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12:01 PM
You play as a single mother who accidently gets trapped inside a mech that she has been building. She must now bring up her child as a mech
whaaaat
 
@user11177 sorry we ignored you earlier. It is possible to write a game in Python, but the Pygame library and other libraries make it much easier.
 
hahaha
 
okay. sounds fun.^
 
12:02 PM
good luck with that
 
I don't like pygame actually :D
 
really?
i use it a lot
 
no you don't
you started again from scratch, remember?
 
after this game is done :P
 
I think cocos2d is better for python
 
12:04 PM
@sm4 I remember it being listed in my Starcraft I CD. Was announced and never came out.
 
never used it :P
 
cocos2d is awesome
 
wow, lots on this morning
 
But it's rare to get answers to cocos questions here on stackexchange
 
congrats @Byte56 @JoshPetrie
@user11177 why?
 
12:06 PM
I suppose it's not very popular.
 
I think I see why it got canned. Tons and tons of work for not much gameplay.
 
sm4
@AlexM. Sounds like every other Japanese anime series. What's the problem?
 
@user11177 thinks the USA should invade Iceland and send drones to do strikes on the terrorists they are hiding over there. That may be a bad idea...
 
yeah
invading stuff is only going to give birth to more terrorists
 
12:13 PM
the anti-terrorists are the new terrorists :P
 
well it depends where you're looking from
 
sorry to interrupt guys, but @sm4 my question is still at stack overflow :( they didn't move it, what should I do? Ask again here? I really want that answer...
 
what question @VeXe
 
sm4
12:16 PM
@VeXe If you ask a question here, don't expect answer the same day. It might take a week or two even before all active users see it.
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Command Processor make a key called "Autorun" with value "cd /d C:\"
im so happy now
it works
 
Has USA officially called Julian Assange a terrorist? or do they interrogate him a little?
 
sm4
This is the big problem I see in SE. People ask, somebody answers and bam, 5 minutes and you flag the answer as correct... Give it time, day, two, a week!
 
just want to*
 
@VeXe ill look at it. dont know if i can answer though :P
 
12:16 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if the USA assassinated Snowden without a warrant or anything
 
Sure ^^
 
sm4
@PythonInProgress The thing is the Q is offtopic there.
 
even outside the USA
the death of such a giant through war is just too average
imagine the USA collapsing due to an internal crisis started by such people
now THAT is a poetic death
like Rome going down in flames
 
boo ya. when i open cmd.exe it starts at C:\
 
@sm4 I got a lead on 2D Bin packing. I was just reading about it... sounds like it 'may' help me with some auto-sorting method, not that easy though, since it's 2D - still not the behavior I quite want, but better than nothing.
 
12:18 PM
so elated now.
 
sm4
@AlexM. Are you talking about your new game now, or still off-topic? :)
 
@AlexM. yeah... hes trying to fly to Ecuador right now
 
@sm4 nope, I'm just talking about the possibility of an internal crisis inside the USA
caused by all this NSA stuff
 
there was an article that the flight might graze US airspace, so they could bring the plane down
@AlexM. ?
ooh the phones and things
 
sm4
@AlexM. It would make a cool game though. Oh wait. I think they already did a game about it... The Fallout series.
 
12:19 PM
that's death through war
I'm talking about the USA bringing its own self to a lockdown
it would make a cool book
you can't keep on growing forever
 
.... wouldnt be cool for the over half the world dependant on the US's resources and protection.... :P
 
the bigger you get, the more problems you encounter
throughout history, all super powers died at some point
 
it's like, let's see who keeps the throne the longest
 
Russia, China, Japan, or the US
 
12:24 PM
such drama and intrigue
SOMEONE WRITE A BOOK ALREADY
 
this is a book, didnt you know?
we're writing it right now!
 
which one
oooh
cool
 
the chatlogue of gamedevs on the stackexchange drive
 
is totally about gamedev
 
totally :D
@AlexM. i got a badge :D
just now
still only a copper one though.... oh well
 
12:27 PM
cool
 
//value is 3 (int)
//expected is 3 (int)
if (value != expected)
{
// this happens

}
ehm thats not good :)
 
@PythonInProgress bronze. :)
 
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Q: The most efficent ways for drawing lines all day long with OpenGL

nkintI'd like to put a computer screen that is running an OpenGL programs in a room. It has to run all day long (not in the night). I'd like to draw lines that are slowly fading in the background. The setting is simple: a uniform color background (say, black) and colored lines (say, white) that are ...

don't know why, but this question's title is kinda funny
here are some pics from the city I live in
thanks to wikipedia
I find the older buildings to be nicer than the newer ones
 
You mean wikipedia is to blame for the newer buildings not being as nice?
 
no, wikipedia is the source :P
 
12:40 PM
:D
i wish that were one line so i could star it
 
the only bad thing about the old buildings is that some decorations fall off from time to time lol
I haven't heard of anyone being hit by a lump of concrete yet
but there are signposts telling you to be careful when passing near really old buildings
 
a couple here in montreal was having lunch on her birthday. a block of concrete fell off the top of the building, crashed through the glass roof where they were, and squashed her flat instantly. He suffered only minor physical injury. How horrible. :(
 
ouch
 
sm4
-1
Q: Protection against CheatEngine and other injectors

LucasIs protection against CheatEngine and other inject tools are possible to do? I was thinking a day and the only one idea I've got is about writting some small application which will scan the processes running every second, and in case if any injector will be found the game client will exit immadia...

Can the order of comments change? It doesn't make sense to me, the discussion there...
Or maybe just missing comments?
 
oh nice now (-12).Equals(-12) is false too
 
sm4
12:48 PM
@Kikaimaru What language is this?
 
@sm4 kind of c#
 
sm4
oh, your own then? :)
 
well yes, but primitives are created by real c# and then passed to my c# , then the primitive is passed back to real c# and something happens and == doesnt work :)
oh

dynamic expected = ((Reference)frame.Stack.Pop()).Value;
dynamic value = ((Reference)frame.Stack.Pop()).Value;

if (value != expected)
this works :)
 
@sm4 it's migrated :D
Guys, gimme a hand here if you please :)
http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/58161/auto-organized-smart-inventory-system
 
isn't it the classical combinatorial problem with the only known algorithm having exponential time complexity?
what was its name...
 
1:01 PM
yeah, that's a classic problem alright.
 
are you guys talking about my Q?
 
yeah
I don't know the name, but it's one of the NP-Complete problems
 
I can't find its name
 
2D Bin packing is what you mean?
 
which shouldn't matter for the size of your data set
 
1:02 PM
but it's basically the same as finding all the ways of packing smaller boxes inside a bigger box
 
but you should be able to get an algo off the shelf.
 
@Kikaimaru about your rotation problem
 
"Note that if I spend time on it I will come up with a way to solve it, but it wouldn't be the best way, it's like, holding a car wheel with your feet instead of your hands! XD"
if finding the algorithm isn't YOUR aim, I'd just stick to the simplest possible solution
 
just calculate the difference to your target angle and rotate *0.6 the difference
or some other funky number
 
see how other games (e.g. Two Worlds) autosort their inventory, and do it
 
1:04 PM
I read about that bin packing thing, it was more a sorting algo that an organizing one. I don't wanna resort the whole thing. I just wanna see if I could make some space for my item to fit - if I could.
 
I bet they don't generate all possible solutions and pick a "best" one
@VeXe check filling a bigger rectangle with smaller rectangles so that as much space as possible is left
start from left to right
 
in the game we're making it doesn't mean so much to the player if the order of the items are changed - so I think it wouldn't hurt to resort everything. but not automatically when he picks up something that doesn't fit. we'll tie autosorting to a button, so that if the player wants to autosort just press that button. this is less annoying, and would fix the problem where he's surrounded with enemies, out of ammo, he finds some but they don't fit.
found ammo -> doesn't fit -> autosort -> pick up ammo -> shoot.
I think with some studying to 2d bin packing algos I can make that autosort function
plus I think the player would autosort once in a while, so there's lower chance that he gets in that sticky situation :)
 
I always hated inventories that were that small
 
Ours won't be. It's gonna be about 6x12 or something.
 
I'd like ammo to stack
if it isn't an extreme military simulator, I'd prefer concentrating on the shooting
rather than on the inventory management
 
1:14 PM
It's an RE1/2/3 like game survival horror - pre-rendered puzzle game :)
so inventory is a big part of it
 
makes sense then
carry on
I saw guns and I thought shooter
 
@VeXe I think scarcity of resources is more impacting than how the inventory UI is actually set up.
 
looks cool
 
What ever site you use for images is blocked at my work :(
 
sm4
1:16 PM
@VeXe don't forget to create user on GameDev :)
 
@ClassicThunder I care about this feature so much because we care about speed runs in our game + the inventory's gonna be in real-time, not like in RE1/2/3 where you pause the game and do your stuff with the inventory. So the time spent on inventory management in our game (swapping, organizing) isn't free and will affect your end score.
@sm4 sure :)
 
@Almo :P does the metal matter? how about this: lowest rank badge
 
It doesn't matter. I just thought it was funny is all. :)
 
:P
so, whats up Almo?
 
fighting with cocosbuilder not reading properties set in the editor
 
1:24 PM
:D
 
you would think that would be a very basic thing right?
I'll have to go debug the example project
 
Yep, im sure theres a way to read the properties of chocolate
and to edit the chocolate
 
come on, you know what he means
iOS development stuff
also, howdy folks
 
hiya
 
damn example project uses a bool, not an int, and that works
 
1:36 PM
howdy @ShotgunNinja
:P i know what he means... :P i was kidding :D
@AlexM. im trying to ask legitimate questions on 10 different sites today, or 20 questions total, whichever comes first
 
only ask when you need answers
 
@PythonInProgress That's good; just don't invent questions if you don't have any. Ask about things you're genuinely interested in knowing.
 
ik
as i said: Legitimate questions
 
@Almo is this a casting problem like you had with your loop?
 
it doesn't look like it
that function seems to like returning zero for the property in question, unless I'm looking at the wrong property
I must be doing something silly here
something this basic in the builder can't be wrong
 
1:42 PM
Its always something silly isn't it? And they are so frustrating too
@JohnMcdonald - I swear I saw you working with something like this one evening. Might be a good one for you to answer: gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/58033/…
 
@ToddersLegrande whazzup Toddlers?
:D
 
Hey PiP
 
not for long, gonna have to come up with a new name
leaving Python, going to C#
 
star my post on the right?
 
1:45 PM
ummmmmmmm
good god
 
lol is not star worthy xD
 
XD
did u just do that?
 
and I have no interest in yours or user11177s comments sooooooo yeah :(
 
1:46 PM
I have no clue who did that
 
ouch
sup @Byte
 
probs him
 
kudos on mod
 
Howdy
 
hey Byte
 
1:46 PM
uh oh. Blue incoming... SHHHHHHHHHH
 
hahahah
 
I SEE EVERYTHING
 
@Byte56 as a mod I request you to remove the starred "lol" comment of mine... I mean seriously :(
 
1:47 PM
People have a star addiction
boom
Mod powers ftw
 
Didn't have to ask me.
 
theres a dupe star :D
 
haha
 
my comment and user11177's
 
I have been playing with @ToddersLegrande all along
 
1:47 PM
i like mine more :D
 
@AlexM. IT WAS YOU? :O
 
IT WAS HIM
 
YES! and then you thought it was Byte!
my plans worked perfectly!
 
this is out of control
 
1:48 PM
I'm not starring anything now
 
Yeah, you asked, then I saw one star disappear, then another.
I guess I just have to look at things to remove them.
 
but no with all honesty "lol" was the only appropriate reaction there
 
@Byte56 They shy away from your blueness like cockroaches from a flame.
 
and I thought it was perfectly said
 
1:49 PM
<--- BEHOLD
 
What can I say. I'm good with the L and O keys.
 
you're a journeyman of LOL
 
wtf
WHO IS DOING THE STARS
look how many he has
ALEX STOP
 
I seem to have a star monopoly
 
I'm not doing anything pipsy boy
 
1:50 PM
liar....
 
maybe YOU are starring everything
 
We just need to get rid of Byte's star and I'll be set
 
can't star your own stuff
 
it pushed my comment off D:
 
1:51 PM
maybe YOU should change your name to StarringInProgress
 
no
just stop
 
lolololololol
I would just like to note that I am the victim here.
 
really have to get back to debugging this shit :(
 
of star harassment?
 
I would just like to note that I have no idea what's happening
but here's Jeremy Soule's best work to date
 
1:52 PM
really?
whatever...
 
@PythonInProgress stop starring
 
anyone want to review code at Code Review Stack Exchange?
im not
 
yes you are mister
and until you stop starring, you won't be getting any candy
and won't be allowed to play video games
 
That's a lot of stars. The quality threshold for stars is dropping. Sell your stock in starred comments immediately.
 
yep
mine got pushed off
frick
 
1:53 PM
hey maybe we could go do that to the C++ guys. they're really uptight
 
it was me btw
YES
and i cant unstar them!
 
@Almo are you proposing a good old fashioned C++ chat room raid? :O
 
C++ chatroom aid?
 
YES DO IT
all of us
 
I'm in
 
1:54 PM
I'm not
 
just go in and start starring random things and talking about Objective-C. They'll ban us for sure
 
why todders?
 
I'm bored but not that bored
 
i dont care about C++, so... :D
 
1:55 PM
I'm so doing this
 
The amount of stupid going on is starting to get stupid.
 
CPPinP
 
Maybe you guys could, I don't know, make games instead?
 
no way!#
 
1:55 PM
NO WAY
 
@Byte56 you've become so wise since getting your diamond.
 
MMORPG: The chatroom
 
#NoGameDevToday
 
@Byte56 I recently asked you about keeping entities ordered in a basic RenderingSystem, I would like you to ask you a question about these entity lists in general
I would like to ask you*
 
@Daedalus ordering is for noobs. Use a dictionary and find everything by key :P
 
1:56 PM
Yes
 
so basically is a standard linked list suitable for keeping these entity lists?
I mean
 
A dictionary isn't very good when you actually want them in order.
 
@Byte56 I agree :)
 
that would enable me to erase entities from systems in constant time
 
Yes a linked list would work great.
 
1:57 PM
I'm a fan of generic lists myself
 
I want to focus on removing/creating entities in general
 
For a priority queue, linked lists work well.
 
or heaps
the max priority element will always be the root
i.e. heap[0]
 
im going to go watch Chopped guys! see u
 
Heaps are nice too
 
1:58 PM
It's definitely reading zero for the property I set to 5 in the editor
 
Later PiP
 
I mean my idea was to: inside an entity store a vector of pointer to nodes (that are inside systems) that should be deleted along with the entity
of pointers*
that gives O(1) delete
 
The stats are in. 22 stars were handed out in 13 minutes. 8 to 3 of Bytes comments and the remaining 14 to 10 of mine. Amazing.
 
Sounds like it'll work
 
because in a vector approach we would have to O(N)search for the entity inside the system's vector
because we could not rely on pointers to a memory chunk that could be reallocated
are there any other approaches?
artemis probably does enabling/disabling
but does this scale well?
or maybe should I post another question on GDSE?
 
2:02 PM
The answer is likely going to be, try one, profile it, then improve if needed.
 
I thought Artemis was C#.... must be a port
 
Artemis in C# is the port.
Original is Java
A user of this site ported it.
 
So which language are we using pointers in? :P
 
so I should do the simplest thing that could possibly work
 
LinuxLich?
 
2:03 PM
the list approach sounds the simplest to me
 
Yeah him
 
@Daedalus Yes
 
Spelling might be off but yeah
 
there he is
reminds me of the guy from The Guild
 
2:04 PM
The doctor guy?
 
I don't recall a doctor...
 
Oh.
 
@Quonux that could still lead to numbers other then goal rotation since 90 - 0 is 90 * 0,6 would get me to 108 after two frames
 
I'm thinking of The league
 
wow I find it so hard to restrain premature optimization
 
2:05 PM
I've not watch The Guild
 
creating and passing structs now works in my c#!
 
@Daedalus It's very challenging.
 
Don't send me anymore pictures of you.
 
Clearly its @thelinuxlich
 
2:07 PM
@Kikaimaru and if you do this only if the difference is below a threashold like 2 degrees?
 
@Quonux currently the difference i have is like 0.1 degrees but for long distances thats enough
 
From the one picture I've seen of each. Yes, they look similar.
 
or rotate not the fuel difference if you will rotate too much
ill solve my rotation problems later that way
if the target rotation is 42 degrees and i can maximal rotate er step 10 degrees i do
0 ... 10 ... 20 ... 30 ... 40 ... 42
 
yes but i dont know target rotation from code that rotates
 
Oh, you're using an angular velocity?
 
2:11 PM
well something like that, yes
 
rate of angle change per update is a form of angular velocity.
 
@PythonInProgress (code review SE) nice site
 
@ShotgunNinja then thats it i guess :)
 
if you do have real angular velocity from an hysics engine then multiply the difference with a magic constant below 1.0 and rotate that way
 
so if the custom properties are busted, I'm not sure what to do
wanted to let the artist change properties to adjust stuff without me having to code it
subclassing just because the editor is busted seems like a bad idea
I guess I better just try to fix the reader. it's really the reading code that's busted, not the editor. I think.
 
2:16 PM
@Almo You have a course, captain. Proceed when ready.
 
:)
 
I want to watch Star Trek again now...
 
nice mellow 32 minute soundscape
 
@ToddersLegrande Mission accomplished.
 
So cruel
 
2:31 PM
Ah i think i will not implemneted Turn method and let users make it for themselves :)
 
hey guis
@Quonux what about it? im using it today
 
its a nice site...
means that its useful
 
@Quonux :D
 
Is this saying it applies to browser definition files in those particular versions / service packs or that this hotfix is also available in those versions / service packs? support.microsoft.com/kb/2600100
I'm pretty sure its the former but the wording seems confusing
 
At least it's not my fault. I feel better now, in a weird way. According to the issue at Github, it's actually in the editor, not the reader.
 

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