#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 339

dark depot Nov 13, 2018, 4:39 AM

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add it before the rotation since you are checking the variable that is going into that

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but yeah it would be like that just flip it

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 4:42 AM

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done but it make no difference

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I think the BP the error is referring to is the sky sphere one

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I didn't touch anything there

dark depot Nov 13, 2018, 4:43 AM

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then add it to that one 😛

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could just be the light variable inside the skysphere

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 4:48 AM

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The tutorial says: change the sun's "Mobility" property to "Movable and uncheck "Cast Static Shadows."

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That's all what I did

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I think something is fucked up in my project, I can't even see clouds

graceful lodge Nov 13, 2018, 4:58 AM

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this chats unreal 😉

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 5:17 AM

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yay got some improvements, now sun moves and no errors

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still no dark sky or stars at night tho

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 5:48 AM

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wonder why the "refresh material" checkbox is disabled

maiden swift Nov 13, 2018, 5:49 AM

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@fringe pivot It never stays checked on. It's basically a hack where they use a checkbox as a faux button.

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 5:50 AM

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ahh thanks, I guess it doesn't have anything to do with my issue then

maiden swift Nov 13, 2018, 5:50 AM

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Yeah. That's expected behavior. 🙂

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You click it, it turns to true and refreshes the material, then immediately turns back to false.

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 5:53 AM

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it stays ticked at runtime 😃

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doesn't change anything for me tho

vivid girder Nov 13, 2018, 5:55 AM

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Can anyone explain soft references?

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Pros/cons, what they are in general, when you'd use them?

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Is it always for cross-level functionality?

dim arch Nov 13, 2018, 7:38 AM

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hey, I have a frustrating problem hoping someone can help me with it

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basically the BPP logic is not functioning correctly on a different platform. what could cause that issue?

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the project works on desktop and certain laptops, but seems like the bp function is breaking on a lower end machine, whats the best way to find the root cause

somber crown Nov 13, 2018, 7:42 AM

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You could try comparing logs (using Development Builds) of what values you are expecting and compare them

dim arch Nov 13, 2018, 7:43 AM

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well we tried debugging via printstring, it seems like an event in another bp is not firing after being called with a valid reference

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so im not sure if theres some kind of event priority process or if its an architecture issue

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actually if we run it about 100 times

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it works like once or twice

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 7:48 AM

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Not really advice but I've had Was Recently Rendered node breaking on Mac

dim arch Nov 13, 2018, 8:13 AM

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seems like there is some issue with a null object reference because of a delay node

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has anyone tried the pixel streaming btw? is there some way to delay the input latency to increase frame quality

sturdy star Nov 13, 2018, 9:46 AM

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i wonder, does anyoen else have a problem with F to focus zooming way out - and beign unable to accurately focus directly on an object - it;s liek some components of a blueprint cause it to not be able to focus properly - is there a solution?

fierce tulip Nov 13, 2018, 10:20 AM

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select another thing in the blueprint and press F

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in cascade 9 out of 10 times camera decided to focus on the galaxy the emitter is in, instead of the emitter itself

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 10:51 AM

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are packaged games supposed to generate crash logs? or any way to enable it? getting a crash and its not generating crash logs...

static viper Nov 13, 2018, 10:52 AM

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you can use development build

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that generates logs

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shipping is only supposed to tell you that it broke

cloud cobalt Nov 13, 2018, 10:52 AM

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@digital anchor They'll generate crash dumps, which you can debug in VS

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You can also add your own logic to check the validity of assertions, and report to you

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We've implemented a CHECK() macro that phones home to us with a call stack, for example

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 10:57 AM

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on Saved/Crashes?

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i see theres a bunch of .logs and UE4MiniDumps but none for this crash

dim merlin Nov 13, 2018, 11:08 AM

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Hey, anyone knows a better way then 'Procedural Mesh' or 'Runtime Mesh' for UE4. Ive been looking for about a year to do something like the terrain of Cities Skyline

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it cant be true its totally impossible with unreal, atleast i hope so

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 11:09 AM

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what do you mean with a better way? procedural mesh seems like the better way, unless it only moves up and down, then maybe u wont need to generate more mesh

signal compass Nov 13, 2018, 11:09 AM

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You could try voxels

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 11:13 AM

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and if you dont feel like doing yourself, there are plugins for that

signal compass Nov 13, 2018, 11:31 AM

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that too

dim merlin Nov 13, 2018, 11:48 AM

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guys

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ive been investigating it for a year

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bought the best voxel plugin around

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but still, as i say. the procedural mesh seems not good enough

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cities skylines can have maps larger than 10 square km

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its not possible to do it without LODs

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but LODs for terrain is kinds odd

polar hawk Nov 13, 2018, 11:50 AM

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im sure it'd be possible

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if everything was a triangle

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Flatland: The Game

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Flatland 2: The Game: The Sequel: The Next Dimension

dim merlin Nov 13, 2018, 11:51 AM

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its not possible to render more than lets say 600k verts with procedural mesh, its to heavy

polar hawk Nov 13, 2018, 11:51 AM

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Flatland 3: Super Turbo Spacetime Remixxx

dim merlin Nov 13, 2018, 11:54 AM

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i might even move to another engine like unity, or a custom

hollow crescent Nov 13, 2018, 12:06 PM

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So there was some info about UE4 getting real-time collaborative editing?

signal compass Nov 13, 2018, 12:10 PM

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that's a plugin someone made

hollow crescent Nov 13, 2018, 12:10 PM

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Scene something right?

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it's already out for unity

signal compass Nov 13, 2018, 12:10 PM

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yeah

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looks like epic's making their own too

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but dunno when it'll be added

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scene fusion it was called

hollow crescent Nov 13, 2018, 12:11 PM

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yep that's the one

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 12:12 PM

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if stat rhi is correct,

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hollow crescent Nov 13, 2018, 12:12 PM

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I'm not ready to collaborate with anyone anyway

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 12:12 PM

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im rendering 3 million triangles

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and the whole game is running at like 3ms

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with procedural mesh

dim merlin Nov 13, 2018, 12:21 PM

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@digital anchor just how :0

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my fps drops like shit, really

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and my pc is pretty good..

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u must be using LODs after all?

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 12:24 PM

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Im not using lods, (even tho the plugin i use support it, i disabled), but i dont see how procedural meshes are heavier than normal meshes, except when generating them

paper kernel Nov 13, 2018, 12:25 PM

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surely regular mesh could be subject to some wizardy optimization

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ontop of my head, I could see issues with culling for example

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and shadows

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well, materials in general

dim merlin Nov 13, 2018, 12:26 PM

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@digital anchor i dont believe it 😄

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what plugin u use?

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 12:29 PM

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voxelplugin.com

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i see youre on their discord too

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using the same plugin?

dim merlin Nov 13, 2018, 12:41 PM

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yes!

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i think the problem is something else then..

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so what fps would u have with 3m of tris?

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 12:44 PM

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im getting 120fps

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probably cuz its capped, else would go higher

signal compass Nov 13, 2018, 12:53 PM

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Yeah probably.

celest merlin Nov 13, 2018, 1:06 PM

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Anyone knows if they changed PP Ambient Occlusion in 4.20? it worked fine in < 4.20

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The Buffer Visualization is completely white and no settings changes anything

static viper Nov 13, 2018, 1:08 PM

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they changed it yes

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4.21 it is changed

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but its more like sorted out

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then changed

celest merlin Nov 13, 2018, 1:14 PM

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hmm okey, but nothing in 4.20? any known issues with ProcMeshes?

lime cobalt Nov 13, 2018, 2:54 PM

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there's a cool c++ question I posted in #cpp for those who want

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 3:13 PM

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hi hi ^^

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are here some people who uses the mobile up down unreal engine thingy? i got some questions

dense knot Nov 13, 2018, 3:30 PM

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yo

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 3:37 PM

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Can unity projects be translated to UE4?

static viper Nov 13, 2018, 3:38 PM

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by hand

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ofc

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 3:44 PM

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I’m making a game in an engine that exports to unity, (but I am terrible with c so I cant use unity) so I was wanting to know.

static viper Nov 13, 2018, 3:44 PM

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err

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well

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assets will transform 90%

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you will loose all code tho

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i think there is a scene converter to get at least a few things

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but really its better to start over in ue4 rather then translate

left sphinx Nov 13, 2018, 3:55 PM

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any one know where i can get some good ww1 themed assets for a trench scene im making preferable cheap or free I have 0 money im a graduate

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 4:12 PM

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anyone know how to put ure mmorpg mobile game into google play?

fierce tulip Nov 13, 2018, 4:14 PM

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you submit it to them for some cash

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 4:44 PM

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'engine that exports to Unity' - what?

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Unity is the engine?

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what's the other thing?

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 5:14 PM

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How do I get rid of this "TEXTURE STREAMING POOL OVER (number) MiB BUDGET"

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It's really frikn annoying

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 5:16 PM

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make lower resolution textures or use r.Streaming.Poolsize command

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 5:16 PM

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^

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 5:17 PM

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Tried the command, nothin happened

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Unless if Im suppose to put something after it

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 5:17 PM

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ye sorry, r.Streaming.Poolsize = 2000

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 5:17 PM

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Whats the recommended uh.. number

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Oh

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 5:18 PM

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idk the recommended tbh

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 5:18 PM

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Frikn

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What, do I put the equal sign or not

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 5:19 PM

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ye

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 5:19 PM

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Well it's not solving anything..

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Oh

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Nvm

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It did

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Just took a bit

clever niche Nov 13, 2018, 5:55 PM

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I’m trying to get a sense of good practicing when using attribute sets. Yeah have attributes that apply to some classes but not other (I.e. units and towers share health but units have a movement speed and towers do not. )
What would be the best way to handle something like this? Should I just have a single attribute set or does it make sense to break them up or subclass them?

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 6:19 PM

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if youre constantly getting into this problem, you probably should separate everything into components

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HealthComponent, MovementComponent... etc

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then you just drag and drop your components on the units that use them

ruby folio Nov 13, 2018, 6:35 PM

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Quick question. I'm going for a flat shaded, low poly look.
Would a smooth shaded character look out of place? If all the characters and creatures were smooth shaded.

fierce tulip Nov 13, 2018, 6:38 PM

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sounds like it would look out of place

ruby folio Nov 13, 2018, 6:38 PM

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Example. (Obviously not my character)

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thorn kayak Nov 13, 2018, 7:00 PM

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anyone here experienced with archviz beds and stuff? talking about marvelous designer workflow

clever niche Nov 13, 2018, 7:13 PM

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yo luos where did you learn particle effects. Did you just mess around or was the some resource that at least helpped you get started

fierce tulip Nov 13, 2018, 7:16 PM

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pre udk I did a lot of vfx for littlebigplanet 2 (hobby)
and when I started using udk after a long unreal engine hiatus I just took a few of the vfx that came with the engine and rebuild them from scratch. afterwards I just practiced a lot, read/saw tutorials and took it from there.

frank escarp Nov 13, 2018, 7:28 PM

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houdini on steam what

pallid compass Nov 13, 2018, 7:33 PM

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232 euro lmao

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casual gamer reach ofc

tall pendant Nov 13, 2018, 7:35 PM

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why would a casual gamer care for houdini tho? I think it's a good deal.

grave nebula Nov 13, 2018, 7:35 PM

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subscription. meh.

tall pendant Nov 13, 2018, 7:36 PM

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only limitation is it uses steams LM

grim sinew Nov 13, 2018, 7:51 PM

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Marvelous Designer on Steam I think is worse for pricing on there

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$400 or something

frank escarp Nov 13, 2018, 7:51 PM

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this seems the same

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270 dollas

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houdini really pays for itself if you can use it

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IF you can use it lmao

grim sinew Nov 13, 2018, 7:52 PM

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Houdini if you just want to learn, grab it on Megascans for free imo

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It’s even a commercial license

frank escarp Nov 13, 2018, 7:52 PM

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there is an education license

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that has everything, but has the export locked

grim sinew Nov 13, 2018, 7:52 PM

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Isn’t it paid?

frank escarp Nov 13, 2018, 7:52 PM

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no

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no student account either, its basically a free demo

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good to know if its useful for you

grim sinew Nov 13, 2018, 7:53 PM

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https://megascans.se/indie I would honestly just get it via this for learning

Quixel Megascans

Quixel Indie Program | Quixel Megascans

The complete ecosystem to build, fund, and publish your project.

frank escarp Nov 13, 2018, 7:56 PM

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oh thats interesting

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you pretty mch need to know programming to truly use houdini at its strenght

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without programming, you get some neat as fuck parametric modelling and some real nice VFX tools

grim sinew Nov 13, 2018, 7:57 PM

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Houdini and speedtree, and unlimited megascans access, for royalty share. But if you’re just using it to learn, who honestly cares about royalties

frank escarp Nov 13, 2018, 7:57 PM

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but you cant go anywhere on the procedurall bullshit

grim sinew Nov 13, 2018, 7:57 PM

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It leaves the window open to go commercial if you want later on at least

tall pendant Nov 13, 2018, 8:01 PM

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my issue with Quixels offer is that you have to use Megascans.

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it makes perfect sense tho

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 8:14 PM

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📎 asd.jpg

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whats the name of the node at the left?

sudden agate Nov 13, 2018, 8:16 PM

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@fringe pivot #graphics and what do you mean "on the left"?

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the 0,0,0 is a constant3Vector

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 8:45 PM

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anyone got a decent basic triplanar UV setup they don't mind sharing?

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want to project different colours onto walls, floor, ceilings respectively

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and for some reason some of my stuff is just coming out all blended at '0.5', so to speak

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for reasons I cannot fathom

fierce tulip Nov 13, 2018, 8:47 PM

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@lethal hull has a neat one afaik

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 8:48 PM

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yeah, I had a look at that, but it didn't seem to work for me

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currently doing a lerp based on Vertex Normal->World to Local->Z

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all of these meshes are the same mesh with different scales

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you can see in the case of the four 'paths', they are correctly black

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 8:52 PM

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vertex normal?

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 8:52 PM

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but the rest are getting values of 0.5 on every face

digital anchor Nov 13, 2018, 8:52 PM

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it wont work on pixel shaders

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use world normal

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PixelNormalWS

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dafuq

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am i trippin

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It can only be used in material inputs that are executed in the vertex shader, like WorldPositionOffset.

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i though this was true but apparently not

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 9:04 PM

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I just took the conversion out xD

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didn't need to convert, already in world space

lethal hull Nov 13, 2018, 9:07 PM

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here's a cheap one

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hard seams but it works in UV space so you can reuse the output for free

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and it is very very cheap

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I'd replace the CheapContrast_RGB there with a Round node, i made that before they added it in 4.12

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I use that mainly for grunge and other things where the seams aren't a big deal but you also don't want to waste a bunch of instructions on

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You can also combine that into a function with a traditional triplanar setup and use some textures with a high quality projection and some with that cheap projection, since sharing part of the graph should make things a bit cheaper

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 9:13 PM

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cheers, I tried that one

plush yew Nov 13, 2018, 9:15 PM

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hi all

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is there a chanse i can do away all shadow without doing all the light compoments?

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components?

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 10:01 PM

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not sure what you're asking for?

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on a related note, my skylight isn't working

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I do have an exponential fog in there, but skylight isn't having any effect

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aha, made it moveable

stiff moon Nov 13, 2018, 10:13 PM

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Hello where can i ask Questions about the new Pixel streaming? :)

grim ore Nov 13, 2018, 10:21 PM

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probably in here depending on the question

stiff moon Nov 13, 2018, 10:23 PM

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Well i got it to run on locahost not hard haha but with the documentation provided by epic i dont seem to find a way to stream it over Internet. Does anyone have an idea? :)

grim ore Nov 13, 2018, 10:24 PM

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well it's just a server that hosts stuff and does stuff to someone else.

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so you would replace localhost with your IP address you want to connect to that is hosting it as the client

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and the server would host it and have it's ip as the one hosting it with all appropriate ports open

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It's the same basic premise as setting up a web server

stiff moon Nov 13, 2018, 10:29 PM

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Yeah I understand that thank you:) but how do i find out my own IP so i can Distribute to others? I tried using what is my ip and i got the adress of the computer but i didnt seem to get inside.. Does it work with dyn dns or something similar?

grim ore Nov 13, 2018, 10:30 PM

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well what is your ip is going to give you your outward facing IP. If you are using a router then you will need to forward the port for the server to your exact pc. If you have no router then you need to open up the port in your firewall.

stiff moon Nov 13, 2018, 10:32 PM

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Ah ok.. Well i have a router. But if i open a port, in that case 90 or 9999 from matchmaking or the normal 2 run.bat files with Port 80/8888? And if ports are open then i can use the ip that i find on whats my ip?

neat geyser Nov 13, 2018, 10:33 PM

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Is it possible to have a water source emitting water, or is it something that has to be baked at compile time?

grim ore Nov 13, 2018, 10:33 PM

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you would need to forward the outward port, 80/8888 for example, to your local machine that is running the server. you would do this in the router and it's normally called port forwarding

safe rose Nov 13, 2018, 10:46 PM

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Yo, is launcher down for anyone else?

stiff moon Nov 13, 2018, 10:55 PM

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Ok i will try thx @grim ore :)

pallid compass Nov 13, 2018, 11:02 PM

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Just a thought, you know the epic skin shader, how did they deal with having skin on something that was also another material if it was not all one mesh?
say Skel mesh for the legs, from hip to ankle, if you had skin showing how would you deal with it?

fierce tulip Nov 13, 2018, 11:06 PM

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layering/multiple materials

pallid compass Nov 13, 2018, 11:10 PM

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Yeah it would have to be multi materials

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kinda expensive i guess but u know

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cant really layer skin shaders

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afaik

fringe pivot Nov 13, 2018, 11:13 PM

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Is there a way to do smooth sky transitions in UE4 rather than just replacing the skyspehere material?

paper sky Nov 13, 2018, 11:42 PM

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Can anyone recommend any communities and meetups in the california bay area / san francisco?

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Especially for VR development. Kind of poking around on Meetup and have a few hunches/leads but am looking for ones that are well known or vetted

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Honestly, that or any other communities that anyone can recommend outside this one for that sort of space

high stone Nov 13, 2018, 11:47 PM

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Unreal has a meetup page. There should be a bunch of areas in California. You can also try GDC next year.

wary wave Nov 13, 2018, 11:59 PM

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blarg, skylight has stopped working again!?

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definitely needs some tips on using the damned things, and getting them to light ceilings nicely (dynamic lights)

pallid compass Nov 14, 2018, 12:22 AM

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Anyone got a tip for away to feather this mask out a little to cover the white bits im missing? its a bi product of working in low res textures with out being able to cut UV's

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plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 12:34 AM

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yee

latent compass Nov 14, 2018, 1:38 AM

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need a quick bit of help that doesnt fit in any channel

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I made a game back in february

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I just recently started working on it again

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I am trying to redo the sound system

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and I cant even find the node that plays the ambient music

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Find in blueprints doesnt work

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lmao

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wait

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nvm

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its a physical object in the world

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im a dumbass

fringe pivot Nov 14, 2018, 1:40 AM

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wat?

tawdry raptor Nov 14, 2018, 1:42 AM

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they told me if I made my lights static and built it that I would be able to see my shadows move but they stay still the fan shadow is suppse to move, does anyone know why my fan shadow cant move

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latent compass Nov 14, 2018, 2:25 AM

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whoever invented reroute nodes can legit have my babies

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manic pawn Nov 14, 2018, 2:27 AM

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those exec wires need straightening

latent compass Nov 14, 2018, 2:27 AM

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dude

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i tried

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they wont

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they are all unaligned

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they get close

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but wont

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so I just made them curve around the value wires nicely

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and some of them are straight up close

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but not far away

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ex. Last wire of the "Set Defaults" section

merry mist Nov 14, 2018, 4:50 AM

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Hey guys, just making a whole bunch very short and straight to the point Unreal tuts - This is the play list - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1DrFRqy1K5VZqcGBzdr7sSsJUuluO3-W

YouTube

Unreal Engine 4 Tutorials - Super Short Vids - YouTube

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:59 AM

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You'd benefit from some scripting and editing

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If your selling point is short and to the point I should never hear/see you reaching/guessing.

twilit quest Nov 14, 2018, 5:20 AM

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Hey anyone looking to play with some paragon files?

minor creek Nov 14, 2018, 5:30 AM

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I want whatever actor I click on last to become the current "target" for like attacks, how do I do this?

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help :X

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 8:40 AM

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Hey, I got a ball actor (c++) I created, and a ball spawner (also actor), I was wandering what do you guys think is the best way to let the player/enemy access the spawned balls? its an array and it is inside the spawner class

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 8:48 AM

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@ancient sandal reference the spawner to player/enemy, and make a method to get balls array

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or upon spawn you can subscribe ball to player/desired enemy

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 8:49 AM

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Yeah I thought about referencing the spawner, I will probably do that, thanks!

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 8:51 AM

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might be also helpful to reference spawner in game mode, and then get it from there

austere hinge Nov 14, 2018, 9:00 AM

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How to use pixel streaming outside the local network

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 9:13 AM

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@plush yew how would you get it from the game mode? I never really used game mode yet

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:19 AM

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you can get it with AYourGameMode* GameMode = Cast<AYourGameMode>(GetWorld()->GetAuthGameMode());

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and then GameMode->GetSpawner()->GetBalls();

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 9:28 AM

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Cool thanks!

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@plush yew One more question, how would you store the spawner in the game mode?

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you would search it at the start?

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:41 AM

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i guess it depends on your game design, do you need it at start, or on ball spawn

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if you need to interact with the ball on spawn, you can also create delegate that you will broadcast and pass the pointer to it

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 9:43 AM

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I need it at the start basically

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Is there another way to get it into the game mode instead of searching it at begin?

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:45 AM

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i guess your spawner is Actror, right?

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and you want it at a specific place in level

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 9:45 AM

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Yeah

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:46 AM

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ok, so make a property in game mode, and get and set methods for it

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on spawner begin play, GameMode->SetSpawner(this);

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you can also reference blueprint of your spawner in game mode

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and create it inside game mode

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on construct

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then you can be sure you will always have game spawner

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 9:48 AM

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Yeah that sounds better

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thanks I will try it!

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:48 AM

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np 😃

red shell Nov 14, 2018, 9:49 AM

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my viewport is stuck... i can't click any of the buttons or use the mouse/wsad to move the camera

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weary basalt Nov 14, 2018, 9:50 AM

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Close/Reopen the editor?

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Its stuck in docking mode

red shell Nov 14, 2018, 9:51 AM

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mmm, restarting the editor worked

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:05 AM

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can anyone explain to me why i should use any other lighting mode than moveable

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i don’t get it

paper kernel Nov 14, 2018, 10:07 AM

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Static is cheaper for performance

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:09 AM

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yeah but like.. ugly?

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and i never really noticed a performance impact tbh

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 10:24 AM

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Static looks way better than dynamic if you do it correctly

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:28 AM

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can i see an example

digital anchor Nov 14, 2018, 10:29 AM

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📎 70.png

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Vanishing of Ethan Carter, 100% baked light

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But you dont need to look at big games, light baking should be better in most cases

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:31 AM

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Static is absolutely the way for better looks

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No questions

digital anchor Nov 14, 2018, 10:31 AM

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the only reason to not use baked light is when you cant, fornite for example has day/night cycles and everything can be destroyed, so baked is not a choice

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:31 AM

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Static is faster AND looks way better, unless you can't use it

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Day / night can actually be used with static, using lighting scenarios - as long as you don't need it dynamically (it's one or the other)

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:32 AM

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so dynamic lighting would not look as pretty as static does in that image

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can i get an example of that as well?

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:32 AM

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Dynamic lighting would look worse yes

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:32 AM

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because dynamic just always looked better for em

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me

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:32 AM

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Dynamic shadows are incredibly costly, and look like shit when parallel to surfaces

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Dynamic lighting also doesn't bounce

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(not until we have proper dynamic GI which we don't)

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:33 AM

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so global illumination only works with static light?

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:34 AM

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It's the only scenario where it's really supported, yes. There have been 3-4 different projects to bring dynamic GI to UE4, but none of them is really production ready

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Not to mention it will always look worse than static

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Static lighting can require days of building on large levels, you can't have that in 16.6ms without compromises

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/filedata/fetch?id=1205393

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This is what dynamic shadows look like on a sphere

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There are some settings to make it less horrible, but mostly dynamic shadows will look like shit

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Baked lighting (in this case using GPU Lightmass) looks like that instead https://forums.unrealengine.com/filedata/fetch?id=1551168

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TLDR : use static lighting for all non-moving light sources

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:41 AM

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but what if the light doesn’t move but a character e.g. walks near it

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no shadows, right

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:41 AM

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Stationary lights will handle that

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They're static lights that handle moving objects

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:41 AM

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and what is the difference between those

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:42 AM

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Stationary handles changes in light intensity, and moving objects

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/LightMobility/StationaryLights

muted apex Nov 14, 2018, 10:42 AM

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and that does not look ugly

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or what

red shell Nov 14, 2018, 10:42 AM

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lol

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 10:43 AM

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@muted apex Anything dynamic will always look worse than static

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If you've got moving objects in your game, they'll get worse shadows

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But most game objects aren't moving, so you can at least enjoy faster, better lighting for them

regal mulch Nov 14, 2018, 10:52 AM

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@red shell It's usually enough to take a docked window and wiggle it over the broken window.

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Don't have to restart the editor

red shell Nov 14, 2018, 10:52 AM

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ah, thanks

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 11:05 AM

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Happy birthday @polar hawk

unreal spoke Nov 14, 2018, 11:11 AM

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Is possible to make an explosion that only affects (damage-wise) actors in a cone? Currently my explosions are affecting stuff in the other side of walls. So the idea is to affect a cone of 180degrees aligned with the normal of the hit point.

hidden cairn Nov 14, 2018, 11:26 AM

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on thinking about it, couldnt you make an area of effect hit box mesh? That way anything thats in the collision area partially or fully is damaged?

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ie make a collision mesh thats a cone

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theres other ways however for an easy way that would probably work

swift yarrow Nov 14, 2018, 11:29 AM

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anyone hitting up unreal dev days in montreal today? on my way now

unreal spoke Nov 14, 2018, 11:31 AM

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hmm. so on hit/explosion I create a collision box on the occluded part (inverted normal of the hit) , get the list of actors and when doing the radial force, using that list of actors as input in "ignore actors". Something like that?

hidden cairn Nov 14, 2018, 11:32 AM

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yeah something along those lines - it would need tweaking however it would be fairly easy to reuse for different radius' etc once its working.

unreal spoke Nov 14, 2018, 11:32 AM

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cool. Thanks @hidden cairn I'll give it a try

hidden cairn Nov 14, 2018, 11:32 AM

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no worries - its worth a shot

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Hey Yoeri

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 11:33 AM

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sadly no @swift yarrow but hug everyone I know :p

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hug all the people!

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ello olblue

hidden cairn Nov 14, 2018, 11:34 AM

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No idea why but my build is stalled at 0% on my very large level - was fine before that. I'm going to try kicking it, crying and alcohol.

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left it to build for two days

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 11:36 AM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

hidden cairn Nov 14, 2018, 11:37 AM

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same

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I blame the new version - my older version was corrupted in a system fail. Im hoping the next ue4 release doesnt have the same issues on radiosity builds

short coral Nov 14, 2018, 11:42 AM

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I copied my project from UE4.20.3 to UE4.21.0
The engine notify me to update these assets.

But It does not tell me where these assets are.

📎 UpdateLinearColor20181114.png

unreal spoke Nov 14, 2018, 11:42 AM

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@hidden cairn swarm thingy permission dialog? I got similar results when the windows dialog asking for permission when to background and I couldn't see it

swift yarrow Nov 14, 2018, 11:49 AM

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if I hug everyone - you'll see me in the news

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@short coral you can set a break on the warning in c++

short coral Nov 14, 2018, 11:51 AM

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Ah.
Sadly, I do not use c++. 😢

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I made entire project with Blueprint. 😢

swift yarrow Nov 14, 2018, 11:52 AM

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sadly only way around scenarios like that as far as i know

restive eagle Nov 14, 2018, 11:56 AM

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does anyone know why cpu is getting stalled?
http://prntscr.com/li8d95

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silver crown Nov 14, 2018, 12:14 PM

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Cuz it has nothing to do?

restive eagle Nov 14, 2018, 12:20 PM

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might be, unit graph shows "game" is 6ms while gpu is 20ms

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trying to narrow down whos the culprit behind everything. scene is not that heavy but im using world composition so get heavy freezes when new layer is being rendered

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 1:11 PM

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Odd hehe, I needed a cannon, use search > "Cannon", only result is a mesh named "barrel" and its exactly what I needed.

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 1:19 PM

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Any idea why I cant rotate the SprintArm in the 3rd person blue print that comes with the starter content?

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I can rotate it but nothing happens (the transform changes but visibly nothing happens)

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I tried removing Use Pawn Control Rotation but it didn't help

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any idea?

restive eagle Nov 14, 2018, 1:21 PM

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http://prntscr.com/li9n70

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use this

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:21 PM

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@restive eagle Other thread is taking too much time

restive eagle Nov 14, 2018, 1:21 PM

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dont remember if its socket or target

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@cloud cobalt i kinda figured out, problem is too many draw calls

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get 40kk tris 😄

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:22 PM

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Yeah, that would do it

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 1:22 PM

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@restive eagle This wont let me rotate though

restive eagle Nov 14, 2018, 1:22 PM

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then rotate the camera and not the spring arm

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 1:22 PM

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the problem is that the spring arm is colliding with stuff in the wrong way

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The spring arm orientation is wrong so I get weird zooming

restive eagle Nov 14, 2018, 1:26 PM

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if its a pawn mainly you move the spring arm using those
http://prntscr.com/li9q2h

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ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 1:26 PM

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Alright removing this line from the CPP:
GetCharacterMovement()->bOrientRotationToMovement = true; // Character moves in the direction of input...
did the trick

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:36 PM

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still trying to figure out custom map support

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potentially willing to pay for help if someone has enough knowledge on the subject

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:38 PM

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@spare steeple As in modding ?

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User-made levels ?

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:41 PM

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yes

iron wadi Nov 14, 2018, 1:41 PM

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when I package the project, the final exe doesnt od anything

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doesnt even create a log

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process monitor didnt show anything weird

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it worked like a week back and I only changed assets, source files etc, no settings, no engine changes

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did something like that happen to anyone, if it's a common issue?

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:42 PM

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ive had it before

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try deleting saved/intermediate

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then package

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also a setting to change that might help

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let me load editor to find it

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make sure this is set under packaging settings

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📎 unknown.png

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i had your issue before and ive had an issue where setting that fixed it

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not sure if it was the same issue though

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:45 PM

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@spare steeple Supporting user levels depends quite a lot on what exactly you want the experience to be like

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As in, UE editor vs your own in-game editor

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And whether Steam workshop is supported

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And multiplayer

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:45 PM

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ideally users have an unreal project they can cook maps from

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and upload to steam workshop

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and yes its for multiplayer

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the only real challenge i have is getting my main packaged game to load maps cooked from the editor project

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:46 PM

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Okay, so I'm working on this basically too, except no mutliplayer

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Some insights :

You can't release the UE editor. You can release your project's sources, tell people to install the UE4 editor, and generate a mod based on the last release of the game.
You can release the UE editor if your company enters a deal with Epic about it to distribute it on their launcher.
You need your own software to upload content to the Steam workshop.
Currently, I fear 4.20 and 4.19 at least broke support for mods.

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As to multiplayer, you'd need the server to tell connecting players about any Steamworks package used, so that they could download it dynamically. I don't know much about that, it's going to be quite involved

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:49 PM

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ive got that part figured out

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attempting to connect to a server requests custom content via TCP

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and downloads anything the server says the client needs

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:50 PM

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If you've succeeded in discovering assets loading from a pak file, i'd love to know about that, because no one appears to have done so

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Maybe levels are different

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:50 PM

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not from a pak, but ive noticed if you put a umap in the game's content folder, it knows it exists

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just doesnt load it

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one sec

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:51 PM

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Right, an uncooked map might work

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I've been trying to load fully cooked packages with many files inside

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it looks like the AssetRegistry doesn't find the content afte rmounting the pak

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:51 PM

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right

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i tried playing with pak files and nothing worked

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but keep in mind im not using the standard DLC method

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:52 PM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/modding/47062-making-your-game-moddable?p=1551101#post1551101

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All things mods. Looking to build a mod for an Unreal Engine 4 game? Wanting to make your game moddable? This is the place for you.

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:52 PM

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i cooked it from another project

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but if i put "tester.umap" and all the associated files in my packaged game's content folder

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anywhere in it

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it gives me this error: ERROR: The map '/Game/eggfdgddasfr/tester' does not exist.

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when i try to load

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the khgfjdgkjdf folder name is just spam

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no matter where it goes in there

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it finds it

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:53 PM

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Well yeah that makes sense, it needs to use the DLC method

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:53 PM

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and apparently adds it to the asset registry

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:53 PM

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"apparently" ?

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:53 PM

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well it gets further than it does using a pak

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it finds the file im talking about no matter where its located

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all i type in the console is `open tester'

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i could put that in 100 subfolders and it would still find that path when i just type open tester in the console

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but a pak seems to give a complete error when trying to find it

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

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So you can actually open the map unless it's in a pak file ?

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

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i cant open it, but it finds the path and then tells me it doesnt exist

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

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It's normal that it doesn't work if you cooked the pak file without the DLC method, it's basically a separate game

spare steeple Nov 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

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yeah

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my ideal scenario is providing a separate project as an editor though

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i just made a plugin to communicate map objects

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they place plugin objects, main project converts them to real game objects on load

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 1:58 PM

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I got an actor blueprint with a sphere collision in it, I enabled Simulation Generates Hit Events on the root + the collision, put collision presets to Pawn, and added event "BeginOverlap" on the sphere

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Any idea why the event wont fire?

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when the player collide with the sphere

paper kernel Nov 14, 2018, 2:00 PM

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check what the collision response is to to that channel you are looking for

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trigger volumes are generally set to overlap all, thus triggering overlap events on channels

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 2:01 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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this is on the sphere

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Same is for the player

paper kernel Nov 14, 2018, 2:01 PM

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see, nothing is overlapping

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so no overlap can occur

ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 2:01 PM

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oh

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right

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Thanks !

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Is there a way to check if an actor is collided with the floor? (only the floor)

restive eagle Nov 14, 2018, 2:22 PM

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one way is to get overlapping actors and checking the tag

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get overlapping actors - for each loop - get tag(= your added tag) - branch

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or make a collision box and on overlap set boolean true, on overlap end boolean false

dim merlin Nov 14, 2018, 2:25 PM

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Hi, anyone thinks its possible to create a runtime terrain using render target?
https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/events/95573-training-stream-blueprint-drawing-to-render-targets-overview-sept-20-live-from-epic-hq?123164=

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ancient sandal Nov 14, 2018, 2:30 PM

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@restive eagle Thanks !

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 2:31 PM

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@dim merlin terrain systems aren't included in the ship game so I think no

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only with custom tools if you make a custom landscape system using the procedural meshes sytem

dim merlin Nov 14, 2018, 2:32 PM

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@teal tulip yeah however not possible for my game

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 2:32 PM

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that you see in that post are material no terrains

dim merlin Nov 14, 2018, 2:32 PM

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i know

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 2:32 PM

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so don't have collision

dim merlin Nov 14, 2018, 2:32 PM

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need more than 8km square , so ive no other option

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i know

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 2:33 PM

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Well I made a mesh

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as normal mesh sculpt in Blender

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but that depends of your level of detal needed

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you can use the normal landscapes too, but none of the both can be edited in realtime

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probably @silver crown have a solution for you with the voxel terrain

dim merlin Nov 14, 2018, 2:34 PM

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i got the voxelplugin.com but its just to heavy for large maps

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 2:35 PM

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then I have no idea what other thing you can do

dim merlin Nov 14, 2018, 2:35 PM

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i was thinking about faking using rendertarget

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but its not very common i quess :/

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and then i would need to program ai without navmesh

void palm Nov 14, 2018, 3:37 PM

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does anybody have any marketing contacts?

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if so, please send me a message, i am looking for some help

neat geyser Nov 14, 2018, 4:04 PM

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Is there any way to have some legally secure place to talk about ideas? Maybe a place restricted to those who have signed NDAs and sent mods proof of identification.

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 4:04 PM

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yes if you want to get an office somewhere, have them sign the documents, then discuss it?

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alternately sign the NDA's then have a conference call over any phone service

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or uhm... just discuss it and hope for the best?

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:05 PM

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@neat geyser The usual advice on this is that ideas are mostly worthless

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The execution on them can have value

signal compass Nov 14, 2018, 4:06 PM

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^

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More than 9 times out of 10

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 4:06 PM

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aww I didn't want to say that

neat geyser Nov 14, 2018, 4:07 PM

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Yeah, but if someone has a great idea and working on the skills to develop it, but someone else already has the skills to develop it, the first person could mention it and be completely ripped off.

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:07 PM

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That doesn't happen

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:07 PM

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lol

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 4:07 PM

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that could happen anyways?

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:07 PM

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What happens is : people create a great game, with a great idea, like Battle Royale

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The game works

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The game is copied

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That does happen

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:07 PM

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that both wont and will happen, regardless of telling someone your idea or not

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:08 PM

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What doesn't happen is someone saying, "Battle Royale Zombie game, but with candy", and other people thinking "GENIUS, let's copy it immediatly"

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 4:08 PM

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even then good luck getting an NDA to matter for an idea if that's what you want it to cover or for someone to sign an NDA to talk about ideas

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:09 PM

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Also the more complex your idea is, the less likely it is to get scooped from under you. Candy crush but with emoji as an idea would be an easy steal, for example.

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But I'd argue that such simple ideas are literally worthless

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:09 PM

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IMHO,

Most ideas never ever make it to a game because they simply don't work
Most games share 90% of the same ideas, and the value lies in how well the ideas are implemented
Game ideas are always way more vague than they appear
Competent game developers always have a backlog of ideas

neat geyser Nov 14, 2018, 4:10 PM

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Eh NDAs don't really matter anyway. It's a deterrent, though.

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:10 PM

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Just go through a list of best selling games ever

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The idea was never new

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Minecraft was a novel concept that was a full decade in the making as an open-source project

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PUBG was like the 5th iteration of the same idea

neat geyser Nov 14, 2018, 4:11 PM

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Eh, I don't really care about best selling. I care about making something i care about that could possibly produce a living for myself.

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:11 PM

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Most AAA are the 46780° iteration of the same idea

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:11 PM

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minecraft actually wasn't even all that novel though

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:12 PM

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The point is, no game has ever succeeded out of a great unique idea that was never tried before

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Games succeed because of a great implementation of such an idea

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 4:12 PM

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well the longer you take to discuss your idea the less time implementing it and the less time producing a living so.......

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:12 PM

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https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/issues/issue_221/6582-Why-Your-Game-Idea-Sucks

The Escapist

Why Your Game Idea Sucks

Do you have an idea for a game so original with a story so amazing that it'll make you millions while simultaneously curing cancer and saving the whales? You might not want to get your hopes up. Erin Hoffman explains why your game idea isn't all it's cracked up to be - and wh...

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:12 PM

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Discussing your ideas is great, because you're mostly going to find out that it sucks

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And then find a new one

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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man where is the lebouf emoji for just do it

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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https://giphy.com/gifs/just-do-it-b7f0X8Okk1uyk

Giphy

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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there we go 😃

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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https://cdn.escapistmagazine.com/media/global/images/articles/article/6582/Hoffman_i221-pull3.png

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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get your idea "down" and actually test it

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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https://cdn.escapistmagazine.com/media/global/images/articles/article/6582/Hoffman_i221-pull4.png

tall pendant Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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wasn't Infiniminer where notch got a few ideas from for MC?

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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aaaand back to cooking

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

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Yup @tall pendant

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And I'm thinking Infiniminer wasn't super novel either

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:14 PM

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I'm just sitting here compiling 900 items in VS.

pallid compass Nov 14, 2018, 4:14 PM

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wow just read up

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:14 PM

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wtb threadripper

pallid compass Nov 14, 2018, 4:14 PM

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10/10 slaughter

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:14 PM

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@neat geyser The best advice I can give you is to discuss every idea you have in depth with as many people as possible, show them gifs of your prototype, get as much feedback as possible

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 4:14 PM

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^

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:15 PM

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rei go away you're not meant to know I wake early

neat geyser Nov 14, 2018, 4:15 PM

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Luos, did you literally just say not to share ideas, then agree with someone saying to share ideas?

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:16 PM

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He means your idea isn't amazing

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:16 PM

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he did

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:16 PM

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Because it's not

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If I had a dollar for every "great game idea" that turns out to be "last year's best-selling game, with ZOMBIES", I would be richer than Notch

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:17 PM

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I think the sentiment is to develop ideas to the point where there's substance. Have gifs, flesh out the details, actually iterate on your own. Bring in others for feedback.

sleek solar Nov 14, 2018, 4:17 PM

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FlightSimulator but with zombies 🤔

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:17 PM

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Elevator pitches with no backing are the amazing idea nobody wants to hear.

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Worst case, you hook me on your idea and I want involved. I find out you've got.... a game.txt.

neat geyser Nov 14, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Ok, well this was fun and 10% helpful. Thank you @cloud cobalt, and @grim ore for giving actuall advice.

cloud cobalt Nov 14, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Ideas have no value in game development because they're too abstract. They're not copyable. Game jams often work exactly like that

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You're given a vague idea and 100 teams produce 100 games

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What's the difference between Breath of the Wild and Horizon Zero Dawn ?

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You'll need to get very specific to spell out real differences

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Yet both games came out a week apart, and feel fairly different

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I mean, both games are open-world exploration games with medieval combat, fighting animals and decaying, advanced creatures to repel an evil force, with some story elements, side quests, an inventory, food crafting

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Core differences would be on art direction, story structure, and weapon management

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My point is that an elevator pitch for both games would look similar, but the results don't.

paper kernel Nov 14, 2018, 4:24 PM

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you can probably do better pitch on horizon if you step on the spoiler territory

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 4:56 PM

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I dont think I can continue with this coding crap

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The computer I use.. it's so bad

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Im constantly editing at 11-13 fps.

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It's driving me effing nuts.

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:58 PM

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in game?

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 4:58 PM

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The engine itself

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:58 PM

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OH.

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 4:58 PM

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Or anything really

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:58 PM

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BP?

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 4:58 PM

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What??

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:58 PM

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Are you using BP

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 4:59 PM

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Im not even running the game

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:59 PM

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aight

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 4:59 PM

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I said the engine itself, that applies to everything, running or not.

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:59 PM

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And I asked if you were talking about the BP graph not being performant.

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 4:59 PM

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The blueprints work fine, they do what they're suppose to

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Just at 11-13 fps as I said

worn granite Nov 14, 2018, 4:59 PM

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Aye.

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Surely.

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Nevermind.

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 5:00 PM

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...

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Im at a lost.

hushed delta Nov 14, 2018, 5:43 PM

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Guys, if you have 100 animations, and every one of them needs to apply different types of damage on specific frames, how do you avoid ending with 100 diferentes anim notify events?

sudden agate Nov 14, 2018, 5:51 PM

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make a generic Anim Notify which has some parameters to determine what happens @hushed delta

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also #animation

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 6:00 PM

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Im so happy with myself

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I just imported my first model from blender into the engine having no idea what Im doing and it was successful

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😎 feels good

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Ye it does

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Except the model itself just looks ridiculous xD

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Not like, ridiculous as in it screwed up. Ridiculous cuz I made it

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i can make cube

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and scale it

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my modelling skill

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I made some weird polygonal...Thing.

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Its bipedal and actually has a skeleton so I mean not bad for someone who doesnt know what the fuk hes doung

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 6:16 PM

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i'm having issues importing a csv into ue. I've attached the csv and i get an error saying that it can't convert it to a string

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📎 UnitData.csv

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my guess is i structured it wrong but idk how

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 6:22 PM

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do you have the first column which is the row name?

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and how is your data table structured

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I would say you have to insert a column at 1 with your row names as your first issue, the other columns are your data table properties

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 6:26 PM

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lol

fierce tulip Nov 14, 2018, 6:27 PM

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lol

frank escarp Nov 14, 2018, 6:27 PM

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wrong chat

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 6:29 PM

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Oh i don't have it as row name it's unit name

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i'm not even getting to the dialogue to select a class

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still nothing

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this is the current file i'm trying to import

📎 UnitData.csv

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 6:36 PM

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ok so when you drag and drop it into the content browser what happens?

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also I fixed the file and it works fine here sooo... lets see if we can figure it out on your end

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the new file works fine btw, that is the correct structure (but you dont't need anything in A1 as it's the row name and it ignores it

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 6:38 PM

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i click import and click on the file

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and it goes nope

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what did you do to fix the new file

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hmm now it's working 🤔

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no clue what was wrong before.

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 6:43 PM

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ah I never import CSV files I just drag/drop

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and yeah my fix was the same thing you did, added a column with the row names which you did in your 2nd file

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 6:43 PM

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well now at least i get the dialogue it't not showing hte stuct

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 6:43 PM

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did you create the struct?

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and make sure the names match the columns exactly so you might want to make them all uniform. CamelCase or Space Case but the same would help out in the future

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 6:44 PM

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struct FUnitDefaultValues : public FTableRowBase {
    GENERATED_BODY()

public:

    FUnitDefaultValues() {};

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    FText UnitName;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    FName UnitClass;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    FName Team;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int Health;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int HealthRegenRate;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int Aura;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int AuraRegenRate;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int MovementSpeed;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int SpawnTime;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int SupplyCost;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int DustCost;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
    int AttackRange;

//     UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Unit Init Data")
//     TSoftObjectPtr<USkeletalMesh> Mesh;

};```

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oooh ok

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i'll fix that

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i have spaces int he csv

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 6:45 PM

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UnitName is not spaced 😛

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thats why i brought it up

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but besides that I have never made a struct in C++ so.... #cpp might be able to help with that. I make my structs in BP

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 6:46 PM

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do i even really need the name column in the csv then?

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 6:47 PM

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the first column has to be the row names yes, then every column after that is a property in the struct

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 6:47 PM

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ok

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 6:47 PM

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so A1 is blank, B1 is the first property name, C1 etc..

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A2 is the first row name, B2 is the first property value, C2 etc

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stupid stuff

uneven fractal Nov 14, 2018, 7:00 PM

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So what do you guys think of the new replication graph thing? Useless, Niche useful, or game changer?

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:17 PM

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@grim ore random question. can i have enum values in a csv get imported properly?

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i mean they are just ints so it should be fine

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 7:21 PM

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I want to say yes if they are of the right format in the CSV file, I tried this if I can find the video lol

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ok so you can do a struct and array, I tested that, but your asking about just setting the value of an enum basically?

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yeah it looks fine. I created an enum with (Melee,Ranged,Building) as the values. Added "Type" property with the variable of that enum I just created to the struct.. Added a new column to the CSV and set it to the values I wanted and when I imported it set the enum correctly.

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:30 PM

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cool

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mine has confused me 😛

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in the unit class it shows the right values but in the table view it's invalid

📎 unknown.png

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also if i click on the drop down i don't have the option to select elite unit

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 7:32 PM

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is elite unit in your enum then?

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:33 PM

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yeah

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thats the wierd thing

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 7:33 PM

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weird then, it should work if the spelling is correct and the enum has the value

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:34 PM

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i figured

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i'm trying to see if there is something wonky

nimble egret Nov 14, 2018, 7:34 PM

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Hello guys

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I need help

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:35 PM

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because in the picture if you actually look at the unit class int he picutre for the row i selected it looks normal

nimble egret Nov 14, 2018, 7:35 PM

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I am unable to type in paid work section?

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:35 PM

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i just can't change it cuz then i can't go back

nimble egret Nov 14, 2018, 7:35 PM

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What I do?

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Please tell me!!

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Thank you!

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:36 PM

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i don't even see a paid work channel

nimble egret Nov 14, 2018, 7:36 PM

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Job board section

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Looking for work tab

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:37 PM

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oh read the pinned message

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it's all generated by the bot

nimble egret Nov 14, 2018, 7:37 PM

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Where?

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:38 PM

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at the top of the screen there is a pin next to the searchbar that explains how to use the channel

nimble egret Nov 14, 2018, 7:38 PM

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Ok thanks I will se

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See

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:39 PM

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@grim ore it was a hot reloading issue. I closed down the client and rebooted and it's all good now

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 7:39 PM

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oh yeah.. C++..... good times!

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:39 PM

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lul

dapper obsidian Nov 14, 2018, 7:52 PM

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does anyone know where the ue4.sln file is located in windows 10?

clever niche Nov 14, 2018, 7:57 PM

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for like the whole engine or for the project?

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 8:53 PM

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@dapper obsidian For the game is on the main root of the game folder, for the engine in the main root of the engine folder, if you want to use sources you rather download a version from Github, need to download it then press Setup if I don't remember bad and then is the other batch that one generated the sln

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 8:57 PM

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Alright Im in my model's skeleton editor, how do I make a blank, new animation for it (I didnt make any animation in Blender)

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:03 PM

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It looks like you can go up to the top and do create asset and create a new animation if you have none

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:04 PM

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Uhhhhhhh

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Is it infront if my face or somthn

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:05 PM

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Maybe it's only in the newer versions but on 4.21 it's on the toolbar in the Animation section at the top

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:05 PM

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I dont have an animation tab '-'

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:05 PM

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but you are going to find doing animations in the editor itself is going to suck

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:06 PM

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Meh

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But no I dont see an anim tab..

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Did I somehow import it as just a static

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I have Skeleton, Mesh, and the Physics tab

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:07 PM

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no if you see a skeleton its a skeletal mesh, perhaps without any animations there is no tab

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:07 PM

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Okay

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So how do I create that tab

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:10 PM

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@plush yew You can create a blendspace from your mesh in the content browser

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:10 PM

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ok it looks like you need some sort of an animation so yeah creating a blendspace will trigger it

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:10 PM

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Blendspace? Ooh

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Like, from the skeletal mesh or the mesh itself

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:11 PM

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but again, good luck getting animations with just the editor.

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:11 PM

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I know.

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But Im more familiar with that

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:11 PM

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right click the skeletal mesh in the browser, and create at the top

plush yew Nov 14, 2018, 9:11 PM

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Oh hey I see the anim stuff

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Thx

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:12 PM

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I have a ton of BP_Building derived children that can be built on any tile. I'd like to make it so none of them can take damage or execute their code in the world until their "building" phase is done. I'm thinking of making another class to do all the building (that could take damage and stuff too), then allow the original building to start executing it's code and render itself in the world. Thoughts?

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Because apparently Construct Object doesn't spawn it in the world

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📎 unknown.png

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:13 PM

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objects are not in the world, correct. they would have to be an actor or other derived object that exists

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:14 PM

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After the Building is constructed, do i spawn it the normal way to have it start executing code?

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The big reason i need it constructed is so i can access default variable values

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:15 PM

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you can get the default variables from an object without constructing it

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:16 PM

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You can do static access in BP?

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:17 PM

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There is a node for Get Class Defaults that gets your default values for any variables

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:18 PM

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Oh cool!

📎 unknown.png

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:18 PM

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but besides that if your items is executing code and you don't want it to you can always just set a boolean that is checked whenever something fires to see if it's built or not

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:19 PM

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Yea, that'd be a pretty large refactor and make the code a little less clean imo

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The building class has like 30 derived children, and they each have specific functions

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I really just don't want them to be able to execute beginplay until I specify, but i would like a reference created

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Would I still get that with Construct()?

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:22 PM

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Construct should fire when the actor is spawned in, so should begin play unfortunately.

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technically that's wrong but it's close enough. https://docs.unrealengine.com/portals/0/images/Programming/UnrealArchitecture/Actors/ActorLifecycle/ActorLifeCycle1.png

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If there was a way to spawn it in disabled and then enable the parts you want to run but BP's really don't work that way

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:24 PM

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This should be pinned somewhere if it's not

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:25 PM

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well it's in the docs so close enough 😉

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Thanks for posting

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I'm actually a bit confused

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Where does Construct play into this

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I assume it stops before spawn

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But it seems in the diagram that construction comes after

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:27 PM

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well it's on the right side and called before initialize and begin play, so during spawning but before spawned

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:28 PM

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In that case, wouldn't Construct halt before PostActorConstruction()?

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:28 PM

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well it would run before it, I guess it depends on what code you have in it. I don't think it blocks spawning as far as I know.

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well it might I guess, I never checked lol. I would guess a blocking call like an endless loop might stop the actual spawning

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:29 PM

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Time for a test 😄

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lol

📎 unknown.png

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Seeing your tutorials on every search

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:32 PM

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😃

silver crown Nov 14, 2018, 9:32 PM

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Mathew is da best

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:34 PM

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What would have been cool is if a parent could stop a child function easily so if the child calls the parent the parent could stop the function from continuing but no such luck

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:34 PM

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Guess that would be doable if Super() calls were macros with exec flow

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It'd be the purge of the century

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:36 PM

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yeah I think it's just going to need some work to get what you want to work lol, yay for programming

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:37 PM

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Seems I can't Construct an anon(?) class

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Not sure what it's called

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📎 unknown.png

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:40 PM

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well I think that's trying to construct a blueprint by calling construct object?

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I would assume it is expecting you to spawn it

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:40 PM

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I can't just construct an actor?

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:41 PM

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I've never tried, I always spawned in actors as they exist in the world

vivid girder Nov 14, 2018, 9:44 PM

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Alright, seems I can't construct Actors with this node

regal mulch Nov 14, 2018, 9:55 PM

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That is only for UObjects

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Actors have to spawned differently

turbid wave Nov 14, 2018, 9:56 PM

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hi

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can someone pls tell me if its correct in english "EXTRA LIFES: 2"

regal mulch Nov 14, 2018, 9:56 PM

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Well, AActor is also UObject, but for BPs at least only children of UObjects you create

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The plural of LIFE is LIVES iirc

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But not sure if there are some rules to using LIFES instead ? hm

turbid wave Nov 14, 2018, 9:57 PM

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so extra lives

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thanks

regal mulch Nov 14, 2018, 9:58 PM

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Yeah afaik, LIVES is the correct plural. LIFES only exists because people seem to use the rule "Noun + s = Plural" too often on it

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 9:59 PM

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Make a picture of a face or your ship or whatever you character is then have that and x2 next to it or even 2. Look at how they handled it for mario. No need for language 😃

regal mulch Nov 14, 2018, 9:59 PM

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But you might want to wait for a person who has english as their first language

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Yop, text is usually quite "ugly"

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 10:00 PM

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more pictures, less translation!

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but yes to answer the question lol, it is Lives for plural and Life for single.

turbid wave Nov 14, 2018, 10:01 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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for this case is it ok ?

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 10:01 PM

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for that yes

turbid wave Nov 14, 2018, 10:01 PM

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thank you guys

teal tulip Nov 14, 2018, 10:42 PM

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interesting light/fog/ post process in that scene

grim ore Nov 14, 2018, 11:43 PM

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If you are interested in any RPG assets humble has a new bundle and most assets look like they are source so should work in any engine. https://www.humblebundle.com/software/rpg-game-dev-bundle

Humble Bundle

Humble RPG Game Dev Bundle

Pay what you want for a bundle of game dev assets and support charity!

high stone Nov 15, 2018, 12:38 AM

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Tell Tale is removing their games from Steam. Beware.

worn granite Nov 15, 2018, 12:39 AM

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@rugged fable just setup a VS snippet to do that

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google it

idle sail Nov 15, 2018, 1:36 AM

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Any option to repair or restore files? it seems like some of my files just wont show in unreal

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 1:58 AM

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what files do you mean?

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:12 AM

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So I'm not sure what's happening and would love some input. I was working on my project in UE4 4.20 and all of a sudden I got a total black screen and my PC was frozen. I couldn't do anything. I thought maybe it was just UE4 that did it but I wasn't even doing anything. I had 2 blueprints open. So I restarted my PC and I got it right off the bat on the Windows blue load screen. This time it was a total blue screen freeze. I restarted again and made it to YouTube where I got a total orange screen freeze with wierd buzzing sounds. So I used Display Driver Uninstaller and removed all drivers and then installed the newest driver. But I still get the freezing. What the heck?? I just had a gtx 780ti die on me so I got a gtx 780 and now this 780 is doing this. Anyone have an idea on what could be wrong? Another bad GPU? Or something else like PSU?

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:37 AM

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check what ur bluescreen said. It can be anything, ranging from bad ram to overheating.

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:40 AM

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@spare sun It wasn't that kind of bluescreen of death lol It was literally the color blue. It was a Cyan blue screen. It had no info like a traditional BSOD. It must just pick a random color and freeze with it on the screen. I had Orange, Black, and Cyan

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:41 AM

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I've seen the orange one once, it should still say the stop code

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:42 AM

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you mean on the screen or in a crashfile somewhere?

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:42 AM

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on the screen

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:42 AM

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There's nothing on the screen

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:42 AM

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can you reproduce it? Does it simply crash everytime after you startup?

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:43 AM

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It stays orange or black for a few seconds then my monitor displays the searching for input like my PC's not plugged in

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:43 AM

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so the pc itself doesnt reboot?

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:43 AM

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No it doesn't. I did one time get the "driver stopped responding then recovered"

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:44 AM

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ah but its not a real bsod at all then

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:44 AM

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Nope

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No BSOD

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:44 AM

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thought you meant bsod by blue screen

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:44 AM

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lol I knew that would throw people off lol

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I thought maybe it was just a bad driver so I removed it and installed the newest fresh driver but It started again today

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:46 AM

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does it crash even if you do nothing for a while after rebooting?

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:47 AM

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So that's the strange part. I thought It was UE4 because thats what I was using the 1st time it happened. But I restarted and was just on YouTube and it happened. Then I restarted and didn't even make it past the "starting Windows" screen that appears right before your desktop appears.

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It got worse and worse

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:48 AM

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worse and worse? The fans are spinning, right?

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:49 AM

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That's another thing I'm not sure about with the MSI GTX 780. One fan barely spins and the other spins fast unless I do something demanding then both spin fast. Is that normal?

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My friend gave me the card about a month ago because my gtx 780ti died on me.

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so I don't know much about it

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:51 AM

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what are the temps

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:53 AM

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I don't have it in right now because it was so broke. I'm using my old 550ti which sadly seems to be working and more stable than the 780. But I did check msi afterburner and the line was flat. It wasn't climbing

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I even ran Kombustor after installing the new driver just to test it and see if I could stress it enough to cause it to happen again. But got nothing. I watched a movie last night and nothing happened. But all of a sudden a few minutes ago I was on UE4 and it froze again. 😦

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:54 AM

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few minutes ago on 550ti?

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:55 AM

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no on 780

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I just put in the 550ti in order to use my pc. I don't have a built in gpu on my motherboard

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:56 AM

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well if 550ti works just fine under same circumstances I think you found the answer before even asking the question

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:57 AM

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I would agree with you usually but I'm a little worried because it hasn't even been 2 months since my gtx 780ti died in a similar way

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I don't want to go out and buy a nice new GPU and then find out my PSU or Motherboard is killing them lol

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:57 AM

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well if ur overclocking it could

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if ur undervolting it could simply make it crash frequently without permanent damage

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if ur psu isnt strong enough it could crash too

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:58 AM

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I don't overclock and My PSU is the EVGA 850 g2 Gold

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I should be set right?

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 2:59 AM

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if its overheating, which I thought about when you said worse and worse - it could

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 2:59 AM

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Hmm Maybe it is. Should I use MSI afterburner and just max the fans all the time?

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:00 AM

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just check if ur hitting critical temps during heavy load

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also you gotta reinstall drivers (depending on the gpu ofc) but you probably know it. Its not like 550ti automatically work for 780 - though they might.

Just sounded like you simply swap them out

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:02 AM

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UE4 and discord shouldn't be a heavy load though right? I was just editing blueprints. I use DDU to uninstall the driver and then replace the card and install the newest driver. I know I did it fast but I did it correctly lol

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:02 AM

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ue4 can be

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but I'd just benchmark and watch the temps during it

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ofc if ur idle temps are in the 70 deg range something went quite wrong anyway

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:05 AM

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Ok So I guess I'll get the 780 set back up then run the benchmark and see if I can reproduce it again.

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:05 AM

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ah yea also

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it might be nvidia's fault

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:05 AM

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Ok that's another question i had

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:05 AM

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with the new drivers

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:06 AM

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I had no issues for a month then yesterday I get the message telling me to update to the newest driver. I declined and started having these issues..... 😦

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Smells fishy to me but could be a coincidence

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:07 AM

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you can always choose to install older ones

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:08 AM

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Can nvidia effect the driver you have installed? I mean i didin't have any trouble until yesterday. Could they even do that?

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IDK probably just my conspiracy theories

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lol

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:10 AM

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well, technically they could without even knowing. Like declining could reset your profile or smth. But I wouldn't count on that

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I'd sooner believe windows has installed another of his silent updates and broke the driver

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:11 AM

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True Windows is evil too lol

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:12 AM

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ikr. But for now just check ur temps and try to rollback to older drivers.

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worst case it's a hardware fault

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:14 AM

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I'm getting the older driver now and am about to uninstall and shutdown. Hey Thanks for letting me vent and helping me out. Its just frustrating when this happens, especially when your in the middle of something. I'll let you know what happens.

spare sun Nov 15, 2018, 3:14 AM

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np

unreal comet Nov 15, 2018, 3:35 AM

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@spare sun well I'm on my phone now. I uninstalled the 550ti driver and shut it off. Then I plugged in the 780 and it didn't even make it to the desktop. Lol nothing but a solid white screen

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Has to be a hardware issue right?

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Guess I'll be using the 550ti. I sure know how to kill 780 gpu's :(

swift spindle Nov 15, 2018, 7:01 AM

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holy shit..

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I'm 1 step away from force deleting 2 years of work over this bloody bug

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anyone know why unreals volumetrics randomly seem to fade in and out

rose bison Nov 15, 2018, 7:03 AM

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just randomly found a nice engine blueprint

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https://gyazo.com/4f6c6801ae4207b829394f5973f91a8c

Gyazo

▶ Play video

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epic sure keeps their blueprints clean

swift spindle Nov 15, 2018, 7:11 AM

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does noone know why volumetrics fade in and out ?

languid shard Nov 15, 2018, 7:13 AM

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@rose bison #blueprintsfromhell material for sure

swift spindle Nov 15, 2018, 7:13 AM

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Why does this bug happen ?

📎 2018-11-14_23-13-12.mp4

vivid girder Nov 15, 2018, 7:40 AM

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Anyone know a way to get FindPathToLocation() to work reliably?

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I have to assume it's some sort of collision issue at this point

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📎 unknown.png

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This is returning -1

red shell Nov 15, 2018, 9:06 AM

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https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/forums/suggestions-advice/332141-you-do-not-have-any-debugging-symbols-required-to-display-the-callstack
this is hilarious

Forums

LoginId:fd18710143009a82ab7c089a4024aaa6
EpicAccountId:ad4f46f940374bc4b9a9e8439eca5059
You do not have any debugging symbols required to display the callstack

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epic please fix

grim juniper Nov 15, 2018, 9:24 AM

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I wonder if EPIC will actually push out a version of the engine with RTX support before the end of the year

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Well, I suppose it's actually DXR support

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technically DXR will be the first time we get an actual real time dynamic GI solution since LPV was abandoned

cloud cobalt Nov 15, 2018, 9:46 AM

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Probably not

teal tulip Nov 15, 2018, 9:58 AM

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@grim juniper don't expect it until 2019

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and tbh the cost will be huge pretty sure

grim juniper Nov 15, 2018, 9:59 AM

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Well, since 4.21 just came out I'm not really expecting it, but iirc they said it'd be in by the end of the year LUL

teal tulip Nov 15, 2018, 9:59 AM

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uh idk never read that tbh

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but all total aims they will wait until the 2019 show

regal mulch Nov 15, 2018, 10:10 AM

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I don't mind playing around with it, but that's all. The whole RTX stuff feels like another Hairworks.
Looks pretty, but no one would buy an overpriced GPU for that.
At least that's what I can read out of all the Battlefield 5 posts.

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For Games that is.

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For ArcViz or so it's probably cool.

grim juniper Nov 15, 2018, 10:11 AM

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Yeah, it's definitely not a game changer at the moment, but it's important to get it out there and have support for the day when everyone can afford a GPU that can run it

frosty moon Nov 15, 2018, 10:11 AM

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@wary wave - I have undeleted the thread ... please get me added to the moderator group here

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 10:12 AM

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o/

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I'm not sure who controls that - might be Pfist?

grim juniper Nov 15, 2018, 10:15 AM

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Aha, I knew I wasn't making it up. This article says "Running on what Epic still refers to as “experimental code” (planned to be introduced to Unreal Engine for production later this year) the raytracing in the demo..." https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/03/star-wars-demo-shows-off-just-how-great-real-time-raytracing-can-look/

Ars Technica

Unreal Engine + $60,000 GPU = Amazing, real-time raytraced Star Wa...

See how an entire scene bounces off Captain Phasma's armor at 24 frames per second.

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I know it doesn't say for sure, just pointing out that it was at one point planned to be before the end of the year. Doesn't look like that's happening though

frosty moon Nov 15, 2018, 10:22 AM

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@wary wave -- who is the user ... let me just reach out to them?

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 10:22 AM

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@mint sequoia

frosty moon Nov 15, 2018, 10:23 AM

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I have sent them a DM

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 10:23 AM

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cheers ^^

iron wadi Nov 15, 2018, 10:24 AM

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hey, how does filling shared DDC work? we have shared DDC setup on a NAS and two machines, ran a fill on one machine over night and the second machine is now still computing shaders and loading maps slowly

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and still sending data over to the NAS

frosty moon Nov 15, 2018, 10:27 AM

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@wary wave - all sorted, user is happy.

fierce tulip Nov 15, 2018, 10:27 AM

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@iron wadi @pallid compass might know, but not sure how much this is related to unreal engine so might be better to take it in lounge

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 10:27 AM

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great ^^

iron wadi Nov 15, 2018, 10:29 AM

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eeeeeh it's shader cache in unreal engine? not sure how it would be unrelated, but thanks for the tip

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 10:32 AM

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yeah, it's very much a UE thing

fierce tulip Nov 15, 2018, 10:33 AM

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I missed the dcc thing, only the nas thing :p

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 10:33 AM

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we used shared data caches at Bohemia, but unfortunately I don't know much about how that was set up

fierce tulip Nov 15, 2018, 10:37 AM

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@grim ore purchased, thanks 😃 could use some placeholders.

regal mulch Nov 15, 2018, 10:39 AM

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@frosty moon Forum Mod?

frosty moon Nov 15, 2018, 10:39 AM

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Yes boss

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qdelpeche on the forums ... email address is quintond@gobbogames.co.za

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I can send you a DM on the forums if you want

regal mulch Nov 15, 2018, 10:40 AM

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Na it's fine.

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If you lied I'll slap you.

frosty moon Nov 15, 2018, 10:40 AM

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Shot

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I like getting slapped 😃

regal mulch Nov 15, 2018, 10:41 AM

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Damn.

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Anyway, let's not go into offtopic :P

harsh tiger Nov 15, 2018, 11:00 AM

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does anyone know why i get this error every time i load up a project? Old or new is still the same?

📎 unknown.png

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@ me if you know the answer please

tiny fable Nov 15, 2018, 11:04 AM

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I need a good idea for sustainable development app. Does anyone have any ideas? It's for a school project. Post the idea her or DM me.

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 11:16 AM

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@harsh tiger - you get the error message because those assets are not there and it thinks they should be (something, probably the level, references them)

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I mean it says exactly which meshes want those materials, and it says they're not there

cedar snow Nov 15, 2018, 12:39 PM

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is there a way to get the complete (asset) path of a level? e.g. the level is located in maps/world1/level1 though GetMapName only returns the last part (level1)

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context: after that level has been exclusively loaded

fierce tulip Nov 15, 2018, 12:44 PM

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Is there a console command in preview that unlocks camera?

unreal spoke Nov 15, 2018, 2:06 PM

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Is possible to change texture configuration (texture group, filtering, use of mipmaps, etc) on runtime using blueprints?

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 2:08 PM

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can anyone please tell me why my TriggerBox isn't working? I'm using the OnActorBeginOverlap

lean junco Nov 15, 2018, 2:09 PM

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Hey guys. work has kept me out of UE for almost a year now so pardon the noob question. I'm trying something with one of the paragon characters.
I would like to pause the animation on a certain frame.
In other words, I would like to define the pose from a specific frame in one of the animation clips.
I don't even know where to start.

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 2:11 PM

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@lean junco have you tried creating a notify in the animation timeline?

lean junco Nov 15, 2018, 2:12 PM

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@plush yew Nope, that sound like a starting point.. then what do I do? Where and how would I reference and set it?

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 2:13 PM

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open up the animation, then at the timeline at the bottom, put the cursor over the time of where you want to create the notify, right-click and create notify, name it

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then in the event graph of the animation blueprint, you can refeerence it

lean junco Nov 15, 2018, 2:14 PM

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@plush yew I'm hesitant to try and assist you with your trigger box question, because I'm sooo rusty, but, are you overlapping with an actor? I remember having problems with it when I used a pawn, not an actor

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@plush yew Thanks dude! I will try that

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 2:16 PM

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yes, i have it overlapping with the third person character

lean junco Nov 15, 2018, 2:18 PM

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I had so much S@#t with that on the last game jam I did... I will try and see if i can find the project to see what worked.. remember it having something to do with the type of collisions it would trigger

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 2:18 PM

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thanks

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i lost marks on a test because this all of a sudden didn't work

lean junco Nov 15, 2018, 2:19 PM

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ouch

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 2:19 PM

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because i never use box triggers, i just use the collision boxes you can create in an actor blueprint

lean junco Nov 15, 2018, 2:20 PM

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jeeze just chatting with you makes me realize how much I have forgotten in the last yeart

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 2:21 PM

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lol

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i figured it out. apparently, you aren't even supposed to hook up the reference to the third person character. it just automatically knows. <.<

lean junco Nov 15, 2018, 2:31 PM

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oh hell. I'm glad you found that, cause I would have totally overlooked that 😃

errant fable Nov 15, 2018, 2:34 PM

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Hello guys. I'm having a little problem with Overlap Events. Attached a Capsule to my Third Person camera, so when it Overlap with a Wall it fires an Event. The problem is that it only fires when the Characters Moving. If i just move the camera without moving the player it doesnt fire.

dawn vessel Nov 15, 2018, 2:43 PM

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Do Server's lose lots of performance if Collision is too intensive on Meshes?

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Like using complex collision on everything?

wary wave Nov 15, 2018, 2:44 PM

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I would assume they would

cloud cobalt Nov 15, 2018, 2:46 PM

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"Lots of performance" and "too intensive" isn't really clear

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Overall, unless you're doing things really wrong, collision is unlikely to be a major problem

digital anchor Nov 15, 2018, 2:46 PM

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Complex on everything may not even work, as two Complex wont collide with eachother.

cloud cobalt Nov 15, 2018, 2:46 PM

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... Complex collision everywhere is definitely wrong

unreal spoke Nov 15, 2018, 2:47 PM

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@errant fable screenshot of the blueprint viewport?

cloud cobalt Nov 15, 2018, 2:47 PM

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@dawn vessel The problem with complex collision is that you'll have gameplay problems before you have performance problems (which are only a financial problem, server-side)

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Needing complex everywhere means your assets are fucked up

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You'll have characters bumping into stuff all the time

dawn vessel Nov 15, 2018, 2:48 PM

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Complex meaning they are as on point collision as possible.

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Is what I was aiming for.

cloud cobalt Nov 15, 2018, 2:48 PM

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You should strive to avoid that

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Collision is deeply linked to movement, and no one enjoys bumpy movement in games

errant fable Nov 15, 2018, 2:49 PM

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@unreal spoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=derh2vGfTtQ at 12.20

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dawn vessel Nov 15, 2018, 2:49 PM

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how is it bumpy movement though?

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It just makes the mesh very precise I thought.

digital anchor Nov 15, 2018, 2:50 PM

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well it will make the character walk like that

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📎 unknown.png

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over stones

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xd

cloud cobalt Nov 15, 2018, 2:51 PM

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I guess you should say more about your game, but mostly, collision in games is always very simplified because it makes the gameplay much cleaner, easier to understand, and more reliable

digital anchor Nov 15, 2018, 2:52 PM

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btw, if you want your character to precisely walk over the mesh, use IK setups

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your capsule wont bump, but his feets will stick to the ground and stuff

unreal spoke Nov 15, 2018, 2:53 PM

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@errant fable That box seems to be parented to the spring, not the camera

errant fable Nov 15, 2018, 2:54 PM

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Tried both

unreal spoke Nov 15, 2018, 3:19 PM

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@errant fable which one has "use pawn control rotation"? The spring or the camera?

errant fable Nov 15, 2018, 3:31 PM

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@unreal spoke Spring

worthy oyster Nov 15, 2018, 3:33 PM

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guys, i need some help

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i need to remove starter content from my project

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but even if i delete it, after a full build, the content keeps getting re added by the engine

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is there a config i'm missing?

neat geyser Nov 15, 2018, 3:39 PM

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So, anything called on a pawn with a player controller is done on client, while everything called on a pawn using and AI controller is done on server. Is this a correct statement?

worthy oyster Nov 15, 2018, 3:44 PM

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found it guys

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DefaultGame.ini

InsertPack=(PackSource="StarterContent.upack,PackName="StarterContent")

found it xd

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sorry!

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 3:52 PM

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Where do I post models just to show em off

fierce tulip Nov 15, 2018, 4:03 PM

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https://twitter.com/UnrealEngine/status/1063099599102062592

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#work-in-progress if its ue4 related @plush yew

plush yew Nov 15, 2018, 4:03 PM

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Okay

unreal spoke Nov 15, 2018, 4:08 PM

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Does this controller work with UE4 on windows 10? https://www.nacongaming.com/product/controllers/gaming-controllers/compact-controller-ps4/

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Wired Compact Controller - NACON GAMING

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