clamp the value. Its already got a min/max. It's a normalised scaling value. 0-1. You scale the conversion and clamp it based on percentage of the slider
#ue4-general
kindred viper
next badger
How to remove that? Not delete (cause it will break the connection)
copper elk
delete it and then connect again
vivid narwhal
afaik the only way is to reconnect
manic pawn
if you're using 4.24, shift+delete
next badger
@manic pawn i've tried 🙂 not working
manic pawn
rip, did they forget to hook it up for reroutes?
copper elk
there is no text box in there...
a combo box on its own lmao
Ik how to normally align but its different for a combo box
rancid juniper
i was able to get a bit more detail about my issue in this crash screen
timid jacinth
How do I let the client possess a pawn in multiplayer
It works on server but not client
cloud cobalt
You'll need to ask the server to do it for you
timid jacinth
How do i do that
cloud cobalt
Function that runs on the server.
timid jacinth
dim plover
You shouldn't call Possess on the client.
exotic thicket
Any math wizards happen to know how to rotate an actor along its local axis? Ie. apply N yaw along its own up axis rather than the world up axis... I almost have it with transforms and transforming rotations but can't quite get it right...
I figure this has to be really simple if you've done 3D stuff before :P
timid jacinth
How do I get it to call for client without calling it
dim plover
I think there's already something that converts world rotation/location to relative. I forgot where.
exotic thicket
yeah my almost-works solution uses the actor's transform to transform rotation, which gets it turning into mostly the correct direction
dim plover
It already replicates down, somehow. Just call it from the server. The client will eventually do it automatically.
exotic thicket
but depending on what orientation the actor is in, it doesn't always quite turn correctly
dim plover
Well, that authority check to call a ServerRPC doesn't really make sense.
timid jacinth
so i remove it?
dim plover
Probably. I don't have the full context.
dim plover
GetPlayerController 0 being called on the server will only ever affect PlayerController 0, which you probably don't want to do.
timid jacinth
So I let it do any player index
dim plover
Target self should be right.
timid jacinth
dim plover
Oh, get the controlling player controller of the class you're in.
Something like GetController of the Pawn, or something.
dim plover
What class are you in?
timid jacinth
level bp
dim plover
Okay, weird... but if you really just want it to work now.
If it's called on a client, you can call GetPlayerController 0, and have the RPC take a PlayerController input.
But... I don't think LevelBPs replicate anyway, so that RPC would never get sent to the server.
zealous spear
So you guys have any idea how to add EAC to your game, i guess you need to talk to them...?
knotty summit
Hello guys, do you have any problem with Physic Materials on Landscape on 4.24? I've upgraded my project to 4.24 and all the footstep sounds are gone now. Luckly I have 4.23 project files but I want to ensure everyone has this problem.
knotty summit
Interesting, what could cause this problem 🤔
dense edge
@knotty summit I could be wrong but I think there might be some bugs with landscape. Displacement doesn't work for me.
Thanks. Maybe there's something I'm missing.
knotty summit
I'm using linetrace too. Here is a small video that shows the problem; @plush yew
Is it similar with your blueprints? I'll verify the engine if it is
thank you for taking your time, it looks like i'll verify the files. hope it will fix the issue
small pewter
Hi everyone, i want to create a level editor inside UE4, and first i need to create the kind of menu that's in the bottom of the screen containing the assets to drag in the scene, and the option to drag/drop these asset on the scene (then to move it, scale it, rotate it,...) like the games : SIMS 4, Planet Zoo, ... (Shown by the yellow color on the screen)
I need a tutorial on how to do this so i can follow it please 🙂
ping me if answer please 🙂
pulsar badge
When I drag and drop one of my assets folder to a new folder in UE4 why is the meshes or anything not showing up in the folder?
limber mantle
hairs are not rendering properly , in marmoset it renders very gud
neon grove
Hey guys do you know why in 4.24 editor is always spawn this messages in the output log with no reason?
I just update my editor and always appears that
Doesn´t influence in the rest of the game or options like building or packaging but is annoying to always have this in the outputlog every second
midnight bolt
is there a hotkey to toggle between five vertex colors?
for blend painting
@neon grove cause of ip addresses, maybe something with firewall?
rancid lynx
Is GROUP Floor Snapping broken useless trash in UE4 ?
I thought it worked last month but.
group selection... not actual group objects. just multipul trees selected
AND.. after select 10 trees and floor snap, and some randomly float... if i select only that 1 tree, its forever bugged and will always float snap, even if you try to solo snap it.
but if you delete the tree and drag it fresh from the side menu, it snaps just fine.
selecting multipul tree meshs and snapping them to the floor at the same time is uselesly buggy in UE4 ? i thought it was working fine before.
i can snap empty target markets flawlessly under the trees. its not a terrain collision offset X_x
wow... no.... thats not the problem.... ue4 trash is the problem.
dragging from the menu onto the terrain snaps flawlessly. moving the tree up and pressing END just fails.
ive insured the origin and 3d cursor were in the correct place. let me double check resetting transforms X_X
coarse turtle
What replaced Load Game Actors in UE 2.44?
true plover
Anyone know how i can fix this issue? (new to ue)
[SM5] (Node LandscapeLayerBlend) Arithmetic between types float3 and float4 are undefined
rancid lynx
thank god. i found some snap to floor options in the right click menu of the world outliner X_x. thank god. X_x
hot grotto
is there a way to spawn a widget in sequencer? wanna add some text/dialogue during a sequencer
rancid lynx
nevermind. thats a trash fail also.
rotund scroll
@true plover you're trying to mix a vector 3 and a vector 4
use the alpha pin instead
neon grove
@midnight bolt idk this is the first time that appears, in 4.23 everything is clear
spark sonnet
Is there a way to remove a line from a text file(outside unreal)? From UE4
ornate ice
Good afternoon
anybody here has any idea why modifying the relative location of an object
true plover
alpha pin?
rotund scroll
@true plover the A pin
true plover
oh ty 😄
small pewter
Hi everyone, i want to create a level editor inside UE4, and first i need to create the kind of menu that's in the bottom of the screen containing the assets to drag in the scene, and the option to drag/drop these asset on the scene (then to move it, scale it, rotate it,...) like the games : SIMS 4, Planet Zoo, ... (Shown by the yellow color on the screen)
I need a tutorial on how to do this so i can follow it please 🙂
ping me if answer please 🙂
rotund scroll
@ornate ice construction script also gets called in gam
ornate ice
I have this function beign called for a set of colliders
in the construction script
and now my collider is showing up in the sky
the script only keeps the location and scale when modifying the parent in the editor
rotund scroll
@small pewter spamming your query won't get you better answers, what you're asking for is very difficult and you shouldn't expect a tutorial on this
best can is to use a 2d inventory and see if you can figure out how to drop items from the inventory into the game
rotund scroll
there you go
rotund scroll
I told you @ornate ice
use the debugger to see what's actually happening
this is something only you can do
ornate ice
is there a way to make sure a piece of code
doesn't get run
in game
like if Playing?
I can share a video of my issue
if that helps
rotund scroll
you need to debug your issue
I don't understand why you're not already doing it now
ornate ice
I'm debugging
I know what is my issue
I know what is causing it
what I don't know is how to preserve the editor functionality that I achieved
while not fucking up the game
rotund scroll
@mossy nymph is there a functionality to differentiate between editor time and runtime?
mossy nymph
you can check for WorldType in c++
ornate ice
😦 and in BP?
rotund scroll
world time elapsed > 0 perhaps
mossy nymph
bool AMyGameMode::Is_PIE() const
{
return GetWorld() ? GetWorld()->WorldType == EWorldType::PIE : false;
}
something along those lines
UFUNCTION(BlueprintPure) bool Is_PIE() const; and if you have that in the attached header, then you can do it in BP as well
rotund scroll
well rip in pepperoni
ornate ice
so frustrating
ornate ice
no
I believe that happens because the code run in the construct script
its like the base for the ingame
maybe
and if that doesn't happen
then its not going to work
rotund scroll
rotund scroll
further down is a link to rama's plugin that gives you the node you're looking for
seems like a with editor node is also doing similar stuff
ornate ice
the issue I believe
If I was able to run the code only in the editor
but construction script
seems to happen before playing the game
flint knot
hey guys im hoping someone can help me cause i have tried for weeks to find the answer.
is there any way you can expose the base color of a material (that isnt a material instance)?
im basically trying to perform different material effects (like for a quick example a fade in effect with opacity), i can do this by just making a dynamic MI and adding a texture param for the base, then grabbing the base texture from the material and using it in the MI, but i cant find out how to expose the base color from normal materials that arent material instances. if i have to make MI`s for every models material, then it'll take forever. please help!
ornate ice
@rotund scroll FUCK MY LIFE
it was a world location vs relative location issue
lol
I was using the component bounds origin
and that vector is world location
when I did it with the relative location of the component
it worked
nicely
nimble moat
do i have to do anything else to post process materials other than just add them to the post proccess? I bought some post process materials but when I apply them nothing at all happens
https://i.gyazo.com/f8a247a5a0fd9fc615125d40f8b1bb11.png This is all I have done
im an idiot, disregard all that^
next badger
you need to be inside the volume if it's not unbound
nimble moat
The package i got requires a blueprint in the world and it worked, no idea why
fathom glade
If you were to build a project in blueprints first, and then attempt to optimize it by recreating it with C++ how long would it take? I'm talking something small like the third person character controller (demo). Anyone have any ideas how long it would take a beginner vs an experienced coder?
deep stump
Have you messed with C++ before?
fathom glade
Nope never!
deep stump
It'll prob be a bit challenging. Maybe start with basic C++ then move up from there
fathom glade
I'm trying to gauge as to what the workflow is sort of like. I read that people often use the blueprints and code as the best way to work with unreal, but I'm not sure what that means.
I'm still trucking my way through more of the online tutorials. I'm not quite there at C++.
deep stump
Thats what I do. You can add c++ code into the project and if you build from source you can customize it more
Is there a way to check if a dedicated server is online via blueprints?
versed spear
Would both of these load into memory when actor is loaded? Top node is my attempt to use a soft reference and the bottom node would be what I am currently using with a hard reference. Goal here is to only load the flipbooks into memory that are being used but my current setup are all hard references so they are all loaded into memory when actor is loaded.
manic pawn
read the tooltip
the first one will not load anything
if you use a soft reference then you need to async load it first
(that can only be done in an event graph, not in a function, as it's an async node)
manic pawn
most likely
languid aurora
Hey everyone, I posted about this earlier but now, lol, I have a log file and some additional screenshots. Whats happening is my unreal engine hangs to the point I have to nuke it with the task manager, every time I rebuild the lighting. It occurs even when I rebuild the lighting on the "base map", you know the automatically generated map when you first open a new project. Here are a few screenshots. Will create a pastebin of the log file
This occurs no matter which version I use, ie; 4.xx
dry merlin
Pretty poor channel for 3D Artists.
I'm trying to learn iClone, Marvelous and ZBrush for Humanoid Characters. I wish iClone could do bipeds, animals and other types. I've been looking for a way to take my 3D Work and Rigs and put them into this. Don't think you can.
ok so I been finding out, Fantasy Undergarments don't really reflect what undergarments would have been in our Medieval period. Good lord, ever seen a girdle, how on Gods green earth did women breath in those things? You'd think their heads would have popped right off
dry merlin
I must admit though, working in iClone, I want to start a real series on YouTube called "Designing Women".
celest peak
Anyone on?
languid aurora
I am lol
dark rune
I want to use a decal on my character to give it a blood spattered effect. How to do that? It iis a skeletal mesh
spiral island
Is it possible to generate a new unreal project using the command line?
it is in Unity
storm venture
ue4 is only rendering out black sequencer videos for me
swift spindle
make sure it works in "play > standalone mode"
void sable
HOw to solve this overlapping uv issue
abstract relic
Open a 3D software of your choice and adjust it from there
storm venture
@swift spindle good call, thanks!
atomic hull
why Epic released 4.24 . It not possible to build it with Choas. full of bug and crash though.
https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/engine-source-github/1696553-4-24-failed-to-build-with-chaos-enabled
😩
normal burrow
Chaos is still very much experimental
If that’s you though, uninstall incredibuild
Once trial is up your limited to one thread.
manic pawn
expensivebuild
manic pawn
idk why people keep trying to use chaos
it's not done
it's not even nearly done
you can see active work on it on github every day
normal burrow
I’d like to try it sometime
manic pawn
wait for it to be finished 
normal burrow
But yea understand yea
manic pawn
it's like trying to use niagara 4 versions ago
normal burrow
Imagine this was hard
normal burrow
What’s the deal?
manic pawn
I need the improved aggregate filtering they made for the next version
normal burrow
Only ten days left
manic pawn
it'll remove framedrops from entirely pointless work
normal burrow
Nice, I like my aggregating filtered finely
manic pawn
like it's trying to find pairs between multiple static aggregates when changing one of them
that's completely useless
so it should not do it
- all the other performance improvements they make every version, of course
normal burrow
Oof I thought they just had one
halcyon flame
@normal burrow oh my goodness
carmine garnet
automatically
halcyon flame
10 days
carmine garnet
like it does in the templates
carmine garnet
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spiral island
it means use source control on the command line like a normal person
spring sable
abstract relic
F8
plush yew
Every time i try to open my old map it crashes my computer... uhg
I wish i knew wth was causing it
storm venture
does anyone know of some advanced level tutorials / lessons regarding cinematics and how to achieve quality similar to the new hellblade trailer?
haughty peak
Having an issue getting my character to move. It will play the animation but not actually move the character
sudden agate
@halcyon flame it means the files are not checked in
halcyon flame
@carmine garnet are you still looking for an answer?
inland kettle
Hello together,
i want to build a huge world with instanced static mesh tiles. To build this world, i need collsion on the instances. To safe performance i want to disable collision in the final game. My question: How high is the performance impact, when the collsionbox is there but disabled?
blissful trail
is there a way to have use a texture instead of a material ?
inland kettle
What is your goal?
blissful trail
minecraft clone
cant be bothered to create a material for every texture and disable the reflection
inland kettle
i think y can use one material for all blocks with the right texture and uv setup but i am not a pro sry
consider instanced static meshes too
halcyon flame
@inland kettle I think the engine does a pretty good job at not wasting time on irrelevant collision boxes
the further away something is the easier it is to confirm that there's nothing colliding/overlapping
inland kettle
hey. thanks 🙂
halcyon flame
yw.
inland kettle
i think... when they are one they check on tick right
halcyon flame
hm?
physics runs on tick unless you change substepping settings
physics run
I need to sleep but the vape juice is keeping me in the game
halcyon flame
physics runs on the tick cycle, but not on tick. actors don't need to have tick enabled to generate overlap or collision events
as in, it happens at the same frequency as tick.
inland kettle
thanks. very informative. do you have any tips for my projekt before your vape juice runs out
halcyon flame
pm'd
blissful trail
i just created a sprite for all textures but is there a way to change the filter from default to nearest ?
for everything at the same time
jolly slate
Select all the assets you want to set to nearest, right click, go to - Asset actions and then Bulk Edit
Bulk editor will let you edit the settings on all the assets at the same time provided they are of the same type.
plush yew
Please who has the latest unreal engine mannequin fbx
lofty knot
how can i make unreal engine 4 a lighter?
dim plover
If I have a H/ISM component on ActorA with StaticMeshA, and I have ActorB's H/ISM component reference the same StaticMeshA, is StaticMeshA in memory twice or do they share the same static mesh object?
blissful trail
who loves when ue4 just randomly crashes :<
oh no
so did i just loose everything i just did ?
tender flume
You just tick them to restore
inland kettle
Hello. :)It turns out that i have the same fps with and without simple collision (160000 instance static meshes) how can that beeee ? 🙂
inland kettle
around 100 on my computer
checked in editor and at runtime
i dont understand that
i am using a shape plane
tender flume
Try creating a new project
And see if theres any difference
Then put in each object that is from your previous project one by one
and see which is causing the issue
Basically, you do some self troubleshoot c:
inland kettle
🙂
same
i deleted the actor, changed ist and put it back into the level too
same
i thougt that the collsion ist constantly checking for overlaps and somthing...
i mean... thats a 160000 collsion boxes right there... ore am i wrong?
blissful trail
im having an issue with snapping
if you look slightly above the middle of the block it places it higher
same with breaking
heres the code
inland kettle
Are you using this?
blissful trail
im using vector snapped to grid i think
inland kettle
use it with "get hit result under cursor" from your controller. it worked for me
inland kettle
perhaps your mesh is a little bit off too.
inland kettle
0 it out tob be shure
i can be your material too - check the world position offset
i must go now
good luck
bye
thick knoll
Good afternoon everyone!
I am interested to know if you can change physics material based on Vertex Color
So my idea is if Red Channel = Metal, If Blue Channel = Wood.
Is it possible to do this in a single material? Are there work arounds where I could do something similar?
regal hollow
Wondering if anyone can help me
i'm about to take a hammer to my PC
trying to install the new 4.24.0 and it just keeps fucking sitting between 4.8 and 5.3 I've uninstalled Epic, Uninstalled all my previous engines (Lost about 1TB worth of data in the process) now it's still pissing me off doing the same shit?!
timid jacinth
Are you downloading onto another drive
jovial shuttle
soooo, im making 2d game, and i need help with something, so when you go to the door of the house and press T, the screen fades into black and takes you into the house??
spice rune
That is 4.8 and 5.3MB/s transfer rate. It isn't 4.8 or 5.3GB of 10.5GB
regal hollow
Nah man it's on my C Drive @timid jacinth
my download speed isn't an issue
Ahhh @spice rune I see now dude, it's telling me the D/L Speed
Cheers dude, you saved my computers life!
inland kettle
@jovial shuttle You can fade the widget black and "teleport" or load a level
jovial shuttle
@inland kettle thanks, im a noob so i know nothing, lol
wheat rose
thick herald
That's a statement 😄
inland kettle
Right now? 🙂
azure shore
hey, when I went back onto a project of mine and lowered the resolution it pixelated it rather than blurred it like it did before, why is that? thats actually a good thing because pixelation looks much better, so how do I make sure it does that? and is there a command I could use?
jovial shuttle
hey hey hey, i have something im struggling on, im trying to set up an animation for jumping with a flipbook, but i dont know how to import it so when you jump, it plays the animation ive made on the flipbook
im back
manic pawn
in the niagara emitter, you can set the particle color
then in the material used for your mesh particles, you can read it and do something with it
normal burrow
Zeb, you know there are 16 material parameters on top of color too?
manic pawn
you mean for niagara particles?
normal burrow
And cascade afaik
Particle Parameter Dynamic has 4 pages of 4 floats. Found that out recently
opaque vector
Hey, how do I get my editor layout to not close everytime I restart the editor?
I have it configured just the way I want, but everytime I restart I have to re-open every single window manually.
high elm
Having trouble in 4.23 adding a level variant set into the content browser. It's not listed under misc (or anywhere else for that matter) even though the plugin is enabled. Is there some little trick I am missing?
gilded flame
@alpine zephyr very late but I noticed you're interested in calculating wave heights. You should check out the community ocean project if you get stuck somewhere, as well as online (plenty of resources & references spread throughout, just have to look for them). I used the same reference to create my wave height calculations that @grave nebula linked you (Nvidia GPU Gems Ch. 1). They're not FFT, and are instead Gerstner (trochoidal) waves. Your first step should be getting a wave height at a given location and given time.
grave nebula
normal burrow
@everyone doesn't work @here
normal burrow
looks like your gpu is dying lol
dawn plume
Guys I have a big problem, I have this project that I've been working on for a while, and everything works fine on it, on my laptop. But the second I try to launch it on my desktop, it crashes (error: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000048), Ive tried reinstalling UE, ive tried UE 4.23 and 4.24, ive tried updating graphics drivers, nothing works. does anyone have an idea of what is causing my problem? remember it works fine on my laptop, just on my desktop it crashes
vital cosmos
what does it mean
normal burrow
if it is a scream from the gpu, those are diagnostic messages
normal burrow
its probably just something weird with the material
vital cosmos
I didnt add anything tho
and when I look at the sky it becomes this
k they randomly disappeared now
normal burrow
what gpu and temps? I don't think its a failing gpu because its the color of selection overlay
normal burrow
@dawn plume do you have custom cpp
dawn plume
like cpp files? yeah
normal burrow
and deadbeef i dunno what could cause that
have you ran the engine through visual studio Mr. WongTong?
dawn plume
doing that now
normal burrow
It will show you where the code is that is trying to access such invalid pointer
when it crashes, take a look at the call stack
dawn plume
normal burrow
mkay
dawn plume
normal burrow
find the call stack window/tab
if its not present it'll be under the windows or view menu (i can't recall, installing visual studio right now on a new computer)
may be under a submenu, debugging tools
(don't stop debugging)
dawn plume
dawn plume
these are all of them
dawn plume
yeah, but how would i work on my laptop with the same files
normal burrow
yeah i know
stuff doesn't always make sense with hardware differences
what i'd recommend is on the laptop, be very aware of errors that come up if any
dawn plume
ok
dawn plume
i usually load the game from ue not through visual studio
but if i do it would be debuggame
normal burrow
at the top of vs, set configuration to developereditor
see if it has the same crash or not
but otherwise yea the other thing with checking for errors reported on the laptop
dawn plume
same error
normal burrow
call stack same?
dawn plume
i think
normal burrow
yeah, would just see if you can't find some error screaming on the laptop
dawn plume
on my laptop it doesnt crash, but ill check if i got any non fatal blueprint errors
normal burrow
Yep thats the idea, hopefully it'll give some clues
if not, you'd just have to find the umg code, review it hard for weirdness
dawn plume
would it crash bc of unused variables or code?
normal burrow
it looks like its crashing during blueprint compile
I don't think it would but also would not assume it wouldn't
normal burrow
yea, would fix this
normal burrow
click on the other magnifying glasses
distant river
anyone getting an error when trying to create a new project in 4.24?
An error occurred while trying to generate project files.
Running C:/Unreal/UE_4.24/Engine/Binaries/DotNET/UnrealBuildTool.exe -projectfiles -project="C:/Users/Vlady/Documents/Unreal Projects/Breakout/Breakout.uproject" -game -rocket -progress
Discovering modules, targets and source code for project...
ERROR: Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher.
I have .net installed
normal burrow
vlady you need to install some stuffs
open up "Visual Studio Installer" in start menu (type this in)
then modify install, add individual components and make sure 4.6.0 or higher is installed, as well as nuget package manager
dawn plume
@normal burrow i fixed the blueprint errors, yet it still crashes
normal burrow
Mr. WongTong bring up the call stack again, double click on the top most item. does it bring you to some source code?
dawn plume
there is no call stack this time, just error log
normal burrow
engine has to be crashed in debugger
dawn plume
the engine didnt crash, it failed to compile this time
normal burrow
oh, so crash is gone?
dawn plume
it didnt even get to launch unreal at all
dawn plume
normal burrow
good ol uht
go to output window
parse it for information on what actually went wrong
dawn plume
dawn plume
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.23\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" SpondooliTestEditor Win64 DebugGame -Project="C:\Users\ryanq\Desktop\SpondRepo2\SpondRepo\SpondooliTest.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 3.
normal burrow
go to uproject file
dawn plume
ok
distant river
thank you so much P@t ❤️
plush yew
ok i guess i fixed it. Just remade the Montage and somehow it worked 🙄 got no idea what happened there
tender flume
Help.
If your character is facing downwards when you import it
What is the issue?
normal burrow
-z?
tender flume
-z?
normal burrow
what software you using
tender flume
Blender
normal burrow
is it a skeletal mesh? does it have an armature
tender flume
Skeletal Mesh yes.
dawn plume
double clicking on the call stack items does nothing
tender flume
Should I try -90 on X?
normal burrow
you got it compiling though WongTong?
dawn plume
ye
normal burrow
Shin-kun, you didn't change the axes in the export setttings yea? (you shouldn't)
okay, well next step would be installing debug symbols WongTong, this will let you see more information in the call stack
normal burrow
but at this point, i'd say file a bug report when you get a chance
mention that it happens to you on the one computer and not the other
dawn plume
ok ill install debug and send the bug report soon
normal burrow
shin-kun did you apply transforms on the mesh and armature?
tender flume
I only used -90 for importing it now
Or else the skeleton mesh would be looking down
Anyone here heard of Mixamo?
I was using that for the auto-rig so i could use the anims.
normal burrow
yea wongtong, because we're basically looking at fixing engine errors that are specific to hardware right now. If we're able to fix it, its gonna involve just identifying which node is causing it to mess up
dawn plume
fun
normal burrow
its something epic should address as crashes in editor from node stuff is not acceptable afaik
but yea hopefully will be able to at least identify the problem node with dem symbols
dawn plume
yea ill get back to you
normal burrow
you just said you got it?
tender flume
Uh. The arms are wobbly
solar dirge
Hi, I'm having package errors because some of my file paths are too long (i'm aware there's a feature for this in 4.22 and onwards but I am on 4.21 and won't upgrade for specific reasons)
What's the fastest way to fix this ?
tender flume
because I don't really know how to use the auto-rig for the wrist and elbow
solar dirge
Some people on the forums have been shilling for this tool : https://longpathtool.com/ but i don't know if it's actually safe or not
normal burrow
hmm unsure i could help you with this shin kun. i don't even know what axes mixamo rig uses.
tender flume
Huh. It's just positioning
normal burrow
you could open it in blender, go to armature settings, turn on axes
tender flume
Axes?
normal burrow
uhh i'd tell you what it actually is
but am installing lots of things, blender is not in yet
normal burrow
are you using mixamo animations on mixamo rig?
sturdy star
Can someone help me with something, I’m in a paper 2d playformer world, and have nearly everything ready, but I don’t know how to make cutscenes with the characters, as they are just flipbooks. Can somebody hełp
dawn plume
you can change the flipbooks in blueprints
make each character a blueprint and have it managed in there
or you can use the sequencer
ask in #paper-2d they should help you out more there
@normal burrow i got more detailed errors
Exception thrown: read access violation.
Graph was nullptr.
dawn plume
normal burrow
another lower
dawn plume
dawn plume
fervent sigil
I have a base class in blueprints with a property (with more base in cpp if it matters) and a derived in blueprints that sets the default for the property,
but every once in a while that property reset it self. It seems to happen after I close/open the editor, but not due to crash or something like that.
Any idea why or how to track it down?
normal burrow
lol mr wongtong
dawn plume
lol, how do i fix that
normal burrow
third from top mr. wong tong, that looks identical, what does Graph say?
dawn plume
i know whats causing it
there is a function in a umg that i have called "rendertext"
normal burrow
hooray
dawn plume
ill check if anythings weird about it
normal burrow
now you know how to walk stacks
dawn plume
yeah thanks a lot, ill send a pic of the function if i cant see whats wrong
i think it has to do with my custom function "for loop with delay"
but that is necessary for the macro to work properly, is there a better alternative
@normal burrow
normal burrow
tbh I don't know ..
I thought delay was something that was only for event graph though?
dawn plume
this is a macro, it can use delay
dawn plume
ok thanks
mossy nymph
if you're using c++ UBlueprintAsyncActionBase derived class is a better option
hard quarry
I have a spline on which I spawn a Spline Mesh component. When I scale the object after I placed it it looks like this. Red is scale 1, orange is scale 2. I want it to stay on the spline, can I somhow avoid this?
dreamy perch
Has anyone had any success with batch rendering?
I am convinced it doesn't work at all.
plain bane
hello, could anyone help me with this?
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/939376/unable-to-retarget-animation-to-different-skeleton.html
Im trying to figure out why ue is crashing while retargeting anim bp for a while now and cant figure anything out :/
radiant haven
Unreal Multi User Editing Doesnt work pls help we have both NordVPN connectet same ip but cant find session
cerulean nova
ports open?
radiant haven
what u mean?
fervent sigil
how can I use the megascans with UE4? I tried to download some free scans through quixel site after link to UE4 account, but they want me to sign for trial
cerulean nova
u can download packs in the marketplace under the megascans tab
ornate ice
Hey Guys How can I make a child object be always on the bottom of a collider
calculated
normal burrow
did they release it for 4.24 msh?
ornate ice
fervent sigil
@normal burrow Honestly I don't know what "it" is; it's what I'm trying to find out
ornate ice
so I want to keep the child always
fervent sigil
@cerulean nova I only want some but I guess I can install and remove most :S thanks
ornate ice
or if I scale it uo
normal burrow
4.24 wasn't supported last time i knew, don't know if that has changed (if you're even on 4.24)
fervent sigil
oh. so the megascans that are supposed to be available for 4.24 need a software that doesn't work with 4.24? 😛
yeah I'm on 4.24
normal burrow
correct.
and its really a mess
makes another installation of python to your engine cause installing art is hard
fervent sigil
hehe well at least it's good to know. I'll just download the pack from the marketplace and take what I need then
radiant haven
@cerulean nova yes we are at the same server p2p
cerulean nova
u need to forward ports
abstract relic
I would just download the megascan asset and manually import them. Their bridge is a mess.
normal burrow
Anything that installs itself in the engine folder as a plugin is a pos
normal burrow
||running mue over vpn is unstable||
ponkkis, they don't ship the real source code for 4.23
so it turns into a lot more than tweaking
cerulean nova
who ever hosts something needs to open their ports in their router config so that they can "join" your stuff sometimes it kinda works without but its could also be a forward in the firewall and your firewall is blocking it ... could be anything
thick herald
Bridge hasn't been updated to 4.24. They are working on it.
plush yew
hey does anyone know where to find Gameplay ability dependencies? I enabled the plugin, but the Ability system headers have not downloaded and the compiler can not find them anywhere
normal burrow
they need to start over lol
abstract relic
Bridge hasn’t been updated to .23 even though it says it’s updated to .23 😜
normal burrow
they only ship their internal .23 version as binary form, and it doesn't work for many people.
so if you use a git build, of 4.23 it wont work. its really lame
thick herald
Hopefully bridge2020 will have a few fixes
normal burrow
if they were to give you the thing as a real plugin, in your projects plugin folder, they'd need to provide source which it would seem they do not want
hopefully epic corrects it now that they own it lol
abstract relic
cough @abstract valve cough
Even though this is probably out of your department. I’m desperate 😜
normal burrow
we want rocks!
grave canyon
hey guys quick question, i can't find the default mannequin in the browser. do i need to download it separately from the engine core? i tried to google that but got nothing relevant
@tender flume it looks fine, just the hands are kinda weird or idk
tender flume
Hands are still an issue
Fixing that tomorrow instead
I already spent 8 hours just to figure out about bones because i mixed up bones in several softwares.
(Blender > Maya)
There were like 200-300+ bones in total
grave canyon
yes bones are a big issue
abstract relic
The mannequin can be found if you are using a template. 3rd person for example
tender flume
I can't wait to make the grass tomorrow
normal burrow
animation starter pack, also has mannequin
grave canyon
oh yeah
abstract relic
If you don’t want to do that, you can download it in Epic’s free marketplace
grave canyon
i'll add it
i also searched for it in the market place
but it must be in the engine core
normal burrow
yeah, animation starter pack is the market place version of it. there are probably hundreds of packs with mannequin in it though tbh lol
tender flume
AAAAAAAAA
8 hours.
Can I expect more than that once im more in-depth into game development?
grave canyon
bones can be a pain ikr
tender flume
It's very.
I removed one tiny bone.
And the entire model just started going crazy
Arms swaying around
grave canyon
must be because of hierarchy?
tender flume
Then errors popped up
next badger
Can anyone test that for me:
Open a material with multiple nodes. Select them, Copy -> Paste.
Are the links ok?
normal burrow
maximum bone count is in the range of 250
tender flume
No-no its like 200+
abstract relic
Yep
tender flume
100-200
abstract relic
Alternatives
next badger
keep in mind, bones are heavy on cpu
tender flume
Then whenever i delete some
It recreates to fix it.
So, its like delete > hi. im back.
normal burrow
depends on how much skeletal controls you use (blue line)
tender flume
I need me some water.
normal burrow
but yea there is certainly overhead with bones
grave canyon
some things are fine for bones but some are done better with shape interpolation
tender flume
I was using Blender > Maya > UE4 > Maya > Blender
normal burrow
all i know shin kun is that they are indexed with a byte, which has 256 different values
i dunno how many numbers are reserved for special meaning at the top
but it also depends on platform, how many bones you are skinning
plush yew
does lighting just not work in paper 2d?
abstract relic
How can you even use a rig in two different suite
plush yew
lightsources dont seem to affect paper sprites 😦
abstract relic
Boy does autodesk hate blender’s fake fbx
plush yew
???
next badger
it does
tender flume
I think it uses different systems for different programs maybe
My blender rig was done for.
plush yew
hey guys where do i find Gameplay ability C++ dependencies?
tender flume
Like almost finished
next badger
grave canyon
do you model in maya and rig in blender, or the opposite? i didn't quite get your workflow
tender flume
Uh. I was trying to fix the skeleton
At first. The problem was easy
The skeleton was just downwards
Like looking at the ground
Then my big brain decided to think big.
Opens Maya.
Opens Blender.
hard quarry
Is there a way to avoid that the mesh is not on the spline when I scale the spline mesh?
tender flume
Hopes to mix bones so it would work.
next badger
do you model in maya and rig in blender 
normal burrow
lol autodesk blender
next badger
@hard quarry no clue...but spline meshes are heavy for GPU
tender flume
UE4 doesnt like Maya a lot
abstract relic
Yeah not possible to transfer rig. You’ll get a visualization of an atom if you try to import a blender rig
tender flume
so I have to switch to Blender sometimes
plush yew
drat
next badger
ue4 works with maya perfectly
next badger
Epic uses Maya
abstract relic
Maya just doesn’t work in general 😉
next badger
Well, it works better than Blender and Max at least
grave canyon
i didn't use maya enough to have an opinion on it, but i think the wisest would be to use one or the other
or not, you do you
abstract relic
looks at maya’s broken mirror tool
tender flume
Better than Blender.
Y E S .
But Blender is still better to me imo for some tools
grave canyon
i only use blender
tender flume
I'll remind myself never to mix bones lol
It was a recipe for disaster
that took 8 hours to fix
next badger
Blender could be way better if it used MIT or other non Cancerogenic license
grave canyon
that i agree
abstract relic
Definitely
grave canyon
but it shouldn't make a difference if you're not developing on it
normal burrow
lol broken mirror tool sounds edgy
next badger
UE4 has no Blender plugins cause of license
lapis vine
What's Blender license, gpl?
next badger
yep
lapis vine
wow
tender flume
Does the license make a huge difference actually?
visual belfry
Gpl might require the plug-in be open but other than that 🤷♂️
lapis vine
What's so about the plugins tho? Gonna include Blender's source?
next badger
Means you can't ship game w/o source if you've used GPL
lapis vine
Well, if you built or link UE has to be open sourced too, or gpl-ed too, not sure.
Yea
grave canyon
you can use GPL licensed plugins for a software core that's not copyleft licensed i think
lapis vine
But anyway, you don't need really to include any Blender source I believe to get good integration.
visual belfry
That's not how that works @next badger
grave canyon
you can even ship BGE games without source
lapis vine
I think gpl is okay for runtime libs, but not sure...
grave canyon
i don't like GPL
visual belfry
A blender plugin wouldn't be used at runtime anyways
grave canyon
it's too stallmanish for me
lapis vine
True. So, in general I don't think the license is the issue here.
visual belfry
Unreal is more focused on courting studios (who generally don't use blender)
next badger
@visual belfry name one game that was released on BGE w/o source?
grave canyon
i know one
not famous, but it's from a friend of mine
called Caveman Stories
i'm pretty sure he never got sued for that well
tender flume
Unity 2015. O.
grave canyon
i switched from unity to godot back then because i felt like godot was more fit for game jams (i was doing game jams a lot back then)
now i'm aiming more for long term stuff
and godot has been letting me down in some ways
grave canyon
as far as i know
no
at least not the amount you shoud worry about
for materials, maybe, but textures are sent to the gpu memory before their first render
shouldn't be a big deal at all
grave canyon
👍
grave canyon
yes, it's not that high quality metal slug pixel art but it's what i can manage to do
stiff wedge
Hi all, I'm working on a portfolio piece for my company, any feedback is welcomed: https://youtu.be/1gzgPA2euC4
We concentrate on ArchViz
marsh swallow
So from what I can understand... setting up a Dev Kit and modding support is nearly impossible and totally forbidden if you use any MP Assets.
obsidian nimbus
i dont think so, its not allowed to grab stuff from mod editors to use on other projects
im not a lawyer and dont take legal advice from just any1 😛
rotund scroll
ok real talk, when are we getting generics and lambda expressions in blueprint
lapis geyser
Hello
I need help on building my project lighting
its saying Lighting build Failed
west jewel
Hello, I am using a linetrace to get the surface type for footsteps, all looks exactly like several graphs online, used to work some time ago, but now I always get "default" as a surface type?? Any idea why? sorry, its vague, but I am at a loss and am not finding anything online...
lapis geyser
Can anyone help me with this
hard quarry
@lapis geyser what does the output log say
hard quarry
@lapis geyser again, what does the output log say
gilded plinth
Hey all how can you (is it at all possible) to remove peripheral bones? Not virtual bones, but rather the bones that get added peripherally when you import a second identical skeletal mesh but with additional peripheral bones.
lapis geyser
noble barn
guys.. am I stupid?
bool bIs = false;
...
UnhealthyStackSize += bIs ? -1 : 1;
why does this make UnhealthyStackSize iterate between 1 and 0, if bIs is always false
scarlet birch
Ordinarily, you can select which AI the AI debuger is using by focusing the camera on it when you push ' to turn it on. That is not do able in the game I'm working on now, at least not, readily. Is there another way to select which AI it focuses on? I've tried setting it by playing in an editor window and selecting the Character in the editor, but it shows no controller even though the character has one and is using it.
noble barn
wth
I know, not an UE question, but seriously baffled by this
if UnhealthyStackSize is 0, it goes to 1, if it's 1 it goes to 0. Makes absolutely no sense to me.
scarlet birch
Isn't that exactly what it should do?
noble barn
no 🤔
as bIs = false, shouldn't the ? operator evaluate to 1, and then just keep incrementing UnhealthyStackSize?
bitter iris
Question, has anyone here got UDS? And have managed to network replicate it ?
scarlet birch
@noble barn Try putting the expression after the assignment operator in parenthesis?
sage pelican
Anyone know how I would make something like a sword be able to stick in to an object?
hard quarry
If I hide an actor does the actor still consume cpu / gpu usage when it does not have an event tick?
scarlet birch
The answer to my question is running in simulation allows the AI for the debugger to be selected from the editor window.
Or not, selecting the controller instead of the pawn seems to work too.
signal bone
VC++ 2017 toolset, where can i find it?
i went to the installation thing and there is nothing called like that
sage pelican
if your using VS19 you should be able to install it using the VS installer
kindred viper
it should install with the VC installer when you add C++ as the language
if not, just run the installer again and find it again.
dire parcel
how do we add the little folders around the nodes?
sage pelican
comments? press c
dire parcel
exactly what I was looking for thank you!
normal burrow
you can color coat them too
sage pelican
Any clue how I would get a sword to stick in to an object?
dire parcel
how long have you guys been messing around with unreal ?
sage pelican
for about 4 years +- half a year
hard quarry
Is it possible to create a Custom Static Mesh by blueprint? In my case I want to create a custom cylinder
grim ore
@hard quarry you can use the procedural mesh but it might not be as performant as a true static mesh
grim ore
there should not be but the time of day might have changed and more people are congesting it
noble barn
you're just trying to flex with your bandwidth, don't fool us
😛
fastest bandwidth you can get here in Germany (in most places, at least) is around 38MB/s 🙄
ornate vessel
guys
in my niagara system
my death event
the particle spawns on the death of another particle but also spawns just like in the emitter
how to only spawn when dead
noth both
not*
fervent sigil
why are weapons skeleton meshes? I'm looking into adding one to my character, and I notice many of them are skeletons rather than just static mesh. Why is that?
abstract relic
Guns are generally animated
scarlet birch
Even swords or other weapons I prefer to make them SK. it gives you more options.
fervent sigil
I'm looking into swords/hammers/daggers and stuff like that mostly though. And they all seems to be using skeletons too
@scarlet birch Options like what?
abstract relic
Bones provide constraints too, easier to work with
scarlet birch
You can apply animations
There's just a bunch of little things you can do with them
fervent sigil
well animations I know, but you either have them or you don't; it's not like you can just 'tick' something and add them
marsh swallow
Does anyone know if UE4.22 had some random collision not working issues. One of our long term bugs is that 1 out of every 15-20 load ins on build and 1 out of every 300 PIE tries, our Player Character can randomly phase through random things. Not all meshes and not all NPCs but the NPCs are all the same when it comes to BP. Even trace interactions dont work. Even simple Static Meshes, some block and others just let the PC phase through.
fervent sigil
I'm looking on some weapons on the RPG example of epic, it has a skeleton with a single root bone and not used at all as far as I can tell
(no animations, no constraints, no cloths)
grave nebula
@fervent sigil Generalization. Even if one of your weapons does not need anims, it might be worth just casually don't mind that,. and make SK in favor of better pipeline.
abstract relic
Handy for particles and event triggers too
fervent sigil
@grave nebula Is it that difficult to change the mesh to SK in the future if I'll need one 😮?
abstract relic
And you can be lazy with adding audio cue
scarlet birch
But then you have to change all the logic too
grave nebula
No, if are hobbying around. Yes in most other cases.
fervent sigil
@abstract relic how come? That is, how is it handy for adding particles or event? I usually do it with montage and animations, which is the same in that case no?
scarlet birch
Either will work.
normal burrow
a compound skeletal mesh without all the vertex weighing would be solid.
nothing like this though afaik
abstract relic
You can do the same thing for guns if it’s a skeletal mesh
scarlet birch
You can add sockets to a static mesh for locations. I've used both and prefer working with Skeletal from the get go, just in case I might want to do something later that needs it.
fervent sigil
@scarlet birch What logic? Assume we're talking about 2 different situations, where 1 you start with a static mesh, and the other an SK with nothing (besides the mesh).
The only difference in the work would be to replace the static mesh asset with the skeleton mesh asset, and possibly component too.. no?
scarlet birch
You'll have to change every place the mesh is referenced, and the functions called from them.
fervent sigil
if you delete it, it will just ask you for replacement.
normal burrow
reading the source code indicates that they've been trying to lessen the differences between all the different mesh types. but these comments are likely pipe dreams
abstract relic
You’d be remaking everything if you decide to switch mid development
spark sonnet
Hey guys. How can I select the default array values based on a bool condition?
fervent sigil
I'm not even sure why one would switch; that is, I don't see what animations can you do with weapons like sword/hammesr/etc
abstract relic
Cues, event, particles, socket, etc
fervent sigil
sockets on a weapon? like what?
and cues/event/particles are things done in montage; how come it matters?
fervent sigil
not using gun or guns at all
normal burrow
then where the fires come out of the blade
abstract relic
Impact burst
fervent sigil
from what I've seen from the RPG example they've added a socket on the human that matches the end of the sword
abstract relic
We’re talking about sockets per item
Sword wouldn’t need a muzzle socket for example
fervent sigil
I don't have that many different weapons (only 4), but I guess it's still nice having 1 on each than 4 on the human mesh
abstract relic
You’d have to hard code it in with multiple weapons
scarlet birch
I use sockets on swords for trace locations
fervent sigil
tracing of what?
@abstract relic you mean the socket location? it's always "hard coded"; it's just either in the mesh or in the weapon.
scarlet birch
hits
abstract relic
If that’s something you don’t care about, go for it. Answering why weapons are generally skeletal mesh
Mate
The sockets within the items
Not the socket for holding the item
fervent sigil
I'm just trying to understand it, I apologize if it's coming off as offensive or something like that
normal burrow
msh91, you could have the location and rotation for 'things' on every instance of the component or in one place on the asset.
one place on the asset is what you want
abstract relic
Not annoyed, all good mah. You got a lot of voices poking at you
normal burrow
pokey voices
fervent sigil
I guess I can understand it, you brought up some good reasons in general. They don't apply to me, but at least I understand why people do it 🙂
plush yew
anybody got a clue what could be causing this?
scarlet birch
Root bone is trying to move through the wall
normal burrow
is weird cause i see this issue a lot with climbing, don't recall what other dide to fix
scarlet birch
It's because a lot of the root motion climbing animations out there are done wrong.
abstract relic
Keyframe and pray
tiny sonnet
this might be stupid but i tilted my editor camera and idk how i did it.
abstract relic
Most likely you exited out of PIE while tilted
scarlet birch
No, just trace sockets
scarlet birch
Yeah, trace debug draw, and a custom trail state
normal burrow
damn, i was hoping it was bendy
late verge
hello! i created a camera actor and put it within my sequencer. the course i'm watching shows a dropdown appearing for the camera actor but it's not showing for me. any idea why?
scarlet birch
Oh, you could probably do that the same why I applied the curve in the anim state by adjusting rotations on a joint with a similar curve.
plush yew
@abstract relic @scarlet birch Done multiple tests with the root bone and it's 100% going above the wall
fervent sigil
@scarlet birch cool, but why? I've seen trail done on weapons before, pretty sure it was without bones (or rather, with just 1 skeleton).
What does having bones in this case helps you with?
scarlet birch
and see what is happening
plush yew
@scarlet birch yep it's enabled
storm venture
@late verge how do you add the camera?
scarlet birch
@fervent sigil That's actually a static mesh, using sockets. So it doesn't help with that. The bending they are talking about would need it skinned. But I use a custom trail state so things are exposed that the default one doens't have
storm venture
you should be able to click the camera in scene, then right click in your sequencer and select "Add Selected Actor" or something along those lines, then it should auto-populate the extra settings you see there
scarlet birch
You asked about the tracing
fervent sigil
yeah out of interest, even if it's not related to the SK before ^^
What does "custom trail state" mean? (I don't mind reading/watching a tutorial if it's something complex)
And what do you mean by "exposed" ?
scarlet birch
Just an anim state
fervent sigil
I don't fully understand what you need the 4 sockets for then
scarlet birch
I trace from socket position last frame to socket position current frame. Anything in between those, if its collision type is that of whatever the character can damage it's a hit.
late verge
@storm venture i dragged the camera in from modes exactly as he did. these are the options i have with your suggestion
fervent sigil
I might be wrong, but if you use a single shape for everything doesn't the engine let you check that? swept cases that is?
scarlet birch
You can get more info out of a trace and you can keep it short in duration. I mean you really only need to know if it hits anything during a small part of an attack animation.
plush yew
@scarlet birch see the capsule barely moves but the animation no matter how high it goes up never moves it correctly
scarlet birch
Are you sure the root bone isn't trying to move forward before it's above the wall?
scarlet birch
Do you have the movement mode set to flying during the whole animation?
plush yew
no
fervent sigil
@scarlet birch It sounds interesting btw. I'm in the process of implementing a weapon to my character right now, so I might use your way ^^
And thanks for the info and help before as well!
scarlet birch
I'm pretty sure you can't apply root motion to Z unless your movement mode is flying.
deep stump
How can I view a unreal engine map in 4.23 when I have 4.21? I'm trying to bring the map over but it doens't appear in the engine
scarlet birch
You can't.
storm venture
@late verge try just right clicking in the blank area on your sequencer and choosing it like so
exotic cave
Hi all! New to Unreal Engine here - when I import textures into UE, do I need to keep both the original filetype and the .uasset?
storm venture
@exotic cave You can delete the original file, the .uasset will be UE4's version of it.
exotic cave
That helps, thank you. 🙂