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[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

24 minutes ago, CypherHoof said:

Balloons are more of a Pinkie thing though, Glimglam can fly without them.

Although to be fair, so can Pinkie

It's a random idea I had for a while; it's not so much Glimmy trying to fly but how Glimmy ended up tied to balloons.

And Sunburst being involved...

I also opened up Unity again...

[CypherHoof 26,482]

4 minutes ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

It's a random idea I had for a while; it's not so much Glimmy trying to fly but how Glimmy ended up tied to balloons.

And Sunburst being involved...

Would make more sense to have Sunburst using balloons, trying to keep up with GlamGlam

4 minutes ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

I also opened up Unity again...

Cool.

[CastletonSnob 3,074]

How would you react if G5 aired on Nickelodeon? I personally wouldn't like it, because Nick would probably screw it over because it's not Spongebob or The Loud House.

I have to admit, though, that MLP becoming part of the Nicktoons family would be interesting.

[CypherHoof 26,482]

1 hour ago, VG_Addict said:

How would you react if G5 aired on Nickelodeon? I personally wouldn't like it, because Nick would probably screw it over because it's not Spongebob or The Loud House.

I have to admit, though, that MLP becoming part of the Nicktoons family would be interesting.

Not sure if I am going to bother with G5 or not, but either way, I don't own a TV, so what station it is on doesn't bother me

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

"H... hi, Sunburst." - Glimmy probably

[CypherHoof 26,482]

9 hours ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

"H... hi, Sunburst." - Glimmy probably

Enough balloons there to lift a house

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

23 minutes ago, CypherHoof said:

Enough balloons there to lift a house

But can Glimmy boop a Sunny...?

[CypherHoof 26,482]

5 minutes ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

But can Glimmy boop a Sunny...?

Glimmy can ALWAYS boop a Sunny, she is one of the most magically gifted unicorns in Equestria

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

15 minutes ago, CypherHoof said:

Glimmy can ALWAYS boop a Sunny, she is one of the most magically gifted unicorns in Equestria

Little moments of silliness puts a smile on my face; perhaps Glimmy is offering some Sunny-coloured balloons over to Sunny.

On the other hand, perhaps it's feasible to port my JS game over to C#, but the ultra-long-term goal is to evolve it beyond its incremental game status.

On the other other hand, I found a really big Minecraft modpack.

[CypherHoof 26,482]

2 hours ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

Little moments of silliness puts a smile on my face; perhaps Glimmy is offering some Sunny-coloured balloons over to Sunny. 

Now I have this weird scene in my head where Sunset comes to Equestria and both she and Sunburst argue about who gets the nickname "sunny" from GlimGlam....

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

9 hours ago, CypherHoof said:

Now I have this weird scene in my head where Sunset comes to Equestria and both she and Sunburst argue about who gets the nickname "sunny" from GlimGlam....

Worse: they have to share that nickname with a sun conure also named Sunny.

[Olly 1,011]

God-King Xerxes

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

15 minutes ago, Olly said:

God-King Xerxes

I think you said that before.

Also, for no good reason, Princess Applejack.

Also, Pseudo-Princess Gemmy, but she has those red and amber lights that big trucks usually have.

[CypherHoof 26,482]

17 hours ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

Also, for no good reason, Princess Applejack.

Would she have to share the crown with Big Mac's dream form?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

On 6/18/2019 at 6:47 AM, CypherHoof said:

Would she have to share the crown with Big Mac's dream form?

Well, now I dreamt that all the princesses were kidnapped or something. Now where have I heard that before...?

[CypherHoof 26,482]

7 minutes ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

Well, now I dreamt that all the princesses were kidnapped or something. Now where have I heard that before...?

Pretty much once per season? I know they gave an excuse for that in S9, but they ARE pretty useless in a fight.

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

4 minutes ago, CypherHoof said:

Pretty much once per season? I know they gave an excuse for that in S9, but they ARE pretty useless in a fight.

...Zecora was also involved...

[CypherHoof 26,482]

18 minutes ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

...Zecora was also involved...

Best Zebra. also Only Zebra, so that sorta makes the first one a bit less impressive

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

I really wanna finish the pic where Glimmy hands Sunny a balloon...

[CypherHoof 26,482]

6 hours ago, Ganaram Inukshuk said:

I really wanna finish the pic where Glimmy hands Sunny a balloon...

So finish it then? Will never get done if you don't work on it...

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

40 minutes ago, CypherHoof said:

So finish it then? Will never get done if you don't work on it...

"...Hi, Sunburst."

(I was literally one detail from finishing, so I finished it. No background, no problem.)

[Olly 1,011]

Hello, God-King Xerxes. 

[CypherHoof 26,482]

5 minutes ago, Olly said:

Hello, God-King Xerxes. 

last looked out, on the feast of stephen?

[Olly 1,011]

Just now, CypherHoof said:

last looked out, on the feast of stephen?

wat

[Ganaram Inukshuk 3,682]

Oh my goodness, I can't believe this worked:

// This is a counter whose range is [0, some_arbitrary_max]
// Setting the max really high mimics a range of [0, infinity); this is also the default
// This can be used for all sorts of applications, including a healthbar
public class Counter {

    private int _count;
    private int _max;

    // Constructor with a preset max
    public Counter(int presetMax) {
        Max = presetMax;
        _count = 0;
    }

    // Default constructor
    public Counter() {
        _max = int.MaxValue;
        _count = 0;
    }

    // Increment the count by an arbitrary value; decrement using a negative value
    public void IncrementCount(int amt) {
        int newCount = _count + amt;
        if (newCount < 0) _count = 0;
        else if (newCount > _max) _count = _max;
        else _count = newCount;
    }

    // Additional functions for zeroing or maxing out the counter
    public void ZeroOutCount() { Count = 0;   }
    public void MaxOutCount()  { Count = Max; }

    // Increment the max by an arbitrary value; decrement using a negative value
    // If the max ever becomes less than the count, the count should be reassigned
    // to be the same as the max; this ensures the count stays within [0, max]
    public void IncrementMax(int amt) {
        if (_max + amt < 0) _count = 0;
        else _max += amt;
        if (_max <= _count) _count = _max;
    }

    // Setter-getter for the max; this can also force the count to be any value, but
    // will readjust the count if the max falls below the count to keep the count within
    // the range [0, max]
    public int Max {
        set {
            if (value >= 0) _max = value;
            if (_max < _count) _count = _max;
        }
        get { return _max; }
    }

    // Setter-getter for the count; this can also force the count to be any value
    public int Count {
        set { if (value >= 0) _count = value; }
        get { return _count; }
    }
          
// This is the same as the regular counter but instead of having a count
// within the range [0, max], there are two counts (count1 and count2) such that
// 0 >= count1 >= count2 >= max; since this class encapsulates two instances of
// a counter, any and all calculations are handled by the individual counters
public class Bicounter {

    Counter _ctr2;       // Effective range of [0, max]
    Counter _ctr1;       // Effective range of [0, ctr2.Count]

    public Bicounter(int presetMax) {
        _ctr2 = new Counter(presetMax);
        _ctr1 = new Counter(_ctr2.Count);
    }

    public Bicounter() {
        _ctr2 = new Counter();
        _ctr1 = new Counter(_ctr2.Count);
    }

    public void IncrementCount1(int amt) {
        _ctr1.IncrementCount(amt);
    }

    public void IncrementCount2(int amt) {
        _ctr2.IncrementCount(amt);
        _ctr1.Max = _ctr2.Count;
    }

    public void ZeroOutCount() {
        _ctr2.ZeroOutCount();
        _ctr1.ZeroOutCount();
    }

    public void MaxOutCount() {
        _ctr2.MaxOutCount();
        _ctr1.Max = _ctr2.Max;
        _ctr1.MaxOutCount();
    }

    public int Max {
        set { _ctr2.Max = value; }
        get { return _ctr2.Max; }
    }

    public int Count2 {
        set { _ctr2.Count = value; _ctr1.Max = _ctr2.Count; }
        get { return _ctr2.Count; }
    }

    public int Count1 {
        set { _ctr1.Count = value; }
        get { return _ctr1.Count; }
    }
}

I may need more tests, but this is the healthbar-inside-of-a-healthbar thing I was talking about a few weeks ago such that 0 >= count_1 >= count_2 >= max, and I achieved it by encapsulating two separate counters inside of a bicounter class.

No, I'm not gonna think about making a tricounter or an ncounter; even though the code can be generalised, I don't have a use for anything beyond a bicounter. No, I have no idea how this would be done using ECS since the counter is an overly generalized healthbar. I can't justify using Unity's data oriented tech stack when I have a fairly puny project where everything would be represented by a UI.

If this was a healthbar, then the counter works fine. However, I have a situation where I may need the bicounter instead; EG, instead of distinguishing between occupied buildings and unoccupied buildings, I have to distinguish between unused plots of land, plots of land with an unoccupied building, and plots of land with an occupied building.

Now that I think about it, a bicounter may not be needed if a plot of land can contain more than one building; instead, it'd have to be two separate counters, one for used and unused plots of land, with a means of getting the number of individual buildings, and another for occupied and unoccupied buildings.