99% of this video can be summed up by this comment lol

I'm in the process of looking for a new engine to develop in. I've used Unity for years; it's going to be a point of comparison on points like ease of development, support, feature sets, and so on. The point is whether or not I want to switch to this engine over other alternatives that I'm also looking at. And I did follow the tutorials and reference the documentation during my time with it, along with just playing around with it and seeing what various things did. But I was under a time limit to get various things ready for Global Game Jam. I will use the engine again because I have an idea for something that would work well with it, but I still want to look at other engines as well.

​@@adamlutton_gamedev that's fine, but you need to spend time in the engine and two weeks just doesn't cut. If you have a time limit because of a game jam, then make a video about that, not about godot and whether it's worth your time or not.

I think you are being a bit harsh on the guy, opinions are opinions after all 🤷‍♂️

WOW... you really just put that out there? Just... BAM, blah blah blah? Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs? Your "contribution" to the conversation here sounds a bit personal. Maybe someone upset you this morning and you felt the need to project your frustration. One person on the internet sharing an opinion shouldn't have such a significant impact on your feelings. Perhaps it's worth taking a moment to reflect on why this bothers you so much.

@@neohelios77 wow, and who are you? Who bothers about your “contribution”?

I can't say I'm a fan of GDScript. I learnt to code with C#, and know other languages like Java, C++, and JavaScript. So I'm more comfortable with that. I imagine if I learnt Python I'd probably like it more.

[Bookmark] Godot's physics engine issues.

I mean Godot is free and community driven, so what really is the use of complaning? If Godot cant do a thing, you should just make the thing youself or go and pay for a sold program. I think thats kinda the problem. Free and open source really also means: no one to complain to if shit aint working that's just on you.

No, this is Unity.

He overcomplicated some things, like apparently he doesn't know that get_tree().change_scene() exists

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into Jolt.

I've spent years with Unity and that's something I still don't get. I can get it for SOME projects, especially some big indies. But most people who say that about Godot often have small 1/2/3-person projects that don't go for photorealism and are likely to benefit from Godot size and speed at startup and included git compatibility. Sure it's not 100% there for modern AAA graphics, but : 1 - should it ? 2 - not much really is missing for this 3 - it actually is better in certain aspects than Unity, for example Godot has had a real time, no-precalculation solution for global illumination for a VERY long time now, meanwhile Unity still suffers from its feature creep (90% of it are unfinished and pointless bloat to the engine) And as far as everyday usage goes, Godot is insanely mature. Sure it's lacking a FEW things like web exports for C#, but that's because they'd sometimes rather wait on external upstream projects to have proper support for stuff than hack in stuff (which is what led to Unity having broken hacky stuff all over the engine that the team never got around to fixing). To me it's very very near, and what it lacks it probably can overcome in a matter of 5 years tops. When using the Blender I'd say we're basically like Blender 2.5 right now. Basically catching up super fast to industry standards and even overcoming some, but usability, UI and a few basic QOL feature are missing, but nothing that's a dealbreaker if you'd rather switch to something that's not reliant on a company with crappy decision-making and a product that's actually much more versatile and future-proof. At least that's my take !

@@adamlutton_gamedev Yeah Jolt is borderline mandatory if you want good performing physics, and its ease of use is almost ridiculous. The only drawback for now is its lack of soft body physics.

@@devilblackdeath there is some truth to everything you just mentioned and I totally agree with most of it, however, I strongly disagree with “Godot is insanely mature” I mean it’s true Godot is been in the game for a while, it’s not a new game engine however the version that actually have the potential to compete with Unity is Godot 4, which is a complete rewrite and totally new, I wouldn’t call it mature yet, I don’t know how deep you ventured into Godot but it still have issues with rendering and optimization, not to mention a highly unreliable networking solution specially when building large scale multiplayer games, even Juan Linietsky mentioned this in GDC 2023, and according to him, Godot 4 might reach the level of maturity with version 4.5. Even though Godot is rapidly improving that doesn’t mean other engines are not, you might think Godot is catching up with Unity but Unity just went a few miles a head with the release of Unity 6, it brought an insane level of optimization solutions that never existed before, as of now, I wouldn’t compare Godot with Unity, but who knows maybe in the future things will change

[Bookmark] Jolt as an alternative to the native Godot's physics engine.

I definitely agree with the treating nodes like components point. The ordering of stuff is probably the only sticking point, but I think with some planning beforehand I should be able to mitigate any issues with that. It does take some getting used to.

Your observation is spot on. Many people who use Godot for a while get used to its limitations and even its bugs. This is unfortunate because normalizing these issues can make others think that the problems with Godot are just part of the norm.

Good to know. Thanks.

Depends on how you do it. Mix Colour and Mix Shader can mix it in with a fabric material you have. If you're adding fuzziness via the hair modifier, it should work fine with that also.

Nevermind, man its late. im dumb for not just remembering i can use physics.spherecast

​ @minimastudios_ That would work. I use the character controller collision method here, but would use OnCollisionEnter for a more generic type. But spherecasting will work as well. I actually use it in a game I'm working on for jumping between rails. Also, you can donate at the Ko-Fi link in the description. I very much appreciate it. Good luck with whatever you're working on.

@@adamlutton_gamedev thanks! Got it all up and running. Changed the normalDIr to work off my orientation instead of the transform and added some lerp. It’s first person and it works smoothly! Had a hiccup since I’m using forces, jumping and turning off kinematic were too close together + switching right back to grinding immediately after jumping so when I call my version of getting off the rail I set the location of the player slightly above the rail. If you have a discord would be happy to share the results. I’ll check out the kofi too thanks

The transform.rotation lines during MovePlayerAlongRail() dont seem to be actually working I dont think it's possible to rotate rigidbodys like that

It's not easy for me to comment specifically what's wrong without seeing the code. But I will ask if you're making sure the rigidbody is kinematic when it hits the rail? Otherwise, the physics will cause issues.

Wait, I do mention in the video that I'm using a character controller rather than a standard rigidbody, and mention that you need to use OnCollisionEnter instead of the Character Collider specific function. Have you changed that part of the code? If not, that might be the issue.

"End Of The Line". There's a link to it in the description.

Go for it. There's a GitHub link to the project files in the description.

Do both!

We'll see. Maybe sometime in a far future.

I know, bro. I know.

It's more of a "How quickly can I get something up and running" type of thing than a full-blown breakdown of the engine. Mostly just to see which ones I like using the most, and then I'll narrow it down as I start doing more complicated stuff. My experience with them will not end with Pong.

I'll be fixing the camera soon.

Working on it.

I am working on something like that, it's gonna be awhile before I make a video on it. But making a hoverboard has been much easier than a snowboard, at least for me. That said, this video might help you out a bit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCTgK2keJ1_rdU

@@adamlutton_gamedev thanx for answering but if you ever make a tutorial or give away a project of snowboarding pls tell me because i searched every where there is no good snowboarding asset there are like 1 or 2 and they are paid still they sucks and there is no tutorial about this to so i just wanna say if you ever make a tutorial on this or anything pls let me know thank you