Game Development

I want the rocket to start moving forward and slowly rotate towards the point as it reaches there

@Tyyppi_77 can I have a link to proto?

user92578

no

user92578

4:14 PM

it's so shitty

@Tyyppi_77 I wanna play this game

user92578

it's not like the current version at all

user92578

buy broforce

user92578

it's a similar game to mine, except with better everything

user92578

and destructible terrain etc

4:15 PM

@jon have you used the particlke system at all?

I'm having trouble with Velocity Over Lifetime not having any effect.

@AntiSaby so update rotation angle every update(dt) call?

@Jes

@JesusChrist Yes

@Almo yeah, you need to tinker with it

user92578

How about setting a target rotation and then linearly interpolating the rotation?

It's all in the Update() function so it gets updated every frame

4:16 PM

I set it to a default downward curve, thinking it would slow the particles as they went

nothing happens

@AntiSaby To rotate slowly, you can Lerp to the new rotation in a coroutine.

@Tyyppi_77 so you just making your own copy of it?

(or in update, but a coroutine is cleaner)

user92578

well no

user92578

but they are similar

4:17 PM

@Tyyppi_77 lemme know when you will have a demo

user92578

aight

I want it to start moving in which ever direction It's facing and slowly rotate towards the point as it goes there. I hope i make sense

You should make a mailing list :P

@Tyyppi_77 How would i do that?

user92578

lol this is my mailing list

user92578

4:18 PM

oh, that's a bit different then

user92578

Not just a simple rotation lerp

@AntiSaby Right.. I'm not entirely sure how to do that

user92578

I have some code for that

user92578

Hold on a second, I'll clean it out for you

@Tyyppi_77 Sure

user92578

4:21 PM

This is code for a homing missile, and I'm not quite sure if it does what you want, but I think it might at least give you some guidance: pastebin.com/mCxQcnzT

@Tyyppi_77 I'm gonna try it now. Thanks mate!

I'm having a hard time understanding the syntax

translating it to Unity functions and all. I'm a beginner

Anyone know where I could possibly get a cheap used OSX-something?

(Anything OSX that I could use for iOS dev)

user4704

apple sells refurbished stuff now and then

user4704

ebay is sketchy as fuck, but maybe there

user4704

or gazelle

user4704

4:30 PM

they might only do phones though

Even for the crappy Macs, Apple's refurbished thing is like $400 minumum :/

user4704

other resellers like powermax.com macofalltrades.com exist too

user4704

basically you're going to make a price/convenience trade... as with anything.

user4704

cheapest is likely to be ebay

Good to know

user4704

4:34 PM

or craiglist. but that's also the most likely to get you scammed :D

mhm

user92578

@AntiSaby which ones are the problem?

macofalltrades looks.... kind of sketchy but has nice prices

user4704

there's also this apple.com/shop/browse/campaigns/…

Joe

ive heard rumors about apple limited or locking out mac addresses from being linked to app store accounts... eg for any given peice of hardware, in its lifetime it can only be linked to N app store accounts before it can no longer be linked

i dont know if they are true, but cause for worry when buying used

4:36 PM

Why do Apple products have to be so expensive :/

user4704

I find that highly suspect.

user4704

@Pip some combination of higher-than-"normal" build cost and luxury item markup

fair enough I guess... that doesn't mean I have to like it

user4704

Yup. You just have to accept it if you want/need one.

user4704

It's kinda like the Veblen goods thing.

user4704

4:40 PM

Although that really applies more to the watch than the computers.

Joe

> Update so far, for anyone else who finds this by search.
I went to the Apple store for an appointment at the Genius bar.
They confirmed that there is a limit of 3 accounts per device and this is for the lifetime of the device.
So, at the moment, the device is a useless brick, stuck on the setup screen.
However, he registered the phone to myself and arranged an Apple support call for me which I have today.
I may be able to get the limit removed if i explain the situation.
Will post up progress later today...

this was posted here: discussions.apple.com/thread/6451670 on 8/14 ive read it else where too i was thinking of doing the same thing when i wanted to get started on apple dev

scared me enough into just getting a new one... which I can only imagine was Apples desired intent

user4704

Yeah, I very much doubt that was their intent.

user4704

If it was they wouldn't sell used machines.

user4704

It also doesn't jive with being able to associate multiple Apple IDs with a device via family sharing.

user4704

(or the fact that I've had four IDs on one of my phones; two personal and two work)

user4704

4:47 PM

(or the fact that you can create IDs without a device)

user4704

I would rather say this is either some kind of bug, or a limitation that doesn't mean what the user thinks it means.

we should call you "TVoR"

(The Voice of Reason)

user4704

I am rather skeptical of his ability to accurately summarize technical issues given the rest of his posts, plus the quality bar for Apple Geniuses has declined sharply since the inception of the store.

user4704

And his information is hearsay from one of them.

Joe

like i said, i dont know about truth to the rumors or the cause of the limitation... but I would not want to be stuck in his situation with a device i just bought off ebay or craigslist

4:49 PM

@Almo any recommendations on a cheap mac? Josh has given me a ton of links, but nothing cheaper than E-bay. I know that it's a price/convenience trade thing... but still.

user4704

More reasonable resources suggest this:

user4704

You can create up to three new IDs from a given device.

user4704

But you can associate pre-existing IDs with one.

user4704

And this is done as a way to avoid gaming the system for the free iCloud storage (which makes far more sense than trying to force users away from the used machine market)

@Pip Personally, I wouldn't buy computer hardware from ebay.

For cheaper mac, I'd go for a refurbished Mac Mini from Apple.

4:52 PM

good to know. I completely agree with the ebay thing.... I don't particularly like to get stuff from there

apple.com/shop/product/FGEM2LL/A/…

like that

@jon man this driving me nuts. Color Over Lifetime is being ignored as well.

there's something basic I'm not understanding

user4704

(especially with the family sharing thing, the free storage tier would be pretty gameable)

what is the lifetime set to?

Start Lifetime = 1

Velocity over lifetime = 1 at 0, and 0 at 1

i think that is limit

swap them

docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PartSysLimitVelOverLifeModule.html

4:57 PM

what does Velocity Over Lifetime supposedly do then?

ok that's weird. well, looks like it's working now. thanks

color over lifetime is still fucked sthough

looking at the docs for it, it's pretty straightforward

answers.unity3d.com/questions/280765/…

got it

wrong shader

user4704

SERIOUSLY WHY IS CONTROL-COMMA TURNED OFF DURING A BUILD OMFG.

5:16 PM

Hello

Im having some issues with...

MMF2, anyone here know about the software?

user4704

5:29 PM

Vaguely.

user4704

I taught it at a summer camp while I was in college. I doubt the knowledge I had is still applicable.

@JoshPetrie Im a fan of knowledge and hell, I love it.

What can you share?

user4704

What is the specific issue you're having?

I wouldn't exactly call it an issue (sorry, for the inconvenience above). Its rather a question.

just ask :)

5:36 PM

Morning potatoes!

Morning Muffin

commitstrip.com/en/2015/07/29/…

Watch Microsoft build new worlds with its HoloLens virtual reality set

WHOA GUYS U GOTTA SEE THIS

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@TheMuffinCoder that's not how it actually works

? what doesnt work?

5:44 PM

the HoloLens

lol so is this video trolling me?

the "screen" is actually covering only a tiny part of your view angle

something in 20-50% range

lol thats good enough

Still extremely cool

basically you can see where the AR gets cut off

Minecraft Hololens demo at E3 2015 (amazing!)

I dont mind that still very fascinating to me :D

Being able to play a tiny demo of minecraft with it is still awesome

ah found the official one

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5:47 PM

yeah .. and about that ... it's not really useful in minecraft

lol that doesnt matter, its just pretty amazing

Hjorthenify

6:48 PM

Anyone on windows 7?

i am

lol i'm on windows 8.1

Only computer I had left with windows 7 was my dad's and he destroyed that one

Hjorthenify

Can u send me some files, Almo?

It can possibly fix my PC

	servicing\packages\Package_1_for_KB2909921~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.2.1.0.mum
	servicing\packages\Package_1_for_KB2925418~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.2.1.0.mum
	servicing\packages\Package_1_for_KB2936068~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.2.1.0.mum
	servicing\packages\Package_1_for_KB2953522~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.2.1.0.mum
	servicing\packages\Package_1_for_KB2957689~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.2.1.0.mum
	servicing\packages\Package_1_for_KB2964358~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.2.1.0.mum
	servicing\packages\Package_1_for_KB2909921~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.2.1.0.cat

I blacked out

For how long?

6:58 PM

I think i was up a bit too late

@TheMuffinCoder 1 or 2 hours

well atleast your back :D

i don't really have time to dig these up right now

Yep

You should probably go to sleep if you're blacking out.

have to get this particle effect working for the client

7:00 PM

@OMGtechy I forgot to ask my question though

It can wait, your health is more important.

okay ^.^ see ya'll in a bit then

Plus if you're that tired you might not get the question across very well :P

gnight!

Hjorthenify

@Almo Its fine :)

Soo

What's that color called that isn't drawn when you make a sprite? The usually magenta one IIRC

7:12 PM

@Pip not sure what you mean, surely that's system dependent

It's not. That's handled inside of the graphics software

I think Unity supports it. Monogame does not by default and I'm adding it to my Sprite class for MonoGame.Extended

placeholder sprite, default sprite, sprite missing sprite, something like that?

not that

the magenta

Oh, the alpha colour?

The alpha mask?

user4704

"key color"

7:17 PM

Ahh.

user4704

Drawing things with transparency that way is often called "color key transparency."

I thought he was referring to some kind of "missing sprite" icon for a while aha

The photography stack exchange site looks all fancy

Thanks Josh

user4704

I am skeptical about that question :|

7:33 PM

So.... anyone used Spriter before?

I'm considering doing some integration for it into the library I'm working on (better than Spine because... you know... it's got a free version)

@Jon I made you a gift =^.^=

Low poly model based off the space taxi game :P

holy shit

seriously?

:D

@Jon Couldnt think of many details with just this as my reference :P

lmao

well that was just a quick mock up

holy crap Muffin can you make all of my models too :P

7:37 PM

I could try to :P

lol I'm kidding

I'm trying to improve my low poly modeling

It's looking good

do i actually get the sprite?

Want the blend file?

:D free for u to do anything u want

7:38 PM

i don't know how to use blender

Let me export it then :D

You can export it as a .obj or whatever you want

Win10 disaster story: reddit.com/r/self/comments/3f1nst/…

lmao are we lucky that we havent upgraded yet?

My cousin is locked out of his computer while it upgrades >:^)

yeah no rush

i got work to do

7:42 PM

@Jon Here's the .obj file on dropbox dropbox.com/s/vy6jnhlp2pctfhx/Space%20Taxi.zip?dl=0

thanks

:D tell if u use it :P I want to see the results :3

might be a while, but i'll more than likely use it

greatly appreciate it

@TheMuffinCoder You're a serious contender for the Lokkij Award For Most Improved Member Of The GDSE Chat

Whoa, whoa. Why have I never won this before?

7:54 PM

too young for it pip

I wasn't here back when you were still (as I'm told) stupid and annoying :P

Ah I see.

@TheMuffinCoder is like the same age as I am I think btw Jon

That is the problem, he never started off as stupid, so there wasn't much room for improvement

I was definitely annoying though

Wow I just realized we finally have the new profile pages :D

7:56 PM

Yep! I think we've had them for... a week or so?

Awesome

2 weeks or so

Though it doesn't display age anymore

click profile

Yeah I don't see it there

7:58 PM

Bill Cosby - Spanish Fly

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reading this made me kinda sad: microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/gaming

wow, just read it

i wanna die...

I don't know man it doesn't impact me so severely that I would want to die.

It's pretty silly though.

@TheMuffinCoder you gonna wanna work on a space taxi clone with me in a few months?

So classic artwork requires DX12 to be "blown away"? okay.

8:06 PM

> Was this page helpful.

No

lol

haha

DX12 has some pretty cool features though

you can crossfire different card types together now apparently

@Jon did you look at the "stunning visuals" seen on those laptop screens?

I think it's Age of Empires 2

lol, i don't really put much effort into looking at ads

I think it is Ashes of the Singularity

which apparently runs a bunch of stuff in realtime and is intensive??

emm .. are you looking at the same pictures?

because to me it looks like medieval walls

8:09 PM

Your empire has thousands of individual units spread across a world in which you’re battling other players (single player or multiplayer) for control of its resources. No game, RTS or otherwise, has ever had scope like this in terms of sheer numbers of units. For that reason, a new type of specialized 3D engine had to be developed called Nitrous just for this purpose.

I don't know man I can build 1000 units in Supreme Commander

marketting

I'm always immediately very skeptical when something says "nothing has ever done this before!"

Unless it something where it's immediately clear that it's the first of its kind, of course

Icy Defiance

GitHub disabled a repository calling their assembly "WebM for Retards", gave the owners 24 hours to change it. Owners changed it to "WebM for Gits". github.com/nixxquality/WebMConverter/commit/…

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if you have to say "this has never been done before" ... it's probably something miniscule, otherwise it'd be apparently obvious :p

8:14 PM

@IcyDefiance well played

You know what's great in open-source projects? Documentation. You know what makes open-source projects suck when they are missing it? Documentation.

2

:/

hahahahahahaha

i have this new game idea, its never been done before

all i need is a programmer, an artist, a sound guy, and a acrobatic clown

ok, I'll bait: why the clown?

Icy Defiance

gotta be that crazy to make sure it's never been done before

8:18 PM

i can't tell you, just trust me, its never been done, and it will make a ton of money

its gonna be like facebook, but a game

forums.tigsource.com/…

neat

bazola

8:47 PM

anyone know why my textures are blending together like this?

i found this tutorial that seems to explain how to fix it for Unity, but alas I am using libGDX.. weheartgames.com/2015/04/…

they are all square solid color textures because they are voxel models

Blue Bug

9:16 PM

looks very much like uv coordinate problem. Try to test the game with test texture. A texture that has numbers. That way you can tell which side is getting rendered and which side is not.

2

bazola

actually i did manage to fix it, took too much googling to finally stumble across this

final TextureAttribute textureAttribute = (TextureAttribute) modelInstance.materials.first()
        .get(TextureAttribute.Diffuse);
textureAttribute.textureDescription.magFilter = Texture.TextureFilter.Nearest;
textureAttribute.textureDescription.minFilter = Texture.TextureFilter.Nearest;
modelInstance.materials.first().set(textureAttribute);

i had tried to apply the filter a couple of different ways already, but this way finally worked

it was applying fancy linear filtering

Blue Bug

Gud!

bazola

ty though :)

I was doing some searching last night and found a UnityScript->C# convertor that I hadn't heard of before. assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/20232 CSharpatron. $45 USD. Lots of good reviews. Tempting to try, as it sounds very in-depth, keeping all GameObjects/prefabs intact supposedly while it rejigs everything

9:32 PM

Looks pretty nice

If it's got good reviews.... hm.

That's quite a bit of cash though

MickLH

@Jon aouwghaouwgh!

sup Mick

MickLH

9:47 PM

Well, forcing myself to keep making incremental progress

I've got most of a todo list, so I feel like one day here I might finally see a light, and be able to estimate how much more effort until I can start to develop the actual game I want to create

Like, I'm struggling to add anything new to the to-do list, and all the unnecessary crap seems cleaned out

I think once all those things are finished, it will do what I want lol

It feels weird, thinking about the idea that I really am eventually moving on to the next phase of this shit