#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 315

winged crypt Sep 21, 2018, 9:40 PM

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Stationary Skylight, Stationary Directional Light

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But the Skylight is causing the leaks. Nothing major but I can see GI on objects closer to corners of the room etc. which should otherwise be pitch black.

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Visible on the walls as well. I can get around this since I'm lighting the room anyway and this won't be visible but if I can eliminate it altogether that would be best

plush yew Sep 21, 2018, 9:45 PM

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my power is out

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but

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the internet still up

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what is this wizardry

south ridge Sep 21, 2018, 9:48 PM

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@plush yew the hardware you're connected to has better power supply than you do 😛

crisp turtle Sep 21, 2018, 10:02 PM

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Is it better to create a lower body set of movement animations that dont have any z bounce on the pelvis, or is it better to use something like layered blend by bone to get the same result since I need two animations one for upper body and the other for lower body. The key is since its first person with full body rig, I cant have upper torso bounce on z hence clamping the hips?

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Is it even possible to clamp the pelvis from bouncing on z axis through script?

vale silo Sep 21, 2018, 10:04 PM

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So, no one knows about root motion?

winged crypt Sep 21, 2018, 10:11 PM

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@vale silo hm? what about it

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h

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oh* 4.20, unsure

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still on 4.19

vale silo Sep 21, 2018, 10:11 PM

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Ok, then how about 4.19?

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Docs still relevant?

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@winged crypt

tawdry raptor Sep 21, 2018, 10:30 PM

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can we edit the 3rd person character that comes with unreal a a new model?

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can we edit the unreal character to change the way it looks?

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add stuff to it?

astral rain Sep 21, 2018, 10:38 PM

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Yes.

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Pretty much the only restrictions with using assets provided by epic is that they have to be used with unreal.

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E.g. you can't use then in unity.

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Them*

plush yew Sep 21, 2018, 10:44 PM

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hey guys

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has anyone tried to make an inventory using AHUD?

livid haven Sep 21, 2018, 11:11 PM

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AHUD isn't a class for making UI.

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But it should be how you spawn your UMG or Slate based UI

plush yew Sep 21, 2018, 11:29 PM

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ok

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is it possible to include enumarations from unreal (as uassets) and use them in my c++ code (conversion of BPs)?

tawdry raptor Sep 21, 2018, 11:31 PM

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how can I add stuff to the unreal maniquin

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like I want to add a new face and cloths

worn granite Sep 22, 2018, 12:02 AM

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@plush yew its infinitely easier to just remake the enum and move things over.

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 12:03 AM

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i decided to do it in a file

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like create an h file

worn granite Sep 22, 2018, 12:03 AM

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that's what I'm talking about, yeah

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 12:03 AM

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and include it in every c++ class that's gonna use it

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althought for some reason

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everything is in red

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enum E_UIC_ContainerType
{

};
UENUM(BlueprintType)
enum E_UIC_ItemSubtype
{

};```

worn granite Sep 22, 2018, 12:04 AM

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enum class ETheEnumName : uint8

hushed grail Sep 22, 2018, 12:41 AM

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Does anyone have any experience with unity?

weary basalt Sep 22, 2018, 12:41 AM

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Why are you asking in an Unreal Discord about Unity?

hushed grail Sep 22, 2018, 12:41 AM

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Sorry nvm

fossil ridge Sep 22, 2018, 2:12 AM

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hey i put a question in the blueprints page can someone take a look at it

novel ember Sep 22, 2018, 3:58 AM

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Does anyone know what the issue might be with my model here?

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I've got a pretty basic material setup for WorldPositionOffset where it does a VectorTransform from Tangent Space to Local Space. It seems to work fine on the default engine sphere, but with my meshes it splits at the edges

uneven fractal Sep 22, 2018, 4:41 AM

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plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 5:13 AM

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my UE4 crashes when i try to open a BP

paper kernel Sep 22, 2018, 5:19 AM

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corrupted asset probably

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 5:19 AM

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that's impossible

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i add the project from the store

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and then i open it and it crashes

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it worked 5 minutes ago

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i changed NOTHING

paper kernel Sep 22, 2018, 5:20 AM

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nobody really knows how the corruption happens ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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you could try making a duplicate out of it

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if it lets you right click it

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 5:21 AM

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so basically it crashes on:
trying to open it
clicking on it with right button
trying to delete it

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and trying to move it

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unreal is so corrupted it's insane

paper kernel Sep 22, 2018, 5:22 AM

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then try and delete the uasset from content folder

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 5:22 AM

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i did

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and then i re-imported it

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same thing

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i restarted my PC, closing all unreal and everything

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i open it - fatal error again

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it worked like 5 minutes ago

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i closed the BP by mistake and it never wanted to open again

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what the heck is wrong with unreal?

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 5:43 AM

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Hey, anybody knows what does joining the steamworks distribution program gives me?

regal mulch Sep 22, 2018, 7:35 AM

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I assume you want to ask that on the Steamworks Group :P

low wadi Sep 22, 2018, 7:46 AM

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How long do you guys usually work on a game in one sitting?

south ridge Sep 22, 2018, 7:47 AM

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A work day, lol

static viper Sep 22, 2018, 7:48 AM

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prolly 25h a day

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maybe more

south ridge Sep 22, 2018, 7:48 AM

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Humans are limited to like 5-6 hours of useful work each day, which is about what I do. The rest of the time is human things like organizing everyone and chattering on the internet

static viper Sep 22, 2018, 7:48 AM

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humans

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but i am an owl.

south ridge Sep 22, 2018, 7:49 AM

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I mean we are limited. I'm human and I have all the human organs

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In correct placement and proportions

waxen fjord Sep 22, 2018, 9:33 AM

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Are you sure? Have you physically checked?

paper kernel Sep 22, 2018, 11:06 AM

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if current status is "functional" then I would say close enough

naive basin Sep 22, 2018, 12:37 PM

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hello guys

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it seems like my planar reflection only works in editor when i dont press G to hide it

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however it doesnt seem to work on PIE

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any solution for this?

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olive yew Sep 22, 2018, 3:01 PM

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Can anyone help me with opening a door with 'E" ?

static viper Sep 22, 2018, 3:03 PM

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only #blueprint can

fallen tundra Sep 22, 2018, 3:40 PM

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hey guys, I made a ai enemy tarantula who patrols and attacks the player once it's in sight. my problem is once the ai enemy comes close to the player it doesn't attack, but when the player steps back little then the attack plays. what could be my problem?

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 3:41 PM

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Hey I'm new to unreal, and I was wondering, if I wanted more than one person working on a project how would I go about doing so?

fallen tundra Sep 22, 2018, 3:51 PM

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@plush yew making threads on the ue4 forum works out pretty well!

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I've made several collaboration threads so that my team can help other game devs with level designs and modelling in turn for their help with programming etc etc

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 4:47 PM

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I need help, the cast is failing

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can anybody help me?

pallid compass Sep 22, 2018, 4:49 PM

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pro tip

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give context

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show error's

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 4:50 PM

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um

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wdym

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oh

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well

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Im trying to make a loading screen

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and Im trying to set this var to true

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but it doesnt work :/

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set the var to true when you click the button

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What's the error?

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I've tried to breakpoint, "Cast to PlayerCharacter" works, and then the "SET" doesnt work

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doesnt give me any error, its just doesnt work

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It's

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right

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there

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Bottom right

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?

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oh

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there's no more

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its just when I've tried something

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oh wait

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Click show message log when it comes up again

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there is an error

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yeah yeah

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one sec

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SetInputMode_UIOnly expects a valid player controller as 'PlayerController' target

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what's that?

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oh its because I've used another gamemode

vale jasper Sep 22, 2018, 4:52 PM

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Can a 3D modeller dm me please?

sudden agate Sep 22, 2018, 4:52 PM

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you error is somewhere else

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@plush yew

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 4:53 PM

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so what is it?

sudden agate Sep 22, 2018, 4:53 PM

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it literally says whats wrong

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 4:53 PM

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...

sudden agate Sep 22, 2018, 4:53 PM

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Read it

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 4:53 PM

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I'm guessing you don't actually have a PlayerCharacter in the world

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well I did, my English sucks lol

vale jasper Sep 22, 2018, 4:53 PM

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@everyone if you’re a 3D modeller can u dm me asap 😃

plush yew Sep 22, 2018, 4:54 PM

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PlayerCharacter needs to be the UIGamemode

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(nothing, just to show cursor)

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wat

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one sec I will show ya

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there ya go

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its all there, except from "HUD", changed it into "MyHUD"

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Your Default Pawn isn't a PlayerCharacter

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wait wut

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lemme see that

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So Get Player Character will never return PlayerCharacter

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ooooh

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nonono you got me wrong

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"PlayerCharacter" is the character itself, I wanted it to be set after the HUD

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got it?

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after the Menu

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you are clicking on OpenLevel, and then its setting the gamemode to the FPS gamemode

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This is never going to succeed: https://gyazo.com/5d5e69b4c70b8eb86e54d4baadf9b0cf

Gyazo

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wait a sec, so if that's like that, I need to do the loading var and other stuff in the UIGamemode, and not in the PlayerCharacter right?

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Yes

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oh wow Im so dumb

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lemme do that real quick

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PlayerCharacter doesn't exist yet so you can't access it

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yeah lol

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wait a sec, but I didnt acutely create the thing like I did with the PlayerCharacter

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so

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where do I put it?

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oh nevermind found it

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wait wait wait

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so I need to cast that to something else, not the PlayerCharacter

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um

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😦

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@plush yew can you plz help 😃

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?

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Get Game Mode

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omg you are a legend

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thank you so much for helping a noob out 😃

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um

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nevermind, it didnt work 😦

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doesnt give me any error, but I cant see the loading screen

narrow cave Sep 22, 2018, 5:25 PM

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Wow...

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The amount of people on this server is...

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unreal

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GWcmeisterPeepoEZ

light thunder Sep 22, 2018, 5:31 PM

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Can you build HLOD's on individual levels without any issues? Very little documentation on this

lament kraken Sep 22, 2018, 6:15 PM

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lol

kindred crag Sep 22, 2018, 7:18 PM

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Quick help here

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Will anything happen to my current projects if I delete my old UE4 versions?

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cloud cobalt Sep 22, 2018, 7:19 PM

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Not if you moved on.

timid flame Sep 22, 2018, 7:21 PM

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Any info/documentation on the volume texture asset in 4.20? For example encoding noise to it via render target

vapid sable Sep 22, 2018, 7:48 PM

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anybody having issues with Unreal 4.19 on macbook pro?

uneven spoke Sep 22, 2018, 7:49 PM

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https://gyazo.com/e50d5c60007ee61079afd87263b06d37

Gyazo

vapid sable Sep 22, 2018, 7:49 PM

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I can't seem to open my project since I changed it to use metal v2.0 to get my shaders to compile

uneven spoke Sep 22, 2018, 7:49 PM

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anyone know what im doing wrong

vapid sable Sep 22, 2018, 7:54 PM

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Yeah seems like Unreal just freezes on startup when metal v2.0 is set in project settings...

elfin hawk Sep 22, 2018, 9:07 PM

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UE4 4.20.3 crashes on my new laptop (Aero 15X v8) when i try to create a new node on material window in battery mode with this error DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG anyone who knows what causes this crash?

sacred snow Sep 22, 2018, 9:09 PM

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Hi! I'm new to UE4- anyone have any tutorials they like? ^^;

polar hawk Sep 22, 2018, 9:47 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncqpj4gKo4A

YouTube

Michael Allar

UE4 TUTORIAL: MLG PRO 360 NO SCOPE DOOR OPEN MONTAGE

How to get hired at Epic

▶ Play video

tribal pebble Sep 22, 2018, 9:56 PM

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does anyone know how to make these Shaders?

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sleek solar Sep 22, 2018, 10:20 PM

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@tribal pebble something like that?

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Just make your own "styled" textures

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tribal pebble Sep 22, 2018, 10:43 PM

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HOLY

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DIVER!

worn granite Sep 22, 2018, 10:46 PM

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you've been down too long in the midnight sea?

tribal pebble Sep 22, 2018, 10:47 PM

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oh what's becoming of me!!

tawdry storm Sep 22, 2018, 11:02 PM

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@polar hawk it says "MLG PRO" in the title, but there wasn't one airhorn. very dissapointing 😦

marsh swallow Sep 22, 2018, 11:30 PM

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so i found a list awhile ago but i lost it

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what is the load order for the basic BP files in Editor and in Packaged?

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because my map is working in Editor but its not setting the variables in package in time for the PlayerController file to read them

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My level file sets variables in Game Instance which Player controller reads to set the map settings like size and map image

rocky tendon Sep 23, 2018, 12:35 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/480442857648291854/493216114491392010/unknown.png

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Oh no

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 12:55 AM

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make sure your near clip place is not 0.0

novel ember Sep 23, 2018, 2:10 AM

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What show flag in the PlanarReflection component do I need to enable to show billboards?

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My billboard's material has planar reflections enabled

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nvm, figured it out

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was an issue with my custom planar reflections actor

novel ember Sep 23, 2018, 2:44 AM

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on a related note, I'm trying to achieve something kind of odd

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the best way I can describe it is a billboard with inverse normals

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that is, something one-sided that's always facing away from the player

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is something akin to that possible using either billboards or meshes?

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here's a rough example of what I'm talking about

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one-sided material with standard normals through a planar reflection that renders two-sided:

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same thing, but with the normals reversed

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although in my example i literally just flipped the normals on two of the sides, so it only works from one angle

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I'm trying to do something where the effect in the second photo can happen from all 4 sides

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 6:35 AM

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Hey, anybody available right now?

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 6:35 AM

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no

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 6:36 AM

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...

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what a kind person

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 6:36 AM

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just ask your question XD

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someone will pick it up or maybe not

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 6:36 AM

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well I'll be kinda embarrassed because that's a noob question

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so that's why lol

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anyways

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if you can help a noob out that would be great

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Idk what to put in the object XD

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that's an AI, dont know what to put there

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for the player, its "Get Player Character"

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 8:22 AM

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C++ better

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 8:26 AM

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opinion

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 8:42 AM

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true

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 9:11 AM

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@plush yew,tried that, didnt work. (lol get player character is the player)

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@lament kraken are you trying to annoy me or something? Do you even know how to program in any way? Don't even try to chat with me unless you gonna apologize.

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 9:15 AM

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what

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I said something to you?

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@plush yew

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I am writing report or we can say small doctorate so please don t ping me for stupid reason

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 9:19 AM

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dont worry tonk ^^

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some people are a bit sensible here

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lets all chill

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 9:20 AM

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yes

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chill

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but I can t chill because I need to finish my report for tomorrow and I get pinged for no reason

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 9:20 AM

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you can always mute the server XD

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if he pings you again for no reason make a report

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 9:21 AM

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server is muted

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for me lo

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l

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 9:23 AM

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Stop being offensive tonk

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Thats not funny

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Btw OvO you dont know the all story so please don't disturb us

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 9:24 AM

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If you are going to fight me pls go to dms

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so I can block you

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 9:24 AM

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take it to dms guys.

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 9:24 AM

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Now let me write report

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 9:25 AM

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I've tried to. I've even apologized, tried to make things better, but ue didn't respond

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 9:25 AM

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ok

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 9:28 AM

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Listen Tonk, if you dont want to be in touch, dont, but I'm trying to stop that fight and make us chlling both.

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 9:32 AM

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I see

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 9:34 AM

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So..?

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 9:36 AM

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i have to call the mods on you if you guys dont take this elsewhere XD

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 9:38 AM

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Okok sorry lol

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He isnt gonna respond in dm so yeah

lament kraken Sep 23, 2018, 9:41 AM

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nah

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I will just ignore him

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 11:39 AM

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hey guys

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about UE4 DataTables

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can I use an SQL Database for that?

oblique trench Sep 23, 2018, 12:02 PM

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@plush yew No

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 12:03 PM

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spreadsheet?

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 12:03 PM

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you can do these things yes

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but not without c++

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if you google ue4 sql

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you will find stuff

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 12:04 PM

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well im pretty much doing everything with C++ right now

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 12:04 PM

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gooode

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then you are already very far

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 12:04 PM

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im avoiding the

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bps

oblique trench Sep 23, 2018, 12:04 PM

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DataTables don't include any structed query language. But you can use branch nodes after breaking the struct

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So there is no any query language that fetches/edits/deletes on datatable on Unreal

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 12:06 PM

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no i was thinking to NOT use datatables but something else

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like a database instead

oblique trench Sep 23, 2018, 12:07 PM

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DataTable is not a database. İt is just a spreadsheet.

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 12:07 PM

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yup

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i know but i don't need a spreadsheet

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or do i?

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for an online game i think everything is put into databases

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not spreadsheets

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 12:07 PM

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did you actually listen to what i tell you XD

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are you interested?

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XD

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google

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ue4 sql

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 12:08 PM

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ok

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 12:08 PM

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the first link is literally sql server plugin

oblique trench Sep 23, 2018, 12:09 PM

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In todays, a online subsystem(Like steam) serves user data integration with game server handlers like GameSparks

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 12:21 PM

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hey ppls

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i have a question

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why is my project lighter in fullscreen?

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where as, when it is in windowed mode it is darker

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ah, seems to be a gpu thing. When i take a screenshot, there is no difference in brightness between both full and windowed

paper kernel Sep 23, 2018, 12:59 PM

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adaptive display brightness

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fairly common power saving feature these days

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adds more artificial contrast

trim tusk Sep 23, 2018, 1:00 PM

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Has anyone else got a problem with unreal that it doesn't fit on The screen

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 1:30 PM

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spiders are a bitch man

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found a huge one in my room

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was working on something 😭

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 1:31 PM

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get antivirus!!!

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quick!

upbeat dune Sep 23, 2018, 2:12 PM

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Hiya, just wondering, so as I'm studying games development in college at the minute, what other courses / subjects would be considered useful in helping me get further with games development in the future?

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 2:14 PM

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gordon ramsey is for team building good

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and you need anime

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err

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well

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good english

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coding

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and keeping order in chaos

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art is extremly hard to order.

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learn it 30 yrs ago

pallid compass Sep 23, 2018, 2:28 PM

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@upbeat dune Mathematics, Structuring's, Engineering, Perspective, Anatomy, English, etc

lost ember Sep 23, 2018, 2:30 PM

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hey guys, is there a good alternative to Visual Studio for C++?

pallid compass Sep 23, 2018, 2:31 PM

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no

pure stratus Sep 23, 2018, 2:48 PM

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Visual Studio with Visual Assist.

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:03 PM

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i keep getting this Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error C2338 Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 is required to compile on Windows (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691129) AmericanConflict_UE4 e:\documents\unreal engines\ue_4.19\engine\source\runtime\core\public\Windows\WindowsPlatformCompilerSetup.h 19

Microsoft - Official Home Page

At Microsoft our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

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when starting a new project 4.19 ,

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:03 PM

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#cpp

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try dere :3

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:03 PM

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its not programming

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its starting a project

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:04 PM

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its coding

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read the error

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:04 PM

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its to do with visual studio 17

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andand 2016

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2015*

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:04 PM

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pls stay in this channel

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Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 is required to compile on Windows

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do you have that?

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i am very cautious here...

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:05 PM

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No idea, ive read you can use 2017 with 4.15 and after

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i used to have 2015

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but now ive got 2017 vs

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:05 PM

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did you install the required packages for vs 2017

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:05 PM

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C++ for game dev

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I did what they said on their page

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:05 PM

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Did you install the update

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:05 PM

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there is no update

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:05 PM

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did it create a vs 2017 solution, or does it say the projects are for vs 2015 in the solution explorer

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:05 PM

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i got newest 2017

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:06 PM

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ok.

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:06 PM

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I opened source using 2017

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:06 PM

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ue4 4.19 may have packages that dont support vs 17

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so.

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go install 2015 v3

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:06 PM

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nonsense

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:06 PM

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UE4 say anythign after 4.15 can be used by visual 2017

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:06 PM

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but unreal is literally telling you what todo

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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it is not

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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i had same problem when i had 2015 launch it too, same error

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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ubt likes to get confused when you had multiple versions of vs installed once

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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so i uninstalled all 😅

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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oof

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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I wanna try one more thing

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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this is too tough for me XD

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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which folders can i delete again to rebuil from source?

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i cant remember

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in the project

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

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oh are you trying to build the engine

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:08 PM

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ye

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it wont build

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:08 PM

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you'll also need c++ for desktop, .net for desktop packages then

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:08 PM

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im sure i have it ill double check

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unless i unticked it 😅

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:08 PM

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and since it's 4.19, you'll need windows 8.1 sdk from individual components

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:09 PM

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Ye ive got it all

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i swear xd sometimes i hate ue4

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:10 PM

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so you've had vs 2015 installed on this pc once, but it's not anymore?

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:10 PM

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ill try create a new project

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ye i used to

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i feel like its something to do with that

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:10 PM

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how are you creating a project if you haven't built the engine yet?

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:10 PM

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I used the UE4 launcher

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it created the project but cant build the editor

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so it gave me the option to try compile from source

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:11 PM

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did you switch the project over to your custom engine then?

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:11 PM

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but cant produce .dll

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:11 PM

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you can't build the engine from the launcher install

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:11 PM

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what do you mean

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ive always launcher ue4 from launcher

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launched*

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:11 PM

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so you're not actually trying to build the engine, but a project

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:12 PM

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sorry ye

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wording 😅

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Im trying to build the project

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but wont work and gives that error

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:12 PM

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let's try the usual fix for pcs that once had vs 2015 installed

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:13 PM

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I know i used to have 1 fi

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fix

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:13 PM

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put this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Configuration xmlns="https://www.unrealengine.com/BuildConfiguration">
    <WindowsPlatform>
        <Compiler>VisualStudio2017</Compiler>
    </WindowsPlatform>
    <VCProjectFileGenerator>
        <Version>VisualStudio2017</Version>
    </VCProjectFileGenerator>
</Configuration>

in appdata/roaming/unreal engine/unrealbuildtool/buildconfiguration.xml

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:13 PM

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where i deleted 3 or so folders and rebuild

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:13 PM

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then regenerate the project files

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:13 PM

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ill try that

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 3:16 PM

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https://puu.sh/BzGsX.mp4 bugged or why can't i edit that one? oO

▶ Play video

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:19 PM

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unreal / 10

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you didn't use hot reload right

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:19 PM

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Id probably close ue4

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and open it xd

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 3:19 PM

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I reopened that

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:19 PM

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🤔

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:20 PM

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like a year ago when i had problem with editing blueprints xD, i used to completely rebuild projects by deleting its binaries and stuff

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 3:20 PM

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The clickable class is there for a longer time

daring saffron Sep 23, 2018, 3:20 PM

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also @manic pawn it works thanks haha

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 3:20 PM

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after i encountered that problem i closed ue4 and opened it again

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still just a blank edit window

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:30 PM

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does it work if you use the normal new blueprint window and then chose clickable as parent class?

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 3:33 PM

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Nope

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its not only when I inherit from Clickable

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even a newly created blueprint does not open after first time

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😐

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 3:36 PM

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does it print anything interesting to the output log?

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I've never seen an issue like that before 🤔

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 3:40 PM

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nope

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also this is not limited to my project, but also newly created projects

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 3:58 PM

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has anyone experienced this issue https://i.postimg.cc/k5p8y6yc/4203_crash01.png

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I am using 4.20.3 built from source

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 4:03 PM

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i saw this before yes

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but also with 4.20

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yee this is 4.20 issue

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 4:04 PM

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any way I can fix it or work around it ?

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 4:04 PM

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for now albergatego

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you should report it as bug with a reproduce

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 4:04 PM

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already did

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but it might take a week or more for them to just get back with me :/

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 4:05 PM

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is that a special material?

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it doesnt look so

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 4:05 PM

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no, it's BasicShapeMaterial - UE4's stock material

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 4:05 PM

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and you get the engine when doing what?

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 4:06 PM

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I loaded my project, selected Ue4's stock Cube mesh with that material and bam! - crash

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 4:06 PM

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ah

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i understand

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yee

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that is actually an 4.20 error

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in 19 you only get a hiccup

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err

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you should not use that material XD

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 4:07 PM

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well, I guess I have to go back to 4.20 and make new mat

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I actually converted one of the 4.19 projects to 4.20 and had no such issue

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also converted 4.11 (!) project and also had no such issue

winged crypt Sep 23, 2018, 4:35 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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How is this type of design achieved (landscape)?

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Whoever did this did it on a huge scale so I doubt every hill was done slowly and carefully with the limited tools available under Sculpt

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📎 unknown.png

karmic thistle Sep 23, 2018, 4:45 PM

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guys, cant package to windows 32bits 🤔

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UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): ERROR: UBT ERROR: Failed to produce item:

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UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): ERROR: Command failed (Result:5): D:\EpicGames\UE_4.18\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool.exe FPS_Coop_Shooter Win32 Shipping -Project=

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UBTMakefiles -remoteini="C:\Users\PedroTC\Documents\Unreal Projects\FPS_Coop_Shooter" -skipdeploy -noxge -NoHotReload -ignorejunk. See logfile for details: 'UnrealBuildTool-2018.09.23-18.41.05.txt'

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 4:54 PM

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See logfile for details: 'UnrealBuildTool-2018.09.23-18.41.05.txt'

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 5:26 PM

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Just curious if there are people here who would help with logic for this thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRHJRzchSZY

YouTube

Nape Lazam

Marble Run - Kugelbahn - Ball Track - My Game/Simulation

I'm trying to make this game. You can use the Level Editor. Roll through mazes, battle others online. Feedback? Write in comments.

▶ Play video

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 5:27 PM

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what logic

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it looks done

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 5:27 PM

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game logic

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 5:27 PM

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like

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out of breath

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its dead :c

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 5:27 PM

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what is dead

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 5:28 PM

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cant believe you still work on dis

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 5:28 PM

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i dont

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XD

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 5:28 PM

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in the meantime i left the server for multiple months

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and came back

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 5:28 PM

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you were in the server?

static viper Sep 23, 2018, 5:28 PM

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server owl

plush yew Sep 23, 2018, 5:28 PM

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there was no discord server for this game?

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 5:36 PM

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@manic pawn figured it out... somehow it just hid all windows inside the editor

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 5:36 PM

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🤔

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 5:36 PM

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i can just show them via window -> click on what i want

winged crypt Sep 23, 2018, 5:46 PM

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Can I migrate assets from 4.20 to 4.19?

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Meshes, textures etc.

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 5:47 PM

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no

hasty lintel Sep 23, 2018, 6:19 PM

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Hello all

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Wondering if someone could help me with a problem I am having. I have foliage in my scene (ivy) when close up it is fine but when it's in the distance it seems to be really bright and contrast with everything else.

My scene is completely dynamic and I'm using volumetric lighting if that helps?

Help would be greatly appreciated :)

📎 Foliageissue.JPG

lilac cobalt Sep 23, 2018, 6:22 PM

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I scaled Character x7.. so now I feel it move so slow..how can modify it ?

📎 giphy.png

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 6:24 PM

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your character is not moving slower unless you changed it's movement speed, it just seems that way. make it super small and it will feel it is running faster.

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if you want to change the movement speed however change the max walk speed on your character movement component

lilac cobalt Sep 23, 2018, 6:24 PM

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ok

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let me try

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where is it?

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 6:27 PM

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in the character blueprint on the left is all of the components, click on the character movement one then the details panel for it will have the walk speed. I think it defaults to 600

lilac cobalt Sep 23, 2018, 6:27 PM

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yes

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 6:49 PM

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lol, wtf https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-44076

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that's what I am experiencing

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and this has been dragging on since 4.16 !?!!?

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 6:49 PM

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target fix: never

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 6:50 PM

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mind blowing.. I can't even blame it on Fortnite anymore

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 6:50 PM

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sure you can

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fortnite probably uses stationary sky light

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 6:51 PM

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but Fortnite BR wasn't even around when 4.16 came out, was it ?

manic pawn Sep 23, 2018, 6:51 PM

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🤔

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 6:51 PM

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/697254/4171-editor-crashes-when-i-click-paint-in-landscap.html

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seems like what I am gonna have to do

lilac cobalt Sep 23, 2018, 6:55 PM

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@grim ore : nothing change

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 6:59 PM

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are you using the default map? maybe you have a character already in the scene and you have to edit that instance instead of the base blueprint.

dim merlin Sep 23, 2018, 7:00 PM

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hi, just quessing: is it possible that actors are spawned without being inside the world aligner?

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 7:00 PM

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not very likely unless they are part of another object

dim merlin Sep 23, 2018, 7:01 PM

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nah indeed. seems like they were in a different level,. just to know 😃

lilac cobalt Sep 23, 2018, 7:09 PM

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I have problem here... I have an object inlcude 3 mesh.. now I want generate single collison for each obj...Can I do it?

📎 unknown.png

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like this

📎 unknown.png

grave spruce Sep 23, 2018, 7:34 PM

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set collision advance as basic collision

gentle ivy Sep 23, 2018, 7:37 PM

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you mean simple collision as complex? that's going to take a lot of performance.

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In #graphics I recommended they simply look at why they are needing to put 3 meshes into one.

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as this isn't typical asset behavior.

rich sparrow Sep 23, 2018, 7:57 PM

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whenever I load my game, r.DepthOfFieldQuality = "0" LastSetBy: Scalability - but my scalability options in Settings are all set to high. Any ideas?

hasty lintel Sep 23, 2018, 8:00 PM

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Anyone know why changing over to FXAA all I get is flickering shadows and a lot of noise?

rich sparrow Sep 23, 2018, 8:00 PM

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oh I see, someone's buggered around with the DefaultScalability.ini

hasty lintel Sep 23, 2018, 8:02 PM

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This kind of noise and distortion when changing AA to FXAA

📎 unknown.png

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Can't find anything online about what may be causing this

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Found the main issue, contact shadow seemed to be causing majority of it ! Still flickering and my foliage especially has linear shadows across it

grim sinew Sep 23, 2018, 8:13 PM

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Contact shadows are noisy and rely on TAA to blur it. So... don't use contact shadows.

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 8:14 PM

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So regarding the bug with the empty blueprint editor i made some further tests:

https://puu.sh/BzOI6.mp4

Is that normal behavior i was not aware of or is that really a bug?

▶ Play video

sleek solar Sep 23, 2018, 8:15 PM

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looks like a bug

grim sinew Sep 23, 2018, 8:15 PM

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That seems like a bug

sleek solar Sep 23, 2018, 8:15 PM

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for sure

silent lintel Sep 23, 2018, 8:15 PM

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Submitted it but wanted to make sure

hasty lintel Sep 23, 2018, 8:19 PM

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Any ideas about how to apply my FXAA ? It seems when I change within the project settings it doesn't really do much. Do I need to bake it or build it before I see the full effect?

grim sinew Sep 23, 2018, 8:21 PM

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FXAA is applied the moment you click on it. If you change it to none and then back to fxaa you'll see the change immediately

vale silo Sep 23, 2018, 8:31 PM

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soo, any idea why navmesh is f#cked up in 4.20.x ?

tawdry raptor Sep 23, 2018, 8:33 PM

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yeah

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because its the newest one

novel ember Sep 23, 2018, 8:43 PM

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Have you guys ever caught a bug early and known in your heart that it would have taken like

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hours and hours to fix if you hadn't prematurely?

#

📎 unknown.png

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📎 unknown.png

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because I was about to go on a crusade trying to fix these reflections before realizing the planar captures were getting the collision box too since I had it on, lol

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 10:44 PM

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Hi

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I'm new to the whole Unreal Engine thing

leaden garnet Sep 23, 2018, 11:11 PM

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enjoy scratching your head, might i suggest having a water bottle or...red bull maybe

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:13 PM

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I have a water bottle nearby to hit my head with

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To be honest though, I was hoping someone could help me out a bit

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 11:26 PM

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With what? Getting started the ue4 docs have a section on that including videos. Something else? We can't read minds so ask away. The meaning of life? 42

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:28 PM

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Ok, so, I'm trying to make a concept map for one of my favorite games. It's gonna be mostly medieval themed with lowpoly models. For this, I'm looking for someway to get these models or someone who can provide them to me

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A medieval style city is what I'm going to be making

grim sinew Sep 23, 2018, 11:30 PM

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The marketplace. Get your wallet out, find something you like, and buy it.

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Nobody will just give you enough art to make a whole game for free.

inner yacht Sep 23, 2018, 11:30 PM

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anyone have a link to a simple enemy radar? or can tell me how to stay with the size of a widget on screen?

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:31 PM

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The thing is...

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I don't have a Paypal account or anything like that

grim sinew Sep 23, 2018, 11:31 PM

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Credit card would work, or you can make a paypal account. Alternatively, you download Blender and learn how to make 3d art yourself.

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:32 PM

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I'll try the third option since I don't have a credit card either

inner yacht Sep 23, 2018, 11:33 PM

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you can buy a reloadable card at store

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:33 PM

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My parents won't let me do that

inner yacht Sep 23, 2018, 11:33 PM

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awwwwww

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:33 PM

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I really hate living at home

inner yacht Sep 23, 2018, 11:33 PM

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ditto

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lol

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:34 PM

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Anyone can pretty much agree with that statement

grim sinew Sep 23, 2018, 11:34 PM

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You'll change your tune as soon as you have bills to pay

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:34 PM

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Lol

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True

inner yacht Sep 23, 2018, 11:35 PM

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get blender look up fbx script fix files to download gets rid of extra root bone for ue4

grim sinew Sep 23, 2018, 11:35 PM

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"Okay, I paid for all my base living expenses to get by. I have $5 left in my bank this month to actually enjoy life with!"

sly dawn Sep 23, 2018, 11:43 PM

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It'll probably take me a while to learn how to use Blender

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It's fine though

mint raptor Sep 23, 2018, 11:45 PM

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Anyone encounter Runnable thread AudioThread Crashed before? All of a sudden my packaged game crashes when I load the map. Log here: https://hastebin.com/zehorequcu.md did not occur previously and works fine in the editor

grim ore Sep 23, 2018, 11:55 PM

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@inner yacht if you haven't try #umg and give a little more info on what you want.

plush yew Sep 24, 2018, 12:08 AM

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Dad

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Dad please

mint raptor Sep 24, 2018, 2:00 AM

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is it possible to go back a hotfix?

grim sinew Sep 24, 2018, 2:07 AM

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No

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Not unless you use source control

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:25 AM

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I am trying to create random procedural meshes in a for loop. But, each iteration produces the same mesh even though Ive verified that the random numbers are actually different each iteration. Is there something cheeky Im missing? Im just calling create mesh section and add collision convex mesh

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:05 AM

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Without checking your code we can only guess and I am guessing you did something wrong?

tawdry raptor Sep 24, 2018, 3:50 AM

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I have removed folders from a project and I am trying to move some other files in the project to another project but the files I removed still show will this cause issues?

plush yew Sep 24, 2018, 4:02 AM

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Morning guys, anyone here who could help me out with a problem with blueprints?

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Ah thx

plush yew Sep 24, 2018, 5:22 AM

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how to set texture offset?

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I made texture, but it's bigger than i want, so i reduce it's size with texcoord node, but it shifted to the left-up

twilit hill Sep 24, 2018, 7:05 AM

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anyone knows about an ocean water pack with absolutely zero visible tiling (even over long distances)? i dont want to fiddle with it tbh

whole quarry Sep 24, 2018, 7:51 AM

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@plush yew panner ?

sullen wraith Sep 24, 2018, 8:04 AM

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No matter what I do, the actor isn't being destroyed, no errors in output.

📎 actta.png

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it does print "done"

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so its acting as if destroy actor worked

whole quarry Sep 24, 2018, 8:04 AM

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#multiplayer @sullen wraith

lilac cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 8:27 AM

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I can see through Material... How can I fix it ?

📎 unknown.png

sudden agate Sep 24, 2018, 8:31 AM

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@lilac cobalt make it masked instea of Translucent

lilac cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 8:31 AM

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uki

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thanks

sudden agate Sep 24, 2018, 8:32 AM

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alex

plush yew Sep 24, 2018, 9:48 AM

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http://www.hobby-test.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20161230_141834.jpg seeing this. how big should a straight track block be in blender?

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standard 2x2m block?

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does it even matter if 2x2m of 2x2cm?

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balls will use physics

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does ue calculate physics different if a object is smaller or is everything same when not changing settings?

round ivy Sep 24, 2018, 9:52 AM

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hey guys, one question: what do you think is the best way of adapting hands to weapons? hand+weapon in one mesh, weapon+animation for each weapon? any other posibility? Thanks!

iron wadi Sep 24, 2018, 11:01 AM

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New: Master pose component will now ensure slaves are using ref pose for the missing joints.

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can somebody explain this to me?

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missing joints from where?

Slave missing joints in relation to Master
or
Slave having extra joints over master (meaning missing joints on Master)

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 11:52 AM

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means if master pose skeleton has less bones than slave, unlisted slave bones use reference pose

lost ember Sep 24, 2018, 12:07 PM

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Should I use Pawn or Character for my character

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Sounds dumb but I wanted to know if I had any advantage by using one over the other

sudden agate Sep 24, 2018, 12:10 PM

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Character already has a MovementComponent with Gravity and proper Floor Collision.
However only works with the inherited Capsule.

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With Pawn you need to create your own MovementComponent in C++.

lost ember Sep 24, 2018, 12:11 PM

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So Character is the goto alright

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How do I override movement? I use a PlayerController, and I'd love to understand how to change what Character->AddMovementInput() does

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 12:14 PM

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AddMovementInput is inherited from Pawn baseclass

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and is consumed by CharacterMovementComponent

lost ember Sep 24, 2018, 12:17 PM

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Should I make my own movement functions or is there a way to override the one from CharacterMovementComponent, or make my own CharacterMovementComponent?

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 12:23 PM

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honestly, make your own

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default one isn't built for modifications

lost ember Sep 24, 2018, 12:24 PM

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Is there a base to derive from?

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 12:26 PM

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floating pawn movement, maybe?

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that one is pretty basic

lost ember Sep 24, 2018, 12:28 PM

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How would you make your own character movement component?

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Floating one is made for floating tho

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 12:29 PM

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well, I have a tutorial for blueprint one

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 12:46 PM

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My goal is to spawn random meteor meshes. But, whenever I spawn this actor the meshes end up being the same, even though I verified the stream is giving different values each iteration. The flow is: Get a new random stream -> make 6 random vectors -> multiply the vectors by a random scale -> set the procedural mesh component's mesh section -> set collision -> set mass. Any ideas why Im getting the same mesh each time this actor spawns?

Cross posting this question here since I think it might be a general "procedural mesh" question than a BP one

📎 unknown.png

iron wadi Sep 24, 2018, 12:47 PM

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god damn that's a lot of blueprint code

wary wave Sep 24, 2018, 12:47 PM

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not really

iron wadi Sep 24, 2018, 12:47 PM

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do you seed your random number generator?

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 12:49 PM

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spade in my game instance I start out with the default seed, then keep seeing it with a random value from that stream, it works out and I get different numbers each iteration (at least it looks like i do from print statements)

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@iron wadi

📎 unknown.png

iron wadi Sep 24, 2018, 12:53 PM

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have you tried just debugging the BP, stepping trough it and watching the values?

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 12:53 PM

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Ill give it a whirl, maybe print statements arent good enough ;p

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@iron wadi So in the debug window it doesnt look like the values are changing. Why would my print statements give different output but they dont change in the debug window?

iron wadi Sep 24, 2018, 1:01 PM

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are you printing the same values in the same BP you are debugging?

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 1:03 PM

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Yes

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📎 unknown.png

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You can see the values printed in the PIE, but the value in the debug window stays the same

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I wonder if this is a "purity" issue?

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Print is "impure" and might see the new value whereas other parts of the BP might be treating the random stream function as pure and thinking it returns the same value every time due to "referential transparency" and all that pure goodness 😛

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I didnt mark anything pure though

iron wadi Sep 24, 2018, 1:27 PM

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no idea then, sry

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can I have hierarchical master pose component?
Like Master Body
Slave to Body is Head, which is in itself Master to Helmet
Slave Helmet to Head

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Torso
  - Head
      - Helmet
  - Arms
  - Legs

Like this

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 1:43 PM

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If Head uses Torso, and Helmet uses Head, isn't Helmet using Torso anyway?

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🤔

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 1:57 PM

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Do actors cache values of functions when they get created?

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Cant think of another reason why the value doesnt change in the debug window but print shows different values

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Yeah I think thats the issue. I set a breakpoint on one of the function calls in the Meteor actor and it only breaks once

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Not each time the actor is spawned

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:04 PM

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Everything ia copied in bp

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Bp tends to rarely use refs afaik

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:05 PM

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Can I force the call to spawn actor to get a new reference?

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Well, to get new references inside the actor

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:06 PM

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I dont think so, execution order is important and im not 100% sure of your problem or setup

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It sounds like your passing outdated snapshots

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But if its an actor ref and u are getting a var from it

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It should be up to date

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:08 PM

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Anything I can do in here to make the spawned actor refresh its internals?

📎 unknown.png

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:22 PM

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well

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that looks

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dodgy af

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is that a custom for loop?

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You want to spawn a meteor every 10 seconds?

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If so try the errr cant even remember the name if ut

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Event Delay

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or w/e its called

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oh i think its called

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Event Timer

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or something

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it will fire an event every X seconds

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:26 PM

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Ok, ill give that shot

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:28 PM

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U can store the handle for it, "nice little blue output thingy"

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and u can use that to turn it on and off and stuff

whole quarry Sep 24, 2018, 2:29 PM

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timers... timeline..

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:31 PM

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Timeline is overkill for it

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:31 PM

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@pallid compass Same issue, the properties arent updating on successive spawns

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:31 PM

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Can you explain what your even trying to do?

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all i see is Spawn 100 actors over 10 seconds intervals* all at the location of the actor that is doing this

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:32 PM

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This is the actor I am spawning:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/225448446956404738/493765149002301442/unknown.png

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A random procedural mesh. Problem is the internals are executed once and then cached, so the same mesh ends up getting spawned

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If I put in print statements I can see the values would change if they were reevaluated.

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But the debug window/breakpoints show they dont get reevaluated each time the actor is spawned

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:39 PM

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then if its not different

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then u prob got an issue with your stream

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i dont have exp with procedural meshes though

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but if its always the same then its a stream issue most likely

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:40 PM

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@pallid compass If I put print statements in the blueprint, like where it gets the random float, it prints out different values each iteration

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But if I watch the values in the debug window the values do not change

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If I put a breakpoint on components in this actor, they trigger once and then never again

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:41 PM

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because your using the same stream i think

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errr if u drag off the stream

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u should be able to do something with it

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like

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change the seed

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or something

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:41 PM

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That doesnt explain why breakpoints arent triggering more than once

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:41 PM

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i cant really remember 100%

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not sure, i dont trust bp debugging at all though

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:42 PM

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/225448446956404738/493769938289426433/unknown.png

This shows the print statements giving different values each iteration

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I put a print statement at the get random float in the bp making the mesh

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But the value in the debug window never updates.

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:43 PM

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are u switching the instance of the meteor you are looking at right?

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also u need put print strings on cast failed

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and stuff

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to catch anything going wrong

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:43 PM

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Oh let me see, maybe the instance isnt changing

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in the debug window

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:43 PM

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well your game instance will be consistent

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normally

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:48 PM

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I cant seem to figure out how to switch instances, and google is letting me down ;_;

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:49 PM

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Normally u dont want your gi to change mid gameplay

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:51 PM

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Ok when I switch instances they do infact have different values

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In the debug window. So for some reason the mesh isnt changing

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:55 PM

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Sounds like a stream issue to me, but im not sure what is going on tbh

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switching GI does not sound healthy to me

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:55 PM

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Im watching the array that gets put in for the vertices in the procedural mesh and there are different values for each instance

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 2:56 PM

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hmm not sure then

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But why are u switching GI

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 2:58 PM

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By GI do you mean game instance? Not sure what you mean by switching it?

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Theres meteor26 and 27, you can see the streams they have use different seeds

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 3:00 PM

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I thought you ment when u said switch instances you where changing GI

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:00 PM

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ignoring all of this, the issue is when you create the mesh section it's the same data right? have you confirmed that on the create mesh section node it's taking in different data or the same?

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 3:01 PM

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Yeah hes running it in self contained instances.

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If you scroll up you can see screen shot of the code.

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 3:02 PM

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@grim ore The problem is that all meteors looks the as the first spawned one, even though each instance is using different values for the procedural mesh section creation

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 3:02 PM

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wait

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are u using

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HISM

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or ISM

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instance static meshes

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that is

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 3:04 PM

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Whatever the default is for a procedural mesh

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:05 PM

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I was just trying to eliminate the obvious. If something looks like something else it would seem like it has the same settings between them and I was just confirming that even tho you are making random numbers and trying to feed in random numbers you are actually using those random numbers when you create each section and make the mesh

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the fact there is no actual array stored anywhere has me concerned is all

polar hawk Sep 24, 2018, 3:07 PM

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ah yes

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 3:07 PM

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@grim ore The array is made with Make Array. I watched the return value and it does look different each instance where it gets fed into the create mesh section of the procedural mesh

polar hawk Sep 24, 2018, 3:07 PM

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the good ol

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'something is storing state and I don't know what'

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:07 PM

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^^

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so eliminating issues and using a fixed stream any amount of items from 1-100 all end up looking identical and change based on the stream put in?

polar hawk Sep 24, 2018, 3:09 PM

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I didn't read much of this but

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sounds like a) you're creating multiple streams with the same seed

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or b) you're using a stream incorrectly

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 3:10 PM

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I watched the stream I get, and each instance of meteor has a stream with a different seed

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In my game instance I have a function that sends a new stream seeded with a random value from the previous stream, this appears to be working, all meteor instances look to have a different seed in their stream

polar hawk Sep 24, 2018, 3:11 PM

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so problem solved? whoo

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 3:11 PM

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No, problem is not solved

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The meshes look the same, even though the array going into the create mesh sections are different

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:14 PM

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but they do look different each time you run them right? like run one they look like X, all of them, then run two they look like Y but all of them look like Y. so each run your thingy does look different they just all look like that one object

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 3:14 PM

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inb4 proc mesh is brojen on 4.20

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broken

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im sure someone said its broken

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:15 PM

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well i mean it does sound like they aren't broken if it is making something, he is just making the same thing over and over lol

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 3:17 PM

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Two different instances, with the watch on the array going into the create mesh section

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:17 PM

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so running that twice gave the same results?

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in terms of what you see

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 3:18 PM

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Yes you can see in the PIE the meshes all look the same

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Ill look more closely at the meshes, maybe they are just really really similar

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 3:19 PM

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are you setting a random seed at some point or do you expect each run to make them all the same (assuming your per item randomness was working?)

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I say this because if your expecting randomness on the size and shape and randomness based on a random seed it certainly does not seem to be giving you that first part regardless of the seed which makes me think your code is definitely not using those numbers

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I want to go on record as saying I think it has to do with the array being fed into the node not being a real saved variable and only a temp one, if that is not the case then I never said this

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I also want to go on record saying I have never used the random stream functions so that shit is voodoo to me

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 4:00 PM

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Yeah, models are same, but inputs are different according to the watcher. Maybe I should move this thread somewhere else? It might be a bug.

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:10 PM

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Has anyone here got a grant from Epic? How easy is it to obtain?

static viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:11 PM

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very easy

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you just have to steal a bunch of assets

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call yourself cryzen

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and be friends with trubones

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...

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:12 PM

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Well, all jokes aside, it's not easy at all if you aren't known.
You'll need an already pretty far deved project, pref with a working demo build.
And in addition a properly worked out plan for the future.

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And then Epic needs to actually like the game and see the potential

static viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:13 PM

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yee. It should be worked for

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:13 PM

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You won't get a devgrant by just asking for it

static viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:13 PM

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something that shows alot of time and passion.

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and epic cant let everyone win. Thats why you will most likely not get in

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But its worth a try

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:14 PM

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@lofty solstice TLDR : you won't get a dev grant, unless you have an exceptional story, like building the next game of the year, or some incredibly epic Blueprint asset on the marketplace, or the most amazing archviz scene ever

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Work on the assumption you'll never get it like 99,9% of applicants

static viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:15 PM

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its easier to do kickstarter or gofundme

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epic has limited budget

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:15 PM

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The Grant is meant to support you, not to make your game.
It's to pay a few rents or some hardware/software.
It's also not a lot, compared with the dev costs of a game.

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:16 PM

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Well I wouldn't say I'm well know but I'm certainly qualified enough to make my own games. I've been switching my project over from Unity to Unreal so I just had the thought about the grant xD I didn't think it'd be so easy

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:16 PM

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It's basically a "Hey you aren't a big studio and you are making an awesome project? Let us help you a liiittle bit."

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:16 PM

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The grant is more of a marketing tool by Epic Games to push some apparently great projects forward, a few times a year

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So you're competing with millions of projects

static viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:17 PM

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or like a few hundred XD

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:17 PM

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It's Already Awesome Project + DevGrant = Sped up Process
And not Okayish Project + DevGrant = Awesome Project

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:18 PM

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yea, my project is kinda humble in that it doesn't look amazing but I think it's pretty fun, I've only focused on the programming side (even though im supposed to be a professional artist lol)

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:18 PM

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The most important metric for the dev grant is how good for Epic's PR your project is and will be, so if you're not doing an exceptional game that went viral on Twitter last week, you're out.

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Everyone thinks their project is pretty fun

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:19 PM

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true

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 4:19 PM

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also dont forget qualified != good game, or even the ability to make one, never mind grabbing the grant

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:19 PM

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My project's wouldn't get the grant. Doesn't mean that they are bad on the other hand

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Always in the eyes of the person looking at them

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:19 PM

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We also didn't get the grant

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:19 PM

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You are better off applying for the grant when your project is quite far in dev, but don't hope for it

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I did get a grant, but it was an educational grant

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:20 PM

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well when I say it's a humble project I do mean I'm not making anything huge or the next big thing;

https://youtu.be/Y8q1yyD14S0

YouTube

Matty Wyett-simmonds

Automated bars test

This is level 21 of my unrelease game, I've introduced the orange bars for the first time that automatically turn without your input...

▶ Play video

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(it's a video in unity but I'm switching it over to unreal)

wary wave Sep 24, 2018, 4:20 PM

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setting up a new project in UE4.20:
Step One - disable one hundred and forty six thousand redundant plugins...

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:20 PM

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Means I got a grant for what I did and will do in terms of teaching people

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That is probably a lot easier if they still give these out

kindred viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:21 PM

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I always thought that there should be a download with the minimal UE requirements, minus a lot of the plugins. Save some time messing around with it at setup

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:22 PM

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It would help a lot if the Engine would make more use of the Plugins

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And give you a base version where you can add plugins to if you need

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:22 PM

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I guess theres no harm in applying for dev grants either way so long as you're serious about the project which I am

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:22 PM

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@lofty solstice You've got nothing to loose asking for a grant, but in your current state there is zero chance to get one

regal mulch Sep 24, 2018, 4:22 PM

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@lofty solstice Only harm is if you need the money and plan it into the cycle

wary wave Sep 24, 2018, 4:22 PM

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there's a lot of plugins enabled by default which make no sense unless you're working with / on specific obscure platforms

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:23 PM

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Oh the money would help but I wouldn't be expecting it so either way im good

static viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:24 PM

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make a list ambershee

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:24 PM

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I'd say a game has a shot at a dev grant if it's the most inspiring UE4 game you can see on Twitter for a week, and clearly not a shot at it if that didn't happen

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Like that Way to the Woods thing that made the rounds across the Web for a week before the author got a grant

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:29 PM

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I guess im not really trying to get my game out there trending, I just enjoy developing it 😄

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that and breaking peoples minds as they try to get through my complex puzzles (the video was only an early level)

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:33 PM

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It's okay to get your game out there ! If you want people to play it, and maybe buy it some day, you'll have to get people to know it

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zero marketing = zero sales

lofty solstice Sep 24, 2018, 4:33 PM

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that is very true

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I've always been the worst at marketing my own stuff

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The most attention or biggest audience I get is only from Artstation which isn't really a platform to announce game releases and dev blogs other than for artwork

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 4:35 PM

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Networking (like you've done with Artstartion) can lead to marketing. It's good to have an audience anywhere that's supportive of you.

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Unrelated moral dilemma: There's an unresolved issue in UE4.20.3 where simultaneously having Event Driven Loading and BP Nativization turned on can cause CDO crashes on custom widgets. If you had to choose between EDL or Nativization, which would you choose?

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The target fix is 4.21 but I plan on launching before then.

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:40 PM

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Nativization is pretty broken all the time

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And a shit idea

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 4:40 PM

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Do you really need native though?

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:40 PM

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So I would drop that first

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 4:40 PM

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good idea to ask your self

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native brings tons of issues with it

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 4:41 PM

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Great question. The vast majority of my code is in C++ only with a few designer/art scripts in BP, as well as the UI which is all in BP.

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 4:42 PM

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Then native is prob a bad idea

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Sounds like its not needed at all then

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:43 PM

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Don't enable nativization until you know you need it, and you have profiled before/after to ensure you do need it

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 4:43 PM

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There's definitely overhead to all of the BP data assets that would be eliminated if it was statically compiled, but you're probably right that I'm overthinking this.

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I really wanted to use nativization since I first played around with it back in 4.12, though. I really thought it would have been production ready by now.

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 4:43 PM

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native is a pain in the ass

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bulks the fuck out ur .exe

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and also stops u being able to do data only patches

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and all sorts of shiz

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 4:44 PM

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I wonder why they turned it on by default in the most recent version.

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(default to Inclusive)

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 4:44 PM

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what ver?

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its not on by auto for me in 4.20

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 4:44 PM

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I'm at tip. 4.20.3

pallid compass Sep 24, 2018, 4:44 PM

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odd

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 4:44 PM

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Doubtful they'd enable it by default

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But well

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 4:45 PM

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I can double check. Maybe I turned it on early on in the project with premature optimism. Hahha

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The last game I worked on was designer heavy so like 75% of the game's logic was in BP. It was a pain in the ass and I ended up having to constantly rewrite some of it in C++ to keep our perf competitive.

kindred viper Sep 24, 2018, 4:48 PM

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I never really find many performance issues with BP. Obviously its a case of requirements but its never been a bother to any requirements we had except for missing functionality

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 4:49 PM

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It just doesn't scale super well. We had 16 players with hundreds of AI enemies and thousands of items in a single map so any BP ticking would just tank the CPU, particularly on the servers.

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 5:04 PM

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well that's what you get for using tick

cloud cobalt Sep 24, 2018, 5:08 PM

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Tick is fine

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Unless you're getting crazy

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.. Which seems to be the case here

maiden swift Sep 24, 2018, 5:09 PM

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Tick isn't off limits entirely, but in Blueprints, you should avoid it as much as possible. Sometimes you need to manually do something on every frame, but if not, don't use it.

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Generally speaking, if your Blueprint class will have many instances, use timers and events instead of Tick.

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I highly recommend checking out Epic's guide on balancing Blueprint and C++. Full of great Blueprint tips, whether you're writing C++ or not.
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Resources/SampleGames/ARPG/BalancingBlueprintandC-

vale silo Sep 24, 2018, 5:34 PM

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but, doesn't timer work on tick, under the hood so to speak?

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 5:41 PM

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its the hop from C++ to the VM that kills it

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if you're going to just have a timer at the same frequency as your framerate, there's not a lot of benefit

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 5:44 PM

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That's a great resource @maiden swift. Probably a controversial opinion, but I personally wouldn't ship a game with BPs that aren't just data assets again.

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 5:45 PM

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Also you can use UMG without BP at all

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 5:45 PM

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with slate?

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 5:45 PM

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the event graph will always be there, but you don't have to use it.

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subclass UUserWidget, then have widget ptrs (like you would components) and drop meta=(BindWidget) in there

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There's also OptionalWidget

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And then the designer view has to drop a widget into the heirarchy

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 5:47 PM

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Yah. I'm trying to imagine how much of a pain that would be for my designer. He likes to write most of the UI logic / animations himself and doesn't know C++.

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 5:47 PM

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any widgets inheriting from your custom UUserWidget won't compile in UMG until you have that thing.

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Ah.

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 5:47 PM

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There'd be a lot of thrash with me having to create so many hooks for him.

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 5:47 PM

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Well I'm mostly given all the UI impl work for myself.

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Oh, we've got a gameplay guy on the team - he can impl the UI all on his own

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 5:48 PM

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Ha. I'm sorry to hear that.

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 5:48 PM

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speaking of timers, I noticed very large spike on cpu wait events

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 5:48 PM

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But if you're in that sort of position then UI can be BP

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 5:48 PM

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is that normal?

dire zealot Sep 24, 2018, 5:49 PM

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maybe

paper kernel Sep 24, 2018, 5:49 PM

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and the wait time didn't seem to correlate on the timer delays

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 5:49 PM

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Anyway, if you're already writing UButton subclasses in UMG (for the styling), I'd consider moving all that to C++

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 5:50 PM

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Yah that's a good call. Any shared widgets used everywhere could probably be brought into C++.

keen birch Sep 24, 2018, 5:57 PM

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So this is underwhelming

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vale silo Sep 24, 2018, 5:58 PM

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there are games that were shipped to consoles made solely with blueprints

dire zealot Sep 24, 2018, 5:59 PM

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there are blueprints that were shipped to games made solely with consoles

prisma spindle Sep 24, 2018, 5:59 PM

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Yah for sure. I'm not saying it can't or shouldn't be done. I just wouldn't (personally) do it having shipped a BP-heavy game and now working on a C++-heavy game.

maiden swift Sep 24, 2018, 6:00 PM

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It's very project specific. Do what works best for you and your team. 🙂

vale silo Sep 24, 2018, 6:05 PM

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🤔

dim merlin Sep 24, 2018, 7:02 PM

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Hi, any one knows what type of asset the terrain editor of ue4 created, and how optimization is done?

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Does it generates LOD?

grim ore Sep 24, 2018, 7:07 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Landscape/TechnicalGuide and yes you can adjust the LOD settings for landscapes

main stirrup Sep 24, 2018, 8:00 PM

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hayo

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quick question, how do you make sure to auto posses a certian pawn?

inner yacht Sep 24, 2018, 8:03 PM

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Why isnt this working? Anyone Know?

📎 MiniMap.PNG

worn granite Sep 24, 2018, 8:07 PM

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It'll only ever remove the final widget added because the same variable is used to store each spawned widget.

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You don't get an instance of the event graph for each call - not that it'd matter, as you're using an object's member variable.

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Also this is just really an awful way to do this

inner yacht Sep 24, 2018, 9:21 PM

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thx for info

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i changed it to clear children but i think x and y for position is different from my player movement

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i get backwards results weird

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 10:57 PM

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Is there a way to decrease the physics time delta? AKA speed up physics? It seems increasing time dilation isnt affecting gravity of my procedural meshes

south ridge Sep 24, 2018, 10:58 PM

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Yes

primal prairie Sep 24, 2018, 10:58 PM

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hey guys where is the help channel? gonna guess its here

south ridge Sep 24, 2018, 10:58 PM

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Enable substepping

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@surreal kite if you mean you want to have more physics steps per single rendering frame, the feature is substepping

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Or you mean make everything just go faster?

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 10:58 PM

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Possible to enable/configure in a blueprint?

south ridge Sep 24, 2018, 10:59 PM

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It's a project setting

primal prairie Sep 24, 2018, 10:59 PM

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https://gyazo.com/2e70783b00c727f41da53ddc9ef26194 what is this issue and how do i stop it from happening?

Gyazo

▶ Play video

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its in the mesh preview window thing

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 10:59 PM

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So I want to toggle it on keypress

south ridge Sep 24, 2018, 10:59 PM

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@primal prairie disable either the grid or the floor, it's z-fighting

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You can't render two objects in same flat 3D plane, since they have same depth and start fighting over which pixels will end up on screen due to minor rounding errors

primal prairie Sep 24, 2018, 11:00 PM

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@south ridge why does the default grid floor have z fighting? 🤔

south ridge Sep 24, 2018, 11:00 PM

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Because they didn't make it very well

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 11:00 PM

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Increase when I press button, go to normal when depressed. I didnt see any options in any dropdowns in my BP for anything dealing with substeps

south ridge Sep 24, 2018, 11:00 PM

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Substepping is a global thing that changes quality of physics, but not apparent speed if that's what you're looking for

surreal kite Sep 24, 2018, 11:01 PM

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Yeah just looking to speed up the physics simulation, since time dilation doesnt seem to be affecting it

surreal kite Sep 25, 2018, 12:42 AM

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Lets say I want to add random bumps to an icosphere. I should just be able to multiply the vertices by some random positive float right? If its center is 0,0,0? Im getting really warped models when I try this. Lots of tearing

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Gnarly

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I thought the vertices on my icosphere consisted of a single point, seems theres actually 3 vertices clumped together, that would do it

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My model in blender has 42 verts, but in ue4 it has 240 🤔

smoky stream Sep 25, 2018, 12:57 AM

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subdivision?

surreal kite Sep 25, 2018, 1:02 AM

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Seems ue4/fbx doesnt like sharing vertices between the triangles?

manic pawn Sep 25, 2018, 1:02 AM

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is it a flat shaded mesh?

surreal kite Sep 25, 2018, 1:03 AM

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Yeah its basically just open blender, create icosphere, export to fbx

manic pawn Sep 25, 2018, 1:03 AM

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flat shading requires different vertex normals for each face, so they can't be shared

surreal kite Sep 25, 2018, 1:09 AM

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@manic pawn thanks! Changed it to smooth and it works as expected.

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high stone Sep 25, 2018, 1:22 AM

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I'm not sure if blender still has the vertices flaw. But whenever we ported that into Maya we selected the model and merged all vertices at 0.001 tolerance. Did the trick.

surreal kite Sep 25, 2018, 1:34 AM

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Does anybody see anything logically wrong with setting a procedural mesh's collision convex mesh to have the same vertices as its mesh?

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I did that and my dude floats on these meteorites

📎 unknown.png

manic pawn Sep 25, 2018, 1:37 AM

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are you sure the mesh is actually convex?

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pause the game and use show->collision

surreal kite Sep 25, 2018, 1:49 AM

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I suppose I might be better off baking a grip of these meteors in blender instead of procedurally generating them

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Yeah its simplifying it a bit...

📎 ScreenShot00010.png

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Looks like I want a "concave" version haha

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But, Im just going to procedurally generate a bunch of these in blender, the collision should be better that way yes?

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 3:11 AM

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If someone can explain this please do I finally got the radar working. Still needs work though lol

📎 MiniMap.PNG

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Can anyone tell me why i had to divide by a 100 offset? Would that be like a Zoom offset?

manic pawn Sep 25, 2018, 3:21 AM

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how is anyone supposed to know without reverse engineering all of your blueprint 🤔

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 3:22 AM

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its just a scene capture component above the character with little squares for icons

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its way easier than what i found on the net just was sharing really

grim ore Sep 25, 2018, 3:26 AM

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I think it's just hard to read the blueprint flow let alone even know where this divide by 100 would be or why you needed it for your code.

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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ok thanx anyways i just wanted to help anyone who wanted same result

grim ore Sep 25, 2018, 3:29 AM

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but they might not have the same code or problem, do you know why the 100 was needed?

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 3:30 AM

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i figure because my Z location for the scene capture component 2D is like 10,000 or so above the ground

grim ore Sep 25, 2018, 3:31 AM

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move the component down to 1000 and is it still needed? It could atleast help out someone in the future if you confirmed that was the problem and solution

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I am sure someone here might appreciate the random comment about your problem but if we can figure out the actual problem and cause and solution it might help more people 😃

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 3:34 AM

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yes its confirmed the 100 is for 10,000 above ground to match the map size at that height

grim ore Sep 25, 2018, 3:36 AM

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gotcha, makes sense then. soo 100 above ground would be 1 which means no division then I would assume and you can go from there

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 3:37 AM

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and for the information the radar is size 200x200 on the hud anchored to the top right

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thx matt now i can promote the variable

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What it looks like

📎 PreviewMiniMap.PNG

surreal kite Sep 25, 2018, 3:43 AM

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dope

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 3:44 AM

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Thx my son is my motivation for the project

lost shoal Sep 25, 2018, 4:09 AM

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@inner yacht what are those 1970 graphics lol

inner yacht Sep 25, 2018, 4:10 AM

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haha im not the best artist and yes im on a lenovo t430s

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lol

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thats an overlay on the landscape with textures

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I hurry the models so i can blueprint (the fun part)

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😃

novel ember Sep 25, 2018, 4:19 AM

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Holy shit I'm glad I was around to catch that flat shading bug

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I've been having issues for almost a year with WPO exploding my Blender-made meshes

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I'll have to try that in the morning

manic pawn Sep 25, 2018, 4:22 AM

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it's not a bug it's just how it works

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deforming flat shaded meshes in the material isn't easy because you'd have to fix up the normals too

novel ember Sep 25, 2018, 4:23 AM

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So I'm guessing if you want flat shading + WPO you have to do the tangent space normal trick or the DDX / DDY thing?

manic pawn Sep 25, 2018, 4:23 AM

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depends on what it's doing

novel ember Sep 25, 2018, 4:24 AM

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Most of my WPO targets are unlit anyway so it doesn't really matter but still

manic pawn Sep 25, 2018, 4:24 AM

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if it's rotating any triangles in some way, normals gonna be messed up

languid flax Sep 25, 2018, 7:37 AM

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Heyho, in which channel would I most likely find people with IKinema Orion experience?

languid shard Sep 25, 2018, 7:50 AM

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@languid flax I think some people in #virtual-reality have used it

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dont they have a discord or forum chat though ?

languid flax Sep 25, 2018, 7:51 AM

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Hm, haven't checked that (Discord). I know their support couldn't really help me.

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The forum is pretty much dead.

languid shard Sep 25, 2018, 7:51 AM

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argh :/

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thats the problem with closed source stuff

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shame 'cause their IK tech is really neat for VR and mocap

languid flax Sep 25, 2018, 7:52 AM

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Yeah, so it seems. Just when I want to stream it into UE4 it doesn't connect properly.

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Works once on startup, then the stream is gone... some network problem they said.

languid shard Sep 25, 2018, 7:53 AM

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firewall ?

languid flax Sep 25, 2018, 7:55 AM

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Is all off

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Randomly killing tasks here to see if it works at some point LOL

languid shard Sep 25, 2018, 7:55 AM

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😅

languid flax Sep 25, 2018, 8:33 AM

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I have the same problem on a different PC and with the beta version too >_>

languid shard Sep 25, 2018, 8:34 AM

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:/