lounge

[serene stream]

oh god yes

@trail wedge and I have been laughing in DMs

[median wraith]

you guys have party hard on that channel everyday

[unreal cedar]

yeah but were you screaming loud enough to be heard externally

[serene stream]

my wife came into the office because I was typing so loudly lol

It made me honestly angry

The guy doesn't speak english well. He seems to miss nuance

To the point he thinks @zinc matrix genuinely needs help

yes

!8ball do we all need help

[turbid spindle]

@serene stream, :8ball: As I see it, yes.

[serene stream]

https://tenor.com/view/there-it-is-well-there-it-is-gif-8569483

https://tenor.com/view/sad-girl-gif-8382180

[trail wedge]

https://tenor.com/view/hahaha-cat-lol-emperors-new-groove-cat-evil-laugh-gif-13674861

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-funny-start-twins-gif-13754623

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyUnI94-_vA&ab_channel=MichelBrito

impressive

[median wraith]

Hows a ripoff impressive ?

[carmine frigate]

didnt some1 sell the eiffel tower 3 times while not owning it?

thats sorta impressive

[zinc matrix]

not as ripoff, but as recreating process

[carmine frigate]

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

thats the guy 😛

[zinc matrix]

if it's made from scratch then that's impressive

[carmine frigate]

he sold it twice, not 3 times

[narrow patrol]

Tried to figure out why the character I imported wasn't showing up in the level

Figured it out.

Yeah

Now the question of how I can scale this mesh correctly without rebuilding these animations

Yeah the problem with that is... blender.

[verbal junco]

does anyone know a decent deckbuilder out there? slay the spire isn't doing it for me anymore

[narrow patrol]

I'm not even sure if it's an actual card game past the first act, haven't played, but I've heard nothing but incredibly glowing reviews of Inscryption

[verbal junco]

there's a demo

worth testing

thanks

3 gb

what in tarnation

[narrow patrol]

Update: God I hate Blender

[tulip orbit]

ant man?

[narrow patrol]

It's bringing me immense satisfaction knowing this guy's only purpose in this level is to be a dead body

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T4clIhY1aw&ab_channel=Sugilite

Am doing some fasting days as part of a diet plan and I have to say, trying to code while hungry is too brutal, might have to reschedule my off days to be on fasting days and UE4 on eating ones

[fathom wadi]

try coding when you are itching 24/7. I can tell you, it's morose

[quasi mantle]

First time? 😏

[zinc matrix]

no not first time

[tulip orbit]

cdn$

[fathom wadi]

what are they in real money? 🙂

[tulip orbit]

$2600 cdn == 42000.85 mexican pesos

if my googling/math is correct, 170,000 Robux

[median wraith]

don't worry the new GPU are about release this year

yesterday I was reading the 1080 TI is better than the 3070 TI

so yeah

I'm kinda disgusted with the thing I bought

the 3070

ti

outside of the RT side, on the normal area is worst than the 1080 GTX

what is kinda sad

[tulip orbit]

my 3060 is sufficient for my needs right now

[median wraith]

I mean it have even 11GB vs 8GB

[narrow patrol]

I accidentally clicked my Hotline Miami aggregate playlist, and I've been listen to it for about an hour now

Has anyone thrown together a playlist of just more music of exactly that vibe? Like a guess at a theoretical Hotline Miami 3 soundtrack?

And I know I don't need a playlist to listen to a shitton of Carpenter Brut and Scattle but there was something about their curation, plus the inclusion of some more chill stuff and also some tracks that were just little but noise, that really helped define their exact vibe

Hahaha I googled it and got this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsU0qpzbDOHianCLR8dwpQpUWKinF2AC_

[verbal junco]

tengo una cabeza

[willow chasm]

Are there any good co-op games with a lot of content on steam? I'm trying to find something to play with a friend

[narrow patrol]

I mean It Takes Two just won GotY

Honestly it's a good time for co op games. You've got more focused stuff like that or A Way Out or KeyWe, you've got interesting indie stuff like Moon Hunters, Monaco, Journey to the Savage Planet, etc. Then you've got legit AA or AAA stuff with real breadth like Borderlands, Sea of Thieves, Divinity OS2. I must be forgetting stuff

Yeah stuff I forgot, uncatagorized

• Destiny 2
• Vermintide 2
• Goose Game
• Warframe
• Remnant: From the Ashes

not all on steam probably but still

[willow chasm]

I've played a lot of like half of those games and liked most of them, so that's probably a good start

[lofty lark]

GTFO Seems pretty fun if you are into tactical-horror-fps

[narrow patrol]

My friend is constantly on my ass to get into Escape From Tarkov, for whatever that's worht

I mean at this point it could be the best game in the world and I still wouldn't touch it just because he's gone too hard on it and needs to learn

Same reason I can't ever see Hamilton

[lofty lark]

and league...

[fathom wadi]

lol saltiness is the best

[drifting quest]

rust looks great, i wanted to buy it but i have heard that buildings decay and i dont have that much time to play

[verbal junco]

there's that new game that is supposed to be like old school r6

multiplayer coop

yeah sorry

but I mean

same difference

steam sale ends in 2 days, i've been thinking of picking it up

actually can't even remember if it's discounted

[left granite]

Assassins Creed : Rise Of Manny

[slate osprey]

Hello everyone how are you guys doin

[left granite]

doing good
what about you

[slate osprey]

Doing good as well

[exotic crest]

is there a channel for absolute newbies like me to ask some questions? :x

oh yeah, just wasnt sure if people are also welcome here that have literally 0 day exp.

[left granite]

new HZD is announced
call of the mountains

[tulip orbit]

was announced ages ago

I just really hope the game comes to PC, sure dont plan on buying a ps5 to play it

[zinc matrix]

ooh good

marketplace content

let's see what it is

Not too bad at all

[arctic vigil]

A

[left granite]

https://tenor.com/view/so-quiet-why-so-quiet-heath-ledger-the-joker-gif-12263842

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/chad-why-so-chad-chad-why-gif-21582146

[summer sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/friends-joey-i-dont-know-shrugs-idk-gif-10947874

https://tenor.com/view/denzel-washington-what-do-you-think-thinking-hmmmm-gif-8479349

[left granite]

i am thinking about FOOD

[zinc matrix]

is this your "nomad" for open tournament?

[left granite]

mmm idk

it is free for the month

[zinc matrix]

neat

[zinc matrix]

free unreal asset?

[left granite]

yeah

check #unreal-news

[zinc matrix]

neat i have to get the asset file

[left granite]

we monthly get 5 free assets

every month

you didnt knew it

[dim remnant]

Trolls, first someone complains that there is a lack of strong colors in the game, then someone else asks if it will work for colorblind people.

All you do is politely answer and try to improve..

I think it is fair though, for indie devs, to focus on a release first then add support for disabilities later. But doesn't hurt to have it in mind I suppose.

[drifting quest]

google

and books

[cursive crypt]

manga

[dim remnant]

@zinc matrix cool, checking it out. Might have a point there, agreed.

Just very typical that when you're happy about making something cool, someone is going to comment what is bad about it.

Which could be useful info, but mmm.. what was the reason they commented I sometimes wonder.

Maybe I wish I was less sensitive to potential trolling 🙂

The typical troll will f.ex. not click like on your post, but comment something bad about it. And be "concerned", etc. I guess it can be both good and bad.

What I am saying though is I need to develop some kind of filter in my brain, I tend to obsess things.

Like "find the positive, scrap the negative" (negative here being non-useful reasons to obsess, like poor behavior etc)

[verbal junco]

game subtitles being shitty is a pet peeve of mine

[dim remnant]

Very nice overview @zinc matrix thanks, it does make you think more about what can be better in general (also for non-disabled).

[fathom wadi]

my peeve is bad/lazy lip syncing. Ever since I saw LA Noire there hasn't been a game that has done it right since. I know it was a special edge case with the tech they used, but its the only game that has been spotless for a lip reader.

[foggy path]

FMV cutscenes and characters would solve this!

[verbal junco]

I don't really care about that, I can't envision people focusing so much on lip animations that it matters. just hide people behind hoods or helmets. subtitles on the other hand, can be unreadable, and if the audio isn't good you can't actually understand what is being said

so it's a difference between something that's arguably cosmetic versus something with potential gameplay implications

I'm also for this. I've been a fan of subtitles for the longest time, but there was a really good GDC talk about accessibility with especially subtitles that really made me reconsider how to do them

[fathom wadi]

I focus on it because I lost some of my hearing when I was in a death metal band. So I started to lip read in case it completely went. Plus there are many hard of hearing people out there who I presume do it automatically like I do. It's a case of accessibility beyond just subtitles so there isn't much demand from developers to get it done right but being a dev myself I find it a point of advancement that could be solved with better solutions.

[verbal junco]

subtitles are the cheaper option for sure in that case

and also work for cases where you cannot see the person's face

[pearl elk]

I miss my lung

[fathom wadi]

one of my lungs was damaged from pneumonia. I dont think 30 years of smoking helped either though 😄

[pearl elk]

its a Frenzal Rhomb song, parental advisory, may contain strong words that hurt the feels

[verbal junco]

some games still don't have subtitles

😔

[dim remnant]

I'm thinking to have subtitles at top of the screen in the event of any voices. (RTS like game) ..and info in general if you're stuck a default offswitchable help. Also been thinking about a "console" thing like an event ticker.. on the top left, with clickable entries, a "news channel" like thing.. All optional..

Mmm, yeah nice with a multiselect for what you want included, and a font-size slider f.ex.

[verbal junco]

have subtitles go vertically down on the left side of the screen. be the rebel

(don't actually 😅)

[dim remnant]

@verbal junco hehehe

[verbal junco]

using words instead of numbers

threehundredandseventyfour damage

[dim remnant]

Make text 3D in the scene, so you have to move to avoid the text falling on your settlements

[verbal junco]

I saw a stealth game that never released that had this as a mechanics. words were letters that dropped in the world and you could throw them to distract people

no idea what scribblenauts is, this was back in... 2014?

maybe earlier

ages ago anyhow

just like they could have renamed dishonored "blink: the game"

I know right

and you get all this interesting level design

and then you get a game breaking ability to just forego all the level design

[dim remnant]

Unuseful trivia, in 1995 I made a VESA driver in ASM to get 640x480 in win 3.11 at Funcom

[verbal junco]

dishonored was definitely a game where arkane shot themselves in the foot

it's a shame too, there's definitely interesting elements

but it is no thief 2

prey 2017 on the other hand was stellar and completely underappreciated

[signal citrus]

Didn’t care at all for prey and I really enjoyed dishonored 1, but not 2

But they make good games

[cursive crypt]

Same case here. 1 > 2
Also, I think it was a nice conflict they have planted with that "no kill" approach.

[verbal junco]

I refused to play with abilities in the second game

it was the only way it would actually be interesting enough

otherwise it's just blinking everywhere

[verbal junco]

the party mission was good, but yeah the game lacked good progression overall 😔

[signal citrus]

Did you like prey @median wraith ?

[median wraith]

Well yeah prey and Dishonored 2 why not

also 1

[signal citrus]

Found them real boring is all, preys gimmick was too annoying for me to enjoy and I would have been a lot happier with a actual sequel to prey

https://youtu.be/Ngbwe1amOlk

[zinc matrix]

Why can't I swap complimentary garlic sauce for complimentary BBQ sauce with online pizza delivery, but it's fine to ask when I walk in store? I have to order extra BBQ sauce and get a garlic sauce I don't want. Sadge

[signal citrus]

Call the store immediately after putting the order in

I know it sucks having to talk with someone with voice but it should work

Especially with condiments

[zinc matrix]

Pizza is lazy food

Not worth effort to call just for one condiment

Too low effort/reward ratio for maximising laziness

[signal citrus]

Unfortunately this is the laziest approach to get your bbq sauce that probably costs a few more cents than garlic sauce

Could see if the sauce itself can be purchased separately

[zinc matrix]

Aye but not the complimentary

[signal citrus]

Because they have probably way more garlic sauce on hand or small small price difference. Corporate control online vs someone throwing you some sauce over the table

Is it dominos or something

[zinc matrix]

papa john

[signal citrus]

Then you should be getting the cheese sauce friend

It is the best sauce

Door dash doesn’t allow you to change that garlic cup either

[tulip orbit]

Cause they mass-produce online orders and just heat them up when you order them 😉

[verbal junco]

I will never understand the concept of adding sauce cups to pizza

isn't the point that the pizza crust should be actually tasty 🤔

[zinc matrix]

nah bruh

tabasco is the shit

except using ketchup cups

[slow imp]

Sriracha > tabasco

[zinc matrix]

those crazy ones are unusable

when I worked at kitchen I loved to make food extra spicy if someone ordered spicy stuff

watching their expressions as they eat it

most people who order that stuff want that extra kick

throw in an extra pepper that activates mid time while you're eating

that's that magic bruh

😄

Sounds quite sus

[verbal junco]

sriracha just makes everything taste like sriracha

[zinc matrix]

ranch dressing

ftw

[slow imp]

sometimes

only if you put too much

I usually have it on mac & cheese or tacos

[night grove]

All this talk of sauces is making me hungry

Cholula sauce is better than sriracha imho

But I usually mix it with smth else because it doesn't bring much heat

You haven't lived if you haven't had Lizano in your beans or rice

Lizano "salsa" (it's not spicy)

[verbal junco]

I don't generally live for sauces 😅

in particular not for pizza crust

though I did have filled pizza crust once and tbh that could work

[zinc matrix]

max payne has this problem and no fix for it really, can you fix it by typing something in console?

what

😄

it went through after capping fps to 60

[carmine frigate]

idkfa

dnstuff

all that glitters is gold

[tulip orbit]

Alt+F4

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUY1nICQRY&ab_channel=IGN

it's free on epic store lol

looks like a damn vibe

[carmine frigate]

its allright, the eng voices are highly annoyin so i played it on Jap

[zinc matrix]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/anime-nature-pack?sessionInvalidated=true

[carmine frigate]

kinda chill to play and pretty funny if you play the missions like an asshole

[zinc matrix]

that's it

it's online?

[carmine frigate]

sorta, u can join a friends session, but cant do missions in duo

IF they would have done the missions well for duo, like both pick a line to say it would have been great

its kinda just a solo game as it is tho

their art team must be massive and pretty skilled

think i played it about the same time as BOTW and played both long compared to other games i altf4 and never play after 10 min a lot

BOTW is mechanically better but i thought genshin was more funny

[zinc matrix]

zelda was boring, this one looks like it's action

[carmine frigate]

its both more explore

puzzles lil secrets everywhere

usually i hate open world but these are fine

[zinc matrix]

well it's sure refreshing compared to gta online where you just run towards every white dot you see on map 😄

[carmine frigate]

never played gta online

didnt even finish the solo actually

and im not even talking 100%in shit, i didnt finish the main story

[zinc matrix]

cruisin around and causing chaos is purest form of gta

[carmine frigate]

yea ive done some of that 😛

think i made the mistake about playin it all with a controller, i do that on some games and i suck with controller

played ganshin on controller too but its way more forgivng

no gun aim stuff

i remember that game made my thumb hurt tho, so its a lot of bashing

[foggy path]

so Epic has given a Megagrant to someone who built a wishlist for the ue marketplace? https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/3f9a9053bdae424f8b259401000a2617

[carmine frigate]

yea gta i liked the looks liked the story but at some point i just didnt boot it up again

cant imagine buyin it on ps3 ,pc , ps4 and ps5

and buying those cash cards for online, but too each his own

genshin is the game that made most money in its 1st year, its free to play and you dont need to pay to get to the "end" of the story... i made it to the end it had when i played it

the story wasnt finished when i played it still isnt i think

might pick it up again at some point, mayB not

@foggy path might be for something else? 😛

i never used one of those wishlist

[foggy path]

well it says "megagrants recipient" so I don't know :D

[carmine frigate]

i have braincells with auto garbage collection for not that interesting stuff

i store my wishes in there

my interests shift too fast

only thing on the MP i recall i ever might have wanted is the firestore plugin

but i managed sorta fine with just JSON

also there is the epic sub system now

also mayB bluemans vehicle thing to look at, but i know a lot of that stuff is gunna be a big timesink if i do look at it properly

even free stuff costs a bunch of time

a lot of payed stuff is pure waste of time

[median wraith]

I think bought enough 🤣

[zinc matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/what-confused-huh-whats-that-fish-gif-17209713

They should give a megagrant to someone willing to fix the launcher

[pearl elk]

is anyone actually willing to do that though

https://tenor.com/view/mcm-civic-cars-bin-rubbish-gif-20748672

[zinc matrix]

Beyond fixable

[verbal junco]

capitalism

procedural generation at its finest: https://www.thispersondoesnotexist.com/

[quasi mantle]

Imagine using it to catfish on single men

[quasi mantle]

I mean, TPDNE already used by some for nefarious purposes

[regal pecan]

I'll be sure to use only expensive fake portraits hand-crafted by professional artists to avoid this nefarious association.

[rare sparrow]

Well, someone is a fan of Destiny https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/moon-station

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-harrison-ford-hans-solo-thats-no-moon-its-a-space-station-gif-4764160

[rare sparrow]

https://cdn1.epicgames.com/ue/product/Screenshot/11-1920x1080-f70eb7a4ca1fb74a76505962590c3766.jpg

[regal pecan]

Not enough wizards.

[pearl elk]

space wizards

they invented dubstep

[left granite]

it is a moon station

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/doge-doge-coin-to-the-moon-crypto-cryptocurrency-gif-14563637

[left granite]

https://tenor.com/view/mission-to-mars-mars-server-gif-20889921

[rare sparrow]

Uh... https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/car-tuning-simulator-38ddaf

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/advanced-tuning-cars

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/tuning-cars-kit

How is that on the EGS?

[pearl elk]

I like how the footage mysteriously cuts as the car is about to impact the rail

[last matrix]

looks like they had to at least do some work bringing other asset packs in

https://www.boom-games.com/ Same developer? not surprising if it is

[celest musk]

that motion blur at 80mph 😄

[last matrix]

nvm... looks like that's included with the asset pack also 😆

[tulip orbit]

Grr

https://imgur.com/gallery/Hcwo8We

Preview ruined it

[last matrix]

if you gay you are gay 😆

too true

[quasi mantle]

A while ago I took a photo of an abandoned house, intended for reference.

(not UE4 render lol)

[pearl elk]

such good foliage shader

Uncharted 5

[noble plaza]

Is the wall tessellated? Has to be UE4 then 🤔

[quasi mantle]

The outside part is so full of overgrown vegetations, from being not maintained for maybe years, and through rains.

I guess it works for hidden stash or dungeon for RPG setting.

[quasi mantle]

No, it's Nanite™

Also Lumen™ because of the green GI

[pearl elk]

Florite for the foliage

[carmine frigate]

doesnt look too shabby, when are u moving in?

[carmine frigate]

anything with a roof goes for 150k+$ around here 😛

[quasi mantle]

The inside is very messy tho, and there's no electricity inside.
I do plan to take photo of the interior next time, the ruined parts and scattered stuff looked good for game environment, but I didn't bring flashlight and wear trousers and jacket at the time

I won't inhabit it, but it sure has some good photo reference material

[pearl elk]

you might get some good shots of ghosts if you stay there a night

if we dont hear from you, we'll send out a search party

[quasi mantle]

Probably make YouTube money in the process (and maybe noticed by Mutahar)

[pearl elk]

remember to use hi viz tape on the camera so we can find your footage

[zinc matrix]

how to get to the damn island without dying? 😄

same thing was in zelda

but there you could manage to make some kind of boat and float to the place

nvm, that Kaeya character can spawn ice in front of him

[burnt lake]

you don't play genshin

[median wraith]

but it works?

[cursive crypt]

weird bear, but okay

[foggy path]

are you making a winnie the pooh game now that the copyright is expiring

[ebon marten]

Nowhere else to ask this so yea: Do you guys know if I can change the game I want to publish on steam AFTER the "coming soon" page has been approved?

I haven't pressed the "publish as coming soon" button btw

[tulip orbit]

my opinion is that you shouldnt be taking that step until you're sure you'll finish your project. side-note: i've never gotten a game anywhere near that point

[ebon marten]

Besides the point - it's administrative issues, I was asking something clear. No offense taken, but yea, not an answer to my question either 😛

Besides, this is precisely why many devs suck at marketing. Most times when studios publish their upcoming game, the ONLY thing they have of it is a video lol

[tulip orbit]

lol, yeah. no offense given 🙂

[ebon marten]

nothing else - u need to start early 🙂

[ebon marten]

ofc not 🙂

[tulip orbit]

why would you want to change the game after publishing the coming soon page?

[prisma tapir]

You do want to start early but like i'd wait until you can finish the page

[remote fog]

Is there any resources how games give id for their game? I see a lot of games use numbers, which makes sense because you wouldn't need to deal with misspellings or name changings but I couldn't find a proper documentation about giving numbers. Have any ideas?

[mossy nexus]

Not sure I understand the question 🤔

[verbal junco]

IDs are usually for databases... so unless you have your game in a database I'd say a working title is probably better?

[remote fog]

I'm talking about this: https://gameplay.tips/guides/335-conan-exiles.html

10005 – Bark
10011 – Wood

[remote fog]

I mostly find myself renaming stuff so it becomes real pain pretty quickly.

[mossy nexus]

You mean ID for stuff in your game? Look up GUID 🙂

That lets you give unique numbers to anything

[remote fog]

Interesting, thanks! I'm looking into it right now

[foggy path]

There's nothing to it really I think, it depends mostly on how you want to approach IDs

You could just assign numbers in sequence for example

[remote fog]

I see. I made a quick research about FGuid and people say it's guaranteed that it will be unique. Also it's really easy to create it in the editor so I might change FName to FGuid for my items.

[mossy nexus]

Have a look at the last course in the Blueprint Ninja Challenge, by Mathew W. He covers GUID.

oh dear 😄

I did, something about sometime this year for things to be sent out

[foggy path]

I don't understand how anyone can spend 5 hours on their phone

lol

[noble plaza]

Epic is leaning into the Metaverse big time...

[foggy path]

Shadowbanned by who?

I'm not sure if that's actually true

fucking normies amirite

if they knew how fast it's to type on a real keyboard they'd stop whatsapping all their normie friends on their normie phones

[noble plaza]

Why is this chat so 4chan all of a sudden

[foggy path]

4chan? :P

I was making a joke by exaggeratedly using the word normie if that's what you're referring to lol

[cursive crypt]

Random rant of the day:
I hate when sw apps forget from where they just have opened a file.

[noble plaza]

Your sarcasm was lost on me then, apologies

[foggy path]

no worries :D

[noble plaza]

Or when Amazon intercepts literally every back button press on Android to show you random pages instead of taking you to the previous app. Fuck you Jeff

[foggy path]

https://tenor.com/3alB.gif

Jeff Bezos is the only tech mogul who has a good evil corporation leader fashion sense

[noble plaza]

Are you coercing me to use my phone? 🤔🤔🤔

[foggy path]

I watched it for a little bit but it was literally nothing new

facebook evil is not news :P

most people I know aren't even using facebook except for keeping in touch with people

[cursive crypt]

When it started to be a trend to hate on Facebook, Google & Co. 🤔

Back then it was not the case.

Like 10+ years ago.

[foggy path]

programmer mood https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIbrIBpVQAA1CCo?format=jpg&name=large

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6wxDqdOV0&ab_channel=LanaDelReyVEVO

[foggy path]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17tg2MtN0JE

[zinc matrix]

nice

😄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CakgCPl3mlE&ab_channel=DrDisRespect

[opaque quail]

Hi, Everyone.

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/4chan-who-is-this-gif-5798670

[foggy path]

https://giphy.com/gifs/90s-computer-MF1kR4YmC2Z20

[signal citrus]

Welcome

[median wraith]

@signal citrus that's a pizza ?

[cursive crypt]

lol, true, it was pixel chaos before

[signal citrus]

Yes @median wraith

It’s a lil pizza table in the middle

[median wraith]

Man you didn't even sent a bit ?

You have to know I still remember in my cortex the time you ordered that Paella into a swimming pool

[signal citrus]

Lol

Got very sick from that

[signal citrus]

My coral

[cursive crypt]

Aww... it is beautiful 🍀 🐟
Just to mention that, I was referring to your current avatar as seen in the general Discord chat.

[median wraith]

Do someone knows how to keep the quality of the texture decent without this Minecraft look without use UserInterface Compression ?

[pearl compass]

minecraft look == normal image compression? cause you posted an image on discord, so, we see a compressed image?

[cursive crypt]

Are we not talking about having two suns?

[thick belfry]

That's what we call emergent design

Now you have a double sun planet

[mossy nexus]

A binary system

I heard Lucas Film sued NASA for finding all those binary systems in the galaxy.

[median wraith]

normal looks like this

Compression inside UE4 I mean

[pearl compass]

so?

seems same same to me

[verbal junco]

whoever invented computers should sue binary star systems

[carmine frigate]

binary was B4 computers

[median wraith]

Why you have my textures

Yeah using the vectordisplacement one

technicall is the same compression

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-joke-ranier-wolfcastle-mc-bain-the-simpsons-stand-up-comedy-gif-4372917

[stone helm]

Heyy0

[mossy nexus]

I heard God sued Lucas Film because of binary systems

[mossy nexus]

Well.. you remember the old P4 processors from ages ago? Well the B4 is the one that came waaaaaaaaay back. 🙂

In the B1,B2, and B3 computers it was just single bit values. They didn't work out too great.

we don't talk about C4

[median wraith]

So Epic didn't removed the stolen models from COD in the marketplace

Was about write a review to give a warning but other did so whatever

[onyx root]

There's a bunch of stolen content in the marketplace.

[median wraith]

Thing is I reported it to Epic, they replied me back and did nothing

I do remember back in the days to report BF3 models that were less evident and they removed it

[onyx root]

Yeah, I did the same thing and they never removed it. They gave my money back tho.'

[median wraith]

Even if Activision demands Epic they can pay them and put the game for free so whatever

[zinc matrix]

speaking of ripoffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e8OKl7BJnk&ab_channel=sm²

what about this

lol

looks cool, but ain't got that cod swag

of having a copy of real cod

[quasi mantle]

Aside from the boomer shooter department, no.

At least not treating the player like an idiot is no longer out of limitation of the past

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRbZJS5A_E&ab_channel=BrightonsBigDay

[median wraith]

well that's a mod so technically is owned by activision when you download mod tools. list it

MW2 never came with mod tools but somehow the community hacked it from start, they made even dedicated servers and a custom network

and these are the mw3 maps

up to bo2/mw3 the engine was basically the same

[quasi mantle]

Maybe because of id Tech 3 remnants?

[median wraith]

na id tech 3 was gone on cod2

from cod2 to cod5 were a semi updated thing, and then from. mw2 to bo2 were the next tier, after that evolved into a different thing

[tulip orbit]

naw, they need to remake Unreal Tournament

[last matrix]

they... they did

[tulip orbit]

what!?

[last matrix]

yeah, 2014

[tulip orbit]

I thought they had just started remaking it, but then cancelled it cause they were too busy swimming in their pool of fortnite money

[last matrix]

oh another remake?

i think its for the public now, sort of, seems that way on UT forums like they just sorta took it over

no one likes sci fi space alien fantasy, thats a boring genre, its all about cartoony mashups of stylized art without coherency

[tulip orbit]

winnie the pooh is in public domain, they should do a UT styled game with a winnie the pooh knockoff

[last matrix]

i think ppl are still reaching further back

i think a FNAF with winnie the pooh would be on point

[night grove]

Oh bother!

[zinc matrix]

They're still there? XD

OOH YES

A bunch of Vigilante's content released for free

[noble plaza]

Who/what

[zinc matrix]

On the marketplace, the guys that make a bunch of military content and are free thanks to epic

[slow imp]

What helps you get out of that unmotivated phase?

[noble plaza]

Take a break and go back to whatever is inspiring me in the first place - games, books, music, etc.

[zinc matrix]

Hello guys, happy to be here, I am brand new to unreal, very excited to start working on something and learn more from you

[narrow patrol]

Welcome this is where we rage at code

Also the blueprints channel. Also the cpp channel. Also probably the mp / online channels but that ain't me

[zinc matrix]

dope

can I share a very inspiring music video with you all, which I think unreal was a very big part of the process

[cursive crypt]

Raging at a code? That would be #cpp .

[thick belfry]

Does gamedev sometimes feel like an addiction to anyone else

Like I cant think about much else atm

[tulip orbit]

I have trouble thinking at all

[zinc matrix]

I have trouble.

[pearl elk]

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

[turbid spindle]

:no_entry_sign: Raz0r_12-dev#9041 was banned.

[pearl elk]

gah I thought Vevo censored their clips lol

maybe they should just put the parental advisory sticker on the thumbnail save everyone the hassle

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ancMN5HDbo&ab_channel=MsPacMan7230

👌

[plucky pagoda]

https://80.lv/articles/zbrush-perpetual-customers-will-no-longer-get-free-upgrades/

[quasi mantle]

Why am I not surprised with this

[plucky pagoda]

It seemed inevitable.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's followed by some of the functionality from Zbrush finding its way into other Maxon products.

[quasi mantle]

I don't know crap with sculpting, so for rudimentary sculpting, Blender worked fine

[median wraith]

Do someone have issues with 4.27 and blicking black screens

on dropbox selectors

[pearl elk]

yup I did until I swapped to AMD 😛

jeebus Samsung Odyssey Ark is hoooge

[pearl elk]

registry cat

Gah why does this still happen 😛

[median wraith]

the quality of that metals reminds me of Doom 3

[zinc matrix]

any links for tutorials would be appreciated guys .. you can pm me

[median wraith]

what game is that ?

[pearl elk]

Halo Infinite, it definitely borrows from other scifi shooters

Im actually pretty impressed considering the promo footage I saw, textures are way better so is lighting

[median wraith]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NbRJx4QkuDI/maxresdefault.jpg

Oh man it totally looks like doom 3

lol

[pearl elk]

nah textures are better than Doom 3, my image is scaled 25%

[quasi mantle]

See pinned messages on #ue4-general

[quasi mantle]

BFG Edition? 🤔

[median wraith]

I think that's the original modded or something

[soft night]

the reindeer in loose at Haaga Helsinki

[cursive crypt]

Me, waiting for minutes a sw finish a long term operation, just to find it back crashed.

[foggy path]

There are no reindeer in Helsinki

You have to go past Kehä 3

lol

I bet the story is that it just escaped from some marketplace attraction

last time I saw a reindeer was at some random event during winter, I'm sure they do those in Helsinki too

heh

they are fun when driving in Lapland :P

and by fun I mean dangerous but slightly less dangerous than regular deer, because they usually aren't jumping in front of cars for no fucking reason

[noble plaza]

This just reminds me of when I went to the tourist part of Oslo and paid like 60 USD for moose steak because it sounded novel enough. Not bad TBH

A møøse once bit my sister...

[verbal junco]

has the invasion been stopped?

[mossy nexus]

Ooooo. Noice. https://twitter.com/games_inu/status/1479466710386319362

Inu Games (@games_inu)

ue5-main news: Chaos Cloth - Add environmental collision support #ue5 https://t.co/v7M8v7erPu

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[noble plaza]

Oh boi, nice. One of my biggest immersion breakers, that and clothing overlapping or clipping with the body in weird ways etc.

[quasi mantle]

At least with my project being anime style, no per vertex cloth sim is necessary 🥳

[burnt lake]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/824994907470954496/928795498465337464/Screenshot_20220106-204134-523.png

[median wraith]

That smell like Distance Fieldsa

[quasi mantle]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/517/691/6c8.gif

[noble plaza]

what?

[quasi mantle]

About that Death Realm earlier...
@noble plaza @last matrix @crimson seal

From the video capture, it seems like barely anything changed from already less than remotely good Close Combat Swordsman. I don't get the vertical slice from it, and yeah, it was confusing.

(moved to lounge here because I don't want to get blasted for involved in OOT convo)

[noble plaza]

Weak, your previous incarnation would auto evade bans because no one could type your name lol

TBF I think he had played a lot more than I had, or at least he was fighting the boss. Note he gave up against the grunts because they are just extremely hard to deal with (on "easy" difficulty)

[quasi mantle]

I won't change my true username lmao

[noble plaza]

I was tempted to stream myself playing the game but it'd just be me containing my rage hah

[last matrix]

i havent played Death Realm, but I have played CCS, and CCS has more gameplay

[quasi mantle]

Including the shoddy camera, it's worse than CCS.

I gave them the benefit of the doubt...

[noble plaza]

I'm assuming the CCS one stays outside your body...

[verbal junco]

why would you buy or play these titles? I pass immediately when I see it's an asset flip

[quasi mantle]

They give him the Steam key

[noble plaza]

I didn't buy it, I was provided a free key in return for feedback

[verbal junco]

ohhh

[noble plaza]

I'm also not reviewing on the Steam page one way or another as a result, since I don't think it would be fair either way

[verbal junco]

I thought you actually paid for it

[noble plaza]

It's the same price as I got DS3 GOTY for recently! So, nah haha

[verbal junco]

lmao

[quasi mantle]

To think that they charge that amount for such game...

[noble plaza]

Next time someone tells me "but there's tHoUsAnDs oF InDiE GaMeS coming out on Steam every year", I'll be thinking of this game

[verbal junco]

I mean games like these are why I stopped browsing steam's queue for new games

[noble plaza]

*to think they charge

[quasi mantle]

I don't blame you for unable to get past that grunt. I assume that lamp hitbox fucks the collision with the player character

And honestly I'd still fear to put my game at such state, even for free.

[noble plaza]

I can deal with the grunts one by one, but they literally just run at you and attack, and none of it is satisfying, you can't block or recover from their combos starting, etc etc

[quasi mantle]

What about the UI?

[noble plaza]

There is no point to a playtest because it feels like the devs either don't play games, or haven't played their game at least

[quasi mantle]

I know the audio sucks, though.

[noble plaza]

Well the second recording was in 16:9 mode (2560*1440), allegedly. Clearly not, but whatever

[quasi mantle]

What about story bits? Are there any that conveyed to some degree?

[verbal junco]

the story of asset flip town

being attacked by asset flip zombies

right next to the asset flip castle where the asset flip boss lives

I think those town assets were in a free marketplace pack at some point, and I think maybe they were left in the default configuration of the pack's testmap

[noble plaza]

There's another level now at least, with aggressive rain

[quasi mantle]

At least the rain is also seen on GTA Definitive Edition

A game commissioned by multi billion dollar company

[noble plaza]

Oh no this is more aggressive, the screen is boiling

The enemies don't seem to de-aggro so if you walk around they line up. It's like socially distanced queueing 🤷

Ai does... things

[quasi mantle]

Ouch, the wet camera effect is way, way too intense.
Also why the AI is too defensive, like whaaa

[verbal junco]

I wonder if you could just look up the packs used for the game and see how much work went into it 🤔

[quasi mantle]

Doom has simpler AI algo, and the monsters are quite aggressive, as in actually attempt to attack Doomguy without cheesing him.

[noble plaza]

Doom was built to be fun. This was built.

[verbal junco]

doom is also a commercial title made by experienced developers that knew what they were going for

[verbal junco]

was it? 🤔

I got the impression it was flipped

[noble plaza]

Yeeted together haphazardly maybe, but I don't want to dunk on the devs

[quasi mantle]

Even then the game code is collectively well documented already, and simple enough by today's standards.

[noble plaza]

Just... pull this off sale, it's a disgrace

[verbal junco]

you can't dunk something which has already been dunked this much

[quasi mantle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3O9P9x1eCE

[noble plaza]

There's a community guide, and the abilities seem to be level specific for reasons
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2693570423

[verbal junco]

someone enjoyed the game enough to make a guide

that's dedication

[noble plaza]

Honestly even if the game becomes something worth selling, it's already sustained reputational damage from releasing in such a horrid state

Dark Souls fans, it takes some masochism to get through them 🤷

[verbal junco]

idk the final boss of sekiro was the point where it felt like "ok this is a bit much"

I wouldn't try against zombies that 3 hit you

[noble plaza]

Yup I completely get that, I gave up on Mortal Shell because they decided to line up like 12 archers near the end of the game, down a looong bridge. Get fucked. Good game otherwise though

Skyrim's AI is fun though, it's almost intentionally stupid and the game devolves into creatively exploiting their 10 IQ. There's no redeeming AI that's too hard to even try playing the game against

[past marsh]

Yeah dropped the game on the last phase of the last boss and have no regrets doing so
Love these games otherwise

[verbal junco]

same

it turned into a grind for the sake of being a grind

[noble plaza]

Don't think that's what I said, but OK

I also don't like how From's games are cryptic to the point that a new player can end up spending hours on wikis and walkthroughs. Like I want to play a game not Chrome m8

[past marsh]

Tbh I did spend much more time watching speedruns / challenge runs / lore videos than actually playing the games lol

[mossy nexus]

Apparently Fred said Right.

[noble plaza]

Oh and the weirdly moody NPCs that just chuckle to themselves and make vague "deep" comments about nothing. It's like an HD anime (or something, idk anime)

[verbal junco]

in skyrim or DS?

[noble plaza]

Dark Souls I mean

[verbal junco]

I was gonna say

I don't think I've seen any deep moody characters in skyrim

but maybe I stopped listening to the after I heard the 500th "arrow to the knee" line

[noble plaza]

I don't think it's deep as much, it's a bit of Japanese English haha. Using antiquated words, weird sentence structures that are hard to follow, etc. Assuming it's less jarring if you're into anime or other Japanese culture

[verbal junco]

I tend to think it fits the flavor of the world

I would characterize the soulsborne worlds as existing in the uncanny valley

[noble plaza]

That's true, but probably shouldn't have American VO if you're going for the flavour.

Speaking of, why is literally every game VO American? 🤔

[verbal junco]

while nothing per se is wrong with them, it's not really environments you haven't seen before, there's always something deeply unsettling about them

[noble plaza]

Like the actor may not be, but the character normally ends up sounding so anyway. Need more stuff like Witcher's racial segregation of accents (that sounds weird)

But like dwarves had Scottish accents, Skelligers had Irish, etc

[verbal junco]

always thought the witcher had a little too much edginess

in their speech

but maybe that's just me

then again I can see people saying dark souls characters sound edgy as well

[noble plaza]

Ah I dig it, but I love the universe

I don't think it's edgy, it's just Slavic haha

[verbal junco]

it doesn't translate well

perhaps

though I have similar issues with anime

[noble plaza]

I grew up around there and being grim is just a daily reality of lots of people's outlooks on life, and the folklore also reflects that. I dig it, but I'm more used to it than most I'd imagine

[verbal junco]

everyone is super edgy and take themselves and each other too serious

[noble plaza]

I'm with you on anime, but it's more just everything's so over the top for no reason

[verbal junco]

not true across the board of course, but it often feels that way

[noble plaza]

Though when I was young I enjoyed an anime about... Baking bread, and one about skating. And one about enslaving animals and battling them to "fainting"

[verbal junco]

I've only watched a little, I started watching it around mid quarantine

[noble plaza]

Oh super relevant, I fucking love these guys https://youtu.be/EI0n42t4_0g

[verbal junco]

and I still feel that there's a good 60-80% of anime I just can't watch because they hit max cringe levels

[noble plaza]

Mid implies there was an end 😅

[verbal junco]

well present day

[night grove]

The cringe is over 9000!

[quasi mantle]

What are you referring to?

[night grove]

"max cringe levels"

Basically a joke that when you think you've seen the worst cringe, it can always get worse

[verbal junco]

they hit my personal max cringe threshold for sure

[night grove]

Also referring to how anime frequently escalate to the point of being ridiculous

[verbal junco]

being over the top is fine

the issue is that they take themselves seriously while being over the top

[night grove]

I wasn't saying it was a problem

I like anime at least in part because it's over the top

I was just using double speak to show how the cringe can always be escalated

[quasi mantle]

TBF some anime shows are self aware on how ridiculous it can be.

[night grove]

Yeah. It's great

[bronze axle]

Food Wars is a great example. Combining a cooking competition with the hyperbole of anime was genius.

[night grove]

I haven't seen that one, will look that up

[past marsh]

Oooh you are in for a treat

[night grove]

I'm a bit behind on anime atm

Well a lot of things really

Lot of crunch lately

[quasi mantle]

oh yeah, Food Wars had a lot of sexy eating moments

[tulip orbit]

Well, I'm frustrated enough with ue5.0 bugs that I'm done for the day. chaos vehicle crashes the editor after a few minutes. time to play a game for a while

[night grove]

I was observing similar crashes for chaos destruction as well

[quasi mantle]

Maybe I should implement such feature based on cooking skill and character's preferred menus. "Special cinematic" if the food is right in camp/rest places.

[tulip orbit]

with mine I have a vehicle pawn sitting unpossessed and it jumps around, and eventually decides to crash from an assertion error

[carmine frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/damian-wayne-combo-fight-gif-14106478

hey thats not even a combo breaker

any1 know what this badman is called, its looks pretty well made

[night grove]

The selection of combo breaker gifs is very poor

[carmine frigate]

yea this issue must be adressed

[thick belfry]

Maybe I will skip ragdoll physics for this game

[carmine frigate]

just make em go T pose on death

people like that

[thick belfry]

atleast he got to jump a trampoline while his body was disintegrating

Isnt that the death we can only hope for

[zinc matrix]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/drivable-cyber-car

there's bunch of these on marketplace lol

https://free3d.com/3d-model/cybertruck-857719.html

😄

no

[onyx root]

Yeah, the dev definitely dug their own grave when doing that. The game needs A LOT more work before it can even be considered to be released as early access or as a demo. At this point, I would even consider renaming the IP and hoping people forget about it lol.

[quasi mantle]

Did Cybertruck even materialise now, especially after the huge blunder with the demo?

As in Cybertrucks actually manufactured and sold IRL

Elon Musk blunders on it so hard, colour me surprised if it actually materialise even in a limited capacity

[onyx root]

Elon Musk blunders on everything.

[arctic vigil]

Aliens

Aliens

Right?

[zinc matrix]

👁️

[quasi mantle]

Doom.

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhve7H8vTOw&ab_channel=DrDisRespect

this is like preworkout

lmao

playing cod feels like that all the time

you actually barely enjoy it

but live for the rage quit moments

and controller smashing against wall

😄

[frosty ginkgo]

Hey guys, I just joined.
woah, you've got a lot of rooms here, seems like a great starting point for my UE adventure 😄

[brittle dock]

Welcome!

[quasi mantle]

Welcome to hell
Hehehe

[quasi mantle]

DrDisrespect used to work at Sledgehammer Games, isn't he?

[zinc matrix]

yeah

his new studio is hiring now

[quasi mantle]

It's odd to see himself without the facial props in the CoD wiki page about him lol

[zinc matrix]

inspiring how he made it without barely knowing how to make games

https://www.midnightsociety.com/

what are studios looking mostly when hiring for level design? realism achieved with high quality assets or ability to use low quality to achieve high quality?

[regal pecan]

speed I lied. I don't know.

[zinc matrix]

yeah

making a map in 30 mins

😄

if you know assets then it can be done

if you overused them and know placement

[night grove]

I'm not a level designer, but I would assume a portfolio is a must (probably obvious)

I would think a level design blog of some sort would be a plus

[zinc matrix]

yeah

[narrow patrol]

It's basically like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcinXQNStnI

[night grove]

But just like any job, it is important to make yourself stand out in some way

Games as a profession are very much about passion, so some way to show your passion

[quasi mantle]

As if Doom speed mapping isn't a thing

[zinc matrix]

that last scene - repetition till you get bored and break out and find something new

[night grove]

I've heard of several level designers that have made a name for themselves in the modding scene first

Which is also in line with what I always give as general job advice: do relevant side projects

I'm a programmer, but NONE of my career advancement has come from on the job training

It has always come from side projects

I probably have bad luck though

[zinc matrix]

i have bunch of horror themed levels, rooms, but not a single "map" type yet

[night grove]

That is a good start

The golden currency in game development is shipped title credit

But that's not something you will have at the start

[zinc matrix]

yeah

[night grove]

I just mention that, because it is important when selecting between offers that you pick an offer that will most likely lead to a shipped title

[narrow patrol]

Worth saying, I'm a programmer too but this game I'm working on is the first time I've ever done anything outside of work - And I didn't even do it until I quit my job.

You don't NEED side projects if that's not how you roll.

[night grove]

That's why I said I might be unlucky

Or maybe I've selected bad employers. They always talk a big game for on the job training. But things would get dicey when I actually asked about doing it

"There's actually no room in the budget to send you to that conference now"

[zinc matrix]

and that leaves you to choose indie side

[night grove]

"Employee X can take that course, but we need you to crunch of feature Y instead"

[zinc matrix]

small team with a vision and motivation

[narrow patrol]

Yeeeep but at the same time, skillset has always been disconnected to promotion from what I've seen anyways. You get promoed for jumping through the right stupid bureaucratic hoops, that's it.

Or you change jobs to one that's already the level you want

[night grove]

This is absolutely true

My skillset has lead to superiors feeling intimidated and taking action to get rid of me rather than promotions

I'm also not a "yes man" though

If something is wrong, I will certainly tell you

Doesn't win popularity contests

[narrow patrol]

The first big promo I went through, it worked out but I made up my mind the next time I felt underpaid, I was gonna quit instead of doing the process again

[night grove]

My promotions have always come from getting new employment. I don't think it is particularly unique

It is human nature to undervalue what you already have

So the new employees get higher pay etc

[narrow patrol]

Yeah it's a well known problem in the tech industry as a whole, not just games

[uncut timber]

well if you are looking to switch up roles, I just posted in contract jobs 😄

[night grove]

I'm currently self employed with no interest in job hunting

[uncut timber]

just thought I'd throw it out there to get more eyes on it

[narrow patrol]

If I work for someone else again it's not gonna be in games, the cash just can't stack up to other tech jobs

[night grove]

I'm concerned about this as well

[uncut timber]

that is sadly the truth

[night grove]

My last job was in medical

Pay was awesome. Job was soul sucking. Tech stack was garbage.

[uncut timber]

I've been in games the last 8+ years and the pay has never been as good as my web-dev friends XD

[night grove]

I keep thinking a medical startup using cutting edge game tech. Maybe training? Could be quite lucrative. I don't have any ideas that grab me though.

^Maybe training as in using Unreal Engine to make software to train medical personnel in certain techniques.

[uncut timber]

I was pushing for a contract exactly in this field but even at my typical game dev rate, I was deemed priced too high on my bid.

[night grove]

I was working on a critical section on my last job. Half the team left. They panicked and gave me a 20% raise. Then laid me off immediately following the crunch (and delivery)

[narrow patrol]

I'm straight out of Amazon. Work was fun, team was good, but the organizational bullshit just became unbearable. And with on-call you're basically carrying the burden for other people's bad decisions and I couldn't stand it.

Well I guess I stood it for 6 years but still

[zinc matrix]

turn your problem into a game and laugh at it or use it as therapy

[night grove]

I've heard stories from co-workers about Amazon. I have no interest in working for them.

[zinc matrix]

like postal did it

about game devs being broke af lol

[night grove]

Didn't the makers also do some of the educational kids games?

[zinc matrix]

did they?

lol

[narrow patrol]

I've always tried to pick bleeding edge teams where everything's still wild and experimental, but the problem is that middle management bs creeps in faster and faster these days. I've heard good things from friends on ANCIENT teams which are well established and just running like clockwork, but that has no interest for me

[zinc matrix]

their staff page is hilarious tho

[night grove]

My last job was targeted to be like that. Ancient tech, slow stable work, breathing room to do stuff on the side. Didn't work out like I was promised though.

I think job security is a myth

Best to make your employer think you could leave at any moment

[narrow patrol]

I think you can be secure in a career but never a job

[night grove]

Yes this is true

I have no concern about job hunting because I've done it a lot

I can get a job inside a month when I want one

[narrow patrol]

Yeah with coding skills its so easy

[night grove]

Right now I'm developing my skill set with Unreal and making a (supposed to be) simple game

If the game doesn't pan out, I can use the skill to land a gig with a non-game company

Because there are a lot that use UE

[zinc matrix]

yeah

[narrow patrol]

I'm just trying to make like a demo level for a game but really knock it out of the park. Then I can shop that demo around and see if there's a publisher actually interested in paying me to keep at it.

If not i'll find some job where I can do this on the side and keep at it

[night grove]

That is more or less what I'm doing

Building the MVP

The engineering for my hook is turning out to be more expensive than I planned

[narrow patrol]

But I want that artifact of my time, something where I can show people when they ask about this gap in the ol' resume 😛

[night grove]

Ah yes that is important

Even as a programmer, I always bring a portfolio of my work

Doesn't matter I didn't do the art. I did the engineering to support the functionality

I can point at the pictures and talk through what it does

Makes my experience more tangible to a potential employer.

[zinc matrix]

problem with artistic portfolio is that you have way too much stuff and you can't really show full potential

it's like each time you make a different portfolio

[night grove]

This is true with any work experience

You always have to cull your resume as time goes on

[narrow patrol]

^ linkedin is for the whole thing, resumes should be short and on-topic

[night grove]

I have multiple text blurbs I cut and paste based on where I'm applying

A portfolio is similar

I also research the team I apply to

Find out what the lead worked on

Call and get names if I have to

Then I tailor my resume and portfolio to the decision makers

That way we can talk shop and "reminisce" on things that are close to them.

It also gives them more empowerment to judge I'm a good candidate

If I talk about what they consider themselves experts in, they know I can't BS them

[night grove]

I found it on Wikipedia! "In Tucson, RSP continued its prior business of developing child-friendly games and licensed games, though by 1996–1997, Desi and much of RSP's team were bored of developing them, wherefore RSP set up RWS as a separate company to develop games targeted at adults"

It's talking about Running With Scissors. The dev behind Postal.

I could swear they worked on games like Putt Putt, but I might be misremembering the franchises they worked

They intentionally made a complete 180 from child friendly games to a game as shocking as they could do

I'm a bit of a design and game history nerd

[zinc matrix]

probably went insane from making those games

[night grove]

So sorry if that was TMI

[zinc matrix]

😄

forced positivity all the time

[night grove]

Yes

With my background primarily in game dev, my language is more than a little crude at times

It was really rough working in a corporate environment where I had to filter myself

[narrow patrol]

I'm shocked but I never ran into that at AMZN. I was in fuckin big conference rooms coordinating teams on shit and swearing like a sailor

[night grove]

I was working on their low level rendering systems. Was hilarious when their firewall would block resources I needed because they were "gaming websites"

I ended up WFH whenever I needed to research because I was fed up with the firewall

[verbal junco]

jesus that sounds borderline stalkery

[night grove]

I don't see it. How is seeking information about a job anymore stalking than when recruiters talk to you?

Maybe it's in my phrasing

[verbal junco]

about the job and project sure, about the people? ... ehh I dunno

maybe

[night grove]

Anyone I've talked with has been flattered. But it's definitely all in the approach.

[verbal junco]

I know it would be a personal detriment if someone approached me like that

but then maybe that's just me

[night grove]

"I saw you worked on X game, how did you tackle Y problem?"

It's not much different than the questions they ask you as the job candidate

[verbal junco]

maybe it is the phrasing

[night grove]

I don't go in asking for phone numbers or emails.

[verbal junco]

but I do like the idea of using it as a question to hear about reflections of past projects

[night grove]

Because that would be creepy

[verbal junco]

yeah that's where I thought it was going

[night grove]

I just find out about the team. People that have worked on the project, where they were before, etc

It shows initiative and engagement on a more personal level

But I suppose you have to be careful you don't come across as a creeper

[verbal junco]

yeah definitely

[ocean mural]

The Boys Season 3 June 3, 2022

[regal pecan]

😄

[cursive crypt]

Soo...
ZBrush perpetual customers who purchased prior to December 29, 2021, are entitled to free updates for one year following their purchase. No free upgrades will be included for customers who purchased a perpetual license after December 29, 2021.

Nobody surprised after Maxon. Though it might happened w/o them too.

[regal pecan]

We have altered the [Perpetual License]. Pray we do not alter it any further.

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/god-is-watching-help-us-lord-sign-of-the-cross-praying-gif-17807778

[scenic glen]

I heard stalker 2 is using UE5, they have a release date of april 2022 but isn't UE5 still in early access and probably be officially released late 2022? thanks

[cursive crypt]

Hey, kokoshi-san o/
UE5 have been shared with big partners since some time. Therefore we can expect to see such eye-catching announcements.

[scenic glen]

ow so probably much earlier than expected release of UE5? unless they are releasing it early to big partners as well.

[cursive crypt]

Aye, they likely have such options to consider from.

[quasi mantle]

Fortnite's already in UE5

[median wraith]

Yeah Epic have internal builds that differ from public

[quasi mantle]

The rule would be no UE5 game before Fortnite me thinks

[median wraith]

Do fortnite have some spawn effect for the character ?

not sure if there is some ref video of these effects or so

[scenic glen]

Thanks for the replies 🙂 I will be pre ordering Stalker 2 hehe. I want my game to be released in UE5, slow progress on my YT. haha

[quasi mantle]

I personally would stick with UE4 😂

Because I'm still going to support last gen consoles and low end hardware.

I mean, sure, the lack of Lumen dynamic GI sucks, but it's a shame that low end hardware can't deal with it.

[scenic glen]

with the progress I have in my game, im pretty sure I can see the full release of UE5. haha. The only thing that interests me about it is the indirect lighting for indoors (LUMEN).

modulated lights would probably the only alternative for my indoor lighting headaches as I would want to be mostly be using dynamic lighting hehe

[quasi mantle]

At least based on EA2, Lumen in low end hardware, as in average third world student computers, is mainly just more aggressive SSGI.

So I basically had no choice but to use SSGI and adaptive LPV in UE4, because I'm going with fully dynamic lighting. And I prioritise consistency.

Even if my game is intended to be PEGI 16 or 18 title, I know many adult, as in no longer student, still has low spec gaming PC, almost as equivalent to a slightly expensive student laptop.

[median wraith]

well last time I used SSGI

costed more than the whole VX Cryengine V GI

Wasn't able to use it on a 970GTX with usable performance

not sure if the 970GTX can be in a third world computer lol

the school computers we have here don't even have GPU

[scenic glen]

I will be getting the simple light painter asset to add ambient lights on my indoor scene that is not casting shadows, sort of fake GI.

[quasi mantle]

I'd say GTX 970 is slightly above average, but relatively cheap even in local markets in my area

[median wraith]

the 3070RTX Ti

don't even return me more than 50FPS on UE5 with Lumen tbh

last time I tried

[scenic glen]

so LUMEN is still a bit of a hardware hog? if thats the case fake GI for now. I am aiming for med to high end pcs

[quasi mantle]

I'm going for lower end side of things, for the sake of consistency even in Low settings.

[median wraith]

you can force hardware work but lumen from what I know works on software what technically will make it even slower

[scenic glen]

But UE5 EA Lumen on archviz renders is just eye candy 😄

[quasi mantle]

So I think SSGI and adaptive LPV (and maybe fake GI somehow) is still the way to go

[median wraith]

Tbh Epic is using with their archviz app realtime GI for a while

in UE4

and still the LPV system implemented on UE4 is broken and unoptimized

if you want the whole LPV system working you have to disable decals

[quasi mantle]

And yeah, I'm tempted to make a tech demo of my own with UE5, but not for games intended to be sold for many people. At least not using Nanite/Lumen, but the anim features do be looking juicy tho

[median wraith]

you can do your own GI system too

there are many options depends of what kind of level you have

The main problem for me it's I cannot use static meshes or static world computing due moving parts

as result the 99% of solutions are out

[quasi mantle]

I know, but I'm still looking for the right place in the engine code to inject a dynamic GI solution

[median wraith]

technically Cryengine V now is open source

Epic could just copy paste their GI solution from the Amazon one

just as happened with LPV

but technically wasn't done by epic

[quasi mantle]

I'm avoiding Distance Field because it blacklisted on Intel iGPU
Maybe looking at SVOGI again, or other cheapo solutions

[quasi mantle]

O3DE? What did it use?

Godot 4's hyped dynamic GI apparently uses distance field, which is precisely what I'm avoiding, for consistency reason

[median wraith]

O3DE should be using the same CryengineV tech

[median wraith]

Lumen uses DistanceFields

is technically the same UE4 base

CryengineV uses a voxel based partition over the world with a prebake

[quasi mantle]

Eh, Lumen barely works with integrated GPUs

[median wraith]

also don't works with hollow objects

[median wraith]

https://docs.cryengine.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=25535599

About Godot idk man

I will be super surprised if that ends good

[quasi mantle]

Wasn't O3DE based on Lumberyard? Which in turn based on CryEngine 3

[quasi mantle]

The hype is real, I give em that. Not the same as when UE4 added DFGI

[median wraith]

Lumberyard is based on CryengineV

They updated it on the early versions

Amazon bought a perpetual license

actually was kind of fun Crytek posting their features on their blog

and then Amazon posting the same for lumberyard one month later

[median wraith]

Godot getting GI it's like these Just Cause tuktuk cars with a rocketlauncher, it have nothing but have a rocket launcher

[quasi mantle]

I used to ride many tuktuks back when I still reside in Jakarta. I don't miss it though.

A lot of them were filthy as shit, and I guess the same can be said with other low tier public transports there

Good grief, I don't miss that fustercluck of a capital province.

Heck, I'm inclined to think western part of the Java island in general is mostly clusterfuck of city building.
(Okay, to be fair, they're not as bad as Jakarta, but it's still messy IMO)

[median wraith]

Look at the FPS here with a 3070RTX TI

get 25FPS drops and the shadows from lights are disabled

also where did the bake button go ?

oh is hidden on top

[quasi mantle]

Well, I guess it's not an issue if you cap it to 30 FPS...

[median wraith]

30FPS and minimum a 3070 xd

[quasi mantle]

But eh, I personally would prefer 60 FPS cap, and I think 3070 is equivalent to PS5

[median wraith]

a 3070 TI == PS5 ?

[quasi mantle]

Speaking of which, I'm surprised The Matrix Awakens demo runs on XSeS at all, with a consistent performance to boot

[median wraith]

Google says is 50% better

[quasi mantle]

Roughly equivalent, at least.

[median wraith]

"The RTX 3080 comes in with a theoretical compute performance of 29.7 TFLOPs, compared to the PlayStation 5's roughly 10.2 TFLOPs."

[quasi mantle]

That's 3080...

[median wraith]

the 3070RTX have 21 TFLOPS

also the new GDDR6X

[quasi mantle]

Wonder how many TFLOPS 3060 could have 🤔

[median wraith]

the 3090 have 36

[median wraith]

12 to 16

the TI 16

so even the 3060 is better than a PS5

[quasi mantle]

On my local market listings, 3060 is still around 900 USD

[median wraith]

the ps5 where reñeased by the 1000s 2000s time afterall

I got the 3070 TI for 800€

isn't a big deal but is a good deal compared to what we got

[quasi mantle]

I still consider it above average anyway.

RTX 2060 Super is almost half of the price.

[zinc matrix]

the council of yellow-oranges

[median wraith]

I mean this GPUs should cost 400€

For 800€ this should give 200FPS

[quasi mantle]

I found some listings to be in the range of 500 USD

It's Zotac, so not too shabby

What's the AMD equivalent of RTX 2060 Super? Don't have to have realtime raytracing.

[median wraith]

IDK

[quasi mantle]

I found it, RX 5700 XT
and holy mackerel there's a lot more cheaper listings on it than RTX 2060 Super

I guess AMD is the best !4$

Ryzen 5 3600 also had some cheap listings, and the CPU has 12 threads.
I suppose it's good for development, being the total price for an entire rig with them would be around $700 👀

[median wraith]

after the Epic demo

not sure if the PS5 will be able to push much more

[quasi mantle]

They pushed it to the limits already, me thinks

At least this time it won't seem that they omit promised feature. Looking at you, SVOGI.

[median wraith]

This is kind of interesting

temporalupscaling gives a toon effect for free

lol

[shell garden]

what would you say is the openest worldiest UE game?

[median wraith]

Maybe Days Gone ?

never played tbh

there are a lot of MMORPG games

[shell garden]

ew online

[quasi mantle]

GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition

[shell garden]

the game whose engine is named after the feeling it evokes?

[median wraith]

well biggest open worlds can be Fortnite itself

and PUBG

[quasi mantle]

No.

GTA Trilogy DE is actually a UE4 game. Rockstar outsourced it to War Drum Studios, and they can't use RAGE.

[scenic glen]

I am proud Ready or Not is made in UE as well

[quasi mantle]

Eh, I don't like RoN

[scenic glen]

Really? I like the weapon feel to it, a bit similar to what I am achieving on my setup. I guess its not using true fps but a separate FPS arms then a body for body awareness and for the shadows.

[median wraith]

GTA Triology is made in UE4 ?

first notice

[quasi mantle]

Yes.

[median wraith]

I wonder why Epic didn't promote it as made in UE4

[quasi mantle]

And not even well made.

[quasi mantle]

Hmm, I guess I'm not liking SWAT shooters in general.

[median wraith]

Notice my sarcasm related with that

[scenic glen]

Imagine if final fantasy is made in UE5 😄

[quasi mantle]

Probably FF7R part 2

[shell garden]

this is hilarious

[scenic glen]

I am actually new to SWAT shooters, I just bought it so that I can calibrate my FPS game 😄

[quasi mantle]

Though I'm not sure if FF16 is UE4, the post process doesn't look like vanilla UE4 post process.

[shell garden]

so they licensed out their "DEFINITIVE" editions to be developed by another studio but couldn't be bothered licensing the engine out to them

[quasi mantle]

Probably a beefed up version of FF14 engine