Update 32 - Shader Business Revisited

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Update 32 - Shader Business Revisited

April 20, 2018 /
I've spoken before about the importance of standardization in VNgen. It's so important, in fact, that multiple times I've discarded working solutions purely because they didn't conform well enough to established guidelines. A while back, one of these solutions involved using a shader to dim characters while they're not speaking—a method that was quickly replaced by blending in a transparent black rectangle instead. And yet, at the time, I said the effort to incorporate shaders into VNgen wasn't wasted, ...

Update 32 - Shader Business Revisited

Update 31 - Log and Let Log

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Update 31 - Log and Let Log

April 06, 2018 /
VNgen's backlog was one of the first things written for the engine well over a year-and-a-half ago. While it might seem like putting the cart before the horse, the backlog was actually a convenient testing ground for some of the new concepts necessary to make VNgen a reality. But then that reality materialized, and the backlog was left the oldest feature, requiring more than one overhaul to keep it up to date. Nowadays, standardization is the name of the game. VNgen's codebase has been cut in half despite ...

Update 31 - Log and Let Log