Paul Gerla

Lead Technical Artist at The VOID. Developing #thunderrallygame with @Typical_Ent for fun!

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@slipster216 Very excited for this! Just bought it.

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@bgolus @_Humus_ I've got a PG32UQX and *love* it. In HDR mode, though, there is some blooming around small bright areas, which I think could be bothersome for some. I don't really notice it much, though.

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@CreativeChris1 I think for me it'd be interest management. Also synced lists/arrays/dictionaries, if those are still not ready for primetime.

[1MAFX @pmargacz]

Here is a breakdown of the Beam VFX and how it's constructed in @UnrealEngine Niagara

#ue4 #vfx #gameart #realtimeVFX #VFXFriday #stylize #madewithunreal #niagara

[Starmancer 🚀 @StarmancerGame]

Unleash your inner interior designer and put your stamp on your space station when Starmancer launches in 2 days!

[Cyan ✨ @Cyanilux]

Hey! I wrote a tool to add "Register Variable" and "Get Variable" nodes into #ShaderGraph! v10+ (Technically they're SubGraphs with hidden connections) ✨

🔗 : https://t.co/IudkhqpLch

Also includes a few extra features (see thread)
Retweets super appreciated! 💙

[Jason de Heras 🎮 @jasondeheras]

What does the act of getting hit convey about the melee combat system? How the player controls/reacts when taking damage contributes to the combat difficulty. Let’s look at two different 3rd person melee combat games, Sekiro and Devil May Cry 5. #gamedesign #combatdesign 🧵

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@jasondeheras Every one of these threads has been so fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to put them together, I'm sure it's a good amount of work just gathering the footage.

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@TheDarkBook2 It should be available here: https://t.co/SH9eRPEgdU
I did give out all the vouchers already, unfortunately.

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

I looked for a good blob shadow for #unity3d for a while, but couldn't find one that worked for me. I made one, put it on #UnityAssetStore. I have vouchers for people working on a mobile or VR project who'd want to test it. Please RT if you know someone! https://t.co/6beiJ0PnYc

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@pmargacz @Substance3D

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@slipster216 @FreyaHolmer

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@slipster216 Been spending a lot of time lately writing shaders in the URP because the shader graph isn't flexible enough. I'd be very interested in giving this a shot!

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@guycalledfrank Just turn the motion blur up to 300% and you'll never notice!

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@lowpolycurls Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn that's beautiful!

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@Patrickd3 @AmplifyCreates @unity3d @polycount This just may be the thing that finally gets me to actually use texture arrays. Very cool!

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@AmplifyCreates For anyone else who might've been following this, I just sat down and confirmed that the generated code does indeed have all of the unused instructions stripped out. Snips from the compiled code with the toggle disabled and enabled:

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

Hey @AmplifyCreates, in ASE is there a way to use a Static Switch node to turn on and off a chunk of code, rather than just a single line? I've messed around with it a bit and haven't found a way yet... Hopefully this image is legible and explains what I'm hoping for:

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@AmplifyCreates Thanks for the reply! Someday I'll learn to trust the compiler as much as it deserves...

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@CynicatPro @AmplifyCreates Haha, I swear most of the time optimizing shaders turns out to be "just do whatever, the compiler will handle it better than you could."

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@CynicatPro @UnityAssetStore Thanks! It does indeed rely on the depth buffer, which is I think the biggest downside. Someday I'm going to figure out an alternate approach with no depth buffer, though.

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

V1.1 of my blob shadow shader is finally live on the @UnityAssetStore! It now has controls for softer square shadows and lots of little bug fixes.

It's tough keeping things synced between the URP, HDRP, and builtin renderer... #gamedev

[Paul Gerla @Pawige]

@Patrickd3 @AmplifyCreates So I gave that a shot, and it seems that the functions are inlined automatically in the generated code, so the output code is exactly the same whether I use a function or not.