Author Topic: DTF Chat Thread v. Gadzooks! (Read 265837 times)

Prog Snob · « **Reply #770 on:** April 10, 2015, 11:54:49 PM »

I'm listening too

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #771 on:** April 11, 2015, 12:52:00 AM »

Difference is you get it via local broadcast. I just had to pay $3 to stream it (radio broadcast) on my phone.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #772 on:** April 11, 2015, 12:58:48 AM »

Why would you do that? I listened to it on the Internet. Just about every radio station has a free live stream on the Internet.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #773 on:** April 11, 2015, 03:34:24 AM »

Fun programming problem today. Skinned meshes can't be used as rigidbodies because the vertices are still under the influence of the parent bones, so I'm trying to iterate through an array of skinned meshes, then within that iterate through an array of the bone objects and set them to null. This idea doesn't seem to work so far. Hopefully I don't have to resort to creating a second mesh without the skinning, because the transition would be obvious.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #774 on:** April 11, 2015, 03:56:20 AM »

Morning Blob.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #775 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:01:28 AM »

Morning Snob.

I can't figure this out. So frustrating.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #776 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:03:26 AM »

If I knew more about what you were doing, I'd offer my services.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #777 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:06:51 AM »

I know exactly what the problem is, it's just really nitty gritty stuff to modify the parameters I need.

Basically I need an animated Lego man to explode into individual pieces that will then be under the influence of the physics engine. Technically, it works, but visually the parts all stay in place because they're still under the influence of the bone skinning. I can't figure out a way to remove the skinning in runtime so that it works. Pain in the ass.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #778 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:10:40 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 11, 2015, 04:06:51 AM

I know exactly what the problem is, it's just really nitty gritty stuff to modify the parameters I need.

Basically I need an animated Lego man to explode into individual pieces that will then be under the influence of the physics engine. Technically, it works, but visually the parts all stay in place because they're still under the influence of the bone skinning. I can't figure out a way to remove the skinning in runtime so that it works. Pain in the ass.

What if you ask it nicely?

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #779 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:12:13 AM »

Oh I'm long past asking it nicely. It does not play nice.

Now I'm going to try iterating through every single child object and deleting every bone, and seeing what happens. I have no idea what a skinned mesh will do if you delete its bones, if it will even let me, but we'll soon find out.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #780 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:18:09 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 11, 2015, 04:12:13 AM

Oh I'm long past asking it nicely. It does not play nice.

Now I'm going to try iterating through every single child object and deleting every bone, and seeing what happens. I have no idea what a skinned mesh will do if you delete its bones, if it will even let me, but we'll soon find out.

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BlobVanDam · « **Reply #781 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:28:20 AM »

That's about what I feel like doing right now.

It appears that deleting the bones also deletes the dependent meshes. Dang.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #782 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:33:56 AM »

There must be a way to create them as separate entities, no?

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #783 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:39:32 AM »

To create them as separate entities would seemingly require rebuilding the objects from scratch through code, which would be a major pain to do in realtime.

I have a new idea. Instead of trying to delete the bones, just split the bones at the points I need it to separate, and use the bones as the physics objects, instead of the meshes themselves. It's a bit more setup work, but I think it will work.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #784 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:48:31 AM »

Morning. It's coffee and Grimm time!

jingle.boy · « **Reply #785 on:** April 11, 2015, 05:04:08 AM »

Hello. Chat thread. So glad to see you again. It's been a while.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #786 on:** April 11, 2015, 05:14:31 AM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on April 11, 2015, 05:04:08 AM

Hello. Chat thread. So glad to see you again. It's been a while.

Chad!

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #787 on:** April 11, 2015, 06:00:37 AM »

Morning

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #788 on:** April 11, 2015, 07:39:07 AM »

Quote from: Prog Snob on April 11, 2015, 12:58:48 AM

Why would you do that? I listened to it on the Internet. Just about every radio station has a free live stream on the Internet.

MLB blocks the broadcasts. That was my first thought... listen to WEEI on the Web but they tell you to piss off if there's a Sox game on.

Also.... Morning all

King Postwhore · « **Reply #789 on:** April 11, 2015, 08:06:39 AM »

Since I live in the area to get WEEI, I never thought of that.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #790 on:** April 11, 2015, 08:19:25 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 11, 2015, 04:39:32 AM

I have a new idea. Instead of trying to delete the bones, just split the bones at the points I need it to separate, and use the bones as the physics objects, instead of the meshes themselves. It's a bit more setup work, but I think it will work.

You'll all be thrilled to know that this worked. Only took me another 4 hours to get it working.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #791 on:** April 11, 2015, 08:28:51 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 11, 2015, 08:06:39 AM

Since I live in the area to get WEEI, I never thought of that.

They just broadcast generic ESPN talk radio online during the games.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #792 on:** April 11, 2015, 08:54:32 AM »

With enough searching, anything is possible.

I just feel bad that you had to pay to listen to it. Next time, let me know and I'll point you in the right direction. I went to a site that had a whole listing of broadcasts for the game from around the country.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #793 on:** April 11, 2015, 09:19:32 AM »

I don't mind it. I like the At Bat app. 3$ a month or $20 for the season. Now I just need to find a way to listen to it w/out exceeding my data cap. Lol Last night I was on my WiFi. This morning I will be on LTE. I smell throttling in my near future again.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #794 on:** April 11, 2015, 09:44:19 AM »

I purchased the At Bat app last year actually, but then never remembered to use it to watch random games. Data isn't an issue for me, since I've been with Nextel then Sprint since I got my first cell phone about 20 or so years ago.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #795 on:** April 11, 2015, 10:04:27 AM »

I get 2.5 gb of LTE and then it drops down to shit speeds.

Panda's dad has an MLB TV sub that we use to watch games on the Roku at home... so I would probably only use At Bat for these pesky 10am games (well... 1pm your time) games on Saturdays.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #796 on:** April 11, 2015, 10:07:41 AM »

Quote from: JayOctavarium on April 11, 2015, 10:04:27 AM

I get 2.5 gb of LTE and then it drops down to shit speeds.

Panda's dad has an MLB TV sub that we use to watch games on the Roku at home... so I would probably only use At Bat for these pesky 10am games (well... 1pm your time) games on Saturdays.

I should tune in now. I love the pre-game chatter and whatnot.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #797 on:** April 11, 2015, 11:14:22 AM »

I just realized I can stream the audio on the computer at work with my At Bat subscription. Sweeet!

Prog Snob · « **Reply #798 on:** April 11, 2015, 12:35:03 PM »

Same old Yankees, not giving the pitcher run support.

Lucien · « **Reply #799 on:** April 11, 2015, 09:22:11 PM »

my third attempt at writing a symphony movement

this one's doing much better than I thought it would though

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #800 on:** April 11, 2015, 09:23:13 PM »

Really Lucien?

9 fucking hours of no activity and you decide to post just as I am posting?

FUCKING REALLY?

ASSHOLE!

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #801 on:** April 11, 2015, 09:49:31 PM »

Quote from: Lucien on April 11, 2015, 09:22:11 PM

my third attempt at writing a symphony movement

this one's doing much better than I thought it would though

Reminds me of the stuff I was writing at your age, young'un. (Although I only ever wrote one orchestrally piece). I only listened to a few minutes, but it had some interesting tonalities in there, a bit whole tone at one point.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #802 on:** April 11, 2015, 09:59:00 PM »

What's up guys?

King Postwhore · « **Reply #803 on:** April 12, 2015, 04:06:38 AM »

Morning Sunday, it's 6 am. Why am I up?

Prog Snob · « **Reply #804 on:** April 12, 2015, 04:25:22 AM »

While you're up, make me some coffee.

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Author Topic: DTF Chat Thread v. Gadzooks! (Read 265837 times)