I'm not at work atm so I can't look at the code
#ue4-general
south ridge
plush yew
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faint cedar
I'll most definitely not figure it out by tomorrow because I won't have time to work on it today, so thanks 😄
latent moth
Hello, I have a reload animation on my character but I have a gun without a reload animation. I have imported in Blender both my gun and the reload animation with the UE4 mannequin, however I am not sure on how to create the gun animation so that it matches the character movements: in the mannequin reload animation the gun is also moved around and I want to export only the magazine animation related to the gun position. Anyway to do that?
regal mulch
Sounds like some manual work is Required for that
Matching the animation if both are already given is kinda impossible if they aren't for each other
But animating the position of the magazine mesh to match the hand of the character shouldn't be too hard
Every generic blender anim tutorial applies to that
You move and rotate the mesh matching the hand and set key frames
idle thunder
guys is there a way to import model as one piece to engine as whatever i do it keep importing all elements separately and i cant place whole model like that for example try to puc car where you need to manually put all bits of engine to match as they should do
idle thunder
wouldnt it mess up geo ?
idle thunder
will do thank you 😃
ripe geyser
Guys, I'm trying to package my project for the first time. After countless errors I managed to do it, but when I try to execute it it crashes. I can't see the error because it says "You don't have debugging tools blabla"
latent moth
Thank you @regal mulch . Unfortunately the import in blender is broken because one of the arms just stays put along the body. Does it make sense to create such a simple animation in UE4 itself for the gun, because I only have to match the magazine position on every frame and I'd be done. Though, I cannot see a way to preview TWO animations at the same time (the character and the gun). Is this feasible?
The alternative is to have the gun Magazine static mesh to attach to the left hand's bone? Is that even a thing?
ripe geyser
The thing is, in the "package settings" I did enable the "include debug files" options. From what I've seen online that ought to do it, so why isn't it working?
Am I doing something wrong?
regal mulch
@latent moth In UE4, no.
It's not made for making anims. The tools aren't good. If at all then for correcting minor mistakes
Attaching the mesh to the hand would work
You'll need to add an anim notify to the character Animation
And use that to attach the mesh at the right second
wary wave
@faint cedar - I'm here now
faint cedar
Could I bother you to change the email address on my account?
faint cedar
phooey
plush yew
rate this blueprint from 1 to 10 stars https://i.imgur.com/Nw3tQ2s.png
and rate tis one in comparison https://i.imgur.com/xoByc9i.png
can a good bp person read the top version as fast as the bottom version?
wary wave
I prefer the bottom, but both could be better
obsidian nimbus
hard to say, the top shows an extra delay 😛
plush yew
nono. the bottom shows more executables. the top one less. because of the recall position
obsidian nimbus
ahh yea, thats what i mean
plush yew
but the top isn't epics recommendation for bp readability?
obsidian nimbus
bot is prolly better, first thing i see its not the same tho 😛
cuz top doesnt show a float and delay less 😛
branch less
plush yew
couldnt fit better?
it is the same. everything connected the same
the tops float is outside he screen <-<
obsidian nimbus
yea thats first thing i see, gues both are readable, bot looks a bit better
if u start pulling lot of wires from one variable allways put reroute node!
pull em from there
cedar snow
is there a way to render UMG's at higher resolution? they are rather pixelated when used via WidgetComponent in VR
obsidian nimbus
if u wunna use another var instead u have to link em all over again
plush yew
okey
obsidian nimbus
or something like that, not sure the reason for that atm, but use a reroute after if u wunna pull a lot of wires from it
plush yew
even if the comment section is bigger then?
i just did it because comment is smaller then
@obsidian nimbus
obsidian nimbus
?
plush yew
wait
obsidian nimbus
the top one, u drag 5 lines out of a variable, drag 1 line out make reroute and drag from there, it doesnt take any space at all
now u can disconnect it and it wont disconnect everything connected too it
plush yew
youre right 😄 lol
i imagined it being muich biggger
o.o
thank you master owninator
obsidian nimbus
the legendary huge reroute node, i have yet too find one 😄
plush yew
one bad thing:
the whole bp thing isnt now readable at max zoom
if i zoom max in i see only one tihrd of comment
wary wave
pastebin the nodes, and I'll show you what I'd do with it
cursive dirge
@plush yew you know, if you use that get node again, it's the same cost
you don't have to put 4 long wires from it
oh 5 wires
plush yew
cursive dirge
I personally dislike it if I have to FOLLOW the wire to understand the BP
those wires should be always minimum lenght
plush yew
hmh
like this? https://i.imgur.com/lOkuX60.png
@wary wave https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/qsbvf3qy/
cursive dirge
last one kinda overdoes it
cursive dirge
just don't do long wires like in the previous example
wary wave
short straight lines and all four blocks of logic are completely separated
makes it much easier to work with later when it needs updating that way too
anyway, changing the topic
if you were to build a heatmap system into UE4, how do you think you'd approach it?
I'm currently looking at potentially building "lightmaps" from existing database entries and then adding a rendering mode similar to 'lighting only' in the editor
but I would certainly like to hear other approaches
yup
vale halo
Anyone see any obvious causes of lag in this "foreach" macro?
(Required to use this over the regular due to adding async functionality to the body; Using a standard one will cause all kinds of wierd side affects due to not waiting until it's done before "resetting" the variable)
wary wave
hmm, another alternative for heatmaps might be to build it as geometry, similar to navmeshes
🤔
paper kernel
wait, doesn't ADD add one to last index 🤔
safe rose
heh
I am actually thinking about a heatmap system myself @wary wave
Not for gameplay though, just something for us to look at for level/game design tweaking
Not sure about "lightmaps" though
wary wave
well, it's potentially for a lot of things
but it's a question of:
a) How and when to record data
and
b) How to visualise that data efficiently
using splines for individual player paths seems like a good one
safe rose
Figured it would be a lot easier to just get the influence based on radius and then per pixel, whatever that number is, just have a set color
wary wave
at least for individual matches
but when aggregating data from say, 10,000 matches it's a bit more tricky
safe rose
Recording data is as simple as just sending it up to something like Google Firewhatever
Or gamesparks/playfab
wary wave
we've already got our own database system set up for that to be fair
safe rose
Visualizing efficiently is going to be the biggest issue
wary wave
yup
nav-mesh style visualisation seems reasonable to me at the moment, since you can round off positions to the nearest grid coord and weight vertex colours appropriately
safe rose
Yeah, it's not a huge priority, so I haven't given it too much thought yet, just bare minimum req
Ohhh
That could be interesting
wary wave
yeah
safe rose
Something like EQS?
wary wave
not entirely unlike it
safe rose
I mean, they already have weights
Could be interesting to see how EQS handles that stuff and try to reimplement into a heatmap
wary wave
I'm also potentially looking at ditching the database and just saving out DemoRecs, then writing a tool to parse them for whatever info you're looking for at the time
(then being able to import and visualise that)
advantage of using net traffic is that it's stored in a fairly compressed format as it is, and contains information that you may not realise you wanted at the time
then you can build custom visualisations based on current requirements
using say, the past two weeks of saved demorec
being able to play back analytical data in real time would be nice too, for certain things
urban gyro
Anyone got a sec to throw me an idea why an animation is different in unreal than in maya? Kinda tried everything I could think of.
obsidian nimbus
what is a heatmap? 😛
gilded drum
Guys, I need help! I'm just searching right now how to setup my computer, my android (Lineage OS ) and my UE4 to be able to make some Mobile games!
grim ore
@gilded drum If you go into the Project Settings, Android and Android SDK, there are links to the UE4 Docs page with instructions.
gilded drum
ok thanks i'll look at that docs
and just let me know, the two gamepads are part of an HUD when u create a mobile game? How can i change them?
grim ore
It's in the project settings again under input. There are options to enable and disable the mobile overlay
if you want something else you can rig up your own UI using UMG
gilded drum
ok thanks ^^
hasty owl
I have an issue with my third person blueprint, i made an enemy character and the camera is treating it like a wall, i've tried altering the collision settings for the enemy character in the details panel but there was no difference, any advice on where i should be looking instead?
urban gyro
well you could always disable the camera colision on the spring arm
though then ur camera will clip through everything
gilded drum
what is AD?
hasty owl
^
urban gyro
Because blender is just as bloated as maya
plush yew
maya is much more thick 😄
urban gyro
oh yeah, without a doubt, but it does a lotta things well
like the new uv toolset is top notch
if only they had the bollz to cut old features. Frikkin 8 different ways of adding an edge loop at this point.
plush yew
so you don't know?
urban gyro
i dont need a fancy viewport, i need speed
plush yew
short: you don't want to waste your time learning a new software if the one you know does the work?
hasty owl
Maya seems easier to use for someone who has no clue
plush yew
but le tme gues you learned probably substance or so
urban gyro
why is substance part of this convo 😄
plush yew
kensei. the new viewport comes soon. still not released
urban gyro
look, i like maya cuz i made it good
plush yew
kensei, blender is alone and feels so lonely with you 😭
hasty owl
its a funded software so the information on it is more reliable, whenever i look for a blender video i can't find anything for the current version of blender, so i cant even follow it cause the controls are different and things are in different places
urban gyro
this is how mine looks, and i got lots of space to work with. Blender cant do that
plush yew
that is just uv? öö
urban gyro
no, thats everything
cloud cobalt
What can't Blender do ?
urban gyro
i model rig animate and uv here
with that screen
i dont want menus and other garbage
blender has modifier stacks that need monitoring all the time
it cant have the viewport occupy the entire monitor and still function
cloud cobalt
Blender does have that, really, just maximize the UV editor
urban gyro
this isnt about just the uvs tho..
plush yew
@urban gyro so you get everything with space?
urban gyro
and shortcuts
cloud cobalt
You can maximize any view, or setup workspaces for "UV editing", "animating", etc
urban gyro
dude, this is not my uv editor, this is my vieport
plush yew
:complexkensei:
urban gyro
the top tab is a collapsed window
urban gyro
theres nothing fancy, just spacebar + mouse + shortcuts
cloud cobalt
@urban gyro You can still have the same workflow in Blender, except with one click to move from 3D to 2D
urban gyro
believe me id love to go blender and forsake this bloated frankenmonster
ive played waround with it and it makes much more sense than maya in terms of creation method
obsidian nimbus
never used maya, blender has some sick plugins tho 😛
urban gyro
but my entire pipeline is hooked up on maya, not to mention that UE4's ART plugin is for Maya
it seems a small gain for a lotta time invested
to swap
cloud cobalt
Yeah, that's a real concern
azure shore
I struggled with blender for ages, months, but suddenly I realised I knew how to do stuff with it. I kept installing and uninstalling it again so much and kept rage quitting but yeah eventually I knew how to make some stuff
For example I find animating easy enough now
urban gyro
blender is free on steam, nough said 😄
oh yeah Maya's time editor is king of animation atm as well
azure shore
Yeah, I guess cus it has no help at all, it's all left up to you so it's free
I can make ragdolls from a model easily enough
Weight painting is easy but also effort at the same time
urban gyro
i dont think theres any software that has ez skin weights
but delta mush deformers and the works rly help out alot
obsidian nimbus
automatic weights usually is pretty decent
azure shore
Trying not to go over onto other body parts if it's all one mesh is annoying
Auto weights doesn't work for me
I have to click that for it to work though
obsidian nimbus
thats basically impossible, need correctional morphs for that
azure shore
But then basically do it all myself
obsidian nimbus
but GTAV and most AAA games still have those weight overlaps on ragdolls
azure shore
It's time consuming but not hard I guess
urban gyro
i have no idea what ur talking about, ragdolls are solved engine-side
azure shore
Unless something is very red/blue but you can't tell it's not fully that colour
I mean bones and mesh
ripe geyser
Guys, how can I set the scalability settings from a packaged game? Like shadows, foliage, etc.
urban gyro
if ur weights are good on xtreme deforms, ur ragdol should work fine once u set its rotation limits
obsidian nimbus
with an options menu 😛
ripe geyser
I assume I have to create a .ini file in the Config folder in the packaged directory, but what should I put in and how should I name it?
urban gyro
dude thats an essay ur asking for
ripe geyser
I don't need to do it in game, just set default values
urban gyro
get game user data and go from there
azure shore
Yeah for me the rotation joint limits confuse so I set it all kinda low
Luckily I don't particularly need legs/arms not bending the wrong way
urban gyro
thhers a confing it /project/saved/config/window
one is gameuserdata
the other is engine.ini
where u put the custom vars u got
azure shore
I just set the limits low its fine basically
But how come when a ragdoll collides with anything it throws the other object to space (sometimes including the player)
ripe geyser
Thanks Kensei. But how should I actually put the vars in there?
obsidian nimbus
lot of artists use maya for some parts and blender for other
ripe geyser
I mean, what's the syntax to use?
urban gyro
engine.ini holds vars u set in editor with the Config Variable tick
obsidian nimbus
guess both have their things
azure shore
Like ragdolls into an object with physics
azure shore
If I walk on top of a ragdoll it flips me out a bit, sometimes knocking my player over (which admittedly is quite funny/satisfying
And recently respawning whilst falling has been sending me to space
ripe geyser
Sorry Kensei, I don't get it 😅
urban gyro
look at the bottom of the picture, it says config variable, hover over it
itll tell u where it will be saved
u have to open that .ini file, usually engine.ini
and add an entry under the category given to u by the tooltip
the entry must have the same name as the variable u have in the engine
and then you can give it the value you want
ripe geyser
I simply want to apply these exact settings but in a packaged game. Not a runtime or anything, just want it to start with these settings and that's it
urban gyro
true/false for bools, numbers for floats/ints/bytes
you can use +Add to define an array in the config
oh
theres a thing called gameuserdata
holds all of those
also has defaults somewhere in the ini
i think
not sure
but change the dafults and should package with those
ripe geyser
I've actually seen it, but I would like to do it in a .ini or something, without touching C++
Sadly it doesn't package these settings, as far as I could see... and I can't find anywhere what's the .ini I should use and what is the actual syntax. Weird
urban gyro
just set it at game start?
its a bit tedious
but it will work
just set each category
just make sure to apply settings at the end
ripe geyser
Alright, thanks 😄 I'll do that then!
urban gyro
it is funny that the quality settings arent actually in the gameuserdata.ini
but then you get them from that class
ripe geyser
Yeah, it's kind of a mess
urban gyro
must be another ini
Does anyone have any clue why this animation:
https://gyazo.com/4a50bfa937fb194ebb25bc9d87f37440
Plays like this in Unreal
https://gyazo.com/ecb0ce44e5ad71402274e898005cd849
latent moth
Looks like a scale issue, did you reset scale before exporting?
opal ocean
Best way to do floating health bars over buildings in an RTS?
Was thinking of using 3d widgets, but Nick was saying on the answerhub they didnt use it on paragon as once there were more than a few enemies on screen, the cost was too high
kindred viper
perhaps a material instance would be cheaper so you can pass in the health of the building as a parameter for drawing the line
opal ocean
yeah wasnt sure how to do a progress bar type material, tho I think I may be on to something here
urban gyro
@latent moth thanks bro. Was moving control rig with scaling, forgot to reset. Thank you.
ivory gorge
you could draw them using the old fashioned HUD
latent moth
np 😃
opal ocean
@ivory gorge With multiple buildings, I'd have to make a widget on the HUD for each building, and scale/position it on the screen for each...
ivory gorge
not a widget.... HUDs are entirely different
urban gyro
im pretty sure the widgets are derrived from the old HUD classes
opal ocean
I think UMG is an extension of slate, made to be like blueprints and a bit easier to use...
urban gyro
i honestly cant see slate saving you a ton
kindred viper
yeah it negates the need for most HUD work but there is still use for HUD classes as they contain some useful functionality
urban gyro
have you seen a huge impact with big numbers just using 3d widgets?
opal ocean
I havent, but in a answerhub post, I think nick said with 20 enemies/healthbars on screen it was .8ms just for the widgets, plus the overhead
urban gyro
i assume ur target aint a pc, since memory budgets are negligable generally there
opal ocean
My target is PC, possibly eventually VR as well. But I'm BP/UMG only.
kindred viper
I think you can manually paint widgets so there is no need for the tick on them for such event based cases so that would aleviate some overhead
urban gyro
for VR AI is gonna be ur main bottleneck anyway
you can set the tick to be 0.5s or smthing
opal ocean
yeah, VR is only a remote possibility.
urban gyro
honestly if I were you Id run a game with 20 actors with 3d widget and check the profiler results
opal ocean
I'm only a hobbyist, with it being unlikely I'll ever get the project to a point where I'm calculating performance costs
urban gyro
if u plan on Total War level of units on screen then prolly ull need some fancy codework
if not then id say stick to 3dwidget
once u have something that works, then optimise
kindred viper
using materials for things like healthbars is definitely the way to go for optimisation.
opal ocean
the dynamic material instance on a flat plane floating atop the building like in picture works pretty good
I'm sure it could look a lot better with 3d widgets, but seeing as I've never gotten a project even playable, I'd like to get things functional for now
urban gyro
i think it depends, afaik your just resolving ur health on the gpu rather than cpu when doing it in material
opal ocean
but I asked cause at the same time I dont want to implement something that is going to mess me up later to be redone
kindred viper
yeah but im pretty sure there is under the hood optimisation going on with material instances in such cases, where draw calls are minimised
urban gyro
dude, get an mvp, then refactor, dont bother getting super optimal before that
opal ocean
😄
latent moth
Where do you think is a good place to attach an Aim Down Sights camera? If attached on the gun itself, it stay put with the gun even when it recoils. If on the hand, bone, then it will still move a lot.
Would you rather animate the camera position?
This is what I'm trying to reproduce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7a9PxSTTK8
BTW that is great work.
quasi lake
Can anybody tell me the difference between ListenEndpoint and ConnectToEndpoints?
With sincere appreciation
Or diff between Listener and outgoing connections
sterile stream
where do you get the sound
urban gyro
@latent moth why not attach a spring arm to the gun? That way the camera will stay in the same position.
urban gyro
aye
latent moth
that’s clever will definitely try that, thank you
urban gyro
or you could allign the scope to the original position of the camera and just change the fov
latent moth
less great maybe (requires extra custom movements to match the firing animations)? but thank you these are 2 great options
urban gyro
with the 2nd option you wont have jankyness problems
i suspect youd have to do some interping when attaching to make it smooth
urban gyro
if u use a spring arm you probably don't need to attach it at runtime
most likely thats the easiest solution
latent moth
right, i just blend it from the main camera to the gun one
but wouldn’t the camera move with the gun anyways if attached to spring arm?
urban gyro
or you could use both suggestions and have the camera never change position but has a spring arm, and u just attach the spring arm to the scope when aiming
latent moth
yep that was what i was writing about
urban gyro
well the spring arm is there so that camera stays put relative to the origin of the arm
latent moth
🖖
azure shore
hey can anyone tell me how to get a physics volume to affect ragdoll?
urban gyro
doesnt it by default?
oh wait maybe try turning off physics simulation on the ragdoll when entering the phys volume, then enable when leaving
azure shore
I can't work out how to make anything happen in bps when I enter physics volumes
cedar snow
is it possible for a collision volume to generate overlap events, yet let traces pass through?
urban gyro
yup
cedar snow
why does a trace response have an overlap checkbox in the details panel?
azure shore
I need it to set swimming to true when I go into it
cedar snow
to not let traces pass through?
opal ocean
I've got my ore extractor stacked on my ore node, and I'm trying to click on the building with the mouse, but its clicking the ore node 😠
cedar snow
maybe i should have a closer look at FHitResult...
azure shore
🤦
cedar snow
thanks, for some reason i stopped reading after the overview ..
time to finish that
opal ocean
It helps if the object you're using has collision at all... damn free infinity blade assets 😠
azure shore
I love how I can copy steps of a tutorial EXACTLY and it's already got errors
three nodes
all the same
wow
cedar snow
i see you've been burned by this in the past @opal ocean 😄
opal ocean
First time I'm using the infinity blade assets, but their defaults have been causing me issues 😉
everytime i deal with collisions tho its a huge pain until I get it figured... again..
idle lichen
Hey guys, anyone here who can help with PS4 development? Trying to write/read files from a USB stick but cannot work out how to do it (via blueprints). If someone could give me a hand or point me to the right channel can you @ me or send a pm that would be awesome! 😃
wary wave
I don't think you can
kindred viper
I would have thought it possible providing the USB was formatted to the PS filesystem. But then, Im just guessing
idle lichen
hmmm ok
any ideas on how you could transfer files easily from ps4 to say a windows pc?
i think usb is possible but the playstation needs to know where to look cos it doesnt follow the same file mapping as windows
frank escarp
@idle lichen if you have the SDK correctly installed, you can access the PS4 hard drive directly
for the devkit
0 becouse its off now
that allows you to see the files of your game in the hard disc, and bring out logs, profile data, or savegames
idle lichen
yeah so i tried writing a text file to the root directory (something you can get from victory engine blueprints) but the root directory returns nothing.. i can access the ps4 but dont know how to write files to it
south ridge
@faint cedar what was the problem with splines you had
frank escarp
@idle lichen you can only really write stuff into the "saves" directory
as far as i know
ps4 files are pretty locked down, you cant just do whatever
definitely NOT in game folder
keep in mind game folder is going to be on a Disc
if you happen to put the game on a disk
so its read only
idle lichen
yeah hadnt thought of that
idle lichen
..............
frank escarp
but its a SPECIFIC folder
idle lichen
im excited
@frank escarp what type of folder is it? is it something that could be accessed via file browser on a host machine?
frank escarp
they call it download folder. I think thats created so games can download temporal patches and the like
frank escarp
yes
idle lichen
haha darn
and you dont think the USB would work? managing to access the USB on the ps4 and then write to this?
frank escarp
no
idle lichen
is it because of the access rights?
because i can see how it COULD work but cant see why it wouldnt
obsidian nimbus
tryin to put a zelda savegamehack in ur game? 😛
idle lichen
hahaha good idea 😉
obsidian nimbus
u would sell loads 😃
idle lichen
Im attempting to write some logs to a USB
frank escarp
you dont need to do that
the logs are stored in the ps4, you can then access those from windows
idle lichen
ohhh sorry not those logs its a custom text file
faint cedar
@south ridge - I am not at my PC right now, but essentially I am trying to do a vertical donut loop
and it's failing spectacularly
Been following every single example I could find of how to do it properly
LEt me get the code, 1s
idle lichen
@frank escarp So you cannot write files to a USB for definite? And final question: is there a way to write the text file on the host machines drive whilst running the game?
latent terrace
probably a dumb question, but how do I move an asset to a folder that's earlier in the path? : P
like I have thing in A/b/pancakes and would like to move it to A/b/
xD
frank escarp
@idle lichen no, but there is a way to store stuff in the download folder
with normal file IO
requires C++ access and all of that, you can hire me to do it and ill have it in a couple days
idle lichen
haha OK sounds good
but that means it can only be done on a devkit and not a consumer console? @frank escarp
frank escarp
yes, but its also $$$$$$
idle lichen
true dat
cedar snow
are you really just trying to log to a file or is it part of your game mechanic that users will share files?
idle lichen
its producing coordinates and writing them to a txt file which needs to be accessed later
cedar snow
depending on how many coordinates you could still log them, but use a prefix (like [MY_COORD #1]) and write a small shell script that parses them for you
though only makes sense if its up to a few thousand lines
idle lichen
aha it wont be over a thousand lines
i hope!
and the tricky aspect for me is writing shell scripts
im still a noob
cedar snow
doesn't have to be a shell script
python, ruby, hell even javascript can solve it for you 😄
idle lichen
so what are you proposing, in laymen terms?
writing the coordinates to the actual log that is created?
frank escarp
@idle lichen what game are you trying to port?
cedar snow
unrelated log statement
[COORD] 0.0343, 0.234235, 0.345345
[COORD] 0.0343, 0.234235, 0.345345
[COORD] 0.0343, 0.234235, 0.345345
unrelated statement
[COORD] 0.0343, 0.234235, 0.345345
write your coordinates to the regular logfile, parse it in any language for the log lines prefixed with [COORD] and write them to a file & structure of your liking
idle lichen
i see what you mean
cedar snow
if you have multiple sessions in one deploy, prefix those with [SESSION-START] and [SESSION-END]
frank escarp
nice trick
cedar snow
i'am just lazy 😛
idle lichen
that could work.. one question... how do you write to the log file? i know thats silly and im sure i can work it out but for sake of clarity
frank escarp
btw, its not that easy. as unreal allways adds the log type and the time before
so you need to parse looking for that [COORD] and then read the rest of the line
idle lichen
@frank escarp im porting a real basic VR from windows
cedar snow
@frank escarp make it even more safe: [COORD x=234234.0 y=25.3434 z=0.0] and use a regex
😄
frank escarp
and now you have 2 problems
@idle lichen the VR game i released on PS4 got around 30k dollars in profit, so its a pretty damn good plataform
carmine lion
has anyone tried using Nvidia Flex with UE4 yet?
frank escarp
if you need someone to get stuff done, call me
idle lichen
god damn @frank escarp !
Thanks for all the help @frank escarp do you want to PM me your details so we can organise some stuff?
cedar snow
@frank escarp yeah, god damn! you alone as dev?
plush yew
is it possible to create something, like a door that only opens if the date time is correct
frank escarp
@cedar snow yes
cedar snow
good job!
depending it didn't take you years 😛 😛
idle lichen
true dat haha
thank @cedar snow for the help I think ill give your go a try see how far i can get
frank escarp
@cedar snow the port from pc to ps4 took me 6 months
cedar snow
good luck!
frank escarp
but that was a LOT of bumping into EVERYTHING possible
and having zero clue about anytihng
and having to optimize the game a lot
cedar snow
ps4 + VR is not exactly easy to run 90fps
idle lichen
na man i gotta say psvr is not great compared to vive
frank escarp
so while 90fps could run, it couldnt when lots of enemies are around
obsidian nimbus
base ps4 doesnt do VR right?
frank escarp
it does
obsidian nimbus
ahh i thought the pro was realeased mostly for VR
frank escarp
for DWVR, i did a tiny edit on the engine code, so if it detects Ps4 pro, it setups 90 fps mode
and 60 fps if its base ps4
cedar snow
ouch
cedar snow
what about nausea?
obsidian nimbus
my friend just got a ps4 slim. it seems to have lower fps than a normal
obsidian nimbus
like fps drop when u jump out of the bus on fortnite
cedar snow
the cooling could be worse on the slim?
obsidian nimbus
yea, but small usually means heating probs
frank escarp
the ps4 pro bakes itself
cedar snow
haha yeah
obsidian nimbus
or he just got a bad factory production?
cedar snow
some people reported lower fan speeds after re-applying cooling paste
obsidian nimbus
did the ps4 mostly limit u in vid card or cpu?
cedar snow
but it obv voids your warranty 😃
and there's also a guy who water-cooled his ps4
@obsidian nimbus no idea
cedar snow
haha
plush yew
Why do we have to upvote the thing on awnserhub?
obsidian nimbus
ill never ever get a laptop for gamin again 😛
stuff just cooks itself
cant replace parts
cooling paste cracks after a while
devout gulch
does anyone have any idea how does Paragon make smooth transition from forward to side strafing ?
I got most of basic things working
but when switching between forward movement side strafing there is noticable hitch..
cinder iron
obsidian nimbus
it was 20 ppl giving 1 quick tip or something like that
cedar snow
@devout gulch if i remember correctly, they're talking about exactly that in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UOY-FMm-xo
devout gulch
@vorxio I watched it few times
cinder iron
there are more
cedar snow
it's like 30 mins in
timid shoal
is there a way to change my project name ? if i change my.uproject its changed, but i canot launch it on my phone anymore :/
with this error "An entry with this key has already been added"
regal mulch
@timid shoal You can change the name through your ini file
I don't remember the exact setting so i would need to Google
timid shoal
issue is i know how to rename it but if i do so i cant package it anymore :/
faint cedar
@vale osprey - Heya
vale osprey
hi there
vale osprey
not sure I did, but anyway 😄
faint cedar
Oh?
vale osprey
I do it in local space only, for tank tracks
faint cedar
I might've mixed you up with BlackFoxthen :p
Ah, so just in an aligned Y axis?
I got that one to work too, but the moment the spline moves sideways it goes to hell
vale osprey
yes, it's only in XZ plane
faint cedar
Damn you euler
honest rune
If anyone has experience using Fuse CC + Mixamo, I could really use some help identifying an issue.
I thought it was an issue with bad weights but now I'm thinking thats not necessarily the issue.
When I export from Fuse CC directly to Mixamo, the mesh deforms perfectly at the joints when crouching etc like it should.
If I download the fbx and import to Blender to add a root bone, then export to Mixamo again, this is when the strange deforms start.
Just to make sure its not the Mixamo FBX exporter from the website, I tried uploading from fuse to mixamo, downloading from mixamo and reuploading to mixamo without adding to blender and everything is fine.
Something is getting screwed up in Blender but I can't figure out what. Any idea?
should also mention, the deforms only happen during animation as well in those circumstances. The T-pose is fine
bitter iris
Is there anyway to find out the source file on a map output like you can do on an image? Like this
opal ocean
Well, 4.18.3 doesnt seem to like structs within structs. Getting all sorts of REINST/serialised ustruct errors
faint cedar
I have that issue but with behavior trees in 4.18
opal ocean
too bad I wasnt using nested structs in 4.18.1, i would know if the issue started in .3
I just upgraded yesterday :/
floral pagoda
devout gulch
ok does anyone have any idea how is the delta calculated for Orientation Wraping in Paragon ?
I'm now trying to calculate rotation between Velocity Direction and Direction Vector, depending on cardinal direction.
but it doesn't really work..
zinc nymph
is anyone here familiar with ue4 animation'?
im new to ue4 and i imported a animation and how do i make it longer https://gyazo.com/e95f09abdd47510cc4d11bc13cbd7f96
i can make it not loop easily but i need it to run for longer
narrow pasture
Alright im having a constant crashing problem on my laptop, im getting a D3D Device lost error, anyone know anything about this? I've looked around and found a support ticket regarding it, but the fix isn't going in until 4.20
south ridge
Do you have latest drivers etc? You can try building your own version from github, maybe it includes the fix
narrow pasture
yeah its on the latest drivers.
the issue is that im currently working on a project and i'd like to not switch versions to a pre-release one
im basically crashing every 5-7 minutes on my laptop
This is the issue ticket that is closest to my problem
simple pebble
sorry to disturb you all but how would i preform an on cursor begin overlay event using my crosshairs?
celest creek
Hey, does anyone know if gamecenter achievements give you automatic pop-ups while playing the game or do you have to develop that yourself?
zinc nymph
if someone is familiar with matinee dm me please, it seems all 2000+ people in here are amateur
honest rune
lol
stuck acorn
reef mortar
Hey everyone,
does anyone know about a Compile All Blueprints feature in UE4? All that I found is this -> https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/126263/451-is-there-a-way-to-compile-all-blueprints.html, but couldn't find any progress.
I know when you Play in Editor, the Engine compile dirty Blueprints, but I do need to recompile Blueprints--even the non-dirty ones.
cerulean nova
i want to make a game but i have 0 ideas what i could do that i would like <- Sounds weird right? :)
i just want to do it as a Hobby to do something in my spare time a little not to big thing where i can one day look at my work and say "im finish". so i dream about game ideas one idea that i had was some zombie game wich was weird because the dream wasnt like a game it was basicly one of my weird dreams so i was behind a metal door with a window outside are tons of zombies i had 3 people with me i didnt knew them and i had a whistle around my neck and the whistle made zombies attack and also stop attack for some reason wich doesnt make sense because why would i make them attack me at first? but at some point we decided to turn back and we run back to the door we started... when i got there i was alone and was hiding my self inside the room with the door the zombies outside... and the next day i thought about this dream and it was quiet a cool game mechanik not seen before or ? but i would not make such game but still interesting 🤔
i was thinking about the whistle
what if the whistle had a "range" for the zombies just a few meters to affect them... 10m for example but they notice u on 30m and if u whistle to stop the attack and u have a few follow but not attack and the new ones come to attack u would have to whistle again and the ones following would start attacking but the new ones are then just following
dim arch
any word regarding unreal livelink and 3dsmax
dim arch
oh, seems like livelink in ue4 is different to substance livelink for ue4
ripe geyser
Guys, is there a way to use the console command "r.ScreenPercentage 100" in a packaged game?
I need it because it allows me to go over 100 if needed... or is there another way to do that?
cursive dirge
@ripe geyser there's blueprint node for feeding in console commands
"Execute Console Command"
paper kernel
Camera has render scale option iirc
ripe geyser
Thanks Olento!
frank escarp
@floral pagoda ton rosendal for president
would definitely do a better job than any current president
fierce tulip
basically every day when I wake up and check my inbox there are at least two of these answerhub questions asked every day.
"my particles disappear when I look away"
"why doesn't my texture scale when I make my mesh bigger"
"Why is my mesh only one color when I applied a material"
they never use the search function, and even if you had a "commonly asked questions" tab, they would ignore it and ask the question anyway
wary wave
it's why Answerhub doesn't work
it makes seeing old questions hard to find, and the repeat questions bury everything else
the regular forums however show up in a Google search with some degree of accuracy, which serves to lower that repeat count
plush yew
Hello. I want to create a new "viewport play window" when i press a key with a fixed size and fixed position.
cloud cobalt
Why do you want that for ? It's not going to be easy
plush yew
I want to debug blueprints. That is not possible when I cannot see the flow of the pulsating nodes in the bbp editor.
standard viewport blocks everything behind it
cloud cobalt
Get a second screen, or use logs to debug
plush yew
:/
plush yew
too complex
just seeing the flow helped me enough
after i paused thegame, moved it to the right, shrinked it to a small window, and then pressed on pause again
every single time
cloud cobalt
Then get a second screen, it's a great investment for gamedev anyway
plush yew
i mean there are 4 exes. i cannot place 4 breakpoint after every exe, can I ? 😄
cloud cobalt
What do you mean, "4 exes" ?
plush yew
4 executable nodes
cloud cobalt
So why can't you set a breakpoint for each ?
Not to mention Visual Studio breakpoint, if you're using C++ nodes
plush yew
that is more work then watching the flow
cloud cobalt
Anyway, if you just need to have the flow of things, just print events on screen
You can't open or close viewports on demand, so that's not really an option
plush yew
i can only print if a exe happens.... for example on the last exe node
the problem was the event tick was a custom event.. no idea why it wasn't a event tick... a print log would not helped me there
it would not print, that's it.
cloud cobalt
1080p monitors go for $100 now, I'd consider that seriously tbh. Wouldn't work with a single monitor myself, currently using 3
cloud cobalt
You might also be able to dock the Blueprint editor window inside the main window
plush yew
not possible
cloud cobalt
Too bad
For the very little work I do in Blueprint I often use simple prints myself
If your print isn't triggered you just look what's supposed to call it and add more prints
And obviously the real-time flow on the second monitor works too
cloud cobalt
Which is part of why I'm not considering Blueprints for anything really serious, only for level scripting right now
plush yew
ya but c++ is .. oh my god
python i would ay ok, lets learn that.
c++: i don't get pointers or :: stuff
cloud cobalt
It's a much more involved language, yes
paper kernel
no training wheels
plush yew
any good unreal4 blogs?
cloud cobalt
Arguably, UE4 has training wheels for C++
paper kernel
true
cloud cobalt
You can go a surprisingly long way while ignoring many language fundamentals because there is a huge consistent framework that you just stick with
In the long run it doesn't always make it easier, but still
latent moth
My prone animation is shaking way too much their arms. Is there anyway I can force them to stay put by adding an additive layer in the animation prone_idle itself?
plush yew
@cloud cobalt problem is there are not many c++ ue tutorials
cloud cobalt
plush yew
i did that where it wasn't fully released and it wasn't that good
storm venture
emergency help please!
i'm in the middle of a high quality build for a meeting in several hours and my pc ran out of space during the build... i freed up some space and the build was never interrupted, but i was down to like 30MB of free space, am I going to be greeted to a bunch of errors in a few hours when this build is done? should i start over and risk the wasted time?
cloud cobalt
If the build didn't fail, probably not
Don't believe the lighting build needs to write lots of data either
(until it's done)
fierce tulip
oh shii, apparently meshes with multiple materials will show the other materials applied to it in the material viewport. nice.
plush yew
why isnt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZW1BhGMYz0 sticked in the forums as must watch?!
the basics of UE oO
tztztztz
grim ore
If I had to guess it would be due to age, a few of those things are out dated and replaced so it's no longer accurate
plush yew
but there isnt a alternative
wary wave
what's the range of vertex 'colour' in UE4's meshes?
frank escarp
@wary wave 4 floats
from 0 to 1, normalized
im not sure if they are normalized in the shader, so you might be able to put them at more than 1 from code
but the painter is 0 to 1
wary wave
yeah, that's what I wanted to know, whether they were normalised at mesh-level or not, hehe
thinking about storing weights in them
wary wave
also, I will complain less about UE4's navmesh generation:
https://youtu.be/HuLoQf53aKA?t=537
languid shard
what the heck
wary wave
that was my response
quasi lake
TSharedPtr<NetPacket> curPacket = MakeShareable(new NetPacket());
TSharedPtr<NetPacket> ccc = curPacket;
curPacket.Reset();
Bros,plz check this code
Will this NetPacket object be destroyed after these 3 lines?
And is this "ccc" pointing nothing now?
Sorry for this basic question
I'm on my knees,hope anyone help me, masters.
plush yew
why does source engine has no light bleeding?
and is it recommended to buy today recent gen. cpus and mainboard and ddr4 ram for the next 3 years if in 3 years there will be the new super gpu's who do cpu work and hdd who are fast as ram?
languid shard
@plush yew 1) No idea, better lightmapper maybe ? Also source is a much simpler engine in terms of rendering, most lights are static and baked unless you modify it massively
plush yew
UE is static light too if you want
languid shard
- That question is computer hardware in a nutshell
wary wave
Source's default light mapper doesn't do GI, does it?
languid shard
no don't think so
wary wave
I recall it being a 'new feature for L4D3 in Source 2', but well, that hasn't emerged
languid shard
you had to fake ambient lighting with spotlights and such
wary wave
what?
languid shard
L4D3 was the base project using Source²
wary wave
^
languid shard
they reused assets from L4D2 and baked some levels to test out the new features of source²
plush yew
hey we are talking about valve.... and l4d ....... and hl
wary wave
the assets were new
plush yew
meme: insert meme l4d3 and hl3
100 years ... later... l4d3 announced
wait what
source2?
languid shard
you mean these @wary wave ? http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/670/670157.jpg
wary wave
that's from the 2011 powerpoint, IIRC
languid shard
yep
wary wave
there was something leaked a few years later that showed lighting changes etc
languid shard
that's a L4D2 map layout though
languid shard
@plush yew yes Source²
plush yew
@languid shard ya ok that dooes not mean theyll release these super games this or nexxt year -.-
more like in 100 yrs
languid shard
there's a bunch of info from that Dota newsletter
back when they did the switch from source 1 to 2
plush yew
LifeForLife🤔 - Today at 3:47 PM
L4D3 was the base project using Source²
languid shard
source film maker now is using source²
plush yew
pardon, 3?!
wary wave
there's bugger all out there
languid shard
there was a bunch of strings in the SFM and dota2 code aswell referring to source ² and L4D3
plush yew
thats all right?
wary wave
but at some point between 2011 and 2014 it was in development as a prototype
languid shard
wary wave
what happened to it after that is anyone's guess
around 2014 is more or less when Valve gave up on most games to be fair
languid shard
I'm still hoping for them to use Source² for one of their VR releases
they are using Unity more and more aswell
wary wave
yup
languid shard
and TBH, it doesn't matter which engine they use, if the games are good...
The Lab was made in Unity
tall pendant
and Source 2
languid shard
and it still is awesome
ONE demo was made with source²
the portal demo with glados and the bots
tall pendant
still part of the lab 😛
languid shard
😬
wary wave
Portal Stories was Unreal Engine xD
languid shard
hey, any of you guys using VR and having recurring crashes for no reason with UE VR preview ?
uh wait
no portal stories is a source mod @wary wave
wary wave
no
wary wave
though that VR one IS Unreal 4
languid shard
yeah it is
Maybe the first iterations of Mel are using UE
and they moved to source when they got the greenlight from valve to use the IP and make a mod
wary wave
gonna log into my account and see if I can find it
seems to have gone walkies from the store page
plush yew
can i get a free htc vive? 🦄
languid shard
😄
well you can make your own now @wary wave
that's something I'd do as a fan project, port HL2 bsps to UE4 and do some VR walkthrough
wary wave
weird, isn't in my steam games list either
might have been superseded by Portal Stories: VR
¯_(ツ)_/¯
languid shard
¯_(ツ)_/¯
fuck I need that Hammuer plug
I remember seeing some more or less good reviews on it
but just being able to port levels from existing source 1 games I'd buy it
languid shard
🙄
fierce tulip
I am in charge to optimize materials for one project, and its rather fun to be able and reduce something with almost 450 instructions and 4 texture samples, yet it looks exactly the same.
its like getting paid to do Sudoku's :p
languid shard
@fierce tulip wanna optimize an arch model for me ? 😄
same thing but with meshes
going from 4/5k drawcalls to 300 or something
hazy lynx
hey people!
speaking of optimization, can anyone help me figure out the built in CPU profiler?
I'm a bit confused by exc and inc times
I have a bunch of functions in which exc time is much higher then the inc time
and from what I understand about profiling, inc time includes all the called functions, so it should always be higher one
plush yew
@fierce tulip I admire you that you enjoy this or enjoy anything at all.
fierce tulip
its the little things hehe.
I also think my ocd has a fieldday when doing this and thanks me with sweet sweet endorfines, zerotinines, and other sweet brain chemicals hehe
plush yew
.__. i wish my brain would be like yours
fierce tulip
it comes with time and age :p
elfin jacinth
My son turns 3 today, I turn 36 in April. #OldLife
@hazy lynx Start here: https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Performance/CPU/
halcyon shore
Hey what is the best way to load level for an fps?
hazy lynx
I have
halcyon shore
im using open level atm, but streaming doesnt seem right
hazy lynx
docs don't explain the meaning of inc and exc times at all
elfin jacinth
Ah. Sorry!
tawdry narwhal
I know this isn't strictly UE4, but has any of you guys/gals written an article on 80.lv before?
fierce tulip
had m sort of written for me. just pick some parts of what you like to talk about in your showcase thingy and write away 😃
tawdry narwhal
and how do you submit? All I can see is a Submit Post button that takes me here:
does it cost money to submit an article?...
plush yew
1000 dollar o.o
tawdry narwhal
crazy right?
grim sinew
From what I'm told, just post a bunch on polycount and the guy running it will come to you.
tawdry narwhal
that's good to know, thanks
I see there's a facebook group too where he says if you tag them you might get featured on their site
plush yew
life is eazzzy
frank escarp
the 1000 thing is for those "sponsored" posts
analog cedar
For a game that's similar to monster hunter/dark souls/ furi, what would be an ideal scope size for a demo? Right now I have 2 playable classes and 3 bosses, but was wondering if anyone has any opinions on this.
plush yew
seems legit demo
latent terrace
halp! I've pressed some buttons and now when I click play it doesn't possess my character automatically anymore, how do If ix it? 😮
latent terrace
nvm turns out I was simulating
analog cedar
Alright, thanks @plush yew & @frank escarp 😄 I guess I'll aim for 30 minutes of gameplay.
plush yew
@latent terrace lolz
latent terrace
well it's not funny when you are pressing stuff and the game doesn't react till you figure out it's not possessed lol
plush yew
so
still no news on 4.19?
what happens when 4.2 gets out?
new era?
maybe 4.19 was abandoned
surreal viper
4.2 came out years ago
wary wave
4.2 was years ago
surreal viper
seriously
wary wave
4.20 comes after 4.19...
surreal viper
I still hope that one day people will understand these numbers...
wary wave
counting is hard 😄
plush yew
Lol
i mean 4.20 XD
uzps
@surreal viper
you know
i noticed my game literally runs better on my local machine
wtf?
i wonder if this server i bought
is just shit
for running dedi servers
lel
like literally no lag
wtf
show me your game
yeah literally no lag
wtf lmao
Anyone know a good place to purchase dedi server hosting
That isn't garbage
show me the online game o.ö
upper heart
better for you locally? or better for other players?
obviously it will run better for you
plush yew
i dont know
but i mean
if there were bandwidth issues and stuff
wouldnt i still be having it?
on the dedi server i had it with just a single player
but on local i have no lag
upper heart
you are local to the server, read a book on networking 
plush yew
heh
All im saying is
i feel like if there were issues
it would still be here
like
ok
another example
plush yew
i had my friend up the street host a server
no issues
i have it on my pc
no issues
i have it on the server in texas
and i just have
everytthing fucking up
delays
..etc
everything gets delayed a few seconds
plush yew
yes
cinder iron
or reside
plush yew
lol
cinder iron
near texas?
plush yew
@cinder iron the thing is I have connected to servers in Europe and California and didn't get such bad ping
O. O
cinder iron
compared with your local ping would be way more xD
anyways, which kind of issues are you suffering
plush yew
Stuttering when moving, teleportation, left click may take longer than usual to actually do its action, even client sided actions may take longer like playing a sound
cinder iron
is it standible?
because I mean, it all depends on how much you would like to waste you could improve your experience or not
also check out how many cpu/ram are you consuming server side and what you requiere
analog cedar
Does have a graphics card equipped laptop really help with UE4? I'm gonna be on the road for a few weeks and want to stay productive away from home
Or would a i7 laptop suffice?
grim sinew
Don’t think it will work at all on integrated graphics.
You can try but chances are it won’t launch, or if it does it’ll be incredibly slow.
upper heart
I run it on my Dell Latitude E7270 a lot. It runs fine on low if you aren't doing anything too crazy.
analog cedar
I'd probably work on particles and AI
analog cedar
I'm guessing if I'm just building character blueprints and particle systems, it shouldn't be too bad on integrated graphics. Thanks for the opinions everyone 😄
upper heart
Yeah I do pretty much everything on integrated graphics. Particles are a little hard because they look a lot different at low quality. But if they aren't insane systems then it should be fine.
plush yew
The space is mainly the issue for me when working on laptops, feels hard to work “freely”
Usually just code or do theory when I have to work away
grim sinew
Yes. Blueprint.
carmine lion
Right now I have it as a scalar parameter, but when I use this material for a particle, every particle is the same texture...
But would that work with an emitter?
Like I get how to do it per instance
but this one material is being applied in a particle system
grim sinew
It would work but if it’s a particle there should be a better way. The particle flip book thing should be able to do random frames.
carmine lion
yeah i'm stumped
plush yew
@vorixo#7101 no its unbearable
hey guys, is this the ark dev kit?
https://gyazo.com/f97b20ee30203b7e79ba3d4a433cac87
fierce tulip
in this case if you dont want to change the material, grab a "dynamic parameter" node @carmine lion
plush yew
@cinder iron no its unbearable
cinder iron
check server side stats when you execute the game
fierce tulip
that way you can randomize that value with the parameter module in cascade
plush yew
oh
cinder iron
and network profiler on ue side would help
to see the heck is happening so you might have more of a clue
xD
cinder iron
seems normal?
carmine lion
@fierce tulip thanks man, i'll try some shit out
plush yew
oh lel
cinder iron
Server provider @plush yew
cinder iron
pm me specs if you don't want to dirtied the chat
plush yew
lol
cinder iron
my recommendation for you, is to ask for a trial on another company (preferably a reputed one) and under similar situations retest the thing, and then you can compare performance, if you are getting the same shitty perf. then the problem is in your side, if not then your old server was a bit bad