yeah okay, vague question
#lounge
zinc matrix
let's put it like this. Working on a project with a couple of hospital beds that need to animate, move into certain positions to highlight features etc
solar nebula
You can achieve this in unreal engine without pulling your hair out
zinc matrix
doing the animations in houdini
broken sigil
you might be better of asking that question in #ue4-general ๐คทโโ๏ธ
zinc matrix
okay sure
broken sigil
but I wouldn't mind a bed with a 3090 in it ๐
solar nebula
I want a bed with a built-in ben-10
Oh I've been working on an inventory system too
zinc matrix
but I wouldn't mind a bed with a 3090 in it ๐
you and me both
solar nebula
Mine doesn't support having duplicates of items conceptually, but I had a funny glitch where I could put the same item into same inventory multiple times
zinc matrix
raytracing my dreams
solar nebula
It wouldn't stay in the one inventory, but it would forget which object it was attached to x3
It is a dumb inventory system based on actor attachment because why not
burnt cedar
@zinc matrix nice my inventory system works, just need to replicate it now ๐
@broken sigil And then have a short supply of hospital bed in a middle of a pandemic :/ lol
solar nebula
In my case, the remove function wasn't checking if the item was removed from the right inventory, just removing it no matter what
So the fast housekeeping records of what is inside the inventory got all funny
Getting the UI confused since UI follows housekeeping information and not the real attachment
For me the UI is kinda simple
The inventory system is arma like and some inherent crudeness is part of the gameplay feel
Ahh, looks very lovely!
burnt cedar
BANANAS
solar nebula
is that the intreo cutscene to your game ๐
climax of act 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cerkDJLuT_k this is the intro
Oh my god
I added a way to specify items that the inventory spawns with
So there are some inventories that only fit 1 item at a time. If you specify too many default items and they don't fit inside the inventory, they just shoot out of the player on spawn
Since the inventory system can't find a place for them, it just jams them into the inventory slot mechanically and the collision sends them flying out
burnt cedar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cerkDJLuT_k this is the intro
preordering
pearl elk
fathom wadi
broken sigil
๐
torpid star
Does Epic have any plans to replace the BP bytecode + VM with a speedier VM? Feels like a job for a middleware like JVM
BP's would essentially become free, although UE4 GC + JVM GC sounds like a nightmare
fallow finch
Well if your Multiplayer game not that complex you can have it done with BP but if you Aim to use Crossplatform , dedicated servers, etc you will need at least basics and know how to create some functions
dull blade
nah its only for PC and I plan on having community hosted servers, kinda like TF2 with some main official ones as well
im more worried about the performance
fallow finch
Imo BP same as Cpp if you Wrote it in right way
dull blade
hmm well that's reassuring
I guess with good logic I need not worry?
I was worried that even with amazing logic.. it will never compete with c++ code in terms of performance, but I guess thats not a good way to view things
cause theres always something better
fallow finch
Just avoid Tick 
๐
fallow finch
Yupe
And make sure to turn off Tick from Class Settings
And the friends here are experienced so maybe im wrong they can advice us
dull blade
tick isn't even reliable IMO
fallow finch
Also you know each actor have tick enabled by default even if you dont use it its ticking i watched UE4 stream and he said that
dull blade
oof
fallow finch
dull blade
I'll def bookmark that video o;
dull blade
Idk why I'm working on a multiplayer game when Im literally not even a month into using unreal engine ๐คฃ
but its a fire inside that must be sated, my current project just doesnt make sense as a singleplayer game and I cant stop working on it
fallow finch
Well some of people like to start with hard things and try with researches
They learn faster
dull blade
for a moba/shooter game though?
I feel like that would require a serious server
maybe im wrong
fallow finch
Idk about shooter havent think about it
dull blade
my project is so weird xd
its this
its a moba/shooter
I dont really have a shooter character yet but they will come soon ๐
dull blade
and healthy breaks otherwise I'll burn out
fallow finch
when you go in deeep
dull blade
I tend to go in deep
then never look back
if I ever have to look back at my spaget code I will have a stroke
dull blade
this project is gonna take years
but tbh its mostly just a passion project
really fun to make
zinc matrix
lusty portal
So I'm not sure if anyone knows how to help, but I purchased 1 month of Playstation Now and installed the Playstation Now app for PC in order to play Bloodborne. My problem is, when i try to login on the PC app, it spins then the screen goes black and I dont get signed in. It still says sign in at the top left of the app. :( I can sign into the Playstation mobile app and the playstation websites. It just doesnt work on the app. I even tried my laptop and no luck. I also tried making a 2nd account, but it does the same thing. I tried disabling firewalls etc. Nothing worked. I dug for 3 hours until I found a support phone number so I'm going to try calling them tomorrow, but I thought maybe somebody here may know a fix or have some good advice. I feel like I just got scammed out of $10. Sony saw me coming.
lusty portal
Maybe it's the storm in Texas? They are out of power so maybe Sony's cloud is partly there and out of commission
normal prism
Can anyone from the EU who is selling on steam clarify if they report anything to the IRS directly, or Steam handles that?
Q. What reporting do you provide for tax purposes?
A. U.S. partners will have royalties earned in the prior tax year reported on the Form 1099-MISC. We issue these annual forms on or before January 31 each year.Non-U.S. partners will have U.S. source income reported annually on the IRS Form 1042-S. We issue these annual forms on or before March 15 each year, and is an informational statement of your US sourced royalties and any amounts withheld during the prior tax year. Please note, IRS Form 1042-S only contains reporting on the portion of your royalties that were earned on sales in the US. Generally you can expect IRS Form 1042-S to be less than actual cash received since it does not contain royalties on worldwide sales.
Still a bit unclear if Steam then reports that, or they expect me to file something too
foggy path
You usually don't need to file anything to the US if you're in Europe. You may have to fill something in for Steam/Valve so they can handle what the IRS requires of them, but it should just be one or two forms maybe and you don't need to keep filling new ones yearly or anything
1042-S is afaik something that a US based entity has to file, as they're paying somebody else, and they need to also provide you with the form
ionic cosmos
Does motivation come naturally to you guys or is there something you do to get motivated?
unborn lotus
Does motivation come naturally to you guys or is there something you do to get m...
comes and goes. I think a good tip is to finish a tiny little thing, nothing else and see how it goes
ionic cosmos
Thank you, I'll try ๐
deep glen
dont get stuck on the things you cant do right away, do the things you can do right away.
in time either the quarter drops and you can fix the thing you where stuck on, or you cleared the road for the things that are stuck to progress further.
stiff crystal
tidal ivy
after setup you will then need to plug in these three, individually powered base stations
but yes, would personally like to see wireless VR, streamed from desktop, getting more of a push at some point ๐ฆ
normal prism
1042-S is afaik something that a US based entity has to file, as they're paying ...
The confusing part is the Valve directly mentions Non-U.S. partners for the form:
Non-U.S. partners will have U.S. source income reported annually on the IRS Form 1042-S
normal prism
Does motivation come naturally to you guys or is there something you do to get m...
10 minute rule!
So often it's getting started that is the hard part
Objects not in motion want to stay not in motion ๐
ionic cosmos
Wasn't familiar with that, I'll look into it
foggy path
The confusing part is the Valve directly mentions Non-U.S. partners for the form...
"will have income reported" reads to me as someone else does the reporting. If they meant it as you need to report it, it would be phrased more like "non-US partners will have to..." or something like that
normal prism
Wasn't familiar with that, I'll look into it
Actually, seems like I linked the wrong thing. That's still a good link though, but I actually ment:
"Try something for 10 minutes and if you don't feel like continuing, it's fine and you can stop. But at least try for 10 minutes".
The point being that the hardest part is starting, can feel like climbing a mountain. But once you're going, 99% of the time it's not so bad and the rest comes on its own.
normal prism
"will have income reported" reads to me as someone else does the reporting. If t...
Cheers, that helps. I thought something similar and seems to jive with what I found online in far flung threads
foggy path
https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1042s it's very legalesey but check the when where and how to file
Forms 1042-S, whether filed on paper or electronically, must be filed with the IRS by March 15, 2022. You also must furnish Form 1042-S to the recipient of the income by March 15, 2022.
in this case you are the recipient of the income, since valve is paying you
this suggests to me that valve needs to file it, and furnish you with the form as well
normal prism
Yeah, I found this, which seems to say the same:
"Machinima should have asked you to fill out a W-8BEN, which is another US tax form. You certify on the W-8BEN that you're a foreign person and the income wasn't sourced in the US, and Machinima are then allowed to pay you in full."
"Now that they've sent the tax off to the IRS, you won't be able to get a refund from Machinima. If you want to get the money back from the US government, you'll need to fill out a US non-resident tax return (1040-NR), attach the 1042-S, and it'll take about half a year to get the money back."
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/692m6o/i_received_a_1042s_what_do_i_do/
It's for when you want to get something back I think, that was withheld. But you can prevent that to begin with by getting a W-8BEN.
It's at the very least more frustrating. And with how stable Unreal is these days, that's saying something ๐
deep glen
cant answer that because im neither of these:
https://i.gyazo.com/9f158903f5802ce39d0d71d548cc8360.png
vague bay
Just do acquaintance.
vague bay
Its just a project he needs to do for school that his teacher is needing 30 people to do it but is finding it hard to get 30 people.
tidal ivy
what?
this doesn't make any sense
"please describe the personality of a person you have never met or heard of"
vague bay
Yep ๐
deep glen
"kicks puppies for fun"
tidal ivy
"goat fornicator"
soft night
Cyberpunk2077 patch 1.2 delayed because of that attack
ancient hornet
tsk tsk
I'm still waiting for RIGHT the just moment to play that game!
the main issue though is that I have no ways to know when the moment is right
tidal ivy
when the GOTY edition drops with all the DLC probably
ancient hornet
I already own it though, someone bought it for me ๐
so waiting for GOTY isn't exactly the way
hmm
soft night
humble remnant
Game's zooming
hasty cargo
torpid star
Anyone else sad we won't get a Tron 3 soundtrack?
don't really care much for the movie
unborn lotus
Maybe they will start other solo projects
torpid star
@unborn lotus I hope.
ancient hornet
so we save one texture sampler ๐
fresh heath
median wraith
so we save one texture sampler ๐
and got 20 more instructions
ancient hornet
I don't think it's unexpected as times passes by that the "baseline" for performance increases a little
median wraith
Actually in turns more expensive
carmine frigate
auto industry? but our desktops?
cursive crypt
How a drought on the other side of the world stops you from playing new games.
zinc matrix
5900X sold out in about an hour after receiving the alert from B&H Photo
slaps hood of i5-6600K guess we're still in this, lil' buddy!
median wraith
well, I didn't make it clear then ๐
Oh got you in the inverse way XD, sorry
found fresh content
fresh heath
Twitter
fallow finch
Does anyone else who need 1M$ ?
thorny dock
right here please
thorny dock
its so easy to make $1M, you simply need to buy 1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, tweet about it, raise the value of bitcoin, then cash out
idk why more people arent doing it
median wraith
Does anyone else who need 1M$ ?
yeah send me 1M
fallow finch
yeah send me 1M
Sure bro stay in queue with me ๐
thorny dock
in school economics class they tried to teach us about how someone started with a red paperclip, and traded their way to a mansion, such a load of horse ๐ฉ
fallow finch
yes idk why
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median wraith
actually it fly out if you get a house and a car
flint pier
in school economics class they tried to teach us about how someone started with ...
It wasn't a mansion, but it is true that it happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip
fallow finch
not 1M$ ๐
thorny dock
It wasn't a mansion, but it is true that it happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/w...
ahhhh thank you, literally tried to remember something off the top of my head from over a decade ago, thanks for that link though definitely will be an interesting read lol
flint pier
Man it was 15 years ago! I'm feeling old...
fallow finch
with 350.000 here you get the house and car <@!288693281544732674>
Well Here 100K$ I can buy a good New built House and good Car and open my studio and create my game and sell 10000000 copy ๐
thorny dock
tiny homes are starting to be extremely popular where i'm living
also we have a decent population of apocalypse-now people who modify shipping containers into homes, some bury them underground
fallow finch
oh
thorny dock
some kind of regulations you can avoid in a shipping container
flint pier
Burying a shipping container under ground is a nice way to die if you don't know what you are doing...
fallow finch
lol
flint pier
They're made to take a lot of weight from above on the corners. If you just bury it the pressure from the sides will make it cave in.
And rust...
median wraith
there are a lot of TVs shows about these houses in america
thorny dock
They're made to take a lot of weight from above on the corners. If you just bury...
don't worry, there are plenty of in depth reddit guides to get your new underground home in SHIP SHAPE condition
fallow finch
tiny homes are starting to be extremely popular where i'm living
why they are bury them underground ???
weird
Zombies or what
flint pier
The neighbours would look at me funny if I started to bury a shipping container in front of our home. And the store beneath us would have a lot of opinions...
median wraith
not fan of these, like uh ah uh look I like in a 5x5m cardbox under a bridge and pay a 1000โฌ rent, and alone without kids or whatever it is, such a modern dude
thorny dock
there are lots who don't, but many who buy property to have that as a safe shelter, they are worried of nuclear war and chem trails, and I don't say that in a mean way, some people really can't sleep at night over the misinformation they read online
median wraith
its like when all the people wanted to work at google
fallow finch
where was that ?
thorny dock
hahaha yeah that is definitely the new modern dude
well they heard that mark zuccy was able to pay california to build a bridge from his house to work, so everyone sold their homes to get into big tech
or maybe its like a 1 year rags, 6 months riches lifestyle
fallow finch
oh
thorny dock
it would balance out the income
flint pier
I would like to be MarcZ rich. I would build an island out of carlifonian bridges.
median wraith
I'm actually scared when I see the size and the buildings of the main cities of Argentina and Mexico tbh
fallow finch
i'm also thinking to build a bridge from my house to my work
its almost 30KM bridge so not a big deal 
fallow finch
i'm using public transportation btw๐
median wraith
I start to think the videogames are made on purpose for streamers
fallow finch
Well maybe
median wraith
like these new indies and med games where have to spend 500h playing it
who can do it other than them ?
fallow finch
who can do it other than them ?
playing indie games for 500h you mean ?
thorny dock
while I agree in concept, imagine making a game for an audience of a handful of people. Look at MMO stats, people POUR hours into grinding to the top, not too unreasonable to think you are targeting an audience who plays games for long periods of time
fathom wadi
I make games for a handful of people. I call it "not having success"
thorny dock
also unrelated, I really enjoy how epic combs over the marketplace, they saw this and really felt compelled to buy the creator out and put this up for free, just because its cool
going to make some crazy pants for mannequin so I can get in the permanently free collection
slow gyro
Aren't they submission based?
fallow finch
Pants ๐
slow gyro
I doubt there is anyone at Epic spending time on going through the MP :D
fallow finch
make underwear for the mannequin better
fathom wadi
I made a merkin for the manny
median wraith
I doubt there is anyone at Epic spending time on going through the MP :D
Bet thats it
as Valve does on first instance
show a video about it
thorny dock
I doubt there is anyone at Epic spending time on going through the MP :D
how are they deciding what to feature as free for the month, and permanently free collection? most stuff that gets one of these has already been on the store for a while
median wraith
people send emails I think
thorny dock
or do they make note of it at submission time?
slow gyro
Afaik you submit it
fallow finch
the plugins i want never been free
thorny dock
oh okay that makes sense, yeah your right it would be a pain to go through the entire MP, there would have to be someone who's job is to know every single marketplace asset haha
fathom wadi
@fallow finch write your own. It's pretty easy
median wraith
This month as been hacked so the next one comes faster, for new marketplace free contents
fathom wadi
laughs in code
slow gyro
I just wrote a plugin that talks to a modbus 16 channel relay
fallow finch
<@!288693281544732674> write your own. It's pretty easy
it is easy if someone told you the technique because my brain can't handle all this stuff
slow gyro
That's how teaching and learning goes
thorny dock
damn that sounds like some ring 0 stuff there
fallow finch
It's not working
wow
median wraith
Battle Net has been updated it seems
fathom wadi
nobody taught me really. I mean they did, via tutorials and stack overflow, but no lessons per se. It was just a case of "nobody is else gonna do it for me" so I did it ๐
fallow finch
Battle Net has been updated it seems
Visca Epsanola
fathom wadi
Never doubt you can write code though. It just takes different people different amounts of time. Everyone can do it
median wraith
Visca Epsanola
good lord, what a mix you just did LOL
fallow finch
good lord, what a mix you just did LOL
i know Visca means "VIVA"
Espanola = Spain i think
fallow finch
Never doubt you can write code though. It just takes different people different ...
the problem with the free time mate im working full time + 1 hour road to home 1 hour sleep and the time has died
fallow finch
Visca isn't spanish
whattt ๐ฎ
median wraith
some Catalan lied to you
fallow finch
what language was that then
median wraith
thats Catalan
median wraith
๐
fathom wadi
@fallow finch ahh yeah time constraints blow up most of my ideas and/or projects.
and money
fathom wadi
Wish I had at least enough money to fix my house
fallow finch
<@!288693281544732674> ahh yeah time constraints blow up most of my ideas and/or...
also im just planning ๐
Also i want to finish my Study but if i start university i can't work so yeah
fathom wadi
I couldn't do university without working as I couldn't afford it.
fallow finch
I couldn't do university without working as I couldn't afford it.
in my country free i was 2nd Stage but yea war started so i forced to evacuate
fathom wadi
There is a new university in the UK being built right now by Ian Livingstone which I hope inspires more uni based games orientated learning centres.
fallow finch
since 2014 im a refugee 
median wraith
In my country I cannot teach others without a double degree
fathom wadi
Unfortunately for me, I was funded for a Higher National Diploma (the course before a degree) and couldn't get student loans for a degree. If they had told me that, I'd have never done it. Im also 30k in debt from it and I learned absolutely nothing on that course except that the course was a sham.
median wraith
despite its about UE4 or whatever it is
fathom wadi
Hevedy nobody can tell you what you can teach. If they do, they have a lot to learn about life themselves and ain't worth learning from.
fallow finch
In my country I cannot teach others without a double degree
Double degree you mean MA or DR right ?
median wraith
describe to me the MA and the DR
fallow finch
Master or Doctorate
median wraith
I think with the master is enough
but the teachers I know have a doctorate
I can't even work here even as Visual Basic programmer
as they request me the 95% of times a degree
median wraith
They don't even check where you worked or what you did, they give a shit
Spain
They ask themselves why the people leave the country
fallow finch
ah good you told me that so when i get the 1M$ i will never visit Spain ๐
median wraith
I applied to 30 JavaScript jobs and got regretted by the degree
fallow finch
They ask themselves why the people leave the country
i think that happens when the degree being too much
median wraith
there is a lot of people leaving the country to whatever the job it is
you get a call here and they do you a 1 WEEK job
and then you're out another time
and alike situations
fallow finch
lol its really hard
median wraith
They rather check your degrees over your knowledge and experience
We almost reached the 45% of unemployment of people under 30 years old
๐
fallow finch
Yupe true
fallow finch
We almost reached the 45% of unemployment of people under 30 years old
same situation everywhere but different ways
fallow finch
Specially when you work a job you don't like ๐ฉ
fallow finch
all my quality jobs where for outsiders
If you can open an academy for Unreal Engine 4 Learning Come here to Turkey we don't have it
and im pretty sure you will get alot of people
like me and 5 friends here we want to learn but no Source just Youtube and Udemy
isn't Enough
I'm First Student
fallow finch
Since 3 Weeks im looking for Oculus Rift S ๐ฆ
fathom wadi
@zinc matrix Isn't Valorant the one that installs spyware that other people can exploit to take over your pc? Asking for a noob.
fallow finch
Valorant = Ew
median wraith
If you can open an academy for Unreal Engine 4 Learning Come here to Turkey we d...
XD
lol the whatรง
glass comet
carmine frigate
yea valorant has ring 0
allways
also it didnt stop day1 cheaters in godmode :p
might have been a bit harder to cheat if they renamed the project instead of calling it shootergame.exe
broken sigil
yeah I regret installing Valorant, their anti cheat is running constantly even when the game is not, if you stop it you have to restart the PC to play again and it keeps shutting down random programs on my PC, it's really bad
broken sigil
their own solution I believe, Vanguard
tidal ivy
I'm pretty sure Sophos and rootkit anti-cheat like that would duke it out - never going to even consider installing a game with it
carmine frigate
i think epic bought easy anticheat
tidal ivy
it's a battle where the only loser is my machine ๐
sage tendon
Valorant could've a bigger player base, if not for their intrusive paranoid solution to rootkit the computers
carmine frigate
I did some custom DX9 stuff bac in the days and that would get me banned aswell
yea totally, they have the LOL fanbase
wich is huge
but was only popular for a short time
sage tendon
or, they should get it on Geforce Now, then I don't mind as it doesn't infect my computer with their rootkit virus
zinc matrix
Valorant is dead?
carmine frigate
i never really checked how cheat programs work, i guess they try to snif coords from packages
sage tendon
@zinc matrix I play CSGO on it and it runs better than local on my own pc
zinc matrix
I played for the first time like 2 weeks ago.
broken sigil
Valorant could've a bigger player base, if not for their intrusive paranoid solu...
main reason why I don't play it
fallow finch
I was playing ARK 4k+ Hours and WOT
since 2015 ๐ฆ
I hate Valorant and Apex Legends and this type of games
broken sigil
I started playing apex again after 2 years lol
fallow finch
WOT is better
sage tendon
i suck at LMS games ๐
carmine frigate
hmm i played it like 3 rounds
broken sigil
If Apex didn't have ranked I probably wouldn't play it
fallow finch
but WG keep Draining my Money ๐ฆ
carmine frigate
but i need super high fps
fallow finch
<@!288693281544732674> better to invest than to waste ๐
well if i want to invest i have to save money for 30 years at least with my current salary ๐
carmine frigate
if i cant hit 160 fps on reasonable quality on my card i just wont play it much
sage tendon
you can start with 20 euro/dollar to get stocks or crypto @fallow finch no need to bring bags of money, start small, let it grow like a seed growing in to a tree
takes some time tho
still better than wasting it imho
fallow finch
you can start with 20 euro/dollar to get stocks or crypto <@!288693281544732674>...
well still 20 euro/ alot
My Salary is just 290$ now 
it was 235$ before 1 month
sage tendon
for how many hours of work? ๐ฎ
fallow finch
from 9AM to 4PM
broken sigil
if i cant hit 160 fps on reasonable quality on my card i just wont play it much
runs reasonably well for me, cranked the FOV slider to 110, disable AA and have the fps limit set to 144 since I'm using a 144Hz monitor and everything else on max
fallow finch
- 1 hour road morning and 1 hour road night xD
sage tendon
5 days a week?
fallow finch
Yupe
sage tendon
wtf, in what country are you?
fallow finch
Turkey
but yea for normal people they have minimum salary Rules
min salary is 400$ i think
sage tendon
thats 0,48$ an hour, something is very wrong o0
sage tendon
so much for Erdogan i guess
broken sigil
well that sucks /:
sage tendon
which country is yours then?
fallow finch
the biggest petrol tank in world
sage tendon
I thought it would be Turkey
carmine frigate
the more north u go the more manoy u make man
fallow finch
no i'm refugee here
broken sigil
What do you do as a job if you are fine with talking about it
sage tendon
Saudia Arabia?
fallow finch
guess wihch country have wars all the time haha
carmine frigate
all the way to norway u should go ๐
sage tendon
ahh, iraq
fallow finch
What do you do as a job if you are fine with talking about it
i'm working in private school Social Media stuff
fallow finch
after Hussein it got a lot worse -.-'
well yea its Really bad killing all Hope and dreams this governments
sage tendon
why not going to west europe?
we got refugees here
no one minds those who try and build something
sage tendon
we have a law in the netherlands that makes it impossible to be illegal
fallow finch
before 2013 UNHCR was filtering the Refugees and sending them to host countries
but after 2014 after ISIS war they closed
sage tendon
understandable, terrorists were hiding between them
but I didnt knew the refugee stream was stopped in total, since they still come by from from the african coast
fallow finch
yes but here no one wanna host refugee
sage tendon
i know that Turkey was given a big truck with money do help the refugees, but if they only get 0,5$ an hour for labor..... something goes to a wrong place
fallow finch
ah no im working im not getting any salary or assessment
sage tendon
work is work, if you work, you should get properly paid
fallow finch
Yes this work with " NORMAL people "
broken sigil
yeah, paying someone 200$ a month should be illegal for any type of work
sage tendon
140 hours a month should get you atleast 1200โฌ afaik
fallow finch
yes specially when the local currency unstable
fallow finch
140 hours a month should get you _atleast_ 1200โฌ afaik
where ?? ๐
I will apply now haha
sage tendon
the west, the east, the north, everywhere but there I guess
fallow finch
i've tried to apply for job in EU but since i have no University Degree its hard
sage tendon
well, maybe some african and southern american countries too
fallow finch
thats why im gaining UE4 Power 
sage tendon
smart, becoming independent is the best thing for everyone
broken sigil
^
carmine frigate
that social media thing also sounds like $$
sage tendon
I went full in to stock market and crypto exchanges to make a side buck
fallow finch
Yes but no free times = dead dreams xP
sage tendon
no such thing as dead dreams, only postponed dreams
fallow finch
yea maybe but you see the time is running or flying
carmine frigate
hmm im starting to think everything is a huge bubble and land is one of the few things that people wil need
broken sigil
if I wasn't involved in game dev I would probably be working some shitty job here for $600 a month since that's the average here
I mean I would be lucky to get those 600
sage tendon
@carmine frigate thats fully correct, everything is floating on air, waiting to crash down, only the value that people give it makes society stay up
carmine frigate
i live in amsterdam and people live in houses that cost 10 lifetimes of their paycheck
fallow finch
if i'm now getting 600$ i will have a biggest game development studio here ๐
fallow finch
no such thing as dead dreams, only postponed dreams
but yea its true since i started UE4 in 2015 with my shitty laptop and its died after 2-3 months ๐
and i've started again 2017 with normal pc also died
till 2019 i bought a good PC
sage tendon
I've a MMO server core functional and it works with my UE4 game client, been collecting dust for a year now due to lack of proper time
waiting for a better time ๐
fallow finch
I was working as a translator with a foreign company Remotely got few bucks to buy this PC
fallow finch
dead hardware is the most terrible thing that can happen to us
yea haha
pearl pewter
Does anyone know what those emojis mean?๐คฃ
outer oasis
someone come chat with me im lonely ;-;
quasi loom
got a displacement function for waves on a sphere here and they seem to be messed up everywhere but the positive axes. notice how it is correct on one quadrant, straight on two, and just not working on the last
anyone more well versed in trig wanna take a stab?
planet is centered at 0,0,0 btw
broken sigil
that just looks like magic to me so good luck lol
quasi loom
again, testing, thanks
humble remnant
I feel like you're using a number of complex functions that attempt to work but don't
broken sigil
collision could probably be done by using some time variable which both the shader and game code can access and a wave function which generates the same "waves" when you want to query it for collision or render as a shader
quasi loom
where would you suggest? this is where admins point people that ask for general help in #cpp
broken sigil
this is #visual-fx territory I think
quasi loom
you think so? i wish there was a mathematics channel
humble remnant
I still think the material is using functions too complex to be worth
quasi loom
how would you suggest i simplify it then @humble remnant ?
humble remnant
Power, Atan in the middle of a chain, I'm pretty sure there's a simpler way to do it
broken sigil
graphics is more for like "general" graphics stuff like meshes, materials, lighting while #visual-fx is for advanced shaders, particles, etc...
tbh either one would be fine
regal pecan
arctan2 isn't that weird to have in a shader, since you either need it or you don't. Just hope you don't need several.
humble remnant
You could do it with particles but this amount of complexity is kinda weird to me
Do you really need the latitude for your game to function?
regal pecan
It's not that complicated. Wait until you see Unreal's default BDRF.
humble remnant
And it may be the "simplest" way to do it IRL, but for shader complexity this one is HARD
regal pecan
Plus this is done in the vertex shader, so for low poly it's still not catastrophic.
humble remnant
World position is per pixel unless I'm horrifically wrong
Though world position offset, yeah
regal pecan
I could be wrong. It's outputting to world displacement instead of wpo. I haven't used UE4 since... 4.19?
humble remnant
For low poly sure, but for waves simulation it's starting to get spooky
You can't really have a low poly mesh for waves
regal pecan
Anyway, I built the same nodes in Blender and it works fine, so something sus is happening.
humble remnant
And doesn't the VertexNormal node return a normalized "direction" already
humble remnant
quasi loom
literally so dumb. replaced by multiplying itself
humble remnant
-1 ^ 2 and ^ 3 returns wildly different stuff
What's inbetween is even spookier
Either way, from searching for latitude I assume you're doing something planetary?
If not and it's actually planar, there's significantly cheaper stuff out there for the same effect
humble remnant
I'll need to look at some of my older shader tests
I had a sphere waving pretty good for cheap
regal pecan
Why not just fluid sim for atmosphere? ๐ณ
quasi loom
there probably is a better way to do this. but doing it in the vertex shader with fastarctan2 im not sure will matter too much
im considering it lol
for clouds and such
regal pecan
'everything is slow in Unity anyway no one will notice'
The moon dominates the tidal cycle. Makes one wonder, without the moon, would the Earth have waves like that psycho planet in Interstellar?
quasi loom
depends on power of players PC really
im not planning on doing real fluid sim for waves anyways
regal pecan
Some games just have the tide go up and down. Conservation of mass? Not their problem.
quasi loom
wow thats awesome. would like to try something like that.
regal pecan
2d fluid sims are pretty common. A neat trick extending it to a sphere though.
quasi loom
ive thought about just using a quadsphere and doing a fluid sim on all sides. gives me a headache to think about though
chilly igloo
Start working on horror game. Put some models for check how textures work. Current project doesnt have any logic. On current scene only some props and 1 default third-person character for better checking sizes of model for proper scaling, so after starting the "game" its one my played third-person character, and another one.
I start game and walk in level. Because of some, probably, physic bug (some props have physics and just drop on the floor after game start right around second character) second character change rotation and kind of look straight on me.
#New_fear You make horror game and realize what non-player characters become independent and evil possessed or you just become mad. Or both. ๐ญ
opal vortex
Hey there all! So I'm not really sure if this is the right place for this (or even the right server) but I'm in a position where i'm having to come up with a good proposal for a degree 'project' and I could really use some advice from people who have more experience with the scene, as I'm concerned my thoughts might be either a) impossible or b) impractical (or c) would be boring or pointless, which is just as bad)
zinc matrix
timber viper
Even in the morning that you did not sleep at night.. 8am
fallow finch
Goodmorning for Eu and middleeast and west of Asia
Goodnight for Australia and NorthAmerica :yum:
That happens when you have all regions
torpid star
this is UE3:
also turns out they remastered the old arkham games in UE4. I wonder how they did that?
fallow finch
Recoding xD ?
tribal kraken
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deep glen
@torpid star I wanna add to this that while yes ue3, it was extremely edited/modified and was closer to ue4 than ue3 at that point
torpid star
for sure, looks like they added pbr and a bunch of cool rendering tech that you didn't get in base UE3.
I hardly used UDK back in the day but I'd imagine the leap from UE3 to UE4 was giant in terms of getting rid of UnrealScript and redoing Kismet as BP
deep glen
it was, early days felt like going from stone age to cyberpunk age
but it also felt like that when going from ued1 to 2, and ue2 to 3
deep glen
ue4's rendering will feel like stone age compared to ue5
torpid star
the realtime GI will be interesting for sure!
median wraith
Given thau ue4 have almost the same features of ue5 already don't think there is any change jump like UE3.5 VS ue4
torpid star
although I feel like we've reached the point in games where we can pretty much do anything, so maybe that's why it doesn't feel like it's going to be a huge leap
zinc matrix
UnrealScript to Unreal C++ was easy to convert automatically via some simple parser. I've done similar conversions over the years, no major problem. Don't know about K1 to K2 (Kismet->BP). Also UE3 maps to UE4 ( via modified T3D in plain text), also no major problems, e.g. some BSP to static mesh was okay... Although by the time I finished typing this, the topic changed ๐
median wraith
Someone wrote the other day DFGI were removed from ue4
fallow finch
I think just more faster than UE4 some new features
torpid star
@zinc matrix what about matinee?
median wraith
Technically Lumen seems to be based on that
fallow finch
I think simulation stuff will be imporved
zinc matrix
No problems, as long as the data* can be dumped to/fro, matinee including ๐
Plaintext all the way ๐
torpid star
okay, what about animations? I never did touch any animation stuff so I don't know how they worked in UDK
zinc matrix
FBX
torpid star
and the state dependent stuff you'd do through graphs? or did people hard code those
zinc matrix
I was involved mainly in maps conversion In some smaller projects, I can vouch for how easy it was ๐
via custom T3D
e.g. a PointLight:
Object info:
============
ClassName: PointLight, ObjectName: PointLight_MainDoorLight
ComponentClassName: PointLightComponent, ComponentObjectName: LightComponent0
RelativeLocation = { X=1798.22, Y=-11073.2, Z=-3652.31 }
RelativeRotation = { Yaw=0, Pitch=0, Roll=0 }
RelativeScale3D = { X=0, Y=0, Z=0 }
Mobility = 0
IntensityUnits = Candelas (1)
LightColor = { R=88, G=128, B=255, A=255 }
AttenuationRadius = 0
CastShadows = true
IndirectLightingIntensity = 0
VolumetricScatteringIntensity = 0
so all you'd end up doing is writing an importer and you'd be done
zinc matrix
^
fallow finch
We need a real UE4 Lounge btw
torpid star
no this is a source engine lounge now
fallow finch
xP no i meant irl
Not Virtual
Im ordering Oculus rift i will make a virtual Lounge for Realtime Conversation in free times
๐
torpid star
Rift? did you mean quest 2?
they discontinued the Rift, I had one back in 2016 that I tried to start using again. Wanted to buy a new cable for it and turns out.. you can't.
torpid star
wasn't the quest 2 cheaper?
median wraith
so whats better to pick and develop this days ?
cursive crypt
etherium
pearl compass
so whats better to pick and develop this days ?
tu nariz
pearl compass
its only toxic if you dont wash your bitcoins.
cursive crypt
dogecoins then, they cute
solar musk
Just curious can UE4 work on a 1900X Threadripper with 32gb of RAM?
quiet narwhal
yes it can
cursive crypt
It is surprisingly scalable. I have a friend which works on cheap 10 y old PC and it runs fine. Like 4 GiB of RAM, 2 cores or so. Ofc, it is a hassle, but he can still prototype some small levels ๐
fresh heath
ancient hornet
Rather than rewarding them, the industryโs explosive growth has only widened the gap between the profits they help generate and their paltry wages, leaving many to wonder whether they can afford to continue following their passion.
passion = exploitation
foggy path
This is nothing new tbh, so much of anime has always been produced with slave wages
and otherwise terrible working conditions as well
ancient hornet
Simpsons was drawn mostly in the US (story boards and framing and the like) then animated in South Korea
why? because it was much cheaper there ๐
zinc matrix
That's disgusting
zinc matrix
This is nothing new tbh, so much of anime has always been produced with slave wa...
should we boycott it then?
foggy path
hard to say, not all studios are like that so you'd have to spend time to figure it out ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
in japan it probably just gets ignored and it's just taken as part of the culture
zinc matrix
the term "starving artist" exists for a reason
zinc matrix
hard to say, not all studios are like that so you'd have to spend time to figure...
I trust for the most part, the workers know what they're getting themselves into and care more about their passion than their money, which is kinda admirable
zinc matrix
still kinda exploity :P
eastern philosophies seem to be more lenient than western ones though in that regard
that's why China is so corrupt with their labor
"What's so funny about truth, justice, and the American way?" - Superman
foggy path
Hard to say
tribal kraken
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foggy path
I'm not really familiar with China so I can't comment on that particular topic, but in Japan there definitely is a bit of a strange working culture
they even have a separate word for people who commit suicide because of being overworked, karoushi
zinc matrix
I'm not really familiar with China so I can't comment on that particular topic, ...
my point is, for the most part, America seems to be more into individuality than Japan, but yeah
foggy path
Ah, yeah I mean that's true
zinc matrix
they even have a separate word for people who commit suicide because of being ov...
no wonder Sakurai has bags under his eyes at every Nintendo Direct...
foggy path
It seems if you wanted collective good then you'd pay your employees better but what do I know lol
Western companies that have offices in Japan apparently have much better working conditions in terms of expected overtime and such than japanese corporations
But from what I understand it might be slowly improving just in general
zinc matrix
Western companies that have offices in Japan apparently have much better working...
yet weebs like to act like Japan is more righteous
foggy path
lol
people obsessed with any topic act as if their obsession is the best
weebs aren't any different in that regard lol
zinc matrix
America's not perfect, but we're still one of the best countries to live and work in
foggy path
as long as you have health insurance 
zinc matrix
sucks how corrupt our government is, but at least many people point it out
zinc matrix
as long as you have health insurance <:alex:330044263201112066>
maybe...but it sure beats waiting in line till you die
I'm sure there are doctors out there willing to give emergency operations before they're paid too
foggy path
Well I think there's other issues with that too besides if being deathly ill... like people avoiding going to the doctor for smaller problems because it costs too much, which then ends up costing even more because it gets worse as it's not taken care of
it's pretty difficult to update and improve systems that have been in place for a long time though
zinc matrix
Well I think there's other issues with that too besides if being deathly ill... ...
free healthcare is an attractive idea...but the country needs the right conditions for it to be effective in
smaller countries can get away with longer wait times cuz of the lower population
like in Sweden
I hear the waiting lines can get bad in Canada though
foggy path
Yeah it's a difficult problem to solve efficiently, but I think if it's easy for people to get help, it has a larger cascading effect
zinc matrix
Yeah it's a difficult problem to solve efficiently, but I think if it's easy for...
just remember...Obamacare was Wario's idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vafY2RZVxg
foggy path
lol
zinc matrix
weebs aren't any different in that regard lol
also...anime culture here in the US disturbs me a bit, but I guess I'm one to talk being into capestuff, which too was outside of the social norm not too long ago
foggy path
you tend to see the cringiest shit online, majority of them are probably not as bad
zinc matrix
what disturbs me most is how scantily dressed young girls are in anime
it's like subtly promoting pedophilia
I mean yeah, capestuff has plenty of scantily-clad women, but at least most are legal age
foggy path
Yeah there's definitely some shows which are a bit dodgy in that regard lol
zinc matrix
also they're often drawn more realistic than anime girls, so yeah
zinc matrix
Yeah there's definitely some shows which are a bit dodgy in that regard lol
@foggy path know what? in a way, America's to blame for anime
we essentially colonized Japan after WW2
but
still beats imperialism
@foggy path I didn't step on any toes, right?
foggy path
lol nah I just need to be productive from time to time
median wraith
whats the point of create a stats lore page for each game character in a competitive shooter where list height for example and there are up 30cm of difference between characters and in gameplay them all are same height
๐
unborn lotus
So they can nail the erotic fanfic?
cunning granite
FYI, to anyone who follows the channel "AI and Games" The creator is going around and deleting any comments moderately critical of his position. Which is ironic because his most recent video is about how bad it is that creators do that.
cursive crypt
unborn lotus
Still no uv improvements ๐
At least what other software have, like showing corresponding edges or uv points, default sync behavior with viewport
cursive crypt
Hmm... yeah, for basic and quick UV work I'm fine with Blender. For more tho... I look elsewhere. Not sure what is their plan wrt to that.
unborn lotus
The mark seams and unwrap is great, but then its just so lacking...doing anything complex with overlapping parts would be insane
unborn lotus
I havent used it in a while, but it was just odd, moving faces automatically split them, couldnt make out any connections, couldnt unwrap/relax vertex selections, like if an island would get skewed I had to reunwrap it, scale it, put it back
cursive crypt
I think there were some relax/shrink UV brushes... Also you can unwrap selection only. I also haven't used it in awhile.
unborn lotus
I think there were some relax/shrink UV brushes... Also you can unwrap selection...
But doesnt it split the faces you selected to unwrap? Anyway, thats what I remember, it was very annoying, every other software does it the same, so should blender. Only old Maya from like 2011, had the same big issue, didnt have separate UV vertex or UV edge (different from the viewport ones), and its really something you need
cursive crypt
Only one way to tell I guess, fire it up and check ๐
unborn lotus
I heard only good things about ryzom uv
cursive crypt
Yeah, Rizom is fine... to bad they don't wanna support Mouse buttons 4 and onward tho :/
They stream now I think https://www.twitch.tv/rizomuv
haha... totally I understand, you can anyway browse quickly how it looks like
Hey retopo is not so bad, especially sped up like x5
It is very chilling to look how it comes up to life.
... talking about streaming our video chat here is fully loaded since its opening ๐
Yea
carmine frigate
nah its those horrible localized streamers ๐
ur from this part of the world so you must like this person
i only watch some unreal streams and bob ross ๐
dunno why i would want to watch that grown man play minecraft
cursive crypt
lol
ancient hornet
aren't the adds directly in the normal video stream nowadays?
fallow finch
tulip orbit
other than nobody being interesting atm, no problems.
dont do calls or anything fancy with discord tho
fresh heath
median wraith
now youtube is having issues
latent spruce
Anyone know a good place to print off custom keycaps?
I am going to play with making some for the Unreal Editor for shitsngiggles
errant sedge
Hey Iโm building a pc and wanted to know if anyone has an idea of what a future proof pc spec wld be for ue?
latent spruce
anything that is on pcpartpicker and dated recently is going to last for a good while
just research trusted brands
errant sedge
Okay thanks
tulip orbit
I found an 8800GTX in my basement, that should be good for your future proof pc ๐
zinc matrix
I remember prior to that being so jealous of my friend's family PC, which had a TNT2 Ultra
It came with Motocross Madness which I remember having insane graphics lol
You ever play Populous?
humble remnant
Most mindblowing day for me would still be running Unreal 1 on a 222 MHz CPU or something like that
zinc matrix
humble remnant
Those were the days
zinc matrix
Maybe I'm just being nostalgic, but it seemed like a time before trolls and lootboxes
zinc matrix
Most mindblowing day for me would still be running Unreal 1 on a 222 MHz CPU or ...
Haha, Pentium II ?
humble remnant
Must have been
That was 20 years ago now so it evades my memory
But just seeing a world that realistic
The Nyleve waterfall
zinc matrix
It was an RTS, but without a lot of micromanagement
For example, your units just sort of reproduced as long as you had enough housing
It was really all about your "hero", the village shaman who learned skills in pursuit of destroying the other village shaman
Loved it ๐
soft night
i think was able to get printable files from the what that one plugin was what showed in one of unreal streams
humble remnant
Anyone wanna snag a 3060?
Divide prices by 2 for EUR equivalent
These are the only results for either GDDR6 or GDDR6X
A different site has various 6900XTs for 1500~1600 EUR
Goddamn this is painful
Yeah, 6900XTs are generally available
Interesting
Literally every 30-anything is either jacked up 3+ times over MSRP or just out of stock
I'm tempted so hard rn
I can get a 6900XT and make up for the jacked up price in a few months or its full price after 2 years of casual mining
zinc matrix
I've been told a few times that if you can find a local store, you have a better shot at a walk-in than anything ordered online.
zinc matrix
this game is so hard
At least with Ryzen CPUsโฆ the graphics card market might be a magnitude worse.
humble remnant
I did see a 3090 when I walked into a store but
It was a blower style ASUS or something like that
zinc matrix
Instead of waterblock?
humble remnant
Not even like dual/triple fan like most high end coolers
zinc matrix
Oh
zinc matrix
:/
humble remnant
I think imma skip
zinc matrix
My PC wouldn't turn on a few weeks back, turned out it was actually too many USB peripherals heh
But for one long ass day, I was ๐ฐ looking at the CPU/GPU market
zinc matrix
I have a GTX1070 that I'm still fairly happy with, it's that R9 5950X CPU I'm hot for...
It's so damn expensive, but I'm ready for those cores!
Local scalpers are selling them $200-300 USD above MSRP
humble remnant
I've ran out of video memory myself while using 1070ti which is why I'm looking for something else
zinc matrix
I saw some press release from Nvidia saying something about mining-specific cards, and hamstringing mainstream GPUs so they're less desirable to miners
Not sure if that'll actually happen/make a dent
humble remnant
Either a 1080ti on a deal or just using up a bunch of my savings to cop out for a newer card and make up with mining
zinc matrix
I have no optimism for RTX availability ๐ฆ
humble remnant
One of my server's pcie x16 slots is empty so I could slot something in
For me it's not even RTX, I'm perfectly fine developing for it at 30% render resolution on a 10 series
zinc matrix
It seems like a pre-built system is a fairly reliable way to get your hands on the latest hardware, albeit at $300-500 over the DIY price (assuming the components were available)
humble remnant
The 70Ti is doing surprisingly well in my project
That's a good option if your rig is megaold and actually needing an upgrade
zinc matrix
Well, you might be able to sell the 1070 Ti at inflated prices
To makeup for some of that pre-built cost
humble remnant
But I'm with a Ryzen 2700 so it's far from needing an upgrade
quiet narwhal
I was watching a video about an unboxing of a dell prebuilt work machine with a 3070 and yeah if you need a 30x0 series card prebuilts might be smarter than waiting for a card
humble remnant
If I was with my server as my PC, absolutely, prebuilts are good now
But with my current PC my bottleneck is VRAM
quiet narwhal
I got super lucky with a 3080 from Nvidia after being awake for 2 weeks lol, never want to do that again
zinc matrix
Haha, just spamming reload on the buy page?
quiet narwhal
basically yep, watching the forums and reddit and all the announced drop times and just spaaaaaaaaam
even had a few purchased from newegg and best buy that got cancelled before that. now that was devastation
zinc matrix
Damn, that perseverance paid off though.
quiet narwhal
it did and its a great card, tears thru everything but still not like perfect lol. running outriders right now at uncapped FPS and it peaks at 100% usage lol
capping it to 165 keeps it near 85% utilization which is nuts
humble remnant
There will always be a bottleneck
The objective in life is that an engine limitation is what prevents any more fps being put through
zinc matrix
Well damn, I was accepted into OpenAI
That's awesome! I want GPT-3 access
I think there's still a cap on how much you can use, like $125/mo.?
humble remnant
I requested my access for my MOBA project where I'd generate precise balancing numbers with AI
But y'know
zinc matrix
Sick
zinc matrix
I've seen a lot of interesting/impressive uses cross my Twitter
humble remnant
Combat isnt registered by the design doc yet and I need to get that working so results don't get skewed
zinc matrix
You have to give it something to work off of, but then it's text generation is really something.
humble remnant
I'm using a json for my numbers currently
zinc matrix
Even for like drafting narrative or something, could be a great brainstorming tool.
humble remnant
It's impressive how I can change numbers without a patch
zinc matrix
Someone mentioned they were avoiding .pak files by using .json in #cpp the other day, was that you?
quiet narwhal
mainly playing outriders since its a UE4 game. Taking it apart mentally to see how they did stuff and what they did
humble remnant
And the "giving it something to work off" is my current problem
zinc matrix
mainly playing outriders since its a UE4 game. Taking it apart mentally to see ...
Sure looks gorgeous ๐คค
humble remnant
Currently my data collection registers very basic stuff, like DPS and highest single hit, but it doesn't collect whether an ability missed/was blocked/was dodged and without that it can skew results a ton
zinc matrix
Yeah, I wonder if you'd need to show it a before/after that you balanced manually
humble remnant
But with those implemented it's possible to get some really fine tuning on all the numbers
zinc matrix
And maybe after a few demonstrations of correctness, it could then balance novel json
I'd be curious to hear how that evolves!
humble remnant
I'm curious too
I kinda abandoned to help the OWL lads with their Spout camera since I wanted to do some trickery with it myself
But this email gets me hyped to secure my ticket while I can
Ideas many, time little
zinc matrix
Heh
humble remnant
I have too many ideas for a project that I don't plan on earning that much out of
Passion is a cruel mistress
zinc matrix
I'm gonna apply for access, just get that in motion in case it goes through.
zinc matrix
I have too many ideas for a project that I don't plan on earning that much out o...
I see commercial potential in many of my hobby projects, but one of the things I like about them is that I'm not prioritizing the underlying business.
zinc matrix
Passion is a cruel mistress
What is your day job?
humble remnant
Blueprints prototyping/QA
zinc matrix
Oh you work in games industry!
humble remnant
But the job project seems to be falling through so things are looking bad
Been in for more than half of UE4 being public and if nothing comes out of it I have years of experience with nothing to back it up
I hate it
zinc matrix
the project of my life and I want to do it as a linux exclusive
detail: and earn money from donations, since the game will be 100% free
passions..
Oh, you mean nothing to show for all that time
humble remnant
Just a note, Linux is <2% of PC market share on Steam, so keep in mind you're limiting the audience
zinc matrix
I think first-class Linux support would be an achievement in its own right, even if you also offered Win and Mac.
humble remnant
Yeah, it was meant as a very long project in development, I joined in 2016 to make up the basic mechanics and help with testing in later years but suddenly Rona hits and there has been nothing to do for months for all departments
There's the occasional bug report but that's really it
Executives are saying nothing and some people even gave in their leave notifications
zinc matrix
Well, your experience on the project can't be taken away from you โ but I feel your pain, I don't always have the best work samples despite my expertise.
humble remnant
That's why I'm working on my personal MOBA project but it's stupidly ambitious for its own right
zinc matrix
I love MOBA, so I get the inspiration.
humble remnant
Studying the design of too many games out there, incorporating unique ideas and putting monetization on the backburner is sure to bite me
At least Paragon assets are free and I can use those since I'm horrible at art
zinc matrix
By day I work with UI/UX for web software (as a service), and consequently, have studied a lot of independent software business up close. Some of which I think overlaps with game development.
My unsolicited advice is just nail the "vertical slice" โ or what they often call the MVP.
Give em a taste of a complete experience, in lieu of the complete product.
So speaking for myself, I'm just trying to get something that feels good and is fun to play with others.
humble remnant
That's absolutely my primary focus too
zinc matrix
I'm not authoring any custom assets, and using mostly greybox levels.
Yeah you know the drill!
humble remnant
Get the gameplay nailed then focus on the rest
Though wanting to implement UGC at the core has changed my plans quite a bit
zinc matrix
You might be able to get a Epic Mega Grant, or take your demo to Kickstarter
zinc matrix
Just a note, Linux is <2% of PC market share on Steam, so keep in mind you're li...
but this is like, more than 1 million people
humble remnant
I do have my discord dev license and that's where I plan on the initial release so I'll see where things go
I'm solo for now but I'd sure take in a couple of art/design peeps to help out when I'm really serious about it (and when I have the budget)
Side note: I put UI/sound/sprites in art on top of other things you can think of
zinc matrix
I believe if you have a lil' nugget that's fun to play, it's so much easier to have those conversations about hiring, funding, etc.
zinc matrix
Heh, well you gotta enjoy the processโฆ I like to make systems ๐
Mmm, resuable?
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humble remnant
Being frustrated with documentation and making my own framework from scratch including projectiles will absolutely cause problems where I don't expect them
Don't ask why I remade projectiles
zinc matrix
Heh
humble remnant
I don't know either
zinc matrix
Well again, gotta enjoy yourself. No point in crossing the finish line just for the sake of it.
humble remnant
It was one of the first parts of the design doc for my job project and I kinda autopiloted it
zinc matrix
but a bit of stoicism is good too
I personally hate coding and it is hard to get the concepts but well, I want to do it solo
anyway is a walking simulator, not that hard ๐
I agree. There's definitely challenge and discomfort to push through, but for hobbies, I make sure I'm enjoying it.
humble remnant
I'm a blueprinter at the core with game design making its way in due to necessity so it was decently easy for me to remake systems
The control I have over them now is sure paying off since they can be shaped into I'd dare say 99% of other games
zinc matrix
make a hover vehicles physics!
zinc matrix
I personally hate coding and it is hard to get the concepts but well, I want to ...
I like coding, but C++ is real mean.
yeah I am fitting myself into learncpp.com
humble remnant
It's a tradeoff always
zinc matrix
if I want to make it a long term bit, I will need I think
humble remnant
Though if you're just learning game mechanics, blueprints are amazing
You can make full games just with them
zinc matrix
The control I have over them now is sure paying off since they can be shaped int...
Well if projectiles are fundamental to your game, then I'm sure I'd be able to justify it ๐
zinc matrix
Though if you're just learning game mechanics, blueprints are amazing
I didn't like BP when I first started, but I've come to appreciate how powerful the system is throughout the editor.
humble remnant
Much less prone to fatal errors too
Which is really good if you value quick prototyping
Though in my case I stuck to them due to hardware more than anything
zinc matrix
I find writing code easier to write and reason about, where it makes sense
But BP has great editor experience, and the autocomplete is a lot more friendly than deducing header includes
humble remnant
Making a complex project is tough enough as it is for 8 GB RAM, running a VS alongside is asking to crash
zinc matrix
You only have 8GB of system memory?
humble remnant
Had for a while
Was a decent laptop when I bought it but it grew old fast
Until a year ago I was on it and looking back I'm amazed I survived that long with it
I did look into upgrading it and I did get an i5 dual core into an i7 quad core, but RAM wasn't worth it since performance drops off a cliff due to HP BIOS being buttcheeks
solar nebula
It's better than the guy who was asking why UE4 gives him out of memory error with 4 GB of RAM
solar nebula
I think he was a kid so he didn't know that RAM is uh, a thing
humble remnant
But I don't respect the Tenacity with which that was done
solar nebula
He asked some guy at best buy (or an equivalent) on what laptop would run unreal engine 4 and the guy recommended him a gaming laptop lol
It wasn't like a terrible laptop, but it did have only 4 GB of ram xD
humble remnant
Ouch
Oh man
You just reminded me what I saw yesterday
Random ad for a gaming PC, costing 130 EUR equivalent
solar nebula
Do you know what I saw yesterday, my bedroom
humble remnant
Do I need to continue 
humble remnant
Anyway, that PC was with a Pentium from the 4000 era, 4 GB RAM and a marvelous GT 710
solar nebula
Do I need to continue <:KEKW:733323693178224781>
It'll probably run the game boy emulator and do you truly need anything else
humble remnant
The marketing pics had Battlefield 4 all over it for some reason and I'd be surprised if it even runs the game
zinc matrix
My buddy has a gaming laptop, even with 120hz screen
It's impressive, but I'm not the target customer for something like that
humble remnant
Some reviews said it was even the DDR3 version when the specs clearly said GDDR5
I am actually amazed at whoever put that PC out there and I'm half sure you can sue for fraud at that point
Side note, it's from an official site, not your usual fb/Craigslist marketplace
Laptops with high refresh make no sense to me
There's simply no power for that kind of thing
zinc matrix
I don't have the craziest ram, but I don't recall it being too expensive.
I got another 16GB recently for I think $70?
humble remnant
Mine was like 90 EUR when I bought it but last I checked equivalent kits were like 70 EUR in most cases
3600cl18, but I have it at 3000cl14 because Ryzen
humble remnant
That's a damn high latency
zinc matrix
Full timings of CL16 (16-18-18-38)
zinc matrix
It was 16-16-16 earlier in the production cycle
humble remnant
3200cl18 might as well be 2666cl16 at that point
humble remnant
Mine are at 14-16-16-34 I believe
I'm kinda amazed it's stable at those
And at the time the price was no different from a 3200cl16 kit
But I'm p damn sure the cl16 will have a hard time going to cl14
humble remnant
The XMP for mine didn't work well
zinc matrix
I like that idea of adjusting timings for the CPU though, might do that when I upgrade to Ryzen.
humble remnant
It frequently went into boot loops with the default profile enabled but with manually setting them it was fine
So I just manually set them to what was good for a Ryzen and it ran stable enough
Early on it had a few BSODs due to memory management but with time those went away
zinc matrix
LOL, it adapted?