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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: 'Discord Server' |
| 3 | +description: 'All about our discord server community' |
| 4 | +slug: 'discord-server' |
| 5 | +--- |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +We are a diverse community of graphics programming enthusiasts from humble hobbyists to full-on professionals, with all levels of mastery of Vulkan, Direct3D, OpenGL, etc! |
| 8 | +We love answering interesting questions and trying to solve graphics-related problems; we hope you join in on the fun, whether by asking your own questions or answering others’, or sharing your adventures in the graphics programming world. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## Rules |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +- Be nice and respectful. |
| 13 | +- When you ask a question: |
| 14 | + a. Don't ask if you can ask, just ask (in the appropriate channel) |
| 15 | + b. Debug the issue yourself first to the best of your ability, using renderdoc if possible: https://renderdoc.org/docs/getting_started/quick_start.html |
| 16 | + c. Explain your issue in detail. “it doesn’t work” is not a sufficient problem description |
| 17 | + d. Explain what you've tried already |
| 18 | + e. Support your question with code/screenshots/renderdoc captures if possible |
| 19 | + f. Simplify code to only what’s relevant to your question, don't post screenshots of code, remember you can format code on discord |
| 20 | + g. Be patient and don't crosspost if you don't get an immediate response |
| 21 | + h. Don’t ask for help with LLM output (e.g. ChatGPT) |
| 22 | +- Don't ask us to do your homework for you. |
| 23 | +- Don't send links using URL shorteners. |
| 24 | +- Any form of advertisement must be cleared with moderators first. This includes invite links to other discord servers. Crypto, NFT and web3 posts are never allowed. |
| 25 | +- Do not discuss or distribute illegal content (even if leaked by a third party), hacking or cheating technologies, no discussing modifying existing games (games with actual official mod support are allowed), or post gory or otherwise disturbing imagery. |
| 26 | +- Keep discussions on-topic |
| 27 | +- No discussion of politics, religion, etc. in any channels |
| 28 | +- No usernames/nicknames that are website links or allude to website links |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +## Infractions |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Disruptive behavior will result in warnings or bans: |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +- Warning (lasts 3 days) |
| 35 | +- Last warning (lasts 7 days) |
| 36 | +- 7-day ban |
| 37 | +- Permanent ban |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +3 strike rule: warnings count as 1 strike, strikes last 3 months, 3 active strikes result in a permaban. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +## Roles |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +We have a few custom roles on our server, some are self-assignable while some are granted by the mods. Head over to reaction-roles to pick the api, coordinate system, or pronouns of your choosing! |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +## Community |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +We have a Github organization where we host: |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +- Our server mascot good-froge, we like frogs (see #frogshed) |
| 50 | +- deccer-cubes, a challenging asset for your renderer; can you handle the cubes? give them a try and report your findings to #"This mesh will crash your engine", you might get a custom role! |
| 51 | +- rvpt, a realtime vulkan path tracer project |
| 52 | +- A collection of useful graphics programming resources |
| 53 | +- this very blog |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +We also have a website with additional resources and are currently revamping a "screenshot of the month" gallery |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +We have a few channels for showing off your work or encouraging others to help you think out loud when developing your project: |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +- `#showcase`, show off your creations (please use threads for discussion) |
| 60 | +- `#wip`, similar to showcase, but for incremental progress and discussion thereof |
| 61 | +- `#the-bug-collective`, for all your buggy, glitchy renders |
| 62 | +- `#community-projects`, the place to think-out-loud/yell/complain/rant/progress/blog about your UE5/starcitizen/minecraft clone |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +If you have suggestions for how to improve the server, be it new emojis, moderation, channels/categories, let us know by making a post in `#suggestions`. |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +Enjoy and have fun! |
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