sbseltzer, to unrealengine
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users: If you're into workflow enhancements & quality-of-life plugins, I could use your feedback. I've got several plugins I'd like to commercialize, and need to finalize my pricing. Might want some early beta testers too. Hit me up if you're interested. Boosts are much appreciated. :)

sbseltzer, to gamedev
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To fully appreciate what Unreal GAS has to offer, you must first accept that all software is basically just Excel With Extra Steps.

sbseltzer, to unrealengine
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It's weird to increasingly be the person my peers ask for help when they need to fix C++ linker/compiler errors. 😅

sbseltzer, to unrealengine
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Mixed myself a highball and now I'm gonna figure out how to make custom K2 Nodes. 🥂

sbseltzer,
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Recently I figured out how to use the CustomThunk specifier, which is basically half-way between a standard UFUNCTION() and K2Node, so I'm close!

alienmelon, to gamedev
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I published this tutorial on getting Bitsy running in Unreal (packaged with your game)... for those of you who are interested!
"Packaging your game with AND locally loading Bitsy in Unreal (Or Pocket Platformer, or Decker, or any other HTML project...)"
👉 https://alienmelon.itch.io/bluesuburbia/devlog/621860/packaging-your-game-with-and-locally-loading-bitsy-in-unreal-or-pocket-platformer-or-decker-or-any-other-html-project
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There's a lot you can do with this. This overview explains the basics.
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sbseltzer, to gamedev
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: Toggle Node Purity! Gets and Casts have both pure and impure forms. Right click the node and you'll see an option for it.

Stop using IsValid where possible. Convert get nodes to impure get nodes if you need to branch on their validity.

Need to check if something can be casted as a bool? Or maybe you don't care if the cast fails? Convert it to a pure cast node!

I'm not saying you should always change node purity, but doing so can make your graphs a lot more readable!

Drop down menu for a get node highlighting the "Convert to Validated Get" option.
Screenshot of an impure get node and a pure cast node

alienmelon, to gamedev
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animated gifs from my last ocean environment for the open world. it's basically a hidden grave. there will be a poem here too. i settled on making it really abstract and dreamlike... got work done on how the water looks too so you can see the plants light up beneath the surface.
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looking through two cliffs you see a bent over skeleton surrounded by glowing floating flowers. There are floating glowing jellyfish just above it. Hovering over everything is a giant tree with illuminated roots flowing in the wind. It looks dreamlike. Everything is lit up, slightly iridescent, luminescent... It looks like stars without being in space.
An animated gif flying around the skeleton. The skeleton is on an island surrounded with glowing flowers and jellyfish floating above it. The ocean water is dark, lit up in areas where there are flowers beneath the surface. There is a giant tree hovering over everything. The tree is dark but dotted with what looks like stars. The tree roots are glowing, hanging over the area. The space looks surreal and dream-like.

alienmelon,
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some screenshots of the space because animated gifs are low quality.
i'm proud of this little hidden area because it's so surreal while still fitting in with the rest of the open world. everything is moving, glowing, floating... it's perfect for what it's supposed to represent.
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looking down at the skeleton. the skeleton is dark and looks like it is cradling something. the pose indicates sadness. surrounding the skeleton are glowing colorful flowers. the tiny island is surrounded by water, with small areas of the water illuminated with a gentle blue. the giant tree and its roots hover just above everything. jellyfish are suspended in the air, gently moving around the area.
looking up at the skeleton. the giant tree is towering above it. it looks imposing, with glowing roots hanging from it, and its surface looks like its dotted with stars. jellyfish float in the air.
a closer image of the skeleton. it is posed to look sad, like it has lost something and died waiting. jellyfish surround it, glowing with an array of colors. the island is also dotted with illuminated flowers. the space look surreal and peaceful. the giant tree towers over everything, almost shielding the space.

sbseltzer, to unrealengine
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PSA: users, please know the wonders of TInlineComponentArray and the TInlineAllocator template. Life changing stuff right here. Stop using TArray GetComponents and other small temporary containers on the heap. Please. Put an end to needless memory fragmentation. Be enlightened by the efficiency of stack memory. There's still time for you to see the light. Image text in following posts...

Don't forget to boost to help a fellow dev!

Edit: Made a correction to first example - according to my IDE it resolves to a move constructor, not a copy constructor. It's still the worst of these options, but not as egregious as I initially thought.

glassbottommeg, (edited ) to gamedev
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Guess I should do another since I migrated-

hiya! I'm Megan, I made SkateBIRD - https://store.steampowered.com/app/971030/SkateBIRD/ - and I run Glass Bottom Games and all that.

I made SkateBIRD (and a bunch of other stuff) in , and now I'm an using / to make even FANCIER bird related entertainments.

(and mastodon.gamedev.place, my previous instance, is fine! it just got HUGE, so figured I wanted to try a smaller place)

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