blueprint

[limber parcel]

you mean its a component, not a child, right?

[tardy prawn]

hi, i have a question: i implemented interface in parant actor class, then create a child, and if i dbclick on this interface in child, it will transform to a functiion. Why ? In parent it always interface when dbclick

[limber parcel]

because u already have that function in ur parent

[dry marlin]

and that i cant move around

[lunar sleet]

You can also convert it to an event if that that’s what you mean^

[fathom spruce]

I'm noob, so... Is it possible to move a variable to local variables or back? I can make a new one, but I'm curious if it's possible to just move them.

[tardy prawn]

in parent its in interface category, not in a function category

[dry marlin]

i checked and its all functional and runs

[lunar sleet]

I think there’s a checkbox in the details panel, at least in some cases

[limber parcel]

then u gave it wrong value somewhere in code

[brazen pike]

Maybe you fixed it, since this screenshot was a while back. But are you intentionally feeding the camera's current position directly into the lerp? you probs don't want to do that, it wont work that way

[primal schooner]

Hoping someone can clear up some confusion I'm having with delegates.

I have this defined in my AttributeComponent.h

DECLARE_DYNAMIC_MULTICAST_DELEGATE_FourParams(FHealthChangedSignal, AActor*, InstigatorActor, UARLAttributeComponent*, OwningComp, float, NewHealth, float, DeltaHealth);

I called it FHealthChangedSignal so that the semantics look nice. i.e the BroadCast looks like:

HealthChangedSignal.Broadcast(InstigatorActor, this, Health, ActualDeltaHealth);

And the handlers look like:

void AARLAICharacter::OnHealthChanged(AActor* InstigatorActor, UARLAttributeComponent* OwningComp, float NewHealth, float DeltaHealth)

But I'm confused about the different ways you connect to that signal from blueprint.

https://imgur.com/67IYH2X
In my UI Widget component I have to get the AttributeComponent, create a custom event, and then bind it to that signal. Which makes sense and is how I expected to do this everywhere.

https://imgur.com/P5r96UJ
In my ranged minion blueprint though, it has an attribute component and I can just click the "event" button and it creates a node that's called the same thing as the signal HealthChangedSignal (AttributeComp). It doesn't have to bind to it. It just works.

Question

• Why is it able to connect to that signal without binding it?
• I don't particularly like that, I'd rather bind it and call it OnHealthChanged because to me, it looks like that blueprint node is firing a signal (since that's what its called). What's standard here?

[brazen pike]

You can still get the component and bind an event to it if you prefer that. Its just that you can directly implement an event for it without needing to bind if its a component.

[primal schooner]

Got it, okay. So its just kind of a convenience short-hand that it does for you?

[dry marlin]

still having all the problems i mentioned so far, and i just now notised this

[brazen pike]

Yep. As far as I'm aware.

[brazen pike]

This would probably work? I might be missing some context though as I missed most of the conversation here

almost certainly a better idea to use two cameras and "set view target with blend" from the camera manager. But this might solve your problem?

[frosty heron]

Looks legit

I would be surprised if that don't work

Only thing I will change is to get the active camera instead the flip flop

But I get that it's just demonstration

[dry marlin]

but how does it know which "mode" im in a or b?

[dreamy gulch]

@gentle urchin thought i made improvements with like 5 things but nope still basically crashing

[brazen pike]

A flipflop in the event graph will keep track of it for you. You can do what you have currently (with a boolean) but I can see that if you press the button too fast then the bool branch will execute incorrectly. You can keep track in other ways, like checking if the camera is closer to the TPP or FPP components.

But I would recommend just setting a bool on not from itself right after the button is pressed and the timeline executes based on the output.

[frosty heron]

Delay untilk the next tick to skip a frame

[dry marlin]

ok nice to know that bout the flipflop, but im only setting the bool at the end of the transition

[brazen pike]

It might be more consistent if you set it at the start. And rather than "reverse from end" just "reverse" could be a good idea

However, you can still do it at the end, just "reverse from end" might not work properly because you could keep pressing the button before it has finished and "reverse from end" will restart it every time and it'll never end

[worthy tendon]

another solution is to ignore the L key if timeline is running.

[gentle urchin]

Ugh

Show code i guess

[dry marlin]

it wasnt very clear what i meant to say by the picture.
i meant that the character is forever falling for some reason

[frosty heron]

Check your anim blueprint or if it's playing anim

[dry marlin]

its playing an animation in the bp viewport

[frosty heron]

Take your time to read

[lofty rapids]

is your player start above the ground, and he's dropping from there ?

[frosty heron]

Game hasn't even started yet, it doesn't have anything to do with the ground imo

[lofty rapids]

or it's just the animation ?

[dry marlin]

also the camera doesnt change if i cange it in the bp viewport no matter

[lofty rapids]

oh it's in the bp

[frosty heron]

He just press some button and unsure how to unfuck it imo

[lofty rapids]

maybe your animation is set

[dry marlin]

just hovering

[dry marlin]

100%

[frosty heron]

Click your mesh comp and see if there's animation playing

[dry marlin]

yes

no matter which comp im on it plays the animation

[lofty rapids]

Do you have this set to falling animation ?

[hollow tendon]

how to make this fps indepdenent code

with high fps it rotate my screen too fast

with low fps it is slow

i want it to give consisient rotating no matter the fps is

[dry marlin]

nope

[lunar sleet]

Look up delta time, there’s a Matt Wadstein video on it too

[hollow tendon]

u mean delta seconds?

there is no delta time expect for animations not code

[hollow tendon]

can u link the video

[lunar sleet]

You said nothing about animations

You literally just showed a screenshot of the old input system and some strings

[hollow tendon]

exactly

[lunar sleet]

… I’m confused as to what the issue is

[brazen pike]

multiply your axis value by "Get World Delta Seconds". Although, that will massively decrease your axis value so multiply it again by like 60 or something

[hollow tendon]

the issue is.

the code i sent above with high fps it rotate too fast with low fps it rotate too slow

i want it to give same rotating speed despite of fps

[hollow tendon]

thanks im reading this

[lunar sleet]

…

[hollow tendon]

what?

[lunar sleet]

That’s what I told you to do

wtf

[hollow tendon]

clam down bro

[lunar sleet]

Then you asked me to Google a link for you lol

Come on

[hollow tendon]

come on bro. chill

[hollow tendon]

ok. finsihed. thanks!!

[brazen pike]

It's all good Neo, everybody starts somewhere

[hollow tendon]

well said

wohhaaaaaa

LEMONNN 🍋 !!

it works

[lunar sleet]

Yeah, but not bothering to do any leg work or acting like the answer you were given was the wrong one feels, idk, disrespectful

🤷‍♂️ w/e

[dry marlin]

• honestly thinking of restarting the project

[frosty heron]

From that? Just watch some intro videos

I felt like u went in blindly

[dry marlin]

i spent 2 hours following vids at least

[frosty heron]

Just 2 hrs, it takes longer than that to get around comfortably

Keep going I guess but I don't mean stay in tutorial hell

[brazen pike]

What animation blueprint are you using? Is it one made custom or from the third person project?

[hollow tendon]

lemon u are good programmer

[frosty heron]

Go inside and look if you tweak anything

[brazen pike]

I just know the basics

[trim matrix]

guys i need help

[brazen pike]

you'll find the actually good programmers in #cpp

[trim matrix]

the animations are supposedly assigned but my ccharacter stays in t pose during play test

[hollow tendon]

nice

lemon this trick u taught me

it make ur joystick same rotating no matter what

but at what frame rate does it work?

[frosty heron]

Check your anim instance

[trim matrix]

k wait

[frosty heron]

Watch the video suggested to you

Matthew explains it

[hollow tendon]

this 2015 video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyJVYB3IzGA&ab_channel=MathewWadstein

or another one

[dreamy gulch]

its cool, thanks for trying, ill figure it out

[frosty heron]

That one should be fine

[hollow tendon]

ok. thank yyou very much cold summer

[frosty heron]

Date don't matter, cpp is older than 40 years old

Many principle stay the same

[hollow tendon]

wow

[trim matrix]

could u elaborate if u can thx im new i only need this for a school project

[frosty heron]

Open your character bp, select the mesh component. Look into the anim instance. Have you set it to your anim instance class?

My guess is no

[undone temple]

I am making a simple editor utility widget to set the position of the viewport camera. It works, except that after the camera position is set, the camera's movement is locked and can't be changed by the usual keyboard controls. Focusing on an actor in the scene using F key or double clicking will return camera movement to normal

[dry marlin]

the only things i changed/added:

1. added an BP interface and interaction system
2. and a system to switch from TPP to FPP from this video: https://youtu.be/21cLT6-3uDw?si=e1XJmOv31cA4zukW

[undone temple]

any idea why the camera movement would be locked after setting position?

[barren dove]

you set it to a position, did you mean to set the springarm to a position maybe?

[dry marlin]

then went off on my own and f things up by trying to make it a smooth transition rather snappy

[undone temple]

does viewport camera have a springarm? how would I get a reference to that?

[frosty heron]

They dont

[frosty heron]

Talking about the generic camera actor right?

[dry marlin]

so i ended up changing to something that can implement a consept from this vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r5FetTCHUk&list=TLPQMzAxMDIwMjOOx-NAsAyFpQ&index=1

[thin panther]

Oh no. That's a lot of child actor components

Don't use them

[trim matrix]

didn't change shit

[frosty berry]

Ok, so if the turrets are where players attach and they are attached to the ship, how would you do it?

[thin panther]

Spawn and attach them in the ships begin play

[undone temple]

is this question for me? If so I'm just talking about the default editor viewport camera

[lofty rapids]

you set the animation class to your animation bp ?

[frosty heron]

Maybe cuz u didn't change shit

[lofty rapids]

or make sure to compile

[trim matrix]

i did, following your instructions

[trim matrix]

yup

[trim matrix]

did that too

[frosty heron]

Well pretty sure it don't have spring arm then

[frosty heron]

S h o w something

[trim matrix]

pls dont be angry if i did something falsew

[frosty heron]

See where it says anim class on the right hand side?

[trim matrix]

yeah?

[frosty heron]

And it have anim instance written on it

[trim matrix]

yeah

[frosty heron]

Select it and change it to your abp third person char

[trim matrix]

what can i do to thank you for this

[frosty heron]

Nothing, gl next

[frosty berry]

For my knowledge, how does that differ, resource wize or ???

[thin panther]

Functionally it doesn't differ much. Your main benefit is because child actor components don't function. They're broken, and not likely to be fixed

[lean pasture]

does this seem right? im not entirely sure

i dont know if something needs to be connecting to the branch or not on the top part

[thin panther]

Well that's not hooked up to anything so it isn't going to run

You need some sort of entry point being called, like an event

[lean pasture]

yeah i had thought as such thank you

il have a look

[frosty berry]

ok. My turrets "appear" to work, just over the first few moments they go from shooting into the distance to immediately impacting with themselves, but only when aiming in the directin of travel.

I am going to remove them, then add one like you suggested and retest.

[lean pasture]

sorted that, all works now :-)

[hollow tendon]

accupa thanks for ur kindness

[thin panther]

Have you managed to solve your issue?

[hollow tendon]

Yep 😊

[thin panther]

Amazing!

[hollow tendon]

thanks!

accupa i have a weird question about game dev if i may ask?

[thin panther]

No problem, though I was the most minor element of that exchange :P

[hollow tendon]

haha

[thin panther]

Sure

[hollow tendon]

how can 2 games run at 60fps

but one game runs smoother

the other stuttering

the one runs smoother has lower game stat ( cpu and code logic )

but it is still running at capped 60fps

while the stuttery one which also run at capped 60fps

it runs at a higher game stat ( cpu and code logic )

what ur comment/thought?

[thin panther]

Stutter can be a lot of things, memory issues, poor running of game code, not using proper ways of smoothing things etc.

I wouldn't know without breaking down each project

[hollow tendon]

Correct but is not fps an indicator of those things stability?

if u have high ram usage almost max ur fps will drop

but how can it stutter with capped 60fps?

[thin panther]

not always. you can get cases where the frame is still completing but the logic has halted

[hollow tendon]

hmmm, may i ask you to simplify that more?

what you mean

[thin panther]

for example, timers that run faster than the tick rate will compensate by running multiple times in one frame.
this can lead to stutter, even though it isn't imapcting the fps

[hollow tendon]

this makes a lot of sense!

you are good at this stuff. game logic etc

does console comamnds work in runtime in a packaged game in shipping mode

[trim matrix]

hi does anyone know how i can make a custom cursor? and also have it show in the level? i am able to display my main menu but you can only see the mouse cursor for a split second then it dissapears

[frosty heron]

@trim matrix you need to set the input mode to gameplay and Ui or Ui.

As for custom cursor. Youtube it, literary everywhere

[hollow tendon]

i think it is focusing on the widget then the mouse is gone

there is a node to make it gameplay and ui which could fix it

ahh cold summer mentioned it already

[trim matrix]

sweet thank you!

[thin panther]

i do not believe so, however there seems to be hints of a packaging parameter that enables them

[trim matrix]

what do you mean by input mode? sorry its early morning lol

[frosty heron]

And it's 2 am for me. Gonna sleep

Get your player controller, drag from the blue pin and type set input mode

[trim matrix]

like this?

[trim matrix]

ohhh alright thank you!

[frosty heron]

Plug your target

It needs player controller and the widget you want to focus

[hollow tendon]

ok!

[trim matrix]

its not giving me a option to focus on main menu

[thin panther]

drag the return val of Create Main Menu widget in "In widget to focus"

[trim matrix]

i think i fixed it

YEP

i did exactly that as you said it haha!

[frosty heron]

Get in a habit to promote your variable

[frosty berry]

So should I have the actors at the default level in the BP then attach actor to actor, or spawn actor and attach actor to actor and if so, how so you spawn? Regular spawn puts actor in the work, but the attach actor does not attach it.

[trim matrix]

some reason its still not showing hmm

oh i found the culprit!

[thin panther]

im unsure what you mean, could you please rephrase the question

[trim matrix]

i had it also inside the uh bp third person

thank you guys for helping!

im still in the beginner stages of my game

[lunar sleet]

You’re doing great so far, you’ve kept up with it for a while now.

Persistence is key tbh

[trim matrix]

aww thank you!! i mean its either i complete this or fail my entire degree! and i am honestly really enjoying this entire learning process, using youtube and reaching out here has really helped me progress, and cool to see you have remembered me! appreciate the acknowledgement neo

[frosty berry]

Certainly! I have removed the Top Turret from my actor bp. I am now trying to spawn one and attach it to the vehicle actor on begin play. This is what I have and it spawns, but attaches to the actor root and not the actor --> staticmesh --> socket location.

[dawn gazelle]

Need to chnage the location rule. Snap to Target I think?

Failing that and you want to attach the actor to a specific component, then there is an Attach Actor To Component node as well.

[frosty berry]

Just changed to Actor to Component, and it attaches and is playable at the right spot!! But..... I still have my original issue where the projectiles start colliding with the turret after the vehicle gets a bet down the road. (only goes in one direction).

First few moments it shoots straight in the direction of vehicle travel, then starts colliding with turret. And the range diminishes. over time.

[lofty rapids]

sounds like your driving faster than it's shooting ?

[novel rock]

shold i make separate game modes for the menu and the game?

I was thinking about have one game mode for both but i don't think i can.

[lunar sleet]

Yeah, probably

Keeps things cleaner I think

[dawn gazelle]

Likely yes, considering you don't want normal game logic happening in your main menu. If there is any shared functionality you want between them you could always create a parent game mode class and have them inherit from it.

[frosty berry]

Wondered that too... Shooting at 10000/10000, vehicle drives at 0/300

[novel rock]

Thanks @lunar sleet and @dawn gazelle ❤️

[trim matrix]

alright so i have set my custom cursor up, but its not showing as the custom one, i just followed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sk4kIBLGUk and im not sure if its something in my blueprint that may be missing?

i also did attempt both none/default and when i set to default it wouldnt show

[lunar sleet]

That’s a tricky one, I did it in one of my projects sec

I had something like this:

[trim matrix]

will give this a go

[trim matrix]

ok im not sure where to next

[lunar sleet]

Mine is a little weird where I’m changing the cursor context using an interface and an enum, but if you don’t need multiple ones, that should be enough. Does it not work still?

[trim matrix]

nope doesnt work, im not sure whats going on

yea im only needing one

---

also another question i have is, do i need to create multiple levels in order to switch between my screens aka Main Menu, user clicks Settings -> takes to settings screen Do i need a level for settings too or can i switch between all my widgets within one level?

[lunar sleet]

Does the cursor change at all?

[lunar sleet]

If you’re talking different menus in your settings then no, I wouldn’t use diff levels

[trim matrix]

lemme try and see if i can use the other options that unreal has for the cursor and see if they work

[trim matrix]

yea im just wanting to switch to the settings screen from the main menu

[lunar sleet]

There’s always CommonUI that allows you to stack widgets on top of each other, but it might take a min to learn

[trim matrix]

yea the mouse cursor doesnt change at all

[lunar sleet]

do you have a function in your widget that changes the brush ?

like I have this, mind you the map is needed because I have like 4 of them

[trim matrix]

no i dont have that

[lunar sleet]

I mean you might not need it if you never have to change the cursor to something else

[trim matrix]

yea i dont need to change it to something else just want it to be the custom cursor i have made

this is the entire blueprint

[lunar sleet]

should try to use reroute nodes whenever you can, it's hard to tell where your main menu widget is plugged in

[trim matrix]

sorry im not sure what you mean by a reroute nodes? oh my main menu widget is uh

[lunar sleet]

like on your lines, double click

[trim matrix]

ohhh

is this what your talking abotu?

alright

[lunar sleet]

it'll create a reroute node and help you organize

also, did you do this part ?

that's from the tutorial you're using

diff than how I did it but yeah

[trim matrix]

yea i did, but when i set default, the cursor doesnt show at all, but when its set to "none" the normal cursor shows

also once i double click on the line how do i move them?

nvm figured out

[hollow cove]

how do you guys deal with load orders, i.e. wanna save a reference to controller from another blueprint

do you just loop until its valid with a delay, seems janky

[trim matrix]

all tidied up

[lunar sleet]

I wonder if there's something wrong with the widget

[trim matrix]

hmmm i will have a look, but the video was overall simple so im not sure

[lunar sleet]

can you show the Design part of it?

mainly the Details tab

[lunar sleet]

ok

tick isVariable

[trim matrix]

ok

[lunar sleet]

the canvas prly doesn't matter, but the image

if not already set to var

[trim matrix]

i set to variable but still not working

[lunar sleet]

you selected the image component first?

and also did you set an anchor?

[lunar sleet]

uh I've seen issues when you resize it like that, try to just make it sit in the top left corner

[trim matrix]

like this?

im also getting this

oh

[lunar sleet]

you need to plug in the player controller ref

[trim matrix]

its not connected

yea haha

yea its connected now

hmm thats weird

i mean its not the end of the world right now if i cant get the pizza cursor to work lol

[dawn gazelle]

"No pizza cursor in game"
"0/10"
"Literally unplayable"

[lunar sleet]

People do love their pizza

[trim matrix]

i will most defiantly come back to the cursor though ofc

just gotta get my game in a good playeable state

[lunar sleet]

I would maybe go through the tutorial one more time from the top just in case you missed something. And also test it with a different image, just for sanity check 😀

[pallid nest]

hi guys, is there any tutorial you can recommend in how can you make references from one blueprint to another? What I usually see is that casting or getting controller/character ref usually works but I am always unsuccessful when I do myself

[lunar sleet]

I’ve noticed the guy didn’t have to use set cursor, so maybe remove that node in case it’s conflicting

[lunar sleet]

Blueprint comms pinned here

[grim sand]

Am I misunderstanding the Add Radial Impulse node? The red lines resemble what happens when I use it, with the green circle indicating the source of the impulse. I was expecting the green arrows to represent what happens though.

[lunar sleet]

I don’t understand what you mean by load orders

[pallid nest]

sorry where is it exactly? I cant find it

[hollow cove]

getting references and whatnot on beginplay

[grim sand]

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

[pallid nest]

thank you

[hollow cove]

the reference will be none if you're grabbing a reference to player controller from a blueprint if the player controller loads after that blueprint right

[lunar sleet]

Yeah

Begin Plays don’t happen in a certain order

But what’s your use case

[hollow cove]

is there a less janky way to do it other than looping and delaying

[lunar sleet]

Usually, yes

Depends on the use case

There are usually other events you can call

[hollow cove]

hmm okay so just case by case

[lunar sleet]

Kinda. What are you trying to do

[hollow cove]

i was looking at a bunch of various places ive done that without thinking much about it, so it was a general question

[lunar sleet]

Also the PC is usually already spawned in before stuff like character for example, just might not have possessed yet

[lunar sleet]

Not sure tbh, that’s proven tricky to work with before

[grim sand]

Yea I can tell it isn't super reliable. I will probably setup something custom instead

[trim matrix]

yep sure!

[ashen tide]

Morning, I m trying to do a leaning system,
I don t understand why nothing is happening once I release the button, if I manually set the pitch variable to 0 it s goes straight to the center without any smooth movement/interpolation but once I used the fInterp to, nothing is happening. any idea why ?

[trim matrix]

so like this?

[lunar sleet]

He doesn’t even create the cursor widget, it looks like

Just adds it to the software cursors

[trim matrix]

hmm

let me see

[lunar sleet]

I haven’t tried it this way before tbh, but I’ll try to test it myself later if it doesn’t work

[trim matrix]

yea i disconnected it and everything too, still doesnt work hmm.

[lunar sleet]

Testing rn

Works

[lunar sleet]

Are you by chance playing in Simulate mode?

[trim matrix]

simulate mode?

[lunar sleet]

Like at the top when you hit play

[trim matrix]

oh yea, how do i not do that??

[lunar sleet]

The 3 dots on the right

Switch to Selected Viewport

[trim matrix]

oh its already on that

[lofty rapids]

i just tried it and the image showed up

all i did was add the widget to the software cursor

[lunar sleet]

Yeah it’s working on my end too

[lofty rapids]

in project settings

[lunar sleet]

It only failed to work when I was simulating which makes sense

[trim matrix]

yea but are you guys trying it with a main menu widget?

[lunar sleet]

Why a main menu widget

It’s supposed to be the cursor widget no?

[lofty rapids]

i just created a user widget and set software cursor

[trim matrix]

yea the cursor widget is suppose to show on my main menu widget

[hybrid drift]

Q: I have a pawn blueprint with spring arm and camera components. The components are set to my liking in the editor (with the camera trailing the pawn), but the camera appears in the middle of the pawn when I drag the pawn into the level editor.

The camera is attached to the spring arm, and the spring arm is attached to the root component.

What might cause that behavior?

[lunar sleet]

If you mean your game has a different level for main menu, then yeah that shouldn’t matter

You’re not trying to change your editor’s cursor (outside the game) to a pizza right? 😅

[ashen tide]

I think I found out the issue if I create a branch that look if the value isnt at 0 to loop it until it is, it create a smooth movement. but from what I understand, the trigger action make the smooth movement because the player hold it, and once it s released the completed branch start but since it's just a "tap" it doesnt go back to 0, just move one frame, any idea how I can fix this ?

[trim matrix]

yea

[trim matrix]

my editors cursor. i dont believe so

[lunar sleet]

Yeah it shouldn’t matter then

Try starting fresh, delete the software cursor, delete the widget and do it over

[trim matrix]

maybe im doing something so obvious

yea i will try that

[lunar sleet]

Make sure the widget is not being referenced by any other asset before deleting

[trim matrix]

does it matter if its a texture??

[lunar sleet]

No, mine is a texture too

[trim matrix]

but its also uh

oh ok

ok now its working with the cute creature object lol!

its working now! yay

[lunar sleet]

Yay!

Sometimes you just gotta scrap and redo it I guess 😀

[dawn gazelle]

"Best game ever. Pizza is awesome."
"11/10"
"GOTY unbelievable gameplay"

[lunar sleet]

“Has more pizzas than Starfield”

[faint pasture]

FInterpTo has to be hit every frame

I'd either have your inputs set target values that get interp'd to on tick, or have them trigger timelines

[faint pasture]

Pizza Tower unironically kicks ass

[tawny patio]

Need help, Im trying to cast this object ref into my player BP and when I tried searching for it, I cant find it, is there something wrong that I did.? Im triying to call it in my widget sequenc event. Tq o7

[barren dove]

Hey folks, question
I want to chose a point randomly within a certain radius, but excluding a radius in the middle, so like a ring shape, any ideas?

[mystic bridge]

i would like to recreate this but i dont even know where to start, does anyone have any tips?

[subtle valve]

Hey, you could simply randomise an angle and then use that to rotate a vector of radius length, add that vector to your original location to get the random point in a ring

Hopefully simple question, how do I set Step-down distance separately from step up distance (in a character)?

[broken wadi]

Can you be a bit more specific? There's a lot of things going on in that video.

[ember scaffold]

Hey all, looking for some help or advice, I have a pickup which is an Actor that should add 15 seconds to the time remaining play a sound, and destroy itself when overlapped. TimeRemaining is store in Game HUD BP, and is shown as a text widget in the HUD. The 'pickup' has a Float variable called TimeAdd (value of 15), but my logic on how to add the time to the HUD is clearly faulty.

I’ve had no problems with pickups that add health or ammo to character, so I figured Casting to the Game Mode HUD would suffice. Time remaining is being formatted by a function to turn the 120 seconds the game starts with into {minutes}:{seconds}. I'm not sure if I need to pass my TimeAdd from the pickup + TimeRemaining (overall) through the format before trying to set the text in the HUD, hope my pictures make sense what I'm trying to do.

[tawny patio]

Ok I got a workaround this problem but then I want to reatached my spring arm back. is how do i do that?

[rustic hinge]

Oh shit, sorry went to sleep. 😅

[mild ibex]

is it possible to show 3d vector from an exposed variable of an actor component?

and if not, how can i get something similar or is that not possible at all?

[subtle valve]

Hey, in your overlap at the bottom you're casting the overlapped actor to the game mode. Did you mean to cast to a character or something else in world?

[mystic bridge]

i know how to do everything up until the player looks away from the door, once the character looks away from the door, i dont know how to proceed

[mystic bridge]

so when you look away from the door, the door disapears

[broken wadi]

You can use the dot product to detect when the player is no longer looking at the door then call some event to hide it or whatever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zE_YA4z87M

[stark grail]

[pls help 🙏]

I have a relatively obscure question, but I am at my wit's end.

I want to PERFORMANTLY (this is key) render 60fps video from Unreal Engine in a controlled manner, to a file on my disk.
Rocket league runs at 60fps on 4k monitors trivially, and so do other games!

I am open to using the Movie Render Queue but it has a few issues:

1. It's a bit slow from what I've seen, rendering at most 2-3 FPS
2. It relies on the sequencer.

__I really just want to output the perspective of a camera into a video. __

I have tried:

• __ render targets__ but the result is still profoundly slow (export rendertarget to disk node)
• calling the highresscreenshot command (extremely slow too, less than 1 fps)

I am attempting to produce a dataset for a computer vision task but I need to gather literally an hour of video footage from a simulation in the engine. I know for a fact Tesla trains their cars in unreal, and have seen it used for CV applications but I cannot for the life of me identify a way to just latch onto the main rendering output and stream it into a video format. What can I do??

For reference I have a 3080ti, and a nice CPU. This is not a performance issue.

[ember scaffold]

I'm very new and trying to learn on my own after following a course, so I'm not 100% sure. What I know is I have 4 elements that need to interact: **The character **should overlap the actor (pickup), update game time remaining which is stored in a GameMode BluePrint, and then that updated time remaining is displayed in the actual HUD as a TextWidget. Assuming I don't need to call or mess with the character, so what I expect is that the 15 second float var on the actor should go into the GameMode blueprint (I assume via a cast?, but I have a tenuous grasp on how casting works). From there the logic in the second screenshot, (which is a function in my GameMode BP) should take the value (15 sec) from the pickup actor, add it to the actual time remaining in the game, get formatted correctly, and then set in the textwidget in the HUD.

Sorry if I just restated my original question. Is a cast not necessary? I wonder if I should just try to create a function that adds 15 seconds IN the GameMode BP itself, instead of trying to take a float var stored in the actor and try to shove it into the gamemode...

The reason I assume it had to be done this way is for a health pickup, the course I followed taught to store the health amount I want to add in the object, and upon overlap, tell the GameMode BP that health was gained by adding the health amount in the pickup to the health amount the Character currently has to get a new health total.

[thin panther]

the thing you're hacing here is you're trying to render video statically. this takes longer than realtime rendering. nothing you can do about that. 2-3fps aint bad actually.

is there any reason you couldn't use something like obs to record it?

rocket league runs at 60fps because it isn't rendering it to a file on disk

thats a key difference that makes things take longer

[stark grail]

So the disk writing is the inherent limit

I see

What If Im outputting raw data like

[thin panther]

static rendering like that will always be slow

[stark grail]

Why does OBS using NVENC record my screen at 4k60 but unreal cant, ya know?

I want to do this somewhat programmatically

[thin panther]

because unreal isn't recording your screen

[stark grail]

😭 but its rendering to some buffer

[subtle valve]

Hey, you should cast the other actor to a character just to make sure the thing being overlapped is indeed a character, then use a separate node to get the game mode. Then cast that game mode to your version of it, from then on I think you can keep doing it the way you're doing it

[stark grail]

like the data is there, it exists, and it can be displayed. My disk can certainly write faster than 60fps

And companies are 100% using unreal to do computer vision, possibly in realtime! (pipes?)

what gives ;_;

excuse the desperation ive just been butting my head against the wall all day

[thin panther]

training of computer vision models certainly isn't realtime

[stark grail]

no but the dataset is created very quickly

[thin panther]

the end result runs at realtime sure, but the training and capturing of training data like that is absolutely not realtime

(not to mention companies have access to server farms and such)

[stark grail]

no way tesla (which is known to use unreal) is waiting 5 hours to render 4 minutes of driving data

sure true, render farms, respect that

and youre right excuse me, the inference is done at realtime

training isnt

but still, inference in the loop requires that the image output is piped to some python app

[thin panther]

and just to throw this one out there

[broken wadi]

Can't you just stream your screen to something like youtube or twitch?

Then download the video later

[stark grail]

oh wow

[thin panther]

record or stream a screen capture.
rendering video like that is not realtime

[broken wadi]

nvidia shadow play

[stark grail]

yes considering, wish I had more control, going to need to build an app around this to be precise about screenrecording

it just feels like a very odd workaround for something that just... seems like it should be in the engine

its so odd to hear "unreal just cant write a video out that fast" when it writes to my screen that fast while another app sucks it out of my screen and writes to my disk that fast

also thank you so much for the insights so far

excuse my somewhat defensive tonality Im just insisting because I dont want this to go unanswered in case someone does have an alternative solution

Im really grateful for the pointers

[stark grail]

And I hope you can see why this... limitation, strikes me as so odd given the logic above

[thin panther]

if you like plugins, theres a plugin I've found that does it

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

[mental trellis]

Funny thing.

The plugin manager is a plugin.

[tribal gazelle]

How would I go about making dead bodies? Can I let the player die, then respawn them in a new actor and then destroy the old actor with a delay? Would that work or is there more to it?

[mental trellis]

Sure, why not?

[lunar mulch]

Im trying to figure out a way to Blend out a "Enable/Disable" Variable. Is this possible in any way? When Disabling/Enabling "Camera Lag" and actively moving the camera, it causes a short stuter. So i need to find a way to blend out the Camera lag so this doesn't happen. Im using Camera Lag for my Crouch Transition. There's no "Scale" Variable i can use.

[stark grail]

you absolute legend

thank you

[rustic hinge]

How would I use two blend spaces in one Animation Blueprint? The output pose node does not let me connect more than one blendspace.

[mystic bridge]

what would i connect the object to when im casting to a widget BP?

[thin panther]

A reference to your NewWidgetBlueprint

[mystic bridge]

wdym

[thin panther]

Casting is just a reference conversion. The object will always be an instance of the thing you are casting to.

In this case it's a reference of the widget on screen that you wish to access

[mystic bridge]

so what would it be

[thin panther]

I told you. A reference to the widget you want to access

You must create the widget somewhere, and when you do it outputs a reference

[mystic bridge]

im really lost rn

[thin panther]

To answer the DM, you would store the reference when you create the widget.

So, where do you create the widget?

[mystic bridge]

in my thirdpersonBP

[thin panther]

So, we will do this the quick way for now.

Drag off the return value of that, and promote it to a variable

That's now saved the reference, in somewhere we can access it.

[mystic bridge]

yeah i got that done now

[thin panther]

So in your BP, get your character reference, cast it to the third person, and do whatever with your new saved widget reference

You shouldn't actually need a cast for that anymore

[mystic bridge]

thank you so much!

i got it working now

sorry about the cofusion

[thin panther]

No problem!
I would advise you take a look at the blueprint communication video in the pins. It demystifies a lot of what casting is.

There is a misconception that casting is getting the object. It isn't. You are merely seeing if an object is of a more specific type.

I.e. is whatever stored in this actor my third person character? If it is, let me access stuff specific to my third person character

[frosty heron]

Gotta explain better. But one thing I can tell u that delay doesn't do much. After 1 second of game time elapsed it will just keep tracing every frame

Delay on tick almost never give the result someone might expect. The loop also done in a single frame

Use timer if u need to wait x time before y

[timid cosmos]

gotcha thanks for the headsup. What im trying to achieve is I have a blueprint that is trying to find floor blocks to stand on

so the trace is going around in a sphere 6 times detecting in 6 angles where there are floors to potentially move too

the issue im having is it's detecting the floor right underneath it

so im trying to figure out a way for trace to start just enough in front to ingore that

[frosty heron]

If u need to ignore something then you need to actually ignore it

It can be done with adding actor to actors to ignore array or you can use custom collision channel, or tags. Depends on what you are doing

[timid cosmos]

Right but all the floor blocks are the same BP

so how could I differenciate the floor underneath it apposed to ones it should detect

[frosty heron]

If u need to grab multiple object from line trace, use multi line trace

[frosty heron]

You have to distiquish them somehow

With tags

[timid cosmos]

gotcha will look into that then

[frosty heron]

Or something else depending on how the game is made

I can't picture what the game visually

U can also ignore the floor that's been checked

By adding it to an array list

That way u don't need tags

[timid cosmos]

👍

[mystic bridge]

my message log is getting spammed and idk why, i found it its coming from the branch but idk whats causing it

[frosty heron]

Try reading

The variable u access is null

It's pointing at nothing in the world

[dawn gazelle]

And it's likely based on wherever you're reading the booleans from.

It's saying your cast is returning a null value and you're trying to read those bools from that cast.

[mystic bridge]

everything is working fine tho, is that normal?

[frosty heron]

U don't want any error in your logs

[dawn gazelle]

Your issue likely stems from the fact that you're crossing execution paths. Your cast isn't happening on event tick and event tick could be firing before your cast fires.

[mystic bridge]

thats the whole bp

[frosty heron]

Don't cross pin

[dawn gazelle]

So, your tick is trying to access the cast values before your overlap happens.
Once the overlap happens, then it will work just fine, but before then it'll constantly pump out errors.

[astral orchid]

How does the GameMode class work?

Like, I know it has a MatchState machine, but how does it work? How do you change the match state, and does it change on its own automatically?

[frosty heron]

It does?

[tribal gazelle]

What could be the reason(s) my SaveGame is not working? I have done the exact same thing multiple times for other SaveGames.

[astral orchid]

Like, how? What is the process?

[frosty heron]

Almost think you talk about state machine. Why do u include machine in your word? You prob just look at enum?

[astral orchid]

that's what it said on the documentation

they called it a state machine, i'm just going off what I'm told here

[tribal gazelle]

A GameMode is like a mode for the level. Like TDM or something, the levels can change, also the GameMode can

[mystic bridge]

i get what your tryna say but i still dont know how to fix it

[astral orchid]

Well, i know that. I'm asking about how the specific, built-in functions of the GameMode class

like the MatchState thing

[frosty heron]

Right, just read it

[astral orchid]

I did

[tribal gazelle]

MatchState sounds like an extension to GameMode

Or a class

[astral orchid]

still didn't understand

[tribal gazelle]

Never heard MatchState before

[astral orchid]

apparently, it's a built in function for the GameMode class, which is derived from GameModeBase

[dawn gazelle]

Possible that the actual sav file is corrupted if you've modified the format of the save game object. What you have there looks fine otherwise.

[tribal gazelle]

It's not even creating the savegame file

[tribal gazelle]

Maybe there are built in MatchStates to help you manage matches.

[frosty heron]

Print string the make sure the node runs?

[astral orchid]

I've read the documentation, it wasn't that clear. I've search up tutorials, but either there wasn't a video on the GameMode class or it also wasn't clear on how it works

[eternal cradle]

have you tried adding breakpoints and debugging your code?

[frosty heron]

R u doing multiplayer game or something? If not, it's normally very optional to use game mode

[astral orchid]

It is, i'm asking how to use it, how it functions. Cuz nothing is clear

[astral orchid]

Yeah, multiplayer

[eternal cradle]

i will try to sum it up for you. the gamestate is usually used to track the progress/variables in a particular level, and the gamemode knows/sets the rules of that particular level. game state is replicated, game mode is ONLY on server

https://cedric-neukirchen.net/docs/category/multiplayer-network-compendium/ this is the BEST documentation out there for networking

[astral orchid]

Not what i was asking for, but thanks

[frosty heron]

That wasn't the question tho

[frosty heron]

Pretty clear to me

[eternal cradle]

ooh my bad lol

but i bet the compendium i sent has the answer you looking for 😉

[astral orchid]

Well, there's still some things not clear to me

Example, when it says it'll change from WaitingtoStart to InProgress, it is automatic?

or is there a function I have to use to change it?

[tribal gazelle]

I think you're going way back into the engine code

[frosty heron]

Handlematchiswaiting to start gets called everytime a player enter from what I read

Why don't u override the event and print string to find out

Start match is something you should call

[astral orchid]

There

[astral orchid]

's my second questions

how do you change the match state

other than the Start Match thing

because I saw the source code and the documentation

[frosty heron]

Most of them are automatic? I think the only one you have to call is start match

And possibly an end match if there is one

[astral orchid]

it says there should be a function for SetMatchState

couldn't find it in editor

[frosty heron]

When you call start match it will transition to inprogress

[astral orchid]

ok

what about the ReadyToStartMatch thing?

does it return true automatically, and if I don't want it to, do I override it?

[frosty heron]

Try the wrapper, has match started

Those state are called in sequence. Eg when world is loaded, the state will go to the next state

When player join it will call an event (you can use it).

Eg playercount++. If playercount == maximum player, start match

Then it will transition to inprogress

Why don't you start implementing stuff. Prob best way to find out how it work

[astral orchid]

alright

[eternal cradle]

also take a look at the compendium, it explains stuff precisely, helped me a ton when I worked on my multiplayer project!

[frosty heron]

Compendium is a must read, I agree

That and plus a few other article

Multiplayer is hard

[astral orchid]

one more question, i looked at the source code again, it says it will return true so long as there is one player or bot, meaning it will basically change to InProgress automatic

am I reading that right?

[frosty heron]

No pc to check

[astral orchid]

Like, I didn't mistake anything here.

[frosty heron]

Ready to start match doesn't mean it will start the match

Look into startmatch function

Prob gonna ignore the execution if breadytosyartmatch is false

Stop you from starting the game with no player

Actually I'm not sure

Never dig into

You will get better help in #multiplayer

[astral orchid]

ok

thanks for the help anyways

[frosty heron]

They got some smart ppl that does mp

[novel rock]

Where are my button event options?

[frosty heron]

U r clicking on the text

[astral orchid]

Next to designer button

[frosty heron]

Select the button for a start

[astral orchid]

to go graph

[novel rock]

where is this?

[astral orchid]

again

[frosty heron]

U r clicking on the text

[astral orchid]

go to graph

next to the blue designer button

that's how you program the button

[novel rock]

https://tenor.com/view/where-you-at-gif-21177622

[astral orchid]

Hold on, are you trying to program the button's functions?

or finding the button's inherit aspects

[frosty heron]

A) select the button, not the text. Go look in the detail panel for on clicked event etc

Or

B) select the button, tick is variable. Go to graph, select the button variable, the event will be in the details panel

[astral orchid]

If it's the former, then there you go. Get the button event, and begin.

If it's the latter, then Cold was right. You're clicking the 'text', not the 'button'

[mystic bridge]

i got it fixed finally you were right about the tik tryna access the cast before the overlap happens, thank you!

[barren dove]

so question:
if I turn off simulate physics via checkbox in the cylinder, this works and the object follows the player when triggered
if I leave it on, it doesn't move like physics is still enabled , idea?

[edgy ingot]

Stop cross pinning

[supple dome]

im impressed if that actually works

[novel rock]

I figured it out

'is visible' needs to be checked or you cant the button regardless if you plant on working on or with it.

[edgy ingot]

Ive already said that, also its is variable not is visible.

[rustic hinge]

How would I use two blend spaces in one Animation Blueprint? The output pose node does not let me connect more than one blendspace. https://gyazo.com/7b21ce8acd1f0c4987431b46eb29f3ce

Also I'm very new to BP's and Blend Spaces 😅

[upper badger]

I'm trying to create a ladder, my ladder's BP has a forward arrow that tells me where the "front" is, like where my character will attach to it. I want to be able to get on the ladder even if I'm behind it or at the side. How can I make my character rotate such that my character is facing the ladder? (I have a hunch that I need to rotate my character such that the dot product of the vectors is -1, but I'm not sure how to do that either)

[tidal marlin]

Hi. Is it possible to provide Modifications triggering the corresponding Input every time a key is pressed, provided that another key is clamped? That is, so that I would hold down button 2, hold down button 3 and the program would work for me twice?

[tranquil moon]

hi, is there a way to make a blueprint class static (i think thats the right term?) so it never needs to be instantiated and I can call its functions from other BPs using only a class reference?

[tidal marlin]

Timeline(RotateLerp(GetActorRotation,FindLookAtRotation(GetActorLocation, Ladder->GetActorLocation),Time))

[tidal marlin]

What exactly do you want from a static class?

I just don't remember that in general it would be possible to create a Static CLASS in both C++ and BP. That's why I'm asking what you mean.

[tidal marlin]

Use Layers Blend or another blend node.

[tranquil moon]

so im setting up a basic combat system which has an Attack class. the class holds an animation, hit detection function, and damage amount for a single attack. Different attacks are children of this base class. Player BP holds a bunch of these attacks bound to different keys but they dont need to be instantiated, I just need to read their class defaults and run the hit detection function (overriden by each different attack) which wouldnt modify anything on the attack class. hope that makes sense

the game is local multiplayer and multiple players could have access to the same attacks, no reason to have separate isntances when i just need to read data and run hit detection

i have c++ in the project, can use it if necessary im just more comfortable w blueprints when it comes to unreal

[tidal marlin]

Ok. That means - you need static function.

Then you can use CDO classes for this. Or create another sistem, like component that collect all object that you need.
Or another way to use c++.
You cant call do this easy on Blueprint.

[rustic hinge]

Ah.

[tranquil moon]

what is CDO?

oh wait i think i get it

[tidal marlin]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/what-is-cdo/310820

Or you can use combo with your BP Library that allow static function and GetDefaults from your class.

So its your way

[midnight field]

I keep running into an issue where, if I assign an extended class (my custom MovementComponent, written in C++) to a blueprint's component, save that blueprint and then reload UE5, it fails to load the component. All that's left is a reference to the component, and clicking on it results in a blank details panel so I can't re-assign it.

Has anyone run into this issue before? It sounds related to the topic at hand.

[tidal marlin]

How do you assign a BP Class component?

[tranquil moon]

so I could run the hit detection function on the CDO? is there a way to get the CDO from blueprint or should I just make a C++ CDO getter function that is blueprint callable?

[tidal marlin]

Create a function in C++ to get a CDO class.

[tidal marlin]

What you mean by assign?

[midnight field]

I've done this with my base "Extended Movement Component" class, but I'm also making a variant of that with more elaborate math. Setting it as the class default as shown here did work fine, but setting the subsequent class is what caused the problem.

I basically selected the component as such here, and in the details panel it allowed me to change it to my variant class.

[tidal marlin]

So, if I understood correctly, then you have several of your own Charavter Movement Component classes and based on a variable in your Actor you are trying to set a new class as CharMoveComponent?

[tidal marlin]

I don't see a problem. That's how it should work. Although, it may be worth trying to assign your component to root.

[midnight field]

Two specifically. The "Extended" one which changes the base functionality for universal gravity directions, and then a "Custom" one which has much more elaborate movement math.

In C++ I set the default to the Extended version, and it was showing up properly as ExtendedMovementComponent. This was working great. In the details panel I then switched it to CustomMovementComponent, and once I reloaded UE5 it started displaying as CharMoveComp (as shown above), and the details panel is completely blank.

[tidal marlin]

I don't think there is a solution to this problem. All variables for classes are generated much later than the triggered constructor. That is, at the time the constructor is triggered, the class on CharacterMovementComponent will be empty.
I think you should abandon the idea of changing the CharacterMovementComponent based on a variable.

[midnight field]

Hm... sounds like my blueprint is just bricked then. Seems strange that assigning classes in such a way would be part of core BP functionality when it's so unstable.

Or perhaps I just don't understand the engine well enough yet.

[tidal marlin]

If you can somehow solve this, let me know. I had a similar problem and I didn't find a solution.

[subtle valve]

I'm having a problem with character movement behaviour on ramps. I have a very fast character, and want them to maintain some vertical velocity when running off the top of a ramp. No matter how fast I make them, their velocity always flattens out. How do I achieve the desired effect? Image for clarity.

[tidal marlin]

Try playing with the falling char movement settings. I can’t really take a look because I’m at work.

[limber parcel]

unreal has a global friction setting, by default its set to 0.3

it should be somewhere in project settings

[gentle urchin]

If its using cmc wouldnt it also be using the step up function?

Id probably switch to some pure physics during that period for best effect

[subtle valve]

Yep it's using step up. Part of the reason why I'm using cmc for this is for good multiplayer prediction and replication, I'm worried to start using pure physics for certain things in case it throws a wrench into all that

[subtle valve]

Changing this setting did not have any effect

[limber parcel]

you also need to change the friction in "falling" section of your cmc i guess

[subtle valve]

ah, the only friction setting in the falling section is Falling Lateral Friction, which is currently zero

should that be a higher number?

[limber parcel]

possibly

try it

more friction means slower fall i guess

[crude spruce]

Does anyone know how to deal with the deform after a deleting phys asset collisions with hide bone?

Character mesh is multi meshed and

I hide dead limbs to access PBO Term to remove the collision. Unhide to undo the bone scale.

I set relevant meshes to hidden in game

I set ragdoll.

As long as the PBO Term is true, a ragdolled mesh will spaghetti the mesh to 0.0.0.

[subtle valve]

no effect unfortunately

[limber parcel]

is this a question or a progress report?

[gentle urchin]

As long as step up is used, gravity and fall friction has no effect afaik

[subtle valve]

I think the issue is that the character walks 'down' the tip of the ramp, causing the velocity to flatten. I may need to dive into the code for this and try to do something custom

[crude spruce]

progress report for you and question for the others, any experience with this and is there a way to unfuck the deform?

[limber parcel]

yeah probably, i was hoping its not lol

[gentle urchin]

I think its rather doing the last "step up"

But perhaps im wrong , havnt studied this much tbh

[subtle valve]

I don't believe its using step up at all. I did do an override of that function and it wasn't called for ramps, its called for things like steps

it's the walkable Z that is causing it I think

[limber parcel]

yeah if u want to do this in blueprint u probably have to do something fucky

[gentle urchin]

Ah ok

[gentle urchin]

So step up is tested during unwalkable slope with possible small heighted edge (step) i guess

[limber parcel]

but wait

[subtle valve]

Yep, I think my next approach is going to be to track the Z velocity, and if it dips suddenly I'll run Launch Character using current velocity

[limber parcel]

what if u just change gravity?

[subtle valve]

change it overall or dynamically as I go off the ramp?

I've tried changing it overall and it doesnt have any effect

[gentle urchin]

Id think you can use on movement mode changed

[limber parcel]

dynamically i guess

[subtle valve]

yeah I could try on movement mode changed and maybe do a launch there

[limber parcel]

but yeah if it didnt work with overall gravity thats weird

[gentle urchin]

So retain last velocities, and just launch

[limber parcel]

but if i can make my CMC into a spaceship, what ure trying should be possible aswell

[subtle valve]

still gonna be a bunch of math to figure out that vertical launch. Unfortunately cmc does not track vertical velocity if you're on ground, can you believe that

so if you're running up a hill, you'll have flat velocity if you use GetVelocity

[gentle urchin]

Damn

[limber parcel]

just use launch function from cmc?

[gentle urchin]

So youd need to track the locations / velocity yourself 😅

[subtle valve]

yeah the launch function is easy, its just knowing my Z velocity haha

yeah I'll need to track it

thanks very much for the help anyway, i've got enough to go on now

[limber parcel]

u could just get the delta from ur position vector

[crude spruce]

Any takers? (edited for source control)

[subtle valve]

yep i think thats the way to do it

[limber parcel]

no idea, but i would try playing with the phys body option

[crude spruce]

I set to term so that the collision is disabled locally.

[limber parcel]

maybe u need to keep the collision and hide just the mesh or whatever

[crude spruce]

Yeah, problem is i use phys asset to detect melee collisions

wait a minute this is the work around that breaks all my shit

[limber parcel]

well then instead of deleting it, make it useless?

[crude spruce]

yeah but there is no other way to detect collisions on the phys asset unless its normal active.

hide with pbo term and unhide removes the collision shape. Then i just hide the relevant meshes by data.

there is cpp to that navigates this more meticulously.

[limber parcel]

well yeah but u want to keep ur collision shape or else this fuckery happens i assume

[crude spruce]

yes!

[limber parcel]

so u must not delete it

[crude spruce]

i hate this exclusive or

[limber parcel]

and instead change its collision settings

[crude spruce]

i should be able to provide relevance of limbs to the collision event yeah

thats a good idea

[limber parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/einstein-smart-think-thinking-idea-gif-15488934

[crude spruce]

i can also say fudge and look at generting some capsules around the meshes for the collisions.

[limber parcel]

indeed

[crude spruce]

phys asset collision is purely a work around

your suggestions is more aligned with my momentum but a refactor will consider these new post-its

[limber parcel]

well i think having separate colliders dedicated only to hit detection would be the best solution

[crude spruce]

you know what. going further into the workaround will just make it all worse.

[limber parcel]

no but u will waste the same ammount of time on an inferior system

[crude spruce]

feeding relevance back to collision event will pollute the tracing

so yeah it would be legacy all the way down

❤️

thank

[limber parcel]

yw

[crude spruce]

i have a hard time navigating documentation for what i can use to create a capsule collider based on the mesh's existing properties.

does anyone have experience in this? creating custom colliders based on phys assets i mean.

[crystal crown]

How can i get motion warping component & camera boom through to another actor without casting

[crude spruce]

I want to access this in BP (it is a skel mesh phys asset). Mainly the size and transform so i can copy it to a capsule collider. I cant find via the documentation how to access it. Does anyone know ?

[lunar sleet]

Idk if you can access those in bp

[crude spruce]

starting to get my doubts

[harsh peak]

Hello all, I am facing issue for widgets related. Well I am developing for mobile in UE 5.3 I am having 2 pawns which I can switch IMC but touch interface and widgets are not showing up. How can I overcome this issue ? Also to be noted IMC working on possess of respective class.

[lunar sleet]

Is this a #multiplayer game?

[harsh peak]

Nope

[lunar sleet]

Show the code adding the widgets

[modern radish]

Am I missing something? I feel like this should work, but doesn't.. I'm trying to move the Root component, and set the world origin to that new position, so I would expect the position of the asset to be always 0, but it's not

[harsh peak]

And calling this on possess

[lunar sleet]

Are you using remove from parent anywhere?

[harsh peak]

On unpossess in same class removing widget

[lunar sleet]

For what? Why aren’t you moving the actor

[lunar sleet]

Try creating it elsewhere. Once created, you should only need to add or remove not create again

If it’s the exact same widget that is

[modern radish]

Let's say I want some actor to always be at 0, this is useful

[harsh peak]

Ok. I will give it a try. @lunar sleet Works in PC ? What about touch buttons ?

[lunar sleet]

How do you add them normally?

[crude spruce]

If i create skel mesh components in BP. How can i access the instance of it ?

[lunar sleet]

This makes no sense to me sorry, if you want an actor to sit at 0,0,0 in the world, set actor location

[lunar sleet]

How are you creating them?

[crude spruce]

add component

[modern radish]

Thanks, but regardless if it makes sense or not, should it not work?

[lunar sleet]

Use the return value

[crude spruce]

i add the return values to a map atm

[lunar sleet]

You trying to change a component’s location to move an actor in world space? Probably not?

[sour zephyr]

hey fam, i have a blueprint class that derives from UObject and i'm trying to get all actors of class from it, but it seems i can't access this method in this context.... what should my class derive from to access this? It's basically just meant to be a base interface with a bunch of virtual functions

[crude spruce]

i figured i could access each insteance from the map but i seem to lack som real time data. im not sure yet.

[lunar sleet]

Why are you insisting on doing it this way tho?

[lunar sleet]

Breakpoints, hover

[crude spruce]

im not at a breaking point yet im fine

[modern radish]

I know it's probably wrong, I was just curious to see where I'm wrong and why it doesn't work as I expected

[crude spruce]

😄

[lunar sleet]

I think the engine doesn’t let you do it that way, but I could be wrong 🤷‍♂️

[harsh peak]

BPI through overlap works for player character. But for pawn not passing

[lunar sleet]

Are we talking about the touch controls that show up on HUD?

[harsh peak]

Yes. Respective class

[lunar sleet]

lol you know what I mean

[crude spruce]

i do

so my issue is i need something to follow the component, shape.

[lunar sleet]

I would double check if both pawns implement the BPI but there might be a better way of doing this

[modern radish]

But thanks, really appreciate the help!

[crude spruce]

i need more tests brb

[harsh peak]

Solved Widgets. Now it's showing up. But buttons on pawn not working. Tried with debugging. Not passing to class

[lunar sleet]

Not all objects are actors, if that makes sense. What are you trying to do with it

[harsh peak]

Can I know ?

[lunar sleet]

Check BPI implementation

[harsh peak]

Ok 👍 Thanks for your time

[crude spruce]

it does seem very unintuitive by the tools provided to make envelopes for multiple skel meshes that are aligned across behaviours like animations and moving around.

😄

[frosty heron]

At least actor afaik. Need something that have world context

[lunar sleet]

I mean I’ve been trying to build a skeletal mesh from a mesh using the skeletal editor, so, I can relate

[sour zephyr]

i'm using it as a module in a validation script, realistically i don't think it needs to derive from actor since it's only used to execute logic from a validation perspective.... Definitely needs world context but doesn't need to be something that exists in the world if that makes sense

[crude spruce]

my solution for proc gen character is fine so far. My issue starts when i ragdoll skeleton with deleted phys asset colliders 🙂

[lunar sleet]

If it’s meant to be an interface you can derive it from that. Otherwise maybe you want some sort of blueprint library ?

[sour zephyr]

it needs to be something i can insantiate via class name :S

[lunar sleet]

Oh

[crude spruce]

@lunar sleet
up to this point its working fine. This however forces me to rethink my usage of phys asset for melee trace collisions

[sour zephyr]

so like, it's kind of a stub class

[lunar sleet]

Then probably actor, but you might want to ask #cpp, they might know better

[strong blaze]

Hey, how do I detect if an ability was activated from a blueprint widget if I only have the class reference ?

[tulip anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/i-see-no-problem-here-crazy-eyes-gif-12788383

[lunar sleet]

Class ref of what, the widget?

[strong blaze]

of the ability

[lunar sleet]

You’re talking GAS?

[strong blaze]

yes

[lunar sleet]

Try in #gameplay-ability-system

[strong blaze]

ok

[crude spruce]

i forgot where i was

[lunar sleet]

Everything was working fine

[crude spruce]

right. virtual collision shapes for partial skel meshes

the bones are realtime

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[lunar sleet]

That’s some advanced shit lol. May need to ask the #chaos-physics guys

[crude spruce]

its still data driven behaviour not simulated 😄

[lunar sleet]

Or #animation ? I don’t even know tbh

Ah

Idk, I have my own headaches with the skeletal system and I’ve no idea where to ask

[crude spruce]

imagine a static mesh and how you might want a collider at runtime. it just works fine.

now imagine the same for a skel mesh and a leperchaun steals my future

[lunar sleet]

Oof I don’t even know, for being one word apart, those have entirely different functionality

I think the collision sits in the physics asset but not sure

[crude spruce]

neither of these have access to the shape

these shapes i mean

[harsh peak]

Fixed it with dispatcher !

[lunar sleet]

Nice

[crude spruce]

perhaps the data is in the bone

https://tenor.com/view/kratu-woof-woof-woof-gif-23994760

[molten tinsel]

I m having rough time of understanding Timelines
I have 4 events, for 4 seaons and I want to change idk, let's say directional light angle in some nice lerping alpha.
Do I have to duplicate 4 timelines for this for each event? Or is there some magical way that 1 timeline will blend all the states, no matter what is fired?

[frosty heron]

Best bet is to dive into source code?

Look how they are created in physic asset editor maybe

[crude spruce]

too busy fighting with UE UI atm but yes you are probably right

[spark steppe]

you could store a target overlay color before you start the timeline (and use that as the value you lerp to), that way you can use the same timeline for all of them

[untold fossil]

What would be the easiest way to change the volume of a sound based on a value. For example a speed value. I want the sound to be volume 0 when speed is zero. When speed goes up the volume needs to go up too. This seems very simple, yet I can't seem to find a way to do this. Simply adjusting the volume doesn't work, because when the sound once hits 0 it never players again even if you adjust the volume. So it requires a restart each time it hits zero. How is this usually tackled?

[frosty heron]

Change your sound setting

Dive into the sound properties, there should be something about how it plays

[untold fossil]

Yeah play when silent. Except it doesn't work. 😦

[lunar sleet]

#audio might be better suited to answer this

[untold fossil]

Even with play as silent enabled it still never plays again once it reaches zero

Not sure what that setting even does tbh

[dawn gazelle]

You should technically only have 1 timeline for such a system. You can have an "Event" curve which can trigger stopping points which you'd feed back to the timeline's "Stop" input.

[frosty berry]

Thinking tank, I have a separate mesh for tank body and turret. Should the turret be a child of the body? If so, can you rotate that child separately?

[frosty heron]

Well I don't share the same experience. I can set my music to 0 and increase volume while retaining the same position. Maybe ask the #audio guys

[untold fossil]

hmmm strange

[frosty heron]

I have it on play when silent

[lunar sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/maybe-who-am-i-to-judge-doctor-strange-gif-13875260

[molten tinsel]

Yes, I did it this way as @spark steppe suggested

[frosty heron]

I feel like u can trim it down to one node with select node

Or maybe not nvm

Actually you can but if u happy with what u have then

[crude spruce]

Does anyone know how these differ? i was using the bottom one because i dont know. Changing to top one didnt change anything

[frosty heron]

You are just setting the pointer at the top to point at some asset

It doesn't necessarily do the magic to reflect the info and how the game render or update

[dawn gazelle]

^ Requires definition of a separate "Curve" asset for the color and setting up stopping points in a curve within the timeline.

[gentle urchin]

Loopbacks vs extra events 😅

I dont like either really but im not sure what id rather have 😂

[spark steppe]

wasn't aware of those timeline features, that seems handy

well, he could just restart the timeline when it finished? if the colors are defined within the timeline

[lunar sleet]

Wait, how did you add that execution path 😮

[weak knot]

Quick question: is there a way to keep values in a base class while changing them in the parent?
I basically have a bunch of asset refs in my base class now but I actually don't need all of them in my subclasses and i'd love not having to go through and set them up by hand again

i know if they are different in the child they should stay the way they are but since they are simply inherited i'm not sure if that's possible

[spark steppe]

they won't persist

[weak knot]

alright, too bad^^

[crude spruce]

how can i find the source for this easily?

[dawn gazelle]

You add an "Event" track

[lunar sleet]

Ooh, I had no idea you could do that.😅

[frosty heron]

Not sure but there is editor/physicasseteditor

Can dive into that maybe

What is it that you are trying to access?

[crude spruce]

not sure really but the creation of a capsule collider

im starting to understand it

[grim sand]

I just ran into a funky issue; Some of my AI was all of a sudden no longer moving. Long story short, turns out it was because I set my Max Agents supported by the crowd manager to 100, and I had a 101 agents in my scene, meaning 1 unit wouldn't move anymore.

My question: How does one keep track of these types of setup/config limitations? Is this something where project documentation would suffice? Or is there something in the engine one could do/write to keep track of stuff like this?

[crude spruce]

experience

[grim sand]

Fair enough. I have given myself credit for figuring the issue out within 20 minutes as opposed to hours of debugging that I would have done in the past. Was just hoping someone would know of some clever trick I didn't know yet

[crude spruce]

20 minutes is nothing i spent hours not having checked 2 boxes in the sensor eco system

[grim sand]

Yea I have had similar experiences in the past. Just glad to see my skills are improving 🥳

[crude spruce]

but what usually works is that i try to apply every thing after i know what the thing does. unless its too complex to approach like so

[grim sand]

Yea, when all of a sudden my unit was working again, I figured "Great, lets continue" but I didn't understand why it worked again. So I decided to spend a few more minutes trying to go over my most recent steps, working backwards this time, until the issue happened again. That is how I found out it was a crowd manager setup issue

[lunar sleet]

Maybe just set it to 10k limit and forget about it until it becomes a massive game 😅

[twin shale]

Does anyone know if there's a way to see the Post Processing stack? I have a post process blend system that used to work before installing a plugin, but now it seems that another post process is overriding the blend system. It's most likely a Post Process Component but I cannot seem to find it or its priority setting. It would be very handy if I could see all the post processes that were applied at any given time

[grim sand]

hahaha, I thought about it, it was tempting. But decided to set it to 250 instead of 100. From here I will just make it a technical design limitation to ensure the game stays true to what it is supposed to be (small scale RTS), and to make sure future me doesn't have a huge problem to solve 😂

[lunar sleet]

Yeah that’s prly more sensible 😀

[upbeat stump]

Hi guys i have a question, did any of you work with the heterogeneous volumes yet? I thought i would try and see if i can manipulate material parameters of them via blueprint.
But no luck it seems like they do not support creating dynamic material instances and changing their parameters atm. - did anybody else have similar issues?

[lunar sleet]

Idk what that is

[upbeat stump]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/5-3-heterogeneous-volume-rendering-tips-and-tricks/1291002

[lunar sleet]

Ah I c

[crude spruce]

@lunar sleet do you know if the experimental mesh things could be considered here?

dynamic mesh and skeleton modifier i thnk are some of them

[lunar sleet]

Wdym

Oh

Idk, I’ve just started dipping my toes in the SKM pond

[crude spruce]

ait

i have a very slow adaption rate because of how i learn what stuff do in the context i need it.

[lunar sleet]

Yeah, I’m much the same

[dry marlin]

I managed to make it work but im not sure how well/efficient it is, mind taking a look at it?

[crude spruce]

i can learn any thing just more difficult to do it while having gunfights on the shoulder of a clown in hot uni cycle puruit

[dry marlin]

this is what i ended up with that worked

theres a bit of hardcoding in here but planning to improve that in a bit

[true oriole]

nice

finally i remembered the node

flip flop

[frosty heron]

What do I do if I need to run a timeline in singleton?

[frosty heron]

Avoid flip flop. Use bool instead

[dry marlin]

i dont mind changing it but what is the technical difference?

[true oriole]

not gonna create another variable when flip flop can get the job done. i have like 40+ variable in my maincharacter blueprint already lol

[dry marlin]

• just being curios

[frosty heron]

You can't control flip flop because it always remember the state

Imagine this, u have a flip flop that does crouch and uncrouch.

Then you want to make the player stand when entering cut scene. So u make him stand but then Ur crouch input will bugged out because u can't set the state correctly

[dawn gazelle]

You don't really know the state of the flipflop.

[frosty heron]

Since Ur control flow is w.e the flip flop last store

Just a terrible tool to use when not knowing the consequence

Tldr u only use it if you absolutely certain that it will go a to b all the time.

Or you can avoid it like plague and just use bool

Datura can I ask for advice. I need to run timeline in my subsystem , is there anything I can do for that to happend?

[dawn gazelle]

Timelines are a blueprint thing. I thought subsystems could only be created in C++.

[frosty heron]

I'm using cpp

[lunar sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/oppenheimer-movie-barbenheimer-oppenheimer-cillian-murphy-gif-16350945110192445946

[frosty heron]

So I create a subsystem that does loading screen. Last piece of work is to fade the audio with ease. Need a timeline for this but I noticed it needs event tick?

Would prefer to keep all the logic for loading in my subsystem but I'm hitting dead end with playing timeline in a gameinstance subsystem

[dawn gazelle]

Inherit from UTickableWorldSubsystem?

[frosty heron]

Will look into that, thx

Oh but I'm using gameinstance subsystem

😢

[lunar sleet]

The timeline needs event tick? Or are you saying subsystems won’t let you use timelines

[frosty heron]

Never did timeline in cpp, followed a tutorial and he does something on event tick. Gameinstance don't have event tick, so I am screwed?

Timelinename.ticktimeline(deltatime)

[primal schooner]

Is there a built-in hotkey I can press so that when I click that color it automatically puts its hex value into my clipboard?

or its field?

[lunar sleet]

Does it let you shift rclick the row to copy?

Or shift lckick I can’t rmbr which one was paste

[primal schooner]

(R=1.000000,G=0.323143,B=0.300544,A=1.000000)

Eh kinda, not really. that's what gets added to the clipboard

[frosty heron]

Shift rmb to copy
Shift lmb to paste

[mild tangle]

My actors on component begin overlap is detecting everything but static meshes. Why is this

[lunar sleet]

What do you need the hex for?

[lunar sleet]

Prly wrong collision setting on your meshes

[dawn gazelle]

UYourGameInstanceSubsystem::HackyTick()
{
    // Do stuff on this hacked tick.
    HackyTick();
}

[primal schooner]

Because I'm using color comments to color code Server/Client nodes. Red is server, Blue is client. And opening the color picker, clicking on Hex sRGB, pressing ctrl + a, and closing it is becoming annoying haha

[lunar sleet]

I mean why can’t you just do what I said tho

Copy and paste directly into the details panel

The same way you copied, you should be able to paste

[lunar sleet]

^

[mild tangle]

i figured it out! i didnt have generate overlap events checked on my static meshes. Is there a way of changing this setting on all of my static meshes in a scene at once or do i have to manually click the box for all of them

[dawn gazelle]

BenUI's got this.... Not sure if it'll work for you, but it's worth a shot.https://benui.ca/unreal/tickable-object/

[lunar sleet]

If they’re all children or instances of the same actor, inheritance will do it for you

[frosty heron]

Tyvm, I will look at it now 🙇‍♂️

[mild tangle]

they are not but I will use this moving forward. Thank you

[primal schooner]

ahh I see, that works! ahhh perfect haha thanks 🙂

[gentle urchin]

Just like Shrödingers cat

Its in a limbo untill you check

A limbo between life and death

[dawn gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/physics-pessimist-wave-function-nope-formula-gif-17809445

[barren dove]

flippity floppity
you can't know my properties

[hollow cove]

is there another cleaner way to do this?

or maybe i should switch the save variables to a map

[rich pollen]

hey folks i would like some pointers on something
I'm trying to make a snake from a head and a series of instanced static meshes that would follow the head
the idea is to make the head the moving part, a spline would be created from its movements where the rest of the body will follow
anyone know how to create and append the spline in the blueprint as the character moves? the head and the instanced static meshes are in the same blueprint

[dawn gazelle]

You can set a variable by ref.

[rich pollen]

the internet keeps showing me how to move a character on a spline, and not the other way around

[barren dove]

What I am doing with my drunk missiles is moving the missile and having it wiggle with delta time and cosine on an axis, just a thought

[rich pollen]

that would help out with the basic wiggle movement ty

[rich pollen]

to be clear i did try just making the rest of the body try to reach the next part's location, and the result means that the rest of the body keeps moving a bit after the snake should be stopping, compressing the body, and its not what im looking for
so the idea is to have a spline so that each part has speed that can be halted as the user stops

[hollow cove]

showed that option in my first screenshot but as i add variables to the save file its all hardcoded, i swapped to this

[barren dove]

well the way snakes move is sort of the same

I think the way I would do it is get my cosine, and have the first few segments only wiggle a percentage of the total, then the rest does the full wiggle

the head stays stationary, the rest follows behind , you'd have to tune the movement speed and wiggle frequency to match properly but thats it

it would get real dicey when it turned though

[rich pollen]

ye
snakes move extremely uniquely
which has presented challenges in this project

[gentle urchin]

Id prob use a spline

And recursively add offset for the wiggle

[barren dove]

hm, alternative take would be, the segments are linked with physics and then the wiggle engine works on top of that

number the segments and add them to an array then interpolate down the array wiggle offsetting as you go
its a pretty fun challenge , lol, I can't think of any game that has done snakes well

[rich pollen]

im pretty happy honestly i got put on this challenge by the boss
even if it shows up in my dreams at this point lmao

[barren dove]

having the head drag the segments with physics would get you the turning influence you want I think

missile wiggler in action with ribbon smoke trails, sort of snakey

[lunar sleet]

Ooh sexy

[barren dove]

each missile gets random variables that determine the frequency and amplitude of the individual missile, then I add a small amount of arc as part of the construction script, so its pretty satisfyingly random looking

[lunar sleet]

Yeah I like it

[true igloo]

I'm getting this crash on packaged builds, I noticed people have had this error in forum posts but i'm not sure i "get" how it is solved.

LogPlayLevel: Error: UAT: [2023.10.31-16.32.56:041][283]LogWindows: Error: appError called: Assertion failed: !InTemplate || InTemplate->IsA(InClass) || (InFlags & RF_ClassDefaultObject) [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\UObjectGlobals.cpp] [Line: 4184]

the error always ends in

 not an instance of class Class /Script/Niagara.NiagaraDataInterfaceColorCurve and it is not a CDO.

This is always in relation to widgets that are spawned in the character BP when the enemy is spawned. This does not throw errors or crash in editor.

[lunar sleet]

Widgets? This mentions Niagara

[barren dove]

I'm only like 15 hours into learning unreal, I need to rebuild the system that creates the weapons again so it makes more sense for later but making weapon effects is fun XD

[lunar sleet]

Wow that’s pretty good for 15h in. How many hours in game dev ? 😀

[gentle urchin]

Who's counting 😏

[lunar sleet]

Hehe

[lofty rapids]

i been using ue for a few months, still doing basic stuff

a lot to remember

[true igloo]

It does, but it does in all instance of these errors, it seems like that might be bad memory mismatch?
here is the full line

StaticConstructObject Image /Engine/Transient.GameEngine_2147482623:LD_GameInstance_BP_C_2147482581.timerIcon_Blank_C_2147162122.WidgetTree_2147162121.arrowImage is not an instance of class Class /Script/Niagara.NiagaraDataInterfaceColorCurve and it is not a CDO.

[lunar sleet]

I started with something too complex, had to tone it down and work on something simpler first

[lunar sleet]

This mentions the game instance now. Are you putting images in your GI or something ?

[zealous moth]

started in Unity, then an engine update killed my project
went to unreal, make a 10-stage sonic-like game. I wanted to see how fast and how easily i could pump out a single game

[lunar sleet]

And if the engine update didn’t kill it, the TOS update would have 😀

[zealous moth]

trust me, the engine would've killed it

every update, they deprecate good stuff, add in experimental stuff and "update" links... horrible design

[rich pollen]

it feels like the future is questionable with unity

[zealous moth]

It's just unstable

Imagine you started Bioshock 2, you're in it and all of a sudden a new update comes up. It deprecates "Actors" which breaks your entire project but it updates niagara...

you can't upgrade but you miss out

[true igloo]

Does seem to be, my Game Instance is very simple as of now, just a bunch of gameTag collections. Here is forum thread about the issue. This person seem to be accessing a null mesh

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/crash-assertion-failed-intemplate-intemplate-isa-inclass-inflags-rf-classdefaultobject/754190

[lunar sleet]

If this stuff only happens in packaged builds I would check with #packaging . Things often break because of things that are not inherently obvious, such as packaging each level or knowing that paths change so open level by name would immediately break (not saying these are your issues)

[zealous moth]

you should sample in reverse

as in, once something is loaded, then it tells the game instance to do whatever

[barren dove]

zero?

[lunar sleet]

Nice, I guess you’re a natural

[barren dove]

I'm just asking a lot of questions about best practices

like this niagara performance issue, fk that I dont get it

I do a lot of vba programming for work though so I guess that helps me build all these data structures, its mostly a struggle to find the right blueprint stuff to do the function I want XD

[lunar sleet]

Here I am trying to learn how to make a mesh into an SKM with the new editor, getting weird issues like the entire skin using one material or bones pulling off the skin because in must’ve weight painted it wrong

Yeah, well your seem to have a decent grasp on trig so that will help a lot, I can’t say the same for myself 😅

[ashen gazelle]

need help with this #ue5-general message

[lunar sleet]

Not really #blueprint related, are you opening someone else’s project or what

[low venture]

Have a look at the log-files.

[serene condor]

Is there any way to add another collision capsule into a Character blueprint and have it work? Because right now. I’ve tried everything to give the “Capsule” collision but ever time I can’t…

I tried adding a collision box for testing

Nothing works still

Only the capsule component can have collision

[frosty heron]

No?

you can add any primitive, Box, capsule, sphere and they can have their own collision

[lunar sleet]

No but maybe it can’t be the root of other collisions, maybe that’s your issue?