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SirLich

@SirLich@mastodon.gamedev.place

Budding indie game developer with a history of modding.

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SirLich, to godot
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Hi folks! After a short break, I've released version 0.0.3 of GDExplorer!

This release is a bit all over the place (and the project is still very alpha), but the main aspect is more robust caching.

I'm actually bumping up against a Godot engine bug here, I think, so currently subresources in the cache aren't saved.

https://github.com/SirLich/gd-explorer?tab=readme-ov-file#003

SirLich, to random
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I don't know how to write this without coming off as anti-social, but the Godot code base is weird. 5,000 LOC files are common, and 500 LOC functions are as well.

It's common enough that I have to assume it's intentional, and not an accident.

This function I need to edit is 650 lines long, and has eight levels of indentation in some places.

I guess my question is... why? It runs counter to every other codebase I've worked in, professional, open source, or personal.

SirLich, to random
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Today's agenda: Twiddle my thumbs between the hours of 8-4 to MAYBE have the internet companies sub-contractors sub-contractor fix their mistake (fiber optic cables have fallen from the ceiling).

I hope they come soon so I can enjoy the amazing Spring weather.

rysiek, to fediverse
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Happy seventh anniversary of "Six reasons Mastodon won't survive" to all who celebrate:
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive

#Fediverse #Mastodon

SirLich,
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@Kayla @rysiek @Alice What I learned from this article:

  • Instances exist for load balancing and no other reason
  • If I use my full name on social media then nobody can impersonate me
  • It is important that William Shatner can find me at all times
jensclasen, to random German
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In German, you might hear about strange animals - and that's because they're not animals:

  • Drahtesel (wire donkey) = bicycle
  • Wasserhahn (water rooster) = water tap
  • Spaßvogel (fun bird) = joker
  • Landratte (Land rat) = landlubber
  • Tischbock (table goat) = trestle
  • Pleitegeier (bankrupt vulture) = symbol for bankruptcy
  • Fleischwolf (meat wolf) = mincer
  • Leseratte (reading rat) = book lover
  • Schweinehund (pig dog) = the inner force that keeps you from doing sports

Enjoy our language!

SirLich,
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@jensclasen English has some of these as well. I bet most languages do!

  • Book Worm (reader)
  • Mole (somebody who leaks information)
  • Rat (similar to above, slightly different connotation)
  • Goose Egg (head bump)
  • Silly Goose (lighthearted for idiot)
SirLich,
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@jensclasen I've got more!

  • Spring Chicken (young)
  • Early Bird (arrives early, or gets to something first)
  • Pig (greedy)
  • Pigs in a Blanket (food)
  • Red Herring (narrative device)
  • Shark (investor [ok that's a stretch])
  • Dog Faced (liar)
  • Top Dog (leader)
  • Fishy (suspicious)
SirLich, to godot
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First contribution to merged ✊

SirLich,
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@BenBot @MIfoodie Sorry for the suspense haha!

It's a very unimportant change. I just wanted to see what the PR process was like: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/90078

I have an actually useful PR in progress, but it still needs some work: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/90150

SirLich,
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@BenBot @MIfoodie One of my goals, actually, is to improve Godots command palette. Most people don't know about it (I did a poll on this a while ago), and it also has(had?) some critical bugs where executing a command just didn't do anything.

It's really easy to make new commands though, and in theory it's a nice way to discover Godot features. I'm hoping with a bit more love it can become a really powerful and loved part of the engine (just like VSCode command palette is very popular)

SirLich,
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@BenBot Thanks yeah, I'm active on Discord, reddit, and a bit on Rocket Chat. Also make some tutorials lately. Maybe I will do a tutorial on creating custom command palette commands :)

wildrikku, to random
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What? Since when can you see how many boosts and favorites your and other peoples' toots had?

SirLich,
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@wildrikku I guess since forever? Maybe you've been using a weird client?

SirLich, to programming
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Do you hate when you drag+drop a file into godot, and the import ends up in some random folder, rather than the currently hovered folder?

Well I have a PR to fix this! https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/90150

I have fairly low confidence this will get merged in, since it's more of a work-around than a proper solution. But I wanted to start the ball rolling on a hopeful solution.

SirLich, to gamedev
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What it's like to make games with a full-time job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pMsgYDHgos

SirLich, to random
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Created my first PR to Godot that wasn't nerd-sniped in Rocket Chat first!

It's deeply unimportant (and would not be surprised if it's never merged), but I wanted to dip my toes in with something easy.

The stuff I actually want (mostly new GDScript features) are really intimidating haha

SirLich, to blender
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Rediscovered this material I created. I think it looks kind of like a microscope plate.

SirLich, to godot
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I created an asset explorer for the Godot Engine, which allows you to browse your asset catalogue in-engine. Please check it out!

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

SirLich,
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Assets are from @kenney as usual 🔥

SirLich,
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@afreytes It does not rely on C#. I can definitely believe I accidentally committed a test image into the repo.

If you open an issue on the github repo, I can try to tag you there when I solve it, which I plan on doing this weekend.

SirLich, to random
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Lately I've been thinking about how part of mastery is efficiency. I want to get more proficient at stuff, but I also want to get more efficient at producing stuff at the quality I'm currently capable of.

SirLich, to godot
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I added font-previews to GD Explorer (my digital asset manager written as a Godot editor plugin).

SirLich,
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@russmatney Want to try now? I think I got it working for fresh projects.

Intended supported features:

  • Select root of project
  • Filter for files based on blue color of folder (push little black dot to toggle)
  • Open images (png, jpg, probably more)
  • Open models (gltf/glb for now)
  • Open sounds (wav for now)
  • Open fonts (otf, and ttf, probably more)
  • Drag + Drop OUT of GD Explorer INTO the normal 'FileSystem' doc in Godot to import something.
  • Clear cache
SirLich,
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@russmatney Ok fixed one issue, so latest version ALMOST works. Last issue is that the 'cache' folder isn't pushed to git, because it's ignore. If you just create a folder in addons/gd_explorer/cache/, then it will work!

I will figure out a way to create this folder automatically, but probably will come later.

SirLich,
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@russmatney Thanks for trying it out! I'm not sure whether the input forwarding is even required still or not, but the change looks good either way!

Really no idea why the file selector didn't work. What platform are you on?

Feel free to open github issues with any suggestions/issues, and ofc I'm always reachable on Mastodon or Discord :)

SirLich,
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@russmatney Audio visualizer will not work unless you add a 'Spectrum Analyzer' effect to the main Audio Bus. I will see if I can handle this programmatically. But for now, it's one of the things set at project level sadly.

Missing icons are on my radar. Thanks :)

SirLich,
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@russmatney Yeah I'm testing on windows. Might just be Godot bug. At least the manual entry worked.

SirLich, to foss
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I didn't try it myself yet, but putting it out there for any artists and fans of open source: https://graphite.rs/

SirLich,
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@sparrows I just wish it wasn't web-only. I like installing my software!

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