#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 313

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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so only c

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@fierce tulip

fierce tulip Sep 17, 2018, 3:10 PM

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still shrudder

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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the path is too long ther

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C:\Users\Jon's PC\Documents\Unreal Projects\BattleRoyale1.7\

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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thats the problem?

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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ue4 max path length is 255 or so

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so this "C:\Users\Jon's PC\Documents\Unreal Projects\BattleRoyale1.7"

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will be converted into signs...

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will be more then digits

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

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📎 9Ms.png

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

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and the path extra signs here

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

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ill try moving them to C:\

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

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\Jon's P

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this is extremely bad

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

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i had that problem before with unity

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:13 PM

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that path will bite you one day

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:13 PM

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it already has

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:13 PM

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C:\Folder\BattleRoyale1_7

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luos doesnt want to explain to you

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bc its so basic

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everyone needs to work clean

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youre welcome

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:14 PM

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i think its working

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tysm if it does

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https://ibb.co/dKjCSK you can have my custom background as thanks @static viper

imgbb.com

custom wallpaper

Image custom wallpaper hosted in imgbb.com

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:15 PM

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oh

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how

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unique...

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:15 PM

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https://gyazo.com/a40f2fd6d153d224dfa221045c2b2f8d

Gyazo

teal tulip Sep 17, 2018, 3:16 PM

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lol

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:16 PM

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noot noot

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it didnt work

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it definitely got further

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:16 PM

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my advise wasnt about fixing

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it was about basic hygiene XD

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:17 PM

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y dont gifs work

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:17 PM

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its just yours

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:17 PM

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http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/computer-mad.gif

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:17 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221796616653373441/487236862935826442/COlyhIy.gif

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:18 PM

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they work by urls

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just not direct upload

grim ore Sep 17, 2018, 3:20 PM

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so far all the errors I have seen have been due to user error. Not installing things the correct places (plugins) and not understanding how UE4 works (compiling). Did you learn the basics of UE4 before jumping into using a template and making a Battle Royale

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:20 PM

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ITS MATHEWW https://media.giphy.com/media/gxzJbCkfmus/giphy.gif

Giphy

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:24 PM

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@grim ore all the plugins are in the correct place

grim ore Sep 17, 2018, 3:24 PM

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well the last errors were about plugins, what are the new errors?

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:25 PM

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they're about plugins but the plugins are the pal

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place the guide i followed

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said to put them

grim ore Sep 17, 2018, 3:25 PM

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the guide might be wrong, what do the errors tell you to fix.

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:26 PM

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Error1    LNK1181    cannot open input file 'C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.20\Engine\Plugins\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4Editor\Development\AdvancedSessions\UE4Editor-AdvancedSessions.lib'    CardinalMenu    C:\Users\Jon's PC\Documents\Unreal Projects\BattleRoyale1.7\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\LINK    1#

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a missing libary

whole quarry Sep 17, 2018, 3:26 PM

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@static viper facepalm_luos

grim ore Sep 17, 2018, 3:26 PM

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the missing library is due to the source files missing/not being compiled for that plugin

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:27 PM

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WHAT

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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

sleek solar Sep 17, 2018, 3:27 PM

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Make sure that plugin matches the engine version;
Do not touch the engine folder unless you are using the full engine from the github;
Some plugins do not work with pre-compiled engine from the Epic launcher.

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:28 PM

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by AdvancedSessions folder is completely different to the one mentioned there

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my*

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ill download latest one

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these plugins came in a zip file i donwloaded from the guide

sleek solar Sep 17, 2018, 3:29 PM

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you are using 4.20 while plugins could be for 4.1x

grim ore Sep 17, 2018, 3:29 PM

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It's also super funky that it's looking in the engine folder not the project folder for that plugin

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so at this point your actual project might be hosed from all the messing around

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:30 PM

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on the latest AdvancedSessions theres 2 folders

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AdvancedSteamSessions

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and AdvancedSessions

velvet ravine Sep 17, 2018, 3:31 PM

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like this, Mines instaled via Project

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https://i.imgur.com/76vwQWa.png

Imgur

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:34 PM

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its building in vs

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no errors yet

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it said ready

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so i went back

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and tried to double click on the file

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and click yes

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and its building

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https://gyazo.com/f563a21632a90af31539f73c2b9101a3

Gyazo

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didnt work

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@grim ore @sleek solar

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:41 PM

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you need to read the log

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

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it goes to fast

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it was going up

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i was watching it

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it went

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95$

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95%

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96%

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then 100%

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

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it gives out a log

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

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then error

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where is that

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found them

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https://hastebin.com/vurumapivo.sql

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:45 PM

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whats that link

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:47 PM

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its hastebin

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developers post logs

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:48 PM

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can you send a list of plugins you use?

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:50 PM

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yes

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https://gyazo.com/728eeb29584d94bdb8495a3eb6a83fd9

Gyazo

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 3:52 PM

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i know

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but i like to toy abit more

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he will evtl find out on his own

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@uneven spoke google the dlls in the top of the log

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failed

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thats my hint.

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 3:53 PM

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ok

uneven spoke Sep 17, 2018, 4:19 PM

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fixed

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@static viper

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i learnt something aswell

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:29 PM

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guys, i get a Fatal Error with a fps in my second laptop when I try to open the recent packcaged game

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windows 64 bit

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what should I do? I only see post of steam version of Ark and nothing related to ue4 problems

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:30 PM

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what fps?

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fatal error?

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what

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:31 PM

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I made a First Person Shooter with Online throught Steam Plugin on UE4.18.3

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I tested it on my main PC and It worked

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but in my second laptop it gives me fatal error

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:32 PM

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https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Locating_Project_Logs

Locating Project Logs

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you need to find the crash log

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also this sounds not like an ue4 issue

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clearly it is working

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just not on your laptop

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drivers

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:32 PM

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how can i find the project logs on an packcaged game?

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:33 PM

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i just gave you a link

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:33 PM

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oh nice

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ill check

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📎 IMG_20180917_183510.jpg

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i got this windows log fails 🤔

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:36 PM

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get more.

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this one isnt telling stories

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:38 PM

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yeah I see on google that a lot of ppl had this issue with ue4 . 17 +

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/711009/418-prev2-failed-to-load-dll-getlasterror126.html

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its the same error

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:40 PM

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provide more details about your project

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bc i dont believe a word you just said.

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:42 PM

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https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/forums/technical-support/hardware-support/516226-game-doesn-t-launch-missing-dll-error

Forums

So it began with crashing mid game and now it progressed to not being able to launch the game. I keep getting the screen before loading and then suddenly the

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a lot of people have the same problem, its look like Unreal has problems to start games since the 4.17 version of the motor

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:43 PM

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are you using plugins

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:44 PM

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i used the plugin for Steam

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its the fastest way to make a game online to play throught steam friends

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:44 PM

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and you used extra code?

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c++?

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:44 PM

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sure, i added some code to the ini files

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and all is working fine on my main PC where I created the game

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but when I packaged for windows 64 bit and tried to open the game on my laptop to test if the game works fine with the online, the game doesnt want to start

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the log says "LogWindows: Failed to load 'aqProf.dll' (GetLastError=126)
LogWindows: File 'aqProf.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"

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and this is the same problem that had a lot of people with Fortnite and other games like Ark

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:47 PM

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you do know that fortnite has the same problem?

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:47 PM

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this started when Epic Games upgraded Fortnite to UE 4.17 +

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:47 PM

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mh

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i dont think so

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:48 PM

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yeah look

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you can search it on google

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:48 PM

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it looks very much like the engine was updated to a higher stand

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:48 PM

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a lot of people talking about the same problem, same windows log fail/missing/doesnt exist files

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:48 PM

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look at this.

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/731556/do-i-need-to-worry-about-these-missing-dlls.html

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:49 PM

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I made my project with 4.18.3

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🤔

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:49 PM

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regardless

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i hope someone can help you

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this looks like simple user error

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your laptop clearly misses some software

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:51 PM

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🤔 sure but I hope I dont have to change my project version 🙏

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 4:55 PM

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its price was set down :3

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looks like a cheap grab yes!

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get it while its hot

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:05 PM

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how about this one https://www.udemy.com/unrealengine-cpp/ ?

Udemy

Unreal Engine 4 Mastery: Create Multiplayer Games with C++

Unleash the power of C++ and Blueprint to develop Multiplayer Games with AI in this Epic Games-approved course.

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by former Epic engine dev

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:07 PM

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come on

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buy the course already

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people need to live from somethin

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:08 PM

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the rumor has it that people eventually want to add MP support into their Sp game and that doesn't work like that - you have to build your SP game with MP in mind

tall pendant Sep 17, 2018, 5:09 PM

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dont do an MP as first project period. 😄

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:09 PM

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and since the goal is to learn UE4 and C++, my guess is that Epic dev should provide a decent tutoring.. I might be wrong about that 😃

fierce tulip Sep 17, 2018, 5:09 PM

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http://yourgameideaistoobig.com/

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:09 PM

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"by former Epic engine dev"

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:10 PM

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make multiplayer ping pong using UE4

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:10 PM

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Estimate: $458,893,924,742*

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:10 PM

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small scope and SP/MP game

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are you making a commercial indie game or just learning UE4 / C++ ?

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:12 PM

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the upper one ofc.

fierce tulip Sep 17, 2018, 5:12 PM

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udemy 😖

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:13 PM

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learn Blueprints instead 😃

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:13 PM

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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what are you doing moto!!!

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:13 PM

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lies

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BP is GOOD!

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I see..

tall pendant Sep 17, 2018, 5:14 PM

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visual basic is best for ue4 tho

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:14 PM

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how so?

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maybe for some high performance projects or when you need to fiddle with custom integrations C++ is the thing.. Otherwise BP gets the job done

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aye, if the jobs requires it, then yes... For indie projects you definitely don't need C++ at all (unless you need custom integration or working on Fortnite killer)

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:16 PM

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oh skill does imply more then just a few years coding

tall pendant Sep 17, 2018, 5:17 PM

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if you want a job at CDR/Techland you might want to learn actual C++ (not the UE4 flavor of it) first.

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I dont think they're using UE4 😄

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:17 PM

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but ue4 is AAA sort of

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:17 PM

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yeah, they use in-house custom engine

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:17 PM

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so its good to know how things work around here

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its important that you know the ruleset

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if you know that

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you can hire everywhere

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:18 PM

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that's what they use http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/REDengine

Witcher Wiki

REDengine

REDengine is the engine for games developed by CD Projekt RED studio for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It replaced the Aurora Engine originally licensed from...

tall pendant Sep 17, 2018, 5:18 PM

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They use REDengine. It's not UE4.

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And C++ in UE4 is not standard C++

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:19 PM

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yee i think one of their games uses ue4

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but

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you dont want to go with just that

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you need to be more flexiable

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yes it is :3

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a start.

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the pure skill imply experience

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i hope you are making ready for a project

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one that isnt ping pong in multiplayer

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finally!

karmic thistle Sep 17, 2018, 5:25 PM

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where should I go to ask about my error? @static viper I can`t fix it

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:25 PM

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i want to see an answerhub post.

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:32 PM

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I am guessing Owl is one of the authors of that C++ course 🤔

static viper Sep 17, 2018, 5:33 PM

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no i am not

vale silo Sep 17, 2018, 5:35 PM

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lies! poor fella thought you were giving him a good advice 🤦

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j/k

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alex

plush yew Sep 17, 2018, 5:51 PM

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Hello everyone!

fierce tulip Sep 17, 2018, 6:05 PM

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https://giphy.com/gifs/hello-Cmr1OMJ2FN0B2

Giphy

olive yew Sep 17, 2018, 7:58 PM

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can someone help me with a game?

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need someone to team with

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i want to make a battle royale game

grim ore Sep 17, 2018, 8:03 PM

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There are the #looking-for-talent and #looking-for-work channels as well as maybe posting what you have in #work-in-progress to see if anyone wants to join. There is also the forums which have collaboration sections

gleaming creek Sep 17, 2018, 11:07 PM

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Is there a way to do a trace for just one location?

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Seems silly to have to trace between two locations, slightly offset, just to check if a space is free

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(Possibly a question for #blueprint, though I'd imagine the same question would apply to C++ too, I just haven't checked)

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There's CapsuleOverlapActors and CapsuleOverlapComponents, which sound like what I'm looking for, but don't seem to work as I'd expect

worn granite Sep 17, 2018, 11:16 PM

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in those cases, I'd lean for whichever you're most comfortable getting the answer in. In general... I never use either. In C++ we tend to just use the world functions (actually what that function internally calls). Nothing realy wrong with doing things by calling the kismet statics, though.

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And I actually don't use OverlapMultiByObjectType, so not sure what typically goes wrong with it.

gleaming creek Sep 17, 2018, 11:19 PM

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It's basically that I'd expect these to do the same things:

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📎 unknown.png

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Ah the wires aren't the clearest in that shot, but both have the same inputs, but one works (boolean is true if there's something there) and the other doesn't (boolean is false)

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I guess it doesn't matter; just a trace for no distance seems "wrong"

worn granite Sep 17, 2018, 11:26 PM

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so is the array also empty?

gleaming creek Sep 17, 2018, 11:27 PM

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No, it has WorldStatic, WorldDynamic, PhysicsBody, Destructible

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With the trace it even hits non-entities like BSP terrain

twilit hill Sep 18, 2018, 12:15 AM

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anyone here ever had the problem that when you add an adjacent landscape via the world composition window, it randomly tells you that the newly added landscape is overlapping with another one?

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.. which clearly isnt the case btw

viscid canyon Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 AM

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Do decals not work on BSP brushes?

idle sail Sep 18, 2018, 2:32 AM

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Hey so im genuinely curious how do people make the hacks for games like pubg and CSS hacks that can detect other players/aim lock im definitely not interested in making them just curious as to how its done?

carmine wind Sep 18, 2018, 4:09 AM

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can someone help em with this

📎 unknown.png

viscid canyon Sep 18, 2018, 4:13 AM

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https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/9grh4z/show_off_applied_videomaterial_to_current_scene/

r/unrealengine - [Show Off] Applied video/material to current scene

1 vote and 0 comments so far on Reddit

boreal night Sep 18, 2018, 4:22 AM

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Why the building I imported from sketchup with datasmith have no collision? How to turn it on?

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Also, I can not simulate physic on them

boreal night Sep 18, 2018, 4:41 AM

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Edit: I got it, manually add the collision

languid shard Sep 18, 2018, 6:58 AM

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Hey lads, do we have a timeframe for 4.21 ?

paper kernel Sep 18, 2018, 7:12 AM

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(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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why can't I get bone location by name

sturdy star Sep 18, 2018, 7:19 AM

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hi guys, i need to add brightness control to our game, best practice? parameter into power node in a post process? that won't affect brightness of umg widgets or any hud stuff - so what is the recommended Epic strategy?

paper kernel Sep 18, 2018, 7:20 AM

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brightness rarely affects UI anyway

sturdy star Sep 18, 2018, 7:23 AM

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that's my thought, but i mean, what do epic do

whole quarry Sep 18, 2018, 7:24 AM

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Did you google it?

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 7:58 AM

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Hey, I'm developing the Steam multiplayer, I'm pretty much done, but it doesn't work, can somebody help me please?(edited)
I can Share Screen in DM

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I know it needs to be in #multiplayer

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but its relevant here because its done

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@plush yew try using advanced sessions plugin?

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I dont know that plugin

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Im using Steam plugin

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what's wrong with that?

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native steam support in ue is limited unless you get uworks or advanced sessions for things like friends lists and custom servernames.

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oh

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but still

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its only for the testing and stuff

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can I show you in dm my problem please?

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just hopped on for a second - if you ask in multi then can possibly help you ok. im sorry.

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ok np

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thx

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😃 good luck to you.

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thanks, you too

uneven spoke Sep 18, 2018, 8:22 AM

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anyone have steam that can test my game out for me
i wanna see if multiplayer works

south edge Sep 18, 2018, 8:39 AM

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I can tonight (still at work)

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 8:41 AM

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hey, I closed and saved my project yesterday - today I opened the same project and some assets are missing in the content browser..

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the uassets are still in the right place in the windows file explorer

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what is this?!

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anyone got the same issue or a solution?

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(how is this even possible? never had issues like that with other engines..)

south edge Sep 18, 2018, 8:44 AM

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did you change anything to the folder structure after you closed the project?

uneven spoke Sep 18, 2018, 8:48 AM

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 otReload -ignorejunk
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)):   ERROR: No 32-bit compiler toolchain found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\cl.exe
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Took 33.3286171s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=5
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Command failed (Result:5): C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.18\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool.exe AdvancedSession Win64 Development -Project=C:\uproject\BattleRoyale0.5\AdvancedSession.uproject  C:\uproject\BattleRoyale0.5\AdvancedSession.uproject -NoUBTMakefiles  -remoteini="C:\uproject\BattleRoyale0.5
" -skipdeploy -noxge -NoHotReload -ignorejunk. See logfile for details: 'UnrealBuildTool-2018.09.18-10.47.14.txt' 
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)):        (see C:\Users\Jon's PC\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_4.18\UAT_Log.txt for full exception trace)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=5 (5)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error
LogSlate: Took 0.012269 seconds to synchronously load lazily loaded font '../../../Engine/Content/Editor/Slate/Fonts

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anyone know how to fix

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 8:53 AM

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You might be missing something? https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/538803/error-no-32-bit-compiler-toolchain-found-in-visual.html

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:11 AM

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@south edge nope, as I said I saved my project and closed it

south edge Sep 18, 2018, 9:12 AM

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Hmm bizarre

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:12 AM

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yup

south edge Sep 18, 2018, 9:13 AM

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Check your files once more and if not there then: Do you have source control (Git / Perforce?). If so then check the history in there. If you don't use Source Control, I suggest looking into it to avoid problems.

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and if both of those arent the case maybe your recycle bin

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otherwise It's lost i suppose

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 9:14 AM

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in the project folder check for backups in the saved folder

torn acorn Sep 18, 2018, 9:15 AM

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Hi guys does changing scale of the character help wkth optimation

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For example the character i want to use is 5,6

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But what if i reduce the caharcter and the game environment by half

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Does this help with optimization

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:18 AM

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@south edge I don't use source control.

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@south edge huh? why should my files be lost?

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 9:18 AM

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I don't know what it is with 4.20 but I had the same issue with a uasset being there but corrupt.

south edge Sep 18, 2018, 9:18 AM

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then aside from checking your project folder again I'd have no clue

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:18 AM

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as I said: the files are still in the same place in the windows file explorer

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they just don't appear in the content browser of UE

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@versed spear im using 4.19

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 9:20 AM

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that happened with my map with the build file. I had to delete the file in my project folder and replace it with one from my backup folder located in the save folder

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:21 AM

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for me it's static meshes

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no chance to delete and replace

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 9:21 AM

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nope

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:21 AM

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I'm actually glad this happened to me now

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because it shows me that UE is not reliable

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if this would have happened in a further development stage.. daaamn

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 9:22 AM

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I am trying to deploy to android and it crashes on me all the time. I have kinda learned to work with it.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:22 AM

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lol

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yeah, but It shouldn't be like that..

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 9:23 AM

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Yea but it is good for small games to make a quick buck then move onto bigger and better things

south edge Sep 18, 2018, 9:24 AM

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crashing all the time? and we're not talking about 3dsmax?

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:24 AM

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lol..

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If your engine deletes your assets then it's not suited for any development at all.. Doesn't matter if the game is small or big

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anyway there is a big difference between occasional crashes and an engine that deletes your files

uneven spoke Sep 18, 2018, 9:26 AM

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fixed it

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 9:26 AM

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I can easily crash the engine by coding crap

uneven spoke Sep 18, 2018, 9:26 AM

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@versed spear

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thanks 😄

versed spear Sep 18, 2018, 9:26 AM

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sweet

void lantern Sep 18, 2018, 9:52 AM

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Hello, Setting fullscreen or changing resolution in fullscreen gives me some weird behaviours. Sometimes it will tab the game window down and i will not be able to bring it up again. Im using gameUserSettings to SetFullscreenMode, SetScreenResolution and ApplyResolutionSettings to do this in c++. Anyone had the same problem and have a solution? Im running 4.17

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I also get this problem where it will change the game windowsize and put it in the top left corner.

tribal snow Sep 18, 2018, 10:01 AM

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Can somebody please test if socket snapping in the editor is working ? Seems to be broken since 4.18 ( which was unnoticed for me until now).

sturdy star Sep 18, 2018, 10:10 AM

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@whole quarry yup but i found numerous responses and wanted to know if anyone else has done it in a way that ships on consoles

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 11:11 AM

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what is the current go to way of doing modular pawn with physics on the modular hands / body / legs etc
I currently use master pose component, and I want to know if it is possible to drive physical animation using rigidbody or animdynamics on top of it
if not, how feasable is copy pose? I heard it's much slower then master pose

sleek solar Sep 18, 2018, 11:22 AM

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In the editor when you double click on the node it starts opening the visual studio, how to disable that?

uneven spoke Sep 18, 2018, 11:25 AM

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Why isnt my steam advanced sessions working

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when i search for a game it doesnt find it 😕

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 11:57 AM

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Can somebody please help me in DM? I've programmed it all, but I need help
please please please

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:03 PM

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@plush yew those calls for help dont work all too well, its better to post the actual problem in the right channel.
#cpp for instance, unless its not programming ofcourse

wet dome Sep 18, 2018, 12:06 PM

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when will the unreal wiki be fixed? is there an ETA on that? 😦

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 12:07 PM

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well nobody is online

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and its very important

languid shard Sep 18, 2018, 12:14 PM

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@plush yew which is a shame really

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:26 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 12:32 PM

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didn't ask the question
expects answer from someone online
eh?

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:44 PM

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anyone knows how I can import a uasset file manually?

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:45 PM

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place it in the project folder

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:45 PM

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doesn't work

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:46 PM

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lol, Fearkills chat history is a goldmine

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it works if the uproject is same ue4 version or older

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:46 PM

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no it doesn't

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"hey, I closed and saved my project yesterday - today I opened the same project and some assets are missing in the content browser..
the uassets are still in the right place in the windows file explorer
what is this?!
anyone got the same issue or a solution?
(how is this even possible? never had issues like that with other engines..)"

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:46 PM

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are they 1kb?

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:46 PM

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no static meshes

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the files just disappeared in the content browser that's why Im trying to import them back manually

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:48 PM

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so they are the correct filesize?
which ue4 version?
do you have version control to revert em that way?

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 12:50 PM

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You can't just copy it from explorer?

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:51 PM

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yes correct file size, UE 4.19, no version control

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ohhh

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dudes

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again: I saved my project and closed it

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next day I open it the assets are missing in the UE content browser

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but they are still in the right folder according to windows file explorer

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:52 PM

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dude relax, we are trying to help with the bare minimum ffin information we are getting from you.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:52 PM

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so, no copy them back from explorer doesn't work

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I feel like you don't get the point of my problem because the problem is soo weird lel

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@astral rain

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it's all good

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:53 PM

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try one of the older saved files in the backup folder

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 12:53 PM

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I mean open file location to the asset. Copy. Paste it where it needs to be, while still in explorer.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:53 PM

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huh?

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:53 PM

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/saved/backup

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:54 PM

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@astral rain I don't understand what you mean?!

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@fierce tulip there are some backups in my backup folder

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@fierce tulip should I copy them to my normal content folders?

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:55 PM

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copy one of the meshes there to where it should be, see if it works

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:55 PM

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kk

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 12:56 PM

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Copy/paste entirely in explorer

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 12:56 PM

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anyone know how to randomize vectors? im trying to randomly spawn instances of an object on a level

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:56 PM

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@fierce tulip i hope this helps, it's really a pain to find all missing files and reimport them...

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 12:57 PM

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thats why you have version control

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also what panick button is saying, is dont try to import them into the content browser, that does not work. you need to place them in the right location inside windows explorer

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:58 PM

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@astral rain as I said, UE4 doesn't recognize any of the files - copy, paste or anything doesn't work! the files are still in the correct location in the windows explorer! UE just don't recognize them

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 12:58 PM

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Yes, thanks.

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Cut them, move them somewhere and then move it back?

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I don't know, though. Never came across that problem.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 12:59 PM

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@fierce tulip sure, version control is cool but perforce is not the best thing for a single dev and GIT sucks with some files

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@astral rain same for me.. this problem is so weird..

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:00 PM

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Random vectors can be done pretty easily via random float in range

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:00 PM

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my project destroys itself lel

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:01 PM

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Try it with a different project?

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I'm new to UE, still

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:01 PM

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what you mean? start over? I can't just create a new project

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way to much work

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:01 PM

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perforce is free for one person, and with digital ocean its cheap as well.
saves you a bleepload of headaches down the road

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there is no excuse to not have version control

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:02 PM

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lol

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there is also no excuse for an engine that deletes files

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never happened to me in unity or something else

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:02 PM

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perforce is evil

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use git

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:02 PM

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I just duplicate the project as version control

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:02 PM

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or svn at least

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:02 PM

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@limpid star yeah, I guess that's the best option

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:03 PM

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my project folder is 200GB tho

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:04 PM

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yuck

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:04 PM

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Jeez

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:04 PM

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thx for the source control recommendations but If I can't fix this problem I'm gonna drop UE anyway I guess

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so much files.. It would be days just to get back all the files

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:04 PM

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Mine is like 250ish mb

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:05 PM

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i mean sure, the engine fucked you now
but you are just shooting yourself in the long run if you go back to unity

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just saying

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:05 PM

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why?

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:06 PM

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so its actually 280GB but 110GB of that is SVN shit
66GB is binaries, derived cache etc
so only about 100GB of content

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:06 PM

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unless 4.20 the only way that happens is if you open the project in an older version of engine, you didnt save properly, you moved files around, windows decided to swap drive letters, or some random inexperienced mishap.

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but sure, blame ue4 :p

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:07 PM

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I use 4.20 and I don't have that problem.

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:07 PM

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luckily not everyone has the issue, but there where some reports with ue4 being rather... odd

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(4.20)

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:07 PM

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who should I blame if my files are gone? I guess the engine right?

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:07 PM

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I run below system requirements too.

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:08 PM

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yourself

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:08 PM

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I would also blame unity if this would happen with unity

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:08 PM

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so you tried moving back the back-ed up file yet?

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:08 PM

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I think unity is fine.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:08 PM

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I'm using windows for like 20 years now.. I guess I'm able to save a prject and shut down my pc without changing drive letters or something

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lel

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:09 PM

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has nothing to do with you in that specific case, but one of the win10 updatess about 5 months ago had a chance to mess up drive letters if you had more than a few drives

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:09 PM

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are you sure your content browser doesnt have any filters?

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like search for example?

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:10 PM

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Good call

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:10 PM

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^ didnt even think of that one

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:10 PM

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@fierce tulip might be possible in some rare cases, but I would know if my drive letters changed

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anyway no windows update etc

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@iron wadi no filters

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can see all other files

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:11 PM

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can you show us screenshot of your content browser in that folder and the folder itself?

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 PM

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ya

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 PM

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Yeah, man. I'd at least try to import(copy/paste)a missing asset in a new project and see if that will even work.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 PM

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let me check yoeris solution fast

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will send a screenshot after that

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 PM

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If it does, might be time to start a new project, import stuff, and start over with a lesson learned.

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 PM

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or copy the file out and into the folder

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maybe with different name

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:16 PM

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lol..

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I tried yoeris solutions but UE doesn't even recognize the uassets from the backup folder

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wtf

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 1:18 PM

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need to rename it

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:18 PM

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Does it have a different name?

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Oh, right.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:18 PM

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well the name is different actually

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the date is in the name

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:19 PM

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A lot of c++ programs rename backups like "this file.asset.bkp" or something

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:19 PM

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renamed the files

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UE still can't find it

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:20 PM

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I dunno, man.

limpid sandal Sep 18, 2018, 1:21 PM

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Hi

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:22 PM

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Heyo

limpid sandal Sep 18, 2018, 1:23 PM

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Math expressions on graphic books look terrible on kindle :<

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:25 PM

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@limpid star no effect.. UE still can't find the files

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thx for your help @all

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gonna post some screenshots

manic pawn Sep 18, 2018, 1:27 PM

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what happened?

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:27 PM

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hey my physics assets are falling trough the floor when I simulate

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wtf

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afaik pelvis is the reason, because that falls trough the floor

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:28 PM

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@manic pawn "I saved my project and closed it
next day I open it the assets are missing in the UE content browser
but they are still in the right folder according to windows file explorer"

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:28 PM

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if i simulate everything except pelvis, it stays in place

manic pawn Sep 18, 2018, 1:28 PM

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🤔

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never had something like that happen before

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:28 PM

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same

manic pawn Sep 18, 2018, 1:28 PM

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is there something in the log maybe?

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:29 PM

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I mean it wouldn't even matter If I could import the uassets back or let UE index the files again

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I dunno something like that

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:29 PM

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there must be a reason why it wont import

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:29 PM

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But right now I can't do anything beside starting over

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:29 PM

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for example it thinks its imported

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try removing the file, save all, open ue4 and THEN copy the file into the folder

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:30 PM

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I've been messing around with converting svgs to meshes via blender and it's working out nicely for level art, but animation with characters is probably gonna require swapping meshes (which I have a simple system in place to do that atm), would that be bad for performance?

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:30 PM

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and refresh assets

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:30 PM

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@limpid star yup tried fixing up redirectors

manic pawn Sep 18, 2018, 1:30 PM

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you don't "import" uassets

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you just load them

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there must be a reason why it's not detecting them

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maybe it printed an error to the log

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:30 PM

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I know that's the problem actually

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If I could import them, I would be able to fix my problem

manic pawn Sep 18, 2018, 1:31 PM

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if the problem is that the assets got corrupted somehow, that would not help you

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:32 PM

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I tried copying backup files from the backup folder, UE doesn't recognize them

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the backup files shouldn't be corrupted..

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:33 PM

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Have you tried importing an asset into a new project yet? That should determine if they're actually corrupted.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:33 PM

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yes

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the files work If I import them to a fresh project

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:34 PM

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Oh, cool.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:35 PM

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maybe i could try to create a new project and migrate the complete content folder from the old project

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:35 PM

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Might just wanna start a new project. Import your content folder and press on. Seems like it would be the surefire way to get back.

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Yar.

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:36 PM

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I hope..

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 1:37 PM

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Anyway, do you guys think rapidly swapping meshes would be a terrible idea in regards to performance?

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E.g. could android handle that?

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:42 PM

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📎 screenshot.PNG

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so weird...

iron wadi Sep 18, 2018, 1:42 PM

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whats the size of that file

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in relation to the others

dire moon Sep 18, 2018, 1:43 PM

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the size is correct in relation to the others

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I'll check permissions

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permissions are correct

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maybe fate is telling me to not use the assets 😄

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I dunno..

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@limpid star moment

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"there is no data validation"

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the missing file is not stated in the log at all

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but I noticed a thing

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only files that should be in my level are missing

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i mean the last level I worked on before I saved and closed my project

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all the files missing are related to the level in some way

sturdy star Sep 18, 2018, 2:04 PM

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anyoen know if it's possible to add a child to a widget switcher dynamically at runtime?

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 2:17 PM

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I would assume so as they are just children of the switcher widget but I have never tried

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 2:25 PM

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hi
does anybody here have this plugin - https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/don-s-dynamic-mesh-effects ?
I want to check something before buying

DoN's Dynamic Mesh Effects by Venugopalan Sreedharan in Code Plugi...

Rapidly create visual effects on characters/landscapes/props or boost gameplay with Pixel Collisions. Multiplayer, Saving/Loading, Decals, UMG Text, multiple UV workflows all supported out-of-the-box with just one Blueprint node and a super-easy workflow.

upper quartz Sep 18, 2018, 2:44 PM

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hi guys, is "World position offset" not support on mobile ?

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:09 PM

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Can anyone help me with a master material? I want it to be completely non reflective

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:10 PM

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Set specular to 0. Done.

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:13 PM

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Theres nothing called that

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 3:16 PM

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non reflective I would assume would be roughness 1 and metal 0 ?

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https://marmoset.co/posts/physically-based-rendering-and-you-can-too/

Marmoset

Physically-Based Rendering, And You Can Too!

We cover the basics of art content creation, some of the reasoning behind various PBR standards (without getting too technical), and squash some common misconceptions.

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:17 PM

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It's still kinda reflective

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 3:17 PM

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well that's the way the world works unfortunately 😦

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:18 PM

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:/

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:20 PM

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What do you mean there's nothing called that?

📎 unknown.png

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 3:20 PM

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It's old but https://polycount.com/discussion/154488/are-materials-always-reflective-with-pbr-rendering

polycount

Are materials always reflective with PBR rendering?

I'm working in UE4 and I would like to have my material without any reflection, so I set metallic and specular to 0 and roughness to 1.

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:20 PM

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Did you even look?

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📎 unknown.png

warm tree Sep 18, 2018, 3:24 PM

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@grim sinew Where do you see it?

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:25 PM

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Always a shame when I need to block new people to the discord on their first message

warm tree Sep 18, 2018, 3:25 PM

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haha

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:29 PM

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@grim sinew I said it's a master material, I was making an instance of it.

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:29 PM

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Then add it to your master material.

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"Master material" tells me nothing, anyone and their grandmother can make a master material and they'll all be different.

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If it doesn't support it, add support.

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:29 PM

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dude i have no idea how to do that kind of stuff, i didn't even make the material myself

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:30 PM

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If you aren't willing to look up how to add a scalar parameter to a material, something that takes literally 1 button click and then naming it, I can't help you.

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:31 PM

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i don't even know what 'scalar parameter' means dude, i said i'm new, how do you expect me to look it up?

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:32 PM

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The UE4 docs are so good they may as well be a picture book, I would start on the material documentation.

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You need to be willing and able to find out this kind of stuff or you won't be able to use the engine in any real capacity.

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:33 PM

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I'm just trying to create something, people on reddit said that's the best way to learn stuff

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:34 PM

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If you want to learn, you'll get a lot further without using stuff like master materials other people made and gave to you. It's incredibly user friendly if only you're willing to read the manual.

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/Materials/MaterialInputs For you, I would start here.

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Content/QuickStart There are also things like this that get you through the basics very quickly.

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:37 PM

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Do you know how to paste stuff into materials? Also thanks, i'll check it out

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:37 PM

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Ctrl+v

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:37 PM

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Just open the blueprint window and press ctrl+v?

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:38 PM

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Assuming you have something copied, yes.

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:38 PM

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The material editor* And yes, ctrl+c and ctrl+v both work in any UE graph editor.

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:38 PM

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Some nodes won't be compatible, depending where you copied them from.

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:38 PM

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The material editor, blueprint, etc all work

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 3:40 PM

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oh okay, it just says some nodes conflicted, i'll have to figure that out

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:41 PM

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But yeah. The documentation will be your best friend, it's really good. Next to that, on Epic's youtube page, they have literally hundreds of hours of training material, and they add more every single week.

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Where they have people go through basically every single feature, step by step, and show how they use it

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:42 PM

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Yeah, reading docs is pretty amazing. I've only been using UE since the beginning of August and my project is coming along nicely.

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I'm pretty ignorant as to what all you can do with materials, but I'm doing 2D, so I learned what I needed to and stopped there lol

tall pendant Sep 18, 2018, 3:43 PM

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rtfm. always.

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:46 PM

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There's like... A billion tutorials for just about everything too.

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Except 2d. No one does 2d in UE. They all say use unity lol

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 3:47 PM

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Well they aren't exactly wrong.

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Unless you have a very compelling reason to use 2d in UE, I would say the same

steady sequoia Sep 18, 2018, 3:48 PM

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Only reason I use Unreal for 2d stuff is because I like the engine and don't feel like touching Unity at the moment

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:49 PM

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I have good reasons, I think. I already know c++, and I like UE's business model better.

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I mean, I got a pretty decent start in unity but here's the major turn offs: The BIGGEST one, though it may seem small to most, is that it's too bright and you have to pay a monthly subscription for the dark theme... Which is really dumb, but I can't stare at white for long periods of time. 2nd is that the few questions I asked on the forums were answered with "buy suchandsuch from the asset store".

steady sequoia Sep 18, 2018, 3:55 PM

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This might just be because I suck, but after I hopped onto Unreal a few years ago after using Unity, Unreal immediately attracted me because of how sophisticated it felt. It felt like it already had numerous useful systems in place that of which in Unity I had to create on my own.

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:56 PM

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Yes!

steady sequoia Sep 18, 2018, 3:58 PM

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So far the one thing I've ran into that I like better in Unity than in Unreal is that I don't think Unreal allows for saved modular components on your actors with Blueprints whereas in Unity you can freely use prefabs wherever. I think you can do it with C++ but I haven't looked into that yet

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 3:59 PM

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Building from source is a pain, but everything else has been going smoothly. Everyone was warning me about project size and stuff and I've added almost all of the assets from a game I started in gamemaker over and it hasn't really increased in size. I'm still at 350ish, so I don't expect a massive size increase.

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350ish MB, that is.

steady sequoia Sep 18, 2018, 3:59 PM

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Yeah and there are multiple things you can do to shrink the package size

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It is still quite fatty for something 2d if you're doing that though

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A compressed 2d game I made for a game jam a while back was shrunk down to something like 200 mbs and 60 mbs when compressed

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But people still told me they thought it was a bit big

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Right, but I made monosvg render in UE (which is probably the hardest thing I've done so far) but if I duplicated my assets 10 times, I highly doubt it'll jump above 5mb. Svg files are super tiny.

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Really?

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I mean, cupheads is a few gigs.

steady sequoia Sep 18, 2018, 4:02 PM

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I mean for a game jam game

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Since i think some game maker games and such were less than 20 mbs

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:02 PM

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Yeah, that might be kinda big.

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Yeah, the game I'm remaking in UE was 50mb in game maker.

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 4:05 PM

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In the year where the smallest hard drive you can even get is 1TB usually, 60mb isn't something to worry about

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:05 PM

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But I also really pushed the limits of game maker. The UE version will run on a crappy phone, the game maker version cannot run on a lower end laptop. So, the way I see it, size is a small cost for running on everything.

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📎 Screenshot_20180918-120715.png

steady sequoia Sep 18, 2018, 4:07 PM

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Yeah it wasn't so much a worry from the people downloading the game but rather conveinience

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:08 PM

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That's just some crappy game my kids downloaded. Its 266.

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MB

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I dunno. I think UE is pretty great for 2d so far, just needed some proper set up to get it going. It natively has all and more functionality than gamemaker, and I made that work out, and this is working out pretty well.

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Only thing I wish UE had was an option to package as a standalone exe.

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As in, not an installer, but a single exe that handles the game with no directories.

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I imagine the the need for that is probably nonexistent, seeing as how everyone (mostly) uses UE to make big, beautiful 3d worlds and such.

livid haven Sep 18, 2018, 4:46 PM

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Wait, the Game Maker version can't run well on a low end laptop, but the UE4 version is running fine on a crappy phone? o_0

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Also, you can probably trim a lot of fat relatively easily.

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:47 PM

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Gm is terrible at swapping texture pages.

wary wave Sep 18, 2018, 4:48 PM

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UE4 doesn't really support 2D all that well at all though

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rudimentary features for managing 2D elements are for the most part missing entirely, and those that do exist have been rotting for a long time :/

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:50 PM

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It's not really an issue with pixel art games, but if you have several 2048x1024 raw images, gm needs to swap but more than a few swaps per 1/60th of a second creates glitches.

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UE seems fine for 2D to me.

worn granite Sep 18, 2018, 4:53 PM

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I mean its passable for 2d

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and can definitely run 2d

broken shadow Sep 18, 2018, 4:53 PM

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I have confidence in Panick, he seems to have a plan :P

Sounds like he needs UE4's 2D for handling very large textures that need to be swapped between regularly

worn granite Sep 18, 2018, 4:54 PM

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if it works for him, that's great. Not saying he can't possibly use UE4 for 2d

wary wave Sep 18, 2018, 4:54 PM

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sure, you can use it

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 4:54 PM

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Nobody can possibly use UE4 for 1d.

wary wave Sep 18, 2018, 4:54 PM

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I've seen a 1D game in UE4 😄

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I'd be wary of using Paper2D though, it's not been updated in a long time, and as time goes on, things are just gonna stop working in new versions

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:55 PM

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Well, I made a svg render (rather ported tinysvg) so I can use 32x32 textures as masks for emission etc

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 4:55 PM

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"I made a svg render" And with those 5 words, you convinced me you can make it work

wary wave Sep 18, 2018, 4:55 PM

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if you don't mind maintaining your own engine version in future you might be fine, hehe

broken shadow Sep 18, 2018, 4:56 PM

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SVG as in scalable vector graphic?

It's possible to do stuff with those?!

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:56 PM

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Yes.

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 4:56 PM

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Apparently

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:58 PM

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Only engine that is actively maintained that supports vector graphics is uh.

grim sinew Sep 18, 2018, 4:58 PM

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flash

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 4:59 PM

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Well yeah, BUT

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Starling

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That.

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And that is 2d and requires coding in as3

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I want to make use of 3d stuff.

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Another option I considered is importing the svg files into blender, converting to a mesh and moving it to UE.

livid haven Sep 18, 2018, 5:02 PM

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It sounds like you could make an importer for SVG to meshes for UE4.

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 5:03 PM

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Possibly. I haven't looked into how to even make a plugin yet.

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I'm like a little over a month into UE.

plush yew Sep 18, 2018, 5:06 PM

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How do i make a material transparent?

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 5:08 PM

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Select transparent on the details. It's like... Maybe the 3rd drop down?

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You'll also need to set the opacity.

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 5:23 PM

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Unity has added in support for SVG finally and it's beautiful

livid haven Sep 18, 2018, 5:23 PM

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Oh, uh, then yeah, don't go about trying to add a complex feature like this to UE4 after a month. XD

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 5:25 PM

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I looked into it.

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Their svg is just monosvg, same as godot etc and it still uses a png texture.

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Their svg is just monosvg, same as godot etc and it still uses a png texture.

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Oops.

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:27 PM

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Hi, I'm new

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I'm a student who wants to learn how to use Unreal ^^

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 PM

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student?

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 PM

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https://academy.unrealengine.com/

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 PM

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Yep

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/GettingStarted

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 PM

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i think we only take meat popsicle here...

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Are you a meat popsicle?

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 PM

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👀 I'll check those links out

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I'm an egg

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 PM

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oh

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well i think we can make an exception

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:29 PM

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An eggception?

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I'm sorry

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:29 PM

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You are on thin ice.

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jokes

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welcome

broken shadow Sep 18, 2018, 5:29 PM

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Or a thin shell, more like it :D

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:29 PM

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Ba dum tsss

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:29 PM

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did you really change your avatar to that

broken shadow Sep 18, 2018, 5:30 PM

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Your eyes do not deceive you

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I'm a simple man. I see a jello gif, I make it my avatar!

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:30 PM

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But yeah I got into coding fairly recently and it's probably my favorite thing to learn about now oTL

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:30 PM

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blueprints are great.

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:31 PM

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I tend to like to input code manually actually ^^" (assuming we're talking about what I think we're talking about??)

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:31 PM

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dangerous

sacred snow Sep 18, 2018, 5:32 PM

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I make more mistakes that way, but it also helps me learn faster

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So

static viper Sep 18, 2018, 5:32 PM

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your choice

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but the amount of errors you can make

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is less with blueprints

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so

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maybe dont

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the mountain will be more huge then youd imagine

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but

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ofc

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you can start with manuall

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 5:37 PM

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Oh!

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I just looked again, unity DOES support true svg, as of August 14th.

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I was looking around about a week or two prior.

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Mine is still more diverse and can be used on textures and with flipbooks etc, so my effort is isn't wasted.

lilac cobalt Sep 18, 2018, 5:53 PM

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hello guys

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I have two obj use same Textyre

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but when import it into UE ... two material was generate

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They not use same material

heavy falcon Sep 18, 2018, 5:54 PM

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Delete one and throw the first on the second ?

lilac cobalt Sep 18, 2018, 5:55 PM

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50 obj use one texture

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and now I have 50 material for that 50 obj

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😐

heavy falcon Sep 18, 2018, 5:56 PM

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delete 49 and throw the first on the other 49?

leaden garnet Sep 18, 2018, 5:59 PM

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Might be a thing in your import settings.

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I'm fairly confident you can import a model without its textures

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 6:01 PM

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pretty much that, don't import materials so you can create you own and assign it. UE4 doesn't know that you have the same texture for different objects so it creates a material for each object for it's textures.

lilac cobalt Sep 18, 2018, 6:02 PM

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I have one idea

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First I import texture and create material

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then I import 50 obj without option Import Material and Texture

grim ore Sep 18, 2018, 6:03 PM

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that should work yes

heavy falcon Sep 18, 2018, 6:03 PM

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lol

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 6:03 PM

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Is there some secret black magic spell to use flipbooks in umg, or is it just not supported?

livid haven Sep 18, 2018, 6:10 PM

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That still seems like an usual workflow to have to do.

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I would think there's a better way to do it than that.

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Because then you won't have any of the default materials setup on those meshes.

hot ledge Sep 18, 2018, 7:39 PM

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Why the hell is this on steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/861290/Shooter_Game/#app_reviews_hash

Steam

Shooter Game

Shooter Game is a Multiplayer FPS . Fight in various maps with different weapons in both single and team death matches .

Price

$8.99

▶ Play video

heavy falcon Sep 18, 2018, 7:40 PM

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@hot ledge y?

hot ledge Sep 18, 2018, 7:48 PM

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What

livid haven Sep 18, 2018, 7:55 PM

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A drama, in 3 parts.

mint raptor Sep 18, 2018, 7:56 PM

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wow, they added stuff but didn't bother to change the name or intro screen. https://gph.is/2cpbE6Y

Giphy

Product Hunt

worn granite Sep 18, 2018, 7:59 PM

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THIS IS NEW

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THIS WAS ADDED RECENTLY

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there was one which was up awhile ago

wary wave Sep 18, 2018, 8:01 PM

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this isn't the same page? I thought it was the same one

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nah, this is the same one

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it's been there since May

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I guess now it's 'released'

fierce tulip Sep 18, 2018, 8:13 PM

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sad part is, they might make more money with that than some of us in a month XD

astral rain Sep 18, 2018, 8:19 PM

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Oh, it's just an asset flip.

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I seen the shooter template gun.

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Don't recognize the rest of it, though.

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Oh, nm. Some of the hands are the stock mannequin thing.

cinder pasture Sep 18, 2018, 8:36 PM

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A simple question. If I change the skeleton of a mesh would the old morphs of old skeleton be still there?

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Anyone who could answer me. IK it's silly, but still I wanna know.

pallid compass Sep 18, 2018, 8:52 PM

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No they wont

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It requires some weighted base data

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i guess is away to think of it

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and in general all animation data is attached too the skeleton

cinder pasture Sep 18, 2018, 8:58 PM

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Ah okay. But can we shift morphs from a skeleton to another skeleton in 3d software like blender or 3ds max?

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@pallid compass?

pallid compass Sep 18, 2018, 9:01 PM

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Maybe

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It depends on the software

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If i remember correctly, been awhile since i used themn

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as heavy as morphs are in the actual mesh

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the track data is written in to your life

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file**

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but it still required skeletal mesh bind data

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so u might have issues shifting it

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However

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U could bake it down in to keyframes maybe and copy it

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but thats a tiny bit time consuming

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Dont quote me on the first half of that though, its been awhile

cinder pasture Sep 18, 2018, 9:06 PM

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Ahh okay

novel ember Sep 18, 2018, 9:37 PM

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What's the easiest way to see if an array contains an item from another array?

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Do I have to ForEach it?

digital anchor Sep 18, 2018, 10:03 PM

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Array.Contains(Array2[item])

novel ember Sep 18, 2018, 10:12 PM

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oh, okay, that works

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thanks

viscid canyon Sep 19, 2018, 12:20 AM

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Is there a way to get a video that is being applied to a material to be sized down to a specific side and also in a particular corner? I have an emissive texture that has the screen in the corner for a TV but my video is of course all the way across the texture. I need to be able to size it down and move it.

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or if its possible to somehow have it size and move to the white part of my emissive texture

sullen wraith Sep 19, 2018, 4:04 AM

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anyone know how to fix, when you go walking over an item with gravity, character going flying?

tropic oracle Sep 19, 2018, 4:08 AM

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Anyone know what this is all about? Appears that previous forum posts on this were closed without giving details as to why the Editor is sending out data

📎 2018-09-18.PNG

queen plover Sep 19, 2018, 4:18 AM

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completely spitballing here, but maybe to let Epic keep track of games that get published but don't pay Epic their fair share

tropic oracle Sep 19, 2018, 4:22 AM

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possibly, found a section in Privacy - Usage Data as follows

📎 Privacy_-_Usage_Data_2019-09-18.png

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and forum posts alluding to when an Unreal game is bundled it as a stand-alone also sends data to these URLs

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which would lend to your spitballing

manic pawn Sep 19, 2018, 4:32 AM

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it's just sending some normal analytics

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the part that ships with games has been deleted in 4.20

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probably because gdpr

sullen wraith Sep 19, 2018, 4:33 AM

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anyone know how to fix, when you go walking over an item with gravity, character going flying?

tawdry raptor Sep 19, 2018, 5:48 AM

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yeah its a collision thing

fossil ore Sep 19, 2018, 5:50 AM

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Is there a way to get decals on skeletal mesh?

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I want to apply a ball on character in order to create a decal

tawdry raptor Sep 19, 2018, 5:52 AM

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how can I fix this issue?

📎 fix.JPG

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basically the inside of my mesh doesnt have collision

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its a vent and I need to be able to walk inside of it

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I tried putting a blockingvolume but the nav mesh wont go on

sullen wraith Sep 19, 2018, 5:56 AM

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How can you make it so objects are only visible for all players within a certain distance?

whole quarry Sep 19, 2018, 5:56 AM

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seems like the inside is missing @tawdry raptor

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@sullen wraith with culling

tawdry raptor Sep 19, 2018, 5:57 AM

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the inside is not missing its a vent

sullen wraith Sep 19, 2018, 5:58 AM

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can you set that for each individual object? @whole quarry

tawdry raptor Sep 19, 2018, 5:58 AM

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this is what the vent looks like

📎 lit.JPG

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why wont unreal give it the inside part so I can walk in it

static viper Sep 19, 2018, 6:34 AM

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How is that a vent!!!!

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Oh no

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You are expecting a nav mesh to work inside of that??

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It does not even have an inside!!!

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And have you checked if the player can even fit inside a tiny space?

sudden agate Sep 19, 2018, 7:31 AM

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Well, A Mesh usually has Collision automatically generated which is a convex shape.
You either use Complex Collision (Per Poly) or you make a custom simple collision where open parts dont have a collision

latent moth Sep 19, 2018, 7:42 AM

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all, what is the best way to apply radial damage to pawns but at the same time:

block trees and walls
not block small foliage elements

crisp fable Sep 19, 2018, 8:21 AM

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guys why does saving materials take so long

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i have a not very complicated material, on a 1080ti, and its taking at least 2 minutes every save

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the project is on an ssd

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 8:23 AM

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Materials are compiled before saving

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So the speed of your CPU is the most important

crisp fable Sep 19, 2018, 8:24 AM

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if its multi-threaded i should be set - 32 cores & 128gb ram

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 8:26 AM

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It is

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Default setting should be to use 29 out of 32 cores

crisp fable Sep 19, 2018, 8:27 AM

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ok

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im following this ill see how it goes

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https://medium.com/@lordned/unreal-engine-4-rendering-part-5-shader-permutations-2b975e503dd4

Medium

Unreal Engine 4 Rendering Part 5: Shader Permutations

Reducing shader permutations to make testing and iteration faster!

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 8:28 AM

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Yeah

stark rivet Sep 19, 2018, 9:11 AM

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so uh is it possible to render an animation with a transparent background?

ashen brook Sep 19, 2018, 9:56 AM

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https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1042167983383175168

Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic)

Epic Games wishes to issue a slight correction.

Unreal Engine does not support “Volumetric Dog”. The statement was made in error.

Retweets

132

Likes

777

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😄

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 10:11 AM

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the replies are just as funny

velvet ravine Sep 19, 2018, 10:48 AM

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Hey all Website broken for anyone else?

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https://i.imgur.com/BG94Yqk.png

Imgur

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 11:13 AM

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slow as usual, but works for me @velvet ravine

opal coral Sep 19, 2018, 11:22 AM

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any way to edit the tangents of multiple overlapping curves (such as a vector)?

📎 unknown.png

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 11:22 AM

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@opal coral cascade?

opal coral Sep 19, 2018, 11:22 AM

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yeah

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 11:22 AM

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left of that tangent thing you can enable and disable seperate channels

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https://giphy.com/gifs/espncfb-l2JhKUupdSKPfEgZG
when ue4 opens the wrong animations tab in persona since there are two versions, one being depreciated and a new one..

Giphy

ESPN College Football

opal coral Sep 19, 2018, 11:24 AM

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hmm yeah, I can turn each channel off and on. but can I edit all of them at once? if I select them with box select, I still only drag a single of the tangents

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 11:26 AM

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ctrl + alt + drag makes me select them all

paper kernel Sep 19, 2018, 11:26 AM

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still getting Accessed None errors after explicitly checking validity before calling location for scene component

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unreal

opal coral Sep 19, 2018, 11:27 AM

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yeah, you can select them all with ctrl alt, but can only seem to move one at a time still

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 11:29 AM

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ahh, i tend to manually adjust the values instead of moving that thing, which never worked in ue4

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i just alter the generic things like curve, curve clamped, etc

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then tweak values in the module itself

regal mulch Sep 19, 2018, 11:34 AM

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And today on "Shit the Launcher does.": Updating Fortnite in the Background, even though the Launcher itself is closed.

silent lintel Sep 19, 2018, 11:55 AM

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Hey, I cant make a click event work in c++ with OnClick.AddDynamic

    ClickableBox = CreateDefaultSubobject<UStaticMeshComponent>(TEXT("ClickableBox"));
    ClickableBox->OnClicked.AddDynamic(this, &AClickable::OnClick);
    
    RootComponent = ClickableBox;
    [...]
void AClickable::OnClick(UPrimitiveComponent* actor, FKey key) {
    GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 5, FColor::Red, "test");
}

and in the CharacterController constructor i got

    bEnableClickEvents = true;

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Tried to get if I forgot something from the CPP Puzzle example but couldnt manage to find something

wet dome Sep 19, 2018, 12:01 PM

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is OnClick a UFUNCTION?

silent lintel Sep 19, 2018, 12:01 PM

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just saw that on a help thread, it wasnt, currently trying with it added

wet dome Sep 19, 2018, 12:01 PM

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yeah you need it

silent lintel Sep 19, 2018, 12:03 PM

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still does not work 😐

wet dome Sep 19, 2018, 12:03 PM

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eh? can you post your header file?

silent lintel Sep 19, 2018, 12:04 PM

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nvm

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I done goofed, added a cube to the component rather than setting the UStaticMeshComponent to a cube

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and as i clicked on that cube instead of my meshcomponent that one didnt get the click x.x

wet dome Sep 19, 2018, 12:05 PM

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👀

silent lintel Sep 19, 2018, 12:05 PM

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But ty 😄

wet dome Sep 19, 2018, 12:05 PM

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np

wet dome Sep 19, 2018, 12:25 PM

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Does anybody know what happend to Unreal tournament? Still on indefinite hold?

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 12:31 PM

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Fortnite happened

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And no one really cared about it before that

manic pawn Sep 19, 2018, 12:49 PM

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the entire genre kind of died

wary wave Sep 19, 2018, 12:52 PM

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it was never going to be successful because it failed to really do anything new

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this is the big problem with arena shooters as a genre

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they stagnated and failed to move on from Quake or UT roots

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if you want to make a successful arena shooter, it needs to be based on a new / different paradigm

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to an extent, RTS are in the same place - nobody has built a big budget game to compete with Company of Heroes or Supreme Commander for quite some time

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there have been some solid indie games in the case of RTSs though

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 1:02 PM

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I mean, I'm pretty sure the arena genre is still fun, but obviously re-releasing UT3 won't cut it

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I'd probably play an arena shooter that had a well-thought-of progression system, lots of customization, maybe RPG elements

wary wave Sep 19, 2018, 1:03 PM

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UT3 in itself is just the fourth iteration of the sme formula

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 1:03 PM

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Battle Royale is basically an arena shooter

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🤷

wary wave Sep 19, 2018, 1:03 PM

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I'm not sure an arena shooter can have a progression system or RPG elements

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I'm not BR games qualify, since they usually have emphasis on large open environments, inventory management, and feature tactically orientated mechanics

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arena shooters tend to eschew tactical elements entirely in favour of heroic individual play

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 1:05 PM

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In any case, the core UT formula is probably not viable these days

wary wave Sep 19, 2018, 1:06 PM

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aye, it had it's day

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 1:07 PM

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The new UT didn't really had a shot. Distributed with a forked engine source instead of working with binary releases, and a botched community relationship where Epic didn't lead the project, but did enough that the community didn't feel like they had to do it

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I tried it a few times, the menus were incredibly confusing

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It didn't feel like an UT title at all

wary wave Sep 19, 2018, 1:08 PM

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I tried it a bit, and didn't get on with it, the core mechanics just didn't feel great

honest vale Sep 19, 2018, 1:10 PM

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I couldn't even play it because of the keyboard acrobatics required for all the movement features

ruby folio Sep 19, 2018, 1:21 PM

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A while back there was a new feature added for material layers. Anyone know what it was called? Im sure it was something secondary to actual material layers...

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 1:23 PM

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they removed it already

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or depreciated at least

frank escarp Sep 19, 2018, 1:24 PM

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so, seems im going to work on PUBG

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implement new game modes and features

ruby folio Sep 19, 2018, 1:24 PM

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@fierce tulip Noone used it?

sullen wraith Sep 19, 2018, 1:24 PM

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congrats

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 1:25 PM

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they ended up not hiring me @frank escarp so congrats 😃

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(not a related hire)

frank escarp Sep 19, 2018, 1:26 PM

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@fierce tulip how the fuck they dont hire you

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btw, its on netherlands

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amsterdam

vale silo Sep 19, 2018, 1:31 PM

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should I just cherry pick commits from 4.20 branch (fixes that are going into 4.20.3) and merge them int Oculus 4.20.2 fork or should I wait for 4.20.3 (which isn't coming out any time soon) ?

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@frank escarp congrats! So, does it mean VR career is over ?

frank escarp Sep 19, 2018, 1:32 PM

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nah

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im also still waiting to see what happens with the last offer

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wich is on Playgrounds, as Engine developer for a microsoft next gen action rpg exclusive

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4 year project

vale silo Sep 19, 2018, 1:33 PM

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I see

frank escarp Sep 19, 2018, 1:33 PM

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on pubg is gameplay programmer, but the importance of the possition is huge

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after all its implementing modes and stuff for a game with millions of players

vale silo Sep 19, 2018, 1:35 PM

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and I am sure PUBG will be still bank rolling, while MS can shut down the project at any time

ruby folio Sep 19, 2018, 1:42 PM

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@fierce tulip Seems it hasnt been removed.
https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/announcements-and-releases/1442375-unreal-engine-4-19-released

Unreal Engine Forums

https://dnnrz1gqa.blob.core.windows.net/portals/Images/Support/Builds/ReleaseNotes/4_19/419Banner.png?sr=b&si=DNNFileManagerPolicy&sig=4mY9zcb67dEbFBTrJZdawg

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/Materials/MaterialLayers

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 1:48 PM

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@frank escarp I know, it was probably mainly about me not wanting to be working at the office every day

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@ruby folio its in experimental, and afaik wont go beyond that

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https://i.gyazo.com/49fe7990bf1030e92c42b06b847d1cdd.png

ruby folio Sep 19, 2018, 1:50 PM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/1414193-material-layering-feedback-for-4-19?p=1501290#post1501290

Unreal Engine Forums

We're excited to announce that we've added support for Material Layers in Unreal Engine 4.19 as an experimental feature. Below is some basic documentation to get

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haha Just linked to the same post

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OK cool. Thanks for the clarification @fierce tulip

fierce tulip Sep 19, 2018, 1:51 PM

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np, sadly losing paragon resulted in losing that atm

vale silo Sep 19, 2018, 2:03 PM

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@wicked tiger with hurricane hitting NC hard, do you guys have an ETA for Epic resuming work on 4.20.3 / 4.21 at full force and an ETA for 4.20.3 release ?

supple totem Sep 19, 2018, 2:14 PM

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hi all, is this the proper place to ask questions about using the engine?

astral rain Sep 19, 2018, 2:16 PM

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Sure

regal mulch Sep 19, 2018, 2:20 PM

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@supple totem Yus, just make sure to grab one of the sub channels on the left that fit your topic

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 2:40 PM

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So i have a low poly water material, how do i make it kind of translucent but still have the reflections?

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If i put it to 'translucent' it just becomes one blob of blue

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 2:42 PM

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Reflections on transparent materials are optional

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Since they have a higher cost

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 2:43 PM

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Where do i turn them on?

vale silo Sep 19, 2018, 2:43 PM

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oh, 4.20.3 was released

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great

cloud cobalt Sep 19, 2018, 2:44 PM

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@plush yew Look at the different options in the material

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Somethig like lighting mode, pick surface per pixel

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If it's still called that

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 2:48 PM

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There's one under 'translucency' called lighting mode, but there's nothing called surface per pixel

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nvm i think i found it

midnight yoke Sep 19, 2018, 4:07 PM

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Soooo

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Can't launch the engine after latest 4.20.3 update

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📎 unknown.png

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📎 unknown.png

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I don't understand why bother creating an error code if it's not in the documentation

static viper Sep 19, 2018, 4:31 PM

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Its very likely auto created

opal coral Sep 19, 2018, 4:37 PM

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having some trouble getting mesh emitters to change the alpha over time, even if I use the Particle Color node in the material's Opacity Mask. any ideas?

wicked tiger Sep 19, 2018, 5:52 PM

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@midnight yoke - Were you able to get it to work?

midnight yoke Sep 19, 2018, 5:54 PM

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Nope @wicked tiger

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Only workaround I found is to open projects directly. Or create a new project from within an existing 4.20 project editor.

versed spear Sep 19, 2018, 5:56 PM

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well

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Right-click on your Epic Games launcher desktop shortcut Select “Properties” In the line labeled “Target,” add the following to the very end (after the quotation mark): -SkipBuildPatchPrereq It should look something like this: “C:\Program Files\Epic Games\Launcher\Portal\Binaries\Win64\EpicGamesLauncher.exe” -SkipBuildPatchPrereq
Click “Apply” Double click the shortcut to run the launcher and try again and make sure to add the space between the quotation and dash

lament kraken Sep 19, 2018, 5:56 PM

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new blueprints and python in UE4?

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What I missed?

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Blutility?

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wot

midnight yoke Sep 19, 2018, 5:58 PM

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Thank you @versed spear it's helpful. But I would prefer to know this alleged new prerequisite so to fix it and avoid any surprises

versed spear Sep 19, 2018, 6:08 PM

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The problem is most likely your just not getting the permission needed to install it. https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/605360/necessary-prerequisites-have-failed-to-install.html

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 6:13 PM

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it works here so weird bug for sure 😦

versed spear Sep 19, 2018, 6:14 PM

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From what I am seeing is that it is trying to install it so it has the file. The problem is it is having trouble writing to to folder location it is trying to install to.

midnight yoke Sep 19, 2018, 6:32 PM

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It's not like this is a fresh computer or something. I have 6 versions of UE4 currently installed, and up to 4.20.2 there were no errors. The 4.20.3 introduced this

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 6:36 PM

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were you at the machine when it finished the download?

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I know before I have had to allow the pre reqs to reinstall and if I was not there it would fail silently

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I've had it install the pre reqs after the install and first launch as well, which while weird did work

rancid violet Sep 19, 2018, 6:48 PM

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how much money would this cost

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 6:55 PM

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between none and everything

rancid violet Sep 19, 2018, 6:59 PM

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excuse me i dont understand what u mean

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:00 PM

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You did not say what you were looking for a cost for unless I missed it

rancid violet Sep 19, 2018, 7:00 PM

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i mean can i make this game without spending money

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:01 PM

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If you have the skills then yes, money just pays for things you don't have or can't do

rancid violet Sep 19, 2018, 7:01 PM

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i have never made a game in my life so i have no skills

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:02 PM

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then you need to pick time or money. Spend the time to learn and do it yourself or spend the money to pay someone who has to do it.

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There is no way of knowing how much a game will cost unless you have exactly what you are looking to do down to the detail including time

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:04 PM

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hello guys

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i want to make a day counter

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every 2 seconds it adds a day

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how can i save them

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like after closing level and reopening it to be at the same day

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with int

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:05 PM

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You can use the save game system to save stuff to a file

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:05 PM

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i tried with save game but then the counter doesn t work

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:05 PM

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the save game system should work for it, what part of the system does not work for you?

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:06 PM

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aa counter

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can i gib you a photo in private?

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:06 PM

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no, I don't do DM's but you can post it in here or blueprints and someone might be able to figure it out. Have you followed the documentation for the save system?

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:07 PM

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i made an int variable called int and in savegame file a int variable called daysave

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grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:08 PM

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ok so first thing why are you loading the save game repeatedly?

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and 2nd you are not saving anything, your node is not hooked up and your save game object is not hooked up

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:09 PM

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ohh

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i deleted everything

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and restart

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:10 PM

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and another issue is you never load the save game when the game starts again so you will always default back to your default save game settings

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:10 PM

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okay guys i gonna build a computer for unreal engine should i need 32 gb ram? or 16 gb is enough?

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:11 PM

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if you want to run just the engine with nothing else, 8gb is fine. If you want to use other things at the same time, 16b is "fine" but both of these depends on the project.

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I personally run 64GB on my main machine because I don't want to ever run out of memory lol

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example: third person project, 8gb is fine. Infiltrator demo? more than 8gb. Kite demo? 16gb is probably minimum

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:11 PM

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hmmm

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thank you

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:12 PM

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so buy the most you can afford based on the project you will be working on

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yep with that said I have ran the editor on a 4gb pentium machine and while it sucked I could at least do basic material and BP work if needed

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:13 PM

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my current system is enough for sample projects

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like third person

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8 gb ram i7 3630qm and radeon 7670M

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:13 PM

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I would personally aim for 16gb as a base for any new machine I was working on for some headroom. 32GB if I was planning on streaming, chrome, and UE4 all being open at once and I wanted to not stress

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:14 PM

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but when i use assets like kite demo i got 5 - 15 fps

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:14 PM

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well the kite demo eats Titan cards so it's less the memory and more the GPU

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I can run the Kite demo on a 5820k and a 1080 with 64gb ram and its not 30fps steady for example

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:15 PM

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ok mathew

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so

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after that delay thing

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what should i do

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:15 PM

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ty for your advice

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:15 PM

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yep yep

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:15 PM

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i will buy 32 gb ram

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:16 PM

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well one thing to consider is how long you plan on keeping that machine, a 3rd gen cpu is getting fairly old

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:16 PM

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ummm

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i dont thinked about that

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:16 PM

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and my guess is that is a laptop soooo

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:16 PM

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yes my current machine is laptop

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but i will upgrade to desktop

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R7 2700X + gtx 1070 or rtx 2070 maybe

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:18 PM

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ah yeah then thats a good 6+ year machine, 32gb ram might not be a horrible investment if you can get a good deal

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@unkempt isle well what do you have now. Why do you have delays in there btw?

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 7:18 PM

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6+ years thats sounds good

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:18 PM

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yeah

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then i want to save

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and load for the next reopen

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:19 PM

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ok so your trying to get a number, add to it every 2 seconds, then save that so you can use it later?

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:19 PM

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yeah

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pretty easy

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but hard for a noob like me

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:20 PM

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where is this code at? in the level, or in a special blueprint or ?

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it looks like in a umg widget

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:20 PM

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yeah

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in a umg widget

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maybe it was easier if i did it in the savegame file and then i cast it

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?

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:21 PM

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the construct part is partially right. You want to check for a save game first tho and if it exists load that number into your variable and use that save game object for later. If it does not exist you create a new save game object for later use. this is your first issue because right now you won't be loading the save game

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:22 PM

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ok

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:22 PM

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the tick event fires every frame and you probably dont want to use a delay in it. If you want something to just count every 2 seconds and do something you can use a timer, have it add to the number, then save your game.

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so after you load/create your save game in the construct you would start your timer. the timer event would get the current number, add whatever you want, update your save game with the new value, then save it out. this might not be the most efficient but its the basics for what you want

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:23 PM

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so the check one goes after the construct

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and then i link the delay

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and in the final the save

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i got it

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 7:36 PM

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awesome. Here is a way to do it using no delays if you were still using them or tick. No real biggie either way but avoiding tick when you dont need it is a good thing to try and do. https://i.imgur.com/w1UolsL.png

Imgur

unkempt isle Sep 19, 2018, 7:53 PM

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+rep bro

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do you accept donations:?

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pm me

glossy elm Sep 19, 2018, 8:01 PM

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? Why not make the timer loop? As he wants it to run each 2 seconds instead of calling he timer again?

grim ore Sep 19, 2018, 8:02 PM

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It's just the way I prefer to do it so the function controls if the timer fires again or not. It lets me put in extra logic if needed to not fire it again later if I wanted, like if the number hits a certain value or perhaps the timer needs to get extended out to a longer time for some reason.

plush yew Sep 19, 2018, 8:07 PM

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Why does Unreal Engine lock up literally every time my bluetooth headset connects or disconnects?