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gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 8:14 AM

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but that doesn't allow me to exclude

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So would I set global time dilation

paper kernel Sep 11, 2017, 8:15 AM

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you then set the excluded ones back to 1

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 8:15 AM

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and adjust the actor/player's time dilation by the opposite amount?

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ah

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okay that makes sense

paper kernel Sep 11, 2017, 8:15 AM

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🤔 I think, never tried it

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 8:15 AM

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so I would need an event that is used on every actor affected by dilation.

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triggered whenever I trigger time dilation

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makes sense I guess

paper kernel Sep 11, 2017, 8:16 AM

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some BP interface would probably work for that

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 8:16 AM

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Can you have multiple BP interfaces?

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On.. one actor. I mean.

paper kernel Sep 11, 2017, 8:16 AM

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yea I think so

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 8:17 AM

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Alright, I'll give it a shot! Thank you 😃

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 8:56 AM

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If I wanted to create a "Spawnable" actor, where it has a spawn and despawn function so that I can have them respawn after a specific amount of time

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How would I gain access to the list of actors spawned in a map?

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so I can do that initial startup sequence to spawn all the actors manually and they can then respawn themselves automatically after their specified cooldowns

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I was thinking of just doing a check onbeginplay that checks if it should spawn by default

undone coral Sep 11, 2017, 9:12 AM

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can we convert skeletal mesh to destructible ?

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 9:12 AM

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you can convert to static

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and then convert to destructable

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Answers so far appear to be "No."

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But there are weird solutions like "I have not tried, but what if you create a squeletal mesh with only the bones and attach static mesh to them, after your model is even hard"

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Perhaps something has changed since then however. This was in 2014.

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/marketplace/13711-rama-s-per-bone-collision-system-entire-content-only-project-for-you?29880-Rama-s-Per-Bone-Collision-System-Entire-Content-Only-Project-For-You=

south ridge Sep 11, 2017, 9:15 AM

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Export skeletal mesh, re-import it as a static mesh

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 9:17 AM

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I do exactly what you describe i this video!

As long as your mesh is not contiguous / the various pieces are not connected,

you can simply use your skeletal mesh physics asset!

just delete all the constraints

and you will get the effect you want when you run simulate in the Physics Editor!

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Perhaps an answer lies somewhere in there.

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I guess deleting the constraints makes sense.

restive oxide Sep 11, 2017, 10:09 AM

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hey guys, not sure where to post this one: I have perforce setup but I'm having an issue. I have added a few 3d packs from marketplace and I'm using a few items, but not all from those packs. I'm wondering if there's a way to only add the models I'm using to perforce so I'm not wasting space on the server

warped silo Sep 11, 2017, 11:10 AM

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Yea, there definitely is a way to do that; but I've never done the process myself -- it could be as wasy as figuring out where UAssets from those content packs get stored, or as annoying as having to migrate out the ones you need from another project where you added the content pack. I wish I could be more help but I don't know your exact setup or config, but I'm certain that it's doable.

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@restive oxide Once the pack is imported, can't you just delete the ones you don't need? This will remove the UAssets and perforce shouldn't hold onto them if you either a) use the engine integration or b) manually mark them for delete and submit.

restive oxide Sep 11, 2017, 11:12 AM

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how do I delete the not in use ones?

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I'm not sure which ones I'm using, marking them individually would be time consuming, I was trying to find a way to automate the process

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 11:28 AM

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

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 11:30 AM

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@restive oxide when you try to delete something it'll ask if you're sure you want to delete it and it will tell you where its being referenced.

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At least it does on my client?

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 11:31 AM

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Please welcome @round token to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @halcyon holly to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @median geyser to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @vapid panther to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 12:13 PM

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Please welcome @slate storm to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @candid goblet to the community! :beers:

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 12:27 PM

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Is there anything special about the default damage event?

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Can I just plug in my own instead (without losing any serious functionality)? I'm simply triggering their damage event on overlap anyhow.

fierce bluff Sep 11, 2017, 12:44 PM

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I'm so bad at my own game... wtf

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 1:04 PM

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

paper kernel Sep 11, 2017, 1:07 PM

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@gloomy horizon not really, it's just in every actor class by default

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 1:24 PM

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how to create a clothing physics ? I just need to add bones in the clothes then after adding bones what now?

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 1:27 PM

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No lol what

paper kernel Sep 11, 2017, 1:27 PM

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you can do basic clothing with bones

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 1:27 PM

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Tian you import a plane that has no bones and import as a skeletal mesh

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Then you can make it into a clothing asset using the experimental tools

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It's pretty buggy though

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If that's your question

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I should add importing as a skeletal mesh adses a base bone but it's irrelevant

polar fossil Sep 11, 2017, 1:39 PM

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Is anyone aware what's the UI toolkit used for the Launcher?

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 1:41 PM

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I should check the Experimental tools

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after creating bones, I will just only activate the APPLY PHYSICS right?

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I got another question tho

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look at my model
I want to make him more like brownish like a mexicano with tacco lol, and I want to make him more rough not shinny like that

📎 model.JPG

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Here is my material, I'm not yet familiarize with the material section, currently studying proper topology

📎 material.JPG

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can I add a white/brownish color to combine with my Base Color? or my only option is to repaint him?

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 1:51 PM

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Please welcome @cold pecan to the community! :beers:

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 1:56 PM

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@plucky reef You can multiply the base color with another color, or use 3ColorBlend.

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For the shininess reduce the specular or increase the roughness.

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Import mesh (oh crap, forgot to tick import morph targets). Click import mesh again, selecting the mesh (oh crap, that reimports without a dialog box now). Open it in Persona, go down to the bottom of the settings, open Asset Import Data, tick Import Morph Targets, reimport with Persona button (??? no morph targets were imported), close Persona, click Import mesh and select mesh, morph targets appear now.

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Epic please.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:07 PM

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Please, why it says it isn't in Content? Looks on adress, it is in content.

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ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:08 PM

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Migrating only works properly when importing into Content/

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You can move stuff after that.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:09 PM

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Oh, thanks

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It doesn´t work for me

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When I migrating to Content

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"An asset already exists at location I:/Hry/WalogomCarvings 4.17/Content/HUDs/HUDSounds/Score.uasset would you like to overwrite it?" But they don't exist there

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When I click on "Yes all" that is the message

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plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:14 PM

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@ionic sedge "You can multiply the base color with another color, or use 3ColorBlend." how?

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:14 PM

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What's the message in the message log?

maiden swift Sep 11, 2017, 2:15 PM

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@plush yew What is the problem?

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:15 PM

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@neat yacht You put the nodes in the material editor? 😛

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:16 PM

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@maiden swift I can´t migrate sound wave files to content folder

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when I migrate it to another folder inside my project, it also copy every folder to those files

maiden swift Sep 11, 2017, 2:17 PM

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@plush yew Please don't tag moderators for troubleshooting. Only do so when you see someone violating the rules.

fierce tulip Sep 11, 2017, 2:17 PM

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and why are you calling out us moderators?

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:18 PM

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@maiden swift ok, sorry

sacred crater Sep 11, 2017, 2:18 PM

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We're here to moderate the community, not to help with every question :)

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Oh pfist got it

maiden swift Sep 11, 2017, 2:18 PM

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👍

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:18 PM

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But who can help me with that?

sacred crater Sep 11, 2017, 2:18 PM

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people from this community

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answerhub

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forums

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facebook groups

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lots of places to request help

maiden swift Sep 11, 2017, 2:19 PM

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@plush yew In a chat like this, it's best to just ask your question and wait. If someone is online and can help, they'll answer you.

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:19 PM

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@plush yew I'm trying to help but it's not easy when you ignore my questions. 😛

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:19 PM

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@ionic sedge I don't get it

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:19 PM

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@neat yacht https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/Materials/index.html Here, read everything.

Materials

Controlling the appearance of surfaces in the world using shaders.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:20 PM

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@ionic sedge I can´t copy it from there

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that is error

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:20 PM

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now that's helpful! can't study this one since I'm currently studying proper topology Thanks @ionic sedge

maiden swift Sep 11, 2017, 2:21 PM

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@plush yew Are you sure the file doesn't already exist? If you deleted it in UE4, it might still be there in Windows Explorer. Check the folder for the file outside of UE4 to see if it's there.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:22 PM

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I had it only in Sounds

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and I want move it to another folder

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so it can't exist there

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and I don't see it there

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:22 PM

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Try right clicking the folder you want to move it to and do Fix Redirectors.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:22 PM

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I don't want move folder

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only some files (sounds) from there

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:23 PM

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I didn't say you should move a folder... 😛

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:23 PM

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you want to move

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:23 PM

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Try right clicking the destination folder and do Fix Redirectors.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:23 PM

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ok

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Done, now try it again?

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:24 PM

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Yes, does it work?

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:25 PM

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No

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still no

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so, how can I move it? 😦

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 2:27 PM

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Try right clicking the folder with the sound files in it and do Fix Redirectors there too.

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:27 PM

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have you try restarting the UE?

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and restarting your system?

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:27 PM

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Please welcome @quaint cave to the community! :beers:

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I tried it also yesterday

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:28 PM

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hmmm so just try this one if you don't have a choice left but this is also 50-50 chance rate okay?

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:28 PM

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How can I fix redirectors in Content? I though, only folder with sound files

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:29 PM

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first exit UE and locate the "FILE EXISTING" outside UE, in windows explorer and try to move your "SOUNDS" to desktop for example and run UE, try to re import the thing you want to import then after save exit and try to import the sounds too

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:29 PM

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I can' import it again

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I am used them

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in BPs etc.

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everything will broke, when I import it again

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:30 PM

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then just move it

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:30 PM

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it also broke, no?

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it must import again

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when I move it

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:30 PM

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try to backup first

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:30 PM

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so also broke

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IDK how to backup :/

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:30 PM

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just copy your whole UE project to another folder

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 2:31 PM

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it doesn't copy BPs, no?

plucky reef Sep 11, 2017, 2:31 PM

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then that's your TEST folder, then try to do the RISKY moves, and if successful and nothing broke then do it in the original file

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it does

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just locate your project in desktop then copy it

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to other location

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and that's your safe testing project

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so if something goes crazy then at least you got your original project

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 3:35 PM

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Please welcome @buoyant slate to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @lunar maple to the community! :beers:

upper heart Sep 11, 2017, 3:46 PM

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4.17.2 coming this week?

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 4:06 PM

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Next week according to 4.17 release thread.

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It seems like there's an option in the Editor Preferences called "Show Import Dialog at Reimport" (in miscellaneous), good to know. 😛

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Really disliked the 4.17 behavior.

humble rivet Sep 11, 2017, 4:10 PM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/filedata/fetch?id=1094020&d=1448557350 is this still a good way to create an RTS camera ?

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 4:25 PM

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Does it... work?

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Branch False -> No it's bad

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 5:09 PM

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Please welcome @fiery hamlet to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 6:07 PM

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Please welcome @paper glacier to the community! :beers:

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 6:15 PM

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You can send a pawn through an actor node but not an actor through a pawn node

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 6:43 PM

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

thorny iron Sep 11, 2017, 6:46 PM

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good lord the marketplace is annoying to navigate

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when I click < Back, it returns me to the top of the page

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making me scroll each time

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 7:04 PM

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Yeah I still have 30 bucks from when they handed it out after UE4 went free to play 😛

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Can't navigate their store since it launched so I just don't spend it

uneven shard Sep 11, 2017, 7:05 PM

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anyone know if theres an option to make the new folder button in world outliner create a child folder instead of a parent? im looking through the options and don't see anything obvious

silk pumice Sep 11, 2017, 7:08 PM

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if you hold alt key and and arrow left or right it moves the box on the grid up and down but if I do up and down arrow it does not do anything. how do you move the box with keyboard across all axis?

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like left,right,forward,back, up, down

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 7:20 PM

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

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

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 7:28 PM

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

Imgur

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Anyone know what the reset button does here?

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I can't seem to figure out much about it.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 7:29 PM

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Please welcome @opal ice to the community! :beers:

upper heart Sep 11, 2017, 7:36 PM

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has anyone done character air movement via mouse?

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https://gfycat.com/RichCalculatingAlabamamapturtle

Gfycat

xi4

Untitled

▶ Play video

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like this

floral heart Sep 11, 2017, 7:41 PM

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E.g. Air control?

upper heart Sep 11, 2017, 7:42 PM

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yeah I'm messing with that. That is for keyboard, not mouse. but I guess it's a place to start

floral pagoda Sep 11, 2017, 7:43 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W6dk9gyoek&feature=em-uploademail

YouTube

Gamefromscratch

Blender 2.8 Is Going To Be Epic

A first look at the under development Blender 2.8. Specifically the new Eevee realtime renderer, as well as clay rendering mode. It's pretty staggering how m...

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gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 7:44 PM

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@upper heart it's not air control with mouse

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it's a constantly moving forward direction based on character rotation

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and it just so happens mouse movement plays a larger role in that

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You want to limit your forward momentum with your normal speed limit but crank up the velocity whenever your mouse is moving and W is pressed

upper heart Sep 11, 2017, 7:46 PM

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I see 😃 That is helpful, thank you Supa

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 7:48 PM

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Indeed ^_^

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 7:55 PM

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

frank escarp Sep 11, 2017, 8:04 PM

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blender 2.8 is going to be super stacked

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better viewport than any other software

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it seems it will even look better than Marmoset

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📎 image.png

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i made this today, wich is a beautified render of a model from my game

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i just remadde the same materials they were in ue4

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 8:06 PM

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decent

frank escarp Sep 11, 2017, 8:08 PM

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blender 2.79 adds the "principled" shader

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this shader for cycles is basically the same thing as unreal engine material

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so you can plug the textures directly

ionic sedge Sep 11, 2017, 8:26 PM

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I hope 2.8 brings better performance for rigs with the new dependancy graph, can't view the mesh and play back at 30 fps now, using a mirror modifier and stuff.

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 8:27 PM

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Please welcome @ember widget to the community! :beers:

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

pallid compass Sep 11, 2017, 8:45 PM

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Thoughts on limit to the amount of materials u would have on the character?

frank escarp Sep 11, 2017, 8:59 PM

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btw, blender 2.79 releases tomorrow

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@pallid compass just dont be a fucking idiot

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more materials = more drawcalls

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not much more of a performance hit

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and of course, it lets you separate special materials for things like glass

pallid compass Sep 11, 2017, 9:01 PM

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Yeah im aware

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But what really is too much

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i have no scope of too much for say 10 chars on screen each

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or 100

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etc

frank escarp Sep 11, 2017, 9:01 PM

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btw, remember the guest in last UE4 Blender Stream?

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mike erwin?

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he is going to work on the GLTF workflow in blender

bleak cargo Sep 11, 2017, 9:01 PM

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Depends on what your use is for

frank escarp Sep 11, 2017, 9:02 PM

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just remember. Even the incredibly high quality characters of Paragon dont have more than 3-4 materials

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and thats for incredible high fidelity stuff, with things like skin material or hair material

pallid compass Sep 11, 2017, 9:03 PM

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wait what..

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theres like 3

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for just the head

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i remember seeing that

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its gotta be more than 3-4?

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Skin, hair, eyes, armor, weapons? etc

frank escarp Sep 11, 2017, 9:05 PM

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weapons arent counted

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armor usually goes alongside the rest of the body

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yeah, skin, hair, eyes are all separate materials

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due to how different they are

pallid compass Sep 11, 2017, 9:05 PM

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im just thinking for my ships thats all

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Body, wings, engine, then weapons

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and other stuff

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getting worried its too high

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 9:13 PM

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

frank escarp Sep 11, 2017, 9:23 PM

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why would you need multiple materials there?

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you can put everything in 1 map

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im sure 1 4k texture is better than 4 2k textures

pallid compass Sep 11, 2017, 9:31 PM

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no lol

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not if u have loads of parts

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u cant fit it in single 4k map

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the normal map texture loss is awful

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 10:46 PM

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Please welcome @stoic agate to the community! :beers:

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 11:05 PM

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What would you folks recommend for spawning text in 3D Space?

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I wanted to make it something I can call from other classes at random

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so I can display text above damaged enemeies (Like damage dealt)

livid haven Sep 11, 2017, 11:06 PM

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Do you really want it in 3D space?

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 11:06 PM

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Yeah, borderlands style.

livid haven Sep 11, 2017, 11:06 PM

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Or do you just want it in 2D space corresponding to a 3D position?

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 11:06 PM

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Hmm

livid haven Sep 11, 2017, 11:06 PM

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I don't recall how it looks in Borderlands.

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 11:06 PM

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That's a good point, neither do I actually.

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Yeah I think 2D text

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in 3D space would be bettter tbh

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especially in VR

digital anchor Sep 11, 2017, 11:09 PM

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i got curious and went to search borderlands item drops

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lmao

livid haven Sep 11, 2017, 11:09 PM

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So, what comes to mind is that you'd have a Canvas in your HUD

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Spawn a widget at the deprojected position of their head.

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Have it update it's position each tick based on the old 3D position it was spawned at.

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 11:11 PM

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how do I get the deprojected position

livid haven Sep 11, 2017, 11:11 PM

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I don't recall the exact API.

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But you can find some hits on deproject, project, world, viewport, screen

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Alternatively (sorry for the delay)

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You could try using the UMG widget component. Probably best to spawn 'em on a separate actor located where the original actor was, so it doesn't get destroyed with them.

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I think you can make the UMG widget component auto-billboard.

gloomy horizon Sep 11, 2017, 11:23 PM

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no prob for the delay

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i had a spider crawl on me and due to recent back injury hurt myself more than I should of tryingto get it off

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 11:44 PM

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Please welcome @uneven fractal to the community! :beers:

uneven fractal Sep 11, 2017, 11:45 PM

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any starter tutorials you guys would recommend?

plush yew Sep 11, 2017, 11:57 PM

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Please welcome @elfin field to the community! :beers:

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

wheat grotto Sep 12, 2017, 12:02 AM

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@uneven fractal what were you looking to start with? Have you looked at the starter content?

uneven fractal Sep 12, 2017, 12:11 AM

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Not entirely sure the engine is dling atm so I'm just making a list of need to watch guides and such

wheat grotto Sep 12, 2017, 12:12 AM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/GettingStarted/index.html

Get Started with UE4

Introductory information for developers starting out creating games with Unreal Engine.

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Has a lot of introductory stuff.

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If you're going to program, might want to check out the reference library as well.

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/QuickStart/index.html

uneven fractal Sep 12, 2017, 12:16 AM

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very intresting stuff my only coding experience is going from bottom up with java making shite little programs for a programming class so this is very intresting how it's much more top down oriented with everything already being there

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 12:51 AM

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Please welcome @jade ginkgo to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 1:40 AM

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Please welcome @sour lotus to the community! :beers:

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

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Please welcome @blazing shell to the community! :beers:

uneven fractal Sep 12, 2017, 1:56 AM

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dang people are constantly joining

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?

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 2:04 AM

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Please welcome @snow pier to the community! :beers:

snow pier Sep 12, 2017, 2:04 AM

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nah dont mind me im just here to lurk

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 2:07 AM

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

tulip vault Sep 12, 2017, 2:51 AM

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!gameidea

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 2:51 AM

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A horror game where you whistle at conspiracy theories to gain levels and you can only make one mistake.

tulip vault Sep 12, 2017, 2:56 AM

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!gameidea

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 2:56 AM

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A shooting game where you poison magic cards to unlock a mysterious door after landing on a mysterious planet.

tulip vault Sep 12, 2017, 2:56 AM

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sounds kinda like doom

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 3:03 AM

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Please welcome @analog isle to the community! :beers:

analog isle Sep 12, 2017, 3:07 AM

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I like beer

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 4:48 AM

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Is it just me or is downloading 4.17.1 painfully slow for anyone else.

fiery harbor Sep 12, 2017, 5:45 AM

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@steady frigate how slow is painfully slow?

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 5:46 AM

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fiery harbor Sep 12, 2017, 5:46 AM

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ah, that's quite slow

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 5:47 AM

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Yeah should still be done before UE5 comes out though 😄

fiery harbor Sep 12, 2017, 5:47 AM

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you can get it from github if you don't mind compiling it yourself

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 5:48 AM

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that would mean compiling on windows

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I dont mind compiling software, I detest compiling on windows.

fiery harbor Sep 12, 2017, 5:48 AM

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eh?

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I think you can compile it on Mac too if you prefer that

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or are you a Linux guy?

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 5:50 AM

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Linux 😄

fiery harbor Sep 12, 2017, 5:50 AM

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ah nice

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what's the alternative to visual studio on Linux?

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visual studio is so great, I can't imagine Linux has anything better, so why do you dislike compiling on windows?

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 5:52 AM

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for the stuff I've done which isn't a lot mind you I never use anything except geany and G++

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like those are the only 2 things I need. Dependencies not included

fiery harbor Sep 12, 2017, 5:53 AM

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ok

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I dislike windows, because I dislike closed source software from huge companies, but I still think it's an awesome platform for developing software

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it seems to be possible to compile UE4 on Linux though: https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux

Building On Linux

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@steady frigate did you take a look at that already?

safe rose Sep 12, 2017, 5:57 AM

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Hmmmmmmmmm, I have a question... is there a way to ENTER Editor windows with the keyboard currently, specifically DataTable window?

Like I can't enter them, I have to click on it.
https://i.gyazo.com/258b38721b36f3c290b71a9dda457351.gif

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 5:58 AM

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I saw it ages ago but never tried it. Which is why I still have windows in this dual boot machne

plush yew Sep 12, 2017, 6:41 AM

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Please welcome @gritty dirge to the community! :beers:

steady frigate Sep 12, 2017, 7:11 AM

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Well its finally downloaded now thanks for the help and sorry about just coming here and moaning about my slow internet 😛

shy heron Sep 12, 2017, 9:29 AM

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WHO WANTS TO PLAY [MAD GAB] ????

Its easy ... ill say some words like
ASK RUDE ARRIVE HER
and you gotta say it out loud and type what it sounds like your saying , in this case
if you say "ASK RUDE ARRIVE HER" out loud , it sounds like your saying
"A SCREW DRIVER "

GET IT ? if you want to play give me atleast 3 thumbs ups and we will begin

ruby chasm Sep 12, 2017, 9:33 AM

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Anybody ever get lag in UE4? Looks like low FPS but no FPS warnings, my mouse lags behind a little, project takes long to load etc. I have an i7700K, GTX 1080, 16 GB ram and my CPU and memory usage is between 10% - 40% when I'm not doing anything heavy but the lag still happens.

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I updated my GPU driver.

icy wind Sep 12, 2017, 9:41 AM

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anyone have experience with perforce? used to a single classic depot but trying to make 2 different stream depots but i keep getting a ...#head - file(s) not in client view. error, not entirley sure how to fix it but im sure its simple x.X

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ooohhh.... think i might of found the issue x.X

safe rose Sep 12, 2017, 9:55 AM

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@icy wind you good now?

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You forgot to add the stream to the workspace probably

icy wind Sep 12, 2017, 9:57 AM

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yea, but i noticed in the history the revision are going up strangley like from 5 to 8 etc

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or 4 6 7, is the history still showing the difference between the two depots?

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anyway to get each depot its own history?

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nvm, got it... tend to find the answer right after i finaly ask the dam question x.X

safe rose Sep 12, 2017, 10:15 AM

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@icy wind Yo

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What did you do to get the depot its own history?

icy wind Sep 12, 2017, 10:49 AM

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@safe rose created two additional folders inside the the holding folder for my projects for perforce

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not sure if its what your supposed to do or is a hacky method but hey it works >_>

jolly void Sep 12, 2017, 1:14 PM

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anyone accustomed to packing to UWP could give me some lights? my first issue is straight not being able to build the UE4 generated file from the uwp to unreal fork

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 2:08 PM

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https://www.blender.org/features/releases/2-79/

blender.org

Pablo Vazquez

2.79 — blender.org

Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software

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blender 2.79 released

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the last stable release before the madness of the 2.8 branch

ionic sedge Sep 12, 2017, 2:25 PM

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I tested 2.8, pretty cool.

steep flicker Sep 12, 2017, 2:34 PM

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The Denoise for Cycles looks very interesting.

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and the PBR one for all shader.

cloud cobalt Sep 12, 2017, 2:38 PM

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What's wrong with 2.8 @frank escarp

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 2:39 PM

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its incredibly half-baked right now

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and will be very buggy for a long time

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i remember the 2.5 days. It didnt become properly stable until almost 2.6

cloud cobalt Sep 12, 2017, 3:09 PM

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Well, it's not released, is it ?

ionic sedge Sep 12, 2017, 3:10 PM

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It's not done but there are experimental builds if you want to try it out.

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I think the transition to 2.8 will be way smoother because of the devs experience with the 2.5 process though, they planned things way better this time.

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 3:11 PM

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@cloud cobalt its not released, but when 2.8 itself releases officially, you can be sure as hell its going to be crashtastic for a while

cloud cobalt Sep 12, 2017, 3:11 PM

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I certainly hope not :/

ionic sedge Sep 12, 2017, 3:12 PM

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I doubt that you will have many crashes.

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 3:13 PM

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few people will use blender 2.8 before official

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wich means that only part of the bugs will be reported

ionic sedge Sep 12, 2017, 3:13 PM

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I tested it and didn't crash once. It will crash if you've got an old GPU that can't handle the new opengl requirements though.

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 3:13 PM

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once a blender version gets released, WAY more people try it

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as such, much more bugs get reported

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and eventually get fixed

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right now blender is rock solid

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but thats becouse they have been chilling with the features a bit lately

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blender 2.8 is balls to the wall FEATUREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES update

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so much new stuff will be buggy

ionic sedge Sep 12, 2017, 3:14 PM

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Buggy, sure. I doubt it will crash though.

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 3:15 PM

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its written in C

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it will be crashtastic

ionic sedge Sep 12, 2017, 3:15 PM

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I don't see why that would be the case, Blender is still C (+ python) right now and doesn't crash. 😛

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I think you're way more likely to crash now rather than later, but you can still report any bugs on the Blender bug tracker if you find them.

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 3:18 PM

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its stable now becouse they have been fixing bugs for a lot of time

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Blender 2.5 was all the new stuff, it was ridiculously crashy

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by 2.6, they made it stable

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and broke it becouse on the 2.6 series they started to add features at a extreme pace

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from GSOC and similar

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but kept it under control

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the 2.7 series slowed down a bit, and they focused more on bugfixing before releases

keen plank Sep 12, 2017, 3:54 PM

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@Epic Staff i really wanna thank you so much to all epicgames team, everyday i`m discovering new awesome stuff, you really Rock EpicGames, this is MadNess, love you all 😃 🤘

topaz jay Sep 12, 2017, 4:03 PM

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Has anyone had issues adding a plugin as an engine plugin on version 4.16 ? mine is simply not being listed it seems and i can't figure out why

bold siren Sep 12, 2017, 4:05 PM

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has anybody else had a bunch of crashes when using the sequencer in 4.17?

scenic chasm Sep 12, 2017, 6:18 PM

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@bold siren I see that there are some fixes in 4.17.2. Here's one of them: https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/5e41c856d1a8ac654aaf814a43444712abb9950d

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Not sure if this is your issue. Might want to roam github on the 4.17 branch to see if anything is upcoming.

bold siren Sep 12, 2017, 6:32 PM

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thanks teak, i think i found it here https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/a70eea219782413f28d6bbddb44cedfe5b4ab694

scenic chasm Sep 12, 2017, 6:55 PM

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awesome...!

thorny iron Sep 12, 2017, 6:58 PM

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Hey guys - what are your tricks for organizing marketplace assets in your folder?

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as opposed to having lots of 3rd party folders ;\

stoic agate Sep 12, 2017, 7:00 PM

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I keep all marketplace in a separate project organized by however its delivered by default. If I come across something that is actually usable (seems like 90% isn't) I then Migrate the asset I want to my project

thorny iron Sep 12, 2017, 7:01 PM

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Still when you migrate it, it'll come with all its named folders

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why do you say 90% isnt usable?

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I MUST know why you find them unusable :p

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@stoic agate

gloomy horizon Sep 12, 2017, 7:07 PM

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How can I grab the rotation from one actor to another?

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Not necessarily the player either, just the rotation that would be the heading direction towards another object.

stoic agate Sep 12, 2017, 7:20 PM

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@thorny iron Sturgeon's Law

obsidian nimbus Sep 12, 2017, 7:20 PM

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from what i read the cpu are pretty decent for price atm, vid card mwehhh

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was hoping for more power for less power 😛

frank escarp Sep 12, 2017, 7:26 PM

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threadripper is cool for compiling

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and baking lights

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pretty sure of that

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but its singlethread performance is just "ok"

obsidian nimbus Sep 12, 2017, 7:27 PM

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as for marketplace stuff , a lot of stuff u can find free on the forum and it will work better cuz many more ppl contribute

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there are a few good sellers , but there is a lot of hacky stuff on there

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i gues its good for props like trees and materials

thorny iron Sep 12, 2017, 7:40 PM

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trees yes

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grass yes

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materials - maybe - although I find it more productive and more control with Substance

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absolutely love substance

halcyon marlin Sep 12, 2017, 7:41 PM

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!gameidea

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did I break it?

thorny iron Sep 12, 2017, 7:42 PM

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actually does anyone know if this looks any good:

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https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/water-materials

Water Materials by tharlevfx in Materials - UE4 Marketplace

https://vimeo.com/188064110

12 high-end Water Materials, ranging from Ocean to Waterfall, created with Vertex painting and Material Parameters to give you full control over the final look of the Material.

obsidian nimbus Sep 12, 2017, 7:48 PM

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yea u get free materials if you have substance... its only for ppl that dont have it/ dont do materials i guess

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for furniture and scene building its great i guess

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it looks good on the pic

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/work-in-progress/17331-community-project-wip-weather-ocean-water-shader

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and epic has a water planes project in learn tab

thorny iron Sep 12, 2017, 7:55 PM

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I do use the ocean plugin from community but it's not good for smaller planes

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(ie lake, pond etc)

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yea ill check epic's, last I checked a couple years back it was kinda lacking but will look again

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they're not too difficult to make either - ive used them in some instances, but i dunno, sometimes its nice to see what other ppl make 😉

obsidian nimbus Sep 12, 2017, 7:56 PM

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yup true , its hard to see from a few pics if its any good, could be worth the money i have no idea

toxic wagon Sep 12, 2017, 7:59 PM

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what all does the animation starter pack have?

obsidian nimbus Sep 12, 2017, 7:59 PM

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grab it , its free 😛

toxic wagon Sep 12, 2017, 8:14 PM

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I don't want to install it just to see what it has :v

floral heart Sep 12, 2017, 8:19 PM

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Do it anyway

toxic wagon Sep 12, 2017, 8:49 PM

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I wasn't even going to use them

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but whatever

floral heart Sep 12, 2017, 8:53 PM

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Step 1: Buy 2 TB SSD
Step 2: Download all the free things
Step 3: ...
Step 4: Bankruptcy

proper quiver Sep 12, 2017, 9:04 PM

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hey all, I have a folder I need to add as additional non asset directory but I want to EXCLUDE a specific folder in that directory

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how do I do that?

surreal viper Sep 12, 2017, 9:15 PM

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exclude what from where?

proper quiver Sep 12, 2017, 9:18 PM

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I have a Content/Scripts folder I want to include as Additional Non Assets To Copy

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but I DON'T want Content/Scripts/game/node_modules

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📎 Screenshot_2017-09-12_14.00.46.png

cyan grotto Sep 12, 2017, 10:30 PM

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kind of a dumb first question but I'm litterally taking my first steps with UE right now

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my visual studio is checking LOTS of files at moment

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is it going to do this each time, or with each project, or is it a one time scan?

livid haven Sep 12, 2017, 10:48 PM

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@cyan grotto First time cost, generally, but that's Intellisense. Intellisense is kind of shit at coping with UE4's size and complexity. The only alternative is buying a 3rd party plugin called Visual Assist X from Whole Tomato Software, $100 US.

cyan grotto Sep 12, 2017, 10:49 PM

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ah, not something I can afford I am afraid

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thanks for the answer

livid haven Sep 12, 2017, 10:49 PM

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Shouldn't be a huge problem.

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The bigger problem is that Intellisense just doesn't behave very well and you might be left without autocompletion in some cases or unable to easily jump to the declaration/definition for something.

cyan grotto Sep 12, 2017, 10:50 PM

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yeah, I had a couple times where autocompletion didn't really keep up

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...that's going to bother some people at school

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I am looking at you, people who_name_your_stuff_like_this

uneven fractal Sep 12, 2017, 11:01 PM

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where do I find the parameters tab in persona_animations?

safe rose Sep 12, 2017, 11:03 PM

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@Xanjis#5079 For which?

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shoot

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@uneven fractal

uneven fractal Sep 12, 2017, 11:43 PM

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not sure just got unreal 4 and I'm doing the tutorials but part of it seems to be outdated

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I guess X-axis label X-axis range and X-axis divisions @safe rose

safe rose Sep 12, 2017, 11:44 PM

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@uneven fractal they are broken up into 4 chunks now

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It is no longer one whole "persona"

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It has split personalities

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@uneven fractal https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Animation/Persona/index.html

Animation Editors

Editor for previewing and editing AnimBlueprints, AnimationSequences and other animation assets.

uneven fractal Sep 12, 2017, 11:45 PM

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oh god

safe rose Sep 12, 2017, 11:46 PM

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no, it's good

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but if you have any further questions @uneven fractal try #animation

uneven fractal Sep 12, 2017, 11:48 PM

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alright I wasn't entirely sure since this was like the baby tutorial before it branches off into distinct branches like graphiics animation audio ai ect

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:01 AM

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guys is there a way to send a game asset as a prefab?

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with all the mats already on the object?

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:04 AM

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@unique spire umm

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Yes

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You can put them in a Blueprint Actor

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:05 AM

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hmm okay is that the only way?

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:05 AM

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I mean

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I don't understand your question

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This isn't Unity

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We don't have Unity Prefabs

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BUT

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There is a plugin that does that

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/marketplace/117484-prefab-tool-prefab-support-for-unreal-engine

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:06 AM

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so a 3 artist made a model for me and she wants to send it me but when it goes in the ue4 engine i will need to manually add the textures and mats

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:06 AM

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well duh

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UE4 uses Materials

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You will need to hook them up in Mats

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and then put those Mats on the Static Mesh

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or SK

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:07 AM

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yeah thats what i thought

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:07 AM

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Your question was confusing 😉

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:07 AM

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sorry bro

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:07 AM

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It's okay

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:07 AM

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bit silly how u cant send a model over to ue4 and have all the textures applied onto it

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:08 AM

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Umm

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I don't think you can do that even in Unity

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But I didn't do any 3D work in Unity

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So, I guess I wouldn't know

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:08 AM

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yeah same been agers since i used unity

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:08 AM

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Yeah, you would be hard pressed

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To find an engine that could do that

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I mean, I don't think it's impossible

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There must be a way for the importer to handle it

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There was a discussion about this last night

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Actually

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Someone wanted a programmer to make such a plugin

unique spire Sep 13, 2017, 1:09 AM

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okay

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well thanks for your help

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😉

uneven fractal Sep 13, 2017, 1:20 AM

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so I'm totally new if I'm interpreting this right you wanted your model that's already skinned to be imported into ue4 with that skin already as a material?

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 1:22 AM

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@uneven fractal I was assuming he already knew how to import into the engine

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and that these: https://gyazo.com/b47e39f66ff43c11b5a163a1e5910495

Gyazo

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since they are default on

uneven fractal Sep 13, 2017, 1:26 AM

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oh don't worry I got it eventually

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The parameters I was looking for were there by they changed they names of the ones I was looking for in an update

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 3:29 AM

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Good or Bad Idea? : https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/feedback-for-epic/documentation-feedback/1352788-lack-of-docs-whining-has-been-a-hot-topic-for-years-is-there-a-viable-solution-i-think-so

icy wind Sep 13, 2017, 3:31 AM

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glorious... especially the needs update button x.X

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 3:31 AM

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Post if you have any ideas

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Or just if you support or hate it

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Epic really needs more input

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More constructive ones obviously

icy wind Sep 13, 2017, 3:31 AM

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ue4 evolves at such a pace it should almost be a prerequisite that theres a need update button

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 3:33 AM

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I agree

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I thought I had proposed this once

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But I think I was talking to someone directly though

urban salmon Sep 13, 2017, 3:36 AM

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UE docs turning into a wiki is a... bad idea.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 3:40 AM

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not a wiki?

icy wind Sep 13, 2017, 3:44 AM

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i say start with the needs update, then if it comes to a certain point rely on the community

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if anything should have needs update button or - this doesnt exist in ue4 button anymore x.X

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j/k sorta >.<

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 4:04 AM

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Please welcome @final oar to the community! :beers:

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 5:30 AM

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@Pingu#2287 Sounds like a #blueprint problem

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 5:58 AM

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Hey, does anyone know if we can use the unreal logo for a splash screen when the game is opened?

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and what are the guidelines?

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can we edit anything?

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:04 AM

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@plush sky gotta fill out form

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and ask

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:05 AM

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I can't answer any of that but I'm pretty confident that stuff is answered on some legal page or some such

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:05 AM

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usually won't be an issue

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https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding

Unreal Engine Branding Guidelines and Trademark Usage

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Read that

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And follow the instructions

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:05 AM

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I know it's not without constraints, especially after less than savory titles used the logo and thus associated Epic/Unreal with their content.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:06 AM

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Aye

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And they want us to use Black Logo now

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versus the colored version

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😭

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Which is obviously 100% up to their discretion. Since it's their new logo.

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:06 AM

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The link you provided actually says to talk to them about customizing.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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https://gyazo.com/e3a5f4965b1e3a7f5004afb47631e24f

Gyazo

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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📎 unknown.png

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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i just want to add Powered by above it

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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Look up

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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Look down

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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haha

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cool

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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lol

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:07 AM

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thanks guys

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:08 AM

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The whole page

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he needs it

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:08 AM

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Aye.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:08 AM

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If he doesn't need it tailored, above

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If he wants to, below

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😃

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:08 AM

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i mena i just think they should have the credit of the game makes it. lol

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:08 AM

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Just saying you can customize it, with their approval - they're not unwilling to discuss that and include instructions for getting it cleared with them.

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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by creedit i mean that they get credit the game was buildwith unreal engine

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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Aye, they are pretty quick to tell you what's good or not

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literally less than 24 hours from when I submitted once

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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awesome

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thanks guys

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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I think the main credit they care about is that 5% royalty. 😉

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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haha yeah

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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Their Legal staff doens't look to be overworked ;0

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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whats the threshold?

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75k?

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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3k

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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Oh, way lower than that AFAIK

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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3k per quarter

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 AM

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wait really?

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Ah ok

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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so 12k per year

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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Yeah, 3K is what I recall.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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I mean

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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so 9k per year

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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?

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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12 sorry

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lol

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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there's 4 quarters...

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lol

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How are you doing your game math?

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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my bad i am brain dead, been on this for 2 days straight

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 AM

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Heh, trust me, I can understand the feeling

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 6:11 AM

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!help

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@plush yew, Sent you a DM with information.

plush sky Sep 13, 2017, 6:11 AM

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haha, yeah. and i was stuck on such a simple BP issue.......took hours to work it out and it was such a simple fix....

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i think i need sleep lol

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:11 AM

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@plush yew ok

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wait what

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!help

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 6:12 AM

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@safe rose, Sent you a DM with information.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:12 AM

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hmm, guess I never noticed that

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 6:23 AM

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Please welcome @mellow thicket to the community! :beers:

remote roost Sep 13, 2017, 6:29 AM

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Alright, I can't for the life of me get the length of my level sequence as long as I need to get it to be.
How can I extend the length of it?

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 6:39 AM

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Right Click

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Set End Time

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Time Bar, Dark Grey Top

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or just move the red line

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https://i.gyazo.com/74988d5c20fa57cd38b41c58bb38b6e4.gif

remote roost Sep 13, 2017, 6:40 AM

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Isn't changing anything, my camera cuts is below what I want it to be

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should i just redo the end part

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as it probably wasn't being recorded

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I just can't get the track to be any longer for some reason

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Making camera cuts longer just breaks the level sequence and it won't even spawn

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 8:07 AM

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Hi all. My message log is kind of not on screen so I can not see what it wants to tell me. Is there some way to get it back into view? Closing and opening again doesn't help =/

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 8:49 AM

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Please welcome @wintry dragon to the community! :beers:

robust tree Sep 13, 2017, 9:05 AM

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hey

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Can i ask you for retweet https://twitter.com/Bart_Kamski/status/907890518868324352

Bartosz Kamiński (@Bart_Kamski)

Sale is over. But new sounds are finnaly there. If you have it update it, if u don't buy it! #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio #ue4 https://t.co/6S2V4BDXgf

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 9:31 AM

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Please welcome @steep shoal to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @noble lichen to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 9:57 AM

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Please welcome @karmic sluice to the community! :beers:

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Please welcome @fallow latch to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 11:40 AM

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Please welcome @acoustic dock to the community! :beers:

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 11:53 AM

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Now I'm done with my model

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 12:25 PM

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@lean fog @steady fractal so sexy

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 12:26 PM

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Please welcome @winged belfry to the community! :beers:

steady fractal Sep 13, 2017, 12:26 PM

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?

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I mean

winged belfry Sep 13, 2017, 12:27 PM

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Hello guys! Can you explain me how it here works?

steady fractal Sep 13, 2017, 12:27 PM

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I know I'm sexy

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I just thought I was the only one who knew it

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https://giphy.com/gifs/reactiongifs-SUeUCn53naadO

Giphy

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Oh man that felt good

winged belfry Sep 13, 2017, 12:28 PM

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Oh well, I found it in #more-resources

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 12:29 PM

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Please welcome @primal prairie to the community! :beers:

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 12:29 PM

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Hey

winged belfry Sep 13, 2017, 12:30 PM

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I have got problem with Editor (there is missing channel for #editor), I'm installed CLion plugin yesterday and everything worked great. But I miss compile button today. Anyway C++ Source files all still in editor, only the Compile button is missing. Can anyone help me fix this issue?
UE: 4.17.1
I'm tryed to regenerate Visual Studio project files.

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There is screenshot how I mean it.

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📎 unknown.png

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 12:32 PM

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how did you create that facial animiation @steady fractal ?

steady fractal Sep 13, 2017, 12:32 PM

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is live video

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of peoples everytime I tell a joke

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 12:42 PM

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that is your work right?

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@steady fractal

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 12:45 PM

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It's not

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In case you're serious

steady fractal Sep 13, 2017, 12:51 PM

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I MAKE THE MONKEYS

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 12:52 PM

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@steady fractal OH you're back

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Where have you been hiding monkey?

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🐒

steady fractal Sep 13, 2017, 12:52 PM

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On the high seas

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📎 unknown.png

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SEE

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IS MONKEY

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 12:54 PM

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Blender 2.79 says "what's up"

📎 steampunk_suzanne_juancarlosmontes.jpg

steady fractal Sep 13, 2017, 12:54 PM

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It's blender 2.8 I'm looking forward too 😉

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 12:54 PM

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Please welcome @polar fog to the community! :beers:

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 12:56 PM

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I tot it's his work

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can anyone here teach me about facial animations?

surreal viper Sep 13, 2017, 1:04 PM

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just make weird faces in front of a mirror and u will know everything

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 1:13 PM

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I mean animations

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Workflow

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 1:17 PM

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What do youw ant to know exactly ?

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It's not exactly something you learn just like that

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:30 PM

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Does anyone know much about important blender FBX to unreal?

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i find my scale is very off

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:31 PM

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You need to change some settings from the default.

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:31 PM

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Can you point me in the right direction?

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:31 PM

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It should look like this.

📎 unitscale.png

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:32 PM

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ah okay, i have it set to metric

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but not a smaller unit scale

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:32 PM

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Then select your rig and scale it up by 100 times, then select it and do Apply Object Transform selecting scale, then do the same for the mesh.

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:32 PM

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Wouldnt that just make it so the unit scale is actually 1..?

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:33 PM

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You would think so, but that's not what happens. What happens is that things look normal but are really 100 times bigger, which solves scale issues for rigs in UE4.

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:33 PM

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Damn thats odd

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lol

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:33 PM

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Blame UE4 for not handling rig scaling well. 😛

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But with the settings I posted things should work the same as in Maya.

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:34 PM

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so then i have to change camera clipping settings etc just to look at the mesh in blender

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:34 PM

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Yeah.

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:35 PM

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Pretty sure its still the same size in unreal :/

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:36 PM

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So what is the scale problem?

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:36 PM

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Or maybe it is just huge.. im trying to figure it out

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basically i have a pine tree

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that is something like 65m tall

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:36 PM

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Did you apply transforms for the rig and mesh? You should also export at 1 scale.

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 1:36 PM

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I need workflow for facial animation hmm

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:37 PM

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I appled scale to the object

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and rexported at 1

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how do i apply transforms to the mesh?

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:37 PM

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If it's not a rig you should only do it to the mesh.

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But scaling works properly for static meshes so that's not your issue probably.

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What happens in UE4?

primal prairie Sep 13, 2017, 1:38 PM

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One second let me check something

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how do i make a box in unreal with metre dimensions?

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:40 PM

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I'm having troubles getting SceneCaptureing to work the way I want. I set the Capture Source of my SceneCaptureComponent2D to "SceneColor (HDR) in RGB, Inv Opacity), as you can see in the screenshot. Also, the preview of the render target looks perfectly okay. But when I open the render target, the object is being rendered fully transparent. Render Target Format is set to RTF RGBA16f.

📎 unknown.png

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That's what I really get:

📎 unknown.png

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:41 PM

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Try changing inverted opacity to something else.

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:42 PM

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I've tried all of the options, I either get a fully transparent texture or the object starts to glow:

📎 unknown.png

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SceneColor (HDR) in RGB, 0 in A leads to a fully transparent texture.

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The glowy thing comes from using "Final Color (LDR) in RGB"

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:46 PM

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So in the mode with inverted opacity, what shows if you double click the texture and disable alpha?

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:46 PM

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@ionic sedge By selecting a Render Target Format without alpha channel, you mean?

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:47 PM

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The one you showed first above.

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Try double clicking the texture target and disabling the alpha channel.

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:48 PM

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How do I disable the alpha channel?

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That's what I see

📎 unknown.png

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:49 PM

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If you double click the render target texture?

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:49 PM

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Ah. Never mind, found it.

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:49 PM

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😛

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It's in View.

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:49 PM

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I had to click on View, yeah 😃

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📎 unknown.png

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That's what I get then

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:50 PM

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o_O

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Try setting the capture mode to LDR again and the texture to LDR too.

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:51 PM

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Fun fact: When I switch to a different tab, then back to the render target, it is rendered as it should be, then it changes to the image you see above

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How do I change the texture to LDR? Switching to TF RGBA8?

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:52 PM

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Yeah probably.

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I mean it shouldn't glow, if anything it should get darker.

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:53 PM

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... it still glows.

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:53 PM

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How are you using the render target?

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:54 PM

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I'm rendering it to my HUD using DrawTexture

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:54 PM

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But how are you capturing the mesh?

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 1:55 PM

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That's my blueprint setup:

📎 unknown.png

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In C++, I do:

    capture_->bCaptureEveryFrame = true;
    capture_->bAutoActivate = true;
    capture_->TextureTarget->ClearColor = FLinearColor::Transparent;
    capture_->UpdateContent();
    capture_->TextureTarget->UpdateResourceImmediate();

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That's in BeginPlay

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That's how I draw it: DrawTexture(camera_->GetTarget(), 500, 400, 128, 128, 0, 0, 1, 1);. GetTarget() returns a pointer to the render target.

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 1:57 PM

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You could try using a material instead, and use 1-x on the opacity.

dim quiver Sep 13, 2017, 2:04 PM

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📎 new_20170911_040757.gif

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 2:05 PM

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That would be a possible workaround, I guess. I just copied my capturing setup to a new, empty level, disabled Capture Every Frame and it looked like the way I want it to look. Maybe I fucked something up somewhere, I'll keep looking. Thanks for your help so far, @ionic sedge !

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 2:06 PM

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haha

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@dim quiver haha

graceful falcon Sep 13, 2017, 2:30 PM

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@ionic sedge Looks like it has something to do with orthographic rendering

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 2:32 PM

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Okay, you could just try a camera with really low FOV then.

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:09 PM

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okay okay, now how do I make a animation? facial animation to be exact, tell me details I know the different expressions but how will I put it into animations? the easiest workflow (adding bones and weight painting and move it manually one by one etc) like that, step by step

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 3:11 PM

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Choose either bone animation or morph target animation, then animate it in a 3d software like Blender.

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 3:11 PM

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Motion capture is what people do nowadays

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:11 PM

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that's the one I wanna talk about, the motion capture

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can I use my dslr or this c922 pro to record my animations and then bind it in 3d software? (facial capture)

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 3:13 PM

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You could put markers on your face and track that in 3d software, I haven't done that myself though.

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For me just animating with keyframes is way easier.

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:13 PM

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but I can do that with any HD camera right? I don't need kinetic camera right?

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but I need many facial animations

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so this recording project will save a lot of time

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 3:14 PM

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Frankly, I'd advise against doing a game that requires facial animation, as an indie.

next badger Sep 13, 2017, 3:14 PM

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@dim quiver Wanna get banned?

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 3:14 PM

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It's something the biggest studios sometimes fail to do properly, it's a huge lot of work

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You still need to know animation

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 3:15 PM

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What kind of animations do you need?

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 3:15 PM

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You still need actors

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You still need competent 3D artists

gloomy horizon Sep 13, 2017, 3:18 PM

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Is 1 Unreal unit 1cm?

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 3:19 PM

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By default, yes

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:22 PM

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@cloud cobalt it's fine but I wanna study that too, so all I need is a proper help

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there's nothing wrong if you wanna expand your knowledge right? hmm

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curiosity

cloud cobalt Sep 13, 2017, 3:25 PM

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Just a warning. You're talking about needing "many facial animations", so I need to be clear that you don't do that as an indie

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Just like you don't build a MMO, etc

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:27 PM

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yup I'll remember all your warning/sayings since you're a good indie creator ^_^ much respect to you sir

next badger Sep 13, 2017, 3:28 PM

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@plucky reef You may stick with FaceRig, it's probably the cheapest solution on the market

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:28 PM

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but can you tell me how? I got HD cameras

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facerig? can I put my custom made character there?

next badger Sep 13, 2017, 3:29 PM

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@plucky reef yes, You can, otherwise why would I suggested it...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0RAyvFkC3Y

YouTube

FaceRig

Studio Bits 4: FaceRig Studio export .fbx format

The fbx animation export is just the start of FaceRig-Studio centric features. We are starting with FBX animation export at 30 Hz, but we are also working on...

▶ Play video

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:29 PM

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@next badger thank you so much, I'll try to look at it

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I think it's a character that comes with software

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can I import my custom character there?

next badger Sep 13, 2017, 3:31 PM

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@plucky reef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Em4PZlA8j0

YouTube

Julius Sanchez

FaceRig Studio Tutorial Importing Custom Model from Maya

This is an overview tutorial process from 3D software to FaceRig covering issues like textures not exporting, FaceRig crashing, model orientation naming and ...

▶ Play video

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:32 PM

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now that's a perfect answer!

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I tot facerig can only track your movement ONLY with their base characters

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IRFaceRig enables you to embody awesome digital avatars in real time. IRFaceRig expression tracking is powered by Intel® RealSense™.

what if I got thread ripper?

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($299.00) oh a 300 dollar software, haaaaaays RIP WALLET

pallid compass Sep 13, 2017, 3:36 PM

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anyone help me with some basic math

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im potatoing

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I need to remap two values

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:37 PM

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1+1 is always 2 then

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kidding

pallid compass Sep 13, 2017, 3:37 PM

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A) 36.6 sens, too 2400 dpi
B)21.20 sens too 2400 dpi

now i need A and B for 3200 dpi same ratio ofc

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:38 PM

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I only know the addition, sorry lol

pallid compass Sep 13, 2017, 3:38 PM

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actually i should ask in programming oops

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 3:38 PM

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so I need to ratio it?

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 4:10 PM

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I wonder why reimporting my head mesh made morph target editing suddenly crash UE4. o_O Importing without reimporting fixed it, so I would have been screwed if I didn't know about the option to change the Import button into a real import button (instead of just reimporting since 4.17).

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But I sent 5 crash reports or so, hopefully it gets fixed. 😛

ashen brook Sep 13, 2017, 4:23 PM

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Check it out, timelapse from a UE4 art installation I worked on at Burning Man: https://vimeo.com/233625309

Vimeo

Kyle Ruddick

Magic Paint Mirror Burning Man 2017 Time Lapse

This is "Magic Paint Mirror Burning Man 2017 Time Lapse" by Kyle Ruddick on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

▶ Play video

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 4:27 PM

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hey im a bit stuck on something i've been at this for 17 hours so far and gotten exactly nowhere

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im trying to calculate rotation from yaw and pitch only and pass that variable into a material

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the 'roll' is always 0 (its the suns direction), but if I pass in both vectors and use a constant to set the roll to 0, my sun disk doesn't work right

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i have no idea whats going on and i've been timed out by google from google searching too much

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after 6 hours of trawling google i got nothing

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and the few bits i did find led to dead ends so i kinda really need some help here

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basically I need this, but inside the material, how do i do this? https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/BlueprintAPI/Math/Vector/CreateVectorfromYawPitch/index.html

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no one?

keen birch Sep 13, 2017, 4:38 PM

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@plush yew Patience, if people see this and can help you they probably will. Not everyone neurotically checks their Discord every five minutes 😛

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 5:15 PM

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@plush yew so what do you really need?

plush yew Sep 13, 2017, 5:38 PM

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Please welcome @marsh kraken to the community! :beers:

thorn topaz Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 PM

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Is there a way to turn off automatic compiling when adding a new c++ class?

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 6:10 PM

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I don't think there's a setting for it, no.

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You might be able to use the widget reflector for Slate to find the code for the new class wizard and figure out where it does the build request.

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 6:18 PM

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someone has maya software here?

cursive dirge Sep 13, 2017, 6:23 PM

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most likely someone has

plucky reef Sep 13, 2017, 6:26 PM

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oh I got it now

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just the problem with the tools

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I deleted the psy file

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just reverted it back to its default setting

wintry raven Sep 13, 2017, 7:16 PM

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http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tools/upcoming-animated-series-zafari-rendered-completely-unreal-game-engine-153123.html

Cartoon Brew

Ian Failes

Upcoming Animated Series 'Zafari' Is Being Rendered Completely With The Unreal Game Engine

"Zafari'"director David Dozoretz on how his animated tv series is using real-time rendering - and the new possibilities that tv creators have with real-time rendered CG series.

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 7:30 PM

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Interesting.

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Never even considered how a lack of real-time rendering was a factor in getting CG on the small screen.

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Make some sense though - offline rendering offers higher quality but far slower rendering times and that means speeding it up through the application of sheer processing power... which requires the application of sheer sums of money.

inner mountain Sep 13, 2017, 7:46 PM

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Guys, what is used for "Compiling Shader" – CPU or GPU?

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or both

ionic sedge Sep 13, 2017, 7:49 PM

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CPU.

inner mountain Sep 13, 2017, 7:50 PM

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@ionic sedge thanks!

green spear Sep 13, 2017, 8:22 PM

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Shamless AD! 🙂
https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/got-skills-looking-for-talent/job-offerings/1353276-the-city-an-urban-exploration-project

scarlet jackal Sep 13, 2017, 8:37 PM

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What happened to the options button?

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📎 unknown.png

maiden swift Sep 13, 2017, 8:47 PM

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Since the button says "Resume", I'm guessing you paused an update?

scarlet jackal Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 PM

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Not that I know of, but it's a possibility.

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I just clicked resume and it instantly popped up with a message saying install failed.

maiden swift Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 PM

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Hm.

scarlet jackal Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 PM

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Wait.

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I need to close the engine.

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😄

maiden swift Sep 13, 2017, 9:01 PM

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lol

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That would help!

scarlet jackal Sep 13, 2017, 9:01 PM

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Indeed.

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Ah, there it goes.

maiden swift Sep 13, 2017, 9:01 PM

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👍

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As far as I know, Options should reappear when it's done installing.

scarlet jackal Sep 13, 2017, 9:02 PM

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Okay, thanks for the help.

reef python Sep 13, 2017, 9:02 PM

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how do i switch from like main menu to like match making screen

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?

tiny loom Sep 13, 2017, 9:16 PM

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SpaceX you could either unload/load widgets or you can use a separate levels

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there are actually a ton of ways

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if you are looking for recommend way, i'm not sure sorry

gloomy horizon Sep 13, 2017, 9:22 PM

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Anyone here know how to convert a rotator into a vector that could be used for impulse?

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I'm currently using the player location for testing purposes, and the location of an object, and I'm trying to get the impulse direction that would be required from the player's direction towards the objects.

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 9:23 PM

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Rotator.Vector()?

gloomy horizon Sep 13, 2017, 9:23 PM

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As if the player were blasting it b ackwards

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 9:23 PM

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Pretty sure that's legitimately the API.

gloomy horizon Sep 13, 2017, 9:24 PM

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@livid haven I'm using Blueprints.

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📎 unknown.png

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 9:24 PM

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Buh... there should be something for it? Direction maybe?

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Forward? Direction? Vector? One of those has got to have a search result that looks right.

gloomy horizon Sep 13, 2017, 9:25 PM

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Forward vector.

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Thanks.

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😄

livid haven Sep 13, 2017, 9:25 PM

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👍

harsh tiger Sep 13, 2017, 10:26 PM

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Hello everyone, so I made a bp thats makes tree logs and rocks fall down and when they hit the player you take damage. It was all working fine then I made a build of my game and when I loaded it up some textures were missing that I don't care about but more importantly some tree logs dont give me any damage but all the rocks do. I use the same code on both rocks and tree logs but i dont always take damage from the tree logs. The key thing is its also stopped working in the editor and I dont know why because I didnt change anything.

Does anyone know why this may happen and do you have a fix for this?

If anyone has a solution please message me as a seperate discord message as I don't see every message that gets sent to me.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 11:20 PM

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@wary wave We can't ping mods on the forums?

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@tough berry you're green 😃

tough berry Sep 13, 2017, 11:21 PM

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Yes, my name is green.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 11:22 PM

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By pinging, I meant @modname on the forums @tough berry

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Is this intended

tough berry Sep 13, 2017, 11:22 PM

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It used to work... dunno since change in forums.

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Haven't tried.

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 11:23 PM

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Hmm sucks.

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Okay, probably not then.

tough berry Sep 13, 2017, 11:23 PM

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😦

safe rose Sep 13, 2017, 11:23 PM

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Tagging's the right term I think anyway

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So, if you guys do anything cool and we want to mention you. We can't.

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ggwp

proper quiver Sep 13, 2017, 11:52 PM

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hey guys is there a way to get the target output folder when packaging? like when using postbuildsteps here: https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/411431/prepost-build-step-in-ubt.html

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I want to copy a scripts folder from one of the plugins to the packaged game's folder

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there's an EngineDir, ProjectDir but no "TargetDir" or some such

oblique sorrel Sep 14, 2017, 12:43 AM

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Could I get some help in #blueprint ?

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 1:51 AM

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Please welcome @mortal moth to the community! :beers:

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 2:12 AM

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Please welcome @grim prawn to the community! :beers:

toxic vale Sep 14, 2017, 2:40 AM

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Why does
Assertion failed: Offset >= 0 [File:D:\Build++UE4+Release-4.16+Compile\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\PakFile\Private\IPlatformFilePak.cpp] [Line: 148]
KERNELBASE.dll!0x000000007494A9F2
AutismoDrift.exe!0x0000000001362AAB
AutismoDrift.exe!0x0000000001362AAB

happend after importing some assets..

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on the game launch, so confused, keeps happening on some assets

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 3:13 AM

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Is there a way to explicitly delay an action from triggering by literally 1 frame?

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📎 unknown.png

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I basically want to execute this code and then the code at the end of that set with 1 frame in between them haha

grim ore Sep 14, 2017, 3:19 AM

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As far as I know a delay node of 0 is 1 frame

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But if your doing it on a tick you can just store the value then use it the next tick

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Which it seems like you are doing? So set the toss speed before you set the last frame position variable and it should be what you want?

toxic vale Sep 14, 2017, 3:26 AM

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meh never gonna understand this import issue why it causrs the error on packed client

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 3:33 AM

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@grim ore My goal is to stop doing all this logic on tick, and just do it 1 frame before I execute the rest of this code.

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But if you say delay of 0 is 1 tick

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that might be what I'm looking for.

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I'll give it a shot haha

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Should a projectile component be colliding with a Simulation disabled, Collision Set to Query, object?

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That also has its own Projectile Movement deactivated

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Result looks like this 😦 https://cdn-e2.streamable.com/video/mp4/8k19x.mp4?token=1505364328_edaf8caac592c0d7ae5513feeac0aac5c7057a80

toxic vale Sep 14, 2017, 3:52 AM

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appearntly my compile issue is only in the current project and not a fresh compile.

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Wellll then

raven cedar Sep 14, 2017, 3:54 AM

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@gloomy horizon just do you logic, and at the end "set" a variable. On the next "tick" you check if that variable is set, and switch to the "execute" part using the calculation from the previous "tick"

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and clear your variable, obv.

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 3:55 AM

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@raven cedar doesn't doing anything on tick, including checking if a boolean is true or not, cause massive strain?

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especially if I have like 20 objects

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=\

raven cedar Sep 14, 2017, 3:56 AM

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not for that small of a use case, no

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unless you plan to do a few dozen calcs, per object, etc... per tick

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even then, prolly not for "most"

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 3:57 AM

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Yeah I was doing https://i.imgur.com/6ErHtsr.png on tick

Imgur

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it's just too much imo

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for an object that's replicated like 15 times

raven cedar Sep 14, 2017, 3:57 AM

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that is honestly nothing per tick

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I would do the entire logic on that tick, unless there is some reason to delay it

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but as for optimization, no

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and even then, just stuff it into C++

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 3:58 AM

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haha I wish I knew how the engine interfaced with C++

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I haven't looked into the C++ side of the engine yet at all.

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Which is funny considering C++ is my main language I know

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Blueprints just feel good

raven cedar Sep 14, 2017, 3:58 AM

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yeah, so, some hard limits, dont try to move 1k instances around (or statics) per tick, and you will be fine

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for 20+ objects, with a few calcs per tick, no problemo

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 3:59 AM

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fair enough

raven cedar Sep 14, 2017, 3:59 AM

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esp to get things working for someone to translate into C++ etc... later if need be

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 3:59 AM

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Haha indeed.

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https://cdn-e2.streamable.com/video/mp4/539l4.mp4?token=1505364829_9e0da25a80fd42f354a6030a7f9633bd323e1760

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Gotta love projectile componenets

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I'm torn

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on one hand I want projectile to stick in him

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but I also want it so you can pick the projectile up afterwards haha

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and if you stick it in you have to disable physics

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and disable collision

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so you can't do query's when ready to take it back

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 4:13 AM

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Please welcome @grim carbon to the community! :beers:

grim carbon Sep 14, 2017, 4:13 AM

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Ola

vale root Sep 14, 2017, 4:30 AM

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Is the import meshes in bone hierarchy option broken in 4.17?

toxic vale Sep 14, 2017, 5:43 AM

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i found the root to my issue

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it was fmod..

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 7:39 AM

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Please welcome @noble gate to the community! :beers:

tulip vault Sep 14, 2017, 7:55 AM

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@gloomy horizon why not do it like skyrim where you kill someone and then you can pull the arrows out of them?

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 8:50 AM

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Please welcome @jaunty quiver to the community! :beers:

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 11:42 AM

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So 90% of our assets are only used in a single level. From experience should we place them in a directory named after the level? What about those that we reuse? Do we move them in a bucket directory?

wary wave Sep 14, 2017, 11:43 AM

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I'd always leave them in descriptive directories so that it is easy to find and reuse them

regal mulch Sep 14, 2017, 11:58 AM

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We usually put assets in asset folders:

Content
-- Blueprints
-- Widgets
-- Meshs
--- Skeletal
--- Static
-- Materials
-- Textures
-- Sounds

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But everyone does that differently

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Others put Textures, Materials, Sounds etc to the Mesh it's meant for

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:20 PM

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I think we're gonna do the latter (Others put Textures, Materials, Sounds etc to the Mesh it's meant for), it makes more sense to do that in this project 😃 Thanks for the suggestions

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 12:20 PM

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@tulip vault meh

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I'm not sure how I want to handle resources in the game

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:21 PM

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And we will probably end up grouping things by level and moving them in a bucket folder when we need to reuse

gloomy horizon Sep 14, 2017, 12:21 PM

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I don't want the throwable daggers to be lost for ever just by tossing them somewhere weird

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so i think just disabling collision is probably fine.

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:21 PM

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Allar has a great guideline

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in there, he says that the best is to split by "type"

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:22 PM

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We had the guideline talk yesterday, if it hinders our workflow it's just bad practice.

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:22 PM

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like "environment", or "characters", or "misc", or "blueprints". Becouse to check a mesh, you only need to use the built in search to find meshes

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all guidelines hinder workflow

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their point is to keep stuff sane over time

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:22 PM

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I just wanted to hear some suggestions that's all 😛

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:23 PM

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you should see how bad the DWVR project is

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:23 PM

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After that it's common sense, perspective and trial & error

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:23 PM

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for newer projects ive decided to stick to the guidelines (maybe small changes), even in prototypes

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also, do not put stuff directlly under content

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use Content/Game/ActualStuff

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becouse if you dont, you end up like this

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(wait till i can make pic)

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:24 PM

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The thing is our project is consisted by autonomous levels, reusable stuff are pretty rare (for example NPCs, which they have their own directory anyways)

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 12:24 PM

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Please welcome @toxic urchin to the community! :beers:

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:24 PM

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its not about the reusable

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its about finding stuff quick

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having a NPC folder that has their meshes, their blueprints, and other stuff, its actually legit

ionic sedge Sep 14, 2017, 12:25 PM

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Having all things related to an asset in the same place is pretty useful, that way you can find related assets quickly instead of having to search all over the place/click magnifying glasses.

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:25 PM

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📎 image.png

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this is the kind of shit that happens when you dont control properly

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if you see, i have tons of folders from marketplace stuff

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but then i also have Characters, Cinematics, etc

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thats why you create a "Game" folder

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in this case it would be "Game/DWVR/ActualStuff

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that way the top level contains all the marketplace stuff

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and its waaaaaaaaay more practical

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:27 PM

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Yup I got that part right after the Great Asset Refactoring 😛

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:28 PM

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📎 image.png

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in this Aquila prototype i tried to keep it better

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the reason i have SFX folders and the like are due to migration from DWVR...

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but all the actual game stuff is under the Aquila folder

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:29 PM

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Messy structure bleeding everywhere after migrations 😛

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:29 PM

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yeah man..

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and moving stuff isnt easy with unreal

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:30 PM

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Well if you're not going to get assets downstream from the older project you can move those

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I'm gonna try to use the git plugin from now on, the repos doesn't know I'm moving stuff in-editor and re-starting from a clean repos I want to fix as many annoyances as I can

patent bane Sep 14, 2017, 12:34 PM

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#when you open google maps and your first attempt is to move around by right clicking

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 12:37 PM

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Please welcome @strange pond to the community! :beers:

frosty bloom Sep 14, 2017, 12:48 PM

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I love subjects about organizing, spent 2 days cleaning up and fixing a project last week

olive schooner Sep 14, 2017, 12:50 PM

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I love subjects too, I also love scolding team members when they fuck up 😛

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What I hate is going after designers and level editors and cleaning up names...

frosty bloom Sep 14, 2017, 12:51 PM

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Now it looks like this
-Content
--EnvironmentAssets
---Map1
---Map2
---Map3
---Map4
---SharedAssets
--Characters_Monsters
--PlayerCharacter
and then a few specific maps for stuff such as inventory system, attribute systems and such

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10 folders, all that i will ever need (don't quote me on that)

frank escarp Sep 14, 2017, 12:52 PM

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@frosty bloom not sure about all that "map1" stuff

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personally, i would sort them by type

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or by theme

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for example, "ruins"

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and then i have Floors, Walls, Ceilings, Misc

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the idea is to find the asset you want quick

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in your case, "was that asset on map 1 or map 3?"

frosty bloom Sep 14, 2017, 12:53 PM

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Yeah, the maps have their own themes thus their own map. The name map 1-4 were just examples, they got the map name in in my project

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under each map, they got meshes, materials, textures and perhaps a specific FX and sound etc 😄

honest vale Sep 14, 2017, 12:54 PM

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what if I want to use stuff from map1 on map5?

frosty bloom Sep 14, 2017, 12:54 PM

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If a name of a map isn't specified it can at least have some kind of indication in the name, perhaps grassland, fireland, iceland etc

honest vale Sep 14, 2017, 12:54 PM

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that's why it's just weird 😛

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oh

frosty bloom Sep 14, 2017, 12:55 PM

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You have a sharedAssets folder, its really important to keep your sanity

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It's usually the biggest one

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 1:17 PM

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Please welcome @cloud bluff to the community! :beers:

sudden agate Sep 14, 2017, 1:28 PM

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What does assigning Assets to different chunks do?

ruby chasm Sep 14, 2017, 1:35 PM

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Any PSN developers here?

plush yew Sep 14, 2017, 2:15 PM

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Please welcome @modern kite to the community! :beers:

modern kite Sep 14, 2017, 2:15 PM

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hello

harsh tiger Sep 14, 2017, 2:21 PM

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Does anyone know why the flowers are missing textures when I build the game but they are all fine in the editor?

https://imgur.com/a/O1gXO

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(top) Built version of the game (bottom) the game in the editor

harsh tiger Sep 14, 2017, 2:49 PM

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https://gyazo.com/7627baf1542d262319dba89a4525bdad

Gyazo

pallid compass Sep 14, 2017, 2:52 PM

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Cant even read it

harsh tiger Sep 14, 2017, 2:56 PM

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i can read it fine, sorry i'll get a better pic

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InstancedFoliageActor_0 The total lightmap size for this InstancedStaticMeshComponent is large, consider reducing the component's lightmap resolution or number of mesh instances in this component
InstancedFoliageActor_0 The total lightmap size for this InstancedStaticMeshComponent is large, consider reducing the component's lightmap resolution or number of mesh instances in this component
InstancedFoliageActor_0 The total lightmap size for this InstancedStaticMeshComponent is large, consider reducing the component's lightmap resolution or number of mesh instances in this component
InstancedFoliageActor_0 The total lightmap size for this InstancedStaticMeshComponent is large, consider reducing the component's lightmap resolution or number of mesh instances in this component
No importance volume found and the scene is so large that the automatically synthesized volume will not yield good results. Please add a tightly bounding lightmass importance volume to optimize your scene's quality and lighting build times.
SM_Plains_Flowers04 Object has overlapping UVs.
SM_Plains_Flowers04 Lightmap UV are overlapping by 96.7%. Please adjust content - Enable Error Coloring to visualize.

And them last 2 lines just get repeated

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📎 a.PNG

scarlet jackal Sep 14, 2017, 3:23 PM

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Does anyone know how to keep the editor from hiding when I go into VR Preview?

tame delta Sep 14, 2017, 3:53 PM

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@scarlet jackal This one right here https://puu.sh/xzCDT/f62d446290.png

scarlet jackal Sep 14, 2017, 3:53 PM

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Ah, thanks.

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Wow, I can't find that.

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Nm.

regal mulch Sep 14, 2017, 4:00 PM

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Sooo, when using this in my options:

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https://puu.sh/xzCSM/b503583dd6.png

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How does this apply to new played sounds?