VPainter is an open source free add-on for the Godot game engine that enables you to paint directly on 3D models. There are two modes of operation, one is to paint on the vertices of the mesh, while the second involves blending up to 4 different textures into one seamless material.
Next, copy the addons folder into your Godot project, merging it if you already have an addons directory.
Next, fire up the Godot Engine, go to Project->Project Settings, then select the Plugins tab and click enable:
VPainter is now enabled and will appear in the editor window when a MeshInstance is selected. For further details on how to use VPainter or to simply see it in action, check out the video below.
This week at Bungie, we’re making the most of your Ghosts.
Last week, a new Exotic became available to add to your collection and we celebrated Destiny’s birthday. I’m still keeping an eye out for pictures of attempts at making that cake. Things are a little quieter this week. Which makes it a great time to take advantage of the double rewards being offered for completions of The Ordeal this week. You love to see it when a bug becomes a feature.
Speaking of upcoming features…
Customizable Ghosts
A Guardian’s Ghost is their most trusted ally and is tasked with keeping them in the fight. Your Ghost isn’t just in charge of bringing you back from the brink, it also comes with some perks and a wide range of cool looks to choose from. We have some changes planned for your floaty friends and asked Designer Mina Jasinski to tell us about what her team is doing to improve how you customize your Ghosts.
Mina Jasinski: Ghosts have always been important partners to our Guardians in the Destiny universe, but they haven’t received any meaningful updates in quite some time.
To allow Ghosts to truly shine as the useful and interesting companions we’d like them to be, we decided it was time to give them a bit of an overhaul.
In Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Ghosts have received a system update which shares some functionality to what was done with armor in Shadowkeep. Here’s a brief outline of what to expect:
Ghost Shells will now have energy levels and access to mods with various energy costs instead of being pre-loaded with specific perks.
This treatment has been applied to all Ghosts outside of the Generalist Shell, so you can use your favorite Ghost Shells, regardless of tier.
A selection of mods will be available on all Ghost Shells by default, while the remaining ones will be obtainable via various gameplay sources. Information on where to find these mods can be learned from Collections.
Ghost mods will be obtained from gameplay reward loops and will not be purchasable from Eververse.
Ghosts now have four mod slots. Three are unlocked by default, and the fourth is unlocked by Masterworking the Ghost Shell.
One of our goals with this update was to separate visuals from functionality. We wanted any Ghost Shell to be viable and still have access to highly useful mods, regardless of tier or source.
You’ll be able to select your favorite Ghost Shell based on appearance without any detriment to your experience. Whether you purchase a Ghost Shell from Eververse, earn it from the newest raid or pull an old favorite out of Collections, your Ghost will have access to all the same mods across your account. From there you can increase energy levels on your favorite Ghost Shells and set each of them up with different mod combinations of your choosing.
As mentioned above, Ghosts will now have access to a total of four mod slots, each with their own unique mod selection. There will be an Experience mod slot, a Tracking mod slot, an Economic mod slot, and an Activity mod slot; the last of which is unlocked when the Ghost is Masterworked at 10 energy. You’ll be able to mix and match mods from these categories however you like, with respect to energy limits. Mod slots each have a selection of mods that can be combined to fit your playstyle. For example, a Crucible-focused player who wants to grind out materials and earn XP towards their Seasonal rewards track might choose Guiding Light, Meager Glimmer Booster, and Lesser Core Harvest (Crucible). There are a variety of combinations that can be set up on different Ghosts to suit whatever goals you might be chasing at the time!
For those wondering what will happen to the old Ghost perks, most have been brought forward largely unchanged as default unlocked mods. In some cases, such as the destination-specific material or cache trackers, those mods have been transformed into globally effective, non-destination-specific versions of themselves for better utility. Energy costs for those mods now reflect the increased flexibility and the mods must be earned from various vendor engrams. Kill Tracker and Leviathan Boss Kill perks will remain intrinsic only on their specific Ghost Shells. Even with these changes you’ll still be able to build most of the popular Exotic perk combinations that were available previously such as Guiding Light and Treasure Hunter, along with a plethora of new combinations!
We hope that these changes allow you to interact with your Ghost more meaningfully and help you to set up a variety of Ghost Shells that suit you in various playstyles and activities.
Honoring a Friend
Next week, we have a tribute going live in game to honor one of our dear friends at Vicarious Visions who passed away last year, Matt Helsom. The weekly reset will include a director message that will send you to Mars for a short quest to honor Mr. Helsom. He worked closely with teams at both Bungie and VV on various projects during our partnership and we wanted to memorialize his contributions in the Destiny universe.
We wish all of his family, friends, and everyone he impacted during his life the very best. Thank you to everyone in the community who joins us in remembering this warm soul.
X Marks the Pass
Now we turn things over to our Player Support team with the latest on known issues and upcoming fixes.
This is their report.
XBOX GAME PASS AND EXPANSION AVAILABILITY
Next Tuesday, September 22, Destiny 2 will become available on Xbox Game Pass at 8 AM PDT, however, players won’t be able to access Forsaken or Shadowkeep until 10 AM PDT when Hotfix 2.9.2.1 goes live.
HOTFIX 2.9.2.1
Also, for next Tuesday, Hotfix 2.9.2.1 will go live. Below is a timeline of events:
8:00 AM PDT (1500 UTC): Destiny 2 will undergo maintenance for Hotfix 2.9.2.1. Xbox players may not be able to view or access recently purchased DLC content until after maintenance is completed.
8:45 AM PDT (1545 UTC): Destiny 2 will be brought offline for expected maintenance. Players will be removed from activities and won’t be able to log back into Destiny 2 until 10 AM PDT.
10:00 AM PDT (1700 UTC): Destiny 2 Hotfix 2.9.2.1 will be available across all platforms and regions. Players will be able to log back into Destiny 2.
11:00 AM PDT (1800 UTC): Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude.
KNOWN ISSUES
While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum:
Earlier today, we announced that due to the extended season, Clans can no longer gain XP and Hawthorne’s Weekly Challenge can no longer be completed. Our investigation found that trying to fix these issues could result in all Clans losing their earned ranks. These issues will be fixed on Nov. 10 when Beyond Light launches.
Felwinter’s Helm changes the Warlock’s Solstice ornament glows to another glow.
For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.
Dailies
Every day, new videos are posted on the Creations page and all around the World Wide Web. Each week, we pick our favorites and share them here for all the community to see. Hence the name, Movie of the Week. Here’s this week’s picks.
Movie of the Week: Fear Does Not Exist In This Dojo
Honorable Mention: EMERGENCY MEETING!
If you see your video above, please make sure you have your Bungie.net profile in the description of said video so we can deliver your new emblem.
You ever have someone shine a laser into your eye until you can see good(aka LASIK surgery)? If you’re planning on it, I recommend not doing it while a huge plume of smoke blankets your area for several days. How is the air where you are? We’re having a bit of “helmet on in the Tower” kind of time here on the West Coast right now.
Wherever you are, we hope you are doing well and looking forward to the bonus weeks of this Season as we rapidly approach the release on Beyond Light in a few short months. Next week, we will have Triple Infamy available, so go bank some motes.
Memoranda Is A Gorgeous Hand-Drawn Point-And-Click Coming To Switch This Year
Launching on Nintendo Switch later this year is Memoranda, a point-and-click adventure featuring lovely hand-drawn graphics.
It was announced for the system just yesterday – we actually featured it in our Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight presentation – and is set to launch this fall. It’s inspired by the surreal-world short stories of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, telling the story of a young woman who gradually realises that she’s forgetting her own name.
It all takes place in a quiet town which houses a mix of ordinary, and not-so-ordinary, characters. From a World War II veteran to an elephant hoping to become a human, everyone in the town is on the verge of losing something. Here’s a feature list:
Features: – A classic 2D point-and-click adventure game set in a magical realism setting – Unique and beautiful hand-drawn full-HD 2D graphics – Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s short stories – Original soundtrack with more than 15 tracks – Thousands of dialogue lines with English voice over – Meet more than 35 characters in 40 different locations – Languages: English, French, German, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
If you want to catch up on all the great games announced during our Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight show, feel free to have a browse here.
Before you go, though, let us know if Memoranda looks like your kind of thing in the comments below.
Goodgame Studios is a leading free-to-play, online games development company. We operate across web and mobile platforms and cater to over 400 million registered users worldwide. With a rich talent pool of employees from more than 40 nations, we are among the largest German employers in the gaming software industry. Our aim is clear: We want to entertain millions of players around the world with our games, therefore we joined the Stillfront Group AB in 2018. Stillfront Group AB is a group of independent creators, publishers and distributors of digital games – with a vision to become the leading group of indie game creators and publishers.
At New Moon Production we specialize in game development for both mobile and web. We are looking for a Product Manager (all genders) to kick ass and develop awesome Games. You will be working in one of our small, but highly motivated teams to bring Goodgame branded cross platform games to the market.
Your Job:
As product owner you will be a key part of the game development team, gluing the team together and driving them towards the required results.
Creation and update of feature roadmap and its prioritization (supported by Director of Products)
Defining and testing hypothesis for improving the product
Detailed analytical study of the game including technical performance as well as player behavior and spending habits (supported by studio analyst)
Coordinate and design our strategy for implementation together with the production and game design team, and monitor, assess, and continuously optimize results
Assist with defining and directly working to develop the product to meet strategic product goals including monthly revenue targets for the game
Our expectations for the role:
To be competent and knowledgeable about all aspects of game development, and be able to ‘jump in’ and support game design, balancing and product analysis.
Excellent communication and collaboration with Goodgame support partners including BizDev, Marketing, QA and Localization.
Your profile:
You have several years of experience in the free-to-play gaming industry (primarily mobile games) and in KPI and conversion and optimization
You have experience with running Live Ops on a F2P game
You have detailed knowledge and experience of all aspects of the game development process for mobile F2P games.
You are able to identify complex economic interrelationships and think like an entrepreneur
You are able to support the game design team hands on You have strong communication and interpersonal skills
You are confident and willing to make decisions and take on responsibility for the product
You have excellent written and spoken English skills
We offer:
Your professional growth is important to us. We provide agile structures, flat hierarchies, and ongoing training opportunities
Results-oriented teamwork that values employee contribution
A positive work-life balance
Leading technology and analysis opportunities that give you the freedom to innovate
During this difficult time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the safety of our employees and everyone else is of utmost importance to us which is why we switched to a solely virtual recruiting process for the time being. We are still hiring and happy to receive your application in English (cover letter, CV, references, degree)! #Stayhome #Stayhealthy
Your contact person for this job offer is Patrick Corts. Goodgame Studios is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage and support diversity and welcome all qualified applications
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WWE Battlegrounds May Have Used Image Of Former Impact Wrestler In Game
Wrestling feels cyclical sometimes, whether it's one wrestler pays homage to another's throwback gear or somebody makes a nod in a promo to a famous promo, but then there are blatant references of other wrestlers that might not be such a great idea.
Earlier this week, the popular wrestling Twitter account Tiger Driver, revealed that it looks like there's a part of the Royal Rumble tutorial in the recently-released WWE 2K Battlegrounds which uses former controversial Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard as a reference model. Check out the similarities in the Tweet below.
As someone in the comments even pointed out, it matches all the way down to her finger placement. Tessa has never been part of WWE, but her father is a WWE Hall of Famer and current AEW manager of Shawn Spears.
Unity 2020.2 beta is here and given the released number of releases that Unity are going to do annually, that makes this a more significant release than in the past. This beta release includes several system level and quality of life improvements including:
Support for C# 8
Dark Mode IDE support (this was actually added to previous versions as well)
C# compiler and IL2CPP compiler improvements
EIP, or Editor Iteration Profiler, to help identify bottlenecks during domain reloads
Unity Safe Mode for troubleshooting script errors on startup
Be sure to check out the complete release notes for more details on the changes in Unity 2020.2. You can also learn more about the release in the video below, including a small rant about one of the biggest problems facing Unity these days… fragmentation and stability.
Visual Novel Undead Darlings Hits Switch Later This Month
Damien has over a decade of professional writing experience under his belt, as well as a repulsively hairy belly. Rumours that he turned down a role in The Hobbit to work on Nintendo Life are, to the best of our knowledge, completely and utterly unfounded.
Round Up: Everything Revealed During The Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight
Damien has over a decade of professional writing experience under his belt, as well as a repulsively hairy belly. Rumours that he turned down a role in The Hobbit to work on Nintendo Life are, to the best of our knowledge, completely and utterly unfounded.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Alpha Start Time - Live Now
One of the surprises from Sony's PS5 event was that a free and public alpha for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War would be available for PlayStation 4 users starting September 18. That's today, and you can install and start playing the game's multiplayer modes right now. Activision has now shared all of the key details for the alpha, covering how to get in, what maps and modes are available, and more. We're rounding up all the key details here in this post.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Alpha Start Time
September 18 at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 6 PM BST
The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War alpha is now live and playable for PS4 users.
How To Install Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Alpha
Downloads for the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War alpha are available right now. The client is about 25 GB. You can find links to download the alpha below.
