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Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by mintplant »

jmatthews wrote: post #105
markatkinson wrote: post #22

I got pretty excited and rushed through the article trying to clarify what engine and language it is based on. Got a little bleak when I saw CryEngine and C++. As someone who uses C# and Java it's becoming pretty clear I need to start learning C++ if I want to explore game dev. I realize Unity uses C# but when I compare UE, Unity and CryEngine it really feels like Unity still has a long way to go. The features you ge…

Trust me when I say they all lack a fully polished end to end solution when it comes to authoring modern games. Depending on the graphical fidelity you're chasing Unity is probably the most polished of the 3 majors. UE4 is a great tool but has a slower development cycle. CryEngine is almost broken unless you're willing to do a deep dive in the source. If by "explore game dev" you mean, "make games" Unity or UE4 will…

UE4's editor is also filled with bugs and inconveniences, and tooling and documentation for programming outside of Blueprints is haphazard at best. Crossing the C++/Blueprint boundary can be a pain, especially with interfaces. And the 2D support pales in comparison to Unity's.

On the other hand, Blueprints and the node-based material editor are really nice for quickly snapping content together.

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by 0xffff2 »

UK-AL wrote: post #117
thecatspaw wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

isnt the main problem with C#, Java and similars the garbage collector? which can at its worst kick in while you're in the middle of a fight or something. Even if its just 20ms, in a online FPS it potentially makes the difference between winning and loosing it. edit: I am a Java guy myself, and would like to do some amateur gamedev in that direction (online FPS), but im worried about above mentioned point.

Modern C# allows you to define a code path where GC is not allowed to run. I'm not sure if unity allows for this. I'm also not sure about the new c# -> to native compilers coming out.

Could you link to the feature you're talking about? Unity uses a relatively ancient version of Mono IIRC, so it's unlikely that the feature is available in Unity unless your definition of "modern C#" is "after generics were added".

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by kuinak »

porkloin wrote: post #145
Lawtonfogle wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Occam's razor makes me think it was slipped in by some web developer.

Just curious - why am I suddenly seeing so many people referencing occam's razor? It is happening way too frequently to be a coincidence. Was the idea featured someplace recently? It seems like just about every tech-ish thread on reddit and HN has one "Occam's Razor" dude for the last couple weeks.

That would be the simplest explanation.

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by whitegrape »

spullara wrote: post #144

They recommend using an operating system (Windows 7) for which mainstream support ended over a year ago.

Extended support until 2020 though. :) Personally I have no need for Windows 10 on anything I own or use, maybe MS will offer something better by 2020.

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by beachstartup »

beefsack wrote: post #50
cies wrote: post #15

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> Another fully open-source 3D engine is no bad thing. Small correction; it is not open source: https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/faq/#Licensing

It is open source, but it's not FOSS.

all the magic is in the word 'open', not the word 'source'. the source is available, but it's not open or free.

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by bluishgreen »

porkloin wrote: post #145
Lawtonfogle wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Occam's razor makes me think it was slipped in by some web developer.

Just curious - why am I suddenly seeing so many people referencing occam's razor? It is happening way too frequently to be a coincidence. Was the idea featured someplace recently? It seems like just about every tech-ish thread on reddit and HN has one "Occam's Razor" dude for the last couple weeks.

"Occam's Razor, now with 6 blades and soothing aloe strip" https://twitter.com/vgr/status/691823304471121924

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by ch4s3 »

porkloin wrote: post #145
Lawtonfogle wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Occam's razor makes me think it was slipped in by some web developer.

Just curious - why am I suddenly seeing so many people referencing occam's razor? It is happening way too frequently to be a coincidence. Was the idea featured someplace recently? It seems like just about every tech-ish thread on reddit and HN has one "Occam's Razor" dude for the last couple weeks.

Could just be Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon/frequency illusion.

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by shmerl »

markatkinson wrote: post #22

I got pretty excited and rushed through the article trying to clarify what engine and language it is based on. Got a little bleak when I saw CryEngine and C++. As someone who uses C# and Java it's becoming pretty clear I need to start learning C++ if I want to explore game dev. I realize Unity uses C# but when I compare UE, Unity and CryEngine it really feels like Unity still has a long way to go. The features you ge…

> I need to start learning C++ if I want to explore game dev.

You surely need it if you plan to work on high performance engines. Hopefully Rust will find its place there as well.

Re: Amazon Lumberyard: free AAA game engine with Oculus and AWS integration

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Post by porkloin »

0xffff2 wrote: post #149
porkloin wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious - why am I suddenly seeing so many people referencing occam's razor? It is happening way too frequently to be a coincidence. Was the idea featured someplace recently? It seems like just about every tech-ish thread on reddit and HN has one "Occam's Razor" dude for the last couple weeks.

I wouldn't be so sure it's not a coincidence. http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/theres-a-name-for-tha...

Yeah, that would be true if I hadn't already heard of it I guess. I've also seen a lot of people talking about baader-meinhof, so I suspect it might just be that pop psychology is the tech bro humblebrag du joir this week.
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