Lerpz (Part Four)

 

Hello world!

I'm happy to say this will be my last post about that annoying Lerpz program. I talked to Mike about some of the problems I was having and he fixed them so fast it made me feel really silly! My scripts were right but they weren’t ordered correctly. Meaning, I had some functions in my comments. Because of that, my scripts weren’t running properly. I have no idea how I didn’t see that. I guess that’s what you get when you try to fix a script at 3 in the morning LOL. He showed me what I did wrong and showed me how to fix the issues. Trust me, I won’t make that mistake again! I had a problem with my cut scenes that were magically fixed when my script was fixed. Now my game is playable! It may not be perfect but it’s good enough for me to hand in. You have no idea how great it feels to get that little green brat off my back! Seriously though, doing Lerpz helped me get familiar with Unity in general and now I’m looking forward to moving on and learning some actual coding. Lerpz taught me that scripting is a very tedious and time-consuming job. The smallest mistake can have devastating effects and ruin a good game. I also learned the power of saving my work as I make changes. There were a couple of times where I got so wrapped up in what I was doing that hours had gone by without me saving periodically. And then Unity crashed and I lost much of my hard work. It was infuriating. Not even a cigarette and a drink could fix my hurt. But all that is behind me now. Now I can focus on the nursing simulator!

Success!

Lerpz (Part Three)

Hey, guys!

I AM GEEKED! I got my new computer yesterday and went right to work! A few days ago I got my taxes and me and my lady decided to take a trip to Best Buy immediately. We browsed for a few minutes but we already knew what we came for. I had my eyes set on an Asus laptop and she decided to get a Lenovo. Originally I was going to get a different Asus because of the price but we decided to splurge because this one has a Nvidia graphics card and an i7 core processor. Before I landed on the Asus I was thinking about buying an Alienware laptop but after talking to some people about it, I decided I didn’t want to buy a “suped-up Dell” for that amount of money. (Even though it looks really cool.) They told me it was going to be a week’s wait, which kind of pissed me off but there were no Asus laptops in any of the city’s stores so I had no choice. Surprisingly it came way earlier than I expected. I’ve actually never received a computer this fast!!! I hopped right on to Unity and was blown away at the speed and quality. Now I am flying through my Lerpz. After a while though, I hit a wall! I have five error messages I can’t figure out how to fix to save my life. One is in the level status scripts and the other four are in my third person status script. I've done everything from rewriting the scripts to going to the index and copping the full scripts. Still nothing works! I looked on Google and found a little help. It fixed four errors but I can’t get rid of this one error. It’s a bad bug! It won’t let me play the game at all. I'm going to keep working on it for as long as I can, but if I can’t figure it out I guess I’m going to have to ask Mike for some help in the morning....

Lerpz (Part Two)

Hello, again.

I'm hella frustrated! Lerpz is kicking my ass (and my computers’ ass). I have an HP laptop that I’ve had for a couple of years. So, not very long. I thought it would be strong enough to run Unity...WRONG! Every time I try to test out what I’ve done Unity force closes! I’m not sure how I’m going to complete this project. It’s to the point where I have to work on my project as much as I can at home and then test it when I get to class. I see that I'm going to have to buy another computer when my tax money comes in. Lucky for me Mike understood and he’s cutting me some slack. I just don’t want him to think I'm not taking the class serious. I got a nice chunk of it done today in class but all I can do is wait until my money comes in.... I hate being late. It’s bad enough the project was due the day I started the class. I just don’t want to fall too far behind and fail... I want this too bad to fail!

But, oh well... all I can do now is wait!

Lerpz (Part One)

Screenshot of Lerpz

Hello world! 

Today I started my CSG-115 class. I’m sad to say I didn't know it was a required class, so I started three weeks late. Unlike my other two classes, this class is more hands on, which I enjoy. My first assignment is the Lerpz Tutorial. This is my first time using Unity. So far it’s pretty cool. The Lerpz Tutorial is an introduction to the Unity engine. It basically shows you how a game comes together by compiling a bunch of assets and scripts. At least that's what I've gotten out of it so far. I know it’s not a game of my own creation, but I'm still excited to be working on a game! This class, much like my other two classes, is nothing like any class I've ever taken. Although I still have no idea what I'm doing it’s still a great experience. Learning coding is like learning a foreign language. The terms and concepts don’t make much sense now, but I can say I'm starting to understand the logic behind it. This semester is going to be pretty interesting. I just hope I can keep up.