blueprint

[clear sierra]

yeah, @lunar sleet is correct, dont use pool and light as two different Actor, just make one traffic light actor, then place them in the world and have it change color,
Now you can inhertiance or some kind of design pattern to save all the traffic lights instances inside some other manager class, so you can communicate between the traffic lights

[plush knoll]

So you mean inside the original BP_TL_3 that I should add the SM. But what if I then want a longer poll?

(Sorry if i don't understand, I am new)

[clear sierra]

So one actor for whole traffic light.
Traffic light :-

• Change Light Color.
• Change Pole Size.
• etc.

Add these features for you Traffice light.
Make the parametes Instance Editable

[lunar sleet]

Each instance you place in your world can be edited

You can also make more children bp classes (not CAC!) with shorter or longer poles

So you can have BP_PoleBase as a parent of BP_ShortPole, BP_LongPole, etc

[clear sierra]

Now whenever you place them just change the Editable parameter for Each Instance.
Like Height fo Pole, Default Color etc.

Now manager Class to handle runtime Traffic control

You can use as @lunar sleet suggested or you can expose parameter, both will work.
Manager class is only required if you want to control the Traffic in Runtime, like an actual traffic control system.

[plush knoll]

Ahh okay, thank you both very very much!!!

[coarse grove]

Thank you very much! That setup worked pretty well

[plush knoll]

There is a second where a car can pass the green light that at that moment turns red. Why does the begin overlap action last so long that it is able to hit both True and False?

[gentle urchin]

It only last one frame

Your delay on the other hand lasts a second 🙂

Or rather is executed after a second.

[plush knoll]

Yes, but On Component Begin Overlap is hit and the True option is executed and then the logic should terminate, but instead it also executes the False some seconds later.

[gentle urchin]

It triggers false first

Which sets up the delay

What id do

Is on overlap

If light is not green

Subscribe to lights "changestate" dispatcher.

React to its broadcast 🙂

[plush knoll]

In the first frame of the overlap box the bool is true. Why does it check again the next frame?

[gentle urchin]

Possibly once per component/actor

If char and car are separate actors f.ex

Print overlapped components displayname

And/or actors displayname

[plush knoll]

hm, it's called two times.

[clear sierra]

Can you explain what do you want to do

?

[gentle urchin]

Stop when traffic light says stop

Go on green

[plush knoll]

I have a box collision on the traffic light.

That calls the On Comp Begin Overlap above.

[lunar sleet]

The component overlap could very well trigger twice if it detects multiple components on the same actor, make sure only the box can collide

[clear sierra]

First Change your enum check, dont convert to string just directly check if it is green or something else.
its making my eyes hurt😁

[plush knoll]

yes done that sorry haha

[clear sierra]

I am not sure what that code is doing, can you explain what you are trying to do, if you only wants to fix your overlap just check @lunar sleet what this guy said

[plush knoll]

The problem must be the car box collision so that the car does not crash with the car infornt of it. This must trigger twice.

[gentle urchin]

Linetrace ?

[lunar sleet]

Easier to do this with a trigger volume no?

[gentle urchin]

Less prone to misses i guess

[lunar sleet]

Like the box should be in front of the traffic light and it only needs to check actor overlap with car

[gentle urchin]

I think theres a box for the light aswell

[gentle urchin]

^ see hieriarchy

[plush knoll]

Yes, the car needs a collision as well, because the second car in line does not collide with the traffic ligth box, but with the car infont of it.

[clear sierra]

I am still not sure what is the end result, am i missing something, Do you want to stop the car when they overlap and light is not green or something

[plush knoll]

I want to stop on red and go on green. But for some reason as seen in the video if a car passes on yellow it is still caught and stops in the middle of the intersection.

[lunar sleet]

You shouldn’t need a box for car collisions, pretty sure they have physics enabled

[plush knoll]

But then if one car stops the next one is going to crash right into him

[lunar sleet]

Ah you want the stop behaviour

[clear sierra]

That is life

[lunar sleet]

K well from what I’m seeing your collision checks the wrong thing

You’re checking “am I overlapping the car actor?” Both the car’s collision box and the car itself will trigger that, because you’re using component overlap with other actor. So your car actor overlaps twice. You should be checking if the TL’s box collides with the car’s box, and then use other actor solely for calling those functions

[keen widget]

how to set minimal resolution size for a "window mode"?

[plush knoll]

Something like this, right?

[lunar sleet]

Nope

Connect the cast

[plush knoll]

right

this should be checking if the Car Collision Box of Other Actor is the same as the ``Other Comp` and only then decide

This worked with two Branches.

[gentle urchin]

How would the next car know to stop for the previous car?

[gentle urchin]

Switch on light enum 🤩

[lunar sleet]

Ideally, all of this should be done from the car’s end

[plush knoll]

Every car has two func for its car collision box

[gentle urchin]

Catching other cars and lights? Yeah

[lunar sleet]

With cast to traffic light and on cast failed, cast to car

[clear sierra]

@plush knoll i agree here you should make all of this inside car, makes more sense

because its not traffic light which stops the car, its always the car which detects whats going on and stops accordingly and in real life scenario on yellow light some idiots try to jump it.

[plush knoll]

Yes, that makes sense. I will do that!

[clear sierra]

So make car understand if there is traffic light ahead, if yes whats the current state,
if green move, if red stop, if yellow (accelerate and try to jump, kidding)

and for the cars behind they should focus on Traffic light + car infront of them.
or maybe car infront of them.

[plush knoll]

yes that good! but i would still need the box collision for traffic light right?

[clear sierra]

I dont see why traffic light would need collision, because traffic light role is just to change its state according to traffic control system, thats it.

Its the car which should follow the rules of traffic light

So car should detect if there is a traffic light or a car infront of them, then behave accordingly.

[plush knoll]

Yes, but how would a car see that it is near a traffic light if not for a box collsion for it.

[clear sierra]

now car should detect, so car needs to have collisions or Line traces or some other way.

so car detects if it is near Traffic light

[plush knoll]

Ah okay got it. thanks

[clear sierra]

Good luck

[flint night]

How would I attempt to parse a float from a user-entered string, and provide a default value if the parsing fails?

[edgy ingot]

Why dont you just promt them to enter float?

Or you can check for to now allow characters in the string

[flint night]

So there is some kind of editable float widget?

[edgy ingot]

Well i used cpp to do the check, they have handy helper to check if a string is an alphabet or if its not numerical

[flint night]

this is a truly basic UI programming task, that I should not need to resort to C++ for

[edgy ingot]

You can write some primitive function if you want in bp

[flint night]

Is there a builtin way to enforce that they only enter a float?

bc I don't want my code to break if some goober types in a random string

[edgy ingot]

Built in, in bp. I dunnoe

[flint night]

a good UI should be idiot-proof

[lofty rapids]

well there is https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Utilities/String/StringToFloat/
not sure what it becomes if it fails

[edgy ingot]

I just go to cpp and have 1 function with few line

.isdigit()

[flint night]

Lemme test it real quick...

[marble violet]

Is there any debug mode to switch all the material to a single specific material? Just to check the lighting and shadows?

[edgy ingot]

What if u type 1jtifi45?

[dawn gazelle]

This enforces a number, not necessarily a float. You'd need some additional logic to only keep the first . entered and you can set it back into the text field.

[edgy ingot]

I mean ideally u dont want the user to be able to write alphabet

[flint night]

Nah, I'm fine with them being able to put it in there, since I'll just reset the value to default when they submit it

[edgy ingot]

If im the player in your game, i will fall into rage. Just saying

[marble violet]

But I want to use my own material not lighting only view mode

[lofty rapids]

not sure how to determine if it is success or not, it just says 0.0 for string of chars

[edgy ingot]

Ohh nice

[edgy ingot]

@flint night look at @dawn gazelle suggestion

[flint night]

I have

[flint night]

What would you expect to happen if you try to set the game volume to "haha funny string"?

[edgy ingot]

Get the string, check the last element. If not nuneric. Prune it

[edgy ingot]

I expect the game to not let me type in alphabet

I will be very very unforgiving if im allowed to do so

[lofty rapids]

isnumeric and string to float combo should work

[flint night]

yes but that is overkill for this. I just want to avoid it doing some kind of undefined behavior mystery nonsense

[flint night]

yep, that is what I will use

[edgy ingot]

Im talking from user perspective. Wether if its inconvinient to the dev aint my issue if you want honest opinion

[flint night]

actually wait nvm @dawn gazelle posted a way to do that

[edgy ingot]

Yes been saying that

Check text, if last element numeric, prune the string

[flint night]

I was specifically told by my boss to not spend forever polishing this, and I am already pushing it

[edgy ingot]

#blueprint message

[flint night]

We're almost certainly going to overhaul this menu before release

[edgy ingot]

I am very concerned at the state of the game if i need to type the volume or able to type in alphabet

[flint night]

I got mixed up and thought that was just to validate it on enter

[edgy ingot]

Why not use slider?

[flint night]

there is a slider

[open fulcrum]

Heyy, is anyone familiar with Cartoon Water Shader from SandVector Studios?

[flint night]

this is just so that people can put precise values

[edgy ingot]

K so u have 2 options. K

Then just check for every on text changed-> if commited

[gentle urchin]

Check on text changed

[edgy ingot]

If numeric do nothing if false play error sound. Remove last character

[gentle urchin]

And commited

If its not numeric during change, remove the last entered char

[open fulcrum]

I need some help with the implementation of Ultra Dynamic Sky to the shader

[gentle urchin]

If its still not numeric, remove the next one etc. Altho that wont happen unless they paste

[flint night]

I can't seem to find the "Replace Characters" function

[dawn gazelle]

Ah sorry.. It's part of a plugin ._.

[flint night]

I think I can hack something together with just the isnumeric node tbh

[edgy ingot]

Squize and i told u how to do it.

Its as simple as it can get

On texr changed, if commited, if not numeric. Remove last character

Profit

[flint night]

that doesn't work lmao

[edgy ingot]

Skill issue then

[dawn gazelle]

If you use IsNumeric, you should be able to use a variable to store the "acceptable" state of text box. If IsNumeric returns false on value change of the field, set the text of the field back to the acceptable state. If IsNumeric is true, set the acceptable state to the input.

[flint night]

what if the user modifies a character in the middle of the string?

[edgy ingot]

You can always check the entire string

On text changed

Only allow numeric and .

And one . Only

[flint night]

Datura has already given me the information I need to solve this. I don't appreciate you lecturing me on basic programming, especially when the code you are suggesting is flawed

[edgy ingot]

Okay

[gentle urchin]

Isnt there simply an option for pure numeric input?

[edgy ingot]

There is read only and password i think

[gentle urchin]

Shame

[edgy ingot]

Not sure for number only

[gentle urchin]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-set-textbox-input-to-numbers-only/401616/4

Tldr : it doesnt exist out of the box, this suggest caching last valid entry

Which id say sounds acceptable

[static sky]

how can i clean up that a bit?

[lunar sleet]

You can call getters as many times as you want rather than using spaghetti

Like get world delta or get head bob speed

Should prly also move the True code at the top or use NOT bool to inverse the pins

[exotic harbor]

probably a dumb question - attaching a camera to a pawn's capsule, the capsule has basic player movements, however the camera is not perfectly still when moving, and it gets worse the faster the pawn is moving, there are micro jitters pretty consistently if you pay close enough attention. what is this?

this is for first person specifically

[lunar sleet]

Are you using a spring arm?

[exotic harbor]

happens with both spring arm and without, not affected by camera lag settings, it's almost like the roll axis shifts just a tiny bit every once in a while. it's not incredibly noticeable

[lunar sleet]

Weird, what are you using to rotate it?

[exotic harbor]

mouse xy 2D-axis - it is weird, it's minor enough that a recording probably wouldn't pick it up. was hoping it was some sort of known phenomenon, I'll need to do some testing on fresh projects I think

[edgy ingot]

Adding rotation lag on spring arm saves me from shitty jitter the other day

[midnight field]

Good morning everyone! I've figured out the math side of things for overriding default character movement, and next I need to create a modular state system of some kind to pass values into the custom movement component.

I'm still learning the engine, but the approach I have in mind is to create some sort of data asset that passes values into the script, maintain a list of these on the character, and have other scripts trigger these by name. Does this sound like a sensible way of handling things?

[edgy ingot]

Extending cmc is not blueprint territory imo

[lunar sleet]

Yeah that should prly be done in #cpp

[static sky]

can i maybe replace branch with smth else here?

so i dont have 2 setters

[lunar sleet]

Idk you showed everything past the branch, not sure what it checks for

[dawn gazelle]

A select node.

If I followed what you did correctly, this would be the simplified version.

[gentle urchin]

Use select on the float

Not the rotator

[dawn gazelle]

Right you are.

[gentle urchin]

Also...

You dont really need the check

If headbobamount == 0

The input value is... 0...

[static sky]

i just got that myself 😄

[dawn gazelle]

I think headbobamount is a constant.

no?

oh wait yea

[static sky]

ive overcompicated it

thanks for help

[static sky]

next time i will organize from start, refactoring it takes more time

[elder lodge]

That's what they all say

[static sky]

i didnt even do much haha, cant imagine someone making full project with that mess

[dawn gazelle]

Could be worse.

[elder lodge]

Need to expand the imagination to include more spaghetti

[gentle urchin]

17 functions would wip that spaghetti into a bowl

[dawn gazelle]

You know it's getting bad when your blueprints actually look like how a brain's neurons would be connected.

[gentle urchin]

And the same events randomly fire a tad differently because of some hidden enforcement factor

[static sky]

while on it, is it okay to have multiple events instead of functions?

[gentle urchin]

Sure

Im a fan of functions but

[tight pollen]

how can i duplicate existing widget in runtime?

[gentle urchin]

If you dont return anything, its not a function :p

[tight pollen]

do I have to create a new widget and set the same variables in it?

I hope there is something better

[dawn gazelle]

99.9% sure there is nothing available in blueprint to clone a widget.

[tight pollen]

ok

[dawn gazelle]

Likely not complex in C++.

[elder lodge]

Is there any concise way to get the mass of an Actor without iterating over its components?

I'm workshopping n-body physics, where there are two custom components, GravityEmitter and AffectedByGravity, they mostly mark their actor for the effect and add themselves to a GravityManager actor which does the event tick.

In the event tick I'd like to pull the mass and CoG for each actor, but does this require going over the components? Perhaps then I should have the gravity components grab the components themselves to have available.

I don't imagine any actors having more than one primitive component but who knows

[static sky]

okay another spaghet, needs combining

[lofty rapids]

well that third branch at the bottom right is useless

[tight pollen]

Can I create something like this in the structure?

[lunar sleet]

Yeah and again missing the full picture

[tight pollen]

in variable*

[lunar sleet]

What for?

[tight pollen]

I want the user, after adding a new index in the Array, to be able to assign a function to this index

Array (Structure with Event) if possible

that would be interesting 🙂

[lunar sleet]

If you are trying to extend the editor functionality, maybe look into Blutility

[static sky]

well i really feel dumb now

any way to simplify that even more?

was shoot defaults to false

sets externaly

[lofty rapids]

but all your doing is making sure was shoot is true ?

just set it to true

[static sky]

no, i need that for first time output

etc
inputs:
1-false
2-true
3-true
4-true
... so on

[lofty rapids]

well all your doing with that branch is setting it true, you can do that with just the set

[tight pollen]

but how can i make it in UMG?

[static sky]

oh yeah first branch is not needed too

ty

[tight pollen]

I need something for UMG editor

[lunar sleet]

Try in #umg maybe

[tight pollen]

it's too quiet there :/

[open crypt]

Is there no way to search for the actual phrase the print string is putting out? LogBlueprintUserMessages: [MotionControllerPawn_C_0] Open instead of searching the BP for "PrintString" which there are many

[lunar sleet]

I’ll teach you a trick

Go to console, type bp.BlamePrintString True and run the game

If your goal is to find which bp is to blame for a specific print string, that is

[open crypt]

appreciated, I'll file that one way - in this case I know the offending BP, but I wanted to not have to sort through dozens of print string events

[lunar sleet]

Oh, you mean there’s a bunch in the same bp?

[open crypt]

yes

[lunar sleet]

it does work:

that's assuming you mean things you've typed directly into the string field

[crystal crown]

How to compare a float to see if its increasing or decreasing?

[lunar sleet]

Compare it to what?

[crystal crown]

to itself?

[lunar sleet]

Can you provide the use case?

[dawn gazelle]

You'd have to store the previous value before changing it, then compare afterwards if its >, == or < the previous value.

[tight pollen]

doesn't work for PC?

only mobile?

[lunar sleet]

You have a mouse on mobile? 😀

[tight pollen]

I don't know why, but if I combine Scrollbox with Touchable Buttons the widgets break in Standalone mode

[tight pollen]

What I meant more was whether this option is only for testing the mobile version

[uneven tangle]

Hiya, I’m being really dumb. I’m trying to create an interactive sphere that when you click on it in VR, it takes you to the next level. Kinda need help cuz brain fried.

If anyone can help then please dooo

[lunar sleet]

Which part are you stuck on @uneven tangle ?

[uneven tangle]

like.. all of it XD
My brain for some reason cant process on how to make that a thing. I have a sphere in a BP, but how do I get that interaction in VR? is it just the click event, even though I use triggers for my controllers?

[trim matrix]

@lunar sleet so as i said i made the ability system but im kinda stuck on how to apply damage on colision

[uneven tangle]

It's mainly just the interaction part I cant think of how to do, the rest I got in my head

[lunar sleet]

Idk much about #virtual-reality interaction, you can try to use Mouse for Touch option in settings maybe.

[trim matrix]

here is what i did on the player script to activate the ability

and here is the ability on collision

[lunar sleet]

There’s a node called ApplyDamage

Use that

[trim matrix]

i apply it in the ability or in the character

ability right

[lunar sleet]

Depends

Either is prly fine tho

It’s just an event dispatcher of sorts

And on the other end you use onTakeAnyDamage

[trim matrix]

this is good?

[lunar sleet]

Well obviously not since you have a warning in there 😀

[trim matrix]

yeah nvm didn't see it

btw in the enemy ai i alr have an point dmg

yoo i did it

1 more problem tho

when i spawn the ability it overlaps with the character

and it pushes the character backwards

any ideea how i can make it spawn but not overlap with owner

[gentle urchin]

Ugh for the life of me i cant get my projectile to overlap with the ground -.-

[trim matrix]

idk how to get my one not overlap with the character

[gentle urchin]

ignore self

[lunar sleet]

Why you trying to overlap with ground if I may ask

[gentle urchin]

overlap/hit, to make some acid land on the ground

It just ignores ground during overlaps. the one spot there hit the character, then traced down and hit the ground

[lunar sleet]

Well overlap and hit are diff things

Is your ground set to block?

Assuming it doesn’t go straight through it, so you need on Hit

[gentle urchin]

Yes , neither block nor overlap works

Collision is there, im walking on it, and tracing for it 😅

[lunar sleet]

Show collision settings on both sides

[tight pollen]

Is there any way I can swap the widgets in the horizontalbox? Do I have to delete 1 and create it again?

[spice valley]

I'm having an issue with render targets for portals where they seem to only render every other frame which causes a really severe jutter even at high fps. I lowered the FPS to 15 to show the issue more clearly. The blueprint and C++ are both set to tick post-update-work. UE 5.2.1

[trim matrix]

i can't bc the destroy actor is in the ability

[lunar sleet]

This makes no sense

Wdym

[lunar sleet]

Oh you’re spawning an emitter?

Is that like Cascade particles?

[tight pollen]

C++

?

[lunar sleet]

Again #umg for widget questions, they’re better suited to answer your questions

[frosty berry]

Brain freeze. Why would turret 2 aim the correct direction, but turret 1 still just shoot straight ahead?

[gentle urchin]

Projectile

Floor mesh

[lunar sleet]

Right

So one overlaps everything

The other one blocks everything

So how are they meant to interact? 😀

[gentle urchin]

block >= Ooverlap?

[lunar sleet]

It doesn’t mean block will trigger overlap

It’s either or

Block is block, overlap is overlap, if that makes sense

Collision requires both objects to agree that they’ll meet on the same collision type

[gentle urchin]

swapped to overlap except pawn, otherwise i fall through

still no bueno

[lunar sleet]

Your projectile object type is set to WorldStatic, not sure why

[gentle urchin]

If i create a blocking volume, it works

just part of the defaults

changing it doesnt change anything 😕

[lunar sleet]

So your projectile is Pawn now?

Not that you should be using that channel but yeah

[lunar sleet]

What I meant was the opposite

Try blocking all on projectile and blocking all on the floor

[gentle urchin]

You're onto something

[lunar sleet]

If that works, you can use custom collision channels/object types

[trim matrix]

why am I unable to add this node to my graph https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/BlueprintAPI/FileUtils/DeleteFile/?

(can't find it)

[lunar sleet]

Looks like a blutility thing

[thin panther]

File utils is also a plugin

Make sure it's enabled

[lunar sleet]

Yeah, I meant like prly a plug-in 😅

[gentle urchin]

Didnt work, rip

[crystal crown]

How can i multiply a float curve?

[trim matrix]

i had no idea, thanks

[thin panther]

Np

[lunar sleet]

You’re blocking all on both sides?

[gentle urchin]

yepp

[lunar sleet]

And what event are you using

[gentle urchin]

Both Overlap And Hit

Hit should trigger now

but it doesn'

[lunar sleet]

Like it doesn’t fire on a breakpoint?

[gentle urchin]

correct

[lunar sleet]

Does the floor even have a Simulate Hit Events option?

[gentle urchin]

Gosh

there we go

Appreciate it

[lunar sleet]

Collision is a fickle beast, I wrestle with it often

[gentle urchin]

this is engine mesh actor,

its extra fiddly xD

[lunar sleet]

😀

[gentle urchin]

gotta select the actor in the scene, then the component -> and adjust collision

ugh

so It's easier to make my own static mesh actor.. how fun 😄

[lunar sleet]

Sounds like it

[crystal crown]

How can i get a float curve into BP? I want to multiply it at runtime

[gentle urchin]

I do think overlap will overlap blocking objects tho

[lunar sleet]

🤷‍♂️ I could be wrong, you can always test

[gentle urchin]

cba now that its working xD

[lunar sleet]

https://youtu.be/QrgjRjpu9k0?si=NGYYi1Tu4T9neoN3

[crystal crown]

Well even if i get the curve i need to edit the curve itself at runtime. Not some other parameter. He doesn't talk about that

[thin panther]

Why do you need to edit the curve

Editing the values you pull from the curve is functionally identical

[crystal crown]

I have a steering curve that's imbedded in the chaos vehicle. I can't edit a parameter. The curve itself drives the steering. i want to increase the curve the longer i hold down the key

[lunar sleet]

Can you get the curve value and use a multiplier before feeding the output ? Not sure how this chaos vehicle curve works

[crystal crown]

problem is i don't have any variables. The curve itself is steering. Stupid but what can i do

[lunar sleet]

Doesn’t sound like you can do this in bp

[pulsar moss]

I'm trying to make a load game system, but the AI isn't restarting/reloading via level reset, is that normal? what's the correct way to reset npcs?

[lunar sleet]

Idk, what are you showing us?

I see an unconnected getter

[pulsar moss]

I don't know what to do with AI controllers, is what that getter is showing

I was thinking to do something like, get all actors of class AI Controller, then reset, but you can't call reset manually on actors

this seems to be more reliable but inefficient way to reset a level?

[lunar sleet]

Oh, is RestartPlayer some built-in function in the player controller or what is that’s

[pulsar moss]

RestartPlayer is built in

[lunar sleet]

Well normally you would save the variables like location and whatever properties you want in the save game object, and on load, you spawn them again using those vars

But given you’re just resetting the level, if they’re already placed in world, then yeah reopening the level should do that for you

[pulsar moss]

I need both behaviors yeah...

placed objects: reset back to their saved location
spawned objects: spawn back + reset back to where the game was saved

what is the point of reset level node then? doesn't seem to do a whole lot

[dawn gazelle]

ResetLevel in Game Mode calls Reset() on all actors.
Reset() on actors by default does nothing - you need to implement the functionality.

[pulsar moss]

it teleports the player back to PlayerStart, apparently

[lunar sleet]

Well if you have some game over type of thing where if you lose, everything resets

[dawn gazelle]

You're calling RestartPlayer though which is likely doing that. Reset() on AActor has no functionality.

[pulsar moss]

according to the node, it doesn't get called for game modes and *controllers

ok, what's a use-case for Reset Level? doesn't seem appropriate for save/load game?

[dawn gazelle]

void APawn::Reset()
{
    if ( (Controller == nullptr) || (Controller->PlayerState != nullptr) )
    {
        DetachFromControllerPendingDestroy();
        Destroy();
    }
    else
    {
        Super::Reset();
    }
}```

[lunar sleet]

I mean it puts everything back where it was at the level start, I guess

[pulsar moss]

it doesn't for AI controllers, hence my original question

[lunar sleet]

AIController != AI controlled actor

[dawn gazelle]

void AAIController::Reset()
{
    Super::Reset();

    if (PathFollowingComponent)
    {
        PathFollowingComponent->AbortMove(*this, FPathFollowingResultFlags::OwnerFinished | FPathFollowingResultFlags::ForcedScript);
    }
}

Like... Very limited in what it does.

[pulsar moss]

I see, thanks, sounds like I should be avoiding this for a game load

[lunar sleet]

Yep

[pulsar moss]

here I hit f9 and call ResetLevel.

1. The player pawn is just gone
2. The player controller detaches
3. The AI does not restart (still punching)

[lunar sleet]

Explains why I haven’t heard of people using it before

[pulsar moss]

How do people normally associate game save data with *placed actors? is there some UUID?

[dawn gazelle]

You can give them a GUID in their construction script if they don't already have one.

[steady night]

hey guys

it dosent gime me the Enum Value name :/?

only like wich index ?

[lofty rapids]

"Returns user friendly name of enumerator"

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Utilities/String/EnumtoString/

[steady night]

oh ty

[pulsar moss]

oh.. actors already have an Actor GUID

[lunar sleet]

Bp structs with enums and strings… what could go wrong? 😁

[steady night]

xD

hm still getting same text :/&

nevermind

my bad

[uneven tangle]

so I figured out how to grab and change level.. but now the release part of what I copied wont work because I changed level. anyone who can help?

[violet plank]

Can I change variable "expose on spawn" and "instance editable" on child blueprint?

[lunar sleet]

If it wasn’t inherited from parent, probably

[violet plank]

But if it was?

[lunar sleet]

Then no, you cannot modify the actual inherited properties, only the value contained therein. You’ll prly see them greyed out

[lunar sleet]

That input system is deprecated, but if you grab something that changes a level, then you should prly not have anything after that, unless it is accessing something persistent like a game instance

[quartz spoke]

Is there a way to add noise to a spline? It doesn't really make sense given how splines work, but Im wondering how to create a line that moves away from the player with some random noise in the shape of the line. I'm guessing splines aren't the answer, but does anyone know of an example of something like this? My end goal is to populate some mesh along that line, which makes me wanna use splines, but I'm very oblivious to this kinda thing

[lunar sleet]

#pcg-framework

That’s prly better

[quartz spoke]

Ooo thats doable with pcg?

Sweet I'll look into that. Ty :)

[lunar sleet]

afaik, that is the main feature

[quartz spoke]

That does make sense haha

[uneven tangle]

I mean there is for the press, but the release no. I might just change it to see if that works. Just take it all out but then reset the head component

[lunar sleet]

To clarify, not sure about the noise part, but def the spawning things along a spline

[versed sun]

Get a location along the spline , and extend out off of its tangent in a random length

[quartz spoke]

Ooh okok. Doing that enough times along a straight spline would probably do what I'm looking for

[versed sun]

dont know how noisy you need , but something along those lines

[quartz spoke]

At the very least it'll be a good starting point

Thanks :)

[gentle urchin]

Random offset from spline loc yeah

[tribal gazelle]

Is it possible to set component values for an actor upon SpawnActorOfClass? I want to be able to set some booleans to prevent some events firing.

[versed sun]

You should be able to in Construction script of actor

You might have to tell your component to wait for it to be loaded before attemptin to fire

[tribal gazelle]

But I am using components to prevent any (or have minimal) code in the character bp

[tribal gazelle]

How can I do that?

[versed sun]

Checking to see how i did it, i dont feel i did it right

[tribal gazelle]

You mean like putting a delay on the event so I have time to set the values "then" fire event?

[versed sun]

not delay, but yes

i did a bool
Default is false
the Actor turns it on when everything is loaded
The component check the bool before fireing

[flint vapor]

I am having a problem, When I attach my item to my player(via attach actor to component "CarryPoint" which is a scene component) my player can no longer move. I also have it disabling the physics of the item once it is picked up. does anyone know why this happens?

[lunar sleet]

Collision issue maybe, or just attaching to the scene component

[tribal gazelle]

The problem I have is when I SpawnActorOfClass (basically swap out the character actor) it resets the bool.

[versed sun]

I also used a Function inside the Comp that fires with the Actor's Construction runs, creating a Faux-struction Script in the Comp

[tribal gazelle]

I am trying to work out when the player first spawns to load inventory etc. and SpawnActorOfClass is me respawning them

I don't want to load it a second time (which it is)

[tribal gazelle]

Hmm can you go into more detail please?

[dawn gazelle]

If you're only wanting to load the component values once, then perhaps they don't belong on the character? Maybe put them on the PlayerState instead?

[versed sun]

Have a Exposed Bool in the Actor bMakeInventory?
first time you spawn , make it True, after that its False

[lunar sleet]

You can’t do this with everything but might work

[tribal gazelle]

I never considered or learned about a playerstate but the sounds of playerstate is golden right now

I can do it all there

[versed sun]

Im still learning Components, lots of workarounds for me

[tribal gazelle]

Does the playerstate remain even if you posses other actors?

[dawn gazelle]

Yes

[flint vapor]

omg i did this earlier but it didn't work but I just added this and it fixed it lol

[tribal gazelle]

Thank god lol my brain was starting to twist on how to set booleans in multiple components "before" SpawnActorOfClass finalizes.

Thank you Epic Games for a playerstate lol

[past compass]

has anyone in here ever created an elevator system? i atte pmted this today (w replication) and it was one of the more difficult things i've ever attempted to think through and ran into a few issues

[spark steppe]

wait till you have to deal with swinging doors... 😄

[versed sun]

https://tenor.com/view/big-bird-angry-door-fall-gif-11404358

[past compass]

lmaooo not sure if youmean just opening/closing doors, cause i have that much slved

[spark steppe]

that's literary me figuring out physics constraint components

[past compass]

but the elevators system is 🔫

[versed sun]

Break it down into parts

how many floors?

Get location of each stop

Going up? Going Down?

Do doors close?

[spark steppe]

imho it works best to have some empty actors as waypoints instead of hardcoding distances/locations

[versed sun]

or a Vector with 3D widget on

[spark steppe]

that sounds even better, thank you now i got to rework my system

[versed sun]

all you would really need is a Z

[spark steppe]

yea, currently i pull the actors and ignore the x/y component

[past compass]

i have the opening and closing of the elevator doors (easy part), but im trying to also have the amount of floors be variable (which i don't think should be too hard)

[past compass]

this sounds interesting, what is this?

vector w 3D widget?

[versed sun]

Variable floors would be an array of Z floats

[spark steppe]

then you are back at hardcoding values

without having a visual representation

[versed sun]

gotta have Instance Editable on

[past compass]

this definitnley makes sense. attmpted something today w instance editable and was using floor numbers and had a seperate variables for floor height etc but it got a bit too complexa nd i had to turn around lmao

would the elevator be in multiple parts? i have a BP for the elevator doors/"elevator" but im curious if you are using a seperate BP to handle the movement and/or a sperate blueprint to be the thing you are interacting with to say, select which floor you want to go to?

[versed sun]

use a Scene

[spark steppe]

i have the outer frame as actor, which is also the movement point (so i guess i'll keep my system anyways)

[versed sun]

and move the scene up/down

should keep it all 1 BP

[past compass]

legit have never used a Scene but will definitley try this

[past compass]

yea this is what i want to do, but there will need to be at the minimum a button / interactable on each floor

[versed sun]

you would have to, im just not sure what all you have in your BP

[past compass]

well at this point, it's really just back to a simple "room / elevator" that is interactable, and the doors open/close

but i have an 'elevator control panel'

had**

which was being used to determine which floor you go to

[pulsar moss]

Can I store uobjects (not actors) in game save data? Will I run into problems?

I did a quick trial and seemed to work but I’m not sure if it’s because the injects didn’t get GCed or what

[versed sun]

You could have a separate BP that are the up/Down buttons on outside of elevator
Place on on each floor and the elevator moves to that Z

when pressed

[past compass]

yea that could definitely work. is this using the "vector w 3d widget" you mentioned before?

i've also never used w a "3d widget"

[versed sun]

nope , wouldnt use it

[past compass]

i did have an idea to have a widget pop up that would set the varible of which floor you go to once inside the elevator and interact w a "panel"

the buildings woul dhave upwards of 33 floors

and w my TP build the character would have a difficult time clicking between 33 differetn buttons lol

so figured i'd have the panel/widget pop up once inside the elevator

but having the button on the outside to "call" the elevator is a good idea

and, so no vector 3d widget then

[viscid python]

I would like my enemies to flash a colour (white) when hit. But without replacing their materials (some enemies have several material slots and I don't know how to change them when hit if it's more than one material) or any scalar paramenters (would be too much of a hassle for all the different enemies). Is there any kind of shader, vfx or lighting trick to get the same effect?

[spark steppe]

you could use an overlay material (if you use UE 5.1+)

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/PbkR/unreal-engine-overlay-material-effects

[compact vapor]

what node will return true if this key struct is currently being pressed?

[spark steppe]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Game/Player/IsInputKeyDown/

[flat coral]

After trying to debug some strange instability in a moving actor, it turns out that GetGameTimeSeconds does not return zero when you call it in a constructor. Bug IMO, this value is useless. What's the most graceful way to correctly get zero from this when the game isn't running?

"Why are you calling GetGameTimeSeconds in your constructor?" I've got a function that determines where this object is based on the game time, and I want it's position in editor to be set to the origin point based on that same formula

[versed sun]

Do you want 0 if game isnt running?

[viscid python]

Started the project on 4.27.2 unfortunately and I'm not migrating now 🤔 I am currently trying a post process material as used for outlines but it does't work.

I had it working for a previous project, don't know what I'm doing wrong, oh well.

[versed sun]

did you do the thing in Project Settings ?

I think there is a thing...

@viscid python

[flat coral]

That's perfect, thanks!

[viscid python]

Yes I did.

[versed sun]

Not sure if thats janky but it works

[viscid python]

I also have a material from a tutorial to at least get an outline working.

So far it doesnt't work. I setup the post process volume, added the post process material, set the depth stencil to 2 for the enemy I want to outline, still nothing.

[versed sun]

PP set to unbound ?

hehe

Is it a new material or a migrated one ?

[viscid python]

Set to unbound and created the material from scratch

https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/n1rpvznq/

It's this one.

[versed sun]

Its a Post Process Material Domain ?

[viscid python]

Indeed, otherwise it wouldn't compile but that's still not it, hm 🤔

Ha

I got it

[versed sun]

do you have access to the project that you had an outline working ?

[viscid python]

the object had depth pass 1 and not 2 as in the shader

[versed sun]

ahh, hate those one offs

[viscid python]

so now it's working... I need a break... 😏

[versed sun]

yay

[viscid python]

Anyway, thanks for the support!

[versed sun]

https://tenor.com/view/vlod-rubber-duck-duck-vlod2-bathtub-gif-3004830228421712541

[storm shale]

Anyone knows what to do with 3 booloans so that they give those results

if all aare true it gives false

and if either of the above it gives true

my brain hurts

[frosty heron]

If true and true and true. Negate result

[frosty heron]

Not sure which one you mean

[storm shale]

oh yeah, I now realize it's like a 3x3 grid and it isn't really clear

so it's like vertical, if False False True OR if False True False OR if False False False... the result be true

[edgy axle]

that's just a 3 way XOR

wait nvm

similar though

what about if there's two true and one false?

[frosty heron]

I don't have editor on me rn

[edgy axle]

is it like anything less than 3 trues is true and 3 trues is false

so < 3 is false, = 3 is true?

I mean really simply just and all the inputs together and then negate

since any combination other than all true will be false, so you don't need to test for them

if that makes sense @storm shale

[storm shale]

so like, idk how to implement that in a way that involves all 3 booleans so the function outputs a single

boolean

[edgy axle]

what if the first one is true?

[storm shale]

with muiple branches it'd be simpler ofc

[edgy axle]

do you have a full truth table?

you don't need multiple branches

from what I can see, all you need is to and all of the inputs to see if they are all true, and then negate that to set it to false, which will be your output

[storm shale]

I think imma do that

[edgy axle]

are there any other cases where it has to be false other than all true?

[lunar sleet]

wdym, where's your Pocket Unreal? 🙂

[storm shale]

Nvm, The reason why I couldn't figure it out is cuz in reality I wanted 3 possible outcomes, instead of 2

true false and do nothing basically

or at least that's what am settling in, am sure if I was smarter I could figure out a way to make it work

[tribal gazelle]

What is a more optimized practice rather than casting over and over (replicated btw)

[dawn gazelle]

Either store a reference to the thing you're casting to, use components to house your logic instead or use interfaces for classes that do not share a hierarchy.
There's nothing particularly wrong with casting, except if you're casting to a whole bunch of classes within another class just trying to figure out what the thing is you're casting to.

[strong hedge]

Does it make sense to put ongoing event logic in game state? like stuff happening at certain times, etc?

or should I create some other class to handle time based events / triggering enemies and stuff?

[random holly]

I have a really basic question that I cant seem to find an answer to, but can someone point me in the right direction as to how i make a 3 speed movement system? I would like to have 3 speeds for my character, a walk, jog and run. Currently i have it so that the pressing and holding of a movement key activates walk, and then pressing and holding the sprint key makes my character run, although the way it is set up, when the sprint key is released it's programmed to go back to walk speed. I would like to add a jog speed that is on a toggleable button (not press and hold) and has it so that when I release the sprint key after sprinting, it returns to whatever movement state I was in before entering sprint, either walk or jog. Any tips would be greatly appreciated and as you can tell I'm pretty new to this kind of stuff so pretend you're talking to a 5 year old.

[pulsar moss]

How do you actually give an actor a gameplay tag? I want to use Get All Actors Of Class Matching Tag Query.

[dawn gazelle]

You probably want to have separate actors that manage things like this for you as they can then have their own logic and timers rather than trying to manage several things like this in the gamestate itself. Makes it more modular and allows you to place these manager actors in whatever level and they can do their thing.

[strong hedge]

Makes sense, thanks

[dawn gazelle]

You'd just need a bool to keep track of default state either being walk or jog that you set true or false when you switch between them. When releasing sprint, check the bool and set whether you're supposed to be walking or jogging accordingly.

[lunar sleet]

First you need to understand that there’s Tags and then there’s Gameplay Tags and though they are similar in nature they’re not the same thing 🙂

The ones you referenced are tags, you can just hit the + sign under Actor Tags and add it

But that function is for gameplay tags query

You’d need to use something like ActorHasTag

[dawn gazelle]

If you want to use GameplayTags like in the node you supplied, you probably need to implement the IGameplayTagAssetInterface on any actors you want to be able to respond to it, and have them return some form of FGameplayTagContainer.

    // Overridden from IGameplayTagAssetInterface
    virtual void GetOwnedGameplayTags(FGameplayTagContainer& TagContainer) const override;
    virtual bool HasMatchingGameplayTag(FGameplayTag TagToCheck) const override;
    virtual bool HasAllMatchingGameplayTags(const FGameplayTagContainer& TagContainer) const override;
    virtual bool HasAnyMatchingGameplayTags(const FGameplayTagContainer& TagContainer) const override;

[lunar sleet]

Yeah, and unless you modify the actual source code, you need to implement that in actor, pawn and character if you want all 3 to take advantage 😅

[lunar sleet]

Ik the EQS tests need that interface, I didn’t know that function does too. Ig it’s better than just getting an actor array, iterating over each actor, getting the container, checking if it contains the right GT 😀

[abstract drift]

I am using ALS and converted it to a custom mesh through retarget pose from mesh node. How can I fix the bouncing phenomenon in the video?

[bronze jacinth]

tinkering in BP any reason to really use BP interface over cast to?

seen a few tutorials that talk about interface being less laggy in the long run:?

[dreamy gulch]

working on an action queing component. asically im checking is valid, if not, do it, if so, wait. Despite me watching with my own eyes as it sets it to be valid, it just always returns null, no matter what i try to do i always get stuck from the very first second with some illogical issue that ive never even heard of its soul destroying. How can it be valid and return not valid? im using breakpoints print strings everything to show that it being set and it just isnt

[dreamy gulch]

Also victim of this, just got it two seconds ago too, it seems retargeting adds in a split second of spinning t pose if you slow it down

[frosty heron]

Interface cost more overhead than casting.

[bronze jacinth]

ok cool so basically anywhere i would have implimented an interface i should be able to replace with a cast to and be good

especially for a smaller game

[frosty heron]

You use interface when you interact with different classes

If you need to interact within the class that share the same parent. Just use casting

[modern radish]

How about dispatchers

[frosty heron]

That's got nothing to do with interface or casting

You can bind dispatcher anywhere anytime as long you get the ref

Say u are doing interaction system and you want to interact with different objects that don't share the same class. Then interface is the clear winner imo

[frosty heron]

Not sure what you mean with replace. They kinda have their own purpose

[remote meteor]

About casting and interface, as long you are not doing it a bazzilion of times in a single frame or ontick, i dont think you should choose one over the other for performance reason

Choose them for what they can provide instead

[tough jasper]

This might be an incredibly dumb question but I am going to try and explain it as best as I can.

Basically what I'm wondering is if I have a blueprinted object placed in the world and it has a variable that gets set when it's interacted with, firstly does it only set the variable for that specific instance of the object, and am I able to check for the value of each individual instance.

Each of the purple boxes is going to be an area designated for the player to be able to place items and I want to be able to check if it's occupied already or not for each area. The player is going to have the ability to move and add/subtract the amount of counters during gameplay so I'm just wondering if that's how variables in blueprints work cause an array doesn't seem like a reasonable route to take.

Essentially the variable is gonna be along the lines of "IsOccupied" and I wanna know if each one is tracked individually, and if I can get the value of a particular one

[trim matrix]

Each class instance has it's own vars (see object-oriented programming)

if that's what ur question was

[tough jasper]

That's part of it yeah. Good to know. I'm pretty sure I've gotten a system that'll work once I'm finished. Thank you though.

[static sky]

so im using new input action system, and on vector2d value does not reset to 0 when no inputs are pressed

[trim matrix]

yep

As it should™️

[static sky]

so how can i make it return to 0 huh?

[trim matrix]

make your own var

reset it once the action is released

[static sky]

alright

[golden gull]

Hello guys, I have this functionality where when you pickup a "coin" it calls the ToggleVisibilityAndCollision function and when respawn event is triggered it calls it again and is supposed to make it visible again, but it doesn't. Any idea why? Maybe I'm not seeing something obvious as this should be simple lol

[trim matrix]

You disable the coll

[hybrid hare]

Hi, I have a menu map (UI) from where i 'm supposed to chose where to begin (via a clickable button). I'd like to set the location of the player to a new default location and not the default player start location (which is also used). Any advice on how to do this ?

[trim matrix]

so it no longer can trigger the overlap event

[golden gull]

but should it not matter as I am calling an event to toggle visibility again?

[trim matrix]

idk can't see ur whole code

[golden gull]

This is my picked up function, and that is all my code. I did remove the disabling of the collision and it respawned after triggering the event, but then I can't walk over where the coin was because there's collision, so how do I stop the collision ?

[pastel maple]

how do I rotate my AI every 5 seconds 180 degrees in blueprint?

[trim matrix]

No, don't remove it

It should have worked they way you had it

was the coin getting visible again?

previously?

[golden gull]

No if you run into it then it becomes invisible and picked up works fine but when I trigger the respawn event it doesnt become visible

with the collision enabling/disabling part it never becomes visible, but without it, it becomes visible again

[trim matrix]

check if the other actor is the player

[golden gull]

ok I see, it plays picked up right after I trigger respawn

[trim matrix]

maybe it picks up itself (|ol?) when u enable the collision it detects the ground

[golden gull]

it probably does lol

[golden gull]

it was colliding with the mesh I think as it was above ground but now I'm casting it to my character before picking it up and it works as it should, so thank you so much! (I also turned off collision on the mesh)

[bleak summit]

How do i set up my skeletal mesh to detect when it is hit by an object?
I have a physics asset, and i have my collision channel set up, but the overlap event doesnt get called

[trim matrix]

show ur collision setup

[shy zinc]

This is probably a really easy thing, but I can't seem to figure it out! I have a boolen on a door, "is interactable" that is public. And in my player character, i've getting all actors of class, and then putting the "is interactable" into a branch, that then goes onto some code. It all works fine. However, in the doors details panel, if i change the 'is interactable' it has no effect. If i go into the doors blueprint itself and change the defualt value, it works fine. Not sure what I'm missing 😦 tried a bunch of different ways to access the boolean but i keep getting the same result.

[bleak summit]

the first image is the skeletal mesh, it should block all physics bodies that get thrown at it, and the second image is the physics body

right now the item is just going though it, it used to block it

and the on hit is not being called

it needs to be a hit not an overlap

[frosty heron]

Show your bps for others to see

[shy zinc]

Heya, sure, not sure how much to show. This is what i have setup to call on the boolean. (first image) then the second image is the door blueprint with that variable set. Changing that wont effect the door blueprint. But if i go into the blueprint and change the defualt, it works as expect eitherway.

[frosty heron]

your first image will get a random BP_Master_Door in the world.

Lets say you ahve 4 doors in the world, it will just get random one

that's not the way to reference

[shy zinc]

ahhyeeaah getting all the actors of course

[frosty heron]

you shouldn;t use it in almost in all situation. But if you must, you only use it when you are sure there is only one Instance in the world

but for something like door? You will have more than 1 instance in the world so that's not the way

[shy zinc]

Thanks for this, ill keep searching. I've been playing around with the line trace so i can tell which door in particular i'm looking at

[frosty heron]

Line trace -> Get hit result -> If hit anything -> If Impelement Interaction Interface -> Use Interface

[verbal kayak]

How to edit these in realtime?

[frosty heron]

interface is preferable for interaction but if you just wan to quickly do it in your case, you can do casting

Line trace -> Get hit result -> if hit anything -> hit actor is valid -> Cast to your Door -> Run Open or w/e event on the door

[toxic drift]

So I managed to get a Coyote time mechanic working here. Problem is, I can only think of a way to get it work by running the event tick and pulling the Z velocity which I know isn't efficient. Is there any other functions I could use where I can pull the Z Velocity specifically when a character walks off a ledge?

[frosty heron]

What's wrong with caching variable every frame?

[toxic drift]

Well I just assumed that running a check every frame could be intensive. But also, I assume there's a function I don't know about that I can use and I'd like to learn about more tools if possible

[verbal kayak]

no way to lock pos and rot in realtime?

[shy zinc]

thanks for this, i do have this setup already so will look at doing it this way. Would i create a function in the interface and call it that way ideally?

[frosty heron]

Create BP interface first and make sure your door implement it

[frosty heron]

if you are just setting or getting primitive variable, it isn't expensive

take the jump for example

that's something the CMC set every frame

bIsInAir?

[toxic drift]

Sorry I'm still relatively new. CMC?

[frosty heron]

Character Movement Component

[toxic drift]

ahhh

[frosty heron]

the one you use to grab the Z velocity

[toxic drift]

yes

I got ya now

[frosty heron]

many things run every frame

but there are things that you shouldn't do in event tick

things that doesn't require you to set every frame

or some things like Get All Actor of class , or bp loops

[toxic drift]

Yeah things like health doesn't need to be checked every frame, only when something directly affects it

I just assumed if yuo're in air would be one of those things but I guess maybe not since movement is much more frequent (relatively speaking)

Okay that makes me feel better about how I have things setup up right now, but just for a learning opportunity is there any other potential ways that it could be setup too? Like an functions I might not know about?

[frosty heron]

I have no idea what you are trying to do. What is a coyote time machine?

normally if you want to travel backward in time, you do store the related information in some structure

Like velocity, Location, Rotation each with delta time

[toxic drift]

Coyote time mechanic. It's the mechanic usually in polatformers where when you walk off a ledge, you have a brief window before gravity takes over and you can jump without using/losing one of your jumps

[frosty heron]

then you just trace back

[frosty heron]

I see, I've no idea then

[toxic drift]

Fair enough, figured I'd ask

[frosty heron]

i guess the only thing you need to check here if the character is walking of a ledge or not

[toxic drift]

yeah

[frosty heron]

Jump-> Check if walking on ledge -> If false -> Jump normally anyway | if true -> Don't consume jump count -> Jump

[toxic drift]

I have it do that by checking if my current jump count is equal to 0, and my Z velocity is negative

[frosty heron]

do you enter some state when you are walking on ledge?

otherwise no need to do it on event tick

simply check when you press the jump input?

that's what I can think of

[toxic drift]

No, I'm just working on making a fun jumping/movement mechanic to practice and learn. So I'm using the default jump given and making tweaks and changes based on that.

[frosty heron]

Yeah I just think you can probably migrate the check logic in the jump input

assuming I get what you are trying to do :S. It's hard to picture platform games

[shy zinc]

hey mate, yeah I've got a setup like this already. Playing around with it now, and not really sure how I still get access to that boolean.

[frosty heron]

Show pics

[silent drift]

Does anyone know how I can reset / respawn an actor to it's inital position? I have implemented a checkpoint system so the player can re-spawn at the last checkpoint on death. And when this happens I send an event to all children of a actor base class if they should respawn or not. However, I don't know how to get destroyed objects back when this happens at their original state and position.

[toxic drift]

Hmmm I'm not sure if I can do it based on jump input because the way the mechanic works is it would need to take place before the jump. But that's just how it's setup now, I might end up setting a different variable and that could work too. Thanks for the idea!

Also one more random question, is there an "AND Boolean" but has 3 inputs? (Or at least some equivalent to it?) Or do I just Daisy chain 2 of them together?

[frosty heron]

Once destroyed, it's gone forever.
You can always store the information (eg. Transform).
Then re-create the actor on respawn function using the stored transform

[silent drift]

So I would need to store the inital position and rotation. How would I do the "Spawn Actor" since that requires a class?

[frosty heron]

I see yea, I have no idea then. Gl
For boolean checks you can add pins and add as many as you like

[frosty heron]

You can save/store the actor class too

[toxic drift]

I'm so dumb, I saw the add Pin button and thought that was only gonna add on the output side

Thank you lol

[silent drift]

Oh, so can I do this in the parent? On the being play in the parent I add all these variables and just store references to themself, and then I use that on respawn?

[frosty heron]

Wdym on parent, this is some kind of misinterpretation of inheritance

For respawn you do want to have a manager of some kind

You don't want this logic in any of the actor you are destroying

[silent drift]

Ah, sorry, so I have:

BP_COMP_Actor (my parent for all actors so I can give them custom game logic, eg. should you respawn or not). I base all the games actors on this, so I can have some standard logical for all of certain types.

[trim matrix]

So you want it detect hit events?

check the "Simulation generates Hit events" checkbox

[silent drift]

Then I have a child called "BP_DestroyableWall", which is a child of the actor I mentioned above, and that is the one I place int he world.

[frosty heron]

The spawn should be a different class, whos job is to spawn destroyed actors

[silent drift]

And I also have a "BP_FallingPlatform", which is also based on that parent.

Hmm, okay, not sure I get what you mean? (I tried googling for help with this, but I just got tutorials for player checkpoints)

[silent drift]

So maybe more an actor component? So I can choose to which to add it and I can add all the respawn logic there and add them in "Begin Play"?

[trim matrix]

@bleak summit also debug the collision of your objects (if they even have them). show collisions

[frosty heron]

I will see if i can show something

[silent drift]

🙏

Oh, I think I get what you mean now... You are right... Of-course I can't do this in the actor itself.... The actor is destroyed.

So it' can't check for itself and add it sefl back.

[frosty heron]

and it's better practice to divide job and task in respective class

like Your character or wall shouldn't care about how it respawn

that;'s the Respawn class job

[bleak summit]

it works now!!! thank you so much

[silent drift]

So I guess I would need a spawn-manager (or such), that uses "Get all actors of class", and that should get the parent repsawn class and re-spawn everything? Or do I missunderstand?

Though that made it a whole lot more complicated... No clue how do do this. 😄

Welll, I guess it's time to learn

[frosty heron]

I don't like get all actors of class unless you are trying to grab every actors of the class

you could just respawn the one you destroyed and not accessing or touching the one that you don't destroy

[silent drift]

That sounds way better!

I'm not asking you to write for me, but how would I go at this? In thoery and I can see how I can get this going.

Because I agree with how you say it should be done, I just have 0 clue how to get started on that.

[frosty heron]

I will amke an example, one sec

[silent drift]

🙏

[visual kite]

hello i have a small question:
does .uasset contain cpp files or blueprints?

[thin cradle]

is it possible to set up collisions on a blueprint but have the blueprint start with those collisions off, then turn them on later from code?
I have a blueprint that's a physical object that spawns at a certain position, but I want it to immediately offset itself into the ground then slowly raise back out
problem is right now even if I disable collisions at the beginning of beginplay, it still pushes whatever it spawned inside of/around

[thin cradle]

never cpp files, can be blueprints but can also be any other type of assets

[versed sun]

try disabling in the Construction script, or have the default Off

[red berry]

So currently all my item's (Actor) meshes are StaticMeshes, but the item weapons need to have SkeletalMesh. How do I handle this in a performant way?
Do I have a variable for each? What about using soft references to load/unload one or the other?
Both my skeletal mesh and static meshes are 300mb each. Does that mean if I have 2 variables, it will be 600mb total, even though only 1 or the other will be visible at a time?
For example, when the item is on the ground, it should be a static mesh. But if its equipped on a player, it should be a skeletal mesh (regardless if its in their hand, or stowed away on their back).

[thin cradle]

disabling in construction script doesn't work, I'll try changing default

[visual kite]

Oh thanks! what about this: https://github.com/sp0lsh/UEShaderBits-GDC-Pack/blob/master/Content/VolumeTextures/MaterialFunctions/VolumeTextureFunction.uasset
i am trying to open the blueprint or cpp file to get the source code(note i am not in unreal engine and i need pseudo volume texture)

how can i open it?

[thin cradle]

did you download the entire project or an individual file

cause if you downloaded just that file it might not work if it references other assets

[visual kite]

individual file(also i don't have unreal engine)

[thin cradle]

you can't open uassets without UE

it's a material function, it's meant to be opened and edited in the unreal editor

[visual kite]

but i really need to read the source code any idea how can i do that?

[thin cradle]

it doesn't have actual source code, it has a list of nodes and it's probably not stored in a human readable format

[visual kite]

oh well,mmm where there might be the source code from the repo i sent?

[toxic drift]

Got my Coyote jump implemented without running a tick function so I figured I'd share for anyone else who might search for something similar in the future

[thin cradle]

there's no cpp code in the repo

it's all assets

why not download unreal at this point

[frosty heron]

@silent drift

[visual kite]

because i am using roblox studio and i need to figure out the way he makes pseudo volume textures

[thin cradle]

it's also apparently from a GDC talk so the talk might have screenshots

download unreal, check out the material function in unreal, recreate in roblox

unless your computer can't run unreal I'm not sure I see the problem

[visual kite]

yes, my pc nor my interent can open unreal engine 4

i don't think it can't even open unreal engine 3

[thin cradle]

https://gdcvault.com/play/1026262/Technical-Artist-Bootcamp-Distance-Fields

there's all the slides of the talk

[silent drift]

Thank you! I will see if I can understand what it does! 🙂

[frosty heron]

This spawn balls in random location within bounding box. When they are created -> The information is stored inside the a struct (You can set here and then set in your checkpoint if you want to update the position)
When I respawn the balls, it spawns where at the same location when their location is stored
@silent drift

[silent drift]

Oh, nice! Okay, I will see if can use this and transalte it over to my actors!

[visual kite]

Sorry for the late response i was looking through the talk and it doesn't seem to talk about pseudo volume texture or how they are made.

[silent drift]

So I need to create a struct that saves all actors that should respawn and their info, and then respawn them if destroyed when the player dies and uses a checkpint.

[frosty heron]

not using struct would be very painful

Spawn them -> When enter check point or at the start -> Set the struct info -> Destroy
-> Respawn

[silent drift]

Yeah, thank you! I

If I get stuck I might poke again (if okay?), but thanks a lot! I think I get it.

[thin cradle]

wrong talk sorry, this is apparently the stream this repo relates to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzPP5FAYAg

though I'm not seeing anything about like, "pseudo" volume textures in here?

I'm not sure the repo had anything about it either, he might just be using actual volume textures

[frosty heron]

@silent drift I modified the code a little so I stored their info before I destroyed the ball. Basically you do the struct when you want to store the info (eg. at checkpoint)

[silent drift]

Ah! Thank you!

[frosty heron]

you just need information to re-create the object you destroyed. EG it's color, it's transform, it's exp, etc, etc

[silent drift]

Thanks! I

@frosty heron To see if I got this correct.

1. I have a "SpawnManager" (just an example, that I place in the scene), this has an array that is "SpawnedActors" or something similar.
2. In each blueprint that should be able to respawn I cast to this spawnmanger on "BeginPlay" and add it to the array
3. Inside the SpawnManager, when I either hit a checkpoint or on begin play, I save all respawnable actors info into my created struct (does it automatically use one struct per actor inside the array?)
4. When I re-spawn I do a loop and respawn each actor (for this I also need a saftey check to see if the item was destroyed or not, so I don't spawn items inside of each other)

Does that sound about right?

Sorry being dumb, but I'm really trying to learn and see if I got this correct.

[thin cradle]

is there any way to clamp the player camera by default in unreal? I have some cameras that use the controller pitch/yaw as far as I understand the setup, and it's already clamping at 90/-90 but I can't find how to change the clamp ranges, and the ones in player camera manager don't work

[visual kite]

Thank you very much that video contained really useful information that i can use. again thank you very much and also sorry for the late response.

[frosty heron]

Don't know about the safety check but sound more or less correct

[thin cradle]

np

[silent drift]

The saftey check was just to make sure that if a enemy or a actor wasn't destroyed, I don't re-spawn it on the already existing actor.

[frosty heron]

Then you will also need to remove the info from the struct for that particular actor

[silent drift]

Actually @frosty heron sorry, a short follow up. Would it be a better idea to before destroying the actor, save all this info into the array and struct, so when I respawn, it only respawns the items that was destroyed, and it ignores everything else?

So.

1. I have a SpawnManager in my scene, it starts empty (with an array)
2. When an actor of some type is destroyed, I cast to the spawnmanager, and add the item to the array, with the struct info (this is the part I don't have super clear in my head yet how I save the struct info per array item) - Is the array based on the struct btw?
3. On respawn it re-spawns all destroyed actors (since those are the only things it has in the array), and then it clears the array and the struct making them info again.

I assume that way I don't have a endless list of items, but really only the itmes that are destroyed, so I can re-spawn them without any saftey if they already exist?e

Ignore that image, I meant this one:

[neat sinew]

How do you make a skeletal mesh on the character block collisions of non physics simulated objects the same way the capsule does? I have this dash animation and I want the mesh to not go through walls when it plays. The collision only works when the hit object is physically simulated, like a projectile.
https://gyazo.com/1b1f723bf2e190e6e1de0837383ef230

One way I thought of fixing this is to manually spawn a sphere collision on the head socket when the animation starts playing... but that seems hacky

[thin cradle]

does anyone know what clamps the camera in the thirdpersoncharacter sample? as far as I can tell it's not the player camera manager min/max pitch settings, it's not the controller, and it's not the character blueprint

[red berry]

Anyone know how to make it so if your cursor is near an item, it will consider it as a collision/hit?
I have some small objects in my world that I want to pick up. But the mouse shouldn't have to be directly on top of them. Currently my implementation is using a line trace, but the item has a large sphere collision. (Its limited because it sucks for items that are very long in some axis. It only works ok for round or cube like objects)
Is there a way to get a better shape than just a sphere? In Starfield it seems like they have a larger version of each 3d object as the hitbox, but I don't know how to program this

[trim matrix]

implementing that would be pretty easy, but idk about the perfotmance of having essentially a duplicate mesh for every interactable item

If it was hidden I'm guessing it wouldn't have much impact on the performance, but sb would have to fact check this

[red berry]

This is what I'm trying to achieve

[versed sun]

Instead of a line trace , try a Sphere trace

same as a line trace , but has a radius

[red berry]

My actual method is using a line trace for a direct hit on the mesh or sphere. If that doesn't work, I line trace the nearest environmental mesh (e.g. a table) and then do a small sphere trace from that.
I don't know if this is effective or worse than what your suggesting
Will there be conflicts in whats considered the nearest object? Sometimes sphere traces struggle getting the nearest object

[trim matrix]

they want insane accuracy so that wouldn't work

[versed sun]

you could also do a line trace , then Sphere overlap Actors/Components centered on the linetrace hit location

[red berry]

Yeah it has to balance accuracy and speed/ease of use. Its like autocorrect, most of the time if it works properly its convenient, in rare edge cases it can get in the way.
There's tradeoffs, like with security, actual security and ease of use

[hybrid hare]

Hi, I've this simple control to allow the player to rotate on its z axis. I'd like the rotation to be smooth (now it just go directly to each step of the rotation), like scaling speed on Z axis rotation / mke it progessive. Do you know what I should do ?

[trim matrix]

Yeah, you could even do a multi sphere trace instead of the sphere overlap to choose what was closest to the line trace hit loc

[clear sierra]

what if we convert everything into a 2d Space and then calculate the distance from the centre point. not sure how costly this will be.

[red berry]

If we can somehow get the 3d item's current "facing towards screen shape", then this is a simple check just like if the mouse is hovering over an image or polygon. The problem is we have to do this every tick, with every object

[trim matrix]

seems kinda impossible

[clear sierra]

hovering over the Shape, can be solved using line trace, but you want closest, from your mouse

[clear sierra]

everything is possible

[clear sierra]

instead of getting the shape on 2d, Why not just start with point of each actor location and check how it is working and how performance costly this way is ?

[red berry]

Line trace works if the hitbox mesh is accurate and is large enough. Sphere trace can help I think, but sometimes it gets the wrong mesh, its not accurate. If there's two objects in a sphere trace, it sometimes gets the furthest one, not the closest

Not sure how thats supposed to work

[trim matrix]

nevermind, forgot already what you were trying to achieve 🪦

[sand yacht]

Hi, I have like a few hundred meshes in my level i want to give a slight levitation effect, as if they're hovering in the air. Having each mesh as a separate actor with their own timeline for the hovering is not that good for performance. Is there a better way I could do this?

[versed sun]

you can do it in the material

[sand yacht]

oh using the world offset?

or whatever its called

[versed sun]

yup

[clear sierra]

Once you get multiple objects in a sphere trace you should get all then, you can do another check, where you will find the closest impact point

[sand yacht]

oh thats great, thanks!

[sand yacht]

I'm trying to make it move only in the Z direction however masking a specific color doesnt seem to work

[versed sun]

not sure HOW to do it, just know it CAN be done 🙂

[versed sun]

Are you geting the Actors world position to select the closest ?
I would assume the swords origin point is somewhere in the handle, so if you clicked toward the tip of the blade , i might thing the orange is closer
try :

[trim matrix]

I think you would have to use the Append node 2 times to make it into a vector3

[lunar sleet]

#materials will prly know how to do this

[remote meteor]

multiply by a Vector3 instead of masking, this will decide the direction vector

0,0,1 for Z only

[sand yacht]

okay thanks!

[silent drift]

Is there a way I can see what's currently stored in a array inside of the BP? While in-game, I would like to see if I saved the data correcty to the array.

When I look in the BP, it all seems empty when I go into while in-game, and I don't know if it because I've done an error, or if I can't see it like that in the BP.

[versed sun]

add a breakpoint, you should be able to hover over an array pin to see whats in it

when the breakpoint paused

[violet plank]

Guys, I am making right now multiplayer game. Can you give me advice how to realise stun mechanic in my game?

[lunar sleet]

#multiplayer is a better place to ask

[violet plank]

Thank you

[earnest swan]

you should expand the enhancedInputAction to see an "Ongoing" path. Use that to change the yaw over time while the button is held down. If you do that, decrease the amount of rotation since it would do that amount per tick

If you don't see it, change the kind of input you're using in the input action definition to something that can fire events while the input is being held down.

unless you want it to only fire the input once to ensure a 90 degree rotation, in that case maybe a timeline could help. Lerping between your current rotation and the rotation you want

[silent drift]

@frosty heron I got something working! And I feel like it works really well and it seems to not hit on my performance! Thank you for all the help!

[frosty heron]

Nothing should trigger performance issue. Unless you are spawning hundreds of actor in a single frame

[silent drift]

👍

[hybrid hare]

thanks

[hybrid hare]

ongoing no working but it works with trigger. val of -0.1 and the rotation is smooth. I'll have a look to the other way you propose with a timeline

[lunar sleet]

We have #enhanced-input-system btw and ongoing doesn’t do what you think it does

[lunar sleet]

That’s incorrect

[earnest swan]

oh! where did I go wrong?

[hybrid hare]

@lunar sleet ok for the channel, currently trying to this with a BP after firing the input

[lunar sleet]

OnGoing fires while the button is down, while the threshold has not been met. For example, if you have a Hold Trigger with a threshold of 1s, it will fire Started once, then onGoing while pressed before the threshold has been met and Triggered once the 1s has elapsed, while being held

Cancelled if it threshold was not met before the button was released

And so on

[earnest swan]

ah okay, didn't I say that OnGoing would fire while the button is down? I'm not totally incorrect 😅 I did miss the last part, which I appreciate you correcting

[hybrid hare]

so it could make a 45° progressice turn on Z axis from a point to another or a circle and then anotehr hit on the button and continues the trun in oanother 45° fraction and so on to a complete revolution

[lunar sleet]

I meant onGoing will not fire in most cases because the threshold is too short, i.e. when using a Down trigger

So you can hold that button all you want it will never fire onGoing 😀

[earnest swan]

yeah for sure, which is why I suggested changing the input trigger

if it didn't work

[dark drum]

Would anyone know if using the simple move to on the player character can use nav links for crossing areas where the nav mesh isn't generated? I'm trying to use it but when it gets to where the nav link is, it just glitches out. (looks like it's vibrating)

[lunar sleet]

Might have to ask #gameplay-ai for that one

[lunar sleet]

Point being that response can confuse people. The correct answer is use Down or no trigger (defaults to Down) and the triggered pin because it fires using its own tick while the key is pressed (held)

[earnest swan]

understandable 👍

[remote meteor]

ongoing only triggers on timebased trigger like hold, hold release, release, combo

can always just check InputAction.cpp for how they work, you also can make your own version if needed

[zealous comet]

im trying to make it so my character cant attack while in the air. but if i jump and attack on the same tick he still attacks in the air. is there any way to fix this without having another check that hes in the air a tick later.

[remote meteor]

while you are in attack animation, how would you like your jump button to behave? not executing jump? or cancelling into jump?

[zealous comet]

not executing jump

[remote meteor]

then you have to do 2 things,

1. I cannot attack when i jump
2. I cannot jump when i attack

how is PlayerInAir? set?

[zealous comet]

its default in the engine

[lunar sleet]

CMC comes with an IsFalling bool

[remote meteor]

im pretty sure its not ~~who names variable with question mark 🙃 ~~

yeah you can use CMC->bIsFalling

[lunar sleet]

PlayerInAir sounds made up 😀

[zealous comet]

you are correct, my partner made it. how do i access the Isfalling Bool

[lunar sleet]

From the movement component

[frosty heron]

#blueprint message

[lunar sleet]

Drag the CMC in your graph and pull from it, search for isFalling

[lunar sleet]

Uh… I sometimes do😅 , bad habit learned from tutorials I think, tho I’ve been slowly moving away from that

[zealous comet]

Thx

[remote meteor]

i have an ex-colleague that named me the following
NotStagger?

thats why he is an "ex" now

[zealous comet]

do you guys know anything about root motion?

[remote meteor]

ask off maybe? 😅

[zealous comet]

do you know how to dissable root motion but only for the Z axis?

when my character does his attack, his feet go up, this only happens when root motion is enabled, how do i fix his feet while still keeping root motion enabled

[remote meteor]

🤔 animation is retargeted from somewhere else?

[zealous comet]

no

[remote meteor]

can you check the animation asset itself and see whether its lifted?

use side views

[zealous comet]

the animation only lifts when root motion is enabled

[remote meteor]

if you authored the animation, you might want to double check, and to answer your question,you can only take none or all axis of root motion

[zealous comet]

do you know any other way to fix that problem, he has to crouch down for the animation to look good

[remote meteor]

atleast check the animation asset itself with wireframe and see

if you disabled the anim sequence's root motion, you should also see the red line that shows where the root moved to like this

if it is not stick to the ground like these, then the rootmotion from your imported animation data may have issue, you might want to check it in your authoring software

[zealous comet]

my root is on the characters hips

not on the floor

is that a problem

[remote meteor]

huh.. thats a style that i havent seen before

are you using ABP_Manny as your base animation blueprint?

[zealous comet]

no im using a mixamo character

[remote meteor]

so no controlrig enabled ya?

[zealous comet]

and a custom abp

[zealous comet]

correct

[remote meteor]

can try adjusting root motion root lock perhaps

i can only imagine its the animation's root motion data that is the issue

[zealous comet]

i tried that, it doesnt work

this is his skeleton, and there is no root bone at the bottom

[remote meteor]

i have never tried without it so im not sure..when i do them i always have that root

[zealous comet]

any way to add a root bone without redoing every animation?

[remote meteor]

i am not very familiar to these at this point 😅 maybe can ask around in #animation

[zealous comet]

yeah unfortunately the animation channel is almost completely dead

[remote meteor]

for mine, root motion is achieved by animating that root bone at the bottom

does your skeleton tree root bone starts with the pelvis?

there is also these settings that you can try around in the skeletal asset

[zealous comet]

my hips are the root

ima just add a root bone and redo the animation

[remote meteor]

make a copy and try it out with simple stuff first

personally i have not done animation without the root bone

but my experience is also limited to unreal so im not too sure 🙏

by the way way, i would also like to recommend this https://toshicg.gumroad.com/l/game_rig_tools
its freemium, and i think it does alot

[lunar sleet]

You want to be asking #multiplayer for this stuff

[pulsar vigil]

Hey, Its a basic question but i hope finding a simple and effective way to do so, its related to reference and casting (if i understand correctly).

I want to cast an input action such as pressing a button from my player bp to another bp (character like NPC here). This is needed to pause a timeline currently running on the NPC via my player_bp

this way i can have a method to build reaction on npc when player press a button

The npc is not an IA yet just a basic character blueprint.

(More Context : i m showing a character animation in a sort of turntable render and i just want to be able to press a button while in play mode to stop the rotation from the timeline on the “NPC” bp)

[lunar sleet]

You don’t cast an input action

A cast is a check to see if the ref you fed it is of a certain bp class and allows you to access the functions and vars inside that bp

There’s a blueprint comms video pinned in this channel you should watch

It’s a tad long but it’ll help you understand how inter-bp comms work

[pulsar vigil]

Thx for ur help; i did watch a ton of thing about interface/ActorComponent and event dispatcher some month ago but i dont get it lol im gonna watch what u suggest, for u what would be the way ? do u create an event ? do u call a variable via one of the thing i mention ?

[lunar sleet]

Idk what you mean by player_bp

[pulsar vigil]

its my controller my pawn the one i move in the play mode

[lunar sleet]

You mean your player character ?

[remote meteor]

you are probably looking for a interact system
i interact with the npc
depending on the npc state, it will start or stop the timeline

[pulsar vigil]

yes sir

[lunar sleet]

You usually need a way to interact so you can get a ref to the npc

[barren dove]

is there a blueprint module for "on frame" ?
ex I could be doing something on tic but then execute when a frame comes around to lighten the workload

rather than execute everything on tic and frames just happen when they happen

[pulsar vigil]

its not realy an npc its just a character running an animation that rotate and i want to when pressing a button stop is rotation do i realy need to build an interact system to do that ?

[remote meteor]

not necessary then

to start, you need a way to get the reference of the other character

if you want that interaction to be doable no matter where you are, when the input is triggered, get the reference of the other character, call its start or stop

to get the reference is the question though

[pulsar vigil]

exactly

[remote meteor]

if its global, it could submit itself to gamemode/gamestate so it can be retrieved somewhere

[lunar sleet]

You can use get actor of class

[remote meteor]

worse case worse you use get actor of class

[lunar sleet]

But it’s not something you should start using as a crutch everywhere

[pulsar vigil]

yeah i used this method with tag on something else but there is probably a simplier solution

[lunar sleet]

And if you have more than one of those actors you’ll need to use get all actors of class and for each loop to make them all do that

I mean tag is a decent solution to filter results

If you have several actors and no interaction system, then you can get all and filter using actor has tag

Ideally tho, like was said, you may want to have some sort of manager function in the GM/GS if you’re trying to affect a bunch of actors in the level

[pulsar vigil]

Someone is helping me in the UE forum im telling u what his solution is when i test it

[tribal gazelle]

After I apply a physics material to my character (a ball) it stops me being able to move around, what would be the cause?

[frosty heron]

nvm, misread

[tribal gazelle]

I just realized it's because I have a character movement component.

[mental trellis]

Anywhere*

[fast finch]

Yoo friends, how would you, in a first person game, lock the camera rotation, so that the player cannot look away from an object but can still move the camera somewhat.

i cant find anything on this 😦

it bugs me that there is something i cant figure out

[lunar sleet]

Get current vector override the axis you want to keep fixed

And/or clamp stuff

[mental trellis]

You want to have the "base" rotation be a look at rotation and then have some small movement around that?

[fast finch]

basicly i want to have a center point

and then core radians

[mental trellis]

Calculate the look at rotation, quatify it, then quatify a rotator that you clamp and multiply them together.

[fast finch]

yaw and pitch

the problem mostly is: where do i use this clamped result

on what

[lunar sleet]

Really, you need quats for this?

[lunar sleet]

To set the camera rotation

[fast finch]

this is how unreal works here

[mental trellis]

I mean, they make life easier when multiplying rotators.

[fast finch]

id have to put this code here...

[mental trellis]

Can you do quats in BP?