fab

[last jetty]

How did you even get that data? Also this seems really useful good job

So this contains EVERYTHING?

I assume this won't contain downloads unfortunately due to laws lol

Well that'd still go a long way to finding packs

My team member would love you

All good this is great

Actually amazing, it's been hard finding old packs

What will the price list as if its not available anymore

Well I've noticed many pages are still viewable

No I mean images

You can view non migrated pages

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/7b92f9ef29ab4dccaa7343a6982befa6/questions

For example

[still vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/hmm-suspect-gif-22611582

[deft tapir]

Mine was approved a few hours before you posted this, but it still showed pending in the portal and the page was never updated.

Has anyone been able to update their listings in the last day or 2?

[undone valve]

Yes but it seems like people can’t download it. Again…

[fierce pine]

Hello, as someone who has just started publishing assets on Fab, I noticed a detail. Some studios divide their packages into small pieces (for example, all the props in an environment) and sell them separately as well as in bundles. Does anyone know the reason for this? Does it make sense to divide my own assets into pieces and add them to the marketplace that way?

[vale prawn]

I'm guessing it's mostly for customers who might be interested in one specific prop, and that might not want to buy the whole bundle for just that. It also makes your products more visible, just because you'll have more of them. On the other hand, it's more work for you to create and manage all the listings.

I think the Fab team is also working on improvements on that front, like having the whole bundle actually reference/include the individual listings, so that customers who bought the bundle can also use the individual products.

[wispy haven]

left imagine is the in engine plugin, and the right is my browser. why dont i have access to all my things in engine vs browser? has anyone else has this happen?

[wispy haven]

oh so interesting how it was switched off, thank you!!

[blazing tinsel]

i have question, is it viable to have a object be made out of multiple meshes like if i have a cabinet and its made out of cabinet door and the mainframe and other stuff or does it all have to be all one mesh?

or can i have everything in one collection?

[untold bay]

very common practice to create blueprints which are assemblies of other meshes

[warm knot]

You can do what Dan said or you can just join all pieces together into one object, and then rig it.

[lime summit]

Feels good to live in the EU, that's illegal to have in terms of service over where I live

[desert panther]

Those can be thrown out in US courts also, it's just there to scare you lol

[modest tide]

Hi, i have a question about an asset I purchased on FAB for my Unreal project and I am not sure how to find a solution to my issue. I purchased the asset but when I try to load it into a project I get a download and installation failure. I have attempted resolution with FAB support and they say it's NOT my problem and I can't find a location in UE support to go to? I have attempted to reach the creator but so far have received no reply.

[spiral jacinth]

You can try a couple things to see what works/fails:

• FAB plugin to d/l & install it
• Epic Launcher to d/l & install it
• Asset Manager Studio to d/l & then install it [AMS you can do each step separately, or together, but it allows you to know the d/l is good before you try to install it]

[narrow wave]

Are any of your drives almost full? Is your Vault Cache set to a drive that's almost full?

[cloud fjord]

hello, is here any marketplace publisher? I gonna to upload myy first plugin but I am wondering about updating it. Can I upload it as MVP (Minimum viable product) and then update it for a new features and fixes for people who bought it?

[hollow basin]

It's a bit of dangerous territory with how that's phrased. I think it could be ok as long as you don't advertise capabilities that aren't there yet, don't promise updates that may not come, and be ok with potentially bad reviews if your MVP doesn't run well.

Uploading a product and updating it is a normal thing for most sellers. I know it's most likely not your intention to scam or be malicious but there are some bad actors on Fab that do try to release the bare minimum (edit: bare minimum in quality) and it ruins the reputation of the store. If you have some functionality that you think can sell and release that and then decide to expand the product, that is perfectly fine. You can mention that you want to update its functionality in the future but don't promise it unless you nearly have it done

[cloud fjord]

I propably phrased it wrong. I meant that MVP has the MINIMUM WORKING WELL features which I wanted to implement and then release. I don't wanna promise any updates but I have plans to expand the plugin. It does the things it is supposed to do

so these minimum features are working well and stable

you answered my question I think. thank you

[hollow basin]

Yeah that's perfectly fine. I have updated all of my projects to have increased functionality, it's a win-win for the consumer and creator. Consumer likes new features and creator can market product with more features which lead to more sales. At the very least most sellers update products just making sure they are compatible with future engine versions as they come out

[cloud fjord]

none of the plugins I have bought has been updated to the newer engine versions.. I must do it myself 😂 btw. what about backwards compatibility? I have build for 5.6 but I guess I think build the plugin also for ealier versions like 5.5, 5.4 ? whats the oldest version I should provide? It uses ITF so I assume UE4 will be not supported

[desert panther]

Really depends on how much effort you want to put into it. UE Marketplace only allowed you to support the three most recent major versions of the engine, so f.ex. 5.5, 5.4 and 5.3. Fab allows you to support releases even older than 4.27.

Currently I support 4.27 plus 3-4 most recent versions. My plugin's 4.27 version is missing a feature though because it requires something in place in UE5, so this kind of support really depends on what your plugin does and how much effort you want to put into supporting older versions.

[cloud fjord]

good to know, thank you

[mental comet]

Does anyone have a problem accessing fab.com?

[mystic hornet]

yup, it's down for me too

[dusk river]

same 😦

[mental comet]

seems to work now

[icy basalt]

holy shit i just found out that epic apparently made all their free assets & projects on fab into creative commons, so they're free to use anywhere for anything - not limited to unreal useage anymore

what a cool company

[untold bay]

Can you link to one? I don't see any CC0-licensed assets from Epic on Fab

[icy basalt]

not cc0, but cc-BY

but if you just go for example to the city sample
https://www.fab.com/listings/008fe959-5511-428e-93bd-f99b1179f6d5

[untold bay]

huh, still can you link? CC-By isn't even a filterable asset choice on fab 😄

[icy basalt]

you see it's set under standard licence

and if you click on that

you see you can use it for basically whatever you want, for free

[untold bay]

No, this page is saying "for anything with the CC license, click this link for more info"

it is not well formatted but it is definitely not claiming that everything covered by https://www.fab.com/eula is CC-BY

[icy basalt]

hmmm

[icy basalt]

wait wut? that's how it looks for you?

[untold bay]

this is down the page

[icy basalt]

oh

iii. seems fine tho

[untold bay]

if city sample were CC, it'd say CC here instead of the standard license

[icy basalt]

well- sorta. Epic is free to change their definition of creative commons, i don't think "creative commons" is a protected term is it?

The licence itself seems very liberal tho

[untold bay]

the creative commons license has a specific meaning with specific terms
if you change the terms it is not a creative commons license

[icy basalt]

no need to give credit, use it for whatever you want, on whatever platform you want...

[untold bay]

yes, but crucially, not redistribute it

CC-BY actually requires attribution, which fab standard license does not

[icy basalt]

ok sure, resdistributing would be dumb anyways tho, it's not like anyone with honest intentions would do that

from a practical perspective, i like the licence alot, it seems to be designed to just help the community / industry

[desert panther]

Yeah don't think I've seen that much CC-BY licensed stuff on there - a few here and there

[untold bay]

yes, the fab standard license is quite nice

[desert panther]

Yeah it's nice they opened it up a bit instead of limiting it only to UE projects. I guess it makes sense since Fab now covers non-UE stuff also

[icy basalt]

well i remember the epic games stuff was always limited to ue use only
but it seems like they just opened it now.

[desert panther]

I think there's still some content which is using the old Unreal Marketplace License which is limited to UE only

[icy basalt]

fair enough

[winter verge]

Free for the month

• Stylized Village Fatpack
• Advanced Portals System VFX
• Train Pack

https://www.fab.com/fr/limited-time-free

[blazing tinsel]

Or shapekey???

Does unreal support shapekeys?

[warm knot]

I haven't touched shape keys, but Unreal does support it.

[outer acorn]

Train one 😮

[blazing tinsel]

Ohhh its pretty gud, dont need to rig anything with that

[raven quarry]

I've submitted my asset and they wanted changes so I made them and submitted it again and now they want more, different changes 😭

didn't know it was so...

I don't know how to put it

[untold bay]

this is typical. different reviewer, different judgment calls, things that are skipped due to earlier issues the first time

[raven quarry]

I see, I see

hope it doesn't take like 50 more tries lol

[warm knot]

I find it priceless that they will scrutinize your submission, but let over 41,000 AI generated models get through without a hiccup.

[green seal]

It’s important to understand the distinction between the different parts of fab. Anything that is submitted for Unreal Engine specifically will be subject to scrutiny and testing and an approval process, for which I’m in favor of tbh.

Generic assets/3d models for any DCC, the sort of thing you would have seen on Sketchfab at the time is not subject to that same scrutiny. Whether it should or shouldnt is another topic, with both sides of that coin having substantial pros and cons

[opaque rapids]

Any Fab mods here? My product is being auto flagged for mature content, but it doesn't have any mature thing whatsoever. It's called AI Behavior Toolkit and has been available since 2016 with 200+ positive reviews.

I already appealed for the sanction to be removed but it was immediately denied without any info of what is even the content in question. I've been trying to get in touch with an actual human being from Epic to try and sort this out

[warm knot]

Yes, that makes sense. I'm not sure if his is an Unreal project, though. When he said "asset" I automatically assumed that it wasn't an Unreal project but a model.

[raven quarry]

it is, mb for not specifying

[green seal]

Doesnt have to be an unreal project per se either. Can be a prop or model or character or tool for unreal. Anything that is for unreal specifically gets vetted

[jaunty dagger]

Like a 2d decal pack?

Is there AI checks for those type of things

[green seal]

Depends, are you submitting it for Unreal or not

If you’re just submitting generic .TGA/.PNG files, no. If you’re submitting an unreal setup with decal materials and such, yes it needs to go through approval.

[jaunty dagger]

Something like this for example https://www.fab.com/listings/d39d4792-e5e4-4532-a0f1-ff24214ef59e

Where it's available in editor.

[green seal]

AI checks is a completely different topic

[jaunty dagger]

This too though is this doesn't have ai tag. Generated with AI
No

If it had sources

[green seal]

I dont think epic goes through every submission and guesses if it was made with AI or not. but what they do check is whether everything works in Unreal, whether things are named properly, errors showing up, etc.

The 41k assets dude just submitted 3d models, nothing to do with unreal

[jaunty dagger]

Because they were just 3d assets

fbx or w.e

not uasset

Makes sense

[green seal]

I dont think epic will ever take down AI-generated assets, it sucks when its slop but its too hard to draw a hard line on it

[jaunty dagger]

I don't mind it if the user actually does some work. But just blatantly generating and throwing it up is lazy and eh.

[green seal]

Yep agreed, but the results do speak for themselves

[rugged wren]

In this case, the "AI Sources" mentioned in the title probably means they used Adobe Illustrator to draw the original vector files, which have a .ai extension, and are willing to share these source files with you (not just the final raster images), not that they used generative AI to produce the source images the icons are based on.

[unreal stratus]

Correct, it's easy information to find if you read the product description: https://www.trisgames.com/aisources

wish more assets provided AI/PSD etc. source files

[stuck glade]

Hey folks - Some weeks/months ago, I came across an editor tool that may have been on Fab or some other marketplace which allowed for bulk deletion of lightmap UVs in a certain folder. I wonder if anyone knows of a tool like this (or the one I'm thinking of specifically)?

[raven quarry]

hello guys, ran into a bit of a problem - is it somehow possible to downgrade projects? I'm trying to sell something that should work with anything 5.0+ but I made the stupid decision of making the project in 5.5

or is it just easier to only support 5.5+?

[warm knot]

That's an interesting question. What version of Unreal do most people use? 🤔

[raven quarry]

I have no idea, sadly

[untold bay]

Whenever I've seen polling on this, it's usually:

• Large majority of people: Last version or two
• A good chunk of 4.27 users
• Otherwise a smattering of various of 5.x

typically the folks behind seem to be one of:

• on a large project that's hard to bring forward
• reliant on functionality that's been removed
• kind of out of the loop and just not bothering to keep up with updates

want absolute top-end perf? you're staying on 4.27
liked ray-traced reflections? 5.4
lumen on DX11? you skipped 5.5
lightmass users seem likely to skip 5.6.0

[untold bay]

downgrading assets is not guaranteed but you can always try it
i would suggest releasing for 5.5 and see if you have enough traction to merit backporting
it's a narrow case. people will upgrade over time and eventually supporting eg 5.0 won't matter

[raven quarry]

that's solid advice, appreciate your help!

guess 5.5 it is

[still vessel]

those are amazing

the fatpack had me actually doing a little happy dance

[still vessel]

4.27 is just ugly

5.0-5.3 are buggy

5.4 is weird

i like 5.5 :D

[dusk kelp]

Heya, is there fix for this error?

(Note: Similar packs work fine, only this one is broken)

[green seal]

Just ugly? 😂 some of my best work in Unreal to this day was done on 4.26

[raven quarry]

omg what does epic even want from me man, I just got my newest review back and it was like "the lights are too bright"

man what

🥲

[warm knot]

"Just ugly" doesn't sound like a valid criticism.

What on earth does that even mean?

[raven quarry]

prolly talking about the UI

and I do agree, UE5's UI is much, much nicer

[untold bay]

ok this happened to me too
do you have "Extend Default Luminance Range" enabled?

[raven quarry]

I don't know what that is but I'm assuming not. They're not referring to environment lighting though, it's for a vehicle.

[untold bay]

you have at least one showcase level (since this is required) and they are looking at the showcase level and it is too bright

and i'm betting the reason is you have Extended Default Luminance Range enabled. confirm and i'll explain

[raven quarry]

The frontal lights are too bright
This is what the doc says (there's more too but that's a whole another issue - I'm opening a support ticket soon

[raven quarry]

will do in a bit

[still vessel]

nono you dont get me

the interface, i do not fuck with

the engine itself works fine for most use-cases

[still vessel]

ye

[mental comet]

That's so weird, I know your plugin and I honestly have no idea why that happened... If well known legit products can be taken down from Fab that easily, it raises serious concerns for publishers who rely on the platform's stability. I'm not sure how I can help, but if you've got any updates, it'd be great if you could share them here

[green seal]

The interface? Like the UI? Man I actually miss the UE4 ui, i switch the UE5 layout to UE4 every time I start a new project haha

[still vessel]

okay oookay

that is just messed up man

you freak me out

i literally only use UE5 for the UI lol

i do not give a shit about any of the other features over 24.7.0

[green seal]

UE4 layout crew represent!

[split iron]

I'm pretty annoyed at Fab/Epic, and while I have a few points for why, I think the biggest reason is they are using AI instead of hiring humans. Its unethical, towards customers, towards publishers, and towards people who deserve jobs.

[green seal]

Can you give an example?

Every company needs to automate some things, its not sustainable to have humans for the sheer volume of a wide variety of tasks . But curious to know what you think they use AI for

[split iron]

AI marked my bank generated verification document as a forgery
AI responded to my email asking for clarification
AI marked someone else's product as mature despite no mature content

[green seal]

How do you know AI was used for the first two

[split iron]

Coz they ignored all of my questions and the response looks generated

Epic's over-use of AI for fab has been well documented already

[green seal]

For what its worth, every company out there is using AI, I dont really see the issue in Epic doing so as well. Now I agree that some things at epic could benefit from more humans, BUT, in so many cases they do have humans but a given ticket gets changed to another reviewer or something and the same questions get lost or repeated or the process goes on a bit longer than necessary

[jaunty dagger]

In the epic for indies discord theres also a section for feedback and requests I imagine that encompasses fab as well.

[green seal]

With the sheer volume of things being submitted tasks absolutely need to be automated somewhat, because otherwise the wait times would go on for weeks. We’d get nothing done

It’s a good thing.

[split iron]

You're making a generalized statement that is only correct out of the context of Fab

Its negatively affecting publishers and customers

It is being misused in this case

[warm knot]

Use AI to approve the AI generated assets. 🧠

Decline AI generated submissions with AI, then send the publisher an AI generated response.

When the publisher asks to speak with a manager, send him an AI chat bot.

Profit.

[modest tide]

Ask for a refund and then FAB team will research the issue. I had the same problem with an asset and turned out there were some missing installation files

[green seal]

Isn't this just the usual restart the epic launcher thing? Or sometimes closing unreal and then installing it works

I've definitely had similar errors when the engine was open and running, closing it first allowed it to install fine

[marsh salmon]

I don't think the Fab bank/business verification stuff is actually done by Epic, I'm pretty sure it's a third-party. And that kind of document verification has been automated long before current "AI", all it really needs is basic OCR to extract text and string-matching to find the numbers/info.

[hollow basin]

I use ue4 layout as well. I don't like how you have to keep opening and closing the content browser in default ue5 editor. Just have it be constantly open

[green seal]

I think you can dock it, but I just prefer the way I add actors from the left the oldschool way

[hollow basin]

I use that too. And output log always being open is helpful for me

[modest tide]

not necessarily, in my case it was missing installation files on the asset.

[green seal]

Interesting! If that happens definitely complain to fab support, it's how we get things fixed 🙂

[silent mesa]

Up for this -AI behavior toolkit, tons of people are using this, this asset has been present for several years with lots of reviews and was features on 80lv. Unfair to the dev and people using it.
https://80.lv/articles/ai-behavior-toolkit-for-ue4

[last jetty]

what happened to them, are they not releasing the site?

because knowing the delisted packs was going to be very useful

[desert panther]

If I had to guess it's been abandoned by the author and they're probably not going to forever support the old market place assets that haven't been migrated to Fab

[green seal]

Yeah that seems reasonable, i mean it does suck that the dev stopped caring about it but if it hasnt been migrated in over 6 months then I suppose its fair game

[still vessel]

Would it be ethical to pirate content that has been abandoned?

[desert panther]

I would try to get in contact with the author. If they're no longer interested in maintaining it, it's possible they'll just grant you permission to use it for free even if it was a paid thing to begin with.

[hollow basin]

Ethically? Depends on a lot but generally probably not. Legally? No. They could still sue for illegal use of their work.

[tawny hinge]

they would have made it free or open source if they decided to not care anymore

[dire meteor]

Not ethical to steal somebody's work, no matter the situation.

[rose lagoon]

#fab message

[desert panther]

Ohh I think I might've seen a thread about that on the ue subreddit also

It's another bizarre case of fab moderation incompetence where they're just like "nuh uh we checked it manually" when they clearly didn't

Truly feels like it could probably be solved if it could be escalated to a manager and not bounced between separate support reps every time you reply to the support email which seems to sometimes happen

[green seal]

What are you referring to? The tool that wasnt migrated to fab?

[desert panther]

The message joebob linked to above

It seems that the actual problem with that is not a migration thing, but that it keeps getting flagged as mature and the author can't get it sorted through support

[summer ocean]

Hi guys, very confused here
quixel bridge, i claimed all as the link was provided by official sources, and what exactly is going on???

Before, i had to manually go and find quixel assets and then add it into library, now, it says saved in library, yet i cant search it up in my own library and must go to quixel's page and do name + free only and then download

i just wanna set up my shii and go into my library and search things up
Why is it that i cant add things from quixel to my library?

When i click view in my library it just goes into mine and.... thats it

doesnt actually show the asset in my place, i have to download through quixels page direrctly

Ngl the first option was inconvienient but as i did stuff i assumed over time itll just work out
now i cant even do that as an option? What kind of an f u is this? Id rather manually add the assets i want and have them in my library than a quick shortcut button to quixels page
genuinely a nuisance, i was wondering if theres any way to fix

[desert panther]

Did the Quixel content ever show up in the Library to begin with (other than the large Quixel packs with multiple assets around a theme)? I always remember having to use Quixel Bridge to access them

[jaunty dagger]

There was some that showed up yeah, but a fraction of the quixel library.

You can access most of it in editor through fab now

Some you still have to visit quixel to aquire should you have them

[green seal]

Might have been the occasional ones but for the most part it was just the packs like you say. Bridge is what you needed. I do miss the ability to both fave and also find all locally downloaded megascans assets. I would spend X amount of time downloading everything I needed, then I was good to go for my next few projects

[still vessel]

didnt ue5.6 supposedly reintegrate the quixel interface in the editor?

improved fab interface or something?

or was it just quixel itself?

[green seal]

oh maybe! Havent touched 5.6 much yet

[wild marsh]

no way to downgrade non-code content. you need to create your content with the lowest UE version you want to support. the higher version engine can consume your content created with lower version. and remember that pack your content with the engine in lowest version before submission.

[green seal]

Some things can sort of be downgraded but it’s not super reliable. Always use the lowest possible engine version you can when building tools. So far I’ve been using 5.3 as my lowest one for most things, but had to migrate to 5.4 because a single feature became available in 5.4 that i needed for this new thing im working on

It sucks to have to rebuild in an earlier version but it is what it is. Pretty much all software is that way

Open up a single Maya scene in Maya 2026 or whatever, forget about opening it in Maya 2018

[fallow pasture]

hey, how long do I have to wait for it to import to the project?

It's been like 2 minutes, every time I cancel one of these I gotta clean my cache coz it bugs out in a weird way

[hollow minnow]

probably gets asked a lot, but can you sell an asset on fab that uses megascans meshes or textures?

[green seal]

No.

[hollow minnow]

figured

[wild marsh]

when BuildPlugin with RunUAT.bat, the RuntimeDependencies are not staged as Unreal documentation

anyone knows how to handle this issue?

RunUAT.bat BuildPlugin doesn't copy my third-party files to Binaries folder

[raven quarry]

MY ASSET IS FINALLY LIVE

lessgoo 🎉

...now what do I do

[quaint cedar]

This is not the right place. You are allowed to post WIP and initial Project Releases to the Community Creations channels, but polling users here for what you should develop next is not part of that. Please thunnel that through your own Discord Server and whatever other channels you have.

[twin obsidian]

"Got it. Just trying to keep the community involved and active — but sure, I’ll move such stuff to my own Discord next time. Appreciate the heads-up.
And honestly, I think this is the perfect time to rethink where I share my content — since your server has become pretty irrelevant and adds no real value for me. Might be better to focus on more responsive and creative spaces."🙏🤐

[desert panther]

Lol salty much?

"I got told to follow the rules so I'm going to tell him his server is bad" what is this 10 year old logic lol

[twin obsidian]

Yeah

[quaint cedar]

Yeah, not sure what you are trying to accomplish with that second part of your message. While you are at it, try rethinking how you respond to being reminded about rules.

But yeah, good luck in whatever other spaces.

[thick swift]

i have downloaded assets from the fab plugin and when i disable the fab plugin then the assets that i got from fab disappears
how can i disable the plugin and keep the assets

[quaint cedar]

Oh? Have you tried downloading the assets through the launcher after you purchased/aquired them?

[thick swift]

the assets are from quixel

so they are not in launcher

[raven quarry]

I wonder, how much time did it take for y'all to make your first sale 🤔

[desert panther]

If you haven't put any thought on marketing it may take a while unless your product is in a very regularly searched niche. I'm not sure if mine has any sales from organic search, pretty sure they all come through other methods because mine is really bad to search for and probably not something anyone searches for to begin with.

[warm knot]

Didn't we deal with this guy before? He came here spamming and when someone pointed that out he flamed and then left.

[warm knot]

I got my first sales right away and then it just flat lined after that. But that's really my fault because I've done exactly zero advertising. I'll start advertising after I have revamped my stuff (almost done) and made about 2 more asset packs.

[hollow minnow]

I'm getting mixed results from google, but say I modelled from scratch a fluorescent lamp based on the same model that quixel photoscanned for their asset, would there still be legal trouble I could get into for modelling the same lamp and using it in an asset pack?

[hollow basin]

Unless quixel owns the patent to the physical lamp, I would assume you would be fine. Like you could get in trouble if you model a car after a Ferrari from the company that made the car. But a lamp? Quixel most likely doesn't own the lamp, they do own the mesh they made so no derivations can be used for profit. But if it is entirely your work, you will usually be fine. (I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice)

[hollow minnow]

Thanks for the second opinion at least. That all sounds reasonable to me, I might just change up the homework a bit anyway ❤️

[merry plover]

What method do you guys use to keep the sales up?

[raven quarry]

I have no clue how to market this lmao

[raven quarry]

hm, I see

can you give me a few pointers?

[hollow basin]

I find youtube is gold for advertising. If you made the right type of asset, people will naturally be searching for it. Most people like visually seeing how to do things. Be honest upfront in any videos you make saying that it is a paid asset being used. Try showing what it can do first to prove it is worth buying rather than them doing themselves. People really appreciate honesty, clarity, and brevity. Make a full script and everything so the video is as near perfect as you can get it. People are used to hearing professionals on youtube that don't use the word "um" every 10 seconds like developers tend to do (it's fine if you do that but dont keep it in the video). People also like knowing whether the product is right for them and if it isn't for them briefly point them in the right direction so they feel like they gained something for their time. Youtube is my main advertising

[raven quarry]

youtube, huh? I see, appreciate your help!

[hollow minnow]

something that bugs me is when people make mistakes in their tutorial and leave them in the edit and then fix them like 10 minutes later in the tutorial

[warm plinth]

I am trying to add my project to Fab but it keeps saying changhes needed but I can't find what I need to change

can someone help me

[mild garden]

Not sure how helpful this is to you, but Pinterest gives me the most views. That said, out of 500k monthly impressions, only 300 actually end up clicking to go to the FAB product pages. So... 🤷‍♂️

[warm knot]

You've gotta sell that body of yours.

JK, I don't know what the winning formula is because I'm pretty new to this myself. 😋 I've noticed quite a variety of buyer sentiments in this industry. There's different perceived valuations of a product from people, and there are people who won't buy anything that isn't on sale no matter what it is. So the difficulty here is convincing people to buy your things, because it's not the customers job to know what they wanna buy anyway. 😊

[raven quarry]

they'll send you an email with a pdf

[raven quarry]

I see, Pinterest isn't something that I thought would help lol

[raven quarry]

I'm not a particular attractive person, sadly 😔

[raven quarry]

fair enough, appreciate the insight

I think I'll just wait for now

idk 🤷‍♂️

[warm knot]

Well, you literally just started like yesterday. It may take some time.

But there's always the option to just sell that body of yours. There's always a market for that.

I'm just kidding, btw.

[desert panther]

I think it largely depends on what you're selling. I don't think anyone would search for my plugin on Pinterest.

I'm 95% sure virtually all of my sales come through people finding my UE-related content on my website, which has a page "my plugins" and then they click on that and are like "huh, that's neat"

[green seal]

0.06% clickrate, ouch. Then again I think Pinterest has gone down the absolute tubes since AI became a thing. It's basically utterly worthless nowadays

[desert panther]

Was it useful for something at some point? The only time I bump into it is when I try to search for something and I get a pinterest page that blocks me from seeing what I was looking for in the search because pinterest :D

[green seal]

Used to be pretty good for reference and moodboards back when it was actual photos

The internet enshittified a LOT, but back in the 2012 or so era, Pinterest was amazing

[desert panther]

Yeah it feels like 2012 was the last time anyone talked about actually using it lol

[green seal]

I think it came out in 2012, was good for quite a few years until like, I dunno, 2016-2018 maybe? Honestly anything before 2020 is a blur to me at this point

[stray lava]

Same could be said about unreal engine marketplace, now fab. It's sweet to have more come to the table. But having everything organized is such a pain due to incorrect and wrongly marked tags.

[green seal]

Comparing the current state of pinterest to fab is a pretty wild take ngl

[stray lava]

I do have a question to unreal engine seller's, to consumers. I've noticed a lot of products not updated 5.4, and most marketplace assets are not being updated, is their something wrong with fab system, or is there other reasons?

[stray lava]

oh fs xD

[green seal]

1. be sure you both refresh your fab library before checking, most people should have updated to 5.6 at the moment.
2. There isn't really a reason not to, epic doesn't control which version sellers upversion to. But anyone who routinely updates their stuff will publish an updated version the moment a new UE version is released

[stray lava]

Thanks for informing me on that William

I have refreshed my libary, i've just been wondering why so many haven't

and by the sounds of it (loose assumption) some dev's have not gotten the time to update them

[green seal]

Sometimes you have to delete from vault then redownload. Just noticed that with Ultra dynamic sky for example. IT was listed as 5.4 in my epic launcher despite knowing 5.6 was released

[stray lava]

That's strange, i wasn't aware of the bug at all, i purged it, but its the same

But that's really good to know

I've also crossed checked with my web browser with fab, they also show the available versions there too

I would say the migration tool is pretty good, but sometimes when migrating a blueprint, plugin, sometimes skeleton's for animations get kind of wonky

There is always something to learn when you get those issue's

[warm knot]

It's useful for soccer moms. My sister is one of those. 😆 She likes to look at cooking, gardening, and interior decoration.

[delicate flame]

Why is that quixel doesn't allow you to download some assets and redirects you to fab?

Almost all of them actually

Fuck Epic, always changing for worse

[jaunty dagger]

Just use fab if they are on fab?

[green seal]

Quixel bridge was only brought back until Fab got settled down and got more stable. Its being phased out now and soon we’’ll all only be using fab. Kinda sucks to have lost the categorization of megascans stuff but im sure they’re working on getting those back

[cedar bone]

Well FAB getting there is going atrociously slow, i dont even know why its taking so long even the simplest features, showcased or confirmed long time ago, like reviews and videos for assets
They even cant do the screenshots enlargement work good, its cuts top and bottom of them and also if there is no better resolution of the image, its just enlarges it as it is, making it blurry, what system is that...

[desert panther]

Yeah it's kinda hard to see why Epic's web teams seem to struggle so much with everything

It seems to always have been a problem, none of their websites ever really worked that well

[fierce seal]

So any workaround for decals not showing up in Fab?

Specifically Quixel decals

[fierce seal]

Quixel is back, which shows Decals in there (does not show in Fab). Yet, it's impossible to download anything from Quixel on my end (and others?). Happening on multiple machines, multiple accounts at our studio.

They brought back a broken system to alleviate a broken system.

[last mango]

@patent crown Please use the #1054845120236757103 or #1054845218723209226 to showcase your products on Fab. This channel is for discussing Fab itself.

[ebon leaf]

Hi I am elza, I am cold... who can I hot?

[flat pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/trouble-call-police-maam-wendys-fast-food-gif-17367948

[fossil summit]

Is there anyone from Epic in here?

[fair fulcrum]

woha I didn't know Epic was a place 💀

jk 😅🤣

ok anyways, launch of fab messed my account up.. i cant buy anything or add any of my previously owned assets to my fab libary.. any idea why?

[hollow basin]

Sometimes, but I wouldn't count on getting answers from them here. Much more likely to get a response from their website links

[spiral patio]

hello, does anyone else is aware that some asset from quixel are missing? I need the vmoebgzqx file, but the link does not work as others, and is not on the list of deprecated assets

[slim gale]

Hello fellow devs ! I am running a quick survey to gain insights (since I couldn't find any) about asset packs on Fab and other digital marketplaces.
It takes 3–5 mins, and I hope it will help sellers gain some insights about their customers.
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKBsOhvXQkjv1Dv_6rNQqWrr0tJDhp4o882oWjbusZXoJIMg/viewform?usp=dialog)

[bronze dawn]

hello, anyone encountered this issue and how to solve it?

if i turn any of these plugins off, it will cause a crash on the file upon opening it.

trying to get another asset approved on the marketplace

[tawny hinge]

well, it clearly says that you have to list them in the dependencies if they are necessary (most likely somewhere in the Fab process)

[desert panther]

Yeah it literally says what you need to do, why are you asking us? :P

[green seal]

Simply open up your .uproject with notepad, and set those plugins to "False"

that will disable them and you'll get a pass on that reviewer note

[desert panther]

if i turn any of these plugins off, it will cause a crash on the file upon opening it.
I don't think that's what he wanted though

[green seal]

you can also disable those plugins directly in-engine by going to settings> plugins

oh my bad monday morning brainfart.

[desert panther]

hehe :)

[green seal]

I think python might be causing it

I've had some plugins being disabled cause a crash before

Disable one of the three one by one and figure out which one is causing the crash and work from there

[desert panther]

Yeah tbh it crashing sounds a bit strange - it shouldn't crash I don't think, but I was assuming Vanz meant that it causes an error that prevents the project from opening because the plugin requires those modules to work

[green seal]

Oh I managed to destroy a project because I disabled the 3d modeling plugins editor mode plugin

[jaunty dagger]

Was it recoverable in any way?

[green seal]

Not that Ic ould figure out. It wasn't a big deal because it was an empty test project

But man, scary. Enabling/disabling plugins can sometimes just... crash the engine at startup. It's super annoying. Every time I have had that specific reviewer note about disabling those plugins, it's because I started with the "Film/Video and Live Events" Project Template, instead of the blank games one. Film always has ndisplay python and other ones enabled.
The blank games template one is the only one that doesnt have ANY 3rd party plugins enabled by default.

As an absolute worst case scenario, if you're submitting your project for approval, make a blank games template project and migrate your new Product/Asset to that project and start fresh.

Unless you can figure out which dependency is causing one specific plugin to crash the engine at startup. Narrowing it down to whichever one of the three is important to figuring that out.

[tawny hinge]

ah, i also thought his plugin needs them to work, wasn't aware that the crash could happen when disabling plugins 😄

and i'm happy that we got source access, i was multiple times at a point where my project wouldn't load anymore without engine modification

[green seal]

No I don't think he actually needs them to work. It could be of course, but every time I have had that crash issue, it was almost always with one of those three

[tawny hinge]

yea, nDisplay is likely a very very rare dependency

[green seal]

The ones I find kind of annoying are when a reviewer asks me to disable Movie Render Queue. Like, man. It's enabled by default for the most part

Though I can get behind removing as much bloat as you can from your published tools so it's moot.

[bronze dawn]

yea i tried disabling one by one but everyone of them causes a "crash" whereby the project cannot even be opened

[desert panther]

You're not using those then?

It might be helpful if you can post the crash log/stack trace

[bronze dawn]

thing is this project was approved before, but i changed the thumbnail and it is giving me the plugin issues again😭

[green seal]

That's super weird

But yeah it sounds like either a) the reviewer did a poor job and approved it despite having plugins enabled, or b) you somehow got those plugins enabled since your last publish

[bronze dawn]

i didnt use any plugins for this project, just opened a blank file and imported my assets in

[green seal]

Which template did you use though, the "blank" projects might have plugins enabled depending on the template

the only template that doesnt have any is Games

You likely used the Film template , then blank project, because nDisplay is enabled.

[bronze dawn]

sorry i cant post the crash log cos im away from pc now

ah yes i used the film blank template

[green seal]

So what you can do is the following. Start a fresh project with Games > Blank. This will ensure there are NO plugins or any dependencies enabled.

Then simply migrate the assets from your other project to this new one and you'll get a fresh clean blank slate.

[bronze dawn]

i'll do that, thanks for the info

i was looking around at other asset packs description in marketplace and didnt see that they stated that such plugins were used.

so i was wondering what have i done wrongly😅

[green seal]

you did nothing wrong, I suspect it's because those plugins create some kind of dependency with a project setting since it is the default Film template. Just a wild guess though

and I can relate because I've had the exact same issue as you multiple times, since I always use the film template myself

But I did a test not long ago for another tool I'm working on and used the games template, poof issues disappeared.

[bronze dawn]

ah ok thanks so much!

[bronze dawn]

hey sorry for late post, but this is what the crash log looks like if i were to disable any of the plugins

[desert panther]

You'd need to install debug symbols I think, this doesn't really say a whole lot of anything other than it's something to do with the ndisplay plugin

It's possible there's a reference to the ndisplay plugin in one of your assets, levels, or something else, and that's causing the problem.

(even unused ones)

[bronze dawn]

yea i'll just do what william faucher advised and create a fresh project

[green seal]

Yeah moving forward I'm only going to use the blank Games template as that seems to be the cleanest build of Unreal without any bloat. At least when I'm making products to sell

[desert panther]

Yeah that makes sense if you don't need anything else to go with it. Personally I'm just kinda curious as to what exactly is causing the crash :D

[green seal]

My guess is some project setting in the film template that is depending on the plugin and without the plugin it freaks out and shuts down

Honestly it very well could be some bug that no one has reported

[desert panther]

Plugin specific settings sit in the plugin's section and I think should get ignored if the plugin isn't loaded... But I think if you had an asset in the project that the plugin defines, or uses a component from the plugin, then that could be it

Or I suppose if something like the project default game mode or something was to be from the plugin, that kind of setting could potentially cause trouble 🤔

[timid orchid]

Is it possible to stage an updated product to Fab from a github actions workflow? I have most of it automated already except for copying the release notes and links to the zip file for each UE version (5.1 - 5.6)

[slim gale]

A few days ago, I ran a survey to gather some insights about the game assets market. Unfortunately, not so many people participated, only 37 people (uptill now), but here are the results anyway.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15xA4mb7EBLoITcT781xymc1z6bo4BHHnoVM5K-I95x0/edit?usp=sharing

And here is the survey link if you want to participate

(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKBsOhvXQkjv1Dv_6rNQqWrr0tJDhp4o882oWjbusZXoJIMg/viewform?usp=dialog)

[warm knot]

10% of respondents expected to pay $1 for high quality assets. 🤣

Sorry, $1-$10.

[desert panther]

Tbh it's not a very good survey

The questions are way too generic to get any useful information out of it. What even is "asset"? Only singular 3D models? A texture? An asset pack? Is a plugin? A game system?

These can be priced so widely, and the value proposition in them is so massively different, the data from this is useless

(at least as far as it goes for pricing)

[random bay]

Can I write to the product description in the form of a Fab plugin that the support of any platform is "not guaranteed" as I do not have the opportunity to check it?

[desert panther]

Can you? Sure. Will it pass Fab review? Who knows. Try it and see would be my suggestion.

I've marked my plugin to support everything despite having no ability to check many of them, but my plugin is an editor-only tool so the platform should really have no effect.

[agile shadow]

afaik they only check if it compiles on ios,windows and android?

and that's usually from the editor

[blazing tinsel]

i have made a door and im not sure if im the who has to make it open and close or the person buying the asset

[desert panther]

Usually the one who buys the asset... you can't expect to make it open in a way that's compatible with all projects (eg. how is it getting triggered to open, etc.)

If you want to be helpful, you could include a demo level or soemthing which has it hooked up so someone can see how it could be set up.

[blazing tinsel]

ohhh okokok thank u so much

imma see what i can do.. i have a few models with shape keys is that fine?

[crude island]

is there a fab discord by chance i am having some issues getting my HDRI pack uploaded. do we have technical details templates somewhare because that is what the PDF epic sent me said to use.

[hollow basin]

I am not familiar with any technical details templates, did it say anything else about the issue they had? Also this is the best Fab discord (for sellers) I know about

[crude island]

it said put the texture assests in a folder labeled textuures in the higharchy and to add a disclaimer about the ingame character from fornite becuse i used UEFN to show it off i did all that and resubmitted now i'm just waiting

[crude island]

anyone know if i can use this for anything on Fab at all I don't see anything on the epic games store that i want right now and i would like to use it for something soon i have been getting into game design with UEFN and Unreal Engine and though maybe i could put it towards and asset.

[undone valve]

Epic rewards don’t exist on fab so far

[hearty reef]

hey @green seal , sorry for pinging you here like this but i could find other ways to reach you.
i wanted to let you know that im having instant and constant crashing when using EasyRain with Path tracer render, on lumen it renders fine, but on PT, instant crash. And it has been really slowing down our production and deadlines.
Rain area coverage and amount is pretty large tho. but i kinda need it to be large for the scale of my scene. And again, lumen has no issues rendering even with that kind of large rain amount, but PT cant handle it. (but inside the viewport everything is smooth, no lag or low fps.)
if you would like to take this convo to private messages, we can do!

[green seal]

Hey, are you able to replicate the issue in a blank fresh project? EasyRain works with pathtracing on my end locally

As with all crashes, it's important to narrow down potential issues as much as we can. Just tested it right now in 5.3 and 5.4 without any crashes, renders fine with MRQ 🙂

[hearty reef]

im using 5.6 and the project scene had substrate enabled, im assuming that could be the cause

but i will put the same large amout of easyrain i have from my scene to empty level, and will test if it crashes still, will keep you updated!

[green seal]

Ah yeah I can't speak for substrate, never used it specifically because it is a bit of a destructive process, once enabled you can't disable it, it's quite annoying

Does it crash if theres no easyrain blueprint in the level? Ideally you want to figure out if it's easyrain causing it at all. If you just crank up to a high amount of particles, then your crashing issue probably won't be easyrain related, but rather vram or overwhelming your gpu. You want to test it in a blank empty project and narrow down potential issues from there. Process of elimination is the key to finding the root cause of crashes.

[jaunty dagger]

#1054845218723209226

[wild bough]

Anybody ever got a fab refund without requesting it? Found an email from Epic and payment service yesterday from an asset pack that got refunded. Looking onto fab it's not existing anymore, also it's gone from my vault. However I've downloaded and started implementing some of the anims already. Without any further info why this got removed from store this is strange. I've got further anims from the same guy from a different anim pack that did not get refunded yet. This spooks me to buy anything else from fab as it seems I can get dragged easily into some legal mess from third parties which cost lots of time time to fix if I get aware at time.

[desert panther]

Questions you should be asking Fab support, not random people on the internet

[wild bough]

I did. The random people on the internet probably had the same experience already tho.

[desert panther]

Ok that's good then :D

[gaunt lake]

Does anyone know similar products to this one.

I am looking for floor damage indicators like mmorpgs / ffXIV uses when for example a comet hits the floor it gets a red circle that slowly shrinks or expands.

Are there other indicator "assets" on the marketplace?

https://www.fab.com/listings/df4f7e87-419e-4462-81dd-1c3fcabdc29c

[rustic lodge]

Love your work. Can you message me for some custom work?

[cinder snow]

Thank you, you can just write to my discord channel.

[split iron]

Or you could delete it and stop advertising in the wrong channel, someone already pointed you to the correct channel 😄

[cinder snow]

Yes, delete it, no problem)

[warped void]

does anyone bought this https://www.fab.com/listings/fbc58fca-daf9-4c94-9363-aec8b753798f
pleaase dm me dont ignore something important to tell

[green seal]

What exactly are you asking?

[warped void]

basicaly

i bought it so than my epic account gone and now dev wont have contact system and i have .1 ver so iwant .3

that anyone can give me if he bought?

[jaunty dagger]

Update to 0.3 on launcher?

[warped void]

i said my epic account is exploaded

i mean hacke

d|

[jaunty dagger]

We can't help you sorry.

Your better off trying to recover your account.

[plain glacier]

I'm 3d artist I specialize majorly in creating any type of game assets if you need artist to do anything for you I'm open for commison

[jaunty dagger]

Probably more suited for #1054845177509974107 or #freelance-jobs looks good though!

[willow furnace]

Anyone know when will the next big fab sales could be approx?

[gaunt lake]

didnt one just happen 1-2 weeks ago i think i saw some youtuber talking about 70% off sale.

I think best is to follow some of the youtubers that talk about the biweekly free epic items they most likly will mention a sale too so you can use them as info alarm clock :D

[still basin]

Publishers can't announce a mega sale in advance, FAB ask us to keep it secret

[willow furnace]

yeah but it was a small sale like not that many assets on sale 😦

[willow furnace]

oh interesting I'll gaslight myself and tell myself this is your way of telling me there is one coming lmfao

[gaunt lake]

Just change the sentence to something like "sorry i cant announce a sale in august" hahaha so we get info and you fine too :D

I am not sure how many sales there are but in general i think black friday / chrismas is usually one

I am not sure if the one some weeks ago count as summer sale but maybe there is another summer sale

[willow furnace]

i know there was a HUGE one in May, sadly I just started UE at that time so wasnt as committed lol

[hollow basin]

From the terms and conditions of the Fab sales you could deduce in order to stay compliant with EU, a sale price has to mean that the product was normal price at least 30 days leading up to the sale. So don't expect too many sales to happen within 30 days of each other

[desert panther]

Is there actually a rule like that? As far as I know, the product must display the lowest price it has been in the past 30 days when showing discounted pricing, not that you can't have another discount before 30 days

[hollow basin]

They did say they were going to do that but I thought they backtracked and said that only products that remained a consistent price over a 30 day period is considered for a sale. Price changes include their own sales which would lead to less people being able to qualify for sales that happen within 30 days of the last one

[desert panther]

Yeah, I suspect it's because their systems can't actually handle displaying the lowest price in past 30 days so this was an easier solution :D

[hollow basin]

That's what I think too

[gaunt lake]

I think there as well law about that beacuse shops started to increase items prices before blackfriday then offered 50% off while the price was basicaly the same as 2 weeks ago

like an item cost 10$ normal
they increase it every day for 1$
in 10 days prices is 20$
blackfriday starts 50% off = 10$

idk if shops still do that but it supposed to be against law

[left wagon]

anybody have this issue where you click the open up fab and Microsoft edge keeps opening up with fab Even if I have Firfox or chrome set as the default browser?

really annoying

[left wagon]

Hurray Just remove edge and all is well! 🙂

[plain glacier]

Thanks for the nice word

I will post some of my designs there

[fossil sinew]

Hey, I'm a level designer and environment artist I'm thinking to start publishing packs as a side hustle
but I'm not good in 3d modelling so if I use the fab assets will there be any problem for publishing

[dire meteor]

I don't think you're allowed to do that?

[jaunty dagger]

Nope

You can make levels and upload showcases to artstation

or youtube or similar

[undone valve]

You can do Speed Level designs and stuff but not resell assets, even when you create an environment out of them

[fossil sinew]

okk

but i saw some of the packs they uses the same assets

[warm knot]

Yes, it seems like online market places have a problem with people republishing the same assets. Epic Games is at least trying to get rid of them. But you know what I noticed is that there are lot of tutorial assets being published. On CGTrader I saw I think 7 or more gun tutorial models published under different accounts, with slight color variations.

[warm knot]

What part of 3D modelling do you struggle with? There might be an online course that could help you.

[fossil sinew]

in props

[fossil sinew]

yea

[wild bough]

It's still a mess. I got a refund of a package recently without further info why and what this means now for me (I did not request the refund). After plenty of mails with fab support it turned out that the guy sold something he did not own. It's easy for Fab team to refund and remove it. It's not so easy for you if you've implemented it already as part of your game (e.g. some animations). You loose the license to redistribute it (as the guy who sold it did not own the rights) so you have to remove it from your game as well. Either if it's unfished or finished and sold on EGS or Steam already. You get dragged into a legal mess that can pop in at any time with any asset pack. The more you use Fab assets the more likely this happens. The guy that sold that fishy package still may sell other packages on Fab. I had another package of him as well which I would refund as a consequence (after normal refund time) which was possible only as Fab credits anymore. I don't blame Fab for the "credits solution" (it's not their fault either) but the guy should not be allowed to sell other packages as soon as he messes it up that way and it spooked me off as Fab customer. You might save some time... you might get into hell a troubles later and have to put your game from Steam or EGS afterwards.

[desert panther]

That's pretty awkward

Kinda sucks because it seems if this is something that happens more, it would steer people to purchase models and such only from more established and larger sellers to mitigate this kind of risk

This would make it harder for smaller sellers to work

[wild bough]

Yes it sucks. But the alternative is playing asset set trojan horse lottery on Fab. Is the asset legal or not? Who knows? This can change at any time. The problem is that it fully affects your work as well (at any time). The damage is a lot bigger than you would get back as refund if your game is already at store.

[desert panther]

I wonder, is the troublesome seller actually an authenticated trader on Fab?

also I've not really looked at the liability clauses in the Fab agreements, wonder if there's something there 🤔 Doubt Epic would allow themselves to be liable, but the seller could be

[wild bough]

Its one of the Non-Traders: "This publisher is registered as a non-trader, so consumer rights stemming from EU consumer protection laws do not apply to contracts between you and this publisher."

[desert panther]

Yeah feels like I would not buy from non-traders if I had any concerns about that stuff

[wild bough]

I'm not sure if it makes a difference for you if it's a Trader. You have to remove affected packages as well for sure. I think you would only get the refund money back and no further notice that you are screwed now and have to act.

[desert panther]

Yeah but being a trader requires actual verification that you are who you claim, and that you have a registered business, which at least to me suggests it would be less shady in that sense

Looks like the EULA basically says "you're screwed" to the buyer if any issues was to arise with anything, but it also states that these clauses may not be enforceable in all jurisdictions so YMMV

Pretty vague stuff :P

[tawny hinge]

someone selling stolen "goods" should just be banned from the marketplace

[wild bough]

It would be easier for you to sue somebody that caused that damage to you if he's in a country that gives a shit. But I think if you put it on store already (e.g. Steam, EGS) and the original owner opens a legal clause against you this might only help a bit or not at all. So I underestimated the issues that could arise from using Fab assets and overall I would avoid Fab after that refund if I don't know the traders very well.

[green seal]

Suing some random person who likely has no money to begin with sounds like futile endeavour, and will probably end up costing you way more in legal fees

[dire meteor]

Depends what the purpose of suing them is. If it's not about financial gain, doesn't matter if they have money.

[green seal]

Genuine q, why would you go after someone for stealing your work on fab if not for financial gain

and end up in legal debt

[dire meteor]

To make a point? To set precedent?

Just to be a dick?

If you're rich enough to not care about the legal costs, the impact on the other person might be big enough just to make it worth it.

[green seal]

I can see setting precedent as a viable reason in most other fields of business, but when it comes to digital products on a marketplace like fab/indie game dev, its playing a game of whack a mole

[dire meteor]

Such is life. I'm not gonna say this will be a common motivation. 😛

[boreal wraith]

so did the quixel library get nuked on fab?

or am I just browsing it wrong

there's just a few collections of trees and some HDRIs

oh you have to "include 3d compatible formats" apparently

[green seal]

Bridge still works fine last I checked?

[soft blaze]

To make a point, or showing a scummy action will not go unpunished. Fab has lots of scummy sellers, stealong others works.

[green seal]

There definitely is, though I cant help but feel like one would likely be chasing ghosts, hard to make a point or set an example?

obligatory #notalawyer

[warm knot]

1. Price your asset high at $200+ dollars.
2. Wait for somebody to pirate it.
3. Drop the price to $20 just to piss him off.

[rugged wren]

If I was that rich I wouldn't be trying to sell anything, it'd just all go up on github for free XD

[dire meteor]

Then you'll probably never be rich. 😛

[wispy geode]

Does anyone have problems where the launcher doesn't update plugins, doesnt say theres an update, and just remains dormant and out of date until you realise midway pestering an author about a bug they fixed updates ago?

essentially, how can I force check update for all installed plugins

[hexed wing]

⚠️ new scam going around. Just received this email. Don’t click on anything before checking the sender email 🙂

[dire meteor]

Never click links in emails in general.

They're all tracking links.

[vale prawn]

AFAIK you can't, stuff is broken on Epic's side and even Asset Manager Studio can't fix that

[jaunty dagger]

123 Design Street. lol

[wispy geode]

that's crazy

I just deleted the local files cached in the engine, redownloaded, and its still out of date

so I cant do anything at all?

besides asking author for files directly?

[fading zealot]

are there any good jrpg templates for unreal i can use for reference?

[hollow basin]

That's the most realistic scam page I have seen in awhile

[lavish sky]

Hi, is this a phishing email ? Have some of you received this email?

I've been selling for years, I'm not new

[dire meteor]

Then probably yes.

[desert panther]

I think pandu just mentioned this phishing email above

[e-mail] should be a pretty good giveaway it isn't epic

Impressively it seems the scammer has updated the street address to a less fake looking one lol

[dire meteor]

Heh

Maybe they're reading the responses in here!

Eyes everyone shiftily

Oh. It's you.

[hollow basin]

They changed their headquarters since the last email. Southern street is a lot nicer than 123 designer street

I am surprised their first attempt said to check your account on Fab because that wouldn't really do the scammers any good, unless you put in a bad link to your fake site, which they didn't. It does feel like a less authentic email now

[lavish sky]

Damn I did not scroll to see it lol

[cedar bone]

wow they are scamming even for fab sellers now, is it that popular, lol

[desert panther]

It makes me wonder what exactly is there to gain from doing it

Like wow, you can see what products I have on Fab?

[green seal]

Would taking ownership of your products and the revenue that comes with it be the reason?

[desert panther]

I suppose in theory, but I'm not sure if you can just change the banking details like that 🤔

[green seal]

Once in you can absolutely change where the payout goes to. I would need to if, say, my company switched banks or changed address

[desert panther]

Yeah I forget, maybe it didn't really require any additional verification for it

[green seal]

I mean you’d just need to reapply for trader verification and as long as the new business was legit, you’d be good to go

[slow sentinel]

guys when will the next Fab discounts start? Are there discounts every month? If so, when? I would appreciate it if you could reply.

[desert panther]

Fab seller agreement forbids disclosing dates for discounts

[calm dagger]

Soon™

[slow sentinel]

So it happens at any date

So does it happen every month?

[slow sentinel]

Someone wrote on Reddit that the summer sale will be on July 22nd. Is this true?

[calm dagger]

If you talk about sitewide sale events, they happen regularly, maybe not every month but almost. Though if you are talking about discounts applied by specific sellers, there is no way to know but to ask them

Some sellers might not even participate in those sitewide sale events and instead do their own sales

[slow sentinel]

Yes, I'm not talking about special discounts, I'm talking about Epic Games' own discounts. If they happen almost every month, that's great.

[calm dagger]

Keep in mind that there is a "cooldown" of 30 days between any sales, so check the last sale event, add 30 days minimum and you'll know from when it can start +- a few weeks

[slow sentinel]

i see thank you so much guys

[slow sentinel]

i just saw your assets looks great btw

[calm dagger]

Thanks 🤗

[stuck urchin]

Hey guys, does anyone have a T-Wall asset they could share with me, or know where I can find one preferably for free?

[undone valve]

I am in search of minimalistic 3d assets. Not sure what a good search term is

[hollow basin]

Minimalistic is fine, but I hear of lowpoly more commonly

[winter verge]

Cool enviro pack at low price.
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/unreal-engine-asset-mega-bundle-software?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_2_layout_type_threes_tile_index_2_c_unrealengineassetmegabundle_softwarebundle

[jaunty dagger]

That's a good pack

Pretty decent quality

[winter verge]

Not fake, i bought it and all has been redeem on fab

[jaunty dagger]

Same

[desert panther]

Remember to choose the "adjust donation" option when buying from Humble

The default charity split is something like 5% with the rest split between humble and seller

So when they say "support charity!" it's kinda sketch with that kinda split percentages :P

[jaunty dagger]

Not all charities are charitable either. Sadly some are for profit.

[desert panther]

I'm not sure if it can be called a charity at that point

[timber mica]

Is it possible to use a free plugin (C++) in my own asset (Blueprint) by specifying this in the necessary places?

[dire meteor]

No

[calm dagger]

If the plugin is from Epic and integrated in the engine yes, otherwise no

If it's your own plugin maybe but not sure if that would pass the review

[jaunty dagger]

What if the plugin was built into the project or is that only allowed by epic? For example with City Sample.

[calm dagger]

If it is distributed as "complete project" maybe, as "asset pack" nope

Or on the flip side if it is just distributed as a plugin and that plugin has content in it, that's fine

[hollow basin]

This goes on the launch channel, this channel isn't for advertising

[dire meteor]

(#1054845218723209226)

[desert panther]

You would think that a user who has used Discord for 3 years would know how to read the rules

[vale prawn]

Well since we're talking about rules, now's the time to mention this bit from the Server Guide

[desert panther]

Well if I do that how am I ever going to learn why they didn't read the rules?

lol

[warm knot]

You could at least make it a Fab link instead of itch.io...

[tulip jackal]

Hi guys. So I bought a texture for a wall in fab, but how do I import it to unreal engine?

I got a bunch of files, but I have no clue where to even start

[somber mango]

Easiest way is to use the Fab plugin in Unreal. https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/fab-window-in-unreal-engine#mylibraryview

Otherwise manually import the assets https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/importing-assets-directly-into-unreal-engine

[tulip jackal]

Seems I already had it installed. Just had to log in 🤦‍♂️

[proper dew]

3TJK6-5FPAH-H8PA8-ADDCS
55WMW-7A2ZF-5S6VV-SMGAM

[split iron]

I can't find the assets I want in my library anymore. The only sorting is newest/oldest but it didn't preserve marketplace purchase dates. Why can't I filter/sort based on the release date of products? Sloppy 😦

So much stuff from 2014

[desert panther]

@merry plover contact fab support, nobody here can fix problems on the fab website

[green seal]

Im confused, June flash sale? The one from a month ago?

[ionic tinsel]

as a Fab Seller: what's the recommended engine version(s) to provide to Fab - Just the latest (UE5.6?)?
or if you have multiple versions (my plugin goes back to like 4.26), how do you provide links to each of those?

[spiral jacinth]

FYI; AMS allows you to sort & filter on a whole lot of things. However, I don't think actual release date is something that is provided to either the website or to the launchers.

[green seal]

There isnt really a recommended one, if your asset doesnt depend on any new features start as early a version as you can to maximize potential sales

[cedar bone]

that depends on you and how much versions u want to support, but if u want to support many u will need to provide assets for each version as UE assets cannot be downgraded, and that means u will need to keep all the unreal versions installed all the time for your supported versions of assets, assuming u will support them in feature

[calm dagger]

You can't downgrade but you can upgrade, you could perfectly have a project in UE4.26 and support up to 5.6 with that single project (assuming you know the project can work just fine without any additional work and that you don't use any of the new features)

[calm dagger]

Generally I would say at least the last 4 major versions, then as the others said, it's up to you and the work you might need to get each version up and running (if you have specific changes to make for each engine version, then you would want to limit your supported engines as to not having to maintain too many versions. But if a single project can work for many versions, just use that starting with the lowest version you want to support)

[cedar bone]

depends on the assets i guess, but its not ideal, users can upgrade, but u need to somehow know and check if everything is fine in every version u support, if its just content its possible to do in single version, but still things are changing all the time, even if its just UI, sometimes it will need checking, but for cpp plugins there is no workaround
and due to epic policies, users will never have anything to upgrade to start with, users can only download assets for their version of engine, so u need to at least make sure it works, so its not that perfect
ofc if u sell only art assets (not even BPs), its probably the easiest to support

[pearl yew]

I don't know if this is the right channel to ask, but I recently moved to Linux Mint as my OS, as Windows corrupted itself for the final time and I was tired of it.
I've gotten the editor to load and my project to load however when I open Fab and try to add a plugin it doesn't downloaded it, instead the download bar shows the following text "NaN".
What does this mean? How do I download and install plugins from Fab when using the Editor via Linux?

[spiral jacinth]

Probably be better to ask in the #linux channel, but you can use my AMS [Asset Manager Studio] to d/l plugins and assets on Linux. I haven't ever bothered to try the Fab plugin myself on Linux as I just use AMS. 😉

[soft blaze]

Depends on the country. If, let's say, grifter or thief is from a third world country or countries like Russia and China, lawyers cannot do much since piracy laws non-existantg in those countries.

[pearl yew]

Thank you for the suggestion. 🙂

[green seal]

Not really? Unless your asset is complex and needs changes every version of unreal, you can easily submit the 5.0 version, and just tick 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 5.5, 5.6. No more work needed. You dont need to provide assets for each individual version.

There’s exceptions of course, I’ve made niagara stuff that started on 5.3, but the same thing broke in 5.4 due to epic changing something. So I needed to submit a new 5.4 version. But from 5.4 onwards its been continuously unbroken so theres no additional files to submit. I also don’t need to have each version of Unreal installed unless there is a specific thing in a specific version that breaks, which is quite frankly rarely the case.

TL:DR, work from the earliest submission you can and go from there. EasyAtmos needed a feature from 5.4 to work properly so my first version was 5.4 and onwards.

[desert panther]

I wish you could do this with code plugins but nope

My plugin builds just fine across every unreal version from 4.27 onwards with exactly the same files but I have to manually submit them one per version instead :P

[green seal]

Yeah that’s definitely pretty annoying, Ive heard of someone running a script that automatically builds code plugins for new versions for you and resubmits, but yeah. Would be great if you could just tick a checkbox.

[calm dagger]

Pretty normal though since it's code compiled for a specific engine version, blueprint isn't so you don't have that issue

[calm dagger]

Indeed, though if care about your products you still need to check every single version to be sure, that's how I ended up with 300GB of Unreal installs 🤣

[green seal]

Oh I check, but I dont need to submit anything new

[calm dagger]

Yeah

[pearl yew]

Giving AMS a shot now and it's actually working. Thank you!
The one thing I am noticing though is that there is a lot of lag when navigating the UI. Which seems to get worse when downloading plugins.

[cedar bone]

Well i agree, but ike i said in my second comment, depends on asset, if its anything more than pure art assets it could need testing or conditional checks in other versions and a separate ue install to test and make it.

Even if its just BP, things tend to change here and there with new versions, like in your example with EasyAtmos that needs 5.4, maybe u could make it work with 5.1+, but it would need a workaround method be it additional functionality or even new BPs, structuring how it works or different setup, but nothing u would need to do in 5.4 as the functionality it needs is just there, but to make sure it works, u would need to test it in 5.1+ and also 5.4, maybe also in between, so it just depends of the nature of the asset and what it does.

And the same goes with code plugins with one difference, its required by epic, i wouldn't use any workarounds not recommended by epic to compile it for all versions without actually having it installed and being able to test 100%, but thats just me.

[spiral jacinth]

Strange, I haven't noticed lag while d/l but then again, I normally just queue up the d/l's and minimize, I'll play with it a bit and see if I can duplicate and trace down... Glad it is working for you!

[warm knot]

Will Art Station merge with Fab? Should I bother uploading anything to Art Station?

[jaunty dagger]

Q: Is all of ArtStation going to move over to Fab?
A: ArtStation will continue to be the go-to portfolio platform for digital artists. The ArtStation site and its features will remain the same as they are today, while the ArtStation Digital Marketplace will join Fab in 2025.

When in 2025 isn't explained but that was from art stations website.
https://help.artstation.com/s/article/14091288444685-ArtStation-Fab-FAQ?language=en_US

[warm knot]

Art Station has a tipping feature, but Fab doesn't. Goodbye tipping.

[severe glade]

where did the megascan textures go in the fab plugin?

they show up on the website but not on the plugin

[hexed wing]

For some unknown reason to me the actual quixel releases are split off and not shown in the main account. You need to search for them in the search bar. Id also be interested if anyone has a way to filter only quixel stuff. Ever since abandoning bridge this has been a nightmare to manage.

[quasi stone]

#fab message

[tepid aspen]

Are there any free or paid nanite trees on fab?

[severe glade]

perfect! I can see them now

Oh, Bridge's still working

[restive bough]

i justed installed Bridge and it works well.

[spiral jacinth]

FYI, AMS, suipports filtering only "Megascans" or if you type "Quixel" in the filter box, it will filter to only content that has Quixel somewhere in the description/title..

[timid orchid]

In the Monthly Report section in Fab, I noticed that May is the latest month it shows, so it is missing June. Is this how it looks for others also?

[viscid radish]

GUYS, I AM NEW TO FAB, IN THE "LIMTED-TIME FREE", lets say i downloaded it today, if it becomes paid in a few days and i use it for content creation will i get a copyright strike. 😊

[jaunty dagger]

No you own it

[dire meteor]

Doesn't mean some random isn't going to copyright strike you, though. 😛

[viscid radish]

Ohh...Okay, Thanks

[silent mesa]

anyone got problems downloading assets from the launcher atm?

[tepid aspen]

Are there any trees that doesnt use masked materials? Anybody knows...

@fossil summit do you have trees with opaque material only? Not masked materials for leaves. I want to try ue5.7 voxelization.

[spiral jacinth]

Not sure about the Epic Launcher as I never use it -- but I just tested d/l an asset in AMS and it had no issues [it does seem to be a little slower than normal]...

[fossil sinew]

same problem here too

[fossil sinew]

so need to add quixel in filter box but that dont show the assets that brower shows

[spiral jacinth]

Can you point to a asset on the web site, I'll see why it isn't showing in AMS...

[fossil sinew]

its showing in website but by plugin its not

[spiral jacinth]

Can you link to one so I can research it?

Or are you saying it isn't showing in the Fab plugin?

[fossil sinew]

Actually problem is that those assets which are in my library are not showing by plugin but by the website on fab its showing all

[fossil sinew]

like this screenshot

[spiral jacinth]

Ah, yeah, you quoted my reply so I thought you were talking about AMS. AMS is a separate launcher/asset downloader, and it shows the Quixel assets just fine. No idea about the FAB plugin, I only use AMS for all my asset needs. 😉

[fossil sinew]

ohh so in ams quixel assets are fine?

can you givee me link of AMS or where i can find that

[spiral jacinth]

AMS = https://AssetManager.studio

[fossil sinew]

Thnx

[spiral jacinth]

I show 182 Quixel assets in my account using the typed filter, and 149 that are tagged as "MegaScan" and apparently 168 if you type megascan in the filter. LOL, Epic doesn't tags everything properly. 😄

[fossil sinew]

Yea I seen that

[tawny hinge]

iirc he mentions a bunch of asset packs with nanite trees (maybe he didn't... can't find it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzz8_O3PIUg

https://www.fab.com/listings/09ad5f14-aada-400f-af9f-a42610edf760 nvm, was in the comments

[tepid aspen]

But the leaves use masked materials. It says it on description

[tawny hinge]

yea you're right. no idea why it was suggested in the comments 🤷

[fossil summit]

Hello my friend,
Nanite Mangroves Vol.1 supports both "Masked" and "Opaque" for leaves.
https://www.fab.com/listings/53dd5abe-98cb-4f08-9c87-29540f7ecf3f
I hope you like it.

[fossil summit]

Hi dear Ben,
I hope you're having a great day.
You can have nanite trees with both masked or opaque leaves. They're not related to each other.
But I didn't read the whole conversation so I apologies if my reply isn't accurate.
Thank you.

[tawny hinge]

i think he want's trees which have geometry for leaves, the description from the Tress Vol.2 pack gives the impression that they use mesh cards.

Note: Tree leaves use masked material.

[balmy helm]

Is it me or this sale feels underwhelming?

[flat island]

Why? You have 36k assets on sale.

Unless you're expecting a 70% discount — that’s a different story.

[balmy helm]

The ones I added to wishlist 90% are not sale, the rest are 30%

[flat island]

Then wait for the next one 😄

Sometimes it happens that we don't get what we want

[balmy helm]

And generally I browsed through some categories and found out that most sellers that used to do 70% in a 70% sale in old marketplace now do 50% max and is a trend I've noticed happening across other marketplaces as well sadly along with raised prices, I partially blame fab name, it sorts of feels like they are expecting people to pay a premium just because it is supposed to be bigger, I hope you are right and that it won't be same case for future sales.

[agile shadow]

Nah it’s because a lot of vendors have realised that 70% off sales are not worth it

Very destructive

[balmy helm]

They have been doing it for years and you think only now they notice? maybe some may think like that but I doubt majority have that in mind in fact I think for 3d stuff they should reduce price further because of dangers of AI generated assets but to each their own and its up for the creator to price it however they see fit.

[agile shadow]

Correct, as one of those creators, I have decided not to do 70% off sales since they devalue the product.

Worked well so far.

[desert panther]

I don't think I will ever discount my plugin or any future plugins I might make. Maybe if I make something with a significantly higher price tier.

At a higher price point it might make sense to test it and see how it affects sales, but at least at a low price like my current one - nah.

[willow furnace]

does this license allow me to sell my game using this asset ? im confused lmao

[violet drift]

Yea, it's old terms from UE Marketplace (they got updated with Fab release).

Some people didn't migrate assets, so they are still on old licensing terms

[raven quarry]

holy shite, what are these prices for the "sale"

they're ridiculously expensive

[willow furnace]

what do you mean, sellers increased prices before the sale ?

[desert panther]

If you've changed price in past 30 days you're not eligible for sales

Tbh I don't really get the griping about the discounts... frankly if you can't afford something you critically need for your game maybe you're trying to do too much

[serene wedge]

Hello can anyone suggest a good third person controller? I dont want it for a shooter but everything I find is made for shooting/action games/ I am looking for a controller more realistic if I make sense.

something with a more "heavier feeling"

[tepid aspen]

Thanks i will take a look. Do you have any pine trees with opaque leaves?

[willow furnace]

Call me dumb lol but there is some assets on fab that can only be used in unity ??

[jaunty dagger]

It is possible yeah

Could probably export to a 3d modeling software then into unreal if savvy.

[green seal]

God forbid a developer charge what they feel their product is worth

[willow furnace]

Its a shader 😦

[jaunty dagger]

If you watch some Ben Cloward videos he often covers how to make a variety of shaders in both unreal and unity.

Much of what we do in UE can be done in Unity

[willow furnace]

Thanks ! Just sad I cant use this shader asset xD

[jaunty dagger]

Look at how it's made maybe possible

[pearl yew]

@spiral jacinth Any idea why when I right click on the engine of choice and choose "Install Missing Toolchain" it's unable to?

Says it's Unable to determine Toolchain version

[spiral jacinth]

Which engine did you try this on, I'll figure it out...

[pearl yew]

5.6

Even downloaded from within the manager.

[spiral jacinth]

D/l the git source or pre-compiled version?

[pearl yew]

Both my from source version and the manager version return that error.

[spiral jacinth]

Hmm, strange. I'll look into it. Thx!

[pearl yew]

Np

[vital island]

Great works

[final zinc]

FAB has a wishlist now, but still hasn't imported our Marketplace one?

[jaunty dagger]

You can email support to get your wishlist iirc

[final zinc]

Yeah I'm just baffled that's still necessary..

[desert panther]

I wonder if they're doing it entirely manually

Pushed the feature live so quick they didn't build an actual migration feature

[mellow vigil]

Was anyone invited to this sale?

Didnt get any invite or warning about a sale thats upcoming for sellers

[inland orchid]

How do I resolve this error when I try to publish my texture pack?

[warm knot]

Most of the Fab items are pretty cheap. The sale looks fine to me, or maybe I'm looking at the wrong things. 🤷‍♂️

[hollow basin]

Is there any word yet when Fab will get a proper review system?

[jaunty dagger]

It has a comments section that publishers have to enable on their products.

[south sinew]

Anything good on sale?

[warm knot]

Question: I want to update my Fab listing, so do I need to append the project name with a version number, or is that unnecessary?

[hollow basin]

Yeah but they once showed off a very eloquent rating system where you can rate different things about the product and actually be able to write text reviews.
Comments can be anything from feature suggestions to people just saying "cool" with no other information
I am looking forward to at least having the old rating system back

[mint igloo]

randomly redeeming all the free stuff on fab, there's some absolute gems

https://www.fab.com/listings/4b3f0b4f-b71a-41a8-be37-2b96e1b7017d

https://www.fab.com/listings/8b7caaf1-010b-4fbe-9518-24a799868cb8

[viral zinc]

Damm, science gone too far

Same creator seems to have this

When cucumbers point to the right are more expensive

[vale prawn]

*cucumebrs

[warm knot]

Weird. He labels his stylized asset as PBR, but the PBR asset as stylized. 🤔

[mint igloo]

Some of the free stuff does really make me wonder

They're like trying to make custom licensing terms in the description

[jaunty dagger]

Like this? https://www.fab.com/listings/3277687b-a06f-4ef7-a285-63b981768c4a

For educational use only - This content is only licensed for educational purposes, including self-education and use in academic settings.

[mint igloo]

Yep, that's very frequent, "custom licensing terms" in the description

even for that asset there's the standard license

[desert panther]

🤔

I wonder which license conditions would apply

If Epic themselves is also doing the custom license conditions in description thing I guess it might be that you can actually do that. I don't think there's anything in Fab's standard license that says you can't have additional clauses to it somewhere else

[mint igloo]

Hmm

I skimmed through the licensing agreement and fab explanations

In short, Fab itself claims it only offers the standard license and the creative commons attribution licenses

It is in fact against the licensing terms to stipulate conditions that would go against what is stated in the standard license, though it only explicitly mentions GPL and LGPL licenses

Only the legacy unreal engine marketplace license mentions the exception for unreal-engine only content

like IANAL and everything and I did not read every line, but it seems like the Standard license has more wording towards not being able to deviate from it than granting exceptions

Only the legacy marketplace license would in fact grant the ability to add an exclusion such as the limit to use material for unreal engine purposes only

[upper crystal]

Has anyone run into an issue where items in the fab cache folder are being deleted? Seems to happen almost immediately after downloading, but only in some cases.

[split iron]

I am really sick of Epic making me login + use authenticator every time
Its the same browser and I'm selecting 'remember this device'

They ever gonna fix that shit?

[jaunty dagger]

Literally feel like I gotta login every other day..

Doesn't even remember auth like what

[hollow basin]

I have a question for you all: how much customer support do you provide for your products before you start charging extra? Do you draw the line at 1 hour, 10 hours? Or is it based on the type of questions? I am being asked to guide multiple people in a studio through how my code works in my products, and I am conflicted

[split iron]

Lol what. They need to pay you at that point.

Why are you doing that

They can read documentation and source code. When they asked send them the link and tell them your rates if they want to contract your services like that

[desert panther]

It depends on the level of goodwill I think. If you have to explain the same thing to multiple people, this might mean you either need docs or you need to tell them to read the docs. If they still struggle, then it means your docs might be bad.

This can be an opportunity to upsell consulting services. For example, you can point at the docs and offer to hold a training for N people for X USD.

Generally if you can expect repeat business/additional sales to come from the client, then it might not be a bad idea to give some free service to ensure it happens, but yeah it's the kinda thing you need to think of whether it makes sense or not.

[desert panther]

Damn, Fab approved an update on my plugin in five minutes

It was just an image, so maybe those are automated

[mint igloo]

I am fairly sure they have some trust level system in the background as well

I doubt a human ever looked at the squirtle

[tawny hinge]

i think someone did by now, because it's gone 😄

[mint igloo]

hence the past tense, but yeh

[rugged wren]

I have no issues with logins on fab, but some time ago I stopped being able to access the forums while logged in because my username is too short

[pliant forum]

Honestly, the situation with turtle from Pokémon, how is the account not banned?
It's a clear violation, and if they can do it once, what makes them think any of the other assets are not ripped?

[desert panther]

There's no reason to ban someone if they make one mistake in something like that

[pliant forum]

It's not a mistake to rip and try to resell something you have no IP rights over. It could also get others into real trouble, so I think indeed it is good grounds for a ban on all current and future prospects of product distribution on the marketplace

The overall faith in the marketplace affects each and every single seller, these traders hurt more than just themselves.

[mint igloo]

It's already bad enough to make plunges on newer content because you have to guess whether if ML was used in making it or not

Basically any 2D asset icon pack or whatever is a rough sell even if you did the work

[hollow basin]

They are trying to take pieces of what I made and integrate it in their own code, but they don't know what pieces to take. So I am explaining what functions they need.

Also curious how much you would charge per hour for something like that

[hollow basin]

I was also thinking that. I generally give everybody about 2 to 2½ hours of support time upon request. If it is related to a bug or issue in my code I dont count that time, because they are actually helping me improve the product. Yeah I am not expecting repeat business since once the code is bought they dont really need to buy it again, and they already bought my only paid asset

[desert panther]

Yeah if they're not gonna buy anything else (like additional seat licenses or w/e) then I would definitely carefully consider if it's worth my time or not

I would probably charge based on my regular consulting rate anything that doesn't seem useful in that sense, but it also would kinda depend on if I have something better to do or not and how much I actually like the person asking lol

[hollow basin]

Yeah, I dont currently have a consulting rate so I'll have to come up with one. I like the people I talk to but I can tell they're on a tight schedule so I feel like I am going to be needed on a fairly regular basis

Also curious if anyone else wants to share their consulting rate to get a baseline of what's reasonable

[desert panther]

I rarely go under 150/hour but I have been berated by several people here about how I'm an idiot and liar because nobody will pay that kind of hourly rates

so ymmv

:D

[hollow basin]

That's fair, there is no invalid price when it comes to pricing your own time. Only thing is my product is fairly affordable so you could buy multiple copies of my product within that one hour rate, so it makes me unsure. On the other hand the cost of making the asset is distributed across all buyers and one team consulting you every hour is just helping one team so the costs are not distributed. So it makes a little more sense thinking of it that way

[desert panther]

Yeah, if you're unsure about it, take your monthly salary and calculate the hourly rate from that. I would add at least a little bit on top. If you feel like it, you can offer longer contracts at a cheaper rate, as in , the idea is that a longer contract is more guaranteed income for you so it's more beneficial for you to take that and as such can offer a lower rate.

[hollow basin]

That's a good idea

[willow furnace]

is there a way to contact a fab seller when he didnt provide any email or discord on the asset page ? https://www.fab.com/listings/acb12422-744e-455a-8d0e-e264966c35bb

[undone valve]

Yes, here is the email of that seller. You can get emails of sellers via their profile: https://www.fab.com/sellers/PONETI/about

[willow furnace]

thanks man 🙂 !! also not sure if I understand correctly but.. the asset says unity (not unreal) but under that section we can see additional file.. does this mean this asset also comes with the png files that I could just import in my unreal project ?

[tardy charm]

Seems to be it but if it doesn't have them, I'm pretty sure unity assets aren't a special type like unreal's uassets. They're just the raw types (in this case, pngs) along with a metadata file. So if you install that unity package into a unity project (or open it some other way), you should be able to directly take the image you want without having to export or anything

[deep latch]

Hello, i'm the creator of this content, i wanted to thank you for the kind words 😄

[desert panther]

I think he was being snarky because the other one he posted was blatant copyright infringement, and yours is kind of toeing the line also by making a 1 to 1 copy of an asset from another game

[deep latch]

Oh alright, I didn’t read the full conversation 😅. I'm not sure how many people know about Sandfall Interactive, but I asked them on Instagram if I could post this. They replied (in French): "Dude, do you think we’re Nintendo? 🙂 Go go go!" — which I’m not sure holds any legal value, but personally I don’t think it’ll cause any issues. That said, it’s more of a fan art meant for personal use. Hopefully, people are smart enough not to include it in any commercial product.

[hollow basin]

You may want to include that you have the studios blessing and maybe a link to that comment in your fab page description. I think your product wouldn't be judged as harshly if everybody else didn't think you were stealing without permission

[deep latch]

Well, I don’t agree with how you phrased it — there’s no “stealing” involved in the product. The 3D model is just a generic sword; I don’t think you can really talk about IP in this case. Even the textures, while clearly inspired, don’t closely match Simon’s sword. I modeled and textured everything from scratch, with strong inspiration, sure — and I think that’s why I got that lighthearted reply on Instagram.

I would never straight-up copy a Pokémon, a character from Clair Obscur, or anything that’s a 1:1 reproduction of an existing asset. The only thing I can agree might be questionable is the name and title of the product. As for the studio’s response — it's just a message on Instagram. It doesn’t mean anything legally. i just updated the product's title as it could be misleading.

I’m fine if people want to debate or criticize it harshly — that’s their choice. I’m just sharing a piece of fan art for free. I’m not looking for praise, validation, or anything else 🙂

[warm knot]

Wasn't one of the assets literally a Squirtle, or was that another artist?

[deep latch]

not me

[warm knot]

Oh Ok. I was about to say! 😆

[hollow basin]

I agree you are not stealing, but you are using the name of the game as the style. I never played the game so upon first impression it seemed like it was taken from the game. Some people say "this is a <insert game name here> inspired asset" and that is generally alright

[deep latch]

yes, i agree with you on this point, the title was misleading, i sent an update request to FAB to change adding "FAN ART" 👍

[real trout]

is there a contact on fab who one can send information about suspicious content to? i'm not allowed to file a dmca, i'm not the owner of the assets:
https://www.fab.com/de/sellers/WildMesh 3D

this publisher obviously sells assets from way of the hunter and ark: survival evolved

and most are in the summer sale, so the damage to customers can be huge

[desert panther]

"Obviously"? Isn't Ark about dinosaurs, I don't see any dinosaurs there. Can't speak about hunter.

You can probably contact the regular Fab support email about it, dunno if they'll react but at that point it's their problem really.

[real trout]

https://www.fab.com/de/listings/92568340-2a8f-484d-9da5-ef1f90aa6ddf

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Dodo_(Ark:_Survival_Evolved)

[real trout]

It depends if they pay back the hard earned money after they sold pirated assets. Then it's the problem of honest customers and competitive publishers

and in the end a problem of fab if people can't trust the marketplace with their money 😉

i tried fab support, but there's no option for stuff like that

you end up with filing a dmca complaint if you are the content owner

[desert panther]

Just choose one of the other options, it doesn't really matter as long as you get to send a message does it

[real trout]

here's way of the hunter btw:
https://youtu.be/ZOh2fth40Kc?t=673

and on fab:
https://www.fab.com/listings/68e4cb32-10d6-4669-ab3e-4c35912ad30e

https://way-of-the-hunter-complete.fandom.com/wiki/Helmeted_Guineafowl

and on fab
https://www.fab.com/de/listings/a8c87ea2-09e3-4a1e-b817-1fcfd999173d

[rugged wren]

Is it possible that this is actually the original artist and the Way of the Hunter devs also bought these models for their game?

[real trout]

No

In no way do the publishers of Way of the Hunter and Ark: Survival Evolved allow their assets on some marketplace to be used by everyone nor buy it from there

btw the assets consist only of 1 texture, not even pbr ...

[rugged wren]

then you may want to contact them rather than fab since these appear to be published on several platforms (the seller info page links to patreon and sketchfab). The developer/publisher can submit a dmca request which will be taken care of much more quickly than a report from an unaffiliated third party.

[real trout]

i'm not getting paid for that

[rugged wren]

you would contact fab support for free but not the developers? 😅

[real trout]

i need fab to be a trusted marketplace

and not a place where people think that anyone would sell this for $20:
https://www.fab.com/de/listings/966595c4-952c-484f-935e-83a5a49931cc

[rugged wren]

of course, we all want that. But if fab receives a message from someone who is not the rights holder saying, "I think this asset was ripped from X" it may be impossible for them to verify without the original rights holder actually making a claim. Maybe they could e-mail the uploader and ask, "Are you sure this is yours?", but if they say "Yes" and they don't have contact information for anyone else who might claim to be the real owner...

[real trout]

problem is if you mail a studio they hardly reply

[rugged wren]

I'm sure some cases are more obvious than others, but I doubt fab wants to jump the gun on reports like this, either, or they may end up banning legitimate creators over mistakes made by other people.

[real trout]

then it'll stay on fab now

[rugged wren]

yeah, that's true, but in the end they are the only ones who can make a direct and unambiguous claim against the uploader. And since at least in this case the uploader is also distributing them on multiple platforms, their legal team should be able to handle them all rather than just getting the individual models removed from fab (it's not like fab would contact Patreon to warn them if they did ban the uploader, and even if they did I doubt Patreon would do anything with an email saying something like, "We banned this guy and think you should, too")

So if you're going to go through the effort of contacting just one person about it, you may make a bigger difference by contacting the original studio

[real trout]

i'm aiming more at FAB and Unity for the matter being a safe space in which customers can have their money safely invested. i don't really care about sketchfab or patreon or wherever else that person is selling the models

[desert panther]

Why are you so invested in a product of a large corporation anyway?

:D

[real trout]

I've lost too much money with pirated assets that I bought on marketplaces I trusted. I never got it back. I worked hard for it. Trying to prevent it for others 🙂

[desert panther]

Makes sense :)

[warm knot]

These content thieves are poisoning the well, ruining it for everyone.

[real trout]

Publisher is gone now on FAB

[wild bough]

Good news. But why?

[hollow basin]

What does that mean?

[real trout]

See above. Someone sold ripped models and was in the summer sale

[hollow basin]

Ah I misunderstood. When I heard publisher gone, I thought the publishing tab was gone on fab and I was wondering why that was good

[wicked orchid]

mh, what copyright notice should a paid plugin have (im talking about the comment showed at the top of each file)
doesnt seem like fab gives you a template

[warm knot]

For some people, that would be a good thing. 😊

[hollow basin]

It is good practice to have one but legally I think you are protected under the fab license. This is assuming you are only distributing your code through Fab

I would assume name, year, title, and a link to Fab's license would be more than good as the header though

[desert panther]

I've just kept the default one that is in UE's C++ templates which is something like // copyright <name> <year>

iirc Fab requires it in C++ files at least, and they never said anything about mine so I would assume it's good enough

[wicked orchid]

default is // Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.

by name do you refer to the product name or the autho ?

[desert panther]

Whoever is the copyright holder

[night flint]

Hello, i tried the sword and it is so cool. don't listen to sour people, this object doesn't break any IP law 😆 ! btw, i also bought this from you https://www.fab.com/listings/7614163f-2f89-443e-95db-89a5cbd42eff . it is awesome but i have a question, how can i integrate this to my project as i only have the "create a new project" on my Epic Launcher ?

[unreal stratus]

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/migrating-assets-in-unreal-engine

[warm knot]

Bro, the IP issue has already been clarified by him. There are no sour people here.

[real trout]

correction: the dodo was removed, but the publisher is still up:
https://www.fab.com/sellers/WildMesh 3D

seriously, are you kidding me? the mammoth is also from ark: survival evolved and is still available for purchase. all the other assets are from way of the hunter. and still live

[timid orchid]

Does anyone know when Fab makes payouts? The way it calculates current earning balance seems odd, since it is much less than the total current earnings

[worthy pilot]

I think its during the first days of each month , and you get 88%

[rugged wren]

There's a one month delay, so your total may include sales from July which will not be payed out until the end of August (or, since we're not quite at the end of July, sales from June won't be included until the next payout after the end of this month).

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/fab/publisher-get-started-in-fab

Fab makes payments approximately 30 days after the end of each month where revenue was earned, when the amount to be paid is $100 USD or more.

[spark schooner]

Hey i've been working on this project for 7 month, i hope you like it !

https://www.fab.com/listings/e0df81eb-3ef9-4a6f-bbfd-9f2e99df1201

[jaunty dagger]

Hey #1054845218723209226 looks pretty nice!

[spark schooner]

thanks !

[tame compass]

no sales this month

[deep latch]

hello , short answer : you need to migrate the folder to your existing poject, i sent you a DM with a tuto. thank you for your support ! 🙂

[balmy helm]

@tame compassyou are not alone , for me none for this sale although I forgot to advertise as I was so busy finishing plugin update

[tame compass]

i really hope Fab get error fro their website

this is first time i didnt get sales in this month

😭

[proud fern]

hello guys, when there is free limited fab item do you always selecting business licenses (even thought only used for personal project since why not)or just personal licences?

[balmy helm]

@proud fernDoesn't matter as long as you make less than 100k USD per year, I always choose first option

[mint igloo]

the license only matters at the time of acquisition, past that it is the same

[tame compass]

is there a way to advertise ?

[warm knot]

Sure there is! Just do what the spammers do:

1. Don't read the rules.
2. Spam every channel.
3. Send unsolicited DM's to everyone.
4. Say what a great, TALENTED developer you are.
5. Wait for the money to come rollin' in!

[dire meteor]

#1054845218723209226

[safe meteor]

U forgot the Trojan links

And the phising links

And the mr beast dropped a 0.1btc for everyone

[warm knot]

Doh, you're right! How could I be so stupid and forget those?!

[timid orchid]

Some people also make alt accounts and respond to their own posts, but not recommended and pretty easy to tell

You might even notice this happened today in this channel

[tame compass]

[manic cloud]

Hello! I have two questions about plugins from FAB.

1. Can I use a paid plugin meant for utility (such as Blueprint Assist) and ship the project files to a client with the plugin included? Or would I have to uninstall that plugin and then give the files to a client.

2. ^ In the above case, is there an easy way to disable multiple "helping" plugins that are not crucial for gameplay and exporting them to clients (people that don't have the plugin but need the project files). Usually, when I disable plugins the engine crashes and I would want to make sure there are no errors before I disable tons of plugins. I wonder if there's a streamlined approach to this.

Thanks

[vale prawn]

That's a damn good question. I'm (definitely) not a lawyer, but I would say that you cannot distribute the files to the client even with plugin uninstalled. And I base that opinion on section 4.a of the EULA

a. Projects. If, under a Standard License, you develop projects that (i) are made using the Content or (ii) combine the Content with any other software or content, regardless of how much or little of the Content is used (collectively "Projects"), you may only Distribute those Projects as expressly permitted under this Agreement. "Distribute" means, with respect to a Project, to provide or otherwise make a copy of the Project available publicly or to any other person or entity or make the Project's functionality available on a network.

Which, as I understand it, means that as long you're using any Fab content, you can't redistribute the project itself (except renders & packaged stuff).

So if I were you I'd ask a lawyer, and to be safe I'd (re-)purchase all used Fab products for each contract.

[manic cloud]

Thank you for the clarification. I really should have read the EULA, it provides a lot of the answers I'm looking for. I'm seeing that the FAB content I'm looking at is strictly tools & plugins which seems to have its own section in the EULA (Section 5).

b. Plugin Distribution. Distribution of Plugins in source format to your employees, affiliates and contractors is permitted so long as use by those employees, affiliates and contractors does not cause you to exceed the number of paid users you have purchased for the Plugin. Any such Distributions will be subject to the terms of Section 5 of the Agreement. Additionally, for Unreal Engine Plugins any Projects you incorporate Plugins into may only be Distributed as Engine Tools under the Unreal Engine Agreement.

I suppose it's my responsibility to see if the person I'm working with is making more than $100k so I can purchase the professional license to be authorized to share my code that I used a plugin to help develop.

I also don't plan to distribute this content publicly, I'm mainly aiming for freelance jobs where I can use these plugins so perhaps that will fall under "affiliates" or "team members" that I will be working with that Epic Games seems to be more lenient with in regards to sharing content with.

In any case, thank you for the help! This clears up a lot for me.

[warm knot]

Yup. There are toxic people who admit to doing that here and in other servers.

But they wouldn't need multiple accounts if they were just being reasonable instead of toxic.

[desert panther]

I wouldn't necessarily say it's "toxic" to use dubious methods to puff your posts, but it certainly shows how clueless people are about what makes people want to buy their products

[warm knot]

Yes, they don't always make multiple accounts for the same reason. I'm just saying that toxicity is one of the reasons.

[desert panther]

Ah :)

[balmy iris]

we use this at our studio, it's replaced the massively limited RVT blending we traditionally used and we saw a boost in performance and memory as a result. it's also changed how we build our modular kits, since we can be confident that something can be blended.

[warm knot]

Hello, I can tell that you're excited to share this! But this is something that would usually be posted in the #1054845218723209226 section, per the servers instructions.

[balmy iris]

my bad, can post it over there

[fading swallow]

For 2. you can edit the plugin to be enabled by default by adding"EnabledByDefault": true in the .uplugin.
See at the bottom of the page https://blueprintassist.github.io/miscellaneous/faq/#enabling-the-plugin-by-default

[balmy helm]

guys how do I do the following?

Epic Developer Community forum post
To showcase your product, we'll post it on the forum from your Epic Games account, which must be linked to both Fab and the Epic Developer Community.
This post will provide a public space for discussions and support questions. It will also be accessible from Comments on the listing.

specifically how to link ?

I went to epic account settings and there where none for fab and community ( I take this is the forums no?)

[desert panther]

It's in the settings for your product

[balmy helm]

you mean the yes and no? I already picked yes and the choices are greyed out but there is no forum post yet afaik, my product launched like 5 months ago and there was no linked forum post back then

[desert panther]

Yeah that option should create it 🤔

It should show up like this on your product's public page, the comments link takes you to the thread

If it doesn't show up after you've enabled it, you probably need to contact support

[balmy helm]

Thanks I will probably do that as the update went through but no linked post

[tranquil sentinel]

Hmm...

Does anyone happen to have an asset that they purchased in the marketplace, that exists in their library in Fab - but when they click on the link it goes nowhere. But you can find the same asset in the fab plugin (inside of unreal editor) but it is requiring you to purchase it?

Literally the same asset and all... not sure what is up with that

[warm bobcat]

Hello. I’ve just discovered that there’s an extremely large number of AI-generated models and textures on Fab costing over $5 (with no indication that they’re AI-generated). Has it always been this way, or only recently?

[loud dome]

There has been some recent spamming of auto generated stuff. I think (hope) they are working on cracking down on it.

[hexed wing]

Been so since the fab launch. Having no real regulations on individual assets has shown it’s toll on the marketplace experience. The way sketchfab mitigated this was by ranking models in the search via likes and views. Positive interaction meant higher ranking in search results. This already filtered most of the slop pretty well. Unreal marketplace (before fab) avoided this by manually inspecting and approving each pack with a human checking for a minimum quality bar and making sure everything follows the pretty strict guidelines. Now with fab they removed likes and views count on models, this made ranking a whole lot more intransparent. They also don’t manually review the individual assets as well. Just unreal content packs. Rest of the stuff has some sort of automated check that never flagged anything for other than flagging for mature content if it found „mature“ words in the description.

[warm knot]

There was a guy who uploaded over 41,000 AI models in like a week. Apparently, Epic doesn't review those. 🤷‍♂️

[tranquil minnow]

Hi, could you guys kindly help... I tried to cancel the download and now its been frozen at this state for over 40 mins. I've even done a system reboot. Any ideas on what I can do?

[rain oxide]

Also why does FAB not have a thread for every product? ... There really needs to be a way to comment on things. I want to read the comments.

[rugged wren]

It's optional to enable by the author of the asset. At the moment it's off by default, so some people might not notice, others may just prefer to be contacted via other means

[gleaming thistle]

I came here to look into reporting a Fab acct since I've already connnected 2 of their stolen assets but it seems nothing can or will be done unless the original owner comes forward. Wonderful.

[onyx ravine]

is there any way to check if the sale of my product was refunded?

[desert panther]

Just contact support and use one of the other options. They can figure it out

[desert panther]

What you're asking is illegal in case you were planning on using those for any commercial project

[mint igloo]

to me it is baffling that there is no sort of support forum for verified purchasers

[nocturne cave]

No commercial just for personal use

[fossil summit]

Hi creators,

I have a couple questions.
My submission is rejected for following reasons and I don't understand what they mean.

-Build/Build Lightning Only is not available
What?

-Lit/Lightmap Density is not available
Whaaat?

I'd appreciate any guidance on this.
Thanks in advance.

[undone valve]

What type of asset do you want to sell?

[gleaming thistle]

They did nothing. As expected.

[sharp crypt]

@buoyant apex hello! I love the plug-in async loading screen - found some of your old forum posts and I've got it working where I can set either a movie OR the bg image, but is there a way to turn the tip text overlay widget off and on? I want it to show over the bgs but not the movie

[buoyant apex]

@sharp crypt hello, you can set the tip text empty or disable “show widget overlay”

[sharp crypt]

Hey there! Thank you! I’m trying to turn the overlay off sometimes and on other times, based on if I am setting a movie or the bg image - I only see the bool to show widget overlay on the project settings

[buoyant apex]

Yes, currently you can only change this option on the project settings. You have to modify the source code to able to change it at runtime in c++.

[tawny hinge]

my assumption is that your lightmap UVs are bad, which causes warnings when building static lighting

[uncut harbor]

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[balmy helm]

I have a problem in which the post is not linked to the product i.e no comments redirector on fab page, I have contacted FAB support and has been redirected twice to other departments but haven't heard anything in the last 5 days, here it mentions Epic game account being connected to both fab & Epic Developer Community, is this an extra step I must do?

As can be seen here no comments redirector
Edit: The post was already created when I updated my plugin 6 days ago

[sharp crypt]

Thanks again! Idk C++ but I may try my hand at it, see if I can figure it out!

[fossil summit]

Landscape + Ground cover

[fossil summit]

I don't even use static lighting. Just high poly nanite meshes + Lumen. So it was weird to hear that.

It seemed to be a mistake on their end.

[lament gyro]

@fossil summit I am also trying to publish a nanite + lumen only asset pack to the store, and got sent the same response as you

[north sedge]

Hello everyone

I’ve just finished and got my Unreal Engine plugin approved for FAB, but I’m running into an issue with the “Supported Engine Version” setting on the product page. It only lets me select one Unreal Engine version, and I’d like to show that my plugin actually works on multiple 5.x releases (5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6).

Does anyone know a workaround or best practice for listing all compatible engine versions on the FAB listing? Thanks in advance for any tips! 😊

[loud dome]

You need one zip/entry per version for plugins

[fossil summit]

Contact support. In my case it was their mistake and they corrected it.

[lament gyro]

Thanks! will get in contact with them

[feral tree]

Watch out for suspicious e-mails that ask you to "perform additional action" to use FAB. This is one I received, potential identity theft / phishing attempt, sender e-mail address is: [e-mail]

I have sent this case over to FAB support, hopefully they mass warn others.

[wispy geode]

anyone know when the next sale will be?

[jaunty dagger]

Even if we did can't tell you.

[real trout]

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/road-redemption-ce16fb

will be free this week on the epic marketplace. that screenshot reminded me of an asset on FAB

https://www.fab.com/listings/1ee0b37f-d3f1-4230-851a-6d26b6145a79

i sent the publisher this comparison and asked if the animations are their own

after that they deprecated the asset on fab

https://www.fab.com/sellers/SoraKazeStudio

and when you check out the publisher website and the website of this one
https://www.fab.com/sellers/MotionDezire

you find similarities and actually the same name being used

eg the youtube link on the website of the latter points to SoraKazeStudio

[jaunty dagger]

Look at their blog page ffs https://motion-dezire.com/blog/

[real trout]

yeah, very professional store with all the lorem ipsum

[jaunty dagger]

"Get Free All Asset"

[north sedge]

Thx you

[unreal stratus]

seeing this kind of thing pop up more and more, there's no way this is actually effective right? just seems so sleazy

I expect that crap from Leartes, but I quite liked Vanilla Loop animations up until now

[tawny hinge]

yea, wonder if Fab will allow this for long

[desert panther]

I don't see the problem tbh. They're not telling you to leave a five star review for this

[unreal stratus]

I don't like the idea that I'm not purchasing the full asset, instead they are dangling the possibility of "unlocking" the full product for reviews. I just won't buy from them, problem solved obviously, but not hard to see why that's a bad look to buyers.

[desert panther]

Well, if the price doesn't match the value of what you're getting right now then sure.

I wouldn't buy something if it isn't worth the price with the hope that perhaps one day it will have other parts to it

But if it's worth the price at the current state of it, then if I might get some extra benefits later, that seems fine to me

[unreal stratus]

I think we're saying the same thing -- that's the intention of this milestone concept. To rope buyers in that have that hope.

Just rubs me the wrong way, that's all. It feels cheap and I don't like it, so wanted to complain a little.

[desert panther]

Yeah I totally get it if the value proposition just isn't there

But I also understand it from the seller standpoint because getting reviews is hard :)

Pretty sure majority of mine are from literally asking people "hey could you leave a review" after they messaged me for whatever reason

[unreal stratus]

For sure, it's a tricky situation. Fab could really use some sort of notification system to remind buyers to review their purchases.

[desert panther]

Yeah that's a good idea

[pliant forum]

Some sort of system to encourage reviews is definitely needed. I too only receive reviews when I ask them to do it, after a support request or so.
Out of maybe 10 reviews, I believe 1 is organic.

And as someone who tries to build products to be as streamlined as possible, this means very few people actually needs support. I've even had people question my products because there was "no reviews" on it, which to them equaled no sales, which equaled an unpopular or perhaps non-working product.

[desert panther]

I have a "could you leave a review" on my docs page, and I was thinking of also adding it to the settings menu for the plugin... and I was thinking of adding a welcome screen that shows up on the first time you enable the plugin, for purposes of telling you where to find configuration settings, docs, and other info, but it could also mention the review thing

This feels like about the best you can do, since you also don't get buyer email addresses or anything from Fab

[undone valve]

I avoid buying assets that do that. I wanted a few assets already but decided for their competitors just because they added such shit.

[vale prawn]

Do you even get notified of product updates if you get the product from the Fab plugin? If not, I'm guessing most people who leave reviews to "unlock" content won't even actually see it. Product updates on the user side is just bad.

But I'm with zomg on that one, I buy products for what they offer regardless of whatever can be unlocked. So if I can get "free" stuff and the creator gets feedback/visibility, I don't really see a problem with that.

[vale prawn]

In the meantime... https://www.fab.com/listings/337925f5-6749-47f5-a258-0d9955682dd7

[dire meteor]

That's going straight into a porn game, you know it.

[ebon leaf]

He is selling clothes she wore as well 💀

[green seal]

‘the asset slightly exaggerates her body shape’ LOL

[jaunty dagger]

It's for marriage it's okay

[warm knot]

wtf did I just read...

[vital island]

😄 What a time to be alive

[arctic pasture]

What the heck...

[vital island]

Why he's not selling himself btw?

[arctic pasture]

that's probably going to be the second asset.

[vital island]

Waiting metababy btw.

[hollow basin]

Well, I dont know what I was expecting today but it wasn't that

[real trout]

next one

https://www.fab.com/listings/40d171e4-3885-496c-b5ad-9a56d8609430

vs rollerdrome

sorakaze and motiondezire are obviously connected. same mechanism. sent them mail about this, asset is deprecated now on the unity asset store without any reaction. meaning the publisher removed it, not the marketplace. otherwise it would be disabled

on fab it's still live

i have no idea who to report to on fab

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/animations/skating-anim-set-shotgun-313405

[dire meteor]

"small" market?

[lavish steppe]

because you know the assets going to be used for corn, and that male assets tend to not sell well

[warm knot]

Exactly, this man is demonstrating that he understands what the market demands!

[lavish steppe]

just like stellar blade

tbh if my wife were still alive, id absolutely scan her into one of my projects

[desert panther]

afaik the only indicator of an update you get is a tiny ! indicator if you open EGL and go into the Unreal Engine section and look at the installed engine versions... which I almost never go into unless I need to install a new version of UE

It would be possible to implement an update checker into the plugin itself which would ping the Fab product page for it or something 🤔

[desert panther]

On my extremely slowly progressing boomer shooter project my friend actually 3D scanned himself wearing all kinds of outfits for the enemy sprite graphics, much in a similar vein as they did back in the day for games like Rise of the Triad :D

[midnight zephyr]

hello people, i have a question, im starting to sell some stuff on fab, a friend just bought me a plugin like one day ago and he is using it,
how many time i have to wait to see that sale has been made?
For now that sale i not showing up in the "sales reports" tab...
He send me the order ID and i can verify the order without problem, but hes not appearing in the "reports" tab

[desert panther]

On the daily sales reports list it shows the next day for me

[midnight zephyr]

ok thanks for your response,
I thought that was instant because the day I published the plugin I got some sales just a few hours later after the publish. So I thought it was something quick

[loud dome]

It's updated once per day. Around 12 hours from now.

[hollow basin]

Yeah I assumed it updated at midnight eastern standard time. I heard some people say that you may be able to see it earlier but midnight always reliably shows you the previous day's sales

[desert panther]

Yeah midnight some US timezone sounds about right based on what I've seen

[viral zinc]

The price you select in the asset page edit is WITH or WITHOUT VAT

[desert panther]

I think it's without VAT or Sales Tax

Guessing based on how this shows it

[desert panther]

Tbh I'm not sure why it even shows you the VAT or Sales Tax since it doesn't impact your bottom line and you don't need to do anything about it because Epic deals with it

[warm knot]

It's without the VAT.

[terse horizon]

what combat packages have the best feeling combat for an Assassin's Creed/Shadow of War style of play?

[serene cypress]

Did anyone ever see that error?

It only happens with this specific asset that I'm trying to download

And a few more from same publisher

Others just download fine

[desert river]

I guess you can't include a metahuman in the package you sell at fab, can you?

[unreal stratus]

There's something wrong with those specific assets, I noticed that when they were first released

https://www.voicebosch.com/soundbiter/videogame

they are available for download from their site though

[obsidian halo]

Stumbled upon this plugin, which looks cool and stuff, but funny thing is that it requires the experimental harmonix plugin to be enabled, I had a plugin rejected from the marketplace for requiring the same plugin, kinda whatever epic, not cool -
https://www.fab.com/listings/738ae468-a616-4051-ae03-853b53bc2de4

[hollow basin]

Usually them denying an asset with an experimental plugin is a sign that they are not planning to support that plugin for much longer. I published an asset with geometry script back in ue5.1 but in the later versions it became beta and now I think its fully released. If they had uncertainty about the experimental plugin, I probably wouldn't have passed review

[obsidian halo]

But here they allowed some other plugin to use it, and what more they use this plugin themselves in fortnite, so, I don't know

[desert panther]

Afaik you are allowed to depend on whatever but you have to clearly indicate it in the plugin description

[dire meteor]

I thought they automatically denied everything relying on experimental stuff.