Game Development

user92578

15:01

I mean spawning stuff like boxes and enemies

Hjorthenify

@Tyyppi_77 Make it auto-detect the entities as you add in new! :D

Pip

Nice!

@Jon morning Senor Gallant

Gallent?

idk, whatever :P

Jon

i'm not japanese

Pip

So I was correct the first time :P

Hjorthenify

@Jon WHAT

Volatile

15:03

@Pip what are you doing

Pip

cleaning

Volatile

nice

Pip

(heh, @OMGtechy)

Especially the things that need to be cleaned

user92578

@Hjorthenify What do you mean by that

Volatile

@Tyyppi_77 what are you doing

user92578

15:05

Getting started on adding entity spawns to my level editor

Pip

Alright, seriously. You don't need to ask that every time :P

Volatile

nice

Hjorthenify

@Tyyppi_77 However your entities are declared in code. Make it detect that and check for any new so you don't have to add them manually.

user92578

Ah

user92578

Yeah, hmm

user92578

15:05

I don't think I can do that in a smart way, but sure, that would be really awesome

user92578

I'll try to see if I can add some nice decoupling however that will make things easier

Hjorthenify

Yeah.

user92578

Just like in Java: adding so many abstraction layers that every problem disappers

Hjorthenify

You can say the same thing about gaffa.

@Pip I caught that joke :P

Pip

:D

user92578

15:09

I didn't but I want to be cool too!

user92578

MOM THE COOL KIDS ARE MAKING INSIDE JOKES AGAIN

Kevin van der Velden

Sweet! I've saved 1456 bytes by switching to 7z for compression :D

Pip

Nice

@Tyyppi_77 check it out, read down from here: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/23906768#23906768

@KevinvanderVelden 7z has some fantastic compression algorithms

user92578

haha thanks I appreciate it

user92578

MOM IT'S OKAY THEY LET ME IN NO NEED TO CALL THEIR PARENTS

user92578

15:12

So I'm thinking that I'll make the entity placement just another brush

user92578

Techinically it might not actually be a brush...

Kevin van der Velden

@Pip yeah

user92578

But I already have a pattern supporting brush selection and activation, so I think that'll be the easiest way

Pip

sounds good! Solid wall of entities!

user92578

lol

user92578

15:13

One thing I have to figure out is how do I stop the entities from updating while editing...

Pip

don't call any update functions?

If(!level_editor_enabled)
    do updates

user92578

Yeah I guess that's a good solution

user92578

I just gotta let the level know it's being edited

Volatile

@Tyyppi_77 Your mom called my mom and told me i was excluding you now im grounded :(

user92578

Sorry, I'll ask her to call again and say it was just a missunderstanding and that you weren't a part of it

user92578

15:15

All tough

user92578

You're a game developer

user92578

Why do you have to leave somewhere?

user92578

UI is in

user92578

Pip

'cause he's pause for dramatic effect...... VOLATILE

Volatile

15:18

why do i have to leave somewhere? what do you mean?

user92578

If you're grounded

user92578

you can't leave the house

user92578

but programmers

user92578

don't need to leave the house

Volatile

oh

user92578

15:19

hence you don't care if you're grounded or not

Volatile

true

Pip

3 mins ago, by Pip

'cause he's pause for dramatic effect...... VOLATILE

Volatile

but my moms gonna stop paying for my runescape membership now :(:(:(:(

user92578

Haha nailed it :D

Kevin van der Velden

@Volatile good! Then you can spend more time making games

Because I'm me I made a shell script to enumerate all the options for compression:

New smallest at 10758 bytes ( -mpass=1 -mx=0 -mm=Deflate )
New smallest at 10729 bytes ( -mpass=5 -mx=0 -mm=Deflate )
New smallest at 10650 bytes ( -mpass=5 -mx=0 -mm=BZip2 )
New smallest at 10466 bytes ( -mpass=1 -mx=0 -mm=LZMA )
New smallest at 9486 bytes ( -mpass=1 -mx=0 -mm=PPMd )
New smallest at 9402 bytes ( -mpass=1 -mx=2 -mm=PPMd )
New smallest at 9375 bytes ( -mpass=1 -mx=3 -mm=PPMd )
New smallest at 9347 bytes ( -mpass=1 -mx=4 -mm=PPMd )
New smallest at 9341 bytes ( -mpass=1 -mx=5 -mm=PPMd )

Pip

15:21

that's awesome

Kevin van der Velden

For !!SCIENCE!!

Pip

So

user92578

Is there a way to do this: for (auto entity : (m_SharedData->m_EditorMode ? m_DynamicEntities : m_EntityPlayers))

Kevin van der Velden

C++11 has a foreach pattern yes

user92578

m_DynamicEntities is a vector of CEntitys, but m_EntityPlayers is a vector of CEntityPlayers

Kevin van der Velden

15:22

Assuming they are both the same types that should be fin... oh

user92578

Yeah...

user92578

Can I static_cast the players to entities in the statement or something?

Kevin van der Velden

Q: Is a CEntityPlayer a CEntity?

user92578

Yes

Kevin van der Velden

No wait that won't work either with vectors

Nvm

Pip

15:23

I can get the parts required for a smartphone case containing a battery (basically the case goes on, doubles or more the phone's battery life, no separate charging) for roughly 35 bucks. What would you say I could sell for, if you were buying one?

Thinking about doing that, idk yet

Kevin van der Velden

Depends on the finish

Pip

First prototypes are going to be 3d printed once I get my printer up and running

After that... idk

user92578

pip you're doing cool stuff man

Pip

I'm really getting into electronics stuff... it's taking away ~~a bit~~ a lot from my game dev :P

Also...... my homework which still isn't done :P

user92578

:D

user92578

15:25

I guess I'll just dump the idea and do an if-clause...

user92578

Kinda annoying that you can't do that

Pip

that would be the easy option

god fucking damnit this piece of crap is expensive

adafruit.com/products/2465

I'm going to have to pull those tall ports off of it and (1) wire the battery directly to it, and (2) move the micro USB port down off of the board

:/

Things are not made to be as thin as I want

user92578

I'll call it a day

user92578

See you guys tomorrow!

user92578

Happy developing

Pip

15:38

later Tyyppi

Lokkij

15:56

This petition to make public officials swear on the constitution and not the bible seems sensible.

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OMGtechy

@Pip cleaning right now

Kevin van der Velden

16:23

Today was a good js13k day, went from 11k to 9k by improving compression :D

Jon

i am the queeeeen of pranks

Kevin van der Velden

That's not a prank, that's just murder. You may want to hide the body

Jon

Dude, its a prank, look there is a camera over there.

Kevin van der Velden

Still murder I'm afraid, I know. Common mistake

Kevin van der Velden

16:41

So, I just discovered a bug in my A* implementation

While javascript does support the lambda like functionality of inline functions, it will not return the value in it

As in, you have to explicitly say it should return a value

A sort function with a return value works much better

Kevin van der Velden

17:18

Multi target A*! I don't know if this is an actual thing but it gives the correct result so meh

Pip

@OMGtechy :D

@KevinvanderVelden yes

So.... can someone help me with a math problem?

I'm supposed to solve:

Kevin van der Velden

Possibly

Pip

(4x^2-4x+3)/(2x-2)

solution is supposed to be undefined.... but I see no way to simplify

any ideas?

Asaltaviejas

Hi.

Kevin van der Velden

@Pip solve for 0 I assume?

Pip

17:28

I don't know :/

that's 3/-2

Not "Undefined"

Alright, sending an email to the teacher.

@Lokkij signed

Very sensible

@KevinvanderVelden I sent an email to the teacher... I'm probably doing it wrong

The question is "find (f/h)(x) where f(x) = 4x^2 - 4x + 3 and h(x) = 2x - 2"

Wolfram Alpha gives imaginary solutions

wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve+%284x^2-4x%2B3%29%2F%282x-2%29

oh wait

wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve+%284x^2-4x%2B3%29%2F%282x-2%29+where+‌x+%3D+0

god damn links not working

Jon

17:49

Ali.S

anyone who has an android device: 1drv.ms/1JKdG6t

still in process of being approved

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