eg.
#lounge
fathom wadi
it definitely looks like opacity. being they are hair cards. Same with the eyelashes and eyeballs
I guess there might be some issue with merging materials that have opacity as they would need another mode of output right?
It could be nice if it somehow singled out opacity materials and made a seperate combine opacity material or something, or even seperate ones if needs be
pearl elk
ship it
fathom wadi
the thing is, in the BaseFlattenMaterial it shows attributes for opacity and stuff
it's also made the textures for it but I dunno. Ill play around but I've been up all night and im dying to finish this so I can sleep 😄
fixed it 😄
pearl elk
Looks like the new Assassins Creed
humble remnant
fathom wadi
took it to blender and setup some materials. Managed to grab the opacity mask which is nice. Now I can slot it in another material slot and take it back to Unreal. Got to fix those eyes tho.
humble remnant
I'm surprised that character looks so horrid in UE4
I'll download and see how it looks for me
carmine frigate
he did nasty stuff to her 😛
cursive crypt
Bad kitten, bad.
humble remnant
The crypto I mine rose up 25% in a day and now I get less rewards because more people mine
Firo in particular
More effective than eth for Nvidia
Yeah, it's crazy
I did some trades for some additional profits of a few dozen cents
But other than that, I'll see how things turn out
Things are crazy and caught up to my niche currency
I believe for as long as it allows me to pay spotify and nitro tbh
I don't mine on a large scale, just using my GPU while I'm playing less demanding stuff or just watching vids
Not like I can get another GPU right now anyway
Tbh I'm looking into an AMD more than anything
I need more VRAM to avoid some running out of memory issues I've been facing when doing anything raytracing
It's aight
Hardly an issue
On the CPU, yeah
But there's 5 case fans to cool the rest
Well, 5 including the watercooling ones
I can't get anything better with a 1070Ti rn
Around 5k USD
I mean, if I invested with a new GPU in it, I'd feel scammed 100%
It's incredibly volatile
soft night
normal prism
median wraith
I don't really like what Epic did with the Script system of Niagara really
its like a beta of the actual blueprints makes 0 sense
cursive crypt
Some invisible leftover properties can drive me mad when I try to rename a variable.
fresh heath
zinc matrix
carmine frigate
today it was sunny, with hailsorms, snowstorms and massive rain 😛
been kinda sunny lately so when i looked outside and see the snow, nuclear winter came to mind
tulip orbit
if only, eh?
tulip orbit
foggy path
12:59? so very early morning? or midday? :P
am/pm is so confusing even people who use it trip on it...
lol
tulip orbit
gray vortex
vivid bloom
Where can I ask technical questions at?
spare glade
In the appropriate channel for which that question is about.
Read the #more-resources and #rules please.
fluid bloom
if you're trying to have maximum levels of pain and suffering, yes
cursive crypt
Is that thing still alive? Sublime.
pearl elk
Sublime Text 4.0 😮
median wraith
there you go
dense stratus
maybe behind the scenes videos of people working on games they like?
gloomy pulsar
tulip orbit
or somebody accidentally deleted the database
cursive crypt
Joke on you, I wouldn't touch 5 until the first one, two patches show up.
pearl elk
UE2077
cursive crypt
r/SuddenlyGay
dense storm
@zinc matrix chill.
pearl elk
You have to quarantine first
cursive crypt
Annoying, I can't install a plugin I need, lol.
pearl elk
How many launchers can the launcher launch if the launcher could launch launchers
cursive crypt
0 as of now
pearl elk
looks like I'll have to go back to wood chucking
cursive crypt
Yeah, too sensitive topic.
vale berry
I probably should not have tried to stress test the backend API right?....
vale berry
The frontend is screwed because the backend is not responding 🙂
my asset manager still logs in... but fails to load anything further
pearl elk
my frontend typically works when my backend isnt responding 😛
vale berry
Well you do not work at Epic... 😄
pearl elk
must be hell when theres a bout of gastro going around
brings a whole new meaning to the word launcher 😮
vale berry
by the way.. imagine all the fortnite kids going crazy now... 😄
cursive crypt
That Pond fishes look cute.
pearl elk
PUBG and Warzone must be swarmed about now
burnt wave
Epic is down!
Ok question answered 😛
pearl elk
vale berry
Oh noes.. bigger trouble than the Marketplace being down... this months free assets were not released yet...
burnt wave
OK PANIC! LOL
Just when I decide to really try to learn blueprint.....
But is this because of UE5?
vale berry
What there are forums?
burnt wave
All this because forums are getting updated....
pearl elk
strangely the forums still work 😛
vale berry
Is it just me or is one of the free assets not free?:D
I can record some for you if you can.. my wife say I am a pig if that is enough for you
soft night
https://imgur.com/gallery/uKFAa6L owl sounds too?
humble remnant
Kinda boring this time around ngl
cursive crypt
I can record some for you if you can.. my wife say I am a pig if that is enough ...
Its her kink to be with a pig. I see no problem.
pearl elk
how funkeh is your chicken
cursive crypt
I have no such issues.
So there is a house, cat, dog, sounds and fishes.
Looks like ready collection.
Just all of them are of different style 😄
hasty hinge
Yeah they put the wrong one on the free page lol. Came here to see if anyone was talking about it. Thanks for linking the right one!
cursive crypt
Looks like blessing to that author.
hasty hinge
lol yeah
soft night
get free stuff completed
uncut otter
So uhhhh - is it just me, or does anyone else see epics choice of free stuff is a call to arms for a cats vs dogs gamejam game?
seems like a house territory game.
vale berry
I do not want to live in your house... 😄
uncut otter
i mean the fish just wants to paw at the fish maybe. and the dog knows it
so it stalks the house looking for the cat to keep it away
vale berry
Did they make the wrong one free?:D
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/animal-farm-sounds this is no longer free
And this is free now ... https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/farm-animal-sounds
yeah way ahead of you... but behind me... 😄
I guess I just like to spam today...
fathom wadi
when I was a kid, you someone handed you a copy of Animal Farm, it was either a socialist trying to convert you from communism, or it was a truly disturbing adult video :/
burnt wave
yay back up!
fathom wadi
Animals, animals, animals, HOUSE !
They already have one. the "of the rising sun" one 🙂
dense storm
4.27 has http://thegames.dev/snaps/jvfhRB8rRK.mp4 status info now!!
no more people saying, my engine is hanging..
fathom wadi
Apparently I need a passport to move around my free country soon. I wonder what the uniforms of the "inspectors" will look like. Hopefully no skull and crossbones this time .
tulip orbit
this will the uniform: https://i.imgur.com/2MeUFEZ.jpg
fathom wadi
it wouldn't even surprise me. This country is mental 😄
tulip orbit
most countries seem to be
fathom wadi
yeah the corporate "leadership" should really be ashamed of themselves for letting it get this way. Because if the 1% run the world, then it's their fault it's messed up. And who can fix it? The 1% by become the 10%.
dense storm
Boris Johnson is just well, Boris
thing is our country is always good at reacting, but never being pro-active
let the sh*t hit the fan then do something about it.
fathom wadi
aye it felt like that at the start of lockdown. That's why I immediately took my kids out of school, started wearing masks and avoided going anywhere. None of us seem to have had it so that's all good, but it shamed me to see the rest of the town escalating it at first. They garnered responsibility eventually (minus a hiccup at new year that should be forgiven) and the town is doing ok in the stats now. But think about this.... at first, the government paid the town a large sum, in the millions, for covid business relief. But they kept the town open to visitors. They literally threw us to the wolves for a quid. That is not government of everyone, it's government of themselves and their assets.
foggy path
it's pretty difficult atm since the trumpist right winger ultra-individualism is the current fad in populist politics
and idiots buy into it
some moron politician here tweeted something about starting to kill people if he's forced to wear a mask...
fathom wadi
you think that's bad. https://www.polygon.com/22356858/playstation-store-shut-down-ps3-ps-vita-psp-date-redownload-purchases
that's literally disgusted me
The PS3 isn't dead for those who still have one, or those who love the retro scene. My kid was actually crying because she's invested so much in the minecraft on her ps3 and now she won't be able to update it with new skinpacks etc.
I know Sony are a bunch of serious arseholes when they want to be (got stung 3k myself on their scams) but this feels like a golden handshake to everyone who made it possible in the first place.
plucky pagoda
I was pretty disappointed when they closed down the dev for Vita. I would have liked to see it get a lot more support. She should be able to cloud save her minecraft stuff though and at least download it on another platform. TBH the whole windows10 universal version is a bit of a rip off since it charges for all the things that were and still are free with the Java version.
Oh, and this is awesome! https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/volume-2-of-the-virtual-production-field-guide-now-available
foggy path
tbh I don't really see the ps3 store shutdown being particularly out of the ordinary
it's a console that's two generations old... companies haven't really ever supported that old stuff in the past either
fathom wadi
@foggy path its the only way to get some of the games though. Unless we obviously archive the roms or made alternate plans for distribution/sale. Plus the PS3 was unique hardware. It seems like such a loss to me. I mean, it means something to some people. My kid's for example.
foggy path
Oh yeah it definitely sucks in some ways like those
lucid walrus
Valheim uses good old heightmaps instead of voxels, utilizes about 25% of its texture space (rest is literally wasted), and its post processing at least triples the amount of necessary draw calls, yet it has sold 6 million units... maybe there's hope for me after all! 😅
foggy path
despite occasionally running at low fps it somehow never really felt laggy like some other games do at low framerates
lucid walrus
yeah, I didn't understand the appeal at all before, but apparently they got the "balance" just right in basically everything they did
cursive crypt
lol
humble remnant
wraith magnet
spark mulch
sinful delta
sooooo. is MetaHuman out yet?
scenic glen
is the game SCUM made by any unreal engine template?
humble remnant
Usually you'd be using templates to get you quickly started on something
But for any serious project, it's most often starting from scratch
silver vigil
For someone who isn't going to be buying Maya for a good while, would it be worth using an older version or just jump straight to blender? Because I got Maya 2019 Student free
humble remnant
regal pecan
How do you say 5.5e-7 out loud?
regal pecan
Truly. And easier to memorize too. I wouldn't wake up screaming it or anything.
That said, I'm pretty sure that's still metric.
humble remnant
Well, there's no simpler way for imperial
Maybe there's 1/10000000000 of a butt
Who knows
There's no simple way really
Unless the imperial system comes up with a measurement of a sulfuric atom or something like that
But until then, we gotta work with what we have
Though come to think of it
You could say 551 picoinches and you might be right
Somewhat
regal pecan
I've got it, sort of
37/67,108,684"
Get me a thirty-seven sixty-seven-one-hundred-eight-six-hundred-eighty-fourth-inch wrench on the double.
regal pecan
I need a fast way to calculate that, just to amuse myself. Probably need a script or something though, since it has to be approximate to a limit. Otherwise I'll get (stupidly large number)/(much stupidly larger number). Assuming the number is even expressible with a power-of-2 divisor.
cursive crypt
text to speech... lol
pearl elk
<@!286140789304721417> its the only way to get some of the games though. Unless ...
Sony want to perpetuate that FOMO though because it drives sales, get it now or miss out for good
sage ermine
welp this is where my computer is at just before it hard crashes while I play skyrim on a quest 2 😦
I recorded it on my phone to video
then screenshot start middle and end of video
there's a little bit of increase in some of the settings but I wouldn't call it a spike
willing to bet too if I borrow the vive from work it won't do it
(I've played HUNDREDS of hours of skyrim vr on vive)
starting to wonder whether the quest is a dud
humble remnant
Those max CPU temps looking spooky
sage ermine
It is under my desk... I'm gonna move some stuff around and put it out on its own
maybe point a little fan at the back
median wraith
Spent 4h to install the printer
The phone have to find the printer, then do as bridge with the local network and the printer
then figure out whats the mac to unlock it 🤖
sage ermine
then do it all again when your toner runs out 🙂
Cos a new printer with a free cartridge is cheaper than a replacement cartridge lol
humble remnant
I've been using an old ass Xerox here
It might be older than my server's parts at this point
median wraith
Cos a new printer with a free cartridge is cheaper than a replacement cartridge ...
bought a ink tanks one
I think all the tints cost like 20€
my old HP cost like 30€ for just black
pearl elk
I think you can get 1kg of black filament cheaper 😛
daring talon
pearl elk
remember people, make sure before you enter an air vent that you have room to swing a crowbar
cursive crypt
What is this disgusting thing, comrade?
carmine frigate
is it just me that just gets a new blender version for every time i sculpt? 😛
yea me too
median wraith
someone here good at math ?
carmine frigate
i know 1+1 is something
you should prolly drop the problem here and hope for the best
tulip orbit
I've heard of math. but just in a vague sense
fathom wadi
Sony want to perpetuate that FOMO though because it drives sales, get it now or ...
Luckily the scene says no and they will be archived 🙂 Most of them already are to be fair
carmine frigate
@zinc matrix that vid description has Sulpt in it, but i have no idea what he is doin:P
zinc matrix
Hello!
zinc matrix
Are the forums down? I get a message "An account is required. Please ask an existing member for an invite or log in to continue."
and my login doesn't work
carmine cargo
Fancy!
I couldn't login, but it works if you login first on AnswerHub and then switch to the Forums
@zinc matrix ^^^^
zinc matrix
@carmine cargo It works, thanks!
carmine cargo
@hollow zephyr the login to the new forums doesn't seem to work, even though logging first to AnswerHub and then switching to the Forum solves the issue
Looks stylish! 😎
dense storm
It is still not fully live
carmine cargo
@dense storm then it shouldn't be accessible at all
dense storm
i typed that earlier
and did not press enter
it was response to Rynas :/
cause i also had trouble logging in
mint onyx
new forum is up and it looks terrible to me
hollow zephyr
new forum is up and it looks terrible to me
@carmine cargo @dense storm Are you still having issues?
mint onyx
i don't have detailed feed back, just some random rant
it feels like a mobile app being fitted to desktop
carmine cargo
@hollow zephyr login seems to working fine now! Tnx!
dense storm
@mint onyx you mean it all centered on widescreen monitor?
like not using the available space
mint onyx
and the spacing is way too wide
my rule of thumb*: if the bars are as wide as my thumb they are wasting space 😄
this is one reason i like vBulletin: it looks compact and designed for desktop
for the new design, high contrast black/white texts everywhere and they are like fighting for your visual attention
sharp wolf
Discourse is probably the best forum software out there! Nice move Epic. 😄
It integrates easily to tons of APIs, has lots of mod control and easily indexes everything.
or course i am biased since thats what we use for our game. lol
zinc matrix
tfw you think your game would look 10x better in unlit mode
foggy path
I think it could be an interesting aesthetic
I was wondering how hard would it be to have like.. "sector lit" mode like in Build or such, where you can adjust the brightness of a polygon
I guess you could maybe store polygon brightness in custom UV's or something
fathom wadi
you could do that. I keep wondering when people are gonna start realising the amount of funky stuff you can do now we have UDIMs too. I mean, textures ain't just textures anymore. They are a database 🙂
foggy path
Yeah, having that type of tooling as in the "old school" level editors is something that'd be handy for a project I was working on with some friends which had that type of aesthetic
eg. easily just being able to click a wall and assign a material, adjust its position, tiling and such
yeah you can do all that in blender but it's cumbersome
fathom wadi
it is in blender, but not in Maya. Blender still has some work to do there but they did some updates recently for vertex animation. Still not Maya levels of comfort tho
foggy path
and don't even get me started on doing spritesheets from greenscreened actors and then doing spritesheet limb-based hitboxes lol
mint onyx
i don't have detailed feed back, just some random rant
it feels like a mobile ap...
it feels alright on mobile 
terrible on desktop
foggy path
I think the tech I built to be able to detect which body part was hit from a sprite might actually be the only implementation of that that I've heard exists... as in, pixel perfect detection of which limb of the sprite was hit
fathom wadi
Is this for UE? If so, paper2d or some arbitrary setup ?
foggy path
yeah with UE paper2d
it's probably not a particularly efficient system but I couldn't really figure out any better way of doing it
basically each sprite frame has a version of it which has unique colors on the different body parts
south nimbus
completely agree with lushuangfw
foggy path
so whenever you shoot and it does hit detection, it does a scene capture from the player's perspective, and checks what color the hit would have landed on :D
south nimbus
not working well on desktop
bad readability, distracting colors and contrast
it's slicker in some way, but at what price
fathom wadi
@foggy path scene capture sounds heavy. You could color test it with a shader tho
foggy path
Perhaps, I just have no freaking clue how to make that work :D
We never noticed any framerate hitching or anything with the scene capture system though, since it'd really do it once every few frames tops since there wouldn't be any weapons that shoot so fast it'd have to do it every single frame
fathom wadi
sure. if it works, ship it 🙂
it's a nice idea for sure. I'd probably end up with several ways to prototype something like that. Reminds me of old Flash dev work
foggy path
Do you have any suggestions on anything to look at for the shader type detection though? I've heard you can do stuff like that with shaders but I'm not quite sure how I'd pull information out from a shader since as far as I can tell it's just a rendering thing
fathom wadi
to be sure I'd have to google some stuff, but from previous experience I know it's possible. I'd get the hit position and during the raymarching through the pixels I would test the color of the pixel at the hit location. Something along those lines.
foggy path
interesting, if the project ever gets back on track I'll have to look into it :D
fathom wadi
I keep meaning to do more shader work but I ended up burned out for a while and took up more art based learning routes to get back into things. So I've spent more time in Blender this past 4 months than I have with Unreal or anything else
broken quiver
oh no, rip the unreal forum. I've had to use discourse for years after another site switched. it's easily the worst popular forum software
fathom wadi
yeah but lets face it, the old was one shite too. Having to log out and log in every time you visit a page got tedious 😄
broken quiver
that happens on the answerhub too
rare sparrow
Where do you upload a custom profile picture for the new forum? I only see a few presets
quick elk
It's only presets right now, but we're going to consider custom ones in the future
rare sparrow
Ah. With how profile pictures are used all over the place it'd make sense to have custom ones or else seeing a bunch of letters or presets makes this almost useless
regal pecan
First I've seen it. That font needs changing. Trying to read it feels like my vision is blurry.
One of the advantages of having a forum vs discord is things like signatures, roles, post count and all these other stats that people appreciate and care about.
You listed just about everything I hate about forums. Albeit, Discord has roles.
pearl compass
Why do you dislike these things?
because they are ego-stroking junk that I would think most forum users dont go to forums to read. If they are, maybe they should play a game that hands out gold stars. Why would discord need signatures? Post counts? Make a bot, and track your friends I guess. Sounds creepy, but there ya go.
pearl elk
wish my ego would stroke my junk
fathom wadi
pearl elk
fathom wadi
static cosmos
Did they update the forum and break basically every google search result?
fathom wadi
hopefully. Get rid of all that old/dead info
pearl elk
bow to your Bing masters
static cosmos
Plenty of useful info there, especially for rare problems.
fathom wadi
anything useful will turn up again
fathom wadi
me too. it loads without pissing me off 😄
cursive crypt
Yeah, looks faster. I prefer the older old-school look tho, but that's me. Moreover, I almost don't visit the forums, lol
sage ermine
the only thing I might miss is the paging... but I guess that's just getting used to new ways of doing things
fathom wadi
I definitely wont miss the old forum. I mean, who misses a forum? That's like missing an envelope
sage ermine
I sense a meme video in that
turbid spindleBOT
:triangular_flag_on_post: Kivic#7734 received strike 1. As a result, they were muted for 10 minutes.
broken sigil
lol
torpid star
the new forum has markdown, thank u.
timber viper
Is it just me or we cant access some posts from forum now?
It was just accessible yesterday
cursive crypt
Also all forum links are broken.
^
pearl elk
deep moat
Hey all!
Nicolas (PhD in Reinforcement Learning) and I (ex-Ubisoft) are thinking about building a QA testing tool that would make the life of testers easier.
We would love to get feedback for game devs / QA testers around here. We have prepared a few questions, is there any appropriate channel to share them?
Thank you!
cursive crypt
lol, not sure for place. Ask on #server-feedback with that regular amount of polls/surveys maybe a dedicated channel would be needed (tho some ppl will just mute it 😛 )
deep moat
Haha, thanks @cursive crypt, I'll ask over there!
fluid bloom
does anyone else feel like the new forum font is... bad?
it's the same one as on the launcher I think
there's something odd about it at least on my display 😄
cursive crypt
It's the same as the rest of the site. Kinda robotic.
hasty cargo
yeah its a bit funny on the eyes
sage ermine
I don't mind the font but the pics don't look quite right:
as in, it's not the right pic
cursive crypt
I see no problems here. It's a planet in form of 2d pixel human.
They need not to be spheres only.
median wraith
Powered by Unreal Engine 5
sage ermine
Solved my problem with skyrim crashing on quest 2 now nexus mod manager won't load
<sigh>
cursive crypt
https://giphy.com/gifs/food-angry-puppy-FzpNpkngNOSkg
What was the problem?
hasty cargo
sage ermine
CPU overheating, got NZXT hw manager
cursive crypt
Yeah, mods are like this.
sage ermine
put fans on performance
cursive crypt
Uuh
lol
Guess you have put these sweet 4k texture modes 🙂
I remember I made my own pack (gathered from like 3-5 +).
Turns out many texture mods were bad, one I even remember having a watermark, lol
Good times.
sage ermine
I dunno how high res it is but I mostly just use JK's Skyrim all in one mod
It massively updates all the cities
cursive crypt
There were some cool mods... I used one Borealis which put some trees around Whiterun. Also swapped out the trees (had to build LODs) with one of the pop modes, later with some more 3D trees.
sage ermine
the latest VRIK body is actually super well done... very interesting esp since I tried (with partial success) to implement one in UE4
cursive crypt
Ain't the VR moving bad? 🤔
sage ermine
I always use teleport?
The arm ik isn't that bad
the real trick is what do you do when you look down
cursive crypt
?
sage ermine
when I did it in ue4, if you looked down, you looked into mannies body
haven't quite got scale right either, so mannies arms don't properly reach to where my controllers are
cursive crypt
I see. Never look at VR so was not sure how the movement is handled. It is just GoTo and Fade screen to there.
median wraith
will Valve release some fresh VR ?
the RTX Mobile is technically better than the RTX Mobile QMax but the second one takes less power isn't it ?
uncut otter
hot matrix
uncut otter
godddd slackers stop making nightbot mad
dense storm
Sorry!
jovial estuary
Discord needs vim support 😦
cursive crypt
Ha!
foggy path
Twitch is doing the right thing with that policy change
pretty sure it does
people just like to point out specific instances with big streamers where for some reason it slipped past or twitch just didn't act on it, and then pretend as if those handful of instances means twitch ignores it entirely for the big ones
cursive crypt
Harrassment... what world.
Depends on your mood.
Raging gamers is common thing. Then nobody should take this as serious.
It is a balance thing I believe, constraining people to not express themselves may be as bad as letting them do.
foggy path
I mean that sounds like targeted harassment to be honest
If it was reported to twitch the person who did it would probably get at least a temporary ban
cursive crypt
I mean at some point they may decide to ban you because you called someone an old loaf. Little they know he was not offended and laughed or you didn't do it for serious or it was a running joke among you.
foggy path
:D
normal prism
Millions of players, because "all items will become enums"
We should just quit guys, this is the endgame
pearl elk
I got this new thing its called BitStarter, everyone should buy my ICO
probably get sued here for using Dreamworld, its right next to Movieworld
heres a logo I prepared earlier
why didnt you buy ice cream in the game though
what a waste of vanity coin
so they only need 10g to buy the rest of the MP assets? 😛
cursive crypt
What, a Kickstarter scam?
normal prism
What, a Kickstarter scam?
thin storm
they already got 50k on that, really makes you think.
pearl elk
I doubt they'll do as well as that actor who recently got arrested by the FBI for a ponzi scheme
Zachary Horwitz, 34, was arrested on Tuesday by FBI agents on suspicion of running a $690m
pro level scamming right there
cursive crypt
Why is a scam, that game, I didn't understood tho 🤔
pearl elk
all the footage of the game is MP assets
theres not a single piece of original content if you look close lol
cursive crypt
omg.... You mean they didn't put any effort, apart from Add To Project?
Maybe there is a work to make all these work together?
pearl elk
but they dont all work together, thats why the footage chops and changes between asset packs 😛
cursive crypt
Well, tbf they are meant to be as a placeholders.
pearl elk
I think the argument is that placeholders are not meant to hold up the entire game, especially when asking for money
theyre making the biggest game imaginable without even a picture of some original art
cursive crypt
I agree, hence I wouldn't focus on assets as the mean of work done.
thin storm
they say they already got 600k for the project where is this money going to?
pearl elk
I agree, hence I wouldn't focus on assets as the mean of work done.
Am I meant to focus on the other things they dont show instead? 🙂
cursive crypt
If there are none, you can't 😄
In any case, if they got all these money, they can ship something... after hiring actual devs.
pearl elk
just remember people its not an asset flip if its high quality, if it looks like the MP and smells like the MP... it probably is the MP 😛
hire devs, yeah they dont have enough money for that. His insane programmer friend will be burnt out in a month
thin storm
I dont say they are scammers, Its just very weird.
cursive crypt
Well, with half a mil you can ship something 🤔
pearl elk
they dont have half a mil
cursive crypt
they say they already got 600k for the project where is this money going to?
This got me to comment ^
pearl elk
65k*
ontop of the ~10k odd on the kickstarter
(if its real)
you can hire me for 1/4 of the year for 10k 😛
cursive crypt
65k is... oof... hardly something can be done, but who knows. Not sure what is the goal.
pearl elk
goal is the everything game the rest of us couldnt make
game is literally everything imaginable and then some
move over minecraft, move over fortnite, move over roblox... SecondLife pffft kids toy
DREAMWORLD
cursive crypt
I mean if they stick to these assets, then they just need to add some gameplay or if they use pre-made assets for the game play, they need just to hire someone to stick more or less good all these MP assets 🙂
pearl elk
Next you'll be telling me Steve Jobs started in his parents garage 😛
you believe that?
thin storm
they say they have 650k why do they need only 10k more? like it makes no sense.
cursive crypt
Haha, the final 10k
pearl elk
650k is still not enough
cursive crypt
What is the goal MMPORG with crafting and stuff?
pearl elk
the goal is literally an everything game, a game that is all games in one
every gameplay mechanic you can think of, its in this amazing game 😛
cursive crypt
Hmm.... really a Dream.
pearl elk
well we have Dreams
cursive crypt
I mean, it is not bad as a goal.
pearl elk
they might not like the competition 😛
just take the 650k, invest in Roblox and call it a day
cursive crypt
Well, never looked at Kickstarters, don't they have something like public Project plan or something?
Maybe with 500k they will hire a hacker to pull off Roblox and then just replace the assets 🙂
cursive crypt
I guess this is no? On what basis a Kickstarter is offered then, lol?
Like just one page of promises? No budgeting, no tasks?
cursive crypt
Hmm.... I guess everyone gives some small sum out so it goes unnoticed.
pearl elk
this one time at band camp, we made an awesome game about flutes and travelling to different worlds
but then the teacher came and erased it
cursive crypt
That sounds like something which UE goes to do with that Skooma script and the Live editing in game world 🤔
pearl elk
pfftt Epic Games... we have Every Games
does Kickstarter have rules against betting on outcomes? 😛
foggy path
that Dreamworld thing sounds like something a 13 year old would try to build because they have no idea what they're getting into
:D
cursive crypt
Would be nice I guess if all these, or at least the more high budget ones, get some reviews & critics available for their supporters.
pearl elk
Ive actually had pretty good luck on KS, everything I funded got made
I was waiting on weeb 2.0
foggy path
only one I backed that failed was Retro Grade Future
but then again I haven't really backed a whole lot of stuff, pretty randomly just when I've seen someone post something interesting enough :P
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/583412223/retro-grade-future this woulda been cool tho lol
foggy path
a full length version of this would be something but likely to never happen lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be-YQmtPcik
quick elk
Oh no! We're checking in to see what happened here.
foggy path
I was actually working with irving force on an fps game based on the characters, but the project is kinda on ice atm lol
cursive crypt
Oh no! We're checking in to see what happened here.
Ha! Unicorn.
foggy path
Yep
regal pecan
Activision likes its cash grabs. Now, if they ported D1 to the D2 engine...
thin glacier
For a rotary machine gun using 6.5mm high velocity AP rounds, how does 1500 rounds/min when mounted on a tripod and 4500 on vehicles and mechs sound
So far of the gun
humble remnant
If you plan on counting every bullet as its own thing, I'd advise against it
That's 25 bullets per second
thin glacier
I take it realism and performance are once again at odds when it comes to ballistics?
humble remnant
Absolutely
But if you plan on emulating ballistics of 25 bullets per second
That might as well be bordering on masochism
thin glacier
why 4500 vehicles tho?
4500 will be the fire rate when the gun is mounted on vehicles
thin glacier
75 rounds per second
dense storm
yeah that is mental.
as long as your game is 75fps or more its ok 😄
one bullet per frame
thin glacier
One thing to keep in mind is that as I’ve stated before, the minigun will be extremely rare, and the AP ammo it uses isn’t too common either
It’ll only be mounted on tripods or vehicles, and will have between 1-2 minutes of uninterrupted fire at most
The ammo boxes built for tripods will hold 500 rounds (20 seconds of fire at 1500 rounds/min) and mechs will hold 6000 rounds (roughly 1.3 minutes at 4500 rounds/min)
broken sigil
look into object pooling, you'll need it (if you are not going to use traces instead)
celest maple
My google pixel 2x that had a screen so broken that the phone is in half now, is ringing in a trashcan. Google can be proud
solid zodiac
Hey guys, I am feeling demotivated with game dev recently but I just had this idea and wanted to know what you guys think as maybe it will strike a spark for me again.
Souls like based around sound and music, basically as you clear areas you will find the people playing the (fifth, first, etc) sixth harmonic of the Edith Church.
Once you find them they start playing at your shrine instead of where you found them, kinda like dark souls.
Once you have found all 6 you may head to the church and they will play the music to summon the final boss that has corrupted the frequency or harmony of the world.
So essentially music has much more magical and mystical properties in this world.
A fun combat idea could be to do with using sound/timing and rhythm to make combat cool. So as you want to attack you first need to activate your chime or whatever and that will start playing a frequency and if you strike at the right time it will do a better swing or whatever, however maybe there should be combo's like if you are over time over time and then on time, or if you are early, on time, on time with the button presses, then do different combos based on that
The respawn system can be to do with how your chime rings in the wind when u are dead or something which will respawn you
The parry system could also be to do with your chime or something like that
Please let me know what you guys think!
celest maple
Whenever i feel demotivated from work i like to do, i just take a break. Go out or play some games
solid zodiac
I have been but games have just been even more demotivating, mayybe i am looking for purpose im not sure
celest maple
Well being hungry at the end of the month is a real motivational for some people
Not sure if it applies to you
solid zodiac
hungry?
tranquil sonnet
I think what he's trying to say is that you should quit your job, work only on your game and if you don't succeed, you'll starve. You know for extra motivation. 
solid zodiac
ah i see ty for explaining
tranquil sonnet
But really, make a quick prototype in a few days, something you can "play", with the bare minimum mechanics that make up your game, then see whether it's something that excites you and makes you want to continue.
humble remnant
I designed a specific character like that, for a hero-based brawler however
So decently different
Crypt of the necrodancer can be a nice point of interest
But souls-like will be difficult to make work with rhythm
Unless you take some significant liberties, like speeding up animations a ton
(And obviously the damage you deal/take should be lowered to make for the same time of a battle)
But I think the closest thing is making it similar to Crypt of the necrodancer
It's essentially a turn-based game where you execute your turn on the beat
foggy path
isn't Bullets Per Minute kinda like that as well
but more real time, so maybe some ideas from that can be adapted into a melee combat game
humble remnant
thin glacier
look into object pooling, you'll need it (if you are not going to use traces ins...
My next sentence will likely have me placed on some sort of hit list
Every cartridge will persist as its own object
broken sigil
humble remnant
You might want to look into making your own projectile that should be significantly more optimized
thin glacier
What if the game used a fake projectile - rays created sequentially along a path similar to an actual projectile
Cases will be reusable, but bullets are pretty much gone once they’re fired
I still want to keep these rifled bullet meshes
No idea what I’ll used them for if I go with rays though
humble remnant
You don't even need this much detail
sage ermine
so still just a wee bit of trouble with the forums eh?
thin glacier
I’ve completely figured out how I’ll set up the minigun:
Tripod -
chassis for the gun w/ grips + trigger, pic rail for sight, and battery
500 round ammo box w/linkless belt feed
1500 rounds/min
Mech mount -
fixed chassis built into the mech’s frame
connection for power supply + trigger
6000 round ammo drum w/ linkless feed
4500 rounds/min
humble remnant
One thing I won't understand
Why are you going for extreme realism when your game has a mech that you can ride
Feels a bit overdesigned
thin glacier
It’ll be set around the late 21st - early 22nd century, and we already have some promising tech at the moment
If anything, the design I’m going for will be closer to an oversized exoskeleton than a mech
humble remnant
I meant overdesigned for gameplay
If you're going for realistic ballistics, you'll most probably have snipers/high powered rifles or some assault rifles most commonly to showcase the tech and make your core loop around it
A mech just feels out of position for a setting like that
thin glacier
It’ll be an open-world survival, and hunting rifles will be ideal in quite a few situations
As for the setting, think of something close to RAGE. It’s a post-apocalyptic environment, but there’s still plenty of working tech
humble remnant
I meant that it's probs out of place
If everyone has to still keep in mind ballistics while some dude holds left click in the vague direction of a bush, it kinda eliminates your core loop
If your core loop of ballistics is satisfying, reward good players with more rewards for said ballistics, like a handheld anti-material cannon for example
Rewarding players with eliminating the core loop isn't a good reward
It's a lot more different to be killed by someone who still had to aim a sniper correctly than someone who spammed 75 bullets per second in your vague direction
broken sigil
the thing is simulating a bullet (projectiles, weapons in general) accurately is not worth it, it's one of those things no one will notice even with just a generic approximation if it feels fun
humble remnant
If anything, it makes combat feel worse in close quarters
The micro delays when someone strafes makes for some horrific situations where you aimed at your enemy but nothing hit
broken sigil
escape from tarkov with its weapon simulation is very close to being annoying but it is still fun to play
fathom wadi
any FPS game I have to adjust for bullet drop, I dislike. Especially when reaction times matter.
humble remnant
Arma is pretty much the most accurate you can get with ballistics, but I wouldn't recommend someone recreate that, you need a really dedicated playerbase to keep you going
And, for the love of god, please avoid live service if you're trying to go with an Arma-like
The entire thing keeping that game alive is player hosted servers and community made mods
broken sigil
I'm fine with bullet drop, it's something I can adjust to but when some games make it so your gun is swaying all over the place when you are aiming, like you went shooting after 10 beers, that crap is annoying
Apex wouldn't work without bullet drop for example, players would be beaming each other from across the map
humble remnant
Apex works best in mid range combat
humble remnant
CoD works best for close range
PUBG works best for long range
But they all use different ways of bullet travel
For CoD, bullets you see you'd hit are bullets that you'd hit
Since the game works off of clientside hits a lot to make it feel less bullshit to you
thin glacier
The project I’m working on will be single player only
broken sigil
bullets in apex are relatively slow compared to CoD, but it works, it is more oriented towards mid to close range combat
humble remnant
thin glacier
As for combat, NPCs will have the exact same handicaps as the player - bullets will be affected by gravity and possibly wind, and recoil will be based on physics rather than animations
humble remnant
Ohno
Making NPCs account for ballistics
I had enough trouble making them predict the player
thin glacier
As for recoil, think of something like TABG
The main difference is that the bodies will be much more rigid, so they won’t go flying around every time they fire
This also means different foregrips will have noticeable effects
sinful delta
well, that shitty company with the bluetooth plugin fired me
for being trans
fuckheads
thin glacier
^
Did they outright say it was the reason or just pull some dumb excuse out of their asses
fathom wadi
@sinful delta that's weak AF. Probably illegal too.
sinful delta
<@!79554185137238016> that's weak AF. Probably illegal too.
it is. there will be a response.
fathom wadi
well hope you take them to the cleaners for living in 1921 instead of 2021
sinful delta
Did they outright say it was the reason or just pull some dumb excuse out of the...
told them I was transitioning, they started the redundancy process immediately and made up an excuse a week later.
yeah I'm gonna, thanks for the vote of confidence
cursive crypt
It is just a modern AV compression 🙂
cursive crypt
lol, maybe they want to let you calm before sticking these sharp tools in you
pearl elk
omg I know how Dreamworld made so much money, its being advertised on Facebook
modern leaf
Guys I dont know where to put this
My forum post in the ue4 about a group of systems I created has been deleted
What email should I contact?
This is the post
pearl elk
its issues with the forum upgrades
modern leaf
So I should just wait?
pearl elk
yup, pretty sure Epic are aware as lots of people having similar issues
modern leaf
Ok I will wait then
pearl elk
database transfer must have gone south somewhere
modern leaf
And do you have any email to contact in case it isnt get solved?
cursive crypt
omg I know how Dreamworld made so much money, its being advertised on Facebook
The ultimate Fishing platform 🙂
broken sigil
And do you have any email to contact in case it isnt get solved?
take a look at the forum's feedback page https://forums.unrealengine.com/c/site-feedback/2
pearl elk
NASA stocks are going up 😛
I think he's playing support this match
4:3 we meet again
that looks alittle fake to me, is this some moon landing shit
cursive crypt
They are going to make them more like modern block buster - special vfx effects and intense moments.
pearl elk
they should have a Coca Cola logo
Chevron 3 locked in 😮
Stargate will open any minute and send them on the way to Alpha Centauri
yeah they got the kitchen sink onboard
the taps pour vodka instead of water
looks like the ruskies have more women in mission control than the yanks 😛
cursive crypt
Maybe helps with the spaceships.
pearl elk
in my experience vodka helps with alot of things
to go back to the forum though, its super odd Epic didnt even really test the new format or they just went ahead and decided to break everything
cursive crypt
Well, not sure about the pics, but the links think already started to work? Maybe one sed regex did the job 🙂
abstract haven
ancient hornet
so epic mega games is an anagram of mega mega spice then!
stable escarp
Where I can cry about new forums?
cursive crypt
fathom wadi
I dont get the fuss. The forum has words on it. We can read the words. Isn't that enough?
pearl elk
the launcher makes me want to cry
anyone who was expecting Epic to suddenly get good at UX will surely be dissapoint 😛
foggy path
It doesn't seem that bad tbh
Every time you change something that's being used by a lot of users some of them will hate it for no reason other than unfamiliarity
pearl elk
Cant please all of the people all of the time
But Epic could try to please some one of these days hehe
Man, AMD dont even have to do anything anymore just sit back and laugh
pearl elk
Well Intel have already told people not to buy Macs, if youre suggesting people dont know the difference between an M1 Mac and Intel Mac... Id agree 😛
Even Intel cant work out its own product line anymore 😆
foggy path
I mean people won't know it's a mac based on that picture in the ad
the only indication it's a mac is that I think you can see the mac-specific keys like meta/cmd but that requires some serious pixel staring to notice lol
most likely the ad was just produced by some external marketing agency as these things tend to be
pearl elk
yup marketing a product you have no clue about
actually you know thats illegal in Australia under our consumer law 😛
there is a limited liability on sales people when recommending products
but aye, good ole US of A where any A can get away with K
Im surprised the Mac doesnt have a filter to cover up the imperfections
reminds me of the whole Trump "dont buy Coca Cola" thing a few days ago and he's got one hidden on his desk
foggy path
I don't really know how that would fall under some kind of misleading marketing law tbh
There's no suggestion about any specific laptop or anything
pearl elk
well technically its an intel laptop
but as a sales person you have an obligation to consumers to have a knowledge of products, its illegal not to and can land you in serious shit. Im indifferent, I just think its hilarious how the world works, its like a bad joke and no one gives a crap
just another day... like sub and obey
foggy path
I dunno, I think it's just that they were given a brief "make an ad with a laptop" and they just did that
pearl elk
yeah thats probably it, but I guess you dont see that as a problem
foggy path
Not as a huge problem no, since it's not advertising macs
or any specific brand of laptop either, and the laptop is effectively not identifiable in the picture unless you find the original photo that was used
foggy path
Yeah but would you have known this without that article pointing it out because someone dug out the original image that was used?
foggy path
I guess you enjoy zooming at ads more than I do lol
pearl elk
I dont need to zoom to know its a Mac
I can tell by the finish
I can tell most brands by their case 😮
foggy path
yeah it's not that easy for me to say, a bunch of Dells look like Apples at a glance to me :P
probably some others too, because everyone likes to copy apple's designs
pearl elk
But you know the difference if I say the name of each though right
if I point at an Apple and say Intel, point at a Dell and go AMD
fresh heath
pearl elk
Intels whole problem is image, this doesnt help. They needed Intel Inside just so average users knew wtf an Intel even was
to them its a Dell or an Apple, they dont care about a stamp on a CPU plate
Intel could disappear and most people wouldnt even notice lol
foggy path
Yeah that's true, average user doesn't care so much
Intel definitely has more name recognition than AMD though
(or ARM)
pearl elk
yeah but has ARM needed name recognition to take the market
I mean arguably Intel should be going at ARM not Apple or Mac
fresh heath
Intel doesn't have to go against only one competitor
pearl elk
but they are for whatever reason, they singled out Apple
even if they took down Apple, ARM is still holding its ground
fresh heath
In their advertisement, yeah because Apple is more visible
foggy path
they're just using apple's name for leverage
pearl elk
clout chasing
foggy path
there's no point for them to go against ARM because nobody knows what that is lol
pearl elk
Well seems even the tech heads in here cant tell the difference between a Mac and a PC so I dont think Intel is going to win any points 😛
fresh heath
Apple is currently the only Arm licensee that produced a threatening desktop implementation
And not for the lack of trying
There were other attempts to deliver an Arm desktop/server
pearl elk
theres heaps of ARM servers now
fresh heath
Apple is the first one that is actually dangerous
pearl elk
I dont think thats it at all, Apple dont have to worry about Intel
They had a set of requirements Intel screwed the pooch and now is in the dog house
These marketing campaigns stink of desperation, they cant even get their own message straight
foggy path
I think you're overanalyzing the fact that some marketing guy put a picture of a mac into an intel ad
:D
I mean if that's what you're basing that on
pearl elk
you seem to think because its just some rando without a clue it wont affect Intels image
my argument is that Intel should care about their image if they want to take on the likes of Apple, cuz for Apple, image is everything
Intel say, oh theyre just a lifestyle company but thats exactly why they will win
foggy path
Yeah it's a bit of a tricky question because Intel is significantly less average consumer focused than Apple imo
pearl elk
people dont buy $2500 pants cuz of their feature set 🙂
foggy path
I mean yeah it's definitely a pretty silly mistake to put a product that doesn't use an Intel CPU into an ad about Intel CPUs, which should have been checked by whoever commissioned this at Intel
pearl elk
well that Mac does use an Intel CPU, but thats why its confusing, cuz Intel are no dont buy Macs even though they helped make Macs for so long
foggy path
But given it actually links to BestBuy... it's also somewhat of a possibility this is actually a BestBuy campaign and Intel just posted it on their account
pearl elk
That product does have nothing to do with series 11 chips though
foggy path
Right
pearl elk
Intels whole product line is a mess, Apple you buy and you know what you get
you cant cheap out and get a processor which is barely fast enough to run win 10 calc 😛
this new CEO might help but that wont have an impact for atleast a few years and most of us live in the here and now
I feel like they are such a big machine theres no going back
ancient hornet
Intel definitely has more name recognition than AMD though
I'd kinda argue against it
because I feel like GPUs have more recognition than CPUs
foggy path
Maybe, it's a bit hard to say. It feels like even in GPUs AMD is much less recognized than Nvidia
Radeon is maybe even better known than just plain AMD :P
No idea tbh, I could be wrong
pearl elk
AMD is def gaining some ground
cursive crypt
Much gain, much problem
humble remnant
Weren't their stats before Ryzen something like 10:90%
eternal stone
Hows this? Its for my game which has no name xD
pearl elk
Dark Cave
eternal stone
Dark Cave
inside i put candles and some ancient stuffs so i kept it dark so that the player cant see those from the outside
foggy path
It's not bad but it doesn't look realistic imo, the lights outside appear too bright and the lights inside the cave appear way too dark
if that's an aesthetic choice then it obviously doesn't matter
cursive crypt
.. supposed to be a - what?
median wraith
Pineapple
cursive crypt
🍍
median wraith
👀
eternal stone
https://tenor.com/view/ppap-pen-pineapple-apple-pen-gif-9315245
ppap
my fav song
cursive crypt
Corgi power.
eternal stone
It's not bad but it doesn't look realistic imo, the lights outside appear too br...
is it now better?
lmfao
cursive crypt
I can take out her there too.
pearl elk
I can take her out... for a price 😛
thin glacier
I suddenly can’t decide whether my minigun should have a clutch for the feeding system
The M134 has one that prevents ammo from feeding into the gun until the rotor is up to speed, though the delay is a fraction of a second
Then again, the clutch will also be needed to prevent feeding as the rotor winds down after the trigger is released
foggy path
it could be the correct image but the layout just differs from how it was on the old forums
if the link preview was next to it on the right it'd make sense lol
carmine frigate
what is this forum people keep talking about?
cursive crypt
4chan
humble remnant
carmine frigate
i checked it out, did u know the earth is flat? 🙂
fathom wadi
relatively it is. It's just globally it's not :p
astral valve
hey sorry to ask, but where do I ask questions for unreal here?
regal pecan
i checked it out, did u know the earth is flat? 🙂
I think it's closer to eggshell but I haven't tested it.
The ocean is definitely semi-gloss.
carmine frigate
what is the up axis on this planet? :p
regal pecan
We outnumber the Australians. That's all I'm going to say.
jovial talon
@wicked saddle tried this? https://mrbillfeng.medium.com/how-to-get-an-inactive-users-github-username-cf50606a1ea4
wicked saddle
Oooh @jovial talon Will give it a shot, but I've also reached out to Github directly to see if there's anything they can help with.
My worry here is that although I can claim it under the name squatting policy, but the fact that it becomes open, and I've now just tweeted and stuff.
I'd honestly prefer if I could just complete the bounty knowing that it's secure.
It also has changed, and doesn't really allow for basically direct messaging to git on the policy abuse.
So I'll wait to see what Github says from my message to them :3
jovial talon
😄
thin glacier
And now for a cursed idea: a rotary MG modified with a stock, pistol grip, vertical foregrip, and slow motor
The clutch for the ammo feed will also be modified to engage at the lower speed
And now I’m not sure whether to go with a vertical foregrip or horizontal like the MG46 (Wolfenstein)
fathom wadi
make love, not war
humble remnant
Does it even need to be rotary
fathom wadi
i read it as rotissarie and started to get hungry for rotating fowl
humble remnant
The extra weight of 5 extra barrels makes it impractical
The slow motor kinda eliminates the point of a rotary MG too
Unless you're shooting 20mm ammo which won't be handheld in any case
thin glacier
It’ll still have a decent fire rate - between 950-1000 rounds/min
thin glacier
Plus, it still has the benefits of allowing more time for the barrels to cool and firing if there happens to be a dud round
As for weight, there’s a bit of background I need to address - before the apocalypse, tech had reached the point where a human mind could be transferred to an android body. The NPC using this gun will be a survivor from before the event that had gone through the transfer
For the player, that’ll be an option in the character creation
fathom wadi
I think we need to improve gun usage time. Currently they are only useful when you want to shoot something. I think someone should allocate other tasks to a gun. Like the brace on a hanging fruit basket, or a crutch for a lame man. Perhaps even use them for golf. Why not double up a .357 into a 3-wood. Who knows, might even get a hole in one, and if not, you can shoot another hole instead. 😄
thin glacier
turn a machine gun barrel into the world’s least energy efficient stove
fathom wadi
unhook the barrel and use it as a telescope. Or have attachables, like a silencer would, but make it house tools like drills or a washing up sponge. The possibilities of gun cosplay are endless.
humble remnant
Even then, considering superhuman strength, I think I'd rather carry an MG42 around
It can kinda benefit the setting by it being a war veteran too
fathom wadi
I'd rather carry the notion that guns are mechanical penis extensions but I know people like their guns so I'll not preach.
humble remnant
thin glacier
This, by the way, is the most effort I’ve put into a rotary gun in Blender
yes, it'll have all 6 bolts in UE4. I only need the one mesh in Blender for now
Most of it won’t be visible while the gun is put together, but I’m making every weapon as detailed as I can for two reasons - they’ll be seen disassembled at some points and I want to make sure they’d actually work
fathom wadi
nice work. Blender rules.
humble remnant
I have but one request
Please do not use the same model for disassembly and gunplay sections
thin glacier
I’ll need the actors and meshes to exist, but they won’t have any collisions while the gun is assembled
Regarding the actors, this will be my second attempt at a modular gun system. The first worked pretty well, though I burned myself out before i had the chance to let the player use it
I’ll try to have as few actors as possible, though each one will have multiple meshes. The main section of the gun, for example, will include the main body, rotor, and bolt assemblies
thin glacier
Every major weapon component will have an overall condition that’s brought down by wear or physical damage
Say the clutch in a minigun stops working. You can take it off of its mount and either repair the clutch or swap it out with a new one
Similar to New Vegas, lower condition also increases the chance of outright failure
humble remnant
I meant that
Don't include the bolt/firing pin/internal fire group during the actual gunfights
Keep them as stats that have durability or whatever
When you disassemble the gun, add those and apply layers based on their stats
It's needless detail that won't realistically be seen by the player
From experience I can tell you that simulating the firing pin dropping, open bolt firing, it doesn't feel good because there's a delay
Even if it's just 1 frame, it's felt harshly
You may calculate the delay between shots based on the durability of components
But don't simulate them 100% accurately because from all the detail it looks like horrible optimization rather than a design choice
thin glacier
Probably a dumb question, but will turning off collisions and visibility help at all
Or is just having the meshes at all problematic
humble remnant
If it's a skeletal mesh, it will be rendered
If it's a static mesh, it depends
Either way, it's better to have a full detail disassembly model and a cut down gameplay model to save up on resources
You don't need to have full bolt detail during gameplay, just enough to make the gun look like it's working
Also one tip for a more niche game, start out your game with essentially max gear, then take it away
So, have a sort of demo mission where you're using a 408 Cheytac to demonstrate the mechanics first hand, then slap the player around into having a barrel scraper Kar98 to start off the real progression
You could try doing that by having a supportive "spotter" character that tells you all the details for how to aim at your enemies, then present the player with the option to try on their own
And then correspondingly if the player does well on their own, give an extra reward at the start, like a special Luger that they have at their side
Or another reward that you feel is appropriate, just something that speeds up progression a bit so that more experienced players skip out on the tutorial section, or replaying the game from the start lets you skip a tutorial you've already been through
thin glacier
The game is going to have two modes - realistic and casual, with the latter being closer to any other FPS
The mode will also change the tutorial. Casual will start the player at a computer playing a generic FPS while Realistic will place them at a shooting range with a pistol
humble remnant
The weapons I'm throwing here are just for reference, they are at your own choice after all
thin glacier
The overall function of the weapons will be similar between the two modes, though Casual will include less maintenance and more familiar gameplay
Double-action revolvers, for example, will have the delay when pulling the trigger regardless
humble remnant
For those revolvers, look into how CSGO's R8 works
It'll feel really bad if you left click and it's locked into a small delay before firing
Though double actions usually have a single action mode too
thin glacier
I could make it so that firing a revolver with the hammer already cocked reduces the delay a bit. The cylinder still has to rotate, but the trigger pull isn’t as heavy
humble remnant
And the point with starting the player with the best gear for a mission serves 2 purposes:
-- Hooking on a player with how your mechanics work
-- Having an actual demo for your game that you can demonstrate on video/promotional material/conventions
thin glacier
Dexterity and strength, by the way, will affect how quickly the player can pull the trigger
It’ll mostly be the former though
Now that I think about it, strength will affect how long the actual pull takes while dexterity can determine the time between releasing the trigger and firing the next shot
humble remnant
Double actions still rotate the cylinder when you're manually cocking the hammer, so that's needless by itself
thin glacier
Right, forgot about that part
So pulling the trigger with the hammer already cocked will be almost effortless
humble remnant
Also in 60 fps scenario, players won't notice the animations of the hammer/firing pin dropping
It'll be pretty much snapped from cocked to fired
That's why I'm saying that adding a micro delay will feel bad
For players it'll feel worse than it is
Look for what the player will realistically see instead of what you consider realistic
Not even Arma went into the detail of micro delays from firing pins
Plus, don't add too many stats that the player has to worry about
Simply upgrading their weapon is enough concern for looting hot spots
At most make the stats affect reload/cock/bolt speed, but don't make them affect trigger pulls when they want to fire a bullet
They're already performing the action of pulling the trigger on the controller or clicking a mouse button
And some of the weapons have a trigger pull about as quick as the latter
Including any more delay than the player makes themselves will make them play way too cautiously
Many games are the most fun when the player takes risks
And if your mechanics discourage risks due to going the extra mile for realism, it'll make your game either boring or frustrating, and that's not a spot you want a player to be
cursive crypt
Some heat in the comments, lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/mnogto/epic_games_lost_almost_181_million_273_million_on/
Yeah and no. Some of these make sense tho. Steam is not only a marketplace, it is a social platform.
Afaik, EGS is too... lacking. Not user btw.
hasty cargo
I could be wrong here, but from early on I thought the goal was never to replace steam but simply to pressure steam to lower their rev cut from the big 30%, that's what these type of people have been ignoring since the start either by ignorance or maliciously
all these free games they get are games that atleast mostly, they won't buy on steam
tim was always super vocal about it even before fortnite went to the moon
when you gotta either raise your prices to make up for the chunk valve takes, or settle with having less ability to grow a company I don't get how they never caught on but oh well
median wraith
Some heat in the comments, lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/mnogto...
oh wow
median wraith
Afaik, EGS is too... lacking. Not user btw.
Yeah to build a community need something more idk
torpid star
If Epic bought discord and integrated it with EGS
foggy path
They would change Discord's theme and alienate all users
torpid star
yep, something along the lines of alienating everyone. Wouldn't really work, I don't remember why I stopped using Skype but I just did.
whether Microsoft had anything to do with, no idea.
foggy path
I stopped using Skype because all my work meetings moved from it to join.me and later zoom due to Skype group calls having massive quality issues with meetings involving more than a few people across the multiple continents :P
torpid star
I stopped using Skype because all my work meetings moved from it to join.me and ...
I remember join.me, also remembering Skype voice quality being terrible. Although Steam was basically Discord in the old days, you used Steam for text chat and Skype for calls.
Teamspeak/Mumble if you were cool. Thank god Discord ripped of Slack
torpid star
All I remember from occasionally using IRC was that everyone was idle in the channels I visited.
literally no one spoke, but the channel was full of people.
foggy path
So basically just like Discord lol
normal prism
torpid star
😄
foggy path
But yeah a lot of people did idle on channels
torpid star
I would much rather Discord be in the hands of an entity like Valve. I don't really trust the current Discord leadership.
foggy path
To the point that there were channels like #idlerpg
torpid star
much better than microsoft
foggy path
which would play a game of sorts where you'd gain points for idling
torpid star
neat. Discord ended up being a irc, skype and teamspeak, steam friends all packed into one. Pretty crazy that was only 6 years ago.
torpid star
yeah I've heard that Microsoft was interested in buying Discord. I'm sure they've learned their lesson with Skype, hopefully they don't mock up discord as they did skype.
there's also matrix/riot or whatever it's called now, a seemingly good decentralized alternative but without the brand recognition of discord.
foggy path
I wonder whatever's happening with IRCv3
torpid star
what's that?
foggy path
an update to the IRC protocol to support some more modern features
looks like their website is still being updated at least
torpid star
I'm sure a vast majority of technically inclined people prefer irc over discord and use it everyday
or usergroups /s
foggy path
I think IRC is better due to it being effectively an open alternative where anyone can host their own if they feel like it
It has technical hurdles in being more complicated to use
but I don't think it's something they couldn't solve
torpid star
I think that matrix/riot actually uses IRC(v?) behind the scenes
and wraps it an a nice looking app
so that's where we are at
median wraith
I wonder whatever's happening with IRCv3
thats like the open source engines that when they finally release they made modern 2005 features but its 2025 ?
foggy path
probably
torpid star
Why don't more people use html/css for game ui? It's a great way to create UI's easily. The engine comes with chromium, shouldn't be too difficult to create something like UWebClientViewport
and just serve local html pages for UI.
don't know about perf, but using minimal js might help
foggy path
Yeah
It would be pretty handy imo
If there was a builtin method for it which gave you events etc. like UMG then I'm sure it'd be more common
fwiw I think PUBG uses that method
well, not sure what they use for their game hud and such, but the main menu at least used to be a web page - to the point that they had a freaking reload button in the corner because it would stop working so often lol
median wraith
Why don't more people use html/css for game ui? It's a great way to create UI's ...
It was a thing by 2010
Then someones found how had it is
UMG system is way better
html and css need a whole extenside setup in order to get anything equal
foggy path
Eh, I don't know
Styling a UI in HTML is a lot simpler than in UMG, because you can just apply a bunch of CSS and everything looks uniform
The main limitation I can think of is animation, but even that can be easily alleviated by something like GSAP
Otherwise it works pretty much the same way as UMG I think
median wraith
Well same with UMG if you do base classes
foggy path
I haven't tried in C++ but in BP's it's kinda clunky, especially if you want to do "custom controls" eg. say a button with a text label inside it
If you want to expose any custom styling on them you have to expose them as variables which leads to a whole lot of extra code to deal with something like that which would be trivial in CSS
normal prism
Unity is sort of doing it
With their new UI system, which basically works like HTML/CSS
median wraith
Well I think the problem is rather someone at Epic missed parts there, plus someones aren't even exposed
Like the scrolbars in some cases
normal prism
Pretty cool tbh
median wraith
But in games usually the "overall style"
have nothing to do
There is no game on earth that uses a common style across all menus etc
HTML have tags
here you don't
but use different classes
foggy path
Sure but even my main menu is annoying because it's so freaking fiddly to style everything
It could easily be solved by referencing classes or base classes instead of tags
or allowing you to define a style class name (eg. similar to class="foo" in html)
in very UI-heavy games this is probably a major headache, thankfully I don't have that much UI... yet
it's not something you can't fix but the solutions are also kind of annoying lol
median wraith
Man I do these manually, yeah there is limitations but still better to me than HTML
and I did many webs I have to say
foggy path
When was the last time you did those?
median wraith
the Grid aligns are a pain in the ass
foggy path
Not anymore with CSS grid module and flexbox module :P
median wraith
2019
foggy path
Grid and flexbox are very convenient for aligning content in various ways you'd need in UI's
median wraith
I'm technical artist in all the range like
To make things work I like code
to make visual things I don't like to use code
UMG on this case is way better than design a system on css
foggy path
Yeah from that point of view perhaps
there are visual tools to work with these things in html/css too though
median wraith
I remember when I did some tool in VB back in the days for html