ffs, i better make them into CSVs
#ue4-general
iron wadi
static viper
the nodes will still break
iron wadi
then its just delete + import as new one
static viper
be careful
vale silo
@wicked tiger @elfin jacinth by chance, any word/ETA for additional releases of Paragon assets ?
wicked tiger
You'll see them before fall is over.
fierce tulip
ribbons spawn shitloads if you dont set em right
iron wadi
@static viper i'm confused, i cant copy anything out of the DT editor
did you mean export to CSV first?
regal mulch
Export to csv. You can later hit rimport and choose the csv file. That works for all DT using the same layout
paper kernel
@fierce tulip I did check the values, 11 particles combined
and the ribbon lifetime is 0.2 anyway
iron wadi
oof that was something
import CSV
duplicate it
delete original DT
delete CSV
now I have uasset for the new DT imported from CSV
fierce tulip
doesnt matter, it can spawn bleeploads even with that value being low.
paper kernel
mkay, I guess it has something to do with SpawnPerUnit value?
fierce tulip
yea, was booting up project with ribbons to explain how/what
paper kernel
I havet it set to 250
iron wadi
it would be fine only if the DT editor wasnt painfull to use
paper kernel
at 1, it spawns about 300 particles
static viper
yee its painfull
iron wadi
no mass edit, no mass rename, no renaming new rows
paper kernel
250 = 11 particles, this doesn't make sense
fierce tulip
spawn per unit isnt needed for ribbons
just give it a very low max particles in trail
static viper
there is no dt plugin tho
fierce tulip
100-200 is often waaay more than enough
fierce tulip
though, spawn per unit at 5 can work if you disable spawn rate
static viper
are you creating a game luos?
fierce tulip
that as well, its going slow though, mostly writing
fierce tulip
gdd/story/etc
amber dune
hmm im using a file recovery program and it doesnt even detect the content folder of that project
fierce tulip
yea, and at one point i'll need someone with much better (game focussed) writing skills than me to cut out the fluff and make it all read/feel better
static viper
I have a degree in gamedesign :3
paper kernel
ok next question; how do get the ribbon to start from 0,0,0 location? currently since the source initial velocity is quite high, ribbon starts quite far away from the emitter origin
I could do initial location but that's not gonna be accurate on all frametimes
fierce tulip
that depends on size over life/alpha color, and framerate
paper kernel
only initial size
fierce tulip
also there is a bug where innitial size and size/life mess up if they are in the wrong order
which order i forgot XD
paper kernel
does source size affect it?
fierce tulip
I dont know, you can try to disabble "clip source segement" and enable "spawn initial particle"
fierce tulip
@static viper the gamedesign itself isnt what I am too worried about, its turning the story into something more proper for the game. I try to keep it as close to that as possible, but there might be too much fluff, or poorly chosen words (as I am not a native english speaking/writing person)
what kind of effect is it?
fierce tulip
straight going one?
paper kernel
yup
fierce tulip
simple 2 poly cross sliced one that just extends really fast
especially if you shoot a lot of them with bullet trails you'll flood your game's resources if you use ribbons
paper kernel
I know I know, this is merely for the sake of education
fierce tulip
then meshes :p
proper stump
how do I make the camera preview (when selecting a character with a camera) disappear? or resize the damn thing?
brittle drum
Has anyone here found an elegant way to cater to people with AZERTY keyboards?
Unreal seems to use the actually letter instead of position on keyboard, which makes WASD a very uncomfortable layout for them...
fierce tulip
give them full rebind control, or at the very elast a "is azerty" checkbox?
< no coder who would be able to solve that
brittle drum
Yea, but isn't still weird for them when they enter the game and running doesn't work? Or are they used to that? Can't believe there's no elegant solution for this. Surely must be a problem every dev stumbles upon, right?
cyan mountain
Hi if I want to convert an unreal game into VR, how do I do it
Do I just change project settings
regal mulch
Convert?
It's not just converting :P
You need to implement your UI into 3D space and refactor some of the interactions to work with motion controllers
fierce tulip
many effects (among loads of other things) wont work properly in VR either
pure marsh
yesterday nobody was able to help me, maybe today: does anybody know why child actor components are producing duplicates and leave them around the map
and what to do against it
elfin jacinth
@vale silo You should see them before fall is over.
iron cobalt
hey everyone, would you say this question is formatted nicely? i've not been getting a lot of views...
silver crown
Welcome to UE AH 😐
iron cobalt
yep. it's such an awfully specific issue related to the depth buffer and 4.20...
silver crown
Tried posting in #graphics yet?
Folks there might have a better idea of what's happening
iron cobalt
i've tried, but i'm not giving up yet! thanks for the suggestion.
i'm just hoping for someone to tell me to either throw out my pc or... how to solve that issue
olive yew
I need help
Im new with ue
my target layers wont show?
i want to paint, i dont know why i cant find my material?
unkempt isle
digital anchor
tall pendant
making money directly from ue4? not at all.
You could try making an game or try selling assets on the marketplace tho
silver crown
lol Takain
plush yew
smart guy
silver crown
Saving that one
plush yew
I want that run for my game
I know how to import animations and use them
but that one is a locomotion pose
which is confusing
I'm totally clueless about how to use it 🤔
olive yew
https://gyazo.com/54d67d7d2a5dfb48f6cd764b5980c956
My target layers wont show?
i want to paint but I dont know why i cant find my material. :/
I'm new with Unreal Engine, please help me fix this..
plush yew
how is the material ?
I never faced this problem
maybe once but it was just a glitch
olive yew
My landscape material?
plush yew
I removed the material and put it back
I set the landscape material to default then put the M_ again
plush yew
well that's only one layer
so you won't see any paint
or anything like that
it's just one texture
this is my landscape material
olive yew
This is so complicated
fierce tulip
you'll get the hang of it eventually @olive yew
plush yew
it's really not that complicated
olive yew
I dont know how to make 2 layers
plush yew
most of my layers are just starter content stuff
hmm
I can show you if I share my screen with you
olive yew
yes
paper kernel
Question: Is there an event for possessing default pawn?
OnRestartPlayer seems to trigger on initial default pawn spawn
iron cobalt
@silver crown thanks for referring me to #graphics . they suggested that i report it as a bug.
silver crown
Yep saw that 😃
iron cobalt
ah, alright. i'm just hoping if someone could tell me if that's what it looks like for everyone.
wanted to enable directx 12, and noticed that it's missing. can't find anything on "UnknownRHI"s in the menu either.
lament kraken
plush yew
👌
gleaming creek
Anyone else feel like dealing with Epic around engine issues is like pulling teeth?
It used to be, you asked a question or found something that didn't work as expected, you'd get a member of Epic staff posting very shortly with useful information, looking into the issue, giving you advice on workarounds
These days, you just get canned responses telling you to raise an issue in the bug tracker
heavy falcon
They're busy ripping off kids with fortnite in game puchases
gleaming creek
The same bug tracker that has a hundred flaws which Epic have refused to even acknowledge since it was released
That bug tracker just makes me feel like I'm submitting issues into the void most of the time
pallid compass
Well with alot more users now bug tracker is more effective way
gleaming creek
It might be, if the bug tracker wasn't terrible
heavy falcon
what bugtracker are they using?
gleaming creek
A custom-built one
heavy falcon
oh ok
gleaming creek
I've... ranted at length about it on the forums :)
But, basically, you send in a bug report
You have no way of seeing your bug report or editing it
No one else can see it or add comments or more information or workarounds to it
Eventually, someone from Epic will look at it and create a ticket in the bug tracker for the issue, if they can reproduce it
But they will write the description themselves, and generally won't bother to include any extra detail you found
heavy falcon
Great..
gleaming creek
And, again, the bug tracker is read-only
You can't edit it, no one else can comment on it
static viper
You are letting of some steam here
gleaming creek
And in my latest case, I'm not even sure if the issue is a bug or not, hence why I posted on AnswerHub hoping someone might have an answer
static viper
we know it isnt XD
heavy falcon
xD
gleaming creek
Well, it's great in comparison to what I've used before
static viper
this is going on for years over now
this is not new
this is how epic plays the game
gleaming creek
I feel like all the websites for UE4 are really bad
static viper
yes but then on the other what to expect really
gleaming creek
Like... don't get me started on the single sign-on mechanism that constantly redirects you around the place, makes everything take longer to load, and breaks your browser history
static viper
its a free tool.
iron cobalt
i'd pay for support, to be honest.
heavy falcon
Tim is really disappointing me since years now..
iron cobalt
oh man.
static viper
and now they try to supply everyone
heavy falcon
*dominate
gleaming creek
Well, maybe I'm being naive here, but isn't it in Epic's interest to have these things work well?
static viper
epic also needs to balance its ressources
gleaming creek
If the bug tracker works better, it's less work for their developers. They do want the engine to have fewer bugs
gleaming creek
And when people are turned off by the bug tracker and don't raise a lot of the bugs they find, that's not good for Epic
static viper
we can help best if we communicate directly with the devs
gleaming creek
Likewise if people advise others away from the engine because of the poor support, and so those people go and use Unity or something
static viper
i like to say that you are naive but you already did that XD
iron cobalt
i vastly prefer unreal, but the support and the documentation are ... exhausting
static viper
there is no ideal case
gleaming creek
I doubt any other engine is better, though
static viper
you are not special
there were lots of you before
yelling and turning
it isnt going to work any better these days
gleaming creek
It's true, they have enough people using the engine that they don't have to care about any small few
And, honestly, they don't have reason to care that much about small independent people anyway
static viper
well i think they try the best
heavy falcon
lol
static viper
its just that they cannot possible do it to fullest
play of the game
thats how it works
and i like that system
well almost
there are problems that are easy to fix
but epic is open about that
like cryzen
there is no garbage emoji
whole quarry
any small few
they care enough for the small few to be accessible trough Discord, Twitch, Forums and Awnserhub
In the past they supported me with projects, even asking for a zipped project so they could debug my problem
whole quarry
for not caring they go pretty far to help
gleaming creek
I have certainly seen some of their people be really helpful in the past
I'm not really complaining so much about the actual engine developers at Epic, as the PR people who try to buffer us from them
Like, one of the things I'm complaining about here is that they posted about the new bug submission tool in January
At the time, myself and several others pointed out all the flaws with it, suggested how to improve it
And there has not been one single reply from Epic even acknowledging any of those problems
That feels bad
whole quarry
its like they get just 1 response, and they must reply to it and of course use every thing from it
static viper
epic also gets alot of bad reports
people having errors and beeing all but fair about it
jerks*
so epic has to deal with bullies and turn outs
its hard to be "friendly"
gleaming creek
Well, yes, that's why they have the separation
Someone has to reproduce it before it goes into the bug tracker and can be seen by actual developers
It makes a kind of sense, but would work much better if they let people raise bugs directly and just had a "reviewed" flag that had to be set before the devs can see it
e.g. this system can easily have ten people raise the same bug at the same time, because they can't see the other tickets until one gets reviwed
distant river
Hey guys, I started making tutorials for UE. I would love to hear your thoughts / feedback: https://youtu.be/gTz0BMBP3YQ
grim ore
Looks too much like WoW and not enough like UE4 😛
grim ore
@distant river Watched it, looked good. No issues following it. My only suggestion is to hide the windows task bar when recording.
plush yew
Hi, i need help with reload Function. my game based on c++ and all the tutorials are for blueprint based game. someone can help?
livid haven
@plush yew That's not a thing we can help you with. Ask a specific question that we can give a specific answer to.
grim ore
if (ammoCount <= 0) ReloadWeapon(); ?
wait that's auto reload, I guess uh.. I have no idea how input works in C++ so I am out of ideas.
gleaming creek
That sounds more like your problem is conceptual and not related to the language you are using
Solutions using blueprints and ones using C++ are generally very similar conceptually
keen birch
Is it me or is the editor crashing a whole lot more often in 4.20 when trying to open the output log than it was before?
grim ore
C++ and Blueprints are the same logic is what they are saying. If you have a tutorial in BP showing you the concept and you know how C++ works you can transfer that knowledge. The issue is if you don't know enough C++ and are trying to learn the concept and C++ @plush yew With that said you will probably have a bad time finding most things in UE4 and C++ that are specific due to C++ being the more rare choice on tutorials. If you know C++ chances are you don't need the tutorial to do something in it.
gleaming creek
Yes, that ^
novel ember
okay so I have a feeling this is a terrible idea but I just figured I'd check
if I were looking to handle the age-old problem of not having your FPS weapon clip through walls without just making it tiny and fixing it to your camera, would there be any downsides to just increasing the existing Pixel Depth Offset of things like walls and floors by 50-60 units?
I mean relative to the player's camera everything's gonna be an arbitrary distance away to begin with
next sierra
so I have a level sequence that asks to be checked out just by playing the level in the editor. anything I can do about this?
weary basalt
Top left of the viewport, there is a button that says Front
Your looking at the Level from a single perspective view
Use that button to change the view
@crude jasper
crude jasper
thx!!
plush yew
Who in here played mw2 multiplayer? Like who liked that game?
wary wave
a) Yes.
b) No.
plush yew
Ah alright lol I'm thinking doing a recreation of it. To make it better and balanced
wary wave
you'd be better off working outwards from MW, rather than MW2
MW was the more balanced and refined game
MW2 added shitloads of bells and whistles, most of which detracted from the game, and threw balance out of the window
weary basalt
MW2 was the last CoD i played.
Is this related to Unreal Engine? Try #lounge perhaps?
plush yew
Mm true. One man army will be out deffiantly lol and same
Mm true. One man army will be out deffiantly lol and same
It will be haha
Was looking for people to help with it and thanks
wary wave
I don't think you'll get many takers tbh
weary basalt
Try adding a job listing to #looking-for-talent but i agree with @wary wave you will be lucky to find anyone with similar interest.
plush yew
True, always a gamble lol thanks!
bitter iris
Do video textures not work in 4.20 or something?
all mine are broken since ive went from 4.19 to 4.20
inner yacht
Why can't I get seperate render target materials from a hit actor ? I have a material in a structure on each character which are the same character blueprints , any idea why I keep getting the first material from the first character?
It's a simple dialog but I get the same image when talking to different characters
novel ember
What's going to be the best way to get this rotator to respect the relative gravity?
As-is the weapon always seems to point "down" relative to 0, 0, -1
torn acorn
Hey guys i just started using unreal
Just wondering if is it possible to transfer a pc game to android
🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺
deep vortex
@torn acorn
wary wave
depends on what you mean by 'transfer'
torn acorn
@deep vortex😭
I was thinking if i made a pc game and then wanted it to be in android how can i do that in unreal
How can i do that thats my question
torn acorn
Are their any limitation i should look out for?
livid haven
Well, for one, one device is a potato and the other is a full-sized laptop or desktop.
For two, wildly different input types.
So while it's possible to just click a checkbox and make it run, that doesn't do anything for a) actually optimizing your project to run on a potato or b) actually designing your project to be played with finger tips on a tiny screen.
deep vortex
🤷 gotta start somewhere tho
livid haven
Sure, just responding to these particular remarks:
"Are their any limitation i should look out for?"
"Just wondering if is it possible to transfer a pc game to android"
Both of which have an answer of "yes" but "not that simple"
deep vortex
tru
kind briar
Hey guys
I'm loking for some sort of map I can start testing my blueprints on
I'm looking at doing procedural map generation at some point (long way off that) at the moment I'm just looking for a small level with a mountain and grass
been googling around, can find heaps of tutorials just no example projects 😦
paper kernel
hmm 🤔
[2018.09.11-05.59.27:060][ 0]LogWindows: Error: Assertion failed: Count>=0 [File:D:\Build\++UE4+Release-4.19+Compile\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Public\UObject/UnrealType.h] [Line: 2699]
plucky reef
can I cast characterBP in game instance?
paper kernel
yes, but you shouldn't
plucky reef
why?
please help me, I'm stuck here when I change level, my BP_Save resets
so I can't load game
paper kernel
savegame?
paper kernel
well, you keep save data in game instance, and when player spawns it reads the save data from game instance
plucky reef
bp_save is different from game instance right?
paper kernel
not really, my project files are broken and I need to fix this
plucky reef
... okay thanks
plush yew
When I install the MS Server 2016 what to do? @gritty matrix write me in DM
timber charm
Hi guys
I am facing a problem in ue4, Whenever I try to create an empty C++ project an error message shows up "An error has occurred while trying to generate project files" How can I fix it? Thanks
torn acorn
@livid haven Thankyou
plucky reef
when I pressed a button in widget it got OPENLEVEL function and can I call the character_BP custom event?
sturdy star
Trying to launch to a device: https://i.imgur.com/DlCLuqj.jpg
but i don't see the correct device listed here, why is that
plush yew
to who person you write this? @sturdy star
gritty matrix
@plush yew You need to setup the layer between your game and the DB server so you can make requests. I suggested before that node JS would be a reasonable solution and posted a link for you.
Alternatively, if you only ever intend on the server being local to the game (which is unlikely, especially with MS SQL) you might be able to use some SDK to connect, but I’d suggest not going down that route for now.
plush yew
Okay there is no local game so I'm about to install the server anyway-is there any way to do queries with sql and tune database without JS? @gritty matrix
I know this is the wrong section to ask, but what is the best way of contacting Epic's Customer Support? I'm locked out by 2FA, and Epic doesn't respond to my Support Ticket... :/
sturdy star
who knows, epic support is hit and miss
plush yew
lol
plush yew
are you here ? @gritty matrix
hey guys
i need help with setting up a material
it just doesn't look like i need it to look
anyone good at this?
native kite
uh i think i could use some help
apparently this material doesnt work
cause its only black
plucky reef
attach the texture to the base color
plush yew
im trying to make a health potion work and it's not red
plucky reef
@plush yew what is the issue please provide picture
plush yew
ok wait im doing just that
native kite
i want the material to be translucent from one side
but completely black from the other side
native kite
yes
plucky reef
what are you trying to achieve exactly?
native kite
i want the material to be translucent from one side but completely black from the other side
aka one-way glass
native kite
already is
plush yew
gritty matrix
@plush yew How you approach this totally depends on what you're doing. If you want to make a system control logging in and authentication you will need to have your game / app, you will need to have some sort of DB technology (MS Server / MySQL / MongoDB) and you will need to have a layer that sits between them in whatever language you choose (I suggest NodeJS because it's widely supported, easy to get started and you'll find a lot of tutorials for this on the web).
Basicaly the flow is this. Someone tries to login to the game. The game sends a request to a service (probably via REST but not necessarily), the service contacts the DB, gets whatever is needed and returns it to the game / app
In some cases you can do this without the layer between but it depends on the tech and exactly what you're trying to do.
Again, I strongly recommend reading a few tutorials on how to setup a login or authentication service.
plucky reef
the first color
native kite
it already is on 0
plush yew
do you need me to screen share this?
plucky reef
yes try it to a plane and it should be working
plush yew
okay thank you I will do it with MS server and with NodeJS 😉
plucky reef
I got it working in a plane?
native kite
building lighting
plucky reef
it should work
plucky reef
there
native kite
the front
plucky reef
now add the whatever material or glass material you want
native kite
but there should be a color on the other side
i set it to blue
i ripped it from this btw https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/717828/how-to-create-one-way-mirror-material.html
native kite
and?
plucky reef
wait I'm trying to imitate it
plush yew
what's albedo?
plucky reef
yes, try to replace it a cube
native kite
its completely black
plucky reef
try to change the 2 color and set it to whatever color you want
plucky reef
okay try to change it to blue
let's just test if it's working
and put it in DEFAULT LIT
not unlit
and it should be working
@native kite
native kite
lemme try
plush yew
i can't make this glass work...
plucky reef
I'm not good at materials but I'll try to help you out, @plush yew what material?
native kite
the cube is completely blue now
native kite
@plucky reef would it be possible that you send me the material
plush yew
i have all the textures, but the thing is i can't make the glass look shiny
i have an "opaque" texture
but it doesn't let me connect it
plucky reef
@native kite this is the screenshot, try to just imitate this
native kite
i did
plucky reef
native kite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ2o-NEdJhw try this btw @plush yew
plush yew
native kite
looks really good imo
plucky reef
there's the material
@native kite is it working? change the value of first color to 0 and make the second color the color you want
@plush yew so what you achieve now?
and what is lacking?
native kite
i am trying
plush yew
ok wait wait
there isn't problem that my server will be on the other computer?? @gritty matrix
i think i got it
plucky reef
cool
plucky reef
atleast you got it all working
plush yew
yeah now i have to set the liquid animation inside the bottle
native kite
okay im done reproducing
lemme try it
doesnt look like it works
@plucky reef
lemme try something
plucky reef
what? it should I just tried it out lol
native kite
are you sure it works on a cube?
plucky reef
yeah
native kite
it shows in preview
the material preview
but on the cube it doesnt work
is there some important settings i have to change
sturdy star
xxxxxInputSender.exe doesn't launch, any ideas
native kite
idk it doesn’t seem to work
@plucky reef do you have teamviewer or something like that
native kite
okay
gray basin
Who owns TurboSquid's CheckMate for maya ?
fallen dove
Hey is there a section here for discussing input devices? Things like x360ce, etc
plush yew
this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZck7_4vlYI is helpful for me for the MS server or not? @gritty matrix
alright
i need to combine 2 skeletal meshes and set an animation on 1 of them...
fierce tulip
gritty matrix
@plush yew That tutorial isn't related to anything about connecting to a database.
A few questions:
-
What exactly are you trying to do? Make a game with a login system? Is that right?
-
How comfortable are you with C++?
-
Have you ever used any database systems before?
I can try and help but I'm not really sure what you're trying to do.
fierce tulip
ue4 ftw
plush yew
I know it is not connected but because it was writing to a server connection - secondly I have programmed C ++ but 2017 as of March and I'm not that good but if I have to learn it again I will continue to have a book at home
I have not worked with a database yet and want to make my water system to have a first ride and have an option if you do not have an account he wants you to do and enter a password and email name and if we can even send you something in the mail as some verification will be fine if you can not have no problem with your name and password so far
and if you can help okay I will thank you
@gritty matrix
I asked here 3 days ago to which book to read or buy for how to configurate server and hich book to read or buy for database like SQL but noone answer me 😦
fierce tulip
they did reply to you and asked questions, but it got lost trough the chat. you might be able to use the search and find your older posts
plucky reef
@plush yew set master pose componnet
gritty matrix
@plush yew Right, getting a better idea now. For SQL there are a lot of options. I learned quite a bit from this: https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/expert-mysql/9781590597415/ , but it's obviously MySQL focused (lot's of transferable stuff though). I can't recommend an MS SQL book specifically because I don't know any. However, there are 2 parts to this. One is learning SQL, and any basic SQL book / website will teach you that. The other part is learning how to administrate and manage SQL servers, which is much more complex. If you want to release this to the public, you'll also need to do some security research at some point.
So, to connect to the Database you can either write a layer as I mentioned before OR if you want to connect directly to the DB then you'll want to get familiar with ODBC and write your connectors in C++. There is some info here: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/94ab0a86-f3d0-45ee-b384-d905420eb5ff/connect-use-sql-server-in-cc
I also found this: https://github.com/tenowg/ODBCPlugin No idea what state it's in but it might help you get started
Also, if you want to send a message to someone on registration you'll need to be running or connecting to a mailserver somewhere.
You might also want to consider SQLLite and see if that fits your needs better.
plush yew
huh? Master pose component?
plucky reef
you said you want to attach 2 skeletal mesh right?
plush yew
yes
plucky reef
use the master pose component node
plush yew
in blueprint?
plucky reef
yes
plush yew
so like do i set the potion first and then the liquid and after that
plucky reef
wait, is that skeletal mesh?
plucky reef
the bottle and liquid?
plucky reef
and it's in actor bp?
plucky reef
if then try to add skeletal component
plush yew
where?
okay thank you can you help me with these things that you say me or not?
i added the 2 skeletal meshes
both
plush yew
i set the animation mode but when i take and put the BP in the level
it seems the animation doesn't play im just testing it now
ok now it plays
i have to tick Loop
plucky reef
oh yeah, is it now working?
plush yew
Looks OK to me
plucky reef
cooool
plush yew
it's not easy to make a fancy potion 😄
static viper
its black
and why no fancy reflection...
you can fake the reflection with a camera oriented positioned texture
plush yew
what reflection?
has anyone tried putting this together?
this water looks so awesome
plush yew
Is there a way to change the parent of a bone?
bitter iris
Does anyone know why my video texture is white, since i moved from 4.19 it hasnt worked
plush yew
I guess no one knows how to help me
plucky reef
@plush yew why do you want to track the basehuman?
have you CHECK the control rig plugin?
plucky reef
plugin?
plush yew
I added it
plucky reef
check edit, plugins find control rig
plush yew
I already did
plucky reef
maybe they created it?
plush yew
they didn't
cuz I viewed another video
that a normal person made
and he had
the basehuman thinggy
plucky reef
I don't know hmm
plucky reef
I really hope someone here is willing to help for my problem, I create actor that has overlap event and just getting the distance from my player(this is only for quest) and when they overlap it then destroy the quest actor. now how to put this in array? I want to save this one, please help me also the issue with loading game reset when Opening different level, please help.
gaunt raptor
does anyone know any good water materials/plugins/whatever to do a sea / Coastline in ue4 ?
whole quarry
@gaunt raptor First google result: https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/work-in-progress/17331-community-project-wip-weather-ocean-water-shader
plucky reef
@plush yew yeah, I hope so
gaunt raptor
i found that as well - but everything is on github and it looked a little bit sketchy to me 😛 was kinda hoping for something on the marketplace
rich sparrow
struggling to get swarm agent working, which chan is best?
velvet ravine
This may sound stupid, But what actually does UMG stand for?
plucky reef
Unreal Motion Graphics
plucky reef
haha
bitter iris
Does anyone know if 4.20 supports video textures.. all mine from 4.19 are broken
native kite
do blueprints from 4.10 work with 4.20?
bitter iris
It works when I click on media. Just if I launch the game its white or black. Any ideas why?
kind briar
Hi guys, I'm trying to get the boy and his kite demo to load but I can't find any information on why it won't
I'll upload a screenshot
mint raptor
Noticing Object Not Registered Warning message in console, any way to figure out what object isn't registering?
kind briar
I get thaton every map I load in the project
I get that if I try to build the map
the viewscreen is black too, idk what to do? I deleted my derived data folder and recompiled everything
grim ore
The kite demo uses multiple levels so you want to make sure you are in the correct one if you want to try and run it. The last screenshot tho shows missing items which is weird, almost like it never fully imported
kind briar
0.o
I just downloaded it from the launcher, made a new project and it wouldn't launch
run into these issues
I had the open world example which I thought was the same textures and it works just fine, so I'm just confused as to what I need to do to get it going
grim ore
I haven't touched the kite demo in years, there are multiple maps that contain different things like lighting and foliage and navigation. one of them in the main master level that is what you would use to run the example
grim ore
it might be related to that but the missing meshes is weird
kind briar
I'm running a subset of the map?
grim ore
you might be yes
kind briar
doesn't look like there's a skylight
ahh okay
I'll load the map they say to load first
brittle gulch
Hi guys, who uses speedtree here? Is it possible to only have one material ID when importing trees from Speedtree?
kind briar
this doesn't seem to be a problem for most people
idk how I have null static meshes, the launcher verified the project after it installed it?
torn acorn
Gots a question guys
plucky reef
@kind briar you're not in the main level that's why
torn acorn
Is it possible to open an apk file from game in appstore that was made in unreal
I want to
Open the file in unreal
I want to disect the game
I really want to know how the thing was made in unreal
kind briar
that last screenshot was the level they said to start with
I hit play and it's compiling a bunch more shit now
kind briar
Hopefully 😃 assumed it would be nice the example pack where it created all the static meshes first
plucky reef
@torn acorn I think you can't but you can get the character and mesh I think?
you can reverse engineer it
kind briar
all good, I just want a bit of nice landscape to have a bit of a play around on while I get my blueprints going
it's still loading the main level
torn acorn
Hmmmm still better than nothing xd thanks @plucky reef
kind briar
haha, it's free in the market 😛
static viper
oh
kind briar
once the shaders compile it might run at a decent fps haha
I tried my hand at level making today but I'm creatively retarded
trying to make a decent vr rts
torn acorn
I wouldnt run that in android tho :p
kind briar
so I needed a decent map to start testing my units and stuff on
gonna use some of the paragon assets too since they're just up for grabs
torn acorn
I feel like level making is only hard when you dont have a sketch or plan for it
kind briar
I can't sketch haha
I can design algorithms
can't imagine 😛
I'm creatively retarded
torn acorn
You just need to have an idea of what the guys in your head fight
Better yet steal ideas hahaha
kind briar
yeah I'm taking some landscape from this level
computer just froze while playing it haha
The game module 'KiteDemoEditor' could not be loaded. There may be an operating system error or the module may not be properly set up.
rip
deleted saved/binary/intermediate folder fixed
torn acorn
Welp good good luck man im gonna sleep
kind briar
yeah it's being a real jerk
I paused it so it could build stuff instead of moving further into the level and having to load more stuff 😛
plucky reef
also I've been wondering that their cinematics is good but when I recreated the shots it's not as good as their creation so I was thinking that maybe there's a setting where in you can push everything beyond normal when in cinematics
also in the infiltrator demo, notice the part where he's in camouflage in the tunnel, notice the enemy helmet material change, it's so good and it's on the animation, but when you reshot and record it, it's not as good as that
ahaha load everything first
kind briar
😦
another crash
this is frustrating
how can I get the level to generate without hte camera moving around and stuff?
I don't actually want to play the level'
I just want to see what it looks like .>.
I have 16 gig, fx 7570 and gtx 1060
and an m.2 drive
all this freezing is pissing me off, shouldn't be this hard 😦
I'll try playing it in simulate mode
torn acorn
same i was thinking about how heave that would be that much graphics
kind briar
yeah running it in simulate seems to have done it
plucky reef
good
lilac cobalt
kind briar
landscapes seem to be uncopiable from memory 😦 looks like they're malformed anyway so eh
guess i"ll have to learn to use the landscaper after all
viral herald
hey guys
the metalicsmoothness
how should it be hooked up?
i know it should be in both metalic and smoothnees
but in not sure which is which
or nvm, i figured it out
plucky reef
cool
plucky reef
is there a console command that will restart the game?
I don't want to reopen the game and stuff
static viper
todo that you will have to go outside unreal
this is usual a shell story
where before stopping the game a shell is executed to open the same exe in the same path
after a certain event
you shouldnt need that yet at all
junior topaz
I checked "Open last project" when i start the engine, how can i disable this ? So i can create a new project
plucky reef
go to file
junior topaz
But i guess your option is faster lol 😄
plucky reef
lol
bitter iris
Guys, when I load the game in standalone the character spawns at 0,0,0 even though my playerstart locations are on the level? How would I fix this
plucky reef
so can anyone help me here? I got the Quest actor that got widget and display the distance between the actor and character, how to store this in array and how to save this actor to my save slot
in your ""load"" did you put the transform spawn at anything aside from 0000?
bitter iris
what you mean in my load
plucky reef
wait
my bad
I tot you're using LOAD GAME FUNCTION
so when you run the game in standalone.
bitter iris
Loading the game in standalone, I have a 16 tile level streamed map, and 1 tile has player spawns on but the player still spawns at 0,0,0
plucky reef
try to delete the player start and make sure it's only 1
sometimes I overlook that and I putted multiple player start in level
bitter iris
How would multiple player spawns make you spawn at 0,0,0? Cant have everyone spawning on the same spot?
frosty bloom
If they spawn at 0,0,0 you most likely gave an invalid vector for them to spawn at
frosty bloom
Trying to spawn 1 thing inside the other would be invalid, because collision and so forth
potent jungle
Do any of you have the FPS Game Starter Kit? The respawn system for guns (Making it to where the gun wont respawn if its in your inventory) doesnt work. Really getting to me
bitter iris
@frosty bloom So its the landscapes collision ?
frosty bloom
Sure, that could be the culprit
pallid compass
step 1, get windows
step 2 problem solved
but on a serious note, u might want to live more context if u can, also except to find next to no mac users in here
unique crypt
Hey guys,
I have been fiddling around with Unreal 4 but I am running into a problem. When I bake a light map it's all fine but when I bake again it looks like it stacks the maps and it becomes brighter, then when I bake again it becomes even brighter and eventually the whole scene is pure white. Maybe you guys know what's going on?
pallid compass
u on 4.20 by any chance?
unique crypt
yes
4.20.2
Moved everything to a new scene and seems to work fine now
I don't know if I hit a wrong button or something haha
sullen wraith
I'm trying to get a value from one blueprint to another as the BP is removed and I lose the value. not sure how to do it, would anyone know how? this is my attempt sofar
junior topaz
I made a flying plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA2DoYNsmX8
My issue now is, that this has few bugs that would make everything harder.
Collision doesn#t work, the replication is broken....
Now i need to know how to set everything up.
Should i make Camera -> Spring Arm -> Static Mesh or Static Mesh -> S A -> Camera ?
digital anchor
Static mesh, spring arm, camera
try to keep collision as root when possible
and camera always parented to the spring arm
for the collision not working, check the pressets, make sure both the plane and whats colliding with are set to block, else they will overlap
junior topaz
The thing is that in this video, i made the camera static and moved the plane around. and because of this, collision didn't work
Is there a rule how big the "plane" should be compared to the camera ?
I have it like this
The plane looks bit small compared to the camera
sleek solar
It doesn't matter, the camera mesh is just a visual feedback of location and direction
junior topaz
I have here some textures and when i drag it into the Content Browser it shows me that it failed to export
Those are bmp files
sleek solar
try to change their format before moving into editor
I don't think that people use bmp anymore
junior topaz
got it 😄
fierce tulip
tga or png are generally most common. some teams choose tga only even, others png unless it needs an alpha, then its tga
helps finding the alpha ones occasionally if they are the only tga ones hehe
junior topaz
How do i add the texture i've imported ?
junior topaz
sleek solar
sacred lotus
Today 17 years ago was the darkest day in modern history, I give all my condolences!
livid haven
🤦 That is indeed a facepalm thing to just blurt out randomly in a completely off-topic manner. :/
bitter iris
Is there a way to spawn the character after the level has loaded to stop me going under the map?
livid haven
You should just stop. You even said 17 years ago, so trying to pretend you were making this other joke is stupid. You're making light of an actual national tragedy at this point.
fierce tulip
https://i.gyazo.com/031d92f8fc2f007a92db0d2747ef400e.gif
persona suddenly acting up
frank escarp
looks fine to me
plucky reef
so what's the issue there?
sacred lotus
Bad animation
fierce tulip
nothing, im def not appearance shaming
not a bad animation, just persona suddenly messing up
sacred lotus
I have no idea what it was about sorry
pallid compass
Does anyone know if anything causes a controller to default its values? like posses a pawn or anything
plucky reef
okay since you're now active I'll grab this chance to ask you, so I create actor that has widget to just display the quest and distance between my character and to that actor, placed it to map and when I overlap that actor it dissapear and the next actor is set to enabled and the quest name changes, is there a way to get all the active quest actor? if not then how?
fierce tulip
dont ask me XD
worn granite
ya know that's the particle god, right?
fierce tulip
i know pewpewpew, materials, modelling, but that.. noooo clue
thats something for blueprint/coder peeps
plucky reef
I know
worn granite
and I'm not sure what you're missing there tbh
plucky reef
been watching his particle a day (?)
oh I see haha
so happy when he released some free asset in his cave haha
viral herald
anyone have any good ideas on how i can have tentacles dangling from a creature and move around freely?
livid haven
You'd just tell those bones to be physics driven in the physics asset for the mesh.
livid haven
Yep
vale silo
@elfin jacinth do you happen to know what's going on with UE4's issues tracker?
timid rampart
https://youtu.be/SJI0NTSM2NI
I made a guide on having ragdoll simulations triggered via Sequencer, hope this helps some of you
grim juniper
elfin jacinth
@vale silo It is back now.
manic pawn
why did he even make a post about radial blur cage being cool if he was never going to share it 🤔
grim juniper
Well he also says https://twitter.com/AlanNoon/status/868112795509837824
Twitter
Twitter
manic pawn
that was more than a year ago
grim juniper
Last tweet is from Jun 6th this year
He didn't get it ready for release since he doesn't work at EPIC anymore
grave nebula
There were parts of the code buried in the engine, that allowed to render a replacement object in velocity pass. Shame it never made it out.
grim juniper
If only someone at EPIC would look into it 
manic pawn
they will if you can convince someone fortnite needs this
fierce tulip
i just bumped that tweet, but if you really want it make it heard. that helps.
if they ever get back to epic fridays and have the time, who knows.
plucky reef
when i'm playing video on unreal engine, why is the video not smooth and why the sound is a bit late?
deep vortex
that radial blur cage is exactly what i need too - i drooled when i first saw that tweet, oh... how many months ago now? still havent figured out how he did it 🙃
inner yacht
Any way to activate a scene capture component in blueprint in game? I want to start and stop it if possible
the idea of making a bunch of render targets seems messy
its for a dialog character visual sorta thing
deep vortex
@inner yacht do this
inner yacht
that easy huh thanx much
devout lintel
Guys, i need to help with something, i made a cast to BP, but it can't read the variable
inner yacht
I think your character ref. is not set
devout lintel
it is
inner yacht
check if its a base character or if it is the actual blueprint
the variable
if its is base you may need to cast to the name of your blueprint
also you could try is valid? node
inner yacht
where did you set the character ref?
inner yacht
i would need to see this
devout lintel
inner yacht
try a small delay node like .5 after event begin play
inner yacht
welcome
inner yacht
i had the problem before every thing runs in sequence you must hit the right timing
good luck
devout lintel
much thanks !
inner yacht
no problem
winged crypt
Any idea what this might be? I'm not using any arrays in the BP that causes this crash.
sullen wraith
i want to make an object, visible to only certain players who meet a requirement, how can you do this?
chilly gale
What is this about, I'm guessing it because I migrated packages to this projetct. It seems to happen when or if I rename a folder
deep vortex
try fixing up redirectors
sullen wraith
i want to make an object, visible to only certain players who meet a requirement, how can you do this?
plush yew
I recomputed the normals and made lights dynamic and movable type dynami as well but the procedural mesh on the left has these weird lines
deep vortex
they both have the issue, just the one on the left is more intense
plush yew
yea i want to at least get the same behavior as static meshes (the one on the right) so i can then improve on it after that
any ideas why its more intense on the left
okay its because the proceduralmeshcomponent has no normals set for each triangle.. but there are only options to set normals for vertices.. what about for triangles?
pseudo dome
So, I'm trying to get my ship to do a Barrel Roll... and this is what I've setup so far but it does not seem to be working even though i followed a tutorial on youtube and it was working before...
AnyHelp ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwtKcDA-RTI
this is the video tutorial i used for the Ship Roll part
plush yew
okay so if anyone happens to have my problem you can refer to this thread
More info here : https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/393302/procedural-meshes-unable-to-produce-sharp-edges.html
chilly gale
@deep vortex Done that and it's not working
bronze tulip
Hoi
timber charm
sleek solar
@timber charm do you have Visual Studio 2017 installed with all the required modules?
timber charm
I don't think so, I have only installed UE4 through epic games launcher
sleek solar
you need to create blueprint only project if you don't have visual studio
timber charm
I have visual studio since I installed unity
sleek solar
are you sure you have 2017 version and all the modules for C++?
timber charm
nah probably not, as It was downloaded along with unity, It has nothing over than unity stuff, so how can I install em?
sleek solar
I'd recommend creating blueprint only project
timber charm
well I am willing to learn both :/
timber charm
oh thank u
sleek solar
but jumping into UE4 C++ is a bad idea if you don't know C++
so good luck with that...
timber charm
I had a scripting experience in pawn which is similar to C, btw do I have to install desktop development with C++ and uncheck the rest?
sullen wraith
for some reason this isn't being affected by gravity
when game starts its just floating
how can i make it so it falls
timber charm
How hard is C++?
paper kernel
it's a language, about that hard
timber charm
yea, but is it really that difficult ?
paper kernel
a language that doesn't allow typos
honestly, it's only difficult to those who are unwilling to learn it
timber charm
well thanks for the answer, This makes me more optimistic
paper kernel
c++ for dummies is pretty good book actually, you could get through it in a weekend
and when ever learning how to program, if you don't understand just keep following along the example, it will eventually make sense
crude scroll
can anyone help me. when i try to load in to UT i get the loading screen then when it loads i have a mouse but the screen goes black and i cant see anything
teal tulip
well this is about UE no UT at all
graceful pecan
there is another server for UT tho, i just joined this one from the link there
sullen wraith
gravity isn't working on this item, it's refusing to fall, i've got gravity and simulate physics enabled on static skeltal and sphere
sullen wraith
hey guys, within my item, there are two static meshs, when game starts, they both fall in different directions, is it possible to link them together so they dont go apart?
nevermind
fixed it
upbeat dune
Hiya all, can anyone help? I've been having a problem with loading any of my projects in UE4 and i keep getting this message once the project is loaded. I've get the latest graphics driver (10.09.2018) and i'm using UE4 version 4.20.2. Does anyone have any suggestions?. Thank you 😃
grave nebula
@upbeat dune I personally suggest you to download debug symbols as your first step.
upbeat dune
@grave nebula Ok, that's doing, thanks :). What will i have to do afterwards?
grave nebula
After that you can read callstack for your error, and if the cause is not readily identifiable, you can seek further clarification here, or on the forum or any other resource.
upbeat dune
Ah ok, thanks again 😄
timber charm
Is gtx 1050 enough for developing in UE4 ?
upbeat dune
I use gtx 760 and seems to run fine when it decides to work xD
@grave nebula, after downloading the debug symbols, i've got this,
Now thinking about it, would be because it isn't on my main drive or?
static viper
this error seems to be normal
grave nebula
@upbeat dune One of your shaders failed to compile. You can use pastebin or equivalent instead of screenshots for this.
static viper
yee
it seems like you are either using a custom shader
or 20.2
and i know you are using 20.2
upbeat dune
I'm not sure, i haven't done anything to it, everything is by default, and yes i'm using 4.20.2
@grave nebula What do you mean?
static viper
yee 4.20.2
very bug
its new new early
there is no chance that even if this is a normal bug that you find a solution
you may just take 4.19
and try if it still happens
4.20 is just so new
upbeat dune
Oh ok, thanks, I'll try 4.19, 4.20 seemed to work fine until a graphics driver came out, then it went downhill
upbeat dune
Aye, will do, thanks again 😃
sullen wraith
I'm making an interact function, it worked perfectly fine before, I've then moved the box/capsule/syphere into "static mesh" instead of defaultscene root, and it no longer works, would anyone know how to fix
chilly leaf
hello someone knows how I can make a widget for example a coin that when I catch it appreciate that widget i disappear after 3 seconds and so on
¿?
sullen wraith
i recommend trying it yourself and then asking for help.
chilly leaf
I need help with this problem someone can help me thank you very much
sullen wraith
its not really a problem if you dont try it yourself.
upper quartz
hi guys
opal coral
I've got a local player controller that never receives input in the menu until I click the mouse. it's always that particular controller, even if I re-plug both in different orders etc.
my other controller can do input unprovoked as it should. any advice?
edit: also, the controller where input works - not every input works, only certain things like the start button, until the mouse is clicked
gleaming lotus
SteamVR starts every time I load my non-VR project. Any idea how to disable it?
I've unchekced 'Start SteamVR when an application starts' in developer settings of steamVR.
tawdry storm
might wanna ask the folks at #virtual-reality
plush yew
anyone know how to stop a physics object from bouncing?
opal coral
@plush yew have you assigned a PhysicalMaterial to it? can set the bounce there
gray ore
Hai friends
How to create a ui(like color customization) in unreal engine using c++ ? Please help me..
Lot of tutorial in blueprint
But in c++ I didn't know so only I'm asked and I'm new of unreal.. sry for my English
plush yew
@opal coral i have not
edgy thunder
Hello everyone, I’m currently trying to recreate Sonic’s homing attack and I haven’t found a tutorial nor someone who can really help me . Would really appreciate if anyone could help me . Tutorial / bp ( I’m a visual learner) thank you in advance
plush yew
@edgy thunder just line trace for the nearest object and then timeline your location to the object whilst playing an animation
@edgy thunder you can attach a sphere collider to your player and caluclate those infront/nearest to him and make sure hes in range before doing the attack
timber charm
What is the best free tutorial for Unreal 4 C++ scripting? I've been looking for too much, Could not find :/
edgy thunder
Thanks for the responses @plush yew @plush yew .. could you show me the visual ? If is not too much to ask
I will also need variables right ?
plush yew
no sorry
edgy thunder
Ok
outer island
Ok... so in unity I could change the UV tiling of a material on each object I put the material on. In unreal the only way I can find to tile textures is to put texture cordinates on the diffuse and normal map. How could I do this per object?
obtuse path
That moment when finalising the install of 4.20.2 (from 4.20.1) and it restarts your PC without notice!
Save often folks!
Pretty sure I only lost a few minutes of work, but damn!
outer island
when you think someone is answering your question