just bought a $200 udemy coarse on C++ bcuz no one can teach me
#ue4-general
maiden flax
tawdry storm
200 sounds steep
oak sequoia
ohhh i think i got it
there were these weird spikes on the character when i opened it in blender so i deleted them, exported as fbx and it imported fine now
wary wave
👍
wary wave
judging by the crash report debugging symbols are already installed
tawdry storm
true
dim plover
No one is going to mention how he bought a $200 Udemy course?
tawdry storm
well I was wondering about that because they're usually discounted to 12 bucks
wary wing
I was gonna keep quiet about it
The site so far as I can tell always shows you a 90% discount the first time you visit
tawdry storm
wary wing
But once that times out it'll show full price
tawdry storm
well yeah for 5 seconds before it goes back to that discount
I've never not seen that discount on this course
wary wing
It seems like quite a bit of a scam to me :/
Like booking.com's OMG SOMEONE JUST BOOKED THE 500th to last room A MOMENT... err... 39 hours ago
tawdry storm
no the actual scam is that there's a course with the exact same name made by someone else for the exact same price and it's what the google ad links to
wary wing
Huh
dim plover
Speaking of Udemy, the new(?) Unreal Online Learning stuff is pretty awesome. I think I was a bit late about learning of it -- not really many people talk about it.
wary wing
Yeah it seems like good quality stuff
grim ore
It's been in flux and Udemy has been around longer so most people flock to the knowns. This year should hopefully be more traffic and sexy courses to the online learning site.
plush yew
what unreal online learning?
grim ore
like everything in this industry we wait for 2 months to see what the upcoming stuff is at GDC. soooooooooooo annoying to wait lol
maiden flax
guys lol, yeah the coarse was actully like 12$
i asked my mum to buy it when it was full price then she forgot, i reminded her and she bought it, i asked for how much she said £12, i was like🧐
wary wing
Oh good! That's a way better price to have bought it for
maiden flax
anyone want the email and password so u can learn too?
tawdry storm
better keep that for yourself
dim plover
Don't be so trusting of others.
tawdry storm
I think everyone that need it will have it already or will be able to afford it
giving out your e-mail and password like that could be a huge security risk
never do that
maiden flax
well, its just a random email that i made just for udemy, but ok
it says 11hours left of the offer for like 2 days
@tawdry storm what do you do?
blue or c++#
whole quarry
Dont you have personal info on your udemy account?
maiden flax
yeah
maiden flax
yeah,ok, but this is such a friendly comunitym
whole quarry
Still, you never know who is on the other end
maiden flax
ok, youre right
grim ore
If anyone wanted the course without paying for it I am sure they could find it another way
tawdry storm
@maiden flax blueprints mostly, at some point I wanna learn programming, but I think I'll settle for something a bit easier than C++, probably python
whole quarry
I wish Java was supported like python is
maiden flax
python is for making like programs or smth
i learn python too, but i dont know why i learn it
tawdry storm
well UE4 allows for python scripting. so does Blender and a bunch of other tools I'm using. I feel it would make my life easier if I actually knew how to use it
maiden flax
anyone made a game thats on steam so i can try it?
unity is 💩
@verbal oar @verbal oar @verbal oar @verbal oar @verbal oar
yeah
there is this game like g mod called unreal sandbox, its free
@verbal oar idk i just did that
hehe
who makes money of their game here?
he
midnight gate
does anybody know if i can make this collision other than just wireframe i need to see where it clips thought to set up the death floor properly
maiden flax
wtf is that?
midnight gate
those red collisions are multiple functions for my mana orbs
here i hid them
does anybody know if i can make this collision other than just wireframe i need to see where it clips thought to set up the death floor properly
i need help pls
maiden flax
sorry, im new
astral otter
can someone help me with something
wary wing
@astral otter Likely, if you tell us what the something is
astral otter
kk
can i have custom layers ?
i managed to put them as colors
but instead of a color how can i add a texture
grim ore
how did you make them colors?
grim ore
so replace the 3 with a texture sample in your material (T)
These are material layers so they should not, the actual painting of the layer is in the layer info
grim ore
Replace your Vector 3 with a Texture Sample in your material
astral otter
no idea what vector 3 stands for ive been messing with this alone
i call them whatever comes to my mind
dot
line
layers
idk
grim ore
in your material what does your color look like, the node that you said gives it color
astral otter
oh
grim ore
he is saying he used the 3 Key and left clicked to create a vector 3
I am saying replace that vector 3 with a Texture Sample using the T key
grim ore
you would have another layer blend into the normal
astral otter
cuz i know to make a texture you need the normal thing and the blue that goes to normal
but there are 9
and only 1 normal
lol
im losing brain cells
astral otter
ok hold on let me show this
so when i do colors and 9 layers every layer has a diff color
this happens
on the left
i get 9 orbs lmao
and i can apply certain colors to certain things
so the first one if i wanted it to be grass i have this
it looks like that
but if i save then i wont have 9 orbs i would only have 1
how can i make 9 layers with 9 diff textures and normals
wait so i can just make another 9 layers box and link every single normal to that ?@grim ore
grim ore
correct
one layer blend for each input on the material itself is fine if you have that many you need to use
you could have a layer blend for the base color, one for the roughness, one for the normal, one for AO, etc.
grim ore
yes but I would put all your normals in one spot and your textures in the other just to prevrent cross over but the result is the same
astral otter
i dont know how to name them so i didnt wanna get confused
grim ore
your landscape goes hey what should I put in this layer and looks at the layer blend nodes and uses whatever you tell it
that website I linked has a ton of info on landscape materials, layer blending and such
astral otter
oh kk thanks
grim ore
doing it this way also lets you use the landscape coords node to scale your landscape and you can scale textures different if you wanted for example or even have a more complex setup for an individual layer (maybe mix 3 rocks textures together to make the dirt for example)
there is a GD example tutorial on this somewhere but I can't find it lol
obtuse root
hey guys, just wondering. with a character select spawn system, how do i get the character deleted if i choose another. It keeps adding em. When i add a "destroy actor" it doesn't spawn the new character. I could just use it as set sk mesh, all characters are actually skins... Any thoughts?
astral otter
@grim ore sorry for ping last thing for now xD is there a multiply option but in the oposite way?>
grim ore
What does your system look like now @obtuse root ? IT sounds like you are spawning them in rather than just changing the mesh out
astral otter
instead of 2-1 .......1-2
grim ore
I am not very good at materials but what are you trying to do?
obtuse root
@grim ore yes you are right i am spawning
I guess i should change the mesh instead...
tawdry storm
just drag out two lines
grim ore
drag out twice from your base color then
grim ore
every output node (the right ones) can be referenced multiple times just drag out a new wire
grim ore
drag from the color (the vector 3) into layer 1 on both, is that what you want?
astral otter
yea didnt know i could do that
grim ore
but keep in mind the normal is not expecting a color it wants a normal
tawdry storm
works for me
grim ore
@obtuse root you can change the mesh out or destroy the old actor and spawn in a new one
forest tree
Having some difficulty with the landscape painting brush.
1): Falloff does not seem to work, it just paints the same strength within the entire brush size (added a gif)
2): The erase option with ctrl+shift+click does not seem to do anything.
Anyone ever seen this?
astral otter
@tawdry storm yeah i didnt know thanks
tawdry storm
well it's kinda hard to explain if you don't know the names for things 🙂 you might wanna get to that at some point
obtuse root
@grim ore when i place a "destroy actor" before a "spawn actor", it doesn't spawn the actor...
grim ore
I cant see your code but are you destroying the actor that controls your character select or the actor that is your skeletal mesh you see?
obtuse root
i'll post a capture in a min. loading up
grim ore
Since we were talking about the online learning stuff before I just saw this pop up. A chance at free money for some people for doing a course https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/enter-the-unreal-online-learning-new-year-s-challenge
astral otter
do you have to pay for the course tho
grim ore
all the courses on the Unreal Online Learning site are free
obtuse root
so i had an "if valid" "destroy actor" before it
grim ore
that looks like you arent keeping track of what you spawn so you are going to have a problem keeping it clean. Are you posessing the pawns after you spawn them or how are you keeping track of the ones you spawn in
Select character -> Delete old saved actor -> Spawn new actor -> save reference to that actor for later if you need to delete it.
otherwise swap your mesh on the one actor you have in the scene at all times
obtuse root
@grim ore Thanks a lot! I'm not possessing them because it changes the camera. I want to possess them when i get them to the selected stage
grim ore
yep I assumed you were not but didnt know for sure, if you possess them then you have a reference but if not you need to save one so you can delete it later if you spawn in a replacement
astral otter
@grim ore it didnt work i was trying to make a map but i was copying from world creator but it just doesnt work
i made a custom map there transfered
but the colors didnt transfered so i thought i could make them but idk its not working
grim ore
materials are hard to get right if you don't know what you are doing (and I don't beyond the basics). #graphics might have some more help for specific problems
obtuse root
@grim ore thanks a mill! one more thing though... these characters have to do contact animations with each other. Is that possible with one character bp or anim bp? right now i have them as different character bps. I'm copying info over to each one...or i can make em children
umbral trout
Epic should get more kids involved in game development / STEM by giving away Fortnite goodies for doing the Online Learning courses, that's worth more to them than a Visa card
grim ore
@obtuse root You should be able to use one character BP and one anim bp with the new .24 systems (new sub graphs and layers) but I can't say for sure based on your project. If it's just a simple skeletal mesh swap and everything else is the same then one setup makes sense but if not multiples might be better
@umbral trout it's a good idea but it's really hard to hold open stuff like this and target kids 😦 I do know there is more initiative to start doing stuff like that at the school level directly where it's considered appropriate and more legal
things like introducing and using Fortnite Creative in the classroom
dim plover
I also don't think it's really worth targeting children. That's like a whole can of worms that most don't try to open.
grim ore
^
obtuse root
@grim ore hmmm. I have a lobby online mode too and that one was set up by tutorials. it just spawns you in and character bp based. i'm hoping the "transface bp" would let me just use one anim bp.
violet umbra
so, looks like my Perforce is giving me this strange lag in the editor. when I duplicate or add a new asset into the scene, the editor freezes for a couple of seconds, then I can continue. does anybody know what's with that?
umbral trout
I've experienced that but only with Plastic SCM. Might be the speed of your Perforce server?
violet umbra
might be, but all the assets are on my drive and RAM... it's really strange
the other way around would be doing all the work offline and then upload when finished, but I'm not so sure I really want to work like this
tawdry heath
Hey guys how can I set this up in blueprints? If "LeftShift" + "A" are clicked together then disable sprint or leftshift does will have no impact
fierce forge
hello why i get fail at cast to game instance ?
normal burrow
Believe you can set modifiers if you click on the node for key A
then on the details panel you will find options?
tawdry heath
So will I have to use a branch?
tawdry storm
oh god the spaghetti
normal burrow
no issa
well, first click on the Left Shift node
then look on the right side (presumably) at the details panel
let me verify, not 100%
fierce forge
why i get cast failed at this ?
tawdry heath
you want a picture of the detail panel of left shift?
normal burrow
did you set your game instance type in rules gamer liber?
tawdry heath
fierce forge
what do you mean p@t ?
fierce forge
i did this but i get cast failed
tawdry heath
ok what does that do
tawdry heath
I'm tryna stop my character sprinting backwards
normal burrow
haha
if you have it be A with shift modifier then that node will only run with A+Shift
you could also just check if shift key is down for regular input instead of using that logic there
tawdry heath
oh I understand now
normal burrow
you are connecting things to the cast failed and other exec pin @fierce forge ?
normal burrow
restart editor probably gamer liber
some things like changes to the world settings class take a restart.
fierce forge
i don't get cast failed in standalone
tawdry heath
Now how can I fix this?
my character stays in sprint animation even when standing still
So do I do "If speed is less than 800, disable sprint animation?"
sprint speed is 800
obtuse nest
Is SunSky now the most 'photorealistic' way to light an environment?
grim ore
@tawdry heath we dont know how your code is set up. Are you using an animation blueprint? just calling the animation? a blend space?
traditionally for something like that you would use a blend space and let it handle what animation plays based on the input speed
tawdry heath
I have both
wait let me mess around with blend space and see if that will fix it
I have 3 different blend spaces. One is for walking, sprinting, and last for crouching
grim ore
it looks like that one only has run/sprint animations. It sounds like you are swapping from your walk blendspace to the sprint one and not swapping back when done sprinting
normal burrow
do you have an idle state?
normal burrow
you want to see what the arrow to idle requires yeah
tawdry heath
sprint to idle and idle to sprint or just sprint to idle?
normal burrow
up to you really
you could also insert a state machine inside the walk/run state
but generally, yea you would use the same rules from walk / run to idle
grim ore
yay we helped!
normal burrow
yay
hushed hare
quick question, how would i set the relative location of an actor to another actor (I dont mean within the actor, like components)? basically, i'm trying to make a portal system. When the player enters the portal not exactly on the root of the actor, the player gets teleported sideways. How do i make the player walk out in the same position relative to the root as where they walked into the portal?
Go in on one side, come out on that side pretty much
scarlet birch
whole quarry
@hushed hare GetWorldRotation?
whole quarry
Right, you only need WorldLocation
hushed hare
yeah but i need it relative
scarlet birch
It's two steps. You get the vector that represents the difference between the current location and the start portal and then add that to the target portal location and set the actor location to the result. You'd be better off spending a bit of time learning some basic vector math for video games.
scarlet birch
Why not share what you're using from the start? That way people can see it from the get go and point out any problems, rather than painfully pulling information out. It saves a lot of time.
whole quarry
Self world location - portal world location = offset location
Set self world location to: portal world location - offset location
Maybe smth like that?
hushed hare
it almost works
it just feels like a little bit of a jump
its because the overlap isn't on the scene root
oak sequoia
gah this crashing on importing fbx is annoying me
hushed hare
im gonna try to set the tp location to the world location of the scene capture
ok @scarlet birch lose the reaction thats just toxic
astral otter
so for some reason i cant see the layers now
anyone know why
i had those
now its like this
scarlet birch
@hushed hare It's not clear what you're doing there. It's obscured. Why are you getting the camera location? and why the get owner? I thought you were moving a character?
astral otter
hushed hare
the camera isn't on the root component of the character
oak sequoia
is anyone experience with UE and could help me with an issue i have?
whole quarry
@astral otter tried the Build button?
astral otter
ye
astral otter
where is that button?
scenic hatch
@astral otter where did u get the material from
wheat dirge
@astral otter have you clicked the plus button next to your layers to make the layer info weight blends?
astral otter
ah no
whole quarry
Its 1 button left of the Play button
astral otter
its usually just there after im done making the materials
oak sequoia
seems to be in blender deleting armature lets me import
whole quarry
Did you press cancel on the progress window?
whole quarry
So its still busy?
astral otter
this never happened before tho
usually after im done making the layers i made the instance and apply it to the landscape
whole quarry
Ever changed the lighting before?
tawdry heath
@normal burrow ok so the sprint only works when "Shift + W" is pressed but not when "W" is pressed first. How can I fix that?
scenic hatch
oh
normal burrow
It sounds like maybe you should disable that shift checkbox and just check for shift manually.
astral otter
@whole quarry im starting over the same map cuz i added things i didnt have to and i didnt wanna go back and fix it so i jusut started over
but its not letting me see the layers now for some reason
help pls
astral otter
tundra
ill change them later i just wanna an idea of the layers again
but its not working idk why
tawdry heath
ok it's fine for now Ima just set sprint by default. Now my other problem is when my character sprints and he is going left or right the speed still applies so basically my character can sprint sideways. Do I need to create a new variable to fix that?
scenic hatch
@astral otter try changing preview weight on the landscapelayerblend node
obsidian lily
hey so, I am about to start "porting" a partially complete game from unity to unreal. It's primarily first person, but it's possible to switch between first and third person, and all vehicle control is third person. Should I start with the third person template?
astral otter
@scenic hatch how do i do that
scarlet birch
Probably, since it will include a full character model.
scenic hatch
click on the node then in the details tab on the left it should say "preview weight"
obsidian lily
also is there a goto character controller in the marketplace? my character controller is nothing special, I am hoping I can just use something off the shelf instead of having to implement stuff like crouching
scarlet birch
You don't need one. The sample projects all have controllers setup.
obsidian lily
yeah I've looked at the first person controller, and it's enough to press play and navigate a bit, but it's missing a bunch like running and crouching and headbob and step sounds--just stuff that of course I'll need, and I'd rather not write myself if I can help it
scenic hatch
@astral otter try 0.5 or 1 if that dont work, the only thing i would try after that is deleting some of them white textures
astral otter
it was working like 2 mins ago
scenic hatch
and re-building the blueprint slowing to figure out where the problem is
astral otter
jezzzzzzzzzzz
my brain is melting
idk why im doing this
omg i know what it is
im so stupid
@scenic hatch i didnt name the layers
so its on none
scenic hatch
well ive been trying to figure out the same problem for like 10 hours now on and off
need harry potter @normal burrow to come through with the cloth fix
astral otter
lmao
normal burrow
you haven't explained the new problem
all i know is that it does not work anymore lol
astral otter
lmao
astral otter
i hate when UR starts loading for some reason and i tab out it doesnt come back in
scenic hatch
everytime ive watched a tutorial, after they "disable" the brush here the flag falls
mine never does
normal burrow
your closing the window?
scenic hatch
paint is on 1k right now but ive tried it will all kind
normal burrow
the paint window
scenic hatch
yeye
i even imported that guys flag from his tutorial as i was thinking maybe i fucked something up in blender
im lost in the cloth sauce at this point
normal burrow
when you go to section selection and right click, have you tried re-applying the existing cloth data?
normal burrow
yeah thats what i mean
scenic hatch
pretty sure ive tried that already but will do it again to make sure
i think this just bugged it
i deleted it from the red circle
normal burrow
close the painting tab
normal burrow
don't dock it like that
scenic hatch
aight
was just default
i get no reaction on the "remove data" now
i presume its because i deleted it from the tab
and it has no data on it to remove
its like bugged i think
normal burrow
idk, i didn't think you'd have the window/tab open when you went to remove
but normally
after you remove, you can just apply the data back
without deleting the data
that has fixed things for me sometimes
scenic hatch
have u had problems with cloth before
i havent used it much but it seems buggy af for me so far
normal burrow
it can be finicky
idk what causes it to need to be rebound sometimes, but it does need it sometimes
tawdry heath
hey guys how would I be able to set a function to deactivate sprint?
scenic hatch
restarted my game it worked now pat
normal burrow
is the tab docked?
normal burrow
this is on?
heady moon
guys whats the pc requirements for unreal engine - my pc crashes when i try to test a game
scenic hatch
i wish it wasnt
normal burrow
if you put it in a level it does not cloth realzx?
scenic hatch
doesnt do shit in the level
the character>cloth tab is teasing me 😭
its like "this is what it could look like if you wasnt retarded"
normal burrow
what? is that in your editor?
scenic hatch
sec ill sow u
thats mesh is showing from character at the top>clothing>visualizations>physical mesh
astral otter
@heady moon you can lower the graphics
it happened to me before when i had my old pc
normal burrow
how many materials are on that flag realzx?
scenic hatch
@normal burrow
normal burrow
very curious what could cause the material to now show as cloth
scenic hatch
you and me both
normal burrow
unless that visualization is just whatever
scenic hatch
ive literally gone from step 1 like 4 times total now
normal burrow
hm
scenic hatch
from making the flag in blender
normal burrow
make sure the paint window is closed
scenic hatch
to importing it and painting it
normal burrow
then remove and apply again
also, check the output log as your doing this
maybe its screaming at you
normal burrow
yeah actually, pull that tab out completely then close it
scenic hatch
nada
can u follow this guys tut and do the same steps
tell me if it works for u
its 7 min long including blender
i just downloaded his flag
as it worked for him
i feel like its working though as that physical mesh replicated how it should look? like i dont get it
scenic hatch
astral otter
scenic hatch
looks dope
astral otter
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
THE SAND LOOKS SO GOOD
coming into the island
now i have to make the ocean
gg
scenic hatch
@astral otter u should learn how to make flags its hella fun 
astral otter
ahhahaa
i can tell
lmao
wait how can i change the ground
like
like add noise to it
scenic hatch
in the sculpt tool
astral otter
i saw in a vid someone added a nod into the landscape
that makes the grass looks a bit more realistic
scenic hatch
fk i would just mess around with roughness or specular to tone that down abit on a basic level
astral otter
specular
scenic hatch
then u can put real grass over the top of it
astral otter
that might be it
scenic hatch
i think u want it on 0, add a constant into it
astral otter
um
brave widget
@scenic hatch Like this? 😂
brave widget
It does, but don't have time to make a GIF of it 😛
brave widget
Eh, I could use Gyazo, but I don't want to 😛 lol
Um, I'd have to check, I don't remember
scenic hatch
do u have a bunch of parameters u can play with when u open the instance maybe daniel
scenic hatch
just save it, take auto save off and go crazy with them
ur soon figure out what they do
velvet flame
guys, does anyone know where can i find the savegame path location for linux shipping builds?
i couldn't find it on the docs
brave widget
@scenic hatch Paint value is 1,000
scenic hatch
yeah like every1 else i seen aswell
when pat helped me fix before had to up it to like 60k
now, no value works
so weird
normal burrow
I would do whatever you did the first time when it worked lol
brave widget
Hmm, weird. 🤔
normal burrow
I dunno though, maybe take a look at the material itself. Maybe its manually set to not work with cloth or something strange?
scenic hatch
@normal burrow i actually spoke to the guy who made the tut
he was very helpful
said hes guna try it again and make a new vid or let me know if it didnt work in the next 24 hours
so fingers crossed
will let u know if i get it fixed
unborn remnant
Out of curiosity do people generally make their own meshes and assets inside UE4 or do they make it through maya/blender?
dim plover
Maya/Blender.
rotund scroll
yeah it's hard to replace an industry standard
but ue4 is trying to create their own mesh editor which sounds interesting
unborn remnant
I'd rather use blender anyway I was just curious 'cause I've heard of people doing that in unity
scarlet birch
Being able to do some basic things in engine is a big boon.
scarlet birch
I use BSP mostly to block things out and then work on it in a modeling program. It'd be nice to be able to make UV maps in the editor too.
Other than the auto generated ones.
rotund scroll
I mean that was made to imitate bsp engines from days long gone
all the way from the quake engines basically
livid siren
Hey guys
I've just started learning UE4
and am looking for resources which explain the architecture of the engine
Anyone got any recommendations?
grim ore
the c++ source code or the documentation pages
livid siren
I'm trying to find out how all the components of UE4 work, without reading the source code.
plush yew
unreal engine setup is telling me to close epic games launcher and i forgot how i solved this
it was downloading just fine like a bit ago untill my mom closed my computer
rotund scroll
@grim ore do you know if GetControlledPawn the only way to get the character associated with with the PlayerController?
@sacred sluice your import scale is tiny
and also your door doesn't need bones to animate
obsidian lily
hey this is a real newbish question but
how do I disable something in the outliner?
like there's an object in my scene right now
I want to make it not there temporarily while I test something
not just visibility in the editor, but disabled completely, even at runtime
open eagle
Ok I have successfully made a 1D aim offset for mu gun looking up and down but my pawn control rotation spits some weird values
for some reason, looking down is a pawn control rotation value of 270 and looking up is 90
and straight is 0
How am I supposed to plug that in to my 1D Aim offset
open eagle
yea in my aim offset the range is -90 to 90
but what should I do to the values coming out of pawn control rotation
the up is fine
rotund scroll
plug them into your blendspace?
open eagle
I did
whenever I look up, it works, but looking anything under straight makes it look straight up
my axis settings are like this\
I can't make it range from 270 to 90
rotund scroll
pitch is the vertical axis
and 270 is -90
so that is correct
try inverting your values
open eagle
my aim offset has not been informed that 270=-90, it thinks 270=270
rotund scroll
or nevermind
fallen marten
Can you make it an alpha from 0 to 1?
rotund scroll
no you misunderstand
270 is the same as -90
there is no difference
those two angles are the same
and yeah perhaps that is the key
to make it an alpha value
fallen marten
Might be easier than trying to convert angles
rotund scroll
well if it's an alpha value it's between 0 and 1
open eagle
0
rotund scroll
where 0 is down, 1 is up
fallen marten
Yeah and the use the map range node I think it is
open eagle
clamped or unclamped?
rotund scroll
clamped
fallen marten
Plug your control rotation value in and set its limits
Clamped
The out range is 0-1
fallen marten
Just play with it
rotund scroll
try with -90 to 90 first
fallen marten
You might want to adjust from those values
rotund scroll
it's likely to be more correct when read
rotund scroll
what does your blendspace look like?
fallen marten
Print string the out values to double check
rotund scroll
you probably need to use the alpha value
rotund scroll
the weight is what carries it up or down
unless you mean it's ablend weight, but that does not seem the case since it's not a blend node?
fallen marten
The control rotation value only goes from 0-360 not into negative
So piss the -90 off and put in 270
rotund scroll
try it
fallen marten
In what way?
Can you hard set the alpha to a value and force the thing to look down?
If you can then it's just a matter of fiddling around with the math until it works. If you can't set it to look down then there is a problem somewhere else
@open eagle?
tardy yew
Hey guys, sorry to bother but going crazy trying to figure out what happened to the datasmith importer on 4.24
rotund scroll
@tardy yew try asking in #datasmith
mint sequoia
How do I stop UE4 from hiding off-screen widgets, or where is the event that tells you when they're back on screen
tardy yew
Thanks @rotund scroll! I posted there as well..no answer
i'm sure it's something really easy I'm overlooking
rotund scroll
then probably nobody is around who'll know the answer unfortunately
dim plover
How do games (mostly made in Unity) like Gang Beasts or that other one do networked physics stuff?
normal burrow
not so well
Not sure what Gang Beats is but standard procedure for rigid body networking over there is to timestamp a transform, velocities and then use extrapolation on the client
dim plover
Hmm, that sounds like it would be pretty simple to do in Unreal. Perhaps someone should give that a try.
normal burrow
I've not done networking in unreal yet but, trick to mp is to consider the latency as a reality. such as setting an interp time to abide by, meaning you have data for the future your using to interpolate with. your not giving the most up to date information but your painting a picture most representative by what occured.
brittle remnant
Can anyone tell me where I would adjust the animation speed of my character, I'm using the side scroller template
dim plover
Yeah, btw pat, you might like doing the multiplayer prediction stuff -- might be very easy for you. It's just slightly over my grasp to do it properly.
But even with latency considerations, physics still act really strangely. Even something going from transform to transform with physics is results in random-ish results sometimes.
normal burrow
I'm really looking forward to it tbh
Prediction is kind of not what it used to be though in the old 56k engines
But still looking forward to it
@brittle remnant don't know for certain but perhaps in the animation blueprint for the character.
next ivy
Whats that console command to jump out of the player and move around?
brittle remnant
@normal burrow Yea I just can't figure out where to get to that animation blue print is
rotund scroll
oh it's a side scroller template, maybe it's called a flipbook?
plush yew
when my AI die I want them to stop running their behavior trees, what nodes am I looking for?
normal burrow
lord, yeah its a flip book
rotund scroll
@brittle remnant
normal burrow
I dunno how to deal with paper2d unfortunately.
brittle remnant
It's not a paper 2D
normal burrow
the mannequin? it is paper 2d unless i've mistaken flipbooks as paper 2d
rotund scroll
look under the mannequin folder and see if there's either an anim blueprint or a flipbook
your template will have something
normal burrow
fallen marten
@plush yew in AI controller there's a stop logic bool. Just tick it true when your AI is dead
Or branch check for death in your top bt service
normal burrow
I would like one of those please lol
plush yew
thanks @fallen marten. I've found detach from controller pending destroy on a forum, what's that do?
obsidian lily
Hey I have a third person template project, and I see the content folders like Animations and Character under Mannequin but none of the uassets will show in the content browser -- they are there if I look is file explorer, but not there when I look in UE
fallen marten
Probably assets from a higher version. They dont show in lower version engine
sturdy schooner
hey guys, anybody know of a quick way to check if all plugins within a project are compatible with a different version of UE4?
to do this now, im opening my projects .uproject file and manually googling each one to see if their marketplace pages support 4.24. and its a drag.
obsidian lily
even weirder, I tried adding my own animation to the folder and it disappeared immediately -- like I saw a flash where the icon existed for a moment, then it was gone and folder was still empty
I am running 4.24?
fallen marten
Umm... Idk then haha
obsidian lily
about says 4.24.1-10757647+++UE4+Release-4.24
fallen marten
Maybe the assets aren't compatible for some reason . Try them in a lower version and see if they show
brittle remnant
Thanks guys
solid hull
I've got a game here made in Unreal Engine. I'd like to open the map and explore the map inside of unreal engine. So, I've already got the paks extracted with quickBMS. Can I use the Unreal Engine to open the map?
fierce tulip
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plush yew
I'm creating a mmorpg
solid hull
So there goes that idea.
rotund scroll
oof
plush yew
I will buy a lot of packages in marketplace
sturdy schooner
Unreal Marketplace: The Game
sturdy schooner
just google the marketplace contents name
but dont ship without buying what you use
fierce tulip
banned for suggesting piracy
sturdy schooner
i said google
plush yew
@sturdy schooner ^-^
brittle remnant
Well I found the animation folder with the animations in it but I need to take a look at the blueprint code that handles the animation I guess
the default animation is a running one and a walking animation exists that I'd like to switch to but
I think I need to mess with that ThirdPerson_AnimBP
but no idea where that is
nvm im an idiot it was right in the animation folder lmao
now to figure out how to use the walk speed vs the run speed
normal burrow
you must not be using side scroller template then shepkin?
rotund scroll
sure looks like the third person template
brittle remnant
its the 3D side scroller
normal burrow
brittle remnant
was just providing reference
normal burrow
yeah intention was just to avoid problems with rules, am watching
plush yew
Is there a way to check what part of the body got shot without using a physics component? Like, how do they put blood decals on shot characters? Because physics assets take a lot of resources and I only need one to check which part of the body got shot
rotund scroll
something something physics material? idk
brittle remnant
Thanks for the help @normal burrow
Got her working nicely
I would never have made it down that rabbit hole so quickly lol
plush yew
I'm trying to implement shot deviation, does this make sense?
projectile moves itself, so the gun just adds a small rotation to it once its spawned
rotund scroll
not really since you're doing it on a scene component, it should be the entire actor
I'd do it at trace level
and I think there are nodes that better support what you want to do
plush yew
oh nice catch thanks
I'm not sure how I'd change this on a trace level, do you mean like hit scan? Because these are firing projectiles
plush yew
I tried that but I wasn't sure how to add/subtract from a rotator
since doing it like I did in my screenshot has caused problems for me historically
rotund scroll
you can split a rotator into floats
for a projectile I think once fired that's pretty final
plush yew
Does it treat -1 as 359?
plush yew
I'll try it but I've kind of got it nailed into me that directly adding/subtracting floats and then plugging them back into rotators causes issues
looks good, thanks for the tips
open eagle
I have another problem though.
the hands on my weapon are not aligned in some animations
the other hand_L is not touching the weapon sometimes
rotund scroll
welcome to the wonderful world of IK
open eagle
Yeah
normal burrow
turn on stretchi8ng
open eagle
I knew I would have to venture in to it
normal burrow
or pull gun closer
open eagle
no, sometimes the other hand goes through the gun
I am using the Anim starter pack
it's almost as if the animations are not rigged properly
or even made properly
the hand_l does not always align with the weapon being attached to hand_r
rotund scroll
well every animation can't accommodate for every single gun out there
open eagle
true
rotund scroll
that's why IK is used
open eagle
how complicated would It be for me?
normal burrow
6
rotund scroll
trust @normal burrow he knows his shit
normal burrow
lol
open eagle
I know he does
normal burrow
do you know how to animate?
open eagle
like made an animation in maya completely myself?
normal burrow
or blender yeah
rotund scroll
ngl it looks like an uphill struggle
normal burrow
if you want the one gun animation everywhere, you need to first check that the animations animate the ik bones. and the ik_hand_gun bone is the parent of the gun
rotund scroll
but then I don't know if hand IK has the same issues as foot IK
oblique tangle
Don't know if this is the best place to ask or not, but if I released a system that basically mimics Spider-Man 2's web swinging and movement, without and resemblance or reference to the character of Spider-Man, could I legally still get in trouble?
rotund scroll
unlikely
I don't see marvel suing bionic commando
sorry, capcom
for bionic commando
open eagle
for some reason, ik_hand_gun does not seem to move my gun with the hand
i'm assuming this is normal
oblique tangle
true true
normal burrow
what socket is the gun parented to? is this first person template?
normal burrow
do you know what socket the gun is parented to?
normal burrow
ah okay, well if you can move it to ik_hand_gun that would be most ideal.
but it would require that the ik bone is animated
which we'll hope it is?
normal burrow
does it move?
normal burrow
how about ik_hand_l?
normal burrow
That makes it pretty hard to do something like this https://youtu.be/AgdiT5Mrx8k?t=32. You could copy the FK bones to IK, apply an offset. but without having smart meaningful gun bone concept it will make the logic hard.
I use ik_hand_gun in animations for the barrel more or less then when i offset the two hand bones for ik under it, they are always relative to it.
You could look into virtual bones i suppose. but I am a bit surprised theres no concept of gun bone in the anim starter pack
So copy bone in component space hand_r to ik_hand_gun, hand_l to ik_hand_l, hand_r to ik_hand_r before two bone ik nodes will set you up for being able to attach the gun to ik_hand_gun. you can then offset the two ik hand bones in parent space to have a reliable offset per weapon or whatever before finally running two bone ik nodes for the arms.
it wont work for any animation where the gun is supposed to be pointing any direction other than the right hand though
open eagle
the gun will always be with the right hand
normal burrow
yeah, though operating choking the gun or something
its something you can't do
but it will let you at least offset the arm positions, just mentioning the proper way if you do look into animating it yourself.
rigid ocean
Hello, im new here, starting with Unreal engine but i got no idea where to start, anyone got any tips on where to start or what tutorial to watch to start ?
brave widget
rigid ocean
thanks
brave widget
np 🙂
rigid ocean
hopefully it help me
also need to remind me to not be too ambitious with the first game i make
brave widget
Its a good starting place and there are tons of tutorials and information everywhere.
Yeah, thats important too. Like, don't do what I've done and start with a huge open world 😂
rigid ocean
well, i almsot started off too big, i had in mind to try a dynasty warrior like game but gotta keep it for later
when im more experienced
brave widget
The nice thing about mine is, its just the world thats big. The game itself is scalable and can be as big or as small as I want it to be.
rigid ocean
oh thats nice, i wonder if i'll be good enought at world building, i know i'll have no issue coming up with idea (im a game master for my own rpg game )
plush yew
UE4 is Real Life
Unreal = real?
ye
this makes no sense! compile error
Real Engine 4
File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Private/GenericPlatform/GenericPlatformMemory.cpp]
fatal error is giving me that line
I don't have anything related to UE4 on my D drive, is the D in that line suggesting that unreal is looking there for something?
lapis vine
That the debug info in the binary.
Maybe you can browse the corresponding source, just remap the root of the path to whatever you are gonna looking from (github, local drive, etc.).
plush yew
cool I'll try that thanks
rigid ocean
i got a question, the "free for the month" stuff on the marketplace, is it like the game offerered by the epic store, if you get them do you keep them forever ?
cloud cobalt
Yes
rigid ocean
oh lovely
blissful trail
tame delta
Alt + Middle click is very convenient to set the pivot temporarily (I mainly use it to place actors more finely), but somehow, sometimes, the pivot just ignores geometry (in this instance it goes to the floor). Any idea why that is? https://puu.sh/F0KQm/6cc75c781b.mp4
crisp fable
red prairie
Anyone here have a picture of the node setup required to vertex paint whilst blending 3 materials? .-. im at a loss
sudden agate
VertexColor.R -> lerp alpha1
VertexColor.B -> lerp alpha2
VertexColor.G -> lerp alpha3
lerp2 -> lerp1.a
lerp3 -> lerp2.b
Plug the materials in the remaining slots
red prairie
appreciate it!
heady moon
winter gale
floral aspen
I've got a tv-screen playing a mp4 video, it works on a plane made ue4 but if I apply it to an imported mesh it just shows default grey checker map. Any idea why this is happening?
abstract relic
UVed? Honestly, just put the plane over the monitor
floral aspen
I did move the plane over the monitor at first. But when I build the lighting. It shows the grey checker map until I move the plane again. Strange how that works.
abstract relic
How does it look in PIE?
floral aspen
same as descriped
abstract relic
What’s its mobility set to?
floral aspen
dunno what that is
abstract relic
Is it baked or dynamic for lighting
floral aspen
aah static
I've just tried the others with no luck
The plane is static too where it works just fine
abstract relic
I noticed you have a spotlight in the scene. Could you temporarily remove it
floral aspen
Sure, it was for projecting the video onto the montre infront of it. It just doesent reflect in the glass, only on solid diffuse.
Building Lighting again to test
twilit grail
Sorry but how would you send multiple strings to a txt file without overwriting it?
lapis vine
Maybe read it and replace what you need, then write it again?
calm widget
I'm trying to use virtual texture on tessellated landscape and getting error:
"[Line: 1500] Shader expected a uniform buffer of struct type LandscapeContinuousLODParameters at slot 3 but got null instead. Rendering code needs to set a valid uniform buffer for this slot."
Only happens when i have tessellation on, is it not supposed to work?
modern ginkgo
i am searching for someone to help me
twilit grail
I just want to write strings multiple time but it only shows the first string
abstract relic
Wouldn’t you just append the strings?
twilit grail
how would you append because I cant seem to find out how to
be in mid this is in c++ not blueprint
exotic thicket
Doesn't append/overwrite in C++ depend on what mode you opened the file in
modern ginkgo
guys do u know a way thaat i can learn c++ easily?
exotic thicket
I'm not sure if UE has its own file writing primitives, but at least usually you would have to open the file in append mode vs write mode
lapis vine
@modern ginkgo hire a personal teacher and spend days together.
twilit grail
any idea on getting a FString appended on a txt file?
brave widget
.Append() ? 🤔
lapis vine
Not familiar with UE's api for files, but in the standard library you get enough methods for that. And internet is full of such examples.
modern ginkgo
ok
twilit grail
idk the FString are just overwriting
rigid ocean
i got no idea what to do to practice using unreal engine, should i just do some world building with assets and actors ?
fierce tulip
https://www.raywenderlich.com/771-unreal-engine-4-tutorial-for-beginners-getting-started bro finished all these in two weeks doing it 1h a day and only had to ask me for help once
so they should be thorrough
rigid ocean
are you responding to me ? (its late here so brain no working)
fierce tulip
yuz
rigid ocean
ok thanks, i'll check it out tomorrow
Also, obvious question but should i store my project on an external hard drive rather then my internal D stockage ? Or whatever its called
calm widget
Anyone let me know if you've tried virtual texture with tessellated landscape
weary gale
guys, has the (Chaos) Fracture Editor been moved somewhere else in the editor GUI from 4.23 to 4.24?
tawdry storm
@rigid ocean I would advice against storing them on an external drive, if you're actively working on them. As a backup or just long term if you're done with them, then sure.
twilit grail
ok I got it to work all I need to do was to create an array of string s then save them
west jewel
in a largish open world where you want ai to spawn at random locations, do you guys use one large static nav mesh or nav mesh invokers and dynamic runtime nav mesh? or something else? watching my nav mesh building from 168,000 is just so painful
forest tree
Has anyone been able to collapse landscape edit layers? This option crashes my editor:
(I tried collapsing the SecondaryForest layers)
The menu option isn't available if you do not first click into a spline layer and then right click on another layer you want to actually collapse though. So perhaps this option isn't ready for users yet and normally hidden?
astral spindle
hi, why it seems to me that most people are usinig Unity instead of Unreal for VR
plush yew
Hello, my name is Daniel Schmidt and i would like to learn to programm 3d games. I have a few basic skills in programming Java and Python, don´t know if that will help me but yeah. My go-to platform will probably be Oculus Quest and IOS devices. do you have any tips how to get started? Guides, Books, Youtube series etc. best would be on German... so yeah any tips or tricks how to get started?
ah and i have a few experiences with 3d modeling and photogrammetry
hello friends.
how to stream UE4 process (EU4EDITOR.EXE) in OBS in window/game mode? Its possible?
i see its not important problem, all people stream/capture in Monitor mode,but for streaming Full Monitor not good (folders, browser, txt files,etc).
all streamer use monitor capture for UE4 streams.
tawdry storm
well clean your desktop and use monitor capture like the rest 😄
plush yew
I have taken the starter level of the architectural template, removed the sample meshes and some of the cameras etc. I would like to save this as a starter setup (is it called a blueprint???) for my uses, so I dont have to be removing stuff all the time, How do I do this?
any tips for me how to get started ?
tawdry storm
think of something and get to work. if you're stuck at something try to figure it out. it's the best way to learn and gives you better work experience than following any tutorial
wary wave
depends on your objectives, but probably not
getting a game up and running on another platform is just an extra layer pf abstraction that can bite you in the ass
and Quest is probably quite poorly documented / supported by UE4
plush yew
so should i start with PC?
wary wave
usually a safe bet
tawdry storm
I mean try to build something that works without VR, but maybe can be adapted to VR later and just keep it in mind while designing stuff
if you've got the basis down and you feel comfotrable with your skills and you think you're ready to go further see if you can adapt it for VR
plush yew
ok then ill start with pc
tawdry storm
obviously easier said than done, but maybe that's better than starting out with too many unknowns from the getgo
plush yew
well clean your desktop and use monitor capture like the rest 😄
@tawdry storm its not solution for streaming on twich, one time i forget and open passwords
tawdry storm
yeah but if you just capture the main window you won't be able to show any other stuff from the engine without constantly changing the captured window
exotic thicket
If you can't get window or game capture working with the editor, not much you can do other than monitor
tawdry storm
UE4 has to many floating elements for that
exotic thicket
With monitor capture my recommendation would be to use a second monitor and move all your other stuff there, and then you just never do anything but the editor on your main monitor
tawdry storm
just be mindfull with what's on the screen, that's what the rest of us does
normal burrow
Third eye vr please
vast pine
I wish eos trello worked
scenic hatch
does uninstalling and reinstalling ur engine cause any problems with current projects?
tawdry storm
depends if you have any custom changes inside the engine folders
grave osprey
Hi, how to make my actor have a reflection ?
Sphere reflection do nothing to my character
(My character have glass. It didnt show the skybox.)
rotund scroll
add a refraction of 1.0
tawdry storm
well either you move it by setting it's position or you add a movement component. have you taken a look at the example scenes and how the characters are set up there?
grave osprey
Nvm i fix my own problem.
whole quarry
Well done
normal burrow
Progress
tawdry storm
the third person sample has a fully rigged character @plush yew maybe take a look at that and see if it helps
late verge
is modifying landscapes during runtime possible in ue4?
wary wave
No
dim plover
Might want to look into voxels. They're pretty cool from what I saw.
steep ferry
Hey guys
i have a problem.
I added audio volume into the level
i turned on the reverb and set the type of it
but its still not working
late verge
@dim plover voxels?
dim plover
I don't know what they are. But Google should give you some idea.
tawdry storm
aw man I just brushed up my c+= skills yesterday 😦
plush yew
its a lie if you find a "real" c++ expert
nobody can reach that super status
ok so
i want a character i can controll with wasd with which i can look around in first person and which can jump
exotic thicket
have you looked at the sample projects you can use when creating a new project? Pretty sure one of them gives you exactly that :)
plush yew
i dont want these samples but ok i will try
tawdry storm
yes the first person shooter example is exactly this. just take a look at how it's done, and dissect it. then recreate it to your own needs
plush yew
oh ok so it looks like i can create a character by dragging character into my level
but it is in a ghost mode
so no collision or gravity
but i think i can use a different preset
tacit harbor
Hi
modern ginkgo
hi
tawdry storm
hi
modern ginkgo
can anyonne send me an unreal engine toturial
tacit harbor
How are u all
modern ginkgo
noice
tawdry storm
meh, I had better days
tacit harbor
At least we love unreal engine
modern ginkgo
what did u put on my comment?
tacit harbor
But Yeah I having trouble with level streaming and don't know who I can ask
tawdry storm
either #blueprint or #cpp might be a good start I guess
tacit harbor
Kk tu