[What's missing?]

I'd wait until C# is officially supported in LE3.

 

I think it will be several years before Josh officially accepts C#...

[What's missing?]

Actually Fortran is not always faster than C++, but only in most cases. C++ wins when it can use the super efficient STL vector classes, because it's much faster than a hand-made linked list. I don't know how that is possible, but it just is so.

 

You amuse me

[One-string render selector]

You guys thinking of a parameter with an enum value for the OpenGL version?

 

+1

[Leadwerks.com banner images]

This is a great idea! Thanks for allowing us to do this.

 

I can see hundreds of developers hitting the refresh button in hopes of seeing their screen-caps.

[What's missing?]

Lazlo's (and ZioRed's) code has served the community well.

I may be content with the available libraries, but the community may not be. If you feel the Leadwerks.Net library is missing something, feel free to reply with a suggestion below!

(Can't suggest events and inheritance, since they already are supported.)

 

 

And remember, the C# libraries for Leadwerks come in two flavors:

 

- Spiced Nutmeg (Leadwerks.Net)

- French Vanilla (LE.Net)

[Creating multiple objects, and editing them ALL]

Create a variety of bricks with variance in your 3D modeler. Make small segments with several dozen blocks per model. You could also create a LUA script that arranges them for you.

 

It will be a while before prefabs...

[Steamworks wrapper]

I believe Steamworks is like using any another library for networking, achievements, and user updates. The developers are on their own, as if it was any other third-party library. You send commands to their servers using their API to retrieve user information.

 

Running Visual Studio (and Leadwerks) using the Steam Client displays the overlay. It attaches to any child process using an OpenGL / DirectX window, and thus is completely separate from the Leadwerks engine.

 

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[Terrain buggy]

I'm working on this issue today. There's nothing wrong the the shader, but I'm going to have to find a way around this since ATI isn't going to fix their drivers. I wish they would just roll them back six months and stop releasing updates.

 

Could you explain in layman's terms what's causing the issue? I'm extremely curious.

[River Editor]

YES! +1

[VB.net ?]

Just trying to figure out if I can use this in Visual Basic 2010 Express ?

Yes you can. It is recommended that your libraries be using .Net 4

 

It said somewhere it comes as a DLL.

'Leadwerks.Net' Wrapper can be used to access the Leadwerks engine.

(Located HERE)

 

'LE.Net', is an alternative library, but is only a direct export of the Leadwerks API without events or strongly-typed inheritance.

(Located HERE)

 

Add either DLL as a reference to your project. VB.Net can call methods from any managed library using the Microsoft's CLR (Common Language Runtime): C#, Visual C++, and even *shudder* F#.

 

Not really sure where it is coming from at the moment as I couldn't find any VB examples.

Take any C# example and paste it into this online converter:Developer Tools Converter

 

Does anyone here use it in VB.NET and can shed some light. Like do you do the scripting in Visual Studio or is it it's own editor.

Leadwerks is a very flexible engine, extensible for scripting both within code, and within the editor. This all depends on your programming style, and whether you wish to learn Lua (which I'd highly recommend). I tend to use a mix of both.

 

I have the most experience on the forums when it comes to VB.Net, and will be more than willing to answer any questions you may have.

[Possible to Pre-Order the 2.x -> 3.x Update?]

You can sell a product which doesn't exist with a pre-order, and use the pre-order money to start developing the product. So you can basically start any project with zero budget.

 

That's exactly what Overgrowth was doing, though with each stable build they give the community a new download.

 

I wish LE3 did this!

[Gravity on initialization]

Just creating a new PHY body with phygen should resolve your issue.

 

It did! That solved it! Apparently the method that the Sandbox Editor uses creates PHY files that, for some reason, aren't affected by gravity.

 

Should this be reported as a bug?

[Gravity on initialization]

Thanks Macklebee, I'm going to try:

 

- new PHY (not generated by Sandbox)

- new INI (non-existent)

 

Then if that doesn't work I'll have to update my SDK files.

I'll post later when all that is done.

[Gravity on initialization]

Unfortunately, that doesn't work.

(When dragged into the editor, properties mass and gravity are set appropriately, but the object never moves / falls)

 

Look at the script for the fixture_hanginglight object. There is no reference to any include file, though they are used and work correctly.

Same goes for the oil drum, which doesn't specify keys at all, yet is initialized with gravity.

 

I'm completely confused...

[Gravity on initialization]

I'm looking at the Oil drum object, and even the cage lights which are initialized with gravity in the Sandbox editor, and can't replicate the same results! What is wrong with this script?

 

 

require("scripts/class")
local class=CreateClass(...)

function class:CreateObject(model)
local object=self.super:CreateObject(model)

model:SetKey("mass",1)
model:SetKey("collision",COLLISION_PROP)

-- OR

function object:Init()
	self.model:SetKey("mass",1)
	self.model:SetKey("collision",COLLISION_PROP)
end

object:Init()
end

[Memory optimization]

Thank you Tyler, those questions have been numbing my mind for the last couple of days.

[Article on C# vs C++ performance]

We have, you're changing names so all references to Lumooja starting language holy wars are erased from the newcomers' minds.

 

Hahaha.

[Memory optimization]

Can anyone answer the other questions?

[Article on C# vs C++ performance]

Here' a recent article on C++ vs C# performance. I know this will not apply to LW for most cases but I thought it would be interesting to share.

First, I'd like to say thank you for the article. It seems to be very informative, with thorough examples.

Though, apparently TheoLogic has valid reasons to think this article is rubbish

 

 

Please, in the future, could you post this within the general programming forums? Since there is a constant wave of C# bashing and would be best if placed somewhere else where all languages would have equal ground for discussion.

 

 

I don't think any language wants their flaws picked apart, especially if the programmers using the language already know what they are.

Basically what Metatron does every week.

[Memory optimization]

I didn't think that I would have to manually call the garbage collector for a script engine... but whatever works!

 

collectgarbage(collect) should work if I'm specifying the exact objects in quesiton.

[Memory optimization]

I wrote a small bit of code to cycle though a collection of entities and draw lines between their positions. The objects were not creating any new meshes, only drawing and looping through collections. I had the fortunate mistake of leaving my computer on while eating lunch, and encountered an out of memory exception within the Sandbox. So I ask...

 

1. When is the optimal place to use local? What object datatypes are best, if any?

 

2. Is it possible calling functions within another function delays the garbage collector?

 

3. using collection = classnametable["info_pathing_node"], can I call this once and reuse it? Or do I have to create it every loop in case a new object was added?

 

4. Will calling AddHook() with a function cause a small memory leak over time?

[LE3 Platforms Poll]

I'd want to be able to create high-end graphics, but change the OpenGL settings to allow for extremely simple graphics for customers with dinosaurs as computers.

 

Vindictus does this by allowing you to choose different DirectX versions (8 didn't support certain texture maps, rending faster)

[Expose vegetation functions]

+3

 

Maybe adding to the number will get Josh's attention

[Leadwerks.Net Wrapper]

You can definitely include the source within your own engine.

 

I would highly recommend obfuscating it before public distribution though, since the files are for licensed developers only.

[Using a skydome]

Richard would be correct. You would have to model a sphere, texture it, and make the object a child of the scene

 

Looking through the Leadwerks Wiki, I found the skybox vert-shader shown here.

 

Creating a Skybox