blueprint

[marble tusk]

Any warnings or errors in the log which might be related?

[lusty hedge]

yes.

no errors

[last peak]

You are not overwriting the struct in your actor right ?

What you can try is create a setup event in the actor pass the struct into that event, call the event directly after spawn and try to overwrite the struct that way

[next hollow]

The easiest way to clear up any oddities right now.
Make a new var on the actor, and make it expose on spawn, and do nothing else.
Then try.

Theres a possible? chance that the struct var itself is super weird.
(I've started to see how crap BP structs are for this reason, they just casually decide to implode)

[lusty hedge]

I am going to do a deeper dive. i feel it is being overwritten but i cant think of where

the inventory system i made is complicated

[last peak]

Try what i wrote you can do that in 2 minutes

might instantly fix the problem

[lusty hedge]

okay

[last peak]

I hate them with a passion haha

Sometimes you have to use structs

[lusty hedge]

in the future what should i use

from my noob brain i saw them and im like oh wow thats a great way to organize

its like a folder for variables

[next hollow]

Structs are great, I love them.
But, creating them in BP just has so many random potential oddities.

If you only know BP, then your forced to deal with them.
But, to "fix it", you'd just declare them via C++

[lusty hedge]

i should learn

i did C# Unity no problem

but when i switched to unreal i did BP only because fun

[last peak]

It is really easy to declare a struct in cpp

You can use uobjects instead

They cost a bit of performance tho but in 99% of the time it doesnt matter unless you are creating absurd amounts

[marble tusk]

I've personally not had any issues with blueprint structs in a long time, but to be fair I've only been messing around in the editor, not putting together a whole game or anything like that

[next hollow]

They really start to fall apart if you edit them when there in use.
But, overall can be quite fragile.
I love see recast, or default_, when you hover over a struct you made.
Or, your game throws compile errors on every struct usage.
Cuz, TRASH_struct_items does not match struct_items pin invalid.

[marble tusk]

I used to have the problem where they'd break where in use, but I had realized it only ever happened where I was splitting the struct pin instead of using a break node

Since then I only use break nodes and haven't had that issue in years

[next hollow]

Pretty sure I've like barely ever used that right click split.
Always felt a bit sus. 😛

Wish I had an old log, where like 40% of my game threw compile errors on functions that had the struct as an input.

[marble tusk]

Instanced Structs are super useful btw. Highly recommend learning about Instanced Structs for anyone not familiar with it

It's almost like a wildcard value you can use anywhere

[next hollow]

I've never personally ran into an actual use case for me of instanced structs.
Same thing with data tables.

[last peak]

Data tables are usefull for item data

Name
Value
Weight
Image
Class

Ive seen some ppl use them for dialogue too

Its pretty much just a easy way for non programmers to add new things without them messing up your code

Its also a bit more organized than just a raw struct

[next hollow]

I just prefer multiple class files, personally.
Lets me be open ended.
Rather then locked down with DT's.

I've only used DT's for 1 thing.
It was to add a generic piece of data to every one of my classes, without individually defining the var for each class.

The other time I saw a game dev use DT's, was for an audio lookup table.
Falling, crouching, footstep, eat, damaged, etc.

But, that just seems so cumbersome?
Create a whole DT, for what could be a struct of the different audios.
(IDK any other info about the game, as to maybe a secondary reason they did it like that)

[last peak]

That seems annoying ye

i would just put it into a component

[next hollow]

Yeah.
Component, or even a data asset.
Or, just a struct var on the thing that uses the audio.

[severe turret]

you have to understand the use cases for DataTable and DataAsset and why you would use either. Consider a Data Table is a Row/Column setup, like a spreadsheet. It is best used for larger data set or entirely static and single use data. Whereas a DataAsset is more for smaller, instanced and object variable properties and uses more functionality than a DataTable. It's just a case of understand the paradigm of the methods you are working with.

[dark drum]

I wish there was a way to extract data tables into data assets.

Import CSV as data table -> extract to data asset -> profit!

[severe turret]

Also, if you are able, write your structs in C++ and not BP. It solves most of those issues you have with them breaking.

[severe turret]

You could do that manually really except the asset has to be compiled as a .uasset so it would be an editor function I guess. Not difficult at all if you understand the factory class associated with it.

you could populate a data asset from values in a data table tho if the structure is already built.

[dark drum]

Yea I could setup an editor utility widget but having them linked would be cool. So the data table is editor only and updates the relevant data asset when it's edited and visa versa.

[severe turret]

that would require one of two approaches. Either editing the DataTable core class so it has that function, which is drastic because it means editor code changes and that's a commit you need to add to each iteration you use it with after the engine is updated/redownloaded. Or you hook the event that tells you when a data table has been edited. Not sure if an EUW has enough access for that but it's definitely do-able in C++ (although if there is no event to hook you would have to add it, making it the same as problem 1.)

[dark drum]

Yea, Ill add it to my wish list and send it to epic. 😅 (One can hope)

[severe turret]

I've actually just got finished writing a plugin that creates data tables from code as part of it's functionality. I just can't remember if it has an event for when it's completed updating/being edited 🙂

[last peak]

What do you guys think should i take this gig of fixing the project?

It will drive me insane 100%

[severe turret]

sure why not? There are hotkeys you can use to fix that up in seconds.

[last peak]

But it would be a lot of hours

[next hollow]

Install plugin.
Press button
Uninstall plugin
Send fixed graphs

Profit

[last peak]

But he has bugs in it too

[dark drum]

Send it my way. I'm a gluten for punishment lol.

[severe turret]

all code has bugs in it. That's what gets me the most work :p

[last peak]

That discovery find the bugs fix the bugs

Goddamn feast and famine i dont get a single gig for almost 2 months and today i got 6 requests at once

one month im starving the next im drowning

[last peak]

Do you have a fiverr account?

[next hollow]

What is your Fiver?
I fix Blueprint bugs? 😛

[dark drum]

No. Maybe I should get one though lol.

[last peak]

Yes haha, i mean i have many gigs thats one of them

[severe turret]

at least you had offers. My only offer in the last 3 months was a job in Dubai and wtf wants to go to the MIddle East right now, nevermind the home of the narcissist streamers flashing off their rented supercars :p

[last peak]

If you had a fiverr i would redirect this to you but i cant pull ppl off platform or they ban me

[next hollow]

lmao?
Actually

[last peak]

Ye your not even allowed to communicate outside of fiverr with your clients

[dark drum]

That's a deal breaker for me. 😅

[next hollow]

Is that a new thing?
I used Fiver like 1 year ago?
We were chatting about everything on discord.

[last peak]

Its because then everyone would just get the clients on fiverr and then ditch them to save the 20% fee

[last peak]

Watch out their bots scan your chats, if your unlucky you will just get a auroban

Im not sure for how long that is tho im only on fiverr for half a year

However i pulled my first big client off platform too and i didnt got banned lol

on paper im tech lead now for them

[next hollow]

Yeah, idk.
We chatted a tiny bit on Fiverr, then I asked if they had discord, and we just did everything else on there

[severe turret]

my lord fancy giving Fivver 20% when they do no work. I'd rather use a recruitment agency. At least they do something.

[primal flame]

Hi, I’m new to Unreal Engine 5 and I’d really appreciate some help.

I’m trying to build a character switching system. I’m using the Third Person / Side Scroller template to make a 2D platformer with two characters.
What I want is: when I switch characters, the previously controlled character should continue moving based on its current momentum (e.g., keep moving if it was running, or keep falling if it was in the air).

However, with my current Blueprint setup, I can switch characters with a button, but:
If I switch while running, the previous character keeps playing the running animation in place without actually moving.
If I switch while in the air, the previous character freezes mid-air instead of falling.

I feel like I’m missing something fundamental about how movement or control should be handled.
Does anyone know a good way to implement this properly?
Also, sorry if this is the wrong channel.

Thanks in advance!

[cyan jungle]

Have you explored using OnPossessed() and OnUnpossessed() to apply movement? I believe when you unposess a pawn, the character movement component flushes input, so you need to handle movement some other way.

According to AI, you can also check a box in the movement component to run without controller. Not sure how well that'll work but give it a shot!

[marble tusk]

It could be really helpful for stuff like inventory systems where every item has different data it needs associated with it. You could have an array of a base item struct which will store your whole inventory, and in the struct instead of having a huge structure including all of the variables any item could need instead you could have a single instanced struct. Then in the child class for each specific item the items would store and pull its own data struct to and from the instanced struct. So each item's instanced struct in the inventory array only contains the data that specific item needs and nothing else.

[next hollow]

While thats probably valid for something like making items out of DT.
It really doesn't make much sense for a full class/ object based item system like I prefer.
I just add a new var.

Let alone if I also want just +1 new value.
gotta make a very similar, yet unique instanced struct, and swap all the refs over, for the new class, just for +1 value.

[marble tusk]

I did also recently find an engine plug-in which uses instanced structs https://fxtwitter.com/i/status/2028430654744969558

Constantine Romakhov (@solessfir)

UE 5.7 comes with the Async Message System (aka Lyra’s Gameplay Message Router v2.0).
︀︀See comments for C++ usage 🧵
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[last peak]

Anyone in here that has a fiverr gig up for Programming that wants to collaborate with me ?
Sometimes i dont get a single gig for a month or 2 sometimes i get 5 at once and i have to turn them down
Im mainly just looking for others that would be willing to share excess work once they are booked out

@next hollow maybe?

[dark drum]

Does anyone know how the common video player works? I've selected a video and then call the play function but it just stays black.

Edit: Never mind, I've just used the default media player and rendered to texture method.

[maiden wadi]

Bink ftw

[next hollow]

While that would probably be interesting. 😛
too busy right now. lol

[last peak]

are you gonna tell me you are not interested in fixing this ?

😄

There are like 50 more of these graphs goddamn ^^

[faint pasture]

for how much?

[last peak]

On fiverr you are setting the price and they can either accept it or leave

[faint pasture]

I mean ballpark, is $50+/hr realistic or is it poverty wages?

I have zero interest in node wragling someone's spaghetti monster but for the right $$$ I probably would.

[last peak]

Thats studio prices, for a professional client ok probably even too low but for the regular fiverr clientits a race to the bottom
I take 30$/hour

However today i got sourced by their talent scouts for a 2 week sprint for around 3.5k$

I probably cant do both

[dark drum]

Its not fixing it, its recreating the whole system so it still does the same thing. 😉

[last peak]

Its trying to not go insane

[dark drum]

I actually enjoy rebuilding systems. 😅 You already know what it should do so thats half the work done lol.

[last peak]

but honeslty recreating everything from scratch is probably faster hahaha

[last peak]

Make a fiverr acc and we can send each other excess clients

[faint pasture]

I make almost the same homing from work on my own project while babysitting my soils lab.
TBH every time I peek at anyone elses projects I get the heebie jeebies. Just gigs upon gigs of shit slapped together. Terrible.

[dark drum]

Does fiver do hourly prices yet? The last time I looked (a few years ago) it was set prices.

[last peak]

Yes you can do custom offers and hourly payment

[faint pasture]

Tried helping with a friend of mine's (he's a professional credited game dev) project, and it was like 90+ gigs in git. For a simple dungeon crawler. An ran like absolute garbage. That's no way to live.

[last peak]

But fixed prices usually bring in more money because you always price a bit up as buffer, if you are fast you canm make a bit extra out of that

[dark drum]

I'll have a look over the weekend.

[last peak]

However you will also get a lot of super annoying clients that expect you to do a week worth of work for 50$

Ah please build my a robot with physics that can solve a maze my budget is 50$

Shame on me that i took the goddamn offer, i needed early reviews and this mfker wasnt happy because i didnt implement him a full heatmap

I just made the robot prioritize fields that he hasnt visited yet fml

[dark drum]

I've been procrastinating a lot today. Granted still making progress on my personal project be it slowly.

[last peak]

The real money is with their talent scouts, if you have a good profile with good reviews they will connect you with professional clients

There you make the real money

If a few ppl from this discord start fiverring we could create a agency haha

[next hollow]

Not the default pawn name. 😂

[dark drum]

Hey don't dis the default name, if they rename it we'll never know what is it. 😅 'BP_InsertGameName_TripleSquad_Leader'

[next hollow]

lol

[faint pasture]

Hot take, I never do the BP prefix

It's always just GameNameClassType or GameNameAcronymClassType for framework classes then just Name for mostly data-only extensions

[dark drum]

I do for some things. If it starts with BP_ then its an actor that goes in the world. lol. I don't normally add one for actor components or uobjects though.

[frosty heron]

I went with B_

[faint pasture]

Why not AThingy to reflect the C++ convention if you're doing all that

[frosty heron]

I want to be able to tell which are the native class and which are bp

[next hollow]

Yeah, same for me.
Easy to see what’s BP no matter the naming.

[faint pasture]

I've also lived like this before:
A_Thingy
AC_Thingy
ABP_Thingy
PC_GameName
GS_GameName
GM_GameName
PS_GameName

[faint pasture]

how would you see it in editor if it wasn't a BP of some sort

[dark drum]

I tend to lean towards base classes not get a prefix but child classes do.

[next hollow]

The most I do is component to comp

Never crazy/ a ton of abbreviations.

[last peak]

This is the only real way

[next hollow]

Are you in the mind if BP only?
Cuz C++ classes appear in the drop downs.

[faint pasture]

Why would it matter, API is API

if you intend your C++ class to be not visible there or abstract you can do that

[next hollow]

Idk lol
It’s just the way I’ve named stuff.

[wooden whale]

anyone who knows why this happens?

trying to animate the buttons but its animations list is empty

[frosty heron]

@wooden whale the animation variable can be pulled from the variable list.

Look at the variable panel.

Drag and drop then plug it into the anim pin.

[wooden whale]

ow okay yeah I see now

thx

[maiden wadi]

This is what we do for BPs

W_ WidgetBlueprint
BFN_ BlueprintFlowNode
DA_ DataAsset (Not all DAs follow this, only generic ones, system based DAs have their own prefixes)
DT_ Datatable

SM_ StaticMesh
M_ Game material
M_UI or MUI is UI material
T_ Texture
T_UI or TUI is UI texture```

[frosty heron]

Nice im also DT B W DA SM M T

[peak trail]

my personality type is FEDUP

[acoustic hemlock]

Not sure if I'm missing something, but I think this works? It kind of half works, I don't think I set up bonus point scoring correctly. Also I'm now trying to figure outwhen to call updates for the UI.

[crimson briar]

Uhhh, I'm not sure, it is a lot of wires to decipher

Depending how your UI is set up, you either call the update at the end of everything with the full array of scores.
Or after a change in one of the scores if you have the UI set up to receive individual round results instead of redrawing everything

I would recommend at least setting up a function called something like "UpdateScore" that will receive the data to update a given round score. It will then set everything in the relevant array and call a dispatcher or direct update on UI. At least this way you can call it wherever you change the score without duplicating the UI logic as well

[last peak]

Yeees i can use the meme again muahhahah

[last peak]

https://tenor.com/view/unreal-shader-confused-unreal4-unreal-engine-gif-15378565

[crimson briar]

But the graphs in your meme are materials 😕

[last peak]

Doesnt matter

Same point ^^

wtf is this XD

Like isnt that incredibly hard to debug?

It would drive me insane

Ah guess i have seen worse

[dark drum]

I might do a YT short... 'Functions and why you should use them!'

[last peak]

Something that is always missing from tutorials

they always just slap everything in the graph

[dark drum]

It could definitely be cleaned up by dropping in a function and using a local variable and set member node.

[acoustic hemlock]

I just said screw it, if it works I'll clean it up once it's finished.

[spark steppe]

i think that attitude might work if you know what you are doing

that whole thing looks scuffed tbh

[crimson briar]

It is fine, it is way better to do stuff instead of worrying to do it perfectly the first time

I know I have this problem way too often. I try to plan for everything and end up with only a few nodes after an hour of "work"

[spark steppe]

idk how many score patterns there are?!

is it just number of pins or strike?

[crimson briar]

The scores in bowling are weird

Next round scores affect previous rounds scores

Someone was on something when they came up with this lol

[dark drum]

Here's a cleaned up version of some of your logic (from what I can work out). It might help you.

[acoustic hemlock]

I'll give it a shot

[acoustic hemlock]

I can't get the set members node to display a score variable input.

[crimson briar]

When the node is selected, you mark which pins to show in the details on the right side

[dark drum]

Just adding to what Verael said, if you're setting up in a function (like I did) you need to make sure the input is set to pass by ref.

[acoustic hemlock]

Ok

[lilac mountain]

Hi! im trying to add a system that lets players swap Items in their hotbars at their selected slot if their hotbar is full and im trying to get it to spawn off an arrow component on my player. I can spawn the items at my players location by getting the owner of my inventory component (the player) but it pushes them out of the way. My current fix is just adding 10 to the x and y value of the actor location but Id prefer it to have it drop in a more consistent location. How can I get that arrow component off of a get owner?

[crimson briar]

From the Actor (or a component) you can use GetForward. This gives you a unit vector with the direction the thing is facing. Multiply it by some value (example 100) depending how far foward you want. Then add the current actor location to it and you will have a location 100 units in front of the actor/component

If it is not forward you want, you can also GetRight or invert the forward/right

[lilac mountain]

This worked perfectly thank you!

[pure heath]

Can anyone help me? one day i just logged on and now i have this issue i really don't know what to do and its bugging me alot i turned on the capsules visibility and it shown that the capsule was following the camera for some reason. and i made sure i had orient movement to camera disabled

i honestly don't know what to do

[barren relic]

anybody ever had an issue where your enemies can move in one level but not another? that's what im having an issue with right now

[maiden wadi]

Confirm that they have an AI controller and that there is a navmesh before their movement call.

[barren relic]

yeah they're both present, they work and move in every level I have except the main one

[last peak]

Hahaha how he flaps around

[last peak]

you have any of these activated?

[pure heath]

Nope. except for the use controller yaw

crap

that was the issue

bvruhhh

game dev, huh?

[last peak]

Lmfao its always just a checkbox or a goddamn bool thats set to true

[pure heath]

Too relatable

[primal flame]

That solved it! Checking the box in the Movement Component fixed the issue.

Thank you so much for your help!
I’m still a beginner, so I’ll keep learning more.

Really appreciate it!

[cyan jungle]

You're welcome! Which option did you use? The OnPossess/UnPossess, or the "RunPhysicsWithNoController" checkbox?

Or both?

[primal flame]

I used the "RunPhysicsWithNoController" checkbox. That solved the issue!

[cyan jungle]

Awesome! Good to hear. It's always nice when it's a quick easy fix.

[ruby cobalt]

I do this and then change one of the parameter on that ppm: doesn't work. but changing the instance param works..

something tells me that once i add or update blendable, it's not the MID, but a new copy???

[dawn gazelle]

The C++ behind the node only adds the object to an array on the scenecapturecomponent, and only does so if the object isn't already in the array.

[steady night]

Hi, im trying to set up LOD but its not working what am i missing ?
https://gyazo.com/505f1268611533cc22e865ac7bb240f0
https://gyazo.com/c70744892e822083d8547df0617506e8

works in asset but not ingame ?

[leaden ruin]

I'm having an issue where I have a timeline that is changing my fov, then leads into a sphere trace generation, but the sphere trace generates over and over for like 3 seconds after the timeline has been triggered, any idea why?

[crimson briar]

[leaden ruin]

my screenshot is broken currently, apologies

trying to get help from r/techsupport currently haha

but I have a left mouse button pressed > timeline (play from start), has a track that goes into a lerp, update > goes into a set field of view > sphere trace by channel

[maiden wadi]

Is your timeline about three seconds long?

[leaden ruin]

nope, .5

more accurate timer is 5.5 seconds* was guestimating

[dark drum]

Win + Left Shift + S -> Drag Selected Area -> Ctrl + V to paste into chat.

[maiden wadi]

Unless you're mistaking the debug trace as it still running, it's hard to say without seeing the logic.

[leaden ruin]

yeah it's bringing a windows error

[maiden wadi]

What error?

[crimson briar]

blueprintue.com ?

[maiden wadi]

Printscreen pasted into paint and cropped can also work if it's just the snipping tool being broken.

[leaden ruin]

error 0x87e10bc6

also happening for paint, windows store, etc

and printscreen

[dark drum]

Someone hasn't paid for windows it seems. 😉

[leaden ruin]

on a free trial and i sure as hell am not giving windows my money now lmao

[maiden wadi]

What all have you tried as a fix so far?

[leaden ruin]

currently running "cmd.exe /k dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth && sfc /scannow" in cmd

updating and restarting

[dark drum]

The fix is to activate windows. They disable some features when its not activated.

As for you're BP related issue, its hard to say without seeing the code.

[leaden ruin]

lowkey forgot my phone has a camera

[leaden ruin]

it worked about a week ago for months

[dark drum]

In the timeline, tell it to use the last keyed frame for its length.

[dark drum]

I'd say Microsoft patched the exploit your version was using to not communicate with their authentication servers.

[leaden ruin]

ok yeah you're onto something, forgot to change the length, now it only does it while the imeline is running

[leaden ruin]

im not using a pirated version, just a free trial

[dark drum]

Ahh in which case you're 90 days is up. You'd have to reinstall windows to get another 90 days. 😅 (I'm assuming Enterprise with you saying it was working for a few months)

[leaden ruin]

not sure what enterprise is ngl, I wasnt aware there was a 90 day limit

as for bp

you were right that the length was the issue partially, it sphere traces every tick of the timeline it seems, is there a way to get it to do the sphere trace just once without the do once command? (I have a whole tree of things afterwards so i'd have to loop them all back into the reset

[dark drum]

Move the trace to before the timeline starts or on the finished pin. Alternatively, you can add an event track to the timeline and add a mark at the time you want it to trigger. This would add a new output event pin to the timeline node you can connext to the trace to instead.

[leaden ruin]

event track seems to be making it do it twice, once at the beginning once at the end i believe even with only one marker at the very beginning

[dark drum]

The event pin will fire for each marker you have so if its firing at the begginning and the end it means you have a marker at those location.

[leaden ruin]

im assuming markers meaning the keys?

[dark drum]

Yes and you're right there's only one. If its firing at the end as well its unlikely be due to the timeline.

[leaden ruin]

only started doing this after adding the timeline, unless for some reason it was firing 2 simultaniously and I didn't notice?

each other branch is the same but casting to different objects

[dark drum]

You have it connected to the finished pin as well which is why its firing at the end.

[full badge]

you know interfaces exist right

[leaden ruin]

new to ue5, so I don't know how they work exactly

i've used them in java but nowhere else

[leaden ruin]

ah thats it, forgot to disconnect that, my b haha

[dark drum]

Personally I'd just get the root component from the actor and cast to primitive component. When dealing with physics actors, the root should normally be the mesh anyway.

An interface seems unnessary to me in this instance.

[full badge]

he has a weight variable instead of using the default mass of physic engine

so i think interface will be better?

[leaden ruin]

I tried with mass but then I got errors with thirdpersoncharacter cause it has physics disabled

[dark drum]

I'd use the mass property on the component instead (built into the physics engine)

[leaden ruin]

why is this the case? i've been defaulting to having my hitbox as the root since that's why my prof always did otherwise assignments would break, but I'm not sure why

[dark drum]

Static meshes already have collision on them of which you can then control in the static mesh for all instances. I think its unnecessary work to separate it out to have a seperate hitbox. Also, static meshes can have multiple collision hulls (UCX) which can give you the option for better collision for less primitive like shapes.

[leaden ruin]

gotcha alright

[leaden ruin]

I could be recalling wrong but I remember when I experimented with that occasionally my stuff would just fall through the floor despite collisions being set to block all and I couldn't figure out why

[dark drum]

This normally happens due to incorrect collision settings or not having collision set on the mesh. It normally applys an auto collision to the mesh during import but you can add it yourself if needed.

[leaden ruin]

makes sense makes sense

[leaden ruin]

how would you recommend implimenting an interface? i'm not sure I will here but just so I can get a sense of how to use them in UE

[dark drum]

Like this for example. No need for an interface.

Another option is to put the logic (and relevant properties) into an actor component as well.

[languid hemlock]

Im creating an utility widget and using this to get count of X class actors in the level. However this works only when i place them to the level before starting the game. They are not included in the array if i spawn the actors in runtime. How can i solve this?

There are about 50 actors of this class in the level, but it only counts the placed one

[maiden wadi]

Are there any nodes to get the current play world cotext?

Cause the above gets your editor world I'm assuming. So you'd need that plus a get all actors with your active PIE world's context, and then append them and length that.

You can't spawn actors in a construction script.

[languid hemlock]

Yeah this fixed the issue thank you guys. I was spawning them in game world, not in editor world

[rapid sphinx]

The BP Node search is going to drive me clinically insane
I wonder if there's a plugin to clamp down random BS results when you literally typed the name of the exact, specific thing that you want to use 99% of the time
It'll come up right, usually.. if you type the entire thing, but how can I get to like "rota" out of rotation and still have it selecting things like set relative scale 3d?

[dark drum]

I can't say I've ever had this issue. But in case you aren't aware, when searching for functions, it also looks at the category name.

[last peak]

Context sensitive off?

[worthy frost]

on tick?

oof

even if its editor, thats a bit extreme

[dawn gazelle]

I believe the search also checks descriptions of nodes for the keywords.
The description attached is on "Get Forward Vector" which contains the word "Rotation" and "Rotate" so even if you were to try and search for these terms, Get Forward Vector would show even though the node's name has nothing to do with it.

[full badge]

type the node name without space

if you type any space ue will show results that contains the input instead of fully matched

[sullen violet]

Hello, I have a problem with the method of saving data for quests. The quest can be any and for each quest its own data is saved, can I use Json to save the fields of the quest I need in a Slot? Or will this be the wrong approach. Quests inherit from Object. I use VaRest to create Json.

[languid hemlock]

How else can I track actors that are constantly being spawned and destroyed?

I don't have a single source for spawning, so a setting up dispatcher system felt like overkill for a simple debugger widget

Maybe i could do it every 0.2s instead of tick 🧐

[last peak]

Is it really such a big problem tho ?

Isnt it just printing the length?

[languid hemlock]

No just wondered, it works fine

It pulls some variables and set textblocks for each item actor

[last peak]

Hmm, if you get performance problems from it every 0.2 seconds could already help a lot

But i think as long as your not looping trough them each tick it should be fine

[dawn gazelle]

You can serialize the data however you like, you just need to be able to reconstruct what the object was from whatever it is you save. Just remember, you can't save objects, you have to store it as some form of data (a JSON string is fine)

[rapid sphinx]

Yeah I did have context sensitive active, I think it really just comes down to... putting a star on pretty much all of the "basics" so they always come up first

After doing that you'll get relevant results after just a few letters into the string compared to needing nearly the entire thing for it to pick up context 🤷🏿‍♂️

[jaunty solstice]

Why am I unable to dynamically update Blueprint properties in my Blueprint actor?
As a first step in the Blueprint I have selected the properties and selected
Expose to Cinematics

Exposed these same properties in Sequencer and then scrubbed the timeline.
I can see the keyframed values change(attached) but my actor does not change!

As a 2nd step I ALSO enabled 'Instance Editable' on the same properties in the Blueprint.
Now I can see the properties in the Details panel, and, can change them correctly updating my actor.

But...scrubbing the Sequencer timeline still has no effect.

Pulling my hair out. What am I missing?
I also tried simulating while playback in Sequencer but no difference.

In other words, I can update the blueprint actor if I manually change the properties directly in Details panel.
But the same properties being updated in Sequencer have no effect, even though I see them updating in Details panel as well!

[sullen violet]

Thanks for the answer

[nimble abyss]

I’m trying to implement a freelook system in UE5 where the camera behaves differently based on movement. When the player is idle, I want the camera yaw to be clamped (like limited head movement), and when the player starts moving, the character should rotate freely with the camera (full 360° like a normal FPS). Right now, I’m toggling Use Controller Rotation Yaw based on velocity, and I initially tried using View Yaw Min/Max or direct yaw clamping in the Camera Manager. The issue I’m facing is that the clamp is locked to world space instead of the character. So when I rotate the character and then go idle, the camera still clamps based on world directions (like north), not relative to where the character is facing. This makes the camera feel stuck or inconsistent depending on direction. I want the clamp to work relative to the character’s facing direction (so I can look ±160° from the character, no matter where I’m facing), but I’m not sure how to implement that correctly in Blueprint.

[last peak]

use the players forward vector

[sharp raven]

Hello Guys, I am using horror engine, I wanted to make a system by which, when we shoot at trigger_shoot, so a specific object should get destroyed from the level

[last peak]

https://tenor.com/bSUCa.gif

[sharp raven]

Ah, Actually I am stucked and need help

[last peak]

Where are you stuck ?

Like this are absolute day 1 basics

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/unreal-engine/understanding-the-basics-of-unreal-engine?lang=en

[sharp raven]

I know these are basics but the thing is I am using horror engine and it has very complex system

[last peak]

You create the actor that you want to destroy, you create a projectile or a linetrace in the player if the projectile or the linetrace hits the object you destroy it

maybe try this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiBuc8poRSc&list=PLG6j3JQCzpBeDIi-jJvJlWaR26Z6KBpgi&index=3

[sharp raven]

But one more thing, I am making ab horror game and in my game, the entity spawns in loop, and player has to shoot it, so how I will make sure that entity get destroyed cz they will be not same if they are spawning in loop

[last peak]

The exact same way

How would spawning in a loop change anything ?

[sharp raven]

Would you like to help me? By using AnyDesk

[last peak]

No

https://giphy.com/gifs/peace-out-t5lej5gruDDS19FBXM

[chilly canyon]

Mate, I think you should learn the basics first and then jump onto the horror engine plugin thingy @sharp raven

[sand shore]

Did you try asking in the horror engine discord?

[frosty heron]

the horror of relying on plugin without ever building a system on your own.

[sand shore]

Yeah; I hadn’t heard of “horror engine” until I looked it up just now. I think with a lot of backstory, someone might be able to help, but the amount of detail originally provided means that anyone unfamiliar with that asset would need to ask a lot of questions or guess (or buy it and learn it)

[severe turret]

It's got a lot of users from what I've noticed. So should get some help somewhere.

[severe turret]

Someone is still updating Rama's VictoryBP plugin from when UE4 first released. So someone is still relying on that. I find that actually pretty awesome 😄

[sand shore]

Woah that’s a blast from the past

[frosty heron]

Rama's plugin are just a bunch of helpers, what I am saying is more about those who just started on their journey. Not sure how to build their own system and end up buying a plugin in the marketplace just to hit dead end.

I mean plugins are great, most of what I built are actually inspired from plugins I had in the past.

but to be able to rebuild or extend it, need to at least to be versed in bp to bp communications and oop.

[severe turret]

Yeah been there done that with loads of things. You can learn a lot but often it's more time spent understanding a system than just creating the system. Especially if you don't agree or follow the paradigm they coded it with.

[sand shore]

Allegedly, according to the reviews, extending horror engine to do more things is hard, and the vendor regards that as out of support scope

I do not envy t-rex here

[spark steppe]

using some function library plugins is totally fine imho

[worthy frost]

shame rama is not around anymore. People slated his stuff but he helped a lot of people

Rip rama

[severe turret]

oh man I didn't know he passed. Rest in peace to him. He was like a hero of the scene

[worthy frost]

I mean some of his stuff was questionable but so is anyones code

/me looks at the ai system in ue

[spark steppe]

one should keep in mind that a lot of stuff was probably written when UE was even worse documented 😄

[worthy frost]

This is also true

[severe turret]

he did a bit of Ai work on a game I worked on early on. I think he lost faith in the project and we had to replace it. I couldn't understand any of his code at that time as I was still moving from unrealscript to C++

[worthy frost]

https://www.harvey-engelhardt.com/obituaries/Nathan-Ram-Iyer?obId=35130490

[last peak]

Any of you guys have a fiverr account or would be willing to create one and do freelance work? Recently i have a lot of excess customers that i have to turn down, i would redirect them to someone else if someone is interested

If anyone is interested hit me up, we could create a little collective where we can share work

[frosty heron]

oof, he actually pass away =(.

[frozen cairn]

Hello guys. If I want to add a sword to my character there are several options:

1. AttachActorToComponent
2. AttachComponentToComponent
3. create static mesh and add it as a child to my character (like in screenshot)

which option is preferable and is better to use?

[last peak]

1

for most usecases

[frozen cairn]

isn't 3 simplier? or it's a bad practice?

[last peak]

If your character only has 1 weapon then it might be simpler

[frosty heron]

Depends on your game. If you are going to always have something there and you don't need to create a Component at run time. Then why not.

[frozen cairn]

yes, just a single weapon for enemy

[last peak]

ye ok then its fine if you just add a static mesh and handle hit detection directly in the enemy

[frozen cairn]

thank you

[frosty heron]

it's fine until you want to expand on it.

what about shield? Dual sword? guns?

just factor them before diving in.

If a weapon can be anything then you probably want to create the component at run time as defined.

[frozen cairn]

no, at the moment just a sword, if i'll add a shield i'd better to kill myself )

because it's too much work to do and I want a simple combat system for now

[idle crescent]

What does editor only mean? It only works in the editor? Not at runtime or packaged? :S That's problematic if true.

[spark steppe]

use the GetSkeletalMeshAsset node

[unborn anchor]

Hey yall, im making a melee system that uses 3 box traces for the attack, I only want an actor to get damaged by one of the box traces which is why I add all unique hit actors to an array then apply damage to the actors in that array. I used the add unique node to only add the actor if it is not already in the array, but when I hit an enemy with my attack and they happen to be in two of the hitboxes it still does damage for each hit instead of just 1. Any ideas?

[languid hemlock]

I think you should store the hit actors in an array, not the hit results

[unborn anchor]

oh my I just realise d I never broke the node

thanks I will try that

[languid hemlock]

because hit results may not always be the same and may be added to array again. It may be like Hit Actor A at X location and Hit Actor A at Y location. They both will be added to the array since location is not same

[unborn anchor]

yeah silly me, that ended up working. Thanks again

[last peak]

@dark drum have you thought about it ? I recieved another request today and im 100% booked out

[dark drum]

I was going to look today but ended up going to the hospital with my partner. 😅 (she's ok)

[last peak]

This one only has 1 cursed graph
With a few smaller allignment bugs

doable

If your generally interested i keep him warm, if not ill just turn him down ^^

[last peak]

So nothing serious?

[dark drum]

Thankfully nothing serious. Do you mind if drop you a pm, you might be able to answer a few questions I had about fiverr.

[last peak]

Sure

[modern cove]

Trying to think about how to fish data out from multiple save files. When I Load Save Game by slot name, it does so, but when I attempt to Cast to My Designated Save File object, it fails

[maiden wadi]

Then you either did not save a MyDesignatedSaveFile, or your save data is corrupted and couldn't load and it's passing an invalid object back.

Like the DoesSaveGameSlotExist or whatever it is only checks if there's a file there. It doesn't care if it's valid or not. If you're getting a valid object back, you should check what kind it is if the cast is failing.

[idle crescent]

Can I get all the bones in a skeleton with collision, somehow? Is there a function?

[languid hemlock]

There is no builtin function

[idle crescent]

That gets all bones, yes, but what if I want ones for only with collision?

[languid hemlock]

You mean bones which are simulating physics?

[idle crescent]

That have colliders on them.

[maiden wadi]

Can I ask what your end goal with this is? Cause bones themselves don't have collision. But what are you trying to build?

[idle crescent]

Well. I'm trying to get the bones in the physics asset, so when I do sphereoverlap, I can find the bones with collision in said sphere.

[languid hemlock]

Sphere Overlap already only triggers for bones that have colliders(in the Physics Asset). Why would you need to find all the bones with colliders?

[idle crescent]

Oh. I was going to see what bones were reachable from the center of said sphere overlap, with nothing in the way.

[maiden wadi]

I'd say that without C++, to be able to go lower level, you're going to end up with some approximations more than specific results.

But if you just specifically want the bones with nothing in the way, you could line trace them.

It won't be wildly cheap in BP only, but you can dist check them for the sphere. And only line trace the ones that end up close enough. If you hit the bone you're tracing, nothing is in the way.

[maiden wadi]

Does this actually return every bone, or do you get one entry for the skeletal mesh with the first bone hit?

[languid hemlock]

Since it is Multi Trace, i think it should return every bone which it is overlapping

[idle crescent]

Yeah, this may be a thing best contracted out to C++, so to speak. I can always expose the results to BP.

[maiden wadi]

Ah, niiiice. I'll have to remember that one. I honestly expected that to return just once for the skeletal mesh.

But yeah, good way to gather the bones. @idle crescent Then you could just trace each overlapping one with a line trace to see if anything occludes them from the source.

Still gonna be 80% cheaper in C++. But very doable in BP.

[idle crescent]

Right, I could always make it a function in C++ and expose to BP, would do okay, I'd think.

[modern cove]

Do I need to need to try an IsValid node after? What are common causes of corruption?

[maiden wadi]

Generally speaking, stopping a write in progress. Anything else is hardware related and out of a dev's hands.

[spark steppe]

get the physics asset from the mesh component and get the physics bodies?!

but iirc i also had to make a C++ function for something like that, the bodies from the PA might not be what you actually want

[lusty hedge]

how come unreal only detects left mouse button on double clicks?

[opal pulsar]

when you start PIE most of the time you have to left click once to focus the PIE

so the first click gets eaten up

any click after that should work

[lusty hedge]

what is PIE

[opal pulsar]

play in editor

when you press the green arrow and try the game in the editor

[lusty hedge]

i know of what you are saying now but that is not the issue

it is consistent

double clicks only

double clikc and hold = true

release = false

[opal pulsar]

how are you checking this?

maybe the problem is elsewhere

[lusty hedge]

printing th ebool

[opal pulsar]

hmm

when are you printing it? on tick?

[lusty hedge]

yes on tick

ive tried input action and debug left click

on tick ^

[opal pulsar]

try adding a print saying something like "click" right after setting the Left Click Held to true

[lusty hedge]

i have. tried that i am 100% sure that double clicks are the only way for these nodes to register. the best workaround i have found was simply tieing left click functionality to "release" and that would work without a double click

but in this case i need the "pressed" to fire on the first click

unless i missunderstand you maybe

[opal pulsar]

the only thing that makes sense is something else taking up the first input

[lusty hedge]

i agree but i cant figure it out

do canvas panels mess with that ever

or UI set to "hidden"

on their visibility settings

[split dagger]

Try setting the button to Disabled or using PreciseClick in the Interaction tab (I got this info from ai)

[lusty hedge]

its not a button event

[frosty heron]

What Input mode are you on? Game And UI?

[lusty hedge]

its just my character recognizing LMB down

[lusty hedge]

not sure if i even set it at all

[frosty heron]

Might want to find out, otherwise juse force debug set to GameOnly and see how that goes.

But yeah UI can consume input, including canvas panel. Use widget reglector to see if you hit any UI.

[lusty hedge]

i forgot about that how do i use widget reflector

[frosty heron]

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/unreal-engine/using-the-slate-widget-reflector-in-unreal-engine

[lusty hedge]

ty

[last peak]

What if you dont use the debug version ?

[lusty hedge]

same thing

i used the input action and same problem

Claude figured it out!

it was show mouse cursor ???

weird af

apparently when show mouse cursor is on it consumes inputs

[finite hearth]

Can someone remind me of the trick when updating structs in BP?

How can I do this without adding 50 reference errors into my project?

[dawn gazelle]

The only trick I'm aware of is define your structs once in BP. Don't update structs created in BPs once they're in use.

[last peak]

Here comes the fun part, you dont XD

[dark drum]

Adding a property is normally fine. Its removing, renaming or changing the type of a property that can be an issue. Other than what Datura said the only other option is making sure all BP's that use the struct is open. This however becomes more impractical the bigger the project gets.

[half prism]

Open only the Struct asset in the editor.
Make your changes to the struct (add variables, change types, etc.).
Save only the struct (Ctrl+S on the struct editor). Do not save anything else.
Close the editor completely without saving the other blueprints that reference the struct. When the editor prompts you to save modified assets on shutdown, decline/ignore the ones that use the struct (or just close without saving all).
Reopen the project.
The struct references should now pick up the new layout with far fewer (or zero) errors

not sure if it's still working ^
you need to test it though..

if it doesn't work vvvvvvv

open the related bp one by one and go to the top left search for the Refresh all nodes, it will help you instead of refreshing the nodes one by one, you need some kind of plugin to do it (refresh all nodes) on all bp that uses that struct

[frosty heron]

step 1, don't use bp struct.

Re-ordering or removing is a pita, bp or cpp. But at least it doesn't come with the unknown struct error that bp struct has.

[loud vessel]

Hey, you can follow this tutorial 😉
It's easy, and removes all future headaches. (It's the most modern solution to this problem.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqsSOiKnijE

I'm eager to hear if it works, good luck!

[modern cove]

Would adding items to the Save File cause it? I tried my Load File Menu again today and it found the 5 files from 4/15-Now but got Is Not Valid for 2 of them that were from 4/14. I can't remember but I might have added something to the file like Time Played.

[livid flare]

Hi guys, I'm using a data table row variable exposed on an actor so I can edit some of his struct values inside the viewport, and to get those values from another actor I use a cast. Both actors are using an interface, so I was wondering if the cast is still necessary or I can access those variables from the interface

E.g. one variable is a boolean, where one actor set the value on the other actor, do I need the variable on one actor or I can get - set the variable just with the interface

[maiden wadi]

I'm not certain. It's maybe possible that a new field could break it. Does it work if you resave a new game and load it? Is it just old saves that are broken?

[maiden wadi]

Don't use interfaces to avoid casting. Learn proper class structure, and how loading linkers actually work.

In reality interfaces are the last thing you even want to consider using. The answer to your last question is that yes you need the variable on one of the actors. Interfaces cannot hold any state.

Depending on what you're doing you should be able to cast to a base class with less linkers to call the function you need, or if it's not very specific to this actor's class and can be reusable, it should go in a component.

[balmy jewel]

guys

hello

I wanna change sensitivity on ue 5.7 but I cant I watched many tutorials but It didnt work

[livid flare]

Gotcha! Thanks man

[last peak]

Ah man the Unreal engine Subreddit would rip you apart for that ... even tho its true 😄

[faint pasture]

Blind leading the blind

[maiden wadi]

People used to drain blood to cure ailments. It was widely accepted as correct treatment by professionals and common people alike. The interesting thing is that it worked in a few rare cases and harmed in many many more.

I see the "Use interfaces to avoid casting" in the same light.

So the barbarians in the Unreal Engine Subreddit can keep sticking needles in themselves all they like. I'll keep my clean projects.

[last peak]

A beginner asked how he can decouple his code properly, every single comment was use interfaces.
When i tried to tell them just create a base class or use components so you dont have to re implement the same logic on many bp's and that thats the proper way to do it they went mad at me

Listen everyone does it differently bla bla bla
I said ye and some ppl dig holes with a hammer doesnt mean thats the right tool for the job.... they didnt like that 😄

[loud vessel]

Hey, uh.... Dumbass over here --> (Me) <--
Why are interfaces bad?
This is literally the first time I hear about this.

Is it just wariness of "Bad Practices" ? (ie only bad if used incorrectly)
or it literally is just that bad?

[raw onyx]

Yeah everyone does things differently. I've seen someone that has so many interfaces it genuinely terrifies me, they use them for everything

[last peak]

Its not that they are bad its more that almost everything else is better

With a interface you have to re-implement the same code over and over and they get pretty messy

Instead you could just cast to a base class or use a component that already has the functionality setup

[raw onyx]

I do use interfaces but I usually implement the interface on a base class

[last peak]

Thats one of the only usecases where they work good

[loud vessel]

huh... so if I want (for example) to interact with a door, or box, or whatever...
The "Interact" should be a sort of component? in both?

I'm trying to understand.

[last peak]

Interaction is the only thing where i use a interface myself

Since everything has different functionality

[loud vessel]

Oh ok.
sooo it's bad when doing exactly what?

[raw onyx]

Like I rarely ever use Event Dispatches, not a big fan of them personally

[last peak]

Lets say you have a character, all characters should have some functionality to loose health when they get hit

That would be really annoying to handle over interfaces

[loud vessel]

ooooooooh ok
Yeah I agree 100% with that.
Just use a component like "AC_AI_Info" or something, which handles all that base-stuff.

Right?

[last peak]

Yes

Or a base class Bp_Character base

And you put the function of loosing health in there

[loud vessel]

Ok yup, that makes sense.
I really thought I was one of those barbarians
Holy mini-heart attack!

[last peak]

Even if you would pump everything full with interfaces it wouldnt break your project

But it would become horrible to debug at some point

[raw onyx]

Yep interfaces like event dispatchers can make things quite abstract and a pain to track down bugs

And don't be afraid of hard references either if something is always gonna be in memory anyways

[last peak]

Haha ppl avoid them like the pest

If you understand how they work it aint even a big deal

[raw onyx]

Yep it only becomes a problem when circular dependancies happen, but even then sometimes they can't be avoided

[queen valley]

Does anyone know how they did this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAXOjz1cBpM

There was an older video of them using render targets to make it look like a portal and teleporting the player at the right time, but how the hell does light pass through in this example?

[frosty heron]

😱

[pure heath]

Hello guys im having an issue where whenever i enable Component Replicates on a component in my character the client can no longer move or do anything (veggified) while the host can the same stuff, but when i turn it off it goes back to normal then i can move and do the same stuff that the host can do any help?

[last peak]

I am going insane

I have a widget that gets created as soon as the game starts

the small circle

But it never gets created anywhere

Not in the base class not in the controller not in the character

It does exist in the content browser

Anyone knows a way to find this thing and where it gets created ?

[raw onyx]

Use reference viewer to see what's referencing it, that should be a good place to start

[loud vessel]

You can find the texture for the circle?
Can't you check its references?

[loud vessel]

Yeah that ^^

I usually just hit "Delete", to pop up everything it's used by.

[last peak]

Not one of these is the widget im looking for

Ofc 0 documentation in this project ffs

[frosty heron]

use widget reflector

[last peak]

looks like chinese to me XD

[frosty heron]

you never use widget reflector? how do you debug widget?

[last peak]

The same was with blueprints

[frosty heron]

click on "pick on hit testable widget"then hover over the circle. If there's a hit, it will tell you the widget.

[last peak]

The circle is gone in the preview image

[frosty heron]

different purpose.

wdym by preview image

the circle could be a mouse widget. Look into the project setting.

type cursour or how ever you spell that word.

[raw onyx]

Yeah that would make sense, it could be replacing the mouse cursor for aiming, since many games use a circle to represent where your aiming

[last peak]

Godamn if i had a idea how it gets created it wouldnt be a big problem i have to replace it anways

Âs soon as i tab out of the game window its gone tho

Like the circle

Ok the widget reflector has a delay function nice

https://giphy.com/gifs/facepalm-XD4qHZpkyUFfq

Ofc it gets created in the hud

😄

[raw onyx]

At least it's an easy thing to change from there

[nimble zodiac]

Hello guys, I have a problem and I tried since yesterday to fix it but nothing works.

My Character cannot move anymore for some reason, crouching and looking around works but moving around doesn't

I didn't change anything to the inputs everything was working perfectly fine.

[sharp raven]

Hello Guys, I am using horror engine in ue5, I wanted to make a system by which, when we shoot at trigger_shoot, so a specific object should get destroyed from the level. But I am stucked can anyone help me? I will give credit and profit share

[empty karma]

Hi !This is a skin changer button option .. left and right .. the left button is working very well but the right button is stuck at 2nd skin .. if i use first the left button and i swap some skins and after that i want to use right button working on 4-5skins ... i have 18 skins .

[crimson briar]

What even is this node after -- and what is it supposed to do?

Also why do you add 18 before Modulo

[spark steppe]

very likely render targets

and emissive material

[queen valley]

Can emissive material react like this? It even has a shadow like a real light

also why did they mention megalights then

[spark steppe]

yea, that was likely added in 5.5, which is why they mention the version!? 🤷

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9XgF3ijVRQ

actually starts at 1:30 iirc

where they walk past the panels on the side

so yeah, came with 5.5

[nimble zodiac]

can someone help ?

[hushed orchid]

Can u share pic of your inputs setup and can u try putting print string and see if it fires?

[nimble zodiac]

Can I dm you when I get home ?

[lusty hedge]

anything wrong with my calculation

trying to make an object follow mouse cursor.

it does push towards mouse cursor but its also being held in the center

like it will move towards cursor but only a few cm away from the middle

[lusty hedge]

figured out after 4 hours

i feel like such a noob sometimes it really never ends

[last peak]

Learning trough pain 😄

[lusty hedge]

3 or so years and yeah the pain never ends

Like what the flip havent they added documentation to each node

[last peak]

Check out matthew wadstein tutorials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjnb3K_tG8

He is the better documentation at this point 😄

[marble tusk]

Fun fact, the upcoming new mesh terrain system was going to call the type of mesh it uses "MegaMesh" but was changed at some point. The new name is "MeshPartition" which does kind of describe it better since it relies on World Partition.

[inland walrus]

Anyone know why the manny mesh fits fine but the other doesnt (with the gun)?

[last peak]

Different skeletal mesh?!

Why do small skinny jeans fit my little sister but not me?

[dawn gazelle]

They won't with that attitude.

[last peak]

Thats the wrong answer

The correct one is because im fat as f

[dawn gazelle]

XD

[inland walrus]

Anyone know why when I roll, the animation glitches?

[modern cove]

Yea it seems to be working with my newest few test files.

[livid island]

So the "Hit" node on the Event Hit event doesn't seem to be correctly returning Surface Type. It always returns "Default." But when I hook it up off of the "Other" node as shown, it reads the Surface correctly. Anyone know anything about this issue?

[chilly canyon]

Break hit result -> phys mat -> get surface type

Should do the trick

If you want to get physical surface that is

If it doesn't return proper surface then maybe you've set it incorrectly on the material/mesh override?

[modern horizon]

Yo! i'm trying to make a blinking material, however my set timer by function name connected to event begin play isn't looping, any idea why?

i might just be a idiot, but i want it to start looping the second you get into the game

[wooden whale]

so I had this issue where I wan't to create a system where if I go in a bonus segment in my game. all my child bumpers launchforce parameters need to change. however when these parameters are changed my bumper strength still stays the same. any idea how to fix this?

this is the response I got from ai but that didn't work

OnComponentHit (BumperCollision)
→ Get Velocity (van BallMesh)
→ Break Hit Result → Hit Normal
→ Reflect (In: BallVelocity, Normal: HitNormal)
→ Multiply Vector * BounceStrength
→ Set Physics Linear Velocity (Target: BallMesh, New Vel: Result)

[livid island]

Thanks, yeah, that's what I ended up going with. Looks like this is a known issue. I'm thinking the "Hit" node is more used for Line Trace than Physical Collision. Here's the thread I found: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-hit-hit-phys-mat-always-returns-default-in-surface-type/469435/6

[frozen cairn]

Hello smart guys.

I'm building a melee combat system and I want to know which option is better to use to check if enemy is near and player may use target lock.

option 1 - Sight Sense AI Perception
option 2 - Collision (box or sphere)
option 3 - Gameplay Targeting System
option 4 - Something else?

[torn whale]

IDK LIKE HIT DETECTION

[frozen cairn]

so you must hit first and I need to set target lock first

[frozen cairn]

ok I've chose to use a sphere trace..thank's everyone )

[tawdry bronze]

Can someone help me with creating this retractable line type thingie in umg ive tried all i can think of and would appriciate some guidance
cant find anything on ue forums or yt

[torn whale]

How do I make a 2d clicker game

The templates only give 3d stuff

[frosty heron]

I would use unity for a 2d clicker game.

A lot of feature for 2d including custom shape collision.

And fyi 2d support ceased to exist in Unreal.

[torn whale]

I mean I will slowly go up to 3d

[frosty heron]

You will have to do a lot of heavy lifting your seld.

[torn whale]

Wdym

[frosty heron]

As stated 2d support cease to exist.

Epic dont give a f about it.

[torn whale]

So is 3d good if I want to learn

[frosty heron]

Good for what?

You can make any games with unreal. But doing 2d is not easy mode here

3d is fine.

[stable birch]

look up runtime virtual textures / "drawing on a texture"

It probably would be easier to implement the entire board as a single material too fwiw

[severe turret]

yeah I'd do that in a shader. There are ways to have points in shaders you can then use to draw lines between like a spline.

[tawdry bronze]

thank you i will check it out

[tawdry bronze]

ooo ill check it out

[last peak]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mrw-mods-bethesda-vX9WcCiWwUF7G

He advocated for the rotten engine

[tardy bolt]

How to create a Dash mechanic that works on slopes as well?

Current version of Dash I have works fine on plane surfaces, but breaks on terrain or any angular surface change

[last peak]

You need ik's for that

But to get it really clean its a lot of work

[dark drum]

Can you show what happens? From my understanding its normally just a montage with root motion.

[jovial delta]

I have a Actor BP and a Character BP, both have the same BPC. However only the Character BP is returning the correct variable values from the BPC while the Actor BP is only returning the default values. How can I make the Actor BP return the correct updated values?

Or does anyone know why the actor BP is only returning default values

[last peak]

What is a Bpc?

[jovial delta]

Blueprint Component

[last peak]

Each of them has its own component

[jovial delta]

Actor Component

i suppose is its technical name

[last peak]

Its a different instance

[jovial delta]

Like a different one?

there pulling from different ones?

[last peak]

Imagine bill and bob both buy a red car

Bill paints his car black

Will bob now have a black car ?

[jovial delta]

No, but I feel in my example bill and bob both have the exact same red car. They both put the car in drive. Why is only bills car going forward?

[last peak]

But they dont

They bought the exact same model

[jovial delta]

with the exact same features

[last peak]

yes

[jovial delta]

so why are the features only working for one of them?

[last peak]

Becasue they have 2 different cars

[jovial delta]

2 different cars with the exact same features

[last peak]

Yes

[jovial delta]

so you would expect the features to work the exact same

but they are not

[last peak]

They both buy a red car

both cars are red now

Bill paints his car black

Now his car is black

[jovial delta]

i am not editing my actor component

it stays the exact same

im just trying to get information from itt

[last peak]

So you dont change any variables in the component ?

[jovial delta]

i change variables in the component

but none externally

[last peak]

What does that mean ?

[jovial delta]

Ill send the code

Actor Component Code

[last peak]

If you have a component with 1 variable
Name - default value "Default"

You spawn bill and bob now both their names will be "Default"

If you change Bills name to Bill
Bills name will now be bill while bobs name stays "Default"

[jovial delta]

I have figured this out through trial and error sadly. How do i keep them both updated with the same stuff?

[last peak]

Either with a manager or one actor asks the other

[jovial delta]

whats a manager?

[last peak]

A blueprint that you use to store informations and both actors have access to it

In the manager you create a variable
Global name

BILLYBOB

Now after you spawn Bill and Bob both can ask the manager whats your global name ? then set their component name to it

[dark drum]

Whats the end goal? Is this an inventory type component and the actor needs to get whats in the players hotbar?

[jovial delta]

Yes

They need to find out what item they are holding

[dark drum]

The actor doesn't needs the component on itself then. Instead it should get a reference to the players component.

[last peak]

Unless they all have their own inventory

[jovial delta]

like with casting?

[dark drum]

Is this in relation to some sort of interaction? So the player interacts with the actor and depending on what they are holding, it does something different?

[jovial delta]

Yes, im currently working on code where the player tries breaking down a tree for exmaple and the tree tries to see what item the player is holding to know how much health it should lose each hit

[last peak]

Wrong flow

[jovial delta]

I guess, but its what i came up with on my own and I dont really know the correct flow

[last peak]

The exact opposite
The item tells the tree what it is when it hits the tree

The tree does not ask the item what are you

[dark drum]

I'd say you have two options. On your interact event (im assuming you have one) you should be passing a reference to the thing doing the interactiong. (The player character in this case) From this you can use the get component by class to get the inventory component from the player. With this the actor can get data from it as needed.

However, if this is something that would be used a lot, it might be worth adding an addition input to the interact event. When the player interacts, in addition to passing a ref to itself it also passes a ref to the currently held item.

[last peak]

So lets say you have a axe
The axe detects a hit - what have i hit ? ahaa a tree then it tells the tree hey bro ive just hit you with x dmg

[jovial delta]

How do i pass that information to the tree?

[last peak]

You can create a custom event in the tree

[dark drum]

Through the interaction system or if you'd want to treat it more like an attack, the damage system. (at which point whats actually being held isn't that important)

[jovial delta]

Will i have to cast to what i interact with?

im not super familiar with interaction with BPI

[last peak]

Something like this

[jovial delta]

Would this a good example of when to use casting? I've heard you should try to avoid casting because it can become resource heavy

[lost wolf]

yes

never ever cast

[last peak]

Remember Shit always falls down it never climbs upwards XD

[lost wolf]

spend 3 months finding something less efficient instead

if you're casting might as well delete the project

[dark drum]

That's incorrect.

[last peak]

No, you just have to understand when you can cast and when not

[maiden wadi]

He's being a smartass.

[jovial delta]

I did get that

[lost wolf]

its a noble journey to go on

many have went on the crusade

[jovial delta]

makes sense lol

Thanks for the help guys, ill try implementing stuff based on suggestions

[last peak]

Player
I
Held Item
I
Tree

[dark drum]

There's different ways to handle interactions. Personally, I'd look at how you can handle it using actor components.

[lost wolf]

an interaction is just a function call

[last peak]

Guess even a interface would be suitable for this then you dont have to learn when to cast and when not .... however you should learn that super early on its important

[dark drum]

I cast all the time. 🤷 I rarely use an interface.

[last peak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uw_F8Ycva4

[last peak]

Ye but i feel like the concept of a interface is easier to understand for a complete beginner than inheritance ....

However its so important that its one of the first things you have to learn anyways

[meager spade]

Interfaces were super confusing in the beginning for me at least

Especially in BP

[dark drum]

Same. Im ashamed to say I feel into the never casting trap many years ago. So glad i got out.

[jovial delta]

Yeah, i thought i somewhat understone them

but its confusing

[last peak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q6EZEHer-c

I always imagined a interface as a bridge in between 2 blueprints

aint 100% correct but it was really easy to work with it like that 😄

God my first blueprints i ONLY used interfaces haha

It turned into such a mess

[meager spade]

Interfaces are just more confusing ways of using inheritance

Since it makes the inheritance tree non linear

[last peak]

Ehhh

[dark drum]

Casting is just a type check. Is an instance of an actor actually this specific class type. When we know what something is, we can call functions for that specific type.

Lets say we have a Door BP. This door is also an actor so a reference to it can be stored in a generic actor (or object) type reference. Doing so means we've lost informaiton about what it is. Casting to door allows us to check, hey is this actor reference a door.

Interfaces are for when you have 2 or more classes that need to share/implement the same set of functions but don't have a common parent it could be implemented on. The interface functions once implemented can be called on the instances without needing to know its specific type.

You can get similar behavior to interfaces using actor components via composition.

[last peak]

It decouples completly

[jovial delta]

would there be other examples for interfaces beside like interactions that you know of?

[last peak]

You should really learn inheritance
That is a fundamental in object oriented programming, if you dont understand that you cant properly programm

[jovial delta]

I see

[dark drum]

Personally from a BP perspective not really. And even then, I'd prefer to use an actor component based interaction system as it allows for much more complex behavior.

The last time I used an interface was for a save system. I had a generic save component and it would call a getter function on its parent to get a generic string of data that can be saved.

[meager spade]

I personally swear by using interfaces for widgets, depends on your type of game though

[dark drum]

Interfaces can be useful when making plugins though. Especially if you need two plugins to communicate but don't want to tie them together. (so they can be used independently if needed)

[dark drum]

Yea, this can be a good shout. Working with inheritance with widgets can be a little tricky at times. Great if it works but once you've got 2 or 3 deep it can get confusing.

[last peak]

Ye fk that in widgets i always use direct references or interfaces

[dark drum]

BP interfaces are pretty naff. You can do a lot more with them in C++.

Having class selectors that only show classes that inherite the interface is cool. Having default implementations is another nice thing but you can't do this in BP. This can result in a lot of repetition and bugs.

[jovial delta]

is it weird to have my interaction trace in a actor component attached to my bp_Character

thats what a tutorial i followed did

[dark drum]

For my current personal project I went all in on inheritance for widgets. Surprisingly its going well. About 5 classes deep. 😅

[last peak]

Thats proper practice

[dark drum]

Not at all. Its my preferred method.

[jovial delta]

I see

[last peak]

Maybe not the trace i do them usually in the actor directly

But splitting everything up in components is very handy

[dark drum]

I don't always do it that way but if I need a dedicated interaction system I tend to have 2 main components for the system. One on the player character that handles the traces and then another one that gets placed on the interactables.

[last peak]

Component and enum for everything fuck inheritance haha

[jovial delta]

Since you said you prefer working this way, how do you handle interactions so that you know what your interacting with after the sphere trace?

[dark drum]

Gameplay Tags 😉

[last peak]

Gameplay tags are for weaklings

[dark drum]

The character doesn't need to know. All it needs to know is that it's something that can be interacted with.

[last peak]

You think you can solve all your problems by just slapping a post it note on them ? Come on do better

Nah i use them a lot too 😄

[jovial delta]

I see. Im just confused as to where I should set up the code that tells the tree what its being hit with

[last peak]

The axe detects a hit
Then it tells the tree ive hit you

What do you not understand exactly in this 2 bp's ?

[jovial delta]

Well the axe isnt really its own BP or anything

[last peak]

Why not ?

It should be its own thing

[worthy frost]

unless its built into the mesh (some characters have this stuff built on the mesh) so it cant be seperate

but it doesnt matter

you can still achieve this no matter what way its done, the principle is the same

[jovial delta]

There is a Axe bp but its really just as an item on the ground. The Character see what items its holding and just gets data from a data table

[last peak]

And then the player picks the axe up and swings it no ?

[jovial delta]

Yes but the axe has no role in the interaction between the player and the tree it just passes data to the player so It knows what the item in its hand should look like

[last peak]

So how does it look like ingame ? Do you not have a swinging axe model ?

Like do you just left click and nothing happens ?

[jovial delta]

Well I dont really have animations set up. But you currently you go up to a tree and press "e" with the axe in hand and the tree sees what your doing which I again know is wrong and thats why im trying to fix

[last peak]

Can you send a screenshot how it looks like ingame ?

But lets say the weapon is really only data

[jovial delta]

I also dont really have the axe detecting a hit but more so if the sphere traces overlaps the item and you press the interact button it fires off the code

[last peak]

Then you do it in the player

[last peak]

remember shit always falls down

The player shits

Player
I
If there is no weapon
I
Tree
it shits directly on the tree

So you would put this code in the player

But instead of the on component begin overlap you use your spehere trace hit

[jovial delta]

My actor component BPC_Interaction has the sphere trace by channel though, not the player

[last peak]

Doesnt matter its part of the player

Player
Component
I
Tree

[dark drum]

Something like this. You could probably generalize it if needed.

[last peak]

Ahh a function were getting snobby in here 😄

[jovial delta]

which actor would i put this in?

[worthy frost]

btw theres tutorials like this everywhere on the internet

its such a common thing

[last peak]

Your tree

[dark drum]

This would either be an interface function implemented on the Axe or if its a standard function on an actor component (placed on the axe) you can have it call an event dispatcher that you can then implement on the Axe.

[last peak]

XDDDD

[jovial delta]

I see

[last peak]

In your tree in the left panel under functions just hit the +

[jovial delta]

Thank you

[worthy frost]

btw you shouldnt care you hit a tree, as pattym said, it could be a rock, anything

so when you use your axe, you should detect what the axe hits

not the tree detecting the axe

[last peak]

Thats why you would have a base item

[worthy frost]

or interface..

[last peak]

Or a component on the item and you check for that component first

or a interface ye

[dark drum]

You'd have something similar to this in your player character or interaction system. You'd get the held item from the inventory system (or where ever its stored) and pass it through the interaction event.

[last peak]

You love to torture him no ? XD

He doesnt know what the validated get is

[maiden wadi]

This conversation is causing me so much pain.

[jovial delta]

I am actually somewhat aware what it is I think. I think its for checking to see if the item is still there in case in got deleted, which for this instance it could because its a tree that is getting destroyed

and i would assume thats a validated get for a variable that refers to whatever the actor is that is being intereacted with

[last peak]

Exactly

But in your code you wouldnt have that since your using a spehere trace

[dark drum]

Sort of. Its just checking the property isn't null (or pending destroy i believe)

[jovial delta]

I do, its just in the BPC_Interaction

[last peak]

Are you setting it after you do the spehere trace like this `

[jovial delta]

I think so

[last peak]

Then its fine

[jovial delta]

It just first checks if the item being collided with has the interaction interface

[last peak]

And your already using a interface

So you can just create a new function in that interface

"Get hit"

[jovial delta]

Would i give that function inputs?

such as for the hitspeed?

[last peak]

Everything that the tree needs to know

So i would assume maybe Item Name

Or just a integer "dmg"

[jovial delta]

Well I also have other various information it grabs

[last peak]

Depending on how you want to set it up

[jovial delta]

such as if your using the correct tool

So ill probably do grab variable name

i mean held item name

[frozen cairn]

for a melee combat system there is a need of enemy target lock. to find near standing enemies i can use:

1. sphere trace
   or
2. sphere overlap actors

which one would you use?

[dark drum]

Sphere trace.

[lusty hedge]

Claude spit out a blueprint for the first time

was very surprised

[maiden wadi]

Claude's visualization tools are really nice.

[gritty flower]

I need help im stuck at - I have zibra ai volume and I wish to reduce its density overtime = Like when it triggered starting from 0 to rise and after a few seconds goes back to 0

[lost wolf]

its just a graph tho not a blueprint

[split dagger]

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/zZ2P/unreal-engine-using-timelines-to-change-a-value-over-time

[narrow kite]

Can someone verify/explain how variable are updated on a UMG widget. To start with are there multiple "binding" types. Because there appears to be at least 3. Binding to a function. Binding to an actor variable. Binding to a variable created inside the UMG widget.

Testing notes: Disabling a UMG widget from updating in the class settings will NOT stop the binding to functions. This can be demonstrated by assigning a random variable in the function. It will spam update when the widget update is off.

Needs verifying/data. I tested binding to a variable inside the widget. This is set on construct to a random value. This value seems to persist. However, is that because the construct is only ran once and it's actually updating every frame because in order to use that variable it needs to be bound to a text block for example.

It seems you can not call to a 3rd person BP and reference data from it inside the UMG construct. This will get a value of 0. If you assign it manually it will work. I presume it needs to be done on the widget creation.

[frozen hedge]

What are you trying to do?

Update a value visually?

If I was doing it effectively, I would use dispatchers, bind event to (on value changed) set percent or text on that value.

In binding you can also do similar stuff to that

[crimson briar]

Every binding works on tick. It evaluates and changes the value each tick. Unless it is something that needs to change so often, you are better off using dispatchers.
What you are allowed to do in UMG construct depends on what creastes it and when the widget is created

[tepid charm]

Hi ! I'm having an issue i understand, but dont know how to fix. Here's the steps :

Picture 1 : I want to spawn an actor x times. These actors have different types and weight, sorted in the DT. The weight is here to determine it randomly based on the weight settings.

Picture 2 : For every item type who's weight =/ 0, check its weight. Then return the type in batch or continue the loop. Whenever an item is added, stop the loop.

Picture 3 : Simply my weight setup depending of the day in-game.

/!\ Error : Basically, it returns the for loop macro, so the error node is obviously the Picture 4

Any idea of to fix it ? Thx buds 😄

Edit : If the paper index ( 0 ) has weight, it will only return paper, whatever the others weights are. Looks like it can't go further the first index in every loop.

[crimson briar]

Do you really want to start another loop each time weight is 0? It seems strange and dangerous

[tepid charm]

Oh wait..

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD yeah ok i'm a dumass. Basic node breakdown.

Thx i guess ? ❤️

[crimson briar]

Np, not sure if it was the root of the problem though

[tepid charm]

It was ofc. I just didnt see the infinite loop connector.

Like a comma in script, it was obvious but just couldnt find it

[little agate]

Has anyone ever had this problem?
When Virtual Shadow Maps are on, the draw calls stay around 700. But with regular shadow maps, it jumps to around 7000.
Normally, regular shadow maps even give better FPS. until at some point it breaks and the draw calls spike.
I'm not sure what's causing it. I don't remember adding anything that could trigger this. this light is around 50 with capped distance. didnt matter if i didnt capped this though

[last peak]

https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-wow-omg-yiKBMDbHFSXCGonHYu

The never ending holy loop 😄

[chrome oak]

can somebody help me i was trying to make a simple pick up system and i thought i did it all right but when i run it it just doesn't work what did i do wrong? also i did this from a tutorial and if you need a better picture let me know i did ask in another server but i thought i try this one also since it has more people 😭😭

[autumn pulsar]

Are input events fired before or after the tick event?

[last peak]

The tick fires every frame

[last peak]

Im gonna help you

https://www.techsmith.com/blog/how-to-screenshot-on-windows/

[autumn pulsar]

I’m aware, but I’m wondering if input events fire before the tick event on the same frame

[last peak]

Hmm

Depends on in what tick group the input is

Im not sure never looked that deep into it

Maybe one of the other neckbeards know better

[crimson briar]

I would guess they are executed before the tick - since inputs are sort of "cached" as an event from the system for the next tick as I understand it. But I also never saw any definitive answer to this

[last peak]

Ai tells me inputs run first

But its a very convincing liar

[crimson briar]

I'll take a look at the player controller tick, maybe there is something there

[last peak]

But if you think about it

Inputs get handled in the controller

Controller loads before the actor

If your talking about the tick in the controller i dont know

[dark drum]

Id guess after but the the easiest way to check is to add a print string to both and see what order it fires.

Edit: Just tested, input events are triggered before tick.

[crimson briar]

Welll, not completely. If they are unrelated and based on something completely arbitrary (like when the Engine gets to them) he can get different results depending how engine queues these actions.

[dark drum]

The number is the current game time.

[ruby cobalt]

troubleshooting construction scripts and stuff that rusn in editor:

print doesn't work.. wondering how i can better visualize those for loops and stuff

time to learn breakpoints?

[dark drum]

Print string does work in the construction script. You can check the logs if its not showing in the viewport window.

[autumn pulsar]

Cool trying to pool inputs into a buffer to operate with it on the game tick

[autumn pulsar]

As I can’t use the traditional event based systems

[crimson briar]

Inputs are ticked at the start of the controller tick

[ruby cobalt]

ah yeah that's right..

[crimson briar]

Better ss since i cropped too much back then

There is a lot more code there of course but anyone can read it if you install the source with the engine

[dark drum]

Yea it looks like inputs are handled first then it follows the order in your screenshot. Its interesting that pawn is just treated as a standard actor.

[ruby cobalt]

so i got an excuse not to learn what breakpoints do haha

[dark drum]

Breakpoints are still useful. 🙂 Definitely worth learning.

[autumn pulsar]

Breakpoints are pretty simple, they halt the code when the function executes

So you can snoop around and see what data is being passed

[dark drum]

Yea, seeing the data being passed around is a god send.

[ruby cobalt]

haha i'm half kidding.. i'm just not used to using it and enabling/disabling them is annoying to me..

i should force myself a bit and get used to it though

i usually go read what the variables are at in the BP during play instead

[autumn pulsar]

Really it’s whatever you prefer for debugging and whatever is faster, but don’t diss something until you try it

[autumn pulsar]

It’s useful for finding feedback loops

Or just sanity checking complex logic

[ruby cobalt]

yeah

oh yeah not dissing.. i just need to develop the habit of using it

[autumn pulsar]

It’s not for everything but it can help with a lot of funky functions

You can also set conditional ones if you have an obnoxious bug that only shows up sometimes

[chrome oak]

oh do you want me to screenshot it?😭😭 mb ill do it now

[vestal pumice]

Hello guys! I don't know if this is the right channel to ask this. I'm new to UE5 and I'm making a project in which my pawn comes from a c++ parent class. All blueprints compile fine, all gameplay works as expected, UI as well, but as soon as I try to cook the project in some of the WBP I get this error whenever I reference the pawn:

PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] In use pin Car no longer exists on node Get . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin.

Is that something known as a bug or something? I tried refreshing nodes, recompiling from Visual Studio but nothing seems to fix it

[dark drum]

Its feels like there's more to that error message. Does it not mention the BP it refers too?

[vestal pumice]

Fixed it, the plugin and engine versions were not the same

[vernal lotus]

hey hey
How can I replicate this physics poking interaction from the physics asset using blueprints?

I want this 1:1

I tried a bunch of things and none of them work like this

[buoyant hill]

need some help

with character animation

still not working

[narrow kite]

Thanks. That is the result I got from all tests. One of the main issues i had was how to access a UMG widget variable in the display area (not just a created variable). Because that is also highly limited. You can't expose etc on those. If you bind it to a variable inside the widget to update it that still counts as a bind.

There are references to changing the tick rate of UMG widgets also. That doesn't appear to exist in 5.7. You can disble all tick updates, but that also doesn't include any bound values. Aside from C++ coding is there a simple way to reduce the tick rate of a UMG widget for bound variables?

[buoyant hill]

i m able to move but animation is not working

[idle crescent]

Has anyone tested if multispheretrace runs faster if more of what would be returned is in the ignore field?

[golden iris]

Hey guys im new to ue, can anyone help me with my character blueprint not moving when using WASD controls? In the template Third person level, i have my custom character and animations applied to the third person BP and it works perfectly fine. But then in my other scene, using the same character blueprint, it wont move and only rotates on the spot. Sometimes if I spam the keys and spacebar the character does move a little but then gets stuck again. Any ideas? 👀

[narrow kite]

I haven't had issues with trace speeds. I presume it would still check those ignored entities though. In order to disregard the overlap I would presume the code had to identify it and invalidate it. In other words it needs to know it exists in order to ignore it. Someone with deeper knowledge may be able to give a higher level answer though.

[idle crescent]

Ok. I was going to check everything in a sphere if it's a skeletal mesh, but before that check what actors wouldn't have that component and exclude them to be faster. Might not hurt that much

[narrow kite]

Go to the world settings and make sure they match up. A new level may need the game mode etc updated to match. I presume that's what you mean by new scene. A new level essentially?

[golden iris]

sorry yes I meant level, the default 3rd person level from the starter pack includes the character which works totally fine. Its when I use that same character in another Level which is when things mess up. I have checked the world settings and they look fine

[narrow kite]

Post the world settings of both levels and add a print string to the input for movement. To verify if the key press is being registered.

[buoyant hill]

help pls

[narrow kite]

You probably need to attach the correct nodes for the player movement variable. The left blue dot.

That message means no value is found. That isn't a valid variable as is.

[buoyant hill]

can you explain a easy fix

https://youtu.be/I3uiXmGTJMw?si=iM0Q3iK37O0ZcOke i m following this

[narrow kite]

Look at is jumping

[buoyant hill]

ok

[narrow kite]

See how it's coneected on the left side

[buoyant hill]

ok so i have to do it on right side ?

nah

see

[buoyant hill]

timestamp 7:03

[narrow kite]

It's probably the larger picture of how variables are accessed across different blue prints.

That "character ref" is attached to isjumping

Probably because isjumping isn't a variable on that blueprint. That's why the char ref is needed.

[buoyant hill]

i had to make a variable tho

[narrow kite]

Attach that same character reference on the blue dot

[buoyant hill]

i did the same thing tho

my character is playing only idle animation

[narrow kite]

Character movement has an empty blue dot

[buoyant hill]

okkkkkk

[surreal peak]

You'd want to use a getter and not a setter for that

[buoyant hill]

exactly

[surreal peak]

You already set it above the ticking code after all

[buoyant hill]

so what do now

[surreal peak]

Might wanna put an IsValid check there in case the CMC isn't valid. Can sometimes happen when previewing animBPs.

[buoyant hill]

ok just guide which to join to what

[last peak]

https://tenor.com/bZy8R.gif

[buoyant hill]

this one ryt

[buoyant hill]

i m a beginner

[last peak]

https://tenor.com/QHqf.gif

[narrow kite]

This variable works because it exists on this same blueprint

[buoyant hill]

ok and?

[last peak]

What do you want to do ?

[buoyant hill]

my character is only moving in idle animation

[narrow kite]

This needs a reference because it's on a differnent blueprint

[frozen hedge]

is it sorted?

[buoyant hill]

no

[frozen hedge]

Just been doing some Animation Blueprints

So did you use Blend space for idle walk run or what?

[buoyant hill]

yes

i m gonna crash out

[frozen hedge]

is velcoity atached to it in the sequence

state machine (state)

[frozen hedge]

whats in that state

Idle walk run

click on it

[last peak]

Try get pawn owner (that gives you the reference to the owning actor whoever plays this anim bp so your player)
With that reference you drag off and you say get movement component
that gives you the reference to the movement component you drag off that and you say get velocity that gives you the velocity vector from that you drag off and you say vector length, then you right click it and promote it to a variable "speed"

[frozen hedge]

press play with tha window open and it should show you were its moving to from that state graph

[frozen hedge]

that's basically what he did but done a cast to player, either way it should still work

[narrow kite]

The error message he posted showed it was unable to read a value in character movement.

[frozen hedge]

where?

[buoyant hill]

yeah thats what is happening

[last peak]

he is resetting his movement component here each tick

[buoyant hill]

..

[last peak]

ofc it doesnt work

[frozen hedge]

yeah but how would it recognise changed values when sprinting etc if it wasn't there

[narrow kite]

The post above

[frozen hedge]

yeah he should of used try get owner, movement comp, then the rest

is valid check

do that

see if it cancels out before firing

[last peak]

Why a is valid check XD

Just remove the set hahah XD

[buoyant hill]

which set

[frozen hedge]

yeah some people don't want to do it that way so giving both options for them to choose from lol

[frozen hedge]

variable of character movement

[last peak]

Is that really so hard to understand o.O

[buoyant hill]

so i have to delete the charac movement

[frozen hedge]

i will show you mine

[last peak]

That is not a character movement

[buoyant hill]

sorry...

[last peak]

that is a set character movement

Just remove it

[buoyant hill]

ok

[last peak]

now you right click and you type get character movement