Really? @everyone?
#ue4-general
livid haven
hidden heart
show us the BP in question i guess
fierce tulip
yea dont @fiery bane
fiery bane
xD
livid haven
You thought it would be okay to bust in and drop an @everyone with over 3000 users online?
livid haven
So... your needs were more important. Gotcha.
hidden heart
Pay me 100/minute
fiery bane
but thats beside then point
hmm
im scared
ill be dead now by EPIC
😮
see
its silence without everyone
😛
@hidden heart ill pay you nothing
rules dont say i pay for help
pretty good punny joke tho
so?
fiery bane
xD
pallid compass
bad entry, bad first impression
pallid compass
So yeah
fiery bane
@stray gust
pallid compass
I was gonna tell you your issue then
pallid compass
But obviously not now
hidden heart
dont think anyone is gonna help you buddy
pallid compass
LOL
hidden heart
you must struggle to learn
pallid compass
Jesus im sobbin
hidden heart
still a bad build?
pallid compass
That was too funny
hidden heart
lmao
quiet harness
um
how do I stop this
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Creating rungradle.bat to work around commandline length limit (using unused drive letter Z:)
fierce tulip
https://giphy.com/gifs/steve-martin-3o6UBil4zn1Tt03PI4
meanwhile 2 weeks of not touching materials & vfx and im like
manic pawn
did that @ everyone even work? I got no popup
fierce tulip
it doesnt
manic pawn
good
fierce tulip
@ someone does, but thats bcause someone has that nickname :p
hexed solstice
Can someone help me with this seemingly simple script? I'm trying to make a particle effect when a player touches the edge of a surface.
worn granite
Didn't they leave?
quiet harness
@someone
quiet harness
What the hell
Also @hexed solstice have you tried OnCollide?
when the player collides it plays the particle
hexed solstice
I'm brand new to Unreal, so even if I call it, I have no fucking idea what I'm doing
hexed solstice
I'm using 4.19
safe rose
I heard @fierce tulip was the master VFX guy around here, you could beg him for some tips
hexed solstice
Are you saying the get closest point on collision?
quiet harness
oh shit
quiet harness
'android.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
wtf
I literally just did a clean install of it
pallid compass
try going to cmd
hexed solstice
Are you running it with the android sdk installed?
quiet harness
yes
hexed solstice
and do you have the right sdk for VS as well?
pallid compass
just incase some shiz broke
quiet harness
Well yeah that works but my environment variables aren't right
wait how do I know which ndk versions I have
are they installed with the sdk versions
alright tried ant too
https://pastebin.com/raw/c1AfNW8G
for some reason it is creating a Z: drive
i really need this fixed
im gonna reinstall my sdk AGAIN
zenith flower
LOL @EncryptedReality
pallid compass
ur envir variables are not right again?
coarse wigeon
pallid compass
m8 u might wann reinstall windows because
thats some really bad crap
if ur registery and stuff aint writing right
quiet harness
oh i forgot to install it
i just uninstalled
now i have to reinstall
and I cant reinstall because I have no where for my files
hidden heart
seems like everyones having a bad project day yeeesh
silver crown
🍕
normal pilot
I got substance painter but I cannot figure out how to establish a live link
livid haven
How do I get YouTube to never ever give me another udemy commercial? Especially the condescending one with the weird looking guy being all buddy-buddy and saying I should go take the course on Unity.
plush yew
that's the best one
uncut surge
I don't see InstaLOD as an option in 4.19. Just the Simplygon option. There a reason?
zenith flower
Can somone send this condescending commercial. I want to feel offended too!
hidden heart
adblock?
zenith flower
Adblock has never blocked ad's on youtube (pre-video ads)
blazing pewter
lights are turning my screen black. What should I do? https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/286263316614217729/433049451053973507/unknown.png
hidden heart
are those point lights? I think theres a pretty low limit for them
rustic panther
sequencer needs a better indicator for locked channels, turning the borders red isn't good enough
it just kinda looks selected
hidden heart
hmm, not sure Visceral, are they all stacked on top of one another? maybe try changing the distance they emit?
i think the setting is attenuation or something close to that
jade delta
hi everyone, i am working on a project and i am looking for people to work with
rustic panther
is that your pitch?
safe rose
Pitch can go in #looking-for-talent
rustic panther
gonna have to work on it too
gleaming shore
Is it possible to have a color changing material its self that's not done via blueprint but rather in the material itsself?
uncut surge
I use ublock origin. Have never seen an ad on YouTube.
livid haven
@gleaming shore Pretty sure there are mechanisms for varying by time.
hidden heart
material editor is v.capable, should be possible dbbk
quiet harness
silly question but where do I put my gradle? I just downloaded an older version
fair violet
Ryan Brucks is a wizard, the impostor plugin he made is pure magic
Highly recommend trying it if you need convincing billboards
livid haven
Hah. 🤔 That name sounds awfully familiar. Oh. Derp. Right.
mint raptor
?
livid haven
Respond to something before you commented.
mint raptor
You want me to respond to something before I comment?
mint raptor
ah ok
livid haven
Was remarking on recognizing the name Ryan Brucks.
mint raptor
Yo you never answered my "Do I have to make 6 classes question" lol
livid haven
I was working elsewhere and forgot about it.
mint raptor
all good
livid haven
But I really didn't understand what you were trying to do so I'm still not sure what to answer with. :X
mint raptor
fair enough
Just going to move this down here "Quick little confusion here, on the issues page for Unreal, example here https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-57452 they will say download the attached project, but I never see a place to download"
livid haven
I imagine they don't make that available externally.
They'd be providing someone else's files to random people.
Files that might be under NDA.
livid haven
Not to "help on the issue", but to potentially escalate the bug if it is being seen a lot.
mint raptor
I see
livid haven
Or add more details if you have any to contribute, potentially.
Relevance: I'd theorized part of ME:A's issues stemmed from switching from familiar (probably heavily customized) UE3 to FrostBite as part of an EA mandated cost-cutting measure.
Guess not.
grim sinew
To be fair, that excuse always seemed a little flimsy. Complaining about Frostbite not having a built in RPG inventory system? Neither did the UE3, they had to do that anyway, that never changed.
A lot of weird excuses were tossed around
livid haven
Sorry, to clarify: It wasn't EA mandated, but yes, the engine change did have a major impact.
And that's fair.
quiet harness
I read that the sdk build tools and gradle versions have to match
I'm using sdk 21 so what gradle version is that?
livid haven
It's not about Frostbite not having an RPG inventory system, it's building the quality that's expected for an ME title while having to reinvent literally all of the tech for ME while learning a new engine.
grim sinew
" Developed by the EA-owned studio DICE, Frostbite is capable of rendering gorgeous graphics and visual effects, but when BioWare first started using it, in 2011, it had never been used to make role-playing games. DICE made first-person shooters like Battlefield, and the Frostbite engine was designed solely to develop those games. When BioWare first got its hands on Frostbite, the engine wasn’t capable of performing the basic functions you’d expect from a role-playing game, like managing party members or keeping track of a player’s inventory. BioWare’s coders had to build almost everything from scratch."
This was an old quote from about a year ago.
livid haven
From what source?
grim sinew
An interview, apparently
I don't like Kotaku as much as the next guy but when you have people going on record saying that, it seems a little off
livid haven
Ah, so it's not an actual quote, it's some journalist's paraphrasing of something he totally didn't understand. 🤕
grim sinew
Well there are quotes around it, so I imagine it's a quote by the standard english definition of a quote.
livid haven
Quotes?
grim sinew
Hmm. Stupid inconsistency between websites. I didn't find the kotaku article until after you asked, even though it was what I was looking for.
livid haven
Regardless, the statement does stand that they had to reinvent tech they had already polished for 3 consecutive games
grim sinew
Right but they're an RPG company. You would think that they can handle it
livid haven
It's not about handling it, it's about having had to spend the time to do it in a new engine you don't know.
safe rose
As for all this new engine tech to learn. Maybe they need to take a page out of https://telltale.com/
livid haven
Every sequel could afford more of that development time to refining than the previous one. This one could not - the whole thing is out the window.
safe rose
With all their Telltales
safe rose
They used the same one for every game 😃
livid haven
Oh. Yeah.
livid haven
That's what I was getting at originally with ME:A. If they'd used the same engine, they may have been able to spend more time where it was needed, rather than acclimating to unfamiliar tech and reinventing wheels they couldn't reuse.
safe rose
If you can make millions off a game with tech 5-10 years old
Don't switch until you are sure it can't be done or modified
grim sinew
And wasn't the majority of their A team working on anthem?
livid haven
I mean, it sucks, don't get me wrong, to be stuck on UE3 from forever ago, but if you're not going to give the necessary time to actually acclimate... 🤷
@grim sinew Different teams altogether AFAIK.
grim sinew
Yeah, exactly. I thought it was a support studio that did andromeda
livid haven
I imagine a lot of the original ME devs were also getting tired of doing the same thing for the better part of a decade, y'know?
livid haven
I've never worked on an ongoing yearly franchise kind of thing, don't want to either, but I imagine you start to get pretty burned out on doing the same thing forever.
safe rose
For their XCOM games
livid haven
Yeah.
safe rose
Super modified by this point
floral heart
They made two XCOM games
safe rose
But it would be awesome to see them come over to UE4
livid haven
Though, again, to be fair, in all these cases of reusing an old engine, they're making mostly the same game.
safe rose
they didn't just make two games
they made expansions also
And whatever games before XCOM
But 2012 is when they released XCOM
so, 3-4 dev years?
2008
10 years
floral heart
before Andromeda they made three mass effect games, so the "two xcom games" was a weak thing to point out I guess :P
the xcom games just don't seem like they have as much heritage though
floral heart
though XCOM 2 was also made a short time after EU (or at least it felt like it to me)
safe rose
Meh, they already had the base for it
It's the same thing I was saying about the Telltale or Lego games
Once you have the basic framework
It's just iteration and adding a few new bells and whistles and art 😃
I bet XCOM3 will still be in UE3.5 as well
floral heart
quite
the new XCOM just wasn't the thing that struck me as a long-term franchise
if they use the same engine for XCOM3 I'll be surprised
floral heart
actually I'll be upset, because it seemed to be something of a hurdle for them
safe rose
Sadly, it's made in Unity
No, not really
They don't have to pay for a new license
or royalties
They have their engineers just add whatever they need
I doubt they are hurting that much for money that they couldn't come over to UE4, but I'm sure there are probably other things they need to worry about. If they have custom license agreements for every external SDK they may be using, etc.
floral heart
so reading up, the engine change wasn't mandated for Andromeda?
floral heart
at least we can cross one ambitious top-level decision off the list of problems Andromeda suffered
though I wonder
livid haven
Could have been internally mandated despite popular sentiment or professional opinions of the engineering department, though. 🤷
quiet harness
um wtf
help?
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): > Could not find method jcenter() for arguments [] on repository container.
floral heart
Assuming the engine change meant they couldn't reuse the old animation pipeline
assuming the new animation pipeline wasn't messed up for some entirely different reason
and assuming they wouldn't have messed up the old animation pipeline had they not changed the engine
that's 3 assumptions before one can believe the engine change can be directly faulted for the broken feature that caused the most bad press for the game
so I wonder if focusing on the engine change isn't misplaced
livid haven
I don't follow
Why would you not assume that going to a completely unrelated engine would a) mean you need to do a bunch of work to reuse assets and b) learn new workflows for a totally different set of tools?
quiet harness
guys which gradle should I use for SDK 21?
livid haven
No clue man
Seriously
We're not ignoring you - we don't know and have nothing to contribute.
quiet harness
I did a quick google search but nothing came up
livid haven
And I don't know where to point you at either.
assuming the new animation pipeline wasn't messed up for some entirely different reason - possible, but Occam's razor.
quiet harness
im trying 4.4
livid haven
We can assume that the engine change, which is likely to be a disruption, was also responsible for that or we can assume that additionally they were incompetent.
and assuming they wouldn't have messed up the old animation pipeline had they not changed the engine - that's not a third assumption, that's the same as the second. That they were incompetent with regards to their animation pipeline.
floral heart
(That new IP’s code-name, a source said, came because Hudson and team wanted to make the Bob Dylan of video games—one that would be referenced for years to come.)
They may have still succeeded. 😄
devout gulch
using Frostbite was only logical choice
from EA perspective
they have in house engine, developed by many studios
and BioWare contributed back RPG framework which can be reused by other studios
short pain for long gain
5 years is enough to make game
unless you try for 3 years create procedural planet system
livid haven
@devout gulch Beside the point though - an authority who left the studio said EA did not mandate it.
Implies that it was the studio's own choice to do so.
devout gulch
yes, even then it is logical choice, since there is a lot of internal know-how and other people who can help
livid haven
But there isn't, unless that studio actually worked with that engine before.
livid haven
That's not the same at all though.
You don't put a junior programmer to work and say "You have all the senior programmers at your disposal, therefore we expect you to not be slowed down by your unfamiliarity"
livid haven
It's better than nothing, but it's still a huge difference compared to actually having lots of people on-site who know how to use the new tools and tech.
5 year isn't an impressive amount of time though.
devout gulch
it's enough to create RPG
it's not enough to create Star Citizen
that is what they tried to do
south ridge
What is star citizen anyway
I know what it was supposed to be, but what is it nowdays
devout gulch
ultimate space sandbox
livid haven
It's coming along but it's still really early days because they're dramatically overhauling all of the networking tech.
south ridge
As far as I'm aware, it's a shooter game and an unrelated (except in setting) alpha demo thing
south ridge
Is the MMO part already playable?
devout gulch
somewhat
livid haven
It is, but with very, very limited persistence.
The beginnings of a quest system and having a persistent wallet, respawning your ship, etc.
south ridge
I'm personally neutral about star citizen. It'll be spectacular whether it succeeds or fails
livid haven
Biggest issue right now is their networking isn't properly serializing/replicating as little as possible - everything everywhere in the solar system is replicated constantly. They're still working on implementing "network bind culling" within their whole crazy hierarchical spatial system.
Even with a powerful GPU, you'll easily end up at 20 FPS due to getting CPU bound handling all the network traffic for everyone in the solar system moving around, even if they're 1,500,000 KM away, walking inside of a stationary ship - on the opposite side of a planet.
south ridge
Derp
livid haven
Because the server broadcasts the changes to everyone.
livid haven
?
floral heart
What they shouldn't do is what they're doing, in other words.
livid haven
The server is overflowing every client with the sheer amount of data it's sending about everything in the entire universe.
devout gulch
Server broadcast info about object I don't see, I receive info, but client probabaly doesn't even have it loaded so it end up in /null
unless they don't have streaming yet..
livid haven
Maybe... but you need to confirm that for every object in the universe.
They seem to have streaming, but it's honestly the sheer quantity of data.
devout gulch
yes well i wonder how much it costs them on aws -;
livid haven
Like, even if it's a bunch of "Data received for item 53456. It doesn't exist, toss it", it's doing that, I guess, millions of times.
So, they stream assets in and out, but the actual entities themselves do exist, AFAIK.
https://youtu.be/IAbZiE0MQQw?t=1m18s If you want to hear details about it.
(I do realize this isn't really Unreal related, but it got asked and it's tenuously relevant to general engine tech. 🤷)
floral heart
range-based serialized network culling?
livid haven
I assume that would be very naive, brute force "If greater than X distance, completely ignore it"
As opposed to "Within visible range, but deep inside a spaceship, so ignore it"
Or "Yes, the bathroom light is on inside that ship parked inside that space station, but who cares, ignore it"
That stuff they're calling "Object Container Streaming" AFAIK
floral heart
curious what "serialized" has to do with it
they've improved ship AI with a conversion over to subsumption
%#&!
livid haven
What do you mean?
As in, cull what things need to be serialized over the network based on range.
south ridge
Heh. I want to build a kind of hierarching network sync for our physics engine too
But it's pretty different in concept
livid haven
It's an impressive undertaking, for sure.
They also had to rewrite a ton of things to use doubles instead of floats. :X
south ridge
It's simpler for us, we don't have a ton of objects, just the specifics of how physics engine works (it simulates all objects in some coordinate system, it can be an arbitrary coordinate system)
Heh. I wish UE4 was dual floats-doubles
elfin dock
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upper flame
Hello, is there technology out there, or can someone point me in a direction, to track an object's actions in the real world to be translated into information Unreal can understand. For example, a Rubik's cube core. How could I go about translating, let's say, a single rotation, and notify the engine?
regal mulch
@upper flame that sounds like you are better off searching for a general cpp sdk that could that for you
And then implement that into the engine
Cause you need something that registers the rotation in rl and sends it to the engine and I don't think the engine has something build in for that
upper flame
I figured I would have to implement it myself, but I have no clue where to start when it comes to real world technology.
kindred mountain
i would look at arduino/adafruit gear and sensors
regal mulch
Yeah probably anything but the pure engine forums hehe
upper flame
Oops I already posted on the forums
regal mulch
I mean maybe someone did what you want to do. Had people for VR asking for getting a wheelchair into the game as controller
But it's still pretty specific and unrelated to the engine
kindred mountain
upper flame
Gonna be a big rubik's cube
regal mulch
Anyone looked through UT Source Code lately?
Wondering what one specific MatchState is meant to represent
It just says PlayerIntro and I don't get if this is some form of WarmUp or what
Comments aren't helping (if present at all)
I mean, just by the name of it, I would guess it's some state shortly before the game starts that is introducing players
Guess I have to download it and play it :D
Can only advice everyone trying to learn more about the Engine to look into Source Code of Epic Games.
UT might not be the type of game you are creating or might even not be the best way to handle something, but you will still learn so freaking much.
Even if it's just small things like this:
if (GetWorld()->IsPlayInEditor() || !bDelayedStart) {
// starting on first frame has side effects in PIE because of differences in ordering; components haven't been initialized/registered yet...
if (GetWorld()->TimeSeconds == 0.0f) {
GetWorldTimerManager().SetTimerForNextTick(this, &AUTGameMode::StartMatch);
return false;
} else {
// PIE is always ready to start.
return true;
}
}
gaunt raptor
any master of lighting in here ? 😃
honest vale
just ask
gaunt raptor
Lighting a cave inside my open world game is causing me hella troubles... I cant for the love of god make the inside of the cave dark
i have a skysphere moveable setup for my outside lighting. But even if i make it static and bake my lighting the inside of the cave is bright as day
honest vale
if you're talking about Epic's skysphere it does not light anything
it's the skylight and directional light that light things up
along with environmental colour setting in world properties
so the directional light and the skylight should be stationary
then add reflection capture actors inside the cave
gaunt raptor
its a skylight and a directional light i have ofc 😃 sorry bout that
this is how it looks inside my cave
and this is outside https://i.imgur.com/ntTSuc8.png
gaunt raptor
right now its a moveable light - but even if i change it to static and build the lighting - results are the same
honest vale
are the rock meshes set to cast shadows?
gaunt raptor
yes
honest vale
it looks like directional light is being blocked inside the cave, right?
gaunt raptor
im not sure what you mean - but its acts like the rocks are not even there for some reason
lighting inside the cave is exactly the same as if the rocks werent there at all
honest vale
I can only say that you should check the shadow casting options on the static meshes
grim sinew
Or the other new engine user mistake, so consistent you could almost bet money on it, the auto exposure settings are too aggressive.
devout gulch
nah
it's for transitioning between open/closed spaces
it just need tunning to be less agressive
honest vale
or day and night
paper kernel
why is auto exposure even on by default
grim sinew
Because it -should- be on by default, it's just 50x stronger than it needs to be.
frank escarp
but muh default graphixx
grim sinew
I don't know where Epic got their numbers from on that but it wasn't humans
It'll take a human eye 10 solid minutes to adjust to darkness levels Epic's auto exposure does in 10 seconds, and it still won't be nearly as effective.
frank escarp
its not about humans, but cameras
thats why its that fast, to work from inside to sunny outside
massive pain in vr
honest vale
uh, eyes do adapt too
honest vale
a PC monitor can't produce brightness levels for your eyes to adapt naturally so you need to simulate it
urban gyro
Just blind your players. problem solved 😄
gaunt raptor
auto exposure is turned off in the project settings tho
grim sinew
Eyes adapt, but eyes don't adapt as well as epic seems to think they do
I have photosensitive eyes, and even I can't adjust to the dark that fast or that strongly.
gaunt raptor
This is my settings for the rocks - https://i.imgur.com/beFctiv.png does it look right ?
honest vale
yea
grim sinew
Yeah, you take 10-30 minutes to adjust to the dark, I'm the opposite. I take 10-30 to adjust to the -light-. Going from inside a room to outdoors takes me around 10 minutes before I can stop squinting, longer on a sunny day.
I should not be allowed to drive without sunglasses on 😛
It's even worse at night, with headlights oncoming.
gaunt raptor
so i think i got it to work when i baked the lighting out again without auto exposure on - however baking the light with all the foliage and such enabled will litteraly take forever. Is there a way to only bake the lighting in the cave ? And leave the rest of the open world to use the moveable lights ?
urban gyro
I always thought LightImportanceVolumes were designed for that purpose?
dark sparrow
sorry if its been asked here before, but how do you implement animation smears in ue4? in dragon ball fighterz the smears are hidden within the character apparently https://youtu.be/wfL8s5FJoJc?t=475
dark sparrow
are there any good tutorials for that?
frank escarp
those smears are particle effects, but most likely they are directly animated
they have this smear planes with the smear texture (or geometry), parented to a bone
when not used, its on scale 0.01 and inside the body
gaunt raptor
kensei the lightmass importance volume do they require any setup ? Or do i just drag one out filling the entire cave ? Someone mentioned a sublevel for the entire cave and then bake the light only on the sublevel - but if i can do it with the lightmass volume that seems even better or no ?
wary wave
I would bake lighting over the entire level at once
and encapsulate your entire playable area within importance volumes, it helps
dreamy mango
Hey guys I got a crash log... And wanted to look at it with someone...where should i post it?
gaunt raptor
so no sublevel ? We tried baking out the entire level - it litteraly took 3 hours for it to go to 2 % - im guessing a few importance volumes wont fix that ? or no ?
urban gyro
@gaunt raptor Without lightmass importance, your lighting gets baked with only One bounce
importance allows u to bake more bounces and concentrates processing power when baking in those areas
to lower ur baking times use unreal swarm
however baking is a slow process in any situation
also, do whhat ambershee said, and use importance volumes, because not only do you get only a single light bounce outside it, it's also of a much lower res.
oh yeah, to answer ur question, yeah it's just DnD
are you baking for shipping or just preview?
if just preview, make sure ur baker is set to preview and not production
gaunt raptor
right now its set to preview - we have some pretty high poly foliage in the scene - which seems like its the big problem when we are baking. The trees is somewhat in the background and are not really that "important" - so maybe there is something you could do to the foliage to make it faster ?
also we have a bunch of particle snow and wind effects - but im not sure if that plays a role in baking at all ?
the lightmass importance volumes - do i need to set any settings on them at all ? or is it just "plug and play" ? The cave is the main part of the level - the outside world is just the spawnpoint where the character will be for a brief moment before entering the cave
grim sinew
Drop them in, make them fit around the playable area of the level, and done.
Multiple volumes is pointless, it treats it all as one massive volume anyway
gaunt raptor
https://i.imgur.com/f9Cu9NT.png this is the entire scene as of now - as you can see there is not a lot in there - but baking still seems to take 20+ hours even if its set the preview
running on a ryzen cpu and a nvidia 1060 if that has anything to say
gaunt raptor
so when we bake it our for production i should expect a couple of days of baking or ? Its still at 0% after 45 min. on preview
grim sinew
First 0% is skylight bounce, the progress bar isn't accurate as of 4.18
It's doing its thing.
gaunt raptor
allright man ill leave it for now 😄 thank you for everything ! Hopefully this will work 😃
paper kernel
@dark sparrow I've seen deforming smear materials somewhere
so no doubt doable, but only in small scale
urban gyro
@gaunt raptor Just DnD the volume and then bake. Depending on ur rig it may take a while. I have a pretty well overclocked CPU and an interface that can support the extra bandwidth, and even so there was a point where my workstation was on lockdown for a good day or so.
More importantly, you have a generated preview by default, a very rough one, so unless you're at the end of your alpha production, don't bake just to "take a look", because making changes to the scene will require a re-bake. Not a complete one of course, it will depend on what you moved an how many objects, but even so, baking should be the last step before building a release. At least that's my understanding.
void lantern
I need some help with Gathering text with the Localization Dashboard. I cant gather the text of some Datatables. Is there anybody here that have done this recently?
Is there a better place for this question maybe?
I just found out the answer, classic I know. Turns out that I did not specify the text fields as FText, but FString.
verbal cargo
Is anyone getting hiccups when running stat commands in a game on 4.19? Whenever I try to pull up detailed stat views (SceneMemory, SceneRendering, etc) my game constantly freezes once every few seconds.
gaunt raptor
@urban gyro allright man - just the be sure Dnd (Drag and drop? And not Dungeons & Dragons? :D) - Its a school project so i left it to do the bake overnight - i know its the last thing you wonna do - i just want to make absolutely sure that it will fix our light problems in the cave so that i can move on 😃
plush yew
How do you find the height of a character? It says the mannequin's size is 283 cm. That can't be right
honest vale
isn't it something like 180 UU?
verbal cargo
@plush yew I think the 283 cm is the height of the bounds. If you throw the mannequin in to a level and measure him, he's 122cm tall
plush yew
I'm getting about 182 cm
verbal cargo
yup, i missed typed
plush yew
Ahh ok. Thanks 😃
elfin jacinth
Twitter
cedar snow
rekt
pallid compass
I literally just rebuilt the whole thing omg
cedar snow
whistles there you go again ...
coarse wigeon
yay 4.19.1 is out
pallid compass
i got 100% rekt
tall pendant
that first comment ...
cedar snow
i don't even
pallid compass
wtf it worked
manic pawn
invest in a faster cpu :D
hidden heart
compile with YOUR MIND
pallid compass
anyone here got a target.cs thats been generated by 4.19? and not come from pervious ver
manic pawn
could just click new project real quick and get one?
manic pawn
paste it here so we can see if ours need updating too :D
pallid compass
// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.
using UnrealBuildTool;
public class MyProject2 : ModuleRules
{
public MyProject2(ReadOnlyTargetRules Target) : base(Target)
{
PCHUsage = PCHUsageMode.UseExplicitOrSharedPCHs;
PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Core", "CoreUObject", "Engine", "InputCore" });
PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { });
}
}
it appears to be the same
im trying to root out a really weird issue im getting for packaging
silver crown
Need to restart it maybe @safe rose , as the version check is done at start IIRC?
silver crown
Bad issues?
silver crown
vs 4.18?
safe rose
aye
silver crown
Sucks
safe rose
I know 😃
silver crown
Lots of changes in this compared to 4.18.3 though
Might have to port my texture array build to it
kinda normal with a .1 I guess
viral herald
yo guys
when i try to create a animation blend
it doesnt want ot work
it says invalid animation type
glossy flame
@safe rose there's really not a ton they can do about that...?
glossy flame
You can't delete other people's tweets
safe rose
No, but you can delete your own and repost
and if they do it again, well, you already know the dude's fortnite account
hopefully
ban
devout gulch
why would not allow ?
warm bluff
hahahaha XD
viral herald
does anyone know?
karmic igloo
Has anybody made an 8-bit retro style game with UE4?
regal mulch
Can we not use #ue4-general for that @warm bluff ?
Nothing against you making us laugh, but that's offtopic if it's not an actual question
warm bluff
alrighty 😄 I will delete it! Sowwys! I thought its simply for chatting lel
warm bluff
ooooh can i put it there then? o.O
regal mulch
Yes
grim ore
neato dynamic landscape materials finally works, only took the entire 4.19 cycle and a patch lol
green spear
UE really isn't supportive of prone movement...
urban gyro
@gaunt raptor Yes DnD=Drag'n'Drop
honest vale
no that's dungeons and dragons
urban gyro
its context sensitive 😛
weary hull
which branch has the subdiv preview?
elfin jacinth
Nothing we can really do about it @safe rose
safe rose
😭
cursive dirge
@weary hull you mean static mesh subdivision or the new modeler thing?
regular mesh subdivision has been in since 4.13, but not sure if works properly even on 4.19
(it's a checkbox on static mesh import dialog)
weary hull
theyre supposed to be bringing in Pixar subdiv support
plush yew
now epic is begging me to use data smith via email.
Your participation in the Datasmith beta has been invaluable in helping us
native creek
When working on a complex animation blueprint , where you have strafing leaning and aim offset , what are the 'things' to consider , in order to make it work efficiently and correcty ?
native creek
And it drops fps as well.
distant finch
is there any way to like open my project with 4.18, since i started it with that then updated and i do not want to redo everything i did (like I have to add basically everything that i made)
pallid compass
no there is not
silver crown
Should have made a copy
pallid compass
u cant migrate content back down if its been saved in a higher version
gleaming shore
In a timeline node is it possible for a keyframe to be a variable?
for example the first keyframe will the be the number I give it rather than what I set it
quiet harness
wtf
What does this mean
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): * What went wrong:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesAndResourcesWithProguardForRelease'.
still solar
build error question ..? issue generating the final build: we are not seeing any textures or materials, we are seeing "no data validation" and " failed to cook trimesh" in the message window. any ideas ?
quiet harness
what platform are you packaging for
still solar
windows
quiet harness
hm
i dont know
try using #packaging for more in depth problems like that
im using general because my problem is probably just me being stupid
still solar
thanks
gleaming shore
@quiet harness Just a thought but try removing anything android from your plugins
quiet harness
I thought I would need those?
I especially need adcollection because it is the only way of doing reward ads
can I keep that one?
gleaming shore
Ah, sorry I read the conversation wrong. I thought you was packaging for windows not android
gleaming shore
Engine\Source\Runtime\Advertising\Android\AndroidAdvertising\AndroidAdvertising_APL.xml
go there and find " < insertValue value="com.google.android.gms,play-services-ads,11.0.4" /> " aand change 11.0.4 to 11.6.2
quiet harness
this file is set to read only
nvm disabled read only
do I restart my engine now?
quiet harness
ok
and there was a huge string of tappx errors in it too
in the log before the proguard thing
so I think the adcollection might be the problem
gleaming shore
Hmm, you may need to update your android sdk
quiet harness
alright i restarted my editor now what
gleaming shore
try to package aagain
slow orbit
These new sequencer fixes in 4.19 give me life
Too bad I had to build my level design flythrough for grad school application on 4.18 😭
quiet harness
it didnt work
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesAndResourcesWithProguardForRelease'.
gleaming shore
I had a a pain in the ass bug with sequences when selecting multiple keys it would craash ue4 😦
slow orbit
I had the rotation bug plague me on my whole flythrough, where if the Z coordinate goes even 1 degree into the negative ranges, the camera will do a 270 to adjust itself and turn alll the way around
I worked around it the best I could :c
quiet harness
What does this mean? UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesAndResourcesWithProguardForRelease'.
gleaming shore
Actually on the topic of sequencer, why are some of my keys red :/ https://i.gyazo.com/77488625e443d24e4f6b838a89d2afec.png
distant finch
I'll just wait till the next update and hope it fixes the crashes while editing stuff
gleaming shore
@quiet harness try updating android sdk tools and android sdk platform tools
quiet harness
in android.bat?
gleaming shore
Yeah
gleaming shore
latest
pallid compass
So do u guys use Array's or maps for your equipment systems?
quiet harness
i installed it and still get this GOD DAMN ISSUE @gleaming shore
gleaming shore
try turning off Include AdMob support for ads in project settings if that doesnt fix it i have no idea
quiet harness
but I need ads
pallid compass
ur ads are gonna do u alot of luck if u cant even ship ur project
quiet harness
am i supposed to do anything with build.gradle?
pallid compass
no
quiet harness
wait I may have fixed it
pallid compass
i pray for u my 12 yr old friend
quiet harness
the problem is adcollection but I need it for reward ads
sudden agate
guys. is there a way to set the World Settings to different Default Settings?
Preferably via an INI file or something?
pallid compass
ur not allowed reward ads ur only 12 remember
quiet harness
uh oh
I fucked up my build.gradke
gradle*
can someone paste theirs here
please?
ugughhg
quiet harness
yeah i messed mine up and need the default one
quiet harness
C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.18\Engine\Build\Android\Java\gradle
pallid compass
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.2'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
apply from: 'baseBuildAdditions.gradle'
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}
no idea if that will work for u
as iv got a git pull of the engine
anyone around here used alot of gameplay tags before?
hot ledge
I packaged my game for Android but when I open it the textures don’t show even the analog stick custom texture doesn’t show it shows a box shape thingy
quiet harness
ANNDNNDNDDD IT CRASHED
rustic panther
ya 2 weeks is nothing
frosty bloom
@quiet harness I do not know what causes your trouble but I wanna give you some advice. The more you use all caps & frequently asks for help greatly reduces the chances anyone will reply.
Spend some effort in researching your problem, try to the best of your ability to solve it and THEN ask for help, by that point there should be a greater chance that people will aid you.
nova heath
"Why is my game crashing" is about as actionable as "What is the meaning of life" or "What do dogs think about"
plush yew
where is the global settings? I need to change the location where Derived Data Cache is stored. It fills up my SSD
ancient delta
hey
I was wondering if someone could give me good documentation on source control as im kind of failing to comprehend it
brittle fern
look at the pinned messages on #source-control
brittle fern
unreal takes soooooo long to update
bitter iris
gleaming shore
Can anyone help me with this is preventing me from packaging ProcessResult.StdOut: UELinkerFixups.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl EmptyLinkFunctionForGeneratedCodeMaterialExpressionGetSharedInput(void)" (?EmptyLinkFunctionForGeneratedCodeMaterialExpressionGetSharedInput@@YAXXZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl UELinkerFixups(void)" (?UELinkerFixups@@YAXXZ)
languid mica
Updated to UE4.19.1 and now im getting a ton of CPU Stalls
getting the same thing on a brand new project
safe rose
@languid mica Compiling BPs?
languid mica
well i was writing out this long explanation then my computer decided it was time to update windows.
true star
RIP /r/UE4
good riddance
I just shut it down right now
/r/unrealengine is the superior subreddit
pallid compass
im too scared to upgrade my 4.19 lmao
languid mica
ya i would totally give it a couple months
I had to just load a previous backup
only lost a few days work
rustic panther
I almost pressed the update button, but I'm like 98% done with what Im working on, not worth the risk lol
pallid compass
yeah its really not
Top tier tip for all the less experienced people, back your shit up every night before bed, even with source control.
languid mica
echo %dt%
xcopy "C:\Users\ \Documents\Unreal Projects\ 4.19" "H:\ \Backups\Live Backup %dt%\ 4.19" /O /X /E /H /K ```Backup batch file
languid mica
The cloud, thats how the fbi gets all your stuff lmao
pallid compass
yes, take my game fbi
grim sinew
Can't let the FBI see your unreal stuff
pallid compass
what if they steal my tiling material library 😦
fbi stealing all the source control
languid mica
Pretty soon FBI will be the next Blizzard and just stealing ideas
pallid compass
yes because blizzard steal ideas
pallid compass
I cant think of one thing blizzard has stolen
There's also the fact that basically nothing is original these days, and inherits some form of something else already out there
languid mica
Overwatch is not per se a stolen idea but the abilities from Paladins were in Global Agenda long before Overwatch was even a concept
languid mica
thats what im saying its not per se "stolen" anymore
Would be considered a 90s term
safe rose
You all talking about the downfall of Boss Key?
pallid compass
then why say "Pretty soon FBI will be the next Blizzard and just stealing ideas"
lmao
safe rose
Oh Blizzard
pallid compass
so did i, and that makes no sense for an answer
safe rose
They def have jacked other people's game idea and twisted it into their own mojo and won
Except maybe HOTS, that didn't fare too well
But it wasn't terribad
languid mica
To me, Blizzard is a company who takes ideas from others...uses its huge budget and marketing. and releases it
thats stealing "IMO"
safe rose
Well, depends
pallid compass
HOTS is basically a minigame
safe rose
They don't just copy paste
They twist it with their magic sauce and make it better
Just enough
pallid compass
"take good concept's and apply practical skills & investment in too it"
safe rose
Why are there so many BR games?
pallid compass
Why dont u make an original game?
safe rose
People it works
languid mica
I am making one
pallid compass
because its not what people want
pallid compass
^
safe rose
Whatever they are doing, they are doing it right.
pallid compass
Every time someone releases a total fresh concept game
there playing with fire
big time
safe rose
If anything, maybe everyone just needs to copy Blizzard principles 😉
pallid compass
Because you dont know if its gonna flop or go well
and if it flops u lose out big time
Its not all about budget and money
safe rose
No clue, but back to Boss Key, which is UE4 related no?
languid mica
It is man. Its all about Marketing
pallid compass
undertale is a game i dont like, but a prime example
pallid compass
If ur game is shit
Look at LawBreakers
No man's sky
Sea of thieves
etc
U can market all u want, but if its shit, its shit
I seen someone playing that Vitor
and it was buggy af
i was watching them play live today
also its micro transaction heavy af
"I don't really leave reviews... but when you launch your game onto steam at a stage too early to texture a large portion of the buildings in your game yet you have a fully functional cash shop, I think something needs to be said.
"
LMFAO
pallid compass
honestly i burst out laughing
that review was 10/10
How to destroy your rep 101
rustic panther
where is my projects "Plugins" folder supposed ot go?
root?
ok yes, damn I keep answering my own questions like immediately today
gleaming shore
I beg someone help with this error https://i.gyazo.com/3ee39819344a8d01f71512389e639dcf.png
manic pawn
tried a rebuild yet?
gleaming shore
I'm not sure how to do that, it's a blueprint project
gloomy pollen
this guy gets linker errors for different engine functions, but they show the folders they delete and ive deleted those to fix some build errors before too https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/337305/linker-errorslnk2019.html
@gleaming shore
gleaming shore
Ahh, Ive tried deleting the game intermediate before however not the engine one, will give it a shot thank you, appreciate it
gloomy pollen
yeah if that doesnt work id dump the whole log into pastebin and post it here, might be more clues before/after those linker errors
fallow radish
loud phoenix
Anyone else having issues with the Epic launcher? When I click Unreal Engine, a green loading bar appears at the bottom but it keeps me on the front page with the Fortnite video looping
loud phoenix
LOL
jaunty tinsel
hey, i updated my project from 4.18.3 to 4.19.1, and now my attachments get updated late
mint raptor
@jaunty tinsel how late, like a day?
need more deets, also that kind of happens with updates. Make sure to make backups.
jaunty tinsel
i attach a skeletal mesh (gun) to the hand of my character, after the update, the attachments position and rotation gets updated like 30 seconds late, if i dont move the mouse it doesnt even updates
are this kind of bugs common when you update entire projects?
mint raptor
the random ones where everything moves 2 inches to the left? Sure
Might want to go into Blueprints and show your update code that should be updating the pos/rot
jaunty tinsel
its actually c++
mint raptor
or CPP
jaunty tinsel
this is the piece of code that works in 4.18.3 (pretty standard tbh)
CurrentWeapon->SK_FP_Mesh->AttachToComponent(Mesh1P_Arms_lower, FAttachmentTransformRules(EAttachmentRule::SnapToTarget, true), TEXT("GripPoint"));
this happens on a function i call everytime i equip the weapon from its holster
it works perfectly in .18
mint raptor
Maybe make a small test case, redo that bit in BP and see if it updates late? Or do it in CPP to be consistent
Also a short gif or video (gif would be faster) of the before and after (or just after).
gloomy pollen
"i updated ________ from _____ to _____ and it broke ___________ " - welcome to using any complex software stack
jaunty tinsel
i thought itd break stuff related to code updates, but this is pretty random
patent siren
there is no better feeling than looking at your solution explorer and seeing everything named correctly
honestly it gets me more excited than writing animation code
crisp fable
so i dont want to sound like a horses rump
but the game engine that comes with 3dsmax has iterative light baking
and it handles lightmapping and scale and everything for you
sudden agate
People use stingray? lol
tall pendant
We had an eval back when it was still BitSquid. It was actually quite nice.
grim sinew
Well nobody uses Stingray now, Autodesk shut it down
crisp fable
yeah i know
im having an odd problem here
it thinks i have datasmith installed, i dont, its not in the UE4 directory
has it got it in some config somewhere?
oh nevermind its here
why does it think the udatasmith filetype is unknown
hmmf
gaunt raptor
is there a way to make a particle system react to speed/gravity/wind ? I have a torch that my chars holds in his hands - i want the fire to react a little bit when the character starts moving - is that doable ?
crisp fable
it should already do that if its world space
mint umbra
Hey guys, I have a landscape material question. I have a mask which places a material function at masked areas on the landscape. These would be for variation in my grass, i.e flowerfields, mud areas etc. The mask works perfectly, but its not removing from the grass output. The grass is being added to all other layers (both auto and paintable layers which all work) and then subtracted from the grass layer.
The result im getting is bad. Its removing grass at non-masked areas, somewhere its removing grass on the mask, while somewhere else its not removing grass at all. Ive tweaked this for days now, anyone have a suggestion?
Spaghetti madness. The last pic is the logic that removes/adds grass types.
leaden dust
is the kite demo field grass unoptimized enough that putting 2k pieces around the character on a flat landscape with nothing else gives 30 fps in the editor
sudden agate
I like how Even Epic doesn't go proper PBR with their assets 😄
fierce tulip
they have to make i.e. the kite demo within a very short period of time, so the only/main focus is to make it look good for the frames they need. so cutting corners a lot
makes sense
leaden dust
Anybody can link me to some free textures for grass
mine doesnt have that natural feel
cloud cobalt
Good-looking grass is generally not just a material & texture
leaden dust
does 'Not enough memory for importing lighting' (Something like that) error message mean what it means?
Like seriously
honest vale
do you have ridiculously large lightmaps?
leaden dust
ain't 16 gigs ddr4 enough for baking lgihting with only a few pieces of grass and a flat landscape
theres nothing else
absolutely nothing else
sudden agate
don't bake lighting for grass or landscapes. easy as that
pallid compass
depends on ur pawn settings too
languid shard
hey lads, I've got a weird problem with my navigation mesh since uuh an hour or so... I've built it, but when starting the game it disappears, and when I interact with something a small part of the nav appears out of nowhere ? 🤔
pallid compass
In your pawn
languid shard
https://gfycat.com/ThirstyFabulousBarnswallow to illustrate the navigation problem
cloud cobalt
They are
viral herald
cant see it, res is to low
pallid compass
leaden dust
Another question now
viral herald
lol
pallid compass
I would go and look at some content examples if i was u
viral herald
and its still not working XD
leaden dust
Whats the best way to make grass that doesn't blow my computer up
and looks good
I mean medium quality
pallid compass
Using the foliage tool for placing it for one
viral herald
hey cool
leaden dust
but unreal has become very laggy nowadays
leaden dust
for me
pallid compass
and not setting stuff up properly
leaden dust
nono
pallid compass
what gpu u got?
pallid compass
"its not on our side"
leaden dust
its something got to do with a virus attack recently
pallid compass
said every person ever
Thats the most stupidest thing i have ever heard
"ue4 got laggy because of a virus attack"
leaden dust
dude
pallid compass
please tell me thats not what u ment
wary wave
eh?
leaden dust
A lot of programs have been lagging since
pallid compass
since what
pallid compass
i dont even know how to reply
to wtf ur saying
my grass is lag cus ue4 lag cus virus
wary wave
I'm kinda confused
pallid compass
what
fierce tulip
pallid compass
Then wipe ur pc
leaden dust
did
leaden dust
but now everything's not working properly
pallid compass
Its not ur pc, its ur setup
and prob a lack of knowing what ur doing
Reinstall your drivers
leaden dust
Did
pallid compass
if your confused or lack of knowledge u should go look online at reliable sources
Have u tried running a bunch mark
leaden dust
I probably already did all you're gonna tell me
pallid compass
for ur gpu?
leaden dust
I looked once
pallid compass
and see how u align up
leaden dust
really didnt find anything usefl
something's lagging the engine
not a packaged game
pallid compass
First thing to do is go run a benchmark
and compare to others users with same gpu and similar cpu
granite swift
Cool, did you already try with a clean installation of Windows?
granite swift
And I guess you also opened a new project in UE
leaden dust
Yep
First project
I tried in another one
still laggy
I mean
as soon as i start the game
granite swift
And I'm guessing you also got all the drivers?
leaden dust
it goes to 60 fps
pallid compass
every time i open that video
leaden dust
its only 30 in the editor
pallid compass
my discord crashes
magic rampart
You have nvida shadowplay enabled?
granite swift
I'm just Jaf online.
pallid compass
no worries just same profile pic as old friend
magic rampart
If you have Geforce Experience installed, go into and disable nVidia Shareplay features
It's known to make UE4 editor lag badly
granite swift
Oh.
I have idea what it might be.
Have you disabled widnows 10's game DVR?
Assuming that's the version of windows you're using
granite swift
It's relatively simple thing to do so, who knows ,it might help.
languid shard
so, nobody has an answer for this navmesh problem ? 😢
granite swift
Sorry I literally worked with navmesh for the first time last night.
I'm kind of a blueprint-only newbie
languid shard
no probs 😃
leaden dust
Before I go
NOBODY TOLD ME HOW TO MAKE GRASS
That was my question
and we went on to lag instead
languid shard
@granite swift welp, I've added another navmesh box in the scene and it fixed it
no clue why, maybe my first box is too big
granite swift
Sometimes unreal has hiccups
Or so I believe, when in reality it's probably just me not understand how things work.
granite swift
Oh, uh
leaden dust
I am talking about the method of making the grass mesh
In ue4
so it looks decent and doesnt blow computer
granite swift
Grass mesh?
leaden dust
I mean the mdel you place
model
With the foliage tool
whats the best method to create it
languid shard
you can make it yourself ya know, that's pretty simple stuff