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#ue4-general
ashen brook
plush yew
@ashen brook How was your trip back home? You stayed here for a bit no?
ashen brook
yeah, flew home on Monday
We visited Epic and Valve on Friday and then did a bunch of sightseeing on Saturday. Sunday was just chilling.
The trip home was nice, because I had a free seat next to me ๐
plush yew
Yeah I think I saw some pics from Valve ^^
Did you see that my hands were in The Rolling Stone? :b
And technically I am a musician, it just took a game dev career to be featured there... world is upside down.
I'm actually glad I'm not in there by name though, the article is a bit meh.
plush yew
I've been a drummer for 19 years
ashen brook
hah
plush yew
I used to tour half the world, that's why I'm in the US
ashen brook
I just ordered this little thing: http://www.akaipro.com/product/mpd218
ashen brook
yeah, I went through an "I have a band" phase in school, but our ambition far outpaced our ability
Reason
ashen brook
hehe yeah
ashen brook
last time I used it was a, um, "student version" of reason 4 or so
now they're on version 9
ashen brook
400 bucks now
plush yew
Reaper is free evaluation and then 60$
plush yew
Reason is better if you want to play with synths more
I use reaper for actual recordings
ashen brook
Reason is great for playing around
plush yew
So is fruity loops :b
ashen brook
haha
I used that at first
Prefer Reason
anyway... I've been playing acoustic and electric guitar for like 20 years, but never frequently enough
got a bunch of djembes as well... I'm more of the campfire kind of musician hehe
but I make music on the computer for fun and when I need to do something pointlessly creative
plush yew
I wrote, recorded and produced this album with a friend: http://dating.bandcamp.com/
And this is the band that brought me around the world: http://noomega.bandcamp.com/album/shame
ashen brook
lol, love the title of the first one ๐ @plush yew
ah, apparently the clocks have turned back 1h
mint sequoia
if i setup some content in a binary version of the engine 4.12.5 and need them sent to someone else who is using a modified source engine of 4.12.5 where the uassets should still be valid, how do i get them to show up
i guess i'll get him to download a binary 4.12.5 make a project and merge the content folder then do a migrate to his actual project in the source engine
should work..
ashen brook
same or forward compatibility should always work even with source compiled engines
backward never seems to work
mint sequoia
maybe he did something wrong, i'll get him to skype screen share and make sure
thanks Jan
tiny ivy
Anyone know how to replicate character components now? There's no "Component Replicates" tick anymore.
mint sequoia
and it doesn't replicate?\
tiny ivy
Events I have in it work unless I play on a dedicated server. My guess is it's not replicating
I feel like it's something simple because I have other characters using the component and working on a dedicated server, but this certain one isn't.
But I don't know what to check
...
Anyone know if the "Component Replicates" boolean is still in 4.13.2?
ashen brook
replicating the entire component seems excessive
tiny ivy
That's what I was told to do (Using JCInventory)
Do I need to edit it to only replicate certain events
ashen brook
I'm not familiar with JCinventory
well basically
you want the server to do everything authoritative, and then replicate that data to the clients
tiny ivy
ashen brook
i.e. replicate data, not objects ๐
tiny ivy
That has the time he says to do it
Do you have a link that teaches ue4 debugging. Idk what's being called when I try to open the inventory on the server
Like, is there any way to see links glow when they're running like in the animation graph, but in blueprints while you're playing?
Nvm got it
shut jay
hey there
ashen brook
@tiny ivy yep, select the debug instance in the dropdown in the blueprint window, and right click nodes to add breakpoints
tiny ivy
@ashen brook Thanks. Tried that and now I'm pretty much about to give up. Spent 4 hours trying to find this issue, but I can't find anything different between the working pawn and the pawn that isn't working. :/
shut jay
just a question i asked in some other place
is it possible to do procedural generation with only blueprints
ashen brook
yeah
shut jay
like generating mountains, flat fields, etc
safe rose
You might run into some performance issues vanilla BP
ashen brook
and tbh at that point C++ is easier to maintain
safe rose
but you can try to nativitize to C++
safe rose
Then, do it in BP and auto-convert to C++
ashen brook
hehe
shut jay
it's possible?
ashen brook
here, check this out... one sec
ashen brook
yeah it is
safe rose
Yes, I just said it was
ashen brook
it's in packaging settings
safe rose
It's called Nativitize or something
ashen brook
happens only in packaged builds, if you check blueprint nativization in settings
meanwhile
safe rose
Yeah, he's awesome
ashen brook
here's a simple approach to procedural generation out of prebuilt parts by @storm ledge
shut jay
ue4 has a new cinematics tool right?
shut jay
i see
well i really want to try a bunch of things right now in ue4 but i have to finish school work
ashen brook
ue4 will be here when you get back ^^
shut jay
hmm one more question, if I have no modelling knowledge, how would I go upon starting?
ashen brook
hmm
hang out on the polycount.com forums a lot
๐
no idea about any beginner tutorials
when I first dabbled with it I was 15 or so
just slowly picked it up over the last 15 years by pressing buttons and seeing what happens
there are probably quite a few good tutorials out there in the wild
shut jay
alright well I think tomorrow I will start with first person controls, health system, tree cutting, etc
going to focus on school work
thanks for answering my questions
cya later
ashen brook
good luck ๐
tiny ivy
Anyone else ever have tiny bugs that take hours to find. This one is killing me
All I needed to do was set it as repicated in blueprints...
๐ ๐ซ
tall pendant
is nativitizeing generating c++ classes that i can edit if i want or need to?
feral dirge
tall pendant
aw ok.
tough jungle
anyone knows how to use Microsoft Azure to build UE4 projects?
or similar cloud building tool
plush yew
how's the linux editor support nowadays? is it in a usable state, or is it still experimental?
shut jay
hi guys
I've started some UE4 stuff
is there a way to make a progress bar not look like a square? ;p
or well, can I make my own custom progress bar?
plush yew
Twitch n things
https://www.twitch.tv/valkrysa
foggy valley
Hot
floral pagoda
oh
plush yew
did you let the build finish?
what should happen is you get that message during the build, and then when it ends that message goes away
sacred pagoda
I know it needs to be rebuilt, that's why I hit the Build button :P
I wouldn't mind if it closed the window too
plush yew
for sure
sacred pagoda
I realise it's just an unfortunate side effect of it auto running a map check before build, but I wish it handled it better
plush yew
yeah it always tricks my brain for half a sec that there is a real problem
sacred pagoda
isn't the red writing in the viewport enough?
@plush yew I'm sure you know which red writing I'm talking about :D
plush yew
Everyone's favorite message
sacred pagoda
shame I missed your stream :(
sacred pagoda
looking forward to it :)
plush yew
Something I thought of after the fact, I should have worn a Unity t-shirt. In honor of halloween.
sacred pagoda
hah
plush yew
will save it for april fools
plush yew
actually on April fools I should just open up unity and pretend like everything is normal
nice
safe rose
sacred pagoda
mini-jam?
sacred pagoda
sounds fun
@safe rose Would you mind identifying these system tray icons? I'm worried I might be missing out on greatness. :)
safe rose
lol, where did you see those at?
sacred pagoda
your twitch channel
sacred pagoda
yeah
safe rose
They are gone in the future
But anyway
LAUNCHY
is definitely what everyone should have
alt-enter and type instead of using cortana or clicking on folders/exes
sacred pagoda
safe rose
CCleaners just cleans stuff
ya
Restream is for streamers
f.lux is another thing everyone should have
Um, looks like one of my printer icons
TopTracker is for contract/freelance work, keeps track of hours/tasks
Seagate backup drive is that yellow thing
Gyazo is for screenshots/gifs
oh and OBS for streaming
sacred pagoda
I use Lightshot for my screenies, never tried Gyazo though
ShareX is nice too, can't remember why I returned to Lightshot though.
oh right
Lightshot stores your images forever
in a nice online gallery
everything you ever snapped
nice to see what I was doing 2 years ago
plush yew
safe rose
!invite
sacred pagoda
yeah, that Launchy is great!
safe rose
๐
Glad you enjoy it @sacred pagoda
Definitely one of my go-to DLs when I install a new OS
sacred pagoda
can deffo see why
sacred pagoda
"solving problems that other UE4 devs are having to creating simple game mechanics"
really like the idea of that
safe rose
Glad you do
ashen brook
f.lux is another thing everyone should have
@safe rose unless you do any art of any kind.
grand umbra
hard minnow
I'm not even sure where I should adress this question, but... So, basically, ehm, how do I setup two-dimensional controls for animations? I mean when you are controling your character's hands with your two-dimensional input device like a mouse or a stick of a gamepad, for example. This concept was implemented in games like Octodad, Human Fall Flat and even surgeon simulator. I'm not asking for instructions, of course. Just... How does it even called? How do I google it? In which direction I should look for it? Any suggestions?
ashen brook
@hard minnow Are you thinking of 2D blend spaces? Those are just animation assets that you can create for a skeletal mesh, and which let you blend two or more animations together among two axes. You can then use the animation blueprint to put values into those axes that you get from your character or input, or wherever
mint sequoia
@safe rose i remapped my windows key to launchy, i don't even start menu, it's the future, had it setup like this for over a year now, i can press windows -> ki-tab-start of process name and it kills any process, or use it as a calculator, just so good, and the last thing i opened is right there when i press it so when maya/ue4/anything else crashes i can restart it ez
sacred pagoda
@mint sequoia How did you enable the kill command? not recognised on my system
ah, this Killy plugin?
not sure how you got the Win key to work either since it's only in the modifier list, and the other can't be blank ( Edit: found out how to do it with AutoHotkey app )
thin haven
anyone on? I grabbed https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?53909-December-9-LiveStream-Track-Generator-Blueprint-Files!! but I can't copy the content into my project, help?
errant lintel
@thin haven why you can't ?
thin haven
dunno, was complaining it can't import
worked around it by copying into Content first and reopening
I wish those things were described in UE4 help instead of me having to google
errant lintel
I currently download the zip to see
yeah this is simply Texture & material asset, well simply unzip on your root project folder
to merge the content folder with your existing content folder
close editor before
sacred pagoda
it is kinda weird that the editor can't import uasset files though
vale osprey
you need to "migrate" to move them around properly
uasset by itself can be just few kilobytes but have a lot of dependencies on other uassets, this is why "migrate" is the way to move them
sacred pagoda
makes sense
vale osprey
I'm trying to understand how to work with spline components properly:
- from the editor, we have access to in and out tangents
- from code I can see only setting of the in tangent, but not out tangent
does editor recalculates In tangents for next point somehow when you specify Out tangent?
sharp summit
Question... what's a good way to host a file that you think will get hit hard?
Mega?
vale silo
thinking about getting Intel Celeron Processor G3920 for initial upgrade from my ancient AMD Phenom x3. Is it worth it?
(Skylake architecture)
worn granite
Actually guys, no need to close the editor to have .uasset appear in-engine. Migrate is the better way if you're moving your own .uassets around- or if you're trying to take a specific uasset from one project to another. If you're just trying to take all .uassets from one project to another, as long as there isn't a collision (same file name) it should be find to just copy them over in windows.
humble crow
@vale silo what do you need it for? Playing games, simulating physics... just general upgrade? For me I need more power for FX sims.
thats a fine upgrade, but how long will it last you? I like going i7 2 below max, generally around $300
http://www.logicalincrements.com/ is a helpful site for computer building
i7 6700 is probably what I'd upgrade to right now, but budget is also huge consideration
vale silo
@humble crow currently having AMD Phenom x3, 8Gb of DDR2 RAM, GF670GTX. UE 4.11 ran butter smooth, 4.13 runs like shit and Epic said my PC is junk (except GPU). So, I need an intermediate upgrade.
so I am thinking Z170 mobo, Skylake Celeron, 16Gb of RAM
and later I can upgrade to i7, 32Gb of RAM and 1060
If I could upgrade to i7 out of the box, I wouldn't be asking about Celeron ๐
worn granite
C'mon man, if you aren't getting a 5820k and 4 1080s go home 
humble crow
well i3-6100 is $119, thats not bad
humble crow
well modern chips have more than just speed of processor
vale silo
so, Celeron isn't modern ?
vale silo
eeh, yeah, it's Skylake arch
same thing as i3, but cut down a bit
beats AMD Phenom x3 for sure
worn granite
I say go for it.
humble crow
reading up on it...
yeah seems great for the price
there's 2 one slightly faster
2.9 GHz one
and a 2.8
cool, get it!
gloomy pollen
Win 10 is too privacy invasive for my liking and i dont need a single extra feature it adds
vale silo
but without Win10 there is no XBox 1 development, no DX12 and no other small things that might be important (like no way to update firmware in XB1S gamepad to use it with Android phones).
vale osprey
It might take another 5 years for dx12 to get really important
gloomy pollen
Im extra jaded since I worked as MSP for 4 years before breaking free into the linux and storage side of IT.
thin haven
can someone tell me the diff between landscape splines and blueprint splines?
and is there a tutorial to blueprint splines other than the hour+ long livestream?
vale silo
@vale osprey that may be, but without Win10 there is no way to get into XB1
vale osprey
yeap, if you are registered dev, not sure why would you be concerned about this anyway
vale silo
because I want to become registered dev, since XB1 is the easiest console to get onto ๐
(and my non-VR project is well suited for consoles)
vale osprey
sorry, I've missed the point, you are assambling a new machine ๐
it makes sense to get 10 then, if you are fine with it and will get a registration
toxic cobalt
Hey, general dumb question: how do I move assets up one directory level?
Tryna organize my project better ๐
thin haven
good question, I would like to know too
my dumb question: how do I zoom in/out in blueprint window?
toxic cobalt
@thin haven scroll wheel?
coral folio
Hey there ! im currently working on a project in unreal 1.12.5 where i created 3 different levels and then merged them in one persistent level.
I'm trying to use level streaming with the sequencer but having some issues; basically i would like to load each level one after another using level streaming to save processing time but i also have some camera animation for each level which have to be triggered when the respective level is loaded. so far i got the loading levels working through BP (find attached screenshot) . but i cant get the camera animations working correctly through sequencer .... at first i had each camera into each specific level, then i also tried moving all the cameras in the persistent level to see if it was changing anything but no luck ... what's going on ??
i also tried using the 'level visibility track' in the sequencer where i trigger each level one after the other but still not working....
any help would be MUCH appreciated as i'm tight on a deadline ...
THANK YOUU!
thin haven
@toxic cobalt: no scroll wheel here, can I find this thing somewhere in editor prefs and change?
gloomy pollen
@thin haven you can use + and - keys on keypad
thin haven
I am asking about blueprints window not viewport
in viewport, pressing left and right mouse button and moving cursor works
toxic cobalt
try pressing shift + LMB?
gloomy pollen
heh, didnt know about that one, holding RMB + LMB and moving mouse zooms in and out of BP editor for me
toxic cobalt
oh, yeah, lmb/rmb works in the BP editor
๐
Anybody figure out about moving files up a directory?
And by files I mean assets. Is that possible in the content browser?
severe timber
I am working on a procedural housing system, so I read about Instanced Meshes. I am trying to implent this in C++, but I cant do this in the constructor it seems. This got mt wondering, should very building have its own Instanced Meshes or should there be only once instance and then share that between the buildings?
vale osprey
@severe timber if you use hierarchical instanced static meshes then you can have just one of them for all instances
So that would be one HISM for all instances of the same wall used in multiple houses
severe timber
So, I should create a class that handles all the HISM that are currently used
I am still not feeling this
wind epoch
@severe timber try in postinitcomp override
severe timber
@wind epoch but then every class hass its own UHierarchicalInstancedStaticMeshComponent ?
ember siren
If anyone could answer this question that has been bugging me, I'd be forever grateful.
When I load up my game, I have my no landscape visible, since I have to load it from the levels menu, and that's annoying, cause it takes a while - buuut if I just press play, without loading them, I can almost instantly see my landscape, as it begins to play
thin haven
@ember siren I understand "load up my game" is outside of editor, and "press play" refers to Play-In-Editor?
my question: how do I remove landscape splines?
ember siren
I meant loading my game in editor
Can't you select them by clicking?
@thin haven
@thin haven did you select the landscape spline tool first?
thin haven
will try 2morrow thanks for suggestion ๐
ember siren
Haha no problem ๐
foggy valley
hahahahaha
violet lance
Hey guys, does anyone mind taking a quick look at a simple lighting issue I'm having?
Would really appreciate it, thanks.
foggy valley
oh shit all of a sudden Hide and Seek onion cutting
foggy valley
I do like the head thing at the timecode. does that actually happen?
and who is that derogatory woman in the video?
floral pagoda
@foggy valley TL;DR - They went into GTA 5 looking to be offened
Atleast that is what I got out of it
foggy valley
no kidding
tame ocean
Hey guys, I have a question regarding books for my 3D game environment. I'm currently developing a grand archive/library where I'll have a large amount of bookshelves filled with books and piles of books laying around. My question is, what is the best/optimal way to approach this without using alpha cards. Do I use individual books? Do I combine books into a single export in Maya?
What I'm looking for is something like this: http://i.imgur.com/bhi34sf.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/vzEky0f.jpg
foggy valley
use an atlas?
and then use instanced geometry
if you made each book cover an item in a flipbook it gets real easy
then you just fit each different book style geometry to the same flipbook
you could even randomise the flipbook choice based on world location
or via unique object ID as a seed or something
hard minnow
@ashen brook Thank you.
tame ocean
Thanks @foggy valley ! I'll have to take a look at texture atlasing, it's something I've never attempted before.
foggy valley
it's pretty easy. try the flipbook thing for sure
that simplifies accessing the atlas so it's not geometry specific
it's an atlas, but easier! ๐
tame ocean
Ahh ok
foggy valley
and if you want a tool to make a flipbook, google "Texture Packer" - it's free
flipbooks can be any size btw. no problem with non-power-of-two due to how they work
tame ocean
Kk, thanks again!
gloomy pollen
anyone ever create a "net" mesh/material like a rope or fishing net?
foggy valley
use apex
gloomy pollen
yeah im applying a net texture to one of the cloths right now
double sided masked texture seems to be working ok
gloomy pollen
looks ok for just hacking it together real quick http://i.imgur.com/XkSB7yI.jpg
gloomy pollen
err im not familiar, is that in material or image editor
nvm, yeah i just downloaded that texture off google images real quick ๐
tranquil wedge
looks decent ๐
gloomy pollen
saw this net gun earlier https://cdn.instructables.com/F22/LUDT/IJUAHFHF/F22LUDTIJUAHFHF.ANIMATED.MEDIUM.gif
foggy valley
gloomy pollen
frozen geyser
hey, anyone know how to deal with gubp command not found?
primal edge
still seal
Hey lads, is there any documentation on how to distribute custom ue builds to your team? I tried just using the files on a second pc but it is complaining about some missing stuff that seems to be absolutely linked to my system.
thin haven
I'm using bp generated splines for roads. the landscape splines had that width setting. is there a way for me to set a generated spline(mesh?) width via bp?
coral folio
Hey guys anyone can help on this ? I'm on a tight deadline e and I don't know whats going on :/
im currently working on a project in unreal 1.12.5 where i created 3 different levels and then merged them in one persistent level.
I'm trying to use level streaming with the sequencer but having some issues; basically i would like to load each level one after another using level streaming to save processing time but i also have some camera animation for each level which have to be triggered when the respective level is loaded. so far i got the loading levels working through BP (find attached screenshot) . but i cant get the camera animations working correctly through sequencer .... at first i had each camera into each specific level, then i also tried moving all the cameras in the persistent level to see if it was changing anything but no luck ... what's going on ??
i also tried using the 'level visibility track' in the sequencer where i trigger each level one after the other but still not working....
any help would be MUCH appreciated
THANK YOUU!
midnight yoke
hi guys, does using ue4's sympligon still requires a license from Donya labs?
sacred pagoda
tall pendant
yup
midnight yoke
Ok, thanks guys!
The important bits from the article if anyone else is curious:
- Simplygon will be available as a free up-front license with a small royalty when you ship a successful game.
- Simplygon will automagically be enabled inside the editor once youโve got it installed. All you have to do is sign up on our website or grab the plugin from the Marketplace.
rigid kayak
Anyone having problems with debug text not drawing on the screen ( in the new preview version)?
Stopped working for me when i enabled EQS
safe rose
thin haven
need help with strange shadow artifacts
how do I fix the shadows? http://i.imgur.com/PFlq408.gif settings http://i.imgur.com/DQiBUM5.gif http://i.imgur.com/6NwBUCR.gif
pic 1: see "preview" text in shadow? it's from the default texture the game had at some point, even before I added the landscape and the road
heelp
plush yew
you already rebuilt lighting?
thin haven
three times
I'm thinking of trying to switch on static lighting back and building it for the last time
but that's for tomorrow
I want to code something today ๐
gray forum
@thin haven: Is that floor modular?
gray forum
Have you checked that your lightmap is aligned to grid and UV islands have a decent enough margin?
wind epoch
4.14.0 p2 has been released
severe timber
Why is drawing the same static mesh on the same spot 3 times giving me red vs (f5)?
cursive dirge
@wind epoch yay! Let's hope simulation mode is fixed now
On p1, it automatically turned realtime off from viewport
wind epoch
I hope they fixed fbx imports from specific apps
safe rose
https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgos_ Doing some UE4 work
cursive dirge
yay
simulate now works properly on p2
I didn't see it on changelist though
but it does work now
gloomy pollen
Can you attach a component to two bone/socket at the same time? The second one bound seems to undo the first one for me.
midnight yoke
hi guys question about the Editor
first time in 1 year that I see this black outline around a folder
does anyone know how I did it?
(and how to undo)
plush yew
Hello people!
I'm looking to implement a telemetry system for tracking some rudimentary usage stats. I was wondering if anyone here had any recomendations
plush yew
I think you need a third party lib
thin haven
what lib would I look for and how I'd integrate it with UE4?
plush yew
I was using rapidjson
dont know if it's the best solution
or if it works with unreal
tepid bobcat
can anyone explain to me why it imports it 90 degree turned? or how I can fix this?
tall pendant
could be a axis issue
tranquil wedge
@tepid bobcat what file format and 3d app you used?
tepid bobcat
I use maya and exported as obj
tranquil wedge
are there any axis switches in exporter?
tepid bobcat
tall pendant
nope. for obj there is no checkbox in maya
have so set the axis to z-up? maya default is y-up
tepid bobcat
in unreal or maya sey it up?
tranquil wedge
(Im working some other stuff so cant open ue and check)
tall pendant
i export my stuff from maya with no problems. but i use fbx
tranquil wedge
same here
tranquil wedge
except i use softimage
tall pendant
Preferences->Settings->World coordinates
tranquil wedge
btw
tall pendant
np. hope it helps ๐
tall pendant
for .obj it depends on the exporter. But yeah FBX is the better option.
tepid bobcat
ah ok Fbx it will be ๐
cursive dirge
worth noting that for example with modo, you still need to export Y - up for unreal
if you change the coordinate system to z-up, things will show up sideways on unreal
at least with fbx
thin haven
does the Low Entry library really have that comparator function?
I can't find any listing of what it has
plush yew
guys, has anyone implemented flurry plugin? I have some questions
midnight yoke
guys, simple question, is it possible to tweak the speed of the floating pawn controlled when using Simulate (without changing the code)?
plush yew
@midnight yoke rightclick + mousewheel
safe rose
midnight yoke
oh snap right, thanks @plush yew
wintry prawn
is that an extra service you have to subscribe to?
vale osprey
@safe rose do you know if they have collections of stylized materials or it's mostly realistic?
safe rose
@vale osprey They've always been more to realistic than stylized
But I have seen some stylized stuff from them before
But, I can look
And see if there is anything currently
vale osprey
thanks! I should check their gallery ๐
analog valve
Hey guys, I get ERROR: Visual C++ must be installed to build this target. when I try build
any ideas?
found a few vaguely similar issues, but no fix from them
cursive dirge
yeah
visual c++ needs to be installed
just like the error message says
@analog valve ^
it's not installed by default on VS2015
south ridge
For some builds of the engine, you had to have MSVS2013 in addition to MSVS2015
(C++ tools from both)
cursive dirge
if you have some ancient fork, sure
but 2015 has been fully supported since 4.10 I think
or somewhere around that
south ridge
Nope
4.13/4.14 from git repository still wanted vs2013 for building some minor junk (crash reporter I think, or something of that kind)
cursive dirge
hmmm
I haven't had vs2013 for ages on my comp and I have rebuilt the engine for 4.13 and 4.14 with it
haven't checked if crash reporter was included on default build though
south ridge
You can build the engine
It'll just not let you build a shipping version
Don't ask me I don't know ๐
bright arrow
Hey guys, could someone explain to me the value of cooking builds versus just packaging them? We're building a build server and I understand that cooking removes unused content but I thought packaging does that too so I'm curious as to when I would want to invoke the cook option when packaging builds vs just packaging them
south ridge
You need to cook content to package a shipping build
Cooking removes all extra data that editor needs, e.g. uncompressed copies of textures and meshes and so on
Leaving only compressed and optimized versions
bright arrow
hmm, for some reason I thought that if you packaged a build with shipping set in the package options it did this already
from what I understand packaging does this already.. the only reason to cook is if you want to prepare the project ahead of time for the packaging to save time when youa re ready to package
but if I just run package as a shipping build it should compile, cook and package right?
https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Basics/Projects/Packaging/#contentcooking
This seems to suggest it is possible to cook the content without rebuilding the code or such.
So seemingly, just faster iteration to cook rather than package every time if there are only asset changes
Packaging still does the full of it though. The content cooking option just seems to be for that quick iteration of asset testing
So nevermind I just answered my own question
pseudo ridge
Not sure where to ask this... But I'm trying to take a generate collision for a sprite, and modify it at run time. For example, I want to be able to cut out shapes of a sprites 2D collision... If that makes sense.
proven tulip
Quick poll here guys, what are you all using for large files storage? On the forum it seems most people reccomend perforce but with git lfs being fairly cheap and more robust now than a couple years ago I was wondering what your updated opinions are. This is for ideally versioning somehting like a map.
wintry prawn
plasticSCM
proven tulip
lfs is free up to 1gb per month
1gb of storage and 1 gb of bandwith
@wintry prawn Do you use the free edition of plastic?
wintry prawn
no, we use full version on the project im working for
safe rose
For all those who can attend: UE4 Game Dev Battle, tonight
safe rose
^40mins !
safe rose
cursive dirge
@safe rose so
safe rose
Yo
cursive dirge
who won? ๐
safe rose
Hmmmmmmmmm, they both did ๐
cursive dirge
were so tempted to do shadow run for this ๐
also, I didn't really help @plush yew much, just coughed few times and she accidentally got some clue
plush yew
โค
safe rose
Well, audience participation is supposed to be part of it
I just need to figure out the right way of doing it
cursive dirge
yeah, but it was difficult as she didn't want to ask for the help ;D
safe rose
Aye, neither of them did
plush yew
yeah I was very stubborn
safe rose
It's funny, but more people tuned in towards the end of it
And some didn't even heard about it until the tail end
Guess my spamming sucks
cursive dirge
it was a fun idea
would be nice to have some bigger event some time with more participants
might be hard to find people who are willing to stream though
waxen vine
would like to see screenshot dumps of core features
then even non-streamers could show off some stuff
cursive dirge
I dunno, streaming kinda keeps things honest there ๐
if you are off screen, you could just copy/paste all code in
cursive dirge
@plush yew btw, in mario, there's a really strong gravity, you kinda went to the other direction ๐
plush yew
yeah afterwards I saw how floaty it was
cursive dirge
slow gravity makes it bit floaty
plush yew
and how only the jump should have been adjusted
cursive dirge
yeah, exactly
it's pretty common on arcade game that gravity is multiple times what the real value should be
although it might be like that already on ue4 character, I haven't used them much
it'll just feel more responsive that way
plush yew
for sure, I think my mind blanked a few times under pressure ๐ but still glad that aside from art we almost got it
cursive dirge
when you try new things, it's often trial and error anyway unless you do everything by the book ๐
tbh I do the same, I usually try things out based on my assumptions and if it fails, I start looking around docs or do some other search
plush yew
yeah my normal style is just play with things until I figure out whats going on
I think it'll be easier
next time
pressure started to leave near the end
cursive dirge
easier to remember too when you learn what didn't work and later realize the reason why it didn't
if everything just works smoothly and you never stop thinking why, you may miss some points
unless, you fully understand the whole concept from the beginning and then none of this makes any sense ๐
fresh pawn
i thought it was pretty fun
enjoyed watching. thanks @safe rose @plush yew and @topaz rapids
have to go back and look at everything i bookmarked
mint sequoia
@plush yew mario movement is based on a spring, you calculate the acceleration as ((Tightness * Displacement) - (Damping * CurrentVelocity)) & platformers jump in a curve closer to a square shape than a /\
that's also the formula i use for all my velocity applications in my current game and most others too
if curious
USTRUCT(BlueprintType)
struct FSpring
{
GENERATED_BODY()
FSpring(float InDisplacement, float InTightness, float InDamping)
: Displacement(InDisplacement)
, Tightness(InTightness)
, Damping(InDamping)
{}
FSpring()
: Displacement(100.f)
, Tightness(5.f)
, Damping(0.1f)
{}
float GetAcceleration(float CurrentVelocity) const
{
return ((Tightness * Displacement) - (Damping * CurrentVelocity));
}
FVector GetVelocity(float DeltaTime, float CurrentVelocity, FVector MoveDirection) const
{
const float Accel = GetAcceleration(CurrentVelocity);
return FVector(Accel) * MoveDirection * DeltaTime;
}
/** Rate at which acceleration is applied or how much displacement is applied to the spring. */
UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, Category = Spring, meta = (ClampMin = "0", UIMin = "0"))
float Displacement;
/** How responsive the spring is. */
UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, Category = Spring, meta = (ClampMin = "0", UIMin = "0"))
float Tightness;
/** Lower the overall effect of the spring. */
UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, Category = Spring, meta = (ClampMin = "0", UIMin = "0"))
float Damping;
};
try it out ๐ essentially Velocity += FSpring::GetVelocity(...)
thin haven
scratches head test running a "detect corners" algorithm http://i.imgur.com/I7sVp5c.png
for some reason the only place where it really works is the hill (straight ahead) but fails to detect the corners
the angled line my car is standing next to checks four waypoints ahead
I am betting the angle between the angled line and the yellow line is more than 10 degrees!
thin haven
heelp?
thin haven
I was trying to find out if it's a corner by getting an angle between vectors
but I was doing it wrong
I just realized I should get the vector from current wp to next wp, as well as from current to lookup (4 waypoints ahead), and get the angle of those two, instead of trying to only get the angle between current wp and lookup wp
*wp = waypoint
seems to work now http://i.imgur.com/RP84LGE.png
and don't mind the blue debug test, I was testing raycasts
... time to get the AI to react to the data presented ๐
pseudo parrot
is there a way to launch a standalone server from the editor?
obsidian topaz
Does anyone know if a project can be released commercially as 4.14 if it hasn't been officially released yet? I'm guessing not. If not, does anyone know when 4.14 should be released?
sacred pagoda
@obsidian topaz I don't think there is any rule prohibiting it. just not recommended.
severe timber
http://recordit.co/7LfYMp4xMB thats a start right?
foggy valley
you'd be nuts to release a 4.14 build of anything for any reason other than "look at this in 4.14"
just wait three weeks and it'll be current
ancient meadow
hi there, ive done something stupid, whenever I hit play button in the editor now, I always start ejected from the player controller and have to possess it with the button in the top right editor window
anyway to reset this to the default behaviour?
cannot figure out how to fix it for the life of me
weird, i finally found it in the settings, viewport gets mouse control setting.
hollow dirge
is it not possible to return an array using select?
hollow dirge
I have a structure array
I want to return the structure array, but I can only seem to choose the structure in singular format
safe rose
@worn granite aye, he was trying something else
He wanted references of the array, instead of the values
and then selecting them
worn granite
A ref to an array instead of the literal array?
safe rose
Go to blueprints, I was very confused
#blueprints
hmm
should be renamed
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
worn granite
maybe when we start seeing enough unity people in here we can get #unity-playmaker
safe rose
ha
odd karma
hello everyone ๐
i have a question regarding PMC after i've created a newobject mesh and created a section now i wanned to update the section with the new vertices and triangles so i thought that i dont need to recreate the mesh section but use updatesection which doesnt take triangles?
anyone has any advice ?
versed pawn
Did anyone experience UE4 unable to package on the Preview version of 4.14?
safe rose
Submit a bug report on answerhub @versed pawn if you can repro it
cursive dirge
@versed pawn also try to isolate what breaks the packaging
agile echo
versed pawn
@cursive dirge nothing breaks the packaging It just stays here: https://gyazo.com/8668b30861565cbef20a4513854e90fc
. It occurs even on the latest 4.13.2 too. BUT for 4.12 works just fine!
Unfortunately Google Play does not accept builds with 4.12 anymore because of some security issues in the libpng jar
4.13.2 contains these fixes but I just can't package with it, and not even with 4.14
If I had any type of error message, it would help a lot, but there is nothing. It just stays there, that's all.
I restarted the PC, I even reinstalled UE4, but still the same thing. 4.12.4 builds and packages correctly, but versions after that, just hang at the LinuxTargetPlatform line.
After a few tried I even disabled all other platforms, only Android remains, but still the same thing.
versed pawn
Nevermind, got it fixed by just copying some files from 4.13.2 to 4.12.4.
plush yew
Hey im looking for a way to convert numbers like 1000 to 1k and so on but i'm not even sure what to google to find an answer as the best method to do that.
thin haven
@plush yew: are you using blueprints or c? do you want number or string?
plush yew
ok... we have a monster blueprint, we select it, say duplicate and change something on the duplicated one. FPS goes to oblivion once monsters from the duplicated class are spawned. We destroy the duplicated bp, create a child class of the original, now everything works 100% fine.
Can anyone tell me what the fuck?
im using blueprints. i just need string, its purely for the interface so i just want to convert it into smaller length denominations
thin haven
ok, so you do that. float/float (or int/int, don't know which ones you're using), where the A number is your 1000 or 2000 or whatever and the B number is 1000 and then hook the result of this to a toString(float) [or int], and hook the result of this to Append, and write "k" in the textbox of Append
should do the trick
@plush yew
leaden onyx
guys, easy question I believe, how do I disable consumption of input in C++ for certain actions?
it is easy in BP (just a checkbox)
thing is I have 2 actions mapped to one button, and other action is not being called because of the first one
pallid compass
are non-planar face in models an issue for ue4?
grave nebula
@pallid compass If you are referring to non-planar polygons, then it does not matter,because they are split into triangles in any case.
pallid compass
thank god
pallid compass
I dont even understand them my self, someone needs to explain
rose bison
oh, yeah
if you have quads, they get triangulated. Just split in half into 2 triangles
n-gons(faces with more than 4 vertices) are a problem though and should be avoided for game engines
cursive dirge
hmmmm
anyone tried the new midi plugin on 4.14 previews?
I figured out how to wire it up on blueprints but it can't find any connected midi devices
ah nevermind
it works
it's just watch value for "Find MIDIDevices" doesn't work
everything shows up blank
yeah, all working now
south ridge
@cursive dirge I invite you to celebrate with me
These are the good days
We came up with a name for our game
~2 years into the development
rose bison
tram simulator?
south ridge
Nope
rose bison
subway simulator
south ridge
Nope!
cursive dirge
@south ridge heh. yeah, I know it's hard
I have a working title on mine but I'm pretty sure I can't use it
rose bison
but I know the thing with names
south ridge
I can't actually reveal the name right now, but it's an alright name
rose bison
everything good is already taken and registered
south ridge
We came up with something short and super-specific to our game
Non-technical, but sounds technical
cursive dirge
What's the train model?
in game?
I wouldn't want spoil this but the name of the game is "On Rails - Choo Choo"
rose bison
actually a good name
cursive dirge
for the record, it wasn't more complicated than this (the midi thing):
device name for the controller I want to use is LPD8
rose bison
how is 4.14 btw?
cursive dirge
I have other midi devices too but that's the one with knobs
I haven't used it much
rose bison
haven't seen anything interesting but the midi thing
cursive dirge
I gave up on 4.14 p1 right way as simulate mode immeatidly turned off viewport realtime option
it's fixed now on p2
did you watch last thursdays stream?
automatic lod generation is pretty great
for static meshes for now
but still
also more forward rendering stuff
rose bison
I wasn't even aware they didn't have automatic lod generation in UE4
they had it in UDK
cursive dirge
they had?
rose bison
yeah, simplygon I think
south ridge
@cursive dirge plus more types of trains have different names
rose bison
btw how are you guys on engine optimization for a large amount of actors?
cursive dirge
simplygon want 1% of the revenues ๐
rose bison
greedy bastards ๐
cursive dirge
yeah, it's pretty absurd amount taken that epic wants 5 for the whole engine
(I'm not even joking) ๐
rose bison
me neither ๐
back to some optimization things, I did some stress tests for a game idea that I will never finish but I like to work on it anyways from time to time ๐
kinda like total war/mount and blade battle simulation
any idea when DX12 will be ready for UE4 use?
cursive dirge
DX12 will be win10 only
rose bison
I know
cursive dirge
but then again, that might be ok by the time game gets out
if it's a bigger project
rose bison
but it potentially fixed lots of the stupid bottlenecks for large amounts of CPU to GPU stuff
rose bison
they said they are using it for their projects already, but not yet ready for public use
cursive dirge
just put -dx12 on command line param or -d3d12
cursive dirge
it's odd that they don't even expose the value on project setting
should work I think
like
there's been experimental opengl 4 for ages there
and vulcan is now listed too
hmmm
wonder what those unkownRHI:s are?
rose bison
is that a question? then no ๐
rose bison
PS4 Xbox I think
also I was thinking about decoupling game logic from rendering completely
cursive dirge
heh
foggy valley
that wolf is horrendous
floral heart
Which one, the ut99 roleplay furry or the border collie rig test?
sand spear
Hello guys, I want to know is it possible to mask a color with post process? I made a shader to mask green screen with CaptureScene2DComponent but i want to use it for my main camera is it possible ?
south ridge
That wolf is... unreal!
foggy valley
Which do you think ๐
frank escarp
the unknowns are consoles for sure
but Wolf?
maybe nintendo Switch?
they said they were going to support it
or maybe something secret
frank escarp
i would switch to unity
frank escarp
it was nintendo plan all along
well, indies normally use unity
so no switch for them
fierce tulip
its way more convoluted nowadays than that though lol
tall pendant
Unity already stated that they have full support for Switch.
in fact even more than UE. They probably bundle a Unity Version with DevKits again.
cloud cobalt
Nintendo didn't have proper Unreal support before, unless you count UE3 on WiiU
There is more partnership between industry actors now
zealous magnet
Does anyone know how I'd go for updating the game (on Steam)? I know about the DLC/Patch settings, but that doesn't help me at all, since that adds up another .pak file, and, as it says, just patches the game and doesn't "update" it completely
For example, Dead By Daylight, has a 9GB big .pak file, but Steam only downloads an update of 140MB..
cloud cobalt
Steam does the delta
You give Steam a big giant pak file and it does the diff
(Haven't shipped on Steam yet but that's what I've heard, anyway)
coral folio
Hey guys
How do o enable collisione of objects within a statoc mesh sphere ?
I Just want the objects to stay within the sphere and collide with it
But currebtly when i simulate the objects inside It Just Jump right outside the sphere
zealous magnet
@cloud cobalt Wow, Steam does that? That's interesting, has anybody experience with this?
cloud cobalt
No experience yet, only what I've gleaned. UE4 does recommend building a big pak file saying that Steam handles it cleanly
zealous magnet
I read about "differential updating" on the internet, I always wondered how UE games handle the updating
@coral folio That's probably because the sphere mesh has no polygons inside it
zealous magnet
Yup, thats what I meant ๐
coral folio
@zealous magnet mmm I thought it was a vertex problem, so I inverted it and didn't work... What can i do ? :3
zealous magnet
Yeah, inverting them should give you collision on the inside in no collision on the outside.. Are you sure that the mesh has collisions enabled, and your player has them aswell?
Try using "Use Complex Collision as Simple", which does the per-pixel thing
coral folio
YES ! That worked @zealous magnet ๐ thanks a lot mane
dense hornet
plush yew
ive been trying to figure out how to get pixelated fonts to not look blurry in UMG, can anyone point me in the right direction to figuring out if this is possible?
stoic halo
So I'm trying to submit my project to the Unreal Dev Grants submission box, but the Submit button is not doing anything. :S
Tried in three different browsers to no avail. Is something supposed to happen after you click "Submit" or is there something legit broken?
I'm talking specifically about the submission form when you scroll down here:
https://www.unrealengine.com/unrealdevgrants
south ridge
@plush yew you can e-mail the submission to some address. Check the thread on the forums
You can also e-mail them about the issue
It happens sometimes
stoic halo
ok, thanks a lot! I'll check that out!
coral folio
Any chance you can use the spatial audio feature using an actor in the scene triggering the volume rather than the player/camera ?
Reason is that I'm using a kinect to drive an actor's movement, and then would like to trigger the spatial audio based on the actor, although my camera is located somewhere else in the scene...
knotty falcon
Anyone know if you can use Flex on AMD GPUs?
cursive dirge
you cant
knotty falcon
Yeah I thought so
Someone said it uses the CPU if it's not a Nvidia card but it sounded a bit far fetched.
cursive dirge
it uses cuda atm
so nvidia gpu's only
some nvidia guy said on the forums that they are working on directcompute version, like over one year ago
I kinda doubt it's happening any time soon
there's also no cpu fallback mode on flex as far as I know, so you need nvidia gpu
knotty falcon
Yeah. It's such an interesting tool and I'd love to use it but it means cutting off a good chunk of the community for such a small feature, so no real point
cursive dirge
yup
that's main reason why I personally never looked more into flex
as long as it's limited to nvidia hw, it makes no sense for game use
nice for tech demos though
knotty falcon
Yeah. I know Tripwire used it for Killing Floor 2's blood system but its toggled between that and no simulation. But yeah, looks pretty
cursive dirge
I'm no a huge fan of games that do that, like batman series where you can't have smoke particles with nvidia gpu
(some older batman game)
although I don't know how killing floor did it
if it looks somewhat the same without the tech but has better simulation, I guess that's ok
if it changes the overal looks/feel, it's always bad
as people playing with different hw will not get the same experience
dim geyser
@stiff sage sorry for the trouble, how can i remove the original chasis/wheels without removing the whole mesh in blender?
opal spindle
For question 2
Get all the voxels in place and export the whole fbx
Then in your ue4 editor go to file and import scene
Choose your fbx and it will import whatever you had in your fbx retaining its position
You have separatr voxels now and you can merge them into 1 static mesh
What's easier to do though
Is just have whatever you want exported as fbx and it should automatically import as 1 static mesh aslong as you have merge actors checked I n the fbx import options
vale osprey
@limpid star plugin for Hoodini supports this kind of stuff
so it will automaticall y make a single ISM or HISM out of your mesh instances in Hoodini
I think this is suported in fbx format too, but I don't know if you can modify UE4 importer to use this
there is another option - you can group meshes in editor and you will get instanced static mesh automatically
this was added to the engine already as far as I know:
https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?62361-New-Tool-Rama-s-Instanced-Static-Mesh-Editor-Feature-(pull-request)
Window-DeveloperTools->Merge tool
example of how to use it:
https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?125126-Use-Physics-Simulation-to-Save-Time-Level-Building
dim geyser
@stiff sage also, what did u do to the antenna bones?
stiff sage
@dim geyser I don't quite follow what you meant earlier. What d'you mean by 'whole mesh'? The template has the chassis and the wheels as one single mesh. Could you be more specific on what you're tryin' here? And I just left the antenna as it is...not using it at the moment, but could be useful later.
vale osprey
@limpid star you can copy paste whole array from one array into another
it doesn't work correctly with structs
so in principal you could copy an array with 3 elements, paste it into text editor to see the content of the buffer, then fudge it manually for the amount of elements you want and copy paste into editor
Another option is to bring data as data table by populating it from csv and then in constructor populate array
dim geyser
@stiff sage I've just sent you the fbx file I've been working on.
coral folio
Hey guys any chance you can adjust the volume of an audio file in blueprint using box collision and eventuali begin overlap ?
Sorry it's a stupid questione... But cant seem to manage... So far i tried with the fade in node and adjust volume one.. but no luck
dense hornet
Why does the Add or Edit Script do exactly the same thing as Open Blueprint Editor? this is confusing
teal tulip
@dense hornet what version is that one
dense hornet
4.14 preview 2, but I think I've seen it on all the versions
dense hornet
yea it's the same on 4.13 too I just checked
teal tulip
without need to create childs
then isn't that no idea
there should be a component to do that what i say
dense hornet
lol the OpenBlueprintEditor description is "Opens the blueprint editor for this asset", the Add or Edit Script is "Opens the blueprint editor for this asset, showing event graph"
thin haven
๐
dense hornet
OpenBlueprintEditor also shows event graph when opened btw
teal tulip
probably
is the difference when you edit one BP that is child of other actor and don't have nothing in the BP
that you see only the parameters
dense hornet
WHAT
"Document" tab, new feature confirmed?
๐
yea, when it's left at event graph it will do the same thing, but if the blueprint hasn't been opened before, they do different things
one opens viewport, another opens that ^
teal tulip
@dense hornet I mean that background in your image
one is the view where you only see that parameters
and the other is the combo with the graph etc
brisk path
hard minnow
I have a little question here. So there was that plugin for MAYA "Animation and Rigging Toolkit", is it still working for newer versions of MAYA and UE4? Is it still usable? Or should I just ignore it?
kindred marlin
Not really sure where to ask, but:
How would I go about using morph targets to do facial animation? The rig is set, but I need to be able to do lipsyncing that is generated on the fly rather than following a set animation timeline. (Trying to get natural language processing and a character/AI to talk back to the player with the corerct animations)
mint sequoia
@hard minnow i use it all the time, i don't think it works on maya2017, i use it with 2016
@hard minnow jeremy ernst (the author) is also working on ART v2 which will be pretty fantastic, if you have access to the full version of maya ART v1 is a godsend already
wind epoch
4.14.0 p3 released
cursive dirge
that was quick
hazy lynx
Hello people!
Can anyone confirm, does FileLogger analytics provider work in standalone builds?
I got it to work in PIE but in a packaged build I cant find any logs
hybrid scroll
safe rose
https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgos_ UE4 Dev Work
urban salmon
mint sequoia
i think i need to drop multiplayer from my game until either they remake the prediction / movement component or i have plenty of spare $ to pay someone (and i'm not sure if anyone outside of epic is capable to begin with..) .. it's halted my development
it really sucks that ue4 doesn't have viable multiplayer support
cursive dirge
it does have viable multiplayer support
for fps and third person characters
as long as you play by their rules and don't try to change the hardcoded behavior :p
that's pretty much what's wrong with all their gameplay code
for examples, vehicles have tons of hardcoded values still
and input/splitscreenmanagement is pretty hardcoded to work in single manner
latter is something which I hoped worked like in Unity
I can appreciate prebuilt frameworks but I really dislike how so many things are desgined to work in a single specific way
safe rose
?
Why wouldn't it have viable multiplayer support for turn-based games?
Or actually, any other type?
cursive dirge
he's just frustrated ๐
it doesn't have viable solution for any physics based games
(but that's not his issue atm)
hard minnow
@mint sequoia thanks!
mint sequoia
it would have saved me a lot of time if they deleted CMC ๐
it's existence is.. deceptive
bleak schooner
have you guys seen dis https://youtu.be/2iz3XdVJbek
coral folio
Hey guys ! Any ideas why my movable point light doesnt show up when i Press play ? It only works when im simulating ... Thibking It Can be a baking issue, as im triggering those lights on. And off throughout gameplay...
cursive dirge
@Adam that looks one of those games that rely on great ai but even when I initially saw the trailer, my reaction was "yeah, it's not going to play like they say it will"
bleak schooner
kinda same here tbh, but we'll see
if their AI is meant to move as players do, it has to be minimally decent
I guess
cursive dirge
We have seen ambitious game designs like that in past and they have NEVER delivered, I'd love to be wrong but I'm not convinced
pallid compass
Oh wow guys, maya has no auto rigging tools? like 3ds max CAT?
tall pendant
well it kinda has. but not sure if its compatible with UE4 out of the box.
also not sure how CAT works.
safe rose
ART @pallid compass
thin haven
how are modular characters/vehicles done in UE4? components? sockets? help!
south ridge
Ha
In our game
Our vehicle is made up of many actors
But that's likely not the choice you want to do
Our modular vehicles are very large and functionality-rich, so they had to be split off into multiple actors, each of which carries a ton of functionality
thin haven
I would like to make it one actor
I already have the working wheels as the base
and I would like to have varying body meshes
that is, multiple meshes (parts voxeled separately)
and I'm not sure how to achieve that from engine side
safe rose
Retweet this whenever you can, thanks! https://twitter.com/victorburgosG3/status/796440370347442179
cursive dirge
@thin haven with built in stuff, you don't have much options
on 4.14 there's that simple wheeled vehicle which allows you to make more modular structure
but you need to implement lots of things yourself
like engine, drivetrain
gearbox
wintry prawn
@safe rose nice man, ill tune in again
tidal lichen
what is the name of the component that draws flat images to the screen with a fixed orientation? like billboard but without orienting to player stuff
safe rose
https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgos_ Game Dev Battle #2
tidal lichen
how can I get the location of an actor from another blueprint?
sharp summit
@real mason That game looks like - how to design a game around a single AAA character asset.
@tidal lichen You need to get a reference to that actor, then get its location.
You can get that reference through a variety of methods. Traces.
Actor of class search
Broadcast maybe.
tidal lichen
I am new to unreal engine and the most frustrating thing for me have been references
Is there a guide that tells of all the ways of obtaining references and when to use them?
What is the best way to just get a variable from another blueprint through references?
sharp summit
You'll have to google for that one. I don't know all the ways myself - although I've never done a specific search for them, just learnt them as I've come across examples of them
thin haven
@cursive dirge: I mean the car's meshes , not vehicle code itself
do I use static meshes or sockets? components? It's all supposed to be modular - probably pieced together by a construction script, with a possibility for runtime changes (garage screen)
gloomy pollen
@tidal lichen look at casting, BP interfaces and event dispatchers.
fierce tulip
reposting for great justice: https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/520864/timed-particles-persona-not-working-during-play.html
tidal lichen
how can I get the actor behind the actor I hit through the hit result?
feral echo
trace behind from actor that got hit by first trace
@tidal lichen Or! If you making some sort of penetration projectile (or something else that must penetrate) you could use a Box collision shape and make BoxSweep to get targets in some row form
Im not sure if you can do something like that with simple hit trace.
vale osprey
there is multi trace too, not sure if he means Hit as in collsion event or trace
tidal lichen
how can I check if the left mouse button is currently held down?
figured it out with get input key time down
tepid steeple
I'm trying to figure out how to drive the force feedback in a joystick from UE4. Anyone know if this is supported?
cursive dirge
yup
it's not supported
ue4 supports only xinput, steam controller + VR motion controllers (on windows)
tepid steeple
@cursive dirge thanks - do you know if it's on any roadmap?
fiery harbor
cursive dirge
I seriously doubt it
FFB and directinput are mostly older joysticks and some specific hardware
we've been asking for support for 2+ years but they don't seem to be willing to add it
so to get it
you need to use 3rd party plugin
fiery harbor
do you know any way to find what this is a duplicate of? https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-34057
its marked as duplicate, but I dont see any info on duplicate of what
cursive dirge
@tepid steeple for example, I think this works for other brand devices too: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/logitechg-sdk-plugin
it has wheel FFB
but I don't think there's like joystick FFB
tepid steeple
Ah ok