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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Protecting the children" while they don't understand the bare minimum about the internet. Any under 16-year-old could paste this list into any AI chat and get it working within a few hours... Politicians are really retarded. 🖕

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Now, everywhere on the internet tracks my location as being in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. For free and two hours of work... All the talks, articles, journalists, politicians, TV guests, experts = They're all absolute idiots!

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

- Create a server instance (Ubuntu, AMD, 1 CPU @ 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 0.5 Gbps network) with internet connectivity. - Connect to the server via SSH. - Install Tinyproxy (port 8888). - Add the iptables and VNIC Security Ingress rules (allow port 8888). - Add the proxy IP address to Windows Settings. ==

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I saw that crap about the "UK U16 social media ban", so I decided to test a simple and free idea. It took two hours to: == - Create an account on Oracle Cloud Free Tier (only an email is required). - Account setup forces you to enable 2FA (type = Mobile, offline mode, using Google Authenticator).

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Happy birthday! 👍🥳🎉

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Unreal Engine 5.7 PSA: == Do NOT apply the AMD FSR plugin 5.7-LitReactiveShadingModel.patch . These changes break builds for projects with RT/Path tracing enabled. == If you already applied the patch, like I did, the second screenshot is the list of files that need to be restored.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

For those who prefer to reorder the Viewport Tab instead of seeing it always locked: == File: Engine\Source\Runtime\Slate\Private\Framework\Docking\TabManager.cpp , line 2035 Comment the line: // NewStackWidget->SetTabLocked(NewTabWidget.ToSharedRef(), Spawner->bIsLocked.GetValue()); ==

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

For those not happy with the new "Home" tab from Unreal Engine 5.7.3, to remove the tab: == Edit: Engine\Config\BaseEngine.ini Section: [SystemSettings] Add line: HomeScreen.EnableHomeScreen=False ==

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

"Why study just one framework, platform, user interface? What if I could switch them easily and play around, see what feels better, where I work faster, which combination is more suited for each project?" -- NexusFX sneak peek. For generalists that love to play with all toys.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Spherical Polar Coordinates from the always inspiring XorDev 🍻👍 ported to Unreal Engine material. == Download M_SphericalPolarCoord (1,2,3) from github.com/DarknessFX/U... Source code screenshots:

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

C++ static calls, add #include "RaylibUEBPLibrary.h" and start using the API. Blueprint nodes feature easy chaining, providing data between nodes for frictionless development. (e.g. Using Timeline node or Tick event)

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

50+ Raylib draw functions as Blueprint nodes (e.g., DrawCircle, DrawText, DrawModelEx) with exact parameters for 1:1 learning. Access to the Renderer DrawCommandList for real-world pipeline practice.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

RaylibUE plugin for Unreal Engine Bridges Raylib's easy-to-use drawing API (by @raysan5 ) with @UnrealEngine's intuitive Blueprint nodes. Ideal for GameDev teachers/students as starting point to learn and experience both worlds. == Free and open-source at github.com/DarknessFX/R...

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Big update to DFoundryFX plugin for Unreal Engine 5.6. Lots of fixes, performance improvements, code cleanup, DPI scaling fixed (I hope 🙏). Engine Tab is completed and functional again. 👍 == Free and open source at github.com/DarknessFX/D...

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Unreal Engine CommonUI Minimal Menu Kit, free and open source at github.com/DarknessFX/U...

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

XCC Quinn fab.com/listings/fa9... Kronos GHS fab.com/listings/492... Sci-Fi Characters fab.com/sellers/RAIS...

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I just saw some new free character models for UE5 on Fab. It's always welcome to have variety beyond Manny and Quinn meshes, and for free, it's doubly welcome. == links 🧵👇

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Each pixel is a thread... I'm reading "CUDA by Example" and this sample blew my mind. Ripple effect is common in pixel shaders but always relative to the surface. Here each pixel is a GPU thread, calculating its value every frame.🤯 This from a 2010 book and I didn't know it was possible until today.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

UEMaterials 2nd Anniversary! 🍻🎉🥳 200+ Unreal Engine materials, 260+ GitHub stars. I'm glad you all are enjoying the repository. To celebrate, I added a Gallery where a thumbnail collection of all materials is presented, linked to the source code screenshots. (WIP) == github.com/DarknessFX/U...

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

SDL3 officially released!👍🍻 To celebrate, I updated my Zig Template BaseSDL3 with the new version and added options to build using it as a shared or static library. github.com/libsdl-org/S... == github.com/DarknessFX/z... Note: I forgot to post new Nvidia CUDA template + VSCode w/ RADDebugger "hack"

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Release 3.2.0 · libsdl-org/SDL

Announcing the SDL 3 official release! SDL 3.0 is finally here! We have many many people to thank on the road to get here, but I'd like to call out special thanks to: @slouken and @icculus, lead d...

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

"traceResponse": true } }, == I don't know if it's possible to fix these hard-coded paths, but it should be easy enough for anyone to adapt.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

"MIMode": "gdb", "miDebuggerPath": "C:/Unreal/RadDebugger/raddbg.exe", "miDebuggerArgs": "-q -auto_step -project D:/workbench/Zig/inProgress/zTinyRasterizer/bin/Debug/${workspaceFolderBasename}.exe", "logging": { "engineLogging": true, "trace": true,

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

"program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/${workspaceFolderBasename}.exe", "args": [], "stopAtEntry": false, "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}", "preLaunchTask": "${defaultBuildTask}", "externalConsole": true, "avoidWindowsConsoleRedirection": true,

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

RadDebbuger from github.com/EpicGamesExt... launch.json: == { "name": "Debug with RadDebugger", "type": "cppdbg", "request": "launch", "presentation": { "hidden": false, "group": "", "order": 3 },

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Releases · EpicGamesExt/raddebugger

A native, user-mode, multi-process, graphical debugger. - EpicGamesExt/raddebugger

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I'm using VSCode with Cppvsdbg for a while but its features are lackluster, today I tried RadDebugger and it works surprisingly well. I "hacked" a custom command into launch.json as a shortcut to start a RadDebugger session with the latest debug build.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The difference it makes when you move a division and float cast outside the loop is significant. And where I spent my time yesterday, sometimes the smaller functions can be the trickiest to fix.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I optimized so much that I had to spend a day rewriting my FPS counter because the frame timing was so small, my sleep (in milliseconds) was missing vsync. I almost had to add: if (delta < 100) Sleep(1ms);

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Yes!!! GLFW-less version also working!! \o/ Uploading BaseVulkan Zig Template source code to github.com/DarknessFX/z... in a few minutes. 💪

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

8 hours and 900+ lines of code later: 🍻 Now that I have a version working 100%, I'm going back to find out why my GLFW-less version failed.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm bored... I should write a Vulkan "Hello Triangle" in Zig without GLFW3. A day later and 850 lines of code = FAIL. Today I'm going rewrite everything with GLFW3 and following Vulkan Tutorial. Nothing like a good amount of pain to fix boredom. 🤣

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Why do I make and share basic templates? Because if I spent an afternoon to make this work (Zig+Raylib+Emscripten[HTML5, WASM, WebGL ES]), someone starting in dev would take a week and AI assistance won't help at all.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Yo @thunderowl.one , I just received the tulip.computer , a picture of it with my good old M5Stack Core. Thank you for the recommendation, I really wanted an ESP32-S3 with a big screen! 👍

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

1st mini game made with Zig + raylib , took 4 and ½ hours. Like the wise man said "First you learn how to do it right, then you learn how to do it fast".

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

More updates and templates: - Lua scripting. - SQLite, LMDB and DuckDB databases. - ODE (Open Dynamics Engine) and Chipmunk2D physics.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Download the new templates, ready to use and build, from github.com/DarknessFX/z... . == I think I got almost all C compatible UIs and Frameworks that I know ported to Zig. It is 2025, there's no excuse for making new apps that output to the terminal (exception granted to IoT). 📊

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GitHub - DarknessFX/zig_workbench: DarknessFX Zig templates, projects, programs, libs and tools.

DarknessFX Zig templates, projects, programs, libs and tools. - DarknessFX/zig_workbench

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Zig language : yesterday was super productive, I was able to port and upload templates for Allegro 5, SFML2, NanoVG. Today I included a Webview template too, for those who prefer to use HTML instead of an UI framework. == links 🧵👇

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Download MF_MannequinExtrasColor from github.com/DarknessFX/U... == 1) Source code screenshot. 2) Before > After changes to default M_Mannequin .

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I published MF_MannequinExtrasColor to UEMaterials repository. It is an easy to use function that you add to M_Mannequin Base Color and presents a list of new color parameters to customize UE5 Manny and Quinn. == Link and source code: 🧵👇

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I saw this one today, I think it is a factory preview using ESP32-P4. Looks great but sadly is the P4 is a RISC-V chip that don't have WiFi or Bluetooth.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Ko-fi share and repost done! 😄 If you wanted just an ESP32 chip (original, 2MB PSRAM?) I could send to you (in April, when I return to Europe), I do have at least 2 that are serving more as decoration than anything else.

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

If anyone reading this ever wanted to "create games from scratch" or perhaps "to learn C (or Zig)", this is the perfect opportunity. I'm starting now from zero with a fresh framework, and everyone is welcome to join, study, learn and progress together. 👍🍻

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Download BaseRayLib Template from github.com/DarknessFX/z... == While learning RayLib, I'm porting to Zig all examples from raylib.com/examples.html . I don't know if anyone is interested, if there is interest I can upload the samples to GitHub .

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Zig : I updated BaseRayLib Template, removing .DLL dependency, a release .EXE build is now only 920KB. I chose Zig + RayLib as my main platform for 2025, plus UnrealEngine5 as always💕. Raw and pure C, coding games direct to the hardware. You all know "Zig == C", right? ==🧵👇

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Wow, thank you for this share, I ordered one tulipcc! 😉 I do love ESP32 and I have lots of boards and M5Stack, but I didn't have any S3 chip yet and I wanted a big screen too, this is a perfect combination for what I was looking for. 👍

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Download M_TorusDots from github.com/DarknessFX/U... == Inspired by: たいすーらせん x@Yugemaku x.com/Yugemaku/sta... Credits: Sheado [SH17A] WatermelonDonut www.shadertoy.com/view/4d2fRm FabriceNeyret2 disk wave (unrolled) www.shadertoy.com/view/DlVcRt == Source code screenshots:

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DarknessFX @drkfx.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year everyone!!! 🎉 Let's start 2025 with a new shader; I had to Speedrun this one with a "fake until you make it" concept, far from the original one's quality, but if I may say, not bad at all. == Link and source code🧵👇==

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