[Prefabed rooms don't hold texture coordinates]

Oh sorry for the duplicate. We probably should continue on that topic.

[TablePlusPlus Loading and saving]

How would I save a table without it saving like below?

"{\n\t\"Console\": 112,\n\t\"Fullscreen\": 122,\n\t\"InGameControls\":\n\t{\n\t\t\"Crouch\": 17,\n\t\t\"Jump\": 32,\n\t\t\"MoveBackward\": 83,\n\t\t\"MoveForward\": 87,\n\t\t\"MoveLeft\": 65,\n\t\t\"MoveRight\": 68,\n\t\t\"QuickSpin\": 81,\n\t\t\"Use\": 69,\n\t\t\"ZoomIn\": 257,\n\t\t\"ZoomOut\": 258,\n\t\t\"axes\":\n\t\t{\n\t\t\t\"Camera\": 0\n\t\t},\n\t\t\"mousecursor\": 0\n\t},\n\t\"Pause\": 27,\n\t\"Quick Load\": 117,\n\t\"Quick Save\": 116,\n\t\"Screenshot\": 113,\n\t\"Terminate\": 35,\n\t\"mousecursor\": 1\n}"

 

[Prefabed rooms don't hold texture coordinates]

Load this in the XFORM project. Open the prefab and pay attention to the texture coordinates. 

Then make a new map and place the prefab exactly at the origin and notice the texture offset. 

testarea.zip

[how to run full screen]

Do you still have your source code?

Also, some applications such as Samsung's Disk Magician can prevent Leadwerks from launching in fullscreen from my experience.

[Selecting materials with Alpha mask]

The grate.mat material in the XFORM project seems to be hit or miss trying to select a brush that has this material applied to it. You also can't move it in the 2D viewports nor retexture the brush. Must be something with the picking.

XFORM/Materials/Developer at main · UltraEngine/XFORM (github.com)

[Steam - debug build of game failing to start]

Steam sometimes fails redistributables even with release copies. It's best to package the installers in the game incase anyone needs them.

[Weird in-baking of reflections.]

7 hours ago, Josh said:

Is this after calculating GI or after loading the scene from a file?

After calculating and it sticks around. 

[Creation Dropdown Window can show up on a diffrent montor.]

Not sure how it happened. But I think it can happen after the displays go into power saving mode. 

 

[Model's Origin's are always center.]

Update: 

This has to do with FBX to MDL conversion. If you save the model as a gilt then to a MDL, it's fine.

[Model's Origin's are always center.]

The selection seems to treat the center as the origin. This isn't ideal for prop design. 

test.zip

On first import it looks fine:

On selection:

This can make it difficult to align props like doorways, crates, and others to the floors and other surfaces. 

[Weird in-baking of reflections.]

In a simple room the reflections have thus weird inner box thing going on.

[Mutliselect can get stuck]

While doing simple mapping, I've ran into an issue with my session where the editor thinks I'm holding control when selecting objects when I'm not. This results in multiple objects getting selected unintentionally. 

Also, clicking the void doesn't deselect the objects.

[TablePlusPlus Loading and saving]

Nevermind, loading is fine, saving is the remaining issue. 

For the record, this is how I'm saving my json files.

    bool JSON::Save(nlohmann::json& j3, const std::string& path)
    {
        std::ofstream o(path);
        o << std::setw(4) << j3 << std::endl;

        return (bool)FileSystem::GetFileType(path);
    }

 

[TablePlusPlus Loading and saving]

This is for a Leadwerks project and over the few months I've fell in love with tableplusplus and I've used it for my input system in Ultra Engine. I'm trying to port it to Leadwerks but it seems my implementation of the loading and saving isn't correct. My JSON parsers work fine but no data loads, and tables don't save as pretty as when using the json library alone.

Anything I'm doing wrong?

#ifdef __TABLE_PLUS_PLUS
    table Table::Load(const std::string& path)
    {
        auto j3 = JSON::Load(path);
        table t(j3);
        return t;
    }

    table Table::Load(Stream* stream)
    {
        auto j3 = JSON::Load(stream);
        table t(j3);
        return t;
    }

    bool Table::Save(table& t, const std::string& path)
    {
        nlohmann::json j3 = t.to_json();
        return JSON::Save(j3, path);
    }

    table Table::Load(const std::wstring& path)
    {
        auto j3 = JSON::Load(path);
        table t(j3);
        return t;
    }

    table Table::Load(shared_ptr<FileStream> stream)
    {
        auto j3 = JSON::Load(stream);
        table t(j3);
        return t;
    }

    bool Table::Save(table& t, const std::wstring& path)
    {
        nlohmann::json j3 = t.to_json();
        return JSON::Save(j3, path);
    }
#endif

 

[Resizing Probes/Box Lights]

It seems the resize bounds are set to the sprite's bounds instead of the entity's bounds. You can't resize it like if it was a brush anymore. 

 

[UV unwrapping extension]

I really hope someone will get to making this. 🙂

[Poll: Example game player view]

 

[how to run full screen]

This looks like a Leadwerks game. If it uses the default main script, then ruining the application via command line using -fullscreen should do it. You probably also want to use +screenwidth and +screenheight followed by the number of your desired resolution.

[Progress bar on 0.9.5 Ultra Engine]

I ran into this issue and it only seemed to happen in Debug builds.

[Editor Notes from Workshop March 30th, 2024]

Some of these are corrections to design choices, others are bug. These have been noted in the last workshop and I'm making this topic so it doesn't get lost.

1. Can not select items in vertex edit mode. 

2. When in scale mode, the selected object is solid white in the 2D view. It's the faces that get highlighted orange to reflect the 3D editing tools. My suggestion is that the entire object should be highlighted in the 2D viewports to make it more consistent with the other modes.

3. You can still get tall brush outlines when trying to create a brush when the last selected object was a point entity.

4. You still can't delete string entries from the World Settings. 

5. You should be able to save a prefab like saving a normal map. We discussed other systems that can be worked on later, but for now it might just be better just to mimic Leadwerks for now.

6. Selection mode (Feature, just noting it here.)

These 6 things should be accounted for 0.9.5! 

[Mouse Lag in Prefab]

If you edit the FirstPersonControls component to with the below, then create a prefab using it, the mouse look will be sluggish. I've spent 4 hours last night trying to figure this out and I can confirm this is a bug with the prefab system. If you were to assign this to an entity normally, it'll work fine. 

The Raw mouse code tends to work ok regardless. 

#pragma once
#include "UltraEngine.h"
#include "FirstPersonControls.h"

using namespace UltraEngine;

FirstPersonControls::FirstPersonControls()
{
	name = "FirstPersonControls";
}

void FirstPersonControls::Start()
{
	auto entity = GetEntity();
	entity->SetPhysicsMode(PHYSICS_PLAYER);
	if (entity->GetMass() == 0.0f) entity->SetMass(78);
	entity->SetCollisionType(COLLISION_PLAYER);
	camera = CreateCamera(entity->GetWorld());
	camera->SetPosition(0, eyeheight, 0);
	camera->SetRotation(0, 0, 0);
	camera->SetFov(70);
	currentcameraposition = camera->GetPosition(true);
	freelookrotation = entity->GetRotation(true);
}

void FirstPersonControls::Update()
{
	Vec3 movement;
	float jump = 0;
	bool crouch = false;
	auto entity = GetEntity();
	auto window = ActiveWindow();
	if (window)
	{
		auto cx = Round((float)window->GetFramebuffer()->GetSize().x / 2);
		auto cy = Round((float)window->GetFramebuffer()->GetSize().y / 2);
		auto mpos = window->GetMousePosition();
		window->SetMousePosition(cx, cy);
		auto centerpos = window->GetMousePosition();

		if (freelookstarted)
		{
			float looksmoothing = mousesmoothing; //0.5f;
			float lookspeed = mouselookspeed / 10.0f;

			if (looksmoothing > 0.00f)
			{
				mpos.x = mpos.x * looksmoothing + freelookmousepos.x * (1 - looksmoothing);
				mpos.y = mpos.y * looksmoothing + freelookmousepos.y * (1 - looksmoothing);
			}

			auto dx = (mpos.x - centerpos.x) * lookspeed;
			auto dy = (mpos.y - centerpos.y) * lookspeed;

			freelookrotation.x = freelookrotation.x + dy;
			freelookrotation.y = freelookrotation.y + dx;
			camera->SetRotation(freelookrotation, true);
			freelookmousepos = Vec3(mpos.x, mpos.y);
		}
		else
		{
			freelookstarted = true;
			freelookrotation = camera->GetRotation(true);
			freelookmousepos = Vec3(window->GetMousePosition().x, window->GetMousePosition().y);
		}

		float speed = movespeed;// / 60.0f;
		bool jumpkey = window->KeyHit(KEY_SPACE);
		if (entity->GetAirborne())
		{
			speed *= 0.25f;
		}
		else
		{
			if (window->KeyDown(KEY_SHIFT))
			{
				speed *= 2.0f;
			}
			else if (window->KeyDown(KEY_CONTROL))
			{
				speed *= 0.5f;
			}
			if (jumpkey)
			{
				jump = jumpforce;
			}
		}
		if (window->KeyDown(KEY_D)) movement.x += speed;
		if (window->KeyDown(KEY_A)) movement.x -= speed;
		if (window->KeyDown(KEY_W)) movement.z += speed;
		if (window->KeyDown(KEY_S)) movement.z -= speed;
		if (movement.x != 0.0f and movement.z != 0.0f) movement *= 0.707f;
		if (jump != 0.0f)
		{
			movement.x *= jumplunge;
			if (movement.z > 0.0f) movement.z *= jumplunge;
		}
		crouch = window->KeyDown(KEY_CONTROL);
	}
	entity->SetInput(camera->rotation.y, movement.z, movement.x, jump, crouch);
		
	float eye = eyeheight;
	float y = TransformPoint(currentcameraposition, nullptr, entity).y;
	float h = eye;
	if (y < eye) h = Mix(y, eye, 0.5f);
	currentcameraposition = TransformPoint(0, h, 0, entity, nullptr);
	camera->SetPosition(currentcameraposition, true);
}

//This method will work with simple components
shared_ptr<Component> FirstPersonControls::Copy()
{
	return std::make_shared<FirstPersonControls>(*this);
}

bool FirstPersonControls::Load(table& properties, shared_ptr<Stream> binstream, shared_ptr<Map> scene, const LoadFlags flags)
{
    if (properties["mousesmoothing"].is_number()) mousesmoothing = properties["mousesmoothing"];
    if (properties["mouselookspeed"].is_number()) mouselookspeed = properties["mouselookspeed"];
    if (properties["movespeed"].is_number()) movespeed = properties["movespeed"];
	return true;
}

bool FirstPersonControls::Save(table& properties, shared_ptr<Stream> binstream, shared_ptr<Map> scene, const SaveFlags flags)
{
	properties["mousesmoothing"] = mousesmoothing;
	properties["mouselookspeed"] = mouselookspeed;
	properties["movespeed"] = movespeed;
	return true;
}

 

testplayer.zip

[Editor Camera Bugs]

Two things:

1. When creating a camera at the world's position (0,0,0) the entity will exist in the world but will not show up in the editor.

2. The map will break and will be unrecoverable as the camera when a prefab includes a camera. The camera/prefab is no longer listed in the entity so you can't just delete it. 

3. Also it seems that the camera can't be the first object to be made. You need another point entity in the scene first.

camprefab.zip

[Editor can't see subfolders in zip archive]

No, it sees them, it's just being treated as files and not directories. 

[Blender Addon - Export Mesh as Collider]

Super! I'll definitely try this and report back to you. This should be very helpful. 

[Blender exporter for colliders]

1 hour ago, SpiderPig said:

Thankyou.  This will speed up development for me by exporting straight from blender.  🙂

If you can start with a simple .collider export extension for blender, I'm sure people would appreciate it!