Evgeny Akabenko recommends DispGen-Reborn for displacement terrain
In #developer-talk, Evgeny Akabenko called DispGen-Reborn a good tool and a promising option for WorldMachine, but it doesn't support 16-bit PNG, HDR and EXR yet.
gmod_perfutils helps find slow physics object calls
In #developer-talk, Redox shared his gmod_perfutils script that detours physics object functions to find expensive calls, after full metal sergeant 228 said one of his functions might be an issue.
nighty considers releasing a GMod Lua linter/formatter and docs generator
In #developer-talk, nighty said he might release two tools he "purely vibe coded": an opinionated linter/formatter for GMod Lua and a documentation page generator modeled on hexdocs. They process a 1000-file codebase in under 100 ms on his machine.
Bloom builds an automatic FBX/OBJ/XPS to playermodel importer
In #developer-talk, Bloom said he is building an app (on the French side) that imports FBX, OBJ and XPS models into GMod as playermodels automatically. It learns from each import; after almost 200 imports the automatic result is nearly perfect. Annie suggested a guided porting interface would be less bug prone.
Beelzebub publishes a Silk icon browser
In #next-update, Beelzebub shared silk.bzbb.dev. The day before, YohSambre had said he missed the old icon web UI and Billy pointed to the in-game derma_icon_browser; Beelzebub said he was forking an icon browser UI.
.sw.vtx files are now blacklisted by gmad
In #developer-talk, mage.tearz noticed that updated content addons no longer ship .sw.vtx files because gmad blacklists them, and the server console shows missing .vtx errors. Redox explained that .sw.vtx isn't used by GMod, which is why it's blacklisted. Astralcircle asked for .dx80.vtx to be blacklisted too; WinterPhoenix replied the counter-argument will be RTX Remix.
Rubat: poster can skip combining the image
In #developer-talk, Astralcircle's game ran out of memory around poster 10 while making a huge map overview. Rubat pointed out that poster can leave the tiles uncombined via its second argument. Astralcircle then made a 20k screenshot of gm_construct.
Big x86-64 beta update: entity creation crash fixes, p2p_force_reliable, Srcds workshop IDs from a file
Commit 0e9ec4 on the x86-64 beta brings a large batch of fixes: several potential crashes around entity creation and search, a new p2p_force_reliable convar, loading Srcds workshop IDs from a file, fixed normals on many built-in models and new props.
Details
- Disable panel drag'n'drop with mouse 3/4/5
- Fixed hacked Rollermines ignoring Combine Hunters
- Allow setting filters via
Entity:SetSaveValue - Override whitelist gains
info_player_teamspawn,info_vehicle_groundspawnand placeholder entities based onprop_dynamic/prop_physics - Various potential crash fixes when creating entities and around entity search
- Bandaid fix for
GetBoneTransformreturning garbage (needs further investigation) - Added
p2p_force_reliable(default 0); small packets now usek_EP2PSendUnreliableinstead ofk_EP2PSendUnreliableNoDelay - Different fix attempt for overlay layers resetting on server join
- Feedback message for
host_writeconfig_lua - Srcds can load workshop IDs from a file, alone or together with a collection; the cache moved from
cfg/srcds_addons.txttocache/srcds_addon_list_cache.txt - Removed the CExampleEffect screen space effect
- No Lua errors when using
prop_effectin the base gamemode - New
UpdateScreenEffectTexturematproxy (forces_rt_FullFrameFBto update at the end of the frame), used for the PHX screen - Fixed
SWEP:CustomAmmoDisplaycausing UI overlaps; ammo HUD no longer spams animations - Fixed normals on more built-in models (CS:S and EP2 props, grenades, furniture)
- Fallback CS:S hostage pain sounds (citizen sounds), for TTT and other addons
- Panels think and clip while the main menu is open
- lua_shared: fewer
Bootil::BStringusages (ILuaShared unchanged), less duplication calling Lua from C - Cargo container props recompiled to fix tangents, plus 3 new props; spawnlists and spawnicons updated (CS:GO map props rearranged, more L4D1 props)
gmod_toolno longer errors with addon tools in non-Sandbox gamemodes- Also includes the SourceTV/HLTV crash fix, vehicle regression fix, bone cache fixes, zombie double ragdoll fix and the spawnmenu/Infected/npc_alyx fixes from main
DImage shader replacement improved; Paint tool UI gets previews
Commit 788529 on main improves the DImage shader replacement system and reworks the Paint tool UI to show previews.
Details
- DImage: case-insensitive check for VertexLitGeneric, LightmappedGeneric now included, SubRect shader materials draw the correct part of the texture
- Paint tool UI with previews
PR to copy decal names in the Paint tool superseded by the new UI
Astralcircle opened a PR to copy a decal's name from the spawnmenu. On 13 October robotboy655 closed it as superseded by the Paint tool GUI rework, which copies the internal name (not the material path) by default.