Official Bolt 2 Alpha cycle has restarted

ok I just wondered if that meant the mails had started

 

I have not im just salivating over the new look and functionality

 

I really like the classes etc properly making it a visual code writer. Rather than a slightly different way of thinking.

I had an earlier alpha I was just hoping to see a newer one

 

IMHO, the convergence across all node-based graph tools should be your top priority, above all else.

Just yesterday, I wrote in another place:

IMHO, one thing that would be extremely useful is thinking about how visual scripting can be designed in a way so that you could easily create "old-school monobehaviour-style code" or "native HPC# DOTS code". [EDIT: From the same graph, of course! Even if it may mean having to add a few nodes/connections to make both work properly, that are then ignored where they are not needed.]

The thing is: These kinds of things become exponentially more difficult the later they are solved in the process. That's why I think it should be the top priority.

Keep in mind: This game engine is called Unity, not Diversity ... and we really need more unity in Unity ;-)

 

Is Bolt 2 fully backwards compatible or do I have to start from scratch when I switch from Bolt 1 to Bolt 2?

 

I believe it was indicated it would be a from scratch although you can keep using bolt 1

 

It's going to create another assets store support hell if bolt 1 and 2 both need to be supported by creators.

I wonder if this is taken into account

 

I think they stated that you can import the Bolt 1 scripts into Bolt 2 but it wouldn't be perfect. So you would have to correct them after importing it into Bolt 2.
But that's much better than having to recreate it from scratch.

 

I think that's why they have made bolt 2 an closed alpha. Currently the developers said clearly that bolt 2 isn't going to be finished this year.

Also, I wonder what sort of stuff asset store developers could made for bolt? I mean, the asset does have this one feature that converts some stuff (functions for sure) from the c# scripts to nodes via reflection automatically. Asset maker would have to prepare some icon to make it look nicer but that's it.

 

I wanted to start a project and want to use Bolt 2 instead of 1. When should I get hold of it ? if not, can I get alpha version to get started?

 

Better go with

Bolt 1

.

Bolt 2

is currently in Closed Alpha and only released to a select few community members who know the asset very well. Apart from that, you should never use Alpha versions for production as they're prone to bugs.

 

Hi, I am looking forward to the "scripting preview-window" in Bolt 2. Will I be able to generate a fully functional C# script from the graph so that I can delete the graph and only keep the script without any bugs?

Also I have a few assets with scripts that I dont completly understand. Will I be able to generate a visual scripting graph from C# scripts that has not been created using Bolt 2 to start with? I think this will be usefull since node graphs are more intuetive for non-programmers?