#multiplayer | Unreal Source | Page 419

zinc zealot Sep 8, 2018, 7:51 PM

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now im making like a creator's menu xd

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thats the problem i was having but screw it

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xd

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im gonna make it so only the host can use it

sharp arrow Sep 8, 2018, 10:56 PM

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guys can you help me with this when it atracts the players should be able to se the othe rplayer grab it and it does but the problem is that when i see in one screen the other player catchign it when it catches it instead of being attach right in the hand is like in the socket but far awar from the hand but if i see the screen of the one ho catched it it is in his hand

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sharp arrow Sep 9, 2018, 1:16 AM

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sharp arrow Sep 9, 2018, 2:18 AM

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the problem here that i wana fix is that the weapon is not in the hand

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sharp arrow Sep 9, 2018, 2:44 AM

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forget guys i did it

twin juniper Sep 9, 2018, 10:21 AM

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Does anyone have an issue with steam subsystem

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the overlay does not work

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Online/Steam

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I followed this

bleak lily Sep 9, 2018, 3:47 PM

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how would I be able to do something in which the server checks to see if there is a certain actor there and if it isnt the game ends

trim dirge Sep 9, 2018, 4:16 PM

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I need some help in my multiplayer game, how can i drag a ragdoll to safety, drag another player while dead from one location to another? how is it even done

modest dock Sep 9, 2018, 4:39 PM

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anyone know how to get a players ping connected to a session?

gusty parcel Sep 9, 2018, 4:45 PM

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Anyone know how to setup a ark like server system?

red ledge Sep 9, 2018, 4:49 PM

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@bleak lily try searching for all actors of class on gamemode, if the function returns 0 actors of that class, then end the game

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game mode only exists on server

bleak lily Sep 9, 2018, 4:51 PM

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I would have to create a new function for that right

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@red ledge how would I get the number of actors of that class like how would it know it is 0

red ledge Sep 9, 2018, 4:54 PM

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do you use blueprints or c++?

bleak lily Sep 9, 2018, 4:55 PM

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blueprints

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what thing would I use to see if it had 0 actors of the class

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https://gyazo.com/32f3ce74eff7670d5b0cd69b0fd099c8

Gyazo

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like i am using this

red ledge Sep 9, 2018, 4:56 PM

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drag the out actors and check if the length is less than 1

bleak lily Sep 9, 2018, 4:57 PM

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https://gyazo.com/0280d72b8e5d4e4de75318201300a1cf

Gyazo

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kinda like this?

red ledge Sep 9, 2018, 4:58 PM

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no

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check if the length is less than 1

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length < 1

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not -

bleak lily Sep 9, 2018, 4:59 PM

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https://gyazo.com/d9c102e026c64b19a40957acb206247f

Gyazo

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oh wait what would I do with the boolean output

red ledge Sep 9, 2018, 5:01 PM

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use a branch and end the game if that is true

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you should probably check blueprints basics before making a multiplayer game

bleak lily Sep 9, 2018, 5:02 PM

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yeah

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oh thats weird I cant destroy the session

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like its not in here

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oh no its because I cant do it in a function

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I got it

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is there a way for me to wait though for this to happen since there is a character select and there obviously wouldnt be that actor right when you start

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@red ledge

red ledge Sep 9, 2018, 5:19 PM

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if you are using sessions, there should be a function called when players join, don't check anything until players start joining

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It's called something post login

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or make the controller class talk to the game mode and ask it to check on the controller begin play

zinc zealot Sep 9, 2018, 7:58 PM

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hmm

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Does anyone know

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how to save a map after used on a multiplayer session

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or save it fover

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over

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weird..

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never had this before

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LogOutputDevice: Error: === Handled ensure: ===

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LogOutputDevice: Error: [Callstack] 0x00000000CED6B706 UE4Editor-Core.dll!UnknownFunction []

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LogOnline: Warning: OSS: AutoLogin missing AUTH_LOGIN=<login id>.

zinc zealot Sep 9, 2018, 8:46 PM

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noice

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novel solar Sep 9, 2018, 8:55 PM

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I'm trying to wrap my head around uchannel, specifically the control channel.

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Is there anything but API docs?

zinc zealot Sep 9, 2018, 9:13 PM

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im so fuckin mad

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i lost all the code i did to fix the problems i had yesterday

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and now i have to redo them

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and i dont remember them

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noice

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my game is all fucked up and im freaking out

zinc zealot Sep 9, 2018, 9:42 PM

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why is this spawning a null ?

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srsly

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this is so f* up

cerulean hamlet Sep 9, 2018, 10:00 PM

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Is there a callback for when any Unreal instance (client or server) finishes loading a map?

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@novel solar what about UChannel are you trying to understand

winged badger Sep 9, 2018, 11:21 PM

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    //APlayerController.h
    /** 
     * Called to notify the server when the client has loaded a new world via seamless traveling
     * @param WorldPackageName the name of the world package that was loaded
     */
    UFUNCTION(reliable, server, WithValidation, SealedEvent)
    void ServerNotifyLoadedWorld(FName WorldPackageName);

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of you can look into FWorldDelegates

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looks like it goes to SwapPlayerControllers() from there directly

novel solar Sep 9, 2018, 11:38 PM

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@cerulean hamlet working on a distributed mmo server, so having to customize a lot. What I'm trying to achieve, is routing from an echo server with some server responses (outside of unreal entirely)
So, with uchannels, I'm trying to figure out creation, and specifically control channel.

unique thunder Sep 10, 2018, 12:53 AM

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What goes into the 'object' pin when I cast to my player from inside my playercontroller? "GetOwner"?

fossil spoke Sep 10, 2018, 12:55 AM

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What is the type your trying to cast to?

unique thunder Sep 10, 2018, 12:55 AM

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character

fossil spoke Sep 10, 2018, 12:56 AM

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GetControlledPawn()

cerulean hamlet Sep 10, 2018, 1:07 AM

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@winged badger will the FWorldDelegates include finishing loading after level streaming?

meager spade Sep 10, 2018, 1:17 AM

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GetPawn

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getcontrolledpawn sorry DevilsD beat me to it

worthy orchid Sep 10, 2018, 1:56 AM

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Anyone have an idea as to why I can't seem to connect to my dedicated server from the compiled game but I can from running standalone?

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When I run the compiled game and try to connect the server seems to close the connection or vise versa

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Using steam btw

cedar finch Sep 10, 2018, 2:01 AM

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Anyone know why when I sprint I can't see myself doing the sprint animation (just kinda shakes) but it does show for all the other clients? I'm trying to replicate my sprint but it won't show on the owning client

worthy orchid Sep 10, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Did you make the event run on server?

cedar finch Sep 10, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Yes

worthy orchid Sep 10, 2018, 2:03 AM

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Try doing multicast

cedar finch Sep 10, 2018, 2:05 AM

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https://i.gyazo.com/0fbcbd3ab14ba180d8450bbacc741534.gif

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https://i.gyazo.com/2a4e6ca06bcdf3178995d19b77ed3689.png

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@worthy orchid Multicast worked!! Thanks man. I wish i understood why that fixed it. Do you got a quick explanation?

worthy orchid Sep 10, 2018, 2:14 AM

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Yeah it's just what it implies it casts it on server and owning client

gaunt crown Sep 10, 2018, 4:28 AM

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Switch Has Authority is useless on a Run On Server Event since the target is already Server btw 😃

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Excuse me, it only caught my eye for no reason 🤣

gaunt crown Sep 10, 2018, 7:33 AM

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Ok anyone know of this one ?

thin stratus Sep 10, 2018, 7:33 AM

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The function can still be called from a Client, even if it only executes local

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And there are situations where you even want to filter that

gaunt crown Sep 10, 2018, 7:34 AM

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Ah the more you know

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https://gyazo.com/a52bc9dbb2a064504ae5eecb0e1f7ae2 I have this issue

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thin stratus Sep 10, 2018, 7:34 AM

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Every functions and variable is basically available to the client, so if you don't want them to cheat, let Authority only handle stuff

gaunt crown Sep 10, 2018, 7:34 AM

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That fires on Server apparently

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But until I exit UE4

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and reopen, and interact it runs on client etc perfectly.

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Is this a bug ?

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Heres after now I restarted UE

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https://gyazo.com/a4b61afcfbc8a2ee0add2f3fdecbfd3c

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Perfect.

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Print Strings show.

thin stratus Sep 10, 2018, 7:37 AM

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It only works once?

gaunt crown Sep 10, 2018, 7:38 AM

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I created the Events in the graph and they would only fire Server and it pissed me off so much that I restarted UE and then when I tried after restarting it fired Client and all as it was suppose to do which made my very happy to see I was correct this entire time, but when I edited the graph with Interacting Server only fires again and I have to restart for the correct replicating process weirdly enough.

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It works all the time until I edit the graph with something and need to restart.

thin stratus Sep 10, 2018, 7:41 AM

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I don't see why this wouldn't work

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So yeah I would call that a bug

gaunt crown Sep 10, 2018, 7:41 AM

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Good to know

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Thanks for clearing that up haha 😄

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Is it possible that can be reported to UE to be fixed?

thin stratus Sep 10, 2018, 7:42 AM

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Tricky, only if you can recreate the bug in a new project

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Cause they need to see the problem and be able to recreate it

gaunt crown Sep 10, 2018, 7:43 AM

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Oh I found the bug!

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When editing the Graph of the Foliage Component BP it seems to require a restart.

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Foliage Instanced Static Mesh Component is the Parent BP.

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I just removed a Print String from the Graph and now nothing will fire.

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https://gyazo.com/ba5c43804ab1ae669340be66d2afbdee

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zinc zealot Sep 10, 2018, 3:56 PM

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Guys

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Any tips

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why

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this isnt working

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the selected part

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zinc zealot Sep 10, 2018, 4:26 PM

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why cant i get an As thirdperson from this

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its not doing

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i set stabed to replicate and still

icy nacelle Sep 10, 2018, 4:34 PM

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@zinc zealot This is more for #blueprint
You've got quite a few things that looks like it could be done better here.
Firstly, you want to do a cast to in your first screenshot when you have an overlap, otherwise everything will be set as the actor 'stabbed'
Secondly, you shouldn't have CastTo's in tick

zinc zealot Sep 10, 2018, 4:34 PM

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ok

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thx

icy nacelle Sep 10, 2018, 4:36 PM

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Having some major problems with this lasso item that I've made. It shoots a projectile with a cable component, but its not replicating properly. Works perfectly (as a straight line from hand to projectile) on singleplayer.
Any idea why this could be happening? Couldn't find anything on google with replication errors for the cable component.

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For perspective in that image:
The player is slightly invisible, and the red cube is the end point of the projectile.

winged badger Sep 10, 2018, 4:36 PM

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did you go read the CableComponent?

zinc zealot Sep 10, 2018, 4:45 PM

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Why cant i do this!!!

icy nacelle Sep 10, 2018, 5:15 PM

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Yeah @winged badger, There's nothing under replication for the unreal docs

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I cant understand why its doing this

winged badger Sep 10, 2018, 5:15 PM

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i meant the source code

icy nacelle Sep 10, 2018, 5:16 PM

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No I haven't, how would I go about de-bugging while searching the source code?

winged badger Sep 10, 2018, 5:21 PM

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i am assuming that nothing in it is replicated

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so you would have to fully simulate the lasso client side

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instead of relying on replication

icy nacelle Sep 10, 2018, 5:22 PM

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I see

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The cable component has a 'replicate component' checkbox, could this indicate that it is replicated in its source?

winged badger Sep 10, 2018, 5:23 PM

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every component has it, so no

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read the GetLifetimeReplicatedProps override in its .cpp

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there you can see at a glance what members declared in that class is it replicating

icy nacelle Sep 10, 2018, 5:31 PM

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Sure, I'll check it out.

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Thanks 😃

twin juniper Sep 10, 2018, 7:32 PM

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Hello guys

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I have a problem

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When I connect on dedicated server I get lags like, I move and it throws me back to the place I moved from

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And the game is really simple

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I get no framedrops

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and no high ping

thin stratus Sep 10, 2018, 7:33 PM

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Using a Character?

twin juniper Sep 10, 2018, 7:33 PM

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yea

thin stratus Sep 10, 2018, 7:34 PM

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Adjusting the MaxWalkSpeed somewhere?

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Usually that only happens if you have no proper network code for movement input

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And you move on the client but the server doesn't move or lags behind

twin juniper Sep 10, 2018, 7:35 PM

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Well not really but It throws me after like a second or so

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But will look at that and will seee

charred tulip Sep 11, 2018, 2:00 AM

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I'm making a multiplayer physics based game and whenever I spawn 100 replicated balls, the client's end looks horrible. Balls look very choppy. Can someone explain how this is happening? What tools I could use to see this for myself? If I can see how it's doing it maybe I can figure out what questions to ask next on how to fix it. I'm by no means a network guru lol

jagged garden Sep 11, 2018, 2:15 AM

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@charred tulip I’m not entirely sure the solution but when you have that many replicated actors it starts to look very choppy on the clients end so I would recommend maybe doing custom replication where you send the position of the balls to the client

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 3:14 AM

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Physics based multiplayer game, not a network guru. Doesn't mix

high heart Sep 11, 2018, 3:59 AM

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what would the best entry point be for an event that needs to occur after a game has started but before ANY actors are spawned or replicated client-side?

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ie; right after the world loads

fossil spoke Sep 11, 2018, 4:08 AM

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You mean the game as in the process itself?

high heart Sep 11, 2018, 4:10 AM

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no like a match. right after a gamemode is started, except on the client

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it's painfully obvious to me at this point that I can't depend on GameState to be ready when a character spawns on the client

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so that rules that out

fossil spoke Sep 11, 2018, 4:11 AM

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What are you trying to do?

high heart Sep 11, 2018, 4:21 AM

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Ultimately I'm trying to do client-authed VR weapon loadouts. The process is:

spawn characters and weapons on server
call equip logic client-side as soon as possible

Equipping server-side is not an option for reasons. That's not important. The tricky part here is that if the weapons replicate before the character they don't know who to equip to. It's crazy and random and unreliable. I've already written a set of static functions that use uint8 loadout ids to track which weapons go to which actors, but it doesn't clean up very well which could potentially cause errors if clients have data from other worlds with old actor references.

All I need to do is reset the static arrays right after Bringing world %s up for play

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but, before any of the weapons or characters get replicated

fossil spoke Sep 11, 2018, 4:23 AM

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Why not reset them when the previous world ends?

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That way they are ready for the next world.

high heart Sep 11, 2018, 4:23 AM

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That'd work just fine

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though I could imagine weird behavior in-editor since static stuff doesn't seem to get reset when PIE exits

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though actually that's just speculation. i may be wrong

fossil spoke Sep 11, 2018, 4:25 AM

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Well you could write your own Editor only code that handles it for the PIE case.

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Just scope it in whatever editor preprocessor you think is necessary

high heart Sep 11, 2018, 4:26 AM

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hmm

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what'd be the best entry point for that though?

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PreServerTravel?

fossil spoke Sep 11, 2018, 4:27 AM

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Just do it when the level is unloaded. There will be a delegate for it in FCoreUObjectDelegates

high heart Sep 11, 2018, 4:33 AM

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wow I didn't know about FCoreUObjectDelegates

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thanks

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I don't see an unload event. OnPreLoadMap should probably work though

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and I guess moving all the logic to game instance would probably fix any editor issues

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 4:49 AM

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Hey so I noticed that when I enabled some pktlag on my project, my sprint mechanic when I stop and start it is a bit glitchy due to response between the client and the server being obviously laggy.

https://gyazo.com/d3c303198667b794aac3db33d668f8e1

How do games mainly do sprinting and prevent any desync for the player to be a smooth movement ?

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I do it this way.

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 4:51 AM

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@gaunt crown By creating custom client prediction for CMC, here's a wiki entry (but the wiki is borked) that gives you a basic rundown
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Authoritative_Networked_Character_Movement

Authoritative Networked Character Movement

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You definitely can't do it in BP

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 4:51 AM

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RIP.

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😦

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I only know BP.

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Thats a downside

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 4:52 AM

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Unfortunately you'll find a lot of solutions on youtube that don't work once latency is introduced

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Yeah, CMC is C++ only

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That will never change, however epic have said they want to make a umm.. adequate implementation of CMC some years back, but that was never a priority and until Fortnite would benefit from it it never will be

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 4:54 AM

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hm

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 4:54 AM

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So basically options 1, 2, and 3 is learn C++

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😛

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 4:54 AM

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rip.

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C++ is way harder than blueprinting.

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 4:55 AM

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Eh well you don't need to know much to add prediction based on some tutorial

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I made a wiki tutorial for a character flying with a wing suit aimed at BP users a while back, which uses only the bare minimum C++ required and walks them through it, but as I said the wiki is borked

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 4:57 AM

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do you find C++ is harder than BP ?

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Or ?

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 4:57 AM

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Definitely not

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 4:57 AM

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😮

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 4:57 AM

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Quite the opposite once familar

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BP is hard to read

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Once anything becomes remotely complex

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 4:57 AM

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ah

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 4:59 AM

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https://github.com/error454/CharacterMovementReplication-UE4

GitHub

error454/CharacterMovementReplication-UE4

A sample of character movement replication for UE4 - error454/CharacterMovementReplication-UE4

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From http://error454.com/2015/03/20/ue4/movement/replication

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Very old but still mostly relevant and main thing: not on wiki

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Read the second link to understand a bit more about it

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GL, I'm off for a few hours

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 5:06 AM

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ty man

unique thunder Sep 11, 2018, 5:11 AM

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@gaunt crown I haven't read through the whole chat on this but,

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You should be able to do it by lerping the max speed in-between the run states to get a smoother outcome with BP alone

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🤔

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You can lerp from current speed to desired run/sprint using a timeline that plays from start and this should eliminate any problems with players switching too fast or in-between the lerps

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 5:35 AM

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yeah that could potentially solve it.

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do a slow down and a run up type of thing

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Instead of instant max walk speed change

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@unique thunder

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😃

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 9:24 AM

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My fix is this 😃

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for now

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https://gyazo.com/d3c303198667b794aac3db33d668f8e1

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Old

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https://gyazo.com/1c6cb7a49653192ba2684d004af2d8ed

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New

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As you said @unique thunder Timeline 😃

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Works nicely to slowly transition movement and stop that rubberband

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And that was set to 100 on the pktlag.

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so def good improvement.

red ledge Sep 11, 2018, 9:44 AM

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it's more of a work around tbh

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but I can't blame you the CMC is a pain

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 9:56 AM

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@red ledge Its obviously a definite work around

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I can tell you what though

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adding that timeline made the movement cooler 😛

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and fixed that issue too haha

red ledge Sep 11, 2018, 9:59 AM

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if it works then it works is the first rule of programming

gaunt crown Sep 11, 2018, 10:43 AM

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@red ledge 😃 Yes sir!

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Im here to learn and enjoy what I love doing, being creative.

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And making bugs basically features fatkappa

jolly siren Sep 11, 2018, 12:16 PM

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inner flare Sep 11, 2018, 12:45 PM

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Sweet. That's awesome I was just having this issue, thanks 😃

vital steeple Sep 11, 2018, 9:16 PM

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do unreliable RPCs have a chance to NEVER run, or do they just have a chance to be latent and run later?

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for instance if i have a particle effect activated on multicast and its unreliable

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will it just get activated/deactivated slightly off timing, or does it have a chacne to be stuck on or off

humble zealot Sep 11, 2018, 9:33 PM

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Guys, can i delay my character from spawning in until the map is loaded? (level stream)

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its urgent

grand kestrel Sep 11, 2018, 9:42 PM

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@vital steeple reliable RPC will run later if it fails, unreliable will not

twin juniper Sep 11, 2018, 9:43 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/LhL7iRZ.png

Imgur

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What is wrong with my Steam implementation?

vital steeple Sep 11, 2018, 9:48 PM

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thank you 😃

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also anyone had sounds not replicate to clients with PIE, dedicated server, and two clients? i have a multicast ignore local client, and the print node indicates its playing on server/remote clients, but its not actually playing

sharp pagoda Sep 11, 2018, 9:50 PM

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Note that it's not specifically "run later". Reliable RPCs are ordered within their own data channel

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@twin juniper Your net driver definitions

twin juniper Sep 11, 2018, 9:51 PM

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@sharp pagoda Which ones?

sharp pagoda Sep 11, 2018, 9:51 PM

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[/Script/Engine.GameEngine]
!NetDriverDefinitions=ClearArray
+NetDriverDefinitions=(DefName="GameNetDriver",DriverClassName="/Script/OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetDriver",DriverClassNameFallback="/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver")
+NetDriverDefinitions=(DefName="BeaconNetDriver",DriverClassName="/Script/OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetDriver",DriverClassNameFallback="/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver")

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Is what it should look like

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Nothing in Engine.Engine

twin juniper Sep 11, 2018, 9:51 PM

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Oh

humble zealot Sep 11, 2018, 9:51 PM

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do you guys know how to delay a character spawn until the level loads in?

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i need help an cant get an answer

sharp pagoda Sep 11, 2018, 9:53 PM

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My best guess would be to look at gamemode, see if there's anything related to post map load there, and override the default spawning system to spawn your player after post load @humble zealot

twin juniper Sep 11, 2018, 9:53 PM

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@sharp pagoda thanks that worked lol

humble zealot Sep 11, 2018, 10:01 PM

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@sharp pagoda I will give it a look

cedar finch Sep 11, 2018, 10:01 PM

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I have a simple zombie that moves to players using "Ai move to" It works but I was wondering how I could make him chase after other close players instead of allways chasing the 1st person. For example say the zombie was chasing me and I told my friend, "take the zombie from me" and he ran close to the zombie and the zombie would start chasing him. Any Hints on how I should go about doing it?

humble zealot Sep 11, 2018, 10:07 PM

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@sharp pagoda I just noticed I'm actually using the standard Third person game mode

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nothing edited

vital steeple Sep 11, 2018, 11:49 PM

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maybe im missing something

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https://i.imgur.com/DRQf6OU.png

Imgur

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when i run prints, the owning client DOESNT play and the server/other non owning client DO play... supposedly. they at least print

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is there soemthing about sound replication that im missing?

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because im not hearing them in PIE

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this is in a fresh example project

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 12:42 AM

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Hey guys

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question

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I've had this problem for quite a bit now

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Clients

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when moving backwards

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glitch

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looks like their trying to turn in various directions at the same time

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and i mean animation wise

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is it the Moving component that the 3rd person character comes with and i mean the Programming

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 1:46 AM

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It might be because of the same account or same machine

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Idk

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Does anyone know anything about my problem?

vital steeple Sep 12, 2018, 2:05 AM

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no one is aware if any weird sound replication issues or limitations?

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 2:06 AM

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No

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There aren't any

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Works fine

vital steeple Sep 12, 2018, 2:06 AM

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does it just not work in PIE?

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 2:07 AM

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No it works

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Keep in mind if a window isn't active it won't play the sound

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Or rather it's muted in background

vital steeple Sep 12, 2018, 2:08 AM

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mother of god. if thats what ive spent the last 3 hours

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<_<

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 2:09 AM

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It's a common feature in games 😋

vital steeple Sep 12, 2018, 2:10 AM

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thank you...

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im both grateful and a little salty about that

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though how do some games override that? i know squad does

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is that just an engine setting somewhere?

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 2:12 AM

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You've made the biggest rookie error; tunnel vision

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Focusing on replication instead of the whole picture

vital steeple Sep 12, 2018, 2:12 AM

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yeah for sure 😦

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 2:12 AM

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It's one of those things you'll get past with experience

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It's probably a setting somewhere, you'll need to ask Dr Google

vital steeple Sep 12, 2018, 2:12 AM

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now orries

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thanks man!

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 2:13 AM

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Np

runic cairn Sep 12, 2018, 2:33 AM

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Hey guys, after upgrading from 4.17 to 4.20, all clients will crash when the server attempts to seamlessly travel them back to the lobby when the game ends with the following fatal error:

Rendering thread exception:
Fatal error!

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffff

0x00007ff615f2dae2 BattleRoyale.exe!FFXSystem::AddGPUSimulation'::2'::EURCMacro_FAddGPUSimulationCommand::DoTask() [c:\unrealengine\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\particles\particlegpusimulation.cpp:4438]
0x00007ff615f2eda2 BattleRoyale.exe!TGraphTask<FFXSystem::AddGPUSimulation'::2'::EURCMacro_FAddGPUSimulationCommand>::ExecuteTask() [c:\unrealengine\engine\source\runtime\core\public\async\taskgraphinterfaces.h:832]```

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Has anyone seen this before or have any ideas what might be causing this all of a sudden?

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or...

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Assertion failed: Component->FXSystem == FXSystem [File:C:\UnrealEngine\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\Particles\ParticleGpuSimulation.cpp] [Line: 3221] ```

left marsh Sep 12, 2018, 3:19 AM

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Are there some general guidelines for making multiplayer functionality in Unreal?

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Particular patterns to adhere to, for example?

glad sedge Sep 12, 2018, 4:46 AM

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Read this; http://cedric-neukirchen.net/2017/02/14/multiplayer-network-compendium/

Cedric Neukirchen

eXi

Multiplayer Network Compendium

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Like. 400 times

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I'd advise mapping as much as you can using some kind of flow chart software, like lucid charts.

halcyon totem Sep 12, 2018, 5:03 AM

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I want to learn how to make an online game in 2018 where are you all getting your into and tutorials from?

rose egret Sep 12, 2018, 5:13 AM

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can someone tell me how an TArray<FString> property is replicated? every time I add an element the whole array will be replicated or just the added element?

random thunder Sep 12, 2018, 6:23 AM

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Hey guys, can someone help me with the Blue Man Vehicle Physics? I can't get it to work properly in multiplayer.
https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/marketplace/111247-blue-man-vehicle-physics-plugin?p=1526796#post1526796

Unreal Engine Forums

MARKETPLACE https://www.unrealengine.com/marketp...ehicle-physics (https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/blue-man-vehicle-physics)

You can get the Plugin right

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 8:43 AM

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IIRC there is currently no working prediction for his plugin

slate veldt Sep 12, 2018, 10:39 AM

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Silly question - noticed that if a client joins a game after other players, the other players pawn's "BeginPlay" doesn't get called on the client (sets some references)

I'm assuming I should just move this into a "PostNetInit" instead?

late violet Sep 12, 2018, 10:40 AM

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Found something I can't seem to get the answer for. Note: writing in C++, but if there's a blueprint version, I can use that too.

I have an Actor, which is created and attached to a character. I've set the owner of this actor to the character. In the Tick of this Actor, I want to run some code that is only run on the owning client (which would be the owning client of the character, since they are the owner). I can't have this be an RPC as timing is important, and needs to be the same frame, and also, needs to work in a standalone game, which rules out checking if it's running as authority, or client. Is there some easy way to find this out? Note: The character could be server or client depending if it's a player character or an AI character.

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 10:58 AM

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Hey guys
question
I've had this problem for quite a bit now
Clients
when moving backwards
glitch
looks like their trying to turn in various directions at the same time
and i mean animation wise
is it the Moving component that the 3rd person character comes with and i mean the Programming

grand kestrel Sep 12, 2018, 12:48 PM

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No it's purely something you did

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There is no such bug

worn nymph Sep 12, 2018, 12:52 PM

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depends if your using the calculate direction node in your anim bp as it has a few issues that can cause blendspace problems

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@zinc zealot

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 1:39 PM

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thx

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:30 PM

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Hey guys

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found this way to do footsteps

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but it uses notifys in the anime BP

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so

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this wont work will it ?

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:34 PM

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Yikes, poor design @zinc zealot. Make an anim notify class called Footstep which you can place in your locomotion animations. In the notify class, override OnNotifyReceived() and perform a line trace at the foot base downwards into the ground to get the physical surface, which you then play a specific sound cue accordingly.

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:34 PM

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i dint understand very well..

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:35 PM

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Ok, well tell me what you understand

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Do you know what a notify is?

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:35 PM

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a notify is something you put in an animation at a certain time

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and it triggers an event

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right ?

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:36 PM

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Yes, but in this case you should use a notify class, not a notify event so that it can be used between anim blueprints

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:36 PM

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whats a notify class ?

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or how do i make it

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:37 PM

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So first create a new blueprint class that extends from AnimNotify, call it BP_Footstep or something, then click on Override in the functions list to create a custom implementation for OnNotifyReceived

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:37 PM

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and between anim BP's you mean between third person and anim class right

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:37 PM

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It's just a blueprint class

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Yes

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Or any anim bp

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:37 PM

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ok

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one sec

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this ?

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sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:38 PM

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Yep

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:38 PM

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should this work like an interface ?

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:38 PM

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Now override received notify

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It's a full class, not an interface

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Even though it looks like an interface because it's so empty

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:39 PM

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ok

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override received notify

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done

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sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:40 PM

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Now from there what I would do is take the component input, get owner, cast to your custom player class, then call a function like GetSurfaceUnderFoot()

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Obviously you need to make this GetSurfaceUnderFoot() function in your player class

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:40 PM

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hmm

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so only take the event notify from the foot

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and move the code to third person char

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right ?

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:41 PM

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An implementation of such a function would involve a line trace single from the foot downwards, breaking the hit result, and returning the PhysMat

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:41 PM

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yeh

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how do i get the event

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tough

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though

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:41 PM

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You want the character to determine what is under his foot, not the notify to guess

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:41 PM

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ye ye

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but i mean

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:41 PM

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Then you can have the notify work on any character

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:41 PM

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like

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how do i get an event like this

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from the notify class

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or what

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:42 PM

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You don't want that event, you can just delete it

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That's an event specific to that anim bp

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:42 PM

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ye but

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:43 PM

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The ReceivedNotify() event takes its place

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:43 PM

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how do i get something similar

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ok

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but how do i select the notifys

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or does it take all

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:43 PM

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So now in your animation assets where you put the notifys before, replace them with Add Notify -> FootstepNotify

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:43 PM

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ok

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but they were already add notify

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:44 PM

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Yep, but the wrong type of notify

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They are event notifies

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You want them to be class notifies

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:44 PM

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ok

sharp pagoda Sep 12, 2018, 3:44 PM

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Also let's move this to #animation

zinc zealot Sep 12, 2018, 3:44 PM

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ok xD

trim dirge Sep 12, 2018, 3:48 PM

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how can i make the bullet rotation become the camera rotation?

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i am lost

twin juniper Sep 12, 2018, 4:40 PM

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SteamAuthComponentModuleInterface

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I noticed the steam auth component has functions such as "GetAuthTicket()"

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Does this component automatically do authentication? Or must we manually call the methods?

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:34 PM

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I'm trying to run a multicast to make an object visible to all players but I want to filter out certain players only inside the multicast. For example: Multicast > Is local player (for each client) bool = true? If true, set visibility. But not sure how to access the playerBP of each player that receives the multicast

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:41 PM

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your question is not clearly formulated i think... what are you running the multicast on(characters or other stuff?) and where is the condition

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:41 PM

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1 sec

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Multicast > Cast to local player > Does local player team = my team? If true, continue.

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Would this work?

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(This event fires inside each player on tick)

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:43 PM

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youre doing a multicast on tick for each player??

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if so, thats insanity

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:44 PM

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Yes, I have a function that checks whether a player's voice is being detected

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If yes, it displays a little sound icon next to their name

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If not, it hides it.

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That detection has to happen on tick, so the display has to happen on tick unfortunately.

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It's actually the player controller storing a local reference of the active player BP and executing this multicast on tick if so.

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:45 PM

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hmm youre mixing your terms a bit here i think... but 'active player BP' do you just mean pawn?

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:45 PM

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Yes, sorry

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:46 PM

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and you wanna show to all clients when a person is talking

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:46 PM

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Yes, so this event checks if a player is talking and only spits out a boolean

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'CurrentBody' is the active pawn reference at any given time.

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On Possess, the pawn resets that variable in its playercontroller to reference the correct self.

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But it runs a server RPC inside the active pawn that runs a multicast

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Displaying the voice icon when they're talking as determined on tick, via this function's boolean.

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😩 🔫

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:47 PM

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this seems overly complex for what you are trying to achieve...

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why doesnt every pawn just have a boolean IsTalking that's replicated to non-owners

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then on repnotify boolean is true, display widget

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boolean is false, hide widget

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:48 PM

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repnotify, fuck

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genius

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okay hold up

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I can run this from the playercontroller since the boolean is set there and I already have a reference to the active pawn

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but I'm still not sure how I would access the non-owning player's Team variable

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to only display it to those whose team = my team

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:49 PM

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do the pawns know their own teams

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:49 PM

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yes

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:50 PM

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then in the repnotify, IfEnemyTo(Localcontroller->localpawn)

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:52 PM

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not sure what you mean

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:53 PM

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well you'll need a reference to your locally controlled pawn yes

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or playercontroller if that has the team too

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:54 PM

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i have the team variable stored in the player for reference

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as well

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:55 PM

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right, so you just check if teams are the same in repnotify

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:55 PM

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yeah but between what

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manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:56 PM

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yeah, you need to get a reference either to your local controller or to the locally controlled pawn

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the dirty way of doing that in blueprint is to use the static getcontroller(0) thing

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:57 PM

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doing it in repnotify now,

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the 'CurrentBody' variable is the locally controlled pawn that's running this repnotify

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so I already have access to my own team name

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it's other pawns that I'm not sure how to access without a Cast and a local controller check

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:58 PM

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it doesnt need to run on the locally controlled pawn

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it should run on everyone else's pawns

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 9:59 PM

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hmm

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 9:59 PM

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replicate the IsTalking var only to non-owner

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:00 PM

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would this work

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CurrentBody Team = owner pawn (if executing on every client) Team

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:01 PM

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wait, what exactly is currentbody

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a reference to which pawn

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:01 PM

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my own

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:01 PM

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you store a reference to your locally controlled pawn in every single pawn?

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:02 PM

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no, in my own playercontroller. I've got CurrentBody and PreviousBody. I used it mainly to discard my dead bodies on respawn and also to do so on EndPlay incase the player closed the game

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but I figured I could also get these vars from it since I'm running the voice chat logic in playercontroller anyway

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:03 PM

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im very confused by your setup here.... youre saying this is inside the playercontroller class?

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if it is, what exactly do you expect GetOwner to return?

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:04 PM

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manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:05 PM

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right, so thats inside PC

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whats the owner of a PC?

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:05 PM

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are you asking about

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this GetOwner?

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:05 PM

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yah

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what do you expect that to return

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:06 PM

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im thinking if I run this on repnotify and every client runs it, then they'll get a reference to themselves. cross-check with my Team variable and on true, show the speaking icon on their client

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:06 PM

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what class is 'themselves'?

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:07 PM

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WZ_PlayerBP (the getOwner is my attempt at accessing their local version/pawn)

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:07 PM

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im being a bit difficult here because a playercontroller's owner is actually a netconnection or some such

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certainly not a pawn

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the pawn does not own the playercontroller

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its the other way around

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:08 PM

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ah damn. That's my bad, because usually when I cast to my own pawn blueprint from inside my weapons, I can use 'GetOwner' since the pawn sets itself as the owner on pick-up

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got confused

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:08 PM

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yeah, thats sensible

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but playercontroller owns the pawn

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pawn in turn can own a weapon

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or whatever you want really

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another thing you may not be aware of is that a playercontroller only exists on the client who controls it

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:09 PM

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yeah

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:09 PM

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so if there's 10 players in your game, there are 10 playercontrollers on the server, but each client only has one

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their own

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right, so your current setup does not make much sense as it is

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:11 PM

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well,

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if I cast to the pawn blueprint in the repnotify, what would you use in the object pin to get the Local version of it?

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:12 PM

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you cant have the replicated var on the controller

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that wont give you any information at all

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:12 PM

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so if in this repnotify, I do: CurrentBody>local event inside my active pawn

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and in that local event,

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I cast to WZ_PlayerBP

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the boolean could be replicated

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manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:14 PM

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who is gonna receive that repnotify do you think

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:14 PM

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everyone

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:14 PM

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how? only the owning client has that playercontroller

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:14 PM

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oh shit

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okay wait

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:14 PM

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cant replicate a var when they dont even have the object

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:14 PM

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in the playercontroller, when the boolean changes, I trigger a RepNotify inside my pawn blueprint

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that repnotify then runs this logic with the boolean known

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:16 PM

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yeah, you essentially duplicate the boolean to the pawn

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the pawn's boolean is set to replicate with repnotify

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then everyone will receive the repnotify

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and can check if the talking pawn is on their team

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:18 PM

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won't I still need to cast inside the repnotify so that I can access both the Team variable on the receiving client, and on my own

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to compare?

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:19 PM

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yes, essentially you would do something like GetController(index0)->cast to your playercontrollerclass->get team, check if same team as "this" pawn

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:20 PM

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so it does seem to work but the cast fails when I test locally

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and

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it'll be that GetOwner

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1 sec

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threw it in there to get rid of the error temporarily

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:21 PM

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you dont want getowner

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that would just check if the pawn you are in has the same team as the pawn's controller

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:22 PM

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I want to cross-check the Team variable from inside the pawn blueprint though,

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not the playercontroller

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:22 PM

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yes

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:22 PM

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manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:22 PM

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but you dont wanna cross check with the pawn's owner, you wanna cross check with the local controller

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local controller != getowner

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you are in someone else's pawn here, yes

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you wanna check if their team is the same as the team of the local pawn(which is not the one running the repnotify)

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:25 PM

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when this repnotify gets executed on all clients, that local 'Team' variable will be their variable, correct?

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:25 PM

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no

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:25 PM

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okay so the cast = the other clients

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and they cross-check against the local variable

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which is mine

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but since this runs on their own clients, the cast has to be a local reference

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:25 PM

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every client has their own game world

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each of those worlds contains every pawn

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when you run a multicast on a pawn from the server, that multicast function will execute on that pawn on every client

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it executes on the pawn, being the keyword

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:27 PM

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ah so if your client executes my multicast, there are really only 2 players involved. you and I. and it repeats for everyone, between them and myself

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:27 PM

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(same with repnotify)

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my client cant execute a multicast, only server can do that

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:27 PM

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local controller != getowner

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this confused me, im guessing you primarily work with cpp?

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:28 PM

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ah yes, just means not equal

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if we are 10 players on the server and each have a pawn

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then you have 10 pawns in your game world

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9 of those are not owned by you

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:29 PM

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so this is basically what it is

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:29 PM

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nono, i was just making a point with that line, you need to get the player controller from a static function

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its called hmm

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GetPlayerController

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it takes a 'Player Index' as an input, just leave that at 0

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:31 PM

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yeah

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how would I use that in a cast to a pawn BP though

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:31 PM

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first you need to cast it to your player controller class

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:31 PM

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done

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:31 PM

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right, if Team is a member of playercontroller, then you can just use it directly

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otherwise, you need to do GetPawn on it

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then cast that to your pawn class

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:32 PM

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1 sec

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:32 PM

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GetControlledPawn, sorry

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:32 PM

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yeah

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it does seem to be working, I'll test on the server soon

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quick question on the repnotify

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because I'm running the speech detection on tick in the playercontroller, I'm passing that boolean on tick as well

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but it's probably not a good idea to run the repnotify on tick

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so I set this up, and it does work

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but is it good practice or is there a cleaner way?

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I know the repnotify executes on other clients when it is changed

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so maybe running it on tick is fine as long as it isn't changing, it won't replicate to other clients

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but I can't be sure

manic pine Sep 12, 2018, 10:34 PM

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server wont send the replication unless var was changed

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so its not pretty, but it'll work without spamming the clients

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so yeah, dont worry about it

trim dirge Sep 12, 2018, 10:40 PM

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In my multiplayer game i want the AI to follow "ALL players" , but for some reason it follows client 1 only and if i changed the player index to one, it will follow client 2 and so on, any help with that ?

unique thunder Sep 12, 2018, 10:41 PM

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@trim dirge it can't follow all players. unless you mean follow the closest player regardless of which it is?

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or does every client see the AI differently

trim dirge Sep 12, 2018, 10:41 PM

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exactly

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no a very simple one

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i want it to move to whomever is closer

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and if any player gets destroyed it moves to the other one and so on,

trim dirge Sep 12, 2018, 11:24 PM

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is it done in AI move to or behavior tree

sharp arrow Sep 12, 2018, 11:53 PM

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can someone help me with this

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when i change to first person he should detect the item in the first person camera but it doesnt is like still detecting in the first camera instead than the first
in server it works but in client it doesnt

sharp arrow Sep 13, 2018, 12:42 AM

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📎 2018-09-11_21-29-10.mp4

glacial yacht Sep 13, 2018, 2:36 AM

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im trying to connect to a dedicated server via static ip from a dslite ipv6 port mapper, i can reach the port when a simple node.js app is listening to the port ( 7777 for example) but not the dedicated server, someone a clue whats the issue here?

mighty rover Sep 13, 2018, 3:08 AM

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So I'm testing with a listen server implementation (2 clients, 1 acting as listen server). When overriding ReadyToStartMatch to start when 2 players join in my custom game mode, Client 1 (listen server), gets put into the match world with a default pawn and controller instead of the proper pawn and player controller. Then once Client 2 joins the same session, the match starts and assigns the proper pawn and player controller to Client 2, but Client 1 is without both still yet. It's like it puts Client 1 into a default lobby of the world before the match starts, but I don't know how to control this.

For testing, to start the game I have a separate map called Main Menu which loads the main menu UMG, user logs in from this main menu, initial login values get stored in Global Instance to persist across maps, then once a player clicks on a "Play" button I have "Open Level" node with the option of "listen".

For Client 2 I have a separate button that executes console command "open [IP]" to load into the same session as Client 1 is hosting.

rough iron Sep 13, 2018, 6:07 AM

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@mighty rover if you use the same map/gamemode it should use that same pawn. You can debug it (C++), just set a breakpoint in RestarPlayer or Login methods of the base game mode, there it will assign you the right controller. The pawn is assigned in RestarPlayer if I recall correctly.

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 6:51 AM

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I have a Replicated Actor spawned from the server
On begin play it checks if its the server with HasAuth and if it is the Server it executes a Multicast but the multicast get only on the server never to clients ?
What did i wrong ?

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fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 6:59 AM

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What class type is the FoliageController?

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Is it a PlayerController?

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 6:59 AM

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Actor

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 6:59 AM

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Is it set to replicate?

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 6:59 AM

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yes and always active

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 6:59 AM

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Where does it exist? In the level or is it spawned at runtime?

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Does that Actor exist on all Clients is what im getting at?

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 7:00 AM

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spawned at runtime by the gamemode as server

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gamestate*

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 7:00 AM

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So you can verify that Actor exists on all Clients.

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 7:00 AM

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yes

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 7:01 AM

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Is the Multicast set to Reliable?

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 7:01 AM

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No

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but it makes no diffrence

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 7:02 AM

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When is FoliageController spawned?

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 7:02 AM

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Gamestate->Beginplay

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 7:02 AM

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So the Multicast maybe being called to early.

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The Clients version of the Actor may not have been setup yet by the time the Multicast is sent.

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 7:03 AM

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ill put a delay

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Lol its true

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 7:04 AM

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I see your already Replicating FoliageContainer.

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Why not use RepNotify instead

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On FoliageContainer

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And do away with the Multicast RPC

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If you need other variables to come through, perhaps RepNotify an struct which will contain those value types.

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 7:06 AM

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yeah thanks man 😄

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 7:06 AM

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No worries, good luck.

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:41 AM

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how does Online RPG games get away with reporting damage numbers to player?

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 8:42 AM

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How do you mean?

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:42 AM

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the instant response

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is the damage client sees a "rough estimate" or pre-rolled value?

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 8:43 AM

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Id say they calculate it on the Client for cosmetic reasons such as that

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Obviously it wont affect gameplay in anyway.

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:44 AM

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oh you mean, the backside works on % based damage?

red ledge Sep 13, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Gameplay abilities use that

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:44 AM

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but client just sees big numbers

red ledge Sep 13, 2018, 8:44 AM

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it pretty much runs the same thing on client and server

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then the server overrides anything the client did

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Every instance would run the same code, just that the Server is the only one that would really affect gameplay

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Clients only run it for cosmetics

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:45 AM

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so, non-accurate estimates?

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 8:45 AM

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It could be 100% accurate

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:45 AM

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well, it's not like anyone is going to whip out a calculator mid-combat and check the values

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 8:46 AM

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Even if you have RNG involved

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You can still replicate the seed to Clients to ensure they are running the same simulation

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:46 AM

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cohhHmm I guess that makes most sense

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 8:47 AM

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As long as their is no tampering Client side, its highly likely it will be accurate.

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But if the Client modifies something its only going to affect the cosmetics

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 8:49 AM

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yea everything is pretty much client side triggered cosmetics at this point

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server just sends a boolean that X player is attacking

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and client figures out the rest

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Still bit worried about the targeting system, I was told to just use reference solving but that sounds like a bandwidth waste

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instead of assigning identifier value to each actor

urban dew Sep 13, 2018, 9:13 AM

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Anyone know how to do client side objects, so only 1 player can see
for example if player completed value = true then object visible for that player?

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I want to be doing a if player distance < x amount from object, then item visislbe

rough iron Sep 13, 2018, 9:18 AM

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@fossil spoke @next falcon Spawning an actor that should be available to all clients from the GameState is a bad idea, if you spawn runtime stuff that should replicate you should always do it from the GameMode which only exists on the host. That way you wont have issues with trying to spawn it too early.

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 9:20 AM

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I agree.

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 9:20 AM

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i agree too.

rough iron Sep 13, 2018, 9:20 AM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Gameplay/Framework/GameMode

next falcon Sep 13, 2018, 9:20 AM

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ill changeit

rough iron Sep 13, 2018, 9:20 AM

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use HandleMatchIsWaitingToStart for example

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it's the first safe way to start replication

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 9:21 AM

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Im assuming he was using Blueprint?

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I could be wrong

rough iron Sep 13, 2018, 9:21 AM

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same for calling any RPCs on controllers, thats only safe after PostLogin is called

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No idea if you have that much control in BP xD

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 9:21 AM

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Dont think so

rough iron Sep 13, 2018, 9:21 AM

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either way I never ever do any MP games that is not a mix of both xD

fossil spoke Sep 13, 2018, 9:22 AM

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Neither, but i always assume they are using BP first unless specified otherwise haha

slim holly Sep 13, 2018, 9:22 AM

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well, it is usually implied of the solution is only doable in c++

urban dew Sep 13, 2018, 9:30 AM

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can't tell if that was in regards to me or someone else 😛

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/147460/selective-visibility-in-multiplayer.html

twin vault Sep 13, 2018, 11:26 AM

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got a problem with steam, its joining the session successfully, but when i travel with ClientTravel(TravelURL, ETravelType::TRAVEL_Absolute); nothing happens, travel url looks like steam.12312312313

jolly siren Sep 13, 2018, 11:31 AM

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@twin vault are you using seamless travel?

twin vault Sep 13, 2018, 11:31 AM

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Tried both with and without

jolly siren Sep 13, 2018, 11:31 AM

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okay, only seamless works with steam

rose egret Sep 13, 2018, 11:33 AM

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can we run a Devolopment Packaged Build as dedicated server?

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RTSGame.exe -server -log
doesn't work. it start the game normally

thin stratus Sep 13, 2018, 11:44 AM

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@jolly siren That's only when ServerTraveling

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First connection is a HardTravel

twin vault Sep 13, 2018, 11:51 AM

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oops, had forgot to make the other client ?listen

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my bad

chrome bay Sep 13, 2018, 12:00 PM

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The other client shouldn't have ?listen

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Only the client creating the server should have that as an argument

twin vault Sep 13, 2018, 12:04 PM

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yea, the other i meant the one not connecting, the server

glacial yacht Sep 13, 2018, 12:23 PM

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im trying to connect to a dedicated server via static ip from a dslite ipv6 port mapper, i can reach the port when a simple node.js app is listening to the port ( 7777 for example) but not the dedicated server, someone a clue whats the issue here?

urban dew Sep 13, 2018, 12:46 PM

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I'm making a item pickup overlay, it works perfectly currently, however all other players can see the overlay from the weapon you're near, so I'm trying to swap it to client side but struggling, can someone assist

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📎 client1.png

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📎 client3.png

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📎 client2.png

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first one, was it working,

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2nd and third are my new attempt

chrome bay Sep 13, 2018, 12:47 PM

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Collision runs on all players, so it's still going to run that code on each client.

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I guess you could check if the character overlapping it is locally controlled.

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Probably not foolproof though

urban dew Sep 13, 2018, 12:55 PM

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would you be able to give an example of how that would work? im still fairly new to unreal, learning quickly, but not "fluent"

balmy kindle Sep 13, 2018, 12:59 PM

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there is a node called "is locally controlled"

urban dew Sep 13, 2018, 1:01 PM

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but how would that work considering all items are "public"

balmy kindle Sep 13, 2018, 1:01 PM

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you check if the overlapping actor is locally controlled, if so render the custom depth

twin vault Sep 13, 2018, 1:47 PM

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its the third time i ask this but......

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any way to see if the code is running on client or server?

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while debugging

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 1:59 PM

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So i have a problem that makes no sense to me because I've followed all procedures for getting the Steam online subsystem working....

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I setup my DefaultEngine.ini to enable Steam

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I turned on the plugin for Steam Online Subsystem

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I have an interface for finding and connectingwith other players (LAN set to off)

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but I see their computer name and not their Steam name and it can only connect via LAN

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im on UE 4.19.2 as well

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I've spent hours combing over Unreal Answers and forums and no one has this problem... I've tried almost every solution with no luck.

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My guess is that my network setup works since I can connect and see other players, but am unable to use the Steam network

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It's odd since I get the steam overlay as well

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Anyone have input or thoughts?

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:07 PM

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Are you doing it on a local machine ?

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might have to do with that

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i think

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cause when i do on different PC's

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i see steam name

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on my pc

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it shows my pc name

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:07 PM

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I'm running it on two seperate machines

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:07 PM

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and a bunch of numbers

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are they on the same steam account ?

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or different

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if its not that

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:08 PM

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different steam accounts but only computer name

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:08 PM

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i cant be much help cause im a newb xd

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:08 PM

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thanks, any thoughts are helpful

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:08 PM

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hmmm

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maybe you just did something wron in the engine.ini ? or what ever that is

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wrong*

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:09 PM

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I'm going to check my dll's in the engine and see if I messed up there, even though I was having problems before I brought in stuff from the steam SDK

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:09 PM

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Hey guys does anyone know how to make this

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📎 unknown.png

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Not Replicated

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📎 unknown.png

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ok forget it i solved it ^^

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wow dint know this had a simple replication method xd

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:16 PM

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This is driving me crazy >_<

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I don't know what is going on since eaerlier versions of my game were showing the steam username, but now it does not -_-

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:17 PM

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ahh ik what you mean so Fing annoying

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Have you checked the output log

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??

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:18 PM

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how do I set it to show the output log when i run standalone?

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or write to the log?

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:19 PM

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idk if in standalone it does

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just

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do pie

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in your own pc 2

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windows

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and see

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what it does

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:19 PM

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ok

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:19 PM

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maybe if

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it doesnt show steam name

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this result will be different too

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are you using a listen server ?

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:20 PM

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yeah the server is set to listen

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:20 PM

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ok

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im gonna test

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you test it too

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try to host a session

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and see its name

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📎 unknown.png

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my name shows up like this

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how does yours ?

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:22 PM

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hold on grabbing it... opened wrong project

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:23 PM

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ok

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:25 PM

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my computer is crapping out on me but yeah i'm getting the PC name very similar to your screenshot

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:25 PM

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can you show ?

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maybe i dont know

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:26 PM

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yeah, its a little hard since it's built in for vr, but give me a min

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:26 PM

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but another person might

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and if they see

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oh xd

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awesome

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rip my pc dying completely

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:27 PM

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i'm working on tow comps so let me take a phone pic lol

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:27 PM

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ok xd

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Are you a professional or just making a game for fun ?

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:29 PM

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I've been using unreal for 6 months, and working on a VR simulation for the business I work for

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(design studio)

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:29 PM

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cool 😃

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:29 PM

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Normally I do it for fun but I was hired for my abilities I guess lol

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For some reason my phone now doesn't want to send the pic

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Damn it lol

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Let me just screenshot and login to discord on other comp

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📎 unknown.png

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there you go... finally

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I think I'm using the same setup you had in your screen

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📎 JPEG_20180913_102814.jpg

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:32 PM

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theres no numbers..

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:33 PM

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oh no i think allmy phone pics will start uploading now, so fear not if you see alot of pics popping u

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:33 PM

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don know if thats normal

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:33 PM

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the numbers are there,

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:33 PM

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xd

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:33 PM

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the ui is cutoff though

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:33 PM

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hmmm

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then idk

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sry xd

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:33 PM

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yeah Im super confused

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no worries, just going through it helps

zinc zealot Sep 13, 2018, 2:34 PM

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btw can you check your private if you dont mind anwsering some questions xd

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 2:34 PM

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yeah

thin stratus Sep 13, 2018, 4:26 PM

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If your PC name is used, it's probably not using Steam

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Can you try to print the PlayerName from the PlayerState Class?

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That should show the Steam Username if you have Steam properly setup

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@hot ridge

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 5:20 PM

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Ok thx I'll try that once I get back from lunch

jagged sinew Sep 13, 2018, 5:24 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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Why does this not work if Session is ticked?
If LAN is only ticked, it will spawn. If Session is selected with or without LAN however, then it will not spawn.
It will go ahead and print string: "This did not work!"

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 6:32 PM

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@thin stratus so I did what you mentioned and after running I only get the computer name

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Steam overlay works (it pops in when running) but it seems Unreal dosn't use it at all

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when I run an online game

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My guess is this, but it is only making me more confused:
Steamworks is working but Unreal is still using NULL and running LAN games and overriding my Steam settings

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Any other tips? DefaultEngine.ini is setup correctly, I activated the Steam Online Subsystem in plugins, and still this

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ok... might have found a crazy solution

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i'll post it if it goes ok

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 7:11 PM

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So I'm still checking, but a couple of things pointing to the problem:

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In the Task Manager it showed that all of my previous project launches were still running (even though I have a quit function... why is this???)

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Also I deleted the Binaries, Build, Intermediate, and Saved folders as well as the project .sln file

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rebuilt it and now the name is showing up

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Steam Name

thin stratus Sep 13, 2018, 7:14 PM

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Steamworks is not using the subsystem

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 7:14 PM

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but if I run with other Unreal launches showing in the task manager (even after closed) i get computer name

thin stratus Sep 13, 2018, 7:14 PM

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So yes youll have to query the name yourself then

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Hm

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Then you are in fact using the steam subsystem though

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 7:15 PM

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yeah it's very odd

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my guess is that it dosnt grab steam info if another unreal project is using it

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and defaults to computer name and the NULL subsystem

jolly siren Sep 13, 2018, 7:20 PM

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Has anyone setup a killcam with InMemoryNetworkReplayStreaming and Level Collections? After playing the killcam I think it is standard to call DestroyDemoNetDriver. However, that causes DemoNetDriver to be null until I call PlayReplay again. But I need to access DemoNetDriver->DemoCurrentTime before I play the replay so that I can skip to the correct time for the killcam.

thin stratus Sep 13, 2018, 7:22 PM

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@hot ridge well yeah steam doesn't allow more than one game to be active

hot ridge Sep 13, 2018, 7:26 PM

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I'm copying my project over to another computer and I'll post result

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while i wait, any tips for making sure unreal fully closes and dosnt hang in the task manager?

jagged sinew Sep 13, 2018, 7:31 PM

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Anyone got an answer to my problem? :/

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All I want is multiplayer compatibility without Steam.

thin stratus Sep 13, 2018, 7:36 PM

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@jagged sinew Well if you can't host a session then your Project isn't setup correctly

jagged sinew Sep 13, 2018, 7:37 PM

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@thin stratus Wdym by setup correctly?

thin stratus Sep 13, 2018, 7:37 PM

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Well Sessions require a subsystem

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NULL for LAN and for example Steam for Internet Sessions

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NULL is default, but you still have to setup your ini files

unique thunder Sep 14, 2018, 12:18 AM

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@jagged sinew Are you trying to run a LAN session or a server session without Steam?

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:55 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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why isnt this working ?

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i think the server is getting it

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but client is getting null from the vector variable

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no errors in output log or what ever is the name

gaunt crown Sep 14, 2018, 1:35 AM

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Is it not possible to fire a Server event on a replicated blueprint from the Character BP?
Got this set up

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221798862938046464/489968023441113100/unknown.png

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221798862938046464/489968074087333899/unknown.png

fossil spoke Sep 14, 2018, 1:59 AM

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@gaunt crown Yes it is. Make sure that your Cast is correct

gaunt crown Sep 14, 2018, 2:00 AM

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https://gyazo.com/0d17d0307c4afbbf9d72ba022a9c1ce6

Gyazo

▶ Play video

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This is without Dedicated Server Ticked

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you can see it fires

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but with Dedicated Server ticked. No longer works.

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https://gyazo.com/4fc88c2d33997b6be39f7ea54f953617

Gyazo

▶ Play video

fossil spoke Sep 14, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Can you show the rest of the BP?

gaunt crown Sep 14, 2018, 2:03 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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📎 unknown.png

royal slate Sep 14, 2018, 2:03 AM

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That BP can't call the server like that

gaunt crown Sep 14, 2018, 2:03 AM

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yeah

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rip

royal slate Sep 14, 2018, 2:04 AM

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Go through your player controller

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Left click -> local PC -> server PC -> server Foliage BP

bitter lintel Sep 14, 2018, 3:43 AM

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Anyone know how to "query for the actors most outer owner"?

left marsh Sep 14, 2018, 4:49 AM

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Is there a way to do a RPC where the parameter is a actor reference?

fossil spoke Sep 14, 2018, 4:56 AM

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UFUNCTION(Server, Reliable)
void MyRPC(AActor* MyActorRef);

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?

left marsh Sep 14, 2018, 6:27 AM

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Ah. I tried that a long time ago and it didn't work correctly.

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Maybe it's because I was using a player controller and not a AActor

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 6:39 AM

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that would break only if you were using a Multicast

jagged sinew Sep 14, 2018, 6:56 AM

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@unique thunder Session

lime vortex Sep 14, 2018, 11:13 AM

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hey guys, new here and would really appreciate some advice.. Im at step 5 of @worn nymph 's guide and have just built the game inside of VS2017, I checked the binaries folder but dont seem to have nearly as many files. There was no error so im not sure if its just because its a newer version or whatever it could be, could anybody please advise?? https://gyazo.com/6d6afaf9c3b4a376c17fbfbec55ddea1 Thanks guys

Gyazo

thin stratus Sep 14, 2018, 11:19 AM

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You need to compile the Server via your Source Engine

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Then you'll get these files

lime vortex Sep 14, 2018, 11:21 AM

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Ill take another look, thanks for the advice @thin stratus appreciate it a lot 😃

worn nymph Sep 14, 2018, 11:40 AM

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@lime vortex at work roght now but if you get stuck feel free to pm me any questions and ill get back to you when i can . also that guide is a little outdated as elic have turned off editing but it still generally works

lime vortex Sep 14, 2018, 11:41 AM

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@worn nymph No worries I initially figured out that part, ill keep going with it and see how it goes if I need help ill PM you later on in the evening, appreciate the offer of help very much hopefully it still works, or maybe someone else can link an updated guide we will see, thanks mate!

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 11:51 AM

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rip my question

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📎 unknown.png

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whats wrong here ?

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the event does come from a widget..

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why dont my clients get variable ?

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:03 PM

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@zinc zealot multicast occurs immediately but replication is on tick, it likely hasn't been set also that's not a good way to handle it

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:03 PM

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what ?

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where is ticking ?

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:04 PM

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Instead of using multicast make the vector replication a repnotify and use that instead of a multitask

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Replication tick

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Replication isn't instant

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Multicast is

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:04 PM

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hmm

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so i should use a repnotify ?

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:05 PM

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Yes

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:05 PM

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in the variable ?

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:05 PM

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Also replication is very cheap, multicast isn't

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:05 PM

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but i need all the players to know that value

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:06 PM

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You should learn more about ue4 networking

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Try Cedric's compendium

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:06 PM

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i've been reading it

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it dint all stick but

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yeh

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multicast isnt basically setting it on all players and server

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:07 PM

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Then you should know that replication propagates to all clients unless you change the condition

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:07 PM

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so, thats what i want

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yeah

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i want it on all clients and server

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its a listen

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but the thing

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is the variable isnt getting on all the clients

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how do i get it on all clients?

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:08 PM

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Set it locally, RPC it to server, set the replication condition to skip owner

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:08 PM

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where do i put that ?

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in the variable ?

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grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:10 PM

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This is all at the most basic level of networking, I really think you should re read the compendium

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:10 PM

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im at half

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i read all the common actor classes

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thats all

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well i got it working

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📎 unknown.png

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it surprisingly worked this way xd

grand kestrel Sep 14, 2018, 12:16 PM

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Does it work on other clients with latency?

zinc zealot Sep 14, 2018, 12:18 PM

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it works

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latency you mean ?

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 1:44 PM

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Does anyone understand why this gets hit on all clients? The death sound plays for all clients. But according to that clause I would only expect it to play for the client who actually died

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📎 unknown.png

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if (GetNetMode() != NM_DedicatedServer && DeathSound && Mesh1P && Mesh1P->IsVisible())

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Specifically the Mesh1P->IsVisible() part

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The first person mesh should only be visible for the local client (autonomous proxy)

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Unless bOnlyOwnerSee doesn't impact IsVisible

thin stratus Sep 14, 2018, 2:08 PM

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I would rather work with Autonomouse and Simulated checks

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Instead of implying things like visibility to be affected

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 2:10 PM

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Yeah, so would I. This is ShooterGame's implementation. I'm just trying to execute some code in OnDeath for the player who actually died only. However, according to their comment I can't rely on the controller here.

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Which in turn means that I can't rely on Role here?

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:35 PM

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@jolly siren if that controller is NULL at that point, i believe the game already broke beyond recovery

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only 2 things that could cause that are Unpossess and PC calling Possess on some other Pawn

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if either is the case, you can just rearrange the execution order

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"may be NULL here" just sounds weird, its not random

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and its not executed around BeginPlay either, so there should be no issue with construction order

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 2:38 PM

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I'm assuming it is because they call DetachFromControllerPendingDestroy(); in OnDeath

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:39 PM

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as long as its called after your sound cue

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you're fine

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 2:40 PM

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Well Controller is replicated

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If it is called on the server and replicated over before OnDeath is called on the client then there will be an issue, right?

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I'm thinking that is why they say "may be NULL here"

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:41 PM

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well, without the Pawn being controlled, that runs on everyone

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there is no way to filter it

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 2:42 PM

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I thought that is what their Mesh1P->IsVisible() is trying to do

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:42 PM

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ROLE_SimulatedProxy Pawns are the same for every client

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that event runs on every instance of that Pawn, everywhere

thin stratus Sep 14, 2018, 2:43 PM

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You might want to look at UnrealTournament

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Instead of ShooterGame

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:43 PM

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i don't think their Mesh disappears only locally

thin stratus Sep 14, 2018, 2:43 PM

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I really dislike most of ShooterGames code in terms of HOW they do it

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UT is similar but still different enough to not cause this confusion

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 2:44 PM

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Well it's the first person mesh. Which should only be visible for the local client because of bOnlyOwnerSee

thin stratus Sep 14, 2018, 2:44 PM

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Without owner, no OnwerOnlySee

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:44 PM

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then it doesn't matter if its set invisible for everyone

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but, without knowing how they did it

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i am guessing EventOnDeath happens from OnRep_Health if Health is <= 0

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DetachFromControllerPendingDestroy() will go over RPC i think

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 2:46 PM

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OnRep_LastTakeHitInfo

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:46 PM

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so it will not wait for the Net Update cycle

jolly siren Sep 14, 2018, 2:47 PM

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Okay, I'll check out UT

thin stratus Sep 14, 2018, 2:47 PM

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https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealTournament/blob/clean-master/UnrealTournament/Source/UnrealTournament/Private/UTGameplayStatics.cpp

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They use their own little GameplayStatics to play sounds

winged badger Sep 14, 2018, 2:48 PM

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you should be able to get it working with a small hack tho