Good vs. Evil
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71. I’m actually bad at both 
maybe I’m a facilitator - I encourage other people to come up with good ideas or figure out how to implement them?
maybe I’m a facilitator - I encourage other people to come up with good ideas or figure out how to implement them?
72 and, got the default actions to render when creating a roleplay
It doesn't show the code (yet) that those actions use but for those I also find that a lot less important (as they are the default actions of the battlesystem, if you can't trust those there is a bigger problem)
So... now its time to either change how abilities are created and stored so you can write custom code for those or to make it possible to execute actions through the client.
It doesn't show the code (yet) that those actions use but for those I also find that a lot less important (as they are the default actions of the battlesystem, if you can't trust those there is a bigger problem)
So... now its time to either change how abilities are created and stored so you can write custom code for those or to make it possible to execute actions through the client.
73. It’s a cold but sunny afternoon and the kids are outside on the trampoline with their cousin and friends. Good day
75. I'mm bad at getting them to work, but I (at least think that) I have great ideas but I have no idea how to start
77 Replaying Simply Magic. Gonna shoot for becomeinga werewolf/vampire combo
77 Well I'm using Ars Magica too, so I think im more like Samuel Heights
78. Ah interesting! Yes, that sounds more like it - my mind went straight to the more traditional Abomination from the White Wolf stuff.
79 so... today I had to show the project for school.
I think everything wend good, though the teachers couldn't beat most games (only 1 out of 3). However, as one of the points was that it need to have replay value (and he tried to beat them, a lot) I guess its a good thing? I mean, he defiantly played them a good amount of time.
Also, because I feel like it: That project was a clusterfuck. It was the first programming project on this school and well, it was year 1 so the skill level was about 0 when it comes to programming. Actually, in our dev lessons we only got to variables, while and if. No functions, not how to work inside multiple files, nothing.
To make matters worse, you also where forced to use pygame despite the fact that you didn't get graded on your code (a wtf in itself in my opinion). Now, at first glance pygame may look ok and simple until you realize that you need to write an update loop by yourself, the vector api (which in the documentation is hiding behind math) is marked experimental. Despite the fact that vectors are kind of important when working with games.
Also,I'm pretty certain you can't directly use vectors to move things around and stuff. Which makes that whole api kind of useless. Also, draw order is important, but there is very little inside pygame itself to aid with that. The best it has is sprite groups, so you just need to draw those in the correct order but those have a nasty surprise
Another "fun" Gotcha in pygame is that it has 2 music api's. One uses channels, this means it is easy to work with multiple sounds however this can't use .MP3 files. The other one however can work with .MP3 files but doesn't use channels and is thus pretty much garbage.
Also, if you want collision, don't use the collision method but look at the mask api. Unless of course you only work with squares, then do whatever you want.
No real in build support for buttons, let alone input fields of any kind (because you never want to know someone's username /s ).
You can only move object around using world coordinates. So, if you rotated a rectangle by some degrees and want to move it in the direction it points at you can't just say move forward by X.
Everything counted together made it actually more difficult to write a simple 2D gridded dungeon crawler then it was to make a VR First person shooter, and that was without much if any experience with even playing VR games and in a language I never used.
I think everything wend good, though the teachers couldn't beat most games (only 1 out of 3). However, as one of the points was that it need to have replay value (and he tried to beat them, a lot) I guess its a good thing? I mean, he defiantly played them a good amount of time.
Also, because I feel like it: That project was a clusterfuck. It was the first programming project on this school and well, it was year 1 so the skill level was about 0 when it comes to programming. Actually, in our dev lessons we only got to variables, while and if. No functions, not how to work inside multiple files, nothing.
To make matters worse, you also where forced to use pygame despite the fact that you didn't get graded on your code (a wtf in itself in my opinion). Now, at first glance pygame may look ok and simple until you realize that you need to write an update loop by yourself, the vector api (which in the documentation is hiding behind math) is marked experimental. Despite the fact that vectors are kind of important when working with games.
Also,I'm pretty certain you can't directly use vectors to move things around and stuff. Which makes that whole api kind of useless. Also, draw order is important, but there is very little inside pygame itself to aid with that. The best it has is sprite groups, so you just need to draw those in the correct order but those have a nasty surprise
Meaning that if 2 or more sprites in the same group overlap you have absolutely no control over which one gets drawn over which and the order may in theory change EVERY FRAME! This basically makes the whole group concept useless.
Another "fun" Gotcha in pygame is that it has 2 music api's. One uses channels, this means it is easy to work with multiple sounds however this can't use .MP3 files. The other one however can work with .MP3 files but doesn't use channels and is thus pretty much garbage.
Also, if you want collision, don't use the collision method but look at the mask api. Unless of course you only work with squares, then do whatever you want.
No real in build support for buttons, let alone input fields of any kind (because you never want to know someone's username /s ).
You can only move object around using world coordinates. So, if you rotated a rectangle by some degrees and want to move it in the direction it points at you can't just say move forward by X.
Everything counted together made it actually more difficult to write a simple 2D gridded dungeon crawler then it was to make a VR First person shooter, and that was without much if any experience with even playing VR games and in a language I never used.
81. That doesn't sound fun. I just had to fill a near-miss form out at work - that was also not fun but it might lead to improvements in Health & Safety, so definite good in there!
but it might lead to improvements in Health & Safety, so definite good in there!
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82: Recipe for pure unfiltered, almost tangible loneliness?
Play Afraid of Time by Hans Zimmer (interstellar soundtrack) whilst building a chemical plant in the mining dimension on SSP. I've never had a game fill me with such a profound sense of loneliness before! I think I need a server...
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My Age of Engineering Series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUZaEaeCvlj6ChY3jks-N8rW74_3qEtmD
Play Afraid of Time by Hans Zimmer (interstellar soundtrack) whilst building a chemical plant in the mining dimension on SSP. I've never had a game fill me with such a profound sense of loneliness before! I think I need a server...
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My Age of Engineering Series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUZaEaeCvlj6ChY3jks-N8rW74_3qEtmD
83.
A server is a lot of fun - after looking forward to it for at least a couple of weeks, my friend finally put Horizons III on his server and I had a blast even after he and the lady that games with us had logged off, it still felt nice on the server because I knew it was a world populated (albeit barely) with people other than me!
I might give that a miss - I already had that yesterday just from normal everyday life!
A server is a lot of fun - after looking forward to it for at least a couple of weeks, my friend finally put Horizons III on his server and I had a blast
even after he and the lady that games with us had logged off, it still felt nice on the server because I knew it was a world populated (albeit barely) with people other than me!
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84 sounds perfect! I don't like servers where you spawn in and there are a million rules, massive structures everywhere and you have to run 5000 blocks to find a clear spot... One or two people is all that is needed I think
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My Age of Engineering Series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUZaEaeCvlj6ChY3jks-N8rW74_3qEtmD
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My Age of Engineering Series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUZaEaeCvlj6ChY3jks-N8rW74_3qEtmD