The Official Happiness Thread

[troymac1ure]

Yea! Lines man.
That was a lot more work than I thought it would be.

I remember trying that for Entity's viewer and realizing that it wasn't anywhere near as easy as I first thought as well. I side-lined it at the time and well...

Good job, it's looking great!

[XZodia]

Looking good jackson well done! =)

[JacksonCougar]

Thanks guys, I'm trying. :p

Pretty much figuring out that when you're not 100% sure of the math, render everything: vectors, planes, rays, points of interest, so that you can visually confirm that things behave correctly. Or learn math. I think we all know where I fall into those categories though heh.

[DoorM4n]

Just finished my job at the Texas Capitol! And I pulled an 83 hour work week from Monday to Sunday! Finally time to sleep!

[Click16]

Well, not sure if anyone is interested, but I have been programming a Halo 2 Beta meta editor that uses HTML. I'll get some pictures for the program GUI thread.

[OwnZ joO]

Thanks guys, I'm trying. :p

Pretty much figuring out that when you're not 100% sure of the math, render everything: vectors, planes, rays, points of interest, so that you can visually confirm that things behave correctly. Or learn math. I think we all know where I fall into those categories though heh.

Yeah, Linear Algebra in particular is a sucky area of math.

Well, not sure if anyone is interested, but I have been programming a Halo 2 Beta meta editor that uses HTML. I'll get some pictures for the program GUI thread.

I don't understand the purpose of these html based meta editors. Are you creating an html document and then rendering it with WebKit bindings for C# or something? I don't see the purpose in adding another layer of stuff in between the plugins and the final UI objects. I can fully understand using perhaps ASP.NET MVC4 and bulding your UI using that, but I just don't understand the theory that implementing a UI with Windows Controls that render html will perform better than well written windows controls.

[XZodia]

I don't understand the purpose of these html based meta editors. Are you creating an html document and then rendering it with WebKit bindings for C# or something? I don't see the purpose in adding another layer of stuff in between the plugins and the final UI objects. I can fully understand using perhaps ASP.NET MVC4 and bulding your UI using that, but I just don't understand the theory that implementing a UI with Windows Controls that render html will perform better than well written windows controls.

HTML is infinitely more efficient than windows forms, they use far less memory and draw a lot faster.
This is because windows forms are designed to be very flexible and easy to program. Unfortunately, this means they have a lot of unnecessary overhead.

[Click16]

If you use my old Nova for H2 Beta, and you load the meta editor, you will see that the controls don't instantly get added, and there is some flicker, and some lag when you change something to view new meta. In the HTML meta editor, you build (add) the HTML controls and link them up using JavaScript so that they can interact with C# Code. It "renders," or my preferred word, responds to changing meta really fast. Its nearly instant. I KNOW this is more efficient. It is a lot more work though, but I believe the results are worth it. Oh and I'm using the standard .NET WebBrowser control. Can't remember what browser it is though... Maybe Trident? I don't remember.

[XZodia]

Its Internet explorer of course.

[Click16]

Its Internet explorer of course.

Yeah it is IE but the engine is Trident I believe.

http://gyazo.com/2d1eb1049f5b87df1dc781426b9e1575

[CaptainPoopface]

Xzodia, how is your Tick Tock Toys app doing? Has it generated enough revenue to compensate for the time you put into it? What kind of changes happened in your downloads after getting featured? Wondering still if app development is worthwhile, not just for games but in general.

[XZodia]

We get a few hundred (free) downloads a day but only sell a couple of in app purchases a day. Total revenue so far has been about $3300.
Being featured skyrocketed the number of downloads.

[OwnZ joO]

If you use my old Nova for H2 Beta, and you load the meta editor, you will see that the controls don't instantly get added, and there is some flicker, and some lag when you change something to view new meta. In the HTML meta editor, you build (add) the HTML controls and link them up using JavaScript so that they can interact with C# Code. It "renders," or my preferred word, responds to changing meta really fast. Its nearly instant. I KNOW this is more efficient. It is a lot more work though, but I believe the results are worth it. Oh and I'm using the standard .NET WebBrowser control. Can't remember what browser it is though... Maybe Trident? I don't remember.

I see, so you are actually creating html and using the trident rendering engine. I was thinking that it was a possibility, but more likely than not you were creating html and then drawing it using custom code for drawing or rendering it using custom controls for html. Also with the lag and flicker, I have noticed that most of the time that is just incorrect use of the layout or rendering features for controls, but I would agree they do have a little overhead over simple HTML if you are just punting it to a rendering engine. Also JavaScript is much easier to code async event based updates for UI than C#, which is necessary to help prevent stutter during UI updating.

[Click16]

Ok so if you guys checked out my post in the Program GUI thread, you will see that I loaded a tag list in Nova for Ububntu (and other OS's that support Mono.) I was using Ubuntu for a month earlier this year, but didn't really like it too much, but trying it again is a different experience. I am dual booting, so I get to choose to boot into Windows 7 or Ubuntu. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) LTS (Long-Term Support) and I'm loving it! I timed it from when I press Enter to boot Ubuntu to when my Desktop loads, and it's 25 seconds. The best part is that when the desktop loads, you can hop right into a program without waiting. I ran the same test with Windows and it ended up being a minute until a program decides to load. I do have a lot of windows programs installed and whatnot, but it just seems that Ubuntu is faster as a whole. So I'll probably be in Ubuntu more than Windows for now. (unless I want to play some League of Legends...) Well there's my happiness! And for anyone reading, have a nice day!

[NotZachary82]

Sup y'all spent the last week ordering components / building a new PC. Runs amazingly. I've officially deviated from consoles and am loving it. Averaging +60 fps on all games on highest settings, Crysis 3 as well (was free with my graphics card). May start developing in Cryengine.

Anybody into PC gaming on Remnant?

[XZodia]

I am, PC gaming is great =) but I don't get much time to play =(
add me on steam: xzodia04 (I think)

[OwnZ joO]

I was using Ubuntu for a month earlier this year, but didn't really like it too much, but trying it again is a different experience. I am dual booting, so I get to choose to boot into Windows 7 or Ubuntu. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) LTS (Long-Term Support) and I'm loving it!

I timed it from when I press Enter to boot Ubuntu to when my Desktop loads, and it's 25 seconds. The best part is that when the desktop loads, you can hop right into a program without waiting. I ran the same test with Windows [...], but it just seems that Ubuntu is faster as a whole.

Probably the best part about Ubuntu(and other debian based distributions) is that

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Will make sure you are up to date with all software on your system, including security patches.
Also you can install any software package(s)(and any of their dependencies with

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sudo apt-get install package1 [package2] [...] [packagen] 

[xxpenguinxx]

I forgot I put a bid on a GTX 580 and decided to put a bid on a Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition. I ended up winning both for $180 each including shipping. I'll just sell the 580 for about the same price if I end up not liking it.

[NotZachary82]

I got myself a 7870 just recently, lovin' it.

It's no Titan though :'c

[xxpenguinxx]

Titans are over-rated and too pricey. I can get a few K-series motors from the local junkyard and still have cash left over.

[DoorM4n]

Okay so check this out. I have had desktop for exactly a decade (7th grade) and I did everything on that thing. I modded, gamed, and made movies on that shit and I had a 512 gb AGP graphics card, 120gb hdd, 1gig of ram, and a single core cheap as processor. I just upgraded to a 8gig RAM, 3.9ghz 6-core processor, 1TB HDD, and a 2gig graphics card GTX 760, and I am fucking blown away by how fast this thing is. $750 was put into this machine and I can't believe I was living in the stone age for so long. I have pretty lights in my windowed case and I can play everything on the highest graphics settings. Man, I'm a happy guy right now. It took me two years to save the money, and damn it was well worth it!

[JacksonCougar]

I have yet to have this feeling sadly

[DoorM4n]

haha, you'll be there soon man! I literally put money away every time I got some. Eventually I had $750 that I could blow on anything.

[JacksonCougar]

Hopefully, my life is full of unknowns right now. Surprisingly I am taking everything pretty calmly as it comes.

[kronosslayer]

I got myself a 7870 just recently, lovin' it.

It's no Titan though :'c

How's the performance on that? I was looking that exact card, but I ended up buying the GTX 780.


On a side note, I just got approved for a lease in Austin and I'll be attending UT this fall semester. Finally ready to start my own life and move forward!