blueprint

[lofty rapids]

well you can get a random element of an array

[jaunty solstice]

This is an actor utility scripted action.
I am selecting the orignal actors in the viewport, right clicking and applying my script.

[frosty heron]

wdym clone or copy

You are getting a pointer to an object

So you want to select an actor and spawn more actors using the actor class from the actor you selected?

[lofty rapids]

i would probably generate them with a random out of the ones you have selected if you can

so 100 with random of the items

or you can do all three 100 times, just loop through and run it untill some variable like count hits the max

[jaunty solstice]

Yes
So logic would be
Loop thru original array, get actor and clone it and set item in new array?

[frosty heron]

When you spawn the actor you get a ref to it

you can add that to a temporary array

Then once the spawn complete, you can add that temporary array to the original array

Not sure with Editor scripting tho, sounds like a scary operation. What if you delete some of the actor? either crash or get null ptr

[jaunty solstice]

Ok will try a few things. Am I using the Clone node for my new copies or?

[frosty heron]

No idea, the most i did for editor was batch editing parametres on materialinterface assets

never worked with stuff I put in the world

probably more luck in #editor-scripting

like do the changes in ref even presist after you re-load the project?

[lofty rapids]

maybe https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/BlueprintAPI/EditorScripting/LevelUtility/DuplicateActors/

[stark thunder]

Hey. Is there a node for waiting till level is loaded? for Open Level (by Name)

[lofty rapids]

loading the level resets almost everything

[jaunty solstice]

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/1x0V/unreal-engine-automate-with-33-scripted-action-utilities

I am using the IAScatter plugin but the current version doesn't work natively with Geometry Collections.

I need to randomly scatter, rotate and scale several hundred actors within a 3d space.

[frosty heron]

Async load you mean?

[stark thunder]

Maybe yes (new to unreal)

[jaunty solstice]

Thanks

[frosty heron]

Open level is a blocking operation

you don't get callback from that

[undone knoll]

I'm not sure if I'm just being an idiot, but is it possible to get the local player in blueprints?

[frosty heron]

From your character , you can ->GetController

from other places, I dunnoe

ask #multiplayer

[stark thunder]

Hmm so I should use levelbp for something like that?

[frosty heron]

No and nothing to do with levelbp

you can use event begin play in level bp when you want to see if a level is loaaded

[undone knoll]

I can't seem to do it from Controller, I'll ask in multiplayer though! Thanks!

[frosty heron]

U can't do it from the controller, what's the point? A controller that gets a controller?

it will be self

when you do MP stuff if you need to check if the one executing is it local controller,
I think it's the pure function IsLocallyControlled

[dawn gazelle]

When you call "Open Level" almost everything is destroyed save for the Game Instance and some of the references it may have. You can't have additional logic happen after the level loads contained in an actor that was created during the existance of that level as it would be destroyed.

[frosty heron]

but im not 100% sure

[frosty heron]

I tried to keep my widget alive when Transitioning between level

doesn't seem to be possible 😦

override the nattive destruct but it has no effect

[lunar sleet]

Widgets are transient anyways just recreate

[frosty heron]

I want to play fade out effect when the level is loaded

[stark thunder]

Okey. But then I could open the level and inside the levelbp on begin or something i could add the loading screen. Is there a way to find out a level is loaded. or just with a delay?

[frosty heron]

im curious, how do you guys handle loading screen? I don't see an alternative to slate

[lunar sleet]

There’s transition maps 🙂

[frosty heron]

delay not gonna do anything for you

[sonic kraken]

can we change zorder of image in widget bp through blueprints?

[frosty heron]

does that keep widget alive?

[stark thunder]

i mean make a widget and disable user input for a time and then remove widget and give input

[lunar sleet]

I think you async load the level first, then fade out, then open it

[frosty heron]

and I suppose SeamlessTravel only? Because Non Seamless travel must happend in some instance, eg when joining a server

[lunar sleet]

No, it’s like a temporary level

[frosty heron]

Yup, that's what Im doing right now

soo hacky

I async load, Show loading screen, Level Loaded, Fade out My loading screen to black image, Open the level

allright allright, promised to open it tonight 😄

[lunar sleet]

Lyra is suffering but it seems necessary for some things

[frosty heron]

i got loading screen work with slate too but it's ugly as hell

because I don't know how to customise the god damn slates

[gentle urchin]

I just dont

Players prefer dark mode. I give them 0 light emmission mode

(Havn't gotten to it yet, but Lyra looks good)

For the loading screen?

I think my funding suffices for that

[frosty heron]

Using open level and slapping some widget is equivalent to creating fake loading screen

[stark thunder]

Yes kinda

[frosty heron]

You can use Async Load and get callback

but I don't know if you can do that in BP

I was suggested to use Lyra, downloading it right now. but other than that my previous "research" was Action RPG by Epic. It's pretty ancient but might still be relevant

[gentle urchin]

Better than no research thats for sure

Didnt their racing game also have a loading screen

[lunar sleet]

If Laura says it, it’s prly best to listen 😀

[undone knoll]

I forgot to mark my custom local player as blueprint type, that's why I couldn't cast anything to it. Figured it out!

[frosty heron]

Not sure what you mean by that. I thought you want the controller that the machine owned.
In multiplayer context, the client only have his controller anyway but the server have everyone';s controller

but I guess we are talking about different thing 🙂

[slender torrent]

Hello everyone, here I am showing this widget on clicked event, but now I want to hide this when any other button is clicked, I don't want to use any keyboard key or mouse click on the same button to hide it, how can I achieve it?

[frosty heron]

if you show more screenshoot of the bp and take a video. Maybe I can help

hard to give guidance with little information

But basically try to workout the logic in paper

ButtonClicked-> If there is a widget, hide that widget -> Show the new widget

[slender torrent]

Yeah this is the logic, can you send me a sc how do you do the if statement. Srry looks so easy but I'm new to visual scripting.

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/hide-widget-on-click/322296
pretty much this is my issue

[frosty heron]

it depends how your game flow too, for a start I don't even know where you show the widget.

not sure how's that the same with what you are facing

So what happend when u click a button, what do you actually want to do?

Show me your widget

visually too

[slender torrent]

Here I am using the archviz Example by Karl Detroid, so I am creating some POI's blueprints so when I click on the school for example my camera moves near it.

Then when I click on the "school hat" icon It sends me to this location where I created a new widget to change floor materials.

the widget is simple just to elaborate

[frosty heron]

and when you click one of them, you want all the 4 white box to dissapear?

[slender torrent]

But now I want when I click on any other button like Gallery or Home to hide my newly created widget

yea

[frosty heron]

hide or destroy?

[slender torrent]

Not sure about the difference..

hide maybe

[frosty heron]

just destroy it for now

[slender torrent]

okay

[frosty heron]

Here, where you create the widget

show where you do it

You created 4 of them

[gentle urchin]

Destroy is ok

[frosty heron]

Add these widget that you created to an array

[slender torrent]

I just added one more output to sequence and simply added the widget to the viewport

[lofty rapids]

you probably don't want to create it on click

you'll just keep creating it over and over, ig if you destroy it

[slender torrent]

No this is fine, I want it to show when I click on this geometry just how to hide when I click on another button.

[frosty heron]

You should make a custom button for your case. So each button can contain the data you need. i.e the material for the floor

but if u want to skip that step... then promote the widget you created as variable

[lofty rapids]

right but you create it somewhere else, and then just set visibility, or add/remove

so you don't have to keep creating it

[slender torrent]

ah okay got it

[lofty rapids]

if you set visibility all the stuff will still be set

[frosty heron]

You should create custom buttons at run time, reason being, you need to display as many button depending how many materials are available for the floor

so if your floor only have 2 materials available, then it will only display 2 boxes

[slender torrent]

Ah this is even better

[frosty heron]

Gotta use more tools than what you have right now tho. I used data table to retreive what I need

[slender torrent]

Could you refer me to any tutorial, for now only to hide the widget when another one is pressed. I find hard to understand by texting..

[jaunty solstice]

Almost there!
Nested array access problem.
I have a main loop (circled in pink) and also a smaller array (circled in green).
For every iteration of the main loop, the index for the smaller array increases by one, ie we retrieve the next element.
So if the main loop executes 30 X, and the original selection has 3 items, each item would be duplicated 10 times.

I've tried a For Each Loop but doesn't work as it always iterates thru the entire array for each iteration of the main loop.
How else can you iterate thru an array than using a For Each?

[frosty heron]

You need to promote the widget to variable, so you can access the instance of the widget

on the create widget node, you see a return value. Drag from it and select promote to variable

[lofty rapids]

is the for loop index, the element in the array you want to duplicate ?

[frosty heron]

Mind you what spaghetti you have right now not gonna work in the long/short term

you need proper system to create the data at run time

[slender torrent]

Yes I created it, where to connect it?

[lofty rapids]

you can use a variable as an increment, and get that value as index of element in the array you want to duplicate, then loop through as many times as you need

[frosty heron]

@slender torrent

[lofty rapids]

i would create the widget in the hud

and maybe set visibility

depending on if you need it to reset or not

[novel rock]

why dosnt the Event BeingPlay Work 😠

[astral hound]

How can I choose the Actor Position only if this one is valid? Must I use a "branch" node?
I tried to use these "getter only" nodes but it trigger an error if the actor is null.

[gentle urchin]

Youd need a branch.

Bp limits, spaghetti sauce prevents you from early outs and whatnot

All pure wires are live

[frosty heron]

@slender torrent

[astral hound]

Ok, thank you for your answer! I learned something 🙂

[novel rock]

Dose the mean i have to do this 😿

[lofty rapids]

you don't see the print string on begin play ? i would stick a delay in there

to see if it shows up at all

[slender torrent]

This is correct, now when I click home button how to destroy this?

[novel rock]

Nope only my run once at start update thing worked

[lofty rapids]

are you spawning it ?

[novel rock]

I'm not sure how the VehicleAdvPawn from the UE5 VehicleExample is called

but it seams to be the only way to use inputs and widgets.

[lofty rapids]

i mean it's a lot easier to put your widget in the hud and add/remove whenever you want

instead of creating/destroying it @slender torrent

[novel rock]

Ill Try That

[lofty rapids]

ig it doesn't matter, i wonder about performance

[slender torrent]

ah maybe I have to put another buttons on "on clicked"

[lofty rapids]

you are generating things dynamically ?

i wonder if you can just set visibility

and do all your display in between

[novel rock]

ok i created the widget in the HUD how do i make it visable from the player

[lofty rapids]

hmm

[slender torrent]

It makes sense but right now after 10 hours straight on unreal I'm not able to think anymore

thanks both of you I will try again tomorrow

[jaunty solstice]

Thanks! Basically I need to create separate logic for indexing of the original selection array. Its just that array access seems limited with Blueprints.
In code would be so much easier. ie nextItem= myArray[indexNum]

What would be the equivalent node for
Get Actor at Index?

[lofty rapids]

so that bp you are trying to run on begin play is a widget ?

[tight pollen]

Is there anything wrong with storing unreplicated player variables in PlayerState? Multiplayer Game

[lofty rapids]

something like this you can do some more maths, but the same idea

[novel rock]

how do i set the variable in another BP?

[jaunty solstice]

Thanks! Your solution probably better but finally have something working.
Seems like a ridiculous amount of blueprint logic to accomplish what would be half a dozen lines of code!

[frosty heron]

You need to get the reference (instance) of the object you are trying to access

check blueprint live communication pinned in this channel, it will help you to get started

[frosty heron]

Use reroute node to make it neater

[jaunty solstice]

Yeah was trying to remember the name of that node. Problem when you are working in too many Node based applications 😂
Houdini, Gaea, Unreal
But it works! Hooray
Thanks for all the feedback.

[frosty heron]

you double click on the line. Nice looking cubes btw

[novel rock]

plese what is the name of the node

[frosty heron]

it's not a node

please look at the video pinned in this channel, you will save your self a lot of time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM_HYqQdToE

[novel rock]

watch all of it at 2X

[frosty heron]

I don't know how to start with this, can you explain what you are doing? Nothing in the video should make you do random stuff like this

[thin panther]

Watch it again 1x

[crystal crown]

can i toggle camera lag with nodes?

[thin panther]

You're trying to cast a streaming level to a pawn

[novel rock]

Im trying to make the menu visible when pressing the ESC key but i can only use the enhancedInputAction_ESC key event in the VehicleAdvPawnNone BP and im crating and hiding the menu widget in the HUD.

[frosty heron]

I mean this, what are you doing here?

[novel rock]

But i cant find a way to send the widget object from the HUD BP instance to the VehicleAdvPawnNone bp to make it visable with the enhancedInputAction_ESC event node because i cant get a refence of the VehicleAdvPawnNone BP for the HUD BP to send it and i cant get a reference of the HUD BP from the VehicleAdvPawnNone bp to unhide it

[frosty heron]

the video is 2 hours long, unless you come from the future you couldn't possibly finished it. I know it's long and can be quiet boring but knowing what's taught there is essential.
I try to help when someone need to know about nodes or how to do a specific task. But with all due respect, it seems like you just got your hands on Unreal.
Without any OOP experience, there are core basic skills you need to learn in order to make your blueprint works.

How to set variable, how to get variable, Functions, Custom event, How to communicate between blueprints
The video helped you with that.

if you don't know how to cast or how to get a reference, you will need to look at the video or other resource that teach you that because I can't sit here and tell you about it.

[novel rock]

once i figure out how to grab variable from other bp's i wont need any more help

[frosty heron]

you will but if you say so

casting is a type check

#blueprint message
For your error

and I have answered your question about how to set a variable from another instance.

You do so by Grabbing the Reference of the instance you are trying to edit

Example, overlap event -> Get overlapping actor -> Cast to Character -> Set Character hp to Character Hp - 10

[crystal crown]

Why is this not instant? Even with teleport enabled. Also tried with camera lag/rotation disabled. It rotates smoothly

[novel rock]

when you say overlap you mean make contact?

[frosty heron]

yeah but that was just one of example how to pass in reference which has nothing to do with what you are doing

you need to figure out how to get the ref based on your design

[novel rock]

how do i get a HUD BP

VehicleAdvPawn cant make contact with a HUD and vise versa.

[frosty heron]

casting is just a type check, it's not a mean to get reference to an instance

[novel rock]

so there is another way to reference an instance

[frosty heron]

It's better if you watch the video, it tells you how

[lofty rapids]

are you trying to get a widget from the hud ?

[novel rock]

WAIT HOLD ON

PAUSE

[lofty rapids]

[gentle urchin]

good advice at this point

[late rapids]

first off ye I know this is terrible, I know it should be in c++ but not doing that for this minor test

Right now I have a dash ability, what happens is it runs a timeline and simply sets the player's velocity to a certain amount each frame for the entirety of the dash, so during the dash they always move a specific amount + they are unaffected by stuff like gravity or friction, basically a celeste dash

Now, this all works just fine, but with one slight issue, if the player is on the ground, any "up" velocity I apply to the character is entirely ignored for some reason? If the character is midair when the dash is triggered, they'll go up just fine, but if they're grounded they don't go up

I'm guessing this is a setting of some sort in character movement component that resets upward velocity while grounded but I can't find out what that is
I have braking deceleration and gravity turned off during the dash as well

Any ideas?

https://i.gyazo.com/9ca83ac075c9dbef5651c8a9bd66ed1a.png

[novel rock]

HOW DO I KEEP FORGETING I CAN TO THIS!!!

[frosty heron]

unless that is set you will get an error

[novel rock]

oh right.

back where i started

[lofty rapids]

are you trying to show/hide a widget ?

[novel rock]

yes

[frosty heron]

What you are doing there is create widget and hide it right away, is that intentional?

[lofty rapids]

is the cut off part at the top a set ?

[thin panther]

Just watch the video

[tardy idol]

yo what should i use as root on actor blueprint

[novel rock]

im going to go back to the video

[thin panther]

Whatever you need as the root

I don't mean to be sarcastic, it's literal

[tardy idol]

but like

[thin panther]

Could be a mesh, could be a scene component, could be a collider, whatever you need

[tardy idol]

if im building something

like

[lofty rapids]

what is menu widget ui all about, should be on begin play in the hud

[tardy idol]

i cant scale it directly i gotta do it from event beginplay

its lowkey annoying

what should i use as sort of like a placeholder

[novel rock]

its just a menu that lets you exit the game

[thin panther]

I mean you would just scale the actor for this

If you can't scale the root

[tardy idol]

scene component as in this?

the utility one

[thin panther]

Bottom one, can be

[tardy idol]

oh bet

[late rapids]

if anyone got any idea about this, ping me pls, gonna be working

[lofty rapids]

well you can do the create widget, set it's visibility, then add to viewport in the begin play of your hud

Then you cast to it like this

as long the hud is set in your override in world settings

so that begin play fires off

and you drag out of the create and click, promote to variable

then you can use that once you have casted to your hud bp, because you created it in there

[lunar sleet]

Did you do print the velocity on tick to see if it actually applies

[lofty rapids]

here i set the reference in the hud as UI REF, and you can see i can get it

[late rapids]

just tested, yeah if I print velocity every tick it stays at 0, which is to be expected I guess... since the character aint moving up

like I said I'm guessing something is overriding me setting velocity due to the character being on the ground, I just got no idea wtf it could be

it works perfectly fine in the air, the velocity even remains constant during the dash like I want it to, just checked with the velocity printing

[lunar sleet]

Could be doing something yourself to override it

Set a breakpoint, try to dash up while grounded and step through the code, see what actually happens

[novel rock]

Dang once again so close

[frosty heron]

why are u in player state?

[late rapids]

mmm.... I checked, nothing else happens in the blueprint after the velocity is set

[true oriole]

can someone brief me on how to setup a firewall ( a type of weapon ) that constantly deal damage to enemies standing on it ?

[lofty rapids]

i think your doing a few things wrong, you said begin play doesn't work ?

[lunar sleet]

Did you hover over the incoming values on the velocity node when your code gets there ?

[late rapids]

did just now, it's the proper value

[frosty heron]

In simple form it can just be a box collision with certain dimension that run a timer every X seconds.
Everytime the timer gone off, grab all of the damageable actors inside the box collision and reduce their hp

[lunar sleet]

2017 says use Launch instead https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/why-cant-i-set-charactermovement-velocity-z-whilst-on-the-floor/409767

[late rapids]

Damn someone with exact same issue as me

Hmm

I'll try to manually set the movement mode to falling first

[lunar sleet]

Aye, Google is a wonderful tool at times

[late rapids]

And see if that works insteadb

[lunar sleet]

Yeah was my next suggestion

[late rapids]

I looked too couldn't find that

Prob slightly off keywords

[lunar sleet]

Search string: ue5 character won't take up velocity if on the ground

[late rapids]

hoping setting falling works, I really need a consistent dash

[true oriole]

thx for help. seems like i have to use the box overlap actor node again.

[late rapids]

Thanks for the help it just works

[novel rock]

Wasnt there a node that was a switch or something that let you run more than one node tree?

[eternal vine]

Hey everyone, i want to make it so that a wind wooshing sound plays when i run (aka reach a certain velocity), but i cant figure it out

[trim matrix]

if I have a trace hitting a mesh, how can I get the point at which it would penetrate its collision (point at which the line trace would go through, out of the collision)?

is there a better way of doing this than making a linetrace from the impact point and impact normal every x distance until it no longer hits anything?

[small palm]

Hi, um
How can i append the strings (Name in ItemStructure) while doing the loop?

I mean, i can only add it to one pin, so i suppose the next element would replace that?

oh, right

thanks

btw, can i append new lines like this?

[trim matrix]

click on Add pin

[small palm]

So adding nothing is a new line?

[trim matrix]

\n is a new line (in C++ , but not in BPs)

[versed sun]

Shift+Enter

[small palm]

Well yeah, that's what i did first then you told me that i need to add a new pin??

[lunar sleet]

So where is the confusion?

[small palm]

I asked if this is good @lunar sleet (adding \n)
@trim matrix said add a new pin. I did not understand why so i thought that \n did not work, so i just add an empty line and it would work.
Then he said I need \n soooo that's the confusion.

[trim matrix]

<- don't listen to this guy

[small palm]

Also it did not work. Maybe TextBox cannot have new lines like this?

(I am using it for debugging)

Soo yeah 😄

[lunar sleet]

Text box? I thought you’re printing

[small palm]

Ah. No, i'm testing the UI stuff as you can see now.

[lunar sleet]

Your initial screenshot shows a print string…

[small palm]

Well that's what i wanted to change, sorry 😄

[lunar sleet]

Just hit shift+enter then

The \n is for Strings

[small palm]

Ah, okay. It works now thanks

[lunar sleet]

Idk what you’re taking about 😛🥷

[trim matrix]

it's weird how \n doesn't work in bps as expected

[lunar sleet]

Wdym? 🍿

[trim matrix]

doesn't make new line

[lunar sleet]

In what bp?

Do you mean in a text box widget ?

[trim matrix]

there too, yes

[barren dove]

ugh i somehow broke the default movement in the top down template >.<

[lunar sleet]

So… go open a new one and copy it over

Or you know, source control

[lunar sleet]

Idk where else you mean but it’s prly because the smart people that made the engine made it so that you don’t need to use \n and you can just alt+enter

[trim matrix]

i'd never use that

[frank sundial]

OK so im trying ot make a simple health system without any tutorials and i got everything mostly working but the regeneration part. After a few seconds of not taking damage I want it to heal so I came up with this but its not working

Does anyone know how I can fix it?

[lunar sleet]

I mean, which part is not working. Is Heal being called, did you use breakpoints to find out?

[frank sundial]

I wont lie I dont know what breakpoints are. Im rather new to Unreal

[lunar sleet]

Select the Heal node and hit F9, then run the game

[frank sundial]

ok

[lunar sleet]

Does it drop with a red arrow above the Heal node

[frank sundial]

Its adds a stop sign lookin thing

[lunar sleet]

Yes, I mean at runtime

Does the game stop running when the Heal is supposed to start ?

Better yet, show where you’re calling Heal

[frank sundial]

nope. I take damage and nothing else happens

Heal is supposed to be an on tick event i think

Im pretty sure thats what I set it as

[lunar sleet]

That’s good, now actually find out where it’s being called and show the screenshot

[frank sundial]

How do i figure out where it is being called? I do i need something to activate it is that what you are saying?

[small palm]

Hi again
I ran into a pretty weird problem
InventoryMaxSize is 3
If i want to pick up the 4th item it will say "inventory full", and wont pick it up

But somehow it does appear in my inventory

But i can't pick up a 5th item
What did i do here? I can't see any problems with this

[lunar sleet]

Right click the Heal node, find references, then hit the binoculars, in case it’s being called from another bp

[broken wadi]

You can search for anything using the Find Results tab. If the thing you're searching for isn't part of the currently open blueprint then press the binoculars icon so it searches the entire project.

[broken wadi]

now you can double click that stuff and it will jump to its position on the graph

[lunar sleet]

Yeah, you’re not calling that anywhere far as I can tell

Since there’s only one instance found

[frank sundial]

So how would I call it?

[lunar sleet]

If the damage is being handled in the same bp and you want to call it there, just drag off any execution pin and type Heal

[frank sundial]

Could it be the Call Function thing

[lunar sleet]

Within the same bp you just right click and type the event name and it’ll call it

[lunar sleet]

Show the code printing inventory is full

[frank sundial]

Where do I add the node to? Should I add it with the On Tick event thing so it gets executed every tick?

Wait i have an idea

[lunar sleet]

If you do <=, then at inv count 3, you’re still showing True, so it’ll let you pick up one more. Change it to <

[frank sundial]

I did it! thank you for the help

I added it to the part that damages you so every time the character gets damaged it sends to update the health after 5 seconds

[small palm]

For some reason the 3rd item does not get destroyed, so it returns "Added" as false

But it DOES add it to the inventory... so how the hell does it return false if in the branch it was true?

Im super confused

[nimble bloom]

The bool is being checked on that second leg for the output. Try a local variable for the bool and use it in the output.

[lunar sleet]

The way bps work, the length + bool check is being called every time it’s plugged into a node

There’s a good read pinned here about the pitfalls of blueprint

[small palm]

Yeah, this works now.
I never would've figured this shit out thats for sure.

Thanks @lunar sleet and @nimble bloom

[crystal crown]

who is good with math?

[lofty rapids]

what kind of math ?

[versed sun]

I'm fast at math, not so accurate

[crystal crown]

how can i calculate engine rpm to speedometer degrees

okay will try thanks

[versed sun]

Normalize to Range

[novel rock]

the node i was thinking of was sequence

[novel rock]

still unable to get other script variable.
Watching this video again, and hoping i can think of something

[lofty rapids]

looks like you got an error

what bp are you doing that in ?

[novel rock]

player pawn

[lofty rapids]

see how this one has index, and your has target self ?

idk why that is doing that

[lofty rapids]

what does the parent class say in the bp ? @novel rock

at the top right Parent Class

[trim matrix]

hey where od i ask about this? im trying to push, i have gitignore but im not sure what specifically i should have in the gitignore

[novel rock]

unable to connect the variable, i think i need to store the variable then unhide it

[crystal crown]

I did it! thank you 🙂 Actually not much math was needed. My brain just not worky

[lofty rapids]

just use menu widget, don't cast again

just plug menu widget into visibility

if you can ig

[novel rock]

nope unable to connect still

nope no connect

[thin panther]

your naming convention is very confusing

given that, Menu Widget is not a widget, it is a HUD, and Menu Widget HUD is not a HUD nor a widget

[lofty rapids]

you want to get the menu widget Hud from the cast, it won't plug in ?

[novel rock]

gave it a better name

[lofty rapids]

so that is what you promoted to variable in the hud right ?

when you created the widget

[lofty rapids]

so when you pull out of the cast you want to get menu widget var

but i would do that whole get hud, cast on the other event

when you need it

ig begin play and a reference might be more performant

menu widget var should plug into visibility

the problem is it needs to be a widget

[novel rock]

I FIGURED IT OUT!!

this needed to be a widget

[lofty rapids]

makes sense, promote to variable automatically does that

[novel rock]

now this works 😄

I'm still stupid and nothing can fix that but the BP WORKS!!

[lofty rapids]

i mean you got it to work, that says something atleast, programming isn't always easy and understanding how things flow can be a pain in the ass

[granite sinew]

hey folks, I want to make an interactive hand crank that can be turned interactively -- "grabbed" with mouse button and move mouse in a circle to spin. Any examples I can look at for the blueprint math of converting screenspace mouse position change to a turning crank rotation?

[versed sun]

There is exactly that in Content Examples

@granite sinew

[granite sinew]

Huh.....that's awesome. thanks!

[frosty wadi]

So i have a igo caller i made and whne the number gets called it creates a widget and adds that widget to a list view withc shows the numbe that was called if the list view is hidden and i call 2 or more numbers thne i show the list view the numbers called are set to the same thing as apposed to the differnt nubmers caleld, but if the list is shown and numbes are called everything workks fine

[novel rock]

waching this again

[ashen tide]

Morning everyone, I have an issue. Just started using UE and I did a couple of blueprint, sprinting, shake cam etc... althought everything was fine until I did a couple of ctrl Z and now my character is stuck when I play the game, in a position like falling. Any idea where that might come from ? When I use to debug too I can see the blueprint of movement happening but the character is just stuck.
In the world setting if I change the game mode to something else I can move freely so its coming from a change I did in my FirstpersonCharacter blueprint but after an hour I can't really find where.

[split widget]

@ashen tide I think I've had this issue once I closed unreal engine and opened it again and it seem to resolve it's self

[split widget]

Can't guarantee that'll work for you thou

[ashen tide]

Here s a recording of whats happening

[split widget]

Oh no clue, mind was to do with character spawning

[ashen tide]

Just tried didnt work.
Yeah character spawing I tried to move the base player start but same thing

Blueprint Runtime Error: "Accessed None trying to read property CallFunc_GetMovementComponent_ReturnValue". Node: Set bIsInAir Graph: EventGraph Function: Execute Ubergraph First Person Anim BP Blueprint: FirstPerson_AnimBP
I have this error tho !

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-character-will-not-move/1319158
looks like I m not the only one 🥹

[glacial junco]

I expected to see both "AAAAAA" and "BBBBB", but only "BBBBB" is output.
The Input Parameter changes while the Delay function is running in the TestEvent. Why is this?

[worn kernel]

Im refrencing the game mode to get values but they return as variable not in scope. any way to fix this. its coming from UI interface as well. the other values read well but one doesn't.

https://gyazo.com/0fb9af7992592a43f9cb38483c86ba7b

[mild pine]

Hey guys. I'm looking to make a puzzle, in which you have to walk ontop of pressure plates in the correct order: A - B - C - D (they will have unique emblems to distinguish themselves). Pressure plate logic aside, what would be the best way to store the plates' order?

This is somewhat what I'm aiming for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE4Dzsw2OdM

[worn kernel]

@toxic jay Any idea what my problem is. mine is above simsissle

[pine trellis]

anyone see this error with Ue5 I followed the directions, packed sucessfully but I get this trying to install on andriod 11 failed to install Embryos-Android-Shipping-arm64.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK: Failed parse during installPackageLI: /data/app/vmdl1506702914.tmp/base.apk (at Binary XML file line #8): Requires newer sdk version #33 (current version is #30)]

[mild pine]

Sort of like a manager BP in this case? Interesting. An array sounds good yeah. And if it's not the correct item that's been input as opposed to the array list, then traps will activate. Thanks!

[pine trellis]

nobody here does mobile?

I cant be the only one with these issues after following the directions

[zealous moth]

@pine trellis you're installing from ue5 to mobile or from the store? I have had a lot of hit and misses the former way so I typically package for the store and download it

[dawn gazelle]

What is likely happening is that the delay in the begin play is resolved before the delay in the test event is, resulting in the second test event overriding the input of the test event. This is typical behavior for inputs on an event - a second call to an event will override the pins, so anything trying to utilize the inputs latently will likely run into problems as the "old" values are no longer there.

[calm gull]

Hi All! I am moving objects with mouse cursor via a set actor location node. Unfortunately, any temporal anti aliasing causes ugly ghosting if i move the object too fast (especially if it has world position offset in the material). Is there any way to stop temporal anti aliasing on this object while it is moved? (i THINK that TAA and TSRA would leave moving objects out but it doesn't know my object is moving cause it is not having a velocity or any physics enabled, although this might be wrong on my part). My object is set to moveable. Also using 5.1

[lunar sleet]

Not really a #blueprint related question, maybe try #visual-fx

[pallid minnow]

difference between using compatible skeletons option, and ik retargeter? Is this a animation related question? idk since it has to do with settings more so.

[novel rock]

is there a bp node for stopping the editor play

[wicked marten]

u mean quit button?

you can bind a key or make a button

[lunar sleet]

Escape

[tribal gazelle]

How can I get a variable from the character blueprint from inside an attached component?

[lunar sleet]

Get owner, cast

[wicked marten]

where do i clear put clear children

i have a searchbar

i want it to clear everytime i change ta text

[urban moon]

Would anyone possibly have an answer for why my camera that is attached to my springarm seems to move closer to my character when I turn with the mouse left/right. It seems to move in close then back out. There is no obstructions or physical object near it. The arm is set to 150 and it does not seem to change at all but that camera attached to it seems to move in.

[tribal gazelle]

This look right? I get an accessed none error for MainUIReference

[urban moon]

for some comparison images on what I am seeing when I rotate. I cannot figure out why it seems to be doing this. I have the camera set to the spring socket endpoint. The character is not physically moving back into the camera or anything

Disregard, solved my issue. I had placed my offsets in the target instead of the socket.

[lunar sleet]

If you’re getting accessed None, it’s prly not in that spot. Whatever you’re using Get to grab it, put an isValid check on it

[novel rock]

opps i had this setup like this but i didnt test it. i asked the question befor trying it lol

[tough atlas]

Best way to stop prop-surfing within physics handle?

[novel rock]

when i push the Esc key it sets the GamePaused Bool and i want to lock all player look and movement input controls. do i need to add a branch to all the key inputs? i was thoght in pregaming to never repeat myself if posable.

This is an exasperated example of what I'm trying to avoid.

[frosty heron]

😱

just pause the game and your input won't even work

[novel rock]

what if its going to be mutyplayer?

[frosty heron]

pausing normally a shit show even in single player

multiplayer is even harder

try to make a game you can build, if you struggle with the basic, don't bother doing multiplayer. It's big challange even for people with years of experience in unreal

[novel rock]

Night 💤

[kind apex]

So i've added "headbobbing" to my game.

I can't seem to make this "spotlight" follow the bobbing style movements (not sure what to do)

[waxen fog]

If i have a camera actor in my scene, whats the best way to get a reference to it through BP?

get player camera manager is not returning a valid camera

i assume because it is just from the scene and not on a player. I dont want the camera to be attatched to a player.

nvm got it by just getting actor of class. Is that the best way to do it? i come from unity so Im not sure if setting a reference through the detaisl panel is a better idea

[heady crypt]

Did you want the cameras for a specific purpose?
FNAF Security Cameras? SceneCaptures for making mirrors with visual effects and some kind of portal like feeling?
Make a new Actor, give it any of your logic you want it to do, make an Array of that AActor Object reference in your Game/PlayerState and OnBeginPlay Find your Game/Player state and give it a ref to self.
You can do this safely through a Blueprint Interface.
Then later your Player 0/1/2/3/4/5/6.....20 can just get the camera they need from their Game/PlayerState, without a GetAllActors->CastToClass->IsValid?

[flat summit]

https://youtu.be/yS-yQfo0lc0?t=674 im doing the same steps but this guy gets a different option that i dont have, what might i be missing?

i saw that his blueprint is for the entire map, mine is for the trigger box, so maybe i should do what im doing on tat blueprint that he has, so how do i open that one?

[heady crypt]

GameMap? Click Blueprints -> Open Level Map

[flat summit]

i sent the same screenshots lol

[flat summit]

this might sound stupid but where is that "blueprints" i have to click? im literally new

[heady crypt]

there is a button on your toolbar at the top, it's the Blueprint button, it will have a "Open Leve Map" option in it

[flat summit]

i got it

i love ya

[heady crypt]

if you only ever have one map, it won't kick you in the butt to use this object

but if you plan to have 2,3,...5 maps, you'll end redoing the same work again and again

[flat summit]

yea gotcha

[heady crypt]

obv your MainMenu/Loading Map don't count, since it's just UI and loading your runner map

[flat summit]

right, make sense

[heady crypt]

but if you have OceanRunnerMap, DesertRunnerMap

you're increasing your work drastically

[flat summit]

okay, thank you bro you saved me o7

[heady crypt]

o/

[flat summit]

well i got mostly what i wanted, but now itsnt turning more than one time when you cross the trigger box, unlike on this video

i should be able to turn my camera again but i cant

this is how i have the blueprint on the box

and this is how is in the video

i guess that means that something about my camera is wrong, right?

[heady crypt]

if you only set this true once, then it only happens once, he must be resetting it to false so that it can fire off again

but your logic on the turning isn't here

[shut shadow]

I've been having this issue where my skill duplicates into the inventory, and after I close and reopen the inventory both the skill slots have the same skill

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/skill-slot-system-duplicates-skill-into-inventory/1341169

[heady crypt]

so when you open inv you add skill for visual? but then you don't test if it exists and then create it every single time you open ?

[flat summit]

i turned that off and now the camera doesnt turn at all

[heady crypt]

yea, there is no logic to do anything here

it's just setting a bool to true

[flat summit]

so... what do i do?

[heady crypt]

go where it adds/sets rotation of the camera

[flat summit]

thats for the camera

[heady crypt]

you added this ?

[flat summit]

yea it was on the video

let me find it

here https://youtu.be/yS-yQfo0lc0?t=722

ah

[shut shadow]

This is basically what happens

[flat summit]

okay im just stupid

nevermind

[shut shadow]

happens

[flat summit]

akukiyo i owe you a beer or something man

thank you 🫡

[heady crypt]

ok, so it looks like it's just setting the icon/widget data from an index in your character, that you set after the last click, so when you open your inventory again, you're loading in from that index for all widgets, instead of a int index set in your widget

that's why it's a white empty square on first open probably, because the index is not of your first ability information

[shut shadow]

Oh

[heady crypt]

idk how you're making/managing your abilities and widgets etc, but it looks like your widgets ask your character "what am I?" and it passes an Index that's set on a click, so next time they ask, they all get the same answer

[shut shadow]

I was following an armour equipment tutorial to achieve this as that was the closest thing I found to what I was trying to make but had to improvise for the skill slots as it had multiple slots

[heady crypt]

so if you click skill 2, and it sets index to 2, then you close your menu, your widgets ask, what am i? 2

[shut shadow]

Do you know a better way I can make the system to add a maximum of 3 skills into the grid?

[heady crypt]

only ever 3 ?

[shut shadow]

Yes

[heady crypt]

I would, #1 have a template skill widget, have it set it's Icon/Index/Details/Ability
#2 Make a container widget, with your UI background element, that has a horizontal box as a variable, that you add/attach child widgets to, with an Array of AbilityWidgets, so if you want to add more but array.length > 2 ? can'tAdd and you can delete/detach a widget from the Array resizing the array and removing the UI element when you want to remove skills

so that every time you open the UI, it's not creating a new widget, it's just reading the already stored data

[thick bramble]

Hi, for some reason I cannot pick an actor from scene. When I choose one, or pick it by "pick actor from scene" tool, it changes back to None

[shut shadow]

Thanks, that makes a lot more sense. I'm gonna attempt it tonight after work 🦾

[heady crypt]

like you make a bunch of containers and put them where you want them inside another container and then give them functions and controls, so it's a bit to understand at first

[gentle urchin]

"And has much purpose" 🤭

[heady crypt]

You have a template, which goes into a container, which goes onto your* hud

the template will need exposed on spawn variables, so when you make them, you pass the details, and they handle the UI/Tooltips

Then your main hud Hierarchy will be clean

[shut shadow]

real

I spent around 4 hours trying to understand and fix it

before I decided to ask for help

Though I did not fully understand what was happening, I only found out about the skill slot having the dupe skill after reopening recently so till then I just though that it was because I was switching skill slots with each click but then the part that returns the removed skill back into the inventory was returning the old skill because it was not updated accordingly

[heady crypt]

yea just looks like a visual error

[shut shadow]

You working on any projects?

[heady crypt]

yea, when Unreal doesn't do weird bugs lol

[shut shadow]

Ah

I'd love to see what you're working on

[heady crypt]

nothing much to see atm, figured I'd learn GameplayAbilitySystem

and I've been redoing a lot cause I overcomplicated, then trimmed, and now dealing with crashes/hangs

[shut shadow]

F

Good luck

Lmk when you make some progress🦾

[heady crypt]

lol ok

I'll dm you some videos of the different snippets I've done over the past few weeks

[shut shadow]

Awesome

[languid widget]

Heya, weird question, is there an easy way to lerp an object to a position, but having it kinda overshoot its target and then bounce back, overshoot again, and eventually settling in, kind of like being pulled by a rubber band.
Hope that makes sense, I feel like there's an easy way to do this but I can't figure it out

[heady crypt]

Could use a Lerp and plug the Alpha from a Timeline, and make the timeline a curve that goes from 0.0 Time 0.0 value -> 0.8 Time 1.2 value -> 1.0 Time 1.0 Value and plug the lerp into the Update and Value

this will do the bounce over and back

if you want more then you just add more Key points and curve the value back n forth

although idk if Lerp by default lets you go over 1.0 alpha if it clamps or not

[languid widget]

hmm, that sounds like a good starting point, I'll give it a try thanks

[heady crypt]

this won't do any gravitational rotation and spinning though

it's just a linear actuation of back and forth motion on a single vector

[languid widget]

that's totally fine, I only need to move an actor around, nothing else

...is it not possible to add timelines to GameplayAbilities? I can't seem to be able to add one, it works in other blueprints

[heady crypt]

maybe include the header for TimeLines and make a variable in your GAS Component and expose it to blueprints ?

[languid widget]

Will try, but actually I just found that a Vector Spring Interpolation node exists, that seems to do exactly what I want with the overshooting and settling etc, haha

[heady crypt]

sounds worth a try

[gloomy zealot]

Anyone know how to get a reference to the original material in the material editor

[dawn gazelle]

That'd be more for the #materials realm, but if you're in the material editor, that means you're editing the material, so why would you need a reference to itself?

[flat summit]

"The current value of the ' In Element Handle ' pin is invalid: 'In Element Handle' in action 'Get Relative Transform' must have an input wired into it ("by ref" params expect a valid input to operate on)."

what do i do?

on the video the guy uses a relative transform that i dont have

[heady crypt]

so his is a Function, yours is an Interface

that's why yours has an envelope

it's sending a call, like you would do with c# scripts in Unity, I forget the syntax for them

his get relative transform is from a SceneComponent and yours is a different kind of object

one that does not natively have a transform

which is why it doesn't have transform related functions

[flat summit]

oh...

[heady crypt]

so go back to where he made those objectgs

and recheck what container type he used

[flat summit]

okay omw

[flat summit]

https://youtu.be/qzFd-PfM5kc?t=102 i did literally the same as him, im in a function

see

[heady crypt]

these are your issue

what are they? they dont' have transforms

[flat summit]

they are components

[calm gull]

Will try, thank you!

[heady crypt]

and his are ?

[flat summit]

components

[heady crypt]

Arrows?

[flat summit]

ah yea

same as mine

[heady crypt]

so they aren't components, it's just the grouping to hold them

[flat summit]

ahh

[heady crypt]

they are an object of some type

[flat summit]

yea make sense

[heady crypt]

components are objects that have no transform and are used to do things like calculations, like an Inventory Component, it holds lists and functions to do things

but it has no transform or object as it doesn't exist in game space

[flat summit]

ah okay

[heady crypt]

discord mangled the thumbnails lol

[flat summit]

i end up with this

[heady crypt]

yea that's fine

it's a pure function, has no exec pins

[flat summit]

ah so i dont have to connect this?

[heady crypt]

safe data to get at any point "most" of the time

[flat summit]

oh okay

omw to try that

like this, right?

bro you are goat

thank you so much my man

[lime gyro]

Hi guys, whats the best practice to Lower Float value over time (Smoothly)?

[barren drum]

Hi, is there any way to preload i.e. textures or other assets that are referenced in a blueprint?
Currently when a widget is opened you can se the loading of the asset as the widget is open. (1 second of low-res version of the texture).
After that second (asset has been loaded) everything is as I want it to be the first time I open the widget.

[true oriole]

yooo, i am using this cascade particle system animation and i want to know the length/duration of the animation in blueprint. how do i achieve that ?

[heady crypt]

Timeline, Timer By Function/Event, Event Tick Float-FloatReductionAmount*Delta

[heady crypt]

create widget off screen, after time, slide into view ?

[barren drum]

Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe I need to code some c++ to preload textures (in this case) when the level is loaded.

It's just that it won't scale well to open an invisible window for every widget. Perhaps just loading a folder with all textures.

[heady crypt]

I know the dinosaurs used to do screen flips, load everything out of view, then flip to that view and draw it, but that's like when computers had 400 pixels

wym invis window for every widget? are you not creating your HUD class with all it's widgets at BeginPlay for the character when you init your InputMapping Contexts?

in fact, if you are using HUD class, the map handles it for you

[barren drum]

It's not hud. it's context-specific ui. i.e. picking up different kind of items etc.

[heady crypt]

just make a template container for it, load it empty, and then add/remove things and resize it

unless you want to open 25 bags on the floor and show 25 ui containers

[gentle urchin]

Load asset async -> on complete -> set visible

Bp nodes

[barren drum]

That's in project settings?

[gentle urchin]

Nono, youd do it in the widget

[barren drum]

ah ok, thanks I'll have a look

[barren drum]

Thanks a ton! it fixed it 🙂

[crisp geode]

having a problem with the groom asset. every time i restart unreal the hair is deatached from the head

does anyone has familiarity with this?

[heady crypt]

legit thought you were makign a wedding sim, "Groom" asset

[crisp geode]

man it was a mistake XD

still, any answers?

[heady crypt]

haven't touched hair in UE sorry

[crisp geode]

first time for me also

[heady crypt]

may I suggest... at risk of Will Smith wrath... everyone is bald now

[gentle urchin]

How are you attaching it ?

On construct -> set parent socket ?

[heady crypt]

be careful setting Visible, things that are on top layer like images for buttons, will block hit tests on lower layer items like buttons, you might want to set Visibility Nont Hit-Testable (Self Only) or (Self & Children) and let the buttons be the only objects that are "Visible"

[crisp geode]

i'll send you screen as soon as i get back

[true oriole]

i have this enemy get hit sound and it played every time enemy get hit, but when multiple/many enemy get hit at the same time it sounded terrible. how ppl do this normally ?

[heady crypt]

a Singleton SoundManager that can only play X sounds would be the best approach, and have them call it to add their sound to a stack, and ignore over your desired amount

I'm assuming by sounded terrible, you mean the feedback and clipping distorted sounds

[true oriole]

ermm no. it's just like playing the same sound 10 time at the same time. it's like very sharp?

[green slate]

Hi, can someone please point me in the right direction?
I have a blueprint component and i want to attach a box collision from this component to the parent actor
all good, but the events overwrites does not work (on begin hit, on begin overlap, etc)
other stuff like hidden from game, set scale, etc, works...just the events does not (also, i know i can simply add a box collision inside the parrent actor and get that component from inside my component...but if possible i want to make everything from the my component side)
also i would like to avoid creating a separate actor with just a collision box ->spawn that -> attach to actor.

[heady crypt]

why are you making the collider at runtime? can you not just use a scene component with a box collider?

what's your objective? damage zones like headshot arms, legs?

[green slate]

i was thinking if the one who does level design forgets to put a box collider to encapsulate the actor using this component may cause headaches

just a simple colider that use with an interface (just to calculate range from player who got inside the box colider till the parrent actor of this component )

[heady crypt]

that's why you make the BP_BaseCharacter actor yourself, and they just paste them around the world/make children of them

anything you think they may miss, you make an actor of with everything it needs, then they just use the template actors

anyway, so your object doesn't have collision and physics set up ?

[green slate]

i know but i want to send this to someone, and if he does not want to use my base class as a base, he will have to copy/paste my functionality / components 🙂

[green slate]

hmm, so if this is created at runtime it has his collision disabled as default?

[heady crypt]

idk the UE defaults

but usually defaults are CollisionBlockAllDynamic ?

[green slate]

if i just create it inside the parrent actor it works with default settings, trying it now 🙂

[heady crypt]

and runtime/component adding a collider probably is disabled so your mesh doesn't blow up trying to move in a solid block

[green slate]

added the enable collision, still not working ...

i think i just have to add a collision box to the parrent actor and make a note to copy that over to his base class (if he does not want to reparent to mine or something )

but still, i don't understand why it wouldn't work :)) i ahve found some similar topics on the net but no solutions on how to fix it

[heady crypt]

time to start debugging

also while your project is running, you could show collision volumes to see if it's there, what it's size is and so on

[green slate]

hmmm collision seems to work

[heady crypt]

that's probably just your capsule component on your character

[green slate]

but the overlaping event is not

[green slate]

actually yes, this is from my player controller

[heady crypt]

This looks like your Box Status up the top

No Root, Overlapping Nothing, coliision 0|0

[green slate]

from that box

[heady crypt]

yea but it's probably a size of 0 height of 0 at 0/0/0 with no attachment from the ShowDebug stats

what are you making this in ? a Component ?

[green slate]

yes, creating it in a component and attaching it to the parrent actor after creation

[heady crypt]

at least that's the idea, not necessarily the execution

[green slate]

using it on begin play, i tried to put a delay if it fixes something...still the same

[heady crypt]

find out what this is actually getting

but GetOwner may just be giving you MyNewComponent, which has no Skeletal Mesh Component

[green slate]

i made it show in edditor (disable hidden) and it actually spawns and attaches to my skeletal mesh, and the scale is set to my values

[heady crypt]

lol what is that weird fake collision in your debug log then

[manic vessel]

Can anyone tell me why My the the initial rotation is not facing my camera. But the on tick works perfectly

[green slate]

try with a delay after beginplay

it might not have the values of the camera location when it tries to execute that for the first time

[manic vessel]

Dont think that was it. But I have noticed the Initial rotation changes depending on where I am in the map, Cant really see how this is a world space issue

[cyan bone]

What do i do to make a Set Timer event not get ovewritten by the next event?

[heady crypt]

holy spaghetti wires batman

capture your TimerHandle

if TimerHandle->IsValid? B False -> Make Timer, True -> Don't do this.

[green slate]

try to create a variable from the timer output -> and before executing the timer check if that is valid -> clear and invalidate

[heady crypt]

then when your timer is done, you clear it

[cyan bone]

ah

i mean more like i have this event being called multiple times

but if its called another time before it fires

it overwrites it

[heady crypt]

yea

[cyan bone]

so if i have 4 units being hidden in the next 4 seconds

[cyan bone]

it hides only one

[cyan bone]

well but "dont do this"

means it wont work

[heady crypt]

if you have a valid timer handle, the timer is running

you don't want to make another timer if you have a timer running

if you want MORE objects to dissapear then add them to a list of objects to set hidden

[cyan bone]

but there's another unit coming and i need it to be hidden too. i think in c++ this works

it just creates a new set timer

separately

it doesnt overwrite

maybe should go c++?

or there's a way to do this in blueprints?

[heady crypt]

are you doing anything to the objects? or just hiding them ?

[versed sun]

do you want the 4 sec to reset when more are added, or each hidden 4 sec after on their own timer ?

[cyan bone]

Its a mechanic to make units skip a settlement.
I have multiple units passing by a settlement. So as they collide with the settlement, they are hidden, and then in 4 seconds teleported to the other side of the settlement and unhidden.

[cyan bone]

I want each unit that comes into contact with my settlement

to be teleported in 4 seconds to the other side of the settlement

but if i have many units coming in contact

only one works, because set timer overrides itself

[heady crypt]

ok, I'd just tell the unit object to handle that itself

[cyan bone]

yup

[heady crypt]

object->skipSettlementFunction

[cyan bone]

thats the solution too

yup

thats it !!

[heady crypt]

skipSettelmentFunction, Go invis, setTimer 4s, move transform, timerEnd Go visi

[cyan bone]

and put the settimer in that function in c++

[heady crypt]

if you want

[cyan bone]

else it will ovewrite itself

[heady crypt]

not if the objects are doing their own thing

you aren't going to tell the same unit to teleport 20 times right? just once

[cyan bone]

yup

okay will try it 🧑‍🏭

thanks alot

[heady crypt]

If you really want the Manager to track the unit, check if the unit collides, then hide the unit, move the unit, show the unit, then you'll need to start throwing out threads sure.

But you could more easily just tell the Unit, StartYourTPFunction

[dapper escarp]

How would we take out the numeric values from a string and convert it to a float? Simply converting string to float just makes the value 0.0 but I need the numbers inside the string to become a float

[heady crypt]

?

[cyan bone]

Yup this is what i did

now testing 🧑‍🏭

🧑‍🏭

[heady crypt]

is that meant to be a blow torch

[cyan bone]

yup i think so

[heady crypt]

the mad man

[dapper escarp]

Like
With words

I'm tired lol I'll know tomorrow

[heady crypt]

like, is that what you want ?

[kind apex]

Anyone?

[heady crypt]

the attached component isn't following the camera? are you not physically moving the camera to bob?

[versed sun]

My String to Float works just fine

[heady crypt]

HeadBob 3rd option I turn off in a game asap

[kind apex]

I am using the default camera shake system

[dapper escarp]

Right now I have code and the string constantly changes with the light level, it's structured like

"Light Level Percentage: ---"

I just need the number not the words
And the string was already constructed in C++ and I suck at C++

Nvm

I need sleep

[heady crypt]

oh you want to decatanate a string

[dapper escarp]

Gn y'all

Yeah

[heady crypt]

concatenation is "string1" + "string2", you're trying to ignore all words and try and parse teh "32.45" to a float, you need to strip the letters

[versed sun]

Ahh, you can split the String after the ":"

[heady crypt]

: and ' '

[dapper escarp]

Ah k

[heady crypt]

assuming you have Light Level: 34.25

[dapper escarp]

Thx guys 👍

I never really like

Speak to programmers
But
I made a fool of myself but still found a solution so that's alr

[heady crypt]

is ok, Kaos face palms everytime I ask him something

[dapper escarp]

😆

Thx bro

[flat summit]

what have i dont wrong here now? lol https://youtu.be/sNueIWCKoco?t=262

the coins arent spawning

ah and this is the construction script

[heady crypt]

construction will show up when you place the actor in the world

if not something is wrong

are they to spawn at runtime or in the world?

then again, it's an endless runner, so you're spawning actor segments of map, so they should be both Construction/BeginPlace viable

[flat summit]

runtime i think, they spawn when i play if thats what you mean

[flat summit]

yea make sense, but then why arent the coins working but the block do?

[heady crypt]

I'd look in there

[flat summit]

wait what does that white little thing mean there?

ah nevermind he has it too

[flat summit]

we have the same, right?

it wasnt working before the for loop btw

[heady crypt]

I believe the white balls means replicated variable

[heady crypt]

and BP_Item is the Coin ?

not an empty parent template class?

[flat summit]

yes

[heady crypt]

it all looks fine, and it's in the constructor, so you should be seeing them in front of the rock

and it's not runtime so they can't have gravity and fall through floow

[lunar sleet]

Afaik you can’t spawn actors in construction script

And also ew, child actor components 😀

[heady crypt]

is a YT video, what you expect lol

[flat summit]

well then i guess there is another way to spawn objects right?

[thin panther]

yes, the spawn actor node

[heady crypt]

Sapwn Actor From Class

or Spawn

[flat summit]

wait what if i make a copy of the rock spawns and i replace the rock model with the coin model?

[heady crypt]

should work

unless that's a static mesh

and therefore has no actor components

[lunar sleet]

Can’t use spawn actor in construction script tho, it’d have to be begin play

[steady night]

how would i make it "reverse when complete ?

[heady crypt]

you should have a timeline in your components tray

[steady night]

y ?

[heady crypt]

drag off and I think you can just inverse

[steady night]

oh

[heady crypt]

Finsihed->Inverse

[steady night]

wont that loop?

[flat summit]

well

[heady crypt]

you want it to go 0->1->0 one time only?

[steady night]

y

[lunar sleet]

Why would it loop? You’re not calling play again

[heady crypt]

you can just do it in the curve then

[lunar sleet]

But yeah, this is easier to do in the track

[steady night]

hm

true

yeah thats good

thanks

[heady crypt]

like on a curve you could just go Time 0.0 Value .0 Time 0.5 Value1.0 Time 1.0 value 0.0

and it will look like it's playing forward->backward

[steady night]

yeah did

worked

ty

[heady crypt]

[steady night]

yeah u coukld do that but changing the timeline much easier 🙂

[heady crypt]

visually his way lets you know what's it doing without openening the TimeLine though 😉

but I'd just use the curve

[steady night]

yeah i kinda was on my way to do it his way but seemd there was an easier way lol

[heady crypt]

it's just later you may forget it's going 0->1->0 in the curve and need to look inside it to debug, but it's simpler

[sweet silo]

hi there what would be your favorite way of handling an NPC coming towards you and asking you a question and then go away ? AI ? BP ? Sequencer ? thanks !

[heady crypt]

BTTs ?

[sweet silo]

ok thanks i'll try with those then ? when should i add the dialog ?

[heady crypt]

BTT bNeedsToAskQuestion -> Do Till !bNeedsToAskQuestion -> Go Away

part of your Function to approach the player

[sweet silo]

ok thanks a lot i understand

[heady crypt]

stage 1, approach
stage 2, halt for dialogue

that's my brain logic on it anyway

[sweet silo]

should i do it all in the same BTT ?

[heady crypt]

you could go farm more granular on the task and have BTT Decicide on Action -> BTT Approach Player, BTT Accost Player while(!bDialogueFinished) -> BTT Scram

from what I've seen yes, you do it in a binary tree looking BTT

[sweet silo]

yeah you are right because i also need the AI to stop in front of the player

ok thanks

[heady crypt]

just gotta learn the Selectors and stuff in the flow chart of BTT logic

then have them bound/watching a bool to know when it's time to move to next task

or give up and go home for the night

you might not want the AI to follow the player for 17 days

but have their own Day/Night behaviour

[flat summit]

quick stupid question: where do i change what spawns on a arrow? i got the spawning thing from the rocks, duped it 2 times and placed where i wanted, but ofc it spawns rocks lol so i just have to change so the only place where rocks are able to spawn are all the way in the back of the platform, while coins can spawn anywhere else

[heady crypt]

why don't you go back to the rock spawning randomly in that collider in the back ?

[sweet silo]

yeah no definetly yeah no the ai goes back to a specific place after asking the question

thanks again taht's awesome

[heady crypt]

[heady crypt]

have you, heard of PCG...

[flat summit]

bc i have no idea what are you talking about XD

[flat summit]

no lol

[heady crypt]

so if I was to do what you're doing, I'd make a MapPiece, and learn PCG and handle the rocks and coins with PCG

the rocks, the grass, the mushrooms, the stones, are all spawned with PCG

[flat summit]

oh so basicly what i need

[heady crypt]

yea

and on Construction/BeginPlay, change the seed

and they will be in different locations

you will need to turn PCG on though

[flat summit]

but where is that?

[heady crypt]

option 1 is enough

[flat summit]

oh

[heady crypt]

option 2 is if you want to learn more about it and do your own custom stuff

I assume not

[flat summit]

not really, im just trolling with a silly game so

ill get the first one

[heady crypt]

then you just make a PCG graph and another object i the MapPiece

and you can go crazy with it spawning things

just try and stay under 13,000,000 points

[flat summit]

yea bc for sure im not going to spawn 12 million coins ☠️

[heady crypt]

but you could...

[flat summit]

special map: 12 million coins zone

that would be funny tho

[heady crypt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQs6uerX7gY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJkbezOmAwA

pick your poison

[flat summit]

that will show me how to do the pcg thing?

[heady crypt]

PCGs can spawn Actors and Static Meshes

if you just want to do 3-5 objects with not dynamic inputs, it's all you need

[flat summit]

yea i just want a few coins here and there

[heady crypt]

make your points, put rocks, exlude them from your other points, make coins, exclude them from other points, make health/damage pickups

[flat summit]

okay, i will try that

thank you

[heady crypt]

expose your seed and make a random float at runtime/construction

so they are in different locations

[flat summit]

surely im not going to come back here in 15 minutes bc im clueless about what im trying to do

[heady crypt]

as long as you're only moving 100 objects or so, it shouldn't stutter

[pastel fable]

Excuse me people, Console commands stay until the game closes or it resets if I, like, join a session/change controller/Spawn new character? I'm thinking in putting all player settings console commands like "voice.MicInputGain" in the gameinstance Init event

[heady crypt]

generally if nothing reinitialises an object there should not be any resetting of a console command

[flat summit]

well having in mind that the max floors there can be is 10, and the highest amount of things on each is 9, that means that worest case scenario there might be 90 objects

[heady crypt]

but if you load an object that loads a default setting then you may lose the console command setting

[heady crypt]

really? aren't you doing current segment + next segment + next segment, max of 3 loaded segments ?

oh you were doing rotation and corners and such

[flat summit]

no, i made it so my max is 10

yea but not yet

i didnt get there from the tutorials yet XD

[heady crypt]

lol

16 x 7 700,000 tri bushes spawned in by PCG in a grid with random rotations and it doesn't impact performance, it should handle a couple rocks and some coins

if you move it over to android though, you might see some performance if you don't have lots of super low poly LODs

[steady night]

gah refresh my memori how do i update stuff inside a "widget Commponent" ?

get user widget object*

found it

[untold fossil]

Uh, where is the convert to pure cast option? All of a sudden the option is gone from the context menu 🤔 The hell did I do wrong?

[gentle urchin]

You clicked the pin

Not the node

[heady crypt]

this one ?

[untold fossil]

Tried both pin and node

[lunar sleet]

Maybe the engine is telling you to do it the safe way 🙃

[untold fossil]

https://gyazo.com/d55a2d38dd1f2fee01d18db18e588d33

https://tenor.com/view/xx-gif-15660269

[lunar sleet]

5.3?

[lime gyro]

Hi all, is there a way to ignore a blocking volume for an actor?

[untold fossil]

4.27

[lunar sleet]

Eww

[heady crypt]

like an* ignore actor list ?

[lunar sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-crit-role-cr-arsequeef-undeadwood-gif-15546127

[kind estuary]

Is there a limit on the scale of a plane? Im using a landscape floor plane. And wondering if scaling it to 20 million may cause any issues?

or if there is a cap

[lunar sleet]

What do you think?

[heady crypt]

something something rounding errors something

[untold fossil]

Well, I tried 5.3 and got insta greeted with absolutely horrendous performance. So I hopped back to 4.27 faster than a bullet from a sniper rifle

[lime gyro]

I have a blocking volume in the level, but I want an AI character to pass through it

[heady crypt]

custom collision ignore pawn

now do you ONLY want the AI char and not player?

then add new collision trace channel, and add that to the AI and ignore that

[lime gyro]

yes just the AI

[heady crypt]

you're only allowed 18 channels though

[untold fossil]

I have no idea what the hell they did in 5, but my FPS in a simple empty level plummited down to double digits, like sub 60. My guess is Lumen and all that mumbo jumbo. Not interested in any of that. I like my performance tyvm 🙂

[lunar sleet]

It looks like you got an answer in #ue5-general, maybe don’t cross-post

[kind estuary]

yup sorry.

[lunar sleet]

Sounds like outdated hardware, getting 144 just fine

[lime gyro]

Thanks!

[untold fossil]

Well I get easy 200 fps on 4.27

So 🤷‍♂️

[heady crypt]

if the AI pawns are still Pawn they should still be blocked, so remove that from their CollisionType

[lunar sleet]

Whatever floats your engine ig 🙂

[heady crypt]

this is a default character setting, you can change the object type and add/remove collision channels to ignore/overlap/block

if you want to allow general Pawn collision responses to the AI, then you can add a channel to the Player and make that block instead

call it PlayerBlocker or something

depends what your end goal is and what you want

like if you're making specifically a ghost/phasing AI then you could make a ghost/phasing trace channel and give it ONLY to those AI and remove their pawn channel

[echo storm]

Does anyone know why this possess node doesn't seem to work? The spawned actor exists but my controller doesn't work on the possessed actor

[heady crypt]

replication maybe? you might be making the thing on server, and possesing on server and so the client doesn't do anything

SP or MP ?

[echo storm]

SP

[heady crypt]

ok that shouldn't be it then

[echo storm]

I have never dealt with MP/Replication before

[gentle urchin]

Could it already have a controller?

[heady crypt]

what are you spawning ?

are you specifically spawning a BPThirdPerson charcter that you're casting to ?

[echo storm]

I am spawning a child class of BP_ThirdPersonCharacter that has a different mesh and then cast to the parent class to change the item in the head socket but I do that later that's why I saved it as a variable

[heady crypt]

right right you were making multiple characters and changing their accessories

[lime gyro]

Interesting let me check this 🙂

[lunar sleet]

Are you unpossessing whatever was possessed before?

[echo storm]

I don't have a default pawn class selected in my gamemode so I assume nothing is possessed until I do that?

[lunar sleet]

Then why don’t you just make it auto-possess by PC in class defaults

[heady crypt]

aren't you possesing a camera object flying around by default ?

Spectator Object

[flat summit]

IM GETTING SOMEWHERE

[heady crypt]

that better be PCG

[echo storm]

Because I spawn a different PC based on the selected character in the game instance

Should I set auto possess for all of them?