Game Development

Jon

16:00

I can set you up with a blog

Is poopy.jgallant.com good?

Yeah; the issue with that is that I think I'd have some difficulty to organize it in a convenient way. By using stuff like 'tags' or 'categories' in a software would help to search everything in a useful way.

@Jon I can't host it outside of my work env :P

Kevin van der Velden

@AlexandreVaillancourt also why not a mediawiki?

Jon

Yeah local wiki

Scribbleton

Kevin van der Velden

Even simpler to set up and probably better to use than software intended for a blog

Alexandre Vaillancourt

The wiki would be useful for category tracking, but has an extra step for the "track by date" feature.

Kevin van der Velden

16:05

It stores a full history

Alexandre Vaillancourt

It tracks the history of the edits, but I'd have to do an extra step to track by date.

I have a mediawiki installed.

I think you convinced me though :P

I'll try to use that for now and see how it goes.

Sie

16:24

@Jon Why is that exactly? I mean I know team members make things more complex but the help may be worth it.

Jon

Because it is your baby

When you bring on people things get way more complicated

user4704

Plus, you have to sign stuff.

user4704

Signing stuff is a pain.

Jon

Not just signing but writing up the contracts and having to deal with ugh people

Sie

Of course. I know some things can't be rushed but sometimes I feel like I'm moving at a snails pace. I just spent 2 days (due to school, and family) getting a collision feature for a real time mesh done when it should have taken 2 hours tops.

Jon

16:27

You also need to be able to compensate these people

I see you are offering Rev share

Not a lot of people are willing to take that riak

Risk. In fact experienced people will more than likely pass on it unless the project really speaks to them and even then

Sie

I know but it's really all I have to offer. I wish I had some more friends who were into game dev but I don't. I have one but he can hardly open up blender and export the default cube.

Jon

They would probably just do it solo

user4704

How many projects have you worked on with multiple people @Sie? Where you were coordinating them?

Sie

@JoshPetrie I've mostly always stuck to solo development.

user4704

@Sie The first time you do this, you will be moving slower than if you were to do it alone.

user4704

16:30

That two days to get a feature done? It'll be double that if you're involving another person, initially.

Jon

Especially when you are not paying anyone :)

user4704

Adding people doesn't magically make things faster. If burning through new feature implementations is your hope by bringing on help, I don't think you'll be happy with the results.

user4704

Now, if you're talking about bringing on somebody to help who brings skills you don't have to the table, that's maybe different.

user4704

But if you just want more of what you currently do, I don't think I'd advise going for it at this point.

Jon

Solo for as long as you can. That is my motto

That and "down with pants"

DH.

16:32

@AlexandreVaillancourt Use anything similar to Evernote

Jon

Evernote is like so bloated

Sie

@JoshPetrie Well I do have the skills to do most everything. However certain things (such as the math heavier stuff) takes me a lot more time to get done. You guys would get a good laugh if you saw you my inventory system. It is the most hacky and janky thing but it works.

DH.

That's why I said similar, I don't like Evernote anymore too :P

Jon

Yeah we like to ridicule code here

Sie

@Jon pastebin.com/KheqH24D

Jon

16:34

One guy came here once and asked for feedback

Sie

Ya I do need to re-write it at some point. Makes me gag when I look at it.

Jon

He left and we were still tearing him up

Make everything public!

Sie

Well the script isn't too terrible. It could be a lot cleaner though.

user4704

Inventory is hard.

user4704

It was some of the most complex code in Gw2.

user4704

16:35

Although you probably don't have the same worry about duplicating items.

Jon

Drag drop inventory systems yeah ugh

Sie

I believe it.

DH.

It's a bit overwhelming all those publics fields

Jon

Why are all the vars public?

You can set attribute SerializeField to expose them to the inspector

Keeps them protected

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@DH. I might take a look!

Sie

16:44

@Jon I didn't think about that. Sounds like a better idea.

genaray

Hey guys, im trying to make my game a little bit mod-able. You already can implement an interface and also place jar files into a folder. After starting the game this looking for files and load them into the code using a interface. In my game there some items and also enemys ... they also should be modable. How does someone who wanna make a mod acess these items ?

Or these enemys ?

Jon

2d or 3d?

user4704

@genaray Access how?

user4704

Why is somebody making a mod "accessing" the existing enemies and items? To extend them? To do what?

genaray

The guy who codes the mod should access the list of items. Like saying itemList.get().whatItemIstIt().modifyIt()

user4704

16:48

I don't know what that means.

user4704

Modify it how?

user4704

It sounds like your system is set up for loading .jars that implement some item interface to add new items.

user4704

Modifying existing items is potentially more complex, depending on what you want to support modding.

user4704

You'll have to clarify what you want the user to be able to do.

user4704

(I'd also note that implementing new items by implementing entirely new classes is probably not a great idea in general, but that is a whole different can of worms)

Jon

16:52

Earthworms.

Can of worms in earthworm Jim only gave 1 life

Leads me to believe they should have been called can of worm

genaray

No no no, do you know counter strike ? Lets say i wanna make a mod for it. Than i go, get the engine and code a mod for it that increases the damage of the weopens. Right after that i save the file and put it into the folder. When i start cs my mod loads and the weopens do much more damage ^^.

My game contains lots of enemys. When a player wants to change something he can make a mod. In this mod he also should be able to get the list of all enemys which are in my game. In my main game i can easily develop new enemys or even change the old ones. On game start the enemys are randomly placed and they are all putted into a array LIST.

This LIST is nessacary for the guy who wanna make the mod. He needs the list for changing the health of the Enemys or even other start Thats what i mean... Hope you understands it :) But how to do that ?

user4704

The easy way is to make items data, not code.

user4704

The hard way is to write a function that returns a reference to the list of items already loaded, and let a mod's code call that and arbitrarily screw with the items in the list.

Jon

Almost sounds like you need a level editor

Instead

user4704

To enable any sort of "code" based mod you're going to need to define an interface for the mod itself, e.g., some interface a mod must implement so you can instantiate it and call some function on it to let the mod execute.

user4704

16:56

This can be as simple as IGameplayMod { void OnStartup (GameData data); }

user4704

So a .jar implements IGameplayMod as MakeAllTheWeaponsBetter.

user4704

MakeAllTheWeaponsBetter.OnStartup() takes the GameData interface, and does something like "foreach(Item i in data.Items) { i.Damage *= 2; }

user4704

When your game runs, it loads all the items and stuffs them into the Items array in the GameData object.

user4704

Then it loads all .jar files in the mod directory, uses reflection to look for IGameplayMod implementors, instantiates them and calls OnStartup on the resulting object.

user4704

(passing the already-filled out GameData object)

user4704

16:58

Then it just runs as usual using the modified weapons.

PearsonArtPhoto

Discovering Code Fight probably isn't good for my productivity at work...

genaray

.... i thought that would be much easier .... I made a interface for modding my game. This interface contains show() update() render() methods. This interface can be used by modders. So you make a new java project, implements this interface. Write something into the methods, save export it and put it into a folder. My game looks for a jar data in this folder. When theres one and it also implements my interface it calls this file methods on show() update() and render().

That was pretty simple ... so i thought i just could make a ArrayList<Items> into my Interface but this didnt worked ...

Jon

Your code and your data need to be seperate

genaray

One moment, you said : "MakeAllTheWeaponsBetter.OnStartup() takes the GameData interface, and does something like "foreach(Item i in data.Items) { i.Damage *= 2; } "So items loop through data.items... but how do i get this data ? Where gameData is called ?

user4704

You load it.

Jon

17:02

You load your data

user4704

You write a class called GameData and you put an array of items on it.

Jon

That is separate from your code

user4704

And you load your item data from...whereever.

user4704

Data files, ideally, but you can also hard code the whole thing if that's your style

Jon

Wouldn't it make sense to separate the data considering he is asking about mod support

user4704

17:03

@genaray It can be that easy, but when you want to do more complex things via modding you have to put more work int it.

user4704

@Jon Absolutely.

user4704

But maybe he's not already doing that, I dunno.

genaray

Thats right, thank you :) And if the list is changing every tick. Do i need to do something like : modFileWhichIsLoaded.updateList(arrayList); ?

user4704

Probably, but if the list is changing every tick that's weird.

user4704

This list shoudl contain a list of every item type.

user4704

17:06

Not every actual spawned item.

user4704

That is, if you have a Pistol type of item, you should have one entry in that list that represents it.

user4704

Not five entries because there are currently five pistols spawned in the world.

Jon

Right for spawned items you would be better off with a map editor

genaray

Hmm you are right. So that could cause some trouble ... Ok i think thats enough for now ^^ Going to try that out, thank you guys ! :D

Jon

17:28

grumble yeah yeah

Sie

17:49

@JoshPetrie Follow up question. What could I as a developer do to make my game "mod friendly"? Keeping in mind I use Unity.

user4704

Put stuff in data.

user4704

Enable some kind of plugin loading; this is easy with C# you can just load an assembly from a file, look for a type in it, instantiate that type, call methods on that type.

user4704

Although I don't know if Unity prevents that in some fashion.

Jon

make shit easy to change :P

id dropped the ball with the new Doom

It is what made the original doom so fucken awesome

You could make your own levels, monsters, weapons, etc

The new doom... SnapMap, and a big FU to hardcore fans, eager to create content

And quite frankly, I think it is because they have so much DLC planned.

Another major fuck you to the fans that paid 80 damn dollars for their game.

TheMuffinCoder

18:05

Hey Jon, how is Doom's multiplayer so far?

I really liked the Beta but I'm afraid that the multiplayer might die quickly

Jon

MP sucks.

plain and simple.

TheMuffinCoder

:(

Jon

The SnapMap didn't really work for me when I tested it... no one joined my lobbby

TheMuffinCoder

It's going to be just like Battlefront then, I loved it but the game is dead now on PC and close to dieing on ps4

Jon

And the lobbies I joined, had 1 other person in them , doing nothing, not starting the game

Standard multiplayer modes work though.

TheMuffinCoder

18:06

Oh

:D

lol all I do is play the standard modes :)

Jon

I mean, its mediocre multiplayer... the loadouts are fucken stupid.

its like a shitty halo

TheMuffinCoder

/me plays Halo 5

Jon

Yeah, a shitty halo :P Halo is aWesome

SP mode is amazingly well done though... the music makes you want to blast it very loud

Then your gf is like.. turn that down ffs!!

TheMuffinCoder

lmao

Sie

Ah that carcass of a game? That should have stayed dead at ODST.

Jon

18:08

lol?

TheMuffinCoder

well atleast I have overwatch to look forward to

Jon

All games are like this nowadays --- super short and banking on DLC

TheMuffinCoder

Jon do u think Overwatch is safe?

Jon

Back in the day, you could put doom on 5 3.5'' disks

FOR FREE!

Overwatch is extremely sexist and should be boycotted

TheMuffinCoder

o luckily for me, I didn't preorder then :D

Jon

18:10

remember when resident evil 4 posted preview gameplay? and it turned out all the zombies were black?

Is that yours?

TheMuffinCoder

Hey Pip! :D

Sie

@TheMuffinCoder I don't know. I like it but I wonder how long Blizzard can sustain on just game sales alone. They already have skins, audio lines, and other stuff so that will be what they use I bet.

Pip

o/ Muffin

TheMuffinCoder

@Jon lol I'm not old enough for that :P

Pip

Nice.... muffin :P

TheMuffinCoder

18:10

ty xD

Jon

The first gameplay footage of RE4 , set in Africa, had all black zombies

It caused a massive uproar

They added eminem to the game

TheMuffinCoder

@Sie I think they're planning to do the same thing as TF2

All we need now are hats :D

Jon so what game can I look forward to? :P

Jon

Gorb

TheMuffinCoder

at 4K resolution?

Jon

the new mirror's edge looks amazing

no man's sky is gonna be shit

TheMuffinCoder

18:12

>PreOrder Gorb for the exclusive 1x1in sticker

Jon

Overwatch looks really good, might replace TF2

TheMuffinCoder

wait I thought u said we were supposed to boycott it?

Jon

was a joke

DH.

Don't think so, Overwatch is just so pricey

TheMuffinCoder

OHHHHH

Sie

18:13

@Jon It does. I still need to finish up Mirrors Edge. Not paying $20 for it though lol.

Jon

tracer was in the news

because of her buttshot

TheMuffinCoder

@DH. 40$

Seems to be cheaper than the regular games :D

Sie

@Jon Maybe but I'm not holding my breath.

DH.

In your country, maybe

In mine, it's a PITA

Jon

hard to compete with free + steam + source engine

TheMuffinCoder

18:14

wait DH where are u?

I'm in the US

DH.

+ hats
FTFY

Jon

endgame.

DH.

Brazil

Jon

they took this out of the game because of people freaking out online

DH.

Dat ass

Jon

18:15

its part of the char select screen

victory pose taunt

instead of removing it, they should have added it to all the male chars

But whatever.

Sie

@Jon "'Muh artistic vision though".

Jon

Also, the ass is super flat, and not very sexualized.

It is just the people that made it that

But yet, someone saw this, and ... well here is a re-enactment:

Sie

Jon

Yeah.

windwaker has one

there are also some in SNES link to the past

there he is

TheMuffinCoder

School why!!! "image not found"

tkausl

18:22

Still in school?

TheMuffinCoder

yea last period tho

I been on my laptop this whole day

Jon

best period

tkausl

what time is it?

PearsonArtPhoto

Giant worm? It's pretty common in Zelda.

TheMuffinCoder

2:22 pm 20 more minutes till it's over

Math was pretty fun tho, me and my teacher had a typing race

Jon

18:23

who won?

TheMuffinCoder

I got crushed by his 112 wpm

Jon

also, is she hot?

oh gross

112 is pretty disturbingly fast

TheMuffinCoder

lmao

He beat everyone in our room and the room next door

Jon

no shit

what does he do? go full autistic ?

TheMuffinCoder

LOL

Nah he was super calm while typing

He was going easy on us

Jon

18:25

He should quit and go do data entry

TheMuffinCoder

nah I think he enjoy teaching calc more than that

Jon

lmao

no shit

data entry is a job a computer should do

TheMuffinCoder

tho he told me he used \to play unreal torument back when it was popular

Jon

I'm having a hard time organizing the way the Tutorial is presented in Gorb... I think I almost have it down.

Orange --> Red --> Green --> Blue --> Upside Down Gravity --> Sideways Gravity

order of teaching basics

Orange: Touch to remove. Remove them all.
Red: Can't touch. Remove by making them fall.
Green: Can't touch. Must stay on screen.
Blue: Touch to remove. Doesn't matter what happens to blue.

It is difficult to be concise in explaining that blue is neutral

TheMuffinCoder

I'm free now!!! I just have to run home now :P

tkausl

18:41

ruuuun

PearsonArtPhoto

It might help if you explain par earlier.

Sie

Finally got that freeze/unfreeze function working properly. Now if only it weren't dependent on dodgy raycasts :/.

        Ray ray = new Ray(RayOrigin.transform.position, RayOrigin.transform.forward);
        RaycastHit hit;

        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, 20f) && hit.collider.gameObject.CompareTag("Pickable"))
        {
            currRBcons = hit.rigidbody;
            currRBcons.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezePositionZ | RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeRotationX | RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeRotationY | RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeRotationZ;

SphereCast might work.

Jon

I was thinking that PAR was probably something that would add replayability.. so if I didn't explain it right immediately, you would go back and redo the levels you failed early on

which isn't really a bad thing

I want to use fart sounds for when you fail

PRRRRRRRRR

Sie

https://vid.me/feQO

Got it working better sort of. Notice the constraints on that rigid body. Sometimes if I'm close enough it will hit but if I'm just a bit off it will miss it's mark. What can I do about that? Can I make the raycast a just a little bit bigger?

Chris McFarland

19:04

@Leggy7 articles, images, videos, yeah. I never officially released a free demo. Cuz with a demo, there's the theory that you'll either turn the potentially customer away, or they'll play the demo and then the excitement of wanting to buy it goes away.

Extra Credits: Demo Daze

►

I've played demos and then bought games, so it's not like they don't work. But it's a weird metric to try and gauge. I've played plenty of demos only to say "oh this game actually isn't very good" and then put my wallet away

Overwatch is a good example LOL
I was gonna buy it
and then the free weekend recently, decided wasn't worth it lol

William Mariager

Demo's is one of the best ways to get me to buy something.

I usually pirate a game before buying it, if it doesn't provide a demo.

Almo

I love demos

William Mariager

I don't like buying something I'm not even sure I like.

At least Steam has gotten the refund system going.

Almo

Though many demos let you play level one and cut out just before the boss. like "buy our game if you want to fight the boss!!!" I hate boss battles. (well most of the time)

user4704

I picked up Shadwen the other day because stealth games yay.

user4704

19:12

I think if I'd played a demo I wouldn't have picked it up, because the grappling hook mechanics are horrible and unpolished.

William Mariager

I feel like a demo should present the essence of the game and then leave you wanting more.

Like with Factorio. 1 hour is enough to get a taste, but you definitely want to do more.

user4704

But on the other hand I still like the game in spite of that, so... who knows.

Icy Defiance

lol factorio is what I thought of too. that demo made me want the game.

haven't bought it yet because dark souls is keeping me busy, but I will

Almo

Factorio demo was awesome. It let me know I'd never like the game.

William Mariager

Which isn't actually bad if you think about it.

It's a waste of resources going through the hole refund process.

Not that people always refund.

Almo

19:14

I really, really don't like that the resource patches wear out. I don't like building a ton of infrastructure to harvest something that will just disappear and I have to build stuff in to my process to deal with the changing layout of the resources.

I recognizer that's a feature of the game. It's just one I don't like. :)

William Mariager

@Almo Mods!

Almo

Nah, if that's the game, I'll play something else.

Not much of a fan of mods.

William Mariager

There's one that adds patches of ores that are infinite, but with a slow yield.

I love mods. It's the only reason I play Minecraft. :P

Almo

the things I like in factorio I can get from Infinifactory

William Mariager

The core game of Minecraft has so little to offer. With mods, you have a whole new world, tailored to your likes and dislikes.

Really? I'd figured you'd have the same issue.

You spend a bunch of energy building a good system and then you start over.

Icy Defiance

19:17

you have a whole new world, tailored to your likes and dislikes, that takes 4.5 GB of ram and runs at 20 fps if you don't have a beast computer :P

lol I've spent way too much time on modded minecraft servers

William Mariager

@IcyDefiance I don't reckon I have a beast, and it runs just fine. When was the last time you tried? :P

There have been some major improvements to the modding hacks since around 1.7.10.

I admit, I did specifically go for 16GB of Memory because of Minecraft though. :P

Icy Defiance

yeah I had a pretty nice computer by the time that version was released

the memory usage is still a massive pain when trying to set up a server, though. can't use any cheap hosts.

William Mariager

Ah, yeah, modded server hosts might be an issue.

Almo

@WilliamMariager But I've completed the level, and gotten a score.

William Mariager

Interestingly, that was the biggest turnoff for me. I'd like what I do to have an impact. Especially if I add a considerable amount of energy into the setup.

Icy Defiance

19:21

I do agree that depleting resources is annoying...unless you can make a machine to build new machines over new resource patches, or the resource itself becomes obsolete, or something

William Mariager

In Factorio you'd solve that with drones and blueprints.

Just make a good harvesting setup, maybe with a train stop and then deploy it on ore patches.

Obviously, you wouldn't know that from just the demo.

tkausl

Rendering (remaining 2s)
Rendering (remaining 4h54min36s)

seems legit

Leggy7

@ChrisMcFarland interesting point of view. I think I'll skip the demo, mainly because I think I'd put too much effort in understanding how to carve out a demo from the whole game. that'd twist my mind too much for my current condition

Almo

@WilliamMariager it does have an impact. your friends see your scores

William Mariager

Well, I'm not really competitive, so might not be the best fit for me :P

Almo

19:28

imgur.com/I7yczAZ

And you can post images

William Mariager

A good alternative to demos, is just simply going DRM-free. I've shared both Factorio and RimWorld with dozens of people and most of them have bought it afterwards.

I don't know if you can go DRM-free with Steam though.

Leggy7

drm free means that one person that buy your game can distribute it for free?

William Mariager

No, it just means you're not doing anything to prevent it :)

DRM = Digital Rights Management

Leggy7

hmmm

behind the eyes of an indie developer should sound like a legit alternative

William Mariager

I believe it is.

Almo

19:32

some games on Steam are DRM-free

William Mariager

@Leggy7 tommyrefenes.tumblr.com/post/45684087997/…

A good read from one of the people behind Super Meat Boy about DRM :)

Icy Defiance

Steam itself is technically DRM but it's basically the same as not having any. Pretty much every game on Steam shows up on the pirate bay within a few hours of release, unless the creator added their own DRM.

Leggy7

title speaks quite good enough :)

supermeat boy is built at art

William Mariager

@Leggy7 Hehe, yeah. :P

Leggy7

people should be just happy to give them money :)

Icy Defiance

19:34

iirc one guy just has a library to fake whatever Steam does, then he just patches the exe to call that instead of Steam. that easy and it's cracked.

William Mariager

Yeah, I think the only DRM Steam does it check if an instance is already running on another account.

I don't know exactly what it does with games you haven't bought.

But yeah, it sounds pretty basic.

Icy Defiance

it makes you log in to the account that owns the game, or an account that has family share access. like if steam isn't open and you double-click the exe, it'll open steam and log in before launching the game.

Leggy7

since I dive into game development I quit with piracy. I really appreciate purchasing games when I feel they are worth. otherwise, I just keep deving :)

5

Icy Defiance

at least that's what I've seen. I'm not sure if it's required for all publishers to put that in the exe, or if steam patches it in automatically, or what.

William Mariager

@Leggy7 Steam is the main reason I don't pirate.

It wasn't really a matter of price in the past, it was mostly convenience.

Leggy7

19:39

a few titles I really really appreciated to purchase were the crypt of the necrodancer and darkest dungeon

William Mariager

8 discs to play Neverwinter Nights 1 + expansions? With steam, I just hit install and done. :P

Ohh, Darkest Dungeon :P I hate and love that game at the same time.

Icy Defiance

it's a matter of price for me, but I just use piracy as a demo. if I like the game then I buy it.

Leggy7

the guy who made the first one (i like reading devs stories) just made a really cool work in basement of his house in canada

William Mariager

29 mins ago, by William Mariager

I usually pirate a game before buying it, if it doesn't provide a demo.

Almo

I was playing a dorky F2P game, and they were charging $4.50 a month for certain perks. It hit me: that's less than a beer at a pub a month. Fuck it, I'm supporting them.

I don't hesitate to buy games anymore.

tkausl

19:40

I played WoW on private servers before I bought the game and played on blizzard

Leggy7

eheheeh

tkausl

Like a demo

Chris McFarland

Yeah like the WoW beta was awesome before the first launch
I bought CrossCode recently due to its beta
People seem to love Factorio (and that has a beta), though its beta confirmed that I didn't really like the game
I played the Destiny beta on PS4 and bought it
played the Battleborn open weekend, thought it was crap
played the recent Doom multiplayer beta, thought it was crap, but I might buy for the singleplayer later when it's on sale
end of the day, just make a fun game :) doesn't really matter maybe

Almo

I played Overwatch Beta, it convinced me I want it. But I want it OSX so I can use mouse and snipe

Chris McFarland

;/

Almo

19:50

I love fucking sniping. :)

Chris McFarland

lol

Almo

hard in Q3 with the rail trails

MickLH

<3

Chris McFarland

I've considered having a 5-minute Tallowmere demo before the game kills you, haven't really publicly released it though

ah yes

Almo

hehehe :)

MickLH

19:52

If the consoles allowed mouse and keyboard... it would knock half the wind out of the "PC Master Race" argument

And then if they knocked the other half out, they would be PCs lol

I'm not saying the mouse is the ultimate input for FPS games, but I will say I haven't tried better yet, and I've tried the head-mount VR stuff

Almo

Eye-tracking for aim will be the ultimate.

well, maybe not

once we have plugs on our heads and it directly reads brainwaves...

MickLH

I am so fucking happy that eye tracking is looking plausible today

Sie

@MickLH PS2 beat you to that ages ago.

That was only for like 2 games though lol.

MickLH

So did Xbox, but it's not allowed

Exactly, the developers had to get special permission to use it

Chris McFarland

MickLH

19:54

@Almo I think we can have read-only without plugs already :P

Almo

:)

Icy Defiance

mouse and keyboard on consoles would only kill like 5% of the pc master race argument

Sie

@Mick Looks like I'm going to need to use a spherecast or capsule cast for freezing/unfreezing constraints. I need it to be just a tiny bit bigger and a spherecast should do just the trick I think.

1 hour ago, by Sie

https://vid.me/feQO

Got it working better sort of. Notice the constraints on that rigid body. Sometimes if I'm close enough it will hit but if I'm just a bit off it will miss it's mark. What can I do about that? Can I make the raycast a just a little bit bigger?

Icy Defiance

there's still hardware, price, mods, earlier support for new things, and so on

once I can build my own console and install my own linux distro then it'll compete with PC...because at that point it would be a PC

MickLH

lol that's my rationale too

Chris McFarland

19:57

consoles are just closed garden PCs

MickLH

closed garden meh PCs

Chris McFarland

haha

speaking of which, finishing up this Wii U build today to send to nindy, hopefully will pass cert

MickLH

gl!

Almo

the PS3 could dish out a shitload of pixels for its price with that CELL processor in there

MickLH

for its price, definitely

Almo

19:58

hassle to program for though

MickLH

but it was cheap at launch

(relatively cheap)

IIRC the PS3 was using defective IBM BLADE processors where 1 core was bad

so they got really good processors for really cheap

Chris McFarland

hah

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