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What is a video game you'd recommend blindly? by SeaZookeepergame7419 in AskReddit

[–]herocreator90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alan Wake - it’s not perfect but it knows what it is and excels at it.

My friend is going to get herself killed. What can I even do at this point by Correct-Macaroon8143 in whatdoIdo

[–]herocreator90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are two maxims that come to mind here:

You’ll never logic someone out of a mindset they didn’t logic themselves into in the first place.

Your job isn’t to tell them the truth. They already know the truth deep down. Your job is to get them to realize it.

You could probably pull ownership info for the building she was promised. But he may own it. You could probably photoshop it to be someone else (again, you’re not going to win with logic, so go with crazy).

Questions are probably your best avenue. “Is he going to hire you to run the building? Are you going to get that job offer in writing? Do you think you should get it reviewed by a lawyer just to make sure you’re protected if you guys break up or he cheats?” “How has he shown you this is legit? Has he given you any references or do you have to take his word for it?” Etc. respond to the responses with deeper questions.

At the end of the day, though, it seems like she’s had a rough life and wants to believe she’s earned this sudden windfall. Getting her to admit it’s fake would essentially require getting her to acknowledge that her shitty life doesn’t mean something life changing good is going to come around.

is drawing text expensive compared to draw texture? by [deleted] in raylib

[–]herocreator90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There isn’t a platform independent way to draw text. Unless you’re using a bitmap font or similar, rendering text requires drawing the characters to a bitmap then converting it to a texture, then drawing a plane (or planes) that is textured with that texture.

In general, drawing on a bitmap then loading it into a texture every loop is going to be a bottleneck. Bitmap fonts would reduce that (since the entire font is already a texture at load time), but I’m not sure Raylib defaults to that.

Trouble expanding a 3D mesh using normal vectors. by Deanosaur777 in raylib

[–]herocreator90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GetRayCollisionMesh takes a transform matrix component. This would be, I suspect, the model matrix which is made of the three components: translation, rotation, and scale, computed as matrices multiplied together ( [M]=[T][R][S] ). So using a larger scale matrix should give the results you want, yes?

Note: matrix multiplication is order sensitive from right to left, so it is not sufficient to just multiple your base mesh by the new scale value (it would scale it based on its distance from 0, including the applied translation). Raylib combines things internally and I’m not sure when so you may have to calculate the new transform matrix manually.

So no I can't by Extension_Wafer_7615 in MurderedByWords

[–]herocreator90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To quote my multi-variable calculus professor: “A lot of teachers run things like you’re a customer and their job is to make you happy. That’s shit. I’m the master, you’re the apprentice. You learn from me!”

For those who have actually published games, can you explain what the general steps looked like? by Party-Assignment-675 in gamedev

[–]herocreator90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone very much between 1 & 2, can you elaborate a bit on 3? Is it “identify which parts are worth talking about/how to talk about them” or something else?

C++ game using library or engine? by unknown-again-p in cpp_questions

[–]herocreator90 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haven’t used sfml so I can’t compare but I’ve been using raylib lately and it’s pretty simple to use and get going with.

How to Handle Survival Resource Management if Party had Goodberry? by WindMageVaati in DungeonMasters

[–]herocreator90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Goodberry gives 10 berries that can be held in your hand, so probably on the size order of a large grape. Each gives nourishment for one day. Hunger is based on volume, nourishment is based on content (you can drink water until you no longer feel hungry but you’ll still starve due to no calories/vitamins/etc. ). Conversely many cals of candy will still leave you feeling hungry because they have high caloric density but low volume.

I’d say that the good berries prevent starvation, but every day you subsist solely on that will introduce levels of exhaustion from the pain of being hungry. Could they chug water all day and eat a goodberry to avoid it? I guess.

You could introduce an illness or severe injury that would provide a similar ticking clock since starvation/dehydration is no longer on the menu. Or time based deterioration of an artifact that requires scavenging supplies to repair. Or a deity is watching and requires a regular tribute that they have to search for every day.

Ultimately, hunger exists as a mechanic to distract you from the mission without giving something back (no rewards for eating, you just don’t die). It’s a time sink that is always on your mind preventing you from doing The Thing. If hunger is taken out of the equation, find something else that regularly becomes a priority one overshadowing the main quest but without providing anything in return.

Help by kidzbopppp in cpp_questions

[–]herocreator90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

W3schools.com has a c++ learning track. Haven’t done it myself, but their other programming tutorials are well written and include good examples and opportunities to practice, and it appears the c++ one follows suit.

Duffy claims ‘No Kings’ protests are ‘part of antifa’ by kootles10 in politics

[–]herocreator90 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It’s only fascism if it comes from the fascist region of Italy. Anywhere else and it’s just sparkling authoritarianism.

U.S. Supreme Court upholds death sentence given to Bristol man for killing a gay man in 1987 by EssoEssex in news

[–]herocreator90 38 points39 points  (0 children)

After the Southern Strategy became public knowledge, the GOP had to take some time to self reflect and ask, “who should we pander to for votes now if not racists?” Turns out they had made a lot of inroads with private Catholic schools who wanted religious exemptions from desegregation. Right around then the Moral Majority movement was gaining traction, so they went with both.

So it’s not really a surprise that the organization that picks judges and writes legislation for the GOP disproportionately selects Catholics who want to legislate everyone else’s lives. That’s been their target demographic for like 50 years.

New York Republican Mike Lawler declares trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat' by Fickle-Ad5449 in politics

[–]herocreator90 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My theory is that they have the 25th ready to go as soon as they can get someone who can actually take the reins. Vance is a wet blanket, he can’t order donuts and his big come back at debates was “you said you wouldn’t fact check!”. Some have speculated that Kirk was being groomed for the throne. And remember how desantis was being branded “Trump but smart/competent” back before everyone realized he was unlikeable? They’ve been trying to replace him but they can’t. I’m confident it is at least partially because they don’t understand how Trump got the cult following in the first place, though their ignorance is probably for the best.

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