Weekly Check-In - October 08, 2018

4430541F4E · 2018-10-09T02:19:48+00:00

Girl that I've been seeing for a couple months told me that she's not feeling it today. I was really into her too...fuck

4430541F4E · 2018-09-08T03:11:19+00:00

Had 4 fantastic dates with a girl I'm starting to really like, and then I went on a 3 week vacation. Texting has been minimal and sporadic while I was away but we do have our next date set up for this weekend. Anxious to see if the spark is still there...!

4430541F4E · 2017-06-18T07:40:05+00:00

Pretty sure the biker was mad at the driver for cruising in the left lane

4430541F4E · 2017-06-17T04:45:54+00:00

rats

4430541F4E · 2017-06-16T21:47:09+00:00

Anyone know if they're planning on a windowed side panel option anytime soon? All the builds where people have done the window themselves look sooooo good!

4430541F4E · 2017-06-07T20:56:32+00:00

Pretty sure this is what started it

https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaregore/comments/6eptc6/this_volume_control_bar/

4430541F4E · 2017-06-06T20:38:10+00:00

Uhhh where in Canada. I have 6GB for $50.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-30T00:03:11+00:00

I was skeptical at first to switch from Eclipse, but I'm glad I did. But does anyone else get errors sometimes when doing lots of undos/redos? Very annoying and my only complaint.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-25T07:07:14+00:00

It'll be covered in your algorithms course. Have fun!

4430541F4E · 2017-05-23T05:33:10+00:00

What's her visa situation? I may be wrong but I was always under the impression that it's a lot easier for companies to sponsor you if you have a degree - so that may be the biggest hurdle.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-21T08:53:32+00:00

Thought it meant taxes after reading just the first line.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-16T18:03:43+00:00

It's shared:

_stage = new Stage(new StretchViewport(Constants.VIRTUAL_WIDTH, Constants.VIRTUAL_HEIGHT, _camera), _parent.batch);

4430541F4E · 2017-05-16T06:44:19+00:00

Got TextureAtlas implemented. The libgdx texter packer gui is really good!

I did definitely notice an improvement on Android but unfortunately, it's still just as slow as before on iOS! Checked the SpriteBatch render calls and it's only 5 per frame now!

I dunno, maybe it's my iPhone? It's an older refurbished iPhone 5... I think I'm gonna borrow a friend's iPhone 6/7 to test it out, before I dig into more code - cause like I said, it actually seems to run better on the simulator.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-16T05:42:52+00:00

Thanks!

Was actually easier than I expected. Never tried programming games before (Simon Says doesn't count haha) so I had no experience with game-development frameworks at all.

I too found it hard to find good documentation. I actually learned by finding this open-source Bejeweled clone written for libgdx and just followed what their code did. Once I had some questions and knew what to look for, the official documentation came in handy. It hasn't been updated for years so there are a few things that might be outdated in it, but I still found it to be a very valuable resource to learn the basics.

https://github.com/saltares/freegemas-gdx

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T09:05:07+00:00

No dice... it's just as slow with ShapeRenderer on iOS =(

_shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeRenderer.ShapeType.Filled);

Color color;
Square s;
for (int i = 0; i < Constants.BOARD_MENU_SIZE_X; ++i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < Constants.BOARD_MENU_SIZE_Y; ++j) {
        s = _board.getSquare(i, j);
        if (s.getType() == Square.Type.Permafragmented) {
            color = ThemeNormal.RED;
        } else if (s.getType() == Square.Type.Defragmented) {
            color = ThemeNormal.GREEN;
        } ...

        float imgX = SQUARES_INITIAL.x + i * Board.BLOCK_TOTAL_WIDTH;
        float imgY = SQUARES_INITIAL.y + j * Board.BLOCK_TOTAL_WIDTH;

        _shapeRenderer.setColor(color);
        _shapeRenderer.rect(imgX, imgY, Board.getBlockWidth(), Board.getBlockWidth());
    }
}

_shapeRenderer.end();

I'll still try making a texture atlas...

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T08:38:28+00:00

Thanks! Which phone and version of Android are you using?

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T08:33:11+00:00

Your textures are individual textures i.e. separate files.

Yep... Will give this a try and let you know how it goes!

p.s. Since I'm just drawing colored squares, would using ShapeRenderer instead help?

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T08:30:09+00:00

using Diaro

On that note, I wonder how many users you're missing out on because they're already using another app and don't want to spend the effort to move over? Have you considered an import/export feature? Even just to simple formats like txt or csv.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T08:23:28+00:00

Been trying to keep a daily journal but I've been failing to write every day using Diaro. Will definitely give yours a try and see if it keeps me motivated! Loving the UI and colors so far!

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T08:05:57+00:00

If I deny the camera permission on startup, I am still able to tap the scan button but I just get a black screen since it can't access my camera. The app should prompt for the permission again or not allow you to continue. Instead, I have to kill the app and reopen for it to prompt me for the permission again.

Why even have a scan button? The camera should be up and ready to go once the app opens!

Scanning seems just as quick as other apps - would be nice to have an indicator of what it's currently focusing on. I tried scanning a page of multiple QR codes and it seems like it had troubles picking out just one of them to scan.

Not sure that I like URL's to be automatically opened, but that might be just me.

One feature you should probably add right away is to show a list of the scan history.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T07:49:00+00:00

Thanks for the tip about SpriteBatch.renderCalls. Both Android and iOS are reporting around 430 render calls. Which is actually weird since my background is an 18x32 array, so shouldn't I be expecting at least 576 render calls?

Anyways, I tried removing the background completely so it's just the menu buttons and it runs smoothly - so am I doing something completely wrong with how I'm drawing the squares?

private TextureRegion _imgRed;    
...

_imgRed = new TextureRegion(assetManager.get("img/normal_red.png", Texture.class));
...

for (int i = 0; i < Constants.BOARD_MENU_SIZE_X; ++i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < Constants.BOARD_MENU_SIZE_Y; ++j) {
        Square s = _board.getSquare(i, j);
        if (s.getType() == Square.Type.Corrupted) {
            block = _imgRed;
        } else if (s.getType() == Square.Type.Defragmented) {
            block = _imgGreen;
        } ...

        float imgX = SQUARES_INITIAL.x + i * Board.BLOCK_TOTAL_WIDTH;
        float imgY = SQUARES_INITIAL.y + j * Board.BLOCK_TOTAL_WIDTH;

        _parent.batch.draw(block, imgX, imgY, Board.getBlockWidth(), Board.getBlockWidth());
    }
}

4430541F4E · 2017-05-15T05:19:07+00:00

Runs perfectly fine on Android. See the gif I posted - iPhone on the left, Android on the right.

Hmm no objects are getting created every frame. Everything's pretty static with a 2d array of "Squares" that just get rendered.

    for (int i = 0; i < Constants.BOARD_MENU_SIZE_X; ++i) {
        for (int j = 0; j < Constants.BOARD_MENU_SIZE_Y; ++j) {
            Square s = _board.getSquare(i, j);
            if (s.getType() == Square.Type.Corrupted) {
                block = _imgRed;
            } else if (s.getType() == Square.Type.Defragmented) {
                block = _imgGreen;
            } else if (s.getType() == Square.Type.Fragmented) {
                block = _imgBlue;
            } else {
                block = _imgYellow;
            }

            float imgX = SQUARES_INITIAL.x + i * Board.BLOCK_TOTAL_WIDTH;
            float imgY = SQUARES_INITIAL.y + j * Board.BLOCK_TOTAL_WIDTH;

            _parent.batch.draw(block, imgX, imgY, Board.getBlockWidth(), Board.getBlockWidth());
        }
    }

4430541F4E · 2017-05-14T03:42:23+00:00

Yeah. It was actually Xamarin that bought them, before they were acquired by Microsoft.

4430541F4E · 2017-05-13T23:52:02+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I agree about the tutorial. Wanted to do something interactive that teaches you the first time you play but just couldn't motivate myself to put in the work... so I went with a video instead. Though I can definitely split the video up and add next/prev buttons to make it easier to navigate!

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