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For questions about the amethyst game engine for the rust programming language.

These principles are what make amethyst unique and competitive in the world of game engines.

  • Massively parallel architecture.
  • Powered by a correct Entity Component System model.
  • Rapid prototyping with RON files for prefabs and an abstract scripting API.
  • Strong focus on encouraging reusability and clean interfaces.
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Rust `std::time::Instant` "panicked at 'supplied instant is later than self"

I'm trying to get a simple timer set up in rust that returns true at a certain frequency. #[derive(Clone, Debug)] pub struct IntervalTimer { pub period: Duration, pub delta: Instant, } impl IntervalTimer { pub fn new(period: Duration)…
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Yanked subdependency - Error [E0433]: failed to resolve: could not find `__rt` in `quote`

I'm learning Rust from "Practical Rust Projects" by Shing Lyu. I'm now trying to build a game following the steps in Chapter 4. I'm working on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. After installing Rust and the Amethyst command line, I created a new project via…
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Amethyst's Loader can't find an asset file

I am using the Rust Amethyst game engine to load a texture named ground.png, but the Loader does not seem to find the file: //... let assets_dir = format!("{}", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")); let mut game = Application::build(assets_dir,…
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Rust Amethyst Pong Tutorial Examples give "error: no example target named `pong_tutorial_01`"

I just cloned the github repository amethyst/amethyst, which is a game engine written in rust, in order to follow the docs and tutorials. The document at Amethyst documentation about the pong tutorial tells us that you can run examples…
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Why is the trait not implemented?

I wanted to try the amethyst_physics library to make a game. (Duh) I followed to Example, but somhow I does not work: use amethyst::GameDataBuilder; use amethyst_physics::{PhysicsBundle}; use amethyst_nphysics::NPhysicsBackend; fn main() ->…
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gcc.exe fail when building cloudflare-zlib-sys.rs

I am trying to install sheep_cli for Amethyst.rs game engine. I have x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0 MinGW installed. Maybe target is wrong? error: failed to run custom build command for `cloudflare-zlib-sys v0.2.0` Caused by: process didn't…
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Amethyst Rust: 'Cannot insert multiple systems with the same name ("parent_hierarchy_system") when running pong tutorial

I am learning Amethyst framework for Rust. And now I follow pong tutorial here. On step 3 (Moving paddles) tutorial teaches how to set up System for moving paddles. I followed all the steps, however when I cargo run my application i get an…
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How to load a texture from memory in amethyst engine?

I have read the offical docs but can't find any way to load a texture from memory directly. It currently do have the APIs to load textures from files but what I want exactly is to load a texture from a &[u8] which respresents an RGBA formatted image…
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Unable to Run Amethyst Starter Template: 'VkError(ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER)'

I'm trying to run an Amethyst project, however I keep coming across an error that prevents me from getting a window to open. I have installed the dependencies mentioned in the official Amethyst GitHub page and am using the 2D starter template. I did…
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Missing Libraries on Linux with Rust and Amethyst

When I try to cargo build the 'hello world' of amethyst on Ubuntu 18.04, I get an error about missing libraries from lxbcb. I'm not sure what this error is trying to tell me or how to fix it. It seems like I'm missing libraries -lxcb-render,…
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How do I create a UiWidget at runtime as an entity?

Imagine I've created a container let created = UiWidget::Container:: { transform: UiTransformData::default(), background: None, children: Vec::new(), }; How do I add it to the world and get its entity back?…
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Adding Event channels in Amethyst ECS architecture

In the Amethyst Pong tutorial, The Entity/Component/System (ECS) architecture is explained in a way that makes me think that systems are something added to the game in the main function, and cannot be added or removed at runtime. In the same book, I…
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Canvas for Rust's Amethyst?

Is there any possibility to draw primitives on some kind of canvas in Amethyst game engine? Let's say I want to draw pixel points, lines, circles etc? I did not find anything straightforward for that, though I admit that my task can be done with a…
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How to load a GLTF asset without ron file

I want to load a gltf file without ron files. I have followed their official example for gltf. But they are loading the GLTF file from a ron file in that example. How to change this example to load gltf without a ron file?
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Amethyst display.ron compiling issue

I am attempting to learn to use Rust and Amethyst. As a starter project, I am creating a simple text adventure. I am attempting to create a "welcome" initialization page with a background image located at "/assets/images/Background.png". Without the…
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