I like Hilda, too. She's hilarious. But Zelda is a badass.
#lounge
bronze axle
faint dock
the dark lord's favourite ๐
bronze axle
I have serious fatigue of the Pixar/Dreamworks visual style, so it's hard for me to watch them.
carmine frigate
yea its dope
faint dock
so fresh
bronze axle
I don't play LoL so I'm not invested in the lore, but Arcane looks stylish. I do like some of the character designs, too.
faint dock
i don't play lol either
carmine frigate
yea spiderverse is amazing, i was kinda done with evertything marvel til that movie came out
faint dock
i'am actually with the competition ๐
bronze axle
Arcane seems like the kind of thing a non-player could enjoy standalone.
bronze axle
I keep hearing crazy things about Spiderverse. It didn't look that interesting to me, but I guess I'm going to have to watch it eventually.
faint dock
it's great too
bronze axle
I don't know what I'll do when I finish Sabrina. I'll probably rewatch it. lol
bronze axle
Oh I know. I have an endless watch list.
faint dock
there's also the witcher season 2 in three weeks
faint dock
i played the 3rd game
which is ... amazing
gonna play another round of dota2 now. wish me luck ๐ค
bronze axle
Have fun.
faint dock
thx
carmine frigate
get cancer?
bronze axle
I'm working on... things.
carmine frigate
i dunno how to wish luck in MOBAs ๐
fathom wadi
you say "I hope nobody blames you". But they will.
quasi mantle
I hate it when game menu uses "gamepad cursor" for way of navigating it. I think I first saw it on Assassin's Creed Origins (if not Odyssey), and I don't like those kind of menus
cursive crypt
Shoot, don't speak.
regal pecan
you say "I hope nobody blames you". But they will.
I'm guessing it's more in the vein of "break a leg" for dancing
e.g. break a finger or break a mouse or ** find a girlfriend**
tulip orbit
I need to get my phone to display am or pm on the lock screen, cause I am VERY confused when I wake up from my naps lately ๐ฆ
Hmm. Apparently I need to get a 3rd party app to do that, as samsung removed the feature ๐ค ๐
celest musk
!8ball will unreal ever finish moving that water actor to another sub level?
turbid spindleBOT
@celest musk, :8ball: Better not tell you now.
last matrix
I'm guessing it's more in the vein of "break a leg" for dancing
e.g. **break a ...
๐ค not sure about that last one
zinc matrix
I've been lacking motivation to learn Unreal and work on my game lately
Can anyone relate?
tulip orbit
been over a year since Ive had any motivation
zinc matrix
been over a year since Ive had any motivation
Really? How come?
tulip orbit
dunno. Ran out of ideas, been unemployed since the pandemic started, and my depression/anxiety sorta took over. Just been playing games
zinc matrix
dunno. Ran out of ideas, been unemployed since the pandemic started, and my dep...
I'm sorry to hear that
I hope things get better
zinc matrix
any ideas I *have* had, are way too big for me as a solo unexperienced dev
I feel that
tulip orbit
Been feeling a bit of an itch for dev lately, but no solid ideas
regal pecan
An idle clicker where you blow up asteroids but you're a lumberjack.
fathom wadi
dunno. Ran out of ideas, been unemployed since the pandemic started, and my dep...
same. my anxiety is sky high and I haven't done anything of merit all year. I thought some time off would help the burnout but it isn't shifting. But hopefully new year will inspire some fresh work.
tulip orbit
my anxiety lessened when I was keeping busy working on my sisters acreage, but now that its winter again and I'm just sitting here at the computer, feel really bleh
pearl elk
People like to say ideas are easy, everyone has em but in my experience its like any part of your brain you have to exercise it to get that mental fitness going
zinc matrix
Let's see what manny has to say...
A minimalist immersive sim where you extract a yeti in a war zone, but a creepy old man is watching you.
Could be worse
tulip orbit
I have had some generalized ideas, but not specific enough to start a project. And also way too big a scope for me to handle
I wanna make games that I wanna play, but I like to play games like AC:Odyssey, horizon zero dawn, satisfactory...
zinc matrix
Super simple but addictive games are great
The issue is
coming up with a unique idea
pearl elk
open world, you can prototype your mechanics in a smaller area to get a vertical slice
tulip orbit
at this point, I probably shouldnt worry about a unique idea, but rather just make a ripoff just for practice
I always get stuck on the story, and world building...
fathom wadi
I have half a dozen projects to work on but I just can't get started. I've so much unfinished work and projects that need more people
pearl elk
well my point was just as much about ideas surrounding implementation as anything else
ideas arnt just the big lofty goals theyre also the little details of a reload system
fathom wadi
most of my ideas are entire games and its just undoable on my own. Sometimes I start them off hoping to get others on board but then I panic and try make some money with something else and the circle continues.
ive got a few smaller ideas though im going to work on in the new year. get myself back into the swing
pearl elk
ideas are also about innovations surrounding scope
fathom wadi
yeah my ideas generally occur when unreal introduces new tech
pearl elk
maybe first person is too tricky, top down might be enough to get the project going
fathom wadi
ive got a wicked idea with the metasounds and metahumans but its a lot of technical work
quasi mantle
I just had animation system idea, almost recrrating ALS to some degree.
tulip orbit
only real idea I have right now involves vehicle physics and I need epics chaos physics, but I think i need to build from source and really deep-dive into things and I've been far too lazy
quasi mantle
Was kinda dissatisfied with how ALS can't be adapted with non human characters that easy.
fathom wadi
i only work with source and deep diving is just how I roll :p
pearl elk
Im hearing alot of tech ideas not many game ideas ๐
quasi mantle
Already had a solid idea tbh
tulip orbit
well my c++ knowledge is comparable to my IRL vehicle knowledge, I open the hood and say "yup, thats an engine" then close the hood.
pearl elk
Carmacks very much about focusing on product even though he's a tech guy, when you hear him talk he gets very upset about time spent on generic type code
fathom wadi
Was kinda dissatisfied with how ALS can't be adapted with non human characters t...
a lot of new animation tech for non-human based stuff is neural network based
quasi mantle
a lot of new animation tech for non-human based stuff is neural network based
Nah, I'm not going into that route.
fathom wadi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJvRYtjQ4c check this out
pearl elk
problem with indie R&D is its difficult to get the same big tax breaks larger companies do
fathom wadi
if you aren't earning enough, you dont pay tax here anyway ๐
pearl elk
well thats it if you arnt earning enough to get taxed you aint paying tax therefore no tax return
fathom wadi
what don't go around, dont come around :p
quasi mantle
Due to more cartoony style, I'm just going with simpler tech (but hopefully scalable with non human character)
I'm calling it Jiwa Raga.
pearl elk
R&D tends to be a tax rebate
fathom wadi
you can get tax rebates for capital expenditure which is nice. Buy a top end rig, or 10 of them, and pay no tax on them
thats specifically vat tho
quasi mantle
Basically almost procedural locomotion, using new UE4 anim tools
pearl elk
just gotta start small and build things up, its certainly not easy even AAAs screw it up
fathom wadi
i just wanna stop working solo tbh. I haven't worked in a team for around 4 years now. Solo dev is cool when you are prototyping but it sucks when you try get a polished product
pearl elk
keep in mind for something like Assassins Creed that isnt their first open world, Ubisoft has done ALOT of those types of games so how can you expect to jump in and get that kind of level out of your first one
quasi mantle
keep in mind for something like Assassins Creed that isnt their first open world...
I'm inclined to think it goes as far back as Prince of Persia Sands of Time.
pearl elk
yeah well Ubisoft definitely has always had good animation
quasi mantle
Parkour anims in that game is unlike the contemporaries, even in 2003
fathom wadi
they have heavily invested in neural network animation systems. Some of their recent animation examples have been off the charts
pearl elk
Just gotta play to your own strengths in that regard, what skills do I have that can set my product apart
fathom wadi
my skills are being burned out and playing games
pearl elk
I wouldnt recommend chasing trends unless you have the right skills
fathom wadi
neural animation isn't so much a trend rather the next stage of animation evolution. It does a better job than freehand animation a lot of the time. Plus it saves a lot of money over time. But we will see Unreal examples soon enough too. Plug n play setups
pearl elk
Solo dev is difficult, you dont have anyone to lean on when you need help. Many problems you'll encounter will require more time explaining it out to someone to help that what its worth, its easier to have a second who already roughly knows the development
quasi mantle
Just gotta play to your own strengths in that regard, what skills do I have that...
Interest also help IMO
e.g. I'm interested in VFX and animation, so I'm looking ways to make my stuff stand out in those regards, at least in indie low budget space
pearl elk
neural animation isn't so much a trend rather the next stage of animation evolut...
but does it save time though, how many hours went into developing it?
sure it looks nicer but as an indie if you can do it yourself another way you should
If I sat around waiting for the technology to get there I wouldnt get anything done ๐
fathom wadi
thats my point about the plug n play though. It only takes one package of pre-learned networks and you are good to go. They last forever rather than re-hashing freehand animation and cleaning up.
quasi mantle
thats my point about the plug n play though. It only takes one package of pre-le...
What if, say, I want to have unique anim set?
fathom wadi
in what sense?
pearl elk
Ive never seen plug-n-play game implementations, there are always exceptions and bugs etc etc
you will always need to do work
fathom wadi
yeah thats what makes neural network based animation so good. It's less work
pearl elk
neural networks can learn the wrong way, it takes alot of iterations to point them in the right direction
fathom wadi
freehand animators can too
pearl elk
if you think companies with super computers are just gonna hand their competitive advantage over
fathom wadi
it doesn't take supercomputers. You can do it on your home computer
pearl elk
yes but freehand animation is something you could do now
this just sounds like an excuse for being lazy
fathom wadi
you can do neural networks now too
quasi mantle
in what sense?
In a sense that I want to have not mocapped, and more stylised animation sets, even humanly plausible but not possible animations
pearl elk
so scope
fathom wadi
if you want to be contrarian about it I suggest you do some research. It's been around for about 5 years.
im out.
quasi mantle
It's easy to say neural network training if you have mocap gears, flailing around in no time.
pearl elk
stop waiting for others to make tech to do it for you
and just get to work
as I said, Im hearing more tech ideas than I am game ideas. If your ideas require a tech you dont have, then you need to come up with ideas to scope it accordingly. If youre solo you need to make it achievable not an open world game size on a AAA budget
if you want to get into AAA tools, do that ๐
tulip orbit
Cloning the engine. Hopefully it works...
cursive crypt
It never does.
tulip orbit
it downloaded, I'm running setup.bat right now. near 50%
pearl elk
good ole prerequisites
tulip orbit
94%!
quasi mantle
Then another wait for building just the editor
tulip orbit
cant generate project files ๐ฆ GenerateProjectFiles ERROR: Unable to find a valid installation of Visual Studio. Please check that you have Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio 2019 installed, and the MSBuild component is selected as part of your installation.
oops, wrong syntax ๐
added MSbuild to my VS community 2022 install, now the generate project files thing is just sitting there...
thar she blows
building
thorny dock
the future is you buy microsofts new azure kinect (previous gen xbox kinect was ~$40+$15 for what you need to solder it into a PC connection), then you take that mocap from 1 or 2 devices and use ML to clean up the foot shaking and other artifacts
hence why they jacked the price to $400, and discontinued manufacturing the xbox kinects, thinking they were getting ahead of the game
pretty solid results for 1 cheap kinect, no suit needed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zN86jlj60g
ML being Magic Lemons
ofc
tulip orbit
magic lemons are just regular lemons covered in glitter.
Welp, its at 215/4734.... so I'm off to bed. hopefully it'll be done by the time I wake up. 'night all
cursive crypt
- breaks at 316/4734*
pearl elk
too old to end gamedev
zinc matrix
Should be "too old to touch computers?"
foggy path
I saw a thread on reddit where someone was saying their 65 year old dementic father had started to learn programming and was just sitting and staring at the blank computer screen
It was a little bit too detailed down to how many words per minute he was typing so it was probably a troll tho
cursive crypt
Kinda has my respect tho, assuming it is true.
Anytime is good time to learn something and enjoy it.
carmine frigate
amount of words is not that important
your speed in reading matters more than ur speed in typing
cursive crypt
Devs nowadays are spoiled by fast compilation times.
Think more, write less.
Drink soda.
Okay, scratch the last.
pearl elk
just dont ask questions on stack overflow :p
pearl elk
if no research done then do research, if not answer then do more research until life is null
cursive crypt
Good devs live in the nullptr state.
pearl elk
but my names not peter ๐ฆ
cursive crypt
But you are a Pan.
cursive crypt
cursive crypt
tulip orbit
* breaks at 316/4734*
:p Build succeeded. 8663 seconds tho... 144min... that normal build time?
cursive crypt
Yep. Normal. It is CPU dependant, but you shouldn't care are you don't rebuild all so frequently. You shouldn't.
tulip orbit
hm. figured my i5-11600K would be a bit faster. oh well.
should be faster when just compiling a project tho right? I should only have to rebuild the engine if I modify the engine itself, correct?
cursive crypt
Correct.
Your CPU sucks as your life.
/j ofc, don't believe me.
In general, don't worry about it.
tulip orbit
no, you're right, my life sucks :p But I just upgraded in the summer! ๐
my cpu I mean
cursive crypt
Its not bad at all, really.
tulip orbit
editor is loading. Seems I have to disable steamvr again ๐ฆ
alrighty then. time to start tinkering?
cursive crypt
nah, just watch something on the net, have a nap
tulip orbit
๐
Once I encounter some issues I'll get frustrated and play a game ๐
screen is all blurry, still waking up it seems
pearl elk
You might not even need to recompile engine packages depending on what youre doing
Just dont accidently rebuild the entire project, not fun
tulip orbit
yeah hopefully I dont do that.... probably will tho cause no idea what I'm doing...
pearl elk
Only one way to learn right, engine is a beast
tulip orbit
yup
pearl elk
Must admit digging into the source can be forfilling, we dont really discuss the murky depths of the engine enough
tulip orbit
I wont be going very deep. I just need to access some of the vehicle data that isnt currently exposed. Just trying to get a vanilla vehicle running, not working tho ๐ฆ
pearl elk
Ahh yes, I can see why you need to modify the Chaos module
I think Id write the vehicle system abit differently myself, probably bit more modular
tulip orbit
Grr. Its not even turning the wheels. I followed the physx->chaos vehicle page, doesnt seem to be accepting input at all
median wraith
is on 4.27 chaos enabled by default ?
cuz I see a lot of settings on the project settings
but I don't see any for nvidia ?
there is no chaos build for 4.27 as used to be for 4.26
๐
mmm
oh yeah is at the bottom them
didn't spot them at the first
well still all the chaos physics settings are on the panels
for whatever reason it is
verbal junco
why is there snow
tulip orbit
not much snow here, freezing rain this morning
verbal junco
any snow is too much snow
tulip orbit
snow is fine, so long as I'm not driving when its falling.
only real problem is that we're in the phase where it melts and freezes a bit overnight
torpid star
any snow is too much snow
only if you can't hold your own in a snowball fight :P
plenty of finnish people here
unborn lotus
I was driving on the highway over some thin fresh snow, no plug passed yet and I felt the car slipping...and over so little snow
verbal junco
only if you can't hold your own in a snowball fight :P
I don't go outside even in fall, let alone winter
tulip orbit
I dont like going outside either, but I have to from time to time
cursive crypt
Just get a good sword and save before going out.
foggy path
yeah summer tires in snow is like gg have fun not having any grip
but it's fine if you have all seasons or winter tires :P
of course knowing americans you can count on people not having those so even if you do you are probably still fucked 
zinc matrix
๐
if i am not mistaken, 75% or more of fatal accidents in roads happens in developing countries and they own around 30% of all cars
so just imagine snow roads on africa continent
foggy path
lol yeah
I think it's mostly a regulations / driver education issue in those kinds of places though
zinc matrix
sometimes is just pressure from economy
i had hitchhiked for some months in brazil and the quantity of truck drivers that are running against the clock in their deliveries is scary
sometimes they go 2 days straight without sleeping to deliver things and get back to their families
foggy path
which is largely a regulations issue :)
it used to be like that in most places until they started regulating the working hours of drivers and requiring driver trackers
zinc matrix
yeah, but at least in north america people invested in other forms of transport
foggy path
oh?
zinc matrix
brazil rely its transport basically in highways transport
that puts A LOT of trucks around
as the country is in continental size
foggy path
ah you mean alternative methods besides trucks?
foggy path
yeah true
zinc matrix
here we have the mentality that by road build, politicians can stole money
foggy path
they use trucks a lot here in Finland too, I guess it's because the country is largely quite sparsely populated and they can't have trains going everywhere
zinc matrix
hehe
here we export thousands of tons of grains, extensively, by trucks
60,000 tons in a single truck
almost 90 miles per hour in highways
2 days without sleeping
foggy path
Trucks are limited to 50mph here and pretty sure it's quite tightly controlled how long you can drive one before taking a break and the total hours per day as well
zinc matrix
we have good regulations too, but they happen on paper mostly
anyway, is not like brazil is a esoteric party of dying truckers
but there is a lot of crashes
what i want is AI vehicles so i can pilot my bicycle on highways safely
verbal junco
sometimes they go 2 days straight without sleeping to deliver things and get bac...
I hear the same thing is happening in the UK
but at least they get paid appropriately now
cursive crypt
Nice
zinc matrix
Hello
verbal junco
hey
nobody talks about how the czech republic shares a border with austria, so I thought I'd mention it
pearl pewter
why is stack overflow so inhumanely toxic? ๐ญ ๐
quasi mantle
why is stack overflow so inhumanely toxic? ๐ญ ๐
Well, if you ask dumb crap there, people won't like it.
Also it's not really an ELI5 forum (unlike other stack exchange sub-sites)
drifting quest
what would be cool for roles, what languages ppl speak or what country they are from,... btw
verbal junco
im from austria btw
in that case did you know that hungary borders croatia?
fathom wadi
my stomach borders hungry
drifting quest
f* borders there are only good artists and bad ones, good coders and bad ones, good productions and bad ones
xD
really i cant care less not my job
fathom wadi
borders are necessary to facilitate the atlas industry.
drifting quest
what are you working on @fathom wadi
fathom wadi
i've not done anything of worth in the past year. I've had a long term illness and also burned out from trying to make money to feed my kids. So i've just stagnated. Ihave some work planned for new year because it's time to either shit or get off the pot. I spent the past 11 as a game dev so not doing game dev work makes me feel like a pollip on the anus of society.
fathom wadi
either that or dead. either way, resolution will occur
drifting quest
maybe the time to step back a little family comes first
but
i dont know
you can always get a nice job as some good paid normal dev
verbal junco
borders are necessary to facilitate the atlas industry.
cartographers gotta make a living
verbal junco
i've not done anything of worth in the past year. I've had a long term illness a...
chill, it aint that bad. netflix's just put up sonic the hedgehog
fathom wadi
i burned out trying to feed my family. now Im barely getting by. choosing between heating and cooking with gas. I used to save money for times of burnout or rest periods but I blew it all by the start of this year. So I truly need to earn. The thing is im motivated, yet can't seem to get going. Im getting xmas out of the way because its always my worst time of year for depression, but new year I will kick it up to max gear and either succeed with flying colours or fail with poo on my shoe. ๐
drifting quest
get a good paid dev job
verbal junco
yeah I mean I feel I'm paid decently even in gamedev but thankfully I don't have a family to consider
fathom wadi
Yeah I will once I've got my flow back. I get lots of offers but I cant take them in this shape. I need to be on form, but when I am, I kick ass,
drifting quest
i feel you
verbal junco
but also fintech pays astronomical sums of money
drifting quest
yeah well good nutration lots of sleep and sports
verbal junco
so if you're a programmer
drifting quest
maybe no computer time
verbal junco
you may be in luck
fathom wadi
im a programmer. but i also do everything else.
verbal junco
are you self employed or what's the deal
drifting quest
do sports on a daily base
fathom wadi
graphics programming i dont do, but I could, just slower than professionals
drifting quest
if you can affort
fathom wadi
yeah self employed
drifting quest
and you will be fit again
fathom wadi
do sports on a daily base
I used to do judo and jiu-jitsu but I injured my foot and I haven't been since. I do miss it
fathom wadi
plenty of programming roles around in studios
yeah i get offers most days. at least twice a week
verbal junco
so what's the issue
fathom wadi
my linkedin is full of offers. I put a few on hold so I can chase them up when I am running hot. The issue is until I'm back on form I don't have the confidence to take the jobs.
cursive crypt
fathom wadi
this
verbal junco
meh
broken sigil
i've not done anything of worth in the past year. I've had a long term illness a...
Are you a tech artist by any chance, we are looking for 1 at the moment
fathom wadi
meh is my entire attitude right now. I have spent the past 4 years itching profusely. Then covid hit and my brain fizzled
quasi mantle
https://i.redd.it/fmj9xnr2hc281.jpg
Rockstar developer seekers smh
cursive crypt
10y of html or bust
fathom wadi
Are you a tech artist by any chance, we are looking for 1 at the moment
Im a generalist that can program with c++/bp, I know blender too. Basically I do a bit of everything in unreal from UI to engine plugins and more
verbal junco
Are you a tech artist by any chance, we are looking for 1 at the moment
who is we ๐ค
cursive crypt
Not you, whoever is you
verbal junco
I was more thinking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlxoyw_8I7I
broken sigil
Im a generalist that can program with c++/bp, I know blender too. Basically I do...
Can I DM you?
celest musk
so DAZ pulled a copy cat and created "MetaMixer" which is like the mixing interface in metahumans
and now they sell all their assets as metamixer profile again ๐
verbal junco
Jim Carrey makes an excellent eggman
drifting quest
@broken sigil you are great, i like it...
red pewter
finally an explanation for floating points that makes sense https://fabiensanglard.net/floating_point_visually_explained/
verbal junco
ok the sanik movie is definitely not as bad as I thought it would be
verbal junco
jokes on you, this is what I think about when I think omicron:
ivory zenith
Something about coding late into the night with good synthwave makes me feel like my life has purpouse
quasi mantle
Something about coding late into the night with good synthwave makes me feel lik...
I'd replace synthwave with old Japanese City Pop, for more gloomy late night coding~
median wraith
so DAZ pulled a copy cat and created "MetaMixer" which is like the mixing interf...
In their trailer no one of the models looks like the ref xdd
white oxide
can i get some feedback on a ship/orbital cannon design?
verbal junco
perhaps
zinc matrix
Looking good
This is just me. But it looks a bit too much like an oversized gun
Maybe make it resemble a ship a bit more. Make it seem a bit more "liveable"
This is just me though
white oxide
i mean lore wise the thing was just a remote operated orbital defense cannon
zinc matrix
I see
white oxide
they just atted a drive carriage, crew space, and then sent it out to kick butt
quasi mantle
Not too shabby, I must say.
Though maybe make the shape look less rigid, or add magical flair into it.
white oxide
long story short they were fighting a cylon like enemy, so a pure mechanical weapon was very much in need, and these were built to be deployed as backups in case a planet happened to suffer an EMP caused by a CME or such
white oxide
Though maybe make the shape look less rigid, or add magical flair into it.
its space, and theres a stealth aspect to it
quasi mantle
I'm a sucker for science fantasy tbh
white oxide
so they said "screw it, lets get this crap into action fast as possible while the new designs go through testing phases and we can stop losing entire systems because we keep getting machine viruses
so they designed a retrofittable drive carriage to the guns, and sent them out to fight
zinc matrix
Hmm maybe add some small, but noticeable thrusters around it. It's a weapon so it would make sense it needs accurate control to aim properly
white oxide
they did so well at that job that they kept using them for the next 800 years (even if they did finally build a ship based version from the ground up)
white oxide
the main round is a railgun that MIRVS near the target
zinc matrix
ah
quasi mantle
Also I would prefer more magical space ships, maybe as the ones seen in the likes of sci-fi Final Fantasy games, but it's just me.
white oxide
its super long range as its pure ballistic, and even if the target moves a bit, the mirvs have enough drive time to terminal attack
and it uses 25 splinter warheads
the idea at least when they were made for orbital defense was a weapon that beat back active defenses by just swamping point defense
the rounds are cheap, the gun can carry dozens, and boom
theres also backup shorter range missiles in the pylons
zinc matrix
how big are the rounds compared to the ship?
white oxide
they carry 32 rounds
but a single round can cripple heavy cruisers and destroy anything smaller
and its a frigate class
theres a rendered video done by a friend of my studio about it attacking a pirate freighter
it does have a pair of turrets for AA work that arent in the wireframe
verbal junco
looks good, form follows function. I dunno the art direction or anything so hard to say anything else. if it's realistic I think it's a good sell.
white oxide
its form is a cheap mass production semi stealth orbital cannon
verbal junco
perhaps the frontal silhouette could be shaped like a crosshair so you know when you're about to get f'd
white oxide
with the MINIMUM amount of tech inside it
verbal junco
but I mean take that for what it's worth
quasi mantle
its form is a cheap mass production semi stealth orbital cannon
Also, out of curiousity, do you already have a name for the ship?
white oxide
Concord Class Combat Frigate
the orbital cannon is called the Halbard Defense Platform Mod C
it has a crew of 15
verbal junco
the orbital cannon is called the Halbard Defense Platform Mod C
you may find that: https://www.britannica.com/technology/halberd
white oxide
yes i know
quasi mantle
Those are cool names ngl
white oxide
thats the idea
last matrix
Give it a halberd axe look underneath the barrel
verbal junco
so the typo is deliberate?
quasi mantle
Though if I had space ships for my own games, I'd name them after mythological creatures (folklores and D&D)
verbal junco
to be fair they do list halbard as alternative spelling
zinc matrix
Though if I had space ships for my own games, I'd name them after mythological c...
I think the idea is it being a mass produced vessel thing
white oxide
like mentioned this thing was designed to still work as a defense weapon even under severe solar storms, ion storms, and other natural or non natural events detrimental to electronics
white oxide
Though if I had space ships for my own games, I'd name them after mythological c...
the 12 supercarriers are named after mythical creatures
starting with the Manticore
white oxide
most ships have dozens of class names for each class
Concord is just the English one
quasi mantle
I'm already started making more sci-fi stuff but still had magical fantasy flair into it. Maybe near future cyberpunk where evil mega corp rule the world and part of space colony.
verbal junco
jesus this sounds like a massive scale project
quasi mantle
Though I gotta finish the more grounded fantasy one first lmao
white oxide
and still have decades to go
yes there is a game with this ship in it
and its going to be seen in my next game too
verbal junco
well if you're pitching this to publishers it's probably worth focusing on the game prototype
just saying
white oxide
yeah
actually were handling pretty much all of it
development and publishing
i cant code/develop to save my life
my brain breaks
quasi mantle
My plan would be have some kind of anthology, where the first game is more grounded, magical fantasy, then the next game is almost completely unrelated cyberpunk (but still magical) fantasy.
white oxide
but i can lore an entire race and its reason why its biology is that way in an afternoon
tame flame
any one here good with perforce and unreal issues ?
verbal junco
development and publishing
well as long as you got funding all's well
white oxide
were trying to find a dev to work on the demo so we can get some fans before launching a kickstarter
the one dev i have is busy full time with a game were publishing
i mean i have as many game ideas as i can fund, all in the same universe
quasi mantle
were trying to find a dev to work on the demo so we can get some fans before lau...
Kickstarter? Well, good luck, it's going to be more difficult one. A lot of people had been bamboozled by either underdelivering or outright scam projects over on KS and Indiegogo.
verbal junco
just like everyone else
white oxide
thats why were building the demo
quasi mantle
Least you have a working prototype, I think it would be okay.
white oxide
and made 2 other games (one finished one were co-developing and publishing) at this time
and honestly ive got a lot of support for people to hit the kickstarter, just they arent enough to fund a game this big
anyone familiar with GOF2?
its very very similar to what were trying to do
hence why i mention it
space combat/trade/mining sim
combat is a big part of it, but you can make a good amount of money mining and trading
got all mechanics
i just wish i could dev
oh and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7yhidWFWNo
the concord rendered
quasi mantle
oh and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7yhidWFWNo
The ship's looking okay, but I really don't like the cinematography and the editing. It feels way too frantic.
A note for next trailers you're cooking.
Since you said the ship supposed to be mass produced, my suggestion would be to make an infomercial style trailer for it. It's like in-universe advertisement showcasing what the ship's capable of, but with a slight hint of sinister into it, due to how it's supposed to be a bodge work.
white oxide
yeaah this one was more made on a fan level
i just gave the fan all the details and let them build it then posted it
after giving them all the models and such
i have plans for a set of short films to help set lore once i can be sure i actually have a working demo
use the short films to promote the demo and grow players while waiting for the right time to launch the kickstarter
quasi mantle
Seems like one who said Stack Overflow is somewhat toxic isn't alone.
Granted, I quit Stack Exchange for a long while.
cursive crypt
Ah, yes, the fantastic Update wizard of Visual Studio, right in the top left corner of the monitor:
pearl elk
e for Earther
tulip orbit
e
median wraith
First time on my life I see this
Now makes sense the cannon have that thing at the back
tulip orbit
the handle thingy? nut cruncher?
median wraith
yeah
where the ropes attach
do someone knows of a 3D pack modular to make some levels a la portal or such ?
pearl elk
was gonna say arnt you Spanish, surely you seen a galeon with a cannon before ๐
tulip orbit
me neither.
median wraith
man the marketplace is a bad thing
each time you find an interesting item you get a insta idea and say hey lets get that
lol
I don't want to know how much I spend since start of times
pearl elk
Ive spent like $2000 on the mp ๐ฎ
hard not to, you guys are too sexy up there on your poles hehe
median wraith
lol
tulip orbit
my lack of money makes sure I dont spend money on the mp
pearl elk
I especially like Hevedys OnlyPlugins
median wraith
oh man
I made the account and never started selling anything there
and itch is kinda dead
It's the OnlyFams of games
cursive crypt
OnlyClams
rugged jetty
each time you find an interesting item you get a insta idea and say hey lets get...
And then u scrap ur current because this one seems cooler even though u spent money on the current one
median wraith
I end doing scrap of every single one except the original first one due all seems kinda big tasks
XD
rugged jetty
lol
pearl elk
but I want HAO plugin
cursive crypt
Have you been a good boy during the year?
neat sluice
Organized Sphagetti
tulip orbit
Have you been a good boy during the year?
I havent
cursive crypt
throws logic_error
tulip orbit
hm, time to find a replacement for ryobg
cursive crypt
tulip orbit
cursive crypt
tulip orbit
cursive crypt
https://i.imgur.com/mOTHgnf.jpg
Really? ๐
median wraith
Question: Is there some wire/rope physics for gameplay ?
on marketplace or somewhere ?
cursive crypt
Question: Is there some wire/rope physics for gameplay ?
Have seen some. Just search with keywords.
Tho, I think most were animations. Physics... you will need to see whether it will suffice.
median wraith
Hey, no flirting today Tank
median wraith
Have seen some. Just search with keywords.
yeah seems like no one have collision as I expected or the ones I found
quasi mantle
https://i.imgur.com/jNWzrsM.gif
Tom do be like moving the subtractive BSP brush
thorny dock
Question: Is there some wire/rope physics for gameplay ?
have you seen the built in cable component?
tulip orbit
that doesnt take care of the rope physics. cable component is just visual
median wraith
have you seen the built in cable component?
Yeah as Inter said is just visual, it does basics collisions but isn't ready for gameplay lets say
foggy path
Yeah the physics and collision on the cable component are janky as shit lol
it may or may not work depending on what you wanna do, and what settings you use on it... more processing power expensive options make it less janky, but as mentioned makes it more expensive
quasi mantle
Might best using premade cable skelmesh if you want physics
tulip orbit
Teracopy says I've got 3.2hrs left of copying this group of folders, primarily my UE4 projects....
๐
ooh, now its 8hrs
now its 2.7days. wtf
thorny dock
Ahh didnโt see him mention that. Didnโt know the cable was so jank lol but havenโt tried it much
median wraith
That's the 8k monitor of Tim Sweeney
just 4k
0.5 dollars the pixel
oh true
damm man why can't even make a joke there
feels bad
0.5 dollars the row then
the column*
in other hand that looks super glossy
in bad way
regal pecan
looks ok if your gamer chair is big enough
median wraith
I didn't know they managed to fit 8k in that size monitor
because looks the same size of my 1440p
regal pecan
lot of 4k 28" monitors
median wraith
also I don't like auto because don't let me know on first instance what the code is at all
regal pecan
(wonder what that is in non-imperial)
median wraith
It's strange that Tim uses all in auto
also Tim uses the same formating I do
that's against the Epic rules
Na don't think he does, he was experimenting on things last time
maybe is the Cryengine V branch
๐
quasi mantle
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFX-4CwXsBArCnT?format=jpg&name=large
NGL I kinda wanted this kind of workspace
verbal junco
how you keep the place warm in winter
last matrix
how you keep the place warm in winter
the computer isn't it obvious?
verbal junco
the computer isn't it obvious?
I didn't respond to the image
last matrix
I didn't respond to the image
ahh, i read it now, its not a question
verbal junco
ahh, i read it now, its not a question
tulip orbit
sigh. Been copying over this batch of files since about 2:30 ish. Teracopy says 8:16.. hrs? jeebus. and its only 60%
thorny dock
Tim has never revealed one of his biggest trade secrets of all... mild or spicy?
also if hes drinking diet I will switch to unity right now
cursive crypt
Spicy soda? ๐ค
cursive crypt
It is a copy.
Not sure what pic you talk about tho.
Smart tho... that sounds dangerous.
tulip orbit
first name "In-constant"
carmine frigate
when i was a kid i put too many of those artificial thea sweeteners in my tea and now i cant drink diet soda ๐
i taste it right away and it makes me feel sick
fathom wadi
same. when diet coke was released, i drank a lot of it but then started to taste the chemical taste of aspartame. then i realised it was dehydrating me. so i stopped. it's horrid stuff.
median wraith
@zinc matrix Well is the last thing he posted on Twitter
technically the source should be posted by the poster ๐
cursive crypt
same. when diet coke was released, i drank a lot of it but then started to taste...
I can taste it too, but sometimes I want to avoid that sugar - substituting one bad stuff for other basically.
quasi mantle
I don't think they sell diet coke in my country, so no idea how it really goes ๐ค
Also screw the corpo meddling for causing Pepsi to be ceased for sale
(though it still exists on some fast food booths)
foggy path
I wonder if it's supposed to be in some other currency and not usd
zinc matrix
I wonder if it's supposed to be in some other currency and not usd
zimbabwe money
I hope it's just an error
quasi mantle
Isn't Zimbabwe straight up used USD?
zinc matrix
Isn't epic meant to screen this stuff before it gets submitted?
quasi mantle
Tbh the arachno looked like shit, so... ๐
Not even the materials seem to be good quality
cursive crypt
deep glen
I *hope* it's just an error
comes up as 1500,-
quasi mantle
To be fair, it do be looking odd.
So that's one part that isn't misleading.
But it's still nowhere near as good as Armour Spiders, even in its original Demon's Souls PS3 form.
foggy path
something something NFT's
zinc matrix
Was about to say something along those lines
verbal junco
does it come with free cryptocurrency
foggy path
Yeah but there is only one
true :P
I'm waiting for nft's hosted on imgur to just randomly disappear
lol
well you have the asset for it somewhere so you can see it
yes, but nobody buys nft's which are just ownership tokens for nothing
is there an nft which gives you ownership of nothing? lol
yeah that's what I mean... all the nft's that are being traded are tied to some kind of an asset
none of them are traded on the basis of just being nft's
Correct
It's still an asset of sorts
:D
Upload it to OpenSeas and let's see if it sells
OpenSea is the largest NFT marketplace :P
I drew a shitpost monkey picture in paint, I should upload it sometime just to see lol
quasi mantle
will work until December 30 or so...
Shit, guess they really want to remove dislike count...
foggy path
I don't really get why the dislike button is such a big deal for people
I have no clue how many likes or dislikes any of the videos I watch have because I never look at it :P
quasi mantle
They said they did testing phase on it on limited quantity, so it's unlikely they're going to revert it.
quasi mantle
I don't really get why the dislike button is such a big deal for people
For one thing, avoiding quack instructional videos, clickbait, or looking at how many dislike a video got if the creator asked to dislike it.
foggy path
I don't know how anyone puts that much trust on the dislike button :D
quasi mantle
In most parts, like/dislike ratios are reflective enough to audience reception on videos. Sure, you got hate mob (some Last Of Us 2 videos are subject to this, for example), but it's a rare edge case, at least from my 7 or so years of active YT viewing.
foggy path
Yeah I suppose that's true
quasi mantle
There's also YouTube excuse removing dislikes to "stop harassment on creators", but harassment could also come from comments, or the creators's social media platforms. I'd say it's a case of "modern problems require modern solutions" but in super sarcastic manner.
And not to mention YouTube has the feature to friggin disable the rating on videos outright, but the option is so buried deep and barely talked about.
deep glen
usually I dont share my track-making stuff, but im rather fond of this one:
https://soundcloud.com/as_yoesual/as-yoesual-techquilla
foggy path
not bad
feels like the progression within the track is a bit odd, but I'm not so familiar with this genre so maybe it's intentional
deep glen
still learning how to do proper progressions, so you might be right
quasi mantle
usually I dont share my track-making stuff, but im rather fond of this one:
http...
Gotta love the pun-ny alias XD
cursive crypt
ooh, electro ๐
deep glen
@quasi mantle XD
foggy path
yeah think you got a solid base there, overall it has a decent sound to it :)
deep glen
if you heard my first few attempts, this is already way better. but def. loads of room for improvement
cursive crypt
Goes a bit... what was the name of that slow bass thingie... ๐ค
deep glen
wooferey? :p
cursive crypt
Nah... it is/was pop these years. Slow drums with a lot of bass.
quasi mantle
I've been thinking of some orchestral progressions, but for the life of me, it somehow lost when I started jotting it down in OpenMPT.
cursive crypt
dubstep!
So, this is dubtechno, lol
Not baddie in general, Luos, it is yours? Ableton?
quasi mantle
I guess I gotta try make one, at least for one minute tune. Hope that I'm not losing it this time.
I want to start with some A# with moving fifth, 112 BPM, no lead melody for now.
foggy path
now they start with vaguely 80s synth
deep glen
Not baddie in general, Luos, it is yours? Ableton?
dub has a different rythm, this has a more classing boots & cats rythm.
and yea, made it in ableton
cursive crypt
Enjoy ^^
I still remember my first tries. Were pure garbage, but I freaking liked them - haha
fluid bloom
bots caught off guard by winter https://v.ylilauta.org/f3/7c/f37ca83750a42c18.mp4
tulip orbit
they become the snack ๐
cursive crypt
black - fight back
brown - go down
white - goodnight
tulip orbit
How to identify a bear in the woods: Run up a tree. If it climbs up after you and eats you, its a black bear. If it knocks the tree down and eats you, its a brown bear.
foggy path
apparently the bears here tend to just run away from humans :P
I think it's some variety of a brown bear we have
verbal junco
foggy path
lol
paper eagle
https://listenonrepeat.com/?v=mH11iKBfq-g#Kowskii_feat__Ao_-_TOKYO_X9_(Official_Music_Video)
I think I got this from this channel... but can't find it/remember.
Anyway ignore the face animation, I'm addicted to the song itself now (and I think the whole thing was made in Unreal)
cursive crypt
How to identify a bear in the woods: Run up a tree. If it climbs up after you ...
There was a clip of a bear climbing up a tree. That ball was just running up as a cartoon character.
Bears are fast.
tulip orbit
yeah I cant run horizontally as fast as the bear ran vertically
fluid bloom
did someone mention bears? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nArYpLDV4
cursive crypt
Aww... poor fluffs, got tired & bruised
cursive crypt
There were no bears?
median wraith
do someone here knows about air quality meters ?
rugged jetty
do someone here knows about air quality meters ?
Wdym by knows about?
median wraith
If used these and knows what the different things means
Like were looking for some that measure the indoor quality in case of moho risk etc
but not sure if the HCHO, TVOC, AQI does the thing
mold*
tulip orbit
cursive crypt
https://tenor.com/view/can-canaries-and-finches-live-together-gif-20122481
Nooo, they too cute ๐ฑ
carmine frigate
those things only work once
verbal junco
they saved my grandpa once
lucky, no canaries came to rescue mine out of the gulag
cursive crypt
I wonder whether they still use them, maybe in the not so tech mines ๐ค
verbal junco
nowadays human lives in developing nations are worth less than canaries in industrialized nations ๐
carmine frigate
i bet there are plenty that keep em for that extra piece of mind
ill trust those things over any machine ๐
tulip orbit
when i was working in the oilfield we had to wear personal air monitors, we called them canaries (they were small and yellow)
cursive crypt
when i was working in the oilfield we had to wear personal air monitors, we cal...
Did they tweet? ๐
tulip orbit
yeah
tulip orbit
oh sorry, misread that as "bad joke"
verbal junco
oh sorry, misread that as "bad joke"
that too I guess, depending on your humor
or political conviction
tulip orbit
Seems like my files are done copying to my new drive.... so its about time to swap the drives
but I'm feeling laaazy
cursive crypt
Wasn't that like a job from yesterday?
Don't push yourself, don't do things today when you can do them tomorrow.
tulip orbit
files just finished copying an hour ago, took forever
and tomorrow I'm out at my sisters acreage
tulip orbit
Nice. a UE5 background on both monitors upon reboot
blew the dust off the front of my case while I was powered down. its actually black again! instead of a light grey
can actually see my case fan LEDs now ๐
cursive crypt
I'm so tired of cleaning that dust. I think that the PC is just a factory for dust actually.
tulip orbit
naw, you produce, it attracts
cursive crypt
Can't be true, I don't shave off these balls of dust.
tulip orbit
you shed more than a husky!
tulip orbit
nice broom ๐
quasi mantle
Hush Puppy Broom Mk. IV
carmine frigate
he prolly pulled the sled on the way there
thorny dock
google drive UX engineer with $750+ salary:
deep glen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLgPHtyLfs
made in ue5
bronze axle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLgPHtyLfs
made in ue5
Very cool.
I love seeing more music videos made in Unreal.
I'm using UE5 EA to do simple visualizations for my music.
Having a blast so far.
Hm, maybe. They can negotiate a custom license if they don't want to pay royalties after $1 million revenue.
I'm not even sure royalties apply for this use case.
Yeah, music videos are considered linear content, which is royalty-free under the Creators license.
broken sigil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLgPHtyLfs
made in ue5
Oh that's very nice ๐
deep glen
yup, at least. the end product is free. you'd still need to buy mp-packs (in case you need em)
bronze axle
Anything that is delivered as pre-rendered linear content, yes.
You only pay the royalty if you're publishing an interactive application.
Yes.
And TV.
bronze axle
Yeah, I imagine film crews are paying for support.
deep glen
(also support like "we need X, can you make this? and how much will it cost (Y))
quasi mantle
Though at the same time I kinda hate that Epic made the VP and Datasmith plugins to be part of the engine, which is difficult to remove from a custom build.
carmine frigate
I think the income from support for film stuff is pretty low
I think the effort is more aimed to future stuff
carmine frigate
augmented movies or some shit like that
tulip orbit
it does seem like they're more focused on films and TV than they are gaming
I've mostly been under a rock in terms of UE developments, but chaos seemed to be about where I left it a year ago
dont recall any major gaming specific upgrades to the engine
quasi mantle
it does seem like they're more focused on films and TV than they are gaming
4.27 was almost all about virtual production, and I initially hesitant to move from 4.26 if it not weren't for some major refactoring and failed attempt at downporting the Oodle stuff.
foggy path
Did you get benefits from the oodle thing? That was the compression stuff right?
Just wondering how much better can it possibly be lol
quasi mantle
Did you get benefits from the oodle thing? That was the compression stuff right?
Yeah, from my packaging tests, it worked. Reduced quite significant of size.
tulip orbit
I'm just getting back into gamedev, and Ive switched to UE5, as chaos vehicles are default, and i couldnt get them working in my compiled version of 4.27
foggy path
Interesting, need to do some comparisons of my own. My game isn't massively big but some of our testers are on slower connections and have already said it takes a while for them to download lol
long wyvern
Hello everyone
neat sluice
solid aurora
guys
did you noticed
that when unity took over speedtree, bonus content for subscribers ended ? (;
or not
the stoped posting blog posts about it -;-
pearl elk
UE5 ftw
soft night
MOnsyE5?
quasi mantle
did you noticed
Nah, me and my homies use Geonodes
quasi mantle
Least the entire wind thingie is done in Unreal
(I'm kind of brewing my own wind solution, based on GOW's wind system)
pearl elk
I called my wind system farts
tulip orbit
sounds like a gusty wind system
cursive crypt
Not sure there is an alternative of ST i.e. nice, fast game-ready library with dev tools.
cursive crypt
?
You know you can have monoids, app functors and monads in c++ right?
Albeit ugly, kek
foggy path
Probably
They're clunky as shit in everything I've seen them except in Haskell and maybe some rare other cases
And yet some crazies still insist on using them in something like JS lol
cursive crypt
Maybe because they sound cool.
New tech (kinda) must be cool.
New lang, must be cool.
etc.
neat sluice
should i we be worried?
rare sparrow
I'm interested in ML, but I've never wrapped my head around how it works. I sort of get how it's a thing you train, but I have no idea how you use it
cursive crypt
Its a classification algorithm.
But yeah, there are tons of materials.
I will suggest first, having a problem and then finding a solution, than to have the solution and searching for a problem to solve with it, lol
lucid walrus
Interesting... I put a call out for a small tech-art job in the contract jobs channel, and I've had like two small studios message me... I'm a solo dev... I wonder if I worded the ad poorly ๐
foggy path
looked at it, the wording seems fine
My suspicion is you're just getting garbage tier contracting studios
I get these in my work email all the time which have nothing to do with our actual job placements...
they will cold message anyone, I don't know how they get any business
:P
lucid walrus
Yeah... the last one only had Unity developers on their personell page... which was weird. But I've posted small jobs before but never seen those kinds of replies.
tulip orbit
thats not wierd, wierd is that I've had two job applicants looking for work, presumably through my website and I think I'm listed on the local indie game dev website. But I really need to update both cause my "company" never really made it off the ground
bronze axle
Has anyone here looked at your Spotify Wrapped yet?
tulip orbit
I dont know what that is, so I'm assuming I dont have one
hire them with what money? ๐
oh. Yeah.. hmmm
lucid walrus
well, mine's paid... but I guess it's the same as trying to get an electrician to come to your house... "what, you only want a few switches changed and a new outlet or two? nah, I can't be bothered to come out unless you're re-doing like half of your house" ๐
tulip orbit
(electrician here) Oh, I can be bothered for the right price. $500 just for me to show up, for starters...
lucid walrus
yeah, that's also true... but even those people just push and push the start dates, because they get larger jobs they prioritize
tulip orbit
and to sleep off the hangover from the paycheque of the previous job ๐
median wraith
Epic should make the lightmass importer multithreaded man
it takes like 5 mins to bake with the GPU
but 15 to import on single thread the light
zinc matrix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YOpFsZsR9w perfect A.I.
median wraith
I don't like that burning effect
It feels like first very gen
bet Dwarf fortress had this simulation running already :p
pretty cool thing overall
median wraith
<:woahbro:746597328344973365> https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/pro...
so where the resulting data is stored ?
tulip orbit
on a banana obv
median wraith
in that city everything is a disaster
๐
as child always wanted to make one of those
cursive crypt
Looks kinda cool to play with it.
last matrix
its actually about 86 meters
regal pecan
The space shuttle makes a jet sound as it lands.
signal citrus
https://www.twitch.tv/twitchgaming
game show starting now 
ue4
Codemiko is great
Iโd ping allar, the cto
But he probably watching
Lol
rare sparrow
so where the resulting data is stored ?
Not sure. It probably says somewhere in the documentation https://github.com/Interactml/iml-ue4/wiki
quasi mantle
what are some ways to make money with unreal?
The same way you make money with other game engine or any DCC tools.
So which one is the better idle (not aiming) pose? The first, or the second?
zinc matrix
first
First definitely
The second does take up less screenspace and looks a bit more idle
quasi mantle
It's going to be more like GTA 5's aiming as opposed to something like Far Cry.
(I think Resi 7 has similar aiming system as well)
long wyvern
Good morning
soft night
some morning
long wyvern
wha
neat sluice
Good afternoon
soft night
when you only slept 1 hour
long wyvern
Timezones are wonderful, for me it's morning 
soft night
yeah it could be morning sure but after one hour so called nap at 3am to 4am havent slept since
regal pecan
๐
long wyvern
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553322925395017732/903460754160771162/Hum...
Damn, after that exhausting washing I would like to smoke one ๐ฌ 
foggy path
https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/1466239052286414849 Cliffy has spoken
long wyvern
Hmm
At least they keep the option for dedicated servers
@cursive crypt Is out about the Titanfall franchise itself, or just Titanfall I ?
quasi mantle
<@!325418782514216970> Is out about the Titanfall franchise itself, or just Tita...
Just Titanfall 1.
long wyvern
D:
They kept that game longer alive than the rest of the Game Industries
(GTA V doesn't count, they just milk that shit)
quasi mantle
(GTA V doesn't count, they just milk that shit)
Don't confuse GTA V with GTA Online. The former is more mature experience, the latter is baby's game.
Even then everything that's going on with GTA Online makes Fortnite worth a diamond in comparison.
long wyvern
lol
foggy path
I wonder why are they stopping sales of Titanfall
like... what possible downside is there for them to continue selling it?
long wyvern
Well there are some I could think about
- Advertisement Fees
- Bad PR
- Focus on Titanfall II
foggy path
Advertisement fees? Why?
and bad PR... again why?
...and focus on Titanfall 2? Huh? That game is years old now, why would they focus on that
:D
long wyvern
Bad PR ? There're lots of cheaters if I remember correctly
quasi mantle
For comparison, Square Enix still selling Final Fantasy XI to this very day, while also selling Final Fantasy XIV like hotcakes.
long wyvern
Advertisement fees? Why?
Well don't think that it applies anymore, but they applied with EA to do the Subscription thing
Which gave them more money
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foggy path
I suppose you could say cheaters cause bad PR.... but you could use that same argument to stop sales of literally all old online games
although I guess Titanfall has the matchmaking system instead of dedicated servers which would make it harder to police the servers
long wyvern
Or maybe they use the post for PR fuck knows
foggy path
a lot of other older titles had dedicated servers so even if the game is old you can still have admins ban folks
cursive crypt
Reminds me of how subtle are online games. No servers, no game.
quasi mantle
Tried making some reload animation in just 2 hours. It do be kinda nerve wracking not knowing how it would look in Unreal.
foggy path
This is one of my big gripes with the workflow tbh
Any kind of design assets, level stuff, etc., there's a real disconnect between the authoring software and UE
Having used stuff like Hammer or Worldcraft where the disconnect is much smaller... or even ProBuilder in Unity which while not the greatest example sorta helps.
quasi mantle
Any kind of design assets, level stuff, etc., there's a real disconnect between ...
At least with level design you got those kind of tools. With animation tho? Not so much.
foggy path
Yeah
I guess you just have to do a quick n dirty animation first
test it, and then if it looks like shit at least you didn't spend a long time on it lol
quasi mantle
test it, and then if it looks like shit at least you didn't spend a long time on...
Well, Unreal attempt to fill that gap. Unfortunately, with current state of its animating tools with control rig, there's no bone constraint. Meanwhile stuff like weapon animations rely on constraints a lot.
Now I did (just) the reload animation for about two hours in Blender. Having low framerate in viewport means I had to estimate the tweening in slo-mo.
rose forum
@quasi mantle Pretty sure youtube is going to completely remove dislikes, it isn't a test. Eitherway if they do, there are upcoming add-ons which will use archived likes/dislikes data from any video that had them, and they will be accessed from an independent server by the add-ons. But this would be only for old videos before 2022.
For new videos, someone is working to bring independent likes/dislikes (rating system) on youtube via add-on. Which will have more options than just like/dislike.
https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/issues/1039
zinc matrix
Hmm
Do I want to teach myself rigging and animation
I'll probably do so anyway, when I get to that point
hell yeah
quasi mantle
I'll probably do so anyway, when I get to that point
Step 1: Watch a lot of weapon animations on YouTube (also watch anime)
Step 2: Get inspired
Step 3: Try doing the same thing yourself in your DCC tool of choice
Step 4: Rinse and repeat
long wyvern
DCC Tool ?
zinc matrix
I've been doing a lot of stuff but human animation lol
I really should give it a try though
quasi mantle
DCC Tool ?
The likes of Blender, Maya, Metasequoia, 3ds Max, Houdini, etc.
long wyvern
But what does DCC mean ๐
quasi mantle
It's abbreviation of Digital Content Creation
fathom wadi
Do I want to teach myself rigging and animation
fortunately learning how to rig and animate is really quick and easy. unfortunately mastering it is a son of a beach.
quasi mantle
fortunately learning how to rig and animate is really quick and easy. unfortunat...
Took me one year or so to be quite proficient with it. I legit never do animation stuff before 2020 hits.
fathom wadi
yeah sounds about right. I've done animation for years and still end up feeling like I don't know what I am doing when I see a final animation. It's all about the small details.
quasi mantle
Also in the reload animation, I don't even use curves, just tweening by shifting keyframes.
F-Curves are 2 spoopy 4 me ๐ญ
Also I just realised the camera sway might be a bit too nauseating. I should reduce it with the full set.
zinc matrix
have you tried to use reference?
add an empty on Blender and link a video on it
the F-curves for convincing timing of movements is way easier for someone who is not a professional
quasi mantle
have you tried to use reference?
For some animations, I do use video reference.
zinc matrix
i have some links on this;
meanwhile i am struggling my soul to rig a book that can open and close
at least i have the texture ๐
foggy path
Isn't a book basically just three bones :P
One for each cover and one for spine
I guess it depends on how nicely you want the pages to fold out
zinc matrix
yeah, it look simple
i watched one of the few tutorials on Youtube and one of them, beside the 3 bones cover logic, it adds morph targets according to rotation of pages
idk if yesterday i was too lazy and i was sipping burnout
but i actually went happy with this model,
zinc matrix
the mesh looks like this, i felt that is better to rig opened and then close than the inverse
as i am using very low poly models and weight paint turns very imprecise with few faces
if take the bone to the front, they stay flat
median wraith
wait that's a bone per paper?
cursive crypt
Its a flexible book. Can do yoga.
foggy path
one thing that annoys me is how much TAA fucks up the detail on text and such if you use a widget component :P
White background black text --> TAA magic --> white background blurry gray text
quasi mantle
one thing that annoys me is how much TAA fucks up the detail on text and such if...
Yeah, it's the reason why I avoid using widget component with in-world rendering.
quasi mantle
I mainly use widget component for stuff like damage numbers, which did end up projected into screen space.
foggy path
makes sense
cursive crypt
Occasionally I see someone making a book and wondering what is the best approach.
quasi mantle
Occasionally I see someone making a book and wondering what is the best approach...
In the case of Uncharted 4 or RDR2, probably a fixed amount of pages, with a dynamic texture (probably RT from a UI widget)
cursive crypt
Then I can sleep well, knowing ppl know how to make a book.
Interesting: I tried to close a chat window by typing exit, this is Terminal infection.
No, maybe chat devs need to do something about it.
I want a Python line here in Discord print ("hello ponkkis")
zinc matrix
there is any book about curiosities of hardware that you know?
beginner friendly
it does not need to be friendly but something too mathematical i think i can not abstract too much
median wraith
so it downloads Vanguard ?
tulip orbit
next weeks will be 2GB, just to round it up
Patch Notes: We've changed nothing, but we wanna screw over people with data caps
