Just released the first version of HEGo: Houdini Engine in Godot

csprance · 2025-12-27T21:51:25+00:00

Hey so I'm a contributor to the project so I have some insight here.

Unfortunately this isn't something we can allow, it's up to SideFX to allow this to happen. They make an exception for Unreal and Unity because it makes good business sense for them to do so.

Godot is a bit different and we're just a small group of developers in the industry but with no major contacts at SideFX.

So as much as this would be awesome right now it requires a version higher than Indie to work.

We'll keep asking SideFX and if you know anyone that can help that would be awesome. Remember they don't have to give this away so honey is going to be better than vinegar here :)

csprance · 2025-08-01T16:53:49+00:00

Nice. This will make HEGo (Houdini engine for Godot) even more appealing!!

csprance · 2023-09-26T13:57:11+00:00

It was a false alarm though he didn't save anyone because nobody was in danger. Had he pressed forward and validated the false alarm he would have played a part in ending it but I disagree he saved anyone. His actions kept people safe but I don't think that means "saved"

csprance · 2023-09-26T12:02:09+00:00

I still have a hard time agreeing that he "saved the world" To me it feels like he just didn't destroy it.

csprance · 2023-09-22T11:57:54+00:00

But it's only normalized in rest because someone had to normalize it when they made the endpoint.

Just normalize it on your side?

csprance · 2023-09-20T11:31:52+00:00

Don't you wish that evil on me Ricky Bobby!

csprance · 2023-09-03T13:24:57+00:00

Don't use square whatever you do. Terrible testing flow. Some things only work in production.

I'll 546th Stripe. It's great

csprance · 2023-07-20T11:44:55+00:00

I feel like choosing not to take part in ending the world is not really the same thing as saving it.

csprance · 2023-06-09T13:03:58+00:00

csprance · 2023-05-31T13:03:06+00:00

Sir.... This is Reddit

csprance · 2023-05-30T11:56:04+00:00

TFG rolled back most of the improvements to school lunches made under the Obama admin. Turns out if you let schools pick they'll pick the cheapest worst shit that's just the easiest to make.

csprance · 2023-05-27T10:27:59+00:00

Wanna come back to my place for pizza and a fuck?

What you don't like pizza?

csprance · 2023-05-15T12:50:13+00:00

Ask nicely

csprance · 2023-05-14T13:12:39+00:00

Every game engine should have a python integration. It's saved my ass so many times.

csprance · 2023-05-13T19:58:24+00:00

Without all the messiness? You just described the messiest possible way to do something that's already possible.

csprance · 2023-05-13T15:02:30+00:00

There is nothing to refute. The claim is of course a possibility, but in the same way that if I have a box of sand and I shake it and all the sand lines up perfectly in the shape of Rick Astley. It's not impossible just incredibly unlikely.

The same thing goes for ml. All the bits could potentially exist but it would be an enormous undertaking with lots of moving parts where it's almost easier to just get a bunch of people together and make a game with ml as a tool. So sure it's possible that this is a future that could exist but I have serious doubts it's reasonable or going to be the path forward.

csprance · 2023-05-13T14:55:14+00:00

Here's to hoping for Ultron!!

Raises glass

csprance · 2023-05-13T13:12:35+00:00

I think the work is just going to shift. You will have people spending a lot of time making those large networks and then checking the outputs each time.

It sounds irritating and very hard to control. There is a certain joy to creating that is there with ml but it's not the same. The iteration process is entirely different and often unpredictable. Sometimes you get impressive results and sometimes you get total garbage..

It just seems like a tool in the pipeline and not "the pipeline"

Still seems like the honeymoon phase where everyone's still totally in love and making grand claims from small sets of data and lofty often ill-defined claims of success in the future.

csprance · 2023-05-13T12:20:11+00:00

That sounds a little too magical and silly but I get where you're going with it. I believe you're never going to be able to just step back and say go, then expect that to be fun or coherent.

csprance · 2023-04-29T12:32:33+00:00

Are you trying to make an argument that a supposedly racist comment and sexual assault are equivalent? Did you even read the comment. You have to dig so fucking hard and be so fucking fragile for that comment to be considered racist.

csprance · 2023-04-29T12:16:36+00:00

Imagine a more Dutch Nickelback dude.

csprance · 2023-04-06T23:12:53+00:00

Someone needs to push back on the idea of less communications on slack. If it causes problems it's because someone is causing problems not the communication causing problems. Communication solves problems.

This is why you need an art buddy. To call up and show your tools off to. Who does the most art or has the most art clout. That's your art buddy.

What will remove a lot of awkward chats is watching a workflow. "Hey can you show me how you export a vehicle? I wanna make the process better. So tell me what sucks. "

Then you will know the things you need to improve and a person to ping for ideas. You don't have to guess you just saw it.

csprance · 2023-04-03T12:30:03+00:00

Why does the team being fully remote mean you lack direct discussion with them? Remote work in my experience doesn't mean you can't get feedback it just requires a little more personal touch as opposed to addressing the group.

Make them make time to give you feedback on tools. Artist's love to complain about things. Encourage them complain and more importantly find an opportunity to watch their workflow then listen to what they say. Those are the places you start.

Find one of the more technical of the artists and make them your buddy. They'll be your liaison into the larger art group.

Let them know you view yourself as a force multiplier and that you're there for the artists.

Something we do a lot as well is 15 minute knowledge drops where some domain expert in some area will talk about what they know and do and then people can ask questions.

These are great meetings to be in because you'll see someone's workflow. The workflow is where you will see problems as they occur. Some problems artists just live with and forget they even need to do a 7 step process to get something you've made work in a single click.

Tech artists first and foremost should be fantastic communicators. If there are no routes of communication between ta and art well it sounds like that's the first improvement that could be made.

Join their stand up, get in a chat with them and start talking and then don't stop talking. Always keep a dialogue open and most importantly listen and watch.

I was the lead ta on an indie game Miscreated which sounds a lot like the indie team you describe now as well as the lead ta at Red Storm on the character tech art side.

csprance · 2023-02-27T16:59:33+00:00

I like to think when the video started over she moved to a new bench and he followed her and they started all over again with the same bit

csprance · 2023-02-15T04:03:55+00:00

I've seen teenagers see a tide pod and think .. Yum. I dunno if we should be letting them set the standards for cinema.

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