Yes, I saw it has similar classes that I need, like Texture etc.
Yes, I saw it has similar classes that I need, like Texture etc.
Aa fair bit of .net is built on reflection so avoiding it is not easy at times
you just have to be wary of what does and what doesn't work
for example everything involving
fortunately the AOT compiler stores this stuff ahead of time so this stuff should actually still work
but the dynamic stuff like i'm doing that can't be calculated ahead of time isn't possible
so you just need to be wary of what will and won't work
you just have to be wary of what does and what doesn't work
for example everything involving
Assembly and GetType() and stuff uses reflection.fortunately the AOT compiler stores this stuff ahead of time so this stuff should actually still work
but the dynamic stuff like i'm doing that can't be calculated ahead of time isn't possible
so you just need to be wary of what will and won't work
ZOh that doesn't seem too bad
ZI'm glad both JIT and AOT exist
Amg basically removes all boilerplate code. if you want to just get on with things mg will work decently well.
so it completely depends what you are after. it's not a game engine, so don't expect many bells and whistles, but it has a few
so it completely depends what you are after. it's not a game engine, so don't expect many bells and whistles, but it has a few
Apersonally, implementing what mg does have i find to be quite quick now, so i have no need for it anymore.
ZAlso you can build your own structure and game loop
ZWhich can be highly customized
ZWhich is always a good thing
ZThat would however require some extra work with MG I believe
Atbf, mg's game loop is one of the best single threaded ones around. you can't separate FPS and UPS though which is the annoying part. it kinda just does that on its own.
FCan we separate Update with Silk.Net? Like faster updates than render.
Ayes
Aand unlike monogame if silk windowing is not for you then you can just roll your own windowing system that does exactly what you need, like i did
ZAre there any problems with silk windowing or...?
Anope, not that i can see. i roll my own for two reasons:
1) i do everything myself unless it is something i cannot reasonably expect myself to do, or i can't be bothered to do it
2) my windowing system is specifically for my graphics API and its style fits in with my library
1) i do everything myself unless it is something i cannot reasonably expect myself to do, or i can't be bothered to do it
2) my windowing system is specifically for my graphics API and its style fits in with my library
Abut i use silk windowing when i use opengl by itself, because its quick and easy and it works fine
ZMmm I see
ZThanks for the tip!
Anp
FSilk.Net make window and update/render are very friendly. It’s like Godot but without nasty “Gdscript” 
just put in assets and logic and app ready to run.
just put in assets and logic and app ready to run.ZBtw
ZCan you in theory make an Xbox app via Silk using D3D backend?
ZAnd AOT compilation ofc
Atheoretically, yes.
perksey was gonna look further into this i believe. the addition of AOT will certainly help, although JIT is also possible as can be seen with space engineers (although it uses sharpdx).
it's technically possible now if you wish to murder your braincells with UWP
perksey was gonna look further into this i believe. the addition of AOT will certainly help, although JIT is also possible as can be seen with space engineers (although it uses sharpdx).
it's technically possible now if you wish to murder your braincells with UWP
FI just remember how I studied Win32API, where you write 50 lines of horible code just to open window 
ZNo UWP
ZUWP is dying
Ayes
developer mode is UWP only
if you want to make a proper xbox app you need to sign their NDAs
so it is technically possible with developer mode, you just need to use UWP.
if you want to use SDL or whatever then you'll have to sign the NDAs and whatnot to do it.
developer mode is UWP only
if you want to make a proper xbox app you need to sign their NDAs
so it is technically possible with developer mode, you just need to use UWP.
if you want to use SDL or whatever then you'll have to sign the NDAs and whatnot to do it.
ZI'm not even sure I can legally sign NDAs tbf
Z
Ai plan for spacebox to release on xbox so soon enough i will start looking into this myself
although i will admit using C++ for the game has been in the back of my mind for a while, I just can't be bothered to spend months porting my engine and then fiddling around with mono to try and get it to load c# assemblies so i can support modding
although i will admit using C++ for the game has been in the back of my mind for a while, I just can't be bothered to spend months porting my engine and then fiddling around with mono to try and get it to load c# assemblies so i can support modding
ZBut I'll see bout that
ZTbh I think C# is pretty good for gaming
ZIt's performant enough and it's really friendly
ZI hope eventually more games start to be made using C# libraries and engines (not just Unity)
Ait's pretty decent for games.
ironically though it is so portable its not portable enough for my usecase
ironically though it is so portable its not portable enough for my usecase
Zhuh
FUnity used because it is simple, and solo dev can finish project. Making that all from scratch will take up to 10 years, like that guy on youtube, made simple farm game on java. The first videos are 7 years ago 
ZTrue but idk
ZFrom personal experience Unity is really uncomfortable to work with
ZAt least for me
ZAnd I'm finishing a small project in it rn
Amaking a completely general purpose game engine will take years for a single person, heck, it takes years for teams.
i am going down that path myself but not so much that i am going crazy over it. my engine can handle what i need and nothing more. that's when the development time speeds up. after i've implemented all the bits i need then i'll worry about implementing the "general purpose" bits
i am going down that path myself but not so much that i am going crazy over it. my engine can handle what i need and nothing more. that's when the development time speeds up. after i've implemented all the bits i need then i'll worry about implementing the "general purpose" bits
Aa fair amount of development time can also be attributed to making the editor for the engine. the solution here is to not bother with making a general purpose editor, you can live without it.
just make what you need and nothing more
just make what you need and nothing more
ZPretty sure with stuff like Silk and the rest of tools making an engine you're comfortable with doesn't take too much time
ZWhich is a bless
FThe main problem, where to find person who will pay you for time spent on hobbie 
ZNo one will spend money on your hobby
ZUnless it's a devoted fan but software engineers don't usually have those unfortunately