Please welcome @muted verge to the community! :beers:
#ue4-general
plush yew
muted verge
Hello Unrealbot, thankyou for introducing me.
plush yew
Please welcome @sour dove to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @wicked shuttle to the community! :beers:
regal mulch
@Defloc#8984 Yus! Again. (:
Welcome at all new peeps (:
quick heath
So maybe this is a dumb question, but i am having problems loading a saved game from one level to another. It tells me that i have the saved game and everything but it doesnt take me to the level (if i open level then it just opens it from the start). If i load the saved game already inside the level it workd with no problems. Any one know how to load a game to take you to a different level? Thank you!^^
regal mulch
Well, SaveGames are just holding data you specify
It won't magically hold information that you don't give it
If you want to save that the player is in a specific level, you'll have to save the level name with the savegame
And when you load it, you just take that level name and call OpenLevel
Other than that, we would need to see your code and get a slightly better explanation of what you want
@quick heath
proper orbit
anybody knows why steam overlay doesn't show up with 4.17? Using prebuilt engine. Added the needed lines to DefaultEngine ini and enabled steam subsystem plugins, but nothing happens. Launching the packaged game doesn't enable steam overlay either..
I get "SteamAPI is disabled" while packaging
seems weird
even a new project with same setup doesn't launch..
completely lost
regal mulch
While packaging that is normal
In dev builds the appID file is generated
if you made a shipping build it's probably missing the SteamAppID file
Inside the editor, steam is deactivated by default
@proper orbit
proper orbit
I remember it working normally on earlier versions
when you launch it as standalone
but now no dice
I tried adding SteamAppID after packaging, still nothing showed up
weird
even tried some stuff I found on Reddit/Forums from people who have it working and it still doesn't budge with "SteamAPI is disabled"
and I have the subsystem enabled for sure
sacred crater
It always says it's disabled, even when it's working for me
proper orbit
on 4.16 it worked for me, that's the worst part probably
but neither my migrated project, neither a new on 4.17 doesn't want to cooperate
icy dove
I'm following a guide to set up and use Steam's OSS. He showed this example which returns the player's SteamID but I get the error: "pointer to incomplete class type is not allowed". Why is this?
icy dove
Anyone?
cloud cobalt
Sounds like you neeed to include the header for this type
icy dove
I tried to include GameFramework/PlayerController.h but I still get erros :s
Not the same ones though. I starts complaining about my UCLASS() macro (which I haven't changed in any way)
Also, my class is based on the Actor class.
plush skiff
Player is a UPlayer? i dont think that has a function GetControllerId
icy dove
Yea, I got some errors about that as well while trying to fix this. I'm following this guide: https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Steam,_Using_Online_Subsystem
icy dove
I'm not sure honestly. I'm experienced with C++, but just started learning UE a few days ago
I've set up Steam OSS correctly and now I'm trying to learn to use their API
plush skiff
ive just finished setting up steamworks integration on our game, what do you need to grab? the steam id string? bunch of numbers?
icy dove
The example tries to demonstrate how the get the steam id string
plush skiff
yeah UniqueId.ToString will get you that
icy dove
What about the pointer to incomplete type PlayerController?
plush skiff
do you still get that when you change to PlayerState?
PlayerController->PlayerState->UniqueId
icy dove
Like this?
plush skiff
change that end but
bit*
hold up ill check the function you are trying to use, i didnt use the interfaces for half my integration, its missing loads
icy dove
TSharedPtr<const FUniqueNetId> pid = ion->GetIdentityInterface()->GetUniquePlayerId(PlayerController->PlayerState->UniqueId);
(ion = IOnlineSubsystem::Get();)
plush skiff
ah it needs an int, i get you - also put "FName("Steam")" in the get so if steam isnt connected, you wont get OSSNULL
unless you want to fall back to that of course, but youll run into issues if you go straight into steam stuff
icy dove
I think that's the next thing he shows in the guide
But then how do I fix the incomplete type error?
plush skiff
nevermind that parameter change if you need an ID number, it will only give you the string
not sure about the error, im sure you have the includes in for it
shouldnt even need if its an actor
icy dove
I have the default includes that comes with inheriting from Actor and then I've included the Online.h
plush skiff
do you still get the error not inside the parameter? comment that line out and see if you can check the UniqueId is valid
TSharedPtr<const FUniqueNetId> pid = PlayerController->PlayerState->UniqueId;
see if that gives an error?
icy dove
I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. But it doesn't display any of the members
Okay
plush skiff
yeah i think i need to see more code, can you paste bin me or something?
icy dove
Okay
plush yew
Please welcome @obsidian flicker to the community! :beers:
obsidian flicker
๐ท ๐
plucky reef
how can I do the facial animation/emotions? frustrating ๐ฆ
tall pendant
blendshapes?
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
fluid tide
plush yew
is there a way to remove this button? https://i.gyazo.com/fea65ef683591ebba2f6804aa8e008f5.png
i may accidentally click in once in a while, i want it gone
umbral frigate
Following Ben Tristem tutorial, he says macros are nearly impossible to fix if you get them wrong because the error messages suck.
So what's common practice to fix this sort of issue? Make your own strict functions to call macros?
glossy flame
Call them correctly? Hehe, just kidding, but usually you kinda just need to know the general issue
I agree sometimes the macro error messages can be a tad more mysterious, but I don't think they're anything that can't be figured out when you look at the big picture of what you're doing
If you have a specific problem, feel free to post
umbral frigate
fair enough.
paper glacier
how do i go about creating a class which is not inherrited from any unreal class?
plush yew
Please welcome @stuck turret to the community! :beers:
cursive dirge
@plush yew I've never ever clicked that accidentally ๐
not saying it's not possible
plush yew
report this guy right away? racism
Please welcome @static perch to the community! :beers:
cursive dirge
<@&213101288538374145> can deal with it
static perch
hello!
cursive dirge
hola ๐
plush yew
just opened discord and first thing i see lol
umbral frigate
Welcome @stuck turret , you get the daily troll award, lol x)
plush yew
theres an award? Now i see why we have so many of them here
static perch
im having a bit of trouble with UE, is there anywhere i can ask for help?
cursive dirge
just look at the #more-resources channel for list and descriptions
plush yew
definitely no place to seek for help ๐
static perch
alright thanks
sacred crater
What
umbral frigate
pizza arrived, yay!
plush yew
TUnrealbot: Please welcome @stupid nigger to the community! ๐ป
sacred crater
Ooh
ashen brook
already kicked
sacred crater
oh
static perch
oh well i guess this is where i post it then
sacred crater
but i just ran out of my couch
static perch
my thing doesnt fit in any other channels
ashen brook
sorry Cel
static perch
:L
ashen brook
๐
sacred crater
couldn't that be like 5s earlier? :p
umbral frigate
lel
plush yew
what can you tell about me if i read "ran out of my couch" as "ran out of memory"
paper glacier
you guys, help please, how do i go about creating a class which is not inherrited from any unreal class?
static perch
what do you mean
plush yew
@paper glacier http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/classes/
just use the simple C++ way
cursive dirge
you need to hook your custom classes to UObjects at some point though
if you want to use them in the engine
static perch
is there any place on the forums that say anything about packaging
cursive dirge
there are docs for packaging
plush yew
@cursive dirge why would you need that fi you're trying to createa thread for example?
cursive dirge
anything else, just use some generic forum section or this discord channel
paper glacier
i did, but compiling gives me this
...CharacterBase.h(76): error : Unrecognized type 'Shield' - type must be a UCLASS, USTRUCT or UENUM
okay thanks
plush yew
you would simply destroy and create the tread whenever the game instance is created or destroyed
cursive dirge
@plush yew ? I'm confused
plush yew
@stable arrow provide code pls?
paper glacier
1 sec
cursive dirge
of course you can make your own worker threads etc but you could use UE4 systems for that too
plush yew
the ue4 threading api doesn't use any uobjects
cursive dirge
@paper glacier did you try to put that as blueprintable?
you can't expose things like that to editor
paper glacier
ok, will try that
cursive dirge
!gameidea
plush yew
A simulation game where you vault over kings in a deathmatch arena and your sidekick is a kitten.
buoyant echo
ty
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
median bronze
does the conan exiles and ark modkits require the actual game to use? or is it self contained?
fossil ore
No idea.
Is there a person in here who got physics working in Sequencer?
I'm like, ripping my guts to understand why its not working
median bronze
apparently the law of physics no longer apply. which version are you using? i had issues with keyframing in 4.17 till i figured how to manually lol
fossil ore
4.17
median bronze
ah yeah maybe a bug?
does that mean physically based materials no longer work?
haha joking
fossil ore
I really have no clue, when I preview it with SIMULATION ON, gun slowly falls down.
When shot is over, gunfalls like a rock
I'll check this in 4.16.3
median bronze
did they finally have a full option to remove the UI for paragons replay system? if so i might try it out just to play around with it lol
i like how cloud from the ff7 remake is on the front page of the unreal engine about page lol fun
fossil ore
I guess that's just a thing.
UE4.16.3 shows exactly the same issue
Then how can I real-time preview physics?
median bronze
dunno
fossil ore
this is really bothersome
I cannot keyframe an object that has physics in Sequencer.. otherwise It will not preview physics.... WHTA
median bronze
yeah i gotta admit unreal is nice but it does have its annoying bugs
one level i tried to save as another level map nearly froze my computer for some reason yesterday but. trying it with a diffrent map did fine
oh well. the joys of software lol
plush yew
Please welcome @abstract heron to the community! :beers:
abstract heron
Hey guys, I'm having issues with the level sequencer as well. Essentially, whenever I press render my landscapes disappear after half a second and about halfway through the camera animation my textures lose their quality. I have no LOD on anything and the landscapes have that option turned off or set to 0.
Any help would be really appreciated and I couldn't find a solution on the fourms.
fossil ore
I have no knowledge about level sequencer.
I think thats just how UE4 works
There is always that first moment in UE where textures n meshes gets loaded for the first time.
Its just my observation. Even short alt tab causes this necessary "refresh"
@abstract heron
abstract heron
Damn thats a big bummer. At this point I think im going to just resolve to screen recording. I don't have these issues with I press play - its only when I go to render it out through the sequencer.
fossil ore
Oh well... Sequencer has more bugs than i anticipated
plush yew
Please welcome @slate pilot to the community! :beers:
flat shell
Hey guys, wondering if anyone here has run into this issue before?
The Asset 'map_name.umap' failed to save."
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/698219/the-asset-map-nameumap-failed-to-save.html
Now, what's even more bizarre is that if I click "Continue" it prompts me with a "Packages Failed to Save" window but it actually DOES save my changes into the map. Could this be a weird 4.17 bug?
random shale
Is collision works if simulate physics off?
plush yew
Please welcome @oblique fjord to the community! :beers:
fossil ore
Anyone knows how to import a texture that is not square but a rectangle to UE4?
Whenever I import a rectangle texture It gets tretched
plush yew
Please welcome @dusty quail to the community! :beers:
Hello sirs
How do I stop a camera from culling my grass?
Actually I'm not even sure the camera's doing it
ionic stag
how can I invite someone to this server?
pallid compass
oh erm
it might be engine config issue i guess
go to cull distance volume
that might be what ur after?
plush yew
Do I just scale the volume to the size of the landscape?
Guess I'll just read the document.
cinder haven
hard lodge
what's the problem about?
median bronze
yeah sequencer is great but it does have some issues like the camera rotation bug that apparently someone reported a year ago that STILL happens
when the camera will sometimes randomnly spin when your tryin to make a simple keyframe
oh well work in progress lol t
the updates generally are still better then it was when unreal first came out sooo
boreal crown
plush yew
@pallid compass The volume didn't solve my problem
How do I increase render distance?
What I need is an option for grass to render where the camera is looking.
plush yew
Please welcome @silk briar to the community! :beers:
pallid compass
sorry man no idea then, never had to inf render anything
pallid compass
curious question, how is stuff like texture quality setting handled?
woven cliff
@boreal crown alrdy finished a project with it and works fine with me.
valid stratus
I've just launched my first public UE4 project on Kickstarter, check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1546006902/insight (sorry if not allowed)
something I've been working on by myself for a couple of years, with some help from the community
plush skiff
oh hey, ive seen your game on twitter - looking great man. I'll find a few dollars for you this week
safe rose
@valid stratus Nice, looks cool! Good luck! You should throw this over at #work-in-progress instead though
valid stratus
oh, sorry, I didn't see that channel ๐
drowsy sage
median bronze
anyone feel up to helping t oconvert a blender charector to unreal? id love to use the sintel charector from the open movie project as a base for my little project (im trying to make a non commericla /gameproject) but im not good at converting things https://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/66558 just thought id ask :-p would be cool to get her working in unreal methinks.
(this is a modded version using cycles hair)
median bronze
yay
plush yew
Please welcome @sullen shoal to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @sly oak to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @keen plank to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @summer crag to the community! :beers:
wary wave
Morning - anyone ever set up something like a vaulting system before? Looking to do it entirely dynamically and wondered if anyone had any advice on best practices, things to look out for etc
knotty saddle
Hello everyone, i have this issue with Beam emitter lag, any suggestions ?
wary wave
define 'lag'?
plush yew
Please welcome @autumn sinew to the community! :beers:
autumn sinew
Hey ๐
fossil ore
Hello
Why is it hard to create 2D sprite rotation to be locked based on camera position?
plush yew
Hi guys
I am learning how to make games in UE4 and i got some problem.
I wrote in C++ code for door to open -60.f but when i start game it doesn't open and i should set up StaticMeshComponent0 on Movable but don't know how
here are some SS if someone could help me with this i would be very thankful
errant lintel
@plush yew, MyMeshComp->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable)
plush yew
In BeginPlay() function?
plush yew
Ok thanks a lot @errant lintel
paper kernel
I have general skeleton rigging question: should forearm Z point toward front or down?
usually it's towards bend direction, but wrist being balljoint confuses me
plush yew
Please welcome @rigid hollow to the community! :beers:
weary hull
no 4.17 crash for me but lightbaking seems to take a lot longer
inner elk
I have a question of if Unreal can do something.....I want to make a game and the rooms/levels are going to be small. I want it so that if you go from one level to another the next level could be random out of a list of choices. So I want to have the layouts of the whole thing be set but going from room to room would be random based off what types of room could be next. ....Is that possible?
glossy flame
So, essentially procedural level generation? Yeah, that's definitely possible ๐
plush yew
Please welcome @acoustic folio to the community! :beers:
inner elk
Thank you, @glossy flame, I am still super new to this and just don't know what can or can't be done. Once I figure it out I don't have problems looking it up and figuring out how to do it. ๐
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
fossil ore
I need a help. I want to create a mesh that will behave like old games sprite (Duke Nukem 3D, props).
I want mesh to rotate with camera.
sudden agate
Can I somehow enable a Plugin that isn't updated yet?
wary wave
No
plush yew
Please welcome @iron moat to the community! :beers:
ancient spade
Hey Guys!
Would you mind letting me know if you're interested in my model pack?
If the votes are enough I'll extend the pack even more.
(Price to be determined)
VOTE HERE: https://goo.gl/Q2Y4us
LINK TO THE PREVIEW: https://sketchfab.com/phoenix-storms/models
plush yew
anyone a blueprint expert and want to jump on voice chat with me?
ancient spade
what ya need?
plush yew
I have a few questions about replication as well as passing info between blueprints
worn granite
I don't know that just telling you how to do things is going to be more effective than you reading docs or following a tutorial.
plush yew
I think so
worn granite
Those both sound like introductory questions
ancient spade
lol
worn granite
Docs/Tutorial are pre-prepared and likely iterated upon. They'll be a better place to start than an impromptu voice chat
plush yew
I know how to do each - I'm trying to ask what you think is the best way to structure a score and inventory system - I've found a premade inventory system that's using an actor basically as a global variable which I've seen before and it seems to work but I'm not sure if there are any draw backs to doing so - My current plan is to use that to store each players inventory and I'm planning on doing the changes server side inside of the player class - does that sound like the proper place to do it or should I have the player class go up to the playerstate then make the changes
worn granite
Ah
plush yew
I questions like that - super specific, I know how to do the things I want to do I just don't want to over convolute the process by putting them in the incorrect spot - or start investing in this actor inventory system if I'm going to want to rip it out later
worn granite
Actor should be fine for server -> client replication, but you can't really use it the other way around.
So you'd do PC->Server_AddItemToInventory, and not Actor->Server_AddItemToInventory(PC)
plush yew
Why not?
worn granite
Yeah I see why you're asking this to be voice haha
plush yew
That graph of what's client side and what's serverside is actually super helpful - So when it comes to something like playermovement how anal should I be about making it so the client can't interfere - Lets say hypothetically playermovement wasn't replicated - Would I want the server to recieve an event from the client that they are holding W then have the server move the character?
frank escarp
thats what it happens
the character movement component uploads its movement inputs to the server
the server then does them. As long as client and server are in sync, then it is fine
if it differs, the server will have the final world, and the client will rubberband
plush yew
Hm
Like for instance the way I brute forced setting up player scores is I have the playerstate build an array from the game state player array and setup the score values - then I have the hudclass grab the info and construct a score board
plush yew
Anyone know a way to rotate and actor around an offset origin without using a Rotating movement Component. While my current way of calculating the movement rate based on delta time, and then setting the rotation to zero a frame later works, it feels like there should be a better way.
plush yew
Please welcome @vague scroll to the community! :beers:
paper kernel
Timeline is probably a good tool for that @plush yew
you will have to do the pivot offset math
plush yew
Please welcome @supple flower to the community! :beers:
worn granite
@buoyant echo I was banned along with our friend from that server lmao
plush yew
Please welcome @solar saffron to the community! :beers:
worn granite
good mods
worn granite
what I don't get is why I'm banned
plush yew
Please welcome @midnight spear to the community! :beers:
surreal viper
tip of the day: if the editor stops in an assert which would just exit, you can still move the execution token in visual studio to the end of the function and pray
wary wave
fresh install of 4.17.1, trying to create a new blank C++ project:
https://snag.gy/2PfpRc.jpg
what the heck?
what does that even mean?
wary wave
apparently not, not that VS has tried to update itself :/
(and not that I've been compiling things fine up until now!)
eh, it's been out for a year, how can I possibly not have it D: ?
glossy flame
Well, back in 4.14 (I think?) 4.12 it broke everything, so everybody kinda avoided it until the hotfix
I don't have it on my VS2015 install either (though I use VS2017 now)
pallid compass
dam why is it so hard to find uk modellers for this company project >->
uk massively lacks game industry stuff
lunar palm
@worn granite I actually missed your reply from last Saturday about the Endless Runner game. I actually finished the Endless Runner Tutorial on YouTube recently and was trying to get a little advanced and make something like this:
worn granite
That looks like that tutorial but with art
lunar palm
Yeah, it's fairly simple but I just needed a couple of simple/mechanically storng games to add onto my portfolio lol
I really like the camera movement though, I was wondering how he did that
Like it's very smooth, compared to the regular one
pallid compass
DEATH TO CAMERA LAG SPRING ARM
i hate that thing in engine
any frame jumps of 3+ and u get camera shaking
frank escarp
well, thats kind of the whole point of the spring arm
to be a "soft-ish" attachment
frank escarp
if you want direct position, set its position manually or just parent it
frank escarp
personally i never use it XD
pallid compass
from any frame jumps
its an issue thats been in since like 4.6
or some something
worn granite
I guess I could test it with lag
pallid compass
thats the issue
its something to do with the spring arm using delta time
or delta frame
or some crap i cant remember
to move, but if you get like 3+ fps changes
u get weird shaking when you have consisant motion
worn granite
Yeah but you can fix it if you cared to
plush yew
Please welcome @kindred trellis to the community! :beers:
pallid compass
all im using is a flying AChar
with constant input
clamping the Max controller rotation
worn granite
its the choppy frames
pallid compass
is what recently made it stand out
worn granite
Anyway
If its what I think it is
Its probably just using a simplified method here
pallid compass
"
3
After some investigation I think its related to the way EPIC calculates the position of the spring/camera. The method's math is based on your framerate and works well if it is stable (which is a bad assumption as framerate always drops somewhere even for a fraction of a second). If the frame rate fluctuates too much the positioning of the camera can be incorrect for a frame or two hence the stuttering. If you set a histogram based on the framerate you will notice that there is a direct correlation to 'strong' fps fluctuation and this stuttering effect although I noticed sometimes only a ~3fps fluctuation is enough to cause the problem."
worn granite
yeah IDK did you read the link ?
worn granite
IIRC one of those implementations works better even with inconsistent framerate
pallid compass
I dont know much about game physics
but no sure why it should matter for a spring arm
lunar palm
@pallid compass Seems like it does the same to me, just followed a tutorial on it and it seems to shake whenever I move right/left
I'm doing a third person though and followed a side scroller smooth camera movement so
Maybe I'm wrong
I can provide a gif actually
A little difficult to stop recording because I forgot how ShareX works lol
@worn granite Also was it something like this that you were talking about? Camera rotation/locataion lag
fossil ore
no :v
floral heart
The vampires came out. They bit people. News is covering it up.
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
torpid charm
can anyone tell me about mixamo.com and what they are about to change
I lost touch to the game creator stuff in the last months it seams
plush yew
Please welcome @wild talon to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @eternal orchid to the community! :beers:
eternal orchid
hello!
Im new to using unreal engine, but am working on a puzzle horror title in first person. First of all, how do you make a map?
livid haven
@eternal orchid You've got to make an effort on your own. That's super trivial information, no one's going to hold your hand through every trivial step. There are hundreds of YouTube videos about it. Basic familiarity with applications would suggest that you should look under the File menu to create a new file. If you were trying to make a new asset, that would lead you astray, but you should at least try first.
This is the first page of the official Unreal Docs. I do not know where the information you're looking for is ahead of time, but I'm going to step through finding it:
I'd look at this page and think "level editor, seems basic, maybe one of these sections? In this order"
So I open "Get Started with UE4"
Boom. Immediately. The first thing.
Shows a quick overview of what this article will go over:
And it's literally the first button under the first menu of the first window.
worn granite
Hey careful with that talk man, it'll get you banned from some servers.
(not this one though)
livid haven
Yeah, but I bothered to step through the entire process, begrudgingly, rather than just berate them.
livid haven
It is, but learning to try is an important step in being a developer. You have to be able to even begin to try to solve your own problems.
Even a "stupid" question is acceptable, if it's clear that you tried.
worn granite
Anyway, carry on
livid haven
Oh, that was it.
worn granite
oh ok I was just kinda joking and didn't wanna derail seriously
livid haven
I don't think it's really a derail. It's relevant to helping people out and how to seek help.
worn granite
Hm. Well it was definitely not 100% serious and meant to blow some - well I wouldn't really say frustration - off.
livid haven
๐คท Even so, there's merit to the subject. ๐
worn granite
As far as actually assisting people- your approach definitely is superior to dumping the doc link
Maybe even better than the hand hold
livid haven
Aye. And I fully admit doing it with a condescending tone, too.
livid haven
I also need to stop trying when it's not worth trying. Someone's got to be an absolute prick for me to stop actually trying to be helpful.
worn granite
I dunno
Feel like if you could polish that spiel and centralize it somehow, it'd be beneficial
But you can't tailor it then
worn granite
Probably loses some of the effect
livid haven
TL;DR: If youโre a developer and youโre about to ask another developer a technical question (on a forum, via email, on a chat channel, or in person), youโd better be ready to answer the question โWhat have you tried?โ
worn granite
Eh
livid haven
(They immediately qualify that with: "This of course isnโt specific to software developers")
worn granite
Its text :(
eternal orchid
@livid haven Im not asking for hand holding, I just wanted to know If there where different ways to make em, so I just asked here to save a little time
worn granite
Well it still applies
Because "What is the most effective way to make maps" is entirely different to "how do you make a map?"
And we get a lot of how do you make a map?
eternal orchid
sorry im new to this ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
livid haven
Being new is fine, not knowing stuff is fine.
And now you know where to look things up.
It's all good.
eternal orchid
Is blender good for making moddles or is there something better?
livid haven
Blender is merely a free (and open source? not sure) option.
There are much more expensive professional tools typically used by professional studios: Maya and 3DS Max.
eternal orchid
alright, thanks for the info
livid haven
And specialized tools for different things: ZBrush is commonly used for more organic, "sculpting".
worn granite
To answer your first question: If you're making more specialized versions of the same maps - have the base version of the map be a sublevel and look into level streaming. If you're making a lot of similar maps, you can Save As.
Other than that, map file creation is pretty basic
not sure how you get more optimized workflow there
worn granite
If you're talking about the art of level design itself...
eternal orchid
no im talking about making the actuall map
livid haven
Cheaper student licenses are available for some of these pieces of software, but they're still in the hundreds of US dollars price range.
worn granite
Most do a blockout with basic shapes (so ugh BSP) and then export that somehow to a 3D DCC tool (what you just asked Sion about) from my understanding
But I am not LD, so maybe ask #level-design
eternal orchid
ok lol
I feel kinda duped, Im taking a class called "Programming" but all its for is using stuff like... Alice
eternal orchid
"800%" lol
quasi hound
Dumb question but how can I invite someone
glossy flame
quasi hound
Thanks
vale root
Ha
Still using Alice lol
I took a class that used Alice a couple of years ago. Glad I'm not alone
steady prawn
Hello, anyone knows where I can receive support with C ++ code, when I build a plugin, I have many errors and I have 4 Plugins outdated and 2 I have created them but I can not find solutions in the forums.
late sundial
@steady prawn Here is what I did to update a plugin
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First create a new C++ Blank Project Template in the new version of the engine.
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Then close it.
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Then copy the out of date plugin into the new plugin directory located in the new C++ Blank Project Template.
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During startup select to rebuild the plugin.
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Once launched rebuild the project in visual studio (this might not be necessary)
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Then in the UE4 editor recompile and play the game and see if the plugin works.
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If so then copy the plugin files back over to the new UE4 project that you needed the plugin to work in.
late sundial
??
late sundial
Whats happening?
plush yew
You know what a psk is right?
late sundial
Just looked it up. Aparently its how UE stores models?
plush yew
Yea
So
My model
The mesh scale is 100.000
But the rig
is 1.000
So can't export it
As a psk
late sundial
Ohhhhhhhhh yeah, we went through some fun fun with that sort of stuff regarding a rigg that had scale already on it with a mesh that had scale already on it, was very nightmareish. Can you export and FBX then pipe it through another program?
plush yew
i tried
late sundial
damn
late sundial
oh wiate, are you trying to get form blender to UE4?
late sundial
heheh I wont
late sundial
Everyones got a story and reasons
plush yew
Yea
late sundial
dang\
late sundial
Well sheet. Best places I have gotten answeres from is the unrealengine Reddit and the UE answeres
I usual post up those two places and waite a couple days and 90% of the time I luck out
plush yew
?
late sundial
dang, was digging through some old notes trying to see if I could find anything, but I'm sorry, no leads
eternal orchid
Anyone wanna be on my development team?
floral heart
I'm making disappointment. Solid, purified, concentrated disappointment.
plush yew
xD
floral heart
Art lyfe. Pre-art lyfe, actually.
plush yew
You can come work with me if you want
I have some people who are in the busines who texture and make art
I also make art sometimes
autumn swan
Evening
plush yew
Heyo!
autumn swan
So my guess is that Unreal Slackers basically surplanted the FreeNode IRC channel?
Seems pretty dead in there
worn granite
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
worn granite
Without knowing how inactive that is, can't say if this is better. I've heard quite a few say its slow in here
Why are you remastering a game in ue2?
Not trying to be judgemental just curious
autumn swan
PSK is a format from ME3EXPLORER
plush yew
Cause the community for it is dead
autumn swan
think it contains skeletal data
worn granite
ue4 can run on a laptop with no dedicated gfx card
plush yew
Plus it's easy to work with
plush yew
Still
plush yew
I mean why do all that
worn granite
You wanna reach the original audience
floral heart
...by using the mobile renderer preview mode.
worn granite
I dunno apparently you gotta do all that for a mesh ( just teasing)
plush yew
Which takes no effort
worn granite
Yeah alright.
worn granite
No, I'm saying "yeah alright" accepting your answer
plush yew
Ok
Whe even made new models etc...
But i can't get em into the game
Idk why
Same thing with static meshes
I could use more people who are willing to put effort into the work
But UE2 is old
and the original people who work with it moved to UE4
worn granite
Yeah, and you got people like me who don't mind the easy route
we're a lot of help aren't we
plush yew
xD
I mean
You all are more advanced then me
Way more
I can't reach u guys
at this point
worn granite
But I'm not able to tell you how to make the mesh work
plush yew
I mean
I can figure it out
I mean it depends on what you major in
I have modelers
Mappers etc..
But we don't have any pro UE2 user or anyone who is advanced in the engine
I mean
Since you all work with UE4. UE2 shouldn't be a problem tbh
autumn swan
Really wish modifying an engine shader source didn't force the damn engine to compile 4300+ shaders...
worn granite
Since you all work with UE4. UE2 shouldn't be a problem tbh I mean
You wanna pay my ue4 rate for me to work in ue2?
It shouldn't be a problem tbh
plush yew
xD
Im trying to find out how to fix this mesh or atleast get it into the game
I have anidea
floral heart
UE2 lacks almost everything that makes UE4 easier. It might even be harder than UE1.
plush yew
Yea fr
autumn swan
UE2 no thanks
worn granite
btw I only work in Blueprint Kappa
autumn swan
There is nothing that makes UE2 easier for a beginner then in UE4, I would in fact STRONGLY argue in the opposite direction. UE4 is the easiest version of Unreal Engine there has been period
floral heart
- Once. Then GFWL died.
spice urchin
UE2 has easier touch-bend foliage ๐
worn granite
All you vets cramping my "break into games work" style
spice urchin
that's the one thing
autumn swan
Especially with all ther tutorials out there
plush yew
XD
I mean
Where am i getting these funds
Imma get swated
If i try to make the peeps
worn granite
idk but you seem very sure of ue2 being a sure thing for ue4 pros
so idk
wait a sec, this isn't #lounge
floral heart
"General Unreal discussions"
I think we've found the loophole.
worn granite
Anyway I hope you can find somebody - that's a tough spot since you're insisting on ue2
Don't know how many people wanna work w/ it
ue4 is really shiny
plush yew
Yea i wish i could run it
I really do
But im on a potato rn
so if i run UE4
My pc will blow
worn granite
Ah yeah. Developing with ue4 is a bit more involved
plush yew
taking live in the process
worn granite
have you considered Unity?
plush yew
Yea
Im on a trash pot rn
I can try unity agian
but
idk
I wanna finish the project first
worn granite
That's a bad attitude for progress IMO
Unless you're already midway through
(doesn't sound like it, if you're trying to import meshes)
But Unity people are more easily found than ue2 people I'd think
plush yew
We have the UI, Plot etc...
worn granite
I'll just go ahead an exit in that case
plush yew
XD
plush yew
Please welcome @lapis coral to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @spark pike to the community! :beers:
ashen brook
Anyone here messed a lot with HLODs? I'm about ready to toss them, but maybe I'm doing it wrong
An 8gb lod build for a simple test level is just wrong
plush yew
HLODS
aren't those Level Of Detail
Hierarchical Levels of Details
Please welcome @lapis rover to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @urban oyster to the community! :beers:
wary wave
I've been using HLOD without much issue
our levels are about 2km x 2km and fairly densely packed - we don't get huge gains out of it because a lot of our content is instanced, but the build times are also not that bad
plush yew
Please welcome @unreal wigeon to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @south bear to the community! :beers:
cloud cobalt
Cramming the most for loops into the Slate callback for a list entry
Currently at 8
weary basalt
Eww
cloud cobalt
Though it's for a greater good ๐
worthy ether
that is how wars start!
weary basalt
What greater good does 8 for loops serve lol
cloud cobalt
Well it's a game with lots and lots of data, and I'm making a trading menu that needs to find all kinds of deals depending on what the player's already buying and selling. Needs to find lots of stuff ๐
worthy ether
oh man I love tradebroker systems in game
take my energy for loops
im working on getting our social/chat system up and running today
cloud cobalt
Cool
coarse tangle
Hey can anyone help me how to export sucessfully migrate the entire level into another project without having problems of refrencing
wary wave
just migrate the main level file to the other content folder, and it should just work
always pick the content folder, not a subfolder
paper kernel
so, mixamo changes are happening today, but this FAQ doesn't really explain what are they doing
scenic stirrup
hey guys anyone know why my game is giving me this error when i'm trying to package it?:
PackagingResults:Error: Error Unknown Error
What could this be. I don't find any erros in my game file. Everything compiles just fine.
i get this ith almost all of my projects. Even when i just download a fresh project which i bought out of the marketplace, and try to package it straight out of the fresh download, i get this error
The only projects that seem to package are when i for instance start a 3rd person blueprint, and package it straight away
then 0 problems
wary wave
you need to dive into the packaging logs
obtuse orchid
Anyone here with alot of dedi server knowledge
quick heath
Where would you recommend to put all the info to the savegame? (i donยดt mean the savegame blueprint) Is the Game mode a good plays to make all those save calls?
paper kernel
Gameinstance
paper kernel
pretty much any class can access it
saves the trouble, you can call save directly from UI or individual actors
- you can write savefile while map is changing
no need to wait for that before switching map
quick heath
ill give it a try, thank you so much! @paper kernel I am pretty new to save games and it is what is causing me the most trouble^^
plush yew
Please welcome @wicked kettle to the community! :beers:
icy dove
Can I use Git for version control for my UE projects?
icy dove
It doesn't choke on the assets or anything like that?
plush yew
am i the only one
who when they see unreal files named like
"Werld" instead of "World"
that you think the person working on it has some issues
fierce tulip
makes me wanna go http://reactiongifs.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-avengers-angry-hulk-smash-loki.gif
also, holy sh** shenmue 3 is hiddeous
frank escarp
dem faces LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
it was not ready for public showing
its like they got that guy of "mario 64 in UE4"
fierce tulip
hehe
sounds about right
seems the original character creator couldnt care less and just added a turbo smooth on the old characters
north basin
I'm implementing the localization in the UE4 project. And I have multiple files with the translations. The keys/references are the english sentances and each file has respective translation for it.
Like:
Audio=้ณไนไธ้ณๆ
Is there a way to auto import all the translations to the cultures in the Localization Dashboard?
fierce tulip
"you want a high poly character? sure I can do that!" clicks turbosmooth iterations 2
wicked kettle
Hello! Is it possible to ask people here if some1 wants to join an existing ue4 game project? ๐
fierce tulip
use the #career-chat channel for that ๐
wicked kettle
Thanks ๐
plush yew
How can I stop UE4 from rendering the character shadow in the wrong location? When the character is standing on a ledge, the shadow is hovering off of it.
tip of ledge
frank escarp
spooky
plush yew
Testing Blueprints with the third person template, the shadow is from that.
grim sinew
Honestly just looks like a low res baked shadow, maybe it just isn't high res enough from that?
plush yew
Please welcome @elfin drift to the community! :beers:
elfin drift
Hi people.. im new in UE4. Im doing a tennis game, is amazing this engine.
But now i found a problem, i dont know how to do the tennis ball and i cant found any tutorials. The tennis ball have different effects (spin,lob,slice,dropshot,and normal).. so, how i can do this ?
plush yew
Please welcome @broken crescent to the community! :beers:
elfin drift
๐ญ
vast anvil
@elfin drift You may be able to do the ball with the builtin physics, enabling CCD and heavy substepping... but you may need to do custom physics - something like several steps to spheretrace the ball along its arc, with your own response when you detect a collision
warm mountain
hey guys quick design question
i'm doing up a char design atm which I'm having some difficulty, I could skip this character and focus on the more immediate characters that will be worked on. My worry however is that if I don't settle for a coherent logic of design for the set of characters as a whole.
I might end up designing something that is impractical for rigging
in the future for the project
what might be best?
elfin drift
@vast anvil Hmm, i understand.. The ball arc and direction depends of the hitting ball position (X,Y) and the skill character values (for example Nadal print more spin to the ball than Federer).. Im new in this world of engines, any tutorial to start with this ?
warm mountain
should I settle all the designs early on together or just do the easy ones first? I'm just worried choosing the latter may create consistency problems design wise
plush yew
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unique dove
Can anyone explain why after a crash all my folders with in UE4 Content browser are empty ?
plush yew
Please welcome @opaque turtle to the community! :beers:
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acoustic geyser
Hi everyone. I'm a level design student in Sweden and I'm currently working on a CTF map for Unreal Tournament. I'd appreciate it very much if someone have time to give me feedback on the layout ๐
Here's a screenshot. The art isn't finished though.
And here's a link if you want to try it: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0ZBHObNE30tU3MxTTZFeDM4U28
plush yew
Please welcome @velvet mortar to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @golden sun to the community! :beers:
golden sun
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plush yew
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Please welcome @iron olive to the community! :beers:
somber condor
guys I have a couple of Cable actors in my level and attached their end to an Actor but when I play/simulate they insanely start to swing . any1 knows how to make these components a bit more stable ?
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @storm burrow to the community! :beers:
storm burrow
vast anvil
@elfin drift not sure on a specifc tutorial, but two things that may give you some hints in that directions: 1.vehicle wheelz 2. bullets
If I was you, I'd do a quick test with the inbuilt physics, firing balls at a moving bat, and if it can't be tweaked to work well enough (for tennis, I doubt it) then start grumpily/cheerfully coding away at a custom ball model
plush yew
Please welcome @wispy wraith to the community! :beers:
wispy wraith
Hey everyone ๐
wispy wraith
I am
I wanted to find a community for UE4 other than the forums for a while now
Just to help out and also I have a few questions every once in a while
vast anvil
Yep, not sure why I am here over the forums actually
wispy wraith
I have a question about using the RunOnServer function though
A problem I am running into is trying to set a binding in a UI
I run the "additemtoinventory" function with a runonserver property and it ends up adding it to the inventory array, but it is not updating the UI with the picture of it
So I was thinking about it, I know that widgets don't exist on the server
Would it be possible to Multicast the function, and then use an RPC to add the item to the inventory array (on server for security), but then use the remote part of the RPC to add the item to the widget?
Like is that how that should be layed out?
sudden agate
You should call your RPCs from the PlayerController, since the PC exists on both Server and Client. If you want to multicast information to every client, you need to use a different object, since the PlayerController of Player1 does not exist on the Machine of Player2.
plush yew
Please welcome @balmy pike to the community! :beers:
sudden agate
RunOnServer and Switch Has Authority is redundant
wispy wraith
This is basically how every single one of my inputs is set up right now, I figured that was the best way
Okay
Because it will always be on the server
right?
sudden agate
exactly
wispy wraith
So as you were saying, what is the best way to do that?
The reason I'm doing it this way is because I want to 1. be organized and 2. for animation replication I figured updating variables on the playercharacter was best
You said I should do run on servers on the playercontroller? and then do the functions through the playercontroller?
sudden agate
exactly
wispy wraith
Should I store variables that I want to be replicated to other clients on the playercharacter though?
sudden agate
Like a shared inventory?
wispy wraith
I know for anti-cheat purposes you should check everything on the server first
so that's why i was doing it through playercharacter
I want the server to do the line trace rather than the client
sudden agate
Thats the usual way
wispy wraith
Do you have a minute for the voice chat?
sudden agate
not really
wispy wraith
Ah okay
Would it be better to do all the functions on the playercontroller and just store the variables in the playercharacter?
So like I do a linetrace function in the playercontroller that runsonserver, and for the linetrace I get a reference to the playercharacter for all of the calculations
sudden agate
what exactly do you want to store?
wispy wraith
Well I started doing the Input>FunctionOnServer(playercharacter)>function thing because I was trying to update MoveForward and MoveRight variables for animation replication
I had tried doing a runonserver function on the playercontroller which updated the moveforward and moveright variables, but it wasn't replicating when the function was on the playercontroller
so then what I started doing was handling inputs with the playercontroller and then just calling functions on the playercharacter that way other clients would be able to access those variables
So right now I'm storing all variables like inventory and animation in the playercharacter
Would it be better to only hold animation variables in the playercharacter and everything else in the playercontroller? because the other clients don't need to see what the playercontroller has, only the server does
sudden agate
you really should store the inventory and stuff on your PC
wispy wraith
Is there any reason why animation usually goes on playercharacter?
I tried holding animation variables in playerstate as well and updating those, and it would work but it was extremely delayed
sudden agate
the playerstate is used to hold player specific date that everyone needs to know
rare kraken
When doing Stat_Game in the editor what are a good amount of ticks queued or and average amount this is a multiplayer arean type game if that helps ????
regal mulch
@wispy wraith you sure that this doesn't happen on a dedicated server?
wispy wraith
I am using it on a dedicated server
wispy wraith
..........
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@regal mulch is this the right way to do anti-cheat though?
Like running a playercharacterreference into the runonserver
regal mulch
You could just get the character on the serverside
Despite that it's anti cheat to only use server values and not let the client pass information
wispy wraith
So my understanding of it is that when you run something on the server it doesn't know what "playercharacter" is unless you specify it with the runonserver
is that wrong?
like if I used playercharacterreference in the function on server, my understanding is that it would not know what playercharacter to reference
regal mulch
Run on server moves to the server instance of the actor
Given that it's client owned
Doing that on the playercontroller moves from client to server version
On both sides, the character reference that is already in the controller refers to the same character
I think it's get controlled character or so
wispy wraith
Okay, so even though it's ran on the server, it uses the variables of the actor that called it
paper kernel
will see if I get my animations out of mixamo before they shut down the asset system
been stuck at processing for 2 hours now
icy wind
thought theyre just letting it be, are they shutting it down? or just most likley what theyre gona do
shutting*
paper kernel
I couldn't tell from the FAQ'
they say that your personal asset folder will be emptied
icy wind
hhmm... time go get stuff off i guess x.X
to*
yay for not being able to spell today x.X
paper kernel
and they are ending support for some plugins
icy wind
all the ones i need already dont have support anymore so doesnt help i guess x.X
plush yew
Please welcome @royal girder to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @visual star to the community! :beers:
royal girder
Hi GAIS !
swift spindle
thought I would ask here also
but I have a foliage instance that I need to move with the underlying geomertry... how would I do this
it randomly breaks apart if I select the underlying geo and foliage instance
visual star
Heyo!
gentle crypt
Hi i added a start up movie but then i lauch the game it is not shown at all. how do i fix this?
weary basalt
@polar hawk What was your old password? Also i may need your credit card details (dont forget the number on the back)
๐
lean fog
Anyone seen a problem with HighResShot in 4.17.1 where it apparently will completely fail to render foliage if it passes about the 1.5k count mark of a single mesh?
humble rivet
So I have a turret that shoots homing projectiles to actors in a an array, the actors are part of the array when they enter the 'triggerbox' but when they leave the turret still tries to find the actor that has left and shoots a projectile off (which doesn't fly off, but stays stuck at the socket place )
How do I stop it from firing off or searching for the left actor as it gives blueprint errors and the projectile that spawns is annoying to look at..
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/343807951049326604/347168921863847937/spawn_projectile.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/343807951049326604/347168878855585793/tracking_actor.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/343807951049326604/347144550017531905/bp.png
the blueprint error refers to the last screenshot , selected node
plush yew
Please welcome @rare spear to the community! :beers:
grim ore
it looks like your always getting your first character from your array and setting that as the target, I am guessing that is not the goal?
I would think you would want to make sure your character array actually has a length >= 1 or else your going to get the item at index 0 when you have nothing in it and it would error (which is probably what is happening)
so your new current target would be more like (if characters length > 0) then set it to your character at index 0, else set your current target to nothing.
spare topaz
Did I understand this correctly, GameState and GameMode are paired together? meaning one per one?
grim ore
Your GameState is defined in your GameMode so that makes sense
weary basalt
@Worreh#7201 Every client has an GameState as well as the Server. The GameMode only exists on the Server.
plush yew
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spare topaz
Thanks, MathewW
DevilsD, I'm just trying to figure out if I need to have different GameStates and PlayerStates for every gamemode I make.
plush skiff
@spare topaz we use a single game state and player state for our game of 4-5 game modes, we could split the game state up if we wanted but for us its all about seamless travel simplifications
spare topaz
So it is basically "do however you want" type of deal?
plush skiff
sure, so long as you know whats going on i guess
toxic wagon
is there any way to change how mipmaps are generated? or better yet a way to create your own mipmaps
south ridge
You can adjust the filter used to generate mipmaps
plush yew
Please welcome @mental dagger to the community! :beers:
static perch
hey
pallid compass
For my next trick, il rash the editor w ith out any help from the audiance
static perch
rash?
weary basalt
I think he meant crash lol
plush yew
Please welcome @craggy timber to the community! :beers:
vestal cloak
Not sure where to put this. Anywho... i have a model in blender(it has three seperate objects) the first object has a material i made but the other two objects need a material that i made in UE, how can i do this but combine all my meshes into one
thorn topaz
are the forums down?
plush yew
Please welcome @verbal nova to the community! :beers:
weary wadi
fml opening unreal engine always opens Occulus and SteamVR
thorn topaz
disable the plugins
thorn topaz
riiip
static perch
@vestal cloak i dont understand what you mean
weary wadi
omfg i re-enabled Occulus and SteamVR, closed the editor and opened it again, then disabled it and now i think it dosent auto open the VR things
thorn topaz
yay
plush yew
Please welcome @twin pumice to the community! :beers:
weary wadi
hai @twin pumice ni hao
twin pumice
plush yew
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
distant marlin
hi @plush yew dig the name
plush yew
Please welcome @shell vector to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @alpine imp to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @dense vault to the community! :beers:
Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:
plush yew
Please welcome @pine pine to the community! :beers:
polar hawk
Inb4 'new forums'