RaphaelSchmitz
@RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org
- Comment on Box3D | A revolutionary new physics engine developed by Erin Catto in collaboration with a Valve dev 4 days ago:
Difficult to say, but I see points against this being a silver bullet of any sort.
A competitive game like starcraft wouldn’t be responsive enough if they transferred all unit data every tick. So they use a lockstep model, where only player commands are transferred, and they are relying on a deterministic system (not just physics) playing out the same on all connected machines.
However, a guideline for software companies is generally don’t reinvent the wheel, but “the secret sauce” should be your own. I imagine for competitive online games, the code that makes the network interaction crisp is part of the secret sauce. Such games, StarCraft, MMORPGs etc, also tend to have simpler game-relevant physics. Colliders so characters don’t clip through each other, some simple raycasting and instant collision checks for area effects, usually.
The angle a pebble flies away from an explosion is usually not made game-relevant even in single player games - so it’s not because they can’t, it’s because it doesn’t mesh with the game.
It might open up faster online play for some indie games, but I don’t know if it will have an impact otherwise.
- Comment on Anon's lil bro goes through his first break up 1 week ago:
Uh, well, I’m anti patriarchy.
Shouldn’t take my own word that I’m not an asshole of course.
However, I’m very much “live and let live”, which is exactly why I’m against patriarchy trying to tell me I can’t exfoliate, respect my female coworkers, etc.
The first thing someone says when meeting someone new usually isn’t "I’m [pro-/anti-] patriarchy. But every single woman I met where it came up was anti patriarchy. I haven’t met A SINGLE ONE who was for it, and honestly it would be weird.
Extrapolating here, but I don’t think all women are judgemental jerks who used their ‘feminism’ as an excuse to be a total asshole over petty bullshit about other people’s choices. They just wanna live, man
- Comment on Anon's lil bro goes through his first break up 2 weeks ago:
Some women are for the patriarchy.
Sometimes, an “Are you gay” from a woman even is a “why are you not fucking me”; be it subconsciously, or a conscious flirty challenge.
Sometimes, it’s a “My man would never do anything like that and other man shouldn’t make him look bad in comparison”. Although I guess that’s the patriarchy thing again. Just like red pill podcast pickmes.
Of course all doesn’t matter, you could be the most effeminate man in the world - as long as you’re attracted to women, there’s no question.
- Comment on Anon's lil bro goes through his first break up 2 weeks ago:
Because that’s seen as less manly.
Which is kinda the opposite of ironic, because obviously, manly things are things men like.
Imagine a man’s reaction to a breakup would be to get into things women like, like exfoliating, trimming your eyebrows, etc. People would probably be like “He’s so much better without her”.
- Comment on Stay chill, no matter what 2 weeks ago:
Nenenenene, Pfannkuchen und Eierkuchen, datt ham wa im Pott auch, und da heissen die auch Schultüten.
- Comment on The European Commission's answer to SKG: "The Commission considers that at this stage it cannot propose a legal obligation to keep video games playable after they stop being provided commercially." 3 weeks ago:
The idea would be more like a reserve wheel in a car; not to call the manufacturer to deliver you a reserve wheel only when you get into an accident.
And the second misunderstanding that makes it seem difficult is that you have to make every game run without a server. If the community can run a server, that’s all that’s needed.
- Comment on 🫡🫡🫡 1 month ago:
If you’re American, either you’re an actual terrorist (and sane people will label you as such), or maga will label you a terrorist for existing.
- Comment on Imperial system slander 2 months ago:
I don’t need excuses
- Comment on Imperial system slander 2 months ago:
Maybe Arbee’s? Taco Beell? Starbeeucks?
- Comment on Imperial system slander 2 months ago:
It’s showing more centimeters than inches
- Comment on How would an anarchist society work? 3 months ago:
I think that’s a slight pun.
The “-archy” part comes from the greek for “to rule/command”. Monarchy = rule by a king, oligarchy = rule by few, etc.
And the “an-” part means “not” or “without”. So anarchy technically means “not ruled” or “without rule” - but if things are still being ruled, it would still be an “archy”, not a “not archy”.
- Comment on No u 🫵 4 months ago:
The only way this answer could have been more hung up on the letter instead of the spirit of that comment, would be if you had said “with just your eyes you can watch a video explaining that the world is round”.
- Comment on Evolution be like... 5 months ago:
Don’t orcas prey on them when they’re young?
- Comment on Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games) 7 months ago:
Maybe the amount can go to hell, but bloom itself is more realistic in regards to how light and our eyes work.
- Comment on Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games) 7 months ago:
That’s what it’s being used for? I thought it was for horror games. It does look spooky.
- Comment on Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production 7 months ago:
He’s right IMHO.
You can make hundreds of AI slop games in the time you can make one game that is a creative work of art.
It would be waaay easier to police 100 games with a “No AI” label, than making sure 10000 slop games have a “Made by AI” label.
Maybe you think something like “but the ratio SHOULD be the other way around”, but to that you honestly have to deal with the answer “should could woulda”.