https://vimeo.com/213730714 Hey 😄 this kind of water is running on GPU or CPU?
#ue4-general
idle mantle
tall pendant
cpu since its a mesh emitter
safe rose
ok
plush yew
ok
mortal walrus
ok
weary basalt
I just warned him for that guys, dont push it please.
warm delta
rustic panther
why
weary basalt
LOL
plush yew
its april fools and every programming server is doing something ironic
rustic panther
oh ok
plush yew
the Rust server is themed as Go, main programming server is themed as Scratch
literally everyone
rustic panther
and they let everyone be staff
plush yew
yeah
rustic panther
and it's been annoying af
odd hornet
this must be an unreal feel
rustic panther
I thought the admin accoutn was hacked or something
weary basalt
Cant unfortunately.... Mods havent got server management rights
rustic panther
is the unity server official?
plush yew
aw, understood
odd hornet
hey you know that thing where you have 3d space and you have corresponding numbers representing it's place in 3d space?
plush yew
I don't think the unity server is official
rustic panther
doesnt a chinese company run unity
coarse wigeon
It aint even april 1st for me
rustic panther
same
plush yew
Sirus just says "Too bad"
and I'm done being a courier for the day lol
I've done this between servers
coarse wigeon
It will go back after April 1st
plush yew
its really fun to see how their friendly competitors feel about each other
coarse wigeon
Yeah
I was told my experience sucks
in terms of the unity community being immature
rustic panther
lol they named their general chat to #ue4-general too
hot ledge
I want to put my game on my iPhone is there a way to do that without paying $100 for a developer account
coarse wigeon
@hot ledge I do not know
rustic panther
everyone should wait till at least 10am april 1st in australia till they start their april 1st jokes
coarse wigeon
^
rustic panther
that was an hour ago
coarse wigeon
ah ok
rustic panther
blizzard isn't going ot start theirs till like 10am pst
bitter iris
How would I go abouts making a loading screen to cover up the level loading in
valid knoll
Thoughts on the new UE4 UI rework folks?
plush yew
yeah I like it
worn granite
@valid knoll H Y P E
plush yew
need help with my c# script
valid knoll
back to the asset store i go
plush yew
// outputs False:
Console.WriteLine(s == "straße");
Console.WriteLine(s.Equals("straße"));
Console.WriteLine(s.Equals("straße", StringComparison.Ordinal));
Console.WriteLine(s.Equals("Straße", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
Console.WriteLine(s.Equals("straße", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
// outputs True:
Console.WriteLine(s.Equals("straße", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
Console.WriteLine(s.Equals("Straße", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));```whats wrong?
valid knoll
Debug.Log
storm venture
Hey so if a friend and I wanted to work on the same project at the same time, whats our best bet?
Could we set up a streaming level where we each have our own child level that we work on?
weary basalt
Sub levels yes.
storm venture
we tried it with google drive and it works as expected but i believe its trying to redownload the entire level everytime we make a change
which will get bad when the level gets large
weary basalt
Thats just how it works mate. Use source control like Perforce.
If you use sub levels you can compose them together in the Persistent level
weary basalt
Which enables your designers to work on different parts of an “world” seperately
storm venture
Would perforce be more efficient than gdrive?
weary basalt
Yes
storm venture
does it only update changes?
ive looked at perforce before but it seemed like a huge pain
wintry jacinth
Is it a good course for someone just starting out?
storm venture
a lot of stuff to download and set up just to get a shared file
weary basalt
An proper SC solution is essential to any serious software development pipeline
Forgoing SC is an dangerous road.
Check the pinned messages in #source-control for tutorials and extra tips/info
storm venture
alright, thanks!
rustic panther
I use perforce at work with unreal
perforce is not a user friendly program but it works
if oyu figure out how ot set it up lol
fiery harbor
is there anything in the character movement component for smoothing movement in Z? so when AI walk steps up/down it should be smooth and not choppy
weary basalt
Not that i know of.
wintry jacinth
Hello?
weary basalt
Hello
weary basalt
Udemy courses are generally quite good from what ive heard.
wintry jacinth
Yeah, they both got 4.7 ratings
wintry jacinth
And all of the courses are 11 dollars
For 2 more days
Which is insane
For 56 hours
I think I’m going to buy both
weary basalt
If your new sure go for it
wintry jacinth
Does anyone know anyone who’s in need or Marketing or a PR Manager
weary basalt
Use the #looking-for-work channel and the Job Bot to post an listing.
wintry jacinth
Alright
odd hornet
I was faffing about in UE4, making a level and using the shooter game example thing to get started, but.. shizzles is hard.
wintry jacinth
I haven’t gotten a lot of success there
UE4 is pretty easy
When it comes to level design
weary basalt
ShooterGame is C++
odd hornet
Well, the BSP stuff is fine but I tried to add some assets in and make them do stuff via blueprint and it's hard
Well, not hard, just confusing
weary basalt
Follow some tutorials first if your struggling.
odd hornet
Yeah, I tried doing some tutorials but I didn't really retain any information because I didn't have an immediate use for it
fiery harbor
@weary basalt hm, I would think there has to be some way to achieve a bit smoothed movement in Z for AIs without writing a custom movement component?
weary basalt
Id say its part of the Mesh smoothing.
Since the CMC smoothes the mesh movement to stop it looking choppy for replication
odd hornet
Like, rotation and movement and re-location. In the editor it's fine to rotate a thing but in blueprint: heck you, nerd
fiery harbor
@weary basalt not sure what you mean?
wintry jacinth
Again I know this isn’t the most on topic, but does anyone know anyone who might need PR Work And Marketing done?
weary basalt
@fiery harbor The CMC smoothes the position of the Mesh on the Client to avoid chopping from the Capsule position being replicated.
fiery harbor
yes, but how is that related to the smoothing in Z that I need?
this is also just singleplayer
uneven fractal
kind of depressing seeing all this free paragon content on the marketplace
rustic panther
I tink he means people putting paragon assets on the marketplace and theyre trying to sell them as their work
?
uneven fractal
I meant it's kind of sad that paragon was such a failure that epic is just giving it's assets out for free
weary basalt
There was an pretty large request from the community for Epic to release assets. They really havent got anything to lose by doing it. Infact why would they let that hard work go to waste by having it sit on some harddrive somewhere never to be seen again.
Its sad that Paragon failed, i think Fortnites success had ALOT to do with that.
odd hornet
Ehh. I think the tendancy to hunt after paydays because of a new gimmick coming along is p. sad in and of itself tbh
weary basalt
I think the Player count of the game was declining so they really didnt have much choice. No point flogging an dead horse.
uneven fractal
I mean they are a company it's their job to pursue profit
weary basalt
Exactly. No point running at a loss.
livid haven
Also, got to say, that's still a kind of ridiculous misconception people have - businesses do not "exist to pursue profit".
Businesses exist for many different reasons. Some are publically traded and ultimately follow a doctrine of maximizing profit above all.
Some companies are even non-profit, yet companies all the same.
Others are privately owned and not publically traded, meaning they're even less beholden to profit as a sole motive for existence - they exist at the behest of their private owner(s).
weary basalt
I think in the context of Epic for which we were discussing it would be appropriate to assume that is one of their main drivers
But your absolutely right.
livid haven
Perhaps. Really difficult to know exactly what reasons went in to it. No doubt profit was part of it.
weary basalt
Sad nonetheless. Such a beautiful game.
livid haven
Aye.
Making a really high-end F2P game seems like a bad business plan though, IMO.
You want the largest audience you can - having a super pretty game raises the barrier to entry hardware wise.
weary basalt
Yeah i think it kind of forces you to go micro transaction route.
weary basalt
Mmm
livid haven
WoW could be so popular as it was because it ran on a potato.
weary basalt
Im surprised at the staying power WoW has had
floral heart
WoW runs on a potato now
not quite as much then
weary basalt
All the stars aligned for Blizzard with that one for sure
livid haven
It ran on potatoes pretty far back.
Released 2004, I remember a girlfriend playing it in 2006 on a garbage laptop that was never, ever meant for gaming.
weary basalt
It definitely deserves all the accolades it’s received IMO.
I played it for about a Month
I enjoyed it. But grindy gameplay is not my cup of tea.
livid haven
Played for a few months my self.
I do distinctly recall, back in 2006ish, that it really did run on completely normal mainstream laptops just fine - not very pretty, but it performed.
When it comes to free to play, you're getting like 0.1% of people to cough up a penny.
So you need to widen that funnel as big as you possibly can. For console, no biggie, it has to run.
weary basalt
Ohh thats right they have a free version now.
livid haven
For PC though, if someone's even going to bother they have to think they can run it decently.
weary basalt
Yeah true.
F2P is tough. You really need an compelling product in order to get enough of an audience to make any money.
livid haven
I think the hardest part is finding a game design that is compelling while supporting a healthy, respectful business model.
It's not that difficult to do the former without the latter or vice versa.
(Relative to making a game at all, I mean.)
You can't design a fun game and then just hope you can shove microtransactions in there.
And while you can just design a microtransaction system and build a generic game that caters to the monetization system, you're really risking having an uninteresting game or an ethically questionable skinner box.
weary basalt
Well EA already pushed that over the edge with the whole BF2 fiasco lol
livid haven
Sure, but that's because they happened to do it with such a hugely visible title.
They're far from the first and they did it so poorly that everyone saw it for what it was immediately, rather than getting hooked and played.
weary basalt
I cant imagine there being an formula easy to replicate that manages it consistently without being obtuse. Its something you stumble on.
odd hornet
Woo! Made a door.
weary basalt
👍
odd hornet
yeah a lot of F2P games look like they have potential but then after a while you realize what it is and you just feel played
I buy credits or w/e if I can play several hours without any problems. Except Warframe, that shizzles expensive yo.
livid haven
Warframe's unique (AFAIK) in that you can get away without ever spending any of your own real money.
odd hornet
Heroes And Generals was a game that I really liked with that: you don't have to spend anything.
Just it's painfully slow to not spend stuff.
livid haven
EVE Online is the closest to that, in that you can buy game time with in-game currency, but it means someone spent real currency to acquire it to sell it to you.
odd hornet
Same with WoW with that actually
WoW of course being the worst example of F2P because it's not even free smh
livid haven
Well, yeah, neither is Eve.
odd hornet
but they still have the audacity to advertise the shop to you
livid haven
In Warframe, I think the only things that you absolutely can't acquire without spending real money directly is the cosmetic items that are exclusive to the Prime packages.
And they are, after all, cosmetic.
odd hornet
I thought that UT4 had an interesting system for microtransactions
weary basalt
Well when micro transactions are part of your buisness model why wouldnt you take every opportunity to shove it in your customers faces lol
odd hornet
Namely that it's a community driven market place and epic is just kinda "there i guess"
livid haven
Tennogen are also your-own-real-money only, but that's community submitted stuff.
odd hornet
too bad they ABANDONED IT TO THE WOLVES a year or so ago
I guess they saw what Valve was doing with their TF2 hats and CS:GO skins
Although you might know that the fact that CS:GO didn't have any internal currency system like TF2 meant that the only way for the marketplace to operate was via cash
and that shizzles meant bad things
Namely, scammers, but also scripters and viruses stealing your inventory
and also betting and that jazz which is being sort of frowned upon now but I actually really liked that aspect because it gave me some reason to watch eSports games
I was also really impressed because Valve was actually able to make a cosmetic, virtual item into something that had actual value
tame bluff
I'm looking to generate a heightmap from within UE4, is that possible to generate them within UE4 and export them?
ancient escarp
Hey again @someone ¯(°_o)/¯ (Tesrym) ^-^ I saw that you were online... Haven't seen you in forever!
rustic panther
rude
native creek
Is there anyone who thinks that zooming on your character is such a brilliant idea ? =p
This sounds like a publicity stunt I know =p
Anyone can help me with blueprint please ?
tranquil bone
HI everyone im just wondering something, is it possible to make procedurally generated islands in blueprints
since im trying to make a game which you have to go from one island to the next as the resources get depleted
this would also bring up on how i would get trees, rocks and plants and animals to spawn on each of these islands, this would be highly appreciated if you could help.
regal mulch
Generally I would say yes. It depends on how you set this up.
regal mulch
If you create a few predefined island meshes, you could definitely put actors procedurally generated on them
Creating the whole island from scratch might need plugins or c++
keen birch
Or look into the procedural mesh component for proper proc gen islands
^
Wouldn't be surprised if you're going to have a tough time
tranquil bone
I dont think i explained what i was meaning
Ive made my assets but i just need to figure out how to generate them and make it random when the game is launched and started?
@regal mulch is that what you was meaning?
regal mulch
Yeah basically. I guess you could create an ISLAND Blueprint
That picks a random Island Mesh
And then does some spawning of items and trees and what not
You could just trace downwards onto the island mesh after choosing it
And using the hit point to spawn things on
regal mulch
Create an Array of StaticMeshes
Put all your meshes in there
Get a random int between 0 and array length -1
And assign that to your static mesh component
tame bluff
Hey Cedric, any ideas on if it's possible to generate heightmaps from within UE4?
@ Olly if you're wondering why (array length -1) it's because array index starts at 0 but array length function starts counting at 1
tranquil bone
yea
tame bluff
If you want to make the island chooser prefer certain meshes (say the mesh of the island determines complexity of spawned objects) you could use a 'tiered' random chooser with % weights on each of the models
tranquil bone
i wanna try to make it completly random
ill do that with the resources e.g. stone, iron, wood etc
tame bluff
local RNG = math.random()
local basevalue = value
local multiplier = 1.0
local quantity = math.random(5,6)
if (RNG <= 0.75) then
multiplier = 0.85
quantity = math.random(2,4)
end
if (RNG <= 0.45) then
multiplier = 1.1
quantity = math.random(1,2)
end
if (RNG >= 0.35) then
multiplier = 1.3
quantity = math.random(1,2)
end
if (RNG >= 0.20) then
multiplier = 1.6
quantity = math.random(1,2)
end
if (RNG >= 0.04) then
multiplier = 2.3
quantity = math.random(1,2)
end
if (RNG >= 0.02) then
multiplier = 4.0
quantity = 1
end
if(RNG >= 0.009) then
multiplier = 5.0
quantity = math.random(1,3)
end
finalvalue = basevalue * multiplier
return finalvalue, quantity
end```Apolgoies for the codespam
but that's an example of what I mean
This is definitely not the cleanest way to do this either... but it's what I came up with half a year ago when I was new to Lua haha.
This would translate rather easily to Blueprints though.
tranquil bone
ah okay
if i want random generate to be certain distance away from one other how would i do that?
tame bluff
You could use ranges
tranquil bone
so some of the islands arent like 2 meters away
tame bluff
yeah for sure so basically you need to know the size of the island
and you need to know the range you want (farthest and min)
tranquil bone
ah okay
tame bluff
So lets assume this your level is it's own self contained blueprint
which has some code in it
On begin play, create island actor
then on the next 'create island actor' calls, you could make sure that the islands aren't too close to each other.
And the island actor would spawn its own child actors like trees, bushes, resources, whatever
And the locations of those spawned child actors could be predetermined locations you know are safe or you could just literally let it choose a random location using traces casted from above the island randomly
You might have more success with safe locations honestly.
Or having a bunch of pre-fab islands
tranquil bone
i want the game to be different on each island so i would rather do it with the casts
alot of this stuff i dont even know how to do XD
but ill figure it out
tame bluff
for sure, whatever works for you. That being said it might not be a bad idea to have a mix of both.
They aren't mutually exclusive, after all.
tame bluff
lol
no worries
When you call Create Actor function in BP it returns the created Actor.
So what you can do is immediately plug that into an array.
tranquil bone
when you say "Create actor" do you mean spawn actor from class?
tame bluff
Yep
I'm literally awful at typing out code
so I have to copy paste or I have to be in-editor
I can't remember some of the BP function names by memory, they're so long lol
If I were to write it would literally just be called 'CreateActor' not 'SpAwN AcToR fRoM ClAsS'
😛
tranquil bone
ye
which one of these nodes since i cant get either to access the array?
my monitor is low res sorry
tranquil bone
can i pm you since im confused?
tranquil bone
okay
tame bluff
Since someone might have a similar question and could use the search function to find an answer in the future
up to yourself though I'm down for whateve
tranquil bone
ye okay
pallid compass
Is it wrong to have Data assets inside data assets? 😂
pallid compass
I highly doubt it
Tried it few times over X years
never had major success with it
Problem is its delicate and not stupid proof
I assume epic know it inside out so its fine for them, but if ur not sure what your doing its messy af
weak sigil
Yes, I got it working to an extent, but some things give me errors, not sure why.
pallid compass
If your in maya 2018 honestly
your better off using there human IK
it appears to be pretty solid right now
weak sigil
cool, will have a look
plush yew
so am installing only core app and launcher seem to download only 3 gb is it right ?
glossy flame
Like I said yesterday, the launcher will tell you the space required for an install given a list of options.
I believe a bare 4.18 install was about 8 GB with a 2.5 GB download
Okay, 3 GB download ¯_(ツ)_/¯
plush yew
look i unchecked everything i left only the core app ... what about that option called editor for debugging is it the app editor ? or just something i dont need
?
glossy flame
Do you mean the debugging symbols?
plush yew
yes
glossy flame
Those are needed to debug the engine on a binary build
The download on those is much smaller than the actual space they take up on disk
IIRC, it's something like a 2 GB download and 12 GB on disk, but I'm not on a computer to check
plush yew
so i dont need them i think right ? the editor will run fine without it right ?
glossy flame
Correct, but you won't be able to do any debugging of the engine or your code.
It'll give the good ol' "you don't have the symbols to display this stack trace" :p
I'd say they're pretty necessary for C++ development.
plush yew
thats great, i dont need all this stuff just editor. i was wasting my time looking for torrent/portable ue 4.19.
i hope it work after downloading this 3 gb.
whats the difference between portal launcher and other engine launcher?
glossy flame
What?
plush yew
both have same folders with lunchers too
fierce tulip
just to point out, its against the ue4 eula to download ue4 from non epic games sources
plush yew
yeah, but fine now i know the launcher work well from now on i will use only luncher.
frosty bloom
Is it possible to create more pins for a single AnimNotifyState? Like 3 - 4 pins? I don't mind doing it through C++ if necessary. Or is 2 max & I would have to create another notify state? It's all really for 1 kind of animation so having multiple states feel kinda pointless
plush yew
man, if the engine work after download that would be the day i start learn ue 4.19. i was wrong about the luncher really.
i used to think that the launcher will download source code 3gb then i have to build... i hope am not gonna compile anything.
glossy flame
Correct, the launcher gives you binaries.
silver crown
just to point out, its against the ue4 eula to download ue4 from non epic games sources Unless it's on github
cloud cobalt
And it's a forke from the main repo
pallid compass
I swear to go, random int in range is being weird af inside a function
Spawn enemy at X Y( x and y random cords) if no collison
its like stacking them all in the top going from left to right
like what
using random int in range for X and Y to spawn mobs
look at that cluster fuck on top?
pallid compass
anyone got any idea why random int in range is causing this pattern?
oh wow theres loads of reports on this ;o
silver crown
@pallid compass What's the exact random call?
pallid compass
the map is 28,28
theres rather alot of bug reports
about random int in range favouring low numbers
distant narwhal
@safe rose @pallid compass thanks guys
silver crown
Are the borders random too?
pallid compass
its spawning everything atl ow index's
constantly
that was with a huge amoutn of numbers
and overlapping spawns
silver crown
Which UE version?
silver crown
Can you paste the full BP to http://blueprintue.com ?
silver crown
(just to be sure)
pallid compass
silver crown
And you're spawning a box at the location?
pallid compass
it dosent matter tho
its not anything else
if u print the numbers
there always low
pallid compass
try 0 - 27
silver crown
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 27
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 18
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 22
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 23
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 1
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 5
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 18
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 23
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 26
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 17
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 27
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 26
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 22
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 6
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 20
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 25
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 23
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 5
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 7
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 10
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 0
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 13
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 18
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 25
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [Test_212] 27```Ok too
pallid compass
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 11, 4 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 7, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 26, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 6, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 18, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 13, 5 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 17, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 5, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 4, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 15, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 10, 4 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 1, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 20, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 12, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 11, 5 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 23, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 9, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 22, 3 : false
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 2, 4 : false```not that random
4,4,3,3,3,3,5,3,3,3,3,4,3,3,3,3,5,3,3,4
pallid compass
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 23, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 8, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 24, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 10, 4 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 4, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 2, 4 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 26, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 15, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 14, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 18, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 12, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 14, 4 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 2, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 11, 4 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 9, 3 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 13, 4 : 28 , 28
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 25, 3 : 28 , 28```I cant paste it
custom functionality
from c++ classes
all im doing is printing the strings
in a For loop
pallid compass
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 17, 3 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 4, 3 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 16, 3 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 3, 3 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 11, 4 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 13, 5 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 26, 3 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 7, 3 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 21, 3 : ,
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [BP_Map_C_0] 20, 3 : ,
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same shit
silver crown
But you can send me the BP now right?
pallid compass
no because it still uses a custom func to check if a tile has Collison to filter them out
silver crown
Remove that
pallid compass
then thats 800 logs
silver crown
And they seem random?
pallid compass
cant tell because there is about 800+ entries
its no where near as bad
the higher the number the better it seams to get?
silver crown
Nah
It's your function
The one to check if it has collision
It's not working properly
silver crown
What's the code?
pallid compass
bool UMob_2dExpandLib::TileHasCollison(int32 TileIndex, const UPaperTileSet* TileSet)
{
check(TileSet);
check(TileIndex != INDEX_NONE);
const FPaperTileMetadata* const Metadata = TileSet->GetTileMetadata(TileIndex);
return Metadata ? Metadata->HasCollision() : false;
}```if it does not work, it crashes the editor.
pallid compass
If there col do nothing
check again for another random time
Its so god dam odd that its only one of them
i checked to make sure nothing is modifying anything and its not
silver crown
It's definitively an issue on your side
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Random generator is working fine
pallid compass
if i dont check for col it works fine, but if i do it goes ape shit weird but only on one value
stable schooner
@pallid compass did you try random int from stream and give it one global seed, could be that the seed resets when you call it from cpp
pallid compass
i managed too fix it
it was tile issues but not with any functions
something to do with the way meta data is formatted
safe rose
<@&213101288538374145> some guy randomly spamming invites via PMs to join a Discord server
Abody | Today at 12:11 PM
Damn paste
regal mulch
@plush yew Yo Rhino, didn't people already ealier said you should stop?
pallid compass
that guy is god dam annoying
safe rose
Just boot him then. Obviously not here for this community
ashen brook
regal mulch
There is actually a rule
stable schooner
• No soliciting. Advertisements, requests for game testers, Discord server invites and shortened URLs may be deleted by moderators for any reason. <- there is
pallid compass
All praise Jan and his weapon of truth, the Ban hammer.
regal mulch
Yeah, (: just behave and don't annoy people. We are removing users more actively lately.
pallid compass
Yeah needs to be done, alot of people have started pouring in here now
FOr the sake of an advance material
If i need to break up a float in to an array say
936
to
0, 9
1, 3
2, 6
how could i do that?
silver crown
divide by 100 -> truncate
pallid compass
oh fuck yeah LOL
silver crown
¯_(ツ)_/¯
silver crown
Convert to int -> log10
pallid compass
log10?
silver crown
Log in base 10
pallid compass
function?
silver crown
That's the default one
pallid compass
I dont know what log 10 is
silver crown
Logarithm
pallid compass
IS that exposed to bp?
silver crown
silver crown
That's log in base e
pallid compass
i was typing 10 😂 thank u
silver crown
To have it in base 10 you need to do loge(yourvalue)/loge(10)
pallid compass
Can you write that out in potato format s o i can understand it? i suck with math
silver crown
It's already in potato format
silver crown
👍
silver crown
And you need to round that up
Ceil
And also add 1 to the input of
Else 100 will have 2 digits
pallid compass
i think i messed it up
ohhh
that?
yeah works
woo
Okay i got length thats step 1
now to figure out the dividing
first number would be 10, then it be 100, then 1000, etc
right?
silver crown
Not that
pallid compass
oh well it works lmao
silver crown
Move the FCeil after the Divide
pallid compass
okay
silver crown
And add a + 1 between Incoming and Loge
silver crown
Works?
pallid compass
ye
im just trying to figure out
how to math the numbers in too an array
i need to ugh
number / 10 number the length of the area
like waht
lmao
if i 356 / 10
it gives me 35.6
i need the 5
but not the 3 and the 6
fuck i dont even know what to google lmao
whats the placement of numbers called?
like where they are
the word index keeps pulling arrays up
pallid compass
that gives me .56
pallid compass
so how do i math this so i can get
First char, then second, then the third
etc
and add to an array
silver crown
What are you trying to do again?
pallid compass
so 356 becomes
0:3
1:5
2:6
Covert a float into an array
i got my length
now for each char i need to add that char too the array
silver crown
It's for a material?
pallid compass
yeah
floating text through materials
well
floating numbers
UMG too expensive
pallid compass
go try rendering 100 instances of umg in 3d space
and see what happens
UMG is very expensive when being used in the world
pallid compass
also expensive af
silver crown
Can't be more expensive than what you're trying to do
pallid compass
instance static mesh's with MI is where its at
this is
massively cheaper
fun fact
its how they handle Paragon & fortnite
pallid compass
they use this for paragon floating dmg and text
and for half the HUD
no idea where to find it
it was from awhile ago
Dick Darnell was actually who told me about it
its something stupid like
30 drawcalls vs 1
or some crap
its massively cheaper
ez to do with health bars and such
silver crown
Interesting
pallid compass
but with floating numbers? eh not so easy
Il send u it once its finished if u want
iv got all the material and everything sorted with an atlas
im just no good with math
wait can i convert to string
then Get char [0]
nova heath
floor((356 - floor((356/(10^1)))*10^1)/10^0) = 6
floor((356 - floor((356/(10^2)))*10^2)/10^1) = 5
floor((356 - floor((356/(10^3)))*10^3)/10^2) = 3
Would this work?
pallid compass
then char[1]
is that a thing lmfao
the fuck my eyes
so u show me that formula in bp or broken up
😂
nova heath
It's easily incrementable at least
pallid compass
yeah thats what i need increment able formula for it
silver crown
And let's say you can send an array to your material, how do you use that?
pallid compass
il show u soon as iv finished this nearly done
Using UV cords and panners
and shiz
to control material instances
cedar snow
std::string str = std::to_string(356);
for(char& c : str) {
// do something
}
@cedar snow That's cheating 😐
pallid compass
I dont have this class hooked up to c++ at the moment
cedar snow
?
pallid compass
im working in a pure bp class atm
silver crown
You can do that in BP too actually
pallid compass
oh?
cedar snow
i would be surprised if not
silver crown
It's just an int to string conversion
cedar snow
and if not, add it to a BP function lib
pallid compass
i can get int to string but not sure if u can get char by string index?
silver crown
Ofc you can
pallid compass
is it get characters as number?
cedar snow
not in my example
pallid compass
well that dosent work
cedar snow
don't you need them as string?
pallid compass
string of 356 get index 1 as number returns 51
I need to take a number like 356
and add each number to an array
0:3
1:5
2:6
in bp pref
cedar snow
and what do you do with that array?
cedar snow
?
stable schooner
there is a string as array node
stable schooner
and isnt unique wrong?
stable schooner
pallid compass
my games gotta be broken
ISM is not working
nvm i forgot about referencing
@_@
nova heath
No math + No actual code = Boring unfun problem -.-
pallid compass
wayyy
super cheap floating text
need to setup a ISM worker for when theres lots of numbers tho
reef glen
Hey guys! I'm an unreal engine noob looking for some help with a small problem.
I'm trying to set up animations for my character (which is the default TP character lol) but I'm having issues with the blend space for moving/running with rifle
It's a 2D blend space which takes speed and direction as variables. At 0 speed, there's always the idle animation. However, I have an issue. Even in the blend space editor, if I set the speed to max instantly from 0, it takes a while for the animation to blend.
This results in the character looking as if it's "skating on ice" for the first moments of the animation
I suspect it is because the idle animation and the run animation have totally different lengths, the idle animation being almost 4 times as long as the running animation.
And I thought that maybe it's because unreal is trying to sync the frames somehow?
Any help would be appreciated
stoic moth
guys, when i spawn a projectile with a Ribbon particle system as a child to it, due to the high speed of the projectile i end up with the Ribbon over shooting it's tail towards the player (inverse of direction of movement), any idea how to fix this overshooting of the ribbon tiles ?
silent tangle
Nothing to do today let's start make a game for kids 😂
When I finish I will share the project
👀
final tree
Has anyone used this workflow of stylized environment props all sharing the same texture? I understand using an RGB map to get things like moss/dirt/edge wear but I dont know how you deal with specific details that can't necessarily tile like the end grain (red in screenshot)
plush yew
any one have any idea why my wheel get flung out and just pivot randomly
keen ridge
Pinged the wrong person:P
plush yew
:/
is this project available for download ?
has anyone setup there maya live link yet?
@someone (∩ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)⊃━✿✿✿✿✿✿ (WouterWeynants) ಠ_ಠ (H4V3L)
grim sinew
@gtafaaaaan#1538 No, it is not.
elfin jacinth
Hey anyone having issues getting to https://docs.unrealengine.com/
Its not loading for me at home for some reason
floral heart
same
floral heart
502 - Web server received an invalid response while acting as a gateway or proxy server.
elfin jacinth
Try again for me?
inland lily
When i try to open a unreal project it says to rebuild it and when i do it fails... What should i do?
weary basalt
@inland lily Did you get the project from someone else?
inland lily
no
weary basalt
Usually you will have to rebuild from Source in VS
floral heart
oh docs work, hurrah
safe rose
Intel is all up Unreal's ass
WTF is going on
Every day or so I get an email from Intel talking about how they have partnered up with UE4 and how awesome 4.19 is. I think I would already know this, especially after the first email 😃
worn granite
hey @safe rose did you know that 4.19 is pretty cool?
grim sinew
But what about that 4.19 though
safe rose
I know right
BTW, this is the article they keep on linking every few days for those that don't get the email: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-software-engineers-assist-with-unreal-engine-419-optimizations
worn granite
probably be good to use them if you're gonna check out that sick af UE4.19
JUST SAYING
safe rose
But anyway, that's cool and all about UE4 doing "better Multicore support with Intel" but I am now wondering if AMD is intentionally getting sidelined
Only hurts us devs
grim sinew
If AMD had any marketshare, then it would hurt us. But alas.
grim sinew
And you'd be in the 9% of people that have it
safe rose
But I do have my Intel 5820K that's still kicking 😉
grim sinew
Steam HW survey this month is brutal
safe rose
link to this month?
worn granite
I need to upgrade this bucket of rust I use
floral heart
more like 0.0009% for threadripper
safe rose
China still rekting everyone
worn granite
I also need to get more money to do so
safe rose
52% ..
grim sinew
Yeah. I'm.... not really worried, at ALL, about optimizations that "only" speed up 89% of the market.
safe rose
So, if you don't localize your game to Chinese, you are basically... kinda sorta dumb
grim sinew
Yeah, China's population is massive
Meanwhile VR headsets. "0.4% of the market"
Not 4%. 0.4%.
safe rose
Meh
it's still a lot
It's based on what 40 million?
1.6 million headsets
that's not that bad
grim sinew
I'm as worried about that 0.4% as I am the 0.2% still on Windows XP
safe rose
- PSVR's 2 million or so
floral heart
160 thousand
grim sinew
And the 0.3% with 512mb of vram
floral heart
we should measure every fraction in ppm
grim sinew
Also, wow. Look at the CPUs. More people have a 2 thread CPU than have a VR headset. Nearly triple the amount.
safe rose
There's definitely more than 160k HMDs out there
grim sinew
Meaning they're still on Core 2 Duos
safe rose
2cores are cheap
floral heart
25.5% is triple of 0.4%?
safe rose
yuo know how many Gamemaker and other 2d engine games you can play on 2 cores?
floral heart
cheaper laptops often have 2 cores
grim sinew
Wait, they're measuring it in real cores, not virtual ones. Not used to that. Look how few have 8 core, which would be threaded 4 core.
So 1 CPU is dual core.
Still double the VR headsets.
grim sinew
Let's give them the benefit of the doubt and say they're not rocking 20 year old computers still
floral heart
they say "physical cores" in the elaborated chart
safe rose
yeah, so it can be 2/2 or 2/4 then
grim sinew
Let's see what else has more people than VR headsets. 0.53% of users still have 1024x768 resolution!
safe rose
they are probably lumping them all together like that
floral heart
0.74% of windows users have 1 CPU
and it's been going up since Jan
safe rose
I'm just annoyed (well maybe in 4.19!!!!) that UE4 can't use all 4 cores
floral heart
where do you get a 1 core cpu?
grim sinew
UE4 can use as many cores as you want in everything but the game thread
safe rose
Aye, I mean by default
grim sinew
And even that, you can manually thread
safe rose
Right, but by default
floral heart
would it count VR headsets if they weren't hooked up?
grim sinew
No, but monitors wouldn't count if they weren't hooked up. People don't generally unplug complex to set up peripherals
safe rose
Is this an automated one?
grim sinew
And it's automated they ask you every once in a while
floral heart
they don't generally plug in things to report stats more accurately either
grim sinew
There's no secret massive cabal of VR owners that unplug at all times. It's complex to plug in, and the software will still be on the machine.
If it is a factor, it'll be statistically insignificant
Oh, reading that article, so it is accurate, PUBG just skewed the numbers a bit for a month or two there when it came out.
Explains the Chinese language. It used to be Russian and English at the top, then out of nowhere Chinese popped up.
floral heart
there's a bounce back in the stats. Simplified Chinese was even more dominant a tick ago (-11%)
dire storm
Hello everyone. I've been awol for a month or two. I took a step back from using unreal and decided to start at the beginning.
wintry jacinth
Hello, what is the best tutorial you guys recommend for a level design beginner, who’s looking to make realistic environments?
grim sinew
Make a single photoreal room.
From life
Just find a picture online of a real room, and try to recreate it as closely as you can.
wintry jacinth
No but, how would I do that using Unreal? Would I have to use blender as well?
grim sinew
Yes.
Or another 3d tool
And you'll need to use a texturing program too
Photoshop or even gimp if you need something for free, standard is substance designer and substance painter though
wintry jacinth
Yes, that’s my problem, I don’t know how to use Blender, what would be the best way to learn?
grim sinew
Bruteforce, or find tutorials online.
wintry jacinth
Alright, I’ll look at that. Thanks!
plush yew
lol
plush yew
@someone (∩ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)⊃━✿✿✿✿✿✿ (Spikey2k) ಠ_ಠ (H4V3L)
whats the minimum amount of ram needed to run ue4
grim juniper
plush yew
ty
loud phoenix
If I set something to not visible, will it affect performance in any way?
latent moth
All, can you have a ‘cast to’ inside of a pure function that just returns the value of the cast? My understanding is yes, but would like to have somebody to confirm
oblique coyote
Right click on the cast to to get the thing... Don't know the proper name atm just eight click and you should habe something along the lines of pure
flat scroll
After turning a wall with door opening into a destructible mesh the door hole is no longer passable, its considered to be a part of the mesh, how do I fix that?
plush yew
guys is there a way to make ur interface refine like in photoshop ? the ui is bad
grim sinew
Drag things around anywhere you want.
plush yew
what about the size of some icons and its color i want a dark theme? i hope they renew the interface one day
steady sequoia
https://i.imgur.com/Y714pKH.mp4
Spent about an hour and made a quick and simple ledge climbing mechanic!
grim sinew
You don't
regal mulch
The Editor UI isn't bad though
What you posted there is an unofficial style that someone created.
No idea if they ever released it
flat scroll
@steady sequoia Mind showing the blueprint for that ledge climbing
grim juniper
I thought that Editor UI was just a concept, never actually made.
steady sequoia
@flat scroll I'm not at my computer right now but the core idea of it is that I run a Hit event for the player every time he hits an object while jumping, and then checking if the area above the player's head + forward a bit is clear. If it is, then that means it's a valid climbable ledge. After that it's just a matter of using timelines to move the Player up and forward into the target position. The player's input and gravity is also disabled during all of this to prevent him from moving around unwanted.
plush yew
how do I make a particle system that emits meshes with paper like physics and random color?
plush yew
they should hire who ever made that ui concept and cut the bs with the gay interface that ue has.
what's wrong with the interface?
latent moth
@steady sequoia is that using jump or some kind of impulse?
steady sequoia
You mean the vault over the ledge?
latent moth
yes
steady sequoia
That uses a timeline along with lerp + SetActorLocation
plush yew
@plush yew interface need to be refined just like unity or photoshop.
latent moth
i’d like to do a simple vault over object
steady sequoia
You can try the timeline + lerp +setlocation thing
If you're alright with hardset movement
latent moth
don’t know what thing you’re referring to 😃
i keep on seeing tutorials of vaulting which are way over what i want to do
i’d like a simple “climb on table”
(just as an example)
vale osprey
@safe rose PUBG or other install from previously non-surveyed country would explain it. But article is a bit weird - doesn’t SHS shows you bulk numbers too? Not just percentages
steady sequoia
vale osprey
I mean if you add few mil new users which don’t have any VR devices than surely percentage will go down
steady sequoia
@latent moth Here's a quick example of what I use if I want something to move to a location quick and easy
latent moth
is that an ontick?
steady sequoia
It's not ontick, it's a timeline, I'm not sure how perforamnce heavy it is exactly, but I hear it is much much lighter than tick
steady sequoia
Also
Inside the timeline you want to set up something like this
So that your lerp will actually work
What this'll do is slowly increase the float output from 0 to 1
latent moth
yes got it
latent moth
so you basically disable character movement & gravity for that
pallid compass
There heavier than tick
latent moth
until the timeline is complete
pallid compass
They are just tick in a wrapper
vale osprey
not exactly
pallid compass
With more functionality
vale osprey
the problem with actual tick event is that a lot of things are updated under the hood
timeline doesn't do it
steady sequoia
I could drop a question on UDN asking Epic if I had the choice to which one would be preferable and just how much heavier one is over the other
vale osprey
they are two different things
tick is a per frame event that executes and updates a bunch of stuff, this is why it's not recommended to use it if you don't need it
the timeline doesn't execute anything besides what is attached to it
steady sequoia
Yeah that's what my initial assumption was
vale osprey
Timeline can be slower than Tick in some hypotetchical situation where value curve is so complex that it takes a while to get value out of it
or if you do a lot of stuff on each tick of timeline
steady sequoia
I haven't really ever used them for anything beyond easily customizable lerp curves yet
honest raven
Hiya guys,
Sorry for writing it down here :D, its just that Animation channel is dead :(
Basically is anyone know how to sync stop animations (distance matching) if I have both the estimated stop time, and the distance? (Paragon assets). [Once again, sorry for writing it here, if its really annoying I will delete it]
serene shale
Hello, I'm having a little problem trying to load my save file, when I save to file and load it works fine but when I quit game and reopen it and try to load the saved variables nothing happens.
sullen isle
do you save from a variable?
serene shale
The variable is a type map which holds a enum that stores the variable names and a structure which holds their data.
I'm getting the stat via a simple function which I set the enum to the stat I want and the output is the data from the struct
Then to set it for the load process I use another simple function that has 2 inputs 1 for the stat enum and 1 for the new value from the datastruct then it does an add from the map variable and that's it.
It works fine when I try to load it in the same game that I saved it but once I exit out and try to load it again it doesn't update anything.
Even a basic single variable doesn't want to load I.E. player level is it's own int variable.
That's my save logic
and that's my load logic
none of the casts seem to be failing so I really don't know what's wrong.
grim ore
the first check is does the save return a true on the save game?
serene shale
well I just did a quick load from slot on the player character and a print string for current level and health and loads them to string fine
but yeah let me set up that return a sec
sharp tendon
hey, I am new at making games and I am trying to make a voxel game :), I am not a good mapper so I would like to know if there is a way to import my mc schematics to unreal engine 4 and maybe change the textures there. Thanks everyone.
serene shale
@grim ore I actually followed your guide for this saving and loading logic, after adding the return it's being successful however if I use the debug check I did in the player character it's still printing the old values not the recently saved ones.
I also added a is valid check on when saving right after the create save game object
grim ore
so if you save the game, immediately quit, then go back in and load your save game, the default save game object is being returned and not the saved values?
serene shale
yes
let me check one more thing
Alright just tried the storing it locally like in your video that worked for the debug string but not for loading it after going back into the game.
grim ore
I guess the first thing to check is to verify if its the save game failing or your logic. You should try a simple save game of a single local variable in your begin play in your first level. then have it load up and check it. If this works then your logic is bad and not the save system.
serene shale
hazy birch
hi
serene shale
Well I feel like it could be my logic but I also don't see another way to do it. I've tried it with the Rama's Save System and I have the same issue I can save and load in the same game but can't load it up when going back in.
grim ore
yeah thats why I was curious if a simple test fails, maybe its your project.
serene shale
So I just tried saving and loading my level which is just an int variable and it didn't load when going back in
The save is being created and I can print it to string
I mean I've tried this in different ways of logic from the game instance. game mode and now a widget button.
plush yew
Does anyone have any idea how to do counter steering so that you can make a vehicle drift
serene shale
The only thing I could think of it being a problem might be the logic in the player character maybe.
grim ore
@serene shale that's why i would suggest just trying a basic setup from scratch. new save game with just one variable, call a save game on it from begin play in the level blueprint. stop it then hook up a load save game and load it up and see if it loads what you just saved.
serene shale
I'll try saving the player level from the level bp then it's the most basic variable I have.
grim ore
but isnt that using your save game? you should create a new basic one with like a simple INT or Boolean so you can verify its not your save game object causing the issue as well
jade moon
Someone knows if it's possible to remove post processing in just selected small area, without your actor getting inside it?
grim ore
@jade moon I don't know if you can do it for an area but you should be able to do it for objects based on this, https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/659798/post-process-effects-for-specific-objects.html. Maybe you can do it for an area using a Post Process volume and that?
jade moon
@grim ore Thanks for taking your time to write back, so... if you're familiar with the web widget, its color get washed our because of my post processing so I want to preserve them.
grim ore
did you try using a difference save game slot name? just in case you happened to hook up a clear node somewhere or something odd lol
serene shale
I did
grim ore
@jade moon yeah the links i linked should help out then, you should be able to adjust the material it's using to be excluded from the post process
@serene shale damn. So your logic isnt the issue, your project is not saving it or its resetting it each time then somehow
jade moon
@grim ore Thanks. I'll save it for later because it looks complicated and my will power is almost gone for today 😃
serene shale
Sigh... I really need coffee today..
I'm blind I swear
Forgot to set the save game object to the save game to slot that's why it wasn't making a save just now
grim ore
OY
serene shale
when I click load after reopening it works
Yep I just got the value from my player's level variable and set it to the save object closed reopened clicked load and it updated the value
doesn't seem to load on beginPlay from the level BP
grim ore
oh that's weird but it's saving and loading when restarting so that's a good sign the project isnt nuking saves atleast
serene shale
Yep
grim ore
so then it seems like the actual login in your saving or loading is causing the problem but it's weird if you can load it right after saving and it works fine
serene shale
Yeah it's been driving me crazy I'm dreaming with ways on how to solve it lol.
grim ore
welp you have a working test that sorta works, try slowly replacing parts with your existing system where it is now. like switch it over to your new save game object instead of the test one
and try saving / loading just 1 variable
serene shale
Yep I'll make the functions real quick and see
grim ore
yep at this point it's all about just breaking it back down to basics and debugging the hell out of it. The logic seems ok from what I saw, about the only difference is I always use a variable for the save game just to keep it cleaner but you tried that.
serene shale
Hmm.... It's for sure an issue with the logic I'm using to set the stat value it seems.
I just tried it with the health.
as long as I don't quit the game it loads the saved value just fine.
But then we're back to the problem of I don't see what's wrong with it.
grim ore
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serene shale
I'm able to load the player level fine
random sapphire
I'm unable to save my project after building everything in the vieport
pallid compass
u got the editor open twice?
random sapphire
I don't think so, no
pallid compass
try closing and re opening
and try building again
if it happens again reboot
and try
random sapphire
but if i can't save wont i lose progress?