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by DicheBach
January 30th, 2018, 2:51 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Exceptions are Harmful?
Replies: 8
Views: 4821

Re: Exceptions are Harmful?

Very cool! I reckon when I get to your episode on Exceptions, it will become even more clear. Probably a significant portion of my limited comprehension comes from relying too much on the explanations of the single prof from whom I've received instruction so far (and being too lazy so far to delve i...
by DicheBach
January 29th, 2018, 3:35 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Exceptions are Harmful?
Replies: 8
Views: 4821

Re: Exceptions are Harmful?

An exceptional post . . . Ba dum tsh! Having had a couple days worth of course work on exceptions, and finished a few homeworks, i.e., just a barebones understanding, the thing that puzzles me about them is: It seems as if writing good exception handling code involves anticipating the unpredictable,...
by DicheBach
January 2nd, 2018, 2:57 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Sleep Deprivation Simulator 2013 (State of Decay YOSE)
Replies: 0
Views: 5886

Sleep Deprivation Simulator 2013 (State of Decay YOSE)

Once or twice a year I find one that I can really sink my teeth in to. Got State of Decay YOSE for like $9 during the Holiday sale. Now I need a vacation to recover from the sleep deprivation I've self-inflicted for the past two weeks :lol: Finished the story mode game, and have played Breakdown for...
by DicheBach
January 2nd, 2018, 2:46 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: How do you stop yourself from killing someone
Replies: 4
Views: 2360

Re: How do you stop yourself from killing someone

Yeah, the #1 advice is use source control, commit often, and you will not get fucked over nearly as bad. There are other skills that can help, like ninja debugging skills. But there is no silver bullet for that; it takes years of experience to become a badass debugger. It takes maybe a day to learn...
by DicheBach
December 21st, 2017, 5:02 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Biological Systems
Replies: 12
Views: 5519

Re: Biological Systems

I think a universal definition of a game (which could apply to all species who play) would be: an experience comprising a problem with some salience to real world problems experienced (or epigenetically primed) by the participant(s), and in which the participant can--through their actions in the gam...
by DicheBach
December 21st, 2017, 1:10 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Help with decision of engine unreal/unity
Replies: 3
Views: 2198

Re: Help with decision of engine unreal/unity

Unity pros: supposedly easier, probably still more help/assets Unity cons: you have to pay a subscription, it is based on C# (either in part or in full, not sure) It is well-known to have horrific memory management and in particular garbage collection. Unreal pros: it is "free" (you pay a 5% royalty...
by DicheBach
December 21st, 2017, 1:04 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: I Don't Watch 3D Fund, But....
Replies: 91
Views: 30405

Re: I Don't Watch 3D Fund, But....

I got the basics of github repos last night; how you may ask? I watched the Beginner series from video 00 to 30, in order, in full, ~5 times each as specified above :D

https://github.com/Diche-Bach/gitsnek
by DicheBach
December 21st, 2017, 1:03 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Biological Systems
Replies: 12
Views: 5519

Re: Biological Systems

Here is another thought: ballistics and gun shot trauma. Might it be POSSIBLE to devise a game design in which a reasonable degree of naturalism were considered a "minimum threshold" and then develop a game that stuck to that, and still be a profitable venture? No, it is not possible. The "complica...
by DicheBach
December 20th, 2017, 2:27 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Something new
Replies: 7
Views: 3526

Re: Something new

Build succeeded for me with VS 2017, no problem. Few errors but they sound probably like VS hystrionics else minor stuff. However, the behavior of the tank in response to user input (only seemed to respond to mouse left-click) seems to be some combination of "following a predetermined sequence" and ...
by DicheBach
December 20th, 2017, 1:53 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Biological Systems
Replies: 12
Views: 5519

Re: Biological Systems

Yeah spore seems like bullshit. Overhyped. In general I would say that good game simulations go into as much detail as required to achieve the desired result, and no more. There is a cost in detailed simulation in terms of processing, and there is another very real cost in terms of development manp...