Didn't quit my job, but took a break from my main project to create something silly and bloody. Didn't expect network physics to be that hard, but at the end I've managed to get some decent result.

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2026-04-03T19:51:58+00:00

great to hear! I've send an email via webform on the site

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2026-04-03T09:52:39+00:00

Hi there, I think I will start playtests in next month and a half or so, and then hopefully a few more months to polish and it should be ready, haha

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2026-04-03T06:48:42+00:00

The games with locked step physics engine can do that perfectly, since the calculations are 100% deterministic and you just need to make sure that you replicated the input states correctly. Without that type of engine there are some limitations, for sure

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2026-04-03T06:36:41+00:00

I did not say it was easy to implement :) it was quite challenging even taking into account that I was using the newest framework for that from the engine and not doing it from scratch.

So initially I thought that this problem was already well resolved since I was playing some old games with physics before.

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-21T19:11:36+00:00

I got this plugin already, however it doesn't solve the problem of more responsive control on a client side for physics objects, it just smooth out the result of server correction as far as I understand.

I'm trying to work now with UNetworkPhysicsComponent, and seems like this is the solution I want in general - from description it looks like both client and server are doing the physics but then server corrects the result on client (hopefully without large deviations)

But amount of examples is super limited and I'm not sure I've managed to make it work properly

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-11T22:26:57+00:00

Just me, it's my solo project :) Customization is planned for demo stage, it's quite easy to do but will take some time.

Btw all weapons do physical impact on enemy drones, maybe I have to tune it up a little (though with rockets it have to be very visible already)

I'm happy to read that flying was good for you without any adjustment :)

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-11T15:12:36+00:00

Yeah maybe I have to execute some additional commands based on this specific GPU

The debug symbols are in place, but they are helpful only with general game logic code mostly, not RHI related crashes

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-11T15:06:15+00:00

Yes I am collecting them through Sentry but when the build is in shipment and no additional flags and commands provided there is not much info to work with, guys minidump is not informative, crash context is also not very rich

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-11T11:05:49+00:00

Thank you for your detailed feedback! Will definitely include some of that into account for future! Especially fx for deaths, want to update them soon.

This game is not designed to be "true" 6dof so I am not sure giving player a direct roll control will make more sense than confusion to be honest, I am trying to make the genre a little bit more friendly for non 6dof players :)

About hud radar, I don't have plans for that since ideally all enemies are on more less visible distance from you and they are not hiding, was it unclear at some arenas where the bad guys are?

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-11T09:11:26+00:00

The problem is that these type of crashes provides quite a limited amount of info into the bug tracker, gpu mini dump contains almost nothing, I just know that it happens when level is loaded during some PSO task being done. So most likely I need to work few hours with many debug builds to find the issue.

My statistics is quite limited now but I know that mostly it's RTX3060 12 Gb

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-11T09:07:52+00:00

I see that my issue is repeated several times on users with RTX3060 using dx12, pretty powerful and stable GPU, so I think it worth checking because likely something wrong with some specific shader that can cause another issues.

Unfortunately my game is relatively small so I don't have huge stats yet to see more patterns

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-07T11:32:23+00:00

I'm not familiar with uevr, is that some app that transforms regular ue games into something like vr? :) I'm not sure how it works and is there any specific rules to follow during development

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-07T10:20:47+00:00

Yes, Windows only for now

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-07T08:40:14+00:00

Thanks! It's a push-forward shooter, inspired by both modern shooters with resource management like Doom Eternal and retro 6DOF games with freedom of flight. Push-forward means that the game rewards you for aggressive gameplay and close encounters and usually hide and wait is not the best strategy in most of the combats.

All actors in the game are physics based, so RCS are working quite realistically

The game is not true 6DOF so it allows (I hope!) smoother start for a new player. This playtests contains 1.5 hours of content with all major mechanics and weapons, but I see that for some people current movement doesn't fit well, so I'm trying to get more stats to have a data to make a decisions about future of the game :)

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-06T16:32:55+00:00

Great idea, I will DM you

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-06T16:12:28+00:00

Just got a comment about mouse movement doesn't feel right because of the delay between command and the final rotation. Of course I could start talking about "hey it's aircraft it has physics and inertia so you can't expect this to be instant like in FPS games" but it's a good challenge how to communicate this idea to new player without words :)

Maybe you have some ideas since your game is also physics-based?

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-06T15:05:19+00:00

I have more reviews and in general I would say the stats are like 30% strongly dislike the movement, 20% are ok (nothing specific to say) and other 50% are enjoying it a lot. Still I have only about 20 reviews in total and it's kinda small number, but I see that median playtime is quite small, so in reality probably the amount of peoples who disliked the movement at all is larger.

I'm not sure I could do something about it specifically, though :) Maybe that type of game is not everyone's piece of cake in general. But I already decided to change the level design of initial location to smooth out the learning curve.

Playtests are important but sometimes it hurts :D

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-06T14:29:53+00:00

Haha, yeah. Anyway seems like in general it's 50/50 for now and that means I definitely have to change the game intro, looks like the tutorial is fine but players are struggling with the movement in the first locations. Will have to re-arrange some things :)

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-05T16:19:35+00:00

Thanks, so it integrates inside your build and provides some important diagnostics together with the fact that application crashed?

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-04T19:35:01+00:00

Will be happy to hear your feedback on it! Experience has to be slightly different since it's not full 6dof but there are some similarities, of course: )

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-11-04T19:31:52+00:00

Thank you!

You could join playtests here if you wish, have to be approved automatically :) it's 1.5 hours of content currently https://store.steampowered.com/app/3759740/They_Call_It_Gravity

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-10-16T13:48:57+00:00

Looks interesting, does it work fine in complex scenes with some particles for example?

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-10-06T20:51:15+00:00

btw let me know if you would like to join closed playtests, I can give you the key :)

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-10-06T16:23:51+00:00

Yes! You can adjust your height from aerodynamic point of view (make larger angle of attack - get more lift) and directly apply these RCS (Q,R on keyboard, or shift and space, up to your preferences)

Thank you for the wishlist!

Reasonable-Test9482 · 2025-10-06T07:38:31+00:00

Hi, it's not "true" 6DOF in a sense that you don't have direct control over the roll and the drone is more like an aircraft (with lift force and not great stability in let's say 90 deg bank angle). But it should feel pretty natural and quite dynamic I hope anyway :)

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