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I wish I had more than like half an hour a day to mess with unreal engine. I don't think I'm focusing on the right stuff. I keep trying to like, understand how materials and textures and stuff work, but they can get so complex I feel like I'm wasting my time. I'm thinking what I should do is just not worry about that part unless I run into something where I would have to do it myself, and then just learn what I need to know to do what I want. I keep trying to get like, a high amount of general knowledge for everything, but it's not an effective use of my time. I need to stop trying to understand how everything works, which is not how I usually like to learn, and just use the readily available tools to make some tangible progress.
But again, I need more time in a day to do this stuff. There's just not enough time during the week to have a life and also work on this project. I'm leaving my part time job this weekend, so in the future I should have at least a good chunk of time on Saturdays to actually get somewhere. I still haven't figured out how to paint walls, but I'll start with like, a nature scene first. Maybe make some kind of obstacle/collectable thing in it. I definitely want to use the advanced locomotion system, I was able to find a way to apply a different skeletal mesh without breaking it entirely. It looks funny and is gonna need a lot of work to understand it enough to customize it the way I need it to be, but it's a great starting point because a lot of the functionality I want is already there.
So anyway, to recap: I need more time, I'll soon be getting a little more time. Also I'm building a server that I'll be able to store everything on because I just don't have a lot of space in my computer. So that's fun.
I think that all sounds great!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely can be really hard to feel like you have enough time to do anything you want to do when you only have one day off a week. I think once you start having an official two days off a week, you'll see what a difference in makes. And I'm sure with good time management and discipline you can get some stuff you want to do done throughout the week after work, while also getting a good night's rest.
It really sucks that the way our society functions. You can't do what you want to do all the time until you're really, really old and no longer of use to the world, basically. I can't wait to retire. I already daydream about it lol.