Yeah, fair
#blueprint
torpid juniper
Atm my recipe contains a product which has a data asset item and a quantity and then multiple of those for the ingredients. so item and quantity for each ingredient
So you are using uobject instead of where i am using the item data asset class?
gentle urchin
Only the base is a dataasset
rest is uobjects
i really like the in-line editing options of them
torpid juniper
oh uobjects rather than data assets?
gentle urchin
yeah
these uobjects are managed by the owning data asset, so they're also considered singletons
so the same rules applies
torpid juniper
But you just can edit them while in the other data asset?
gentle urchin
this avoids me having to make all these task classes in the editor, and can just make 'templates'
gentle urchin
But you just can edit them while in the other data asset?
you edit them in editor, not at runtime
(you can, but dont :d)
torpid juniper
Was more meaning whats the difference between doing it the other way?
Like if i do by ref to data assets? vs ref to uobject
gentle urchin
you'd need to create the new data assets
in content browser
and set them up
so for 50 quests, with 10 tasks, you'd end up with 500 DA_QuestTasks
while I keep my related tasks directly inside the DataAsset
not sure if that explains it well but
torpid juniper
So for you, you have 50 quests each with 10 tasks. And each of the 10 tasks are only in their own quest?
Idk. i feel like i don't understand as i am thinking about it from an item point of view where all items need to exist anyway
Will probs look back on it when doing quest stuff
gentle urchin
So for you, you have 50 quests each with 10 tasks. And each of the 10 tasks are ...
Yes exactly.
So when i need to edit a part of a quest
torpid juniper
So does that mean you can't reuse tasks?
gentle urchin
I dont need to find the correct task in the content browser, open and edit it, and verify or whatever
gentle urchin
So does that mean you can't reuse tasks?
I can, by making template tasks
So its just a task subclass with a different set of default values
torpid juniper
Ah, ok
So basically you can either input values from scratch or you can edit them based on a "template" of default values
and when you use a template it just copies the values in rather than references the template?
gentle urchin
Yepp
It creates its own instance of the template
Much like a struct do
And yes, by using this method in regular bps they can easily replace structs on many levels^^
With extra functionality
You can have custom functions in them etc
torpid juniper
so how do i do that? 😅
So it has a reference to a uobject which can be like instanced inside the editor?
and so acting as like a "template"?
gentle urchin
Kinda. Yepp
torpid juniper
do i have to do stuff in c++ or can i do that stuff in bp?
torpid juniper
Ah, rip. Currently just trying to understand how stuff relates in unreal and using bp for faster and not having to relearn c++ yet
Sweet, thanks. Will keep that in mind and have a look once i work out if the current way of thinking and my game idea is actually possible without lots of problems
gentle urchin
Just doing this part is possible with close to 0 c++ knowledge
torpid juniper
Yeah, sick
i have knowledge but its hidden away 😂
i need to relook at some code to remember
thanks, you've been really helpful
pulsar pulsar
so I¨'m having an issue with a inventory I'm trying to do. In my head it should work but I can't figure out why it isn't lol.
gentle urchin
so I¨'m having an issue with a inventory I'm trying to do. In my head it should ...
Use columns in both cases
Not rows
pulsar pulsar
Use columns in both cases
oh dang
gentle urchin
You dont need rows if you specify inventory size
pulsar pulsar
ohhhh
pulsar pulsar
still not working 🤔
gentle urchin
Did it change at all?
gentle urchin
Possibly
pulsar pulsar
where I do Columns * Rows to get the max inventory slots and also set the size of the array with the result
torpid juniper
Can you not spawn actors from functions in data assets?
gentle urchin
Can you not spawn actors from functions in data assets?
They are uobjects, so no
No world context
torpid juniper
Huh, thats awkward
gentle urchin
Yepp😅
torpid juniper
Maybe i can spawn an actor and pass it to the data asset to configure
pulsar pulsar
Here's what I do, I did it this way so i could (in the future) change inventory space based on the gear the player wears
In a way I felt made sense to me
pulsar pulsar
But MaxSlots is zero by default and then gets set to whatever Columns * Rows equals to. Or do you mean in the widget?
gentle urchin
Just set max slots to a default value 🙂
pulsar pulsar
and then divide by maxslots and modulo by slots aswell? 🤔
divide/modulo slot index by MaxSlots
nah i'm confused 😂 that doesn't make sense
gentle urchin
and then divide by maxslots and modulo by slots aswell? 🤔
Just divide and modulo columns
Maxslots is unrelated to the grid placement 😄
pulsar pulsar
yea so basically what I had, except the rows division
versed sun
I like Division (Whole and Remainder)
pulsar pulsar
I like Division (Whole and Remainder)
sexy ass nodes i can't lie hahah
those lines 🔥 how'd you do that? 😂
gentle urchin
The same but with modulo looks better 😆
versed sun
Electric Nodes Plugin
gentle urchin
Electric nodes?
pulsar pulsar
ahh neat!
versed sun
and tidy
pulsar pulsar
A few extra conversions
yea still not working
pulsar pulsar
pulsar pulsar
last index getting set to 35, as it should. Outgoing Index is zero as it's the first iteration. Gonna check print now
yea idk, i'm confused af because In my head this makes sense lol
frosty heron
gentle urchin
Wrong container? Weird slot rules?
gentle urchin
Beautifull 🥳
frosty heron
Beautifull 🥳
because you gave me the formula
my old project was a total mess
It's like one page long lol for something soo simple
pulsar pulsar
well I added a read little outline as you can see and it does seem to work, it's just weirdly created
pulsar pulsar
Now ot figure out why tf it's climbing out of its slot box and into another
gentle urchin
Oversized container
You need to match up the slots and the sizebox size
Did i guess correctly?
Or perhaps you set it to a fixed size in a canvas
pulsar pulsar
I'm still looking for it 😂 But my guess is you're right, I'm still learnign to find my way around everything haha
gentle urchin
(Slotsize (inc padding) * columns) + padding is the total size
pulsar pulsar
yeaa, its 100x100
pulsar pulsar
plus padding from the slot widget?
wild crater
Yea I just meant in the cases where you'd store static game data in a struct.
About not changing it. I actually use it to modify debug settings in the editor because it exists at edit time.
gentle urchin
Yea I just meant in the cases where you'd store static game data in a struct.
A...
Ah right ok. I wouldnt use struct for static data, but dataasset is ofc good for that
pulsar pulsar
padding is 4 on the slot widget in total. 2 on the border and 2 on the size box, so 604?
gentle urchin
padding is 4 on the slot widget in total. 2 on the border and 2 on the size box,...
Probably more like 4x6 , so 24..
624
pulsar pulsar
uhm
gentle urchin
Each slot has 104 right?
fiery swallow
@gentle urchin the late night hero
pulsar pulsar
Each slot has 104 right?
yea
pulsar pulsar
i fixed the overlapping by setting the border (with the Inventory text) to Size: Auto. Although the slots are still weird
pulsar pulsar
So 104 x colums (6?)
correct
pulsar pulsar
Is it wrapped in a size box?
yess
gentle urchin
So sizebox should have its width set to 624 for ugp + the padding and border of the scrollbox
Whats it currently at?
pulsar pulsar
Well its on Fill Screen, if thats the size we are talking about
gentle urchin
Not that one
Where it says inventory
Seems to be fixed size ?
Probably the vertical box tbh
Id do this a bit differently
pulsar pulsar
ah yes the vertical box
gentle urchin
Width of vert box?
pulsar pulsar
424,75 and 78,04 (X, Y)
by differently I guess you'd create the inventory widget inside a "main" widget that hold sthis wiget and creates it?
kinda like the slots are created inside the inventory widget
gentle urchin
Offsets?
Yepp
Let the inventory handle itself all the way
Main just has a ref to inventory
pulsar pulsar
Offsets?
none from what I can see. I will change it to a main widget that hold inventory widget real quick
gentle urchin
Its a result of mismatching sizes or padding as far as i can guess
So id play with those
Id also try to make sure textures are sizes of ^2
torpid juniper
Is there a way i can add "onActorOverlap" functionality to a newly spawned actor on creation?
versed sun
Are you hard coding the Size or calculating it after populating your grid ?
torpid juniper
Like i wanna spawn an object, give it some components and then make it print something everytime i walk over that object (give it code to run everytime it has an actor overlap it)
gentle urchin
Actor component could have that code
versed sun
Bottom part auto sizes the grid's Sizebox
torpid juniper
Actor component could have that code
Yeah, not sure how to set it up before hand compared to on spawning
As it won't have the component it will need to reference on the actor
gentle urchin
Wha
torpid juniper
as i wanna create/add the component on the newly spawned actor then do functionality based on that component
gentle urchin
Not sure i see the issue
pulsar pulsar
Id also try to make sure textures are sizes of ^2
yea I realized I should do that lol.
torpid juniper
Not sure i see the issue
that to me?
gentle urchin
that to me?
Ye
torpid juniper
Idk how to add it
gentle urchin
The actor would have collision
The actor component just get parent -> and subscribe to collision events
And has code related to the collisions
torpid juniper
Yeah, so my actor currently has a static mesh
So i spawn it, i change its static mesh. i add the inventory component and set it up. then i want to call a function using that inventory component from the newly spawned actor each time it has an actor overlap but i can't see how to add that. i try make connection in bp from the actor but when i tried to do do bind to on actor overlap, it just had errors that i couldn't seem to fix
either errors or nothing happens
pulsar pulsar
lmao, my brain is having a field day
torpid juniper
So add that onactoroverlap code to the inventory comp after spawning? Or in editor beforehand?
As i don't want all inventory comps to do it
I want to pass the inventory comp as a param in the on actor overlap from the newly spawned object
pulsar pulsar
i'm stupid
I created the new main widget a little bit ago.. or so i thought.. apparently I decided to click the inventory widget again 😂
gentle urchin
I want to pass the inventory comp as a param in the on actor overlap from the ne...
You could always extend the regular inventory comp
torpid juniper
and have a new component based off it?
gentle urchin
Yepp
torpid juniper
Ok, yeah. i don't want to do that
gentle urchin
If this is a common thing
torpid juniper
So i'll find a better way of donig it
gentle urchin
Aight
torpid juniper
it was mainly for testing purposes and seeing what i can do
i think i got it working
my static mesh was setup to ignore not overlap
gentle urchin
😅
pulsar pulsar
ok i got it back to almost "normal" lol. Trying to figure out why the tint is so weird now 🤣
gentle urchin
ok i got it back to almost "normal" lol. Trying to figure out why the tint is so...
Try setting ugp to not stretch horizontally or vertitcallyy
pulsar pulsar
Can not see any such option in the designer, unless its graph
pulsar pulsar
so just center align? that fucks it up quite abit hehe
gentle urchin
Should remove the gaps?
gentle urchin
Also
Id add these slots in editor
With the pre construct ->
So you can see it live in the main widget etc
Helps you size it up etc
Also
Rows is a rule of the widget, not usually the inventory comp
pulsar pulsar
i did it on pre-construct but not sure how it's supposed to work
i'm just trying to make the slots bigger in the ugp
gentle urchin
Branch on the bool and add the slots if true
This code only runs in editor
You need a var that exist in the widget
For amount and columns
You can make two new ints
PreviewSlots PreviewsColumns
Mark them instance editable
trim matrix
anyone know where the file is located for the BP macros that UE has ?
need to yeet the file to fix something thats happening
pulsar pulsar
probably scaled ?
like a Fit To Screen option? or in the details. I cant find anything of scale to fit or similar
gentle urchin
more like... they're forced smaller by owning widget containers
if you add the preview
you can see this far more easily
versed sun
like a Fit To Screen option? or in the details. I cant find anything of scale to...
Are you hard coding the Grid's sizebox?
here is how to calulate it
pulsar pulsar
like even if i increase min desired slot width/height, all it doesis just stretch the slot widgets apart (more like pads them apart)
torpid juniper
Aight
Thanks to your help i was able to make a quick test where i can press a key and it spawns a chest with random number of items and each chest has its own unique inventory 🙂
pulsar pulsar
Are you hard coding the Grid's sizebox?
here is how to calulate it
but this doesnt set the slot sizes tho? this sif or a sixe box? or am i confusing myself
versed sun
You can control the Size of each Button/Icon with "Icon Size"
The total size of the grid will be calculated after you add things to it
the Size of the Icon in inside its own widget
pulsar pulsar
but thats a custom variable?
gentle urchin
Nice
versed sun
Not sure why it x4 at the bottom, I thought it should be 2 but it was streached like you were getting
pulsar pulsar
my brain
i love learning, but i dont love suffering
😂
thanks to both of you for all the help ❤️
versed sun
got it ?
pulsar pulsar
Yes siiiiirrrrrrr
gentle urchin
Noise
pulsar pulsar
so now, would any of you know why I suddenly got this tint on the widget after adding it to a "main" widget?
versed sun
Nice, now... what if you only want 32 slots? and have a 6x6 grid
you bumped a Borders Tint?
pulsar pulsar
hmmmm
pulsar pulsar
Nice, now... what if you only want 32 slots? and have a 6x6 grid
What do you mean? 😁 I was gonna have this as default inventory size
versed sun
you can spot changed values more easily if you check this on the Gear
If your looking for the color tint thing
versed sun
What do you mean? 😁 I was gonna have this as default inventory size
but.. what if ? 🙂
pulsar pulsar
but.. what if ? 🙂
uhm.... by doing more maths? 😂
versed sun
gentle urchin
but.. what if ? 🙂
I see you also specifying rows and columns
random pulsar
hello guys can someone help with a predict projectile path system? how can i control the speed during the game by clicking 1 and 2 is strange,also it is for mobile so i need somehow ti control it by joystick
i would appreciate any help
pulsar pulsar
You could fill out the remainders with clearly unavaliable slots
true, but not the most desired solution i'd guess. I see where he's coming from and if i have guessed it correctly, by using his calculation (maybe not even entirely same) I would not have to deal with an ugly inventory or disabled slots? 🤔
gentle urchin
Youd still have to deal with it
Theres numbers thats not cleanly divisible
7
13
versed sun
Disabled ones
gentle urchin
Id say thats acceptable
versed sun
You can also auto-scale the Rows/Columns
1-9 items = 3x3
10-36 items = 6x6
36+ items = 10x(%10 +1) or something
so different containers have different views
pulsar pulsar
i suppose yea
gentle urchin
Get the root of a size to find the closest fit ?
Not sure it matters at that point
If it dont fit, it doesnt matter how mich
versed sun
Small pouch, 3x3 grid
Chest 6x6
Bank 10x10
gentle urchin
Plus root isnt perfect
versed sun
have preset sizes
gentle urchin
Sounds good
versed sun
Then its 1 Widget, and can scale to whatever is needed
pulsar pulsar
you guys thinking further ahead than I'am 😂
gentle urchin
We know where this is headed lol
pulsar pulsar
that is fair enough, i'll get there someday myself I suppose 😂 one day..
the only thing in ym head rn is opacity... alpha... opacity... 😂
versed sun
didnt find it yet?
pulsar pulsar
nopeeee
been playing with all colors i could find to see whats causing it
it wasnt like this until I moved the Inventory widget out of the main widget
the only other thing I have is background blur but i removed it to test wihtout and that wasn't it either
versed sun
If its fine in your Inventory widget, maybe its under something in the Main Widget that you added it to
Its not Disabled , is it ? that tints it out
pulsar pulsar
what is disabled?
versed sun
Is Enabled?
gentle urchin
(Not)
versed sun
It isn't not disabled
pulsar pulsar
yes there was one that was not enabled 😂
that fixed it, cheers again guys
i can finally relax
for abit
versed sun
^ 0/36
gentle urchin
Derping from time to time
pulsar pulsar
0/0 is going to be weight 😁
pulsar pulsar
haven't implemented yet
pulsar pulsar
i was going for a spatial inventory (Reid Tutorial) but I felt it was going to be too much for my limited knowledge. I do still have a working example of it incase I ever want to use that
gentle urchin
Spatial -> jigsaw?
versed sun
Diablo?
pulsar pulsar
so I thought instead of slot by icon size limits, i'd do weight
like DayZ or EFT
i cant think of any other game that uses it, that i've also played
gentle urchin
Both arbitrary inventory constraints
pulsar pulsar
Both arbitrary inventory constraints
english please 😂
i just twisted my tounge reading arbitrary
i'm not english native btw lol
Spatial
pulsar pulsar
ahhh, I assumed there was a tons of words for it because I had no idea what to search for when I was looking for this kinda inventory
surreal juniper
Hey, due to a bug I had to remake the 3d character blueprint. How do I make it so that the capsule/mesh's rotation is independent from the camera's movement?
surreal juniper
Turn on or off?
I'll check it out
Doesn't work. Checked or unchecked, either I can't move the camera or the model still rotates with the camera
lunar sleet
Where are you making the changes, on the char?
surreal juniper
What do you mean?
The "use controller rotation" checks are attached to self
Not any of the components
surreal juniper
Well I have a revelation. I was able to disconnect the camera's movement from the camera by unchecking the yaw. Now, though, the model doesn't turn at all
It did before when i moved
The code is the exact same as it was before so maybe it isn't in the code? I can open a new template if you think I still should
found it! thank you both for the help
lunar sleet
Ah I would have suggested that but I didn’t realize you meant while moving mb
rich compass
It does not work
night trench
If I have multiple ongoing input nodes running into the same function, does that function fire 4 times more frequently than one or does it get filtered down into one ongoing input?
And if not, is there a way to make it just one continuous input? 🤔
lunar sleet
It does not work
Interfaces are tricky. Did you implement the interface in the second bp?
lunar sleet
If I have multiple ongoing input nodes running into the same function, does that...
Entirely depends on what you mean by ongoing input nodes
night trench
Entirely depends on what you mean by ongoing input nodes
These ones.
lunar sleet
These ones.
Ok, what is it you’re actually trying to achieve, why would you have 4 different keys trigger the same thing
night trench
Ok, what is it you’re actually trying to achieve, why would you have 4 different...
In this case I'm trying to achieve custom movement by firing the 4 axis of control into one function that I wrote in C++ (to release myself from the shackles of the baked in movement component).
But as I began asking this question I'm wondering wether or not I can make an input node that makes a 2d-axis of those four directions, which would make life a lot easier 🤔
stuck sentinel
helpppppppppp
last guy said i didnt set the var to the widget but i did look top right
versed sun
That's just Declaring that it exists, you need to set WHAT its talking about
the WHAT is the Return Value from Create WB Chest Widget
Drag your ChestWidget in the graph and Set it between Create Widget and Add to viewport
and , either Set visibility , or remove it
pulsar pulsar
Allright I'm back guys, with a brand new brain twister 😂 Why on earth would I be getting "Blueprint Runtime Error: "Accessed None trying to read property InventoryComponent". Node: Branch Graph: ForLoop Function: Update Inventory UI Blueprint: WBP_InventoryNew" on the for loop ? 🤔
screenshots are in order, top left to right
frigid swallow
Does anyone know why my character is doing this after I changed some animations and blendpsaces?
pulsar pulsar
Allright I'm back guys, with a brand new brain twister 😂 Why on earth would I ...
the inventory component is part of the character BP and not just a variable ref
versed sun
Allright I'm back guys, with a brand new brain twister 😂 Why on earth would I ...
In pic 2 , right click on Inventory Comp and click Conver to validate Get
gentle urchin
the inventory component is part of the character BP and not just a variable ref
Its a component in the charbp?
pulsar pulsar
Its a component in the charbp?
yes exactly
pulsar pulsar
In pic 2 , right click on Inventory Comp and click Conver to validate Get
ah, will try
versed sun
If not valid , print
versed sun
and this one is valid ?
pulsar pulsar
it is not... hmm
pulsar pulsar
No it's there 🤔
versed sun
are you getting the Function's Input Variable ?
pulsar pulsar
Her'es the first one, happens inside the main widget.
versed sun
ok, might got it...
versed sun
Inside a function with Inputs, all the inputs get there own Getter, at the bottom of context
But , you can also have a 'real' variable with same name
pulsar pulsar
I still had these bad boys in the event graph of the inventory widget
versed sun
New Param bool are 2 different variables
pulsar pulsar
they were connected tho before i took the screenie
versed sun
1 of the New Param is the getter from the function, but it can be named the same thing
makes like harderer
versed sun
eveywhere else dosnt let you name things the same
frosty heron
easy way is to add prefix for local variable
L_MyVariable
thats what I observe other people do 👉 👈
can you even name it the same
I think editor will scream at us
versed sun
same :), but its the generated Input from the Func
frosty heron
ohhh right
seen someone set the incoming input to local variable
then work with it
but probably redundant I dunnoe
gentle urchin
In the old days
The inputs werent already local vars you could get
So local vars was the only option
frigid swallow
Does anyone know why my character is doing this after I changed some animations and blendpsaces?
lofty rapids
looks like your animations aren't solid, they are moving
i mean they are not in the same position, but move outward
frosty heron
your skeleton move forward but root motion doesn't exist
so when it's completed u get rubber banded
with root motion however, the root motion will translate your capsule component
lofty rapids
so if you set root motion, it won't move out like that ?
frosty heron
so u don't get rubber banded
it won't get rubber banded if you have root motion applied though for movement u probably don't want that
lofty rapids
I did from mixamo have an issue where some of the animations wouldn't stay in place, so now i can use them ig, nice
frosty heron
your animation should stay in place
To visually check, open console and type Show Collision
You will see that the character went ahead of the capsule component
there should be option to force root lock or something like that in the animation detail tab
lunar sleet
With what?
sage jasper
Is there a way I can check which type of AA method is being used in blueprints? I'm working on a menu where the user can change the Anti Alising method being used. I found a console command to actually excute the change. However, I need a way to check what method is being used so I can change some UI things.
tight pollen
With what?
with my question
lunar sleet
with my question
Your question made no sense
lunar sleet
Is there a way I can check which type of AA method is being used in blueprints? ...
Try #visual-fx they might know
tight pollen
Your question made no sense
is storing a variable in SaveGameObject ok?
lunar sleet
is storing a variable in SaveGameObject ok?
Yes, that is what is for, why are you even asking that lol
lunar sleet
Have you tried to save one?
grizzled beacon
Guys it's clear that I can't get game instance from a data asset, but what if I pass the game instance reference to the data asset event through a variable instead?
supple dome
Guys it's clear that I can't get game instance from a data asset, but what if I ...
why
grizzled beacon
why
From data asset can't use the node "get game instance"
The stupid limitation of unreal
supple dome
why do you have logic inside a data asset
supple dome
have logic somewhere else
grizzled beacon
where?
supple dome
anywhere thats not a data asset
data assets arent meant for logic, they are meant for data
grizzled beacon
I cant put the logic for 5k different items in a game mode, game instance or player controller
that's foolness
supple dome
i agree
grizzled beacon
and this shit of engine
don't have persistent data
in exception of basic stuff like strings, integer, or structs
the only persistent thing could be a class pointer
which makes me able to access data as "class defaults" which already is something useful
instead it likes to have objects of everything, which got reset when you change level
I don't know how many LSD Trips got the developers when they thought this way of working o.O
supple dome
queen heron
for some reason, it fails to cast
I'm tryna add a horizontal box from a different widget into a vertical box from this widget
Add Child node works fine
but the momment I try to cast either a verticalBoxSlot or horizonta, it fails
faint pasture
Does anyone know why my character is doing this after I changed some animations ...
Show the capsule
frosty heron
for some reason, it fails to cast
Then simply what you are casting is not horizontalBoxslot or child of it
faint pasture
for some reason, it fails to cast
Is Player a HorizontalBoxSlot?
queen heron
Is Player a HorizontalBoxSlot?
its a whole widget
lunar sleet
and this shit of engine
- Don’t fight the engine.
- You should try to understand what a DA is for, rather than lash out at people giving you guidance.
- You save stuff in save game objects
queen heron
made of a horizontal box and two text components
faint pasture
for some reason, it fails to cast
Print the class of the return value
faint pasture
made of a horizontal box and two text components
You want to cast to whatever class it is to reach in and touch the horizontal box
it isn't a horizontal box, it HAS a horizontal box
casting is a "is a" question
casting X to A is asking "is X an instance of A?"
queen heron
oh pffff, I'm short minded
faint pasture
You probably want to get the slot's child widget
grizzled beacon
1. Don’t fight the engine.
2. You should try to understand what a DA is for, rat...
Wherever I save stuff, this doesn't fix the problem in where to have logic, and I was asking if it could work lol
faint pasture
which will be whatever you just shoved in there
gentle urchin
Wherever I save stuff, this doesn't fix the problem in where to have logic, and ...
You'd have a spawnable itembase that would have the logic
the itembase could get its data from a DA
queen heron
which will be whatever you just shoved in there
it all works fine now
really need to get used to using the print string more often....
lunar sleet
Wherever I save stuff, this doesn't fix the problem in where to have logic, and ...
It’s not designed to work that way. Think of DAs/DTs as just .csv with values in them for reading. Logic should be elsewhere, getting the necessary data from the DA/DT
grizzled beacon
You'd have a spawnable itembase that would have the logic
That's what I just did in creating the classes...
gentle urchin
So then you dont need any logic in the DT
DT holds static information
or DA
same thing different wrapping
They can have very simple logic (DA's) for Getting stuff from it in a more ... user friendly way
but their data is considered static for all intents and purposes
grizzled beacon
Yeah, that's why I put the logic in the classes
gentle urchin
Perfect
grizzled beacon
I was just asking if could work passing the game instance as variable..
lunar sleet
I was just asking if could work passing the game instance as variable..
It doesn’t exist before runtime
gentle urchin
It would work, but it's a weird thing to do
lunar sleet
So you can’t reference something that hasn’t been created first
gentle urchin
no reason the static data should hold a reference to GI
gentle urchin
It doesn’t exist before runtime
you'd have to update it at runtime for it to work
lunar sleet
you'd have to update it at runtime for it to work
Kinda pointless to store it at that point
grizzled beacon
Yeah, the GI fires the event from the data asset class
gentle urchin
Kinda pointless to store it at that point
for sure.
gentle urchin
Yeah, the GI fires the event from the data asset class
Wha?
What event is this?
Why is the GI involved at all
grizzled beacon
Ok, I'll try to explain the whole logic
gentle urchin
thanks
grizzled beacon
Game istance has a map: Character Class | Character Struct. The character is used to store the character reference, the struct contains data (HP, MP, ETC)
I used ad interface attached to the data asset class
The Game instance pass itself to the interface as variable, and the DA Class will heal characters in it or do other stuff
I was wondering if that could work
Since I access to the GI from an interface through it's referenced variable and not the DA itself
gentle urchin
So you ARE putting logic in the DA
gentle urchin
you can hack your way around regular DA limits to make it manipulate other stuff
but it's a very very uncommon approach
grizzled beacon
this way the main class works as a controller, and all the DA works as containers for data to be retrieved
frosty heron
but it's a very *very* uncommon approach
potentially terrible one?
gentle urchin
potentially
grizzled beacon
How you guys would manage an "item effect" having the character data stored in the game instance then?
gentle urchin
the usable_base class has a onUse event
Which does what it needs to do .. .grabs the data from the referenced DA , grabs the game instance, and calls an event to manipulate..
frosty heron
I don't favour going to game instance for my char stats
grizzled beacon
the usable_base class has a onUse event
the base class is "Object" in UE, I don't know of any "usable class"
gentle urchin
but lets pretend we do
gentle urchin
the base class is "Object" in UE, I don't know of any "usable class"
I'd have a baseclass AActor
thats actually what i do
grizzled beacon
Actor baseclass are meant to be spawnable stuff in levels...
Isn't that a "hacky way" too? lol
gentle urchin
It is spawnable
It must be
now it may sound overkill for something like a health pot
but it's not for a one-time-use firework with niagara effects
and it's handy being able to spawn or set a mesh, attach it to the players hand etc etc etc
and if you dont need that, AActor is pretty cheap to spawn anyways
grizzled beacon
ok, so the engine doesn't have a real way to do that kind of stuff. LOL
gentle urchin
if you say so
grizzled beacon
every way is a "workaround" to achieve that
grizzled beacon
yeah
the super engine which isn't able to asyncly wait for a level to load with Open Level. LMFAO
"no, better manage 12930812903812 levels in an empty container. makes much more sense"
gentle urchin
We're just saying you're trying to hack a made-to-be static class to do dynamic shit, instead of using the dynamic actor that exist for the purpose of what you wanna do
grizzled beacon
that's why when I see things like FF VII Remake the devs need a statue to achieve stuff like that
gentle urchin
"no, better manage 12930812903812 levels in an empty container. makes much more ...
what?
gentle urchin
you can load a level async
grizzled beacon
"Get stuck -> Levels Load -> wait bro, I have to load shaders and stuff"
grizzled beacon
you can load a level async
only with level instance afaik
which means having an empty map, and losing a life unloading and loading stuff -> The most dev\user friendly thing ever
gentle urchin
If you're only here to rant, im sure there's better channels.
nobody's forcing you to use it
grizzled beacon
no mate, you tell me about "hacky ways" and I answer
gentle urchin
go for your hacky way then
grizzled beacon
nothing seems to be made to work as it should, so the only way deep in order to achieve something nice are hacky ways
gentle urchin
"as it should"
grizzled beacon
as you see with proprietary engine made games
gentle urchin
they use data assets to do dynamic stuff?
grizzled beacon
data assets is a class derived from Object, so...
gentle urchin
yes, instantiated by the engine
as singleton
definetly not ment for your purposes
grizzled beacon
as far as I know, if I construct an object and make the game mode as owner, it will go to the garbage collection
but the whole point was at the beginning "will it work?", wasn't able to have an answer, so gotta test it the hard way
grizzled beacon
nope, you just said "DA aren't made for this" , which is not a yes and a no neither :|
gentle urchin
You are able to , at runtime, pass in a valid gameinstance to a DA, which you then can use elsewhere
grizzled beacon
You are able to , at runtime, pass in a valid gameinstance to a DA, which you th...
Ahhh so it will work
Thank you :)
grizzled beacon
Cool
ebon olive
hi why this doesnt work when i press a button? but it rotates when it is on tick event
frosty heron
But you're fighting the engine architecture, so do at your own risks 🙂
he should rant in #cpp, gonna get roasted to hell and back
gentle urchin
he should rant in <#221799439008923648>, gonna get roasted to hell and back
there'd be no end to it
frosty heron
hi why this doesnt work when i press a button? but it rotates when it is on tick...
if it doesn't print hello then it's not called
try to look at videos at how to setup enhanced input if that's the case
loud bridge
is there any easy way to flip all the spline points? that is to say, the last spline point should be the first and vice verse - not sure how it got that way but i must've done something weird
ebon olive
if it doesn't print hello then it's not called
no the print is called.
but it wont rotate
when i press a button
edgy ingot
when i press a button
Print string your rot speed
versed sun
is there any easy way to flip all the spline points? that is to say, the *last* ...
If the points are in an array , you can Reverse it
versed sun
hi why this doesnt work when i press a button? but it rotates when it is on tick...
Started Fires once on press, you want Triggered for on tick
oak fable
any clue why is that error ?
versed sun
Did you compile BP Alexios ?
civic garden
Hello, I have different blueprints and I added an actor component to each blueprint. I want the component to work separately for each blueprint. Is there any way to do this?
lofty rapids
get owner, cast for each one ?
civic garden
I think I'm doing that
edgy ingot
I think I'm doing that
So whats the issue?
Get owner would return the owner of the component
civic garden
edgy ingot
You generally want to do that as the comp should work accross different bps
civic garden
It just spawning one of them
oak fable
how can i use the tags instead of the class ?
edgy ingot
how can i use the tags instead of the class ?
Use tags in what way?
Video dont load in my potato phone
lunar sleet
It’s a weird extension I wouldn’t event try opening it tbh
edgy ingot
Oof
oak fable
Use tags in what way?
to check if that actor that got hit has the tag enemy then i can apply damage or do anything else
lunar sleet
Has tag
edgy ingot
I would consider using interface
edgy ingot
Actorimplementinterface
lunar sleet
Does implement 🙂
tight pollen
how can i optimize widgets?
edgy ingot
Does implement 🙂
This 😂
lunar sleet
how can i optimize widgets?
In what way
tight pollen
if i have 400 widgets in one place then my FPS drops
lunar sleet
Do they all have canvas panels?
tight pollen
yes
zealous moth
Do they all have canvas panels?
what's wrong with that?
lunar sleet
Afaik canvas panels are expensive and it’s better to use other components
But I’m no #umg expert
zealous moth
sigh........
versed sun
There's special widgets for handling many widgets, you doing a grid ?
gentle urchin
a few sure, but 400?
There's no reason for 400 widgets to exist and have their own canvas
If this is something like damagenumbers, and it makes sense to throw 400 widgets in the players face (not like it's gonna do much good), then there's smarter ways to handle it
gentle urchin
This seems old
gentle urchin
It's not updated with the new field bindings
This is still true,
but they've added some new stuff that is far more efficient
Guess it's still event driven tho
since you gotta manually call them whenever they change 😛
lofty rapids
so there should be three sets of grid ?
civic garden
civic garden
so there should be three sets of grid ?
Yes. For every object, different grids.
lofty rapids
Yes. For every object, different grids.
how are you creating the grid, it looks like it's setting to the last one, if you add another ig it will just do a grid on the new one ?
civic garden
I'm getting the Owner -> actor transform. Getting the scale values x, y for the grid size.
civic garden
how are you creating the grid, it looks like it's setting to the last one, if yo...
Yes. It's setting to the last one. But I didn't figure it out.
lofty rapids
looks like you destroy all of them ?
frosty heron
You are getting all actor of class.... and destroying them
lofty rapids
civic garden
Yes
frosty heron
this will end up leaving only one actor in the world with those grid cells
lofty rapids
you can do that ?
civic garden
Sorry 😄
civic garden
I didn't see that. I did that because for debug
frosty heron
You should contain the GirdCells in the relevant component and only destroy the grid cells related to the component
civic garden
I want to find the correct offset value. I forgot to delete it
tight pollen
I removed CanvasPanel in widgets, but I still have the same FPS as before
civic garden
Thank you so much.
frigid swallow
Does anyone know why my character won't change it's animation? I have it set like this: Bottom is idle, middle is walk, and top is run. Then, left side is turn-left, and right side is turn-right.
Then I have this piece of code in the animation blueprint to control the two variables. Hoever, the player character doesn't change animations no matter what.
lofty rapids
Does anyone know why my character won't change it's animation? I have it set lik...
and those variables are hooked up to your animation ?
so your actually using them somewhere ?
inputting them into the blendspace
frigid swallow
like this?
lofty rapids
Does anyone know why my character won't change it's animation? I have it set lik...
is the cast failing ?
frigid swallow
How do I tell which player index to use?
frigid swallow
single player
lofty rapids
i mean just use the default, it will get your character
frigid swallow
well, this still causes the cast to fail
lofty rapids
so your using bp thirdpersoncharacter ?
frigid swallow
yes
lofty rapids
hmm, i wonder why it would fail i'm still new to unreal
so i know only a little bit
look in your world settings in your override, and your sure that character is in there ?
or maybe you possess something else ?
frosty heron
Get player pawn? Wth
dawn gazelle
Yea anim instance you want pawn owner.
frosty heron
Regardless of the player
lofty rapids
ya that's what they had
dawn gazelle
If it's failing that means the mesh that is running the anim instance isn't a BP_ThirdPersonCharacter OR they are looking at the "Preview" instance.
lofty rapids
well, this still causes the cast to fail
put it back to try owner, probably more knowledgable people can fix the problem
frigid swallow
alr, thanks anyways
frosty heron
put it back to try owner, probably more knowledgable people can fix the problem
Think of 3 characters that use the anim instance in the world. 1 is controlled by the player the other is controlled by a.i or not controlled at all.
Get player pawn will get the player pawn so that's what it read. So if the player character move, the other 2 character will also play moving animation even tho they r not moving
dawn gazelle
well, this still causes the cast to fail
When the game is running, you can select the instance you want to preview. The "Preview Instance" is the mesh you're seeing on the left which will never have a pawn owner, hence the cast failing.
lofty rapids
Think of 3 characters that use the anim instance in the world. 1 is controlled b...
makes sense
frigid swallow
When the game is running, you can select the instance you want to preview. The ...
so how would I fix the issue?
dawn gazelle
so how would I fix the issue?
There is no issue. it's a matter of you're looking at the wrong instance.
Hit Play > Select the instance you want to preview. The cast should be succeeding on a valid owner.
frigid swallow
Does anyone know why my character won't change it's animation? I have it set lik...
Oh, that worked, thanks! However, I'm still facing the issue that the animation doesn't change...
lofty rapids
so the cast is not failing ?
frosty heron
Debug with print string. Print your speed, direction
lofty rapids
pain in the ass you got to select an instance whats that all about ?
i mean i'm guessing you don't need to do that in a standalone ?
frank sundial
Hey if im not doing animations do I just leave this out?
ionic palm
Hi guys I had my ship setup to be possesed by a linecast but wanted to change it to an actual wheel location now I am done testing and without keyboard events using my interact keybind.
I have a box on my boat around the wheel and I know my player is triggering the overlap event as the "Press E" widget appears when I am in it.
However it does not seem to be changing the boolean of "AtShipsWheel" to true as when I press my interact key nothing happens.
This seems odd as this is how I have my other interactable items set up and the only part of the BP I have changed is how the logic is initiated for getting on the boat so it should posses properly with the right input.
frigid swallow
Debug with print string. Print your speed, direction
huh, that's interesting. Speed doesn't change, which is normal, but direction barely changes either?? It's supposed to go to -180 when turning arouund...
versed sun
full diaper
dawn gazelle
i mean i'm guessing you don't need to do that in a standalone ?
The thing is that when you're looking at the anim blueprint window, it allows you to see all running copies of the anim instance. The mesh displayed in the anim blueprint window itself is its own instance. Here's what it looks like when you have the game running on multiplayer even.... There's multiple copies because clients each have their own copy running for each character.
This happens with other blueprints as well as you can see how the blueprint is executing at run time but there can be multiple copies of that blueprint running, so you have to select the appropriate instance you want to view.
lofty rapids
makes sense
dawn gazelle
Like here.. This is the actor blueprint at runtime, allowing me to select any of the spawned versions that exist.
lofty rapids
Hey if im not doing animations do I just leave this out?
if you don't need it might as well leave it out, if it's needed keep it in
i would leave it there and just keep it unplugged test it out make sure everything works
then get rid of it
frigid swallow
Does anyone know how I can make layered blend per bone only affect certain animations? I want it to blend the top and bottom when swinging a sword, but don't blend when dodging or rolling.
frosty heron
Does anyone know how I can make layered blend per bone only affect certain anima...
Create different montage slot
Eg upper body, full body
Sword swing will use upper body slot
While montage such as opening chest uses full body slot
Gonna go to bed, gl
frigid swallow
k thanks
quick field
Does anyone know how to get hit detection in amount of seconds? Like if I'm moving and I collide with the wall, but I keep pushing toward the wall, after 2 seconds I want to do something
frigid swallow
Just test for hit, then give it a delay of 2 seconds, and if it's still overlapping, do something
quick field
Just test for hit, then give it a delay of 2 seconds, and if it's still overlapp...
Man, I really overcomplicate things sometimes
thanks
frigid swallow
no problem, glad to help
surreal bridge
I am working on changing the games resolution and I have it working, but it doesn't change the window size and nothing looks different.
I am getting the resolution and printing it so I can see what it is when it changes and when it does change, it is the right resolution
tight pollen
Some tips for optimize 1000 widgets in canvas panel?
gentle urchin
reduce widgets
tight pollen
But i can't
zealous moth
here's the #1 tip: whatever you don't use: collapse it
dark drum
Some tips for optimize 1000 widgets in canvas panel?
Why do you have so many widgets?
native ferry
Some tips for optimize 1000 widgets in canvas panel?
the invalidation box didn't work?
thin panther
But i can't
gonna have to show us what you're doing. I find this extremely hard to believe
There isn't a single game on the planet that needs 1000 widgets rendering at once
tough atlas
Used d=√((x_2-x_1)²+(y_2-y_1)²) to stop prop surfing 🙂
tight pollen
If I scale it I see 1000 widgets
tough atlas
@wild crater
dark drum
If I scale it I see 1000 widgets
You'll need to show what you're doing. Without context it can be difficult to recommend alternative methods.
thin panther
A skill tree with 1000 skills sounds painful to manage
why not split it into smaller trees
or perhaps have predefined layers to scroll up
tough atlas
Scroll boxes?
dark drum
A skill tree with 1000 skills sounds painful to manage
I doubt I'd be able to think of 20 skills let alone 1000 haha.
tight pollen
Big project 😅
thin panther
There's big, and there's unmanagable
you should definitely be approaching this and splitting it into more manageable chunks
think of it from your average consumer's POV
any player would get overwhelmed at scrolling out and seeing that.
the bonus for you is you get to handle it in a more manageable way for not only your player but their systems
dark drum
Big project 😅
You've still not provided context though. Why not start by showing the widgets and explaining what they are and what you're trying to achieve.
thin panther
then we can't really help you
dark drum
I have a contract, I can't show
There's not really much we can help with then.
In all honesty though it sounds like an issue with the design. But you've not really provided much information to say for sure. 😉
tight pollen
Is it possible, for example, to render the entire contents of the canvas panel and display it as one image?
dark drum
Is it possible, for example, to render the entire contents of the canvas panel a...
Not that I'm aware of.
thin panther
same here
and nothing that would let you keep your interaction either
my honest advice if you do need behemoth skill tree, is split it into layers you can scroll between, like a scrollbox.
So rather than zooming out, you just pan around
dark drum
Tabs for categories can be another good one as well. I prefer as long as the number of tabs doesn't get too big.
thin panther
But yeah, you'll definitely want to approach this as a design reorder.like instead of a behemoth tree, you could even have subtrees
although no matter where you go for something like this, outside of the tabs idea, you're gonna be breaking good ui design principles.
tight pollen
There is seriously no solution to what I want? For me it's just 1000 widgets 😅
thin panther
you're asking something insane.
1000 widgets is an unfathomably large amount to have drawing at once
you need to cull those numbers down
having some way to reduce the number you're drawing at any given time is the way to go here.
grim saddle
yo, what blueprint can i use for making multiple features on 1 key?
tight pollen
I can handle it, nothing is impossible
edgy axle
bro is really tryina make the next Path of Exile with 1000 skills
tight pollen
1000 widgets is nothing 😀
edgy axle
path of exile has the largest skill tree, and it's 1325 skills
thin panther
🤦
thin panther
not confusing whatsoever
edgy axle
oh yeah they've also got a second skill tree
so fun
highly doubt you're gonna be able to get 1000 skills
but yk
versed sun
oh yeah they've also got a second skill tree
Exactly what i was thinking of
thin panther
the only suggestion i could begin to give would be down in c++.
I don't think there is any possible way UMG can handle this without stripping out some stuff
you are in expert level territory here
industry-veteran-with-a-source-build-and-a-vengeance
edgy axle
hope this guy isn't tryina do this solo
thin panther
yep, as expected, PoE is built on a proprietary engine. So they definitely have custom things written to manage exactly these kinds of insane systems
i retract my previous statment. 1 game on this planet needs this level of widgets
although very loose meaning on "need" there 😆
tight pollen
The same as in PoE is not a problem
thin panther
what do you mean
tight pollen
In this game what I do, this widgets are much bigger and has more functions 😅
thin panther
yeah this isn't going to be possible unless you are gonna have a completely custom build of the engine or do the easier thing and just not render all 1000 at once
it really isn't a big deal to just not do that
tight pollen
Ok, I see that I can't do without C++
dark drum
This could easily be redesigned to have groupings that you click on to zoom in. Zoomed out it would just show a single icon until you zoom in and just show the things inside.
Plus it would be much more user friendly.
sharp steppe
Is there a way to check when camera finish blending?
tight pollen
This could easily be redesigned to have groupings that you click on to zoom in. ...
Good idea 🤔
thin panther
This could easily be redesigned to have groupings that you click on to zoom in. ...
yeah the path of exile one is so needlessly complicated lol
if like 12 websites exist to help your users use your skilltree, you overcomplicated your skilltree
:P
but yeah i definitely like the idea of in-tree groupings
cleaner than tabs, and easier than panning around
you could even make hotkeys to focus a specific group for your more advanced users to quickly look at things
and you still lie cleanly in the ui design principles
win-win-win
ionic palm
Hi guys I had my ship setup to be possesed by a linecast but wanted to change it...
Anybody got any ideas on this I'm still not sure?
formal narwhal
Anyone know how I can implement collide and slide on an actor with add world offset? I'm making a 2d game locked to XZ and want to implement custom gravity/collision response. Not using pawn or character.
If a tutorial exists I'd like to see it.
stark patio
I have made an enemy that flys after the player. It does this by applying a force on event tick, does anyone know if there is a better more optimized way to do this?
formal narwhal
I have made an enemy that flys after the player. It does this by applying a forc...
You can try the projectile component which has a homing feauture if im not mistaken, but im sure that the component uses an event tick as well. Also what are you trying to optimize? If it's not causing issues then there is nothing to optimize.
is your enemy a pawn?
stark patio
You can try the projectile component which has a homing feauture if im not mista...
its not causing issues... right now but in the future when we have a lot of other enemies and projectiles and stuff it probably will so i would like to make it as optimized as possible from the start ( ye the homing i think also goes by event tivk)
stark patio
is your enemy a pawn?
no just an actor
formal narwhal
You can also use a heading vector * velocity vector to move your component with add world offset.
target vector would just be the difference of your enemy and target. Then you could interpolate rotation of your heading with your target vector
tough atlas
Anyone know how to stop this jittering when walking over objects
Throws the camera around too much
stark patio
Anyone know how to stop this jittering when walking over objects
maybe try changing it so that the player cant walk up on objects (if it wouldnt ruin your game)
noble ledge
Question, how do I create this GET variable with the valid pins?
stark patio
You can also use a heading vector * velocity vector to move your component with ...
ok so i tried that just now and it didnt really improve performance and didnt really work as well (at least with the quick implimentation i did)
versed sun
Question, how do I create this GET variable with the valid pins?
Right click and Convert to Validate get
brain farted on me...
noble ledge
ah cool thank you!
gritty plover
Hey, anybody know if this starts at 0 or 1? So would Jan 1st be 0 or 1?
native ferry
Used d=√((x_2-x_1)²+(y_2-y_1)²) to stop prop surfing 🙂
quick tip, use a math expression node
just type in what you just wrote and it will do the math for you
native ferry
Hey, anybody know if this starts at 0 or 1? So would Jan 1st be 0 or 1?
print it and you'll see
but i doubt it starts at 0 lol
oak fable
is there is a way to any get the objects or pawn with specific tag in sphere trace
oh nvm i found a way to do it
tough atlas
quick tip, use a math expression node
Having trouble trying to add the powers and square root to the node
D = √ ((X2-x1)² + (Y2-Y1)²)
Anyone know how to put this into the math expression node?
tough atlas
sqrt(power(X2-X1)+power(Y2-Y1))
makes this
not sure how to increase the powers though
to a factor of 2
oak fable
in actor to ignore
how can i call the other actors like other friendly Ai and so on
thin panther
not sure how to increase the powers though
just add a comma is my guess.
i.e. power((X2 - X1), 2)
thin panther
np
limber citrus
is there anything except these that is global scope and doesnt depend on world?
I want to save some variables there and read them from multiple editor tools that only run during editor time
frosty heron
Maybe you want to look up editor sub system. I haven't done any editor utility stuff but it may require some cpp
ebon olive
Hi sorry. I added two inputs under the same Input Action. How do I make them correspond to true and false for A and D, respectively?
jade lintel
Hi sorry. I added two inputs under the same Input Action. How do I make them cor...
Use the action value pin
And set the one you want to return false to have a negate modifier in the mapping context
ebon olive
Use the action value pin
hi thank you! sorry do u mean in the blueprint? i create a nod of action value?
jade lintel
There is a pin on the action event node
jade lintel
hi thank you! sorry do u mean in the blueprint? i create a nod of action value?
Below completed
And add a modifier to the "D" event on the action mapping (first image)
"Negate"
ebon olive
And add a modifier to the "D" event on the action mapping (first image)
oh yea i did. sorry but the print string is still true. is it because of how i set my print string node? jsut wondering
oak fable
hey there
is there is a way to set a delay after the first started event on the input action so i wont be able to spam the button
frosty heron
hey there
is there is a way to set a delay after the first started event on the...
Have something to check if you are allowed to commit the dodge
Make a PURE function, call it 'can roll'
In that function you want to add all the condition you need, eg bOnCooldown, etc
You can then use timer to control the cool down. Start a timer right after you roll, and set the bOnCooldown to true. Then when the timer expires set rhe OnCooldowm back to false
jade lintel
oh yea i did. sorry but the print string is still true. is it because of how i s...
I'll try it when i get back home
edgy axle
oh yea i did. sorry but the print string is still true. is it because of how i s...
are you setting the print string from the action value?
it should be like this
and use triggered, not started
ah well actually doesnt really matter
pulsar pulsar
Why am I not able to add child actors of a base class to a array of the base class? 🤔
pulsar pulsar
My array is created inside my inventory component, maybe a stronger ref is needed.
more than just the variable of array type ItemBase 🤔 feel like i shouldn't have to though
frosty heron
Wth is a stronger ref
For the variable type you generally want to pick the base class
Like for dogs cats, mice, puppey. The base class you want is animal
pulsar pulsar
oh dont mind me, my brain is working on 10% 😂 i barely slept, damn cat woke me up at 7am
frosty heron
Since the animals mention above are children of animal
pulsar pulsar
yea because, when i breakpoint to check if it's been added there is none inside, even if i check using contains base class or if i check the way i did in the screenshot
always getting the false print btw
frosty heron
Then you probably never add those actor to the array in your inventory component
pulsar pulsar
but the actor gets destroyed when the added bool checks true, which it does
however, i never check if it's actually valid tho
wait, should i do Array Add or Set Array Element
because the array size is already determined on beginplay
frosty heron
Get ref of the object you want to add. Get ref of the inventory. From the inventory array, drag and type asd
Add*
Then connect the object u want to add to the add node
frosty heron
because the array size is already determined on beginplay
Bp array is dynamic afaik
It will just resize it self if you use the add operation
Maybe I'm wrong since I never test it but I believe it's dynamic array
pulsar pulsar
yea but i need a predetermined size because of it being a inventory, hence the resize, but i tried with adding it to the inventory anyway and it increased the array with Unknown Class 🤔
frosty heron
yea but i need a predetermined size because of it being a inventory, hence the r...
You don't need to specifically tell the array to be a certain size. Not sure if u can even do that
What you should do is do a check when you want to add item to inventory
Let's say add item to inventory functiin
pulsar pulsar
resize function sizes the array to whatever number you want it be
frosty heron
This will check the current size of the inventory, if it exceed the limit then don't add and inform the player the inventory is full
frosty heron
resize function sizes the array to whatever number you want it be
Yup but they don't limit it, you can always resize it. It's a dynamic array
Different with cpp array where you can have fixed size array
You are doing needless work anyway. Apart that it does nothing
All you have to do is a check when you want to add an item.
pulsar pulsar
This is inside my inventoryComponent. I'm not sure we are on the same page or maybe i'm just misunderstanding what you mean
Then I have the Add Item function inside my interact interface of my ItemBase class
frosty heron
That is soo wrong
pulsar pulsar
i'm just having the branch on true for now
frosty heron
Just do add instead of set element
U are setting all your item to one specific incoming item anyway
It will overwrite from beginning till the end
pulsar pulsar
yeaaa, but if i use Array Add, it will put the item into a index one higher than the actual array size, it won't add it if i do a condition for it. The Added item still returns a Unknown Class if i use Array Add
frosty heron
You should just loop with break
If that's how u want to do it
Loop through the inventory, check if the element is valid
The first element it found is not valid, means we can add in that slot
Then just break afterward
Eg. Check if 0 is valid? If valid go to the next one
Check if 1 is valid? No? Then we can set to index 1
gentle urchin
Id make a function simply for finding an empty slot
Its handy to have
With early return with the found index
If you're using object refs theres a "find" node integrated
That can find the first nullptr
Returns the index it found
pulsar pulsar
did I understand you correctly here?
frosty heron
@gentle urchin my lord I need your help 🙇♂️
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=OwpYvZzLWZaIUMUf&v=jhpFX6E-R84&feature=youtu.be
6:28 sry can't paste time in mobile. I saw you smoothly more around the widget from element to element like that. How's that actually done? Any general guidance I can follow.
frosty heron
did I understand you correctly here?
That's not correct, you want to add after the is invalid node then you break
I will do what squize says tho, make a function to find a valid slot index
gentle urchin
<@231467939734355969> my lord I need your help 🙇♂️
https://m.youtube.com/watc...
I used click events, not controller input 😅
frosty heron
I used click events, not controller input 😅
That's fine, I wouldn't have controller too 🙂
Just trying to figure out how to centre the selected element to my screen smoothly
gentle urchin
Lerping
pulsar pulsar
I will do what squize says tho, make a function to find a valid slot index
I added that code into a new function FindEmptySlot
frosty heron
Got that bit, but i don't have much clue with cache geometry and absolute coordinate etc. I suppose they are involved?
I'm confused at how to calculate the camera panning