https://twitter.com/pixeltroid1/status/1767699955983278534
So Steam hasn't approved my game because apparently the game crashes if controller is disconnected mid-game. Game works fine under normal circumstances. Why am I responsible if it crashes when players do unusual things like unplugging controller mid-game? #gamedev #IndieGameDev
— Citadel Stormer 2 (@pixeltroid1) March 12, 2024
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What engine is this in?
Also how the frick does this happen?
Is there a main function that crashes without inputs or smth
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I'm guessing the game figures out the input device on startup and then is directly checking it for input every frame. And when it is unplugged he gets hit with an unhandled null.
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lol
Lmao even
Could you not go
if input != value
{Pause();
}
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Depends on how r-slurred his input solution is. If he has it setup so he checks the button statuses once each frame and then uses those values then yes it's likely a simple fix. If he was giga brained and directly checked device inputs every time he needed to see what the input statuses were. (Ie every interactable object manually checks the device inputs to see if the interact button is being pressed) it could be a lot more annoying.
This is assuming he is going with that solution. But tbh I dabbled in amature game dev and spent a lot of time helping people and that was normally how people asking for help set it up.
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I just get unity to do it
I have no idea what it's actually doing under the hood, but I'm pretty sure it won't crash the game if my inputs become null
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Yeah I messed around in gamemaker a long time ago and even it would return like -1 I think. Although there might still be a way to crash it.
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Why should I write code to handle something you shouldn't be doing
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Likely the engine listens through inputs from the driver.
Probably can be fixed with try {} catch {}, tasks or uncertain odentifiers.
Ie the stuff sexy Indian dudes don't teach you in their udemy courses.
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I feel like even sexy indian dude youtube courses go over try and catch.
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As a shit codecel I would just add a bool and a test to the input function, if the input value is null the bool calls the pause function
Yes I know doing a check every frame is r-slurred, no I don't care
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call it a anti-cheat measure
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Gamemaker, the visual scripting engine.
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A lot of games through the ages work weirdly with controllers
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How shit of a codecel do you have to be for that to even happen?
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Think standards are low for narativecels working in game dev?
Standards are even lower for codecels.
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G-d I can't wait for GPT5 to render 80% of codecels obsolete
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Gpt3.5 already did that the industry is just catching up to the new reality.
Gpt5 might make 99% of codecels obsolete.
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Omg noooo what will happen to the techbros who brag about WFH and making $300k doing nothing
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Learn to mine
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"The fascists at Steam want LITERALLY ZERO crashes, how unreasonable!"
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Why are software devs like this?
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they use linux
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Also wireless controllers turn off if you dont touch them for like 10 minutes. So if you go take a shit or make a snack or something, the game crashes
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Holy shit.
Steam actually did some quality control?
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Classic
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This bit is kind of r-slurred tho, the fact that 'coaster tycoon's in assembly would actually make it harder to port to other machines, instead of the other way around.
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Terraria crashes if you unplug your audio device. Minecraft requires an audio reload in the same situation.
The difference is that these problems are older than sharty users and they just never got around to fixing it because it's due to deep engine issues. It takes a tremendous amount of r-sluration to frick that up nowadays.
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He's right in a way because steam allows garbage AAA disasters to go through, he's wrong in a way because he is deeply r-slurred and thinks his game crashing is not his responsibility to fix
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I don't believe this because there's no way Steam wouldn't approve something.
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fricking
lol
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Just leave the controller plugged in?
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Why are you unplugging the controller? Why isn't your battery charged? It's not my job to babysit users
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This is a w for steam honestly. Impressed their qc team picked that up lol
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Sometimes the mask slips, but is quickly reaffixed beneath your fruity beret. You finish your coffee, paying exact change with no tip, and secure your baguette to the back of your 49cc moped. You push the starter button, and in your mind the single cylinder buzz is the righteous grumble of a V12 diesel in a Leclerc, crossing the Rhine with Mirage 2000s screaming overhead.
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I hate the combination "Indie" and "Pixel" so so much.
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