#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 320

grim flower Oct 3, 2018, 5:20 PM

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stuck at 35% when I click Launch. It's an 2 year old Mac

wary wave Oct 3, 2018, 5:21 PM

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age is irrelevant, what's the actual hardware spec

grim ore Oct 3, 2018, 5:30 PM

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try nuking your derived data cache it might have gotten corrupted. Alternately just wait a day and see if it get's past it to confirm it's an issue and not building the DDC

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and do you have any activity on your task system? IE: shader compiler running

grim flower Oct 3, 2018, 5:47 PM

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working on a client mac, looks like it was storage space that was the issue

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full disk

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thanks though!

grim ore Oct 3, 2018, 5:48 PM

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that makes sense when trying to make the DDC

candid cypress Oct 3, 2018, 7:47 PM

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Still getting this weird lightmap line. LM uv's are laid out fine, it's a 400x400 box, Edges aren't soften. Even bumped LM up to 128 res. And built on high settings. None of the boxes are over-lapping

Any idea what could be causing this?

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honest vale Oct 3, 2018, 8:01 PM

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you should detach the hard edges and add padding

candid cypress Oct 3, 2018, 8:01 PM

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Tried that, still no help.

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So I deleted the edge faces, yet takes away the modular style needed for it, Seems to have fixed some of the issues.

could it just be an issue UE4 has when two edges are place next to each other ?

grim ore Oct 3, 2018, 8:16 PM

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if the UV map has a hard edge it's going to treat it as a hard edge for light mapping I would assume

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my first idea would be does it do that with moveable lighting, lighting not using lightmass? If it doesnt then the UV Map would be the prime suspect

candid cypress Oct 3, 2018, 8:22 PM

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well when the edges are separated off to their own space of the 01 space, still gets that weird light map issue.

sudden agate Oct 3, 2018, 8:27 PM

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make sure you have enough padding

tawdry raptor Oct 3, 2018, 9:06 PM

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I have created a locker out of a geometry box, but I cant get the collision and pyshics controls to come up, how can I get it to come up so I can open the door

📎 locker.JPG

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or am I doing it wrong

light thunder Oct 3, 2018, 9:26 PM

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Trying to package when I see about 400 of these errors in log - LogStaticMesh: Error: Failed to build static mesh. See previous line(s) for details. LogMeshUtilities: Error: Raw mesh is corrupt for LOD0.

Damn you HLOD's....

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What exactly do I do about that?

plush yew Oct 3, 2018, 9:30 PM

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What am I missing?

light thunder Oct 3, 2018, 11:36 PM

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LogMeshUtilities: Error: Raw mesh is corrupt for LOD0.
ProcessResult.StdOut: LogInit: Display: LogStaticMesh: Error: Failed to build static mesh. See previous line(s) for details

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768 errors when building...wtf HLOD system Unreal

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crap wrong section

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I'll still ask this in General, as it was recommended as a solution but I'm not sure how to do it Check through your static meshes until you find one with 0 vertices and delete it

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how do I sort by vertices???

smoky stream Oct 3, 2018, 11:52 PM

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theres python scripting now, so you could probably iterate over all assets and check the vertex count

light thunder Oct 3, 2018, 11:53 PM

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I found this...but the next step...normally I redirect the blueprints and replace references - but these are HLOD's....

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I don't want to replace it with something that is going to get swapped out like a tree into a building

smoky stream Oct 3, 2018, 11:54 PM

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force delete then fix whatever that causes?

light thunder Oct 3, 2018, 11:55 PM

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No one knows anything about HLOD's ....or why these errors happen, I swear it's one of the most robust features but there seems to be zero troubleshooting about it

zealous cloak Oct 4, 2018, 12:07 AM

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did someone worked with the robo recall modkit? when i test it my motion pawn has no laser pointer when i opening a menu 😦

sonic pagoda Oct 4, 2018, 12:24 AM

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is anyone successfully using ue4.20 and deploying to an android device?

icy bone Oct 4, 2018, 12:58 AM

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@sonic pagoda yes me

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@sonic pagoda one of my issues included to switch to the forward renderer and also use opengl es 2.0 only

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also u may wanna nativize ur blueprints if u used them intensively

sonic pagoda Oct 4, 2018, 1:00 AM

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im getting that apk needs .so error

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and now its workin in 4.19

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so its defintely a 4.20 thing

icy bone Oct 4, 2018, 1:01 AM

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hmm so u can run on phone but cant make the apk?

sonic pagoda Oct 4, 2018, 1:02 AM

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i have no errors on 4.19... but on 4.20 i cant deploy to device

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my current fix is just use 4.19

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i seen a couple of people put in a bug report

icy bone Oct 4, 2018, 1:02 AM

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4.20.3 works for me hmm..

sonic pagoda Oct 4, 2018, 1:02 AM

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about this .so thing

icy bone Oct 4, 2018, 1:02 AM

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whats the exact error

sonic pagoda Oct 4, 2018, 1:02 AM

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https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-63725

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this is the error message

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LogPlayLevel: ERROR: Can't make an APK without the compiled .so

icy bone Oct 4, 2018, 1:04 AM

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oh i dont know, i havent tried bp project

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since i always do c++ as base for my projects

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hope it gets fixed

smoky stream Oct 4, 2018, 1:04 AM

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have you tried nativising the blueprints?

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that might work

icy bone Oct 4, 2018, 1:05 AM

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ye, could help since they get compiled to C++

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bur it might be the project setup or other stuff also

smoky stream Oct 4, 2018, 1:07 AM

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maybe adding some kind of "stub" C++ file with no code could also work

sonic pagoda Oct 4, 2018, 1:51 AM

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yes i did read you could actually generate that missing .so from VS if you have a code project, so adding some c++ might do it

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but for now, if it compiles in 4.19 ill take it,, im already debugging another project lol

light thunder Oct 4, 2018, 1:53 AM

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Best practice for deleting static meshes with 0 vertices - they are bugged static meshes built from the HLOD system - the problem is don't know what to replace the references with and there are ALOT so it's easy to delete them from content browser, but Force Delete takes absolute AGES

strange current Oct 4, 2018, 2:20 AM

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My unreal engine crashes sometimes in the middle of playing different games, can i ask for help in this chat?

weary basalt Oct 4, 2018, 2:21 AM

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What do you mean different games?

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Do you have the editor open while playing other games?

strange current Oct 4, 2018, 2:21 AM

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Fortnite and dead by daylight at random times

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No just the game client and playing one game at once sorry

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I mean its not specific to just one game

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It happens across several

weary basalt Oct 4, 2018, 2:22 AM

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Ok hold on. This is not an Fortnite Discord mate. This is an community run Unreal Engine Discord, you would be better off going to a Fortnite Discord and asking directly for support or finding the Fortnite forums and reporting the issue directly.

strange current Oct 4, 2018, 2:23 AM

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Ok thats fine its not a fortnite specific issue

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Ill be off thanks though

weary basalt Oct 4, 2018, 2:23 AM

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We talk and discuss the Engine and Developing on it. We are not endorsed by Epic, you are better off talking directly to the games developers

strange current Oct 4, 2018, 2:23 AM

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Ah ok thanks anyways

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Sorry

weary basalt Oct 4, 2018, 2:23 AM

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No trouble

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Good luck

zealous cloak Oct 4, 2018, 2:25 AM

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im really frustrated 😦 can someone test the robo recall modkit and run it from the editor? do you have the laser pointer, when you enter the menu?

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would help me 😃

ruby robin Oct 4, 2018, 8:49 AM

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Guys, how do I destroy level actors? I'm trying to destroy one, but it still there.. It is movable, all the components are movable aswell.

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Hmm, but if I turn of dedicated server, everything is okay.. But how do I destroy level actors in multiplayer game? The ones on client, there is no need to remove them on server.

sudden agate Oct 4, 2018, 9:45 AM

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Actors placed in the Editor are owned by the Server. Afaik you can only destroy Actors when you own them.
Therefore you need to destroy it on the Server.
@regal mulch knows more :D

ruby robin Oct 4, 2018, 9:51 AM

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Well, if I destroy them on server, they still visible on client side..

whole quarry Oct 4, 2018, 9:52 AM

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#multiplayer

iron wadi Oct 4, 2018, 11:20 AM

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can I convert soft obj path to weak object ptr?

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 12:35 PM

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jes

mighty python Oct 4, 2018, 12:42 PM

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Hello, I want to add spots on the static mesh ( to guide the user or drive their attention to a certain area ), Any examples, ideas, keywords... etc on how to do this ?

whole quarry Oct 4, 2018, 12:46 PM

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well... you can add a SpotLight

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like uhm.. click and drag it

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much like any lights

gaunt raptor Oct 4, 2018, 1:27 PM

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what do i do if my camera in my sequencer is not the one rendering

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i have a cinematic camera with animation and such - but it renders the shot and not the camera - and the shot is empty

iron wadi Oct 4, 2018, 1:37 PM

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Is it possible to split UE4 project folder on multiple drives?

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My assets folder is too big for my SSD, but I want the code on SSD

digital anchor Oct 4, 2018, 2:04 PM

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maybe with symbolic links

grim ore Oct 4, 2018, 2:17 PM

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you can probably split it up but do you really really really want to do that and have a more fragile link. Upgrade the SSD if you can or just suck it up and use the bigger drive for now 😦 it sucks but risking your project on a workaround might not be worth the risk of loss

icy bone Oct 4, 2018, 2:20 PM

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anyone got tip to improve mobile render quality, using OpenGL ES2

whole quarry Oct 4, 2018, 2:45 PM

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@icy bone try asking in #mobile

unborn mantle Oct 4, 2018, 2:58 PM

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UE4 supports mods for a game
is it possible to create mod for a mod? some mod2 that will require mod1 and will rely on data, provided by mod1

regal mulch Oct 4, 2018, 3:02 PM

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MOD or DLC?

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Cause a Mod is usually a modification of the Original Content

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While a DLC adds onto a Previous Version (which could be DLC2 and DLC1)

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Might be that you can make a Mod of a Mod, but not sure.

unborn mantle Oct 4, 2018, 3:07 PM

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hmm... thanks, will take a look

vale silo Oct 4, 2018, 3:41 PM

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@wicked tiger @elfin jacinth do you folks have an ETA for 4.21 preview 1 release by chance ? 😊

elfin jacinth Oct 4, 2018, 4:46 PM

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Soon 😃

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Meaning, as soon as it is ready 😛

vale silo Oct 4, 2018, 4:48 PM

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alex

grim ore Oct 4, 2018, 4:48 PM

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I can narrow that down to sometime in 2018 if that helps 😛

vale silo Oct 4, 2018, 4:49 PM

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Could be late October or mid-November or by Christmas 😛

grim ore Oct 4, 2018, 4:49 PM

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yep so not too long now!

teal tulip Oct 4, 2018, 4:49 PM

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why you want the next so hard ?

grim ore Oct 4, 2018, 4:50 PM

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personally I want it because it fixes the decorator class for rich text so I can do the video on the widget

teal tulip Oct 4, 2018, 4:50 PM

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true the rich text thing

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I needed that for long texts with colors

vale silo Oct 4, 2018, 4:51 PM

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There are a bunch of Android and mobile VR improvements in 4.21

grim ore Oct 4, 2018, 4:51 PM

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well the text part works in .20, the image is borked without changes to the class and it's fixed in .21

vale silo Oct 4, 2018, 4:52 PM

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and ARCore goodies

teal tulip Oct 4, 2018, 4:53 PM

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while don't break other things I'm happy so

dense patio Oct 4, 2018, 5:37 PM

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Does anybody have a good guide to setting up steam controller support?

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Looked on google and a few other things (youtube) and got the wrong stuff, not sure if I am not typing the right keywords

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steam controller input

astral rain Oct 4, 2018, 6:03 PM

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How do you see what updates are being made?

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Er uh, what changes are going into the next update.

grim ore Oct 4, 2018, 6:07 PM

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the trello with future stuff and the github commits

rose quartz Oct 4, 2018, 6:16 PM

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With Modular pieces can you use Maya link with unreal to or is it just make 1 and import it to the unreal engine

crisp fable Oct 4, 2018, 6:49 PM

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Hey how do you decide what recommended specs your game should run on?

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Lowest 10% on steam hardware survey or what

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 6:51 PM

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By monitoring the usagw

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and testing on low end hardware

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thats simple

crisp fable Oct 4, 2018, 6:51 PM

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Yeah but when you start out you surely have a target spec

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 6:52 PM

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Yeah. I optimized my last game until it met the target spec

crisp fable Oct 4, 2018, 6:52 PM

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Sure it might be refined but you must get a rough idea based on .....something

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Ok

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 6:52 PM

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google for UE4 specs

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theres a docs for the editor

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that should be a sufficient starting point

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also monitoring memory usage and profiling

pure swallow Oct 4, 2018, 6:53 PM

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I'm trying to learn about animation blueprints, retargeting etc. Can someone recommend a tutorial (series) which explains animations from scratch and in detail?

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 6:53 PM

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and sorry i had a beer idk why im chatting here

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i used to lurk around

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Ninjakeks hmm youtube? Offical epic channel used to have tons of tutorials

pure swallow Oct 4, 2018, 7:05 PM

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I've already seen parts of the epic's channel, but they don't explain it very well in my opinion. They create an animation montage to loop an animation for example, but you then have to manually loop the animation in the animation blueprint anyway.

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Makes me wonder what the point of an animation montage then even is, because that could've been also handled in the state machine

grim sinew Oct 4, 2018, 7:50 PM

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@crisp fable it’s easier to scale down than to scale up. Make the game fun first, then just make sure it runs on the min spec of average AAA games coming out. Don’t get caught up in specs before you even have a prototype, it’ll influence too many design decisions and slow you down.

rose quartz Oct 4, 2018, 8:02 PM

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i know its a Unreal Discord but i have a question normaly you have a square @ the right side in maya to select the view how can i get that back?

crisp fable Oct 4, 2018, 8:44 PM

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Ok thanks

boreal topaz Oct 4, 2018, 9:21 PM

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Hello! I have a question about the engine but not sure where to ask it:)

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 9:23 PM

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Ask it here

winged crypt Oct 4, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Why does bloom intensify when the sun is on the edge of the screen as opposed to directly in the middle?

boreal topaz Oct 4, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Okay! I wanted to know if the UE4 engine can build to the Librem 5, its a linux based phone thats coming out sometime in the future, and I asked on the forums there, but no one was quite sure. Things that were mentioned were ARM, Linux support, and something called xwayland/wayland?

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I found patchnotes for UE4 saying something about wayland support but wasn't quite sure what it meant

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 9:27 PM

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Might wanna post in #linux as well

boreal topaz Oct 4, 2018, 9:27 PM

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okay! Will do 😃

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should I link the thread?

cursive dirge Oct 4, 2018, 9:46 PM

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updated my 4.20 GameWorks merges: https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/general-discussion/24447-nvidia-gameworks-integration?p=1535779#post1535779

Unreal Engine Forums

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

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main merge now contains UE 4.20.3 + Blast, FleX, Flow, HairWorks, HBAO+, TXAA and Volumetric Lighting from Nvidia

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these are all custom ports, nvidia has only shipped 4.19 versions

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:15 PM

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maybe a dummy question

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is there a place where I can look all unreal c++ classes?

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 11:16 PM

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yes

bitter iris Oct 4, 2018, 11:16 PM

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Content browser you can enable this

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And tick engine content

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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I know very good Blueprint side, but didn't know the corrispondence in c++

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ok, perfect, I will give it a try

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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does ue4 source have a doxygen or something similar

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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thanks

bitter iris Oct 4, 2018, 11:17 PM

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If you're looking to code in c++ youll need to make a c++ project i believe

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:18 PM

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not anymore, I just can add classes

smoky stream Oct 4, 2018, 11:18 PM

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UE4 does have doxygen, its called the docs

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they have an entire website dedicated to it

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 11:19 PM

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the docs site is bad and often outdated

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navigating classes is not as easy

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unity's docs are better organized l

smoky stream Oct 4, 2018, 11:20 PM

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well just ctrl+f then

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:20 PM

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actually I have seen the docs but I can't find the c++ side of the things I look for

plush yew Oct 4, 2018, 11:21 PM

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same

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:21 PM

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something like I want to add a component to a class and can't find out what's the name of the class

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...of the component to add

smoky stream Oct 4, 2018, 11:21 PM

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are you using the engine downloaded from the launcher or from source

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:22 PM

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downloaded

smoky stream Oct 4, 2018, 11:22 PM

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well precompiled headers and stuff

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you cant see the stuff then

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because the headers are just binaries

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if you get it from source then you'll be able to ctrl+f

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:23 PM

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ok, won't try this for now

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there should be a doc somewhere

smoky stream Oct 4, 2018, 11:24 PM

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the only docs are either on the doc site or in the engine source

tulip pewter Oct 4, 2018, 11:25 PM

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actually I could find out by creating a c++ class from editor and inherith from the class I am looking for and it compiles it by itself

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but it's silly I should fo something like this every time to know the name of a class I never used befor

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e

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ok!

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find it out what you meant

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ctrl + f on the source code in visual studio

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it worked, thanks for the help

high stone Oct 4, 2018, 11:32 PM

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@rose quartz You mean the viewcube?

bitter iris Oct 4, 2018, 11:39 PM

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is this how to measure how big a map is? when i go to top view it has the 1km, zoomed in so its 1km per square?

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high stone Oct 4, 2018, 11:47 PM

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There are measuring tools in Maya, unsure about other apps. What you want is the grid size for the game engine you are using. It's usually different from 3d software. So for example 100x100 scale in Maya is a decent chunk of land in the Unreal engine.

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📎 viewcube.jpg

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Lol need to reset my router. I'm lagging badly.

bitter iris Oct 4, 2018, 11:54 PM

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Why would I use maya to measure my map?

high stone Oct 4, 2018, 11:56 PM

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Just saying it exists, and other engines may have their own version.

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I measure stuff around the main character. To get proper placement.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:00 AM

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hey what would be a good place to give indie devs ideas / IP's to make into games for those who lack talent but have great ideas?

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:02 AM

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Game devs, especially the people who fund them don't look for ideas. They look for execution, demos, prototypes.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:03 AM

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If you can make ideas, you don't lack talent

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Go pick up a speciality and pursuit it, keeping your idea stuff close by

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But you won't recognition of your ideas without showing a full thread from the idea to the execution. An "idea" for a videogame is a 100 page document

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:04 AM

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I recommend attending GDC for a good view of the overall industry. You may pick up some interested people, and will get a lot of input. But be forewarned. Ideas are stolen all the time.

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Design docs are definitely an ideal start.

sage hinge Oct 5, 2018, 12:05 AM

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How can I save map at runtime in Blueprints?

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:05 AM

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I personally don't like the approach of design docs, I prefer to define the game with specific documents

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:05 AM

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I make everything with design docs. Even my pizza.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:05 AM

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E.g. we have a general vision document, detailed documentation on various aspects of gameplay, a ton of technical documentation on the game that make it all a single product

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I guess it's just cause I came here from engineering and I find it more convenient to keep one document = one logical unit kinda relation

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Makes it easier to file and recall documentation from the archive if I can give each document a context-specific ID

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:06 AM

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If you want to be really tricky you can copyright the story. Then turn around and sue anyone who steals it.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:07 AM

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It's only an attitude difference, the information we have in our documents is the same sorta stuff you'd find in a design doc, it just feels ugly to smash it into a single huge file 😄

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:08 AM

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My saying is if it works, and people can understand it. Then go for it when it comes to making games.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:09 AM

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Yep

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That's true

sage hinge Oct 5, 2018, 12:09 AM

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How can I save map at runtime in Blueprints?

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:10 AM

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Don't get hang up on the format of a design doc (it's also a very limiting format), but the information contained within is what's important

quartz grotto Oct 5, 2018, 12:10 AM

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When exporting joints from Maya, what's the best way to orient the joints? Just orient them to the world, or orient them with something like Z as primary axis?

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:16 AM

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@south ridge I think the person that asked the question left a while ago. ):

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:17 AM

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They are here, but also I was just up for some idle chatter

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:17 AM

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It's nice to chat about game design methods.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:18 AM

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At my previous job, I was the only person who kept structured documentation and maintained it 😐

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So I'm up for idle chatter that revolves around documentation, design docs and the such

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:20 AM

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good code usually seems to be 20% code, 40% docs and 40% unit tests

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at least from my experience

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usually every function will have a couple tests related to it as well as a couple code snippets on use as well as design philosiphy

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:21 AM

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Yeah

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For our current game project, our documentation is less so about the code of the game and more about what's in the game

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:21 AM

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tests are just boring as hell to write, and so are docs

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so thats why no one does it

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:22 AM

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Documentation for all the content in it, drawings, lists of assets, blah blah

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Formal documentation for all the game features that will have to be implemented or were already implemented, technical justifications for each thing

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:22 AM

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this is my unit test file for about 1/5 of my custom string impl

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its a pain in the ass

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but its caught everything so far

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:23 AM

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Yeah, unit tests are not very applicable to our current project sadly

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:23 AM

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some stuff just cant be tested in that way sadly

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:23 AM

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The nature of the simulation models we have makes it extremely hard to unit test them, instead I dilligently verify the models themselves (mathematical) and the code

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:23 AM

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my discord bot doesnt really work with unit tests because of the command wrapper im using, but my standard lib takes to unit tests very well

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:24 AM

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Basically, unit testing these physics models is lets say twice as complicated as making them, verifying and configuring them

manic pawn Oct 5, 2018, 12:24 AM

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that custom string implementation you made is probably the best case for unit tests

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:24 AM

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There are other aspects which are not fully unit tested just because writing tests is hard, but they should be - mostly the API of the simulation framework itself

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That's one thing that begs for unit tests, just to verify that API works and does what it's supposed to, so if I break something in the future, it does not break any of the confirmed reliable behaviors

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That is very straightforward to test

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:26 AM

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my array is a right pain to test

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because when it fails it usually just copys memory out of range and non of my printf work

manic pawn Oct 5, 2018, 12:28 AM

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you could just write it correctly the first time 👀

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:29 AM

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Yeah, that's the approach I use, with verification of the code before it's even written and all 😄

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It has it's own disadvantages

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:29 AM

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i wrote my pair class right first time

manic pawn Oct 5, 2018, 12:29 AM

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👍

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:37 AM

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fortunately I've already got most of the document done

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:38 AM

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i've written about 1000 lines of unit tests for 500 lines of code

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kill me

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:38 AM

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@plush yew If you get a chance. Attend GDC. It's the best place to network.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:39 AM

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unfortunately my broke butt is too poor for vacations and leaves

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:39 AM

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Next best thing is to check out the GDC lectures archive. Tons of guest speakers with great insight.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:40 AM

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ok

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:41 AM

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@high stone when's the next GDC btw? And it's in SF, right?

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:41 AM

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You want the Postmortem section.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:41 AM

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March 2019, SF!

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:41 AM

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Ugh San Fran again? San Mateo was way better.

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:41 AM

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theres always the stuff on youtube as well if you just want to learn

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:42 AM

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I just want to put the idea out there for those who might want to make their own spiderman ps4. Since my manga's protagonist is very similar to spiderman in abilities.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:42 AM

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@high stone yeah, Moscone Center it says

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:42 AM

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I feel safer walking in NYC at night, with a rolex than I do in San Fran.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:42 AM

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I can show you some pages if you'd like

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:42 AM

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Oh? I found SF to be pretty chill

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But I don't live in SF, only go there sometimes

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:42 AM

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When I was there it was starting to get a crime wave.

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 12:43 AM

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just carry a gun on you at all times xd

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:43 AM

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arent the streets also covered in shit and homless people?

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:43 AM

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Yep!

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:43 AM

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Something like that

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I didn't actually encounter any particularly crazy people

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:43 AM

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Lots and lot and lots of homeless.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:43 AM

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people also walk nude in sanfran

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:44 AM

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Nudity is whatever

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I don't care about nudity, law enforcement can care about that if they wanna

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:44 AM

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📎 Comic_1.jpg

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:44 AM

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It's never good looking people that run around naked. ):

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:45 AM

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here's my character I'm offering to let people make games out of.

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:48 AM

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If it's a full comic series. That's a pretty good approach.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 12:49 AM

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@high stone should get used to the sight of human body 😛

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:50 AM

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Seen enough ugly naked people.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:50 AM

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It's in development right now. I've already got the first issues script don. just waiting on my friend to draw it.

high stone Oct 5, 2018, 12:51 AM

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See if you can make it a web series? People do patreon for stuff like that. If it's good you'll make extra money on the side.

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Foamy the Squirrel had a hell of a run on such a basic concept.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 12:53 AM

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here's the control scheme so far

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Controls:

W,A,S,D: Movement

E: Attack

Left Mouse: Swing

Right Mouse: Dodge

Left + Right Mouse: Counter

F: Grappel Zip

Space: Jump

Space (Midair): Glide

Space (Grappel): Grappel Boost Jump.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 3:04 AM

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If this is a 3rd person game similar to Spider-Man PS4, what about...

W,A,S,D: Movement
Left Mouse: Attack
Right Mouse: Swing
Middle-Click : Counter
Left-Shift: Dodge
Left-Ctrl: Grappel Zip
Space: Jump
Space (Midair): Glide
Space (Grappel): Grappel Boost Jump.

However, if you want a Radial Menu to change gadget, then for such action I would recommend to hold down M3.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:12 AM

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What about making movement ESDF instead of WASD

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 3:14 AM

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Why would you want to do that?

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:16 AM

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Cause then you can have enter/exit vehicle be A and jump be NUM9, obviously

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 3:18 AM

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In my suggestion above, I moved his E,F keys around AWSD to Left-Shift and left-Ctrl to make sure movements keys don't enter in conflictwith other actions.

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:18 AM

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IJKL or riot

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:18 AM

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Is the're a help channel?

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:18 AM

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While I still suggest ESDF, I must say that IJKL is very respectable and you should consider his suggestion 😄

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:19 AM

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the entire server is essentially a help channel @paper python

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:19 AM

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Oh because i'm having trouble with UE4 with importing Fbx's

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:19 AM

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I've also had trouble with UE4 importing FBX's

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:20 AM

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yeah same

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:20 AM

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Well, not same

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You're having it right now and I'm no longer having it

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:20 AM

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same

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:20 AM

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We'll some files

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:20 AM

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@paper python what are the symptoms? What happens? Do you have an FBX I could try to import and see what's wrong in it?

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:21 AM

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They always come out bad.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:21 AM

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Describe badness

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 3:22 AM

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What about the UE4 materials?

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:22 AM

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When i try to import models from online it always says no smoothing group or 115 other errors in my message log.

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BUT when i import custom models it looks way better.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:25 AM

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You probably need to change export settings so it splits edges in the result or correctly saves smoothing information, or one of the other smoothing/splitting related options

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:25 AM

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Has anyone here successfully used the "hit face index" from an on component hit node out? For me it's always -1 (should be 0 to a positive integer) for some reason and i've been trying several things to get it to give me the face index to no success

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:25 AM

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They are kinda different in different 3D software

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@coral shoal OnComponentHit does not determine or set hit face index, since it's generated from collision and not a raytrace

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:28 AM

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@coral shoal You gotta do a new trace which specifically asks for the face index I think

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:28 AM

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It's simply not information that exists at any point in collision handling routine

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@worn granite you're right. OnComponentHit uses only a subset of FHitResult struct

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:29 AM

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There's a field on FCollisionQueryParams which seems to cause FHitResult to contain it

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:29 AM

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It manually initializes it, presumably to keep things simple so you don't get 10 different hit struct types

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The only contact information that UE4 handles are position, normal, penetration depth & physics materials for two collision participants

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Plus it also computes total impulse in the collision. No faceindex

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:30 AM

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Huh. Thanks i guess, minorly confusing

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I guess i need to do some kind of trace at the hit position... but the issue with that, is there might be a delay

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:31 AM

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Its s similar story with physical materials, though I think BP traces do that by default

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:31 AM

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@coral shoal yeah sorry, it's a side effect of using a generic struct. There is no delay, you can trace it

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But

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:31 AM

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Or how best should i extract the face index from a collision?

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:31 AM

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If you were using C++, you can determine which face index you've hit by knowing world position of the hit point

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Because you can access the raw mesh data and simply check every triangle (is point on triangle)

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That's how I would approach this

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:31 AM

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Hmm. I can write c++, i typically mix bp and c++ for prototyping purposes

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I have the hit location out, how would i got about checking triangles?

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never done anything on the individual triangle level before

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:32 AM

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if it were a result of my own trace, I'd simply pass a query param which is set to have the result include the face index

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if that didn't work I'd probably do what blackfox suggested.

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However, given a trace/sweep has occured already, not sure I'd do another one just for the index

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:33 AM

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I'm lazy to repurpose this for you, here's how you can access triangles

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Light.Location = FVector(0);
if (LightsMesh->GetStaticMesh()) { // Get mesh data
    int32 NumVertices = 0;
    const FStaticMeshLODResources& LOD = LightsMesh->GetStaticMesh()->RenderData->LODResources[0];
    for (int32 SectionIndex = 0; SectionIndex < LOD.Sections.Num(); SectionIndex++) {
        const FStaticMeshSection& Section = LOD.Sections[SectionIndex];
        if (Section.MaterialIndex == MaterialIndex) {
            for (uint32 VertexIndex = Section.MinVertexIndex; VertexIndex <= Section.MaxVertexIndex; VertexIndex++) {
                const FVector& VertexPosition = LOD.VertexBuffers.PositionVertexBuffer.VertexPosition(VertexIndex);
                Light.Location += VertexPosition;
                NumVertices++;
            }
        }
    }

    // Compute and store barycenter
    Light.Location /= NumVertices;
}```

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This tries to determine barycenter of triangles that match a certain material

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Should be reasonably obvious how you can obtain the data you need to make the check

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:33 AM

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Thanks, thats more than enough of a starting point. thanks a lot for the help.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:33 AM

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I'm parsing only vertices of mesh sections with specific materials

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The FStaticMeshLODResources struct will have other data too

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:36 AM

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uh. Minorly related question, do you know how to access the current LOD level index of a mesh? That was something else i was trying to do awhile ago and i figure you might know :p

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:37 AM

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"Current LOD level index" for which view

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The main game view (the main rendering thing)?

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:37 AM

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Yeah

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:38 AM

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Because mesh may have different LOD indexes in different views (this should hint you that it's probably gonna be annoying already :D)

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:38 AM

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Specifically i had a view with a few hundred heirarchical instances over a very variant distance and i was trying to vary the update rate of each by their lod level

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:39 AM

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UStaticMeshComponent.PreviousLODLevel looks promising there

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:39 AM

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yeahhh, i figured it would be annoying, nobody had answered the question anywhere on any of the forums or answer hub

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:39 AM

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but that'll have a 1 frame delay

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:39 AM

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oooo

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1 frame delay might be good enough for this purpose

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:39 AM

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I don't think that variable is real

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Because I can only find 1 reference to that variable in the engine

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(the definition)

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:40 AM

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Yeah, actually.

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:40 AM

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So I'm betting you it's always set to zero

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@worn granite this is pretty funny 😄

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:40 AM

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B- BUT IT COULD BE SET THROUGH REFLECTION

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you never know™

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:41 AM

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Unreal engine rules - if nothing uses it, nothing sets it

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And if something sets it, it probably was broken in UE 4.4

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Or some old version

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I'm worried about this ComputeLODForMeshes in SceneManagement.cpp

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Cause it looks like it's computing LOD size for the frame without caching it

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:42 AM

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Ah, damn

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:42 AM

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Don't get discouraged yet

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It may be possible to compute your own LOD level

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:43 AM

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well there are many ways to crack an egg, yeah thats what i was thinking

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:43 AM

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float ComputeBoundsScreenRadiusSquared(const FVector4& BoundsOrigin, const float SphereRadius, const FVector4& ViewOrigin, const FMatrix& ProjMatrix)

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Hmm

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Yeah, it seems like that's literally the only one function you need!

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You can get ProjMatrix from the current view, ViewOrigin from player controller

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This will give you screen size of the model, which you then compare against the known list of screen sizes vs LOD levels in the static mesh

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Which you can obtain from the mesh itself

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Once you have the current view (FSceneView), the projection matrix is View->ViewMatrices.GetProjectionMatrix() (I have NO idea how this will behave considering multithreading, but it probably should be fine to poke this on game thread)

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:46 AM

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well that's one more problem i should be able to solve, thanks.

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:46 AM

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sorry for the false hope

coral shoal Oct 5, 2018, 3:47 AM

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i'd have jumped on that var too and then spent a lot longer figuring out why it wasn't working (good you brought it up now to avoid future confusion)

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:47 AM

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yeah I shoulda ran VA search first

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:47 AM

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and UE4 Froze

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Oh nevermind.

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:48 AM

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That means you win! You out-survived your UE4 instance.

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You've won Unreal!

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 3:48 AM

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How tho

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:48 AM

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Haha man

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Getting FSceneView is actually a bitch

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:49 AM

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Actually

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:49 AM

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You will basically need to do LocalPlayer->CalcSceneView yourself

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Unless you hook it into one of the callbacks that give you FSceneView conveniently

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:49 AM

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@south ridge turns out, your method is the way it ultimately does it here ComputeStaticMeshLOD

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:50 AM

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@worn granite that's how I found it yes

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:50 AM

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ah

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:50 AM

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I just tracked the LOD calculations until I found the meat of it

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 3:50 AM

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💯

south ridge Oct 5, 2018, 3:50 AM

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Yeah so lol

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To get screen size of something on the game thread without it being inside a rendering callback....

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First get one of local players, probably the 0th one

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FSceneView* View = LocalPlayer->CalcSceneView(&ViewFamily, ViewLocation, ViewRotation, InViewport, &GameViewDrawer, PassType); then do something like this to get a view for that player

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Which gives you projection matrix 😄

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Which you can use to calculate screen size consistently with rendering

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Maybe there's some better way that I'm missing here

latent shadow Oct 5, 2018, 6:20 AM

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anyone here used perforce DVCS?

regal mulch Oct 5, 2018, 7:31 AM

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Anyone an idea why UE4 wouldn't load the Input ini properly?

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I have a "DELETE" key binding for the console and I can see that in the file, but it doesn't load in the editor.
Also when opening the Input section of the Editor it somestimes refreshes and then suddenly shows the key binding.

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After that it works until next restart. But other times I have to effectively add the key binding, even though it's def in the ini file saved.

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📎 unknown.png

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Using Perforce might be the fault, but the file is checked out and writeable

small goblet Oct 5, 2018, 7:39 AM

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@regal mulch I have been having the same issue with Perforce lately. The resolution they gave me was to make sure that all of the files are checked in with P4V after I close UE Editor. Since I started doing this, I haven't ran into the issue that you are having.

regal mulch Oct 5, 2018, 7:39 AM

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Still strange that UE4 is ignoring the Config file

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And I'm half sure I submitted the file 15 times already

lilac cobalt Oct 5, 2018, 7:40 AM

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help me

small goblet Oct 5, 2018, 7:40 AM

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Its not "ignoring" it. UE Editor can be fickle on uploading files, especially INIs.

lilac cobalt Oct 5, 2018, 7:40 AM

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I put my project in C:\

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can't generate visual studio solution

regal mulch Oct 5, 2018, 7:41 AM

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@small goblet Well the point is the file has the proper line for the delete key.
And I'm not modifying it. I can submit it and reopen the editor and it still doesn't load the Delete key for the console keys.

lilac cobalt Oct 5, 2018, 7:41 AM

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System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'c:\epic' is denied.

regal mulch Oct 5, 2018, 7:41 AM

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Well make sure your paths aren't readonly @lilac cobalt

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And that the user you start your programs iwth has the rights to access the paths

small goblet Oct 5, 2018, 7:43 AM

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Yeah @pastel blaze I had to force submit the INI change in Perforce whenever I do an edit to the inputs. I know that Perforce is looking into it as it's a new bug they are starting to be notified on.

regal mulch Oct 5, 2018, 7:44 AM

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Hm alright. Lemme test around with that info. Thanks!

small goblet Oct 5, 2018, 7:44 AM

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No problem.

fervent owl Oct 5, 2018, 8:32 AM

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hey guys need some help im trying to build my game but i keep on getting errors

📎 Log.txt

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any help will be apreciated

whole quarry Oct 5, 2018, 8:33 AM

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did you read it?

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ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogPackageName: Error: DoesPackageExist: DoesPackageExist FAILED: 'Polygon_Small' is not a standard unreal filename or a long path name. Reason: Path should start with a '/'
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogPackageName: Error: DoesPackageExist: DoesPackageExist FAILED: 'TransMap' is not a standard unreal filename or a long path name. Reason: Path should start with a '/'
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogPackageName: Error: DoesPackageExist: DoesPackageExist FAILED: 'LobyMap' is not a standard unreal filename or a long path name. Reason: Path should start with a '/'```

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ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogCook: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking /Game/BattleRoyaleTemplate/1-Maps/TransMap
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: CookResults: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking Demonstration
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogCook: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking Demonstration
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: CookResults: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking Polygon_Small
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogCook: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking Polygon_Small
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: CookResults: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking TransMap
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogCook: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking TransMap
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: CookResults: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking LobyMap
ProcessResult.StdOut:   LogInit: Display: LogCook: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking LobyMap```

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@fervent owl

fervent owl Oct 5, 2018, 8:45 AM

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hi thanks for pointing that out. can i ask some help what does it mean by Path should start with a '/'

whole quarry Oct 5, 2018, 8:47 AM

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/529772/error-while-packaging-logpackagenameerror-doespack.html

bitter iris Oct 5, 2018, 9:13 AM

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Hey guys, I'm wanting to get Ai in my game and I'm wondering on what to do with Nav mesh. I have a 16 Tile world, do I put the nav mesh on the persistent level or 1 for each of the tiles? (Also I have invoker as using dynamic)

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 9:14 AM

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For 16 tiles u may not need a nav mesh

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U can just create your own movement logic to move from tile to tile

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But in case you decide to use a nav mesh anyways for such a small world one should be enough

bitter iris Oct 5, 2018, 9:16 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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Map size is 8km x 8km

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If I dont need nav mesh how would ai spawn?

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(sorry never worked with nav mesh)

whole quarry Oct 5, 2018, 9:17 AM

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spawning the AI isnt the problem, having it to move is without a nav mesh 😛

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you could just throw in 1 nav mesh, will take a while before its done though

bitter iris Oct 5, 2018, 9:18 AM

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Ive put a nav mesh in but i was told to press P to visualise the green box that doesnt come up

deft sparrow Oct 5, 2018, 10:09 AM

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Did you make sure to build your paths? Can find it in the arrow next to Build.

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Also, might have more luck if you ask around in the #gameplay-ai channel. I assume people there know more about it.

desert pelican Oct 5, 2018, 12:04 PM

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hey, would you guys mind looking at this bug and voting for it if you keep having the same issue? It's been a real problem for me in various projects- moving landscapes to new folders can give an unresolvable error meaning its impossible to move. its been in since 4.19 and keeps getting pushed back- it was slated to be worked on for 4.21 but now its been pushed back to 4.22... thank you: https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-62150

regal mulch Oct 5, 2018, 12:47 PM

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Sooo. I'm going a bit crazy right now.
I have a SpringArmComponent that is not inheriting YAW.
I have an Input Vector for Rotation that I filter for the UpVector (YAW).
I do that for the Pawn as well as the SpringArm.

For once, the SpringArm needs a relative offset of 180 to look into the right direction (Why though, cause Pawn and Spring are use the same world rotation and aren't depending on each other?!)
And then in addition if I get the ForwardVector of that SpringArm, it's totally offset from where I'm actually looking.

I'm literally getting the ForwardVEctor of the ComponentQuat of the SpringArm and it's facing in a different direction :/

bitter iris Oct 5, 2018, 1:23 PM

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Hey guys, am I able to combine skeletal meshes? I have a body and head which aren't attached. Also want to attach clothing.

brittle gulch Oct 5, 2018, 2:14 PM

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hi guys, I can't change the size of a bilboard component, can someone help me plz?

📎 BilboardBug.gif

languid shard Oct 5, 2018, 2:17 PM

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Try toggling that Boolean over screen size ;)

whole quarry Oct 5, 2018, 2:34 PM

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magic boolean

brittle gulch Oct 5, 2018, 2:35 PM

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I tried but it doesn't work as expected, here's what it does :

📎 BilboardBug_screen.gif

dire zealot Oct 5, 2018, 3:11 PM

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Does the blackbody node only output orange/red fire colors? Is it possible to change the color ?

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Cant find any reference on calling it from custom nodes

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MaterialExpressionBlackBody() is a function call in those custom nodes, but how does one figure out what it does or what parameters it can take?

grim sinew Oct 5, 2018, 3:20 PM

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It outputs color temperature.

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So... it can output color temperature colors.

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And that’s it.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 3:51 PM

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here's my game design doc. it's still WIP but I'd like to hear feed back.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KgeJCnLF4xVjedJsIBB4EIpmeJj1rBUrA2lTnDFbH8U/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs

Game Document

Gameplay: ______________________________________________________________________________ Controls: ______________________________________________________________________________ Traversal: W,A,S,D: Movement Left Mouse: Swing Space: Jump Space (Midair): Glide Space (Gra...

supple totem Oct 5, 2018, 4:02 PM

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Am I incorrect in saying foliage can't be occlusion culled?

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wow layers of double negative there

golden sierra Oct 5, 2018, 4:03 PM

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Not sure where to post this, but I had would anyone know why my UE4 can't find my plugins? I had to revert in my source control and now it's telling me that I require x plugin even after I dragged them into the the newly made plugins folder

deft sparrow Oct 5, 2018, 4:15 PM

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I believe you still need to enable them for your project in the project settings.

golden sierra Oct 5, 2018, 4:37 PM

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I can't open my project without them apparenlty

loud kelp Oct 5, 2018, 5:29 PM

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Not sure where to add this, but i'm having a big issue with this, it gets called every frame in the output log, and im not being able to fix it, can someone please help me.

LogUnrealMath: Error: FMatrix::InverseFast(), trying to invert a NIL matrix, this results in NaNs! Use Inverse() instead.

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I've already googled it, but everything I see is something with the map check ( already did and there's no issues)

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 5:53 PM

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Hello guys I have a problem with my visibility

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when I press "I" the inventory disapear but when I press again I it shows again-it must be this but not like before

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When it doesn't press is this:

📎 unknown.png

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When I press again is this:

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📎 unknown.png

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what to do to fix it?

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 5:56 PM

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dont disable it, or renable it

dire zealot Oct 5, 2018, 5:56 PM

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I followed the same tutorial you are following once

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just do everything exactly as he does it

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Does anyone know if i could switch red and green channels of a float4 without creating a temp variable ?

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 5:59 PM

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just do the temp var its probably fine

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:00 PM

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what do you say? @worn granite

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 6:04 PM

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no u

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mhmm

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wow sounds supes legit

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:05 PM

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lol

waxen fjord Oct 5, 2018, 6:05 PM

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Can't be any worse then ark mobile. 😄

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 6:06 PM

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I... unno. You've not really sold me on it.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:06 PM

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mobile sucks for games

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imo

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 6:06 PM

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I'll stop the presses

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:07 PM

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anyone can help me for the problem?

waxen fjord Oct 5, 2018, 6:07 PM

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Mobile can be great for games, the issue is that either the game is made as a slot machine, or it is make with a PC mind set. Mobile has a huge amount of potential.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:07 PM

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aiming on mobile is even less intuitive than with a controller

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 6:07 PM

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its probably possible to have a well designed input scheme for mobile

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but

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its far easier to just put a joystick on screen

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:21 PM

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anyone?

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 6:24 PM

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go to #umg, and add that I'd suggested something and whether you tried it.

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:24 PM

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so to ask the same question in #umg ? @worn granite

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 6:24 PM

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yup

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both because more UMG people are there, and to keep topics in the right spot

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:25 PM

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and I hae also problem with my update slot icon When I collect the potion it doesn't show me the icon

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it shows me this:

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but it must show me this:

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hmmm

worn granite Oct 5, 2018, 6:26 PM

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ok go ask both there

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 6:30 PM

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okay

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I did it @worn granite

loud kelp Oct 5, 2018, 7:08 PM

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Hey guys, just boosting this message, still having issues and I can't fix it

Not sure where to add this, but i'm having a big issue with this, it gets called every frame in the output log, and im not being able to fix it, can someone please help me.

LogUnrealMath: Error: FMatrix::InverseFast(), trying to invert a NIL matrix, this results in NaNs! Use Inverse() instead.
I've already googled it, but everything I see is something with the map check ( already did and there's no issues)

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 7:10 PM

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im willing to bet theres a line number asocciated with that error

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if there is, why not go fix it to use Inverse instead of InverseFast

regal mulch Oct 5, 2018, 7:41 PM

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Random question: Has anyone spawned Level Instances (not streaming levels, but actually load/spawn a level at given transform) at a decent rate and knows if that is for whatever reason heavy on perfomance?

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Levels with Simple Geometry I might add

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Decent rate = every few seconds

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 8:03 PM

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So i imported the 3rd person character into UE4 in a blank project map, When i place the 3rd person character in the map it doesn't play as that character.

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 8:03 PM

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as it should be

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 8:04 PM

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But how do i connect it?

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 8:04 PM

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set the controller to possess it on EventBeginPlay

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 8:04 PM

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Simple question: How would you make a static mesh invisible but still react to Overlap Events?

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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give it a transparent material

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Sure just thought of it, ty

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 8:05 PM

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But how.

livid haven Oct 5, 2018, 8:14 PM

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@smoky stream Why not HiddenInGame???

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 8:14 PM

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i didnt know that was a thing

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but sure, use that instead

livid haven Oct 5, 2018, 8:15 PM

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HiddenInGame is on every AActor.

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 8:16 PM

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i think its called something different in the editor UI

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thats the only time i've used it

livid haven Oct 5, 2018, 8:16 PM

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    /**
     * Allows us to only see this Actor in the Editor, and not in the actual game.
     * @see SetActorHiddenInGame()
     */
    UPROPERTY(Interp, EditAnywhere, Category=Rendering, BlueprintReadOnly, Replicated, meta=(DisplayName="Actor Hidden In Game", SequencerTrackClass="MovieSceneVisibilityTrack"))
    uint8 bHidden:1;```

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Actor Hidden In Game

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 8:16 PM

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ah

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the more you know

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 8:16 PM

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When it's Hidden In Game, Overlap Events still work? What about Collision?

livid haven Oct 5, 2018, 8:17 PM

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Should, yes.

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Also, exists at the component level.

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USceneComponent::SetHiddenInGame

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    /** Whether to hide the primitive in game, if the primitive is Visible. */
    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category=Rendering, meta=(SequencerTrackClass = "MovieSceneVisibilityTrack"))
    uint8 bHiddenInGame:1;```

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 8:20 PM

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What about "Visible"?

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Oh it probably affects the Editor too

manic pawn Oct 5, 2018, 8:32 PM

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fully transparent material is the stupidest idea ever 🤔

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 9:43 PM

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it works™

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 10:01 PM

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Jmd aus Deutschland hier?

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 10:02 PM

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nein

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 10:03 PM

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Meinst du, du kannst mir helfen?

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@smoky stream

silver crown Oct 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

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@plush yew Only english allowed on this server

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

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Oh sorry my bad

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

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nein ist das einzige deutsche Wort, das ich kenne, Entschuldigung

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i litteraly just used google translate

silver crown Oct 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

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cmon Apache

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

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lol

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

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Oh okay

smoky stream Oct 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

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nein is the only german word i know

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aside from the obvious ones

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yknow, those words

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but yeah i can probably help you

plush yew Oct 5, 2018, 10:05 PM

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Nice you set The ‚ good

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Okay i write you

midnight mantle Oct 5, 2018, 10:29 PM

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/ue4devs/permalink/927739320757767/

Unreal Engine 4 Developers Community

Group rules! Read!

By UE4 devs, for UE4 devs!
Group rules: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ue4devs/permalink/699790126886022/

UE4 resources:

For questions and answers to any...

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and just in case you guys can't view the post

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manic pawn Oct 5, 2018, 10:41 PM

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3d blueprints

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it's cool and stupid at the same time

wary wave Oct 5, 2018, 10:41 PM

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anyone have any experience with widgets and screen space?

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I've been trying for a while to get widgets to line up with actors in the world, but it just doesn't seem to be happening

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https://youtu.be/RCKt3BaQxv8

YouTube

Luke Parkes-Haskell

Screen Space Widget Problem

▶ Play video

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this is a widget component on an actor that has a sphere at the root

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it's set to render in screen space, but it's got some weird offset on it that makes it float

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I absolutely can't work out what's wrong with it

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and there are sweet f-all resources out there that I could find 😦

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I've also tried using a full screen widget and manually getting the actor position, projecting to screen coords and drawing widgets there but it has the exact same problem

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failing that, can anyone confirm that screen space widgets are actually working in 4.20?

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ugh, looks like it works as expected in 4.18

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https://snag.gy/sl78Jt.jpg

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4.18 Left, same actor migrated into 4.20 Right

paper python Oct 5, 2018, 11:15 PM

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So i imported the 3rd person character into UE4 in a blank project map, When i place the 3rd person character in the map it doesn't play as that character. How do i connect the player?

waxen fjord Oct 5, 2018, 11:43 PM

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What? 3d blueprints, please no. Don't make me sign an Internet pertion about this.

paper python Oct 6, 2018, 1:09 AM

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🤦🏿

tawdry flame Oct 6, 2018, 1:13 AM

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Hey all, quick question. I have a material with 8 texture parameters in it, but when I look at the instance of that material, only one texture parameter is showing. Anyone know how to fix this?

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south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:16 AM

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@tawdry flame it hides parameters that are irrelevant/were not compiled into the final shader

tawdry flame Oct 6, 2018, 1:17 AM

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any way to turn that off?

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:17 AM

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Those switch parameters are static parameters, they change the shader

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@tawdry flame I mean, yes there is, but what's the point?

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Showing unused parameters will let you edit them, if that's what you want, but they won't have an effect in the end unless they are part of the graph

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If you want to set defaults, then you can poke the menu on top of the details list and it has options to show all parameters

tawdry flame Oct 6, 2018, 1:17 AM

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because I need to edit them even if I am not, currently, using them

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ah, tyvm 😄

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:18 AM

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Yeah, that's fair, that's like the only reason why you'd need this

tawdry flame Oct 6, 2018, 1:19 AM

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hhmmm, it seems there isn't an option to show all parameters

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:20 AM

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@smoky stream Hey, how do I use the inverse? I dont find anywhere to do that, any suggestions where to look?

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:20 AM

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Hmm, interesting, @tawdry flame lemme load up the editor

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Because I remember using this option before

tawdry flame Oct 6, 2018, 1:20 AM

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I see options to show ONLY stuff, but not to stop hiding things

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:20 AM

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Ah

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:20 AM

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can you paste the error @loud kelp ?

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:21 AM

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@tawdry flame press "Params" button

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:21 AM

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@smoky stream LogUnrealMath: Error: FMatrix::InverseFast(), trying to invert a NIL matrix, this results in NaNs! Use Inverse() instead.

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:21 AM

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does it have a line number?

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:21 AM

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This button toggles all parameters

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:21 AM

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do you know which function is calling it?

tawdry flame Oct 6, 2018, 1:21 AM

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@south ridge aaahhh, thx. hiding it with the big buttons

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:21 AM

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you'd have to find whats calling it and go and change the line causing that error

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:22 AM

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no clue at all

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tawdry flame Oct 6, 2018, 1:22 AM

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@south ridge you saved my day 😄

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 1:22 AM

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No problem

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:23 AM

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do you have source build or launcher build?

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if its source build ctrl+f that error and find all referneces to the function its in

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find the offending line and change the function call

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if its launcher build then theres not much you can do aside from file a bug report and watch it get marked as will not fix

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:29 AM

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its in the editor, not really doing a build right now, I did one, and it doesnt affect at all, but every second I get a new error, so my output log gets flooded in 3 seconds and I cant read any other stuff ( i need to scroll up so i can locate any other errors that I want to see)

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its like every .1 seconds its updated,

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LogOutputDevice: Error: === Handled ensure: ===
LogOutputDevice: Error: Ensure condition failed: false [File:D:\Build++UE4+Release-4.18+Compile\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\Math\Matrix.cpp] [Line: 8]
LogOutputDevice: Error: FMatrix::InverseFast(), trying to invert a NIL matrix, this results in NaNs! Use Inverse() instead.
LogOutputDevice: Error: Stack:
LogOutputDevice: Error: [Callstack] 0x000000002C882786 UE4Editor-Core.dll!UnknownFunction []

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Ok, i think I found where the error is coming from

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Using 4.18 btw

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its happening in another computer as well, so I dont think is coming from the engine, but I dont know how to access

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https://api.unrealengine.com/INT/API/Runtime/Core/Math/FMatrix/index.html I can see it here, but the thing is that this i dont know how to change it to Inverse()

FMatrix

4x4 matrix of floating point values.

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@smoky stream Sorry if im being a little anoying

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:36 AM

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Go to line 8 of Matrix.cpp and switch from InverseFast to Inverse

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Thatll fix it most likely

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:37 AM

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I should close the editor right?

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:37 AM

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Yes

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Close editor, make code change, rebuild

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:37 AM

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and edit with notepad or notepad ++

livid haven Oct 6, 2018, 1:37 AM

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Visual Studio

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:37 AM

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Was gonna say vs

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:38 AM

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oh kk, yeah way better I guess, thanks for the help then!

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 1:38 AM

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No problem

livid haven Oct 6, 2018, 1:38 AM

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You should probably follow a solid introductory tutorial if you weren't aware of using VS before now while trying to work with C++. :X

loud kelp Oct 6, 2018, 1:39 AM

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Yeah I will, I come from a 3D Artist / Animator BG, so I only use the blueprints for the game Im making, the only c++ stuff I have is the dialogue system from the marketplace 😄

tardy epoch Oct 6, 2018, 2:49 AM

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can anyone help with a lil problem of my ui text not updating?

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it doesnt seem to update while using a reference

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works fine on a button press tho

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winged crypt Oct 6, 2018, 3:54 AM

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Does UE have a way to delete specific LODs yet? I want LOD1 to be the highest LOD, deleting LOD0

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 3:54 AM

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@winged crypt you can specify lod offset/min lod number

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When you cook it/package it, it will remove the LOD's that can never be seen (e.g. LOD0)

winged crypt Oct 6, 2018, 3:55 AM

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Ah so set LOD0 screen size to something it can't reach?

south ridge Oct 6, 2018, 3:56 AM

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No, there should be a different option, but let me double check

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Maybe it doesn't actually exist for static meshes

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In which case, I don't think there's a way to delete a specific LOD without exporting and re-importing the model

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It's this option

winged crypt Oct 6, 2018, 3:59 AM

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Oh

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Yeah it does exist, don't know how it slipped by me

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Thanks!

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 7:02 AM

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A lot of weird options there

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We need mr weird to deal with that

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 9:17 AM

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hi

silver crown Oct 6, 2018, 9:17 AM

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Hello

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 9:18 AM

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how can i make a rtx supported game?

tall pendant Oct 6, 2018, 9:20 AM

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wait for an release of UE4 that supports rtx? 🤔

cursive dirge Oct 6, 2018, 9:21 AM

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wonder how they'll handle DLSS

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because, that sounded like you need to make contract with nvidia so they can ship drivers that have your games specific DLSS training in them

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it does sound bit absurd tbh

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I hope it's some optional module

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also really weird design

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why wouldn't the training data be in the game itself

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it would be more logical and bloat less other things

tall pendant Oct 6, 2018, 9:25 AM

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i expect an automated process IF DLSS hits off

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tbh i'm not entirely sure about the hitting of part

cursive dirge Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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but if the training data is bundled with drivers, they'll not accept every indie title for it

tall pendant Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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the image quality is super blurry

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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soon

tall pendant Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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at least on frozen frames

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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ue4 will support rtx

cursive dirge Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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I do hope their system is at least smart enough to download the data only for games that you use

tall pendant Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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could be non noticeable in motion ofc

cursive dirge Oct 6, 2018, 9:26 AM

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well, we all know rtx is planned for 4.22

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but that's not set in stone

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curious if Unity gets DXR out before UE4

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that would be the first

tall pendant Oct 6, 2018, 9:28 AM

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could be. but tbh it won't really matter much who's first with dxr/rtx support

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it's not even close to be a massmarket product yet

cursive dirge Oct 6, 2018, 9:29 AM

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of course not, just curious because Unity has been traditionally slow in these kinds of things

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and I do see their DXR commits for HDRP 😄

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 9:29 AM

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Is Answerhub down?

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idk what r u talking

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but why r there games thatll be rtx supported while engines dont support rtx

tall pendant Oct 6, 2018, 9:32 AM

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because their devs implemented an early support into their engines

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i can imagine that with their new renderer they can now be quicker with new tech?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 9:38 AM

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how can i get early support?

vast burrow Oct 6, 2018, 9:50 AM

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sorry for tag just answered my own question

weary basalt Oct 6, 2018, 9:50 AM

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...

vast burrow Oct 6, 2018, 9:50 AM

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sorry dude

carmine wind Oct 6, 2018, 1:06 PM

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guys is it posible to send it the c++ to a bp folder?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 1:19 PM

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what?

marble isle Oct 6, 2018, 1:24 PM

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If I have 2 or more components of the same type attached to an actor, How would I be able to get a reference/pointer to a specific component of that type during runtime?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 1:55 PM

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Hello guys I have another problem with my inputs in the spawn actor from class-in the input I must to have input for Index but I haven't got it-what to do?

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pure stratus Oct 6, 2018, 2:02 PM

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@marble isle You can cache them in ctor, or use AActor::GetComponents: https://api.unrealengine.com/INT/API/Runtime/Engine/GameFramework/AActor/GetComponents/1/index.html

AActor::GetComponents

Get a direct reference to the Components set rather than a copy with the null pointers removed.

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then iterate over them and filter by name or tag, example code (without filtering): https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/126431/how-to-use-getcomponentbyclass-findcomponentbyclas.html

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 2:02 PM

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@pure stratus can you help me?

winter drift Oct 6, 2018, 2:05 PM

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@plush yew I don't fully understand your question, although If it's something specific you need to get from a certain class that you're spawning then you'll need to Cast to that class to get it

pure stratus Oct 6, 2018, 2:06 PM

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Example to get component by just a name: https://trello.com/c/xdBZXtXm/58-how-to-find-a-component-with-a-name.
@plush yew: I'm not experienced enough with the subject of your question, sorry.

Trello

How to find a component with a name?

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marble isle Oct 6, 2018, 2:07 PM

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oi thanks mate

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 2:07 PM

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I haven't got in the "spawn acor from class" the inpuit for index that is int

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and how to spawn it?

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:07 PM

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Hi

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:10 PM

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@nimble jay can you help me for my problem?

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:11 PM

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@plush yew ok

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:12 PM

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I described the problem upper @nimble jay

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:23 PM

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@plush yew sorry I didn't understand

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I'm a noob btw

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:29 PM

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okay

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lol

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omg why di you say that you will help wtf? @nimble jay

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:30 PM

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I thought u need something that I can help

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I also need help

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:31 PM

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@plush yew I dont see an "Index" pin

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:31 PM

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📎 JPEG_20181006_183138.jpg

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I need to do this, I don't understand nothing.

waxen fjord Oct 6, 2018, 3:33 PM

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Can you translate the question?

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:34 PM

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@waxen fjord ok

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Wait

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:34 PM

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yes that is the problem @plush yew how to make it to see it? because I need it

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:35 PM

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@waxen fjord

📎 JPEG_20181006_183504.jpg

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:36 PM

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can you not fetch a screenshot

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or just post the text in a code block XD

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tose images are baaad

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i bet we have some russian pro hackers here who can translate this XD but even they will need proper images

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or text

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:37 PM

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@static viper it's from my laptop

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I just took a shot with my phone

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:38 PM

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what stops you from installing discord there

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XD

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you are making your life tougher

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and my eye sights worse

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looks like windows 10

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there you have snipping tool

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you could do really nice pictures

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:39 PM

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OK thank you for your recommendations

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But can you help me?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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@static viper can you help me?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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that wasnt a recom

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XD

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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I really need help

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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me too

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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it was more like a life advise

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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lol

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no

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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dont ask for help

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ask a problem

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM

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How to fix this problem

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this group is for helping

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I will ask help

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yes

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can you help me for the problem?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:41 PM

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no

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i definitly cant

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:41 PM

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why?

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a okay

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😉

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😉

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😃

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:41 PM

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but you can tell the problem

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maybe i am able afterwards

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:41 PM

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@static viper are u trolling here?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:41 PM

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just state the question you guys

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omg

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:42 PM

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I already said the question

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:42 PM

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well someone else has to solve that. bc i cant get over those images and i dont speak russian.

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:43 PM

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If u can't, then don't bother here.

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:43 PM

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ofc i bother

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i told you what was bothering me in order to help you XD

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:43 PM

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I said what is the problem

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:44 PM

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and i asked you to state it again

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bc i was busy with mega

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:46 PM

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What kind of Index Variable actually? @plush yew

winter drift Oct 6, 2018, 3:47 PM

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@plush yew @nimble jay If we don't understand a question then it's hard for us to help you. Would you be able to explain to us what you're trying to accomplish?

@plush yew What do you need the "index" for? Are you wanting it as an input to the "Spawn Actor from Class" node? Or are you trying to get an "index" from that node?

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 3:49 PM

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📎 IMG_20181006_184607.jpg

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@winter drift

grave nebula Oct 6, 2018, 3:50 PM

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I always wondered what kind of value an IT-related education has, if it is being taught in a language, other than English.

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:51 PM

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int is the variable

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I will post you again

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static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:51 PM

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i think coding is the same through all languages @grave nebula

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i know weird isnt it

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:51 PM

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this is the problem

winter drift Oct 6, 2018, 3:51 PM

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@nimble jay I'm not sure what is this relating to (Context-wise)? Mobile UE4 development? Are you working for a specific platform?

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@plush yew Unfortunately that doesn't give us much to go on to help you, please can you explain:

Why do you need this "index" variable?
Do you already have this "index" variable and want to plug it into the "Spawn Actor from Class" node?
What do you hope to achieve with the "index" variable? (What are you wanting the outcome to be?)

grave nebula Oct 6, 2018, 3:54 PM

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@static viper Yeah, but what is the point, if all terminology is in English anyway?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:54 PM

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oh that is called principles i think

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:54 PM

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static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:54 PM

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for best understanding we needed to agree on one formular

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:55 PM

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for this

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 3:55 PM

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so we took english

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everyone speaks english so we coded english

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 3:55 PM

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@plush yew SpawnActor Node shows variables of the Class your are spawning if you mark them "Editable" and "ExposeOnSpawn".

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So whatever INTEGER variable pin you need there, you need to go into the class you are spawning, and either you already have that variable or you need to create it.
Either way, once you have that variable in the class you spawn, you go to its details and then mark it Editable and ExposeOnSpawn

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Then it will show up on the SpawnActor node

winter drift Oct 6, 2018, 3:57 PM

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@plush yew Thanks for the extra screenshot, that helps a lot!

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 3:58 PM

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His question is how to get the Index Variable Pin on the SpawnActor node.

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That didn't even need an additional image.

winter drift Oct 6, 2018, 3:58 PM

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As @regal mulch says, if you create a "index" variable on the class you're wanting to spawn then set "Expose on Spawn" to true (As per below) then you'll see that pin on the node

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https://i.imgur.com/5lo0HP8.png

Imgur

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 3:59 PM

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I have it

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I will show you

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okay @winter drift

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I wait to load the project to show you for the variable that I mark it

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:00 PM

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And about that JDK IDE stuff, that doesn't even look like you need help with UE4

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@nimble jay

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 4:01 PM

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@regal mulch I don't know how to do it

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Is that UE4 related or not?

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Ue4?

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:02 PM

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This is an Unreal Engine 4 Discord

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Everything else doesn't belong here

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If you need general help with your programming classes, you are wrong here

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Also whatever paper you have there clearly states that you should insteal the software you use, run the program they show and write down what the program does.

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That's all they want

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:03 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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this is the other screenshot for the variable

nimble jay Oct 6, 2018, 4:03 PM

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@regal mulch OK thanks

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:03 PM

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@plush yew Is that inside of the Class your are spawning?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:04 PM

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it is in the master item

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yes

icy bone Oct 6, 2018, 4:04 PM

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is there any ue4 plugins for mobile interactions like dragging and gesturez? or best to make own

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:04 PM

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@plush yew Alright, now the Varaibel that you use to select the Class (The purple line) what type is that?

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Cause the Index variable will only show if that Class Variable is the base class

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If it's just AActor, then it won'T show it

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Make sure the struct variable has the right type

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📎 unknown.png

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Your other image takes it from this struct

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The "ItemClass" needs to be the Base Class that contains the Index variable

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Then the pin should show up

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@icy bone https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/custom-touch-controls

Ultimate Touch Components by Neo Wave Games in Blueprints - UE4 Ma...

This is highly customizable, easy to use touch components for mobile and PC devices with touch screen. You can easily add tap, swipe, drag to look, drag to move, pinch to zoom, pan and rotate gestures or virtual joysticks with UMG skins to your game.

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I guess that?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:07 PM

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I will show you the bp

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okay?

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:07 PM

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No, you don't need to show me the BP

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I asked/told you what needs to be done

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:07 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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which needs to be done?

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:07 PM

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Your Index shows up already

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So your problem should be fixed

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:07 PM

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yes

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thank you

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looooooool

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omega lul

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:07 PM

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@icy bone ask in #plugin-dev again :3

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or later here

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:08 PM

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Why in Plugins? That's for getting help with deving a plugin.
#fab would make more sense or for general he's fine here

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:08 PM

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^ dis

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dis ok

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:14 PM

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I have other two problems

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I will type for them after I hade a dinner

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lol

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📎 unknown.png

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the problems are with this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjatBC6D1jc&list=PLmKKTERcjTPLfDyYlHVSfjwLPsWQewMI-&index=47

YouTube

UnrealGaimeDev

[Eng] Slot-based Inventory System: Creating the Inventory Widget #006

Unreal Engine Version: 4.12.5 Template: Top-Down Template Since we created the widget for all of our individual slots in part 5, we can now go ahead and desi...

▶ Play video

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:24 PM

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You can't expect us to watch that tutorial :D

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:24 PM

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yes

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:24 PM

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If the person in the Tutorial has it working, rewatch it and check for errors in your code.

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:24 PM

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but one person yesterday said me to show what is the tutorial that I have problem with

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I checked but

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:25 PM

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Well based on your images the only thing I can tell you is that you are doing something wrong

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Cause I don't know your code

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And with that tutorial you have the best way of solving your issue

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Cause that version is working. So find the difference

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:26 PM

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I did it like the tutorial

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I will show you the bp

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:27 PM

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:D If the tutorial is working and yours is not, then you did a step wrong

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:27 PM

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when he puits the bp called "update slot at index" to update it to show the icon I think?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:27 PM

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are you doing the tutorial on the same version?

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engine version

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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no

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but it doesn't matter

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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it does matter

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alooooooot

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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I was having other problems with the tutorials but when people help me I fixed it

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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code changed alot in the last 20 versions you know

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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I know @static viper

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yes

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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how big is the gap

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what version are you on

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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4.18.3

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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and the tutorial is for what version?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

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he is on 4.12.5

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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that is a problem

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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the problem isn't in it

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NO

unreal spoke Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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How was called the node to combine 2 skeletlameshes that are using the same skeleton?

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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How can you even know that this is or isn't the problem?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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its likely that code works a bit different know.

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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There is a tutorial that does what you want and works

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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widgets changed alot

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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I was having other problems with the tutorials but when people help me I fixed it

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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And yours doesn't work.

So either you did something wrong or the engine version matters.

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Yeah and?

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Not every issue is the same

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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I did something wrong

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oky

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

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Then rewatch the tutorial

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:30 PM

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the nest problem is the problem with the visibility

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okay

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:30 PM

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Cause then you should be able to find the difference

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It's easy as that

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You have the working version in front of you

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:30 PM

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yes but it is big bp that I confused

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:30 PM

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you should also look up the parts that arent working

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:30 PM

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That's no our problem though

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:D

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:30 PM

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and see if they changed in engine

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you are prolly just not using the correct way in that version

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:31 PM

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📎 unknown.png

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:31 PM

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and 12 to 18 is a bit big

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:31 PM

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I have error here

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with the visibility

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when I press the button to create server it muust shows me this:

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📎 unknown.png

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:31 PM

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but instead?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:32 PM

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when I press the button to find all servers it must shows me this:

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📎 unknown.png

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but it doesn't work

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:32 PM

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what doesnt work

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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it! it doesn't work. how hard is that to understand that it is broken... 😛

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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when I press the button to find all servers it must shows me this

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but ti doesn't show me

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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i am sorry ._.

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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it is always the problem!

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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how could i

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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I can't work with the visibility like visible collapsed and these

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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master

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senpai

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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I know what they are mean but I confused-hmm

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:33 PM

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well

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we have a documentary

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read about it

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educate yourself

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:34 PM

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the problem @plush yew is it could mean anything. Can you show the project running and what is happening when you press the button?

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:34 PM

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then its gonna be obvious.

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:34 PM

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I can't find the bp with the visibility

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wut?

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yes I can

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:34 PM

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all the screenshots are from the editor not the project running so it's hard to understand the issue you are seeing because we cannot see it.

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:35 PM

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okay

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📎 unknown.png

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when I close this it must hide this for the create server and show for find teh servers

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okay?

thorny cipher Oct 6, 2018, 4:36 PM

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Does UE have access to a timezone time

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So you can detect something every 24hours or so

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:36 PM

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interesting question

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:37 PM

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ok. so you need to learn to save references when you make things so you can get them later. After your create widget drag off the output pin and promote it to a variable. you can then remove that widget or destroy it later when you are opening the other widget.

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:37 PM

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@grim ore from whete I can find these bots that are in the group to use for my group?

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:37 PM

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if you are using a tutorial it should be showing you this

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:38 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO6foa5qDck&list=PLrudBLqLfaTT4QJZUW3tc_H7l6BlL0RKd&index=3

YouTube

PyroDev

Unreal Engine 4 - Server Browser [Advanced Sessions]

Hello everyone, today we will work on a small and simple server browser. ______________________________________________________________ Plugin: https://forum...

▶ Play video

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this is the video

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📎 unknown.png

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:39 PM

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yes his video is showing you that you need to save your widgets, the find server and create server variables and then when you click the buttons you are swapping the visibilities

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its all in that video

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:39 PM

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Here I must to create the bp

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yes

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but it doesn't work

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why?

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:40 PM

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his should work fine, yours is not the same as his

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:41 PM

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I rename it to know every event for what is it 😃

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I do it for myself to don't confuse

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:41 PM

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are you using difference widgets for each part?

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his main menu has panels for the create and find server parts so he has variables for them, he never creates the widgets. They are part of his main menu all the time.

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:43 PM

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okay

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:43 PM

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all he does is hide and show them as needed. You are creating new widgets for some reason at some point. this is a case of you not following his tutorial.

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:43 PM

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can you talk now and have you got installed team viewer?

grim ore Oct 6, 2018, 4:43 PM

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I don't and I don't

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like everyone else said you were not following the tutorial

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:44 PM

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and the wrong engine version

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you need to read about changes

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:46 PM

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after I typed create the widget to make for teh visibility or?

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I almost fix the problem but When I press create server it shosw me that for the find server and When I press find all server it doesn't work-hmm

regal mulch Oct 6, 2018, 4:50 PM

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It's both doing the exact same

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:50 PM

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I fixed

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yessss

sharp pine Oct 6, 2018, 4:51 PM

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hello

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:51 PM

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hello

sharp pine Oct 6, 2018, 4:51 PM

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how are you ?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:51 PM

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but for the problem with the updating icon when I collect item how to fix it?

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nothing I fixed my poroblems with my projects

sharp pine Oct 6, 2018, 4:54 PM

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i research a dev for create weapons system i make modelisation et animation for all project https://gyazo.com/effeeb657da2603cefb6ea83d1d2539d

Gyazo

▶ Play video

static viper Oct 6, 2018, 4:54 PM

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err what?

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 4:55 PM

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cool

umbral pulsar Oct 6, 2018, 5:42 PM

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i drew dis

📎 2Q.png

astral marsh Oct 6, 2018, 5:54 PM

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anybody knows why this happens?

📎 unknown.png

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📎 unknown.png

plush yew Oct 6, 2018, 5:56 PM

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@umbral pulsar Much skill!

astral marsh Oct 6, 2018, 5:56 PM

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sorry if im kinda noobie im new to c++ coding of ue4

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 6:31 PM

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can i see the line after that UPROPERTY @astral marsh ?

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chances are whatever is after it isnt a USTRUCT or UCLASS

astral marsh Oct 6, 2018, 6:38 PM

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UStaticMeshComponent

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nvm

smoky stream Oct 6, 2018, 6:40 PM

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probably missing a #include