#blueprint
languid fog
spark steppe
anyone had that it reported errors like "Accessed None trying to read property FooBar" while it does in fact seem to reference the correct object as the call on one of its methods works fine?!
tight schooner
@plucky aurora sounds like a question for #graphics
@trim matrix generally speaking people use a custom enumerator (enum) to distinguish between several mutually exclusive states rather than a series of boolean variables
so you should look into that
You also have to de-spaghettify your node graph layout before you show it to the channel
cuz reading spaghetti is hard
lyric flint
Hello everyone
I wanted to ask a question about events and I cant find an answer in the docs
So, can I continue the event outside the event?
I mean can I have something like that
and inside of Request Server To Do Action I want to somehow to end on a branch and if its true then continue to event Lights Not Working
lyric flint
actually
I will need this event many times
and its something like that
and It would be great if it wasn't necessary to always copy paste all that
maiden wadi
Typically, your Event RequestServerToDoAction, would be a function and return a boolean. And you could branch on that boolean before doing the RPC.
lyric flint
oh yeah that should work better thanks
Because I want from a client to run an event on server
replication rule?
If you mean that I should make the function multicast or running on server or running on client
I want something like unicast
maiden wadi
Yeah, not sure what you're looking to accomplish with these functions, was just offering an easy way to make the one easily branchable. For networking stuff it's likely there's a better way. What exactly is your use case with all of this? What does this do?
lyric flint
So I have button and I when is pressed I want to change a boolean on all actors of class
probably not so I would like to make something of a lobby system
I watched the ue4 tutorial about multiplayer
until video 19 I think
and then I hit a dead end probably cuz it was outdated
maiden wadi
Which machine do you want to change the boolean on? All machines? Just server? Just the client that pressed the button?
maiden wadi
And the machine with the button can be any machine, not just the server machine?
lyric flint
And the machine with the button can be any machine, not just the server machine?
yea
wouldnt it work If I casted to the server?
maiden wadi
Hold up a sec, I'll explain.
lyric flint
oh you mean that I should check player controller if it is server
maiden wadi
@lyric flint Follow up question, what is the boolean? and in what actor is it? What's it for?
maiden wadi
Okay. So the bool is in a lamp?
lyric flint
yea exactly
maiden wadi
Okay. This is terrible usecase, but we'll still use GetAllActorsOfClass for testing.
lyric flint
so this could be done a different way?
maiden wadi
You make a ServerRPC in some actor that any client can own. Probably the controller, maybe their controlled pawn. Lets assume you put this RPC in the Controller. The button will get this local client's controller with GetPlayerController(0) and call this serverRPC. This will get you onto the server's version of the button clicker's controller. Now that we're on the server, you GetAllActorsOfClass of the class of the lamp. And then for each loop over those to set the boolean.
timber cloak
Anyone here has CLEAR understanding of using "REMOVE INDEX" Array, please? I am getting mixed answers here and there for this node alone only.
i want to remove the Hunter Array Index from PlayerController Array Index.
so where the green line actually goes to? I received mixed answers for this
some says the "Add" node, some says the Loop node, i even heard some told me it has to be directly to the PlayerController.
lyric flint
You make a ServerRPC in some actor that any client can own. Probably the control...
how can I create the server rpc
I cant find the function or something
maiden wadi
@lyric flint Start with the Widget, it should look something like this.
In the controller, you'd have this.
timber cloak
@unique flicker I have no clue, without the minus the amount won't be the exact amount, so i let it be with minus 1
lyric flint
In the controller, you'd have this.
@maiden wadi we couldnt just set the sabotagelampallthelamps executable on server?
timber cloak
i suspect the last index on the macro itself requires minus
i even previously saw this method from someone's video tutorial
you can try it, without a minus you won't get the same amount
anyone with clear understanding* on remove index array usage?
maiden wadi
@lyric flint You probably could. Just breaking it apart for understanding. But after that print, would be where you would get all the lamps, and set their replicated boolean.
timber cloak
i also don't understand why the engine gives me EXTRA one more amount if i don't give a minus
it's the results
lyric flint
<@!511993566420008960> You probably could. Just breaking it apart for understand...
I dont understand the string part
oh wait I think I do
why do we need to print string?
I have seen this elsewhere but didnt understand also why
maiden wadi
You don't. It's there for understanding. It's just a test tool.
If you click that button with that setup, it would always print from the server machine It'd say like Server: Hello. If you put a print above on the SabotageLampAllTheLamps event, it would print something more like Client1: Hello
mental tendon
Hello everyone!
I am trying to take a screenshot of the game at runtime, than use it as a thumbnail for a widget.
cmd: HighResShot 1 "100" "100" "100" "100"
Tried it in the Execute command BP too.
I know the first int after HighResShot is the resolution multiplier and the rest is as follows
HighResShot filename=PATH (XxY OR Multiplier) CaptureX CaptureY CaptureW CaptureH
So I tried dividing subtracting random values you name it but all I got out from it is this:
which is an empty jpeg, or it looks like one... :(
It comes up as a green square in the file browser
timber cloak
@unique flicker so basically, the Hunter Array Index that is being "Add-ed", is removed from the PlayerController Array, correct?
just to clarify properly.
@unique flicker then what is the correct way to removed all the "Add-ed" players that goes into Hunter Array?
there's no video talks about Array, this is on my own study
lyric flint
If you click that button with that setup, it would always print from the server ...
player controller = 0_base right?
lyric flint
If you click that button with that setup, it would always print from the server ...
Thanks for your understanding. I just switched from unity and things are quite weird
timber cloak
i am learning to REMOVE INDEX after Adding them into new ARRAY Index
which was mentioned at start
i want to remove the Hunter Array Index from PlayerController Array Index.
so where the green line actually goes to? I received mixed answers for this
yeah i got that correct from start
maiden wadi
@lyric flint PlayerControllers only exist on the server and the owning client. Therefore whether you're on a client or a ListenServerClient, the PlayerController at index 0 will always be the local client's controller. Since that GetPlayerController(0) is from a widget, that means it's ran from that client.
timber cloak
someone who's pro at C++ told me i got it wrong
ah the minus-ing, i would like to find back the old tutorial video
lyric flint
<@!511993566420008960> PlayerControllers only exist on the server and the owning...
and then how its going to run on the server?
timber cloak
how do you minus one from floats?
let me re-run several "Play" button to see if i get the accurate amount
yeah, i tried few times of play now, without MINUS one, i won't get the accurate amount
it gives extra one
let me try +1 and see
maiden wadi
@lyric flint The widget button's onclicked gets the local controller, casts it to the correct class, and calls the event "SabotageLampAllTheLamps" That in turn calls "ServerKillLampsDead" which is set to RunOnServer from the replication selection if you click on the Event. Hence why that print would always print from the server.
timber cloak
@unique flicker i tried +1, it gives me ANOTHER EXTRA 1, so basically +2
without + or -, i get extra 1
with -1, i get correct amount
with +1, i get +2
it's insane stuff, i don't even have any clue why the engine behaves this way
lyric flint
<@!511993566420008960> The widget button's onclicked gets the local controller, ...
oh and how can I find the player controller file. I have to create a custom right?
maiden wadi
@lyric flint If you want to create those custom events, yes. Clients can only interact with the server through ClientOwned Actors. By default, this is the PlayerController and the Pawn it possesses.
@drowsy thistle Because you didn't split the struct.
lyric flint
<@!511993566420008960> If you want to create those custom events, yes. Clients c...
Oh I actually understand this thanks very much 😄 . One last question 😅 whats the diffrence of pawn and actor
lyric flint
Ohhhh thank you very much for everything you are the best 😄
maiden wadi
@timber cloak What exactly are you trying to do with that loop?
It looks like you're trying to translate an array of playercontrollers into a list of their controlled pawns? If that's correct?
timber cloak
@maiden wadi sorry didn't know you would response. Yes, correct. The update is here:
sterile wraith
does any one have experience with nDisplay here?
trim matrix
hey guys
i can't find destructible component in variables
how i can get this shit ?
steady apex
How can I create a static mesh component at runtime? 🤔
sonic pine
Hiho i dont know why my widget cant take variables from my ThridPersonCharacter. 2 other Widgets can take that variables but this one can -.-
It looks like the other widgets but no "get Health", "get Vita", "get Stamina" Variable can be found.
steady apex
Try dragging of the Character Ref pin or unchecking context sensitive in the top right 🙂
Might just be that you're not seeing the proper option
maiden wadi
@timber cloak Why not just iterate over the PlayerControllers array, check if the controller pointer is valid, if it is, get it's pawn, cast it to the right pawn. If if that's valid, add it to the array of pawns and at the same time, remove that index from the ControllerArray?
Something like this.
timber cloak
@maiden wadi but then how do you get the Amount of "Pawn" that you wanted to cast to?
put a Integer Variable linked to Branch node before that part?
maiden wadi
I don't understand what you're asking?
timber cloak
your way is indeed better, less bloated and cleaner
well, like in my screen shot, there's "Number of Hunter" Variable Integer
so, if i put number of hunter is 3, it will get 3 from PlayerController Array
this was my screenshot
maiden wadi
Right. The only issue with that is that you have to keep that number, and your PlayerControllers array accurate at the same time. What does the PlayerControllers array represent? How is that being populated initially?
timber cloak
That was populated directly from "OnPostLogin" New Player node, straight forward
so with an Integer Variable like 'Number of Hunter", you definitely have to go my way, correct?
yours is directly convert whole PlayerController Array into another new Array
without any Integer Variable to select an amount
i would like to try your way with Integer Variable linked to Branch node prior your BP nodes
wait, can't lol
tired saddle
Is it safe to do remove index on an array while it's being iterated over?
timber cloak
i forgot branch is simply boolean lol
maiden wadi
I think I need more information on the end result for the logic. Number of Hunters is for what? Is that a total number of players?
timber cloak
my bad
maiden wadi
@tired saddle ReverseLoop.
timber cloak
Total of Players that will be selected as "Hunter" role.
so example, 5 players connected. "Number of Hunter" is 2, then the node will pick 2 players out of 5 players as Hunter.
correct right my way?
Yours is entirely convert the whole PlayerController Array as another new Array.
maiden wadi
Okay. So PlayerControllers is added to OnPostLogin, and then you pick a number of players to be hunters, and you want to add their pawn to the PawnArray and remove them from the PlayerControllers array?
maiden wadi
Do you want it randomized from the PlayerControllers array? Or is it always deterministic?
timber cloak
already randomized. Randomed using after the "Add" PlayerController Array. i didn't mention due to not trying to be out of topic.
again, please correct me if i am wrong somewhere
maiden wadi
Okay. What you have there should be perfectly fine. Only change I'd make is to add the IsValid check for the controller before calling GetControlledPawn.
Perfectly okay to pass around possibly invalid pointers, but always check they're valid before calling functions on them or trying to get variable data from them. Unless your shuffle function does that, then I probably wouldn't worry.
timber cloak
i have no IsValid on my node. I suppose your IsValid will solve the random issue, which is, EVERY 1 out of 20 tests, there's usually extra 1 Hunter being spawned into the game.
maiden wadi
Yeah, not sure. That should only be affected by the integer NumberOfHunters, however that's set. The -1 on it for the loop is perfectly normal.
Theoretically I wouldn't think the controller check would solve that. Cause it wouldn't change the amount of times this is being called.
maiden wadi
timber cloak
i see. The minus -1 was not my question. But that guy was confused as to why I used -1 minus node
Therefore he asked you after I told him, that is the correct way to get the correct amount
maiden wadi
Yeah. Even if it was incorrect, that'd leave you with one less hunter, not one more.
timber cloak
I see. Thank you for correcting me.
maiden wadi
How is the number itself being calculated?
timber cloak
at the moment i leave it to ClassDefault Setting. I am doing this to learn the engine.
maiden wadi
So it's always the same number, but sometimes you have one MORE hunter? O.o
timber cloak
Yup correct sometimes with 1 more hunter. I ran the test very very frequently. About 1 week, since i made changes to code and trying something like calculating number of index inside Array
so if my guess is correct, it happens like ONCE every 20+ test.
maiden wadi
That's odd. As long as that integer doesn't change for any reason, it has nothing to do with this. If anything, this code would cause less to spawn.
timber cloak
i am going to try with IsValid now
actually, is there any difference between IsValid and IsValidIndex?
maiden wadi
@timber cloak Yes. IsValid is directly on the pointer. IsValidIndex is on the Array. For example, an Array can have a ValidIndex that is an Invalid pointer.
@timber cloak Best way to thoroughly explain that is consider this. You spawn ten actors and you add their actor pointers to an array. Then you destroy those actors. The array doesn't inherently automatically resize. Instead, you have ten array index points that all point to invalid objects. So if you used IsValidIndex 0-9 it would return true, IsValidIndex at index 10 would return false, since the array is 10 objects in size, and index starts at 0. Despite the 0-9 returning true on IsValidIndex though, that doesn't mean those Actor pointers point to valid objects. Specially since you destroyed them. So if you try to use these IsValidIndex pointers, they would throw errors. Which is why you have to check that the pointer itself is valid with the IsValid node.
timber cloak
okay, i ran the test over and over. It rarely gives 1 extra hunter. Like probably 1 out of 30-50 times of tests.
@maiden wadi appreciate that thorough explanation, very helpful. Thanks a lot really.
I have been wondering if you have multiple roles to be added into multiple arrays, instead of a single role like that "Hunter" role. What would one suggest to do this? Repeat it, even it means to be bloated and spaghettis ?
short pawn
I know this is an old response but I tried making them procedurally with no results. They are all different buttons for each collectible in my game
maiden wadi
@timber cloak Usually just make a single generalized function that can be called multiple times with differing inputs. There's multiple ways to accomplish it depending on desired code flow.
wispy pumice
Say how do I make this leaf transparent around the edges of the leaf texture? In Unity we would use alpha clipping but I'm not sure how it's done in Unreal
maiden wadi
@wispy pumice Not sure what AlphaClipping is, never used Unity, but I think you'd normally use a masking texture for that. #graphics channel is often a better place for material questions.
wispy pumice
Oh thanks and I'll keep that in mind next time sorry just realized I'm in the blueprint section
maiden wadi
@wispy pumice All good. Does that green leaf's Alpha have the right mask you need?
wispy pumice
no
it only came with two but I could just grab another
I was just testing a program for making tree's and it wasn't designed for Unreal
shadow saddle
trim matrix
set the blend mode to masked
maiden wadi
@wispy pumice See the Blend Mode in the bottom left of your screenshot? It's currently on Opaque. Change that to Masked or Translucent depending on if you want a simple mask of a semi transparent texture.
trim matrix
if it has an alpha channel on it
but if youre making foliage
its more complicated then that
wispy pumice
Well I tried that and it just made it transparent
maiden wadi
Do masked, and plug a constant value of 1 into the OpacityMask
wispy pumice
Alright, thanks
maiden wadi
That'll at least keep it from being transparent I think. But you'll need an alpha mask, black and white texture to put there if you want per pixel visibility for the material.
wispy pumice
Alright, I think I'll try and use ShaderMap 4 to generate me one and see how that looks
maiden wadi
@shadow saddle Isn't that kind of a question for yourself? Are you trying to ship it, or are you just debugging a cooked version of your game?
trim matrix
how do i make a scalar parameter only affect the one obj
have a simple cooking setup
but its cooking all the chicken legs
wanna keep it contained to one actor but being able to have as many as i want
does that make sense?
maiden wadi
Perfect sense. You just have to set the scalar parameter on that instance of the chicken leg.
trim matrix
how do i do that?
maiden wadi
Dunno. Depends on your setup. What are we even talking about? What is the Scalar parameter for? A MaterialInstance?
trim matrix
Yea it blends between 2 textures
obv this doesnt work cause its setting the value on ALL of them lol
maiden wadi
It's probable that you've somehow started all of these at the same time? It looks like it's already setting the instance's own value.
timber cloak
<@!192102567021379586> Usually just make a single generalized function that can ...
I see. Thank you.
I wrote the entire thing in Paint to get a clearer picture
the bracket beside the name, is the amount of the occupation/job's role.
so for non-role type of jobs, it is straight forward.
trim matrix
@maiden wadi what?
timber cloak
Whereas, the "role" types of jobs, it is you become* either that or this.
maiden wadi
Specifically for the ones where it can be multiple types. Picking Doctors/Surgeons out for example. Is it always three of one or the other, or can you have say 2 doctors 1 surgeon?
timber cloak
You can't, only 3 doctors or 3 surgeons. Either 1. I don't mind randoming again but I am afraid it will be more complicated but good for learning purposes.
I am just trying to "level up" my learning skills.
going too far might be too complicated
maiden wadi
It's pretty much the same either way.
timber cloak
really? to me, it is simply a guessing game to code it
i would like to see the general/proper way of coding this.
maiden wadi
If we translate this into Unreal stuff. I assume that each one of these might be a player?
16 players for example.
timber cloak
correct. Total 16 players, all of them will be given roles/jobs randomly.
dense isle
I added Enable Music and Enable SFX properties to the PlayerSettings struct. Now they show up everywhere as non-connected pins.
Is there anyway to prevent this behavior? I want them to start hidden, not expanded
timber cloak
If they got the "roles" type of job, they will get either (this or that)
i should colour it out to avoid confusion.
dense isle
I added **Enable Music** and **Enable SFX** properties to the PlayerSettings str...
Ideally, they would start as unchecked instead of checked by default
timber cloak
maiden wadi
Initial design concern would be how are the 16 roles selected to also match up with the fact that there are 16 players? If that's not a factor, the rest is easy.
trim matrix
is there always 16 players? thatd make it easier
timber cloak
do the normal way, "OnPostLogin" -> "Add" array node, "Promote Variable" into "PlayerController" Array.
unless this is not the correct way
timber cloak
is there always 16 players? thatd make it easier
Not necessarily need to be 16 players. Can be any.
maiden wadi
I'd probably just get a list of PlayerState pawns at the time of choosing.
timber cloak
It is purposely made to learn something new easier rather than guessing.
List of Struct/Enum?
Wouldn't it be better to be straight forward from GameMode?
trim matrix
well that makes it a lot harder cause how are you gonna divide the roles when theres lets say 12 players?
maiden wadi
For example. Instead of relying on the addition/subtraction from the array of people joining, Get it at runtime.
timber cloak
well that makes it a lot harder cause how are you gonna divide the roles when th...
that's why i fixed it as 16 players, and given to 16 players.
trim matrix
hm
timber cloak
For example. Instead of relying on the addition/subtraction from the array of pe...
straight forward to recognise it immediately, yeah
maiden wadi
If you always know the 16 roles. You can just hardcode them. Otherwise you'd probably want to create a struct, that can be placed in an array, and assign roles along with weights for a randomization function to pick from.
timber cloak
the amount of 16 players is fixed. But the roles are GIVEN RANDOMLY to different people each time "Play" button is clicked.
maiden wadi
My initial thought is to create an array of roles based on the selection weights/limits to how many of each role there can be and then just iterate over the playerpawn's and assign them a role.
timber cloak
so basically, a struct of Arrays containing Arrays?
maiden wadi
Nah. Just a sec.
timber cloak
at first, i thought of copy-pasting the like how you showed me the "Hunter" role code earlier. And be bloated with BP nodes after lol
then i thought of enum with switch and selections
but then there's no integer to run enum switch/selection though. I could be mistaken
maiden wadi
What are the roles exactly? Different pawn classes?
timber cloak
nope, similar. It is simply to give another random array
You give random job to 16 differents players, if they get role type, you given them random role again
basically randoming 2nd time.
maiden wadi
What's in the array?
timber cloak
"Either 3 home tutors or 3 lecturers"
"Either 3 doctors or 3 surgeons"
"Either 2 electrical engineers or 2 material engineers"
random between 2 different jobs
1st random = give the job randomly to 16 different people
2nd random (if they get "role" type of job) = random again either (this or that job)
maiden wadi
I'm having trouble following that particular part. Back to the doctors part. Are there subclasses of Doctors? Or are you just rerandomizing between Doctors and Surgeons?
timber cloak
if you want to do another pattern of random on 2nd time randoming, like your question about "2 doctors and 1 surgeon". I would like to see this but i am afraid it gonna get complicated
There are no subclasses of Doctors. If you give 3 Medic Role to the 3 People. These 3 selected people, will become as either 3 Doctors or 3 Surgeons.
let me know if my explanation is bad. I will keep on re-explain until it is clear
maiden wadi
What is the 2nd randomization for?
timber cloak
the 2nd randomization is choosing between 3 Doctors or 3 Surgeons.
if you get the "role" type of jobs.
if there's no "role" type of jobs like "Salesman" then just be "salesman", that's all.
Salesman, is basically like what we talked about earlier, the "Hunter" Array.
straight forward.
maiden wadi
What keeps confusing me is the end result. Do you want there to only be 3 doctors OR 3 surgeons when the game starts, or 3 medical people randomized between doctor and surgeon, so that there can be 1 doctor and 2 surgeons in game?
dusky dome
Hi guyes I have a quick question, thank you in advance. My problem is, that when I try to get the game mode on my client blueprint, it says the game mode is null. I'm not using any dedicated server, just set the Unreal play setting to be (max player 2, play as client). Wondering if there is a way to launch the game mode into the simulated server so that the client can get it?
maiden wadi
@dusky dome GameMode does not exist on clients. It only exists on the server machine.
dusky dome
this is the game mode class default
timber cloak
Do you want there to only be 3 doctors OR 3 surgeons when the game start
Yes. 3 doctors or 3 surgeons only. Whichever. Doctor/Surgeon.
so that there can be 1 doctor and 2 surgeons in game?
This part was what you asked earlier, which i then replied, that I am very afraid it will get complicated as learning purposes only.
dusky dome
right so for example, if i want to test my game locally without setting a dedicated server now, (possibly in the real game it will be an lan multiplayer), how could I do the setup?
timber cloak
The latter part, is definitely looks very advanced as you might need to* random for 3rd time (i think?)
maiden wadi
@dusky dome The difference between Dedicated or Listenserver doesn't matter. If you try to get your GameMode on a client actor it will be null.
timber cloak
use "Listen Server"
dusky dome
oh i get it
timber cloak
Click the arrow at "Play" button and select Listen Server
dusky dome
so listen server means that the editor will server as both a server and a client, and if the player number is more than 1, the 2nd window will play as client, right?
maiden wadi
Correct.
dusky dome
thanks!
timber cloak
LOL
dusky dome
thanks!
maiden wadi
@timber cloak Okay. What gets changed based on the role? For example, you were making an array of Pawns? What were you doing to those if they were selected for being a Hunter?
timber cloak
<@!192102567021379586> Okay. What gets changed based on the role? For example, y...
Nothing changed based on the role. It is simply a name to recognise that it will be randomed 2nd time. Unlike Hunter, hunter is randomed once by being randomly chosen from the PlayerController Array.
So, hunter is the same as Salesman, Chef, and Dentist. All being randomize once.
Non-"role" name.
Those names with "roles" included, will be randomed again between the 2 choices stated. Like Medic Role, they will become as either Doctor or Surgeon.
maiden wadi
But why? For example, what happens to a player or their pawn when they become a Doctor?
timber cloak
they will be given ability to perform as a Doctor occupation.
So, salesman, Dentist, Hunter, Chef will straight forward be given ability to perform their occupation respectively.
complicated as a learning skill, right?
maiden wadi
So is it a setting in their Pawn?
timber cloak
i am thinking of struct of arrays containing arrays.
timber cloak
So is it a setting in their Pawn?
yes
ability is given on ThirdPersonCharacter class Blueprint.
if they get dentist, they just gain ability to do dentistry job like cleaning/fixing teeth
what would be your way of doing this? Using Enum/Struct?
definitely not data table, right?
odd ember
datatables are for static final information that you want to load in
timber cloak
i see
maiden wadi
I think majorly it comes down to how different the subroles are. Also how many of them there are. Because if the Subroles are the actual classes, and you just want to categorize them, I'd just put all of the subroles in a huge enum table and make an array out of the larger roles with the larger roles being an entry in the array with a sub array of the subroles.
odd ember
or you could have an EducationManager taking inputs of your roles and assign them new ones based on what they're doing
or did you already cover that
a bit like a tech tree really
timber cloak
or you could have an EducationManager taking inputs of your roles and assign the...
Not yet. Sorry, what is an EducationManager thing actually?
odd ember
I mean you'd want one class to act as a manager for all your peons
so basically any time the peons have spent enough time as a role or fulfilled whatever conditions you have
they would query the manager
the manager would then assign them new roles based on the data parsed
timber cloak
I think majorly it comes down to how different the subroles are. Also how many o...
Basically larger role repeats the blueprint from earlier. https://i.imgur.com/00SHoCFh.jpg
listening
odd ember
the manager would really just be a glorified lookup function that takes the data, measures it up against what is currently available in the tech tree, and reports back its findings
replace tech tree with role tree in your case
but the principle is the same
enums would probably be a bit bulky for this but they could work
and tbh I don't see great alternatives for them
but maybe the likes of @twilit heath would know
timber cloak
tech tree, that means using data tables, correct?
odd ember
I mean you could I guess represent it with data tables
since it's static
but you could probably find better ways of doing it too
perhaps a dictionary tree or some such cpp structure
timber cloak
I will try your way too. Thanks for the detailed inputs.
odd ember
I'm trying to think of if it's possible to do in BP
timber cloak
same been thinking for a week since.
odd ember
the tech tree
I reckon that you can't do it with structs
because you cannot link structs
of the same type
but
if you can link classes
you could link a series of BP objects as your nodes for your tech tree
those objects would need two variables
an array of next nodes to point to
and the conditions for reaching this node
that'll build a tree for you
timber cloak
or just do manually minus and plus until your BP is spaghetti
dusky dome
sorry just a quick question
timber cloak
okay basically the subclasses can be run Boolean switch
dusky dome
I know that playercontroller exist both on server and client, but yet in the Event BeginPlay, when I was trying to get the game mode, it gives me null
timber cloak
whereas the large/main class just repeat it and remove array index each time complete giving roles
dusky dome
is it normal?
my blueprint is derived from playercontroller class, so it should also be on both server and client, right?
dusky dome
no luck, 1 second delay
odd ember
have you assigned a game mode in your project settings?
dusky dome
oh that could be the case! Let me try
no luck, default game mode (both server and local) are set to be the fpsgamemode
odd ember
try asking in #multiplayer then
dusky dome
thanks!
odd ember
dont have access to UE4 right now cant test it
ornate cairn
What's the most efficient way to make a dialogue system that reads from a file?
Like line-by-line
sterile wraith
is it possible to create a dropdown list in a blueprints Detail section which you populate dynamicaly when pressing a button(event trigger)
odd ember
@ornate cairn what do you mean "most efficient"?
ornate cairn
like I'm recreating a dialogue-heavy game in VR using UE4 and I have all of the dialogue already, is there a way to port that dialogue to the engine efficiently without having to go through a bunch of crap?
Also, how do I set up vr headset tilt as axis mappings for turn and lookup in engine input?
odd ember
string tables
for your dialogue
or just data tables in general
depending on your needs
ornate cairn
so I can't just import the file?
odd ember
what is "the file"
ornate cairn
I'm recreating DDLC in VR
it's a visual novel
so it's like tens of thousands of lines of dialogue
:/
but I have all of the dialogue already, so I'd prefer not to have to make it all all over again if possible and just read from a file
but I guess I can
:p
odd ember
what file
ornate cairn
the entire game
odd ember
you still didn't answer the question
ornate cairn
oh it's written in a simple dialogue format. I'd be putting it all line-by-line in a text file.
odd ember
there are no trees
this is purely for import to the game
if you want to make tree structures etc.
you'll have to do that yourself
ornate cairn
ok and do you know the answer to the vr question by chance?
I think it's just rotation rate and tilt, right?
in the motion menu>
it's really not specific on it in the docs
odd ember
I don't do VR
void quest
Hey I'm trying to make my character controller to lunch off slopes here, but because the Third person controller is not Physics based i have to manually writes this.
I don't want the controller to be physics based.
How would I solve this issue?
Im thinking I need to get the Forward velocity based on the slope, and then launch it in that direction when the slope declines from the previeous tick right?
even that im not sure of how to do
ive been stuck on this for days now
odd ember
a timer
but yes
your assumption is correct
if you're lucky then gravity is not necessarily physics based
void quest
the thing is im not sure how to go about it
how to blueprint it its a tiny bit over my head
ornate cairn
woah that's super neat!
all vr is automatically set up in the editor already!@
if you play in vr it automatically sets up tilt controls
trim matrix
@void quest bro that games looks adorable!
timber cloak
I think majorly it comes down to how different the subroles are. Also how many o...
basically repeated from earlier but with a selection
trim matrix
@timber cloak lol you still on the professions thing? 😄
looks sooo messy, does it work tho?
timber cloak
it wasn't made just now. All was trying to get an inputs from more people
trim matrix
ah
odd ember
you could simplify a lot of htat down to a bunch of select nodes
not that I recommend it
I think there are better ways
trim matrix
coding is like a different way of thinking tbh
trim matrix
well yeah everything is ''just thinking''
timber cloak
i am still thinking
geez, 2am now and still haven't get my dinner. All was focusing on this alone
brb
trim matrix
cant think straight on an empty stomach bro
eat, drink , take a walk etc
refresh your mind
maiden wadi
Programming at it's core is nothing more than the logical processing of numbers.
trim matrix
right, but youre almost like thinking backwards, you know the end result
you just need to get there
odd ember
well yeah everything is ''just thinking''
you'd be surprised. I reckon 80% of jobs require no thinking
trim matrix
lol fair enough
maiden wadi
That's not programming, that's problem solving. Which I'd argue is applicable to many things. For example, you know what you want to paint, but you still have to do the brush strokes in order to get the correct look.
trim matrix
isnt coding just problem solving? lol
odd ember
well, everything is problem solving
any employee working any job in the world is solving a problem
and tbh probably multiple problems at once
their own and other people's
odd ember
without the gas station clerk the store would be unattended etc.
maiden wadi
Not really. Designers can be told that certain functions do certain things and to use them that way. If you make the inputs names and don't give them any control over the inputs much, they can place nodes or call functions just like a programmer. But then ask the same person to understand how that function actually runs internally based on those parameters? They might not have even a vague idea.
trim matrix
yea but like, i just started unreal maybe 2 weeks ago, and im making a simple cooking system with my limited knowledge
i know what i want
but doing it requires a lot of problem solving
odd ember
coding is like learning a language
vapid hatch
i have an array of materials but cant assign material instances to it, if i change it to material instances i cant use "normal" materials, whats a solution to that?
odd ember
there's grammar and there's vocabulary
trim matrix
i need different states, raw/cooked/burned. How do i get these states?
i made a cooking timer that ticks up to 3. 1 is raw 2 cooked etc etc
its a lot of small problems
or ideas
it really tickles your brain lol
i guess if you know more code it gets slightly easier but still
odd ember
it's like any language
once you're fluent you can say complex phrases and discuss the finer topics of life
but in the beginning you're stuck with "hi how are you"
or in the case of programming, "hello world"
which I'm sure is an ominous portent of the future
trim matrix
yea like you know a few words and you can just make rough sentences
me want food
me hungry
odd ember
pretty much
trim matrix
lol
maiden wadi
Pretty much what Cranz said. And getting to the point that you're using complex phrases pretty much revolves around the requirement that you realize that everything in coding is just the logical processing of numbers. You can pretty them up with Enums or Strings, or Name style tags, but it's all just numbers.
Realizing that will make it all a lot easier to understand.
trim matrix
i mean the core computer is just binary right?
odd ember
yes
but binary is more than just a number
it's also a logical switch
which is essentially what a transistor is
and a boolean variable
etc.
it's not just numbers but the perspective of "how can a number be represented"
enums are numbers, but to us they're strings
a boolean is a 0 or a 1
but it's still a number
loud coral
i have an array of materials but cant assign material instances to it, if i chan...
Try having the array of type MaterialInterface, it should support both.
odd ember
my first piece of code was just a bunch of booleans hahah
it's how everyone starts
then you realize there's a switch
and state machines are great
vapid hatch
@loud coral thank you very much!
odd ember
then you get a look into data structures, class hierarchy and polymorphism
etc.
little by little the world opens up
and if I wanted to be a bit poetic
it's the same world you start by saying "hello" to in your first piece of code
trim matrix
i have no idea what you just said
loud coral
my first piece of code was just a bunch of booleans hahah
My first code was just MovieClips in Macromedia Flash 😄
Enemies are buttons that when you hover over they tell HealthBar to go to next frame. Health bar's last frame told the game to GotoAndStop DeathScreen.
trim matrix
haha nice
odd ember
i have no idea what you just said
if you continue doing programming learning those things will become essential for you
they are like advanced grammar
so your code stops being code and starts becoming more of a system, and then later, an architecture
trim matrix
im still trying to figure out how to properly cast to without going insane after 2 weeks lol
void quest
'
odd ember
casting is polymorphism
so if you understand polymorphism
you will understand casting
trim matrix
you turn shit into sheep?
maiden wadi
Casting is incredibly simple. Do you understand class inheritance?
trim matrix
kinda understand how casting is supposed to work , just can never get it to work properly
mostly the object pin confuses me
maiden wadi
If you understand the character inheritance chain. Character>Pawn>Actor, then you understand that an object that is a character can be cast to Character, Pawn, or Actor. Where as an object that is a Pawn, cannot be cast to Character, but it can be cast to Pawn or Actor.
odd ember
think about how we share an evolutionary ancestor with monkeys somewhere down the line
but we are not monkeys
we share some traits though
maiden wadi
Unreal passes around a lot of pointers as Actors, because it's one of the lowest classes, and therefore nearly everything can be cast to it. This allows you to pass Characters, Pawns, GameModes, PlayerStates, Apples, Oranges, Guns, etc all around as Actors if they derive from the Actor class. And then cast them back to their real class where you need them to be.
trim matrix
ahh 👀
maiden wadi
@trim matrix Do you know how to use the Line Trace By Channel node?
odd ember
the above is also an example of polymorphism. polymorphism translates into "many forms"
which is how you can have an object be one thing at one time and something else at another
purely by casting it back and forth
or, up and down, really
maiden wadi
Imagine if you had to have a different line trace by channel node for every single actor type. LineTraceByChannelForActor, LineTraceByChannelForCharacter, LineTraceByChannelForPawn. That's going to add up fast when you have more than a few classes. Alternatively, Make one node that outputs everything as a hit actor, and allow casting to the type they want.
high frost
How can I set up collision on a static mesh component so that my character couldn't phase through it but the SM component would generate a sort of overlap event where I could get my character through casting?
odd ember
create a collision box or sphere that does that
trim matrix
does the custom collision setting not do that?
spark steppe
any suggestions how to work of a list of cpu intense tasks without taking up too much cpu time?
basically i want that other events can happen in between each job (otherwise my editor crashes and the final game probably, too)
odd ember
that's very vague
spark steppe
yea indeed, so rendering to rendertarget freezes actually my whole desktop
i have about 20 renderjobs to do, so im making a array now which i want to work of, but ideally there should be some delay between each job
odd ember
are you meeting the minimum requirements for using UE4?
spark steppe
probably, are they carved in stone?
spark steppe
but im pretty sure that i meet them
it's just that it takes a while to bake a 4k texture from a material with 20 layers...
maiden wadi
YO NED FIE MO GIGBITES
spark steppe
yea i need more vram indeed, 6gb ain't much when working with 4k textures 😭
spark steppe
the baking is the optimization
😄
so i can go from 20 layer material to a simple with just 2-3 textures
spark steppe
yea or till it crashes (but not sure if the crashs may have been out of VRAM issues)
spark steppe
meh, starting a job in the onTick event seems to work around the freezing
still i hate to use onTick just for that... might delegate it to an actor or smth
sidenote, its about 1.2GB that are generated and compressed for 20 jobs :>
i guess that would freeze any machine for a while moment 😉
odd ember
yeah you shouldn't really be doing that in BP
spark steppe
where else?
spark steppe
i do now
odd ember
yeah that's silly
trim matrix
why not use a package thats made for rendering and baking textures?
like you know
blender
idk
spark steppe
because reasons, its not silly
if i could use prebaked ones i would use them obviously
trim matrix
i feel like youre way overcomplicating what youre trying to do
elfin inlet
could someone give me some insight on how GAS could be implemented for a realtime strategy game?
or thats not useful and i should structure things myself
(im planning on replication)
dense isle
I added **Enable Music** and **Enable SFX** properties to the PlayerSettings str...
For the sake of completeness, there's a meta specifier that achieves this: USTRUCT(BlueprintType, meta=(HiddenByDefault))
narrow wyvern
Holy hell trying to work with different elements that are on different levels is such a PITA
Currently I'm trying to hide the text on the HUD showing the vehicle's speed but destroying the actor doesn't make the text in the blueprint disappear
pearl rose
@narrow wyvern You need to aim directly the Widget reference or the text and call a Set visibility. You could also remove the widget from blueprint, but I wouldn't recommend this if it need to be toggle often
brittle fiber
on developing tolls for learning and presentation.. issue on data table > control over spawned bp class with 3d widget component. each is different.. i spawn 10 copies of a bp class as is in data table.. failing to get 3d widget text to be controlled by data table and defined there, any1 willing to aid the servant of the race of men, screenshit dm only..
pearl rose
@elfin inlet If you go through the documentation you'll get everything you need to know regarding the GAS system. If you have an issue applying or understand something, then I'm sure some people will be able to help
narrow wyvern
Hm, I'm trying that right now @pearl rose Doesn't seem to be working :(
elfin inlet
i've dug thru some GAS documentation, but i'm not sure how would it work with RTS gameplay
pearl rose
@brittle fiber It's hard to help you for that specific trouble without seeing the code. My guess is that you are not casting correctly to the 3d widget
narrow wyvern
The vehicle (and player) originally start out in this open world, and are then teleported to the garage area where the car is destroyed, but the HUD is remaining and I need to find a way to remove the HUD as well
pearl rose
My guess is that your In car Gear/Speed is not well set. Are you getting any error?
(Or exist multiple time, so when you set the visibility, you still have one bhind)
The only strange thing is that you are not aiming for a Widget reference. You are setting the visibility of a scene component, which is not the same as a UMG
@elfin inlet The same way it's working in any project? You need your question be more specific, what are you looking for exactly?
elfin inlet
unit combat, unit production, resource gathering etc.
brittle fiber
@pearl rose can i dm you?
elfin inlet
i'd like to try GAS because it handles network well and does a good job of handling odd cases
brittle fiber
clasified
narrow wyvern
@pearl rose Not getting any errors. I'm using the vehicle advanced template that comes with Unreal for this.
elfin inlet
but i think how it works with the tag stuff, doesnt synergy with how a RTS game works
pearl rose
It's good for ability and specifically for ability that need to be use on network. You probably don't need the GAS for what you are mentioning
@brittle fiber Yes
elfin inlet
doing everything with data assets and structs seems better to me
pearl rose
@narrow wyvern I do not use this template. First do you know where the widget get spawned?
@elfin inlet It mainly depend on the speed of your game I guess, unreal network is not perfect, the GAS help for very fast mechanic that need to be reliable over multiple client regarding what need to be display
elfin inlet
I see, there isn't time-critical gameplay for me
pearl rose
So you can go without GAS
elfin inlet
i just wanted to know if GAS would be worth implementing
pearl rose
From what you describe to me, no. After all, the best way to find out is to try 🙂
elfin inlet
at this point i'm thinking it could potentially flood the network with all the units using gas
because apparently GAS does everything to keep clients in perfect sync
pearl rose
It's possible, you'll have to deal potentially with syncing yourself some content, but could be worth if you have multiple hundred of unit spawned
timber cloak
you could simplify a lot of htat down to a bunch of select nodes
wondering how would you do that with Select nodes? I am definitely in to learn all ways regardless. And of course proper coding and non-bloated ones would be nice.
i realised this way is actually can get messy once more Occupation is being added up, especially Subclass Occupation. This one subclass took my whole 20inch monitor screen size in one go =.=
wise salmon
well yeah everything is ''just thinking''
your post really made me think bro
trim matrix
lol
wise salmon
how do i make collisions smooth as a skate park
when modeling
and implementing the models in unreal
sometime my shit flys through the models like "too fast sorry"
how do i make a model 100% solid
summer harness
do you have ccd enabled?
wise salmon
ccd=?
summer harness
continuos collision detection setting in physics for fast moving actors
wise salmon
okay, so i need to set this only for the pawn or the map
summer harness
the thing moving and your collidiong with, your skateboard
trim matrix
matze you know something about physics constraints? using it to pick shit up but its all wobly and flies everything lol
wise salmon
okay
trim matrix
think its damping but theres no damping on the physics constraint
wise salmon
summer harness
thats a pretty intense mesh for collisions ^^
trim matrix
i can add more damping to the physics object i can grab BUT itll make them fall super slow lol
summer harness
you using complex as simple collision in the mesh?
trim matrix
trance?
summer harness
@trim matrix try setting all limits to locked and projection disabled
wise salmon
there is a video of what happens
at about 2/3rds through the video the capsule passes through the ramp
summer harness
yeah try setting ccd on the capsule and if that doesnt help you can lower the physic sim steps, but would be careful with that
trim matrix
@summer harness kinda works but now it just fucking everything up lol
so glitchy pushing it into stuff
wise salmon
looking that up
summer harness
@trim matrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trTeXPzhA2A thats how its supposed to work in games 😉
trim matrix
haha
summer harness
so many hidden options 🙂
summer harness
thats a spring or soft constrain
click the magic v button and check if its enabled
wise salmon
they shouldnt hide the guts like that
trim matrix
should it be disabled?
summer harness
i think i saw a autoexpand option in the engine somewhere but could be wrong
yeah disabled it, but youll have to snap your object yourself
trim matrix
linear movement is xyz right?
summer harness
yes
summer harness
most of the time i do grabbing like that just with lerp to grab pos and attach to socket
trim matrix
ah feels so much better now 😄
What is map and what is it used to do?
thanks matze!
summer harness
@trim matrix you can for example store meshes by a name in a map with string as key and mesh as value, easy to search and check
see it like an array with a custom index
trim matrix
When should you implement it?
summer harness
for example in a parser when you litarlly want to map values from one thing to another
trim matrix
Ohh so if I want to store some objects variable in a UI should I use maps then?
Like for example if you click on this button you will get this actor and if you press on the other button you will get another type of actor
trim matrix
Can it only store a mesh as a variable or was that just an example
how do you make the pretty straight lines?
trim matrix
Damn those lines look nice
@summer harness Can you choose yourself if the node itself is going to be default or not?
summer harness
<@!254307352528814080> Can you choose yourself if the node itself is going to be...
sry dont understand
you mean this? https://gumroad.com/l/IHfzV
trim matrix
Ohhh so you it is two different
odd ember
wondering how would you do that with Select nodes? I am definitely in to learn a...
if you're looking to make that tech tree we spoke about you can kind of fake that by having a ton of enums
the drawback is that you kind of have to do a lot of selects and they will boolean options
trim matrix
@summer harness Is the electric nodes plug-in just for the lines?
summer harness
yes
https://github.com/pdlogingithub/UE4-Node-Graph-Assistant/blob/master/README.md unreal should implement these 3 😄
trim matrix
@summer harness Are they all free?
summer harness
no, but totally worth it
trim matrix
my chickens sizzling bois
will definitely get the node graph assistant and electric nodes
@summer harness why isnt that in unreal yet for free?
thats looks SO GOOD
timber cloak
if you're looking to make that tech tree we spoke about you can kind of fake tha...
"tons of enums" and "selects with boolean options" similar to what I showed earlier?
safe narwhal
What action is this one? cant find it
oh.. nvm
im stupid
it was my byte variable
._.
raven pilot
haha i was just trying to look for it.
At first i was going to tell you that am new to BP so i wouldnt know but i thought maybe i could still find it @safe narwhal
safe narwhal
Oh is k
im dumb and didnt realised what it was
at least i could figure it out on my own lol
raven pilot
haha yea, +500 XP
odd ember
"tons of enums" and "selects with boolean options" similar to what I showed earl...
I didn't see your earlier options only that you had a bunch of isvalids
elfin inlet
Is it even possible to reference blueprint classes in data tables?
i'm trying to add a "class to spawn" in my data table but it's not editable (atleast from the editor)
earnest tangle
iirc it should be - what type did you make the column?
as in, did you make it an object reference, or a class reference
earnest tangle
based on the color it looks like Building Master is an object reference
earnest tangle
right, so if you want to refer to a BP class, make it a class reference. Then you should be able to set it in the data table
earnest tangle
Object refs are references to specific objects, such as ones that are spawned in your level, so using that doesn't make a whole lot of sense in DT's :)
elfin inlet
i tried that and i guess it was frozen, because it was still saying its unsettable
earnest tangle
Ah
elfin inlet
Object refs are references to specific objects, such as ones that are spawned in...
yeah they dont exist yet
thank you!!
earnest tangle
timber cloak
I didn't see your earlier options only that you had a bunch of isvalids
This was shown earlier
can't we have like a list of enum with values attached (instance editable) on it, then make arrays for each randomly given job straight forward?
or that is only possible with C++ ?
timber cloak
yeah you can a make a map of enums
never heard of map, now that is interesting to check out.
Thank you
languid lichen
can you replicate map in BP yet?
odd ember
https://imgur.com/a/yLF7bWh
no that looks terrible and could be cleaned up with probably an enum and a couple of bools connected to a SetRole function
static charm
as of 4.25, no replication directly for map. but im sure there's work arounds
timber cloak
it is indeed terrible, that screenshot is only One Subclass. And it is already taking whole 20" inch monitor screen.
Imagine having 10 more of that.
earnest tangle
wasn't there a quote from Tim Sweeney where he said something like "I meant to do TMap replication for Unreal 1" 
static charm
i might i get that struct might not be as efficient but that can replicate
languid lichen
static charm
dont be sharing my code
languid lichen
sorry, i fell down and some UE4 blueprints fell out of my pocket
static charm
blueprintsfromhell
languid lichen
static charm
honestly some of them are pretty impressive
Advent of Code is coming up in a few days. I made some crazy spagetti trying to solve those puzzles last year 😩
steady apex
What's the proper way to put child components in a custom SceneComponent?
e.g. have a component I can place on my model that has some functionality and a mesh attached to it
steady apex
Depends on where you're casting from and to what
Best way is to use an event on an Interface. It avoids a cast and you don't even have to check if it's implemented
trim matrix
yea but i only want the boolean to affect the thing im pointing/casting at
steady apex
You should avoid casting in cases like these usually, since it creates an asset connection between unrelated classes
steady apex
Sure
Simple functions in interfaces without return nodes are events
functions like these are normal functions 🙂
trim matrix
this doesnt work
cause of the input I guess
pretty sure im being a big dumdum now
steady apex
I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish
You probably want to pass something other than self to the call target though 🙂
trim matrix
so i got a line trace
to object
and when I press Q
i wanna send a signal to that object
for something to happen
steady apex
Then you need to pass that object to the signal call
trim matrix
i already got something set up, cause I can pick up objects
but its on my player
and this
wich works
but i cant do the whole bolean stuff
cant i use the hit actor somehow?
steady apex
Yes. Call the interface method on the hit actor
trim matrix
sorry im quite new
steady apex
And implement the interface on whatever you're trying to hit
Just find a tutorial on how to use interfaces or look at the docs, it's not very complicated 🙂
steady apex
It doesn't matter what you're trying to send
The mechanism is the same 🙂
You get a reference to another actor from the line trace and you can operate on it
Interfaces let you establish a common "language" between classes
trim matrix
yea but my parameters dont work lol
steady apex
Not sure which parameters you're talking about
languid lichen
isnt there another thing you have to do since he wants to return the bool with that interface event
steady apex
There's a ton of tutorials for exactly this on youtube by the way 🙂 It's fairly straightforward.
languid lichen
like another node to handle that
steady apex
Then it's a just an interface call of a function instead of an event
trim matrix
when I press Q on an object, send a signal to that object
steady apex
Simple functions in interfaces without return nodes are events
☝️
languid lichen
is the problem the interface event never happens at all or that it happens but doesnt return your bool correctly?
trim matrix
just not sure how to set it up thats al
languid lichen
do you even have the interface event in your object, you havent shown it in a picture
you showed a function
steady apex
You need to implement the interface on whatever actor you're trying to hit
Just look up the docs on blueprint-to-blueprint communication and/or interfaces
That's what they're written for 🙂
languid lichen
ya and on top of that once its implemented there will be a new event in your menu, thats the node you need in your graph to call your eat function
iirc if you are returning something with the interface, like your bool, theres an extra node to handle that part too i think
trim matrix
ah you so you cant just get the function? you need the event
languid lichen
ya it should show up once you implement the interface in the actor
the caller should be using the function
trim matrix
got it to work
somehow
heh
thanks both of you! youre the best 😄
@steady apex @languid lichen
just pretend theyr bones 👍
steady apex
Yay!
trim matrix
all that headache just to replace an actor haha
trim matrix
bruh you cant put delays in functions?
rough jay
how can i add two actor bps in one array
like get all actors of 1 get all actors of 2 put them in a array
lime lichen
What would be the best way to setup different hairstyles for the player to chose? Can anyone point me towards the right tutorial/doc to learn that?
wanton coyote
trying to wrap my head around adding impulse to an object when it leaves a sphere. but I don't want it to ever have the impulse added more then the speed of the sphere its leaving + specified additional speed.... sounds like a logical statement.
Reality I get is A - It will always break the speed i want it gated at and B its calling the exit sometimes as soon as it enters the moving sphere anyone ever run into similar issues?
wait i got an idea..
stray island
When i add a camera to an actor, it Doesn’t get added to its child actors
Is there a way to do so?
maiden wadi
@stray island Not sure what you mean? A child actor is a very vague term in unreal because it can mean a lot of things. It doesn't get added to classes that inherit from the class you added the camera to?
stray island
Um like i have a main enemy character , and i created a child actors of it , when i add a camera to the main it doesnt get added to childs
I have to add a camra to each child individually
maiden wadi
That's odd. That's not normal behavior. You compiled the parent class?
twilit heath
hates the term Child used for inheritance lol
stray island
Yes , everything gets added to childs besides camera
maiden wadi
@stray island Pure blueprint, no C++?
twilit heath
there is Editable when Inherited checkbox on components
you sure your Camera has that on?
stray island
Oh never mind i think I figured out that its not the main character i got the childs from
Thanks
maiden wadi
Haha. Asking if the child's parent in the top right of their blueprint was the parent class was my next question.
trim matrix
So I have setup a dialog system that works by a dialog system that triggers events in the ui Blueprint. But how can I make it so I get typewriter text. (Text is typed out letter by letter) Here is the setup:
trim matrix
Hey. I have disable input and after that I would make it enable input after a while. How can I have the character have input held down during the phase of disable input and automatically register on enable input? Now I have to press the button again when enable input happens.
sorry fixed it was not the input enablers fault
marsh lintel
Hi everyone! I'm trying to use SetTimerbyFunctionName on the Construct Script but seems like it doesn't even run. Function name and everything is correct but it's not working 😦 Any idea? Thanks!
trim matrix
@marsh lintel It´s much better to use set timer by event instead as it is easy to forget the name of some functions later
marsh lintel
@trim matrix My idea was to use evets at the start, but from the construct script it seems like it's not possible to create events :/
tight schooner
@marsh lintel use beginplay
Construction script is more of a level editing thing. I never tried setting a timer there but I'm not surprised it doesn't work
In a packaged game, all construction scripts for actors placed in a level are run in advance so those scripts don't even run at runtime
e.g.
marsh lintel
I wanted to blink some lights and would be "fun" if we can already see the result from the editor instead on the game itself. But from all I've been doing and from what you just said, from BeginPlay would be the best choice.
Thanks! 😁
trim matrix
How can I make it so a behavior tree "remembers" if it already did something?
maiden wadi
Same way that a brain does. Make a decorator for it and a bool to set. DidDoThisAlready? False or True?
trim matrix
@maiden wadi thanks
spark steppe
and make the bool randomly flip if you want real brain behavior 😉
maiden wadi
Haha. No kidding.
At the moment, my brain is frying trying to work around this solar system orbit lane particle. I'm almost there though. Attempting to draw a simple solar orbit with nothing more than the gravity location, and the Periapsis and Apoapsis. Thankfully I'm doing this all in local space.
charred mango
Hi do you know why in python, when i do a for loop to 4, it do the loop from 0 to 3 in the correct order
but in ue4 when i does that :
it give me this order ?
spark steppe
new lines are printed above old lines if im not wrong
maiden wadi
^
spark steppe
so first it prints 0, then it moves it down to print 1 and so on
charred mango
ok, that's why.
maiden wadi
Newest line will always be on top.
charred mango
And the index goes to 4 is that normal ? different convention ?
spark steppe
its inclusive
charred mango
ok
maiden wadi
It's to last index, not to length of loop.
spark steppe
you get one bonus iteration for free in unreal 😛
maiden wadi
Haha
charred mango
another question, do you know how to see what is inside a variable (for example a 2D array of int) ?
i could print each value
but is there a way to see it in a table or something more visual ?
maby save it it in json format ?
maiden wadi
I think the blueprint debugger can do that? I haven't used it much.
I keep most of it sorted logically in my head and print them for a visual picture.
Try right clicking and putting a breakpoint on the SetArrElemINT and right click the array and WatchThisVariable.
charred mango
ok, where can i see the value next ?
charred mango
i have debug windows but it isn't showing the value
charred mango
did you enable something to see it in the blueprint editor ? (other than the breackpoint and the see variable ?)
maiden wadi
Nah. Just those two. Breakpoint on the print, and right click the 9square array icon pin and WatchThisValue
I'm out for a bit, but someone else might know better if you can't get it working.
charred mango
ok, thanks
i'm trying to understand how the debugging in blueprint work
i have add debug filter, it help
I changed the blueprint to execute on begin play but now my viewport is black and i can only resume but it don't play every tick i think 🤔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPC3QBPBocw
Hd version will be here in some minutes
summer harness
thats a breakpoint like in visual studio, you are stepping through the code one by one, disabled debugging and it should run normal
stuck palm
Hello, I'm trying to detect where a hitr has happened on my character, but when I draw a debug sphere it looks like its in the wrong place, very wrong... any ideas?
charred mango
oh, that is break point, ok, thanks 🙂
charred mango
I didn't know the existance of breakpoint, ok, thanks, the debug now work fine without breakpoint ( i just don't fully understand the data struct of the var but that's another issue $$ )
summer harness
try printing the object name with get display name and check with what exaclty you are overlapping
if you only want to overlap your player character, cast other actor to that
strange pike
dumb thought, is it possible to clear a string append?
summer harness
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Utilities/Text/FormatText/index.html i like this one for append with variables, bur youll have to cast to string
vapid hatch
i have an animated skeletal mesh and want to get another one that copies the exact movements, how would i go about doing that?
paper rampart
I am getting
LogScript: Warning: Script Msg: No world was found for object (/Game/Unlighted/DecalSystem/BP_MeshDecalActor.BP_MeshDecalActor_C:TEST_ComponentWithRef_GEN_VARIABLE) passed in to UEngine::GetWorldFromContextObject().
When i'm trying to get ChildrenComponents of SceneComponent based BlueprintClass from CallIneditor function on child component in blueprint editor. So there is no world context in blueprint editor on CallInEditor function ?
summer harness
I think there is get editor world in editor blueprints
paper rampart
GetOwner also returns null actor reference when calling CallInEditor function from child component details in Actor Blueprint Editor
summer harness
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Editor/ScriptingAndAutomation/Blueprints/index.html for in editor stuff its better to use these
paper rampart
Yeah, I know. There is just a specific case where I need to copy vertices from spline component to another component in blueprint editor. So I need to get reference to child spline component somehow
trim matrix
Hey does someone mind helping me optimize a bit of code just so I can see how smart people do it? 😄
maiden wadi
Depends on what it is.
trim matrix
its more like id like to know how YOU would of done it, so i can learn from it
it already works its just iffy haha
maiden wadi
What is it though?
trim matrix
when it overlaps it begins a ''timer'' its a freaking delay
that increases the cookingtimer float
and im using that to control how cooked it is
its pretty flawed tbh
and then here i have it set up the different states based on the float
like it works.. somehow
but I feel like this is a terrible way to do it
maiden wadi
You can ditch tick entirely by just calling a SetTimerByEvent where you're setting the boolean IsOverlapping. The boolean list of Raw, Cooked, Burned can be condensed into one Enum. The smoke component thing can be activated at the same time you set the enum for burned.
trim matrix
Not sure what enums are