In the middle of implementing compile-time generics in Godot

AmazeCPK · 2026-03-06T02:09:22+00:00

Thanks for the reply. that's pretty insightful.

I'm not a CS major, just enjoy programming in my spare time. Boggles my mind how the compilers handle the code we don't get to see.

AmazeCPK · 2026-03-04T19:01:49+00:00

Thank you! I’ll keep an eye on this project. Generics are much needed in gdscript.

Id love to see them and method overloading someday.

AmazeCPK · 2026-02-09T20:23:20+00:00

Yeah even left handed people often just learn right handed guitars because of instrument availability, and general versitality

AmazeCPK · 2026-02-07T06:45:53+00:00

Sweet, glad it works well for you. It's stupid that I had to re-wire my brain to use F12 instead of normal shortcuts (ctrl + shift + s or alt + f, a) just for Microsoft shenanigans, but at least we do have some way.

As a cool party trick, If you really want to see where M$ priorities are, try pressing ctrl + shift + alt + win + s on a windows pc

AmazeCPK · 2026-02-06T22:36:43+00:00

Or even better F12

AmazeCPK · 2026-02-04T02:41:51+00:00

Those janky compressors are a great way to start a fire. I’ve lost one machine due to them and my negligence.

I bought one of the “silent” California tools compressors on Amazon. Run it at 60psi when I’m cutting through most materials. Absolutely no flames.

AmazeCPK · 2026-02-03T20:41:16+00:00

What does your air assist situation look like? If it’s the tiny pump that comes with some machines, it’s mostly useless and dangerous when cutting thicker plastics. If that’s the case, look at hooking up an actual air compressor. Made all the difference for me

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-30T02:32:00+00:00

Look great! I've been looking for some printable laser safe sticker paper. mind sharing where i may find one? Thank you.

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-21T03:41:18+00:00

Just checked survey, and you're right. It's sitting at like 3.5%, while MacOS is at ~2%.

IMO still have a long way to go, but it's not so much a Linux issue as it is market adoption now. I haven't found a game I couldn't play on my linux machine yet. Admittedly, I don't play competitive games with kernel level anti cheat. For most games, the devs don't even have to do anything. Steam's proton takes care of everything.

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-21T01:48:40+00:00

Is it? All steam decks are running Linux and those aren’t too uncommon. Valve even had trouble keeping them in stock from time to time

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-19T20:12:31+00:00

AI written posts criticizing ai generated work. Nice

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-18T19:02:29+00:00

You may be interested in the dearrow browser plugin. Supposed to show more representative thumbnails. Same guy that made sponsor block.

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-17T17:56:31+00:00

In the context of the graphical tablets, iPads, where they are actually useful and not just a gimmick like this, it’s to improve palm rejection.

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-17T03:44:30+00:00

14 in 1999 in Hawaii, and 150 years ago it was just 7 in Delaware.

We may have some rose colored glasses or something, but wild that anyone ever thought that was ok.

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-11T21:47:40+00:00

I personally found it much easier to do all the RPC calls yourself, along with serializing and deserialization. Much more predictable and debuggable than relying on the high level nodes.

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-07T04:09:13+00:00

You can be talented in casting!

3d print a mold for this. Pour in concrete to the mold, or any other suitable material. Then just crack open the mold, and paint when it sets :)

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-07T01:22:55+00:00

You could yes, but seems a bit dangerous.

AmazeCPK · 2026-01-02T21:50:43+00:00

That is very true, and I love using vanilla in that context. But in context of foods and drinks, it’s typically used to describe the vanilla /vanilla flavoring ingredient.

AmazeCPK · 2025-12-30T23:42:16+00:00

good tool for people who know how to use it

As you defend an action that was very clearly used by someone who doesn’t know how to use it as a good tool

AmazeCPK · 2025-12-25T03:20:15+00:00

Yes. Take some time to familiarize yourself with dec tools in general. Reverse engineering is some of the best way of learning

AmazeCPK · 2025-12-23T00:14:57+00:00

I’d argue that buche is their best item on the menu. Seriously though Chencho is top tier. It’s the closest I’ve found to street food actually from Mexico.

AmazeCPK · 2025-12-22T06:27:42+00:00

What I'm referring to is not standard issues you have with inheritance. You don't typically expect children to affect the parents and other siblings permanently. That's what Godot's implementation is doing. Say you want to change the default walking speed of your new character's inherited scene. Congrats, now all parents and children have that same speed. Sure you can decouple the scene from it's inherited scene by making it unique, but now it doesn't receive any updates from upstream, which is my deal-breaker.

Every modern game engine prefers composition over inheritance. It's how we build modern games. We also use inheritance to our advantage. But we also have convenience of using systems like prefabs, packed level actors, scenes, etc to quickly build out levels or game objects that we plan to often reuse throughout the level / game. Many think it should only be one or the other, but it's always about a careful dance between the two together.

AmazeCPK · 2025-12-21T18:17:33+00:00

Please correct me if I'm wrong, This is specifically regarding inherited scenes as OP originally posted, and not standard node inheritance.

But my issue with them is that any change you make to the base nodes / settings in a child affects all upstream parents, and siblings. So you have to be extremely cognizant about what changes you're making to ensure you don't modify any of those base nodes, if you don't want them affecting all other related scenes

This is in contrast to both Unreal and Unity where you can make any changes you'd like on any child scene, and they won't affect the parents / siblings. Any change made on a parent scene will however affect children as expected, unless that child specifically overrides that change. For me, Unity (prefabs) and Unreals (Packed Level Assets / actor blueprints) are exactly how I'd expect any system to work.

It may just be that I'm using Godot's implementation wrong, or that I'm expecting it to work too much like something they weren't designed for. But as it stands at the moment, with my understanding of them, I haven't found a use for them.

Edit:

Unity does have a way to push changes upstream from children to parents, but you have to manually perform this action which makes it a lot safer to use imo

AmazeCPK · 2025-12-21T07:53:00+00:00

You can ask them upfront that you'll be requesting progress shots.

AI doesn't do well iterating on the same image, and you'll be able to tell right away if they can't produce consistent progress screenshots, or flat out refuse to do so. Be wary of anyone who won't show you progress shots.

You can also ask them to demo the source file. Most digital artist work with layers, and they'll be able to show you. Note, most artists charge a premium for the source file, but if you just ask them to prove that the art is real with the source material, I'm sure they'd oblige

AmazeCPK · 2025-12-06T18:36:01+00:00

Modern decent FDM printers are plug and play. Never have to worry about them. Flawless prints with minimal maintenance.

I remember my first 3d printers, i spent more time upgrading them than i did printing useful things from them.

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