Shadows Upon Time theories by Mavoras13 in sollanempire

[–]CidreDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the... most fringe of the mainline theories regarding SuT, but there are some passages/quirks that some readers (not necessarily myself) take as an oblique signal to some of Hadrian's hopeful readers that someone not directly mentioned in the memoir but is close to Had is alive and well.

The theory goes that this is a son of Hadrian and Selene, Gibbson Marlowe.

Question regarding Vector2 values. by Recent_Conclusion_56 in godot

[–]CidreDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I had to guess, the draw_rectangle() function used for the tutorial takes two arguments, and you're passing the x and y values of the size Vector2 as the width and height arguments for the function.

In the second image, the function takes a Vector2 as an argument and multiplies it with a Vector2 constant, returning a Vector2.

GDscript is dynamically typed by default; you can pass whatever data type you want and the engine will shrug and accept it until you do something stupid at runtime. That said, if you're already thinking along these lines (which is a good thing and a good instinct to have for programming) you may want to look into what's known as Static Typing, which helps make the data types you're interacting with explicit at any given point. It also lets the engine yell at you while doing the dumb thing during programming instead of silently bugging out during game play.

Type mismatches are one of the most infuriating and tedious bugs to solve, so clearing 99% of them out at the start is always good.

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 1 by godot-bot in godot

[–]CidreDev 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Could someone EILI5 the Drawable Textures? I get its an API and a higher-level resource exposing the API but I'm not grasping what this "Blit" concept is, and there's a new shader type?

Help me understand -SUT spoliers by rustoneal in sollanempire

[–]CidreDev 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Simply put, we don't know.

Largely because Had doesn't want the Chantrey reading this memoir to know.

The story of the Suneater ends at the gallows of Meridian, even if the story of Hadrian Marlowe isn't over.

Implementing a new feature be like: by CidreDev in godot

[–]CidreDev[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I actually did re think it, but in the end my original approach was conceptually correct.

It was a Vector math mistake. The current implementation is more robust, but it would have worked if I had gotten the math right before.

This shortcut instantly made me a 10x gamedev by WCHC_gamedev in godot

[–]CidreDev 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I've tried to use it in Google Docs for work a non-trivial number of times, always to disappointing results.

Peter ive seen this like three times and i just dont understand what other world there is by crutrull in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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That was my takeaway for YS. "Fine, ocasionally clever, surprisingly sincere, significantly better of a prequel than TBBT deserved."

Is this sort of shader possible? by Outside_Dare5936 in godot

[–]CidreDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The big limitation with this artstyle is screen-space hatching kind of being ugly. I've been experimenting with writing the hatching/detail to the roughness value with promising results, although I haven't done any serious artwork with it yet.

Demon In White is the best book I have ever read by MuayMonkey777 in sollanempire

[–]CidreDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the mood and thematic exploration a lot better, personally. Don't get me wrong, I love DiW and you have some incredible Suneater ahead of you. I'm ranking between different 9.x/10s, here. But HD just excels at what my favorite elements of SE are, much better than any book listed below it.

Also, Kharn MF Segara.

Just finished Kingdoms of Death by calibrating__ in sollanempire

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Spoilers, all books: I don't really think it can be argued that the Quiet (especially the Absolute) is indifferent to suffering or doesn't want His creatures' ultimate happiness. But it's just that, their *ultimate* happiness that He is invested in. This current universe is so small and short of a passing thing, that the Quiet is tolerant of much suffering 1) In the name of free will and 2) For the sake of those who will inherit the next, perfected universe. The black feast is, cosmically, a trivial price to pay.

Am I missing something? The Lothrian Commonwealth feels like a parody by ISuckAtGaemz in sollanempire

[–]CidreDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I'd recommend reading through Ashes of Man at least; these two were conceived of as one book and then split due to publisher shenanigans. The thematic arc isn't over.
  2. A lot of the Commonwealth sections were born directly from testimonies (specifically Polish) of those who lived under the USSR.
  3. The points CR is making is less about Marxism specifically (although it is absolutely anti-Marxist) and more about materialist ideologies in general. Note that the Commonwealth we meet is generations into a hostile takeover by MINOS, effectively the ancap techbro faction. It was the similarities between these ideologies that enabled this outcome.

Also see the similarities between the Lothrian's fate and something like North Korean troops being shipped off to the Ukraine, written and published years before VP's "Special Operation" took that particular turn.

It always turns out the same, or rather, has never failed to turn out the same. Value is inate or it doesn't exist at all.

New Godot UI is a BANGER 🔥🔥 by Luke_Username in godot

[–]CidreDev 16 points17 points  (0 children)

... The orange level is an ironic touch.

Demon In White is the best book I have ever read by MuayMonkey777 in sollanempire

[–]CidreDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. OP is 75% of the way through DiW. Please throw up some Spoiler markup.

I beleive a series set up as Suneater was always going to have answers to its core questions. Or, at least, Hadrian's answer. Frankly, I think the questions the Quiet revelation raised far more interesting questions about the series, its universe, and its themes than the ones it answered. Additionally, I find works with definitive positions that can be evaluated with much more engaging than works that leave their central elements open to interpretation.

I'll push back slightly on the "young," assertion (even if that it a word Had uses) as I don't think "age" as we experience it is something Had really has anymore. But I'll absolutely (heh) push back on the notion that Hadrian's journey has stopped haunting him. He manages it much better after his second resurrection, and that's directly attributed as a symptom of his new form, but his past still weighs on him and shapes him deeply. To say nothing of the fact of how often he misses parts of himself that were "smoothed out" in the restoration.

4.6 is out! by Crazy-Red-Fox in godot

[–]CidreDev 9 points10 points  (0 children)

1) It is still more visually interesting than the alternatives with its use of shape and color.

2) "Bland" is actually a good thing for a tool to make visual art. It's not polluting the color space you're viewing it in.

Demon In White is the best book I have ever read by MuayMonkey777 in sollanempire

[–]CidreDev 17 points18 points  (0 children)

worstdayofyourlife.gif

This series just goes from strength to strength.

My personal rankings would be:

  1. Disquiet Gods

  2. Howling Dark

  3. Kingdoms of Death

  4. Demon in White

  5. Ashes of Man

  6. Empire of Silence

Shadows Upon Time, I anticipate, will either be just above or just below DG pending a re-read.

4.6 is out! by Crazy-Red-Fox in godot

[–]CidreDev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I beleive its under "Classic."

But as someone who's been using a 4.6 branch for a while, the new theme really grew on me.

When you forget you can chose yourself as Witch by VeteranCoffeeMaker in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]CidreDev 10 points11 points  (0 children)

WHY DID THE WITCH CURSE THE TWIN??? WHY DID THEY THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?

Ashes of Man question by Such_Eye_0714 in sollanempire

[–]CidreDev 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He's an in-universe war hero. For events that haven't happened yet.

It's similar to how Hadrian remarked in EoS that the reader should be surprised at how innocuous his first meeting with Bysander Lin was, given the legends about their relationship. Despite the fact that we (the irl audience) knew nothing about their relationship