fab

[desert panther]

So you're much better off using one of the more recent 5.x releases

[dim fable]

notably it shipped without HQ translucent reflections for Lumen

as I recall it didn't have nanite support for landscapes either

performance has also steadily improves with every version, to the point where it is pretty substantially faster now

[hollow fox]

ofc old version lacks some new features

thats common sense

[dim fable]

It's missing features I would consider necessary for the engine to be of any real value

[hollow fox]

so ur telling me ue4 doesn't have any value?

[dim fable]

my bad I didn't realize you were just here to waste my time

[iron tinsel]

Hello, do you guys know how to update the new version? My link is the same for epic to compile my plugin.
But everytime I submit for change they think it is the same version.
Do I have to provide different link for everytime I update to new ver?

[loud dome]

I always add a cache-busting query to the end of my link with each update. Like ?x=<todaysdate>

[undone valve]

5.0-5.2 have insanely long startup times and weid bugs

I personally suggest UE4.27 or UE5.4 for the best experience.
UE4.27 if you don’t need nanite and lumen. UE5.4 is the least buggy version imo

[loud dome]

5.0 isn't hated. It's just version numbers in general.
4.27 is 27 updates of v4. Each update usually becomes more and more stable/etc.

5.0 is theoretically the least stable version of ue5. And personally it seems 5.4+ are much better than the ones before.

[iron tinsel]

Ohh that so then that way epic might know when to compile ?
Awesome thank you 🙏

[loud dome]

Yeah it's technically "a new url" every update. Even though I just update the same drive zip file.

[iron tinsel]

Oh and one thing, the user of my plugins complain that when my plugin updates, they have to reinstall the plugin and they have to delete the plugin first in ue directory before adding the new one

So instead of updte, they have to reinstall

Have you encounter that issue?

[loud dome]

Sure they aren't just confused since the install and update are not located at the same spot?

Update a installed plugin under "Installed Plugins". And not under the Plugin itself (the version won't show up)

[iron tinsel]

Ah that makes sense!, I will try told them to do that

Thank you very much for the respond

[hollow fox]

ohh thats fair reason

[hollow fox]

yea i use 5.4 and i will not upgrade unless i really need new feature

[undone valve]

Yeah. I got all my current projects on 5.4.
I also tested out 5.5 and 5.6 but they have the weirdest, most random crashes

[hollow fox]

belive it or not ill been using ue5 for like 2 yrs and it crashed only 4 times

also 5.4 is only version i have ever tried

i was making games without engine before

[undone valve]

Yep. UE5.4 is very stable. I NEVER had a crash using it

[hollow fox]

nice

[unreal stratus]

I've been dealing with this Launcher issue for over a year. Certain plugins just never trigger the update notification under "Installed Plugins", so I have to keep a close eye on discord servers for update announcements, then uninstall/reinstall for the latest version. This could be the issue your user is running into (and there's no fix as far as I know).

[swift wigeon]

This usually happens when you delete the plugin versions and create new ones in the product listing while you're supposed to edit them, provide the new link and increment the version name, spoke with the support about it

[agile kayak]

Okay weird thing, i submitted an update to a plugin and it was accepted... did it twice even. but when i try download it etc it still only downloads the old version in the epic thing

idk if the dude accepting it is doing it properly as they literally insta accepted it in like 4 mins

[desert panther]

Did you update the uplugin file's version number? Not sure if that has an effect, but it does say you should increment it with every release

[agile kayak]

never had to before but ill try that

bruh

it literarry got acccepted it 2 mins... are they even testing them

yeah idk still the old version

im just going to go with the benefit of the doubt and say it takes a bit to update on fab

[loud dome]

Then it (automation) probably just approved the store description parts.

[raven quarry]

anyone knows how to deal with this sitch? I'm stuck lol

[agile kayak]

yeh could be because the share link didnt change and their ai doesnt flag it for human review?

Im going to try that now, change one of the share links and hope that sends it up for someone to check it out

its either that or we got some lazy employee just accepting it

cool that worked

i guess you have to change the share links to get it flagged too

[swift wigeon]

Yeah I guess based on delta what changed they either do an automated test for changed descriptions etc or do it manually for processing a version update

Have you changed the names of the versions in product listing? Maybe that would be enough to trigger a manual review for processing the update

[agile kayak]

I did that before and no it didnt

i think im being trolled or something , idk like 8th time and still just keeping it with the old version

[swift wigeon]

even now when you actually changed the link url? In that case I'd open up a support ticket

[raven quarry]

I am stuck in a tricky situation. My asset is on Fab but it's only for 5.5+ as of now. I am remaking it in 5.0 so that it can be used for 5.0-5.4 but the thing is, 5.5's default character uses the enhanced input system by default but 5.0's uses the legacy input system. This is a problem because the asset is built with the enhanced input in mind.

Should I change the 5.0's character to use the enhanced input system OR should I remove the dependency for the enhanced input system in my asset?
This is the asset in question: https://www.fab.com/listings/ac665da4-2d9d-4a45-8457-80f9f3376be7

[desert panther]

I still don't quite understand what the problem is - why is it a problem that the third person char uses the legacy input system? This is a vehicle related plugin, what does it have to do with character inputs?

[raven quarry]

I have an interaction system (on the character) and it's interfering with the controls of the vehicles. For 5.5, the third person character comes with its own IMC so I remove that and add my own when entering the vehicle and revert when exiting.

[desert panther]

Ah I see. Can you just provide your own example character as part of the project?

[raven quarry]

For 5.0, if I press "E" now, the character enters and exits the vehicle in a split second.

[raven quarry]

I am trying to keep it as "default" as possible, if you get what I mean?

[desert panther]

Yeah that makes sense

If it's only for 5.0 and everything after that uses EI, tbh I'd probably just use EI and see if I get any customers asking about it

[raven quarry]

hmm, alrighty then

appreciate your advice!

[desert panther]

I don't know how complicated it would be to set up in BP's to support legacy input in 5.0 for it 🤔

I kinda get the feeling that anyone who would be working on a newer project at this point would be using an engine newer than 5.0

Maybe there's some legacy projects on 5.0, but I kinda get the feeling they would be far enough at this point, that they wouldn't be the typical customer for a product like this

[raven quarry]

so you suggest I leave it with support for 5.5+?

[desert panther]

If you can support earlier versions there's no harm in it, mostly just thinking about how necessary supporting the legacy input system would be :)

[raven quarry]

do you happen to know from which engine the default character starts using EI in?

[desert panther]

Oh, I thought you said it was from 5.1

[raven quarry]

huh?

[desert panther]

I mean you were saying the 5.0 character uses the legacy system, so I thought 5.1 and forward it was using EI

[raven quarry]

I can say that 5.5 does, idk if 5.1 does

[desert panther]

Ah

Fwiw, my plugin supports engines down to 4.27, but there is one feature which is unavailable in 4.27. It's never really been a problem as far as I know

So the problem might not be that big for you either, or it could be solved by using a custom example character. I don't know how many people are using the default characters in their projects anyway

since I think the point of the character would just be a configuration example

[vale prawn]

Does anyone know if https://www.fab.com/limited-time-free has an API endpoint? I know how to navigate through the rest of Fab listings, but that page I do not.

[nocturne panther]

Which version of Unreal Engine 5 are you currently using most?

I personally use 5.4.4

[swift wigeon]

5.4.4 here too, for good enough backwards compatibility for plugin development

[vale prawn]

If anyone's wondering, it's i/blades/free_content_blade

[tawny hinge]

@spiral jacinth may want to take a note of this 🤷

[spiral jacinth]

Added to my notes, that will save me some times, because I actually WANTED to query this API in the future to show the free content and link to it so that you never forget your free content. 😉

[nocturne panther]

I use it for the same reason too

besides, it does not have the 5.1-5.3 bugs

[desert river]

Can't really complain if it's a free but, "Pawn Shop System"? Really?

[nimble harness]

does any of this stuff even work?

also does anyone have any recommendations for c++ enemy ai, for horror games to be specific.

[rugged wren]

I haven't tried any of the plugins on fab for this, but there was a detailed talk about the topic a little while ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PaCeijYtAU

It might be worth watching the talk first in order to be able to identify plugins that are doing things in a better/worse manner. It probably doesn't have to match everything they did in the talk exactly, but they mention a lot of potential problem cases to look out for.

[nimble harness]

Okay, thank you.

[hollow zephyr]

That is complaining sir

[nimble harness]

also if anyone knows this.

[nocturne panther]

Sometimes

[last mango]

@cloud gate Please use the #1054845218723209226 or #1054845120236757103 forums to advertise your work.

[graceful willow]

anyone familiar with Combat Fury?

[low peak]

I and my friends might do ur job...

but we need ur carful description

[graceful willow]

I'll message you

[desert river]

Yes it is, captain obvious 🫡

[cedar bone]

well actually, u absolutely can

[late terrace]

what is the issue with it? haven't tried it yet.

[sonic tulip]

Aiming for my first release on Fab before Christmas. How long does the process usually take when you submit? I've done it on Steam before, is it same same?

[warm knot]

For plugins or art assets? For art it can be approved in 1 day.

[sonic tulip]

A fluid sim.

[vale prawn]

It really depends. For a first release, especially a plugin, there might be some back and forth over requirements compliance (with some feedback more legitimate than other). It can take a few weeks, but it really depends. However, if your product is well within the requirements and Epic has nothing to say about it, then yeah, it can be approved within a couple of days.

[sonic tulip]

Thanks for the help!

[warm knot]

Just make sure to double, triple, no, quadruple check that you have met Epic's requirements listed on the website. Everything that you need to know is there but there a lot of people who miss these anyway things anyway.

[hollow zephyr]

Not everything

[undone parrot]

Question about licensing and free assets from the Unreal Marketplace. The only stipulation Epic seems to make is that you must be using Unreal Engine.
But what if you are rendering out EXRs from Unreal created from free assets for use in vfx plates?
Bit of a grey area.

[desert panther]

Where is this stipulation? I'm fairly sure they got rid of the "only UE allowed" part of the license when they moved to the Fab License rather than the Unreal Marketplace License

[mental comet]

Hey, is anyone else having this issue? The plugin update now takes over 3 days for me (still pending), whereas it used to finish in about a day

[digital agate]

Yeah I've got one pending for about that time - it was the weekend though.

[nocturne panther]

Try using a VPN

It may help

[mental comet]

lol

[nocturne panther]

I'm serious!

I had similar problems and using a VPN helped.

[mental comet]

You mean problems related to delays in updating assets on Fab?

[nocturne panther]

Oh, sorry, my mistake I thought you are refering to downloading a plugin from FAB not updating your own plugin

[mental comet]

ah yeah I rather mean updating my own plugin 😄 anyway, no worries 🙂

[raven quarry]

how do I market my asset? I've got like 2 sales and it hasn't improved since (I've posted it on LinkedIn, #1054845218723209226 and even reddit but alas, didn't make a difference at all.

[crystal plank]

Hey, everyone!
I have a free plugin in Unreal Marketplace and I am trying to migrate it to Fab to release an Update.
I have finally set up my fab account from my unreal marketplace account, but my plugin doesn’t appear on my listings.
Am I doing something wrong?

[crystal plank]

there is no unreral marketplace option

[hollow zephyr]

i made a new one and got zero sales 30 days later. Old ones still sell a little tho. I dont think it's a discoverability issue, maybe people just buy on sales nowadays?

[desert panther]

It's a tricky thing unless your asset shows up regularly in search, but there's no way to tell because Fab provides absolutely no analytics data

I have a trickle of a few sales a month on mine, which I'm pretty sure is 99% through my website which has a bunch of UE-related info on it that people find on google, and find my plugin looking around on the site

The trouble with posting on things like LinkedIn and Reddit is that it's ephemeral. It's visible for most users for a very short time, and if someone visits even 8 hours later, it might not show up for them at all.

This is the problem with marketing anything on social media. If you don't immediately generate enough buzz that the content remains on top of the algo, it's gone very quickly. So having little impact from that is kinda to be expected I think.

[vale prawn]

Good marketing won't necessarily lead to good sales. Some products are just very niche or not of much use to most people.

[vale prawn]

Contact Fab support, I don't remember if there was a limited time period for Marketplace product migration.

[rugged wren]

Yeah, no amount of marketing will get someone to buy your asset if they're working on a totally unrelated project

[raven quarry]

hmm, that's fair, guess I'll keep signing up for all of them, then

I set it to be like 30% off so maybe I'll up the price a tiny bit

[raven quarry]

so we just gotta rely on whatever epic does in the background? 😭

[raven quarry]

how unfortunate

I don't wanna treat it as a full time job lol

[raven quarry]

I am confident that at least some people would want it

[desert panther]

This is the problem with using someone else's platform, you have no control over it

You can try adjusting the product name or description to help it show up on search better but that's about it, and it's all really just guesswork because you don't know what kind of searches people are using, or if your product is showing up on search currently and the issue is something else

[hollow zephyr]

You just gotta play the long game, or up the number of products

[raven quarry]

fun guessing game, huh?

[raven quarry]

long game it is, then

I don't know what to make lol

[raven quarry]

question: am I safe to delete the google drive folder that I used to share the files with epic after the asset is live?

[crystal plank]

oh, it that was the case, I will need to realease a new one?

[vale prawn]

Honestly no idea, ask support and they'll answer that

[crystal plank]

fair point

[raven quarry]

or is epic using it to host the files? idk how it works

[nocturne panther]

Yes, After your product is live it's on their servers and you can delete the google files.

But make sure you are keeping the source files on your PC for future updates and changes

Keep all your products on your PC

[raven quarry]

ah, that's nice to hear

[raven quarry]

yeah I am doing that haha

[timid fiber]

Hey everyone! Does anyone here uses Terminal Ballistics Plugin?

If yes, u can help me?

[dire meteor]

http://www.dontasktoask.com

[old pier]

Does Epic provide any information regarding FAB related APIs? Is this a thing?

[vale prawn]

There's no documentation, but you can reverse-engineer them (at least that's what I do).

[swift wigeon]

Would love to see an API to automate order verification, a discord bot for that would be amazing

[undone valve]

I have that

[cedar lava]

Hey guys,
Anyone know if/when there will be a Fall season fab sale? They just started a short 4-day flash sale today, which does not seem to be as good as their seasonal sales. Unsure if this flash sale will replace the Fall sale and be the last one until Black Friday.

[loud dome]

What do you mean "as good"? The discounts are set by each seller, so the theme of the sale doesn't say much about how good it is.

[digital agate]

So in fab, how do i search for "Nanite Tropical Trees" - or even just "Pine" for that matter - it just returns random results

[hollow zephyr]

search for "tropical", unreal engine format only, 3D - nature - trees; read description for nanite

[cedar lava]

I mean, from my experience, I've noticed that discounts are often bigger when there as a seasonal sale (which last a couple weeks) as opposed to a flash sale (which is only half a week). It could be that sellers offer bigger discounts during seasonal sales as there are likely many more assets that are being discounted and more buyers or it could be due to any other reason. Regardless, I'd appreciate if anyone knows if/when there will be a Fall season sale. Thanks.

[swift wigeon]

Mind sharing how you achieved that? I'm a bit green in web apis but I presume it is possible to send such reqest to fab via http?

[undone valve]

A friend of mine "reverse engineered" the http endpoints and wrote a little python script that does the same requests as the Fab websites

[digital agate]

thanks - setting the category helps to limit it - the text search doesn't work though, shows the same ones if I put "pine" instead of "tropical" - I would really like to see a simple search that just does that - searches tags and title only, no need for anything else, it just makes it unusable.

[late terrace]

Try using search operators, like +"Pine" -tropical

[digital agate]

That didn't seem to make any difference.
So for Fab, we need to:

2) Expand branches to "Nature&Plants"->"Trees"
3) Click on "Technical features", find Nanite, click on it
4) Click on "Format", select "Unreal"
5) In the Searchbar, type "+Tropical" "-Pine"
6) Look through all the false hits to find any that may be there

which still doesn't return the correct results.
In the old Unreal Marketplace, we just typed "Nanite Tropical Trees" into the searchbar and it returned a tight, correct list of results, no guesswork or hunting needed.
Please Fab, bring back the simple Title+Tag search system and make it the default.

[late terrace]

I couldn't find nanite on the technical features, but other than that the result showed tropical trees as expected:

[digital agate]

Interesting, there seems to be varying results if you go to the "Unreal Engine" section first (Nanite only shows from there).
Using the same criteria these are the results I get:

Oh, and to those high quality Tree artists out there - I'm pretty sure a good, reasonably priced Nanite Tropical tree pack with a good variety of tropical trees and ferns would sell well. 🙂

[green seal]

This has nothing to do with fab or their sale, its up to individual creators and there isnt really much incentive for sellers to offer crazy discounts, it doesnt improve their revenue once a discount gets past a certain point

They may offer a 50-70% off if they feel like tossing a bone to someone who’s on the fence, or maybe sales are very slow and they want to generate some sales velocity

[vestal sluice]

I tried personal sales on Fab for the first time some days ago and it honestly performed much better than the usual seasonal sales. Main advantage being I can put my product up for sale upto 10 days. I opted out of the seasonal sale this time.

[nocturne panther]

There is no one from FAB team in here, you have to open a thread in FAB website for this.

[raven quarry]

lol why is it 29% for one and 30% for the other

[dire meteor]

Rounding?

[untold bay]

creator specifies 30% 50% or 70% and any display errors are on fab's side

[rugged wren]

I also hate working in Javascript 😅

[desert panther]

Considering floats work the same in most programming languages... 🤔

[rugged wren]

yeah, ok, that's fair. Probably the currency conversion introduces its own rounding error to begin with (since it has to be rounded to cents) and then they do something like floor(100 - 100*(sale_price / base_price) )

although actually in my country we use a currency without cents, but they still display cents on the converted prices, so who knows how they are rounding things behind the scenes? 😅

[desert panther]

Currencies are fun like that, there's also stuff like if you do use cents, what happens to rounding errors there etc.

JPY is another where they don't use a cent denomination but I think it does still technically exist, it's just completely unused as far as I know

This one is an interesting read on the topic for anyone curious https://cs-syd.eu/posts/2022-08-22-how-to-deal-with-money-in-software

[rugged wren]

I think correctly handling it all the time is a non-trivial problem. I've had cases in the past where when trying to buy something online which had the currency converted and included cents one payment processor rejected the transaction with an error about not allowing cents while another (paypal I think?) let me pay just fine using the same card. I guess one of them must have rounded the price from the merchant while the other passed it through as-is

[desert panther]

Kinda funnily this is from the author of a library called really-safe-money, which fixed issues in safe-money lol

I guess safe-money wasn't quite safe

[glacial marsh]

I got a weird error, I bought 1 asset, I paid it, but the transaction has a problem and I didnt get the asset in my fab account, but the payment has been transferred,
so I had to buy the same asset 2 times,
Fortunately its just 8$

and in my historic there is only 1 time procurement

[warm knot]

What would be a good price for those tree's?

[digital agate]

Personally I would pay around US$70 for it, but I'd wait until it was 50% off to do so, I think it would be worth US$140 if it was a full pack.
What I'm using atm is the linked pack which has all the foliage I need for the tropical forest parts of my island, it's good quality but not fully opaque.
https://www.fab.com/listings/03b628b4-955a-447e-b25f-daffaf94327d

[warm knot]

Oh, I see! Was just wondering because it's hard to find metrics for these kind of things when Fab doesn't provide this kind of data.

[digital agate]

It's probably a hard thing to quantify, everyone has their own idea of price, usually limited by income and increased by necessity.

[quasi apex]

looping to that since today, any idea?

[south sinew]

any good deals on fab sale?

[loud dome]

Lots!
Sky creator is the lowest it will ever be, and has a 2.0 update on the way. Calysto World is also 50%.
And lots of other goodies

[plush gorge]

Good morning all. I'm preparing my first UE5 mesh pack project for Fab and I've 1 question in 2 parts (for the time being).

• Do I need to provide the project compatible for each UE5 version? or just the first and the last UE5 version?
• If I need to provide the project compatible with as many UE5 versions as possible, do I include all those in the same zip? or each project version in its own zip with its own download link so that Fab can download and upload the projects?
  Thank you in advance.

[hollow zephyr]

Try only a single version, the earliest supported, then open it in different later versions and check for errors. If there's none you can use that single zip for all versions by checking it compatible. There shouldnt be issues for art assets

If there are errors (serious issues), create a new version, specific for that ue release and use that as a for-all next versions

[plush gorge]

So if I understand you correctly. I should create the project in UE5.0, then check the project in as many next UE5 versions as possible, and if the material needs correction (it will have a "kind" of complex material) > fix > and provide that UE5 project version too.

Also, I don't think I can install ALL engines version, I can only install around 3 - 4 counting the one I've already installed. Would that be enough?
As for the second part of my initial questions: Do I include all versions of the project in the same zip? or each version in its own zip?
This is not documented in the Fab/marketplace doc page.

And thank you very much for your reply.

[hollow zephyr]

No, one zip and one version, but you can add new versions in fab, each with their own zip and different compatible UE versions for that zip

But id check the latest version maybe everything is fine and you need one zip

[nocturne panther]

Yes, I just checked the first page of fab abd there are many good deals

[plush gorge]

Thanks again.

[silent mesa]

ABANDONED BUT USEFUL PLUGINS

There are a few great plugins that are great but eventually no replies from developers like 6months+ to 1 yr+, and some kind community members are trying to fix and make it compatible for newer engine versions.

For this case, would it be fair for these "abandoned plugins" to be taken over by epic or made it officially open source so that more people can help out?. Thanks

[desert panther]

Fair - possibly. Legal? Unlikely.

[loud dome]

That's impossible from a legal/copyright standpoint.

[silent mesa]

Yeah, Unless, there is a waiver for an optional release, like in the event that I, the dev unresponsive for xx months or year (e.g. death) that i give rights to epic or authorize epic to make it open source - something like that, to continue to progress and support of the plugin...

Not sure though if most are open to that tho hhee

[plush gorge]

Legal IP obtaintion and/or further exploitation can only be done by 2 ways (world wide).

• Owner releases IP through a signed agreement/contract.
• Owner sells IP through a signed agreement/contract.

Any violation of the above gives the owner the right to legally sue, which in most cases is not in the best interest to violate the IP rights unless if you are filthy rich.

[rugged wren]

Even if people would agree to that, I doubt Epic would takeover most abandoned assets/plugins since maintenance, updates for each new engine version, bug fixes, etc., would become extra work for them. Even if you would take a plugin you created and submit it as a PR to be included in the engine for free, they may not accept it because they don't want to take on that work for something complex that they didn't create.

[undone parrot]

OMG Why are the search results on FAB without logging in with an account different than when you create a free account and then do a search? So frustrating!

[digital agate]

Yeah, I've thought for a while it would be useful to have a system/service which emails the developer every 3 months (opt-in), and if no reply in a month, releases the project as free on github or somewhere similar so others can take over.

[nocturne panther]

And then a few months later, if the creator come back and find out that epic has released their project for free, they can sue Epic for it! Not a wise option for Epic to do it.

Maybe they just have to mention on such products that the creator of this product does not provide support for it if the creator is not replying.

[digital agate]

I was thinking more of somewhere like GitHub doing it, and there would have to be a signed declaration obviously to avoid law suits. It wouldn't have to be a month, could be anything you set when signing up to it. This would be more for code plugins than artwork, there's some very useful ones out there - it would be a shame to keep loosing support for them if/when something happens to the author, if for instance you're on year 4 of your game dev, everything is tied into some plugins (but the devs aren't savvy with c++) - you find a bug which is a show-stopper - what do you do? There are options (e.g. hire a programmer) but they all take time and money - maybe more than the investors are prepared to pay. If the plugin/s are open sourced on github, the useful ones will keep being supported by the community.

[warm knot]

He probably doesn't think it's worth the effort if won't respond.

Or maybe he was hit by a train. Who knows.

[loud dome]

Probably just filtered out AI generated stuff when you are logged in? It's a profile setting

[chilly wraith]

Has anybody used the Action Adventure Combat System by TravisTy Games?

The author claimed all the movement code (wall running, swinging from ropes, etc) were all client-side predicted just using blueprints and the CMC, but I don't really get how you can do all that without messing with saved moves and such

[blazing fable]

Fab is down? Unable to login

[loud dome]

Aws is having issues right now

So lots of stuff is flaky atm.

[nocturne panther]

Yes,Mine is down too.

It works fine but I can't login

[warm knot]

All of the Amazon warehouses are down, too.

[nocturne panther]

Could it be the apocalypse?

Where would you sell your products if FAB suddenly stops working forever?

[proud field]

Looks like it's back online

[hollow zephyr]

door to door I guess

[mossy jay]

Subject to any applicable restrictions in Section 6 (Content Use Restrictions), you may Distribute a Project that incorporates Content as an included dependency to end users. When you make such a Distribution, you may, however, only authorize end users to make use of Content solely as incorporated in the Project in object code and you must restrict end users from extracting or otherwise using Content outside of the Project.
Would you people agree that by "object code", the eula means as a part of a packaged project and not say uassets in the case of Unreal Engine? https://www.fab.com/eula

I came across a web store that wants to distribute art assets as a part of larger "ready-made maps" (in uasset form presumably). It just seemed a little strange to me https://imgur.com/a/Uk1RTx8

[warm knot]

The data centers are down, too. And so is the employee portal.

Should be back up by the morning or afternoon.

[nocturne panther]

Yes, I agree, you can sell the packaged project (a game or interactive project), But you cannot create an unreal engine project and sell the project file.

[nocturne panther]

It's against the law, If you inform FAB team about this they may take legal actions against that webstore.

[mossy jay]

cool, thanks

[nocturne panther]

I once heard that Epic has a team for bringing such websites down.

[cedar bone]

the world doesn't like emptiness, new player would rise if FAB suddenly stops working, after all creators want to sell assets

[swift wigeon]

Memes already flying around about it haha

[undone valve]

That’s why everyone should have multiple income streams. Never rely on a single source of income! Unfortunately there is no other site that I know that is worth it to sell on.

[split iron]

That isn't possible

They don't know what they're talking about

[chilly wraith]

Right? Thats what I thought!

It has 65 reviews sitting at 5 stars though, with a price of ~$100. So if the 1 review:50 purchase ratio holds true, thats ~3000 purchases, and even if all purchases happened on sale at $50, thats still $150,000.

So is it really that people are just buying stuff they dont understand and I too could make money if I had no morals? got good at marketing?

Lol

[split iron]

SGK v1 had an astronomical amount of 5 star reviews
It broke built-in behaviour like crouching, crouching would de-sync you
It was an awful product that reinvented the wheel into a triangle
And it used anim notifies for a lot of gameplay stuff, but unreal does not have a notify system that is reliable, i.e. whether its queued or branching point it can fail for cosmetic reasons

Most of the people who purchase fab assets don't know anything about game dev and are trying to assemble lego, they don't know how to test with network emulation etc. or with p.netshowcorrections 1

[chilly wraith]

I should rethink my career decisions

maybe making money from game dev / marketplace is closer than I imagine

lol

[split iron]

I'm not saying that properly made assets don't exist
But most of the popular products are not properly made and should not be used in an actual game

[split iron]

That's a trap. Building something properly will not make it popular with the vast majority of customers

[chilly wraith]

just have to have good marketing, which I am good at lol

well, I appreciate your response!

(and also your github lol, I just recognized your name!)

[split iron]

Just keep in mind that something fun/funny/silly and ultimately useless, will be vastly more popular than something foundational that is built well

[warm knot]

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazons-cloud-unit-reports-outage-several-websites-down-2025-10-20/

[warm knot]

The data center is coming back up now. Epic is one of the companies that used AWS, which means no Fortnite for you. 😝

They're not saying exactly what happened. All they said so far is that EC2 had a problem with automated Load Balancing, but no word about DynamoDB or Lambda. For all we know, an intern spilled his coffee and the wrong machine.

[split iron]

which means no Fortnite for you
-# Nothing of value was lost

[desert panther]

We had Lambda outages so that was definitely also affected

[willow spindle]

What are that stuff on the roof

[desert panther]

AC units would be my guess

[warm knot]

Yeah, my guess would be AC units, too. I've never been on the roof. 😆

[swift wigeon]

Huh https://80.lv/articles/amazon-allegedly-replaced-40-of-aws-devops-workers-with-ai-days-before-crash

[desert panther]

Based on a Medium post by a person with under 200 followers on Medium... Sounds legit

Looks like his other (?) medium account has more, but basically all of it is worthless clickbait content

[swift wigeon]

Hopefully, otherwise It'd be pretty ironic

[crystal plank]

Fab send me this email but i cant find the option :/

[desert panther]

I'm not sure if this is something you can change. I think it's something you can only select when creating it the first time around

You could probably just reply to their mail and see what they say about it

[oblique minnow]

i had a simple question, if i decided to quit my job rn and model day to night everyday and put it on fab. Would making a proper living on this marketplace actually exist?

[untold bay]

look at the people releasing assets continuously over years, or keep updating existing assets. they are likely making enough money (relative to their local cost of living) to justify the effort.
look at the people who release a few assets then stop, or only release intermittently. they are likely not making enough.

i think most people are not making enough to justify sustained effort. this will vary a ton based on your local cost of living.
i am dissatisfied with my earnings and expect to stop making assets, but i'm also used to US urban bigtech salary and live in a very HCOL location

[oblique minnow]

ah ok

i understand its depending on cost of living

[still basin]

Ideally you clear out your depts first to reduce your cost of living as much as possible.
Stack up some money too for slower months because the revenus varies a lot.

Then start building a portfolio part time, discover what you like to do and your strength (which you can monetize)

Just know that success is not a meritocracy, because you work hard on something doesn't mean you will be successfull. There the market, the economy, competition etc that goes into it too

So if you even plan to make a move, play safe

I'm happy that I did well but in my case I have a game out, assets on Unity, other on FAB (previously UEM), plus I had no depts and enough to live for a few months before going full time into it

[oblique minnow]

ah okay 👍

thanks

[viral zinc]

Do you guys have big delays each time you open the FAB tab? I got the launcher waiting in black each time I do click to something for minutes

[oblique minnow]

its not you

the servers have been funky since amazon stuff

[arctic chasm]

https://www.fab.com/listings/a478c345-aeff-40de-8a6b-0f5e73d4a789

Beautiful

[spring flax]

Hello i hope everyone is doing well, i would like to ask a question on the procedure to sell something on the FAB. How do you submit your project ?

[viral zinc]

To me has been like always but only the launcher the one getting stuck on every page sadly

[nocturne panther]

Yes

[hoary kettle]

HOw do i download the 18000+ quixel models and materials i supposedly own from the giveaway? Bridge sends me to fab. They are not in my Library.

Where the hell are all my assets?

[rugged wren]

They should be here: https://www.fab.com/sellers/Quixel

Unfortunately, I don't think there's any way to filter just the ones you own...

[hoary kettle]

there does not seem to be the filter that i can find either. thanks for the info, but so far it is telling me i need to purchase what i already own.. WTH

it makes no sense that the few i have found that say 'in library, are Not in my library. half ass epic as usual, or epically half ass as usual

[rugged wren]

There have been some new quixel assets released since the giveaway. Basically, anything released this year (or since ~November/December '24?) isn't included

I see a mix of owned/not owned assets

[hoary kettle]

yeah, i am finding a few

[rugged wren]

yeah, having them in a separate section of the site where you can't separate owned assets from non-owned assets is really annoying :/

I wouldn't mind as much having them separate if we could just say "only show me stuff I own" or "only show me stuff I don't"

[hoary kettle]

or even just let me use Bridge!

indeed ^^

this is the typical epic BS.

i cannot download what i own

[rugged wren]

oh, that's weird, I had the opposite problem a while ago where the search page would say I didn't own anything but the individual project page said I did. Looks like I have the same issue as you now, though...

[hoary kettle]

this and many other issues like this idiocy are why i entirely walked away from the engine a couple years back. i just use the assets now. went to Unity, which is a whole different type of idiocy 😄

[gusty ice]

I'm getting this generic error trying to add this or the Electric Dreams Env sample project. Tried in two different accounts, two different devices, and a colleague (who's in another city so we're not on the same internet connection) is also getting this issue...

[hoary kettle]

well, with three of us having issues with the store, it is probably down. four if we include your out of town friend

[hoary kettle]

thanks again for the for previous information, and the verification of current issue. I will try again later then

[rugged wren]

maybe there's still some side-effects from the AWS outage this week 🤔

[sour minnow]

Serega:
https://youtu.be/AVKinBRgJd8?si=C0aCZAKuiXRtSJuT

https://fab.com/s/4178c30fbc4f

[untold bay]

#1054845218723209226 , not here

[sour minnow]

Ок

[echo egret]

Just wondering {hoping it's fair asking here} which Weather system is, among the available assets, the most complete, overall, right now? My main project takes place in Antarctica and, among those systems I've seen, Hyper's got the one whih seems to work most in depth with the environment but I cannot be 1900% sure. I hoped in some feedback from someone who used that and others {eventually for the same kinda environment as well}, for a fair comparison. Thanks in advance, as always.

PS: I'm specially interested in cumulative deep snow {eventually working well with TrailHunt PRO, for those who are familiar with that asset}.

[sour minnow]

I like infinity weather

[undone valve]

I like Sky Creator but I think it doesn’t have deep snow. There is another plugin called interactive world which I use for deep snow

[nocturne panther]

Try using a VPN from another continent, It may help

[kindred sonnet]

So is the epic launcher auto-updating engine plugins a thing now? Two plugins just autoupdated on me, and a bunch others are prompting to be updated. Never seen them autoupdate before.

[green seal]

If so its probably something you can disable in settings? I havent noticed autoupdating but I really havent paid attention either

Come to think of it you might be right

[hoary kettle]

How to hide owned assets!?

on the fab website.

like a normal ecommerce site would

[vernal warren]

whaaaaaaaat the fuck.

since when is there a limit? XD

I have 5 different wishlists with over 800 wishlisted assets in the unity asset store. I can't have more than 200 total on Fab.

i hope this changes soon

(this is on fab using an internet browser btw)

[nocturne panther]

I never knew that FAB has a wishlist 😅

[tawny hinge]

don't tell Epic or they might remove it 😛

[warm knot]

Woah, woah, there buddy, don't give them any ideas.

[late terrace]

but... why?

[warm knot]

benflight ^Hmmm, haven't you done this before?

🤔

[frank ivy]

i was working on it a while back but never got around to posting it on the fab store

[jaunty dagger]

But sir #1054845218723209226

[warm knot]

That's not what I meant. It's in the wrong channel.

As Lucifer Dawn said.

[frank ivy]

I thought that was for actual projects. This is just an asset kit.

[jaunty dagger]

It's for all projects/ products afaik

[frank ivy]

Besides theres other people posting their fab stuff in here before i got in here

Thus my confusion

[jaunty dagger]

Yeah and they get told to go there.

[frank ivy]

Did they?

[jaunty dagger]

They should

[frank ivy]

Oh wait i see it now

[jaunty dagger]

If you look at the pinned message

[frank ivy]

I rarely do

[jaunty dagger]

Come here to discuss the Fab digital asset marketplace. Authors and customers are both encouraged to share their experiences. Your Fab content goes into #1054845218723209226

[frank ivy]

👍🏻

Well if this channel just exists to rate and review it I'll say its been a pretty shit experience so far

[jaunty dagger]

People mostly seem to just complain about fab here 🤷

It's various bugs

Features that it could benefit from

[frank ivy]

Their review team sucks exposure is terrible and somehow a ton of egregious AI shitposters are getting past the review team in droves what i can't even get past them for just a few items

Partnered with arghanians puzzlebox to release a kit because i thought doing it with an established creator would help my chances but we've only had a couple sales period

I think the bottom line is you somehow need to drive traffic from off of the platform since they're not really going to do it for you

[jaunty dagger]

Advertise on things like twitter etc

[frank ivy]

I don't have it

I think some of the sales so far actually may have come from posting it in discord

Which might lend credence to the idea there is no real natural discovery on the platform

[warm knot]

Why so serious?

This isn't your first time, lol.

[frank ivy]

I'm talking about fab?

[warm knot]

This is true. There is no discovery in Fab.

[rugged wren]

but, as a developer, where would you expect to see assets that you aren't already searching for that would make you want to buy them?

if I saw a paid ad on reddit for some toolkit or mesh package, for example... I doubt I'd ever bother with it. The chances that someone happens to be advertising an asset I'm looking for just seem so tiny.

maybe I'm a bit of an outlier, but I pretty much only buy assets when I have a specific problem or need in a project and I find one which will help me address that, I don't just buy random stuff that looks cool. So if you happen to have an asset which solves my current problem, the best way to make it discoverable to me would be to make it appear in the search results on fab or google (maybe itch?) when I search for keywords related to my problem or what I imagine the solution would be. I wouldn't even attempt to search twitter for advertisements 😅

I think there is some room for plugins and quality-of-life tools which might improve someone's workflow in a way they hadn't considered before, and for those cases getting their attention might be enough to lead to a sale. But for the majority of art assets and plugins I don't think this is really the case. I'm not likely to buy a bunch of medieval horse armor when I'm making a sci-fi spaceship dogfighting game, or very detailed zombie and demon models for my cozy animal cafe game, and I probably don't need a utility AI plugin for a visual novel.

But everyone wants electronic nodes, right? 😉 I think most assets fall into a much narrower niche than that, though.

[viscid basin]

Yeah please move your post to #1054845218723209226 !

[nocturne panther]

I think FAB should add an option that allow creators to create subfolders in their FAB page for their projects and sell each asset used the project separately. For example, I have a post-apocalyptic project which has hundreds of 3D models and decals. I'm not going to upload it on FAB since I prefer to sell each asset separately. It's not easy to upload hundreds of assets on your shop now. Also, having hundreds of assets on your FAB page will distract the viewers unless there are subfolders in your profile which contain those assets.

[rugged wren]

it is possible to limit a search on fab to just the assets from a single creator, so as long as all the related assets have something in common in the title, tags, etc., it should be possible to filter out just the post-apocalyptic ones. That doesn't solve the tedium of uploading hundreds of separate listings in the first place, though 😉

[nocturne panther]

it's possible but having hundreds of assets in your page without subfolders in really distracting for viewers. Let's assume I upload the post apocalyptic project on my FAB. When a viewer open my page, they will see hundreds of assets on their screen that belong to my post-apocalyptic project. The rest of my assets which are not post-apocalyptic, will be lost among them. Viewers don't spend time on checking hundreds of assets to find the one they need. So, Having subfolders could allow me to put post-apocalyptic assets in one folder which will not distract viewers and give more visibilty to the rest of my assets.

[rugged wren]

But do most users just browse without searching or filtering at all? I mean, for sure if I'm looking for grass and I see a page full of post-apocalyptic rubble I will not feel like I'm in the right place, but I'm just not sure how I would get there if I was looking for grass in the first place 😅
There are a couple creators whose pages I check once in a while for new stuff because I really like their style, but I wouldn't be confused if this week they had something different from what I saw before, and as long as their naming conventions aren't terrible I don't think it's a challenge to filter out the ones I'm interested in.

[warm knot]

Unfortunately, all we can do is wait for them to fix Fab. It used to be that if you searched for something, like grass, then you'd get a friggin train or a house instead of grass. Search has improved a bit since then but not satisfactory for me.

I honestly don't feel like uploading anything until they fix it.

[rugged wren]

I remember one of the first things I searched for when it launched was a mop and I had to scroll to like the 6th page to find one, the rest of the results were completely unrelated (except by being somewhat similar in spelling, like 'cop')

seems ok today, though, haha

[nocturne panther]

I remember those days very well. 😄

[hollow zephyr]

There is discoverability, just play the long game, put related tags and good media. I have done zero marketing and just released asset packs and they still sell

btw the pack I did try to market has zero sales so far lol

at most you get it bookmarked for sales. I think people buy a lot more on sales nowadays with the current world situation

[nocturne panther]

Sorry to hear that

[raven quarry]

if anyone at epic is seeing this, when I click this tile from my library, I want to see what megascans I have!! I don't want to go to Quixel's seller page -_-

[raven quarry]

howww, I got 2 sales overall 😭

[hollow zephyr]

thats good! 😅

[nocturne panther]

I like this idea too.

[loud dome]

So the UE5 Vite fork is straight up using code from paid Fab plugins..
https://x.com/toreler/status/1983123376995541004

[jaunty dagger]

Yeah....

Poor Dmitry

Sad part is the CMAA2 he reworked is open source they could put in the effort themselves and it would likely be fine.

[loud dome]

Yeah the actual open source part of it is fine. Even thought they funny enough removed the open source license from CMAA2 the first time they added it to the fork.

[reef ridge]

Don't worry, I'm fine 😄 Just annoyed a little. And I can't comprehend how they don't get that not having copyrighted stuff is actually for their own good lol

[jaunty dagger]

Some people never learn.

[undone parrot]

Question about asset compatibility.
Really want to use the street lights pack.
But it states 4.27 compatibility?
https://www.fab.com/listings/438da69d-5fd7-4da9-a21f-f0af32e14d3c
What could be the issue if I try and use in 5.6?
I emailed the author a few days back but no reply.

[hollow basin]

You should be fine. I have never heard of meshes being unable to work with versions after the supported versions. In very rare cases blueprints can be incompatible with that big of a version jump. But you should be absolutely fine to use that in any UE5 version. Nothing has changed about the structure of meshes. You will have to click an extra button to allow it to be downloaded into a project that is not a supported version. Otherwise put in a 4.27 project and export it to your 5.6 project, but the previous way I mentioned is a lot easier

[green seal]

4.27 compatibility simply means it was initially released or updated for 4.27, and the creator just hasnt updated the published version. But it's just assets, and they are always forwards compatible. Sure you might be missing some bells and whistles that UE5 offers depending on the asset, but there's no reason why it wouldn't work

Just seems like the author has moved on

[nocturne panther]

William is right. Unreal has forward compatibility, it means that assets that have been created in lower versions often work in higher versions. For 3D models you won't face any problem most of the times. For bluprints you may face problems that can be solved easily most of the times. I checked this projects describtion and there is no bluprint in it. So it probably works fine.

[vale prawn]

forward compatibility
backward compatibility. Unreal notoriously doesn't have forward compatibility for assets.

[undone parrot]

Thanks

[obsidian halo]

Eeldev is selling GameplayMessageRouter (the epic plugin itself) on Fab for 150$, that guy is something else, and it's amazing Epic is allowing this thing: https://www.fab.com/listings/03b46864-12de-41c6-8624-00ece4d59e19

[nocturne panther]

Oh, Sorry, I just realized for long time I was using the wrong words for it,Thanks

[desert panther]

How do you know it's the same? 🤔

That seems like a pretty stupid thing to do considering they seem to have many legitimate looking plugins

[obsidian halo]

It looks exactly the same -

[nocturne panther]

I think if you are sure about it, you have to report them to FAB. They will review this claim and take actions if necessary.

[obsidian halo]

I don't think there's anything forbidden about it, people resell Lyra assets all the time

[desert panther]

What is the license for those assets from Epic? Unless the license permits resale then obviously they can't do it and it's just Fab dropping the ball

And somehow I doubt the license is that permissive

[blazing fable]

I found this in epics EULA
You may not sublicense or resell any Epic Content (including Sample Content, Starter Content, or Marketplace Content distributed by Epic) on a standalone basis or as part of any content library or asset pack.

[obsidian halo]

There really are multiple assets reusing Lyra and GASP thingies, most of them with some modifications but it's not the only one.

[untold bay]

the fab rules allow using epic or CC0 content for showcase purposes. they can not be the bulk of the offering or a core part of it

quixel not included in that

[obsidian halo]

I mean, I'm not really trying to defend Eeldev here cause I do think reselling a free epic asset is quite shameless but here's an example of a paid product that contains Lyra and GASP assets aplenty, (this asset also contains way more than just those two so I'm not attacking this asset or anything) - https://www.fab.com/listings/cc47f1f6-0ab5-4f1e-85f8-aa0d5aab8e12

I dunno really, seems like rather murky territory, honestly makes 0 sense that epic don't bundle the gameplay message subsystem in unreal, it's small and inoffensive and it's used in their official samples, go figure.

[deft needle]

Hi, t’s been a pretty hectic week and I totally forgot to share this here — but my asset pack Construction Props was selected by Epic to be part of the Free for Limited Time program!
If you’re interested, it’s free to add to your library until November 4th.

🧱 About the pack:
The Construction Props pack includes over 100 props and 5 pre-built prefabs, designed to help you quickly and modularly create detailed construction sites for your games or projects.

This is the initial release, and once I finish another project I’m currently working on, I’ll be adding more assets for free as an update — for everyone who grabs it now or already purchased it before.

Big hug, hope you enjoy it and find it useful!

For download, please go to the FAB website and check the free for limited time section.

[nocturne panther]

Congrats

[green seal]

It's not that you can't include some of Epic's content, as long as that's not what the bulk of your product is. You can use it for showcasing/demo purposes. Up to a point.

[green seal]

Am I misunderstanding it? My interpretation was, let's say Ultra Dynamic Sky was released for 5.4. It is not backwards compatible with 5.2 (it is but bear with me here) because its only available for 5.4 and onwards.
But it is forwards-compatible with future versions of unreal.

Could I be getting it the wrong way? I assume it depends on the point of view? 5.4 is backwards compatible with tools/assets that were made in prior versions. Assets and tools are not backwards-compatible with prior versions of Unreal.

[vale prawn]

Backward compatibility:

Assets made in 5.5 can be opened in 5.6 (though breakage may occur, but rather uncommon)
Forward compatibility:
Assets made in 5.6 can't be opened 5.5, no matter what

The terms refer to the system dealing with inputs, not inputs dealing with the system

• Unreal is backward compatible because it accepts inputs designed for previous version (backward)
• Unreal is not forward compatible because it doesn't accept inputs designed for later versions (forward)

[green seal]

ahhh fair, I assumed it was a perspective thing, in relation to what the subject was

thanks for clarifying!

[untold bay]

unreal engine is backwards compatible
unreal assets are forwards compatible

[obsidian halo]

and any code written for unreal is only guranteed work in the specific version is was made for 🙁

[desert panther]

But pretty likely to work on other versions, slightly depending on what the code does

[green seal]

Ok thats basically exactly what I was thinking haha

[wanton charm]

Anyone’s having issues submitting updates to FAB today? I keep clicking “submit for review” get a spinner and it goes back in draft mode instead of “waiting for review” 🫩

[pine grail]

ahhhh i forgot about fab

[echo egret]

This is how funny FAB works at times, on the already most of the times acting funny launcher... *{might always work well in memes tho'...} *

[echo egret]

Anyway... fellow sellers... any insight about how well it goes selling just 3D assets goes on FAB? I'm a Furniture Designer and I would put some stuff of mine on FAB but I'm not sure how good might be going or bad! Any hint would be highly appreciated. Thanks, in advance, as always. Cheers...

[hollow zephyr]

🫡

[desert panther]

Hahah what

Very convincing scam

[echo egret]

A "boutade all'Italiana" inspired by the legendary icon of Italian comedy, Totò {in one of his famous movies he tries to sell Fontana Di Trevi to an American tourist}, no doubt... 😏 😂

[rugged wren]

take the money 😅

[hollow zephyr]

and sell out fab to become a blog?? no sir

[desert panther]

I've got a few random people emailing me about buying my website where my old blog is

I always quote them something ridiculous like a million dollars

I've not updated it in many years, still occasionally get emails about it in particular by people wanting to place ads or ads masking as guest posts... same deal, ask them for 10k or something. Nobody has yet taken me up on that. Sometimes they get so upset about it that they start insulting me

[echo egret]

Never happened to me but one year I didn't make it in time with the renewal and the domain was gone... some domains reseller company got it and kept it available to buy it for almost 6k Euros...
I had to wait 2 years watching the price slowly going down till they dropped it the 3rd year because nobody claimed it {I had no budget and no intention to spend so I simply chose to wait and my choice paid off indeed... I did try to reach them out, actually, just out of desperation to claim it back because it was a domain with a 15+ long years history, but they never dared answering!} or bought it, so I could get it back.
Honestly a part of me right now wished I did sell it myself when still had, apparently at least, such a value I didn't expect could have for sure! 😂

Anyway... speaking of unfunny things... how big is City Sample supposed to be? I read it was far bigger that 46GB but that's how big it seems now while it's finalizing the installation. Looks weird to me 🤔

[nocturne panther]

Sell it to them with a good price

[sand vortex]

when downloading packs like these, do I have to individually export each model here to use in UE or is there another way to do this?

because sometimes they come in one-bundle mesh

[warm knot]

I'm pretty sure that the seller is supposed to include these models as separate meshes. If he didn't, then you'll probably have to edit this in Unreal's Modelling Mode.

[wanton charm]

Sorry to bump this; contacted support but got an automatic-looking reply asking for a screenshot of “the error message” when my message was describing the repro steps and the complete lack of any kind of error — just, nothing :/

what does one do in a situation like that?

[loud dome]

Try replying to it again. And see if it gets a better response

[desert panther]

Fwiw I just submitted an update and it went through without any issues 🤔

[wanton charm]

I did, they say they reached out to the dev team and will keep me updated which is better but apparently Its an isolated problem ugh

[loud dome]

At least it was better than an automated response! Hope it get fixed though 🙌

[wanton charm]

Yeah it’s unclear what the problem is I looked at the JS console and Axios return a 503

[nocturne panther]

If the product is created in unreal engine, for sure you can migrate each asset to other projects separately,
If the project is created in Maya and all the objects are combined, you have to separate it in maya and then import it into unreal.

[swift wigeon]

Is fab down right now or is it just me? Having issues logging into the launcher too

[floral cloud]

It’s noted amongst many users

So not just you

[swift wigeon]

Oh yeah just noticed on down detector as well

[delicate flame]

Piece of crap service

[warm knot]

This is not the advertising channel.

[undone valve]

No ads

[glad gyro]

sorry, removed the post, had no clue

[jaunty dagger]

#1054845218723209226

[devout kindle]

Hey guys, any way to unflag all mature content from fab? It's very annoying to click on every single asset that has mature flag to see whats inside.
And the problem is, 99% of these mature flags are wrong imo.

[pale dagger]

Soo
I am here seeking some developer council.
Do any of you know
A AAA quality ledge climbing asset that works on moving objects and is ready to use ?
On fab or Patreon anything I just need it.

[nocturne panther]

99 percent of times that FAB is down, It's down for everyone.

[swift wigeon]

Hell yeah, they treat us all so well equally 💪

[hollow zephyr]

https://www.youtube.com/@md6products7480/videos maybe this? not sure on moving objects

[pale dagger]

It certainly looks good but I can't find any way to reach the author by.

Because it's a very specific use case and I don't want to spend the money for it to just not work lol

[raven quarry]

ooh we got a kitbash 3d banger this time

[devout kindle]

Thanks a lot, just saw your reply.

[delicate flame]

Nice pack, too bad it's very niche.

I could use the other one, the iron forge clone, but the graphics are like from 2002

[raven quarry]

that's a wolf, no?

[raven quarry]

who knows? it might prompt someone to start making a dieselpunk game

I did want to make one myself but unfortunately, no skills

[dire meteor]

I feel wolves have bigger ears and longer noses.

Not the nose really, but longer faces?

[raven quarry]

the color of the fur and the length of the teeth makes me think it's a wolf haha

also the eyes

it barely looks like a dog

[dire meteor]

It's definitely very wolfy.

But overall, I think dog.

[raven quarry]

🤔

fair enough, to each their own

the creator does say it's a dog so I guess it's a dog

[unreal stratus]

looks like a Husky to me

[warm knot]

That is clearly a cat.

[warm knot]

So have you guys ever been sanctioned by Fab? My asset just got sanctioned yesterday for "violating someone else's rights," but they didn't say WHAT. My only guess is IP rights, but mine is not direct copy of anything. The rules are very vague (by design), and I'm not even sure who reported me. Sent them an email today, so maybe I'll find out soon what is even going on.

[rugged wren]

They didn't even say which asset was reported?

[warm knot]

They said which one it was but they didn't say why.

[rugged wren]

oh, I see. That's really frustrating :/

looking at their copyright report form, they actually ask for some fairly detailed information:
https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/contact-us-copyright
I'm surprised none of that gets forwarded to you

[warm knot]

I'm not 100% sure if it was a copyright violation; it's just a guess.

I almost don't care because I don't need the extra money extra from Fab and it's a POS website.

For example, I clicked your link and this is what it shows. The website is a friggin joke.

Now here is another issue: if this actually is a copyright violation, which it isn't, are they going to apply these rules fairly to everyone else? I see quite a bit of models on there that are 100% direct copies of real world objects. For example, you can find the Smith & Wesson R8 revolver from multiple sellers, and they are all from the same tutorial that some dude uploaded on ArtStation. The geometry changed only slightly, if at all.

If you Google "reddit fab my product got sanctioned" you will find a lot of people going through the same sanctions.

Check this one out for a good laugh:

https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/1lf0jy6/fab_removed_my_product_for_mature_content_but_it/

[dire meteor]

Fab. Epic's greatest success story.

[desert panther]

Maybe they should have called it the Fortnite Marketplace and they would've gotten more resources for it

[dire meteor]

Maybe when UE and UEFN come together then it'll be more Fortnite based and actually get some care?

[desert panther]

Could actually be 🤔

[warm knot]

IDK if these are still up there, but there are (or were) sellers who would rip Fortnite models and then sell them on Fab. No copyright infringement there apparently.

[desert panther]

Just lazy moderation there as usual

[late terrace]

Is there a specific way that fab prefers for me to add a link to a webpage on a menu?
I tried submitting a plugin that uses FPlatform::LaunchURL when you click the documentation button, but it got flagged as possible code injection.

[desert panther]

I use SHyperlinkLaunchURL in mine for the docs link

If you have a hardcoded URL, and don't have string interpolation into it, it seems LaunchURL seems it should be safe and maybe you can just tell them to look at it again because it's just opening the docs URL

pretty sure SHyperlinkLaunchURL literally just opens the given url using that very same function

[untold bay]

unreal assets get far more scrutiny than other formats

[untold bay]

redundant bc unreal is Fortnite Engine with a grandfathered name

[late terrace]

Agreed, and unfortunately SHyperlinkLaunchURL doesn't have a style attribute, so it looks like a link (which it is) , while I wanted it to look like a button, since it is on a menu 😂
I changed it from a variable to a static URL, so it can be seen as safer, and added a note explaining why I use it, let's see if they approve it.
Thank you very much!

[tender island]

Edit:Oh I see I can request a refund..

I bought the VAMP vertex animation manager plugin and regret my choice. The dude is crashing out in his discord..

[rugged wren]

Yes, but you would likely need the creator to approve it. If the plugin is actually defective (or doesn't do what the listing says it does) then you may also get it approved through Fab support, but if the issue is just that development is not going to continue it may be more difficult to make the case for it.

(that said, if you haven't yet downloaded the plugin, then you have 30 days to request a refund no questions asked)

[tender island]

I havent downloaded it

damn it has been 30 days

Thanks.

[rugged wren]

it doesn't hurt to ask anyways, but there's a chance they might not grant it

[tender island]

Oh the creator blocked me after I politely asked. I'm pretty miffed right now. Oh well lesson learned.

He's saying stuff like this in his discord.. (this isn't in reply to me)

[rugged wren]

lol, that's terrible XD
I'd ask Fab support. If the creator only provides support through their discord and they blocked you without a good reason, you could certainly use that to argue your case (creators are supposed to provide support to users, after all)

[tender island]

Thanks appreciate the advice.

[warm knot]

Who the hell talks like that, lmfao.

[warm knot]

I'm not so sure about that. There are Unreal plugins that have been up for years and then suddenly got sanctioned despite being the only plugin of its kind. I think this may be an error.

[cedar bone]

sadly i dont think its the case, support cannot be enforced

[warm knot]

OK, my sanction has been lifted as of now. I guess there is hope for this platform then, lol. It must have been either an automation error or a copyright troll. I still don't know exactly what the sanction was for or who reported me, but w/e. We can leave this behind us now.

[rugged wren]

I think it's always going to have to be something handled on a case-by-case basis. I'd be hesitant to publish anything if Epic had a hard rule like, "all support requests require a response within 24 hours" or something like that, but there is an expectation that sellers are available to be contacted for support somehow and they actually provide some degree of support to customers who run into trouble. If someone used my support channel to just harass me I'd feel pretty justified in blocking them (and would be shocked if Epic would consider taking action against me in response), but similarly if I tried to get support for a product and only got harassment in return I think it would be worth contacting Fab about a potential refund.

I would expect (hope?) that they'd probably only take action or give a refund in really extreme cases. I think there's a bigger difference between poor support and no support than there is between good support and poor support (but I don't make the rules at Fab so I have no idea if/how they would handle this kind of thing, haha)

[tulip laurel]

I've been working on this Skeletal Scatter tool for the past few months. https://i.imgur.com/391bsvJ.mp4 It's a blueprint tool to help decorate using a skeleton and whatever animation/pose you have (Rigged to Manny). Everything is puppeteer by a skeleton but the bones are nanite static meshes.
I don't know what kind of asset this would be though? I assume it falls into "Tools & Plugins" ? Then procedural system? Modelling? automation? Physics? I have no idea. Can anyone help? I usually only make 3d assets, this is all new.

What will be included for release:
A UI tool to scatter/place a skeleton into the scene with the ability to:
Select from a variety of premade materials or apply custom ones easily.
Select from a variety of poses or apply a custom one easily.
Select if you want to use nanite meshes or standard ones, standard ones are proper lowpoly models with own UV set, materials and textures.
The ability to decide what parts will detach from the skeleton.
The ability to hide and not simulate parts of the skeleton to begin with.
The ability to visualize what bones will split/simulate before actually simulating.
3 simulation methods
N1: Ragdoll to get the skeleton where you need it, includes the ability to create constraints per bone and drag them around to better place the skeleton.
N2: The skeleton explodes into the components you have selected, this can be done in multiple passes.
N3: Only simulate specific bones while the rest of the skeleton locks itself in place.
Options to randomize skeleton ribs, teeth, spine
Options to move the jaw
Options to crack the skull into it's plates.
Select from a variety of premade templates for breakdown or easily create user based ones via the tool.

After the simulation you have the ability to:
Spawn the simulated assets into a folder in the level in the position they were simulated in.
Spawn a skeleton in the position it was ragdolled to

Extras:
A skeleton rigged to Manny.
A tool to combine the spawned bones in either a static mesh or as instances in a blueprint.

With more skeletal thing to come, I plan to keep working on this until the new year.

[jaunty dagger]

This belongs in #1054845218723209226

[tulip laurel]

I'm not trying to promo, just wondering where should I put this tool under when released. Sorry if this was the wrong place

[green seal]

The categories at the moment are a bit annoying. Because a thing can absolutely be a "Tool & Plugin" but that category only accepts code plugins, not blueprints. It's frustrating. So just find an alternate category that you feel suits your product.

[hollow zephyr]

that's pretty cool

[flat pollen]

I miss having useful category filter buttons

[rugged wren]

obviously, animation doesn't work underwater so it's important to separate those

[fossil dune]

Imagine you have a game template or system but just because it has some C++
Its “Tools and Plugins”.

If someone comes looking for game templates, im sure “Tools and Plugins” is the last thing theyll want to click.

Such a backwards system.

You write a tool in BPs only and it can’t go under “Tools and Plugins”

🙃

[desert panther]

Not sure if they even allow you to have C++ in some of those other types so it's kinda messy

[green seal]

Yeah my understanding is if there is any C++, its a code plugin, has to go in the plugins section. It's annoying.

That said, based on my own browsing habits, I'm not sure it really matters. When I am looking for something, I never really use the categories. I just search. The categories aren't particularly helpful when i'm looking for something specific, I only ever use them for window shopping, seeing whats around.

[desert panther]

Yeah I mean mostly meant that you can't have C++ in a template and you can't have BP's in a code plugin so what do you do

[lapis flame]

My first sale on Fab

[tulip laurel]

I didn't know, thank you. Game systems > Procedural sounds like the most accurate even though it's blatantly a tool.

[fossil dune]

You can have BPs and Content in a Code plugin.

What you can’t do is when the plugin is “Content only” it cant be called a “Tool” or placed under that category.

Funny thing is these days tools are definitely scriptable with BPs only.
Editor utility etc…
But no, its not a tool according to fab.

[pliant forum]

Yes, there are exceptions.. But generally, this is setup like this because users need a clear distinction between "Has Code" and "Doesn't have code"

I believe new categories are in high demand though, especially to broaden the "Code Plugin" a little bit
Actually, it looks like there is a separate category field for plugins.

[fossil dune]

I agree should be clear.
But does it make sense to say “ Game Template” or “Code Plugin” ?
Like it can’t be both. Its like an either or switch.

Basically “ A code plugin can not be a Game Template” ,
You are either a Game Template, or a Code Plugin…

🤔 huh?🤷‍♂️

The clarity of has code should be a Tag or label somewhere, not as part of the Main categories.

Or Code Plugins should have “Game Template” and “System” as subcategories.
not supposed to be on the same Category level,

[pliant forum]

I looked at the categories, so Game Systems = Blueprint, Tools & Plugins = C++.
Game Templates is it's own primary category, but it's only blueprint?

[fossil dune]

if it has C++, even 1 line. it gets Demoted to “Tools & Plugins”. I doesn’t matter if the code is 99% Blueprints.

[pliant forum]

And that's fine? This way everyone who expects zero C++ in a project will know if it meets that requirement or not

[fossil dune]

is it though?

[pliant forum]

The template section is the only confusing one, regarding C++ / Blueprint.
The other 2 categories are totally fine and structured the way I would expect them to be

[fossil dune]

A “Game System” Cant be written in C++?

Just cause it has a line of C++. It loses the right to be called a system?

[pliant forum]

I think you're confused what these titles represent. If you open them up, you would see the exact same sub-categories under both.

A lot of users don't want to touch C++ or have it in their project, it's their right to be able to distinguish between what has C++ and what does not, at glance.
And that's why we have Game Systems and Tools & Plugins.

[warm knot]

Ugh, a single line of C++?! What the hell is this crap?!

You expect me to pay for that shit?!

How dare you!

[pliant forum]

It's a funny argument, but if you have a single line of C++ it sounds like you are doing something wrong tbh

[cedar bone]

oh look, so they have some actual rules
sadly i wish it was true, but in reality its dead rules
i have never seen anyone got in any trouble
publishers do ban ppl on their discord for just pointing broken things out, do not provide support o provide lame docs, dont need to answer any emails really, dont even need to answer on fab asset forum thread if they have one
i have read countless of cases, nothing is ever done
even if lets say it would be possible, who would decide and on what basis if the support should be given or not, and to what degree, its very hard to define this, and who would have time for that
i understand both sides, a published is not your personal tutor, has no obligation to teach u anything or for free, to spend time on your problems
but most of the times ppl tend to not understand the difference between what is pure asset support and helping to use an asset in someones game, they ask everything even if its not really part of strictly asset support
so in my opinion, this is not enforceable at all on many levels
i can only recommend to carefully check and verify asset beforehand if its really important for the project
better be safe than sorry

[pliant forum]

And blueprints can be precompiled, meaning you don't need to have a code IDE installed, which is not the case for C++ based projects.

[warm knot]

Are you talking about the buyers who basically ask you to make an entire game for them as "customer support?"

[cedar bone]

why, what is wrong with using things that are not exposed to BPs by epic? Ton of small things are like that

[pliant forum]

Nothing wrong with it? But it will land you in the Tools & Plugin section, which is right in my opinion

[fossil dune]

“Or have it in their project”

thats all their running in their “Bp Only “ Project. What do you think the engine runs on? C++ plugins. When you “enable” a plugin in a BP only project, guess what you’re enabling or having in your BP only project, yep a C++ plugin.

Touching it is always a choice.

[cedar bone]

well sure, thats an exaggeration, but im sure u will find some ppl like that too, but even if its not entire game, just a specific small part, there will be still many of buyers expecting to tell them how to use the asset in their specific case even if everything is in the docs, thats not support, that tutorials

[pliant forum]

I work primarily in C++ with a custom engine fork, I'm sure I understand all of this. Unfortunately doesn't counter my argument though.
All of those plugins are pre-compiled and doesn't require you to recompile your project, no IDE required.

[fossil dune]

The same goes for UE Plugins you install from Fab.
They are pre-compiled and dont require you to recompile your project

What do you mean

[pliant forum]

So, instead of the straw man argument of A single line of code, how would you handle a project with 49% C++ and 51% blueprints? Where is the line in regards to how we categorize these projects?

[cedar bone]

in my opinion its not, generally speaking i think epic rules are complete nonsense
they should definitely rework the whole thing, but i guess they wont

[fossil dune]

Handle in terms of what? Tag it with C++ and Blueprints, Blueprints only, or C++ only.

Categories like “Template” apply to all those 3 scenarios.

[pliant forum]

I'm not arguing for the "template" section, I'm arguing for the Game Systems vs Tools & Plugins. Which is exactly what you're stating

[fossil dune]

A “System” can be built within any of those 3 categories. Not just 1 of them.

In laymen or english terms, Whats a “system “?
does the language it was written in determine what it is?

Oh it has C++, that’s definitely not a “System”.

[pliant forum]

Your suggestion doesn't add any overall value to the marketplace, more so than making it harder to distinguish what is what.
The Game Templates section is confusing, totally agree with that, but the other two are what they should be.

[fossil dune]

Whats a System

[pliant forum]

I'm not entertaining this, so either provide an actual argument or move on

[undone valve]

When I need something I usually filter only for Tools and plugins first

[undone valve]

You can have Blueprints in a code plugin. I had a plugin in the past that was 99% made out of blueprints (I step by step updated it to be fully C++ nowadays)

[untold bay]

yes, I used to have a bookmarked list of all the categories I care about, and even that URL doesn't work anymore. so now i have to look at everything. the audio ones annoy me the most because the thumbnails are the most eye catching

[astral lily]

So like, is this big ass yellow banner just stuck in my library tab or is there a way to close this? It's like bothering my OCD it looks something that should be able to be dismissed lol 😂

[cedar bone]

there was a new required update, probably a bug, i have it too, i guess they will fix it soon

[hybrid scaffold]

I'm looking to set up a simple set of mechanics in the vague styling of something like Zelda/Tunic/hyperlight drifter (more tunic style but the camera and mechanics are similar enough between them), but before I start I was wondering if there were any marketplace templates or kits which would be useful to fill out the basics and work as a jumping off point.

I'm mostly doing it for the level and environment design side of things, but would be nice to have a functional character I can run around with and test.

The camera is less of an issue. I was looking at things like 'flexible combat system' but it is significantly more complex than needed. Though I could remove the unecessary parts.

[sonic tulip]

When registering as a seller on FAB... do you recommend creating a new account? Or just use your Epic account with games and such on.

[shrewd remnant]

Hello, I'm looking for spruce trees on Fab for Unreal Engine similar to this one https://www.fab.com/listings/f8044501-17a2-498f-b198-5f1bc71ee87a (not available in Europe) or this one https://www.fab.com/listings/56e54e6d-7f18-4e43-9b9d-20b26d09e833 do you know where I can get some?

[vale prawn]

I'd use a separate account. I remember a long time ago some guy got its account banned because of something he did in Fortnite, and it locked him out of his Marketplace seller account. Granted that was 5+ years ago, but I would recommend avoiding any risk and setting up an account just for selling.

[sonic tulip]

Thank you.

[undone valve]

Golden rule for me is to separate business from private. It will prevent issues in the future

[tame compass]

installing Unreal engine 4.27 when open project it said. failed to open project

[sonic tulip]

Probably the smart thing to do!

[raven quarry]

what kinda nasty ui update is this??

why can't I dismiss the banner?

[tame compass]

it shove to your face

[frank ivy]

Is there a way to handle royalties / revsharing on fab or share a storefront with multiple people?

[fading swallow]

Has anyone run into this IS-0009 issue recently when trying to install a code plugin? I have a feeling it might be caused by me deleting the plugin in explorer after installing it. But it is odd that after doing so, the plugin fails to install on all UE versions (even ones I haven't touched for ages).
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/i-cant-install-my-own-plugin-that-i-published-error-code-is-0009/2669890
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-download-fab-plugins/2653563/14

[fossil dune]

No but it would be a cool feature. Like Gumroad’s Collaborators

[frank ivy]

Yeah. Maybe there is some kind of 3rd party hack?

Workaround or something

[fossil dune]

Nuh, Can’t hack your way around that…

You only options is build your own store.
Use Gumroad.
Use others (theres 1 or 2 that have this feature too).
Or agree with the other that youll send them their share when the money hits( Just like steam with publishers and developers).

Its a very cool feature that encourages collaboration i agree

[undone valve]

This suddenly started to me happening a few months ago too. Nothing I tried fixed it. Epic told me it is account related and they are working on fixing it

[swift wigeon]

Yeah this is an issue on Epic's end, it's been like this for a couple of months now already, for instance I get this error when I attempt to install my own plugins that I am a publisher of, any other plugin seems to be installing correctly but I've seen other people have it completely broken for all plugins

[wise bone]

is fab licensing compatible with making open source games with full UE5 project on github?

for example I would like to use this free asset pack that uses fab standard license https://www.fab.com/listings/880e319a-a59e-4ed2-b268-b32dac7fa016

[rugged wren]

in general no, the standard license gives you permission to use the assets but not to redistribute them outside of a packaged project (i.e. they cannot be included in the source of an open source project)

[willow fable]

can anyone tell me where i find the Fab assets that ive claimed from the move from megascan to fab? i had 12.000+ items claimed but i can only see about 30 of them in my "free" or "owned" filter

[nocturne panther]

if you consider the texture, it's a husky. If you look at the facial expression,it's a wolf.

[warm knot]

Why is Fab login so bad. When it wants to verify it says "click and drag the box" but I never works. I can't login.

[warm knot]

Actually it works now. I take back what I said.

Question: where can I contact support regarding an issue that I'm having? I have looked through the community support page but it doesn't answer a specific question that I have. IIRC, somebody here posted a link to an email for them.

[wanton charm]

https://support.fab.com/s/ bookmark it

[warm knot]

Ahhh, thank you so much! I will try this out. 😄

[prisma jolt]

If I want to put a plugin on fab that has code in it, do I need to pre-compile the binaries for each engine version separately?

[vale prawn]

No, Epic does it for you 🙂

[prisma jolt]

thats awesome, so I should submit it with none at all?

[vale prawn]

Yes, just submit only source & assets. Epic will build for all engine versions you selected.

[prisma jolt]

awesome, thanks!

[swift wigeon]

Pack up everything from the plugin's folder into a zip except these directories: Binaries, Intermediate, Saved and you're good to go

[warm knot]

There's an option in Unreal to zip the project for you.

Should be somewhere under the File menu.

[pulsar nova]

as if fab and quixel installing by default isn't annoying enough there's a permanent banner now

[nocturne panther]

You'll get used to it, I have stated my trader info months ago but still I get a banner that says please select your trader info which disappears after a couple of seconds

[idle hawk]

who knows what the size is for the marketplace banner, it never fits but also cannot find the correct size for it, does anyone know?

[undone valve]

This is wrong. For code plugins you need to submit each version

[vale prawn]

Sure, but that was not the question asked

[undone valve]

My bad

Sorry

[vale prawn]

Quixel Megaplants (5.7) : https://www.fab.com/sellers/Quixel Megaplants

[rugged wren]

hmmm, that's interesting

definitely going to have to play around with these

[wanton charm]

Follow-up on this : it's been now almost three weeks since my listing is bricked, and I can't update. I was hoping 5.7 final release would somehow fix it but no.
Reached out to support numerous times, "it's in the hand of the devs" a.k.a limbo.

This is more than infuriating; I understand they're understaffed and everything, but the lack of public acknowledgement of the problem is seriously hurting the credibility of the affected creators. There's litterally no option, no recourse, nothing, just people shrugging. wtf 🙁

[split iron]

For a website that refuses to keep me logged in, fab has WAY too many steps to log in

• Email address
• Authenticator
• Confirm 2FA methods

[cloud cove]

Is anyone able to download/create project with the Content Examples Sample - Epic Games on UE 5.7 from Fab?
It's giving me an error MD-0011-0..

[lavish sky]

Am I the only one that can't get the images to order up properly on my listing ? When submitting they shuffle around. It's almost like they designed it to be as infuriating as possible

[nocturne panther]

Speed tree in Unreal, Amazing🤩 , I guess these trees are much more optimized than the previous megascans trees considering they are created procedurally.

[rugged wren]

You should be able to reorder them after uploading, just drag the thumbnails

[lavish sky]

I did, then they shuffle around when submitting or refreshing the page

I'll try to reupload all images with their names in order

[rugged wren]

oh, that's weird, I don't think I've had that issue before. I just tried reordering some on mine then refreshing the page and they stayed in the new order.

In the top-left corner there is now a tag which says Update - Draft, so I think they are trying to auto-save any changes. Looking at the network tab, I see they make a PATCH request every time I reorder the images. It takes about a second for it to go through for me, maybe something is causing this request to fail or to take longer than usual?

[lavish sky]

I don't know, but judging by my base file names this may be the issue.
but of course, trying to delete the old images to add the new ones dosen't work too because of course

[rugged wren]

oh, that's super weird :/

[lavish sky]

I'm afraid to even contact the support they may lose track of my listing like they did last year. FAB got better but is still shit

[nocturne panther]

You definitely have to message support about it. They will help you.

[keen jasper]

Hey everyone quick question 👋

I’m thinking about creating and selling high quality stylized & realistic VFX packs on FAB (https://discord.com/channels/187217643009212416/1437743989846446090)
Before I invest a lot of time into it I wanted to ask people here who have experience selling content:

Is VFX still a good market on FAB? Or is it too saturated and not worth the effort anymore?

Any honest feedback from creators who already publish assets would be really appreciated. Thanks!

[cloud fjord]

why the heck I can't install the plugin which is for UE 5.6 and I have 5.6 installed. It tells me I do not lol

xD

[willow spindle]

Since ever they implemented the utterly disgusting FAB system into the epic launcher, it became so ugly and inconvenient. disgusting UX

(Talking about the Epic launcher only, not FAB's website )

[cursive chasm]

I hate the fab thats baked into ue. Its extremely not accessible for someone with poor vision.

[jaunty dagger]

Text too small?

[cursive chasm]

Yes, very much so.

[flat hawk]

it would be nice if they would fix the Launcher Asset Vault Search Categories

[fading swallow]

Am getting the same issue for my own plugin too. But installing the content examples doesn't have this issue for me right now.

[undone valve]

The Epic Games Launcher has always been a buggy mess for me.
I had all sorts of issues throughout the years but in 2025 it got much worse

[proud fern]

Anyone can give me recommendation for animation templete for mainstream action for first person perspective like ladder climbing etc on fab.com? Im considering to buy 1 pack but cant find anything useful. Here looking for input from personal experience

[undone valve]

https://youtu.be/pYykwpRIbPU

This one is free

[proud fern]

Thank you ❤️

[nocturne panther]

I think FAB should have a category for interactive experiences too. A place where creators can share executable interactive projects without any requirment to upload the Unreal Engine project.

[cursive chasm]

Is that not Itch.io?

[unkempt marten]

[nocturne panther]

Yes, Something like itch.io but on FAB as a separate category.

[vale prawn]

So like EGS then? Fab is exclusively about providing usable content for your own project. For everything else, there's EGS, Steam, etc.

[nocturne panther]

EGS mostly contains games and most of its users are gamers. It is not a proper place to share and sell non-gaming interactive projects in my opinion.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about it.

[late terrace]

not necessarily, it does have categories for things other than games.

the majority is game related, tho

[vestal chasm]

oh sorry

done, ty m8 ^^

[inland plover]

np :)_

[cloud cove]

They've fixed it. Just create a conversation in the Forum in the Bug Report category. Explain what happened.. they'll fix it within days..

[fading swallow]

Yeah I just resubmitted my plugin and it resolved it 👍

[worldly flower]

uhm..
tried to login to fab.com.. but it wants me to make a security check of challenges.cloudflare.com.. which is not appearing.. even after clearing cache, multiple refreshs, closing and opening.. 3 different browsers..

Anyone has the same problem?

[cursive chasm]

Cloudflare is down right now.

[undone valve]

Cloudflare is down because of Hytale

[worldly flower]

nice.. so fab.com is dead to me.. cause some other one is down..

[undone valve]

Twitter is also down and a bunch of other sites too

[cursive chasm]

Lot of websites are DOA.

downdetector is down too

[rugged wren]

but how can we be sure?

[cursive chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/the-it-crowd-moss-the-it-crowd-the-it-crowd-fire-moss-the-it-crowd-fire-richard-ayoade-gif-15210949

[worldly flower]

finally..
working again

[worldly flower]

noice

[unreal stratus]

looks like they restored Marketplace-era text reviews as well

[worldly flower]

just a feature being standard for "since i can think of webshops" years.. now finally "new" in FAB 😅
If it wouldn't be so sad.. i would be more cheered up..

[fickle grove]

have anyone noticed missing ratings after this update?

[vale prawn]

Really? Mine don't seem to appear

[unreal stratus]

click the star rating, it should auto-scroll and reveal the text reviews, including pre-Fab

[vale prawn]

Ok, so this is Epic logic at its finest:
(in Marketplace days): Hey, leave text reviews
(Fab launches): Hey, we didn't migrate reviews, so feel free to just re-rate products instead
(Text reviews are back): Hey, we migrated text reviews, except for all of those which you re-rated, as we previsouly instructed you to, which means your text review are now lost forever

Thanks Epic! 🙃

[cedar bone]

finally text reviews are back

[untold bay]

Ratings used to be hidden when you had fewer than 5. Now they're all visible.

I think this is an improvement. The threshold protected creators from getting a troll rating early on, but also meant that the vast majority of assets on Fab never reached the threshold so buyers had no info at all.

[unreal stratus]

Noticed that too, I’m guessing they had to remove the threshold because users expect a text review to be posted/visible immediately. I did enjoy seeing my review push an asset rating across the threshold though, always imagined it made the creator happy to see 🙂

[merry field]

Impressed that they actually did this

[undone valve]

Yep. I lost the majority of my written ratings and they got turned to star ratings only

[undone scroll]

Anybody in here, who can help me with a copyright notice

I have this:

// Copyright (c) 2025 Yves Tanas

And Fab says:

All code files need a comment at the top with the publisher name and intended year of publication.
Files missing copyright comments

but i do see an intended year an me named.
so, what is the form to do that ?
The most hilarious thing about this is, that i own a lot bought assets and they all are no help to have a guide, nor do i get pass like they did somehow

[worldly flower]

I go with such:

/* Copyright © beginning at <year> - <yourname/brand>
  * Author: <your name>
  * All rights reserved.
  * 
  * This file and the corresponding Definition is part of the "<your project/plugin name>" project and may not be distributed, copied,
  * or modified without prior written permission from <yourname/brand>.
  * 
  * Unreal Engine and its associated trademarks are property of Epic Games, Inc.
  * and are used with permission.
*/

[dire meteor]

// Copyright (c) 2025 Yves Tanas this should be fine

Did you miss one?

[undone scroll]

no, i have more in it. they all look like this to be true (now)

/**
 * @Author        Yves Tanas
 * @Copyright 2025 Yves Tanas All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of the "AsyncSplineBuilder" plugin.
 *
 * Use of this software is governed by the Fab Standard End User License Agreement
 * (EULA) applicable to this product, available at:
 * https://www.fab.com/eula
 *
 * Except as expressly permitted by the Fab Standard EULA, any reproduction,
 * distribution, modification, or use of this software, in whole or in part,
 * is strictly prohibited.
 *
 * This software is provided on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
 * CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including but not
 * limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
 * and non-infringement.
 *
 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * File:        [SplineGeneratingActor.cpp]
 * Description: Actor implementation that generates and visualizes track meshes
 *              along a spline, with optional async building, landscape
 *              interaction, and data I/O.
 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

I am pushing it around forth and back and don't know really ...

but Fab says they are all bad

Unluckily this is the only fail it has ...

So. Does that now look ok or does it look odd ?

[dire meteor]

Maybe they just don't like that it's not on the first line?

[undone scroll]

ah, i see.

ok.

maybe you are right

https://tenor.com/view/fingers-crossed-luck-please-hope-gif-16374730

Trying again

feels stupid ^^

[desert panther]

Apparently Fab now has written reviews and I somehow have three year old reviews that I've never seen until now? Huh?

I guess they must've been posted towards the tail end of UE Marketplace and as usual it didn't send me any notifications about it...

[rugged wren]

I had no idea anyone had rated any of my assets until today for this reason 😅

[cursive chasm]

I won't lie - this makes me trust the platform MORE by seeing actual reviews from people. Might pick up a couple asset packs I'd been eyeing for a minute.

[cursive chasm]

I randomly decided to check my unity asset store purchase history and 19 out of 48 of the assets I've purchased have been deprecated/deleted including one UI asset pack of pngs. I love it.

[warm knot]

Deleted for what?

My friend told me about UE 5.7 and that they've apparently replaced the old Material system with Substrate. Will Materials that were made before 5.7 work? I haven't downloaded 5.7 yet, so I'm not able to test it atm.

[cursive chasm]

I don't think substrate is getting rid of the old material system anytime soon. Its just a new system like nanite/lumen.

[nocturne panther]

After watching the demo or 5.7 I noticed that the old material system is avaialble too but substrate have become the default material system in 5.7

[loud dome]

Think of substrate as the old system but with more features. Everything you have will just work.

It's only when you lean into the substrate features it becomes different.

[winter hollow]

now to get on a level of ue marketplace fab needs to fix download stats for free plugins :D

[worldly flower]

but only for new created projects with 5.7

converted projects have to enable it manually..

[pine grail]

I wonder if its possible to have 'Fab freebies' role for when it swaps every 2 weeks because worry ill forget and miss something great

[warm knot]

Yes, I heard a little about that. Apparently you can achieve much better results with Substrate, and I'd like to make my models look even better with this from now on. Good to know that it will still work regardless.

[worldly flower]

Substrate's layering system makes many material setups easier and less complex.. since you don't need to manually blend and add.. since Substrate handles that.. including layer-depth..

[nocturne panther]

It seems more expensive than the last material system, Is it really more expensive?

[worldly flower]

It's materials..
There is no more or less expensive.. since the actual costs always come from the complexity of materials, rendertime and allover processing..
So.. up to you.. how well you setup the stuff.. not a thing that can be hard-said of the system itself.

(Short: Costs depend on the skill of the person in front of the monitor, developing it - not the system)

[nocturne panther]

Well, It's materials but the number of instructions matters. If you can create a material with 200 instruction in the old system, but the same materials with 300 instructions with substrate, then substrate is more expensive. I'm not saying it is, I'm asking whether it is. Someone have to try that and answer this question.
Substrate materials look much better and my bet is on this that it's a atleast a bit more expensive.

It's just a guess, that's why I'm asking.

(Unlike you, my experience showed me that cost depends on both the skills of the user and the system. So, I disagree about this with you)

[worldly flower]

substrate uses less instructions.. specially since you don't need manual blending/adding/multiplying of multiple Material layers.. cause it does it with a Substrate Layer Blend by itself..
Beside that.. the materials are nearly 1:1 the same..

My test subject (Anime Water: https://www.fab.com/listings/f2bdf5fa-bf17-4460-ab45-a16d5959d866) is faster with Substrate in rendertime..and less complex..
Even with an extra deeper layer to it..

So.. if you own this pack.. convert it to substrate and replace manual blending and lerps.. with substrate layers.. much more performant..

[nocturne panther]

That's interesting,Thanks for sharing

[worldly flower]

Biggest plus point for me..
Top layers can throw "shadows" on bottom layers within the same material..

The amount of visual depths is amazing.. even in Stylized optics...

[cedar bone]

but im pretty sure big game companies will use substrate the worst possible lazy way and it will in fact end up again in games working even worse than it is

[worldly flower]

of course.. as always..

Even know guys thinking, since nanite they don't need to do retopology again

So.. yeah.. agree.. fully..

[nocturne panther]

Exactly, since nanite became available, many do not care about the tris numbers and also lods anymore. I've seen some products on FAB with the tris numbers as high as 2000000

And they wrote it's optimized for games if you enable nanite!

[worldly flower]

Agree... such dumb statement... saw those, too

People totally forget, that if you have optimized Models with lower Polycount, nanite gives you the ability to have hundreds of them on the screen.. at once..

Which is not possible if you spit on optimization..

[hollow zephyr]

I dont know how you even work with such meshes...like unwrap them and texture them...it's hell. All my nanite meshes are just mid-poly where I chamfer everything and dont normal bake anymore

[nocturne panther]

I don't work with such meshes too,I said I've seen such among FAB products. But it's possible in Maya. You can easily Unwrap them in it. But if you want to texture them in substance painter, then you will probably, need a poweful graphic card otherwise you will experience a lot of crashes.

[cursive chasm]

I can imagine the models with 2million+ triangles are actually AI generated. But thats just a guess 😄

[tame compass]

people nowdays need to learn retopology man

[hollow zephyr]

Prompt to create mesh

Prompt to properly retopo it

[spiral jacinth]

I'm adding a feature to AMS to popup the free assets on startup (when they are new), because I have the same fear...

[raven quarry]

okay so my product has made a grand total of 2 sales so far

for the next event, I am wondering if I should give, like, 60% off

it's not even that expensive imo

but

need money

[untold bay]

can i see linky

in general fab does not produce a ton of organic visibility especially for new products. i sell almost nothing except during sales. the people doing well are those whose assets are really stand-out or generating visibility externally

[raven quarry]

https://www.fab.com/listings/ac665da4-2d9d-4a45-8457-80f9f3376be7

it's not much

but I was hoping to get like 10 sales or something at least

2 is just embarrassing

[raven quarry]

ohhh

[untold bay]

it's tough. my impression is that there are a lot of functional vehicle assets out there and this is not likely to stand out

[raven quarry]

yeah but this one is different because it's a component you can add to any vehicle

[untold bay]

not obvious from thumbnail
not obvious on first glance at page

[raven quarry]

and that it's approx 1/10th the price of many others I saw

[untold bay]

if i, someone fairly naive about the topic, were going to add vehicle controls the thing i'd search for is "vehicle controller"

[raven quarry]

uh oh

it never occured to me lmao

[raven quarry]

hmm

appreciate this so much 😭

[untold bay]

you are not even in the like top 100 for this
keyword matching is important for search discoverability. title > tags > description gets priority

probably not a coincidence that the ones i'd consider clicking on also happen to be the first four search results here

[raven quarry]

should I retitle mine to say "Simple Vehicle Functionality (Component)"

I wanted to avoid words like easy, ultimate, etc etc because they're so common

[untold bay]

@raven quarry honestly start by polling folks what words they would search for if this is what they were looking for
and make sure you keyword match all of them

second is having a thumbnail that stands out for relevance and implied quality

i regret to say the AI thumbnail is the best one here by miles

[untold bay]

i dont think you need that. maybe. ask around. i would not search "easy" but others might. things i, just one person, might search for

• vehicle controller
• drivable vehicle
• vehicle steering
• vehicle controls
• driving blueprints
• driving controller
  etc

[raven quarry]

what do you think of these tags?

[raven quarry]

okay I need to change the title, then

[untold bay]

decent but IMO

• see what the best sellers in your category are using
• ask around a bit more

here's a shitty mockup of what your thumbnail could look like that might stand out a bit better
thumbnails are tiny. you can fit very few words. most best selling assets have very few

[raven quarry]

alright, I have some things to work on, then

thanks for your help, really

[untold bay]

take anything i say as just some guy's opinion, as my sales are not impressive either

[nocturne panther]

I watched the demo and liked it, It's a good demo. since you have only one product in your FAB page your sales will be limited. If you increase your products numbers, your sales will increase because most of the times, people find your profile for something they have searched for, but they check your profile and boy the rest of your products too. Besides use more tags for your products.

I agree with @untold bay a good thumbnail is really important. Spend more time on making a thumbnail.

[raven quarry]

oh damn I got a reply but youtube didn't notify me

thanks for that, YT :/

[raven quarry]

I will!

[raven quarry]

but also I don't have the skillset to make animations so it doesn't matter ig

Simple Vehicle Controller Component (for Any Chaos Vehicle)

good title?

[hollow zephyr]

Ok hear me out, my new one has 1 sale 😂 so congrats

[raven quarry]

😭

I wonder if only the big guys (leartes, freshscan, etc) are the only ones making money

[untold bay]

if you see anyone making assets continuously over the course of years it's a good bet they're making acceptable relative to their local cost of living (or they wouldnt be doing it)

[hollow zephyr]

Well i still make some from the other ones...also i priced pro licenses 20 bucks higher and sell some of those...2-3 of those per month at 50 euros and the rest... Its fine

[untold bay]

i think generally the creators with assets in the top 100 of unreal assets sorted by relevance (which, without search terms, is a proxy for revenue velocity), are able to do it sustainable, and basically everyone else isn't

[untold bay]

this wont even fit in search results

Chaos Vehicle Controller

Control Any Vehicle

[raven quarry]

it is under 80 characters tho

[raven quarry]

my thing's pro license is like 10 dollars higher lol

[raven quarry]

right yeah I see what you mean

[vale prawn]

I also commented on your thread in #1054845218723209226 or wherever, not sure if you saw it

[raven quarry]

hold on, let me check

thanks for that, btw

I am gonna see how I can do all that

I have no ideas for future products sadly

[cedar bone]

funny, but all of them are for unity

[raven quarry]

think I am done with my little rebranding

gonna see how it goes

appreciate your help, again

[cedar bone]

is the a dev market where they sell vertex animated models?

[nocturne panther]

You can sell them on FAB ofc

[brisk root]

I'd assume that he wants to buy them...

[untold bay]

there's at least one asset on fab (Easy Vertex Animations) that should let you convert ordinary animations to vertex animations
then you can use any mesh/animations you want with them

[cedar bone]

@nocturne panther @untold bay i mean to buy them, i know fab for sure has them, but there is no way to filter for them, looking for other stores, is there even a market for them, ready made vertex animations?

[nocturne panther]

Try this to filter them

In the search bar type animation and in the tags select vertex, It may help. About other stores, I don't know, however I've seen some of sketchFAB.

[merry field]

I'm trying to submit an Unreal plugin to Fab, and one of the things they listed in their review was that some files are missing the copyright notice.
Specifically, "All source and header files contain a commented copyright notice with Publisher name and year of publishing."

My question is - the files where I didn't include one are from an open-source third-party library. What copyright notice am I supposed to put there?
The rule suggests it should be mine, but they shouldn't be using the same copyright as the rest of the plugin because they're not mine.
The files do have their licence in them, but it's not a single-line comment like Epic expects.

[warm knot]

Why do you think that's embarrassing? You literally just started and are trying to figure out what works.

[cedar bone]

but did u notice, there is nothing in the desert?
its 17 products 😆

[rugged wren]

It should probably refer to the author and license of the library so it's clear which code is which.

Did you declare the third-party code for your submission?
https://epicgames.formstack.com/forms/third_party_software_declaration_form

[merry field]

Yes, I did.
I saw that some engine plugins had a different structure where they had a ThirdParty folder outside of any module, but they often had .libs too, not just a headers/code

So you'd put something like this?
// Copyright 2013-2014 RAD Game Tools and Valve Software. Used under MIT licence.

[rugged wren]

oh, maybe the reviewer wasn't expecting third party code be outside of a ThirdParty folder so didn't realize which files were yours and which were not

[rugged wren]

maybe rather than 'Used under MIT license' give the path to the license text file

[merry field]

Well, they were specifically in a "ThirdParty" subfolder inside a module's source (e.g. Source/Private/ThirdParty/) - but I couldn't find any documentation on the "proper" way to do it.

[rugged wren]

Oh, I think that should be fine? I don't think there's a strict technical requirement on this, probably just adding the copyright comment is enough

[raven quarry]

@untold bay @nocturne panther @hollow zephyr

it's third on the search results

hahah!

thanks for your help again

[nocturne panther]

That sounds good to me, Congrats

[undone parrot]

Looking for photo real hydro, power line hanging cables.
Several options in FAB, but would prefer a reco.

[hollow basin]

I havent been active on here for awhile, but when did they add written reviews for products back?

[wanton charm]

earlier this week

[warm knot]

At last, I can finally write troll reviews.

[wanton charm]

Yeah seeing how the support goes, pretty sure there will be no moderation whatsoever

[rugged wren]

if it turns back into every product having dozens of 5-star reviews just reading "add discord plz" I hope they just disable reviews again 😆

[jaunty dagger]

Agreed

Good thing the discord linking on epic games is a thing now.

So we shouldnt need that ever again.

[opaque steppe]

FINALLY we can hide publishers. It only took a gajillion years lol.

[rugged wren]

ooooh, that's awesome! That's a feature I've been wanting since the old marketplace days

I'm more excited by that than text reviews 😅

[hollow basin]

Thanks, I have been waiting a long time for that feature in particular

[wanton charm]

I've been waiting a month for them to fix my bricked listing with radio silence from their team so I'm just bitter about everything tbh 😄

[untold bay]

where is this option?

[rugged wren]

It's a filter on the search page

[untold bay]

wish i could do it stickily and not by search URL

[rugged wren]

yeah, would be better if you could save this alongside the AI/NoAI setting, but it's still progress

[untold bay]

this should be a good start

[pliant forum]

There is a web extension called Fab.com content filter, remembers publisher IDs between sessions

[quaint cedar]

This should already be posted in #unreal-news (:

Please use #1054845218723209226 for this. Make sure to read the rules of that forum.

[tame compass]

is fab busy rn

[untold bay]

#1054845218723209226 , not here

[tame compass]

wanna assk is fab in trouble rn ?

i submit asset. approved. when i download the asset it it give nothing at all

also UE 4 cannot work

ffailed to open project cannot bake the game. etc

what happen

did something bad happen rn ?

[wicked kayak]

How does getting an asset listed for a sale work? Do authors submit in advance, like "feature me in every Black Friday sale", or does it have to be chosen sale-by-sale? I'm just curious as I've noticed some seemingly dead/abandoned plugins that are featured in the BF sale, and wonder if it was just an automatic thing.

[undone valve]

The creators need to apply for each sale manually

[verbal forum]

Hi everyone! I've published a few VFX assets and would like to ask for your feedback and suggestions for improvement!

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

[civic isle]

someone showed me a thing on fab that would take images of items to create icons automatically but I cant find the link. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

[brisk root]

I have used none of them, but 'thumbnail' would probably be the right word to search for.

[quaint cedar]

Please post released projects only to #1054845218723209226 .

[narrow wave]

Is there a way to filter out owned products from searches yet?

[tame compass]

i got issue on my product. its approved but when i download the asset. it doesnt contain anything.

i submit report how long they will respond ?

[nocturne panther]

They usually reply in utmost a couple of days.

[tame compass]

tommorow and sunday is holiday

[untold bay]

honestly a lot of fab reviewing happens on weekends. i've never noticed the pace differ from weekdays

support requests, i don't know

[tame compass]

prroblem solved

[verbal forum]

Hi everyone! I've published a few VFX assets and would like to ask for your feedback and suggestions for improvement!

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

[upper temple]

a nice feature would be if it's possible to search my entire fab library for an asset. I don't need to view the actual model, but just to know whether "hammer" or "sofa" exists in any of the packages. So basically if every item in fab had a list of asset names. I've claimed free packages for many years now so there's an insane amount of content

[untold bay]

I thiiiink I saw the roadmap includes making it easier to get individual assets out of packs

[cedar bone]

hmm found another asset that is against all rules and yet still on FAB
it doesn't contain full source code, only on request to the dev
and they do not even support it anymore according to their own FAB forum topic lol, no way to get it
it crashes
no reaction from epic
the plugin is VICO Dynamics

[untold bay]

usually Unreal's plugin distribution system includes source since Epic does the compiling for you. Is that not the case ofr this plugin?

i read it as "if you want access on GitHub..."

However, it looks like the developer is MIA. We really need access to source code and have had no response from them after 5 attempts to contact them in 45 days.
2 years ago
oof. glad text reviews are back

[cedar bone]

u get only the source of the ue plugin, not the library that the plugin uses, so i dont know how it works on epic side, but its not included

i would say they probably included only headers and libs, and that would compile, but its not full source

[untold bay]

bleh

the common violation i'm seeing these days are environments using megascans

it's a double no-no: you're only supposed to use epic content for showcase purposes, not a functioning part of the asset, and as i understand all things quixel are not included in that

[spiral jacinth]

This is actually something I'm in the process of building for Asset Manager Studio, since I want it. My idea is actually to show you it -- However, I'm curious how many people would actually use it because it is a lot of work. 😉

[cedar bone]

well i think everyone would like it, its super powerful to just be able to scan all your library for a specific asset names
but how would that even work, u say its a lot of work, but does epic even expose such data?

[spiral jacinth]

I have several methods that I've validated. Since I'm proficient in almost every part of the web/server/desktop stacks (only as a game dev, I still suck at, lol), I don't see any real blockers. But it is a bit of work -- I have been debating doing (primary because I REALLY want the feature), but having a hard time justifying spending the time on it rather than working on my game... But if I knew there was a demand for it, it would be something that would make me feel a lot better about spending time in doing this...

[cedar bone]

well im kinda proficient in various things myself, but i dont see a clear way other than epic providing such data, at least official, not sure they do, i dont know their public api so to speak
but then i didn't research it really and i didnt create Asset Manager Studio, so maybe in doing so, u did discover some interesting things hmm... 🤔

[mighty ember]

Is there some sort of sticky post for recommended plugins for sale?

[untold bay]

No, but generally when you sort by Relevance, it's largely considering number of sold recently. Especially true when searching for generic terms

which gives you some indication what people like

[undone valve]

You mean for bluepritns. Or do you mean a todo plugin?

[upper temple]

How are you able to do this? Does Fab have an API or something where you can access asset list? To answer your question I think a lot of people who gather those assets would use it, because it's a big hassle to look through. You'd just have to "market" it the correct places

[sweet sapphire]

re posting my question since I didn't realize there's a dedicated fab channel: I had claimed all the megascan/fab assets before the october 2024 merge and recall being able to acess all 18k assets a few months ago. coming back today, I no longer see those assets anymore, only paid ones. did they change something? 🙁

[unreal stratus]

Any Megascan assets released in 2025 are not free. If you’re just browsing with default filters you’ll be scrolling for an hour before you hit your claimed assets lol. Try sorting by Relevance or Oldest and see if those have the “Saved in my library” badge.

[green seal]

This is incorrect. Quixel is releasing lots of new free assets constantly. Case in point: Megaplants, and: https://www.fab.com/listings/c6f78a60-ccc1-4f86-9efa-68ec70326717

[unreal stratus]

They’ve released 5 free assets this year, Industrial Brick Ruin 01-05. Sort by Newest and set the price filter to Free. The vast majority released in 2025 are not free.

Regardless, just trying to note why the claimed assets are likely pushed down by paid ones like OP was seeing.

[green seal]

All of these (minus the dark ruins) have been released for free this year.

Vast majority though, yes, not free. But if you just filter by free, everything should show up

Everything you've claimed in 2024 will show up as free if you filter for it

and

[unreal stratus]

Haha fair enough, death by screenshot. I should have said "most" not "all" 😉

[green seal]

Easiest way to access them is to just use the quixel section to begin with, filter by free, and you're good to go:

[pale dagger]

Is there any asset that allows custom gravity on custom complex surfaces like a skeletal mesh?

[plush gorge]

Are 4k textures an absolute "must" for a Fab upload?
I'm creating some high quality plastic and aluminum small containers (household products) which the biggest mesh is 30 x 20 cm and the average size is 20 x 12 cm, the smallest 12 x 4 cm. They only use 'albedo' for the sticker/logo part of the mesh (on a second UV channel for higher texel density), everything else is driven by masks and vertex colors. And thinking as a game dev, 2k textures are more than enough for providing a high resolution version for the stickers albedo.
But today, after doing some research on Fab, I noticed that devs have 4k textures even for toothpicks and matches. And 99% of products have 4k textures regardless of mesh's size.
I'm already on the 8th month of this UE5 project development and it would be a bummer its sells to be affected by not including 4k textures for the stickers, even if 4k is an absolute overkill and unnecessary.
Thanks you for your time.

[warm knot]

The physical size of the object doesn't matter; it's the size on screen that does. 4K is overkill for an object that won't be viewed up close or used in a render, but sellers provide that resolution assuming that you won't mind downscaling the image to suit your needs. Reason being that the seller can't possibly know every scenario in which the buyer plans to use his/her product.

[plush gorge]

In my case, the 2k resolution in for cinematic, or for a very close up render, or if the hero is a cockroach size npc.

I'm still not sure if I should develop a 4k sticker albedo.....

[warm knot]

Honestly, that's overkill even for a render. And with the way that a simple cup would be UV unwrapped, 2K should be fine.

[hollow zephyr]

it's the texel density that matters. even for VR games 20-40 px/cm is enough (and that's what HL Alyx uses)

for third person games 5.12px/cm is a good start

[undone scroll]

any problems with login to fab right now ?

Captcha could not be initialized

[fathom ferry]

yeah, fab is down for me too

[undone scroll]

so it's not me. Thanks for answering

[plush gorge]

Today I clicked a link from a Fab product heading to Epic's UE doc. When loading the page I had a pop up window saying: Can not load the page from an unsafe site!?!?! 😂

[undone scroll]

i was somehow forced to apply i read marketplace rules again and again, so i logged off once, without being able to relog again yet. i first have it a wait.

[uneven dome]

Is fab currently borked for you guys or is it my browser?

[dim fable]

Won't let me log in, which is my favorite thing to do on Fab

[uneven dome]

alr thanks for letting me know, I thought I did something wrong cause the moment I tried making a purchase it gave a big ass error and I was like oh f

[dim fable]

I'm glad you asked because I thought it might be on my end but given we are both having problems I figure I'll just wait and try later

[loud dome]

It's not just Fab. AWS is having issues. https://downdetector.com/

[warm knot]

I know that, but the details are less clear the further away you're viewing the object. It's probably best to just let the buyer decide if they want to downscale the images or not.

[pearl yew]

@spiral jacinth FYI, I am getting an error with AMS saying the following:
INFO: [ Worker ] Starting Asset to Marketplace Id generation...
DEBUG: No Asset Manager Studio update needed.
INFO: [object Object]
ERROR: Version information is broken, no download link

This is when I try to download UE5.6.1

[pearl yew]

Fixed it. Just had to remove and reinstall the entire app. lol

[uncut warren]

Hey everyone, looking for help with my Fab submission checklist. My plugin still fails the “Third Party Software Declaration” check even though I filled out the form with the four dependencies below:

OpenSSL 1.1.1t, Tripo AI REST API, SunoAPI Music Service, MVNT Cloud Music Analysis API

The form asked “What does it do / Why needed / Static or dynamic / Data back to creator,” and I answered each in that Q&A format, but the reviewer still says the declaration isn’t “filled out properly.” If anyone has experience with Fab rejecting third-party forms even after detailed answers, could you point out what might be missing or how you structured your submission?

[desert panther]

I'm not sure if anyone here can tell why they're failing yours if you filled it the way they wanted. You'll probably need to reply to their email and ask them

[merry field]

That third-party form is weird, since it's a separate survey and not part of the main submission page. And it doesn't keep your responses if you open it again.
So I'd say just fill it out again, make sure you put in as much detail as possible, and hope they accept it this time.

When I was submitting a plugin just recently, it got rejected twice for various reasons; the second time, they also said I hadn't filled in the third-party declaration even though I had filled it in from the beginning - I kind of suspect they might lose it between submission attempts? I just filled it out again on the third submission (and fixed the other issue they flagged) and it was accepted that time.

[pearl yew]

@spiral jacinth Sorry for the second ping, but run into a new issue. When installing a plugin into engine ver 5.7, I get the following error from ASM

I get a different error when trying to install into 5.6, which i built from source.

[pliant forum]

For those that have released blueprint projects, can you help verify this rule:

The Content directory must only contain one subdirectory. This subdirectory must be named after your product (the Pack directory) and it should contain all other directories and assets.

The directory structure must be as follows:
MyProject
- Config
- Content
- - MyProject
MyProject.uproject
``` Does this mean the explicit name of the project?
So if I my project is SuperCoolFeature, that has to be the name of the folder under content?
Or can we have the name of our company/seller name like, MyCompanyName/SuperCoolFeature (second folder is product name)

[untold bay]

From what I've seen they're not too picky about what the directory is actually called. So I think you can try this
It doesn't cost you much to be wrong since you can just submit again

I think they care more about the "one directory" than the name

i've also gotten some assets with really mystifying names that don't resemble the asset name at all

[pliant forum]

Thank you! Guess I'll give it a go and see what they say. I cover the other guidelines, so maybe they'll let it slip haha!

[spiral jacinth]

That is really weird. I'll look at the code to see if I can figure out where that is happening...

[spiral jacinth]

On the first one, a core dump means that the automation tool (or whatever it ran) crashed. On the second one, check the log it said might have more info -- issues with the build tool, I probably can't help much with since it is a UE issue not AMS, however you can try running the command yourself directly from the command line and then post the results in the Linux forum here, plenty of us Linux users can probably give you some more directions. Unfortunately some plugins aren't tested under linux and they fail. One thing I have found is make sure the "uplugin" file has "linux" as a valid target if it has targets set, this will cause the built tool to faill if it isn't set (and other targets like windows are set)

[pearl yew]

Gotcha. I'll give that suggestion a try.

The last part of your message I mean

Also do you know why with 5.6 and 5.7 when I try to install "Missing Toolchains" it fails?

[spiral jacinth]

Right mouse click on the plugin and have it open the target, then you can see the source uplugin file and fix it if that is missing.

[pearl yew]

Looks like it's not setup for Linux.

[spiral jacinth]

Just add "Linux" to the list in both places...

That normally fixes it, as long as the code is actually cross platform written.

The biggest issue I've found in this case is they do something like include "xxxx" and Linux is case sensitive and it should be include "Xxxx" So if you see errors that it can't find an include file, fix the case... 😄

[pearl yew]

Console didn't pop up. How do I find it?

(edited Uplugin file for reference)

[spiral jacinth]

Your missing the "," after "Win64"

[pearl yew]

xD

[spiral jacinth]

"Win64",
"Linux"

[pearl yew]

I am not a programmer. So please don't shoot me. lol

[pearl yew]

I'll go grab the log file, but it failed again

[spiral jacinth]

Yeah, now you might be dealing with code issues like the #include I mentioned earlier, hopefully that is the only issue, but any issues like this we probably should move to the #linux group and not Fab. 😉

[restive sapphire]

anyone buying anything in the black friday sale?

[loud dome]

Bought EasyFog and Blueprint assist on last sale

[restive sapphire]

yeah i got blueprint assist, easy fog i'm not sure about along with easy mapping, i heard they are something you can do yourself quickly

[ripe reef]

we getting gift cards soon?

[uneven sierra]

Anyone know of a good marketplace item with 8-direction knockdown and recovery anims for UE mannequin?

[untold bay]

#1054845218723209226 , not here

[mental wharf]

okey sorry

[cinder snow]

Thx

[silent mesa]

i should get the blueprint assist as the way i understand it, it arranges the nodes, wires and all into a decent spacing while working on it.

[nocturne panther]

I miss the old days that everything was free in Quixel. I used its assets a lot in my movie and the rest of my project and was lucky to use them in the time they were all free.
But as a wise man once said, happiness will never last forever.

[plush gorge]

Or as an ancient greek saying goes (free translation): *Mister Free is dead, he died of hunger.

[cedar bone]

well, but we got so much free that its enough for all games and movies u will ever made

[tame compass]

do you need to cook the game at 5.0 or 4.27 is fixed ?

[silent mesa]

it would be cool if we can sort of archive or place a filter in the launcher to hide and not include certain assets, especially those that we have not used or have not been updated. This way we can easily see newer or more active assets, as it tends to get drown with all assets despite the categories (which is quite huge also).

[loud smelt]

That "ithappy" creator on Fab is definitely using AI for their products right lol

[untold bay]

i don't think so. reasonable number of models, publishing since 2023 when 3d model gen was really cruddy, good ratings/reviews

[vale prawn]

Unpopular opinion: "Made with AI" tag is not a good idea
a) There's no way to enforce it, so everyone is wasting time to try to answer whether any asset did in fact use AI or not
b) AI is such a wide concept that even a creator can't for sure say whether they used AI or not
c) Every creator that had the decency to admit that they used AI, even for a very minor thing (e.g., "I used AI to upscale my handmade textures") will immediately be thrown in the trash with the rest of the "Made with AI", and therefore get 0 visibility

Sure, no one wants to browse through endless pages of obvious low quality textures and icons. But a "Made with AI" tag is very much the wrong answer to that very real problem.

One possible answer would be any kind of curation from Fab, ensuring that submitted content crosses a "not useless stuff that anyone can generate in less that 10s" threshold. But curation was a Marketplace thing that most definitely didn't make it to Fab, so let's continue to waste everyone's time discussing whether this or that uses AI.

[desert panther]

even a creator can't for sure say whether they used AI or not
They absolutely can, unless you're using someone else's assets and they're lying to you about it

Frankly even if it's "good quality AI created content" you're potentially opening yourself to legal issues because it's completely unclear what's going to happen with that at this point

[vale prawn]

So any use of third party content (e.g., CC0) should fall under "Made with AI" just to be safe? You should audit every option of every DDC feature you used to make sure they aren't actually "AI"?

[desert panther]

Well if you want to start digging that hole probably, but I don't think it's realistic