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grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 11:24 AM

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Not at all

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On the pawn: On any damage, take away health. If <=0, cast to controller and controller destroys pawn and runs the respawn event that it has.

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Or you just include destroying the pawn in the respawn event itself

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The pawn is not destroying itself.

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The controller is doing that.

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If the pawn destroys itself, you're now at a dead end in your code where you can't do a new event

sullen wraith Aug 4, 2018, 11:27 AM

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can i just go

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if player dead > cast to controller

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im almost there i think, thanks for all your help 😃

frail sun Aug 4, 2018, 12:28 PM

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What's the best practice for serializing references to textures in a SaveGame Object?

untold rose Aug 4, 2018, 12:37 PM

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I’ve noticed the Content Browser doesn’t scroll smoothly (swipe/glide) on 4.19. Anyone know how to enable this again? Thanks!

pine warren Aug 4, 2018, 12:50 PM

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i need a serious help in something .. i am making a character overview in unreal like we can move camera around character and little bit of zoom i have textured my character but somehow i am unable to achieve desired quality specially for haircards i am kinda new in unreal plz if anyone can help that will be great help .

sullen wraith Aug 4, 2018, 12:55 PM

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anyone know how to disable lens flares on specific effects?

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 12:56 PM

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Lens flare is either on for everything or off for everything

sullen wraith Aug 4, 2018, 12:57 PM

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that sucks big time :3 it's messing up my blaster effects :#

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as they look shitt :3

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 12:59 PM

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That's why nobody uses lens flares

sullen wraith Aug 4, 2018, 2:35 PM

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LogScriptCore: Warning: Script Msg: CreateSession - Invalid or uninitialized OnlineSubsystem
LogScriptCore: Warning: Script Msg: CreateSession - Cannot map local player to unique net ID
LogScriptCore: Warning: Script Msg: DestroySession - Invalid or uninitialized OnlineSubsystem
LogScriptCore: Warning: Script Msg: DestroySession - Cannot map local player to unique net ID

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works in one project, copy paste across and i get this shit.

leaden dust Aug 4, 2018, 2:46 PM

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I have started a new channel. Link is in #share-your-stream . Can someone give some constructive criticism?

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 3:04 PM

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Hello guys I want to make my inventory and crafting to like in the game Conan Exciles but will I success if I make it with vertical and horizontal box and in them to add overlays??

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karmic thistle Aug 4, 2018, 3:17 PM

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I need some help 🤔

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But all my BPs are compiled and saved

cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 3:18 PM

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Your level blueprint has errors

karmic thistle Aug 4, 2018, 3:18 PM

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where can I see them?

cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 3:18 PM

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Open it

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Hit compile

karmic thistle Aug 4, 2018, 3:19 PM

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oh fck, I forgot to retarget some arrows

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2 hours working without pause, I need a break 🙏

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ty @cloud cobalt

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 3:33 PM

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wheres to best place to get help with packaging errors?

cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 3:43 PM

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#packaging

mint raptor Aug 4, 2018, 4:02 PM

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If I check don't render in game/ not visible for a static mesh does that effectively reduce or eliminate the draw call performance hit of that static mesh?

tall pendant Aug 4, 2018, 4:04 PM

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nope

mint raptor Aug 4, 2018, 4:05 PM

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really? So is there no way to optimize a static mesh that you want to exist for referencing reasons but not for seeing reasons? @tall pendant

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Like force cull it?

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Isn't that what culling does?

tall pendant Aug 4, 2018, 4:06 PM

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yeah really. hiding an actor/mesh only makes it invisible. it doesn't remove the mesh from the scene so its still a drawcall.

mint raptor Aug 4, 2018, 4:07 PM

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so is there a difference between collision and mesh?

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Does a collision still cost draw calls as well? I essentially just want the collisions from the static mesh

tall pendant Aug 4, 2018, 4:11 PM

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i'd say a collision mesh also is a drawcall yeah. can't you just use blocking volumes for the collision? might depends on your usecase tho

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:12 PM

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Whats the name of the pre calibrated lighting room they use for paragon i forgot

mint raptor Aug 4, 2018, 4:13 PM

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ok it does lower draw calls but doesn't really help with performance

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 4:21 PM

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@cloud cobalt jesus christ as if i didnt see that

cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 4:22 PM

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?

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 4:22 PM

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the packaging channel

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i cant believe i missed it

cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 4:23 PM

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Well, there's a lot of channel here

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 4:24 PM

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still i must be going prematurely blind

trim tapir Aug 4, 2018, 4:24 PM

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How can I set a widget images position based on where a character is looking using a trace?

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Like what object it is pointing at

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:36 PM

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you know the really old sort of games like these, there unlit non pbr right?

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cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 4:38 PM

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Unlit = no lighting

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PBR is one class of lighting tech

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:39 PM

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Trying to wrap my head around old stuff thats non pbr, since iv only ever worked with pbr lmao

tall pendant Aug 4, 2018, 4:40 PM

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also i doubt old games were unlit 😛

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:41 PM

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ah okay

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im trying to get my char skin to look similar and im having a hard time

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because i only know pbr lmao

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:42 PM

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@pallid compass indeed unlit

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maybe vertex lighting

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:42 PM

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Im working on some 3d mobile stuff, that needs to run well so

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trying to ground my self too that sort of

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old school old graphics

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sort of thing

tall pendant Aug 4, 2018, 4:42 PM

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lel .. what old games you're talking about?

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even Quake was def. lit

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:44 PM

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just trying to reach this sort of point

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so looking for info everywhere on non pbr stuff

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:45 PM

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YOU CAN DO THIS WITH PBR

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oops caps

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:45 PM

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oh really?

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:45 PM

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its called emissive input 😛

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:45 PM

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nah thats unlit no-lighting

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yeah

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unlit shaders are super low cost

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specially in forward renderer (mobile)

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:45 PM

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It looks unlit

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changing lighting

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nothing else is changing

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:46 PM

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most of those old games did lighting through very simple tint

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:46 PM

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yea, u need capsule shaddows for unlit

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:46 PM

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WOW did that

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and i tihnk it still does

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it just changes the ambient light with a blue tint for the light

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the shader is essentially

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texture * ambient color

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:46 PM

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ohhh

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So we talking very simple diffuse map

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to unlit material

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and thats it right

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:47 PM

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diffuse plugged straight into the "emmisive" output

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:47 PM

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oh yeah emmisve ops

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:47 PM

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switching to unlit doesnt show that much improvement when u look at shader complexity

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turning off shaddow on the other hand does save a lot

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:48 PM

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???

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try it in forward

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:48 PM

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well having it lit seams like the lighting is just gonna become a pain in the ass

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:48 PM

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wich is what mobile runs

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:48 PM

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because its getting funky as fuck in ue4

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trying to paint skin non pbr as it is

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:48 PM

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it gets a bit greener, but not that much on allready complex material

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:49 PM

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??? from something like 750 instructions to 40?

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on desktop forward

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on mobile forward i think its 200-300 into 20-30

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its a factor of magnitude

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you are mistaking it on the deferred renderer

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becouse the deferred render does not calculate light

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:49 PM

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nah think i tested on forward aswell

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than again shader complexity doesnt show everything 😛

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:50 PM

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📎 ShaderCompare.PNG

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from the article iwas writing

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710 to 180

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this is due to the removal of forward lighting

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unlit is even less

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:52 PM

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well send me the link when its done 😛

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:52 PM

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Unlit shader essentially ends up as "return materialgraph.unlit + fog"

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:52 PM

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incoming stupid question

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:53 PM

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you can get it to 20 instructions

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:53 PM

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images in the browser im using for color pallets are coming out looking a different colour in unlit? is this due to color space

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:53 PM

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yes

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most likely sRGB

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:54 PM

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im doing chrome to substance painter

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:55 PM

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i was usin normal maps in unlit to boost my fresnel 😛

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:55 PM

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omg

obsidian nimbus Aug 4, 2018, 4:56 PM

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can give some pretty cool gradients

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:57 PM

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god dam

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:57 PM

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i also have a great example

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:57 PM

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cant believe i cant find any basic guides on this stuff

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rip

frank escarp Aug 4, 2018, 4:57 PM

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one sec i take pic

pallid compass Aug 4, 2018, 4:59 PM

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what ICC are web browsers?

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Okay i call bullshit

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Sampling a colour in substance

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and its giving me a different colour

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what

celest creek Aug 4, 2018, 6:58 PM

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I'm going nuts here, does anyone know where the ZOrder variable is in UMG?

manic pawn Aug 4, 2018, 6:59 PM

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there's one on canvas panel slots

celest creek Aug 4, 2018, 7:22 PM

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ah I see

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Is that the only place those exist?

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@manic pawn ..and thanks!

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 7:59 PM

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where is the generate unique UV option in unreal the guy on youtube use it to fix a lightmap probelm

mint trail Aug 4, 2018, 8:08 PM

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a new day, a new gamebreaking crash 👌

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i cant create a Master Sequence

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googled answer tells me to delete important folders :\

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why are all the answers "lol reinstall"

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 8:11 PM

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I have a video

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that shows you how to do it

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I can send it to you

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if you tell me

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where

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the damn generate unique UV option is

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this is just barbaric

cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 8:12 PM

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@mint trail What's the stack for the crash ?

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Don't delete folders, unless it's intermediate / binaries

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@tawdry raptor

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Right there

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 8:26 PM

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It'll just repack it, it won't generate it from scratch however

mint trail Aug 4, 2018, 8:30 PM

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so the Intermediate folder can be deleted when stuff like this happen?

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 8:32 PM

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Intermediate folder is filled with stuff that can be deleted at any time if things break

mint trail Aug 4, 2018, 8:32 PM

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https://gyazo.com/ddc34b35051541aa292f54cea60ae698 this is the crash report anyway

Gyazo

cloud cobalt Aug 4, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Sounds like bug reporting time

mint trail Aug 4, 2018, 9:03 PM

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so im stuck witht his..?

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i guess not..

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because after trying for the 7th time, its working 💩

tribal pebble Aug 4, 2018, 9:25 PM

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guys when you render in UE4 an AVI video from the sequencer , does that need more GPU , or CPU , or RAM ?

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i'm trying to see in what to invest for real time rendering in ue4

tender bluff Aug 4, 2018, 9:26 PM

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this is following my mouse

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how do i get rid of it

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i clicked something and it appeared

heavy falcon Aug 4, 2018, 9:26 PM

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@tender bluff this might help https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/general-discussion/98727-does-rendering-to-image-sequence-or-movie-from-sequencer-use-cpu-or-gpu

Unreal Engine Forums

General discussion about the game industry and the Unreal Engine community.

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 9:26 PM

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hello guy a can game

tender bluff Aug 4, 2018, 9:26 PM

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?

heavy falcon Aug 4, 2018, 9:26 PM

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sorry i meant @tribal pebble

tender bluff Aug 4, 2018, 9:27 PM

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i cant click anything

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how do i delete this

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 9:28 PM

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je vien appeine de telechargé le jeux et j arrive pas joue

tender bluff Aug 4, 2018, 9:29 PM

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can someone help me, i cant edit my game

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oh its shift+\

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wtf

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looked through shortcuts

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 9:34 PM

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is still not working

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how do I fix my overlapping UV

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 9:36 PM

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Make a lightmap uv channel manually.

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 9:41 PM

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https://gyazo.com/0d7d96a19ff4083a4fdf41d6f193b832.mp4

▶ Play video

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 9:41 PM

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Cool sphere

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 9:41 PM

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anybody know why my orb doesnt move along the spline?

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apparently splines changed recently

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je vien appeine de telechargé le jeux et j arrive pas joue

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and thanks @grim sinew when you control it, theres a material which gives it more of a spirit looking blue and leaves patterns behind

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 9:42 PM

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No idea, never used splines that extensively. They hardly work for me

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 9:43 PM

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@grim sinew oh dont i know it, im trying to make a the witness style puzzle system but using WASD

earnest pawn Aug 4, 2018, 10:09 PM

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hey could someone help with a physicX question

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how do i get the the shapecomponents from the physics assets of a skeletalmesh?

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:11 PM

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Is there any chat for asking to be taught in UE4

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:12 PM

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@coarse hedge you can try #looking-for-talent but what do you wana know?

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:12 PM

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For 1 on 1 tutoring, you should try #looking-for-talent

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Since that's pretty much just hiring someone

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:12 PM

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True

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:13 PM

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you're better of self teaching if you have the time man, what's your question?

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what kinda game u doing

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:14 PM

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I'm just gonna need help getting taught how to code stuff in Unreal and some coding/model design since Unity isn't really my interest but Unreal is

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:14 PM

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u using BP?

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:16 PM

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Define That?

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:16 PM

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bp is blueprint

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i use BP, it's fast

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to understand that is lol

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:16 PM

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Not sure what that is since in am relatively new to the coding world XD

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:16 PM

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cpp is cool too but it takes more time to implement, but is more optimized and you can do more code in it

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lol

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well

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do u have unreal yet

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like the latest version

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:17 PM

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I think it is

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:17 PM

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4.20.1?

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:17 PM

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I am not completely sure

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I need to boot up my PC to check

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:17 PM

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Use 4.19 when starting out. 4.20 is pretty unstable.

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:18 PM

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once u have unreal installed just dive in and look at the examples

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and here are some links to get started https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/video-tutorials , https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/GettingStarted , https://www.youtube.com/user/UnrealDevelopmentKit/playlists?sort=dd&shelf_id=17&view=50

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@coarse hedge

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:19 PM

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Back when I started with the UE4 in the beta, we had no docs or tutorials. The content examples sample project is plenty to learn from if you're good at deconstructing stuff.

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:19 PM

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Well that I am not XD

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So I will use the thing goth sent

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:20 PM

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yep examples good, also the launcher has a learn tab with some additional content projects, you can check out the new niagara stuff in there as well if you decide to go with 4.20

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ok cool man

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unreal is fun i am devving a game

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keep at it! 😃

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:20 PM

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Question how long should it take to get ok with the engine

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:20 PM

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dont give up lol a lot of peopel give up too soon, just keep working and believe in yourself

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well

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it takes a few weeks to get familiar for me

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and then once you understand that, you can actualy create

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its really fun

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the process is simple you just make your code, use the PIE editor, and test it quickly

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:21 PM

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Cause I'm a young person who is determined in getting into being a game developer when I'm older or having a company of my own like TinyBuild cause I'm just passionate for games and making them

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:21 PM

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and then once you are actually devving professionaly or want to release for steam, you begin to use the other packaging options and make binaries

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:21 PM

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So it may take longer for me

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:21 PM

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To get familiar, if you're using it every day, I'd say 3 months until you're competent enough to make your own first small simple game

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:21 PM

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I moved some files and now unreal cant find them but they are still there how do I reconnect them?

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the enitre map i weas working on is gone!

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:22 PM

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without googling

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:22 PM

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But thanks for your help @plush yew

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:22 PM

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I have spent 30 hours on it please help!

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:22 PM

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you are welcome i hope you make your game

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:22 PM

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@tawdry raptor put them back where they were without saving the map

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:22 PM

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I moved all the files into the corridors folder

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:23 PM

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Well that's your fault, move the files back.

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:23 PM

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Will do! Planning on making a small game that involves bots and using the first person template

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:23 PM

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Always move files via Unreal's UI, not outside of it

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:23 PM

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You can move them, but you gotta do it with Unreal

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:23 PM

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tI did

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I did

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I use the MOVe option instead of copy

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:23 PM

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Oh.

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You can try fixing up the redirectors?

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:24 PM

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If you did it inside Unreal, it should be fine.

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:24 PM

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Also question @plush yew does it make you model the textures and stuff separately in Blender like Unity or can you do it from the program?

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:24 PM

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Did you not save the map when you moved it?

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:24 PM

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I saved multiple maps they are all gone

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:24 PM

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@coarse hedge you can model in unreal using some tools like MeshTool from the marketplace, but its only for proxy / environments stuff.

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:24 PM

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📎 gone.JPG

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but everything is still there!

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in the folders

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:24 PM

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you want to model in blender / 3ds max and import as FBX, or animated in those tools and import anim data @coarse hedge because that way you have control over texture UV layouts and other data you can more efficiently and fully develop externally

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:25 PM

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The maps are gone?

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:25 PM

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the materials the meshes

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maps there but the objects are gone

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 10:25 PM

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Well, hope you use source control

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:25 PM

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my corridors

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:25 PM

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Describe in detail how you moved the assets

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:26 PM

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I had them in the folders like you see I just moved them all to a CORRIDORS1 folder because I was going to import some other corridors

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before all the corridors folders where just in the root directory with everything else

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:27 PM

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Alright

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:27 PM

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but my meshes show up

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:27 PM

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And did you save everything that you were prompted to?

earnest pawn Aug 4, 2018, 10:27 PM

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hey
could someone help me, I posted this on the forum before but i'm really stuck on something
I want to get all the Ushapecomponents from my physics asset during run time, does anyone know how to do this?

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:27 PM

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I just deleted the empty folders

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:28 PM

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From the OS?

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You probably deleted the redirectors

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close UE4, then get them back from the recycling bin, and re-open UE4

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:28 PM

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no from the game

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:28 PM

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ok.

coarse hedge Aug 4, 2018, 10:29 PM

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@plush yew would i be able to dm you or tag you if i ever need help since you seem quite helpful and kind

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:29 PM

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Any file ops you did, we're gonna ask you if you did it in UE4 or in the operating system.

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:29 PM

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they arent in the bin

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:29 PM

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So may as well include that.

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I moved these using the CB, then I deleted the old folders via the CB

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:30 PM

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all the meshes are gone from all my other levels

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why

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they are still in my project!

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why cant unreal find them>

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:30 PM

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Seems likely that the redirectors, they're like directions to where you moved the asset, have been lost

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:30 PM

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so how to fix?

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:30 PM

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So it looks where the asset WAS, and doesn't find the asset or the redirector.

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It gives up at that point.

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:31 PM

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@coarse hedge ah thanks lol yes i am around here everyday devving my own game and there are other ppl that can help too everyone here is tryin to help

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:31 PM

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So you can put everything back where it was and reload it, IF YOU HAVEN'T SAVED ANY MAPS which had no objects in them.

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If you've saved the maps that were empty, I'm not entirely sure whether doing that will help.

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I don't tend to move stuff

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:34 PM

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I put the folders back the way they are and its still gone... this is so sad im scared to work in unreal now

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:34 PM

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Yeah, so, I hope you fix this man. In either case, you really should head over to #source-control

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:34 PM

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30 hours gone

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📎 gone2.JPG

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:35 PM

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You most likely did something slightly wrong

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:35 PM

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all I did was move some folders

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I did hit force delete on the menu

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:35 PM

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oh....

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:35 PM

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but all my stuff is there still

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my meshes

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:35 PM

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Iunno if that would result in EVERYTHING being gone.

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:35 PM

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its not gonwe

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all my files are still there

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i put them back

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how would you have moved your files

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:36 PM

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Well, did you save the maps that were empty?

tawdry raptor Aug 4, 2018, 10:36 PM

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all i did was make a corridors1 folder

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i think it auto saved

worn granite Aug 4, 2018, 10:36 PM

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Oh dear.

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Well

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Close the editor after things are where they used to be, and open it again. If you've already restarted, check your other maps.

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Might have some bad news, but don't enter a full state of panic - there might be a way to save it that I don't know about.

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#level-design might have some people who know a trick

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#source-control guys can help you have this never be this devastating again

plush yew Aug 4, 2018, 10:39 PM

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yea i love sourcecontrol

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i actually had to roll back once

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and it worked

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some corruption or something. here's a general guide on how to do that: @tawdry raptor

📎 unknown.png

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and BTW if your map is a UASSET.. and still has all links correct for the map uasset file, you can simply move the map uasset back to the original directory. i did that for an old level i had and it worked..

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it was in a different content folder too. i just moved the uasset manually in explorer cuz i wanted people to be able to play the first level i ever did in unreal as "extra content" in my game

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so there could be some kinda extra content section in the menu. and it all works. so yea.

charred dove Aug 4, 2018, 11:14 PM

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does anybody know much about UI / which channel i should post this in? how do i make button padding not affect everything else?

📎 Video.mp4

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 11:15 PM

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#umg or #slate depending on what UI system you're using

charred dove Aug 4, 2018, 11:15 PM

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im not to sure the differance

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i think umg 😛

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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UMG is in-editor, slate is C++

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and predates UMG

charred dove Aug 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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thanks 😃

grim sinew Aug 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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It also happens to be the UI system the editor itself is using

charred dove Aug 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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ah nice

tribal pebble Aug 4, 2018, 11:33 PM

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@heavy falcon O MY GOD THANK YOU

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Im importing some meshes and each mesh has 3 or 4 pictures, the one with the N is the normal I know what Floor_D and Floor_H? Where would you connect these textures to the materials???

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📎 PIC.JPG

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 12:05 AM

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Diffuse, height. And you don't use height for most things, it's mostly just for material blending and stuff.

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:08 AM

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i dont see defuse and high on t he options

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where do I connect them to

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 12:08 AM

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Okay, wow, you're really new.

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Diffuse = base color

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Height, as I just said, ignore it

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:09 AM

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if I wanted to put it somewhere to run testswhere would i go

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 12:09 AM

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Just... drop your mesh into a scene and look at it?

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:10 AM

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no I mean the high picture

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it might be needed for the mesh

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maybe

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 12:10 AM

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Height. Not high. You are not giving your materials drugs.

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Do you know what a heightmap is?

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:11 AM

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its mountains and stuff like that right

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 12:11 AM

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Not.... quite. Kind of.

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Just don't worry about it. If you don't know what you want to use it for, it's worthless

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:11 AM

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ok

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I see a E file is that for emmersive I guess

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 12:12 AM

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Emissive. It's right there. You must be doing this on purpose

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:49 AM

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no im just learning, but say I have a satic mess its a corridor im trying to take away a part of the corridor to add a vent

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can I use the box brush tool in subtractive mode to remove the vent because im trying and its not working

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 12:54 AM

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You cannot mix BSP and static meshes, no.

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 12:56 AM

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so how can I take away the vent in the static mesh?

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can this be done in unreal or do I need another app?

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 12:57 AM

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another app

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in the future you will be able to edit it, but not for now.

coarse hedge Aug 5, 2018, 1:08 AM

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alright this has happened twice now at exactly 80% the download start taking like 5/10 mins just to do 1% whats going on?

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anyone got any ideas

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alright nvmnd ithas started to speed up now

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 1:32 AM

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goog god why cant I delete my directional light and atmosphere fog from my map?

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im trying to make a dark map and everytime i go play it turns it to day time

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never mind

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it was in another menu

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what a feeling I just created a map and I can see it VR!!!

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its an incredible feeling!

tight birch Aug 5, 2018, 2:47 AM

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Hey everyone ::) So I was thinking about trying out Unreal but I don't have a very good PC 😦 I only have a laptop that is below the recommended requirements, namely this one https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c05987723, would I at least be able to open the editor with this laptop or am I just SOL?

glossy flame Aug 5, 2018, 2:48 AM

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With a Celeron...you're SOL.

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For comparison, it's worse than an Intel 5y10, which I've found can have trouble simply playing 1080p video. =x

tight birch Aug 5, 2018, 2:49 AM

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Great 😦 So it wouldn't work at all then?

glossy flame Aug 5, 2018, 2:50 AM

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You might be able to open the editor, but you would probably be dealing with unusable framerates and extremely long compile/build/etc. times.

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I mean...the worst you can do is try, but I wouldn't expect much.

tight birch Aug 5, 2018, 2:51 AM

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I wasn't expecting much to begin with myself lol, I know already it's not very good but it's all I had the money for and had the opportunity to buy at the time

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I am used to dealing with subpar tech experiences though so I probably wouldn't be too bothered even if it doesn't run well

glossy flame Aug 5, 2018, 2:52 AM

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That 4GB RAM is going to be absolutely brutal as well.

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Anything under 16 is going to be a bit of a struggle, especially if you plan on working with VS and UE4 in parallel.

tight birch Aug 5, 2018, 2:57 AM

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I assume VS is needed for the C++ stuff? Can you not use another compiler setup like MinGW + GCC?

glossy flame Aug 5, 2018, 2:59 AM

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VS+MSVC works out of the box.

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The same can't be said about GCC (at least on Windows), and I'm not sure how easy/feasible it is to set up; I haven't attempted to do that.

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 3:13 AM

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Is there a webservice that offers some sort of virtual desktop straeming that can be used to host an unreal exe product. My goal is to have a webpage imbedded access to a unreal architecture walk-through. Basically act like the playstation game streaking service, but they host my unreal project exe.

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maybe amazon app stream 2

tight birch Aug 5, 2018, 3:32 AM

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@glossy flame I see... well I'll download it and give it a shot at least, the laptop itself is pretty new so I guess it will be running at it's best, I uninstalled some crappy HP bloatware the other day which did help make the performance a little better and free up some much needed space so maybe that will help out some

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 3:41 AM

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Does anyone know how to make stacked textures

steady hinge Aug 5, 2018, 3:41 AM

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Can you be more specific?

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 3:50 AM

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Phyronnaz I think did that for his voxel system

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 3:51 AM

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Like this. Where all the channels are different textures

📎 Screenshot_20180804-234859.png

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 3:52 AM

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It's not a native engine feature.

steady hinge Aug 5, 2018, 3:56 AM

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Are you using Photoshop, Riot?

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 3:56 AM

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Packed textures and stacked textures are different

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Unless he's confusing terminology

steady hinge Aug 5, 2018, 3:57 AM

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The only thing I do is go into Photoshop and put a greyscale image into the Red channel, then the Green channel, then the Blue channel.

I don't know what the term for that is.

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 3:57 AM

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Packed

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Channel packing

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I hate using @ on people out of the blue, but he really might be able to help. @silver crown get over here, you're the only one I know of to code this in! 😛

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 4:12 AM

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how do I force my pawn to look at something, phone, tree, etc. What node would that be?

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 4:13 AM

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find look at rotation?

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but then if you want more than just rotating it you need to actually adjust the animation bp to adjust the bone for the neck

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 4:14 AM

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Thats more complicated then what I have. Its just an pawn with a camera. I was trying to rotate the pawn, but that dosn't seem to effect what I am looking at, those seem to be separate values

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Force the camera component to look at something I guess. I was messing with look at rotation

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 4:15 AM

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yep then look at rotation is what you want, you rotate the character to face that rotation from the node

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 4:16 AM

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I was actually just watching your one video on that before I asked, ill fiddle then get back

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wait, "WTF Is? Set Actor Location & Rotation in Unreal Engine 4 ( UE4" is what i was watching, nm

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Here is my shit blue print that dosn't do all that I want it to. I want to force my pawn to have the same XYZ and rotation/"look at" as the actor target its being forced to move to.

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📎 unknown.png

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 4:28 AM

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@grim sinew sorry yes I meant packed.

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 4:29 AM

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Okay. For packing textures, you just do that in photoshop or whatever. That's not something you do in Unreal itself.

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 4:29 AM

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Is Photoshop free to download?

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@grim sinew I'm 16 and can't afford much of anything

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 4:30 AM

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No, it's not, think it's $10 per month. There are free alternatives however, and since you're so young you can get a bunch of software for free. Substance designer and painter are free for students, maya is free for students, etc.

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You'll be fine

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 4:32 AM

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@grim sinew oh alright thanks. Could dm me a link?

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For substance painter

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 4:32 AM

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https://www.allegorithmic.com/education

allegorithmic

Education

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Have fun

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When you're on the buy page, it's the right most tab, "Education license"

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 4:35 AM

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Set control rotation worked for me, now I need to learn why. ha

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@short dirge - https://www.gimp.org/ is free. Pretty much can be just as useful as photoshop

GIMP

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program: The Free and Open Source Image Editor

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 4:37 AM

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@delicate needle @grim sinew thanks

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 4:38 AM

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Yeah, gimp and paint.net are both decent, free alternatives

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 4:38 AM

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Question - when I am in possesion of a pawn, but I modify my player controller (rotation for instance), am I also rotating the pawn, or just the viewport?

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 4:38 AM

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https://www.getpaint.net/

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 4:46 AM

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@grim ore - Your video here is what I needed- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vszgkMwahDA

YouTube

Mathew Wadstein

WTF Is? Get / Set Control Rotation in Unreal Engine 4 ( UE4 )

What are the Get and Set Control Rotation Nodes in Unreal Engine 4 Source Files: https://github.com/MWadstein/UnrealEngineProjects/tree/WTF-Examples Note: Yo...

▶ Play video

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Thanks!!

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Matthew, do you take donations or have a pateron thingy

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 5:25 AM

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@grim sinew how do i use GIMP to make a packed texture

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i just downloaded it

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 5:26 AM

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http://www.gimptalk.com/index.php?/topic/51096-how-do-i-paste-images-into-different-color-channels/

Gimptalk - Premier Gimp Community

How do I paste images into different color channels?

tight birch Aug 5, 2018, 5:38 AM

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@glossy flame So I tried to install the engine and I am having some issues :/ The launcher installed fine but it tried to update and after installing the update it exits and refuses to start again, it doesn't even give a crash message, it just silently exits, wtf

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Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help, changing install directory didn't help

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I did find a log in appdata which shows that it is failing to load some dlls which might be the cause of the issue but I'm not sure

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LogWindows: File 'aqProf.dll' does not exist
LogWindows: Failed to load 'VSPerf140.dll' (GetLastError=126)
LogWindows: File 'VSPerf140.dll' does not exist
LogWindows: Failed to load 'VtuneApi.dll' (GetLastError=126)
LogWindows: File 'VtuneApi.dll' does not exist
LogWindows: Failed to load 'VtuneApi32e.dll' (GetLastError=126)
LogWindows: File 'VtuneApi32e.dll' does not exist```

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 5:55 AM

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need some help

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📎 unknown.png

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this is a pawn

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and I have the inputs set up

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but however

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when I press the key

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The input does not send out a signal

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Its like it doesn't register the keystroke

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 6:10 AM

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@leaden dust is that a pawn actor?

crisp fable Aug 5, 2018, 6:20 AM

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does anyone know at what point bones are faster than blendshapes?

polar hawk Aug 5, 2018, 6:23 AM

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^

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ThonkSpin

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 6:25 AM

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@whole quarry I fixed it by restarting the project

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 6:29 AM

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k

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 6:52 AM

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I need some more help

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how do I check if my pawn is in the air>

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?

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 8:14 AM

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@plush yew wtf is wrong with you?

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<@&213101288538374145>

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bb

weary basalt Aug 5, 2018, 8:15 AM

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Gone

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 8:15 AM

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thx

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 8:20 AM

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How do import my packed texture from gimp to unreal

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 8:38 AM

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The import button in Unreal.

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 8:52 AM

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It doesn't do it

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 8:53 AM

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you can just drag it in?

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to the content browser

thorny cipher Aug 5, 2018, 8:53 AM

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can you change log verbosity in a shipping build?

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using conf folder?

silver crown Aug 5, 2018, 8:59 AM

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@grim sinew wut

grim sinew Aug 5, 2018, 9:00 AM

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Welcome to 5 hours ago. Someone was asking about stacked textures. It’s all good now though.

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Just a miscommunication. He meant packed textures instead.

silver crown Aug 5, 2018, 9:01 AM

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Ok 🙃

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 9:04 AM

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Where do I go from here. Because everytime I save it and try to import it it won't let me

📎 GIMP.PNG

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Is there a specific way to save it?

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 9:05 AM

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as what do you save it?

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 9:06 AM

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I save it as rgb-compose

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 9:06 AM

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what format..?

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 9:06 AM

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📎 20180805_050425.jpg

tall pendant Aug 5, 2018, 9:07 AM

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save as .tga -> import into ue4 via the import button

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 9:07 AM

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How do I save it as a .tga

tall pendant Aug 5, 2018, 9:08 AM

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by choosing the format? ...

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 9:08 AM

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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gimp+save+as+tga

LMGTFY

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 9:08 AM

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How do I choose a format

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Did i annoy you guys 😂😂

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Because I annoyed myself with all the questions I asked

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I apologize

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😅😅

thorny cipher Aug 5, 2018, 9:17 AM

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63,000 commits 🎉

📎 unknown.png

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 9:26 AM

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need tips for speeding up shader compiling

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its happening slower than it did on my old laptop

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and now my processor is more than 2x faster then my old laptop

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:04 AM

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I think the shader compiling is GPU reliant

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so the CPU doesn't matter as much

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after all the shading processors are on a GPU

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:24 AM

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its not

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its 100% cpu

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the GPU executes the shaders

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but the CPU is the one wich compiles it

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in fact, the GPU as an architecture fucking sucks for compiling

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:38 AM

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@peak laurel lol my gpu like 8 times more powerful than my old one

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@frank escarp do you know anything which might be slowing my compile down?

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:39 AM

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shit cpu

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also shit memory

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:39 AM

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ryzen 5 1600x

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:39 AM

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shit memory then

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:39 AM

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8x2 ripjaws 3000mhz

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running at 2933

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:39 AM

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are they running at 3000 mhz?

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SSD or hard disc?

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:39 AM

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ssd only for os

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did you give up lol?

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:47 AM

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there are really not many moving parts

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compiling depends mostly on RAM, disc, and cpu

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:49 AM

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ah @frank escarp ty for the clarification

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:50 AM

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compiling, in general, is one of the tasks that just dont fit a gpu architecture

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compiling is highly linear, and cant be parallelized well. Even if you parallelize it, you mostly compile different files at the same time

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gpus cant do that

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gpus just do math on bunch of values at once

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so they have like 1000 slow threads, but they need to do the exact same math operation on every one of those

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:53 AM

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do you know if threadripper is doing good with compiling and building lighting?

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out of curiosity

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:55 AM

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yes

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shader compiling uses 1 thread per shader

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so a threaderipper does 16 shaders at once

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maybe more with the hyperthread

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same thing with lighting

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:55 AM

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oh?

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Then I am going to keep my eyes out buy a 2950x or a 2970x

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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my ryzen 8 core compiles faster than the i7 i had before (4 cores)

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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I am AMD fanboy anyways

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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but compiles more shaders at once, not the same shader faster

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keep that in mind

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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I get it

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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yea prolly HT does the same because my laptop has a similar CPU as my desktop (as in speed and cores) but it's an i5 and i have a desktop i7 -7700k

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does clock speed affect anything?

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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of course

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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is it much tho?

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:56 AM

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yes

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literally the most important thing

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more clocks = faster

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allways

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no exceptions

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

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i mean because i was changin water cooling i stock clocked the 7700k but was at 4.9k before

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

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in some cases where its very parallel, more cores but weaker would be better

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

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so i guess ill oc again

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

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4.9 is very good on that cpu

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

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I am waiting for ryzen 3rd gen and I am gonna buy 16 core ryzen

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

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not 16

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most likely 12

peak laurel Aug 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

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yeah but the shitty kraken broke down 😦

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

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and thats a waaaaay off

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

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Naaaaa

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

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next month amd releases the new threadrippers

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

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this month?

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

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you will have a 32 core at 3 ghz version (1800 dollars tho)

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

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august 13

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4.2 ghz boost clock though

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 AM

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that one should compile lighting real good

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and if it can boost to 4.2 means that if you cool it better you can boost it on more cores for more time

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thats a chip to get a killer liquid cooling setup for

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 11:04 AM

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What are some alternatives to world creator 2 and world machine

gleaming latch Aug 5, 2018, 11:11 AM

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this is so weird

leaden dust Aug 5, 2018, 11:35 AM

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can anyone recommened me a simple free video editor that can do simple stuff like snipping and cutting

gleaming latch Aug 5, 2018, 11:43 AM

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shotcut

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very simple stuff

whole quarry Aug 5, 2018, 12:14 PM

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Blender, its free

sullen wraith Aug 5, 2018, 12:31 PM

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have a BP which damages AI, would anyone be able to assist me make it damage players to

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 12:49 PM

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@frank escarp the incredibuild gpu compiler is enabled in 4.20 by default?

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 12:51 PM

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@dim arch check out all those compiler processes

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 12:52 PM

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yeah that is cpu right

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I did a fresh OS install, installed the VS2017 UE4 packages (which installed incredibuild)

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4.20 runs with it enabled by default, and i have one shader compile thread

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not sure if its running on the cpu or gpu but yeah

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 12:53 PM

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its allways CPU

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the GPU is only for specific things like CUDA and well, graphics

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 12:53 PM

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the other bs thing is that when you install the VS packages, the incredibuild doesnt have a license but installs it with the service enabled

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well I am p sure it is compiling the shaders using incredibuild XGE

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maybe because of the license it is limiting it to one thread

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or using the cuda compiler to build them

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Ill check tmr

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 12:57 PM

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im already saying that shader compiler is 100% CPU

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not a single compiler runs on GPU nor ever will

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 12:57 PM

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ok

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well its possible to compile them using CUDA right? but a lot more expensive

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 12:58 PM

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its not

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even if you "could" force a compiler to run on the GPU

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it would be 20 times slower than a cpu

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easy

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 12:59 PM

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hmm ok

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you can try terragen, but world machine is the best imo

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@short dirge

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check out the geoglyph plugin, also you could build your HM in substance

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 1:07 PM

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i think Houdini is the best for terrains

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you can drag and drop and everything gets set up automatically in unreal

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no need to fiddle with layer settings, it just works

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and being super procedural you can do tons of cool shit

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i created a moon terrain in 10 minutes

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by just doing a wave-y noisy terrain, and then spawning spheres on top of the terrain and using them to carve craters

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 1:08 PM

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@leaden dust https://alternativeto.net/software/sony-vegas/?license=free

AlternativeTo

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yeah houdini is also good

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Ive only used it for about 10hrs but it seems like it has a lot of good procedural stuff

frank escarp Aug 5, 2018, 1:09 PM

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you can then use it to procedurally place rocks or trees very easily

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 1:10 PM

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I need to learn houdini and modo

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esp modo as it has really good subd stuff

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Ive been waiting for max to have a meshfusion tool for like 4 years now -_-

south abyss Aug 5, 2018, 1:13 PM

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So I've migrated a lot of assets from one project to another and now they are merged, I did a "Fix redirectors" every time i renamed/removed/moved but there are some broken assets, for example materials with broken textures.

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Since the assets are mixed idk how to fix this problem

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What can i do? I still have the migrated project so if i could replace all the broken assets...

pallid compass Aug 5, 2018, 1:26 PM

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mann

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why do i get tags

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and then people delete it

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god dam it

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 1:28 PM

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sorry dawg

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I hilighted you by accident

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😂

mint vine Aug 5, 2018, 1:33 PM

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PLease help (Level_1_BuiltData.uasset) failed to save.

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Please somebody help whenever I built and save the level the .uasset file doesnot safe

dim arch Aug 5, 2018, 1:35 PM

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rebuild your level

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emm, try deleting the file then building it in the editor

visual belfry Aug 5, 2018, 2:46 PM

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punches monitor Next time I shop for equipment I'm getting a 1080p monitor exclusively because of the editor's awful high dpi support :\

frail sun Aug 5, 2018, 2:53 PM

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Is it possible to have a curve wrap? Like if the max key was at 1.0 and I provide 1.5 it wraps it to 0.5?

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:14 PM

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Ooh guys quick question can the Alienware Aurora R5 run unreal?

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https://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-mac-desktops/alienware-aurora-r5-1323301/review

TechRadar

Alienware Aurora R5 review

Alienware's iconic gaming PC returns as a mini powerhouse

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If not what could I get for a little more or less $1000 that can at least run unreal for school

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:23 PM

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By the looks of the specs it should be perfectly fine running UE4

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:27 PM

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is alienware still expensive for the hardware u get or did it even out a lil?

cloud cobalt Aug 5, 2018, 3:29 PM

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Way too expensive

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Build your own hardware

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:30 PM

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nah u dont need to self build, sometimes ur off cheaper gettin a full package even

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if u need keyboard mouse stuff like that

cloud cobalt Aug 5, 2018, 3:31 PM

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Really though do self build

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:32 PM

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some ppl rather dont do that cuz break stuff

cloud cobalt Aug 5, 2018, 3:32 PM

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It's really easy and risk free

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:33 PM

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i have no problems puttin something together, other might, gettin an asemble usually cost like 10 to 50$

cloud cobalt Aug 5, 2018, 3:33 PM

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Still better than alienware

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:33 PM

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i dunno, didnt check specs

cloud cobalt Aug 5, 2018, 3:33 PM

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Check them

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:34 PM

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Self building sounds risky

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:34 PM

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there usually is some warranty/ service that comes with high brand stuff tho

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like u call em up send ur pc and they replace it while they fix it

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:35 PM

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Same goes for individual parts tho

cloud cobalt Aug 5, 2018, 3:35 PM

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Well I never had a computer part fail me ever so

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Its not a car

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:35 PM

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if had nvidia cards burn within 2 months

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3 in a row

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:36 PM

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point being? You are saying that couldn't happen if they built it for you? ^^

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:37 PM

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no, im saying ppl might want the extra service

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:37 PM

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https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Alienware-Aurora-R5-Ready/dp/B079HJVZTT this is the specific one Im interested in

And okay so self building.. From what I hear its putting a bunch of parts together so would I just try to copy the specs of the alienware?

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:38 PM

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and i believe msi desktops give quite a decent price for the full package

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:38 PM

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Having a pre made computer is fine if you do not know how to build a computer, I fully agree on that.
However, if you can build your own computer you get more value for your buck

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:38 PM

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How much can you save?

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:38 PM

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depends on brand of pc u buy

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:38 PM

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all depends on what you are going for.

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:39 PM

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that falcon NW that sponsors the epic gamejam is super expensive

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but they got some we drive to ur house to fix it stuff with it

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:39 PM

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Whatabout the alienware im going for around $1300

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:40 PM

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but u could buy same spec pc , for half the price and just get a lil better spec when it breaks 😛

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:40 PM

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Look up all the individual parts, compare

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:41 PM

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mayB check toms hardware or something

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desktop best buy guide

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something like that

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:42 PM

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Usually when you are building your own computer you research compatible parts within the range of quality and price of your budget

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:42 PM

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True
But heres what im wondering... How are all the parts connected together? How can you make the electricity run through them? Would I have to do wiring?

frosty bloom Aug 5, 2018, 3:42 PM

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Yeah, and for those who don't know how to do that.. Buying a premade computer is fine

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:43 PM

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most of it is plug and play, but somethings u dont wunna do

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:44 PM

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Welp

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:44 PM

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havin it put together by the online store u buy it for 30$ isnt a bad deal

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:44 PM

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Not at all actually huh

obsidian nimbus Aug 5, 2018, 3:45 PM

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if u never did it before and its not something that interests u / wunna spend time on its a great deal

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wil take u like 30 min just to unbox

rugged hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 3:47 PM

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I might go for that $30 is not bad if the total price is around $800-$900 or so

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Lol yeah just the stress of seeing all those parts

thin hemlock Aug 5, 2018, 4:08 PM

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is there a schedule for when hotfixes come out?

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like a publicly known one?

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I noticed that between 4.20 and 4.20.1 hotfix that there was a 10 day gap, so for other issues plaguing the engine is it likely that 4.20.2 will release on the 7th?

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 4:11 PM

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There is no schedule

sullen wraith Aug 5, 2018, 5:00 PM

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I'm wanting to make a BP where if sun rotation is over a certain amount, lights will turn on, what's the best way to go about this?

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 5:44 PM

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look at the sky sphere BP that comes with the engine. it has some functions you can use that determine where the sun is at in the sky

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 5:54 PM

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What is an object class relation to its blue print. Lets say we have a class of Static Mesh, cube from the MODES > Basic. We drag that into the viewport, and it becomes a child class of its prefab parent cube. At this point it has no blueprint associated with it, but once you "add" one to it, it becomes of the blueprint class. So, is this blueprint that is "added" some sort of "#include" of the static mesh, or does the static mesh become a "#include" of a whole new class?

short dirge Aug 5, 2018, 5:54 PM

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Why can't compose this

📎 20180805_135039.jpg

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 5:56 PM

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Riot, I cant really answer your question, but if you use the "snipping" tool in windows, it will make your life easier.

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For sharing images on your desktop

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 5:57 PM

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IF you notice when you drag in a cube it's a static mesh actor, its technically a built in premade blueprint with a static mesh component on it preset to that particular static mesh

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when you tell it to become a blueprint it basically becomes a child of the static mesh actor blueprint that you can then work with

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 5:59 PM

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So in the c++ code, what is the relation? Is it part of the class construction. or something that is appended? I'm still too new to C++ to be asking this, but I in general understand. Kind of like a German person hearing Dutch..

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 6:00 PM

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well you can click on the parent class at the top right of a blueprint and it will open the parent class in visual studio if you want to look at how it is set up

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 6:00 PM

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Ah, good point.

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 6:01 PM

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the static mesh actor is pretty much just an actor with a static mesh component

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just like a point light is an actor with a point light component on it, etc. The stuff in Modes that you can drag and drop in are just pre made blueprint actors with "stuff" done for you already so you don't have to do it from scratch. The base code is just an actor parent with extra crap attached and set up for you.

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there are exceptions of course, volumes are their own special class with exposed values to the editor for example

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but the nice thing is you can always right click them and navigate to the source 😃

delicate needle Aug 5, 2018, 6:04 PM

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I find it interesting there isn't a prefab staticmesh in All Classes with a null mesh componet

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Yeah, I guess you could call "basic shape" something like that...

cedar snow Aug 5, 2018, 6:20 PM

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is it normal that you have to set user and keyboard focus on a widget?

mint raptor Aug 5, 2018, 7:33 PM

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Is there a way to spawn an actor with the blueprints default scale and not use the Spawn Transform's scale?

astral marsh Aug 5, 2018, 7:37 PM

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can anybody tell me how to do pickup and drop system

short night Aug 5, 2018, 7:41 PM

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Could someone help me with this

earnest pawn Aug 5, 2018, 7:49 PM

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hey

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could someone tell me whyPxShapeExt::getGlobalPose(*OutShape, *PxActor);

visual belfry Aug 5, 2018, 8:02 PM

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any way to differentiate between play in editor and simulate in editor? I want to turn off some unnecessary HUD elements while simulating..

mint raptor Aug 5, 2018, 8:30 PM

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@short night Do you have your project open twice? AKA two instances of it running?

hidden berry Aug 5, 2018, 9:09 PM

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im looking too create an app that will make something easier for someone, and im looking for ideas. Anyone come across somethng lately that they wished was easier too do?

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Also, would unreal be the best option for mobile development? Interms of resources and what not

sour minnow Aug 5, 2018, 9:16 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/5cETvj6.png im trying to make a while loop that goes on while a key is down, can someone tell why this is stuck in an infinite loop?

Imgur

hidden berry Aug 5, 2018, 9:18 PM

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im just taking a long shot here, but you can try destroying actor on release, im not sure if thatll work though

short night Aug 5, 2018, 9:20 PM

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@mint raptor no I made sure that I didnt

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 9:21 PM

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the loop runs and never stops because you never set the condition to false during the loop

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a loop is not asynchronous, it will start -> run -> end in the same frame or...... infinite loop detection kicks in and kills it

tawdry raptor Aug 5, 2018, 9:33 PM

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does anyone know what is the right push down key on the htc vive called in unreal?

wild glacier Aug 5, 2018, 9:35 PM

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@tawdry raptor

sour minnow Aug 5, 2018, 9:38 PM

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@grim ore thanks, i didnt know it only runs in one frame.

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im gonna use the game tick to do my actions then

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so it works the way i want it now, however the other half of my blueprint isn't doing what it's supposed to https://i.imgur.com/Kf5JV7P.png

Imgur

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i want it to trace the object the camera is looking at (which works, judging by the traces appearing in-game) but none of the objects are being destroyed

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oh wait i forgot to connect it to the program flow

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ahh yeah now it works nvm

plush yew Aug 5, 2018, 10:33 PM

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i5-7400, but compilation (c++) so long..

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 10:48 PM

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4 cores, no HT. yep it's gonna be a bit

plush yew Aug 5, 2018, 11:06 PM

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@grim ore you gonna upgrade your cpu soon? 😛

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i am gona wait a year or two and do a AMD maybe

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 11:07 PM

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was replying to the other guy with the 7400 but personally I plan on it when AMD makes a good 8/16 for ~200 lol

plush yew Aug 5, 2018, 11:07 PM

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lol

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 11:07 PM

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as long as It can clock 4.3/4.4 on each core as well

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other wise it's a waste im running 6 core 4.4 right now so side grading to a slower 8 core seems silly

plush yew Aug 5, 2018, 11:08 PM

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yeah

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you should wait then

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 11:08 PM

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but man do I want to 😃 this machine is over 2 years old I want to play with new parts

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get something like an 1180 with a new AMD and give the old stuff to the kids. I am seriously hoping DDR4 is still compatible tho so I can just re use that

plush yew Aug 5, 2018, 11:08 PM

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i still have hard drives from years and years ago i parted out, mine is several years old as well

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you have kids? lol

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 11:09 PM

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lol yeah my middle kid has my old 3570k with the 760 lol

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I've got 4 kids with another on the way next month

plush yew Aug 5, 2018, 11:10 PM

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haha nice

frail sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:10 PM

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Anyone here that's created a radial fill material for umg and wouldn't mind sharing?

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Or at least point in the right direction 😃

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 11:11 PM

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um like a clock wipe ?

frail sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:13 PM

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Yes sir

grim ore Aug 5, 2018, 11:14 PM

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there is a radial gradient node

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or you can use a radial gradient texture and rotate it

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or here is a video with a few different ways of making radial progress bars with different methods that might be a start? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NtSfPq95fQ

YouTube

Mathew Wadstein

Unreal Concepts - Dynamic Circular Progress Bars ( UE4 )

We will be showing a concept of Dynamic Circular Progress Bars where we can make a circular progress bar without using a texture. We will also be allowing th...

▶ Play video

frail sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:20 PM

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Thanks!

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:11 AM

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Congrats on the new kid! @grim ore

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:11 AM

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Thanks

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:12 AM

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Do any of your older kids show an interest in computer stuff?

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:12 AM

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nothing serious, normal kid stuff with playing games mainly

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:12 AM

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I have this vision of my daughter as she grows up looking over my shoulder as I make audino microcontroller projects.

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I grew up watching "Contact" so I've imagined having a science tech loving daughter!

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:14 AM

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so far all mine are pretty ordinary. Wide range of stuff, like doing new stuff but hate doing work stuff. Minecraft is about as close to computer stuff as they get beyond just playing games. Making stuff inside it using rudimentary programming.

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:16 AM

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Yeah, a friend of mine has 3 kids, 11, 8ish and 6ish, and they were all about minecraft, and the oldest loves fortnight. They took a vacation to the beach and he wanted to know if he could bring his computer. I hope the kid dosn't know about the Nintendo switch and how well it plays on that.

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And they like to watch youtube videos of others playing games.

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:17 AM

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lol

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:18 AM

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I'm sad and glad all of this stuff wasn't out when I was a kid... I learned basic, self taught on an 1980's tandy (this was the mid-late 90's, when I was... 13ish? The platform I eventually went nuts on was the TI-83, loved that damn thing.

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:19 AM

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yeah the 11yr old does almost nothing but watch youtube if he isnt playing games, super annoying but it cant be worse than TV

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:19 AM

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yeah, well at least you are one click away from learning something on youtube, unlike TV/

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I don't want much or any TV, lots of educational youtube, history, computer science, programming, unreal training, etc, architecture stuff. What an amazing and and distracting tool.

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:21 AM

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yep he watches educationalish stuff. Walkthrus of games or how to do stuff in games, speed runs things like that so its better than half the crap I watch atleast.

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:22 AM

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Yeah, I can imagine it snowballing into something good, who knows! Maybe a speed run video will make a kid wonder what a fraction of a second means in a game, and what a frame is, and ticks, and processing , etc...

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:23 AM

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the middle kid tried his hand at programming and he did fine but he just doesn't have the focus to concentrate on it enough to do it on his own and take the next step. Maybe in high school it might become more.

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:23 AM

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Thats now I am at least, youtube education creep, and wikipedia creep, one second I'm watching a video about the history of England, next one on Alan Turing, then history of C, then back to this or that

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Having a mission is the most important, for that stuff. A desire to problem solve I guess. Comes and goes.

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:24 AM

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soo i have a question ...how would i do the game soo that the player IS the camera and only controlls click based stuff

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:25 AM

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Like Riven?

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:25 AM

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like for a simulation

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:25 AM

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and myst

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:25 AM

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like for watching stuff and interacting with it

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:25 AM

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just don't use a model or movement and win?

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:25 AM

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biut the camera needs to move

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cuz the player is in controll of said camera

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:26 AM

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then give the camera movement and no model and win?

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:26 AM

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....?

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:26 AM

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I'm doing something like that right now, but its for architecture, apartment walk throughs

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:26 AM

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well yeah BUT i dont know what that means @grim ore

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:26 AM

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well I mean a camera is a camera. the only reason we associate it with a player is due to the model we see in first person or third person

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:26 AM

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ok

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well how should i go about this then

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:27 AM

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are they supposed to move or just look around in a fixed spot?

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:27 AM

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Correct me if I am wrong, but no matter what, your eyes are a camera, even if you dont make one, the engine will assign you one

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Describe your project, maybe I can help, or just learn.

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:28 AM

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move

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cuz i am making a life simulation game for evolution

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but they start out as blobs

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not cells

frail sun Aug 6, 2018, 12:28 AM

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How do I evaluate a value on an InterpCurveFloat?

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:29 AM

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sounds like that EA game from years ago

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:29 AM

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NO

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NOT god ...NO

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that game was a horrible excuse for a life simulator

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:29 AM

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I never played it.

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:29 AM

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good

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DX

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:29 AM

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if you want it to move start a new project with the first person template, delete the mesh assigned to the first person character. Remove the HUD they are using (since it shows a crosshair). Edit the player controller to enable show mouse and mouse click events. then uh... make the other stuff?

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:30 AM

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You need to learn what a pawn is (the blob you controll) and what a playercontroller is, etc etc

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 12:30 AM

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I guess you might want to also edit the fire event on the first person controller/character or else it's gonna try and fire stuff lol

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:31 AM

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but i dont controll the blob

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and i dont controll anything

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:31 AM

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describe the situation as you see it

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:31 AM

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except the camera basicly

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:31 AM

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are you a microscope?

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:31 AM

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no

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ok

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let me think fo a way

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ok your basicly god looking down on this planet you jsut made and are watching and sometimes toying with the beings that developed on it

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the beings are the blobs

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:33 AM

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Do you know how to do all those other things in unreal btw?

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:33 AM

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which then you watch them evolve or die ouit

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lol i am just the art guy / animator but i do have some one waiting to help witjh prigramming

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o am gonna do as much as i can woth that

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they do the stuff i cant figure out

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:34 AM

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Because, there are many ways to do stuff, and the better you know those ways, the better it will be in the long run, so you dont paint your self in the corner.

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:34 AM

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.....but yeah i know how to do some of what i wanted

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i so agree

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:35 AM

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I'm not good at specifics, but I'm good at concepts etc, I am learning this engine as well. I can help you think through some of the stuff at best.

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:35 AM

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i know how to at least find out what i need the only 1 i cant is how to program the actual beings so thats what my programmer is doing

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:35 AM

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Like, if you are god, but dose that mean you can fly around like a spectator, or does your focus stay to the ground?

novel hazel Aug 6, 2018, 12:35 AM

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yes

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xactly i am a spectator

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brb need to grab something

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 12:39 AM

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So @grim ore are you a programmer by trade?

weak thunder Aug 6, 2018, 1:33 AM

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Is there are guide to convert UE4 scenes or meshes into something that can be used by DAZ Studio?

topaz stratus Aug 6, 2018, 1:33 AM

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My UE4 crashed, and when I re-opened it, I had to reset the game state and it had to recompile all of the shaders, and now everything is a lot brighter than it should be and everything is flashing

weak thunder Aug 6, 2018, 1:33 AM

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when I google it I find DAZ to UE4 but not the otherway around.

dire storm Aug 6, 2018, 3:10 AM

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Hey team. I got a new PC up and running. Last one bit the dust. So reinstalled UE4 and I was curious how/if its possible to have some versions of the engine on one hard drive (say NVME) and older projects and assets on a standard SSD. Basically looking for the option for the launcher to see all locations.

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side note: New pc so quiet. Last one sounded like a blackhawk taking on enemy 50 cal shots in a dust storm. Immersive for Call of Duty but not for anything else

delicate needle Aug 6, 2018, 3:12 AM

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I'm stuck with a Vinterp issue. I am trying to move my player pawn to a new location but do it with the Vinterp. The best I can get so far is when I press the button (which activates the movement) it just steps once, repeated presses of the buttons completes (tap tap tap) eventually gets it to the destination. From all the videos and tutorials ive seen, I am stuck.

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📎 unknown.png

grim sinew Aug 6, 2018, 3:21 AM

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Yeah, you can. Unreal doesn't care what drive projects are on relative to the engine. I would recommend the opposite however, so you load assets faster

dire storm Aug 6, 2018, 3:23 AM

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hmm okay just not seeing them show up in the launcher

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do I have to manually run them in their folders then the launcher picks them up?

verbal vapor Aug 6, 2018, 3:27 AM

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I was just wondering, is adding in IK's like an art side thing or can you do that in code/blueprints?

grim sinew Aug 6, 2018, 3:31 AM

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Yeah

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Just open the project and it'll pop up

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The launcher knows to scan any folders where it sees 1 project

dire storm Aug 6, 2018, 3:32 AM

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Thanks so much. I'll give it a try shortly

sullen wraith Aug 6, 2018, 5:04 AM

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I've got a variable in player gamemode, i'm trying to access that variable in a weapon how do i do so

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keep getting told must have connection

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📎 asd.png

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📎 asda.png

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its in player character now :3

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 5:11 AM

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I just realized that I can use Enumerators to make my blueprint much less overboard.

sullen wraith Aug 6, 2018, 5:14 AM

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anyone know, need help asap :3

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 5:17 AM

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I'm not good with blueprint communication.

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 5:23 AM

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Get player character then cast to your character blueprint then get your variable should work. You should read about basic bp communication however.

dire storm Aug 6, 2018, 5:30 AM

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holy hell. Did a fresh install of UE4 on the new PC. Runs beautifully however I fired the gun in FPS example and my damn head almost exploded. Gotta find in editor volume control lol

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 5:31 AM

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Happens to me all the time...

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That is one loud gun.

dire storm Aug 6, 2018, 5:32 AM

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I'm watching tutorial in other window and its like..... standard voice level. Fire the gun and almost fell out of my chair!!

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 5:48 AM

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Can I get the names from an enumerator and make an array from that inside a blueprint?

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Basically, I have an enumerator in my data table that I set up.

I want my widget blueprint to check which name in the enumerator I chose in the data table, and then add the appropriate integer to the value connected to it.

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:00 AM

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Is this normal? https://gyazo.com/ccdab3e3707576b6be9aa1f0c6064826

Gyazo

▶ Play video

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Struct has enum and actor array, table wont' let me access actor array

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 6:05 AM

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I don't understand the question.

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Are you saying that you want to select the actor inside of the data table?

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I don't know if that is possible.

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:08 AM

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@steady hinge Well it was my understanding that I'd be able to populate that table with actors from my scene, I suppose this isn't possible?

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In which case I guess I have to resort to making a blueprint actor that acts as a container doing essentially what I wanted the table to do

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Well trying to do an array of my struct and assign manually the world references to the array but it won't let me even though it shows a green dashed box around it

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https://gyazo.com/81da27edccacd50be6c7390925b8a199

Gyazo

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ah says editing this value in a class default is not allowed

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 6:14 AM

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I'm not sure.

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:15 AM

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Yea I guess I have to make a BPActor just as a container

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 6:15 AM

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I personally have never got it to work.

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:15 AM

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never got what to work?

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 6:15 AM

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The first question you asked.

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:15 AM

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oh I guess tables are limited to primitive data types

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but I couldn't find docs saying that

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 6:15 AM

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But I'm no expert, I am still experimenting my way around blueprints.

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I use sound files in my data table.

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:16 AM

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Yea I have too

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so IDK lol

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 6:16 AM

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But that's about it. Colors, sound files, text, enumerators, bools...

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:16 AM

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actors off limits it seems

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Perhaps its only things you can reference statically that doesn't need to be created? I thought world scenes would count

steady hinge Aug 6, 2018, 6:17 AM

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I still really enjoy the workflow of using data tables.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt1hlJO-DPo

YouTube

Mathew Wadstein

WTF Is? Data Table in Unreal Engine 4 ( UE4 )

What is a Data Table in Unreal Engine 4 Source Files: https://github.com/MWadstein/UnrealEngineProjects/tree/WTF-Examples Note: You will need to be logged in...

▶ Play video

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He talks about not being able to use actors.

mint raptor Aug 6, 2018, 6:20 AM

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I was about to watch that lol, so a bit was like doesn't seem like he is going to cover my issue

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He never fails though!

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I think my new question is, if I can't edit class defaults for it, can I edit the game mode instance in editor?

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Or I guess that is a silly question since it isn't an instance until the game starts?

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Perhaps I made a mistake putting this logic insdie the game mode...

tight birch Aug 6, 2018, 6:27 AM

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@glossy flame so I did some digging and came across a thread on the forum where someone pointed out that Apollo Lake chips are apparently incompatible with the Epic Games launcher at the moment and a developer of the launcher replied and confirmed it but said they would be "working on it" so I guess I am indeed SOL for the time being since i'm pretty sure you need to install the editor through said launcher

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unlessthere's a different way to do it that I don't know about yet

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/797739/the-launcher-does-not-start-at-all.html

dawn linden Aug 6, 2018, 8:54 AM

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@mint raptor Hard references to actors can only be set on things that exist in the same level. So a blueprint instance is okay, but a blueprint itself or a data table, you can't.

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But I think you should be able to use the soft object pointer. Have you tried that?

raven kayak Aug 6, 2018, 9:13 AM

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anyoen here use huion tablets? I'd like to get into drawing for game assets. would like to buy a legit tablet

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 9:34 AM

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guys

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i created a door system

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and ai

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i want the ai to open double door

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📎 unknown.png

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seemingly it isnt opening

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idk

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when he walks in the box

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i want it to open

sudden agate Aug 6, 2018, 10:05 AM

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how do you open it?

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also this goes into #blueprint

sour minnow Aug 6, 2018, 10:24 AM

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how can i make an object non-unique? i want to make something interact with certain objects only if they belong to some type of objects

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i tried name checking but names are always unique

honest vale Aug 6, 2018, 10:32 AM

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use the class name?

sour minnow Aug 6, 2018, 10:36 AM

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other objects are part of the same class

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its just a regular object, not with any special properties, just has a different mesh

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i thought tags but for some reason the tags i give in the editor aren't recognized in my blueprint

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https://i.imgur.com/XFRXYBv.png

Imgur

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https://i.imgur.com/YWHNQQl.png

Imgur

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but nothing is printed out

honest vale Aug 6, 2018, 10:53 AM

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well you could just add a boolean variable "interactable" and set that to true on instances you want to interact with

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and filter them based on that

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that's just one way

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or make a subclass that is "interactable"

atomic hull Aug 6, 2018, 12:43 PM

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any of u had this bug before ?
https://answers.unrealengine.com/storage/temp/247519-ue4navmeshbug.jpg

manic pawn Aug 6, 2018, 12:50 PM

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update your vs

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it's a compiler bug that was fixed long time ago

atomic hull Aug 6, 2018, 12:52 PM

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@manic pawn I have VS 2017 15.5
I fully recompiled engine two times and got rid of that error. yesterday I accidently clicked on rebuild and as of that time that damn bug has back 😃

manic pawn Aug 6, 2018, 12:53 PM

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indeed, the bug was added in 15.5, you should update to 15.7

atomic hull Aug 6, 2018, 12:54 PM

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lol :))

vale halo Aug 6, 2018, 1:01 PM

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Anyone experiencing any issues where the UE4 forums are causing your browser to hang/crash? 🤔

manic pawn Aug 6, 2018, 1:01 PM

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no

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works just fine here

leaden dust Aug 6, 2018, 1:03 PM

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best way to interpolate a vector over a period of time in blueprints?

warm mountain Aug 6, 2018, 1:05 PM

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Is it possible for UE4 to call or reference variable groups? Like the ones seen in this video. I'm really bad at this bps.

📎 unknown.png

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so say i create a group/class of variables

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and i want the game to check if the variables belong to the group

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before executing a task

manic pawn Aug 6, 2018, 1:06 PM

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the groups have no purpose other than displaying in the editor

warm mountain Aug 6, 2018, 1:06 PM

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rip

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gotcha

manic pawn Aug 6, 2018, 1:06 PM

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there's no way to access them

warm mountain Aug 6, 2018, 1:07 PM

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alright

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in that case i'll prob make a Bol to check each to make sure each variable is inactive

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before executing

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 1:30 PM

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If you're trying to do something like check to make sure a variable can only be of one type then you might want to look into an enumeration. consider you were paying for something and enumeration would let you for example say it was paid with cash or card or check and you selected one of those options instead of is check or is card or is cash

vale halo Aug 6, 2018, 2:01 PM

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Does anyone know how to remove a photo attachment from a forum response? When I press the bin on it, it won't let me continue 🤦

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All I wanted to do was add an image to my response, for which I ended up using the wrong button.....and now have it stuck

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(I want to remove the thing circled here: https://imgur.com/a/eQR2tY2; Using imgur so I don't spam the chat with a really tall image)

warm mountain Aug 6, 2018, 2:40 PM

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@grim ore gotcha i'll take a look

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I think that could be very viable!

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The general idea is i would like to check that all variables are false and inactive hence the player is able to execute an action

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say player presses 2 to swap weapon

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it needs to check that the player is neither ,stunned, knockedown or dazed before it allows the player to carry on. If any are found to be true it would print string a text warning the player they are unable to perform this action

wispy raven Aug 6, 2018, 3:31 PM

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i'm having some (rendering) problems with unreal engline 4.20

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i'll send a picture

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video*

📎 Unward_Game_Preview_Standalone_64-bit_PCD3D_SM5_06_08_2018_17_29_17.mp4

bleak galleon Aug 6, 2018, 3:43 PM

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hey all - I've got a question - with the virtual studio setup, is the ONLY way to have an input currently is to use an AJA card?

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 3:44 PM

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can anybody tell me how to make my player climb through window instantly once spacebar is pressed

bleak galleon Aug 6, 2018, 3:44 PM

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or can you use say the elgato HD60 pro?

wispy raven Aug 6, 2018, 3:44 PM

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@astral marsh you can use matinee, I think...

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Is your project FPP or TPP?

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 3:45 PM

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fpp

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Can you help me through guiding it in screenshare

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i'll show

wispy raven Aug 6, 2018, 3:45 PM

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I’ll try

dire storm Aug 6, 2018, 3:52 PM

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how strange. I recently reinstalled UE4 on the new PC and I'm going over some basic tutorials to get my bearrings again. For some reason I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get pilot mode on cameras to work. Its always greyed out and I recall having to do something to enable it

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oh nevermind its a bug. You gotta close and re-open the project and it works just fine.

grim ore Aug 6, 2018, 4:03 PM

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@bleak galleon based on the documentation and the plugin its an AJA only card for that

bleak galleon Aug 6, 2018, 4:04 PM

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that's super unfortunate

plush yew Aug 6, 2018, 4:22 PM

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Anyone knows how I could make "Dandelions" fly as shown in here: https://youtu.be/6ja1GdtZy40?t=5m43s

YouTube

Maverick

Speed Level Design - Procedural Coniferous Forest - Unreal Engine ...

Conifer Foliage used in the video can be found here https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/conifer-forest-collection. You can visit their website here www....

▶ Play video

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I mean these flowers: http://prntscr.com/kfdp9y

Lightshot

Screenshot

Captured with Lightshot

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They are flying. I don't know how they are called in english. Also, can I make them in speedtree or something ?

opal ocean Aug 6, 2018, 4:25 PM

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particle system I'm guessing

plush yew Aug 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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And you think the flowers are modelled by hand ? @opal ocean

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Btw how the heck are those called ?

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I'm not a native english speaker

balmy cypress Aug 6, 2018, 4:37 PM

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For a brief moment I thought about changing my boolean return nomenclature from "success" to "WeGucci" but then the brain aneurysm passed.

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 4:52 PM

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guys can anybody tell me how to make player climb window instantly when spacebar is pressed

manic pawn Aug 6, 2018, 4:54 PM

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very carefully

opal ocean Aug 6, 2018, 5:05 PM

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....

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@plush yew probably a scan or something

crude jasper Aug 6, 2018, 5:05 PM

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can i make a question ?

obtuse dust Aug 6, 2018, 5:05 PM

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Hi everyone, I have a problem with skeleton mesh collision, in Pawn class blueprint. Whatever I do, I'm not succeding to activate the collision

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 5:06 PM

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@obtuse dust is it a object?

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or character?

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guys can anybody tell me how to make player climb window instantly when spacebar is pressed
?? please

obtuse dust Aug 6, 2018, 5:07 PM

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it's a character,

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 5:07 PM

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character collision hmm

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wait

obtuse dust Aug 6, 2018, 5:07 PM

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more specefic, a helicopter

crude jasper Aug 6, 2018, 5:08 PM

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Anub do you mean instantly or with an animation ?

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@astral marsh

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 5:08 PM

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instantly @crude jasper

obtuse dust Aug 6, 2018, 5:08 PM

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Yes, I have an animation on it

crude jasper Aug 6, 2018, 5:08 PM

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hmmm

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maybe add a box collision next to the window

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when you're in it

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a boolean is set true

astral marsh Aug 6, 2018, 5:09 PM

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but thing is

crude jasper Aug 6, 2018, 5:09 PM

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when you jump and if the boolean is true