@wary wing everything should have the same amount of layers, since its the same landscape from houdini engine
#ue4-general
low valve
scarlet birch
I'd try changing it in begin play and see if it works, just in case it's an issue with something not being ready for the collision change.
grim ore
sooo... who here has compiled the chaos stuff in 4.23? Which branch/tag did you use. I am getting a weird compile error using 4.23 branch and 4.23 release tag ๐ฆ
timid pilot
Can we use installed build for build / cook dedicated server?
wary wing
@low valve I believe the engine will help you out and build a cheaper variant of the landscape material if there's a segment where one or more layers aren't actually used
Under the hood, these layer nodes behave like a Static Switch Parameter node, which enables you to switch from using one part of the Material to using another. Each component of the Landscape has its own MaterialInstanceConstant created from the main Landscape Material, which is applied to just that component. If a particular layer is not used on a specific Landscape component, the subtree of nodes connected to the layer will be discarded. This reduces overall Material complexity, enabling the Material applied to the Landscape to contain any number of texture samples as long as the number of samples being used on any individual component never exceeds the maximum set by the shader model specifications (16 for SM 3.0).
Source: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Landscape/Materials/index.html#landscapelayerblendtechnicalinformation
grim ore
@timid pilot if you mean the Launcher version, no. You need the Source version for a dedicated server
wary wing
Haven't given Chaos a go yet, but on a related note I'm curious if anyone knows if in its current state it only does destruction, or whether it does general rigid body simulation (replacing PhysX) as well. Someone said on the forums a while ago that it was intended to replace all of PhysX rather than just the destruction bits, though I haven't seen a clear statement on that recently and all the buzz is around buildings crumbling
obsidian wasp
Can't get it to work Mike. But thanks for the tip. Are there any other ways to group stuff together for raytracing?
scarlet birch
@wary wing All anyone knows is it's in the plans for down the road, but it's not there yet.
wary wing
@obsidian wasp what do your mesh simple/complex collision shapes look like? Can you use it for other types of collisions, like can you stand on it?
Thanks Mike, figured that was probably the case
Good to have an answer on it though ๐
obsidian wasp
Haven't really gotten to any physics stuff other than the raytracing so far... But it does work for raytracing at least if I set the Default Response in my Project Settings to "Block". Give me a sec and I'll look into other types of collision ๐
Nope.
wary wing
Hmm. And if you turn on the collision view in the mesh viewer, what does it look like? Anything there?
obsidian wasp
Uhh, "Complex collision" shows a cyan outline two cyan triangles. "Simple collision" doesn't seem to show anything
wary wing
Ok cool. And that matches the shape of the mesh?
obsidian wasp
Yeah
wary wing
Try adding a box collision to it, for the simple collision
wary wing
Works?
obsidian wasp
Now it works ๐
timid pilot
@grim ore there are some improvements into buildgraph, with Server support
But there is no doc
summer turret
is there a way to change pivot point on an asset? if i wanna rotate something it pivots on one end i wanna move that pivot to the center, is it possible?
wary wing
For a single actor in the level, you can use alt+middle click to set the pivot point
If you need to do it on all instances of a mesh or something... you could wrap it in a blueprint and offset that component from the DefaultSceneRoot
inner cloak
is it a bad thing to scale a model by -1 to get a mirror instance?
teal citrus
I had some compiler errors so I am trying to change my unreal engine to build with visual studio 2017 instead of 2015
I tried regedit on visual studio keys, tried changing editor settings in unreal..but still every time I go to package my project, it goes back to visual studio 14.0
scarlet birch
Can you just uninstall the older version of VS?
teal citrus
I can try, I was scared to because some other posts said that after doing that, UE gave them an error that they couldn't find VS because it was stuck on an old registry
scarlet birch
You can always reinstall it. I tried working with both 2017 and 2019 installed and it kept having issues with trying to use the wrong compiler or something else. I finally just uninstalled 2017 and it's been relatively fine since.
plain gazelle
Has Epic mentioned the issue with projects not downloading for 4.23? Have they even acknowledged it?
scarlet birch
It seemed like no matter how many places I seleceted 2019, something kept pointing to 2017
scarlet birch
Good luck.
inner cloak
I recall setting UE4 from source a few years ago, was a pain !! lol
loud knoll
Not sure if anyone noticed but on the Ask A question part of the Epic site you cant select 4.23 as an Engine version just 4.23 Preview
I am posting bugs under preview but I am hoping they arent going to just ignore them
obtuse hare
Are there any basic tutorials that actually have you make something for UE4? If so, please @ me or PM me. (Trying to make an MMORPG like WoWish)
mossy nymph
You shoul not try to make a MMORPG witout funding and experienced team of 50, definitely no basic tutorials for that
obtuse hare
Sorry, I was just over simplifying it so I didn't have to explain
I'm looking for some basic tutorials to help me get started
The built in tutorials don't go very far
sharp urchin
I have changed the name of my level and now I have lost it (it does not appear in the search engine) can someone help me
copper elk
@sharp urchin try going into the folder of your project and open it from the folder that should launch the project and put it back in the search engine
mossy nymph
@obtuse hare maybe take one of Epic's example projects, study it a little then add start adding features to it
obtuse hare
@mossy nymph Alright, thanks! I'll give that a try
inner cloak
goes back into ignored mode
inner cloak
Any of you losing your static mesh assignments with blueprints ?
copper elk
inner cloak
what kind of overlay you doing ? is it just 2 meshes at about the same location ?
dry moon
Anyone know what FDynamicRHI_LockVertexBuffer_RenderThread would be doing causing 5ms of rendering
copper elk
timber river
hey uh, is there like one of those sample hallways with all the chaos physics features for the physics features? also maybe what are those hallways called?
safe forge
hey ty man!
timber river
nvm my dudes, they're called content examples
safe forge
is there any way to not use swarm?
just cause this ports thing is causing an issue ๐ญ
@next badger
safe forge
Sure the problem is the ports are conflicting with other programs that are using said ports ๐ญ
However i cant turn them off and i cant change the ports for the swarm agent.....
plain gazelle
Don't have multiple projects running.
copper elk
@regal mulch sorry
proud verge
Hi guys, iยดm having a difficult time with playing videos in UE 4.22, bassicaly they are precache, but they only play at normal speed if i play them at an empty level, if i play them at a game level with all assets, FPS drops to half and videos play ultra slow... no idea what to do, i already tried to pause the game while playing, but videos are still affected by game FPS and play slow, i simply used a widget, an "open source" node and thatยดs it, also tried with "Open playlist index" same problem. Please help!
safe forge
@next badger Sorry not sure if you saw the description
next badger
@safe forge yeah, weird thing, TCP 8009 is registered by IANA to NVME service, and UDP one is reserved for use
low valve
im trying to make a cinematic sequence, but my sky sphere is not matching the position of my directional light. and i have to manually press refresh to get it to match it in viewport. how can i match this up?
grim ore
you can call that node in the skysphere to refresh it when you move the light
low valve
thanks @grim ore i read i could use 'event tick' to refresh it, when i click to edit the blueprint i cant find that node anywhere, am i in the wrong context?
grim ore
I dont know which blueprint you are in and refreshing it every frame seems un needed unless you are moving it every frame
but if it's not there you can just right click and type in event tick to add it
low valve
grim ore
you are in a function, you need to be in the main graph
azure shore
is there any way I can manually create navigation areas where its not?
and how would I sort it for things like sliding doors, they navigation is created with a gap where the door is but of course once the door moves ai cant go through
I heard of a dynamic thing but I think its buggy
oh ok Im literally using dynamic and it doesnt work
plush yew
Hi ! Do you know why my NPC launch my character with a little delay (about 1s) while I have no delay in my code ?
The result of the code : https://gyazo.com/37e0572f05592ba1138b6684a509cc8d
azure shore
cus launch character is annoying
dim plover
Maybe the time between OnSeePawn is called.
azure shore
so does anyone know about my question
fleet inlet
Is there any #chaos related channel?
heavy notch
What is the difference between regular "Occlusion Culling" and mobile "Software Occlusion Culling"
I cannot find any answers online
next badger
@fleet inlet #legacy-physics
@heavy notch Software Occlusion Culling is handled by CPU
fleet inlet
yaaa, forgot about it
next badger
heavy notch
@next badger thanks for the link, I couldn't find anything for some reason
next badger
cause they call it Query
azure shore
does anyone know why performance varies a lot between simulations?
I can hit play one time and it runs like shit, but then another time its super smooth
and it changes with every play test
next badger
use profiler, or insights if you're on 4.23
warped tangle
@azure shore is it better when you're looking in one direction, and worse in another?
azure shore
no literally the whole playtest
nothing changes it
just some plays run good, some run crap
so uh
as you can imagine it would be much more preferrable if they all ran good
azure shore
well you know what I mean, I want them to run good
at least the game itself is fine, when in standalone it runs beautifully
next badger
sure, use profiler, get the data, analyze
azure shore
whats profiler...
azure shore
but standalone takes like 10 minutes to launch
I cant exactly do that for every little play test lol
next badger
standalone UnrealFrontEnd.exe
azure shore
whats that?
next badger
read the link
azure shore
Im gonna be honest here if I used this profiler I wouldnt even know what to look at
warped tangle
research it dude....
azure shore
well the thing is, would it actually help me see why it runs different on different simulations
its all well and good seeing how its running and stuff but Id like a way for just every test to run well
warped tangle
lololol
azure shore
Im 99% sure its not anything Ive done in the project itself thats causing this
warped tangle
are you serious?
azure shore
what did I do
warped tangle
you don't think seeing why you're having performance issues is important? That's like 1/2 the game
azure shore
no like I said, it runs completely fine in standalone, how it should be, its the EDITOR tests that vary in performance
errant spire
Hi everyone, my character's are moving about randomly with no input. Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this?
azure shore
he got bored and went walkies
scarlet birch
@azure shore You can't test performance in PIE there's way too many things that can cause issues and PIE almost always runs slower than standalone. You can start by narrowing down whether the slow down is from rendering or the game thread
errant spire
More info, this only happens when certain weapons I have are out, which are derived from the same class
warm swift
I am doing a MultiLineTraceForObjects through a custom mesh made from a brush. The plan is to use the number of hits to detect whether or not I am inside of the shape (0 or even hits = outside, odd hits = inside).
I am failing to get more than one hit on this mesh.
I've returned multiple hits on a mesh before with this node, but it was a mesh made from a multi-mesh merge. Trouble with this method was multiple hits on overlapping edges of the smaller meshes that made up the larger shape. (hope that made sense).
Does anyone have any idea how I can make my brush-made shape return multiple hits like my merged-actor mesh did? Thank you in advance for any ideas.
dim plover
I think turning on Multi Body Overlap might work, but this relies on multiple bodies. And maybe CCD. I don't remember.
fervent raptor
Someone from Brazil Here?
lapis grotto
Hey everyone, Its my second day messing around with UE4, originally been working in blender so im getting used to the material workflow in UE4. Just wondering what's the easiest method for adding backgrounds/hdri?
abstract relic
You can apply your hdri in a post process volume
foggy cipher
does anyone know how to restore a corrupted game back to its original before corruption
abstract relic
Version control
foggy cipher
wheres that
normal burrow
lapis grotto
thanks, so skyspheres work too?
abstract relic
Ah, you want to use it as a background? https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/HDRIBackdrop/index.html
bold wyvern
Anyone know when the Paragon assets will be updated for 4.23?
lapis grotto
wow, thanks alot
@abstract relic
I kept seeing 15 min tutorials on youtube and couldnt believe it should take that long to load a HDR lol.
mint sequoia
@wary wave The bug report target is 4.23.1 which is good, I really thought they were gonna ignore it. Still such a mission going through their process. I miss answerhub reporting ๐
warm swift
Another look at the issue I am having:
MultiLineTraceForObject should return multiple hits, but it is not.
earnest cape
If that's one object then it'll only return once
warm swift
I figured that was the deal. Damn.
plush yew
hello everybody, can somebody recommend a tutorial, or give me a direction for what should i study to be able to create a game like Bust a Groove? is a rhythm dance game, i want to do a remake just for personal project
but i dont know exactly what should i look online, what kind of tutorial that should i look for
plush yew
omg this old monitor
heavy shuttle
Hehe ๐ ๐
Does anyone know how to integrate cef to ue4 ? My dead line is approaching ๐ and I don't even know where to start. Any help would be much appreciated ๐
heavy shuttle
Hehe me too bro ๐
opal hornet
i'm drawing such a blank on unit circle trig, which channel should i ask for help in?
plush yew
thats a sexy monitor
im still on a 40 inch tv
also dont u just love ue4
been like that for ages
rain moss
hey devs, how would we make a mulitplayer server with unreal engine 4?
if u kno then pls dm me or ping me
warped tangle
have you researched it at all? there's plenty of resources out there, some are a bit out of date but it will still get you going
echo zealot
HEY! I am looking for someone who can help me fix a few easy bugs in my multiplayer game... im still quite new to the unreal engine and especially to multiplayer so a pro should be able to fix it really quick. I offer 10 usd PayPal.
static viper
man 10 dollar are not even enough for an hour of my time XD
if they are easy bugs why dont you do it?
warped tangle
The only way you learn is to trace them down and solve them....
warped tangle
The number of people that don't want to even attempt to solve their own bugs is astounding....
heady drift
Hello good Morning. Does anyone know how to resolve this error in epic laucher installation?
bold wyvern
Anyone know when the Paragon assets will be updated for 4.23?
next badger
@bold wyvern do they need to be? just use 4.22 ones
tough marsh
how do I get a random spline point off a spline?
warped tangle
tough marsh
oh the random int in range node will work here I see thx
one more thing I have an array of splines how would I go about getting the closest one to me?
warped tangle
math
tough marsh
could I do something like get actor location and get splines locations and see which one is closest?
warped tangle
vector - vector, vector length gives you distance between
next badger
don't do "Get Actors of a Class" on tick tho
warped tangle
thats going to get the distance between the actor and the root of the spline, if you want to check between all points in all splines that's going to be a little more complicated and heavy
next badger
it's better to store pointers on all splines somewhere in the struct
warped tangle
he never said anything about doing a get all actors of class or a tick?
next badger
he needs to take a closest point among all splines in the scene...
warped tangle
He said he has an array of splines
tough marsh
idk but the get all of actors of class thing did give me an idea tho i could do get all actors of class once I lose sight of player and then say move to cloest spline relative to my ai
next badger
The issue with the closest splines. It's not the actor position that matters, but a point positions, or sometimes even interpolated curve position
warped tangle
better to have an array of those splines to reference rather than a get all actors of class every time. The only time I'd do a get all actors of class is if the splines are being added dynamically, but even then I would just add them to the array as they are generated
tough marsh
yeah sounds good i will have other splines that arent in the same class as well so that is a better idea
next badger
warped tangle
But again, as I mentioned earlier, getting the spline actors location is going to return the root. If you have say a long spline that wraps around part of the room, that may give you a bad result. To get the most precise result you would have to loop through every spline point of every spline and check the world locations against each other. That could get heavy depending on how many splines & points you have
next badger
map of all verts may help...just store vert position and spline pointer in the map
tough marsh
yeah im doing a 2d game and will have a lot of splines ๐ฆ
next badger
but the issue with bezier still persist
tough marsh
bezier?
tough marsh
what about this could i get this to take an array?
warped tangle
never used that, try it out. But you will still need to supply it a single spline
and to find that spline, you still need to find which spline has a point on it closest to you
tough marsh
yeah ig ill need to add all points then get closest point to me
warped tangle
I'm fairly certain that a sphere trace by object would work to narrow down which splines are closest
tough marsh
thats true hmm yeah i dont need anything to fancy
warped tangle
I haven't tried anything like this....but multisphere trace for objects looking for the spline actors. If the hit result array length is > 0 (more than 1 hit), then loop through each hit actor and maybe use that find location closest to world location, store those locations in an array, then loop through to see which one of those closest locations on the spline is the closest to the actor.
Or bypass half of that, just do the multisphere trace, and if the hit result struct > 0, get the length of the array, get a random int in range, and have it just pick a random spline within the radius of the trace
warped tangle
only if you are looking for the actual closest point in a spline....if you allow a level of randomness within an area, it should work fine
next badger
@warped tangle yeah, but for case A if you looking for a spline that is closest to the one of the intersecting ones, which will you got?
warped tangle
Using the method I'm suggesting (not saying it will even work, this is all theory in my head). If you did a multisphere trace in a radius large enough that would overlap all 3 spline actors in your picture, you could just get a random index then get the closest point along that randomly picked spline and go there
Well, either way, you've got some stuff to try out now @tough marsh
If you do try the multisphere trace, let me know how that goes I'm curious if that actually would work lol
next badger
I think distance field method is faster, bur requires some programming
tough marsh
@warped tangle yeah that would work but in my case using a 2d space if i get a collection of splines within the sphere it may pull a spline from another room and go there which isnt all bad but the ai might not have the ability to even get to that room
warped tangle
Again it's going to be very dependent on your setup. You can either do the loop through method, or the trace method to reduce the number of chances, or do the trace then loop through (so if you get something in another room it'll still find the closest point). Tons of ways to peel this potato
tough marsh
thats true and thx for all of your help i will try that out and get back to you i hope it works out
warped tangle
yep
static viper
interesting
opaque salmon
I've got a destructible mesh w/ a glass material that looks just fine in editor but in standalone/packaged builds the glass is invisible, any tips on how to fix this?
strong crag
@opaque salmon Wish I could help, yet I'm nowhere near packaging anything.
I'm pretty much a noob at this. Good luck though.
So I've looked up something in the forums and this guy said the issue he had with destructible meshes with materials not showing up. This is what he said "If the material I use in the destructible mesh is based on a texture that has x and y axis tiling set to clamp, it's not rendered. The material renders fine on other meshes. I have to set it to Wrap for it to work on destructible meshes, and now, when it's rendered, I see some UV wrapping on the edge of the chunks, which I don't want." I don't know it that helps you @opaque salmon but there's that.
opaque salmon
I don't think that's it as this worked in several previous package builds
but I appreciate you looking that up ๐
strong crag
Just like I say at work, any time I can help, I will. ๐
I guess nobody else is on this channel, eh?
opaque salmon
it's early on saturday ๐คท
strong crag
Ahhh, I see.
Well, I'm a night owl, got off work a few hours ago, working midnight shift, so for me it's late. Lol!
Well, I honestly came here just to ask a question after more than an hour searching the Forums and Answer Hub for my question and quitting due to frustration and being tired.
I've thought about joining for months now. Been seeing this Discord server EVERYWHERE online.....sooo, yeah.
Here I am! Tada! looks around and hears crickets chirping Ok then. ๐ถ
abstract relic
It gets quiet during the weekend. Well, the vets get quiet. Youโll see an influx of unanswered questions during this time. What we call the weekend warriors ๐
foggy cape
@everyone
New dawn is on sells, if someone is interested to all project or only code, assets, animation, devs ask to write on email: info@e-visualsoft.com
strong crag
Besides, I don't just play warrior on weekends, I also do it during the week too. ๐
@foggy cape Looks nice.
foggy cape
@strong crag tk man
opaque salmon
ah, seems related to turning on support compute skincache from testing RTX, problem solved-ish
abstract relic
People also like to rudely use @everyone even though @everyone is disabled ๐
strong crag
@opaque salmon Well that's good you kinda' solved your problem. Also, you said words.....about things. That's...good too. I guess.
foggy cape
@abstract relic yes is default ahahah
abstract relic
Also, this isnโt an advertising channel. Go to #released or consult #more-resources
opaque salmon
yeah I have no idea what that means but it's required for RTX
strong crag
Well, at least you knew what it was or that it was a thing. I'm more lost than you. Lol!
Anyway, I didn't want to be rude and just jump in asking questions and then flying out the proverbial door.
So here it is. To all 2 of you talking to me: How do I go about moving where my Unreal Projects Folder is without using some external program like a linker or redirector-type-thing?
Also, when I do so, are there any additional steps I need to take so it will show up again, like deleting re-buildable folders or something?
plain gazelle
Do you want the launcher to know where its located?
abstract relic
You can move your project like you would any other folder.
plain gazelle
I don't think there is.
strong crag
Really? That's it? Just Copy Pasta?
It won't crash or complain it can't find it's behind with a flashlight in broad daylight or something silly like that?
abstract relic
No, it wonโt cry
strong crag
Oh, that's good to know.
plain gazelle
It will work
strong crag
Btw, don't mind my silliness. I'm tired.
abstract relic
You just need to give it a directory. Nothing special
plain gazelle
What you do is move it, launch the laundher, launch the editor without a project, and click browse find your project and open it, it will be registered in the launcher also.
strong crag
I'll give it a shot. @plain gazelle Ok, thanks y'all.
abstract relic
Better yet, avoid the terrible launcher and open the project directly with itโs exe
strong crag
Alright, that sounds like an idea there HighTilde.
warped tangle
does everybody not just have a shortcut to the project exe on their desktop? lol
I can't stand the launcher
plain gazelle
You want the launcher if you add market items.
In fact, when you create the project, you can put where you want from the beginning.
abstract relic
Yes but the less you touch the gross launcher, the happier youโll be ๐
plain gazelle
Unless you want market items.
warped tangle
You need the launcher to add marketplace content, but you don't need to launch your project from the launcher....
abstract relic
Less =! Never
strong crag
Yeah @plain gazelle , well see, I was stupid and wasn't paying attention to where it was pathing to when I started the projects, then my SSD Boot Drive started filling up and I found out it was my UE4 Projects folder so I started a new one on my Storage Drive.
abstract relic
While weโre at it and since Iโm in a good mood. Enjoy if you havenโt already Xanti https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/featured-free-marketplace-content---september-2019
strong crag
Less not never. I see what you did there. ๐
Is that a Content Pack you made HighTilde?
abstract relic
No. Itโs simply a resource not a lot of new users are aware of.
warped tangle
grab it all every month. No reason not to
strong crag
Oh, yeah. I did see that. I passed it up though because I'm not looking to make anything those happy looking guys would fit into properly. Thanks for the link though.
I got all the free stuff o' the month I could for the last 3 months or so.
It's just collecting virtual dust in my HDD right now cuz I'm going thru some Udemy Tuts and YouTube Tuts that don't really require that stuff.
dense patio
Can anybody confirm, to use Chaos we have to build from engine code?... seems silly.... but its what google results are showing up saying.
warped tangle
they don't take up any space until you add them to a project/create a project
Yes, has to be from source right now
dense patio
no good.... k well i guess ill wait on using chaos
strong crag
Well, I copy-pasta'd the folders, went thru that diabolical launcher and it worked. Deleted the old folders, it got rid of the references in the launcher and all is right with the world.....for now.
warped tangle
brave man to delete a project right after copy pasting it...
dense patio
@strong crag often the two go hand in hand
@warped tangle thanks for the confirmation
strong crag
Whadayatalkinabout?
warped tangle
ehhhhhhh could lean more to the right there....
strong crag
Lol!
abstract relic
Only stupid if youโre not using source control ๐
warped tangle
nobody controls me
strong crag
Well, then I'm leaning heavily towards stupid. Lmao!
It's only about 100 ish lines of C++. What's the worst that could happen?
regal mulch
Literally everything
warped tangle
LOL
abstract relic
Time to go find those binaries
warped tangle
I have a tried and true disaster recovery method
I call it the curl-up-in-a-ball-and-cry-a-lot method
I find deep heaving sobs can also speed the process up quite a bit
strong crag
@warped tangle You know, I've never tried that method before, but I may give it a shot, should the opportunity present itself. ๐
Finding all kinds of insightful information here. I'm glad I joined! ๐ Real talk though, thanks again.
warped tangle
lol
strong crag
Well, I can't seem to get a character to pop up on the screen when I hit play and I did a quick check of my maps and modes settings and all seems to be well there. shrugs Eh, I was taking a break from that to get the Basics of C++ from a PREVIOUS course in the series I decided to take AFTER this one.
I think I was having some issues anyway and was planning on restarting the course, sorta' so, no biggie.
warped tangle
check your world settings
make sure you didn't override the gamemode/default pawn there
strong crag
Yeah with the other Game Modes (there's a list) I could move around. No character mesh or anything. With MyGame(Mode) I get nada. sigh Btw, that's some clever naming there, eh?
Yeah I was having that problem BEFORE the copy-pastening.
abstract relic
Check your z kill height in the world setting
warped tangle
is there a default pawn selected in the project settings under gamemode?
it should actually be set in the gamemode itself
strong crag
Nah, it's -50000 or something. I'm also in the Sun Temple so I'm pretty sure the standard isn't something silly that will kill your dude on entrance.
It's something with the FPS Char. I can use my other Char BP's, even though the one doesn't move, he still spawns.
He just sits there looking ready to web someone and eat their insides but that's about it.
Like I said, I was taking a break to learn the basics of C++, like the words and stuff I was monkey-see-monkey-typing.
So, I'll get back to it later, when I got all that fancy coding voodoo down and try it again.
Anyway, it's been fun, y'all. I gotta go do adult-type important, non-game dev things.
So, hopefully, I'll see y'all soon.
Have a good one and happy Developing!
somber quail
Hey I'm having issues updating my project to 4.23, I'm getting this error and then the build fails:
3>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3075: The command ""E:\Epic Games\UE_4.23\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" EditorUtilitiesEditor Win64 Development -Project="P:\UnrealProjects\UE4_EditorUtilities 4.23\EditorUtilities.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 5. Please verify that you have sufficient rights to run this command.
3>Done building project "EditorUtilities.vcxproj" -- FAILED.```What is your line 137 in that file. The source I see should have no issues there and I just compiled 4.23 yesterday
somber quail
I've not changed any source. The only C++ I have in the project is a 10 line function library
plain gazelle
He's sexy and he knows it.
somber quail
@grim ore
This project started from binary UE4.22
When I create a copy via the launcher this is the message I get
Running E:/Epic Games/UE_4.23/Engine/Binaries/DotNET/UnrealBuildTool.exe Development Win64 -Project="P:/UnrealProjects/UE4_EditorUtilities 4.23/EditorUtilities.uproject" -TargetType=Editor -Progress -NoHotReloadFromIDE
Using 'git status' to determine working set for adaptive non-unity build (P:\UnrealProjects\UE4_EditorUtilities 4.23).
Creating makefile for EditorUtilitiesEditor (no existing makefile)
@progress push 5%
Parsing headers for EditorUtilitiesEditor
Running UnrealHeaderTool "P:\UnrealProjects\UE4_EditorUtilities 4.23\EditorUtilities.uproject" "P:\UnrealProjects\UE4_EditorUtilities 4.23\Intermediate\Build\Win64\EditorUtilitiesEditor\Development\EditorUtilitiesEditor.uhtmanifest" -LogCmds="loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error" -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors -installed
Reflection code generated for EditorUtilitiesEditor in 10.8501682 seconds
@progress pop
Using Visual Studio 2017 14.16.27023 toolchain (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023) and Windows 10.0.17763.0 SDK (C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10).
Building 14 actions with 8 processes...
@progress 'Compiling C++ source code...' 0%
@progress 'Compiling C++ source code...' 7%
[1/14] Default.rc2
@progress 'Compiling C++ source code...' 14%
[2/14] Default.rc2
@progress 'Compiling C++ source code...' 21%
[3/14] SharedPCH.Engine.cpp
E:\Epic Games\UE_4.23\Engine\Source\Runtime\SlateCore\Public\Fonts/SlateFontInfo.h(137): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
stops at the same error, don;t know if there's anything else in that message that points towards the source of the issue
gaunt spire
Have you tried removing all the temp directory and rebuild things with 4.23?
somber quail
Yeah I deleted all generated files and tried again. In the process of updating visual studio
Updated and still getting the same issue
gaunt spire
I would go into file slatefontinfo.h on line 137 and confirm you have a type define there. To me the error is saying it is assuming a default data type of internet which C++ does not support. Then define the var or information there to the needed type explicitly.
somber quail
This is a binary release of the engine, I'm not fucking about with the engine source
gaunt spire
Did not mean to offend.
somber quail
No offense taken?
trim dew
do you use any slate or umg in your own code?
somber quail
I have an Editor Utility Widget but I can migrate that fine without issues
trim dew
I was just wondering if its trying to build that and its referencing a header such that it causes that
could be that you just need to reorder things so it is happy. usually that's more a problem with clang or gcc but you never know 
somber quail
I'll just create a new project and migrate everything over manually
echo zealot
@warped tangle I tried to solve them for a long time..
inner mountain
Hey guys, what is the correct channel to ask about navmesh+world composition issues? xD
fervent shale
I have a plugin I installed from the Marketplace. It comes with content, but for whatever reason, no new folders show up when I check "Show Plugin Content".
Do I need to copy the files to the project directory or should it just work?
dim plover
Should work if you enable the plugin. The plugin directory is in the Engine's plugins folder, under Marketplace, I think.
warped tangle
@fervent shale If the plugin is installed to engine, you need to show plugin content AND show engine content
fervent shale
oh, that worked, thanks
inner mountain
Is there any example/docs/tutorial about how to use navmesh with world composition / level streaming?
radiant haven
Hello. Android
Well I want to register my account as dev account, what are the rules/requirement
ashen eagle
Is there a reason as to why "Set Visibility" never gets called? Its as if my UI array is empty. I add the UI widget in my level blueprint. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any input.
This is inside level blueprint
inner mountain
@ashen eagle
- you can set a breakpoint and see if it's empty
- this BeginPlay can be called before the one where you create the widget
- don't use level blueprint, like, ever (there are very few cases where it's needed)
grim ore
when is the Event Begin Play called in the first picture?
ashen eagle
Thanks guys, this was my train of thought as well. How would I know which event begin play gets called? How is this ordered? Sorry beginner to this.
inner mountain
@ashen eagle in general, you can not rely on the begin play order. It should be handled some other way (e.g. create the widget in the player controller and store the pointer, then get it from the player controler instead of Get All widget )
ashen eagle
@inner mountain Ok i understand. Thank you both for your input.
warped tangle
also, you need to see if component begin overlap is even firing. I can't tell you how many times I've had improper collision settings and that overlap isn't even firing and I'm wondering why nothing down the chain is doing what it's supposed to
inner mountain
ah yeah... Print String is the best helper ๐
warped tangle
I'm fighting a freegin overlap right now....doesn't want to fire no matter what I try
vague plume
@warped tangle do both components have overlap events enabled? best bet is to make a array of actors and set begin overlap to add the actor to the array and end overlap to remove it. works great for debugging. thats how i found out why my character was vaulting all over the place, it was vaulting over the hud.
warped tangle
yep they do
ashen eagle
@warped tangle Good call. overlap was firing, but it never advanced out of the loop. So i figured the overlap is working, but the array must have been empty. Thanks
azure shore
right whys there this stupid glitch when I move a folder, the folder stays in place but is empty, then if I try to delete it it tries to delete everything that was originally in there, all the assets
static viper
right click the content folder
fix up redirections
then close the project
go to the folder you moved etc
and delete the empty folder
azure shore
thanks
right so why dont nav invokers seem to do anything at all
are they somehow disabled by default
placid arrow
if i do set simulate physics on a skeletal mesh, and this happens, is the physics asset sucky?
i notice also hes still in his death pose, his limbs didnt actually go 'limp' as expected
vague plume
@warped tangle i usually set the value to public and select the actor after play starts and watch the array change from there.
warped tangle
I guess that works too
vague plume
@ashen eagle your trying to makwe it so that certain uis disappear when you get close to them?
also you should be able to โadd to viewportโ on your player character blueprint
ashen eagle
@vague plume I wanted to make it so that when my side scrolling camera enters a volume, a specific UI toggles. I made the recommended changes and added the UI to my character blueprint like you are mentioning. It is working fine this way. Thanks for checking in ๐
vague plume
if your trying to get a specific kind of object to disappear when you get close my suggestion would be to have them use a common parent class or impliment a common class or interface or have a common tag.
radiant haven
Hello. Android
Well I want to register my account as dev account, what are the rules/requirement
vague plume
you can use a cast node to filter certain object types in overlap events pretty easily.
with tags you can filter any kind of object between multiple of the same object types
ashen eagle
Ive basically added my UI to my player. And in the trigger box i cast to it -> get the ui -> and call the custom event in that UI. This works like it should. Not sure if most efficient, but it seems to do the job.
echo zealot
HEY! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP: How can i make the "blocking volume" ignoring collision for "gernade actors" so you can throw grenades through blocking volumes ment for the Player?
ashen eagle
@vague plume I'll investigate tags. Thanks for the recommendation.
plush yew
I have a Filter Class (in violet) in my "Move To Actor" which change randomly on a Custom Event, between 2 Filter Class in an array. I would like to add a timer to make it change not when the Custom Event activate but when a time frequency (for example : every X seconds)
The current array : https://gyazo.com/5321597aaac30085f68e084478540867
I never had used timer... Anyone have some indications on how to proceed ?
vague plume
@ashen eagle by casting if the object is of that class or contains that class in any way it will then execute the top exec. if the object isnt and its some random other object then it execs the bottom one. far quicker than using a branch to see if it equals an object and it gives you a few other options.
@echo zealot can you elaborate a bit? i think i know whqt your looking to do.
@plush yew best bet i would say is to have a saved into variable. on begin play set the value to the output of the random int node you have. then send the exec into a delay, then send that exec back into the set node from 2 steps ago.
spark sonnet
Hi. I have a main menu and a character customization tab which switches to a camera located in another place in the same level. Should I have it all as it is in the same level or have one level for each tab? Whats best performance wise?
vague plume
@spark sonnet no idea on this. you could theoretically group all the stuff in the level and change visability. no idea on performace impact there. i dont see how loading a level each time you switch tabs would be a good thing. (imagine someone spam clicking back and forth)
spark sonnet
Good point. I dont know how much it cost to load a new level, but it could be better than rendering something that you dont need to see at that moment
vague plume
if the scenes are different enough and character customization is rare enough id save have it be its own le vel that loads in, though if it can be added to the scene arleady active then id think it would be best as your not adding and removing shadows and lighting constantly.
spark sonnet
It would be a lot cleaner to have it in individual levels
vague plume
i know that for one of my levels from editor when i had a basic main menu it could take a while to load (very unoptimized level atm, just designed to look amazing for a trailer and to be optimized later)
@spark sonnet try this. take your level and make a duplictae of it and name it something else. then in the main menu just ahve a button swap between the two duplicate levels. that should give you a benchmark.
spark sonnet
That could be the best way to test it. Thanks
vague plume
no problem. if load times are an issue that you think they are too long then try the visability thing. could take a while to set up though. im sure theres a quick way to mass add tags to actors though. then just toggle visability of all actors with tag X.
summer turret
completely delete it
the weapon is always beside the left foot even when running
i cant delete it i can only copy or paste it
grim ore
the weapon is part of the mesh, you would have to remove it in a separate program
or possible put an invisible material on that part of the mesh but that wouldnt remove it
or maybe scale that bone down to 0
summer turret
oh wow nvm ill just use another character i guess
plush yew
Can I copy a function or a macro into a other blueprintmap?
gentle crypt
Hi How do i fix these cracks and my landscape? I ahve already enabled crack free displacement but it still somehow appears
dull oyster
What kind of lighting should be applied to the lamp like these ? It should be emmisive or just simple point light ? Cuz i applied emmisive material to it but it doesnt seems to be working, except for that shines little bit. But after baking light there is no light around it
and it material
even if the brightness is 500
grim ore
emissive does not contribute to light unless you tell it to, it's not meant to "light" up stuff
next badger
@dull oyster set a checkbox in a material that says use emissive with static lighting
dull oyster
@next badger @grim ore use emmisive for static lighting checkbox? Its checked
So thats what ppl use for lamps in unrea lengine? Emmisive lighting? Or point light? Cuz that one emmisive light doesnt seem like giving too much light ;p
grim ore
emissive is an effect, it is not meant to give off light. points lights would give off light
if you want lighting then you need to use lights
dull oyster
@grim ore ok thx ๐
tall pendant
however you do can use ems to light your environment when using lightmass
for dynamic lights you can try vxgi
*dynamic light from ems
next badger
come on PEOPLE
But after baking light there is no light around it
he was talking about lightmass
grim ore
I think the issue is his object is inside of another mesh perhaps so the lighting it is giving off is not on the outside. it's not the actual lamp that has like an emissive part of its texture map
next badger
one sided materials are generally transparent, i always place emissive ones inside
dull oyster
@grim ore ye , that mighht be the issue. But thanks anyway. Im gonna use point lights ๐
next badger
*transparent from inside
azure shore
it'd be great if closing tabs didnt freeze ue4 for like 5 whole minutes
wary wave
@hoary silo - that's not an error, it's an instruction. You cannot use that function inside a gameplay (runtime) blueprint
wary wave
no
grim ore
yep it's an editor blueprint for doing stuff in the editor, not to be used for gameplay
copper elk
Is there a way to make like daily rewards?
Because if u make a timer it'll restart everytime you launch the game and it wont work once the game is closed
next badger
@copper elk daily rewards generally server controlled, since it's easy to tamper with local time
one way to "emulate" it is to use NTP connection to verify time each time
copper elk
NTP?
next badger
mild sail
Hi all! Question for anyone who knows, on the Epic Megagrants application form, there is a field for "Link to project build." Anyone know what they are looking for there? A link to a github repo? Something more specific? Thanks for your help!
shadow flame
so i have an old uasset file and a uexp file that i would like to turn into an obj file,
i'm pretty sure i have to go though unreal engine to do that, but have been having trouble loading the two files into any project,
looked around on fourms and stuff and did the whole import by way of file explorer, that didn't seem to work, even tried adding the files to the engine folder so maybe unreal engine thinks they are default assets...
does anyone have experience with this? am i missing something fundamental here?
i appear to be unable to load files and i am unsure why
scarlet birch
@next badger Although, even with NTP if someone was really motivated they could redirect that and mess with it. Server side is definitely the way to go if you need to worry about cheating.
next badger
@scarlet birch i don't like solo games that require network connection (ofc this kind of games is weird to have daily rewards at all)
serene sorrel
just do daily rewards if they have connection (and can opt out) and can find your server
otherwise dont, maybe
scarlet birch
I mean if it's solo cheating probably doesn't matter, unless they're paying for stuff
I feel the same though. I hate games that make me connect for no reason
serene sorrel
most indie games i play these days have connections going out
without a way to opt out
next badger
also i was not the one who asked the question
serene sorrel
goes without saying the big games all have some form of online drm pretty much
scarlet birch
Sorry, I only tagged you because you brought up NTP after suggesting handling server side.
serene sorrel
yeah not that hard to HOSTS file to a local ntp server as @scarlet birch says
next badger
well, running a server, especially ue4 one costs money
https or socket is option too, but you still have to host it
serene sorrel
for a daily rewards you could just do your own more simple server though
if its "game based" rewards, then you'd need to find a way to auth that stuff, probably have to run a game server i guess
plush yew
For my NPC, I have a roam function and a chase function (on a pawnsensing) : https://gyazo.com/c87afe45327cd0222a6cb57f320c8c18 https://gyazo.com/91a8b4dc41256b4042a7257eb76590eb
scarlet birch
For just for handling stuff like that shouldn't cost much on AWS. I guess it just depends on effort vs reward.
plush yew
But I don't know how to switch behind the two (when the NPC see the player, it stops roaming and so chases the player)
scarlet birch
@plush yew You really should look at behavior trees. You don't have to use them for that, but it would likely get you going on it a lot faster.
I usually use AI perception for stuff like that and let the behavior be determined by if the AI can see the player, or how long since it last saw the player etc.
plush yew
Ok
I just saw some tutos where guys do this with behavior trees
and as I have not used this yet
I was wondering if we could do within this
but it's probably too complicated, you're right
I'll not be stubborn like the last time, haha ^^
let's go for behavior trees ! ๐
mild sail
Hey Jorickan, how is your roam event getting called?
plush yew
@mild sail BeginPlay
I've just started something like that but I don't know how to manage it... : https://gyazo.com/5063496abe136af376fee815f80b4941
mild sail
Something you could consider for switching from chasing to roaming would be to, within the On See Pawn flow, check the distance to the player or target, and if they move beyond a certain distance, turn pawn sensing off and call your roam event. Then within the roam event, check range to target again, and if the target comes within that range, turn pawn sensing back on
If these are only getting called from within beginplay, then you need a way to call Roam again, based on some kind of condition
mild sail
@plush yew I'd suggest range-to-target, but you could also use a timer, or set up a volume that the NPC creature shouldn't leave, and tell it to stop sensing and start roaming if it leaves that volume
rocky mantle
is there a way to limit the speed of an actor launched by impulse? my problem is when it collides to a moving actor it gains speed.
plush yew
it happen after i switched to raytrace after restarting project.
azure shore
does anyone have advice for generally just getting things done quicker? for example map making takes me AGES to make each little room, and theyre supposed to be full length levels and I still havent even finished ONE
scarlet birch
@plush yew It's not that complicated you can use a branch and pick one behavior over the other. I just meant that a lot of the stuff you keep running into might be covered if you worked through some tutorials on AI and behavior trees.
plush yew
@mild sail Yeah I've just seen the answer of @mild sail ... It seems not that complicated
But I think it's time I start the behavior trees
so yep, let's go for it ...
thanks guys ๐
mild sail
@azure shore There are a lot of ways to speed up workflow, but just for general level building, probably one solid way is to lay out the rooms for your level in a very barebones way first, and then fill them in with details and light them later.
snow vortex
Quick question, anyone know why the chaos demo doesn't open? It says to rebuild from source manually but I can't generate a VS project from it
azure shore
thanks for the advice, I guess I should try that
snow vortex
Hmm... looks like you still have to build the entire engine... seriously?
serene sorrel
yeah people complaining about that @snow vortex
grim ore
you need a source version of the engine with chaos enabled so yes, its in the instructions on the release notes and the marketplace page
and yes it sucks but it's a big change to the engine they don't want enabled by default right now
snow vortex
Oh hey! Fancy seeing you here, been subscribed for years
grim ore
yay ๐
snow vortex
Sad day... was planning on using Chaos in my senior project but I can't be having the whole team download and compile the whole engine, and school computers definitely won't let it fly
grim ore
ah bummer
tho needing to understand source control, versioning, and all the stuff associated with doing that seems like something that should be a part of school at some point
snow vortex
Oh sure, we use source control, it's just the fact that not everyone has 140gb on their computers/laptops and the school machines are locked down so you can't install anything not already installed or download past a certain size
And most of the computers wipe the data after each use that isn't contained in your limited partition
marsh swallow
Anyone have experience with the Loading screen system plugin by Epic? can u customize things like the spinning circle and whatnot?
shadow flame
hey is there anyway to open a uasset file someone sent me?
i tried just manually copying it into unreal content files but unreal just seems not to see the file
been browsing forums and whatnot and cant seem to find any reason why this might be happening
is there some documentation somewhere i could read to maybe figure out what is going wrong with this file?
marsh swallow
is it in the same directory structure it came from?
blissful trail
i get that when trying to package the project
marsh swallow
@blissful trail #packaging
marsh swallow
i would.
plush yew
how hard would it be to create a stick fight game in ue4?
chilly sigil
@plush yew depends on the scale of your project
radiant haven
How DO I make Swipe COntrolls to look around????
midnight bolt
hello, is it safe to remove _BuiltData ? my lighting is broke, i havent changed anything in my project, only worked on another level. one week later the map looks dark, rebuilding didnt help. if i remove BuildData and build again it might work properly?
ashen brook
That shouldn't be a problem @midnight bolt
lofty wave
Is it just me or is 4.23 lagging really much? ๐ค
lofty wave
Try replacing the lighting
midnight bolt
such as? it used to be correct :/
ashen brook
What did you change since then?
midnight bolt
Nothing. It was fine, so i worked on another level
Other untouched levels are also bad now, but the project i migrate the level to after completion opens up fine
Maybe i modified some bp like lighting of lamp, but nothing to influence whole world
midnight bolt
I guess I'll try copying everything to fresh level
lofty wave
But mybe its just bc im a noob
midnight bolt
I have not used it enough. With 10 minutes i used, i haven't noticed anything wrong
I'm mainly on 4.21
lofty wave
Ok thanks
Idk why but when im editing a material UE just goes down to 3 fps
Before V4.23 it never did
midnight bolt
i mainly work with instances
lofty wave
And thats good
ashen brook
@midnight bolt a good tool to debug lighting issues is the lighting components toggles in the viewport show menu. See which part of lighting your issue is in.
midnight bolt
so like lightmap complexity?
i'm pasting now onto a new level, we'll see if the issue persists cause i really haven't changed anything
starting build, probably gonna take about 30 minutes
midnight bolt
@ashen brook still the same on new level :(
plush yew
too bad man
midnight bolt
plush yew
am getting flickering in the UI
when using latest ue 4.23
see
it happen during compiling shader after enabling raytrace.
plush yew
Good morning all, Simple question which im sure will not have a simple answer.
ive compiled 4.23 from source and its well over 60GB. is there a way besides deleting the intermediate folder that i can slim this down a bit?
dim merlin
Hi, after switching to 4.23, playing in PIE takes 10 seconds to load. with 4.22 it was like 2 seconds. Anyone knows how to fix that?
when i remove the landscape it all goes within less than a second..
cursive dirge
@plush yew you can wipe the ue4-deps folder from .git
of course next time you checkout or run setup, it will download those then again :p
but... if you work with source, better just get used to it taking a lot of space
for me it's like 100gb since my local repo is quite bloated
plush yew
@cursive dirge
Ya, i figure i could just compress it and run it from ISO hooray for FTK!
should be able to make it portable too ๐
burnt hull
if something is causing the editor to hang leading me to force quit it, how can i find out what the source problem is? are there logs generated for this?
ashen brook
@midnight bolt no, I mean viewport show menu -> light components
There's direct light, skylight, specular, diffuse, etc
You can toggle them on and off individually to see where the issue might be
mint sequoia
Hmm been stuck coding so long I never tried out the auto lod tools, they're actually incredible, they do a better job automatically than I do by hand
Esp. when preserving vertex colors (of all things..)
plush yew
@burnt hull
if you want you can use Gourse to visualize them over time
https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/wiki/Custom-Log-Format
burnt hull
ty guys ill take a look at those
spark sonnet
You can use box trace @placid arrow
dim merlin
Hi, anyone has any advice on how to have more than 200 (maybe 1k) ai in a game? is there any plugin on marketplace with custom pathfinding maybe?
copper elk
how can I make it so however long E is pressed for, that gets multiplied by X and then its added to the health?
I have something like this already but I could get that to fully work as intended, instead I have it as when its released the health is added
but I want it more like progressive regeneration instead of it just changing from Y health to the amount set
light coyote
@copper elk One way you can do it, and you are pretty much there with what you have,, so you will know
Is to use the update of the timeline to Set Health
you know that
but how to make it progressive?
Lerp
Lerp node
Get a Lerp float node,, make the value in the timeline be from 0 to 1,, and use that 0 to 1 value as your alpha in the lerp node
In the update you will be seting the Health
plush yew
plz help
light coyote
@copper elk
Not this, but something like this.
Lerp Node:
A min Health
B max Health
alpha will go from min health to max health in whatever the timeline takes to finish
static viper
who are you talking too
light coyote
Me ? @copper elk xD
static viper
it was weird ๐
light coyote
XD
Sometimes i can get talking and talking,, then i realise its midnight and im sitting in a bench๐
static viper
hey its okl
light coyote
@plush yew I dont know about your issue,, but it may have to do with layers or something along those lines
plush yew
@light coyote i have flickering in the ui with latest ue 4.23
it went all black when selecting anything
light coyote
I dont know,, i still dont have 4.23 anyway
kind dew
any suggestions for a UI art pack?
eager vault
Hello, I'm currently working on a project where I'm using a point cloud taking from an DTM/LiDAR, importing it into a program called CloudCompare to clean it up and to export an height map which i'm gonna use as terrain in Unreal engine. I'm having some issues with the height map, it seems to have a different Z scale then the original point cloud. Is there anyone here who has any experience using a point cloud as a terrain in Unreal?
midnight sparrow
Any idea why does Mobile HDR over expose the Mobile Preview ??
When it was compiling shaders it looked fine, and then it turned out like this so i guess its some post processing but cant find what it is
shadow flame
why is unreal engine unable to see these files?
radiant haven
Has someone experience wtih AI though BT??
light coyote
@eager vault No,, but if what you mean is that the terrain seems to be higher or flatter than original,,, that is because of the scale
make heightmap lighter or stronger accordengly
Contrast can also influence, but that sould not be the issue
@radiant haven BT ?
static viper
behavior tree
light coyote
Ahhh fuck xD
eager vault
Yes I know ๐ but there has to be a way to export a heightmap from CloudCompare without having to manually change the contrast untill it fits
midnight sparrow
@shadow flame it sometimes happened to me, that the files was just damaged. You may need to import the original ones again.
shadow flame
ok
light coyote
@eager vault No no,, i mean,,, where ever you use the heightmap,, play with the scale value where ever you produce the terrain
The diffrence of the lowest part to the highest is proportional
eager vault
alright, so change the Z scale values in Unreal?
light coyote
yes, or scale, or strength or whatever is called
eager vault
hm alright, i'll try ๐ thanks
light coyote
@eager vault I mean that the height map is straightly related to the original geometry,, that diffrence in color of pixels ,,,, but only if you know the original height from Z=0 (Black) to Highest where Z=1(White),,, only then you can exactly recreate it
radiant haven
๐ฆ
light coyote
If you dont know original height, you can only aproximate,, in the case that the strenght beeing 1 to 1 ratio is clearly not the same
@radiant haven I dont know, it moves wierd yes
What do you mean by wiggeling ?
radiant haven
small movements
static viper
it doesnt move weird to me
radiant haven
idk
static viper
it looks like the moveto is executed in long intervals.
radiant haven
wanna see my bt tasks AIController...
azure shore
hey does anyone know why I cant select faces on geometry, only vertices and edges?
radiant haven
azure shore
well I can select single faces but the arrows,rotator thing stay at the centre
radiant haven
FindPlayerLocation
light coyote
I mean that it moves wierd yes,, but i dont see any problem
What i mean is that is not an EA animation of course xD
radiant haven
MoveToLocation
static viper
that is really useless and bizarre ๐
radiant haven
this block ive made is to showcase taht its moving weird
static viper
where is that moveto executed
azure shore
sorry if Im interrupting but does anyone know about that
radiant haven
because the AI itself is just a Billboard
plush yew
hey guys 
plush yew
does anyone know if using a height map to vertex paint makes it better on low poly meshes
azure shore
no one okay then
plush yew
light coyote
@azure shore Do you mean working with BSP ?
radiant haven
@static viper @light coyote pls help i have this problem over months now and some day its pisses me iff
keen pawn
oh i got it
static viper
and do ai manually with blueprints
radiant haven
hmh
well my app is quiet finished the only pblm i have is this and i dont really want to change it :/
but when its easy the nok
light coyote
I would say the opposite,, do everything on behaviour tree,,,
type on youtube what you are trying to do with the behaviour tree, and for sure someone has done a nice video about it.
What i mean is that unreal made the behaviour tree exclusively for that purpose.
radiant haven
@light coyote I already tried... nothing found tell me/ show me the fix for this I can send u the Tutorial that ive used
azure shore
I think its bsp yeah
radiant haven
?
azure shore
when I drag in geometry cbeus
static viper
show me more of your BT stuff falki
azure shore
*cubes (my u keys really buggy)
radiant haven
static viper
click on the movto branch
show me the options
also
the chase player branch
show me the options
azure shore
oh, you literally press T, thanks guys
static viper
show me root
radiant haven
root?
static viper
root
radiant haven
???
tall pendant
why are you talking about black thongs ? ๐
static viper
show
radiant haven
its a bit more code so i give u this
static viper
i would love more code
radiant haven
static viper
no nothing
that ai you created would be a small page of blueprints...
a tiny amount
radiant haven
ok
light coyote
@radiant haven I used once or twice behaviour tree, i know a few things, cause i dont really remember,,,, but what i can tell you for sure is that you need to know exactly what the 3 main nodes that distribute flow, do
If you dont,, you may have problems.
I belive there was a funny story,, like one didnt stop in the case of something,, or that on stopped even if something else,,, they had a thing each,, and you want to know them well.
Im sure that if you know them 3 well, you can fix your problem in the BT, or understand where is coming from.
static viper
well what i see is that his moveto is only beeing executed every so or so seconds
radiant haven
@static viper GIve me the code and I can do it
static viper
nah
light coyote
ahhh
radiant haven
yeah
light coyote
wait
static viper
i am just making clear how much i hate BT
light coyote
you reminded me
radiant haven
thats why but idk whewre i can change this
static viper
i am totally useless here
radiant haven
nahh
light coyote
there was one that repeated and repeated untill it did what it should,, i belive sequence
And there was also a trick with a delay, wich i dont remember
radiant haven
wait ??
radiant haven
azure shore
oh get well soon?
wary wave
<@&213101288538374145>
radiant haven
h
static viper
bye
radiant haven
๐ค ๐ค
wary wave
tagging everyone doesn't even do anything here so you're wasting your time
static viper
its deactivated ๐
azure shore
oh dear
abstract relic
<@&213101288538374145>
radiant haven
why are ppl so DUMP
azure shore
calm down
static viper
at least he cant do any damage... ๐
radiant haven
@plush yew U have no Hobby
azure shore
@plush yew @plush yew @plush yew @plush yew @plush yew @plush yew WHAT DO YOU WANT
azure shore
lol
radiant haven
WE GO INTO THE CAREER CHAT
azure shore
I dont think he speaks english
radiant haven
@static viper CARREER chat
abstract relic
Man you are a screwed potato
wary wave
just block them and carry on
as an aside, the moron has their e-mail address in their Discord profile, so have fun
light coyote
@radiant haven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSHSSjmntas&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fR56Lnta1k&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idejwkR4Vcc
gaunt dawn
I Just want ร guys to make me a dit que mincraft building๐ญ
static viper
use career chat
next badger
We have some "special" kid here =))
static viper
everyone leave
wary wave
or just use the block button, as it was intended for
static viper
let him just do
light coyote
@plush yew Man, grow up
radiant haven
DUMP
light coyote
๐
radiant haven
HES on Phone ๐
static viper
it was fun
abstract relic
Youโre not pinging anyone. Itโs disabled ๐
radiant haven
hehe
ashen brook
There
wary wave
thanks
ashen brook
That's enough of that
radiant haven
uff
radiant haven
thank god
light coyote
@ashen brook omg, that much blue was making me sick
next badger
Discord should make blocked messages less obstructing
wary wave
yes
light coyote
@radiant haven Look up, i sent the 3 important nodes videos
radiant haven
ok
well i know these already
and I know what I am doing
BUT I cant tell u this prblm
light coyote
do you feel confident enough to say you know them well ?
i know concept is simple,, but one of them i belive had a thing to it
long time since i used them, and i did not use them much
tall pendant
@next badger I wish discord would just not show "X Blocked Messages" at all
wary wave
or just a little banner right at the top
rather than for every message (which defies the entire point)
tall pendant
yep
light coyote
@radiant haven I actualy doing a project and came here to not think of my own things im trying to solve, and help with what i can,, i dont want to get in to the BT right now xD,, my brain hurts xD
vital jackal
if my third person character is facing forwards and an input of mine adds 180 degrees (z rotation) and it turns right what could be the problem? my head is being done in cause I have the exact same bp setup in another project and there it works fine but here something is messing up the rotations, I've tried checking the class defaults and all and everything is the same
if I add 0 degrees it turns left if facing forwards
so weird
isn't the default when facing forwards 0 degrees?
spark sonnet
Are you setting the rotation or adding rotation?
spark sonnet
๐
vital jackal
instead of adding
kill me
and apparently I never found this bug on the old project cause I just tested and it has the same
I am so dumb
๐คฆ
thanks mate
spark sonnet
No problem
radiant haven
@light coyote whaaa
dim plover
Anyone have any good set ups for doing level metadata that doesn't include,
Dragging objects into the level/map or having to subclass GameMode for each map?
summer turret
guys how do i teleport a guy towards a direction he is facing? Right now i have it setup so my guy can teleport on the x axis when i press space, but i want to teleport him towards the direction hes facing. how would i do this?
spark sonnet
Get the actors forward vector @summer turret
spark sonnet
You need to get actor location + (forward vector x + float)
spark sonnet
Try multiplying instead of adding
summer turret
that did it thanks man
spark sonnet
Np
hoary silo
does anyone know where to get a noise plugin for blueprints?
summer turret
thats smart you used timeline for the multiplication i used lerp to setactorlocation for no reason lol
glacial pecan
how do I get rid of this stupid error?
already did "fix redirectors" wherever I could...
dense knot
hello
im trying to package a project. does anyone know how to fix "LogWindows: Error: begin: stack for UAT"?
plush yew
how the fake i can fix the messed up UI ๐ญ
next badger
why you need to fake a fix?
plush yew
Can you faking help me plz ?
dense knot
"UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error: begin: stack for UAT
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error: === Critical error: ===
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error: Fatal error: [File:D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\ShaderCompiler\ShaderCompiler.cpp] [Line: 971]
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error: Shader Compiling thread exception:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error: Assertion failed: bDeletedOutput [File:D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\ShaderCompiler\ShaderCompiler.cpp] [Line: 1269]
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error: Failed to delete C:/Users/Cody/AppData/Local/Temp/UnrealShaderWorkingDir/9D6150DC4DDE685798E8FBA88C502E4E/2/WorkerOutputOnly.out!
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogWindows: Error: end: stack for UAT
PackagingResults: Error: begin: stack for UAT
PackagingResults: Error: === Critical error: ===
PackagingResults: Error: Fatal error: [File:D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\ShaderCompiler\ShaderCompiler.cpp] [Line: 971]
PackagingResults: Error: Shader Compiling thread exception:
PackagingResults: Error: Assertion failed: bDeletedOutput [File:D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\ShaderCompiler\ShaderCompiler.cpp] [Line: 1269]
PackagingResults: Error: Failed to delete C:/Users/Cody/AppData/Local/Temp/UnrealShaderWorkingDir/9D6150DC4DDE685798E8FBA88C502E4E/2/WorkerOutputOnly.out!"
that is what it gave me
coral shoal
on packaged games how would someone make the game's settings save in appdata rather than the game's folder?
dawn gull
Hello, I am using a plugin called the VictoryPlugin, and I am using nvidia flex with it, but it was made for normal UE4. I ran it, and it said to compile the plugin. So I did, and then it failed. It always fails. And then why I try to manually delete the folder for the VictoryPlugin, and run it it says the project requires it! How do I fix this? I don't need the plugin.
next badger
@plush yew you have the latest drivers installed? (this is generally caused by -dx12)
@dawn gull open your .uproject in notepad and delete the plugin from there
dawn gull
@next badger Thank you so much! ๐
next badger
or change it from "enabled" to false
next badger
yeah, sorry, typo
dawn gull
Np
safe forge
Hey dudes
anyway to blend between two materials with like a fading in effect between them using BP?
abstract relic
mighty field
@coral shoal make a shipping build. Those save to appdata, while development builds save to project location
coral shoal
hmm, Shipping builds disable the console though, it seemed like Mordhau (a popular ue4 game) had stuff saving to appdata while retaining the console. I also saw debug text once, so maybe they ship development builds and somehow got stuff saving to appdata anyways
safe forge
@abstract relic Hey thanks for the help man, thats not quite what im looking for tho
when i say blending i mean more merging from 1 material to another over time
scarlet birch
Do it within a single material.
What he posted is relevant if you do it with layers.
You create a dynamic material instance and use parameters to change between them.
scroll down to where it talks about "Instancing Layered Materials"
safe forge
right on thanks! ๐
mighty field
@coral shoal you can create a shipping build with logging using the github version, by adding UEBuildConfiguration.bUseLoggingInShipping = true to your target.cs file
plain gazelle
Running the ShooterGame (4.22 stock ported to 4.23) in the editor and it periodically locks up, how, if possible, would I be able to see whats locking it up?
Its the Highrise level that locks up, I didn't notice anything in the Sanctuary level.
Ok, now the whole editor is locked up.
It locked up when I went to Build everything.
Nevermind its still building.
icy mulch
next badger
@icy mulch like what? you have a box that has 6 material slots...one is definitely doesn't match
opaque plover
Guys is there any plugin to use AdMob rewarded videos? except UniversalMobileAds.
tropic oracle
been searching docs and google for a bit without luck. Anyone have a good c++ reference on how to set up actor components or interfaces which can broadcast to each other? Looking to detach dependency on delegates to blueprints and use c++ instead fully
or proper methodology to find and use an ActorComponent function that is on a known Actor
ah, this is probably better in programming section. Apologies
woven cliff
Iโm working on a VR controller , but when i press play, the capsule isnโt attached to HMD start location.
So i tried to set camera position and capsule position every tick like mentioned in this article https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/473616/attach-character-collision-capsule-to-hmd-steamvr.html
But itโs not working..
Is there any solution for this issue however i know VRExpansionPlugin would solve this but i need it without the plugin. thanks!
unreal comet
Anyone had issues with 4.23 not adding the ".zip" when trying to zip up a project?
stone dagger
Does world origin shifting still need unique server side stuff to work in multiplayer?
velvet kite
hello, im following some tutorials and they are a bit old. im attempting to add branch points on the animation montage but the ui on the tutorial video is not the same as the current version. how do i acces the branch points?
dim arch
uh so II am using async load map in BP but its still freezing the game thread
weak swift
Hi Guys, Is it possible to use BehaviourTree component in main player character? I need to setup auto movements for main player character. First I have tried with SimpleMoveTo from server, but the movement looks very shaky if the player role is ROLE_AutonomousProxy
Any ideas?
royal cobalt
Hey, is it possible to pause 'building distance mesh fields'? Engine goes super slow when it's building
keen parcel
How to stop editor child window from becoming transparent when going to full-screen/size?
dim merlin
Hi, anyone has any advice on how to have more than 200 (maybe 1k) ai in a game? is there any plugin on marketplace with custom pathfinding maybe?
wary wave
you're not likely to get a plugin to do that
you'll need to roll an AI like that completely custom for your game
static viper
there is crowdcontrol in ue4 tho
that way you can easily have 1000s of dumb npcs walking across paths
with avoidence
wary wave
the UE4 crowd actor is borderline useless for gameplay purposes, it's basically a load of skeletal meshes with no real behaviour and no collision
but I guess it depends on what your needs are
wary wave
then it's useless
static viper
i mean ue4 already proved that it can render 200 complex ai characters...
with ease.
and for rts games its much different
rugged lake
I'm pretty new to Unreal but I've got a strange thing happening. I've been editing my level, and I must have done something to mess up my player start location because now every time I press Play my camera teleports far away from my level and falls. I've tried deleting and replacing the player start location back in the level, i've tried telling play to play at my camera's location (same result, teleported super far away) and i've checked and recompiles all my collisions and they seem to be working just fine, and if i place a collision under the spot it keeps spawning my player camera that works fine to stop me falling, too - it's just in completely the wrong location and I can't seem to figure out why
rugged lake
I cant see anything in the scene that would make me spawn where it's spawning, and it's nowhere near 0,0,0
static viper
i had that too
rugged lake
๐ฎ You do??
rugged lake
nooooo lol
static viper
it was really stupid