Game Development

Chris McFarland

02:18

@Almo improved iOS screenshot submission: developer.apple.com/news/?id=08082016a

Almo

02:32

@ChrisMcFarland oh yeah

bout time

another 10 hour day, that's 8 in a row

Chris McFarland

I loathed that so much lol

Almo

gotta go sleep

Chris McFarland

ah yikes! :)

Almo

haha yeah

i bought a plugin to generate screenshots

as we say in LoL, worth

Chris McFarland

totes worth

Almo

02:34

hahah

talk later :)

Chris McFarland

:D

TheMuffinCoder

Hey guys

What do you think is a reasonable vertice count for a game map

Chris McFarland

depends on how many potatoes the customer is running

TheMuffinCoder

say the potato has to go through webgl and js

After being exported from unity

and handle multiplayer :P

Chris McFarland

/shrug

TheMuffinCoder

02:41

poo I knew that was the possibility

oh well I could always just deploy regularly on PC :D

That should boost the polycount a lot

user4704

03:10

For like a 3D terrain?

user4704

Usually the thing you want to measure there isn't vertices.

user4704

It's textures.

user4704

Generally to choose vertex count you figure how big your world will be in meters or whatever.

user4704

Then you figure what the appropriate maximum resolution of a terrain chunk will be (that is, how many meters between any two vertices).

user4704

Then you do math.

user4704

03:12

For example, if you're just doing rolling hills and landscape, you can get by with a pretty course vertex-to-meters resolution.

user4704

If you want to do fine detail work like troughs next to roads, which are usually too big for normal maps, you may have to go into the sub-meter resolution and that can cost you.

arda

03:23

@josh he is doing space sim

user4704

What's need a "vertex count for a map" for then?

user4704

I am confused.

arda

oh also let me ping him so he will see these when he logs in @TheMuffinCoder

Stack Exchange

07:19

0

Q: Should I remove my unanswered questions?

I have posted a few questions on here that have not been met with a response. Going over them, I still do not have an answer, but I would not be able to confirm an answer or mark it as "most helpful", due to no longer having that particular project. In one case, I still have no idea why a parti...

Jon

09:58

They made a VR gun that provides haptic feedback

Recoil

Now we are talking

Leathe

o.O

With weights?

or something really fancy

Jon

10:22

Probably cheap

Weighted piston

Uri Popov

god damn it. I need to figure out a way to have a arrow point at both UI stuff and game object in world space and be resolution independent.

William Mariager

Should be pretty simple.

It's all about a good set of View<->World conversion methods. :)

user92578

...

Siddharth

I want to delete my app, which was not released in apple store

I read this document but can't able to find delete app button in mine

developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/…

please I need help in this

user92578

> You can delete your app if there is at least one approved version of the app and the latest version status is one of the following:

user92578

10:35

Does that part check?

user92578

Is there an approved version?

Chris McFarland

> If the Delete App button isn’t displayed, check that you’re the team agent and that the app is in one of the statuses that allow the app to be deleted.

Siddharth

@Tyyppi_77 no up to now I have not released game

actual this is single owner account

user92578

You can delete your app if there is at least one approved version of the app

Siddharth

basically I want to use same bundle id

is there any way exist to use that??

I tried to delete it from "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles" but it can't allow me

because one app already exist

Chris McFarland

10:42

itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/da/…

^ iTunes Connect contact page

Siddharth

this is my current status

if I launch game for some time then after I will delete it.

after all these can I use same bundle id?

user92578

This is just my gut feeling, but I feel like you won't be able to use the same ID, as I feel like that could be a security threat

Siddharth

11:03

@Tyyppi_77 thanks for your suggestion :)

now my way is clear

Chris McFarland

Feck, just finished adding my NPC dialogue, doubled my word count lol

user92578

nice

user92578

i haven't done anything in a few days

user92578

school starts on thursday

Kevin van der Velden

RIP

user92578

11:22

yeah

Uri Popov

Guys a solution has been found. Instead of worrying about screenspace to world space transformations and so on. My indicator will follow only world space object BUT i will anchor their position based on the screen size. So basically add UI anchors to normal objects

nope fuck that dumb idea

PearsonArtPhoto

School starts early for you...

I actually hope that when school starts, I'll get more done.

arda

yeah, pretty early. We still have 1 month and a week (realizes how little time is left - opens up unity), but it might be delayed because well they fired/arrested thousands of teachers that were "related" to the person "who made the coup", Gulen.

user92578

This is how it happens in Finland

user92578

11:37

Holiday starts late May or early June, starts usually around the second week of August

PearsonArtPhoto

School starts late enough in my state that I can go to Disney World the last week before school starts and have it be considered out of season.

Chris McFarland

@arda ah yikes you're in the middle of all that eh, I hope you're okay!!!

arda

@ChrisMcFarland I'm ok, but well, time will show what will happen. (they just closed military schools for example, a month after coup)

Chris McFarland

:(

Kevin van der Velden

12:16

Hmm, /r/proceduralgeneration's monthly challenge is weapons this month

Sounds like fun

Jon

Procedural lead pipes

Kevin van der Velden

Heh

I'll add it in to the list probably

Almo

@Siddharth you cannot reuse bundle ids

they are globally unique across the whole of the iOS ecosystem

PearsonArtPhoto

12:43

I might have to make a simple UI to add goods to my database eventually...

Still, I am really starting to make progress!

It'll be nice to have all of this working, although I suspect even after that's done I'm going to spend a month just balancing...

William Mariager

@UriPopov Just do it right. It's simple. Basic math.

Uri Popov

@WilliamMariager already done dude. Almost zero math required as well. Using a screen-space camera canvas and 2 sets of targets. RectTransforms and Transform my Tween method works like a charm. Now it points to both UI and game objects and the resolution is not a problem.

William Mariager

12:58

Preeeetty sure those transforms are math though ;)

But good. No need for silly workarounds.

Uri Popov

well yeah but unity does the math for me

Bálint

13:48

Hey

Anyone online?

Kevin van der Velden

No

Bálint

Hi Kevin

Can you please try something for me?

Kevin van der Velden

Probably not

Sie

No

Bálint

Could you please enter the 178.48.120.214 URL to your browser (It's my external IP address) then enter The same ip in the address bar?

Sie

13:50

No

Kevin van der Velden

Not at work, no

Bálint

Someone entered

So there's no problem

Sie

No

user92578

seems a little broken

user92578

I have three extra guys in the top left

Bálint

13:52

Yeah, that happens if you go focus on the send button while you press enter

I fix that without any problem

@Tyyppi_77 Thanks for trying though

user92578

np

Bálint

I'm only testing if the port forwarding was succesfull or not

Kevin van der Velden

... canyouseeme.org

Bálint

Yeah, I tried that

But I didn't know if you can join on the server

Kevin van der Velden

2 mins ago, by Bálint

I'm only testing if the port forwarding was succesfull or not

Bálint

13:57

I have reasons

I also wanted to see if the connection speed is okay

Jon

When you run into an old friend from high school and she is hot.

Bálint

@Jon Was she always hot?

Jon

She was like my best friend for a while and I was never interested

Reverse friend zoned

PearsonArtPhoto

15:05

33

A: Best way to work with dates in Android SQLite

You can use a text field to store dates within SQLlite. Storing dates in UTC format, the default if you use datetime('now') (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss) will then allow sorting by the date column. Retrieving dates as strings from SQL Lite you can then format/convert them as required into local regiona...

102 upvotes on a comment. Wow...

Bálint

@PearsonArtPhoto Those comments all have a lot of upvotes

PearsonArtPhoto

Well, when you have a comment so upvoted and accepted that is so blatantly wrong...

user92578

I joined this community just to upvote this. — Tyyppi_77 Dec 14 '15 at 17:01

user92578

I have more on that one

user92578

Because I need to win.

PearsonArtPhoto

15:08

Wow...

user92578

GUNHERO HAS BEEN GREENLIT

21

Bálint

@Tyyppi_77 CONGRATS

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Tyyppi_77 Great!!! Pinned :P

arda

@Tyyppi_77 uhmmm, you can't upvote until 25 rep

@Tyyppi_77 HOLY SHIT

NIIICE

user92578

I'm fucking shaking

arda

15:18

(/me wants a review copy lol)

@Tyyppi_77 lie down, think about it, then run around and start telling even more people

Almo

So now you have the guaranteed "fuck you" to the broforce bitches

arda

Also, I don't get them. I loved broforce, something that will make me have more of that more would be great (is great).

Bálint

If there was a question with the body "Which book should I read if I want to program the genes of a flower?" on the GDSE, how would you mark it? "We don't recommend books, tutorials...", "Programming questions not about game developement..." or "Blatantly off-topic"?

arda

@Bálint recommendation is the clearest one

Bálint

@Almo No, broforce-bitches will have a reason to say that Steam's greenlight system is borken

arda

15:23

@Bálint it is

Almo

yeah but that's steam's problem, not tyyppi's :)

Bálint

If someone believes something, then you can't change it that easily

arda

it doesn't let good games in (at least makes them wait a lot), but floods steam with shit VR and gaben meme games

Almo

they're just envious because they don't have a game project that good

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@arda Don't forget there is a 100 rep bonus when you join from another community!

Kevin van der Velden

15:26

@Tyyppi_77 NICE!

arda

@AlexandreVaillancourt ahhh confused "joined this community" with "registered".

Bálint

Do you guys know a synonym for room?

user92578

lobby?

Bálint

Thank you

Jon

Chamber

Bálint

15:32

Lobby fits very well in the context

user4704

@Tyyppi_77 Awesome!

PearsonArtPhoto

So, now that you have the green light, how long do you think it will take to release it?

user92578

oh gee I really have no idea

user92578

I gotta see what my progress rate will be as the school starts

user92578

This definitely gives an awesome motivation boost

PearsonArtPhoto

15:40

Well, good luck!

Bálint

Sorry, but everytime someone says "Greenlight" I think of the superhero no one wants to be

arda

@Bálint makes sense as greenlight is hell.

user92578

I really want to thank all of you, I couldn't have done this without your support. You cheered me up when I had lost my faith, and you never stopped believing. Thank you so much! <3

7

Kevin van der Velden

@arda Putting something you've poured hours of effort in online for random internet people jerkwads to criticize is hell? Who would have thought!

Bálint

"Willpower" is the lamest power I've ever heard

Kevin van der Velden

15:47

Useful only against mind controllers without guns

Bálint

@KevinvanderVelden Or any type of weapon, like blade's, cannons, shurikens, etc.

Jon

16:04

Will power is what @WilliamMariager has. It is not impressive.

William Mariager

Billpower*

Jon

The power of hindsight

Leggy7

@Tyyppi_77 Holy Jesus, Tyyppi! That's fantastic!

user92578

<3

Leggy7

now you should say fuck you to your country laws and drink the most alcolic mix you could find

user92578

16:14

lol

user92578

it's a tuesday

Bálint

@Leggy7 That's vodka probably

Or brandy

Leggy7

who gives a fuck? nex time you should tell valve to greenlit you on saturday. this time it went this way

user92578

haha I hear you

Leggy7

:)

congratulations again!

user92578

16:16

however I'm too young to get the whole "let's celebrate by getting wasted" philosophy

user92578

thank you!

Bálint

Or just do it on saturday

user92578

or that

Leggy7

how much time you think it will get to take it to the store?

Bálint

38 mins ago, by Tyyppi_77

oh gee I really have no idea

arda

16:17

@Leggy7 +1 this, will prep an article based on that

user4704

He's gotta implement all those achievements and trading cards now.

Bálint

@JoshPetrie Does steam give you an API for that?

arda

@JoshPetrie He could though

user92578

Oh yeah, I've actually been kinda waiting for getting to do the Steamworks stuff

user92578

And then the game's still missing content

arda

16:18

Once you [VALVE CONFIDENTIAL], you can do [VALVE CONFIDENTIAL] even without getting greenlit

user4704

@Bálint Yes.

arda

first one being sign nda, second being get libraries and test (using spacewar appid)

Bálint

So, you became that one driver, who gets a greenlight but he's just too busy with his phone to start

user4704

I don't think there's an API, strictly, for the cards, I think you just submit them and they dole them out at whatever pace they have. I don't really do much with the cards to notice.

Bálint

@arda Afaik you need to write a contract with them

user92578

16:20

Yeah and I need to figure out tax stuff and things like that

user92578

I only got my own bank credentials a few weeks ago so this is all going to be very new to me

Jon

I'll take care of the money don't worry about the money I'll make sure the money is safe

Bálint

@arda You need to write a contract with Steam to pass greenlight, but only once

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Jon You pimp :P

user92578

@Jon SHOW ME THE MONEY

arda

16:25

@Tyyppi_77 DISQUALIFIED

@Tyyppi_77 I genuinely have no idea what would happen if I were to get a game on greenlight and get greenlit. Taxes for video games are already hell in Turkey, I wonder what they'd look like for a minor

I would need a tax id, and that is given by your company... so I'd need to work or get the payments to a family member, which might be legally risky in other wa- calls attorney

Bálint

@arda Wait, your tax id is given by your company?

In my country you just get it when you almost turn 16

arda

@Bálint somewhat around those lines

Bálint

I got it in this february

I don't think so

arda

@Bálint what is your country and is english native language there?

Bálint

You need to pay taxes if you're not in a company

@arda Hungary and not

arda

16:29

Let me check,

PearsonArtPhoto

I'll probably sign up for a company tax ID, I think it's called EIN, whenever I get around to doing some kind of a release for my game.

arda

and of course I have no tax ID

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@arda Obviously :P

Bálint

@arda Also, if you're a minor then you should just ask your parents if you can use use their bank account to receive the money from your game there

arda

@Bálint I don't really trust anybody with my money.

Bálint

16:32

@arda Have you missread something? Your parents not Jon

arda

@Bálint I don't really trust anybody with my money.

Bálint

@arda Then ask them to create a bank account for you on their name

user4704

You probably should not do that anyway.

user4704

Creating a separate account is a much better idea.

arda

@Bálint I do have a separate account

user4704

16:34

Conflating the two pools of money leads to accounting headaches you probably don't want.

user4704

(also get an accountant)

Bálint

@arda On your name?

arda

@Bálint yep

Bálint

@arda You can't pay taxes

arda

how so?

Bálint

16:34

That's the problem

If you don't have a tax id

PearsonArtPhoto

I'm going to create a separate bank account for my game when I get that far.

arda

I'm checking atm. It seems that I need to do a lot of stuff including getting an activation key from a post office to activate edevlet (a turkish service by govt to check debts and stuff, activation is too much of a hassle) and apply for a tax id there (companies do it for you if you start working). Now if I can get a tax id while under 18 is the actual problem

PearsonArtPhoto

Okay, it's time for me to add consuming supplies to my game, at least for cities. That should make things interesting...

It's so weird to me. In the US, the defacto Tax ID is the Social Security Number, which pretty much everyone receives as an infant.

Bálint

@arda You should be able to get one when you turn 16

user4704

Yeah, but in the US there are other problems with being under 18 and starting a business

PearsonArtPhoto

16:38

Well, it's not that hard, I don't think...

Bálint

@JoshPetrie Why would you need to start a business?

user4704

@Bálint In the US, you generally want to because you want some liability shielding.

PearsonArtPhoto

It's better to do everything as a business as opposed to being owned by you, for a number of reasons.

Taxes are easier, liability, it's easier to sell, etc.

user4704

But even if you don't, you still have issues. Being a minor means you cannot enter into most binding legal contracts.

Bálint

Does it cost you if you want to create a company?

user4704

16:39

Sometimes, usually a nominal filing fee.

arda

I can't start a business. Too much paperwork needed, and even if I wasn't a minor, I wouldn't be able to complete some

PearsonArtPhoto

It depends on how you create it.

An LLC is the best kind to create for a small company, and that does cost money.

But just to get a business tax ID doesn't cost anything.

arda

16:51

@Bálint Many stuff, like liability shielding, claiming bankruptcy etc (I lurk on money.se alot)

Bálint

What's the smallest window size I should worry about (in pixels)?

Kevin van der Velden

In what context?

user4704

1x1

arda

@Bálint 480x320

Bálint

@arda That's the smallest screen size (640*480), but let's be honest, who has a window in that size?

arda

16:54

@Bálint raspberry pi lcds deserve love too

on pc, 640x480 or 800x600

Kevin van der Velden

When in doubt for what to support on the PC, check: store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

Bálint

I should update my graphics card

PearsonArtPhoto

@Bálint It depends. What is your target device type, target audience, etc.

Bálint

@PearsonArtPhoto It's a browser game

So, everyone who has internet access

At least that's my dream audience

But that's probably true for everyone

Jon

I seemed to have mastered the art of Turkey burgera

PearsonArtPhoto

17:03

Mobile?

Jon

Real life

Kevin van der Velden

@Jon CC @arda... wait different Turkey

Jon

Yeah my phone auto corrected

I've made turkey burgers in the past and they were bad

arda

@KevinvanderVelden how did that not ping mew

Kevin van der Velden

Hmm, I assume dots?

arda

17:05

prob

@KevinvanderVelden...

Kevin van der Velden

Confirmed

arda

17:18

\o/ just checked the laws. If I have a legal supporter, cosigner or whatever, who will pay my taxes if I don't, I can get a tax id while under 18.

Bálint

@arda Or you can just pay your taxes in the name of your parent(s)

arda

@Bálint too complicated and legally confusing. I'm selling something and getting the money while someone else is getting taxed.

Bálint

@arda You would sell something, get the money, while you pay someone else's taxes they get instead of you

Jon

Just do what I do, pretend your name is carpol and you don't speak English very good.

Bálint

@Jon Jon, it's not okay if you get mails about going to prison

Jon

17:24

I dont. I have no home address or sin

I technically don't exist

Bálint

@Jon That's not okay either

Jon

Why

Bálint

There are reasons why you want to exist legally

Like medical stuff

Jon

Carpol has insurance

Bálint

17:36

I made a very basic chat room/game in 19 Kb

Most of the stuff is the room description, it's circa 1Kb / room

Jon

18:20

This magician turned into a driveway.

Bálint

@Jon ?

arda

@Bálint nice

Free Internet Points

18:46

0

Q: Determining how much of a tile is intersected by a ray to help calculate lighting and deal with shadow issues

I'm currently using the following steps for my lighting system Calculate all the tiles along the perimeter based on the radius of the light Cast a ray from the center of the light to each perimeter tile The ray cast returns which cells it intersects Each cell is lit based on their distance from...

c# lighting tilemap raycasting bresenham

TheMuffinCoder

Howdy yall

Just got my second 1070 today

I wonder if I had to do anything special with geoforce experience after putting on the bridge

Bálint

@TheMuffinCoder 1070 what?

TheMuffinCoder

msi gtx 1070 gaming x in SLI? :P

William Mariager

Congrats @Tyyppi_77!

user92578

Thanks!

William Mariager

18:59

Time to make big bucks! Please don't forget us all!

Bálint

@WilliamMariager Except he still needs to release it

William Mariager

You're kidding?! I thought money would just flow right in ...

Bálint

0

Q: Can I set task.commit.ms to every 1ms?

I have a project with Apache-Samza and I have a problem with duplicate data. This is my checkpoint configuration : task.checkpoint.factory=org.apache.samza.checkpoint.kafka.KafkaCheckpointManagerFactory task.checkpoint.system=kafka task.checkpoint.replication.factor=2 task.commit.ms=20000 O...

java apache-kafka offset apache-samza

Does anyone have 2 minutes?

NightFury

19:23

Good evening guys

Can anyone guide me on this thing? I have been stuck for many days

0

Q: NavMesh.CalculatePath returns invalid path Unity3D

I am trying to get coordinates for path from source to destination object using NavMesh. NavMesh.CalculatePath() is only working for one level surprisingly. For all others, it returns false. Also NavMeshPathStatus is invalid. This is working Level, while this is not working fine with navmesh. Co...

unity path-finding navmesh

@Jon mr. genious.. Can I have your sometime please?

Jon

19:49

Self proclaimed genius

Cooking supper then eating. On phone.

Bb after

Kevin van der Velden

I think you need a super genius, I've heard good things about this guy:

Wile E Coyote, Super Genius

►

Bálint

Should I store game events in an online game on the server side

arda

20:06

@Bálint game events as in

Bálint

@arda If you go somewhere or click on something then this and that happends

arda

storing on serverside will allow you to change those when needed without a need for update, but will increase server load

Almo

12

Q: Why can't I use the first or last address in a subnet?

I have network with a range 10.0.0.0/24. This means I have 10.0.0.0 to 10.0.0.255, however I cannot use 10.0.0.0 or 10.0.0.255, but I can use anything between that. Why is this? The mask 255.255.255.0 implies that the last digit is the host address, so why can't i use 0 or 255?

networking

check out second comment on the accepted answer

Alexandre Vaillancourt

I'm surprised that questions like these get upvoted ("Shows research effort; Is useful")

2

Q: How long would it take a Boeing 747 to go around Jupiter?

Assuming a 747 could fly around Jupiter at its top Earth speed (I know this assumption is unrealistic), how long would it take to fly around Jupiter once?

planet jupiter

@Almo lol

Almo

20:22

:D

Jon

Facepalm

Alexandre Vaillancourt

20:52

Do you want eggs with your spam? :P

Leggy7

0

Q: how do i make a game over screen on game maker?

HELP the way i made it so that way enemies would collide with the player is by actions and his health bar is also an action in a draw event, if you need the file, my email is ticklesmagee455(at)gmail dot com I guess you could say its hard for me to find a good Game over tutorial because all of th...

game-design

Jon

@NightFury not sure what your problem is based on the question

Leggy7

I always wonder how ppl moderating this site could keep calm

Jon

Leggy7

always curious how that triangle keep having a different color

Jon

20:57

holy shit man that question lol

Leggy7

ahahah

Jon

probably a 12 year old or something

Bálint

@Leggy7 Triangle?

BTW, anyone has 2 minutes?

I want to test my server's net speed

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