Lurker > grimhilde00

I use plain Nodes as containers a lot too for grouping something of a particular type so I can go like this

-------
generally have a lot of exports for node references and configs

[ExportGroup("Config")]
[Export]
YamlResource _recipeYaml;
Recipe _recipe;

[ExportGroup("References")]
[Export]
Node _equipmentContainer;
Array<Equipment> _equipment = new Array<Equipment>();

------
then on ready do this

public override void _Ready()
{
CacheComponents();
Setup();
ConnectSignals();
}

void CacheComponents()
{
foreach (var child in _equipmentContainer.GetChildren())
{
_equipment.Add((Equipment)child);
}

_recipe = _recipeYaml.Deserialize<Recipe>();
}

-----

apparently spacing doesn't work well even with the code formatting..

looks like I don't have GetNode anywhere in my project using this method (though that might change, I don't spend that much time on my project unfortunately -- currently have 31 .cs files and 16 scenes for an idea of my current size, not sure how best to quantify that lol, barely any aesthetics so mostly mechanics)

ah yeah here's how I typically use PackedScene

my own nodes

[ExportGroup("References")]
[Export]
Control _savesContainer;

things not currently in my scene

[ExportGroup("Scenes")]
[Export]
PackedScene _saveDetailsScene;
[Export]
PackedScene _startScene;

then use that like

var saveDetails = _saveDetailsScene.Instantiate<SaveDetails>();
_savesContainer.AddChild(saveDetails);
saveDetails.Init(save);

and then that has its own node references

what I typically do is use [Export] for any node I need to avoid hard coding

like

[Export]
TextureRect _progress;

though that's only for current (or nested) scene like you said. For nested or imported scenes I usually use that as an instance of the top level script name, and exported node references in that if I need it elsewhere typically, or use PackedScene like that

can also use groups for categorising (and I'd use some constant string for the names)

Yellow posted...

Godot plans to add support for Python, C++, Rust, and other languages using their new extension system

That means it will probably support every language in the future from community extensions. Pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5sJr8QXfnM

I'm... kind of tempted to add support for SmileBASIC

c++ and rust is already supported just not as easily, but people code with that already

I mean c# isn't my favourite language. Professionally I've used Java, Javascript/Typescript, golang, and Scala.

fucking love functional programming and cats effect with scala personally

but between c# and gdscript, by far I want c# with type safety, abstract classes, structs, generic typing, and interfaces. I use all that in my game project. c# is perfectly fine

also yeah serializing is basic

will be first weekend of November

thanks for all the suggestions! must admit I saw "English Garden" and was skeptical about visiting that when I live in the UK lol like what

but I'll look into it more

appreciate the specific beer hall suggestions! so many

want to visit one palace, will look at those recommended

plus an art and history museum

was going to go to the Godot conference but they sold out within an hour

going there for just a weekend (arrive Thursday night leave Sunday night), figuring out what things I wanna do

Yellow posted...

A serious effort would come in the form of an asset import plugin. Or import support. Hell, it's open source, just do it there. But yeah think combining Python, AI, and ChatGPT for such a simple task is such a terrible approach that I would be more annoyed if this became the norm.

Sorry to the long-time gdscript users, but your cute little language is waaay less relevant than .NET. There's a lifetime of .NET libraries and only a small handful of features for gdscript.

Programmers are smart, but often make terrible decisions because they have a lot of sunken cost fallacy going on.

I think gdscript users are mainly just hobbyists (which I am too for game dev so no knock on that!), most Godot users are since the industry is unity or unreal. but I saw someone say they couldn't understand what an interface vs a class is so that gives you an idea lol

though I have seen others say it's nice for prototyping quickness then switch over or combine the two, idk don't care much for it and never saw the need

but yeah c# obviously has way more going for it, just Godot has a lot of amateur audience which isn't necessarily bad, it's approachable, but yeah

Yellow posted...

https://github.com/ProjectUnifree/unifree

This is cool and all, but actually what toilet idea nonsense am I looking at? Chat GPT/AI cannot be used like this. Why does it need a python virtual environment? Write a parser and converter.

Why would you use AI to convert C# into gdscript, instead of using the C# version of godot?????

Weird

This is like writing a PS1 emulator, but instead of writing the emulator, you set up an AI and chatgpt in a way that might write a PS1 emulator one day

See even when they're trying to help CEOs are just total intrusive twits

yeah I really don't know why they would convert c# to gdscript. for one there's a ton of c# features not supported in gdscript

also for some reason with the influx of unity refugees there's this whole thing about gdscript vs c# on the subreddit now

I'm not talking about how catering to gdscript comes with a performance downgrade to c# cause that's real (there's solutions and gdscript is useful for amateur hobbyists which is a big part of the godot audience regardless but it would be nice if they fixed it)

but just, like, for some reason people are saying to move over to gdscript

why? I've been using Godot with c# this whole time. there's no reason to move over if you're already using c#

plus (hopefully) no one should care about more tutorials being in gdscript.. it's really easy to just convert the two

but yeah for some reason, coming from probably gdscript users, too many are saying you should use gdscript even partially like no, you don't need to

Yellow posted...

@grimhilde00 oh wow, it's actually a straight .NET class library and not a janky Mono implementation... this makes me so happy. I can right click on my project in Visual Studio and add nuget packages. I could maybe even use JsonConvert in a non-Frankenstein way. I can add project references. I can build and do unit tests straight from the editor. Holy shit.

You can't just slap a C# sticker on it and call it the same thing.

Also, the whole editor is just faster and less laggy overall than Unity.

yay join team Godot!

I've actually not bothered with their editor though, just use vscode, so can't speak there

and yeah I did c# Godot back when it was mono. I was able to use .NET packages (I use yaml instead of json for things, and there's a yaml serializer/deserializer I use, and I made a Godot plugin for loading yaml resources and being able to drag and drop them in the editor) but I remember there were some workarounds that were annoying

even besides that though, I had various ways of structuring code to get around a few things (how I was grabbing various exported nodes in code, making constants since they had a lot of strings being passed around for signals, stuff like that. the yaml resource stuff too just works now where I had issues with it before) and stuff that's been really improved with Godot 4 so I don't need to do that anymore. and how they're doing event handling now is nice. lots of nice c# improvements with the new version.

...

I've never had a reusable bag fall apart

I don't drive and somehow manage to do groceries with reusable bags without wasting gas. my parents who have to drive keep some in the car so they have them readily available

using a grocery bag for a garbage bag, Vs just using a garbage bag, it's still one bag in the landfill. and many people don't repurpose grocery bags like that so it's net less in the landfill

BTW there's also biodegradable bags for things like pet waste and food waste

there's tons of places in the world, including the states, where this is a thing. such a mountain out of a molehill

Yellow posted...

Yeah I'm really happy with it, it's what Unity should have done for a while. I won't know how much I like it until I try it out.

It's not unthinkable that I release a free game that goes viral and 200,000+ people download it (that's kind of the goal), so I'd rather not have to worry about suddenly owing $20,000 out of nowhere

https://youtu.be/YQ4OBc1-oCI?si=h-RIhVovQmtqt8o7

Yellow posted...

Oh, Godot actually uses .NET. Ok... my new engine of choice?

https://godotengine.org/article/whats-new-in-csharp-for-godot-4-0/

oh lol I see you got there

Yellow posted...

A) The devs are, unless it's on the same computer B) Rev specified only after I had posted that.

I'm looking at Godot and they unfortunately still use Mono instead of properly supporting .NET. But I see the way the winds are blowing.

Literally leaves devs the incentive to take old games down.

Godot 4 moved over to .NET

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-0-sets-sail/#c

I really like Godot btw, use C# too just did the port for 4 and they've made a lot of really nice improvements

and just in general I like the Node structure of everything. it's a nice community too! thinking of going to the conference in Munich this November

this is a very common ban, it's not that big of a deal

I've used reusable grocery bags for over a decade and biodegradable pet waste bags exist and are common

yeah, when I first moved here I made making new irl friends a priority and used Bumble BFF, have 3 I see regularly, besides hanging out with coworkers outside work too

then other friends I keep in touch with online

my first job had a minimum raise of 3% every year

I always had higher raises than that at that job and the next that didn't have a minimum

haven't gotten a raise in the UK
. not sure about how the country is as a whole but it's not a regular thing at my company which is a smaller startup than there I was at previously

but I'm already in the 95th percentile for the country and they're paying visa fees so whatever

but nothing explicitly inflation though the minimum raise was kinda covering some of that

MeatiestMeatus posted...

I love all kinds of music including country but I'd prob be shit at country music trivia too tbh

same about enjoying all kinds of music

but I just listen, I don't know trivia or names and stuff unless it's a big favourite of mine

hockey7318 posted...

When they're looking at you for the country singer questions do you at least really draw out your accent so you sound official while you give a wrong answer? Be wrong with confidence!

yeah I use the Google Western ranch background for video chat too with my team at work lol, just lean into it

I do get overly excited when I meet another texan. I saw some queer, raunchy, noir detective opera for Fringe last week and they did a bunch of Texas references and I talked to the creator after like, "are y'all from Texas???" and he was from the area I grew up in

I'm pretty useless at pub quizzes though, lots of UK pop culture stuff lol

went to one and they asked some question about an American country singer, and being the Texan, everyone looked at me expectedly, but I'm in general useless about music trivia (ok I'm pretty useless at pub quizzes in general except for the weird shit) so just tried to hide in shame lol

party_animal07 posted...

Where did you move her?

took me a second to get this lol

MeatiestMeatus posted...

For the better, I hope

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

Hope Scotlands treatin ye well

FatalAccident posted...

Yeah hows Scotland been for you?

yup! been great. Visited Skye earlier this year, beautiful country. Went to a bunch of Fringe fest events this past month. liking my job, loving my boyfriend, have a handful of new friends

definitely see myself staying. feels very safe here, people are friendly, that hasn't changed since I first visited.

I want to

I should probably finish other games first

but I probably won't and get this

feels much longer than a year ago, crazy how much life has changed

Lokarin posted...

I beat the game... and given how much failure I encountered, I'm curious how things could have been different.

BTW: I rolled snake eyes on examining the blank wall FOUR TIMES

oh nice cool

disco all the way baby

Littlest Pet Shop when I was a kid

they all have giant heads and big eyes now though..

Milky Way in the US is the same as UK Mars Bar iirc

Yellow posted...

When people say that they mean the spicy food makes them shit. And it does. Don't think a doctor can fix that.

It's more like my body expelling the content that is causing me pain internally. You would be doing the same thing if you ate something spicy enough.

generally no, I don't. I eat lots of spicy things. Only had my stomach upset once and that was a spicy challenge that was stupidly stupidly spicy. most things aren't that, that was going out of your way spicy. Not talking spiciest level at a Thai restaurant but something made to be a challenge and painful (have no desire to do that again just did it with a friend).

maybe if you just don't normally have ANY levels of spicy things?

but Chipotle and Taco Bell ain't spicy lol

I never understood the thing with diarrhea and any form of Mexican food. or Asian. seems like there might be other things there.. never had this problem. And with CHIPOTLE?? lol what. it's basic, what's the problem with your intestines

like is it the beans? do you not normally get enough fiber? I don't get it

I don't really think of Chipotle as Mexican food when I want Mexican, back in Texas and California obviously I had much better options for that

but it's it's own thing and sometimes I just want a bowl with rice and beans and guac and stuff and that's cool. for fast food it's pretty nice

pricey for that though, can always cook better food, but it's convenient and it's own thing

don't you have to use it or lose it?

HSA you can continue to grow but has a higher deductible, but a better long term investment route for that reason, if you aren't using it

ReturnOfFa posted...

She's always been into dancing/singing. I like dancing too, personally. It isn't similar to the TikTok dance videos in that those are usually planned with edits. Her videos seem a lot more improvised. Either way, I don't really see what dancing in a video has to do with ones mental health or weirdness. I can see why people think TikTok dances are weird, but I don't really find them that odd. Choreographing dances to popular music has been part of the cultural zeitgeist for much longer than I've been alive.

yeah it's just cause it's Britney people get extra about it

like I think it's weird in general but that's just me and not my thing, clearly tons of people are into it and it's pretty mainstream and pretty normal and that's cool

so why different for Britney other than people trying to make it something more?

will have to see if I can keep using it

it's not available in the UK and it seems they've started blocking some VPN IP addresses. Had to try a few before being able to login recently

I share Hulu with my parents and my parents share Disney with me so my Disney account is set to the US and doesn't have the Hulu content. might need to switch that soon lol

darcandkharg31 posted...

Oh yeah, I vaguely remember that, it's like she can't do anything publicly without tabloids tryna spin it into something crazy, like shit, how many people post themselves doing dumb shit having fun on social media all the time but when she does it she must be butt fucking nuts.

yeah that

ReturnOfFa posted...

She posts silly dancing videos on instagram

I mean don't a lot of youths these days do that too on tiktok? might not be age appropriate or whatever, but considering the mental health angle, isn't that far off from that / isn't THAT weird. or at least, I see the tiktok dances as weird already lol

surprisingly no

opened a heavy glass door over my big toe wearing sandals, bled for hours, had weird white gunk that was kinda hardened come out of it for like a month

everyone thought it would fall off but didn't, urgent care thought so too, but like half the nail bed is detached now

Muscles posted...

That's why you pregame, also you probably could sneak in some shooters

some theaters sell alcohol

seeing it Friday! and seeing Oppenheimer Sunday

just got back into game dev for fun and really enjoying it

migrating my Godot 3 version to 4 and so far liking the changes I'm seeing. super excited to see the new tilemap system, was just getting started on that and the new one looks much better but is basically an overhaul so not great for migration, so good time to switch when I haven't really started that yet

also it's been over a year since I've done anything with it so moving everything over is helping me remember how it works

Revelation34 posted...

(such as leather)

so more than a diet

Revelation34 posted...

That's not what vegan means at all. It literally means a diet without animal products.

many vegans disagree including ones I know. many people "go vegan" for like a month or year but that's not veganism.

it also includes vegan makeup, skincare, clothing, and more. and it's rooted in animal rights and beliefs with that

https://www.peta.org/blog/going-vegan-is-not-a-diet/

https://www.pixstory.com/story/spoiler-alert-veganism-is-not-a-diet

https://www.taylorwolfram.com/veganism-not-diet/

I don't really care cause I'm not a vegan but this has been expressed many times

other, I like hybrid and that's what I am

moderately but I'm kinda fucked with investment options being an American citizen abroad

Jen0125 posted...

God the ephebophilia VS pedophilia comments are enough to make your skin crawl

they're both inappropriate, gross, and involve assault and grooming. k? k

generally Belgium styles like Chimay

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sound-of-freedom-child-trafficking-experts-1234786352/amp/

seems like people criticizing the film mainly have an issue with it not being representative of the vast majority of sex trafficking, and how that can influence public perception that can then negatively impact real victims

which like.. ok.. it's some action film. but claiming to be really important and making a difference ain't it

also the actor and people in the film going off on the qanon conspiracy about adrenochrome or whatever bull..

generally I use the term plant based to describe recipes that have no animal products, it's basically the same at "vegan" except veganism is more than a diet and is about animal activism and not just cherry picking having a few vegan meals every now and then, and I'm not vegan

anyway, yeah plenty of great plant based recipes and it's better for the environment (even with transport of non local stuff vs local meat, studies show, you can Google it)

meat substitutes are an entirely different thing, it's not necessary to have that with plant based recipes, but I also like beyond burgers anyway and don't get the big deal against them. also like tofu and tempeh especially. or just veggie based meals with rice or potatoes or whatever.

beer is plant based, no one complains about that

mughal kofta and baighan bharta with saffron rice and peshawari naan

dinner with coworkers

was delish