blueprint

[surreal peak]

Aim Offets are required if you need your character to aim up and down

Or left/right if you have body rotation

If you just need to rotate the whole character to the mouse , top down sort of, then get a hit result below the mouse, calculate the direction to the hit point from the character and set to rotation with that

[hard charm]

guys the Was ActorRecentlyRendered not working that i can do

When I get behind an object that completely covers the target, it still follows that I am rendering it, why is that?

[charred grove]

if*k man cant get it to work

[dreamy kayak]

@charred grove https://youtu.be/uZBYB3K0OX8

This should be what you're looking for. His cursor controls projectiles as well as look direction.

[charred grove]

im just doing that one and when i get mesh>anim instance>cast to animbp. and i cant get set pitch from the casto anim bp

and there im stuck

cant get the set pitch so thats it

like theres literally no set pitch node from it

third project im about to leave because of getting stuck with abigasss headache

[dreamy kayak]

@charred grove Might be worth looking at this https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/188349/making-the-characters-head-follow-the-cursor-in-a.html as well. This is a far easier way than in that guy's 1 hour tutorial.

[charred grove]

aigh let see

thanks

[dreamy kayak]

I'll try to see if I can find anything else. Im sorry this project has been a headache It do be like that sometimes

[charred grove]

when i set a get mouse position base by dpi, mine doestn have an x and y axis to connect in the left side

like in the guy`s screenshot does

nvm made a mistake

imma keep looking into it

[charred grove]

yea i know i been since last night just googling and asking but nothing i could find

[dreamy kayak]

Are you in 5 or 4?

[charred grove]

ue4

check this wait

where do it get the blueprint update???

also the set look at 3d position

omg i lost all my energy i been trying since 10 am

i cant even wrap my head around simple blueprints

[dreamy kayak]

So in your animbp, you will cast to the character and have it set that value within the animbp.

[charred grove]

ohhh ikey

[dreamy kayak]

So you have a variable in your character and a variable in your animbp

[charred grove]

ok ok now i get it

[dreamy kayak]

and the animbp eventgraph is just updating it constantly

[charred grove]

nice thanks a lot man imma keep trying

[dreamy kayak]

[charred grove]

but the thing is

i dont have animations

[dreamy kayak]

[charred grove]

for looking up or down

[dreamy kayak]

Dont worry

[charred grove]

i just want the player to face mouse

[dreamy kayak]

Yeah that's fine.

[charred grove]

okay nice

[charred grove]

lol xd

[lyric gate]

hello,

im having some trouble. ive been trying to set an action to play but not be able to be played a second time before the first is complete

https://gyazo.com/225206edb55f97aa249ea3f40f627f4b

[dawn gazelle]

Do Once node

[charred grove]

hey how do i get the look at 3d position

that yellow set node

[lyric gate]

the problem is the animation node (play animation multicast) doesnt have a duration to set it

[dawn gazelle]

That's just a variable

[charred grove]

oh, what type of variable?

vector?

yep vector its is thanks

im so bad at this

okay i finally got somewhere

yas

my head is bashed in, but it moves when i move mouse

so i got close its a win for me

[dreamy kayak]

@charred grove Hey just got back to my PC. Sorry. It works now? At least a point of progress?

[charred grove]

progress yes

i managed to make player react at mouse movement

but i cant make him turn around complete

he just looks forward and moves right and left

its got something to do with the Z angle in the vector variable

[dreamy kayak]

Ima have to break open an old project and add this in and get up and trouble shoot with you.

[charred grove]

you`d do that?

im in a side scroller

didnt do much

just followed thid

well

my pc just turned off cause i moved a cable

and didnt save

but doest matter lol

[dreamy kayak]

[charred grove]

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/188349/making-the-characters-head-follow-the-cursor-in-a.html

i followed that link

in case you are such a good person to trouble shoot with me lol

[dreamy kayak]

I sent that link I gotchu. I need to make dinner so ima be awol for a bit. But I'll get back to you, promise.

[charred grove]

but is the biggest progress i made since i started so its awesome

sure dont worry

can we add friends in discord?

[lyric holly]

what is meant by "other actor"?

i know that this is getting the player character and checking for an overlap of the sphere

[spark steppe]

it's whatever actor you collided with

[lyric holly]

so basically if the player character is the same as the thing colliding with the sphere

gotcha

[tight iron]

Hello guys,I'm new in the server and unreal.I'm trying to make a Character AI for a timelapse animatic with the protagonists day and night cycle and I tried to test if it can be done inside unreal

Problem is the character moves from point 1 to point 2 then 3 and backwards but i can't make her face the desired direction in point 1 (canvas) and because i will implement a drawing animation after this i'm trying to solve it,can I attach a Rotation node after the 'AI MoveTo' node and before 'Delay' and if so how can i place different Animations in each position?thank you in advance

[pearl beacon]

Having some serious issues with adding a child to my Scrollbox, i have a function that works to fetch info so that function is not my problem, the problem is the construct none, which is set to InvSlot widget, which is what im trying to construct.

[pearl beacon]

Basicly, my construct wont allow me to set image, name, nor description
That is my only issue
because the return value of construct is read as none

[last abyss]

try having outer just be self, rather than the pawnref from the function? (atleast, i think thats pawnref in that function its not very readable)

[pearl beacon]

yea done that

[winged sentinel]

hi everyone need some help im running this bp

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/797882703369601037/883920682000470026/cre_BravoBuild1_-_Unreal_Editor_2021-09-04_23-44-12.mp4

But im getting that result, its not aiming to the center of the screen

i have no idea why it isnt

[spark steppe]

are you sure that it uses the correct camera reference?

[chilly jetty]

Hi there

I have a full screen UI Widget that plays an animation. It's ZOrder is 1 and my Inventory menu is ZOrder0

is there a way to have the UI Widget not block my inputs for the Inventory menu?

[candid nest]

use remove from parent when u are using ineventory widget

[chilly jetty]

is there another way by chance?

[brazen pike]

I know how to get post process materials to enable on an object. I'm using this:

But how can I get a SPECIFIC post process material to enable? since it seems to enable them all at once

any help appreciated

[candid nest]

hey can anybody help me i want to make a system in which i can playe the timer and when timer reaches 0 i die and i also have a checkpoint system in which when i passes the checkpoint it saves my game so if i die other then timer and respawn from checkpoint or if i died due to timer and respawn on the checkpoint i wanted that timer should play from there only not from the initial value

[light token]

Hello. I'm using saveextension. And everything was working fine. I was able to save and load the world state. This morning I reparented my coins. And now after a save the coins are flipped 90% and are doing really weird physics. I made a video about it. First 10 seconds is just the normal play, after that I saved and restarted and the coins are acting weird. Does anybody know why this is happening? I think it has to do something with the reparenting but I can't find out what it is.

https://streamable.com/cc42cu

[pale blade]

Tried it out, it worked
Was hoping for an easier way like where you can just pass in the functions but this is okay too
Thanks

[winged thicket]

is there any video explains how to make a perlin noise using only blueprint
all the videos i found need plugins or just work in materials.
i just want to know "how" to make a perlin noise not to download plugin to do the work for me

[lone carbon]

i'm trying to make a interaction system that uses interface and linebytrace. But the line is extremely inaccurate, i'm also very poor at math. If anyone has some tips on what i did wrong let me know. I wish for it to follow along the camera but it just goes in an area around where i want it. Not accurate at all.

[dawn gazelle]

Usually you want to add the interaction range to the start location to get the end.

ie. change this to a vector + vector node.

[lone carbon]

Oh 😮 i'll try that out^^

OMG @dawn gazelle thank you so much ❤️

[tight schooner]

@winged thicket if you can't find anything for BP specifically, look up how to make it in another language and translate it to BP, e.g. https://adrianb.io/2014/08/09/perlinnoise.html

[midnight solstice]

Hi all. Which nodes need to be replaced here to make the interactive button work? First person works, but I can't find out how to make a third person. Get Mesh Instead of Get Player Camera or what?

[candid nest]

hey i wanted to add a flashlight to my gun how to do it

[trim matrix]

I'm making a devour style horror game, but I don't know how to do the monster's anger and decrease in health when the mouse is close, can anyone help?

[proven vault]

can someon help

me

i am stuck with an error

my actor wont respawn

and this code error appear

Blueprint Runtime Error: "Accessed None trying to read property GameMode". Blueprint: BP_Hero Function: Execute Ubergraph BP Hero Graph: EventGraph Node: Respawn Player

[drowsy heron]

can someone help me,
i have to make a gate with sequence node,but i dont know how am i suppose to do it correctly

[junior jungle]

when i am trying line trace the first character with index 0 is shooting the line trace but when i possess the 2nd character the line trace is being performed by the first character with index 0. How to do correct indexing in MP with dedicated server with BP

[gentle urchin]

^ not sure what you mean by this

In multiplayer (not splitscreen), each client has a local array of player controller/characters

[candid nest]

first use open then enter

[candid nest]

there is a guy called beard game use his vedio he have perfect type of death and respawn system

[drowsy heron]

should the BP of the gate looks like this or how?

[candid nest]

so u wanted that when u press e your functioun should execute

[drowsy heron]

yea,but it wont happen nothing

[candid nest]

bcz it is wrong

[drowsy heron]

then how

its my 2nd day since i started to learn

[candid nest]

so add your sequence in e

dont worry its geniune

[drowsy heron]

what do you mean to add sequence in e

[candid nest]

u are using same function only there is no need for using gate and sequence so add function after e then print string

i mean that take a node out of e and add to sequence but dont worry just delete all that stuff except 1 which is your main function that is do something

and print string

did u get it or should i explain u more about that

[drowsy heron]

not rlly ,im confused right now : D

[candid nest]

okay dm me i will explain u better

[proven vault]

@candid nestthank you so much

[candid nest]

my pleasure

[small plover]

Hi guys, noob question: is there a way to watch blueprint values when execution is not paused?

[earnest tangle]

I'd say best bet would be to just print the values when you change them

you could try using the watch feature when you right click the value, but I never had a whole lot of luck with that because whether it works or not seems pretty random

you can also make the value instance editable if it's a variable - then you can just select the actor in question in the world outliner and look at the property's value in the details panel

[urban skiff]

Can anyone explain why this happens? RPCs are really kicking my butt, logically this should work Ask server to possess new pawn, but the exec does not pass

[small plover]

thanks im gonna try that

[runic plinth]

Hey, quick question. I tried to duplicate a widget in the designer and follow the same logic to have another main menu button, but this is still referencing the original widget BP. How do I either change the reference or add in a new widget?

[trim matrix]

Has anyone made a blueprint for freeze breath or something similar?

[fiery swallow]

freeze breath?

[trim matrix]

Like Superman

[dark crow]

In the end most likely just particles played from the mouth with a generated overlap collision and if you want them to actual freeze characters, for the actual visual effect you wanna create a shader for a freezing overlay for everything that you want frozen and when they overlap your freezing collision you can have some logic linked to a dynamic mat inst, you can most likely use a sphere trace for it to detect hits in case

[trim matrix]

Thanks

[charred grove]

hello guys

im trying to make my side scroller player walk backwards

the player faces and follows the mouse

so if mouse its at right side of player, i i press A then i will still face right and walk left

but when i do that the walk forward animations triggers

not the backward animation that i already added in the 1d blendspace

[gentle urchin]

1d blendspace probably relies on negative walkspeed?

so you'd need to compare look direction vs input direction to figure out which walkspeed to use

I'd think

[silk hinge]

Hi guys, i need to figure out something about data tables, I have items that you would use multiple times, magazins for exemple, so it's obviously 4 times the same magazine but all different bullet type and amount so is it possible have like a specific Row created into the data table corresponding exactly to this actor, even if there is 6 times the same actor in the map like a children of the mag or something ?

[worthy tendon]

corresponding exactly to this actor. eh what actor?

[summer token]

Good morning ! When I press a button to spawn an actor (inside there is a widget), the widget doesn't work. Except if I drag the actor into the world and run, the widget works. How to solve the problem

[pale orbit]

can anyone explain to me how does this make any sense?

[gentle urchin]

How does the widget exist inside the actor? with a component?

[orchid star]

Is this working in game or not ?

[pale orbit]

No i figured its because state machine doesnt support animation montages

[orchid star]

ooh

its a montage

yes

it is right

lol

nvm

[pale orbit]

if i have the same action event

on two different blueprint

it only runs one

is there anyway to run both

[rustic flame]

are you debugging the correct object? @pale orbit

[pale orbit]

i fixed that one @rustic flame

[rustic flame]

whats the debug filter?

ah

[pale orbit]

anim montages dont work on anim graph

[rustic flame]

yeah, I guess that makes sense, haha

yep

gotta use slots for those

[sand shore]

select them both, look in details, turn off consume input

[rustic flame]

anyway, I've got a problem, I have a mesh with collision (mesh collision) and I'm trying to move it and react to obstacles in the way

but sweep doesn't return any hits

[sand shore]

this (and more) is covered in the docs on the input system. Google ue4 bp input

[summer token]

Yes

[pale orbit]

thank you

[sand shore]

triple check all your collision profiles

[rustic flame]

i did

[sand shore]

it can be subtle

[rustic flame]

i checked with another thing that uses sphere collision

and it works there

[sand shore]

I'm not going to run through all the permutations.... so... what are your settings and what does the code look like

[rustic flame]

it doesnt seem to work with a static mesh

[sand shore]

what are the default settings of the mesh, say, and the component? And the related actors? etc

sweeping a shape works

[rustic flame]

so this is an actor, the only component that is there

is the static mesh component

(which is also the root component)

[round yew]

Guys, which AAA games are made entirely in Blueprints? I am starting to think if you go Blueprint only you are going to end up in spaghetti and just want to die?

[sand shore]

I can't think of any AAA games which are done entirely though visual script

even projects that heavily use visual script will still have code that is useful to the script - eg, spatial partitioning of game actors

[round yew]

I am browsing through a very small project made in blueprints exclusively, and even though its small i still feel mega lost

[sand shore]

most established studios employ a mixture of BP/C++

Using only one or the other is silly, as a point, is silly

[round yew]

I think this is also the correct way.

C++ and leave level designers to have Blueprints adjusted to their needs

[sand shore]

Nah, let programmers get a bit noodly

[round yew]

I am still a beginner tho, picked up UE4 as a hobby, I am backend engineer in my day to day job

Is there a channel to find a buddy to ask questions when you feel lost? Documentation for UE is not the most explicit thing ever

[rustic flame]

@sand shore one of those falses should have changed to true when the door came in contact with the pawn

these are the collision settings on the door

[sand shore]

I was going to say...

Now the other thing? Collision settings are a two-party-consent system

both objects have to be configured to actually interact

[rustic flame]

yep

this is the pawn in question

[sand shore]

just hang around here, #cpp , #ue4-general and #lounge

[silk hinge]

The actor of the magazin so same actor but different stats dunno how to handle that

[round yew]

I'd love to have a coach since some times learning UE4 could be very discouraging.

[sand shore]

and the code itself?

fwiw the settings you've shown seem good

[rustic flame]

all i do movement wise is just this

although in the video it was this

the sweep hit result was broken off and I printed the value of blocking hit

[sand shore]

what about that mesh component's collision

Id expect it to be the same, but you never know

[rustic flame]

its fairly straightforward

[round yew]

Use Complex Collision as Simple?

[rustic flame]

yeah

[round yew]

Use CCD?

[rustic flame]

doesnt work

regardless if its enabled or disabled

[sand shore]

Well modern science cant explain this one I guess

everything is set so everything mutually blocks everything

you marked it sweep

[round yew]

I have similar problem with a rotating door, if the pawn stays still, the door passes through it.

[sand shore]

Doors are stupid hard

[rustic flame]

yep

[round yew]

If i stay on the absolute closing point of the door, it passes thru me like im nothing

However if i try to move against the closing door, it pushes me

Can we just have doorless games?

Debugging UE4 is so damn hard sometimes, and i thought debugging services at my job is hard sometimes TT

[orchid star]

try multiplayer, it gets even worse 😄

[rustic flame]

i already work with multiplayer for work 😂

[round yew]

I mean how do you even learn all those stuff without mega UE bible book?

[rustic flame]

decided to stick with singleplayer for a personal project

[round yew]

I can't find proper materials to be able to learn

[orchid star]

Well after some point it comes down to trial and error

also here is a good place to learn stuff

you already have most of the stuff in pocket

[round yew]

I have like 6+ years of professional programming and I still find some things not so intuitive 😄

[rustic flame]

i started out my professional gamedev career with ue4, learned on the job basically, haha

its funny how i started not knowing anything about ue4

[round yew]

I am pretty sure gamedev is a lot more intriguing and challenging than writing web services.

[rustic flame]

now i feel like i can do everything

god yeah

i did web dev before game dev

[orchid star]

IDK to be honest

[rustic flame]

it was pain

[orchid star]

I originally wanted to work with cpp

but had a shitty PC

[round yew]

Shall we move in #lounge, to not spam here?

[orchid star]

sure

[keen hedge]

Is there a way to replace Actor's DefaultSceneRoot using blueprints? Basically to construct the entire actor via the construction script?

[orchid star]

yes

create thing > Set root comp > attach

[keen hedge]

Tried that but it didn't seem to work :/ On a related note, is there any way to see components created via construction script or at runtime in the editor? When I pause and click on my actor, I only see what I see before anything new was added

[quasi frost]

So I spawn this card actor when I click on a grid, the actor has the card widget in it, however I don't see a way to set the variables of the widget. How would I do this? I can't cast to it, I can't simply set variables off of the widget.

[dawn gazelle]

You have to do this, then cast the return value to your widget class.

[quasi frost]

That worked thanks!

[gentle urchin]

Or manually create the widget as per usual, and set it to the components widget

imo feels better that way ^^

and just consider the widget component a "widget container"

[modest gulch]

hello. Is there way to put static meshes on level dynamically (during game)? I know only about two other ways: using actor with static mesh (too costly) or instanced meshes (does not play well with dynamic lights, occluding and other stuff for my use case).

[lyric holly]

I have a character blueprint that's supposed to check if main character is overlapping with the sphere. If so a gate opens and waits for the E key press. If pressed should print to log. However this is not printing to log. I cannot figure out what the problem is. If I run print string earlier in the chain it works, so I know it successfully checks for an overlap. But somewhere with the Gate and E key things are going wrong...

[gentle urchin]

The actor is not the input actor

So it wont get the keypress

You could enable input on it and put it on the stack

I'd do theninteraction calling from the playerbp instead but thats just my preference

Giving the player a "interactable" reference,

And on 'E' pressed, call the interaction event on said reference

[lyric holly]

hmmm ok

sorry when you say the actor is not the input actor i am a bit confused

[gentle urchin]

Its not part of the input stack by default

You need to put it there,and remove it afterwards

Using the enable and disable input nodes

[lyric holly]

are you talking abotu the main character?

input

[gentle urchin]

The sphere thingy

[lyric holly]

ohhh

that's a collision sphere in the blueprint

[gentle urchin]

In what blueprinr

[lyric holly]

blueprint based on a character class

in the picture

[gentle urchin]

Right,

[lyric holly]

basically i have a sphere around a character

[gentle urchin]

So the sphere is inside player char bp

My bad then^^

[lyric holly]

ya

[gentle urchin]

But

Overlapping actor

The comparator should never return true

[lyric holly]

if i put the print statement after the condition it does detect a collision i.e. return true

[gentle urchin]

On the initial overlap, sure

But not on the actual overlap

[lyric holly]

omg lol

[gentle urchin]

A sphere attatched to rhe player would only (unless woodoo is applied) overlap (and stay overlapped) once afaik

[lyric holly]

what? wow i had no idea

what the heck

[gentle urchin]

But..

Why would you check that the incoming actor is player aka self?

[lyric holly]

that's a good point

lol

i was worried about something else overlapping i guess

and then triggering the interact

[gentle urchin]

Ah

[fluid nest]

hi everyone I got a little question here

[gentle urchin]

But dont you want to interact/overlap with other actors,?

[fluid nest]

I could not find Jump, Stop Jumping and isFalling node in bluepirnt

[lyric holly]

The idea is just to have the main character interact with this other character

[gentle urchin]

Oh

[lyric holly]

and when the main character is next to it press e to talk

[fluid nest]

Here is the snip of tutorial

[gentle urchin]

Casting might be better then

Id still consider an interaction component but its a tad extra to setup ^^

[fluid nest]

does anybody know what is the reason?

[lyric holly]

but you are saying it doesn't see the input because it is on the wrong actor

[gentle urchin]

Probably wrong parent class @fluid nest

[gentle urchin]

That was my immediate thought atleaat

[lyric holly]

ok

[gentle urchin]

But if its the player char... then it should get the input

[lyric holly]

just to be clear the blueprint is on another character

but i need the main character to interact w it

[gentle urchin]

Then its the input issue i think

[lyric holly]

ok

[gentle urchin]

There's 100 ways to rome in this case :p

[lyric holly]

how do i learn about setting up the interaction component?

thanks btw

[gentle urchin]

Youd need to set it up manually

By your own 'design ' i guess

The principle is pretty straight forward :
Component has sphere collision
And event dispatcher for "interaction"
On overlap -> cast to player -> register as interactable

Player has the key inputs:
Interaction -> if interactable (ref) is valid -> call the event interact

In the char that holds the interactable component, you create an event for "on interacted" which then fires off whatever logic you need

[lyric holly]

ok

[gentle urchin]

Alot of info compressed 😅

[lyric holly]

thanks!

at least I have a new way to do this

[gentle urchin]

the dispatchers in the component

[lyric holly]

ah ok very helpful

[fluid nest]

oh my! thank you!

[gentle urchin]

The logic in a generic "master interaction" actor

and what it looks like in the NPC

And in the player char ;

you probably dont care for the interaction delay so that part can be skipped 🙂 Just check if overlapping actor is valid, and call the interaction event on that ref

[lyric holly]

this is great

[gentle urchin]

You can ofc expand the class to fit your needs. I got a few subclasses which contains some logic for door functionality, another for pickups, and a sub of thay for automated pickups , just to name a few

[lyric holly]

awesome

i was busy downloading the image files

[warm swallow]

Could somebody tell me why this doesn't move my player?

I'm trying to make a conveyor belt, it's not working at all.

[warm swallow]

I also tried this.

That didn't work either.

[white field]

any simple input buffer solutions around?

I have a pawn that doesn't use the usual Character setup stuff, and I want things like WASD but when I key-off it doesn't revert to the previous input, etc

combine input vectors etc

[rain egret]

i have been trying to create walls for the ship wireframe, and to my suprise its making actual progress.
the wall actor will get the vertices that make up the quad and then procedually generate a wall with a adjustable thickness. however theres an issue, only one tri keeps facing the camera. how can i make normals that point up, based only on the vertices i am supplied with

nevermind i solved it

triangle index a bitch

[severe sparrow]

For a conveyor system i would think to use a timeline updating character position, but im not really an expert.

[rain egret]

i have never tried this but you could try moving something on a spline for the conveyer

[warm swallow]

I'll try those both, thank you!

[random delta]

I am building a little turret that shoots a ball.
In this BP i am getting the world transform of a scene component to shoot the ball of in a specific direction.
However the way I am doing it right now, it copies/ takes over the scale which I'd like to keep seperate. is it possible to split the world transform out somehow?
EDIT: Got it. Break Transform Node

[pale orbit]

does anyone know how do i set up collateral damage with line trace?

[spark steppe]

you can do a sphere overlap check where your linetrace hits to determine what actor's should be affected

[random delta]

Is it somehow possible to destroy an actor upon any collision event?
As I understand it one usually has to set up on hit events that cast the information to the target actor in order to destroy it.
But is it somehow possible to destroy it regardless of what the actor collides with?

[white field]

just put the check on the other actor then

[soft rain]

does anyone have any tips for snapping a spline to the ground? I have some rolling hills and a spline that goes through them but the line often goes straight through the terrain. Is there something I can do to prevent this beside just placing a ton of spline points and manually guiding it over the hills?

I should note that I know landscape splines exist, but I need a blueprint because this spline has functionality beyond just being a mesh

[drowsy ridge]

Hi Guys!
I wanted to ask what is the simplest way do program a soft lock where you can attack the nearest enemy/towards them? I'm working on an Action RPG type system.
As you can see I'm practically missing the hits lol. Would appreciate someone explaining the procedure!!

[spark steppe]

some vector guru around? i want to restrict a vector within a specific field of view, so i have vectorX relative to 0,0,0 and 2 angles for yaw and pitch

and i'm restricted to control rig methods 😛

[candid nest]

help i am stuck i created a flashlight actor which i attach to my gun so every time i pick a new gun it is show on ground and evry time i press f the multiple flash light come in ground

[candid nest]

this is the bug

[winged sentinel]

hi, does anyome know why this is red and not following the gun?

[candid nest]

this is a physics part u can ask there #legacy-physics

[winged sentinel]

my bad thank you

[spark steppe]

it's the root location of your item

[winged sentinel]

hmm okay ive been have an issue with my inventory when i pickup the item and it wont bind to my player state, someone told me to check its physics asset and that may be it

[sonic oak]

Maybe a dumb question, but is it possible to set the value of an InputAxis from within a blueprint? I have my forward/backward controls with arrow keys but want the player to also be able to move forward/backward with CTRL+W and CTRL+S. Because a modifier key is involved, I have 2 actions (1 for forward, 1 for backward). If I could just make the on-press of forward set the input axis value for forward to 1, it would trigger the move forward code. (similar for backwards).

Here's the simple code to move forward/backward

[gentle urchin]

Can't you setup just a float to handle the input "axis" value ?

So for any action key(s) you'd just set it to 1,

while for axis input you'd set it to input value

that way joysticks would work properly aswell

since axis is run on tick you can let that execute it all regardless

you can also add axis value + float value clamped , to make sure you support whatever combo people would try or not try

[dreamy basin]

Can anyone help me with any source how to create a mvp screen after the game ends

[candid nest]

hey i have a doubt i ahve a weapon master and child in weapon master i added a static mesh of scope and i am using attach component to component then static mesh bcz this is the only way left i want to remove it from one child how to remove it

[coarse flicker]

Hey Guys quick question. Does having like 10 or more actor components with different functions inside the **actor **any different from having those 10 functions insidethe **actor **itself in terms of performance?

[jolly island]

Hello, does anyone have an idea why the Cast Interrupt does not trigger the End Cooldown event?

[tight schooner]

@coarse flicker if they're scene components (i.e. they have a transform set to "relative") then updating the transform of the actor also causes all the components to update as well, which could affect performance — I don't have a hard number; I just recall an Epic Games guy mentioning that on the topic of BP optimization. Otherwise I'm not aware of any special performance considerations when it comes to general BP execution.

I would go with whatever architecture makes the most sense rather than doing contrived things for a vague performance benefit.

[void needle]

I have a camera in my level, and i what to start with it, but after 5 seconds switch to my player, is that possible?

[coarse flicker]

Thank you. I will look into that more 😊

[jade nova]

Ok so I made this plane pawn but I ran into multiple problems. First of all the ground has no collision so does the walls. Also the propeller rotates but keeps rotating in the same direction even if I turn around. I would also want to know a way to make the plane explode when hitting a wall. Any help?

[muted silo]

Hi guys, just got here. What a wonderful group ! 😊
On that note, I tried to find someone who can help me out with some Level Streaming. I seem to make it work just fine, in a new and fresh project. But in my current one, I cannot make the assets I want to spawn, spawn at the Level Streaming Volume. I guess this means, that I have some how prevented this from happening through the level blueprint.
Anyone real smart, who may have a solution or a hint?

• Thank you so much.
  Kind regards,
  Me 🥳

[atomic salmon]

@void needle

[void needle]

sorry, i did like 40 minutes ago

but ty for the help

Xd

[atomic salmon]

In your case you can use a Timer to switch

ok sure

[void needle]

But i have another problem, i dont know how to use flipbook animations in widgets, is that even possible?

[jade nova]

Ok so I made this plane pawn but I ran into multiple problems. First of all the ground has no collision so does the walls. Also the propeller rotates but keeps rotating in the same direction even if I turn around. I would also want to know a way to make the plane explode when hitting a wall. Any help?

[atomic salmon]

yes it should be possible by applying a material to the widget. Better to ask in #umg

[void needle]

ok, ty

[atomic salmon]

@jade nova missing collisions may depend on your collision settings and/or missing collision volumes. If you move your pawn kinematically, you need to use the Sweep option.

The issue with the prop rotation is due to the fact that you are rotating it in world space and in the local space of your airplane. Show your code so we can advise on a fix.

Explode on hit can be done using the On Hit Event, but first you need to get your collisions right.

[jade nova]

So my code is simply that on tick : get world rotation then you add 10 to x

[atomic salmon]

@jade nova exactly. That will add 10 degrees to the rotation but around the world X axis, which is fixed, while your plane flies around.

You need to add 10 degrees to the propeller rotation in local space

[jade nova]

What blueprint do I use

[lost solstice]

anyone know why my rotation variables are doing some weird things when trying to rotate a plane in my actor blueprint

[jade nova]

@atomic salmon what do I do for fixing the collisions now? I fixed the propeller thing with local rotation

[atomic salmon]

@jade novafor the collisions check that your walls have a collision volume. You can visualize that inside the static mesh editor as simple collisions

then check that your pawn is blocking world static objects

your pawn also needs collisions, so if the root is a static mesh, check its collisions as well

[jade nova]

How do I open static mesh editor

And my pawn has a scene as root

[atomic salmon]

@jade nova you double click on the static mesh component in the asset browser. I would highly recommend you watch an intro training to Unreal Engine otherwise you will get stuck multiple times using the editor properly.

Scene as root doesn't allow for collisions while moving around. You need a root which can collide, so either a collision volume (box, sphere) or a static mesh with collisions.

[jade nova]

But like it breaks when I change it to the static mesh as a root

How can I fix it

[atomic salmon]

First tell me how it breaks, then I can tell you how to fix.

[jade nova]

Well the plane goes crazy and the camera is all weird

I’ll try getting pictures

[atomic salmon]

You may need to re-adapt your code to the new hierarchy of your pawn.

How are you moving it? SetActorWorldLocation?

[jade nova]

before

after

i use add actor local offset

@atomic salmon

[atomic salmon]

@jade nova it should work regardless, assuming you are moving the whole actor or the root component

can you show your code?

[lapis flower]

Made a blueprint that was supposed to spawn an actor whenever the projectile touched something(floor, walls, other actors etc), but somehow it got deleted and I had to redo it, though for some reason it only spawns actors when touching static meshes that simulate physics now(the cubes in the default fps project in my case), and not the walls and floor

[atomic salmon]

@lapis flowerlook closely at your code. There is a Branch checking if the Hit actor is simulating physics. If the Hit actor does not simulate physics, nothing happens. Just drag out of the False branch, route around Add Impulse and connect to the Spawn. That will make the spawn happen for any hit actor.

[manic wigeon]

hi guys. so im following a tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rfHC3Xz6OM) and since i assume its a bit more advance tutorial he doesnt explain a part of it and skips to a certain part. basically i created 3 blueprints representing 3 different actors. my goal is to show 3 different actors seperatly which are sync to 3 different buttons in this 3d widget which shows them depending on which one is pressed. since im using a widget switcher i dont know how to sync them and how to call them. can someone help me?
here are is what im talking about.

thank you for your time.

[lapis flower]

For some odd reason it still doesn't work, even if I completely remove the branch and connect it straight to Add Impulse or Spawn

[muted silo]

So eventually I figured it out on my own. The Level Streaming Volumes only reacts to the camera's collision and NOT the player pawn, which imo is super strange. I have created an example here

[fair sun]

if I mark a node as meta = (DevelopmentOnly) what happens to it in shipping builds? Do they get removed?

[earnest tangle]

afaik it makes them behave the same as the Print node, that is they are skipped

I recall the print node's C++ function has that meta on it

[atomic salmon]

@lapis flowerfirst check that the Hit actually takes place for the walls/floor etc. If not, you may also need to adjust your collision settings.

[earnest flax]

Hello everyone, I'm working on a thing that if u start colliding with an blueprint object it will teleport another blueprint object, any help ? thank you for answer, I kinda only need to know how to get a reference on the blueprint object on the collision enter of another blueprint object class and put all of this to the level blueprint

[lapis flower]

the BP now looks like this and it works exactly the same as it did with the branch, as for my collision settings, I see that world static is checked, so it should've taken place for the walls and floor as well

[atomic salmon]

@lapis flower how are the collisions set for the wall and the floor?

[void needle]

why i cant unpause my game?

[last abyss]

if you click on the 'M' input node there should be an option to execute when paused, is that enabled?

[void needle]

ty

didnt knew about that

[sonic oak]

I gave it a try but am not sure what I'm doing wrong. It still works for the InputAxis but not for the InputAction.

[manic wigeon]

hi guys.
so im following a tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rfHC3Xz6OM) and since i assume its a bit more advance tutorial he doesnt explain a part of it and skips to a certain part. basically i created 3 blueprints representing 3 different actors. my goal is to show 3 different actors seperatly which are sync to 3 different buttons in this 3d widget which shows them depending on which one is pressed. since im using a widget switcher i dont know how to sync them and how to call them. can someone help me?
here are is what im talking about.

thank you for your time.

[lapis flower]

to be frank I have no idea, I just blocked all and figured it should block static objects as well,

can't remeber what I've changed to make it work the first time

[atomic salmon]

@sonic oak are you setting the same the same variable from the two events? Axis events fire continuously (as you can see if you debug your BP) so the InputAxis event will override the value each time.

@lapis flowerthe Block has to be reciprocal for a Hit Event to be generated. Double check the collision settings and use plenty of Print String to debug your code.

[sonic oak]

Ahh that would explain it

[rain egret]

a bit of a silly question but can i move a procedual mesh with the add movement input node?

[atomic salmon]

@rain egret Add Movement assumes you have a movement component as part of your procedural mesh and that the component knows how to move the mesh (e.g. the Character Movement Component). So in general no.

[earnest hollow]

Hey everyone is there a tutorial on how to make a widget values roll like that when value is changed?

[atomic salmon]

@rain egret this said there are other ways to move a procedural mesh (e.g. set world location etc.)

[rain egret]

but its a pawn with a floating pawn movement 🤔

[atomic salmon]

@earnest hollow better to ask this in #umg

[earnest hollow]

ty

[atomic salmon]

@rain egret ok, that may work (I would need to check the source code to make sure). What is your root component? A scene component?

[rain egret]

my root component is the procedual mesh

[atomic salmon]

ok and what happens when you Add Movement?

[rain egret]

the actor does not move

[atomic salmon]

is the UpdatedComponent the root?

[rain egret]

yes

[atomic salmon]

Can you check what IsMoveInputIgnored() returns?

[rain egret]

i am getting false

[charred grove]

hi guys

i need help

with

a side scroller

i was helped to do some coding in order to make player look towards the direction the mouse is (right or left) so if mouse is right, then left is backward, and if mouse is left then, right will be backward

thing is

in my game, left is always backwards and right always forwards

that doesnt change in base to the mouse position in screen

[rain egret]

the issue was that i did not posses the pawn, hence the inputs didnt work

[winged sentinel]

hi everyone, quick question, i setup easy ballistics to shoot towards the center of my screen. problem is, get player character isnt replicated, whats my alternative to that?

i think to make a varable with my character bp and do this but it says accessed none?

[lost sierra]

hi i want a enemy to spawn if my character walks into the trigger (Collision Box) but it doesnt spawn. first picture is the trigger and second the event to let him spawn.

[lunar quiver]

@winged sentinel Are you shooting the projectile from the server / authority? If you spawn a projectile on the client, the server will not know about it, and any other clients will also not know about it, so I suspect that may be your problem?

@lost sierra Add Print String nodes after the cast, also in the cast failure, and make sure the code even executes. Only if you know it executes, can you then look into why your specific spawn may not be working.

[void needle]

how can i make different text depending on score?

[lost sierra]

y i actually did it doesnt print. but i dont understand why. the Blueprint that spawns the enemy is part of the interface

[void needle]

like
if score =1 - kill skeletons
if score =2 - kill meteors
if score =3 destroy bases

something like that

[lunar quiver]

If the On COmponent Overlap is not even triggering, it usually means the character collision settings are not correct. Ensure you have 'Generate Overlap Events' ticked, for example.

[dawn gazelle]

Use a select node.

[lost sierra]

no the trigger works. i actually made Print stinr right behind the Interface Event in the second picture. so the trigger works but the event doesnt begin to play

print string*

[void needle]

rn i have it like this

[weak hill]

hey can some one help me with my health auto regen

[winged sentinel]

well the issue is that it spawn in from the correct barrel of each player, but doesnt end up at the center of eaches screen which im guessing is because of this error

[charred grove]

this is the code for player look at mouse, how do i code it so that every time mouse is right then left is backward, and otherwise

[void needle]

ty, ill try this one

[winged sentinel]

and i believe get player camera manager is the culprit because its not replicated

[meager vessel]

Hello everyone, I got a question regarding delegates and how to bind to those in blueprints. My BuildingManager has a dynamic multicast delegate with one param and now i want to bind an event to to this delegate in my widget

[willow breach]

can someone help? So, i have this blueprint on picking up items, tho im trying to figure out how to make it sync with the cameras rotation, i've tried "Move Component To" (as you can see below) tho this is not working, anyone have an idea on how to make this work?

drop

[meager vessel]

This way I cant access the param though.

[lunar quiver]

@lost sierra So "Event Spawn Function" is called but your AI character is just not spawned?

[willow breach]

pickup

[void needle]

i did it like this, but my text just doesnt appear

[lost sierra]

no if the function would be called it would print "Hello". i already checked the trigger with print string. so the trigger works but the function doesnt do anything

[dawn gazelle]

If you hit compile, do you get an error or warning on the custom event?

[lunar quiver]

@meager vessel That is correct. ToggleConstructingButtons will be called when the delegate is invoked. Not sure why it does not have a parameter though.

[charred grove]

ughh

[void needle]

right now it looks like this

[willow breach]

anyone?

[lunar quiver]

@lost sierra Not sure what to say. If the trigger works, and the cast works, then the function will be called. Just to test if it is something wrong with the interface, maybe try instead making a custom event and calling it directly, just for testing purposes. If that works, you know it is something wrong with the interface method.

[dawn gazelle]

1. Verify your casts aren't failing (put something on the cast failed path like a print string or a return node indicating an error)
2. Trying to compare your "Quest 1" float value to == 0 isn't the best thing to do. Floating point numbers aren't necessarily accurate.... 0.0 could actually be 0.000000005 which would cause that branch you have in there to fail. Consider using an integer instead, or even look into Enumerators if you have a predefined list of items that would be easier to keep track of with a name rather than just a number.
3. To keep your code clean, you shouldn't be running logic like this within a widget's gettext function. Your game mode itself should be determining the value, where your widget just reads it.

[void needle]

ty, i will try

[lost sierra]

i made the custom event (spawn enemy) but how do i cast it ? i have to cast to my character cause he is the one that has to overlap with the trigger right ? what do i now put into object for the cast to the spawner ? self doesnt work

[void needle]

did all of this except for the last one, still doesnt work

it works perfectly, but text just doesnt show up

[silk hinge]

hey I got a question about a variable that is allways comming back to default value no matter what I set in blueprints if anyone had this problem before i'm open to ideas 😄

[silk hinge]

your goal is to spawn the enemy on your char ?

[lost sierra]

no the character should spawn out of a collision box. i have a blueprint for the spawner and one for the trigger. if the character walks into the trigger the enemy should spawn out of the box

dats my original solution

the trigger works but it just doesnt call the function

[silk hinge]

the way you are doing it RN is that you get the char that is overlapping with the box, so if the enemy you want to spawn is not the same blueprint base not gonna work

[lost sierra]

ok can i make a function in my character bp that casts to the spawner bp if the character overlaps the trigger and than executes the function inside the spawner that lets the enemy spawn ?

[meager vessel]

Hm not sure why but a refresh fixed it and it actually shows the param now

[charred grove]

anyone?

[lunar quiver]

I am not exactly sure I understand the problem. At first I thought you meant that "Event Spawn Function", on your character, is not called. But I think the problem is really that you are not directing that function invocation, to the spawner, where you actually want to call that function. I suspect you need to get a reference to the Spawner, then you will be able to call that interface function on it.

[silk hinge]

you should probably just trigger an even everytime the player overlap with the box to start the spawn

[lunar quiver]

So if your Spawner blueprint implements that function that you want to call, you need to get a reference to that spawner, and call the interface function on that reference.

[lost sierra]

but the spawner bp is added to the interface

[lunar quiver]

Interface functions still needs to be called on something though.

[silk hinge]

you cant just cast to your spawner that is into the box ? since its IN it should be overlapped too

also you used to wrong pin to cast

"overlapped component " could probably cast to your spawner if its overlapped into it as well

[lost sierra]

the spawner and trigger dont overlap

if the character moves in the trigger some meters away the enemy should spawn out of the spawner

the spawner is another box

[charred grove]

hi guys can i get help with something? 😄

[lunar quiver]

@lost sierra So if you call an interface function, you still need to specify a target. That is the object you want to call the function on. So you need a reference to the Spawner to do that. Even though you don't cast, you still need to pass in what you want to (try to) call the interface function on.

[silk hinge]

maybe interface or tag then to link the exact spawn the the exact box that the player will overlap with

cause basically if you cast to Anything you cant just call the function you need to specify the EXACT actor "spawner" in your case you want to spawn an enemy

I could use a hand too on my post earlyer 🙂

[lost sierra]

but it is specifyed! the first picture is inside the spawner bp. teh defenition what the interface function should do is inside the spawner bp

[silk hinge]

actually look at my post earlyer I'm casting to a blueprint and to specify witch exact actor i'm casting to I had to set the value as beign "ak 47 mag spawned"

[lunar quiver]

@silk hinge You seem to be constructing a new instance of your blueprint each time, is that correct? That value will then always be the value you specified in the blueprint itself, it cannot decrease because it is a new object, not the instance on which you decreased the ammo count.

[silk hinge]

😄 common its not specify your "object" ping is not even plugged

[lost sierra]

i tlak about dat picture

dats inside the spawner bp

[lunar quiver]

@lost sierra On this screenshot:

Target is set to ThirdPersonCharacter.

It should be set to the Spawner.

[silk hinge]

yep

[lost sierra]

cause the character has to overlap the trigger

to trigger it

and than he calls the function out of the spawner bp

[silk hinge]

your 3rd person char is not a compatible target

[lost sierra]

do u guys even know wehat a bp interface is ???????????

the interface is the refference

[silk hinge]

have you set you char to have the required interface ?

did you try to use node "does implement interface" ?

[lunar quiver]

@lost sierra And that is the end of me trying to help man. I won't let you talk to me like that.

[charred grove]

[silk hinge]

I'm trying to reconstruct the item in deed I havent find a node to "update" data

[charred grove]

💩

[silk hinge]

you can ask I havent saw your post

[charred grove]

Community

[lunar quiver]

@silk hinge Sorry I am not sure about that one.

[charred grove]

this is my problem

in case a good samaritan wants and tries to help me

[lunar quiver]

@charred grove Do you want to move the player character?

[charred grove]

i can move it

[lunar quiver]

I mean camera?

[charred grove]

the problem is

that

when i walk forward

the right side is always forward

and the left is always backward

and i have set it so that the player points towards the position of the mouse in the screen

[lunar quiver]

Sidescroller?

[silk hinge]

oh probably wrongly plugged somewhere let me check again

[charred grove]

yes

sorry didnt specify that

so that backward and forward changes depending on the mouse position

[lunar quiver]

@charred grove So you want to change what the right and left buttons do, depending on where the mouse is?

Aha.

[charred grove]

yes

at first i couldnt even make it trigger the backward anim

but i manged by doing this.. just a sec

[lost sierra]

try to help ? xD

[lost sierra]

tlaking about shit u have no clue about doesnt help anyone

[silk hinge]

gotta probably look into all the "x" "Z" and all those values probably one of those wrongly plugged try to plug in diferently till you change direction ?

[lunar quiver]

@charred grove You could use 'Find Look At Rotation' to find the direction vector from the player to the mouse pointer, and the Right vector I believe will basically match the direction you should move the player in.

[charred grove]

i did do that check this

wait a sec

my ue4 its stuck

oh shoot, something just messed up my whole proj D

D:

[silk hinge]

also I'm using a node that is firing again the "construct" item it shouldnt use the specify "current ammo I setted" ?

[willow breach]

Please! Anyone??

[charred grove]

guys why dont you help other people too, subtoapsa also asked and noone answered

[willow breach]

yes please help me

ive been asking..... for 30 minutes! ([{avengers reference}])

[lost sierra]

u legit told me to cast to the spawner ???? how should the spawner trigger it when he doesnt overlap? the character should walk into the trigger. thats sooo fuckin basic u obv know nothing about unreal blueprints and prob never worked with interfacs. why than u try to help ?? ty for waisting my fuckin time

[silk hinge]

I just dont even understand his code ^^
I have a drop item code if it can help but only with skeletal mesh

[willow breach]

well someones mad for even getting help... in comparison to me..

[charred grove]

uknow what i mean?

[willow breach]

ye

[charred grove]

how do we report?

[willow breach]

cant sadly

oof

[lost sierra]

bro he didnt helped. he doesnt even know what hes talking about. so why does he talk i dont get it

[willow breach]

...

[charred grove]

he even bothering in trying to help

we need an admin in here

[willow breach]

if he didnt know what he was talking about

[lunar quiver]

@willow breach I am trying to find your question again to try to understand what you need help with. One moment please.

[willow breach]

he wouldnt start to help

k @lunar quiver

[sonic oak]

I'm trying to make it so that when a user presses a key, it sets a float value, then from when that float value is set, it runs a while for as long as that value != 0... but for some reason it never fires the while body.. any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[lost sierra]

but he did and what he says is sooo obv wrong

[willow breach]

did u even try lmao

[silk hinge]

@lost sierra thats how I get my interface from the player

[lunar quiver]

@willow breach So you pick up and drop items, and you want to change the camera position when that happens, is that correct?

[silk hinge]

your no where near reaching interface either from what I saw

[charred grove]

everyone is trying to get help, and you are getting help back to back and even get mad?

[gentle urchin]

Im not sure he's entirely wrong as you say tho. Depends on where the collision is happening / overlap event triggered. Keep in mind that its hard for others to guess how you've setup your system. Without proper context, it can be next to impossible to help

[willow breach]

no, the rotation of the object im holding to the cameras rotation

[lunar quiver]

Oh so you want to rotate the object, based on the camera's rotation? Like when you are holding the object? To inspect it?

[willow breach]

and on the location val i just set it to the relative location of the object

[empty pond]

Might check to see if you're consuming input from your input events. It looks like Move_Forward is being used twice?

[willow breach]

yes

[sonic oak]

It is being used twice. Is it not possible to do that?

[lost sierra]

the trigger and spawner are 2 different blueprints. if the character walks into the trigger he casts the interface function wich is defined right inside the spawner bp

[willow breach]

so if im looking -90Degrees the block would rotate to -90degrees

[empty pond]

Should be ok, just click on the node and make sure Consume Input isn't checked

[willow breach]

(just an example)

[gentle urchin]

Wouldnt it be easier if they were the same ? Then you dont have to setup communication between two stationary actors. You could ofcourse hardreference them if you really want them separated

Sorta makes the interfaces unecessary tho

[lost sierra]

but the enemy shoudnt spawn on the trigger it are 2 different locations. the character moves into the trigger and in a different location the enemy should spawn

[lunar quiver]

@willow breach Perhaps this is a naive implementation, but what about just having an IsEquipped bool on your pickup, and when that is true, if you receive a mouse x move, you do AddLocalRotation around the appropriate axis, and the same for MOuse Y move event? Local rotation will cause it to move around its own axis so it should look correct? Otherwise, perhaps attach a camera actor with a springarm to all of your pickups, and set that as the target when you pick up, and rotate the spring arm in a similar fashion based on the mouse movement? I have never done something like that myself though, so the suggestions may not be the best.

[gentle urchin]

I get that part, but its not an issue to have a component far from the "main" actor ^^

But hard referencing sounds like the easier solution for you really

[silk hinge]

have you even tryed any ideas everyone gave you ? I leterally just gave you a working code to reach the interface ?

[charred grove]

my whole project just got messed up dude

[silk hinge]

interface on your character

[charred grove]

i uploade a mesh

[willow breach]

my "IsEquipped" bool is the "Aw", idc about names

[charred grove]

and it interfered into my anim bp

and every anim is fcked

[silk hinge]

let me guess skeleton update ?

[charred grove]

yes

im wanting to die

[silk hinge]

damm this shit happend to me too

[lost sierra]

"on interacted" is the interface function ?

[charred grove]

just because of a fcking mesh

[silk hinge]

let me check

[charred grove]

is there any fix?

[silk hinge]

not that i'm aware I had to find the same skeleton and replace references

[charred grove]

om

omg

[silk hinge]

oh yeah its leading to my "interaction interface"

[lost sierra]

y u just call it..... like i do

[willow breach]

how do i check if there is a mouse x/y move

[charred grove]

and yes

you can laugh

[lunar quiver]

I'd have an Input Event for that. Event Mouse X and Event Mouse Y. On these events, if IsPickedUp = false, do nothing. If IsPickedUp = true, rotate around local axis based on mouse delta.

[silk hinge]

On interacted also tryger an event on the Item I want to pick up, so maybe you could link an even to the spawner ?

[lost sierra]

the event is inside the spawner

thats isnside the spawner bp

[gentle urchin]

Just hardcode the reference from the trigger to the spawner

Expose a instance editable reference of the trigger .. bind up to the overlap event

And pick it in editor

[silk hinge]

like actor overlapped, check if it has interface, then call the interface, when interface got called fire event to spawn that is linked to this trigger

in all cases you gotta link trigger with specific spawn

[charred grove]

say hi to roberto

he was born into his torso

[silk hinge]

also you have to check if is implement interface otherwise if the enemy comes on the player into the trigger trigger will probably try to cast and make an error

[gentle urchin]

Interfaces doesnt throw errors , does it

[lost sierra]

no

[silk hinge]

i'm not sure but "does implement interface" node exist so may have a reason ?

[gentle urchin]

Could be handy in some cases i suppose

[silk hinge]

dunno tbh I just assume they created it to avoid something or maybe just save resources ?

[gentle urchin]

Possibly last one ^^

Fair assumption

[dawn gazelle]

Example: Say you wanted a widget to pop up on your screen if an actor implements a specific interface while overlapping - you may not necessarily want to execute the interface, but you can at least check that the interface is there ready for use.

[silk hinge]

yeah so optimisation purpuse

[dawn gazelle]

Not really optimization - just logically, why execute something on another actor when you just need to know they can do it?

[silk hinge]

also any ideas how to keep track on an item stat ? Like durability, dammage,Value, data table is read only, dunno shit about C++, probably messing around with item object ?

Like every time I creat an item I need it to have a specific ID, save the ID, save datas, and no matter if I destroy the actor to put it into inventory, i need it to find back the data about that specific item, havent find anything usefull about that

[gentle urchin]

I usually just save it by struct

[silk hinge]

what do you mean ? i need the item to loose dura, and shit every time I use it, and got like 20 times the same item (10 pickaxes) for exemple ?

[gentle urchin]

Things with durability dont stack, (usually), so one per slot. From there its just saving the class and whatever data is 'floating'

[silk hinge]

but structure is keeping track on each item ? its not gonna make all pickaxes having the same dura ?

[gentle urchin]

Damage is part of the class default

Nah it would be a struct per item

But if its a "unused" item, you only need the itemclass

Since that will have durabiltiy info

If you have randomization to your items aswell, id focus that around seed. So saving it would be its class + durability + seed

[silk hinge]

I got an item class comming from blueprint object allready, so what there is like a node "add structure info" to save the data in there ?

[gentle urchin]

You'd need a custom struct for it.

Then on pickup read out and save the info you need in said struct

[silk hinge]

cause the items will be created ingame with crafting system so structure and data need to creat them self automaticly with blueprints

[gentle urchin]

I see no reason why it cant

[silk hinge]

on "Begin play" something like "Get item class" " creat Row into structure" "save row attributed to this item"

[gentle urchin]

Yupp something along those lines

But really, you're just editing internal values when its used

And whenever the item is "added to inventory" (despawned) you simply read out its class, its current durability and save it in the appropriate inventory slot array

[silk hinge]

any ideas about the nodes you gotta use ?
yeah I know editing value in use is not the problem,problem is, loading back the data after putting the item into the inventory

[gentle urchin]

When you "spawn" the item, have the durability variable editable so it can be read directly from the inventory struct

[silk hinge]

problem is when ever I'm reloading item i got a function "get default item class" donno how to edit the values definitivly to make it beign the default class on this item

[gentle urchin]

Since dynamic spawning doesnt give you exposed variables, it must be set after spawning it

[silk hinge]

i will post my problem again gimme one sec

so i'm editing the ammo amount and calling back the "construct item" with a event, but its allways loading back default value and dont give a damm about "current ammo" that I seted into the char blueprint

[gentle urchin]

I hope thats a bullet function ^ :p

And not the gun being respawned 1s after each shot

[silk hinge]

yeah its for keeping track on bullet ammount into each mag

nah i'm getting data back from the mag

weapon dosent count bullets

[gentle urchin]

I guess there's a thousand ways to do this

[silk hinge]

So I dont delete the item, I call the construct back with "CurrentAmmo" but its allways comming to default value

[gentle urchin]

Im sorta confused why you construct a new one each time tho ?

Also

you're reading current ammo from the newly created object,

which in my head would return the default value (and not be valid the first time)

Usually construct/spawn nodes 'holds' the last generated thing in the "return" value, but im not sure what would happen in a function

[silk hinge]

I tryed to put it on the "set data" but giving me error since data is set from the return value

[gentle urchin]

But like.... doesnt it make sense for the inventory struct to handle the ammo stuff ?`

[silk hinge]

I need it to have specific ammo amount per each mag

[gentle urchin]

You could do that in the inventory aswell

with something like the mentioned struct

[silk hinge]

so if players reloads and drop the mag, looting back the mag wont give you ammo

[gentle urchin]

add in a "custom data info" which holds string + integer f.ex

[silk hinge]

I have a truct and data table, but its never getting edited too, value is allways comming back to default value aswell

[gentle urchin]

datatable is read only

[sturdy blade]

is there a way to see the functions and references of a BP functions, similar to how the reference veiwer shows cross BP/object references, but internal to a bp?

[gentle urchin]

Something like this could work

[silk hinge]

right clic on the function and "view references" ? its gonna show you where you use the function

[silk hinge]

Oh fack I see just lack of knowledge about data struct i guess xD

[sturdy blade]

thats only one layer deep, I meant in a more visual manner and kinda generating a function flow chart for me, sorry wasnt clear

[silk hinge]

and the struct directly is editable right ?

[gentle urchin]

yes

[silk hinge]

my goal is have an mmo at the end so if I drop a mag I dont want the other players to get magic ammo out of it so needs to keep track on the mag it self

also could make me abble to handle ammo type,ammount etc.. like Tarkov style

allright Ty Squize I start to get it now gotta lurn how to use this I screen this and keep it, Lurn how to edit it and shit, gotta go AKF for a while

[gentle urchin]

Setting it up with a masterclass would make the handling of the custom data pretty easy

each class (child of MasterItem) can now have its own implementation of the custom data. Only mag care for the Ammo etc etc etc

[silk hinge]

Also speaking of MMORPG, "Mortal Online 2" is in free stress test on steam if you guys wanna check an upcomming Hard mmorpg

thats a map with a string and integer right ?

[gentle urchin]

Yupp

[silk hinge]

handling data and amount, also saving class of item, damm could ne really usefull ty

[gentle urchin]

just as an example ofc. Add whatever you feel is needed^^

Then you'd also know that if there's no custom data f.ex, the item was "unused" and has full durability / ammo etc etc

[silk hinge]

i see thanks a lot gotta go and lurn how to use all of data handler, see ya 😄

[gentle urchin]

So for the ammo, it would be something like this

the return from the last get would be the actual ammo amount

[dawn gazelle]

Be aware, maps do not replicate, even within a struct.

[silk hinge]

ho, so mmo purpuse = dead ? xD

[gentle urchin]

^ Important point

[silk hinge]

damm gotta find something to dodge maps, maybe array ? :? donna shit about thoses nodes

[gentle urchin]

But the map itself wouldnt need to replicate would it

[dawn gazelle]

If it's custom data, yes.

[gentle urchin]

the server would hold the info, the data struct, and the map,

So it would only need to replicate the actual value (e.g. the ammo is at 24 of 30)

and not the map itself..

[silk hinge]

would that cause other players to see a guy shooting even if he got no ammo ?

[dawn gazelle]

If you're replicating the inventory, which I imagine would be an array of the structure, and the structure contains the map, then the map wouldn't replicate.

If you're replicating it outside of the inventory somehow, then you're having to keep track of it in two places.

[silk hinge]

its for full loot game indeed, but if I creat a functions to drop all tiems on the ground if player dies its okay right ?

[gentle urchin]

So it would be some extra steps for the inventory part then

Probably easier to use something else than map then

[silk hinge]

okay okay thanks for all those precious infos, finding any tutos about how to use arrays, maps, structure and shit is barly possible

[gentle urchin]

Not really that versed with multiplayer/replication so not very aware of the limits of sets/maps etc

[lost sierra]

ok i now tried it like dat. second picture is a function in my character bp but it always fails the cast. is it not possible to cast to another bp insisde a function ?

it fails the cast to the spawner

[dawn gazelle]

Casting is only a means of taking a less specific reference and making it a more specific reference of the desired class so that you can access the more specific class' variables and functions.

An example would be the "Other Actor" pin you're using - this returns an "Actor" reference and you are then casting to "ThirdPersonCharacter_BP" which then allows you to access the "Spawn" function on the "ThirdPersonCharacter_BP".

As you are passing in no reference "Actor" into the "Spawn" function, the cast within the function will fail.

What you need is a reference to the actual "Humanoid_Spawner_BP" object that exists in your level.

[crimson saddle]

I'm having an odd problem where I am trying to Get Hit Result Under Cursor by Channel but the location is always returning 0,0,0 for some reason. I am trying to do this as part of a Drag/Drop operation

[lost sierra]

i dont rly understand what u mean. what is the difference between "other actor" and "Actor" ? why does one refference it and the other not ?

[lost sierra]

am i right that the input "Actor" is the problem ?

[dawn gazelle]

"Other Actor" in the context of the overlap event is just the name of the "Other Actor" that the Actor calling the event is overlapping with and it provides an actor reference - if you hover over the pin it'll tell you that it is providing an "Actor" reference.

In terms of your function, you are not feeding in any value into your "Actor" input pin (which again is only a name and not necessarily the type of reference you're wanting to pass in). This means that when it gets to the cast, there is nothing to cast from as you haven't given it anything to attempt to cast from.

Here's what is effectively happening:

[silk hinge]

oh god ma men still havent figure out what we told him, casting is trying to get ANY actor that got this name, you need stopecify exactly witch one you want to reach

[dreamy river]

I want to have my grenade to move from player to cursor position. I spawn grenade at player position, but how to move projectile from player position to mouse location? I want to use Hit result for "get location from cursor position" (or something like that), but I just don't know where to put that location.

[digital gale]

Anyone know how to check if the character is right about to land (hit the ground) after jumping?

[sand wasp]

I'm kinda brain effed right now and can't think straight...is there a way to do this better, if I'm gonna have more commands?

[sand wasp]

Linetrace

[digital gale]

line trace doesn't work when the jump velocity is low

and inaccurate

[sand wasp]

sphere collider then

below ur character's feet

[gentle urchin]

Not sure if its better, but there's a switch on string

[sand wasp]

thanks

[digital gale]

it is way better yes

[gentle urchin]

Why doesnt it work ?

[digital gale]

it changes when i'm on different z axies

[gentle urchin]

But the linetrace would be static relative to the pawn?

at a fixed distance, defining "about to land"

[digital gale]

btw this is how i did it

[gentle urchin]

like 20uu below the feet f.ex

[digital gale]

i don't know why it doesn't work

like i check if it's under a axis

like 390

but when change my jump z velocity the check has to be changed as well

[gentle urchin]

I'd think of it like "if i got a hit, im about to land"

so the linetrace would be actor location (or socket on feet or whatever suits your needs), - 20 (if 20 uu was the desired distance

then you'd know that if it hits, you're about to land

if needed, you can scale by velocity

if high velocity -> longer trace

[digital gale]

this seem good?

it kinda works

[gentle urchin]

Seems fine if it works

[charred grove]

hi guys

in a side scroller

how do i orient the player if the player always looks at mouse?

when mouse is in the right side

then left is backward

but when i go backward the walk forward anim plays

and if i have the mouse in the left side, it do shows the backward anim when i go right

[gentle urchin]

on tick , find mouse , orient accordingly

[charred grove]

would you give me more detail

because in my input

by default

A is -1

and D is -

1*

so that means that

A will always be backward

And D will always be forward

how do i orient it, im also planning to do forward and backward dash, and that would need a lot of orientation based on the mouse position

[charred grove]

i dont have much knowledge on that

[gentle urchin]

You could simply compare mouse location with player location

[charred grove]

apologize me for my ignorance, but i dont know how to

[gentle urchin]

If mouse location in Y < pawn location Y then negate input axis

assuming y is traversal direction

[peak plaza]

Pfft z for travel or bust XD.

[charred grove]

i dont know how to do that

[gentle urchin]

xD

[charred grove]

:/

[runic parrot]

Hi! does anyone know how to change the right click function of the floating pawn?

the functionality as it comes it okey, except for the right click, you move the camera even after releasing it and it's very annoying

[charred grove]

thats my problem

[gentle urchin]

so you're already turning the char

all you need to do is use the same logical events and reverse the input

[runic parrot]

Use the forward vector of the pawn

[gentle urchin]

Or that (but then he'd need new logic to turn the pawn)

i think, atleast

maybe not..

its probably the tick part that turns the char

Yeah it seems like it

[charred grove]

yes the problem is that left is always forward and right always backward, doesnt matter where char is facing

[gentle urchin]

Try using char forward vector instead

[burnt citrus]

hey I have a question
When does "Spawn Actor from class" node apply exposed variables? Before begin play or after begin play?
I want to use variables in construction scripts of actor

[gentle urchin]

I think its between those, but cant test it atm

I think construct -> initialize variables with inputs -> beginplay... but would need to verify

[wet patrol]

Have you guys ever messed with raytracing and landscape displacement/tesselation? I get this weird shadow.

This is with the console command set to 100 (r.raytracing.normalbias 100) but cant see the character shadow and is instead replaced with a weird reflection

"shadow"

[sand shore]

@burnt citrus

Pretty sure it's

"Initialize Exposed Variables" -> Construction -> Begin Play

[burnt citrus]

Okay I see!
Thank you!

[fleet cedar]

I want to make a puzzle similar to a chess board where the piece can't move into an occupied space. Is there a better way to know if the space is occupied than doing collision / trace checks?

[hardy fable]

well, keep track if the board state at all times with a struct or array of the relevant data for your game and check against that

[fleet cedar]

That makes sense. Would it be like each row square is an array item?

[hardy fable]

i made an othello sim where i stored the board as two int64s where the bits represented placed peices.

for chess you could do the same

[fleet cedar]

What if I want to arrange pieces myself to start, like hand build puzzles (similar to that rush hour game), how could I place something in 3D and set it to occupied in my array?

[hardy fable]

i would store that data the same way and have the puzzles or levels load it the same

[fleet cedar]

And how do I get the object's 3D placement converted into that variable procedurally?

[hardy fable]

basically, im saying that relying on the currenr state of many actors is a bad way to store board state.

i would go the other way. but thats just me im not making your game

derive 3d placement from board state

[fleet cedar]

Right... I guess I thought visually that would be a nice way to design the puzzles, but I guess I could just hand convert it?

[tawdry mural]

20 of these would make a lag?

discovered levels have 100 items

not on tick

[dawn gazelle]

You could move your sequence rather than looping through the same thing over and over again.
Loop > Sequence

Branch > Levelsnew1
Branch > Levelsnew2
etc.

[tawdry mural]

oh yea but it will be the same amount of "triggers"

[dawn gazelle]

No it wouldn't. Right now you're looping through discovered level 3 times, so 300 "triggers" total. If you put a sequence within it to get the values, then you'd only ever loop through it 100 times

[tawdry mural]

100 times 3 per sequence

no?

well anyway that seems like a better option thnx

[dusty ibex]

If I enable collision on collision component in the some function, and if it already colliding than OnComponentBeginOverlap will be called even before next node in original function. Can someone explain me why is this?

[earnest tangle]

Most likely the code that handles enabling collisions simply triggers an overlap check immediately, which in turn triggers the event. Since the code runs in the gamethread, it must run that bit before the BP graph can continue as it's also in the gamethread

[glacial current]

Hey Hope everyone is well. Has anyone had the problem of comment boxes suddenly not resizing at all? I can only move them now no resize when hovering the edge?

NVRMND figured it out had to remove auto resize comments, its broken.

[modest gulch]

what these orange dots appearing next to some object mean?

[sand shore]

to elaborate: this is the same amount of work, but with objects the access pattern is quicker if you do all the checks in one visit rather than visiting each object N times

[amber dragon]

Does anyone knows how to fix a bug when the AI doesn't hear anything? I'm using a paw sensing + ai perception on it, also a report noise on my third person character, however unfortunately nothing happens

[runic plinth]

Does Event Begin Play trigger again after level restart?

[icy dragon]

Basically executed right after an object has successfully created/constructed.

[runic plinth]

That's the question, does level restart (re)creates/(re)constructs objects?

[autumn plover]

Trying to make a ladder system for multiplayer. This works on server but stutters and doesn't move up on client. Anyone know how to fix this?

[maiden wadi]

@autumn ploverOnLadder does not look replicated. So initial guess is that your client is changed to a movement mode and your server is not so server is overriding the client. You shouldn't be changing the movement mode every frame either. When you jump on or run into or interact with a ladder, however your game does it, it should run an event that sets MovementMode You could do this via local prediction, but it's safer just to set a bool on the server and let it replicate.

OnRep, set movement mode. If OnLadder == true then movementmode = Flying. Else is OnGround MovementMode = Walking, Else movementMode = falling.

Then in your move forward, you can manipulate your WorldDirection parameter based on your current movement mode and if you're on a ladder, etc.

[hexed saffron]

Is it possible to change the base color material from the blueprint, without "CreateDynamicMaterialInstance", so the color would change for all objects sharing the material instead of targeting them?

[gentle urchin]

Not sure if the per instance random works for that^

[trim matrix]

Hi is there something included in-engine so actors can't stack on top of eachother, i saw bCanCharacterStepUpOn but it does not seems to work

[timber knoll]

You would have to just use collision with flocking behaviours afaik

[trim matrix]

So i'm doing a bunch of calculations which i then hook up into add force at location. It takes velocity into account. Not the get velocity. But i'm calculating the velocity myself. (Current Velocity - Previous Velocity) I know that the add force at location takes delta time into account. Does this mean i can ignore adding the delta time into the velocity calculation or do i still need to use delta time into account for the velocity calculation?

[tidal loom]

Hello guys, Any perfect fix to these camera problems in first person perspective in ALSV4?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YlfPi_XpDk&ab_channel=PeterYan

[fleet cedar]

Is it possible to do things like this cool scattering plugin with blueprint/editor blueprints or only with cpp?

[stable fjord]

What values are behind Min and Max Brightness when I set them to the same values in Exposure of PostProcessBoundsVolume

[vernal tendon]

Hey I'm trying to get gyro data from phone. Weirdly I'm getting only zeroes. I'm using UE4.27. Am I doing something wrong or did they just broke Android Input in 4.27??

In the following image, this node setup is done in Player Pawn.

I've tried this also

[fleet cedar]

I think if you set min and max to 1 it basically disables it

Or setting manual compensation to 10 seems about right too

[stable fjord]

@fleet cedar so when I set it to 1, then exposure == 1?

@fleet cedar so when disabled, it does not calculate it ever frame yes?

[fleet cedar]

I would assume it doesn't if you set it to manual exposure, but not positive.

[worthy frost]

@runic plinth yes. BeginPlays will all run again when a level is restarted.

[runic plinth]

Thank you for confirming.

[true valve]

Any idea why categories and sub categories appear separate if you use struct ?

[lime dragon]

So this is probably an easy issue but set actor rotation isn’t actually rotating the actor

[neon jay]

Hello! I'm trying to get my bullet to have an arc towards a set location but it doesn't seem to work properly, I don't know if my code looks correct. Thanks!

[maiden wadi]

@lime dragon What kind of actor? Pawn/Character or normal Actor?

[runic plinth]

Folks, is the Game default map the level that loads first when you package your project? In other words you should place the main n menu here right?

[rain egret]

How can I damage attached actors?

[chrome rock]

I'm trying to set a landscape material at begin play
There is a node called set landscape material, but it doesn't seem to do anything at all

This is the setup

This seems like it must be a user error, but I cannot find anything written about this anywhere

[lime dragon]

I’m trying to make a fighting game so I need 2 playable actors facing each other. Right now both face right no matter what I try to do

[silk hinge]

did you try to get the skeletal mesh rotation and change it ?

[lime dragon]

How would I do that?

I’m incredibly new to the engine

[silk hinge]

into you char blueprint, just drag and drop your "skeletal mesh" of the char, top left corner of the screen the
And use node "Get Rotation" "Then split the pin with right clic" and change the value to see if it fixes the rotation

[lime dragon]

Yea I’ll give that a shot sometime tonight

[silk hinge]

Any one knows about daaam structures ? xD

there is something i dont get

[maiden wadi]

@lime dragon No. The reason I was asking is because Pawns and Characters who have Use Control Rotations settings on will ignore SetActorRotations, or rotations set on their root component. You need to use SetControlRotation, or remove the settings for them to use control rotation.

[faint pasture]

Everyone knows about structures, just ask your question

[silk hinge]

okay let me find my screen ^^

[lime dragon]

Ok… thanks for the info! I’ll try that out

[silk hinge]

So question is simple, if you set thoses values, arent they supposed to be holded by the struct no matter what ? or do you need to do extra thing to specify witch data belong to witch item ?

[silk hinge]

oh shit I need to remake the structure again after that,right ? xD

[hard charm]

Guys, how could I detect if I have a site without soil in an efficient way?

I would have to do it by collision box to detect if there is a mesh or something