Tips and Tricks

8 posts
2023

Unreal Engine: How to use Swarm to speed up lightmap baking

Got a spare computer on your LAN sitting idle? Do you wish your lighting bakes wouldn’t take so long?
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Unreal Engine C++: How to spawn a Blueprint by name

If you find yourself wanting to spawn a Blueprint class within C++, here’s how.
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Visual Studio Extensions: How to get colors from the VS theme

TL;DR: Read on for full details.
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2012

JavaScript snippet: Remove base URL from link

I needed this function this morning so I thought I’d share it in case someone else does too.
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2009

Pre-populate Django ModelForm with Specific Queryset

I just had a situation where I was trying to filter the queryset for a ModelMultipleChoiceField based on the currently logged-on user. I was going crazy trawling through the Django docs and eventually Google.
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CSS auto reload with Django templates

Have you ever been in the situation where you’ve updated your CSS file but users’ web browsers haven’t automatically loaded the new one?
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SourceForge drops IE 6 support

SourceForge has changed its appearance more often in the past 6 months than Joan Rivers’ face. Not in small ways either.
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Firefox Tip: More room on your Bookmarks Toolbar

I’m a huge fan of the Windows Quick Launch bar. Mine is two lines high and contains 20 shortcuts, all of which I use almost every day.
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