Three.js: Rolling a Sphere on a planet with structures

Phippsy — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:37:08 +0000

Hi! Just wanted to share some work in progress for a three.js game I am working on inspired by a mobile game called Pinout.

If there's enough interest I will start sharing more detailed progress on what I'm doing.

Coding 🤦‍♂️

Phippsy — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:22:28 +0000

Today I actually thought Firefox had disabled window.alert();.

I almost never use alert() in my code. In this instance I was using alert() as a place holder and took the opportunity to share my impeccable sense of humor.

alert('Just kidding.  You can't do that right now');

Hilarious, right? (don't you roll your eyes at me!)

So I tried it out in my app... nothing happened! I check console to be greeted by:

Uncaught TypeError: alert is not a function

WTF?

I was really ready let rip at Firefox. The world needs to know about this. Heads were gonna roll! I started searching to gather evidence to see when they had disabled window.alert(). Couldn't find anything. After more time than I care to admit, I saw a Stack Overflow answer explaining how to disable window.alert() in code:

alert = function() {};

That's when it occurred to me that this was a PEBKAC error (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair).

Could it be more likely that I caused this problem rather than the possibility that a widely adopted browser had suddenly disabled window.alert()?

I searched my code base and found this gem:

alert={};

Yep. That's 20+ years javascript experience right there folks.

It would make me feel better if you guys could maybe share your own facepalm moments in the comments! Mind you, I'm gonna feel pretty stupid if the comments are empty...

I hope you've enjoyed my first DEV post.

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Three.js: Rolling a Sphere on a planet with structures

Coding 🤦‍♂️