![]() ![]() The camera's being fixed is simple - I parented the camera to a 'helper' cube, which sets its position to be its target's position, which is the Player's position in the world. It has stuff like adding game objects in and orienting objects to other objects, but also has features like Vectors and Eulers built-in, which are really helpful, as well. The Python module for working with the BGE comes with a lot of good features and functionality, even apart from actual game development. Blender can use external Python script files, and compiles them when it does so, as well, giving you a bit more of a speed increase as opposed to simply using. I do scripting with Geany, which supports some basic code-completion and code folding, which is a really nice feature to have. ![]() Seems to be like Marmite with some loving it and some not liking it, but you'll never know if you'll like it unless you try it.Python scripting's pretty easy to use, and you use a special API for scripting with the BGE to do what you need to do. Should you buy one? If you've seen what it's all about and can afford to buy one, then why not? Buying used looks the better bet though and if you then don't take to it, you'll probably get roughly what you paid for it, so I guess the ebay commission if you resell is more like the rental cost for the time you own it, if you want to look at it that way. Some people experience bugs, but I guess mileage might vary depending on how you use it. ![]() Had a few freezes with it in early versions of the firmware, but I never lost a project (that wasn't my own fault), thanks to it autosaving everything when you switch it off, or the external battery pack runs out mid session. I listen to old projects on lots of other gear from time to time, but nothing comes close for me to the quantity of music and ideas i'm making with this thing, but it isn't the highest fidelity sound quality. If anyone can show you a sampler, sequencer AND synth all-in-one box geared towards chopping breaks that you can have sat on your lap in the train with which you could even make tunes starting from zero by pulling sounds off FM at the same pricepoint then.Ĭlick to expand.I had zero interest in software trackers and that's still the case, but I totally clicked with the PT almost straight away and pretty much make something interesting with it everytime I switch it on. *edit - No actually I do know a bit better at this point. It may be because I don't know any better but if I had to keep only one piece of gear forever it would be the Tracker. If I want to "finish" something I do still export stems and take it to Ableton. It has limitations obviously and workflow is probably weird to people who are used to doing things otherwise but I find it makes sense to me and you can get pretty fast with muscle memory on the controls. Never ran into any of these bugs people seem to be complaining about but my usage is probably pretty basic. I love the Tracker, also use it as a sequencer for a bunch of other outboard shit now, you can even run a midi keyboard into to it and through play your other devices in live. Had a maschine a few years back but didn't like that with the hybrid setup I still ended up on the computer half the time anyway, never really gelled with the workflow. Over the years I occasionally dipped in and out of having a go at production, tried Fruity Loops for a while and Logic years later but hated being in the box after already sitting at the computer all day. Click to expand.I got one off the back of this Pete Cannon video having only attempted (and failed) to mess with Fast Tracker back in the mid 90's.
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