and 3 people got caught by it
#ue4-general
polar hawk
their emails have been scrubbed
and collection has been turned off again
and settings have been locked out
that shouldn't of ever happened
er, wait
you mean a different survey
next badger
yeah
polar hawk
no I didn't post across all channels because last time I did something like that I got told to stop
fierce tulip
thanks for mentioning Ale
polar hawk
instead it got #unreal-news'd
fierce tulip
x
normal burrow
How to post to news?
polar hawk
by begging
warped tangle
lol
next badger
yeah, i mean something like "COMPLETE THE OFFICIAL SURVEY AND GET 10 DALLARS, link on #unreal-news "
shadow portal
@runic iron cheers
fierce tulip
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/930936/material-function-1.html
ffs I replied to that person on that twitter thread, in detail.
He deletes the tweet asking what they do, deleting my answers, and now posts it on AH
lime gull
After my walking animation finishes (only for left and down) it gets offset by 1 pixel, is that the sprites themselves, or can I fix that in unreal?
sudden agate
unreal engine youtube videos 
lime gull
Depends on who it is
polar hawk
if thats how you feel lol
shoutout to the one dude from the real time vfx discord lol
warped tangle
Does setting a textures max in game size in editor reduce the texture streaming overhead, or does it need to be resized for it to reduce it's effect on the streaming pool
fierce tulip
@polar hawk you are welcome :p
buoyant viper
Anyone who uses blender for animations here?
next badger
@sudden agate that includes stream recaps, means ones with Aaron, Ryan, Wyeth, Mike Fricker
also GDC talks
@buoyant viper #animation maybe
stream with Chris was also quite good
grim ore
where are you trying to set this at?
i think you are trying to set it on the value but are trying to set it in the incorrect place, you bound to the wrong thing
haughty knot
hey i need some more help
i cant seem to package a dlc from another project to use with the original project
hushed brook
Does anyone know if I can set Unreal up to take screenshots from a set camera automatically and save it to drive? While just working in the engine. To get lots of wips and so on.
fierce tulip
you can prolly set up a blutility thing for that.
I often just created a second viewport on a seperate screen that was recorded by obs
hushed brook
The hard thing is doing it outside of runtime, but I guess the easiest way would just be to let windows capture a selected window at set intervals
fierce tulip
im sure someone could explain how to set up a blueprint (blutility) to do a screenshot from camera X every Y seconds or so
grim ore
can it be done? to the launcher!
calm widget
anyone can give me some directions? i made a depth fade material, very simple which works nice from the front. but not from the side, not sure how to go about that.
light coyote
The mesh sticks out
Try using a fresnel node
And do the same thing, but with a Fresnel
Check out some tut, cause Fresnel can be a triki one
spare sun
does incredibuild have an impact even without multiple agents?
grim ore
damn. When you take a high res screenshot using a separate camera (not the viewport) using the node it snaps to that camera whenever it takes it...
midnight sparrow
Hey guys, would someone with 3DSmax be so kind and export a simple scene to FBX? I just downloaded an asset from turbosquid and there is no other format.
spare sun
nvm I suppose it wont
radiant haven
ppl
how can i add different screenratios to my UI?
dont understand this shit here
grim ore
did you read the docs for it?
grim ore
so are you trying to get different ratios, like 16:9, 16:10, 4:3 or different aspects like vertical and horizontal?
grim ore
ok so what does he have now and what did you test it on and did you use anchoring?
scaling is not going to help with what you are describing
charred bane
join servern för fan
radiant haven
and they have different aspect ratios
and I want taht my ui fits to the aspect ratiohn
like 4:3
...
...
and this is that my ui fits
like on 9:16 its like this
and normal is 16:9 like this
kindred crag
@calm widget is that supposed to be vanta black colour?
calm widget
i uh, not really. i just wanted a sort of fake but "extreme" occlusion effect inside the "hoodie"
pearl sonnet
ROAR that was good sleep
grim ore
@radiant haven you need to start using anchoring and assume they are using the crappiest ratio if you want it to work on most devices
and 9:16 ratio would be portrait so unless you are putting it in portrait you shouldn't need to worry about that
on super wide devices you will notice alot of the UI is anchored more in the middle with the sides being "fluff" like more background showing. Anchoring the game around the middle and then any extra stuff to the sides or corners is valid as long as you plan for the crappier ratios like 5:4 or 4:3
tropic pilot
hope you all can see and read the nodes in the picture! BUT my question is, is this a bad idea? i mean i have tested it and it works!
i just took the normal "For Each Loop" macro that is built in and made a new macro and added the "Delay" part to it so
and it works as i want it to
just wanted to hear if this was a big no no
grim ore
that seems to be something other people have done when they need the same thing. Just seems weird to need it if there is a way around it such as timers
buoyant viper
Somehow unreal ain't rendering this model correct
Not all panes are showing
They got a outline tho
abstract relic
Set the mat to two sided. If it shows up, you have bad normals
grim ore
your normals are flipped? the mat is not 2 sided? you forgot to export the mesh correctly?
calm widget
grim ore
in the material check the two sided box
or rotate the item in the viewport or look at it from the other side and does that side show up? if so it's the normal
you should fix it and turn on two sided anyways since it's grass lol
buoyant viper
Yep two ised works
unreal comet
I have a quick question about 4.23 destructable meshes. Am I not able to set the weight of the mesh anymore? It's light as a feather.
buoyant viper
Is it normal that with a material change it has to recompile a shader? @grim ore
radiant haven
how can I use a checkbox in main menu that affect the etnire game
buoyant viper
Every time i change a mat it got to compile ~19 shaders
radiant haven
Have a PostProcess in my Character BP and I want it turned off if the box in the menu is unchecked
grim ore
@buoyant viper it is very normal
buoyant viper
grim ore
once you get a material to how you want it but you just want to change values you can set it up to use parameters (change colors, glossiness, etc.) and use a material instance so then changes are instant and no more compiling
buoyant viper
Best grass 4 ever 🤣
radiant haven
@grim ore Anchors helped me out THX VERY MUCH
grim ore
@radiant haven you would have to set up something to check for that box and toggle it. Is this main menu open during gameplay? If so and you know the box is in the player tell the player to change it based on the new setting. If this main menu is before the player loads then I assume you load the settings somewhere just have the player check for it when it's done. You could get super fancy and have an event dispatcher for when the menu loads that the player listens to so when it closes they can reload any settings.
grim ore
sure you can
you can do anything you want lol, it's programming. That's what makes it programming
grim ore
well of course if you have a ball in your living room and you are in the backyard and you tell your dog "fetch" without telling it where the ball is he is going to not be able to do it.
calm widget
@buoyant viper @grim ore his compiling shaders tho takes far longer than it should. i've noticed that on my friends unreal as well. takes forever, tried the same project and it's pretty much instant. we dont have that much different hardware
grim ore
same thing with what you are doing
@calm widget do you have incredibuild installed?
or uh whoever has the slowdown do they have it installed lol
calm widget
dont know what that is. so i dont think so
grim ore
its part of visual studio and people click it and then it breaks stuff like compiling
radiant haven
this is waht i want
but its in the mainmenu UI and it only works if I am in the mainmenu
if i go int o another level it wont load cause UE forgot this fucntion
grim ore
ok so it sounds like there are a few issues.
radiant haven
This is now in the MainMenu UI and the UI is only called in the MM Level
thats the problem
grim ore
the first being you never save your options so the player can load them later?
grim ore
you said you have an option in the main menu to do something
radiant haven
no
grim ore
you never save it, the player has to change it EVERY time they play?
radiant haven
acutally yes
grim ore
well you can work on fixing that, that has got to be annoying, then once you save your settings you can load them up in any level later
grim ore
or you can save your value for that option in your Game Instance and then the player when it loads can check that value and do something. Game Instance loads up when the game starts and ends when the game ends, it stays around during level changes
the Save Game object and system is for saving and loading up stuff, yep.
fierce tulip
if its png, try tga
buoyant viper
tga?
buoyant viper
And yes its a png
radiant haven
fierce tulip
photoshop png does not properly play with alpha channel generally
radiant haven
for me it does
fierce tulip
lol
buoyant viper
radiant haven
@grim ore are game instances called everytime?
grim ore
@buoyant viper did you set up your material to use translucency and plug in the alpha from the texture?
radiant haven
and how do i do it then?
grim ore
I did just that with a surface material and it worked fine, you seem to have something else for your material type
buoyant viper
grim ore
The Game Instance is just an object that exists at runtime, you can get it from anywhere using get game instance
yeah you used masked not translucent, and if you use masked it goes in opacity mask not opacity
so translucent -> opacity or masked -> opacity mask
dark depot
@buoyant viper you need to use the opacity mask
light coyote
May it be called EventBeginGame😅
buoyant viper
How?
dark depot
when you have subsurface on the opacity plug starts to be for that and not
grim ore
plug .. it... in!
dark depot
^
grim ore
you plugged it into the opacity, move it to the mask instead
dark depot
it right below it
grim ore
its the fact you chose Masked for the blend mode on the left
dark depot
opacity masked
grim ore
materials are hard once you start screwing around with options. stuff just randomly moves and starts working or stops working lol
dark depot
opacity changes what it is for when in masked and foliage
buoyant viper
ty!
calm widget
can i stop skeletal mesh from automatically playing animation in blueprint? got same problem in skeletal mesh window when previewing an animation, there's no button to return to pose
grim ore
whooo... looking forward to this https://twitter.com/UnrealEngine/status/1187091336668893184
calm widget
is... is he dabbing?
dark depot
there is a button to pause anims
light coyote
I like working in additive.
Instead of using an extra chanel everytime i can.
I belive it just gets the current calculation for the pixel and adds 0,, so nothing happens, i belive its cheaper.
next badger
additive animation or material?
light coyote
Material mode
next badger
but additive is translucent...
dark depot
thats going to have different uses then something you would use masked on
next badger
masked is opaque
just to be clear, opaque rendered in main pass...translucency in a separate pass
light coyote
They are diffrences wich i have not looked up yet between, masked, additive, translucent.
dark depot
additive is more like translucent
you would never use it on grass tho
unless you want a blurry mess
serene birch
masked is opaque : each pixel you actually draw 100% replaces whatever was behind it
calm widget
@dark depot hm it works in blueprint, still have same problem when previewing animation in skeletal mesh window tho. i know i've seen a return to pose button before, but it's not there
serene birch
translucent is when the pixels you draw blend their colors with what was behind them
next badger
@serene birch yeah, but it has more benefits, like it can be lit, and it has depth, and it can be used with decals
serene birch
there are multiple ways to blend: additive, multiplicative, other but they are all "translucent pass"
dark depot
they mean the additive mode
dark depot
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/Materials/MaterialProperties/BlendModes/index.html covers it all for anyone interested
grim ore
but.. reading
someone needs to put all of that on tape so I can listen to it on my walkman
dark depot
.... lets look up to see if this is a WTF on this for those people 😉
grim ore
oh there is definitely not lol, art is hard for me 😦
light coyote
I want to read it, but not now,, lazyness got me xd
grim ore
I literally don't even think I understood the actual rendering difference between opaque and translucent until you guys just explained it lol
replacing rather than blending heh
pearl sonnet
no MathewW we need more of your videos on academy
light coyote
Anyway i can save msg for later in discord app ?
dark depot
i can resend it every hour tagging you if you want... or you can just message yourself
grim ore
@pearl sonnet soo.... about that.... 😉 also it's not academy anymore lol
pearl sonnet
lol
dark depot
oh didnt know they changed the name
there needs to be like an email or something that messages when new stuff is uploaded
didnt realize they added some newer things that are not all beginner
light coyote
Cant figure out how to send it to myself.
Can someone DM to me ?
dark depot
you can also just search the docs
next badger
@dark depot it looks like page is missing few modes
grim ore
yep the "unreal online learning" stuff is being worked on, they know they need notifications and a new thingy working better. thingy to show you what is new easier... lol
light coyote
@dark depot yes, but its just handi
dark depot
yeah i like the whole setup of the site just having to remember to go to see if they added anything is weird
grim ore
the issue with that right now is if you are an artist you dont care about new videos on sound design. Allowing people to set up what they want to learn about and identifying that stuf easier is a goal.
poor website is a baby and having serious teething issues heh
dark depot
yeah that makes sense it also adds more work to setup an email list + collecting what is added and all that
pearl sonnet
maybe make categories and people can upload their own, approval and voting system
ofc you lose quality control
dark depot
i really like how the course stuff works though i think when you download unreal it should have a link to getting started for new people
grim ore
I know they are trying and they have people working on it we just have to wait and give feedback and suggestions 🙂
pearl sonnet
i'd imagine it takes a lot of preparation and thought to put them all together by epic
grim ore
there... is.... so..... much.............
pearl sonnet
for sure
grim ore
I just slap bang stuff together for my channel. Doing it for Epic is an.... Epic task 😛
pearl sonnet
lol perfect choice of words
grim ore
and it's harder than at first thought because you have to plan for translation as well
pearl sonnet
you're on youtube Mathew?
grim ore
I am on the YouTube, the link is in my profile
pearl sonnet
sweet, thanks
dark depot
most biz stuff is like that. like people can complain about learning sources or other things but the amount that any company normally does is alot more then just what a person does
grim ore
oh nice the profile has links right to youtube now
pearl sonnet
ya lol
dark depot
i was in film before games and the amount of times i saw someone be like like they are terrible at this when x or y can do it cheaper and its like NO the scale is multiplied 1000%
pearl sonnet
different worlds
light coyote
I want to do just that,, a beginers guide starting from not knowing what cntrZ(me 3 yrs ago) is, to getting to know how to search the solution to your own problems.
I think that is the main issue when starting.
You dont know exactly what to search, and is frustrating unless you have a teacher.
That is why i did not find Mathews videos until half the way. Did not know to search certain things i wanted to do.
pearl sonnet
true
and after you start to understand things
the biggest problem is, if you're artistically impaired like myself, that you have no assets to work with lol
next badger
AlphaHoldout from 4.23
dark depot
ohhh i didnt play with that yet....
next badger
it overrides alpha from translucent objects
the cubes here are translucent (but with 1.0 opacity)
light coyote
@pearl sonnet I have a little bit of art skill, but i had to do it wether i liked it or not xD
pearl sonnet
i just cant force my brain to do it brother
you can be skeptical and cynical of code but still produce but looks good and feels good to me are always -1 when i try to go artsy
and i end up staring a day at my screen
light coyote
Im more of an artist than programer.
But.
Artists are becoming more programers and viceversa, or that is the feeling i have with regards to unreal.
pearl sonnet
yea also times change
although that could be strongly subjective
10, 15 years ago i'd know so many people doing so many different things
one programs, the other is an audiophile another loves to model 3d
these days i'd have to learn it all myself, which im too old and rusty for
connectedness and communities should be stronger than ever but i don't see it 😛
light coyote
@pearl sonnet i would say you are much more capable of copying another thing than you actualy think.
Like my first task was to copy a megaman, and i was amazed that i could actualy do it.
I was a draw stick man person
pearl sonnet
hell, i tried a stick man, got annoyed with my mouse and spent a week pondering over buying a drawing pad before i thought as if that's gonna make an artist 😄
light coyote
No no
Paper first
Generaly speaking tablets have a trust issue to us
In paper is intrinsic where you are going to draw, and you may turn the paper, or bend your arm or whatever, to draw something in a more confortable/confident way.
.
With digital tablets,, unless you have one with a screen, that relation is broken.
You are forced to trial and error cntrZ test to know where you are = i dont like that.
pearl sonnet
true, i'd have a full time job ctrlZ-ing lmao
light coyote
😂
pearl sonnet
could get a good deal for a cintique tho
the pro 16 with screen i think it was for like 400$ with a stand
the benefit of having your stuff digital and ready to import is cool
and you could use it for sculpting too
light coyote
Look up at Gaomon
pearl sonnet
doesnt magically give you the skillset to make something pretty or hell, even what you need xD
id start with a little guy but the allways turn intobfat monsters
haha
light coyote
XDDD
Good ones are expensive.
I have the Gaomon pd1560 wich quality/price is a prety good deal.
My first tablet was a 45€ from aliexpress.
Good to get the cheap thing to test and play before.
buoyant viper
How can i paint my grass to the terrain?
pearl sonnet
yea maybe just to test for starters
calm widget
pearl sonnet
was 2019 cintiq 16
just found the website but now its for 550
light coyote
@pearl sonnet battery died.
Yes, its worth a try for 40bucks.
Maybe you crash it against the wall after a week xD
pearl sonnet
40 bucks doesnt hurt as much
next badger
just made a hack for translucent object
light coyote
?
next badger
since translucency is always rendered above main pass, you can just mash 2 meshes together
translucent meshes removed from main pass anyway
main pass is masked
i'm not using TAA masking
just texture with noise
taa causes smearing
pearl sonnet
might seem pointless but its probably a better wat to spend your time than driving circles
way*
😂
next badger
it is lit, and it has shadow
you can;t do those 2 things for any translucent objects
pearl sonnet
russkaya sandhackbox
pearl wigeon
god damn it
i deleted a redirect to my character controller
it deleted the character controller
next badger
from explorer?
abstract relic
Time to pull from your repo 🤷♀️
pearl wigeon
it showed in the delete menu
asked do i want to change the redirector or delete
pressed force delete
pop, character controller is also gone
unless i'm misunderstanding what the menu was asking
next badger
delete menu?
pearl wigeon
when you delete something
anyway yeah gotta do what high tide said and pull from my repo
but i gotta push the last commit first before I can pull from it
next badger
nah, it's a reference menu
pearl wigeon
alright
normal burrow
if you had a redirector you moved it
move the file back to where it was, named the same way sievaxx
next badger
meant the file you're trying to delete is used somewhere else, if you delete it it will remove it from the place it was used in
next badger
it won't actually delete the referencing asset
you deleted the actual asset, what you expect?
normal burrow
so you deleted the original file?
normal burrow
may matter if you end up with two copies, but confused about what you actually deleted 😂
pearl wigeon
i was trying to rename the character controller as it had a typo
normal burrow
yea, was just saying if you name it back to have the typo again, and then fix it again again, it should re-make the redirector. if you deleted the redirector and the asset nothing you can do yea.
pearl wigeon
well github i would love if you told me which file or at least which files go over the limit instead of just telling me
abstract relic
worthy flame
i cant connect hit actor and im missing the world context object node
anyone know this?
pearl wigeon
do you want the actors location?
worthy flame
yes ill get it
pearl wigeon
drag from hit actor, get a "get actor location" node, connect vector to location input of emitter
worthy flame
this?
pearl wigeon
yes
oh shit i get it now, now i see why it won't let me pull the character controller from the local repo
lime gull
Im gonna try my best to explain this, but for making a 2.5 d game, how would i make it so when youre in front of something it renders in front, and when you go behind you render behind it
pearl wigeon
the project folder is the local repo
i deleted the character controller from the local repo when i deleted it from the editor
well, that's that sorted. now i have to make those 6 new functions all over again
this is going to be fun
lime gull
pearl wigeon
z order?
lime gull
But how do I change it when I need, it always renders the same
next badger
if they will have the same depth - you're can't do anything anyway...cause zfighting
i wonder if you're using translucent sprites
pearl wigeon
i don't understand why deleting files doesn't send them to the recycle bin
next badger
@pearl wigeon have you checked backup folder btw?
next badger
inside Saved
next badger
i have 0 clue how autosave works, but it also there
neat forge
How do you move the window when youre in playing mode?
Trying to learn replication but the windows are on top of each other and I cant get the mouse to leave the window to drag them apart
next badger
@neat forge f8 then move window
neat forge
Thank you!
pearl wigeon
thanks alexey
you just rename the file, getting rid of the date
and place it in it's original place in the content folder
shell compass
When using the Open Level node, there's a checkbox called "Absolute". Does anyone know exactly what options it refers to carrying over?
When should you use one or the other? Does it re-trigger beginplays on one and not the other due to keeping gamemodes and such or?
cosmic matrix
Hello,
New in animation (i m a programmer)
I want to know how does fps animation work
I don t know how to fit weapon animation and player hands animation.
next badger
generally you have animation of the hands for some weapon, then you use IK/aim offset to adjust the position of the hands
ue4 has complex rigging abilities, you can control almost any aspect of the animation, yet you have to make the controls yourself
animations controlled by animation blueprint
next badger
generally, yes, shotgun is quite different from pistol
cosmic matrix
yeah that one of my question ^^
cosmic matrix
But how can i make magazin i the hand
Do i need to animate magasine or the hand?
next badger
both
gun has own skeleton that handles the animation of each part, hands has own skeleton...you may use variety of tricks to bind bones to sockets etc
cosmic matrix
Oh ok
next badger
#animation may help you more on this topic
cosmic matrix
yeah i tried but there is no one
iron heath
Anynody know's how to play animation while simulating physics?
next badger
you mean on skeleton?
iron heath
Yes
next badger
bone(phys component) is either simulating physics, or animating, afaik not possible to do both
iron heath
When its simulating physics every bone that has a physics body ignores the animation
Are you sure?
next badger
COntent examples project has blending example
iron heath
In the "Advanced Locomotion System (Its on UE Marketplace)" the guy play a "Fall" Animation while simulating physics
@next badger Yes, but there they do it diferently, they use the Physical Animation Component
Thanks for helping through
next badger
iirc Advanced Locomotion System was free
cosmic cedar
hey guys... i've been trying to use the houdini plugin but my models are coming out bizarre..
polar hawk
Survey in #unreal-news is 10 responses short of 300
plush yew
Hello all, just wondering if when i finish making my fighting game, i can sell it to like steam or something?
I dont know how marketing or profits work
spare sun
ok
spare sun
@plush yew yes, you can put it on steam and the similar. You'll have to pay to place the game on their platform though. Afterwards you'll have to report the revenue to epic if ur making enough, but it's all in the guidelines.
plush yew
Hmm ok
But in order for me to make money i have to have multiplayer which i probably cant support due to tight money.
Any other options?
Like can i sell it for like a cheap price?
Maybe 1k for a game that will make maybe 5k or something
spare sun
wdym 1k
Steam publishing fee is like $100
median wigeon
Anyone have any experience with using the geometry cache in Unreal? I used it for another asset and had no issue. Now that I am doing it for this asset, no UV's are carrying over and no blendshapes.
quick gif of what I am trying to export to Unreal using Alembic cache in Maya: https://gyazo.com/0cedb9d0adf99962bdd6b0a316610ab9?fbclid=IwAR318JycLn7NyIYEvmMcGEzQCF9fchYm7PXXiMCLH6ZAggvn50ZSjMxHZwE
scarlet current
where would the best place to put the character attributes, in the character bp or some where else?
plain tiger
by Yun-Kun 06-02-2017, 03:37 PM
GameInstance (an object spawned when you launch the application and that remains the same until you close it)
GameMode (spawned when a level is loaded)
GameState (spawned by the gameMode)
PlayerState (spawned when a PlayerController is spawned = when a player arrives in the game)
You have to pay close attention to what you do and where you do it when coding a multiplayer game. When it comes to singleplayer, you can't really "have it wrong" except for GameInstance stuff.
But here are the general guidelines I follow:
GameInstance - Holds any non-pointer persistent variables (persistent means that you need to store in between two levels and that you don't need to store in a SaveGame)
GameMode - The overall game manager - starts and stops the current game space you're in, handles the GameStates and how they rotate - an example might be "King of the Hill"
GameState - Keeps track of every data relative to the current state of the game (timers, scores, winning team) that all players in the game need to know about, handles scripted events related to the state
PlayerController - HUD, Camera, Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad, Inputs calling actions on the Character.
PlayerCharacter - Actions in response of Controller's input + Holds personal infos and stats (Health, Ammo - but Ammo might on your Weapon Class if you can switch Weapons).
PlayerState - Holds every variable non related to the PlayerCharacter that needs to be known by everyone (best scores, current killing streak, player name...).
lime gull
I have a weird bug with my 2d character, where whenever I walk into a corner or a wall ill get shot down, or bounced away (most likely due to the collision) any way to fix this?
Heres a vid of what im talking about
plush yew
Guys ive been trying to add a move to my character but have done absolutely nothing lol
Background info: a fighting game, so im trying to make my char throw a shuriken
sudden agate
@shell compass absolute is meant for the options you provide with Open Level. Absolute means it replaces the existing options string. If it is turned off, it adds the options (thus existing options are still present)
scarlet current
thank you @plain tiger very much that really help me out
fierce tulip
might have to press escape, or restart ue4 if the window-grab thingy is active and wont let go
celest ice
ahh.. lemme try
celest ice
@fierce tulip yeah restarting worked.. thanks!
fierce tulip
sweet
celest ice
what can i do so that when i start the game the player see from the camera on the right and not from the camera on the left???
anyone??
fringe olive
I did the pickup/switch weapons
celest ice
@fierce tulip why is it that when i start the game, the view gets stuck on the same camera i used for showing the menu background??
dire sentinel
how do i post in the looking for work channel?
warped tangle
check the pinned messages
dire sentinel
thx
worthy flame
is there a way to make a node that applies to all(players and AI) if they colide with a box it does the same thing to them?
fierce tulip
because different fileformats.
buoyant viper
Now not all meshes are showing up.
The crap
Nvm two sided isnt selected i guess
shell compass
@sudden agate Ah that makes sense, thanks!
wary wave
looking for the documentation that describes functions when initialising a new player, but can't find it - anyone have any idea?
tame delta
Deleting 1000 actors take about 5 minutes (where the engine completely freezes, before showing a loading bar for another minute).
Merging 1000 actors in place and ticking "Replace actors" removes all those actors and spawns a new one (that can be easily deleted) in about 10 seconds.
What gives?
I mean obviously those 10 seconds are used to actually merge the meshes, merge the material, set up the LOD and everything, so why can't the engine just delete actors as instantly as that? This has me confused.
rotund scroll
memory
and memory pointers
garbage collection takes longer than replacing pointers
just like in real life
honest vale
GC is deferred though, isn't it?
tame delta
Well, either way it's doing something that it's not doing when replacing assets 🤷
So I literally am just merging assets now whenever I need to delete them. The usual way people do it in datasmith is to delete the project and make a new one when you have too many actors. Because it's literally faster to reconvert huge CAD exports than it is to delete them.
rotund scroll
@honest vale it still has to mark all assets for collection though
harsh tiger
any idea why my zombies wont move when spawned
the 0 in the print string is player money
rotund scroll
given that those are the only two variables you have given, I can only assume they aren't moving because you are not paying them enough
harsh tiger
the player money is irrelevant to zombie movement
harsh tiger
the code is from a pack im using and its a mess
it has a follow target and that value gets set to none
rotund scroll
so you had the solution all this time?!
harsh tiger
an thats being fired on a tick which i dont think should be the case, this was working last time
serene birch
the green polygon is the navmesh I presume
it is weirdly shaped for that though, aka why doesn't it cover more of the ground?
harsh tiger
thats the nav mesh yeah an no cranz, even when the references is the fps char it wont move
serene birch
your Get Closest Character
harsh tiger
i have no clue man, its been fucked in multiple maps. im working on this project with someone else an he sent him content folder an the whole thing is a mess when i added it to mine
serene birch
doesn't look like it's connected at all to Is Valid
harsh tiger
it was, i disconnected it because the follow target was making it return is not valid
thats my main issue. as you can see it has a reference. but once it goes into the set it goes to none
stone oar
If it's not valid then is pending kill (or null and you see it's not null). That doesn't exists anymore. That would explain why you see that when you hover ClosestPlayerReference (as it exists but is pending kill, that doesn't happens immediately), but at it is deleted before you you have set it. Using isValid prevents that kind of problems. Being not valid it tells you that your problem is not in the code you shown, but somewhere else. You need to find out why ClosestPlayerReference is assumable in pending kill status. Check what is done to it before.
buoyant viper
Who knows a good tut on how to make grass?
harsh tiger
@stone oar i had a look at the references an didnt see anything. the only references to the ClosestPlayerReference is inside this function https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/quaer628/
stone oar
@harsh tiger So, it's not your code? Well, when I looked quickly there is one problem. I think you should not use ClosestPlayerReference. The code you shown doesn't clear that variable if players are not found. That's looks like an internal variable. So by using that you can get a reference to an actor that has been found much earlier (and is now pending kill) if you current frame has not closest player. The code on the other hand resets the variable FollowTarger properly, that is the variable you should use instead of ClosestPlayerReference. Use FollowTarget and remember that it can be null (so use that isValid). That should work.
harsh tiger
its not my code is the fpsk pack from the marketplace. im working on a project for someone an he used that pack as a base an building on top of it
wary wave
I wouldn't rely on the debugger, it's unreliable
grim ore
print string all the things!
stone oar
Naming in that method is little bit odd, as ClosestPlayerReference seems to be internal variable and ClosestPlayerDistance is supposed to be used from outside
wary wave
test it properly with branching and/or logging
yeah, good old fashion printing strings 😄
stone oar
😄
grim ore
seriously in the debugging course that may or may be coming to some certain UE4 website Print String debugging is the first debugging shown... because reasons
harsh tiger
im using 4.23 if that makes any difference
grim ore
as a simple question are the zombies even set up to use AI in the first place? AI controller, Possessed by the AI controller, etc?
harsh tiger
one thing i noticed is if i uncheck them boxes the zombies move, but its very gittery. but i think its because its on a tick for some reason
yeah they use ai controller mathew
grim ore
well that shouldnt be on tick....
and if you got them moving you atleast have something to fix now 🙂
harsh tiger
its the way it came set up. its super weird haha
grim ore
doesn't mean it's correct tho for your project, calling move on tick is... odd
harsh tiger
its working in his project, just not mine which is strange. might be to do with the nav mesh or something
midnight gate
so i have a svcore board when i play right? why is it in the main menu its only suposted to be in the levels no where else
grim ore
when do you create the score board
midnight gate
oh it was a game mode thing
i juts set the main menu level to a difrent game mode
anyways hows eveyone doin?
stone oar
@harsh tiger That uses also the FollowTarget, that's the variable to use
harsh tiger
stone oar
But in tick... You should call that only once and then again if needed when OnMoveFinished or OnMoveFailed
harsh tiger
omfg
https://gyazo.com/629020956d498af2a71237ff6cc00040 i added a do once node before the move to node...
stone oar
That would work, then you can reset the do once on either of those two conditions if needed
harsh tiger
im still not sure why the other guy decided to do it on a tick. but ill take it haha, thanks again
stone oar
Well, we are all learning. That marketplace code didn't impress me either
harsh tiger
from fpsk?
stone oar
Well, I saw just that one method, but naming and... what variables were visible outside
That one which set the FollowTarget
But there could be reasons for it
harsh tiger
GetCloestCharacter
yeah im sure it has a reason
but being a single player thing there will only ever be one character. so i dont see why it would need to check that
stone oar
When you die? Then the game could crash if there is no PC anymore
harsh tiger
im not sure how it handles death. something to make note of though thanks
stone oar
np
shrewd steppe
Is there any way to hotkey the fixup redirectors command
I find myself using it so much its a chore to constantly rightclick and find it in the context menu
harsh tiger
@stone oar i've got another problem
i took it off a tick but when that box is true then the AI just stand still. an if i uncheck it then they can move around
fierce tulip
or you know, find the right channel and ask the question
grim ore
@harsh tiger according to the interwebs the use pathfinding is supposed to use your nav mesh, if its failing with that checked but not failing with the other which is supposed to just use a straight line, then your nav mesh or AI agent setup might be bad
harsh tiger
i'll look into it. thank you!
gilded lichen
Hello, is there anyway to slow down a timeline, other than changing the overall length of the timeline?
as I have a target that moves left to right using a timeline and two points. What I want is when the player shoot a frost bolt at the target to slow down as if it was frozen
grim ore
@gilded lichen there is a "Play Rate" which determines as a multiplier how fast the timeline plays back it's timeline. 1.0 is the default
gilded lichen
is it just called 'play rate' is so I dont see it
grim ore
you would set or get it from the timeline component variable
lime gull
Does Anybody know a fix for this bug I have? In 2d, when going into a corner I get launched down. If not then Is there a way to disable certain buttons, like w a s d
Heres a video of my problem
grim ore
input event -> check boolean -> do action based on boolean
how are you moving the character? is this physics based with a capsule character?
silent phoenix
I have somewhere enabled something that looks like a debug option. I'm getting some sort of line vector that seems to display the speed and direction my pawn is traveling with. Any ideas on what I enabled? 🙂
"Spring Arm -> Draw Debug Lag Markers" success!
grim ore
a neato post about people who ask about mega grants stuff and tmiing and how https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/dls8kx/our_game_snacko_has_been_awarded_a_mega_grant_and/
cinder hearth
In what chat can I ask for help?
lime gull
@grim ore The movement is just the add movement input node, and it is a capsule component
grim ore
ok then yes you are using a character and collision so you are seeing expected behaviour. If you are trying to mimic more "non collision" based movement you need to rewrite it using a pawn and your own movement (adding to the current location, checking for collision, etc.)
you are seeing collision penetration and the engine forcing it out
lime gull
A fix that i learned for something like this from Gamemaker is whenever you hit a wall it stops you from moving until you go the opposite dirextion of the wall
Hence why I wanted to only allow movement in one direction based on trigger box collisions
grim ore
you can do that still
i mentioned it earlier, input event -> check boolean -> if boolean is ok then move if not do nothing
lime gull
I'm not at my computer right now to try and think of ideas but lemme see if I can sketch aomwthinf out
Oh wait
The movement input is an axis value, up and down are one node
So should i make 4 seperate ones?
grim ore
you can seperate them out to action nodes if you want or separate axis but you can still use booleans and if checks. Axis is going to be positive or negative depending on the direction so check of its > or < 0 and the boolean instead of just boolean. having up/down/left/right might? be the easiest tho in the end
lots of trying
lime gull
So the X is the main character and the 4 boxes are side trigger box collision components. I make 4 boolean values for each movement direction.
When the collision boxes come into contact with something itll turn off the respective Boolean value
and everytime I hit the move button, ill make sure to have a branch checking to make sure the respective boolean is on / off, and if its in contact then I will not add a movement input
I think and hope this works
Wish me luck all, Ill tell you the outcome : D
safe forge
yea sure that should work 😄
quasi star
Hi all, just wondering what is with the naming convention of the parent class here, why is the name repeated twice and what does the _C represent? class?
sudden agate
thats how blueprint classes are named internally
quasi star
So I was just looking to get a list of assets on startup using the asset registry, I've ended up using ItemAsset_C for the class name to search for, this is correct due to the asset data being defined in blueprint instead of C++?
midnight bolt
is it not possible to have staticmesh and material isntance in the same folder, sharing the same name?
grim ore
they would share the same file name so no, assetname.uasset so the assetname cannot be the same.
traditionally you would use a naming convention such as SM_assetname and MI_assetname to indicate the asset type
summer tendon
hi
is there away to capture voice from android phone
i just need to get voice volume only
lime gull
My plan worked flawlessly
vast fossil
what does get anim instance do ?
lime gull
And it killed 2 birds with one stone
livid portal
If I import a JPG roughness map (in this case from megascans), is there a setting to ensure ue4 doesnt bother storing RGBA, and recognizes that it only needs a single channel?
There's compressing settings in the texture properties, greyscale - but that lists R8, RGB8 and sRGB, so that seems like it doesnt try and store it only as a single 8bit channel
next badger
@vast fossil it's a montage code, probably deprecated
vast fossil
what do u mean deprecated ?
plush yew
Man i'm lost with cpp in Unreal , trying to make a simple grid but have no idea where to even start
grim ore
do you know C++ outside of UE4?
plush yew
No and i already know what you're going to stay, right now i'm trying to figure out a path to take once i learn the cpp
grim ore
do you know Blueprints in UE4 yet?
plush yew
Yes and i've zero intention to use them for core stuff
grim ore
then you will know what to do in C++ once you learn it. Every BP node has C++ behind it, prototype it in Blueprints to get the flow working then duplicate it in C++.
plush yew
That's not really helpful innit
grim ore
How is that not helpful
hidden heart
Yeah bit confused @plush yew
plush yew
Eh forget about it it's just easier to give up at this point
hidden heart
Ok
grim ore
Well that is true
summer tendon
thank you
gleaming creek
Is there a better way of checking if there's something solid in a particular location, other than doing a trace for 0.001 distance?
manic pawn
maybe overlap with a sphere?
gleaming creek
I want to check if an area (e.g. a cube) has any non-moveable solid things in it, in other words if the space is blocked
manic pawn
overlap with a cube of the size of the area
gleaming creek
I think the overlap functions are only for finding actors, rather than physics channels
Need to double-check that
runic iron
Does someone know what this SCS_Node is ? I tried fixing this two warnings but clicking on these don't do anything
late lake
I'm not knowledgeable enough to give advices, but isn't Sweep something related to that? @gleaming creek
manic pawn
sweep is like a trace but with a shape, so that is even worse
gleaming creek
With the mini-trace method, I also get weird results with geometry... which shouldn't matter too much as a final product should use static meshes anyway, but I use geometry for prototyping levels, so it's kind of annoying
(It thinks the areas inside solid sections of geo are empty)
manic pawn
triangle colliders are not solid (they collide at the surface only)
so you will not be able to detect being inside them in any way
unless a polygon of it intersects the area
gleaming creek
Hmm, annoying
late lake
I see
gleaming creek
I guess that counts for using per-poly collison as well
gleaming creek
Argh that screenshot, brown on brown
It's entirely possible that what I'm trying to do is infeasible, and probably crazy
I'm trying to use traces to map out which parts of the level are open space, and which are solid
stone oar
why not to use navigation mesh?
gleaming creek
It's not 3D
That's effectively what I want, but one that is not limited to the floor
I'm trying to use this to model the path of sounds through the level
stone oar
You mean static things blocks sound and you want to know where it is blocked?
gleaming creek
Exactly
stone oar
And not reflected from other objects to that blocked area?
gleaming creek
It would effectively be pathfinding
So the sound would take a longer route and be quieter
stone oar
so you would use pathfinding length for that, nice idea
sounds laborious, that must be gameplay feature in your game?
gleaming creek
Yes, I mostly don't want sounds to be heard through walls
I'd considered looking into Steam Audio
But I need to also apply this to my AI
stone oar
Sounds going through wall are too powerful (remembering times when I abused sounds heavily in CS)
gleaming creek
Since AI who can hear the player through walls would be really bad
Possibly the game with the best use of sound like this was Thief: The Dark Project, and it's kind of sad that it hasn't really been improved on in 20 years
They had to manually place the sound zones in the levels, built from manually placed cube volumes, and sometimes I wonder if that wouldn't still be the better idea
stone oar
Sound is generally not used enough. I have been developing for VR and it's usually very focused on visuals, but sounds can tell very much about the environment too
Your problem sounds a thing that must have some academic research on it
jolly frigate
hmm. anyone stream on mixer?
stone oar
Umm.. There is at least something using 3D grid (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6322750) Academic papers are behind the paywall, so you need to be a student/teacher/researcher to get most of them. Some are available for free.
lime gull
Anybody know a good and efficient way of making a text box like this?
also make it play a sound for each character that gets shown
gleaming creek
You'd use UMG
Should be a simple timer that copies the characters one at a time from the string it's been asked to display, to the string it's actually displaying
3D grid is one way, but I had turned off that because it needs a huge grid
Sound should be able to slip through pretty narrow gaps
And the number of cells in your grid becomes insane if you include that third dimension
Actually gave up on it after the engine started breaking my loops for being too long and it thought they were infinite loops
plush yew
Quick questions, since stuff using for loops in blueprints is more performance intensive do you just rebuild whatever uses those in c++ , do you make custom cpp stuff for the blueprints etc. What's the approach ?
gleaming creek
For loops should be fine in blueprints in the vast majority of cases
You'd only really care if you're doing something really intensive
stone oar
@gleaming creek have you played warframe? it seems that it uses 3D pathfinding which documentation is available
gleaming creek
Though as mentioned it can get a bit hairy if you try to do a million iterations in a loop
No, I haven't played that
dense gate
I personally use a combination of sphere traces with ForEach for a majority of my gameplay logic and it runs just fine on a laptop so I'd take that as smooth enough
stone oar
If you are interested, it's here (found it with google scholar):
https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/SOCS/SOCS18/paper/view/17964
Click the "pdf" at the bottom
Little bit heavy to read, but you might need to things by yourself as engine doesn't help you much
plush yew
Alright what about stuff requiring ticks? What are the alternatives?
gleaming creek
At a quick glance it looks like they're using voxels
Just generally try to avoid putting things in ticks unless necessary
Use timers and delays to make them run only as frequently as needed
plush yew
Alright
gleaming creek
That's not to say that you can't put a fair bit of processing into the tick event without getting noticeable slowdowns
But eventually it will start to effect performance so only put things that are necessary in there
heady lynx
So when you say timers and delays...where do you put them? On tick? I've been thinking of delaying execution of a function (every few ticks or so) but I didn't know where to do it except hooked up to on every tick.
gleaming creek
If you put a delay node in an ontick event
It will effectively mean that it will only tick that often
Because the delay blocks the tick from firing again until it's completed
(technically it just stops the path into the delay node from executing again until the delay has finished, IIRC)
stone oar
Would wiser to just change tick to be triggered on longer intervals in that case, it can be changed
heady lynx
How?
heady lynx
Ah, thank you both!
stone oar
It's actor based value, so you can set it slower for actors that don't need tick that often.
proper crane
"Please install the latest NVIDIA PhysX system software"
"NVIDIA installer cannot continue - same or newer version is present"
Wh-...
stone oar
And disable tick for actors that don't need it
proper crane
Wha-...
gleaming creek
One thing I've idly wondered is if having tick enabled on your actors, but without the node wired up, has a performance impact
I'd assume it's smart enough to just not tick them at all if they're not wired up
heady lynx
Perfect
stone oar
I remember one livestream where it was instructed to disable tick if not needed
manic pawn
if the node exists, the function will exist and need to be called
so make sure to remove the node
stone oar
Don't know the effect though if unused
gleaming creek
But if you do have a tick event and you don't need it currently (e.g. it's only relevant when the actor is in a certain state), you should definitely disable tick until it's needed
For example I coded a door that needed a tick event while it was moving (to see if it had reached its target)
So I turned on the tick event when it started moving
heady lynx
Grayed out node that hasn't been hooked up shouldn't be called if they have any sense...but you never know what's under the hood
gleaming creek
and turned it off when it finished
Anyway, on my pathfinding/sound thing, my plan is to break the space up into 3D cells
Cubes of varying sizes, basically
dense gate
Aight, so I have a somewhat more abstract question than most
How would I go about allowing mod support in my project?
I can have a certain plugin I pak additionally and add to the installation, but how would I go about detecting it?
And especially whether that plugin contains additional character(s), map(s) or gamemode(s)
gleaming creek
That one's above my engine knowledge grade
@manic pawn BoxOverlapComponents actually does work, I'm foolish
I somehow assumed it would only check if the actor was inside the box, rather than checking its actual physics
manic pawn
it just uses the physx overlap query
lime gull
@gleaming creek How would I make it copy one letter at a time?
gleaming creek
Get Substring function on the string
Start index 0, length being the integer you're incrementing over time as you want it to display more
midnight bolt
would it be acceptable to batch rename staticmeshes in project folder, not in UE? they are not referenced anywhere, but do have set up material
hollow frost
@everyone Anybody here know how to make a call of duty loadout system in ue4?
All I found was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPUpRRRCxPw
grim ore
@midnight bolt it's never appropriate to manage your files outside of UE4 if you have a choice. You can try it but be prepared for weird stuff to happen if UE4 is bored.
grim ore
technically you can write a utility widget or blutility to handle it, the Editor Utility Widget was designed for this type of stuff
well python was and you can use that as well but the EUW can do it as well lol
light thunder
Does anyone here recommend anything for using as a work log?
ornate ice
Good jknighjt
pseudo inlet
peace!
ornate ice
is there a way to make UMG animation reusable
for example a hover state on a button
I want to reuse the animation
on other buttons
autumn elbow
Anyone know if celebrities own their likeness? Can I make Bruce Willis in my game and not get sued? (given I don't call him Bruce Willis or any of the characters he has played. )
lime gull
It depends I think
I guess if youre changing the name and stuff its okay, but im not up to dats with copyright laws
autumn elbow
I have to google lol
normal burrow
The question is flawed
autumn elbow
How so?
normal burrow
If your asking if you can put Willis in then it’s not merely likeness
ornate ice
People is there a way to expose
normal burrow
If it’s a generic looking McClane looking brute. Probably not an issue
ornate ice
a CustomWidget element to edit
in realtime
for example a CustomButton
that has a TextElement inside
I have a variable to update the Text Element that I'm setting on the construct pin
but the text only changes when I hit play
but while I'm on the editor it looks like this
quasi star
@ornate ice Use the PreConstruct event, this is fired in the widget editor so you won't need to play to see the text
plush yew
Hi! I was trying to build UE4 from source but it takes a lot of disk space. Currently it's taking 70 GBs and it's not yet completely built. Can anyone tell me how much disk space it needs after a full build?
hard hazel
it's around 81.8GB
plush yew
God Dayum! Thanks for the info @hard hazel
vast fossil
does anyone know what AnimationThumbnailSkeletalMeshActor is ?
its a blueprint but when compiling, It gives error
even if the pb is empty
desert lava
Is there any method to generate point cloud from a scene?
cursive dirge
@plush yew that value totally depends on ue4 version you use and if you're using git clone or just extracted files from a zip or if you've cloned and tried multiple versions without clearing ue4 deps folder in between etc
but yeah, it's going to be big anyway
plush yew
I followed the instructions from here:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Development/BuildingUnrealEngine/index.html
cursive dirge
I assume that tells you to clone the repo
cloud cobalt
A regular game project with a bit of content is going to use around that too quite quickly tbh
cursive dirge
I'd just recommend reserving few hundred gigs extra on fast ssd for ue4 work if you want it to go smoothly
fringe olive
plush yew
@cursive dirge that's right i forked and then cloned it
yeah it took almost like 85-86 GB of data on my drive
worthy flame
that looks nice @fringe olive
fringe olive
@worthy flame Thank you 🙂
worthy flame
also nice profile pic 
fringe olive
Oh, you mean Em?
worthy flame
yup
fringe olive
Haha yes 😄
autumn trout
Does packaging need Internet?
Guys, someone answers
Are there lessons for proper packaging to prevent mistakes?
fierce tulip
grim juniper
thin tendon
Does anyone know of any articles that explain why so many big games aren't being released to steam lately? I'm wondering if there is something I am missing and if I should start looking at other platforms.
manic pawn
why would they release them on steam, who charges an insane 30% tax, when they can sell them on their own platforms or the epic store for much less?
fierce tulip
^
thin tendon
Steam doesn't charge much if you fill out the paperwork properly. They are only charging me 15% but I guess if they have the money for thier own store it makes sense
manic pawn
no? everyone knows that the steam tax is 30%
thin tendon
Not if your country has a tax treaty with the us
manic pawn
I am talking about the 30% you are losing to valve not your personal income tax
thin tendon
Sounds like I need to double check this. They gave the impression they were only taking 15%
manic pawn
when using unreal engine, you will lose 12% when using the epic store and 35% when using steam
so, there's why
fierce tulip
@manic pawn not to mention epic might be giving a bonus (or more) for timed exclusives
thin tendon
Well that sounds a ton better. But I messaged Unreal months ago and still haven't heard back
stone oar
Tax and Steam cut are two different things
thin tendon
Yeah I just checked you guys are right they are two seperate amounts
Wow didn't realise how much I was paying them for them to do nothing
abstract relic
That’s the general feeling for most developers
thin tendon
Thanks guys it makes perfect sense now
stone oar
Only good thing is that it's guaranteed that you can release a game, pay $99 and it's released
thin tendon
Is microsoft any better then Steam? They already expressed interest in me moving the game there
stone oar
And... in case of VR you know that your customers have Steam and use it
Who really buy games from Microsoft Store? Casuals maybe...
thin tendon
hmm got me thinking now
manic pawn
most players won't give a shit where they're buying the game, the problem is them knowing about its existence in the first place
stone oar
It depends on what kind of game you have. Lot's of small indie (platformers) are released on itch.io. Those probably don't make back that Steams $99 and are too small for Epic Store
It's like groceries, I don't care where I got my milk, but it's unlikely that I buy a milk from a store I never visit
thin tendon
I don't think my game is big enough for Epic and as for Steam I have already made way more then the $100 back. It might be worth sticking with Steam until I catch Epic's eye
cloud cobalt
If you released on Steam already, Epic won't care
thin tendon
Yeah but I think right now they are only taking games that are somewhat popular already
cloud cobalt
They are only taking the 1% most wishlisted titles on Steam really
if they agree to exclusivity
thin tendon
ohh wow
manic pawn
that plus a bunch of random ones
thin tendon
extremely selective
manic pawn
can't tell me that many people wishlisted this https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/flower/home
manic pawn
(that game is actually very nice)
stone oar
That was a bundle, from same developers that made Journey
They get Journey as PC exclusive and their older games on side with it
thin tendon
ahh ok makes sense
fierce tulip
uhd journey ftw
stone oar
Journey is really one of the best games ever made.. I think. The game that is most Art that games can be
thin tendon
I'm going to have to look this game up now
fierce tulip
also the game that gave me the most feelz
thin tendon
It definately has a cool art style
stone oar
I haven't played that PC version, so I don't know how the games "special feature" works in PC, only played it in PS4
manic pawn
apparently it's a crappy, laggy port
queen peak
Hi! Is there a way to have my mesh particles react to motion blur from the camera? I'm testing out a one shot explosion and want the debris that gets fired out to have some nice motion blurring I can capture from a render sequence. The camera is stationary and when I apply effects like Bloom they show up in the cinematic veiwport just fine but MB just doesn't seem to display at all. Anyone have an idea as to why?
fierce tulip
hmm, dont think there is a good way still for mesh particles. though you could look into the previousFrameSwitch (material node) or try to get a smearframe material thing.
ha lol
S-ed said the same thing
polar hawk
Something I didn't expect
non-professionals want faster paced content
professionals want slower paced content
fierce tulip
O_o
i kinda expected that
non-pro's want it done asap
pro's want it to be clear so they can do it right the first time and not bish it does not work because rushjob
polar hawk
yet its mostly from pros I hear "put that video on 2x"
fierce tulip
so ffin annoying to follow a vid tutorial only to skip back a minute because its too fast
O_o
if its just info, prolly. if its visually guides things.. slow pelase (for me)
polar hawk
slower pacing also implies covering more basic/fundamental things, instead of moving on
which is directly reflected in the numbers of mathew vs virtus awareness
and their youtube subscriber counts
ahhhhh
im never doing a survey like this again
fierce tulip
hehe
stone oar
I remember when I watched Unreal Tutorials around 4 years ago. Those very slow, 10 minutes of a simple thing. Then after X videos instructor changed and there was a short video of like 1.5 min full of facts
fierce tulip
i notice a trend in vfx tuts itself too though. people rather follow flashy crappy ones, than detailed thorrough gameready ones
stone oar
I liked the shorter one, of course I needed to go back or pause, but it was easier when there wasn't 8 minutes on common things in it
fierce tulip
same with epic livestream stuff showcasing new things.
be about one or two things you want em to go waaaay more in-depth in
stone oar
I rarely watch them live, because I wan't to go with different speed
fierce tulip
sadly I go to the gym those days, so cant follow along live
stone oar
Time would be perfect here, 9pm. Late night coding
polar hawk
I'm running into various walls that require more knowledge about statistics than I have
fierce tulip
O_o
i wonder how people who understand what has been said (professionals) claim its not accurate.
"a positive value in B (RGB - 0,0,100) into the worldpos will move the vertices 100 units up.
"people range this accuracy from 1-10" wut
stone oar
You can't say how accurate something is unless you know it already. So accuracy in teaching materials... If subject is about C++ and teacher speaks about C's character array, then it's not accurate, but how many noticed? (that happened to me real life, I was the one who asked why we are not using strings?)
pearl sonnet
reminds me of a tom scotts talk about how google AI can determine truth from fact
the interweb says so
keep it real 😛
wary wave
I literally never use video tutorials
it is simply not worth my time trying to scrub through the fecking things trying to scrape the tidbits of information you're actually looking for
pearl sonnet
eh, they're inspirational
most of them are copy pasta parrotted stuff anyway
stone oar
It's also hard to reference later "that thing was said in a video.. but in which video and what time?"
pearl sonnet
not many people actually know the technicalities and what they could or should be doing
just getting views
fierce tulip
some of my older videos make me cringe hehe
even removed some because I now know better
fierce tulip
i wish i could read source code :p
pearl sonnet
lol there's more to tutorial videos than just raw fact
grave nebula
Surprised by amount of people leaning on video tutorials.
Especially in professional part.
pearl sonnet
it's more entertaining,
shows a use-case,
if you're an absolute beginner it shows the bells and whistles of the actual working environment
dont think anyone can deny the appeal of some background music and following along
but ofcourse the educational quality/value is more often lower than say engine docs 😛
cloud cobalt
I'm not surprised, though obviously disappointed that lots of pros would rely on video
polar hawk
remember, pros are non-pros with jobs
cloud cobalt
And I would absolutely deny that music and stuff like that has any appeal to me
No question
fierce tulip
lol
grave nebula
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cloud cobalt
Please give me the info as fast and accurately at possible with no added sugar
(why I don't watch video)
pearl sonnet
haha 😛
there's just more to connect in your brain when you see stuff in a use-case
the music... yea that's just to make it feel good for majority
which could help learning tho tbh
its kinda hypnotising to most, so you focus better
fierce tulip
it might depend on what you are learning.
If I want technical details I want to read
If I want to learn about artistic side of vfx, i'd like to see it visually as well.
cloud cobalt
Yeah, I'm sure people on the art side are more sensitive to video
Videos on code is just... not something i'm ever going to do 😛
fierce tulip
XD
polar hawk
with this logic, it is sound that an engineering biased survey would lean more towards non-video methods and an art biased survey would lean more towards video methods, right?
fierce tulip
3 hour hello world tut
cloud cobalt
Yes Allar I agree
fierce tulip
I think so @polar hawk though a survey might be needed :p
cloud cobalt
But also younger people watch a whole lot more video
My proportion of video view is like 0.1% - when no other resource exist basically
grave nebula
Show preferred method by occupation pl0x.
pearl sonnet
what i think biased your results are who are classified as pro or dud 😛
fierce tulip
i expected waaaay more env art/ld's
manic pawn
y is the blue part on the left now
pearl sonnet
someone who has no need to get familiar with tooling or the software can focus mainly on applying code
polar hawk
you have no idea how much I strugged just to get the coloring the same lol
grave nebula
shame that stacked cats and not well represented.
cloud cobalt
I understood that reference
light thunder
Does anyone here recommend anything for using as a work log? Some Game Development progress log/planning
polar hawk
@manic pawn when im done all source material will be released so people better at organizing information can do it if they desire
i've learned I hate data
also
inherent problem with self reporting of skill
pearl sonnet
people are prone to overestimating themselves 😛
grave nebula
Pros. Pros everywhere.
pearl sonnet
yea