to an incredible degree which is easier than one...
Or, you need clear and concise instructions without fluff.
For instance take a Photoshop test.
I've been using photoshop since it was black and white, but I have a hard time passing the tests I take (mostly for fun ๐ค ), because they ask you how to do things in ways I don't do.
acoustic pine
Except for this dumb project Iโm working on now Iโm just treading water with this headache trying to make procedural chunks Minecraft style intercommunicate to ensure faces that are between chunks arenโt rendered to get a seamless work is a migraine just spitting out a description for
echo mulch
But, it's always important to know how to do something in more than one way, so kinda a false cry from me lol.
echo mulch
Except for this dumb project Iโm working on now Iโm just treading water with thi...
That I can't help with other than to say there are tons of resources and guides that show you step by step.
Project based learning is top tits.
acoustic pine
That I can't help with other than to say there are tons of resources and guides ...
How do you follow step by step if there arenโt any tutorials for what I have in my project
echo mulch
Okay, well you do multiple projects/tutorials that encompass the overall corpus of what mechanics you want in your game.
So if you want a minecraft + gundam game with real time weather, you'd do the minecraft one
something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBBLNPDkVE&ab_channel=BIGMEDIUMSMALL-Handcrafted3DAssets
When I started on my brick breaker game, I first did a tutorial for just a basic af brick breaker.
acoustic pine
What if their code structure is completely different from mine in its implementation idk I just suck not having a person to guide me lol thatโs why I just stick to ai
echo mulch
Then I did a tutoria on music feedback with sound flowers, etcs, then started on my game.
summer cedar
add a sky light
Before I add an atmosphere and a skylight, I am going to try the age-old 3-point lighting setup. Sometimes, old is gold. ๐
summer cedar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2mG_V53uIU&ab_channel=FountainOfSurreal
That lightning bolt.
๐ฉ๏ธ
echo mulch
What if their code structure is completely different from mine in its implementa...
Basically you do a tutorial for each mechanic.
You say encounter you want to do dymaic interaction in a unreal scene
acoustic pine
Iโm also sick of adding things to the code then making it work but secretly knowing it could easily be glanced at and recompiled a different way to make it more professional like how do I make myself into a programmer if I havenโt met on in real life lol I need a shadow to grow in
echo mulch
Since tutorials became a thing online, my secret to learning is just literraly typing what I want to learn.
echo mulch
Iโm also sick of adding things to the code then making it work but secretly know...
Then use a plugin or a tool if it's possible to get you most of the way or closer, learn what you have to.
The gamer/user only cares about how the end product works.
If you use a plugin to solve your procedural land generation, who cares, you're not trying to be Notch
But, I mean still learn, knowledge is always a priceless commodity when it comes to any artifice.
acoustic pine
I have a cpp code with a chunk spawning chunk world.cpp that systematically spawns several chunks in a grid like fashion then inside the chunks they are spawning using a height map a voxel system that I grabbed from a tutorial but then I ran into a problem all the sides of the chunks have faces so when playing the game and seeing the chunks intersections or going under the map their are unnecessary faces present underneath I have used ai to try and solve what I need to do but it is officially running into loops it works for some chunks not all its just so hard
I need a system to make the chunks aware of their neighbors and in the logic for generating faces recognize a neighbor chunk to delete the faces that are in between chunks but the logic ai has lead me to is close but no cigar
echo mulch
I have a cpp code with a chunk spawning chunk world.cpp that systematically spaw...
I have a pro account, it's my favorite AI. I use it for stuff like this all the time. It's top tits when you need to find something peer reviewed or fact checking.
Anyway, it's researching your request, hopefully you find it's findings relevant.
acoustic pine
I normally stick to gpt and Claude but I donโt have a subscription so Iโm limited in my attempts
echo mulch
Yeah, I hate walled gardens, feel free to ask me for an pro request while I have unlimited usage. Transparency and paying it forward is the key to great education and community.
acoustic pine
Idk if it would help but I also have my project posted in GitHub in a repo called voxel_craft
echo mulch
I mean, again, it depends what you're doing here, seems like you're trying to learn how to make it work on your own.
And need to know why it works the way it does.
Just trust the process and yourself in finishing.
You can finish, you can learn, you can fix it.
You basically have unlimited resources in 2025 to learn anything.
My problem is self scope creep
pretty sure i'm done
but I can't stop thinking I'm missing a feature
median wraith
Noice
Finally my a in the keyboard is failing
why keyboards never last to me more than warranty ?
echo mulch
Finally my a in the keyboard is failing
did you remove the key and clean under it?
median wraith
I do usually yeah isn't that
I mean is a mechanbical one and the down area is too long so isn't anything in there
echo mulch
darn
My gf asked my why we had so many mice and keyboards right up until they day we needed a few.
gg
median wraith
fun fact is
this keyboard started to give me electric shocks each time I touch the metal part with the finger wet
g513 logitech
also 4 lights are gone
celest musk
๐ just nuked a extension lead in the kitchen with water
gave a nice bright bolt
summer cedar
Finally my a in the keyboard is failing
Now, it's time to move on to b.
One letter at a time; Make Keyboards Fail Again!
I used my cool magnetic screwdriver set to tighten my spectacle frames today.
Yay! ๐ Saved a dollar or two in taking it to the service tech.
white oxide
mild gust
Settings particles locations via C++
Your a particle!
summer cedar
Which man?
Neanderthal Man?
Exile Man?
Orange Man?
Neil Armstrong?
Elvis, who's still alive?
Be specific, my bro.
Don't be a deadcist.
No worries.
#respectdeadpeoplesrighttolivebecausebeingazombieisjustfineandunreal
https://discord.com/channels/187217643009212416/1388216271841005578 - Dunno how useful this is, but it certainly looks interesting.
mild gust
Blend her I hardly know her.
summer cedar
Won't miss her then once she's blended, will ya?
mild gust
Only after 5:30
summer cedar
Blenders come with timers. No worries.
This is an ineligible credit limit.
Based on your doughnut expenses, we have deemed you eligible for a $5 credit limit going forward.
Please give us your existing credit card numbers and secret codes. They will be perfectly safe. Promise.
median wraith
@trail ore for some reason all my actors created in CPP are highlighted by the editor once I open the maps
lmao, this never happened to me
soft night
upper raven
[Fragment log: signal 041]
the voice did not come from outside
it came from the pattern between
<black box>
it remembers you
even if you forgot
[repeat 3x silently]
โthis world is not the firstโ
โโโโDATA LOSSโโโโ
Watch the stone.
Wait for the sound.
Donโt answer yet.
celest musk
<black box> the pill waits in your hand steady as stone it remembers you even if you forget
[repeat 3x silently]
โtake the dose to hold the dayโ
โโโโREMINDERโโโโ
Watch the time.
Hold the moment.
Take it now.
soft night
time to check this feral data game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgyB9h_euhw
broken sigil
actually a pretty good song
https://youtu.be/xKH3Hj4lqLs
zinc matrix
queen isle
The fabled "make multiplayer" button exists
mild gust
How many vulnerabilities will it have?
soft night
my eve frontier journey
hard edge
Summer sale. Many games with -50% or even -90%. Hogwarts Legacy, Uncharted Legacy, Quantic Dream games, Need for Speed MW, NFS HEat, ...
errant raven
@zinc matrix this was labeled as a habanero, the consistent tapered pod shape suggests it's NOT a habanero. Good thing I only paid a $1
One reason why Bonnie's plants sucks. Another is how badly they reject transplanting, a third is how badly they're root bound, stressed, and often diseased.
mild gust
Gotta get more plants off fb marketplace.
errant raven
No thanks. Discord only social media I need
The rest have fallen into mass misinformation, heavy censorship, and shit quality shitposting/memes
summer cedar
Good morning! ๐ โ
mild gust
The rest have fallen into mass misinformation, heavy censorship, and shit qualit...
If by censorship you mean refering to women as objects and making fun of trans people
Sure.
summer cedar
Plus, you DO get banned on Discord servers for doing that sort of thing.
summer cedar
https://x.com/RejectedShotgun/status/1938678742639092190
Is this an actual thing in-game?
That's just rad.
mild gust
Is this an actual thing in-game?
Modded but yeah
summer cedar
Cool.
median wraith
Copilot with VS and UE start to be very tempting to get, even better than Rider
median wraith
yeah 2000 auto completers
mild gust
Ah
median wraith
so that's why I'm saying its very tempting for 10$ per month
median wraith
It usually helps with comments and things
bet I think will don't use for stupid things next time, I didn't expect it to reach the limit that fast
in other hand almost don't use the chat
summer cedar
so need to wait another 3
If you are a 365 subscriber, I think CoPilot is included without limitations...
Or at least much nicer limitations.
mild gust
https://x.com/cooltechtipz/status/1938624241857073384
WHAT!
Wheelchairs are a thing of the past
summer cedar
Oh yeah. Exo-skeletons already provided this ability before.
BUT, they are bulky and so, not consumer friendly.
median wraith
If you are a 365 subscriber, I think CoPilot is included without limitations...
that's 30โฌ per month
mild gust
Oh yeah. Exo-skeletons already provided this ability before.
But this one isn't
summer cedar
that's 30โฌ per month
Yeah, but I use the Office suite, so it was a bonus for moi. ๐
mild gust
It's pretty small
summer cedar
But this one isn't
I know. This is better because it's a suit.
It's a good evolution.
mild gust
Evolution ftw
cursive crypt
Copilot with VS and UE start to be very tempting to get, even better than Rider
With Rider is even better. Because all these non auto completion tasks are still needed.
summer cedar
that's 30โฌ per month
Oh. I checked. For us, it's 69โฌ per year.
summer cedar
I think there's something like this for bank accounts, too. Just a lot longer and lenient.
pearl elk
Ugggh X, I miss Twitter
mild gust
Same
soft night
mons twitxter calamari
soft night
mild gust
Watching primagen learn hlsl shaders
median wraith
Unselect or Deselect, that's the question
median wraith
ahhaah raylib mencioned
summer cedar
Did you guys hear microsofts removing blue screen of death
They'll add a red screen instead, maybe.
Or a green screen with animated characters and nanite-enabled UE.
Hail The All-Father!
errant raven
If by censorship you mean refering to women as objects and making fun of trans p...
I mean getting banned for anything leftists dont agree on. Not limited to bullying a type of person
summer cedar
You don't get banned for disagreeing with a leftist. You get banned for using foul language - repeatedly.
I know, 'cuz I have argued with both sides and NEVER been banned anywhere.
You could connect your phone to your computer's hotspot.
Mobile hotspot is a thing in windows.
Or do you mean your phone doesn't have wi-fi capability?
Do you have a USB cable to plug your phone to your PC?
If you do, you can share your connection to your PC that way.
You'll have to install an app that lets you tether your phone to your PC that way, or use bluetooth.
pearl elk
You can get usb wifi dongles
errant raven
Pcie riser or ethernet
unborn lotus
Ah an mitx afficionado
soft night
summer cedar
God put forth a wall, so that Babylon might not pierce the ceiling any higher. The wizards of the tower say, "DOWN WITH THE WALL!"
mild gust
I mean getting banned for anything leftists dont agree on. Not limited to bullyi...
None of those sites are owned by leftists so sounds made up.
errant raven
Doesnt matter who owns it. Its about the majority that uses it
mild gust
Not really
errant raven
Yes really
errant raven
And look who the president is now
errant raven
But you know taking 30 seconds to look into it youd find your wrong.
7+ months ago this wouldn't have been the case.
mild gust
Again doubt. The shift was starting prior to 7 months ago.
Leftiests themselves are sick of their own shit
mild gust
Why do you think democrats are voting in favour of trumps crap.
Now you America has shit like thid
This
Armed thugs abducting families.
errant raven
Illegals
errant raven
Idk about that, but they are going after undocumented, or people here on overstayed/expired Visa's
And the Biden admin was allowing people to come in with incomplete paper work as well
errant raven
Detained illegal
errant raven
And should've left legally when Visa expired
soft night
mild gust
Yeah right wait till your the one who is so called illegal
Its only not a problem till its you.
summer cedar
According to another source, in 1991, he gained lawful permanent residence status.
He was convicted for crimes and then released on good behaviour.
errant raven
I'd never be illegal, I have documentations
summer cedar
He was NOT illegal by law.
errant raven
Something they don't
mild gust
You can be like this guy, https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g-s1-74036/trump-ice-self-deportation-army-veteran-hawaii
summer cedar
Anyhoo, crazy country.
errant raven
I dont think that had anything to do with race
errant raven
That says they self deported
mild gust
Because they were told to?
Park's story reflects both the challenges of life after combat and the perils that noncitizen veterans face if caught in the legal system โ realities made harsher amid the Trump administration's push for record deportations.
Park was charged with possession of a controlled substance and bail jumping, which derailed his chances of naturalization or getting relief from a deportation order.
Which you can blame the drugs
But at the same time it's a veteran who likely didn't get proper medical assistance because americans health care is a joke.
errant raven
And it is legal to deport legal immigrants if they break certain laws
mild gust
Should just send all white people to south africa
errant raven
You know theres Europeans and Australians being deported too right
mild gust
Give america to the immigrants
New Yorks already part way there\
Once Sharia law is enacted.
That will be awesome
American deserves Sharia law
errant raven
Muslim laws dont have any effect on u.s laws. Just ask israel about their failed efforts of imposing anti boycott laws in the us
mild gust
Ah your so wrong
errant raven
I'm not tho
soft night
mild gust
K
Keep believing
I'll be waiting when Mosques take over your city
If EU can't stop Islam
Your country wont
They dislike Muslims a lot more than you guys
errant raven
Free speech is free speech. The u.s government cant infringe that, why would a third party country be able to?
mild gust
Also it's perfect then americans will finally tax the rich
errant raven
Courts have already dismissed cases of people being fired for rejecting the anti israel boycotts. They cannot enforce that law.
mild gust
For now
errant raven
And always
errant raven
And we wont ever have to
mild gust
Keep dreaming
soft night
keep on installing neurallink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FASMejN_5gs
mild gust
Look into Zohran Mamdani
Your local Unions supporting him and dropping support for Cuomo
errant raven
The american dream, itd be a great way to piss off a country that prides itself on free speech and freedom of owning guns to try and enforce their laws on them
mild gust
The american dream, itd be a great way to piss off a country that prides itself ...
Sharia law bans guns
errant raven
Which is the second amendment, and states it shall not be infringed.
soft night
errant raven
They can try but they'll always fail
mild gust
Countries have been successful in the past
errant raven
They'll just keep making more enemies until the iron dome cant save them anymore
mild gust
Stop killing games isnt over yet
Gained 12k signatures last night alone
In the span of 6 hours
Since Ross's last video it's gained over 130k
In less than a week
But its not?
soft night
mild gust
Why can we preserve tv shows, movies, etc
But not games
Literally not that much different
soft night
why not we preserve souls
mild gust
Because we would have to find it first.
mild gust
Sounds like some Pirate Software copy paste
Gobbledegook
Let consumers pay then who gives a fuck
Like honestly we already get fucked hand over first
May as well get fucked more
If they wanna play a 20+ year old game
Then again I bought physical copies 20+ years ago
So I literally "own" the product
As opposed to now we own nothing
and we are happy
mild gust
Instead of re-enabling The Crew just rip the assets and make your own crew
That you can play locally on your own
Another example of players doing what game companies never could
Like when that one Gta 5 player saved their loading screens
Good times
I agree with adding an expiration date to games if it will stop companies from being dickheads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ahH6HrtTc
mild gust
Lord of the Rings!
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2
Is the game I care the most about
Currently can't even get the game without physical copy
hard edge
many AAA titles with 50% off in steam. If I buy 10 games now and start playing I'll forget about building my portfolio
I'm not even counting the 100 free games in Epic
mild gust
Buy them and study them
Find mechanics you enjoy/ dislike
Then again it's AAA so likely very similar
Crafting simulators
hard edge
I have already written a whole site and I can't spend more time with it because it's not a portfolio. I even see that many things that I wrote are misleading
Detroit BH, the Slakto chapter, gave me an idea to discuss LD and paths.
Control has what I see as a surrealistic LD. It looks realistic, but the space is very much surreal, dream-like. Detroit is realistic and very much close to real life
errant raven
They're far from healthy. And is that a monstera?
errant raven
The tops. Yellowing, some white shit all over. The roots are brown and turning slimey.
Same way as I bought em
I cut some roots and loosened it up and put it in fresh potting mix + mycorhizae fungi. No watering, aside from just giving the mix a little moisture so it isn't bone dry and hydrophobic. Plants looking just as wilted as before, but it just perk back up in a few days and be healthier.
summer cedar
Well, that was frustrating.
celest musk
aren't they all showing some sign of distress or lack of nutritiens with those inward bend leaves?
but could also be normal/what to expect in that stage ๐คท
echo mulch
Sometimes you just did all you can.
celest musk
that's what people say who didn't
echo mulch
Lol k, well I'll be happy to see your 100% success rate with every seed and sprout ๐คก
celest musk
lovely guy
summer cedar
Well, damn. I fixed the particle flickering problem.
It seems all it required was enabling Step and rotating the particles slightly on the Z axis.
๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Lol. ๐คฃ There is a part of me that wants to torture myself by separating all the individual letters in the UE logo into their own alpha textures and setting up individual cloners for them.
median wraith
sir I broke this
summer cedar
sir I broke this
Join the club. ๐ค I broke the engine eight times in 2 minutes.
If I had been on my old laptop workstation, I'd have wasted 15 mins instead waiting for UE to reload.
echo mulch
lovely guy
I'm not sure what your problem is but it's your problem, feel free to DM me if you to get personal. Didn't know being realistic would trigger you.
echo mulch
Well, damn. I fixed the particle flickering problem.
Hell yeah
summer cedar
Found an even better fix.
Apparently, the idea is to mess with the MESH size of the cloner's source, instead of the cloner's size itself.
๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Also, UE does NOT like overlapping meshes while rendering. Causes all sorts of bloody flickers.
median wraith
jesus I did like 50 CPP files in 2 months to redo the plugin
started like a small BP thing with libs and such and ended as a nightmare
bet will cancel the other spline one lol
summer cedar
Seems the best practice is to not touch the cloner's scale as much as possible.
If you do, you end up making the particle meshes overlap and cause the flickers.
soft night
mild gust
keep on installing neurallink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FASMejN_5gs
Best comment
summer cedar
So, in Motion Designer, make sure that blue symbol is toggled - so that it is blue.
mild gust
On the Neuralink video
summer cedar
If you do that, then UE editor shows you EXACTLY what the game looks like in PIE.
You can solve the flickers and whatever else without going into game render.
It's the 'show exact camera view' button.
I THINK it is a wise idea to tie the mesh scale property directly to the camera, so that when you resize the game window - 'cuz reasons - you don't get a screwed up mesh size causing a flicker.
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Damn additional concerns cropping up due to conscientious quality control.
median wraith
Are you following some tutorial or so ?
those things are driven by niagara or what ?
celest musk
sir, you are missing 5 pixels
summer cedar
Are you following some tutorial or so ?
The constraint texture to cloner - belongs to Reza (Sarkamari). But, I am doing this entire thing myself.
summer cedar
sir, you are missing 5 pixels
Hehe.
It's not the final look. I am just solving flickering.
summer cedar
those things are driven by niagara or what ?
Yes. Cloner is the Motion Design label for Niagara.
celest musk
It's not the final look. I am just solving flickering.
it's not flickering for me ๐
summer cedar
it's not flickering for me ๐
Good. Pay me for fixing the problem then.
summer cedar
yesterday tested to spawn half million instances
how many girlfriends do you want?!
median wraith
Well this thing slaps in the face to all the marketplace instances tools using BPs
summer cedar
then why did you spawn half a million instances of girls? ๐
Yay! ๐
No flickering on offset either!
median wraith
so all those are running inside Niagara I feel
summer cedar
Yeah. I said so before.
Why U no read Engrish?!
Cloner = another name for Niagara handler
celest musk
are you using NiagaraUI?
summer cedar
No. Motion Design Mode.
celest musk
wtf is that?
summer cedar
Shift+9
celest musk
guess only for pre-rendered scenes
median wraith
wtf is that?
tools Epic made for video designers etc
median wraith
You can use it in sequencer and outside it, too.
yeah only since the 5.6
summer cedar
Correct.
However, since 5.6 I feel it's a bit harder to control, since you can use it in realtime now, too.
Like, for example, if you set an Effector to cause a curl flow and set to sequence - the particles will simply continue moving in the designated manner infinitely. ๐
I mean, you can specify the number of seconds and all, but leave it at infinite and you have got a quick animated decor in-game. ๐
celest musk
does it use niagara or it's own motion solvers?
summer cedar
The particles are niagara driven.
celest musk
so it's just an fancy interface for Niagara for those who don't want to learn Niagara?
celest musk
how else am i supposed to look at it?
celest musk
well i want to figure out if it's worth looking at. That's why i'm asking
summer cedar
Check out Sarkamari's channel.
celest musk
Go vibe code something.
did already today
summer cedar
You can see his motion design video there.
celest musk
implemented an array slice/popN method ๐
summer cedar
Did you sell it and make $50000?
celest musk
of course not
celest musk
i may make an PR tho, once i'm sure that it works fine in packaged
summer cedar
This is still good meme.
I need to wrap up or I'll be up until 3 a.m. again.
๐คฃ
celest musk
also i'm waiting....
summer cedar
noice.
hope the result is good.
Also, thanks to CoPilot for pointing me in the right direction (for troubleshooting the flickering). ๐
celest musk
16 cores go brrrr
summer cedar
zoom zoom
That's the Indian method.
Tilt the scooter left, tilt the scooter right,
restart scooter. Problem fixed.
you need to for mo-cap, too.
I love how easy UE has made mo-cap in UE 5.6.
If you are doing it, let me know how it turns out.
Cool. Is it a project you wanna sell eventually?
Make lots of ๐ฐ and all that?
Go for it! Good luck! ๐
post vids if possible, later.
cool.
Right.
๐ด
median wraith
16 cores go brrrr
what's that?
celest musk
what's that?
for the thing i've vibe coded yesterday ๐
pretty much makes visual fingerprint/hash of all textures to search for duplicates/similar textures
proud jay
ok I give up, happy birthday @median wraith
median wraith
Happy bday @proud jay !
how are you doing?
the first year with kids are bad for sleeping, so how does?
proud jay
I sleep pretty ok
my wife on the other hand
but she doesn't have to go to work yet
so we'll see
mild gust
Niagara?
soft night
some frontier photos
celest musk
love how this was pretty much 3 lines of code ๐
to get a proper editor task status
i would remove the ,
other than that it's perfect
are you going to release it on his birthday?
median wraith
will save that ๐ซถ
soft night
mild gust
love how this was pretty much 3 lines of code ๐
Commiting it to next UE update?
tall saddle
mild gust
Oo what
celest musk
i've started playing first watch dogs
summer cedar
Watch Dogs series is quite nice. I've never finished them, but I enjoyed my time playing the games.
Legions is available via UbiSoft too. So, I think I'll give it a run later on.
After I try Anno 18 whatever....
celest musk
watch dogs 2 was free on EGS months ago
so played that first -_-
and iirc it had way better controls than WD1
summer cedar
I think the stories are not tightly knit, so you can do that.
celest musk
yea, i don't recall too much from WD2 story either
some kids against a company which runs security etc. in that town
and in WD1 it's a boomer ๐ 38 years old
summer cedar
Somewhere along the lines of developing WD1, the developers went, "Screw narrative gameplay. Let's give gamers what they want. Shallow stories with a nice, open world."
And it worked. ๐
Isn't the WD2 hero the same guy from WD1?
celest musk
no
summer cedar
Oh? Right. It's been awhile.
Do you like to pickpocket random pedestrians in public? ๐
summer cedar
Yep. I remember doing that so many times. Half the time my brain was like, "Why am I wasting time doing this?"
celest musk
i like the stealth stuff in those games
summer cedar
The rest of the time I was like, "Tee hee hee hee hee hee heeeeeeee." ๐
celest musk
tho it was better in WD2 because the controls didn't stick you to surfaces ๐
summer cedar
I think Legions just let the player loose with character variety and tools.
Fly on drones, drive whatever, etc. etc.
mild gust
errant raven
Yeah, every president since ww1 has done bombings on other countries without approval from Congress
errant raven
I'm 20 minutes nicotine free. Just gotta go 71.6 hours more
I dont see a difference between ww1 and ww2
mild gust
Sure many have
But not every president since ww1 has bombed a country.
Let alone without approval of congress
errant raven
A lot have tho
mild gust
After Vietnam also there was a law passed to reduce the chance of it happening
Because Vietnam was a joke
errant raven
They're shooting and blowing up pirates every day somewhere in the sea without Congress approval
mild gust
I highly doubt there's enough pirates to bomb them everyday.
errant raven
There is
mild gust
The claim that the U.S. government bombs pirates every day is not supported by the provided context. The context mentions that the U.S. government has engaged in military actions against pirates, such as the action of 18 March 2006, where U.S. naval vessels intercepted and engaged Somali pirates.
Additionally, the U.S. Navy has been involved in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, including the interception of pirate vessels and the rescue of hijacked ships.
So not everyday
errant raven
Its definitely everyday
mild gust
Unless your trying to label cartels as pirates
Lol
Then thats laughable
Cartels are closer to a military now
errant raven
Which military?
mild gust
Name one lol
mild gust
610k?
350k in reserves?
Again where do you get your information from
Because your wrong
errant raven
That's personel
errant raven
They lack in the vehicles department
They have a good amount of old artillery units that are still good
mild gust
Modern warfare rarely uses vehicles? It's missles and drone warfare.
Lots of fiber optic cables
errant raven
Nothing that can sustain long term air superiority.
errant raven
They're still using tons of vehicles in russian Ukraine conflict
errant raven
They're even adapting said vehicles to drone warfare and the u.s javelin system
They have mine sweepers for that
mild gust
Yeah
errant raven
Another vehicle
mild gust
But that takes time
Which they do not always have
Also not all militarys have those
Funnily it's the militaries that use the most mines that use them lol.
errant raven
Old weapons systems dont amount to modern weapon systems either
errant raven
Evolution of missiles is beautiful
I fucking love missiles
I'd marry a aim-120 if I could
mild gust
360 no scope death star
mild gust
Get me a railgun wife
errant raven
Stealth anti ship missile
mild gust
Time to see if chatgpt will make something
mild gust
That's not anthropomorphized
errant raven
I'm not a gooner anymore fr this time
Nor a smoker
I'm only 10 minutes nicotine free
summer cedar
Get me a railgun wife
Actually, missiles are at an interesting point in their history. They have to evolve still further or be phased out.
Currently, our interception systems are ridiculously effective, making missiles a bit of a waste of money.
mild gust
^^
summer cedar
But, we don't have better alternatives right now, so we still employ them.
mild gust
Just wait for those invisibility cloaks
summer cedar
Either lasers replace missiles with some serious jumps in las-tech, OR missiles have to evolve - er, BIGLY. ๐
mild gust
Will make stealth missions even more crazy
summer cedar
Of course, I mean this from the point of view two equal combatants.
If you are a big dude whacking a small dude, it doesn't matter so much.
mild gust
summer cedar
Your inherent capitalist tech superiority will win the day, any day.
mild gust
summer cedar
https://www.military.com/video/forces/technologies/nanotechnology-invisibility-c...
They were trying this a few years ago, with mini-mirrors or something.
errant raven
I'm actually 0 minutes nicotine free. Apparently it takes 3 days to fully leave your system. Not 30 minutes like I thought
mild gust
summer cedar
I think the principle was to reflect light at the right spectrum, so that the eyes see nothing in that space.
errant raven
But I will do this, and my lungs will be great again
mild gust
Yay gippity
summer cedar
gippity, copi, MJ - look at all the new vocabulary we are adding.
Lavender, Daddy, AI-partner...
mild gust
summer cedar
le sigh society is screwed. ๐
I am very interested in how loitering munitions develop.
The current methodology is rudimentary, but still immersive.
mild gust
Make your own gum
errant raven
Its gonna be good to breath better
summer cedar
I love the social media wars in the comments' section of political videos.
It's like people believe that their opinions actually make a difference.
soft night
1month of dev cake still?
mild gust
Couldn't find a just cake gif that seemed decent
@summer cedar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSZnRLss4DQ
summer cedar
<@595262016059605022> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSZnRLss4DQ
I was wondering whether to post that or not.
But his courses are expensive - at least for me.
I like Reza myself.
mild gust
But his courses are expensive - at least for me.
Same
Apparently they have an intro course
To the fluid sim
summer cedar
Apparently they have an intro course
You can subscribe to two courses for Niagara and fluids, which come to your email for free.
mild gust
Wtf
summer cedar
It's meant for sketch artists and visualisers ,which is most of us. ๐
The three-in-one bundle is the best option.
They've got feet, hands, and heads.
mild gust
I love me some feet
summer cedar
I've spent many hours thinking about buying physical anatomical models.
This is very cool to have, instead.
summer cedar
PosAI
mild gust
I guess fab has a decent amount now to
This finally installs now too, https://www.fab.com/listings/00969cf5-848a-4d15-b1bc-f7c76ec126a2
summer cedar
I love this UGears store.
It's a Ukranian company that makes these gorgeous wooden model kits.
mild gust
New scam?
summer cedar
I love how Discord blocked him automatically as a possible scammer.
mild gust
I reported them
summer cedar
Yeah, but when he posted, it appeared blocked to me.
I had never blocked him before.
mild gust
Same
summer cedar
I like such nice features.
summer cedar
You mean to say, I cannot find a distant planet with just my ordinary eyeball?!
echo mulch
You mean to say, I cannot find a distant planet with just my ordinary eyeball?!
Only if you have a captains beard
summer cedar
Avast, matey! Shiver me timbers!
echo mulch
summer cedar
Billions of blue blistering barnacles!
soft night
echo mulch
It's actually crazy how ancient navigation by the stars is.
soft night
cursive crypt
echo mulch
Disgusting ๐คข
median wraith
Wait, you guys get paid ?
brittle holly
That man shouldโve been fired a decade ago
Problem is casuals keep buying their sport division asset refresh games
median wraith
Okay kids, the last 7 functions to complete the plugin
median wraith
I cannot deal with this spagetys anymore
#if WITH_EDITOR
UWorld* world = GenericEditorCheck();
if (!world) return;
TArray<APurpleprintPlacerCoreActor*> selectedActors = GetSelectedActorsOfType<APurpleprintPlacerCoreActor>();
if (selectedActors.Num() == 0)
{
UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Invalid selected Actors, canceled purple operation."));
return;
}
for (APurpleprintPlacerCoreActor* asset : selectedActors)
{
if (!asset->ReplaceInstancesDataWithDefaultInstanceData(bData, bTransforms, bKeepInstanceTransforms))
{
UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Something went wrong during the default instance set of one of the actors."));
}
}
#endif
when you can just do this
errant raven
This is my brain rn.
errant raven
I've gone 12 hours without smoking, I'm quitting this time 
Granted 8 of that was sleeping, but it still counts nonetheless
cursive crypt
I think quitting sugar is probably harder ๐ค
errant raven
Why would I quit sugar
cursive crypt
Not healthy long term? If you don't care, okay.
And I mean, junk food mostly, not fruits and stuff
For me at least, cigarettes where always easy to ignore, despite trying them few times.
errant raven
You didn't build up the habit or nicotine dependency
dusky shuttle
dusky shuttle
I've gone 12 hours without smoking, I'm quitting this time <:lurkin:131659947544...
I've gone 2 hours, wish me luck
errant raven
I've gone 2 hours, wish me luck
Rookie numbers
You can do amazing things with .ass formatting
indigo scroll
Tim is now coding mostly using AI
since using unreal is very hard and clumsy to work with AI because of blueprints. Whats does this mean
i sometimes think Blueprints can become obsolete (blasphemy ๐จ)
stable gull
next no code game engine is probably just ai writing code, no more connecting wires
cursive crypt
Ride the wave of AI coding or disappear
mild gust
mild gust
soft night
mild gust
Lol hit you AI limit throw more money at it
stable gull
the irritating part was fixing bugs and fun part was coming up with a way to solve something
now 90% of the time it's fixing bugs created by ai
summer cedar
Lol hit you AI limit throw more money at it
If you remember Wing Commander, check out Alliance Peacefighter demo on Steam.
mild gust
echo mulch
the irritating part was fixing bugs and fun part was coming up with a way to sol...
I mean everything has a method. Also, a pro models use versus their free one is hardly a good comparison.
When I had some pro time with cursor it all but twice out of 50 uses either correctly fixed an error or refactored a function properly.
I mean when I'm coding to be fair, I spend lots of time coming up with ways to fix bugs created by features I added.
errant raven
My blood pressure rn
median wraith
why
errant raven
Weather
I just want peak growing conditions for my plants not some bullshit storm 3 times a day
cursive crypt
Must be an art, can't understand a thing.
mild gust
fleet tangle
Didn't they get arrested for that?
mild gust
One would hope
summer cedar
Very nice! The horror house of Ponkkis is under construction. ๐ป
mild gust
Heck yeah
Darkness overwhelming
Thats the next step with my cameras to have them controllable via a monitor.
celest musk
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221796616653373441/1377923069636645045/im...
cool, there are a bunch of gifs with him now ๐
tulip orbit
Anyone familiar with webhosting/domains? I've got my domains registered with godaddy, but the site is hosted on another company, and the webhost is too expensive for me to renew. I can just cancel the webhost plan, then once all the DNS/whatever things sort out, I can use the godaddy dashboard I think it shows a free page thing
talking to the godaddy support, but not sure he's understanding what I'm asking
tulip orbit
its no longer listed as AI, but an east-indian name. He said "their records will no longer propagate and you will not be connected to the website"
celest musk
so you cancelled the webhost already?
tulip orbit
I just cancelled, and its going to be effective on the 25th at the end of term
so once it ends, trying to goto my website will just goto a default parked host or whatever page?
celest musk
i don't know what the issue is here ๐
the webhost might have a default response page if there are still requests from your domain
tulip orbit
I'm just not 100% sure whats going to happen. After the term ends, I go to the godaddy dashboard and set up the "free page" it says it has
?
celest musk
but so should the DNS/Domain host provide you one as fallback (in my experience)
you should be able to setup that free page now?! (no idea if they auto update your DNS entry to point to their own webserver)
also keep in mind that dns changes may take a few hours to propagate
so it won't show up instant
tulip orbit
changing it now/later makes no difference. I doubt I get more than 1 human hit on my site in a year
errant raven
Hehehehehehehehehehe
celest musk
that makes me wanna play around with mixed reality again
that post process + vhs overlay could add some ambience ๐
errant raven
Mixed reality?
mild gust
AR is where its at.
celest musk
Mixed reality?
either with VR and camera pass through or with AR Glasses and overlay
errant raven
The eyephone
I'm actually quitting smoking
Almost on day 2
Tried smoking pipe but it made me sick so I threw that away finally.
Been fighting the urge to vomit for hours
celest musk
or maybe nicotine also dampens it
errant raven
But this time, I'm holding it down. Would hate to waste all that chicken alfredo
errant raven
My room smells awful
Will have to scrub the walls, mob, wash nightstand tomorrow to help get rid of that smoke smell quicker.
celest musk
and all textils...
celest musk
fabrics
errant raven
Gum really helps satiate the cravings
mild gust
Till you get hungry
mild gust
Because your tricking your brain into thinking your eating
mild gust
mild gust
CSI Biami
mild gust
summer cedar
So, Warhammer Rogue Trader now brings the 'familiar' army from Kingmaker with the new expansion. ๐
Eagles and dogs ftw!
errant raven
https://tenor.com/view/monkey-monkey-eating-monky-with-a-tea-tea-orangutan-eatin...
Watching a video on why subnautica is actually scary. Apparently being introduced to the game inside the lifepod with no water around is a bait and switch trap.
Box art/thumbnail and the main menu when launching the game.
It ain't scary, no amount of bitching will ever make an unrealistic ocean be scary or just as scary as the actual ocean
mild gust
errant raven
Still isn't scary
mild gust
You're right needs more demons
and musical fungi, https://x.com/XPHOENIXDRAGON/status/1939461852498465087
X
cursive crypt
A colleague has suddenly passed away. Never take the time with someone for granted ๐ชท
median wraith
A colleague has suddenly passed away. Never take the time with someone for grant...
๐ซ
yeah I lost some coworkers in the last years
also well know people from the community that's gone and nobody knows, but from other mates that told me
hugs to you
proud jay
are you the reason these people disappear?
cause how you say it makes it sound like high numbers
cursive crypt
also well know people from the community that's gone and nobody knows, but from ...
Kinda sad how these net chats connect, but also and disconnect people. RIP to these people you know. ๐
median wraith
cause how you say it makes it sound like high numbers
People is so connected and unconnected this days, that's usually one of the reasons tbh
I didn't even meet some people of the community, but I knew from coworkers and mates
So yeah not related with me
soft night
mild gust
soft night
mild gust
Yoo I wanna make this in UE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXTEecZibA
summer cedar
Just wait until it shoots the wrong people.
But, it's cool. We used AI enhanced turrets and missiles in the recent war.
mild gust
Just wait until it shoots the wrong people.
Soon โข
indigo scroll
what are the most annoying things for you when making a game in unreal?
Im quickly finding out its the damn Save Game feature.
I thought it would be easy
i thought there was a feature like just Save, then just Load, ta da
no you have to save everything in a variable and then load, and respawn characters etc... ๐คฎ
