god dam why is there no up to date beam particle tuts D:<
#ue4-general
pallid compass
whole sonnet
if its running high with bad performance, then there is an issue.
pallid compass
do these nodes even work?
north nova
well when its running at 100% my frames drop to below 20 fps and im barly getting 35 frames now adays
sacred smelt
Any good books for ue with cpp?
cursive dirge
all outdated
honest rune
whats the part you lack most? c++ or UE4?
I'd go with something like c++ primer or effective c++ current editions + UE4 documentation to get started. once you get far enough that you "should" be looking under the hood, you'll be able to through the source
gleaming shore
Can you attach a static mesh socket to a socket in the skeletal mesh?
pallid compass
cant get gun to point at center of the screen
cry.jpg
pseudo solstice
@sacred smelt I've been doing Ben Tristem's course on Udemy and have been really blown away with how helpful it has been
It's specifically CPP for UE4
what C+ Primer was great at was getting my syntax understanding going
what it didnt help w was the other aspect of that
connecting to ue4
also there is a great book
Beginning C++ through Game Programming
really helpful for absolute beginner
mighty timber
Hey guys, Just wondering, would anyone here give me a 1-on-1 lesson in beginner UE4?
pseudo solstice
@mighty timber Im sure we'd love to if we had the time but a lot of folks are working on projects 😃 BUT! There are really great resources for learning Unreal, regardless of your experience.
Do you have development or programming experience?
mighty timber
Well. Yes, but assume no.
pseudo solstice
ok
either way I'd reccomend starting with the infinite runner tutorial on Epuc
epic*
This will get you up and running 😃 its like having a step by step, 1 on 1 teacher
mighty timber
I'm aware of the various resources, and I have made projectiles shoot at my cursor. I just need someone to ask questions.
Thanks for the recommendations.
pseudo solstice
no problem
do you have specific questions now? or are you just looking for a resource where you can ask questions?
mighty timber
9 times out of 10, "what does this do?" on the docs just tells you what the inputs and outputs are.
The reason I wanted 1 on 1 is because explaining blueprints is **** Difficult.
pseudo solstice
I understand
pseudo solstice
I can't help out remotely like that right now unfortunately I am at an office
mighty timber
when do you finish work? I can remain online until you're prepared to help, (If you're prepared to help)
pseudo solstice
I wo
I won't be home until later tonight, but could help you over the weekend and get you started on one of the video series
Once you have a basic understanding, I am sure you will be able to follow the video guides
they are really very useful and helpful
mighty timber
i can follow video guides, but I've found them of 0 use for me.
Given most of them are outdated
pseudo solstice
how so?
the endless runner tutorial is made for unreal 4.10 but I can't think of any reason 4.18.3 won't follow similarly
it's a very basic template
What do you hope to accomplish with unreal?
that might help determine where you should start
mighty timber
I'm making an ARPG
pseudo solstice
And do you know C++?
mighty timber
Nope.
pseudo solstice
I see, an ARPG is a very challenging project for a new developer and designer
I think you will be able to acheive your goal in time, but Unreal is a complex engine
mighty timber
can I show you what I've got so far? its very basic but its taken my DAYS to get to this point.
pseudo solstice
The smaller features build on each other
Sure, can you send a video? Im going to PM you
glossy flame
plush yew
.
pallid compass
wait, how do u swap to another camera inside the player pawn?
mighty timber
Anyone want some sounds made? add me/call me/mension me/get my attention and i'll make you sounds/music for free.
gleaming shore
What does this mean and how can I fix it? https://i.gyazo.com/7434431889e45612a2d71e544b1c0b61.png
plush yew
Anyone know of an easy way to select a set of StaticMeshActors in a scene and turn them into a blueprint actor
like, I have manually setup this modular building set but I would like to make it into a BP so I can just drag+drop the entire object anywhere in my scene
Obviously, I could do this manually, and if I have to I will... I'm just wondering if there is a feature already developed for these situations
like what this guy did lol
Maybe I can just figure out a way of coding it myself lol, not sure how ill figure it out yet though
rough garnet
Any reason you dont want to convert all the meshes into a single mesh, then add that to a blurprint?
@plush yew
plush yew
no
rough garnet
Well I just got 4 mesh cubes on the map, selected them all, "right click, convert to static mesh actor. Then the new actos that saves is your entire house, click that and make a blueprint out of it.
plush yew
@rough garnet yea i found that
tame bluff
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ********** STAGE COMMAND STARTED **********
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Creating Staging Manifest...
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Cleaning Stage Directory: C:\Users\SupaCURE\Documents\Unreal Projects\OneMechanicGame\Saved\StagedBuilds\WindowsNoEditor
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Creating pak using staging manifest.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Running UnrealPak *******
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: BUILD FAILED: Couldn't find the executable to run: C:\Users\SupaCURE\Documents\LocalRepos\UE4-FLEX\UE4\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealPak.exe
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): (see C:\Users\SupaCURE\Documents\LocalRepos\UE4-FLEX\UE4\Engine\Programs\AutomationTool\Saved\Logs\UAT_Log.txt for full exception trace)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error
Anyone happen to know what would cause this?
plush yew
@tame bluff go to #packaging
tame bluff
I did, but no one is there.
rough garnet
Well, they are there because erveryone here is there.. Does it exist?
C:\Users\SupaCURE\Documents\LocalRepos\UE4-FLEX\UE4\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealPak.exe
tame bluff
It doesn't appear to be there.
rough garnet
In my engine, installed in the default place, my UnrealPak is here:
C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.18\Engine\Binaries\Win64
tame bluff
I see, I'm using a custom build of UE4 that has NVIDIA's Gameworks stuff merged in, and I've built it from source.
I can't imagine why it wouldn't have the unrealpak.exe
rough garnet
I could only suggest copying it over from another engine, but in saying that who knows what else is missing.. Thats as far as I go with this one unfortunately.
tame bluff
Mind sending me yours?
chilly geyser
Think I should go through the trouble of making double chambered guns in my realistic mil-sim? I guess im just looking for motivation lol
plush yew
I was thinking of making a multiplayer multiteam pvp game. I would add a pretty extensive character customization instead of a main story or world. Are there any good templates i can use? I havent coded and dont have much time to learn but any builders i could add would be a massive help to get started
If you know any good templates or builders please let me know!
chilly geyser
Save up and drop $75 on Generic Shooter. Its so worth it.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/generic-shooter-sample-project
raw spruce
Hello
surreal skiff
Hello, to yourself aswell
raw spruce
So I have a question
This may sound silly, but it weird to switch from Unity to Unreal?
@surreal skiff
surreal skiff
im not really in the programming business, im more of a modeller, but i'd say Unreal is Quite better in my opinion @raw spruce
safe rose
I remember the good old days when it was easily around $30
raw spruce
Ok I thought so
safe rose
@raw spruce Switch to UE4 if you want
But if you know Unity the best and like it
There's no reason to
raw spruce
@safe rose I do have a UE4 question
safe rose
?
raw spruce
you know how like in games, the developers switch from one scene to another while hiding the fact that the new scene is in the previous scene?
How do you do that?
upper dock
Additive loading
raw spruce
Like I was watching a review of a UE4 game, and after you talk to this girl, you instantly switch scenes, but if you go into the console, you'll see that that scene is in the previous scene and dissapears in the blink of an eye
upper dock
raw spruce
but its not two seperate scenes, its like a backdrop while the girl is talking and the camera hides it where it looks like its not in the same place
@upper dock
upper dock
It can totally be two separate scenes. You're additive loading/unloading.
You can have 1 scene, that you dynamically load/unload other scenes into.
raw spruce
Go to 0:20
you'll see what i mean
where they go is in the same place they were before @upper dock
upper dock
So?
Could have either been another scene they loaded into that scene, or simply disabled assets they they then enabled.
upper dock
Honestly, if you're asking that question maybe start with some more basic tutorials.
raw spruce
sorry
upper dock
Oh don't be, and I didn't mean to be rude, just honest. Start with some stuff that will eventually cover the foundations that you need.
raw spruce
Is UE4 hard?
upper dock
Game dev is hard.
upper dock
No more than other big engines.
Would it be harder to get started than Game Maker? Probably.
raw spruce
The only time I use it is when I mod Hello Neighbor
upper dock
Although Blueprints are a nice way to ease in.
upper dock
Not sure what you mean by that.
Blueprints is a visual scripting language.
Unity uses C#
upper dock
They're both programming languages.. if that's what you mean.
raw spruce
but you dont code?
upper dock
In UE4 you can either use Blueprints or C++.
raw spruce
in UE4
raw spruce
I mean, do you still have to actually program your blueprints?
raw spruce
I thought it was just drag and drop
upper dock
It is, that doesn't mean it's not programming.
It's structured very much like other programming languages.
There's the concept of classes, structs, functions, interfaces.. etc
It's just presented more visually
raw spruce
I would love a Skript game engine
maiden swift
Blueprint is still programming; instead of writing text, you connect nodes on a graph.
upper dock
^
upper dock
I strongly suggest you start with something like this https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Videos/PLZlv_N0_O1ga0IoRrpI4xkX4qmCrhGu56/hRO82u1phyw/index.html
floral heart
It's only barely programming.
Though I suppose some people would have said the same thing about C++ when it came out (you don't have to make your own class tables!?).
upper dock
Haha
imo anyone who says that is being a bit of an ass
I definitely prefer C#/C++, but to say Blueprints isn't programming is just dumb
There will always be elitists on a lower level language lol
raw spruce
How can I gain employees for my game?
floral heart
Pay money.
upper dock
Okay you're either a troll or 12 lol
floral heart
Money is money. Except when it's fictional money.
raw spruce
no im neither of those
i honestly thought i could pay them with the money the game makes
patent siren
Game dev is like
As hard as it gets
The chances of you making profit is like
0.00001
raw spruce
im actually 19. I just dont have any game experience or how companies work
game companies
well, i know how game companies work, duh
floral heart
I doubt that. Not even EA seems to know that.
Either that, or they work better when you close them. 
rough garnet
People are human and don't just work for pay first. I'm doing a project with someone else, in our free time. If it makes money, yay for us. If it does not, we some out with more experience. Provided you're making enough money to live, play it that way.
raw spruce
so, obviously i pay them but i dont have to first
rough garnet
He was very much in the same boat "Will I work and have a lot of stuff to do during the days so I can only put night hours in" - Why cares? If they enjoy it, there is no issue if it doesn't make money.
Well*
raw spruce
lol
floral heart
If you're a hobbyist you don't need pay.
If you're an employee and you're not getting paid, something is wrong.
patent siren
I worked every night
rough garnet
Well, you only have to if you agreed to pay them first. All human, some are not after "Pay me upfront so I have to care a lot" either. Some want to ease their way into a new project and learn it as well. This way everyone wins regardless.
patent siren
I gave myself 2 hours of sleep then repeated
I learned everything i could and it worked our for me
raw spruce
@patent siren youre a game maker right?
patent siren
Yuppers
raw spruce
ok
patent siren
Been doing it since high school
raw spruce
ill try that
raw spruce
I may need to turn on alarms because i am a bit of a sleeper
patent siren
But its worth it
rough garnet
I feel this will be a snowball, ima faux-afk for 10 mins.
patent siren
Lol
raw spruce
@patent siren what have you learned now?
patent siren
I know a lot about unreal
raw spruce
Colby, wanna work together like hobbyists?
patent siren
I dont have time buddy
rough garnet
And, you could take much of yuour base knowledge to other engines.
patent siren
Yeah i know a lot about software development in general
rough garnet
Eg: Once you know what vecLength is, you don't need to learn that shit twice, on any engine.
patent siren
Like you could give me c++ and id know what to do with no external libs
But im in constant state of practice and repeat
If im not working im re learning how the stack and heap work
raw spruce
My Unreal installation is 80% and i started it 20 mins ago
patent siren
Or certain programming patterns
rough garnet
I came from few years of gmod devwork in lua. Much of that fell in place in blueprint. Not all of it, but I had a clear indication what I needed to get done. First build compiled for friends to test, we spent about 3 hours playing it, and it was just a test level, good fun.
Last night* missed that part.
raw spruce
@patent siren how many years or months did it take you to learn?
patent siren
Ehhh
Ive been programming for over 10 years
It took me like 8 months to learn unreal real well
raw spruce
could i learn unreal in 5 months?
rough garnet
What happens in 5 months?
raw spruce
I started at 2 like litterally but now im lazy
raw spruce
How can I find other hobbyists that i can work with?
patent siren
Just check this discord
lament dagger
hello guys im new on this server, this is the right place to get some help about unreal ?
patent siren
Yes
rough garnet
Look on the left and see if a channel suits your type of question.
lament dagger
https://puu.sh/zkyZ3/e4ba3d4bc8.jpg i have made a static mesh where it needs to be stacked to make a modular wall, why when i go too far of the wall it looks like this ?
i mean, look at the edges, why it has shadows on it ?
lament dagger
https://puu.sh/zkyYu/fed91b6f74.jpg here it looks almost normal, its already built, i dont know what im doing wrong and on the viewport its 'perfectly' snapped between each other
Thanks for the help anyways!!
raw spruce
@patent siren when game dev's make a game, hoiw do they make the meshes repeat? For example, let's say you put a tain down, once you reach the end of the train, the back mesh dissappears and reappears infront of the train
floral heart
Baked lighting doesn't react well to modular meshes. You can mitigate it, but not eliminate it.
patent siren
Spliness
lament dagger
and what do you recommend @floral heart ? make the whole wall into a static mesh?
patent siren
Youll come to find theres about a 100 solutions to a problem
raw spruce
90% completion
floral heart
@lament dagger If you can, that will work.
This page has some tips on mitigating it... With noisy/detailed meshes that's usually good enough. The trouble mainly occurs with clean regular meshes.
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/LightingTroubleshootingGuide
lament dagger
Thank you for the help
raw spruce
@patent siren Does UE4 support controllers?
raw spruce
ok
honest rune
think android and ios have virtual thumbstick or something
raw spruce
umm depending on one's skill level and how fast they learn, what is the set amount of time that i can go from tutorial setup to a full-fledged game?
honest rune
Not sure anyone could answer that. Depends on so much. Game type, ability, time to put into it, what you consider full-fledged.
etc etc
honest rune
If you're really eager to get started, check out some Getting Started tutorials from the UE4 channels and once you can play a little bit on your own get involved in some game jams, that would probably give you a sense of the answer you're looking for too
raw spruce
do you honestly think i could be a dev, or do you think i am just a joke?
honest rune
game jams give you a chance to work with and learn from others and do things fast. plus you do end up with a complete game to an extent
raw spruce
i know you didnt say anything about that, just asking
honest rune
hey man, anyone can if they want to. 😃 I won't lie, its gonna be challenging and you're gonna wanna rip any hair you have out at times but hell yeah you can do it if you want it
it gets easier once you get comfortable
2 words though: start small
raw spruce
One thing i DO NOT LIKE is how UE4 settings are laggy at high
Unity doesnt have any graphics settings and its not laggy at all
honest rune
UE4 is a very large engine. when you develop on it, you are running an uncooked, unoptimized game in-progress. It wont run as well as a finished thing. Don't worry about that part as long as you can run the engine enough to develop
raw spruce
Well, i have a crappy card. UE4 better do good
honest rune
gotta remember, some of the best games out there right now are made right here on this engine
actually, you just might run into some of the devs that work on those games from time to time in here too!
lot of good people here
raw spruce
some devs are here?
honest rune
10'000 people as of recent. Lots of pros
honest rune
I bet you could answer that yourself 😉
honest rune
nah, curiosity is a good thing. you'll need it
but yes, UE4 is one of the best tools you could have at your disposal to dev games.
raw spruce
yay UE is done downloading
honest rune
well good luck and enjoy! 😄
maiden swift
To answer your question about Unreal games getting promoted on Steam.
Many of the top-selling games are Unreal games.
honest rune
^
raw spruce
BTW, how is my setup?
raw spruce
I know my screen seems bigger
my screen seems bigger than it is with the taskbar on the bottom. You recognize that too @honest rune
rough garnet
Needs more screens. 😉
raw spruce
How how long is the damn prequistities going to take
raw spruce
DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN @rough garnet
rough garnet
Prefer multiple 1080/1200's over a single 4K, easier to divide things up.
raw spruce
hey wont UE4 launch after prequistities?
honest rune
even if you have 4 more, you'd end up needing more lol we always find a way to use it all up
raw spruce
do I need to lanch again?
raw spruce
but DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN @rough garnet
honest rune
is the mic for yelling at people that come to the door?
raw spruce
why doesnt this discord have any VC?
rough garnet
Just never liked headsets too much. Lost many coffees.
honest rune
heh
rough garnet
Shure SM58, can't go wrong on voice quality for disco.
maiden swift
@raw spruce We used to have voice channels, but they rarely got any use so we got rid of them.
maiden swift
The name sure sounds familiar.
honest rune
I think I remember my son mentioning it a while back when cupheads came out
raw spruce
Oh can I share a game ideas I had?
honest rune
just aged myself abit there lol
raw spruce
Oh can I share a game ideas I had?
So I was thinking for my first game, i have 15 bosses. It sorts from easy to EXTREMELY hard. I got a idea for a boss. No name yet, but he's a mind twisted clown and you fight him in a circus
his attacks are throwing knifes and people on unicycles
How's my idea?
honest rune
Sounds like a fun start to something 😃 Just think, if its something you'd like to play, you're on to something.
brb
raw spruce
is it wrong to make the boss fights like cuphead bosses?
honest rune
I'm sorry, Van Helsing is on. Kate Beckinsdale making an intro for her fine little self...
honest rune
I lied. Going for a cigarette (and Kate Beckjinsdale is on too) but you seem like you might be younger and I don't want to corrupt you with terrible bad habits 😃
honest rune
That's the default pawn. It flys without any collision by default. Just gives you a way to jump in quick to the project to check things out.
raw spruce
well how do i disable it?
maiden swift
If you want your player character to look or behave differently from the default, you need to create your own.
raw spruce
So i cant quit flying until i make my own character?
maiden swift
That flying character is just the default character loaded by the engine.
raw spruce
ok so I DO have to make my own
maiden swift
Well, yes.
raw spruce
how do i do that, i mean, i know how to import models, but how to i make it fuse with player start?
maiden swift
It sounds like you are very new to the engine. I highly recommend reading the official documentation and going through some tutorials before asking questions here.
This place is a lot more effective once you have a grasp on the basic concepts of Unreal. 🙂
raw spruce
yes i am
maiden swift
Try going through this video tutorial series. It's a great start for learning how to create your first character for a game. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Videos/PLZlv_N0_O1ga0IoRrpI4xkX4qmCrhGu56/hRO82u1phyw/index.html
maiden swift
If you have a character created already, you need to set up a game mode to tell the engine to use it.
This is all covered in the tutorials I linked.
raw spruce
i got in details theres no world settings
If I say something down the line like, you're being a dick, please excuse me. I get that why when im frustrauted
maiden swift
Everyone is treated equally here. If you behave aggressively, I'm going to punish you like I would anyone else.
raw spruce
well, i need to be told what to do
maiden swift
Then do the tutorial series I linked for you. They will guide you through the entire process of setting up a basic game.
It's a good series, and it's aimed at beginners.
raw spruce
ok sorry
why is it @maiden swift when I import models, they all import one part of the entire model instead ofthe one model
grrrr 😠
maiden swift
I don't know. I'm guessing it depends on how your models are set up and what import settings you're using.
raw spruce
litterally i imported one model, and a;; the parts took up all my space in my project view
cinder iron
Search for: Mesh import ue4, you'll get a tutorial
raw spruce
thanks!
cinder iron
Every single beginner aspect of the engine is docummented
maiden swift
That's also covered in the tutorial series I linked... but, oh well.
cinder iron
You can check out training videos by Unreal Engine
Its on their youtube channel
Yes, also what pfist said
Thats a very good playlist
maiden swift
I'm heading to bed. Good luck and have fun, folks!
cinder iron
have a good night
tawdry narwhal
if I have multiple SimpleParallel nodes running at the same time, do they all execute on the same (extra) thread, or do each get their own thread execution context?
floral heart
SimpleParallel nodes?
gentle pagoda
Hello people 😃 if i have a problem with my VR editor mode, do i ask for help in the #virtual-reality ?
rough garnet
Probably a good spot yeah
tawdry narwhal
@floral heart yes, in a behavior tree, under Composites
eager robin
did anyone try new built-in clion plugin in 4.19?
because whenever I try to "generate clion project" , nothing happens
plush yew
how can i move copies of assets to another folder inside my content?
AND WHY UNREAL ENGINE STOPPED SHOWING MY FOLDERS THAT I ADD IN CONTENT?
AND WHAT THE FUCK ALL SUBSTANCE FILES GO TO SAME PLACE NO MATTER WHAT FOLDER I PUT THEM IN
WTF
cursive dirge
pls, no caps
paper kernel
I feel like capsing too
how does one register component hits from trace result, but excludes duplicates
along with hit locations
vale osprey
Maybe put them into array with “unique” option?
paper kernel
I get that much, but the issue becomes with the hit locations
snow copper
I'm curious about everybody learning blueprint or c++ or both in UE4
vale halo
I personally use them both, I'm not really actively trying to learn any of them anymore as I've been using UE4 forever now (still learn small new things every day though 😃 ), but I'd say you can best use the best tool for the job, which works especially well as UE4 allows you to combine them
As for learning, blueprints may be easier if you're new to programming as a whole. Also, for fast prototyping blueprints can sometimes be faster due to not having the compile times (though this depends on your system) + sometimes being faster for small things anyway
paper kernel
personally I prefer BP over c++ since I end up spending more time fixing compile errors than the actual code
vale halo
😦 I personally tend to prefer c++ for larger things because it gives me more things I can do & I personally find it easier to oversee my code there
paper kernel
maybe I should go get myself checked do I have dyslexia 🤔
vale halo
- some things are simply faster to do in c++, but I guess that's mainly due to being able to type pretty fast, and thus not needing to drag a billion things (taking up more time for a few tasks)
eg. FText::FromString(SomeString); is generally faster for me in c++ than BP, though that example doesn't represent a heck of a lot 😛
spare kettle
I find that blueprint are harder to navigate through than code
tawdry narwhal
true dat
bp is great for simple things and prototyping
if you start having more than a couple of variables then it's probably time to switch to c++
eager robin
is there anything like rich text in ue (UMG)?
tawdry narwhal
eager robin
I have tried this few minutes ago but got many compilation errors, I was trying it on 4.19 preview 4 so I don't know if it could be because of this fact
wary wave
today I learnt UE4's random number generator craps out after generating a fixed number of randoms in a given tick
it then starts just producing 0s
doesn't even repeat
paper kernel
that sounds awfully inconvenient
@tawdry narwhal couple? I'm currently working with 42
tawdry narwhal
...variables in a single bp?
tawdry narwhal
that's a pretty good sign for refactoring
paper kernel
something shady going on with the BP array nodes
I keep removing any elements past desired size, then inserting 0
the 0 doesn't get added
plush yew
If you are attaching from an equipped point to a holster point, do you need to detach before attaching to the new point?
lethal star
I feel like im going to ask a super noobish question but..
Player picks up object, and i want it to keep facing the player rotation wise
buuut the way i did it now is that it keeps asking for the player rotation and applies that
what i want is that it keeps its original rotation, and adds whatever rotation the player does
silver crown
@wary wave today I learnt UE4's random number generator craps out after generating a fixed number of randoms in a given tick it then starts just producing 0s doesn't even repeat
What?
wary wave
@silver crown - if you try to generate too many random numbers in one tick, it stops working
wary wave
I was using Random Int in Range when I spotted the problem
needs a lot of randoms to hit the limit, but it's there
frank escarp
makes sense
you are running the rng stream out
but the rng stream should just loop
not go to zero
frank escarp
do c++ rng
wary wave
or just don't generate 100k+ randoms in one tick xD
plush yew
holy shit
this guy
has been trying to apply to my job applications for my game paying like minimum wage
for almost 4 months now
lmao
talk about dedication
lethal star
@light lintel yea thats the issue, i dont know how to change its rotation while building on its original rotation, the most i can get is that it either follows the player rotation only(so when you pick it up it imediatly rotates to that) or keep a 0.0.0 rotation
and rot+rot isnt a thing
wary wave
rotator + rotator is a thing..
wary wave
wary wave
hehe
lethal star
doubt it will work though, i think my angle on this is all wrong
scratch that, that went horribly wrong, it started to launch itself into everything
XD
exponentialy spining faster
tawdry narwhal
@lethal star I suppose it ain't just the simple FindLookatRotation that you're looking for?...
lethal star
hmm certainly a step in the right direction(i think)
or not
this is how im messing with it right now
but because its ticking to get a fixed rotation the whole time
i cant offset, or add to it or something
what i want is when holding alt, the player stops moving and moving the mouse around rotates the held object
i know how to do that individually, just cant get a fix on how to bring it together
tawdry narwhal
if you want the object to face the mouse then you'd have to project its screen coordinates to world coords
but I might be misunderstanding your problem
lethal star
no, not facing the mouse
tawdry narwhal
generally, it should be as simple as getting the "look at" rotation to the actor you want your object to face, and on tick to check if whatever condition you have holds true e.g. alt is held down and then just applying the rotation you get from the "find look at rotation" to your object's world rotation
lethal star
nah, i think im explaining it completely wrong
then again, im not sure im understanding my own problem either
tawdry narwhal
"Player picks up object, and i want it to keep facing the player rotation wise" --> is this what you want?...
lethal star
well yes/no
thats just part of it
which i do have
but i want to be able to add to it
tawdry narwhal
do you want to spin it or something?
lethal star
yes
tawdry narwhal
ok so why don't you attach the object to a socket on the character
and make it only inherit location
then you could just rotate it any direction you want
lethal star
ehh..
thats still missing my issue i think
i basically have everything i want working
mehh... i suck at explaining
tawdry narwhal
screenshot :P
lethal star
screenshot what?
tawdry narwhal
screenshot the thing you have and draw some lines or some such on it so we see what you want
lethal star
does that make sense?
?
anyone ever played garry's mod? (or any other source game i guess)
yes
no
its not rotating
mystic fjord
hey guys
I'm using a timeline for my morph targets
but the animations stutters or snaps a bit
lethal star
new location = 0.0.0 of the object
i know
i know
my issue is, i dont know how to : old rotation + mouse rotation + lookat rotation = new rotation
i know how to do all those parts individually, but adding them like that doesnt work
hold on
yes
like that?
doesnt wrok
sudden ore
Hey folks, I recently got a Rift and am tinkering with the VR Template. If I try to run the game from VR Mode, everything works as expected (which btw is so cool), if I play in vr preview, it renders in the headset but the motion controller buttons do not do anything but they do detect my hand movements. If I play in standalone preview, it doesn't render at all in the headset. Any advice?
restive eagle
i had problems myself with set target rotation, so decided not to use it at all
and another thing just noticed if add controller yaw/pitch are receiving inputs then it wont work hmm
but there are plenty of workarrounds for that ofc
lethal star
this kinda works
but it resets back to its old position again when the mouse isnt moving
restive eagle
try setting world rotation after that
lethal star
like this?
restive eagle
y
lethal star
nop, still resets
restive eagle
ahh, dunno then. havent tested much myself
lethal star
dont know if theres a word for it but when it comes to anything rotaion related I completly draw a blank
all of a sudden i completely forget how to math
lethal star
yea, its a good step in the right way
just gotta figure out how to retain that rotation
sudden ore
Ah, I upgraded to 4.18.* and now play in VR works... strange
lethal star
first game? make a mario clone
latent moth
All, i am a little confused on replication. I am calling from a client the server so that it will set the max speed on the character. I have created a custom event, replication is set to Run On Server and in the server event there's an AUTHORITY switch, but still the event runs both on client and server (I can see it with a print screen)
plush yew
I use replicated speed variable of float that can change and in event tick just set max walk speed to it
latent moth
ah
plush yew
And to set it I use run on server to multicast
latent moth
run on server to multicast?
plush yew
Like just (event) - > run on server - > multicast - > set var
plush yew
Key calls run on server, and run on server calls multicast
latent moth
i mean, setting replication on the float variable
latent moth
thanks for your input, but still i don't understand why my event is firing on all clients even though I have an AUTHORITY switch
latent moth
with your solution I get it
but it requires an ontick setting of a variable constantly
it is actually an event, so it should only happen when it happens
unless PRINT SCREEN runs on all clients automatically?
plush yew
Mhmm
latent moth
I have a replicated "RUN ON SERVER" event that, when triggered, checks IS AUTHORITY and then PRINT SCREEN. I can see the string on all clients
plush yew
Don't use is authority
latent moth
why not
plush yew
So only server changes the speed and not clients?
sturdy walrus
guys i need to ask atm i am learning Unreal engine 4 while am learning and i am applying ..for example the walk run punch for a charater i am applying it ..now for a new project cant i just take the same things i learned and put it in that new project or should i make it unique for each project ?i am not talking about the value of movement speed or how fast the character punches and such i am talking about the method
lethal star
@sturdy walrus if it works, why not? unless you find out a more effective way
gleaming shore
I'm using Nick Darnells loading screen however this shows up every time I open my project, it works flawlessly despite this. Does anyone know how to get rid of it? https://i.gyazo.com/9fead0c56ecf8ae206d2647ea01b7264.png
weary basalt
Your probably trying to use it in an later version. Try recompiling the plugin
gleaming shore
Ok, would that be in VS or UE it's self, Ive tried updating via a C++ project (usually works) but ive no idea how to import the source into VS to compile the .dll(?)
sturdy walrus
@lethal star thanks
weary basalt
Yes you need to compile it again from source.
There are plenty of tutorials on how to do this and im sure he has the source code for the plugin on github
tawdry narwhal
in a behavior tree, if I have multiple SimpleParallel nodes running at the same time, do they all execute on the same (extra) thread, or do each get their own thread execution context?
rugged viper
Hello guys I have a question. can you do game engine sharing? So that our team can work in the same game together
Btw tag me if you know and thanks a lot
weary basalt
@WorldEnigma#1218 You want whats called SourceControl. We have an channel specifically for it with lots of resources pinned. #source-control
plush yew
If anyone has time, please check out #work-in-progress and give some honest feedback
sturdy walrus
i am having a problem i want my chracater to punch in aloop when press my left click on my mouse .. atm it just does the animation once and stops while pressing my left click
grim ore
https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Animation/AnimMontage/ and scroll down to Looping
lethal star
still cant get my rotation problem to stick, it keeps resetting back to its old position
sturdy walrus
@grim ore thanks apparently i messed up the position of my Notify
when i adjusted it it worked prefectly
grim ore
yay
lethal star
oo fixed it
spare blade
Could anyone advice where I could find a Lighting Materials mentor? I got a new job working in UE4 and am struggling a bit and could do with some help. Since I am the only one using it at my studio
sturdy walrus
anyone knows where i can find combat animations that are worth for free or cheap
pseudo void
The editor is opening multiple instances of vs2017 for me. It seems if you have the editor and the project in different drives then it won't happen, but does anyone know a work around with them in the same drive? It's annoying
south ridge
Don't use editor to open VS2017
pseudo solstice
@sturdy walrus maybe mixamo
south ridge
It's full of glitches and generally useless
Hot reload has very limited use and you can just run editor from VS2017
cursive dirge
I could swear I saw an issue for that
sturdy walrus
@pseudo solstice but isn't mixamo for creating characters? or does it work also for animation combat? (wants more details about mixamo)
pseudo solstice
@sturdy walrus there are some preset free-to-use animations that should work depending how your character is rigged
im not sure how extensive their combat animations might be
sturdy walrus
i see i will give it a try tho thanks
spare blade
If I am lighting an enclosed environment (in a box) can I use directional lights with shadows ?
Or will the roof of the building shadow the whole environment ?
honest rune
@sturdy walrus Mixamo's bread and butter was animations. I say was because right now they don't make anything because it is all free now.
If you want a real quick head start for animations, scrap the mannequin and go for mixamo animations. I published a fix for the Fuse CC client last week so its fully usable now as well for quick character creation.
silver crown
What was broken?
honest rune
the client wouldnt launch after the first run after install. They screwed up their adobe license version config. had 1 config file telling it to use cc license model 6 and another telling it to use model 7
just had to modify the one config file to tell it to use license model 6
silver crown
😉
honest rune
honestly. it looked intentional... all conspiracies aside lol
honest rune
no. thats for creating the characters. then you use mixamo to animate them from their premade animation library
sorry, have company at the moment
loud phoenix
Is there a way to keep my dynamic material instances when opening a project as a copy with a newer version of Unreal?
So far every time I try to do this, all of the work I put into creating dynamic instances disappears. Every material goes with it. I can't accept that in cases like this, we're forced to re-create all of that just to upgrade the engine version.
Is it the case?
obtuse sable
Has anyone imported camera track from C4D to unreal?
I managed to do it jsut fin
but the track is huge compare to level im doing
U can see the key frames
are way off the level
rough garnet
From what is looks like, the actual cam is still above the map? Maybe you need to limit travel till the edges of the map reaches the edge of the cam, as the edge of the cam reaches the edge of the track.
south crane
obtuse sable
The cam is under the map
oblique vortex
upper flame
hey guys, does anyone know what the units for character movement walkspeed is? like is it m/s or m/s^2 or what? please @ me if you reply
plush yew
anyone know what this is for lol
its literally a class built into the engine
but it doesnt seem to act any differently from a normal character
plush yew
trying to bind jump to UMG touch button and it's not considering my max jump count. any idears?
what i was messing around with trying to get it working
loud phoenix
What happens VS what do you expect to happen? @plush yew
plush yew
i expect a max of 3 jumps, it gives me infinite. my current jump (default tap anywhere on screen) is alterted to an infinite jump instead of the normal 3 after my umg button is pressed
loud phoenix
Every time you press the jump key, you're setting the max jump count to 3. If you keep trying to jump, you'll keep resetting it to 3
Based on your current set-up
Hence infinite
Actually, sorry - let me re-look
Are you trying to give the player 3 jumps in total, or 3 air jumps or what
plush yew
so i have a touch screen/spacebar button which gives player 3 total jumps and want a mouseclickable/touch button which does the same.
this is what i thought would work
plush yew
it's a 2d/3d platformer, so they just hit the ground and can jump again
loud phoenix
This is fairly simple, why not do it like this?
Default value = 3
You can detect the landing in a few different ways, doesn't matter how you do it so long as you trigger the custom event to reset the jump count.
loud phoenix
There may be more sophisticated ways to achieve it but all you're really doing is controlling and referencing a float value. As long as your landing detection is set up properly, you won't encounter any bugs
plush yew
nav mesh good for that?
sucks about your import to differnt unreal versions issue. tried googling it doesn't seem like anyone is talking about it
gloomy merlin
Hi folks 😃 What's the best channel to ask about building an editor plugin?
plush yew
general 4lyfe
gloomy merlin
haha
plush yew
sinn i feel as though my current blueprints should be referencing the max jump count
loud phoenix
I can't grasp the entirety of your set-up so I'm not sure where and how you're setting the jump counts, so I can't say for sure
Where the problem is
plush yew
the pics i uploaded is everything controlling jump, and the max jump count is located in charactermovement under the 'defaulttoon' details
loud phoenix
Oh is that a default variable? I do VR so I never use the Character BP, always Pawn
plush yew
it is a default variable for character bp. i never use pawn. I feel as though my game would look cool in VR so i plan to release for it, never put on a headset yet myself though
at least i havent been using pawn
i probably should for something
yeah default is set to 1. so if you tap spacebar it's one hop
sturdy walrus
guys
sleek spear
has anyone ever designed any puzzle?
rough garnet
You should explain what the problem is instead of us trying to decipher and guess what it is in an image.
IE, looks fine to me?
sturdy walrus
whoops
i forgot
mm i have the texture of the face
interfering with the texture of the eyes
like the texture of the face is kinda entering the eyes
rough garnet
Ah yeah that does look a bit funky. I could only assume there is facial geometry above the eyes. Might be a good #graphics question.
latent moth
I am pretty sure the same questions come up all of the time, but I haven’t figured out a way to make prone work with uneven surfaces (i.e. character’s head should not go under a hill). Does anyone have a pointer for me?
plush yew
You can use line trace at front of character (at head) and at back (legs) and then find look at rotation from back to front and set rotation of the mest to that
And use interpolation better because without it that can be stuttery
@latent moth ☝
Oh and set location to back hit loc
latent moth
i was thinking more in terms of physical animations... no?
latent moth
yours is a good suggestion but you’d still have a “stiff” person more or less following the slope
plush yew
Just throws a ragdoll at the ground
latent moth
eheh
plush yew
ragdoll glitches out and flies away as it happens to me all the time
I have done normal physics for my characters only once and don't remember how
And did you get the speed setting working?
Cuz if no it could be set at client and implemented some VAC 2.0 into it, my idea is if velocity is more that a threshold you get kicked from the game
But if there are glitches like with any physics object that you step on it and probably fly away, then check for velocity when not falling
And just cuz y not could add if is in air with 0 velocity for 3 or 5 seconds then get kicked again
Or auto killed
latent moth
i basicallyhad to replicate the same functionality on client
i guess i’ll have to buy ikinema
yeah, it’s close source etc
plush yew
ok that method isnt good
floral heart
😄
latent moth
😄
plush yew
😄
latent moth
Hey all, I hope you can help me solve this. I have set up all animations & movements and everything looks fine in SP. Now, I am trying it in MP and also there speed and everything works fine EXCEPT the walking animation ON THE CLIENT the controls the player. That is: if I control the server player, no issues anywhere. If I control a client player, issues ONLY on the client itself where the walk animation is jiggering . No issues with Sprinting or crouching.
Walk animation is in a BlendSpace, and I set the speed to half of the run speed.
Crouch is also OK
quasi lake
Anyone knows wtf is thunk?
floral heart
Maybe... The client is trying to use both the server's version of events as well as its own, and the two differ for whatever reason.
latent moth
thank you dementiurge that was a good call. I used one too many has authority.
sturdy venture
flat dragon
ye, it looks nice
loud phoenix
I thought this would be a lot simpler but I need to be able to Pause and Unpause the game, why is the console command 'Pause' not working?
vast pine
been at 100% for 5 minutes now wtf :<
vast pine
restarted editor, tryign again..
tawdry narwhal
How would I go about predicting a given socket's world position at a particular location on the map? Can I project a Character onto a specific location on the map without actually having to render it there? Or, alternatively: 1. get the socket's location in actor space; 2. find point on navmesh where I want the projection to happen; 3. add relative socket location to point on navmesh. What do you think?
don't be shy :P
vast pine
sounds a bit technical, what are you trying to do see if something fits somewhere?
tawdry narwhal
I'm doing this for a cover system actually
vale osprey
@tawdry narwhal you can get relative location of the socket and transform it by character world transform - that will give you a world space position of socket in relation to character's position
tawdry narwhal
yeah that's what I'll probably do, see my "alternative"
upper heart
How do I add a local offset to GetActorLocation() and get the resulting location?
tawdry narwhal
@upper heart wouldn't that be simply GetActorLocation() + LocalVector?
upper heart
That would offset it in world space right?
tawdry narwhal
getactorlocation is world space, so yes
upper heart
Right, I want to offset it in local space. But get the resulting world location.
upper heart
Okay, yeah I thought I would probably have to use transforms.
vale osprey
GetActorLocation() + Transform(LocalVector, WorldTransform)
tawdry narwhal
yup
upper heart
I assume that is pseudocode?
vale osprey
yes
GetActorLocation() + Transform(LocalVector, GetActorWorldTransform())
more correct
upper heart
what is that Transform? Is that a function or are you creating a FTransform there?
vale osprey
GetActorWorldTransform() will give you that transform
upper heart
I meant the + Transform( part
tawdry narwhal
FTransform WorldTransform;
WorldTransform.TransformPosition(YourActor->GetActorLocation());
upper heart
what is that?
vale osprey
function, called just like that
there is transform direction and transform location in BP
upper heart
I'm in c++. I just can't find a Transform function.
vale osprey
X.TransformPosition()
where X is FTransform
upper heart
okay, so hopefully something like this
FTransform WorldTransform = GetActorTransform();
WorldTransform.TransformPosition(ExplosionOffset);
const FVector AOELocation = WorldTransform.GetLocation();```no
cpp
FTransform WorldTransform = GetActorTransform();
const FVector AOELocation = Actor.GetLocation() + WorldTransform.TransformPosition(ExplosionOffset);
TransformPosition returns vector
upper heart
ahhh 😃
upper heart
hmm that didn't work the way I was expecting. I'm just trying to offset the location of the AOE based on ExplosionOffset. So if I have an offset of (100, 0, 0). The AOE should always be 100 units in front of the projectile, regardless of the projectiles rotation. Maybe my logic is flawed.
FTransform WorldTransform = GetActorTransform();
const FVector AOELocation = GetActorLocation() + WorldTransform.TransformPosition(ExplosionOffset);
how it can be 100 units in front regardlee of rotation? how do you define "in front" then?
by velocity?
ohh wait, that thing is BS ^ actually 😄
upper heart
No, I'm not doing anything with velocity.
vale osprey
const FVector AOELocation = WorldTransform.TransformPosition(ExplosionOffset);
upper heart
In front. As in in front of your face 😛
upper heart
oh, let me try that out
vale osprey
in relation to camera?
upper heart
No sorry. In relation to the projectile. I'm just trying to offset the location of the AOE the same regardless of which direction I'm shooting the projectile. It's actually really simple. I'm just having a hard time explaining it.
vale osprey
well, I don't know how you can code it if you can't explain it
what is "In relation to the projectile."?
because if you say you don't care about rotation than you have to define direction
if it's offset in world space, like always 100 units in X in world space then just add it to actor location
upper heart
Yeah that's what I originally did. But then it's offset on different directions based on the rotation of the projectile. I just wanted the AOE to always be in front of the projectile.
As in always right here
which is exactly what it does now 😃
Thank you! Sorry for my bad explanations.
upper heart
with...?
wary stream
So basically
BEFORE the windows creators update or whatever the epic games launcher refused to open along with uplay and other stuff
I then updated windows and everything started working again
But now like
I can't launch the UE and UT
The unreal engine's "launch" button goes back to "launch" while unreal tournament's stays on "running"
The processes are there but nothing comes up
I tried reinstalling the launcher and reinstalling ut/ue at least five times
paper kernel
this is quite fascinating, doing a BP out of c++ tutorial yields very different looking spaghetti 🤔
wary wave
how does one change the size of a planar reflection actor?
indigo compass
Hey guys, looking for the Buoyancy on the Component menu for my static mesh, Ive already made it moveable
pallid compass
anyone here done some char building and rigging in to ue4? i got a quick question
static viper
May i post a video here with contents of a game that is finished but will not be selled? :3 Its a student project that got finished yesterday
I can answer you @pallid compass
pallid compass
I just went to rig up and weight a new char over to the ue4 skel
and i just realised
posing is not the same
like it dont fit in
but i cant move the skel can i because it fuck up the anim?
static viper
no dont ever move the skeleton
i see that the skeleton is not in 0 pose
and
that half of the mesh is missing
pallid compass
well i know that
thats not my concern right now, im just wondering how i am ment to weight it up
when pose is not matching ue4 default
static viper
yes
the skeleton needs to match
and
i looked at the skeleton once
and this on the picture is not it
the root bone is missing
static viper
if you havent binded yet
just remove the entire skeleton
and grab it again
"go to bind pose"
pallid compass
its not a bind pose issue
the model its self just does not match the skeleton default pose
pallid compass
The model has been maid, but the default pose for the model is not in line too the default pose of the skeleton, so how do people compensate for this?
static viper
ah
that a serious case of different poses
ok
you could for this case move the skeleton... but
pallid compass
yeah i didnt realise the hands and legs where so far off
pallid compass
2017
static viper
great!
open up the modelling toolbox
in its uper half is an option for symetry
if you put that on you should be able to move the bones mirrored
pallid compass
alright
pallid compass
if i shift the bones in too the model and rig it
static viper
and i feel with you
pallid compass
what issues can i expect?
static viper
a sec
ok
so
the main thing you need to look out for is symetry
and then bone rotation
pallid compass
also mirror symetry bones is not working for movement
static viper
so freeze transform always
theres the possibility that you are basicly. Fucked.
i fear that it is easier to just redo the model
bones are critical with higher priority
if you change the skeleton now then you could experience some odly rotating in accurate rotations of limbs
indigo compass
Hey guys, looking for the Buoyancy on the Component menu for my static mesh, I've only got four options in the movement list has it been renamed?
frank escarp
damn the prefab plugin is LITERALLY what i needed
its going to be a huge boost to my workflow
static viper
is it working fine?
frank escarp
yes
static viper
even with many objects?
static viper
is the new taa worth it?
cursive dirge
it's same TAA
static viper
im looking forward to it actually...
cursive dirge
just with upsampling
antialiasing itself it looks 100% same in my eyes
same ghosting too
static viper
only fix currently is to raise the screen res to 200
wich creates really sharp stuff but... lags
i could live without it... if it wasnt for water reflections
eager robin
I would like to ask something, I'm trying out networking. I'm creating UI widget in PlayerController beginplay and in that widget constructor, I'm trying to assign playerid from replicated playerstate to text. Problem is that when player didn't get replication before or by the time that constructor is called, the id is 0. Is there any way to protect that?
pallid compass
wth.. ue4 is adding my skeletal mesh to my bone list as an extra bone and failing to import
man wtf ue4 keeps saying there is missing bones when there is not D:<
indigo compass
@restive eagle it should be in this menu ??
static viper
@pallid compass that can happen when the bones dont match
restive eagle
@indigo compass i havent done anything with that component, but in editor it says that this variable is from character movement component
static viper
im pretty sure that the original skeleton has a root bone
static viper
yee that means that it cant read the skeleton
could be an export error
open the fbx with maya
static viper
ok i see
im looking at this site
have you tried creating a new skeleton?
like
in ue4
just import it as new for test
mh
static viper
Ah
pallid compass
static viper
oh
oh
i need to verify that
XD
cant be trusted
wait
its funny that the skeleton works tho
restive eagle
if level stream is unloaded is it still possible to get refferences for specific actors inside that unloaded level?
static viper
holds the weapon tight
@pallid compass
remove it all again
and import it with a certain option ticked
something called "use pose 0"
oouf i cannot visualize that window right now
maybe under mesh
pallid compass
same thing i was getting before
static viper
i ask myself if you are trying to create a new thing
or if you already have a working skeleton inside the game
this error can only be happening with an existing skeleton
in wich case you should import it as standalone
and fire up retarget
that will shou you exact the error
pallid compass
even trying a new piece
its still adding the mesh as a bone
i dont want to retarget right now, there is obviously an issue if its adding an extra bone in
pallid compass
i read what u wrote
But there is obviously an issue if the engine is adding the mesh as a bone as well
pallid compass
I dont want to ignore, i need to find what the issue is, not good to live bumps in pipeline
production
alright
static viper
yee but this bump could be made on the other end
pallid compass
i got rid of the bone
static viper
you dont know that XD
static viper
having the ground above?
pallid compass
Group*
This has fixed all the issues
i had a group
holding the mesh and skel together
i noticed it had bind pose, removed it
fixed all issues
static viper
ah damn
pallid compass
must of been making the engine think the skel mesh was part of the bones due to it being a child of the ground
static viper
yes this skeleton stuff is really annoying at times
yee theres a ruleset to exporting
begins with first selecting the mesh then the bones 😄
groups can have transforms
sand nova
Anyone used the gfur plugin? It’s not working in a packaged build for us (it fails an ensure in the editor but carries on regardless)
velvet fern
is this the lounge?
wary stream
no this is patrick
Anyway does anyone have a fix for the ue/ut processes staying in the background?
static viper
wich process
wary stream
Unreal engine and unreal tournament. They get launched when I press launch but nothing else happens
Unreal tournament's button stays on running the unreal engine's stays on "launch"
pure depot
So given they seem to have broken a lot of the LPV functionality recently, are there any work arounds to get them working fully in 4.18? Or is there a way to at least backtrack my project to 4.16 where it sounds like everything was working?
raven sphinx
Hello everyone ! Im a total noob in Unreal4. I just started last night and im having a lot of fun but now i have a little problem. When i want to drag a tree ( from the KiteDemo ) Unreal4 freezes to death and i cant do anything ..im the only one with this situation ?