i.e. if it was 1-2-3-4-5 and now it's 1-2-3-4, but the deleted one was not 5, it could be 1,2,3,4 you may guess what happens
#ue4-general
next badger
hearty cosmos
@next badger hmm interesting, thanks for the info! 🤔
chilly crag
thanks for the explanation @next badger 🙂
bold ridge
does anyone know how to track folder colors in the editor with version control? i've tried adding my EditorPerProjectUserSettings.ini in the project config folder and when others pull the repo they get the file but no colors show up in the editor
wary wave
folder colours are defined on a per-user basis
bold ridge
yeah i know but i looked it up and it should be possible to do over version control but im not sure how
wary wave
they're in the EditorPerProjectUserSettings.ini, but this is not a file that should be in version control
next badger
i think ue4 caching the settings somewhere, since editing EditorPerProjectUserSettings.ini even on local machine does not change them
also agree with ambershee, this settings are changed every time ue4 is run
sudden cave
If I have a question about shaders, where should I ask it?
next badger
sudden cave
Thank you!
sudden cave
Ah, aright!
inner cloak
Hi Everyone !
Guys, if any of you know a way to align that pivot to be straight with the model, it would save my life.
fierce tulip
you might wanna do so in the 3d authoring program you have
inner cloak
like Blender ?
fierce tulip
yup
inner cloak
im not very efficient with blender yet 😦
warped tangle
No time to learn like the present!
inner cloak
Yup, i am trying 🙂
warped tangle
👏
sick escarp
How do I set a class reference from csv? Simply having the name of the BP as you can do with for example static meshes doesn't work
I feel like it should be exactly like you do with static meshes and textures
Turns out you have to append _C
chilly crag
you could say it append
silently leaves
Thanks Alexey i'm sure i'll be using that later 🙂
sick escarp
You mean for me?
I meant how i set a class reference from CSV but I figured it out, I do it from excel not in BP ^^
upper heart
Is there an existing migration commandlet for migrating assets between projects via command line?
earnest cape
gloomy apex
inner cloak
Why is UE loading my project when i just want to make new project ?
midnight bolt
can someone link me to material that can blink, think of airport lane lights? light on, light off. emissive on/off. perhaps you know a template that is using such so i can look at it?
scarlet birch
<@&213101288538374145>
midnight bolt
Ha-ha.
cedar snow
boom
inner cloak
lol
midnight bolt
thanks, that will do the job
next badger
I've missed some genius?
inner cloak
Yup you did
radiant haven
Does SOmeoneKnow Ads with Adnroid?
carmine spruce
hey guys, do you need a branch point in an Animation Montage to create a Layered Blend Per Bone?
scarlet birch
No.
radiant haven
to much for me sry
carmine spruce
@scarlet birch I still have to pick a bone name for the branch point even if I didn't create a branch point in my montage?
scarlet birch
A blend is not a branch
carmine spruce
scarlet birch
A branch implies a split in execution. A blend is two or more animations being played together on the same mesh.
carmine spruce
should I fill out "Bone Name"?
scarlet birch
Blending by bone you need to tell it which bone(s) to blend from.
carmine spruce
spark sonnet
Click on the node
carmine spruce
Thanks guys
I got a new question
the yellow number represents the difference between Spine Z and the guns Static Mesh World Location Z
is my Math right?
if equal to or less than 61, than play floor pickup anim montage
acoustic lodge
yo sorry to ask here too but im having a error with packaging can anyone help lol
bitter iris
light coyote
@vernal relic Prety dam cool man
sonic tinsel
Whenever I try to open a vr project it pretty much just softlocks my computer
Any help?
Only happened after I updated
scarlet birch
Is it compiling shaders?
sonic tinsel
It was but I had to restart @scarlet birch
marsh swallow
ive researched a little but has anyone ever seen this crash? it only happens in this town, and not sure for what reason. lol. Some articles say it could be widget related but thats only on older engines like 4.16
ornate ice
Hey people one question, what do you use for Version Control?
@marsh swallow that quest system looks pretty cool
marsh swallow
We use Perforce.
marsh swallow
and thanks. Its a well modified version of the TGames Quest system
scarlet birch
Look through #source-control . It's full of good stuff
marsh swallow
^ but no we have our own servers that replicate to another datacenter on the side of the world because our team is everywhere. 😂
reef jackal
not really sure where to ask this but: I have a character with shooting functionality. When I fire shots in one area of a level with a bunch of meshes and textures everything is fine and runs smoothly. I just recently built a new area on the same level and when I shoot with that same character the game literally freezes in between every shot. You can see the characters movement and some moving objects around the area literally pause for a frame. Any idea what could cause this?? Im at a complete loss and have never seen anything like this.
wary wing
Any exceptions in your output log?
reef jackal
LogNavigation: Warning: ConstructTiledNavMesh: Could not init navmesh is being spammed every frame it looks like
midnight sparrow
Hello, how much alpha texture affects performance in unreal?
I have made this hedge from simple geometry and it causes significant drops in my Oculus Quest VR.
Would it be better if there was little bit more complex geometry than alpha?
if i modeled a simple shapes of leaves
carmine spruce
the execution runs through the play anim montage "Floor_PickUp", why does my player character play the "Wall_Grab" Montage?
wary wing
@reef jackal all those errors can't be good for performance. If you fix whatever is causing those I'd wager your frame time will be back to what it was
carmine spruce
reef jackal
@wary wingte yeah youre right. Ill look into it
wary wing
@native jacinth So you're saying that it has no alpha at the moment, only geometry?
Or it's a mix?
rustic panther
@midnight sparrow you should make it LOD to a mesh that doesn't use transparency
Over draw is a big hit on performance, when multiple transparent objects overlap each other
the geo on the leaves should surround the leaves somewhat and then you can use transparency for the edges, but if that whole piece is transparent that's no good
like this, these red edges should be the meshes
ember notch
Can someone give me a reason why is C++ better than C#?
smoky trail
better performance, harder to reverse-engineer :)
ember notch
Can I find with C++ better jobs?
weary viper
modern sinew
@serene birch I looked in the description, it's Cascade
sonic pagoda
@plush yew no question is dumb, you can just grab your navmesh and move it ever so slightly and back
and it will rebuild
also press P to see it
~~ there is probably a console command as well ~~ didnt find 1
👍
marsh swallow
@scarlet birch @rotund scroll i give. 😂 You were right. I just decided to do a little transparency layover to give a dream effect.
Photoshop was 20 seconds vs trying to create material and 4 hours lost. :/
wow ill make that make sense at some point.
sonic tinsel
Anyone know why my teleport things keep disappearing with the VR template pawn?
scarlet birch
Was this the alpha mask umg border post?
marsh swallow
yeah
i decided that you guys were right, it was just easier to just do that and it looks great
i was just skeptical that it would be that easy to get the effect i wanted
scarlet birch
make a new photoshop file, select all, modify selection , selct border, set it to something like 20 to 50 and then use a gradient fill
play with noise or feathering to blend it and done.
marsh swallow
oh! what i posted is actually perfect
scarlet birch
ok
marsh swallow
its meant to be like a dream state
scarlet birch
ah, you had said border I thought
marsh swallow
your sleeping during this/
yeah sorry, i was just thinking general terms
maybe i should have just said dream state appearance. 😂
thank you regardless for the assistnace
scarlet birch
np. glad you got something you're happy with
thin tendon
Anyone experienced with spline tool in landscape editor? I need to figure out why its not deforming my landscape.
opal hornet
If someone was to recreate a game exactly like another, but made no reference to the game's trademarks, can they still get in trouble?
vivid narwhal
Game mechanics can be trademarks
opal hornet
just not genres then?
I mean some games use the Killcam that CoD first implemented and just call it something different. Isn't that a mechanic?
vivid narwhal
It is, and trademarks are a tricky area to navigate. But if you recreated a game in entirely as practically a "re-skin" you'd run into infringement
opal hornet
fair enough
thin tendon
The best way to do it is adopt features. Don't copy entirely. Take features from a few sources. Don't copy them exactly. Make each one just a little different. So you end up with a unique experience
For example lets say you want a wave spawn mechanic similar to 7 days to die. Instead of making it every 7 nights. You could make it every second night. Instead of a bloodmoon. You could use some kind of music to alert players to the event. Or have an on screen widget.
placid arrow
so, in my game i still have a map called ThirdPersonExampleMap. why do I have this? because I still cant rename it in 4.23!
this happens. it breaks because of the terrain in the map, which is too big to copy to another map.
if i click yes, it eventually says 'unable to save, retry, cancel etc'
how do I fix this? i want to rename that map!
this has been a problem since at least 4.8 for me
ugh, wtf. it deleted the map!
its a really good job i committed and pushed everything to git before attempting this.
maybe i should report this one on answerhub?
wary wave
I have a weird bug - not sure how to deal with it
I have a float variable in a BP, but no matter what value you give it, when it is saved it sets itself back to zero
it only affects on specific subclass, all the others are fine
it's not a construction script thing or anything like that
wary wave
no C++ base
mossy nymph
hmmmm, that wouldn't do it either
wary wave
it's defined in one BP class, used in another, but it is never set in BP
but trying to set the default value to anything doesn't work, just keeps setting itself to zero 😐
mossy nymph
tried forcing the BP to reserialize?
wary wave
how would one do that?
mossy nymph
duplicate, delete original replace references
wary wave
oof, that would be a last resort
mossy nymph
in my experience BPs rarely break like that, but they occasionally do after version migration
you can try renaming the variable on the base class
wary wave
that might be an option
mossy nymph
as you mentioned specific subclass i assume it does have one
wary wave
aye, it does
glacial pecan
How do you start playing a level sequence from WITHIN another level sequence?
wary wave
it'll mean updating umpteen other BPs, but it shouldn't be an issue
@glacial pecan - blueprint event
glacial pecan
@wary wave Oh, really? 🙂 I have to make a blueprint actor, that has an event that starts playing a level sequence, and then trigger that event from the other level sequence?
wary wave
aye, that would do it
otherwise you can have a master sequence with multiple sequences contained within it
glacial pecan
Oh, right... that's a thing too... I forgot about that. Ok, thanks!
patent apex
hello is there a way to save uobjects to a slot? if i load it on the same game instance it works, but if i close and open, it wont load
dim merlin
What about try get owning actor? getting a message for every spawned actor now from anim bp
next badger
@placid arrow File > Refresh All Nodes
@patent apex uobjects are instances of a class, they have memory references
patent apex
so i would need to save in a struct or wtv the data i want to store
like ints, floats, texts, etc
next badger
yes, store a data that will be used on new instantiation
patent apex
k thnks
fierce tulip
could someone using 4.22 or 4.23 open up the material editor and screenshot the icons available?
I seem to be missing the option to preview mobile stats
next badger
fierce tulip
hmm odd, I dont like the new platform stats window
especially since its not telling me if there are any mobile platform hickups in the shader
next badger
this?
fierce tulip
yea, its not giving me any error warnings
next badger
fierce tulip
not getting that :/
<_< nm, the compiling shaders thing was on my huion (turned off) for some reason
still though, compiling takes muuuch longer now than in 4.16
next badger
yeah, happens all the time for me
fierce tulip
not a fan of this slower thing
next badger
you can turn off the shaders compilation for other platforms?
next badger
@fierce tulip try r.ShaderDevelopmentMode 1
just type in console
tell if speed has changed
fierce tulip
it goes even further in the negatives now :p
next badger
oh, this bug only solves after ue4 restart...some kind of queue issue...it will be only worse each time
fierce tulip
seems to be a little bit faster at least
next badger
i've hit -1000 once
fierce tulip
-1400, then done
next badger
ahaha
fierce tulip
oh, and suddenly 4k more, (not negative)
lol
no scrollbar in material editor when checking parameters
next badger
try to fold-unfold...indeed scrollbars are twerky, same thing happens when you editing custom node
stretching window also may help
fierce tulip
sadly no
placid arrow
@next badger did you mean to highlight me, or typoed? 🙂
fierce tulip
you have a scrollbar? because I dont
next badger
fierce tulip
4k or hd screen? 4.22 or 4.23?
next badger
hd, 4.23
fierce tulip
im getting so ffin pissed atm hehe
sleek spear
how much should i charge for a custom landscape with custom (somewhat sophisticated) materials i have made and placement of foliage and houses (a small village) that other people make on it? i might do some custom foliage too. also set up lighting etc. what do you think?
next badger
@sleek spear depends...since amount of "replaced" makes a difference
next badger
i think i misread...you mean "i have made and placed a foliage and houses" not "made a replacement of foliage and houses"
fierce tulip
cries in material instructions
next badger
since foliage is not your own it's hard to judge
i think best approximation is time spent times your hour rate
fierce tulip
https://i.gyazo.com/e503d10a09c00af98b0027184ac1b9d0.png
that, I can live with.
plush yew
are there any Italian indie developers?
fierce tulip
im sure ther are
sleek spear
@next badger but i have to give a quote in order to get the job before doing it
next badger
but you can judge the amount of time it takes
sleek spear
and if i work very slowly, my work is worth more?
fierce tulip
no, less
next badger
ahahaha
sleek spear
but i need more hours
next badger
it's "per hour rate"...means if you work fast - you charge more per hour
fierce tulip
to quote buddy Glad
Time it will take you to finish x Your hourly rate = Price
Your hourly rate is easiest found this way:
(Money you need to cover living expenses per month) + (Money needed to build backup funds for sickdays,legal ,bookkeeping, vacation, retirement, buffer and so on) = X
(Money to cover your costs for licenses, stock footage, hardware and so on) + (Money for fun stuff) = Y
(X+Y)*(Taxes in your country) = Z
Z/(Number of hours you expect to work per month) = Your hourly rate!
So Y is the only place where you have some wiggleroom, but make sure you charge your worth. Undercharging hurts both you and the industry
next badger
same task
made in 10 hrs - $100 / 10 - $10/hr
made in 2 hrs - $100 / 2 = $50/hr
Wow, Luos
fierce tulip
i just copied it from another discussion, Glad wrote it, not me
sleek spear
it is hard for me to calculate the time needed
fierce tulip
estimates take practice, and even very experienced people tend to miscalculate it.
sleek spear
ok so, how much would you guys charge for a custom landscape
fierce tulip
depends on how fast I need it, what quality/features it has, how much content it has, etc.
we are not trying to be vague for no reason, its quite hard to make an estimate
sleek spear
i know dont worry, i dont get you wrong. not extremely urgent, high quality to be used for the setting of an animation feature film
the animation studio wants a quote
next badger
i can make landscape for $20...and for $2000
fierce tulip
make a list of all assets
make a list of everything each asset needs
estimate how long each asset and its belonging needs.
add wiggle room.
sleek spear
@next badger can you show me examples of your works and their price?
fierce tulip
then you'll get a decent-ish amount of hours
sleek spear
@fierce tulip i always always get the time estimations wrong
but i understand its probably the safest way. i have just never nailed it
next badger
https://i.imgur.com/xpmG4IQ.png - $0 ~3hrs
https://i.imgur.com/LyvuEZi.jpg - $0 - 4hrs (for mesh, and ~4hrs for ue4 import)
https://i.imgur.com/Eo5QZxF.jpg - $0 - (for mesh, and ~4hrs for ue4 import)
I think all other levels can't be called "landscapes"
sleek spear
@next badger and what do you mean 0$? you would do that for free for anyone that asked for it?
next badger
that was their actual price
compact oyster
Any recommandations about how to deal with automatic actor purging on big levels?
next badger
it is automatic
ue4 has garbage collector, once actor is not referenced anywhere (destroyed) it will be purged
serene birch
if it's not referenced anywhere, how do you even know you lost it? 😛
compact mural
Hello everyone
compact oyster
Because it's purging my player actor when it is too far from the world origin :' )
while I'm playing it.
so I kinda do notice
compact mural
I've a noobie question to ask, which I'm sure you guys get on a daily basis.
compact oyster
No kill volume, It's a brand new empty level.
serene birch
well I mean in the general sense of the term
most likely, this kill is for a good reason
compact mural
I'm a 16 y/o kid and new to this, but I'm wanting to become a game developer. Is it a good step for me to start in UE4 engine?
serene birch
like the physics can't work well when too far
consider resetting the world origin instead?
compact mural
Oh, I think I should ask this in lounge.. my bad!
compact oyster
Oh, I'm sure the reasons are very good! I was just wondering what's considered good workflows regarding huge levels. Does using the world composition automatically deal with the origin?
chilly crag
@compact mural well if you like the engine, it's a good start ^^
serene birch
world composition does have a "reorigin subworld" setting or something
compact oyster
👍 I'll look into it, thanks Stoff
serene birch
endless runners work by moving the whole world around the player instead of the player moving inside the world usually too I think
compact oyster
Yeah, it sounds like it would be a good idea for a runner, but I'm wondering if I do this if it doesn't render replication really complicated for a multiplayer game.
@compact mural Depends what type of game you want to make and what experience/knowledge you have tbh! Luckily it's free so you can just try it : p
compact mural
I have 0 game dev. experience
I just want to know where I should start learning all of this
Is there a scripting language I'd need to master?
And if so, which one
next badger
@compact mural master ue4 blueprints, it's visual (node) scripting
some games are made solely on BPs
compact oyster
blueprint
compact mural
😂
I know haha
But what does it mean in UE4
Alexey said some games are made solely on BPs
next badger
compact mural
ty
compact mural
Interesting
One more question
Do you guys create your own char. models?
Using 3Dsmax or something?
next badger
some do
compact oyster
That's quite a vague question considering it's a huge server including professionals, amateurs, and people from Epic staff I believe : p
next badger
blender is ok, it's much more friendly now
sleek spear
@compact mural i also recommend you take a look at godot engine
compact mural
What's godot
next badger
godot is weird -_-
next badger
not related
sleek spear
yes non related
i love godot engine, love the way it is organised and the way i work with it
but ue4 is years ahead, visually speaking
compact mural
I see
Can I see some of the stuff you guys have made using UE4?
Has any of you made a complete game?
like, a real good looking one
next badger
depends on your vision of "good looking"
compact mural
I guess that's true
compact mural
ty ty
placid arrow
is there such thing as a website of common ue4 AI recipies using behaviour trees?
e.g. "get close to player and attack", "flee if low on health", etc?
i know a lot of AI isnt generic, but for that which is, im surprised there isnt a generic 'recipe book' beyond the tutorials ive found
and, if there isnt such a thing that anyone knows of, would it be a good idea for me to make my own recipies public after i'm happy with my own AI?
fierce tulip
there is an #gameplay-ai channel but no clue how much its used. could ask there
placid arrow
ive been rambling there for about an hour, nobody is speaking, i guess it isnt as popular as #blueprint etc
fierce tulip
(havent been in that channel for ages:p)
anyone in 4.22 who can verify if the "Replace Reference" menu appears?
I can make it appear in 4.16, but 4.22 is noping me to new annoyance levels
select 1 or 2 assets in content browser > asset actions > replace references.
nm <_< it appeared in non-existing monitor space.
placid arrow
lol
chilly crag
the tri screen hell i'm in it too
placid arrow
am i missing something obvious, how do i declare the default value of a uproperty?
say i had one thats float and i wanted the default to be 0.2, i know i dont just use the ctor
hmm, unless i do? im going to read further.
chilly crag
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/UPROPERTY
looks like the start of a rabbit hole for me
idle garden
Hi, can I open one level in one viewport and open the second level in another viewport?
idle garden
Ok
scarlet birch
You can load more than one level at a time , if you do it as I described. You'd want to look up level streaming and/or world composition.
ember notch
In UE4 i can use Blueprints but if i am a Java dev is it better to choose C#?
scarlet birch
Just use BP for now. BP is basically exposed C++. By learning BP you're gaining familiarity with the UE API. Then when you do dive in to the code you have a little bit more of an understanding of UE.
It's not an either or thing
warped tangle
^
ember notch
Is it a good idea later to switch from Java to C++?
scarlet birch
Maybe.
warped tangle
well you kind of have to if you want to dive in to code based projects
scarlet birch
There's a lot of factors and no one true answer
mossy nymph
i personally find the BP limitations annoying
warped tangle
@mossy nymph True, but would you really understand the limitations unless you've pushed BP as far as it will go?
mossy nymph
you have to understand BP if you're ever going to be a serious UE programmer
warped tangle
yeah
I found that starting with BP then re-doing my project later with C++ made the learning curve more manageable
mossy nymph
i was programming for a long time before unreal, so it was almost directly into c++ for me
warped tangle
fair enough
mossy nymph
but yeah, i can't deliver a system a design team can use unless i understand BP perfectly
warped tangle
Yeah
silk sleet
anyone worked with VoxelPlugin an know how I would disable all the color blending to get this effect? This is actually an old project of mine I just can't remember how I did it lmao
fallen flower
is anyone getting freezing when using dx12 and vr preview.
warped tangle
I had a metric shitton of issues with DX12 and vr, switched back to 11
spark sonnet
Why are none of my BeginPlay events firing?
warped tangle
Because UE4 doesn't like your game
@spark sonnet can you elaborate/give more details?
spark sonnet
Nvm figured out out :/ I messed up some game state stuff
warped tangle
lol
ember notch
Is a normal C++ course enough?
than UE4 course
scarlet birch
Maybe. UE has its own macros and things you have to learn too.
It really depends a lot on your background and aptitude.
warped tangle
If you want to dive in to UE4 C++, and haven't done any c++ or comparable before, it would be good to take a regular C++ course first to understand the basic coding concepts, then maybe a UE4 C++ course
wanton junco
👍
plush yew
lol folks, what you doing
ornate ice
Guys does this mean, you have to pay 5% to Epic every quarter if you make more than 3k?
Once you ship your game or application, you pay Epic 5% of gross revenue after the first $3,000 per product per calendar quarter
Don't give us fun toys if you don't want us to play with them
@ornate ice once you make $3000, you pay 5% of gross, due quarterly. You don't repay on already-earned revenue from my understanding
ornate ice
right
so each quarter
if you make more than 3k
you pay
for that quarter
correct?
warped tangle
I believe so, you can always reach out to Epic for clarification. I'm not 100% sure if the initial $3000 applies to every quarter, or just the first $3000 made per product. The snippet would suggest it's after $3000 per quarter
frank escarp
its also on the gross
which means that if you have a game that costs 30 dollars in Steam
and you sell 100 units
you need to start paying epic
so on the next 100 units (next 3000 dollas)
you pay 900 to Steam
and 150 to Epic
and likely another chunk to taxes
warped tangle
damn steam takes 30%?
frank escarp
yes
scarlet birch
If you want to see how fast it adds up take a look at this. (ignore the royalties. part that was for someone's agent to see) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OH26WRCVCN8KlCiJi2fTfjThWGyJ46XwWb4PUZMpwLk/edit?usp=sharing
frank escarp
thats forgetting the 20% or more from tax
so its even worse
for my games, ive got about 55% of the "store" price as profit
rustic panther
if it works well enough, Imma use it lol
scarlet birch
Yeah, I didn't bother putting tax in there's way too many things that can affect that.
plush yew
Hello. I have huge problem with next step. I want to create mouse movement based on grids like here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNhyPGNmfY
So how can I start in CPP? Im thinking about dynamic generate grid from raycast and mouse position converted to world position. Then what...? Divide position by grid size? :<
scarlet birch
That was for a deal that was based off net after distribution anyway.
ashen zenith
guys
ERROR: No 32-bit compiler toolchain found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\cl.exe
i have this problem
how to resolve
scarlet birch
Install one? or maybe build for 64Bit? I'm just throwing stuff out there with no idea of the validity, but it might be there's a 32 bit compiler in the VS installer you need to add.
scarlet birch
Doubtful, if it does run it's going to be painful without at least 8GB ram .
livid haven
Futzing about again in my spare time.
Having "fun" re-learning some of the tedium of replication and world/level transitions in UE4 land, having not touched those particular subjects since UE3 circa 2013. X|
Managed to get a really bare bones "character select" screen of sorts in a menu level and persist that info across a level transition into gameplay.
Definitely going to need more work. A) Can't PIE directly into a gameplay level, since the character selection is empty.
scarlet birch
I really like how networking is done in UE4 TBH. I think it's much easier to get the hang of than a lot of other engines.
livid haven
B) 99% sure it'll fall apart if there's latency between client and server, as the game mode on the server may spawn the pawn for the player controller before the client player controller can replicate up the character selection.
I've had little experience with any other (major) engines in many years, so I don't have a lot of room for comparison.
scarlet birch
I've only been using UE since about Feb 2018.
but it's won me over.
I used LibGDX and Unity mostly the last ten years. A little with LWJGL, Jmonkey and maybe some others.
livid haven
I can say I was using UDK a little bit, way back in the UT 2K3/UT 2K4 days? Then UE3 proper around 2010 or 2011.
livid haven
Reminder: If you've got a member of your UObject that's a struct that has properties, you really need to make sure that member is also marked as a property. 😦
Actually, that should be in #cpp...
inner cloak
I have this weird behaviour with the editor regarding copying translation
i copy the location on model 1, then when i paste it to model 2 the pivots are not at the same place
scaling is the same for both
sterile mural
Hi guys!
I'm having an issue in regards to importing a skeletal mesh from Blender to UE4.
The issue is that the bones are all snapping to the parent bone.
I've tried using various exporting tools, and checking/unchecking various options but am at a loss as to how to correct this issue.
I have changed the skeletal relations from "Animation" to Skeleton in the UE4 skeleton tree,
I have searched high and low for an answer, I need these bones to be in their original position rather than snapped back to the parent bone.
sterile mural
Are they different assets @inner cloak ?
inner cloak
They are 2 assets in the same scene, and i picked the model (you can see the orange outlines)
the expected behaviour should be to have the green model base be placed on the of the black model
Totally weird
Going home !! work day is done here
plush yew
@frank escarp epic games takes only 12% royalties for hosting your game on their store
and if you made your game with UE4, you dont pay the 5% royalties anymore, it will be included in those 12%
rustic panther
pretty sure they know that
limpid oracle
Hey ya'll, I have a question
scarlet birch
@plush yew I think that's accounted for in everything that's been talked about
scarlet birch
That's also why the differences are as big as they are in the spreadsheet I posted.
limpid oracle
I try to launch my projects, but nothing opens on my Mac
plush yew
what is everything that has been talked?
i dont have the time to read the whole chat just to know whether my remark is superflous or not, guys
scarlet birch
The scroll.
plush yew
ah ok
limpid oracle
Any ideas?
scarlet birch
I'm sure someone will read it and have not known it.
sterile mural
@limpid oracle delete your binaries and intermediate folders and try again
Also if there's any UE4 skeleton experts, scroll up a bit, I really need a hand with this 😦
ashen zenith
how to resolve?
honest igloo
Hey there, I got a question for you. May I use my epic games account with my friend like a team?
fierce tulip
better ask that on twitter/trough email.
this is a dev community, not an epic games games one 🙂
if: gamedev related
prolly not
ashen zenith
unfortunately I do not know why the files are not loaded on the server is the same thing I wanted I do not know if you can
@fierce tulip Are you a developer?
plush yew
@honest igloo no, there are rules on how to share assets among a team
rustic panther
church pews?
fierce tulip
pewpewpews
rustic panther
honest igloo
@plush yew @fierce tulip @rustic panther @scarlet birch thank you guys 😄
rustic panther
are you asking if you can share marketplace stuff
tall pendant
joeri (with a J) is a witcher
plush yew
why else would someone want to share his account xD
rustic panther
I dunno to play fortnite 24/7 on one account?
fierce tulip
and in the same area located lore, Joeri/Yoeri means something like worker of earth
uneven fractal
is there an exact class equal node?
uneven fractal
the default = does exact class matches?
like if I have a vegetable class with children potato and patato will using that say that a potato isn't equal to patato
rustic panther
oh like if you had a potato class and you have a red potato class from potato and only wanted to get potato, but not red potato?
uneven fractal
exactly
rustic panther
ya dunno about that other than checking if it's the child classes
you could make an enum for all the potato types
and check the enum
rustic panther
whats that
livid haven
What's what?
rustic panther
reflection system? are you talking about the class thing
fierce tulip
ooh Shion's shiny yellow name
livid haven
Social media policies. 🤷
rustic panther
ok so you could use that to get potato then check if it's parent to vegatable
livid haven
Somewhat annoying that there's no way to check, more succinctly, Is A relationships, so it gets a bit unwiedly if you want to know if A is either B or a child of B.
rustic panther
and that will only get the first parent?
livid haven
UKismetMathLibrary::ClassIsChildOf 🤔 Well that's an odd place for us to have put that method...
uneven fractal
This is for a stacking system though. I want to know if object A and object B are both generic potatos and not red potatos
livid haven
It will return true for indirect relationships, yes.
uneven fractal
you could do inventory alchemy and turn red potatos into regular potatos otherwise
livid haven
Ah, actually...
bool bOldResult = false;
for ( const UStruct* TempStruct=this; TempStruct; TempStruct=TempStruct->GetSuperStruct() )
{
if ( TempStruct == SomeBase )
{
bOldResult = true;
break;
}
}```though it does look like the generic class = seems to not care about parent relationships so I think I'm good
livid haven
It looks like it'll return true if both classes passed in are the same class, too.
rustic panther
right so potato and red potato would result in true
livid haven
Which uh... is strictly not true, but okay. I guess that's how it behaves.
uneven fractal
potato = potato = true
potato = red potato = false
potato = rock = false
is what I'm going for here
livid haven
Yes, == is going to do a simple comparison.
sterile mural
🥔
rustic panther
There's prolly a better way though
but enums would work for sure
it would jsut be annoying to have to fill out when there's prolly a better way
like redundant information
livid haven
For sure. DRY - Don't Repeat Yourself
uneven fractal
that would get horrible really really quick if there are say 200 item types
rustic panther
its just easier to understand logically for me though
and I would know it would work
livid haven
The == and ClassIsChildOf stuff is extremely simple.
== is just comparing if the two values are identical or not.
rustic panther
Im not a CPP person... yet
uneven fractal
it's the same in bp, qwigs
livid haven
ClassIsChildOf is just a loop, starting with the class you passed in, checking if it's identical to the other one, and returns true if so, otherwise it looks at the parent and loops, until it's exhausted and returns false.
rustic panther
right, is there one without the loop
livid haven
Not sure what you mean. You can't answer that question (is A a child of B) without checking each parent.
Like, you could create an implementation where you don't need to loop and instead have some kind of pre-calculated table? But I'm pretty sure that's not what you're asking.
rustic panther
I think Xanjis wants like the direct parent, the first one the BP is parent to not all parents, if that makes sense
livid haven
No. They want to check whether A is, specifically, B.
potato = potato = true
potato = red potato = false
potato = rock = false
rustic panther
oh ok
livid haven
So just ==. Not ClassIsChildOf.
rustic panther
I think I was over complicating it
uneven fossil
Is this really a bad thing to use asserts in shipping builds?
livid haven
I don't remember the rules on check vs ensure in shipping, but they are different.
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Assertions/index.html
This goes into the specifics, not sure if it's fully comprehensive.
I'm not sure I've ever seen verify, myself.
I generally would warn that you shouldn't check unless it's truly unrecoverable, or you and your artists/designers will hate you for crashing the editor and making them lose time.
rustic panther
ya but they won't even know it's your fault
livid haven
The assertion will appear in the log.
uneven fossil
ok thanks 🙂
copper elk
Im trying to make it so in my main menu I have a side bar and when its hovered it extendeds
so the problem is
that in the sidebar I was to have a friendslist like this
but there is a button in each friend element
I want to make it so
when its unhovered the button is collapsed and when hovered I want it to be visible, but the main menu and friend element are in different widgets
next badger
@livid haven finally, got an Epic role!
livid haven
Epic social media policy. No choice, if I want to be on here. 🤷
tall pendant
well, are aaron and dan even active here anymore?
both don't have the epic role
also: weird policy imho. but thats not up to me.
sterile mural
Hi guys!
I'm having an issue in regards to importing a skeletal mesh from Blender to UE4.
The issue is that the bones are all snapping to the parent bone.
I've tried using various exporting tools, and checking/unchecking various options but am at a loss as to how to correct this issue.
I have changed the skeletal relations from "Animation" to Skeleton in the UE4 skeleton tree,
I have searched high and low for an answer, I need these bones to be in their original position rather than snapped back to the parent bone.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/225448446956404738/623606687613321237/image_173167.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/225448446956404738/623606690461515808/image_173128.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/225448446956404738/623606693045075969/image_173129.jpg
livid haven
@next badger I neither made up the policy nor enforce it.
I understand the basis of it. If you're going to talk games and game dev and work for Epic, you must disclose that, you can't hide it.
I understand it, ethically. I don't understand it as a requirement, but that's neither here nor there.
sonic tinsel
How would I put the position of motion controllers in VR into my anim graph? I want to use it as an IK system
scarlet birch
You get a location vector during the animation update and set it to a variable in the animBP
sonic tinsel
How do I get the location vector?
warped tangle
your motioncontroller component is what you want to reference
you need to either pass that data to the anim instance via your character BP, or you can do the get valid tracked device position and orientation
It's better to use the motioncontroller as your reference for location
also epic did a livestream about doing pretty much exactly that...it was for indie mocap using motion controllers
sonic tinsel
Watching the livestream now, thanks @warped tangle
warped tangle
yep
livid haven
Please use reroute nodes. Spaghetti is hard to read. 😦
warped tangle
I....gave up after a few seconds
livid haven
Instant nope:
fallen marten
Is there a shortcut key for reroute nodes?
warped tangle
Just as a random guess, are you expecting the door to open when you attempt to open the door with the chair in the way, then remove the chair and expect it to open by itself?
double click on the line
fallen marten
Yeah I knew that one, wasn't sure if there was one where you could drop a few on the bp before a string
warped tangle
nah not that I know of
visual belfry
blueprint assist >_>
warped tangle
normally I just connect the furthest one, reroute the whole thing underneath the functions, and double click and drag up
fallen marten
Have you got a check when you interact with the door to see if it's locked?
warped tangle
oh ok so you are trying to open the door again after you remove the chair
it's gotta be something with your states
how are you setting it unlocked when you remove the chair?
fallen marten
Make an interface events that unlocks the door when the remove chair function is called. Reference the door
Lol
There's nothing telling the door to unlock
I'm assuming that BP is the level BP? Or the chair one?
It's still not setting the locked bool to false tho dude
You have to run a function or put some code in to reset the doors condition to open as well as removing the chair from the array
sonic tinsel
How do I get this kind of purple variable reference? It's in relation to an actor blueprint
@me if you know please
dim plover
I believe that a class variable. Let me open the editor to get a picture.
https://i.imgur.com/QE2j30Z.png
weary basalt
Yes it is a Class, not an Object ref @sonic tinsel
SpawnActor will create an Object from that Class type.
sonic tinsel
So how do I get to that menu to select a class reference?
dim plover
Same way you create a variable and select the type.
sonic tinsel
Ok cool got it 🙂
rocky mantle
hi guys need help may i know why my model has a hole in it?
imported it from blender
dark depot
normal inverted
rocky mantle
ohhh ok. thank you. dunno it can be inverted lol
serene sorrel
You could say your character is , abnormal
next badger
he is introvert
serene sorrel
hey i resemble that comment
plush yew
Hey guys. I'm having some weird thing happening. I think UE4 made a partition, called Z, based on my C drive. It only has 125GB free out of 930 just like my C drive, and it's just full of gradle stuff.
Within Z:\app\src\main\java\com I found the following folders:
android, epicgames, google, YourCompany.
What gives?
sleek spear
how can i use material layers with layer blend and also use a slope lerp or something in order to have some material layering when i sculpt the landscape?
fallen marten
Errm Ive changed something in my viewport and now I cant drag and drop anything to where the mouse cursor is... It ends up miles away and nowhere near where I place the cursor. And yes I've tried changing the drop distance in the editor settings to see if that would help and it didn't. I put it on 50 and no change
The option box just doesn't seem to be anywhere, I remember it to look like the show or view button
fallen marten
No-one?
light coyote
@fallen marten
If that happens with an object exported from a 3d modeling program, that you imported to unreal.
Is because the point 0,0,0 of the world in the 3d program becomes the pivot of your object.
I dont know if you know that, but it may help.
fallen marten
That's not it bud, the issue is where the editor is allowing the placement. I have a game that's been in development for the last few years and this is the first time I've had this trouble. I'm very aware of origins and pivot points, but thankyou anyway @light coyote 👍
plush yew
how would i load uasset files and umap files? that i got given by my friend
cause they dont show in ue4
i click migrate but no files are found
grim flame
@plush yew close unreal to be safe then copy the asset an umap files inside the content folder of your project in the same path your friend has. It usually works if there are no weird dependencies.
unique tinsel
Guys can anyone point me in the right direction i want to animate emmission map on a shader ,its like some lines on a stone , i want to make the lines grow and glow but from the direction i want them is there a way to mask and animate the growing from the shader
plush yew
hmm okay dann
well i just saw he used 4.14 so lemme try that
cause i opened the uproject
fallen marten
Yeah uasset files aren't backward version compatible. They wont show in the content browser
long thicket
So, yesterday when I ran my level it ran well, at around 30 fps. I open it today, and its running at 5 fps and downwards
Anyone know the reason?
Like, the whole engine is running so slow when I boot the level up
honest vale
stop crashing it 😛
honest vale
is that your game or some other?
honest vale
logs are under Saved folder iirc
plush yew
oh lol
honest vale
and if you're trying to open the editor I suggest you install debugging symbols too
plush yew
ah ok
so like
You do not have any debugging symbols required to display the callstack for this crash.
that means i need it?
wow 14 just for that
grim flame
@unique tinsel use the panner node on a mask connected to a lerp with your main texture.
that is for the color, you also need to do that for emission.
grim flame
yeah
grim flame
click on this white thiggie
grim flame
use 4.14.2
manic pawn
this means you have already installed 4.14
manic pawn
you can only get the latest minor version of each
plush yew
oh
i found out why it crash tho
it was my contents folder
this time it opened but na still no stuff
imma just give up
tiny vigil
Hey guys
So I’m useing maya to make characters but like I don’t know how to make the skeleton or the mesh or anything can someone help
wary wave
what you're saying is... you don't know how to use Maya at all?
tiny vigil
I mean I know how to shape a cylinder into like a body shape but I don’t know what to do after that
Like the yt vids don’t rly explain anything
gaunt valve
Commanding Fight is have meaning it?
Is there someone can tell me it is right or not?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/495586725997969419/623469794271952906/unknown.png
plush yew
that looks like a adult game o
placid arrow
ive split my AI in my game up into "Generic Aggressive" and "Generic Passive" tree and blackboard
their AI controllers share a common interface
is it possible to switch behaviour trees on the fly in an AI controller?
so, for example a player attacks a Generic Passive NPC, it switches over to Generic Aggressive, as Generic Passive has no attack behaviours
inner cloak
@placid arrow your behavior tree is controlled with "state" variables, so you need to match a behavior with some conditions like "enemy is now 100 units away -> stop chasing"
placid arrow
i already have that in my aggressive tree/
i didnt want passive and aggressive in the same tree at all
if i did, i'd have a bool on the blackboard, but the trees are getting big and complicated
so i thought it best to make it separate, modularise it
inner cloak
but then, you need to match states in different BT
placid arrow
this looks to be what i want
the important states are not shared between passive and aggressive trees, the passive tree just detects being hit, and walks around randomly or follows a set of waypoints
the aggressive tree does loads of other stuff, like chasing players, retreating if wounded, etc
inner cloak
Looks like you'll have a pretty nice game there !
I'm not in gaming, just getting a UE version of a SolidWorks model and then make an animation with that
Unfortunately, the model has so much details that i'm getting a like 1 frame per 2 second
placid arrow
hmm, solidworks you say
have you tried using something like simplygon to simplify the fbx mesh of the solidworks model?
im betting you got tens of millions of verticies
glacial pecan
Solidworks imports are handled using Datasmith... are you using that @inner cloak ?
You should be able to produce somewhat manageable objects using that...
plush yew
is spatial os good?
wtf all the sudden stuff is just randomly deleting all my projects and all i was doing is watching youtube lmfao and wtf
gray tundra
Hello Slackers,
Any input on my question here about setting up cameras for a 2D view would be very much appreciated: https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/1665813-how-to-set-up-a-faux-orthographic-camera
I'm looking for advice from anyone who's struggled with Unreal's limited orthographic camera.
inner cloak
@placid arrow no, i have not tried Simpligon, i may try at some point.
@glacial pecan Yes, models were imported using Datasmith, but the importing process is not perfect, in some cases i get more parts than the expected model due to some historical data (deleted parts, etc) not being filtered out !
next badger
i'm not sure you even need simpligon at this point, since 4.22 ue4 has own tools
ornate ice
Hey People good morning
Why I can't modify this static mesh I just created
according to UE4 videos
there should be an edit mode in the toolbar
placid arrow
@next badger personally i found simplygon a ton more stable. the mesh simplification tools in ue4 for me have always been prone to random crashes
you also can't go in and paint areas to specify where you want to preserve more detail
placid arrow
can ue4's simplification tools simplify a skeletal mesh now too?
next badger
@vapid hound stop spam, I gave you the link to the proper channel
vapid hound
ok thank a lot
next badger
@placid arrow afaik yes, on 4.23 at least
vapid hound
@next badger sorry but Link for download i not found
next badger
placid arrow
well thats really good news 😄
tiny vigil
Lol
next badger
@vapid hound it's the same download link as for ue4 for win and mac...i.e. github source
vale silo
Has anyone used HammUEr plugin for UE4 ? (to import Quake 1 or Doom 3 maps with textures and lights into UE4)
placid arrow
so.... this:
99deb-d55b-4325-a1da-414fb12a84af&AppEnvironment=datacollector-binary&UploadType=eteventstream, HTTP code: 0, content length: -1, actual payload size: 0```
can i easily reconfigure that url to something in my control, in the games i release without having to recompile the engine source? i want to gather those analytics for my own use.
kindred viper
@vale silo no but I may have to try it now. I love that stuff. I do it with old CS maps
manic pawn
this is editor analytics, the shipping game does not have any of this
vale silo
@kindred viper I am having an issue where the plugin doesn't generate materials when importing stuff.. Textures import fine, but no materials are generated :/
kindred viper
I couldn't really say about that. My method was directly through 3dsmax or Maya so it generated a standard default material. But I never seperated them. I just kept a giant megatexture at a lower res than it should be due to only needing it for prototyping.
lilac wedge
so im trying to find someone to something fairly advance on my game ( creating a certain art style). I cant find anyone on ue4 forms is there anywhere else to find professional help??
copper flicker
does anyone know why the Mouse Cursor shows in menu widgets, even if you set Show Mouse Cursor to NOT show?
copper flicker
With Input Mode: Game and UI you can't hide the mouse cursor by setting Show Mouse Cursor anymore
still... I need it to be hidden in my menus
O o
silent chasm
Hey guys, UE 4.23 editor keeps trying to connect to datarouter.ol.epicgames.com and fails. Is a way to stop this ? My output log gets flooded every time with 10-20 lines in yellow 😦
shrewd lion
Hey how can i play background music in main menu and play it trough the levels like when im transfering to new level it stops how can i fix that ?
copper flicker
@shrewd lion Anything persistent you can add to a persistent level
anyway, back to my cursor.. anyone still alive here?
😄
inner cloak
My latest datasmith import show no materials and no mesh, yet i can see the outline. Anything i can do ?
copper flicker
I can't hide the cursor, I can't customize the default cursor..
I was thinking of hiding it by customizing it as an empty texture
only to find that the people making custom cursors use some hack..
that creates a texture at X Y Location
I just need to hide the cursor when a Gamepad is in use..
inner cloak
Sorry, can't help you with your issue @copper flicker
fair torrent
could someone tell me where the console area pops up?
i press the damn shortcut and cant find the area to type on haha
dark depot
Bottom of the screen the viewport has to be in focus
fair torrent
nuffin
i ever remapped it, because i thought key might broken or wrong keyboard format
but still doesnt work
wait does it only appear when pressing play?
isnt there a way to have a console permanently open?
warped tangle
not that I know of
fair torrent
oof this takes way too much time away from me
warped tangle
what are you needing a persistent console for?
fair torrent
trying to increasing quality a bit of a video
r.ScreenPercentage 500
but still, console is the topic
this is pretty dumb :/
light thunder
How do I use the find function to determine when an object is being created? I have duplicate items but I can't search for a command like "Create ABC_Named Widget"
mossy nymph
you looking for a specific object or any widget in general?
bronze dome
why are my windows not working?
no light is coming through
spark sonnet
Have you built the lighting?
warped tangle
@bronze dome is that even a fully cut hole?....hard to tell
ornate ice
Guys anybody know why when editing an static mesh I created on the same engine from a Cube, I can't find the Edit options that should be in the toolbar
according to UE4 docs it should be there
bronze dome
@warped tangle I used a box brush with subtractive type
warped tangle
oh there are 2 holes in 2 separate walls...well look in to lightmass portals (though I don't think that will solve the issue here), otherwise make sure lighting is built, maybe convert that BSP to a SM
bronze dome
@warped tangle well if I convert to SM it is nowhere and the window just goes to x0 y0 z0
warped tangle
select both first
I've done it before, pretty sure you select both, convert actors to SM, it'll merge and keep the subtraction
bronze dome
if I go in brush settings and click on create Static Mesh they are still brushes and just go down to 0
@warped tangle
warped tangle
select both, click that, choose a folder and name to save it as, and it should also convert the existing bsp's to a SM
inner cloak
What's that screen ? is it to convert brushes to mesh ?
bronze dome
do I have to choose a new name? I just choose the default name
warped tangle
I generally type a custom name
bronze dome
OK I will try that out
warped tangle
yeah @inner cloak converting multiple BSP's to a single SM
inner cloak
cool did not even know that existed
vernal relic
what color is the sphere on the horizon?
warped tangle
also....no idea if this has any effect at all, I never scale BSP's, I always use the brush size boxes....dunno if that matters
bronze dome
I never scale them too
warped tangle
yeah, then you should be good, just try to save it as a custom name and change the directory to save to just to see if that's an issue
vale silo
I wonder when 4.23.1 is scheduled to come out.. Issue tracker hasn't been active for some time :/
copper elk
I have steam advanced sessions and steam connects on my pc but not on another
tested this a while back but now it doesnt work, but I havent changed anything
scarlet birch
is steam running?
plush yew
umm
does anyone use PlayFab for Unreal
I couldnt find any discussion online so if there are people using it
copper elk
yes
plush yew
I would like to have a bit of insight of your thoughts
copper elk
@scarlet birch yes its running and everything
like steam friends and stuff like that works too
but not ingame
isnt there supposed to be a firewall message when starting the game?
it didnt have that
regal mulch
First time you connect to something, yeah
PlayFab uses HTTP Requests though, so that's probably not causing it
@copper elk
inland depot
Which is the best section to go to if you want to find like minded people to help make a game?
regal mulch
CHeck the pinned messages
inland depot
Okay. Thanks again.
sterile stream
anyone know why my animation keeps refreshing itself? https://imgur.com/a/9QqamSW
regal mulch
Because this Animation is meant to use as rootMotion I would assume
wary wave
looks like root motion indeed
ornate ice
Do you guys think will mixamo will eventually die
spark sonnet
Why would it?
ornate ice
cause Adobe is dropping support more and more
and has almost no roadmap
they even remove the feature to make anim packs
spark sonnet
I am interested in the auto rigging tool
warped tangle
I saw somebody made a semi-auto rigging tool for blender at some point
runic iron
If I have some time in the next years I'd be really interested to use machine/deep learning to try to build an auto rigger
spark sonnet
Hmu when its out : )
runic iron
Haha I work in the field but I'm not that good yet with 3D though, just a hobbyist
spark sonnet
machine learning is interesting tho, but complicated 🙂
runic iron
This gave me the idea actually, didn't have time to look at it yet though https://twitter.com/Michael_J_Black/status/1172389183706394624
Yeah they're a lot of interesting applications but you need a good math background
although some frameworks simplify the process but to get most it math + programming skills are mandatory
patent ibex
why when i move animations to different folder my blendspace loses reference to animations and everything gets screwed up?
coral folio
Hey peeps ! Anybody know if there are any benefits using virtual texturing in combination with the vertex animation tool ??
Basically I have a simulation in Houdini and instead of using alembic I want to use the shader vertex displacement .... but I k now this have some limits in terms of the texture resolution of the simulation.... due to direct x
But maybe that where the power of virtual texturing comes in handy ? Having pretty much unlimited resolution I can use would that mean that I can export the texture of the simulation at very big scale ?
plush yew
ints are lighter than floats right?
I know its probably negligible but in a scenario where I can swap a float for an int I technically should, shouldn't I?
rotund scroll
generally yeah
ints are generally 8 bit whereas floats start out at 16
doubles are 32
half is 4, long is 16
ashen eagle
Dumb question incoming. When I "Get all actors of class" and I get the base class, does this also return the children of that class? In other words, I typically have a base blueprint, from which i derive off of, is it safe to get the base and assume the derived classes will be returned as well?
manic pawn
yes
rotund scroll
keep in mind that get all actors of class can be a very expensive operation, so it might be worth it to look for cheaper alternatives
manic pawn
int and float are both 32 bit 
dim plover
ints are generally 8 bit whereas floats start out at 16
doubles are 32
half is 4, long is 16
This doesn't sound right
manic pawn
you can't represent 65535 with 8 bits either
rotund scroll
it's 2 bytes, so 16 bit
uneven fractal
so it seems like it's not possible to replicate foliage respawning purely through bp that's unfortunate
loud knoll
Linear color curves now accurately handle RGB values > 1. If you were relying on HSV clamping, please update CurveLinearColor_0 Trying to figure what is causing this warning
Happening in 4.23 since I converted the project over from 4.20 my only warning remaining.
proud verge
Hi guys, about the Epic MegaGrants, in case Epic chooses you, does Epic sends you a contract or something as proof of funds to prevent banks from holding funds? for example, in my country a wire transfer for as little as 5K has lots of requerimets, for example: contracts, a custom letter to the bank explaining why Epic or company sending money is sending this money, some banks require this letter and contract to be in an specific language, for example, in my country most require everything in Spanish, if this info is not send to the bank in no longer than 3 days from receiving the funds, the bank sends the money back, so, is there any procedure to follow if you are granted with any funds from UE and a place to have fast communication with Epic? because months ago, i was billed twice for 1 product i bought, i wrote to Epic to solv this problem, and they responded me back 3 weeks after....LOL
plush yew
Is anyone here familiar with the League of Legends health bars? they're segmented so that they can maintain a universal health bar length while displaying different values based on the density of the segments. I'm taking a break from my AI to work on that type of health bar but I'm unsure how to proceed.
I feel like I'm moving in the right direction. The basic health bar still displays percent health, now I need to overlay another bar that is segmented in a way that reflects the total max health value that can adapt based on max health. I could definitely brute-force it and make several different overlays depending on predetermined max health values but I'm planning on having hundreds of potential max health values at any given time. So I'd need my overlay to be able to dynamically adapt based on the max health variable
ornate ice
Hey people one question if I have my character working fine with all my animations that are "in place" but now I'm about to use one that needs root motion to be turned on like "rolling" do I have to add the root bone to the TPose character right? Not to the animation.
The animation was downloaded from mixamo and what I did was upload my character to mixamo, auto rig it and then download it in TPose, next all the animations I download them without skin cause I already had the mes from the TPose one. So for this rolling animation i have to add the root bone to the TPose and not to the animation file right?
fallen marten
If the rolling animation is mixamo then you shouldn't have to add anything to the character mesh, As the skel and animation should match. Go to your anim BP and down on the right there is an option to get root motion and has a few values. Root motion from montages should get it working
plush yew
I could just divide my max health by the length I want segments to be and then create an individual segment on the bar for whatever that number is, but that doesn't seem efficient
fallen marten
Can you scale the bar on the widget
plush yew
does Ue4 have support for PS4 controllers?
sonic pagoda
@plush yew so a couple of things with that is, windows does not have support for ps4 controller [because Microsoft vs Sony], with the workarounds being either install InputMapper[free], or you can actually add unreal engine as a steam program, and launch ue4 from there (i know the irony of it) and the ps4 controller will actually work like that.. if you use a MAC however, the ps4 controller will just work magically in unreal engine
ornate ice
@fallen marten look thats what I was saying
the mesh moves
but the capsule stays behind
warped tangle
check your root motion settings
ornate ice
if I check root motion
the animation breaks
that's because UE4 is looking for a root bone
that mixamo don't include
warped tangle
yeah I add root bones to those
plush yew
Is there a node that does the opposite of append array?
warped tangle
remove item?
plush yew
yeah but for an entire array at a time
I can just set a for loop up but I realized that append exists so there might be an opposite node
warped tangle
you mean remove specific instances stored in an array from another array?
I think you can really only remove by index
plush yew
Yeah, so append array takes two arrays and adds their contents into one array. I'm trying to take one array, and subtract any overlapping contents from another array
warped tangle
foreach with remove item
plush yew
Oh okay, yeah today I remember seeing someone mention the append node and I feel like they mentioned the opposite of that but I could just be remembering wrong. I'll do the for loop for now
plush yew
Yeah I don't think its there I just have this vague memory of someone mentioning its existence earlier today. Oh well, looping isn't that big of a deal
what doesnt help is that this site: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Blueprints/UserGuide/Arrays/ArrayNodes/index.html
Doesn't even mention append, which suggests this mythical node could also be missing
ornate ice
Hey people anyone knows how to replace the animations skeleton?
ornate ice
OMG
so all my animations and character are fucked?
I need to reimport my character after
the root bone adition
but they all reference
barren coyote
Hey, for a character, what is the capsule component used for, and does it matter if the mesh is not enclosed by the capsule ?
ornate ice
the old character
warped tangle
@barren coyote The capsule will dictate the "floor" for the mesh. The feet don't affect that unless you have an IK system. So with that setup, your characters feet would be through the floor all the time
barren coyote
ok, what about top, sides etc?
warped tangle
think of the capsule as what constrains your mesh. So if the capsule is really short, your mesh would be able to walk through something that is meant to be crouched under
if it's too narrow, they'll be able to pass through very thin passageways that the mesh itself couldn't pass through
barren coyote
so like basic collision for the mesh
warped tangle
yep, the mesh doesn't really affect collisions with the world. There are ways to do that, but by default the capsule collision handles all that
so you want it to basically encapsulate your mesh
barren coyote
thanks 🙂
warped tangle
mmhmm
barren coyote
Can child BP's of an animation BP have their skeleton changed without breaking things? Predictably I am finding YES and NO answers on the internet
carmine scroll
Yes @barren coyote
barren coyote
Ok, the problem I have is my character using a child ANimBP does not animate, what might I have done wrong?
carmine scroll
why would you use a child bp tho? If your changing skeletons, have a new bp for it?
just copy the bp, but replace the skele
barren coyote
functions on event graph shared between them
carmine scroll
without it being a child
barren coyote
then when I make a change to my functions I need to edit 4 or 5 BP's
carmine scroll
tru
I dont ue open so i couldnt check the issue right now
or what your doing
but I know it can work
but I dont often do it
barren coyote
ok, I'll keep looking, thanks
carmine scroll
alrighty, gl
barren coyote
Ok, seems to be a bug, once I restated the editor the children of the AnimBP have no Anim graph.
So maybe they have to use the same anim graph, but that seems to defeat the purpose of children of the AnimBP
carmine scroll
huh, thats really weird
placid arrow
@carmine scroll nice nickname
😄
@barren coyote child anim bps never have an anim graph
you can only set properties on them that you have set as public from the parent
i had this same problem yesterday.
barren coyote
yeah, it only lets us modify the event graph, but what I want to do is share the event graph,
placid arrow
yeah it doesnt work like that 😦
what i did was create an interface, and add the interface to all copies of the anim bp
that way i can check if an anim bp has that interface, and share the code there
i consider it a bit hacky
barren coyote
cool idea 🙂
placid arrow
i have a root anim bp called "GenericMixamoAnimBP", that has a bunch of bools i can set in it to perform an animation, theres an animation event on each anim's end that clears the bool associated with it
i just attach that anim bp to any mixamo based skeletal mesh
you could do the same with the unreal skeleton, or anything really
the interface in my implementation is just getters and setters for those generic bools
so that regardless of what base class it is, you always have "GetIsAttacking" and "SetAttacking" on the anim bp and "it just works"
im adding magic to mine atm, its a bit of a pain because its a 3 step process... sheathe sword, cast spell, unsheathe sword, and can only be done when stationary... magic in my lore needs concentration, you can't cast a spell on the run
but meh, a bit off topic 😄
carmine scroll
thanks Brain lol. Have it for various reasons haha... Unfortunately people never google before asking weird questions here 😩
odd steppe
does Unreal Engine support DQ (Dual Quaternion) Skinning? the skinning when loops of vertices doesnt change size in between 2 bones when these bones bending. Regular skinning does squeezing of loops that in between bones, DQ skinning saves size of loops and just rotating loops...
mossy nymph
might have better responses in a more specialized channel #animation
plush yew
when i build the lighting of my level
mossy nymph
you need better cooling ^
tiny vigil
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