blueprint

[rugged elbow]

wait hold on i got confused

this is the backpack

this is BP_ItemObject_Container

that is the class of the backpack and the inventorycomponent is a variable so it can pass along the backpacks inventorycomponent

like that

[brazen merlin]

it is a component too

i figured as much seeing it listed in variables under the pre-made Components category.... so test backpack is an actor?

in any case, you said it was none and now it's not so..........

[rugged elbow]

yeah i had a problem before where it was none

now im getting "variable not in scope"

[brazen merlin]

thats what you were getting before too 😛

[earnest rose]

I used a timeline and it works great : D

[dusty rune]

Great good luck then

[trim matrix]

Hi guys, I currently have 48000 static mesh actor in my level. Will turning them into an actor blueprint (empty with tick disabled) cost any performance?

[trim matrix]

Anyone havea idea?

[gentle urchin]

Are they equal?

The same mesh?

With same material?

If so swapping for ISM might grant you some performance(atleast in older than 4.25/26 where the engine does that by itself to some degree of success

[spice lynx]

So this is awkward, because I haven't run across it before, but Unreal has nothing like Unity's prefab system? I need a collection of BPs that behave like a prefab. LevelInstances or BPs don't do the trick, because actors inside of a BP are child actor components and they can't be referenced directly by another actor in the level. The same goes for BPs outside of a particular level instance.

I basically have DoorBP and two PatrolPathBP endpoints for that door to plug into a patrol system. The different BPs have references to one another ( Door needs to know of the endpoints, the endpoints need to know of the door ), and I don't want level designers to have to set those up manually every time, but rather just place what's already there for them.

[gentle urchin]

could they not register to the path_manager themself ?

[spice lynx]

The problem is the inability to directly reference the child actor components or the actors in the level instance

The level designers would have the agency here, so they'd place the door in a patrol path they're making out of X in the level

but no automatic registration not a thing

No what I posted is an oversimplification of what is going on

The patrol points are BPs for designers to implement. The entire core logic runs in C++, but it's a modular system

[spark steppe]

how are child actor components broken?

[spice lynx]

It should've been that easy, instead there's child actor components .. smh

XD

Yeah but there's actually no solution, I was just asking to see if there was and I wasn't aware of it

And I don't have the time budget to make something fancy 🙃

I think it's going to have to end up being child actor components. I don't use them in C++, but designers will in BP. Any other words of caution for something to watch out for?

Like problems they may run into and what to be aware of? Because they'll just be adding the various BPs as child actor components to do their thing

[gentle urchin]

Are the patrolpoints staticly placed relative to the door?

[spice lynx]

Why?

[odd ember]

just spawn actors and attach them

like what's the big deal

[spice lynx]

It needs to be usable by level designers without any fuss

[odd ember]

and spawning actors and attaching them isn't usable by level designers without any fuss?

[spice lynx]

The part where it needs to be referenced by other actors in the level at level editing time

[odd ember]

you can do the logic inside the actor itself

literally it's no more work than dragging in a specific actor

[spice lynx]

No I can't do that

[odd ember]

well it's possible to do that. so I don't know what you mean by "I can't do that"

sounds more like you want to use child actor components no matter what

which is just not a good solution, short or long term

[spice lynx]

The actor won't be spawned and attached until play time, so you can't reference it during level editing

[gentle urchin]

Adding some customization to this you could add offsets so they wouldnt be hardcoded like this obv.

[spice lynx]

Thanks, but I can't spawn them in.

[gentle urchin]

Clearly there's some constraints I'm not getting here

[spice lynx]

Yes, sorry, but thanks for the help.

I have an exit strategy: commit & run 😂

[dim robin]

i have 2 questions:

1. is it possible to create a spline from given points? there's a node like set spline points which gets a vector array input, but as far as i can see I can't make it work
2. is it possible to animate spline points (moving them according to parameters) during runtime if the spline is generated in the construction script? I tried to use almost every node for the splines but i can't make it work.. i'm stuck
   any help? suggestion? blueprints i can "hack" and study? thanks

[gentle urchin]

Anime how?

[dim robin]

i'm getting new locations for the points, i just want to move the points as I would do manually in the editor

basically this points array gets updated every n seconds

[past wyvern]

Dumb question but how did you add that "Spawn Patrol" button and bind it to that event? Is that possible in blueprint only? I run into similar challenge sometimes

[gentle urchin]

Select the custom event , in the details panel theres a checkbox for "call in editor"

The event cannot have inputs directly tho :)

[fickle dune]

I added it to the Level Transition blueprint and it still didn't work, I must be doing something wrong, was there anything else needed to do in the functions? I really could use more in depth help on this

[outer pewter]

I created an actor in my character blueprint using add child actor component and made it follow the player.
I tried destroying the actor after a set amount of time but I didn't know how to link the destroy actor to the actor I spawned

[gentle urchin]

Return Value waves at you

[halcyon lynx]

Hi dudes! I'm with a little problem in here Can someone help me?
I have a spaceship as character and I'm trying to spawn my projectiles correctly. So what is going wrong is that my shoots are going to the right place when I aim forward, up, and down. But my shots are not going right when i rotate or roll. Here is my code:

This comes from input event

[hollow gorge]

The return value is the reference you're looking for, connect that to destroy actor
Edit: oh Squize was faster

[gentle urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/the-flash-flash-run-running-sprinting-gif-8383397

[outer pewter]

i tried that before but it said reference not compatible

[gentle urchin]

Its a component

Destroy component.

[outer pewter]

i see, so i need to created add child component again and add destroy component to it when i want to destroy of else it will destroy it before creating it

[gentle urchin]

?!

how...

is that what you got out of this 😦

Usually you save it by reference

and destroy it at desired time..

[outer pewter]

i create the actor in run character blue print and the place i destroy it is a function inside that blueprint

[gentle urchin]

adding another child and destroying that will only destroy the new child, not the existing child...

[outer pewter]

oh okay i ll try it like that thank you

it does destroy but im getting errors at the end

[gentle urchin]

Are you doing this on tick....

If you're flow is ... uncertain... you'd be well off using the IsValid.

Important to always know that your references are valid 😄

[hollow gorge]

Is it somehow possible to accumulate and store kinetic energy into an actor to release it on a separate event? As in kicking a ball while time is paused and then resume time.

[gentle urchin]

Yes

[outer pewter]

i found it why the error was happening the function was on loop so i made it destroy the actor in the same blueprint

[gentle urchin]

Zelda inspired ? 😄

[outer pewter]

its working thank you

[hollow gorge]

Maybe 🙂

but yes, exactly the way it works in zelda

[gentle urchin]

tehe was a fun mechanic

kinetic energy is just a variable..

so playerBP says "start accumulating"

[hollow gorge]

🤯

[gentle urchin]

Ball says "Ok, im frozen in spot, and accumualte all hits for a fixed duration. Damage = Energy "

After the fixed duration it simply applies the accumulated energy multiplied with a direction vector

[hollow gorge]

thanks, I'll look into it

[dim robin]

may this be the parameter i need to enable in order to manipulate spline points at runtime? I don't understand..

[gentle urchin]

Something like this perhaps

[gentle urchin]

Whats the issue ? Im manipulating (or adding) them at runtime just fine

[dim robin]

how? this is my spline and its blueprint. from this point on I can't do anything. If manally add spline points in the viewport everything is fine, but i need to generate x points on the constructionscript or eventgraph whatever, and then being able to move these spline points through blueprint aswell. but i'm stuck here. i basically tried everything..

[gentle urchin]

Do you want to add spline points or spline meshes?

If you want to add spline meshes aswell you need to eithe recreate them all each time a point is added, or keep track of which were created (basicly just the delta points between pre and post change of spline

[dim robin]

the thing is even if i set a node like this no point is added..

[gentle urchin]

It surely is

otherwise this wouldnt show up

[dim robin]

wait a second, what are you feeding in the point input key? like the point index?

[gentle urchin]

the new point index

[dim robin]

dayum! yes! got it working.. so my problem was the input key apparently..
can you explain how to update the splinemesh aswell?

and then i believe it's all!

[gentle urchin]

If you're just adding one point at the time

[dim robin]

i would like to do it for a loop

[gentle urchin]

you simply just make a new mesh and set its start and end to last index -1 and last index

gotta destroy all existing components then

if you've made some

[dim robin]

yeah this is basically what i have in the construction script

ok i'll try now, thanks

[gentle urchin]

ye

[dim robin]

i get this loooooooool

i'm almost there.. there's some issue with the start end pos, i will try to debug now

[edgy stone]

Where the heck do i even start learning this stuff where should i go for the basics

[odd ember]

learn.unrealengine.com

[woeful burrow]

hi, can I blend two animations in blueprint?
My aim is creating a generic bp where I give as input the skeletal mesh, the idle animation and the action animation, so when I press SPACE, it plays action animation: until here everything is fine.
The problem is when action animation is over, it goes to idle with no transition and I don't like that: is there a solution? Thank you

[maiden wadi]

Google, Forums, Blogs, Learn Tab, Youtube, Paid Courses, etc.

[woeful burrow]

this is what I have now:

[icy dragon]

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-course

It'll lead to the same learn.unrealengine.com, but at least you can glance through the courses before logging in to Epic account

[edgy stone]

I think you're about to be my best friend 😂😂😂

[edgy stone]

I appreciate it!

[lost solstice]

Anyone know why GetOverlappingActors will work with statics meshes but not with a Skeletal Mesh

[short bramble]

Hey! about random generation. Is there a way to have a random variable happening in the construct when you begin to play, no need to be based on a stream seed, just noticed that the construct always generates the same random variable, while the begin play doesn't (which is what I need). I guess because the construct happens at the moment you place the actors, but wondering if there is any technique to tell to the construct, pick a different random WHEN you start playing.

[spark steppe]

skeletal meshs don't have a simple collision unless you have a physics asset

they are usually wrapped with a capsule collision for that reason

[slow pewter]

Hey Guys if i Saving Arrays of Widgets, gets the Data in the Array saved as well like Structures, ?

[spark steppe]

to save game? nothing of that will save if you reference an object

you can store structs in savegame slots, tho

but not objects

[slow pewter]

But Like when i Have Bunch of Generated Widgets, and anyone of them have an Data Information Struct with Information, And im Saving the Current Array of the Widgets, // and after im load then its like all widgets are blank

Means that i need to store everything exactly seperated like, for each Row the Structure Seperatley?

[lost solstice]

even though it looks like this in physics i still need to add a simple collision? (this is from marketplace so idk how it was setup)

[slow pewter]

because i Try to Load from Savegame slot, the Array, and than Break the Structures of Each array Item and Expose it to the Widgets, but looks like all are Blank

[spark steppe]

yea that is a physics asset, you may need to adjust some settings so that it generates events in the physics tab

but i'm not so familiar with this, so i cant give a 100% working solution

[lost solstice]

aight all good thanks for the help though

[sand gulch]

you know when you make a new node by dragging from the output pin - is there any way to set it so that you just click once to create, and then click again to place?

[maiden wadi]

@short bramble In Blueprint, there are two basic events to set up an actor. Construct and Beginplay. Construct runs when the actor is placed in the level or when spawned. If an actor is placed in the level, Construct will not run again, ever. Beginplay on the other hand will run again at game start, and also more times through the game if it is multiplayer. So if you need something to happen at game start and not just in editor, put it on Beginplay. If you need it to happen in both for design purposes, put it in a function and call it both on Construct and Beginplay.

[slow pewter]

SO how u would Save like an Array of Widgets, where are Structs stored in it? , New to that Save/Load thingy

[maiden wadi]

Save as in SaveGame?

[slow pewter]

Yes But How

[maiden wadi]

You don't. You don't do that for any object. You save state you need and restore the object to where you need it to be after load.

[slow pewter]

I saved now the Array itself, and hoped that it have the Variables of the Widgets already saved, but they are all Default

[maiden wadi]

You definitely should not be doing that with UI. UI should not have any gameplay state.

[slow pewter]

Well its more like its an Comment WIndows like if u press + u create more little Windows for Comments etc, thats why directly in UI,

[maiden wadi]

Even if your game is 100% UI. You should still have manager objects that the UI displays data from and interacts with.

[slow pewter]

that means i should Use Manager, BPS; and there the Vars would stored?

[edgy reef]

I'm using fullscreen in my game, but when I change the graphics, it exits from fullscreen. help me
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/915658037384081438/932985497406541854/bandicam_2022-01-18_16-39-13-213.mp4

[short bramble]

Oh, I really like the last idea. Because actually that was my point, I needed the debug both in editor and run the same script in begin play, a function used twice I guess will work 🙂 Thanks!

[maiden wadi]

Random useless fact. You used to be able to spawn actors from the Construction Script by dropping the Spawn Actor node into a function. They have since removed that cheaty workaround. 😄

[short bramble]

Yeah, I'm digging into randomization / seed / spawning vs persistent issues. Def some headaches.

[fierce grove]

hi everyone! i'm new to blueprints and trying to figure out how to switch between paths depending on the items enum value
i have a lives value and a fish value im trying to switch between depending on which one the character picks up but it seems to think everything is lives no matter what even though the item type is set to fish
im thinking i have to set the enum value somewhere in a blueprint to call from but i'm really lost at the moment if anyone has any time to help me out i'd really appreciate it 🙂

[maiden wadi]

This might be easier to reply to with gaming context. What is this function intended to be applied towards?

[fierce grove]

basically the character picks up a fish, it adds +1 to the fish value and updates it on the screen, they pick up a life it adds +1 to the life value and updates that one instead

[maiden wadi]

Where is this code living currently?

[fierce grove]

so the pick up code is in my third person character, but i have a master pickup blueprint that just references the pick up event and destroys the item

but thats the one that lets me set the item type too

[maiden wadi]

In this case. The Pickup Parent class should have the enum as a default. Set that to the correct value on the Fish and Health. Use that to pass that value through to the character's function when you call it.

[remote meteor]

you should pass the enum from your pickup to your character so that your character knows what he is picking.

[maiden wadi]

Character shouldn't have the enum as a property.

[fierce grove]

ohhhh so instead of having it as a variable in the character bp reference it from the pickup bp?

[maiden wadi]

Well, you don't have to reference the pickup. The pickup can call the same function on the character if you just make the enum a parameter in the function.

[remote meteor]

the pickup is the one that knows what item should be

so the variable can be in your pickup and when you call character pickup function, pickup tells character what item it is

[fierce grove]

oh ok that's making a lot more sense, i'll give it a go thank you guys 🙂

[spark radish]

Hey, a quick question. Why doesn't my actor's parent class's BeginPlay and Tick function work?

[maiden wadi]

All blueprint?

[spark radish]

Yes

[swift pewter]

Is it is set up properly?

[spark radish]

omggg

LMFAOOO

ok now it should work

thanks i completelty forgot abourt that

i knew i was doing something wrong

[maiden wadi]

Blueprint Beginplay is a BIE. BlueprintImplementableEvent. It completely overrides the parent's logic unless you call it like DSA pointed out.

[spark radish]

thanks thanks thanks 🤓

[swift pewter]

I have this ShootWeapon function which gets called by a timer and a macro to prevent players from spam-clicking shoot to prevent the fire rate. The issue is that when you press and hold the shoot button during the cooldown, it doesn't start shooting after the fire rate cooldown is over.

Any idea how I can get around this?

[spark radish]

hm, i cant be of any help but i hope someone else is

cheers guys

[remote meteor]

hm you can use 2 timer

1 for automatedfire (looped), 1 for recoil (not looped)

then you check if your recoil timer is active or not, before you shoot

[swift pewter]

For recoil?

[remote meteor]

"just a name"

something like this

[maiden wadi]

To solve the shooting issues, you just need to handle your input. On pressed, run an initial check.

If there is no timer running, start one for the next shot and fire immediately.
If there is a timer, get it's time remaining, if it is NearlyZero = true, clear and invalidate the timer, fire and start a new timer.
If neither of the others are true, just get the timer's remaining time, clear and invalidate the timer and start a new timer with the remaining time of the last timer.

Timer should not be looped.

Timer finishing should check if input is pressed, if pressed, fire and start a new timer, if not pressed, clear the timer.

[swift pewter]

Hm, if I can't find any other solutions then I'll give the additional timer a go

[celest oar]

my "init" event in the game instance BP is not being called, i have changed the game instance class to the correct one in the project settings, any ideas?

nvm, i went into the settings panel, changed to the old one and then back to mine and it worked

[remote meteor]

or that yeah, it really depends how you want your firearm to behave, if you need variable firerate on the run you dont want to loop the timers.

[celest oar]

just unreal being unreal lol

[swift pewter]

That did the job, thanks

[celest oar]

im trying to save widgets into a save game instance, is this even possible?
from what i've tested it looks like u can save them, but i cant seem to find a way to add them to the screen after loading...

[remote meteor]

save game? i think when you load back the save game, the reference will be null.
usually you dont want object reference in save games

[torpid iron]

I've a little question, I'm trying to set up a UI where a player can change the settings of the camera, and I see that the event and make post process actually firing, but even though the spawned object's camera is set to apply, nothing actually changes on the camera. Has anyone done something like this that could help me?

[celest oar]

u are correct, i had not even noticed those were refs, so i guess i am screwd and i have to remake it all by hand...

[remote meteor]

you can make a struct containing all the important information that you can obtain from your widgets before closing

then reconstruct the widget with the struct

[celest oar]

ye thats what i was thinking, the thing is, these widgets are not just some simple widgets, they all have a children and parents and a bunch of stuff that connects them, its a bit of a mess lol

its gonna be a pain

[remote meteor]

however, usually important information wont be in widgets 🤔 what are they?

[remote meteor]

have you ensured its the correct camera and the blend weight is on 1.0? 🤔

[torpid iron]

Yup this is the camera object that is spawned! I have it that when we enter photo mode, I spawn this camera bp and we take over it

This is a better view of the blueprint

[remote meteor]

try turning the scalability settings around and see

[torpid iron]

it was on epic and tried each setting to medium and nothing happened

[remote meteor]

you need to adjust a little more settings i think

[torpid iron]

I'm seeing that I can apply the affect manually to the first person camera, but the one I spawn doesnt update so maybe I have that actor bp set up wrong_

I click on the first person character, I see a little preview which can change post process settings, but the one I spawn theres no preview and no update to settings

I fixed it! my new camera had auto activate turned off!

[remote meteor]

oh

🎉

[torpid iron]

thanks for the help!

[scenic belfry]

Any idea how I could approach making a rythm game similar to games like muse dash

I'm still kinda new to Unreal

But idk how to design a system for rythm and beats

[marsh violet]

Hello everyone ! I'm having this really annoying problem where when i spawn a set of stairs on my level, it spawns z = 25 higher than it should

my pivot point is on the first step, and i place my actor like so :

its moving the pivot to the second step when placed :/

[trim matrix]

is there a way to make sharp turns turn more quickly for a character controller? I wanted to slow down the turn speed to make it easier to maneuver around, but it makes it so that if you do like an 180 degree turn it looks a bit awkward, so is there a way to increase the turn speed if the direction the player inputs is like a certain degree higher than specified?

[true valve]

When player 1 possess player 2 is there a way to let player 1 use all of his functionalities?

[chilly geyser]

How do I get all children of a box (horizontal or vertical) and change the background of all the buttons(children of the box)?

[maiden wadi]

Player1 Cannot Possess Player2. Player1 can possess a character. And if that's what you meant, then it depends on how you set up the functionalities for the character.

[true valve]

Let say player has hot bars and can equip tools and weapons

[maiden wadi]

Call GetAllChildren on the HorizontalBox.

[true valve]

After player 1 possessing a character, you can use references to pass info. Is there any other way?

[chilly geyser]

I heard that casting is bad on resources, is there another way to do it without casting?

[true valve]

Use interface

[maiden wadi]

Tell whoever told you that to give you an explanation on why it's bad. If they don't start with how the Unreal Garbage Collection and asset loading works, don't listen to them.

And do not use Interfaces to avoid casting.

[maiden wadi]

To try to put it briefly, all that a cast does is change a pointer type. The worry with Unreal on top of that is that Unreal always creates a default instance of every class as a template in memory. When you cast or even just have a pointer to that type in the properties list Unreal has the class loaded in the background when something casts to something else. So in this exact case, you have a UserWidget with a UButton in it. You can cast to Button litterally 10k times on tick, and you're not going to see a single change because Unreal already loaded that default button object into the background. What you try to avoid casting to in a lot of places are heavy assets like characters that have a ton of meshes and materials preset.

[true valve]

@maiden wadi any suggestions

[maiden wadi]

There are some settings in the CMC for avoiding allowing walking off of ledges, but invisible walls is a much safer bet.

[trim matrix]

alright, thanks

[maiden wadi]

This is a difficult question, because there are a lot of nuances as far networking is concerned. At first, I would say simply have the abilities in the Character. Then no matter who is possessing it, they'll be able to populate the same UI the same and be able to use them based on possession. If this is like a way for one player to take over another player's character temporarily, you can keep pointers in like the controller for who "Owns" which actual character despite possession. Which would allow you to revert the possession so that each controller correctly repossesses the correct pawn.

There is an Owner variable, but that'll be set to whoever possesses the pawn, so you'll need another owner variable in the controller to use for your own purposes.

[true valve]

Do you have any vids or example of this implementation

[umbral galleon]

I have what I hope is a very basic question about inheritance: If I have a C++ class of Fuu and I make a BP of that class and add functionality, then make a C++ subclass of KungFuu -> and make a BP of that class - is the BP functionality of Fuu inherited in BP_KungFuu?

[hardy fable]

Cpp can not inherit from BP classes. It's one way only

[umbral galleon]

That's limiting - thanks for the answer

[teal goblet]

Does anybody have experienced issues with Collision Presets in 4.27?

I got a new Channel called Projectile -> which is set to Overlap, and its collision presets are Ignore All but "Pawns, World Dynamic and World Static", but when the projectile goes through a Wall (which is a simple Cube) it doesn't trigger the OnBeginOverlap.

[odd ember]

what is the cube's collision?

[chilly geyser]

is it possible to press a key for an action in blueprints without editing key mapping in project settings?

[odd ember]

there are events exposed for all keyboard keys etc.

there's also the AnyKey event which you can filter all keystrokes on

[bold phoenix]

Hey ! Does anyone knows a way to input a float ( Temperature in Kelvin ) and obtain an RGB or color output ?

[odd ember]

Lerp(Color)?

[bold phoenix]

I'm trying to set the temperature of a light using a slider

[chilly geyser]

can you not access it from widgets?

[odd ember]

generally inputs are on the player controller or character

[chilly geyser]

ah, gotcha, thanks

[bold phoenix]

I can try that but I'm pretty sure it's not the way it works irl

[odd ember]

you can lerp other lerps

otherwise you may need a LUT or something like that

I'd look online, people have probably had the same problem before

FLinearColor FLinearColor::MakeFromColorTemperature( float Temp )
{
    Temp = FMath::Clamp( Temp, 1000.0f, 15000.0f );

    // Approximate Planckian locus in CIE 1960 UCS
    float u = ( 0.860117757f + 1.54118254e-4f * Temp + 1.28641212e-7f * Temp*Temp ) / ( 1.0f + 8.42420235e-4f * Temp + 7.08145163e-7f * Temp*Temp );
    float v = ( 0.317398726f + 4.22806245e-5f * Temp + 4.20481691e-8f * Temp*Temp ) / ( 1.0f - 2.89741816e-5f * Temp + 1.61456053e-7f * Temp*Temp );

    float x = 3.0f * u / ( 2.0f * u - 8.0f * v + 4.0f );
    float y = 2.0f * v / ( 2.0f * u - 8.0f * v + 4.0f );
    float z = 1.0f - x - y;

    float Y = 1.0f;
    float X = Y/y * x;
    float Z = Y/y * z;

    // XYZ to RGB with BT.709 primaries
    float R =  3.2404542f * X + -1.5371385f * Y + -0.4985314f * Z;
    float G = -0.9692660f * X +  1.8760108f * Y +  0.0415560f * Z;
    float B =  0.0556434f * X + -0.2040259f * Y +  1.0572252f * Z;

    return FLinearColor(R,G,B);
}```
@bold phoenix the UE4 implementation

[teal goblet]

@odd ember that was it, the cube didn't had the generate overlap collision

[bold phoenix]

Yeah this looks great, thanks a lot ! I'll also try the lerp but your second solution might be better

[fallow umbra]

Hey, can somebody help me understand this?

In an Actor Server-side only I do:

GetGameState -> Cast to MY_GameState -> Get PlayerArray > Get Random -> Cast to MY_PlayerState

1. Toggle boolean variable
2. Print player name

But variable and player name doesn't match

[dawn gazelle]

Each blue line coming off of your cast is calling that random node again. You need to temporarily store the random selection in a variable and use that instead.

[unreal tusk]

I've seen both online and was curious... For this, when attacking, do I need to have both the client execute everything while calling the server to execute everything? Or can I just tell the server to do it since it's replicating anyways? I've noticed that it works if I just call the custom event from the inputaction attack and all clients and server see the attack and animation play.

[fallow umbra]

aaaaah, thank you, now it makes sense

[unreal tusk]

Is there pro's and con's to have client and custom event to server running the desired effect? Or is it best just to trigger the event.

[hollow gorge]

@unreal tusk Someone posted this a few days ago, maybe it's helpful to you 🙂

[dawn gazelle]

You could just run it only on server, but in a real-world scenario you're going to have some form of lag, and the client pressing the attack input may not receive decent feedback.

[odd ember]

there's an entire channel for this #multiplayer

[unreal tusk]

Thanks fellas. Much appreciated ❤️

[feral ice]

whats the other one called where i insert an index and get the actor reference

[odd ember]

that's for arrays. what you have there is a map

[feral ice]

so i have to do this

[odd ember]

yep

[feral ice]

bruh

ok

[odd ember]

it's a different data structure... you can't assume everything works the same

[feral ice]

obv not haha

[odd ember]

there's cases where a map is is relevant and there are cases when an array is relevant

beneath the hood they're wildly different

[dawn gazelle]

Just out of curiosity, are you trying to get a random element out of the map?

[brazen merlin]

you'd fix it in your animation software

[feral ice]

nope just trying to get the actor so i can access its things

[odd ember]

why use a map then

[gentle urchin]

Unless you always wanna use the "index" to find the ref, if so you wanna swap key and value in the TMap (?)

[odd ember]

🤔

[jovial charm]

Yeah.. but how .-.?

[odd ember]

that's a good question... for someone who can help you with animation

[gentle urchin]

#animation ? 😄

[jovial charm]

my bad

<3 ty

[rare hemlock]

Hey guys. I'm working on my Aim Offset, and I have my max/min pitch values in my Player Camera Manager class set to 60/-60 respectively. This works fine while standing, but it looks horrible while crouching because the character bends to far down and the rifle goes right through the ground. When I switched the min pitch to -30, it looked good for crouching, but not for standing because the player can look lower than -30 degrees.

So I'm looking for some suggestions or tips on how I can change the min pitch value to -30 while crouching and back to -60 while standing. How were you guy's able to resolve similar cases like this?

[odd ember]

a select node perhaps?

[dusk dust]

is there a way to set the location of a mesh section created by the procedural mesh component?

basically I need the sections to have independent locations

[prisma stag]

Hello, I plan on having an actor be a sort of Plot manager where it spawns in actors in an array in game and when the player purchases them, they can them place things on it.

Now I saw a video on creating something similar to this where on BeginPlay he runs a functions that has a for loop that spawns the grid for however big he wanted it to be. Is this a safe thing to do in terms of having this grid manager?

[desert juniper]

sounds reasonable

[odd ember]

safe how?

[prisma stag]

Ok, just didn't know if having the actor doing this each time was safe. Thanks.

[rare hemlock]

Yeah that can work. Thanks

[flat coral]

Architecturally, what's the right place for per-level events that need to be responded to? For example, if I wanted a tutorial message to pop the first time the player discovers a certain type of item, but not when they find subsequent instances of it.

[odd ember]

level blueprint

alternatively inside the tutorial actor itself

[flat coral]

Is there a better way to do this event than to have a delegate on everything that might be needed for level events, and making the level BP bind to ALL of them?

[brazen merlin]

if you use an actor, then you can reuse it for whatever level since its not locked in the level bp. bp communication can be done from cast references, dispatchers, or bpi - all depends on usage

[turbid apex]

Do you guys use Quixel's megascans, I read some articles which said that it is too big(in terms of size)?

[desert juniper]

You could have a data table with a list of objects, and if they've been found or not
Then store that in some actor, and modify as needed

A global event system here would be neat, when an item is interacted with, fire off a global even that your actor is listening to

[brazen merlin]

i dont use them, but i hear that they are, like 8k, but you can always reduce file size without much hassle. up ressing is a hassle though.

[odd ember]

events bind automatically in the level blueprint

[flat coral]

That's true but creating that list is non-trivial if there are many of these objects. Plus not all events I want to respond to are "found object of type" some are like "dropped below 50% hp for first time"

[desert juniper]

Then if your DT already has that object as discovered, then don't do anything

[flat coral]

Tell me more

[odd ember]

if you put a delegate in your actor class you can literally use that in the level blueprint without hookup

just select the actor and right click inside the level blueprint and Add Event

[odd ember]

try #graphics

[desert juniper]

isn't that possible to do automatically with something like the Data Asset Manager?

[odd ember]

use the level BP if you have level unique events

[desert juniper]

Quite a few ways to architect it. I guess it depends on the rest of your architecture a bit more

[odd ember]

this also works for stuff like if you have a button and you'd like to hook it up to another actor etc.

[odd ember]

level unique events go inside the level BP. anything else you're creating systemic elements for one time use

[flat coral]

This is super cool but the only problem is that, unless I'm reading this wrong, I'd have to do it for every single actor of this type

[odd ember]

so if it's systemic do it inside the actor itself

[desert juniper]

doesn't really sound level unique, since he wants notifications/awards when something is discovered for the first time

I'd imagine, like most games, you'd want that list of achievements to be consistent across all levels

[desert juniper]

Just make one parent actor that does this, and all children will automatically do it

something like BP_BaseItem
then all actual items are children of that BP_BaseItem

[flat coral]

Then the question becomes how do I prevent this from happening in levels other than the first

[desert juniper]

keep track of it

[brazen merlin]

in game instance

or game slot saves

[flat coral]

Game instance sounds like exactly what I need, how do I edit that?

[odd ember]

game instance, a subsystem, a manager class

[brazen merlin]

it will work until the player closes the game

[fiery swallow]

Probably game slot saves

[flat coral]

Works for me, saving isn't in-scope for this demo anyways

[brazen merlin]

probably dont want the same tutorial coming up the next time they open the game

yeah but those are two different systems

you can do game instance if you want, but then you'd be tearing that all down for save slots later

[flat coral]

Sounds like I need to figure out how to save shit! Appreciate the help

[brazen merlin]

and load it back up 😏

[feral ice]

whenever te player is inside i want it to start the event tick. I can just plug a branch in event tick and then whenerv the player is inside it will do the code but i dont want it to do unnecessary checks if the player is not inside. So like if the boolean is false i dont want it to keep "sweeping" i inly want it to start sweeping when the boolean is true is there a way of doing this?

wait i think i know a way, maybe a while loop will work

[shadow crescent]

hey guys, is it possible to pass a variable in here (timeline)?

interesting

[safe iron]

Hey there, I need help with a simple thing, I wanted to make a simple weapon pickup for my game, I set up only one array with N slots, the slots where you had no weapon would have an actor plugged called "Empty Slot" and the weapon swapping mechanic would ignore those and look for the first available slot in the verse of switching, I made this instead of having 2 arrays and all weapons attached to the player characters because of flexibility: Various campaigns in my game will have different types of weapons and I can't just make a big ass array containing 50 weapons only to use 10 of them at a time. This system is working perfectly, but it's the pickup that doesn't, as you can see, I am spawning a weapon actor when the player picks up the weapon, then I add the weapon to the array at the given slot and attach the weapon to the Grip point, but there's a problem, there's no way of changing the visibility of the actor, whenever the set visibility node is fired the weapon stays always visible no matter what, causing some issues as you can see, so, is there a way I can fix this and make this actor invisible when I need to?

I probably explained it in the worst possible way

I have also tried setting it as hidden, it does not work, any other way to add the weapon to the array results in errors cause the weapon component is pending kill

[feral ice]

how can this be an infinite loop

[shadow crescent]

no matter what route it taken it will be fead back in

loop

[flat coral]

Are maps serializable in UE? More generally, if I have a data class that isn't serializable in a savegame, at what point does it yell at me?

[shadow crescent]

@feral ice

[feral ice]

hmm ok

but i dont understand what should i do to fix it @shadow crescent

[shadow crescent]

why are you going to do once after the chcking is fplayer is inside function?

why not just return node?

[feral ice]

thats bc it lags and sometimes checks that im inside 3 times so just for "safety"

[shadow crescent]

and maybe pop a delay on that timer too

on tick?

if ever I put anything on tick I am very careful

I see loads recommending it

delays to not prevent other actions, just the ones on the delay

lol, good to know

one things for sure

even a 0.05 can make a game feel laggy

so why are delays on a tick a big no no when many think it;s a good idea?

is it possible to set a jump height for the player character?

[gentle urchin]

in the CMC i think

[shadow crescent]

I will look into that tick and delay thing for sure

thansk for the heads up

lol

I didn't mean to refute you

so it makes more sense to me, lol

but yeah, I will remember timers

[safe iron]

Help me?

[shadow crescent]

dude

all over my head, lol

but i will look into it

[feral ice]

im feeling like a child trying to understnad einsteins relativity theory. But why doesnt it work? Like
doesnt it work the same as in c++

int x = 1
while(x){
...
}

oh ok i havnt learned abnout threads yet

[gentle urchin]

its not really about threads

it is

but its not

[feral ice]

ok. But how do i fix it you are suggesting a delay?

ok i dont quiet understand but wont event tick work. Like branch and check if player is inside?

bro you should grind you attitude no need to be a smartass

[odd ember]

~B R O~

I wonder when the word "sir" will be replaced with "bro"

[last abyss]

mate

[turbid apex]

G

[odd ember]

general practitioner?

[fierce stump]

it's 2140, every use of "sir" is just "bruv" by then

[last abyss]

48 75 6D 61 6E 0A

[gentle urchin]

is that your ipv6 ?

just a few short

[short agate]

hey yall, quick noob question

when spawning an actor via Spawn AIFrom Class what's the best practice for initializing variables in that class?

For example, the Actor has a var for "team". I'm currently doing something like in the attached image

[flat coral]

How do I get a reference to my game mode in a macro library?

<@&213101288538374145>

[odd ember]

GetGameMode

[flat coral]

Doesn't seem to exist in macro libraries

[dawn gazelle]

You can make those variables expose on spawn / instance editable, then on your spawn node it'll allow you to directly feed them into the actor rather than having to do a bunch of sets.

[last abyss]

create an input for it

[flat coral]

Getting the controller is part of the labor-saving I want to do in the macro

[short agate]

This make sense, but I'm not seeing where I set those on the spawn node

I double checked and made sure that the vars im trying to set on the Actor are exposed/editable

Thanks for the help so far

[dawn gazelle]

Refresh the spawn node.

[short agate]

Just tried it, still seems to be the same:

[dawn gazelle]

Compile the blueprint of the Minion, then refresh the node.

ohwait

Doesn't work with Spawn AI from class it seems

[last abyss]

it's just a matter of what your macro library inherits from, also if you create a macro library that inherits from (lets say) playercontroller you can call all the functions that are on playercontroller and anything playercontroller inherits from; but you can't use the macro library outside of the playercontroller's blueprint (or children of playercontroller)

[short agate]

Gotcha, yeah I see the fields exposed when using SpawnActor - are there any difference between those nodes?

[dawn gazelle]

The Spawn AI from Class I believe automatically assigns an AI Controller and starts the behaviour tree.

[heavy ibex]

I'm looking to .. lock a player's view on another actor so that when the actor moves, the player is dragged along with it. I am debating between set view target and attach actor to actor. Not sure if there's a third option I haven't thought of but I'm open to ideas

[brazen merlin]

maybe you could do a look at rotation on tick/timeline/timer

[heavy ibex]

Hmm, well, I care less about the rotation than I do the location. I am using a "find look at rotation" to make the player look at the actor to begin with. But then when the actor moves, I wanna make sure the player's camera stays on it

And I don't just mean turns to stay on it, I mean moves with it

actor moves forward, need player to move forward as well

[odd ember]

my mistake, I thought you meant a function library

I don't think you can do that for a macro library, it might be too specific

[brazen merlin]

oh like how a spring arm works?

[shadow crescent]

fuck off

[heavy ibex]

Yeah, exactly. And I know I could add a spring arm to the actor with a camera and use that as a new view target for the player (which very well might be the best approach). But .. it's gonna be weird. Because when I set it as a new view target, the player's view will rotate in yaw to get to the camera. I would much rather the camera didn't rotate in that way at all.

The player is basically just a floating camera by default (think RTS style) and can rotate in pitch and yaw. But I want to have them "focus" on actors, the idea being that their camera would turn towards the actor and "zoom" in to put them in focus.

I know if I use a spring arm with a camera on the end, the spring arm could be at any rotation when the player focuses on it. I feel like I'm typing a lot but not properly conveying what I want to

[shadow crescent]

not you conrad, lol

[odd ember]

careful, swearing will get you banned as well

[shadow crescent]

damn spammers

[twin tide]

🤔

[shadow crescent]

really, I have done it tons of times

I don't know any devs that do not swear

at all

[odd ember]

we all do, just not in chat

[shadow crescent]

just like real life ... nooooooooooooot

[twin tide]

Just try to keep the swearing down to a minimum, there are a ton of younger people here too

[shadow crescent]

yeah

I get that, but it was directed at the right place, lol

[heavy ibex]

I still don't even know where it was directed

[flat coral]

I also like the draw a distinction between swearing and swearing at someone.

[shadow crescent]

at the nitro spammer

his message was deleted

[heavy ibex]

ah

[shadow crescent]

honestly, I was shocked that mods where here so quickly, lol

next time I will hold the trigger a lil 😛

[odd ember]

report them to a mod instead

[shadow crescent]

not needed

all they have to do is monitor the word nitro, lol

[flat coral]

Just @ the mods if you see it

[twin tide]

^ yep

[shadow crescent]

I was perma banned from a 3d modelling discord recently for simply using the word nitro, lol

[wheat snow]

I'm new here, this the right place to ask questions?

For blueprints ofc

[shadow crescent]

yep

but you are NOT allowed to get cracky at spammers, lol

but seriously mods, your frustration should be aimed at spammers, not those whom react to them

[odd ember]

it's in the rules to be cordial

[desert juniper]

channel topics are at the top of the discord window

[odd ember]

so please and thank you

[shadow crescent]

good to know

are you trying to moderate me CE?

[odd ember]

I'm just saying read the #rules

[shadow crescent]

lol

go ask for moderator status

[twin tide]

I'm not mad at anyone or anything, me saying to keep swearing down to a minimum was just a friendly reminder

[shadow crescent]

I was near the line but with reason

I was not the problem, the spammer was

I know blue, your good bud

but sometimes ...

don't ya just wanna vent? lol

[odd ember]

this is not the place

[shadow crescent]

omg, let it go

[odd ember]

same

[shadow crescent]

lol

I was responding to others ya clown

[twin tide]

oh ffs, lets just move on

[shadow crescent]

I already had ... he is the one that keeps digging

[odd ember]

always someone elses fault innit

[shadow crescent]

again?

[wheat snow]

Cool, then in that case
I'm trying to create a procedural floor for hexagonal tiles, but I can only get two lines to line up - What am I missing to have the 3rd row onwards snap on?

[odd ember]

always someone elses fault innit

[shadow crescent]

niiiiiiiiiiiice

dude, come on

even the mod has suggested to let it go

[flat coral]

Real questions time. How is it that this map is empty the SECOND time this function macro gets called

[odd ember]

just going by this the cast fails

for whatever reason

[dapper jetty]

I am feeding a vector like 800, 0, 800 into the Launch Velocity pin of a Launch Character node in my character controller BP, but instead of being launched 800 units on the global x axis, I am being launched 800 units on the axis that my character is facing away from - that is, backwards, depending on whichever direction the skeletal mesh is facing. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to transform?

[odd ember]

check with an impure cast node

[heavy ibex]

Here's how it looks with a spring arm and Set View Target. I don't want it to circle around the actor, I just want it to approach the actor and stop at a set distance.

I can't just make sure the spring arm is in the right spot all the time because this is multiplayer and it won't be correct for everyone

I could calculate a location to zoom to, maybe enable camera lag so when the player teleports it looks a bit smoother. But it still doesn't help me "lock" the view to the actor when it moves. Attach Actor to Actor causes some weird behavior when the actor turns

[odd ember]

generally though I would also say that I don't recommend macros. there are better ways of handling this type of code

[flat coral]

This doesn't print.

[shadow crescent]

oh no

I am learning so many bad practices today

why are macros bad?

[flat coral]

Are there? The main thing I wanna avoid is that massive dereference stack at the start

[shadow crescent]

I was encouraged never to use delays earlier too, lol

[odd ember]

macros aren't bad per se, but they are meant to be very generic

so like a loop is a good example of a macro that works, because it can be used everywhere

[shadow crescent]

I will see if I can find a pros and cons of them later

I have a tiny macro ... only one in my project

[odd ember]

whereas if you start putting variables into them, you're basically trying to make a function for something that isn't meant to be a function

[shadow crescent]

make the switch easier to use in my code

right

[flat coral]

I mean, the variables aren't IN the macro, those local vars are just to clean up the code

[shadow crescent]

is this a safe one @odd ember ?

[fiery swallow]

that's a pretty good macro usage

[odd ember]

define "safe"

[shadow crescent]

lol, I don't know ... am too noob

[pallid axle]

can you comment or deactivate blueprints? for debugging?

[odd ember]

there is nothing inherently wrong with it

it just doesn't do much

[shadow crescent]

yeah

[fiery swallow]

I think CE has something against macros

[shadow crescent]

but I am a huge fan of avoiding future technical debt

and I mean huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge

lol

[flat coral]

I've gotten some REAL mileage with function macros like this

[odd ember]

tech debt is relevant at an architecture level. but macros can factor into that as well if they aren't generic enough

[shadow crescent]

anything I do now that might cause a total hassle in the future makes my head spin

[odd ember]

for instance you'll have tech debt for that macro if at some point you'll have more movement modes than the ones listed

[shadow crescent]

😛

[odd ember]

every time you add another movement mode, you'll have to add it in the macro as well

that's double work

[fiery swallow]

oooh fair point

[odd ember]

yeah I use function libraries

I just very rarely use macros

outside of what is available out of the box

[flat coral]

Oh, this is all in a function library

[odd ember]

like the loops etc.

wait I thought you said you were doing macros

🤔

[flat coral]

I switched to functions when I couldn't get the ref I need

[odd ember]

I see, fair

[shadow crescent]

oh, I made a boo boo

I have my cam tilting when sliding but it won't tilt back, lol

[odd ember]

going back to this, I guess it fails to save then? I don't know if you're trying this pre and post save?

[odd ember]

show code?

[flat coral]

No this is the same instance, doing it twice immediately after the other

[odd ember]

strange

[shadow crescent]

and ...

my loop

not sure if the timeline is relevant to my bug

[odd ember]

so what I would do in this situation is use an alpha value (0..1) for the curve, and hook it into a lerp

[shadow crescent]

I am so not used to lerps, lol

[still delta]

Hey guys quick question. I'm trying to set up some basic interactions between my player character and interactables in the game world. I want my character to pause for a set duration (let's say 3 seconds) while interacting with said item. How would I do that? I know how to set up timelines and delays, but not how to stall my character.

[odd ember]

well basically it lets you choose two points and switch between them, with linear values inbetween

so you can do 0 roll for normal mode, then -15 (or whatever) roll for your slide

[shadow crescent]

well, I just learned how to shake my screen by accident 😛

[odd ember]

and the lerp handles the transition with the curve you make

[shadow crescent]

and not use the time loop?

[odd ember]

so you can make a curve that starts at 0, is 1 at the half way point, then goes back to 0

that way your roll value stays consistent

[shadow crescent]

yeah, I get lerps in materials but not in other code for some reason, lol

aaaaaaaaaaaah

still using the time loop?

[odd ember]

use SetMovementMode set to none

[still delta]

tyvm!

[odd ember]

you mean timeline?

getting confused with the mention of time loops

too much groundhog day

[shadow crescent]

lol, yup

I was thinking of Quantum Leap! 😄

[odd ember]

yeah so inside your timeline you have a curve

if you set it to go between 0 and 1 you can use the timeline value with a lerp

[shadow crescent]

yep, am there

how to set the lerp?

[odd ember]

how do you mean?

[shadow crescent]

this bit

my very first time in this interface

[odd ember]

well the lerp is just a node

so if you look for Lerp (float)

and hook the alpha value of the lerp into your timeline float

for A and B specify the roll in degrees

[shadow crescent]

cool

[odd ember]

then inside your timeline, make a curve that goes from 0 to 1 then back to 0

[wheat snow]

Hey guys, I'm trying to create a hex grid using Construct Script - I'm able to get the first two sets of tiles in line, but between each 2 tiles I've got a gap, what am I missing?

[shadow crescent]

thanks

[dawn gazelle]

Because you're adding something to Stage Map which doesn't populate back to the "Event Stage Table" which every time the function executes, you're pulling from.

[wheat snow]

Wait lmao I'm fine

[odd ember]

my guess is your modulo select node fails

ah okay

[wheat snow]

My X offset was wrong

[shadow crescent]

enjoy your beehive 🙂

[dawn totem]

So we have a Enum that holds properties that each block could have applied to it and it could have multiple properties from that Enum. So we have the Enum set to bitmask so this is possible. We then have a struct that we want to attach to a DataTable and we have hit the snag of "You can't use a bitmask Enum in a struct" bummer.
So the question is, is it better to just use an integer field in the struct that we have to manually key in the expected integer value or is there a better way to do it? I thought an array of the Enums values and then loop through those and run them through the make bitmask to see if the values are a match. However my Co-Developer and myself come from languages where Arrays and loops combined can be costly to system performance.
So the question is what is the best way to deal with the bitmask in a struct to use in a data table for processing in the blueprint.

[odd ember]

how often are you planning to iterate over this array?

[fair magnet]

Hey uh :o
I've made a sequencer track that moves my camera into a portal.
In preview it's fine but it looks different once I hit play. it stops way above the portal and isn't completly centered. What could be the cause for that?

[odd ember]

sounds like #cinematics

[chilly geyser]

what do I need to do to get a random number for each instance of a blueprint?

[odd ember]

like a different random number?

[chilly geyser]

yeah for each instance

[odd ember]

random seeding I guess?

there's also RandomFloatInRange

so you don't need to clamp your float

[chilly geyser]

how do i do random seeding? and okay ill get that node, thanks

[odd ember]

I know there's a random node that has seed as input

RandomFloatFromStream?

[fair magnet]

doesn't random float only return a random number between 0 and 1 ? in this case it would always be 10000

[odd ember]

basically if you look under random you get a bunch of options

[fair magnet]

But that does not happen :o

[odd ember]

anyway: https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Blueprints/UserGuide/RandomStreams/

[chilly geyser]

no, random still goes between anything you add to it for that, just double checked
@fair magnet

[odd ember]

it's all there

[chilly geyser]

TY ill read up

[dawn totem]

Likely everytime they interact with a block in the environment

[odd ember]

how often is that? though I'd take Lorash's advice in this case

[fair magnet]

How is it supposed to know the values ? o.o They won't magically appear in that function lol

[dawn totem]

Think minecraft so basically everytime they dig or hit something or interact with it to get its properties

[chilly geyser]

It returns a random float from the range I specify

[fair magnet]

if you use Random float in range yes... :o

[chilly geyser]

Oh you meant by istelf, lemme test that too

[chilly geyser]

yeah if its by itself just 1 and 0

just tested

[odd ember]

// FP32 mantissa can only represent 24 bits before losing precision```
this is why

oof

[dawn gazelle]

As it stands, your code right now for generating a random number will always generate 10000 on the output as your clamp is taking whatever value between 0-1 was generated and since it is lower than 10000, sets it to 10000. That means every instance would also be 10000.
What node you want to use is "Random Float In Range" which allows you to define the values between which you want to generate. Every instance with this node will have it's own value generated.

[fair magnet]

👀

[odd ember]

.

[wide linden]

Hypothetically speaking for a friend. If you deleted your skeleton are you fucked?

[flat coral]

Just tell your friend to roll back to the last commit in their source control, which they totally have set up right?

[chilly geyser]

lol

[last abyss]

I think you would probably turn into a mush of fat and muscle

[wide linden]

Umm i think my friend is an idiot and didnt do that let me check haha

[chilly geyser]

Its generating random numbers for each instance now, but i have to find a way to get it to spit out negative numbers now too.

[odd ember]

set the range to be negative too

[wide linden]

oh yeah he did not do that haha

[icy dragon]

Worst case scenario is that you have to reimport the skeleton skelmesh FBX and make sure the references are still intact, so you're not D.O.N.E. fucked.

[wide linden]

Fuck his life

[wide linden]

Yeah its the ue4 skeleton

How does one reattach it is the real question lol

bc it broke the blend spaces and everything

[chilly geyser]

How do I set it to be negative without going between numbers? Example 1000 to 5000 and -1000 to -5000 but not -999 to 999

going to try this

ty, i like that XD

[empty needle]

Is it possible to create connections between blueprints that are "Remote"?

like a wireless connection?

Something like this?

[icy dragon]

Blueprint Interfaces.

[desert juniper]

A global event system is another way

[pallid axle]

is sphereTraceByChannel function just a raycast?

[empty needle]

Just to be sure, the pins are connected like normal. But to avoid the spaghetti of wires going all over the place, it'll be nice to just have a "toggle" to make it "Wireless".

[icy dragon]

Hahaha no

It'll be the worst visual scripting if the nodes are wireless

[empty needle]

Another question to ask, are Multiline Editable Textboxes not bindable?

[icy dragon]

If all you want is not to deal with cable management, either do your thing in C++ or any other typed scripting language.

There will still be spaghettis, but at least it's not in your face

[odd ember]

I think what you're looking for is #cpp

everything is wireless there

[torpid hound]

Look into functions, macros and custom events. There's plenty of ways to reduce spaghetti in your BPs

[tawdry surge]

I think they did add "wireless" nodes in ue5 so that is possible afaik, but it kinda defeats the point of the visual scripting

[icy dragon]

Or asset loading

[split crescent]

I have a timer that I want to loop for n seconds. How do I determine if n seconds has passed? I know there's a GetTimerElapsedTimeByHandle that returns a float but I don't know what to compare this against.

[sacred arch]

Bind an event or use a delegate that gets called every n seconds?

I'm having an issue with multiple Input Actions mapped to the same button. I have input actions for 'glide' and 'jump' both mapped to 'space'. In the base BP, input action 'jump' is triggering the jump in CMC as normal, in my child BP I have the Inputaction 'glide' to do the gliding stuff, so space jumps when on ground and glides when in air, fine.
Weird part is on my team mates project its not fine, it seems like the jump input overrides the glide input. Does anyone know what is the intended behavior? Any idea of what could be different between our projects?

[chilly geyser]

Does anyone know how to change the gravity of an object independent of other objects? (without using tick)

[flat coral]

Check these values in the input event details

Seems to me you want both Consume Input and Override Parent Binding false?

Maybe i'm wrong about override parent

[sacred arch]

hmmm.. Thanks for the pointer! I was unaware of that. However it should be the same in both our projects...

[glad coral]

Hey guys,i've added some basic code before the finessesses for firing and fixing some animation problems during the firing,but i've spotted something strange.Whenever i fire my weapon and try with making a check if it hits something,it prints the name of the weapon bp.Here is a video of the problem and screenshot from the code im using for the fire.Can somebody tell me what can be?

[desert juniper]

your line trace is hitting the wepon, turn off camera collision on the weapon skeletal mesh (set visibility to ignore)

[dawn gazelle]

SetTimerByEvent

The return value is the timer handle which can be stored in a variable and can be used to check the elapsed time of the timer using the GetTimerElapsedTimeByHandle node.
If you want to just know an elapsed time since you started the timer, you would just start up that timer with whatever expected duration (or even a huge one if you want it running indefinitely), and then check the handle's elapsed time.

[glad coral]

it's already set to ignore as i see there

[flat coral]

Weirdly basic question for me, I just noticed "GetAllActorsofClassWithTag" exists... how do I assign tags to actors?

[dusty rune]

in detail panel there should be a field to type tag in

[flat coral]

Sweet, found it. Thanks!

[desert juniper]

are you sure that's for the gun skeletal mesh?

[glad coral]

yes

[desert juniper]

then you're doing something else wrong. take a screenshot of the whole window please

whatever object you have selected is set to NoCollision, so no collision should work, line traces should ignore it completely

[glad coral]

Wait,i've fixed the problem by a mistake

basically the problem was the weapon struct

i will send you 2 ss to explain because im speechless currently.

the second ss is the fix,i really don't know how it fixed

this construct is in the weapon class

btw thank you for trying to help me.I really appreciate it. 😃

[gaunt ferry]

so im making a mod for a game and they stripped listen out of it, i cant use plugins and i cant use any c++ would there be any alternative to listen?

[dark crow]

Listen?

[gaunt ferry]

do u know what listen is?

[dark crow]

I know many Listens

Depends what you mean

[gaunt ferry]

bruh

[trim matrix]

There is a node called SetMembersIn(StructName)

It looks like you need this

[gaunt ferry]

like open levelname?listen

[dark crow]

What you're asking for is really cryptic

If you wanna test in Editor you can just use the Play options for it, if not Dedicated

Not a mod support channel, so whatever the devs did with their devkit that they distributed, gotta ask them

[gaunt ferry]

ok ig

[bright harbor]

so i have an odd question, just in general terms nothing specific, how could i recreate the dive move in a hat in time to where you slide along the floor, rather than just stopping when you hit the ground

ideally you could slide down hills and such too

i have the dive, just can't figure out the sliding bit for it

[dark crow]

Play with Fiction and Deceleration of the CMC and if you want it to behave differently based on the Ground Type look into Physical Materials

[bright harbor]

how could i get you to move faster down higher inclines? like if i dive and slide down a hill, how would i pick up the momentum of the slope

[crimson ether]

Hi, I need some help with splines. Can anyone help me out a bit?
I need to get the actors that overlap with my spline. I'm having issues with it..

[dark crow]

You could LineTrace and check the Normal Impact Point for the Angle and dynamically have the values change based on that

Never did it myself so just theory

[bright harbor]

aight, i'll give it a shot, thanks

[dark crow]

That way it always checks for an Angle and if it's too steep you could automatically trigger a slide too

Instead of falling stiffly

So basically a forced slide

[glad coral]

i will take a look on it-thanks😃

[trim matrix]

Not that it would help you with your problem

just in general xD

[glad coral]

im a newbie i still don't know all the stuff

and i appreciate every single advice

[glad coral]

i've fixed it already

[trim matrix]

try and get a SetMemberIn(TheNameOfWeaponStructure)

yea ik

then if you click on that Set members node

in the details panel

you can change which value of the structure you are setting

[glad coral]

i will give it a try-thanks again😃

[trim matrix]

[crimson ether]

Hi, I need some help with splines. Can anyone help me out a bit?
I need to get the actors that overlap with my spline. I'm having issues with it.. 🙂

[dapper jetty]

Here's a (probably dumb) idea, you could add sphere colliders along the spline and set them to overlap with your actor class, and when the actor class overlaps a sphere, add them to a list. Then you can query that list to get the actors?

[trim matrix]

best idea so far

Idk myself, never used splines before in any real way.

[prisma stag]

Hello, I have this actor that manages these plots that are spawned in the world using a for loop to create an array of them. It works fine on begin play but I need to do some testing with them in the editor. I put the function that spawns them in the construction script of the actor but the actors never spawn in the editor when the main actor is placed.

[crimson ether]

great idea, but I have a really rare use case where I have some objects placed along my spline and I need them inside an array

[trim matrix]

Try taking that function outside of construction script and instead

toggle the function to be callable in editor

You definitly DO NOT want that function in construction script.

[crimson ether]

Can I stretch a box collision along the spline just like a mesh in spline meshes?

[prisma stag]

Ok, so just dont use the construction script. I never knew that that was even a toggle. Thanks. Now is it normal to create a function to only be used for a call in editor use?

[trim matrix]

Yes you can do that. Great for creating testing actors.

[prisma stag]

Awesome, thanks for the help.

[trim matrix]

The function should be callable from the details panel in editor.

[raw orbit]

is there any way to override player start or some alternate way of spawning the player in? it seems to currently conflict with saving the player position into a .sav and reloading it

[trim matrix]

In one of the framework classes there is a function to override player start yes.

I cant remeber exactly which one tho.... I think game mode?

Yes, in gamemode, there is a function called ChoosePlayerStart.

[unique yoke]

Would someone be able to tell me what the difference is between an "Invalidate" and a "Clear and Invalidate" call on a timer?

[raw orbit]

@trim matrix thank you. I noticed 'Event Handle Starting New Player' seems to achieve a similar result, which one would be better or does it matter? single player project

[trim matrix]

whatever you prefer.

it does not matter/.

[raw orbit]

[dapper jetty]

Capsules are cheaper, you could get the distance between two nodes, half it and set it to the capsule half height, then rotate the capsule so its z axis is pointing at the next spline, and set an arbitrary capsule radius. This might not work well for super wavy splines since capsules are straight it will only be an approximation

[crimson ether]

Thanks! the problem is, as you've stated... Super wavy splines. But, how about I use a spline mesh that doesn't block the player but generates overlap functionality and would list all of the actors that are placed along it?

could that work?

[spark steppe]

can't you use a mesh spline with complex collision? @crimson ether

[crimson ether]

Can you please expand on that a bit?

[tight schooner]

Complex collision is per-triangle

You can supply a mesh as a collision object, and it'll be deformable

unlike simple/primitive collision shapes

A spline mesh component is a mesh that can deform along a spline. There are tutorials out there for that

@crimson ether

[crimson ether]

Thanks a lot! I needed just that!

So, I deform a cylinder using a spline mesh along my path and then enable complex collision on that mesh?

[tight schooner]

In a nutshell yeah. In the mesh asset settings, you set "use complex collision as simple" somewhere.

And then you make your spline mesh component collidable, it'll just work (it never just works, but you know)

[crimson ether]

got it... Thanks a lot! I'm just starting out with UE4, you guys are keeping me alive!

[unique yoke]

Thanks!

[bright harbor]

so i'm trying to rotate the player to match a trace that hits the floor, but this is what happened when i tried, where did i go wrong in my math?

[spark steppe]

yes, but go with the lowest triangle count possible, because complex collision is kinda expensive compared to simple collision

[hollow gorge]

you can probably use this

[crimson ether]

noted, thanks a lot! btw... what would be cheaper, a cylinder or a cube?

[spark steppe]

cube

[cursive apex]

I am making a portal so that if it's on level one, you get to the next level but if it's on level two, you finish the game

I know I can make a different actor with the required blueprints to make it work separated. But is there a way to make it all work in the same actor ?

[brazen merlin]

well where does the player go after level two? if you make the Level name a variable, you can just change that

[empty needle]

Can I create a "Blueprint Function Library" in blueprints?

Something that I can create a few blueprints in and use across my project?

And not have to create these in cpp?

[brazen merlin]

a blueprint function library targets a class, so you would make a library for all actors to be able to use for example

[crimson saddle]

Hey friends, I am trying to make a hex grid that objects snap to. I don't need tiles, just grid snapping.
I have always been bad at geometry. Does anyone know why this doesn't work?

[cursive apex]

just finishes the game

[brazen merlin]

also yes, you can make them without cpp

[brazen merlin]

yeah but does it return the player back to main menu?

[cursive apex]

it shows an options in hud to do that , yes

[empty needle]

Hi @brazen merlin , what type of object do I need to create for that blueprint library?

[brazen merlin]

if it doesnt load a map, i suppose you could put a branch that you can change when its in the level

[brazen merlin]

you right click and choose to make one, then it will ask you target class, go with actor since its the most common one

[cursive apex]

I thought, if on level 1 then go to level two;if one level two pause game and show hud

[brazen merlin]

then on a branch you do one or the other - ShouldLoadNextLevel - if true, load the level which you can have a variable for, if false pause game and show hud

make the variables instance editable so you can change its variables when its in the level

[mystic bough]

seems like when I click and hold my button, it disables line traces from my mouse. Does anyone know a solution for this?

[abstract summit]

hi , i have this capsule collider whith block all , but i pass through everything , why??

[brazen merlin]

sounds like input is being consumed by another mouse click event, but i really dont know, this is prett vague

[abstract summit]

when i set the other capsule collider with the same setting that work, but i want juste one capsule collider parent with my mesh

[mystic bough]

I'll check and make sure it's not being consumed, hopefully just overlooked that, thanks.

[cursive apex]

?

[brazen merlin]

give your branch a variable so you can turn it off or on when you place it in the level

also, you have a level name variable, but its not plugged in to that load level node

[cursive apex]

but what about the condition ?

[earnest rose]

Got a question, hoping to get some advice to get started on the task. I want to have characters with stats that are semi randomly generated, along with their class. And im hoping to store this information somewhere. Ive never delved into storing information much, especially not a series of characters that can gain experience and stuff. Like a kind of TBS game, where the soldiers/ characters stats assumably needed to be loaded up during a fight, and then thier experiances, wounds etc saved somewhere.

[cursive apex]

ight now I have this

[cursive apex]

maybe in a game instance blueprint

[earnest rose]

Game inst? ive heard of a level BP, i havent yet heard of this sorcery

[cursive apex]

I am using it to store the score and hp data on a project

[earnest rose]

I'll have to look it up, thankyou!

[mystic bough]

what's the best way to get relative direction between two actors in a top down game? just X and Y

[brazen merlin]

sorry, what to do you mean? for what reason?

[mystic bough]

figured it out already, was for a grid placement

[brazen merlin]

okie dokie

[cedar silo]

someone please check #ue4-general for my query cause i think im not allowed to copy paste it

[gentle urchin]

I summon thee @ Authaer, the great guru of FGameplayTags! Is it possible to import gameplaytags into a DB so each row is empty but pre-generated ?

[trim trout]

i'm thinking this is where this belongs, but i had a thirdpersoncharacter set up with FPS camera and I added it to a new level but for some reason when i hit play i spawn in the corner above the landscape and the only time i can move as my thirdperson character is on the aiming input i have set up (with an ADS camera). Any suggestions?

[faint pasture]

First check, are you actually possessing the pawn you want to possess?

[trim trout]

yeah its just pulling the camera to above and to the corner of my landscape

alright well everything indicated that i was but i set it to player 0 again and it works now

[dusk dust]

I created a system for spawning "chunks" around a player, how could I go about only spawning these chunks when they are in the view frustum?

[woven ermine]

hey guys, do you know why I get the acceleration as 0 in here ?

even though the character is clearly accelerating, I can also get the proper speed and direction, but somehow, acceleration returns FALSE

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221798806713401345/933280628609253376/unknown.png

[icy dragon]

Try probing (Print String) on Get Current Acceleration's vector output

[woven ermine]

it returns 0

i've already done it

[icy dragon]

Not the Vector Length

[woven ermine]

no

the "get current accel"

any idea?

truth be told i think I can skip this step and get the same results, but not sure

I mean I skipped it, and it works, so i guess screw it ?

[dawn gazelle]

The acceleration value only has a value so long as you are not at your maximum speed. Once you're at maximum speed, you're no longer accelerating. By default the CMC movement speed reaches max pretty quicky.

[woven ermine]

I see

makes sense, but even if i lower the "max acceleration" like 20 times

oh well I guess it doesnt matter now, i`ll just skip the "is accelerating" part, its just that i've seen it done like that in the blendspace tutorial

[dawn gazelle]

Yea I'm doing a print string on event tick right now checking the acceleration with the acceleration pretty low, and the print on the screen shows this while moving (even at max speed):
0.0
0.0
150.0

[woven ermine]

so it takes 2 frames

to get to 150

[dawn gazelle]

I'd say it's more like acceleration is applied every 3 frames 😛

[woven ermine]

or that

so I guess a better question is, why did it work for the blendspace / anim bp tutorial I was watching

[dawn gazelle]

Kinda useless in that regard - strange that it wouldn't have an acceleration value every frame.

[ionic heath]

you can use p.VisualizeMovement 1 and p.VisualizeMovement 0 to see velocity and acceleration vectors

[wary tinsel]

at the end of the race in my game I want to be able to assing a reward and show it with a render. The problem is, they are a lot of textures2D. So how can I sort without loading all the assets at one time? Making an array of soft object can be an idea? Thanks guys

[ionic heath]

There's also option in character movement component, bRequestedMoveUseAcceleration

[woven ermine]

if seen that, but ticking/unticking doesnt change anything, also i`m not sure I understand what it does

scratch that

ticking it makes my blendspace not work

😄

[ionic heath]

well that's the reason why acceleration is 0 I think 😄 maybe try changing the blendspace a bit?

[woven ermine]

i've been messing with it since yesterday, I used this discord ask a last resort, I like to figure things out myself, but this..

this...

...

[dawn gazelle]

Well, the alternative would be to save the last frame's velocity and on the next frame compare it to the now frame's velocity to see if there was any acceleration.

[woven ermine]

or better yet, i just removed the acceleration bool

and save myself some trouble

so this is one

and this is the other :

they were for these two :

so if speed >0 you can enter the run run mode and if <0 you go idle

who needs acceleration anyway

[unique holly]

Hey peeps, I have a thing where- if i have an input key (w) pressed down on pause. After i unpause and set back to game mode.... It resets to using the forward velocity as new still... Tried a few things.. don't think it should be this hard. What node to clear the input? Any help greatly appreciated!

[hybrid latch]

Best practise to ensure variable validity? Timer by event / function to check for «is valid» and clear timer if valid?

[gentle urchin]

eh?

Validate on access ?

In which case would you need to check its validity in a looping manner like that ?

[unique holly]

Okay, i think i can word it better. After setting input mode to UI only, forward input value button press is force released. Found C++ workaround 'flush inputs' Any ideas on blueprint fix? plssss 🙂

[dreamy basin]

Can anyone help me with any tutorial or any idea to how to create a vortex blueprint which attract players

[hybrid latch]

For example to make sure variable is set and not null during initsialization

Some use delay but bad solution cause they stack eventually and you never know really how long to delay.

[gentle urchin]

true, I've seen some delays here and there. I've seldom experienced this issue myself, mostly knowing that things exist before trying to fetch its reference etc ..

Dont like the delay solution either

[vocal bolt]

I'm used to C# & Unity, so I'm having a little trouble getting used to UE / BP.

If this were C# (I'm trying to call an event on a widget), I'd simply make my AlertTrayUI static, and call the event directly. This (pic) works, but I feel like it's not the correct way.

Can I make things static with BP? Trawling Google is just getting me posts to do with static meshes

[icy dragon]

What are you trying to achieve, in more general terms?

Also general unspoken rule is to defenestrate things specific to Unity.

[vocal bolt]

Trying to work out how to access things that should have only one instance (statics), from anywhere. As opposed to doing some chain of "Okay I need to get a reference to this, then from that a reference to this, so I can call this event / function"

As for the Unity thing, I'm trying to do away with most of the things I'd normally do. But (correct me if I'm wrong) C++ & C# statics work pretty much the same at a base level, no?

[dapper jetty]

I am having issues with a launchCharacter node - I can pass in 0 900 500 or 900 0 500 to the launch velocity, and I get the same result - the player is launched backwards (towards the reverse of their forward vector), as opposed to on the global x or y (the 900). Am I missing something?

[odd ember]

OOP is OOP

but it's wise to yeet anything that may be considered unity specific logic or mindset

[woeful burrow]

why does "play animation" override "set material"?

[odd ember]

show code?

[woeful burrow]

On left Grux red, because the set material in construction script, then gray with textures in realtime because don't know, and the blueprint in the right.
As soon as I disconnect Play Animation, Set Material works as it should.

[split orbit]

I followed Reid's Spatial Inventory tutorial and got that working perfectly

I attempted to branch off from that and make a Container Inventory system BUT I am having trouble getting items to transfer from one widget to the other

I keep getting errors when it handles this function in the Container

[woeful burrow]

just found over internet after a message from the editor: I had to tick "Used with Morph Targets" in the material

[dawn gazelle]

Accessed None means you don't have a reference to the thing you're trying to access. The errors seem to indicate your error is originating from your widget, not your component. The widget itself likely doesn't have an appropriate value set in the "Container Component" variable.

[dim robin]

are data tables read-only?

[dawn gazelle]

They're not modifiable at runtime.

Just a means of storing static data.

[dawn gazelle]

Sorry, I don't accept DMs - please keep your messages here.
I'm not sure what would be required to get working what you want, all I can tell you is that whatever "ContainerGrid_Widget" widget is throwing those errors doesn't have the reference set to the "Container Inventory Component" you're trying to modify in the "Container Component" variable that you're calling those functions on.

[split orbit]

Well i posted the Function that has all the errors

I just don't know what I am to do to change it to work?

Heres the other Function that it error'd with

It creates both correctly

[dawn gazelle]

So that's where the problem likely lies. You are setting the "Component Container" variable there and right now, that variable is being set to "none".

[split orbit]

The right one is the original I was modifying from, it gets the items and stores it right

[dawn gazelle]

Just because the widget displays correctly, doesn't mean you have an appropriate reference to the actual container. Ie. You're creating the grid without needing anything to do with the container component at all with this bit of code.

Where are you starting the Initialize function from for the one that doesn't work?

[dawn gazelle]

Which of those two initializes is the one not working?

[split orbit]

The Right one

[dawn gazelle]

Where is this variable being set from?

[dawn gazelle]

That's the definition of the variable, where are you actually setting the value that goes in that variable?

[split orbit]

That Variable just targets the ContainerInventoryComponent

[dawn gazelle]

How?

You have expose on spawn there, are you feeding it in on the creation of the widget?

[split orbit]

All it is supposed to do is allow me to take items from my Right inventory and just put them in there and take them back out

[dawn gazelle]

You're not understanding - a variable of an object reference isn't a reference to the actual object that you're trying to manipulate.
ie. My player can have an inventory component, your player can have an inventory component. One of our inventory components can be stored in that variable.
A variable without any reference set in it returns None like you're seeing.

[split orbit]

It gets set during the Initialize function that I posted above

Wait

I think I see it

[dawn gazelle]

Can you show a screenshot where you have the create widget node for the widget that has this code?

[dawn gazelle]

Ok, now where is that Container Inventory Component coming from?

[split orbit]

From the Actor Component that has the Get All Items Function

[dawn gazelle]

This code is in the actual "Container Inventory Component"?

ie. You have a component named "Container Inventory Component" and within it you have a variable named "Container Inventory Component"?

[split orbit]

No

Thats in the ThirdPersonBP when it creates the Widget

[dawn gazelle]

So the thirdpersonBP has a variable called "Container Inventory Component" - is this a variable or a component on the ThirdPersonBP?

[split orbit]

It is a Component

[dawn gazelle]

Can you provide a screenshot of the top left window showing all components of the ThirdPersonBP?

[dawn gazelle]

Ok - what happens if you up the delay here for a second or two?

[split orbit]

It takes 2 seconds on pressing I for it to spawn both of them in XD

[dawn gazelle]

still get the error?

[split orbit]

yeah

Messed with some stuff, now I just get a error pertaining to this

Says Resize is throwing None

[dawn gazelle]

So it's the container value not being set here too. Where is it being set from?

[split orbit]

Dude I have no idea at this point, the Inventory Component is basically setup the EXACT same way but that works

I tried just duplicating the original Component and Widget and then modifying it to get it to work

[dim robin]

what is this? i can't find in editor..

[dawn gazelle]

That's probably only available to editor utility widgets.

Not meant to be runtime.

[dim robin]

thanks!

[safe iron]

Hey guys, this might be a stupid question, but I haven't really found a solution, not even on the internet.
I need to set the value of a bool variable inside of this array at the given index, but I don't seem to find a way to do that, unless by referencing the variable directly, is there any "set value of array element" functionor something?

[gentle urchin]

No ^^

[safe iron]

a

[gentle urchin]

You can do it in a map tho

Index as key, bool as value

[safe iron]

Isn't a map like a buffed array?

[gentle urchin]

Buffed?

[safe iron]

Like, works like an array but has more functions...?

[gentle urchin]

Nah

Its a very different container

Faster ^^

Less practical in bp

But for your case it should be fine

[safe iron]

Hmm, will try that out, thanks

It will be the first time for me with maps, but I'll see, thx

[gentle urchin]

Its pretty handy for single entry things that dont need to stay in order

The pair is correct ofc, but the pair isnt "locked" in a fixed position so to speak

[safe iron]

Mine is an Unreal Tournament styled weapon roster, where every weapon has a given slot, so I think order is important :/

[dawn gazelle]

That box collision is fairly aggressive.

[safe iron]

IDK if you have played any Boomer Shooter like Quake or Doom or UT, but if you do, you will know what I am talkin about

[split orbit]

@dawn gazelle I think I figured out why part of it is not working

But not what I have to do

[safe iron]

LMAO, I coded this with a friend of mine (who also is a developer) and I borrowed an expression of his

[gentle urchin]

If you dont remove entries from the map it will stay in order

[safe iron]

Ok then

[gentle urchin]

From what i've seen new entries may be inserted at free positions if a given Pair(key and its value) has been removed

[dawn gazelle]

Share whatever ya need to. I can try to help.

[split orbit]

The Container Component shouldn't be triggered on begin play, cause it requires the player to open an item. So its not taking the variable columns/rows to resize the Items Array

Cause on begin play, the size isn't set

[dawn gazelle]

So that would likely mean you want to initialize it whenever you open that item.

[split orbit]

Is what I figured would work but idk what to do to make it so when it is opened

My brain feels like jello D:

Been messing with this for like 5 hours now

[dawn gazelle]

Well... Here's what I would do...

[split orbit]

I set the size inside the Inventory Widget

Cause its supposed to be a variable amount of slots based on the actual physical container

Well I am using the Container Component to add to my inventory, so i need to make an event that "do once" when the player opens their inventory

To create the area and apply the values AFTER the Inventory_Widget sets them?

[dawn gazelle]

... I rescind my here's what I would do statement... As I think about it further I'm making too many assumptions about your setup. XD

[split orbit]

Well if you want to thumb through the tutorial i followed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CjpBoKl6s8