ue4-general

[rich rose]

u da bomb 💣

[serene birch]

and by double spring arm I mean, if you really want the pivot to be above the head like that

well then, make that pivot the end of another spring arm 😄

though I have no idea if it works or is a good idea 😛

[rich rose]

haha i see . well what i did was:

Changed the socket offset. Worked like a charm

[glossy oriole]

Hi, can anybody help me , why i am getting this type of error in my imported assets? my assets is created in 2.81. mesh is imported with following errors .i googled for solution but i found no solution.

[plush yew]

hi, I have a level full of buildings made out of modular kits and I wanted to give each one of them a unique hand made lod mesh. What would be the best way to make it pop in at a distance? I know plenty about culling but I can't think of a way to have something pop in

[wary wave]

why a "unique hand made lod mesh"?

[serene birch]

pretty sure you can set manually the LOD mesh when you look at the "main" mesh import settings

but UE4 is pretty good at making the LOD meshes automatically

[plush yew]

Can't do that thats the thing, my buildings are made from modular pieces so I'd have to assing the entire lod mesh to one of the kit pieces

thats just not what I want, I want a way to make a static mesh pop in at a certain screen size

[wary wave]

or you can just use the built in tool to generate an LOD mesh

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/HLOD/index.html

[plush yew]

I know what lod and hlods are, doesn't matter. I'm doing it this way for a reason and I just want to know a way to make an object pop in at a certain screen size.

[wary wave]

I don't think there is one without doing something hacky

[plush yew]

hacky will do as long as its still cheaper

I did thought about just taking my modular buildings and merging them all into a static mesh but that just negates the benefits from them being modular in the first place aka having individual pieces culled out by walls and culling volumes instead of one giant mesh disappearing

[wary wave]

I mean the HLOD system does more or less everything you apparently want it to do, save for manually specifying the mesh, so I would start looking into that

[serene birch]

pretty sure UE4 has a way to bundle static meshes together in one long distance LOD mesh

[wary wave]

that's the HLOD system

[serene birch]

HLODs can replace multiple Static Mesh Actors with single, combined Static Mesh Actor at long view distances

ok that's the term indeed

what makes HLOD not work for your case?

[lavish creek]

hello, i got Cannot open include file: 'UnrealNetwork.h': No such file or directory. this worked properlt in 4.23 has anything changed in 4.24? my build fails when i include this, but Net/UnrealNetwork.h build properly, is it redundant? do i need both?

[cloud cobalt]

Net/Unrealnetwork.h

[lavish creek]

i can remove Unrealnetwork.h from header file then?

[plush yew]

again, that is not what I want to do. I had the buildings purposely made to be modular so individual parts get occluded by walls and culling volumes. I don't want to merge all of them and loose all of that. I just want separate meshes for building viewed from a distance that I can have pop in at a certain screen size as soon as the modular pieces get culled away

[cloud cobalt]

No, you need to change it to Net/UnrealNetwork.h

[serene birch]

HLOD doesn't hard merge the meshes

[wary wave]

@plush yew - but that's what the HLOD system does

[lavish creek]

okok thank you stranger 🙂

[serene birch]

HLOD builds a long distance LOD for the merged set and makes it show up when far ¯_(ツ)_/¯

you probably don't want to try doing the same feature set manually

it'll be pretty hard to make sure pieces of your house don't disappear before the others and before the long distance LOD turns on

or the reverse, having both show at the same time

[plush yew]

for the third time now, my buildings are modular so individual kit pieces get occluded by walls and culling volumes hlod merges your modular buildings and can generate lod meshes out of it google earth style. Point is even if I do use that I still want a way to have that lod mesh pop in at a certain screen size. With hlod it would have to be attached to the merged building.

and no, it wouldn't be hard. I already tested that and if you copy screen size values from your culling volumes and do some simple math it'll pop in right before the modular bits start being culled away

[copper flicker]

UI progress bar scales both horizontally AND vertically when fill from center... does anyone know how to force it to scale only horizontally??

[wary wave]

HLOD doesn't merge your buildings, it only creates LODs using merged meshes for long view distances

I still don't understand what your actual problem is

[plush yew]

yes, but for THEM TO WORK you'd have to attach said lod mesh to a merged building

what is so hard to understand here

[wary wave]

you don't have to "attach" anything to anything, I'm lost :/

[plush yew]

then how do you magically make that nice mesh hlod generated appear in game at a distance?

[serene birch]

did you look at the HLOD doc?

[wary wave]

the HLOD system does it automatically

[serene birch]

it's all explained there

[wary wave]

the whole process is automated

we have HLODs across something like 12-15 large levels, and it's all done automatically

[plush yew]

I followed the docs and multiple tutorials, all I get from hlod is a mesh sitting in its own folder with its own materials doing nothing

[serene birch]

that's, a different issue

[wary wave]

it should be being automatically used at a given distance / screen percentage

[plush yew]

you can type in a screen size in the hlod generator if thats what you're thinking of but it doesn't make your mesh appear at a certain distance it just uses that to approximate how detailed the hlod mesh should be

what would it even be automatically assigned to? I select a bunch of modular pieces and generate hlod mesh out of it, what is it supposed to be assigned to?

thats what I was talking about, you'd still need a mesh you assing that hlod to, unless I'm seriously missing something here or my stuff just broken

[wary wave]

you don't assign anything to anything, it should just work :/

I think you're missing something somewhere

[plush yew]

I'm not working on a bethesda game, it doesn't just work sadly

[serene birch]

when you "Generate Clusters" it should create the cluster mesh actors if I'm not wrong

[plush yew]

that would merge your individual meshes into one static mesh though

[serene birch]

you still need to generate the lod mesh though

no it generates a new actor and a new mesh that shows up when far only

[wary wave]

^

[serene birch]

basically it does what you want, automatically

mostly automatically, you might want to tweak grouping maybe

[wary wave]

HLOD Scene Actors can also be built from only specified parts by using the HLOD volumes

most stuff can be tweaked from the HLOD outliner

[plush yew]

ok, so lets assume I just missed out a step and it indeed does just work - can I still have it use my own lod meshes?

[wary wave]

not without modification, I don't think

[serene birch]

This proxy mesh will be a newly created Static Mesh Actor that combines materials (if enabled), has it’s own lightmaps, and it’s own editable static mesh that can be opened in the static mesh editor.

maaaybe you can

but it's probably a pain to keep them in sync

[wary wave]

may be able to import over the top, yeah, but I don't know that that's an option

[serene birch]

like what happens when you move stuff and need to regen the proxy meshes?

[wary wave]

well, you'd probably have to make a new LOD mesh in those instances anyway

[plush yew]

ugh yeah then thats not really helpful to me, thing is the modular buildings are very big, many many pieces. If I wanted to generate hlod for each one of them it would take weeks and it frequently crashes. That's why making lod meshes by hand is the better option for me at least until I manage to idk rent a render farm or something

I already tried generating hlod meshes for some of them and it just takes a whole day and the result is... not great, not just visually but topology, sure its at a distance and no one would notice my big hospital has a giant hole in the middle of it but still

I guess I'll just go back to trying to hack the shit out of the normal lod system by having 1 triangle meshes as lod 0 and then my lowpoly buildings as lod 1 🤷‍♂️

[serene birch]

if no one would notice, what's the issue? 😛

[plush yew]

time

[serene birch]

well I was commenting only on the looks, your time issue is orthogonal and the important one I suppose

you look for some kind of "reusable modular HLOD" I guess

[plush yew]

well it is a big thing when just one hlod takes hours and makes your machine unusable while you can make an lod mesh for that building in 20min and its going to be accurate and extremely well optimised so yeah

hlod is fine, just not in my current situation

[wary wave]

we generate all of ours overnight with an automated process, same with lightmap builds, content cooking, compiling shaders etc

[serene birch]

you don't really need to generate them to test most of the game indeed so delaying building them to overnight isn't bad

but if the level is made up of a lot of "reused" modular sets, it could be neat to also reuse the HLOD mesh I suppose

[jovial shuttle]

how would you go about making something that teleorts you from level to level

[kindred viper]

Level streaming / World composition

[wary wave]

level streaming isn't really built for that kind of thing

you'd probably have to handle the streaming manually to ensure the other level was actually loaded and available

[copper flicker]

@wary wave speaking of that.....

I haven't been able to load levels in any kind of way.. that would guarantee that ALL has been loaded

[wary wave]

there's a delegate / callback somewhere for when a level is loaded and visible

[copper flicker]

how do you query that the level is fully loaded?

[kindred viper]

theres loads of appropriate stuff for level streaming now. Although I do manage my own latent functionality

[wary wave]

but it's not exposed to BP

[copper flicker]

I only use BP

[wary wave]

then you're outta luck

[copper flicker]

O o

[kindred viper]

if you have access to GetStreamingLevel and pass it the world package name, you can get access to the loaded status

[wary wave]

that might work

[kindred viper]

it does. I did it earlier

[copper flicker]

isn't this like.. essential functionality of an engine? I was hoping something would exist... in BP, easily available

[kindred viper]

world comp used to be a pain, but its got the functionality to even stream levels that aren't in your persistent level world outliner

[copper flicker]

atm I'm level streaming with block on load

but it doesn't really work... entirely... not sure when it does and when it doesn't

[kindred viper]

how are you loading it?

[copper flicker]

well, either by get streaming level, make instance

and then set block on load afterwards as a separate node

OR

or by stream level with b lock on load

[kindred viper]

There is a GameplayStatic function for loading a level that comes with an FLatentInfo that fires a callback function. It will its ECurrentState == LoadedVisible

you can make your own latent action though pretty easy and use it with any of the other non-latent setups if you use C++

[copper flicker]

is that in C++?

I don't speak C++

😄

[kindred viper]

yeah but they are in blueprints too

[cloud cobalt]

What's the functionality you need here ? Switching levels with a good old loading screen works quite well

[copper flicker]

neah.. I don't have loading screens. and I put together my world from modules

so atm level streaming works

I just have to do some silly stuff afterwards

like.. I can't get all my spawning points, cuz not all of them have been spawned yet

so I wait, and then get one randomly

and the rest disappear as the player walks around

[kindred viper]

@copper flicker LoadStreamlevel is the GameplayStatics function that is latent. So the Completed node will be when the state is loadedvisible. Otherwise you can use LoadLevelInstanceByName and use the return node to bind an event to OnLevelShown().

[copper flicker]

it works, but... it's not ideal yet

hmmm.. the problem here tho, is.. that you're explaining in C++ code

[kindred viper]

no its in blueprint

[copper flicker]

yeah but I have to translate your language...

😄

into BP

[kindred viper]

the top one is latent. The bottom one you can bind from the return value to the level loaded/visible events

[copper flicker]

nope

does not work

I tried using instancing, the bottom one

atm I'm doing this

[copper flicker]

hmmm... yeah, I didn't try that

thanks!

[kindred viper]

luckily ive bene doing it all night in various ways

[copper flicker]

yeah but atm I'm using level streaming

[kindred viper]

made my own latent version of the bottom one

[copper flicker]

and it's much better for me

maybe... I can instance some things, and stream most of the content

[kindred viper]

me too. dynamic created levels in dynamic level streaming scenario

[copper flicker]

if it gets to that, for now my system kinda works.. I'm thinking of creating an update, and it's gonna be fine, despite the hacky workaround

I'm streaming in a few starting points, I'm keeping one, and as the player walks around, a few are deleted... one is kept... the rest are deleted.

so that way I have an entry and an exit

😄

atm I'm deleting all to the last, and keeping the last

which works... but it's a bit silly, cuz you will always find the EXIT on the absolute LAST place yo're looking for

haha

it's a bit like a Murphy law

[kindred viper]

same. I'm trying to make a nice algorithmic way of creating a hypercube based dungeon

[copper flicker]

that's like a.... more cube than a cube?

a cube meets a hypercube.

Hi, I'm Cube.

Hi, I'm Hypercube.

DAMN!

[kindred viper]

something like this but infinite.

[hallow shell]

cube 2 ❤️ nice

[kindred viper]

indeed 🙂

[copper flicker]

yeah, I'm... uhm... into.. hypersquares....

[kindred viper]

im trying to get a good math setup for figuring out all the vectors for each spawning point based on depth of the cube. In practice I wont go more than maybe 4 deep, but it interested me to see how much I can get away with before it kicks the performance cost up a notch

its also dynamic, so it wont always equal dimensions. I might want to make a really long one and turn it into a corridor

[ripe saffron]

I guess you could do that fairly easily with bounding extents and the origin of each cube/oblong

[serene birch]

hypercube is a generic cube definition that works for 4d and more worlds

a 2d hypercube is a square etc...

[ripe saffron]

my brain breaks when vectors go out of the realms of 3 dimensions

[serene birch]

well nth dimension is easy

you take n-1th dimension, and add another

😛

[ripe saffron]

haha yeah I understand the logic ...but........

[serene birch]

ah, the 4d hypercube has a name

Tesseract

neat

[edgy moat]

How could i get the trigger box placed in my scene inside of my players bp

access it*

[ripe saffron]

cast to player > get trigger box

[edgy moat]

Ok but how can i access the variables inside the box collision placed in my scene from my players bp

[honest vale]

what exactly are you trying to do?

[edgy moat]

if the player is in the trigger box he can place an actor

if he is outside he cant

[gleaming creek]

Add an on overlap begin event to the player, check if the thing you overlapped is your trigger, if it is, set a boolean variable.

Then do the same with the overlap end event, but set the boolean to false

And check that the boolean is true before doing your actor placement

[edgy moat]

ok but how can i get the trigger box placed in my scene as the other actor in my players bp?

[gleaming creek]

You want the reference to the trigger box you're standing in?

[edgy moat]

yes

[gleaming creek]

Save it to a variable when you enter, clear it when you leave. Instead of the boolean. And check that the reference is not null before allowing the spawn

[vivid narwhal]

I'm trying to get this square to spawn in front of the enemy AI. When I spawn it just using the transform it spawns at this angle. Do I just need to spawn it at the forward vector or am I misunderstanding forward vectors?

[dusky inlet]

been wondering, if you are writing a UE4 plugin and sell it outside the marketplace and you are implementing some features by copy pasting some of the engine code - is that legal? 🤔 (and would it be legal if sold on the marketplace?)

[fierce tulip]

afaik you are only allowed to use/share X amount lines of codes in public, so not sure how that exactly goes when it comes to selling outside of mp

[dusky inlet]

yeah true there was something like a 30 LOC limit... that's an issue for me as I'm writing code for articy.. lol

[wary wave]

you can't distribute, let alone sell any of the engine code

[junior scroll]

Anyone know of a guide/course/etc that doesn't have a "syllabus week" feel. I feel a lot of tutorials just cover how to use the UI of Unreal

or maybe im bad at looking 😛

[abstract relic]

Syllabus week?

[plucky reef]

Do I need Direct X in running unreal? I believe not right?

[dusky inlet]

@wary wave https://gyazo.com/f0f9cad46a1b5f0d3f81130de3e3e576 according to this FAQ entry you are allowed to copy paste it - just that your product will be governed by the EULA and you owe royalties. In case the plugin is free that means it is legal?

[wary wave]

I suspect a plugin that is resold would fall foul of another rule

since that plugin is then effectively part of the other project too

[fierce tulip]

when in doubt, ask directly

[dusky inlet]

yeah I guess contacting Epic would be the best way to go about this

[worn peak]

hey guys, anyone knows a good 'path to learn' for begginers ?

[trim granite]

what's wrong with the wheels? is this a bug?

https://prnt.sc/qd2nsi

[abstract relic]

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning

[young cliff]

Hello. I've just update my project to 4.23.1 and one of my players is having a crash to deskop with the error 'DXGI_ERROR_INVALID_CALL'. I noticed that there is a bug report for this, however the fix is released for 4.23.2:
https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-81742

The problem is, I can't find 4.23.2 in the 'Engine Versions' in the Epic Launcher. Is there a 4.23.2 somewhere or am I missing something?

[hallow shell]

wintersport template is coming

in 2120

[vital cosmos]

my editor drawcall count is a lot more than the drawcall count when I play, which one should I use for the benchmark to keep drawcalls under

[plush yew]

create grass using material or mesh, is there any performance difference?

[next badger]

@young cliff this issue was about Source build...
there won't be 4.23.2

[young cliff]

@next badger Thank you. Just so I understand correctly, does that mean this issue will only be fixed in 4.24?

[edgy moat]

How can i set a distance where after it is exceeded my particle effect will dissapear in the scene

Found a fix

[copper flicker]

so.. I'm tagged Player. I'm colliding with George. I'm saving the only object tagged Player as a Player variable, inside George. I'm trying to use that variable later.. I ask it, are you tagged Player? it says.. NO.

it sees None, instead of seeing me..

but I saved Me, as the only Player in existence.. in this game

O o

sometimes it works.. most of time it doesn't

BP communications... will be the death of me. and my game..

: <

[edgy moat]

İ know how you feel, dude

[copper flicker]

I'm casting all sorts of things.. some are probably unnecessary

[edgy moat]

Same here

[copper flicker]

casting just doesn't make sense

I mean, I got it, I understand the basics of it.. it's just Mad

supercomplicated way of communicating between 2 obejcts

Interfaces, I didn't even try to understand that complete and utter....... omfgness

😄

[edgy moat]

Especially if both objects have variables you need to access from the other object

[copper flicker]

yeah, or you need A to communicate with B, and B with A

they keep casting, it's inefficient..

and nuts

: D

[edgy moat]

Very nuts

[copper flicker]

I have no idea how this could be handled in a more elegant way.. I'm not a genius programmer

but it's so far the biggest problem I'm having with Unreal

this, and the UI

and 100 more things...

😄

so look, can anyone understand why this fails....?

[abstract relic]

You didn’t set anything

[edgy moat]

do you know how i can make a particle system of volumetric fog render no matter what the distance is from the camera and the fog

a custom volumetric fog material, not exponential height fog

[copper flicker]

@abstract relic oh, yeah, wrong example. but I did connect the dots

the nodes..

in the real example

this is just a simplification

[abstract relic]

Please don’t cold ping Vader. There’s 6k people online. Someone will answer if they know or feel like it.

[copper flicker]

let's cold ping them all..

[edgy moat]

[abstract relic]

@copper flicker have a hug

[copper flicker]

I also tried connecting directly from the Collision Output, without saving to a variable

same

it's like... the only way to cast is to use that collision output on the frame it collides

[abstract relic]

Can you print what tag the actor has.

[copper flicker]

the actor is definitely tagged Player

uhm.... it prints None, if I try to use it later

[abstract relic]

Verify. You know how it goes with such silliness

[copper flicker]

from the InputAction

[abstract relic]

From the ref variable or direct cast.

[copper flicker]

yeap, I checked, it prints Player on collisoin

every time I enter the collision

so I'm expecting that variable to Remember... that it's got an object tagge PLayer

it doesn't

[abstract relic]

Can you try from direct cast? I don’t suspect a difference but you never know

[copper flicker]

what do you mean?

[abstract relic]

Instead of Get other actor > set var > get var

Just print directly from Get other actor

[copper flicker]

but I was kinda.. doing that

anyway, strange enough, it works now

I have no idea why, or what I changed

O o

nothing probably...?

[abstract relic]

Magic clearly

[copper flicker]

magic from hell, definitely

[abstract relic]

Glad it’s resolved at least

[copper flicker]

maybe something was not entirely... properly connected

O o

[normal burrow]

Spaghet too long?

[abstract relic]

I find that it’s typical with those collision boxes

Sometimes it just doesn’t want to work

[copper flicker]

thanks for helping High Tide!

High Five!

😄

[abstract relic]

https://tenor.com/3jFF.gif

[shy orbit]

Hello! Nice to meet you all. I need assistance. I want to use an open source project that was built using an older version of UE4 (4.5.13) and I'm running into errors in Visual Studio

I'm using the latest version of UE4.

[normal burrow]

Do tell

[dim merlin]

Hi

So anyone knows how to make something like rivers be swim-able , only can make a physics volume be squared?

@trim granite its motion blur, try to disable it for anything on the vehicle body

[shy orbit]

@normal burrow I can link you to the open source project. Basically I’ll have to recreate it or use an older version of UE4, I’d rather recreate it.

I’m attempting to create rail grinding for an inline skate game

[normal burrow]

Are you saying the errors are too abundant?

[shy orbit]

Yes, there are a lot of errors. The creator says it should work with the older version but I need to recreate it for modern usage

[honest vale]

well you gotta fix the errors obviously 😛

[trim granite]

@dim merlin Thx, but where can i turn this off?

[sly coyote]

What is the name for the technique used when you have 1 texture with a bunch of other textures like for example, street signs, where you can select from a drop down what sign on that texture in the material you are using on a given object...

But its just 1 texture sample, and all the signs are in it

Trying to google some info on how to properly do it but hard to find results when you dont know what thats called

[manic pawn]

texture atlas?

the drop down would have to be a custom solution though

[sly coyote]

In the material it has a single texture sample with like 20 different little street signs but when i use it in the material instance there is a drop down list that lets me change what sign is shown

[fierce tulip]

thats not really a thing, but you can use the flipbook mat function and change a value

[sly coyote]

I have an example i can rip apart its just easier to understand if i could watch a tutorial on it

[plush yew]

somebody please, how to debug *.gen.cpp unhandled exceptions??

[manic pawn]

that usually means you called a function on a ptr that was null

[plush yew]

@manic pawn but we check if != NULL before executing or should we check in another way by IsValid() or something?

if name = "NONE" does it mean i didnt give it a name or is it some kind of nullpointer?

[sleek spear]

substance designer has a normal vector rotation node. how can i do this with unreal nodes?

[sly coyote]

Kitbash3d highways and props has what im talking about...its literally 1 texture sample and when you drop it on a street sign it automagically knows what sign to show...the other was a german street sign one where i was able to select the face of the sign through a drop down on the material instance...just trying to figure out what thats called

[grave nebula]

@sly coyote It is called pass some kind of data per primitive and select appropriate UV based on that data.

[sly coyote]

Texture atlas @manic pawn was right and you too deathray, its using the uv to tell it what peice to show...

Sucks through as tutorials on making them seem slim to none on ue4, theres a couple tuts for making them in substance...

[dim merlin]

@trim granite on the skeletal mesh component (inside the blueprint) look for motion blur

[violet umbra]

Maybe somebody noticed already, but it looks like there's a bug in 4.24 which forces the landscape to recompile huge number of shaders every time a new landscape layer mask is imported.

My numbers were as high as 250,000+

no such issues in 4.23

[next badger]

@young cliff if it was fixed in 4.23 means it is fixed in 4.24

with exception of reoccurring "zombie" bugs

@violet umbra 4.24 has new landscape pipeline...so, may be possible

[trim granite]

@dim merlin still happening,

[sharp inlet]

Hopefully a quick question, but I'm currently choosing an engine for a new project and a few things are pointing me in the direction of using Unreal for the first time. The base of my game is going to be a "telegraph" combat system similar to Wildstar or FFXIV. (https://youtu.be/PgFo28scfYM?t=91) In this video you can see a quick explination of the telegraph system and at the time stamp you can see them overlap nicely. Anyway, my question is - this should be relatively straight forward to implement in Unreal right? A cursory glance looks like I can just use the decal system and some animated materials to get the desired results right? Just want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious like "decals can't move" before I explore this direction further. Thanks in advance for any thoughts/feedback! I know there's a way to do it in Unreal, as Smite and Paragon use very similar telegraphs.

[runic iron]

@sharp inlet Definitely doable. You may be REALLY interested in the #gameplay-ability-system , check the pins there to learn more about it

[sharp inlet]

oh yea, that's a huge part of what drew my to using Unreal for this. I figure the GAS will help me get a networked game with some basic cooldown based combat in place relatively quickly.

Appreciate the feedback! Do you think decals are the right direction or will they be limited in some way I'm not aware of? (costly to move at runtime maybe, who knows :D)

[runic iron]

I think Dan's project in the first pin of the GAS chan implements a meteor spell which places an AoE decal on the ground that the user then confirms, it could be a great reference to see how he implemented it
I don't know much about how costly they are unfortunately, you should ask more experienced people there imo 😅

[sharp inlet]

okay great, I'll check that out! ❤️

[inland kettle]

Hi Guys. I am currently working with "Navigation Query Filter" and "Nav Area". I miss a way in which you can only assign a certain "Nav Area" to a controller. My problem is that obstacles are overcome if there is no other way. This is fine for most situations. But not for a train, for example. He may only drive on the rails and should not suddenly drive over the mountains because the rails are blocked. Does somebody has any idea?

[sharp inlet]

oh wow, this alone is going to be super helpful @runic iron (removed image so it didn't spam window, but one of the GAS links has a breakdown of the flow in a nice png) -thanks again!

[runic iron]

Oh yeah, also Dan's github project which is a blessing 😁 https://github.com/tranek/GASDocumentation
Np, good luck for your project !

[inland kettle]

I thougt there is a way to ramp the cost from a nav area up. (Navigation Query Filters). So high, that it turns into Null

[ornate vessel]

Hey guys

Im making a bubble partricle in niagara

The bubbles spawn random

[north snow]

I keep loading up a project only to see 2 reasonably well lit chairs.

[ornate vessel]

Spherelocation

[north snow]

Did I miss something?

[ornate vessel]

But i wanne rotate the bubbles around the pivot so it looks like its cooking something

But when i use rotate around point

All the bubblespawns snap to the middles

Middle

[grim ore]

@north snow do you not want to see the 2 chairs?

[ornate vessel]

And when i increase the radius

Ist just a circle of bubbles not filled

[north snow]

There are 2 chairs and a table are they any sort of included models you see when you start using the software?

[grim ore]

@north snow those are the included starter map in the starter content

[north snow]

Are they appearing over the other project that I'm trying to open?

[grim ore]

They are probably part of the project you are opening. Do you mean replacing the map?

if you want another map to load when you open the project go to project settings -> maps and modes -> and change the default map(s)

@ornate vessel you might find someone skilled with niagara to help in the #niagara channel if no one can help here

[north snow]

That doesn't solve the problem I'll rephrase my question so it makes sense.

I've been given a file to work on. It's listed in files as a ue4 project.
But when I open it I only see the nicely lit table and chairs. And I don't think I see it in the list of other maps.

[grim ore]

so in the editor, when you open the .uproject, the default map is the default starter map?

[north snow]

Yes unless I'm doing something I don't understand.

[grim ore]

no it sounds like the default map is set to minimal_default

should there be other maps? I dont know what this project is so I dont know what you expect

[north snow]

I'll try again.

[grim ore]

if you are looking for another map you can click on filters in the content browser, check LEVEL, then click on your main content folder so it shows you all maps in the project

[north snow]

I see advanced lighting minimal defaults. and starter map.

hmm.
This doesn't seem to have loaded properly.

[grim ore]

those all sound like just the starter content maps. are you loading it up in the correct version of UE4?

[north snow]

is 4.21.1 correct?

[next badger]

Can anyone tell which is which?

[lapis vine]

Weird, thought its Polygon mesher

Or was it Mesh Tool for Polygons 🤔

Maybe some are missing form that list.

[dim merlin]

the actual camera takes this seting

[mighty oak]

cross post: Question about the new SunSky blueprint, the default directional light intensity is 75000 lux, which turns the whole scene white, completeley white. This can't be a sane default value can it? I find that turning it down to about 8, is where I get a decent ammount of light, or am I doing something wrong?

[hallow shell]

it is winter! and I saw that some of you are working on snowboard/ski games.

is there ANYONE on the planet who would share a template or project for this?
if not, i will try to follow @fallow heath's "guide" to make those physics

[maiden swift]

@next badger I can tell them apart, but I already knew before hand. 😄

I suspect the average user poking through plugins wouldn't know which was which.

[humble ridge]

Yo slackers
as anyone seen this before with destructible meshes?

https://gyazo.com/f60971934b4837ba43aaa7cf707ab431

[worn peak]

guys, any not high-end laptop recomendations that can handle UE ?

[mossy nymph]

define high end

i am partial to acer predator helios 500, amd model

[worn peak]

anything like i7 9gen, graphic card rtx series

[mossy nymph]

it can run unreal easily - drawbacks are 5kg weight and battery life of 24 minutes once you start the editor

[worn peak]

not high-end

so

a latop with lower specs than that

low time battery its not a problem btw

[light thunder]

@worn peak Sager makes some really good (or at least the one I bought in 2014 is still kicking) laptops that are modular, so you can swap stuff out without voiding warranty

[mossy nymph]

whats the budget?

[worn peak]

for example, if I pick a 8gb ram dd4, a i5 7gen wihtout any decent graphic card

its enought ?

[mossy nymph]

no

unreal won't run with 8GB

[worn peak]

u kiddin

for real ?

[mossy nymph]

i mean it will for a little while, but you will regret the decision

[worn peak]

:/

so, it has to be a 16gb if I want to get free of this anoying crashes/freezin

[mossy nymph]

unreal editor leaks memory, and fast

[worn peak]

I see

its sad

think I will have to change to desktop instead of laptop

[mossy nymph]

RAM is pretty cheap nowdays

but you still need either a 16GB to come with laptop, or extra RAM slots to upgrade

[light thunder]

Naivy, you'd have better luck buying a desktop that runs well and then by a portable setup that you can remote in as long as you can count on your internet connection to be fast

[mossy nymph]

i agree

laptops that run desktop CPUs tend to be on high-end side

and there is a pretty large performance difference between the two

[worn peak]

i really prefer a laptop but it seems no one rather than the 'laptop gamers' has at least 16g ram

[sweet relic]

my Levovo X1 Carbon runs Unreal well

on low graphics settings at least (it only has integrated graphics)

ive been looking at egpus to do more intensive stuff

[worn peak]

btw

[grim ore]

I can tell you if you want to run UE4 on a laptop get a GTX 1060 minimim, 16gb ram, SSD and the rest is cake. You CAN do better but for a min spec you will be happy with this

[worn peak]

do u guys think integrated like mx150 can handle or dedicated version to laptop like gtx its needed

huuuuum

[grim ore]

with that said an integrated GPU from amd or intel will run it at ~30fps on 720p if that is enough for you

[worn peak]

thanks guys

[sonic pagoda]

I started ue4 on a i7 49something/nvidia 750m/16gb ram

[worn peak]

I was really considering buy a 8gb

[sonic pagoda]

Was fine for a long time

[grim ore]

my personal recommedation is 4 core CPU so i5 8th gen or higher or amd ryzen 5 or higher

[sonic pagoda]

Only thing is massive patience for shaders

[grim ore]

8GB will work if your project is reasonable, you will run into limits quickly with 8gb tho

[worn peak]

discord and peeps truly are a blessin

dunnow

I tried to open on my current one, has 6gb, to see the program

basically crashes after no more than 3min

[grim ore]

in order of sanity when working on a laptop I found 4 core/8 thread made a big difference, then more than 8gb made a difference, then the GPU being decent made a difference. the HDD is really important and should be an SSD no matter what

[hasty pewter]

https://youtu.be/QuKBZlRFpiA

AMD also just released their version a.k.a. FEM FX a few days ago

what about CHAOS and unreal?

what do you guys think?

[grim ore]

its always in progress and improving and being integrated in the engine should be a good thing

[hasty pewter]

but real time FEM simulations in both nvidia's and amd's solution

amd's plugin could help but I want chaos to support it too

just a thought

wishful thinking*

[next badger]

Since ue4 going to use Chaos mainly, will they drop Physx?

[inland kettle]

Hi Guys. I am currently working with "Navigation Query Filter" and "Nav Area". I miss a way in which you can only assign a certain "Nav Area" to a controller. My problem is that obstacles are overcome if there is no other way. This is fine for most situations. But not for a train, for example. He may only drive on the rails and should not suddenly drive over the mountains because the rails are blocked. Does somebody has any idea?

[hasty pewter]

@next badger that was the idea I got when they announced it

[inland kettle]

thougt there is a way to ramp the cost from a nav area up. (Navigation Query Filters). So high, that it turns into Null ore something

for me it would be the best, when the train could only use one nav area

[solid sierra]

how can I spawn a pawn at a location? spawn actor didn't work but from what I can tell it should 🤷

[dusky torrent]

I recently switched to the newest version of UE4 and I'm having a problem with version 4.24.1, where anytime I import an FBX UE4 crashes. Does anyone know about this or how to fix it?

[true leaf]

Spawn actor is how you do it. Something must be wrong such as the location... I like to use print string to debug things quickly , maybe try that. for example print the location vector that it spawned at and print the name of the object after it spawns (to see if it's null or not)

( You can also use breakpoints if you are a fancy pants )

[upbeat tendon]

the wiki has been locked and waiting upgrade for a very long time, did they forget to migrate it somewhere else?

[wary wave]

I wouldn't count on it ever coming back :/

[upbeat tendon]

that sucks

[ornate ice]

Hey All

anyone has any idea why I'm having this issue in my blockout

seems to be something related to the spotlight on top of my player

cause when I moved him and build the lights

changed of position

ok when I changed my light to be movable

that fix it

[wary birch]

Okay guys, I just watched this video and I think I'm going to fully switch to Linux https://youtu.be/cpE2B2QSsa0, but How usable is the Unreal Editor on Linux (Ubuntu or Arch especially), is it as supported as Windows?

[next badger]

@wary birch not usable

ask #linux

[wary birch]

#linux is for developing for Linux, not on it

[next badger]

yep, but people there are way more informed about Linux than people HERE

[wary birch]

Currently, we don't supply a binary installer of UE4 for Linux users. The good news is that you can compile a binary of Unreal Engine from the same source code that we use to develop the engine. If you want to access our source code, you'll have to register for an Epic Games account, sign up for a GitHub account, associate your GitHub username with your Epic Games account, and set up Git on your Linux machine.
Start pretty... Badly

[plush yew]

anyone found any tutorials on how to make a climbing system like breath of the wild?

[wary birch]

Looks okay actually

[cloud cobalt]

Mostly UE4 doesn't officially support Linux

Even producing Linux binaries requires Windows

Unless you're extremely careful with your environment

[mint sequoia]

Why would you punish yourself by using Linux

[radiant haven]

why is ther no 22 and 23 and 24 anymore?

[cloud cobalt]

Probably you have them installed already

[radiant haven]

oh yeah i am dump

[plush yew]

guys, how can i install older version of ue...4.22 to be precise

?

[plush yew]

found it

[dry shuttle]

Does anyone know how to stop light from bleeding through the landscape

[swift spindle]

I recommend blockers

[mighty oak]

Did you try setting landscape to cast shadows?

And perhaps add cascade far shadow maps in your directional light and make landscape contribute to far shadow cascade?

[autumn elbow]

heyyyyoooo! is there a way to lock selection of an object? I find myself constantly selecting the wrong object and moving it. 😋

[swift spindle]

yup

right click it in world outliner > Transform > Lock actor movment

[autumn elbow]

Ahh!.. Wonderful Thanks!

[true leaf]

[2019.12.19-23.12.45:827][671]LogStats: FPlatformStackWalk::StackWalkAndDump - 16.471 s
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:828][671]LogOutputDevice: Error: === Handled ensure: ===
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:829][671]LogOutputDevice: Error:
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:829][671]LogOutputDevice: Error: Ensure condition failed: BP->bCachedDependenciesUpToDate [File:E:\UnrealEngine-release\Engine\Source\Editor\Kismet\Private\BlueprintCompilationManager.cpp] [Line: 1723]
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:830][671]LogOutputDevice: Error:
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:831][671]LogOutputDevice: Error: Stack:
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:831][671]LogOutputDevice: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffb90ed6dc9 UE4Editor-Kismet.dll!FBlueprintCompilationManagerImpl::ReinstanceBatch() [e:\unrealengine-release\engine\source\editor\kismet\private\blueprintcompilationmanager.cpp:1723]
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:832][671]LogOutputDevice: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffb90e55805 UE4Editor-Kismet.dll!FBlueprintCompilationManagerImpl::FlushCompilationQueueImpl() [e:\unrealengine-release\engine\source\editor\kismet\private\blueprintcompilationmanager.cpp:1091]
[2019.12.19-23.12.45:832][671]LogOutputDevice: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffb90e51e37 UE4Editor-Kismet.dll!FBlueprintCompilationManager::FlushCompilationQueue() [e:\unrealengine-release\engine\source\editor\kismet\private\blueprintcompilationmanager.cpp:2385]

what does that error mean >.>

[dry shuttle]

will try that @mighty oak

[true leaf]

What is kismet and what does it want from me 😔

[mighty oak]

Kismet is ancient word for Blueprint (AFAIK), and it's telling you you have an error. 😉 https://docs.unrealengine.com/udk/Three/KismetUserGuide.html

The Kismet god can only be appeased with human sacrifice, which is illegal these days in most countries, so, you're kinda outta luck

[true leaf]

Theres absolutely no indication of which bp

Even in crash logs

Thanks epic

[zealous cloak]

I have an Actor that sets fire effects and drops a burn decal on the ground. I want to detect these decals in game but don't want to make an actor with overlap box. The amount of actors created in a game with the huge fire hits my tick time too much. Can I use code to add an overlap box and channel to the dynamic decal being placed runtime by my blueprint?

[autumn elbow]

How would I go about printing on a new line using append to string ?

[mighty oak]

\n

[autumn elbow]

nope thats not it

[mighty oak]

😦

[autumn elbow]

It used to be that I just hit enter on the blank one

B

in 4.24 is it not working?

[zealous cloak]

Bummer

[autumn elbow]

ahhhhh

Shift + Enter

[zealous cloak]

Lol

At the solution

[mighty oak]

@zealous cloak Why not use actors with hit boxes? Or have a line trace from the actor that needs to detect what it's intersecting with?

[zealous cloak]

When I have a big fire burning over a big landscape the amount of actors created per tick affects vehicle movement and tick time too much

[mighty oak]

@autumn elbow I was almost going to say that, but I thought I would sound stupid

[zealous cloak]

My physx vehicles snap back

It's the only thing stopping me from going to open alpha testing for my multiplayer game

[autumn elbow]

lol... well... i feel stupid 😂

[zealous cloak]

I want to fix that during the holiday week, lol

[mighty oak]

use a pain volume, and there are a ton of overlapping settings, it gets complicated, if it snaps back it means it's colliding, so you have to disable collision on this hit box

[zealous cloak]

Oh shit really

[mighty oak]

overlap and collisions can be treated separatly

look into "pain volumes" it might be what you're looking for

[zealous cloak]

Ok, adding it to my one note now

On lunch at work, I'm not a dev

[mighty oak]

look at "collision presets" pull down options

on the thing that you need to overlap with

[bold rune]

Trying to merge 4.21 into 4.22 and I've got 66k changes and 700 conflicts. This will be fun.

[mighty oak]

vanilla ue4

[zealous cloak]

OK I will do that, I gotta go afk and bit 4 work

[autumn elbow]

Anyone try to recreate some of the Boneworks mechanics ?

[thin tendon]

Does anyone here have experience with copyright and fair use stuff?

Like would this be ok to use?

[swift spindle]

well.. .you should be ok.. considering it's not called Aussie Post downunder hehe

[thin tendon]

Thanks thats what I was thinking. I just wasn't sure being same colors and shapes.

[swift spindle]

it's close.. but it's not the same

[thin tendon]

Okay cool

[grim ore]

has anyone in here tried the new arch vis example project from the learn tab? trying to get a handle on its performance. its only using 1 core around 60% utilization and the GPU only around 60%. getting between 7 and 9fps when playing back the cinematic 😦

[sweet relic]

@grim ore check #lounge, there is a bit of discussion there about it

tldr: insanely high poly count for that scene

[grim ore]

nah I figured it out, epic are sneaky bastards

they snuck some console variables to increase the raytracing settings to bonzer nuts in the sequencer blueprint so they trigger on when it starts and off when it ends and doesnt effect the editor itself when editing

There is still something else causing issues but that is a big one. Super weird would be nice if there was some docs for this lol

[bitter iris]

Hey I'm trying to call the ExponentialHeightFog as a variable from the persistent level but i cant seem to get it like this, i had it all done but few things messed up, could someone help possibly?

[normal burrow]

when did 4.24.1 come out? yesterday dang

[fierce tulip]

blergh, fricking hate it when im in the zone, only to hit a snag and end up fixing stuff instead of enjoying work

[normal burrow]

ikr? that describes my day thus far pretty well too lol

[fierce tulip]

hehe

same

[gilded plinth]

Could anyone tell me... when you "Set Skeletal Mesh" to swap out a SK Mesh on an SK Component, does the former SK Mesh ever get sent to the garbage collection pile?

I basically want to have a bunch of UDataAssets with references to SK Meshes for a modular clothing system. I'll use the data assets to get a refence to the new skeletal mesh that I want to use to replace the existing one but i'm worried about memory management.

[humble ridge]

has anyone seen this before with destructible meshes?

[sleek spear]

does material ambient occlusion work in 4.24?

[brazen knot]

I'm not sure what channel I would ask this in, so I'll ask this here. I was wondering if there were better transform tools for UE4 with a plugin. The "transform tools" I'm referring to are shown in the image:

[plush yew]

do we need to change something to be able to use DX12?

i remember a while ago you needed to add -dx12 to the filepath and etc

[slender vale]

Any tips or tricks on post proccessing and lighting? I don't seem to have shadows and every new level my lighting is awfully bright or awfully dark pitch black. It really destroys my vegetation and color grade.

[normal burrow]

Disable tone mapping

[inland kettle]

Hi Guys. I am currently working with "Navigation Query Filter" and "Nav Area". I miss a way in which you can only assign a certain "Nav Area" to a controller. My problem is that obstacles are overcome if there is no other way. This is fine for most situations. But not for a train, for example. He may only drive on the rails and should not suddenly drive over the mountains because the rails are blocked. Does somebody has any idea?

As far as I know you can only increase the costs for a Nav Area and not say that you can no longer drive there.

[zealous cloak]

How many actors is too many to create per tick

My game has had 5000 and I feel like the time is too high

[inland kettle]

it depends on what they do

[zealous cloak]

Fire actor with overlap volume and fire particle effect

[inland kettle]

whait... you mean spawn?

[zealous cloak]

150 x 150 units

Yeah

[inland kettle]

ooff 🙂 every spawn has a litte impact... dont spawn per tick

[zealous cloak]

I tried making one Actor and it spawns a bunch of effects and decals but I'm having a problem detecting the decals later on

I really just need to make a better fire so I can launch my game

[inland kettle]

detecting?

[zealous cloak]

So I don't want my fire to burn back where it has been. I need to detect that somehow. Since my fire destroys all the actors it damages, I really only have a decal there

[inland kettle]

• use instanced for the meshes
• put them in the level - dont spawn at runtime - when you can
• create particle lods

[zealous cloak]

I have particle lods

So put the burnt ground effect in pre load and just make it visible on fire impact?

Because a lot of fire is spawned

Oooo, I have some ideas

[inland kettle]

yeah. or you can check a bool

burned yes or no overlap check ready

[zealous cloak]

Yeah

I will try that out

[inland kettle]

or you can check your next spread area with a linetrace... is somthing there that tells you "i can burn" ok. when it hits nothing... nothing will happen

in that case you can spawn a "burned decal" and destroy the fire actor

[zealous cloak]

I'll look into that

I worked a long day today. I won't be able to work on my game until tomorrow afternoon

I dont do this for a living yet

[inland kettle]

I wish you success

[zealous cloak]

Thanks

Appreciate the insight

[inland kettle]

🙂

[zealous cloak]

should I hold off on replicating those until they are impacted?

to improve client experience

[inland kettle]

i dont know much about that.

[zealous cloak]

I'm taking next week off, I'm finishing this $$@

no problem

just thinking ahead, I should really fix my stuff first

[inland kettle]

yeah

often this is my problem too hehe

i have to go now

bye

[zealous cloak]

cya

[tulip helm]

is there an easy way to get out to space in 4.24? default template

nm, sorry. just straight manually input it something's Z to 10000000 does the trick.

[sonic pagoda]

@tulip helm and then you can press ctrl+1 or any other number to save those locations

that way you dont have to keep scrolling like a mad man

press the number to go back to those saved locations

[junior scroll]

Are there groups in this discord that provide a learning experience for those new to this field?

[dim merlin]

Hi, so how to make something like a river be swimmable, cant really use a physics volume for that ?

[wary wave]

why not?

[jovial shuttle]

hey hey hey, i tried to make a blueprint where you click the Y key it displays a widget, it failed and i kinda need help with it!

[humble ridge]

input needs to be on a controller thats owned by a client

character/controller

[dim merlin]

@wary wave the river has a elevation, the physics volume is just a box?

[humble ridge]

best to use print strings for debugging @jovial shuttle

first check your input is actually working then go from there

[jovial shuttle]

thanks 🙂

[wary wave]

you can use more than one box, and you can write tools to handle placement of said boxes if you need to

rivers don't typically have 'elevation', though?

they carve into terrain

[dim merlin]

@wary wave why not, like this:

[ripe saffron]

because gravity

[wary wave]

if you mean that they run downhill, then sure, but that's still something you can cover with volumes

[dim merlin]

hhm so the character will actually swim on the volume right? how would i cover it ?

[misty plaza]

Can someone help me out? Im trying to spawn several projectiles with a button but when I do It only it showing the 1 projectile coming from the weapon.

[jovial shuttle]

so i did this to the scrip but it still didnt work, or am i just being dumb

[humble ridge]

You need to run it on the actual player character thats possesed by a controller

you cant run it on some random trigger box

You could do it so the triggerbox on overlap get the character and then use some callback event or event tick on the trigger box to see if they key is pressed

theres about 1000 different ways to do that bit but the input it self must come from the character or controller

[jovial shuttle]

ooh, i get you now, sorry to waste your time

[plush yew]

anyone in mood for helping? i have few noob/stupid questions:D

[jovial shuttle]

how do i display the mouse cursor on my screen??

so when you play its ther

e

nevermind, figured it out

[tawdry wren]

Anyone getting this issue?

Unhandled exception

UE4Editor_Core
UE4Editor_Core
UE4Editor_Core
UE4Editor_Core
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_SlateCore
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_SlateCore
UE4Editor_SlateCore
UE4Editor_SlateCore
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor_Slate
UE4Editor
UE4Editor
UE4Editor
UE4Editor
UE4Editor
kernel32
ntdll```

I can go and open up a brand new BP and it will crash my editor. Tried updating graphics drivers and it's still doing it..

Using 4.23.1 -> Please DM or @me so i'm able to read the message. Thanks!

[tame delta]

Bit confused, Are 4.24.1 and 4.24.1 Hotfix the same thing? Lines like those confuse me a tad, but I assume maybe those are just regression bug fixes?

Fixed! UE-85927 Datasmith Exporters installer version is incorrect for 4.24.1
Fixed! UE-85874 Assets created in 4.24.1 won't open in 4.24.0

[manic pawn]

yes those refer to the same version

[tame delta]

@manic pawn Thank you

[median vale]

I created a material but I'm getting a different result on another GPU - GTX 1650 (works fine on 970, 1070 and 2070). Do you have any idea of how to debug?

[radiant haven]

what is this can find doc of it

[manic pawn]

a material function, considering the name does not match the style rules used by the engine, I assume a project-specific one

double click it

[jovial shuttle]

how would i make this only go once

[runic iron]

do once node ?

[jovial shuttle]

how do i use it, ive tried using it but i failed

[runic iron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvVesMy3WoA

[jovial shuttle]

thanks, ill watch this 🙂

after watching i feel dumb

lol

[modest bolt]

hey guys, I'm running into an issue with building

This is the cook log I'm getting. And I think it's because I don't have space? But my c drive has a lot of space on it.

This is the log txt that shows where it failed if it helps.

I appreciate any help! I'm trying to get this built out by today if possible otherwise I'll probably just record a playthrough in editor for my level portfolio.

It isn't optimized but it's to show off the level as a blockmesh ,so I think for that purpose it's fine.
Ok so now I'm reading more of the log and it seems like before the summary I'm not able to connect to some epic server?

[jovial shuttle]

Ive made a main menu, how do i display it so that its the first level when you open the game

[modest bolt]

@jovial shuttle Go to project settings and under maps & modes set the game default map to your main menu

[thorny roost]

I deleted the thumbstick input in my engine>input settings because it's not used in game and now trying to launch the game on my phone fails. how do i fix?

[edgy moat]

İt also looks disgusting compared to how the scene looks with fully dynamic lighting

[modest bolt]

I have a new updated text log. Still the same issue it seems. Would really appreciate any and all help! I'm a bit stumped

[plush yew]

does anyone know if you can add extra blocking colliders to a character aside from the capsule?

[austere scroll]

im using 2.21.2 , and im following this tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mgm16ki8zM&list=PLL0cLF8gjBprG6487lxqSq-aEo6ZXLDLg&index=2 on minute 6.

my camera rotation changes but there is no visual changes , is this normal , or will it cause problems ?

also im new to game development , so i dont know much

[polar viper]

Can someone help me???

[whole quarry]

Its usually easier the tell the question than asking if someone can help

[plush yew]

man unreal is such a bad engine, you cant even do custom collision on a character

[whole quarry]

Yes you can

[plush yew]

how then?

[whole quarry]

By changing the channels?

[plush yew]

i mean custom shape

[whole quarry]

Your info search skills are bad, not the engine

Then import a mesh that functions as the collision

[cloud cobalt]

Hell, I'm not sure you can not have custom collision on a character

[plush yew]

you can't have mesh collision on a character, right?

[whole quarry]

You can but takes some steps

[cloud cobalt]

What's mesh collision ?

Complex collision ?

[plush yew]

i guess, i want to use the UCX colliders from my mesh

[whole quarry]

https://www.google.com/search?q=ue4+custom+collision+mesh

[plush yew]

@whole quarry that doesnt apply to characters

[cloud cobalt]

The general workflow is to author per-bone collision in the physics asset

[plush yew]

what if there's no bones

[cloud cobalt]

If it's a character, it probably does

Since the root mesh is a skel mesh

"character" is meant for, well, characters

Animated 2-legged humanoids

[plush yew]

it's a small tank

[whole quarry]

lol

[plush yew]

Aw i can't login to my account anymore, Thanks Epic Games

[cloud cobalt]

Then Character is probably not what you want to use, unless you're doing multiplayer and wan t the easy way out. You hsould look at vehicle or pawn classes

[plush yew]

so wait, if i assign bones to it then i can have non-capsule collision for the character?

[humble ridge]

Gonna try here 1 more time before i try the forums.. I have an issue with 1 of my assets that i turned into a DM that does this https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/225448446956404738/657407152935403551/unknown.png

anyone seen it before?

[cloud cobalt]

@plush yew Use another class.

[whole quarry]

Nice how the first call was to call the engine bad, but it turns out you just lack knowledge/skill

[plush yew]

@cloud cobalt i want to use character for the movement functions and like orient to movement and stuff

@whole quarry the only way to get a response on here is to call the engine bad

[cloud cobalt]

And it will be the only one you'll get from me because that's a horrible attitude

[austere scroll]

im using 2.21.2 , and im following this tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mgm16ki8zM&list=PLL0cLF8gjBprG6487lxqSq-aEo6ZXLDLg&index=2 on minute 6.

my camera rotation changes but there is no visual changes , is this normal , or will it cause problems ?
im also new to unreal , so i dont know much. can someone help ?

[fierce tulip]

cant help you with that @humble ridge

[whole quarry]

Usually a response to a question is given when a question asked and somone has the knowledge and time to answer

[humble ridge]

Danm 😦 All of my assets seem ok, Ill try the forums!

[whole quarry]

@humble ridge is that the new destruction system?

[humble ridge]

No just regular DM .. Chaos isnt at a place were i think its usable yet.. I spent a good time understanding it and it does seem promising but yeah not quite ready yet imo.

I do use it in my game though

Just not as much as DMs

[austere scroll]

there is no way not a single expert knows why

[plush yew]

@cloud cobalt maybe but i'm under time pressure and already looked for answers online to no avail

[humble ridge]

What do you mean @austere scroll ?

a video or screenshot of your issue will help

[polar viper]

@whole quarry i tried but it got ignored.

I want to know how to flip the normals and tangents. Because some of my models normals or tangents are facong in intead of out

[austere scroll]

@humble ridge my camera in the viewport wont rotate vissually , it just changes numbers. and the result is this

the camera is sideways

[humble ridge]

Is it inherited?

[austere scroll]

yea

[humble ridge]

Are you sure nothing in the parent class is manipulating it

[austere scroll]

it worked in the latest version , but i had to install 2.21.2 bcz of some external animations

wdym manipulating ?

[humble ridge]

as in any code changing the camera rotation

[plush yew]

@cloud cobalt but i honestly do think unreal is bad, simple things can be extremely convoluted to do in unreal and somehow you always run into 10x more issues with unreal than with unity and it's documentation is very lackluster

[austere scroll]

how do i know ?

[humble ridge]

open the parent and have a look? 😛

[austere scroll]

it worked in the latest version , it should work here right ?

[humble ridge]

It could literally be 1000 different things so its hard to tell

Youve just shown me a picture of the rotation

have you tried debugging the rotation?

like trying to set it with a timeline to the rotation you want through begin play

checked error logs

etc..

[austere scroll]

well im following a tutorial

and im using the third person template

if that helps...

[humble ridge]

That tutorial is from 2017

try a newer one

[austere scroll]

ok... ?

[humble ridge]

I'm not going to watch it to see whats wrong with it haha

just debug yourself man

print string

check rotation

try rotating manually

[austere scroll]

go to minute 6

[humble ridge]

do all that fun stuff

his camera is not inherited

so if yours is you are doing it to the wrong camera

[austere scroll]

inherited means the child of another object , right ?

[humble ridge]

It will say inherited next to the component in the viewport

[humble ridge]

in the components list

no thats not inherited

[austere scroll]

can i call you and screen share it , bcz i cant record rn

also thx for ur time

[humble ridge]

So you set the x axis to -90

compile and save

hit play and its still not rotated?

you sure you are playing the right character 😛

[austere scroll]

yea

im sure

those numbers are changing

[humble ridge]

show the entire screen

[austere scroll]

the viewport itself wont

[humble ridge]

screenshot the entire thing

[austere scroll]

side to side comparison

[humble ridge]

Is there anything in the conscript?

[austere scroll]

his blue(Z) axis , is facing up

no

[whole quarry]

@polar viper thats usually done in the 3d program like blender/3d max

Else you might want to use double sides shaders

[austere scroll]

Nothing in consprict

[humble ridge]

Ill see if i can replicate it 1 sec

[austere scroll]

ok

sry for the many questions 😬

[humble ridge]

is editable when inherited checked?

i dont have any issues with it

restart your editor

or close and reopen bp

[polar viper]

@whole quarry the normals and tangents are fine on 3ds max

I even have renders to prove it

[whole quarry]

Try to invert them to see what ue4 does

You can always switch it back

Sometimes I have the same thing with Blender

[polar viper]

-_- it's one massive environment

It's not finished i just needed to see how it looks in ue4

[whole quarry]

In blender i can select the faces to invert the normals, cant 3dmax do that too?

[polar viper]

You can but then I'd have to fully export the entire thing again

[whole quarry]

Well, the laziest and quickest way is to set double sides shader in the materials that you use for it

[polar viper]

That worked. And then there's the double sided geometry thingy as well

Now the fun part.... trying to fix 118 collisions 0.0

[whole quarry]

I would say: see where you can get away with jusy using Blocking Volumes

[polar viper]

Nope all 118 need to be complex

[austere scroll]

@humble ridge IT WORKEDD !!!!

[humble ridge]

Yeah probably some bad memory or something

glad you got it sorted

[austere scroll]

i just restarted the engine...

[humble ridge]

Yep

power cycle works 90% of the time every time

[austere scroll]

hold up

this doesnt make sesne

its fixed in the viewport , but not in the game ?!??!?!?!?!

[humble ridge]

funky

[austere scroll]

huhhhhh

ITS rotated wrong in the gameplay

tho

[gleaming lotus]

I'm having some very strange issues with maps....
I'm basically storing spawned items to a map of a GUID and their attributes (for server replication, so clients can find items based on their GUIDs).
When a GUID is removed from the map in the opposite order to which it was added, everything works fine, like so

but when I remove items in the opposite direction to how they're placed, the GUIDs just zero out halfway

[humble ridge]

Delete the character and start again 🙂

[gleaming lotus]

Here I add 6 items, and after the third, all the GUIDs zero out.
If I do it with 8 items, it'll do it after 4. and so on.

I'm testing this out in singleplayer and on multiplayer as a client or the server, and it happens on all of those tests.

[austere scroll]

@humble ridge i cant

im not an expert

[humble ridge]

duplicate it

delete the old one

try again

[austere scroll]

i will start a whole new project

is it a good idea ?

[humble ridge]

not a whole new project

just new character

[austere scroll]

why not a new project ?

i did nothing

and beside

i deleted that one , so..

[humble ridge]

go on thne

[delicate needle]

IS there return policy on the marketplace? I bought a plugin that has a cheaper alternative.

[plush yew]

Hello I am currently looking for people to help me model a vehicle

Like in Blender or Autodesk Maya

[tame delta]

@plush yew For help with modelling if you wish to use Blender I would suggest their discord, it's very active and people are generally helpful 🙂 https://discord.gg/blender

[normal burrow]

against rules cafe

[tame delta]

That is if you just want general help on modelling, if you're looking for someone to model the car for you I doubt you'll find volunteers for free, but you can try

Is it?

Linking to another discord?

[normal burrow]

yes

[tame delta]

Those are weird rules

That rule is mostly for promotional discord links, but I get it. I feel like the official Blender discord is relevant and not advertising

[normal burrow]

could read them

mentioning it so you could avoid an infraction (by removing it before its dealt with)

[chrome ivy]

Hey
So
I got an issue
I am using a render target for a sniper scope
and if I play in multiplayer
the server sees what the client sees
any methods to fix this?
I tried checking if the owner is locally controlled in the begin play, but that didnt do anything

[fierce tulip]

Im cool with it, was related to topic. while we dont appreciate people promoting their discord or go "go join our fortnite youtube club" its fine.

[normal burrow]

i don't know the rules anymore lol, it says you need permission before hand

[fierce tulip]

for promotion yes, but linking related to question is fine imho

either go "go google find a discord for blender" or give the link.

now if someone goes "i like puppies" and someone links a puppy discord in #ue4-general thats a different thing imho :p

disclaimer: own personal view on how to follow the rules :p

[normal burrow]

heh

[chrome ivy]

can anybody help me?

it is kinda annoying

the issue i mean

[normal burrow]

its a very specific problem midsoft

you'd have to make it not do this basically lol

[chrome ivy]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/blueprint-visual-scripting/78857-scenecapturecomponent2d-for-sniperscope-in-multiplayer

[normal burrow]

by server you mean, the host?

[chrome ivy]

yes

that s the thing

on a dedicated server it works fine

that thread says that it shouldn t happen outside the editor

but I am not sure

[normal burrow]

yeah, i mean the logic for rendering the target should be fixed to only do so when the weapon is

1. owned by the local player
2. held by the local player

[chrome ivy]

yeah

of course

but how would i do this

[normal burrow]

well first, how do you check the owner of the weapon?

can you get the pawn that owns the weapon?

[chrome ivy]

in the weapon class

yeah

exactly

APawn* OwnerPawn = Cast<APawn>(GetOwner());

OwnerPawn->IsLocallyController()

[normal burrow]

ah your c++

[chrome ivy]

yeah

[normal burrow]

so, GetOwner()

is this a actor already?

[chrome ivy]

yeah

that code occurs in the weapon class

which is an actor

and the player spawns that weapon class on begin play

so the player becomes the owner

[normal burrow]

Dunno if GetOwner is what you actually want

[chrome ivy]

why is that?

[normal burrow]

you'd have to know if it is or isn't

[chrome ivy]

yeah you can check if it is valid

if (OwnerPawn) ....

[normal burrow]

Get the owner of this Actor, used primarily for network replication.

is how its documented

If your positive its giving you the pawn that is currently holding the weapon then ignore what i'm saying

but if the server always creates the weapon it might be the owner

if you are dealing with AI bots or something, the host computer would be the owner and those things would be locally controlled still

[chrome ivy]

i don t know, there is no other good way I can get the owner

[normal burrow]

Well midsoft is the weapon actor attached to another actor?

[chrome ivy]

to the player

[normal burrow]

the pawn of the player?

[chrome ivy]

yeah

it is attached to the player s mesh

to a hand socket

[normal burrow]

GetAttachParentActor then is likely what you want

[chrome ivy]

and when do I check if the owner is locally controlled

you see if I check in the begin play of the weapon class

it will crash

[normal burrow]

you need to put the code somewhere for me to see it

[chrome ivy]

ok

wait

[desert vault]

Hello, May I ask why those parameter will disappear when I change the Inputs in the function to another variable then I change it back to default those variable still won't appear again

[delicate needle]

HELP! I'm stuck out of my project! I was watching a tutorial on how to create a BP class, has some issue about compile, closed my project. Now when I open it I get this window:

[chrome ivy]

visual studio is playing tricks on me hold up @normal burrow

[normal burrow]

i'm patient no worries

[delicate needle]

and I click yes and get

[chrome ivy]

c++ project?

[delicate needle]

Nope.

[chrome ivy]

delete binaries build intermediary saved folders

[delicate needle]

I've was trying to create my first C++ class for the project, and had issues.

[chrome ivy]

oh

ok

do that

then right click on the uproject file

and generate visual studio project

[delicate needle]

Thank you! cut/pasting my files now, then I'll do that.

(that being right click and generate)

[chrome ivy]

ok

if it still wont compile

just open the visual studio file

and build your project from there

[rapid ridge]

Hey guys, does anyone know how I can use Chaos on UE 4.24.1?

[desert vault]

How to input smaller variable from struct to the parameters of the function like this? When I input the struct like the default those parameter don't appear, there is just a struct 😦

[normal burrow]

take a look at #engine-source for the latest on chaos with 4.24

[rapid ridge]

@normal burrow thanks 😛

[misty creek]

@desert vault Couldn't you just split the struct?

[normal burrow]

(it does not look bright plusle but, its what that whole channel has turned into lol)

[chrome ivy]

{
    Super::BeginPlay();

    // APawn* OwnerPawn = Cast<APawn>(GetOwner());
    APawn* OwnerPawn = Cast<APawn>(GetAttachParentActor());

    if (OwnerPawn)
    {
        if (OwnerPawn->IsLocallyControlled())
        {
            ScopeCaptureComp->Activate(false);
        }
        else
        {
            ScopeCaptureComp->Deactivate();
        }
    }
}```

@normal burrow

[desert vault]

When I redo this new input pin just appear

[normal burrow]

@chrome ivy so, begin play is probably not the best place to do this check. it shouldn't crash anything though regardless.

is there an event / place that is called when the weapon is attached ?

[chrome ivy]

Well now it doesnt

[normal burrow]

BeginPlay may be invoked prior to being attached

[chrome ivy]

Because i added that check

At the beginning

[normal burrow]

which means it was returning nullptr

[chrome ivy]

And yes that is the reason

[normal burrow]

so beginplay probably not the place to decide it

[chrome ivy]

Yeah

Maybe

Theck in the start aiming

Check

And the stop aiming functions

[normal burrow]

yea could do this

[desert vault]

@misty creek thank you man i found it 😋

[normal burrow]

Ideally, there is something being called when the weapon is attached though

I dunno how you'd set that up with replication

You could even just do the check before rendering the target. its not as nice of course, to run the check every frame on every weapon

[chrome ivy]

nah that will cause performance drops

[delicate needle]

@chrome ivy

[chrome ivy]

can you screenshot the project directory

[delicate needle]

Didnt work, when I right clicked it and went to generate

[normal burrow]

MidsoftGames yes, but you might be overestimating how much

[chrome ivy]

its contents I mean

[normal burrow]

would recommend get it working first, then optimize turning it on and off

[chrome ivy]

@normal burrow i only got a thing or 2 on tick

=)))

[chrome ivy]

no not the content folder

the previous folder

ur project directory

[chrome ivy]

if you double click the uproject right now

doesnt it work?

cuz it should

[delicate needle]

Nope

[chrome ivy]

what does it say

?

[chrome ivy]

hmm

[normal burrow]

well if your server is rendering other peoples guns midsoft this is gonna impact performance lol

[delicate needle]

its 4.2x, maybe try and open it in a newer version, not ideal.

[chrome ivy]

nah

right click the uproject

and edit

copy everything and paste here

[delicate needle]

Dont have an option to edit

[chrome ivy]

you can open with notepad

[delicate needle]

RGR

[chrome ivy]

but just send the UPROJECT file on discord

ill look into it

[edgy moat]

İs there a way i can set a certain render distance for foliage?

[delicate needle]

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[edgy moat]

which after it is exceeded it doesnt render

[chrome ivy]

@normal burrow ofc it is gonna affect performance

[normal burrow]

yea wasn't a question lol

[chrome ivy]

@delicate needle ```{
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