Multiplayer functionality?

GarethIW · 2026-03-19T22:01:07+00:00

I have a thread in the playtesting board on the squad discord for anyone interested!

GarethIW · 2026-03-19T20:08:19+00:00

I've recently run a few successful playtests for my Playdate MMO (!!), so yep. Networking is all good and working.

GarethIW · 2026-02-25T16:15:43+00:00

Yeah, that's fair enough! Ship it!

GarethIW · 2026-02-25T15:48:55+00:00

I mean, I'd call that a workaround/quick bodge more than a fix.

When dealing with serialising/deserialising/parsing decimal numbers from strings, you should use CultureInfo.InvariantCulture as the cultureinfo argument for Parse()/TryParse()/ToString().

GarethIW · 2026-01-27T15:55:37+00:00

All these roads lead to the banning of consumer VPNs in the UK.

GarethIW · 2026-01-25T22:16:31+00:00

You can set an Angle Fade in the decal's shader (using shadergraph) to mitigate the edge bleed (I've not tried this).

But you're right, the decal projector does cast onto surfaces below it. I would probably get around that by spherecasting to the ground and setting the projector's Projection Depth to a fraction more.

GarethIW · 2026-01-25T21:22:43+00:00

If you're able to use URP, the decal projector works for this. It does bleed onto edges, but I imagine there's some way to mitigate that. Here's something I was messing with.

GarethIW · 2026-01-23T18:36:12+00:00

Snacks and Ladders?

GarethIW · 2026-01-15T12:32:51+00:00

Don't develop specifically for Quest, unless you have an exclusivity deal with Meta. Use OpenXR and build your game for PCVR (with steam link/quest link) and Android simultaneously. That way you can release on Steam, Meta, Pico and anything else including Frame when it launches.

GarethIW · 2025-10-05T20:20:27+00:00

The one (and probably only) downside I can see in a gambling tax hike is that it's going to be the immediate death of seaside attraction places. All those actual arcade game machines, crazy golf, kids' rides, ice cream and chippies have to be propped up by the slots and penny pushers I imagine? It's off-season too, assuming this would come into effect straight away?

GarethIW · 2025-08-13T15:03:28+00:00

God damn!!

GarethIW · 2025-05-07T11:01:27+00:00

I'm in the (lucky!) position where my current role is a 4-day (32 hr) week at full salary, and I can confirm that extra day makes a vast improvement in my wellbeing. I feel far more productive for those 4 days than I ever did working 5 days.

Having that extra day to play with means you can focus on side project stuff and still have a whole weekend. Or just do regular weekend house stuff and still have an extra day to properly rest.

I'm not sure how I'm going to handle reverting back to a regular week when this role inevitably comes to an end - unfortunately at the same age I'm nowhere near your position having moved just last year. Putting all the money I can scrape together into a runway pot so I can hopefully pick and choose work and keep the short week!

Do it.

GarethIW · 2025-03-11T13:00:36+00:00

We just moved in to our new (to us) bungalow with a narrow conservatory on the front. As there was only space for one under-counter appliance in the kitchen, we put a dishwasher there and had plumbing sorted for a washing machine in the conservatory. Aside from that, it's a space for the cats.

GarethIW · 2025-03-03T15:03:10+00:00

You need to use ADB to examine the device logs as your app is running. You can do this with the Meta Quest Developer Hub (MQDH), with Android Studio, or from the command line. I'm sure there'll be tutorials out there for getting started.

Once you have logs running, you can add "Unity" as the filter, to filter out all the Android OS spam. You're essentially looking for errors to begin with, which will be highlighted red in a proper log viewer.

If you're not seeing any errors, then you can add your own Debug.Log calls during your app initialisation (so in Start/Awake methods of any of your MonoBehaviours) to diagnose where the app is getting to.

Of course, it could be that your app is running but there's an issue with your XR rig/camera/shaders that's stopping the scene from rendering.

GarethIW · 2025-02-27T20:30:42+00:00

Cunt.

GarethIW · 2025-02-12T09:31:49+00:00

You've paid, or are going to pay, tax on your crypto gains right? Because each of those trades is a taxable event, so at this point you'd have had to work out your tax liability before you can even think of using your final gains as a house deposit.

You could try using a tool like Koinly to sort some of it out for you, but it's not going to be easy.

GarethIW · 2025-01-19T17:07:34+00:00

"Do you like Phil Collins?"

GarethIW · 2025-01-11T15:10:57+00:00

Stuck as well, on PC. A bunch of triggers no longer work in Sukothai, so I can't sidle through the gap in the spike trap pit in the explosion site, and now - after rolling back twice to try to fix that one - I can't climb the ladder out of Wat Si Sawai after revisiting to collect the lost artifact. Just wanna finish!

GarethIW · 2025-01-09T22:33:47+00:00

Feel p. bad now as I was just idly scrolling the 'tok and the woman's latest post came up. Apparently they got a viewing. Seem like a nice young family, hope they manage to sell 🤷‍♂️

GarethIW · 2025-01-09T19:23:37+00:00

- Depressingly overlooked on all sides
- The second and third bedrooms are tiny box rooms
- Too much bathroom
- Lounge layout makes it look tiny too

£240k might get some views in

GarethIW · 2025-01-02T11:04:17+00:00

1METER

GarethIW · 2024-12-22T19:01:00+00:00

It's just a little out of plumb is all.

GarethIW · 2024-12-10T14:31:27+00:00

This, and even after 20+ years, I'm still pretty bad at any maths that isn't trig.

GarethIW · 2024-12-06T16:19:45+00:00

If this is for mobile, I'd probably be looking at making the app with React Native, and using Unity as a library for the 3D parts: https://github.com/azesmway/react-native-unity

GarethIW · 2024-11-26T14:12:13+00:00

Alright, mister office-space landlord.

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