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How do game engines mitigate CPU cost for many trigger zones & entities?...

It’s a rather simple question, but a somewhat fundamental in computing in general. Let’s say we have a player controlled character in an open world. The world is large. In this game-world we have a...

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I need a program that can animate a terrain map for a Video Element [on hold]

I’m trying to create a 3D animation for an upcoming video project, but I’m very green when it comes to programming and After Effects can’t create what I need. The goal is to have a 1980s style...

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Package not found in Rstudio [closed]

I’ve entered the following code in R: library(ISwR) but the latter says that there is no package called ‘ISwR”. Why is that so? I’m currently using the 3.1.1 version and even searched through the list...

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Subscriber with many publishers: unsubscribing

I hope this isn’t too general, so I apologize in advance if so. I am creating a console text adventure game. I essentially have many monsters, one per room at the moment. I also have a God...

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PIC32MZ bootloader without development board

I would like to put a bootloader in a PIC32MZ2048ECG064. I found AN1388B, but in table 9 (available bootloader workspaces) it lists only PIC32MX devices as compatible. The datasheet doesn’t mention...

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Amount of Data Calculated in a Game [closed]

So… I am theorizing the development of a 2d living persistent fullsized world with simulated ecossystem, etc…, and many, many objects, but how can I handle the giant amount of data that will be...

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Implement Special Effects triggered at certain moments in game

In my turn based RPG/Puzzle game I planned to have different Special effects, which enemies, weapons and armory can have. So for example an enemy can have a “poison” effect, which has a certain...

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Alternative to “autopsy” for software

We’re developing a software feature that allows the user to examine the result of a series of rules after those rules are executed. We’ve tentatively called this feature running an “autopsy”....

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Requirements for microcontroller programming of an RFID project

I am new to microelectronic.But I have a little knowledge in some hobby circuits etc. I want to make a fully automated circuit for my vehicle,by using a short range RFID sensor for detecting the unique...

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“Automation” versus “automatization” [closed]

I would like to characterize the action of making a process go automatically instead of doing it manually. The context is computer programming. A programmer may type in 10 pieces of code with only a...

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Sliding DOOM style collision resolution against arbitrary 2D geometry

I’ve been working on a HTML5 canvas raycasting engine for the web browser, with the end goal of making a simple FPS game in the style of the early 90s. The engine sits somewhere between Wolfenstein 3D...

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Learning Curve of GameMaker and its limits [closed]

I am a Data Scientist and the last couple of years, I work also as a Game Designer (not Game Development). I have not thought to create a game by myself, up to now. As a DS, I know programming, but I...

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from C# programming to game design [closed]

I recently graduated from an engineering school and I was working for 6 months as a software engineer. I worked mostly with C# and MS SQL SERVER and I have built a website in ASP.NET that is backed up...

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IOS/Android Game programming [closed]

I am somewhat new to the whole game programming thing. I was wondering if I could develop a game for IOS and Android with using openGLES. if so how can I run the code on the devices and what are some...

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Cocos2d Sprite 3D position

When I set a position3D for a Sprite in cocos2dx, it render two times the same sprite, i took a screenshot: I set the position3D because i want to use the Z position the give an effect of distance, but...

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Is checkedness a word?

In the W3C HTML 5 specification, there are a number times the word checkedness is used, the following is where each word links to when used: Form controls have a value and a checkedness. Is checkedness...

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Use AVR Atmega like a 555 for timer

I have a lot of AVR Atmega128P boards, and I would like to use it as timers WITHOUT PROGRAMMING, as example, just like 555 timers. Is it possible? If yes, how can I do that?

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Dividing points into Polygons based on an Attribute of that point and its...

I have random point data (school locations) that I need to divide into ‘n’ polygons (regions) based on: their distance to a facility, their relative distance to each other, and an attribute of that...

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What's a good SINGLE word to mean emit sound? [closed]

I would like to use a single word to express emitting sound specifically to be used in programming code. If I used 2 words it would be something like PLAY SOUND but I would like to avoid delimiters...

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Conceptual question regarding Belief-Desire-Intent agent

I’ve been researching the Belief-Desire-Intent model and the way they used it in the original Black and White Game(which is the same, but they also defined decision trees as opinions). I have a...

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