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rose glen Jun 4, 2019, 12:56 PM

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i have no issue so far with animation and importing
my issue is i have to create two blueprints and make the same state machine on both and use the animation corresponding to the actor
Idle Animation will have two sequnces 1 for weapon 1 for hands
Running animation will have the same
and on state machine on both i have to make a variable "Running" that is set by the character blueprint so it can go to the state and play the running animation

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but thats double work

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doing the same animation blueprint for the two skeletal meshes

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yet the states and conditions are the same

plush yew Jun 4, 2019, 12:57 PM

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well I mean if you dont need to make the weapon a separate actor like with a drop function or something, you could make them on the same skeleton

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though

rose glen Jun 4, 2019, 12:58 PM

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oh guess i have to do it manually then 😦

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since drop will be there if player dies

rose glen Jun 4, 2019, 1:17 PM

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seems thats the way, each has its own ABP

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regal mulch Jun 4, 2019, 2:03 PM

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Shouldn't a CPP component, created with an FName("XY") show XY in the BP child instead of the c++ variable name? o.o

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 2:25 PM

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🤦 try to delete a folder, but apparently it has lots of uncompiled materials... so have to wait while shaders compile before I can delete them wut

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@regal mulch no it's the C++ variable name, I was just puzzling over this last night on the FPS template

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projectile has a member variable CollisionComp but the name of the component is SphereComp, shows up in BP as CollisionComp

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I wonder what a GetName would return though 🤔

regal mulch Jun 4, 2019, 2:26 PM

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Weird, I'm relatively shure the FName passed in would override that

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Cause that's how I usually did that

severe coral Jun 4, 2019, 2:28 PM

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Hey all. I'm looking for advice from someone that has worked or experimented with medium to large sized world single level game. I've been working on a space exploration game from time to time with the idea of introducing multiplayer down the road. Therefore I'm not using world composition. To be clear I'm not looking to have an entire universe on a single map, my levels are divided in individual star systems and the overall simulated playable area I'm looking to have in a single level is ~1000k. My approach thus far has been to scale down the game but it's absolutely horrendous to work with objets at a 0.001 scale. I've also noticed things such as navmesh volumes straight up aren't made to work at such low scales. A lot of things work as I expect, such as the ship itself and its movement or the materials, but all around I know there are issues with physics at such scales among other things and I'm wondering at this point if there's a better way to deal with working at such scales or if the game should straight up be rethinked.

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 2:29 PM

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@severe coral good rule of thumb is to keep the player pawn on the order of 1-10m for physics/other purposes

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I've also noticed that objects scaled down to .01 size behave much differently w/ physics than objects created at .01 size

thorn topaz Jun 4, 2019, 2:30 PM

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Does landscape grass always cull in batches instead of per instance?

wary wave Jun 4, 2019, 2:31 PM

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probably

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I mean that would make sense

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 2:33 PM

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What are the best setting for a open world game?

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sudden agate Jun 4, 2019, 2:35 PM

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There is a material setting

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Fully Rough

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 2:36 PM

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I use brushify

plush yew Jun 4, 2019, 2:36 PM

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You could always make child materials

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 2:36 PM

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It's normal this material

sudden agate Jun 4, 2019, 2:36 PM

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Unreal provides a matrix-like editor

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Select multiple assets - > Right click - > AssetActions/Batch Edit

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You prolly want to use a single material

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An multiple instances

plush yew Jun 4, 2019, 2:38 PM

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^

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Though there is no Batch Edit/Bulk Edit option for materials for me

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 2:39 PM

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master materials 4 lyfe

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 2:39 PM

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Can someone say what location and scale would be the best?

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for a open world game

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 2:40 PM

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@ember notch that's completely up to your gameplay needs, no one can answer that but you

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by default it's 1 meter to 1 "pixel" of the heightmap, but if you scale you can change that

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 2:40 PM

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Can I later change the scale?

sudden agate Jun 4, 2019, 2:40 PM

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Yes

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 2:40 PM

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yes

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 2:40 PM

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Where?

sudden agate Jun 4, 2019, 2:41 PM

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In the manage tab of a landscape

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 2:43 PM

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You also have to be very careful with the triangle densities, but i think there is only one way to setup a 8kx 8k map. Use 2x2 components for better rendering anyways.

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 2:44 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Landscape/TechnicalGuide/index.html has a list of recommended settings for specific landscape sizes as well

Landscape Technical Guide

Technical Settings for Landscape.

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 2:45 PM

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Ah yes. 127 quads are relatively good for tessellations. Buit if you dont want tessies, go with 256 instead, it will reduce the number of comps a factor of 2

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Or is it 255.

radiant haven Jun 4, 2019, 2:49 PM

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I need someone with an artistic vain, who can look over my Indie Horror Game, what can I do better

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hi @plush yew

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i see xDx

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idk

grim juniper Jun 4, 2019, 2:53 PM

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You CAN change the transform of a landscape with world composition. Directly open the level with the landscape in it and edit it. Not through the persistent level.

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I know because you have to set the landscape to 0,0 to fix a bug with adding adjacent landscape levels

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 3:07 PM

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How can I make higher mountains?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 3:08 PM

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If it is for visual only you can play with landscape material's world offset parameter. If you want it to be walkable, you must rescale.

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Yes

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 3:10 PM

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is there a way to get rid of this preview lighting text without building lighting?

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flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 3:13 PM

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Sure you can its a setting on the top bar in the viewport. Preview Shadows entry i think.

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 3:14 PM

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Which z scale would be best?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 3:14 PM

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But you can also configure your scene to use dynamic lighting while you edit the scene, and just build light once to see the final result

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iBySnow there is none.

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Just pick one that seems good

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 3:14 PM

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Can I change the z scale later?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 3:15 PM

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Every time you change it will process the landscape, but you can change it for sure. Mind that any modifications you make to the landscape will scale with that too, eg holes etc

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Bumps you know

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 3:24 PM

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the best z-scale is the one that gives you the landscape height you need 😃

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default gives you 256 meters from lowest to highest I think

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 3:31 PM

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thanks! @flat idol

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 3:35 PM

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@visual belfry Thanks can I you say me what settings would be good here for a open world game?

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visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 3:36 PM

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I can't say for your game

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 3:38 PM

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any tricks for 'resetting' the camera speed? for some reason even if I am at speed 1 its going too fast?

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in the viewport

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4.22

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i think .2

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.1

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4.22.1

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ah

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alright well good to know they fixed it 😃

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 3:40 PM

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sukebi-scotty the left screen is missing some PP effects, tonemapper perhaps too

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 3:40 PM

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i cant set scalar below 1

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im zooming but doesnt seem to reset it

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in blender you can click "focus selected" and it fixed wonky cameras

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is there something similar?

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im updating my 4.22 now lets see

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 3:43 PM

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What is better 32x32 or 16x16 for components?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 3:44 PM

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again, there is no "better", just play with it until you find the settings that work for what you want to do

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F is the focus key in unreal, but I don't think it resets camera speed like blender does

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 3:47 PM

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How many ram/CPU he need when the total components are 1024?

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 3:48 PM

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im updating the engine and ill see if that fixes all the camera issues

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im on 22.2 now

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atleast my camera is back to normal now lets just see how long it stays that way

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 3:57 PM

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But why is it missing the pp effects? Did you turned them off? Or ES2 won't run them?

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I so hate the internationalization for the fields.

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0,0

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I fear the owls as well that explains i guess

somber quail Jun 4, 2019, 4:02 PM

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Save yourself the hassle of taking an actual photo of your monitor and just use the snipping tool, it's built into windows. You don't even need to save the image, just copy and paste

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:05 PM

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win-shift-s ^

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not that we need to make it easier for them to spam questions 🤔

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 4:06 PM

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Its not working on windows 7

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:06 PM

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ah the shortcut might be a windows 10 thing

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 4:06 PM

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discrimination

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:06 PM

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but does win 7 have the snipping tool?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 4:06 PM

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no i think doesnt have it

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i have greenshot rigged to printscreen

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:07 PM

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internet says it does

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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots

Use snipping tool to capture screenshots - Windows Help

Use Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 4:10 PM

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I have to type in képmetsző

somber quail Jun 4, 2019, 4:10 PM

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Windows 7 had the snipping tool

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use start menu search and pin it to the taskbar

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 4:11 PM

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I prefer greenshot, it is silent dont messing with the desktop but i can fire up with print screen button and select the area

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Too bad it wont copy the image to clipboard, but the file location only

paper kernel Jun 4, 2019, 4:12 PM

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question, what is UMG navigation rule function return value?

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it's a widget object reference but doesn't seem to do anything

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:14 PM

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hm I thought it was a struct

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@paper kernel yeah it's just a uobject with a couple of variables:

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paper kernel Jun 4, 2019, 4:18 PM

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no it's not navigation object

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A WidgetObject

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navigation is just the rules what to do when player input occurs

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my problem is, it only works once and then loses focus

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:20 PM

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are you talking about a C++ function then?

paper kernel Jun 4, 2019, 4:20 PM

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Im wondering does the return value have to be an actual separate widget in order to maintain focus properly?

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custom navigation function

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 4:24 PM

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guys when rendering out an mp4 which is applied onto an object inside the scene the movie plays back super fast after exporting it, does it help converting it into an image sequence?

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cause i know unreal's sequencer works a bit wonky with exporting in game videos

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:25 PM

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@paper kernel your function looks correct for returning focus back to main, it's probably something else in the focus pipeline 🤔

paper kernel Jun 4, 2019, 4:26 PM

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it outright ignores everything on that return value

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I take it's expecting a whole separate widget

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since focus only works on individual widgets, not widget objects

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:27 PM

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does the widget you're passing in have Is Focusable set?

paper kernel Jun 4, 2019, 4:27 PM

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it's a sizebox, which itself doesn't have bool option for it

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:27 PM

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you should have a message in the output log though if you were trying to focus something that didn't want it 🤔

paper kernel Jun 4, 2019, 4:27 PM

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only the parent is set to focusable

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It only generates error if I try to use SetFocus manually

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but not from the return value

latent fable Jun 4, 2019, 4:28 PM

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https://gyazo.com/46399af55abf65138bc7fdac34c6acff

Gyazo

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Is there a way to erode terrain without this happening? Like make a cave?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:29 PM

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@latent fable terrain is just heightmaps, so you can't have overlapping bits

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you can carve a hole in the heightmap and replace it with a cave mesh though

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I like the camera shake at the end 🤣 "no, that's not right"

latent fable Jun 4, 2019, 4:29 PM

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so could i somehow put the terrain in blender and make a mesh from that?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:30 PM

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you probably want to keep most of it as a terrain and just carve out a hole for the tunnel/cave

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that way you can continue sculpting without baking it into a mesh

latent fable Jun 4, 2019, 4:31 PM

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I'm kinda new to unreal and this is my first game i'm making with it so I don't really know how to do that 😦

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 4:31 PM

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it's going to be a bit of a rough journey while you figure out where everything is, do you know how to use materials?

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Landscape/Materials/index.html search for "Landscape Hole Materials"

Landscape Materials

Setting up materials to work with Landscape terrains.

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 4:32 PM

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im using an imgSeq for the video i think it fixed the speed issue

manic fern Jun 4, 2019, 4:37 PM

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Afternoon all. Can someone help me with a simple collision-logic issue I'm having? Been stuck for 2 days on it

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 4:38 PM

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post it and we'll do our best

manic fern Jun 4, 2019, 4:38 PM

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Cheers

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I'm trying to set the properties correctly for "simulate physics" "simulation generates hit" and "collision presets" but getting it all wrong. I have a VR world HMD with 2 VR hands, a shield object that is bound to the back of one of the hands, and an incoming projectile

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I'm trying to get the OnComponentHit event to fire, which only does when the Shield object has "simulate physics" - however when that happens the shield is knocked out of the back of my hand and goes flying

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It's an issue with conflicting collision options, but can't for the life of me find it 😕

latent fable Jun 4, 2019, 4:42 PM

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@visual belfry I don't really know how to set up landscape materials yet. yeah... im kinda new lol

prisma spindle Jun 4, 2019, 4:43 PM

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Is there no way to get Steam's currently set language without modifying the online subsystem? It seems wild to me that I have to fork the engine's sourcecode just for something like that.

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 4:44 PM

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Can someone say good mobile landscape settings thanks

manic fern Jun 4, 2019, 4:56 PM

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I've tried google, IRC, youtube, docs, manuals. Been stuck for 2 days

bright plume Jun 4, 2019, 5:03 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Gameplay/HowTo/SetUpInput/Blueprints/index.html'

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that moment when you follow something to the T and it dont work :<

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look up and down doest work and everything matches im beyond confused now :<

safe forge Jun 4, 2019, 5:15 PM

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Hey guys

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do impostors work with UE4.22?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 5:19 PM

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I think @iron sparrow put out a video on working with imposters in 4.22, @safe forge

safe forge Jun 4, 2019, 5:20 PM

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brill man

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is it on youtubue?

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 5:22 PM

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What game name looking better LightCity or Light City?

bright plume Jun 4, 2019, 5:23 PM

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LiteCity

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 5:23 PM

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No

bright plume Jun 4, 2019, 5:23 PM

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city of light

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Lux City

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im done

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 5:25 PM

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City of Light isn't bad

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@bright plume

bright plume Jun 4, 2019, 5:26 PM

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its also extremely basic :1

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 5:29 PM

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Is Light City a bad name? @bright plume

bright plume Jun 4, 2019, 5:30 PM

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a name is only bad when it doesnt relate to anything

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there are names that give a lasting impression (City of Light, basic overused but works)there are names that are unique (LyteCity, LiteCity most of the time dont work)

radiant haven Jun 4, 2019, 5:33 PM

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i dont have this option

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bright plume Jun 4, 2019, 5:34 PM

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but at the end of the day as long as it relates to the game you have created or creating it gud

radiant haven Jun 4, 2019, 5:34 PM

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where it is??

untold osprey Jun 4, 2019, 5:35 PM

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HEy can anyone help me?

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 5:42 PM

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is there some1 who has a simple camera follow static actor bp? not sure if it is quick to setup might skip if it is difficult, anybody know how to make camera follow object?

bright plume Jun 4, 2019, 5:42 PM

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give it a spring arm and parent the camera to it?

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 5:45 PM

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hmmm

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sounds good

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ill try lol

runic narwhal Jun 4, 2019, 5:46 PM

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I'm following this amazing set of material tutorials, but I've ran into an issue where the tessellation fade distance seems to have no effect. It's clamped to a very close distance around the camera. Anyone ever experienced this issue?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1MRDXUWID4

YouTube

Mind Games Interactive

Landscape Material Tutorial - Adding Tessellation (Unreal Engine 4)

In this tutorial Series we are going to create a Landscape Material that features advanced heightmap blends, tessellation and procedural puddles. This third ...

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@ 9:54 is when he's working with the fade distance. I've made sure I set it up exactly the same way

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Ah, never mind, found the culprit 😛

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pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 5:50 PM

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@bright plume you know why this happens?

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it is being dragged by a conveyor belt

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and somehow the camera clips into the mesh

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when it is above the other meshes the spring arm doesnt clip

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when repositioned it works but i need the soup to be on the belt

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 5:52 PM

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Turn off the hit test on spring arm it wont snap

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Maybe i understand it wrong what the issue

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 5:53 PM

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cant find the option?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 5:53 PM

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Do collision test turn off

limpid turret Jun 4, 2019, 5:54 PM

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i have absolutely no idea what is causing this but if i 'save as...' on a level, it doesn't keep a build of the navmesh and a navmesh cannot be generated no matter the settings

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ive had to resort to favouriting levels instead of saving as

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and then switching between

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 5:54 PM

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it works 😃 thanks alot @flat idol @bright plume

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 5:54 PM

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Arceah navmesh generation can be set many different ways, dynamic, static, invokers only etc, look around the settings

limpid turret Jun 4, 2019, 5:55 PM

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i know that, the issue is that it doesnt generate at all

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 5:55 PM

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Do you see a recastnavmesh in your level outliner?

limpid turret Jun 4, 2019, 5:55 PM

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yeah

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its saved identically to the level it came from

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 5:55 PM

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You may want to delete it (you will loose the settings, make a screenshot first), then move the navmesh bound a bit it may regerenerate

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I usually setup the recast settings in project settings so they wont get lost

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You may want to move the settings over there to be safe

plush yew Jun 4, 2019, 5:59 PM

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Is there any tutorial or guide to setup the Unreal Engine online system?

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https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/services

Epic Online Services

Epic Online Services | Services

With Epic Online Services, we're making it easier and faster for developers to successfully manage and scale high-quality games. As a game developer ourselves, we've tackled numerous hard problems over the years. With Epic Online Services, we're sharing the fruits of our labo...

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The new SDK

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So I am able to have it in my game

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 6:05 PM

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How do I find an investor?

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for my game?

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 6:07 PM

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pitch it to people @ember notch

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there are certain sites for things like that

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but its generally not easy

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 6:10 PM

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no one invests in solely ideas

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 6:12 PM

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normally there has to be a prototype

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of the main feature or features

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 6:16 PM

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@ember notch
https://www.tinybuild.com/how-to-pitch-your-game

tinyBuild GAMES - Indie Game Developer And Publisher

tinyBuild is the indie label behind games like Hello Neighbor, Clustertruck, Punch Club, Party Hard and more

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a good read

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Think of it like this — if this build was at a convention, where thousands of people walk by, how can you make them interested in picking up the controller, to easily understand the mechanics, and to continue playing?

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this being the most important part IMHO

plush yew Jun 4, 2019, 6:22 PM

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were can i put error stuff? so i can get help

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where*

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 6:29 PM

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@safe forge there is an issue on the git repo for the hlod imposter on 4.22 and a solution is posted but not implemented iirc. Would be nice if someone at epic could tap the shoulder of Ryan Brucks because I haven't been able to contact him yet in any regard to ask about some of.these things

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@visual belfry

safe forge Jun 4, 2019, 6:29 PM

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thats brill man thanks for letting me know

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yea the hlods are kinda what i wanted it for lol 😉

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 6:31 PM

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You are using Ryan Brucks new plugin right?

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 6:32 PM

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Ahoy developers

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 6:32 PM

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I haven't called out any epic staff but if any of you are reading this someone tap on Ryan's shoulder and get him on the community stream to talk about this approach and future plans if any

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I guess I can call out @gleaming narwhal can we get Ryan brucks on the unreal Thursday stream?

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 6:44 PM

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any suggestions for how someone might setup a method for moving objects relative to the camera view that is in use? ie, if a user is using a top down view, i would like "north" to point to the top of the screen, but if they are using a perspective view, i want it pointing away from the camera, something like that. make sense?

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i'm sure i can set a Vector in the camera that would do it, configurable per camera instance, but i'm not sure if there's a better way.. or if there's any way to visualize that vector in the editor

plush yew Jun 4, 2019, 6:51 PM

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Is there a better way of making animations other then adjusting the bones by hand?

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 6:57 PM

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There is but it will take a bit of hardware

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I've heard you can use an extra program with XBox Kinnect to do some motion capture

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Is it okay to post a GIF of a problem I'm having with an animation?

plush yew Jun 4, 2019, 7:06 PM

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go to #animation

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@gusty dune

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 7:07 PM

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Okie dokie, thanks chief

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 7:20 PM

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hmm. i think i've figured out a way to handle it all automatically. woo.

coarse wigeon Jun 4, 2019, 7:29 PM

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I am not sure where to post this but sharing this as it will allow you to get much better texture atlases

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https://twitter.com/BrunoLevy01/status/1135793987908972545

Bruno Levy (@BrunoLevy01)

#3D #geometric #programming, #geogram 1.6.13 with bundled xatlas (https://t.co/ASzFoCsjZ9).
xatlas generates much tighter texture atlases.
Download: https://t.co/teF8dkvfdu https://t.co/3PtFoq1Sav

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ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 7:37 PM

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Is it hard to make a open world game?

kindred viper Jun 4, 2019, 7:38 PM

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no

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running it with people online is

spare sun Jun 4, 2019, 7:41 PM

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I believe it's harder to make a seamless open world game, but it all depends on context eh

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 7:42 PM

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What's the general background of people in here using UE4 by the way? Mostly students or industry professionals? Or passion projects etc?

next badger Jun 4, 2019, 7:42 PM

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in ue4 seamless transition is made by default with level streaming

spare sun Jun 4, 2019, 7:42 PM

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both I bet, with students and hobbyists being the majority

next badger Jun 4, 2019, 7:43 PM

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< 3d tech artist, for 16yrs ...or so

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it doesn't meant i'm great at ue4 tho...

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@plush yew having ONE skeleton is better than have multiple, it's just your characters have to be similar

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 7:46 PM

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I'm a second year game design university student and I just feel utter terror and dread about going into the industry

next badger Jun 4, 2019, 7:48 PM

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@plush yew you may have additional bones and use the same skeleton, with some limitations (kinda not intuitive, but that's how skeletons work in ue4)

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Animation/Skeleton/index.html - shared skeletons

Skeleton Assets

An overview of the Skeleton asset and how it applies to animation in UE4.

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@plush yew yeah, i see you have a lot of characters there

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 7:51 PM

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Alex with shared skeletons do they have to be set up from the point of creation to share them?

next badger Jun 4, 2019, 7:53 PM

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@gusty dune what do you mean?

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 7:53 PM

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Thank you for advice Sukebi, I really appreciate it

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Oh as in say you have three different characters with different skeletal meshes, can you make them share a skeleton once in engine?

next badger Jun 4, 2019, 7:55 PM

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@gusty dune depends on hierarchy, but if you can rename the bones, so they have similar structure - yes

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you can't rename bones in ue4 tho

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, you have to do that in blender, maya or etc

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you have retargeting in ue4, so you could remap animations from one skeleton to another, in case you can't share skeleton

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names not the only limitation, due to nature of animation curves, animations store relative positions, so you have to have similar bind poses for shared skeletons

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blend poses may solve some of the issues, but there is no magic

spare sun Jun 4, 2019, 8:00 PM

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rip magic

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 8:04 PM

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Do any of you use the Dialogue Plugin that was put up for free on the Unreal Store earlier this year?

opaque salmon Jun 4, 2019, 8:04 PM

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I'm trying to set up a basic world aligned master material I can instance and adjust for basic stuff but it seems to always be stretched out no matter what the size or offset parameter, I'm probably missing something simple

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world position

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🤦

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josh if you're talking about notyet dialogue plugin they have a support place somewhere if you look it up if that's why you're asking

gleaming narwhal Jun 4, 2019, 8:14 PM

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@iron sparrow I'll see what I can do! Best way for you to surface what you'd like to see on the livestream is through the survey we post every week 😃

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 8:17 PM

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@gusty dune UE1/2 modder turned UE3 professional, now working in UE4

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:23 PM

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for sure will do! i need to set my alarm for the stream! are we able to fill out that survey if we miss the stream?

gleaming narwhal Jun 4, 2019, 8:28 PM

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@iron sparrow Yes, the survey is live for the entire week post-stream

sage tree Jun 4, 2019, 8:34 PM

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Question: What are some good methods for organizing assets and content? I mean in general in your work library, not in a project. I have a lot of stuff, in various forms, I've been considering loading it all into a custom project called "AssetCollection" that way I can have everything set up, and can browse assets in engine. this of course means it will be a huge project file. Anyone else have another suggestion? For assets I am talking about, meshes, audio, textures, materials, basically all the raw components we as developers accumulate. The issue I run into is that I have so much, I forget what I have or where its at.

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 8:36 PM

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im also wondering about that, slightly off topic, does creating multiple maps take up alot of space?

sage tree Jun 4, 2019, 8:36 PM

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The map itself wont, the lightmaps will accumulate if its large, otherwise its just instances of whatever assets you have loaded into the project.

ember notch Jun 4, 2019, 8:37 PM

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Have someone a game idea for me?

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:39 PM

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nice! should make a Unreal Engine Post Stream Chat channel on discord ^^ could even make it closed so you post the highlight and the survey, just another source for people to get their eyes on something I think most people dont even know exists

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 8:39 PM

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all the game ideas have been done

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 8:39 PM

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Action RPG nearly broke my computer trying to load.

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:39 PM

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or forget about it from time to time like i do lol

pseudo swift Jun 4, 2019, 8:46 PM

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@heavy ether what are you implying lol

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 8:46 PM

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there are no ideas for ibysnow

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:47 PM

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dont think of it as "games have been done" but think of it as "how will my game be different"

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FFS, i was going to build a spherical ecosystem world that had animals etc and even started it as a project for the Game Jam and then just 5 days ago i found someone streaming a spherical eco system world that looked exactly like what i wanted to create. I had never seen it before and it was clearly very far along in development but it was essentially the exact game i was thinking of.

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 8:49 PM

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is there a built in method to exclude specific actors from being visible to a specific camera?

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:49 PM

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not that a spherical eco system is a unique idea but just that they handled all the things exactly how i had them in my head. I was blown away at the similarity. Again they were so much farther along so there was no doubt in my mind they had created it first and the chances of them seeing or even hearing about my idea in the past month was slim to none ha

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@heavy ether that sounds like a specific system you would need to implement that turns off all known objects visibility when switching to a camera etc

zinc rivet Jun 4, 2019, 8:51 PM

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is it "just like you envisioned" because you actually envisioned the execution of each concept exactly like they implemented it, or because you saw each execution and decided "Oh that totally makes sense and is how I would do it?" @iron sparrow

iron sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:53 PM

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no like pretty much feature for feature, the only difference was they had a building system as well where I was going to make mine a single building system. but all the features were there like planting seeds, passively growing them, effecting each other, animals etc, doing things to help grow the health of the sphere etc

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like i thought maybe i saw this trailer on my chromecast when i passed out while watching something because this is exactly as i visioned ha

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it was so surreal

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https://clips.twitch.tv/ShakingColdbloodedHeronSaltBae

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i still dont even know the name of the game ha

zinc rivet Jun 4, 2019, 8:56 PM

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eh, I dunno, it's a kinda niche set of features, but I don't think anyone's looked at two 6dof space shooters and said "They're so alike" just because they both involve flying around and shooting things

shrewd shuttle Jun 4, 2019, 9:01 PM

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hey my project is stuck loading at 96% pls help

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 9:02 PM

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My university project loads up to 97% then takes about an hour to finish the last "3%"

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How long has it been at 96%?

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 9:02 PM

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did you run it in visual studio? if so, is it sitting at a breakpoint in vs ?

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does task manager show it still doing something?

shrewd shuttle Jun 4, 2019, 9:04 PM

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30 mins now

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:04 PM

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If the project loads up to 97% then takes a hour to finish the 3% then 96% was took about 1-3 minute depending on the disk drive and cpu

shrewd shuttle Jun 4, 2019, 9:04 PM

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any other way to speed it up? im kinda tight on time rn tho

kindred viper Jun 4, 2019, 9:05 PM

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usually takes less time than that but if you have a particularly rough project, things can take time

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:06 PM

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Yes you can reduce the time it takes to load by removing the gamemode, default map selections so it hopefully wont require the editor to load all that thing on boot

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:06 PM

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Does anyone know how to make a large project like ARPG not lag out your computer when it tries to load???

kindred viper Jun 4, 2019, 9:06 PM

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upgrade

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:06 PM

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it sometimes also takes ultra slow to get the project load up because the boot.ddc is limited in size, and all these content can simply overload the derived cache which cause the project to recompile all content upon boot

shrewd shuttle Jun 4, 2019, 9:06 PM

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does this only happen once or every time?

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:08 PM

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I had to restart my computer 3 times. It broke my other programs

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Lagged out like crazy

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:08 PM

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slow project loading (boot) issues are usually the symptoms of overloaded boot.ddc and your project should boot into empty map without gamemode setting to solve it

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there might be other issues but try this see if it helps

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:08 PM

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try... what?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:09 PM

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that

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:09 PM

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upgrading?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:09 PM

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nope

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just set the project default map an empty, and dont set gamemode for that empty map (leave it empty)

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actually you are enough to set the default editor map to be perfectly accurate

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:10 PM

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How do I do that without opening?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:10 PM

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you can do this from ini, but its easier to do once you get into editor

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also if your computer lags heavily int his boot sequence, try to drop the process priority of unreal in the task manager to the lowest

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it helps a tiny bit

shrewd shuttle Jun 4, 2019, 9:11 PM

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oh it finally loaded in for me, took 35 mins jeez

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:11 PM

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if you take a look at the log files i guess you will see lots of textures been processed while loading the project

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texture atlasing

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now you will never forget again!

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actually im not sure how to set that up but it should be possible with ease

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 9:18 PM

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... so according to the manual, i should be able to change object properties in editor while running PIE. When I attempt to do this, it fails. am i missing some step besides just.. making changes ?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:18 PM

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you can change properties when simulating in pie, and enable this feature

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but changing object props in the details panel are locked in other cases

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:19 PM

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just set the project default map an empty, and dont set gamemode for that empty map (leave it empty)
@flat idol OK, how do I get into the INI?

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 9:20 PM

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@flat idol ... but.. how? i fiddle with them and they don't change in game, then they revert when i close. the "Keep Simulated Changes" is greyed out.

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:21 PM

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[/Script/EngineSettings.GameMapsSettings]
EditorStartupMap=/Game/Maps/NewMap.NewMap

You will find this in the DefaultEngine.ini at the config folder. I have an empty map (i always do this) but you can leave this field empty i believe. You can even remove this editorstartupmap line completely i believe so it will spawn you a new empty map instead.

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Tho as i said its preferably done in editor to avoid messing with ini files.

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Make a copy of this ini file in case you do something wrong have a backup

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Eric, it only works when simulating in editor, doesnt work with play in editor

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I dont use this feature at all but this is how it works anyways

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 9:24 PM

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... that's not what the manual says 😐

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:24 PM

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You probably read it wrong then i assume

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What else could it be?

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 9:25 PM

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While using Simulate In Editor or Play In Editor, you can edit the properties of Actors and see the effect of those changes on your level and the gameplay in it.

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:25 PM

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Well then it maybe works, yet it doesnt, so the manual is lying

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I'm sorry but to my knowledge it is SIE only

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:26 PM

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@flat idol Do I set GlobalDefaultGameMode to empty?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:28 PM

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I think you can leave that for now, see if the map is enough to be unset.

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:28 PM

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Does this look good?

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flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:28 PM

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Write a None to the gamemode, that would look better

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But yes you can make a try with this after finished with editing

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:29 PM

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Would I have to restart my computer again?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:29 PM

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No

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Just make sure unreal is not running while editing this ini

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:30 PM

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I mean, would it cause my CPU to lag out like mad?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:30 PM

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The cpu lag was because it was iterating over hundreds of textures and materials creating new copies of the derived cache

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this is a very typical symptoms of large projects and very annoying issue of the editor

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:31 PM

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Should this help soften the lag?

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:31 PM

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Now, in best case the project should load up in a couple of seconds or a mintue

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With no lagging

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 9:33 PM

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well, on the bright side, Robert, that helped me figure out why one of my coworkers experienced the game engine never working right for them. Simulate apparently uses a default PlayerController (there's probably a setting for that somewhere) rather than the game specified one

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:34 PM

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Huh, yeah. Never wondered about which PC it is using but makes sense yes

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 9:34 PM

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Well, wish me luck

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:35 PM

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Good luck

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 9:35 PM

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it also lags like crazy compared to run in separate window

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i spent a couple of days trying to figure out why the heck my coworker kept getting a PlayerController instead of our custom one. now it makes sense.

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:35 PM

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If you have many blueprints/materials/meshes etc opened on the tabs they cause the editor to just lag

versed spear Jun 4, 2019, 9:42 PM

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I don't understand why answers found using google suggest to turn never stream on for flipbooks that are blocky on first load. When I put never stream on my 128 sprite sheets. The engine takes forever to load levels possibly because my computer ran out of ram and the game will force close on unreal splash screen when I deploy to android. what gives. lol

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:44 PM

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Mattxor it makes sense to disable the never stream but it will indeed cause longer loading times. You can perhaps cut a deal and only disable streaming for very important ones and allow streaming for less relevants.

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That should be a middle way i guess

versed spear Jun 4, 2019, 9:46 PM

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you think loading them behind a loading screen would be a decent solution? I have not tried that yet but it is looking like my only option.

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 9:48 PM

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There maybe is a console command for max mips , never looked

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2k texture size is supposed to be alright

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ah you mean 4k if you combine all 4

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4k is relatively good too but you dont need 2k textures for mobile anyways why dont you resize to 1k and try 2k

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With unreal there is no low end :(

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You'd combine textures in an external photo app then import the result

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hehe

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if youre having difficulties with this texture atlasing idea just go back with the previous solution and stick to it

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having 4 textures in a material is not a big deal

worn sparrow Jun 4, 2019, 9:55 PM

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Does anyone else think the new documentation pages look better when you zoom it out 10%

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 10:01 PM

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@flat idol I think it's loading, but it just refuses to actually open

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:01 PM

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Having a bit of a logic issue. The top BP will return false at the start (Cooldown var is = 5) When I press the action button, it will set it to 0, making the top logic true, meaning, the timer should loop since its returning true. But it doesn't loop. It fires once. Am I being brain dead?

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flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 10:03 PM

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Air Man maybe you can share a log to see what is happening with the loading sequence.

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In worst case use the backup ini, and wait the project to fully load (set process priority to lowest in task manager), then in editor just create a new empty map and set that to editor default

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:06 PM

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@carmine scroll
I dont think you can change a Set Timer By Event's Looping Bool during tick like that

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 10:06 PM

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@carmine scroll the boolean is false when the timer is set so it will never loop

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the "set timer" node only fires once, it doesnt keep checking so when you fire it the first time the "timer" is initialized to not looping

dim plover Jun 4, 2019, 10:07 PM

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Is anyone familiar with manually calling ProjectileBounce? It seems to be quite tricky.

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:08 PM

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I set cool down too 0 before the timer, it would return true?

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:09 PM

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The issue is that the Set Timer by Event node is firing once, so when you change the Cooling Down bool it doesnt matter, because the Set Timer By Event node isn't checking it anymore

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it checks that bool once when it fires

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 10:09 PM

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the tick fires sometimes, the event fires in order when you fire it off. It never gets to the tick again during that event. so tick , false , event checking false, tick true, uh oh\

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what we are both saying lol. The key is the tick does not fire at the same time as your event for the input action

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:09 PM

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I would make some delta time event for cooling down your abilities instead of using Set Timer By Event IMHO

surreal gyro Jun 4, 2019, 10:10 PM

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@flat idol Share a log? How do I do that?

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:10 PM

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I was prototyping an idea thats all,

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:10 PM

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well sure but it wont work so wouldnt matter if you were prototyping or not

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:10 PM

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well yeah I know that now,

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:11 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/vl1dQsy.png

Imgur

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just making sure you get it i guess, but the Set Timer by Event node fires once (as intended)

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You're changing that Bool there the Cooling Down

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during tick

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:11 PM

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yeah I know, as I only input once.

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the tick fires like 100 times a frame so I would have thought it would return true at least

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:12 PM

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wouldn't matter if it fired 1000000 times a frame

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it will never tick true

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since that other event only fires once

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im trying to explain it but

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:13 PM

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its late dude 😅

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 10:13 PM

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uh the tick fires once per frame, that's the point of a tick basically

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:13 PM

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You could change that Cooling Down bool a billion times per frame

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It wouldnt matter

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because that OTHER event you made

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only checks the bool ONCE

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on fire

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which it fires ONCE

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:14 PM

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yes okay I get it

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:15 PM

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My advice would be to make an event that works off delta time

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instead of relying on set timer by event, or delay nodes or w.e

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Get Time in Seconds is a cheeky way to get delta time in unreal

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/36187/how-do-i-add-a-cooldown-timer-to-skillsinputs.html

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:17 PM

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this shit works too

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retarded idea

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but it works

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:18 PM

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it works sure, but the issue i have with Delay nodes, is they aren't exact

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and if you aren't careful, you can trip yourself in the future - creating infinite loops

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:19 PM

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Im going to be delaying it by like 30 seconds

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so I assume no issues there

dark depot Jun 4, 2019, 10:20 PM

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i think your overcomplicating things in the end on your action start a timer that loops subtracting from the cooldown once cooldown is less then or = to 0 then stop the timer

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no need for delays or tick

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:20 PM

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Using a timeline or w.e.

dark depot Jun 4, 2019, 10:21 PM

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nahh a timer is built for this

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:21 PM

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yeah true

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:21 PM

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tick was just for speedy test

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I dont ever use tick in final BPs

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maybe for movement updates

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but still that depends

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:23 PM

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You could do Press Button -> cooledDown? -> do ability -> set cooledDown = false -> set timer by event (3 seconds)

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in that linked event

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set cooledDown = true

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:24 PM

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I need a var to track how long the cooldown has left

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:24 PM

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Yeah thats why i wouldnt use a timer...

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it just fires and forgets

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:24 PM

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hence why Im now not 😛

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:25 PM

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you could use a timeline

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you can get a var out of that for how long it has left

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you can set new times

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etc

digital anchor Jun 4, 2019, 10:25 PM

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FTimerHandle

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:26 PM

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oh didnt even see that

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maybe you can

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:26 PM

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I can test with a timeline too I suppose

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:26 PM

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(i dont use timers)

kindred viper Jun 4, 2019, 10:26 PM

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why not?

digital anchor Jun 4, 2019, 10:27 PM

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You can pause, resume, get time remaining, etc. https://api.unrealengine.com/INT/API/Runtime/Engine/FTimerManager/

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:27 PM

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Im not against them, just havent had a reason to use one yet

kindred viper Jun 4, 2019, 10:27 PM

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ah

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I keyframe animation manually a lot so its super useful to me 😃

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:27 PM

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will try that @digital anchor

dark depot Jun 4, 2019, 10:27 PM

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you should use timers 😛 i imagine there are lots of places you could of used it you just dont realize it

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:27 PM

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yeah probably

carmine scroll Jun 4, 2019, 10:28 PM

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I use them a decent amount for things

kindred viper Jun 4, 2019, 10:28 PM

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its the same as timelines really except timelines are a little more useful with the curve editor

lapis bronze Jun 4, 2019, 10:28 PM

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Thats why ive been using timelines personally

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i love having the curve for movement or animation

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i have an elevator moving with a timeline -> lerp

kindred viper Jun 4, 2019, 10:29 PM

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yeah its awesome. I miss it when im doing manual stuff but then I just look up the sin/cos based code for what I need, or use a spline etc.

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its nice when I can use it but being stuck on the main event graph kinda bugs me

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then again that does give you a nice orderly place to put things

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 10:53 PM

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Well it is sure an innovative way to change materials. Straight from an animation blueprint. Swear i never seen this before.

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How did such a thing occured to you? If you dont mind me asking the question.

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But anyway it likely wont work in a cooked game, or you will run into threading issues with this concept.

dense gate Jun 4, 2019, 10:57 PM

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Just set the material on construction script

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Much more consistent

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And also, material curve values exist for animations

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 10:57 PM

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He can do it many different ways from a blueprint indeed, but an animation blueprint is a new to me. Maybe it's just me but it made me wonder.

dense gate Jun 4, 2019, 10:58 PM

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It's innovative and dangerous

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Which means he's 90% done with gamedev

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 10:58 PM

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It wont work for sure in a cooked game, since resource sharing and all

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hehe

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 11:07 PM

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So it's been hammered into us on my course that we should avoid using Casts as much as possible in engine, could anyone help clarify why?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:07 PM

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in BP, because the reference to other assets will require they're loaded into memory at the time

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if in C++, then (the instructors) are a bit wonky about premature optimization

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 11:10 PM

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What other assets are related to a cast?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:11 PM

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the asset you're casting to

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 11:11 PM

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But that asset is likely loaded already, or it is unrelated anyways so no issues.

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It will not trigger loading either

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:11 PM

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ok here's the hypothetical, not saying it's a good practice

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 11:11 PM

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Well maybe it does trigger a load, but matters not.

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:12 PM

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MyPlayerController has an interact action, which casts to DoorActor to see if a door is present that can be opened

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there are no DoorActors on the levels, it would not have been loaded otherwise

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however, the presence of that cast in MyPlayerController means it's loaded

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 11:12 PM

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Casting is not a good practice. Then what is? You get a refernce to an Actor, how to access it's properties and methods?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:12 PM

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using interfaces 👍

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watch this talk for a more in depth take on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6mskTgL7kU

YouTube

UnrealEngine

Blueprints In-depth - Part 1 | Unreal Fest Europe 2019 | Unreal Engine

In this presentation from Unreal Fest Europe 2019, Epic's Sjoerd de Jong offers an in-depth look into Blueprints. Best practices, dos and dont's, and recomme...

▶ Play video

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 11:12 PM

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And you would like to implement your entire game thru interfaces?

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:13 PM

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it's on a spectrum

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as mentioned in the talk it's probably ok to cast to framework classes since you know they have to be loaded to play

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but casting to random interactables? make yourself an interaction interface

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keep in mind that it's also not "Just" DoorActor, but perhaps the door mesh and all the materials and all the casts and other references that might happen in door actor etc etc etc

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Item_Standard includes >1.1gb of other assets here 🙀

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flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 11:16 PM

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There is inheritence, child blueprints for that, you have one MyCoolDoors actor, and can have millions different doors having mesh material etc setup

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:16 PM

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yep

flat idol Jun 4, 2019, 11:16 PM

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That will work and no need to worry about resources

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Casting is fine but i can see how it can be a bit of an issue when using it everywhere.

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Hammering that to people that cast is bad, is extreme tho.

honest rune Jun 4, 2019, 11:17 PM

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casting to interfaces comes to the rescue

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:17 PM

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use your best judgement, but be sure your judgement matches reality 👍

honest rune Jun 4, 2019, 11:17 PM

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since interface contains no properties to subobjects, bam

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:18 PM

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yeah, interfaces are extremely lightweight

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I occasionally have an interface that a base class then implements and all my millions of doors can inherit from that 😃

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 11:18 PM

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Hmm, don't interfaces only work with events though?

honest rune Jun 4, 2019, 11:19 PM

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I don't know much on the blueprint interface side of things though. I only use blueprints for tying my assets to my native types.

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 11:19 PM

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As in, you couldn't replace a cast to an animation blueprint with an interface?

honest rune Jun 4, 2019, 11:19 PM

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blueprint interfaces seems more like a message-passing layer

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:19 PM

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you can interchangeably cast to and from interfaces in blueprints

honest rune Jun 4, 2019, 11:19 PM

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from what I seen at a glance anyway

visual belfry Jun 4, 2019, 11:19 PM

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it's a little wordier in C++

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 11:23 PM

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well seems there's some sort of other way that someone can end up with a PlayerController instead of what is custom defined. only happens on one person's computer, and none of the 4 people who've successfully made our Unreal game work has been able to get it to work for that machine.

real pasture Jun 4, 2019, 11:31 PM

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Quick question about Udemy, are some of the courses that hasn't been updated in a while still worth getting?

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 11:37 PM

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depends on the class. Some of the basics in UE4 are the same since 4.8. I would suggest the free stuff on academy.unrealengine.com first to see if you need more

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 11:38 PM

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you always need more.

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... so, i just noticed that my camera FOV setting no longer works. i have absolutely no idea when this change happened. argh.

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 11:41 PM

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Can anyone recommend a ue4 blueprint tutorial on setting up a melee combat system please?

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The top ones I'm finding on YT are very out of date

dense gate Jun 4, 2019, 11:42 PM

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I have one for autoattacks based on animation but I don't think it's what you need

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 11:43 PM

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What do you mean by auto attacks?

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 11:44 PM

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out of date and don't work or just old?

dense gate Jun 4, 2019, 11:45 PM

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Autoattacks for a MOBA mostly

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As in, plays animation, it hits where the weapon swings, plays next animation

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Though due to how my references work I'll probably be sending over 1.5GB of a project GWjiangoOmegaLUL

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 11:46 PM

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XD no worries, I'm going for more of a 1v1 melee weapon system

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 11:47 PM

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speaking of melee, i've been playing City of Brass. It is a fantastic game (Unreal, too)

gusty dune Jun 4, 2019, 11:47 PM

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@grim ore as in approx 5 years out of date and using nodes I don't recognise in the current version XD

honest rune Jun 4, 2019, 11:48 PM

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from 2014?

dense gate Jun 4, 2019, 11:48 PM

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That one was free on the launcher right?

honest rune Jun 4, 2019, 11:48 PM

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seems unlikely

dense gate Jun 4, 2019, 11:49 PM

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@gusty dune https://youtu.be/b_wTfGkvlSE you can see the box trace on the mace there

YouTube

Mehteh Trollfacer

Minion death FX

▶ Play video

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That's what my system is, but it's designed for consistency mostly

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 11:50 PM

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I would assume the VR couch fight sample should still have some working melee in it as it's still in the learn tab and shouldn't be broken. That is a start even tho it's a couple years old

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technically the brand new action RPG has melee combat as well but beyond the basics you would need to know C++ to get the gameplay abilities section to work for actual damage. It could still help with setting up animations and such tho

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDABICTslM&list=PLL0cLF8gjBpqA8DcrhL_O9kD4jsUqhDR6&index=20&t=0s is 2 years old and covers a melee combat system

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 11:53 PM

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great, now my coworkers who are working in Unity are wanting some of my Unreal code. "how do we translate this to Unity" .. "idfk, that's why i'm doing Unreal"

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 11:54 PM

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it's not that hard if they know what they are doing, stuff is stuff no matter the engine. math is math etc.

marsh swallow Jun 4, 2019, 11:55 PM

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So is UE4.22 more tolerant to BP Struct Editing?! 😂 I was tense the whole time editing that and no issues, even with all the edits i made. 😄

dapper geode Jun 4, 2019, 11:55 PM

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idk dude I just draw lines from boxes and somehow it works

heavy ether Jun 4, 2019, 11:55 PM

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@grim ore yeah sure, it's just that Unity's rotation functions are all over the damn place

grim ore Jun 4, 2019, 11:56 PM

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they are but it's just figuring out if you need to use euler angles or quaternions and such then using the appropriate like for like code. rotations in general just blow

dense gate Jun 4, 2019, 11:56 PM

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May I introduce you to Lua in Garry's Mod and players

fiery harbor Jun 4, 2019, 11:56 PM

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when I copy a skeleton, animbp and animation from plugin content to game content, how do I then modify the "new", copied animbp and animations to reference the "new" copied skeleton, and no longer the old one in the plugin content? 🤔

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I dont find a button for changing skeleton reference of animations, without any retargeting involved

gusty dune Jun 5, 2019, 12:00 AM

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@dense gate that's looking gorgeous, are you triggering the damage as a do-once when it overlaps an enemy?

dense gate Jun 5, 2019, 12:00 AM

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I have an array of hit actors that adds the hit

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Also helps with adding "actors to ignore" to the trace

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So there's less hits to filter through

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It gets reset each time an attack is started

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I think in that vid I actually "parry" the mob as it gets stunned

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It's 3 AM for me here so my memory is getting weak

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And also parrying is a rather simple "if mob is hit between this and this time of its attack, be parried"

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Again, I'm not going for a complex melee system, but rather something that's simple enough for a common user while adding extra depth for a more experienced player

gusty dune Jun 5, 2019, 12:31 AM

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And out of curiosity, are you using actors for the weapons?

mellow turret Jun 5, 2019, 1:22 AM

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i'm having trouble finding an answer, what is root motion translation scale of a character for?

past zenith Jun 5, 2019, 1:27 AM

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Where might I go to get some help with the way a child object is interacting with its parent?

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 1:30 AM

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having raised children to the ages of 16-22, when you find out, let me know too

past zenith Jun 5, 2019, 1:40 AM

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uh

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hmmmm

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as a child aged 16-22, I fear the day my child problems grow beyond unreal

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I'm just having a problem where, in my slipshod recreation of arcade classic Asteroids, I didn't bother to actually have a custom made model for a triangular outline

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I have two flattened cones, one smaller and inset that uses the same material as the background

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It looks fine visually, and when they're moving, they work together fine, but when they collide with a physical barrier (say, an eponymous Asteroid) the black inset triangle slides out of its white triangle home

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I don't see why this would happen if it's a child of the outer triangle

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I'm dumb, I fixed it

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being a person who figures things out by explaining them is irritating

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 1:54 AM

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It's called rubber ducking. Buy a rubber duck, and talk to it. But also, feel free to tell us what solved it, so that we learn.

lapis bronze Jun 5, 2019, 1:56 AM

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nothing is worse than finding a forum post with your same question

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only to have it be Edited with "Nvm fixed it!" and no solution

past zenith Jun 5, 2019, 2:03 AM

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It feels dumb

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but it was that I had physics enabled on the inner triangle

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I have also heard that anger is to be taken out on rubber ducks

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 2:12 AM

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got it fixed so 😃

real bobcat Jun 5, 2019, 4:07 AM

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is there anyway to use my rtx cores to accelerate building lighting for my map?

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 4:13 AM

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there is a gpu lightmapper on the forums but it doesnt use any RTX but it is faster then CPU baking. I know Luoshuang has talked about a RTX lightmass i think its coming to 4.23 or later tho @real bobcat

real bobcat Jun 5, 2019, 4:14 AM

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cool, good to know

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can put this 2080ti to work

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 4:14 AM

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just turn on all the raytracing features hahaha

real bobcat Jun 5, 2019, 4:26 AM

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how easy is it to copy bsp brush geometry from one project to another?

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 4:26 AM

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make it a static mesh

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then you just migrate it

real bobcat Jun 5, 2019, 4:26 AM

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is that how you 'bake' a level's geometry?

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the situation is that a game i play has an sdk coming out, but it probably wont be for a few months so i wanted to get a head start on my map by blocking out the layout geometry

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its the same unreal version as the one the game uses

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 4:28 AM

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i mean i guess you could say that. having an FBX of it will let you use it for sure because then its a model. Dont depend on the Version number for things like that it doesnt mean its able to import from other versions when it comes to mod kits.

real bobcat Jun 5, 2019, 4:29 AM

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alright, sounds good

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 5:15 AM

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How do you install UE new online SDK for a project?

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https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/services

Epic Online Services

Epic Online Services | Services

With Epic Online Services, we're making it easier and faster for developers to successfully manage and scale high-quality games. As a game developer ourselves, we've tackled numerous hard problems over the years. With Epic Online Services, we're sharing the fruits of our labo...

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 5:29 AM

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There are instructions on the page where are you having an issue?

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At the minimum you need to click get started on that page, agreed to being part of the Dev portal, go to the products page and add a product so you can then download the SDK and integrate it. There are samples and instructions as well

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 5:54 AM

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@grim ore Well I don’t know how to get it into my game. As I’ve found nowhere where the tell you how to do in those pages

sullen wraith Jun 5, 2019, 6:50 AM

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is there a way to see all marketplace content i own?

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vault doesnt show it all

lusty carbon Jun 5, 2019, 7:25 AM

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I need help from sound masters to help me bind my audio to what's happening in the scene

dense gate Jun 5, 2019, 8:18 AM

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@gusty dune it's an actor that handles the ability itself, including cooldown, animation (attack) speed

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I have a "combo" struct that dictates how long the windup, hit, recovery stages are, and also from which to which socket the hit box is

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I know it's not optimised to use an actor to code ability, but I was trying to avoid using C++ as having both VS and UE4 open frequently caused out of memory crashes

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 9:24 AM

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@plush yew Not sure what you want to do with it

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it's not at all fully released

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You can only get the Game Analytics and the Ticketing System

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Rest is all documentated in the dev portal

pseudo swift Jun 5, 2019, 9:43 AM

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hello guys, I have an animated mesh in my viewport but I would like it to start playing the animation after a certain moment instead of at the start, how can I set a delay for it before start?

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 9:47 AM

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@regal mulch It still contains great features

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Also the question was how to get it into the game

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A link to a guide or something

pseudo swift Jun 5, 2019, 9:54 AM

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solved my question, i could control it through the sequencer

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 10:32 AM

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@plush yew It still contains great features
Which aren't released yet and might actually release in form of a plugin etc.
A link to a guide or something
Documentation and a starting guide are available in the Dev Portal

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 11:39 AM

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Can someone help me?

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I'm new to Unreal. I have three animations. Walking, idle, and running. How can I make them play according to my buttons I press?

ember notch Jun 5, 2019, 11:42 AM

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How to make driver/car AI?

languid shard Jun 5, 2019, 11:43 AM

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how to make gaem ?

ember notch Jun 5, 2019, 11:43 AM

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Stop trolling

languid shard Jun 5, 2019, 11:43 AM

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nope

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never

wary wave Jun 5, 2019, 11:43 AM

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"How to make driver/car AI?"
with difficulty

I mean, that is going to be 100% dependent on your vehicle implementation

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

latent moth Jun 5, 2019, 11:52 AM

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is there any way whatsoever to rollback a project. to 4.21.2 from 4.22.2.
I've tried editing the hex version on the uassets, they do show up in the editor but can't be opened (so obviously the file format has changed).

grave nebula Jun 5, 2019, 11:53 AM

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There are, but consider there aren't and act accordingly.

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 11:53 AM

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Is UE way harder then unity?

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Or just a tiny bit harder?

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:02 PM

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It's way different

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"Hard" depends on the game

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:03 PM

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Do you guys organize your animations, etc?

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Lol

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@plush yew Like
Object
Anim
ANIMBP
ANIM(animations)
BLENDSP(blendspaces)
ANIMMONT(anim montages)

ember notch Jun 5, 2019, 12:13 PM

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Unity = joke

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:15 PM

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@regal mulch What you think is great feature don’t mind me, As I got a own opinion, The 2 released feature already fit me, But maybe not you

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:17 PM

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Hard to call that great when Steam has been there for so long

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 12:17 PM

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True, the two available features are nice. You didn't really specify what "great features" you are referring to.
I'm obviously way more interested in the rest of the features.

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:17 PM

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(and 500 analytics solution too)

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:17 PM

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Well I’m trying get a hand on the SDK before new feature being released, As more like a demo

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 12:18 PM

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The Ticket System for free is interesting, but I assume this will all release through a proper Plugin eventually.

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Yeah, then download the SDK and follow the Documentation

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:18 PM

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Yeah it's actually surprising that their SDK shipped without UE4 integration tbh

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:19 PM

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Also I have hard setting up dedicated server cus Visual Studio won’t work

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:20 PM

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The SDK can be independent and still come with a UE4 plugin.

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 12:20 PM

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Yop

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:20 PM

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When changing version I get couldn’t launch editor

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:21 PM

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Every PC game can

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Like I just said on #packaging

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 12:21 PM

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It's a waste of time fighting that

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:22 PM

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Why can’t I change version of my project ?

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:22 PM

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You can

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:24 PM

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When I download the github file, Run the setup.bat then the second bat, Opening the visual studio EU4 file, Letting it load, Changing version, Is giving me failed to launch editor

cloud cobalt Jun 5, 2019, 12:24 PM

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Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying here.

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:25 PM

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I tryed follow a guide to setup a dedicated server

grave nebula Jun 5, 2019, 12:25 PM

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No amount of encrypting can save your assets.

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:25 PM

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But when I download the privat unreal github file with my version

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It won’t work anything

wary wave Jun 5, 2019, 12:26 PM

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there is literally nothing you can do to stop people accessing assets

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 12:27 PM

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Download Source from Git.
Run "Setup.bat"
Run "GenerateProjectFiles.bat"
Open the UE4.sln file
Compile it for "Development Editor"
Once completed, close Visual Studio
Rightclick your projects UPROJECT file
7.1. Hit "Switch Unreal Engine Version.."
7.2. Select the Source Version
Open your projects .sln file
Create, if not yet, the missing Server Target file (see tutorial)
Compile your project for the needed targets

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:28 PM

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I’ll try when I’m home after dentist

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Thanks for trying/Helping

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:52 PM

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I am trying to possess clients and server with player controller but only server possess

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When I change player controller value o to 1 ( client 1 possess only and soo on)

visual belfry Jun 5, 2019, 12:53 PM

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have you read the network compendium?

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 12:53 PM

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Any way to possess each client separately

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Can you help me please where I can find

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?

visual belfry Jun 5, 2019, 12:54 PM

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http://cedric-neukirchen.net/Downloads/Compendium/UE4_Network_Compendium_by_Cedric_eXi_Neukirchen.pdf

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 1:11 PM

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📎 Screenshot_2019-06-05-18-41-12-864_com.google.android.apps.docs.png

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This is the solution @visual belfry

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?

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Does anyone know what’s going on with Vivox?

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 1:36 PM

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@regal mulch When you mean compile for Development editor, Do you mean let it finish until is stand as "ready"?

sudden agate Jun 5, 2019, 1:54 PM

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he means compiling it until the engine is finished building

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which should take some time when on a HDD.

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 1:56 PM

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I still don't get it, I'm sorry

wary wave Jun 5, 2019, 2:17 PM

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have you actually compiled the project?

regal mulch Jun 5, 2019, 2:18 PM

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It simply means: Set the Target to "Development Editor" and most likely "Win64", rightclick the UE4 Solution on the right and hit "Build"

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And then wait till that sh*t is done

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 2:24 PM

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Oh ok, Great

autumn socket Jun 5, 2019, 2:36 PM

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I can't seem to find Auto Possess option

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is it still available

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 2:37 PM

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it is

autumn socket Jun 5, 2019, 2:37 PM

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where can I find it

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 2:39 PM

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It should be under Pawn in the details panel on any pawn

autumn socket Jun 5, 2019, 2:39 PM

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found it

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many thank

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 2:40 PM

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you can also type in possess in the search details to find it easier

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 3:29 PM

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Anyone help me, I am able to set view target with blend of all characters to the plane, but not able to rotate camera around the aeroplane, possesss problem I am facing, if anyone fix that I can pay also

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 3:31 PM

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are you able to rotate the camera around the player normally? before you set the view target to the plane

lilac wedge Jun 5, 2019, 3:31 PM

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Why doesnt my level render when not in the level bounds?

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 3:35 PM

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Yes @grim ore

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It's work fine

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But after blend all player view same aeroplane, when I set auto possess player to player 0,1

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It start rotation according to client number

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But I can do manually for one only

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 3:40 PM

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is this local or network multiplayer?

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 3:41 PM

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Network

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Multi-player

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I am able to do only for one at a time

quick breach Jun 5, 2019, 3:41 PM

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Hi guys

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 3:41 PM

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Rotating camera around aeroplane

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 3:45 PM

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so you want multiple people in the multiplayer game to move the same camera and they all see the same thing?

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 3:46 PM

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Like pubg thing

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 3:46 PM

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I have not played pubg, I always assumed everyone had their own camera so they could see what they wanted

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 3:47 PM

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they do

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 3:47 PM

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but #multiplayer might be able to help more since this is networked

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 3:47 PM

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anything wuld be nonsense

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 3:47 PM

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Something I am missing

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I try to get player ID

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And feed into player controller

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But it worked same

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If anyone knw please let me knw in PM

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 3:49 PM

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every player has their own player controller, and every player controller has their own camera

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I'm thinking you've looped through one player controller to set all the view targets, not all of the player controllers

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anyway that's what I can tell without looking at the code

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 3:51 PM

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Sending you blueprint

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@rotund scroll

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Please check

📎 JPEG_20190605_212441.jpg

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So I blend all player camera to our plane camera

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 4:05 PM

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yeah so every time you run the loop, you just set it for player 0

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because you use the player controller for player 0

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for each player, you need a different player controller

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or you use the cast and then don't use it for anything

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 4:07 PM

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What should I do here

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After removing

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Cast

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To get my all player can rotate camera around plane

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On his side only

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Like pubg and fortnite

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 4:09 PM

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you need to make sure this code is running on the client only for one, and then you just set the view target for that one player. You would not do this on the server if this is something that is cosmetic (for the player only)

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each player would have the player controller on their client, each player would have a camera locally on their client they would control

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 4:09 PM

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something like this:

📎 unknown.png

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and then you need to make sure the view targets are properly replicated etc. since it's multiplayer

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or alternatively follow the suggestion @grim ore gave, since I have limited knowledge of whether or not the server needs to know about view targets. Presumably not

quick breach Jun 5, 2019, 4:33 PM

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Hi

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 4:41 PM

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Hello

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 5:12 PM

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Any idea of libs / frameworks that assist in making web animations like this with js? https://gyazo.com/6108a0500008bdf7bf9d7b7b500dc2f6

Gyazo

▶ Play video

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:14 PM

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You can try pixi js for example, tho it is not specifically for this, games rather. There might be better ones if you look exactly for something like this.

deep basin Jun 5, 2019, 5:19 PM

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Question, I have an inventory which stores objects of an InventoryItem struct type I've created. I now have a weapon item that derives from a base item class. I pull the weapon stats from a data table on creation. I was now running in the problem that my weapons are always reset to their default stats when I equip and unequip them, what practically means when I create a weapon and destroy it in order to create an inventory item from it. This means I can't save the magazine state, since that is set in the weapon data. Any smart idea how and where I could store the magazine size on destruction to re-use it when that specific item gets re-instantiated?

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:21 PM

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With serialization (eg savegame checkmark on actor properties) you can pretty much store arbitrary data in a binary format which can be flashed on the actor when spawning it again

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But it's not the only workaround, and perhaps not the best for many users

deep basin Jun 5, 2019, 5:23 PM

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the only problem is that I spawn it from a TSubclassOf, so I never use that specific actor again (which was maybe a bad desgin decision in the first place), and since unreal remembers previous spawned actor of that type it numerates them, so keeping them in a container like a TMap with name and a state object is also not possible...

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My Idea was now to mark the inventory slot item upon destruction and pass it the value somehow - but it feels very hacky and I am not quite there yet

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upon destroying said weapon actor, not the slot

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:25 PM

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You don't have to use the 'specific' actor again. Like i said, storing the serialized actor data in a uint8 array you can flash it on a freshly spawned actor

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It will replicate and everything

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I use this method to store custom pawns which can be any pawn basically, it will always recover from this data

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You don't even need to save it to disk, just hold it in an array basically

deep basin Jun 5, 2019, 5:26 PM

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aaah, I see. You got some reference material or tutorial showing this in action? I have a rough idea but never did it

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:27 PM

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There is at least one i started iterating on

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https://wiki.unrealengine.com/SaveGame_Pointers_and_Structs

SaveGame Pointers and Structs

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I dont use this per se, but ripped apart and wrote my own store retrieve methods

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But it gave me the ideas and working nice in packaged game too

deep basin Jun 5, 2019, 5:28 PM

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yeah, I see. This looks good, thanks. I try to fiddle my way through it

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:29 PM

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You can probably use this for great many things not only inventory stuff

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But it could be a bit more involved than other solutions (which are limited but easier to setup)

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There also is a marketplace plugin (for free) that is dealing with entire game world serializations, that may have some useful intel if you stuck

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tho i didnt looked into that, just know its there

deep basin Jun 5, 2019, 5:30 PM

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I guess I still gotta bend it quite a bit, if I want to do stuff like having several different weapons of the same type but with different states

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lol, that sounds quite powerful

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:31 PM

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You can use one method to save anything, i feed it with UObject refs

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attached components to the actor might be a bit finicky tho, you have to deal with the serialization of those too

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If you need something from there

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Otherwise it's alright

deep basin Jun 5, 2019, 5:32 PM

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mhhh I see. I'll give it a go, thanks a bunch 😃

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 5:43 PM

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@flat idol Now trying to boot it up just eats away at my CPU and it went on for about an hour

📎 unknown.png

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:43 PM

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Investigate the log files in the saved folder, and try find explanations what is happening. It would be easier to figure a way to avoid this to happening.

quiet crow Jun 5, 2019, 5:45 PM

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.

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 5:45 PM

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@flat idol Here's the most recent one... I don't really get what's happening in it

📎 ActionRPG3_2.log

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 5:47 PM

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click on the drop down arrow next to the UE4Editor and see what is running under it. If it's shader compilers, you just wait.

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:49 PM

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This log literally has nothing in it, and it doesnt even indicate a 1 hour long waiting. Try finding a different one that has info in it.

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MathewW the problem is he is always have to wait 1 hour upon project boot

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I guess its the boot ddc tho this log indicated otherwise

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 5:51 PM

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what is the "boot ddc?"

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:52 PM

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The one the editor uses to quick boot you into the project. But it has a limitation in size (512mb in your case) so if your map and game mode will reference 2-3gb of content the idea falls apart

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Hence the waiting (in most cases)

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 5:53 PM

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OK so how do I use it

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:54 PM

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It is in use by default, and because your project will boot into a map that has gazillion content, it will produce you this long waiting since the editor thinks "ok i need new ddc data" because boot ddc is already full.

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It will compile you textures on each editor run, qute annoying

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If - that is the case.

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But your log indicates nothing so idk

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Find another log that has more entries, showing what it was doing for 1 hour.

manic pawn Jun 5, 2019, 5:55 PM

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huh the default ddc has no size limit tho

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:55 PM

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It is the boot ddc, and it is limited to 512

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You can extend it to 2-3 gb of max i think

manic pawn Jun 5, 2019, 5:55 PM

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how come it works fine for us having never configured anything about the ddc and having more than 512mb of content in there

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:56 PM

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Your project may not require to load up all contents. Probably your default project map the project boots into is an empty one.

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Upon migrating a project similar errors can happen too.

manic pawn Jun 5, 2019, 5:56 PM

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hmm so a different ddc is used once the editor is open and you change the map from there?

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:57 PM

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It's the boot ddc only, contains derived cache data that is required to open the project default map the project will boot into

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It includes data that are referenced by the game mode and so on

manic pawn Jun 5, 2019, 5:57 PM

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wasn't aware there are multiple ddc things in use at the same time

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 5:57 PM

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It's an optimization for editor to load quick

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I recommend setup an empty map for the project default to load in editor, so it will keep the boot ddc small

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 5:59 PM

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I did that

flat idol Jun 5, 2019, 6:01 PM

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Check all your logs, one of them will have the timestamps indicating it have spend a hour on dealing with something

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With that info it's easier to find a workaround

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 6:04 PM

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@flat idol Alright, I tried and it coughed up an error

broken stream Jun 5, 2019, 6:22 PM

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@grim ore Good day, do you have any video on adding number on a widget so it prints out to integer number ?

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as a selection

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 6:23 PM

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I don't understand what you are trying to do

broken stream Jun 5, 2019, 6:28 PM

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well im traing to have a selection so when i type 2 it will go to a integer number as a selction

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📎 Untitled.png

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so i can have a counter if i want to add 2 ammoboxes

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 6:42 PM

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you want an Editable Text under Input then @broken stream , it will let you type in text. you can then convert that to an integer if you need . The other option is a Combo Box and add in your numbers you want as options.

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the easiest way is you would have to get the text from the editable text, convert it to a string, then convert it to an int if you want it as an int

broken stream Jun 5, 2019, 6:44 PM

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okay i will try that

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did you make any video on this

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 6:45 PM

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no really. There are videos on Editable Text and Combo Box but not for what you are asking.

broken stream Jun 5, 2019, 6:46 PM

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okay i will give it a go

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 6:58 PM

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Why is the loading just stuck at 45%?

📎 unknown.png

misty creek Jun 5, 2019, 7:00 PM

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It is compiling shaders

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Generally a pretty safe rule is if unreal is frozen it is compiling shaders, at least that is what I've found

kindred viper Jun 5, 2019, 7:02 PM

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^

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 7:04 PM

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45% is Aaaaaaaaaalways compiling shaders, you can see this in the task manager. aaaaaAAAAAAlways

north mountain Jun 5, 2019, 7:04 PM

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Anyone know how I can fix this window material? Instead of the window being slightly visible, you can see right through it.

📎 oops.JPG

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I tried using translucency but it just made it look the same without a normal map

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 7:09 PM

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you are using masked, there is no opacity %, you would need Translucent as the blend mode if you want % based opacity

north mountain Jun 5, 2019, 7:09 PM

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Isn't the alpha map the opacity percentage?

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 7:10 PM

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a mask is a 0 or 1, on or off

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so you would have to have it set to transulcency for the blend mode. then you need a texture plugged into it that will be used for the opacity on the object

north mountain Jun 5, 2019, 7:11 PM

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This is what I get when I try translucency

📎 oops2.JPG

broken stream Jun 5, 2019, 7:11 PM

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📎 Untitled.png

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okay so how will i go about this now

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 7:12 PM

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get the text from the GetText node and convert it to string, then get that string and convert it to int

north mountain Jun 5, 2019, 7:12 PM

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I tried using a seperate map instead of the alpha map but it didn't change anything also

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Maybe I have to lighten the map?

broken stream Jun 5, 2019, 7:14 PM

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ok let my try that

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okay thats a new step thanks

misty creek Jun 5, 2019, 7:16 PM

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Try looking up dithered opacity

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@north mountain

north mountain Jun 5, 2019, 7:16 PM

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Ok, will do

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 7:17 PM

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What does the actual alpha look like for the texture you are using?

north mountain Jun 5, 2019, 7:19 PM

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Pretty much all white except the gray areas of the window

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I'll take a picture

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I just changed the min alpha value while using translucency

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Gives me pretty much the desired effect. Thanks for the help @grim ore

broken stream Jun 5, 2019, 7:40 PM

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@grim ore again thanks for this man, you are a super man !! 😄 it works grait and let me add ammo to my inventory without no problem !

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 7:40 PM

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yay x2

elder trail Jun 5, 2019, 7:43 PM

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Where do I ask shader questions at?

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I am trying to figure out how to add parallax occlusion to my eyes.

pallid compass Jun 5, 2019, 7:47 PM

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@elder trail in #graphics

elder trail Jun 5, 2019, 7:47 PM

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Ty

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 7:47 PM

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never heard of ue compiling shaders before loading, usually they do lazy initialization

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so you only load the shaders when you need them

kindred viper Jun 5, 2019, 7:48 PM

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it does it on first run

pallid compass Jun 5, 2019, 7:48 PM

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Its always precompiled base engine shaders

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on first run

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 7:48 PM

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I see

pallid compass Jun 5, 2019, 7:48 PM

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then anything after that is when you use it

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 7:48 PM

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I've never noticed this

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 7:54 PM

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Alright, it

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it's been an hour and it's still at 45%

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 7:59 PM

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when you click the left drop down next to the ue4 editor does it show shader compilers under it? also what is the speed of your machine

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 8:00 PM

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@grim ore Yea it does

north mountain Jun 5, 2019, 8:00 PM

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Alright, I case anyone else has the issue that I had, I also didn't set the lighting mode under the translucency tab to surface translucency. Material looks just like in Substance Painter now

upbeat tendon Jun 5, 2019, 8:00 PM

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just updated VS2019 and the UnrealVS.vsix doesn't work anymore

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how best to work around this?

azure shore Jun 5, 2019, 8:02 PM

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hey guys, Im wondering how the whole levels system works, when you spawn levels using stream level in bps, it loads almost instantly, so when you load the map, does it preload it all or something?

visual belfry Jun 5, 2019, 8:05 PM

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no, but it's significantly faster if you already happen to be referencing any assets in the newly streamed level

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such as if you're using a modular building set between both

azure shore Jun 5, 2019, 8:06 PM

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oh ok

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because Im wondering hows the best way to load a map quickly

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I was thinking of splitting the level up into levels, then loading them individually as you go along

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but I thought surely that couldnt make sense because youre still loading them either way

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map change takes a minute and a half atm so

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and my levels nowhere close to done

kindred viper Jun 5, 2019, 8:24 PM

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level streaming is the right way to do it, but you need the right trigger setup for streaming in so you aren't loading unecessarily. That is entirely dependent on your layout and size. There is always one loading screen, so you may as well buffer some of those levels in the background, ie. the 8 surrounding tiles, or a subset of them

azure shore Jun 5, 2019, 8:25 PM

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ok, so if its a somewhat linear level to get through, should I just keep loading the next couple of rooms just before you reach them?

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I tried loading the map with most of it stored in levels, and I tested it by just starting on a platform with nothing else in the map, then when you walk forward it triggers the rest to load

kindred viper Jun 5, 2019, 8:27 PM

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yeah that tends to work best for the starting area + surrounding tiles

azure shore Jun 5, 2019, 8:28 PM

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ah ok thanks

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still though, in standalone map changes take ages

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 8:46 PM

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@surreal gyro my shaders don't compile until I build lighting

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 8:46 PM

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??? @plush yew

azure shore Jun 5, 2019, 8:48 PM

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at least you can build lighting

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 8:48 PM

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Sorry have I misunderstood problem?

surreal gyro Jun 5, 2019, 9:00 PM

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Let me just wait it out and see how that works

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 9:02 PM

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... when i move an object around in the world, it seems to be dragging around a copy of it's collision, while leaving the original in place. what might i be doing wrong?

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 9:03 PM

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are any of your keys stuck?

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are you perhaps just dragging a component instead of the actor itself?

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 9:03 PM

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i don't think so. this is in game. i'm moving the actor, and with "show collision" on, i can see the actor moving, along with it's collision, but a collision box remains in the same spot it started in also

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 9:04 PM

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did you accidentally use SetWorldLocation in your construction script?

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do you use AttachTo?

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 9:05 PM

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it is moving by using SetActorLocation in Tick to lerp towards a given destination

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 9:05 PM

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the actor or the collision?

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 9:05 PM

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the entire actor

rotund scroll Jun 5, 2019, 9:07 PM

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idk, sounds a bit like it's not attached properly

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but I can't tell since I don't see what you see

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 9:08 PM

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it doesn't make any sense to me, it's just a static mesh component attached to a custom actor

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it's set as dynamic, and when i move it in game, i can see the simple collision box moving along with it, as well as one remaining where it started. like.. no idea

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 9:18 PM

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i imagine lots of us do

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but for real it depends on what you mean you can use simple grass wind

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or something like pivot painter for more detail

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 9:18 PM

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Hello, Ok so easy question, If I follow along this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbrO0Nt0SIY, Will my friend be able to join from another connection or do I have to portforward it, As the guy in the video don't?

YouTube

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UE4 How to build a Dedicated Server - PT 1

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dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 9:19 PM

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alot of this is covered if you downlaod some things from the Learn tab of the launcher Wolf

peak acorn Jun 5, 2019, 9:20 PM

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where do i ask for help?

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i am new

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 9:21 PM

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What help you need for?

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Package, C++, Blueprint, Animation or?

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 9:23 PM

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@peak acorn look for a channel that covers the topic you need help with if there isnt one you can ask here

peak acorn Jun 5, 2019, 9:23 PM

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ok

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 9:24 PM

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But do you actully need to port forward to making people from other connection being able to join? And if so TCP and port I would use for that?

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 9:25 PM

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no idea ask in #multiplayer

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 9:25 PM

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Oh dame, I never knew that channel existed xD

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Thanks

dark depot Jun 5, 2019, 9:26 PM

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might get better answers since people there are focused on it

peak acorn Jun 5, 2019, 9:36 PM

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📎 Screenshot_49.png

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📎 Screenshot_52.png

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weapon is firing parallel to the ground instead of following the crosshair

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initial shot

📎 Screenshot_51.png

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@plush yew can i dm?

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📎 Screenshot_53.png

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still not workin

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that is already vector product

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didnt work xD

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 9:50 PM

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one thing you should do is delete the debug and use the built in debug for your line trace, eliminate any issues from that

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the code you showed should do a trace forward assuming your camera is correct and the forward is correct

peak acorn Jun 5, 2019, 9:51 PM

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didn't quite understand the first line

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 9:51 PM

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there is an option on your line trace for debugging the result

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Draw Debug Type, set that to persistent or duration with some duration, you do not need your Draw Debug Line node

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the issue I think you have is you are not getting your rotation of the camera before you get your forward vector

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I mean the code you have now should be working so it's odd that is not (without getting rotation first), so I am curious on where your First Person Camera 1 is? is it an actual object that exists in the BP or somewhere else?

peak acorn Jun 5, 2019, 9:55 PM

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can i screenshare and then show its working?

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 9:55 PM

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I can't screen share

peak acorn Jun 5, 2019, 9:55 PM

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ill shaare

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share*

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 9:56 PM

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I did just test and this https://i.imgur.com/26zVGe6.png on the default FPS template character works as expected

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so if your's is not going straight from the camera you need to figure out if the camera is actually correct, is it in the blueprint in the correct spot and are you referencing that camera? then you need to figure out if your rotation is set up correctly for your camera (in terms of using the control rotation and such)

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also if you are using the default HUD setup in the FPS template, the crosshair is not in the center so a line trace from the camera center will not hit the center of the crosshair

peak acorn Jun 5, 2019, 9:59 PM

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its working

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thanks fam

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i am an idiot...i used first person camera 1(face) instead of first person camera(crosshair)

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❤

deep basin Jun 5, 2019, 10:15 PM

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GetObjectName is safe for packaged game right? Since I think Label (?) isn't really safe since it only refers to th editor?

rose glen Jun 5, 2019, 10:15 PM

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Guys, i cant find a clear answer for this
for an FPS game

Do you sperate the gun rig and the hands rig ?
--When exporting the animation i get 2 animation files for one actual animation then i have to handle two animations for both objects to sync
Can i just use one rig (hands with extra weapon bones such as magazine and tigger) and rig the weapon using those bones?
-- i will end up exporting 1 skeleton with one animation file for each animation and i can handle the animation in one blueprint
im asking because i dont know what is the correct way.. maybe any of you has already made an FPS game and has the experince to help me

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:17 PM

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You could always download the unreal tournament project and see how they did it in there. the sample FPS shooter might work as well but I don't know if those weapons are animated

rose glen Jun 5, 2019, 10:20 PM

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its not animated

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 10:25 PM

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There are probably advantages and disadvantages to both of those methods, as well as any other method you might be able to think of.

raw elk Jun 5, 2019, 10:35 PM

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is there a way to limit the amount of video memory Unreal shader compiler uses? I have two Titan RTXs in my PC, but on a heavy job it still runs out and crashes

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:36 PM

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shader compiling should use system memory not GPU memory

bright aspen Jun 5, 2019, 10:43 PM

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I cant appear to set collision or set simulate physics on and off for an actor via blueprints. How do I get the mesh component of an actor? whenever I cast it says is "Static Mesh does not inherit from actor, casting will always fail".

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:44 PM

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so is the base class a Static Mesh Actor or an Actor? is it an Actor with a Static Mesh Component on it?

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 10:46 PM

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hmm. still not coming up with any bright ideas about why my collision is all wonky 😒

bright aspen Jun 5, 2019, 10:47 PM

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its an actor with a static mesh component

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:48 PM

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you can get the static mesh component then and set it's collision and simulation if that is what you want to do

bright aspen Jun 5, 2019, 10:48 PM

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how do I get the static mesh from it

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autofill isn't helping me find anything that does that

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:48 PM

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If it's a component then it would be in the list of variables

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how are you trying to change it? If you are trying to change it "generically" by asking an actor for its static mesh component then that would not work since you cannot guarantee an Actor would have one.

bright aspen Jun 5, 2019, 10:50 PM

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isnt that the purpose of the isValid node?

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:50 PM

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nope

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the IsValid makes sure the item you have is valid and not null, it doesnt verify what it is

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how are you getting the actor you want to get the mesh from?

bright aspen Jun 5, 2019, 10:51 PM

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linetrace break hit result, Hit Actor

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 10:51 PM

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so this is what 'show collision' shows me after i move this chair mesh in game.

📎 unknown.png

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the spot on the right is where it started the game at.

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:51 PM

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ok at that point you have just a generic "Actor" object. You need to cast to your specific class that has your mesh on it that you want to change, then you can get any parts of that specific class.

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 10:52 PM

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a trace to it's left is telling me that it's hitting itself. the location is at the empty box. i don't understand. lol

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:52 PM

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alternately you can use things like Blueprint Interfaces or walk down the list of components and cast to static mesh components generically

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well what is the Mesh variable?

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so you are trying to attach itself to itself?

visual belfry Jun 5, 2019, 10:54 PM

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heh, UT as a reference... me: I wonder how they use UMG to good effect in UT... UT: all the slate

bright aspen Jun 5, 2019, 10:54 PM

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I think I can do this a different way with interfaces. Thanks for the help, MathewW

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 10:54 PM

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hopefully it works 😃

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what I mean is you are using Mesh as the target, target in this case is supposed to be the actor you want to attach. Parent is the item you are attaching target to

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is Mesh your sword?

plush yew Jun 5, 2019, 11:01 PM

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Plug return value of 'add static mesh component' into target then parent is skeletal mesh of BasicHM

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But your mesh is already a child if your oaw

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Pawn

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 11:03 PM

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Ya'll make me think I am crazy so I have to double check what I say lol

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its ok, I had to double check to make sure I said it right. was going to take a screenshot to make it clearer when you got it lol

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 11:07 PM

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my meshes have a simple collision, yet all physics options are greyed out

abstract relic Jun 5, 2019, 11:08 PM

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But you are crazy Mathew. No one will deny it 😜

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 11:08 PM

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you can't really change physics on instances I noticed, it really only lets you change it on the parent BP before you make it an instance. it's weird. assuming you are seeing the same thing I think you are seeing lol

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I think it has to do with it being a component that is inherited

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I think if you set the static mesh itself in the instance, then you can change the physics options but if the parent has the static mesh set already when you instance it the options are not available

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 11:12 PM

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lol. ok, i was trying to understand if turning that on would allow the item's collision to work properly. what it does is causes the actor to be immediately destroyed. yay.

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 11:13 PM

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well physics would cause it to physic so maybe its colliding with something when you do that. maybe thats the same issue with the collider on the object?

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how are you moving the item

plush sky Jun 5, 2019, 11:14 PM

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Will easy anti cheat be a plugin in Unreal anytime soon?

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 11:14 PM

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@grim ore to move it, i set a FVector desiredLocation, and the item does a SetActorLocation(Lerp(...)) in Tick

grim ore Jun 5, 2019, 11:15 PM

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yep weird I just tested a BP Actor with a static mesh component, used a timeline to move it on the Y over 5 seconds and the collider stayed with it (ShowFlag.Collision 1)

heavy ether Jun 5, 2019, 11:17 PM

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so.. showflag.collision 1 doesn't show the original item's location. show collision does.

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trace hits the original item's location

light vigil Jun 5, 2019, 11:17 PM

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I turned on live code compiling and cannot turn it off now, every time I reboot the editor it turns back on

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Anyone know how to turn it off for real?