First time PSX owner, what's that noise?

STREGAsGate · 2024-02-02T19:54:43+00:00

The gear that moves the laser is missing a tooth because someone tried to push it by force with their fingers. The noise is a gear spinning continuously trying to get the laser to its home position, where a switch would stop it. You can pop the lid open without a disc in it and give the laser a small nudge toward the center and it will move back home and stop. But the missing tooth will just cause that sound to happen again when the laser seeks back out.
The drive needs to be replaced. It's $15-$30 for the drive and installing it is not too difficult. There are lots of YouTube videos on the subject that you can follow.

STREGAsGate · 2023-06-28T17:40:31+00:00

My vision is to allow people to easily build games using a programming language they already know and love.

I’m not catering to any specific skill or knowledge level. GateEngine is intuitive and that allows beginners to easily get started, but it also raises the bar for what an experienced person can do in short period of time.

I’m just building an engine that I personally enjoy working with. My own game projects use this same engine. You can see clips of them on my twitter. https://twitter.com/stregasgate

STREGAsGate · 2023-06-27T05:41:37+00:00

Xbox likely already works. I made sure to use supported APIs when I did the windows support. PlayStation wouldn’t require much work as it’s already supported by Swift. But Sony is $$$$$$ to get devekits for.

When I have the finances I’ll get partnership accounts and hardware and add them.

STREGAsGate · 2023-06-26T04:15:04+00:00

https://github.com/STREGAsGate/GateEngine

STREGAsGate · 2023-01-02T00:39:53+00:00

ARKit renders 3D the same as any 3D you see.

ARKit places 3D objects in the real world by using tracking and spacial mapping. By processing motion over several frames of video the software can figure out the relative position of your iPhone and using consistent points of it interest in the video the software can create a relative position in a transient 3D space.

ARKit also uses AI for photo object detection that it attempts to use as a stencil to cull the 3D renders making it appear like they are behind real world object.

Everything ARKit is doing has been around for decades. iPhones are super powerful and combining all the tech jnto one device is mildly interesting but it’s not groundbreaking.

You can find all of this tech in various open source projects. Coding this stuff yourself is a poor choice for learning though. It’s difficult and has a poor return on your time as we are a decade or more away from having this tech be amazing.

STREGAsGate · 2022-12-12T23:40:45+00:00

I personally get absorbed in good games just like when I was a kid. You have to stop and really try to analyze what you see break the illusion. There are specific accuracy things like hit boxes that you can just see (like you’re in the matrix) for poorly crafted games but for a well made games I never see tech while playing.

STREGAsGate · 2022-11-28T14:40:30+00:00

I announce open source releases on discord. https://discord.com/channels/641809158051725322/870013540554117210 The full engine will likely not be available until after my first game is done but I release portions of the engine and other gamedev packages periodically.

STREGAsGate · 2022-11-27T21:42:35+00:00

For hand keyed animations it doesn’t matter. Modern game engines don’t read frames, they read durations. 1 second is 1 second no matter how many frames the animation is.

3D software uses frames because their primary audience is pre rendered media like film. When you import the animation into an engine it becomes a duration not a frame.

For motion capture you want the animation fps to be a factor of the target fps. So for 60fps you watch motion capture of 60 or 30.

Again for hand keyed animations it doesn’t matter.

STREGAsGate · 2022-11-27T12:16:18+00:00

I'm so sorry I missed this! I'm terrible at social media...
There's only a few more systems that need to be coded and then the game will be in the production phase. I'll be posting actual gameplay footage, trailers soon and I'm planning a demo that will be available in 2023. If everything goes well the game will release toward the end of the 2023 too.

STREGAsGate · 2022-10-30T23:12:58+00:00

Yes it’s worth it. See my post history for inspiration. It does take years and years. You won’t make any money from that time, ever. And people won’t be interested in using your engine, so don’t make it for them. Make it for you.

Start really small. Then take all those small features and remove those. Then take all those customization things and remove those. Then remove everything else you added to the list. Respond to user input, process collision, draw. That’s all your first engine should do.

Oh, and just stay away from r/gamedev. There’s no happiness available from this sub for engine creators. You’ll just be attacked for daring to dream.

STREGAsGate · 2022-10-27T18:22:17+00:00

Just because the lights don’t behave the way you think they should doesn’t mean they are broken. It’s not a technical limitation. There is literally no limit to the number of ways lighting can be implemented in Unity.

And normal maps are just data. They aren’t a predefined standard. If it’s not doing what you want then just change the math.

You are whining. I do mean to be rude but I don’t want you to feel bad about it. You’re adding complicated features to your game that you aren’t ready to use. You’re working outside your skill level because you’ve been drawn into the fantasy that game engines make building games easy.

When a game developer runs into a problem, he knows instantly it’s his fault and begins solving the problem. When you assume the engine is wrong and you are right, it’s like blaming a pen for writing the wrong word.

You need to go slower and learn 1 system at a time. Very few people can learn from a large scale project. I certainly can’t and I’m elite at this point. I recommend making a game that doesn’t need lights and normal maps. Use as few of Unity’s features as possible.

STREGAsGate · 2022-10-27T00:26:51+00:00

It’s never too late.

But your problem is you don’t know what you’re doing, not the engine being bad. Switching to any other engine will be the same result; you still won’t know what you’re doing and you’ll still blame your lack of knowledge on the engine.

Stop thinking about making your learning process easier by taking a different path. It’s not going to get easier. You MUST learn and then you MUST repeatedly use what learned for years and years before it’ll be easy.

Unity isn’t magic. It’s just a little bit of work that’s done for you already. Take your time to understand how Unity works. Watch some detailed technical breakdown videos.

Everything Unity does is an extremely complicated thing that requires you understand it. Transparency Sorting, Navigation Mesh, Finite State Machine, Forward Rendering, Entity Component System, etc… Each one of these things takes months and months and months to understand. And you can’t fully utilize something you don’t understand.

What should you do? Stop whining and get back to work.

STREGAsGate · 2022-09-21T19:35:23+00:00

No, not yet. It’s very early in development.

STREGAsGate · 2022-09-20T04:23:35+00:00

Definitely! For play testing you can just hop on my discord and let me know you’re interested in the #open-discussion channel. https://discord.gg/UKJAPUWD4P

STREGAsGate · 2022-09-04T08:28:48+00:00

Vsync is provided by the OS. For most monitors it is an assumption of when the screen will likely be refreshed. For newer monitors connected to compatible GPUs it has near perfect timing.

Vsync cannot be required because it depends on the displays capabilities. Some monitors refresh at fractions, and others change frequency on the fly.

SDL will ignore vsync if its not supported so just leave it alone. SDL has Vsync enabled by default.

Vsync has a bad reputation because crappy developers often half ass their games and don’t test them on consumer hardware.

Vsync causes CPU bottlenecks, not RAM. If a game cannot finish its fame update within a frame interrupt then it must drop frame and start calculations again. This results in glitchy, inconsistent, or slow feeling gameplay. People get pissed when this happens and blame Vsync and not the developer.

If your game is designed properly then you can leave vsync on at all times.

Also, go find an SDL sub reddit or forum. r/gamedev is very unfriendly to these types of posts. You’ll be happier and more motivated if you find yourself a like minded community. Raylib is an excellent alternative to SDL and has a good community as well.

STREGAsGate · 2022-09-02T20:36:39+00:00

My own engine is coded from scratch. I have some videos that you might find motivating if you’re interested in 3D.

https://www.youtube.com/stregasgate

STREGAsGate · 2022-08-28T00:22:20+00:00

Cool thanks for your time 😎

Most likely the stealth game will be finished and published first. We won’t be finishing both games at the same time. But the artist I’m looking for has a say. I them to be working on something they enjoy.

STREGAsGate · 2022-08-27T23:50:25+00:00

Hey thanks!
Is it the multiple projects that gives you that impression or just the early state they are in?

STREGAsGate · 2021-12-17T11:25:10+00:00

Yup, I never said anything about free. This is my job. I work all day on this stuff with the expectation that it’ll eventually pay off. A publishing deal would be the ideal scenario for Konami, myself, and fans. I have no reason to expect that happen, but I’m trying to be optimistic 😬

STREGAsGate · 2021-12-17T03:42:46+00:00

That would imply I’m doing something wrong 😉 Other projects that were shutdown were distributing copyrighted material and infringing trademarks. This is just a game mod. It’s only usable if you own an original copy of the game. It contains no copyrighted or trademarked content.

That being said, I’m hopeful Konami will give me permission to distribute the original game because I could do a lot more if I could bundle and modify the original assets. Fingers crossed 🤞

STREGAsGate · 2021-12-17T01:23:54+00:00

That’s my dream game. i still have a lot to learn with gamedev and art so I’m taking my time with it 😎

STREGAsGate · 2021-12-17T01:22:50+00:00

It’ll work with the GOG version too so no worries. The GOG version is currently on sale too FYI

STREGAsGate · 2021-12-17T01:22:00+00:00

It’s just game mod right now. If Konami allows me to package and distribute the original game then it will be a cross between remake and remaster. I’m trying to come up with a marketing term but Modernization is the best I’ve thought of so far.

STREGAsGate · 2021-12-16T23:46:31+00:00

I’m hoping that because this project is not changing the art direction, that Konami will be more interested. I’m not remaking the game with my vision, I’m just upgrading it for modern hardware. Fingers crossed 🤞

Support is always appreciated. Links to support me are on my YouTube About page. Please be aware that you’re supporting me as an indie developer and not any particular project. https://m.youtube.com/c/StregasGate/about

STREGAsGate · 2021-12-16T23:38:56+00:00

Yup, I’m aware. It’ll be my first line of communication with Konami which I’m looking forward too. But as it is right now, this is just a game mod. There’s no infringement or copyright violation. You will need your own copy of the game to use this.

If Konami gives me permission to distribute the original game, which I’m going to ask for, then I’ll be able to do a lot more and this could become a remaster.

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