#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 352

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 12:38 AM

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So you would use a different Voice for each localisation?

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I still don't see how that would help with the subtitles

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You can set subtitles on the sound asset, which also has options of multiple subtitles per sound clip at different times

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:40 AM

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Just a sec.

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You've went through all of this, yeah? https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Audio/Dialogue

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 12:42 AM

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I have, but it's been a while, let me refresh my memory

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:44 AM

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Each context for a wave gets it own localization.

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Each context does not get a source text because it should be the same line of dialogue, contextualized based on the speakers.

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 12:45 AM

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That doesn't make sense

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:45 AM

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Even if the lines are different in English based on context, that means you needs to localize your English entries. Yes, that's a thing you can do.

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 12:46 AM

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In their example they mention a character talking to either Adam or Zoe

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And that they should be more friendly to Zoe

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But you can't actually change the dialogue between the two characters

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just maybe the tone

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because there's only one subtitle for both interactions

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So you'll have to make a different dialogue wave if you want the two interactions to have different words spoken, rather than just a different tone?

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:47 AM

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You localize the English entries per context.

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The spoken text field is not the subtitle.

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It is the source string that localizers need to localize, taking the dialogue context into account.

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In the absence of localization, you end up with the unlocalized spoken text.

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 12:51 AM

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So in order to use the system properly, you need to already have a localisation set up?

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:52 AM

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No.

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In order to change the subtitles based on the context, you need to fill in the localized entries for those contexts.

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 12:54 AM

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Is there a good channel to ask for recommendations on a complex project?

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:55 AM

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"Complexity" isn't really a subject matter.

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Best to ask a specific, answerable question.

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And for a general catch all, there's this channel.

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 12:55 AM

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Alright, I'll put it here, for the time being.

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I have a project. A fairly big one, and I need some pointers on where to start.
I'm looking to make a tool to aid in my work as a VJ. (VJs are the people who run the live visuals at concerts).
I treat it as a spontaneous and highly creative artform, and my needs in software reflect that.
I want to build an application that allows me to create real-time, shaded, 3D objects that have certain mesh effects and (potentially varied) materials applied to them. My intent is to prebake tillable textures that can work for any mesh, and throw them onto objects that I can add to the scene.
Live, I want to be able to animate a camera, usually following a path or object, and create repeating arrays of meshes to generate a looping effect. Those meshes should be variable, probably dupli-parented.
I realize that this probably a huge endeavor, but I'm up for it.
There are other things, but those are the basics.
Where should I start? Are there any utilities that exist that might aid in my project?

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:56 AM

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Doubt you'll find much in the way of pre-existing tech within UE4 for that.

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But otherwise, it seems like you're just creating a bunch of pre-existing assets in terms of textures and materials, applying them to meshes, and making a simple UI for yourself to control them.

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 12:57 AM

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Yeah

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I basically want to create a miniature, striped down UE4 in UE4.

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With custom scripts.

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:58 AM

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Probably all doable entirely through blueprints, for what it's worth.

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 12:58 AM

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Ok.

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 12:58 AM

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But really, you're just going to be making a bunch of simple UI (well, as simple as you want it) that runs some blueprint logic to spawn meshes, then apply materials and textures to them.

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Maybe use sequencer to animate them in some fashion and have UI to initiate those sequences.

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Or even procedurally animate them, in the sense of just translating/rotating/scaling them over time.

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 1:00 AM

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I must be blind because I can't find anywhere to enter localised entries for contexts in a dialogue wave, it just has a localisation key

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 1:00 AM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Gameplay/Localization Localizing Audio

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ExportDialogueScript

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 1:01 AM

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Yeah, at it's core.
Thanks for the tips! I'll come back if and when I have a more specific question.

livid haven Dec 6, 2018, 1:02 AM

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NP

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It'll be a bit of UI work but you'll most likely need the most hands on help with materials and sequencer, I'd imagine.

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 1:05 AM

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So, that's exported a csv file with everything in it

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Not exactly a user-friendly way to set up dialogue lines, having to run an export script and then edit a .csv file

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 1:20 AM

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evening

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so i'm working on using the mouse cursor to drive some UI button movement , but the variable reads zero every other frame. it's zero, the value, zero, the value etc.

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its the same for cursor delta, cursor position, and also for mouse delta when in-game

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this is how it looks: https://gyazo.com/ec3cb755a0bb668cbc7f49c8b9a41356

Gyazo

▶ Play video

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this is the whole code: https://gyazo.com/a8b0699fd644c7f6f518e88e0c568d5d

Gyazo

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 1:37 AM

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So what is get turn?

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 1:38 AM

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it's native i think

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 1:38 AM

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Why would it give you back the mouse x?

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 1:38 AM

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it says that " it returns the current value of input axis turn. "

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 1:40 AM

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Ah that's not mouse x tho. That's an input value from the input settings.

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 1:41 AM

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yea, i used it because it's similar to cursor delta, it acts like it

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 1:42 AM

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So what are you trying to get and is it in UI only space or viewport space?

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 1:43 AM

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but yea, it does the same with the cursor delta, i used this: https://gyazo.com/09edf1f87b701cbd6a3a658c568d7d02

Gyazo

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https://gyazo.com/6a33fca2cc771e21d0e442c362d89557 and printed this the same way

Gyazo

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and it also becomes zero every other frame

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btw your tutorial helped, about having a whole screen invisible canvas 😃

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 2:14 AM

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so, no one knows what may cause this?

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 2:17 AM

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I can say that on mine and duplicating your event tick, get turn, print code in my player I get expected results. 0.0 when not moving the mouse and a number when moving it. With that said my values are way smaller than yours as well. With that said as well perhaps you have this same code in more than one place?

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ignoring all that what is the goal of what you are trying to do and is this in viewport space or ui space?

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 2:19 AM

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oh nice

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it's in UI space, im trying to drive the animation speed of a sprite by the cursor delta X when you click on it ( a button activates it )

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so the faster you drag it, the faster it rotates

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i've looked at your video as well, that's actually the tutorial i used for this, and see that every frame you have some value in the cursor x and y ( as long as you move the cursor )

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it doesnt become zero every second frame, so it's weird

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but then again, the same thing happens with that turn value, which isn't in UI space

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i guess a good idea is to try it in a fresh project

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 2:24 AM

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well you will notice that I did handle the 0 delta by ignoring it

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so it's just printing out when I move and it's a valid value

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 2:24 AM

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hmmm

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and what happens if you directly print this https://gyazo.com/de30a788613a5eaca80ea015fb6322b1

Gyazo

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 2:26 AM

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well there was no reason to not do it all in the mouse move node but printing the screen space position from the mouse event gives me the valid value every frame

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 2:26 AM

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yes so this is a thing that happens in this project

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thanks for the feedback , this is valuable

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i should try it in a fresh project then

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 2:27 AM

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if you slow down your fps to like 5 you will find it doesn't always return 0 every other. I think your fps is just up so high and your mouse sensitivity is just causing that to happen

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and if you only care about the actual factual deltas then throwing away invalid data like nearly equal to 0 should be done anyways

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 2:28 AM

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i have just tried that , and the resulting variable reads well, but when i hook it into the parameter it still behaves the same weirdly O_O

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 2:36 AM

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well I got that basic idea working just by taking the cursor delta and adding that to the render angle on a umg element. no idea if that is what you were looking for but I don't think the 0's are going to be an issue as that would just not add anything. Alternately I guess you could get the position from the 2 frame and do it that way

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 2:43 AM

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hmmm

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so this is what i tried: https://gyazo.com/8113c35e503dbee0bc70e6ec497296e2

Gyazo

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that time variable when you change it , it makes the sprite move faster or slower

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when its 0 it's stopped

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so i used this material and created a dinamic material instance for it and brought that var in UMG

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but it twitches and keeps reseting when i hook the cursor x into it

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how it looks like seems consistent with the delta x reseting to zero every second frame though

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 2:46 AM

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which makes sense since wont it be changing it to 0 yeah, it sounds like you want it to only set it when it's a valid value that's not 0 otherwise keep it as is

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Its not for flipbooks but https://i.imgur.com/LkkgoHU.png gets the delta if it's more than nothing and sets it for future use

Imgur

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https://i.imgur.com/kKZa8hv.png and this on tick takes that delta and adds it to the current rotation

Imgur

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so the faster you move the mouse in a direction the more it adds to the delta which means more rotation per tick

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probably not the best way but it's kinda cool lol

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since it never stops rotating but a steady decrement of the delta on tick might solve that, to the blueprints!

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stupid math... how do you drag a number towards another number in the right direction regardless of it being negative or positive lol

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 2:55 AM

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im almost finished testing the cursor delta in another project

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im gonna try what you posted

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 2:55 AM

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it's a weird post just hoping it might show something that helps

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I can guarantee this is stupid as well but it's fun lol. Added this on the delta part so it slowly brings it back down to 0 so it doesnt spin forever. https://i.imgur.com/ohga63S.png

Imgur

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https://gyazo.com/906a424a6ad81e5379b46b04ba5ba889

Gyazo

▶ Play video

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 3:08 AM

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haha

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is that the image angle?

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 3:09 AM

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uh yeah setting the render angle on an image

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but the concept is solid(ish). you get a positive or negative number and can apply that to adjust a value in a direction

plush yew Dec 6, 2018, 3:11 AM

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@delicate lintel Gotta watch out with multiplying time by changing variable. It doesn't work as you might expect because it scales down time and results in your animation reversing

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 3:11 AM

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hmmm

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okay

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so is there some maths or nodes to add to solve this?

plush yew Dec 6, 2018, 3:12 AM

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Accumulating your delta in BP to a variable and then send that over to material. Use that to add to time instead of multiplying

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 3:13 AM

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yea, it directly sets it

delicate lintel Dec 6, 2018, 3:40 AM

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ill continue tomorrow and post updates, thanks a lot!

steel shuttle Dec 6, 2018, 3:53 AM

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omg i'm getting headache. how can dedicated server execute blueprint before the server shut down?

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event end play and shut down did not work

plush yew Dec 6, 2018, 4:52 AM

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@small summit
"Hi, everyone. I'm completely new to Unreal Engine and have a keen interest in becoming a level editor. A friend told me about this channel. Looking forward to learn and help as much as I can. 🙂"
I think that what you meant was ''Level Designer''.

dawn vessel Dec 6, 2018, 5:51 AM

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The Epic Games Launcher is so slow and annoying. Takes me so long to go through the Marketplace Page and look at stuff due to it's forever loading. Anyone else get this issue as well?

grim juniper Dec 6, 2018, 6:10 AM

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The marketplace is slow for me, but that's most likely because I have slow-speed internet smile2

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 6:47 AM

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Hey, I got a windmill fan with its pivot in the centre, I want to rotate it using a timeline but when I play the simulation its considering the centre somewhere else.

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:49 AM

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are you sure the pivot is in the center?

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 6:54 AM

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yeah

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earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 7:08 AM

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So I'm still trying to figure out how to use umg navigation to wrap around

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📎 unknown.png

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I don't know why this doesn't work

fierce tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:11 AM

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#umg

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:p

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:11 AM

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No does the mesh have right pivot

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Not the actor

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The mesh

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@fathom gust

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 7:11 AM

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I posted in umg last night and never got a response lol

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I'll post this in there now though

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:12 AM

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N show code

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 7:13 AM

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@static viper you mean when I import it from my modelling software ? whenever I import from maya the pivot is always somewhere else so I manually set the pivot to wherever I want, in this case the centre

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That is the mesh

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:13 AM

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Maya always sets the pivot in the same spot

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0 0 0

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You need to learn how maya works

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 7:18 AM

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I figured it out. you have to set the panel the widget objects are in to wrap

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fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 7:19 AM

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but other assets that I am animating using timeline are working perfectly with the offset I had set in unreal.

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 8:19 AM

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I managed to rotate it from the correct pivot, but now I have this new issue when I turn it in the world the animation is still played in previous axis.

📎 rotation.webm

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sorry for the audio.

spare sun Dec 6, 2018, 8:35 AM

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windmill rapping

stark tulip Dec 6, 2018, 8:46 AM

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If you can link the fbx, I will change the pivot point to the correct place for you

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 9:06 AM

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@stark tulip Thanks but I managed to do that. The issue right now is rotation. I am rotating 360 in x-axis but then I want to rotate the windmill a bit.

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📎 Untitled-1.png

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Node setup

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FIXED

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stark tulip Dec 6, 2018, 9:41 AM

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@fathom gust well done

cursive dirge Dec 6, 2018, 11:23 AM

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@fathom gust you don't need the position for that tho

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just pick the node you used originally on the right for it

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also your logic makes no sense

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why would put put world location to relational location

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 11:26 AM

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I am weak at blueprints and terminology so I don't know how to do stuff but I just try different nodes and try to make it work.

kind bolt Dec 6, 2018, 11:28 AM

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Hi i'm trying to make a main menu with an animated back ground. So far i have the background working with an intro at the start. Currently I'm trying to add a mouse cursor but i have no clue since im only a beginner

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 11:29 AM

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Plus I have a new issue guys, lol. I have to niagara particle systems in my scene which doesn't have a blueprint or anything else controlling them. I just drag and dropped them. When I package my scene the red one plays fine but the yellow one doesnt play, only in packaged file, it works fine in ue4.

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fierce tulip Dec 6, 2018, 11:29 AM

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@fathom gust #niagara

fathom gust Dec 6, 2018, 11:31 AM

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oh shit, got it.

kind bolt Dec 6, 2018, 11:34 AM

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Hi i'm trying to make a main menu with an animated back ground. So far i have the background working with an intro at the start. Currently I'm trying to add a mouse cursor but i have no clue since im only a beginner

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open level blue print so far

📎 level_001.JPG

severe glen Dec 6, 2018, 12:00 PM

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hi there

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is there anyway to get last index of datatable?

regal mulch Dec 6, 2018, 12:05 PM

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GetDataTableRowNames

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And then the last index of that array

silk torrent Dec 6, 2018, 1:08 PM

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Is there a way I can specify Unreal to log in some random directory on my computer?

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-log LOG="test.txt" only changes the name of the file, but I want to change the entire directory

glacial pecan Dec 6, 2018, 2:08 PM

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@cursive dirge could you explain a bit more what @fathom gust did wrong? I bet I'm going to run into that soon, and I'm a beginner too. My pivot point will most likely be in a separate object though, because it's setup with helpers in Max.

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Or rather, no, then you'd just put the blueprint on the pivot object and not the mesh object that's supposed to rotate...

heavy ether Dec 6, 2018, 2:14 PM

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if anyone cares, i managed to get publishing for vs code extensions up, so i've put my old-school UnrealScript language support for VS Code out on the VS Code market.. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricBlade.vscode-unrealscript

UnrealScript language for VSCode - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - UnrealScript language for VSCode

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since i want to do a tiny bit of changing to an old ass mod for a game, there's some possibility that i might even produce an extension that adds support for building old UC code

upper heart Dec 6, 2018, 2:27 PM

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@frosty torrent Did you every upgrade from your i7 2600? I'm on the same and curious as to how it went for you

plush yew Dec 6, 2018, 2:36 PM

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so, now we can publish games on EPIC Store?

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pff

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@plush yew now that sounds epic

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 2:54 PM

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Are there any reliable upload sites I can use to post an example project?

cursive dirge Dec 6, 2018, 2:54 PM

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@glacial pecan he set the relative position again on each rotation, but you shouldn't need any of that, just set the mesh so that your submesh in right angle and just add relative rotation to it each tick

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 2:56 PM

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I guess I'll just use google drive

fierce tulip Dec 6, 2018, 3:21 PM

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@earnest cape try dundoc

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 3:22 PM

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@glacial pecan if you mean the pivot issue, the problem is even if you set one in your DCC program when you export it out to UE4 UE4 will import the pivot at the 0,0,0 (origin) point of the mesh. You can change it tho at import time/edit time if you have the original mesh if needed and don't want to fix it back in your DCC program.

plush yew Dec 6, 2018, 3:28 PM

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@earnest cape just make a script file

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and use pastebin

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kappa

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@earnest cape if you're a student with a .edu address, use the github student pack. It gives you a free 50$ in digitalocean serverh osting

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which equates to ~1gb of quality

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 3:33 PM

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I just used google docs. I have another email for stuff like this lol

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I will look into dundoc though

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Trying not to over explain things in a tutorial is not easy

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Maybe I should just be like, hey here's a bunch of pictures, good luck

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 3:48 PM

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Does anyone know how to prevent shadow pop-in? I’m having a lot of trouble stopping it from happening. (I’m using movable lights and objects)

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I’ve messed with LOD a bunch, but it doesn’t seem to effect shadows.

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 3:48 PM

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for the directional light?

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Check your shadow quality settings too

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Cascaded shadow maps in the directional light might be what you're looking for

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Every light also has draw distances

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 3:52 PM

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I’m using point lights.

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I’d love to use cascade, but I can’t 😦

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 3:54 PM

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Is this set in your lights?

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clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 4:02 PM

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No. I’ll try that

stray smelt Dec 6, 2018, 4:17 PM

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is it possible to replace this icon with one of my own? if so, how?

grim ore Dec 6, 2018, 4:21 PM

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if it's a new actor that is the default root. Replace it with a scene component and it will be blank

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so basically replace the default scene root with a new one and it will go away.

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you can also use a billboard component to put a sprite in to use as a replacement in the scene if you are trying to do that as well

stray smelt Dec 6, 2018, 4:24 PM

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Thanks

pseudo parrot Dec 6, 2018, 4:25 PM

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is UDN down right now? I get "There was an error contacting the remote service"

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just wondering if anyone can cofirm its down

chilly sun Dec 6, 2018, 4:43 PM

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heyos, generally hearin that sifting through the source etc is a great way of getting "friendly" (acquainted+) with it all. Wondering, is there any "recommended reading" among the source code ?

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found playercontroller which gives some good insight fx

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 5:07 PM

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Good news everyone! I posted a tutorial https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/1559743-menu-navigation-using-gamepad-or-mouse-and-keyboard

Unreal Engine Forums

Introduction
I've seen many different methods to accomplish menu navigation and I've probably tried all of them. They're good in some ways and broken in other

chilly sun Dec 6, 2018, 5:20 PM

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death - (ppl can probs figure it out but) how would you "flip page" on the menu? v nice and thx ;b

icy bone Dec 6, 2018, 5:20 PM

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hi anyone here know a way to use geometry shader in ue4

chilly sun Dec 6, 2018, 5:20 PM

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I may not have read it closely enough

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 5:21 PM

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Flip page?

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Like open another widget

chilly sun Dec 6, 2018, 5:21 PM

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if it's a sound menu and u wanna goto music detail, sfx detail.. or .. main into sound or visual

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yea that 😃 just saying this due to thinking all nabs like me will be asking 😃

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 5:22 PM

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The tutorial is only explaining menu navigation

chilly sun Dec 6, 2018, 5:22 PM

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aye fair

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 5:22 PM

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Check out this system https://github.com/RohitKotiveetil/UnrealEngine--PrototypeMenuSystem

GitHub

RohitKotiveetil/UnrealEngine--PrototypeMenuSystem

Main Menu System created using blueprints in Unreal Engine (v4.20). Status: Work-in-progress. - RohitKotiveetil/UnrealEngine--PrototypeMenuSystem

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It will explain how to swap out widgets

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Also I provided a download link to the project

chilly sun Dec 6, 2018, 5:24 PM

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yea I was just thinking a next step typical thing 😃

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not saying change x do y correct z etc :p just quick thought feedback

earnest cape Dec 6, 2018, 5:26 PM

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I've been working on an even bigger tutorial that will cover just about everything to get a simple game up and running. I'll post it on the forum when it's ready

chilly sun Dec 6, 2018, 5:26 PM

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😮 ooooooh fancy 😃

sudden agate Dec 6, 2018, 6:05 PM

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some people on 4.21 here?
If I enable the Blueprint Material / Drawing Plugin, There are no nodes in my blueprints to draw to a canvas RT

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nvm. you cannot call them in a function

lime cobalt Dec 6, 2018, 6:12 PM

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if I click on any blueprint node, it's going to open visual studio and visual assist X instantly

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i don't see any way to disable this

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:12 PM

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"you cannot call them in a function" 0_o

grave spruce Dec 6, 2018, 6:51 PM

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Arkane Studio's change engine form Cryengine to Unreal Engine GWfroggyMonkaThink

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 6:52 PM

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DH1 ran on unreal tech tho

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:54 PM

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there are weird twists here...

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XD

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you cannot make a fallout or elder scrolls game with ue4

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but surely dishonored 3

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:54 PM

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you can definitely make a Fallout game in UE4

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I can't see any reason why not

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 6:55 PM

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well its not a fallout game without the bugs

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:55 PM

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and it'd certainly be easier than using whatever garbage tools Bethesda use xD

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:55 PM

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it would need high engine reworks XD

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from ground up

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bethesda only developed garbage tools XD

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:55 PM

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eh, I don't think it would need that much reworking at all

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you'd need to implement a half decent quest management system, but the rest is more or less purely gameplay shit

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 6:56 PM

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yeah its possible they just have too much dev time into their own engine

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:56 PM

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UE4 would do a Fallout style game pretty well

grave spruce Dec 6, 2018, 6:56 PM

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gamebryo is old

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 6:56 PM

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did beth actually develop tools tho? afaik it's still very much gamebryo under the hood

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:56 PM

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how old do you hink gamebryo is?

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 6:56 PM

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ancient

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 6:57 PM

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its the same age as unreal

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:57 PM

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the last update on it was 2010.

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 6:57 PM

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no

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:57 PM

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and the gamebryo engine actually works very well

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 6:57 PM

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they update it all the time just like ue4 just they have less people on it

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:57 PM

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bethesda just didnt use it properly

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they slapped on alot of system

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and 2010 they licensed alot of the gamebryo parts

grave spruce Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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the tools they made for gamebryo was for Morrowind only

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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parts that are still in proceed

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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Gamebryo is pretty barebones

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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gamebryo is not at fault for any of this

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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they don't provide an awful lot of tools and such -so most of what Bethesda uses will be studio-made

dry moon Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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I hear great things about gamebryo

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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the problem is they're operating on a sunk-cost fallacy and refuse to get rid of them

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 6:58 PM

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V4 have you used the mod tools its the same engine

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:59 PM

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I worked with Gamebryo a while back and hated it

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 6:59 PM

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gamebryo has alot of great games running on it

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 6:59 PM

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but this was ~2006 or something

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I don't think there are that many Gamebryo games out there tbh

dry moon Dec 6, 2018, 6:59 PM

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Fallout 76

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Fallout 4

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Skyrim

grave spruce Dec 6, 2018, 6:59 PM

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yes but the modtool crash my computer

dry moon Dec 6, 2018, 7:00 PM

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Works for me :)

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:00 PM

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gamebryo has around 40 games

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but alot of them include extra platforms

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:00 PM

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40 is not a lot for an engine that's been around for over 20 years

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:00 PM

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only 10 are in netlemerse

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that is morrowind

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the last game was 2011

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:00 PM

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yeah 40 titles is not much for an tech thats around ~20 years

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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and i never heard of it

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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Dishonored 2 uses a custom engine

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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mind you it was NetImmerse before

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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they use the void engine

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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I'm including NetImmerse, hehe

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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which seems to be a clone from cryengine

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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and I'm not sure it's even as many as 40

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebryo

Gamebryo

Gamebryo (formerly NetImmerse until 2003) is a game engine. Gamebryo 3D and LightSpeed engines are owned by Gamebase Co., Ltd. and Gamebase USA and have been used by several video game developers including Atlus, Trion Worlds, 2K Games, Disney, Ubisoft, Bethesda Softworks, Fi...

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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If they choose UE4 over Cryengine, they are talking about Prey thats the only title that uses Cryengine

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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wiki's list obviously isn't complete, but it is also quite short

heavy ether Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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boss: "hey, here's our new project (url)" ... me: clones URL ... also, me: you said this was Unreal, not Unity. boss: well, that's the project, is make it Unreal.

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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And tbh don't think Prey was possible in UE4

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with this mediocre light

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:01 PM

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prey also uses void 😄

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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Prey uses Cryengine

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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but i assume from the engine insides that it was a cryengine clone once

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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Prey should have been pretty doable in UE4

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and yeah, new one is Cryengine

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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Prey is runnin on CE yeah

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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it looks like cryengine tbh

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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it was developed by the US team

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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alot of the inner workings are just like cryengines

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:02 PM

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Prey uses Cryengine and 100% realtime light, don't think you can do that on UE4 right now, cause is near impossible the whole scenes change light on realtime every single time

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:03 PM

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they have an advanced light engine ok

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but for the rest?

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:03 PM

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games on Prey level could easily do it with UE4

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:03 PM

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you create a proper prey game

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:03 PM

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since Enlighten license is not an issue 😄

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:03 PM

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you wouldnt need a large amount of extra code for that

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:04 PM

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now the question is

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:04 PM

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UE4's dynamic lighting isn't so bad when your scenes are built for it

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a Prey style environment would probably be alright

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:04 PM

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how many more GB will need Prey if where made with enlighten and UE4

silent lintel Dec 6, 2018, 7:04 PM

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guys, upgraded to new engine version from 4.20.x, now got this error when compiling:

Schweregrad Code Beschreibung Projekt Datei Zeile Unterdrückungszustand
Fehler MSB3073 Der Befehl ""F:\Unreal Engine\UE_4.21\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" StargazerEditor Win64 Development "F:\Projekte\Unreal\Stargazer\Stargazer.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" wurde mit dem Code -532462766 beendet. Stargazer C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets 44

Sorry its german, if needed i can translate it

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:04 PM

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the other questions is... do we even need proper light with gi reflections XD

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i think we could do without

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:04 PM

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lightprobes etc could be used

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if you have to right people to implement it

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:05 PM

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problem is that, there is not even light probes here

grave spruce Dec 6, 2018, 7:05 PM

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https://bethesda.net/en/article/3GOeNbl9yEuGgoKG82eSmQ/prey-mooncrash-typhon-hunter-coming-soon Prey VR is made in UE4

Bethesda.net

Prey: Mooncrash – Typhon Hunter Coming Soon

The free multiplayer Typhon Hunter update to Prey: Mooncrash is just around the corner. On December 11, you’ll be able to experience the game in a completely new way – with other people!

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:05 PM

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and each room have individual lights and colors

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and turn on and off

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:05 PM

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i thought mooncrash is a dlc XD

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:05 PM

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I mean you can add realtime lights on UE4 but there is no color difference

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:06 PM

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anyways

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:06 PM

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i mean we're talking about a Prey level production here

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:06 PM

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i am excited what arkane studios is doing with ue4

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:06 PM

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not the 1 or 2 man ue4 indie

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:06 PM

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prey level production?

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what did they do that we cant?

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:06 PM

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AAA

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:06 PM

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XD

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i feel like this game could easily come out of indie hands

tall pendant Dec 6, 2018, 7:07 PM

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you can't pull of an game like Prey as an 2 man studio tbfh

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:07 PM

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in other hand Dishonored 1 and 2 are 100% baked

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:07 PM

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hell systemshock is beeing developed by indies

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how is doshonored 2 baked

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the framerate is insanely low XD

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that game spits of realtime light

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:07 PM

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idk is based on ID Tech 5 but no idea how work at all

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probably isn't baked at all idk

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I know some levels change but no dynamically

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:08 PM

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yee but every object has dynamic shadows

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there is no seam

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:08 PM

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Systemshock probably isn't being developed at all right now, because that was funded by Starbreeze, IIRC

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:08 PM

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they used light probes for sure

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well till a point it was XD

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and that team also created underworld

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yee i know none of you know underworld...

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how sad

ancient ore Dec 6, 2018, 7:10 PM

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If I set an actor hidden in game using the function SetHiddenInGame(true); will my actor stop being rendered as a whole and will it feel like there is nothing in its place?

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:11 PM

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stop spamming your question

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 7:11 PM

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it will stop being rendered

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 7:12 PM

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By the way, we are talking about this on the UE4 channel ?

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:13 PM

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no

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:30 PM

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Underworld Ascendant was a disaster, now Starbreeze are going under, it doesn't look promising for SS3

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And I'm not even sure if that's such a terrible thing

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:30 PM

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i havent seen a review yet sadly

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noone seems to play it

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or has interest

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its extremly weird

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:31 PM

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Of UA?

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There are lots of reviews, about 65% of them negative

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The actual reviews are generally negative

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:31 PM

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but on youtube?

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videos that ohave over 10000 views

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and not some small youtubers nobody wants

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XD

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:32 PM

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I don't know about video reviews

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I meant written reviews

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And Steam reviews

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(Which are also written, but by random people rather than reviewers)

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Even the Looking Glass fanbase aren't overly interested in it because it's such a disaster

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I'll admit I haven't even bothered to pick up my key

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:33 PM

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i was not interested bc the gameplay looked extremly janky

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and chaotic

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but the artstyle was dope

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not ultra tho

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:34 PM

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Yeah, it was in all the betas

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I hated the art style and the game felt like a clunky tech demo

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improved slightly in the last beta but not by much

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:35 PM

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THEY SHOULDVE released a demo

olive yew Dec 6, 2018, 7:35 PM

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Can somene help me to make artifical grass in UE4?

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:36 PM

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A demo of the final version?

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Or a demo before?

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:36 PM

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a demo of the game XD

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:36 PM

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Because they gave beta access but didn't really listen to the feedback

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:36 PM

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like

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a demo

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a demo will always be the same XD

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:36 PM

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People were saying years ago that they needed to implement a proper save system

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:37 PM

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do they not have one?

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:37 PM

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No

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:37 PM

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how does it work

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:37 PM

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That's why a lot of the 65% negative reviews

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Basically it resets the world

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It doesn't save any world state at all

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Think like GTA or something

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:37 PM

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but player?

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skills?

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items?

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:37 PM

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Yes, saves that

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:38 PM

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ah

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mh

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:38 PM

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But if you save and quit 2 hours into a huge level

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back to the start

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:38 PM

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that is very sandboxy tho

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but i agree

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its bad

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i would like to ask them about it

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:38 PM

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They're working on it now

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:38 PM

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but people are to busy sucking fo76...

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:38 PM

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but only after launching and getting that many reviews?

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It was pretty obvious that you can't release a game without a working save system and expect people to be happy

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:39 PM

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yee

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:39 PM

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There are a lot of other issues, but that's the biggest one

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:39 PM

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i did mine yesterday by the way 😛

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i will show it off tomorrow

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:42 PM

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Save system?

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Someone released a free plugin on the Marketplace to handle saving, looked good but I didn't check it out yet

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:43 PM

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i am making that stuff myself :3

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:44 PM

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I'll need to do that at some point, anyway, either make it myself or use the plugin

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Probably something that should be done sooner rather than later

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:44 PM

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you should look at their save system yes

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my save system is saving levels and stats

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so you can trash one level and go into the next

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quit the game

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upload save somewhere else

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and load save... and level is still trashed

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its lovely

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:45 PM

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A hub system so the levels are saved when you leave?

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:46 PM

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no hub

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just every level

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:46 PM

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I'm confused, isn't saving the state of a level what a save system does?

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I don't get the part about uploading the save

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:47 PM

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that was just me saying that it is a real save 😄

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my game is like oblivion

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so you travel locations all day long

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not like dishonored or thief where you are in one locations

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and then go to the next

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without going back

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i can go back

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:48 PM

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Ah, okay

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I have no use for that for my current game

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But a good save system should support it

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Just updated my game to 4.21, don't see any obvious problems, weren't people saying 4.21 was really buggy?

static viper Dec 6, 2018, 7:50 PM

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i had massive issues

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 7:50 PM

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It made me upgrade Visual Studio, that was about it

vale silo Dec 6, 2018, 8:01 PM

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@gleaming creek to what version of Visual Studio ?

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 8:01 PM

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15.9.3

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Both VS2017 in either case

vale silo Dec 6, 2018, 8:02 PM

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oh, I already have 2017

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I guess I won't have to update

gleaming creek Dec 6, 2018, 8:02 PM

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No, I had VS2017

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but an older version thereof

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and it said there were known issues with it and I should upgrade

vale silo Dec 6, 2018, 8:03 PM

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I see

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 8:23 PM

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Any suggestions on how to make a collimated light? Spot's emitter size doesn't do anything, and I want a tiny divergence on a thick light beam.

plush yew Dec 6, 2018, 8:27 PM

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Hello guys

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i saw that Unreal engine runs SLI with forced AFR, im wondering, what is the key factory to make sure SLI is going to work on your game?

wary wave Dec 6, 2018, 8:33 PM

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Unreal engine runs SLI with forced AFR

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...does it?

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hmm, apparently so

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looks like this is specifically an Nvidia thing though, I mean the docs specifically say "It is recommended to talk directly with NVIDIA to set up this functionality with their own driver."

plush yew Dec 6, 2018, 8:36 PM

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I see

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Is just because we have those Nvidia inspector to change profiles

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But if we have to contact then, that sux

teal tulip Dec 6, 2018, 8:53 PM

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@clear ice don't think you can do that here, probably using different spotlights with masks ?

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no idea

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 9:24 PM

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Ok, I'll give it a shot! Thanks

dim scaffold Dec 6, 2018, 10:32 PM

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Anyone having issues with the launcher using 100% of your CPU?

clear ice Dec 6, 2018, 10:34 PM

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Could you get an emissive material to only emit with a Ray angle that’s 90 degrees to its normal?

grim sinew Dec 6, 2018, 11:01 PM

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Emissive materials don’t emit light so technically they’re emitting 0 degrees.

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The only time they do emit light is baked light when you turn on a certain checkbox nobody recommends because it has 1/10th the sample rate of normal lights so it looks horrid.

elfin jacinth Dec 6, 2018, 11:28 PM

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Hey all! Join us tonight at 8:30 PM EST on our Twitch channel. We'll be hosting the Video Game Awards and chatting!

weary basalt Dec 6, 2018, 11:31 PM

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Post the link in #share-your-stream as well that would be awesome!

elfin jacinth Dec 6, 2018, 11:31 PM

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_ nods sagely._

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 11:32 PM

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^yeah ban him for posting here hehhehehehehehe

elfin jacinth Dec 6, 2018, 11:32 PM

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I didn't post a link. nerd 😛

dark depot Dec 6, 2018, 11:32 PM

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hahahaha

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:18 AM

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what is the difference between Events and functions

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?

rose bison Dec 7, 2018, 12:19 AM

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are you asking in blueprints? There really is no difference under the hood. Events are just something that start an execution path on your event graph

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 12:21 AM

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As they said, no remarkable difference in bps. Functions are just convenient containers

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:22 AM

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so it doesn't matter weather i use events or functions they are both the same thing , or do i use one in some situation and the other in some other situation

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 12:22 AM

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It’s more to prevent the bp from turning into a spider web mess

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:23 AM

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i can totally relate xD

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:23 AM

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you definitely don't want to just use one or the other

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the primary difference is functions cannot do any async stuff (with a callback into them) and can have local variables, while events exist in the event graph and can do async but cannot have local variables.

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:24 AM

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but i noticed that the dev use them in the streams and in the tutorials a lot

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both of them

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:24 AM

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Yeah its not arbitrary

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My rule of thumb is that if you don't need the event graph you should probably use a function

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:25 AM

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so only when i use local variables !?

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:27 AM

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an event cannot return values either

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so there's also that

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:27 AM

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so that is why variables are made over and over in different BP

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:28 AM

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I'd only use events if you're going to do anything async

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No, that's because you're misapplying OOP

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:28 AM

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what's an async xD

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:28 AM

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tbf that's a bit harder to do in BP

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:28 AM

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and what is OOP

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:28 AM

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

YouTube

Brian Will

Object-Oriented Programming

Part of a larger series teaching programming. See http://codeschool.org/

▶ Play video

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:29 AM

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thanks

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and i love Beter Ban nice avatar

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:29 AM

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like if you're just copying over properties on every object you should use structs more

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ofc then you'll want a function library to operate on structs of that type

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:30 AM

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iI'm still not that advanced

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:33 AM

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well hey, you can still look into them.

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its not an RPG

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you can do things "underleveled"

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you might find it easier

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:34 AM

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i just start coding what ever comes to mind and when i find an error i go search it and it turnes out i need to recreate my whole thing cuz i was doing it wrong (the messy way)

rose bison Dec 7, 2018, 12:36 AM

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well, that's the way to do it. Just keep doing that for 10 years and you'll be an expert!

high stone Dec 7, 2018, 12:37 AM

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So many games have RPG mechanics these days.

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:37 AM

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xD i know man , that way i never forget what i learned

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also it's hard learning in a different language from my first language , nut i'm trying to overcome that

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:39 AM

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@strong mesa what was ur first language

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:39 AM

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... can i not say it !

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:39 AM

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php?

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visual basic...

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:40 AM

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ugh . no ...

coarse wigeon Dec 7, 2018, 12:40 AM

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https://twitter.com/UnrealEngine/status/1070839314886680576

Unreal Engine (@UnrealEngine)

Hey devs! Join us this evening on the #UE4 Twitch channel https://t.co/BUHhZqYgyZ for the 2018 Video Game Awards! We'll be hanging out in chat, celebrating all of the awesome projects on display this evening. The show begins at 8:30 PM EST / 5:30 PM PST.

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:40 AM

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like my actual real life language i talk

coarse wigeon Dec 7, 2018, 12:40 AM

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Watch party?

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:40 AM

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@strong mesa oh ok nvm

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:41 AM

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Sherrif that sounds a lot like how I program

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:41 AM

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i wish i knew coding , but that's even harder to learn in english

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:41 AM

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the just doing it bit

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how long have you been using UE4?

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:41 AM

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a fun way to learn OOP is to program. OOP without using classes and objects, thats how i first learned the concept

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:42 AM

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like a coble of months now

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:42 AM

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Okay, literally without classes its not OOP

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:43 AM

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@worn granite yes it is still, but u gotta create the stuff urself, the mindset is really the same. Since machine code dont really know objects, OOP concepts are just syntactic sugar of arrays

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u can do it using arrays, really fun

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:43 AM

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no

strong mesa Dec 7, 2018, 12:43 AM

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a few years ago i was getting into it but i was really young and my English was so bad i didn't event know how to talk normal talk

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:43 AM

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I doubt you're getting the orientation bit

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like yeah, you can get object like behavior without classes or ever instantiating anything other than atomics

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:44 AM

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@worn granite yes u do, its how objects are represented in memory anyway

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u gotta write ur own allocator etc

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:44 AM

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Yeah we're going to diagree on this cause we're arguing with different terms.

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:45 AM

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alright

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:45 AM

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Do you make heavy use of RAII ?

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 12:53 AM

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@worn granite yes I do when i used to make my own Object initialization and destruction

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but i did it only cus the language had no concept of objects

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so i coded my own framework for that

worn granite Dec 7, 2018, 12:56 AM

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🤔

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well then

elfin jacinth Dec 7, 2018, 1:13 AM

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@coarse wigeon Watch Party.

dry moon Dec 7, 2018, 1:15 AM

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Hopefully some ACTUAL gameplay for Death Stranding this time

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because its been 2 years and I still don't know what the hell is going on besides walking around

coarse wigeon Dec 7, 2018, 1:18 AM

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IT is about being stranding in death

dry moon Dec 7, 2018, 1:18 AM

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I mean I get the story parts, but my focus is what the gameplay is

delicate lintel Dec 7, 2018, 1:22 AM

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hey dudes. im trying to have a line trace hit a character which has clothing items equipped, but i cant get the ray to hit just the clothes, it either hits the pawn collision capsule, or goes through everything . i also tried a custom collision channel, with no results

flat stump Dec 7, 2018, 1:35 AM

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The Unreal website seems to switch to Japanese on me all the time

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its kind of annoying

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it even has en-us in the url but the main menu bar is still in japanese

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 1:36 AM

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@delicate lintel did u try complex collision

dry moon Dec 7, 2018, 1:37 AM

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@flat stump just learn japanese

flat stump Dec 7, 2018, 1:37 AM

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LOL

delicate lintel Dec 7, 2018, 1:39 AM

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@icy bone its a skeletal mesh, i was just looking at enabling per poly collision

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 1:43 AM

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Look into it’s physic asset in that case

delicate lintel Dec 7, 2018, 1:44 AM

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not sure what i should do there tho

novel mango Dec 7, 2018, 1:54 AM

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@flat stump do you perhaps have japanese installed as one of your languages in the OS or perhaps your browser lists it under navigator.languages?

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I know that Windows Store likes giving you apps in languages based on your installed languages rather than language preference. And if it's lacking a translation in that specific language it'll jump to the next one.

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Also I do remember that some sites would serve me Japanese pages when I had it installed in my OS.

flat stump Dec 7, 2018, 1:57 AM

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no actually I uninstalled all the non-english languages and only reinstall them if I am going to be needing to use them a lot in a short time because so many applications use ctrl shift z for undo and ctrl shift is switch language on windows and it is a major pain in the ass

novel mango Dec 7, 2018, 1:57 AM

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change it

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well, disable it

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that's what i did

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you could still check your browser's navigator.languages though

manic pawn Dec 7, 2018, 1:58 AM

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you can disable the silly change language shortcut somehow

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I vaguely remember doing that after being very confused what kept changing the language for no reason

novel mango Dec 7, 2018, 1:59 AM

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yeah, you can definitely disable it

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i need to have english as my top language so all the apps default to english

flat stump Dec 7, 2018, 1:59 AM

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oh man I have tried changing the language hotkeys but windows language support is in this weird state right now where there are "new windows 10 settings" and legacy windows settings and they are different and argh major time wasted just gave up

novel mango Dec 7, 2018, 1:59 AM

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instead of my native language

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@flat stump i know, but at least for now, the "Additional date, time, & regional settings" button in the Region & Language menu opens up the old Clock, Language, and Region menu (because it's better!!!)

flat stump Dec 7, 2018, 2:00 AM

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because of this I always make both ctrl-shift-z and ctrl-y both do redo in the applications I write to save other people trouble

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I used to use a Dvorak keyboard and it was like 2 years before I figured out how to get it to let me delete that layout

novel mango Dec 7, 2018, 2:02 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/elKzTiq.png <-- here's a picture of where you can change it

Imgur

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it's like 5 menus deep though

olive edge Dec 7, 2018, 3:03 AM

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what would be the proper name for a line following an actor when a actor is in motion?
or proper pharasing
for example if i have a ball moving from 1 location to another how do i make a line follow the ball.
similar to tron legacy death beams behind all the vehicles
visually only

weary basalt Dec 7, 2018, 3:04 AM

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Ghosting?

olive edge Dec 7, 2018, 3:05 AM

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📎 rfehdg_hf.PNG

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this affect^

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the affect that follow the car

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ahh found it

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its called ghost trails

icy bone Dec 7, 2018, 4:02 AM

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@olive edge its called ribbon

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@olive edge u can get this effect by using ribbon particles

olive edge Dec 7, 2018, 4:06 AM

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ah ok thx

dawn vessel Dec 7, 2018, 5:54 AM

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How do I get my Project to run at unlimited FPS by default.

grim sinew Dec 7, 2018, 5:55 AM

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Turn off framerate smoothing.

dawn vessel Dec 7, 2018, 5:55 AM

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Thanks.

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It looks like the Editor is locked at 120 FPS by default too?

grim sinew Dec 7, 2018, 5:59 AM

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And it will stay that way.

broken shadow Dec 7, 2018, 6:27 AM

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What would necessitate going higher than 120 FPS?

grim sinew Dec 7, 2018, 6:30 AM

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In case someone wants to do some serious gaming... in editor mode...

plush yew Dec 7, 2018, 6:35 AM

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hi all 😄

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what does epic staff meqans in this chaT?

dawn vessel Dec 7, 2018, 6:53 AM

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Just for testing what my game can go up to

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@broken shadow

broken shadow Dec 7, 2018, 6:53 AM

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Ahhhh

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I'll take that as sheer curiosity 😄

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Also howdy from ARK Modding Biggums :P

dawn vessel Dec 7, 2018, 7:14 AM

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😛

wary wave Dec 7, 2018, 7:34 AM

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Unlocking the editor framerate wouldn't be representative of what the game.can do anyway

south ridge Dec 7, 2018, 8:25 AM

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It would be representative of the Slate overhead in editor

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😄

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I dunno if it's just us or everyone, but I always see slate consuming a ton of CPU time

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And I can reasonably see why

errant chasm Dec 7, 2018, 8:47 AM

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where can I see linked images on the bug tracker? I had an issue with VR artifacts, and someone on the unreal subreddit linked me to a tracker page. I want to know if it's the same one I have and the description menitions screenshots but I can't see any

manic delta Dec 7, 2018, 9:00 AM

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Dose anyone have Ultimate Touch Component to share?

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 9:15 AM

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i think this is the right place to post this if not sorry

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Right so im having an issue in 4.20 with reimporting, it was fine before but no clue what has happened, so when i click reimport, it says "Failed To Reimport", so i try again and it either says it again or instead it opens up the file explorer to select a file to import, this usually only happens when its source location no longer exists but in this case it still exists, so i click on the same asset that im trying to reimport in the file explorer and click open (to reimport this file) does nothing at all, doesnt update the file with new version and also get no messages or anything, basically nothing happens.

Also if i do a fresh import of the same file, it imports the updated version but if i try reimporting that file (bare in mind that when you import something it automatically stores the source location for reimporting) it does the exact same thing and breaks.

This only happens on this project, every other ue4 project is fine.

Also if i click "Open Source Location" and the source location is on the local server (Not my pc) it does nothing, but if the source location is on the local version (one on my pc which is a exact copy of the server version but the local one) it opens the source location (this is just another issue im concerned about, could be related not sure).

Also if anyone knows how to get more information onto why it failed to reimport, cause all i get is "Failed To Reimport" with no info on why it failed cause nothing goes into the output log or message log so if anyone knows how to get more info please let me know cause it might help tracking down the cause of this.

Also curious if any of you guys have ran into this issue before.

static viper Dec 7, 2018, 9:16 AM

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there is no place for blocktext wall XD

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 9:18 AM

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huh?

static viper Dec 7, 2018, 9:19 AM

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its just a massive text wall :c

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do some line breaks

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 9:20 AM

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its readable

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better?

static viper Dec 7, 2018, 9:27 AM

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it was just an advice.

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and you didnt change anything except putting it in a box.

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 9:34 AM

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i know but was hoping itd make it easier to read

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plus i cant add spaces otherwise ill have to do it in 2 posts

static viper Dec 7, 2018, 9:35 AM

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for the sake of visuals you can ofc add new lines

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:51 AM

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@junior oxide
Add
Spaces

With

Shift + Enter

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 AM

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I wonder why epic made a function to break the HitResult

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 AM

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why not ?

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 AM

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Cause you can't hide the unused members on it

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 AM

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hmm

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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it'll always be this

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 AM

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ah yeah

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takes too much space in your blueprints ? :p

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:53 AM

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It's really annoying yeah

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Wondering if you could make a custom one that has all parameters as advance listed

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:53 AM

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I wish we could add a bulk selection to an array

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https://gfycat.com/ShamefulHappygoluckyBlesbok

Gfycat

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this is annoying

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 9:55 AM

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@languid shard think that made it worse haha

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:55 AM

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well at least it adds readability 😉

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thing is

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:55 AM

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I once made a plugin to bulk assign materials to meshes

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based on naming

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:55 AM

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you broke your lines when it doesnt need it @junior oxide

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you need to break them when you change subject or end a sentence

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:56 AM

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https://twitter.com/exifrexi/status/947916641500848128

Cedric 'eXi' (@exifrexi)

Created a Plugin, that helps bulk and auto assigning materials in @UnrealEngine. Could extend it with more useful functions in the future.
@KiaArmani @Luos_83 @UnrealAlexander
#UE4 #gamedev #indiedev #unrealdev https://t.co/WytCnDKZsv

▶ Play video

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:57 AM

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huh thats cool

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 9:57 AM

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what happened with that ?

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:57 AM

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I gave it to the person who asked for it

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And never touched it again

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:57 AM

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wish we culd drag n drop a selection to the array and it filled it automagically with compatible asset types

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 9:57 AM

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hey I asked for it in github

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kappaross

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:58 AM

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Alright, 390€ marketplace release inc

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 9:58 AM

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😂

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dont forget to release a video

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😄

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 9:58 AM

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Just need Joe on my side to fight all the poor people, right? ...

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Na jokes aside, the water plugin is nice and probably worth the price

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 9:59 AM

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done

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 10:00 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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I should really just redo this in C++

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BREAK on functions is so annoying

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Top right looks super chaotic cause you don't really want to copy paste the huge break hit result node

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So all the wires come from one -.-

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 10:01 AM

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collapse the hit result node

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 10:02 AM

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To a collapsed graph?

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 10:03 AM

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think thats what its called yeah

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just makes it look neater

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"Collapse Nodes"

lucid jetty Dec 7, 2018, 10:38 AM

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I got a pure function that contains only the outputs i need from a break hit result so it looks way smaller 🤗

spring sleet Dec 7, 2018, 10:39 AM

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hi, why Get All OverLapping actors doesn't work with instanced static meshes and always gives me none ?

grim juniper Dec 7, 2018, 10:50 AM

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I think if you use a break node you can actually choose which outputs are visible in the details panel with the break node selected

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Works for all structs I believe

static viper Dec 7, 2018, 10:50 AM

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the hit result is special tho

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you can split it like a normal struct

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but its not an array or struct

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its a list of outputs

grim juniper Dec 7, 2018, 10:52 AM

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Well, I know it works with structs, but it might also work with anything a break node is for. I'm just not sure

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Also, I'm pretty sure hit results is a struct. The engine has a lot of premade structs for stuff. An example being splines. I've spent a lot of time messing around with splines, and I made some functions to easily copy and paste splines by saving their data to a struct which already exisits in the engine content

sudden agate Dec 7, 2018, 11:00 AM

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@regal mulch I didn't expect such horrible graphs from you tbh.

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 11:01 AM

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Didn't know you were in a position to expect something from me :D

grim juniper Dec 7, 2018, 11:01 AM

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I've wanted to share them with others on the forum and stuff, but I've just been lazy and haven't written a post for it yet. It's nice because you can just copy and paste the BP graph and you only need to manually setup the functions and create variables from a few variable nodes since the struct already exists in the engine you don't need to set one up

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 11:02 AM

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On the other hand, yes that graph isn't perfect, but I just spend an hour cleaning it up and there isn't much to change, despite adding unneccessary varaibles and sequences everywhere.

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Will move the base class to c++ one day

sudden agate Dec 7, 2018, 11:03 AM

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I wish I had the patience for writing UE C++ :(

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 11:04 AM

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then just copy it from the net

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kappaross

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 11:04 AM

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Thing is, a lot of stuff is nicer in C++ in terms of "clean graph/function"

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Instead of breaking the HitResult

sudden agate Dec 7, 2018, 11:04 AM

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It is difficult to maintain a "readability" for blueprints

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 11:04 AM

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I can do "HitResult.Location"

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 11:04 AM

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yeah BP turn a nightmare even for just small functions to compare values all the time etc

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plus the 0 control if you're out of the engine

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 11:05 AM

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We moved 90% of the GameMode and GameState stuff to C++ now

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As well as the whole movement code

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It just takes some time

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Previously the resources weren't available to spend the extra time on it, so BPs had to be used.

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the specific graph actually came together rushed to fix a bug

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 11:06 AM

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I do the gamestate and instance at the first on C++

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easier to manage vars etc

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 11:06 AM

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Our GameMode alone has 1.6k lines in the cpp file

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.>

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Movement comp is at 2.9k without multiplayer implementation

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xD also kinda horror, but better than BPs

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 11:07 AM

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well yeah that... ¯_(ツ)_/¯ xd

sudden agate Dec 7, 2018, 11:20 AM

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what does your gamemode contain?

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@regal mulch

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because I am thinking about writing GameMode and Movement in C++ aswell (CMC is too bloated for my cases).

ruby folio Dec 7, 2018, 11:51 AM

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Can I be done modelling rocks now?

📎 unknown.png

regal mulch Dec 7, 2018, 12:16 PM

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@sudden agate All settings for the GameMode. Additional MatchStates and handling those. Handling server only code, such as reacting to a kill of a pawn

plush yew Dec 7, 2018, 12:29 PM

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I need some serious help for a prototype. Please let me know if someone can work with blueprints and use existing Advance Vehicle Template. Thanks 👌

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 12:58 PM

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hey

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im having a problem

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sphere is not plugging in that socket. it says static mesh component reference is not compaitable with instanced static mesh component

📎 Screenshot_905.png

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 1:03 PM

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is that init event a custom made event or an actual node

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@bronze tree

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just asking cause first time seeing it haha

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 1:04 PM

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custom made?

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 1:04 PM

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static mesh component =! instanced static mesh component

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 1:05 PM

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ooh

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do you know any way of plugging that thing there?

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 1:06 PM

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what exactly are you wanting to use the init event for whatever that is

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like i would look myself but at moment im migrating a 50gb project

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 1:07 PM

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that init event, its for hovering my character

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 1:08 PM

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is it a custom event im guessing then

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 1:09 PM

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ya. I want to plug my character mesh in that mesh component socket so that it can make the character hover

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 1:10 PM

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right go to the source event

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the one in floor detector

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 1:12 PM

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ya

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 1:12 PM

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click on the custom event

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then at the top right under output change the instanced static mesh component reference to a static mesh component reference

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 1:16 PM

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it worked

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thanks

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 1:16 PM

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no worries

bronze tree Dec 7, 2018, 1:17 PM

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😀

brave lark Dec 7, 2018, 2:03 PM

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is there a place I can discuss xbox and UE4 stuff? I don't see a listing for it or windows universal platform either

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i'm having issues launching my packaged game on my xbox

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 2:06 PM

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@brave lark consoles are under heavy NDA,

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isnt there a private section of the UE4 forums for console dev ?

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 2:06 PM

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dont you need a dev license or something to do that

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like you do with phones etc

brave lark Dec 7, 2018, 2:18 PM

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no this is not the dev kit this is UWP

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anyone can make and launch to an xbox one

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this is a format that performs not as ideally as a dev kit build but anyone can do so and has access to it if they have an xbox

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this same format can launch on your win 10 machine as well

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essentially you are given a sandbox mode to test your package in and a bunch of tools to use including xbox live features

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see question on UE4 forums here

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/712088/can-i-create-a-game-in-ue4-for-uwp-windows-10-plat.html

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the github to the custom engine version is here

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https://github.com/MICROSOFT-XBOX-ATG/MICROSOFT_UWP_UNREAL

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unfortunately it's only 4.19, but once I can successfully launch my stuff I'll figure out how to update the engine to at least 4.20

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@languid shard @junior oxide

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@tough berry can you make a section for xbox/uwp under platforms?

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i'm surprised more people don't know about this

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 2:23 PM

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ya know kris is a forum mod

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if you want to suggest new channels you have to ask in #server-feedback

brave lark Dec 7, 2018, 2:24 PM

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posted

tough berry Dec 7, 2018, 2:24 PM

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What he said.

brave lark Dec 7, 2018, 2:24 PM

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^^^

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well damn, does anyone know of someone here who would be knowledgeable on xbox/UWP development?

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microsoft hasn't updated their github in two engine versions so I'm out of luck there

junior oxide Dec 7, 2018, 2:41 PM

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well i found the issue to my post so dw about it

grim ore Dec 7, 2018, 3:24 PM

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I know Houdini popped up a few times in regards to what we can use it for with UE4 and here is a good example of using the simulation systems to fracture a door then bringing it into UE4 as an animation. https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/a3y9t3/my_first_attempt_of_destruction_in_ue4/

r/unrealengine - My first attempt of destruction in UE4.

60 votes and 6 comments so far on Reddit

languid shard Dec 7, 2018, 3:25 PM

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some day I will have the time to learn houdini for UE

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that day will be glorious

paper kernel Dec 7, 2018, 3:45 PM

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I can't deal with houdini

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the amount of permissions they require to even run on my machine makes me uncomfortable

brave lark Dec 7, 2018, 3:47 PM

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@scarlet birch I'm in that program. still going through the dev kit request process

grim ore Dec 7, 2018, 4:01 PM

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My thought would be it lets him get it on the console for free right now rather than waiting for approval

hushed sinew Dec 7, 2018, 4:04 PM

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Can I run my multiplayer game on this server: (its a virtual server) and is there any help how to do that:
https://www.ngz-server.de/vserver/vsmall/server_mieten/

VPS Small mieten | NGZ-Server.de

Miet jetzt deinen eigenen Virtual Private Server um deine Webseiten oder Gameserver zu hosten, kleine Preise große Leistung.

grim ore Dec 7, 2018, 4:09 PM

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in theory you can as you can build out a linux dedicated server. https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Dedicated_Server_Guide_(Windows_%26_Linux) is a guide to making one then you just have to get it there and run it.

Dedicated_Server_Guide_(Windows_%26_Linux)

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I personally only have experience with windows dedicated servers but the process should be similar.

hushed sinew Dec 7, 2018, 4:11 PM

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Ok thank you!

vast pine Dec 7, 2018, 4:22 PM

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Anyone familiar or know what to search for to say sequence record a character to play itback, like say I want to for sequence wise have a character run jump a box etc then script a camera to follow it, like a cutscene

grim ore Dec 7, 2018, 4:24 PM

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If you check out the action rpg sample from the learn tab it has an introduction sequence using sequencer and animation playback that you might be able to pick apart.

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but using sequencer to just animate a camera and animate a character should be what you want to do.

vast pine Dec 7, 2018, 4:25 PM

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Ok thanks

latent moth Dec 7, 2018, 4:49 PM

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where is an appropriate place to discuss profiling? I've got quite the issues with some assets and I'd like to understand how to get them game ready. I did the basic profiling stuff but don't know how to proceed

fierce swift Dec 7, 2018, 5:00 PM

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hey! how do I remove a triangle from skeletal mesh?

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thanks

grave nebula Dec 7, 2018, 5:04 PM

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@latent moth cpp, blueprints, and graphics. Depending on the nature.

latent moth Dec 7, 2018, 5:05 PM

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GPU-bound, so I guess graphics

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thanks

high stone Dec 7, 2018, 5:26 PM

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$6,428.97 for a 6tb SSD, $403.95 for a 2tb SSD. Sigh another year of waiting for reasonable prices. Anyone familiar with the new models that are coming out this month?

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 6:25 PM

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Tesla dev tutorial/10

plush yew Dec 7, 2018, 6:27 PM

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xd

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i see u watch too much tutorials from him

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but this is not tesla

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 6:35 PM

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Steve then?

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 6:41 PM

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so how you did that cloud ?

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I had serous problems with the lerp of colors in vertical making clouds

warm rune Dec 7, 2018, 6:44 PM

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Did anyone here ever worked with Unreal Engine and rendered a tv show or vfx shot with it?

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 6:45 PM

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g8A0Etf-ekY

YouTube

Steve's Tutorials

Ue4: advanced materials (Ep. 39 Making Simple Dynamic Clouds)

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StevesTutorials Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevesTutorials

▶ Play video

teal tulip Dec 7, 2018, 6:51 PM

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but the one you did is tessellated ? @abstract relic

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thought was in 2d

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 7:01 PM

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Bucik’s is most likely a tessellated sphere, not a plane

wispy pasture Dec 7, 2018, 7:02 PM

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If I have a static mesh actor, like a wall for example, can I change its size by dragging one of the faces/lines/vertices like in 3DS Max, or is the only way to do it by messing with the transform values?

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 7:12 PM

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You can get away with it using morph target, vertex colour, world displacement through materials, and the like. It's generally not practical for a simple object however. Use the Box brush if you want a quick wall with tiled uvs.

wispy pasture Dec 7, 2018, 7:13 PM

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Ah I see, thanks

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Someone mentioned changing the origin of the object so when I scale it, for example, it'll only scale in one direction... is there any downside to doing it that way?

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 7:15 PM

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No

wispy pasture Dec 7, 2018, 7:17 PM

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Awesome thanks

plush yew Dec 7, 2018, 7:20 PM

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Hello

brave lark Dec 7, 2018, 7:23 PM

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@scarlet birch @grim ore my reasons involving cross play for VR and non VR as well as making use of pixel streaming when I can upgrade the build to 4.21

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also matt, I was literally watching your vid when you popped in lol

frail sail Dec 7, 2018, 7:50 PM

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hey guys can someone look at #packaging ? its very weird.

wispy pasture Dec 7, 2018, 8:18 PM

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I'm running UE4 with nvidia's gameworks build and it seems to be set up to build on a network rather than just locally, so I'm getting "swarm failed to kick off" errors. Is there a simple switch in UE4 editor I can toggle or is this going to be more complicated?

sinful umbra Dec 7, 2018, 8:55 PM

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You need to build UnrealLightmass

wispy pasture Dec 7, 2018, 8:55 PM

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Solved in case anyone cares, had to recompile the Lightmass module in Visual Studio

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Haha, thanks

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I was about to start pulling hair out

dim creek Dec 7, 2018, 8:59 PM

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Has anyone built a Discord API plugin yet? If not I guess I will.

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I know for their beta game SDK they theorertically have soemthing but thats in limited release and has lots of functions I dont need.

manic pawn Dec 7, 2018, 9:01 PM

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why does ResavePackages commandlet in 4.21 write all log messages twice?

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📎 unknown.png

tender dome Dec 7, 2018, 9:08 PM

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hi! ive gotta problem. whenever i build from vs, a new instance of editor opens up. is there any way to stop it from happening?

solemn ocean Dec 7, 2018, 9:17 PM

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Yo guys

stuck orchid Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 PM

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Anyone can recommend a good book about (game) server architecture/game backend?

spring blade Dec 7, 2018, 10:22 PM

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Does anyone know how i can check if an actor is touching static mesh

abstract relic Dec 7, 2018, 10:33 PM

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Use raycasting and have it report the hit result

oak temple Dec 7, 2018, 11:17 PM

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Didn't find a channel for sequencer, so I figured I'd ask here. I need to export a tracked animation out of sequencer at 24 fps, but the exporter is truncating the data into 25 fps causing my frames to not align. Does anyone know how to export from sequencer at 24 fps? I can't find any settings to toggle

wise prism Dec 7, 2018, 11:34 PM

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Hey guys how would I go about getting rid of this seam in the road?

📎 Screenshot_2.png

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Can anyone help me?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:05 AM

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is it a spline?

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you just need to make your textures seamless

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:05 AM

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yes

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How would I do that?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:06 AM

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For me I use photoshop and the spot retoucher

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https://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-make-a-seamless-texture-in-photoshop-redux/

Medialoot

How To Make A Seamless Texture in Photoshop (Redux)

For this tutorial I wanted to revisit the topic of making seamless textures in Photoshop and share with you a new, incredibly simple technique which makes the entire process much easier than before. It even works on some textures which I would have c

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:06 AM

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I don't have photoshop

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:07 AM

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gimp probably has similar tools

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:07 AM

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I got the texture off of this website

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https://www.cgbookcase.com/textures/two-lane-road-clean-01

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:08 AM

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weird it seems to be seamless already might be lightmap issue

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:09 AM

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I used this free road tool and set up texture coords

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:10 AM

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Hmm I had issues with an older free road tool in the past wonder if its the same

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It wasn't aligning the splines very accurately

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:10 AM

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I tried it with a regular spline and it wouldn't tile correctly

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This road tool fixes up tiling and it looks way better than Unreals spline

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:11 AM

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https://www.gameartguppy.com/tutorial-how-to-create-a-seamless-texture-in-gimp/

Game Art Guppy

Tutorial: How To Create A Seamless Texture in GIMP - Game Art Guppy

Creating a seamless texture is ridiculously easy if you use GIMP, a free program similar to Photoshop. Find out how!

light thunder Dec 8, 2018, 12:11 AM

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VR is a bit dead and this should be a simple question - is it possible to set the transform/location of the actual motion controller, or the mesh itself, to "glue" the controller to a surface?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:11 AM

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well for now I'd try making it seemless in gimp, its a free photo editor

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what kind of surface?

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:12 AM

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@oak temple Would I have to do it to all the textures?

light thunder Dec 8, 2018, 12:12 AM

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I mean to actual move it's location - i'm trying to open a valve and I've heard what you need to do is attached the valve to the actor and then prevent the actor from moving otuside of a certain range

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:12 AM

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You can start with the BC and only use that if it works there then go through the rest

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:13 AM

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But wouldn't the texture be all messed up if I have them each different?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:14 AM

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possibly but you have to go through problem solving steps first, so if it fixes one texture then you know thats where the issue is

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Basically solve the problem first then start worrying about layering

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:14 AM

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Maybe its the way I UV mapped it?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:15 AM

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possibly

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:15 AM

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I didn't get the verticies and edges exactly pixel by pixel, since I don't really know how to do that.

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:16 AM

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you need a photo editor of some sort if you want it that detailed without something like substance, so I would start picking up gimp or photoshop

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the way I do it for things that I am laying an image over is I bring in an image of the UV map and then overlay the texture I want to apply on that uv map

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can just delete the uv map layer after and export

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:17 AM

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Im putting it back in blender

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How do you layer the image over it?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:17 AM

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you need a photo editor

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:17 AM

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And how do you make sure that the model is up to scale witht he texture?

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I'll download gimp then

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:18 AM

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shouldn't matter uvs/textures are separate from model scale outside of like 1k vs 4k textures bigger models do better with bigger textures in that case because game engines work through rasterization where we literally lay that texture image on the geo and then what is shown is our textures

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@light thunder are you just trying to turn a valve?

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:21 AM

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I want to show you how I UV mapped it, because that might be why this is messed up

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:22 AM

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for sure just upload a snip is fine

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:23 AM

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Here it is

📎 Screenshot_3.png

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@oak temple

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:25 AM

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or a box?

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is it a grid?

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:35 AM

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I may have polished it up a bit.

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Gonna export it back into Ue4 to see if its better

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Might be a tiling problem

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:37 AM

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that doesn't look right to me tbh it looks like the stock uv map for a grid which is ok if thats what you're going for but for roads what I usually do is at least two models one for interior which is a box with the front,, bottom, and end cutoff then the edges beveled and smoothed then one with an end cap for the ends. I then use a uv projection and that shoots down on it creating the uv

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I can take a look at it tonight if you send me the files need to head home soon though

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📎 untitled.png

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its a seamless texture though, just need to get your uvs right

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:55 AM

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Did you set that up?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:56 AM

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ya just used those textures in the link

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 12:57 AM

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Can you send me the model files? The problem may just be the raod tool itself

honest vale Dec 8, 2018, 12:58 AM

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it looks like Epic's store is a shitshow when it comes to actually abiding to laws and regulations in EU

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 12:58 AM

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📎 grid.obj

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 1:00 AM

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That's just UVs. I don't know what to do with these

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 1:01 AM

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Its just a grid thats uved haha

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 1:01 AM

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How does this help?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 1:02 AM

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idk I was just showing you the textures are ok its the uvs that are being problematic

wise prism Dec 8, 2018, 1:02 AM

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How would I properly UV then?

oak temple Dec 8, 2018, 1:03 AM

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📎 Capture.PNG

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depends on your software this is all I have to do in houdini

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https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/modifiers/modify/uv_project.html

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if you're doing a flat object this should be fine just have to tweak it usually so that it projects correctly

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If you're doing something with curves you have to uv unwrap which involves cutting the uvs, then laying them out

worthy oyster Dec 8, 2018, 2:07 AM

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guys, seems like i found a bug.. don't know if intended

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but if you create a UPROPERTY from a class that inherits from UDataAsset

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and make it private

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(even with allowprivateaccess)

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it WON'T be able to find any DataAssets created by it

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but if you change to public.. all good

gleaming creek Dec 8, 2018, 2:09 AM

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Might want to report that via the black hole bug tracker?

worthy oyster Dec 8, 2018, 2:21 AM

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been a while since i reported a bug

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last time was via answerhub

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where do i do it now?

blazing shore Dec 8, 2018, 2:32 AM

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@worthy oyster Here's an addition place to submit bugs --- >
https://epicsupport.force.com/unrealengine/s/

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Anyone try benchmarking the RTX 2080ti in UE4 yet?

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Thinking about getting my hands on one, to do some realtime look dev projects.

lethal breach Dec 8, 2018, 2:39 AM

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Hey guys, I'm watching a UE4 tutorial on Youtube and it shows the developer's input keymaps in their BP details panel when they go to the Class Defaults. Mine does not. How do I get this to show up in the Class Defaults Details panel?

gleaming creek Dec 8, 2018, 2:55 AM

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If something shows up in the class defaults then it's been made as a public variable

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I'm not quite sure about input keymaps, do you mean input bindings? Because those are in project settings

worthy oyster Dec 8, 2018, 2:56 AM

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thx man!

gleaming creek Dec 8, 2018, 2:56 AM

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And yes, that's the new bug tracker

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I really don't like, but it's what we have to use now

robust flume Dec 8, 2018, 3:57 AM

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anyone point me in direction of some technical information for Unreal Engine Game Server Hardware information.

wary wave Dec 8, 2018, 5:35 AM

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@honest vale what do you mean?

honest vale Dec 8, 2018, 7:36 AM

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they collect a ton of data on you without telling for what

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as far as I can see

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and generally people seem to think that Epic's store is just a way for Chinese government to get data on you 😄

novel spire Dec 8, 2018, 8:56 AM

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Hm, I hate when privacy is breached too.

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But whenever I'm on Windows, I assume a minimal amount of privacy ~

molten tusk Dec 8, 2018, 12:13 PM

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Got a few question about lightning and volumetric lightmap, i'm in the support voice channel if someone want to take a few minutes

wise barn Dec 8, 2018, 12:22 PM

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Is UE4 4.21.1 compatible with VS 2017 v 15.9.3?

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Hey guys

rose bison Dec 8, 2018, 12:40 PM

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I think it's actually required to package with 4.21.1

small flame Dec 8, 2018, 1:06 PM

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I'm a complete noob when it comes to Unreal, is this group an appropriate place to ask questions? If so, which section.

fierce tulip Dec 8, 2018, 1:09 PM

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depends on the question

fierce tulip Dec 8, 2018, 2:10 PM

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https://i.gyazo.com/d610aed309512bd749fe1793797d6662.gif animator was allowed to make a new rig, can tell he is having fun with the animations

small flame Dec 8, 2018, 2:13 PM

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hahah

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Well, I'm starting a 2D side scroller just as a test. I have the health bar working but what I'm trying to do is when the character lands on a spike it takes damage....Like I said I'm really new lol

fierce tulip Dec 8, 2018, 2:15 PM

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can be done in a few ways, but either on impact with spike collision, or a volume over a spikey surface that does damage.
you prolly could ask in #blueprint

small flame Dec 8, 2018, 2:17 PM

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Okay thank you.

haughty axle Dec 8, 2018, 3:44 PM

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Hey guys im following a tutorial on youtube using the Elemental Demo under learn in Epic Games Launcher to create a level for myself. however Im trying to use the stuff now into a third person blueprint so im able to walk around it (as I cant in level creator) Any ideas on how i can do this? Or how I can implement the mannequin into the level design and make my game from there.

iron wadi Dec 8, 2018, 3:47 PM

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Hey, how are you referencing DataAssets for cooker?
I have my DataAssets in a folder hierarchy and I included the top level folder into Aditional directories to cook.
But the packaged game hangs on loading this package (it contains only a mesh and an animation BP)

sharp pine Dec 8, 2018, 4:21 PM

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i need help one peaople use maya ? for cretate buildings ?

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:22 PM

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i use maya

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:30 PM

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Well hello there people

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I am trying to open ue4 project with visual studio but i i get this..

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sec

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sorry peeps its taking a while for it to load and throw in the error

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📎 unknown.png

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and even when i just make a new project and open it i still dont get visual studio

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and i need it because of my course

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which uses c++ with visual studio and ue4

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it worked just fine like 5 months ago

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but when i reinstalled my pc

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rip

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:33 PM

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it says what you need todo

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:36 PM

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Im sorry im new to this

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what does it say?

grim ore Dec 8, 2018, 4:37 PM

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well it says Windows SDK 8.1 needs to be installed on the last line

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:37 PM

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I see thank you im really noobish at this

sharp pine Dec 8, 2018, 4:40 PM

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@static viper we can talk mp ?

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:40 PM

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talk what?

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what is mp?

bitter iris Dec 8, 2018, 4:41 PM

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Anyone benefitting from 4.21.1?

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Gunna switch from 4.20.3 i think

sharp pine Dec 8, 2018, 4:41 PM

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private

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:41 PM

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no we cannot ^^

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:51 PM

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Well i just realised sdk 8.1 needs either windows 8.1 or 10

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i am on 7

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and my gpu doesnt work correctly on 8.1 or 10 ¯_(ツ)_/¯

leaden garnet Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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what GPU is it

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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regardless of that

leaden garnet Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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sounds really old

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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amd readon r7 200

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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you can install windows sdk 8.1 on windows 7.

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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i am not really sure which one

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i cant find the links to it

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to download it

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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its in the visual studio install tool.

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:52 PM

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i think its 240 1 gb

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ok ill see

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:53 PM

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the tool is auto installed with vs.

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so you might already have it

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:53 PM

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well if i get the error

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i dont

bitter iris Dec 8, 2018, 4:53 PM

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Most likely a nooby question but I'm interested so; Has Epic/UE4 released information on how to make dedicated servers without using Steam? As Epic have their own store coming up and just wondering if they have or havent yet said about server browsers like steam has (again nooby so sorry in return)

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:54 PM

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you get the error bc win sdk 8.1 is not installed

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:54 PM

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yeah

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:54 PM

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the install tool tho is eeither there or not

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:54 PM

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i dont really know where to find it sir

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:54 PM

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just go to your vs folder in startmenu

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:54 PM

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ok

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then?

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:55 PM

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its called visual studio installer.

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:55 PM

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i dont have it

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:55 PM

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then download it quickly

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its a tiny tool

plush yew Dec 8, 2018, 4:55 PM

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from where sir?

static viper Dec 8, 2018, 4:55 PM

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google

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XD

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its literally visual studio installer