#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 284

opal ocean Jul 30, 2018, 2:52 PM

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They will be animated humanoids, but no MP

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 2:52 PM

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There is a ton of overhead if you simply just use Character tho

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Specifically that CMC

frank escarp Jul 30, 2018, 2:53 PM

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if you just want random npc moving around, you are better on Actor

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 2:53 PM

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Not saying you can't use it, just be aware of the overhead

opal ocean Jul 30, 2018, 2:53 PM

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thats what I'm worried about, once the game gets to 100 npcs walking around

frank escarp Jul 30, 2018, 2:53 PM

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Pawn/Character are for multiplayer games and player controlled stuff

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use Actor

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and make sure Tick is on C++

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100 blueprint ticks would hammer the frames pretty hard even if they are low calculation

opal ocean Jul 30, 2018, 2:54 PM

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I'm thinking of still using behaviour trees for the AI

wary wave Jul 30, 2018, 2:54 PM

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you probably want pawns for animated humanoid NPCs

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but you are going to want to try and cut their costs down as much as possible

atomic rose Jul 30, 2018, 2:55 PM

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i have a really dumb question that i cant seem to solve and its bloody stupid created a pause menu with a quit button to quit the game but i get this error "The widget 'PauseMenu_C' was already added to the screen."
any ideas?

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 2:55 PM

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Only thing I can think of, is that it's already added to the screen @atomic rose

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i.e. Add to Viewport

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You can remove and you should

atomic rose Jul 30, 2018, 2:56 PM

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but im literally trying to close the game nothing should be added to viewport

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 2:56 PM

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no clue

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you aren't showing us anything

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so we can only speculate

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@atomic rose https://api.unrealengine.com/INT/Engine/UMG/QuickStart/index.html

UMG UI Designer Quick Start Guide

Getting started with using Unreal Motion Graphics in Unreal Engine 4.

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do this if you haven't already

opal ocean Jul 30, 2018, 2:57 PM

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I'll try using Pawn for now, see how that works out. project is still early in development so I can change before its too late

honest vale Jul 30, 2018, 2:58 PM

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I wish this was somehow implemented https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/258960/how-to-parametrize-a-landscape-paint-layer-inside.html

atomic rose Jul 30, 2018, 2:59 PM

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📎 player.png

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lol ignore the right screen

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this is what i think is messing it up somehow @safe rose

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quit

📎 pause.png

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i really dont see the issue :/ am i being dumb?

wild glacier Jul 30, 2018, 3:11 PM

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No

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 3:13 PM

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only some of my animations have previews when I hover the mouse over them how can I make all my animations show?

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 3:42 PM

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What's up with all the spam in this server

vivid girder Jul 30, 2018, 4:00 PM

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Is this still in the engine? https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/engine/ui/leveleditor/modes/meshpaintmode/vertexcolor/vertexcolormatching

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📎 unknown.png

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Cause it doesn't let me use the fix command even though it says they need it

spare steeple Jul 30, 2018, 4:47 PM

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is there a way to set the sound class of a bunch of sound cues all at once instead of each one manually? like you can do with sound waves

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 4:56 PM

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Is it really impossible to make a top-down multiplayer game?

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:00 PM

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No

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:05 PM

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so.. it's possible? 😄

shadow juniper Jul 30, 2018, 5:07 PM

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Foxhole comes to mind

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:08 PM

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i'm thinking more like controlling with the mouse (at least for the movement) like diablo?

frosty bloom Jul 30, 2018, 5:09 PM

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So you know of a top down multiplayer game yet ask if it's possible? 🤔

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:09 PM

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well the top down template in the engine is top down and should work with multiplayer out of the box

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:10 PM

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i'm asking since i saw in a mmo-type game thread in reddit there was a discussion that the top-down template doesn't work with multiplayer

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:10 PM

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have you tried it?

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:11 PM

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not yet, still in the process of making other systems - was just wondering 'cause i stumbled upon that thread

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:11 PM

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Did they say why it didn't?

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:13 PM

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well this was the comment on the mentioned video : I do know that point and click movement in multiplayer with gameplay abilities is problematic and I have not seen anyone come up with a good solution yet. One of the popular solutions is to have a Player Controller owning a dummy character with a camera that has a reference to an AI controller that controls your actual character. Unfortunately this setup doesn't work with client predictive abilities 😦

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:14 PM

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ok so it has to do with the point and click and not top down and multiplayer itself. It has to do with the fact you are not using a character movement component which has network replication and prediction built in and have to do it yourself

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:15 PM

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ah, got it! Because I really wanted to include multiplayer even at a really small scale at some point and got worried for a moment

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thank you for clearing that up

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:16 PM

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it makes sense based on that comment but top down and using a character with normal controls should work fine

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but adding in click to move would cause issues out of the box

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:16 PM

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isn't top-down -> click to move? Or am I mistaken?

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:16 PM

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well top down is just a camera style

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for example diablo 3 on the consoles is top down but not click to move

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and I think it's considered more of a 3/4 isometric view style but top down seems to be another name for it

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:17 PM

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but the default character movement in top down is click to move - is it not?

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:18 PM

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again it depends on the game. you won't find click to move on a console

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skylanders is a good example of a top down that is not click to move

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:18 PM

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yeah, i get that you can have top down and not click to move, i was just asking if i was gonna have a problem with making a PoE/Diablo style game in UE4 😄

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:19 PM

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i you want it to have click to move and multiplayer then yes out of the box you will have replication issues with character movement

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it's designed to take input from a source like a keyboard or controller and pass that into the character which then uses physics to move it and predict where it is going as well. That is all handled magically for you if you use a character.

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the problem with click to move is you are skipping that and are telling the player where to go which skips that prediction

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:20 PM

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ah so i'd need to change my character movement in the future if i want to have multiplayer

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:20 PM

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now the base character will be replicated and movement but the prediction will not work out of the box so it might be out of sync and such

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you might need to basically override the default movement in C++ and handle it yourself or put in some other error handling. I would think if it's not pvp you might be fine with the game being slightly out of sync. Honestly the best thing to do is just start up the template and go with 2 player and see what happens

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I was gonna try and test but this stupid mac is stupid slow and I don't have it installed yet lol

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these imacs have the worst hard drives in them

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:23 PM

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@grim ore Mak is not stupid. Mak is not slow.

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:23 PM

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lol

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for a $1500 machine having a 5400rpm drive is total bullcrap

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:24 PM

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hahah

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so true

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:24 PM

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and I can't even replace it without taking the screen off and buying a new seal

peak laurel Jul 30, 2018, 5:25 PM

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ah, i get what you mean- thanks so much for clarifying

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:25 PM

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but hey...top gpu our days around $1k

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 5:25 PM

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It's got a radeon pro 560 in it so atleast I can do some work but jesus... Windows decided to update office and now I literally can't use it until it's done

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we only have it because we need to deploy work stuff to ios devices and the boss said "it must cost more so it's better" than just using a VM setup on a good windows machine or shoving a mac mini as a build machine somewhere lol

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:34 PM

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https://blogjist.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/vertu_002.jpeg

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:34 PM

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📎 IMG_20180730_133333935.jpg

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How can I remove that grid upp

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I mean move

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That yellow lines thing

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So that it fits my character?

amber sedge Jul 30, 2018, 5:36 PM

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That

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That's your capsule. 😃 All you have to do is find the Capsule Component to the left, and click on it. Then just translate it up

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:37 PM

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I can't find my components

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How to I bring it back

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:37 PM

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It's on the left top list

amber sedge Jul 30, 2018, 5:37 PM

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yea, it should be there

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:37 PM

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It's not

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Is there a reset to default windows so everything will show up?

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Never mind

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I found it

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But is there a reset to default windows setting ? The componests is now it's own window

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:41 PM

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📎 screenshot.1532972458.png

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:41 PM

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i will be forever in debt too whoever can help me solve my problem. Ive been troubleshooting for 6 hours straight

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:42 PM

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@hidden berry

📎 screenshot.1532972538.png

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you probably should ask the question before...

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:43 PM

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yeah sorry lol

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so i have 2 seperate characters

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character 1's HUD works absolutely fine, and Character 2s HUD only somewhat works. the mana and health regen isnt working on character 2, and the progress bar percentage change doesnt move the bars. I have checked the ability 1 bp, the health and mana regen bp, the bindings, etc. Character 2s HUD is a duplicate of Character 1s HUD, with "Cast to" command replaced to the correct character. and ive switched the view port to melee HUD, and opposed to the original HUD (now named "Magic HUD")

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also, the ability cool down function works on character 2, but the ability doesnt take away mana

amber sedge Jul 30, 2018, 5:48 PM

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it probably has to do with the way you cast, you might not have multiplayer supported

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:48 PM

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Is it ok if my capsule component looks like this I can't really move it up it just gives me shape options "capsule half radius" and "capsule radius"

amber sedge Jul 30, 2018, 5:48 PM

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like when you cast, (Get Player Character), there's an index, by default it just says 0

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:48 PM

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so the object off of "cast too" in the hud bindings?

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:49 PM

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📎 IMG_20180730_134655946.jpg

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Is that ok? I can't really move it

digital anchor Jul 30, 2018, 5:49 PM

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the capsule is the root, you cant move it

amber sedge Jul 30, 2018, 5:49 PM

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Well when you're casting to your character, to get the variables, I am pretty sure the indexes have to set up right. Otherwise, it's just gonna do it for character 1

digital anchor Jul 30, 2018, 5:49 PM

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move the character

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:50 PM

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how would i set up the indexes? or are the characters assigned an index at creation?

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:50 PM

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I did move it and now it looks like this

📎 IMG_20180730_135030871.jpg

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He was leveled to the floor before

digital anchor Jul 30, 2018, 5:51 PM

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now move it up ._.

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:51 PM

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@tawdry raptor move up the character from there

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use the blue arrow

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:51 PM

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Oh ok

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:52 PM

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if you go to high and you want him level, i believe the button "end" on your keyboard, levels him out. i know it works for objects, but havent tried it with people

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 5:56 PM

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@hidden berry each new player has own index, how otherwise you could draw UI for current player and not for others

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:56 PM

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so would the index for character 2 be 1 by default?

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:57 PM

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I did move the character up but the capsule still stays

📎 JPEG_20180730_135704.jpg

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:57 PM

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and is that a new feature? because ive been following a tutorial too help out with the things i cant figure out, and he didnt change any indexes

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are you in third person character viewport? @tawdry raptor

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 5:59 PM

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Yes

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Third person

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 5:59 PM

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the capsule is going too stay, you just want to size your character to fill the capsule

tawdry raptor Jul 30, 2018, 6:00 PM

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But he's the right size

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:00 PM

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@hidden berry Get Owning Player Controller will return HUD's owning controller so for every spawned hud you'll have respective return

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 6:02 PM

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sorry i started working with unreal about a week ago, so im trying too still keep up . if i understand correctly, are you saying to make the object of "cast to sword character" get owning player, instead of get player character in the bindings for the hud?

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:02 PM

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GetHUD from a player controller will return a respective hud

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 6:03 PM

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or in the actual blueprint of the character itself

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cause this is what i have right now

📎 6.PNG

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so would this work?

📎 7.PNG

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:25 PM

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um..what are you trying to do?
you have 2 players right? btw is it local multiplayer or network one?

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 6:27 PM

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i havent set that yet, but i believe its set to network

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:28 PM

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it's a completely different things

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 6:28 PM

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i would like it too be a network eventually, but realistically, i just want too finish up the basics of the game before i worry about servers and what not

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:28 PM

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since if you have a server, you have multiple player controllers on it, and only 1 on each client (0 index)

cloud cobalt Jul 30, 2018, 6:29 PM

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For what it's worth, multiplayer is a decision to be made very early. Don't push it too much

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:30 PM

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you also should have in mind that some events are server driven and some are just for local player

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 6:30 PM

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i dont think i fully understand indexes yet. Are certain numbered indexes assigned at creation or do i have to manually assign them? i would be happy too learn on my own if theres resources too teach me, i know its irritating trying too explain things to omeone that doesnt have all the knowledge on it yet lol

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:31 PM

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Indexes are LOCAL value, for every player and for server

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Local Players only have 1 player controller (in general), more if it's local multiplayer

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server always have player controller for each connected player

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that's why GetPlayerController(0) generally works

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it won't work if the logic is server driven

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or if you have local mp

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 6:35 PM

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so what function do i replace "getplayercontroller" with? the cast to character function"

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i have the pictures of all the bindings and blueprints i can send you in DM if you want them

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 6:37 PM

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@hidden berry you don't need to, if you use get player controller (0)...but it will work only for current player (i.e. one that controlling the pawn)

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@hidden berry you better ask on #blueprint or #multiplayer

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 6:40 PM

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If you start learning UE4/Unity/GameMaker/Construct/LumberYard/CryEngine with a multiplayer project you're gonna have a bad time...

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:41 PM

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Hello, Can someone help me with an issue i'm having

cloud cobalt Jul 30, 2018, 6:42 PM

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Describe your problem, people will help

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:42 PM

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It's in unreal 4

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I'm importing animations into unreal 4, they don't show up, instead it's my character still stuck in a t-pose

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 6:44 PM

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how are you importing them? individual FBX files or one fbx with multiple animation tracks?

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:44 PM

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Individual FBX Files

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 6:44 PM

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ok and are you sure they are not importing? you don't see the files in the browser or are they just not set up so your character is still in his default pose?

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:45 PM

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They show that they're imported, but it's just a t-pose

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I checked in maya to see if it was an exporting problem

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 6:45 PM

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so you see your skeletal mesh and then multiple animations in your browser?

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but each animation is just a t-pose and not an animation?

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:45 PM

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Yes

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All are stuck in t-pose

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 6:46 PM

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weird. so double clicking the animation in UE4 browser doesnt actually play anything? they all show 0 length

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:46 PM

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Yes

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I re-rendered them and everything

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 6:47 PM

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are they all the same size on the disk? each fbx file? it's possible your not exporting them right. UE4 should detect what they are and set them up correctly when you import. Alternately maybe try exporting out with an older FBX version like 2015 or 2017 or 2013?

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:48 PM

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They are all different sizes

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 6:48 PM

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and if all this fails maybe try posting one of the animations in here or #animation and someone can check them out for you

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atleast verify if it's a valid fbx file

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 6:48 PM

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I did through maya

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I re-launched them through there, and they came back valid

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I posted it in animation

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 7:18 PM

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@plush yew man it took me forever to get the engine finally installed but I tested your file and it imported fine for me. The animation is sonic running?

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I dont think you have the start/end clipped right as the entire thing is 200 frames and only the first 50 or so are the actual animation but it did import. Did you check "import animations" on the import dialogue when you imported it?

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https://i.imgur.com/3nz9bfw.png you can see the animation loaded here and the character not in the t-pose with it playing back

Imgur

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 7:28 PM

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Weird

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I might have to re-install my unreal engine 4

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 7:30 PM

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I wouldnt expect it to help much but you never know

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 7:31 PM

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I'll Install it on my gaming laptop too

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So if it won't work on my Desktop, then i can always resort to the laptop

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 7:33 PM

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yep can't hurt to try

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 7:34 PM

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Also, how do i clip the frames in Maya?

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 7:35 PM

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That i don't know, I am not an artist

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 7:35 PM

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Alright, I'm into animating so Haha

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I'm a beginner in maya, and that running animation isn't bad for just starting

limpid sandal Jul 30, 2018, 7:46 PM

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Sonic

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Heheheh torque and force for turning

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Unstable af

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Sonic riders one of my fav games back when windows xp..

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 7:55 PM

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@next badger i fixed it, thank you for your help. What it ended up being was i had a branch with a float too early in the blue print that i didnt notice

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 7:56 PM

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@hidden berry glad you resolved the issue by yourself, no thanks, not much help from me

hidden berry Jul 30, 2018, 7:57 PM

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well you walked me through it lol maybe ill have too use that info later on lol

next badger Jul 30, 2018, 7:57 PM

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@hidden berry read about Authority if you're going to make MP game

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@hidden berry https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Resources/ContentExamples/Networking

shell kettle Jul 30, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Does the search bar in the Unreal Engine documentation actually work? I've been searching different things and it keeps giving me the same results

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 8:12 PM

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Does Unreal have a glossary? Then it could read from that in the search bar under keywords?

grim ore Jul 30, 2018, 8:27 PM

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the search bar seems to work here, tried 3 different words and got 3 results.

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 8:30 PM

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Maybe Axion typed in Banana Hammock 3x?

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 9:32 PM

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Wow just finally updated my speakers to a headset (Arctis 7 nothing fancy). The sound quality watching SC2 cinematics almost made me cry. So beautiful

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:37 PM

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is importing animations from blender to ue4 just utterly inconsistent?

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only solution i can seem to find online is to import every single anim as its own fbx

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 9:38 PM

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Haven't dipped my toes into blender yet but I have tons of tutorials in queue. Also curious

digital anchor Jul 30, 2018, 9:38 PM

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never had a problem, i export all my anims together

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:38 PM

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i have one fbx for my mesh and one for all of my anims

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which was working

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then i tried updating some of the animations and exported and nothing changed in ue

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then i deleted all the files and reexported

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 9:39 PM

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anyon can tell me if this is actually good

📎 unknown.png

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:39 PM

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and only 2 of them came in

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 9:39 PM

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im casting to my anim bp to get the Boolean who get true when my anim notify pumps

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so that way it doesnt cast multiple times the dmg system

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but it seens a little buggy, sometimes it doesnt works

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:40 PM

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reading something from the animation to make a gameplay relevant decision seems extremely sketchy to me

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:40 PM

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yeah generally speaking variables should only be sent to animation bps, not the other way around

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 9:41 PM

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do u have another idea? my problem is that : my dmg is calling multiple times between the overlapp

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like, 1 hit gives 3x the dmg

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:41 PM

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you have to give us some more info...my tip would be to have that dmg? variable come from another class which sends the variable to the anim if needed

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 9:42 PM

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Oh yeah I forgot to ask today. I'm in the market for a new reasonably priced laptop for school use and UE4. Would a mid budget 1400ish i7, 1060, 16gb ram and 1tb hdd with 256 sdd be a decent powerhouse for blender and UE4 applications?

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:42 PM

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then pull the dmg variable from the other source

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for sure

digital anchor Jul 30, 2018, 9:42 PM

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its probably overlapping once with the actor, then with the components

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 9:42 PM

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My idea is : i want to do damage when the sword overlapp, but it cast multiple times

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so i was thinking about using anim notifys to tell when do the dmg

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so in the anim bp, i set : when the notify cast, set the boolean to true

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:43 PM

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@dire storm which i7, and is that the 3gb or 6gb 1060?

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 9:43 PM

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so in the overlapp, it only cast the dmg if is it true

digital anchor Jul 30, 2018, 9:43 PM

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that will make it only work when its overlapping exactly when the notify happens

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probably not what you want

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 9:44 PM

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@manic pawn I'm still looking at specs and whatnot so I'm not sure. would 3gb 1060 be enough? I mean I'm running ue4 on my old bucket of a desktop just fine but I haven't tried doing anything too fancy yet.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 9:44 PM

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any idea how to make that work?

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im really stucked now

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:44 PM

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3gb seems fairly low

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 9:45 PM

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basically I'm trying my best to get the most out of my bucks. I got 1400 to get the best value out of a laptop as I can which sole purpose will be UE4, blender, and programming.

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:47 PM

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the editor mainly needs a good cpu

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and ideally you'd have the whole thing on an ssd (project and engine)

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 9:48 PM

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yeah a large ssd would be nice but that jacks up the price pretty quick

glossy flame Jul 30, 2018, 9:49 PM

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FWIW, I can run the editor reasonably well as long as I don't jack the settings up on a 1050, which is significantly worse than a 1060.

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Be prepared for jet engine mode on your laptop, however. 😄

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:56 PM

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cant wait for the future when internet is fast enough that we can have a fast desktop that a super lightweight laptop can just rd into

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so has no one had this issue with blender animations? I just tried again and with 5 animations only 4 actually showed up in the editor

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:56 PM

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the internet is already fast enough for that

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the problem is latency

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which is unsolvable unless the server is somewhere next to you

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:57 PM

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correct i was being casual with my terminology

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wormhole connections...

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:58 PM

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wormhole connections that are so cheap and safe to create that average people can use the technology*

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:59 PM

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correct

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:59 PM

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so basically never

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:59 PM

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a mere decade away

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 9:59 PM

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I wonder how it'd work

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what do you send through the wormhole? light?

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 9:59 PM

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i would assume

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unless we figure out some more subtle energy

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im imagining a basic cat5 cable just going into this void portal

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 10:00 PM

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🤔

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that would need to be a fairly large wormhole

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imagine what a malicious person could send back to you :D

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:02 PM

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pls dont port sniff my wormhole interface

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literally just repeated the same export operation with selected objects turned off and this time i get 2/5 animations in

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i guess one fbx per anim it is

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rip disk space

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 10:03 PM

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🤔 we have one fbx containing all the anims and it works fine

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:04 PM

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I learned today an important law in Texas Government. Did you know its illegal to own more than 6 dildos in Texas? Im seriously paying for these classes instead of being able to taking classes that are relevant to learning programming, game development, etc etc.. makes me shake my head. I has a sad now

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 10:04 PM

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I couldn't tell you how it's set up in blender though, don't work with that part of the project

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:04 PM

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the mesh and anims in one fbx?

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best way to learn is just to hunker down and learn yourself

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 10:05 PM

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the animations seem to be in a different fbx than the mesh, but I don't know why

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:05 PM

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....

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what a law.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:06 PM

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thats what ive read is the best way and the way ive been doing

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mesh/materials import fine

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but animations seem utterly inconsistent

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why couldnt my hobby just have been woodworking

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nothing corrupted in them either, theyre accurate just not the right anims

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(this time i got 3/5)

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has anyone here actually gone to one of those game design schools?

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:11 PM

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you mean youtube?

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:11 PM

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lol i didnt say my game design school

topaz pine Jul 30, 2018, 10:11 PM

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xD

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:12 PM

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though i have difficulty believing its so much better than self teaching that it would be worth forsaking a traditional engineering/cs path which could be supplemented by self learning

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regarding actual game design schools

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:12 PM

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I think @safe rose went to one of them

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:12 PM

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i guess if ur extremely sure about what you want to do

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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I'd go CS if you're going into games

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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a traditional cs degree mostly has you learning a giant ton of irrelevant stuff

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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Hmm

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Each has their benefits

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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Go CS, learn UE4/etc on your own

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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I'm just starting a computer science major at the young age of 33 after military service....

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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You get the paper, you get the stuff you learn in CS, and you have a portfolio of non-school stuff.

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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@dire storm I did 12 years in the Marines before going to GameDev school

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:14 PM

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I might would actually go back around and do that, mostly for the paper.

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:14 PM

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@safe rose I know 😃 We had this talk a few months ago 😃

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:14 PM

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I received a CE degree while in though

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Yea

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:14 PM

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...lol im not even in university yet

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:14 PM

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I didn't go

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:15 PM

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im on a gap year just graduated from hs...though im young for my grade so im basically just a senior

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:15 PM

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Without haivng a CS degree. I can't really say Yay or Nay on it versus a straight up programming degree or video game dev degree

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But it can't hurt.

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Any of those degrees will teach you the basics

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Programming maybe more so

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If that's what you want to do

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Game Dev degrees. Depending on what you want to focus on.

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:16 PM

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I'm honestly just getting a computer science degree for GI BILL monies so I can support more game dev learning

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:16 PM

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Some allow you to really focus on what part of game dev you want to do

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:16 PM

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Having a video game degree will be better than having no degree at all - having a CS degree makes you feel better about applying to all the places that list a CS degree as required.

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Some will say "Or similar" though

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:17 PM

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Aye. Like. If you are hesitatant on game dev at all. Like you're scared you won't make money, get a job, can go Indie... Then you need a fall back plan

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:17 PM

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As for whether you can "get in" without a degree.... lemme get back to you, I'm trying.

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:17 PM

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I have no such reservations

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:18 PM

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having to do 20 hours of homework a week really cuts down on time for UE4 though 😉

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:18 PM

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ive been programming for 7 years and working in various 3d game engines for 5...i worry about how bored ill be in the first 2 or so years of a game dev school

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indie is such a gamble tho

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:18 PM

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I know I can make money. I know I can get a game dev job. I know I can make it Indie.

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@dry trench it will help you it more than you know

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Most schools have onsite visits from AAA companies all the time

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If they see your impressive portfolio before graduation. Ggwp

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If that's the route you want to go

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:19 PM

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its really just a hypothetical tho...my parents would never allow me to go to a game dev school

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:20 PM

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CS, then

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:20 PM

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Meh. Are they paying for everything?

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:20 PM

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probably

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:21 PM

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Q @dry trench well. Can't help ya then. Either you want to be an adult and be self sufficient or not.

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If you have no choice but to take their money for school. You gotta do what you gotta do

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Just remember. This is your life.

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:22 PM

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Yeah man, just take on a mountain of debt

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:22 PM

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its not an issue of authority or anything...if i really really convinced them they would probably say yes but i have the grades to get into a really good cs program , and it just wouldnt make sense to anyone

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:23 PM

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I would look around at all options

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CS isn't the only way to go

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:23 PM

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Alot of being successful as an adult in a career isn't about what you know, its about who you know. You meet people and network while in college which is very very valuable down the line.

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:24 PM

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Yeah. And moreso in game dev program if that's where you know you want to go

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At the very least get into a school with a game development program that you can sneak some classes in

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Maybe minor in game programming or something

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:25 PM

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I knew people in the military who burned bridges and couldn't find a job outside in the civilian world because of word of mouth despite being very knowledgeable. On the flipslide you frequently see barely qualified people have great careers or get their foot into doors because they knew so and so and they vouched for them. Makes a big diff if you're trying to get in a studio if somwhere down the line a guy you knew in school also works there.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:26 PM

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I understand that...believe me the thousands of speeches ive gotten about the various values of college lmao...but honestly if i have a choice between having an excellent cs job or working on a startup and doing indie on the side vs a guaranteed slot at a AAA i would probably choose the former...just because i enjoying being able to make design decisions too much

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plus who knows how ill feel in 3 years

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:27 PM

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its your life 😃 Follow your dreams

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:27 PM

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TBH. You can learn a lot of stuff on your own in 3 years

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But. It is much easier if your curriculum centers around it

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:27 PM

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thank you lvl1 lmao i love how this conversation turned so sharply

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its a serious consideration

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:27 PM

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I've gotten pretty good at navigating youtube in the last 3 years

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:27 PM

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Then you can actually apply in on projects

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It's not just yt follow

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You need to create projects as well

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Join game jams

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:28 PM

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oh yeah i never follow yt tutorials

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just watch and learn

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but my projects always get too ambitious

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and im left here with 100 assets and great software that kinda just gets left behind...but i consider it a learning experience

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'great' being a relative term ofc

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:31 PM

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someone can remember me wich option is to make my character do not turn around

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:31 PM

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?

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not turn around?

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:31 PM

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like, only turn with my mouse

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make my A and D only make he walk to the sides

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:32 PM

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use pawn control rotation ?

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are you using bp or c++?

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:32 PM

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bp

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:32 PM

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im not as familiar with bp but a and d should be interacting only with the character movement blocks

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and mouse inputs should be working with character rotation

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:33 PM

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There's actually an option on CMC to orient rotation to velocity.

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bOrientRotationToVelocity

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:34 PM

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work it

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thanks guys

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gonna try command that with a BP

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cause i want when he enter the battle mode, to do that

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but outside battle mode, it can rotate normally

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:35 PM

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i see

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you could just enable and disable use pawn control rotation..though i recommend layering your own system on top of that so its more nuanced for your purposed

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:36 PM

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Never pay for a college degree. Get it for free in another country.

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ProTip: Employers don't care. As long as you can do the job.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:37 PM

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then switch to an algorithm that just moves your character in a circle around the target

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:37 PM

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Tskt sk

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:37 PM

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and rotates the cam accordingly

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:37 PM

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That's not true at all

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:37 PM

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If I see you have an Art Institute degree. I assume you have $65k debt.

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:38 PM

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Plenty of employers do care and require degrees.

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But sure. 99% of Indie doesn't.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:38 PM

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absolutely depends on the job you're going into...high end tech jobs outside of startups will require degress..though connections alone if you are looking to start something yourself or do research are necessary

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

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Not sure how big AAA % it is. But I bet it's nothing to laugh at either. Don't get me wrong. I agree that skill is everything.

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

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Most AAA don't want to hire old, debt. They want young and local.

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

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Degree or Experience. Get one or the other. Both is optimal obviously. Trying to get someone to hand you money without a degree and not having an impressive portfolio 😃

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

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Watched EA do that song and dance for a decade.

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

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Ahhhhhhh. That's not true. You know many foreigners Epic has employed?

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

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Yeah, experience is #1.

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

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And they aren't all youngings.

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:40 PM

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Epic is not the norm. EA, Acti, and Ubi hire young and local.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:40 PM

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nvm if ur talking exclusively game totally different

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:40 PM

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They are the largest for hires.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:41 PM

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for some reason it doesnt change anything if the orient to moviment is set or not

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:41 PM

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orient to movement only uses velocity...you are talking input

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:41 PM

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orient to rotation

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:41 PM

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If you want rotation to be driven by movement, you need to disable controller rotation use.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:41 PM

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worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:41 PM

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Its a one or the other kinda deal

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:42 PM

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but youre talking about strafe only movement that wont help you

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:42 PM

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Most common question I've been asked when job hunting at GDC from 2006 to 2011 was, "Are you local?" Eidos back in the day was hiring people who didn't complete their degrees. Nintendo was... Being Nintendo.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:42 PM

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high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:43 PM

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My favorite was Tell Tale. Huge line! The lead programmer comes out and says, "Anyone here for programming?" Response, "Nope all artists."

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His face after hearing that. Poor guy.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:44 PM

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nowadays big companies have their workflows so streamlined (looking at ea/activision mainly) that high skill or creativity isnt necessary for their devs...hiring local makes it easy

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:45 PM

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I will say this. College debt + AAA. Don't be surprised if they send your resume to the shredder. Especially Art Institute. Dime a dozen.

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:45 PM

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heh, what if someone chimed in as he walk-of-shame'd away "I uh. I did some python automation to improve my workflow once"

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:45 PM

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i cant imagine someone looking to be a game artist going to school for it

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:46 PM

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Activision was doing that at one GDC. They had THE BOX. If you didn't impress them your app went into THE BOX.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:46 PM

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that seems realllyyy silly

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:46 PM

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@dry trench Know a guy who did that, works at a bigname studio rn

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:46 PM

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Not silly

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:46 PM

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ofc not universally

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ofc

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:46 PM

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I learned a lot about Game Art from school

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I went to an Art School though;)

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:47 PM

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but the ratio of experience to education value seems skewed in the experience department especially in those fields

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'fields'

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:47 PM

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Well again. You learn a lot that you wouldn't by yourself

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And you are being graded by not only the teacher, but your peers

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:48 PM

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Anyways, if you can get your degree for free, especially a mentor ship. Go that route and be local, or set aside a weeks stay after the convention.

safe rose Jul 30, 2018, 10:48 PM

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You improve very rapidly in that type of environment

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:48 PM

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The guys who got mentored. They were front of the line.

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Hope that info helps. (:

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:49 PM

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im curious about this activision app thing..they were looking at apps at the convention of prospective devs?

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i placed those prepositions really poorly

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apps of prospective devs, at the convention

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:50 PM

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Activision mixed it up every year. One year it was booth babes and THE BOX. Another year it was developers checking apps through DVD/CDs on a laptop.

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Every year regardless I see someone leave in tears. Activision doesn't mess around with reality. They are a hammer.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:50 PM

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i dont fully understand-did they have a criteria/competition? or did they just say send us software youve written

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:51 PM

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The criteria was usually for whatever game they had in the pipeline.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:51 PM

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even with everthing set up, it still turning around

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im gonna explode

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:51 PM

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One year they wanted me for a kids game. Because my art caught their eye.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:51 PM

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this is actually all i need to set to my character do not turn around, and only face the center of my screen, right?

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high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:51 PM

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Another year, guns, tanks, guns, more guns.

crude sigil Jul 30, 2018, 10:52 PM

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Does anyone have any game builds i can play? Im bored and want to do something tomorrow and feel like testing some games.

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:52 PM

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otaco...are you talking about something like absolver, where once you engage an enemy movement switchs to radial restriction, so you can only walk around the target?

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:52 PM

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i want to my character be able to do strafes when in battle mode

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instead of running to the right

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he strafe

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:52 PM

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like around an enemy? if you were to hold D you would complete a circle around the enemy

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:53 PM

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I've made this exact movement system before

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:53 PM

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You probably want if Button or Lock On, character strafe code. Like Moonwalk in Super Metroid?

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:53 PM

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yeah

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:53 PM

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its a really simple switching between movement algorithms

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:53 PM

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so he can walk backwards, instead of turning around

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:53 PM

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If you're not in combat, your mesh rotates with movement. But when you need the model to face the look direction, you do that.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:54 PM

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Yeah

worn granite Jul 30, 2018, 10:54 PM

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Go #blueprint @marble spire

high stone Jul 30, 2018, 10:54 PM

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Yep, moonwalk code.

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:54 PM

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k

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:55 PM

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when not looked on keep your standard movement, but when you have it on disable default look controls and make the transform always face the target (excluding the z axis)

dire storm Jul 30, 2018, 10:55 PM

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oh wow! A little off topic but the Physics for Game Programmers; Continuous Collision video from GDC is FIRE!!!

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:55 PM

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basically that

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:56 PM

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do you have strafe anims otaco?

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:56 PM

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Yes

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thats why im confused

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he is turning with my mouse, but in the moviment he look to the sides

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thats a little confusing

dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:57 PM

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are you saying he rotates when you press a and d?

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 10:57 PM

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yeah

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he do that

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dry trench Jul 30, 2018, 10:57 PM

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then you need to look at the code connected to your movement input and see where its going

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because a and d should not affect the rotation or aim offset

marble spire Jul 30, 2018, 11:13 PM

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it really doesnt work

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im thinking is maybe because of the anim set im using

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is the Advanced Moviment v3.0 from the market

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they have some deep coding right here

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maybe is something not compatible, idk

spare kernel Jul 30, 2018, 11:44 PM

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is there a way to combine dupe assets to a single asset quickly

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i downloaded the paragon characters but they all have dupes of the same textures

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taking up over 10gb

manic pawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:50 PM

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wasn't there a tool for that

spare kernel Jul 30, 2018, 11:52 PM

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no idea

plush yew Jul 30, 2018, 11:58 PM

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How can i subdivide my landscape/word in grid? And work with that?

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Any good turorial?

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 12:01 AM

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Have you seen the ones on the official Unreal 4 YouTube?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMKjIZMPJ0Q&t=171s

YouTube

Unreal Engine

Getting Started with Landscapes | Live Training | Unreal Engine

Announce Post: https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?133824 Andrew's Materials/Resources: https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/HostForForums/2017/Landscape...

▶ Play video

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There are 3 videos.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 12:09 AM

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Do I find how make a grid subdivision?

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I mean, something like fortnite building

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That the world is subdivide

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 12:10 AM

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It goes over all the terrain tools, unless there is something new that I am not aware of.

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I don't know if Fortnite added anything new, not an area I'm an expert at or anything. I've just casually made a few terrains.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 12:23 AM

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Maybe you are talking about world composition @plush yew ?

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 12:24 AM

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Yes

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Something like @plush yew has done

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 12:26 AM

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and you have checked out the documentation on it?

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 12:43 AM

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The third video is about world composition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrcNClb6KUI&t=10s

YouTube

Unreal Engine

Getting Started with World Composition | Live Training | Unreal Engine

Announce Post: https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?144654 World Composition is a fantastic tool for handling multiple landscapes, managing massive...

▶ Play video

haughty falcon Jul 31, 2018, 1:05 AM

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Is it more complex to implement wheeled vehicles or hovering vehicles, or are they more or less on par in UE4?

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 1:13 AM

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Either one is pretty easy with the templates available.

haughty falcon Jul 31, 2018, 1:14 AM

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We're building from the FPS template...and the game is quite far along.

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I can't just "use a template"

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 1:14 AM

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Well, open up the racing game template, save it, close it, and then copy over the car.

haughty falcon Jul 31, 2018, 1:15 AM

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Ok. Does it have both types of vehicles?

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We're also concerned about which might be more computationally expensive.

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 1:18 AM

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There is a template with a space ship type thing, but it probably doesn't control how you would expect.

But if you just deleted the wheels and added a particle effect to the car thing, then you would probably get a hover car.

haughty falcon Jul 31, 2018, 1:20 AM

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Yeah, we tried the space ship, ended up just developing our own.

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Interesting on deleting the wheels though. I'd expect it to slide along the ground if I did that.

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or not move at all without some reengineering

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 1:20 AM

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I haven't tried it.

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Just brainstorming, lol.

haughty falcon Jul 31, 2018, 1:21 AM

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I'll give it a try. Thank you.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 1:40 AM

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there is also a ufo ship using the floating component in the content examples

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 2:08 AM

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What is it called when the game sends out a line and then tells the blueprint what items said line encounters?

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Linetrace! I think...

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:54 AM

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@steady hinge yes linetrace. you can use line, sphere, or boxes to trace from the source vector to destination vector

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one of the most commonly used features for my game 😃

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 2:55 AM

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I'm trying to see if I can use it on a widget, or if it might just be better for me to try to do a blueprint using the angle...

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:56 AM

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a 3d widget? there's mouse interface options for that i think

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haven't used them before but i know they exist based on mouse location (usually center of screen) if it's a 3d widget in space.

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 2:56 AM

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2d widget.

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I want to have a center point in the middle of my menu with options around it, then have the selector follow the mouse from the center of the menu, like the hands on a clock.

Then have any menu option in that path act as hovered and be able to be selected.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:28 AM

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@steady hinge this might help

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using the x and y pos of the mouse cursor point, you can use trig to find the angle the hand should be rotated at. you'll have to set the x and y pos to be zero at center, and then positive or negative based on the 0,0 origin point set at center.

hot ledge Jul 31, 2018, 3:31 AM

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hey guys am using this line after my line trace and it works but when i put it in a functions it says some thing are undeclared the hit.location is undefined

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UGameplayStatics::SpawnDecalAttached(SelectedDecal, FVector(5.0f, 5.0f, 5.0f), Hit.GetComponent(), NAME_None, Hit.Location, Hit.Normal.Rotation(), EAttachLocation::KeepWorldPosition, 20.0f);

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 3:32 AM

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I set an empty button directly at the center of the widget, then I pull the x and y location from that button.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:32 AM

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ah cool

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 3:33 AM

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That's about as far as I am right now, lol.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:33 AM

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lol

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 3:33 AM

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But skill checks work!

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 3:58 AM

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So my guy has a weapon and it fits in this pose perfect but when I change to the idle iron sights animations it doesn't follow the hand can I make it follow my hand

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 4:02 AM

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when does valve give steamworks payouts? should be seeing a direct deposit sometime today right?

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 4:08 AM

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You made a real game and are selling it?

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 4:13 AM

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sold 5 copies in like 15 days why

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still early access but people are liking it

visual hollow Jul 31, 2018, 4:34 AM

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I have two bodies in my scene both pickable and and have Collision added but when I try to take them closer it cross each other instead of blocking each other.

marble spire Jul 31, 2018, 4:41 AM

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guys

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do anyone here know about a dodge system bp?
i have the animations, but i cant imagine the blueprints
i quite imagine a launch character, but i cant imagine what to do to play the right animation
the foward one, right one, etc

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 5:04 AM

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making a game is so hard

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how can anyone make one without a tut

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i dont know

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you need to be a genius

marble spire Jul 31, 2018, 5:11 AM

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whats the thing

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the people say to use instead of tick

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cause tick is breaking my animation idk why

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 5:17 AM

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where can i find unrealpak

vast flame Jul 31, 2018, 6:21 AM

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@tawdry raptor did u add to socket

rose quartz Jul 31, 2018, 6:38 AM

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is there a way to get the set a color from the PostProcessVolume?

vast flame Jul 31, 2018, 8:39 AM

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what do u mean

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@rose quartz

cinder iron Jul 31, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Yes with a param

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 9:17 AM

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@plush yew what I have is a grid

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I spawn tiles in a grid above the terrain, then trace down to make the tiles conform to the landscape

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is that what you're looking for?

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 10:09 AM

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anyone have much experience profiling memory use in UE4?

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I'm having a hard time getting much information out - trying to find the precise source of a specific memory spike

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in the profiler I can easily find the correlating CPU spikes, but memory information? Nada

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 10:16 AM

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Hello

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 10:18 AM

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@wary wave feels bad man, only on ps4

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where you have the low level memory manager that attaches to the spectacular ps4 memory viewer

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that lets you view exactly where your memory is allocated and what is what

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 10:18 AM

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I would like one of those right now 😄

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 10:18 AM

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they just added support for that thing in 4.20

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amazing

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i need to try it XD

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 10:19 AM

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I'm in 4.19 RIP

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 10:25 AM

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From where I can see how much people are in the group?

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 10:30 AM

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I don't think you can get an exact number, but there are over 10,000 members of this Discord

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 10:38 AM

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Wasnt it about 14k?

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 10:41 AM

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in this group you haven't got command like server info

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Soooo..... What is a good idea for my first game?

paper kernel Jul 31, 2018, 10:50 AM

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start small

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 10:52 AM

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@frank escarp - tracked it down eventually by using MemReport and digging through the UI class that seemed to be the problem

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Retainer Boxes

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one of our UI elements uses a Retainer Box, and when that element is removed from the viewport, the render target is not removed

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 10:52 AM

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@paper kernel How small?

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 10:53 AM

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so when they get recreated, it creates new render targets

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ouchies

paper kernel Jul 31, 2018, 10:54 AM

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@plush yew like packman, pong, space invaders

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 10:54 AM

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oh man, this is going to be unpleasant to refactor xD

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 10:54 AM

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So not very 3D?

paper kernel Jul 31, 2018, 10:55 AM

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you can add the 3D twist to it

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or maybe a basic chess, if you're more into strategy games

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:11 AM

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I'd be wary of a supposedly 'simple' game like Chess, because providing an AI for a game like that is more or less impossible xD

paper kernel Jul 31, 2018, 11:19 AM

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mechanics are simple enough for beginners tho

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AI is probably nearly impossible

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:23 AM

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chess is no joke

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its AI is complicated

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if you want something similar (board game), try Checkers

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checkers you can just bruteforce a bunch of turns

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 11:25 AM

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Chess AI isn't impossible anymore

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:25 AM

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to my knowledge nobody has a working chess solver yet?

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 11:25 AM

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Depends what you call a solver

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:25 AM

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as in, not rapid database queries

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solving rather than referencing

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:26 AM

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you can grab stockfish

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i think its open source

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and have a god tier chess engine, you just build the game interactions

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 11:26 AM

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Dunno how Stockfish works internally, I just know it's open-source, and better than all humans

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:26 AM

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https://stockfishchess.org/

Home - Stockfish - Open Source Chess Engine

Stockfish is a powerful and open source chess engine.

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yup, open source

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there ya go

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 11:26 AM

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Whether it solves or references game data is kind of irrelevant

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:27 AM

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a chess solver would be able to work with 'impossible' board situations, such as having the wrong numbers of pieces or fairy rules in place

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so it's pretty relevant

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a referencer can only work from an existing data set

teal tulip Jul 31, 2018, 11:27 AM

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there is a fish on the web, that is where COD used the fish AI ?

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that play chess

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:28 AM

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this solver uses game specific stuff, so i dont think it can handle 2 queens

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maybe if it does a "dumb" mode

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where it just bruteforces

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:28 AM

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aye

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 11:28 AM

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@wary wave Sure, if you're going to do modified chess, you'll need some brutal AI work

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:28 AM

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Stockfish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Glaurung 2.1. It is not a complete chess program and requires some UCI-compatible GUI (e.g. XBoard with PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess Partner or Fritz) in order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use Stockfish with it.

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sweet

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even better

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pure chess engine, no UI or anything of the sort

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would be a cool project to put this on unreal

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for a VR chess or whatever

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 11:29 AM

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I'm sure all consoles have 5 different Stockfish based chess games

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:30 AM

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https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Stockfish

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how stockfish works

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wtf

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:31 AM

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probably loads of stockfish chess games

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:31 AM

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the code is actually readable

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:31 AM

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most are pretty low budget though

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:31 AM

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i did not expect that

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:31 AM

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the recent Battlechess was shockingly poor :/

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:32 AM

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most of the files are sub 1000 lines

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its.. so little code

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i expected something much more complicated

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this could be a nifty project to port to Rust XD

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doesnt seem to go past 10k lines

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and i specially did not expect readable code

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i was epxecting some unholy abomination written by mathematicians who cant use more than 3 letters for variable names

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 11:40 AM

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I'd imagine the significant part of it is like other chess engines, just a rapid reference query, so the code would be quite simply

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it probably only actually starts solving things rather than using reference tables when there are a small number of pieces on the board

frank escarp Jul 31, 2018, 11:50 AM

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a good chunk of a chess engine is just sheer bruteforce through the move tree

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the rest is just fancier stuff to improve that bruteforce

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like only going deeper on the important movements and similar

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so its essentially a fancy version of a breadth first graph search

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maybe a good old rng search, where it goes deeper on the moves wich thinks are more important (to avoid combinatorial explosion)

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 12:54 PM

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<_<

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 12:56 PM

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_>

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 12:56 PM

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^_^

languid shard Jul 31, 2018, 12:57 PM

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v_v

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 12:58 PM

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y_y

wary wave Jul 31, 2018, 12:58 PM

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x_X

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 12:59 PM

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ʎ_ʎ

languid shard Jul 31, 2018, 1:00 PM

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ʎ³

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 1:00 PM

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confirmed

slim ermine Jul 31, 2018, 1:24 PM

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i need help with engine

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📎 unknown.png

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what is this?

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i realy need help with it

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i can't reinstall the program agian

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it is my 3th time i do it

rose bison Jul 31, 2018, 1:39 PM

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do you need the plugin? you can remove it from your game (if installed in the game directory) or from your project by opening the .uproject with a text editor and remove the thing there. This way your project would at least start again.

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 1:44 PM

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~_~

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 2:15 PM

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does anyone know what this error means and how to fix it?

📎 error.JPG

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:15 PM

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hello guys can anyone send me a link to how to create map like in the game conan exciles or lastdayonearth?

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:29 PM

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@plush yew level design is a field to be studied, there is no tutorial to tell you how to copy a map of a game

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@tawdry raptor the error tells exactly what is wrong

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:29 PM

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Make a terrain, Push and pull things up and down, plop down a couple static meshes, done!

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:30 PM

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levels are a combination of art and functionality

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:32 PM

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well yeah if you want a good one that is good 😛

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:33 PM

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make MMO in a week 😄

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:37 PM

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someone is making a YT series on that right now, a bit more than a week but pretty consistent videos. The only problem is it's building on a framework and not from scratch 😦

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:46 PM

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thats cheating

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:47 PM

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It kinda is but so is using UE4 technically 😛 There is still some decent stuff in there for learning networking and building out systems on top of the framework. It's mainly the networking stuff and a starter template so not a complete kit

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:47 PM

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well yea okay 😛

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:47 PM

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not map or level

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map for game

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when you lcick on the button to show you map

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like Fortnite the map if you know

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this map not the level

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:48 PM

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you mean you want to know how to open a level?

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:48 PM

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so mini map?

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well mini large map, or overhead map?

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:48 PM

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(so confusing, the initial question was how to make a map like <game>)

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:49 PM

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yeah I think he means the overhead map.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:49 PM

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like in Fortnite or in lastdayonearth

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wait a moment

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:49 PM

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or maybe he means a minimap

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like you press M and see a world map of the level 😛

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:49 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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like this an bigger

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yes

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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ah mini map

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that looks like its own model

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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you draw a picture and show it

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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lol

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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or you use a scene capture from another camera and show it

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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not minimap like in Fortnite like the map that I showed in the screenshot

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no

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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yes

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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donkey

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:50 PM

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this is a part of the map of the game "LastDayOnEarth"

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do you know the game

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this game is the best mobile game

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:51 PM

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aside from what game it is, essentially they're usually a image

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:51 PM

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it has got many updates and very cool things
when I play this game, I am excited to do such a game

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 2:52 PM

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Yeah, the map in this game is just a painted image with points that open a "3D" location

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:52 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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other part of the big map of the game

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 2:52 PM

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So basically just paint an image

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:52 PM

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aha

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:52 PM

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similair to Skyrim's minimap, could be a lowpoly model too

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM

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but they work so I wanted to said that wen you click on the image it works and show you info

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM

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atleast, it looks like that

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM

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so how to do this?

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM

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with a lot of work

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM

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you make a picture in UMG, then add more stuff and make it do stuff.

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start with learning the UMG system

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM

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@whole quarry It's not a world-conforming map like in Skyrim, it's an overworld map like in the first Zelda

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM

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okay link?

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and question for it-is it difficult to learn?

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 2:54 PM

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It's an UI, so learn UMG, UE4's UI tool

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Like how you learn the level editor tool for levels

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:54 PM

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and for my game I have a question- which crafting system to choose to create like in the game Raft, Conan Exciles or the other kind in this game that I sent screenshots of te map

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an also you can drag on the map to move it

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and I have an other question about simillar like tis how to create?

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wait a moment

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:56 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/UMG

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:56 PM

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📎 unknown.png

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:56 PM

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but first you should go here https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/video-tutorials and check out the intro videos

Unreal Engine | Video Tutorials

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:56 PM

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how they make this?

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 2:57 PM

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they made some pictures and put the pictures on the screen. some of the pictures react to clicks or touches and they do stuff.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:57 PM

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okay but you send me a lot of vieos-hmmm

whole quarry Jul 31, 2018, 2:58 PM

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@grim ore ❤ how you simplify it 😄

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 2:59 PM

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lol

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📎 unknown.png

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is this is hard to make?

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:01 PM

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I sent you links to get started

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and yes that will be hard for you to make right now

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Learn how the engine works and how to work in the engine so you can write down what you want to do and then understand how each part of doing that is done. then you can make it 😃

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:07 PM

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okay

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I look now what you send me and this that I see now all I know it for now

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/UMG

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from this link

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like menu health bar to shiow on the screen and these things

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but thank you

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 3:09 PM

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why if I only have 1 camera does it not effect what I do in the real world?

📎 camera.JPG

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:11 PM

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Hello guys again-I can't move my character in my other project-why? I want to fix the problem with the color filling my health bar-hmmm and now I can't move-wow

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:14 PM

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did you change the input to UI only?

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:14 PM

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no

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where to do this?

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:15 PM

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if you didnt do it then it wouldnt be causing the problem

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:15 PM

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in the level bp in UI widget or where?

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okay where to write this bp?

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:15 PM

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the input mode? you can do it anywhere but if you didnt do it already then it's not the problem.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:16 PM

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okay

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📎 unknown.png

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like this?? or?

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I can't move again-omg

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:20 PM

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if its set to UI mode you wont be able to move

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:20 PM

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a okay

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:20 PM

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by default its set to game which is fine. That's why I asked if it was on UI which would stop you from moving. You said it wasnt so then no issues there.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:20 PM

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what to do to fix it?

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so to delete it?

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:21 PM

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I dont know whats causing the issue, you need to debug your character that is not moving to make sure it's getting input and go from there.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:21 PM

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okay how to debug it?

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to delete the input ui only or keep it?

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 3:22 PM

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Well you might have a key to open the menu that sets UI mode

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And then when you close it you set to game

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 3:23 PM

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you should delete that UI only node for now as that will only make it worse

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or did you have that already set up before the issue?

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 3:24 PM

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@plush yew Here is some advice as you're apparently new to this :

Take it slow, piece by piece, without expecting your game to be done this week
Do it simple at first, and then add on it when it works
Use source control to roll back mistakes

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:28 PM

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no I don't make a key to show and disapear the menu-I setting it when I start the game to show me the game menu and thenm when I press start the game button to transfer me to the other level to can move my character but I can't

cloud cobalt Jul 31, 2018, 3:35 PM

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Keep it slow, piece by piece. Start with just the menu, and just the game, and then figure out how to piece them together.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:35 PM

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they are matched already

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when I start the game menu is here

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but when I transfered to the other level to start the game I can't move-why?

crude jasper Jul 31, 2018, 3:37 PM

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guys

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quick question

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when i start my game

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:37 PM

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yes

crude jasper Jul 31, 2018, 3:37 PM

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i spawn a weapon in my hands

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yeh?

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:37 PM

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and?

crude jasper Jul 31, 2018, 3:37 PM

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so since i wanted it to make a pawn noise emitter

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i created a BP Pawn instead of actor

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and i tried to use it

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when it spawns

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it doesnt attach to my hand

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and when i change the pawn version to the actor version again

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does the same thing

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if i Undo my changes

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it works fine

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mind blow

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:38 PM

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little lines please

crude jasper Jul 31, 2018, 3:39 PM

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I have 2 Weapons

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An Actor version

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And a Pawn version

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They're exactly the same

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but the pawn doesnt work

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when i set to spawn the actor again

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doesnt work

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:39 PM

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LITTLE LINES I SAID

crude jasper Jul 31, 2018, 3:39 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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how can i make it simpler ?

latent terrace Jul 31, 2018, 3:43 PM

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has anyone had such a bug? I got a 2560x1440 monitor and ue 4.19 has ruined widgets on that resolution

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I changed the resolution to 2048x1152 and it works properly

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my menu

📎 unknown.png

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after switching back to 2560x1440

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📎 unknown.png

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red circle = cursor position, new game button thinks it's being hovered

crude jasper Jul 31, 2018, 3:51 PM

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sry dont know nothin

graceful grove Jul 31, 2018, 3:52 PM

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@latent terrace Probably worth asking in #umg channel

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 3:54 PM

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can anyone help me with my problem?

stoic moth Jul 31, 2018, 4:07 PM

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Guys, after I make a change to a variable in Edit Mode of an Actor ... My BeginPlay is called again (in c++) but my reference to an Actor is always null now, although the Inspector in the Editor is clearly showing that it's assigned, what gives ?

heavy falcon Jul 31, 2018, 4:47 PM

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How do I best make a very long tube/hose level ? Do I just build it or do I need to have streaming or slicing or anything in mind? Thx

sullen wraith Jul 31, 2018, 4:50 PM

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I keep getting error message " cant find file for asset" how can i replace the missing reference with the updated one

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 5:07 PM

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What's the ideal time to catch someone from the Epic Staff?

sullen wraith Jul 31, 2018, 5:12 PM

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shower time, catch them with their pants down

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litterally

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 5:20 PM

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@high stone generally we dont appreciate people @-ing epic staff besides the community managers or if they are already part of the convo. else I'd suggest emailing them/forums/answerhub

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 5:21 PM

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Is there an email I can contact them by? It's a business question. I tried the forums and had no luck.

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 5:21 PM

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https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/support

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 5:22 PM

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I tried that and they sent me here. ):

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 5:22 PM

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business question is a very broad topic

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 5:22 PM

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It's related to Unreal's current pursuit into voxel graphics. My company is planning on using the software.

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Not the Minecraft style. Shadows, effects, and high detail models.

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 5:24 PM

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in that care you might be better off waiting a few days after the forum post, perhaps answerhub as well. dont think epic is actively pursuing it, and unless you have a custom license.. iunno.. a bit above my knowledge

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 5:24 PM

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I've been waiting a 2 months.

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They are pursuing it and have released several major updates on the subject.

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 5:25 PM

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back in the day it was support@epicgames.desk-mail.com but I think they stepped away from zendesk. you might want to ask Amanda trough DM

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or Tim

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 5:26 PM

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Thanks!

oblique sorrel Jul 31, 2018, 6:14 PM

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I know Epic charges 5% over $3000/q, but is it the same for archviz as it is for games? 'Cause, say, someone made archviz for the houses he sells, and it halls him sell them. He's not selling the archviz itself, though. That means no fees?

heavy falcon Jul 31, 2018, 6:17 PM

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(This found this on google: https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/314608/royalty-fees-licensing-for-interactive-architectur.html)

oblique sorrel Jul 31, 2018, 6:22 PM

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Thanks!

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 8:00 PM

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@latent terrace i have a 1440 monitor and it works fine, are you using dpi scaling?

marble spire Jul 31, 2018, 8:14 PM

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Hello guys! anyone here can help me to make a Dodge system BP? Like nioh or bloodborne
i understand the launch character, but i need to know something about to trigger the right animation ( Dodge forward, left, right, back, etc)

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 8:38 PM

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The BP_PlayerCharacter has events for being damaged as well as having his health changed, both in the main Event Graph

marble spire Jul 31, 2018, 8:40 PM

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Did someone ever heard about whats happening with me

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if i put the tick event on my maingraph(even with nothing stick with him) it broke my animation

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my character start to slides

fossil ore Jul 31, 2018, 8:41 PM

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Is there an option to make 3d trajectory unclickable ?

(Sequencer, timeline)

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:01 PM

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There is no damage BP, half the code in this sample is in C++ and it's using the gameplay abilities module

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The RPGAttributeSet class handles all of the setting of attributes of which Health is one of them. They will be covering this sample project in more detail on Thursday so it might be something to try and watch

latent terrace Jul 31, 2018, 9:03 PM

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@grim ore how would I know if I'm using dpi scaling?

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📎 unknown.png

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would it be this thing in windows resolution config panel?

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:03 PM

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yep that is scaling, that would probably be why

latent terrace Jul 31, 2018, 9:03 PM

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yeah deleting custom cursor solved the problem

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I hope it has been fixed in 4.20

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because my custom cursor worked fine in 4.17 😦

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:06 PM

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There are a few DPI settings in the preferences and settings that might help out with the UMG issue, but i don't really know I never use desktop scaling

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@light lintel in the end if you design your system to do what you want there is no difference. The Action RPG example uses systems built into UE4 which is what it was designed to show off. You would basically just have to create your own versions of that or learn to use those systems.

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the gameplay abilities and attributes systems do that yes. You make a new attribute, like health, then you can adjust it as needed.

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Utilizing C++ and Blueprints together in a UE4 project.
Setting up and using certain aspects of UE4's Ability system.
How to support multiple platforms like Android, iOS, PC, Mac, and consoles.
Things to Consider:

Due to the complexity of UE4's Ability system, ARPG only utilizes a small subsection of the available features.
Certain aspects of this project also require that you have a good understanding of how C++ works.```

tall pendant Jul 31, 2018, 9:10 PM

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GAS is not niagara

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:10 PM

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they used CPP because they wanted to show you how to do a project in both

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Gameplay Abilities System. Niagara is a particle system. they are different.

tall pendant Jul 31, 2018, 9:11 PM

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^

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:12 PM

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I got everything fixed with my DPI. Only exception is Adobe Photoshop. (Shakes Fist)

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:12 PM

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just drop your scaling to 100% and no issues 😛

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:13 PM

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My windows login screen is the size of a small pencil.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:13 PM

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eep. Is it a small 1440 monitor?

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:13 PM

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The DPI doesn't seem to kick in, until I login. 4k resolution.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:14 PM

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oh 4k? yeah your gonna need to scale or use a large ass monitor

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Bah! 4k is awesome.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:14 PM

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like 50 inch 4k lol

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Oh yeah I got a large monitor. Aside from some weird areas it scales.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:14 PM

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I really don't like scaling. It's a pain in the ass to dev for

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Well we need to get used to it. 4k and 8k is the future.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:15 PM

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yeah but not 4k running at 150% scale so its really 3k

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:15 PM

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8k gaming. GG 120 fps. ETA 2080.

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:27 PM

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There is, its twice as many FPS

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and then 4 times if you go to 120

wild glacier Jul 31, 2018, 9:30 PM

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60 is enough

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:31 PM

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an easy way to think of it is like this. Lets say you were going to move your character 120 pixels to the right over 1 second. If you are running at 30fps then every frame you would move them 4 pixels. If you were running at 60fps it would be 2 pixels and at 120fps it would be 1 pixel. In the same time your character moves more smoothly from one position to the other due to being able to move 1 pixel at a time per frame rather than jumping 4 at a time. You can extrapolate that out for bigger distances and you should be able to see why higher displayed FPS gives a more perceived smoothness. It can also help with input latency.

latent terrace Jul 31, 2018, 9:41 PM

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100% is too small : P

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I can't read stuff etc.

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or I can but my eyes hurt 😄

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:41 PM

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oh definitely if it's 4k you need a 40+ inch monitor to make it usable at 100%

latent terrace Jul 31, 2018, 9:41 PM

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no, it's 2560x1440

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:42 PM

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oh then 27-30 shouldn't be too bad if you have that size

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but then everyone has different eye sight

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just get reaaally reaaaaally close to it

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:42 PM

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28 inch 4k works just fine. I can see the difference if anyone is wondering. Between 4k and 1080p. It's not as big of a leap as 720p to 1080p. But still noticeable.

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📎 4kvs1080p.jpg

latent terrace Jul 31, 2018, 9:44 PM

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yeah but why would I want to get really close to it? : P

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if I"m comfortable at 125% 😄

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ofc you can see the difference between 4k and 1080 : P

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27-30 you said

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I think mine is 25 😄

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:45 PM

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Of course we'll never see the difference if no one has facial hair. /wink

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:47 PM

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25 isnt bad but it's a bit on the smaller size for pixel to size ratio. I have a 27 here and I with it was bigger plus I am getting old so that doesn't help lol

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:47 PM

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I'm getting pretty old too. Found myself yelling at the clouds. (It was raining)

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 9:48 PM

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Linus Tech Tips was showing off a 4k 43" 120hz display... so sexy

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but jesus you need the power to play games at that resolution and refresh rate

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:50 PM

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Linus won't stop until he has 496k. I wish I was joking.

fierce tulip Jul 31, 2018, 9:51 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itfZK-FL7AI

YouTube

MilkyMax

[UE4] Metroid Prime - Tallon Canyon fan art

My reimagining of the amazing atmosphere of the opening hours of Metroid Prime.

▶ Play video

high stone Jul 31, 2018, 9:54 PM

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Reinforces my theory that all Nintendo games look better in the Unreal engine.

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 9:58 PM

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Reinforces my theory that all games look better in the Unreal engine.

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 10:03 PM

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lol

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📎 unknown.png

carmine wind Jul 31, 2018, 10:16 PM

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guys could i use liek this logo for my game so they know i did it in ue4

📎 unreal-engine-4.png

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or no?

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im gona do an animation obviusly

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 10:17 PM

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Was it powered by Unreal 4?

plush yew Jul 31, 2018, 10:18 PM

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@carmine wind yea just don't modify it

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@steady hinge yes

carmine wind Jul 31, 2018, 10:19 PM

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idk mad ein unreal engine watever

wild glacier Jul 31, 2018, 10:20 PM

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What about that? @carmine wind
https://youtu.be/dQPKnSFMNRY

YouTube

T Young

unreal engine 4 intro

▶ Play video

carmine wind Jul 31, 2018, 10:20 PM

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i got my idea

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i want my game to be fully made by mua

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 10:20 PM

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https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/release / https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding

Unreal Engine 4 Commercial Game Deployment Guidlines

Unreal Engine Branding Guidelines and Trademark Usage

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 10:23 PM

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📎 IMG_20180731_182243708.jpg

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How come when I hit play another character goes in map and I can't control the one I placed there

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 10:24 PM

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you have a player start and you did not set your player you dropped into the map to be auto possessed

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 10:24 PM

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Did I forget to click a setting?

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How can I fix it to make it so that it works with the guy I'm editing

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 10:25 PM

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remove the player start and set auto possess on that character to player 0

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 10:26 PM

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Ok let me see if it works this instructor is confusing in the tuts

carmine wind Jul 31, 2018, 10:31 PM

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so i need to do something like this?

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ik art

dark depot Jul 31, 2018, 10:34 PM

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^you need to get permission from epic to use things like that

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 10:34 PM

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@grim ore is this where to change the player stat?

carmine wind Jul 31, 2018, 10:35 PM

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but in ue4 they say i need to do something like this

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 10:35 PM

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📎 IMG_20180731_183343039.jpg

dark depot Jul 31, 2018, 10:36 PM

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@carmine wind nah its not like unity https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding

Unreal Engine Branding Guidelines and Trademark Usage

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contact them before using it

grim ore Jul 31, 2018, 10:37 PM

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@tawdry raptor Thats where you change the default if using player starts. if you want something you dropped in you need to change the auto posses property on it in the details panel for the one in your scene

tawdry raptor Jul 31, 2018, 10:39 PM

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Thanks @grim ore

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I don't understand why the instructor left this out! He was getting confused and he confused me

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 10:41 PM

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I'm wondering if it is better to keep my dialogue blueprints in a separate blueprint or in the character blueprint for that particular character.

Then set variables inside the player character when I want to have choices in one npc blueprint affect another npc blueprint.

limpid sandal Jul 31, 2018, 10:42 PM

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5€ for a 5 min vr session

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📎 IMG_20180731_234521.jpg

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Of gearvr

safe rose Jul 31, 2018, 11:00 PM

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I need to open up my own arcade

steady hinge Jul 31, 2018, 11:00 PM

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Do it.

short onyx Jul 31, 2018, 11:03 PM

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To have the UE4 intro, you have to ask to EpicGames and they will give you the one you can put on your game.

slim ermine Jul 31, 2018, 11:14 PM

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why this happen

safe rose Jul 31, 2018, 11:17 PM

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Probably because AudioCapture plugin is unchecked

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Or missing completely from your plugins directly

slim ermine Jul 31, 2018, 11:22 PM

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elfin stream Aug 1, 2018, 12:25 AM

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Where should I start for learning unreal?

grim ore Aug 1, 2018, 12:29 AM

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https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/video-tutorials / https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/GettingStarted

Unreal Engine | Video Tutorials

elfin stream Aug 1, 2018, 12:30 AM

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thankies

keen crane Aug 1, 2018, 12:39 AM

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Would using modular kits on ue4 marketplace be considered asset flipping if I design next to all of the blueprints/programming myself and use iclone and iclone character creator for creating animations and characters? I'm also considering grabbing either world-creator or voxel farm. Can't decide if the extra feature of built in destroyable environments would be worth a yearly sub as opposed to buying world-creator wh ich could potentially do the same stuff lol

grim ore Aug 1, 2018, 12:41 AM

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does it matter if it's an asset flip to you?

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and if it does then spend enough time making it yours and that will not really be an issue. Sounds and assets are commonly re used even on AAA million dollar budget games, it's all in how you use them that makes it an "asset flip" or not.

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:43 AM

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If you have really good gameplay, and all the assets fit together, you don't need to worry so much about being called a flip.

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If you're especially worried about it, you can always slightly tweak the pack so that it is more unique.

tawdry raptor Aug 1, 2018, 12:44 AM

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Everyone samples these days

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:44 AM

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"Asset Flips" refers to the games that are really low effort - its meant to imply that a novice with some extra money could sit down and produce the game over an afternoon.

tawdry raptor Aug 1, 2018, 12:44 AM

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Look Kanye West is a millionaire and he just sampled bits and parts of other people's music

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Dr Dre entire first album was heavy sampled

keen crane Aug 1, 2018, 12:45 AM

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So I guess that means the project I'm wanting to do isn't really an asset flip aside from maybe buying a few pieces to build the first set of environments myself until I can fund some original work?

tawdry raptor Aug 1, 2018, 12:45 AM

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Only the infants will shed a tear

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:46 AM

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You know the term used to actually have a very narrow meaning - I doubt you'd be defending that specific set of games

slim ermine Aug 1, 2018, 12:47 AM

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i can just updae my version from 4.19 to 4.20 with out installing full 5GB unreal 4.20?

tawdry raptor Aug 1, 2018, 12:47 AM

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Why won't my guy hold his gub

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:48 AM

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@keen crane Yeah, seriously. Buy what you want.

tawdry raptor Aug 1, 2018, 12:48 AM

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He only holds it in idle mode

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:48 AM

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The fact you care will prevent your game from being labeled a flip

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looks like a bone being too high or something - there's a few places that might be going wrong. Go ask #animation @tawdry raptor

keen crane Aug 1, 2018, 12:49 AM

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Which channel would be the best channel to ask if anyone has like a certain environment that they haven't really used yet? I want to build my first demo in something specific and iconic to how I want the game defined but it doesn't need to be some big city at first. I'm thinking something like a decent sized jail that could house a couple different groups of people in different quadrants.

grim ore Aug 1, 2018, 12:49 AM

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@slim ermine no you cannot update the engine in that way, the engine is separate for each install. You can upgrade the project in place but it might run into issues so it is recommended to make a copy first.

slim ermine Aug 1, 2018, 12:51 AM

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my main program have problem any way

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:51 AM

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Could try #fab @keen crane

slim ermine Aug 1, 2018, 12:51 AM

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so i will install 4.20

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:52 AM

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Or you can estimate by the reviews.

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That wouldn't likely work well.

keen crane Aug 1, 2018, 12:52 AM

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@worn granite thank you.

worn granite Aug 1, 2018, 12:52 AM

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np np

elfin stream Aug 1, 2018, 1:00 AM

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anyone know of any good tutorials for learning the blueprint logic system?

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nvm I found the docs for it

steady hinge Aug 1, 2018, 1:16 AM

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I'm wondering if it is better to keep my dialogue blueprints in a separate blueprint or in the character blueprint for that particular character.

Then set variables inside the player character when I want to have choices in one npc blueprint affect another npc blueprint.

sonic pagoda Aug 1, 2018, 1:37 AM

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@elfin stream if you have thr time i suggest the twin stick shooter tutorial, its an official 23 part video series that goes over everything and leavrs you eith a basic game made

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using a "copy paste code" c++ character in 1 of the videos the rest is all blueprints and goes thru each tool in unreal

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@steady hinge i dont think there is a right way to do it, but just think of reuse and ease of translation if that is a goal?

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bte what kinda game you making, any pics so far

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im interested in this game i won't like

steady hinge Aug 1, 2018, 1:45 AM

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The primary mechanic of my game is finding, negotiating (sometimes with the help of said clues), and trying to figure out the story.

The main character is an investigative journalist.

The secondary mechanic if firing catapults...

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You also get chased by firefly bumblebees, and there will be 3 musical numbers in the style of Disney animated features.

And no murder, because murder is bad.

And you can't jump, I deleted that from the blueprint.

pure harbor Aug 1, 2018, 1:58 AM

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what would people say a minimum pc specs i should look into if i just wanted to write blueprints on the go. i have a high end pc to build my game on and test graphics and and all the good stuff. so thats not a concern. i im not limited by the idea of a cheap pc. i would like to get a laptop or tablet to use on the go.

so if i was just using basic scenes with hardly anything going on. what do you guys think would be required to run ue4 smoothly. ue4 runs fine on my i5 7th gen but i dont really know if just the base editor with very little happening will struggle with an integrated gpu.

steady hinge Aug 1, 2018, 2:08 AM

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I use a GeForce GT 740m on my travel computer. It has 8gb of RAM and a 2.4GHz i7 -4700mq.

That is the most minimal machine I was able to run Unreal 4 on. My old laptop wasn't able to do anything.

I have to do all my level design stuff with my desktop, but this computer is working fine for me at the moment for making blueprints and widgets and doing testing in a simple level with no trees or particles or complex lighting.

grim ore Aug 1, 2018, 2:16 AM

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I've ran the editor on a 3rd gen i3 with integrated going but man on lowest settings it was like 12fps

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A newer 8th gen Intel with iGPU isn't half bad and should run the base editor decent enough but even a base 800 or higher GPU would be adecent bump up.

sonic pagoda Aug 1, 2018, 2:23 AM

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@steady hinge pics or it didnt happen and this sounds interesting.. i like the catapults although investigative journalism and that is quite a story i imagine

steady hinge Aug 1, 2018, 2:24 AM

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Pics of what? My blueprints?

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A series of intriguing interviews draw Cal into the lives of many colorful individuals. His core values are tested as he must choose if he will report the unbiased truth, even if the consequences hurt those he has grown close to.

With the economic future of an entire town hanging on Cal's words, this journalist may have gotten more of a story than he bargained for.```

sonic pagoda Aug 1, 2018, 2:25 AM

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@steady hinge the game

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that resume sounds promising, sorry i dont mean to push maybe you dont want to share yet thats cool 2

steady hinge Aug 1, 2018, 2:27 AM

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The game isn't much to look at right now because I am just working on blueprints for the dialogue system and such.

I'm waiting till I can purchase WorldCreator until I build out my environment.

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I have some basic concept art that I made.

sonic pagoda Aug 1, 2018, 2:27 AM

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whats a worldcreator

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and why cant you just sculpt with alpha brushes in unreal

steady hinge Aug 1, 2018, 2:28 AM

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https://www.world-creator.com/

World Creator - A Procedural Terrain and Landscape Generator

World Creator is the most powerful terrain generator which is industry proven by many game, movie and artwork companies.

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I could do it all in Unreal, but I just really like this program.

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I find doing environments pretty easy, and most of my background in Unreal is in doing environments and particle effects and lighting and post process.

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So I am focusing on what I don't do well first, because if I fail at making the core mechanic of the game, why even bother making it look pretty, right?

plush yew Aug 1, 2018, 2:31 AM

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World creator and some landscape tools like World Machine help you make believable environments at a fraction of the time, helping sales. good tool to use for open env games.