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plush yew · 2017-09-07T07:14:56.553Z

Please welcome to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 7:14 AM

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Please welcome @keen cape to the community! :beers:

keen cape Sep 7, 2017, 7:17 AM

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yay

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 7:19 AM

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Please welcome @bright creek to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 7:57 AM

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Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:

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haha Thx a lt bot 😄

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 8:58 AM

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What is the best way to create reusable code/bluepritns for UE Projects?
Plugins?

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:10 AM

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgo0dlb52fn4946/2017-09-07_06-06-22.mp4?dl=0

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Anyone have ideas?

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I'm not sure what to do to stop it from spazzing out when it's on the ground 😛

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:13 AM

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Maybe you should check if the Dagger is in the air by tracing downwards to the floor

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:16 AM

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I can do that?

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That sounds like a good idea actually.

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Why does it go fucky in my hand though?

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:18 AM

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I don't know

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To me it looks like the dagger bounces off the floor (with low velocity up), tries to turn downwards, touches the floor again and bounces off again.

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an infinite loop basically 😄

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you may also just use a threshold of the velocity to turn the dagger downwards

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if velocity < some value then don't turn downwards

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:22 AM

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I was trying that

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However it resulted in the dagger going crazy

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if it reached a steep peak in the sky

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sometimes resulting in it boomeranging

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https://i.imgur.com/06Uo2io.png

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I was using variatioins of the 25 in this BP

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:23 AM

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ah yes. that makes sense, since the Velocity will be 0 if you throw it straight upwards and it comes down again

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:23 AM

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indeed

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:25 AM

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Maybe you can use some boolean to determine if it is thrown?
As soon as it collides with something, it deactivates this bool and the dagger doesn't rotate towards the velocity anymore?

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:25 AM

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I'm not sure how to check if it's thrown, I'm still kinda new to UE4 and bp scripting

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I probably should have went with C++ since that's what I know

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haha

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But BP seemed so inviting

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:26 AM

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it indeed is

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:26 AM

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in my VR Pawn

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I have a boolean that checks if the hand is holding a var

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:26 AM

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Well, you probably have a logic for your throwing, don't you?

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:26 AM

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And I trigger a release event

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in my interactable class

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which this knife is

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:27 AM

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yeah probably the release event is the thing where you want to activate the boolean in your dagger

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:27 AM

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Alright that makes sense

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:27 AM

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Show me where you Release some object

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:28 AM

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wide sorrel Sep 7, 2017, 9:28 AM

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Hello everyone :)
I woke up this morning to the fact that the project I'm working on - and which was working fine yesterday evening - keeps disconnecting nodes in the blueprints, even if I reconnect them and save the project. I reconnected some of them (where it generates errors) but I'm sure there are some places I missed as the game starts with a blank map. I'm using 4.13.2.
Is this a known problem and if so is there a fix? Or my only option is to go back to my previous version?

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:28 AM

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All my interactable objects are a child of this

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https://i.imgur.com/SqtHXLQ.png

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(So i have interact / release event already scripted in yes, I'm just dumb and didn't know to use them)

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I honestly forgot it was a child

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of another class

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._.

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:29 AM

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Where does Static Mesh come from?

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:30 AM

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The scene root is a static mesh

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for all my interactables

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:30 AM

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Ah I see

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:30 AM

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and I just modify them per object

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if need be

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:31 AM

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Simply add a boolean to your Dagger, activate it when releasing, deactivate it when colliding or Interacting 😉

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simply check this boolean when rotating your dagger

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:32 AM

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just curious

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How do I check if it has collided

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I have physics enabled

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I don't know the trigger from when physics simulations result in a collision though

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:36 AM

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The basic Collision Events also fire when simulating phyiscs. However, you need Simulating Physics to fire these events. There's a checkbox within the Static Mesh Component

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The basic collision Events are
Event Hit
Event OnComponentBeginOverlap + EndOverlap
Event OnActorBeginOverlap + EndOverlap

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:36 AM

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sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:36 AM

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Correct

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:36 AM

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i assume

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so I should use all 3

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and set the bool to true

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if any 3 fire

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:40 AM

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depending what the boolean states.
I assumed it would be "IsThrown". So you would deactivate the Bool when colliding 😛

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:40 AM

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I named it collided

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checked if it has collided

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default is false

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of course

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and I was gonna set to true when it hit something

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I can't seem to activate OnComponentBeginOverlap

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@sudden agate Just curious, why do I need ActorEndOverlap?

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I seemed to found it by turning off context sensitive search btw

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Component overlap remains to be found

sudden agate Sep 7, 2017, 9:46 AM

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you may be fine with Event Hit.

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 9:53 AM

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@sudden agate https://i.imgur.com/fQSUw3T.png

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It seems to print true when it actually has collided so that's working fine

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 10:05 AM

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@toxic wagon You could make a pose asset from an animation with all of the 1 frame animations, then Create Asset - Current Pose. You'll have to do that 150 times though. 😛

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 10:06 AM

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/8yg2b5zd4uw4m58/2017-09-07_07-05-41.mp4?dl=0

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Hey Cyaoeu!

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how do you do?

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 10:06 AM

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@storm venture Sequencer is kind of broken for rendering, but the lighting shouldn't change if you're doing that in the level instead of adding lights in Sequencer.

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 10:07 AM

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Is there a way to add an "event handler" for my interact event

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that's already defined in another blueprint

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or do I need to modify the parent

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and it will pass the changes off to all child varients?

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 10:08 AM

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You can use an event dispatcher and bind the event everywhere you like.

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Or anywhere you like. 😛

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What do you want to do? Maybe it's overkill.

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 10:09 AM

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@ionic sedge if I make a child bp from a base

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and update the base with new functions / vars

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does the child update too?

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So far it doesnt seem to inherit new vars 😦

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 10:10 AM

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Probably yes, didn't really use it though.

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 10:10 AM

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it seems I can call them manually

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but they don't appear on the side bar

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interesting I guess

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maybe that is just local vars

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only

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I'll just take these functionalities

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and head back to the base and make them toggleable via a boolean

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Probably easier anyways

gloomy horizon Sep 7, 2017, 11:41 AM

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/cyd5ibe7lgpfsql/2017-09-07_08-40-12.mp4?dl=0 😛

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You all know that old movie Wanted?

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Where they could curve bullets?

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Well I can curve daggers I throw.

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 12:27 PM

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Please welcome @wind steeple to the community! :beers:

final owl Sep 7, 2017, 1:16 PM

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whats the best way to find similarly interested people in the vicinity?

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irl i dont know anyone whos interested

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or even knows what unreal is lol

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sometimes it would be nice to talk to people face to face and discuss ideas

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should be an app for this, perhaps there is?

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i have a dream of likeminded game designer friends

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but alas so far tis nothing but a will o the wisp

elfin plaza Sep 7, 2017, 1:41 PM

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http://i.imgur.com/0l4WSoD.jpg

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crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 1:45 PM

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Guys quick question, can you unpack a ue4 exe back to its project form? BAsically i made a project before i had to rebuild my pc, and i only have the exe of it, i dont have the uproject anymore, so i wanted to know if its possible to unpack/unwrap an exe?? Cheer

next badger Sep 7, 2017, 1:49 PM

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Have I posted it already? New tags look (optional):

📎 screenshot.1504792096.png

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 1:51 PM

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??

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 1:55 PM

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@crimson sky I don't believe you can do that.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 1:56 PM

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Dang 😦 I had some stuff in there I wanted to retrieve

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 1:58 PM

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Please welcome @clear mist to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @autumn hound to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @echo locust to the community! :beers:

echo locust Sep 7, 2017, 2:03 PM

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Hi guys, I'm not sure which of the channels I should be putting tesselation related conversation but perhaps someone can point me in the right direction

regal mulch Sep 7, 2017, 2:06 PM

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@final owl You can find people via Meetups around your town/region. Also please don't use the n word here.

next badger Sep 7, 2017, 2:10 PM

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@crimson sky You can't extract the code, only the assets, but even for assets it will be tough.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 2:10 PM

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@next badger dang :/

next badger Sep 7, 2017, 2:11 PM

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@echo locust depends, it may be #cpp #blueprint or #graphics

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#cpp sands for c++

echo locust Sep 7, 2017, 2:13 PM

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@next badger I've posted it in graphics for now, have a look if you might be able to help, it would be appreciated, very new to ue4.

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 2:28 PM

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Please welcome @swift bridge to the community! :beers:

swift bridge Sep 7, 2017, 2:30 PM

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Hello Everyone 😃

wind steeple Sep 7, 2017, 2:54 PM

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@final owl Have you tried this yet? I think someone else already suggested meetups... https://www.meetup.com/topics/gamedev/

full falcon Sep 7, 2017, 3:24 PM

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Isn't the planetrism guy floating around here, that's looking great.

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Based on what I see on Twitter.

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 3:31 PM

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Please welcome @amber tendon to the community! :beers:

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 3:58 PM

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Guys how do you arrange stuff?

Like those grey boxes overlap the white one i want them to go behind it

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regal mulch Sep 7, 2017, 4:10 PM

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Where is that grey coming from?

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 4:13 PM

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Please welcome @signal silo to the community! :beers:

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 4:21 PM

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@regal mulch its just a grey bar, thing is there isnt any z order for me to fiddle with

next badger Sep 7, 2017, 4:23 PM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/ dead?

regal mulch Sep 7, 2017, 4:27 PM

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Works for me

next badger Sep 7, 2017, 4:30 PM

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now for me too

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was blank for some time

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 4:35 PM

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Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:02 PM

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Guys any help?

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livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:06 PM

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You problem is that you have errors?

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You've clearly got yellow pins connected to blue pins.

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Those aren't compatible types.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:07 PM

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Yeha basically i opened a project from 4.16 into 4..17 and this is showing as an error. Im learning Ue4 so to me its off

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:07 PM

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Yeah. Whatever it was was valid in 4.16 but not in 4.17.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:07 PM

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I thought so, again not a pro at ue4 :/ but what should i do to counter it?

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:07 PM

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Break those connections and figure out what types it wants (the blue) instead

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And make one of those.

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It's probably some struct type that contains that type of connection as well.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:08 PM

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wait how do you change pin colours then?

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i broke the connections

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:08 PM

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You don't change pin colors.

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Make PostProcessSettings has several pins

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Some of those pins have changed type between 4.16 and 4.17, it seems.

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Which means you need to put your data in to the types it wants.

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Drag off of the blue pins, I think they're struct pins.

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And do a "make <whatever type it gives you as an option>"

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That "Make <whatever>" node will probably have pins that are compatible with the old types. Probably.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:10 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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thats all that showsfor make on PP

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:11 PM

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It would seem that is the type it wants, a 4D vector.

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I'm not sure what that weird icon next to the pins are.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:11 PM

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would this work then?

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i just split the pins for them

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 5:12 PM

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They blue ones are probably Linear Color or something.

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:12 PM

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It would seem so, but I don't understand the data.

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 5:12 PM

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RGBA

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:12 PM

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I just did that, any good?

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:13 PM

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Yeah, that could make sense, but I don't have familiarity with post processing settings, so I don't understand how gamma or gain were scalars before and 4d vectors now.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:13 PM

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I get its RGBA but still

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okay doesnt work my viewport just goes black then

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:13 PM

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Go ahead and try that. If it's busted, maybe set the Ws ("A") to 1.0

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:14 PM

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Okay so it didnt work. I put it back to this

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 5:16 PM

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What exactly are you trying to change?

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:16 PM

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📎 unknown.png

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 5:16 PM

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The Gamma and stuff in the tonemapper will be colors instead of floats.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 5:16 PM

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Those pins are for my settings for bloom gain and gamma

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📎 unknown.png

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Right now the green link works

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but gain and gamma dont work so

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 5:18 PM

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You can use the alpha value for the gain/gamma brightness.

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You can right click the blue structs and just change the last value and leave the rest at 1.

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 5:43 PM

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Please welcome @unkempt axle to the community! :beers:

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 5:54 PM

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@unkempt axle Price?

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Also, is this a plugin? Or an extension of VS?

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Or just a separate app

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Running around your website now, think it's the latter

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 5:56 PM

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We're working on a plugin that will be released later this year for Unreal

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 5:56 PM

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But price unavail

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I would definitely use this

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I'm sure many other devs here would also

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 5:57 PM

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Also- our pricing page isn't up yet - but that will happen very soon.

Right now - we have a few different tiers depending on your usage

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 5:57 PM

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I guess, you are currently lacking information on what you are intending to do with the Unreal Engine app itself

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So, I would highly suggest a preview page for that

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Even if it's just detailing the differences

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@unkempt axle Can you pubicly state the Tier Prices?

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 5:59 PM

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Is Blueprint some 3rd party debugging tool I don't know of?

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:00 PM

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Yeah- we're hoping that the survey will help us pinpoint what to put on our page for Unreal 😃

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 6:00 PM

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^ lol what

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 6:00 PM

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The survey isn't UE4 specific, so I assume it's not referring to UE4's BP debugging tools.

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 6:00 PM

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Oh, I haven't even looked at the survey yet

cinder iron Sep 7, 2017, 6:00 PM

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Just in case you guys didnt notice, today is UE4 Livestream about Blender usage in Unreal! https://www.twitch.tv/unrealengine

Twitch

UnrealEngine - Twitch

Unreal Engine Livestream: Blender in Unreal Engine 4

▶ Play video

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 6:00 PM

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Blender. blah

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lol

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BUt, that's awesome for all of you who use it. Tons of you

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:01 PM

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For the tier prices: We announced out Free tier today for Open Source projects, so I know I can say that for sure

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 6:01 PM

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Hmmm

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What

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Okay, well now @livid haven has me curious about the survey

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so I'm going to take a look

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 6:01 PM

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@unkempt axle Worth being extra clear about what constitutes "Open Source" as people mistakenly think UE4 is open source.

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Just feedback, to help avoid some friction with less knowledgable users.

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 6:01 PM

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Please welcome @mint wave to the community! :beers:

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 6:02 PM

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People mistakenly think "I can access the source code and its free, therefore its open source".

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I'm still unclear if "Blueprint" in the list of answers for "What tools do you use to debug crashes?" is referring to UE4 blueprints. I can't find any 3rd party tool named Blueprint, but that may just be Google tailoring its result to me and opting to find UE4 related results.

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 6:03 PM

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I'm currently googling if there's such a thing as a "Blueprint debug"

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non-UE specific

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I see this thing: https://apiblueprint.org/tools.html

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 6:05 PM

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@unkempt axle id be happy to do the survey and email but would the gift card be in £?

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Im in the Uk

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:07 PM

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I'll send you the giftcard digitally!

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 6:07 PM

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Righto, for what company? Amazon,ebay paypal?

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:07 PM

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Also- I'm pulling in a memeber of my team that will be able to answer pricing questions a little better

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Really, it will come down to your expected crash volume

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 6:07 PM

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It's $15 on Amazon

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unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:08 PM

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Yup!

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 6:08 PM

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Would assume USD.

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:08 PM

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That being said, if anyone would prefer a company besides amazon, I can be flexible

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 6:08 PM

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Ah i cant use $ im in the UK so £ is only useful :/

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 6:09 PM

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@crimson sky https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/can-i-use-amazon-com-gift-certificate-card-to-buy-at-amazon-uk.2216462/

Digital Point

Can I use Amazon.com gift certificate/card to buy at Amazon.uk

I have earn $600 from Amazon.com associate program and I choose payment method Amazon.com gift certificate/card. My question is can I use it to buy...

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 6:10 PM

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exactly. I know i can use .com but shipping is expensive

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:10 PM

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AH- I can send you a giftcard in a different Currency 😃

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It'll just be a digital giftcard

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 6:11 PM

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oh fair enough!

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I just fillde the survey in

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:12 PM

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For the Blueprint issue - I'd assume that meant to be asking about UE4 blueprints

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 6:12 PM

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yep

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 6:14 PM

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Ah well, I didn't check Blueprint.

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While I have the context of UE4 from you posting this here, the survery and URL don't mention anything UE4 specific, so I assumed otherwise.

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Also, a little odd to think of Blueprints as a debugging tool.

crimson sky Sep 7, 2017, 6:15 PM

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so do i recieve an email to continue this or ?

unkempt axle Sep 7, 2017, 6:16 PM

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Thank you so much!

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Re Pricing: Our pricing is based on usage. We haven’t published anything yet as we’re still refining it, but if you contact us, we can get you more info after we learn more about your projects.
As I said, this is a preliminary survey so that we can make sure that our product integrates with Unreal and meets developer needs when we release it later this year.

I've got to run to a meeting- but I'll check back in and answer questions in a bit 😃

heavy bramble Sep 7, 2017, 6:19 PM

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What is this I'm hearing about a plugin?

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link?

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 6:25 PM

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Hmm

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Not saying that other things don't capture some of your project's data

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But, this thing beats them all to the punch

final owl Sep 7, 2017, 6:34 PM

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@froodmood#6886 thx brodude

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also i didnt use the n-word

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 6:43 PM

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has anyone worked with overlaps and foliage? I am trying to detect when my character overlaps foliage and it is hitting OnActorBeginOverlap/OnActorEndOverlap 10 times when I enter the foliage's collision volume and I'm not even exiting it but it is hitting OnActorEndOverlap still :/

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I tried OnComponentBeginOverlap/OnComponentEndOverlap as well but same behavior

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it works fine when I place the mesh as a normal static mesh

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but not when it is foliage

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I'm only placing one instance of it via foliage for this test

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 6:52 PM

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Please welcome @fossil phoenix to the community! :beers:

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:00 PM

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@pallid compass Oh so i should just know about the sequencer being inherently broken and waste my time learning how to fix things that shouldnt even be a problem? cool, dude

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:01 PM

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... wat?

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Wrong channel?

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:01 PM

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a response to something last night he said but never @'d me so i didnt see till now

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lol

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:02 PM

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Well, reading back, it sounded like you were super whiny about something because it didn't work perfectly immediately and decided to vent about it and call it shit.

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Generally, not a cool thing to do.

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:03 PM

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well considering matinee never gave that problem, yeah

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it shouldnt be easier to use a free screenrecording software to so such a simple job

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:03 PM

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Most of the time, when people do that, PEBKAC.

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When something seems like it should be working better than it is, the first theory should be PEBKAC.

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Until proven otherwise.

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If you come online and post "I'm experiencing this issue, not sure why. Anyone else run in to it?", you might get help.

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:05 PM

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i did

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that died a while ago though, it usually only gets answered by victor trying to be an ass or something

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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As far as I can see:

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wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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hey guys i have a question

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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ROFL

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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It's about 5 minutes between "This thing isn't working" and "This thing is a worthless piece of fucking shit that needs to die in a fire"

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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i have a question guys

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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lmao yeah

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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Don't announce that you have a question, just ask.

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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so i have a HUD and it has action bar in it right, which is another widget, which is full of action slot widgets

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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not that aggressive but yeah

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:06 PM

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chill dude

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just wanting to be polite

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:07 PM

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lol

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:07 PM

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and every time i start up the game the action bar widget just turns into a white squre on the hud

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:07 PM

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Crossfire

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:07 PM

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and i have to replace it by just dragging it back in

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:07 PM

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@wispy wraith white square = button usually

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:07 PM

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idk why this is happening it's just slightly annoying

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:07 PM

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Unless it's truly white

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I guess, since button is actually grayish by default

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Image might be blank

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:08 PM

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@wispy wraith Probably better off asking in #umg.

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:08 PM

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safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:08 PM

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@wispy wraith well they are definitely white boxes

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:08 PM

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id like to point out that the last message of my screenshot was me giving the sequencer some slack and mentioning its probably great if i spend hours learning it

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which i dont have time to do

final owl Sep 7, 2017, 7:09 PM

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interesting

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:09 PM

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but im sure its fantastic.

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:09 PM

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And @storm venture, regardless, just saying, 5 minutes between "I need help" and "fuck this shit" isn't a constructive attitude.

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:09 PM

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okay @safe rose thanks man i'll head over to #umg

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:09 PM

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lol

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Pretty sure Sion said that

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:09 PM

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(I was actually the one who mentioned #umg, but whatevs. 🤷)

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:09 PM

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well, are you familiar with the issue? all quality just turns to low after a couple seconds in the capture

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:10 PM

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oh thanks @livid haven

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my b

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:10 PM

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Nope. I am not familiar with sequencer. I don't have a solution for your sequencer problem, just seriously, not rhetorically, suggesting you approach people while looking for help differently.

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And saying that you don't have time to learn to use a tool properly is basically a no-go.

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:11 PM

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i used to be polite, really, but certain people in this community have annoyed me a bit too much

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 7:11 PM

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Sequencer is broken though, for real. For rendering. Tiny errors but still. 😛

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:12 PM

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I mean, what is anyone supposed to do with that? You don't want to learn how to use a tool but you want to use it well? 🤷 I mean, no one else can do anything about that. Get someone else to do it for you then, I guess?

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:12 PM

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i want to do a simple thing with it

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something that should be out-of-the-box

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i want to capture the recording

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 7:12 PM

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The quality turning low seems like a bug.

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:12 PM

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^

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 7:12 PM

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But that issue doesn't happen for me.

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:13 PM

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it's not like im trying to dynamically edit lighting and materials and whatnot during a sequence

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:13 PM

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File a bug report then.

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:13 PM

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im literally just moving a camera and trying to capture the output

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oh joy

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:13 PM

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lol

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:13 PM

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I'm sorry it's giving you trouble, but the only constructive or productive thing to do is file a bug report and try to communicate with others dealing with the issue to find a workaround.

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:14 PM

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@storm venture Man, while not everything in UE4 works perfectly, I got to admit, I prefer this engine over any others I have touched before

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:14 PM

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WOOOORD @safe rose

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i love blueprints

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:14 PM

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for sure, especially vs unity

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:14 PM

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so much more efficient

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:14 PM

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i despise unity tbh

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:15 PM

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can get way more shit done with respect to time

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:15 PM

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But, like sion was saying, whining about it doesn't really help the situation

wispy wraith Sep 7, 2017, 7:15 PM

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ay victor ur cute my dude 😉

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:15 PM

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Even though, I do shit on it in my head quite a few times a day

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Yeah, I am one sexy dude

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:16 PM

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i prefer to say venting

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for real though, im not even doing anything fancy, it's just an archviz project and i just wanted to record what it looked like

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static lighting only, nothing happening during runtime

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if i was changing stuff with the lighting during the sequence or maybe even having runtime events then i would assume its my own fault but i'm not, i cant imagine what else it would be

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maybe i'm using the cine camera incorrectly, who knows, ill start from scratch tonight and hopefully it works

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:19 PM

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Totally possible there's a bug.

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Speaking of bitching/venting/whining... I'm eternally reminded how I hate blueprints.

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Time to find all references to a function and fix them up manually since I'm changing the underlying code. -_-

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Meanwhile, earlier today I used regular expressions to fix up over 100 lines of code in about 2 minutes.

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Fix up blueprints? I'm still waiting for the search to complete, so I can then open up every result and manually fix it up with a dozen or more clicks and key presses each.

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Ah yes, and let's not forget the Find in Blueprints window disappearing if you click away from the blueprint whose Find in Blueprints tab/window you opened. -_-

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:24 PM

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glad to see im not the only one in pain

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 7:24 PM

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Doesn't Refresh All Nodes fix things?

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:24 PM

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though you definitely have me beat

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:24 PM

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@ionic sedge I'm replacing a small subset of uses of an enum with another enum.

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Changing that subset of places in code was a few minutes.

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Changing it in blueprints is going to take me the better part of an hour.

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 7:25 PM

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Change 3595327 by Phillip.Kavan

#jira UE-16485 - Add an option to host global Blueprint searches in a dockable tab that's not tied to any Blueprint editor context.

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At least you got that. 😛

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:26 PM

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Yep. Phil's up here in Chicago too. We both worked at Phosphor Games, contracting for Epic.

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I may or may not have directly harassed the blueprint dev team about how frustrated I was with this workflow.

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 7:28 PM

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haha

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:28 PM

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I will say that the comments on that JIRA are amusing. 😃

next badger Sep 7, 2017, 7:28 PM

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HTTP ERROR 503```

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 7:28 PM

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And I have half a mind to directly merge that CL over to my local workspace...

ionic sedge Sep 7, 2017, 7:29 PM

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@next badger Getting that too.

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 7:29 PM

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@storm venture archvis is crazy, I have only done one ArchVis project and it was a pain to work in

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Due to lighting

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But, once you see the magic under the hood, it's pretty lackluster

storm venture Sep 7, 2017, 7:34 PM

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yeah it was hard to get the lighting right for me, i just started learning to use lightmass portals as well and getting more indepth with post processing

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which is why seeing it all go down the drain during capture makes me sad

mint wave Sep 7, 2017, 7:55 PM

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Hey guys, Im really new to ue4 so if this is a stupid question or the wrong area please let me know. What would be the best way to have parts of a large open worlds landscape / terrian be dynamic. Think an huge glacier with parts of it breaking off and floating away, or a huge earthquake splitting parts of the world and opening a huge crack shifting the surrounding areas. Is there anyway to do this with traditional landscapes? Is there a way to have landscapes break and turn into actors? Or turn into 3D lanscapes and shift? I assume making a large world out of actors alone would really bog down the game. Thanks!

tropic pilot Sep 7, 2017, 7:59 PM

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where can i ask about materials?

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 8:00 PM

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Please welcome @midnight fox to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @near grotto to the community! :beers:

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:12 PM

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@tropic pilot #graphics

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Does anyone know why this is happening with foliage overlapping?

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https://youtu.be/rA93GLLr5vY

YouTube

Ethan Thornburg

UE4Editor 2017 09 07 16 09 03 25

▶ Play video

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the bush has a box around it for it's collision mesh and it's set to OverlapOnlyPawn

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I'm just walking into the box and it sets of 10 begin overlap and end overlaps. which makes zero sense

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:18 PM

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Do your self a favor and print out the overlapped component, the other actor, the other comp, and "self".

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:19 PM

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yeah I did that and the other component is always the bush

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:19 PM

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Print out all of those. Humor me.

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:19 PM

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it shouldn't even be hitting an end overlap because i'm only entering the box

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okay will do. I did test this when not placed as foliage and it worked fine.

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what I would expect

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Overlapped Component, Other Actor, Other Comp, Self is the order of the print

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seems like a bug 😦

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https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-26536

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feck

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 8:30 PM

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Please welcome @tranquil sigil to the community! :beers:

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:34 PM

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anyone here have udn access?

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@livid haven ^

vast pine Sep 7, 2017, 8:37 PM

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Anyone have example documents for collaboration agreements. Such as submitted work is your work belongs to you but agree that any work submitted can be used freely for the project and project promotion? 😃

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:38 PM

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I do have UDN access, I'm an external contractor working with Epic.

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:38 PM

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any chance I could get the contents of this? https://udn.unrealengine.com/questions/276567/foliage-overlap-events-fire-every-frame.html

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:40 PM

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I would have to assume that I am not legally able to expose that information directly.

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But I can see what I can surmise from it that's of use to you.

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Not very useful to you, alas.

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TL;DR: Happened in 4.10.2. Staff member was going to check if it happens in 4.11. No further discussion happened - as of February 5th 2016

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:42 PM

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ah okay, wasn't sure since it was just a thread

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ah so no workarounds?

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:42 PM

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Nothing else happened in that thread.

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:42 PM

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okay, thank you

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:42 PM

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I can try pinging the relevant parties about it

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I think the staff member involved is in a different timezone, however, so...

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:42 PM

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That would be awesome

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:43 PM

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Well, nevermind.

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Scheise.

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Staff member no longer with Epic.

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:44 PM

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ahh damn

livid haven Sep 7, 2017, 8:44 PM

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:/

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I guess re-report the bug.

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I don't even know who I'd forward it to for visibility.

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:45 PM

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okay, yeah I'll open an answerhub thread

tulip vault Sep 7, 2017, 8:54 PM

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Is there any way of unlinking viewports from one another

upper heart Sep 7, 2017, 8:59 PM

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okay, created a thread https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/704302/foliage-triggers-many-beginend-overlap-events.html

broken plume Sep 7, 2017, 9:00 PM

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hello guys i want to learn more things about game development(i am currently a beginner) do you have any book(s) that you could suggest me ?

safe rose Sep 7, 2017, 9:18 PM

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@broken plume https://becausegamesmatter.com/

Extra Credits

News

Watch our latest episodes!

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https://www.gamasutra.com/

Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games

Daily news, interviews, features, and developer blogs about the Art & Business of Making Games.

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https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/1265/must-read-game-development-books

Must read game development books

Let's make a list of the best books that every game developer should read.

Each answer should have a single book (by title and optionally author), a link to buy the book, and a short synopsis of w...

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https://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-Computers-Internet-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=15375251

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https://www.packtpub.com/game-development

Game Development Books and eBooks | PACKT Books

Game Development Books, eBooks and videos available from Packt. eBook topics include Android, iPhone (iOS), Windows, Unity and HTML5.

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and Google

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https://lmgtfy.com/

LMGTFY

broken plume Sep 7, 2017, 9:23 PM

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ty @safe rose

plush yew Sep 7, 2017, 10:03 PM

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Please welcome @proper copper to the community! :beers:

hasty stratus Sep 7, 2017, 10:38 PM

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ah decided to go the low poly route given my current abilities and bandwidth

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'...those arent placeholder assets'

ruby chasm Sep 8, 2017, 12:32 AM

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Any tips on reducing FPS drop when using a movable light? I'm using it as my flashlight and my FPS drops from 90 to 45 when the flashlight is pointed at anything (the ground, etc.)

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I need to maintain around 90 FPS

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 12:40 AM

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Please welcome @lament breach to the community! :beers:

warped silo Sep 8, 2017, 12:57 AM

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There any way to copy an instance of an actor using blueprints? I'm trying to spawn a new actor that is completely identical to an existing actor in the level. Seems like something that should be pretty straightforward. Any ideas?

regal mulch Sep 8, 2017, 1:10 AM

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You are trying to achieve a copy contructor?

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Since you would need to code that in cpp too, what keeps you from writing a function that spawns the class and fills in your vars?

inner elk Sep 8, 2017, 1:10 AM

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when scaling a shape, like a box is there a way to just scale it in one direction?

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I want a box I have thicker but I don't want to have to reposition it after scaling it up

weary basalt Sep 8, 2017, 1:11 AM

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@inner elk No, only the BSP tools support that type of extruding

inner elk Sep 8, 2017, 1:11 AM

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OH

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sorry I was just playing with that, didn't think of it..sorry i'm a noobs..

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😃

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I get stuck solving a problem sometimes and forget the obvious...

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:20 AM

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Anyone know how to play audio on a dedicated server?

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I read somewhere that audio is excluded from the dedi server files

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:21 AM

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It should be assumed that a dedicated server is neither going to play audio nor render things.

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It may run animations for the sake of simulating the transforms for some purpose, like collision.

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:22 AM

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Okay so how would I go about playing a sound on the dedicated server..

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Like in my game

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How would I go about playing a sound

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:22 AM

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You wouldn't. Because what you're asking doesn't make any sense.

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:22 AM

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All I'm asking is how to play a sound if I'm running a dedicated server

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:22 AM

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You don't?

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No one is the dedicated server.

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There's no one to hear the sound.

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:22 AM

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So if I have a dedicated server game then NOBODY has audio?

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:23 AM

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What?

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Clients.

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:23 AM

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Read my question

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:23 AM

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Clients get audio.

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:23 AM

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That's what I just asked dude

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:23 AM

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And rendering.

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No, you asked how to play audio on the server.

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:23 AM

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All I'm asking is how to play a sound if I'm running a dedicated server

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All I'm asking is how to play a sound if I'm running a dedicated serverAll I'm asking is how to play a sound if I'm running a dedicated server

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All I'm asking is how to play a sound if I'm running a dedicated server

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:23 AM

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... you really want to play that game?

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'cause being a dick about it won't get my help.

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 2:24 AM

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GJ I corrected myself

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That's what I just asked dude
That's what I just asked dude

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That's what I just asked dude

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That's what I just asked dude

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That's what I just asked dude

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That's what I *just asked dude

livid haven Sep 8, 2017, 2:24 AM

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Good luck. 👍

worn granite Sep 8, 2017, 2:34 AM

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no multiplayer game in ue4 has sound man, stop trolling with these impossible questions

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 2:36 AM

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Well, there's no sound in space, so yeah.

wild kestrel Sep 8, 2017, 2:47 AM

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CME just hit us from X9.3 solar flare most porful flare of this cycle , models shows that auroras will be visible in whole canada :>

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 3:36 AM

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Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to make a good weapon system in my game, there will be TONS of weapons, and there will be possibly hundred or more blueprint actors for them, so I was looking into Data tables, and string table, I was wondering if there are any tutorials or examples on using those for a weapons system, IF going that route is better? I tried looking for that, but came up with nothing, only basic info on what they are and what they do.

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 3:37 AM

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@heady bridge Use Datatables

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plenty of tutorials

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just one quick search away

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 3:38 AM

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@heady bridge got time to chat?

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i can go over it for you in the voice chat

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dont want to text it all

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 3:39 AM

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I did see a couple tutorials, on setting up the lists, but didn't see any to apply mesh, particle, damage, etc etc

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 3:39 AM

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im in lounge 1

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 3:39 AM

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@wispy wraith I don't have a mic

wispy wraith Sep 8, 2017, 3:39 AM

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thats fine

warped silo Sep 8, 2017, 3:55 AM

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@regal mulch The only thing keeping me is that 1) trying to stick to BP and 2) I want to preserve every variable on the actor as well as all components, which can turn into BP spaghetti pretty quickly

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@wispy wraith You don't play audio on a dedicated server; you use Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) from the server to tell clients that they need to play whatever sounds you want played. This is typically done through replicated events. See: https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/ContentExamples/Networking/1_5/

1.5 - Function Replication

An overview of the Network Features example level, example 1.5: Function Replication (Remote Procedure Call).

fiery harbor Sep 8, 2017, 4:39 AM

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why is there actually the option to include the crash reporter in packaged games? is it possible to make it send crash reports to some server that I own? I see no reason in shipping with the crash reporter if only Epic gets all the crash reports from my game then

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 5:09 AM

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@fiery harbor the option is there for Dev builds

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Since the devs testing will most likely have UE4 with symbols on

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Shipping builds to outside world of gamers... no idea the real necessity

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But yes, you can include your own reporter

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And have it sent to some DB you own

fiery harbor Sep 8, 2017, 5:10 AM

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how?

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 5:11 AM

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That sadly, I don't know personally, I just know it is being done due to some client projects.

fiery harbor Sep 8, 2017, 5:11 AM

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ah

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 5:11 AM

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Someone a bit more snazzy hooked it up

fiery harbor Sep 8, 2017, 5:11 AM

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well I guess its possible to rewrite some stuff in the source of the crash report client so that it does the same just with another server

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but I was wondering if theres an "official" way to do it

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 5:12 AM

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@fiery harbor https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/680/can-we-get-notifications-of-crash-reports-for-our.html

fiery harbor Sep 8, 2017, 5:13 AM

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ah, damn, should have seen that

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thanks

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 5:13 AM

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whoever did that wiki...

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@fiery harbor Also

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That funny thing today

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BAcktrace

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Traceback

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w/e

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Is probably something that you could hook up

fiery harbor Sep 8, 2017, 5:14 AM

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?

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 5:14 AM

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https://backtrace.io/

Backtrace

Home - Backtrace

The advanced cross-platform crash management solution for applications running in any environment.

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@fiery harbor You could also do something like this, obviously he did it for mobile, but it's on gitjhub" https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/97820-free-crashlytics-automatic-crash-reporting-solution

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http://crashfix.sourceforge.net/

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another way

fiery harbor Sep 8, 2017, 5:19 AM

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interesting, thanks

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@safe rose actually it seems to be possible to use the UE4 crash reporter with a custom server : https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/224517/game-crash-report.html

safe rose Sep 8, 2017, 5:23 AM

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Hmm

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 7:20 AM

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Please welcome @unreal walrus to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 9:47 AM

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Please welcome @winter summit to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 10:13 AM

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Please welcome @wispy fern to the community! :beers:

quick heath Sep 8, 2017, 10:22 AM

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guys, pretty dumb question, so i was following the step by step ios quickstart guide on the unrealengine page, but i think its pretty outdated. Do i need a developers membership to get ios certificates?

wary wave Sep 8, 2017, 11:36 AM

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I believe so

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however I do not believe you need to certify on a mac any more

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someone else may be able to clarify

pallid compass Sep 8, 2017, 12:15 PM

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Yeah they removed it its on the trello

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 12:17 PM

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Any ideas on why this wont work? https://imgur.com/8lkPg2E

Imgur

hybrid scroll Sep 8, 2017, 12:18 PM

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Shoudnt you multiply by the delta?

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delta is a fraction of a second

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 12:18 PM

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Well the issue is

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for one object

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it will get the location fine

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but for another it just doesnt update

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even though the roots are both static meshes

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and with same settings

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both are child of same parent

hybrid scroll Sep 8, 2017, 12:21 PM

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are you referencing the same statci mesh in both?

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 12:22 PM

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It's a scene component

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📎 unknown.png

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brb gotta restart

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UE4 / Steam VR wont detect my stupid controllers

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Oh, you debug a specific INSTANCE of an object.

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When you have the parent selected

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I didn't think of that. Huh.

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that was easy

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solution in-case anyone needs it

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https://i.imgur.com/n0yFVRc.png

Imgur

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 12:58 PM

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Isn't that the same thing you did above?

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Except you've got a Toss Speed variable that's not plugged in. 😛

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 1:07 PM

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well that's setting it

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and it is used elsewhere in code

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😛

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@ionic sedge https://i.imgur.com/SZrwZ6W.png

Imgur

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if you wanted the logic that is activated

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Idk how to screencap a bp that is so long it goes across two screens sorry 😛

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Here's a demo

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https://gfycat.com/FrenchNervousBeardedcollie

Gfycat

Untitled

▶ Play video

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 1:44 PM

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Please welcome @balmy schooner to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @autumn quarry to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @vale remnant to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @sweet kettle to the community! :beers:

patent bane Sep 8, 2017, 2:16 PM

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can i (or how can i) run the standalone game in debug mode without cooking everything? i.e. like if i start the editor and run standalone but with the debugger attached

thorny iron Sep 8, 2017, 2:26 PM

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Hey guys - sort of exhaustedly looking for help from someone who has worked with Flow maps before...

inner elk Sep 8, 2017, 2:27 PM

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Where is another good source for free actors/assets? I am trying to prototype my game but keep running into problems where I don't have an actor that would fit. I got a lot of stuff from marketplace but I'm on a super low budget till I get the prototype done. Thanks.

toxic wagon Sep 8, 2017, 3:23 PM

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is the default mannequin not good enough?

sudden agate Sep 8, 2017, 3:23 PM

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Did Epic change the Branding Logo?

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There was a "Powered by Unreal Engine" Logo Movie, but now there's only a black/white "Unreal Engine" one

ruby chasm Sep 8, 2017, 3:27 PM

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Guys, if I'm fading to white and then fading in from white, is it possible to eliminate the black frame in-between these two when the level switches?

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Without level streaming

rare kraken Sep 8, 2017, 3:28 PM

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Any idea why Character mesh disappears everytime I reopen my project

ruby chasm Sep 8, 2017, 3:28 PM

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Disappears how?

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The mesh is no longer in your content library?

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 3:28 PM

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Please welcome @unique ocean to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @tired aspen to the community! :beers:

crimson sky Sep 8, 2017, 4:11 PM

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Is there a place where I can look for help for my project? like to get someone on board to finish one part of my project whilst i work on another, rn my game consists of me as the only dev, would be great to get some help for one part, willing to give full credit in game and youll be a playable Character!

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 4:14 PM

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#career-chat would be the place currently, it encompasses both paid positions and more collaboration

crimson sky Sep 8, 2017, 4:14 PM

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Oh sweet thanks!

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 4:41 PM

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Please welcome @plush yew to the community! :beers:

wild talon Sep 8, 2017, 4:49 PM

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Does anyone know if you can Migrate entire levels (umap) backwards in Unreal versions without any issues?

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 5:12 PM

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Please welcome @left yew to the community! :beers:

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 5:30 PM

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I just have a quick question about Data tables, I have a bunch of variables for each item, but for making blueprint, to make a weapon shoot or make the data usable, do I make all the different blueprints within 1 class with the data table, such as linking the damage from data table node to a row of nodes to make damage work, or would I make all sorts of different blueprints and just link them in the data table?

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 5:32 PM

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Please welcome @fervent bridge to the community! :beers:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja1kc9c24Fo

YouTube

Bdoom

UE4.17 Instanced Static Mesh Bug in Standalone

▶ Play video

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this isnt a bug evidently

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according to epic

somber condor Sep 8, 2017, 5:38 PM

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I'm trying to Render to Movie my sequencer and it keeps crashing (4.17) when I render 1920x1080 all the time. but it's fine with 1280x720. I got 16 GB Ram and GTX 1070. Is this memory related ?! I searched answershub but there were no clear workaround .

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 5:41 PM

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@plush yew wouldn't that just mean the cubes have no collision? rather than it being a bug?

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 5:42 PM

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@heady bridge test it yourself

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its legit broken

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 5:48 PM

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I tried it, and the mesh does disappear, even with collision added, but the collision still works

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 5:49 PM

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😛

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yep

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only in 4.17

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in 4.16.3 its fine

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 5:50 PM

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if unreal says its not a bug, then there must be some different options or something, I'll investigate

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 5:55 PM

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Please welcome @tribal trail to the community! :beers:

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 5:55 PM

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I dunno, tried different things, can't seem to get it to show during show collision, but it's not like it's going to not show up in game

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 5:56 PM

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What is the difference between a mesh and an actor?

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Is a mesh an instance of an actor?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 6:02 PM

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mesh is just the 3d object, actor is a class

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 6:03 PM

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Ok. Thanks.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 6:03 PM

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you would apply the mesh to the actor and apply code to make something operational

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 6:05 PM

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There is a great tutorial in the engine, I am trying to teach myself blueprints, but the window that the tutorial appears in actually blocks the stuff you need to click on. It doesn't appear there is a way to easily move that window. Have you or anyone seen this and is there a way to move that window?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 6:07 PM

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I've personally never tried to move it around, not sure if you can, but I think those tutorials would be on the unreal engine websites documentation possibly

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 6:10 PM

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Ok. I will look. Thanks again.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 6:17 PM

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no problem, good luck

final owl Sep 8, 2017, 6:51 PM

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do yall think the engine tutorials are best to start with?

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for noobs?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 6:59 PM

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The "Get Started with UE4" section in the documentation or Unreal engine 4 tutorial series on "Getting started with UE4" I think would be the best place to start for absolute beginners, maybe more the youtube, so you can see things as they happen

final owl Sep 8, 2017, 7:02 PM

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ok thx

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:03 PM

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No problem 😃 and Good luck

wintry raven Sep 8, 2017, 7:15 PM

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@tribal trail https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Content/Types/StaticMeshes/

Static Meshes

Static geometry which can be cached in video memory and rendered by the graphics card.

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:21 PM

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Thanks Jeffrey.

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Is there a terminology page somewhere that covers all the terms of UE4? Like what is the actual term for the widgets on the "field" inside a blueprint?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:24 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/GettingStarted/Terminology/

Unreal Engine 4 Terminology

Covers the most commonly used terms when working with Unreal Engine 4.

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This should help explain each thing in the engine 😃

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:27 PM

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Separate question, is there a way to know what kind of "widget" something is? Sometimes I click on a widget, go to details, and there is nothing there. For example, a greater than less than widget... there is nothing in the details to tell me what kind of widget this is. I right click and there is no "properties" telling me the kind of widget it is.

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Thanks Pingu!!

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Actually, that is kinda it. I guess I need to buy a book or something. I just want a dictionary of Unreal Terms.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:29 PM

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if you create a widget, and hover over it, it says what it does

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same with each socket on the widget

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:30 PM

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Nice. Look at that. Okay, but how would I "make" a new one? I am trying to dissect someone else's work. I kinda understand it but I don't know how to make certain widgets.

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Are they called widgets?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:30 PM

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I assumed you were talking about the nodes in blueprint?

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like Integer > integer in blueprint graph is a node, for example

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:32 PM

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Nodes, those are the things inside the "field" of a blueprint?

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Yes!

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:33 PM

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yeah, so hovering over each node tells you what they do, and each socket will tell you what needs to be connected

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:33 PM

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but how would I "make" a new one? you can create a new function, adding inputs and outputs, and inside you put what you want that node to do

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if thats what you meant

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:34 PM

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So that is an "integer node". There is no way for me to know that by clicking on one in the field. I just have to know that from somewhere else.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:34 PM

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well, if you need an integer, just right click and type integer

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right click to add nodes into the graph

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:35 PM

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📎 20170908_153453.jpg

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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did you just take a picture

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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lol

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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No where in that picture does it say "integer node". If I am dissecting someone's code, I just need to know every kind of node.

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Sorry, is that not allowed?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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no it's cool

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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Ok

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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no thats just funny, hover over the balls

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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hover over the green sockets

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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the inputs and outputs

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:36 PM

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green sockets will tell you its integer, and red for bool

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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Ah. Ok.

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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Pins, if you're looking for exact terminology

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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well that type of green is int, there is a more green, green that is float

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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hover over the balls

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lul

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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Y'all are saints.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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lol

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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Thank you.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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I forgot they were called pins XD

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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nme too xd

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:37 PM

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sockets are close enough 😛 haha

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@tribal trail anything you need help with, don't worry, we gotchu

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:38 PM

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How did you learn? Did you read a book, watch videos, go through the official documentation?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:39 PM

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I started with video tutorials, then focused on documentation

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 7:39 PM

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Ok.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:39 PM

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I still use videos for help on certain things just to get that visual aid, it helps to follow along, then redo by yourself to get used to it

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BTW any of you guys good with data tables? just have a super quick question

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:40 PM

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Can my employee use something i bought on marketplace? if yes, how can he download something that i own?

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:40 PM

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You can download and send it to him

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through google drive or something like that

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:41 PM

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oki

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:41 PM

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BTW Unreal engine just uploaded a live training on youtube for Blender TO unreal engine 4, in case anyone is interested (like myself 😃 )

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 7:41 PM

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And yeah, the colors will help you out with quick identification of types; white is exec, light blue is UObject, dark blue is struct, dark green is enum, light green is float, blueish-green is int, red is bool, yellow is vector, orange is transform, light yellow/whiteish yellow is interface reference, purple is class, etc. @tribal trail

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I probably missed a few there ¯_(ツ)_/¯

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:42 PM

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wish they did when i started, so many problems with physics objects

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 7:42 PM

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lol

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A good way I kept reminding myself what colors meant what, was when I was in graph editor, I would create a a variable that doesn't do anything, just to see what color meant what, if that makes sense

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like I create a variable, named it like 1 or something, and on the right, clicked the variable type, to familiarize myself

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and use it just for reference

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@digital anchor there was a blender to unreal engine 4 live training uploaded 3 months ago too

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 7:48 PM

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You might want to check out UE4Tools instead of the rigify rig, a lot less hassle for basically the same thing.

digital anchor Sep 8, 2017, 7:50 PM

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started like 6 months ago xd

final owl Sep 8, 2017, 8:12 PM

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xd

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:14 PM

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I imported a mesh with a plane and the plane disappears when I adjust the material

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any ideas?

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I can see the plane when I highlight the object but it's otherwise transparent

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📎 unknown.png

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should look like that in UE4

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📎 unknown.png

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looks like that though

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😦

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 8:17 PM

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Where should someone with zero scripting background start before trying blueprints?

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:17 PM

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@gloomy horizon In blender, enable back face culling

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:17 PM

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Mind if I ask where that is?

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:17 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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Right panel of the 3D view

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Near camera stuff

tribal trail Sep 8, 2017, 8:17 PM

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Thanks for the color references @lethalclips. I am in over my head.

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:18 PM

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What happens is that you've made your polygon one-sided, but blender by default show everything as two-sided

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:18 PM

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Ahhhh

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:18 PM

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You might wanna make it two-sided or flip normals

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:18 PM

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That makes sense

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how do I make it two sided?

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:18 PM

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You can enable "two-sided" in material options in UE4

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:19 PM

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two sided foliage?

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Doesn't seem to have worked.

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derp

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underneath it says two sided

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:20 PM

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📎 unknown.png

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:20 PM

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haha indeed

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Thank you!

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:20 PM

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If your polygon is supposed to be a piece of clothing or such, then it's fine

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But if that's an actual solid bit, you probably don't want a two-sided polygon in the first place etc

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:20 PM

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it's clothing

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testing out the new cloth mechanics

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😄

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Blackfox, how do I do collision calculations

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when I import the dagger as a skeletal mesh

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My regular daggers have some relatively accurate collision

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of course I don't think this is an option with skeletal meshes, right?

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I guess there's no reason why I can't just import the plane on its own

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and child it to the dagger in a scene

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:25 PM

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It is an option

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You create a physics actor for your mesh

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I think it's dumb and doesn't actually let you specify convex mesh, one sec

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No, it does

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You can specify a convex hull for your dagger (which is a skeletal mesh) in the physics actor

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Another option is to shadow your visual dagger model with a static model (that doesn't render) of a static mesh dagger

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Sometimes that's a better option

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:26 PM

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What do you mean by shadow?

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You mean, like in the scene component

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add hidden in-game?

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or whatevs

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:27 PM

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Yes

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A static mesh that has visible set to false, so it doesn't render

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Still takes play in physics etc

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:27 PM

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Ah, cool stuff.

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I'll definitely try that out.

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I might just export the ribbon on its own though

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because just attaching that sounds super easy

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in comparison to these work arounds

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Wouldn't it be?

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:28 PM

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Yes

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:32 PM

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Just learned there's a reimport button

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Decent.

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I don't like overriding every old version just in-case however it makes certain things faster

final owl Sep 8, 2017, 8:36 PM

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awesome

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:38 PM

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@south ridge Sorry for the bothe again, for some reason after enabling the clothing thing in expiermental and restarting I don't have the clothing tab next to asset details. Any ideas?

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:39 PM

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I don't know, didn't work with clothes yet

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:45 PM

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Figured it out.

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You need to drag out the window manually.

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:45 PM

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For data table and struct, would I make a blueprint for each specfic variable, such as weapon damage, or would I create 1 blueprint where the data table handles everything in it's data?

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I feel like I'm getting really close to understanding how it works, but just unsure about the blueprint setup

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:51 PM

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When I import my asset it says the bones are "Too Small" to create a physics asset

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meanwhile my FBX doesn't even have a bone and I'm importing it as a skeletal mesh with no bones and UE4 applies its own bone

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😐

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buddies imports fine

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on this tutorial I'm watching

south ridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:55 PM

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Cause you have one bone (that UE4 added) and it's too small

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:56 PM

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it adds a root bone doesn't it?

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 8:56 PM

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Do you have any suggestions on a work around?

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Wouldn't the root bone be... like... an acceptable size if UE4 adds it? 😛

heady bridge Sep 8, 2017, 8:57 PM

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I would have thought so

ionic tangle Sep 8, 2017, 9:18 PM

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Hey guys & gals. I'm using a CineCamera in my scene and it seems to be culling my Volumetric ExponentialHeightFog when it faces far enough away from the sun. This doesn't happen with the normal camera.

Here are some specs:
Real-time lighting (Movable Directional Light)
Exponential Height Fog (With volumetric fog on)

📎 why.jpg

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If anyone has experienced this before I would love to try and figure it out 😄

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:01 PM

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@gloomy horizon "Too small" error means the scene settings aren't right.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:05 PM

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@ionic sedge check my dimensions. I'm only exporting mesh components (Plane and Modified Cube)

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https://i.imgur.com/8spudiB.png

Imgur

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I've set scale to .01

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applied transforms

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resized

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they import as meshes great

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:05 PM

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It's 1 there.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:06 PM

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I've been exporting my anims with 1 though

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and they work great

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O_o

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you are the one who told me in fact haha

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:06 PM

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You're talking about different things.

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Scene unit scale should be 0.01 metric. Scale should be 1/1/1.

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Animations will work fine if you have an extra root bone, the scaling bug only shows if you have a real root bone in your rig.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:07 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/f0Jd5hE.png

Imgur

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:07 PM

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But you can't have root motion with an extra root bone.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:07 PM

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It wont let me apply object transform

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:08 PM

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Yes it will. 😛

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:08 PM

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the plane and the mesh are joined if that makes a difference

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do I need to be in edit mode?

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:08 PM

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Spacebar and Apply Object Transform.

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No.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:08 PM

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https://streamable.com/81nfo

Streamable

2017-09-08_19-08-37.mp4 - Streamable

▶ Play video

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:09 PM

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Tick Scale in the lower left.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:09 PM

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oh bottom left wasnt setup

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yep

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oops

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😐

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:09 PM

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😛

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:10 PM

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So @ionic sedge basically when doing animations I export at 1.0 and when not doing anims I export at .01

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:10 PM

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No, you export at 0.01 always. 😛

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:11 PM

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oh okay

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:11 PM

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Static meshes will be fine because only the rig part gets messed up with 1 unit scale. And 0.01 is there to fix rig issues.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:11 PM

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ah

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that makes more sense

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:11 PM

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0.01 makes Blender FBX act like Maya. Ideally it should work at 1 too but Epic only uses 0.01 so they didn't notice FBX scaling is messed up.

pallid compass Sep 8, 2017, 10:11 PM

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Just curious does anyone know how games handle flying projectiles thay wouldnt be aactors

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Ie like orises fusion drive

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Too much projectiles too actually spawn

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Many*

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:12 PM

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@ionic sedge Thanks again, imported without a hitch.

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You'd think I'd keep it congested after the second time

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😐

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:12 PM

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😛

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:13 PM

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I think I have a better understanding now though

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I didn't realize that the .01 was passed with the fbx

ionic sedge Sep 8, 2017, 10:13 PM

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A good idea would be to make a new scene, change the unit scale to 0.01 there, then do Save Startup File.

gloomy horizon Sep 8, 2017, 10:13 PM

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I thought .01 was only relative in blender

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as a unit scale IN blender

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not an actual passed value

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yeah I'm definitely going to do that

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 10:53 PM

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Please welcome @molten nymph to the community! :beers:

tropic pilot Sep 8, 2017, 11:30 PM

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i dont know where to ask this so i'll ask here, on a pointlight what is the option name where the light fades in (and for some reason fades out and then in again) when i look into the void?

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 11:31 PM

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It could be the eye adaptation

tropic pilot Sep 8, 2017, 11:31 PM

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there is no such thing in the point light "Details" panel

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 11:31 PM

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In which case, it wouldn't be a setting on the light itself, but a project/post processing setting

oblique sorrel Sep 8, 2017, 11:31 PM

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Say, I have an array of 2D vectors: (1,1; 1,2; 1,5; 2,2; 2,5; 3,2; 3,3; 3,4; 3,5; etc). I want to generate either a texture or a UMG widget based on that, one that'd look kinda like the attached picture. Any idea how to do that?

📎 unknown.png

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Except without the numbers, and in range of anywhere between -20,20 in both axes

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The only thing I came up with is spawning planes somewhere under the level and capturing them to a texture with an ortographic camera

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 11:36 PM

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I doubt you'll be able to draw directly to a texture in BP, so I would rule that way out

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You might be able to make a widget that takes in that array and affects its own internal state with its own widgets, but that might be a little overkill of a solution

oblique sorrel Sep 8, 2017, 11:37 PM

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I was thinking of dynamically adding Image components to a widget, in a grid or something, but I don't know how feasible is that

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 11:38 PM

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I'd say it's definitely possible, though I'm not sure how much I can comment on the efficiency of it

floral heart Sep 8, 2017, 11:38 PM

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You can draw directly to a render texture. You can also add objects to UMG. Though you're talking a grid of up to 1600 squares.

oblique sorrel Sep 8, 2017, 11:39 PM

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I'd need to create it only once per level load

glossy flame Sep 8, 2017, 11:39 PM

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You can draw to a texture in BP? @floral heart

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Hmm, I might stand corrected there, I assumed you couldn't

floral heart Sep 8, 2017, 11:42 PM

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A render texture is procedurally generated. There are some blueprint nodes to draw a material onto one.

molten nymph Sep 8, 2017, 11:47 PM

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hey there, new to unreal so idk how id fix this, the lighting in editor differs from the lighting in standalone, the forums say this is due to auto exposure settings, ive tried messing with that, but cant find a solution

plush yew Sep 8, 2017, 11:57 PM

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Please welcome @stark linden to the community! :beers:

tiny prawn Sep 9, 2017, 12:07 AM

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trueSky does not want my money O_O

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 12:09 AM

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@oblique sorrel You could also just "cheat", have a uniform grid (not sure how big they can be), with the max number of entities you want. Hide them initially, then make them visible again when you want according to the specific vector.

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Since that uses columns and rows

oblique sorrel Sep 9, 2017, 12:09 AM

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I was thinking of the same, doing it in UMB.

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I'd need at the very least 1600 cells, though. In a 40x40 grid

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 12:10 AM

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Aye, I mean, I havent' done it. But that's probably something I would have done. or at least tried first.

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Yeah, not sure how big it can do it

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And if you want it in world, just 3dwidget the beast

oblique sorrel Sep 9, 2017, 12:10 AM

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Nah, it's supposed to serve as a minimap

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 12:10 AM

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Ah, so it's going to be super tiny

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each block

oblique sorrel Sep 9, 2017, 12:11 AM

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I don't like the camera->texture->material solution

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Not super tiny, but yeah, relatively small

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 12:11 AM

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@oblique sorrel Let me know the results, I would be very interested

oblique sorrel Sep 9, 2017, 12:11 AM

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Will do!

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:01 AM

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how would you guys get the location of the player pawn (hmd) for homing targets?

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In an external actor, I mean.

random shale Sep 9, 2017, 1:09 AM

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How to change player pawn on game mode? for only one level?

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I used world override

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but now its not work

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it change game mode class

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:11 AM

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Please welcome @dire fjord to the community! :beers:

dire fjord Sep 9, 2017, 1:16 AM

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I'm having a collision issue, which doesn't make any sense. I'm just learning here, and I wondered if anyone could give it a quick look

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:16 AM

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got it yay

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https://streamable.com/5r7na

Streamable

2017-09-08_22-21-56.mp4 - Streamable

▶ Play video

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oh god what have I done

dire fjord Sep 9, 2017, 1:23 AM

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Anyway, if anyone can help me with the projectile blocking issue, it's in the blueprint channel, thanks 😃

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:45 AM

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Hey

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Is $100,000 for 15% of your products royalties and 10% of company stake worth it

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Curious what you guys think

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😄

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:48 AM

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@plush yew What's your projected profits without investment and can you continue without this investment?

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We really can't answer unless you're already making money.

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Is this projected income based on current earnings and growth?

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:49 AM

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Please welcome @keen summit to the community! :beers:

livid haven Sep 9, 2017, 1:49 AM

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Yeah, this is really something you should talk over with qualified professionals.

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:49 AM

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^

livid haven Sep 9, 2017, 1:49 AM

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Fiduciary, financial advisor, accountant.

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:50 AM

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I graduated business school so I don't really mind answering some small stuff but realistically I would advise you to consult with a lawyer and or financial advisor.

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:50 AM

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No it's not real. It's simply theoretical just curious what others would think. I'm talking specifically about what you would do if you are a startup company and NEED that money for marketing.

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You have a product already.

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I'm just not sure if that would be worth it in the long run.

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:51 AM

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Real world doesn't work like that

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If you need money you take it to continue your ventures

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also 100k for 15% is extremely unrealistic

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Unless the product is doing amazing

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:51 AM

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Would that be considered really bad?

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For who

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lol

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:52 AM

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100k for 15% of a startup?

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More like 50%

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:52 AM

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true

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:52 AM

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and you don't sell percentage of product sales and percentage of company

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you just sell percentage of company

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Most profits will go back into the company anyways

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:53 AM

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yea

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:53 AM

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an angel investor doesn't want to take money out of the company

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Unless it's going under, but that's not the scenario.

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 1:54 AM

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i dont know much about that stuff sadly.

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lol

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:54 AM

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Realistically no one will just offer you 100k for a startup with a product already on the market at 15% ownership

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Unless you're making insane profits

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like I mean millions

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But you wouldn't even know, because it's a startup, and your projected incomes are hypothetical instead of historical.

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Huge difference.

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Anyone here able to help me determine if my weapon mesh is overlapping anonther Actor?

dire fjord Sep 9, 2017, 1:56 AM

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I told stream vr not to open when an application is opened and that seemed to work for a day but now steam vr is launching every time i start ue4 or load a project/level. How can i make it stop?

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 1:56 AM

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it's in the settings for UE4

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make sure it's a project default if it's in that section

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each project needs it set manually iirc

dire fjord Sep 9, 2017, 1:58 AM

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Ok I'll check that thanks.

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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@plush yew Haha

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That question

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About $100,000

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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ya

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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I remember when we tried to get an investor

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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wat about it

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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And the offer was something stupid like 30% for $20,000

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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lol

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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Which was OK when it was related to only our side project

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:14 AM

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they wanted 30% of the whole company?

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:15 AM

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No, only in that one project

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:15 AM

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I could make $20,000 in literally... a few months

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:15 AM

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So it was fine. But then the investor wanted to have it cover the entire project

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The big project, not just the side project

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:15 AM

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yeah?

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:15 AM

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The side project was small, it was a VR-only subset of our main project

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@plush yew Ultimately it proceeded from my own money, slowly but steadily 😛

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:16 AM

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yeah exactly

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you can get more money just literally working a 9 to 5 job

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 2:16 AM

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One of you should change your avatars

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:16 AM

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Lmao

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 2:17 AM

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I thought you were talking to yourself

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:17 AM

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@safe rose i was thinking the same thing

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LOL

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:17 AM

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I will change my avatar

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 2:17 AM

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(thought you were the same person, I was like wtf is this)

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:17 AM

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Wait

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How are you seeing avatars anyway

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Enable compact mode, it hides all avatars

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 2:17 AM

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https://gyazo.com/b81474e7f686ceabdde2a14e64528c04

Gyazo

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:17 AM

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Scary

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:21 AM

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@safe rose this might make u giggle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja1kc9c24Fo

YouTube

Bdoom

UE4.17 Instanced Static Mesh Bug in Standalone

▶ Play video

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:22 AM

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Who makes bug reports as videos that are more than 20 seconds long

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:22 AM

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@south ridge me

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LOL

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thats my video

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Don't laugh at me yo

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:24 AM

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Make it 20 sec long next time 😛

safe rose Sep 9, 2017, 2:29 AM

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hmm

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I dont like your video

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It doesn't tell me the bug in teh very beginning

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I had to watch that whole thing 😦

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:29 AM

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I gave up 10 seconds in and scrolled through it

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:33 AM

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@safe rose but it was worth it

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wasnt it?

molten nymph Sep 9, 2017, 2:34 AM

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hey there, ive got a small problem, the lighting in editor differs from the lighting in standalone, seems brighter in standalone, the forums say this is due to auto exposure settings, ive tried messing with that, but cant find a solution

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:35 AM

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@molten nymph go to #cpp

molten nymph Sep 9, 2017, 2:36 AM

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u sure? question doesnt really match the channel guideline

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 2:36 AM

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It's definitely not for #ue4-general lighting would probably be in #graphics

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lol

molten nymph Sep 9, 2017, 2:36 AM

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lol okay, ill try there, although im not sure if thats also the right place

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 2:39 AM

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That is the right place

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For lighting stuff

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 3:02 AM

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i really dont like

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how i literally have to sit here

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with a broken game

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until 4.17.2

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lmao

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 3:09 AM

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Why not fix now

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Why not get 4.18 from github

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pre-almost-not-quite-4.18

gloomy horizon Sep 9, 2017, 3:15 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/FsZv78c.png

Imgur

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Any ideas on how to home a projectile to the HMD location

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and not the scene root's 0,0,0?

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for the VR pawn

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 3:16 AM

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Get the HMD projectile location and use it as a target

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?

dire fjord Sep 9, 2017, 4:35 AM

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Okay I'm still having issues disabling steamvr launching when I open UE4. When I first open the epic launcher it's fine. But if I launch any installed engine (in this case 4.11.2) before I open a project, steam VR launches. How can I disable this? I checked my plugins, there are no plugins at all for this engine. And I can't find any other options for it to turn off SteamVR.

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I have unchecked the box in steamvr that tells it to open when applications open.

plush yew Sep 9, 2017, 5:27 AM

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Please welcome @hard silo to the community! :beers:

hard silo Sep 9, 2017, 5:30 AM

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Hello, uhm. Do I ask questions about blueprints here or do I go to the #blueprint channel?

ruby chasm Sep 9, 2017, 5:46 AM

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📎 image.png

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Can someone tell me how and where to create a parameter to control the opacity of a TextRender whilst preserving its mask?

south ridge Sep 9, 2017, 6:00 AM

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@ruby chasm Multiply opacity by your value

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Well

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Add a clamp after the lerp node (clamp to 0..1), then multiply that with your own opacity setting