/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General

Does anyone know of any resource, be it a book or website, where I can learn some good modeling practices. I've been using Blender for a while, and I'm familiar with the keybinds and tools, but I don't feel like I know how to use them at their full potential.

>>20592

Doesn't the project count as practice? I think finishing your work is just as important. Small projects help with learning to finish while learning the art, perhaps?

>>20625

I've learnt more by watching professionals model things and copying their techniques. Buy some workshop DVDs and learn from them, perhaps.

so i'm getting an odd error in my code. i'm using C# with unity and It's saying my case statements are unreachable(CS0164) in both monodevelop and unity itself. I'm not how a case statement would be unreachable in a hypothetical sense unlike an if statement. I tested the code and it seems to be working just fine.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

//Proof of concept class for increasing a meshes size with click and dragging.
public class DragTest : MonoBehaviour {
	public bool isDraggedVertical = false;

	enum Monk{
		ABOVE,BELOW,RIGHT,LEFT,NOTHING
	}
	
	//Returns the the edge corner of the mesh.
	float MapEdge(Monk edge){		
		
		Vector3 pos = transform.position;
		Vector3 sca = transform.localScale;
		
		switch(edge){
			case Monk.ABOVE:return pos.y + sca.y; break;
			case Monk.BELOW:return pos.y - sca.y; break;
			case Monk.LEFT :return pos.x - sca.x; break;
			case Monk.RIGHT:return pos.x + sca.x; break;	
			default: return 0; break;
		}//end side
	}//end MapEdge
	
	void OnMouseDrag(){
		
		//Code to test if method works.
		Debug.Log("AB"+MapEdge(Monk.ABOVE));
		Debug.Log("BE"+MapEdge(Monk.BELOW));
		Debug.Log("LE"+MapEdge(Monk.LEFT));
		Debug.Log("RI"+MapEdge(Monk.RIGHT));
		Debug.Log("NO"+MapEdge(Monk.NOTHING));
	}
}//end class

The result i got were

$$

AB1

BE-1

LE-1

RI1

NO0

$$

which all line up with the debug logs and the case statements.

Anyone have any explanation for what's going on?

>>20675

Your breaks are unreachable after returning, perhaps?

>>20566

void intToIP(unsigned int addr, char* str) {
    sprintf(str, "%d.%d.%d.%d", 
            addr & 255,
            addr >> 8 & 255,
            addr >> 16 & 255,
            addr >> 24 & 255);
}

Is there a game engine that allows for indexed color palletes?

Also, something that allows to set fixed resolutions, so I don't have a character magically move "half" pixels.

>>20699

>Is there a game engine that allows for indexed color palletes?

I need a better description but with a little work on your end i think this can easily be done in unity.

>Also, something that allows to set fixed resolutions, so I don't have a character magically move "half" pixels.

Again i believe unity supports this.

>>20702

Unity doesn't support that natively sadly. Had a friend ask me that question recently.

In theory you should be able to write a shader that allows you to change a color based on gray scale but since i don't know anything about shaders i'll assume it's a lot of hard work.

I'm a programmer by trade but the only C++ I've done was a few babby classes in high school / college.

Should I use Blueprints or just suck it up and use C++ with UE4?

>my wojak is all fucked up

>hotwheels code fucked up so I can't delete my post

this is not my day

>>20740

You must be trying to do something in the editor?

Can you explain the problem you're having.

>>20759

something fucked up and the skybox and light source assets weren't there on start up. Being that I'm VERY new to this I didn't know how to fix it or even begin to ask for help on fixing it.

>>20778

Lights aren't generally created at start up of a screen. You can create one by clicking create on the hierarchy tab and going to the light section.

Skyboxes are controlled by the main camera.

Quick Unity question, I have two GameObject in 3d and I want one to be moving toward the other.

Right now I get the Vector3 representing the distance between them by doing target.position - player.position, and I then translate using that Vector3 (damped up a bit to make the movement a lot slower).

Problem is the speed is coupled with the distance and thus go super slow when close to the target and super fast when afar.

Anyway to make the movement have a fixed speed?

>>20789

I believe this is the Method you want.

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.MoveTowards.html

>>20790

Huumm, I just realized there is a nuance I should have mentioned in my first post.

I actually want the player to be able to move toward different targets. Pretty much have the sum of the directional Vectors give me a general direction.

If it wasn't for that, that method could fit the bill, but it seems like this one can only can one target and one origin.

>>20791

I found the answer after some research. Vector3.Normalize() was pretty much was I needed.

I add all the Vectors together and then normalize the resulting Vector. Was simpler than I expected.

Was the option to unanimate gif thumbnails removed, or am I blind?

>>20869

Gif thumbnails no longer animate, except for those that were uploaded before that change.

Yobi3D is a 3D model search engine. You can search with simple keywords and see the results in 3D.

https://www.yobi3d.com

guys I want to make an action-platformer with some light fighting game mechanics (think smash-like)

How do I do inputs precise enough? I need to essentially save the inputs for some time, so the player doesn't actually have to play three buttons at the same time, right? for instance I have a seperate function for every combination of horizontal and vertical attack (also a neutral attack) and two different attack buttons.

currently doing a side attack is pretty hard, especially in midair, where the player by default has no air control without jumping again (and I should really rebind jumping from the up key).

do I wait after the attack button has been pressed for other inputs for a few milliseconds/frames? do I save which inputs were used in the last 0.05 seconds and give them as inputs once the attack button is pressed?

how long should I consider inputs relevant, and when should I discard them?

>>20882

The way I do it is to listen for key-down and key-up events, and save a list of all the keys that are down at the moment. Every time a new key goes down, re-calculate what you should be doing.

>>20888

Why not just do the action when the key gets pressed?

>>20900

Because you want to keep doing it until it's released, and you want combinations to do different things sometimes.

>>20900

>>20901

Exactly this, if you just do actions based on keypress, pressing up+right will only move you right, where as re-calculating on each key down means up+right can actually move you forward and to the right.

The only thing you have to watch out for is actions that can't logically happen at the same time, if you're pressing left+right, it might sound reasonable to just move in the last direction that was pressed, but left+right+up should only ever move you up.

I’m looking for something like love 2d for scheme. Would anybody be able to recommend any or simply know of any? I am aware that scheme is not entirely practical, but I enjoy it and want to learn more about it.

is there a way to get some unreal engine assest for free? pirated I really don't want to pay 140$ for zombie movements

Is there a "C for absolute retards?"

I know Python is easy and everyone reccommends it first, but I wanna refrain from building any nasty habits, and i want my shit to run on the lightest hardware possible. Any information would be helpful.

>>20930

Just make a Quake mod.

I'm not even joking, just make a Quake mod. You will have lower expectations, but you can surprise the hell out of people with the power of modern source ports.

>>15464

>Interested of getting into game dev?

>Got a small question not worth it's own thread?

>Wondering how to move forward?

What is the difference between version control and regular backup?

What is the difference between making games on top of graphics library versus making games on top of game engine?

>>20930

Try >>/scurv/ otherwise

>>20933

has the right idea

>>20949

>>>/scurv/ whoops.

>>20944

A game engine engine is really loosely defined, but might include a graphics, physics, and scripting engines; while a graphics library is a very specific set of binds that usually "does what it says on the tin"

Hey guys, i want to create an ikaruga-like shmup, which engine should i learn to do that?

>>20992

Unity or Game Maker Studio will be fine, depending on if you want 3d or 2d

do you guys have any game dev forums you would recommend?

>>21038

Well I can't see either, because you're not showing the code.

>>21048

Here it is, the character gets stuck when I move to the right or left while falling. The code somehow moves the player into the object solid horizontally even if I try to stop the hsp. Before this code runs there is little code to increase your hsp if you press left or right, after that this collision code runs and it's supposed to stop the hsp before it makes a move if it collides with something too high.

Can you please help me?

///H-V collision and gravity

//obj_player is the main player

//obj_player_feet is used as the collision mask for the player, every step obj_player_feet XY is = to obj_player XY

//if we are gonna meet something horizontally

if (place_meeting(obj_player_feet.x + hsp, obj_player_feet.y, obj_solid))

{

    //if MaxSlope above next position there's nothing, move us there

    if (!place_meeting(obj_player_feet.x + hsp, obj_player_feet.y - MaxSlope, obj_solid))

    {

        obj_player_feet.y -= MaxSlope;

        y -= MaxSlope;

    }

    //else the object we meet horizontally is too high to stop the hspeed

    else if (place_meeting(obj_player_feet.x + hsp, obj_player_feet.y - MaxSlope, obj_solid))

    {

        hsp = 0;

    }

}

//now move horizontally where we can or don't move at all

obj_player_feet.x += hsp;

x += hsp;

//if we are gonna meet something vertically + DwnSlope

if (place_meeting(obj_player_feet.x, obj_player_feet.y + DwnSlope, obj_solid))

{

    //while we are not on top of the ground move us close to the ground

    while (!place_meeting(obj_player_feet.x, obj_player_feet.y + 1, obj_solid))

    {

        obj_player_feet.y += 1;

        y += 1;

    }

    //then stop

    vsp = 0;

}

//else if we are too high in the air then just fall

else

{

    vsp = clamp(vsp + PlayerGravity, -MaxVspeed, MaxVspeed);

}

//finally move vertically if possible

obj_player_feet.y += vsp;

y += vsp;

>21052

By the way, this is GML so Y is reversed, negative Y is going up.

>>21052

could it be that the code only stops once you are IN the object and not before?

>>21060

I don't see how it's possible, since it should only actually move the object X or Y after the code checks if in the next frame it's a collision or not.

So I don't see why it moves the object inside the other one when the IF says specifically that should happen only if it doesn't collide. I don't know man, I'm running out of options.

>>21052

>else if (place_meeting(obj_player_feet.x + hsp, obj_player_feet.y - MaxSlope, obj_solid))

that part is redundant, it's the opposite statement right? just leave the "else {".

what the hell is DwnSlope?

Have you tried using a debugger and just step through this code, see what happens with the speeds?

>>21072

>that part is redundant, it's the opposite statement right? just leave the "else {".

Yes, I agree. At first, it was just 'else'. But since my code didn't work I just specifically stated the else to see if it makes any difference, thought it was a bug or so. Either way, else or specifically describing it doesn't help.

DwnSlope is a variable, 10. When the player runs, it checks 10 pixels bellow him if there is a collision, if there isn't he falls, if there is then he moves above it. This is for the slope when running downwards.

I tried inserting all sorts of messages to see where is the part that makes the player get stuck. The player is moved into the wall horizontally and only then the hsp completely stops. I just don't get it, looking at every single thing from my code, it just shouldn't do that. If he will collide he should just stop, but he moves into the object and then he stops.

>>21074

Cities Skylines is made in unity; thus any engine is fine.

>>21089

Thanks, I guessed that would be the case, I was just wondering if there was one that was better.

Is there a bump limit here? The Frost thread doesn't seem to be bumping anymore

>>21122

300

https://8ch.net/settings.php?board=agdg

>>21109

i'm assuming your using a game engine?

Look for a collider and have it line up with your tile map. You'll have to create several.

>>21139

Im doing it in c++ with the sfml library.

beside a collision detection function just to see if rectangle in another rectangle, there's pretty much nothing. Anyway, I've been testing various thing and I might end up somewhere. Well I hope. In the end, the fun part of programming is not the result but what you did to get there. I might rage a bit, but I can feel happiness deep down in me. So I guess I can still try things for the next 2 week before abandoning.

>>21141

http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=9972.0

&

https://www.google.com/search?q=sfml+library.&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=collision%20detection%20site%3Asfml-dev.org

I don't use C++ so you'll have to look at those.

>>21141

http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=9972.0

&

https://www.google.com/search?q=sfml+library.&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=collision%20detection%20site%3Asfml-dev.org

I don't use C++ so you'll have to look at those.

>have no idea how to make a racing game in unity

>no clue how to anything but 3d models

>>21141

You might consider using someone's physics engine so you don't have to roll your own

Newton(simple):

http://newtondynamics.com/forum/newton.php

Open Dynamics Engine(harder):

http://www.ode.org/

Bullet Physics (hardest):

http://bulletphysics.org/wordpress/

>>15464

I want to write my own game/graphics engine and my own graphics. How do I get into this, and are there any guides or books? Tips on what to google would also be useful, as I haven't turned up anything so far. If language preference matters, I'd prefer C++. Thanks, anons

>>21161

Why?

Also how high did you get into math? From I think you'll need to understand calculus if not higher for making your own graphics engine.

>>21150

Get the Unity3d 5 standard asset pack. If it's not called that it's called something like that. You don't need to go to the store for it. In that they have a racing game demo.

>>21162

>Why?

Learning experience, mostly

>Also how high did you get into math? From I think you'll need to understand calculus if not higher for making your own graphics engine.

I finished pre-calculus in high school, and I'm currently teaching myself calculus

>>21170

The answer is to use that trig stuff you learned in school.

to thrust "forward", apply a force of cos(θ) in the x direction, and sin(θ) in the y direction, where

θ is the angle of your object from "pointing" to the right (0 degrees).

>>21161

Use the OpenGL bindings

https://www.opengl.org/wiki/Getting_started

>>21162

You don't need much math at all unless you want to understand the time complexity of your algorithms. It really doesn't matter if you use naive approaches today since everyone's computer is 1000x more powerful than what you'll use.

I'll second the "why?" though, there are plenty of graphics engines for every imaginable use case, and reinventing the wheel will only lead to frustration.

>>21171

Thanks a bunch, makes sense :)

I'm using the following code

foreach(Collider2D col in Physics2D.OverlapPointAll(transform.position)){

if(col && col.tag == "Arena" ){

currentCell = col.gameObject.transform.GetSiblingIndex();

}

}

In a player movement script in Unity to check what cell on an arena the player is standing on. For some reason it's only detecting the cell sometimes. I've tested it leaving the player in the exact same spot and reloading the scene a bunch of times. It detects it the first time then in following reloads it doesn't. The cell itself has a BoxCollider2D. Any idea what might be the problem?

>>21186

Try using a else with a debug. Also tech the tags aren't getting messed up.

>>21244

How hard is it to squeeze through a gap? All your 1x1 holes have a wall to line your self up to the hole but it seems without those walls it might be to hard to be pixel perfect.

If you wanted to test this i'd suggest adding this to your map.

# = walkable ground
$ = wall you can't pass through

#$###
###$#
#$###
###$#

I know people ask this question all the time, but I need to know which engine to learn. I've been doing a lot of 2D game work, but know I want to make a 3D game. Which engine would be best for a stealth game with a small but complex open world? I won't be working on this alone, but I will be the main developer.

>>21255

I really haven't understood what you mean because my english is quite shitty. but from what I understand, I guess no I can't get through a gap. I did try it multiple time but it seem impossible.

>your code

I did something similar

>pixel perfect

haven't tried yet

>>20732

Just go with C++. Picking it up shouldn't be that hard if you're used to programming.

>>20882

Just use an finite state machine and store the time when the last key was pressed. If it's more than N milliseconds old when a new button is hit, reset the FSM before feeding it the keypress. (You can even have the exact expiry time depend on what state you're in.)

What programs would you recommend for making a visual novel or a text based game with pictures?

>>21311

Ren'py?

>>21311

Inform and Twine are also good.

What is the best code for making a game?

>>21380

Game maker is good for small to medium games, especially if you have little to no coding experience.. You can crap out a basic ball clicking game in about half an hour, or you can make Nidhogg, Spelunky or Hotline Miami.

>>21381

Yeah but what about a code?

>>21384

GameMaker uses GML which is like c#.

Or, you can use the drag 'n' drop system.

>>21386

I would like to not use gamemaker. I meant standalone codes like python or ruby. Are those any good?

>>21387

only if you fancy spending 90% of your time writing boiler plate and reworking your entire game because you realised that a bug in your game is caused by a cock up you made in the actual structure of the game

make one or two small games (e.g., old dumphone tier) in something like XNA for a basic understandng of the underlying shit, then after that stick to prebuilt frameworks, itll make your job a lot fucking easier

Without using A* (I can't understand it) how would one go about making platformer pathfinding? It looks very hard to do, only go horizontally and jump when needed, and all that.

I could try using premade paths, but then how would the AI figure the shortest path to the desired object, that also seems hard to do. Because let's say, if the AI is at half of it's path, and he wants to change paths, he must figure a way to get to the other path. And all of this involves tons of premade scripts.

Another way could be just moving towards the player, jumping or dodging when needed, but that means it isn't taking the shortest route.

How would you do platformer pathfinding?

>>21432

Scratch that guys, I just thought of a great idea to find the shortest route without anything complex that would work even in a generated level.

>>21441

Double scratch that, I failed. I thought I had something great for pathfinding that includes jumping, dropping from heights but it's super complicated.

>>21447

Fuck, I had another idea for pathfinding in a platformer that would even work with using jumps, walljumps and all sort of stuff. It involves manual waypointing but this is as good as I can do without A*. Sorry for posting 3 shitty posts.

>>20702

>>20703

Old post, and not sure if this is what you want, but you can use .pcx and separate palettes. Old format, but it works. Mugen uses it to store sprite information in in it's sff(a proprietary collection of pcx files) and pal files. At least, old Win/Lin/DOSMugen use this method.

>>20699

This is probably more technical of an answer than you wanted, but

>Is there a game engine that allows for indexed color palletes?

I assume you mean runtime modifiable palettes, so that you can do things like have multiple colored variations of the same sprite, or animate the palette to do old-school glowing effects and the like.

Assuming you're using hardware accelerated rendering, modern GPUs don't have any support for palettized textures. To render palletized textures, they must either be converted at load time to full color textures, or you can manually implement palletized rendering in a shader using one of a few techniques.

Converting to full color (either making multiple versions of the sprite by hand, or converting at load time) is the simplest, most portable solution, but it wastes memory. If you want to do palette animations, you're going to waste some bandwidth uploading recolored sprites to the GPU every frame, but in practice the cost of uploading a single new sprite in a simple 2D game once every frame is miniscule.

In shaders, there are a few approaches you can use. Modern GPUs support integer textures (i.e. directly return the # between 0 and 255, it doesn't get converted to a float) and direct texel lookup (i.e. don't have to map sprite texture coordinates to 0 to 1, you can use the integer "pixel" coordinates directly), which can be trivially used to sample palette indices from a monochrome texture and use them as indices into a palette stored as either a shader uniform lookup table, or a palette texture.

For older GPUs that lack any integer support, I think that using a monochrome texture (returning 0 to 1 floats) to sample a palette texture (256x1 texels) will work, so long as you make sure to disable any texture interpolation.

>Also, something that allows to set fixed resolutions

It's very easy to either render to a fixed-sized window, or render to a fixed-sized framebuffer that can later be scaled up to fill the screen.

>so I don't have a character magically move "half" pixels.

You do actually want to provide subpixel support in your game engine, because it greatly simplifies handling speeds that aren't an integer number of pixels for frame (think "how do I make move between 1 and 2 pixels per second?")

To render sprites without the weird "half pixel" artifacts, you just convert the coordinates to integers or round/floor to the nearest whole number before rendering.

Trying to into planet generation. I want to start with a voxel map procedurally generated (to a specific chunk x/z width). I want to make torus shaped worlds. I know I have to use perlin noise but have no idea how to use it to manipulate world generation.

>>21432

Do you really need it? Most games just treat enemies as mobile obstacles. Very predictable behavior and mechanics, set paths etc. As opposed to being fully fledged adversaries.

Also, A* is just plain old dijkstra with a slightly different order of evaluation (nodes are ranked by shortest path from origin + estimated path to goal, instead of just shortest path from origin).

What is the best library for a programmer who wants to make a 8-shit platformer?

http://www.redblobgames.com/pathfinding/a-star/introduction.html

Is this code really python?

I've never seen attributes like ".empty()" and ".get()"

>>21524

I really need it, it's a big thing that I want to do in my game. I'm tired of platformers where the AI will not follow you properly, almost all platformers have "AI" that will just go in your direction and try to jump if there's an obstacle. Or they will only sit on one platform and perform their attacks, or go to a direction and reverse when they hit something. I don't like that.

So when I thought about how I should make my AI I hit a HUGE problem, that I'm not good enough to use a* and make it path how I want too, and that is because I suck at programming. I would have to modify A* to know ladders, jumps, falls, I am just incompetent at doing that. And the best I can do is use a predefined A* in a top down game, and I don't want to do that.

I thought about a way to do the pathing myself, and it would kinda work and find it's way everywhere but it would clutter the map and take way too much time to do all the pathing myself. So I put that idea on hold.

Now I've been thinking how the hell can I use nodes, as in make paths with game maker, and let the AI connect them to take the good route. I can't do it.

Since I'm pretty lost in this platformer pathfinding thing, I think I'm just gonna give up and go for the tedious time consuming method of just scripting every movement on every map, I don't know how else I can do it with so many jumps, ladders, moving platforms, that does it automatically. Unless of course, someone posts a better idea...

Hey guys, I want to use a font in my game that is licenced under the SIL Open Font License. If I understood this legal speak correctly, I can just import it in Unity, use it and not get sued. Is that right?

Alright, I tried... I looked at A* and I cannot for the life of me modify it enough for a 2D platformer AI to know when to jump, use ladders, fly. It's too complicated for me.

Do any of you know something simple that would require me to do manual pathing for the AI? Because even nodes use A*

What's the most straightforward tool you could use to get shit done in 2d? I'm not new to programming, but I'm an amateur and I just feel like making a quick snake clone or something for fun.

Is löve what I'm looking for?

How do I stop farting around and, like, make game?

>>21632

Faces count quads etc as one, even though they're made of more than 1 triangle. Tris are the actual triangle count, so that's the one you'll want to be looking at.

>>21636

I'm 100% biased so I'm going to say Javascript and HTML5. Most people don't want to spend time on it though because web games are hard to profit from. From what I gather, Löve is very similar, so it's probably good too.

>>21662

Figure out why you aren't making game. What's stopping or discouraging you?

>>21554

Yes.

>>21668

well fuck me then. thanks for the answer

>>21671

Yeah, I figured it out, I just didn't know what a queue was.

>>21668

>Figure out why you aren't making game. What's stopping or discouraging you?

shit man i dunno

Is Pygame any good? I want to create a 2d Roguelite and Python is the closest to a language I feel comfortable with learning right now

>>21729

Been a few years since I used it, but it seemed alright IIRC. You might also want to check out pySFML.

>>21730

Thanks, will do!

Ideafag here. I want to make a 2D Harvest Moon clone, except more complex. What would be a good engine for that? Game would be like Friends of Mineral Town amped up to 11. There would be a lot of separate states to remember for animals, weather, soil, etc. Not to mention a customizable farm.

I've never exactly liked messing with Game Maker; then again I never took it seriously. Is Game Maker worth using for this, or should I consider learning Godot? Should I learn Godot anyway?

>>21746

Wouldn't you need to factor in distance from mouse?

>>21753

Not really, since the rate the angle changes already depends on the current distance, Parallax is the name of the effect I guess, so it doesn't have to be factored in. Thanks anyway.

I've just fixed the problem, looks like I needed to limit the max speed by the angle of acceleration as well. By not doing so, the speed on both axis were reaching max speed even while theoretically on a circle, which made it overshoot at those diagonal trajectories. This also fixed the future problem of having diagonal moving targets faster than those on a single axis. I also found some new problems, such as the ship STILL withdrawing from the target, even if its max speed is limited and the inability of more than a single input (ex: moveforward AND moveleft at the same time glitches a little right now)

This is kinda more of a modelling/fluids question, but here's goes:

I'm simulating some smoke in Maya for SubUVs, the problem is keeping the smoke always stationary around the emitter is hard and limits my options. Is there a way to tell Maya to have the camera follow the centre of the simulated fluid? Alternatively to keep the centre of the simulation box (I'm using dynamic resizing) in a specific place.

Hey dudes I have a question, when making a character model should every thing be built into the model as I'm making it? For example, if they're wearing armor or other attachments, would it be better to model those bits separately, position them where they need to be over the base model, and then group them together under the same 'parent'?

>>21789

It seems easier to show/hide mesh, than to attach mesh to object... But I'm not sure.

Download some ripped models from games and check how others do it. tf3dm.com/3d-models/characters

>>21812

> tf3dm.com/3d-models/characters

I've been looking through some of the models on there and...wow

I hadn't realized THIS was considered acceptable, I'm starting to wonder if I was just being autistic as fuck about details.

Need help with Javascript

I have 5 objects. They're called Object1, Object2 and so on.

I also have a counter that goes from 1 to 5.

I want to refer to the exact object with the same number as the counter while switching off all the others. Is this possible?

I could manually write Object1 = On, Object2 = Off, Object3 = Off and so on, but wondered if I could do it like Object("number in counter") = On, Object("number not in counter" = Off

?

>>21831

dont use JS, but cant you use

for( i = listOfObjects; i < listOfObjects.length - 1, i++) {
	i.off();
}

>>21833

Sorry, I'm new to all this and will probably move to C# when I get hold of everything.

What does that line do exactly? I tried to learn from other sites, but I really don't understand it. It makes i the number of objects in the array, then what?

i++ adds 1 to it so it goes through all the i numbers?

>>21835

go learn what lists, objects, and pointers are, pay particular attention to how they work in memory.

>>21835

also, i meant i dont use JS, so im just assuming that things like lists exist in it

>>21837

>>21838

ok thanks

>>21789

That's how it works in 2D. In 3D, at least in >Bethesda games, what happens is that the whole player torso is swapped when putting an armor on, and same with helmets, legs... only objects occupying the "hair", "necklace" and maybe "ring" slots seem to not remove the underlying pieces of the model.

This is probably done because of clipping, though. It would be pretty dumb for an Argonian to have his head get through his helmet, for example.

This is probably also why neckseams are a thing in many games.

I'm self-teaching when i have the time. Which is almost always when i'm my college intro course. I didn't open the college book ever sinse the first class. Good thing my country has public tertiary education.

I'm searching for new material: i had a C++ book but i found it lacking in aspects, it had hungarian notation. "Wait, everything here are command lines or are there executable files?". "Wait, i'm writing the code on the spot or using already-writen header files?", "To use Conway's Game of Life do i need to use MS-DOS?" but these are small things compared to this:

"I have 10 memory spaces available to use (for example purposes). I assign pointers and use 3 spaces. Now i have 7 spaces left. I delete the data assigned to the pointers. Do i have 10 spaces again or i'm stuch with 7 spaces?"

Anyways, i'm searching for good reading material, preferably in .pdf format. I'd like to continue with C++ as main priority, but other languages are fine, maybe others would be interested in Java or C# or Ruby or whatever.

Also i'm searching for music theory, not how to play instruments, but more related to music composition and analysis.

>>21899

If you are starting at Music Theory, "Music Theory for Dummies" is actually an OK-ish starting point for the classic style of music compositions.

I am trying to get map output working as I follow a guide to make a roguelike as my first forray into vidya dev.

I am having trouble with the function I am making to go into my output function to print the map.

bool printmap(void)
{
int x,y;
	for(y=0; y<MAP_HEIGHT; y++)
	{
	std::ofstream ydata("ydata");
	ydata << y << '\n';
		for(x=0; x<MAP_WIDTH; x++)
		{
			switch(MapArray[y][x])
			{
				case 0:
				mvaddch(y,x,'.');
				break;
				
				case 1:
				mvaddch(y,x,'#');
				break;
				
				case 2:
				mvaddch(y,x,'%');
				break;
				
				case 3:
				mvaddch(y,x,'t');
				break;
				
				default: 
				break;
			}
		}
	return true;
	}
}

It should be pretty self explanetory, and it works well enough for what I am trying, except for one problem.

It only prints for y=0, and the first for loop does not appear to work as the file it outputs to reads "0", and nothing else.

Any idea what Is causing the for loop to only loop once? Shouldn't break knock it back to the first for loop? Or does it end the function?

Thanks.

>>22090

There is planty of frameworks and languages which are cover OS and Android.

For example: haxe language, haxeflixel and flambe frameworks. You will also get HTML5\flash and windows support.

Same thing with Unity, its even easier.

Why does Blender always want me to work with a fucking mouse?

I'm not an artist, I just want to place points in space by typing in their x, y and z values and do stuff that way.

The mouse doesn't do anything precisely at all, I just want to push g or s and put in my new coordinates or scale factor rather than have to use the mouse. It's obtuse. I can never make any damn progress because I can never make any damn assets.

>>22143

You can type values after you press G, S or R. You can also press x, y or z to transform object on particular axis (after you press G, S or R), or SHIFT+ x, y or z to transform object on other 2 axes... Also, SHIFT+ S menu to control 3D cursor (move cursor to selected, or move selected to cursor...). There are other ways to do what you want, but ye... welcome to blender...

While we are talking about blender, can someone explain to me what is proper way to use bone rolls? Can I just manually set all bones to 0 degrees, and get over with this shit (so that I can use flip pose later)? I want to use model and rig in Unity.

>>22145

Cheers buddy. My instincts were telling me the workflow shouldn't be so horrible.

>>22139

I decided to continue with java.

Pc part will be not problem i thing. i made some simple games like pong,snake,tictactoe, even some games can played multiplayer too. and they run so smoothly.

But the main thing I'm worried ios part.

Is this board good for romhacks too?

>>22323

Sure, it's still dev. Unless you count it as a mod, which would be that other board.

>>22331

What board is that?

I need to be able to put some serious work into devving, I need to be able to commit. What would help me out with that, setting up a kickstarter or patreon, or making a thread here, or what?

>>22364

I'd recommend doing small daily tasks that can be completed so that you can feel like you accomplished something and can be lazy the rest of the day.

How do i use ftgl with sdl and opengl for rendering text?

Want to try remaking Megaman Legends 1 for myself as practice for GD. That being said I know nothing about the process or programs I should use. What I wanted to start with was recreating the dungeons, no textures, just the maps as a way to see if I could really do this, but like I said no idea what to use. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

What should I do if I want to get a taste of things without building my own project?

>>22426

Most of the time Codecademy doesn't have you code for inputs because the site has its own inputs it will write to the variables and is looking for specific outputs to tell if you passed. If you want to test your own code out why not download Python yourself? Go to python.org, download version 2.7.3 beacuse that's what Codecademy uses, open IDLE, select File -> New File and put your code in the window that pops up, then run module. You might want to also look into custom IDLE themes if you don't like the default glaring white page look.

>>22426

I just noticed what the errors in your code are. Count the number of open and close parentheses in lines two and three.

>>22428

So I've been picking at this for a week and I've figured out what's wrong.

I had successfully solved the gimbal lock on my ship within the first few minutes. The strange behaviour I had been noticing was because the fucking SpringArm that connects the camera to the ship pawn has gimbal lock as well. Disabling the rotation lag on the spring arm fixes it for now, but I'll have to go back and override that feature later to get it working again.

Since this is the thread to ask small questions. I'm planning to try and mod TIE Fighter. Does anyone know how I can rip open those .LFD files?

>>15464

First of all; great work maintaining this board and keeping it alive.

So is this the /meta/ thread? If so I would ask; is there a chance of you moderators adding 'flairs'? Like a flair for; java, c++, idea-guy etc.

>>22663

>So is this the /meta/ thread?

I don't think so, usually someone makes a meta thread if there's something to discuss.

>'flairs'? Like a flair for; java, c++, idea-guy etc.

I'm pretty sure that was discussed before, but I think people didn't like the idea if I remember right. That was a very long time ago though.

>>22426

Unity doesn't use python scripts.

It uses C# or Javascript.

So I hate to break it to you, but all of this code academy you're learning won't help you whatsoever with game develpment using Unity.

Your best bet with trying to make games with Python is to check here

>http://pygame.org/hifi.html

>7 year vet of Python

>>22085

I attempted to use it after getting it in the humble bundle but found it pretty lackluster.

It isn't compatible with Unity 5, and the attempting to port it over from the previous 4.3 source is abysmal.

The animations look wonky as fuck also since the sprites are just literally taking sections of the arms/legs/head and rotating them, so you'll have a lot of weird looking animations.

If you drew the art with the intent of using Spriter as the main animation system, then it might possibly work (you would need to have extremely elongated limbs/arms/appendages for it to work in a "mediocre" manner).

>>22090

Java can compile to iOS using RoboVM. LibGDX even comes with a tutorial on how to do it.

Any recommended for someone looking to make a roguelike game in the vien of ADOM/Incursion?

Complete newfag so language suggestions are totally open as well

also requesting links to information about this stuff so I don't need to be asked to be spoonfed every time I'm looking

>>22801

>recommended

recommended reading*

>>22801

roguebasin has plenty of info

Hey guys

I'm studying programing at college and the teacher told us we have to work on some project for the end of the year.

Me and some friends thought about making a simple game, I would make a flappy bird clone in love2d and just go with that but the thing is we have to use c++ and we know nothing about game development with it.

Should I start sdl tutorials? openGL?

Maybe a dedicated engine?

Would that take too long?

There are no restrictions as long as I use c++

>>22878

I would recommend SFML. Flappy bird took me some 4-5 hours (>>22904). Come up with something more ambitious, unless you make Super Mega Flappy Bird 3000.

How do I keep a low resolution for a 2D game, without doing pixel art? Shit is way to hard to make it look decent, and higher resolutions would kinda impact performance on what I'm doing.

Other than vector art what is there to be done?

Does anyone have the latest version of aseprite? I only have 1.1.0 dev which is an older version but the latest I could find on the internet.

It would be so great if someone would post a link to the newest version...

>>22982

https://mega.nz/#!ZU53kbwA!QFGTOib5pRr_FNnoDKcEgWIauud09A7rmtCS3BDtR_g

1.1.0.1 Use at your own risk, I didn't compile it.

>>23003

Thanks a lot man, did you use it yourself though, where you got it from?

>>23022

Yup, seems to function just fine.

>>23035

Looked it up real quick... I would try putting a Debug.Log("OnMouseEnter reached") in the OnMouseEnter() method so you at least know it's firing. You should get a message in the console. Can also do some breakpoints with debug mode.

I don't use Unity personally so I can't help with specifics, though I think those GetComponent calls in Start() are doing nothing (they aren't assigned to anything), and it looks wonky that you use gameObject in one getComponent call in OnMouseEnter but not the other. Just a hunch.

Hey,

I want to create a basic 2d rpg with turnbased combat with lots of stats and reading. I've seen that a lot of people dont really like RPGmaker, is there anything wrong with using it in my case? Is it too limited, even for basic RPG like mine?

>>23038

It's not that limited overall. People have used it to create standard RPGs for a very long time now.

Take a look ... 16 pages of games made in RPGMaker. On Steam. Don't ask me how they all got Greenlit.

http://store.steampowered.com/tag/en/RPGMaker/#p=0&tab=NewReleases

Should do pretty much anything you want it to, and there are a lot of people making stuff with it (and have been for years)... The closer your game is to "normal 16-bit-era JRPG" (CRPGs not as easy but still quite possible) the more it's the natural choice.

so is python a good language to start learning for the foundations? And if so, what are some good videos/books on it?

>>23058

Yeah, it should be beginner-friendly and quite popular (large communities, lot's of libraries)

>>23037

Took out the GetComponent calls. Added a box collider just in case. Even tried adding rigidbody.

Debug.Log isn't putting anything in the console. Doesn't look like it's firing at all. Any ideas?

>>23067

>>23037

Never mind. I'm retarded.

3D text objects are weird. To adjust it to look right for the camera, I set it at a Y value of -239. The plane I used as the backdrop (Which hopefully I can get to have a gritty desk looking aesthetic) was set to a Y value of 0. It's firing now.

>>23062

Shit. Chances are this monkey just uploaded it with a changed version #.

I'm trying to compile aseprite right now. Some people say it's really hard but I got nothing better to do and I've done this kind of shit a lot before, so I think it should go OK. Will report back later, hopefully with good news.

>>23062

>>23072

OK, got it all sorted. Took awhile but was totally worth it. See the post in the sprite tool thread, also includes instructions about how to compile. I can now compile the latest versions for us as needed.

>>23076

>>20042

if you're on a linux environment, SDL.h is under the folder of SDL2 in /usr/include directory.

Not sure in Windows OS.

>>23194

In Windows you have to compile SDL, and point your compiler explicitly to it.

Windows development is shit.

In the planning stages for a "spiritual successor" of sorts to Shadowrun (snes).

Since I haven't made a proper game in a decade besides dicking around in the source engine I just want to know:

a) What engine would be good for an isometric RPG, assume I'm a complete retard unity maybe?

b) How would I go about designing the combat system for keyboard and mouse without making it casual Hotline Miami type trash?

c) Some resources for making pixel art.

I saw a thread on /v/ a few weeks ago about a (possibly?) new libre game engine/platform/library/thing. I recall it being demonstrating an isometric game of some kind. I don't believe it was FLARE. Thanks.

>>23405

Lots of AI tends to be state-based. As for jobs and stuff, if I had to make a game like Dorfs or whatever that had jobs and shit, what I would do is make each job have a priority. Then, for each idle character, I'd look at the jobs they could do, then make them do the highest priority one.

I'm sure you guys get this alot but I'd like to make a game and I'm not sure where to start. I have little programming experience Is unity good? I hear lots of people shit talk it, but I think it's only because there are lot's of low effort cash-grabs in made with it. The main reason I want to use it is because it supports all the platforms I want to make stuff for and I think I might be able to find help since it's so popular. crossposting on /v/'s /agdg/

>>23451

Unity's fine, but you should start out with some smaller 2d games first. If you try to jump into your dream project you'll fail if you don't have any experience.

>>23455

ya some guy on /v/ told me to do pong. I might try digdug too.

>>23451

Wondering about the same thing, kind of.

I've done some basic programming for 3 years. Nothing fancy but at least I got the basic stuff down to expand my knowledge from there and I know that I shouldn't think of a project to do right away, but rather do some learning experiences.

But, what would those be? I am also using Unity, so should I just follow their tutorial projects? Or would it be a better idea to spend a weekend with the documentation and just play around to learn the stuff unity provides?

I'm kind of missing a direction of where to start when I want to learn how to work with an engine.

>>23463

From what I've found the best way would be to make a dead simple game first. Maybe even two, then play around with individual game mechanics that you want in your game before implementing them. I kinda wish there was a guide with a bit more direction like you describe. I'm sure if someone from here made one it would bring more people into /agdg/ and the irc.

Does anyone have any experience in modding Knights of the Old Republic? Or Neverwinter Nights for that matter..

I'm trying to export a model from blender as an .mdl but I can't get it to work. Exporting it just doesn't do anything. I've also tried doing it with gmax. Both of them are using the NWmax addons/scripts for their respective programs.

Any help would be awesome

ok im a complete newb making a roguelike using the Roguebasin tutorial for Python + libtcod

i can't get Notepad++ to run the code i'm using, it won't

they have a bit in the tutorial that is supposed to explain how but i'm fucking retarded, here's the page:

http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Complete_Roguelike_Tutorial,_using_Python%2Blibtcod,_extras#A_neat_Python_shortcut_for_Notepad.2B.2B

>@echo off

cd %1

%2

if not errorlevel 1 goto quit

echo.

echo.

pause

:quit

>Assuming parameter %1 is the file's directory, and %2 is the file name, this just changes to that dir and runs it, pausing the console if there's an error.

which file and which file directory is he talking about? ive used python.exe, libtcodpy.py and my scripts .py file with no success

could someone explain how to do this for a complete gimp like myself?

>>23600

what do i set %1 and %2 to?

python.exe or the libtcod.py?

>>23708

I got it thanks.

If you wanted to make a web application to interface with your server binary, which had to scan for a port, spawn a server, track the server and update its information on the web interface and then remove it when the game was over, which framework would you use?

Reposting this question since I didn't want to flood the /agdg/ thread on /v/.

In your opinion, what is the best engine to use for a first timer? From what you said I fall under the programming and design but my biggest problem is how to really start. I don't know which engine I should use, what programs I need for different parts of development (music, art, assets, ect). Any help pointing me out in the right direction would be extremely appreciated.

>>23819

I'd try Unreal 4

It's suuuuper easy to get a game working super fast. You can use visual scripting to make stuff fast, and even if you want to code, you still can.

>>23838

All I can give you is some very standard advice: I suggest you get a job which can pay your bills, and work on games in your free time.

The truth is that I didn't do that. I decided to take a risk, and spent a few years without a job and working on my games. Unfortunately I never got to make a release, and it became difficult to find a job due to my long term unemployment. Fortunately I am back on track and things are going well. Whatever, life isn't about doing everything perfectly.

Anyway, have a dayjob and save cash. You might end up needing it at some point. Don't expect to make a living from game development. If it happens, then that's great, but don't expect it.

>>23035

Why are you using 3D text when you should be using the UI system which is way fucking better

I've got an extremely simple game built using SFML in C++, compiling with g++. How can I build standalone executables (static linking, if that's what it's called) for both Linux and Windows systems? I'm not using an IDE, just writing in gedit and compiling/executing with a terminal.

Any links to more comprehensive guides on Game Maker?

Also, anything on how to learn to write music? FL Studio guides, chiptune-sounding soundfonts, etc.?

So I've been thinking about trying to make porn games since they seem like a nice way to get money. I've found several places to hire artist or even buy assets but none of them seem to cater to these interests (porn). Do you guys know of any place where I can get someone working on this shit? Models don't seem that hard to get, it's the animations that matter the most. Keep in mind I'm a programmer so working on this just by myself is not possible

>>23817

>You gotta raise popularity and lower resentment of your individual slavegirls,

Will you be able to make them happy? Because happy girls are my fetish.

>What I need help with is what would work best for this VN/Light Management, Unity or Ren'py?

Using Unity for something like this would be like killing a fly with a rocket launcher. It would work, but it's overkill.

Ren'py, instead, is GOAT for VN, but you will be on your own if you want to make anything else. Some people have managed to get light stat systems working, but the system isn't really meant to be used for anything more complex than that.

The real question is, what's your favourite programming language? If it's C#, you can use Monogame. If it's Java, you can use libGDX. IF it's C++ (kinda overkill for something like this, to be honest), you can use SFML. If you like Scheme, you can use guile-2d, although I heard porting Guile to Windows is a pain in the ass. Lua + LÖVE 2D would also be a great choice for a light game. Fuck, even JavaScript would be nice for this, although I can't recommend any libraries since I know jack shit about it.

If you have yet to learn programming, Lua and LÖVE would be my first option if you can find a decent Lua source.

i've been reading books about game design, design in general, storytelling and psychology and even if i like so much the subject and the idea of making i game i'm not in a rush of willing to do it now

i'm young and i've got a very old netbook and i don't know if it would be better to keep studying the subject until i got an at least decent pc or to get into programming

>>24309

Approach coding like you do the other subjects. Just chip away at it slowly. Know what variables, functions and loops are as early as possible. The earlier you start, the more natural it is.

>>24309

I've done some development on a netbook before. It's not really a problem. Go find a nice cafe and do some gamedev there.

How do you design game balance? Like at a very basic practical level. Nothing fancy just simple semi-balanced system.

I was making a strategy game and got everything setup but I have no idea how much units should cost or how much damage they should do etc. This seems like a very basic issue but I'm at a loss as to what to search for. Game design and balance searches all seem to lead to abstract stuff that is not practical at all.

I'm making a game in gamemaker and I've run into a problem. I can't figure out how to change a sprite only when the first time you enter a room. How do I do this?

How can one make the perfect roguelite/roguelike? I use both terms since lite seemingly is dominating the market, and likes are ones I would love to sit down and figure out the design of.

I want to contemplate a game that is a deep as NetHack but can still be easily accessible like Risk of Rain. Of course, also making it as good as both.

I want to help out on a project, not create one, but just help out.

I have no discernable skill in programming, art, modelling or other such things. According to /v/, this makes me perfect.

I used to help out on Tremulous and Unvanquished doing some basic level design/layouts and bug-testing, as well as a dash of spriting, copypasta code and more bug testing on SS13.

>>24545

If I understand the basic premise of a Roguelike, you make a really interesting game that would be perfect to stop/start in little bursts, with saves.

Now erase the function to save, shorten it so you can get through a full session of the game in under an hour, add a bunch of randomisation and optional cosmetics/boosts for gitting gud.

>>24596

Honestly, the solution is very simply, stop using the built in hspeed and vspeed, and accelerations, friction. and so on.

>>24601

I managed to solve the problem with this anyway (in the wall event), which may be helpful if anyone is having the same problem:

///Bounce player out of getting stuck

if (place_meeting(x,y,obj_player))

{

if (obj_player.x < x-16)

{

with (obj_player) hspeed = -5;

}

}

if (place_meeting(x,y,obj_player))

{

if (obj_player.x > x+16)

{

with (obj_player) hspeed = 5;

}

}

if (place_meeting(x,y,obj_player))

{

if (obj_player.y < y-16)

{

with (obj_player) vspeed = -5;

}

}

if (place_meeting(x,y,obj_player))

{

if (obj_player.y > y+16)

{

with (obj_player) vspeed = 5;

}

}

if (place_meeting(x,y,obj_player))

{

if (obj_player.x > x-16) && (obj_player.x < x+16)

{

with (obj_player) hspeed = -5;

}

}

if (place_meeting(x,y,obj_player))

{

if (obj_player.y > y-16) && (obj_player.y < y+16)

{

with (obj_player) vspeed = -5;

}

}

Even so, I'm not so sure the problem is with the built in hspeed/vspeed functions. After all, aren't they just equivalent to putting in x += a value? To do friction, you'd just have to tell it to start subtracting or adding (against the direction you are going in) once you let go of the directional buttons, so some variant of !(key_check_pressed...etc).

I think the real problem is using place_meeting to stop before collisions happen in a pixel perfect way. That works fine without acceleration, but once you have acceleration built in or custom, it seems to create errors for corner collisions where you will actually collide and overlap (get stuck). Once you advance beyond pixel perfect moving/jumping, you can no longer guarantee avoiding collisions before they happen, and have to start solving for when you are colliding/overlapping.

Bouncing free based on where your player is based in relation to the block seems like a solution that covers most situations, but I'm still curious about how you can return things to their previous position. I'm sure it has something to do with the xprevious/yprevious stuff, but it's incorporating it into move_outside, or move_contact which I don't know yet.

Just have to experiment more! Git gud etc.

I want to make a mlutiplayer shooter thing the same as tribes.

Are there any versions of the idtech 2/3 engines that implement a physics engine powerful enough for a game of that style? and Are there any tutorials for using an idtech 2/3 based engine other than faf about and learn your self?

>>24609

If you like writing, Visual Novels would be a great option. Ren'Py is free, easy to learn, and a great place to start. Write a story, then find someone to draw for you or lern2art and you're set.

I'm a fantasy writer. I'd like to make a game along the vein of Tales of Maj'Eyal in order to basically be a 'lore repository' for the world of my upcoming novel, though I'd also like to make it for its own sake as a finished product. What sort of programming language should I learn in order to do this? I know some rudimentary C++ but not enough to matter, should I just stick with that?

As far as art assets go, I can do that on my own though they will not be wonderful. Music is the only thing that I feel I will never be able to learn, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

>>24659

Fair number of roguelikes are written in C++, you can stick with it. ToME itself is written in C and Lua but ToME is pretty old.

Also, since it's a roguelike, assets are not very important. Most roguelikes use plain ASCII graphics.

How do i render unicode in SDL/OpenGL?

>>24659

>>24666

You should at least code so that said assets can be freely changed later. No sense coupling to a fixed ASCII standard tileset when you can just have your graphics specify a tileset and index (and default to ASCII standard)

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Programming_resources

I'm considering to take books from there. Personally i'll use (as current main interest) C++. Assuming that someone here is deep within the programming hole, do you reccomend the books there? Should i also take see one of the more general ("essential") books?

>>24674

Apparently SDL_ttf 2 has UNICODE versions of Render calls

>>24727

Effective C++ by Scott Meyers is a good book, can't vouch for those listed there

Are you just starting? Personally I wouldn't reccomend starting with C++ right ahead, learn C first, in general it's a very simple language and most of it's concepts are transfered to C++ unchanged.

So is RPG maker a good place to start getting into game design, or is it a better idea to hop right into lower level programming languages and learn there?

>>24806

Should clarify a bit, planning on building some free roguelike pokemon hybrid thing. So would rpg maker be good for a roguelike basically, I plan on using this project as an idea of what I'm weakest at while still developing something at least interesting on the concept level.

>>24732

>Apparently SDL_ttf 2 has UNICODE versions of Render calls

which wants a SDL_Surface, but i work with SDL_GLContext.

>>24804

Start with gamemaker

Also don't use youtube tutorials. Books are still a thing, and since you're on THE INTERNET you can have DIGITAL BOOKS. But since you'll be using gamemaker, you'll probably have to stick to gamemaker manual for now, there's a URL in the first post.

Video tutorials are only good when you have to show some sort of process which is hard to describe. What's the point of watching a video of someone typing text is beyond my understanding.

>>24806

Most likely you won't need all that fancy "lower level programming" thing, at least for beginning. Pick a tool, learn it, maybe learn whatever scripting language it provides. Maybe look up specific things before starting with RPG maker (e.g. if you want random dungeons, see if it's possible to implement those in RPG maker; if it's not, see how to work around that or maybe pick a different tool)

>>24813

Can't you just use SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface and SDL_GL_BindTexture afterwards? Or it's a performance hit?

Does anyone have a copy of HammUEr for UE4? Fuck paying 40 bucks for a conversion utility between two pieces of software that are free to use.

>>24819

>Can't you just use SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface and SDL_GL_BindTexture afterwards? Or it's a performance hit?

CreateTextureFromSurface needs a SDL renderer, which i appearantly cant use with a SDL_GLContext.

I'm looking to make a game which allows for the game's scripts to be edited live during gameplay. The game would have a C/C++ base, and the enemies and entities in the game will be controlled by scripts done in some scripting language. I want to be able to write the game mechanics and whatnot in C++ and then have scripts to do enemies and entities.

The main mechanic that I'm looking to implement is to allow the player to "corrupt" enemies and whatnot by scrambling specific variables and functions within the enemies scripting in order to solve problems and help with battles.

I was wondering if there is a specific engine that would allow me to easily do this, or at least an engine that would do it best. The game will be 2D, but I'd like to have 3D functionality in case I want to do something with it later on. Also, I don't want to have to learn some engine-specific scripting language if possible.

how do i use ftgl to render unicode?

I'm thinking of making a game similar to Simon's Quest just for fun/experience. This'll be my first step into game development.

Is gamemaker an alright engine for the type of game I want to make? Should I start with a simpler game instead?

>>25013

>Is gamemaker an alright engine for the type of game I want to make?

Yes

>Should I start with a simpler game instead?

Eh, probably? It's a six hours long game made by a professional studio and experienced team. I'm not saying that it's impossible, especially with modern tools and without NES limitations, but the scope might be too big for a 1MA's first project.

Hanna Barbera Sound Effects

https://ghostbin.com/paste/hmo5y

>>25121

This is really neat. Anything else similar to this collection?

Does anyone have the Generic Shooter blueprints for UE4? I'm a poorfag that can't afford to pay 50 bucks and I want to start working on a very basic FPS with multiplayer, and I don't want to reinvent the wheel.

>>25221

Did you try to go with the official documentation to get you started?

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest

/INT/Resources/SampleGames/ShooterGame/index.html

https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Shooter_Game_-_Toggle_Third_Person

>>25221

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/SampleGames/ShooterGame/index.html

What a good engine for a 2d fighter? Game maker studio gives me aids.

>>25357

MUGEN

>>25158

If the target is 2D sprites, Remember to render in orthographic perspective.

>>25470

First, I don't think you can do that. Unity essentially compiles all your C# code into JS when you build and deploy. So you can't load in more C# at runtime.

But I don't think that's your solution anyway.

Your best bet would be to make a class of properties that store the game progress and dialog decisions in memory as well as writing them out to save files periodically. This would allow you to track the user's progress and choices. I'm not sure how complicated your dialogue trees are but I imagine that you only need to keep key decisions in memory to know how to react to them later.

Does this make sense?

>>25483

Lumberyard is based in C++ and has a bunch of bloated tools and libraries you basically get roped into using if you want to keep developing -- It's called "Vendor Lock-In". One of the reasons that MS is able to keep gamers off of Linux is that they leverage vendor lock in. They make it harder to inter-operate with anything else... So, if you wrote code in MS Visual Studio C++, it will usually shit itself when you run it through any standards compliant compiler. More on that later.

Lumberyard is made up of technology from Amazon Web Service, Twitch, and Double Helix (The visual technology of Lumberyard is based in CryEngine, which is so fucking inefficient, I can't even, it's the current year; Thanks to doing things on purpose to make AMD hardware shit itself (like a completely flat wall, tesselated to a million triangles, placed in a level inconspicously -- it generates these from level data on purpose, knowing that NVIDA will detect and optimize this wall into a single quad, but AMD will stutter trying to keep up doing exactly what the engine told it to do).

Other engines are free to develop, and actually have professional studios releasing shit with them. Releasing with those usually has some costs or revenue sharing involved, but Lumberyard has a few "unique selling points": There are “no seat fees, subscription fees, or requirements to share revenue”. (this is a lie). You only pay for the AWS (Amazon Web services) you choose to use (which is a fucking subscription fee). This means you won’t be able to use third party alternatives to the AWS features.

This means: Hey, you stopped paying your subscription fee? Guess what? Your game is now GONE! Disappeared from existence. The DRM servers are gone, the network hosting the files are inaccessible.

They try to stream users fucking graphics and other assets to keep pirates from pirating.

Remember great MMORPG games like City of Heroes? Gone. Dead. Servers killed because it was successful, even more than the studio's new games, and this embarrassed them, so they killed it.

You know what it's like to pour your heart and soul into a game. Why would you give the fruit of your labor an artificial death sentence? Lumberyard brings all of the downsides of MMORPGs to every game type in the world, complete with players unable to play single player games when there are AWS outtages.

(They happen more frequently than PSN goes down).

But wait! There's More!

> “With Amazon Lumberyard’s visual scripting tool, your designers and engineers with little to no back end experience can add cloud-connected features to a game in as little as minutes (such as a community news feed, daily gifts, or server-side combat resolution) through drag-and-drop visual scripting.”

So it harnesses your users social graph data and has some proprietary scripting crap to further ensure you don't port your game to other platforms.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Amazon is saying: This is a completely free engine! That's a red flag, and a lie. You can not fork that engine and build it yourself. And they will absolutely make it increasingly difficult to port your game away or keep it working without paying Amazon Rent.

In the Age of Information, data is infinitely reproducible. But Amazon wants to bring back artificial scarcity of Games. We should be able to run every new game created forever, and pass our creative efforts to all future generations. But not if we adopt shit like proprietary server systems, and mandatory online DRM.

Imagine what it would be like if Da Vinci or Michaelangelo had used a system like Lumberyard. No one would be able to experience their art today. That way is dumb, a step backward, into death and decay rather than eternal life.

>>25493

> You can not fork that engine and build it yourself.

To be perfectly clear: You only get half the fucking engine. The other half is in Amazon's "Cloud".

When I did network design and administration we would put these squiggly lines around the part of the network that were obscured from us. So, our facilities could have everything mapped out. But where the data went into the Internet we made a nebulous area. Now people call that "the cloud". All data entering that "cloud" had to be checked and encrypted, and we had to do extra checks because packets might never arrive and we'd have no way of knowing about the instability. The "Cloud" is fucking Lightning. It's always been a zone of danger. And now Amazon wants to bring you all the instability, uncertainty, and spying of that cloud to every game you make with their Cloud based Game Engine.

The cloud is evil. Even simple electronic brains are smart enough to fear the rain and lightning.

What's the best-performing 2D tools available? Other than C++/SDL or SFML. Does LOVE perform well?

I want to make an RTS with lots of units. It needs to be able to handle at least 1k units on screen.

>>25493

>>25494

Can you link some citations? The information about this on Amazon's website is a fucking mess and a hell to navigate, which kind of suggests what you're saying is true.

>>25641

get CGPeers and get the Top Down Medieval Pack. There's basically lots of packs that are exactly what you're looking for in UE4

vid related it's that pack

Then if you ever get close to actually releasing, you can just pay the 30$ for the pack.

I think I'm going to start learning Python to make a cli dungeon crawler. I'll add graphics later, just want to make the shit under the hood before I commit to anything big

I'm going to try using codeacademy and once I get something that works code-wise I'll upload the source code somewhere and make some devlogs

Anyone have any pointers or things to know in python programming?

>>25772

Unreal engine supports C++, it also has a blueprints system that allows you to make game without programming.

>>25690

>Anyone have any pointers or things to know in python programming?

There's an annoying pitfall early when you're learning it:

someVariable = 0

def f():
	someVariable = 5

f()

Also, don't ever write shit like this:

try:
	something()
except:
	whatever()

Also, use raw_input() instead of input() unless you have a very good reason, since the latter allows users to execute arbitrary code.

>>25357

Game Maker is pretty shitty for fighters unless you take your time to script your own custom events, specially regarding collisions. Not impossible to do, but It would take a lot of time and work.

So if you don't want or don't have the time to code everything from scratch go for MUGEN, it already has the basics and you only need to focus on 'costumizing' it. with a little bit of creativity you can make pretty impressive stuff.

>>25938

Handmade Hero is using C++, not C. Handmade Hero's dev is getting paid not for finishing his game but for writing it, so he's making the process as tedious and slow as possible.

In general, C++ is a bad choice for a 1MA project, C++ is not as friendly as managed languages and doesn't have much in terms of gamedev libraries or frameworks. Start with python, it's a shit language but it's popular and easy to start with.

>>25945

The arms and legs are weirdly shaped as hell. Apart from that, the design is alright, if maybe a bit generic, but it depends on what colors you choose for her.

>>25946

blue and yellow

the story is going to be silly/generic, nothing too seirous

but there's something off with the middle parts of the design that I can't put my finger towards

>>25948

>and then move to java or do i stick with python?

What happens next depends on your needs

>also python gonna work for all engines?

Definitely no

Actually never mind what I've said about python, it's a good way to be introduced to programming but you won't be able to jump straight in into gamedev process, unlike with tools like Game Maker. Honestly, what you should learn depends on what you're trying to achieve.

Also I can't find anything about Java in the OP post, did you just confuse Java with Javascript?

I normally only post on halfchan, so sorry if I'm unwelcome

Posted this there and only got one vote on my strawpoll, I haven't made any progress in over a week because I can't design enemies without knowing my player control scheme.

I'm making a 2D action game with hopefully deep, satisfying combat.

Currently I have:

3 attack buttons that can be aimed neutral, up, or down.

A dash button and jump button that can cancel out of attacks as a defensive option.

So what would be more satisfying and intuitive as a defensive mechanic on the ground?

I like the idea of a block button, but for keyboard players, 5 buttons might already be a lot. Big thanks to anyone who responds

http://strawpoll.me/7048747

>>25947

Looks pretty cool outside of the weird arms/legs, reminds me of Elphelt from Guilty Gear Xrd

Suppose I want to make something like memetale but even simpler (and add more features as I get better)

So literally 2d rpg with FF1-level combat system

Would it be really hard to develop this if I want to make my own engine, like code it from scratch (in like C++ or Java)?

Haven't found any tutorials googlin.

Really my only reason for not using gamemaker is because of the shit you have to install, I kinda just want it to be an exe, run without added shit

>>25960

>Really my only reason for not using gamemaker is because of the shit you have to install, I kinda just want it to be an exe, run without added shit

I'm not sure whether you mean the engine or the resultant game, but Godot fits that description either way.

>>25961

Thanks based anon, I'm gonna go make a million dollar game now

>>25969

You got three options:

>project the bullet path from the camera but keep the gun model as-is (practically everyone does this?)

>keep it like you have it but render a crosshair on the screen where the gun is aimed at (like a laser pointer)

>center the gun like doom

>keep it as is and tell people to git gud, scrub, and know when their gun is pointing into the wall?

>>25971

Thanks anon. I haven't thought of the second one.

My brother is taking a gamedev course in high school. He said they're using a program called Costruct 2. Anyone know what it's like?

>>26046

*Construct 2

Would there be any performance/feature advantages to developing a game solely for linux platforms vs windows?

>>26048

You're limiting yourself to a very small market share, and a half of this market share doesn't have proper gpu drivers. I guess you could benefit from optimizing specifically for Linux but the drawbacks are huge and outweigh any potential benefit.

I need some help on what seems like a really simple C# problem, but it has me stumped. I just started using Unity a couple weeks ago and what I want to do is to access a public array from another script after I have shuffled its order.

So far what I have is:

 
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Calculations : MonoBehaviour
{
	// Public so you can fill the array in the inspector
	public int[] n; 

	void Start () 
	{
	
		//Shuffle the n (values used in equation) and 

		n = new int[9];

		for (int i = 0; i < n.Length; i++) {
			n [i] = i+1;
		}

		Shuffle (n);
	}


	void Shuffle(int[] a)
	{
		// Loops through array
		for (int i = a.Length-1; i > 0; i--)
		{
			// Randomize a number between 0 and i 
			//(so that the range decreases each time)
			int rnd = Random.Range(0,i);

			// Save the value of the current i, otherwise 
			//it'll overwrite when we swap the values
			int temp = a[i];

			// Swap the new and old values
			a[i] = a[rnd];
			a[rnd] = temp;
		}
	}

It seems like when I access n from another script I'll get a value of 0 because it's accessing it before it gets shuffled. Is there anyway to make the shuffled n array public?

Let me post site goblin

>>26133

The shuffle code is not mine btw, I couldn't find a simple way to shuffle an array so I found it online. I've previously used IDL, so I'm used to things like array manipulation being is super easy.

Other than the shuffle code, which fundamentals am I not getting, so i can focus on improving those first.

>>26139

object orientation is pretty core to game programming but I'm not sure about abstract puzzle games, most of it will probably will just end up in the same class.

guess I can answer more questions since this board is so dead. teaching isn't my strong point though, you'll have to go to google for most things.

>>26142

Yeah I was pretty surprised to see how dead this board is. I'm guessing most people have maybe moved to the /agdg/ general on /v/?