The Renderfarm

TARDIS Maker

00:14

@gandalf3 @GiantCowFilms @NoviceInDisguise recommendations for web hosting?

gandalf3

no idea

pulseaudio has been acting up, and all pings are coming in at max volume.. I think I've fixed it now, would you mind pinging me again?

TARDIS Maker

@gandalf3

gandalf3

Ow

Not fixed, but thanks

TARDIS Maker

I tried to make it be several, but sadly it didn't work :)

Was yelling at me telling me that I had to wait a few seconds

No problem :)

GiantCowFilms

@TARDISMaker Digital Ocean

hang on

digitalocean.com/?refcode=2f3aaab7cbed

Use my referral link if you do buy :D

seriously though, they are very good at what they do

someonewithpc

00:27

@GiantCowFilms And they just got quite a bit of funding, too

GiantCowFilms

O.o? how mcuh

someonewithpc

crunchbase.com/organization/digitalocean

GiantCowFilms

My word!

someonewithpc

37M in series A (whatever that means :P)

TARDIS Maker

@GiantCowFilms Thanks! I'm taking a look now. (does that link give you extra space or something, or give me a discount :) )?

GiantCowFilms

00:47

@TARDISMaker You get a discount and I get free hosting for a bit

Radish of the Opera

01:31

working on a tiger now...

GiantCowFilms

@RadishoftheOpera Huh?

Did you make any progress on your game?

Radish of the Opera

no.

GiantCowFilms

okay

Radish of the Opera

it hurt my brain too much'

maybe i can implement the tiger to eat zombies...

GiantCowFilms

01:46

@RadishoftheOpera Hang on, I've nearly got it working

I will update you with my mods

however, I need to know if the zombies have any identifying properties

or how to add one

How do I add a collision property, it needs to have the right name?

Radish of the Opera

Zombies have an identifying property "anger"

@GiantCowFilms no caps

GiantCowFilms

How can I add another one

@RadishoftheOpera How do I add properties to all your zombies at once?

Radish of the Opera

@GiantCowFilms [N] in the logic editor opens the property manager.at the top it says "add game property"

you'll need to change the type, otherwise all of them import as Floats.

GiantCowFilms

?

Radish of the Opera

@GiantCowFilms float type properties.

rather than integers or booleans, or strings, or any of the others

GiantCowFilms

01:56

Still ain't working

Radish of the Opera

tell me what your trying to do.

did you make a collision actuator?

@GiantCowFilms and set the type to whateveer you put on the zombie?

GiantCowFilms

I'm trying to hijack @X-27's ammo box colector

to zap zombies

Radish of the Opera

ah

@GiantCowFilms the zombies die on collision with property "ow"

GiantCowFilms

@RadishoftheOpera I know

however....

The problem is @X-27's missiles are duds...

they fail to detonate

GiantCowFilms

02:18

@RadishoftheOpera That steering thing is a pain

@RadishoftheOpera I have it now so that the zombies can be shoved by the jeep

The trick is to make them rigid bodies, un-check lock z velocity in the properties, and set the mass of the zombie to 0.01

Bullzeyeballstuff!

G.car.setAngularVelocity([0.0,0.0,0.0],1)

That looks useful

TARDIS Maker

@GiantCowFilms are you going to be our BGE expert?

GiantCowFilms

Probably not, I'm just mucking about

However, I think I do infact have the hang of it now

except for the python API

no idea what that does

TARDIS Maker

I used to play around with the BGE (about a year ago), but I never got any good at it

Since then, I've mostly given up on it doing anything really good

I put my trust in UE4

GiantCowFilms

I'd use something other then the BGE if I wanted to do anything serious

TARDIS Maker

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/89147/graphic-art-critique/…

I wonder why someone thinks that this wouldn't be constructive

GiantCowFilms

02:26

There are some frustrating folks on A 51 who down vote everything and nit pick instead of helping to proposal make it :/

TARDIS Maker

Probably this user

BDD, Fairfax, VA

310 6

I feel like you guys wouldn't want to close that one because it's not constructive, and the other supporter is one of my friends from BA, and I don't think he's familiar enough with how a proposal works to think it's not constructive (I should probably fix that)

GiantCowFilms

Yay, I now can switch the zombies from chasing the player to chasing the jeep!

TARDIS Maker

02:50

@GiantCowFilms So is the jeep the new player?

GiantCowFilms

Well the idea is that you find the jeep then switch

Radish of the Opera

@GiantCowFilms awesomeness! can you bring the player back from the dead once he jumps in the jep?

GiantCowFilms

Hang on

I'm trying to support jeeping

I now swich into the jeep

@RadishoftheOpera Done for today, here is my progress

pasteall.org/blend/37018

TARDIS Maker

You guys need a sort of git type thing except for .blend file

I guess most of us would appreciate that though

GiantCowFilms

Yah lol

That merges the changes

Somehow I think that would not work so well

@RadishoftheOpera To be honest, in order to make a robust vehicle switching platform, a major overhaul will be necessary.

TARDIS Maker

03:09

:)

GiantCowFilms

Since the player object can no longer attract the zombies... they will instead need to gravitate towards an object defined in python

TARDIS Maker

Just use an empty

GiantCowFilms

and the heat properties etc need to be defined globally

TARDIS Maker

Have the empty be parented to the object that's moving

GiantCowFilms

oh and the initial zombies should be made from one clone

@TARDISMaker That is the hacky way to do it

TARDIS Maker

03:10

Maybe a bit

I don't understand the working of the game though, so I don't know how badly it would fit in

How am I supposed to fire from the jeep

And what is the R key supposed to do?

GiantCowFilms

You use ,

TARDIS Maker

Every time I click it, it makes the jeep jump up a lot

GiantCowFilms

BTW, you have to stop the jeep before fireing

TARDIS Maker

Oh

GiantCowFilms

the shots however don't blow up and therefore don't kill zombies

@X-27 Is needed to resolve this bug

It is fun hitting zombies so hard they bounce of the walls

If you get really really good, you can get a zombie through the wall

TARDIS Maker

03:19

I've been driving at the tower of zombies

They almost react like a ramp, and it can give some interesting glitches

Radish of the Opera

03:30

@GiantCowFilms isn't that what i told you this morning in a less verbose way?

GiantCowFilms

03:42

@RadishoftheOpera link?

GiantCowFilms

04:12

@RadishoftheOpera How do I run something once at the start of the game?

Yay for the docs!

blender.org/manual/game_engine/logic/controllers/python.html

New qusetion

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Q: BGE: Send single pulse at start of game?

I want to run a python script, once at the start of a game in the BGE. I tried various sensors, but they all sent more then one pulse/contentious stream. I only wan't to run my script once, right at the beginning, and then be done with it for good. How can I do this?

X-27

13:15

@GiantCowFilms They only detonate on contact with an object that has the property of "Solid" or "Ground"

GiantCowFilms

14:51

@X-27 Ah

Bingo!

I killed a zombie

GiantCowFilms

15:19

And blender

120 zombies a second chewed through my ram in no time!

GiantCowFilms

15:57

pasteall.org/blend/37028

@RadishoftheOpera The zombies no longer chase the character, and don't die when hit by the boom object.

can you fix it?

TARDIS Maker

16:16

Yay, I found a question to answer!

GiantCowFilms

16:29

@X-27 You're welcome to give a spin at implementing your jeep :P

TARDIS Maker

17:27

@someonewithpc I can't believe that person thought that Blender wouldn't work on windows 10

someonewithpc

Ikr?

I'm sure they also use IE and needs a tutorial for downloading software

TARDIS Maker

Yeah

@someonewithpc NO ONE should use IE

It's an evil browser

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker No one should use Windowz

Unfortunately most software is made for it...

TARDIS Maker

@someonewithpc I know, Linux is a Million times better

The only reason I have it installed on my computer is so that I can use Windows only software

Because wine doesn't work half the time (or I just don't know how to use it properly :) )

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker Same here

Unfortunately wine doesn't work properly....

GiantCowFilms

17:32

The comment I nearly left

No it wont, Microsoft completely re-worked its entire API, just to show software companies who is boss... I have as a result, switched to the competing os, windows 7

3

TARDIS Maker

Man, that would have been awesome!

If only it wouldn't be so misleading

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Do you think they know what an API is?

TARDIS Maker

Do you think they know how to press a button to accept an answer? :)

GiantCowFilms

@TARDISMaker I know, it also seemed a bit super-sarcastic mean

TARDIS Maker

I love how the competing os is Windows 7 :)

GiantCowFilms

17:37

@TARDISMaker I should have worded it like this:

No it wont, Microsoft completely re-worked its entire API, just to show software companies who is boss... I have as a result, switched to its main competitor os, windows 7

TARDIS Maker

Yeah

GiantCowFilms

I could still post it

TARDIS Maker

It's beautifully worded

Or even better, do it as an answer! :)

GiantCowFilms

I'm just worried about the very real chance of him getting confused by it

TARDIS Maker

btw, it's at your own risk that you post that

someonewithpc

17:39

Know that it will be deleted, eventually

TARDIS Maker

@GiantCowFilms Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't have said my last comment

@someonewithpc By Campbell :)

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker He's not a mod, but sure....

X-27

@GiantCowFilms already trying.

TARDIS Maker

@someonewithpc Yeah, but he does seem to like to delete stuff

I'd rather have him stay a dev, and not manage a community

X-27

@GiantCowFilms I'm still adding awesomeness to the jeep.

GiantCowFilms

17:42

@X-27 Can't you just get the blend file I uploaded working?

@X-27 Do it in the zombie game file

I'm not re-intergrating it

Please actually work in that file and make it work, bringing the games together is really difficult

TARDIS Maker

Should I be refusing to answer questions on a Sunday or something?

I think I always get more votes on a weekday

someonewithpc

Why?

@TARDISMaker Is that why you answer?

TARDIS Maker

@someonewithpc It's a bit of both

I like the reputation, but I also like helping people

I posted an answer earlier that still has no upvotes for about the same quality as most of my other answers

Probably should have kept that to myself though

I hate to promote myself like this

So don't go looking for it because I meantioned it

GiantCowFilms

0

Q: Are sarcastically funny comments allowed?

Sometimes, when a particularly ridiculous question appears, a sarcastic joke can actually shed light on to the issue (by making the OP see how ridiculous the premise for the question is). They also can give some folks a good healthy laugh. However, these aren't the niceset way to communicate, and...

discussion comments

TARDIS Maker

@GiantCowFilms Nice!

someonewithpc

18:03

You would think Pixar would have a nicer site for Renderman...

It is rather hard to use, which is never good

TARDIS Maker

Pixar doesn't have a very nice site either

someonewithpc

Well, it is the same domain, so yeah

TARDIS Maker

I think most big companies that aren't focused on web, have bad sites

@someonewithpc Different design though

TARDIS Maker

18:21

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Q: What special features do we *really want* for this site?

So now that we are getting ready to graduate to a full site, it's finally time to ask SE if we can have any special site-specific considerations to make the site better. What special feature(s), if any, would be most important to the success and usability of this site? We've already compiled a k...

discussion

@someonewithpc I don't know if you notice, but I am active in some of the areas of the site that don't award reputation, such as editing posts and closing questions

I just feel like I need to get that out there

Reputation for me just makes it a bit more rewarding to answer questions, but it's not the only reason why I do it

someonewithpc

Gamification.

TARDIS Maker

@someonewithpc Exactly

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker No need to defend yourself, I was just kidding when I said that

TARDIS Maker

@someonewithpc Oh, okay

You wheren't sarcastic enough :P

someonewithpc

Next time, I'll use sarcastic tags!

TARDIS Maker

18:29

:)

You did make me think for a bit though, that I was the only one who actually cares a bit about reputation

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker No, you're defenitively not

TARDIS Maker

@someonewithpc Yeah, I could tell from discussion a while ago that I wasn't, but you made me doubt myself for a bit.

someonewithpc

Good :D

TARDIS Maker

Times like these are when sarcasm can be most fun :)

GiantCowFilms

18:55

@TARDISMaker I do best on Saturday

TARDIS Maker

Yeah

It's really weird for me not to get at least two votes

But I guess no one is online right now

TARDIS Maker

19:53

Yay! I basically got the @media query thing to work in my site!

Now I just need to make it do stuff properly

TARDIS Maker

20:06

Isn't it a bit amusing that I'm using Blender to make myself a hamburger ui icon for my site instead of a traditional 2D tool?

GiantCowFilms

20:47

Lol, I stubbornly use 2D tools for 2D work and always regret it

TARDIS Maker

Yeah

I can't figure out how I'm supposed to make precise shapes in gimp. Inkscape is no better.

And now, we all get to laugh at a new user :)

-2

A: Rotation gizmo not working in 2.74?

Yes sir, it's a bug, definitely!

I hope we've put it somewhere in the rules to not call people "sir" on here? :)

Weather written or unwritten

btw, is there a cap on the amount of down votes that will be counted?

GiantCowFilms

@TARDISMaker You can't go under a rep

TARDIS Maker

@GiantCowFilms I know, but I'm referring to how many it will show.

I'm not incredibly fast to dv something usually, but as soon as I saw this answer, I dv'd it

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker After like five it is deleted by the Community user

TARDIS Maker

I would think that there would be more than 1 to go along with mine

GiantCowFilms

21:02

@RadishoftheOpera @X-27 Okay, this is the current copy of the zombie game

pasteall.org/blend/37032

TARDIS Maker

@gandalf3 scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/95163/…

An interesting read

Not sure where it is on the geeky scale though

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker Over 9000?

3

TARDIS Maker

1-10 scale?

Sure!

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker Yes.

TARDIS Maker

It's quite interesting though

David

21:21

@GiantCowFilms what does a large cow do when one gets offended?

@TARDISMaker no

GiantCowFilms

@David You haven't noticed? lemme check....

TARDIS Maker

@David he eats pizza without any pepperoni to calm down.

David

@TARDISMaker ouch, that is bad, not meat.

someonewithpc

@David Doesn't the Community user delete it eventually?

TARDIS Maker

Well, that post is gone now

David

21:23

@someonewithpc after 6 spam flags, not simply DVs meta.stackexchange.com/a/5222/278094

TARDIS Maker

I'm guessing that was @gandalf3 though

someonewithpc

@David So I was close

TARDIS Maker

@David That's a long meta post

David

@TARDISMaker but worth the read, I have learned much on the meta.

grr, I really do not like this kind of post. blender.stackexchange.com/q/33867/2217

TARDIS Maker

I'm watching it now

I'll see if I can edit it to improve it

David

21:27

I'm very close to closing it as link only, and telling him to fix it.

someonewithpc

@David I did

Well, unclear, but still

TARDIS Maker

It's hard to tell, even in the video

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker So, unclear

David

CVed

TARDIS Maker

It looks like some sort of distortion when he presses I, but I don't think I would be able to take screenshots out of it to explain it well.

David

21:29

it is a dup any way, I just have to find it

found the dups

TARDIS Maker

21:51

Something makes me think that the user who asked this question could be a really good user if he/she stays with BSE

5

Q: Is putting my experience level a necessity?

I recently asked a question which got some confusing answers. I have absolutely zero idea what they are talking about. "Render engine"? "Texture panel"? It is all just nonsense to me - They might as well be talking french. From this point of view, would it be practical to put my experience le...

discussion support

someonewithpc

@TARDISMaker Is it the fact that they are on meta?

TARDIS Maker

@someonewithpc So, that he/she even thought that putting in a disclaimer "hey I'm a noob" could be distracting and be just noise.

someonewithpc

That too

TARDIS Maker

I know the user has over 300 rep on stack overflow, but I didn't learn about this type of thing until gandalf mentioned it to me during the elections (which I feel is basically when I started to really take advantage of the site and become active)

I could have gone on much further without learning about that

someonewithpc

About what?

TARDIS Maker

21:57

Noise

No forum-y stuff

Get rid of anything that isn't directly related to the question/answer

someonewithpc

Oh

That's why SE is strictly better than any forum

TARDIS Maker

Yeah

TARDIS Maker

22:13

It's amazing how much readability can be improved on a question by simply taking two minutes to correct grammar.

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