ue4-general

[spare kernel]

thanks for letting us know

[quick grove]

it is right for building lighting to sit on 0% for a while ??

i can see the green thing in corner pulsing so it's doing stuff just can't remeber if it being on % for a while is it doing stuff

[echo horizon]

Hello guys I'm new to unreal engine,I installed unreal engine 4.27 version because of my laptop spec.my job is cinematography,I want to learn unreal engine for mainly previsualisation & lighting possibilities I can try out with as much as realistic as possible without crashing my laptop.so my doute is how can I learn it, please don't say see yt ue4 tutorial because they are saying to many things which are complex for me, I dont want to create too much detail things like texture, reflection like that I just simply able to change objects if a object is non reflective then change it to reflective kind of.mainly why I need is I want to see how reflections & spill works also what are contains I may face that why I ask so please guide me how can I learn it

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[slender egret]

Hey everyone, I have a plane with a Media Texture on it playing a video. This is all working but when I hit play, the media stops. Im sure it's a simple fix but I can't figure it out! Thanks for any help.

[midnight vector]

Is there a means to limit the number of cores used by UATHelper, as can be done for UBT? I build on the same system I work from and when it reaches the packaging step, UATHelper seemingly ignores BuildConfiguration.xml and spawns 16 processes for all 16 threads I have. This causes Windows to repeatedly hitch (cursor lags, audio stutters, etc.) until it is done which is very irritating.

[tough thicket]

uh

[tough thicket]

i use Open Source node and it works fine with multiple clips even on timelines

[oak swan]

Trying to package an UE4 game to mobile, but when I do I get this Error, not sure what I need to do

[rancid kayak]

Hi, Need Favour. New In unreal devolopment. i have 4.20 ue i want to learn how to drive bike and related.

Please Inbox The Detail. [ I cant pay money so paid worker please stay away ]

[compact pulsar]

hey guys are you looking for a professional ui ux designer kindly send me a dm

[rancid kayak]

No one Here To Help..?

[hidden osprey]

What does drive bike and related even mean that makes no sense

Also ue5 is probably better than ue4 now

[brittle solstice]

i think we should change the tag name to be sr6 with gold s sign

[grave osprey]

switching UE 4.19 to 4.27.2 resulting failed to open project

searching google and discord doesnt give answer

[hasty epoch]

I didn't even change the version, and I can't open the project. I uninstalled the engine and wanted to reinstall it. But Epic won't let me install it. This has been happening since the new update.

And for some reason, the launcher lags terribly when I install Unreal. No, it's definitely not my internet or my computer.

[trail saddle]

Did you follow this conversion process?
https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/updating-projects-to-newer-versions-of-unreal-engine

As a note, many years ago Epic said that the best method of upgrading the engine version for a project, is doing conversions incrementally from one version to the next. Jumping from 4.19 all the way up to 4.27 may very well be causing the issue.

It will take some extra time but converting it from 4.19 > 4.20 > 4.21 and so on till you get to 4.27 should be the stable route of converting you project.

[grave osprey]

... WHAT THE FUCK

its not like i have time and storage space to install all engine version

[grave osprey]

i am glad its not my issue at least

back then its normal

😭

[trail saddle]

It is a painful process. I've done it before.

[grave osprey]

so if i make asset from create project then apply 4.27 version no issue then ?

[trail saddle]

Was the project for a single asset you are making?

With what I wrote, that incremental process is what is ideal for a bigger projects. If you are making an asset, doing that may not be necessary.

[grave osprey]

its complete project

otherwise the asset not work

for now i can only open project via launcher

for some reason

[trail saddle]

So it's a complete game? For converting your project, did you right click on the Unreal project file > click on Switch Unreal version, and then choose the version?

Also, depending on what your project consists of, migrating from 4.19 to a fresh 4.27 project could work. Say if it's all 3D models and textures instead of a full game.

[grave osprey]

yep

right click switch version accordingly then error

[trail saddle]

Okay

[grave osprey]

i wanna test again tommorow

today just too much of pain

i cant just click the project but i can load project from launcher

[trail saddle]

Is it loading properly from the launcher?

[grave osprey]

yes

i camt double click the project to enter

but i can enter via launcher

i scared if i get another problem later if i download 4.27 again

the error happen after i finished download 4.27 then change version of the game files to 4.27

[trail saddle]

I do believe if you change the version like that, you have to rebuild the visual studio project files.

Not remembering 100% since I haven't done that in so long

[grave osprey]

generate visual studio from project files generate other error like C++ something

next time i make next project from 4.27 instead of 4.19

it said the project does not have source code. you need to add C++ source files tp the project from editor before you generate object

[trail saddle]

Interestingly, 4.19 was the first version of Unreal I worked with back when it was release.

[grave osprey]

if i ise generate visual studio lroj files

[trail saddle]

Yeah, I had that error come up for one of the projects I tried that on just before I told you about it.

[grave osprey]

this is first time inencounter it

[trail saddle]

I'm doing a test real quick on a copied project of mine

I just recreated the problem you had.

[grave osprey]

so what happen

what do i do to fix this ?

[cold vine]

Are you on 4.27 plus branch ?

[trail saddle]

Same thing that you described. I changed the version of the project, fails to open, and can't generate the project files.

Not sure yet, but I'm trying something out. Give me a moment.

[grave osprey]

i hope its fixable

[trail saddle]

With that test project, It was at a point where I had to open 4.27 1st, then select the project from there to open. Could not even open it from the project list from the library.

I migrated everything over to a fresh project, and the problem with opening the project now exists with the fresh migrated version. I can open each project if I open 4.27 1st

[grave osprey]

🤔

soopen from launcher. then open project files after that

double open ?

[trail saddle]

I have no real fix from that test. I can open the project but only If I open the engine 1st, and then select to project.

[grave osprey]

ye

i guess its UE fault in this one

[trail saddle]

It may very well be. I'm starting to think your conversion may not be breaking it.

I have a ton of old UE4 projects. I can't open them from their folder either.

[grave osprey]

yea that too

i cant open other project normally like usual

😭 must use launcher

[trail saddle]

I'm not having the issue with UE5 projects...

[grave osprey]

so its UE4 issue

i hate UE5

[trail saddle]

Okay, I have a partial solution. It fixed opening UE4 projects from project folders, but not from epic games launcher.

[grave osprey]

project folder ?

where

[trail saddle]

From where the unreal project is saved in windows

for me it's windows.

[grave osprey]

u mean shortcut ?

[trail saddle]

mmmh, not exactly a shortcut. Uproject file inside the folder.

[grave osprey]

i cant open it

there

[trail saddle]

and that's what the fix is for 🙂

[grave osprey]

what do i do

[trail saddle]

Answer coming. I noticed the unreal symbol looked like UE5, and so it seems like it's trying to open UE4 with UE5

[grave osprey]

i dont use ue5

[trail saddle]

I right-clicked on the UE4 project file, choose the app, and reconnected it with UE 4.27, as the default app.

[grave osprey]

🤔

where is the exe

the 4.19 in C

[trail saddle]

Okay, when you open the install folder which would say 4.19. You will find the exe by clicking on

Engine > Binaries > Win64 > UE4Editor (near the top)

[grave osprey]

found it. now waiting

[trail saddle]

after setting that to the new default app, I've been able to open any UE4 projects that I tried opening from their project folder, including different versions of UE4

[grave osprey]

its working 🥳

[grave osprey]

thanks for the help

[trail saddle]

Welcome, I'm glad I was able to figure that out. Mine were broken too and didn't know

[oak swan]

I'm on 4.27, not sure what you mean by branch

[reef lava]

UE4 is now broken for most projects thanks to some random issue someone, somewhere is responsible for I and many others are apparently having now. Does anyone know what is actually going on here?

For many projects, I am going to read what you guys were discussing above to see if that helps.

I thought it was my engine that was the problem but turns out its a widespread current issue for anyone using UE4 rn. I can reproduce this on nearly every PC I own. Projects only open when using the launcher. I have to open the engine version then choose the project from there to open these projects. So far it occurs on engine versions; 4.26.2 and 4.27.2 (launcher versions).

So the default app works, issue with that is it will set every .uproject to run on that specified editor. Breaking all other project shortcuts that aren't that version of UE4. Open with also works but that means you have to do that every time you want to open a project from a shortcut so - extra bs you have to do to open the project. No idea why some work and most do not. Edit: I think it may only be C++ projects that work? I have thoroughly tested this yet but it seems that the two projects I have opened so far that were C++ projects have opened with no issues. But I could be entirely wrong about this as it's only two projects.

[cold vine]

I presume you're on launcher based version

[oak token]

are non-launcher based ones not having the issue by any chance?

[toxic berry]

guys, has the "Generate visual studio project files" thing broken for anyone after the latest windows update?

[lilac zinc]

Same thing just started happening to me today

[grave osprey]

UE4 issue ?

[toxic berry]

yeah @grave osprey

started happening to me yesterday

[toxic berry]

did you recently update windows 11?

[reef lava]

Nope, I don't think it has anything to do with Windows though tbh. Epic has been messing with the launcher a bit this week and it appears so far that the main issue is with launcher versions of editors. I haven't tried any source versions yet but I probably will later just to check.

[lilac zinc]

Mine don't open even if I click on the project file

[oak swan]

Not sure I mean I am opening my game project with no issue and able to package a Windows version, just my issue is trying to port the game to Android, cause of that error

[fierce hazel]

guys is there any IO utility in 4.27?

like read write to a text file

[toxic berry]

ah ok, alright

bcoz this started happening right after I restarted my PC

[oak token]

hello, did the source version work?

[cold vine]

I don't know about launcher based. I have tried 4.27 plus and have no issues with droid builds. Good part is SDK config is 5.6 based (assign manually)

[lilac zinc]

Looks like new projects made in 4.27 from the launcher load up. but all the old ones are dead/fail to launch.

for me anyway, seems like not everyone is having the exact same problem.

[toxic berry]

you need to open unreal engine and then select the project from there for it to work properly

[lilac zinc]

I'll give it a shot

[obsidian veldt]

Hey. I'm having a weird issue where all of my unreal projects gives me this error whenever I try to open them. Literally all of them do this. I can't open any of my projects. I mean, I can, but I have to actually launch Unreal Engine by itself, and open the projects that way. If I try to open them through the Epic Games Launcher, or even if I try going into the project folder and use the .exe to open it, it gives me this error. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the launcher, uninstalling and reinstalling Unreal Engine, nothing. I guess on the one hand it's not that big a deal since I still have at least one way of opening the projects, which is a relief because that means there isn't anything wrong with the project files themselves, but on the other hand I'm just very confused why this is even happening to begin with. Any help and insight would be appreciated. Thank you.

Wait a minute, are a bunch of people having the same issue?

[toxic berry]

yeah dude

I started having this since yesterday

it's extremely frustrating

[toxic berry]

look at this

[obsidian veldt]

What in the heck did they do to break it this badly? That's crazy.

[toxic berry]

dude, I wasted so much time figuring this out

I uninstalled all UE versions + epic games launcher

even deleted registry keys and all local files and stuff

only to find out this is epic's fault 😭

[obsidian veldt]

Are people letting them know this is going on? Cause if it's a widespread issue, surely they'll start working on a fix for it.

I'm just glad it's nothing to do with my project specifically honestly. I was worried I might've like corrupted it or something.

I have back ups saved on other hard drives, but still. Doesn't make it any less scary. 😛

[toxic berry]

yeah same, this scared the crap out of me lmao

[toxic berry]

fr man

[cold vine]

✨Opening via Unreal Editor works fine ✨

[toxic berry]

"generate visual studio project files" also fails

need to do it through the terminal sadly

[oak swan]

Man trying to port my game to Android and I keep getting this Error and having trouble figuring out what I need to do to fix it

[stuck pecan]

Can anyone recommend me some nice cel shaders? So many options and so many tutorials each with a shortcoming though ...

[oak token]

hi guys im trying to compile and build UE4 from source due to this but im getting this issue:

[dreamy moth]

Me and the team I'm working for are also fully locked out of using UE4, we have the "Failed to Launch Editor" error and we can't regenerate project files either

Only one team member is able to open it, and he is the only one that never opens the epic games launcher, so he hasn't downloaded the latest update for it

[dreamy moth]

We found two work-arounds, but one of them requires that you have someone with the project that hasn't opened Epic Games Launcher.

Workaround 1:

• Open UE4 without choosing a project
• Once opened, pick the project from the list
• If it asks for rebuild, press Yes.
• If it says you must rebuild from source, try workaround 2.

Workaround 2:
Requires someone with access to the project, who hasn't got the latest Epic Games Launcher update.

• That other person must regenerate project files and perform a rebuild.
• Zip and send "Binaries" and "intermediate" to to those that need it.
• Delete your "Binaries" and "Intermediate", add the ones you downloaded.
• Perform the steps listed under Workaround 1.

[toxic berry]

even if you have downloaded the epic games launcher update, dw

you can still generate the project files through the terminal (cmd)

[toxic berry]

"D:\Epic Games\UE_4.27\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool.exe" -projectfiles -project="PATH_TO_YOUR_UPROJECT_FILE" -game

[toxic berry]

change the pathto the unrealbuildtool.exe according to your install location, and use the correct path to your ".UPROJECT" file

then run this in the command prompt

this will generate the sln file for you, regardless of whether you have downloaded the update or not

hope this helps :)

(ps: this will only generate the .sln file for ya, you'll need to build from your IDE after that ofc)

[whole sparrow]

Hey everyone, a bunch of us got the same error - AutomationBuildTool.exe missing. We were using a custom 4.27 meta fork. Here's another solution we found in the forums:

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-egnine-4-all-of-them-stopped-working-failed-to-launch-editor/2672744

Basically, uninstall both Epic Launcher and Epic Online Services then install speicifcally 18.8.1, and do not let it update to the newest. Then, your project should work again.

[digital eagle]

Since the last update, I can no longer open my Unreal Engine 4 projects in the Epic Games Launcher. I get a "Failed to Launch Editor" error. I always have to launch Unreal Engine itself and then open the project. Does anyone know what's going on?

[nova compass]

I think there was an update in Epic launcher which delivered (deliberately?) broken UnrealVersionSelector.exe and/or UBT. Now my custom engine build doen't want to assign new compiled editor version to the project, also MSBuild is found at the wrong path due to me moving vs22 installation to other drive.

As can be seen in the switch version log, it tries to find UBT under DotNET/UnrealBuildTool/UnrealBuildTool.exe directory, which doesn't exist in UE4

Running: E:\programs\vs22\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe /nologo /verbosity:quiet "E:/ue/ue-4.27-html5-es3-mob/Engine/Source/Programs/UnrealBuildTool/UnrealBuildTool.csproj" /property:Configuration=Development /property:Platform=AnyCPU
Missing E:/ue/ue-4.27-html5-es3-mob/Engine/Binaries/DotNET/UnrealBuildTool/UnrealBuildTool.exe after build```

Also on the forums: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unrealversionselector-exe-no-longer-works-with-ue4/2672673/2

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/epic-broke-unreal-engine-4-failed-to-launch-editor-on-nearly-all-ue4-projects/2672917/17

[radiant dagger]

Plugin issue

[oak token]

I see some users recommending downloading the 18.8.1 Epic Games installer version from Softonic, is there any other sources where we could download this installer ver?

[oak swan]

What plugin and how to fix it though?

[oak swan]

I restarted my PC I got that Launch Error as well with UE4 projects

[glad orchid]

just run this to generate your sln for now

E:\GitUnrealEngine\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\GenerateProjectFiles.bat “D:\MyProject\MyProject.uproject”

Should fix you up temporarily until epic works out whatever jacked up the "unreal engine" pointer

UE4 is "magically" setup to look for UE5 Editor.exe and UnrealBuildTool directory structure

since the launcher update

but there are ways around this via cmd

call the UE4Editor.exe followed by your uproject from cmd and create your own bat shorcut

same thing with the generateproject files.bat ... create your own instead of relying on the right click context

hopes this helps guys 🫡

Luckly at least the engine "association" for the uproject registry still works as expected

just nothing else does

[glad orchid]

👆

Look right above this

you don't need to go through all that

Just run the above cmd in cmd prompt

[glad orchid]

Also remember if you run into building for dev or shipping you can also call "buildcookrun" and pass parameters from cmd line also

[lyric eagle]

I hope they fix this soon, can't even package my blueprint game.

[grave osprey]

for people want to fix failed to launch editor. open with unreal engine with black U icon

you can find it on files with UE version

or launch UE the open project

[glad orchid]

Opening the project is only half the battle

unfortunately 🤦‍♂️

you'll need to rely on cmd prompt for most build functions, compilation, generate sln etc until epic resolves

[digital eagle]

Imagine what would happen if that happened with UE5, it would probably take them an hour to fix it. All hell would break loose. Well, they can all stick with UE5, I'm staying on UE4 forever.

[toxic berry]

UE4 all the way ✊✊

[formal phoenix]

Hey everyone! 👋 I’m Teslim – I’m really into indie games and helping devs get their projects in front of the right players. I’m not here to sell anything, just excited to learn, share, and see what creative projects people are building. If you’re working on something story-driven or indie, I’d love to check it out sometime!

[glad orchid]

It's a stable battle tested engine for sure

an awesome renderer and hardware is only catching up fully take advantage of it

throw RTXGI/DDGI on top and its pretty freaking breathtaking at insaine performance/quality balance

so yeah ❤️‍🔥 UE4

Can pretty much supersample and getter better performance than UE5 at 550p upscaled 🤣

[analog spade]

Hey, just wanted to check since I've been using an older version the launcher for the last few days.
Have they fixed the UE4 launcher issue yet? Can I safely updated the Epic Launcher?

[upbeat turret]

Not yet

Did getting an old launcher fix all your issues temp?

[analog spade]

Yup, I was able to re-download UE4 (something I couldn't do with the current version) and all my projects work fine.
Got the older version from Softonic.

I've been putting my PC to sleep instead of shutting it down for the past few days to prevent the update from installing on start.
Gonna keep doing so until I get the all-clear.

[safe saddle]

they fixed it yay

[lyric eagle]

still not working for me

[oak swan]

This just happened last night, but Unreal 4 and not sure what I can do. I guess maybe Unreal 4 is loading cause eventually things work but only for a bit and then it goes back to this issue.

[lyric eagle]

Try shutting down Discord, it worked for me this morning.

[oak swan]

Interesting

[lyric eagle]

Did it work?

[oak swan]

Yeah surprisly it did, so some weird issue with discord, luckily using the web browser version of Discord doesn't cause a issue, but annoying that an app I used to talk with people that work on my projects is now causing issues with me using Unreal

[upbeat turret]

Does this mean you have a new launcher?

[grave osprey]

what the best UE 4 version

[ebon marlin]

I miss UE4. I just booted up 4.25 and am getting 1000 FPS in a blank level, the most I could achieve in a UE5 project (with all the UE5 tech turned off) was only about 350 FPS

[grave osprey]

oh

[glad orchid]

https://youtu.be/e3mp26hEqTM

Just an update on the Launcher status to share for peeps popping in wondering what is going on with UE4

[digital eagle]

I think we should send some emails, I don't think Epic Games even knows about this. Or they simply don't care enough

[digital eagle]

That's one of the reasons I'm sticking with UE4. Not only that, but UE5 is twice the file size of UE4. On top of that, I find the new UI design more confusing because the colors all look far too similar; it gives me a headache. And thanks to UE5, Unreal Engine has gotten a really bad reputation in general, since almost every UE5 game released is extremely underperforming, because A) they don't know how to optimize it properly, and B) the engine demands significantly more resources anyway. Aside from the fact that they've improved the FAB Marketplace, I really miss the old one. At least you could write a decent review there. I assume that they've made very few sales on the Marketplace due to the whole transition.

[toxic lily]

Any word on a potential fix for the failed to load issue?

Also has anyone using 4.27 had any issues with perforce because of this?

I haven’t but wanna make sure there’s nothing I should look out for. A bit scared to touch anything atm lmao

[grave osprey]

open with from 4.27 files

UE exe that black background

or open 4.27 from launcher. then, load project there

[lyric eagle]

Yeah these things work but you still can't package the game. I have a game set to release on steam at the end of the month, UE4 has been broken for a week now and still no word from epic, so stressful!

[grave osprey]

damn

i scared if UE forcing you to use UE5

because UE6 rush

its been a week ?

[lyric eagle]

Yep, it's been 9 days. I don't think they did this on purpose but they sure aren't hurrying to fix it.

[digital eagle]

I'm currently having the problem that UE4 won't even start anymore, and I have several UE4 editors running in the task manager that I can't close, which has never happened to me before. The only solution is to completely restart the PC. Epic Games has really ruined UE4.

[odd swan]

Can I avoid these problems by using UE4 source?

[slender arch]

I have an issue where I use the telepot function on my 3D top down character and when he teleports he can't move?? why is this??

I really need to fix it, this is for my school project

[grave osprey]

is UE4.27 problem fixed yet ?

[clever pawn]

I wanted to ask how common are crashes, sometimes I open my project and it just crashes, then the next attempt it works fine. (v4.27.2)

[grave osprey]

it happens

[plush yew]

Does anyone know how to unpack a UE4.23 game, LifeIsStrange remastered in my case and unpack the Uasset and modify the Tga or Dds correctly and then Repack it back into a uasset and into a pak? Its the, for example (LISM_P.pak) type modded file Anyone?

[burnt cosmos]

i am game developer

[plush yew]

so you can help?

[burnt cosmos]

yeah

how much can u pay for ur task?

[plush yew]

Wdym?

[burnt cosmos]

i do ur task , and u pay for my working

[oak patio]

this isn't the place to pick up paid contracts unsolicited, please read the #rules

[oak patio]

unfortunately we don't allow unsupported modding discussions here. Your best option is going to be finding a modding community for unreal engine games, there's plenty of em out there 🙂

[burnt cosmos]

thank u

[grave osprey]

do UE fix failed to open project yet ?

[strong nest]

Anyone heard of a recent framerate killer when switching between levels in editor? Anytime I load any level, it has a good chance of getting stuck at 7 frames per second. ChatGPT says something about Swap Chain problems but has no solution.

[brittle gulch]

Hey guys! Do you guys have this issue with obs when you use window capture, it shows the tooltip only sometimes when you hover something instead of showing the full window at all times

This is ridiculous XD

[brittle gulch]

Hey! I recorded a short video to show you the bug in action cause it's hard to describe.

[wooden sand]

Thanks!

[wooden sand]

Hey, this topic might help: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/editor-bug-with-tooltips-and-menu-showing-full-screen/144521/3

[brittle gulch]

Thanks, I'll see if it helps

[dreamy moth]

That one is not recent, me and my partner have been suffering from it for years hehe

[brittle gulch]

Hey! Is there a way to find what BP is printing on the screen?
It seems like I've unchecked the option print to log because there's nothing in the log. And the string is numerical only so I can't search by what it's saying

[oak patio]

BP.BlamePrintString 1 should work

[nova depot]

Text user reviews are back on FAB now.

[primal condor]

Is ue4.27 still relevant I just downloaded it

[soft kernel]

sure, it's not cutting edge, but you can do tons of stuff with it too.
there are a bunch of great plugins on the Marketplace for UE 4, which will speed up your workflow.

couple examples:
Pivot Tool: https://www.fab.com/listings/848d64ea-188d-494a-962f-21ed56955bc2
ProInstance Tool: https://www.fab.com/listings/68d92f15-d5c0-4f9b-8c09-64f3065030d6
Freezer: https://www.fab.com/listings/d7beb9a7-fe89-4f1b-aa59-cc87983ce2a8
Multi Objects Renaming Tool: https://www.fab.com/listings/c82ac6ec-34d1-48b3-ad18-f841fc652f94

[primal condor]

Thanks I'll look into these

Is there a way to get pixel art textures working, and how should o go about placing foilage and assets on terrain

[soft kernel]

never used pixel art, I suggest just searching on yt, there are tutorials for UE about almost anything.
Also, for creating a Landscape.
here is some beginner tutorial, I've timestamped the Landscape section: https://youtu.be/_a6kcSP8R1Y?si=78vP9RpE7Hx_pKY0&t=7473

[oak patio]

honestly for a beginner there is little to no reason to lock yourself into an older engine version

[soft kernel]

that's true too

which UE 5 version would you recommend ? (being the most stable ? )

5.2, 5.3, etc. ?

[oak patio]

eh, they've all got their downsides. personally I'd probably go for 5.6, i personally try to keep 1 minor version behind.

it would either be that or 5.3 for me

[primal condor]

Mostly doing it cuz the performance seems to be better than ue5 when I looked at it

[oak patio]

by default sure, that's not the case if you put some work into optimization

ue5 is more performance intensive because it has newer features, those newer features are going to be more costly.
you can turn them off, as well as a lot of other features.

read the top pin, and check this out if you're more serious about it https://blog.daftsoftware.com/unreal-perf-maxing

[primal condor]

I'll compare both, I still don't like all those effects like the TAA stuff since it just looked bad in the ue5 games I have

(The finals)

[oak patio]

You don't have to use them

They're options :P

[primal condor]

Eh I'll take my chances

[stray pewter]

wish you could select the amount of bloat before creating the project. I assume most people don't need all the fancy perf hog features in UE5.

[zealous bone]

does anyone know how i can make a object be placed using the mouse position

?

i have been trying for the last 1 and a half hours

[soft kernel]

1. put object in scene.
2. go to the world outliner, right-click on your object --> "Snap Object to View"
3. in case, slightly move your camera / mouse afterwards, to see the object in its new position

[zealous bone]

ok

thanks bro u saved my life

i forgot to put the object in scene

https://tenor.com/view/yes-yes-sir-yayy-kataman-gif-12260883688244422951

[stuck pecan]

Tryna remake a bouncy ball game for assignment. Collisions behave erraticaly, sometimes the ball will get stuck in the platform, other times it will bounce away correctly. Any tips?

[zealous bone]

i am no specialist but i will probably try to make the ball’s collision box a bit bigger or put another slightly smaller one inside the normal collision box to be less likely for ir to pass through walls

or maybe just make the ball a bit slower

[zealous bone]

but by using a slightly smaller hitbox to detect when the ball gets stuck inside a plataform and apply a force in the y vector maybe it can make the ball get stuck less times

[stuck pecan]

These two nodes will sometimes return a -1 if the player resizes the window to a smaller size.

[bleak root]

Im trolling rn.

Ban

[bleak root]

Ban me

Please

[uneven bear]

jesus f christ. I just went back to 4.26 and it is just heaven. EVERYTHING is faster. especially physics.

and all normal people things are included and not hidden in weird places

[stuck pecan]

Anything crucial for games that 4.27 has that 4.26 doesn't have?

[uneven bear]

from top of my head, not really. Maybe some arvr stuff and small optimizations in compression of some assets. Mainly came from 5.4 back to 4.26 from a long pause without touching 4.26.

[stuck pecan]

Hmm, I'd like to run some tests, unfortunately I'm in the middle of my first solo project with 4.27. Downgrading to 4.26 to test would probably be a huge hassle.

I'm crazy for legacy stuff. I'm so disappointed with UE5 I don't want to touch it anytime soon.

[uneven bear]

Amen to you brother/sister/whatever.

[stuck pecan]

You know what it's a Sunday, I think I'm gonna have a little fun trying to downgrade a 4.27 project to 4.26

[uneven bear]

It can be done

I think there is a plugin for bp downgrader no?

[stuck pecan]

I'm not 100% satisfied with my current performance cus I'm using volumetric fog and I must put the cvars really low to get the project above 60fps. I'm tryna remake some 2d flash games with a 3D look but I'd like to play them in 1080p60fps

But first I gotta find a way to set the scalability group settings since I implemented a quality switch button in the game. The default settings crank up the volumetric fog cvars in Maximum lagging the game

I'm not sure how that is done, it's in some sort of .ini file isn't it?

[stuck pecan]

Don't know, I'm gonna research it

[uneven bear]

you could also just run a manager bp or something like that and execute r.volumetricfog.xxx whatever you need if you know what cvars are affecting your performance.

[stuck pecan]

Do you know where can I find important cvars list to downgrade in order to get max performance?

[uneven bear]

kinda wild that es3.1 supports v.fog 😄 But i guess its ok.

i looked at the list, its not many. Interesting ones prolly the grid ones with size and scales and then pixel thingys

r.VolumetricFog.GridPixelSize could be one

and also the gridsize..

[stuck pecan]

It pisses me off how Epic never separated a miserable 1million dollars out of their billions to dedicate into a lightweight UE version. Like Unity's URP/HDRP.

Instead of all of this 4.xxx / 5.xxx thousands of version bullshit. Why not just two eternal branches. like UE Light / UE Pro.

No more thousands of deprecated plugins. Everything is cross compatible, no version stress, maximum performance for lightweight ports, maximum graphics for AAA ports.

[uneven bear]

atleast you have 4.2xx 😄

if you can also code a bit with c++ things get more manageable

[neon bough]

because unreal is modular, and you can turn off what you don't need. Also a million won't get you far

thats max. 10 devs for a year (can't math today...)

[spice ruin]

People have already made versions of unreal that compile to sub-100mb.

Why not find one of those?

[stuck pecan]

I wish I could. I have no idea where one of those would be.

Have you seen any recently? Pls share

Oh, totally forgot about the Github Forks. The only issue is clicking one by one and trying out via luck?

[cunning swan]

Hi I have a doubt about unreal FChunkDownloader plugin, lets say I have a widget A and widget B, both of which references texture T, if I make chunk of A and B, will T be downloaded twice or how does that work considering if I want to download and mount pak files selectively instead of all at the beginning.

[spice ruin]

Sadly I've only heard about them. Never used one myself!

[stuck pecan]

The finished node from timeline nodes seems to be bugged in 4.27. It executes twice or more for no reason, I had to use a bool to enforce it runs only once.

[analog spade]

So, hypothetically, say I wanted to mess around with fluids in UE4, just mess around, so I don't wanna spend money on this.
What are my options? From a cursory look, doesn't seem like I have any.

[stuck pecan]

Do you mean you don't want to buy plugins and want free alternatives to playing around with fluids?

If that's what you meant, then your options are tutorial hunting. Not like it would be different with plugin hunting anyway.

I've seen an awesome jello material last week, I'm 100% sure you can find a nice fluid shader on youtube.

[analog spade]

Haven't considered shaders, I'll look into it, thanks.

[analog ridge]

Ahh lovely

[tacit knoll]

Hey, I'm currently trying to load in a skeletal mesh with some cloth physics, it's working but there's a noticeable lag spike whenever the character loads. I've tried spawning the skeletal mesh component through the construction script, and I've tried having an instance of the mesh in the world when the character loads in. It seems to only affect skeletal meshes that use cloth physics.
Any ideas on what I can try?

[stuck pecan]

Could be so many things... Start with the simplest explanations, mesh is too complex, too many polys, simulation quality too high, check shader complexity with F5...

I've no experience with traditional cloth physics, but I did use Kawaii physics last year, it could be more performant for you.

[tacit knoll]

Thanks, I'm not the one who set up the cloth physics, just trying to figure out some hitching in the game really. These are the stats for the item I was specifically testing with. Basically an armour piece with some draped cloth attached.

[stuck pecan]

Just 232 vertices being simulated and 4 bones? Doesn't sound like a lot

[tacit knoll]

Yeah, I'm using Optick Profiler so I know it's this mesh in particular that spikes, taking about 40ms to initialize.

Unfortunately it doesn't show where the lag is happening beyond just setting the mesh.

[stuck pecan]

Might not be the simulated drape but the other rest of the mesh. The 3d artist might've left too many polys in the other parts of the model, the textures could be too high res, the shader complexity might be costly in some of the materials.

Try importing this same mesh as a static one, try importing just the simulated part of the character with the armor and the drape without the body to isolate the culprit.

[tacit knoll]

I'll try it but it's not the only mesh with the problem, and it seems to be anything with cloth physics.

[hasty prawn]

Hello. Sounds like you have a nice skill set. Check out the Job Board section to hopefully find some work. You can go here to post your own advertisement. https://discord.com/channels/187217643009212416/780560026220625950

[quasi sage]

Yo yo

I need some tech helppp

[quasi canyon]

Hello there

I think I can help you

[tranquil crown]

Hi, is it possible to control the size via blueprint?

[neon bough]

search your editor installation and in the binaries directory there should be something like UnrealEditor-Windows

rightclick it and you should be able to make a create desktop shortcut somewhere in the contextmenu

[nimble axle]

Is there a particular reason why ue4 is suddenly looking for UnrealBuildTool in DotNET/UnrealBuildTool/ instead of the DotNET root folder? Is there any way to fix this?

I'm familiar with how to use it through terminal but I'm confused what I did to cause the change in the first place.

I do have a ue5 installation, is that the problem?

Ah. Its an epic launcher problem. Thank you, Epic.
I'm seeing this is from november though, I wasn't having issues until last week.
Anyone else?

[nimble axle]

Had to make my own .bat file to generate projects as a workaround to running in terminal.

Does UnrealVersionSelector.exe from Epic Games Launcher use a hardcoded MSBuild path?

[harsh storm]

Does anyone know how to mod UE4 games and their pak/sig files?

[oak patio]

modding games that don't ship a build of unreal as a mod kit is against the rules for discussing here. You're better off in an unreal modding discord 🙂

[regal coral]

Hi, is there any way to package/publish a html5 game as a static web page?
I'm using the ver. 4.23.1.

[nimble axle]

As far as I know when you package for html5 it does generate static assets you can just upload to a web server, no?

[regal coral]

thx for reply, I will try it later!

[regal coral]

Zip the package folder and upload it to the itch.io
no need to modify too much
works fine

[serene flame]

hey! can anyone here help me with a true first-person system? the camera component is attached to the "head" bone of my character mesh. my animations have a headbob effect baked-in, but I also want to have an option where the players can turn headbob off in the settings. can anybody tell me how I can do that..?

I've been told I should use the "Transform Modify (Bone)" node for this and fix a value (in order to stop the headbob) for the bone in the animation blueprint but it doesn't seem to work correctly. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[spice ruin]

Personally, I'd remove the headbob from the main animation and then apply it as a montage based on whether headbob is on.

Or maybe you can do something with raw bone rotation in the anim bp to cancel it out?

[serene flame]

I mean even if I remove it, the animation's movement itself would still affect the camera

[serene flame]

hm can u elaborate?

[spice ruin]

Remove the head bone rotation as the last step in your anim bp. Or something. It's not the best way.

[spice ruin]

Why would it affect the camera if the headbob was entirely removed?

[serene flame]

The camera is still attached to the "head" bone, the animation of the character will still have effect on the camera

the only difference would be the built-in headbob effect would be gone

but it'd still have the movement caused by the animation itself

[serene flame]

hm I'll try

[spice ruin]

It's not a true fp camera if you aren't moving with your body...

[serene flame]

ye but

I want smth like Resident Evil 7/8

[spice ruin]

The simple answer there would be not to attach it to your skeleton at all.

[serene flame]

Idk how to explain it- 😭

[spice ruin]

Just give it a static offset from the root bone and be done with it.

[serene flame]

hm but if I don't do that there seems to be an issue when the player is holding an item and looking up and down

the hand doesn't follow correctly, the cam's rotation

[spice ruin]

Welcome to the issues with true fp cameras.

[serene flame]

do you know any fixes? xd

[honest dust]

Hello, Ive been trying to have delay nodes inside of a macro (which is in a macro library based on object) and I cannot get them in for some reason, but also, I have a template that has a macro library ALSO based on object but it somehow has a delay node?? (screenshot attached) but for some reason the delay node has a "world context object". I also searched online and people say you can only have delay nodes in macro libraries that are based on actor, but then if thats true then how does this delay node even exist in the object based macro library? Its pretty confusing and I would like some help

[surreal edge]

Move headbob from baked anims to procedural/preset camera shakes.
More control and provides an easy global toggle/killswitch.

[serene flame]

even if I remove the headbob , like I previously stated, the animation of the character itself will still make the camera have a bob

as the camera is attached to head socket of the mesh

[surreal edge]

Fair

[serene flame]

yeah

I'm thinking of just detaching the camera from the head bone, and for the aim offset situation I'm just trying to recreate the same method used in RE7 & RE8 by CAPCOM, they make the hand follow an offset relative to the camera using TwoBoneIK

far from perfect rn as it's just for testing, I'll improve upon this system and see where things go ig

[surreal edge]

How about you use a virtual socket like a scene component and make the camera inherit it's rotation only during item inspect

Does that make sense in this context?

[serene flame]

what does item inspect have to do with it lol

[regal mulch]

The AActor requirement comes from the World Context Object. The node requires a UWorld internally. AActors are guaranteed to have a UWorld. Generic UObjects don't. Functions and Nodes that require a WorldContextObject (a UObject that the user supplies to retrieve a UWorld from) usually hide the pin if "self/this" is known to provide a UWorld. In the image above, it's inside something that is not based on an AActor, so you gotta supply something as a WorldContextObject, like some AActor instance, UAcrorComponent, etc. "self" in this case refers to the Macro Object, which is strange it would lead to a valid UWorld.

[honest dust]

I actually found out how to have delay nodes in object based macro libraries and that’s by going into the level blueprint, grabbing a delay node, collapsing that node, copying the collapsed node into your macro, and then uncollapsing the node, then for the world context object you get a reference to self.

[analog spade]

Hey, is there really no way for me to get a widget with rounded corners in UE4?

[analog spade]

I guess I'll do it myself then.

[spice ruin]

You can use a border with a rounded background texture. However, all widgets are rectangular.

[analog spade]

Already made a rectangular PNG and used that as a background.

Man, this is the only UE5 feature that I wish was in UE4 so far, pretty good.

[hoary granite]

hello

anyone uses arc gpus for ue4 ?

[finite bison]

mmmmmmm

[serene flame]

hey y'all! I need some help with my project: basically, there's a SpringArm attached to my Camera, and there's an object (A lighter mesh) attached to the SpringArm. Camera Rotation Lag is enabled on the SpringArm. Now the entire intent of this setup is to have a lighter mesh attached to the camera and follow the camera; staying on the same position on the screen, and the purpose of the rotation lag is to make it sway a bit instead of it being stiff, now, when I play in the editor or the PIE window mode, everything works as intended, but the second I play on Standalone mode or in a packaged build, the lighter mesh jitters around. Another thing I noticed was this only happens when I move the camera with the mouse, everything works fine when using controller. When I tried disabling the Rotation Lag, that fixes it but I mean I need the sway, that's the whole purpose of using the SpringArm, I also tried increasing the Rotation Lag Amount, but it still has jitter and it appears more stiff so that's even worse. Is there any fix for this pls?

[serene flame]

Nvm I fixed it

[lethal bronze]

hello，I want to use UNREAL 4.27.2 to do this Robot act game, some one could follow with me please？

I have all assets we need

[woven schooner]

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[brittle gulch]

Hey! How would you go about breaking things in the environment like light poles, street signs, etc... like in GTA?
I tried with doing the following on hit event, what do you think?

The problem I notice is that I can't really make the light pole "fly away" when I hit it, it kinds of stops my car first, then it falls down.

[obtuse stump]

Ccleaner deleted some stuff from my project.. now how to I restore that second thing? I'm pretty sure the first one can be fixed by reimporting the asset

[fossil socket]

ccleaner is basically low quality shovelware, so I would suggest uninstalling it. since the second is from an engine plugin, you can likely restore it by verifying your engine installation from the epic launcher

[obtuse stump]

But I uninstalled and reinstalled the engine completely. How is it failing to load it ?

[winter shadow]

Hi, is it safe to store my ddc on a hard drive? Is there any performance/loading downsides?

[spice ruin]

Safe, sure. Performant? Probably not.

[open vigil]

@lucid cliff where are these assets from?🤔 they remind me too much of Naruto Shinobi Striker and Naruto Storm

[open vigil]

also the sound effects @lucid cliff

[restive ingot]

my Unreal Engine keeps crashing with this error message, can anyone tell my why?

Something about the graphics RHI, I switched to 12 and Vulkan and the issue still happens

[clever pawn]

bruh, unreal gives my pc a freaking heart beat, like literally, even if I close the engine my pc still stops every now and then
this is so weird, it doesn't happen if I don't open the engine

I think I should reinstall the engine

[spice ruin]

You might be running out of memory and it's swapping things to the swap file.

[wheat canyon]

Hello everyone

[clever pawn]

16GB of RAM, that can't be

Even so, the lag spikes persists after closing the engine, and resolves after restarting

[spice ruin]

16GM of ram is very low if you mean you're using the editor.

[clever pawn]

Perhaps
But even so, apart from having 2500 meshes in my game and like idk 1Mil tris (didnt optimise yet)
That's about it
But still, its weird that it persists across the whole pc, even after closing the engine

It doesn't always happen, it's a weird bug

[spice ruin]

Like I said, if it's a swap file issue, it will take time to sort that out, even after you close the editor.

Have you checked it's not just running invisibly in the background?

[clever pawn]

Didn't check task manager, good idea actually.

[dire zealot]

16gb is not enough anymore for developing in unreal its a big engine

[clever pawn]

I don't really see how that is my problem

I used to have 8 gigs and I was completely fine

[dire zealot]

with the same amount of assets in your scene?

[clever pawn]

Yeah

Dude, most of us are indie, we don't make big games

[dire zealot]

on the same patch version?

of unreal

[clever pawn]

Maybe 32gigs for ue5 is a standard, but for UE4 different story (depends but still)

The title of this chanell is ue4 general

[dire zealot]

it's possible that it's something you added to the project in the meanwhile

[clever pawn]

No, pretty sure it's across the whole engine

[dire zealot]

but if your project is the same, then it should give the same results

[clever pawn]

But maybe it is, although I dont really see anything that could cause this

[dire zealot]

if it also happens in an empty scene then your install might be a bit wonky

if reinstalling doesn't fix it try updating drivers or even reinstalling windows

[clever pawn]

Good idea

Too lazy to reinstall now lol

[edgy holly]

Hey, do you know how long branch 4.27-plus will be developed?

[neon bough]

they still maintain 4.27?!

[worldly trout]

nope

[strong lake]

Getting debugger symbols should help you fin the issue 😄

[mental horizon]

hello guys, im using UE4.27 and im in need of functional PS controller support, there are plugins for ue5, but i cant use those cuz im stuck in 4.27, and the only one that i notice requires 5k to access it?, if anyone has any solution, please do tell me, thanks in advance.

[winter shadow]

Does anyone else notice that draw time is significantly worse on windows compared to linux? 0.3 ms on linux compared to 0.8ms on windows. Is there any way to get the time down to linux level?

[edgy flicker]

can someone help me out with something?

[neon bough]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WiseMonkeymeme-yes-dunno-cant-decide-yjZedIjQFzXHaSVmax

[dire zealot]

I vote no

[edgy flicker]

cuz i'm trying to figure out transition rules for left, right and backward movement for my state machine.

[neon bough]

that's something you should ask in #animation since the system behind it hasn't changed much and whatever advice you get there should also apply to UE4

[edgy flicker]

thx u

[grave osprey]

UE4.27 i enable pawn sensing on pawn it doesnt show green lines

wtf

[marsh pier]

Maybe its the radius/angle

[grave osprey]

nope. it doesnt show

[oak token]

hi guys, no idea what channel to post this in at this point but i need some help here; I have a control rig project copied from git, in the animbp when I copy the control rig node with it's exposed pins, it works fine. but when I break those pins (like a vector into into 3 floats) in the node itself, and copypaste the node, it crashes
Here's the error shown, ive no idea how to resolve this. help
Assertion failed: NumNewPins == InNewPins.Num() [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Editor/BlueprintGraph/Private/K2Node.cpp] [Line: 1109]

[zealous bone]

nahhh

lets be honest nobody have that much off a need to make a game lol

[clever pawn]

what's a command to hide warning and/or printed strings during gameplay?
I need this for my debug panels so they appear on top and are not obstructed by anything

[clever pawn]

DisableAllScreenMessages

[analog spade]

Quick question, probably a stupid one too, does "Scale spawn count" parameter work on spawn rate?

Like, this specific emitter is a ribbon, I was wondering if this reduces the spawnrate as the player gets farther away, or is it just for other stuff like big bursts of particles.

I don't see a difference, I assume it's due to the nature of the emitter itself being a ribbon, but maybe I'm wrong?
I just wanna make sure.

[analog spade]

Also, emitters are not rewakaening when player enters the max culling range.
Is this ALSO because it's a ribbon?

[analog spade]

I decided to use the actor component culling distance parameter instead, it seems to be working, and IS improving my performance, but is that weird?
It doesn't feel right, like this is not how I should be doing it?

[worthy hamlet]

Does visual studio 2022 supports with ue4.27?

[analog spade]

Yes.
That's what I'm using.

[worthy hamlet]

But why it says 2019 version needed?

[analog spade]

Says that for me as well, but VS2022 does work for me, there is a weird issue I encounter sometimes with my C++ project, but I don't know if it's caused by VS or the Epic launcher.
Point is, 2022 DOES work, but if you haven't installed Visual Studio yet, install the 2019 version just in case.

[worthy hamlet]

Does it necessary to sign the account of visual studio?

[analog spade]

Nope, I'm not logged into mine either.

[worthy hamlet]

Thank for helping me.

💚

[analog spade]

Anytime friend!

💜

[regal mulch]

Hey, this is an unofficial UE Discord Server. None of us can fix those servers.

[spice ruin]

He already left.

[stuck pecan]

If using Unreal for 2 years and not getting anywhere with it to the point of calling it a waste, then switching to Unity will not make things better either

[dire zealot]

join server
FIX YER SHIT
leave
chad move

[stuck pecan]

Now that I think about it this is weird cus I reinstalled 4.27 yesterday trough Epic launcher. 0 issues

[dire zealot]

its probably something local to him

[spice ruin]

Indeed. Why are they still using 4.27 as well? That's far more than 2 years old.

[clever pawn]

wait what, you can't install UE4 from epic games?
hmmm, I mean if the options still here then they ain't broke shi

my engine of choice fr fr <3

[clever pawn]

nevermind I hate it

[sullen star]

hey so im looking for some advice about removing multiplayer from project is there any tutorials or forums about the removal of multiplayer systems from and project at all? would be awesome

[placid dirge]

Does anyone here have experience making a nice driving model in UE4? I'm using the "Drivable Cars" pack on FAB and it was good to start with but now I'm wanting to upgrade because the driving physics of those vehicles are not very nice and they start to glitch and lag sometimes. Would be willing to pay someone who has time to walk me through setting up something better.

[quick grove]

in UE 4.26 editor I've generated landscape tiles for my landscape but it's not created the landscape actor and assigned it within all the Landscape proxys, is there a way to do this after the fact or not ?

[serene spade]

Hi I'm new and need to use unreal engine, the only issue is that the size of it is way too large and I'm not sure if my PC can handle it. Is there a version of UE4.27 that doesn't have support for nintendo, xbox, playstation, and VR,
and basically anything that is unrelated to a 3D multiplayer game for windows? I'd like a debloated version of it if that is even possible. Sorry if this is a silly question :,D

[analog spade]

Unreal 4 isn't that heavy, espcially not compared to 5 anyway, if you got 20GBs on your hard drive you can install it, if you don't have 20Gbs, uh...you'll have to clear that space I'm afraid.
You can debloat the project you're working on but removing certain plugins but not the engine itself I'm afraid.

[spice ruin]

When you run the setup.bat file you can exclude platforms.

If you're compiling from source.

If you're using hte launcher, there may be options (like not installing debugging symbols)

[dapper rose]

Best way to learn Unreal Engines C++ I understand basics, but best to learn it. Would the documentation be adiquite?

[stuck pecan]

Docs + Yt Tutorials + Forums + ChatGPT/Gemini + Udemy Courses + Courses in General

You can ask gemini or chatgpt to seek the Unreal Forums + Docs on how to do something and it's likely to get it right.

And the most important, practice exactly the type of stuff you want to create. No point in learning everything about c++ and advanced unreal concepts when your game will probably not need those.

Oh, and don't waste time doing with C++ things that are as performant and much quicker to create using Blueprints.

[oblique scarab]

you can install or uninstall platform features independently. this is in korean but it says target platform android / ios / linux / tvos and i have all of them unchecked since i only need support for windows and mac for my game project on launch

you can program ue5's renderer to behave like ue4's using the project settings so i recommend you do that instead of just get 4.27 esp if youre a beginner , youll be able to find more up to date tutorials / ready to use assets etc for 5 than 4

clicking on the down triangle next to launch will let you install or uninstall specific parts of the engine

[distant junco]

hi guys, for some reason when i run my packaged game with Unreal 4.27 it shows a black screen, widgets appears but it seems like that lights don't work at all, i tried rebuilding lights multiple times but didn't work, what could be the issue?

[marsh pier]

Have you tried running the game as standalone from editor and seeing if it works

[stuck pecan]

For some reason I don't believe this. Even if all ue5 features are disabled, I still feel like UE5 performance is still slower than 4.

[oblique scarab]

ue5 has a newer architecture that is unfortunately more cpu / ram / vram intensive. not that it's bad or anything as it enables some of the newer features but it is something to note

when it comes to gpu performance it really depends on the content, on some projects 5 will run faster than 4 by default, on some projects the opposite

both engines are just optimized differently with different goals / target hardware in mind but in general i would recommend going with 5 for anyone starting out in 2026 then scaling down per project if need be

[analog ridge]

Gng is perforce good for a collaborative gamedev project

[dire zealot]

most projects seem to use p4v in unreal

[analog ridge]

Ok

[lament spoke]

I just wanted to share this thing I've been working hard on for about a month now, most of it is making the sprites because I've never done art before but hey :D
https://youtu.be/s4eOD7rQQRQ

[jade surge]

a game like this in 2025? Impressive af tbh, these days engines don't seem to support this type of style/graphics

[lament spoke]

Thank you! This is the current progress
https://youtu.be/pjytQFik6Hw

[jade surge]

in love with the art style, wow. is it like a school project or just hobby?

[lament spoke]

Just a hobby, I've got a few plans for it but I'm really struggling with making a level, I think after the first one I'll be ok because it'll go more enclosed and dungeon like eventually

I've made a lot of progress with building cliffs and rock faces so it's going ok

[regal marsh]

Is using UE4 for new projects a good idea?

I basically don't need any new feature released in UE5

[lament spoke]

Why not? Use the engine you want to use and if you don't need what UE5 has, don't waste the processing power for your customers

[oblique scarab]

if you’re a beginner get ue5 and turn off all the new features, if youre experienced get 4.27

[oblique scarab]

windows maze wallpaper art style lol

[fresh shore]

Whats your guys' best advice for moving an entire project from one Hard drive to the other? My current one is corrupted and damged so I need to move my project onto the other drive

I dont want anything to break😭😭

[wise trail]

Use a cloning software unlike Windows File Explorer they typically won't freeze if they hit a bad sector.

They skip and continue with the rest of the file.

This is one of the free options I'd recommend maybe looking in how to use it first to make sure you don't muck anything up. https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/

[fresh shore]

I appreciate that answer. I think I was worrying too much about it. I thought moving the entire project to another hard drive would cause bigger issues 😂

[wise trail]

Gl!

[thorn violet]

has anyone managed to run mode=generateClangDatabase on linux for ue4? i need it for clang compile_commands.json all my ways and alternatives produce impure copies

[thorn violet]

update I had successfully overcome this issue, i might make a youtube video about it and post it here

[open cargo]

got a question... does NDK r22b work good with android ASTC compression in ue4.27?

[open cargo]

wait it actually works perfectly

[quick grove]

out of interest is there a thing in UE 4 as an addon manager or is there just an asset manager ??

[untold grotto]

um guys can someone or team can help me with godot project but for free pls because its fan game

[wise trail]

Have you tried the Godot community discord?

[latent stream]

Hey Im trying to extract these sprites, gotten from sonic mania. As you can see the sprites are not aligned in a proper way for the auto function to work. I recall there is a way to manually drag a box around the images and extract them into indivual PNGs. But I cant remember how to do it. Could someone help me please?

[lament spoke]

This might be useful :)
https://youtu.be/UiMUTf2kCSs
https://youtu.be/QelIkAtih0g

[idle quartz]

Hey, does anyone happen to have the Ninja Character Plugin (by Xaklse) for UE4.27? It's pretty much impossible to get it the normal way now

[chrome tinsel]

Is unreal 4.27.2 still holds up cuz i want to make action RPG game ngl i chose this Verizon cuz performance better than ue5 so is it worth it

[digital basalt]

There's some updated forks of 4.27 plus. I don't see a reason to go away from it yet. Iirc consoles opened back up access to publish on 4.

[winter shadow]

i would try the Vite fork(https://github.com/GapingPixel/UnrealEngineVite-PhysX) it is based off of the rtx branch but they merge 4.27 plus there too

[lament spoke]

Uh can anyone help me figure out why my previews and stuff are suddenly all broken for this model?
It's fine in the viewport

It was all fine like 2 hours ago, I opened my project and its invisible now

[analog spade]

Quick question.
Am I the only one who can't generate project files unless I reload an older version of the Epic launcher?
This started to happen after than one issue where we couldn't open UE4 projects, they did fix that one, but now there's this issue.

[analog spade]

Just me? That's a good sign, means this is a me issue and not an Epic issue.

[sullen harness]

Full offense, why are you in the UE4 channel telling everyone to use EU5? Seems kind of stupid

[oblique scarab]

no offense, but what a power move to ping me just to claim there is a fifth european union then leave the server

[oblique scarab]

does the girl in cam support metahuman rig and nanite skeletal mesh? if yes i join if no i report

[restive ingot]

<@&213101288538374145>

[oak patio]

Nah this server isn't really for modding

Unless the game ships an official mod kit (which you're still better off elsewhere for help for), and bl3 doesn't

[pseudo trellis]

❌

[sudden wind]

What's BL3

What Engine version does it use

[pseudo trellis]

how do u know jack

LOL

[sudden wind]

Who's jack

[pseudo trellis]

check mutuals

[sudden wind]

Oh jackhook 😂

From Monarch

And you?

[pseudo trellis]

whats that

[sudden wind]

A discord server with a bunch of weirdos

[pseudo trellis]

ik him from sea of thieves, like hes in cheat community

[sudden wind]

Oh yeah he's in a lot of those

[pseudo trellis]

inv

[sudden wind]

1sec I dont even know if it still exists

Found it, I DM'd you

[worn frost]

Discussing tools for PC mods is OK if they're permitted by the game's creators. In this case they are not.

[wise trail]

The devs don't support modding that title.

[noble tapir]

Check your DM

[analog spade]

Hey my font list is empty all of a sudden, realized this trying to set up some rich text data tables, only way I managed to get the Roboto font is by copying it from this regular text widget, if I clear this field, I'm unable to select it again because the list is empty for some reason.

Any idea why this is happening?

Just remembered, I have to show engine content.

[winged kraken]

Hello guys, I’m adeola. 3d Character and props artist. Great to be here ✨

[cold sentinel]

how can i check overlapping ui elemtns via widget blueprint

[cold sentinel]

ii fixed it

[vocal raptor]

Is there a way to populate primary data asset in editor programmatically?

[tough cloak]

hello, does anyone know what's happening. I dowloaded some assets but cant export them to UE4, the image does not show up aswell

[tough cloak]

i think my bridge is broken I download the assets but when I go to the files it did not download the model and textures

[analog ridge]

have to plug the hand to the grip, seems like its tougher than what i thought it would be... can someone help??

[elfin gate]

hi i have a question
if i add the player character without animation and i want to add animation aftewards do i need to rimport?

[analog ridge]

no, just bind to the skeleton

[elfin gate]

so like when i want to add new animation i that skeleton i just do it like that?

[analog ridge]

yeah its like the skeleton is imported into unreal when you import the base mesh

but you need to reimport only when you modify the mesh

and simple non-skeletal mods are just oneclick reimported

i hope it helped...

now its my turnn to

get help

[elfin gate]

oki doki lemme see

• first step is like add the skeleton you gonna use
• step 2 .... ye im loss

cuz like idk each time there a new animation if there a way to add or it really just rimport

[analog ridge]

wait

drag your stuff

into the editor

then there comes a window

there you click skel mesh drop down

there skeleton

[elfin gate]

gotcha

[analog ridge]

there dropdown

that one

just set it

[elfin gate]

im not familiar with UE4 and i gotta learn for my project

so ye it nice to know

[analog ridge]

it took me 5 yrs

and yet im struggling'

so you see

[elfin gate]

gotcha

[mental escarp]

Has anyone ever seen this? I'm trying to assist a remote developer whose UE4 editor is halting his computer every hour or so, and there's not much to go on.

[wind elk]

Hello. Is it possible to get help here for Unreal Engine?

[spice ruin]

That's the entire point of the server!

[wind elk]

Thanks

[gray meadow]

I saw a branch Ue4.27-plus, does it support Apple Silicon?

[hybrid radish]

Looking into making a mod/host for stray that inserts into the renderer (DX12) and adds newer and more stable RT/GI and DLSS functions/hooks so I can DLSS with NVIDIA app. If anyone know much about UE4 (I bet yall do) and this sounds cool, I'd love to discuss if this is possible or if its a dumb idea (or even if itd actually improve RT performance)

I would probably have to make it WITH UE, right? as ChatGPT says:

"Why matching the exact UE4 version helps

UE4 internals change constantly between versions:

render graph layout
shader bindings
RT pass structure
memory layouts
class offsets
console variable names
descriptor heap management
DX12 abstraction layers"

idk if any of that is bogus or not but I don't know what version Stray used 🤷

Anyone?

I gtg, ping me so I can come back tomorrow

GN

[vocal raptor]

<@&213101288538374145>

[hybrid radish]

what am i looking at

[inner musk]

Hello/ Bonjour, Est ce que je peux aider pour quoi que ce soit? I can help you for sometimes? I just want to help and learn. Je veux juste aider et m'améliorer.

[shrewd swallow]

Does anyone remember a material function (I think) that would take long thin geo and render it as a rounded cylinder? Wasn’t perfect but held up surprisingly well. I remember using it but cannot for the life of me find it. I believe it came with the engine and wasn’t custom. Anyone remember the name?

[worldly trout]

spline thicken

great MF

[shrewd swallow]

Omg. Thank you. It was driving me crazy. Haha. Much appreciated!!

[wind elk]

Hi guys I have a question. I build the Unreal Engine 4.23.1 with Visual Studio 2017 and made it possible to open cooked assets but the materials are untextured. What do I do here? Is there a workaround with this?

[hot gazelle]

Good evening

[wind elk]

Is it possible to edit the UE4 Source Code to make it possible to view cooked uasset materials and shaders?

[fresh lily]

Hi, i just joined the server and mainly because i was searching if somebody happened to have a copy/backup of this free foliage starter kit made by user fighter5347, this is due to the fact the original google drive link has been left locked and the original poster has deleted all of his media, so getting a clear download to the kit is almost impossible,

[weary basalt]

Mate, that was posted over 10 years ago...

This Discord Server didnt even exist then.

You really are looking for a needle in a haystack.

[fresh lily]

yep thats just my life,

still thx for the answer, ill just keep looking somewhere else,

[stuck pecan]

Good luck. But is it really worth the chase though?

There's gotta be several other options of foliage kits available

[fresh lily]

im specifically looking for this one for archival purposes

thats actually something ive been doing for the past days, both of these packs you see here for example, i have recovered them as they are currently now gone and unavailable as well,

[stuck pecan]

Seems like you're on a quest to find hidden gold, or to put it better. Good luck finding your silver 😜

[fresh lily]

thx, fun fact that i was very lucky to get the speedtree models, because no joke, when i got them, 3-4 days later i went to go into the site that holded them to show them to a friend, and when i entered the site i found out the site had been taken down,

actual perfect timing

[stuck pecan]

Are you archiving specifically for 4.7 or 4.27 serves you as well?

[fresh lily]

really for any

[stuck pecan]

You might find hidden stuff on Telegram as well, people tend to archive this sort of in there.

Since I know some 3D modelling and exporting I'd rather archive .blends and .fbx then export them to Unreal. This way you won't be version locked.

[sinful condor]

I swear ive seen all of the assets from this pack used in a game i played that cam out recently. Perhaps i could use umodel to extract them?

I could check again real quick

Im not for sure if it was an exact match

[fresh lily]

i know a few games that used them, but my objective is the original "vegetation_pack" rar file which had the example project and all the customizable materials, which allowed you to change colors, add snow, etc

[sinful condor]

Ahh ok

Where will you upload the archived files?

When you do find them

[fresh lily]

ill share them around discord, but prolly mainly in archive org

[sinful condor]

Ill try to look around on the web for the pack

Ive found rare asset packs and games in the past

Sometimes it took weeks, but i usually found what i was looking for

[fresh lily]

i wish you luck

my most recent attempt at recovering has been attempting to contact anybody privately who had the pack and showcased it,

ive left comments & messages in all kind of places, and just cross my fingers someone comes up,

[stuck pecan]

Have you tried his links?

[fresh lily]

all his facebook's are locked, the rapidshare & forums links dont work anymore and his caede channel dont have any videos or any other kind of socials attatched,

he had a twitter account but it has been deleted,

to mention that contacting him is impossible as his last activity (atleast in his ue forums account) was in 2019

[vital badge]

<@&213101288538374145>

[narrow hearth]

Hello every one

[clever pawn]

Hello one

[valid raven]

posted a job in the freelance channel if anyone is willing to save me from the pain of implementing animations. i've suffered enough.

i've been trying for months but my brain can't get to a point where it's not struggling.

enough is enough i need to make different kinds of progress

[ancient bronze]

Hello, Your game deserves more than average assets.
I create high-quality 3D models and animations that are optimized, immersive, and ready for production.
Characters, environments, props, creatures, animations built to fit your game vision perfectly.

https://www.artstation.com/daglish

[steady eagle]

is there a way to use distance matching in ue4 , i mean Animation Locomotion Library ?

[prisma condor]

What do you need help with?

[valid raven]

Sorry I found someone already lol

[night kayak]

I tried ue4 fps tutorial but the charactor doesn't work

it doesn't even show the log-massage

so maybe the charactor itself is not initiated?

but I wrote the code and I put BPs in default as the tutorial says

im using 4.27.2 btw

[night kayak]

I need a help

pls

[wraith dune]

Edit → Project Settings → Maps & Modes
Default GameMode -> Default Pawn Class must be your FPS character BP
Also Window → World Settings GameMode Override Set it to your FPS GameMode.

[wraith dune]

Open your Character Blueprint. Check: Compile button & Save
If there is even one compile error, the character may silently fail.
Or Open the Character BP -> In Details: Pawn → Auto Possess Player -> Set: Player 0

[wraith dune]

In the level,make sure there is a PlayerStart,not inside floor,not blocked

[night kayak]

the debugmassage itself is not shown

[wraith dune]

If the character spawns but cannot move,go to ->Edit → Project Settings → Input
Check:Axis Mappings
You should have:MoveForward
W = +1
S = -1
MoveRight
D = +1
A = -1
Turn
Mouse X
LookUp
Mouse Y

Without these,
the character exists but cannot move.

[night kayak]

its not if the charactor moves or not

[night kayak]

there is supposed to be "We are using FPSCharacter." but its not

[wraith dune]

MyCharacter.h

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "GameFramework/Character.h"
#include "MyCharacter.generated.h"

UCLASS()
class SUBLIMATION_API AMyCharacter : public ACharacter
{
GENERATED_BODY()

public:
AMyCharacter();

protected:
virtual void BeginPlay() override;

public:
virtual void Tick(float DeltaTime) override;

virtual void SetupPlayerInputComponent(class UInputComponent* PlayerInputComponent) override;

void MoveForward(float Value);

void MoveRight(float Value);

};

MyCharacter.cpp

#include "MyCharacter.h"

AMyCharacter::AMyCharacter()
{
PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;
}

void AMyCharacter::BeginPlay()
{
Super::BeginPlay();

GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 5.f, FColor::Red, TEXT("We are using FPSCharacter."));

}

void AMyCharacter::Tick(float DeltaTime)
{
Super::Tick(DeltaTime);
}

void AMyCharacter::SetupPlayerInputComponent(UInputComponent* PlayerInputComponent)
{
Super::SetupPlayerInputComponent(PlayerInputComponent);

PlayerInputComponent->BindAxis("MoveForward", this, &AMyCharacter::MoveForward);

PlayerInputComponent->BindAxis("MoveRight", this, &AMyCharacter::MoveRight);

}

void AMyCharacter::MoveForward(float Value)
{
AddMovementInput(GetActorForwardVector(), Value);
}

void AMyCharacter::MoveRight(float Value)
{
AddMovementInput(GetActorRightVector(), Value);
}

[night kayak]

I copied and pasted it then I follow the tutorial eventhough the textmassage wasn't shown

[novel kernel]

Ummm... Is this Server for UE4??

[unreal cove]

I believe so

[night kayak]

I still cant figure out if its a bug or I just didnt do it properly

[cold mural]

Hello everyone
I am looking for someone who can convert a model file from fbx to pak format

if you can do pls dm
I am willing to pay for it

[whole wedge]

Yes am available for this lets discuss more in DM

[clever pawn]

Looks legit

[polar hawk]

First

Also, someone is trying to build an mmorpg again in got skills forum

[fierce tulip]

URL

:p

[polar hawk]

Phone copy paste is hard

However OP isn't a complete dumbass so thats nice

[rain storm]

Allar is a human mmo

[velvet fern]

Nice, yet another general channel besides lounge & introductions

[limpid phoenix]

I was just about to say something to that effect...

[south ridge]

How is different from #lounge?

[limpid phoenix]

I assume it's general talk about UE4, I think it's unnessicary

[feral dirge]

Editor issues

Problems with UE that don't fit elsewhere

General UE4 issues

[south ridge]

Help

Fix all my UE4 problems D:

[astral pond]

i need help in unity... xD

[cursive dirge]

this is like #lounge but without constant gif spam

at least, I hope so

channel order is messed up though

or is it meant to be first as it's generic channel? all other #ue- channels are sorted alphabetically

I have few questions about UE4 profiler though

been playing with c++ debugging now

is there any way to just pick the stat from group on left bar and do a search on that on event list?

it seems pretty unintuitive to need to type the exact search word to find it

[maiden swift]

@cursive dirge Yeah, the order is intentional. I wanted it to be at the top of the ue- list.

[cursive dirge]

ah ok

[maiden swift]

I figured it would make sense to come first since it's a general starting point for UE4 support.

[cursive dirge]

yeh, I guess it makes sense

[vale silo]

Aloha! o/

How can I trigger shaders recompiling in the Editor ?

[vale halo]

When you change something I guess

Or are you willing to compile shaders without a reason 😛

[vale silo]

I lost power when shaders were compiling

now I load the project, switch to ES2 preview and nothing happens (no shaders compiling)

[vale halo]

Odd

I'm not an expert, sry 😦

[vale silo]

so even changing stuff doesn't trigger recompile

[vale halo]

Hm

Tried deleting the intermediate file? (be sure to make a bacup before attempting anything btw)

Or derrived cache files (not sure which ones they are)

Basically the files the engine may have hurt/corrupted while attempting to do stuff

[vale silo]

aye, will try

[hollow dune]

Can you not create a static member variable inside of a class derived from UObject? I get strange compiler errors talking about type not recognized

[cursive dirge]

well, wiping intermediate and saved folders is pretty safe

they aren't even sent into version control

unless you specifically want that

I delete mine all the time :p

basically because UE4 gets really buggy when something goes wrong there

my recent annoyances have been BP debugging freezes

the whole thing frozes, debugging, editor, nothing but close from taskbar gets it to respond

if I close and restart the editor, same thing happens right away if I try to debug again

if I wipe intermediate folder, everything works again for a while

when I started with ue4 c++, and used hotreloading, it was common that things just got really corrupted, had to reset all generated files too

so that has pretty much grown a habit for me, to just wipe those two folders first thing is anything goes wrong :p it still cures the issue in 1 times out of 10

nothing is more annoying than hunting some random weirdness for hours when it's some corruption on cached/generated files...

[frozen magnet]

@hollow dune is it a uproperty? Because those can't be static.

[hollow dune]

@frozen magnet Nope, defined without the property.

no matter what the type is, anything declared static returns a compiler error

[frozen magnet]

Are you initializing the static member outside the class declaration?

[hollow dune]

declaring it inside the class, initializing it in the source file

outside of the class

[frozen magnet]

What's the error you're getting?

[hollow dune]

let me get the exact error for you

Unrecognized type 'static' - type must be a UCLASS, USTRUCT or UENUM

[frozen magnet]

Where in the class declaration are you declaring this static member?

[hollow dune]

It's within the GameInstance custom class

[frozen magnet]

And you're sure you don't have a uproperty macro above it?

[hollow dune]

100%, it's whats making me scratch my head like crazy

[frozen magnet]

If you comment out that member (and any usage) does the error go away?

[hollow dune]

Since the type is a class, would it help to define it as static class NAME* varName

yes the error only exists with that line

[frozen magnet]

Are you able to post the header snippet? You can omit irrelevant parts (though keeping whatever is declared above/below the member would also help).

[hollow dune]

ok so it seems that adding class prior to the type is working

but I've been told that in C++ if it works but you don't know why, thats a bug lol

and right now I don't

[frozen magnet]

Ah. Didn't seem like type resolving error, but maybe the header tool obscured it or something

[hollow dune]

Thanks for all your help matey, I appreciate it massively

[frozen magnet]

Well if the type of the member wasn't declared/included in the translation unit you're using it in then it would be unable to resolve the type.

And np, glad it's working

[ashen brook]

Huh... since when does Detail Lighting no longer show shadows or vertex lighting? Something's broken here

[weary hull]

or is it fixed?

nods sagely

[cerulean sequoia]

works fine on my end

weird, restart the editor maybe... there are many things that get magically fixed with a restart

[ashen brook]

this is in 4.11

hm

will try

[knotty brook]

Anyone know how to get unreal front end to force a rebuild of lightmaps during cooking

[cerulean sequoia]

wasn't there an option for that

build all maps before cooking or something

or was that UE3?

[knotty brook]

yeah i can't seem to find it

[tiny island]

Odd request: Would someone who's working with Unreal on a Mac (preferrably 4.12+) be able to send me their output of which mono and mono --version?

[tiny island]

I'm incredibly jealous if literally no one here has to deal with OSX.

[plush yew]

use it at work, but not for unreal stuff

[rough kite]

I'm on a Macbookpro almost all day what do you need?

And check out my friends showing off their VR-15 Vive gun at HTC today... https://twitter.com/htcvive/status/776899389134544896

[plush yew]

That is a cool project 😄 making shooter games feel really immersive

[rough kite]

ya it's a sweet game, perfect fricking controller for VR too. It feels really good holding it and looking down the scope in VR

[plush yew]

@polar hawk found that mmo thread you mentioned, I like how the Thread starter is always responsible for "Write the GDD" + "GUI Design"

not making the gui, just the design of it

[woven cliff]

guys
is this doable in unreal engine 4?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7wP5qMGrNE

[limpid phoenix]

I don't see why not, with actual Matterport data, not sure.

[woven cliff]

@limpid phoenix so if i have a scene done in unreal engine or vray, i can give it that kind of controler?

[limpid phoenix]

It would require some heavy programming to get that kind of control, but yeah, you could do it.

[woven cliff]

@limpid phoenix thanks for clearing things up for me bro!

[limpid phoenix]

Not sure how clear I made it but you're welcome 😄

[woven cliff]

@limpid phoenix do u know anyone made it before in ue4?

well it's kinda thinking out loud 😄

[limpid phoenix]

No I haven't, but these controls aren't outside the bounds of what basic RPG or RTS games already do.

[woven cliff]

@limpid phoenix ok cool, i will dig deep till i no longer see the light of the sun 😄 thanks for your time 😃

[limpid phoenix]

@woven cliff of course, no problem man, happy to help when I can.

[wet grotto]

anyone having memory problems on 4.13?

for example "has stopped working" when on heavy load?

[woven cliff]

@wet grotto I had that while building a kinda off big scene, on 32 gb ram,
i got it fixed by increasing my page file (+50 gb ) at first i didn't have any , now i have no memory issue

u don't have to waste a 50 gb on pagefile but i just have alot of space so i didn't wanna bother testing, if that was the issue anyway

[wet grotto]

(y)

sometimes UnrealFrontend or UnrealEditor are getting frozen

and sometimes my packaged game too

[woven cliff]

oh i think as long as ur memory usage doesnt go up then u have another issue, srry i didn't get it at first 😄

[velvet fern]

using ue4 reminded me of when i used computers in the 90s where you hit hardware limitations pretty frequently

[ashen brook]

@woven cliff I built something EXACTLY like that for a client

minus the photogrammetry part

so yeah, it's very well possible. Was a pretty short contract

Funny, I see now where they got the inspiration 😄

[woven cliff]

@ashen brook thanks for replying back, so u made a controller like that, inside a scene u made in unreal ? but it is not possible to do something like that using 360 photoes from vray ?

[ashen brook]

If anything I would use a photogrammetric reconstruction of the space

which you'll need especially for the dollhouse view

no idea off the top of my head how you'd do it with 360 photos

[dusty mantle]

What would cause the Default Pawn class box to become shaded out in the Game Modes Section in World Settings? I'm trying to change the default pawn for that project but not sure how.
All the variables in the Selected Game Mode category are shaded actually
Do I just use RendertoTexture_Game? That allows me to access those variables so Im going with that for now.

[ashen brook]

you may be trying to adjust the settings of a C++ gamemode class

instead, make a BP subclass of that gamemode and adjust its defaults

You can set the default gamemode in the project settings btw

-> Maps & Modes

[hollow dune]

Does anyone know why I'm having this issue while building my android app?

http://pastebin.com/CVu3ZmYq

[safe shoal]

@hollow dune unfortunately mobile package errors are a fucking nightmare. Thing I would suggest are clearing out temporary files (seriously), deleting the intermediatte, binaries and what you can in the Build folders too.

Also, if you have any plugins disabled, re-enable them. Doesn't seem to like packaging minus some plugins, not sure what the specific ones are but Gear VR is one of them.

[hollow dune]

@safe shoal i tried it already. This is going to be a bloody pain lol

Make a game for droid, finish game, learn i cant build the game due to error

[safe shoal]

Tip with mobile is to package often

The smallest thing can break it, and half the time it'll just decided to stop packaging all on it's own.

Until Epic makes a mobile game (probably never), a lot of the development pipeline issues won't be fixed 😦

Most of mine and @tough jungle chat history is whinging about random mobile dev issues haha

[hollow dune]

I dont even know where to begin with this haha

What a dam pain

[cursive dirge]

is that using some custom plugins?

or like that database?

[safe shoal]

Try packaing out a completely empty project, if that works, the problem is with the project. If it doesn't, the problem could be with either your android SDK install or engine install

[cursive dirge]

I'd start by disabling all external stuff at first

well, yeah, templates should build

@hollow dune ^

[hollow dune]

@cursive dirge aye matey, it's a custom plugin, SQLite3 one that was forked from a previous github version of it which was supposed to be cross compatible, i guess ill start this arse ache

[cursive dirge]

sqlite may be crossplatform but it doesn't mean it'll package nicely with unreal

[hollow dune]

If this has an issue I don't know how I'll handle it yet

[cursive dirge]

heh, wtf

https://youtu.be/1zJM1gKoU14?t=4097

hope people who watch that part have volume turned up

[cerulean sequoia]

Uh lol

[hollow dune]

@cursive dirge @safe shoal Any idea where I begin with this to find out whats the problem? I've tested a blank project and also blank with the only plugin I use, both are fine, next part would be this bombshell of a source code to work out the issue but can I not get any feedback from the tools to determine what it could even be

[dusty mantle]

@ashen brook Thanks, and yes I'm trying to set the settings of the game mode but theyre greyed out and im also working with C++ project but doing everything with blueprints.. Just to see whats different from the third person C++ new project and the blueprint third person and see if things are different which it seems they are.. so you are correct. Ill give that a shot.. Im wet behind the ears with UE so im still exploring it. I made blueprints before but I dont think i made a subclass one before. So looking forward to trying this out. Also the Project Settings Map Modes are also greyed out. So im thinking this is because its a C++ project and if i started out with creating a blueprint third person.. they probably wouldnt be greyed out, yes?

I also experienced a crash everytime I try to make a duplicate of the blueprint Projectile which I migrated from a blueprint first person shooter project

[cursive dirge]

@hollow dune no idea, I don't even do mobiledev..

[vale halo]

Could anyone quickly tell me the location of the default cube in unreal? 😉

[dusty mantle]

@vale halo not sure what you mean by that.. you mean like the Modes Tab -> Basic -> Cube?

[vale halo]

Yeah that one

But I wanna reference it in cpp

By path

aka I wanna try and do something in the construction script but it wont work, having suspision its due to not having the cube

[dusty mantle]

Whats the difference between the Basic-> Sphere Static Mesh and StarterContents/Shapes/Shape-Sphere Static Mesh?

[vale halo]

Hm

If there is none I guess I could import hte starterconent

[dusty mantle]

@vale halo the question im asking now might answer it.. StarterContent/Shapes/Shape_Cube ?

[vale halo]

I'll see if that works, ty 😃

[dusty mantle]

Yeah im asking that now .. if the Basic Cube/Sphere is the same as the StarterContent/Shapes/Shape_Cube/Sphere

dragged out into the scene.. theyre the same size but different materials... but have the same variables in their settings

im wanting to know which one do i use to construct a Moon in my game...

[ashen brook]

@dusty mantle Yeah, I'm pretty sure if you use a blueprint gamemode class you can change the default classes everywhere

[plush yew]

@hollow dune No not worked with android, but I am sitting an a quite bad macbook air, not made for gaming and optimal for mobile so I could boot up ue4 and try to help you figure out whatever you need help with figuring out

I am also a master googler 😛

[hollow dune]

This is why I love you pand, this is why I love you haha

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/490686/help-android-build-failure-help.html

[plush yew]

haha

[hollow dune]

This is my plea for help

[plush yew]

Ok checking it out

[feral dirge]

I've worked with Android a bit

I'll take a look

[hollow dune]

If you could help I would be eternally grateful

[feral dirge]

No promises

[hollow dune]

Thanks fellas, I seriously owe you both a beer for helping

[plush yew]

When we meet up in real life you can take us to a calm bar and drink some beers

😃

[hollow dune]

I'll buy you two the bloody bar just for helping or trying to help

[feral dirge]

Can you pastebin your UnrealBuildTool-2016.09.17-18.22.16.txt and the actual UE4 output log

(not the saved one, the live one)

[hollow dune]

Where will it be located may I ask? saved folder?

[plush yew]

@hollow dune Are you using any plugins perchance, just a questiong to try to probe the situation

[hollow dune]

I'm using a plugin but I've tried it without it, fine, with it, fine, (on a blank project)

[plush yew]

ok is your project a BP project or code project?

[feral dirge]

Reading this it sounds like there's some C++ in there

Also to be on the safe side

"IMPORTANT DO NOT TOUCH"

[hollow dune]

It's primarily C++

[feral dirge]

Try to remove spaces

[hollow dune]

haha

ok

[feral dirge]

It doesn't like spaces

[hollow dune]

ill try to compile the live version, not the testing version, same thing just different location

im sure its the same

[feral dirge]

Yeah I'm more versed to reading the output log from ue4

The prefixes on this log is sending me for a spin for some reason 😛

[hollow dune]

http://pastebin.com/eKKEGwye

this is what I get on the live version

the SDK locations are all confirmed correct

[feral dirge]

Hm...#

"UATHelper: Packaging (Android (All)): UnrealBuildTool: Performing full C++ include scan (no include cache file)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (All)): UnrealBuildTool: Performing 1 actions (4 in parallel)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (All)): UnrealBuildTool: [1/1] clang++.exe IWillSurviveClicker-armv7-es2.so
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (All)): UnrealBuildTool:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (All)): UnrealBuildTool: Unhandled Exception: "

That's when it goes from being happy

to being sad

[hollow dune]

earlier which is strange

it would go through the entire source

[feral dirge]

Nah that's normal about there

[hollow dune]

before causing the exceptionm

[plush yew]

Are you creating the HUD in c++ also?

[hollow dune]

the widgets derive from the parent classes yes which are C++

[plush yew]

Ok swithc that to BP temporarliy and try cooking

Indulge me

[hollow dune]

ok 1 sec

ok trying to cook now

took some time considering all the menus i owned

[plush yew]

Yeah no issue, I was thinking it could take some time changing everything

[hollow dune]

http://pastebin.com/Y9Qer5Sr

this is the error given

basically the same

man, I finish a game and find out i can't build it, this is a nightmare lmao

first game, endless time on it

[plush yew]

Can you change traget platform to Desktop and cook too see if you get a more descriptive log

to windows pc

[hollow dune]

ok matey

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): xgConsole: 
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): xgConsole: Error executing C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\link.exe (tool returned code: 1181)```

I get this on win64 build

ill retry with a clean slate

[plush yew]

Ok good, seems you got some more information from the window build

[hollow dune]

aye clean slate was the same, ```LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'libsndfile-1.lib'

Error executing C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\link.exe (tool returned code: 1181)

---------------------- Done ----------------------

Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped

[plush yew]

@feral dirge

[hollow dune]

I followed this for the installation of the SDKs

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Platforms/Android/Reference/

[plush yew]

Are you getting any hints from this linking issue with the lib @feral dirge

[hollow dune]

Is there a way I can force more details out of the compiler ?

@plush yew http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/

I noticed this is the library

cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-x'
cl : Command line warning D9024 : unrecognized source file type 'c', object file assumed
cl : Command line warning D9027 : source file 'c' ignored
sqlite3.c

and this is what the plugin uses

but..

it worked on a blank project with plugin included

[feral dirge]

Back sorry

[plush yew]

Brb 15-20 minutes, my girlfirend want me to call her, but I'll be back soon

[hollow dune]

ok matey and wb

[feral dirge]

unreal-sqlite3 that plugin is causing weird behaviour

Seems to be an error that is causing AutomationTool to tell the engine it's failed

[hollow dune]

the plugin uses the .c file from the official website since there isn't a cpp file

and makes mention of it, it seems

I've found the lib that it complains about, unsure where I would place this for VS to automatically use

though there is a dll

[plush yew]

@hollow dune

[feral dirge]

@plush yew

[vale silo]

Has anyone experienced Editor constantly freezing in 4.13 ?

[feral dirge]

@vale silo Yes, yes, yes

[plush yew]

I have SQLite3 working. Im new to c++ and it was not very easy. I am sure its not harder than any other library but as a new guy to all this.. it took some effort to figure out.
This is how my directories look like (you can have it organized however you want):
\ThirdParty\sqlite\Libraries\sqlite3.obj this i compiled myself
\ThirdParty\sqlite\Includes all .c and .h files here
This is what i have in my build.cs:
string ThirdPartyPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(ModulePath, "../../ThirdParty/"));
string LibrariesPath = Path.Combine(ThirdPartyPath, "sqlite", "Libraries");
PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(LibrariesPath, "sqlite3.obj"));
PublicIncludePaths.Add(Path.Combine(ThirdPartyPath, "sqlite", "Includes"));
I hope it helps
Edit: To clarify i downloaded sqlite3 source code and compiled it. I dont know what "SQLiteSupport" is. Is SQLite supposed to be included in UE4??

[hollow dune]

I'm here, just trying all i can do

[plush yew]

I found this

[feral dirge]

Wait what does SQLite do?

Does it do what VaRest can do?

Because I can confirm VaRest works on Mobile

[hollow dune]

Sqlite is just for local databases

[feral dirge]

Ah, shit :/

[vale silo]

How about using pastebin for walls of text?

[hollow dune]

this is the specific version I used

[feral dirge]

That guy looks angry

[hollow dune]

must be a vet programmer

[plush yew]

He looks sneaky

[hollow dune]

or worked for ubisoft

[plush yew]

😛

[hollow dune]

funny thing is, despite that his fork works great, I can't seem to find his build.cs that includes his .lib but if it works in the editor he must do it somehow

My apologies, it was this fork

https://github.com/cindustries/unreal-sqlite3

[plush yew]

I feel like when you visit the docs for a given Node that there should be a link to the C++ version

because you google a function and the first result is always the BP version

so at least you'd be able to go back and forth between the versions of that function

[dapper granite]

is there a reason a rifle is considered a "skeletal mesh", I'm trying tutorials and it wants a "skeletal mesh" rifle

[thick ridge]

Many times there animations for rifles that requires a skeletal mesh

[hollow dune]

@plush yew This is one thing that pushed me away from BPs, apart from most of the official tutorials being BP based, I have to go through extra effort to find the C++ version, not even a link on the wiki to it's counterpart

[polar hawk]

The C++ version is generally the exact same as the BP version

just... you have to write it