Haha I feel yeah. I always play normal.
#lounge
austere stream
snow wyvern
hey
This boi needs the basic assistance
Real noob question..
I can apply materials/textures to things by dragging/dropping...
What is the fast way.. of doing that for multiple (if not hundreds) surfaces ?
(also.. am i in the wrong chat ^^; ) .. i dont see a "assistance/help" chat
zinc matrix
@stable loom, You do not have permission to use the talent command.
@stable loom, You do not have permission to use the talent command.
austere stream
@snow wyvern if all your surfaces are the same object, you can double click on your mesh and drag and drop the material to it and it should apply to all.
snow wyvern
Thank you β€οΈ
plucky pagoda
select all the assets in the content browser, right click, select bulk properties matrix
plucky pagoda
Didn't they give a bunch of money towards it last year?
austere stream
I still use 3ds max, but my friend keeps me updated on all the cool features blender updates
austere stream
Yup pretty cool stuff. I'm still debating whether I should switch. Been using 3ds max for 4 years now
plucky pagoda
2.8 is a huge improvement.
It's the first time I've really found it to be useable
It's worth at least trying out.
I bought a few paid add-ons and even with those it's still a lot cheaper than a license for Maya
plus those are one time purchases and so far they've all been updated frequently
Oh, nice. Metronet offers statics for $10/month on fiber plans
austere stream
Yeah im digging how its free still and hope it continues to be free
Subscriptions suck
plucky pagoda
I can't imagine it ever not being free.
The way it's setup there's not much chance of that changing.
austere stream
Thats good!
plucky pagoda
It's open source you could just fork it.
austere stream
I have it installed, just haven't bothered to use it, but I'm certain I'll get around to it.
plucky pagoda
I'd imagine with the users and funding it's gained since 2.8 was released that it will see some significant improvements in the next few years.
austere stream
Thats really exciting, I'm so happy for Blender
I remember when it first came out lmao
Its amazing how much support it got
thorny dock
Wow that's amazing, good for Blender. I do have some concerns since Ubisoft like to try and suck what money they can out of something, but I'm surprised so soon after joining the dev fund that they use their cooperate R&D time to create a collaborative tool and give it away for free
rich quiver
median wraith
I applied many times
bet some day they will give in return the grant * times sent
π€
austere stream
Damn 100mil
fallow finch
Hi Guys ..
is it legal to Make a game similar to another game but have many different ideas and more features ?
austere stream
As long as your not using the same models from that game, I see no issue. There are tons of minecraft clones.
fallow finch
No its different sure
But for example same way as mainmenu
Spawn in room using a interactable pc for widget
austere stream
Your definitely good. I can't imagine copy rights on a main menu idea.
austere stream
For your main menu?
austere stream
Restoration a real life job you simulating?
fallow finch
Same idea as House flipper and Trainstation Revonation
Thats why i asked
If its legal
Because i wont to swim into illegal issues π
austere stream
Lol I do restoration and remodeling in real life, thats funny. I see why, I mean its just a game, nothing more right?
fallow finch
Yes just a game
Can you build a maps for us as its your rl jobπ
You have good ideas for maps 100%
π
austere stream
I think if you are making a game base off a company it'll cause legal issues, but if its base off your own game design document or imagination you should be fine. I always make a gdd before getting too in depth in my projects incase someone is like, hey thats my idea and then I'll be like no, heres my gdd lmao
Lol I am actually modeling a home for fun right now!
Thats awesome your making a restoration simulator xD I would totally play it
I'm driving so reply be late
fallow finch
Yes but im not like copying there whole game 100% π
Like the idea of using the tools and the mainmenu room sure my own models different map hospitals factories houses
Wall paints and multiplayer features
Many different ideas mixed
And i will be happy to send you first copy to check it
Im still missing the idea of maps its will be small maps yeah but need do plan it
uncut otter
Guys
Worst thing ever could happen has happened
Stuck home because this COVID crap, now no power because a storm
This is so borning
light spruce
I'm not sure I'd call that the "worst thing ever"
mossy nexus
shows lack of imagination
light spruce
But I can relate; I've always been a big fan of my power going out for six hours at night right about the time that my amphetamines kick in and it's time to do some shit. But it's dark. And quiet. Except for the ringing in my ears.
uncut otter
Iβm no writer
This is why itβs so boring
I was like going all hung ho on some implementations yoo
Too
Now I can sit and think about it instead haha
light spruce
I prefer yoooooo
uncut otter
Haha on the bright side itβs kinda fun. Gave me game ideas
Lights out: look on the bright side
austere stream
@fallow finch I plan on chilling in voice chat later if you still want to share more. You got me interested in your simulator lol everyone else welcome to chill. I'm sorta social.
50% off sale on UE Marketplace
light spruce
kissing people on the mouth and then throwing up; that's how I live inside of this coffee cup
light spruce
And steam just shit itself.
tulip orbit
it does that
plucky pagoda
After spending some time working in Unity recently I'm more inclined to think UE will get some kind of integrated source control solution at some point not too far off. Unity Teams is just cheap and simple. If I was in the engine business I'd want something like it too and it would go right along with all the collaboration stuff that keeps getting expanded on in UE.
bronze axle
I wouldn't be surprised something like that introduced as part of Epic Online Services.
plucky pagoda
It would go a long way to simplifying working in UE.
bronze axle
Especially given how they recently began "reimagining their vision" for EOS. π€
plucky pagoda
Must of missed that.
bronze axle
It was late last year. They had originally planned to introduce a new vision for EOS at GDC, according to a blog post.
plucky pagoda
ah
bronze axle
Building the foundation has taken more time than anticipated and as a result we are taking down the roadmap ahead of GDC 2020, where we will share definitive plans and will provide an updated vision for the future of Epic Online Services.
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/update-on-epic-online-services
plucky pagoda
It's been 3 maybe 4 years since I did anything in Unity and it's a completely different beast at this point.
light spruce
Are you high? Not having to deal with Perforce? How will anything ever get done?
bronze axle
lol
plucky pagoda
I hate perforce setup and maintenance.
light spruce
That's because it fucking sucks.
plucky pagoda
It's great when it's setup and working, but what a pain to work with
light spruce
Did UE4 ever include support for shelving?
Did I ever include support for not leaving my glasses somewhere when putting on the third shirt of the day?
silent roost
I'm sick of this trash video recording software called Xbox capture, are there any alternatives?
plucky pagoda
From a console? You can link with the PC software and record it there.
silent roost
i mean other than the one built into windows 10 that you can activate by using Windows key+G
plucky pagoda
Oh, OBS
broken sigil
nvidia Geforce experience if you have an Nvidia GPU and OBS is also pretty good
plucky pagoda
Yeah definitely use the Nvidia encoding.
silent roost
can the GeForce do everything that the Xbox capture can? i have a 1650 and have used GeForce a very small amount, only a few times.
broken sigil
it has instant replay and recording, you can have the instant replay record the last 45 seconds or whatever you set it to (like it's recording constantly but only saving the last 45 seconds if you tell it to)
It can also stream I think but I never used it for that
silent roost
ok, thanks.
also, how is an RTX 2060 with UE? is it overkill?
north torrent
Nothing in the 60 series is ever overkill.
mint onyx
The official name for GPU Lightmass in 4.26 is Lightmass 2.0
it requires DirectX ray tracing. Since at this point AMD hasn't rolled out cards that supports DXR, it effectively means RTX only
We are expecting when AMD eventually has ray tracing support, their cards will be supported automatically
light spruce
I would really like for AMD to put out some solid cards. I definitely don't want to buy another nvidia card at this point.
bronze axle
@mint onyx Very interesting. I'm guessing the RDNA 2 cards expected later this might support ray tracing.
light spruce
an IBM 4978 keyboard weighs 6.5kilos... I cannot imagine having ever used a keyboard that heavy.
plucky pagoda
I still have one of these
light spruce
I never used any of the Atari computers aside from the 800
Did you play Deja Vu on it?
plucky pagoda
probably
light spruce
I can tell you that it was incredibly shit on the NES because that lack of a mouse was basically a complete nightmare. The Mac version of it had multiple windows in it, as I recall
(I know a lot of dumb, useless shit)
pallid comet
light spruce
every time ue autosaves while I'm in the middle of naming something, I want to punch someone in the throat so hard that their ancestors' ghosts die.
pearl elk
I love when it autosaves files Im about to delete
zinc matrix
Gg
zinc matrix
Mao and maochan
north torrent
No.
zinc matrix
Maosan and maokwan
north torrent
This is why everyone hates you...
zinc matrix
Oh wait i know
Britney spears
This is why everyone hates you...
Indeed but i try to change
And be better
pearl elk
Its generic bob and generic jill
rare sparrow
So here's the ForEachLoop. Wouldn't it be more performant to save the array length as a local int? Since it's calling the length node every loop, but the length never changes (unless you're editing the array inside the loop which it explicitly warns not to do)
light spruce
Joanna Dark from Perfect Dark Remastered and Connor from Detroit Become Human
what do I win?
north torrent
The actual answer is that it is literally every videogame character ever...
light spruce
so then I was technically correct (the best kind of correct)
north torrent
Yes, you were sort of correct.
Can you find a videogame character that doesn't look like that though?
light spruce
That black guy from Gears of War whose name I don't know because I have never played a Gears of War game
north torrent
Doesn't count then.
rare sparrow
rare sparrow
Also, I hate looking at the standard macros. They're spaghetti even though they're pretty small. None of them use reroute nodes as I imagine they were made before those were a thing and have never been touched since.
north torrent
I would look at it, but it is a Twitter link, and I don't touch anything Twitter.
rare sparrow
It's just a simple way to avoid using local variables really.
Useful if you only need to store a variable for performance reasons or something
rare sparrow
Yeah, but here you can just use this node rather than creating a local variable, naming that variable and then setting it
alpine fern
right click the output pin and go "promote to local variable" and it'll hook up a set node and focus the text field to name it
rare sparrow
It makes more sense in context of the post it's replying to https://twitter.com/joewintergreen/status/1168357655452106753
Plus, you can use it in macros
alpine fern
this is not true
the blueprint compiler will reuse pure input chains if it can
you can dump the generated vm instructions if you doubt
this is also not true in most cases
what's tricky are for each nodes
because that just passes through your array input
and it considers each iteration of the loop a new execution chain
so if you hook up a pure node chain to construct an array, that will be executed for each entry
rare sparrow
I tried cleaning up the for each loop macro while making a few improvements
alpine fern
you should inline "cache array" into this graph and add a clear at the end
otherwise, if you put this into the event graph, due to "persistent ubergraph frame" feature, you are leaving a full array around in memory for no reason whenever you use this
rare sparrow
Could also remove the cache array entirely. It just solves the issue you mentioned about constructing an array being executed every time if that's the input
alpine fern
yeah. keep in mind if you don't connect a chain of pure nodes (i.e. connect a variable pin, or the output of an impure node) then this will introduce an unnecessary deep copy and actually make things worse
this can be fairly expensive (consider an array of structs that contain multiple strings)
rare sparrow
You mean like this? Or would just not adding it be a better option?
alpine fern
yeah like this
I would call this "for each with cache" or something and use it only when the input is pure
even better would be, to not make the copy or evaluate it multiple times, but you can't achieve this with blueprints alone (or a custom node for that matter, it would need changes to the compiler, I think?)
rare sparrow
What about the cache value for the array length? Would that be better to inline too?
It wouldn't take up any extra space really which is the only reason I thought to use it in the first place
alpine fern
makes no difference in this case
the reason to inline the cache array is so you can clear it (I wasn't sure if connecting the clear to the output of that would actually produce something sensible or make another temporary)
probably would have worked fine without inlining it tbh
light spruce
sounds like a classic case of "make sure you're actually smarter than the compiler"
pearl elk
Dont make the compiler work too hard
rare sparrow
Well, I just tested it and caching the array length is faster
zinc matrix
without coffee? nice
sage tendon
Whats next? Spoon to adjust render outputs or something?
pearl elk
Epic should release Blender for Mixer π
zinc matrix
im looking for a monitor which can change the brightness (nits) on per pixel basis
north torrent
The just go to Google and copy and paste.
analog bone
Is there a way to set image to native size in unreal widget?
When I import the logo it gets all stretched, yeah I can eyeball it to be about the size
But I does seem bit impractical
zinc matrix
dusky shuttle
Twitter
light spruce
Caution: β¨οΈ β
orchid mirage
dusky shuttle
You mean server?
dusky shuttle
A server contains many channels. For instance #events is a channel on this unreal server
mossy nexus
You could have got it directly from their site https://quixel.com/ scroll down to the bottom for all the links.
gilded lichen
Found it, tyhanks you
thorny dock
Can't wait to claim that sweet sweet $5-$12 just for accidently having a google plus account from 2015-2019
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-plus-class-action-settlement-how-to-claim-cash-payment-2020-8
warm flint
light spruce
nothing is safe
dim ruin
Oh crap! Is defcon going on right now?
been so caught up with other stuff, I completely forgot about that
You see some pretty wild stuff at those talks lol. I remember one a few years back where these guys figured out how to hack raw satellite signals and piggyback their own network within some GPS device manufacturer's signals. Was pretty awesome
light spruce
there was a recent article on ars about the hilariously shit security of satellite internet used for ships and planes
dim ruin
pretty much. its all about decoding the wave pulses. decoding isn't even the right word for it
light spruce
demodulating, probably would be
dim ruin
don't get me wrong. this ain't some shit just anyone will be able to do. Its incredibly complex but there's little to protect the signal
all they can do is encrypt their own payloads. was really neat though. Noone else had ever done it at the time
light spruce
The cost for the gear is an astounding three hundred (300) dollars
guy managed to discover that the connection used for in-flight customer internet is the same that they use for electronic flight bag stuff
dim ruin
lol wow
light spruce
The one I really liked was "The interception of communications from an Egyptian oil tanker reporting a malfunctioning alternator as the vessel entered a port in Tunisia. Not only did the transmission allow Pavur to know the ship would be out of commission for a month or more, he also obtained the name and passport number of the engineer set to fix the problem."
dim ruin
That's crazy
light spruce
I have at least two dishes with multiple LNBs, so all I'd need is the PCIe card and the desire to spend my time on it
dim ruin
You learn so scary realities at those conferences. I always tell people the only "safe" is offline in a faraday room with no windows and biometric access lol
dim ruin
Found something fun from one a few years ago. One of my kids skylander toys for his wii can write to smart chips lol
The little platform that you set the characters on.
Reads and writes
light spruce
do you mean stuff like the satellite tv decoder cards or did you mean RFID?
dim ruin
Rfid
light spruce
I was going to say... I couldn't figure out why anything would need to be able to write to the other stuff
because they use those kinds of things for credit cards, the satellite auth cards, SIMs
I don't know what all formats of RFID stuff my phone will handle. I know it could pull a rolling code off of my passport
And it would also keep trying to read the table at Panera Bread
dim ruin
always thought its insane that theres no protection for credit/debit chips
light spruce
though it seems my custom rom broke NFC. Again.
dim ruin
lol
light spruce
I was actually going to fix that, but apparently I broke magisk at some point and don't have root. THANKS FOR SENDING ME DOWN A RABBIT HOLE, RANDOM PERSON
sometimes I wish I had gotten into some hacktivism type shit
dim ruin
I've stayed away from it all. Probably best
light spruce
Yeah. Probably.
I may or may not have been part of an attempt to exploit Code Red to notify administrators that their systems had been compromised.
I'm pretty good at finding ways to break random shit, especially in video games... not so much in a way that is particularly "useful" though
fathom wadi
I beg to differ. breaking stuff in games often helps. Ask any QA person.
north torrent
I broke my nose once.
light spruce
Assuming someone is competent enough to write up steps for a repro... and then assuming someone in QA can repro it and write it up.... then maybe you'll be lucky to see it hit some kind of bug tracking with a milestone of "heat death of the universe"
light spruce
It's okay; the US will firmly be in failed state status in less than that
rich quiver
Epic Games will have 45 days to sell there 40% assests from Tencent or will be penalize for it
plucky pagoda
Business depends on perceived stability. The US has blown that out the window this year and last.
light spruce
every day here is pretty much soul-crushing depression at this point
plucky pagoda
I can't see the order having much effect on Epic even if it is somehow upheld.
Funny he sites in the order the same censorship that almost all companies do for China.
light spruce
anything that affects actual US companies would be held up in court for all eternity anyway
plucky pagoda
I don't think it will effect Epic in any way.
light spruce
just dumbshit distraction posturing
broken sigil
still blows me away how that orange clown managed to get selected for president
north torrent
This whole 'executive order' thing in general has to stop. It creates a long term fundamental problem with international affairs and the very ability for other nations to even trust a democratic system.
It is far more disappointing to me, Mr. Man, than nobody had the balls to stop it.
The inaction of people in 2016 gave the US what it has today, and they got what they deserve.
tulip orbit
I think he's a perfect representation of the american peoples. π
light spruce
No one deserved this shit. And it's a lot more than "inaction"
north torrent
But lets take any one person out of the equation and just look at international affairs and how different countries conduct business and alliances with each other.
Why would anyone make a deal or an alliance with a nation that could four year later just replace that guy you made a deal with and then give the next guy the power to betray you on a whim.
The idea the the president can just unilaterally make a big decision involving trade wars or pulling troops out of a war zone or anything that affects the allies or adversaries of a nation is in and of itself destabilizing to the idea of democracy on the world stage. If I am a foreign nation and I am going to make some sort of treaty with your nation, if I am giving up land or sending my millitary in to help you or giving you certain trade privileges, then I would want some sort of... I don't know... system of checks and balances... to guarantee to me that in 4 years the next guy isn't going to just 'executive order' away all the deals we just made and leave me with nothing from the deal...
Sounds like something someone who has never been to the United States would say, Mr. Interitus.
tulip orbit
been there. wasnt impressed.
north torrent
This is why things like this were written into the constitution as part of the job of Congress. That there must be a vote on it by both houses of Congress, which means lots of discussion and a meeting between 100s of people to decide of what is best.
The idea of executive orders just buypassing checks and balances to just break from international alliances and deals on a whim is dangerous.
plucky pagoda
I've been convinced for a while the US is in trouble as a democracy. It's fundamentally broken and any fix would take constitutional amendments which are not possible to achieve.
rich quiver
also Unity will be affected by this
both of the biggest game engines will be affected by this order
north torrent
I think the US could be fixed with some very simple solutions. It has a lot of problems right now, but I can't see a single one of them that couldn't be fixed with a very easy law change.
plucky pagoda
what change is that?
light spruce
we can't even keep cops from murdering black people or get the government to stop millions of people becoming homeless... so "easy law change" is a pretty hilarious concept
plucky pagoda
How do you fix the way the electoral college undermines the will of the people without some sort of constitutional amendment?
or the way the Senate also does the same thing.
north torrent
-
Pass a campaign finance reform bill that stops lobbyists, stops corporation campaign contributions, makes campaign finance transparent, and makes all interns in the government paid inters. Wouldn't take more than 3 or 4 pages of paper to draft it up.
-
Go back to the pre-Ronald Reagan laws that banned Corporation Stock Buybacks. This wouldn't even require a new law to be written, just to get rid of Ronald Reagan's changes.
Right there 60% of the problems in the US are fixed.
plucky pagoda
I don't agree.
north torrent
And then like I was saying before, executive orders are sort of against the constitution, so we could get rid of those.
plucky pagoda
I mean I think both would be good things
rich quiver
fuck the Jones act
plucky pagoda
Laws are only as strong as the will to enforce them.
north torrent
Death penalty to politicians that take money from corporations. Boom, fixed the nation in one sentence.
rich quiver
poor education
north torrent
I guess while we are at it we should make a law that all bills voted on in Congress have to be less that 5 pages long, can only include things directly relevant to that bill, and have to be made public for everyone to read online at least a week before any vote.
plucky pagoda
ugh
rich quiver
where i live the constitution is 11 pages
north torrent
And then something needs to be changed about the ability of the Senate Majority Leader having almost infinite power to not let anything even get a vote. But once again, that is a very simple change.
bronze axle
5 pages seems like an arbitrary number.
And those proposals are only simple on paper, not in reality.
plucky pagoda
It sounds good in a news clip or ad
bronze axle
Yeah. Nice sound byte.
north torrent
The goal is simply to avoid there 400 page long bills that not even the Senators themselves read (with like 5 exceptions) that are filled with all sorts of irrelevant stuff and trying to sneak money to other things.
plucky pagoda
More openness and a mandatory period for public review.
north torrent
Like when you have an education funding bill, and the Senators make it 326 pages long and hidden on page 271 it says, $16,000,000 to buy more tanks from my private contractor buddies.
pearl elk
Crazy so the US is gonna fight commie dictators by becoming commie dictators?
All because China does the free market capitalism better than them, school yard shit tbh
I have little sympathy though, I mean it sucks for the people but the US as a country should know what it feels like to be on the receiving end. Australias had to put up with a similar thing from both China and the US, the US coming in buying everything up, we cant even have a world famous actor without them being pinched by the US.
Im glad you took Murdoch though, dont want him back but its funny how his empire started with his dad and fighting against communism. Now look at em, propaganda machine that even the Nazis would be proud of
light spruce
Alternatively: I'm playing Noita and I don't have any idea what the fuck
okay, I just crashed it.. so I guess I do know what the fuck
pearl elk
pearl elk
Its only over for a few months until the next president undoes everything Trump did π
fallow finch
Hello guys can i use " Simulator " Word after the game name Please im still afraid if this name belong to a company or cant use it without agreements
plucky pagoda
It's a common word. You're usually safe. There's some rare and weird exceptions.
pearl elk
Depends on what the words preceding it are, as long as its not an existing game name
For eg, Flight Simulator
plucky pagoda
light spruce
Buttass Simulator 2035
pearl elk
Pimpulator
fallow finch
No not buttass simulator
Its Dickulator
No sorry joking
Its Restoration Simulator called
light spruce
I just discovered that I can eat blood in this game. 10/10
fallow finch
@plucky pagoda cool thanks because really was afraid from illegal things
@light spruce what game was that
plucky pagoda
With titles it's usually trademarks you have to watch out for.
light spruce
... and then I got food poisoning and puked everywhere
fallow finch
Yes thats why i wrote it in google
light spruce
I'm playing Noita
fallow finch
oh idk this game
I wrote the name in google many times
I said maybe first time google cant recognize it π 
fallow finch
Ok cool thanks for info
light spruce
this game is just... total insanity. I threw a wriggling egg that hatched a worm that I had to kill. And now I can see in the dark because I drank its blood. But I drank too much, so now I move slow because my stomach's full. And I basically have a full-auto wand with bouncing projectiles
what in the fuck am I playing?
north torrent
Are you high right now?
light spruce
i'm never high
pearl elk
Thats why you dont understand whats going on
light spruce
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the people that made this thing were high as fuck
placid thistle
sounds like Trump's sh!t covers transactions related to WeChat only, nothing else..
so Epic + Tencent should be fine
zinc matrix
dang
foggy path
this makes me wonder what the hell is EGL doing...
I have Chrome open with 67 tabs and it's using less CPU
I have a suspicion it might be rendering itself on the CPU or some other insanity..
because similar to what I found before, it does still fix itself to basically 0% if you just use the Minimize button. You have to explicitly minimize it. Otherwise it'll sit in the background and churn away
even fucking UE4Editor.exe uses 0.4% CPU when it's idling
jeez
:D
and this is while it's visible on screen
oh my god
I just realized what it's doing
it's MAXING OUT one of my cores
what the fuck really
:D
placid thistle
pumping your data to 10cent or directly to CCP @foggy path
foggy path
how do I contact someone at epic to report this
I mean surely they are aware of this... right?
I mean... somehow I feel like they are not actually aware of this... because this has been going for months
placid thistle
I always close Launcher since I use source builds (but sneaky Epic launches the Launcher as soon as I open source build!)
foggy path
yeah I mean as long as you remember to press the minimize button instead of alt tabbing or something it's fine
light spruce
it's only incredibly embarrassing.
placid thistle
I am surprised there is no response from Epic about this Tencent ban BS
proven thorn
@placid thistle White House has already said it doesn't impact companies that do business with Tencent Holdings if WeChat is not involved.
placid thistle
it all can change after lunch! π
proven thorn
Also true. But for now, they're safe.
fathom wadi
@placid thistle if you track the data flow coming from UE products, its constant almost. My tests, at least, showed it was almost a permanent stream of data. Could have been a UDP connection but I doubt it for non-game services. It's likely that it literally tracks as you go and updates when it can. Its probably just standard telemetry for app information, but you know.... it's still intrusive.
placid thistle
I was just messing around @fathom wadi π
fathom wadi
its worth noting though, it's worse than Yahoo for tracking, and that is a bad site for it :p
plucky pagoda
Too many people over estimate the power of a minority stakeholder, no matter how large the stake is it's still not a controlling interest.
pearl elk
Who here trusts the White House?
placid thistle
crickets (I hope)
twilit escarp
Obama
sharp wolf
wow. there is some extreme american hate on this thread. :/
Last night i saw it and now i pop over and see the white house being nuked.
i would say the American govt is just as trustworthy as any other. they all have their own agendas
zinc matrix
cope
plucky pagoda
fluid bloom
cycled 55 km yesterday and again the same trip today
my ass hurst now and I get why cyclists use ass paddings
carmine frigate
and electric bikes
vocal pilot
Yo, anyone got some advice for someone just starting to learn level design stuff?
fluid bloom
electric bicycles are okay for commuting I suppose
carmine frigate
yea, learn what an enviroment artis is, so u can point at him and say: thats his job
fluid bloom
but my reasons for cycling everywhere are that then I can drink more beer without getting fat
so an electric motor would be counter productive regarding that π
vocal pilot
Some days normal bike, some days electric bike
so you can still get some exercise with the bike but can also take it easy
carmine frigate
55km is quite a distance
carmine frigate
if i bike 55km im gunna bring my beers along so that wouldnt help π
tulip orbit
I prefer my gas-powered bike
zinc matrix
fathom wadi
https://makeanything.autodesk.com/3dsmax-indie cheep cheep
carmine frigate
@fathom wadi that site looks like a 90s scammer website π
fathom wadi
yeah it's Autodesk. Same thing
carmine frigate
like i mean they paid a highschool student 5 bucks to make that? π
fathom wadi
they did. It didn't even like my adblocks. Had to turn both of them off
thin storm
does not look offical
carmine frigate
ow, mayB my adblock is blocking half the site
scammers these days usually take more pride in their webdesign tho π
north torrent
I'm not putting any more time into Autodesk projects. I can't trust that they aren't going to jack up prices again.
fathom wadi
No need with Blender if you ask me. Im sure some studios will disagree, and im fine with their reasoning. But if there is a free option that does the job, why not?
if 3ds and maya were free, I wouldn't switch back now. I'd just use 3ds for opening .max files and dumping out the fbx
carmine frigate
i tried that for like 20 min, not sure if i like it, but it has manny build in
i think blender is gettin used by bigger studio due to phyton scripting
zinc matrix
konkki β€οΈ
light spruce
also, as someone who learned 3d stuff back in max ... it fucking sucks anyway
light spruce
TONY YAYO
fallow finch
Before i have the game ? π
No im kidding but its still WIP
Im aiming to sell just 100k Copies nothing more π¦
fallow finch
Ponkkis how its going
In marketplace free for month asset is it allowed for commericial usage?
fresh heath
@fallow finch Yes
fallow finch
I have like ton of them but afraid to use them π
Before megascans was free released i was adding the free assets to library
fresh heath
Don't be afraid, that's why they exist at all
fresh heath
My ideas are starting to solidify into a vision, but my skills need to be developed further to implement it
I'm so close
If only I could work with an actual artist
Sadly people don't stay with you for long if you don't pay them salary, even if you offer them revenue share
And I'm not rich enough to hire anyone
So I'm learning to do art for my first game myself
On top of programming, game design, writing, level design...
At least I have some Half-Life 2 modding exprience and know C++
light spruce
YOLOFUCKIT just making text-based games
@light spruce
that's what we in the business called "creative problem solving"
fickle oriole
So uh, did discord remove reactions or something?
quiet narwhal
you can't react to someone if they have you blocked tho
fickle oriole
I joined a tech support server, it says i need to react to the message to verify. but i just can't figure it out
fickle oriole
Maybe i'm just dumb as one
light spruce
fucking robots thinking they're people
fickle oriole
Help me, resistance is futile!
light spruce
You will be ass immolated
fickle oriole
Ok, here's a captcha for you, prove to me you're not one of us by reacting to this message so the ass modulation can commence
Rob, you genius you've done it!
light spruce
Rob was just the precursor to a lot of shitty video game peripherals
I'm scrolling through the sale content and I just want to say "Beefy Water Hole"
tulip orbit
I'm bored AF
frigid rain
Afternoon, all. Where would I ask a question about how c++ code is generated by node interactions?
There are like 3 or 4 rooms this could qualify for
frigid rain
I'll try that, thanks
novel hatch
Hello, I've been stuck on a decision for a bit now and I wanted to get the opinions of some other game developers to try and help me find the correct device to work with
I really enjoy game development, my main skill is in 3D modeling. I'm looking for a laptop / tablet that would be very suitable for this branch of development. I've been looking for one that can 3D model and be used as a drawing tablet to texture as well. The Samsung S7+ tablet looks very nice, my favourite art program (Krita) has a mobile version and I really love the hand drawn anime style for texturing, though the issue with the S7+ tablet is that it's an android device and I won't be able to use blender on it...
My second idea was one of the newer surface pro's, currently I have a surface pro 4 and it's been ok... theres not really any art programs that really support the surface pen, not to mention the pro's only have intel integrated graphics which works well on my pro 4, but theres still some lag and jitter on screen. The main issue with the surfaces now is they are so expensive, I understand they are basically premium work station devices but it's just too much money.
My brother has a surface book and it seems to me like that would be an amazing option, it can run games on max graphics (though the fans are quite fast doing that), Though the same issues apply where the support for the surface pen is lacking and the price is just way to much for me rn
Is there any device that you may recommend to me? (sorry this message is quite long, thank you for your time if you read it)
fallow finch
Np
foggy path
well that was quite fun, managed to make a fairly decent game in a week for a jam with a friend lol
it's in #released in case anyone's curious at what sort of garbage I make
light spruce
Game idea: A flip of Katamari Damacy. You're actually the random trash trying not to be stuck to a giant ball
"Now is a good time to explore." Explore what, fortune cookie? EXPLORE WHAT?
north torrent
HP Spectre 15 inch @novel hatch
That's going to become my travel computer pretty soon. I still recommend a desktop computer for game art whenever possible, and something like a Wacom Intuos. But that's a bit much to try to pull out of my luggage and use at an airport or whatever.
The Lenovo Yoga line also has some good options, but I decided with the Spectre.
The one with the GTX 1650 if you want to do Unreal.
novel hatch
for sure looks nice, but a bit over my budget rn
north torrent
And you want to do Unreal?
You probably aren't going to find something that is
- a laptop
- has a pen supported touch screen
- has a dedicated graphics card
while still being affordable. @novel hatch
novel hatch
well no not necessarily unreal
I'm still quite undecided on the engine I'm thinking of using
north torrent
Zbrush for example is all about your CPU and your RAM and it doesn't matter if you have a dedicated GPU.
novel hatch
I'm stuck between UE4, Unity, or Godot
I also like doing more anime / stylized things, hand drawn textures
north torrent
So if you plan on mostly drawing and doing Zbrush or another CPU heavy program, then you can save a lot of money by going with an option without a dedicated Graphics Card.
novel hatch
the cartoonish look basically
north torrent
But no graphics card and you are going to severely limit yourself for game development (as opposed to making assets for games) and playing games.
You could also look into a laptop with a thunderbolt port and later add on an external GPU when you have more money.
novel hatch
true
north torrent
Though that option is considerably more expensive for less performance than just using a desktop...
Or just buying a laptop with a gpu... but most laptops with a gaming gpu aren't going to have a pen supporting touch screen to draw on.
light spruce
drawing on your screen means your hand's in the way all the time
north torrent
I certainly don't want to be drawing on the screen when I am in my office, Mr. 451.
But when I have to travel, which was a lot before Corona... not as much anymore... it is too much stuff to carry and wires to hook up to set up my Wacom Intuos and my laptop on an airplane or whatever.
For me it is just a travel thing, not how I do the bulk of my work. I like my 21:9 monitor and my full keyboard and desk...
light spruce
I use a 65% keyboard now too
north torrent
Sitting at a real desk with a real keyboard is one of the most important things for me... in life... not just in game design...
light spruce
It's a real keyboard. It just doesn't have a bunch of buttons that I don't use on it
north torrent
You just gave the definition of a not real keyboard...
light spruce
I don't need dedicated F-keys. I never use pgup/pgdn/end/insert... sometimes use home (but all that stuff is mapped to a function layer on arrow keys at this point)
north torrent
Yes.
zinc matrix
with e-ink display
light spruce
you're an e-ink display
light spruce
Every time I try that, I just see some stupid asshole; maybe I'm doing it wrong
pearl elk
Maybe try looking out of your other eyes not the big brown one π
north torrent
Are school shootings funny to you?
fathom wadi
comedy is subjective
north torrent
But laughing at certain subjects does objectively make you a bad person.
fathom wadi
no it doesn't really. I laugh at tragedy because if I didn't, I would spiral into depression over-thinking it, so as a self-defence mechanism for my own liberal bleeding heart and empathic nature, I defend my fragile mind with humour
it might be inappropriate at times, I concur. But that's where subjectivity comes into play. I might be inappropriate amongst people who are fine with the humour. But there could be one stuck up person who has to make issue of it. You never know, but you should never censor yourself for other's potential offense. That would be stupidity
light spruce
"always" and "never" are poor choices to use in most cases
north torrent
I will keep my right to judge people, I don't plan on giving it up anytime soon.
fathom wadi
I judge you all as idolators and you must be punished under the laws of Jehovah himself
north torrent
I don't have a contract with Jehovah to smite people.
fathom wadi
I just called Fortnite players who complain about Epic, "children" and someone said "what other game offers a 30m prize?", as if to say fortnite isn't for kids because of it. So I'm like "Dota2". The end.
north torrent
But it people get offended because I call out their morals, that says more about their need for validation than it does about me. My opinions are easily ignorable.
fathom wadi
all opinions are ignorable. Most of mine are ignored. Like World Peace, fair trade, a return to classic capitalism over neo-capitalism, etc. Not great opinions I know. Kind of naive.
north torrent
Yup, 99.9% of people just ignore me. So if someone gets offended because I have an opinion on something that's on them.
junior meteor
Am I tripping or this really looks f nice? I need to know...
north torrent
No idea what I'm looking at.
junior meteor
OG online... @fathom wadi @north torrent Morning
zinc matrix
junior meteor
I spent 24 hours researching volumetrics...
fathom wadi
I remember a job where my role was Technical Director. So there I am, making sure the best use cases of all the game tech is in place, but everytime I was asked a question, I gave answers and they were ignored almost every time. It got to the point I didn't want the job title because it was hypocritical. I mean, why employ someone for expertise, then ignore that expertise. That really gets my back up
@junior meteor morning
junior meteor
people dont want to hear the truth..
fathom wadi
sometimes the truth is a hard pill to swallow. I guess so in dev but when you make a choice to employ someone who knows more than you, and then ignore them, it seems like a moot position to me
Could be worse. Could be a factory line jockey at a AAA studio, grinding for "the honour" to say you worked at Blizzard or something :d
junior meteor
if profit - business successthe reason
or ego
whatever is just for progress of human species
fathom wadi
I think in this case it was more laziness. I offered technical solutions, but corners being cut was the priority. So when the right thing wasn't right enough, the wrong thing was put in place.
It all came around later on when those decisions became apparent that they were the right ones. Go me... super dev.
fakes confidence for a while
the UK always gets the strangest trends on twitter
junior meteor
attention costs a lot these days
pearl elk
You get 30 seconds, no more, no less... either that or 280 characters
zinc matrix
Are school shootings funny to you?
no i laughed at the tourette part
but i dont find bad events funny
the picture wass great too tbh
alpine fern
β©
pearl elk
That shader is very important
gilded lichen
Help me, please.
How to make Quixel Bridge work with UE?
I have export button inactive=
sage tendon
Are school shootings funny to you?
@north torrent
There is a form of dark humor that can be hilarious but its a fine line between comedy and throwing salt in open wounds
Depending on the receiver, you either get a lauph or a punch in the face
I guess its depending on the life experience of the receiver tho
north torrent
Well, you should scroll up and look at the meme and decide for yourself if it is some sort of 'sophisticated dark humor that takes a certain subtle touch to pull off' or if it is just a dumb meme...
sage tendon
I.e., several years I had a not so good social circle.
One guy said: Im gonna quit all the drugs!
My joking response: Only to continue early in the morning!
He found it funny.
Some weeks later, another guy said it and I had the same response. It was his trigger for a very heated discussion
Finding something funny or not depends entirely on the timing. If the mood is bad and even if the joke lands, there wont be a lauph
foggy path
@zinc matrix thanks, it did turn out much better than we expected lol
orchid pawn
Hello everyone, seems I'm new here heheh π
Nice to meet you all
broken sigil
tulip loom
@north torrent , I personally find that we should be free to joke about avoidable tragedies after they have past, especially shooters. Why? Here's the thing: What school/market/crowd shooters want for the most part, is clout. And that is exactly what the media is giving them by saying their name and reading their manifesto live on air, inspiring more copycats. We need to change our tone toward refusing to speak the name of perpetrators directly after the events, and talking about the victims rather. And laughing about tragedies after the fact shows an ability to "let it go" and pass over events, removing even more power from people who are considering the acts, rather than empowering them with tools of fear.
tulip orbit
I like my humour like my coffee, dark black π
north torrent
And everyone misses the point that the meme I was responding to was just childish garbage and a meme with no depth, no deeper insight, no meaning, just a super shallow childish meme.
It wasn't dark humor, it was a meme...
north torrent
That's why they used to call me bacon.
tulip orbit
fatty and overcooked?
north torrent
Salty... like you just said...
tulip orbit
π
north torrent
I know trying to remember something you said 30 seconds ago is hard, but I have faith in you Mr. Interitus, you can do it.
tulip orbit
its so haaarrrd tho... <_>
north torrent
I learned about eyebrows today.
orchid pawn
So...whats the theme of the conversation today π
tulip orbit
chaos
broken sigil
^
north torrent
Probably Mr. Floss' 401k or something like that...
orchid pawn
Ah nice
tulip orbit
I've had my project open all week, and I've gotten nothing done in it π¦
orchid pawn
I have some concept art of a game project that I'm working on, will the "work-in-progress" be ok to post there?
north torrent
I drew an eyebrow. Should I draw a second?
tulip orbit
only one is needed
north torrent
How many eyebrows do you have Mr. Sodor?
tulip orbit
@orchid pawn WIP stuff can be posted in #work-in-progress π
fathom wadi
I only fetched the 223 changes between 4.25.1 and 4.25.3 π¦
orchid pawn
I have two portuguese eyebrows my dear friend since I'm portuguese π
zinc matrix
im sorry if i hurted ur feelingss
Mao Chan
the meme seemed funny and non-hurting
at least to the majority
north torrent
It isn't that it offends me, just letting you know that your joke was stupid.
zinc matrix
it was not my joke
north torrent
If you are going to share memes make them good memes.
Maybe if you learn to be funny you can meet some women.
zinc matrix
cant make games outside the basement
tulip orbit
or funny looking
If I stare at my project long enough, I might come up with an idea of what to work on <_>
zinc matrix
bro interit
i know what i want to make
but dont know how
here what i have https://i.imgur.com/J4jYqZE.png
its ultra confusing
tulip orbit
add lots of dancing hamsters and badgers to it
tulip orbit
tulip orbit
@zinc matrix cause you're too young to get the reference, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGlyFc79BUE
zinc matrix
am older than dust
fathom wadi
weebl and bob was the shit at the time for memes
zinc matrix
buy gaming laptop
can leave basement and meet people while make game
provided there's an outlet outside the basement though
what if they beat me and rob
then steal game from laptop
and make milions on it
tulip orbit
not a worry with your game π
zinc matrix
nah man
this is perfect framework
that am slowly changing
into gold bringing machine
you know i often write in notepad, to myself, its easier then for me to know what i need to do first in order to finish very big complex task
like this https://i.imgur.com/6qYen7W.png
writing to myself hehe
north torrent
Making games at home is best. Just take a break every once in a while and go participate in some sort of activity. Maybe once a week.
zinc matrix
put game in cloud?
i kind of wish i were programming but it's also frustrating at the same time. not just for games too
north torrent
I don't think I have even in my life wished I was programming...
zinc matrix
im beyond bored
tulip orbit
eat some drywall
zinc matrix
uh
broken sigil
I don't think I have even in my life wished I was programming...
@north torrent
Depends from person to person, I first started with art and moved to programming because I find it more fun
north torrent
Without artists I honestly don't see the point in even having videogames.
north torrent
You mean finding code on Google and copy and pasting it?
zinc matrix
I find the best practices part quite annoying
If I could write shit code like someone who's only just learned Python I'd find programming much less stressful
Unfortunately I have to try and do everything properly like handle errors properly
Like with Golang, and so much more of everything else too in the language and others
tulip orbit
thats part of the reason I use blueprints π
zinc matrix
well i could only use blueprints and visual scripting in game engines
so my usefulness will still be very limited
performance is also subpar and some features (like file operations) require C++ knowledge
tulip orbit
I touch on c++ now and then, but not very often
north torrent
If it isn't in a game engine why even bother?
zinc matrix
it's nice, yes, but if i want to spend time learning something i want it to be useful beyond just game engines too
You mean finding code on Google and copy and pasting it?
imagine being this enviousss
of someones game
clear sparrow
You mean finding code on Google and copy and pasting it?
Perfectly fine for someone, especially someone who's learning, to copy+paste code snippets.
If it isn't in a game engine why even bother?
Because c++ software devs make much more money than game devs on average
Overall no need to be a douche to these people that are simply enjoying themselves and their hobby
zinc matrix
he jelly
cause
mmo too hard for him lmfaooooo
but lets keep the discussion civilized
nah man im chill
internet words cant hurt me
i need
to make struct
but idk exactly
whatsmyplan
mossy nexus
The world has a limited number of sentences. You seemed determined to use them all up quickly.
zinc matrix
Because c++ software devs make much more money than game devs on average
@clear sparrow not to mention someone i envy on reddit makes a ton of money in IT and giving adult entertainment and can code in c++
but c++ is quite annoying to me at least because of this best practices stuff
best be a JS script kiddie and create shit programs. too bad i'm not as much a fan of the letter "J" even though it's officially called ECMAScript and JS has already had a terrible reputation for legit reasons
clear sparrow
JS doesn't have a terrible reputation, it's one of the most popular languages out there for good reason
A lot of the cutting edge tech across the world has essential js components
And yes, c++ is more annoying because it's inherently more strict, whereas in learning JS you can make mistakes in some ways and it still just works
zinc matrix
zinc matrix
JS doesn't have a terrible reputation, it's one of the most popular languages out there for good reason
@clear sparrow it's terrible for technical reasons. it's also quite a high level language so i do feel some of its use cases may be limited. i'd still rather use python because the syntax is obviously friendlier but it's not got the same sort of criticism javascript has (probably because syntax in js is less consistent than in other languages?)
i do feel like though JS has been forced because of the web and as a result of many companies with an online presence
clear sparrow
No language ever gets popular because it's forced; it gets popular because it's useful and preferred
I prefer python in a lot of cases too, but they're both awesome imo
Although I have done backend JS professionally where as I haven't done Python professionally, so I may be biased π use both recreationally Β Β―_(γ)_/Β―
light spruce
I think you could certainly make an argument on forced with regards to "de-facto standards"
foggy path
I remember someone here mentioned that Github Desktop is bad... forget who it was
I finally ran into a scenario where it just did something so confusing that I had to install git and verify using the command line tools what it had done so that I could be sure I'm not gonna lose data
:P
so uhh yeah... as long as you never do anything else than commit on your master branch, push and pull... github desktop works
stray off that path and oh dear :D
light spruce
It's not good if it will let you do something that's going to cause it to shit the bed. But having to go to a CLI for advanced stuff isn't inherently bad. Certainly shittier on Windows where the terminal emulator totally sucks though.
But does it work or does it just not throw the error?
carmine frigate
dont question other peoples logic! π
light spruce
it does require some extra setup and has some limitations and wouldn't have been available for older engine versions
dense storm
plucky pagoda
Way too much time on someone's hands
carmine frigate
is that UDK?
plucky pagoda
Unity
plucky pagoda
Yeah, seems like that would be the next step
Or recreate the unity ui in godot with a UE scene inside it
light spruce
and where does Lumberyard wind up in this horror show?
nova wharf
Hello Guys i need help with a problem on my project. Anyone there to help ? its about the physics my items dont drop on the ground they are flying and i cant find the problem.
gilded vigil
Hello Guys i need help with a problem on my project. Anyone there to help ? its about the physics my items dont drop on the ground they are flying and i cant find the problem.
@nova wharf #legacy-physics
nova wharf
sry didnt saw that
junior meteor
@gilded vigil I would love to help, how about 0 coordinate is above?
x
unless you know how to use them
how is work @zinc matrix
gilded vigil
@gilded vigil I would love to help, how about 0 coordinate is above?
@junior meteor help on what??
honest eagle
ok will post there
light spruce
lounge is for general dipshittery
junior meteor
6month online
need res
t
@gilded vigil Maybe your landmass under 0 Coord, had problem like that
plucky pagoda
the little line and indentation next his comment means he was quoting someone else and gravity doesn't stop at negative z values.
sharp wolf
That's interesting. A Unity studio posted in #looking-for-talent π
tulip orbit
Good vid about VFX, starts off funny, gets serious near the end. VERY NSFW FOR A WHILE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oElDj2xxWHw&feature=youtu.be
NSFW for abit, but informative (for me atleast)
agile egret
Can yall list some things you would like to see created for the marketplace (non-content, programming/blueprints only)
clear sparrow
top
viral cove
Ok thanks!
north torrent
Anyone here watch 2d cartoons or anime?
pearl elk
Whats 2D?
sage tendon
2D or not 2D? Thats a real question
sage tendon
Technically, everything seen on a screen is 2D π€
pearl elk
but the 2D screen is in 3D space
rare sparrow
Huh, so the custom for each loop I made is what the editor places when I F+click. That's neat
pearl elk
Did you update the original?
gilded vigil
@gilded vigil Maybe your landmass under 0 Coord, had problem like that
@junior meteor ???
pearl elk
sup
mossy nexus
Ceilings, clouds, stuff
tulip orbit
yawns
tulip orbit
the flying death yawns have me firmly in their grip
fathom wadi
Next time you think about optimising your game... remember. Animation Compression Library is for you !
(the sections are CMU, Paragon, Fortnite).
From this data, we can conclude that our efforts might be best spent optimizing the clip metadata where the constant track data and the animated range data will contribute much more relative to the overall footprint. Short clips have less animated data but just as much metadata as longer clips with an equal number of bones. Even though overall the clip metadata doesnβt contribute much, for the vast majority of clips it does contribute a significant amount (for half the Fortnite clips, clip metadata represented 46.06% or more of the total clip size). this is an important note.
north torrent
Sounds logical.
fathom wadi
sounds like someone needed a day down the rabbit hole and found Alice tbh :p
north torrent
I met a Russian dancing girl named Alice once.
pearl elk
We dont need to go down this rabbit hole
fathom wadi
thats what she said
plucky pagoda
Sometimes it's exhausting trying to act like a decent human being instead of a low brow simpleton with a gutter sense of humor and setups like that make it much more difficult.
fathom wadi
some say low brow. I say, Salt of the Earth !
plucky pagoda
I'm guessing 4.26 is close. Whenever I finally get around to updating a source build it seems like the next update hits.
foggy path
I have to wonder why does Unreal default to having Oculus and SteamVR plugins enabled by default
plucky pagoda
Have you ever disabled them?
foggy path
I'm playing some gamejam titles and every single one of them that's been made with unreal has launched the oculus client and started in VR mode
and they never work correctly in VR :P
fathom wadi
i updated my version of 4.25 from .1 to .3 and went to recompile. It decided to redo the entire engine rather than the changes, typical, and halfway through my pc bluescreened with some clock error. Good times.
foggy path
and this is all because UE defaults to having the oculus plugin enabled by default, and users who don't have a VR headset never know about this problem
plucky pagoda
I don't use GIT so have to do a full rebuild anyway
Try disabling it.
It's tied into weird things, IIRC
fathom wadi
I've long said there are too many default plugins enabled. There needs to be a way to set it via a pre-download script if you ask me.
foggy path
yeah I mean I disable it in my own projects and it works fine, it's just kind of weird it's enabled by default when it clearly causes problems unless you know to disable it (and almost nobody seems to know)
plucky pagoda
Last time I tried parring down all the plugins on by default it went down a hellscape of dependencies.
fathom wadi
its not that they dont know. they just think "ill do it later in case I need any" then don't need any, then forget
plucky pagoda
Probably to help push adoption of it
foggy path
I think there's an assumption that it does nothing even if it's enabled
Which is what it should be like
plucky pagoda
That's why all the projects and templates have VR controls that most people delete right away.
foggy path
It shouldn't default a non-VR game to VR, it's just silly :D
plucky pagoda
any good overviews of the mesh editing stuff
fathom wadi
too little too late for me now Blender tools is here. Not sure what use I would have for them
what would you use them for specifically?
plucky pagoda
I was just looking them over.
I'll have to look at the Blender tools.
do you still get the Blender tools from Git?
I found them.
bronze axle
I've long said there are too many default plugins enabled. There needs to be a way to set it via a pre-download script if you ask me.
@fathom wadi Iβve been toying with creating a project template with minimal plugins enabled for this reason.
plucky pagoda
That'd be nice.
fathom wadi
I tried that once. My build failed and I lost hope π
bronze axle
Disabling VR plugins and such every time I start a new project is tedious.
Your build failed? As in, your custom template didnβt package successfully out of the box?
plucky pagoda
Chaos is enabled by default in 4.25? or is it a change in 4.25.3?
or is it just because it's a source build?
bronze axle
I think it still requires a source build.
plucky pagoda
I didn't expect to find it all enabled by default.
fathom wadi
@bronze axle I tried to reduce too much and wasted some time so I gave up. I wanted rid of all the VR, mobile, apple/google stuff and did some command line stuff with the dependencies. I kept meaning to go back and write a web script to pre-plan it all and deal with it but I never did. Typical me. If im not getting paid, im not motivated enough to complete it π
also... I seem to be unable to build the latest 4.25.3. Twice it's bluescreened my PC with a clock error, and this time "WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR" which I have never seen before so im off to investigate.
hmm might be my overclock seeing as the build slams my cores to the limit
pearl elk
4.25.borked
plucky pagoda
Marc are you using the Unreal Scale check box in blender tools?
fathom wadi
hmm it might not even be that. Could be a drive going. Doing some digging, it seems I get a volmgr error on my Unreal drive. Im not sure its related entirely yet, as that drive isn't the one I was compiling the engine on. My other drive is maybe 2 months old and mechanical so chances are thats fine. The Unreal drive is as old as 4.9 tho
plucky pagoda
Going to try and make something with all my own models
fathom wadi
@plucky pagoda no as I already worked in 0.01 meters anyway. Its just to force that I think
plucky pagoda
One vid said to just change it like that but then he had to upscale *100 in UE
fathom wadi
the guy who made MrMannequin tools didn't like that setting at all. Theres good reasons for it but mostly to do with non-linear animation stuff
plucky pagoda
I wonder if it will get along with Auto-Rig-Pro?
fathom wadi
@plucky pagoda he probably had his main units set to cm then? I dunno. Blender with Unreal should be in meters at 0.01 though apparently.
plucky pagoda
Yeah, I think it was bone transforms. I didn't see him apply them before animating and exporting.
fathom wadi
Things you learn when you dig around you PC after installing Microsoft Store + Game Pass. 1. It installs several virtual drives for xbox conversions that like to error a lot.
plucky pagoda
You kind of have to just close your eyes and give in to the abyss to use Windows anymore.
Some of the things it does anymore are nightmare inducing
fathom wadi
I was playing Fallout76 on gamepass but after my PC crashed last night, it wouldn't start up anymore. So I had to delete it. Good game, never in doubt. Β¬_Β¬
pearl elk
You really want an OS which runs at less than 15fps like the Launcher?
fathom wadi
you know what always confused me about linux all these years? They only ever had an issue with directx/d3d stuff really, and games were always lacking with the alternatives. But not once since did they offer a solution other than WINE. Why not just implement a layer for all graphics runtimes and have the open source community fill in the blanks?
pearl elk
Isnt that what Valve is doing?
fathom wadi
dunno
pearl elk
But tbh when the whole world ends up on ARM you might as well just be supporting Android π
plucky pagoda
I always liked the distros that compromised . The ones that were like here is this open source OS and here are these proprietary libraries and tools to make life easier.
fathom wadi
still based on WINE tho. I guess there is something about the method that isn't worth reinventing the wheel for then?
plucky pagoda
For a long time it was such a PITA to get anything like Flash
fathom wadi
nice theres a D3d to Vulkan layer. That could be worth a look at
pearl elk
Or you could just use Vulkan from the get go π
plucky pagoda
It lurks below grew on me. Still dislike the interface in the game, it's really bad, but it is fun.
zinc matrix
#bring old lounge
light spruce
debian4life
analog bone
Thoughts on product placements in games?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWsFkSzvKEE if it is not done like this!
swift flame
any ideas why my UE4 viewport might lag like shit in editor but not in-game in enditor?
like I'm getting like 10 fps in the editor, and 90 when running the game in the viewport
analog bone
I have a company in mind that would propably do a collab with me
It would be really small collab tho
And then I would get bit more budget on my game
sage tendon
@swift flame using level streaming?
Thoughts on product placements in games?
@analog bone
Im totally in for that kind of stuff, if not done the "in your face" way though like how ads work on mobile games
analog bone
Same!
If for example in a racing game there is a mercedes, I wouldn't get mad at that
sage tendon
Even with wall banners, or those advertisement billboards next to roads, posters, and other kind of scene props
analog bone
Yeah, that is all fine to me!
sage tendon
I dont get it why its not done frequently already
analog bone
Yeah!
So right now I'm adding quadbikes for my game, there is this finnish brand manufacturing those
I might ask them for collab, if I put their logos on the in game models
And yes ponkkis I mean polaris
I tought you would ask π¦ You stated to type straight away when I mentioned finnish brand :DDD
But yeah I have intuos s!
Yeah!
Nope, you just have to get used to it.
At first it might feel little too small, but when you get used to it. It will be as good as a cintiq
Yeah, I might buy the wireless version soon!
I don't like cables π
If it really is cheaper I would go for that one!
plucky pagoda
Any of them are fine. If you want to go cheap get the Huion.
I use one now and it's great in Zbrush, Krita, photoshop etc..
analog bone
Yeah, the standards are high in drawing tablets. Anything you buy will propably do the trick!
plucky pagoda
I'm using this one now
have bought a lot of them over the years
But thinking about getting one with a screen
You see some incredible stuff put out by people using super small ones too
but I can't stand it, need the biggest I can get
ah
A few of the ones with a screen are not too pricey
analog bone
size doesn't matter π
plucky pagoda
If you want to spend a bit more the XP-Pen display tablets are super nice
This is the one I'm thinking about getting
I've seen some pros using this one: https://www.amazon.com/XP-PEN-Artist12-Pro-Full-Laminated-Battery-Free/dp/B07VZF7ZC9
cool, yeah did the same
I had bad experiences with some of the cheaper wacoms in the past.
Zbrush is so much better with a good pen
fallow finch
Hello Guys Can i Make my game similar to this xD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEWf12Ugnr0 ?
plucky pagoda
cool, would love to see how it goes in substance
fallow finch
But with Multiplayer CO-OP and other features that not exist in this game ?
foggy path
of course you can
fallow finch
No Copyright or you stole our game idea etc ??
plucky pagoda
Maybe.
foggy path
well as long as you don't use their assets or copy it exactly one to one, you'd probably be fine
plucky pagoda
No one can answer that here.
fallow finch
I like this game so thats why i make something similer
im not using anything
we designing everything
But little bit complex more simulation
foggy path
yeah I mean if your game is inspired by another game then that's fine
fallow finch
Yes i inspired by some ideas tbh
but alot of ideas and features that not exist in this game i'm adding there
foggy path
that looks nasty
plucky pagoda
I do not hold high hopes for Blender sculpting.
light spruce
I really don't get 3d sculpting tools
tranquil sonnet
What don't you get about them?
light spruce
How to effectively use them in any way
north torrent
Blender going into Zbrush territory is in my opinion both a bad idea and totally unnecessary.
light spruce
I love it when I bring my displays out of standby and the one connected to my receiver does this shit
wet smelt
another day another build
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y6tc9G
suggest some changes
light spruce
Four displays. Don't use wireless. Use whatever old crap you have to offload storage instead of putting spinning rust in a new machine.
zinc matrix
hello
I have a question
who ever is very knowlegable in game development can anyone vc with me on this server
spare glade
@zinc matrix Please do not post the same message across multiple channels. Read the #old-rules thanks.
zinc matrix
sorry, im just trying to get some help, I'll leave
spare glade
You dont have to leave.
Just keep your question to one channel.
You posted that question in #ue4-general as well.
zinc matrix
Like I said, Im sorry
I know I did -- im trying to get some help
i wont do it again
@spare glade ok, I deleted my questions -- where would be the appropriate place to post them?
spare glade
#ue4-general was fine. Just dont post it in multiple channels at the same time....
zinc matrix
Sir, I get it -- I blew it -- Im sorry --- I really didnt mean to offend --
north torrent
I find it funny how music is categorized into genres based on the type of icing put on the cake.
Nobody cares what the actual cake is, just the attributes of the icing.
Who cares if it is strawberry, vanilla, or carrot cake under that icing, it is all the same, right?
north torrent
If it is 80bpm though is it even music at that point?
Like at what point does a movie turn into a slide show? If you space things too far apart is it changes the very idea of what something is.
zinc matrix
My game is too op
north torrent
Is it a slideshow?
zinc matrix
People try
To ddos it
Out of envy
They do it cause they not John enough
So they mad
north torrent
I'm just going to assume it is your toxic personality that makes people do that...
pearl elk
I consider too many line breaks a form of DDOS
north torrent
Life is a form of DDOS.
pearl elk
only human life
north torrent
Kangaroos are certainly a form of DDOS...
pearl elk
Kangaroos are a human mutation
north torrent
Humans are a kangaroo mutation.
zinc matrix
wait in this server why cant we sent the message twice to like two different channels
I'm just going to assume it is your toxic personality that makes people do that...
ouf ouf
and how are you going to explain this
our ouf
pearl elk
because you will get an answer in the most relevant channel if and when someone can spare the time
zinc matrix
was I toxic, i wouldnt be on page 2
but truth is
google appreciates
good gaemyas
from good people
pearl elk
spamming multiple channels will not net you a better end result