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safe rose May 3, 2018, 9:12 PM

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I've done both sides, so I know

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:13 PM

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because if i can use something that works better for me then i'd love to do that

brisk mountain May 3, 2018, 9:13 PM

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Maybe it's not, but it's always worth giving things a try - presumably this is hobbyist, it's not like there's any lost commercial hours in trying out a new engine

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:13 PM

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^^^

frank escarp May 3, 2018, 9:13 PM

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it depends on the project

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for example, you wouldnt do a multiplayer game in unity

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:13 PM

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i'm not working on a project that needs to be converted or anything

frank escarp May 3, 2018, 9:13 PM

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becouse unreal netcode is miles ahead

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you also shouldnt do a 2d game in unreal

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as its overkill to a huge degree

brisk mountain May 3, 2018, 9:14 PM

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not to mention the 2d specific stuff hasn't been worked on in a while iirc

maiden swift May 3, 2018, 9:14 PM

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@plush yew I recommend taking a look at this list of official tutorial series from Epic, specifically designed for getting started. https://www.youtube.com/user/UnrealDevelopmentKit/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=17

YouTube

Unreal Engine

Welcome to the official Unreal Engine channel! Unreal Engine 4 is a complete suite of real-time 3D tools made by developers, for developers. Create and take ...

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I recommend the Twin Stick Shooter and Intro to Blueprints series in particular.

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:14 PM

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oh neat, thanks

brisk mountain May 3, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Yeah, I think at least one thing UE4 has going for it

frank escarp May 3, 2018, 9:14 PM

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to be fair, for a pixel art 2d game i would just make the engine myself XD

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not unity nor unreal

brisk mountain May 3, 2018, 9:14 PM

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is the amount of content Epic has put out for it

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both in terms of literal content packs, and guides/tutorials/examples

maiden swift May 3, 2018, 9:15 PM

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@plush yew They also have a guide for Unity developers in the docs, which may help you learn the different UI more quickly. https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/GettingStarted/FromUnity

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:16 PM

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awesome

maiden swift May 3, 2018, 9:16 PM

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Unity is more bare bones, while Unreal gives you more out of the box. Because of that it can be a little overwhelming, but just start small and focus on what you know you want to build. As the scope of your ideas expands, you'll often find Unreal has a tool to help you out.

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:16 PM

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yeah i noticed

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the amount of already implemented content is ridiculous

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but i suppose it's a good thing for hobbyists who can't spend time or money on assets

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(like me)

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i can do basic 3d modeling and texturing but not much beyond that

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for assets anyway

brisk mountain May 3, 2018, 9:18 PM

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although for what it's worth, if you do end up wanting to spend money on assets, the options are still open

maiden swift May 3, 2018, 9:18 PM

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I think Unreal is great for hobbyists because there's nothing to lose. Everything is free up front, no subscription tiers to think of. You don't pay Epic until you start selling a product. In that way, to answer your original question, I think it's incredibly indie-friendly.

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:18 PM

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👌

brisk mountain May 3, 2018, 9:18 PM

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just look at PUBG, almost every asset in the game was prebuilt to start with 😛

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:19 PM

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yeah i saw that

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i remember people saying "IT'S AN ASSET FLIP LOOK"

maiden swift May 3, 2018, 9:20 PM

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I think the asset flip debate is a bit too black and white. It's more nuanced than most people make it sound.

plush yew May 3, 2018, 9:20 PM

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for sure yeah

brisk mountain May 3, 2018, 9:21 PM

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Either way, there are a lot of assets to work with

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and you can pad out with purchased assets if you want them to release an actual project with

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it's also nice that every time an Epic game dies the assets get released for free, so... there's always the potential for high quality stuff in future

ancient obsidian May 3, 2018, 9:42 PM

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Sounds like a circle of life 😃

inner yacht May 3, 2018, 9:48 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAomDzu54vk

YouTube

Pabooklas

Unreal Engine 4 Mobile Swipe to Look Controls Tutorial

An Unreal Engine 4 blueprint tutorial for swipe to look controls for your FPS or TPS mobile game. Works with all UE4 versions. No voice, just follow along an...

▶ Play video

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can someone tell me why this isnt workin

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I had this before and it did

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Im in 4.192

restive basalt May 3, 2018, 10:08 PM

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Anyone have any idea what could be causing this. Downloaded 4.15.3 source, unzipped, ran setup and generate but when I build the solution this error pops up.

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digital anchor May 3, 2018, 10:11 PM

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check the Output tab not the errors tab

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better info there

restive basalt May 3, 2018, 10:27 PM

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It shows me this line is causing the issue but I am mostly a blueprint user...
Edit: In AudioCapture.cpp

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inner yacht May 3, 2018, 10:29 PM

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got it i hooked move to set the input

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😃

📎 SwipetoLook.PNG

plush yew May 4, 2018, 12:27 AM

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Hey, how would I load a .txt for a material?

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One of the Unreal Engine livestreams included a .txt file for the material.

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📎 unknown.png

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Looks like that.

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 12:28 AM

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copy text

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paste in mat editor

plush yew May 4, 2018, 12:28 AM

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Oh really?

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Thank you!

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Didn't know it would be that simple.

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 12:29 AM

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might be ue4 version specific though

plush yew May 4, 2018, 12:29 AM

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Ah alright

errant dome May 4, 2018, 12:57 AM

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Hey

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Anyone having issues with Tilesets?

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left click does not properly select tiles

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the clicking is off

plush yew May 4, 2018, 1:19 AM

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does Zbrush export to Unreal Engine?

royal gyro May 4, 2018, 1:22 AM

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can someone unban me from fortnite discord my brother was doing something on my computer and i think i got kicked or ban

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 1:31 AM

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this isnt an official unreal engine channel so no we cannot

cursive dirge May 4, 2018, 1:33 AM

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heh, it's always someone else

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 1:33 AM

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ikr

sinful umbra May 4, 2018, 1:34 AM

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wait Fortnite has an official discord? I can only imagine the chaos....

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 1:39 AM

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do not want to be an admin there

weary basalt May 4, 2018, 2:48 AM

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Me neither, it would be hectic to try and manage lol

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Maybe if Epic was paying me to do it 😛

coarse wigeon May 4, 2018, 3:26 AM

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https://twitter.com/mike_fricker/status/992158071374929925 Not many people have seen this. Good stuff! Hats off to the Epic Games staff 😃

Mike Fricker (@mike_fricker)

New Unreal Engine "dev" branches are now available on GitHub. These let you access the bleeding edge changes from our teams. Additional branches will be coming soon!

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grim sinew May 4, 2018, 3:28 AM

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Still no dev-rendering ;-;

safe rose May 4, 2018, 3:41 AM

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neither a dev-nobugs one

narrow pasture May 4, 2018, 3:46 AM

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anyone know why unreal wouldn't be saving screenshots?

safe rose May 4, 2018, 4:18 AM

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@narrow pasture How are you taking them?

narrow pasture May 4, 2018, 4:18 AM

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with the high resolution screenshot tool in unreal

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and with command line

safe rose May 4, 2018, 4:19 AM

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and you looked in your Saved folder?

narrow pasture May 4, 2018, 4:19 AM

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yeah

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its not saving them at all

safe rose May 4, 2018, 4:21 AM

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@narrow pasture version

narrow pasture May 4, 2018, 4:21 AM

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18.3

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4.18.3

safe rose May 4, 2018, 4:21 AM

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You try Execute Console Command ?

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But, pretty sure we were able to take screenshots in 4.18

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using console

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Does the popup come up after you take one?

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Where you can click

narrow pasture May 4, 2018, 4:22 AM

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yeah the popup comes up, it just doesnt save anything to the location is specifies

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it could just be a "turn it off and back on" issue

coarse wigeon May 4, 2018, 4:35 AM

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There are more branches coming btw.

inner yacht May 4, 2018, 4:46 AM

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Whats the best way to make the chrom key material work?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:01 AM

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Whats the node where you can input say a grey scale mask with all kinds of values from black to white and out put a range between a seleceted value

safe rose May 4, 2018, 5:03 AM

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@idle sail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fckeT6GyvPc ?

YouTube

Mathew Wadstein

WTF Is? Material - Linear Interpolate in Unreal Engine 4

What is the Material: Linear Interpolate (Lerp) Node in Unreal Engine 4 Source Files: https://github.com/MWadstein/wtf-hdi-files

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idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:04 AM

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Nah its not a lerp im thinking of

fluid stag May 4, 2018, 5:10 AM

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you mean clamp

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:10 AM

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Maybe yeah

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But clamping forces the values to the clamp

fluid stag May 4, 2018, 5:11 AM

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yep

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it's not like BP clamp

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or map range

sinful umbra May 4, 2018, 5:11 AM

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you need to remap the values?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:11 AM

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Theres a node that can say take the value 0.5 and above and turn the rest black

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Cant for the life of me remeber which one it was 😩

sinful umbra May 4, 2018, 5:13 AM

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you can use the if node

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:13 AM

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Im trying to avoid IF nodes but the node im probably thinking of has if nodes in the function anyways 😅

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haha

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Il find a different way no worries

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:39 AM

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How do you stop a cosine going into Negatives again?

elfin stream May 4, 2018, 5:39 AM

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run it through a MAX node?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:39 AM

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clamp it

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my bad

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lol

elfin stream May 4, 2018, 5:39 AM

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would result in a flat bottom though

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:40 AM

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Oh 🤔

elfin stream May 4, 2018, 5:41 AM

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If your sin is going from -1 to +1

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Just add +1 and it will go from 0 - +2

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If you want a 0-1 sin you would want it to do -.5 to +.5 and add +5 to keep it above negative values and range from 0-1

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:43 AM

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Mathematics kappa

elfin stream May 4, 2018, 5:43 AM

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addition.

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:44 AM

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so sine x .5 ?

south ridge May 4, 2018, 5:44 AM

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But what I want sin to go from 1 to infinity

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:44 AM

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Oh i think i got it

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Yeah multiply .5 then add .5 👌 @elfin stream you the real MVP ❤

elfin stream May 4, 2018, 5:45 AM

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Yeah or add 1 then divide by 2 or multiply by .5

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six of one half dozen of another.

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:46 AM

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Stupid question here but

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is the devide node different to the multiply node in terms of the mathetmatics behind it?

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and like instruction count

elfin stream May 4, 2018, 5:46 AM

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different behaviors, for instance you can't divide by zero where as multiplying by 0 makes 0.

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Not sure on instruction count but I highly doubt the difference would be something you would notice.

idle sail May 4, 2018, 5:47 AM

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cheers 👌

plush yew May 4, 2018, 6:03 AM

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how do i fix my window looking like this?

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its all stretched and shit

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 7:10 AM

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Cant resize it from the borders?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:26 AM

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Is there an append vector node with three inputs rather than 2? just curious for the sake of tidiness

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:29 AM

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@idle sail In the material editor? MakeFloat

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 8:29 AM

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Isnt vector always 3?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:30 AM

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Sorry yeah float

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😅

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@whole quarry forgive my newbieness

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:37 AM

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i think a vector is at least 2, but can go up

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 8:42 AM

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Material editor doesn't really have a vector type, it has 2V, 3V, 4V

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The "vector" parameter type in C++ on mat instances is actually a color type with 4 values, too

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:42 AM

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a point in 3d space is a 3vector but could also add time or speed

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 8:43 AM

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To answer the question, @idle sail you can also append twice, or append to an existing vector

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Chaining three append nodes would make a 4vector

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Yeah the make was what i needed 😃

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:44 AM

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an append string node can have added pins

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:45 AM

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Is there a different between one minus and *one minus? :S

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sorry maths isnt my strongest

honest vale May 4, 2018, 8:45 AM

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logically nothing

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 8:45 AM

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@obsidian nimbus We're talking material editor here

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:46 AM

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my bad 😛

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:47 AM

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@idle sail What's *one minus?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:47 AM

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Times one minus

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:48 AM

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You mean *-1?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:48 AM

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I think so?

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😅

safe rose May 4, 2018, 8:48 AM

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no, there's no difference

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:48 AM

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There absolutely is a difference...

safe rose May 4, 2018, 8:48 AM

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use a minus when you wanna

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:49 AM

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Sorry im more of a artist then a programmer, never been my strong suit 😓

safe rose May 4, 2018, 8:49 AM

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and a *-1 when you do

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ezpz

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But 4realz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS6WWlAVj9o

YouTube

Mathew Wadstein

WTF Is? Material - One Minus in Unreal Engine 4 ( UE4 )

What is the Material: One Minus Node in Unreal Engine 4 Source Files: https://github.com/MWadstein/wtf-hdi-files

▶ Play video

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:49 AM

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One minus is literally just that: 1 - x

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E.g. 1 - 5 = -4

safe rose May 4, 2018, 8:49 AM

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Just google Mathew W and whatever

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node you want

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:50 AM

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Multiplying by -1 is 5 * -1 = -5

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:50 AM

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Making this in unreal

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not quite 100% on what nodes are what but

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going in the right direction i think

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:52 AM

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📎 unknown.png

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:52 AM

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Watcha making?

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:52 AM

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looks simple and it is, but its da ultimate fps killer 😛

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:52 AM

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Im turning a sine wave into a triangle wave

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so it can lerp between two textures at a constant speed rather then like a sine where it slows in and out

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:53 AM

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mine is a volume particle with a flowmap

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:54 AM

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@idle sail There's probably a simpler formula than what you're doing

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@obsidian nimbus Screenshot?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:55 AM

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Probably much simpler 🤣

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:55 AM

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cant screenshot flowmaps, they move and stuff 😛

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:55 AM

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@obsidian nimbus what are you doing it for?

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:55 AM

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for great glory 😄

plush yew May 4, 2018, 8:56 AM

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Oh I just wanted to see what the particle looks like

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:56 AM

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Oh im doing one of those CGMA courses on game fx this is total over kill but like

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I started down this path and now wanna figure it out 😅

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also my friend wants to see what will happen because he made that chart for me

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:59 AM

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📎 unknown.png

idle sail May 4, 2018, 8:59 AM

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Interesting

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 8:59 AM

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its the purple stuff breaking the lightshafts

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:01 AM

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Im not sure what it is 🤔

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Enlighten us what are you trying to do

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 9:03 AM

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guess i can record it

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:03 AM

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If you're not too busy sure 😃

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 9:04 AM

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well it will prolly get lost in compression 😛

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:05 AM

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Probably looks better in motion 😛

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@idle sail Btw this might be easier to implement for triangle waves: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/fizf40ecmt

Desmos Graphing Calculator

Desmos graph

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 9:16 AM

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Is there a way to send network messages that aren't RPCs or replicated variables?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:16 AM

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@plush yew that kind of stuff goes right over my head dude sorry 😦

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:20 AM

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@idle sail https://gyazo.com/eedef60ba934ca272093d92ad48c0307

Gyazo

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:20 AM

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thanks 👌

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:21 AM

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That'll oscillate between 0 and Amplitude

faint cedar May 4, 2018, 9:22 AM

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anyone know if there's a quick way to restart the current streamed level?

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Or do I have to unload and reload it?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:26 AM

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Strap in boys im about to try some shit

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🏎 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:28 AM

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I would tell you not to 1 - Time but... it should work anyway

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:28 AM

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Heh im just being silly trying your way now 😃

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@plush yew Nice works perfect thank you 👌

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Whats the difference between freq and amplitude though?

paper kernel May 4, 2018, 9:32 AM

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how often and how much

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:32 AM

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Ahhh makes sense yeah sorry

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😅

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:32 AM

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Check the graph I sent to see the effect. f is Frequency and a is Amplitude

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:33 AM

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Yeah i was playing around with it just took a sec to make sense of it

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👌

sudden agate May 4, 2018, 9:34 AM

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trigonometric functions 101 😄

winter thistle May 4, 2018, 9:34 AM

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Whoops

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:34 AM

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All those algebra classes I feel asleep in 💤

sudden agate May 4, 2018, 9:35 AM

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I had a lot of fun with the lectures about Fourier series 😄

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:35 AM

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Tbh all this maths seems so much more interesting now its in context of something I want to do

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when you're just reading it off a board its so zzzzzz

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:36 AM

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Complaint of high school kids: When will I ever use this?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:36 AM

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Famous last words man how many times did I say that to my teacher 😅

steady sequoia May 4, 2018, 9:36 AM

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Math is amazing

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I wish I had the mindset of understanding things now about learning back then

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:37 AM

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Its cool they other day I found out its mathematically impossible to make a perfect sphere with only hexagons, there needs to be atleast 8 or 12 pentagons or something

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Mind blown

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:38 AM

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"Today I learnt that 1 - and * -1 are not the same" 😛

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:39 AM

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Hah, you would think they would add the function to change the shape of the sines

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would be a no brainer

plush yew May 4, 2018, 9:39 AM

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Adding different waves to the material editor wouldn't be a bad idea

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:40 AM

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Epic ples

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also boys next update is 4.20 🍁 hahaha

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 9:41 AM

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For what it's worth I have a hatred of even basic math. Went to engineering school, got actual zero on one class. Still, for most stuff I get through it by taking my time, drawing plenty of debug stuff...

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:42 AM

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I did ICT (like a more business focused programming class) and we had to do shit like simultaneous equations and matrices and just all this logic based stuff

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failed it twice then just quit the whole course

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 9:43 AM

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yea busines IT is a drag

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:44 AM

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Tech art is my kind of jam now though so gotta actually try to learn this stuff

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but its much less of a chour to learn when its relevant

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 9:46 AM

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im pretty good at math. not ryanB shader math kind of stuff tho 😛

idle sail May 4, 2018, 9:47 AM

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I dont need to know math, the computer does it all for me right! 😄

obsidian nimbus May 4, 2018, 9:47 AM

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you just need to know how to tell the computer what kind of math it needs to do

gaunt raptor May 4, 2018, 9:54 AM

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does anyone know where is fix this ? InstancedFoliageActor_0 Large actor receives a pre-shadow and will cause an extreme performance hit unless bCastDynamicShadow is set to false. - Setting something to false sound like c++ to me or no ?

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 10:18 AM

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What if I want to send a network message only to the owner and one other person? It's just impossible without a huge mess of owned objects and references? (netCullDistanceSquared wouldn't help)

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:21 AM

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Hey guys. I was wondering what you are doing while your computer is building the lighting. Do you just leave it alone and let it work? Do you work on some other stuff in the meantime (maybe Blueprints)?

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 10:35 AM

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@plush yew i let it do its work

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:44 AM

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@whole quarry so you just do something else entirely meanwhile?

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 10:44 AM

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Yep

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:45 AM

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Hmm. So I'm employeed and currently I am alone in the office. And I am wondering what I can do while the engine is running things like this. It's only preview settings, but I can't do some things while I wait for it to finish =/

wary wave May 4, 2018, 10:46 AM

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building lighting during office hours is just silly

languid shard May 4, 2018, 10:46 AM

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oh @plush yew , you lurk here too 😃

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 10:46 AM

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Clean the kitchen, make coffee,

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Broom the room

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:46 AM

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@languid shard yes, I do 😄

languid shard May 4, 2018, 10:46 AM

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have you tried the GPU lightmapper ?

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:47 AM

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@whole quarry we pay someone to clean the kitchen and broom the room =/ So nothing to do here

languid shard May 4, 2018, 10:47 AM

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its bonkers

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:47 AM

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@languid shard hmm don't know. How can I use it?

languid shard May 4, 2018, 10:47 AM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/1460002-luoshuang-s-gpulightmass

Unreal Engine Forums

teaser1.jpg

Disclaimer:

This is a very simple and early version of my GPU lightmap baker. Don't expect much from it! =)

Binary Installation:

4.19.1:

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 10:48 AM

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@plush yew early weekend then :x

languid shard May 4, 2018, 10:48 AM

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Maybe we'll use it for CC, need to wait for it to be completely stable and feature complete

gloomy sandal May 4, 2018, 10:49 AM

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Can someone help with replication?

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Client to server doesnt work :/

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:50 AM

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@languid shard hmm so I can't use the gpu lightmapper for the project of my work (4.18). But it sounds interesting

languid shard May 4, 2018, 10:51 AM

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I'm having a lot of fun working with it

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since we're using studio we need 4.19 here :p

plush yew May 4, 2018, 12:08 PM

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@languid shard I'm currently not working on CC. I'm doing stuff as a working student with a VR project. It's something different

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:10 PM

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Still quite interesting :p

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:11 PM

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It is interesting

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Though really what I want is Epic to port Lightmass to GPU correctly, in a way that works on all GPUs, with all lights

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Closed-source community tool for something as crucial as lighting ? Nope

frank escarp May 4, 2018, 12:20 PM

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the big issue is the closed source part

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that makes that i cant use it

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becouse i use source engines

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:26 PM

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uh, you can't just overwrite it in source builds of the engine ?

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or is it just a legal question

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:27 PM

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@languid shard If the author drops the project tomorrow, you'll need to drop the plugin with the next engine update

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:27 PM

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true

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:27 PM

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Unless the license is super clear, you also risk the author coming at you for money

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:28 PM

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you could just rebake it with the OG cpu lightmass though

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 12:28 PM

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postinh here as well since, well.. free stuff
https://gum.co/bouSt

Gumroad

Luos's Free Noise Textures V2

A variety of hand-drawn noise textures (and some filters on top of it) for your noisey needs. by: Yoeri - Luos_83 - Vleer. website: luosarts.com. ue4 marketplace: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/profile/Luos. Patreon: https://www.patreon...

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:28 PM

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"Just rebake it" works if you're really confident the result is the same

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If the result differ, you just need to relight your entire game

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:28 PM

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hmm yeah

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:30 PM

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I'm already very suspicious of open-source plugins because they might not be supported forever, and I'm even suspicious of some engine plugins that demonstrated not-so-serious support (looking at you, APEX plugin that broke on Linux)

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UE4 is greatly portable and greatly upgradable, I don't want to compromise that

wary wave May 4, 2018, 12:32 PM

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I've already paid for a plugin once that magically disappeared 😐

idle sail May 4, 2018, 12:32 PM

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@plush yew How would you make a number that say goes from 0-1000 then once it hits 1000 it goes back to zero?

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:32 PM

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1000 * abs(sine (time))

frank escarp May 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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@wary wave fuck instalod

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/vaDS8Wy.jpg

Imgur

wary wave May 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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also Neofur

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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do you guys have an idea on how I could invert the Z axis on an HDRI ?

prime grove May 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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Please Take Time Any Answer This Form Carefully. Thanks
https://goo.gl/forms/ONuBtPPfIVc2qaOc2

Google Docs

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This Form Shows What Type Of Game, Game Developers Should Make.

languid shard May 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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hah neofur

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what a joke

frank escarp May 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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motherfuckers abandoned the unreal plugin, DRM-d it to hell, and went to chase the sympligon AAA money now that sympligon is dead

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im so pissed i actually paid those guys

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the new versions are of an "ask us ;)" license

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 12:34 PM

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how did simplygon even die? wasn't it used nearly everywhere?

frank escarp May 4, 2018, 12:34 PM

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bought by microsoft

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 12:34 PM

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and they just stopped selling it? :v

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I noticed some proxy lod thing in recent engine versions that says it's meant to replace simplygon

honest vale May 4, 2018, 12:35 PM

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didn't they turn it into a service

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:35 PM

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Neofur is something yeah

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Simplygon, too. Thing was available more than a decade ago and worked well enough, you'd think it would be available to everyone with something like a $100 lifetime license

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Since there's like no need to keep working on it

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But no, it's a 25k$-year service

idle sail May 4, 2018, 12:40 PM

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@cloud cobalt what you typed 1000 * abs(sine (time)) it sines between 0 and 1000 I need to go to 1000 then snap back to 0

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 12:40 PM

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that's pretty expensive

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you want modulus 1000 then

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:40 PM

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Yup

idle sail May 4, 2018, 12:41 PM

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How to do that :S sorry my maths is the strongest heh

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I would google it but im not sure like what the terms to google heh

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:41 PM

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Modulo node

plush yew May 4, 2018, 12:44 PM

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Sawtooth wave?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 12:44 PM

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Ye

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:45 PM

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modulo(Time * X, 1000)

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X being a speed

idle sail May 4, 2018, 12:45 PM

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whats the modulo node called?

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fmod?

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 12:46 PM

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mod, modulo, something like that

plush yew May 4, 2018, 12:46 PM

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Yeah Fmod

idle sail May 4, 2018, 12:46 PM

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K let me try figure it out heh gotta get good at turning maths into material 😅

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Think I got it 😃

plush yew May 4, 2018, 12:54 PM

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I wonder if Lerp(0, 1000, frac(Time)) would be cheaper

pallid compass May 4, 2018, 12:57 PM

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wakes up

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its time

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to PROGRAM

late stream May 4, 2018, 1:02 PM

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Is there any first person RPG tutorials out there that anyone knows of? Everything I can find is third person tutorials.

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:03 PM

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Take a third person tutorial and move the camera to the player's head

late stream May 4, 2018, 1:04 PM

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Problem is they are heavily focused on animations lol.. but yeah I was thinking about doing that, but that means half the video is fluff to me... May just go third person.. just trying to learn this engine.

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 1:05 PM

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There are never "this is how you make your game" tutorials

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You always need to find the bits and pieces of info you need

idle sail May 4, 2018, 1:06 PM

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@whole quarry Yeah Ive been looking for the "Do my project for me" Button for years, shame on epic for hiding it so well 😦

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 1:06 PM

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Its right under the "Make MMO" button

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:06 PM

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@late stream Then ignore the animation part. The RPG part should be a large part of any thrid-person RPG tutorial 😃

idle sail May 4, 2018, 1:06 PM

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Ohh found it!

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:11 PM

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Anyone know of a way to send information across the network that isn't RPC or variable replication?

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:12 PM

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Why wouldn't a RPC or variable replication do ?

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 1:13 PM

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You can try the fax or a mail pigeon?

wary wave May 4, 2018, 1:14 PM

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I'm a bit miffed as to what possible alternative you might want?

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 1:14 PM

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FTP 😬

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:15 PM

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There are options, but they come at a cost, and they'll be much harder to use

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If you're never going to be on consoles you can still use a plain dumb socket in C

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But there's nothing sockets do than RPCs don't do better

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:20 PM

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@cloud cobalt I send large streams from a client to the server and then the server sends it back out to everyone (including the client who already knows the information) so I'm trying to cut down on that

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Without having to do a complex system of owned objects and references to everything.

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Socket in C, interesting, I'll have to google about it, thanks!

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:21 PM

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But there's nothing sockets do than RPCs don't do better less overhead for sending crazy amounts of data

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:21 PM

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Sure, but then you also have to reinvent your own protocol, handle errors, etc.

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:22 PM

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you can start a level higher though

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instead of making a whole custom socket

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just make a custom channel

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:22 PM

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@woeful oar Not replicating back to owner is supported in UE4 - COND_SkipOwner

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:22 PM

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then you can use unreals protocol, have reliable/unreliable messages, etc

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:22 PM

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DOREPLIFETIME_CONDITION( Class, Property, COND_SkipOwner);

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If you have huge volumes of data, depending on which kind, you might get lucky (or not) with something else

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:24 PM

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Ah, that'll help, but I also want to not send to people who are too far away. I was hoping netCullDistanceSquared would work with RPCs but I guess not.

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Thanks zeb too, you've all given me some stuff to google and point me in the right direction

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:25 PM

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if you're sending them as reliable it will always send the rpc

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unreliable ones don't get sent when the object is not relevant

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:25 PM

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Relevancy would solve the distance issue

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:25 PM

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whoah, where is all of this explained?

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I have a hard time finding good information?

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:26 PM

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did you read this pdf?

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there's a pdf somewhere explaining all this

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what's it called

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http://cedric-neukirchen.net/Downloads/Compendium/UE4_Network_Compendium_by_Cedric_eXi_Neukirchen.pdf this

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anything that's not in there, I guess you find it out by exploring the source code

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:27 PM

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@woeful oar My larger point is that what you're doing is definitely not routine stuff that most games need, and there's very probably a clean way of doing it in-engine

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:27 PM

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Ah, thanks Zeblote, that'll help a ton!

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:27 PM

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I'd also be curious as to which kind of data you need to send, because I'm fairly sure there's a way to cut down on the data too

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:28 PM

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@cloud cobalt Oh, I know. I'm doing something very very naughty. I'm making a client determined movement system.

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:28 PM

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that doesn't sound like a large amount of data?

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:28 PM

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That's not necessarily a bad idea, either

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:28 PM

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just a few things each tick

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:28 PM

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Yeah, it's really not, but I want to cut it down as much as possible

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:28 PM

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It's a bad idea for PVP, obviously

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 1:28 PM

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there's no point optimizing something that's already not a problem tho

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:29 PM

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I plan on releasing it on whatever the Unreal engine asset store is. I'm porting one of my Unity assets.

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So I want to optmize as much as possible.

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:30 PM

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If you're doing it as a store thing, you really want to stick to what UE4 offers, cleanly, in a way that every engine user understands

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:30 PM

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Yeah, I'm trying to, it's rough going. They really dont' want to do things the way I want to do them.

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:31 PM

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Your clients might want to ship on the Switch or the PS4 where sockets could be basically outlawed

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:31 PM

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Ah yeah, true. My other option is just a huge mess of owned objects I spawn that handle each of my Syncing scripts I guess.

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Wait, it has relevancy built in. I think I might be fine going forward.

wary wave May 4, 2018, 1:32 PM

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client authorative movement with server side validation is pretty normal

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:32 PM

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Start with regular engine tool that everyone understands, unless you're an expert of the engine net stack and you know for a fact that something in there is broken. But what you describe sounds both easy and a very low volume of data

wary wave May 4, 2018, 1:32 PM

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normal replication should be enough for that tbh

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:33 PM

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I already have the asset made. I figured I would learn C++ and Unreal along the way and maybe make some bucks.

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It's released on Unity store already.

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@wary wave What's normal replication?

wary wave May 4, 2018, 1:33 PM

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as in vars and RPCs

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:33 PM

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Variable replication & RPC

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:33 PM

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That can be client determined?

wary wave May 4, 2018, 1:34 PM

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of course

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:34 PM

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Oh, nm

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:34 PM

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RPCs are usually fired from the client so yeah

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:34 PM

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I mean replicated vars.

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I'll have to read that PDF ya'll gave me. I didn't learn much from the Unreal docs.

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:34 PM

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Replicated vars are server-to-client

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:34 PM

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Yeah, I thought so. Gonna need client determined vars for sure.

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Or I guess I could rpc them over and set the server.

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But I have this whole interpolation back time system like they used to use in counter strike so I don't think it'll work

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Thanks a ton for the info!

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:35 PM

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For what it's worth, every multiplayer game does need the client to send data to the server

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Whether it's inputs or the actual position is up to you

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:36 PM

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Actual position! Client prediction is a farse!

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:37 PM

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The engine give you all the tools you'd want to send data from A to B, run code on client, server, on both, and to replicate data from the server back to everyone - since UE4 doesn't do peer-to-peer, the server is always "special"

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People have done client authoritative movement, client authoritative physics, regular server-authoritative-with-local-simulation

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Nothing in there would work better by not using the built-in tools

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:39 PM

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Yeah, it seems like I can do it without sockets. Thanks again for the info!

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Btw, did you play Grabbles? I used to have a steam friend named stranger and I want to say the icon looks familiar.

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:40 PM

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Nope, not me

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 1:40 PM

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He is the Stranger from Stranger Things

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 1:40 PM

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Ahhhh

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lol

ember dove May 4, 2018, 1:40 PM

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The Stranger rooScared

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:45 PM

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I'm actually the Stranger from Destiny, I'll pass by for a few seconds, spew useless nonsense and leave

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You're welcome

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 1:46 PM

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Funny, my wife does the same!

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:54 PM

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I'm getting married this month, I'll see if that changes how she behaves !

ember dove May 4, 2018, 1:54 PM

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LMAO

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 1:54 PM

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@cloud cobalt i know an awesome song to play at the wedding

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Ita a song from Queen

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Its called "I want to break free", always a hit at weddings

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 1:57 PM

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lol

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 1:59 PM

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That's actually a fairly fun idea

idle sail May 4, 2018, 2:26 PM

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This question might sound stupid

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but how do you turn a float in a texture?

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is it possible?

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 2:27 PM

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A texture is a 2D array of colors, colors being an array of four float values

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Not sure what you want to do

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 2:28 PM

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most time when people ask that they want to use some scalar/float values and feed it to a mat function using t2d

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in that case, copy the shizzle in the mat function and edit accordingly

idle sail May 4, 2018, 2:29 PM

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Its hard to explain Ive got a world aligned texture and I want to put this radial pulse ive made on it but

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I get the feeling if i make the radial pulse world aligned thats gunna look hella weird as well

viral herald May 4, 2018, 2:29 PM

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hey guys

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.wav files should upload in unreal easily right?

idle sail May 4, 2018, 2:30 PM

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I think ive done enough for today anyways il sort it tomorrow

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night

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 2:31 PM

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never tried that @idle sail

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good luck on it and good night

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@viral herald yes

viral herald May 4, 2018, 2:31 PM

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it says there is an error when uploading

fierce tulip May 4, 2018, 2:32 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Audio/WAV

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 2:33 PM

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What do you mean uploading

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Importing, right ?

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You still have to follow some constraints

viral herald May 4, 2018, 2:42 PM

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yea

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what constrains

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 2:43 PM

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Click the link...

viral herald May 4, 2018, 2:47 PM

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i did

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am reading through it

cloud cobalt May 4, 2018, 2:49 PM

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The second paragraph is what you need to check

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Bitrate, etc

honest vale May 4, 2018, 3:15 PM

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the api pages are a mess

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where is the link on this page that takes me back to TArray page http://api.unrealengine.com/INT/API/Runtime/Core/Containers/TArray/AddUninitialized/index.html

TArray::AddUninitialized

Adds a given number of uninitialized elements into the array.

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breadcrumbs would be nice

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 3:16 PM

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just forget the api pages lol

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get visual assist and just explore the code

crisp fable May 4, 2018, 3:19 PM

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[2018.05.04-15.18.26:806][ 0]LogWindows: Error: Assertion failed: bDynamicClassLinker || !Loader->IsError()

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what the hell is that

honest vale May 4, 2018, 3:19 PM

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@manic pawn I have VAX

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 3:19 PM

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use it :D

honest vale May 4, 2018, 3:19 PM

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....

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browsing code still sucks

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it's slow

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 3:20 PM

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well it's better than attempting to browse horrifying machine generated api pages so

honest vale May 4, 2018, 3:20 PM

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for fuck's sake I said the pages are poor and you say I should just use VAX

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what kind of suggestion is that

crisp fable May 4, 2018, 3:20 PM

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its a good one

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VAX gives you the descriptions of functions if they exist

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 3:20 PM

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one that solves your problem ...?

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noone in here can do fuck all about the api pages lol

honest vale May 4, 2018, 3:21 PM

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I simply stated they're a mess

crisp fable May 4, 2018, 3:21 PM

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ok so you werent looking for an actual solution or work around

honest vale May 4, 2018, 3:22 PM

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no, just verifying whether I'm stupid or that the pages are so poor

manic pawn May 4, 2018, 3:22 PM

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they have been useless since unreal was first released

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:27 PM

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Has anyone here successfully packaged AND opened the app on their android device?

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:27 PM

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Yes

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I have

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Apk and obb

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:28 PM

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I’ve packaged it in multiple ways and every since way, won’t load on either of my two devices. One is very old, the HTC One M8 running 6.0.0 and the other is a very new galaxy tablet

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:28 PM

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It even let the game being played

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:28 PM

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Both package fine with obb attached to apk and without

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But when I load it on the device, it immediately crashes..

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:28 PM

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There was a tool for error logging

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Forgot the name tho

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:28 PM

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I’ve hardly any code put into my project (enough to not want to restart) but nothing happens upon startup except loading a level for the main menu

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Hmm

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:29 PM

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Its somewhere in the documentation

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:29 PM

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Yea because even when I launch it from unreal engine it starts tracking then shuts down when it crashes

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:29 PM

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But its important for these kind of things

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Navcat or something

pallid compass May 4, 2018, 3:29 PM

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There is logs on your device

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:29 PM

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How can access the log on my device?

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Also I will check out logs that you’re referring to @whole quarry

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:30 PM

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You connect it with usb, load up the program and it logs every thing from the android

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:30 PM

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I did that

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Through launching with usb debugging on and everything

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But it still crashes

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:30 PM

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Then with filter (UE4_gamename) it gets the relevant info

pallid compass May 4, 2018, 3:30 PM

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there is literally logtxt files on the device

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cant remember where tho

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:31 PM

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Is there something that needs to be setup before hand?

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:31 PM

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/134079/where-can-i-find-the-ue4-log-file-on-android-devic.html

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:31 PM

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It really shouldn’t have any errors

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:32 PM

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If it crashes, it has errors :P

noble geyser May 4, 2018, 3:33 PM

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Hey guy's i can't really find a general help section i was just wondering if anyone can help me get the default views back in unreal? I x'd out of them and cannot for the life of me figure it out and don't really wish to reinstall as i have a bunch of assets downloaded and imported etc

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 3:33 PM

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I understand something is clearly wrong haha I’ll look into it after work trying that method from the link above. I’m at work for another 7 hours haha

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Thank you for all your help

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:34 PM

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@drowsy fox logcat is very usefull, even just to monitor the android

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Np ;)

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@noble geyser assets are seperate from the engine

noble geyser May 4, 2018, 3:34 PM

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Hmm, hard to explain ill post an image showing what i mean

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There is normally a window in the top left and a window in the bottom left, but i have closed them and i am not sure how to get them back, so now it's just like a full screen window with the world settings and world outliner on the right but nothing on the left except viewport 1

📎 Got_rid_of_them.PNG

whole quarry May 4, 2018, 3:35 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/UI/LevelEditor/Viewports/Basics

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Hmz im not sure

noble geyser May 4, 2018, 3:37 PM

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didnt help, i guess ill just reinstall no biggie

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cheers though, that link explained some stuff i was wondering but wasn't sure about so, still helpful! thank you

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Actually, the entire link is helpful all the documentation, so again, thank you

grim ore May 4, 2018, 3:56 PM

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you dont need to reinstall just reset your layout to defaults

noble geyser May 4, 2018, 3:58 PM

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i tried that, it didn't work 😦

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unless i did it incorrectly. That's probable

grim ore May 4, 2018, 3:58 PM

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maybe you hit the maximize button on the viewport?

noble geyser May 4, 2018, 3:58 PM

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Possibly, i just reinstalled anyway only takes 5 minutes to download 😃

woeful oar May 4, 2018, 4:09 PM

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Is there a way to send an RPC to everyone but the owner or to specific clients at all (from the server).

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*?

plush yew May 4, 2018, 4:11 PM

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@drowsy fox are you opening a blankish / default project or your own projec

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 4:29 PM

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It was a blank project I created three weeks ago as a start to multiplayer on mobile

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@Steeeeve#8769

plush yew May 4, 2018, 4:30 PM

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so if you open up ue4

cinder minnow May 4, 2018, 4:31 PM

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can someone explain me what the "autosave" feature is for ? because each time unreal crash (90% of time with no reason) and I restart it, I get this :

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📎 unknown.png

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which is ALWAYS followed by this :

📎 unknown.png

plush yew May 4, 2018, 4:33 PM

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create a new project, third person, set it up for mobile/tablet, scalable 3d/2d

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is your phone being detected in the launch option top right? and @cinder minnow , often when i click restore selected, it is able to restore some blueprints or maps i was working on

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but ctrl + shift + s often

cinder minnow May 4, 2018, 4:36 PM

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( @plush yew thank you, I never had to try with blueprint yet...)

plush yew May 4, 2018, 4:37 PM

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ya the editor crashes fairly often for me too but if you save often youll be alright

languid flax May 4, 2018, 4:39 PM

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The restore packages feature hasn't worked once for me.

plush yew May 4, 2018, 4:40 PM

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my ue4 crashes from copy and pasting keyframes of simple object movements in sequencer

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shit sucks but it's a good program anyway

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@drowsy fox are you trying it

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if anyone is sweet at material making pmme

noble geyser May 4, 2018, 5:29 PM

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Question, you know the default templates like "Game Pad Input" and it has a Gray box drawn around it in the blueprint window, how do i replicate that gray box or make my own?

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It makes sorting the scripts much easier and better reference points

worldly axle May 4, 2018, 5:29 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Blueprints/UserGuide/Comments

noble geyser May 4, 2018, 5:37 PM

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Cheers man

worldly axle May 4, 2018, 5:38 PM

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np

median comet May 4, 2018, 5:38 PM

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woah that helped me too

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thanks man

worldly axle May 4, 2018, 5:39 PM

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I'm a noob here to help other noobs 😄

hot ledge May 4, 2018, 5:51 PM

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im doing a flying object how can i make it fly towards where the camera is facing not just fly forward

devout gulch May 4, 2018, 6:13 PM

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changes from fortnite network have been merged

frank escarp May 4, 2018, 6:41 PM

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@devout gulch ``` Change 3844506 by Jake.Leonard

Implementing missing steam leaderboard implementations. Also streamlines and fixes the friends leaderboard too.

#Jira UE-53474,UE-53475,UE-53476

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quality merge

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back to the past

winter thistle May 4, 2018, 7:00 PM

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Hey, can anybody tell me which sound file types can be imported into UE4?

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 7:04 PM

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I am at work @Steeeeve#8769 I apologize, as I’m here for the next 3.5 hours. My project is a top down template, I’ve got replication setup to handle movement. But I think I know what my issue is. The first thing is loads is a map that has moving grass behind the UI to select your gameplay, I think since my grass has warnings it’s causing errors upon loading. I’m going to try packing it with a blank map with the UI and see if that handles my error. (Aswell as checking some logs out)

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Do I need to setup loading screens before packing?

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I haven’t done that yet either

stiff crow May 4, 2018, 7:11 PM

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So, I've run into an anoying issue

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every time I open my project, it deletes the cable component from one of my objects

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I have to re-add it manually and then replace the refrences to it in my blueprints

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is there any way to fix this

craggy birch May 4, 2018, 7:55 PM

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I found a olution to my problem before

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it worked

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btw, how do I open a web browser with url from a button?

drowsy fox May 4, 2018, 9:44 PM

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I believe that can be achieved through a console command but there could be something built in. @iCrazyBlaze#7950

devout gulch May 4, 2018, 9:58 PM

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lol

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there is quite a bit of linux changes

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for UE Editor

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maybe Tim got really fed up with Microsoft 😄

plush yew May 4, 2018, 10:06 PM

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i decided to try and model my first character up for rigging and

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the result

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is quite

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not describable by words i guess

livid haven May 4, 2018, 10:06 PM

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If you mean Tim Sweeney, you can always look up his responses to the whole UWP thing.

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But I doubt that has anything to do with additional Linux support.

devout gulch May 4, 2018, 10:13 PM

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probabaly not, but it still funny :

worn granite May 4, 2018, 10:36 PM

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changes made by epic?

upbeat eagle May 4, 2018, 11:08 PM

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why is the picture the uplay logo lol

rocky kayak May 4, 2018, 11:09 PM

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hey guys, currently my health system is set so all characters have their own health variable and health is + and - simply from the apply damage blueprint. is there an easy way to, say, break hit -> hit actor -> get health(variable)? i only know how to cast to specific character blueprints to get their health value.

worn granite May 4, 2018, 11:10 PM

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You have a bunch of characters, that introduce their own health variable?

rocky kayak May 4, 2018, 11:10 PM

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yeah thats how its currently set

worn granite May 4, 2018, 11:10 PM

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Its not quick, but you should make your health a component.

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You could also introduce a base character the others are based on, which would introduce the health var.

rocky kayak May 4, 2018, 11:14 PM

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yeah i was just hooking up some stuff together while making an ability and thought it'd be really neat if i could check if the hit actor has a variable named Health and if yes then display it for bug testing. not sure if thats a thing or not

worn granite May 4, 2018, 11:14 PM

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not really, no.

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at least, not in BP

rocky kayak May 4, 2018, 11:14 PM

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darn

atomic lance May 4, 2018, 11:29 PM

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hey guys

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just started using UE4. question: i created new project and how do i import the starter content, so i can use materials in my project?
thanks

ionic oxide May 4, 2018, 11:33 PM

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create a second project with starter content

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and then migrate

atomic lance May 4, 2018, 11:34 PM

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aaah

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lemme try

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i just have to select this right?

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ionic oxide May 4, 2018, 11:35 PM

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yes

atomic lance May 4, 2018, 11:35 PM

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thanks

frosty bloom May 4, 2018, 11:37 PM

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that's quite unnecessary. There is actually a button inside all projects that seems to be forgotten by all

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There is this big green AddNew button in the content browser. If you click it there will be a button at the very top that lets you add content from any Template type

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Template type being, TopDown / ThirdPerson / FirstPerson etc

atomic lance May 4, 2018, 11:38 PM

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I'll look into it

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You're right Erik, it lets me add Content Packs to my project. Ty.

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https://youtu.be/lNlUKLC8dEY?t=4m37s
in the video the guy adds a window frame, which snaps to the border and aligns into center. if I follow instructions, my window frame won't snap. what am I missing?

YouTube

Ramster Games

Unreal Engine 4 Creating a Level 3 Adding Windows and Doors

Unreal Engine 4 Tutorial

▶ Play video

grim ore May 4, 2018, 11:47 PM

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Lol that's an official ue4 tutorial that the guy ripped and put on his channel.

atomic lance May 4, 2018, 11:47 PM

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Huh

grim ore May 4, 2018, 11:49 PM

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That video on that channel is a repost of an official ue4 video on their official channel. Maybe there is some comments on the official video with how he snapped it?

atomic lance May 4, 2018, 11:52 PM

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Haha nice. It's really the same video.

grim ore May 4, 2018, 11:52 PM

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It looks like S or Alt-S might be surface snap

atomic lance May 5, 2018, 12:07 AM

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Hm, not working for me

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Do I hold S / Alt+S when dragging or something else?

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Can't get it to work

high oriole May 5, 2018, 12:53 AM

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can anyone help me understand tesselation calculated based on camera position and player position?

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im trying to wrap my mind around how it works and I don't get it

drowsy fox May 5, 2018, 1:49 AM

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Has anyone here packaged and ran an android apk? My game is crashing and I can’t seem to figure out why, or where the log is kept

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@Paexl#9138 there’s a toggle on your viewport

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It crashes upon startup

plush yew May 5, 2018, 2:40 AM

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@drowsy fox did you open a blank project yet and launch it to your phone

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with the settings i mentioned earlier

idle sail May 5, 2018, 3:26 AM

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Is there a website where you can upload material graphs?

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like just so they can be copied via a browser kind of thing

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or like viewed with out having to take 50 screenshots

muted minnow May 5, 2018, 3:28 AM

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Hello. I'm looking for information on how to get a river to applt force to push my character in the direction of the water flow. Any suggestions?

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@idle sail : I think this is the site I've used for that. Doesn't always work right. https://blueprintue.com/

BlueprintUE

PasteBin blueprints For Unreal Engine 4

BlueprintUE.com is a tool for sharing, rendering and rating blueprints for Unreal Engine 4. UE4 is a game engine which use visual scripting called blueprint.

idle sail May 5, 2018, 3:29 AM

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@muted minnow 👌

woeful oar May 5, 2018, 4:11 AM

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Is there a way to not send an RPC to the owner? Seems like a waste of bandwidth after sending the information to the server just to get it back on the owner.

plush yew May 5, 2018, 4:45 AM

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has anybody figured out how to flip the sky sphere

timid jungle May 5, 2018, 4:58 AM

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how do you mean?

plush yew May 5, 2018, 5:17 AM

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@timid jungle i mean rotating it 360 so say the stars are below the horiz

timid jungle May 5, 2018, 5:22 AM

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Why use a sky box

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Er sphere

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Why not just use a really big sphere with an inverted mesh then make it rotate off of a world transform

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Excuse my bad drunk advice

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 8:15 AM

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what's one of the best games out there that uses 100% BP?

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I recently had an argument with someone who was convinced that in order to make a "triple A game", you have to modify source. That may have been true a while ago, but I've a tough time believing it's true today. I couldnt name any games to support my stance tho.

tall pendant May 5, 2018, 8:27 AM

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in order to make an AAA game you would need an team capable of doing so, plus some serious funding and backing by a Publisher.

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But to answer your Question (Sorry! I didn't even addressed it): No. I don't recall any AAA game fully made in BP only either. I'm not even sure if there's an ambitious "indie" game around that is 100% BP based. @tulip helm

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 8:41 AM

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Heh, np! Thanks. Yeah, I couldnt find any either; advertising "100% BP" wouldn't appeal to the end-user anyway. I've been messing with BP for almost 3 years now, other than accessing destructible mesh fragments, and I haven't come across anything I couldn't do. Isn't pretty much everything exposed now to BP? Maybe I should ask in the blueprint section...

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 8:44 AM

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just means you haven't dig deep enough

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no-offense, it depends on what exactly you are doing - kind of features you want to have, some require a simple exposing or few things from c++ to BP, some require quite serious changing

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for a AAA project that hardly can be a concern

leaden garnet May 5, 2018, 8:48 AM

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BP's are quite slow once your game gets bigger and you start creating more complex systems

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 8:50 AM

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one of the recent cases - you can't set constraint brekable limit programatically, it's just not exposed to BP

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when it comes to physics or quads, they are pretty much off limit in BP

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@leaden garnet and get corrupted on top of that 😄

leaden garnet May 5, 2018, 8:54 AM

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oh yes, You just made me remember that, thanks!

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 8:55 AM

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I mostly use BP, it's not all bad, just have to be aware of certain quirks

leaden garnet May 5, 2018, 8:55 AM

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There's really nothing wrong with using BPs, it's just you may want to be aware of things incase you end up in a bad situation

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 8:56 AM

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Thanks for the info, and specifics. BPs have much more exposed now than was in the past right?
Creating complex systems is a bit vague. What's this corruption you speak of?

leaden garnet May 5, 2018, 8:56 AM

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I usually use BPs for quick prototypes, tho I can' t recall using them primarily in a project

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 8:58 AM

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@tulip helm yes, more is exposed. But that doesn't help when one or two specific things are not exposed

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its not just BP, the same case is in c++

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where some parts are made private

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to get corrupted BP, you just need to start doing inheritance and combine it with structs

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when you refactor your code and change parent classes, it gets very entertaining

leaden garnet May 5, 2018, 9:00 AM

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Yeah...esp when you accidentally unparent a BP class, you can't open it

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 9:00 AM

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Gotcha thanks. Those are bugs? Or as-designed?

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:01 AM

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designed bugs? 😄

leaden garnet May 5, 2018, 9:01 AM

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Hahaha

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:01 AM

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they are not bugs per-se but the way how system can work and get into such state

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kind of like when you pull the power plug on frigde it stops working and food spoils, is food spoiling is a bug? - just undersirable results

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you could "fix" it, by not allowing to pull the plug, which we all agree is a bit too much

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So far, the combination of c++ and BP seams to be the fastest for prototyping and safest for refactoring.

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I creat some base classes in c++ and structures. C++ structures are much safer as they don’t break code. C++ base classes allow easier refactoring and reparenting later when you need it.

frank escarp May 5, 2018, 9:13 AM

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gotta be careful

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any rename of C++ classes can be catastrophic

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:13 AM

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I have some abominations where half of the functions are implemented in c++ and some in BP 😄

frank escarp May 5, 2018, 9:13 AM

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thats very common

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:13 AM

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Yes, but its still ugly 😃

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But those will be refactored anyway

frank escarp May 5, 2018, 9:15 AM

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thats kind of why you want to keep as much into C++ as you can. Refactoring and cleaning is FAR easier if the code is c++

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blueprint doesnt have good refactor tools

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:15 AM

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When you have some piece of functionality, fully working in BP as prototype, it take very little time to just re-implement it proper in c++ and move on

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Agree

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Debugging is another thing

viral herald May 5, 2018, 9:16 AM

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guys

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why does the materials not show up?

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https://gyazo.com/5b8e25a7a57f9eea1d35c7da83e583b4

Gyazo

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 9:21 AM

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@vale osprey A bug is simply an unintended result. I was just curious if/how Epic responded to that corruption issue you were talking about.

There've been numerous issues submitted to Epic in the past that were reported as bugs, but marked closed by Epic as "not a bug", "as designed", or "will not fix", because it was functioning as Epic designed it, or implemented with specific usage requirements that if not followed would cause the "bug" to occur.

wary wave May 5, 2018, 9:27 AM

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the Solaris project is entirely BP

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though the authors regretted that, hehe

umbral tartan May 5, 2018, 9:28 AM

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@viral herald did you copy paste the uassets from another project?

frank escarp May 5, 2018, 9:28 AM

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@wary wave it was

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until they ran into scalability issues

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then it wasnt

viral herald May 5, 2018, 9:29 AM

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@umbral tartan yea

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i did a copy of the whole project

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 9:33 AM

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@frank escarp So what they shipped was primarily C++? That means ambershee is wrong?

frank escarp May 5, 2018, 9:34 AM

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he isnt

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solus project was actually 100% BP for a long time

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only once they actually run into size issues (blueprints too big) they went to port stuff to c++

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 9:36 AM

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@frank escarp You don't happen to have a link to this thread by any chance do you? I want to see what you mean by "too big" and maybe glean some extra info from it.
@viral herald I've ran into issues directly copying uassets. How exactly did you copy the whole project?

viral herald May 5, 2018, 9:39 AM

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cntl+v

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 9:40 AM

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Hmm. It's probably better to clone the project through the launcher instead.

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@viral herald https://i.imgur.com/3QOfhI0.png

Imgur

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 9:42 AM

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hey guys
i'm working on a generic weapon system for marketplace
do you think modelling advanced ballistic is good idea, or basic ballistic model will suffice?

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:42 AM

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There is a Solus “tutorial “ on YouTube where devs explain what kind of systems they have. Can use it as a reference to “size”

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 9:43 AM

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@vale osprey Ah cool thanks. I assume all their dev talk has been vlogged then.

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:44 AM

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@patent ibex what is advanced vs basic ballistics? Do you have experience implementating both?

sullen sonnet May 5, 2018, 9:46 AM

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There's a scammer here
by the name of AnubhavPlayZYT
Asking to be payed $2 for his stolen art

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be aware

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 9:47 AM

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@vale osprey basic is more of arcade style ballistic, just damage drop over distance and simple wall penetration
while advanced fully (or almost fully) simulates projectile behavior. Arma style i guess?

my experience doesn't mean much, the question is if it would be wanted or not

tulip helm May 5, 2018, 9:49 AM

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@sullen sonnet Wow, 2$ is cheap.
@patent ibex If there aren't any similar packages on the marketplace, I find it highly likely people would find use for it.

sullen sonnet May 5, 2018, 9:50 AM

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Ye he asks to be payed first before he "makes" the art

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all his example art is from google

viral herald May 5, 2018, 9:57 AM

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ok thanks @tulip helm

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 9:58 AM

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@patent ibex I see, the basic is something that is definitely have a large audience, but there are already multiple systems like that

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the advanced is something that could be used in one or two projects

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you might have a better luck with developing and showcasing it, then getting a contract to implement it in specific game

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the reason is simple, Arma's style balistics is pointless for CQB games or games based in non modern wars

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in realistic WW1 and WW2 game, players won't be able to utilize such balistics as they will be lacking tools that can exploit it, so you won't tell much difference is balistic is modeled or its just a simple no friction curve + some random

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on top of that, such asset would have to be made as code plugin as you will have to tinker with physics sub-stepping

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so will take more time to get approved on MP

shell jetty May 5, 2018, 10:05 AM

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think if it was just physics curve

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 10:09 AM

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@vale osprey i didn't really see many mp releases of weapon systems, so i thought i might give it a try. advanced ballistic isn't something that everyone would use, in my opinion actually those who make serious shooters that would require this kind of ballistic wouldn't buy it of mp
asking for a community opinion before deciding, and it seems like advanced ballistic is bad idea

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 10:12 AM

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@patent ibex basically yes, when it's one of the core features, people are more luckily to implement it themselves

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@shell jetty sadly, in realistic balistics you have non-linear drag (the main contributor to the curve) and modelling it with some precalculated curves is not really possible

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only if you do some simplifications

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 10:18 AM

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Hey folks - is there a way to increase shadow intensity in the world?

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 10:18 AM

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looks like there's actually plenty of weapon systems and yet another generic one isn't needed

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 10:18 AM

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like I lowered my "sun" beyond horizon and the whole world is still fairly light

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I can't figure out how to give it darker more athmospheric look

vale osprey May 5, 2018, 10:18 AM

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like you can pre-calculate speed over time for a specific projectile with a constant start velocity, but you won't be able to capture effect of wind properly or add variations to yeld or starting speed

umbral tartan May 5, 2018, 10:19 AM

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@exotic tangle check the skylight

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 10:19 AM

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k i'll check settings for it

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ty

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@umbral tartan - settings in there have no effect

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left one is what it should be and the right one is what I have

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let me build the lightin see if it has any effect

foggy spear May 5, 2018, 10:35 AM

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#here Happy 20th anniversary to unreal engine btw, if i'm not mistaken it was launched in May right?

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 10:44 AM

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well it had some effect, but all in all shadows are still fairly light

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 10:46 AM

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@exotic tangle what you have on the left is only direct lighting, you can disable indirect lighting in world settings and rebuild lighting and you'll have something similar to that

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 10:47 AM

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right ok

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ty

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i'll check it

viral herald May 5, 2018, 10:49 AM

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is it possible to create a file in the gitlab file and uplaod files there that arent connected to the project

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 11:00 AM

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Is only way seeing difference is to rebuild light every time? - is there no way to see live preview @patent ibex

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 11:18 AM

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There's old built lighting in memory until you rebuild it

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 11:18 AM

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hmm I reduced the number of indirect light bounces to 0 and it didnt really have an effect, there is no actual option to switch indirect light off

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 11:19 AM

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It's somewhere in project settings then. Sorry don't actually remember it
But 0 bounces should have effect. Did you disable skylight?

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Or maybe there's ambient environment color in lightmass settings?

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 11:19 AM

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oh - how do I disable skylight?

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just remove the 'eye'?

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 11:22 AM

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Just delete it :) or set intensity to 0

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 11:26 AM

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kk i'll try that 😃

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rebuilding light takes 5 minutes every time

plush yew May 5, 2018, 11:50 AM

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hah, baking lighting

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 11:50 AM

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Ok THAT did the trick but now its way too dark 😃 lol ok

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i'll play around now a bit

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am i correct in understanding that baking in ue4 context means building?

late stream May 5, 2018, 12:08 PM

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Anyone know where I can find some good written tutorials on the blueprint system? Prefer written over videos.

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Anyone know where I can find some good written tutorials on the blueprint system? Prefer written over videos.

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 12:25 PM

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@exotic tangle yeah, building light = baking light

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 12:29 PM

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ty - I got it all sorted now

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ty @patent ibex - got it to look like I wanted

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 12:30 PM

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you're welcome

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 12:46 PM

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why does baking light sometimes fail? got once an error area too large or something and it just folded

proud pine May 5, 2018, 1:32 PM

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@late stream hi, here are some written stuff on Blueprints:

Epic's documentation on Blueprints
http://romeroblueprints.blogspot.ru/p/table-of-contents.html <- this one is really good and all compendiums are conveniently packed in PDFs.
http://cedric-neukirchen.net/2017/02/14/multiplayer-network-compendium/ <- link is dead for me right now, not sure why, but search for "UE4 network compendium by Cedric Neukirchen" it is going to be another PDF
https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/blueprints-visual-scripting-unreal-engine <- this is a book and I have not read it, but it is saved in my ToRead list

Table of Contents

You can follow this blog on Facebook or Twitter . Blueprints Compendium - Volume 3 The third volume of the Blueprints Compendium pr...

Cedric Neukirchen

eXi

Multiplayer Network Compendium

Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine | PACKT Books

Build professional 3D games with Unreal Engine 4's Visual Scripting system

wary wave May 5, 2018, 1:45 PM

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I'd be pretty wary of any Packy book, let alone one that is now three years old

plush yew May 5, 2018, 1:47 PM

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Does Packt ever update books?

proud pine May 5, 2018, 2:07 PM

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well, that is why it is at the end of ToRead list, have prejudice towards book written about software, these days software could be completely changed before book got printed

muted minnow May 5, 2018, 2:24 PM

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Hello. I'm looking for information on how to get a river to apply force to push my character in the direction of the water flow, and other similar environmental forces, Any suggestions?

woeful oar May 5, 2018, 2:41 PM

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I'm new to Unreal, but there's gotta be someway to know if you are in a zone, then just move your character according to some variable you set on some script or blueprint on that zone.

umbral tartan May 5, 2018, 2:43 PM

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@proud pine number 3 will eventually work, just gotta keep trying it a couple times every day.

ember dove May 5, 2018, 2:56 PM

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@woeful oar you could always make a blueprint that contains a collision box and when someone is in it, go from there

woeful oar May 5, 2018, 2:56 PM

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@ember dove sorry, i was replying to timdix, i wasn't asking

ember dove May 5, 2018, 2:56 PM

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oh, omegalul

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im dumb

woeful oar May 5, 2018, 2:56 PM

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i should use @ s more often, lol

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 2:57 PM

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Hi folks, have filmback settings changed in latest UE4 build? I can't find these when I have camera selected

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i just get this in mine

📎 unknown.png

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focus settings are missing also it seems

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 3:14 PM

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those are different actors @exotic tangle

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cine camera actor
and camera actor

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 3:22 PM

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hmm but camera one is what I am after

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hmm i'll rewatch tutorial

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k ty

honest vale May 5, 2018, 3:34 PM

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the launcher is getting pretty obnoxious

plush marsh May 5, 2018, 3:40 PM

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Hi. Just theoretical question. How would you draw a grid for a turn based game ? It should be visible when unit is selected ( like xcom for ex) or when player press a key. What is the best way to do it ?

drowsy fox May 5, 2018, 3:45 PM

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I would draw the grid by creating a location based UI that automatically snaps to each build point by dividing up the hit coordinates @Dyuk#3649

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Example: you want the grid to be 100x100, have the coordinates divided by 100, truncated, then multiplied by 100 again

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There could be a better method, but that was my thought process for making one soon

plush marsh May 5, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Thanks. I haven't touched UI in unreal yet. So , that is my next stop. I was previewing grid with particles , but i guess it is not optimal

weak thunder May 5, 2018, 4:16 PM

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is modding possible in unreal engine?

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something similar to how skyrim/fallout handles mods?

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So open game .data files, make some changes, make a pack.
Load mod pack into load order and press play and see the changes.

worldly axle May 5, 2018, 4:19 PM

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There are moddable UE4 games, you can see them in the launcher

weak thunder May 5, 2018, 4:19 PM

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yeah but I don't own them. So I was curious how they are handled

worldly axle May 5, 2018, 4:19 PM

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there is a section for modding

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depends on how the developer implements it I guess though

weak thunder May 5, 2018, 4:20 PM

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Is this something Epic makes available or something that is developped independently

worldly axle May 5, 2018, 4:20 PM

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mod tools are basically just another layer between you and the actual base editor tools

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I honestly don't know

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It's up to the developer afaik

weak thunder May 5, 2018, 4:22 PM

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but so far games like conan/ark/etc have managed load orders, pack files and etc...

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right...?

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 4:23 PM

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@patent ibex came back from break - rewatched the tutorial - indeed - I imported wrong camera,

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😃 small details

patent ibex May 5, 2018, 4:24 PM

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Told you :)

exotic tangle May 5, 2018, 4:24 PM

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aye 😃

velvet latch May 5, 2018, 5:48 PM

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Is there a way to just compile your executable without cooking when you package so I don't have to cook everytime I package my game?

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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.

uneven fractal May 5, 2018, 6:06 PM

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What's the best way to calculate a velocity that would bring you from point 1 to point 2 within x time?

velvet latch May 5, 2018, 6:07 PM

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Assuming it's constant speed you can't go wrong with distance = velocity * time

full vine May 5, 2018, 6:30 PM

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I'm planning to create a top-down lowpoly game. There wont be any static meshes, as the world is proceduraly generated. This will be my first game using UE4, and I'm having troubles with shadows. As you may think, in my case, shadow are essential to the look of the game, and I don't think I'll have performances problem as it's a top-down.
My problem is that shadows disapear with distance, and I can't find a way to force displaying shadows.

I found some solutions, allowing to increase the distance at witch they disapear, but none allowing to forbid disapearance.
I tryied using "far shadows" but couldn't make them work.

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(and btw I'm french, so please forgive my potentially bad english)

viral herald May 5, 2018, 6:33 PM

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hey guys, i got an error while starting trying out a new inventory set up

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Blueprint Runtime Error: Accessed None trying to read property PickUpWidget from function: 'ExecuteUbergraph_MasterItem' from node: Add to Viewport in graph: EventGraph in object: MasterItem with description: Accessed None trying to read property PickUpWidget
Play in editor start time for /Temp/UEDPIE_0_Untitled_1 -0.645

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i couldnt find out whats wrong and there isnt much on google

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And all it says on google is it’s because of networking while I don’t have networking

hot ledge May 5, 2018, 6:58 PM

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How can I get average frames per second on my matinee after it finishes

lapis ember May 5, 2018, 7:05 PM

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Hey: I'm new to unreal completely. If I have multiple workstations, can I easily download my projects from the cloud via my account on the launcher? Is that a thing?

fierce tulip May 5, 2018, 7:09 PM

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only if you made your own cloud/server onto which you store and update your project

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look into version control

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<_< Ive had multiple people complain about my free stuff on gumroad because they do not understand you can put in "0" dollars.
I mean, cmon.. seriously?

urban salmon May 5, 2018, 7:31 PM

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I just tossed this up, in case anyone wants some free shit: https://blog.joy-machine.com/game-development-resources-scripts-ue4-assets-a-sample-landscape-node-graph-all-free-ee0fb09c13b2

Engineering Joy

Game Development Resources, Scripts, UE4 Assets, & a Sample Landsc...

Some things should just be free.

fierce tulip May 5, 2018, 7:35 PM

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share all the free stuff!

urban salmon May 5, 2018, 7:36 PM

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woooooord

fierce tulip May 5, 2018, 7:37 PM

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we really need a database with all the free stuff

pallid compass May 5, 2018, 7:50 PM

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i always send u at least 1 dolla luos G:D

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:04 PM

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k

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good job

lost ember May 5, 2018, 8:04 PM

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....

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GWsetmyxPeepoPinged

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RIP

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i quit this shit

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haha

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Who disturbs?

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XD

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UH OH

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GRRR

fierce tulip May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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ffricking admin rights

vagrant lance May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@fierce tulip you are literally as bad as they are

zenith flower May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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??

grizzled cape May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Luos

glossy ingot May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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📎 400765764682121226.png

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unleash the horde

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GRR

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you pinged us

cold violet May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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can u not

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I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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well done

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Ping

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😂

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💢

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El Idioto!

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LOL

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LOL

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@everyone can SuckMyUnit

amber cobalt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Why would you do this?

storm venture May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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😍

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PICKLE RICKERS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT

hybrid scroll May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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lol

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@fierce tulip YOU PINGED USSSS

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Hi

velvet sierra May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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-.-

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lmao

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OMG

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GWvictoriaBlobNomPing

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))

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Rekt

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/giphy summoned

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calm barn May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE TYPING

rocky tendon May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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"several people are typing..."

spiral hedge May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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🤔

cold violet May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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kys

brittle kiln May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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I HAVE BEEN CALLED

west frigate May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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the fuck

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Not happy.

dim steppe May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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uninotif

pallid flint May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@.@

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and i thought i was special

cold violet May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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y ping

obsidian veldt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Oh snap. Hello. XD

ebon geode May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Oh damn

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IM NOT GONNA WORK ON YER PROEJCT LUOS STOP PINGING ME

thorny cipher May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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hahahaha

brittle kiln May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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YOU WHAT

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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lul

wheat pendant May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/258507340133826561/439045478571704321/ping.gif

signal tree May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Who summoned us

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

tired island May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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📎 20180427_164340.jpg

vagrant lance May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@fierce tulip deleting the message won't help, lol

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jesus

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alex

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🚁 :help

crisp spoke May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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jesus christ this is like a bot

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dat spam

amber cobalt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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You messed up.

obsidian veldt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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OH GOSH!

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Wtf

trim rock May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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I guess he got his everyone ping

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Skyrim

distant finch May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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an at everyone happened i change to this and discord crashed

crisp spoke May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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STOP

winter wind May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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kappa

deep gate May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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hi?

glad moss May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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thees ees a deesaster

thorny cipher May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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you fucked up

west frigate May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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can someone ban this fucker

obsidian veldt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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HELP

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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phone explodes

north mountain May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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😂

arctic ravine May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Seem counter productive 😦

crimson sigil May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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HELP IM LOST

crisp spoke May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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MY PHONE

pallid flint May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Ping NOOOOOOOOOOO

pallid compass May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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rage fire

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😃

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<_< sowwy

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UE5 RELEASED UE5 RELEASED

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🤔

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obsidian veldt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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STAHP

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Anyone wanna build Oblivion 2

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how 2 flip sky sphere 360 so stars are below horizon pmme a

woven sphinx May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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https://giphy.com/gifs/vCx0parmtURgY

Giphy

fresh lantern May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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vaultscream

amber cobalt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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I can't believe you've done this.

elfin plaza May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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goddamni

vernal spoke May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Haha

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lololo

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Holy sheit

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suddenly in lounge

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obsidian veldt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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AHHHH

lament pewter May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@fierce tulip Dude :D

crisp spoke May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@fierce tulip WHY DID YOU DO THIS

fringe grail May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@fierce tulip fuck you for using at everyone

sour citrus May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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He doesn't even go here

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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snow portal May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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https://media.giphy.com/media/5tgQ7uorSSxhuNyc6p/giphy.gif

Giphy

molten birch May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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lol

pallid flint May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Lets Ping the Admin Back!!!

sinful wave May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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xd

normal bolt May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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What'd I miss?!

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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main lotus May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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https://giphy.com/gifs/drinking-anchorman-relaxed-ULyYV5amK2eYM

Giphy

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kappa kappa kappa kappa kappa kappa

tired island May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Pping

vivid girder May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Are there not permissions?

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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how 2 flip sky sphere 360 so stars are below horizon pmme a

lost ember May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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you done goofed in a huge discord

opaque salmon May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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😡

lone stream May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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facepalm

tight geode May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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rip message GWsetmyxPeepoPinged

pallid flint May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@fierce tulip your mean!

cold violet May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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now everyone spams the chat

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@vagrant lance what are you doing here

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fierce tulip May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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sooooorrryyyy

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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fresh lantern May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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pinged

lost ember May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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you brought doom to yourself @fierce tulip

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x)

snow crown May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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Lol luos forgot he was a mod

elfin plaza May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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💯

marble patio May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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thanks obama

eternal belfry May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMKlEwrIs8

YouTube

Lurch - You Rang

"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, ...

plush yew May 5, 2018, 8:06 PM

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