Game Development

1:14 AM

My heart was broken. I couldn't commit on git, due to conflicts. So I decided to reset --hard(just undo all my edits) then pull(sync) then push my commits.

I forgot to save all my edits beforehand. hours of work was gone. Me so sad.

Matt D

noooo

BlueBug

not familiar with git yet... (sob

user4704

Sounds like you should familiarize yourself with merging.

Matt D

is the p4 merge client free still?

that was pretty decent

user4704

I dunno. I'd use DiffMerge from SourceGear.

Matt D

1:23 AM

ooh. ill go check that out.

i use beyond compare at work

file system compares are damn handy

user4704

Yeah, Beyond Compare is awesome.

Matt D

I had to deal with a php website, where the code on production, wasnt the same as the code in SVN. and the code on UAT was different again.

the only way I could make sense of the situation was with beyond compare and file system checks

hasherr

2:33 AM

So... my game is done.

Icy Defiance

*\o/*

hasherr

o/

@IcyDefiance Will you play it when I release it?

Icy Defiance

maybe possibly, if I'm not feeling especially lazy

hasherr

Do you have an Android device?

Icy Defiance

yep

hasherr

2:38 AM

Awesome. I'll post a link for all to see when I release. Hopefully tomorrow :P

Grey

3:08 AM

usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/03/05/…

Bitcoin Exchange CEO found Dead in Singapore

hasherr

uh oh

Grey

http://yes.thatcan.be/my/next/tweet/

Fairly Amsuing

hasherr

God dammit, fuck LibGDX's file writing system. It's terrible.

It is literally the worst thing I have ever worked with

Grey

LMAO

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Icy Defiance

the Bitcoin CEO was found dead because some dumbass news agency hunted him down and revealed his identity and a bunch of personal info on him, even though he very obviously wanted to remain anonymous.

that is why you never, EVER under ANY circumstances dox another person. EVER. no exceptions.

Grey

3:14 AM

what does dox mean

hasherr

I hope the agency goes out of business. No. I hope that the agency's owners lose everything.

@Grey Posting personal information about others online.

Icy Defiance

short for documents, but used as a verb

Grey

Ah yeah. I don't believe in that. She committed suicide didn't she?

Icy Defiance

well if the government killed her, then yes

>.>

hasherr

@Grey for instance, let's say you own a ton of money to me, but you don't want to pay it. So I go on 4chan, I post everything I know about you. Name, address, phone, family, friends, etc

Grey

3:15 AM

yeah I understand

hasherr

And then they literally ruin your life

Grey

Warning: Be careful who you let into your inner circle. Even though it seems like you are letting one "good" friend in, there are always other people you let into your circle as well because of that friend.

tl;dr Be careful who you let into your life

hasherr

I've pretty much removed most traces of my real identity from the internet

Icy Defiance

doubt it

hasherr

There are pictures of me, but they'll be a pain to find

Grey

3:20 AM

That's why I don't send anyone selfies ;p

ISNT A TRACE O ME ON LE INTERnET

:>

Icy Defiance

hmm, well I couldn't track hasherr down in 15 minutes. impressive.

found what I'm pretty sure is his old username, but it doesn't really lead anywhere.

Matt D

ok back to work after lunch, ping me if you need me

Icy Defiance

o/

Grey

cowkitty.net/post/78808973663/…

layoffs, deaths, copyright infringement.

wow.

That's just one day.

hasherr

3:38 AM

@IcyDefiance What was the username?

Icy Defiance

Ekrocker47

hasherr

That's my youtube, ha

Grey

youtube.com/user/Ekrocker47

PLS

hasherr

Good job.

Grey

rtxevent.com/hasherr

HE"S EVERYWHERE

hasherr

3:39 AM

Icy, it's astonishing how much stuff I found out about you just by looking at your reddit history

Grey

;osnap

hasherr

I feel like I should delete that.

@IcyDefiance Do you want me to delete the above message?

Grey

. - .

Icy Defiance

this is the name I use when I don't care all that much, so it's whatever.

hasherr

Oh, okay. Do you have throwaways or a 'real' account?

Icy Defiance

3:42 AM

I have other names for when I really want to be anonymous. They're not used often, though.

hasherr

I'm going to bed. I'll just leave this here.

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Q: LibGDX writing to text file and receiving various errors

A game I'm currently creating with LibGDX has a 'High Score' feature in which the high score is saved in a text file and then either written over or read to the screen. I'm getting a multitude of errors here. I tried setting permissions to allow for outside file writing, I tried putting my .txt f...

Night all

Icy Defiance

o/

Grey

Wait

It says

that

The file isn't found

File not found: /data/data/hasherr.floppyfish.android.core/files/data/high_score.txt (Local)

is the file actually there when you attempt to read it?

That's my guess.

code.google.com/p/libgdx/wiki/FileModule

boom

Internal files are relative to the application’s root directory on desktops and relative to the assets directory on Android.

Try using internal instead of local @hasherr

And another thing. I think local may be deprecated. I don't even see it listed in the docs.

hasherr

I did. Still. Doesn't. Work.

Grey

Wow

Local: Read/Write files located in the game's root directory (in the case of a Desktop), or in the private application folder (on Android). This file type was added recently and is very interesting. The advantages of using it on Android is that: (1) these files are private to the application, (2) in case the application is removed, so are these files, (3) there is no availability problem (the SD Card is not always available).

Like in Java, a directory is considered to be a File in libgdx, but instead of re-using the java.io.File class, the com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle class is used (independent of the file's type). The following lines show how to create a FileHandle for each of the available file types:

hasherr

3:49 AM

Ping me this so I can read it in the morning

Grey

gotcha.

@hasherr omegafrontiersaga.blogspot.com/2012/12/file-io-in-libgdx.html

and those directories are probably hidden or somethihng

Aidan Mueller

4:34 AM

Anyone else here use Code::Blocks?

Icy Defiance

not I

Aidan Mueller

@IcyDefiance You should download it right now; I just made a revolutionary discovery.

Icy Defiance

D:

Aidan Mueller

I just discovered.

That.

Code::Blocks,

has

built-in games!

Icy Defiance

google.com/#q=zerg+rush

Aidan Mueller

4:35 AM

Ever get bored of work and just think "man, I really wanna play snake right now"?

Icy Defiance

so does Google

Aidan Mueller

Worried about procrastination? No problem!

It makes you stop playing if you play for too long.

Icy Defiance

lol nice

Aidan Mueller

But wait, we'll double your order! Call now and we will also throw in a game of tetris.

@IcyDefiance I just got defeated by a bunch of "O"s. (I played zerg rush)

Aaaaand they just ate youtube.

@IcyDefiance Also this: google.com/search?q=number+of+horns+on+a+unicorn

Icy Defiance

well...it's accurate anyway

Aidan Mueller

4:43 AM

@IcyDefiance You can also use it for calculations like this: google.com/search?q=cos(number+of+horns+on+a+unicorn)

So that means it's an actual mathematical constant built into Google's calculator.

But what I don't like about Google's calculator, is that it doesn't display PI correctly.

Rather that 3.14159265359 instead of 3.14159265358. I don't think that it should round it.

Well, maybe.

LOL

Grey

7:08 AM

new avatar

Might as well be a selfie.

Oh snap.

Blue

10:00 AM

Morning

*tips hat

Damn @Grey - that is pretty snappy.

Alex M.

10:33 AM

whoa grey

@Grey this was neat tho

►

as much as I like JIRA, it does seem as if it's running Crysis in the background

then again, I'm not hosting it on a proper or near suitable server

Blue

@AlexM. that's one damn funky tune.

Alex M.

yup

grey's avatar:

Broken Bells

Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo, but are joined by a full band on tour. The live band included Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band sidemen Nate Walcott and Nik Freitas, and Jonathan Hischke and Dan Elkan, both ex-members of Hella. Following their 2010 self-titled debut album, the duo released an EP, Meyrin Fields, in 2011 and their second studio album, After the Disco, on Februa...

I heard about danger mouse from the gorillaz mixtape which featured that song above

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there's some neat stuff in there

joapet99

12:12 PM

Hello

Jon

hey

Blue

12:34 PM

Hey

ToddersLegrande

GOOD MORNING

Morning is the best time to yell

Blue

MORNING!

HOW'S IT GOING @Kirby

ToddersLegrande

I need a new name

Give me a name

preferably not Kirby

Alex M.

KirbyLegrande?

ToddersLegrande

user8675309

Maybe I should go with a color. Then we'll have Blue, Grey, and.... TOPE

Alex M.

12:41 PM

I know

use something like "Not Alex M."

ToddersLegrande

Ooooo

Alex M.

in fact everyone in this room should change names to "Not Alex M."

ToddersLegrande

So another fake name I've had recently is "Fourhearts McGuinness" thanks to some Zelda playing and creative thinking on my wife's part and I enjoy that name but its awfully long

Blue

lol

4<3 McGuiness

ToddersLegrande

Hah I don't know if symbols are allowed

Blue

12:46 PM

full stops are allowed...

WHO KNOWS!

4lt3 McGuiness

ToddersLegrande

Turns out ♥ is an invalid character :P

Alex M.

I should stop using tweening for movement

Jon

why?

tween EVERYTHING

Alex M.

because depending on the implementation I can't pause it midway

orthello's tweening does not allow you to pause :(

only stop and restart

ToddersLegrande

I feel like thats the wrong way to go about tweening

but maybe I don't really understand tweening

Alex M.

12:54 PM

most likely

Jon

hmmm

Alex M.

most likely at the first sentence

Jon

just don't update your tween when paused.

Alex M.

not the 2nd

the tween update is out of my reach

I don't want to mess with orthello's libs too much

Jon

Get a longer pole

Alex M.

12:55 PM

I'll just do the movement in this particular case in my own update loop

it won't be too much trouble

Jon

Did you see that new pandemic style game on ios?

Free to play

Alex M.

forming movement loops through chains of tweens is not very intuitive anyway

Jon

its called, Infection

ToddersLegrande

Can't you just choose to not use the tween?

Jon

It is a complete rip off of plague.

Alex M.

12:56 PM

@ToddersLegrande yup, that's what I'll be doing

Jon

literally the exact same game. pissed me off

they just changed the text and images.

Alex M.

ask for almo's opinion :D

he made pandemic for ios

@ToddersLegrande yes, that's the wrong way to use tweening

I just realized after you said it

Jon

oh yeah, i thought it was you sorry

Alex M.

a tween changes a parameter via a function throughout the specified duration

so by definition it should not be pausable or resumable

ToddersLegrande

Right. It's just a means to calculate position between two points at a given time essentially right?

Alex M.

12:59 PM

sort of I think yes

ToddersLegrande

With some fancy parameters to add it to change the shape or whatever its called of hte tween

Jon

Alex M.

like, I imagine this function's graph in the interval [X, Y]

and the parameter gets from X to Y in Z seconds

ToddersLegrande

Yup

Anyone watch Vikings?

Jon

yes

Alex M.

1:03 PM

argh, and I also use a lot of Invoke()s

ToddersLegrande

I don't understand why I like the show. Nothing happens O_O

Jon

lol

Its Lockey

he is awesome

or loki apparently

ToddersLegrande

Floki even ;)

Jon

whatever, i'm no norse

ToddersLegrande

Well Loki is a norse god

and I honestly thought his name was Loki at first

but then I kept hearing an f in there

Jon

1:06 PM

I figure by season 6, they will have built a ship or two

ToddersLegrande

looked it up and confirmed, Floki.

Jon

but you are right, it has been moving rather slowly

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

1:24 PM

Hmm

Seems I can't fetch generic arguments with DynamicObjects in a fast simple way.

Right now it has to be done with a bunch of reflection stuff, which is going to impact performance.

ToddersLegrande

Have you tried writing a method called FetchGenericArguments(DynamicObjects[] objects)

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

I hate you.

ToddersLegrande

It was only a matter of time

Leggy7

hi

ToddersLegrande

hey there

Leggy7

1:34 PM

I love when there is nothing to do @work

Roger Martins

1:57 PM

hi guys

ToddersLegrande

morning

Roger Martins

pls kill me....................... wpf destroyed me 2day

damm microshit

and the lame dispacher class

smoke time

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