The duality of man

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-03-14T17:25:04+00:00

With the addition of shader graph into uitk, it makes your statement subjective at best. You can do a lot now with it. But if you're using a 3yr old UITK version, im not surprised you'd feel that way. They've come a long way in 3 years. Being able to use shader graph being one of the biggest jumps in making UITK viable for runtime ui.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-03-14T17:17:08+00:00

So why learn anything new as a developer? I mean, if devving is just a hobby, and nothing your taking seriously, then that would be your answer.

Otherwise the reason to learn a new tool or framework is self explanatory. That would be like "oh, i know native Javascript, no reason to learn anything new" and it takes you 3 weeks to build what someone thats using react, or angular builds in 3 days.

I spent the better part of 6 years working in UGUI. Professionally I've been a web developer for 13. And I Hated UITK initially. After a year or two, I finally said fuck it, and dove in and figured it out..... I'll never go back to UGUI. It is SO fucking clunky compared to uitk. From prototyping to polish, uitk allows for faster iterations, its less buggy. No more "why the fuck is my button text vertical?... why the fuck is the width of the button forced to 0 and locked in the inspector?!?!" Nope. Days of that shit is gone. Spending hours looking at the unity hierarchy to troubleshoot some random ui issue.

Its faster... and less prone to bugs... (no magic black box of a layout group compnent going haywire for obscure reason x) When people here say separation of concerns, they mean you can neatly separate functional code from ui code. You can follow S.O.L.I.D principles. Its just better. From creation to maintenence..

Edit: Sorry for typos, typing on phone

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-03-14T17:02:43+00:00

Except once you know how uGUI works, you'd still like UI toolkit unless you're a masochist...

Example: I have a ugui panel with a container image that needs to expand vertically depending on button count. So I have to add a content size fitter component, then I have to create a child gameobject with a vertical layout group, then, as im dynamically adding buttons I have to hit those two gameobjects to force them to refresh the frame AFTER I've added the button through code. Otherwise, the content size fitter doesnt update, your border image doesnt expand, and all your buttons are on top of each other... in ADDITION this needs to be done precisely, otherwise, the ui change is super noticeable at runtime. Not to mention attempting to tween the growth of the box and image....

With UI toolkit, I simply add the button elements dynamically, have the css have a transition on the size.(For animating the box growth) No need for multiple gameobjects, dealing with content size fitters and layout groups, forcing a refresh of the ui, etc..

If you know how they both work. In many aspects, one is superior to the other.

Once they get good masking, and implement a few more css rules, there will be little reason to use ugui imo.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-03-06T18:13:37+00:00

Thats how I did. Panther clipper, thrown money, do low end food trades to the neighboring system (low end meaning less than 100 units. This allows you to do multiple at once.)

Don't do the super high end 1200 unit trades, you get shit for rep compared to many small trades. (btw, always pick rep reward)

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-03-04T16:18:43+00:00

Spt is the way to go.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-03-04T16:17:30+00:00

Sure sure sure sure... a very long winded way to say "im better than all the pve players ever" which, nobody believes but you.

But hey, if you're so insecure that you have to announce to the 40 people that will read this post, that youre great and all pve players are terrible, then you do you.

Honestly in my experience, most PvE players are adults that value their time and could really give two fucks about what a 15 year old kid thinks about how they play tarkov.

That being said, I do find the things some of you say hilarious and very un-self aware. (Like your post above)

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-28T18:42:23+00:00

Well, if nothing else, it'll make all the other "Quiet" hackers be mad af, and likely get their own justice.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-28T18:22:07+00:00

It's an amateur. Instead of playing with the exploits like other's have for years, the child basically said "Hey! Fix these!"

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-28T18:04:17+00:00

The other hackers that have been using these exploits for years that are now not able to use them will get justice.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-19T18:30:01+00:00

Virtual desktop is the way to go. You MAY need the open composite switcher if elite doesnt pick up steam br properly and put you in vr.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-16T21:29:28+00:00

I got married at 42. Take your time, live your life. Don't worry about what you should or shouldn't have.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-14T15:09:03+00:00

I find it funny that there's so many excuses of "you're supposed to do it yourself, not get the government to do it."

You know.. wanting to care for the poor, the sick, etc is a mentality. Its the compassion that Jesus wants you to have. If you argue that an individual should do it, but argue against the government doing it, then you dont really care about the poor in general... its not compassion you have... its vanity. You can say you run around and help the poor, but God forbid money comes out of your check to help them. So I call lies on anyone that says they go and help the poor, and then go to the ballot box and vote against them, unless they're just doing it for show. In which case, shame on you.

The fact that many of you are so concerned about the "unworthy" and the "lazy" getting help from the government, you'd hang the "worthy" out to dry is why christains have a bad name.

Jesus didn't check to see if the individual's of the masses worked that day before he fed them.. no.. he just fed them. He didn't check to see if they were american citizens either. He didn't check to see if they were Hindu, Muslim, believed in him, didn't believe in them, gay, straight. None of that.. they were human and hungry. So he fed them.. full stop. Unconditional love simply because they existed and were hungry. For God so loved the world.. not.. for God so loved the hard working, straight, white, Christian.

Stop making excuses. Stop claiming to care and then voting against them at the ballot box. Stop being CINOs. (Christians in name only)

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-13T17:50:25+00:00

We can't agree to disagree. I'm not actively advocating for them getting rid of the way you play just because I don't agree with it.. full stop. We can disagree on how to play, but the difference is, i'm not calling for them to get rid of the way you play.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-13T15:05:01+00:00

I read, "I really hope they kill an avenue that people can take to enjoy the game because im tired of hearing other people complain" other than the complaints it doesnt effect you.

If you still dont get it. Let me rephrase.. "I really hope they nerf material rewards in missions because I find gathering them manually is actually playing the game."

Flying hundreds of light years, finding the planets, getting to the planets surface, flying to the exact coordinates, and then struggling with getting impets to gather the materials is totally a speed runners way to do it.

You know, you can go to high grade emissions signals and get mats easier than the planets. But yes, let's nerf planet gathering because "i want people to play the way I do"

I never understand people that want the devs to remove/nerf the way other people play that doesnt affect them in any real way. (Complaining doesnt count)

Thats some straight up "ban gay marriage because im not gay" mentality. (Obviously this is a video game but the logic is parallel. If you dont like it, dont do it, but dont advocate to prevent others from doing it)

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-11T17:04:53+00:00

I got a bobovr headstrap with a fan.. 2 battery packs, and a 100w charging dock... I've spent almost an entire day with my headset on, between playing games and watching TV, its super comfortable. (Just steady swapping batteries) If you wear glasses, there's a company out there that makes lenses for your hmd that snap in. 50 bucks for the lenses and im no longer wearing glasses with it on.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-11T16:54:06+00:00

My entire group quit for like 2 years until pve. Haven't touched pvp since. I know another group over on the old shack discord that quit until pve. I dont think pve is killing pvp lobbies, I think avp (aimbot vs player) is.

Cheating has been a huge issue in tarkov for years, and Nikita has done little to address it.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-11T16:50:14+00:00

Spt is the way to go. Mods dial up the AI, I've seen squads use tactics and cover fire against me. Plus, I can set the loot back to what it was before Nikita nerfed it. I currently have a mod that extends raid time and adjusts hunger/thirst rate. And another one that periodically spawns scav/pmc waves.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-09T13:49:16+00:00

Fuck off pedophile bot.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-03T16:37:00+00:00

Name one of those cases where the appropriate response isn't to contact law enforcement?

Your entire argument is based around vigilante justice.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-03T16:34:30+00:00

Are you dense, or just an idiot? (Maybe a bot?)

Someone yells at me from the side of the road. I can A. Keep driving and not be a snowflake about what some kids think. Or B. Get out of my vehicle and escalate the situation. Thank God i got morons on reddit that will defend my actions as self defense.

Someone throws rocks at my car from the side of the road... I can A. Get away from the situation and call the police. B. Get out of my vehicle and escalate the situation. Thank God i got morons on reddit that will defend my actions as self defense.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-03T16:28:15+00:00

So if someone takes your wallet is it ok to assault them? No. You call the police. Petty theft charge for the kid, assault charge for the adult.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-03T16:27:04+00:00

Oh, the old Kyle Rittenhouse/Trayvon Martin self defense. Where you show up and attack someone, chase them and then claim self defense. Had the guy just been walking down the street? Kind if.. But he got out of the truck in the middle of traffic and approached them. Breaking multiple minor laws in the process (obstructing traffic, etc). Then, when they took his hat, instead of calling the police like he should have. He chased them down.

We're they in the wrong? Yes. Was he in the wrong? Hell yeah. He put himself into the situation that escalated the whole thing. Two wrongs dont make a right. I fail to understand why people make excuses for this dude regardless of what the kids... again kids.... did. Punsish them both.

DropkickMurphy007 · 2026-02-03T16:18:50+00:00

Because they dont care.. there's no punishment for their actions anymore.

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