ah I see, thanks
#ue4-general
rotund scroll
vast fjord
yeah just going back and installing the unreal plugin
normal burrow
also, install everything else in the doc lol
it really will matter on your model too Cranz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3WUIDBBtOo all these use semi compatible skeletons but the ik bones really don't account fo the bottom of the foot. if you did want to see an extremely complicated way of foot on ground https://youtu.be/7hr7ohk81FA?t=255 @rotund scroll
vast fjord
i got an sln file now
normal burrow
now open it
stark marsh
how would i switch my game from 3d sidescroller to something else
like jsut normal third person game?
normal burrow
and build like HighTide said with the top menu Build->Build solution
then try and open the project once its finished. Do check if it had errors
stark marsh
i want to switch my game to third person instead of a 3d sidescroller, how?
normal burrow
this is entirely up to you on how
if its just a matter of wanting to start with a new template and migrate your assets over, this is a thing you could do
make the new project with third person template. then open the old project and right click on content in content browser and go to migrate
stark marsh
how could i select everything and migrate them all over?
vast fjord
thank you, it's working now
stark marsh
help i dont know how to migrate all my asseets and code intoa new project?!
oh i did it i think
normal burrow
figured you'd get it lol
stark marsh
my code doesnt work properly
like i have things that hurt the player but they dont work now since all my variables are messed up
rotund scroll
damn I can't seem to set bone location on a skeletal mesh
normal burrow
how so Cranz?
rotund scroll
there's no function for it
normal burrow
have to use anim graph [Transform (Modify) Bone]
rotund scroll
ah
scarlet birch
If I have two different post processing material effects being applied to different parts of the screen using custom depth to determine which to use where, would it be better to use just one material or go ahead and use 2? I can see were doing it all in one might reduce overhead a little but it seems that 2 materials would be easier to manage.
I'm leaning towards using one material with a parameter to choose whether it applies to areas of custom depth or areas without it.
rotund scroll
@normal burrow while we're at it, relative bone joint location? per frame?
pelvis drops now, IK still not functional
normal burrow
the last thing on the right
its the sink node
the code evaluates from the sink node, out, then back in
where actual modifications happen on the way back in.
so if your ik is not functional after moving the bone
make sure that your ik is running after the move bone on the way back
modify bone -> line -> ik
and
you can pick 4 different transform spaces
and select additive to pose or set to pose
harsh tiger
why is my physical material returning default when the mesh that is been stepped on has a metal physical material?
normal burrow
bone space means, in the space of the bone itself as the pose dictates
parent bone space is actual relative to the parent bone (what animations are authored in)
component space is in the space of the sekeltal mesh component
world space is what it sounds like
harsh tiger
scarlet birch
meh, I'm just going to do this (unless someone offers a reason not to) since the materials are the same just different parameters.
rotund scroll
@normal burrow right now it's locomotion -> bone transform (pelvis) -> IK (r, l) -> output pose
rotund scroll
yeah
scarlet birch
What do you have so far?
rotund scroll
everything, except IK not working
scarlet birch
is it a standard character?
scarlet birch
Can you share what you have? DM if you need.
rotund scroll
this, but fixed the trace to be actually correct (so instead of getting arbitrarily signed lengths, I get positive lengths that are correct)
trace hits fine
scarlet birch
What's the issue?
rotund scroll
I suspect the only difference is (and they don't show this) that I don't have the correct join locations
scarlet birch
In mine I move the pelvis and change the capsule size depending on the offsets for the feet
rotund scroll
yea I added pelvis movement now as well on the recommendation from someone else
anyway the pelvis drop works, but the IK still doesn't function
scarlet birch
What's wrong with it?
rotund scroll
it just doesn't do anything
scarlet birch
ah,
The steps I'd follow are 1. Turn the traces debug draw on, to see if the traces are actually happening and the hits are where they should be.
rotund scroll
they hit fine like I said
rotund scroll
this but with locomotion state machine instead of the jumping jack animation
and an added pelvis bone transform before the IK
scarlet birch
The bone names are correct?
rotund scroll
yes
like I said I think it's the joint locations that aren't correct because it doesn't say how to get them correctly
scarlet birch
ah ok
rotund scroll
and I have no idea how to actually do that on a skeletal mesh
it's apparently unhappy with get socket location each foot bone
rotund scroll
I found out I forgot to set the actual bone on the IK nodes
so at least that's solved
scarlet birch
Yeah, that's why I wanted to see a screen of it. Cool
rotund scroll
now I just have to see why the values are wrong
appreciate your assistance nonetheless
scarlet birch
NP, I work with Ik a lot and had a few minutes
kindred viper
my mouth. #fishlipped
scarlet birch
As far as I know I use the world location of the hit
rotund scroll
that's the effector location though?
scarlet birch
Sorry, join target I believe is relative. I set it with offset values. You can also set it by moving the locator in the animBP preview window.
I often use the animBP preview window to find the value I want and then set it to a variable since I use differnt values for differnt animations
rotund scroll
@scarlet birch wouldn't you have to do that for each key in each animation though?
scarlet birch
IF you need to maybe. I ussually find a value that works for each animation. IF you have it set differently for each key you could get it from the animation directly I guess.
YOu could use a curve value if you need that much controll over it
rotund scroll
I don't really need to go into that much detail; I think even per animation is a bit much. I'd have one per stance (standing/crouching)
scarlet birch
Yeah, I only need a different one for wall cimbing / walking mostly]
sometimes stealth
rotund scroll
@scarlet birch also feel free to tell me why it's the x value of the effector that matters, not the z?
scarlet birch
I ussually disable the update event, play the animation I want the effector location for in the AnimBP then move the effector with the locator in the preview window until it looks good. Then copy the value and set it to a variable.
Sorry, busy and just sharing in case it's helpful
rotund scroll
@scarlet birch so you use all 3 values of the effector?
rotund scroll
ah of course
kindred viper
X-Up? what is this heresy?
rotund scroll
bone space
scarlet birch
The values, depends on the animation and use.
yeah.
Sometimes I use all 3 sometimes just one or two.
kindred viper
speaking of bone space.... the wife just made a brew and didnt make me one. brb :p
scarlet birch
err no. My bad. I mix up effector and target too much
For target I always use all 3
rotund scroll
@scarlet birch what you figure this is?
scarlet birch
For effector mostly just one.
rotund scroll
effector is target though, joint target is the joint that's moving as far as I've understood?
scarlet birch
Target is used to maintain the overall orientation of the joint. So it effects how the joint bends when you move the effector
mostly it means it controlls where the knee is going to point
for this
rotund scroll
I see
scarlet birch
This is the target
rotund scroll
I'm just following the terminology on that page, where they say effector is target position
however I haven't fully understood this
scarlet birch
The effector is the target location for the bone being moved. Here it's the foot bone
rotund scroll
yea that's what I understood
rotund scroll
it's definitely confusing having target and target
anyway
did you see the screen I posted?
scarlet birch
yeah,
But not sure what you're asking
The contrast is bad, is one of the feet twisted or something?
scarlet birch
My assumption would be for some reason it's applying those zeros when it shouldn't
scarlet birch
Do you have a rotation node too?
rotund scroll
not yet
scarlet birch
scarlet birch
Ah, didnt see that before I posted that.
Just looking for somewhere that might be a check box or something to tell it not to use the zeros.
It's set to bonespace?
rotund scroll
rotund scroll
alright that did something
scarlet birch
and uncheck maintain rotation at the top there, unless you're setting the rotation too
err maybe not
rotund scroll
scarlet birch
Now you need to adjust the Joint Targets .
If you don't have anything plugged into them, you should be able to just move the locator in the preview window
rotund scroll
I'm not sold the manually moving the join targets tbh
@scarlet birch I'd rather have a way to programmatically have them be correct every time
scarlet birch
Idk, you could set them with a joint/socket in the animation or a curve. I'm sure there's a way to have it in the animation from maya/blender.
I hate animating though, so it's not my strong suite.
rotund scroll
wouldn't it just be taking the location of the join in the first place? and really IK only matters for standing still
so taking the rest pose join location should technically be enough?
scarlet birch
Not really. It's about how it bends. I use Ik for moving too. You want feet to line up with ramps, steps, rocks etc..
I mean this is IK here
rotund scroll
so what's wrong with the idea of getting the socket location of the foot when it hits the ground or something?
scarlet birch
For the joint target?
rotund scroll
yeah
scarlet birch
It would look really messed up
rotund scroll
I mean I can see it being more of an issue in 2D, but in 3D the depth obscures quite a lot
how so?
scarlet birch
Joint target is where the knee cap points.
rotund scroll
I thought it was the foot in the case of foot IK
since the foot has to hit the ground, and the other bones adjust accordingly
normal burrow
so another thing
if your using world space ik targets
animation doesn't have to run before physics and doesn't always
so its possible that you run the animgraph before the position gets moved
working with world space in general is tough because of this
just needed to be mentioned with what you are saying
rotund scroll
I switched it up to use bone and parent bone space
though I still would like to have some calculation for the joint target
scarlet birch
It's not an issue most of the time. The small delays in movement I see with some physics objects and Ik aren't enough to worry about.
scarlet birch
It's more of an aesthetic thing. I'm not sure I'd want to have to deal with it. If you really want to set the joint target / orientation with that much control I'd use a socket/bone and set its position in the animation.
normal burrow
idk i tend to view it as a huge problem. the way you fix it is either ensuring a tick prerequisite on something (which only stresses things further) or try to work in component space when possible.
but if being one or two frames behind isn't a big deal then its not 🤷
timid jacinth
cannot open input file 'wininet.lib'
Urgently need help, i keep getting this error on compile or when I package
scarlet birch
I'm not sure what you're saying applies to what we've been discussing. We are setting the locations in component space using an offset derived from a trace in world space.
normal burrow
it would matter when you collect the point really.
rotund scroll
per frame vs animNotify when a foot hits the ground?
normal burrow
if its in update animation event and brought into component space there, yeah that would be okay/the best possible thing
scarlet birch
Which is the case.
normal burrow
yeah then your good, it just sounded like the point was in world space
theres just a lot of mines
dawn gull
Hey, sorry to interrupt, but how do I make it so that an on actor hit event only happens one time and not every time that you touch it?
scarlet birch
You don't want to apply the IK with a notify. You can use a curve to set the alpha though.
mint sequoia
@rotund scroll p@t helped me with that recently, look at how two bone ik does it
fervent sigil
Anyone is familiar with apex destructible mesh? I'm trying to fracture a mesh I have, but it's not really working. Any explode amount is same as original, and preview depth 1 shows empty.
mint sequoia
But its bad for legs
I used it for arms
For legs just put absolute numbers in, it'll still be accurate to the animation
rotund scroll
@mint sequoia what do you mean?
mint sequoia
I mean that two bone ik has a function that literally computes the correct pole vector angle
And that it doesn't work well with legs
rotund scroll
meh
normal burrow
Yeah Cranz, its quite easy to make new nodes
like it takes a bit of files
but inserting some extra logic for the joint target. may be able to just inherit two bone ik and overwrite the update function to set a custom vector after it reads the pins
you'd need to also make a graph node type but this is pretty straight forward
mint sequoia
I think for the average UE4 user its reasonably advanced
Making an editor module and anim graph nodes
Once you've done it once or twice it gets quite straight forward though yeah
normal burrow
yeah, speaking more of end of the rainbow haha
like once you do it one time, it is pretty straight forward
kindred viper
I started out making new nodes in blueprint function libraries. It was a nice entry point to editor modding
exotic cave
So I have heard that Epic personnel occasionally hang out here?
mint sequoia
Thats not actually editor modding 😐
kindred viper
no its an entry point to it
mint sequoia
They do yes
rotund scroll
so doing in BP exclusively is out of the question?
mint sequoia
It'll never be something you can do in BP ever
exotic cave
I'm interested in becoming a Marketplace creator. Is anyone here on the Marketplace and can answer some of my questions about policies?
mint sequoia
You can read the guidelines here https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/marketplace-guidelines
normal burrow
maybe some day if you forfeit the fast path vaei
exotic cave
Thanks @mint sequoia . Are you on Marketplace yourself?
mint sequoia
I submitted my first plugin today, so no
normal burrow
have you seen that video on fortnite anim bp? - its comprehensive
mint sequoia
I haven't
exotic cave
I badly need to network with Marketplace makers
mint sequoia
Hmm I don't need to network though sorry lol
normal burrow
exotic cave
It doesn't have to be you, I'm just putting it out there 🙂
mint sequoia
You're not really putting anything out there though, need to be a lot more specific
exotic cave
I'm assuming that despite the purchase of Quixel, the prohibition against reuse of Megascans assets in third-party packs remains in effect
mint sequoia
Likely if they're licensed solely for UE4
exotic cave
Oh, I have an environment art pack I'm working on; about 50 different ground PBR textures to start with, full maps
The Quixel thing was my only specific question, but it's also nice to hear about others' experiences on the Marketplace
I'm a refugee from Unity. 😄 This was all intended for release over there
But Unity is bad, at least for grownups. After a year of working on my pack I was about ready to scream when I couldn't get stable shadows, and realized it was 100% not me.
mint sequoia
@cursive dirge ^ do you agree with that
exotic cave
UE is very nice so far!
dawn gull
grr unity
mint sequoia
That might have been something to lead with btw
I made a semi-procedural locomotion system, definitely don't know about making that stuff
That roughness looks plasticy
And the trunk/branches are glowing
dawn gull
yeah, i like it
mint sequoia
While the leaves are near black
exotic cave
This is all extreme preview 😄 I agree, all material values need serious adjustment
Like I said, I've just started porting over, been on UE less than a month total I think, so much to learn
dawn gull
rn i am trying to make a clay like affect on everything for my game
mint sequoia
You have pbr in unity, shouldn't be that different
exotic cave
Say that again after trying it 😄
mint sequoia
Clay doesn't have that roughness either at all
dawn gull
ik
exotic cave
I mean, yes it is possible to do photoreal work in Unity, but WOW there's a lot you just have to reprogram yourself that is unacceptable in my opinion
dawn gull
I'm trying to convert a tutorial in blender into ue4
exotic cave
Their shadows are unstable, badly fitting. The ambient occlusion is also unstable. And their default texture interpolation is just lacking compared to UE
I don't mean to disparage anything or anyone, I would have loved to have it be usable.
exotic cave
Nah, I think their actual interaction frameworks are pretty good
rotund scroll
kinda does though, unless you're making mobile
mint sequoia
"so long as the total amount due to the publisher is at least $100 USD at the end of the calendar month, Epic will pay the publisher by electronic funds transfer 45 days later.".. so basically if someone purchases at the beginning of the month, it takes 75 days to get it 😐
normal burrow
it sucks on all platforms really.
rotund scroll
I wouldn't know, I haven't used it for years
exotic cave
It's not awful, except where it is
rotund scroll
but man I fucking hated its guts when I was
cloud cobalt
laughs in GOG
normal burrow
it teaches you how to do everything wrong
exotic cave
The shadows and AO are nooooooot good for those aiming at photorealism
rotund scroll
@normal burrow now this agree with
people coming over to UE4 having unlearn shit because of bad code practices
exotic cave
UE can do realtime near-photorealism these days with ease. Only a few Unity teams I have seen have achieved it
rotund scroll
that's shitty
exotic cave
C# is not better than C++, that's why IMO 😄
mint sequoia
@rotund scroll To be fair you haven't seen how unreadable @normal burrow 's code is ;p
exotic cave
On multiple inheritance, from a great coder I knew: "You barely ever need it, but when you need it you really need it."
rotund scroll
that's a side point tbh, even in C# you should respect good code practices
normal burrow
yeah unity will do anything to make something easier to document, even if it makes no sense
cloud cobalt
C++ is a no-brainer motive to go UE4
normal burrow
i like templates
cloud cobalt
imho
mint sequoia
You don't have a lot in the way of multiple inheritance in UE4, other than interfaces
Its component based 😄
normal burrow
yeah c++ is great
torpid bluff
hey. any blueprints pro here ?
exotic cave
Sure, but if I want to code something of my own in C++ to use that's MI, I still can right?
torpid bluff
need to ask some questions
rotund scroll
I mean you are going to have independent class hierarchies if you're making a game, even if components are a thing
mint sequoia
Or UObject
rotund scroll
or ECS as a whole
exotic cave
Hmmm, interesting
torpid bluff
any??
rotund scroll
@torpid bluff there is also #blueprint
rotund scroll
yeah I hear reading #more-resources is out of fashion, let alone checking out the channels..
mint sequoia
I legit don't know how people miss those things
also @torpid bluff No one will sign up to help you until you say what you're actually struggling with, dont just ask for people
No one wants to respond to 'are there any blueprint pros' etc
rotund scroll
but i mean at least he wasn't asking entirely in the wrong channel
unlike the people who post blueprint questions in the career chat
torpid bluff
i just wanna make some conversation with someone that might be inte¿rested
rotund scroll
there should be a button to stab people over the internet for those people
torpid bluff
to exchange ideas n stuff
mint sequoia
Just start talking about the topic then
Its a confusing thing to hear someone say otherwise
rotund scroll
@scarlet birch it doesn't seem to work with lining it up in the preview, since in game the result is still wonky
I swear IK will be the death of me
scarlet birch
Idk, That's how I do it. I set the locator in the preview and set the value to a variable which I plug into the joint target.
normal burrow
@rotund scroll do you split upper body and lower body animations?
if you do, can repurpose the hand ik bones as joint targets for feet, and feet as elbow etc
normal burrow
so in your animation files i mean, if you use the opposite ik heirarchy to do the joint targeting
assuming you have joint targets in the animation rig i mean,
rotund scroll
so just use the socket location of hand ik for for foot ik joints?
normal burrow
that is what i've done before yeah
then being able to control those points becomes a bit easier
rotund scroll
oh so you still have to modify them?
normal burrow
well, in blender i'll make a script to constraint them on export for upper or lower animation etc
but yeah i mean
when you twist the ankle out with ik, you do want some rotation around the knee-out direction
rotund scroll
not sure I follow
normal burrow
think of a ballerina with the foot fully sideways stand thing
rotund scroll
the rotation of the ankle requires the rotation of the knee? I suppose that is correct
normal burrow
on an animation not-this-way
yeah i mean the way the ik alters things in terms of 'difference' is going to be from the pose the animation is normally at
the limitations of the ankle for example would require some movement in the pelvic bone that would result in knee (joint target) rotating outwards more
rotund scroll
I just figured the solver would do a lot more of this automatically, or that you could somehow just automate it with some math
normal burrow
certainly could yeah
if you wanted to read through the two bone ik code its a light read. it just triangulates thigh, calf, foot to get a side vector
rotund scroll
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that there is a lack of functionality for this in BP though
normal burrow
without joint target it just uses this plane
thing is
its written like it runs on the gpu
rotund scroll
so if join target is (0,0,0) it uses that plane?
normal burrow
but its really just 1 thread per 1 animation instance
no
you turn off joint target on the control
rotund scroll
I don't have that option... in BP at least?
on the two bone IK nodes it always requires a joint
rotund scroll
you can choose to not expose it
normal burrow
it lets you provide a vector as well i think instead of bone
do recall the option to ignore it is strange
rotund scroll
I think you need a vector regardless
that's kind of the issue
I'd much rather just use two actual bones and let it figure out the rest than me artificially adding a joint
normal burrow
you just uncheck allow twist
er one sec
looks like you just use the lower limb location
rotund scroll
as in, socket location?
normal burrow
which would constraint it to the same plane it bends along
yeah
in component space i guess
rotund scroll
socket location only returns world space coords though
normal burrow
so on the anim node you set it to calf
exotic thicket
Is it common to use actor tags to get refs to things in the level? Just not sure if this is a typical thing to do, or if there are better ways of going about it
(essentially I have some BPs that starts a mission, which needs to spawn things in the level so it needs a ref to a location in the level)
rotund scroll
in bone space then, or parent bone space?
@exotic thicket put down a target point or something like that, usually you want to refer to a location by a point or a region, e.g. a trigger box
or sphere, I don't discriminate
normal burrow
component space does not give you option for bone?
exotic thicket
Yeah that's pretty much what I'm doing, but I need some way of referencing it from my BP :)
I can't think of any other way of getting a ref to it than using a tag :P
normal burrow
i guess bone space yeah Cranz
rotund scroll
@exotic thicket usually you'd add the ref in the level blueprint and use it that way
exotic thicket
I think that's not really a good way of doing it if you're doing MP though? I'm not quite sure how to make it so that you'd run level BP stuff on the server for spawning
Sorry I think it's going into the direction of "my question was lacking vital pieces of detail" :P
rotund scroll
@normal burrow you're still not getting around using a vector though
normal burrow
vector is in bone space
which gets converted to component space in the code
so 0,0,0 would be origin of the bone
rotund scroll
@exotic thicket depends on a lot of factors. obviously you want to optimize as much as possible in MP, but it has to work first before you optimize
I'd go with it and see if it's causing any trouble, if not there you go, if it does, you can start thinking about creating manager actors in the level
@normal burrow ah of course
exotic thicket
Yeah, way I have it set up is pretty much press button -> player controller sends an RPC -> do spawn stuff :)
but yeah just wanted to check I wasn't missing anything super obvious- thanks
rotund scroll
ok at least the IK looks normal now when not in use
it's still not IK'ing correctly though
normal burrow
how so
rotund scroll
it's not following the trace for whatever reason, but I suppose that might be a translation error somewhere
right thigh has some weird rotation issue as well, sigh
normal burrow
hm
rancid lynx
is half life 2 in VR now ? or is that a hack mod only deal ?
normal burrow
maybe your calves are flipped?
neat rune
hey guys I'm participating on a game jam and I'm using the infinity blade adversaries, they do not come with any sounds is this a separate package?
rotund scroll
they aren't unfortunately
normal burrow
sure its not parent bone space?
rotund scroll
rotund scroll
isn't it just pressing v?
scenic hatch
its not V no
earnest pawn
Does anyone know what's the best way to queue events or actions?
Like for example, If my player uses a healing item, then after they finishes using that, then the character would bring up their last used weapon
Would it be better to use an enum or to create a couple of uobjects that has the implementation of the actions
rotund scroll
@earnest pawn I've seen it done with an input buffer, but that only works insofar it's all input based commands. A queue of action commands would also be correct, and you'd probably want to use enums as stand in for function calls really
normal burrow
how confident are you that your knees bend consistently on the same axis in all animations cranz?
earnest pawn
@rotund scroll i was going to use enums, but I saw unreal tournament use uobjects for weapon states
rotund scroll
I can't say for certain
rotund scroll
it's probably not a high probability but equally I don't have a massive load of animations that need to work
it's essentially stand/walk/run and crouch/walk
normal burrow
yeah. just was gonna say you could specify the calf location in parent bone space
rotund scroll
@earnest pawn no idea, but thinking about being able to mod before you've actually made the game seems a bit far fetched
normal burrow
the times where it looks wrong are basically only when fully extended?
rotund scroll
well it never looks right
it's basically not functional
the traces hit but the IK doesn't conform to them
and for some reason when running on a surface that has a different normal than (0,0,1) the right thigh has a weird rotation
plush yew
anyone tried the new landmass plugin?
fervent sigil
how would one go about creating a health hud that is always the same size, always facing player, and occluded when behind other objects?
rancid lynx
i attach my hud to my player camera.
plush yew
yeah, attach a widget
rancid lynx
occluded huds would probably be really annoying. unless you have a great idea i didnt see.
fervent sigil
@plush yew I think I mean occluded. I mean you can't see it if it's behind something. It's an npc hud, which I think fit.. no?
or perhaps hud isn't the right word here?
plush yew
got any examples from other games?
rancid lynx
heads up display . or healthbar, yea those work for npcs
plush yew
oh so you mean a health bar above an NPC head?
rancid lynx
occluded works much nicer on npcs , often better.
fervent sigil
@plush yew I just assumed it since I added one to mines, and I can see them when I"m really far on the ground, when they're up above on a mountain
rancid lynx
my skeleton spawns a blueprint called hearts, then attaches to component. but there are probably much better ways
fervent sigil
@rancid lynx was the heart attach example meant for me? I'm not really sure how that would help :S
rancid lynx
when the skeleton spawns the hearts, then i make a skeleton reference variable inside the hearts, so they can talk to each other, and dont forget to set the reference after you spawn the hearts.
yea msh91. but it might not be the best way to do stuff. idk.
plush yew
can we confirm what you want first? something like this?
rancid lynx
youtube search "wtf is attach" , he makes lots of nice videos. Ryans answer is most likely much better.
fervent sigil
@plush yew yeah exactly. With limitations said above though, but yes
plush yew
well i think if its an object attached to the npc it will always be occluded by other objects by default
fervent sigil
perhaps I don't want it to be occluded by everything btw, not really sure.
plush yew
so you want the health bar to always be same size on your screen, regardless of distance
fervent sigil
that is how they usually work no?
plush yew
i achieved that with a function that scales its size based on distance from player, and made it always lookAt the player
im updating to 4.24 right now so cant open it up to show you though
pulsar badge
how do i get UWP export in UE4
fervent sigil
nah that's ok explanation should be enough. I'm assuming you didn't use a screen space widget then?
plush yew
nah, anything attached to an npc will be attached to the npc component
fervent sigil
you mean you didn't use a widget component at all 😮 ?
fervent sigil
.. why not use the widget component? it was designed specifically for that.. 😐
plush yew
because im not actually doing health bars, my thing is for target queueing, so i have these red diamonds floating over the player
its easier to just attach an object to the npc, rather than trying to line up the information on your screen space to the world space of the npc
if you use screen space widget, then it will be set like, 100 cm or whatever, away from your characters face, in the world
so all your occlusion issues arise, you will see the health bar even if the npc is behind an object
fervent sigil
I'm thinking perhaps I should just use the screen space widget anyway and hide it when it's too far from the camera
It won't make the health bar occluded though
plush yew
i guess you will need to be running a check, constantly, and if the npc gets occluded, you switch off the health bar
fervent sigil
mm yeah I can do that too actually, that's a better idea :p
fervent sigil
yup, got it ready as well. I'll just do it on my derived widget component. Thanks 🙂
fervent sigil
mm actually checking if an actor is rendered isn't that trivial, since you don't want the location it self but rather the entire bounding box
fervent sigil
I think I'm gonna stick with the distance then. Also saves a bit on cpu not doing the line tracing. I'll revisit it later on if needed
timid jacinth
Yeah you need to sign up first and then ask for it or something like that
lime gull
Anyone know a way I can pause like music playing, and then play it back from that spot?
fervent sigil
@lime gull Audio component pause/play ?
lime gull
Can I save where it paused from? (For what im doing you change levels when enemies attack but then go back to where you were)
fervent sigil
define "save"? I think there is some what to make actors persist across levels loading if that is what you mean
lime gull
Uh Like youre 30 seconds into a song
Can I save that youre 30 seconds in and then play from there
earnest pawn
Sace the played length in game state?
Or whatever it's called persist over level changes
fervent sigil
@earnest pawn I think he's asking how he can access the length played so far, and if he can play from that position. my editor isn't open so I'm not sure though
earnest pawn
I mean even if you cant get it, you can just store the start time
And then check the time difference when you changed level
lime gull
What do you mean?
fervent sigil
@lime gull he means when you play: StartTime=now. When you pause: TimePlayed = now() - StartTime
@earnest pawn I'm not sure it's such a good idea. Things like audio and video don't always play the way you expect them to.
lime gull
So save the pause time and then set the start time from there?
earnest pawn
You get get like the playback time and stuff from audio components
I'm don't have access to my pc so I'm not sure what fmthe function is named, trying to look it up
And when you call play, you can pass in a start time
@lime gull are you using audio component or something else?
lime gull
Im just using the Spawn audio and then putting in a cue
timid jacinth
Does anyone know how to implement LUA into an unreal engine game
lime gull
So how do I save the paused time?
scarlet birch
@rotund scroll You need an offset for the trace hit and the bone location. You also have to move the pelvis up or down depending on the difference in height between the feet.
Ik is not that complicated, if you break it out into what each part does and handle them one at a time. I think the discussion here is over complicating it.
grim juniper
I thought I was starting to understand blueprint interfaces, but then this shows up. brain.exe has stopped working
rotund scroll
@scarlet birch I got all 3 of those things working individually, but the two bone IK node will not relent and give me good results... or really any results at all
scarlet birch
@rotund scroll I've got a lot on my plate tonight, but if you still need help with it tomorrow I can probably go through it with you from start to finish. It looks like what you have is fairly close to working. You just need to add some stuff to help it along with offsets to the pelvis and foot bones.
rotund scroll
yeah alright
plush yew
In my first person playercharacter, how do I see the default movementcomponents, I can't find them
I can't find these tabs either
ping on response pls
exotic thicket
@plush yew at least in 4.23 it's on the left side in the components box CharacterMovement (Inherited)
I think that picture you're showing is from an older version, although not sure since I haven't used UE for long :)
plush yew
Yeah its from 2014 but my friend still has those tabs in some of his blueprints
he's saying i should have that on my FirstPersonCharacter
exotic thicket
mine looks like this
plush yew
Thanks
next current
is there an easy way to use http get requests on a blueprint?
normal burrow
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/http-blueprint-webcommunication this is all I could find but thought there was something built in
modern sinew
What's easier? Making an account/authentification system, or just getting SteamIDs and using that?
tawdry raptor
hey so I just bought some asset of the market place and I keep getting these errors when baking lights .I dont remember isses like this with other assets, has anyone ever seen this before
normal burrow
Probably steam ids @modern sinew
Will likely still need to use steam ids, for steam features
modern sinew
so if I'm making an online game, that's easiest?
normal burrow
Online game?
modern sinew
yep, I want to try and make a simple multiplayer game (as much of an oxymoron as that sounds) and build from there
normal burrow
Tbh I don’t know the process of setting things up with steam this early on
If it’s just multiplayer. Would ignore steam right now
elfin ridge
I had 4.18 Installed - uninstalled to update to 4.24 , Gave me a Courrupt Install Error
I formatted my machine and tried again with fresh windows, keeps verifying and then hiting me with tthis corrupt error message .. anybody have this problem before?
normal burrow
Not a requirement for mp
modern sinew
I guess
I should probably get multiplayer working before authentification
but since the tutorial is a minute long I might as well watch lol
deep stump
Hello, Has anyone tried Nocte Inventory Template? I made a new map and placed the items and works perfect in editor but when i start my dedicated server and connect through there as a packaged project, the guns are inside the character and bugs happen. Is there something I missed?
elfin ridge
does UE4 have any prerequisites for
windows 10?
All windows updates are applied ..
modern sinew
Is it harder to have multiple servers for a game than one server? Any advantages as well?
exotic thicket
It kinda depends what you mean by multiple servers for a game
modern sinew
not...servers I guess? but
Say you have a multiplayer game where you have a space ship; You could have it all be one big map, or have the map split up, with each area being its own worldspace
exotic thicket
Right
In that case it would mostly be a question of availability and ability to handle load spikes
modern sinew
any advantages to the big map or small map? and would near-seamless movement from one world to the next be possible, or would there be a load time
exotic thicket
If you have a ridiculous amount of players, you can spread the load of processing the simulation across multiple machines
but it would also make it significantly more complicated to set up that system
modern sinew
couldn't you just go "when the player touches this invisible wall, put them in this level"?
exotic thicket
Sure.. I think that's sort of how EVE does it except they separate it more by system
modern sinew
Could you also tell the game to place down a copy of the player's ship so that it wouldn't just dissapear to observers?
and that would move away and then dissapear once it's out of site of the true world border?
exotic thicket
Sure
modern sinew
would splitting the world into different areas help with lag and stuff, even if it's all run off one computer?
exotic thicket
It kind of depends on how your game works
But splitting into separate areas could in theory help since it would be somewhat simpler to split out who's in which area
not sure if it would have a huge impact though since you could always cull players by distance anyway but it might make it easier to optimize
modern sinew
Would it also help with floating point tho? (like, large areas, etc)
because IIRC the largest space you can have in Unity is like 5 KM
exotic thicket
I'm not really an expert on that particular issue but it would probably make it easier to work around it at least
modern sinew
wait, if you have the camera centered on the player, can you have players farther apart then that actually?
exotic thicket
(there are other things you can do like world origin shifting)
modern sinew
can you shift the world origin for two seperate people independantly
I wouldn't think so
but maybe?
exotic thicket
I recall Kerbal Space Program also did some interesting stuff with simulating and rendering different areas of the world at different scales
modern sinew
yea I have no clue how they do all that ll
exotic thicket
there's a few videos about it on youtube I think but it's fairly technical :)
modern sinew
ok
but can you have a different world origin for each instance of a game? (like can the world origin for one player be different than the world origin for another?
if they're in the same world?
exotic thicket
you could, in terms of floating point accuracy it would primarily be important to be accurate near the local player
so each player's client could do that on their end without it really affecting anything
modern sinew
then is there anything stopping you from having massive worldspaces then? like moon-sized?
exotic thicket
you probably could do that but you would still have to account for inaccuracy at long distances and make sure your game could correct for it if needed which is probably easier said than done
modern sinew
Well at long distances they wouldn't be interacting, yea?
exotic thicket
well, if you're managing an object that's far enough to suffer from the inaccuracy problem, it would affect where it is when it gets closed as well
not necessarily in every type of game enough to be a problem I guess but it's still something that could affect something negatively
vivid narwhal
hey folks
neat rune
hey guys is it even possible to grab a static mesh from the editor ?
dim plover
What do you mean.
neat rune
I didn't want to make an array of the different elements so I was experimenting with getting meshes that contain the Sword_Blade prefix
dim plover
You can load assets by path, if that's what you're trying to do.
I guess you could search by prefix if making some sort of container for those paths is not preferrable.
neat rune
What's the name of the function?
I found load class asset blocking
by path would be great
dim plover
It's on the AssetManager, I think. Load Async. You load from a SoftObjectPath, which is essentially just a string.
vivid narwhal
do you mean reference or are you trying to get it like in the content browser?
neat rune
@vivid narwhal I'm trying to set up a random static mesh every time the game starts
I have a folder with this blades so I want to get one of these and set it on my actor
dim plover
How many different options do you have?
If it's not too many, just make an array of those.
neat rune
yeah this is more for experimentation I know I could make an array but that would be no fun 🙂
@dim plover I never use the assetmanger before how do I access it ?
dim plover
If you don't do the array approach, you're going to run into problems. Not particularly difficult ones, but unexpected ones.
neat rune
yeah this is not going to be use in the final product I understand this could be disastrous in terms of performance, I'm just in programmer mode of let see if this thing is possible
dim plover
None of this is really a performance concern. Just a workflow thing.
neat rune
Ok I seem to be making progress my brain is a bit fried, can you remind me how you convert from a class to an object reference?
dim plover
Wrong function, I think.
exotic thicket
there's a create object from class or something like this if you want to create a new instance of it
neat rune
@dim plover If I get the assync load asset it gives me a lot of static meshes to select from that's why I did it by class and get all the static actors
dim plover
Oh, you gotta find those specific Static Meshes. You said you wanted to find those by prefix. You load after you found those paths.
neat rune
it can be either by prefix or path
dim plover
If you already know the path, just create the SoftObjectPath/array and plug that into the Load Asset node.
dim plover
Hmm... it appears that that isn't supported in BPs. Very strange. 😦
dim arch
my map is crashing because its trying to load too many shaders on open. any way to pre-generate them?
dim plover
My guess, view the reference map of the map, and manually open some assets before you open the map.
dim arch
well, even right clicking the map file, tries to load it and crashes the engine
maxes out CPU/GPU
dim plover
That doesn't sound right. What is the reason for the crash?
It shouldn't crash just because the CPU and GPU are burdened.
dim arch
yeah, it's weird. It's using megascans assets
thing is, I exported the assets to a 4.23 project
built the map
then updated the project to 4.24
installed megascans 4.24 plugin
dim plover
Check the logs.
dim arch
it gives an access violation on crash
once the memory is maxed
my 4.23 project loads fine
pretty sure it has something to do with the megascans assets. like the new version of the plugin cant load assets authored from 4.23
neat rune
@dim plover hey man thanks again for the help, I want it to ask you one last things where do you typically learn this advanced concepts? is it a lot of digging into the engine , reading on the forums?
dim plover
I don't know much, but the people who do know a lot talk here quite a bit.
Also, the documentation is not that bad.
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Assets/AsyncLoading/index.html
swift spindle
@dim arch unless you’re assets are under source control. Newer versions should always be able to load older assets just fine
dim arch
its not using sourcecontrol
the weird thing is that the assets work. if I make a new map file and build the same thing, it will load up, because it is caching the data while I build it, but if I try to load it up in a new engine, it just crashes
neat rune
thank you @dim plover
ruby wadi
Is there a way to limit the amount of textures to build at once at startup? I'm running out of ram pretty quick here with just a couple 8K mats and 32G of ram..
nvm somehow page file was turned off so added 50 gigs on a hdd and it stared fine
modern sinew
Would it be hard to make it so players can build and program a robot with little hinges and motors and sensors and stuff? it doesn't seem too hard, but I'm thinking hinges might be hard tbh, and other parts are probably harder than I'm giving them credit for
plush yew
terrible
Ive been having a lot of issues with the game Im working on
Mainly ever since 4.23, we had to go back to 4.22 because for us, that was the last stable build. Now in 4.24, whenever we launch our game it flat out crashes almost immediately
cloud cobalt
Did you get the crash stacks to report them to Epic ?
glacial pecan
hmm... Epic staff still on holidays?
lapis vine
Go ask them?
honest vale
at least in Finland we have a day off today 😛
glacial pecan
Sweden too, but here in Norway we have to work 😦
honest vale
haha
dark rune
Is the new(ish) megascans thing free and how do I use it? Those models look nice
lapis vine
I have seen several tutorials over internet. Maybe one of them will do.
dark rune
ok
scenic hatch
any1 use quixel mixel? kinda stuck
teal tulip
@dark rune go the quixel web and login with you epic account in megascan
humble ridge
Hey all i'm having some issues with my pc automatically restarting during packaging.. Anyone got any clues on how to resolve it
plush yew
can you commercially use quixel megascans?
unique gull
Hello folks, does anyone know how to properly sample from texture2Darray? According to OpenGL wiki, they need third UV coordinates as array index but it seems that it's not working.
vale crane
Hi guys!
Can some one tell more about Dynamic Instancing added in 4.23?
How to check its perfomance and maybe some command lines?
cloud cobalt
It's 4.22
Some details here : https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/bjb60j/422_auto_instancing_what_is_it_is_it_now_better/
vale crane
Oh thx? but command in that thread didnt work even in Play mode(
r.MeshDrawCommands.DynamicInstancing 1
r.MeshDrawCommands.UseCachedCommands 1
Still 2500 DrawCall on Screen
cloud cobalt
Pretty sure r.MeshDrawCommands.DynamicInstancing defaults to 1
Try setting it to 0 instead
fierce tulip
<_< no matter what, the docs.unrealengine keeps converting to japanese
lapis vine
sumimasen
grave nebula
I guess someone googled too much Japanese VFX.
plush yew
What are these called?
fierce tulip
but they are so sugoiiii
grave nebula
kawaii
wary wave
'called'?
cloud cobalt
@vale crane Is your scene complex enough that it should benefit from auto instancing ?
plush yew
What do I need to type in to get those floats?
vale crane
@cloud cobalt hoo complex it must be? I just try it on 1000 similar meshes
plush yew
Idk i'm new as you can probably tell
cloud cobalt
@vale crane Should work fine then. Did you try with 4.21 vs 4.22 ?
wary wave
there are a few things you can type to get them to appear
grim juniper
You can type the actual symbol or the name of the symbol
vale crane
@cloud cobalt im try tight now only on 4.24(
vital cosmos
how tf do I box select actors in the viewport
worldly swift
Hello guys, I have a question about Navigation Volumes.
For what I've understood, you can control where AI and player can move by means of NavMeshBoundsVolume + NavModifierVolume, thats fine.
But if you place any object, like a box, onto the NavMeshBoundsVolume it automatically creates a "navigation hole", so why you still need NavModifierVolumes?
mossy nymph
there are nav area classes, which are "combined" with nav filter classes
your nav modifier prevents entry only for AI using a specific nav filter for example
while letting others through
upbeat tendon
so much fun watching ue4 compile shaders
mossy nymph
it will finish compiling them even if you don't watch 😛
upbeat tendon
other than a bigger box, anything i can do to improve watching paint dry?
actually i am sure it goes slower if i am not watching 🙂
mossy nymph
faster CPU, faster hard drives
upbeat tendon
as i thought a bigger box
mossy nymph
CPU mostly
upbeat tendon
more cores of higher clock frequency?
my disks seem idle
4 cores are running at 60%
daring peak
Does anyone know where I could read about suggested folder layout?
upbeat tendon
ryzen 9 3900 isn't much more than a 7
many many years ago i once mixed an nvidia gpu with an amd cpu, wasn't the best thing i've ever done
26k shaders left, sigh
regal hollow
Hey Guys, Quick Question, Is quixel bridge working with 4.24 now?
ashen brook
heh, weird
chrome ivy
I get notifications when someone is tagging moderators
fierce tulip
lol
chrome ivy
I am a moderator myself I guess =)))
ashen brook
do you maybe have a custom highlight on the word moderators?
is that a thing in discord?
chrome ivy
Idk never set up anything like this
plush yew
Ha, Romanian!@chrome ivy
ashen brook
@chrome ivy you could try turning off notifications for this server entirely
see if that makes a difference
rotund scroll
@plush yew since it's a float you might not be hitting the exact exact rotation
perhaps try with nearly equals
ah nevermind, I suppose the equals for rotators has that functionality built in
rotund scroll
anyway use breakpoints?
rotund scroll
also you could totally consolidate those two branches into one with an AND bool
plush yew
print stringed the rotation of the camera and I'm always hitting the correct spot
@rotund scroll I would do that but there is extra stuff for that branch variable so I had to separate it
rotund scroll
@plush yew did you use an actual breakpoint though? plus stack trace?
because those will tell you infinitely more than anyone can tell you in chat
plush yew
yep I've done all debugging to what it could be to my knowledge
rotund scroll
so what are the values of get camera rotation vs camera rotation?
plush yew
P = -10 Y = -27 R = 0
normal burrow
How do I get notifications on moderator tag? 🍿
leaden onyx
By any change is there an updated article or documentation on the UPackages, want to know why and how it works, have only old info on hand: https://docs.unrealengine.com/udk/Three/UnrealPackages.html
normal burrow
Oof 👍
rotund scroll
why aren't you using breakpoints though
seriously
I can't tell what's going on there
plush yew
sigh
I did use breakpoint's and for the 5th time saying
I dont get out of that branch
that's the rotation value's of the camera
rotund scroll
even so, you can check the values in scope when you have a breakpoint
plush yew
which match the exact value's I have put as needed
rotund scroll
that's kind of the idea behind them tbh
then you can act on those values
does it match on all 3 axes? because if not, it'll still be false
since it's a rotator
dim plover
Can you make float comparisons like that?
dim plover
Oh, may bad, misread it. Thought he was doing something like if the pitch was == 5.
plush yew
@rotund scroll It was a sequence camera taking the player's camera manager
rotund scroll
as far as I understand it's a threshold for float accuracy
cool, glad you fixed it
gilded lichen
Hello, how would I take multiple blueprints, static meshes and text renders to all move as one in another blueprint?
west jewel
In the UE4 skeletal mesh editor, I am able to rotate and stretch the mesh by clicking on say spine_03 and dragging it around. but when I save, this is not releftec when the mesh is on my character (a shirt) can I do this in UE4 at all? I do not know how to use external programs at all
rotund scroll
@gilded lichen manually copy paste. there isn't a refactor function unfortunately
gilded lichen
what do you need copy and paste? I cant copy and paste into a blueprint
nvm
just going to use level blueprint
supple totem
@west jewel you have to make an anim from that pose, and tell mesh to use it
I think at top of editor there is an option to make animation from current pose, it might be hidden in menus
Then wire up your anim bp to use that anim
west jewel
interesting, ok thank you, if I could just tweak my clothing in this way it would open up so much re-use of assets i bought and do not use because they dont quite fit my character!
supple totem
Yeah the engine has a lot of neat things to tweak anims in editor
Which helps when working with marketplace stuff
chrome ivy
@ashen brook nah it doesn t really bother me, i just found it interesting
@plush yew Da, tu esti tot roman? (are you also from Romania?)
calm widget
Is it possible to have multiple content browsers open?
wary wave
yes
calm widget
Ah yes, i was just blind, thanks
true finch
hey guys, I have a problem with playing videos in UE4. On some videos, there is a green line at the bottom of the video only in UE. When playing it from windows the green line disappears. Do you have any idea?
calm widget
Trying to create a material instance, getting: "Failed to revert package which was marked for delete." Pretty sure i've not deleted any files outside of UE, and tried Fix redirectors. There are no files left in explorer. Any ideas?
vale silo
is it just me or Epic made UE4 roadmap on Trello private ?
nm, I think it's just Trello farting
zealous spear
@true finch which version is it? Maybe try another version?
abstract relic
Close and reopen the project @calm widget . That happens when you try to make an asset with the same name as a deleted one during a session. Ending the session will clear the cache
jolly slate
I don't think this specific problem is like, UMG only though
Hence why I posted here
But thanks!
zealous spear
no problem, there are specific channels
imagine everyone typing in the same channel :)
jagged cloud
hello,can anyone help me with making a redeem code system?
jolly slate
I'd have no idea where to post this, if you take a peek at the image you'll see that it's a whole bunch of different stuff, if I knew exactly what I was dealing with I'd have posted somewhere more specific
calm widget
@abstract relic Thanks, but even that didn't seem to work. Although doing that and then creating an instance with a different name, then renaming it again seems to work. Doesn't make much sense to me, but it works so : )
zealous spear
@jolly slate yes, this is the log, maybe someone that could help in a specific channel would know what that means
jolly slate
facepalm I still don't know which specific channel this would go into as I have no idea what it's even referencing.
Nevermind.
jolly slate
Yooou have a bit of a hard time listening don'chu.
Just nevermind, I'll go ask on the forums instead.
zealous spear
you said is related to umg
scenic snow
has anyone else put unreal engine on a ext drive/storage device
zealous spear
damn, why?
abstract relic
I had a dumb student do it. It was very slow
abstract relic
It runs like a 90s router. Very funny to watch 😜
normal burrow
lol
dawn gull
Hey, kind of a weird favor, but I have a .blend file with a texture and I need someone to convert all the textures and code in ue4
i will give you screenshots of the code and all the mats
zealous spear
@dawn gull i don't understad
understand exactly
but can we talk in dm, maybe i can help you?
scenic snow
well for storage
working on a mac is tight for storasge
storage*
I'm working on getting a bigger ext drive with decent R/W speeds and make it arch linux so I can run stuff better
Also, the bus speed on the macbook air and the speed on the thumbdrive is bearable
scarlet birch
@rotund scroll DM me if you still need/want help with IK. I don't want to flood the chat but I can send you images of what I have that's working if you want.
tulip pine
Where should I look if I want to represent my map as an array of bytes (2D map) and render it based on the byte value?
I'm using C++ and I'm like only just getting started with UE4
tame delta
Hello, if there is an issue (https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-63230) that says it's fixed but in my experience still isn't as of 4.24.1, is there any easy way to say "this isn't fixed" and get the attention of a developer other than resubmitting the exact same bug report?
(also the commit 404's, not sure why nevermind wasn't logged in)
digital anchor
commit is fine for me, are you logged in?
tame delta
Wasn't, mb
Is there a way to go back up to a more meaningful commit regarding the issue?
Hard to pin point the related change in a merge commit
fierce forge
fluid fable
So im very new to unreal enginge and programming at all and i want to start programming my own game but i dont know how to start all
I watched some Tutorials for the general stuff
How should i start all that?
tulip pine
That's a big problem that cannot be answered exactly
So first step is to break that down by figuring out what you want to do
wary wave
start right at the beginning and make the smallest, simplest game you can think of
it will be a valuable learning exercise
Pong, Breakout, Missile Command, all good examples
zealous spear
@fluid fable you can look on something that explains from 0... anything and you can do same as him
you will start understanding a bit
chrome moss
When I try to open a level with the listen option enabled the game crashes. It only occurs when the steam subsystem is active. Does anyone know how to fix this?
kindred viper
turn the subsystem off
chrome moss
The steam subsystem is required for my game to function correctly.
scarlet birch
What does the log say?
kindred viper
The irony. The game crashes only when steam sybsytem is active, but steam subsystem is required to make the game work. 😄
it's like that time I needed to debug the debugger because the debugger was crashing.
chrome moss
The only error I can find is "Fatal Error!". Keep in mind I'm testing in a Standalone Game.
kindred viper
probably wise if you were to debug in visual studio and get the call stack so you can see what is breaking. Otherwise check the log and see if it has the original error in there.
opal hornet
has anyone here had any stuttering issues with UE4.24.1?
scarlet birch
Standalone or not there are logs.
azure shore
hey I have a weird problem, my player has a cable component attached, which has no gravity or collision, but when the cable attaches to things, the player movement goes all buggy and shakey, any idea why this could be?
I should mention Im using custom gravity; player has no gravity and is set to fly mode and is moved around with Launch Character, including one on the event tick for the gravity
kindred viper
the trick is, don't. It's a horrible effect that makes people like me feel annoyed :p
wheat dirge
Could someone point me to a guide or tutorial on creating classes for an mmo ( i.e. mage, warrior, etc)
kindred viper
seriously tho, there are copy/paste examples for bob, and I believe there is stuff in engine for it
@wheat dirge Look up Class Inheritance. Base classes and child classes derived from the base
wheat dirge
@kindred viper thank you
kindred viper
yeah being optional, its worth considering but as someone who doesn't like it, I've never really thought about it except to turn it off :p
stuck anchor
When is the free monthly content coming?
rotund scroll
who'd have thought there'd be so many view bob connoisseurs
wheat dirge
@stuck anchor should be tomorrow ( 1st tuesday of the month)
stuck anchor
okay thanks
cloud cobalt
What's your code like ?
shrewd gust
has anyone tried to combine skyatmosphere from 4.24 with the bp_sky_sphere?
with bp-sky-sphere, skyatmosphere is hidden
it looks like it affects the overall sky brightness still, but it's not very apparent-- biggest drawback looks like the sun lost its halo
gilded lichen
Hello, why cant I see a widget at in the world but I can in the blueprint editor?
viral flame
i followed a tutorial but this doesnt work
viral flame
i have the C key as the default key for crouching
i wanted to use the x key initially
the player doesnt crouch at all
zealous spear
@viral flame look closer, so it says pressed - Crouch target self
Released - Un crouch target self
But where is Key?
You need to tell it which key
viral flame
i have set the key in the action editor
zealous spear
Umm
grim ore
so what does the Crouch and Un Crouch do?
viral flame
it makes the player crouch and uncrouch?
grim ore
it might. how do you know it's not working
viral flame
that the player isnt crouching????
the player doesnt change the camera position
ah shit i had to enable "can crouch"
but how can i make the crouching motion way slower
like a transition between the player standing and crouching?
regal mulch
I would guess that's more or less an animation thing
grim ore
This is a first person project? If you started with the first person template you have a crosshair. If not you would use the UMG system to add an image of a crosshair to your viewport. If this is a first person I assume you are not using animations for crouching? if so you would have to manually crouch your character over time (timeline/lerp/tick/timer) or create animations that move your characters mesh with the camera attached to it.
the googles has the answer to all of this as well
grim ore
because you want to make a fps from scratch
cloud cobalt
Yeah, sounds a bit like "just want to make a satellite from scratch"
Games are hard, first-person games harder
viral flame
i meant at least basic movements
spark sonnet
Take a look at the templates and look up some tutorials. thats a good start @viral flame
viral flame
i looked one up
stark marsh
guys i need help my blendspace isnt working properly
viral flame
now uh how can i put a square onto the center of the screen but offset it a bit so i can make a drop shadow simulation or smth
stark marsh
the defualt stood still animation is supposed to be idle but its walk forward!?
can anyone help?!
why does he keep walking forward when im stood still as its defualt?
viral flame
on another note how can i draw an outline on a rectangle
spark sonnet
Maybe its not going back to idle? Is the blendspace idle-walk-run @stark marsh ?
stark marsh
yes, and strafe left and strafe right aswell
spark sonnet
Could you send a screenshot of the blendspace?
viral flame
how do i import custom images to ue4 so i can use it for a crosshair
grim ore
Drag/drop into the content browser or right click and import
stark marsh
grim ore
at this point you should be following the basic documentation or learning system as you are just asking how to do everything in here rather than learning @viral flame
spark sonnet
When you simluate the SpeedForward being 0 does which animation is it playing then?
stark marsh
how would i do that?
spark sonnet
Hold shift and drag the little dot around in the blendspace
stark marsh
idle plays when im at 0
viral flame
thanks now i want to fucking split my head in half
stark marsh
i might have found something that is casusing problem, maybe
viral flame
yeah every time i try to drag the png file it just says import failed
stark marsh
there was an error with the graph axis numbers and i have soemthing set as -600 when it should be 600 i think
wait no becuase that has to be set as -600
grim ore
its weird your min speed would be negative
spark sonnet
When you are standing still it should be 0
Try making a simple 1D blendspace from 0 to your max run speed
grim ore
That is not a texture 2d, those are TEXT variables types
I dunno I clicked on your link and it says the variable type is TEXT that he is typing into
ah your link was right past that
does your drop down not let you select?
is there nothing there, you cant select the one you want, nothing happens?
have you compiled your blueprint?
mossy nymph
texture for the map image?
grim ore
maybe a screenshot of what that looks like for not letting you select?
grim ore
we dont really know what that means so screenshot?
mossy nymph
it looks wrong for the scene capture
grim ore
something like this
yeah that is not a texture 2d
I think we are all lost lol
so in your drop down is no images?
mossy nymph
its wes bunn
so odds are he made screenshots of the level
and saved them as .png with paint
and then was assigning those as textures for the UI
grim ore
yeah the video he is showing an image, not the map itself
what zlo is saying
did you just jump into this video or miss the earlier ones?
mossy nymph
for that to work dynamically, he would have had to populate a TMap with LevelName, LevelImage
gilded lichen
Hello, Im having some issues with a timeline as the object travels further than I expect it to as well as want it to.
heres the code
stark marsh
help i lost my blueprints
like literally lost them on the canvas
how do i find them?
anyone?
mossy nymph
@gilded lichen you are adding a vector to its current, instead of starting location there
gilded lichen
oh, so it keeps adding that amount to it.
stark marsh
oh you double click it
gilded lichen
ok thanks
grim ore
so it looks like you missed a part
I dunno but you skipped 1 part its possible you missed another
chrome moss
Does anyone know how to switch the current loaded map to a listen server without reloading the map?
valid zinc
prefab level pieces used to make whole map, can it be done?
viral flame
i have made a widget but how do i attach it to the actual hud so i can see it and all that