lounge

[steady fox]

I work as an it tech, and have to teach old people how to use tech, that's all the teaching I get to do other than here

[finite helm]

shame the pay sucks tbh

or i would of been a teacher for sure

[inland dock]

specialist training is financially ok - school and college less so

[steady fox]

in australia teaches pull in 90k/yr

that's pretty decent

[finite helm]

90k what ASD?

[steady fox]

AUD

[finite helm]

thats not bad

[steady fox]

i just work 3 days a week and mess around

that's enough for me

[finite helm]

thats pretty nice

[steady fox]

I started fooling around with streaming and doing some type of helpdesk every thursdays but not tonight

not being popular has it's perks

[light spruce]

that's actually my "normal" voice.. whatever the hell that means.

[steady fox]

#TypicalAmerican

[light spruce]

About the only time that descriptor would apply to me

[steady fox]

https://voca.ro/1azl1ayYbFhE @light spruce

[light spruce]

Is "awyeeahnaw" one word?

[steady fox]

"oh yeah nah"

or "yeah nah yeah nah?"

our slang has lots of context and tone, kind of like speaking Japanese

[light spruce]

Do I look Japanese to you?

[foggy path]

I think "yeah no" and stuff like that is pretty common

finnish has those types of phrases too

I have not heard a phrase like that in japanese though but I wouldn't know enough to say for sure it doesn't exist lol

[steady fox]

https://voca.ro/1mzxJHWxknZf

[light spruce]

sigh.. the joke was transcribing it as a single word

I did not fall off of a turnip truck

[steady fox]

https://voca.ro/1dfimI0ov83D

lol

[shell garden]

huh

[light spruce]

Spoiler just came up on the playlist... reminding me of when Cyberpunk 2077 still was going to be the BEST GAME EVER MADE

[steady fox]

lel

[shell garden]

welp that was a weird game

like 5% of the dialogue both made sense and wasn't just plain gross

[deep glen]

https://80.lv/articles/lollo-a-tool-that-can-pixelize-3d-animations/ quite cool

[foggy path]

Kek

Lollo was a porn magazine in Finland

with the word lollo now being a colloquialism for boob

[shell garden]

"was"

that's probably why they called it that

because "it's the tits"

[median wraith]

XD

[shell garden]

so i had a thought about my prison architect crashes. maybe it's a similar thing to stanley parable and it just hates msi afterburner's overlay

now i need to try to remember what i was building before the last crash 🙃

[steady fox]

msi after burner is pretty old

kind of like "Do you remember MSI after burner? Pepperidge farm remembers"

[shell garden]

yah

but it does work well for what it does, and msi do keep it up-to-date

currently a new "beta" version with less stupid monitoring and graphing stuff

but the REAL problem is actually the rivatuner thing they use for stats overlays

aaaaaaaand it just crashed so that's not it 🙃

[steady fox]

I am a bit of an MSI fanboy

[shell garden]

ew

my motherboard is msi

[steady fox]

it's the last good company for electronics left

[shell garden]

main reason is it was the only motherboard i could get at the time that fit my needs

[shell garden]

tell that to the reviewers they've tried to strong-arm into saying positive reviews

[steady fox]

it also won't die in 3 years like Asus or you don't have to start it with a hair dryer

we deal with MSI mostly at work, and gigabyte, because they have the lowest RMA for us

[shell garden]

all mobo manufacturers make some good and some bad. except maybe biostar, who only make bad ones 😛

my mobo happens to be a decent one

i just kinda got lucky with availability at the time

[light spruce]

@foggy path https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPrnduGtgmc and that's all I could think of

[shell garden]

i don't trust anything msi that has a fan in it

[steady fox]

everything that I own of Asus, or use to own died a month out of warranty

[shell garden]

i had an asus mobo back when nforce2 was a thing

it outlasted the cpu 😛

[steady fox]

my corsair PSU that are the 1500i were faulty out of the box, we have had several returned to the shop, when we use to sell them

[light spruce]

I can't believe that's four minutes long

[shell garden]

i would have made some very different choices if i knew then what i do now

[steady fox]

Asus were good, they're rubbish

[shell garden]

wow that's some shit luck

[steady fox]

we stopped dealing with corsair PSUs because they're ungodly terrible

[shell garden]

although are you saying that the a/hx1500is were faulty, or all corsairs?

[steady fox]

I stopped buying all logitech stuff too because of their mice

[shell garden]

corsair's cheaper psus are dodgy, but they're not as dodgy as gigabyte-branded ones

[steady fox]

the 3x1500i's I bought 1 had an issue, at work a lot of corsair stuff just doesn't last

[shell garden]

my rm850x has been going solid for years after my last psu took out a gpu and mobo

[steady fox]

yeah always get a good PSU, this seasonic one appears to be good

[shell garden]

rm and hx are meant to be good quality stuff

[steady fox]

cougar we never had to RMA

cougar is like a brand that's not popular

[shell garden]

i've heard mixed stories about the ax but i also don't care about anything that can output those amps 😛

seasonic has a reputation for the best consumer-grade psus

[steady fox]

because I use my stuff everyday because I'm a no life loser game dev, I spend good money on it

[shell garden]

evga is also high up there, but it does depend

seasonic only work with one supplier, evga work with a few

[shell garden]

this is also my attitude in general

bang-for-buck, not just on performance, but durability

the data i actually CARE about keeping is all on a raid-5. only 3 drives, but i still have that sexy parity protection

[steady fox]

cutting $200 off something is bad

[shell garden]

*for the wrong reasons

[steady fox]

I have multiple drives, well had I condensed it all and need to buy a NAS but, funding

[shell garden]

yeah, i also need money to put together the system(s) i want

including a nas-type unit

[steady fox]

if my contract goes through I'll be buying a NAS

[shell garden]

cool

can you buy me one too? 😇

[steady fox]

for now I am going to build a backup out of spare parts

haha

https://tenor.com/view/bugs-bunny-bunny-no-nope-nou-gif-14651222

[shell garden]

i gotta run my wiring at some point

try to fix the lighting for my streaming setup

actually DO some streaming 😛

[steady fox]

I don't have lighting

[shell garden]

or streaming 😛

[steady fox]

yeah I'm streaming right now

to myself

#1

[shell garden]

and yeah, nas up my recordings

because i actually want to edit highlights vids and stuff

honestly the next pc-hardware-related thing i think i should buy is a datavac

[steady fox]

ahh

yeah

yeah I was gonna go to that effort but, I only stream for fun

I play games and people my want to see

[shell garden]

i feel that

[steady fox]

I don't bother setting up donations, maybe I might

I'm not phased

[shell garden]

donate to @shell garden instead

worthy cause

[light spruce]

zfs zfs zfs zfs zfs zfs zfs

[steady fox]

haha

[shell garden]

i have far too many ideas, plans, etc

ADD lyf

really need to put my foot down on this stuff, especially now that my heater is fixed

next thing to focus on is the lighting stuff. then i will be comfortable streaming more

[steady fox]

yeah

I have a whole gamedev room and live alone

so no background noise

[shell garden]

my brain constantly generates its own background noise 😛

and then there's this bastard tinnitus i've developed recently

plus the noise from the road which can get really bad thanks to the local "motorbike go vroom vroom" club

[light spruce]

dying alone is where it's at

[steady fox]

nothing against bikers

but yeah, ya know

[deep glen]

re: tinnitus: this works for me.
https://twitter.com/luos_83/status/1317828107764641792?lang=en (if only for a while)

Luos_83 (@Luos_83)

Holy ****, this fucking works.
Finally no beep for the first time in months.
Thank you stranger!
#tinnitus

Twitter · Oct 18, 2020, 2:01 PM

[shell garden]

i don't mind bikers, i just don't like it when they make noise for the sake of making noise

[steady fox]

yeah that's what I was getting at

trying not to get banned, lol

[shell garden]

there's also a classic cars club nearby

[shell garden]

ok but are your ears meant to rattle when you do that?

[deep glen]

it feels weird the first few times

[shell garden]

"feels weird" but it sounds weird

[deep glen]

for me it works for about 20-30 minutes, and makes me feel a bit woozy

prolly because im not used to not hearing the nonstop beeeeeeep

[shell garden]

i'm definitely getting something that sounds like it's rattling

like it's part of a pinball machine

and only on the side where i get the tinnitus

gonna need to get a referral to an ENT doctor when i see my gp next

[steady fox]

I always wore earplugs to concerts

I tried to protect them

[shell garden]

oh yeah

i've always been very protective of my hearing

[deep glen]

for me happened after a concussion when someone attacked me.

[steady fox]

it actually makes the music sound better because it's less crackly, imo

[shell garden]

got proper musician's earplugs made in highschool

when they tested my hearing back then, it was uniformly above average

[steady fox]

they said I had 10% hearing loss when I was a kid

but I was just a dumb dumb and didn't understand the test

[light spruce]

I would love to have about 10% hearing loss

[steady fox]

i've got luck to have no real problems

[shell garden]

i went into a full panic one night when i was out "on the town" because the music was too loud

[steady fox]

#ShunInLife

[shell garden]

basically ran to the closest shop i could find and bought earplugs

[light spruce]

I basically have hypervigilance

[steady fox]

what's that?

[shell garden]

this might be congenital though. my brother had surgery on both his ears to fix his tinnitus. apparently his ear bones became misshaped

[light spruce]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervigilance

I get some exceptionally sensitive hearing alongside that

[steady fox]

I have an exceptional ability to smell

it's annoying

but at my job if we get a PC in that's been mistreated I can pick out certain smells

[cursive crypt]

I fart a lot at home.

[steady fox]

smell a mother board and smell residue of dog, wine and musky smoke smell

it's hand to examine a board that might've been burned out, I can sniff it out like a dog

[light spruce]

Who doesn't love the smell of burnt capacitors?

[steady fox]

also I work security so, I can smell what people are up to

[light spruce]

"it stinks like sex in here"

[steady fox]

pretty much can smell shit like

a few miters away

some smells are denser

alcohol, weed those types of things

picking up on paint and nail polish too from ages away, that's sat there for a week closed

I rocked up to my folks and was like "oh you guys painting" they're like "no what? I painted this vase last week it's in a few rooms away"

it's a pretty useless super power

why couldn't I have 20/20 vision 😂

[light spruce]

Why wouldn't you want better than 20/20?

[steady fox]

I mean i'm short sighted

my eyes have a mind of their own and have adjusted to near vision because I don't use my long vision

[steady vortex]

Hey folks, I have an interview today for a 3D animator. What are some good questions to ask the interviewer about?

[steady fox]

you're a 3D animator?

or you're hiring one?

[deep glen]

@steady vortex asking same question in multiple channels is a nono

[steady fox]

don't mind me i'm a smooth brain

[steady vortex]

I'm a Unreal Generalist but I can do 3D/2D animation @steady fox

[steady fox]

right so you're going to be hired for a position or hiring a person?

[light spruce]

smoothbrain always makes me laugh

[steady vortex]

@deep glen You're not wrong. My interview is in an hour and a half and the quicker the response the better (also factor in the nerves)

Yes I will be getting hired

[deep glen]

rules be rules ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[steady fox]

well

[cursive crypt]

Kinda familiar with that phrase, but can't remember from where 🤔

[steady fox]

let me put my interviewer hat on

[deep glen]

the general examples you can find on google are decent questions

[steady vortex]

I already checked online, I'm asking in realtime because some answers might be different. I'm collecting info

[steady fox]

My questions that I would want to know from a potential person I am hiring is them asking:

• Ask about the business
• Ask about your responsibilities
• Ask what people are like
• Try to target questions that will have you fit in, this is 90% of the work
• Ask what hobbies others have
• You are trying to sell yourself, so you have to, remember, you're just a number.
• Just because you get along doesn't mean anything
• You have to appear interested and you're there to make them money or contribute to the project
• After those questions are done ask about the project
• Ask general interesting things about it, engage them

[light spruce]

Maybe if you weren't such a dumb smoothbrain you'd be able to remember

[steady fox]

If I was to hire someone, I want someone who cares about what they work on, will fit in, and are competent. @steady vortex

[steady vortex]

Thanks @steady fox I'll make a note of these! Appreciate it!

[steady fox]

right now I myself are struggling with artists, we've been through 1 rigger that disappeared and this other doesn't even know what he's doing, he claims he exported the model right but it was made from "Tris" so it buggs out on export.

Which I know is a load of crap, if I have to look for someone I will be focus-hiring "DO YOU KNOW UE4? CAN YOU USE ALS RIG TO WEIGHT THIS CUSTOM MODEL?"

[cursive crypt]

My line of thought exactly, lol
That question was a trap to begin with.

[steady fox]

anyway that's my problem, and that's what I'd be looking for, someone who doesn't disappear and is competent.

[steady vortex]

@steady fox That would be painful. Nothing sucks more than someone who says they can do the job and then slack on their tasks and under perform

[steady fox]

it took me 10 mins to auto rig some of it in 3dsmax, he took a week and the feet are on the hands when I imported them

[steady vortex]

Well if you're hiring full time, are okay with me using Blender to make rigs (for now) then we can talk haha

[steady fox]

not only did he fail, he failed with loads of flare

[steady vortex]

Sounds like he didn't weight paint properly

[light spruce]

I miss triangles

[steady fox]

I dont' care what people use, if you can take this specific file i've got and rig it without touching UE4's mannequin bones then we good, worse comes to worse, take UE4's mannequin and use this custom model and replace the UE4's one

so that all of ALS's animations work with it

that's all I need

[steady vortex]

ALS?

[steady fox]

but at the moment it's not my problem

advanced locomotion system v4

we expanded on that and need the custom model taking over

but that's proving to be difficult apparently, I'll probably end up weighting everything myself and be done with it

[light spruce]

Listen, man, back in my day, you had to turn edges

[steady vortex]

Gotcha! I have that system but I never played with it. Often in my personal projects while working with others, sometimes it's just best to get the job done myself than rely on others. It's all about time though. The more tasks on my list, means the further release date haha

[cursive crypt]

Turn edges? There were only pixels back then, the ultimate graphics.

[steady fox]

I have loads to do, but I can't do what I need to without these, I'm the Tech Artist for this project, that's specific to level design, and building a dynamic music system

[humble remnant]

[cursive crypt]

I remember that one. Did you learn C++ tho? No?

[light spruce]

I think the only technical artist position I would be interested in is in the color grading/post-processing side

[cursive crypt]

The best one is telling others what to do.

[light spruce]

Half of being a technical artist is trying to fix someone's terrible art direction in post

[median wraith]

jesus I just wanted to do a thing and found all the engine bugs 😂

[primal spoke]

Who is the most cockiest/arrogant character you have ever come across in a game? I want to hear how they speak.

[steady fox]

Yeah, it's a pain in the neck communicating with everyone about everything though

you do a lot of carrying and "this isn't my job" jobs

[light spruce]

Pretend I'm a fictional character. There's your answer.

[primal spoke]

Hear not read....

Is your voice recorded somewhere?

[cursive crypt]

lol

Try some Disney stuff?

[primal spoke]

Gaston!!!!

Bingo

[cursive crypt]

🤷‍♂️ huh

[primal spoke]

not a game but will work

No one talks like Gaston!

[finite helm]

I need something to work on but idk whattt

[cursive crypt]

Ask Many

[primal spoke]

Gaston from Beauty and the Beast

[cursive crypt]

Don't remember it, but if you say so, lol

[primal spoke]

never played it.

[light spruce]

Obviously fictional

[soft night]

aks 8ball

[primal spoke]

I already asked myself.

[light spruce]

You're an engineer. Engineer something.

[primal spoke]

Thats u?

[finite helm]

I might just read a book

[primal spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/gaston-beauty-and-the-best-hairy-chest-chest-man-boobs-gif-5220223

No one has hair like Gaston.

[light spruce]

You can't engineer a book

[primal spoke]

We got a voice actor ova here!

[finite helm]

All engineering books tho :(

[cursive crypt]

The Pragmatic, at the bottom tho.

[finite helm]

best book ever

got 2 copies

[light spruce]

I'm more interested in what the 12 rules of life are

[finite helm]

its that good

[primal spoke]

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

[finite helm]

Its a book by Jorden Peterson

[light spruce]

I thought it sounded familiar

[steady fox]

https://voca.ro/1dXuHWiPilCn sanic

[light spruce]

If that's not arrogant and topical enough... I'll have to record a three hour rant about how incompetent AAA multiplayer game designers are sometime.

I should be drowsy. Instead... I just kinda have BTL burn

[primal spoke]

Yeah this is on point. a little violent but very arrogant.

[torpid star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVmfnGgF9hs

[light spruce]

Violence is one of those things I'm good at.

That and drinking too much whiskey

Gotta play to your strengths

I wonder if anyone actually made any interesting mods for Cyberpunk yet or if I should free up some hard disk space that I don't need

[steady fox]

maybe a button that uninstalls the game

[light spruce]

just garbage cosmetic mods it looks like. Well.

If this bug doesn't stop flying around, I'm going to burn this house down

!8ball Stims?

[turbid spindle]

@light spruce, :8ball: As I see it, yes.

[light spruce]

Can't argue with the robot.

[turbid spindle]

@zinc matrix, :8ball: Don't count on it.

[light spruce]

!8ball Am I an unreliable narrator?

[turbid spindle]

@light spruce, :8ball: My reply is no.

[mossy nexus]

!8ball Is ponkkis a robot?

[turbid spindle]

@mossy nexus, :8ball: Ask again later.

[deep glen]

!8ball are there any robots in this channel?

[turbid spindle]

@deep glen, :8ball: You may rely on it.

[steady fox]

!8ball are all the mods robots?

[turbid spindle]

@steady fox, :8ball: Better not tell you now.

[steady fox]

👀

[mossy nexus]

!8ball are these the droids I'm looking for?

[turbid spindle]

@mossy nexus, :8ball: Don't count on it.

[mossy nexus]

!8ball Shall I move along, now?

[turbid spindle]

@mossy nexus, :8ball: You may rely on it.

[zinc matrix]

I've got a weird physics question: if a chameleon were to launch and stick his tongue at a wall and then jump off from wherever he's sitting, would retracting his tongue pull him towards the wall or would it just come off the wall and he'd fall to the ground?

[light spruce]

!8ball Will I do something stupid inside the next 30 minutes?

[turbid spindle]

@light spruce, :8ball: Concentrate and ask again.

[zinc matrix]

!8ball Will Andy pick me?

[turbid spindle]

@zinc matrix, :8ball: Ask again later.

[mossy nexus]

Depends on the weight of the chameleon and how well stuck the tongue was

[mossy nexus]

in reality I'd expect the tongue to release and the lizard just to drop

[light spruce]

That annoyed the hell out of me in Spider-Man... You could web someone and pull yourself to them

[torpid star]

more

[glass acorn]

hello

[light spruce]

It's not about killing demons. It's about family.

[cursive crypt]

meh

[light spruce]

You wanna go, buster?

[zinc matrix]

@grave badger you are amazing bro

i love you videos

[steady fox]

wish someone would love me

[zinc matrix]

😅

[tropic hawk]

https://twitter.com/tobyalden/status/1412833315061649415?s=20

toby "mello melon" alden (@tobyalden)

psa to all gamedevs this is how your windows should be set up for optimal workflow

Twitter · Jul 7, 2021, 5:58 PM

[zinc matrix]

what do you wanna say

[light spruce]

eventually, you get used to someone not

[steady fox]

it was a joke

[zinc matrix]

who is a fan of @grave badger here

[steady fox]

idk but theres a rule about tagging people here son

[zinc matrix]

and what is that ruleeeeeeee

[steady fox]

@zinc matrix #rules

2. Be patient when asking for help. This isn't an official Epic Games support channel so we can't guarantee a response. Don't ping people unless you're replying to them. If someone can help, they will. If not, come back in a few hours and consider rephrasing your question or adding more details.```

[zinc matrix]

ok

[light spruce]

Rule 0 is "you were supposed to read the rules"

[zinc matrix]

🤨

[steady fox]

and obviously I would assume it means for non-help topics too

[cursive crypt]

Rule -1, out of bounds

[zinc matrix]

what is your problem i am just a fan of him

[cursive crypt]

Well, it is the #lounge so we goof around, don't take anything serious from here.

[zinc matrix]

ok

[deep glen]

but also, dont randomly @ people.

[zinc matrix]

ok

[steady fox]

I am half joking but half serious

[zinc matrix]

i understood

[cursive crypt]

I'm half melted cheese.

[zinc matrix]

😭

[cursive crypt]

Don't be sad bro, whoever is that magic dude, he must have a fan channel or something.

[zinc matrix]

thanks

i wanna ask something

is the demo project of unreal engine 5 only for windows?

because i read the forums and every mac user is having problem

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/failed-to-download-ue5-demo-project-valley-of-the-ancient-macos/231816/8

can some one tell me about it

[steady fox]

#ue5-general try here

@zinc matrix #rules

3. Stay on topic. Every channel has a topic described at the top of the channel. Please read these carefully before engaging in conversation. If you're not sure which channel to use, ask someone to point you in the right direction.

[zinc matrix]

now 😢

[steady fox]

asking in lounge is the worst spot to ask, lol

[zinc matrix]

this isn't the official discord server for epic games right

[steady fox]

nope

[deep glen]

dont think they have one

[zinc matrix]

i am sending an image here see this

what is this section highlighting unreal slackers

[steady fox]

yeah epic promotes us but doesn't endorse

[deep glen]

well, a little bit

[cursive crypt]

its fine 💰

[zinc matrix]

ok

[cursive crypt]

Checking out the dedicated channels will be best when your question matches their topic. People are more responsible there and may respond.

[zinc matrix]

oh

[steady fox]

basically #rules are more a guide

[zinc matrix]

soo many peoples are online

hey juicybear where are you from

[steady fox]

Australia, u?

[zinc matrix]

India

[steady fox]

cool

[zinc matrix]

what "COOL"

[steady fox]

that's neat

[zinc matrix]

okay

This is an off topic question

how can we grow our youtube channel

[steady fox]

Have content people like

and then 99% luck

[zinc matrix]

🤣

[steady fox]

legit

[zinc matrix]

my internet is just shit now

[steady fox]

my remake of MK movie trailer has 38k views

[light spruce]

I feel like vomiting.

!8ball Am I about to have a migraine?

[turbid spindle]

@light spruce, :8ball: Don't count on it.

[light spruce]

hm

[zinc matrix]

link to your youtube channel mr juicy bear

[steady fox]

can't, it's self promotion

[zinc matrix]

dm me

ok

what is the topic of your channel

[steady fox]

I only have 50 views-ish a vid then I made that and then it exploded

"My random video dumping ground for dumb crap I make + memes"

[zinc matrix]

i am very shy and therefore i stopped making videos beacuse i thought what my friends would tell me and make joke of me

but i wanna start it again

[steady fox]

well they're going to do it regardless

don't think you'll make money from youtube, or streaming, that's what you gotta understand, you also may never make it big

[zinc matrix]

yeah you are right

[steady fox]

that's just how it be

[zinc matrix]

ok

bye

[steady fox]

doesn't mean you shouldn't try

[zinc matrix]

it's 9:00 pm here

[steady fox]

you never know

[zinc matrix]

yeah

[light spruce]

Progress was made on this dumb jellyfish

[steady fox]

congratz

[glass acorn]

whom do i contact for submitted my reel

[steady fox]

the fish

badump

[light spruce]

reel big fish?

🎺

Not really sure where I'm trying to get to with this yet

[glass acorn]

short demo rell still big fish

i start doing fx for games from houdini

[humble remnant]

Make a horror game or something

[light spruce]

It already has a purpose. But I haven't decided on a direction for finishing it

https://media.giphy.com/media/H5Evhq7xiJji0/giphy.gif

don't mind me; I'm just going to take a nap on my desk

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/eyes-chew-chewing-big-eyes-wide-eyes-gif-8128904

[mossy nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/eyes-eye-popping-eyes-popping-eyes-pop-gif-19360349

[primal spoke]

The newest member of my game dev team:

[deep glen]

looks like the fake metroids in meridia

[subtle hatch]

Would the Manny bot be useful for having job posting on realtime VFX discord only difference it caters to any engine and only for VFX related job posts only.

It will help people find VFX/particle freelancers as they aren't easy to come by.

[carmine frigate]

they are if you have big stacks of money

[subtle hatch]

I assume they would cost relatively the same as 3D artists/blueprints/C++

[carmine frigate]

prolly a bit more than 3d artists

[subtle hatch]

Still they need to be a job posting system in some way

[carmine frigate]

they do hang here, but they prolly look for jobs elsewhere

[deep glen]

our job board caters to any engine, not only ue4

[timid wasp]

Yo, asking for a friend 👀 has anyone here ever done an academic citation for a DLC and if so, how? Like, I've cited games before, but I presume DLC would be slightly different?

[manic thorn]

Metroid!?

[zinc matrix]

yall, in your personal definition, what is a "game"?

[subtle hatch]

Are you talking about the job boards here ?

[deep glen]

yes

[subtle hatch]

Since you admin the other server realtime VFX

Is there any plans to bring Manny there

[deep glen]

nope

[subtle hatch]

Or a fork of him

Ok

Think it wouldn't work ?

The job posting system here is the best out of any game dev related server I've been on so far.

But then this is a way bigger place then rt VFX anyway I guess

[manic thorn]

Glad to know I'm not the only one that does this.

[subtle hatch]

Hope not

[mossy nexus]

Summer break still.

Like strange noises and things that go bump in the night?

[cursive crypt]

f... why I have an UPS when I can just stretch my legs and kick out the cable from the PC itself.

[quasi mantle]

Manny cannot be put somewhere else.

[subtle hatch]

It's open source

[old gazelle]

It's not happening either way 🙂 We manually moderate it.

[quasi mantle]

If you read the fine print on the GitHub, it's not meant to be implemented elsewhere with support.

Anyway, I think my GPU VRAM is totally busted. The BSOD is back, but I managed to catch so many VRAM error in HWInfo just before it started the BSOD server.

Guess the "defibrillators" no longer works

[subtle hatch]

But yeah I've only asked this because some of the moderators here also admins the realtime VFX discord server

https://realtimevfx.com/c/Jobs/11

They have this anyway

[old gazelle]

Which is also getting overhauled soonish.

[turbid spindle]

@zinc matrix, :8ball: It is certain.

[quasi mantle]

Can I have a bit of 🇫 reaction, in memory of my passed away GPU?

The VRAM is FUBAR, and shall be pronounced dead.

[mossy nexus]

Not Compiling Hell?

[quasi mantle]

In memory of my Radeon R5 GPU
2016-2021

[mossy nexus]

Silicon Heaven.

[subtle hatch]

I still have my GPU from 2012

[mossy nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/leuten-red-dwarf-silicone-heaven-gif-21263949

[subtle hatch]

And it was at the time like the most advance PC still plays the average new PC game

But I have to upgrade soon

[cursive crypt]

https://i.redd.it/7mxbgi5mxz971.jpg

Inverted normals

Irl

[subtle hatch]

My monitor goes black in the middle of a game randomly

And then I have to restart it

[quasi mantle]

Well, I had to live with my trusty (yet sucks) Intel iGPU in the meantime

And UE4 runs, though I've been abusing Distance Fields a lot so it's like a privilege taken away.

Intel iGPU doesn't like mesh distance field, which is super sad.

If it weren't for that GPU, I wouldn't have learned Unreal Engine 4, and getting good at it 4 years later

[cursive crypt]

https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-infinity-unveiled-immediately-after-it-1847243344

Microtransactions

[subtle hatch]

Fuck no

[quasi mantle]

I'd take chocolate milk more than this.

[subtle hatch]

There is no game more expensive than free to play

Now I see why EA is the worst company in America and not the world

Because Ubisoft is Europe's worst

[quasi mantle]

Hohoho, I reckon you haven't see the far eastern side of the F2P hell

[subtle hatch]

They do well in places like China

[quasi mantle]

*CJK and SEA region in general

[tulip orbit]

https://youtu.be/BYQmp1ZM0jM

[quasi mantle]

Not gonna lie, I have kind of distaste with those kind of compilation videos. (Also naming PredCaliber and BlueDrake42)

[tulip orbit]

Yeah, the voiceover ppl can be extremely annoying, and all the extra crap they put over top

[broken sigil]

I like gameranx but this video was hard to watch, he completely missed the point of what Nanite actually is

[carmine frigate]

i think you completely missed the point of what youtube actually is 😛

[deep glen]

I think youtube misses the point of what it actually is XD

[median wraith]

A spaniard have a channel spot lighting the new tech epic used to make GI and claiming is the first time ever a engine have realtime GI

I was like wtf

"Really Cool raytraced reflections"

isn't this SSR ?

[median wraith]

xd

[quasi mantle]

I feel like I missed nothing from the State of Play that I just missed at the last minute

[quasi mantle]

Super Super Rare
(gacha/lootbox rarity tier)

[median wraith]

some blender expert here ?

[quasi mantle]

Not really an expert, but daily user.

[median wraith]

Someone knows how to select a edge face

when you are in a different view than wireframe ?

[quasi mantle]

Box Select? (B)

[median wraith]

errr no

alt x on my end is a function for a plugin

you mean in ue4 ?

z

😂

what

oh yeah with the xray mode works

and is there something ala Radiant etc

where can draw without really select the edge ?

the polybuild thing seems to do something of edge detection in that way but didn't found "the tool"

na but isn't that what I mean is for speed workflow that kinda does all slower

anyway ty

[zinc matrix]

could use some help in #vc-unreal-hangout

[median wraith]

yeah wanted an alike thing but just to move the faces

[thorny dock]

ublock origin no longer is working for youtube ads?

[quasi mantle]

Still worked on me, though you may need Anti Adblock Killer list (and I'm combining it with Brave's blocker)

At least no annoying mid-roll ads or popups.

[zinc matrix]

@quasi mantle what kinda game you working on again?

[quasi mantle]

Action RPG

[quasi mantle]

It seems like Nintendo is more interested on OLED screen upgrade more than actually beefing up the processing power.
But can't really blame them, it could get into gaming laptop territory very quickly. But then PS5 and Xbox Series were sold at a loss from hardware alone.

[mossy nexus]

A philosopher, who may or may not have a stone. I think.

[light spruce]

a Y is just an X with a piece missing

EVERYONE HATES MORAL PHILOSOPHERS

[tulip orbit]

dont like the immoral ones either

[fathom wadi]

immortal ones are ok tho.

[light spruce]

turdasses

[grave badger]

hes okay

[quasi mantle]

Though randomly tagging someone merely for fanboying is a bit rude IMO

[light spruce]

https://giphy.com/gifs/realspaceforce-netflix-space-force-show-Z9iKLXmMQ8Gdi4wWGN

[north osprey]

My mother doesn't let me have fun in the house
Whenever I laugh
She bangs on my door or come into my room and tell me to stop and that I'm weird
And that she'll take me to the hospital if I don't stop
Whenever I laugh or make small noises or talk, she makes it clear to me that she is disturbed from me in the house
What should I do 😔

[light spruce]

Move, probably

[light spruce]

Alternatively, she has a serious mental illness and that's another problem entirely.

[zinc matrix]

I thought it was a riddle at first, but that's really hard to read

hoping you the best

[zinc matrix]

dynamic music, intersting

[light spruce]

You misspelled "huge pain in the ass"

FIFA 21 is only $10!! What a deal! I wonder if you also get a coupon for a free kick in the genitals.

[cursive crypt]

They give you 10$ to buy it? I might consider it for the Archive category then.

[light spruce]

They'd have to give me more than ten bucks to do even that

The social ramifications are pretty immense.

[humble remnant]

Tbh at this point the game gets more money from whales

Also they've been actively trying to get people to move into the whaling gamemode as much as possible

Actual scum fuck of a company I swear on me mum

[light spruce]

Is the secret that you hate your mom? Kinda like how when I bet my life, it's actually not really much of a bet

[humble remnant]

Nah I actually mean it

Me mum's great

They make like a decent game occasionally

But the microtransactions they add in and looking for ways to make people get them is beyond bastardish

[light spruce]

It's just a microcosm of the world, my man

We're all doooooooooooooooooomed

[light spruce]

also, my shirt smells bad

also, moms

[quasi mantle]

Mom's spaghetti

[light spruce]

13 minutes to midnight

[cursive crypt]

no

[light spruce]

#fiteme

Well. Shit.

I have to go renew my driver's license. Luckily, I found out that they moved it.

[thorny dock]

this is so funny, it was made from the guys actual microwave. the design of what they thought a futuristic (2000s) kitchen micro would look like is just killing me 😂

I remember all this futuristic stuff, that we now call retro, but the retro when they were going through the futuristic phase

[light spruce]

there's one kinda similar

God damn that TF2 match sucked

[quasi mantle]

The noughties futurisms never fail to amuse me

This is like 3D-fication of a wacky looking Windows XP Media Player or Winamp skin

[light spruce]

Burger Regret

[thorny dock]

hahahaha too spot on, why can I picture both of those things so vividly ?

[torpid star]

🪟

new windows logo ^

[quasi mantle]

🟦 🟦
🟦 🟦

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/loading-microsoft-windows-windows-xp-gif-17309666

[zinc matrix]

⚠️ ATTENTION⚠️ Hi guys, I'm a solo dev working on a very imaginative and unique project (not) I need an animator, modeller, composer, voice actor. By the way, this is all unpaid and basically cheap labour. Where the most you gain is idk, some skills?

Uhm. I hope this being in #volunteer-projects was a mistake

[cursive crypt]

lol, anyway go to #volunteer-projects

This channel is not for recruitment anyway 🤷‍♂️

Except maybe for pizza 🍴

[zinc matrix]

I know. It was a joke

[cursive crypt]

Looks serious.

[zinc matrix]

This? How one earth does this look serious?

[faint dock]

use of signal color

😛

[cursive crypt]

It is #volunteer-projects material, which is quite common. I see nothing unusual.

[faint dock]

also that ^

[zinc matrix]

The only reason I check that channel is to see what ludicrous "offers" are around lol

[quasi mantle]

Not gonna lie, this is the one #volunteer-projects listing that I'm legitimately concerned with.

[torpid star]

need more /s

[quasi mantle]

Not to mention the super generic vision "always with success".

[quasi mantle]

That's the one specific listing that keeps popping up on that channel

There's also that one listing that requires 12 hours minimum work hours per week, but not popping up there as often as the 8 hour minimum one.

[quasi mantle]

Gulp a hot sauce everytime MMO project pops up in that channel

[foggy path]

You could try applying to the weird posts and see how it is

At least the result should be funny if you try to seriously apply for it and it's a shitshow

:D

[soft night]

!8ball are MMO projects good?

[turbid spindle]

@soft night, :8ball: Concentrate and ask again.

[quasi mantle]

!8ball Are MMO projects without proper funding or experience destined to fail from the start?

[turbid spindle]

@quasi mantle, :8ball: Most likely.

[quasi mantle]

[deep glen]

!8ball can I scam the MMO community by making a kickstarter about my new sandbox open world fps 3rd person medieval cyberpunk shooter mmo?

[turbid spindle]

@deep glen, :8ball: Outlook not so good.

[cursive crypt]

Well, not everyone is good scammer, sorry.

[humble remnant]

!8ball can I make money with an open source project

[turbid spindle]

@humble remnant, :8ball: As I see it, yes.

[humble remnant]

[median wraith]

Turns out UE4 have a FBX to World Importer and found it 6 years later 👍

[humble remnant]

So for some reason something in my project build got reset and I had to rebuild it from scratch basically

So I decided to rename the project as it should be

Papa bless I didn't miss a spot

[soft night]

!8ball can MMO Unreal devs be heroes in the future?

[turbid spindle]

@soft night, :8ball: Outlook not so good.

[humble remnant]

MMO is kil

[quasi mantle]

Even Manny knows what's more realistic to be achieved 🤭

[foggy path]

!8ball asdfghjkl

[turbid spindle]

@foggy path, :8ball: Most likely.

[soft night]

!8ball will Hevedy find it success in gamedev?

[turbid spindle]

@soft night, :8ball: Yes – definitely.

[humble remnant]

[kindred sundial]

Hey

[quasi mantle]

[median wraith]

Blender is fooked

the transparency don't let the light pass

[quasi mantle]

Where's Lumen?

[median wraith]

Octane seems the ground truth one

Corona it's like a cinematic version

[quasi mantle]

Also UE4 Raytracer is going to support translucency

[soft night]

Lumen to safe the day right?

[median wraith]

isn't Arnold GI cry in spanish ?

well technically Lumen is cry in spanish too made by the Arnold guy ?

wait I think wasn't arnold 🤔

[quasi mantle]

https://youtu.be/p8TnqBiWKyY

[fluid bloom]

having a just born kid is exhausting

I've slept like 10 hours total since tuesday

feels like I'm back in the army

... I did know this was coming though 😄

[pearl pewter]

I just finished a multiplayer game and would like to test it.. anyone having some free time?

[median wraith]

👀

idk epic this seems like a bug

[humble remnant]

Did you combine meshes when importing

[median wraith]

it actually reimported a mesh

and keep files with exact the same name

as different assets

😂

[faint dock]

funny enough octane looks the weirdest for me ^

[median wraith]

you only see in night vision

:p

[faint dock]

wraith vision

b/w + blur

[median wraith]

the naming

[humble remnant]

It's been an hour and a half and I'm only at 1200/3100 done on the rebuild

[cursive crypt]

Why Octane tho? 🤔

Also, isn't it paid or something.

Aha non-commerce

So, how is it?

Like, all them renders look about the same to me. Why bother

eww

meh, all modern ones are gpu based and about the same as speed I would expect.

[light spruce]

Why does octane sound familiar to me and yet I have no idea what it is?

[cursive crypt]

It is not for drinkin'

But Octane, Redshift, Cycles, c4, arnold + many more... just chaos

njoy

[deep glen]

finally moved my heavy desk so I could get behind it and clean up a little

https://giphy.com/gifs/movie-dirty-dust-xUPJPtw7LRAmTZ60rS

^ still an understatement

[light spruce]

😦 Come on, man. I'm more than that.

[soft night]

luos soon on own bunker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOelRv7fMxY

[light spruce]

https://vavqj34csem437aom2bekqda-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2000/09/new_Five-seveN_Rotators_1-1-1800x1275-1-1800x1275.jpg

[deep glen]

over here that would be illigal, unless nobody notices :p

[median wraith]

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/358869/clients-jitter-on-listen-server.html

The bug that came from UE3

keep on UE4

and now is on UE5

😂

[soft night]

sneaky colin is doing too more silent way possible hehe and 3 tunnel videos so far

[light spruce]

The 5.7x28mm is a decent cartridge... I hate almost everything about the FN Five-seveN though

I just have a desire to scream "FIVE SEVEN" at ponkkis now

so

[humble remnant]

Build failed with dozens of "compiler out of heap space" errors

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/steel-wool-tunnel-gif-5991135

how luos secret tunnel could look like

[humble remnant]

Build completed after retrying like 5 more times

Only took twice more than my usual PC

[deep glen]

XD

[quasi mantle]

I slept for less than 7 hours / day

but congrats on the newborn

[fluid bloom]

Thanks. Got three hours of sleep last night 😅

Two hours the night before. Slept on a hard floor

[deep glen]

congrats JoniMadeKid

[unborn lotus]

Well the first 6 months are the hardest. Then it gets worse but in a better way 😌

[tulip orbit]

@fluid bloom https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-Babies-Baby-University/dp/1492671185

[torpid star]

posting source engine games in UE discord D:

[deep glen]

in lounge thats fine

[quasi mantle]

But but but but
The heresy

[median wraith]

but Valve uses Unity now

Can be Lumberyard combined with Cryengine, Source Engine and Id Tech

and still be called unity isn't it ?

👀

[cursive crypt]

Unitology

[median wraith]

also I had a nice read today at this: _https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Map_Format_

[cursive crypt]

Why you are reading this Hevedy? Are you planning something?

Why Valve?

[median wraith]

and I hate Python

that's the side note

[cursive crypt]

sus

[median wraith]

Made a importer for TrenchBroom

at least the base parser

the XYZ,XYZ,XYZ give nightmares to get converted

[cursive crypt]

TrenchBroom reports me something from the 8-bit color era.

[median wraith]

on the side note get all these UVS correctly is another nightmares and kinda dropped the idea for now, will make a lowcost marketplace thing

But rather including that and other tools

or idk yet

[cursive crypt]

Don't be exposed for long under the influence of other engines.

[median wraith]

yeah that's the issue

getting the importer directly from Blender

[foggy path]

Oh lol

Ark Survival Evolved apparently has not disabled the Oculus VR plugin in UE4

because it launches the Oculus app when you launch Ark, I don't think Ark supports VR...

oh wait nvm, it does :P

[quasi mantle]

Ark feels like an early UE4 game already. Maybe because it is? Isn't it released in 2015 or something?

[median wraith]

"iNTELLISENSE"

[quasi mantle]

s o c i a l d i s t a n c i n g

[quasi mantle]

Intellisense? More like Intellisnail

[median wraith]

snail na

it still like that and it's perfect fine for it logic xd

[turbid spindle]

:no_entry_sign: Beheadedstraw#9180 was banned.

[quasi mantle]

Here we go again

I wonder how many banned account this server accumulates.

[dense storm]

too many 😄

[torpid star]

What happened?

[dense storm]

thing is, if they want to join back, they can appeal, once the account is secure.

[quasi mantle]

CSGO spam

[torpid star]

thats a thing?

[quasi mantle]

Probably far too common

People fell for that kind of crap.

[dense storm]

Thing is, these are normal people, who have been active here

like i said, we let them back on if they appeal and they secured the account

two factor auth is the only way to be secure

[quasi mantle]

Some people are just gullible enough to fell for it.

And yeah, 2FA at least could prevent phishing attacks, unless their phone got stolen in the process by the same perpetrators.

[light spruce]

They got tired of your rally driving

Yeah... yeah that seems possible.

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/rotate-gif-18706556

[deep glen]

that csgo spam only happens when people click on the fricking csgo spam links.

then we ban them, then they go "i was hacked" when they wherent, and I am seriously doubting those people.... ill end my rant there

[light spruce]

I was hacked!

That's why I hate Counter-Strike

[median wraith]

Poor computer

I have a whole 2 TB used no idea how

trying to figure how to use the SceneImportOptions and the factory

feels bad man

[cursive crypt]

Disco, lmao

https://tenor.com/view/disco-the-simpsons-dancing-dance-gif-5425409

[faint dock]

"Cortana, search for '*porn*avi'"

let's find out where your 2tb mysteriously disappeared 😄

[tulip orbit]

wasnt me.

[faint dock]

you filling up @median wraith's drive with avi files would lead to even more questions

[tulip orbit]

had to store the illegal stuff somewhere

[faint dock]

it takes a lot for porn to be illegal and none of it good

[tulip orbit]

thats why I dont keep it locally.

[light spruce]

That's a little concerning

[tulip orbit]

[light spruce]

Hooray. I'll have another keyboard to replace crap on next Monday

[turbid spindle]

:no_entry_sign: Jensa#1380 was banned.

[tulip orbit]

aw, I wanted the free skinz

[cursive crypt]

Matters not for the bots.

[light spruce]

the maple syrup mafia is no joke

[tulip orbit]

[deep glen]

seriously, people who click on those links should get a 1 year ban from the interwebs and a 8 month "how to use my brain" therapy course

fricking dumdums

[cursive crypt]

You heard of such?

[tulip orbit]

or .com

[cursive crypt]

Statistically maybe there are some people, but I still doubt it.

[broken sigil]

or that say Steam Comrrunity instead of Steam Community 😅

[light spruce]

ProTip: don't go to anything ever

[cursive crypt]

Also it is a bot, spammer don't lose anything 🤔

Which reminds me of the MMO bots... menace.

[deep glen]

they lose my respect XD

[light spruce]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G76nKGWRLPU check out this great video on YoTube though

[cursive crypt]

lol, they need your pal's money, not respect.

[carmine frigate]

i click those links because im hacked

[deep glen]

if I'd need to hire someone im so gonna check the logs if they got the csgo spam ban.

[cursive crypt]

lol, a victim's dossier.

Hiring non anti-vaxxers, non-republicans, non-conspiracy theorists and no scam-victims.

[deep glen]

not hiring anybody who has watched more than 10 minutes of pewdiepie, mrwhateverthehellthatfookersnameis, cardib, bieber, and influencer videos

[carmine frigate]

hey pewdiepie isnt all that bad 😛

[regal pecan]

Is that cumulative? Do you qualify?

[light spruce]

Every time I see "influencer" it makes me want to shit someone else's britches

[carmine frigate]

i prolly watched a bit more than 10 min, he got some funny meme stuff

hell its better than anything on the cable tv

[light spruce]

that is not a good metric

[carmine frigate]

or like .... MTV

that music television channel w/o music

Hevedy mayB?

[light spruce]

Nope. Not at all

[carmine frigate]

is it ?

[deep glen]

the guy who got banned from twitch after recording in a bathroom

[carmine frigate]

every1 takes a dump sometimes... dunno why we need to be all private about that

[cursive crypt]

What was he filming? I mean if no nudity... Even if eww it should be still fine.

[deep glen]

i dont know, and dont care :p

[broken sigil]

Only streamers I watch are Shroud and Iitztimmy
2 human aimbots

never heard of him 😅

[light spruce]

I don't watch streams

anyone who plays valorant is an idiot

No one gets to install kernel level shit on my machine

[carmine frigate]

yea i rather have a bunch of ppl watching me while taking a shit

[cursive crypt]

On the topic

https://i.redd.it/adcof5mot6a71.png

[quasi mantle]

Discord be like randomly tagging channels as unread, even though no new messages there.

[finite helm]

https://wiki.unrealengine.com/DataValidationTutorial

n000000000

my data validation tutorial

is goneee

i dont have it backed up 😦

[quasi mantle]

Oh right, CS GO spams

[quasi mantle]

Guess you're out of luck...

Unless...

[finite helm]

save me pls

oh?

[quasi mantle]

No mention about Data Validation tho

[finite helm]

friccccccccc

this was before i had a NAS

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[quasi mantle]

Not in the GitHub clone, not in https://ue4community.wiki/topic/legacy

Probably you're mis-bookmarked the site somehow, or the article got deleted at some point in time.

[finite helm]

i actually pulled it

[carmine frigate]

gotta rely on those brain backups 😛

[finite helm]

from this discord

and a wiki thing where someone used it

[carmine frigate]

data == data

[finite helm]

i knowww

i was bad back then

[carmine frigate]

ive allways been super good

if anything its been goin down hill 😛

[foggy path]

man, the EGS experience with Ark Survival Evolved is terrible

it's as if they put in some effort to make it work and then didn't document how to make it work at all

half of the threads on reddit etc. about the topic are also full of half-fixes which don't work and you're left with digging through pages of messages to find that one message which contains that one command line switch that makes it work and nobody anywhere says you need that

:P

[quasi mantle]

They didn't do much since 2016 early access?

[pearl pewter]

I just thinked about nuking tiktok

We could launch an attack on every server

And deleat everything

And send at team that manually destroys all backup hdds

Im high as hell

If anyone tryna do this DM me

[deep glen]

yea, lets not

[finite helm]

LUOS

ITS BEEN SO LONG

ITS REII

IM NOT DEAD

[deep glen]

hey hey rei

https://giphy.com/gifs/theoffice-the-office-tv-business-ethics-l8ooOxhcItowwLPuZn

[finite helm]

OOFT

I hope you have been well

[deep glen]

ups and downs and inbetweens but doing allright now, you?

[finite helm]

Yeah same, took a year or so out for health reasons now i am back to cry at the engine

cant wait

[deep glen]

heh, kinda same

[finite helm]

we need less sobbing and more snaccs

[deep glen]

fo sho hehe

[quasi mantle]

🍙

Have this huge onigiri for the reunion~

[finite helm]

om nom nomm

[deep glen]

nom

[zinc matrix]

you guys (beginners especially) ever have doubt in your head that you don't have the balls, smarts, or drive to finish your game?

cuz I'm feeling that way right now kinda

[deep glen]

thats generally the case for many beginners all the way to pro's

[zinc matrix]

well at least we got friends here to help out

both practically and emotionally

friends are probably what keep us going

[fathom wadi]

i have the balls, i just dont have the manpower or cash 😄

[carmine frigate]

when u find a bug..

https://tenor.com/view/alien-aliens-colonial-marines-video-game-gif-17958465

[zinc matrix]

I'd reccomend getting the framework of your game down first

mechanics of your character and such

[fathom wadi]

im fully aware of how to do it 🙂 thats not the issue though. I can make prototypes and frameworks easily. Its finishing the game where I need more people and money. 🙂

[zinc matrix]

ah

what kinda game you making?

[fathom wadi]

i have a couple. one is a physics ball game, one is a dynamic dungeon puzzle game. one is a crazy physics game that Im still trying to figure out the technical elements of with ue5.

[zinc matrix]

any 2d platformers?

[fathom wadi]

no im using unreal engine and its not great for 2d. I'd use unity or godot for that

[zinc matrix]

oh

well I'm using unreal for mine

I probably sound stupid though

[fathom wadi]

its possible but its just not as effective as other engines

[zinc matrix]

but I like the blueprints

aw

sigh

does this mean I've wasted time with my progress?

[quasi mantle]

If you really want to try it, then by all means.

[fathom wadi]

no its just made a little more difficult than other engines

[zinc matrix]

but Godot doesn't have blueprints

[quasi mantle]

I have made few dumb but practical 2D game and even non game tools with UE4.

[zinc matrix]

and idk how to traditionally code

[quasi mantle]

THIS

[carmine frigate]

its allright, unreal can do 2d just fine

[fathom wadi]

blueprints aren't the issue. its 2d elements such as 2d rigging, tween engines, graphical editing etc

[carmine frigate]

hell if its multiplayer ur 2 steps ahead 😛

[quasi mantle]

And most platformers are sprite based, not live 2D based.

[zinc matrix]

sigh

I already paid someone for a mechanic though

[carmine frigate]

most platformers are 3d 😛

[quasi mantle]

Shovel Knight is the most NES-esque modern platformer, and it's a 3D engine.

[zinc matrix]

well

at least ppl here can help me

I just don't wanna be discouraged

[fathom wadi]

progress beats discouragement

[quasi mantle]

If you want to try, you can make it in Unreal.

Again, I have made dumb but practical 2D games and even non game tools.

[zinc matrix]

wym by dumb?

[quasi mantle]

Hell, I made my own Doom source port launcher with UE4.

[quasi mantle]

Dumb as in one would consider it "overengineer"

[carmine frigate]

i made some 2d flipbook stuff and platformers in unreal 😛

also some skeleton 2d stuff

[quasi mantle]

I could've do the same with pure C++ and software renderer, but I did it in Unreal Engine anyway.

[quasi mantle]

Also dumb as in violating "just because you could doesn't mean you should"

[zinc matrix]

well

I'm starting to feel more comfortable with ue4

and I've already made progress

guess I'd have to redo all that code in Unity too

but

analysis paralysis kills dreams

[manic thorn]

Question. Could quantum computer communicate at any distance?

[tulip orbit]

!8ball Could quantum computer communicate at any distance?

[turbid spindle]

@tulip orbit, :8ball: My sources say no.

[tulip orbit]

guess not

....or Manny is covering for his brethren...

[manic thorn]

Manny was behind it? Always was...

[tulip orbit]

🤫

[graceful sequoia]

@quasi mantle did you see https://www.techradar.com/amp/news/audacity-alternative-abandoned-after-developer-subjected-to-stalking-and-harassment

ugh

[cursive crypt]

https://www.pearsoncollegelondon.ac.uk/escape-studios/campaigns/summer-of-unreal.html

Free for Pros, lol

[quasi mantle]

I already know they're none the wiser lmao

[graceful sequoia]

wat?@

[graceful sequoia]

what's that supposed to mean lol

[quasi mantle]

I'm just watching the drama unfolds lol

It's already apparent that they're none the wiser, I'm kinda expecting this to happen.

[humble remnant]

Moved all my modular content (plugins/DLC) to the GameFeatures folder and it all works with no changes needed

I might be able to yeet my makeshift pak loading in this case

The content roots don't need a /GameFeatures/ added either

[cursive crypt]

Wasn't that in 4.27? 🤔

[humble remnant]

I'm using 5

I simply decided to basically revamp my project

Renamed it, converted modular plugins to game features

What I was surprised about was there was no need to recompile shaders

[unborn lotus]

@fickle sky are you by any chance CO2 poisoned? 😬

[fickle sky]

I woke up this morning and I couldn't sign into my computer. Now only to find out that my password was changed from the one I know it was, to another I use often, the audio service not working, and not network icon or network access even though having a direct connect with an Ethernet cable. I have no f-ing clue what the f- happened and I am so confused

No, why would you say that?

[quasi mantle]

Do you have Windows Restore enabled by sheer luck?

[fickle sky]

How would I know this

[unborn lotus]

@fickle sky I read about this guy finding notes in his own writing, turns out he did them and also changed his password, just did not remember because of a CO leak

[fickle sky]

Uh

I mean

I don't think I have been

How can one tell if they're in a CO2 Leak?

[unborn lotus]

Thats the thing, you cant, unless you use a detector to figure it out 😆

[fickle sky]

So are you saying I fucked my computer so there's no audio and internet in a CO2 haze?

[unborn lotus]

No, probably not, but just throwing it out there

[quasi mantle]

That should open System Properties and if you're lucky, you have System Restore enabled and restore back in time.

I said "if you're lucky", because it's disabled either by default or by random chance it switched to off after a long while.

[humble remnant]

You can usually revert updates

[quasi mantle]

Gosh, I hate this right click menu already

This better not be carried over to the release version of Windows 11.

[unborn lotus]

I used to use bblean ages ago, such a difference, super compact menus, easy navigation

[median wraith]

how turns out a person with a under 1080p monitor spot targets better than me at same distance with a 1440p monitor?

maybe the monitor is bigger? should it be smaller?

[quasi mantle]

I wager it's more of the focus state of the player.
Even eSports play uses lower resolution to prioritise low frame time as low as 4 ms

[median wraith]

If Blender plugin are just scripts why must be gpl ?

🤔

[quasi mantle]

Because GPL is parasitic by nature, so anything directly touches with it has to be under GPL

[median wraith]

Well technically if I sell you a MIT script you can use it with blender due the gpl nature

but the script I sell in the store will keep MIT isn't it ?