code Clever preprocessor macro in HLSL I've been working on implementing various data structures (octrees, queues, and sorting algorithms) in HLSL to execute in parallel on a GPU. I quickly discovered that I was doing a lot of copy
tips Steam VR Workshop Content Update Loop The cause was there were multiple workshop items in my profile that had been deleted on Steam. My client kept trying to download these items and was getting an Access Denied error, which is never displayed in the Steam client itself.
Unity: Getting GUILAyout: Mismatched LayoutGroup.repaint? Try EventType.Repaint I built a great custom Unity Editor window. It does all the things. Except it's buggy.It's a sort of window-based GUI. I have mini windows inside of a normal Unity custom Editor
code Yes, you CAN serialize abstract classes in Unity Over and over I've seen posts around the web and on the various Q&A sites like this:I have an abstract class and two (or more) classes that implement this abstract
code A single method that can work with either a List or an Array (IEnumerable and ICollection) A while back I wrote a method that takes an array of data that I use for inserting records into a database:public Promise<int[]> InsertOrReplaceAsync(string table, Dictionary<string,
code Round a number to some multiple of another number Recently I needed to round a rotation value to increments of 45 degrees. Every once in a while I run into needing to do this and I always forget the trick to it,
code Testing C# code in the browser Have you ever wanted to just test a short bit of C# code that you could quickly run through and tweak before integrating it into a larger project?I recently came across an
unity Element-wise Vector Multiplication in Unity (Vector3.Scale) I often need to multiply two vectors together one element at a time. This is called the Hadamard Product.Typically I do it this way:Vector3 a=new Vector3(1,2,3); Vector3
unity The top 5 things I've learned as an Indie Unity Developer I have released one game implemented with the Unity engine and have two more in the pipeline. Over time I've learned quite a bit, often by doing things the wrong way first.1.
unity Serializing Interfaces in Unity The Unity Inspector is a great tool for combing and configuring various components into powerful game objects with complex behaviors, all with little to no additional coding.Interfaces are a useful architecture mechanism
unity Unity Events Events are a powerful feature allowing a method to be notified when the event fires. C# has an event system built into the language itself. Unity provides its own event mechanism called UnityEvents
linux Keep colors when piping commands on Linux tl;dr: --color=always Colorized text is incredibly useful in the terminal since it makes it easier to quickly navigate a sea of text. Many Linux/GNU commands can output in color, but
unity Allow Chrome to run WebGL apps from the local file system I'm experimenting with a Unity application to see if it would be viable to run it in Web Assembly/WebGL. Firefox allows running the application locally with the file:/// notation, but Chrome does
unity Hiding the Screen Canvas in the Unity Editor I've had a minor annoyance over the last year working on my Unity project: the screen canvas is visible in the Unity Editor scene view, and intercepts any clicks within the scene view
Epson Moverio BT-100 In the ancient days of the early 2010's I wrote a review on the Epson Moverio BT-100. April 6, 2012 I've had these for a few days now. Here are my initial impressions.
Tracking progress for a long running pipe command Issue I was trying to count the number of occurrences of a word in a file on Ubuntu. This typically isn't a big deal: grep TERM myfile.txt | wc -l However this file
Computer Science IP Addressing for Dummies Recently I answered a question on StackOverflow regarding IP addressing. Basically the question was "How can I specify subnets containing the range 154.100.0.0 - 154.109.255.255 in
meta First Post On this Pi Day I've finally decided to plant my flag on a small corner of the Internet.
