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#ue4-general
zenith night
I don't know blueprints, I've created the 'get player controller' node, what needs pluggin into it?
whole quarry
This is why you should do sone tutorials
zenith night
Sure, I am as we speak, though it is frustrating, on a previous unreal release I could cycle between third/first/car cameras, there was no node tweaking needed at all
whole quarry
GetPlayerController>EnableInput
Looking at your screenshot... youve no player input setup..
zenith night
It's the blueprint from the 3rd person template, I checked the templte and it has the same nodes and it works fine in the template
whole quarry
Because the template project has the control input configurated
You didnt notice the orange bars under the input events?
Or the orange square on the Compile button?
zenith night
Sure I did. makes no difference if I don't know what they require
whole quarry
Thats why you should start with some basic tutorials
Cant make a house if you cant make the foundation
zenith night
I completely get that, though all I want is a character that walks around the scene, I don't need to spend a few weeks learning what's already in the templates. Equally I haven't got time to understand the bluperint I have with dragon flies buzzing around. If I opened the third person template and migrated my scene to it I would have the character walking around, I didn't realise doing it the other way around would be so much more convoluted
whole quarry
How do you want it to move it?
zenith night
How'd you mean?
zenith night
WASD
whole quarry
So... how are you going to fix that?
zenith night
I do arch-vis kind of stuff, so fly throughs and walk throughs, need to have both sometimes
I'm going to migrate the scene to the 3rd person template
worn granite
I don't need to spend a few weeks learning what's already in the templates.
Spending 30min learning how input actions work would help you understand why this is so much more convoluted.
whole quarry
So you expect that the "Input moveForward" magically nows that it should listen to the input of the W and S keys?
worn granite
You could even substitute in literal inputs if you're not going to have the keys rebindable.
Then you wouldn't actually have a problem
But 15 minutes of reading is too much
whole quarry
Ofcourse but skipping the basics is such a bad thing and leads to endless questionares due to lack of knowing the basics of the engine
worn granite
idk I can sympathize with "I'm in a rush" but not with "I can't be bothered to read docs"
frank escarp
"im in a rush, but better ask randoms instead of googling it"
nocturne goblet
Do I need to worry about game distribution? Or will it easily work on "all" PCs?
zenith night
You're judging me by others, nice!.. I've a number of windows open learning about materials setups/sequencer, if you think I haven't spent at least 15 minutes reading up on character setups you are mistaken, thanks for the sarcasm, I am not worthy
whole quarry
....
worn granite
I dunno man, moving an ini file is super hard
But yeah get offended by what I say rather than stopping to think if I have a point
I could help you with this specific problem, but you'd just be right back here next deadline
and the fact you have a deadline means you have a client.
whole quarry
@nocturne goblet there are different build options for i.e. 32bit and 64bit, in general it should work on all windows platforms (maybe not xp and older tho)
worn granite
You're getting paid to not read the docs
zenith night
I don't have a deadline
worn granite
So then you must have time to learn how to work more efficiently
zenith night
I'm doing it off my own back tonight, wanted to render something as I'm holiday next week
No, tomorrow I need to do something more work related
nocturne goblet
thanks @whole quarry
zenith night
I get the odd day here and there to learn UE4, of course I'm looking for some shortcuts, it's a massive engine
whole quarry
Well, to be honest, there are no shortcuts
worn granite
Anyway, you just gotta let the other project know what inputs are defined
whole quarry
Many people are here and know alot because they spend years learning and still learn every day more
zenith night
Of course there are shortcuts to an end result, I did a fly through animation some weeks ago and do you think I knew every single working component of it.. of course not, I am not some 3d noob, I learn every day too and I'm far better on UE4 now than I was 3 months ago.
whole quarry
😐
worn granite
Your attitude just struck me as somebody who wanted to just skip through stuff.
You obviously don't have to know everything there is to know, but this in particular is a basic concept
zenith night
Anyway, gotta go, thanks @whole quarry and @worn granite for the pep talk
whole quarry
3 months and you dont know how to setup input...
worn granite
It'd be like you wanting to animate but don't know how to work with the timeline.
whole quarry
Well, now i sound mean
worn granite
Comes with the territory @whole quarry
We could have worded this in a "sweeter" way
zenith night
jeez, do I need to spell it out, I don't get every day to do this
worn granite
I thought you had to go man
zenith night
Maybe I have gone
worn granite
I get you don't have every day
Do you not get my point though?
Jeez man, hop in a racecar without taking driving lessons
whole quarry
@worn granite This kind of stuff holds me back more and more to awnser questions in here. I like to help, really do... But this kind of things like skipping and not googling first (many questions are asked 100's of times) is kind of a fun-killer in helping
zenith night
I get your point, though get irked when people read between the lines on some quickly worded response
and see, you presume I don't google
whole quarry
Don't take or make it personal what I wrote there to PlaceholderName
Its a general thing that happens
worn granite
Its because of the vast wealth of information on this topic
zenith night
just a few favourites from recent weeks
whole quarry
That amount are my daily open tabs
zenith night
You are obviously a god
grim ore
none of those videos seem to be about using the engine
whole quarry
Thank you I guess?
grim ore
If you want to learn how to drift your car that is cool and a good goal but learning to drive the car first might be a good start.
whole quarry
No, lets skip to the race track @grim ore 😀
worn granite
For the record, I would suggest subscribing to @grim ore's youtube channel
whole quarry
^
violet cove
Does anyone know how to export models from ue4 without their LODs?
worn granite
half mango
disable them on import?
violet cove
I want to just export LOD0, but instead I get only the LOD models
half mango
guys does anyone use blender for their mesh?
whole quarry
@half mango I do
half mango
how the hell do you get the objects to work
whole quarry
What kind of objects?
whole quarry
check these 2 videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0dUcS4QU5b0ON5adjJmhNg
half mango
do you use seams on even basic objects like a plain box?
whole quarry
I made those some time ago (but kinda got bored and never made more)
half mango
see you dont need them right, for basic objects
i can't even get plain white objects to work
still the same old lightmap issues after trying absolutely everything
whole quarry
I never had those lightmap issues
half mango
i tried absolutely everything even going to the more advanced stuff and learning how to mark seams on each object
did it for all and still the same problems
how the hell you manage it without issues man
:S
this shit is paranormal
half mango
it really is paranormal
i've had countless ppl help me and nothing works
starts out with problems with my blender model, tri's, ngons blah blah
fix all those
doesnt fix it
i am so close to just packing it in and changing my career choices
frank void
the worst part is nearly all of the documentation seems to be blueprint focused
like what the hell
blueprint was a mistake
half mango
i don't understand blueprints yet either
whole quarry
blueprint is love and power
half mango
can't even get to that part
cause i cant even bake the light and get a result that isn't cancer
frank void
all I wanna do is set up a custom character movement component in cpp and i'm having to delve and scratch around forum threads for anything useful
frank void
i know right
whole quarry
BLASPHEME
frank void
absolutely arcane
whole quarry
@half mango Have you tried to make just a cube and export that to ue4
whole quarry
Did that had problems too?
whole quarry
half mango
i think i managed to make a couple of basic objects without problems
but that's useless to me
worn granite
So is the lighting the issue?
half mango
i'm going through sketchup first, i have no other choice but to go through sketchup because of speed
worn granite
Because if the lighting is the issue, its probably your lightmap UVs
half mango
it is the lightmaps
but they are unfixable
blender lightmaps don't work and generating UV's in UE gives better results but still horrible
worn granite
Hm. alright. Can't really help you much more with that. Maybe post in #graphics as well?
half mango
don't worry nobody else can
whole quarry
God damn it
half mango
@whole quarry i'm watching these videos now
thanks for posting
they won't fix the problem but i'll learn other stuff i guess
@whole quarry if you don't unwrap manually with seams and stuff then how do you do it?
to get it to work in ue
just smartUV?
whole quarry
Depends on the mesh imho
half mango
is this your video?
whole quarry
I think more about how a material can be applied to it rather than thinking how a texture needs to be baked to it
yes
half mango
oh nice
whole quarry
I guess I'll make this weekend a new one >.<
half mango
oh i have already seen this part 2 one
just recognized it ;d
i have tried all this tho
nothing works
ionic tangle
Hey guys, does anybody know if you can use POM with WorldSpace materials? I don't know where I would plug it in?
plush yew
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vast anvil
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vast anvil
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sudden agate
Does someone have tutorials for Stylized Materials in UE?
Preferably a Cel Shading look.
Foliage would be nice aswell
safe rose
Man, I'm telling you...I am hitting all the bugs over the last day
My DefaultInput.ini gets "corrupted" through Perforce. Somehow the encoding gets messed up when I get it from my other PC 😭
(and i don't even have umlauts)
cinder iron
at least birb is gone
safe rose
Aye birds are gone
cinder iron
lately im runing problem after problem
first my overlap was named same as an internal function of the engine and was working worngly
now it doesnt work at all while the delegate seems correct
in blueprints it does straight away
wanna cry :C
regal mulch
Is the function a UFUNCTION?
worn granite
UPROPERTY(meta=PlsWork)
plush yew
Please welcome @tacit mist to the community! :beers:
safe rose
rahah
he had the same issue
man, wtf. How come i've never had this issue before today
cinder iron
oh the solution right there, 👍 nice
safe rose
Strange part, I always follow the typemap from Epic Docs though
proper crane
anyone experience with building to html5? Was wondering what the minimum html file is for rendering the viewport.
plush yew
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vale halo
@safe rose Following up on your suggestion yesterday (still far from done), but something like this would make sense right?
safe rose
Anyway, if anyone ever comes across this message in search. To fix that BS UE4/Perforce "corrupted" DefaultInput.ini. I just deleted it from repo. Instead of just copying over one I had saved previously (since it's obviously corrupted somehow), I created a new DefaultInput.ini in engine, with a "test" InputAction. Sent it up to repo to verify, clients could see it fine. Once that was done, I Copy/Pasted only the InputAction/Axis mappings from inside the original DefaultInput.ini file, into the new "stable" one right under my new "test" Input Action mapping.
So far so good. We'll see if it holds.
@vale halo Oh yeah, if it's just directed for OnlineSubsystem
But yeah, exactly what I was thinking basically.
But also, not sure if possible. If you can add an "additional/custom" section, that takes in text that gets saved on top of that...
vale halo
Ontop of what? 🤔
safe rose
What I mean is, if people have custom settings
That you can't think of
They can type it into a textbox
With their own Section Title
vale halo
Got it, I'll add it to my TODO list 😃
vale halo
I wish I could throw it on the MP for $0.99, but $4.99 is the lowest I can go 🤔
vale halo
You only get 60 days (or something like that) a year 🤔
Anyway, I'll probably use that technique 😉
safe rose
Aye, one day when I have more time, I'll look into an MP submission
frank escarp
@vale halo thats nice, even if it is ridiculously simple
having to edit the config constantly is definitely annoying
vale halo
It can be a bit of a pain, but now I personally have gotten into the plugin creation/submission/dealing with the MP flow 😛
safe rose
I know
vale halo
Yep, the only "issue" people could have is that an editor restart is required 🤔
vale halo
Anyway, it is a really good idea, all credit goes to vic there
frank escarp
honestly i think that one is too simple to be worth more than 5 dollars
safe rose
Man, I have so many good ideas for the MP
vale halo
Yep, agreed there
frank escarp
but if you combined it with a more stuff plugin
vale halo
But 5 bucks is the cheapest we're able to go
frank escarp
basically bundling it with a bigger online plugin
vale halo
Yeah, I'm thinking about doing that. There's a few other steam things I'm working on (for personal projects), so I could throw it out as a small steam tool
But I wouldn't want to compete with UWorks 🤔
frank escarp
another issue is how does it work for different subsystems
each subsystem has different configs
frank escarp
too bad you cant do anything about the ps4 subsystem for example, wich has looooooooooots more crap
i think just making it work for Null and Steam should be ok
vale halo
Why? All the stuff under an NDA?
frank escarp
yup
vale halo
I'm probably going for NULL|STEAM|FACEBOOK|whatever else I can get my hands on
(to give people the most value they can get due to the stupid marketplace minimum pricing)
safe rose
TBH, like I said before
All this stuff should be default in engine by now
I shouldn't have to really go outside the engine to do ANYTHING
frank escarp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh1SElKEZR8 john wick intensifies
vale halo
o.O
rugged gorge
yo, quick question
i accidentally disabled UE4's print log, somehow.
how can I re-enable it?
glossy flame
Off-topic, but does GitHub's string search just randomly not work half the time for anyone else?
cinder iron
ugh lemme check
glossy flame
I search for a log string or something in the GitHub repo search (full string in quotes) and nothing comes up, but VS finds it in 5 seconds
This has been happening a lot to me lately, it's weird
glossy flame
Hmm, might actually be a version issue
regal mulch
@rugged gorge What... you mean the on screen one through blueprints?
glossy flame
I'm on the 4.16 branch of the repo and a local copy of 4.16.3, but they're not matching up
Hehe never mind @cinder iron looks like on this specific one I'm in the wrong, but I can swear I've had occurences like this in the past where I could even go to the GitHub version of the file and find a string I couldn't with search
Or I'm going crazy
¯_(ツ)_/¯
plush yew
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sharp crest
Really need help here, thanks
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/687186/engine-fps-drops-urgent.html
It only happens sometimes, and it's not something with the CPU or RAM
median bronze
how the hell do you remove the stupid HUD from the shootergame demo? im trying to make a sequence cinimatic with it and nothing i do seems to remove it, changing the bloody gamemode, making a new gamemode and changing it to No HUd.....stills shows up. deleting the assets just crashes the level
think there be some easy disable UI toggle in the sequence setting to disable a hud when the sequance is playing
yeah very helpful group
plush yew
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livid monolith
hello
plush yew
Hi.
Is anyone here learning UE4 on their free time while in college?
Also, do I have a hope of getting a job as a UE4 C++ programmer by using it?
keen birch
^
@plush yew In a seriousness, at large studios, probably not. They seem to care more about "qualifications"
At indies, though, it just revolves around whether you can do what's needed
(And for how much)
So if you can show that you can do it (that's where portfolio comes in), that can likely get you jobs in the indie scene
And networking. Network like a goddamn hero, or you'll still hsvr a hard time
plain gazelle
How do I invite someone to this server?
plush yew
I figure that learning C++ in Unreal would be a good way to make something remotely useful
While being a complete noob.
worn granite
man this bot response time...
plush yew
Pretty sure there's an option, if you click the name of the server in the upper left
the dropdown gives an option to invite
but that's only if the server owner enables it.
buoyant echo
Lmao!
plush yew
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ripe vapor
hello
shell jetty
@plush yew gameidea
plush yew
A racing game where you sail yachts to slow global warming and you have way more limbs than necessary.
shell jetty
@plush yew invite
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buoyant pine
Anyone knows how to tell unity that a border or any component on top of other components in the hierarchy, is clickable through?
I have a border with a brush ( giving that shine-fade on the elements under it) that is on top of everything else, but now in game it doesn't allow me to click the elements of the widget
tall sage
I think I do not put the right keywords when I am searching about it. But, is there a way to keep an actor / component from runtime to editor ?
like, basicaly I am tracing a path in runtime and I want to keep this spline in editor for another usage.
The only thing i've found was to copy paste the element, but it calls back the constructor and erase the values.
Ok nevermind, I've found another way: storing in a TArray<FVector> each points.
Then storing it in json .
Then storing it in json .
half mango
how do i move one material to another project?
the migrate tool isn't working, it just creates a file that does nothing
tall sage
basicaly, from the explorer it worked for me. @half mango
a copy from the .uasset works fine.
But if you have texture and other stuff: you have to make sure that you also copy it at the same time with the right path.
half mango
thanks, that worked
and this is a downloaded material
but it;s different to my usual
looks like this, rather than the normal nodes
do u know why?
polar hawk
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plush yew
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vestal cloak
@thorn flower welcome
thorn flower
Thank you! 😄
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heady bridge
With todays generation of games, is 4K texture maps becoming the normal? or is that still too high for majority of games?
toxic wagon
yo I get weird issues when importing psd files
pingu, depends on surface
here's how the texture is supposed to look
when I import a psd
heady bridge
on the lighter one, the vibrance is at 0, maybe try putting it to 1?
I'm not familiar with psd, or having a similar issue
Is there a document or something online, to give a good idea on where to put lower res texture maps and higher res texture maps to keep everything looking good, but not using too much resources?
floral heart
So it looks correct if you check SRGB and incorrect if you uncheck SRGB?
dawn ore
Just spent like 2 hours on a problem when it was just a single missing connection
dawn ore
yo
wary wave
dafuq
vale halo
lol, love your tweet 😛
polar hawk
Aye, animation data is missing for 1 frame
Which for whatever reason when the anim bp ends up in a 'no anim to extract pose from' situation, it feaks out and basically scales up your mesh
¯_(ツ)_/¯
polar hawk
Guys I launched a patreon https://www.patreon.com/allar
whole quarry
Spawn rotation?
paper kernel
yea it was facing towards 0,0,0 randomly
whole quarry
Not sure why, but I've always been a bit confused if Y or X is axis is forward
Its why I always model things for +x is forward while the engine acts like +y is forward
cursive dirge
in blueprints, x is forward
cursive dirge
well, in general in actors as well
whole quarry
Its dumb
Because if you export a model thats modeled for +x forward, its always rotated 45 degrees when importing and adding it to a actor
paper kernel
90*
paper kernel
woke up 2 hours early for no apparent reason
whole quarry
Thats horrible!
paper kernel
argh
so, this seems like a little oversight
but server cannot get it's own session reference?
plush yew
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orchid beacon
Hi, looking to recruit some members for my team. Best places to look anyone?
sudden agate
plush yew
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dense viper
hello !! 😃
whole quarry
Welcome
pseudo parrot
Hey guys, so i'm using the runUAT.bat file to package our game, how can we trigger a full rebuild using that?
midnight wasp
I think you can type -list for information on commands.
-clean will at the very least cause a re-cook of all data, not sure if it'll cause a rebuild also.
pseudo parrot
-clean doesn't show up when using -list
midnight wasp
amazing
midnight wasp
I use this in a batch file when I want to make a Win64 build. Is it similar to what you're using? the -clean is just another param. It's a shame this stuff isn't a little better documented.
call C:\Perforce\UE416\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\RunUAT.bat BuildCookRun -project="project.uproject" -platform=Win64 -config=Shipping -build -clean -cook -stage -package -archive -archivedirectory="\directory"
Yeah that should force the recook. That or deleting the Saved folder...
pseudo parrot
aight sick, yeah that's pretty much what we have minuse the -clean
thanks man 😃
i'll give it a whirl, i threw in CleanDDC and CleanTempStorage too
midnight wasp
Oo I didn't know about those. I'm only just learning about BuildGraphs this week 😁
plush yew
Hello
Please
I need to create a sphere exactly like the default sphere obejct in ue4 but be able to see the material from inside as well. I tried to create one using the BSP, but textures look weird on those.
any tips?
regal mulch
@plush yew You usually only have to set the Material to be TwoSided
paper kernel
or have a mesh that is two-sided
regal mulch
Is there actually a diff in performance? I know it's just a simple sphere
paper kernel
two sided material does have more instructions iirc
regal mulch
Alright
wary wave
anyone used sobol distributions yet?
just curious as to how the nodes etc work since there's no docs or examples
plush yew
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Thanks bot
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wary wave
nope, I have absolutly NFI how you're supposed to use the new Sobel BP nodes
pallid compass
whats Sobel o_O
pallid compass
oh dam thats nice
wary wave
in theory, it's awesome
but I have no idea how it's supposed to work
I can't pick a starting random seed and the nodes only half make sense to me
wary wave
in fact, I think this is completely freaking broken
this will output 0,0 twice
which is maybe correct, I don't know
but 0,0 doesn't seem very random
think I'm getting the hang of it
but still not sure how it's supposed to work
worn granite
what'd you change?
wary wave
so I guess each random value is based on A) The number of cells and B) the previous value
so what does the index do?
wary wave
I thought index would be the cell index or something, but I have no idea
worn granite
1 cell is basically 1 option, right?
wary wave
yeah, I think so
worn granite
On a 2d grid, that'll be 0,0
No need to ramp up the cells unless you're building a mechanic around that
wary wave
on a 1x1 grid it will be
worn granite
gg morning me
wary wave
no, I think you need more cells to break down the distribution
worn granite
No I mean increment the cells over a series of calls
You can have a fixed cell size
wary wave
1 cell means your coords can have 0-1 in any direction (integer)
worn granite
I don't have a better understanding though, just trying to reason about it
wary wave
the max is 32768 - so you would have 32768x32768 cells
the 'value' you get out is this for X or Y:
(1 / cells * random)
I mean, it isn't exactly that, but you can see how that would affect your results
1 cell means you space is divded into one possible cell, so everything is in that cell
if you have Num Cells = 2, then your space has two X coords and two Y coords
....so what is index?
worn granite
odd that a cell of 1 gives consistent 0,0 in that case
but cell of 2 does not give 0,0 , 0,1 , 1,0, and 1,1 only
wary wave
a loop with index 0-10 (11 points) with a fixed num cells of 10
I think I'm beginning to get it
I do not however understand where 0,0 keeps coming from
what's happening is that I'm asking for 11 random points in a 10x10 grid
but no two points should reside in the same grid square
worn granite
maybe the source would help. I'd look myself but I don't have 4.17 and don't feel like digging through github
wary wave
source is enormous, hehe
okay, so starting value is not hugely important
the first two however have a starting index of 0 through to 10
the bottom two are 10 through to 20
so basically it's converting an int into seeded random coords
what I don't get now, is how you're supposed to be able to distribute multiple objects into given cells and not have them overlap
I'm guessing you cannot
pallid compass
does a flip
y u do dis too me add controller pitch input?!
Someone cre to explain the core of how add controller pitch input syncs with server?
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
pallid compass
god i hate rotators so bloody much
scenic chasm
Indeed. what's worse then rotators is flying in space heading toward the sun and running out of fuel. that, is horrible.
shell jetty
other work but invide dont now
fierce tulip
check the welcome page
plush yew
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pallid compass
Anyone know more about the jitter in spring arm camera lag setting?
oblique fern
in the editor there are over 150 spawn points on the map. how could i add a child to each one (another spawn option blueprint), without having to do 150 manual additions?
wary wave
why not edit the original blueprint?
oblique fern
it's a static mesh :/
wary wave
errr
oblique fern
can i swap the points out for a blueprint then, to make it easier to work with
and preserve the 150 spawn point locations
wary wave
it should have been a blueprint to start with
oblique fern
agreed
wary wave
you can replace all instances of a given mesh with something else just by right clicking
but it's going to replace every single one
so if there are meshes you don't want to replace, prepare yourself for a long, bad time D:
toxic wagon
is there a branch of UE4 with better paper 2D stuff?
wary wave
no
toxic wagon
aw
oblique fern
yep dont want to move the static meshes, they are strategically placed markers on varying terrain
pallid compass
How does interp speed work?
toxic wagon
also, anyone know why the epic games launcher consumes so much ram and cpu doing almost nothing
plush yew
Please welcome @broken plume to the community! :beers:
polar hawk
Game dev patreons be like https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DG941-7VwAEh12H.jpg
pallid compass
omfg
worn granite
nice job allar
pallid compass
10/10
worn granite
your fame is worth $2/mo (so far)
plush yew
Please welcome @frigid needle to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
real bolt
After you sculpt the terrain the engine stutters for a few seconds. Is it only me or its a common issue ?
polar hawk
A good one
floral heart
Good features
half mango
any advice on what PC guys?
i think im gonna get like 96gb of ram
and maybe a ryzen or thread
not sure what graphics i'd need
floral heart
The most expensive one is a good bet. It makes a conversation piece.
half mango
can't spend too much, a few grand maybe
polar hawk
For a few grand, its going to be pretty hard to get a rig thats not capable
floral heart
True, you can afford the most expensive anything that's not a Xeon or Phi.
Well, I suppose there's always a 20TB RAID of 960 Pro SSDs
polar hawk
As long as you don't Quadro it
half mango
i was thinking an m2, 1080 and threadripper
then loads of cheap ram and cheap storage
plush yew
Please welcome @pine torrent to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @earnest wraith to the community! :beers:
earnest wraith
👋
plush yew
Please welcome @slender zinc to the community! :beers:
slender zinc
So I just installed the UE4 Editor via the AUR and it crashes my computer a few seconds after running it.
Here's the output of UE4Editor when I run it
regal mulch
That log looks half empty
Nothing about a crash
Though it creates some OpenGL stuff
Your whole PC crashs?
Might be GPU?
slender zinc
everything crashes, I can move my mouse but I can't use caps lock, num lock, or scroll lock
The window only shows up halfway and I've tried using both herbstluftwm and cinnamon
by halfway I mean that the window border shows up but nothing shows inside
at that point, I have to force my pc to reboot
but that last line that was incomplete was before I shut down my PC
I'm going to try running it after allowing execute permissions for everything in /opt/unreal-engine
exact same
:/
vast pine
Check the Linux logs?
Gnome-system-log?
If it's on your network and you have a ssh client and you lockup the gpu the subsystem is likely still running and you'll be able to ssh over or ftp etc to know it's just the video dying
dawn ore
TLDR: Blueprints made learning languages a lot less intimidating for me.
slender zinc
I'm trying to run GenerateProjectFIles.sh to see if it'll help
vast pine
👍 @dawn ore
plush yew
Please welcome @gilded cradle to the community! :beers:
wild kestrel
plush yew
Please welcome @pearl siren to the community! :beers:
keen birch
Does anyone know if there's any solid news about LPV since that last "rumor"?
Apparently, according to the same thread, something changed in UE4.17, but then not really...?
severe mirage
Does anyone have an idea of a shooter that could become very successful?
glossy flame
Nice try Ubisoft
severe mirage
so funny
polar hawk
You're not going to get an answer that will satisfy you with that question
Generally we aren't market research people, and the question is far too broad for a simple answer
The execution is also very important, not just the idea
worn granite
I think a Generic shooter could be successful
floral heart
And in any case, the market research people responsible for Lawbreakers and Battleborn would be the wrong people to ask.
worn granite
Shooters made with it, maybe not. glares at a certain toy shooter in library
polar hawk
^hmm?
floral heart
"Elaborate!"
-Dalek
worn granite
You don't have to feel bad about it, it wasn't your pack's fault
polar hawk
I'm not arguing that shit shooters are made with my product
worn granite
continues being vague, knowing it'll frustrate you
polar hawk
I put Generic Shooter on Steam Greenlight to help prevent shit shooter flips
But people gonna do what people gonna do
worn granite
Just cause its there doesn't mean anything
I mean, you must be aware of UnitZ or w/e
seeing as you care about flips
pallid compass
omfg
polar hawk
It means I can issue takedown notices for exact flips
worn granite
oh?
polar hawk
If I can be like
worn granite
Huh, didn't know that'd hold water
worn granite
what with MP rights
polar hawk
Then I can't do anything
pallid compass
brutal
worn granite
That's smart, actually
floral heart
Hold on, making Generic Blue Shooter.
polar hawk
If they do an art swap but nothing else, yeah, I'm powerless
¯_(ツ)_/¯
You could turn everything blue
gg
worn granite
I didn't think you could do that though because you're also selling it on the marketplace
anyway
polar hawk
Sort of a gray area, because Generic Shooter: The Game is technically a different product than Generic Shooter
Which is why its called Generic Shooter: The Game
Although, I also don't go out of my way to actively enforce it
Like at all
I've only had to issue one takedown because someone literally submitted Generic Shooter as Generic Shooter
plush yew
Please welcome @green ether to the community! :beers:
vestal cloak
@green ether welcome!
upper heart
does anyone know if there is a way to print out the meshes being currently rendered? A new dropdown in Statistics for current view would be really useful
plush yew
Please welcome @earnest cape to the community! :beers:
polar hawk
plush yew
Please welcome @neon flame to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @queen isle to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @plain grove to the community! :beers:
keen birch
So no-one has any idea about the supposed new LPV stuff?
cursive dirge
there's supposedly new LPV stuff?
I thought LPV support basically died along with Lionhead Studios
fiery harbor
yeah I think it's pretty dead
but I think recently there was some improvement announced for arch viz stuff with LPV
probably not that relevant for games though
keen birch
There's been some sneaky improvements to LPV here and there, apparently
heady locust
I have very UNREAListic standards about 3D
that only such a powerful engine could achieve, is literally the new Definition of Epic
plush yew
Please welcome @meager dove to the community! :beers:
paper kernel
is there something to trigger from possess event?
guess I could do custom dispatch for it 🤔
tender dome
hi, i did somthing in the editor/project menu, and now my game looks like this
help!!!!
tender dome
i had directional light. i deleted it. built lighting. then added it again. still same prob.
paper kernel
Question: on a scale of 1 to "bad idea", how reliable is delegate loop?
pallid compass
try adding atmospheric fog
tender dome
@pallid compass what do you mean by lighting stuff specifically
tender dome
do i have to reinstall the engine
plush yew
Please welcome @west marten to the community! :beers:
plain gazelle
@hot carbon https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-18641 This is marked fixed, but the comment that is says where the fix is has nothing to do with the error.
plush yew
Please welcome @livid token to the community! :beers:
pallid compass
think my eyes are about to roll in too the back of my head
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
fossil ore
Question. Is it possible to make reflection to be visible all the time? When camera doesn't see element that is meant to be in reflection It doesn't show it.
plush yew
Please welcome @weak hemlock to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @lament bay to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @acoustic geyser to the community! :beers:
floral heart
By default, shiny materials rely on screenspace reflections, which only work with things on screen, ergo screenspace. Other methods of reflection require capturing an image from a different point of view, which is costly.
south ridge
You can also use flat reflection plane in some cases
plush yew
Please welcome @nocturne gale to the community! :beers:
dawn ore
Was at Dublin Comic Con today, barely missed a newbie dev course but alas it was for Unity.
plush yew
I can't
Unity
I tried it back in 2014.
2015, I really wanted to make a game
It's just so awful that whenever I looked up a tutorial
I had to be faced with a 50/50 chance it wasn't in the language I wanted to use.
C#? Javascript.
And then that third thing that nobody uses
keen birch
That third thing is unsupported nowadays, and 80% of resources are in C# in my experience
umbral frigate
Is Visual Studio the go to for C++ or any of you working with it would recommend some IDE? I'm starting Udemy's Unreal and Visual Studio course.
frank escarp
they are now deprecating the pseudo javascript in unity
glossy flame
Don't know if I can definitively advocate for one for C++, but for UE4 I would say yeah
Intellisense doesn't work great, but setting up other IDEs to support UE4 just seems to be a pain
I've always liked it over CLion and others anyways, so maybe I'm biased ¯_(ツ)_/¯
@umbral frigate
If you are coming into it with a certain IDE preference it may be worth trying to get that set up, but if you're just going in blind I would go for VS
umbral frigate
thanks
plain gazelle
@umbral frigate You can try CodeLite
umbral frigate
🍻 looking into it
plain gazelle
@umbral frigate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61yGNLZ2w68
opal hornet
hey guys. really simple question: Ever since I updated to UE4.17, I can no longer have the engine play the Editor sounds. I checked the settings under Misc and they are still enabled. Any idea why this may be?
umbral frigate
I get this message @plain gazelle , although I'm updating VS 2015 in the background: http://i.imgur.com/ZOX7Iv4.png
plain gazelle
Watch the video, but I don't know how to get past this, the video assuems you have the project generated already.
umbral frigate
Cool, I got this 😃
plain gazelle
@umbral frigate You can search here or file a bug, https://answers.unrealengine.com/index.html
plush yew
Does anyone here use liquid cooling?
pallid compass
me
plush yew
Does it use more power than a fan?
plush yew
What's the worst that could happen if I have a laptop rendering a movie and put it in the freezer until it's done?
fierce tulip
I once put my phone on a block of ice (with a cloth between it) so it wouldnt overheat.
pallid compass
Actually more like your thoughts on this
polar hawk
answer is no
pallid compass
dam 😦
So i spent 9 hours today faffing about with the ability system, i wanted my taget to be from Cursor Hit over, u cant rpc in the ability system bp's, no matter what i tried it all got rejected by the server as mis match or the server does not have a cursor so it was like nope
so i decided to try sending the TargetData struct(data struct that had the info of Cursor hit inside it) through a payload struct called by 2 key inside the pawn works fine.. like what.. same data just from within another struct.
2 key press*
wondering your thoughts on it
Just wondering your thoughts on it @polar hawk
pallid compass
no worries man
pallid compass
omg 😂
plush yew
Please welcome @vapid karma to the community! :beers:
ruby chasm
Not sure where to post this:
I'm trying to render out a Matinee sequence using a CineCameraActor but it always renders through the eyes of my player Camera instead. How do I set the default at render time to the CineCamera?
fossil ore
How hard is to make like custom FX material overlapping mesh material?
Like whatever custom material I use... I want to be on the top of the material mesh (not replacing it)
polar hawk
I got this weird visual 'bug' and freaked out that something bad is happening:
Turns out.... its the bottom of the tip of of an editor camera mesh
weary basalt
pallid compass
omg
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @fleet bough to the community! :beers:
floral heart
I can't get mesh distance fields working anymore, even in a brand new project. Did they remove compatibility for lousy intel chipsets?
plush yew
Please welcome @pseudo remnant to the community! :beers:
floral heart
o.O
ruby chasm
Is there a way to check whether a certain material was hit with a line trace? (not a phys material, a render material)?
floral heart
I think C++ lets you grab anything, but it's not in blueprint.
south ridge
Yes, there's a way
I can't point you, but the trace fetches UV coordinates of the hit point by reading the mesh
You can read the material of the triangle too, if it doesn't do that already
ruby chasm
@south ridge I'm trying to reference a 'Landscape' inside of a BP. When my linetrace hits the landscape (condition) then it spawns an emitter (impact) at the hit location but I'm not able to reference the Landscape in any way. Ideas?
hushed wren
you can use face index from hit result to get material
ruby chasm
@hushed wren I'm still new to UE4, I'm not sure I understand. If the face index from the hit result gets me the material, how do I then use that information in a condition?
Line Trace > Hit > Face Index > Material > If X material is a hit actor > Spawn emitter at hit location
hushed wren
use "get hit component" to get the component you hit and "get face index" to get the index, tehn feed both into "get material from collision face index"
what do you mean by "is a hit actor"?
plush yew
Please welcome @tight forum to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @main rune to the community! :beers:
ruby chasm
@hushed wren I just meant that it recognized a specific material as being hit as part of a condition. So IF a certain material is found by the line trace, spawn emitter.
Could this work with your method above?
Here's how it normally works.
main rune
Hey there, not sure where to really post this as I'm new to the engine, but a tutorial I'm following is trying to teach em how to use/create blueprints. My problem is part of the tutorial says to click the green "add new" drop-down menu, and then select "New Folder", but no matter what directory I try to do it in, it says "cannot create new folders in /classes_game/RPG"
Any help?
ruby chasm
In the directory you want to create a new folder, just right click > New Folder and name it.
main rune
Same error on the right click menu
ruby chasm
What directory are you trying to create a folder in?
main rune
Well the tutorial follows on from a previous section that has me in the /C++ Classes/RPG directory with the "hello world" actor I created in the last tut.
I've tried going to the parent C++ Classes/ directory, can't create it there either.
main rune
Okay thanks a lot.
ruby chasm
Np
plush yew
Please welcome @calm tree to the community! :beers:
calm tree
yawns
tender dome
can i use visual studio 2015 in urneal engine 4.16 or do i need VS17
tender dome
because UE supports VS.
calm tree
UE supports Eclipse too...
tender dome
anyways, do i need VS17 for UE4.16
calm tree
Prob both... Mean code blocks i would look at in Unreal
There use to be a guy in this discord.
That would be able to tell you right off the back.
But they kicked him forgot why...
tender dome
😆
calm tree
He was suppose to be banned for a few days...
But have not seen him back prob cause their mods forgot to unban lol.
I do that in my discord you get banned I forget about you.
cloud cobalt
The simplest way is to use Visual 2017. It's free, it works well, it has a really good debugger. Other IDE can work too
tender dome
im bout to install UE again, which version of UE should i install 4.16.3 or 4.17
cloud cobalt
It's just more involved
calm tree
Visual Studio is fine I just prefer Eclipse like alot of people
cloud cobalt
You should use the latest release, I think that's still 4.16.3
calm tree
We have used Zbrush and Blender to design. We have used Wwise to make sound.
cloud cobalt
Thought it was still in preview
calm tree
Wwise is best sound editor.
For POE we have Client: C++ and LUA and our Server: C++ and Python
tender dome
im afraid, 4.14 fucked me up so.... i think im gonna use 4.16.3 and maybe wait for 17.3 to come out
@calm tree what is POE
cloud cobalt
His game
tender dome
nice!!!
calm tree
Pirates Online Elite the guy who runs it use to be a dev for Disney POTCO.
and he is currently a dev for NVIDIA
cloud cobalt
@tender dome While you're at the tool selection, you should probably take a look at version control
calm tree
I built the website for POTCO Disney
Right now their site has paths screwed up.
Which is what we are rebuilding too make our company website.
tender dome
@cloud cobalt what??
tender dome
ooh! i use git. and prob. not a big deal, no team, just me!!
cloud cobalt
Pretty much a good idea to have every file in the project on Git then
Or sources on Git, content on Subversion
Git being not that great with binaries
tender dome
ill keep that in mind
calm tree
For POE we also have for the in-game logic, POE uses C++
For sound and graphics, POE uses DirectX (Direct3D 9 Revision 43 + DirectSound)
Furthermore, sound and music is being parsed from the Wwise file system. The files in the Wwise system are WAV files. Music inside Wwise is stored as MP3.
Also, in-game model and graphics data are being stored inside 7-Zip files declared as PKG files. 7-ZIP 9.17 Beta is being used.
The UI is displayed using Adobe Flash (ActionScript 3) and loaded via Python 2.8
calm tree
For milk
tender dome
does it differ from starter contents
calm tree
no
cloud cobalt
Yeah, starter content are sample assets
Templates are game templates that can include the starter content
I'd take them all, it's good to have some base to work with
calm tree
well imma go eat
tender dome
@cloud cobalt do i install "editor symbols for debugging" too
cloud cobalt
What do you mean ? Debug symbols ?
Yeah, you probably should
I mean it's not mandatory but if you're planning to write C++, sure
calm tree
Why not make your own debugger...
plush yew
Please welcome @edgy flame to the community! :beers:
cloud cobalt
Yeah why not buy an aircraft carrier to live on while creating your game. Makes sense too
tender dome
im low on space, so may be after its done "calculating required storage", if its fesiable, i might install it too.
calm tree
Well it is like one of those things do it right by not being a skid
Unreal Engine is just suppose to be your game engine
Nothing else.
cloud cobalt
Which it is
calm tree
Debugging info and other things are suppose to be made from scratch if you are a good game dev
cloud cobalt
sigh
Debugging infos are symbols for the UE executables
That's literally not something you can re-create
calm tree
Oh that debugging
cloud cobalt
Yeah, the ones we were talking about right now
regal mulch
How is it even possible to not make debug info yourself for your game
timber pewter
trhe game itself running or not is debug info
regal mulch
Should I make a MP pack for debugging and just put the print string node in it?
timber pewter
:p
regal mulch
Confused people. Morning job done. On to breakfast.
timber pewter
as if i didnt wake up confused just before this
cloud cobalt
No shit
calm tree
... Manipulate means something it ain't meant to do...
Not customize it.
LMAO
That is how cheats are made...
You manipulate the codes in a game roblox for example runs lua
so you will need to manipulate Lua coding to do different task then what the game was designed for.
I manipulate UE4 to do things it was not designed to do.
cloud cobalt
Okay.
acoustic geyser
How do I make stuff like this with the bsp tool? https://gyazo.com/fb47c2ad37cab8478dde24a82ae51d0f
And also, pretty much the same question, how do I turn my doors 45 degrees so it's still on the grid? They are doors with a rounded top, like castle doors.
plush yew
Please welcome @rare elk to the community! :beers:
hallow finch
the contentexample not being fully compatible with the 4.17 version is quite sad :/
plush yew
Please welcome @honest tree to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @mystic wave to the community! :beers:
paper kernel
Question: any idea how cold I generate a cross shape for masking in material?
devout gulch
is there way to specify which assets should packaged for server ? and which to ignore ?
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
harsh tiger
Hello everyone, I've just watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3om6yJiYMcg and i was wondering. When he keeps the floor tiles flat in the blueprint, if i was to make them tiles on a slight angle it would create an infinite runner uphill effect? or will the tiles not attach properly
fossil ore
Anyone knows If its possible to control each mesh outlines? (Blendables , http://www.michalorzelek.com/blog/tutorial-creating-outline-effect-around-objects/ )
harsh tiger
that city looks incredible
vestal cloak
See the city? I want to make a mesh collider for it so all the buildings and streets dont allow my vehicles and fps character. To fall through or walk through anything. How do I do it?
Oh thanks! I made it in city engine
It has San Francisco style road layout
But my stuff falls right through the roads and buildings... 🙁
harsh tiger
very nice man, it reminded me of city skyline
you need to add collison to them but i'm not sure of a easy way to do it on such a large scale
sacred crater
that orphan pin is really useful
vestal cloak
?
sacred crater
new 4.17 feature
vestal cloak
What does it do?
sacred crater
When you change a node or a struct and you remove a pin then the pin remains but marked as red so you aren't left confused what again changed or what variable got lost
vestal cloak
Hmm interesting
I want the complex collision that I can view but I have no idea how to activate it in 4.16.2
See? I do this but my character still falls through
vale halo
Is there a way to load gifs at runtime? It seems the current way to use gifs in ue4 is gif -> flipbook -> forgot what the material thing was
vale halo
& that sounds like an awesome feature 😮
Wish I had that when I was cleaning up my template a while back lol
pallid compass
Thoughts on making a radar? im thinking of doing it as a component?
i should i do it all in HUD or what
vale halo
Component in your HUD? 😉
pallid compass
Have a component in the char that handles mangement of radar targets then pass it too the HUD
lost ember
how compatible is ue4 with vr like the oculus rift and touch?
plush yew
Please welcome @ripe sluice to the community! :beers:
weary hull
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
Hi I was having some issue with lighting in my maps and I was wondering if anyone could help me out, I'm a bit new to unreal engine
That's super dark on the side where it isn't facing the sun and I was wondering if that's normal and if not how to fix it
Please welcome @raw mist to the community! :beers:
paper kernel
wow, I broke something
I deleted 1(one) UMG widget, it took about 20sec and printed that out
plush yew
Please welcome @sage brook to the community! :beers:
vestal cloak
Is ther a mesh collider in ue4?
I want to use the complex collider but it wont let me
pallid compass
anyone know what causes overlapping like this, when you adding widgets via a forloop
plush yew
Please welcome @willow cargo to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
versed rain
guys anyone know about a good article of unreal vs unity? i've been learning unreal but i would like to understand better why is that the best opiton or in which cases it is the best opiton.
whole quarry
There are no good articles about the vs
Its all about what you seek in the engine and need from the engine
Opinions are personal anyways
willow cargo
i have tried out both unreal aand unity and personally i prefered it for its blueprint system but others may like unity for their programming language
plush yew
Please welcome @ebon tartan to the community! :beers:
versed rain
hm
as a programmer i am always more inclined to work with code rather than editor but on these last days i've learnt where blueprints should be and where code should be and as such... kind of liking it
i know that unreal is more powerful but i'm always more inclined t ocreate tabletops and isometric games and stuff...
unity programming (i know it is c#) is easier than c++ or at least more forgiving
unreal you really need to know the api for uproperty and all the rest..
i don't know ehehe
unreal editor seems more powerful overall
Hearthstone and Elders Scroll Legends is on top of Unity it seems
but i guess that either engine is good for those
from what i understand you can't setup everything with c# on unity right? while in ureal you can
plush yew
Please welcome @warm heath to the community! :beers:
warm heath
hello
i have been googling for days now, but i cant find a solution. i hope this place is the right one. if not, please tell me
i would like to precompute a 32bit float texture and use that one in a shader/material to save a lot of performance cost
unfortunately it looks like unreal does not support 32bit float textures at all, is this correct?
it looks like only 16 bit float textures are supported and only for cubemaps
😭
i have been using 32bit float textures already over a decade ago when shader model 3 was a thing, so i am more than surprised i cant get it to work in UE4
vestal cloak
I have yet another problem🤦♂️
Why is it when I play my game a random camera actor pops up and i cant use my FPS character
warm heath
are you using default player spawn points?
if so, they wont be used if they are colliding with something
and then you wont posses your character
pallid compass
god dam i need mark for some advice
toxic wagon
is there a tiff plugin for UE4?
plush yew
Please welcome @untold tinsel to the community! :beers:
north fractal
hey guys, does anyone use Mixamo animations? It sure seems like all of their free animations can be used with no strings attached, but I feel like I'm missing some fine print. I don't see how that site makes money, since I can't find prices on anything.
north fractal
ok, cool; seems like a good spot to hold me over until I need something custom
thick ridge
yes it's a great resource. I use it all the time
north fractal
so what's the incentive for people to make animations for it?
thick ridge
I have no idea. Maybe they have a long range business plan that involves charging in the future. It could be they want people hooked in first.
plush yew
Please welcome @agile ingot to the community! :beers:
pallid compass
any tips for generally binding input / events / hotbar slots together?
plush yew
Please welcome @cinder flax to the community! :beers:
cinder flax
hello guys, i want to know if its possible to open .unr files in the ut4 editor?