#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 356

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:50 PM

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And it's assets bought off the market place

misty creek Dec 14, 2018, 11:50 PM

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Okay, I'm pretty sure that those should show up. What is the file extension?

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:51 PM

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.uproject

misty creek Dec 14, 2018, 11:52 PM

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Are you using a different engine version than what they were built for?

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:52 PM

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No we are using the same version. I asked if he was using the most recent and he said yes

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let me try to redownload it real fast

dark depot Dec 14, 2018, 11:53 PM

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you open .uprojects you dont import them into a project

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:54 PM

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I did open it but now it's saying i dont have the correct version.

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Whats the most recent version of UE4?

misty creek Dec 14, 2018, 11:54 PM

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4.21.1

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:54 PM

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how do i download that

misty creek Dec 14, 2018, 11:54 PM

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Go into the launcher

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And hit the plus next to Engine Versions

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:55 PM

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i dont see an update button lol

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ahh ok thanks

misty creek Dec 14, 2018, 11:55 PM

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np

dark depot Dec 14, 2018, 11:55 PM

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what version do you have and what version is it saying you need

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:56 PM

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I have 4.20.3 and it didnt say what version I needed but that the file was made with a newer version

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I just assumed that Epic Games launcher would notify me if there was an update

dark depot Dec 14, 2018, 11:56 PM

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it does

misty creek Dec 14, 2018, 11:56 PM

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Which leaves with with very few choices 😄

quasi furnace Dec 14, 2018, 11:57 PM

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I must have missed it then lol

errant tundra Dec 15, 2018, 12:26 AM

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not sure if anybody is interested, but I created a very basic spreadsheet calculator that allows you to calculate what your total royalties due are for your mobile game if you sell it on the App Store/Google Play marketplaces. It also calculates the Epic 5% royalty after the $3000 discount and breaks down what your gross and net profits will be. It's basic and doesn't take into account any other factors such as quarterly gross sales that may play a factor into your royalties to Epic.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FWwOQWJAlxQKyKwTD08lTz6un0-Be-AsZTa-rBDJFF4/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs

Mobile Stores & Epic Royalty Calculator

Royalty Calculator

Epic Gross( incl. Discount)
NOTE: ONLY UPDATE,$ 21, 950. 00
THE TWO CELLS BELOW, Gross Sales
Units Sold, 5, 000,$ 24, 950. 00, Epic Royalty( 5%)
Game Price,$ 4. 99,$ 1, 097. 50
Total Royalties, Net Profit
Epic, Play Store/ App Store, Play Store/ App...

tulip vault Dec 15, 2018, 12:41 AM

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should we put the news how subnautica is free right now on the store

dry moon Dec 15, 2018, 1:03 AM

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I've finally done it, solid 30FPS in some heavily dense forests

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Now I can say my game runs better than Fallout 76

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*On Xbox One

tribal pebble Dec 15, 2018, 1:16 AM

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oi i found a professional Ue4 level designer doing stuff! https://www.twitch.tv/bawwcas

Twitch

Bawwcas - Twitch

Let's try to make UE4 stuff! Viewer requests and design discussion.

▶ Play video

strong mesa Dec 15, 2018, 2:50 AM

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Hey guys , how is it going
i just realized that i don't know the difference between a text and a string

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haha oopsi 😅

crisp fable Dec 15, 2018, 3:39 AM

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umm

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guys

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i dont get it

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is this a test

versed spear Dec 15, 2018, 3:41 AM

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do you see doing the same for any other?

dry moon Dec 15, 2018, 3:42 AM

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You can always remove android related stuff

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so it doesn't show up in the engine

versed spear Dec 15, 2018, 3:42 AM

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"it seems like these threads seem not to be active in a packaged build. When running the frontend profiler in a packaged build the threads are not showing up at all. "

crisp fable Dec 15, 2018, 3:45 AM

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a bit weird

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@dry moon (nice name) all mobile related plugins are disabled

dry moon Dec 15, 2018, 3:47 AM

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Well I mean deleted them from the engine folder

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if the project is not going to be android

narrow star Dec 15, 2018, 4:11 AM

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for some reason vsync seems to do nothing for me, tried a few ways to ensure it's enabled including r.VSync 1, but framerate is generally between 80 and 110 for me

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 4:25 AM

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guys, just updated UE to 4.21 and I have this

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How to fix it?

digital anchor Dec 15, 2018, 4:25 AM

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@strong mesa A text supports localization, a string support editing it

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 4:25 AM

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Already deleted binaries, Saved, Intermediate, but still

digital anchor Dec 15, 2018, 4:26 AM

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did you try building from the sln file?

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 4:26 AM

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It doesn't work, always errors

digital anchor Dec 15, 2018, 4:26 AM

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whats the error

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 4:26 AM

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What build type?

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There are 5 of them

digital anchor Dec 15, 2018, 4:27 AM

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like DebugGame Editor?

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what do you mean with build type

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 4:27 AM

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There are different build types, Like Development Editor, Development, DebugGame, DebugGame Editor and Shipment

digital anchor Dec 15, 2018, 4:28 AM

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yeah i usually use DebugGame Editor to disable optimizations

grim ore Dec 15, 2018, 4:28 AM

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why not build it for how you built it before?

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 4:28 AM

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because I can't even open it in UE

digital anchor Dec 15, 2018, 4:28 AM

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anyway if it gives an error while building then show the message

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should work, if everything is ok

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 4:28 AM

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ah, now I foudn it "Please update to version 15.9."

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shet

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Not sure if it'll help

flat stump Dec 15, 2018, 4:59 AM

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Am I correct that that Ark modding kit includes the assets from the game? If so are they under the UE store license? I mean could they be migrated into another UE4 project and used if one so desired? Not planning to do this, just curious about the licensing.

grim ore Dec 15, 2018, 5:02 AM

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when you click install there is a separate license agreement just for the kit and part of it is ```2. License Conditions

You may not do any of the following with respect to the Licensed Materials or any of its parts:

(a) use it commercially;```

manic pawn Dec 15, 2018, 5:03 AM

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they are obviously not giving away all ark assets

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why would you even think that

wise barn Dec 15, 2018, 5:28 AM

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Hey guys

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If I imported a head and a body to ue4 from Blender how do I merge ( combine) them in UE4?

plush yew Dec 15, 2018, 5:30 AM

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Are they static meshes?

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If they're static meshes follow this guide @wise barn https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Actors/Merging

wise barn Dec 15, 2018, 5:30 AM

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@plush yew skeletal mesh not static

upbeat trench Dec 15, 2018, 5:43 AM

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What will be released first Unreal 3, Half-life 3 or System Shock 3?

south ridge Dec 15, 2018, 5:56 AM

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Half-Life 3 will never be released, so it's down to just the other two

abstract relic Dec 15, 2018, 5:59 AM

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We're on Unreal 4

south ridge Dec 15, 2018, 6:00 AM

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Gonna release Unreal4 2 and then Unreal4 3

abstract relic Dec 15, 2018, 6:01 AM

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There you go 😛

upbeat trench Dec 15, 2018, 6:04 AM

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what if its Unreal 0

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they need to show how the prisoner got on the vortex rikers

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maybe they were the escaped tournament fighter

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maybe the moon prison is a processing center for Alleria

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Unreal4 2 could be the remake of the original game with Unreal4 3 being what happens after

south ridge Dec 15, 2018, 6:19 AM

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Unreal4 2: episode two

upbeat trench Dec 15, 2018, 6:20 AM

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thats the original DLC RTNP

wispy pasture Dec 15, 2018, 7:14 AM

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Does WaveWorks have any documentation? I can find docs for most of the other GameWorks tools, but not that one...

wise barn Dec 15, 2018, 8:50 AM

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Nvm

brittle gulch Dec 15, 2018, 8:56 AM

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Hi guys, I'm trying to create a flock with a steering behavior.
I don't know if I use a single actor with an Instanced Mesh Comp, to reduce draw calls and do all the calculations in this single actor.
Or if I use an actor per flock member, handle the calculations independently in each other actors and not caring about draw calls.

My main concern is about the nested loops that are necessary to make the steering behavior calculations. When I have quite a lot flock members (about 100) it's starting to kill my computer.

What are your thoughts?

wise barn Dec 15, 2018, 9:03 AM

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@brittle gulch my though is make something your pc can handle without "surffering" a lot.

wary wave Dec 15, 2018, 9:45 AM

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@brittle gulch - instanced meshes is likely

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I would however handle their transform changes in a separate thread

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as not to clog up the main thread

dim arch Dec 15, 2018, 9:50 AM

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anyone know if there is some marketplace or elsewhere project available which implements

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in-game mesh/terrain editing

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something like being able to construct a world in client using pregenerated meshes, as well as modifying terrain and mesh parameters

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:10 AM

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So I asked a few weeks ago about my viewport being blurry and no one was able to help me so I will try again, I have a 2560 x 1440 screen, Engine settings set to epic, searched all of google. Has anyone experienced this before?

cloud cobalt Dec 15, 2018, 10:11 AM

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Define blurry ?

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:12 AM

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idk how well you can see it here

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cloud cobalt Dec 15, 2018, 10:13 AM

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Oh, sounds like you have DPI Scaling going on

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:13 AM

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How do I turn it off?

cloud cobalt Dec 15, 2018, 10:13 AM

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I mean, your display settings in Windows have scaling

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But if you remove the scaling you'll have really really really denser UI

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I guess it's like a small laptop you're using ?

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:14 AM

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No, a desktop

fierce tulip Dec 15, 2018, 10:15 AM

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pre-4.19 tends to be a bit blurry, but newer versions are crisp on 4k

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:15 AM

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I'm on 4.21.1

fierce tulip Dec 15, 2018, 10:15 AM

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I dont use dpi scaling though

wispy pasture Dec 15, 2018, 10:15 AM

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Have you also tried turning off anti-aliasing in the viewport?

cloud cobalt Dec 15, 2018, 10:16 AM

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@reef python https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953978/displays/use-windows-10s-individual-display-scaling-to-perfect-your-multi-monitor-setup.html

PCWorld

Use Windows 10's individual display scaling to perfect your multi-...

Want to boost the scaling on your 1080p monitor by a little and your 4K display by a lot? With Windows 10 that's an easy fix.

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Try setting the scale to 1

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Looks like you're currently running on 2 or something

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I guess this is the case and UE then decides that the resolution it's rendering at is the scaled resolution

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:18 AM

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Mine is currently on 200% Recommended

cloud cobalt Dec 15, 2018, 10:19 AM

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Yep

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Try 100% and check the viewport

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:22 AM

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When i set to 100% the blurrines dissapears but everything on the screen becomes really small

cloud cobalt Dec 15, 2018, 10:23 AM

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The problem here is that with DPI scaling, you basically want parts of UE4 to render at native, and the rest at a scaled res

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I would advise working at 100% res myself (which is why I'm happy with a 1080p monitor)

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I have no idea if UE4 has clean support for DPI that way

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 10:25 AM

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Ok thank you, but I will have to work in the blurry 😄

paper kernel Dec 15, 2018, 11:18 AM

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Is render targets really only way to produce dynamic split screen?

glacial pecan Dec 15, 2018, 11:23 AM

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@reef python you shouldn't use Windows 10 UI scaling for the Unreal Editor, use the built-in UI scaling in the Editor instead

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I don't have the editor on this machine right now, but you can search for the setting in the engine settings.

cloud cobalt Dec 15, 2018, 11:25 AM

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I'm guessing he doesn't want small UI on his entire machine

wary wave Dec 15, 2018, 11:48 AM

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@paper kernel - I mean you're rendering the scene twice, so I'm not sure what the objection to render targets is?

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You could make changes in native code to the split screen behaviour though, shouldn't be too difficult

paper kernel Dec 15, 2018, 11:50 AM

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from what I read on forum posts, it gets tricky if you want to render the split at an angle

wary wave Dec 15, 2018, 11:53 AM

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Well sure, but what would you otherwise do?

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Cameras are cameras, you're going to have to render a lot of unused stuff

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Otherwise we're talking about some fairly deep modification

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 11:57 AM

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@glacial pecan Thank you so much, I really mean it, I've had this problem since august. Finally I can start making games 😄

grim ore Dec 15, 2018, 12:12 PM

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I just want to point out on the 3rd I pointed out it was the Scaling and you must have missed the message 😛

reef python Dec 15, 2018, 12:14 PM

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yep probably, thank you too

supple totem Dec 15, 2018, 1:51 PM

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hi all, is there a way to visualize noise created with PawnMakeNoise()?

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the AI debug menu didn't seem to show anything

barren delta Dec 15, 2018, 1:59 PM

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not sure what channel is good for this question. How may i force compile shaders for specific shader platforms and feature levels and store into ddc?

flat stump Dec 15, 2018, 2:11 PM

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@manic pawn well I didn't actually think they were giving away all the Ark assets but they advertise on the modding tools page that it includes all assets in the game but they don't say anything there about how they can be used - apparently you find out after you click install how they can be used.

manic pawn Dec 15, 2018, 2:11 PM

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you can use them for the purpose of making mods for the game only, this applies to all mod editors

copper fable Dec 15, 2018, 3:00 PM

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hey guys, i have opened my project in VS and none of UE4's API is coming up.

sudden agate Dec 15, 2018, 3:08 PM

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Is there a way to select a Mesh already imported as a LOD of a mesh?

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I want to have Meshes generated with ProxyLOD as a LOD for my static meshes

grim ore Dec 15, 2018, 3:10 PM

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Intellisense really does not work well in UE4 codebase. Most people recommend you get Visual Assist. ignoring that just let the intellisense compiler run for a while and hope it catches up

full atlas Dec 15, 2018, 4:39 PM

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what is this??
I get this error every 5 minutes or so while using UE Editor..
https://i.imgur.com/fr60S03.png

Imgur

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and if i disable my internet i start getting get this spam msg..
https://i.imgur.com/z6Q5TqE.png

Imgur

silver crown Dec 15, 2018, 4:47 PM

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It's cuz Epic is spying on us

manic pawn Dec 15, 2018, 4:49 PM

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🕵

lavish marlin Dec 15, 2018, 5:40 PM

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Hey guys if i buy a map of the unity store can i import it into my UE4 project ?

tranquil bone Dec 15, 2018, 6:16 PM

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Anyone know how i can select an item and then get all of the items data from a structure ive done this using widgets but its not working since it will only be able to select the last button added into my inventory system

lavish marlin Dec 15, 2018, 7:08 PM

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anyone know why my map is looking metallic

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its the textures from the map i downloaded? but yh its this

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its like a shiny mirror

wise barn Dec 15, 2018, 7:35 PM

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Pls help

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My material is showing this

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But on the mesh it is all black

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Why??

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Nvm found out

earnest cape Dec 15, 2018, 8:44 PM

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So I've been having this issue where when I reopen a map, the streamed in lighting map resets all the light actors and reflections to 0x0x0 in the world.

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But if I relaunch the editor, the lights are back where they should be

clear junco Dec 15, 2018, 11:12 PM

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i need some help i try to package my game but it wont work and i dont know why... UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): ERROR: UBT ERROR: Failed to produce item: C:\Users\Admin-PC\Documents\Unreal Projects\Run Part 2\Binaries\Win32\Runpart2.exe UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): (see C:\Users\Admin-PC\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\L+UE_4.21\UBT-Runpart2-Win32-Development_2.txt for full exception trace) PackagingResults: Error: UBT ERROR: Failed to produce item: C:\Users\Admin-PC\Documents\Unreal Projects\Run Part 2\Binaries\Win32\Runpart2.exe UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): Total build time: 14,61 seconds (Parallel executor: 0,00 seconds) UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): Took 14,9132038s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=5 UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): ERROR: UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Admin-PC\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\L+UE_4.21\UBT-Runpart2-Win32-Development_2.txt) UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): (see C:\Users\Admin-PC\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\L+UE_4.21\Log.txt for full exception trace) PackagingResults: Error: UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Admin-PC\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\L+UE_4.21\UBT-Runpart2-Win32-Development_2.txt) UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=5 (5) UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): BUILD FAILED PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

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i already tried this https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/397021/cannot-build-project-ubt-error.html

weary basalt Dec 15, 2018, 11:12 PM

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Check the rest of the log, there will be some Errors

clear junco Dec 15, 2018, 11:12 PM

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but it didnt work

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there are no any other errors

weary basalt Dec 15, 2018, 11:13 PM

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Search for the term "Error" and you will find some

clear junco Dec 15, 2018, 11:14 PM

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there is an error with visual studio Please update to version 15.9.

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how do i update that?

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oh i think i have the update i download that now and i hope that works

fleet sundial Dec 15, 2018, 11:23 PM

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Does anyone know if Steam has anything against winning a cash / Steam wallet prize in a game?

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Not like gambling or anything. I want an event where if a player solves a secret puzzle, they win something

clear junco Dec 15, 2018, 11:25 PM

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I dont think they would like that

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i understand it like "you solve the puzzle and then you get 5$ on steam" ? or how do you mean that?

fleet sundial Dec 15, 2018, 11:27 PM

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Something along those lines yeah. First one to solve this mystery puzzle wins X

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Almost like a special event

high stone Dec 15, 2018, 11:27 PM

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Steam looks the other way on a lot of things. If it's not a part of their service, they could lay down the hammer in the future.

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Hopefully with Unreal entering the arena we can see asset flips go away.

fleet sundial Dec 15, 2018, 11:28 PM

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Hmm

south ridge Dec 15, 2018, 11:28 PM

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@fleet sundial you will have to contact Valve directly for those kinda things

fleet sundial Dec 15, 2018, 11:28 PM

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Yeah thought as much

south ridge Dec 15, 2018, 11:29 PM

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You shouldn't do anything that isn't simply taking money for your game without talking to Valve

lavish marlin Dec 15, 2018, 11:29 PM

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guys there is preview watermarked on the whole map is this because i did not build lights yet?

fleet sundial Dec 15, 2018, 11:29 PM

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That’s a valid point

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@lavish marlin yes

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That’s a lighting preview

lavish marlin Dec 15, 2018, 11:30 PM

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thanks man!

fleet sundial Dec 15, 2018, 11:30 PM

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🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

lavish marlin Dec 15, 2018, 11:30 PM

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now i can use my favorite texture now woo!

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cheers man gg u helped alot

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 12:53 AM

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anyone know what this is.?

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im trying to import some water materials and i have no clue what to choose.... rarely comes up with this?

barren delta Dec 16, 2018, 12:55 AM

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all these look wrong => find some pipeline for importing materials of the kind you wanna import. now sure it exists

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i usually had to import textures and create material inside UE from scratch

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it may be a bad option for water material

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 12:56 AM

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i clicked import this came up

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whatever this is i did not touch

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sorry no........ its grass blueprint lmao

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not water

barren delta Dec 16, 2018, 1:02 AM

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importing textures and creation of material in UE will give you some ugly results fast

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as i saw in videos people often use mix grass / sand / dirt / whatever mix for floor and add lot of grass /tree meshes as foliage

narrow star Dec 16, 2018, 2:22 AM

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for UI best practices, is it better to just use widgets directly with the player controller or should I put them under a HUD?

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 3:44 AM

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can u not save bone edits on a skeletal mesh ? rotations etc in the skeletal mesh editor

vagrant iris Dec 16, 2018, 3:44 AM

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I'm no unreal expert, but I'm sure you can

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 3:45 AM

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hmm alright. just got into retargetting. but everytime i save the rotations and such in the original skeletal mesh tree it just reverts back to original form after ive saved it

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must be missing something

vagrant iris Dec 16, 2018, 3:47 AM

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@spark pike I don't fool around with the 3d side of unreal a whole lot

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Gives me the heebie jeebies

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 3:49 AM

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haha. im loving it so far. i was retargetting some animations to the robot kallari in paragon. originally the retarget worked fine but the fingers were all messed up since the robot hands are originally adjusted differently than the mannequin ones

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so i had it working in the preview finally. clicked save but then opened it back up and it reverts to normal. so im guessing its not actually possible to save skeletal animations

vagrant iris Dec 16, 2018, 3:50 AM

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That sounds pretty cool. I fooled around with paragon assets for a little bit until I learned that I could just use 2d sprites in the third person template instead. So I've got all these 2d images walking around paper mario style and it's hilarious

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 3:51 AM

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ah yeah the flipbook stuff. i havent touched that yet. im a bad 2d artist

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actually i dont even do art. but its fun to mod existing stuff

vagrant iris Dec 16, 2018, 3:53 AM

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That it is. I actually started out in the paper 2d system building my game. Like I hadn't done any research before hand so I knew nothing about unity or game maker. I just remember some bum online saying unreal was free and that was enough for me

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 3:55 AM

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yeah, unreal is a huge learning curve. ive only been doing it for a year or so and still barely know anything

vagrant iris Dec 16, 2018, 3:58 AM

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Same man. Unreal can be a killer

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Survive off of tutorials on youtube.

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 4:03 AM

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yeah basically

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haha

vagrant iris Dec 16, 2018, 4:06 AM

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Have you used unity before?

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 4:10 AM

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i havent

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started with unreal haha

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 4:18 AM

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when i put water into my streams its just thin.. so when i go under the water from under it looks like its not there

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weary basalt Dec 16, 2018, 5:09 AM

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@lavish marlin Yeah thats because its being clipped on the near clip plane.

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:10 AM

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im using the free water materials from unreal engine : ) and i found out i have to add a post process volume

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so i might as well make it white dark so u dont rly notice as in real life u dont rly see the waters edge as you are already submerged inside the water

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make it ( really dark )

upper heart Dec 16, 2018, 6:08 AM

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Is there a way to have the send crash report button send the results to us instead of Epic?

earnest cape Dec 16, 2018, 7:08 AM

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I think there's a crash reporter plugin

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I'd have to look lol

wispy pasture Dec 16, 2018, 8:02 AM

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Is there a way to get the BP_SkySphere to automatically refresh every second or so in the editor (not simulating)? I'm trying to test some colour curves and it's a slow process with manual refreshes

south ridge Dec 16, 2018, 8:05 AM

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@upper heart yes there is

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Mmm

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I'm afraid I don't think I have the link anymore, but you can kinda figure it out from the source code

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But you can roll out the epics crash reporter system for yourself, yes

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It requires you to reconfigure the endpoints for the crashreporter in its config ini file

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They give you the server software that can receive the crash reports and catalogue them, add to database

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But they don't give you their internal website they use to browse these reports

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And this whole thing is tailored for MS SQL stuff (server only, there isn't that much to the server)

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I've set it up once and got it working to the point where it would receive files from the clients and save them to a special folder, but I did not install MS SQL and whatever extra bits it needs to properly file the reports in the database

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At its base, when you press "send crash report" it sends a POST request to the endpoint with a simple zip file upload

random holly Dec 16, 2018, 8:34 AM

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Does anyone know of any free buildings?

south ridge Dec 16, 2018, 8:38 AM

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I know there are many abandoned houses in Latvia

random holly Dec 16, 2018, 8:52 AM

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building models for UE4 😂😂😂

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Whoops

wise barn Dec 16, 2018, 10:38 AM

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Hey guys. Anyone knows how to socket a skeletal mesh( head) on another one( body) so it become one single mesh with different skeleton?

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 10:54 AM

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Was that really necessary?

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I don't even need to scroll to see it

weary basalt Dec 16, 2018, 11:15 AM

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@wise barn Dont spam messages thanks. Read the #old-rules please.

wise barn Dec 16, 2018, 11:17 AM

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@weary basalt sorry but I really need help

weary basalt Dec 16, 2018, 11:18 AM

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That doesnt give you any special right to spam the same message.

frozen horizon Dec 16, 2018, 11:18 AM

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Guys I am looking for simple 3d games to remake for practice. Any ideas? (Mobile)

wispy pasture Dec 16, 2018, 11:27 AM

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@frozen horizon try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcaNdzEXch8

YouTube

PrismaticAngel

Kula World (PS1) - Demo

This is the demo of the game Kula World on the Demo One disc. It's a game where you play as a beach ball in a 3D environment collecting fruit and other littl...

▶ Play video

red pewter Dec 16, 2018, 11:42 AM

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how're you doing guys?
quick question. is there a way to lock a Camera's location/rotation for still images?
I keep moving that by mistake, I'm not talking about bookmarks but an actually way to lock the camera's transform

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oh just found out that we can right click any actor and lock it's movement 😛

wispy pasture Dec 16, 2018, 11:44 AM

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Good to know 😃

red pewter Dec 16, 2018, 11:55 AM

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yeah 😄

paper kernel Dec 16, 2018, 12:32 PM

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uuuh

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why does migrating a single Widget wants to copy over my whole project?

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oh ye, single reference to game mode

still bay Dec 16, 2018, 12:55 PM

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have a noob question. Do a lot of you guys here code in Blueprints mostly or in C++?

upbeat trench Dec 16, 2018, 12:59 PM

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yes

still bay Dec 16, 2018, 1:02 PM

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not really sure which engine to stick with, unity or unreal. both are kinda at the same playing field now.

cedar snow Dec 16, 2018, 1:02 PM

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try them both

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see which one satisfies your requirements and abilities

still bay Dec 16, 2018, 1:03 PM

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I'm guessing you guys here have both of them installed? haha

odd osprey Dec 16, 2018, 1:03 PM

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I do

cedar snow Dec 16, 2018, 1:03 PM

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i do, but i don't think that's the rule

odd osprey Dec 16, 2018, 1:03 PM

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and I am kind of deciding which one to use as well

cedar snow Dec 16, 2018, 1:04 PM

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though them being free to try out helps

odd osprey Dec 16, 2018, 1:04 PM

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I know c++ better than c# but then again unity's coding is simpler than unreal

cedar snow Dec 16, 2018, 1:04 PM

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also the turnaround cycle is faster in unity

spare sun Dec 16, 2018, 1:05 PM

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is it though

abstract relic Dec 16, 2018, 1:06 PM

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Usually up to a point

still bay Dec 16, 2018, 1:08 PM

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my main reason for learning game dev is the programming side. cause I'm pretty sure you can transfer your scripting skills in a different area like app development.

spare sun Dec 16, 2018, 1:12 PM

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modelling, animation, writing and sound can be transferred to different areas too

brave lark Dec 16, 2018, 2:00 PM

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made my first pull request on github today. it was for ramas victory plugin for UE4 😃

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slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:12 PM

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hey how can i open uasset in blender?

wise barn Dec 16, 2018, 2:12 PM

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U cannot

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:12 PM

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when i export to fbx

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just have the bone

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dont have the mesh

wise barn Dec 16, 2018, 2:13 PM

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Is it better to Merge Skeleton at Runtime or to Socket the head to the body?

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@slender horizon what are u exporting?

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:13 PM

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character

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:14 PM

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use mixamo for a head start and then when u get ur game going can always find something later

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guys im trying to make a road for my game but i have tride spline tool to bend but does not work with the road

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anyone know how i can make a plain to curve? or something

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:16 PM

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so how can i do it ?

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:19 PM

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https://www.mixamo.com/#/

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u can get free characters and animations all u need for a basic game

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:19 PM

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@lavish marlin

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i want the character

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that mixamo dont have

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i know mixamo

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i also have use it

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:20 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcWhE9SMry8

YouTube

Dean Ashford

UE4 - Tutorial - Mixamo (Request)

Taking assets from Adobe Mixamo and bringing them into UE4. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deanashford Twitter: https://twitter.com/Play_Ruff Discord: http...

▶ Play video

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oh

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gonna have to buy one with money tbh then dude

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thats how it goes

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:20 PM

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im not finding the character

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:21 PM

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free3d - sketchfab - cgtrader

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:21 PM

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i want to export that character in unreal engine

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:21 PM

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what character

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im not too sure myself tho on this

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i had this issue

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:22 PM

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paragon character

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nvm

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it's ok

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:22 PM

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but im just going to adk someone to make it for me or buy a naked model and then dress with clothing i would buy

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paragon is in ue4 for free

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:22 PM

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yeah

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i know

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i want export to other file

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i want to do the animtion

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*animation

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:23 PM

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they have animations

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and mixamo has the rest

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:23 PM

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i know

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:23 PM

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its all there

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:23 PM

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dude

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i know

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all the thing i need is export the model

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i already download all

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:23 PM

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ur just saying export

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:23 PM

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i know that have animation

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:23 PM

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u never say where

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:24 PM

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nvm

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thanks a lot

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i try to do it by myself

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😄

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thanks

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:24 PM

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very rude guy thanks X D

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next time try to explain yourself abit more dude ittl help

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:25 PM

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no

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i already say XD

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ok

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i said it agian

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i already download the character from unreal engine,i want to export the character to the 3D file(like .FBX)then i want to import to blender or 3Ds max to animation it,but when i export the character

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just have the bone

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 2:27 PM

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watch tutorials on youtube there is alot of info there :

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:27 PM

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after i import to the blender dont have the mesh

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 2:27 PM

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attach mesh to bones

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:29 PM

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@snow sparrow how to do that ?

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 2:31 PM

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@slender horizon let me try it with shinbi

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yeah its just exporting the animation

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:37 PM

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@snow sparrow so how can i export with mesh ?

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delete the animation ?

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 2:41 PM

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not a good idea there must be a way, you can simply use static mesh but that ruins everything

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 2:41 PM

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https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/8nxs1w/export_shinbi/

r/unrealengine - export shinbi

1 vote and 3 comments so far on Reddit

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i found this

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but the video cant watch

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😦

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but he say need to delete the cloth somehting

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now ill try it

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and

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Thanks a lot

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😄

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Thanks u all 😄

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 2:59 PM

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@slender horizon you know i found a way

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its in a video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUeGeM4f2l8

YouTube

Basement Industries

Unreal engine Paragon Character To Blender and back

Transferring Paragon Characters to blender, creating animations and importing back to UE, re targeting to original skeleton.

▶ Play video

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hes using decker

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at the end of comment sections there are replies that point to your problem which is how to remove clothes

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i hope it helps

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just exported Shinbi

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its actually very straight forward and easy

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 3:12 PM

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nope

wispy raven Dec 16, 2018, 3:13 PM

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Hey guys, I'm searching for a PC that costs 1000€~ for ue4

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 3:13 PM

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never heard of it

plain turret Dec 16, 2018, 3:13 PM

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Anyone here know of a guide on just replicating velocity from char movement component? I

wispy raven Dec 16, 2018, 3:13 PM

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I found a PC with 8gb ram, a GTX 1060 and an i5

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Is it good?

plain turret Dec 16, 2018, 3:13 PM

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@wispy raven build your own pc

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 3:14 PM

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moar RAM plz

wispy raven Dec 16, 2018, 3:14 PM

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For now I can not buy the components, I can only buy pre-built PCs

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But I will improve it with time

plain turret Dec 16, 2018, 3:15 PM

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that PC will run ue4 just fine but prob want more ram you will cap out sometimes

wispy raven Dec 16, 2018, 3:15 PM

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Ok, thanks 😁

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 3:19 PM

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Good luck then

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tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 3:22 PM

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hmm how is that locomotion template thingy taking so much mem?🤔

plain turret Dec 16, 2018, 3:22 PM

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gets worse with visual studio open

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 3:24 PM

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you gys!!!

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actually i was deleting shinbi from porject

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vs alone takes 12GB

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makes me MAD

plush yew Dec 16, 2018, 3:42 PM

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Hello guys I have a prioblem with my project

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I can't switch lines but I followed the steps like in the video

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lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 4:36 PM

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guys ino its messy had to squash it all for print screen

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my spline dont stretch the mesh for this im using a basic road everything else works just no bending as the whole point

slender horizon Dec 16, 2018, 5:03 PM

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@snow sparrow thanks but i alreayd done XD

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Thanks a lot

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:06 PM

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valid lichen Dec 16, 2018, 5:06 PM

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Hi. How do you "force refresh" the Library of the Unreal Launcher? I moved and renamed projects, and it just won't refresh, even after a restart.

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:06 PM

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follow up this is as best i can do X D

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:13 PM

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I making a fresh dev build of my game for Android. It takes hours, even though my PC is i7-7700 with 32Gb of RAM.. Is it normal to take so long? (at least for initial full rebuild)

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(building UE4 from source takes all night on the same PC)

rose bison Dec 16, 2018, 5:18 PM

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everything on an ssd?

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:20 PM

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If building UE4 from source actually takes a full night instead of the average 30-60 minutes, then yeah, building a game could take a bit

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:21 PM

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@vale silo sounds like ur pc is slow af for some reason, what sort of storage drives u got?

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:23 PM

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not SSD

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:23 PM

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That is why

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:24 PM

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I am using black series WD SATA HDD (7200rpm)

rose bison Dec 16, 2018, 5:24 PM

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switching to ssd reduced my engine build time from hours to like 30min

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:24 PM

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hmm

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how often do SSDs fail nowadays ?

rose bison Dec 16, 2018, 5:27 PM

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never

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+/- a couple %

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:28 PM

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wise barn Dec 16, 2018, 5:28 PM

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Is my pc specs good? Btw it is a laptop

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:29 PM

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does anyone know where the forward axis is? should be under ( none )

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been watching splicing tutorial

upper sluice Dec 16, 2018, 5:29 PM

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My imported images when applied as materials come out black in some objects but on others not. Why is this happeningggggggg

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:29 PM

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been spending half a day trying to create a curved road for my game: (

wise barn Dec 16, 2018, 5:29 PM

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Core i5 2.7 ghz
8gb ram
Windows 10 1809
Amd Radeon et Intel graphics cards
1 TB HDD

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:30 PM

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what vram?

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oof amd oh

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:30 PM

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@vale silo yeah that is wayy two slow honestly

lavish marlin Dec 16, 2018, 5:30 PM

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amd is the only slower pard id say im runnign gtx 1060 with i5 6600k its great for this

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:30 PM

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would recommend at least raid 0 SSD's, but u can get away with 1 ssd i guess

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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nothing wrong with amd tbh

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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I suppose it comes down to SSD vs Nvidia 2070 😃

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(for me at least)

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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2070 is trash for price imo

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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you can get Samsung SSDs for ~150€ tho

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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whaaa?!

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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if ur on budget

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u want a 256/512gb ssd

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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last time I checked it was ~$300

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:32 PM

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pref 512

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:33 PM

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I need 1Tb

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:33 PM

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or actually

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no u dont

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not for engine work

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x2 256gb SSD's

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if ur on budget

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 5:33 PM

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1000GB Samsung 860 Evo ~140€ here

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:33 PM

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Seperate the project / raw from the engine

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pro tip if u got the slots most of the time u want x2 512gb instead of a 1tb

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U get double speed to some sense

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:34 PM

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something like that https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIABVR7E37222

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:34 PM

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sigh....

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:35 PM

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Well sure u can go NVME if u want

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But i would not recommend putting an Engine and a project on a NVME

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Your gonna butcher your NVME lifetime

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I keep my Engine builds on a NVME, and keep my projects on a u.2

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:36 PM

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hmm.. so which one is good then? (M2)

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:36 PM

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Honestly u would be better off getting a 256gb nvme & 512gb SSD

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I believe that NVME has a write limit of 300tb i think?

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but SSD's go wayyyy higher

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So you really dont want something like a project on a NVME drive

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:37 PM

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are you going to build all the time? like every 10 minutes?

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whats the point of so much speed anyway

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:38 PM

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Well it depends what your doing really

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:38 PM

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1 ssd is enough

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:38 PM

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If your not building alot then x2 SSD is the way to go

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:38 PM

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my opinion! ofcourse

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:38 PM

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1 for project / raw, one for engines

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:39 PM

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now its better

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you can alwayse use a cache too

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:40 PM

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I tend to make alot of engine changes and builds though, so i use m.2

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I am waiting to SLI x2 Samsung Pro M.2's actually

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not sli

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jfc

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raid 0

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:41 PM

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wondering why you are changing engine/ are you working at epic games?

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:41 PM

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no i am not

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Im just always faffing about with it and stuff

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sometimes engine modules too

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I tend to work in the debug Editor build though

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:43 PM

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im inside debug mode with all symbols too, building takes a minute or two, but im on a precompiled one.

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:44 PM

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Oh right thats debug symbols not the same as debug Engine

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Debug engine has no compiler optimizations

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Its slower than normal engine, but makes debugging in vs alot easier

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:45 PM

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hm...

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like this?

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pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:47 PM

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Oh yeah my bad

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U said symbols,

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Oh wait hang on

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Do u have launcher ver?

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:47 PM

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yes

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:47 PM

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Ah yeah you cant build debug engine, but you can build debug game

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afaik

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:48 PM

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I only build every 10 min when UE4 project crashes (sometimes mobile VR is too picky when it comes to dependencies)

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:49 PM

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Actually im assuming since the debug engine requires a full rebuild? id have to double check but pretty sure thats the case

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Build project or build engine?

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:49 PM

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project

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:49 PM

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lol

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:49 PM

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once I build engine I don't mess with it

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so what happens if I use 1 SSD (NVMe) to have OS and all apps on it, plus engine, plus projects?

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 5:51 PM

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your ssd dies soon!

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:51 PM

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U dont want anything that writes alot on a NVME

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There not as durable as standard ssd

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:54 PM

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and how soon this SSD will die https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K6WA0943 if I have everything on it ?

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:54 PM

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Probably after a couple hundred TB written

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:55 PM

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Not very soon

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Just buy two SSD's man

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x512gb

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put ur project/raw on one

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put your engine / w/e on another

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same storage twice the speed

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(kinda)

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Hey zero

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want to know why u dont build ur own NAS

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:56 PM

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SSD lifespans are a myth, it just comes down to random hardware failure like any other component with modern SSDs. People have intentionally tried killing modern ones, like the Samsung 840 Pro (older ver of what you linked to) and it's still going after 2PB written

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@pallid compass I literally did.

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:56 PM

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well NAS that needs windows

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:56 PM

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Like a month ago

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:56 PM

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Because after awhile with no system for it to auto turn on easily

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:57 PM

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Because Windows file systems suck for data security

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:57 PM

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u stop caring and refuse to walk too the next room to turn it on

rose bison Dec 16, 2018, 5:57 PM

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obviously annecdotal, but I've been using ssd's for as long as their're available, not one has failed me yet

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:57 PM

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I have never had an SSD fail me either actually

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There rather durable

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:57 PM

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I'm still using my first SSD from 2011

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:58 PM

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currently I have 1Tb for OS/UE4/games/apps and 1Tb for games/projects (UE4 and art)/general storage.. So 512/512 isn't gonna cut it for me

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:58 PM

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You say that like you can only have two drives on your computer

rose bison Dec 16, 2018, 5:59 PM

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I am sitll running a crucual m4, that thing is about 7 years old

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 5:59 PM

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Add, don't replace.

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Until your chassis/motherboard is out of drive slots, there's no good reason to remove a drive

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 5:59 PM

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They actually have write limits, but once u pass them they dont just break

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Its just for warranty

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 5:59 PM

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well, if I use SSD for OS, then I'd have to reinstall everything

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:00 PM

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If you're not using an SSD for your OS and have one, that's already a mistake. But you don't NEED to put everything on an SSD

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:00 PM

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If i ever get $$ again to finish this build i plan to reinstall my OS

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 6:00 PM

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no, I have no SSD at all

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:00 PM

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snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 6:00 PM

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guess you are in good hands i go back to my works

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:00 PM

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^Learn to put files on the drives that make the most sense

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:00 PM

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Whats your budget motor

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something like errr

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 6:01 PM

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none so far.. Didn't plan on buying any hardware after I got more RAM and new CPU

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:01 PM

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Just for fun @pallid compass . And yes, I did name my other two machines after levels in Halo 😛

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pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:01 PM

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256gb OS SSD(assuming u can keep it tidy)
512gb Projects /raw
512gb Engine

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omg

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 6:01 PM

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LOL

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:01 PM

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Dude i need to use mine more, way more

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 6:02 PM

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@grim sinew WHAT ARE YOU!

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:02 PM

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I cant leave my NAS on 24/7 tho due to the cost as im not getting work atm lmao

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 6:02 PM

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I guess I can add one SSD 512Gb for UE4 projects and keep the rest of my stuff where it is now, on HDDs

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:02 PM

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So the X drive is going to be for backups of my desktop (once I reconfigure Acronis), and the Z drive is the archive of all my old projects and the media server

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:03 PM

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if u really have too, just get 512gb ssd and put ur engine and project on there

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:03 PM

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😄

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X is also a secondary lightmass rendering box, or for photoscans if I don't want to tie up my desktop

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:03 PM

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oh thats kinda nice

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oh zero i did my brother pc the other day

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FULL RGB TUBING POWER

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:04 PM

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I hate RGB and think it's a worthless gimmick to justify charging $40 more for 4 cents of LEDs

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:04 PM

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u know uv gone too far when the liquid is RGB

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 6:04 PM

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🤔

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:04 PM

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Very pretty, now go shove it under a desk so you can't see it

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😛

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 6:04 PM

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😄

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:04 PM

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Lmao

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 6:04 PM

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its a workstation afterall

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:05 PM

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I cant even finish my build yet since i decided i wanted to make all wires from scratch, i got to wait till i can afford the rest of the fans

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as i cant put them in later rip

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 6:05 PM

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ok, so what SSD would you recommend @pallid compass ?

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:06 PM

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256gb OS SSD(assuming u can keep it tidy)
512gb Projects /raw
512gb Engine
Endgame budget

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should be a tiny bit more expensive than buying a 1tb ssd

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 6:06 PM

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I mean only 1 SSD for engine and projects

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:06 PM

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but budget friendly i guess

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:06 PM

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Send help my computers are taking over my apartment

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pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:06 PM

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jfc zero

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when u become a rich hoe hire me to come do my magic too that pile

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:07 PM

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Hahaha

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Yeah you can kinda see the mess of wires in the back especially

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It's just layers upon layers of adding onto it over the last 3 years

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 6:08 PM

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its a good idea to never remove drives

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:08 PM

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this ^

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 6:08 PM

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my workstation pc has a 1 tb nvm drive (ssd) a 500 gb ssd, a 256 gb ssd, a 4 tb hd, a 2 tb hd, and a 1 tb hd

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:08 PM

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u can have ur pc off, and if ur raid is done by bios and u remove a sata cable and put it back in

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Your array is 100% dead

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 6:08 PM

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as long as you got dem sata space

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keep addin

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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i know what zero is gonna type

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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the 1 tb hdd is like 8 years old

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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I just know it

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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After researching file integrity while building my NAS, I don't trust RAID at all anymore.

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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I KNEW It

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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Especially since my RAID1 died on me and killed everything ;-;

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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oUCH

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:09 PM

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3TB of Unreal stuff

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Thank god for backups, but still. Never again.

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A drive died, and the intel raid manager thought it would be a good idea to wipe the working drive when I put a new one in.

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:10 PM

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ok zero while u are here

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:10 PM

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I am never here! o.o

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:10 PM

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WHY CAN E NOT ACTIVATE STENCIL RENDER SETTINGS IN PREVIEW WINDOWS

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do i need to make a PR or am i blind

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:11 PM

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I have never once used stencil, so you would know more than me.

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:11 PM

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@frank escarp

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then

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:11 PM

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Actually that's not entirely true, I think I used it once for a ping/sonar effect, but that's it

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:11 PM

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Seams object instances only hold render meta data(or w/e its called) while being placed in the world

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 6:11 PM

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@pallid compass create a postpro that shows it

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btw, stencil is kind of broken in many ways

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i found it was not possible to use it in ps4 on forward renderer mode

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:12 PM

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well i use stencil too apply my outline via PP, but theres no way to activate it when it requires objects to have stencil value of 1, when u cant change stencil render value in any preview scene windows

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Oh really? dam that sucks

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They made some changes recently too it as well

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Im on def rendering because of softmodes shader models, no forward support yet ALL HAIL TXAA

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:14 PM

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@pallid compass Oh also, I just got some 10 gigabit ethernet cards off amazon. Time to embrace 800 mb/s reads and 600 mb/s writes off of regular platter drives over network!

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:14 PM

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Oh dam that sounds nice, h avent done that yet

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my router sucks balls

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lmao

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:14 PM

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I'm skipping the router, direct PC to PC connections

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:14 PM

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IT CAN DO WIRELESS FASTER THAN ETHERNET MAKES NO SENSE

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Its what i get for using service provider routere

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 6:15 PM

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I don't need 10 gigabit to my router. Since it's 3 machines, if I get 3 cards with 2 ports each I can connect them all directly

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😃

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 6:15 PM

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oh true thats a good idea

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I cant actually fit a network card in my rig Lmao

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no space

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Unless i can find a pci extension cable that is x4 and not x16 one as there far too wide

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Then i can hide the network card

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btw i shifted to lounge before someone shouts

clear junco Dec 16, 2018, 6:22 PM

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is it true that you cant package your game when a map has over 2gb?

snow sparrow Dec 16, 2018, 6:22 PM

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google it

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 6:50 PM

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Hi

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Do anyone know how to make dashing like this

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https://youtu.be/OARO_Epn2K0

YouTube

Aaron Winnenberg

Dash Effect UE4

▶ Play video

tame flint Dec 16, 2018, 6:51 PM

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does anyone know how to turn off the damn compiling shaders every time i start my game????

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 6:57 PM

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What everytine u start ur game?

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I never have an issue with that

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 7:01 PM

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@thorn vector controlledpawn> Cast to character> get forward vector> get vector length>promote float to variable. And pass that in to add impulse Maybe?

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Just off the top of my head. Seems like that could work as a dash

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 7:01 PM

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Wait ill try

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 7:03 PM

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Multiply it and pass the multiplied value into add impulse. U might have to normalize the forward vector on top of that and pass that in as a direction. Not sure though. I'm at work atm so I can't fiddle with blueprints atm. Sadface

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Also this way will probably not work standing still. Might be an easier way

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 7:06 PM

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The cobtrol pawn is which one there are three is is locally and is player

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 7:06 PM

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Where u doing the function from? The character itself? If so maybe Getplayercharacter

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If it's the character itself. Right click add custom event.

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Then call that from player controller

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With an input binding

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So custom event> getplayercharacter>charactermovementcomponent > get forward vector>normalize and pass into add impulse or add force

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Then just add the force value

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If it's a sidescroller u might need right vector

tame flint Dec 16, 2018, 7:17 PM

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so does anyone know how i can keep unreal engine from compiling every time i press play in the editor???

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it should not have to compile 300 shaders every time

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:19 PM

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why is this SDD so cheap https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147673 ?

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:22 PM

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cheap? that's expensive

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 7:23 PM

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📎 IMG_20181217_032257.JPG

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What is this node name

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I forgot

worn granite Dec 16, 2018, 7:23 PM

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Equals (Enum)

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 7:23 PM

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Ok thanks

worn granite Dec 16, 2018, 7:23 PM

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can also search by ==

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:27 PM

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@manic pawn $147 for 1Tb of fastest SSD? How is it expensive ?

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:28 PM

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https://geizhals.de/samsung-ssd-860-evo-1tb-mz-76e1t0b-a1756905.html I can get it for less

Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB, SATA ab € 138,75 (2019) | Preisverglei...

✔ Preisvergleich für Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB, SATA ✔ Bewertungen ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Bauform: Solid State Drive (SSD) • Formfaktor: 2.5" • Schnittstelle: SATA 6Gb/s • Lesen: 550MB/s… ✔ Solid State Drives (SSD) ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

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usually eu price is higher than us price

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also the fastest ssd would be this one: https://geizhals.de/samsung-ssd-970-evo-1tb-mz-v7e1t0bw-a1809117.html

Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB ab € 245,80 (2019) | Preisvergleich Gei...

✔ Preisvergleich für Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB ✔ Bewertungen ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Bauform: Solid State Module (SSM) • Formfaktor: M.2 2280 • Schnittstelle: M.2/M-Key (PCIe 3.0 x4) • Lesen… ✔ Solid State Drives (SSD) ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

plush yew Dec 16, 2018, 7:30 PM

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1tb boi

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alex

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:33 PM

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lol, how is 138EUR (and I bet you have to pay VAT on top of that) is cheaper than 147 USD (with no tax because most of the time there is no tax when buying online in USA) ?!

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:34 PM

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all prices in eu include tax (only us is too dumb to figure out how to do that all the time)

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:34 PM

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btw, I can't find anywhere online that NVMe lasts less than SATA SSD... Is it one of those myths from earlier times ?

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138 EUR is 156 USD

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which is still pricier

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 7:36 PM

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unless you actually pay tax in usa

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in europe, its allways VAT included in prices

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thats something that really triggered me in usa

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"2 dollars for a bag of chips"

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(brings out 2 dollars from wallet to pay"

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goes to pay

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"its 2.2 dollars"

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:37 PM

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tax varies from state to state

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so it's much easier to have prices without taxes

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:38 PM

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are you saying they're too dumb to show the correct price for each state

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it works just fine with a different price for each eu country

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:38 PM

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no, it's more convenient for vendors

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 7:38 PM

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yes, becouse it "seems" like stuff is cheaper

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:39 PM

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plus, there are tax exemptions

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without taxes included, everything is easier

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you'd get used to it in no time if you lived in US (if you moved from EU to Us for example)

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:39 PM

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"exemptions"

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sounds like those exemptions should be the ones having to do math, not everyone else

abstract relic Dec 16, 2018, 7:41 PM

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They do. You write it off when you file your taxes

quiet rampart Dec 16, 2018, 7:47 PM

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hey all !

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i have some difficulties with my scene in unreal, i wonder if someone can help me ?

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:48 PM

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someone can probably help you

abstract relic Dec 16, 2018, 7:49 PM

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You don’t need permission to ask a question

quiet rampart Dec 16, 2018, 7:50 PM

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i try to get the light and shadows rights. there is a dynamic directionnal light in the scene

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this is what i want

📎 unknown.png

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:50 PM

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so, anyhow, has anyone had NVMe SSD and used it to build UE4 source (occasionally) AND projects (often) ? How long did the drive last ?

quiet rampart Dec 16, 2018, 7:51 PM

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but when i get a little back, there is a big leak in the corners

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📎 unknown.png

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:51 PM

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@vale silo They will last until you replace it. Stop asking or just google it. Modern SSDs don't die until you write multiple petabytes to them.

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:52 PM

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well, I googled and nothing came up ... That's why I am asking since some people here said not to use NVMe for that purpose as it will die quick

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:52 PM

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it works completely fine

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:52 PM

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For the average user that's well over 10 years. You will replace it because you need more space before you need to replace it from wearing it out.

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:52 PM

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(nothing that supports the theory of NVMe dying quickly)

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:52 PM

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probably because that theory is nonsens

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:52 PM

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NVMe is just a way to plug it in, there's nothing special or different other than that compared to regular SSDs.

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The actual memory is the same

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SATA SSDs would be just as fast if SATA itself wasn't so slow

night eagle Dec 16, 2018, 7:53 PM

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I don't use Unreal

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:53 PM

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well, NVMe is a ton faster than SATA SSD. I just don't see why buy SATA SSD since it's magnitude slower

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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Because not everyone has NVMe on their motherboard or wants to buy an adapter.

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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ah, I see

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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@spark pike yo i used the dashing u said

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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sata ssd costs half as much, so that's also a factor

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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NVMe is just newer, that's all there is to it.

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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I tested it on mmo starter kit and it doesnt work @rk9

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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And yeah, they're more expensive since they can price gouge. It doesn't cost more to make.

thorn vector Dec 16, 2018, 7:54 PM

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@spark pike

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But when i used other project it works @spark pike why mmo starter kit wont let me dash

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Use the launch character or teleport

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 7:55 PM

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You cant just stack NVME either

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:55 PM

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Did you just ping the same poor guy 3 times in 20 seconds?

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 7:55 PM

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Depending on your board and CPU

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they will start eating lanes

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and stuff

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:56 PM

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Yeah, NVMe is just a smaller form factor PCI-E

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That's how it works

vale silo Dec 16, 2018, 7:56 PM

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looks like my mobo supports NVMe out of the box https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-A/

ASUS USA

Z170-A | Motherboards | ASUS USA

Z170-A boosts the performance of your build with intelligent one-click auto-tuning, USB 3.1 support, flawless audio and low-latency networking for gaming with confidence.

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 7:56 PM

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also if u have more than 1 m.2 slot it starts getting a little complex

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:56 PM

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Cool, then use it

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 7:56 PM

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almost all modern mobos do

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:57 PM

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Samsung and Intel make the best SSDs, btw. Brand does matter when picking drives.

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Speeds vary a great deal

frank escarp Dec 16, 2018, 7:59 PM

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you can get a m2 pci adapter

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i need to get a new nvm drive

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my laptop is probably on the brink of death

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 7:59 PM

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Yeah, I have one on my X99 mobo. It still gets the full speed on my samsung nvme drive

fierce tulip Dec 16, 2018, 7:59 PM

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peeps, hardware talk should go in #lounge 😃

clear junco Dec 16, 2018, 7:59 PM

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http://prntscr.com/lvqrti

Lightshot

Screenshot

Captured with Lightshot

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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what if you just rename the channel to "lounge 2" 🤔

clear junco Dec 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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this map has 2.3 gb can i reduce that somehow?

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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put less stuff in it

clear junco Dec 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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i dont wanna remove all that foliage

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there must be a other way

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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optimize assets then

clear junco Dec 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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how can i do that?

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:01 PM

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By that response i dont think you can

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Reduce the polygon count and texture memory usage

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:01 PM

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what does "this map has 2.3gb" mean

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file size? memory usage in game?

clear junco Dec 16, 2018, 8:02 PM

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file size

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 8:02 PM

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The map or the builtdata?

languid shard Dec 16, 2018, 8:02 PM

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@fierce tulip hardware talks should go in #hardware

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owait

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😄

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:03 PM

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Lmao

grim sinew Dec 16, 2018, 8:03 PM

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#hardware would be the #rei channel and you know it

languid shard Dec 16, 2018, 8:03 PM

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i tried

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:03 PM

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pls no hardware channel, id never get anything done

languid shard Dec 16, 2018, 8:03 PM

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hardware talk all the day and night

errant lintel Dec 16, 2018, 8:07 PM

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I have a licensing question about Unreal licence, if I use Unreal (Slate) without the Engine module to make the launcher of my game + my game

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Is it two different projects or one ?

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:08 PM

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email epic about licencing

errant lintel Dec 16, 2018, 8:08 PM

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good idea

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:08 PM

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it doesn't make a difference, since royalties don't work on a per project basis

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:08 PM

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also

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use slate with out the engine module?

errant lintel Dec 16, 2018, 8:09 PM

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yup actually the Epic launcher use Slate without the Engine module

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also there is a standlone renderer module

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:09 PM

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oh right gotcha

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:09 PM

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epic launcher uses slate to display a terribly integrated web browser :(

pallid compass Dec 16, 2018, 8:09 PM

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knocking out the stuff u dont need

errant lintel Dec 16, 2018, 8:09 PM

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@manic pawn Yeah, this is called "Optimization" kappa

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:10 PM

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I mean using web ui is technically not that bad

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but pls sync the frame rate to the application it runs in correctly

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and enable gpu acceleration

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discord is probably the best web ui based thing around

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fast and works flawlessly unless something's wrong on the server side

spark pike Dec 16, 2018, 8:13 PM

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Not sure. I'm pretty new to unreal as well

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There might be better ways to do it honestly.

opal ocean Dec 16, 2018, 8:16 PM

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Is it possible to take a screenshot or a picture of a mesh, with a transparent background? or do I have to photoshop the background out?

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:18 PM

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at editor or run time

opal ocean Dec 16, 2018, 8:18 PM

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editor

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:18 PM

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you can just use a scene capture component to draw it to a render target with alpha

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in an otherwise empty level

opal ocean Dec 16, 2018, 8:18 PM

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Need to make a preview icon for some meshes, but all the material work is in UE4

tall pendant Dec 16, 2018, 8:18 PM

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or custom depth

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it's an option in the HRSS Tool

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:19 PM

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that'd work for generating a mask

opal ocean Dec 16, 2018, 8:20 PM

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I'd have to set that up to run every time the game loads tho?

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or, everytime I need the preview?

manic pawn Dec 16, 2018, 8:20 PM

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every time you want to render an icon

opal ocean Dec 16, 2018, 8:20 PM

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hmmm

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I suppose thats doable, its for the main menu, which is currently empty

cyan burrow Dec 16, 2018, 8:23 PM

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is it okay if i ask basic questions here? i watched the tuts a while ago and would rather just ask the questions that i forget rather than rewatching whole tuts

opal ocean Dec 16, 2018, 8:23 PM

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sure

fierce tulip Dec 16, 2018, 8:24 PM

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first you make a folder.

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https://twitter.com/bitrate1280/status/1074338317343154177

plush yew Dec 16, 2018, 8:35 PM

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wow

opal ocean Dec 16, 2018, 8:48 PM

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Ok I got it rendering 😄 needs some tweaking, the perspective is off 😦

fierce tulip Dec 16, 2018, 8:59 PM

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<_<

thorn sierra Dec 16, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Does anyone know when the store offers come out?

vernal tapir Dec 16, 2018, 10:00 PM

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Can anyone tell what's causing performance spikes in my game by .ue4stats file?

plush yew Dec 16, 2018, 10:54 PM

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hello

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where i can download nvidia gameworks for latest ue4 ?

high stone Dec 16, 2018, 11:02 PM

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I'm not sure on game works. But Nvidia's website has white papers, experimental drivers, cuda developer software, and other neat tools for game development.

plush yew Dec 16, 2018, 11:03 PM

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i mean did someone pre compiled for ue4 latest can share them with me , i dont know how to build them.

copper fable Dec 16, 2018, 11:05 PM

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hey guys, my project is crasshing on start up and is giving me this error in the crash log

[2018.12.16-23.04.16:180][ 0]LogUObjectBase: Error: 'this' pointer is misaligned.
[2018.12.16-23.04.16:180][ 0]LogWindows: Windows GetLastError: The operation completed successfully. (0)

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dw i got it

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also do you create an actor component using the CreateDefaultSubObject too?

crisp fable Dec 16, 2018, 11:36 PM

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does anyone have experience on distributing a custom build?

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i dont want to pull my branch and build everywhere, i just want to have a build somewhere that i can use

grim ore Dec 16, 2018, 11:46 PM

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one you build out your custom build is that not enough to move to wherever you want to go?

ancient otter Dec 17, 2018, 12:14 AM

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Do you guys know any place where i can learn about advanced mats?

crisp fable Dec 17, 2018, 1:03 AM

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matt i dont know how to do that like the official ones, ie. debug and development, with debug symbols

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 1:41 AM

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Make sure you have the game mode and default pawn set in the project setting first thing first. Remove all player starts from the scene to test if you or someone accidentally hard coded a location (you’ll spawn wherever location you were in the editor by doing this). If not, check collisions

vernal tapir Dec 17, 2018, 1:42 AM

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Mb check if pawn's possess is set to Player0?

steady stump Dec 17, 2018, 6:32 AM

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Help - "Instanced meshes don't yet support unique static lighting for each LOD." My lighting won't build past 0%...

south ridge Dec 17, 2018, 6:35 AM

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Well...

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...

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Don't use instanced meshes?

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Make them movable/dynamic?

sudden agate Dec 17, 2018, 6:39 AM

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@steady stump the LODs of your Meshes need to have the same Lightmap UVs

steady stump Dec 17, 2018, 6:41 AM

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@south ridge Making them dynamic doesn't fix the issue.

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@sudden agate Pretty new to LODs. How do I check those values?

crisp fable Dec 17, 2018, 7:27 AM

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hi i wish to make a complaint

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HLOD takes forever

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and apparently only 20% CPU

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fix it please

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end of complaint

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 7:57 AM

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are there any mmo starter kits on market? o.o

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 8:19 AM

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Sadly yes

south ridge Dec 17, 2018, 8:19 AM

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@plush yew do you think a MMO starter kit would get you far? 😄

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 8:19 AM

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People actually believe that yes

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 8:25 AM

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For what I have in mind yes, but just as a start-up of course I'll need knowledge etc, but I would prefer to just focus on creating the environment and the world rather than the coding aspects as the initial project start

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 8:25 AM

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Yee thats a nogo xd

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In mmo there is 90% coding

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You are definitly outmatched if you do this alone

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And enviroments gets boring fast as its dead without interaction

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Dead mmo.

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 8:27 AM

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MMO is the worst option for art regardless

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 8:28 AM

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What do you mean it gets boring fast?

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the sculpting ?

polar hawk Dec 17, 2018, 8:29 AM

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📎 unknown.gif

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 8:30 AM

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You cannot get into visual detail cause you know, it’s massive multiplayer

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 8:37 AM

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for what I have in mind its nothing crazy, just tab targeting a finalize version for example would only include, 5 skills per weapon with only 2 weapons as a start. spread amongst 3 unique factions totalling 6 unique weapons but similar, and 30 skills unique skills with similar animations the real focus would be only the world as my vision is to encourage exploration. instead of some triple A wireframes for an mmo and triple A skills aswell as combat, anyhow thats way off topic xD was just wondering if there are any known mmo starter kits

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 8:41 AM

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You are way off if you think your idea is fast and easy

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Get a team

willow stratus Dec 17, 2018, 8:42 AM

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Is unity bad, just wondering I’m a unreal fan but what does unity have that unreal doesn’t?

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 8:43 AM

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It would be something that will most likely take 3-5 years, that's with a starter kit and focusing on a small world at first but without a starter kit it's out the question xD

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 8:44 AM

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is this your first project 🤔

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 8:45 AM

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(Please say no)

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 8:48 AM

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I've messed around a ton with sculpting, I'm pretty much entirely new to what else the engine has to offer I'm sure I've only scratched 1% of the surface. :c learning new things can be quite overwhelming at first but I enjoy creating environments

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 8:49 AM

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I'd say try to start with an rpg first

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 8:50 AM

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even with a starter kit, those are just tools and a means of progression nothing can be done without actually putting in the time and effort, I'd say overall currently I have very little knowledge of the engine and even just in general its functions yeah I was thinking that too but any project in general will consume a lot of time and effort :c

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I consider mmos RPGs, do you mean RPG as just the solo player experience?

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 8:51 AM

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I mean as start smaller

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I've seen some starter kits, overall not too impressed

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 8:53 AM

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You can buy assets; dialogue system, networking framework and such. You still need to have foundational knowledge of it though. You’ll be out a few shiny pennies and a trashed project because of its scope mind you.

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 8:54 AM

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yea, I wouldnt reckon anyone to put up a seriously thoughtout and optimal starter kit without investing a lot of time and effort, or releasing something from their current project without costing a lot. but I think this coming year there perhaps will be a few works in progress on the way? xD

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Yea I totally understand

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 8:55 AM

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I mean not to delude you, the chances of finishing mmo all alone are pretty slim

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and there you have publishing, marketing, actual multiplayer chunking, lots and lots of assets

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 8:57 AM

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Pick a genre that compliments your technical interest. MMOs are for masochistic team of programmers

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 9:00 AM

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3-5 years for an MMORPG 0_o

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Man, I've seen promising indie projects that took twice as long to not even get the basic tech done

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 9:02 AM

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yeah I can imagine its quite slim and lol red xD besides the multiplayer frameworks and such, I'm really just thinking of a simple combat system and nothing too insane tbh that wouldnt be too code intensive, I just dont know how intense the framework" part is and thats generally what glues everything together right xD

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:02 AM

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They probably just forgot a 0 in there, they meant 30-50 years

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 9:02 AM

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when ue5 comes out

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:02 AM

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UE8 will be out by then

languid shard Dec 17, 2018, 9:02 AM

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ue4ep3

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 9:02 AM

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time to publish

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 9:03 AM

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np I'll hop in a cryogenic chamber in the mean time and have em freeze meh

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ill return to a world of cyborgs no longer using our dated means of gaming

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ill be praised as the ant that survived without the knowledge of survival

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xD

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 9:05 AM

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10/10, now you got the mmo script

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 9:05 AM

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Don’t be silly, they’ll be watching wheel of fortune on loop

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 9:05 AM

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The moment you go 'massively' anything in games, it's time to look at custom solutions that do exactly what you need and nothing else. It's about efficiency above all else - if you want a starter kit, you've probably already failed.

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I'm not even sure what a 'starter kit' on the marketplace would offer, and I'm willing to bet none of them have ever even been tested in a real world environment

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 9:08 AM

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Yea I'll perhaps just stick to the dated source engine for now xD dont really have any ideas, for smaller games as its not something that I would really wanna put in the time or effort building and crafting towards :c

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 9:08 AM

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The engine isn't the problem, it's your expectations

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:08 AM

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If you don't want to put time into smaller games, you're doomed from the start on a bigger one

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 9:09 AM

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I'm sure sometime, perhaps even soon they'll be some big starter kits coming out as I can see it being something highly profitable for the creators

sudden agate Dec 17, 2018, 9:09 AM

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what do you mean I need to have patience, money and skill to make games?

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:09 AM

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You will, in some way, make a colossal mistake, at some point, and only recognize the problem after it's too late to fix and need to start over

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And since the project is so big it'll waste years of your life

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 9:09 AM

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theres always a fix if you bang your head long enough but no pc abuse

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allowed"

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:10 AM

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And no, big starter kits will never happen, because it can't be profitable. You would need to invest millions of dollars only to sell like 10 copies.

sudden agate Dec 17, 2018, 9:10 AM

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Are MMOs still a thing tho?

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:10 AM

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"Yeah we made this entirely custom server and netcode solution for the engine and.... nobody can afford it"

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 9:10 AM

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I think the closest thing you'll get to a starter kit is something like SpatialOS

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 9:10 AM

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they could be if ur original and not making a wow clone. Better off hosting wow private otherwise

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 9:11 AM

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But you're in for a surprise if you think you can plug art and gameplay into that and just go

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:11 AM

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Yeah, SpatialOS is good on paper, but it almost seems like their business model is building people up beyond reasonable expectations of their own ability to make something that uses it properly

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"We'll handle the networking, all you need to do is do the work of 100 artists and 50 programmers, by yourself, before you go bankrupt or die of old age"

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 9:13 AM

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there goes my dream

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 9:13 AM

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I watched someone spend two hours getting a cube to rotate on clients using spatialOS the other day xD

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:13 AM

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lmao

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 9:14 AM

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Dear god

spare sun Dec 17, 2018, 9:14 AM

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need 2 programmers for that

grim sinew Dec 17, 2018, 9:14 AM

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One to do the work and the other to keep him away from sharp objects

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Two hours just to replicate a cube rotating, either they never did networking in Unreal before or SpatialOS is a nightmare

worn granite Dec 17, 2018, 9:15 AM

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Eh

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Older versionsay have e been

abstract relic Dec 17, 2018, 9:16 AM

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You’re forgetting about the other programmer responsible for holding the key to the room they’re locked in

worn granite Dec 17, 2018, 9:16 AM

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Newer versions are not that hard to grok

plush yew Dec 17, 2018, 9:18 AM

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loool

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Yea, thinking of any sort of project even on a small scale can be quite over whelming, I'll just focus on mapping for now xD

worn granite Dec 17, 2018, 9:20 AM

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Even with a perfect code backend and all the raw art, if you're a solo dev you'll struggle to ship

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Just having skimmed

errant lintel Dec 17, 2018, 9:33 AM

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@wary wave , @grim sinew the SpatialOS GDK override the Unreal net driver, so now it's like developing a game with the native Unreal Network

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 9:50 AM

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^ this

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it's pretty fiddly when you're getting started

winged crypt Dec 17, 2018, 10:46 AM

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Anyone know why a packaged .exe would be corrupt / unreadable by default? Successful build.

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4.21.1

frozen halo Dec 17, 2018, 12:04 PM

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build-computer has the aids

ornate surge Dec 17, 2018, 12:43 PM

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could someone help me out in returning the angle of the line trace inpact normal ?

regal mulch Dec 17, 2018, 12:44 PM

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(Normal DOTPRODUCT (LineTraceDirection * -1.0))

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And then ACOSD on the result

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Gives you the angle between the linetrace and the impact normal

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Both vectors have to be normalized of course

ornate surge Dec 17, 2018, 12:46 PM

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is there a way to just know what angle the hit was so what my prob is .. i want to spawn a object out on terrain useing mouse loction but i do not want to spawn this if the hit is like a mountain are steep hill ?

regal mulch Dec 17, 2018, 12:47 PM

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So you want the angle of the surface compared to a flat surface?

ornate surge Dec 17, 2018, 12:47 PM

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yeah i think so

regal mulch Dec 17, 2018, 12:47 PM

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Then replace LineTraceDirection * 1.0) with just a plain 0, 0, 1 vector

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Rest stays the same

digital anchor Dec 17, 2018, 12:48 PM

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@regal mulch isnt that exactly the HitNormal?

regal mulch Dec 17, 2018, 12:48 PM

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He wants the angle between the Normal and the UpVector

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At least that's what I understood

ornate surge Dec 17, 2018, 12:49 PM

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yeah it seems a little to tricky for me i hnave messed with dot products and things but that was following along a tut. and my math is not so swell lol

regal mulch Dec 17, 2018, 12:49 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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Then improve your math

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Math is required in GameDev

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At least if you are interacting with things in the world

ornate surge Dec 17, 2018, 12:52 PM

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thanks for the help i know what i need to figure out though.. the angle between up vector and hit normal 😛

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 1:08 PM

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my math still sucks half the time, mercifully most basic game math problems are an easy google away 😉

languid shard Dec 17, 2018, 1:16 PM

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my math teacher in highschool said "Antoine you suck at math, you're not gonna make it to engineering schools"

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yet here I am with a Masters in immersive tech

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 1:16 PM

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I had a similar experience with a math teacher who almost outright refused to teach me (which is part of why I think I'm so bad at math sometimes) - but I get by absolutely fine

languid shard Dec 17, 2018, 1:17 PM

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yeah

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maths uuuuh... finds a way

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 1:17 PM

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thing is, unless you're a hardcore graphics programmer, you don't need to memorise the 20-something trigonometric identities and how to derive them

languid shard Dec 17, 2018, 1:17 PM

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gamecode on the surface is mostly logic

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 1:18 PM

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for the most part you just need a good enough basic understanding of trig, vector math and mechanics, and from there you can often understand most things, or at least know enough to start putting together a solution

ornate surge Dec 17, 2018, 1:47 PM

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yeah i get by pretty good also but when it gets to the techy stuff like my problem i get confuseled lol

lyric merlin Dec 17, 2018, 1:48 PM

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oh poop, does the Actor Position node return the centre of the mesh bounds, not the origin?

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 1:50 PM

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It returns root.

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Whatever is at root doesnt matter

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It returns root

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 1:51 PM

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yeah, it'll return whatever the root is

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specifically actor root location

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it doesn't care about any mesh it may have

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 1:51 PM

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Or damn pivots

lyric merlin Dec 17, 2018, 1:52 PM

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yeah, phew, cheers guys

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something else is pushing this off-centre

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ahh, I had an Object Position node in one place by accident instead of Actor Position

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sneaky thing

lyric merlin Dec 17, 2018, 2:15 PM

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hmm.. I need to hide inner faces of this transparent non-convex mesh

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I almost need like a z-prepass for individual models

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I'm using the forward renderer, so should be poss

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if dithered temporal aa wasn't broken in vr I'd use that, and just have masking instead of transparency. That would also solve the problem

lyric merlin Dec 17, 2018, 2:39 PM

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Anyone know if it's possible to do per-mesh z-prepasses (with the forward renderer) so only the frontmost face on transparent meshes is rendered?

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 2:40 PM

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What are you trying to create

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It sounds really awkward

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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I assume he's trying to avoid multiple layers of transparency

lament dagger Dec 17, 2018, 2:50 PM

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heeyyyy so I am trying to put a tree from kit demo right? And when its loading ue4 just doesnt respond. Any help?

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the loading stops at 84% or something

lyric merlin Dec 17, 2018, 2:51 PM

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Yup. Specifically I'm projecting directional imposters onto meshes to fake volumetric clouds in VR. So something similar to octahedral imposters, but using meshes of volume contours instead

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But yeah, only want to project onto the front faces

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 2:52 PM

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@lament dagger - just wait

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it's probably doing distance field calculations or something, and that takes forever because the assets are stupidly high res

lament dagger Dec 17, 2018, 2:52 PM

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@wary wave it doesnt respond and I wait for like 30min

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 2:52 PM

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yeah, it's gonna take a while

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especially with a lower spec machine

lament dagger Dec 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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any way to make it faster?

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I wait for 30min to put a tree

clear junco Dec 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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can you make something like "Sublevels" in ue4 ? so that not one lvl has over 2 gb ?

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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You can

clear junco Dec 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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how?^^

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im new

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 2:54 PM

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Prrsistent levels

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Its a bit tricky to explain

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But easy todo

clear junco Dec 17, 2018, 2:54 PM

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do you have a yt tutorial?

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or can you show me a good youtuber

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?^^

cloud cobalt Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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@lament dagger Are you using the Kite demo ?

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None of these assets are meant for game dev

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They're literally way too heavy

lament dagger Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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I just wanna mes around

lyric merlin Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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@wary wave You don't have any leads do you?

clear junco Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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oh you shouldnt use kite demo? xD

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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not a clue

clear junco Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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i used it in mine

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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I don't really do rendering stuff that much

clear junco Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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that could explain why my map has over 2 gb xd

static viper Dec 17, 2018, 2:55 PM

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Kite demo was just to show pff

wary wave Dec 17, 2018, 2:56 PM

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and yeah, the kite demo assets are a bit too high res for game applications

cloud cobalt Dec 17, 2018, 2:56 PM

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Kite was a cinematic demo, not a real-time scene