How do we look at another object... a very simple and classic gamedev question. The answer is atan2! youtu.be/qFSAcCwQS0E
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How do we look at another object... a very simple and classic gamedev question. The answer is atan2! youtu.be/qFSAcCwQS0E
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godotnaut is very WELCOMING!! a little over eager but look they are rather socially anxious...
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Honestly, same, I reckon that's fair 🥲
That's right haha, the origin is indeed at its feet! The joke is basically that we rarely want the WHOLE model to rotate like this as it looks quite goofy. For a humanoid, we expect/want the body to rotate around the vertical axis only (maybe the head with more motion) -- but yes, constraints NEEDED
Yeah, it's just not as user-friendly as popping in "look_at(node)" (or Vector2/3 instead of node), which might be expected by beginners. The above suggestion results in this:
Which is fine! It works! It's just quite wordy. As well, it's interesting to look behind the scenes at the math.
Ah absolutely for 2D, but I have been meaning 3D, like this:
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my son
so this is why look_at() is a bit UM wonky in #godot #gamedev
Absolutely, but there are cases eg. in Godot where the built-in user-friendly functions (eg. look_at) are not desired. They result in the below outcome, whereas I might want to just turn the character on one axis.
As well, in general, I do like to explain/understand the underlying maths!
Definitely have a look at @freya.bsky.social 's work and tutorials, they are wonderful for grasping concepts like this!
An essential bit of gamedev math - atan2!
We often know a target's position and want to face it. But how do we get the angle?
angle = atan2(y / x)
Or in 3D...
angle = atan2(x / z)
(We can also see below, what happens if we use atan instead of atan2)
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I also have a Patreon if you want to support me making more videos like this! There's early access to videos, code repositories, voting on videos, code help, etc.
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A new #godot tutorial that tries to answer... What are visual materials? Why are there so many slots for them!? Where do we put shaders and how do we use them? youtu.be/-hhwYgjRFc4
Such a good song 🐰🟰🏇🛰️🚫👀
Aw yay, I hope they've been helpful! Slow and steady absolutely ☺️
How to face bunny
A very beginner-focused #gamedev tutorial, with a little bit of #godot as usual - What are materials? youtu.be/l14ryz3OdN8
Binary files are more efficient, but quite impossible for humans to read. Also, a nightmare to deal with in source control. (What changes did you make to the file? How can you tell? How do I go back to when it worked? Oh dear!) So, text-based files are usually preferred!
Similarly, ".scn" and ".tscn" files are scenes - basically, a bunch/tree/hierarchy of Nodes that form a collective Thing (eg. the Player). This Thing is saved as a special type of resource, and can later be instantiated. Again, ".scn" is binary and ".tscn" is text-based.
Ever wondered what the ".res" and ".tres" mean in #Godot? They're res-ource files! Packets of data (eg. a material) that don't do anything on their own, but can be used by Nodes (eg. to render an object). A ".res" file is binary, while ".tres" is t-ext based human readable.
Seeing in ultraviolet? #godot
What assets can we use in gamedev? This video covers common licenses (creative commons, MIT, public domain - permissive, restrictive, and open source) and file types of assets (FBX, glTF, OBJ, blend), and their impacts on our creative projects.
youtu.be/gPxZzoAM0Vk
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My apologies friends, this week's video about asset pipelines with Godot is a little late - in part because I am (FURIOUSLY) struggling to find texture packs that are not made with AI to recommend using. Likely up tomorrow instead - I am a very grumpy cosmonaut!
Here's a new tutorial - setup basic 3D movement and collisions in #Godot! We discuss the different kinds of physics bodies, revisit node hierarchy, and Godot's built-in CharacterBody movement script
youtu.be/S6NeTy9z_rE
A very gentle start to my Intro to #Godot tutorial series. Covers installing Godot/different versions (stable/beta/dev), basic project setup, Godot's Node architecture, Object Oriented Programming, and uncover a mystery Aussie animal 🦘⁉️ youtu.be/Kdr7sD0-r68
Godot as an organisation takes seriously/purports to be non-prescriptive (also why it doesn't have a built-in Terrain editor among other common feature requests). Still, I have been thinking about this too... the absence of endorsement can be confusing as a user (and especially for beginners!)
Hmm, to add to what @uniw.university posted - I've also observed Github/Git as the default. Godot itself is hosted on GitHub, and most creators from the Godot Asset Library likewise host using Git/GitHub
FINALLY back... thanks Faulty 🌟🐝
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I am officially back... with bees. New tutorial video every week!
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