Game Development - 2012-06-21

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Gajet

00:08

@Wackidev what about creating a bigger SphereCollider and marking it as a trigger?

@WilliamMindWorXMariager how can I use OrderByDescending?

I've found it.

Wackidev

00:27

@Gajet thanks, I ended up using a trigger MeshCollider.

Gajet

though i'm not a unity guy either :D

Gajet

00:42

@WilliamMindWorXMariager It's almost done, but still has some bug fixes to do!

since my code is a mess and doesn't have any comments at this point, I don't expect you to understand anything from it.

but still it would be nice if you could enhance the algorithm and fix the bugs!

either way I'll fix them as soon as I have time, and feel like doing it.

right now if you try running the program you'll receive an exception "there is something wrong with the accepted bookings"

while it's true, in this case it's more a problem of when people are served.

note that by deleting tester.queryPrintCurrentLaneStatus(1); you'll get passed that error.

QAven Dreamer

01:18

Is there any way to make the Unity Editor's inspector's font size a little bit bigger?

(Egads. The possessives are pervasive)

QAven Dreamer

01:35

Note to self: Add script to objects before trying to test the script.

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Damir

04:01

@Wackidev You can use Physics.SphereCastAll, or a similar method from the Physics class: unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.html.

Paul Manta

04:22

@Gajet I don't think you can delete answered questions... You posted a comment which (iir) was more like asking for clarification. Anyway, no, I got the answer from some other place and I didn't want to start a discussion here as well, so I deleted it. Way to go on taking it personally, though. ;)

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tylerrrr07

06:00

Holy moses! I understand those goofy 4D tesseract animations now! youtube.com/watch?v=AzL091mZQ-E&feature=related

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Gajet

12:33

any C# guy awake?

is there a way to open two watch windows in VS C#?

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TreDubZedd

13:47

@Gajet While VS is attached as a debugger, select "Debug"->"Windows"->"Watch", where you have the option of showing up to four watch windows.

(Note that this is the case for VS 2008)

Gajet

that's in C++,

I can't fin the same option in C# environment.

TreDubZedd

No, it's the C# environment.

Gajet

then maybe it's because my C# is express version :(

TreDubZedd

ah, yeah...I just opened VS 2010 express, and it only has the option of one watch window

tylerrrr07

14:48

Well my brain has checked out for the day :(

Gajet

15:02

do you guys know a way to convert Windows-1256 encoding into utf-8?

user4704

15:18

Yes.

John McDonald

[full stop]

@Gajet I'm pretty sure you'll want this: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kdcak6ye

Gajet

@JoshPetrie and what's that?

@JohnMcDonald my code is in put C++

user4704

Well, I know several, it would help significantly if you narrowed the scope of the question down.

Gajet

and that function is part of MS manager library :(

user4704

In C++ you can use <locale> and facets, although you may not find a pre-implemented interface for that particular codepage in <codecvt>

Gajet

15:25

I've got a database, some pieces are written with utf-8 some are written with unicode and it seems some are written in Windows-1256 format (I'm still not sure if there is a forth group). and I want to convert the whole thing into utf-8 standard

user4704

You'll probably instead want to use Win32 APIs; a good place to start is here msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd374085.aspx

John McDonald

17:03

How/when do you flag a question for migration? (to gamedev in this case)

user4704

Just use the general "flag for moderation" and type in the "other" box

user4704

some sites have a dedicated flow for selecting migration to gdse, but not all of them

John McDonald

Ok

tylerrrr07

17:25

Good question. So much game stuff is on SO.

So the "when" is the interesting part to me. I'm almost thinking all the time? heh

Unless of course the TRUE problem doesn't deal with game development

But then the question should probably be edited to better suit SO

John McDonald

yeah, that's pretty close to what I feel too

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tylerrrr07

20:16

crickets chirping

John McDonald

yeah, pretty quiet these past few days

TreDubZedd

20:32

Makes it easier to read the backlog

Gajet

I tried my best keeping chat alive,

but no one was interested :(

Jimmy

I'm watching youtube trailers for Judge Dredd and Brave

As a huge Pixar fan, the tepid reviews for Brave are making me nervous

Gajet

20:50

I'm not a pixar fan, but they do have some good movies.

Gajet

21:11

it seems some jerk bought 1198 titles in steam but only played 192 of them,

and here is comments about his post:
level1paladin says: Think of all the homeless children you could have fed if not for your blatant waste of funds on games you never play. For shame!
in response McNab666 says: Think of all the hungry developers he fed though :P

John McDonald

also remember that Steam only started remembering hours played relatively recently. It thinks I've played DoD for only ~20 hours when it's at least 500

Gajet

here is the full story :pcgamer.com/2012/06/20/…

Wackidev

500hrs? How long have you had that game @John?

Jimmy

I hate it when people say "you could have spent your money on homeless children"

tylerrrr07

or "There are children starving in Africa and you're going to throw that away?"

John McDonald

21:19

@Wackidev DoD is old. Almost as old as CS. I used to play it a lot, like many times a week

Gajet

@JohnMcDonald DoD should be a lot younger than CS (if you mean Day of Defeat)

Wackidev

@John pardon my ignorance, but I'm not familiar with those abbreviations.

John McDonald

@Gajet I mean Day of Defeat (NOT Source!)

Gajet

@Wackidev I've used google to guess the title.

Wackidev

@John on the other hand, is it even possible to play >1000 games at all?

Gajet

21:21

@JohnMcDonald you really play a few hours a day, I've already passed 230 hours playing dota2

Wackidev

@Gajet oh. I usually try to avoid strange searches, though--who knows what they might turn up!

Gajet

and the game is not officially released yet. :D

John McDonald

@Wackidev You'll likely get Department of Defence

Wackidev

True.

Gajet

@JohnMcDonald yep, they are almost the same age.

John McDonald

21:23

I'm aware, I was there at the birth of both, pretty much

Gajet

I tried searching for "DoD game"

@JohnMcDonald you were at valve?

Wackidev

On a different note, I just reviewed my virus scanner log and it's been quarantining the programs I wrote. :P

Gajet

now that I dig a bit more, it seems their latest version are almost in same age, while CS was released 3 years before DoD

@Wackidev that's why I don't use antivirus softwares. :|

Wackidev

@Gajet really? Do you use a free scanner or something?

Gajet

nothing,

though after a while windows suggested using "Windows security essentials" and from that point on it's installed on my laptop.

actually I've even deleted some viruses by bare hand (using safe-mode). :D

Wackidev

21:28

I've heard WSE is decent. That's cool that you managed to clean up manually.

Still, I'd use antivirus. :)

Jimmy

I hate most antivirus programs

WSE is okay though

Gajet

IMO, one can coexist with a virus but no one can stand an AV.

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Wackidev

@Gajet LOL

John McDonald

@Gajet no no, I was just "there" for the betas

Jimmy

The virus is only after your credit card password. The AV is after your soul.

John McDonald

21:30

Anyone remember the flashlight glitch in the CS Betas? When you were dead and floating around, you could turn on and off your flashlight and it would affect the real world

Gajet

here is a how I imagine things. consider your computer being a fortress. a virus is trying to attack that fortress and capture it. while AV is trying to protect it.

Jimmy

having played years of CS, I don't think I ever used flashlight except by accident

John McDonald

the glitch was removed long before release

Gajet

with AV you need to get passed many security gourds for whatever you want to do, and when a virus attacks the whole fortress starts shaking.

Jimmy

oh, in beta?

I started .... 1.3 or so

John McDonald

21:32

yeah, betas

(just edited last comment for clarity)

Gajet

without AV you just surrender to the virus, there is no checking, and no fight. the virus will just live beside you.

Jimmy

I've only been playing CS for 10 years

Gajet

@Jimmy I've never like CS, actually there are too few FPS titles I actually enjoyed.

Jimmy

I typically can't stand FPS

but I like CS

John McDonald

yeah... I can't say I really enjoy CS. I much preferred DoD, :)

Jimmy

21:34

never tried DoD, so I wouldn't know if I like it

Gajet

the only FPS games I've ever liked (and I can remember now) were "Bionic Commando" and "Battlefield Vietnam"

Jimmy

all I know is I'm not a fan of any Quake/UT/Doom. HalfLife is a good game, but I don't care for it as much as it deserves

MW1/2 I played through the campaigns, and took a stab at multiplayer but it's not really something I'd get into.

John McDonald

When it comes to shooters, I almost never play the single-player

It's all about the multiplayer, :D

Jimmy

when DayZ gets less alpha, I'd buy Arma :P

Gajet

22:29

william didn't show up tonight.

Noctrine

22:46

Weren't DayZ servers that gave the mod creators access just made into a mass botnet recently?

tylerrrr07

@Noctrine I believe I read that as well

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