#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 441

fringe pivot Apr 19, 2019, 4:35 PM

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dat music

regal mulch Apr 19, 2019, 4:42 PM

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Da zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom

manic pawn Apr 19, 2019, 4:44 PM

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that preview image is false advertising

spark sonnet Apr 19, 2019, 4:54 PM

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How can I stop the movement for the specific actor? When I use this it stops all its child actors too

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wanton stirrup Apr 19, 2019, 5:00 PM

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Does anyone know, do shared collections work with GIT as source control?

teal tulip Apr 19, 2019, 5:33 PM

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@primal edge the cursor does sexy movements

primal edge Apr 19, 2019, 5:39 PM

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🕺 alex 🕺

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my unique cursor, been doing that for years!

thorny stream Apr 19, 2019, 6:33 PM

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Hey, whats the best way to handle per-level progression? Level Bp is nice but very restrictive so

fathom bridge Apr 19, 2019, 6:39 PM

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You mean levels as in maps? Or player levels like my warrior just leveled up kinda thing

thorny stream Apr 19, 2019, 6:46 PM

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levels as in mapss

still orbit Apr 19, 2019, 6:52 PM

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out of curiosity, would a game like "they are billions" would even be feasible to make in unreal engine?

fathom bridge Apr 19, 2019, 6:53 PM

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Do you want to know how to switch maps at runtime? in game?

cloud cobalt Apr 19, 2019, 6:54 PM

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@still orbit Yes

fathom bridge Apr 19, 2019, 6:56 PM

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Cuz that is as simple as an Open Level node

thorny stream Apr 19, 2019, 6:57 PM

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no it's more like, Player has to do A, B, C before they can continue to the next level

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I think the system i have currently is way more complicated then it should be..

fathom bridge Apr 19, 2019, 7:00 PM

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I see. You have a list of objectives and when they are complete, then switch levels

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In a nutshell how does your system work?

light oasis Apr 19, 2019, 7:04 PM

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Is there a good channel to ask about corrupt assets?

fathom bridge Apr 19, 2019, 7:04 PM

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Rather than tracking it on your level BP you can track it on your character or create a component in your character to store variables

still orbit Apr 19, 2019, 7:05 PM

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@cloud cobalt are you familiar with it? there are literally thousands of units at any given point

cloud cobalt Apr 19, 2019, 7:06 PM

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Just needs some careful consideration

thorny stream Apr 19, 2019, 7:07 PM

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So, my game has alot of objects, and they each have different states, and i was thinking of making a sort of Brain BP, that checks and updates the object states, but each sort of trigger will be unique to the level

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Track it on my CharBP and see what level its on to check the unique triggers?

fathom bridge Apr 19, 2019, 7:10 PM

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You could, sure

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Or have a 'level' variable on triggers abd have different behavior depending on the level

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There are different ways to go about it

thorny stream Apr 19, 2019, 7:21 PM

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hmm alright, thank youu

wintry forge Apr 19, 2019, 7:33 PM

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would it be easier to have rotating legs rigged/animated/baked in blender, or have them rotate based on programming in UE4? You move the legs manually in game with your character

fathom bridge Apr 19, 2019, 9:01 PM

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For a humanoid?

wintry forge Apr 19, 2019, 9:05 PM

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nah its a stationary tripod

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it has rotating joints for the legs

wary tartan Apr 19, 2019, 9:05 PM

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In what channel should I post a question about gFur?

wintry forge Apr 19, 2019, 9:05 PM

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(tripod as in the tool, not some kind of creature)

robust steeple Apr 19, 2019, 9:16 PM

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Can AiMoveTo node be used inside a function?
Or is it event graph only?

random nacelle Apr 19, 2019, 9:16 PM

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with so many members in would of thought there would be people using voice chat

cerulean sorrel Apr 19, 2019, 9:19 PM

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not working??

haughty moon Apr 19, 2019, 9:27 PM

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https://gyazo.com/d51e4937e1a348df4f1e0c1280321ec2 whats this mean?

Gyazo

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how do i get rid of this?

coral patio Apr 19, 2019, 9:35 PM

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Anybody here who has worked with fur shaders or implemented characters or animals with fur (not hair cards, just the texture/shader) in Unreal? I'm trying to find a good shader setup for the body of a lion I created and want to make it look as realistic as possible.

verbal vapor Apr 19, 2019, 9:39 PM

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hey i just got 4.21 waiting a bit on 22, anyway Im trying to open my project settings but the window wont come forward whats up with that?

cerulean sorrel Apr 19, 2019, 9:48 PM

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helppppp

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anyone know why this is not working

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wtf

lime girder Apr 19, 2019, 9:55 PM

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Any AR folks in here?

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using Unreal on iOS/arkit?

hidden aurora Apr 19, 2019, 10:15 PM

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@cerulean sorrel you need to specify a start spot and a new player

next badger Apr 19, 2019, 10:33 PM

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@lime girder #virtual-reality

twilit hill Apr 19, 2019, 10:37 PM

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anyone knows good write-ups about water (waves) mp replication?

wary wave Apr 19, 2019, 11:13 PM

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you won't find one

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...because it shouldn't be replicated at all

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it should be using something like game time, which is already synched

twilit hill Apr 19, 2019, 11:14 PM

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yeah, i was thinking about doing that

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world aligned with material parameters adjusted by the server in fixed intervals ...

wintry forge Apr 19, 2019, 11:22 PM

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Should I make my tripod (tool, not creature):
A baseplate with 3 sockets, which each attach a "rotating extension" that I can program to move based on input, each with a socket to attach an extending leg.
OR
A blender animation with the legs rotating (assuming there is a way to blend each leg rotating simultanously)

like in blender I can animate each of the 3 legs rotating, or like one leg fully rotated, one leg not rotated, another leg half rotated.

Do I need that specific animation to do that specific setup in UE4? or will UE4 be able to use an animation where all 3 fully rotate to properly adjust the legs to where they need to be

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I am not sure what UE4's capability to represent all ranges of motion of a blender creation is

swift rose Apr 19, 2019, 11:25 PM

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Ok I feel like this should be an easy fix but for the life of me cannot figure out how to fix it. I'm still very much a newbie to UE4. Right now my issue is Atmospheric Fog. It works lovely through the day time in my scene, but as night comes and rolls over, atmospheric fog disappears from the scene completely. I'm using Ultra Dynamic Sky for my scene, I even tried adding atmospheric fog under the Dynamic Sky BP but that didn't change anything. Is there any way to get this to work or is atmospheric fog limited to daytime? And sorry to pop in on your inquiry Squall, if I knew anything about that I'd try and help you.

spark sonnet Apr 19, 2019, 11:30 PM

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I can try to help you @swift rose in a sec

round fox Apr 19, 2019, 11:50 PM

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is there any issues with the UE4 fire and smoke particle systems that come in the startercontent?

placid arrow Apr 19, 2019, 11:53 PM

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They don't scale in size very effectively

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Apart from that, nope, use them

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IMHO, make a fire or smoke effect 10% of its default scale and it doesn't look so realistic because of LODs

round fox Apr 19, 2019, 11:55 PM

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ah, OK

placid arrow Apr 19, 2019, 11:56 PM

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Also they aren't very controllable

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So if you want for example a jet of smoke or fire coming out sideways like a flamethrower you have to reengineer it

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As the default one is built from flipbooks that simply aren't the right shape

round fox Apr 20, 2019, 12:10 AM

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OK

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 12:16 AM

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Anyone who's got an idea why this isnt working? It worked once but not anymore

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nvm. now it works for some reason

green granite Apr 20, 2019, 12:29 AM

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hello, when i apply the water material to a plane, it looks like the second image, i want to try and make it look like the first image, which is what it looks like when applied to the landscape, any help would be appreciated, i tried uv unwrapping my plane but it still didnt work....

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swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 12:30 AM

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I found a tutorial that helps show how to adjust that lemme find it again for you

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pXo9-9axU They go over that stretching issue you're running into

YouTube

WorldofLevelDesign

UE4: How Make Water Material in “Starter Content” Work Without...

Complete Tutorial with All the Notes: http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/ue4/materials-starter-content-water-instance.php Using water material from...

▶ Play video

green granite Apr 20, 2019, 12:32 AM

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omg ty i hope this helps!

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 12:32 AM

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Me too XD GL

green granite Apr 20, 2019, 12:44 AM

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will this work with any texture/material?

fringe pivot Apr 20, 2019, 1:09 AM

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Hey guys can someone help me? when I spawn a large heightmap based landscape then I can't run my game.
There is no visible error but the camera appears in a corner and I can't move at all.

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How can I debug that?

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 1:19 AM

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Maybe? I can't fully remember the exact way they went about it in that tutorial.

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And where do you have your landscape perameters set up @fringe pivot

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Is your map below your kill zone?

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You can go to your World Settings and under 'World' there is the Kill Z

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To test if that's the issue just put it at a -(ridiculously large number)

fringe pivot Apr 20, 2019, 1:20 AM

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@swift rose thanks let me check that, didn't know it even existed

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 1:21 AM

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Yeah it was one of the first issues I remember running into when I first got into landscaping XD

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if you run into foilage not spawning when you try to paint it on, it can be because of the same type of perameters as well.

fringe pivot Apr 20, 2019, 1:24 AM

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that fixed it, thanks a lot

scarlet birch Apr 20, 2019, 1:42 AM

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Is there an issue with instanced static meshes and navmesh generation?

plush yew Apr 20, 2019, 1:49 AM

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Does anyone here have a third person game where you can pick up items? How'd you handle recognizing what items to interact with? I thought I had a good system but it's been acting inconsistently so I'm just going to rewrite it. I think it should be based on what the camera is pointing at, right? For some reason I was mixing camera angle with angle to the character

dim plover Apr 20, 2019, 1:50 AM

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@scarlet birch Yes, I believe it's if the BP doesn't reference a static mesh. You can search this Discord and you should find the comments.

scarlet birch Apr 20, 2019, 1:51 AM

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I tried that first and didn't find it. I'll search again. I'm looking through how it works now, and think I might have an idea to fix it.

dim plover Apr 20, 2019, 1:51 AM

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search this:
Just set a freaking default value

scarlet birch Apr 20, 2019, 1:52 AM

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thanks

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Yeah, I'm using BPs to generate the level. On reload the navmesh is only finding the first mesh or two per BP. After changing a few things I can get it to recognize the meshes if they rebuild. I could probably fix it, if that's the case, by just delaying the meshes being added.. I'm going to have to look at it more.

halcyon flame Apr 20, 2019, 2:01 AM

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are pawns supposed to inherit player start yaw? because I have pawns centered at player starts, with 0 pitch and 0 roll, but they seem to not inherit the player start yaw

scarlet birch Apr 20, 2019, 2:01 AM

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@dim plover Thanks. I found it. I can refactor what I have and see if that works.

halcyon flame Apr 20, 2019, 2:08 AM

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the pawns seem to spawn consistently, with one at yaw 0° (aligned with player start), one at yaw 90° (treating PS Y axis as forward axis), and one at positive and negative 45°....

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 2:11 AM

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I double clicked the 'water plane' to take a look at it, and it went from my landscape to this in the view port and everything I have tried will not go back to the level itself. I've even tried exiting and reopening UE4 T.T I don't know how to get out of this viewpoint. someone please help.

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nvm, the one thing I didn't try double clicking was the landscape. I feel special >.>

scarlet birch Apr 20, 2019, 2:11 AM

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That didn't work.

halcyon flame Apr 20, 2019, 2:15 AM

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I'm good, the manipulator defaulted to world space after dispossesion even though it showed local space in the level editor

glad quail Apr 20, 2019, 2:22 AM

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Quick question, I have written a save system in unity where I can get all objects in the current level that implement the serializable interface and then it can save and load their json strings into a master json string... this means that I dont have to create a master savegame struct and each object takes care of it's own save game logic before it gets written to disk... is there a way to make a similiarly flexible system using ue4's in build savegame system... I.E, each object takes care of it's own save logic but it's called and then written to disk by for example the GameInstance? or am I going to have to write a completely custom solution using FJsonObjectConverter or some other serialisation thing.

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from what I can see, ue4 only supports writing a savegame with set properties to disk

halcyon flame Apr 20, 2019, 2:23 AM

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I do have a larger issue: sometimes when calling Create Player, no pawn spawns. a PlayerController, PlayerState, HUD, Camera, Camera Manager are all seen in the outliner for this player, but the pawn doesn't exist. using prints I confirm that BeginPlay is never called so the pawn doesn't even exist for a single update.

I'm also sure this isn't due to there not being an available PlayerStart because I've successfully spawned 4 players without moving 1P at all. can't figure out what causes this, but it happens around 50% of the time.

glad quail Apr 20, 2019, 2:23 AM

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I need to be able to register objects to be saved to disk that handle their own implementation

kindred viper Apr 20, 2019, 2:31 AM

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@glad quail check this out. Its old but relevant info. https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Save_System,_Read_%26_Write_Any_Data_to_Compressed_Binary_Files

Save_System,_Read_%26_Write_Any_Data_to_Compressed_Binary_Files

glad quail Apr 20, 2019, 3:00 AM

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Thanks

halcyon flame Apr 20, 2019, 3:09 AM

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further update, I see that this is a SpawnActor collision

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oops. it gives me a warning in the log of "SpawnActor failed because of collision at the spawn location" so I changed the pawns spawn behavior to always spawn.

this clarified that the problem is the game sometimes tries to spawn pawns at PlayerStarts that currently have pawns on them... why would it do this if there are empty player starts available?

gilded rock Apr 20, 2019, 3:30 AM

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anyone know how i can get my hitscan to be properly accurate on the crosshair? it just continually goes above and to the left, and even worse so when i aim down sights, hlep pls xxx

scarlet birch Apr 20, 2019, 3:33 AM

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For the navmesh issue I was having with Instanced meshes built in constructor, I added a begin play call to ReregisterAllComponents(); and that seems to have solved the issue, not sure it's the best solution. I'm going to test it in a packaged build before I call it fixed.

halcyon flame Apr 20, 2019, 3:41 AM

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are you shooting a ray out of the gun based on its world location?

dapper obsidian Apr 20, 2019, 3:42 AM

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Hello. I’m wondering if anyone has ever had a problem as follows: I’ve installed the epic launcher, when I try to click on it to sign in it immediately crashes. No error message, just gone. It is not minimised, I’ve run as admin, and I have turned off antivirus. Any suggestions?

hearty quarry Apr 20, 2019, 3:46 AM

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does your firewall(s) allow it ?

dapper obsidian Apr 20, 2019, 3:57 AM

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@hearty quarry I turned off avg and I don’t use a firewall

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@hearty quarry can’t even get to the bloody log in screen before it crashes

hearty quarry Apr 20, 2019, 4:01 AM

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is your UAC (user account control) turned off ?

dapper obsidian Apr 20, 2019, 4:04 AM

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No I don’t think so

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But I’ve installed with it on before and never had an issue

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@plush yew ?

daring tide Apr 20, 2019, 4:23 AM

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anyone has this error before?

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shell knot Apr 20, 2019, 5:36 AM

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Hey everyone, an hour ago, the viewport of my editor started getting darker. Even when I open a material, the material viewport seems is darker too. Did I do something wrong? I can't seem to find the solution...

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fyi I disabled the auto exposure in the project settings, but doing the same thing on another project didn't give this weird result

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Never mind, i had to change the ev max and min in the parameters of my camera for the ingame part. But the viewport is still darker. I wonder if it's due to the 4.22 new renderer...

blissful willow Apr 20, 2019, 6:23 AM

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How strong should a directional light generally be in a scene? It defaults to 10, but I've heard mixed things everywhere about how powerful it should actually be...

sudden agate Apr 20, 2019, 6:54 AM

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PI

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for noon

shrewd shuttle Apr 20, 2019, 9:00 AM

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when i try to add a pack (SciFi Hallway) to any project, it says "Files from Scifi Hallway already exist in this project" even tough they are completely new blank projects

wispy raven Apr 20, 2019, 11:10 AM

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nothing works :(

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i'm trying to add a left right tilt to my fp camera

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i found an easy solution but the movement is choppy

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i tried like this and nothing happens

trail mural Apr 20, 2019, 11:24 AM

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try add local offset

wispy raven Apr 20, 2019, 11:30 AM

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also, i tried removing the pawn control rotation from the camera and then, i added it on the spring arm

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the camera breaks

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and i have to do this

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rose glen Apr 20, 2019, 11:54 AM

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Does anyone know, why in grid first column is ignoring the mouse ? and clicking on it goes through to the game ? but not other columns ?

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hybrid scroll Apr 20, 2019, 11:56 AM

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Are there any plugins that extend the blueprint comment functionality? Like predefined types (BUG, TO DO), assignments to specific people, data created (Perforce revision number would be perfect). Anything that would make communication between team members smoother.

plush yew Apr 20, 2019, 12:18 PM

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hey, anyone knows how I can break my normal map that I just converted from normaltangent to vertex so that I can use the up vector?

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I don't think the simple breakfloat3 works in this case unless I need to do something extra to make it work that way

abstract relic Apr 20, 2019, 12:26 PM

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Use component mask. From there, you can isolate the channels

plush yew Apr 20, 2019, 12:32 PM

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that works, thank you!

feral canyon Apr 20, 2019, 12:57 PM

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hey guys, can I use the UnrealVS extension on visual studio 2019? 🤔

fallen flower Apr 20, 2019, 1:37 PM

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Probabiy.

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maybe

pearl sparrow Apr 20, 2019, 2:15 PM

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I remember someone mentioning a while ago that using blueprint function librarys excessively can be a performance hit on your project. Is that correct?

delicate turtle Apr 20, 2019, 2:29 PM

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As always its probably best to benchmark, measure and profile.

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 2:51 PM

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what are this two and how do i get this nodes
plz help

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cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 2:55 PM

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First one is a constant node turned into param

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Second is a divide node

rapid gull Apr 20, 2019, 2:55 PM

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Every time I start my editor, my nave mesh moves just above or just below the floor. How do I stop this?

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 2:57 PM

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@cloud cobalt how do i get the weird 1e+05 in divide node?

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 2:57 PM

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You write the value in the node properties for the second input

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 2:57 PM

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how do i write 'e"

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and how to convert the constant node into param?

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 2:58 PM

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Do you know what e+05 means

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Right click it

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 2:59 PM

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no not really

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 3:01 PM

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http://chortle.ccsu.edu/java5/notes/chap11/ch11_5.html

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 3:03 PM

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owkay....

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so i just covert it into "number" and put it in?

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 3:05 PM

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Yeah

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Might even work with the sci notation directly

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 3:06 PM

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doesn't allow me to put 'e'

fallen flower Apr 20, 2019, 3:19 PM

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1e+05 = 100000

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@steep mantle

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You should get comfortable with scientific notation

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you'll use it alot

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 3:23 PM

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i found out the value
what i wanna knw is how do i put the 'e' as value

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 3:23 PM

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Write the value

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 3:23 PM

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i did

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like normal 100000

fallen flower Apr 20, 2019, 3:24 PM

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That's all you need to do

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Why do you need an 'e'?

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 3:25 PM

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do i need to use it
is the questoin

fallen flower Apr 20, 2019, 3:28 PM

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No, it's just a convenient way of showing large numbers, and software will often automatically convert large numbers to scientific notation.

steep mantle Apr 20, 2019, 3:31 PM

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well mine didn't

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wieirdly

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well i got things running
so thanks guys

zenith flower Apr 20, 2019, 3:54 PM

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what is the cheapest price you can sell for on market?

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.99c?

fair pike Apr 20, 2019, 3:55 PM

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Having some troubles with game instances and variables; is there a way to retrieve a variable from a game instance without having to "cast" it?

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Okay I realised I had to go to settings and manually set the game instance that is accessible

worldly axle Apr 20, 2019, 4:07 PM

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hey guys i wanted to make something wich make spawwwn a widget and teleport it wheree i clickeed, thee wwidget spawn but he dont go at the expected position. Please help

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sleek otter Apr 20, 2019, 4:41 PM

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Has anybody found a way to fix the include .generated.h bug in 4.22? ive followed all the guides online, rebuilt, regenerated, deleted folders, added include folders in nmake, everything i could find and all it has done is made it worse, now every single generated.h is broken, I cant compile and i cant open the editor project due to deleting the folders, editor asks me to rebuild and fails and says try to recompile from source. Totally stuck in a loop here...... 😫

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 4:41 PM

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What bug

sleek otter Apr 20, 2019, 4:42 PM

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where visual studios is not able to find any of your header files, header.generated.h includes.

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from all the info i read online, the bug existed a few versions ago and was apparently fixed but then i seen another post where its back in 4.22 and its happening to me

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 4:42 PM

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What does your compile log looks like in the output log window ?

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Paste it here

sleek otter Apr 20, 2019, 4:44 PM

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Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "BaseCharacter.generated.h" RPG D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Source\RPG\BaseCharacter.h 7
Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "BaseCharacterGravity.generated.h" RPG D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Source\RPG\BaseCharacterGravity.h 7
Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "BaseCharacterJson.generated.h" RPG D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Source\RPG\BaseCharacterJson.h 10
Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "BaseInventory.generated.h" RPG D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Source\RPG\BaseInventory.h 7
Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "BaseInventoryItem.generated.h" RPG D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Source\RPG\BaseInventoryItem.h 5
Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "BaseInventoryItemStack.generated.h" RPG D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Source\RPG\BaseInventoryItemStack.h 6
Error (active) E1696 cannot open source file "BasePlayerController.generated.h" RPG D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Source\RPG\BasePlayerController.h

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 4:44 PM

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No, the output log window

sleek otter Apr 20, 2019, 4:44 PM

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oops

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1>------ Build started: Project: RPG, Configuration: Development_Editor x64 ------
1>Creating makefile for RPGEditor (no existing makefile)
1>Parsing headers for RPGEditor
1> Running UnrealHeaderTool "D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\RPG.uproject" "D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\Intermediate\Build\Win64\RPGEditor\Development\RPGEditor.uhtmanifest" -LogCmds="loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error" -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors -installed
1>D:/UE4/Projects/RPG/Source/RPG/BasePlayerController.h(127): error : Unrecognized type 'AOWSAdvancedProjectile' - type must be a UCLASS, USTRUCT or UENUM
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3075: The command "C:\UE4\UE_4.22\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat RPGEditor Win64 Development -Project="D:\UE4\Projects\RPG\RPG.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 5. Please verify that you have sufficient rights to run this command.
1>Done building project "RPG.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 4:44 PM

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Not the "error window", close it, it's wrong

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See, you do not actually have an include error

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You have a "not having bought Visual Assist" error

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Your actual error is in the output log window (and will always be there)

sleek otter Apr 20, 2019, 4:45 PM

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wierd, i have a full version of vassistx

cloud cobalt Apr 20, 2019, 4:45 PM

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Just close the error window and fix your AOWSAdvancedProjectile error

sleek otter Apr 20, 2019, 4:46 PM

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ok, on it, will update in a min

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thank you Stranger

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i commented it out, now im getting to see other errors in the output, so mostly ignore the error list? its intellisense crap usually right?

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yay fixed!!!! Thanks @cloud cobalt !! I was reading all kindsa crap last night for hours.

latent moth Apr 20, 2019, 5:02 PM

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is anyone aware of ANY issues that might arise by setting a landscape vertical (y=90)?

wary wave Apr 20, 2019, 5:06 PM

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I would expect collision to go nuts

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it's really not designed to be rotated, even if you can

tropic oracle Apr 20, 2019, 5:34 PM

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likely nav mesh generation may run into issues if it's assuming projection onto surface has unique coordinates

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as if you've turned the landscape 90degrees the same projection point could mean multiple points along the vertical

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I'm speculating though

fringe pivot Apr 20, 2019, 5:43 PM

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Compiling shaders (12,230)

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oof

manic pawn Apr 20, 2019, 5:44 PM

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better than -763 though

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 5:51 PM

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I cannot for the life of me get my water to not 'glow' at night

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There is no emissive, and I set reflection multiplier to 0 and even metallic to 0 to try and combat it and still no dice.

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I had it fixed I thought and now it's back to this again >.<

📎 glowingwater.png

rose glen Apr 20, 2019, 5:59 PM

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@swift rose maybe change the material type ?

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unlit

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:00 PM

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Yeah that doesn't work

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I tried it. it turns it into a solid unmoving color

rose glen Apr 20, 2019, 6:01 PM

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i guess its reflecting the moon

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:03 PM

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I don't think so. When I did have it working I hadn't changed anything with the moon at all, and the moon moves.

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I had turned down the reflection multiplier and it had fixed it at one point but now it's not working

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so I have no clue now

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I even removed the reflection cube out of the equation for it to see if that was the cause and nothing changed

cerulean sorrel Apr 20, 2019, 6:13 PM

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Helppppppp

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Why is my level dark

sudden agate Apr 20, 2019, 6:15 PM

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@swift rose do you bake reflections? because baked relfections cannot be changed at runtime

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:16 PM

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I have no idea. Maybe, how would I set it to have reflections be real time?

sudden agate Apr 20, 2019, 6:17 PM

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there are no realtime reflections unless you are using Planar Reflections

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is your Water Metallic

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?

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:17 PM

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I put the metallic to 0 to try and fix it that way but it did nothing so I just set it back to .8

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What if I set time of day to midnight when it shows no reflection in the editor at night and then bake it? Would that possibly work?

sudden agate Apr 20, 2019, 6:18 PM

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Do you have a Stationary Skylight?

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:18 PM

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no

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I have a day/night cycle

sudden agate Apr 20, 2019, 6:18 PM

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the best would be to not bake anything at all

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:18 PM

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I'm using Ultra Dynamic sky

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the only time I did anything was when it said it needed reflections recaptured and I did that

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but I have always had this issue with water materials it seems

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whats most frustrating is I feel this should be such a simple and easy fix

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Every game with a day and night cycle seems to have no issues with it's water reflecting at night properly. >.<

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and there's absolutely nothing in google about water at night with a day/night cycle.

manic pawn Apr 20, 2019, 6:23 PM

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you'll need to either switch out the skylight or recapture it regularly as your day cycle goes on

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:23 PM

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How do I get it to recapture regularly?

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nvm. I found the settings and that has fixed my issue, thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This has been the bane of my landscaping days since the beginning >.<

sudden agate Apr 20, 2019, 6:26 PM

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I recommend using Cubemaps for the Skylight. You can lerp between them and they dont seem to be that costly compared to recapturing

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:26 PM

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I may look into that. I'd just have to find a cubemap that would work.

sudden agate Apr 20, 2019, 6:27 PM

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you could capture your sky multiple times at different ToDs

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There is a SceneCaptureComponentCube, which renders Cubemaps. You can save them as textures

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:36 PM

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Hmm.

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I'll have to look more into it. At least now though I know what's causing it and how to make adjustments, thank you both

pallid compass Apr 20, 2019, 6:37 PM

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That is odd, not seen water do that before

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 6:42 PM

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It does it all the time for me XD

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I'm using Ultra Dynamic Sky

latent moth Apr 20, 2019, 6:52 PM

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@wary wave and @tropic oracle we’re basically using this technique to make large cliffs that have caves. no real other way we could think about.

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maybe we could in the end export all and generate meshes out of it, but rn it’s rather convenient to carve the right thing

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quick example:

📎 image0.jpg

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we can walk into these with characters, and couldn’t see any issues

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you can actually even paint the mesh in this position which is really great... Also, nav mesh seems to work...
https://gyazo.com/ad481dc42242e1af827440529ff9478f

Gyazo

hoary silo Apr 20, 2019, 7:09 PM

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For some reason, directx 12 ray tracing isn't working for unreal. Does anyone know how to get it to work?

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AMD released ray tracing support for their cards, and I have a radeon480

pallid compass Apr 20, 2019, 7:12 PM

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u starting it in dx12 mode?

hoary silo Apr 20, 2019, 7:12 PM

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yes

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I have raytracing turned on as well

pallid compass Apr 20, 2019, 7:13 PM

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no idea then

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most of its still broken afaik

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ask in lounge as odd as that sounds

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alot of lounge lurkers have played with it

hoary silo Apr 20, 2019, 7:14 PM

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Yeah, I will. But also if this helps: when I ran dxdiag, it said "DirectShow "wasn't working properly, so it just bypassed it.

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If that tells you anything

grim juniper Apr 20, 2019, 7:21 PM

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You're on Windows version 1809?

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When did AMD release Ray Tracing support?

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 7:28 PM

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eh, rtx raytracing even works on pascal .. so its just a dx addition anyway

grim juniper Apr 20, 2019, 7:31 PM

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It's DXR, not RTX

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 7:32 PM

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i didnt even look into that yet in 4.22 😄 but good to know

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currently trying to create a really really good visual inventory, something in between dayz standalone and tarkov ...

frail river Apr 20, 2019, 7:35 PM

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Hey, has any one here done custom builds? I made a build and I want it to start with DisableAllScreenMessages but I can't figure out where to add it to do that

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I tried adding the line in every .ini file I found in my build folder

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Didn't work

kindred viper Apr 20, 2019, 7:37 PM

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📎 unknown.png

frail river Apr 20, 2019, 7:45 PM

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Hmm but that's while in editor, what do I do if I already made the build?

kindred viper Apr 20, 2019, 7:48 PM

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the config is pre-editor. it should retain through to gameplay too. If you have a pre-built setup, you are SOL im afraid.

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worth trying the config anyway tho right?

frail river Apr 20, 2019, 7:49 PM

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I would if it was there x3 It doesn't exist in my build folder, so I guess I have no choice but to make a new build

kindred viper Apr 20, 2019, 7:49 PM

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if it doesn't exist. create it

frail river Apr 20, 2019, 7:49 PM

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O:

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Tries

coral shoal Apr 20, 2019, 7:50 PM

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is it possible to instance/batch draw calls for billboards the way you can with static meshes using instanced static mesh components?

magic scarab Apr 20, 2019, 7:51 PM

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well I think i need a little help... Ive got a few blueprint actors that have somehow lost their parent. the parent class works fine, but when i go to reparent these children, there are no prompts for any other blueprint classes. only components, widgets, etc

frail river Apr 20, 2019, 7:51 PM

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Hmm, I created a DefaultEngine.ini in "WindowsNoEditor\CoralCavesBuild\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor" But no dice, is there any other location I could try adding the config?

kindred viper Apr 20, 2019, 7:51 PM

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yeah in the path from the image I shared

frail river Apr 20, 2019, 7:51 PM

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Do I create the whole path in the same place my .exe is locateD?

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let's see

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Didn't work,...well let's try pasting it in literaly every folder see if it bites, if not, time to make a new build

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Nothing works, ah well, it's okay live and learn heh

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 7:59 PM

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Anyone familiar with creating Landscape LOD's within the editor, more specifically how to get the material to apply to the LOD's properly? I want the LOD's to use the same material as the landscape but can't seem to figure out how to do this. I'm using a tiled landscape, and for the tiles not loading in right away the LOD's exist, but they are a grey/black coloring from a distance instead of the material I'm using for the landscape as a whole. Not sure how to apply otherwise.

pallid compass Apr 20, 2019, 8:00 PM

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landscape LOD is automatic

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Assuming you are using the landscape system

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and then it will mip the textures

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:03 PM

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That's what I'm doing. I'm trying to do it again and set up right or whatever. hard to explain, it's just the textures are not displaying for the LOD's like they're supposed to. when I get done running through these if it's still an issue I'll screenshot to show what I mean

latent moth Apr 20, 2019, 8:14 PM

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where are conversation happening nowadays? answers.unrealengine or forums.unrealengine?

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:23 PM

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I suppose the real issue is the glaring reflection. I've removed the specular and metallness automatically generated by the editor when making the LOD, but it still has that shining glare on it making it look more so like playdoh then it already does without it.

📎 reflection.png

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:27 PM

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sure its not from fog?

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:28 PM

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The reflection?

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:28 PM

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yeah in my case water always gets shiny and bright from the fog

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:28 PM

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It's not the water

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it's the LOD in the background I'm talking about

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Here you can see just how stark of a difference between the LOD of the landscape vs landscape that's loaded in with the sun reflecting off of it at noon. The glare decreases as day moves on

📎 reflection.png

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I just need to try and control what loads in and have more closer to the player load in I think.

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Just no idea how to do that

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:35 PM

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oh that is a better picture in the first it looked just like what fog does

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:36 PM

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that sure looks like specular

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:36 PM

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the back model isnt the terrain tool i take it but a second static mesh

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:36 PM

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Yeah, but it's set to 0

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I used the engines ability to make LOD's for it. and it created the material, it had specular at 5 and I put it to 0 and it changed it in the material view, but in game play nothing has changed even after applying the changes

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So I'm at a loss as to how to fix it

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:38 PM

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the default terrain auto LODs and doesnt make a second mesh is what im saying

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:38 PM

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cant u just load the landscape lod and check its material?

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:38 PM

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are you sure its the right mat

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:39 PM

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I'm doing a tiled map

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:39 PM

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nah she used a heightmap to auto generate, you can see it in the screen

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:39 PM

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oh

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sorry hahah

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:39 PM

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I had to make the LOD's through the engine.

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:39 PM

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cant u open the lod?

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just to look into the generated reduced material i mean

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:39 PM

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The LOD level?

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That's what's on the right

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the M-LandscapeStreamingProxy_0_LOD1 material it generated for the LOD

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:40 PM

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in the material properties you could check "is pure rough material"

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:40 PM

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lemme see

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you mean 'fully rough'?

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:41 PM

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otherwise no idea, i also use world composition, but i rely on the auto reduction of the landscape

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yeah fully rough, maybe that does the trick

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:41 PM

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No sadly not.

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:42 PM

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another idea would be to just reduce the normal map, or remove them

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:42 PM

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The normal map? I'll give it a go

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removing it didn't do anything

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:42 PM

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yeah, if thats not it, then its most likely related to lighting, do you use any post processing in the "current" level? maybe its a bit off in far tiles then

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:43 PM

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I have post processing but I don't know how I would adjust that so it's effecting LOD's different from the rest of the map if that makes sense

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:43 PM

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depends if you have it only in the current level or ontop, the root thingy

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:43 PM

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might be good to ask in #graphics as not everyone comes in here

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:44 PM

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hmmm

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I'll try graphics. Thanks. See if anyone knows what I can do to fix the LOD's XD

dark depot Apr 20, 2019, 8:44 PM

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hope you get it a fix

swift rose Apr 20, 2019, 8:44 PM

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me too lol.

twilit hill Apr 20, 2019, 8:46 PM

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now back to searching for inventory UI ideas 😄

wintry forge Apr 20, 2019, 9:19 PM

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📎 20190420_141917.jpg

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Lmao

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Programmer struggles lmao

analog blaze Apr 20, 2019, 9:20 PM

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@wintry forge lmao bruh, i feel sorry for your eyes

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about time you got visual studio code or something

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 9:45 PM

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how can I set max distance for a line trace. I have a box to my character but I want the line to trace to not go further than lets say 500 to my character no matter how far away my character is

rapid gull Apr 20, 2019, 9:46 PM

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cpp or blueprint?

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 9:46 PM

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bp

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but shouldnt be a lot different than cpp

rapid gull Apr 20, 2019, 9:47 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Physics/Tracing/HowTo/SingleLineTraceByChannel
Maybe this will help?

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 9:48 PM

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hmm I could try using a forward vector

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I have that in my gun @rapid gull but It wouldnt work in this

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hmm ok so I got the distance now but now the line trace is rotating with the character. its supposed to go from the box to the character

rapid gull Apr 20, 2019, 9:51 PM

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You are going from a box in the world to the character?

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 9:52 PM

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yes

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but I want to limit the range of the line trace from the box

rapid gull Apr 20, 2019, 9:54 PM

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Could you just check the distance between them and do something if the character is within x amount?

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I am not super familiar with bp only used it for a short time.

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I do know there is a GetDistanceTo node.

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 9:55 PM

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I could get the distance from out hit

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thanks

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I think that would work

rapid gull Apr 20, 2019, 9:55 PM

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gl

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 10:20 PM

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How can another actor recieve my keyboard input?

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nvm fixed it

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:38 PM

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How would I make anime attack moves

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And keybind them to the keyboard

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:40 PM

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you need some animations I would guess @crimson fulcrum

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then the best would be to make an AnimationBlueprint and make the animations play when a specific key is pressed

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:41 PM

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Ok um so like if I were to create a particle I would just animate it

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Oh ok

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:42 PM

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oh wait. Are you just going to make particles?

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:42 PM

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Yea like rasengan or ice attacks

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Etc

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Well not ice

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:42 PM

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ah ok. So both animations and particles

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:42 PM

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Yea

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Ive been trying to figure it out all day

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:43 PM

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I like your idea. It's not too difficult to make if you know some basic UE4 . Are you new to UE4?

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:43 PM

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Yes I am

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Ive been watching tutorials all day long

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So I got some stuff down

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:44 PM

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thats nice. Great way to learn

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so what does your project look like now?

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:45 PM

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Well it just has the character and so other buildsmon it

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:45 PM

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thirdperson ?

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:45 PM

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Yes

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:45 PM

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ok nice

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:45 PM

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Yea im not a big fan of first

spark sonnet Apr 20, 2019, 11:46 PM

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I'll be happy to help you but we should do it in DM so we dont spam this chat

crimson fulcrum Apr 20, 2019, 11:46 PM

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Ok

deep basin Apr 20, 2019, 11:48 PM

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Hi :)
Does anyone know how I can blend an animation montage with my regular walking locomotion?

coral patio Apr 20, 2019, 11:55 PM

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Anybody willing to help me setup a good shader for this handsome boi's body? :> I'm struggling with the roughness (it always appears to glossy) and if there's a better way of creating a shader for short fur in Unreal than just using a normalmap to simulate it... I'm always up for it! I'm just still relatively new to shading in Unreal.

📎 ScreenShot00009.png

lavish gale Apr 21, 2019, 12:19 AM

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hello everyone! does anybody know how to render burn-in's from sequencer while using custom render passes? "final image" pass and no other passes seem to actually burn the burn-in? any ideas or help would be deeply appreciated.

mental shale Apr 21, 2019, 1:01 AM

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Anyone understand why software cursors are locked at a certain framerate?

wary wave Apr 21, 2019, 1:01 AM

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they run at the framerate the game does

mental shale Apr 21, 2019, 1:01 AM

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mine doesnt

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my game runs above 100 fps

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while my cursor still looks around 50-60 fps

zinc rivet Apr 21, 2019, 1:37 AM

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If it's a software cursor, is it possible that its location is being updated in a game logic tick at 60hz? @mental shale

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As opposed to every frame

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 1:40 AM

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I have a variable TSubclass<ABaseItem> Item
BaseItem has various childclasses which can be set via blueprint. How do I determine in C++ what the actual class at runtime of Item is?

waxen salmon Apr 21, 2019, 1:42 AM

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anyone knows how to or know a video i can look up to trigger destructible mesh only when hit by projectiles? they trigger to be destroyed even when the player bumps against them

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 1:43 AM

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@mental shale Mouse Cursor is actually GPU feature

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16181209/mouse-pointer-renderer

Stack Overflow

Mouse pointer renderer

I'm thinking about creating a software with c++ targeting Windows 7 (using Windows api) that allows a second mouse pointer on the same PC, so my question is witch part of Windows is handling the

hidden berry Apr 21, 2019, 1:58 AM

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hello all, quick question. i have assets for the HUD that i need to blend out the black background on, but keep the white part, how would i go about that?

full sluice Apr 21, 2019, 2:15 AM

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i've set a goal for myself to use unreal a little bit every day, to build a habit

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but im short on ideas

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what should i try to make with the intention of learning?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 2:18 AM

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what have you made so far?

full sluice Apr 21, 2019, 2:21 AM

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i have a character that spawns a trigger volume in front of him that damages other players

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thats the only thing ive done on my own, i had the help of udemy to make a BotW maze game

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and a game where you roll a ball around and collect crystals

fast finch Apr 21, 2019, 2:24 AM

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@full sluice make classic games

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 2:24 AM

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maybe start trying to learn the parts of the engine at this point then. Materials could take you years if you just try and learn the nodes themselves one at a time. Or stuff like the framework like the controller, the states, the modes, etc. If you want less learning the engine and more doing then maybe redo what you did already a different way. like if your character spawns a trigger volume that damages the other players can you have the other players spawn in a trigger volume that damages you?

full sluice Apr 21, 2019, 2:26 AM

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i think i have a few ideas now, thanks you two

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 2:31 AM

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I'm at the point again where ALT is getting in the way. It's one of my keybindings in-game but it also appears to have some sort of meta functionality with the engine. How can I turn that off? Every time I try to test how my alt key is functioning in game I get booted out of the window

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I don't even know what to google there, nothing I search comes up with what I'm tryign to do

round fox Apr 21, 2019, 3:04 AM

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Is maya or blender better for asset creation for ue4?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:05 AM

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I've heard maya is a smoother transition but I've been getting along decently well with blender

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i didnt have the luxury of choice between the two but if they were both free I'd have started with maya

round fox Apr 21, 2019, 3:07 AM

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I mean all I have is the educational license for maya, so I think learning blender is better off long term for me.

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:09 AM

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Yeah so far I've definitely had some snags going from blender to UE4 but I've been able to resolve them all cleanly

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If you plan on using IK definitely write down that ue4 required the IK bone to be 1:1 overlapping with the bone it's leading. That caused issues for me for months. In blender you can keep the IK bone angled however you want, but UE4 must have it being the same. So my legIK bone is overlapping my foot bone on the rig. Which is fine for me because I have a separate leg control bone anyway, but it could get annoying if you don't use one

warm timber Apr 21, 2019, 3:16 AM

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what's the proper and less expensive way to listen for key inputs?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:29 AM

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how're you doing it? @warm timber

warm timber Apr 21, 2019, 3:30 AM

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I was thinking I could listen the on key down even of the widget I want to close when ESC is pressed

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But I need to close a bunch of them if they are open, and also if I'm not worng they need to have focus

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:31 AM

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oh man, I've been having trouble with key down on widgets. I don't think I can help actually

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off the top of my head I would add each widget you want to close on ESC to an array

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:31 AM

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do animations first

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:31 AM

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and then run a for each loop

warm timber Apr 21, 2019, 3:32 AM

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well that's the easy part, what I need to figure is from what component and method

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:32 AM

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i find it interesting how many indie games claim they want their crap to come out on consoles, but dont even come remotely close to actually implementing a UI that actually works with controllers.. or you get that thumbstick = mouse cursor BS

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if someone plans on their game coming out on console, or even if they dont, they should learn to implement controllers properly

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:33 AM

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I keep a list of controller inputs so that nothing is impossible and I keep a ps4 controller on my desk to get some perspective on how well it all translates. I think my game technically works best with a controller but I've only been working with PC inputs atm since it's the fastest and I do want it out on PC first before doing a port

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:34 AM

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i wasnt speaking about you personally, just a random thought

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:34 AM

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Yeah I know, nw. I was just talking about what I've done since I agree

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:34 AM

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i also notice a lot of games, even console games come out with very poor controller schemes put together by someone who doesnt use a controller for gaming, because you get things like jump buttons on the bottom face button which isnt really useable when actually playing with a controller

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:34 AM

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I did this whole wheel system to navigate menus and I was so proud of it then Apex Legends comes out and has the exact same thing that I had planned out. Its a good sign I guess

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What do you think about people that use a controller differently than most? As in, I played on console for so long that I had no problem doing awkward grips to get inputs down, but most people probably don't stray too far from the norm

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:36 AM

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they'll put a major action button on the face button, but then something completely useless on a shoulder button where very important actions are better placed because you have multiple fingers for those top buttons, only one set of thumbs

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:36 AM

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📎 WIN_20190420_20_35_54_Pro_2.jpg

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not in response to your last post

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that was an update to mine

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:37 AM

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yeah, i can play like that as well, but thats always the sign of a controller scheme made by someone who doesnt us controllers

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:37 AM

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like, this grip is totally fine for me. But I imagine the average person would struggle

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If controllers had buttons on the back side of them it would be so much easier to plan schemes

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:38 AM

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its fine for me as well, but thats something the grip angle on playstation controllers does well, xbox controllers its much more difficult, and its what youre more likely to find for PC gaming too

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:38 AM

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Yeah I totally get what you mean. I try to keep that in mind when I plan everything out. my problem is the amount of inputs I have. If there were just like, two more buttons on each controller, maybe on the other end of the joysticks, I'd have such an easier time.

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:39 AM

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i think important movement actions, especially for adventure or RPG type games should be up top, less important buttons like reloading, activating things, etc on face buttons

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if you wanted to add two more buttons to a video game controller, split the bumpers into two

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:39 AM

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Yeah I use the left shoulder buttons as modifiers on my main project out of necessity. Right shoulders are combat buttons

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wow I've never thought of that that'd be great too

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:40 AM

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i know bumper buttons are extra wide mostly to fix aesthetics along side the triggers, but you can fit two buttons in the same place

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:40 AM

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my pinkies and ring fingers and sometimes middle fingers are just sitting idle in most scenarios so I figure'd if someone would put a button for them to press everything would be easier to map

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:40 AM

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well theyre not sitting idle, youre using pinky and ring fingers to hold the controller, i think if you tried to use them for buttons you'd end up pressing them accidently a lot

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:41 AM

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Sony actually got a lot of praise for having their touchpad on the back of the vita. it was so nice for so many games. Then they took that tech... and put it on the face of their controller. Sony, I only have two thumbs, what do you want me to do with this front facing touch pad?

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true

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:41 AM

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i can use my index finger on the touchpad very easily though and i do when i map it for PC games

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in fact i can map the left side, right side, and top areas as three extra buttons depending on where i click

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:42 AM

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I can reach most of the pad with my index finger, but then I'm unable to hit face buttons on the right or left side, depending on what finger I'm using

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can the touchpad tell where you're pressing it down or do you just detect where the cursor is on press?

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:43 AM

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the problem is, xbox doesnt have a touchpad so most games will not be made to utilize it short of playstation exclusives

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detect where the finger is when pressed

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:44 AM

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thats an awesome idea. Would've been phenomenal on sony's part if it could natively tell where it'd been pressed

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:44 AM

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i know one of the PS4 driver software for windows has the touchpad mapped to left, right, top, and multi-touch clicks for four more buttons, but thats an exception, not the rule so a game shouldnt be developed expecting that functionality

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i think ive finished doing enough test projects of my own that i can start building a single project to at some point, attempt to market.. ive already done animations, making materials, particle systems, some level building, creating weapons, applying damage, etc

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:48 AM

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that's awesome, I'm still doing the groundwork of my stuff

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before I make a dev forum or anything I at least want to have combat and inventories finished. I'm in the process of animating the combat and it's such a drag

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:49 AM

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i have a friend who decided he wanted to get into developing his own game and so he was going to learn a coding language and i'm trying to explain to him how if his goal is to make a game, that diving right into it with actual goals and using tutorials where available to reach those goals is probably the best way to go

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:49 AM

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That's how I did it

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:50 AM

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like there is so much in C++ and C# that is completely irrelevant to making games, and some engines 😉 have their own languages built in

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:50 AM

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I started dev to kill time, I never thought I'd get past the locomotion phase but I've been smashing through my goals

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Yeah, if visual programming didn't exist I'd have absolutely nothing. I've tried learning coding multiple times in my life but I just can't stand it

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So like, I know my method is inferior or whatever. And that's what all my coder friends tell me but I mean, what I have is better than nothing. And nothing is what I'd have if I had to do this all the old fashioned way

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:55 AM

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well, i think the visual scripting of unreal engine puts things in a light that isnt so confusing to beginners, and once they learn that, they know the basic fundamentals of any programming language and can easily look at something like a C# script and have a very good understanding of whats going on inside it

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:55 AM

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yeah maybe the transition would be easier for me now

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:55 AM

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but, it could also be a crutch, being too easy, preventing people from branching out.. ive been using both C++ and blueprints in my own projects

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:58 AM

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My issues rn are mostly animation based. For some reason when walking backwards at an angle my blendspace inverts itself? It's set up exactly the same as the content example, with direction and speed being the two axis

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:59 AM

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direction and speed are two axises, but it can be confusing where you put them, like all the way to the left or right may be backwards vs halfway between full left or right.. it depends on how you set them up

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:00 AM

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Yeah I'm putting together a video for the animation channel to look at rn

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:00 AM

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ive had a bit of confusion with that at first

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how is your direction scale set up? -180 to +180 or something?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:02 AM

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yep, I was excited for a second because I thought maybe I had 180, 180 but nope, it's -180 to 180

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:02 AM

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and your animations for walking forward are in the center?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:04 AM

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Yep, forward is right up the middle, backward is on the far left and far right, and left is halfway left at -90, while right is halfway right at 90

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:04 AM

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then the issue is clearly in your scripting of the animation

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:05 AM

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that's what I'm thinking

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:05 AM

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do you have a screenshot of your animation blueprint graph?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:05 AM

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its a 1:30 video but here's the issue

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Jele4KUTA&feature=youtu.be

YouTube

TheSinkingMan

Why is my blendspace performing differently than epic's?

As you can see, my blendspace is set up very similarly to epic's. But there must be a difference as walking backwards and at an angle on my graph inverts the...

▶ Play video

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yeah let me grab one rq

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could also be an animation issue and I just don't have a grasp on the basic concepts. I'm gonna grab that screenshot now

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still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:09 AM

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try swapping 180 and -180

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or your left/right animations

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:11 AM

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my l/r anims are at -90 and 90, should I swap those?

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-180 and 180 have identical nodes

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:12 AM

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try swapping them

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:13 AM

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Well now it works going backwards but moving forwards is inverted haha

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:13 AM

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invert those

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:14 AM

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I might be inverting in the wrong area, if I invert them again based on what I just did I'd be back to where I started

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:16 AM

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it does seem like somethings wrong with direction

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:17 AM

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maybe it's got something to do with how I'm detecting direction? I'll try printing what direction it thinks I'm facing

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:18 AM

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i remember i had a very similar issue to what you are having, i cant remember how i fixed it

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but im about to start setting up animations right now for a first person shooter

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:20 AM

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hmm its detecting everything accurately.

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The last time I tried solving this I'd planned on making a second blendspace for backwards movement but I stopped because that's not how they're doing it in the content example, and that's not how they're doing it in any of the tutorials I've seen. So I figured It'd be better for me to learn what I'm doing wrong rather than come up with a roundabout solution. I'll try posting on the forums again I guess. Thanks for your help though!

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:24 AM

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im trying to see if i can find something

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:27 AM

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Me too, it'd be great if you find something because I'm hesitant to keep animating just in case it's an issue with how I'm putting my animations together

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:29 AM

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ah

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from the tutorials i watched they didnt use actor rotation but get right vector

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:29 AM

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ooooooooooh

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let me plug that in

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this'd be big

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do you happen to have a screenshot of their setup? I'm going to convert the right vector into a float

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:31 AM

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also, are you casting to the third person character you're trying to get speed and direction from?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:32 AM

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📎 Capture.PNG

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I'm using pawn owner

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for those values specifically

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do you have a link to the tutorial?

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:36 AM

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hold on

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youre set up the same way as in the virtus tutorial i think

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:38 AM

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I watch him a lot so that'd make sense. I set this up a long time ago

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:47 AM

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im watching other tutorials ,the way you have it set up SHOULD work

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wait a moment

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hmm, youre using tutorials for 3rd person camera 2D blendspaces where the character can move in directions independent of where the camera is facing, but in your video the animations are set up more for an FPS

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:50 AM

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Yeah I have two different walk states, strafing and "free" mode

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One is independent of the camera the other is always facing the same direction of the camera like in Gears of War

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:51 AM

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do you have separate blendspaces?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:54 AM

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yeah one for free movement and one for combat basically. I'm running into issues again because in the free mode it isn't currently possible to get to the point where you'd notice the inconsistencies. But now that I'm working on combat again it's an obvious issue

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I keep going back and forth between the content example and my project and I can't figure out the problem

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 4:56 AM

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you copied the event graph of the sample project completely?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 4:57 AM

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I copied the layout, the animations and rig were made by me

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oh the event graph

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no, the one in the content example uses a slider rather than player input

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but what I recorded was from the blendspaces and their blendspace behaves differently than mine

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 5:00 AM

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alright.. i was about to set up my own 2D blendspace using the animation starter pack from unreal since it does have a good set of basic FPS animations

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 5:03 AM

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I'll try that too. The starter pack has strafing animations which is what I'm using

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hmm, even in the content examples it's working right

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not that I mean, even with the animation starter pack it behaves how it should

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it looks like it's specifically my stuff that doesnt'

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I thought maybe it was hip orientation but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with it either. Which is great because I need my hips facing a very specific angle

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 5:18 AM

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it could be an issue with your own animation then

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yeah

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if it works with other peoples animations and defaults then one could only assume its something with your own animation.. maybe the root bone is backwards or something?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 5:20 AM

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that could be it. I'm not sure what it is but I guess since I ruled out hip orientation I'll keep animating for now

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maybe I'll make some really basic animations that mirror epic's and see if the problem persists

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 5:23 AM

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ok

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 5:27 AM

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How do i execute a node only if 2 branch nodes output false at the same time?

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 5:29 AM

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how do they both output false at the same time? are they being executed by two different events or the same?

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 5:31 AM

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different, but nvm i figured it out

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 5:33 AM

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by using bool variables?

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hip firing is so cliche

static hare Apr 21, 2019, 5:56 AM

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Does anyone know how I can remove the Bar that has the - [] and the X

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Minimize maximize and exit

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And the one that lets you drag it around yeah how do i get rid of it

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 6:00 AM

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im swapping my game from singleplayer to mutliplayer and have a quick question

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this is inside my hud blueprint

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how would I find the owning player?

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as index 0 will get the first player in server no?

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or is 0 local?

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Also, i'm having issue with all my hotkeys, they only work when I'm holding down a seperate button? ie. left mouse button is supposed to do something

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it only works if i hold mouse right as well

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for some reaso

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 6:54 AM

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well now, that was an interesting workaround.. unreal engine gives some great animations in the starter pack for idle, walking, and jogging, but the animation that goes with the jogging doesnt go with the walking so i put the walking (rifle aimed) with the jogging (from the hip) together and layer blend per bone at spine_03 with a 1D blendspace of the aiming animation and got a composite that gives me idle, walk, and jog, all properly aiming

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of course.. im going to be creating new animations out of the base animations with edits to the arms and head so instead of a hipfire, the rifles still going to be shouldered, but held a bit lower with the head up.. aiming down the sight will go to the normal aiming pose.. i do not like how in FPS games people go with a hipfire pose, then just so they can see their own gun they put the camera in the chest

wary wave Apr 21, 2019, 8:44 AM

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in most FPS games the arms are animated entirely separately, and use a different mesh entirely

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 9:17 AM

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one of the reasons I went third person so fast. Didn't want to make a whole other set of meshes and animations

dim plover Apr 21, 2019, 9:19 AM

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You could do it this way: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Animation/Working-with-Modular-Characters

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 9:21 AM

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I'm heading to bed but if anyone ends up recognizing what I'm doing wrong with my blendspace I'd love to hear it, just @ me. I'm putting walk cycles on hold for now until I can figure this out

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 9:30 AM

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whelp, just solved my own animation problem

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when i used the animations that came with the starter pack and created a blendspace similar to yours with that.. it worked fine

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 9:44 AM

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So the Tick() event does not fire when you pause the game

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Wonder HTH will I resume it when the logic is there

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Mmm figured it out

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 9:54 AM

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Need programs for game files sharing. Git hub doesn't work properly, We have files more then 100 mb size. What can you offer , with instruction please!?

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 9:58 AM

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the issue i had was that the hip aiming thing isnt really my thing, people dont really do that, so i wanted to create a new pose from the basic ADS animation, and tried to blend that in with the rest of my animation so i can go between a pointing and an ADS animation.. what i eventually did was created a new pose as a 1 frame animation, set that to mesh space additive, and added a mesh space additive node to my animation blueprint and it seems to have done the trick

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now that i figured out how to do an apply mesh space additive, i can utilize this to create my own animations based on existing animation sequences

feral canyon Apr 21, 2019, 10:09 AM

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hey guys I'm having troubles attaching the debugger in VS2017, I installed UnrealVS and when I hit F5 this error pops up:

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I'm trying to manually attach to my project (CTRL+ALT+P) but when I hit Play from the editor nnothing happens 😦

spark sonnet Apr 21, 2019, 10:11 AM

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You can use google drive. Just upload the file. When its uploaded you can get a share link and then give that link to whoever you want @plush yew

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 11:14 AM

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I'm not sure if anyone else knows what is going on, but I have some functions that use "right mouse" "middle mouse etc" for some reason they both only work when I hold down a seperate mouse button at the same time

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i have no idea why.

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this only fires if i hold down for example right mouse buttonf irst

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if i hold left mouse button it doesnt fire, but if i hold any other mouse key, then left click it does

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:27 AM

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Hello, Sorry to interrupt, but i tried to package my game, and i am literally done coding, so i am frustrated because it would not package.

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Log:

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📎 faillog.txt

night bridge Apr 21, 2019, 11:32 AM

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hello

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ooh

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never thought i would see a UE4 discord

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 11:38 AM

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@dawn gull open VS, in the top right corner you will see a yellow flag, click there and update it.

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Then retry

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 11:38 AM

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aah, visual studio

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:38 AM

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I dont use vs i use blueprint

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 11:39 AM

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it doesn't matter, the engine uses its compiler

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:39 AM

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ok

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how do i open vs through ue4? :I im kind of a noob

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 11:40 AM

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in your project folder

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run the .sln file

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:41 AM

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there are no sln files in my project folder

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 11:42 AM

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right click the .uproject > generate vs project files

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:42 AM

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oh ok

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"This project does not have any source code. You need to add C++ source files to the project from the Editor before you can generate project files."

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 11:49 AM

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wow.. youtube tutorials overall are just sooooooooooo bad

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:49 AM

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yup.

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 11:50 AM

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@dawn gull in the UE4 editor FILE > Open VS

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:50 AM

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ok

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open project??

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there is no open visual studio

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 11:52 AM

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oof

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:52 AM

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i made in the bp template

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 11:54 AM

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sorry idk then, the only error I can see in the log you posted is the one about an outdated vs version

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 11:54 AM

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😦

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im using 4.20.3

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does that make a difference?

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:01 PM

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if i disable show mouse cursor

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it does work

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:01 PM

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screenshot?

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:03 PM

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if I hold down right mouse button, and then use left mouse, it fires the function, and does this

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its supposed to work with just left mouse

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however

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if i disable show mouse cursor

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📎 unknown.png

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it works every time with just left click

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📎 unknown.png

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this only fires if i hold down any other mouse button

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unless i have mouse cursor disabled

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:04 PM

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and do you not want to disable the mouse cursor?

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:04 PM

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not really, I want players to know where their cursor is.

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its an rts.

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:04 PM

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hmm.

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maybe try to make an image that follows the cursor, but the cursor does not show?

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:05 PM

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not really ideal when there is already an ingame cursor

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rather find what is going wrong and fix it

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:06 PM

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wait,

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why dont you do a flip flop, for like, f or something, instead of making a hold down mouse btn?

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 12:07 PM

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hmm.. procedural midi eh

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:08 PM

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wat

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:08 PM

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bube, it's a click and drag box.

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hence mouse down

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:08 PM

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ohh

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ok

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:08 PM

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but its also not working for my camera functions

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like

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if i hold right mouse button then left click

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it fires the left click function

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but it wont fire by itself.

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:09 PM

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ok, i have an idea

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does the right mouse button do anything?

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important?

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cause' you could make it do a sequence of doing the right mouse button, then the left, when you only press the left

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:15 PM

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yes they both do

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:15 PM

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hmm

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:15 PM

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i understand what you're saying, but that doesnt change the fact that there is something

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which is breaking it

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which is what im trying to discover

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not after a work around

dawn gull Apr 21, 2019, 12:16 PM

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then i dont really know sorry! i dont know that much about how the engine actually works, but just how to use it.

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and im not that good at debugging.

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:22 PM

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thanks for trying, was hoping someone else had experienced this

misty raft Apr 21, 2019, 12:28 PM

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Is there a ProBuilder / Sabre equivalent in UE yet?

regal mulch Apr 21, 2019, 12:31 PM

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You mean a replacement of the Brushes UE4 has?

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 12:36 PM

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@sullen wraith is "use mouse for touch" in project settings unchecked?

proven oxide Apr 21, 2019, 12:37 PM

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Can anyone advise, 4.22 freezes at the end of building lighting

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it just dies and locks up the editor

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 12:38 PM

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@sullen wraith also you may try to make custom mapping for mouse click and bind it instead generic click

proven oxide Apr 21, 2019, 12:41 PM

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anyone

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:42 PM

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@next badger its disabled in settings

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is that normal?

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also I tried the custom binding, it still had the exact same issue

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 12:48 PM

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@sullen wraith yeah, should be unchecked

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:51 PM

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yeah it's unchecked and not working :\

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 12:52 PM

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@sullen wraith are you using detect drag?

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 12:53 PM

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im not sure what you mean.. it works perfectly. it's just that its not working

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unless i hold down a seperate button

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ie. if i have mouse right binded to the function

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it would only work if i was holding down middle mouse at the same time

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for left mouse, it only works when i hold mouse right

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 12:53 PM

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📎 screenshot.1555851216.png

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Mathew has a video on DnD, i'm only aware of that use.

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:20 PM

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very quick question, im not a math person but im having big issue

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lets say I have 200 cakes

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im setting the percent of the cakes i want to select

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ie 50% would be 100

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100 would be 200

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how would I do this?

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im trying the percent, but its just not working

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tried this

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and a bunch of other things

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 1:22 PM

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hey, any of you use that animation starter pack for unreal?

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 1:29 PM

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@sullen wraith the / node should have the total_ships in the top input and spawned_ships in the bottom one

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:29 PM

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have tried both :3

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im going to try converting it to float 0.1

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and then multiplying it

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 1:30 PM

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I guess you are getting the wrong values in at least one of those nodes

wary wing Apr 21, 2019, 1:30 PM

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The % node is a Modulo operator, not a percentage calculator. Looks to me like you might want Ships * Total Percent / 100

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 1:30 PM

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debug them

wary wing Apr 21, 2019, 1:31 PM

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Modulo is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation if you're interested

Modulo operation

In computing, the modulo operation finds the remainder after division of one number by another (sometimes called modulus).
Given two positive numbers, a (the dividend) and n (the divisor), a modulo n (abbreviated as a mod n) is the remainder of the Euclidean division of a by ...

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:32 PM

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/ wont work

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problem is i need to multy it by a percent

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so if the "percent" is 100, it'll spawn %100 of ships

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but if its 50, it'll only spawn 50

wary wing Apr 21, 2019, 1:33 PM

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I'm not sure I follow. In your example is Ships also 100?

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A percentage is just a fraction multiplied by 100

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:34 PM

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exactly, so im changing the percentage manually ingame

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andim wanting to spawn that % of ships

wary wing Apr 21, 2019, 1:35 PM

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Is it correct that Ships is the total number of ships and Total Percent is the percentage of the total number of ships you want to do something with?

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:35 PM

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yes

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correct.

wary wing Apr 21, 2019, 1:36 PM

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So if Ships was 24 and Total Percent was 50, you'd want the output of your calculation to be 12?

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:36 PM

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correct

wary wing Apr 21, 2019, 1:37 PM

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Maybe try writing the calculation out on a piece of paper. In that example Ships * Total Percent / 100 would be 24 * 50 / 100, which is 12

sudden agate Apr 21, 2019, 1:38 PM

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use regular floats for the percentage.
0.0 means 0%, 1.0 means 100%

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no additional multiply/divide

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100 * 0.5 (50%) = 50

wary wing Apr 21, 2019, 1:38 PM

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^ or that

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:38 PM

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using integer currently 0-100 will a float make a difference?

sudden agate Apr 21, 2019, 1:39 PM

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you wouldnt be able to display 53.1 for example :P

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(unless you multiply by 1000 and divide by 1000)

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floats can be gradually incremented, integers not

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:39 PM

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ill try changing them all to a float and then try

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give me 1 sec

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 1:42 PM

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you just have the wrong operator, use int / int and it should work

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with no decimals ofc

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 1:44 PM

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50/100 will be 0

fringe pivot Apr 21, 2019, 1:45 PM

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yes

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 1:49 PM

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i'd stick to ceil, cause 1% of 1 ship is 1 ship...

sullen wraith Apr 21, 2019, 1:49 PM

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changing it to floats worked

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just * it by the float

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thanks all

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 1:49 PM

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does anybody have any good examples of load up screens saying made in unreal engine or created by (company) on a white background?

regal mulch Apr 21, 2019, 1:49 PM

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These are Startup Movies

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Or similar name. Def "movies" though.

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So you wann search for that

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iirc you they need a specific format etc. and then you can specify them in your project settings.

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 1:51 PM

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@regal mulch oh yeah im just trying to find a good example for one on a white background for reference

next badger Apr 21, 2019, 1:52 PM

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@plush yew https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding logos on the right

Unreal Engine Branding Guidelines and Trademark Usage

hexed sedge Apr 21, 2019, 1:56 PM

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I wonder if there's any way to cut soft bodies

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 1:58 PM

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hmm, purchase the rifle animset pro from the marketplace, or just use mixamo

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 2:02 PM

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Is there a better way to build up splines other than right click on current spline point > duplicate spline point?

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It's hard to get the smoothness I want sometimes without a lot of fiddling

fallen flower Apr 21, 2019, 2:13 PM

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@plush yew hold alt and drag maybe?

sick escarp Apr 21, 2019, 2:18 PM

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Is it good or bad to create "guarded?" functions if I need them to be public but only want one class to be able to use them? What I mean by guarded is having a function parameter that's a class pointer that needs to be valid in order to use the function

sudden agate Apr 21, 2019, 2:19 PM

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perfectly fine

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everyone does that

sick escarp Apr 21, 2019, 2:19 PM

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👍

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 2:50 PM

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im back from a nice long shower.. back to doing unreal stuff.. anyway, itd appear the $60 rifle animset pro doesnt contain all the animations, or variations of animations that i am looking for, but i can edit the basic mixamo animations with their tweaks/settings to fit what i need.. like taking their walk-forward at 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 speeds to flesh out a very smooth BS

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too bad there isnt a way to just download their animation once, and tweak it as needed inside UE4

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 3:01 PM

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Hey guys! Could anybody help me with setting up the shader for my lion's body in Unreal? I'm struggling mostly with the roughness (always appears too glossy) and the lighting (I get some weird artefacts on the body).

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Like, I remember a node one could use to regulate roughness via a numerical value (but still using a roughness map) but I'm not quite sure which one it was or how to set it up. I'm relatively new to shading in Unreal..

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:05 PM

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@coral patio curious, howd you do the mane?

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:20 PM

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No idea about lighting issue but you can just multiply the roughness input in the material

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 3:36 PM

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having never done an animation setup where you utilize a stop/start animation to make it look better, i am just going to assume that you set the animation to play in the anim blueprint when you are transitioning between animations and interp or lerp the character speed from 0 to your intended walking speed over the length of time that the stop/start animation is?

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or should i play the animation montage in the character blueprint?

split zinc Apr 21, 2019, 3:41 PM

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So im having some one build me custom meshes and stuff but real question. Can you use packs from the epic store and put them in your game then sell the game once you have a final product asking for a friend lol i'm not even sure on this one lol i haVE CUSTOM MESHS MADE FOR ALL MY WORK BUT NOT SURE HOW COPY RIGHT AND STUFF GOES INTO THAT

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Sorry cap locks was on there lol

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 3:42 PM

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Hey all. Whats the best way for a newbie to learn Unreal? C++ or Blueprint?

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@coral patio Did you check out the Paragon assets? I think "Paragon: Zinx" (a kitty) could have what you're seeking

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 3:51 PM

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@plush yew if you know c++, dabble in c++. If you don't then learn the editor and blueprints from the ue4 docs page or the YouTube page.

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 4:06 PM

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@still moth I used hair cards. Each strand is made up of 3 cards. The shader is the hair shader from the digital human project (can also be found in Paragon assets) in which I just replaced the texture maps and tweaked it a bit so it fits the mane.

@plush yew Alright, I'll take a look into that. Might be that this is what I was looking for.

@plush yew I'll check it out. I already tried Boris from Paragon (that bear character) but that didn't really have what I was looking for.

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 5:34 PM

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hmm.. im attempting to retarget some mixamo animations, however it appears theres no root to the source animations to retarget, and the retargeted animations end up with my character like 30 feet off the ground.. though the animations are playing correctly

split zinc Apr 21, 2019, 5:39 PM

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need some one who knows how to use photosho ptodo me a fast sold i did not put this is looking for talent as its not really a job lol more like a two sec fav

gleaming creek Apr 21, 2019, 5:50 PM

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Anyone know why I might get dependency cycle errors preventing blueprints from compiling? Even though the same blueprint worked fine in an older version of UE4

worthy flame Apr 21, 2019, 5:51 PM

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hey I wanted to load a game on the launch button and its frozen now. Should I wait more or do something, ive been waiting for 10-15 mins so far

gleaming creek Apr 21, 2019, 5:51 PM

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@worthy flame You probably built an infinite loop

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I don't see how there could be a dependency cycle here when it's a sample UMG widget referencing some other blueprints, which don't reference the UMG back... must be missing something

opaque pilot Apr 21, 2019, 5:52 PM

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I am using ubuntu and wanna install Unreal Engine in it. So to clone its repo from github I made an epic games account, linked my github account with it. But it doesn't work. It doesn't let me see the private repo.

spark sonnet Apr 21, 2019, 5:52 PM

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what did you use to load the level @worthy flame

worthy flame Apr 21, 2019, 5:53 PM

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launch button

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and its stuck on processing assets for windows...

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cant even minimize the engine

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cant interract with it

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so probably only way to remove it is to task manager and then quit it

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cant even cancel it

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fuk it ill task manager do it

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 5:59 PM

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i really wish unreal worked with something besides only maya

coarse osprey Apr 21, 2019, 5:59 PM

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@ @opaque pilot you need to accept the invitation in yout github

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@still moth what do you mean?

gleaming creek Apr 21, 2019, 6:00 PM

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It should work with all 3D modelling programs

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 6:00 PM

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I am assuming he means with live link

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but if so live link has all the source code included so anyone can make the same stuff in any DCC program that supports scripting or interaction

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 6:01 PM

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what i mean is unreal in blender is so damn buggy, but blender works just fine for everything else

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 6:02 PM

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then switch to max, or modo, or something else or learn how to use Blender with UE4 with the correct workflow

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or fix blender to work better with UE4, the source is out there no?

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 6:03 PM

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right, because paying thousands of dollars for animation software is totally in my budget.. fantastic solution, why didnt i think of that?

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:03 PM

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what issues are you having blender works fine

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also not all software is 1000s

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 6:03 PM

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bone rotations for one volkiller

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 6:03 PM

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I spoke with many people at GDC this last year who use Blender and UE4 and make it work

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:03 PM

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are you using 2.8

still moth Apr 21, 2019, 6:03 PM

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yeah

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:04 PM

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did you watch the livestream ue4 did about the correct way to get an armature into ue4 from blender

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its blenders stupid root system

mental gulch Apr 21, 2019, 6:06 PM

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probably a stupid question but do you need an RTX card to do ray tracing in 4.22?

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:06 PM

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one that supports it if you want to be able to see it

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 6:06 PM

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You need a DXR capable card, so an RTX or a 10x0 series that is supported

mental gulch Apr 21, 2019, 6:07 PM

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so like a 1070Ti wouldnt work?

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:07 PM

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it would

coral shoal Apr 21, 2019, 6:07 PM

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Trying to make an asset involving multiple different HirarchicalStaticMesh Components. The idea is that the user should be able to just add as many as they want when setting up the BP, to do that i thought an array of components would work. But, you can't "set up" those components inside the array data the same way you can if there's just a couple of components inside the bp itself.

Is there a different way to accomplish an asset where someone trying to use the asset in a map can "add" another instance component just on the details panel and change all the usual settings?

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:07 PM

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nvidia released a driver so 1060 6gb + have DXR support @mental gulch

mental gulch Apr 21, 2019, 6:08 PM

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oh okay dope, thank you guys

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:08 PM

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just remember its going to be alot slower then a 20 series card

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will look nice tho hahaaha

mental gulch Apr 21, 2019, 6:08 PM

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yeah i want to get on it before its a requirement in games

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:09 PM

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you have alot of time for that haha

mental gulch Apr 21, 2019, 6:10 PM

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ill be a hot commodity in 2-5 years 😉

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:10 PM

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@coral shoal couldnt you just to a for each on the array and have it a struct that you expose the settings needed like the Models and other things you mat need

unreal sonnet Apr 21, 2019, 6:11 PM

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You know how you can make a 3D Lightmap grid visually represent itself? I wonder how you could get a reference to the color of light at a particular point in a World.

coral shoal Apr 21, 2019, 6:12 PM

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thats a good idea, definetly an option. That said though each heirarchical instance component has like a hundred options and it'd feel like reinventing the wheel to make a struct for all those settings if i want to keep it as general as possible, which i'd like to

gleaming creek Apr 21, 2019, 6:16 PM

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UE4 is just bizarre. The dependency cycle is because I used a collapsed node. Convert it to a named macro and everything works again.

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I'd consider raising a bug, but... eh, they never fix them anyway, I'll just work around it

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 6:37 PM

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Guys, quick question - how do I move or copy something from one folder into another in the content browser? I'm trying to do that with a material by dragging it out of the folder into the hierarchy but that doesn't seem to work..

gleaming creek Apr 21, 2019, 6:38 PM

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Should just be able to drag, but make sure to fix up redirects afterwards

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When you let go, a little menu should pop up giving you the option to move or copy

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:39 PM

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or advanced copy

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 6:41 PM

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Ahh, and @plush yew and - the multiply helped with the roughness problem and is exactly what I was looking for for the simple shader I was setting up!

@plush yew I took a look at Zinx and it looks pretty nice! I'd really like to know how they created that, though and if that's a good solution for what I'm trying to create (since I want to stay at a texture of 2k max for the entire body but that might make single hairs like in her case too blurry to actually distinguish).

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@gleaming creek @dark depot Like that? Because I get that menu when trying to move stuff inside the folder but I can't get it anywhere else in the folder hierarchy. Like, I'm trying to get this eye shader from the Digital Human Bust folder into the folder for my lion.

📎 unknown.png

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:45 PM

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oh

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hit the button to the left of filters

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the stack shows all folders

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 6:46 PM

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Oooooooohhhhhh, Okay! That changes a lot! Thanks

dark depot Apr 21, 2019, 6:47 PM

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😉

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now you have just have the folder you want it moved to open and drag it in just like windows

worthy flame Apr 21, 2019, 6:49 PM

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if I add a play sound 2D

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how to loop it once its done

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 6:49 PM

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play a sound cue and set the cue to looping

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assuming you want it to loop forever and ever

worthy flame Apr 21, 2019, 6:50 PM

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how do i set the cue to looping?

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is it on the cue bp or?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 6:50 PM

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it's part of the sound cue

worthy flame Apr 21, 2019, 6:51 PM

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found it

opaque pilot Apr 21, 2019, 6:51 PM

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I am pretty comfortable with python. So, I am planning to use python in unreal as the scripting language. Does it have any major disadvantage?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 6:52 PM

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python cannot be used in UE4 as a scripting language at runtime, it can be used to script utilities in the editor.

manic pawn Apr 21, 2019, 6:53 PM

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pretty much the only purpose of python in unreal is some enterprise automation stuff in the editor

dim plover Apr 21, 2019, 7:18 PM

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I may be totally recollecting wrong, but didn't they say they would ... extend BPs or something with Python recently?

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I think it was another level between C++ and BPs?

worthy flame Apr 21, 2019, 7:22 PM

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how do you get the node that gets your gamemode?

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no actually from the level

spark sonnet Apr 21, 2019, 7:39 PM

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how do I make an AI hear my footsteps? Cant find any good tutorials online

abstract relic Apr 21, 2019, 7:41 PM

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ai pawn sensing component is a good place to start

spark sonnet Apr 21, 2019, 7:42 PM

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I have the pawn sensing component. Works great with On See Pawn but cant figure out how to use the on hearing

abstract relic Apr 21, 2019, 7:42 PM

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You need to add Noise Emitter on your target pawns

spark sonnet Apr 21, 2019, 7:43 PM

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oh

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I've got this

📎 noise.PNG

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Do I also need a noise emitter?

abstract relic Apr 21, 2019, 7:44 PM

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Yes

spark sonnet Apr 21, 2019, 7:45 PM

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Ok, I've added it now

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How can I get the footsteps from my animbp to the emitter?

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think I found out

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Thanks @abstract relic ! 😃

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 8:01 PM

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Does anybody know what that "Preview" watermark is for and how to remove that? I think that's also the reason for those weird shading artefacts/stripes.

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grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:02 PM

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the preview is for static lighting, switch your lighting to movable or build your lighting.

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 8:06 PM

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How do I build lighting again?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:07 PM

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build menu at the top

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 8:15 PM

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Ahh, got it - Thanks.

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 8:18 PM

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can I create widget and add to viewport via gameinstance?

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:23 PM

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Hi, is there any way to convert a texture2D to an image?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:23 PM

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@plush yew yes you can, I just tested it.

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 8:25 PM

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thank you I worked out the issue was on rep notify just before I reset the level 😃

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:26 PM

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@deep basin are you trying to change the image that is on an Image Widget in UMG?

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:26 PM

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yeah, I created a widget and added an image, which I know want to "fill"/change

magic scarab Apr 21, 2019, 8:27 PM

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would anyone know why my event begin play is suddenly not working after project close

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event tick isnt being called

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i am so confused

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:29 PM

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@deep basin you would change the image on the brush in details panel or use the Set Brush from Texture if using blueprints

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There are lots of reasons why it could not be working but we can't even start to guess since there could be 10 million begin plays in your project and we have no idea which one is not working. Have you tried simply restarting the PC and opening the project again to make sure it's not a weird issue?

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:33 PM

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well, I have this eventgraph set up...

https://i.gyazo.com/32f10c4849ff40427b151d6e575cfcc7.png

I have no clue how to set it from here

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the icon pin is the one in question

magic scarab Apr 21, 2019, 8:33 PM

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well now a ton of animations have unlinked their skeletons. wtf??

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lets try restart

grim juniper Apr 21, 2019, 8:34 PM

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So there's this issue that's existed for a long time. I know what's causing it and how to fix it. https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-29433

clever flare Apr 21, 2019, 8:35 PM

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does unreal engine have small amount of automatic LOD activated? cause when i move back the normal map seems to loose effectiveness alot. which is a thing i do not want on every object. is there a way to get rid of it? thank you

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:36 PM

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@deep basin you would use the Set Brush from Texture node. plug in your texture and your image and done.

grim juniper Apr 21, 2019, 8:37 PM

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What should I do to report what I know about that issue to Epic? Answer hub post?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:37 PM

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This issue has been closed as 'Won't Fix' due to an extended period of time without updates. If this issue is important to you please let us know by posting on the AnswerHub or UDN, and Epic will re-open the ticket for further review.```

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so yes post on Answerhub or the UDN and reference this issue number

grim juniper Apr 21, 2019, 8:38 PM

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Okay

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:38 PM

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@clever flare you can open up any mesh and see if it has any LOD's on it, it is possible when importing you had it auto create LOD's. Normally this just changes the mesh itself and not the material, you might be seeing the mip maps instead if this is an issue with your material

grim juniper Apr 21, 2019, 8:39 PM

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It's actually funny how simple of a problem it is

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:39 PM

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https://i.gyazo.com/6a9150d7cf0f091269ce91972b742383.png

???
Sorry if my question seems weird xD

clever flare Apr 21, 2019, 8:40 PM

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oh yeah i found it! thanks @grim ore

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:40 PM

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and the icon coming from data and the one I get are not the same

pulsar ledge Apr 21, 2019, 8:41 PM

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...Are tilemaps broken in Unreal 4.22?

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:41 PM

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one is a texture2d, the other is an image

pulsar ledge Apr 21, 2019, 8:41 PM

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I'm having some really janky issues here with using multiple tilesets in one map https://gfycat.com/SoggyPepperyAlleycat

Gfycat

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:41 PM

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set brush resource to texture is not the same as Set Brush from Texture

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:41 PM

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mhh, cannot find that node

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:42 PM

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GoDot 3.1

deep basin Apr 21, 2019, 8:42 PM

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yay

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found it

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thanks @grim ore :)))

brazen forum Apr 21, 2019, 8:49 PM

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Guys whenever I make a custom gamestate class and hook it up with the gamemode class, the game freezes somereason when I press play. I have no idea y this happens.

I have figured out however that if I make a custom gamestatebase class and hook that up to the gamemode the game works. So idk why when I inherit from gamestatebase it works but if I inherit from gamestate it freezes.

Can someone help with this?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:50 PM

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do you need the extra features that the GameState has over the Base?

serene oracle Apr 21, 2019, 8:50 PM

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i keed

brazen forum Apr 21, 2019, 8:51 PM

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Yes. Because it's a multiplayer game

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@grim ore

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:52 PM

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does it do this in a new blank level as well in your project?

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It's definitely project specific, No issues here in a FPS template on 4.22 in a new or existing map

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 8:56 PM

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Is there a way to reset the UI to a standard or something? I kinda messed it up and would like to restore it..

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 8:59 PM

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Window -> Reset Layout or pick one of the presets

magic scarab Apr 21, 2019, 9:06 PM

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@grim ore lol i figured it out

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LogGameState: Error: Mixing AGameState with AGameModeBase is not compatible. Change AGameModeBase subclass (BP_RPGGamemode_C) to derive from AGameMode, or make both derive from Base

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 9:10 PM

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oh... did not know you could not mix, interesting to note.

magic scarab Apr 21, 2019, 9:11 PM

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yeah thats a weird one

coral patio Apr 21, 2019, 9:14 PM

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@grim ore Ahh, thanks!

random nacelle Apr 21, 2019, 9:20 PM

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hi guys i have question im working on my map now i am using world composition for it being so big what is the point for me to link like 10 map sections to a parent map ect will the render range load/unload ect will only work to maps that are linked ?

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 9:47 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/LevelStreaming/WorldBrowser World Composition has been designed to simplify managing large worlds. World Composition relies on a world origin shifting feature which, when used with distance based level streaming, allows you to create worlds which are not limited to the WORLD_MAX constant value hard-coded into the engine.

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There are also settings for streaming distance as well as LOD's for the levels using this system

random nacelle Apr 21, 2019, 9:54 PM

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im not yet familiar

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with lod and streaming distance ect

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im working on piecing the map together and starting to create land scape ect

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i kinda know what it means as i have watched a few videos about it but not yet used the settings ect

alpine frigate Apr 21, 2019, 10:02 PM

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I wonder if someone could help me with a blueprint function. I currently have one that's set to store the currently equipped weapon variables, then switch to another weapon and update the HUD. The function returns no errors when I use it, but doesn't actually switch the gun

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I'll show a screenshot of the blueprint. Apologies in advance for the spaghetti, I tried to squeeze into a 1080p width

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📎 unknown.png

grim juniper Apr 21, 2019, 10:04 PM

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I posted my solution to the "Add Adjacent Landscape Level" bug that I was talking about earlier! https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/891287/view.html

grim ore Apr 21, 2019, 10:25 PM

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@alpine frigate F9 to set a breakpoint on the first node, the cast, then step thru it and see where it fails

alpine frigate Apr 21, 2019, 10:27 PM

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@grim ore Thanks, I'll give it a go

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Frustratingly, it doesn't seem to fail, it calls the HUD update and everything

split zinc Apr 21, 2019, 10:43 PM

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Help how do i make this look so much less shiny lol

📎 Help.PNG

alpine frigate Apr 21, 2019, 10:43 PM

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I think my problem is more how the function actually works

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 10:46 PM

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Are there any animators here who think they could help diagnose my problem? I put a 1:30 video together showcasing it compared to the content example

split zinc Apr 21, 2019, 10:47 PM

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Fix??

alpine frigate Apr 21, 2019, 10:52 PM

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@split zinc Increasing the roughness will reduce the sheen on the texture

plush yew Apr 21, 2019, 11:05 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Jele4KUTA

Something is wrong with my animations does anyone know what it is?

alpine frigate Apr 21, 2019, 11:38 PM

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@grim ore I managed to find the issue by stepping through it and realising I wasn't storing the variables right. Thanks for that tip 👍

barren python Apr 22, 2019, 12:23 AM

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Anyone know how I would go about finding a center point (vector) of a different number of actors (at different locations)?

grim ore Apr 22, 2019, 12:36 AM

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Try Get Actor Array Bounds node.

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It returns the center and the bounds as vectors

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:16 AM

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guys, what causes heightmaps importing like this?

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https://i.postimg.cc/QjN8mkr9/Untitled-1.jpg

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:18 AM

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what's the original heightmap look like?

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:19 AM

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@zinc rivet
https://postimg.cc/k6t8ytbV

heightmap 4096x4096 — Postimage.org

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:20 AM

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hm, looks like you've only got a couple discrete values for pixels, rather than a gradient. could that be the problem?

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:21 AM

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yep, not enough scale information

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:21 AM

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idk, I'm clueless

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:21 AM

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a proper heightmap has thousands of grey scales http://i.imgur.com/FjI80.png

Imgur

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:21 AM

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yea it looks like the values got clamped to like 4 possible values

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which would result in only flat surfaces

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:22 AM

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I don't remember where I got this one, but it happened to me before with images that are supposed to be working ok

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:23 AM

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no, that one you posted cant work, not now and not in the past

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:23 AM

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try to import the heightmap that tymax posted

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see if it has the same issue

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:23 AM

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ok let me try

unborn matrix Apr 22, 2019, 1:23 AM

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Anyway I can turn the second UV around?

📎 unknown.png

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:23 AM

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but the problem is probably either the tool you're using to create the heightmap, or your export settings

unborn matrix Apr 22, 2019, 1:23 AM

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its turning my material 90degrees on the bottom

sleek spear Apr 22, 2019, 1:24 AM

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hi im making a material function that has some parameters in it. i use this function in a material and the those parameters are exposed in the material instance without problem. but when i add the function again in the material, parameters are not exposed probably because they have the same name. can this be solved somehow? auto parameter renaming or something?

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:25 AM

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@zinc rivet that one worked fine

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I'm not creating them I don't have idea how, I just pick them from google to do some tests

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:25 AM

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i fixed yours, here

📎 unknown.png

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:25 AM

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@twilit hill thanks let me try

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:25 AM

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that just looks blurred to me?

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:25 AM

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yeah, thats all it needed

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:26 AM

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wouldn't that give you the same flat surfaces, with possibly rounded edges?

grim ore Apr 22, 2019, 1:26 AM

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@unborn matrix you would have to do that in the DCC program where the mesh was created, or you can possibly adjust it in the Material by changing the UV coordinates for the mesh in the material

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:26 AM

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no, blur creats gradations

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:26 AM

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works great thanks!
how do you fix them?

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:26 AM

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just blured it a bit

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:27 AM

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ahh will try that next time

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:27 AM

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eh, but that kinda blur doesn't create a linearly interpolated slope

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just softens edges

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:27 AM

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photoshop, Gaussian Blur with about 10px

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the thing is - from what data is given, you cant make it any better

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now it at least shouldnt look like minecraft

fringe pivot Apr 22, 2019, 1:28 AM

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I see, not a big deal, I'm just fucking around with this

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:28 AM

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nah you couldn but it would take some fancy programming probably

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rather than a simple blur

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to put it simply-
top: what you started with
middle - what blur does,
bottom: what you probably want

📎 unknown.png

twilit hill Apr 22, 2019, 1:30 AM

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blur is also including data from its radius, so all you could do is make it bigger/smaller depending on how much different shades of grey there are around it

zinc rivet Apr 22, 2019, 1:31 AM

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yea, you'd have to adjust the radius of the blur based on how much local detail there is

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as well as the strength

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and basically go over each color edge manually

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to get something that actually looked decent rather than a flat blur over everything

worthy flame Apr 22, 2019, 1:32 AM

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how to stop a value from decreasing after it gets decreased by a delay and a trigger box