that's what i'm currently doing, i just need a parent rig without the meshes
#ue4-general
plush yew
sinful thorn
hi people, is there a way to export the third person character from the template files to 3dsmax with the bones and everything? then will I be able to simply replace / work on the meshes and reimport to unreal ?
languid shard
@sinful thorn right click your asset in your content browser > asset actions > export
dim merlin
hey guys, just a side issue here, when i compile a blueprint, the details tab will hide.. im kinda like it should stay?
i think epic really should take time to fix that hhm :/
sinful thorn
@languid shard there are several options, which would you use? it also asks about attaching the bones should I hit yes or no ?
languid shard
hmm good question, cant remember 😅
sinful thorn
😛
languid shard
try a bit of everything
sinful thorn
I did but I'm not sure if it works 😛
delicate needle
I cant drag and drop a camera into my graph of my button widget
Is this by design? Im trying to make buttons that change the camera view.
sinful thorn
I downloaded this guy: http://www.denysalmaral.com/2016/11/free-lowpoly-donald-trump-3d-character.html
and opened the file with a CAT rig but I'm unable to save keyframes for individual parts
is there a secret?
if I move just a hand for example
it works if I move the whole mesh
cedar snow
dat polycount 😄
dim merlin
lol @ model
lyric wasp
question - does anyone know if you can search for a specific animation and locate it in the blueprint? searching seems to only locate node names/not animation names
digital anchor
what do you mean with animation?
plush yew
hello guys I am here again
how to fix the problem with my klogo for youtube
I want to drag it in UnrealEngine to put it in the widget bluerint (UI) but when I drag it it will become black the logo-why?
anyone can help?
pallid compass
not even sure what ur talking about tbh
lyric wasp
@digital anchor I have an animation file...an FBX...I want to search the Blueprint to find where its location
digital anchor
Thats what i dont understand, there is no files in blueprints, only nodes, i think you want to find it on the content browser?
plush yew
I want to drag this picture
here but when I drag it here it will become black-why?
what to do?
guys?
delicate needle
Okay, stuck again. I have an action key "tab" that I want to override the camera (as set by a "set view target with blend") If I am outside of a camera, as a "person" holding tab allows me to look around as intended, but while in "camera mode" this is locked out. I think this has something to do with Get Player controller, etc.
vernal tapir
Can someone pls help me with gyroscope problem?
graceful grove
@vernal tapir What's the problem?
vernal tapir
@graceful grove i'm making an app for VR and mobile-non VR. When i switch stereo off in GoogleVR plugin, the gyro stops working
I've made a regular gyro controls with blueprints, bit it does not behaves the same way as the Oculus head rotation do
glacial otter
Hey guys. I'm creating and automating functional tests for my project. But apparently, UE4 only allows to run functional tests on a project environment (.uproject file).
Is there a way to run the tests on packaged Win32/Win64 projects?
plush yew
graceful grove
@vernal tapir Gyro handling for VR devices likely uses smoothing algorithms to get good tracking
plush yew
graceful grove
I actually sat down and tried to replicate it not long ago using my knowledge of PID controller design but I've since set that project down, suffice to say it's not arbitrary to implement
vernal tapir
@graceful grove i've added some. The problem is that it seems like Oculus rotates the pawn itself. When i do the same with phone gyro - the physycs messes up completely
graceful grove
@vernal tapir Try throwing this question around in #virtual-reality , they might be more familiar with the implementation
vernal tapir
@graceful grove Already did. I just found that the gyro worked in 17.2 version, but i can't move my assets back there. I'll gonna have to recreate the entire thing
grim ore
@plush yew if you plan on using the image in UMG make sure its set to user interface for the compression type. You can adjust that in the settings for the image by double clicking it to open it up then it is in the details panel.
glacial otter
Guys, is there a way to run functional tests on a packaged .exe project?
azure shore
guys I have a really frustrating problem concerning projectiles and was hoping for some help
the projectile is meant to be able to knock physics objects and affect enemies, but it only happens very rarely
like I could be shooting and shooting and after ages it might kill the enemy
digital anchor
Maybe the projectile is too fast, and one frame its behind the enemy, and in another frame its in front of it, never overlapping
im not much into physics but if thats the problem i think substepping and Continuous collision detection are the keywords for the sollution
alpine star
Has anyone tried loading a basic unreal game onto a raspberry pi? I’ve hear the pi 3 B+ is pretty beefy
azure shore
yeah I thought about that takain
I don't know what I did I just followed some part of a tutorial and now it finally seems to work
plush yew
My big brother eats internet i have only 1 mbps
Blocking mac adress :))
it will be fun
fathom frost
Does anyone have Unreal.js experience that can help me?
sudden agate
gg epic
ivory gate
so when im switching level in game from lobby to map only my server switches lever not the other players. please help
sudden agate
hwo do you switch level
ivory gate
nvm i got help
alpine star
So no one has experience trying to load their game on a pi3?
livid haven
@alpine star If they have, they may not be around or may not have seen your post. I wouldn't be surprised if someone somewhere tried it just for kicks.
Does that thing even have a GPU?
alpine star
Yea
People use RP3 to make snes’ and flash games on to it
I was just wondering if it could handle a bit more
@livid haven I’ve seen a lot online about getting a UE4 program ON TO the pie but not actually running it
livid haven
You'd likely have to do a fair bit of work to get the whole binary stripped down to the bare minimum, I imagine.
Really, really minimalist build as far as features and tech and content size.
alpine star
Hmm
livid haven
I mean, basically make it like a mobile game build, I imagine.
Maybe try putting Tappy Chicken on it?
frail sun
Is it expensive to change a skeletal mesh into another one?
alpine star
@livid haven (I’m new to this UE4 thing) is tally chicken just a flappy bird reference? I was planning on making an RPG Of sorts. Not super huge
frail sun
Like swap the mesh to a different one?
worn granite
Not sure what the game actually is cause I haven't looked at it in a while, but basically its a trimmed down UE4 example game. If you can't get Tappy to run, you probably won't get anything UE4 to run.
livid haven
Tappy Chicken resembles Flappy Bird, yes. It's entirely meant as a sample mobile game.
Getting it running on device would be a decent starting point for ironing out the kinks.
alpine star
DIDNT REALIZE YOU COULD USE UNREAL TO MAKE 2D GAMES AS WELL
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
rip caps
wary wave
I mean, you can make 2D games with UE4, but the engine really is geared towards 3D
it's super heavy for 2D and completely lacks many basic 2D rendering features
livid haven
Serious question: How do you send 2 whole messages in all caps before realizing you're writing in all caps? Are you looking at the keyboard as you type?
alpine star
i often dont even look at the monitor im typing on for chat
so its more resource intensive to make 2d games in UE than 3d games?
@livid haven tab into discord, hit the text line, start watching my video again before i start typing
livid haven
Gotcha.
UE4 doesn't do "2D games". UE4 is 3D. You can just opt to neglect to do anything in a 3rd dimension
Which means doing 2D with an engine that's got a lot of complexity for 3D can be frustrating.
Especially if you need to actively force things to only happen in 2 dimensions, like collisions.
You're not going to get 2D collision. You're going to get 3D collisions.
alpine star
so its all just 3d rendering but only using 2d of it
if that makes sense at all
hmm i wonder if this class im in is going to teach me how to make things as resource light as possible
]because the game isnt going to be super graphically instense
its just going to be 3d and fiarly open aread with some aio
real pasture
Stupid question. how do I add a Environments pack to my project?
marble spire
Guys
How can i make a text print a variable value?
Like
Points : >Variable value <
grim ore
Perhaps the format text node?
delicate needle
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Cat on my keyboard, haha.
delicate needle
True! I told her "hey" and she responded by moving 6 inches away.
rancid jay
Have you guys saw the Unreal's main page displaying the MMO for mobile?
I always wondered whether these MMO's character are all basically tiny sized in the first place?
Like basically smaller than typical PC's character size
I mean I don't get how it works on mobile all the while lol
plush yew
anyone know why this works in standalone but not in windows compile?
grim ore
have you tried it with just the fullscreen command to figure out what part is breaking? it should work
chances are it might have changed at some point. You might want to look into using the actual game user settings to control this, not console commands, or use the r.setres console command itself.
plush yew
Can I get someone's help with something very basic?
mint raptor
@plush yew what is it?
grim ore
Double click on the icon to start the editor
plush yew
Ok, so I'm trying to make it to where if the camera gets to close to the playermodel then the player model will be invisible. I did this using a collision sphere attached to the camera.
You see I have it set up to print "overlap" if they overlap
mint raptor
@plush yew seems like a blueprint thing post in there and I'll see you there
plush yew
Ok.
mint raptor
sage hinge
Who knows how to do this
glacial otter
Hey guys. I made/updated a tutorial about using Jenkins for setting up Continous Integration, Continous Delivery and automated testing in your Unreal Engine 4 projects.
I hope you'll find it useful!
https://github.com/CronofearGameworks/jenkins-ue4
plush yew
Hey guys. How does the lighting in unreal work in procedurally generated worlds?
does it even work?
grim sinew
You just use dynamic lighting. That's all'
plush yew
so it wont look as good 😦
grim sinew
Dynamic lighting can look good, it's just harder to make it look good
pine parcel
Anyone know where I can find the sample project used in the lighting lectures on the unreal vimeo? It's called Essentials or something.
pine parcel
Nevermind, it was listed right under the first video: https://epicgames.box.com/s/iflrm2114tshjdrv875ws6j3di9zhgbt
sand swallow
I'm having trouble using the editor. It says "Can't play in Editor when performing Set Vector Property Operation."
I dont get what's happening here
plush yew
hello guys I have a problem with my project
what happened how to fix I don't want to bug
sudden agate
install the debugging symbols in the launcher
plush yew
how?
anyone can help
I don't touch it but it bugs why
I created for third way GameMode fro the menu and it doesn't dsave-why?
I will f**k this already
i will rage
Help me
paper kernel
it literally says where the problem is
languid shard
@plush yew this does not help us at all
cloud cobalt
Debug it
languid shard
Debug/Check the log
plush yew
how?
cloud cobalt
Get the debug symbols
languid shard
cause its basically like showing us an empty console window ?
cloud cobalt
And VS
languid shard
yeah
plush yew
I created menugamemode for the menu and fix the error in general menu and it crashed-omg
now what?
I started it again
wait for load
languid shard
welcome to the dev life
cloud cobalt
Get the debug symbols
cloud cobalt
Engine options on launcher
lament kraken
cool
lament kraken
when you try to make a c++ project and than come a error compile failed do you want open it with visual studio
rly ue4?
lament kraken
visual studio is main thing if you want to code with c++
plush yew
if a ue4 game executes r.setres 1920x1080f but the screens maxrez is lower, does anyone know how it reacts
wary wave
I'd imagine it will set the resolution to the maximum supported by the display
brittle gulch
Hi guys, how do you find testers for your Pre Alpha build? Do you throw it on a platform (itch, Game jolt, etc...) And promote it to get feedback. Or do you make a closed pre alpha and pick players up? If so, how do you find them and how do you pick them?
brittle gulch
@whole quarry I thought about that, but it happens that sometimes, the people who try the game are not the real audience that would actually buy the game later and they start giving feedback that may change the game in their way, and not in the way the audience would like. (it happened to me, I'm making a Zombie game, the guy who tried wasn't fan of zombie games, he told me to change the zombies into soldiers). How would you deal with that?
whole quarry
By first summarizing what the game is about and what the purpose is of the test play..
If your game is about zombies and you want to test the damage mechanics, then you tell the testers that the game is about zombie killing and that you want to test out the damage mechanics. If one gives the feedback to replace the zombies with soldiers, its invalid feedback that can be trashed
every 'alpha'/'beta' stage are meant to test certain areas of the game, not the full game
if a tester cant comply with that, he should simply be removed from the test team
brittle gulch
Okay, that makes sense! thank you for you good advice Remco! 😉 👍
whole quarry
no problem. I think its a common pitfall to feel like having to process every piece of feedback
brittle gulch
Yeah I felt like this, making a too polished and maybe finalized game for feedback. I should split it.
whole quarry
As indie dev you're already working under many different hats, so it can be difficult to find the subject to focus on. Especially with play testing where you can get a huge amount of information that isn't relevant. Also every player has its own preference in gameplay and ideas about a game and/or its story
So it can be difficult to maintain your own vision, sometimes submitted ideas can unlock more potential for more gameplay
leaden dust
Which tasks are pretty performance expensive for blueprints and need to be shifted to C++ for maximum performance?
I would like to know the majority of them
frank escarp
@leaden dust anything involving loops
and thats pretty much it, really
also, avoid tick as much as possible in blueprint
you have timelines and timers for that stuff
frank escarp
yes
leaden dust
Because I am basically being a jack of all trades
but I have heard that in some cases blueprints can hurt CPU performance
So I wanted to get in a bit of C++
wary wave
you're unlikely to have problems with performance unless you write code that performs poorly
in which case you'll run into the same issues in C++
leaden dust
Then it is not really important to get into C++ unless I am doing hardcore optimization?
I am not very into it because as I said
I am doing all the things for my game
From modelling to programming to level designing
So learning C++ would probably be another burden
wary wave
it's less about 'hardcore optimisation' and more a different tool for a different job
if you're only dealing with basic gameplay etc, blueprint is fine
leaden dust
And if I want to learn unreal C++ where do I start?
I am installing Visual Studio for now
But I don't really see many tutorials
If I mess something up in this engine, I'll probably go back to unity where I am more familiar with the optimization stuff
wary wave
the native code structure is more or less the same as Blueprint
so you start with a basic understanding of C style languages and work from there
it's usually good to know your way around BP a bit before diving into native code, particularly if you are not a very experienced programmer
cursive dirge
just updated my GameWorks merge for 4.19.2: https://github.com/0lento/UnrealEngine/tree/4.19-GameWorks
it now contains all the latest changes from NvPhysx for all the techs I've included on the merge, so there's Blast 1.1.3, Flex 1.2, Flow 1.0.1, HairWorks 1.4, HBAO+ 4.0, TXAA 3, Volumetric Lighting (1.0?) and VXGI 2.0.1
sudden agate
@plush yew Player Controllers do not "survive" a level transition
they are recreated
unless you enable seamless Travel
whole quarry
@plush yew its a widget. Widgets get destroyes on level transition
plush yew
yeah so in project settings
there's the default input. I've been looking for a way to get that to just swap and save
what's the equivalent of this in unreal? http://acegikmo.com/shaderforge/nodes/?search=ChannelBlend
sudden agate
multiple lerps
whole quarry
random link.. must not click it
plush yew
grave nebula
It isn't random enough. Tis shadorforge!
whole quarry
i can make a map like that on my own site too, doesnt make it shaderforge 😛
plush yew
whole quarry
totallynotscammy.nonoitsreal.hax.hacks/savewebsite/totallynothingwronghere/
lucid jetty
Above link is legit.
grave nebula
If it smells like shaderforge, it must be shaderforge. In case if it is not, well, it is not.
whole quarry
@plush yew I think you can use Mask node and use the RGB pins to Add the other channels
timid shoal
what would be best way to properly collison something like this ?
i tried use complex as simple but doent seems to work ? (might be something with triangle mesh ?)
manic pawn
did you make the mesh static/stationary in the level?
timid shoal
trying that, i used C4D to U4 plugin to get this mesh here
and seems like if use FBX import it works
need to double check this
yop :/ seems like converison plugin is having some different seting than default FBX import
C4D->FBX->U4 works
C4D->U4 doesnt
ill try to compare and find the difference
left is from plugin right is from Fbx any idea what could cause this ?
digital anchor
well if you are using complex as simple oyu dont need another collisions, but if you want primitives you can just click Collision > Add collision
manic pawn
the collision "primitives" is about the simplified collision that the static mesh generated on import, which you don't want to use
so whether that is 0 or 1 shouldn't matter
timid shoal
ah oke
manic pawn
I'm not sure why the left mesh would not be colliding
digital anchor
yea, you said it doesnt work, but you didnt tell us what doesnt work? it goes through objects?
timid shoal
if i use complex as simple, on imported mesh wia plugin playe goes trough
if i use it on imported mesh via fbx it works
manic pawn
this plugin must be doing something wrong 🤷
digital anchor
Possible the capsule has "Complex on movement" disabled, you normally want that, try to add a simple collision on your mesh
manic pawn
if you use complex as simple then it using simple queries should work fine
digital anchor
oops, yeah
timid shoal
i was able to pinpoint that issue is in mesh itself, probaly some toggle but cant figure out which one
Could material have something to do with this ?
digital anchor
no
timid shoal
left is plugin right Fbx this is only difference in setting i see
plush yew
where do you guys usually put your raw asset files?
i just noticed the content folder is mostly uassets
manic pawn
we have a SourceAssets folder next to Content with all the source files
plush yew
alright thanks agian
brave lark
Which chat do I go to talk about toggling visibility for several hundred spotlights
@ me with response please, going to grab coffee
main pebble
Uhh, does anyone know to flip the camera over in the viewport? Somehow I got it rotated where top is bottom and bottom is top.
Never mind. Hit 3 and somehow it ended up fixing itself 🤷
modern kite
This is for the guys who know how to create a shop on the marketplace: Im living in germany and my question is do i have to pay a tax? it seems for me so
sudden agate
I wonder, why is the LOD Proxy tool not a plugin?
would make it possible to port it to version < 4.20
manic pawn
it is a plugin
it probably requires api that doesn't exist in old versions
and why would epic care
sudden agate
reputation
plush yew
anyone know whats up with this? got everything on the steamworks checklist complete except this
plush yew
i got it working by removing windows_content
solid sand
in 4.20 they are focusing on baking 
midnight yoke
Where is a good place to shame unprofessional clients?
tall pendant
unprofessional as in scamers etc? https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/got-skills-looking-for-talent/14485-scam-reports-tips
midnight yoke
Scammer is worst than unprofessional imo. Unprofessional for me are those who fail in detailing requirements and then ask to refund the upfront payments
tall pendant
Aye. I agree.
midnight yoke
Like the whole point of the upfront payments isn't to avoid losing time with unprofessional people
bitter iris
So I have a few buildings done, im wondering if I'm able to add them all to 1 blueprint and have a select option so its easier to plot buildings
Is that possible
patent siren
grim ore
@bitter iris you can do that yes, you can have the construct script pick from a list of meshes that you can set in the details panel and then just drop the generic bp and select the one you want shown for example
plush yew
LogClothingAssetFactory: Warning: Failed to generate clothing sim mesh due to degenerate triangle, found conincident vertices in triangle A=X=0.920 Y=8.937 Z=132.720 B=X=-1.294 Y=8.701 Z=130.912 C=X=0.920 Y=8.937 Z=132.720
wtf is this lol
bitter iris
@grim ore Ahhh cool, thanks dude
queen arch
simple muzzle flash
any ideas
just to give player some feedback, doesn't have to look cool
kindred viper
should be one in the particle demos somewhere .
white meadow
Hey everyone. I'm pretty new to this channel and UE4. And I was wondering if someone might be able to answer a question that I have. thanks!
I've been making a simple game through a tutorial, and one of the steps is to create a new C++ class file for a pawn. And after giving it a name and letting it compile for a short time it gives me back this error:
Successfully added class 'tesT', however you must recompile the 'coinChase' module before it will appear in the Content Browser. Failed to generate project files.
Would you like to open the Output Log to see more details?
And I was just wondering if someone knew what to do for this. I wasn't able to find anything that worked via google. Thanks!
plush yew
@white meadow if you didn't fix it yet, you might need to compile the sln project file in vs 2015/17 before trying to open the .uprojecct in unreal. so you can do a f5 build all and launch it that way. try compiling in visual studio and then opening unreal afterwards.
surreal viper
you might need to regenerate the project files first, you can do that via right click on the project.uproject file and click on "Generate visual studio project files"
white meadow
Thanks for the advice, guys! I'll give it a go now.
alpine star
l someone let me know what im missing here
surreal viper
the error message you have literally says the problem
alpine star
wierd that i dont have it tho
surreal viper
indeed, windows/visual studio might messed up something 😢
grim ore
because bacon is brown and epic requires it for the engine
marble spire
Hello guys
is there any site where i can get models + animations?
just for test, clearly
alpine star
marble spire
):
marble spire
nice sitew
grim ore
you can download models and animation from the learn tab and the marketplace on the launcher
primal plinth
is there a support sector arround here??
marble spire
can i use mixamo well in unreal engine 4:
grim ore
Mixamo can be used in her with some tweaking
gilded vapor
Oh @grim ore you are here. I learned shaders watching all your wtf materials
thank u for being you
Tomatoes
plush yew
i have a button in a widget which activates / deactivates touch joysticks. If enabled, they're destroyed on level open. Is there a way I can save this info to a game mode or instance so if theyre activated, theyll stay activated
thorny cipher
Looking at using perforce for UE4, anyone used it before?
weary basalt
marble spire
Guys
i made a jump animation in a 3rd person
but when i also fall from a bridge, it starts to jump
forest quiver
lol
im just getting started
but my ssd is so stacked i cant download ue4 lmao
can someone point me in the right direction for getting started pls
pine parcel
Does anyone know why this decal would appear on top of my base mesh even though its a material being applied to a plane that's clearly beneath it? Looks correct from the side, but sits on top from a top down view.
I'm sure it's a result of experimenting with forward shading msaa. It's set to "Render in Main Pass" but I can't figure out how to get it to show up when I disable this option
Oh nevermind all set. I had set my lighting to volumetric instead of forward shading.Whoops.
marble spire
is there a way to make a blend space for a punch animation?
visual hollow
Can anyone check my question in #blueprint
pine parcel
Anyone here using perforce? I'm having trouble getting setup locally. I've been reading guides/watching videos, but it seems like the software has changed.
I'm clueless on how I map my unreal project to my separate workspace directory.
plush yew
they were having a chat about it in #source-control
pine parcel
Ah nice didn't even know that channel existed, thanks 😃
brittle gulch
Hi guys, does the radial damage not effective when the damage origin is too close to the receiver? 🤔
Here's my issue :
frank escarp
@brittle gulch collision issue most likely
a tip fo grenades
actually use a up vector for the origin
do not use GetActorLocation for the origin of the explosion
use GetActorLocation + FVector(0,0,20) or something
this way it doesnt collide with the floor and gets interrupted
brittle gulch
Oh okay, thanks, I'll give it a try
zinc bison
anyone have advice for setting up dedicated servers? I was looking into gamelift and it seems expensive
i dont know anything about alternatives though
not sure if there is a cheaper option that is do-able
paper kernel
how come nobody does community hosted servers anymore?
zinc bison
capitalism idk
brittle gulch
(Just to say that it worked perfectly! Thanks again!)
cloud cobalt
@paper kernel For games ? Well, big titles don't even do dedicated servers anymore
paper kernel
but why
cloud cobalt
Too costly
paper kernel
to have community hosted servers?
zinc bison
@cloud cobalt really? they dont typically use dedicated servers? :/
cloud cobalt
Self-hosted community servers are too costly, community hosted too problematic
paper kernel
why problematic?
cloud cobalt
Community-hosted opens up lots of door developers don't want open - cheating, piracy, third-party modding, etc
Not to mention you can't be relying on a community for core feature of your game
Bad performance makes your game look like shit
Even f it's actually the server's fault
paper kernel
I'm sorry my brain can't connect the dots on poor server performance and game reputation
zinc bison
i think it probably just depends on the game itself
paper kernel
if it was cloud server hosted by the game company and it lags a bit then it would be 100% company fault
zinc bison
minecraft does it fine, because its a very community driven game
cloud cobalt
Buy a game, play on server, have a shit experience, ask for a refund
zinc bison
league of legends for example, is not
paper kernel
every source game apart from Dota has dedi hosting
cloud cobalt
No community hosting is a combination of many factors, including the player experience that's usually worse, the problems with cheating & piracy, the infrastructure of servers becoming heavier with time, and interest from community dropping
paper kernel
you can add P2P as an alternative
cloud cobalt
Well yeah, everyone does P2P or some variant now
Unless you're doing actual competitive games
zinc bison
oh god yeah, that kinda annoys me about splatoon tbh
paper kernel
Destiny is weird P2P system
cloud cobalt
Competitive game = need a dedicated server or a secure, unhacked console
Not community hosted either, real secure dedis
zinc bison
i think i might just have to go with amazon, and start with the year free trial and do isolated alpha testing with small groups or something
paper kernel
the heck does unhackable console even matter, aimbots work now based on image recognition anyway
in context of shooter games
cloud cobalt
Can't run that if the console isn't broken
paper kernel
its based on stuff in video buffer, no console needed
cloud cobalt
If you're going to have actual cheating hardware after the video output then sur,e you can't prevent that, but that's the leats of your issues
paper kernel
either way, none of the current server models prevent cheating
why put in the investment of 3rd party hosting
cloud cobalt
Nothing prevents cheating. Dedicated server is however a great first barrier
You can at least prevent gameplay-affecting cheats
If not wall hacks or aimbots
And you actually can have verifiable data on games
Not having dedicated servers makes cheat mitigation hopeless
zinc bison
I was thinking the need of dedicated servers arose more from the number of players and matchmaking. Seems like it would be hard to have 20+ player matches with P2P
paper kernel
it's not impossible
zinc bison
hmm
paper kernel
but you gotta budget your bandwidth really well
zinc bison
hmm I see
paper kernel
and not slap multicast on everything
zinc bison
hah yeah
hm maybe i should reconsider amazon. not that im at that point yet, but thinking about options is good
cloud cobalt
I usually advice indies to stay away from large-scale PVP
zinc bison
aww
paper kernel
I would imagine it's fine if you know how to add up the bytes
cloud cobalt
It's fun, sure, but when your online player count drops below 100, your game is dead and gets only negative reviews forever, "DO NOT BUY, DEAD GAME"
And 100 online players means you sold thousands upon thousand of copies
zinc bison
thats a really good point. so maybe the best option is to have small scale battle arena and if it gets popular add new gamemodes for larger fights?
paper kernel
that is a good design aspect to consider, sales can't rely on MP
zinc bison
this would also mean i could start with P2P and it'll be cheap
paper kernel
and if possible, be honest how many players are online so people don't sit in match queue for nothing
zinc bison
good idea 😃
paper kernel
it's not shame for indie game to have 50 players online
for someone like activision, 150 players online is a shame
zinc bison
I'd be happy if 50 people were playing hah
cloud cobalt
50 online players is 10 times the high values for my 3000-copies game, so I think you need really good sales to consider it
zinc bison
whats your game stranger?
paper kernel
you split it by 24 timezones and you don't get much average
plush yew
my game is on steam and i am capping my ded servers at 8 players rn..
only for beta tho
plush yew
t2.micro ec2
zinc bison
interesting
zinc bison
so amazon
zinc bison
xD
zinc bison
thanks!
tender dome
what is the use of editor symbol for debugging?
worn sparrow
cloud cobalt
@tender dome You can debug the engine when you get a crash
tender dome
should i download it or not?
cloud cobalt
@tender dome Well do you need to debug the engine because you got a crash ?
tender dome
nope.
cloud cobalt
Then don't download it !
tender dome
i thought it was those warnings/errors that you get when somthing is wrong in BP somewhere
cloud cobalt
No, it's the symbol information for the C++ methods & data matching each address in the executable, so that Visual Studio can give you an accurate call stack after a crash.
gleaming latch
hello
I am new to unreal engine
like really new
can someone please help me?
where do I start when making a game?
digital anchor
@gleaming latch https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/GettingStarted
@marble spire you probably left a widget property bound to a function
bitter iris
How come i get a light leak at the corner straight ahead? there isnt a gap
languid shard
lower the shadow bias
flat frost
I need help getting console variables/commands to work for every project i start for the current/future engines. So far i tried setting it in the engine (UE_4.19\Engine\Config\ConsoleVariables.ini) and in the launcher (Epic Games\Launcher\Engine\Config\ConsoleVariables.ini), both do not seem to work. I am testing with t.MaxFPS=30
bitter iris
@languid shard wheres that my dude
languid shard
check in your directional light properties
bitter iris
ahh thanks
grave nebula
pallid compass
lmfao
languid shard
spot on 😄
flat frost
@grave nebula did you just make this? :D
cloud cobalt
Sounds accurate
grave nebula
The web is dark and full spoilers.
bitter iris
lmao
flat frost
"t.MaxFPS = "0" LastSetBy: ConsoleVariablesIni" stop lying to me editor
languid shard
can you even tell the engine to have 0 as your MaxFPS ? 😂
languid shard
someone shared this a few days ago https://lovinator.space/stuff/ConsoleHelp_4.19.html
flat frost
quite a list, but i got the right vars/commands already...only need to automate execution
so my laptop stops melting every time i startup unreal engine
and i dont need to iterate through 5 other things i like activated while testing
my guess ist there is another ConsoleVariables.ini buried in %appdata% or sth that overrides all the other ones
or since 4.17 you need a check a box somewhere in ue settings
languid shard
how about creating your own templates @flat frost ?
with your engine ini files already setup
flat frost
you mean a template that is loaded for every new engine that i install?
that would be the ultimate goal yes, trying to have it in a single engine right now and i can not even get that to work
will work my way through these now
languid shard
was more thinking about every new project (instead of engine) you create
template you make in your Epic Games\UE_4.20\Templates folder
flat frost
these are editor settings that should apply to every project i open
flat frost
i have no idea so far, every ressource online points to ConsoleVariables.ini as the place to go
but someone mentioned it stopped working with 4.17
if i print the var in the editor it says "LastSetBy: ConsoleVariablesIni" so i think im at the right file, but either at the wrong instance of it (because there is more than one) or implementing it the wrong way
silver crown
What is what @lilac citrus ?
silver crown
What was it?
lilac citrus
show floor.... xd fk me im stupid... 😄
silver crown
lol
trim oar
how do i set up displacement in a material funciton?
pallid compass
check pinned in there
static kiln
Hey guys is it possible to change the level thumbnails in the browser?
I just found the solution
hehe
right click / asset action / capture thumbnail
If anyone wonders how
carmine wind
does someone know how can i make this to be multiplayer?
because right now its showing the character of the first player
pallid compass
is that a plugin?
like not sure what ur refaring too
the capture comp or the HUD or what
plush yew
anyone know why my game wouldnt show up in google play on bluestacks?
leaden garnet
Is it publicly launched and available? OS version? @plush yew
leaden garnet
This?
plush yew
yeah, is that from bluestacks?
carmine wind
@pallid compass its not a plugin and i mean that im trying to make that in the inventory it shows your character but its showing the character of the first oen to spawn
plush yew
@leaden garnet also trying to find a way to make it pop up by searching glitch pets instead of only glitchpets
cedar snow
what's the recommended way to check if a trigger actor/component is interested in an occurring BeginOverlap ?
e.g. i want a platform to only react to players
e.g. EType::Player field in the actor? GameplayTags (read it's a bit of a hassle from C++)? Custom collision group and treat every BeginOverlap as important?
safe rose
cedar snow
@safe rose sorry if i'am daft here, but what do you mean by check or BPI?
i'am listening on the OnBeginOverlapComponent delegate and check whether the other actor is a player controller
kindred viper
worst spotify playlist ever
cedar snow
though i'am afraid that it's probably not going to scale very well if have to do type checks
zinc bison
Im gonna be keeping a list of nearby actors of a certain type, or inherits from a certain interface. I read one way to do it is to have a collision sphere and just have the list update onOverlap
would yall say thats the best way to do it?
seems like an interesting approach , also seems like it would could be better than iterating through all the actors
lilac citrus
Anyone know of a object outline material to download? or a tutorial on how to make on? because as i understand i need something to make my missiles homing c:
ivory gorge
coarse wigeon
How long has 4.20 been in staging?
Looks like we are getting some landscape improvements from fortnite
quaint hare
hey guys, anyone able to help me with an issue I have been having with projectile collision?
graceful grove
@quaint hare Explain your issue and then people will tell you whether they can fix it 🤔
quaint hare
Sorry, wasnt sure if this was the right place to ask in the first place.
I am trying to create a object that acts like a flare.
You throw it, it sits on top of the terrain, and lights shit up for a duration.
However, when I create the flare, it just fallls through the ground.
digital anchor
click the Sphere and show us the collision settings
rose quartz
is there a way to set all StaticMesh use Complex to simple collisions?
digital anchor
that would be really bad, why you want that? two static meshes using complex as simple wont interact with eachother
quaint hare
quaint hare
rose quartz
@digital anchor because its for dooropenings to enter a room
digital anchor
create the collision with simple shapes @rose quartz
quaint hare
why would it use those collision settings when the preset has these values 🤔
digital anchor
@quaint hare you can also change in each object using Custom Preset
iit will enable the checkboxes
quaint hare
@digital anchor it wasnt actuallly using those collision values, it was using the preset, just made sure by messing with them then switching to a preset again.
rose quartz
@digital anchor this is the problem
digital anchor
yeah, i suggest to delete that green box, and place collisions manually (Collision > Add Box)
rose quartz
Damn thats a lot of work and then you have the same as a Complex collision
digital anchor
@quaint hare you mean that it still dont work with those settings? is the ground set to collide with the projectile too?
rose quartz
if i see it right the Collision is like squeres and if you take the Bod add collisions you have like 6 edges more in the collision
quaint hare
@digital anchor https://gyazo.com/96a7679d931e1c299a6d8679108e2e14 same issue, I will set the ground to be custom just incase.
digital anchor
well u can use complex, just saying that using for ALL objects is not a good idea
graceful grove
I don't think ProjectileMovement has any default behavior for collision
quaint hare
so the issue is that I am using projectile movement?
graceful grove
If you just want a physics object to flop on the ground you don't need projectile movement, you can just spawn it and throw it with some initial velocity
rose quartz
so thats why i looking for all to set it to Complex to simple in the project settings or something
quaint hare
@graceful grove even after removing the projectilemovement component
it just goes through my floor.
graceful grove
Your colliding component needs to be the root component
digital anchor
i dont think theres such option, you will have to turn on one by one, there is the property matrix to change multiple assets at the same time, but i just tested and Complex as Simple is nto allowed to change there
"even after removing the projectilemovement component" How does it move without the component? @quaint hare
oh yeah, set sphere as root
digital anchor
yeah, on your screenshot it was disabled, i missed that it wasnt the root component
quaint hare
it still goes through the ground
but
only if i have simulate physics enabled
if i dont have simulate physics enabled
it doesnt move
graceful grove
The ProjectileMovement component isn't actually part of the hierarchy anymore so it's not moving your Flare
just the same I don't think ProjectileMovement works for objects that are physics enabled
digital anchor
those components dont show in the hierarchy
and yes they have code to move without and with physics
marble spire
can i make something like that in unreal 4?
digital anchor
yes
quaint hare
@digital anchor what do you mean by that?
digital anchor
by what
quaint hare
those components dont show in the hierarchy
digital anchor
Non scene-components, they dont go into the hierarchy
i mean, the components tree, the little arrows
graceful grove
Oh dang you're right, I'm dumb
quaint hare
right, this is a blueprint actor I created. They are only generated when I right click
quaint hare
no
without simulate physics they float
and with it
they fall through the ground again
digital anchor
i just setup one here and it worked fine, Projectile movement, block world, no physics or with physics, both work
marble spire
Guys
sorry to ask again, but
is posible to make a aura effect(Like a rage/awakening mode)
for my character?
digital anchor
everything is possible
quaint hare
@digital anchor im going to make a quick gif of me setting one up.
so we can make sure im not being an idiot
.<
its firing normally
it phases through the ground still tho
nevermind.
I messed up the collision on it, now its floating again.
@digital anchor can you send me a picture of the collision on your projectile?
I think I am botching somethin.
graceful grove
I booted up a project and had my stuff fallin' through the world until I enabled it 🤔
but I"m not a smart man
digital anchor
quaint hare
uh
what
interesting development...
if i fire normally and walk away
it floats
if i fire while running backwards
it falls
but doesnt fall through the ground
O_O
zinc bison
is it supposed to fall through the ground? 😮
quaint hare
its not supposed to.
but, this is wierd.
i tried changing it to custom to play with the collision
digital anchor
two things i can think of, the velocity is too low, or its colliding with your character
quaint hare
when i set it to overlap with pawn
zinc bison
(that was totally meant to be a joke lol)
quaint hare
it never falls
same with ignore
progress
i enabled physics
they work much better
now i just need to get them to stop infinitely rolling.
digital anchor
change the linear dampening
digital anchor
well, having it allows setting the initial velocity at least
quaint hare
whats causing it. kind of.
digital anchor
and it there wont be any overhead so its safe to let it
quaint hare
right
im gonna see what I can do about the collisions
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
digital anchor
👀
digital anchor
🙃
plush sky
Would that be a particle effect?
marble spire
Probably
i cant even do a flame thrower
my particles dont show up
anyway
is there a tutorial to make particles effect around the character?
storm venture
I have a weird shadow bug issue in 4.19.
A wall in a scene has a super low quality shadow until I move around enough, then it randomly fixes itself into high quality. Not sure why.
I open the editor, the quality on the one wall is low, and when it randomly fixes itself, it stays fixed until the editor is restarted.
dapper quest
Has anyine got a bizzare object or character they need rigged
plush yew
this doesn't work for changing android app names? how do you add spaces to a game name since you can't when naming your project
storm venture
@plush yew I believe if you go in 'Project Settings' and scroll down to 'Platforms', you can go into 'Android' and change 'App Display Name'
marble spire
Guys
i made a fire atack
using a particles sequence
is there a way to make my event of TakeDMG only occour when the particles touch me?
ive only found a way to take dmg when the particles start to flow
pallid compass
Dont use particle use col sphere
manic pawn
wtf you can connect multiple things to a set visibility node
uneven fractal
did I blow your mind?
manic pawn
I just never noticed that before lol
uneven fractal
it's pretty convient for reducing bloat
glossy flame
A lot of the target pins in default functions can act like variadic inputs.
It is pretty convenient 🙂
fiery harbor
@bleak copper hey, I just thought, are you still streaming development of your game? 😃
marble spire
i fell all my aniamtions are a little slow
the punch, rolling
is there a way to fix all together?
plush yew
hi
bleak copper
@fiery harbor It's been shelved. I made the proof of concept then let it sit on the back burner. I have another project on the go (as well as a full-time job). The other project is pretty damn cool, though, but I don't own it so I can't talk about it yet. :\
So I accomplished the goal of the stream and didn't go further yet.
fiery harbor
@bleak copper oh! what exactly was the goal of the stream?
bleak copper
The goal was to make a proof of concept entirely on stream.
And I did. And it worked. But yeah.
fiery harbor
hm, ok. did you release that demo or something like that?
bleak copper
Yeah, but it was a very limited release.
Linux and Windows.
I can pass you the build if you like.
fiery harbor
why do you call that "limited"? 😄
bleak copper
Because it went to... like... five people lol
fiery harbor
ah, I thought you meant limited because its "only" linux and windows
bleak copper
Nah.
fiery harbor
and sure, I'd love to see it 😃
I always really liked that concept. only the name I disliked a lot, so I liked it way more before you gave it that name 😄
bleak copper
I'm sorry, I make all my decisions on puns. \_(ツ)_/
(Context for the chat: It's a game that's based on Chess, but with designed levels... one 64x64... another 11x11 but every 10 turns a ring at the edge blows away... that I called "Check It!" It was going to have sunglasses on the pawn :p))
Was planning to have other maps with drawbridges and stuff but yeah.
@fiery harbor That's the latest build from ~mid-September. If anyone downloads it -- note -- everything was done on stream. Not my best work lol.
fiery harbor
@bleak copper not your best work? how many other UE4 games have you done that are better? 😄
bleak copper
I've done more than just UE4 games lol
I work for a software developer since August 2017.
Also I've done other stuff lol
fiery harbor
ah, no longer PC perspective?
bleak copper
Still there, but much less active.
fiery harbor
are you doing UE4 stuff at your work now, or only other stuff?
bleak copper
No game dev stuff at work.
But a whole bunch of random crap.
Last couple months was mostly VB
fiery harbor
visual basic?
fiery harbor
c++ is probably more fun 😄
bleak copper
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
Some projects are C/C++
Most of those are cleaning up matlab-generated code from PhDs, though.
fiery harbor
so every time I click on "view current lobby", the game crashes?
"create a server" also crashes?
bleak copper
?? Did you extract the zip correctly?
fiery harbor
I think so, just like any other zip
join a server button works
exit button works too
bleak copper
Weird.
fiery harbor
sometimes "view current lobby" works
and then crashes a few seconds later
always getting that UE4 crash reporter
bleak copper
Seriously weird. Works great here.
fiery harbor
I see its a development config
so theres a log
Unreal Engine is exiting due to D3D device being lost.
DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG
so its somehow losing GPU
so probably in some way related to driver stuff
bleak copper
Ah
fiery harbor
which engine version is that?
bleak copper
That's 4.16
fiery harbor
ok
fiery harbor
I'm on the driver from december I think, I downgraded to that one since newer ones seem to have some issues
fiery harbor
yeah
bleak copper
Yeah IIRC NVIDIA fixed some TDR issues recently.
You can work around it by telling Windows to never TDR... >.> Butttttt if you have an actual GPU hang then you're super-screwed. So, like, if you write a shader with an infinite loop... pull the plug.
fiery harbor
TDR?
bleak copper
TDR is when Windows thinks your GPU is hung, it'll reset it.
fiery harbor
ah
bleak copper
It's so, like, a shader that has a never-ending loop doesn't just completely lock your PC into an unrecoverable state until you physically cut power to it.
fiery harbor
yeah makes sense
bleak copper
But it sometimes false-positives, which GPU vendors fix drivers for.
fiery harbor
I have to sleep anyways, so I just hope it will work tomorrow 😄
bleak copper
Heh cya
It's usually a bug that relates one specific GPU to one specific driver version.
fiery harbor
yeah, I'll tell you tomorrow if I got it to work 😃
ancient spade
Hi! Anybody up for some testing?
dapper sparrow
hello
i have oculus go and gear vr . İ am newer in ue4 i would like to use for interaction oculus go an gear vr
anyone can tell me can i you vr template?
can i use vr template cos controller are 2 hand for htc and rift but oculus go has one controller
ancient spade
I would like to know what you think of this?
http://poliexa.com/betatest
It's fully made in Blueprints
fossil ore
They're not handled anywhere because nobody cares, except people who care :D
I'm currently using UE4 for rendering
grim sinew
There is no way to do more than that in the engine that I'm aware of
cloud cobalt
I care too @fossil ore , just being honest
plush yew
hello guys how to make when my character sprints the neergy decrease with 25 and when it doesn';t press "Left Shift" to increase the Energy with 10??
I try to make this but I am wrong wth it anywhere
hmm
I will send you screenshot
storm venture
What you have right now will set the character's energy to 575 when sprinting and to 310 when not sprinting.
You've set the energy to become whatever the walk speed is and then modified it by -25 or +10, so the energy will only ever be 575 or 310
If you're trying to decrease the player's energy as they sprint and then let the energy refill when they are not sprinting, you will need to either handle that on the Event Tick or a Timer.
@plush yew Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRgGSIEZlS8
fathom frost
How do you crean a UFUNCTION in Javascript with Unreal.js?
leaden galleon
Hi, I have working on a GTA style game with a top down camera. The movement is dual stick, or WASD + mouse. The right stick (mouse X axis) should rotate the character on Yaw. Its working but somehow the camera is turning around on a specific degrees of rotation. Check the video: https://youtu.be/FUpAaCviVJ8
Any idea? (I have a springArm with Inherited Yaw and Pawn Control Rotation, this arm is rotated with -90 °on Y, thats how I got the top down camera. My camera is attached to the springArm without any rotation.) Edit: I have changed the -90 to -89 and its fine. How is it possible? 😄
frank escarp
automated testing in my game
implemented today
mostly experimenting to see how does it work
trim tapir
Anyone know it is taking forever for me to import a simple, low poly mesh? It takes around 10 to 15 mins
This started to happen after I switched over from Maya to blender
I'm exporting as FBX
ivory gorge
sometimes have the same problem if i export something from blender without first applying the modifiers
trim tapir
What modifiers?
fathom frost
Can someone please help me? What can I use as a Canvas to draw and get the mouse coordinates when doing so?
plush yew
why does it take the editor 20 minutes and freezing your computer just to delete a folder?
cloud cobalt
Because it has to check everything to update assets that might depend on deleted assets
tall pendant
I used VXGI 2.0 and Flow. My conclusion both are not production ready yet. But they are pretty interesting.
rose quartz
Is there a way that unreal can use like 2 ssd 1 for reading and 1 for writing?
cloud cobalt
Why
rose quartz
Because then you have all the speed of the disks
cloud cobalt
Check first that your SSD is able to saturate the speed of the SATA controller
Spoiler : it's not
What's the problem ?
rose quartz
well It loads sometime slow and i did get recommended to take 2 ssd set it 1 read 1 write and maybee this wil help
thats why
cloud cobalt
It won't
Loading the engine doesn't write stuff anyway
It writes like half a kilobyte to the log file
You'll probably get more hemp by buying a better CPU
rose quartz
ok well thats the next ting what im going to do because its not the newest 1 any more but it does the work for now
@cloud cobalt Can you help me with a other thing?
fossil ore
@tall pendant
How hard is to get VXGI to work?
rose quartz
is there a way to put a material into a material?
Because i have A substance like a wall paper that i like to use many times only different colors
like this 1 in a room now i need to change the colors in a different room so it not the same in all rooms
cloud cobalt
Use material functions
fossil ore
Material into material?
Material Instance?
Convert things in Material window into parameters (or whatever its called)
rose quartz
I have that with the substance but i have like 12 rooms and if i want a same wall paper but only in a different color i need to change the color but if i set it the rooms in the same material the rooms will be in the same color
cloud cobalt
For that, a material instance works best
Create wallpaper material, have a color parameter
Create one instance per room, apply instances, and change colors
frank escarp
i think he wants a material layer/function
rose quartz
I got the instance with that
for the colors so like i have normaly 4 walls and 12 rooms so that`s like 48 Mats for only 1 wallpaper and i want to make like 10 / 20 wall papers to pick from and thats a lot
cloud cobalt
If you have 10 walls that have the same material and you want another identical room in a different color, just create one instance with the color changed and apply to the 10 new walls
rose quartz
oke Ill will try that 😄
tall pendant
@fossil ore It's super simple and easy. You just need to compile the branch nvidia is providing on their github and you're good to go.
slow python
I have game I am working on if you want to try ask I will give you download link
tall pendant
You literally just put an pp volume into your scene and use the appropriate checkboxes to activate vxgi. @fossil ore
tender dome
What is the difference between directional light and spot light?
cloud cobalt
Directional light generates parallel light rays with no attenuation or source location
Basically sunlight
Spotlight has attenuation, direction, position - it's more of a point light that has a direction.
limber bough
Hey all, does anyone know how to improve reflection quality on material surfaces? As you can see these reflections aren't the greatest. I've had a look at the reflection capture resolution but this hasn't changed anything
tender dome
What is attenuation? @cloud cobalt
fossil ore
Is there a way to transfer color from color picker between projects?
Anyone knows why "red light" appears near the character on the right in Editor mode
But not in "Game mode"?
plush yew
I have correct sprint but I want when the player press "Left Shift" to sprint and the energy bar to decrease with 25 and when the player doesn't press the sprint button to increase the energy with 10
trim tapir
Why do these 2 look different? One is obj the other is fbx?
I used to use obj
But noe I need fbx
For anims
cloud cobalt
Incorrect smoothing groups
cloud cobalt
Depends on your modeling software
trim tapir
Blender
cloud cobalt
What does your object look like in Blender with "smooth" shading ?
cloud cobalt
Let me explain
UE4 will always smooth objects
So the first thing to do is ensure your object looks right when smoothed
I'm doubtful that it does look right and has smooth shading in Blender right now
I'm suspecting it has flat shading in Blender right now
earnest elbow
http://prntscr.com/jyg1wq how can i fix this crap
cloud cobalt
@trim tapir Set your mesh to smooth shading, and use edge split modifier
trim tapir
Ok
plush yew
hello guys how to make when my character sprints the neergy decrease with 25 and when it doesn';t press "Left Shift" to increase the Energy with 10??
I try to make this but I am wrong wth it anywhere
hmm
I will send you screenshot
rocky kayak
youd probably have a function on a timer on that character where every x second it increases the energy by 10 if boolean isSprinting is false. in the input you have you'd probably want a branch: if energy > 25
rocky kayak
the way you currently have it set reads: if shift is held, make the guy run and subtract 25 from his energy. when the player releases shift, make him walk and give him 10 energy, which isn't what you want i dont think
what about it?
oh youre trying to input stats into target
what is that target?
plush yew
help me for this screenshot-I fix the firs screenshot-can you?
what to do to can match them?
rocky kayak
hmm is stats part of this blueprint or are you casting to another guy
usually it would work ezpz if the variable is in scope