The most stressful part about tech interviews is always that my brain just throws out the useful information and im left with the bare bones. I could yap for hours about the issues I've had modernising source with its 2004 C++ logic but do the same with a job on the table and I dont remember a thing
Talked to someone about how long ago I started using Unity, said the end of 2009 and they hit me with "17 years?" and im pretty sure I turned to dust.
#gamedevelopment If you're working in Unreal Engine and you don't know about this, AMD's GPU Open has a fantastic guide on optimizing for Unreal 5 with Epic's cryptic not exposed to "Project Settings" configs.
gpuopen.com/learn/unreal...
100% based on the time frame it either ran some Python image recognition script or it was pretending to look into it and then just told me what I wanted to hear.
Did the same test, same result. Told it to actually look at the shape and it took a solid 2 minutes to tell me that it is indeed just a U bracket lol
Yeah i got a set of the ones that were advertised on SideQuest for the Quest 2 and they helped a ton.
If theyre not a specific kind of glass you can get lenses that fit into the Quest 1 - 3 screens that have your prescription. Recommend as someone who has to squish their glasses into the Q3 to see anything
100% These are the kind of conversations I want instead.
Tell me about how you learned assembly just to remove IoT from your fridge!
I love programming, but if anyone talks to me about being a 10x or 100x engineer ever again, i'm quitting to join that ex Microsoft dev in Goose farming.
There's more than just Mooseheads now?!
I think the best part about tools like this are the inevitable forum posts asking how to fix some incredibly simple problems
Wild that Brisbane is about to be hit by a cyclone and my neighbours are mowing their lawns
A bunny character with mechanical legs on a huge slab of meat.
A cat-tus gal playing at the beach, a beach ball is about to hit her
A red Oni is running at you with her bloody mace
A 3D printed model of a Chicken girl, she is holding a leaf over her head
Want your character in 3D? Maybe even a 3D printed model for display or tabletop games? A cool main character for your upcoming indie game?
I'm open for commissions!
Shares greatly appreciated!
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Wishing her a speedy recovery, my Nan did nearly the same thing around Christmas time and is still recovering.
Adobe alternatives
(Open source and paid)
Finally, a fan game where I'm not a fat wizard 😂
It's like raw milk, they're good for you right?
(Joking, I forgot they were pre cooked because I haven't had them in 20 years and I don't like seafood)
Scratch that my bad, they're cooked after they're caught and before people even see them.
I haven't had prawns in over 20 years
We also eat prawns raw, barbies are for snags, and no one drinks fosters.
I refuse
Those teeth look like the Australian cigarette packet ads
Not sure if these are just things I'm late to discovering but if you're using #Unreal and you want to integrate various things from the Win32 API you can use WindowsHWrapper.h from the Core Components
I do enjoy that you can use Unity as a 3d renderer and just throw almost whatever .net libraries you want at it.
I've setup Protobuf + an editor window to compile all .proto scripts in the project and am working on integrating it with Lidgren to send data across a network for a simple game.
If you aren't using them already, I recommend looking into Item Templates in Visual Studio.
Found them while looking to make writing Components in O3DE less painful. They've been useful for quickly adding new headers with guards directly to a project without needing to write it all myself each time.
Gaea is amazing. Only a small amount of import tweaking in UE but otherwise its just a 16k png heightmap to UEs terrain
Stand up desk and a treadmill still has to be the best way to exercise while at work, would recommend.
Finally reprogrammed VPC for VS 17, 19 and 22 support and I have a new level of respect for anyone who's ever worked on Valves Project Creator...
I also gutted your Reg Checks, and I regret nothing.
Now time to write a UI to generate projects without requiring the CLI
There is no "Unreal Engine" starter pack to follow.
So im creating one here: go.bsky.app/S3U5wKj
If you have any Unreal Engine skills, reply if you want to be added. Repost if you can so other people can be aware too.
#UE5 #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngine #Gamedev #Indiedev
