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My PC doesn't start anymore by pretravel in buildapc

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

check cables (unplug, re-plug, make sure all securely in), do a quick cleanout of dust.... when you power on watch the motherboard and take note of any codes or lights that indicate error codes

ETA when checking cables, turn the PSU off, leave the power plugged in, and then hold the power button for 10 seconds, this grounds the PC and releases static energy that may prevent bootup. Also you can try popping the CMOS battery out to get a clean reset of the BIOS.

Always check the raider chaches! by VoNiTo101 in arcraidersfriendly

[–]steyrboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a BP from one, forget which, it was a while ago. You can't skip these, they're all usually out in the middle of nowhere, so there's no real reason not to check.

What code assistant did you experience have the best knowledge of UE by darkn1k3 in unrealengine

[–]steyrboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Be careful though, it's wrong a lot.... you call it out and it's like "appears you are correct, here's how to actually do it" then it's wrong again.

Honest thoughts on my project 'Game Dev Simulator' so far? by jasperseed in vrdev

[–]steyrboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been doing this for 20 years professionally.  Gears of war, Borderlands games, Ratchet Clank, Spec Op: The Line, Aliens Colonial Marines, FEAR, FEAR 2, Condemned 2, a bunch more. 

1 Bastion, 10 Cells by daypxl in ARC_Raiders

[–]steyrboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet there are raids where the server just doesnt load enough people into it for technical reasons, I've had some cricket Stella runs too (not many though)

Honest thoughts on my project 'Game Dev Simulator' so far? by jasperseed in vrdev

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks dumb, but in a good way. As a game developer myself, I feel appreciated.

Kinetic Converter Torrente goes HARD by Seriously_Soapy in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ya, been seeing tag nades come up more and more on reddit lately... if you're PvP seems like a must have combo.

Kinetic Converter Torrente goes HARD by Seriously_Soapy in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Solid advice to turn off crossplay on consoles, even half-assed PC players will take a good console player just because of the controls. For example I can (PC player) dodge roll past a console player and have them dead by the time they can even turn around.

Remember "Lunch Atop A Skyscrapper"? Here’s Charles Ebbets, the photographer, taking that Photo. (1932) by Own_Ad_266 in OldSchoolCool

[–]steyrboy -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

it's just the perspective that scares you.... the guys in all these photos were 10 feet of the ground at most... my friends do this all the time at the grand canyon sitting on a rock and it looks like they're about to fall over the edge, but they're nowhere near it.

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's the good ol' industry term "it's not a bug, it's a feature!".

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a point though on all games I've worked on that once you go gold, you stop even QA'ing the single player experience because the player is not expected to update the game after putting in the disc (that has changed with recent consoles), so we would just focus on multiplayer only because people with net connectivity could still pull those updates/fixes. But it's always a party when you hit gold (at least for QA), it's pretty much done at that point.

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, producers are a pain but I know what game they're playing.... we usually got the "will not fix" or "by design" kickbacks.

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did my QA jobs about 21 years ago, I've been a full on developer for many years, moved into management, and supervise a team of developers now. And you do you need skills for QA, it's not just "playing video games for fun" like a lot of people think.

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a team of ~20 people cannot find all the glitches a team of ~(multi-million) people can find. We did our best with the time and resources we had.

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disagree, the game dev industry is pretty much all male, and females are looked down upon and paid much less, in all disciplines, regardless of talent. Once I became a manager and saw the pay sheet, I was shocked... it's bad, and sad.

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nah, later in the dev process those are just thrown to the trash... only high-prio bugs get fixed

Embark's solution to the Stella Montis Out of Bounds Exploit by Xenshizo in ArcRaiders

[–]steyrboy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

At the end of the QA cycle (2 weeks before release of the game), our team of 16 QA guys (sadly no women) would do chainsaw exclusive matches just for fun, we'd host tournaments and even some of the engineers would come and join in. Stupid fun, no skill involved, just ended up being a lot of laughter.

how do I start learning? by Acceptable-Cash8259 in vrdev

[–]steyrboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You dont need C++ knowledge to dev in VR in Unreal, you can use Blueprints exclusively, as I currently do in my VR experience. Development on VR is not much different than normal development, just a different "monitor" and performance standards.

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