fab

[wooden falcon]

damn, this thing is horrifying...but why is it so shiny? https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/parasite-fat

looks like plastic

there's obviously no roughness map

this pack looks neat: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/rubble-and-debris-modular-set

[zealous ibex]

Agreed, that last one looks awesome ❤ 😮

[fleet garnet]

my sale went decent, had 1 sale each day and on the last day somehow got 6

[zealous ibex]

😮 That's pretty nice I suppose, and with a higher-priced (though it's 100% worth it ❤) asset you're still left with a decent sum of money I guess 👍

I guess people got stressed with the deadline coming closer, and decided to impulse-buy (more)? It would (kinda) make sense I guess

[robust vector]

I usually make more in personal sales than event sales. Summer just kinda sucks in general though

[fleet garnet]

I have 4 new plugins I want to submit but I'm kinda afraid of the review times, have any improvements been made to the plugin review times? My last plugin took almost a year to get reviewed...

[zealous ibex]

4?! Nice!

And not really submitted any more myself f in part due to that, and not wanting to ovrload myself with support requests (fix any bugs that may not have been identified by myself, and improve trouble shooting steps in documentation, all leading to less required support)

But I do get the feeling like its improved a tiny little bit though 😃

[fleet garnet]

I hope there are some improvements, and yea support requests can be a nightmare especially in the first few weeks after the release

[zealous ibex]

Yep, and I personally released quite a few in short succession, thus resulting in a build up of requests lol. At least it's forced me to get good at ticketing/version control....but I guess if you're looking to release 4, my advice would be to space them out quite a bit

[wooden falcon]

man, some people really need to work on their LOD distances

a mesh with 13,000 that drops down to 6k a foot away, then down to 3k with barely a twitch

[pliant forum]

When an asset is pending approval, would pressing the delete button remove the whole thing? Or would I be able to just edit a few stuff & ReApply for approval?

[lone mountain]

Slip in a twenty with the edit

[pliant forum]

Done deal

[wooden falcon]

hmm, I bought several asset packs this sale...one's LODs were horrible, the rest didn't even have LODs :/

and speaking of trademarks, this guy has a maglite mesh, and even names it as such in the editor...

I always feel down on my own work, until I pay money for someone else's and start looking at it :/

not to say I haven't seen some spectacular stuff :/

[vapid tundra]

I thought LOD's are mandatory? lol seems like the guidelines aren't really enforced.

[mighty yacht]

Well, they can't be mandatory. If you are doing a top down tileset for RPG, those should not need any LODs. Guess it is a place, where reviewer's common sense should be applicable in judging if LODs are required or not.

[vapid tundra]

Well, agreed. I just thought they were mandatory.

[gusty pilot]

What is this marketplace for

[zealous ibex]

Unreal engine 4 related content on (primarily on Epic Games' own marketplace)

[vale adder]

I cant download ariana charackter on epic launcher. But all other content i can download. Does anyone know would it could be?

[zealous ibex]

What version of Unreal Engine are you using? It could be that you're using a version before 4.17 (the earliest it appears to be compatible with), thus potentially resulting in it not being able to download

But it could be an issue on Epic's end too though, but generally that tends to happen with plugins and not art (as far as I know)

[twilit badger]

For the unreal asset store is the epic games cut 5% or 30%?

[north stirrup]

30

[valid harbor]

guys do you know of any good dialoge system plugins available for ue4? I know the term beginner firndly isn't synonymous with the engine but would prefer something along those lines
and yes ... I've done my fair share of googling. Looking for personal reviews from here

[north stirrup]

@junior smelt

[valid harbor]

@junior smelt this is first in my list to be honest 😃 . I'll be returning to it when I've nailed down the basics

i am a bit surprised though ... why did you release it for free?

PS: your game looks awesome as well

[north stirrup]

but in hindsight we should have made it paid on the marketplace 🤔

hehe

I was already before that

[lean ledge]

ahm....

so i saw this marketplace item

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/top-gears-mega-pack

does this mean i can start selling my practice 3d sculpts as "room decorations / statues " or something like that? -.-

[modern perch]

that advertising...

[supple sundial]

Lol 200 hours of work into those gear shapes? ...maybe 20 h for all. At least they aren't overcharging although I couldn't think of much use for 99% of them

[modern perch]

the 'no size limit', and 'easily change the cog mesh' made me laugh a bit

so you can scale and change the mesh reference on a static mesh actor, got it 😉

[delicate dove]

the amount of drawcalls on that hehe

[mighty yacht]

200 hours of work? Kewl.

[sullen lion]

maybe they knew nothing about UE4 and it took them that long to get all the BP stuff working

[lilac heath]

It's definitely the asset to get if you need cogs.
But please don't belittle packs by doing the comments. this pack could be made in 20 hrs, or I could do this my self. It realy does undermine the work that has to go in to the packs.
Such as the Development , modeling, code, code tagging, documenting, ue4 marketplace submission, support ,video tutorials and advertising. I don't doubt for a minute that with all the requirements to get an asset on to the market place this took over 200 hrs.

[blazing harbor]

@lilac heath sounds like it really grinds your.....cogs.

[lilac heath]

Right on the monie ;)

[oak fiber]

Dont have comments on products?

are you new to the internet?

if that took 200 hours of work, I cry for whomever did that. Sorry. But Modo + Mop Bools or Meshfusion and this is a day, tops.

Regardless of time it took, we can comment however we like. That is the entire point of an open marketplace.

[robust vector]

It looks like a bazilion drawcalls in the current implementation.

[lilac heath]

@@robust vector I get you. I'd does look like it can do with some optimization from the screen shots. But that's constructive information for the developer
@oak fiber I'm not saying don't comment, give comments , there should never be an issue with that.

But it does frustrate me watching people not give constructive feedback back only to make them self attempt to look more skiled than some one else.,
For me I don't mind if people have a go at my products ( hell I survived greenlight and that was relentless) but I have seen to many skilled devs give up because of comments like that, it would be a shame to loose more.

[drowsy finch]

how many $ have you spent on marketplace so far - worth?

[wheat sky]

0

XD

[lilac heath]

I stopped counting a long time ago.

[oak fiber]

I get you on the constructive feedback frustration but it's not necessarily A consumers job to explain what a producer should be doing.

In this particular case this product is not the greatest example to use as a please don't add comments

[lilac heath]

I get where your coming from but I would think the number 3 on the ##old-rules channel applies to market place discussions as well as the rest of the channels.

Gonna go back to my dark room and leave you in all in peace.. grump/ gripe over xx

[lean venture]

I've said this before in here: I'd much rather have a Marketplace with equal chances for everyone (anti-example: there was a thread somewhere titled "Only professional developers should sell games"), even if that leads to some questionable content every now and then, than have an elitist Marketplace, where entries are decided by a small group of people. Otherwise, the mentality behind that would resemble communism.

At the end of the day, here's a universal and undeniable truth:
People bring you up. People bring you down.
Nobody should be ignorant enough to assume otherwise, much less try to act otherwise.

[robust vector]

You really need decent sorting and searching features to make the experience of an open-market nonfrustrating

[lean venture]

Agreed there ^^

I'm still waiting on @idle arch 's follow-up on the survey from 3 months ago, which I hope will lead to some of those being implemented.

[lilac heath]

indeed - some times I can't even find my assets on the search

[tardy nymph]

Hi guys, does anyone know of any kind of, 'content packs' that give you a bunch of items like computers, laptop, tools, just kind of like items you might in a house or something? I try to import models that claim to be FBX but textures almost never come across. I really want something from the unreal store so I know it should work in UE4.

[wooden falcon]

hmm, there are a bunch of tool packs, and some computer packs, but I'm not sure about any that have all of those

[tardy nymph]

OK Thanks man

[eternal epoch]

Just released my first asset to the store. It's got pretty limited appeal so I'm not expecting a ton of sales but can someone who's put a few out before have a look and let me know if I'm missing anything! 🤔

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/simple-ai-boid-flock-movement

[north stirrup]

Looks great @eternal epoch !

[eternal epoch]

Cheers! @north stirrup 😁

[north stirrup]

Maybe you could add some perf info?

Like takes XXms for YY actors

[eternal epoch]

Yea, great suggestion. I took a bunch of steps during development to keep the framerate from dipping but never properly profiled it

[north stirrup]

Spawn 50+ swarm members and keep 30fps on an i7 even more when nativization is enabled That's not really a good point 😉

Spawn 50+ swarm member per second?

on an i7 You should add the exact model: First gen i7? Extreme i7?

[eternal epoch]

Yea, real good points! Will add it to my todo list

[modern perch]

I'm a bit wary of a boid implementation that uses behaviour trees

seems kinda expensive

[spare grove]

Is there a guide for how to release a code asset to the Unreal Marketplace?

Does it need to be a plugin? Is strictly BP ok? Is my source protected?

[eternal epoch]

@modern perch That pretty fair. I aint deep enough in the performance of the engine to give an opinion either way. Will add performance data to the store page so Devs can make their own decisions.

@spare grove The FAQ answers some of those questions https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/marketplace-guidelines

[spare grove]

@eternal epoch why use behavior trees for the boids?

For object avoidance ?

I get stuck on "PLEASE ENTER A VALID BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER"

But can't actually edit anything when trying to make my seller account

[eternal epoch]

I wanted the cohesion, rotation and separation rules to be really compartmentalised so that a Dev could take and just use them differently if they wanted to.

Without needing to do any decoupling work.

So separate tasks seemed like the right way to go 🤔

No idea on the seller account issue! Maybe try support?

[spare grove]

I have emailed them yesterday still no response 😦

[true turtle]

So, anyone know why I wouldn't be able to edit a post of mine on the marketplace forums anymore?

Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page
- The link may have been moved to a private section that you do not have permission to access
- The link may have been deleted by a moderator
- The link may no longer exists (no_permission)

I can open the editor, change things but when I hit save it just tells me that...

[wooden falcon]

nonlin, you emailed [e-mail]?

[spare grove]

@wooden falcon they got back to me and I finally finished up my seller account

@eternal epoch I've been meaning to release a boid system too. 😛 Sorry to compete with you so quickly (Well lets see if I even get approved).

I think mine is different than yours so hopefully each will have their place

I don't use behavior trees, strictly physics based

[wooden falcon]

cool!

what's boid? I just assumed he mispelled bird at first 😉

[spare grove]

Just flocking behavior

Creator for the rules came up with the name I think

[spare grove]

Oh so for the marketplace it has to be either strictly Blueprints (No C++) or a code plugin (using C++) ? Can't have BP based off of C++ classes?

[lean venture]

Plugins can contain BPs (they have their own Content folder) so you can have both in one product. I use that pipeline to sell my own plugin, which is distributed with its own example project's BPs.

[spare grove]

@lean venture so Code Plugins are safe to include BP but the Blueprints category is not safe to include CPP, yes?

[lean venture]

Yes. If you include C++ in a BP project, by definition, you're making it a plugin so..

[spare grove]

@lean venture Got it, think I've managed to get all nice and packaged! Gonna test to make sure I can start a fresh project with no issues.

[modern perch]

@true turtle - send me a PM with a link etc, and I'll look into it

[quaint cedar]

Such better experience (:

[north stirrup]

🤔

[quaint cedar]

Just making fun of the notice

[north stirrup]

What's that for?

[quaint cedar]

Shows sales in the seller portal

We had a time where we had live updates and could view all past sales

Until they limited it to once per day and max 18 months backwards

Cause why upgrade the servers if you can limit the user

[north stirrup]

😢

[quaint cedar]

But hey, just goes hand in hand with the non-existing statistics

[sullen lion]

is that a limit of 18 months from the current day, or a limit on the range such that you can only view 18 mo of data at a time?

[quaint cedar]

iirc, it's from current day backwards

[sullen lion]

Feel like its the latter - where you could composite an arbitrary length series, but only 18mo at a time

I've been selling for far less, or I'd attempt a confirm myself

[quaint cedar]

You seem to be right. I do however 100% recall they once limited that

[sullen lion]

Yeah that wouldn't surprise me

[quaint cedar]

Together with the once per day update

[sullen lion]

Haven't bothered testing that

[quaint cedar]

Well I see the reason for the 18 months though

They put all sales in one page

So if yo ugo back 4 years, you would scroll for 5 days

[sullen lion]

Ahhhhhhhh

[quaint cedar]

That doesn't event remotely make it better though :D

[sullen lion]

So its indeed for a better xp - for your scrolling finger ;P

[quaint cedar]

Yeah, why bother adding pages

[sullen lion]

Wonder if there's any new comments on my thing, or if I have access to the mp creator forum yet

[north stirrup]

lol

[wooden falcon]

so naming standards don't apply anymore? https://cdn1.epicgames.com/ue/product/Screenshot/2-1920x1080-03c31529bce93b2700447ec1014c3b87.jpg

cool materials, though

[young nimbus]

oh god

[oak fiber]

Explain when they ever actually have?

[west tide]

@eternal epoch looks nice, but why only 2D? If you want to use the swarm for something like fish then it would be cool to have them steer in all 3 dimensions.

I wrote a free C++ lib for boid movement if you want to use it (https://github.com/Cultrarius/Swarmz)

one thing I would add to your asset is steering targets, so the user can actually steer the whole swarm to a direction (e.g. on a spline or something) - otherwise the movement over time will be completely random

[ebon leaf]

Are there any good summer sales on the market?

[idle arch]

Good morning favorite humans

[north stirrup]

Hi @idle arch!

[wooden falcon]

morning!

[robust vector]

@ebon leaf Most of these are on sale. https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/profile/Black Fang Technologies

[ebon leaf]

Oh cool thanks

I should have specified, I'm a 3D artist but can't program

So I need Blue prints

But don't see anything good for conceptualizing

[wooden falcon]

supergrid is pretty good for blocking out levels

[pliant forum]

So.. I guess Input actions & such are not allowed for Plugins? Got a Change Needed because of - Attached SS.

[oak thistle]

Plugins shouldn't make any assumptions about project-level settings, such as input mappings.

If it's for demo blueprints, just add them to a separately downloadable example project.

[pliant forum]

That would kinda defeat the purpose of my demo map totally. I've set up a ton of usage examples

For people to look at within the BPs. If they only have an executable demo it would be purely to see it in action & not how it's done under the hood.

[sullen lion]

You can probably set up some keybinds conditionally.

If you've got a settings class for your plugin add in a checkbox for Populate Plugin Demo Binds and then you can check that setting at startup or whenever to use AddEngineDefinedActionMapping

[pliant forum]

Unfortunately I don't got that. I will see if I can setup movement without input bindings.
Kinda bummed that it works like this, makes it harder to provide example content to buyers - Imo stupid

[sullen lion]

Its actually pretty easy to set up

[pliant forum]

I hope, not really used to set stuff up in BP, or without regular bindings 😪

@sullen lion think they'll accept https://gyazo.com/1a4ffc4e9509e96ea8edf661211909d3 ?
It moves :S

[sullen lion]

who knows

My suggestion may have ended up being rejected as well

[pliant forum]

Well, guess I'll have to wait some days before we know

[oak thistle]

I don't understand the problem. You can just put the demo map and anything that is associated with it and not a core part of the plugin into an example project.

I didn't mean packaged, I mean a full project that people can download.

You just omit the plugin, so people need to have installed the plugin in order for the demo project to work.

[pliant forum]

My plugin isn't big enough to have core parts and what else. I can see you mean well but I don't see that as an option, the demo map does not work without the plugin and I can't make it work without the plugin either

[static vine]

wut in tarnation

[oak thistle]

I didn't explain well.

I just mean you don't put the plugin inside the download. Because it should only be available via the MP or wherever you sell it.

But obviously the project would depend on the plugin. Once people have installed the plugin, they can open up your demo project (separately distributed) with the plugin enabled.

[pliant forum]

I see what you mean now, didn't understand at first obviously. I guess that wouldn't be such a bad option

[static vine]

Why not distribute the test project stuff in a separate content plugin?

[oak thistle]

I definitely agree that it sucks Epic MP doesn't support including a demo project along with a plugin, and you have to host it yourself.

But I think it's better than mixing demo content with your plugin.

@static vine Then you're back to the original problem, that some things needed for a demo can't be controlled from a plugin

[static vine]

Huh, I see. Yeah that's a pain.

[pliant forum]

I think I might start fixing the demo up right away, that would also mean anyone getting the plugin won't have unnecessary content laying around. Win - Win

@oak thistle Thanks for explaining it, probably saved me a lot of time now & in the future

[oak thistle]

No worries. I actually included demo maps in the first plugin I released, and regretted it. Any future releases I'll definitely be keeping that stuff separate.

[pliant forum]

Yeah, I can understand that now when my knowledge has grown 😄
Guess "CanContainContent" should be set to false now then

[oak thistle]

Well, only if the only content you had was demo-related. There's nothing wrong with plugins where your functionality is implemented in both C++ and BP.

Basically just comes down to the question, "Is this something people will want to reuse, or is it purely for demo/example?".

[pliant forum]

Yeah I get it, should probably leave all the examples in the plugin content folder & just extract the DemoMap into a seperate project that people can try out if the own the plugin

I wish I knew this before I submitted the first time lol

[robust vector]

Buy this

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/proportionalizer-easy-character-model-proportion-adjustments

[lunar fractal]

Does anyone already have a payout report for May? My last one is April 2018

[zealous ibex]

I believe we're supposed to get that around the 15th of the next month

You get paid, and get your payout report 45 days after the month ends, so since that time hasn't passed yet you don't have it yet.....I think

[lunar fractal]

Ah alright, thanks 😃

[zealous ibex]

Could anyone confirm that you now get two emails when submitting a file update (for a code plugin)? One that tells you the product has been modified, and one support ticket telling you that they've received your support request.

[lunar fractal]

@zealous ibex Happened to me before

[obsidian tree]

I am looking to make some stuff that i can sell on the market place, I did not see clear info yet, can someone tell me how long on avrage it takes to get something on the marketplace. and what things are needed before it can be placed, in this case I was simply thinking of some 3d models + textures + materials . thanks

and is it worth it, are people making some money back from it?

and do i need a KVK number (dutch) to sell on the marketplace?

[vocal creek]

Yes, me too wanted to start sell stuff in the market, can someone tell me the basics? are Publishing free? How to become a Publusher?

[lunar fractal]

You do need a KVK number

there are some people that make quite some money but its more the exception if i have to guess

[vocal creek]

what is a KVK number?

[lunar fractal]

Chamber of Commerce

Or at least you'll get a KVK when you register in the Netherlands because you need a VAT number for EPIC

[obsidian tree]

Thanks @lunar fractal

[hexed wadi]

Guys, quick question: is it "allowed" to have a custom Log in a plugin, or is it bad practice?

[zealous ibex]

As far as I'm aware you're fine having custom log categories for your plugin - heck, I'd go so far as to say it's probably encouraged as it makes users' logs easier to read

(eg. They won't see a generic LogTemp: Error: Unable to function properly!, but see a (subjectively) (way) more useful CoolPlugin: Error: Unable to function properly!)

But if they do end up not liking it (which I'd 100% not get, but <shrugs>), you could probably remove it within a minute by just replacing all occurrences of your custom category with LogTemp, and removing the declaration/implementation.....anyway, I've passed plugins both with an without custom log categories, and they seemed to be fine with both (in the process of moving my older plugins over to using a custom log myself)

[hexed wadi]

Thaks a lot 😃 thought the same, but since I couldn't think of a plugin I've used in the past with a custom log I wasn't sure.

By any chance do you have the macro for creating the log at hand?

[zealous ibex]

👍 Good luck finishing up/developing your plugin by the wya 😃

[hexed wadi]

If not don't worry, I'll just look it up somewhere 😄

[zealous ibex]

DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(CategoryName, DefaultVerbosity, CompileTimeVerbosity);
``` in your header (I'd recommend your plugin's main header or giving it its own file; be sure to include that header for all places you plan on using the custom category) and

DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(CategoryName);

(DefaultVerbosity will likely be Log, and DefaultVerbosity is generally All)

[hexed wadi]

Man, you're awesome!

Thanks again, people like you make my day 😃

[zealous ibex]

No problemo 😃

[echo crest]

So question, I have in my project a copy of a template class but with some extensions made, the code is basically the .h(which is part of the ue4 source) of the original copied and modified. Is it allowed to sell a plugin with this modification(its not just this modification that im selling but its needed for the whole plugin) on the marketplace?

[leaden root]

Not really

[ebon leaf]

cool... looks like seller profile pages don't work if the seller's name if more than 1 word (ie. has a space) lol

[hexed wadi]

Got a question... I'm almost done writing a plugin for the MP and I was wondering which base verison of UE I should support (mainly for creating the "demo project", since the actual plugin's code it's not really related to any of the latest UE releases).

What version do you think it's better for the basic support? 4.16?

[last mango]

Typically ive found most people tend to stay up to date with the latest releases. I would probably start support at 4.16 if i had that choice. A lot of my projects are still on 4.16

[hexed wadi]

Alright then, I'll start from that. I too try to stay up to date, but I know that sometimes updating is a pain and some prefer to stay behind...

[lean venture]

@hexed wadi

1 - I have been using a custom log category in my plugin ever since the first version. Nobody complained about it. On the contrary, people notified me when I had forgot to change LogTemp to mine, every now and then.

2 - I included my example project's BPs in my plugin's Content folder and I only make sure they work on the latest UE4 released version. The reason I don't support the example for older versions is that the engine isn't forwards compatible. For example, if you create or modify a BP in 4.19, anything pre-4.19 won't be able to open it so you'd have to copy-paste the script and recreate all variables and such. My customers are ok with this choice.

[hexed wadi]

@lean venture

1 - Good to know, thanks!

2 - That's exactly the reason I'm asking right now. Since I didn't yet start creating the example project, I can make my life easier and create it in a previous version and just update it, since in my case no BP will change. But it's good to know that people are ok with only the last version supported! If I'll see that there are no troubles with starting with a previous version I'll support it, otherwise I think I'll just do the same as you. Thanks 😃

[oak thistle]

@echo crest You mean you've based your code on existing UE4 engine code, right? If so then yes that's fine, heaps of plugins do the same. There's no way to extend the engine without duplicating code in some cases, and Epic aren't going to make a fuss when you're generating them more income. So long as they think your plugin adds something worthwhile.

If it's significant copy-paste though, you should be clear with your copyright header in the file - leave Epic's copyright notice and add a note to copyright your own elements.

Don't just slap your own at the top of a file that has a lot of copied code.

[echo crest]

Thanks

[lean venture]

It's worth mentioning that the adds something worthwhile part is vulnerable to incompetent reviewers, who may subjectively decide your product is useless.

It seems to be rare, but everyone deserves the heads-up on that.

[fossil crag]

Good morning all! Just saw this entering the market yesterday. I don't know if it's better or any different from the "Action RPG Inventory System" which I haven't tried either but it seems to be going very good on the marketplace. If anyone has any experience with any of these two it would be nice to have some comments here.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/

[tawny minnow]

Having some experience with inventory systems I have to say that most tend to "dance" around the same code. It all boils down to how adept you are in adapting any given inventory to your needs. If you can't then I guess your only way to know is trial and error.

On the other hand there are many good inventory tutorials around that I'm sure you will find one that suits your needs and you'll be able to code yourself.

[vivid drift]

@fossil crag See the marketplace comments, you will get a surprise...

I already made an inventory + equipment system for beginners that i think is very easy to understand (everything is commented). If you want to take a look at it here you have https://github.com/angelhodar/OpenRPG_Inventory

@tawny minnow Yeah, when i was designing mine i wanted to make it as gerenic as possible to give the programmer a lot of freedoom to modify it, and even though it was hard i think i did it pretty accurated. For example when using the player as a glue to communicate between classes i need to use the thirdpersonbp for example as variable type instead of generic character variable. I could avoid that by using an interface message and so on, but anyway the message is clear, making generic software is difficult requires a lot of design 😂😂

[inner temple]

😩 Does anyone know when the next sales promotion of Unreal maketplace is? This summer sales is missed. I regret that I think the sales promotion will last a long time.🌷

[zealous ibex]

Bummer you missed it 😦 I'm afraid that I currently have no information about the next sale, and even if I would (or any seller for that matter) we wouldn't be able to share it (before Epic announces the sale). But since this one was not too long ago, I'm afraid it may very well be half a year or so removed from now (if history repeats itself).

[wind crest]

Anyone here have a free realistic shotgun? (.fbx?)

[tawny minnow]

@inner temple Keep checking the On Sale section and maybe the assets you need will be on safe. Other than that sales occur during spring, summer, cyber Monday and winter not only on the UE marketplace but on most markets.

[ebon leaf]

Is it worth it to sell assets on marketplace? We have a set of low poly fortnite-styled assets

Will we make any profit?

[inner temple]

Maybe Thanksgiving, it's a pity

[ebon leaf]

Hello Snowbaby

How are you?

[gaunt flicker]

what

[north stirrup]

[inner temple]

I mean, I missed the summer sales promotion, and it should be on Thanksgiving next time.

[gaunt flicker]

there was a summer sale?

[inner temple]

It was last about a week, I thought it would last a long time, but it only lasted for a week, and many assets were half discounted.

[gaunt flicker]

I suppose I missed it too

[wooden falcon]

you mean the one earlier in the month?

[gaunt flicker]

aye

well

iunno

[inner temple]

About the beginning of the month

I saw the discount for the first time, I don’t know the discount for a few days, and it didn’t write the continuation date.

[tawny minnow]

Epic initiated sales are always dated. You can find the duration of a given sale on the Unreal Engine Blog.

[ebon leaf]

Does anyone have any information on the sales they have had and what type of product they sold?

Do 3D models sell more than code for example?

[zealous ibex]

I guess the answer to most questions is, it depends. I know that answer may suck, but it really does depend on what you're selling. For example: a really great dialog plugin will likely sell more than a mediocre prop pack, but then again, a budget character may sell better than a really expensive code plugin that is aimed at a small niche.

[ebon leaf]

@zealous ibex Agreed.

I have a question for you. What is the average number of units you sell for any asset?

Does it go up during sales?

[zealous ibex]

I'm afraid that I can not currently give any exact numbers, and my sales really don't represent everyone's sales, but yeah, on average the number of sales go up during a big sale

[fleet garnet]

btw anyone else with barely any sales since the summer sale?

[zealous ibex]

Generally the revenue also goes up due to that, however, there is what we like to call a sale cut off after sales....pretty much: the amount you make more during that week/sale needs to compensate for the month or so of bad sales

Same here @fleet garnet 😦

[gaunt flicker]

Yall ever see the motion of a double pendulum

its like that

[zealous ibex]

Sold nothing for over a week after the sale ended, but it's still really low 😦

[fleet garnet]

this is why I somewhat hate big sales but also kinda like them

[ebon leaf]

Well, could you say this? Is it in the hundreds? Or thousands?

Like number of units sold I mean

[zealous ibex]

More Ten(s) if you're lucky, but I guess this depends on price? 😂 (per month)

[ebon leaf]

D:

That's not too bad though

How much does Epic take?

[zealous ibex]

30% of your revenue

[ebon leaf]

Woah that's insanely high. That is very very high.

[zealous ibex]

Yep 😦

[ebon leaf]

So if you sell 10 units for $20 each, that's $200. Then they take 30% that leaves you with $140.

[zealous ibex]

But then again - I'm pretty much noone when it comes to marketplace stuff + I sell most of my stuff for quite little (eg. $5 for some of my plugins)

[fleet garnet]

it especially hurts sellers that make a lot

[zealous ibex]

^

[ebon leaf]

My team is thinking about selling our cartoon style assets (stylized/fortnite/tf2 style).

We are thinking about selling packs to fund our games easier.

[zealous ibex]

Oh - and one other thing you should be aware of: You need to have accumulated $100 to be paid for you before Epic pays you out

Which can be a pain if you make less than about $150 net (eg. before Epic takes their 30%) in a month 😂

[ebon leaf]

However, we are trying to measure the viability of this method.

[wooden falcon]

UE4 marketplace has no visibility

[zealous ibex]

I guess it depends on your situation - but I would count of the marketplace's income to be a nice extra...at best

[wooden falcon]

there are a lot of customers, with no way for them to find your particular products :/

there are no tags

just a handful of categories that are crowded already

[zealous ibex]

I think search has improved a little over time, but I do agree it can be an annoyance for both buyers and sellers

And yeah - crowding is becoming more and more of an issue, especially with the influx of new content in about the last half a year or so, revenue (especially during sales) has dropped (a bit)

[ebon leaf]

Well we would also sell on Unity as well.

[zealous ibex]

When there are about 146 pages, and you're stuck somewhere in the middle or end.....you tend to not be seen that often

[fleet garnet]

from, my experience plugins get a bit more visibility because there are less of them compared to other assets
It's also helpful to have some following on social medias to advertise (which I have none 😂 )

[zealous ibex]

I agree plugins are reasonably unaffected by this, and social media can be nice....but I somehow feel like it won't help that much outside of launching it

[wooden falcon]

well, the key to the social media thing is to first be popular 😉

[zealous ibex]

You can tweet sales/etc., but in order to reach a new audience you need to have quite a few retweets/etc.

[wooden falcon]

so, if you were a youtuber doing tuts or stuff like that, you'd probably do well

[zealous ibex]

I knew I should have kept up my YouTube series 😂

[fleet garnet]

no one would want to listen to my sh***** english :p

[wooden falcon]

twitter is near useless

[ebon leaf]

Here is the situation we are in: We have a bunch of modelers who can make good assets. However, we want to also market our game. In order to do this, we need to save up and pay some large Twitch streamers.

[zealous ibex]

Anyway, my code finished compiling.....so I should probably get back to working on plugins 😂

[gaunt flicker]

i fan of shit english

[zealous ibex]

😂 10/10 @gaunt flicker ❤ 😂

[wooden falcon]

I don't have many followers, but I've been lucky to get a retweet now and again from people that do, but I don't think I've noticed a difference

then again, if you have high quality original stuff, it will probably sell well

I do neither 😉

[zealous ibex]

You have high quality stuff @wooden falcon ❤

[wooden falcon]

the pack I'm working on right now, for instance, is a tool pack...of which there are many...but oh well, it's been fun to model

[ebon leaf]

Necro, where is your stuff?

[wooden falcon]

thanks HowToCompute! 😃

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/profile/Necrophob30

what gets me about this last sale isn't that I sold half as many units, it's that I got next to no ratings off of it 😦

the spring sale, I got a bunch of ratings

[fleet garnet]

my both plugins sold really well, I was trying to aim for stuff that people wanted, people complained about no AI for vehicle and I released a plugin for it, people complained how unstable default vehicles are and I released a vehicle physics plugin, currently working on a few more 😉

[zealous ibex]

Anyway - I believe there are a few people making a living from the revenue they get from the marketplace, but this group isn't that large, and in general they don't really like to be reliant on the MP. I'd say if you have the stuff, or just find it fun to create stuff, but want a nominal amount of money in return for your work it is probably worth putting them on the Marketplace, but going through to develop stuff just for the Marketplace may not see the ROI you are hoping for

Yeah - looking at what people need is generally the best thing to do. Though it really sucks when you're off with what you think people need, and what they seem to be buying

[ebon leaf]

Have you ever sold more than > 100 units

[zealous ibex]

Mind elaborating?

[wooden falcon]

hard to determine what's missing from the MP now a days, since it's getting so large

well, on the Spring sale I sold ~800 units, but that was 90% off all packs

not gonna be doing that large a sale anymore, I think

[zealous ibex]

When putting my SubsystemConfigurator asset for sale at 90% off (and thus selling it for only $0.50), I did sell more than a hundrerd in a week, but sufficed to say that it's WAY less without that

[fleet garnet]

800 O_O
I'm happy if I get 20 out of the whole sale but I usually do 25%

[ebon leaf]

So wait

800 units sold?

How much was one unit?

Like $1?

[zealous ibex]

Fair enough - but then you (probably) make a LOT more per sale 😂

[wooden falcon]

I think my rock box was $0.99 that sale

the others were only a little more...all told, after epic's cut, I got ~$700

but I was more interested in the ratings...I got 8 or so? I think?

[ebon leaf]

Okay, so basically about $800 (before epic's tariff).

[wooden falcon]

this sale, I got a couple

[zealous ibex]

Also - I'm not sure how this works for art, but if you're selling blueprints/code plugins you'll need to factor in the time it takes to support people too

[fleet garnet]

I'm planning on doing my own discord server for my plugins so those who bought them can talk there and resolve issues with others if I'm not around to answer

[wooden falcon]

ok, looking at the report, it was 780 units, $1145 before their 30%...my memory is always the worst

[zealous ibex]

I personally don't get that many support requests, but still, it (generally) isn't just the time it takes to create the asset / put it up on the marketpalce / keep it up to date with the latest engine version

[wooden falcon]

the rock box sold best, but my first mat pack sold pretty good too

I have a bastardized version of my skull pack on Unity store, and it only sales a couple a month, at $10, so I think the UE4 mp is still definitely the place for more sales

and a few of my bones I sell individually on the sketchfab store...gets me couple of cups of coffee a month :/

[zealous ibex]

I guess that is a benifit of selling art - you can put it up on a ton of places // aren't limited by a single engine/platform

[wooden falcon]

I just wish we had the stats that gumroad or itch.io give

yah, I don't know how to do unity materials though (beyond the bone simple), so I only put my bone pack there

[zealous ibex]

Oh well - let's just hope we get the features from the survey soon 😃

[wooden falcon]

only time I update my bone pack on unity is when they're gonna do a seasonal sale, since they require participant packs to have been recently updated

[zealous ibex]

That's actually a pretty interesting rule

[wooden falcon]

but I think the key to making a living here, is you need to pump out content...I work horribly slow

[zealous ibex]

Yeah - high volume low price stuff appears to be the defacto standard on the Unity marketplace

Ofcourse there are a few exceptions, but from what I've seen it appears to be the emphasis

[ebon leaf]

Yes, with art you can put it anywhere.

[lean venture]

@ebon leaf I don't get the confusion here. You're creating those assets for your game anyway. There's no logical reason to NOT submit them on all the available marketplaces (UE, Unity etc.) But afterwards, it's a mix of fulfilling a demand (whether you can estimate people actually want those types of assets that you are making), business skills (UX, technical support, advertising, in thst order) and luck (whether people actually discover your assets).

[ebon leaf]

Turbosquid, UE MP, Unity Asset Store, etc

I agree Vlad, thank you for your input.

[zealous ibex]

Agreed with Vlad there, if you have them anyway it's deffo worth trying to put them up (though be careful that you don't put everything up / don't make your game unoriginal), but creating it just for the marketplace may be hard to justify

[lean venture]

And there's no way you can ever compare yourself with a seller from a different category (i.e., HowToCompute, BlueMan, I are selling plugins).

[zealous ibex]

I sell Blueprints too 😉

But your point still stands ^^

[lean venture]

I'm going to submit a free BP template as well soon.

[ebon leaf]

I'm just trying to gauge the success of it all. I want to know if there is money to be made.

[zealous ibex]

Cool, hope you can get it past their review 😃

There is (pretty much) for sure money to be made - the question is: how much, and does that justify it? 😉

But I'd say if they're high quality, and generic enough they can be used in various (types of) games/etc., art will probably do pretty well

[lean venture]

The number of UE4 devs went from 3M to 5M last year (allegedly) so if you target the audience accordingly and meet their demands, then yes, there is plenty of money to be made.

[zealous ibex]

It's at 5M already? 😮

[lean venture]

According to Tim. He started with that at the GDC this year.

[zealous ibex]

Off-topic: I wonder how much of that is visualization/non-gaming stuff....really interesting to see that side of UE4 too

[lean venture]

Then went on to ramble about consoles :/

[zealous ibex]

😂

[ebon leaf]

The video game industry is becoming saturated it sounds like.

Most likely, a large number of college students trying to get into the industry.

[vapid tundra]

I would love to have a rough estimate on FX related stuff. Since i'm still thinking about if selling vfx on the MP would make sense for me financially.

[ebon leaf]

I think Luos sells VFX, you could ask him?

[zealous ibex]

I kind of wish there was just a rough thing of how much categories make or something published each year 😂 Kind of a State of the UE4 Marketplace

[gaunt flicker]

This conversation would be 200% times faster in voice

[zealous ibex]

No, it wouldn't 😉

[lean venture]

It's not becoming saturated.

[zealous ibex]

That'd require people to fetch their headphones/etc......just imagine the metal preparation it'd take to get out of your chair

(Sorry, I'm probably getting a little off-topic here)

[candid rivet]

anyone know what happened to that climbing animation set that was submitted a few days ago? seems it disappeared

[zealous ibex]

Hm, can't see much negative in the comments, so I guess the seller may have chosen to take the asset offline?

The page still appears to exist, but it's marked as Not for Sale, thus meaning A. the seller chose to not sell it anymore, or B. Epic decided to take it down....but your best bet may be to contact the seller

[candid rivet]

how did you find the page?

[zealous ibex]

Google ^^

(Generally when pages are hidden, they're still to be found that way since it hasn't refreshed yet + the page technincally still exists....it's just out of view using the marketplace)

[candid rivet]

thanks

[zealous ibex]

Anyway, https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/profile/Filmstorm contains the seller's email, so I guess your best bet is probably to contact him/her directly

(Assuming you were reffering to Climbing Animset)

[candid rivet]

ya, gonna have a look in their open world animations see if it has what i need

[zealous ibex]

👍 Good luck 😃

[pastel slate]

Is everything on the marketplace final sale?

[zealous ibex]

Mind elaborating what you are reffering to with final sale?

[pastel slate]

Can it be refunded

[zealous ibex]

Ah, got it. Well that depends - if you have an issue with a product, and the seller is unwilling to help you you can request a refund, but in case of buyers' remorse, generally it isn't....though you could try asking the seller nicely I guess

[pastel slate]

Ok

[zealous ibex]

(https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/marketplace-faq#refunds)

[pastel slate]

Thank you

[zealous ibex]

No problem 😃

[inner temple]

Does anyone know the exact date of the next promotion in Unreal Market?🍉

[wooden falcon]

nope, they don't announce them very far ahead of time...but you can usually assume certain major dates

cyber monday, xmas, spring, summer

I'm not sure of a fall sale?

[inner temple]

so sad

[wooden falcon]

yah, but they tend to have too many of these big sales

if you have packs on the marketplace, be sure you use your ability to request sales

you can have each pack on sale for a certain (rather large) number of days a year.

I tend to round-robin my packs, 1 pack on sale per month

[inner temple]

There are more than a dozen packs in my shopping cart, but no one on sale. It was not long before the summer promotion. The next promotion may be on Thanksgiving.

[idle arch]

Ya'll are beautiful, just saying

[fleet garnet]

O__o

[north stirrup]

[gaunt flicker]

@idle arch You don't know me

[idle arch]

I don't need to know you to think you're beautiful.

Beautiful until proven ugly. 😃

[maiden tangle]

has anyone tryied out the paragon minions asset from unreal

[inner temple]

Does anyone know how to buy Truesky? My country does not support payment methods. What other channels can be purchased outside of Simul's official website?

[north stirrup]

@inner temple Which payment methods are proposed?

[inner temple]

The payment page needs to enter the card number, and then it should jump to the Stripe payment, but the page that enters the card number does not support my card. The official person does not seem to be enthusiastic and does not reply to the email.

Simul trueSKY ，They are British developers？Has anyone bought it?

[modern perch]

I've seen it used in UE4 games, and as far as I can see it's resource intensive and causes all kinds of problems with certain types of materials, fog etc

I think they are British

I guess the other question is, what is your country?

[inner temple]

I come from China🌷

[north stirrup]

They don't offer PayPal payment? Weird

[inner temple]

Truesky looks great, but don't know if it reduces game performance?

[wooden falcon]

from what I hear, by a lot

[inner temple]

Stripe should work, but you will need to enter the card number on the payment page. This is not supported.

[boreal idol]

China has wepay and an alibaba version of it, no?

[inner temple]

@boreal idol Yes, China's mobile payment technology is very developed. We usually use wepay and an alibaba to pay for food. In almost every aspect of life, almost no one uses cash. In rural areas, very few people use cash, and Even beggar holds a QR code to beg.

[boreal idol]

Huh. The site doesn’t accept local payment services?

[inner temple]

Simul trueSKY support Stripe ，But need to enter the card number on the payment page.

Then jump to Stripe

[boreal idol]

Ah

[wooden falcon]

might want to email [e-mail] about it

Tim might chime in if he sees this

[inner temple]

marketplace can pay, I am talking about trueSKY

[wooden falcon]

ah, k

well, this is the marketplace channel 😃

[inner temple]

🐼

I thought you all bought turesky.

You are so happy, the Chinese need to cross the Great Wall firewall to browse Google, facebook, youtube, etc. We are not much more happy than the North Koreans in a huge LAN.

[wooden falcon]

😦

well, give us time, we're on the track to despotism over here as well

[inner temple]

Where are you from？

I think the world outside is full of freedom and democracy.

[wooden falcon]

US

we have a pumpkin headed fool leading us to ruin right now 😃

[inner temple]

If a person issues a wrong statement in China, he will be sentenced, and there is no freedom of speech on the Internet.

We always think that Americans are the freest and happiest people in the world.

[modern perch]

lol

no

[inner temple]

🐼

[wooden falcon]

well, we are mostly free right now, but there are some people who don't like that, and actively work to change it

usually under the disguise of keeping us free

but anyways, we're really off topic

[robust vector]

We aren't as free as we should be, but I couldn't honestly say there was somewhere with more freedom. Pretty much nowhere else in the world has freedom of speech as part of their constitution.

[modern perch]

"Pretty much nowhere else in the world has freedom of speech as part of their constitution."

They don't need to, because it's part of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which in turns is enforced in the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In practice most European states have fairly strong freedom of speech laws.

I'd argue that maybe somewhere like Finland is considerably 'freer' that the US

[topaz quest]

has anyone made a recent guide on the steps and best practices for putting code plugins on the marketplace?

or any type of plugin overall for that matter 😃

[zealous ibex]

Not seen any guides lately - but I'd say a few important parts (in my opinion) are: Have (a) consistent code (style), create something that (you think) people need, and really work on your documentation. I'd say your documentation is probably one of the, if not the most important parts of your product other than it actually working/being neat, since it helps customers get started with your product easily and quickly, and enables them to solve a lot of problems on their own (which in turn will probably result in fewer support requests and a better overall experience)

[topaz quest]

@zealous ibex Thanks for responding, I was thinking more from the practical which page to use to upload / are there any special payloads I need to include or can I simply submit a frontend built plugin, and stuff like that

the plugin is a hardware interface plugin for a major company, so the other stuff is more or less sorted 😃

I've been looking through the publisher pages on the main site though, and it looks like you only really need to submit a built plugin and that's it

which is nice 😃

[zealous ibex]

Hm, in that case https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/marketplace-guidelines (mainly section 2.6) should be of help 😃

And unless it's changed recently - you only submit the source files. As for the "payloads" one needs to include, I'd say the engine icon, and you need to specify an unreal version + whitelisted platforms.....but I'm pretty sure that that is it

[topaz quest]

I suppose they get that with the plugin definition file anyways

I found that page as well 😃

very cool 😃

thanks for the time though!

[zealous ibex]

No problemo, and good luck 👍 😃

And you do need a few screenshots/description/name/etc. for the marketplace page, but that should be pretty straight forward and I'd say that's more related to marketing than a creating a plugin

[empty violet]

being the lazy type i was thinking about buying a menu system from the market place

but how to choose

[zealous ibex]

I guess you should probably look at what you need. Do you need (support for) a server browser? A settings menu? General controls? Etc., asking yourself those questions, and looking at which systems provide that functionality is probably the best way to narrow it down to 1/2 suitable systems 😃

[robust vector]

@modern perch From what I'm aware of, many European countries have this idea of 'hate speech' so the UDHR and ICCPR don't seem to be helping Europe much in regards to free speech.

But what is most important to keep in mind, is to go buy this https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/proportionalizer-easy-character-model-proportion-adjustments

[west pilot]

Good afternoon guys. I am wondering if there is a place where I can start out getting decent looking assets to start with level creation.

[zealous ibex]

The UE4 Marketplace has quite a few high-quality assets that you could use for level design 😃 Depending on what kind of levels you want to make, you may be able to get started with Epic's (free) open world package: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/open-world-demo-collection

And else there are a few asset packs - or you could simply buy a level / environment and use its assets to create your own levels 😃

(Please do note you can't actually redistribute the levels in source form (AKA not packaged into a game) if you use Marketplace assets, because then you'd be redistributing the marketplace assets too)

[ebon leaf]

any like, official marketplace moderators?

i guess i should lead my concern by asking if up/downvoting does anything for showing the comment

reason i ask is because i made some quite direct posts about a marketplace asset (on said asset) but already seeing the fanboys downvote it (and literally got them to say they would in a discord channel of said asset) meaning my legit warnings to new customers can just fall off the comment page as soon as the fanboys can manage to downvote it, if thats how the up/down voting even works

so then my question is if said voting matters, and if so, can any marketplace moderator pin those posts? at least untill the creator updates his asset? (long story short im bscly warning all that there is no docs nor backwards compatibility to his earlier version on same url, bscly an asset i purchased in the past got replaced by an asset that works completely different. but now also doesnt have any docs, and reaching the creator on his discord like he wants is impossible because hes never even on there)

im not gonna link the asset in question as that could just be misinterpreted as a way to collect more hate or some bs along those lines, if anyone of the marketplace team reads this and things 'what, tell me more' please feel free to ask and ill give links and details in pm/dm/msg's

[sullen lion]

Wait you're being downvoted by fans of the product for pointing out an undocumented breaking change?

[gaunt flicker]

try not to take the marketplace too seriously

and if its my asset

doubly true

[ebon leaf]

@sullen lion pretty much, because nowadays the store page says 'not for beginners' (which im not but thats kinda besides the point, bscly theyre downvoting me for saying theres no docs, and when i say it to them on their discord they throw the 'not for beginners' card)

im bscly fine with the guy catoring to asset flippers with his 3rd complete rewrite adding a ton of unneeded extra's, but then either [a] give me some documentation or [b] let me use older versions

its not you @gaunt flicker 😛

[gaunt flicker]

you could be basically describing me

[ebon leaf]

if you replace assets you sell with complete rewrites and then dont give doc's i guess so

[gaunt flicker]

well

[oak fiber]

just dont give docs in the first place. simple.

[zealous ibex]

I guess there isn't really something like marketplace moderation after they pass review (unless a lot of people request refunds due to functional stuff not working and the creator refusing to respond/fix it I guess) - but a lack of docs can be a pain, especially for code plugins and/or blueprint assets. You could try reaching out to the creator directly, but I guess it's up to them

[ebon leaf]

my comments scored some nice negative points but are still on top of the comment section so whatever

also the creator responded, but not even remotelly close to what i wanted to hear

but whatever, ive slept on it and decided i cant be arsed to waste energy on this

next topic 😉

[wooden falcon]

comments don't move or get hidden based on points

lol, it amazes me when people haggle in pack comments: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/essential-rocks

[zealous ibex]

@wooden falcon they do sorta move/get hidden if you sort by number of points, but that’s not on my default....but anyway, I’m sorry to hear that you had a bad experience 🍌 😦

[wooden falcon]

I didn't even realize you could sort the comments

[zealous ibex]

I could be wrong, but I thought you could

[wooden falcon]

ah yah, I see it now...sort by oldest, newest, and highest rated

[candid rivet]

guess this guy didn't get the memo about branding https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/detective-office

nice set otherwise

[north stirrup]

Really cheap isn't it?

guess this guy didn't get the memo about branding Why?

[candid rivet]

bates motel, central perk, new yorker, cigarettes look like marlboro can't tell tho, just too much grey area ip rights

can't read the rest of the signs, but i'm guessing they are real brands or fake brands from other ip

[north stirrup]

I see

[slim flax]

Most of marketplace asset seems like "shovel ware" to me, no offense.

[sullen lion]

I take personal offense from that statement :(

[slim flax]

sorry, but I did not mean all.

[sullen lion]

https://youtu.be/17KmNrG9pE4

[robust vector]

This looks neat and everyone should buy 3 https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/cyber-ninja-wolf-deadly-robotic-assassin

[fleet garnet]

It looks really well made from a quick peek at it, sadly don't have a use for anything like that atm 😐

[robust vector]

Yeah, character models are fairly niche compared to plugins and environments

[novel badger]

Love it when a creator answers their emails... :/

[lean venture]

@zealous ibex Do your products have different shades of grey on their thumbnails' backgrounds?

Also, the subsystem configurator one is great! I bought it a while ago to see how config panels are being coded.

[gaunt flicker]

I am

wait

what was i saying

oh

shovelware

yeah lets go

[zealous ibex]

I think they may actually be slightly different - they shouldn't as I'm pretty much dead sure I've used the same hex value, but I will look in to it @lean venture Also, thanks 😃

[oak fiber]

shovelware is a misnomer for sure. That implies its all useless dirt. Its not. But it is a large pile of half-assed product, with rando sprinkles.

Jankware might be more appropriate.

[tawny minnow]

Well that's what you get when most creators neither know the basics that govern the assets they're creating nor Unreal. Plus there isn't any true quality control, understandably so to be honest.

[tepid crag]

Hey guys, Here to post some 3D Scans I have created and hopefully you can us them in your projects. Cheers. Let me know if you have any requests for your projects too 😄

https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/scanned/various/cemennt

https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/scanned/various/cigarette-ash-tray-container-3d-scan

[vapid tundra]

How is this related to the Unreal Marketplace tho?

[robust vector]

This is pretty relevant https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/cyberneticist-zeke-heavy-armored-scifi-technician

Also relevant https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/proportionalizer-easy-character-model-proportion-adjustments

[vapid tundra]

yeah those are obv. MP assets hehe 😄 unlike the cgtrader links...

[robust vector]

https://sketchfab.com/models/c4e02dc6a5ee4e03bd219f4cf0618475

Been doing Sketchfab previews for all the characters I've released over the last year. I figure its better than screenshots.

[zealous oasis]

it is indeed a lot better

becouse i can look at the polycount, UVs, etc

[vapid tundra]

Yup. I like to have a look at topology and uv's aswell

[robust vector]

There are a lot of shader things I do in Unreal that I can't replicate on sketchfab, but overall it seems pretty good. I'll keep updating this thread as I finish more sketchfab previews. https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/marketplace/1498788-scifi-character-models-from-black-fang-technologies

[gloomy mango]

Hi everyone,
They're is our first photogrammetry pack River Pack -Part 1 : ROCK. Will come soon on Unreal Marketplace!!

• Pack : 17 river rocks

• Textures : 2048 x 2048 / 4092 x 4092 / 8192 x 8192

• Levels of detail : 5

• FBX Quad

• FBX Tris

• OBJ Quad

• OBJ Tris

• High Poly : 1M

Texture are ready for Unreal, Unity and any render tools.

For report or issue, contact us at [e-mail]

Just check our gallery to see all the other 3D assets.

www.arduinnasilva.com
https://gumroad.com/l/ANHb

[wooden falcon]

those look pretty nice, but that price...

[modern perch]

texture sizes seem kind extreme for something that fit in the palm of your hand and never be close to the camera?

(also tris, but don't know what LoDs are like)

[true berry]

Anybody know why i can not use Paragon Shinbi her attack after ad to my project? All the other works like running and jumping.

[wooden falcon]

I'd imagine he means for them to be scaled a little larger than hand size

but yah, a 8k texture for a single rock would be insane 😃

how's the turnaround time on submissions lately?

[modern perch]

well, they're all pickup-able sized rocks, looking at them

[vapid tundra]

2k for a pebble sounds legit

[wooden falcon]

lol

[vapid tundra]

8k is even better

😄

[wooden falcon]

mobile friendly!

anyways, just submitted a new pack, and the auto email says they'll start looking at it in 10-15 business days

so sounds like things have really slowed down? they must be getting hammered with submissions

or was that always the time frame and I'm misremembering?

hmm...looking through new releases: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/abandoned-fast-food-building

man, if they reject my new pack, I'm gonna be bummed

I don't wanna badmouth or belittle, but: https://cdn1.epicgames.com/ue/product/Screenshot/1.1-1920x1080-2d78177aae3335bae7539c633ef873c7.jpg

[vapid tundra]

wtf?

is QA busy playing Fortnite?

[wooden falcon]

seems so

and with a name like that, it's a burger joint?! https://cdn1.epicgames.com/ue/product/Screenshot/7.1-1920x1080-acdf3147989ccac94700610fcf78a7c2.jpg

😃

[vapid tundra]

hehe

[wooden falcon]

the pics remind me of some of the Duke Nukem Forever pics back in the late 90's

[vapid tundra]

But sersly. I dont get why stuff like that gets accepted while other assets with higher quality getting rejected.

[wooden falcon]

but hey, I wish the dude only the best...don't hate the player, hate the game

[vapid tundra]

Sure. Vote with your Wallet 😛

[wooden falcon]

yup

maybe it's just "Realistic Stylized Low-Poly"?

I'm starting to think the QA guys at Epic are a lot like the QA guys in Westworld 😃

[vapid tundra]

😄

[wooden falcon]

this looks kind of neat: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/sci-fi-interior-prop-pack

more like Alien than most of the sci-fi packs

[viral zinc]

someone played recently Alien

[spare grove]

Hey guys made my own Flocking AI and it is finally up! https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/physical-boids-a-physics-based-flocking-ai

[wooden falcon]

seems cool

now change the mesh to the orbs from Phantasm! 😃

[zealous ibex]

Cool

[young nimbus]

are there any navmesh walking boids?

[robust vector]

Added a sketchfab preview for Rick. https://sketchfab.com/models/99af2f3e2cf74e2696a562c3028426ed

[gloomy mango]

@wooden falcon, @vapid tundra and @modern perch Thanks for your comment, we are thinking about the price. You can download for free a stone son the pack on the link below if you want to see the product. https://cubebrush.co/arduinnasilvastudio/products/wk3pbw-bKUz/stone-002-photogrammetry?view_as_purchased=false

[rustic belfry]

Hey Rob, I see you adjusted the price to be more indie friendly. Another suggestion is to reduce the polycount of the rocks (decimate mesh). This is a small prop in a game and shouldnt consume a lot of performance.

[wooden falcon]

the scans look really good, and the price drop will help you in the long run (the ue4 marketplace has a ton of rocks)

[vapid tundra]

Texture sizes are still too high imho. For such small details using an 2k+ is not ideal.

[wooden falcon]

true, but the user can still downsize if they need to

[vapid tundra]

true yeah. But i think it would be nice to have lower res textures out of the box.

[gloomy mango]

actually in all props, we giving you 2k 4k and 8k and also a finished mesh between 1000 to 4000 poly

[wooden falcon]

8k seems like overkill 😃

I don't even like doing 4k anymore, cause the file sizes get unwieldy (I'm on a bad DSL connection)

[gloomy mango]

We are giving you a 8k if you want to do archiviz ,render or close up of the mesh :)

But i understand what you're talking about.

[rustic belfry]

Hey doesnt anyone know if you can submit free Blueprint projects to the Marketplace? Or is it only for Plugins?

[zealous ibex]

I'm not sure about the official policy, but I'm afraid that they're pretty hesitant about free blueprint projects, and only allow them when they request you to put it up or something like that....not 100% sure about this - but I'm pretty sure the blueprint submission thing doesn't have a free option like plugins do. Your best bet to release a free BP project is probably to put it on gumroad/itch/google drive, and share a link in the community content section on the forums 😃

[rustic belfry]

Yeah, already did that 😃

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIJxV2XSYU

[zealous ibex]

Cool 👍 Will deffo take a look at that once I hit a desktop 😃

[rustic belfry]

I ask because it would be nice to have it there. Though my only hesitation would be if they require additional "support" / help for people.

Hope you find it useful 😃

[idle arch]

Good morning everyone!

How are ya'll this fine fine fine amazing beautiful wonderful spectacular day?

[north stirrup]

[idle arch]

Today is a beautiful day!

[north stirrup]

It is

[idle arch]

Indeed!

[north stirrup]

🙃

[zealous oasis]

@idle arch compiling ue4 in a loop becouse ps4 engine tweaks and experiment

basically this

[idle arch]

lol

Sounds like a good time.

[wooden falcon]

heh, my co-worker has that comic on his wall

[idle arch]

Hey all

I have some kind of neat news

Anyone interested in hearing it?

No one wants to hear the news

That is sad

[shadow inlet]

WHAT IS IT TIM?!?!?!

[idle arch]

OMG thanks for asking!

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/epic-announces-unreal-engine-marketplace-88-12-revenue-share

[lunar fractal]

Awesome!!!!!

Really great gesture, and especially the retroactive part 😃

[wooden falcon]

hold on, what?

goes to read link

that's really good news!

goes to check sales

ok, nvm...you're still getting nothing 😃

[idle arch]

😮

[wooden falcon]

but seriously, really cool move on Epic's part

holy crap, I didn't even read the retroactive part

that's really going above and beyond

[zealous oasis]

RETROACTIVE?

holy shit

[static vine]

Wow back to 2014 tho

guess fortnite bucks are getting applied

[indigo igloo]

that's amazing, thank you epic 😃

[idle arch]

Yes, retroactive. 😃

[rustic siren]

Neat

more coffee bucks for me

[wooden falcon]

Does this make you feel just a bit like Oprah, Tim? 😃

[delicate dove]

hmm.. some people might land into different tax-levels/situation due to that. I kinda hope it isnt one big sum in one go.

but that said

thats just fucking epic

finally something big that makes us all have some much needed faith restored.

[zealous oasis]

@delicate dove $$$$

[wooden falcon]

I'll worry about that stuff next year 😃

[rustic belfry]

Wow - retroactively paying us back. You guys are amazing. Thank you! 😃

[delicate dove]

if its really from mp day 1..

i just made an estimate. if thats true I could be out of debt, and have some left to spend a few months working on my own shit

[wooden falcon]

seriously...we would have been happy with just the cut change....no backsies now, though!

[shadow inlet]

It's really from day 1.

[zealous oasis]

12% is truly super low

barely leaves much profit for Epic

i guess they just want to improve the marketplace in general, and can afford the cash out

huge cash out in fact

but they are also paying 100 million dollars in fortnite tournaments so...

[wooden falcon]

so when does this take effect?

[delicate dove]

not sure if i should cry or just.. stare into oblivion for a few hours

[shadow inlet]

Not 100% on when it'll reflect on your payouts, but either way you'll get that 88%.

[idle arch]

Cry whilst staring into oblivion

[delicate dove]

on it @idle arch

[zinc kestrel]

Thaaaat's fuckin nuts.

I wish I was better at maths

[wooden falcon]

I wish the info in the mp dashboard went back that far...I'll have to dig out old pdfs

hmm, I guess the Sales Report does, you just have to enter the right date range...the 18 month limit at a time is annoying

and why do the date pickers go back to 2009 :/

lol, twitter's going nuts

[delicate dove]

<_< wanted to make a thank you video only to find out the latest win10 update results in my camera not working

[quaint cedar]

Welp @idle arch if that's what you meant a few weeks back with "Just wait for it." then I pull my hat.

[rustic belfry]

lol - good ol' Windows update.

[delicate dove]

be sure to give everyone (especially Tim Sweeney) a big hug from all of us @idle arch @shadow inlet

[rustic belfry]

@idle arch please give Tim Sweeny a /hug from all of us next time you see him in the hallway 😛

[shadow inlet]

haha - we will certainly share the love 😃

[rustic belfry]

Haha Luos, you beat me by 1 sec

[delicate dove]

still counts

[fleet garnet]

HOLY sh*****

[zealous ibex]

Woah, that's great news @idle arch @shadow inlet 😮 😍 Great to hear you guys at Epic are taking this step, and I guess setting an example here 😃

[zinc kestrel]

thanks folks ❤

[fleet garnet]

Tim didn't let us down when he promised us improvements 💙

[zealous ibex]

^

[rustic belfry]

Honestly this is the biggest THANK YOU that Epic can give to all the creators that were there supporting the MP from the beginning...truly amazing. Thank you again guys!

[shadow inlet]

Thank you all. You are such an incredible part of our community.

We know development isn't always easy, but we really appreciate that you've been along for the ride with us 😃

[zealous ibex]

Just wondering: Will this affect the minimum price you can have for sales? (eg. the $0.50 transactions) 🤔 (even if it does, this change is great, and for sure a step in the right direction 😃 )

[lone mountain]

Lolol

Now the pressure is on for other digital home fronts

[shrewd ember]

Pretty awesome changes for you creators! Had to look at this channel to see the reactions 😆

[idle arch]

I believe the only change is in the cut, as of now @zealous ibex

[ebon leaf]

Holy.... I was just informed of this 0.o you guys are amazing 0.o

[idle arch]

We're only amazing because of the people around us.

[wooden falcon]

so is there any info as to when the payout occurs? 😃

[gaunt flicker]

Ayyyyyyyy

[north stirrup]

Epic is paying out all Marketplace sellers retroactively, applying the more creator-friendly 88% rate to previous transactions dating back to the store’s 2014 launch. Holy crap

[gaunt flicker]

[wooden falcon]

well, that doesn't mention the payout date 😃

just how far back they will be paying out for

also, has this 88% rate gone into effect already? Or sometime in the future?

[north stirrup]

What do you mean?

[gaunt flicker]

I believe its in progress

[wooden falcon]

I mean, when can we expect to see that money? 😃

considering we don't see a $1 of a sale until a month and a half later...

[gaunt flicker]

I'd guess within 45 days

[wooden falcon]

but this is a special occurrence, so I wouldn't expect they'd necessarily follow the same guideline

I just wanna make sure it isn't gonna be "We'll pay you next year"

[gaunt flicker]

I bet its a line item in the next seller report

[north stirrup]

Would make sense indeed

Unless they distribute it on multiple payouts

[gaunt flicker]

The next improvement for the market place:

Its gonna accept Dallar

Lets make it happen yall

[north stirrup]

YAY

[quaint cedar]

@gaunt flicker "AHHHH"?

[gaunt flicker]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

To be clear: There is no official intent for them to use Dallar

But with our powers combined

[idle arch]

We're working out the details of it. As soon as we know more about the payouts we will let you know

[delicate dove]

one hand i'd prefer it in one go, but I guesstimate itll be on a month to month basis. in the end it depends on whats more efficient and cost effective for epic ofcourse.

[viral zinc]

@zealous oasis Humble Bundle get the 5% per game and keep the whole web so must be a good cut

aswell the engine is a 10%

[umbral vector]

probably the happiest place on Discord right now 😄

[robust vector]

A bigger percent for me is great and all (the 30% cut for Epic was never close to being justified) but that doesn't fix the discoverability issues.

[wooden falcon]

well, I hope this doesn't preclude those sort of improvements.

[shadow inlet]

Certainly not.

Those will also be coming.

[gaunt flicker]

[leaden root]

Plot twist: the retroactive part is paid in V-Bucks

[gaunt flicker]

Is paid in Dallar

http://dallar.org

[wooden falcon]

lol

[oak whale]

Wonder how unity tech will respond if at all.

Cuz seriously This is a great deal from Epic

[zealous oasis]

unity cant afford it

their marketplace is one of the main money makers of unity

maybe even the biggest money maker

come on, they very clearly try to not collide with popular asset packs

unity input system is still an absolute fucking disaster, one that could be improve in barely a couple days of an engineer. One that literally every other engine does better

yet they do nothing and let people buy the super-popular input plugin in the market

[robust vector]

https://imgur.com/1ixOhbt

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/mechanoid-soldiers-bft-character-bundle

I made a bundle pack

[zealous oasis]

they look neat

[fleet garnet]

@leaden root I wouldn't mind that 😐

[vagrant hollow]

Hello everyone! This is the first time I've uploaded something to the Unreal Marketplace.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/sci-fi-soldier-pangolin-class
I am a bit nervous about how this will go but hopefully it'll suit a purpose for all your needs. 😄

[turbid surge]

Hi, I wanted to ask if anybody knows anything about making tracks transition from each other? Is there a marketplace asset for it?

Please DM me if you know where to find it, or someone who can do it 😃

[idle arch]

fHey all

[candid rivet]

fHi Tim

[wooden falcon]

fHi!

[vapid tundra]

fHello! Did you know that Atheism is a non-prophet organisation? 😄 @idle arch

[robust vector]

What does that have to do with the marketplace?

[north stirrup]

flol

[idle arch]

fString()

[wooden falcon]

f https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvamKN7tBTBn7dvX8Is0LyC_P559xRZ-RC72FY_abDhqOtXcaz

get it?

[uncut ferry]

where's invoices with VAT ID for the marketplace (as a buyer)? 🤔

[winter meadow]

so ive imported this completely into my project and all the texture of all the materials are not assigned:
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/open-world-demo-collection

is there a proper way of importing?

Figured I'd go through and delete what I'm not using once i got this marketplace item in and working

[winter meadow]

so i found success. there is an "Add to Project" button in the unreal desktop app. materials are working.

[robust vector]

https://youtu.be/0Z-rnIpJqUk

[upbeat rover]

That looks interesting

[wooden falcon]

Sketchfab marketplace hasn't been out too long, and they already have email reminders to review packs you've purchased...

[heavy shard]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.usamabinabid.wordhunt

[languid summit]

I'm working on a kit for the marketplace using paper2D :D https://youtu.be/HaIhyHAbG5s

[flat schooner]

Does anyone know when we gonna get this money?

[tawny minnow]

The May payout that came through yesterday still came with a 70-30 commision. So I don't know.

[ebon leaf]

They said they'll let us know when they do.

[tawny minnow]

I wish they would remove the $5 gaps after $14.99 so we could price our products better.

[modern perch]

no link handy, but there's a thread on the forum with the details

[tawny minnow]

@modern perch Ehm, is your answer for this channel? 😃

[modern perch]

yes?

"Does anyone know when we gonna get this money?"

[tawny minnow]

aaaahhh ok 😃

[flat schooner]

thanks

I wonder if our sales increase, I already bough two assets since news droped 😄

[idle arch]

Good morning, all.

@flat schooner Keep an eye on your email for updates about the retro payout

[flat schooner]

Thanks @idle arch , Can you at least say is it gonna be days, weeks, months?

[idle arch]

I can't.

I don't know

I would doubt months, but there is a lot of moving parts to making this happen

[flat schooner]

Thanks!

[idle arch]

Of course. 😃

[ebon leaf]

hi.

my free asset - https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/1502536-assets-free-multiplayer-shooter-starter-kit-battle-royale-tdm-and-classic-mode

[robust vector]

@idle arch What's the best way for me to report fraud related to the marketplace?

[fleet garnet]

ah it's that time of year again when plugin devs get together and have to deal with a bunch of unnecessary API changes to update their plugins 😐

(4.20 released)

(I'm mostly joking here, most of those changes do make sense but it can be annoying)

[leaden root]

Gibe custom physics

[zealous ibex]

RIP 😂

[wooden falcon]

ugh, I hate the ue4 launcher

I tell it to install 4.20, walk away for 4 freaking hours, come back, and it didn't start, cause it wanted to tell me that I had a plugin that wasn't compatible and therefore wouldn't be installed

[zealous ibex]

😢

Hng....now that I have this many plugins I really need to see if there is any way to simplify my workload 🤔 I just wish we could set up something here I'd be able to push a git tag and it'd automatically make that into a new release (a lot like steam does it with p4 I believe) 🤔

[covert scroll]

can i ask something here? i'm very new in this discord channel

[oak thistle]

You just did. But yes 😉

@zealous ibex I have something along those lines, using a bunch of python scripts. But to be honest I'm not sure if I haven't spent more time maintaining it than I would have doing stuff by hand.

[covert scroll]

how much it takes for epic games to approve content uploaded on the marketplace, i'm thinking about starting to do so, but i'm not sure how does it work

[oak thistle]

How long? Couple of weeks or so. Don't remember what the latest is, but it varies.

[zealous ibex]

I've been in that camp too @oak thistle - which is why I ended up abandoning them, but I may try some Rocket build -> create a zip of the source files -> upload them to google drive and give me a nice GUI with the link or something.....but that'll probably end the same way as the other tools 😂

Also - it very much depends on the type of content and how well you adhere to the guidelines

eg. an artpiece that follows all the guidelines perfectly is probably a few weeks, but a code plugin (that doesn't follow the guidelines at all) will probably take multiple months

[covert scroll]

and what's the treatment for copyright infrigment? i mean, do they make a revision for the stuff you upload before getting on the marketplace or something?

[oak thistle]

Yeah taking the build, stripping binaries, zipping and copying to my dropbox directory part of the the scripts is good and that helps. It's the stuff relating to maintaining branches for different engine versions and keeping track of what needs rebuilding etc that is a bit of a mess to manage.

[zealous ibex]

I'd emagine - only recently really started branching/tagging for my plugins....and man are those git repos a mess 😂

Don't quote me on this - but I believe you're responsible for that. i.e. you shouldn't use copyrighted work, and should find pirates yourself. They do some (basic) checking if you straight up copied stuff I think, and they do try to crack down on some pirates.....but then again - I'm not that well versed on this stuff @covert scroll

(And as for revision I'm not 100% sure what you mean - they tend to just upload the work you send them, unless it doesn't meet their requirements, in which case they'll get back to you with what you need to change before sending it back for another round of review)

[covert scroll]

thanks a lot, i think is all i needed to know

[zealous ibex]

(Just for the record - I'm not working for Epic, and I"m not a lawyer either....so please read the requirements/EULAs/agreements/etc. yourself too ^^)

[north stirrup]

hehe

[zealous ibex]

I kinda wish I worked for Epic though.....but I deffo wouldn't be a CM/lawyer if I were to 😂

[covert scroll]

of course i'll read the eula before anything, i'm not exposing myself on getting threated like a pirate sort of 😃

[zealous ibex]

👍

[north stirrup]

🙂

😭

[zealous ibex]

Tried a solution like that once too - but Powershell is something I simply cannot survive 😂 Bash/ZSH for life ❤ 😂

[wooden falcon]

weeeeeeee...my new pack is published: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/necro-s-tool-box

😃

[zealous ibex]

Congrats 😃

[wooden falcon]

thanks!

[zealous ibex]

Is it just me - or is an ' put as ' in the tab's name? 🤔

Anyway - now I properly got round to looking at the images/etc. they look great too ❤

[wooden falcon]

yah, the apostrophe doesn't display right in a browser tab

[stray flame]

anyone here got proAI working on mac ue4 4.19.2? When I try to create a project it does nothing...

[lilac heath]

Powershell all the way :)

[quasi blade]

@stray flame this is a launcher bug , what you need to do is delete local content

next to the proAI create project there is a delete local content button

and then download it again

but

before all that

try exiting, like actually shutting down the epic launcher

and then restarting it

because that can fix it sometimes

[sinful kelp]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/industrial-electrical-lighting-and-conduit-assets

Finally out after a bit of approval waiting!

[stray flame]

@quasi blade awesome ty will try that out.

[hexed wadi]

Guys, I'm nearly done creating my first plugin for the marketplace. I was wondering, should I put a copyright notice in the C++ code? If so, what should I put? I'm really new to this burocratic crap :S

[elfin plinth]

I was just looking through this pack I bought from some sale: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/megascans-meadow-pack

man, how did it get past Epics QA?

basically, after import, UE4 prompts there are changes and if you want to apply them, if you say yes, it will reimport provided FBX files but in wrong orientation

you'd think they would have shipped the files in UE4's coordinate system

they also have like 2-4 variants of each mesh there and they also ship separate textures and materials for each, so if you actually put 4 variants in the scene, it uses 4x GPU memory + 4x drawcalls

many of the variants seem to use same source texture, but they've still copied it again for each material and mesh (some variants have different texture tho)

oh snap, it's actually just few variants that do this

there's like 15 unique material sets for 17 meshes, I just happened to look at the ones with same setup

I could only find 6 of those materials from megascans library, rest were custom (I expect them to have just mixed the materials for better atlasing for the rest)

[lilac heath]

Have you reached out to the developer yet ?

[elfin plinth]

nah, there's nothing really that prevents me using these

it's just tad poorly setup

[stray flame]

@quasi blade Tried your suggestion but the option is not there. Probably since it has never been downloaded before so there's no local content yet. Reinstalled the launcher , quit again opened it again but the project asset doesn't get downloaded and created. Other assets from the marketplace I can create projects. It seems like a problem with this asset? Reached out to the dev and he will send me a copy so I can start using the project.

[quasi blade]

that is so weird dude @stray flame

what version of iOS are you on? @stray flame

osX

i mean

confusing operating system names

[stray flame]

@quasi blade macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.5

I am seeing this in the log when I enable debug mode

[2018.07.22-22.36.19:087][ 0]LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file '/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Epic/EpicGamesLauncher/Data/LauncherUpdate.manifest' error.

and seeing this in the cef3.log file [0723/003628.263636:WARNING:resource_bundle.cc(338)] locale_file_path.empty() for locale en-NL [0723/003628.269789:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(686)] Could not load locale pak for en-NL

[spare grove]

Can I send off the asset I got from marketplace to my modeler to modify it?

[wooden falcon]

as long as he's using it on your project, yes

he cannot then in turn use it for his own stuff, though

[stray flame]

@quasi blade the product was only supported for windows and there for I could not download it on a mac. Sadly the publisher has no osx environment to deliver a mac build. 😢

[quasi blade]

@stray flame you can always buipd the source yourself if you ask the dev they usually can send it you (as is my case with windows only plugins) but thats also why i mostly use windows for developing...

[stray flame]

@quasi blade good idea. Will try that out.

[wooden falcon]

so how do you go about getting that little star next to you name on the MP forums? The one that indicates you have at least 5 packs?

[sullen lion]

1. Have 5 packs
2. Email support?

[wooden falcon]

well, that seems simple enough 😃

thanks ImmutableLambda

[wooden falcon]

think I need to work on an environment next

[robust vector]

Well, I've got like... 26 and they didn't give me one

😛

[wooden falcon]

did you email them? I don't think they do it automatically

[robust vector]

Nah

Does the star give you any special powers?

[north stirrup]

Yes

Epic cut goes from 12 to 1%

😁

[wooden falcon]

it gives you star power 😃

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/014/033/knowing.jpg

[robust vector]

So many boxes that don't open on the marketplace

[wooden falcon]

my next pack will be Necro's Box Pack... 😉

or Necro's Pack Box

[wooden falcon]

perhaps Necro's Fanny Pack

[blissful bobcat]

hey guys

i build this blueprint game kit, my first marketplace asset that ive build

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/typing-derbi-a-2d-platformer-typing-game

wanna check it out?

perhaps anyone is interested in what i've build

[lunar fractal]

Looks great, very polished 😃

[split iron]

There was a plugin on the marketplace that could query actors in a scene without much performance cost but I can't remember the name or enough to find it, does anyone know it?

[ebon leaf]

Hi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLGnEQiQ34

[lone mountain]

Looks like GS

[plucky iris]

hi all. can i use meterials from substance share in my assets packs wich i am going to sell on market?

[modern perch]

did you read the Substance share EULA?

[vapid tundra]

@plucky iris 3.4 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Allegorithmic and except as permitted under the Allegorithmic-EULA, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell any Asset that you have acquired from Substance Share for any purpose.

[plucky iris]

ugh.. guess i can't😷

[solemn beacon]

Does anyone have a The Flash 3d model that i can use? Looked online so far nothing

[turbid surge]

O saw a super cool lockon system

At first (excuse me) I thought someone just shit out a bunch of random assets that were very similar to each other

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/advanced-lock-on-system

But it's some really, really cool looking stuff and well-thought out.

Is there a quick and easy place (or answer) that I can learn about how crediting people works for marketplace assets? Do you have to credit people? How does selling your final game product work in the end?

[robust vector]

The marketplace eula and faq wouldn't be bad places to start

[turbid surge]

They're down right now unfortunately

[robust vector]

no?

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/marketplace-faq

[elfin plinth]

@turbid surge if you buy from ue4 marketplace, you don't have to put those assets in any credits

[turbid surge]

Ah cool thank you @elfin plinth

[delicate dove]

@idle arch @shadow inlet
https://twitter.com/Luos_83/status/1023143280480067584
could you please look into this.
(re: retroactive payment)

Yoeri Vleer (@Luos_83)

hmmm @Kalvothe @amandambott is there a way to get the retro-active payment over a certain amount of months? some of us sellers will end up in a different income tax bracket due to this and might end up with a lot of financial problems if we get paid in one go. cc: @TimSwee...

Twitter

[lilac heath]

Thought all market place sellers had to be a LTD or PLC ... Any way When you change income bracket the tax is applyed on only the income remaining above the bracket. Every thing below is taxed at its normal rate within each bracket.

So if you move into a 40% bracket you only pay 40% on the quantity above the cut off every thing below will remain on 30% so you don't actually lose out on any thing.

[robust vector]

Must be nice to be worried about getting too much money

[oak fiber]

So what you're saying is you would rather not get any money?

Because the audacity here is that you're going to pay taxes and somehow be underwater?

[leaden root]

Are guns being removed from the MP?

I swear there was more before

[hexed wadi]

Guys, I'm nearly done creating my first plugin for the marketplace. I was wondering, should I put a copyright notice in the C++ code? If so, what should I put? I'm really new to this burocratic crap :S

[sullen lion]

Yes, you need a notice at the start of every source file

[hexed wadi]

Got it. What should I put?

[sullen lion]

I did // Copyright 2018 ImmutableLambda. All Rights Reserved. which is basically what the epic notice is, but with my name.

Doesn't have to be more complicated, as far as I know.

[hexed wadi]

Oh good to know, thanks!

[modern perch]

"So what you're saying is you would rather not get any money?" - in our case, I think we'd prefer to not get any money

it'll probably cost us more to deal with retroactive payment than we'd otherwise receive :/

[ebon leaf]

you're welcome to forward it on to me 😛

[leaden root]

The ATO would like to have a word with you @ebon leaf

[ebon leaf]

Sorry... I'm not from your country hides

[tiny heron]

@modern perch are you a seller?

[modern perch]

sort of, we removed our product from the store because it wasn't worth the cost of maintaining it

[tiny heron]

Ah. I was looking for your stuff. Makes sense now.

[delicate dove]

@lilac heath actually, here taxes are retroactive as well, so I'd be paying the higher tax from january this year, along with having to pay back a years worth of healthcare/rent subcharge/allowance.
resulting in well.. ending up with more costs than I get from the retroactive payment.

mp team just informed me they dont care one bit about that so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wooden falcon]

that's lame

here (in the US), it will just be considered new income for year 2018

[lone mountain]

Well I mean

They can't cater to everyone sadly

They are giving out "free" money

If there's an option to not receive it, and it's to your benefit to not, then do that

If there isn't, that should be on the table

But technically, if you are getting a one-lump sum payment, then that's for this year

And should be considered income for this year.

Spreading it out just to avoid taxes...is sort of shady

Just be thankful it's not being double-taxed (AFAIK)

[shadow inlet]

@delicate dove - We certainly don't want to put anyone in the hole. That's not the impression you gave us in your email. Please respond to our message and we can figure out how to sort this out.

[robust vector]

They can't give you a personalized plan, but I think it would be reasonable to allow you to delay the payment until a time you are prepared to receive it.

[blazing harbor]

is there some wort of proper way to put an item on sale? i emailed marketplace support a week and a half ago. does it normally take that long to get a reply? Its not a new submission so I figured the put item on sale would be relatively quick.

[robust vector]

The only current way is via email, and yes, the replies are usually slow

[blazing harbor]

kk thx

[vivid tide]

Can anyone give me a definitive answer on this?
https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/marketplace/creators-hub/1509256-does-a-vat-registered-uk-company-pay-vat-on-revenue-from-marketplace-or-not

Nobody seems to know the answer for certain.

My gut instinct is yes, but if I overpay claiming it back will be a ballache

[modern perch]

Epic use the reverse charge mechanism, so you don't need to deal with VAT for HMRC

[vivid tide]

Okay cool, thanks!

[modern perch]

no worries

if in doubt, talk to an accountant xD

[vivid tide]

I've just done all my end-of-year accounts so I'm all done with accountants for a year haha

[modern perch]

haha

[uneven crown]

Hey guys. Quick question, is there any sales statistics for music?

[vivid tide]

Don't think so, not unless anyone has explicitly shared them.

[delicate dove]

@shadow inlet Imho i explained it perfectly clear that I'd not only have to pay additional taxes but also pay back a year worth of healtcare/rent support all I could do is rephrase the exact same thing.

[robust vector]

Did you explain what "healtcare/rent support" is and the relevant laws around it? You're talking to an American company.

Legally speaking, I don't think they can force you to take the payment, since you originally agreed to 70%. Sucks if you would have to resort to refusing the payment entirely though.

[modern perch]

as far as marketplace payments go they're a European company to my knowledge?

[robust vector]

Do they process payments through the Swiss branch?