I was thinking that only fired off once
#ue4-general
exotic thicket
:D
yeah that's kinda like for doing raster graphics on the screen I guess, the fps demo project draws a crosshair on the screen with that
earnest cape
Which is kinda dumb imo. But I know the HUD BP was made before widgets
Back in the ye olden days it made sense
radiant haven
plush yew
ok i dont know if there will be donuts in my game vut yes the playlist you send me is very good
brave widget
Maybe no donuts in the game, but yeah, his first series he made helped me a TON 🙂
plush yew
well this is his 5th time doing the series but yes
brave widget
The 2nd, actually. The 6 series is all apart of the same tutorial just broken up into 6 sections.
plush yew
ah ok
plush yew
i dont understand this
ivory cobalt
Please anybody with knowledge of Kubold Movement Animation Pro. It looks its animations are in T pose, where I need A pose. I want to retarget them - but can not figure proper positions (rotations) for arms. Many thanks
brave widget
X-ray mode is on
plush yew
oh ok
brave widget
Unless thats not what you're talking about 😂
regal yoke
how to lock cursor to the middle of screen in first person
gilded lichen
Hello, I have some code on the Gamemode blueprint but it doesnt run, the code is on event beginplay?
I've made sure that I've selected the correct gamemode blueprint in the project and world settings
calm widget
Anyone knows how to fix the quality of light shafts in 4.24 with sky atmosphere, or even change the sun disc scale?
Sorry it's not the light shafts, just something weird with sky atmosphere, still don't know how to fix it though
Doesn't look close to this one
gusty hare
Could anyone explain to me why my "Compare Float" is causing an infinite loop when there's a lot of enemies inside the range (1000)?
I assume it's cause I'm setting the Closest Enemy to the Array Element on For Each Loop? No idea how to fix that though
alpine wigeon
Ok so we are just having discussion on threading in the engine, to what extent is the engine threaded? What can we use to leverage threads...
As far as I know BPs are not threaded without some external help of plugins(Timers, timelines, delays, ticks all still work on the same thread right?)
C++ that would be pretty much on the developers if they work with threads in their own code, but are there parts of the engine that get distributed to other threads?
@gusty hare I do not think it is the compare float causing infinite loop, I think it is the line going back to the "For Each Loop" from the right
dim plover
(Timers, timelines, delays, ticks all still work on the same thread right?)
Yes, except for delays.
gusty hare
Nah it's giving me an infinite loop error from the compare float
exotic thicket
yeah I'm pretty sure Acheta is right
If you have it going back into exec from the loop that will definitely cause an infinite loop
bronze bloom
Delays aren't threaded, they're treated similarly to a timer
gusty hare
I will give it a try
alpine wigeon
@gusty hare the infinite loop detection is ... strange do not trust it where it is saying it is happening
@dim plover as far as I know delay create a callback on latent action manager.... and that just executes it when the time comes
unless the manager runs on a different thread that would still be in the same thread
dim plover
Oh, right, that makes sense.
alpine wigeon
yeah that is as far as we got in the discussion 😄
I mean if I watch my project and resources it uses it is spread across the threads... just not sure what parts are on what thread...
"stat unit" gives some of the threads... 🙂
dim plover
I think you get an infinite loop because you connected the "body" part of the loop with the "exec" part.
Like, your body restarts the entire loop.
alpine wigeon
@gusty hare in general the infinite loop detection triggers on the last node that was before the threshold of nodes triggered in the sequence
there should be no reason to go back to the execute pin of that for each loop 🙂 as that is the sole reason of the loop
you are trying to get the closest actor?
gusty hare
Yes I am
It infinite loops if I spawn my turret on top of enemies and also if a bunch run into the range
also I took out the pin going back to the exec and it still infinite loops
The error it gives me specifically goes to the output of the Compare Float node
alpine wigeon
finding closest is easier in a function
exotic thicket
the error from the detection generally just points to whatever it was doing when it detected the loop, so it's more of a general direction you should look at
gusty hare
gotchya
alpine wigeon
you use local variable to remember the first one, loop and replace the value in the local variable with the next closest...and return the reference ... I wrote a macro that does that for me...
let my try loading that 🙂
alpine wigeon
well in first person you hide the cursor if you do not need it
royal kettle
did someone notice that size of the sun disk in Sky Atmosphere is really small?
brave widget
You can increase it with the Source Angle.
regal yoke
@alpine wigeon its not fk first person template
royal kettle
@brave widget oh that really worked, thanks
brave widget
@royal kettle Np 🙂 Bloom also has an effect on the size of it as well. So if you plan on using Bloom, be sure to check it against that as well
royal kettle
@brave widget i tried to tweak its size with bloom before your tip. however if the sun is partly hidden by the clouds or goes very low its getting less bright which disables bloom effect. so bloom is probably not so usable in my case.
brave widget
Yeah, that part is kind of annoying. I set my Source Angle first and then set the bloom so it didn't blow everything out.
alpine wigeon
@gusty hare here is my solution to the find closest actor thing https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/bqny7kho/
@regal yoke template is just that, template, you can do whatever in whatever template... in the controller you have an option to show/hide cursor that should do it
@gusty hare here it is in picture mode 🙂 as blueprint ue is not nice with macros
plush yew
Anybody got any experience with using the Xbox One with ue4?
fierce tulip
I think console nda does not allow for much discussion about it in public
plush yew
ahh i didnt want to talk about it publically just with someone else with the NDA as i got an issue which makes 0 sense @fierce tulip
fierce tulip
cant help you there, i did vfx for an xbox onegame but that about it
plush yew
ahh no worries, thanks though 😄
bright basin
can someone help this noob to figure out why his game mod isn't woreking
unreal engine 4 is tuff
worn granite
what game?
bright basin
Mechwarrior 5
bright basin
so let me give you the whole picture, hope you have a few minutes, thanks!
I found uasset files in Editor that seem to be database files, where all the values are specified, like mech tonnage, negotiation points, etc, I adjusted those files in Editor, packaged, but when I am in game, the rewards are reset to 0 and tonnage doesn't change, if I remove the mod, the rewards are back to default
will try to show a few pictures
golden magnet
my ue4 has some sort of auto-brightness when i look into dark areas, it gets really bright?
anyone else have that or did i enable something by accident?
brave widget
Thats the auto exposure
golden magnet
its kinda annoying, can you disable it?
brave widget
Yes you can, in Project Settings
golden magnet
oh found it, ty
brave widget
Np 🙂
worn granite
@bright basin This seems something that we'd need to be familiar with Mechwarrior to answer
But what a lot of mods do is just set values at runtime themselves.
(if you can't init it, overwrite it)
bright basin
maybe I am doing it wrong, here
adjusting this file
looks like this
I adjust a few numbers, package it into PAK in the same folder structure, but nothing changes in game
I even tried to use Asset Action - Migrate so that files would be exported with all the dependencies, pak that structure with the adjusted settings in file but still no luck
mind boggling
worn granite
Just skimmed the guide
bright basin
is there any rule of thumb that needs to be followed while modding unreal games?
worn granite
they seem to want you to only add things 🙂
bright basin
like don't adjust database files, but rather adjust classes or blueprints or something
worn granite
Nah, not sure why editing the table does nothing
bright basin
some guys adjusted this file and it changed the tonnage in game...
this file he adjusted... it doesn't even have any variables to adjust
how? 🤔
worn granite
open it and show me?
worn granite
Yup
bright basin
all values here are default
bright basin
yeah, but you can't see the values the same way you see them in DatabaseFile
worn granite
I know
bright basin
so how can I adjust them?
worn granite
Okay actually
bright basin
I am so confused 🤪
worn granite
Go back to the table asset, right click on it and view references.
See what all touches this
bright basin
references of blueprint?
worn granite
(if anything, mods might work differently)
bright basin
or the database file?
worn granite
Right click on the left one, then Edit
bright basin
yeah opens blueprint again..
worn granite
Okay well
What I'm trying to show you is that you can change how things work
You can leave that table alone and make a new one, and have that blueprint look to yours first and then fall back to the other one.
bright basin
you think that original table is somehow locked and thats why changes dont make into the game?
worn granite
Essentially, yes
I take it you're new to UE4? Might be worth just following a few BP tutorials over with the normal editor
bright basin
yeah I am new... you can tell, can't you? 😄
worn granite
I was new once as well :P
unreal wasp
What's the proper channel in this discord to ask about lighting tutorials/resources, particularly scene composition. I'm trying to get my foreground to 'pop' more from the background, but I don't really know where to start. Tweaking the post process volume settings helped a bit, but it's still not great.
And as a side question, I'm starting to work on the FX for weapons, explosions, engines etc. should I start using Niagara or the previous system?
another example
bright basin
ok I'll dig around, hoped there is some rule of thumb I am not following
thanks! @worn granite
unreal wasp
@worn granite thank you
worn granite
no worries @bright basin, wish there was a simple fix I knew of
fierce tulip
unless you really need very complex vfx, cascade should be fine for a game like that @unreal wasp
spare sun
mint sequoia
So I have an odd issue. Basically the anim graph freezes on first frame and wont evaluate, only when played on Android. 4.22
normal burrow
So the entire engine freezes?
mint sequoia
Nah just the anim graph
Like it sticks on frame0
NativeUpdateAnimation still runs
But all the anim graph was (for testing) is a single looping animation
But it acts as if it is set to evaluate at 0.0
normal burrow
Hm well the game thread does wait on the anim graph to finish while they run in parallel, so it’s unlikely it’s literally frozen
mint sequoia
Yeah not literally frozen
normal burrow
Hm yeah maybe print GetDeltaSeconds() off the proxy
Might help to know if that is zero or not
mint sequoia
I'll give it a go, the deployment time is high though
normal burrow
I imagine
mint sequoia
Makes it that much more fun to fix >_>
@normal burrow
void UMyAnimInstanceV2::NativePostEvaluateAnimation()
{
FAnimInstanceProxy& Proxy = GetProxyOnGameThread<FAnimInstanceProxy>();
if (GEngine)
{
GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(3528, 1.f, FColor::Orange, FString::Printf(TEXT(": %f"), Proxy.GetDeltaSeconds()));
}
}
This evaluates each frame during PIE but on mobile it evaluated at the start only, it printed only for the specified 1.f
normal burrow
hm it sounds like its only being called once then
winter hamlet
I'm trying to run a lighting build on my map but every time i'm left with 3 stubborn foliage pieces that refuse to bake their lighting. DumpUnbuiltLightInteractions told me they are foliage pieces but did not specify where they are in the level. Can anyone tell me how i might locate them?
mint sequoia
@normal burrow NativeUpdateAnimation continues to run and it has a valid delta time for the proxy
wispy raven
hi guys, I have a quick question, how do i get the direction of the player? i'mt trying to make a sliding mechanic with the "launch character", but i want the character to slide in the direction he's moving, how would i do it?
uncut vigil
Get forward vector?
wispy raven
right
plush yew
why this don't work? I click on the button and it doesn't hide it-I test it with print string and when I click it works
but doesn't hide it
hmmm
worthy flame
I am having issues with my character not rotating to the direction my camera is looking and where I press to move, he stays looking forwards, if I go left he stays looking forward. He stays in that position for the whole time. The movement is fine, and it works fine with the camera. The problem is with the character not rotating when moving. Can anyone help with this one
spark sonnet
Are you hiding the right reference @plush yew ?
wheat dirge
nothing like spending hours on a 13 min tutorial and not being able to figure out why shit doesnt work
plush yew
I created widget and saved the variable
and then I got it and connect it with the visibility
and no result
hmm
@spark sonnet
feral crow
Hey
spark sonnet
Try testing if its valid @plush yew With an IsValid node
plush yew
ok before which node? @spark sonnet
spark sonnet
You can hook it up at the start
spark sonnet
Yes. Is it printing now?
plush yew
let me try it
I tested it
it doesn't print the "done"
@spark sonnet
so it is not valid-hmm
spark sonnet
Then the reference is not working
Could you send a screenshot on how you get the reference
plush yew
I deleted the nodes
I will create them and send you
want to continue in DM? @spark sonnet
spark sonnet
Good idea
weak sorrel
Hey. I'm intersted by creating a browser based game with UE4. But I was wondering if there's any way I can make this app also responsive for the one's who wants to play on it on their phone. I don't want ot build native app becuase my game is the kind of game that will get banned on the play/app store
spark sonnet
What kind of game is that? 🤔
weak sorrel
game involving crypto currencies
google and apple don't like that it threaten the current model (getting fess out of ads and microtransactions)
worthy flame
I am having issues with my character not rotating to the direction my camera is looking and where I press to move, he stays looking forwards, if I go left he stays looking forward. He stays in that position for the whole time. The movement is fine, and it works fine with the camera. The problem is with the character not rotating when moving. Can anyone help with this one
worthy flame
the orient rotation to movement?
spark sonnet
Yes
worthy flame
its not
spark sonnet
Try that
spark sonnet
Haha. I've done that too 😄
worthy flame
i was thinking it had something to do with the character(self)
i thouhgt movement has nothing to do with it so im not gonna check it
fierce tulip
@feral crow please read the #old-rules, please dont ask/post the same thing in multiple channels.
fierce tulip
np :)
gritty nest
i keep bouncing off the beginning tutorial of the unreal engine
i want to use visual scripting code real bad
unreal engine is so pretty in motion
plush yew
so i am watching this tutorial about camera sequencing, and im stuck at where there is an auto key being set so key frames are added to the current frame. But i dont know how to do this. Any ideas would be appreciated
grim ore
in the top of the sequencer editor is a Key icon with a triangle behind it. this is the Auto Key frame toggle
grim ore
maybe they changed it recent, in .24 it's a key with a white diamond behind it
triangle was the wrong word
grim ore
which version of the editor are you using?
grim ore
then your auto keyframe option should look like i described
plush yew
damn
grim ore
i mean functionally it's the same
grim ore
well they are for reference so sure if you need them, they just mark stuff you want to find
plush yew
ok
ember notch
How I can create a InGame script editor that use Lua?
grim ore
lots of C++ code
set up your project to use the lua library interpreter, create some slate code to create a window you can type into, add some code for saving/loading/parsing the code
cloud cobalt
And expose your entire game to Lua
normal burrow
what is this advice here in unreal-engine 👀
mqrcel someone should warn you about lua lol.
normal burrow
@ember notch if you really are going to integrate lua, this comes before the script editor
take a look at editor python on how to expose ufunctions and the like to the environment
plush yew
@normal burrow
plush yew
oh 😦
normal burrow
if your hiding the cursor may as well lock it.
normal burrow
if you can show the cursor while its locked or vice versa i question things.
abstract relic
I wanna randomly ping you too @normal burrow 😜
plush yew
so when the game starts I don't have cursor when I click on escape the menu appears and I have cursor-then I click on resume and it removes the menu but the cursor is there 😦
plush yew
I?
normal burrow
u yes.
plush yew
no
normal burrow
I imagine its something peeps there would know. I don't personally.
plush yew
also when you clock on the button resume it doesn't react from the first time-hmmm
normal burrow
probably lock always is what you want. do ask there for more informed advice
plush yew
is there a way to do when you get the cursor and move the mouse and cursor to don't move the camera cus it is annoying and seems like trash?
marsh swallow
Question: Say we make a major change that makes the current save files no longer compatible with the game, how would we delete all current files in the Saved Folder the next time the game loads for when we push an update?
normal burrow
Darnius have you tried?
marsh swallow
Tried? to delete all the files?
normal burrow
no, to load a incompatible save file
marsh swallow
I mean we can delete the save slots inside the files
Oh yeah! its not compatible
the video settings we introduced will put everyone into a video loop of full screen and whatnot
😂
every time you click on the screen it will just flash and then come back, click again, it flashes and comes back.
Wipe the save file and its fine
normal burrow
can you check the settings that cause such loop?
marsh swallow
Thats what i am playing around with now
normal burrow
just asking because that extra step to thrust out old saves seems unideal
marsh swallow
just trying to see exactly which settings combo triggers the issue
normal burrow
i mean you could serialize a version or something yeah.
Yeah hmm
could also stick the save version in the file name itself.
normal burrow
ignore old stuff, profit?
plush yew
question: is there a way to do when you get the cursor and move the mouse and cursor to don't move the camera cus it is annoying and seems like trash?
abstract relic
Serialize is the way to go. Stop the problem before it starts. Just make sure you have some sort of ui feedback so the players isn’t punching an empty button when trying to load an incompatible file
marsh swallow
wow when you tell a game to use 4K and its not a 4k monitor, man does that look weird
haha
normal burrow
serializing a version number also prevents people from just renaming the file
bright basin
hi everyone! I have a question, Mechwarrior 5 Editor right, I adjusted some things and it's working fine if I run game in Editor, but when I PAK the files that I've adjusted and then load the game, my changes are not in an actual game. What is a correct way of exporting assets out of UE Editor?
normal burrow
punching buttons should be reserved for back buttons, and or submit bug report buttons.
bright basin
and can I actually export, just the files I adjusted with all the appropriate assets?
normal burrow
you'd really have to refer to mechwarrior on this stuff shepard
there is no standard way to do any of this afaik, unless one has been established by game communities between games i don't know.
abstract relic
Can’t say we encourage asset extraction. Ask the studio responsible for the game
normal burrow
oh yeah, if your extracting stuff from mechwarrior, don't do that. thought you were doing mod content or something?
bright basin
so every UE game has different logic on how to mod it?
normal burrow
bright basin
I thought there are some asic rules one needs tofollow
normal burrow
afaik, every game has to do mod support on its own
but i could be wildly incorrect
abstract relic
The game has to create mod support
bright basin
yeah, they dont have native export function yet in this Editor
so I use unrealpak.exe
to create PAK
what about the rule of thumb on how you create a PAK?
cause I may be doing that wrong
like the mountpoins and stuff
abstract relic
You’re going to need to ask their mod community
bright basin
no, not for this question, creating a PAK is a general thing for UE in general
normal burrow
ye, i mean if the docs tell you to make pak files, you could check #packaging
afaik PAK are basically uncooked dlcs
so there not real popular
bright basin
ok will check packaging thanks, cause I think I am not mounting the files right when creating a pak
normal burrow
does it say to make a pak in their docs?
bright basin
MW5 docs?
abstract relic
Gg
bright basin
they don't have this part available yet in Editor, you can only edit, that link you gave me, if you follow the guide, it says that in the end, sorry kinda, we don't have the export part for you yet, but mod away lol 😄
normal burrow
see, thy are supposed to seek additional rights to package the editor in with the game to do it properly
no one does this.
manic pawn
a pak file is just a container like zip, you can have unrealpak put whatever you want in it
normal burrow
ah so its literally a pak file like with quake 3?
bright basin
@manic pawn yeah @normal burrow their game runs based on a huge 43GB PAK file
abstract relic
Shepard. You’re too much of a gem for modding something that can’t be mod even though it has mod support. Make your own game.
bright basin
I am UE noob, I am light years away from making my own game
all I can hope is to mod
abstract relic
normal burrow
hush, you will pick it up quick.
abstract relic
Gotta start somewhere
marsh swallow
OH! I actually split my Save Game from the Current Options file.
bright basin
I just want to figure out how this game ticks, if you know what I mean...
marsh swallow
😄 Players will be much happier about only loosing their Options. haha
bright basin
like some guy edited a blueprint class file generator or whatever and change is in game... I adjusted DataTable files and change isn't in game... I wonder if I can get some tips, what can actually be modded in UE games, or it's based on specific game?
manic pawn
usually people don't put uncooked stuff in pak files
normal burrow
the most i've heard about pak files with ue4 is that you can't pak file marketplace content
manic pawn
of course you can
wheat dirge
question.... do you need a seperate socket for each weapon you want to equip ( for example.. an axe and a pickaxe)
normal burrow
its against the license to zeb
manic pawn
default packaging will collect all your assets into a single pak file
the license says you shouldn't distribute them uncooked
has nothing to do with whether you use a pak file or no
bright basin
Zeblote, but that is only if game Editor has packaging, right?
normal burrow
well the way mechwarrior is doing things where you can load the game up in an editor through its pak file is not allowed with marketplace content at least.
manic pawn
ive not investigated this specific game
bright basin
the game itself though has all those files in a big pak
normal burrow
idk memory goes off of some statement about paks vs cooked content
i could be wrong
normal burrow
fair enough
bright basin
thing is that cosmetics adjustments work and how that guy adjusted a blueprint for specific fixed value... can you even force numbers in blueprint? I thought it just like a diagram that connects modules and determines dataflow
well, I am gonna go do some training lol 😄
peace!
normal burrow
yeah, its hard to answer a broad question like that.
manic pawn
interesting how this editor is locked behind owning a copy of the game
bright basin
yeah
manic pawn
that's how it should be anyway
normal burrow
they don't actually have the editor distributed by them though right?
manic pawn
editors are always distributed on the epic store
there are no exceptions
not even for large publishers
abstract relic
Nice tut for learning the basic. We don’t know how the game limits what access you have of course https://www.raywenderlich.com/771-unreal-engine-4-tutorial-for-beginners-getting-started
normal burrow
That @bright basin 👍
gentle moth
normal burrow
damn i kind of want to get mechwarrior just to see how its set up on egs now zeb.
manic pawn
bit expensive to buy it just for that
normal burrow
yeah wont do it, but its interesting that their 
docs
speak nothing of it
manic pawn
might be new
normal burrow
yeah jan 13th
manic pawn
the system to unlock it with the game I mean
manic pawn
I like how they have a guide for using the editor and half of that document is about how to obtain a license for wwise
manic pawn
Please note that support for packaging your Mods and integrating them into the game will be coming in a future update. lol what is the point of this release then
abstract relic
I wonder how they’ll prevent unlicensed usage
plush yew
Does anyone here use iclone 7 and UE4 if so please dm me so i can have some help
Thanks
normal burrow
The way its worded, it sounds like you need a license to include the editor with your game.
so maybe having it separate is the way to do it i guess.
abstract relic
I’m sure it greets you with a load of errors otherwise
normal burrow
me too
abstract relic
But that’s a strange way. What if the mod didn’t touch audio for example?
manic pawn
put denuvo in the editor
abstract relic
And how would it support multiple mods if it isn’t modular
abstract relic
But even ark modding is modular
It doesn’t pack the entire game when you’re done 😜
normal burrow
yeah 
, it must be able to retain references to the pak or something
without re-storing the data of them
twilit wolf
is there a help-desk room?
abstract relic
normal burrow
there is no public unreal discord ran by epic quantum
most you could do is post a log file here
abstract relic
I haven’t heard anyone still using UE2 though.
twilit wolf
I dont see any room for tech help.
abstract relic
Almost all channels are for help
If people feel like volunteering their help
This is a community, not a company
grim ore
if anyone has an opinion on a good way to handle attack animations in a combo (using marketplace assets and the sword attacks have a 5 part comboo with 5 separate animations) "best" practice is an animation sequence, linking together the attacks with rules in the anim bp, or something else?
normal burrow
is c++ on the table matheww
grim ore
c++ is so far off the table it's in the corner for being bad
abstract relic
Only thing I can point to you is that’s what animation montages are for
grim ore
and how would you do it with C++ for reference
marsh swallow
You know... there is actually a MP asset for Combo attacks
grim ore
anim montage, that was the word I was missing lol
marsh swallow
maybe that might help see what he does
grim ore
but I dunno if the montage is "better" than just rigging up an anim bp
marsh swallow
i think a few images of what he does is posted
abstract relic
I can dm you my basic animation set up I once used to teach students Mathew. It’s old and basic though
normal burrow
In c++ i would time out the sequences. Take elapsed time between them so they link seamlessly (not dependent of elapsed frame time). In a node or something.
grim ore
sure. im just messing around right now trying to see if I can knock out a small project for learning purposes and going at it blind basically lol. this is what I came up with as pure anim bp is my only experience https://i.imgur.com/RFvaYUu.png
it works well, can early cancel out of the animations at anytime and the current attack will finish
just dont know if this is normal
abstract relic
Yeah no, I’d recommend not doing that 😜
grim ore
@normal burrow gotcha sounds like the basic stuff just in C++ not BP
@abstract relic why would I use something else?
I like the animgraph system since it lets me tweak so much stuff easily but I have like almost no experience with montages
abstract relic
For combos, it’s the issue of losing the adaptability of montages. You still have to use the ani bp for montages
normal burrow
I would go with what HighTide suggests every time. I've not used montages at all. Just what I was suggesting with c++ would be to not have things be at will of state machine throwing away chunks of transition time when it reaches a state at the end of a frame. HighTides approach is better.
grim ore
so it sounds like I should look up more info on montages
if I can learn all the ways then I think that would be best in the end as well 🙂 more options
normal burrow
yeah, from what i've heard of montages. its likely the way to go and lets you tap into the graph with precision.
anim nodes in c++ are a great thing to learn for more options but its very involved
mossy nymph
they are very handy in MP
much easier to replicate then trying to sync the anim graph
normal burrow
montages?
mossy nymph
yes
normal burrow
cool
mossy nymph
they will basically override the anim graph for the duration on the slots they are player on
which also simplifies the animation graph itself, and reduces the number of required states
jump, for example - can be handled as 3 section montage - leap, "fly", land
where you would just loop the fly part until its time to land
normal burrow
I've been curious about that. so they block off the incoming pose in favor of the montage?
mossy nymph
yeah
normal burrow
hm yeah that sounds highly ideal
mossy nymph
for stuff that happens occasionally and on demand - imo montages are much simpler way to go
keen shell
Can i use visual basic 2019 if i use 2017 ?
mossy nymph
VB is in large part interchangeable with c#, but not with c++
keen shell
I use the box thing but i saw there is visual basic so i thought can use c+?
normal burrow
I heard once the swarm agent is vb
mossy nymph
VB and c# use the same libraries
keen shell
If i change 2019 still have my model?
normal burrow
2019 will replace 2017 in any way possible mingxyu (that i can think of)
Unsure what the question is though with visual basic.
keen shell
But if replace what if break my stuff?
mossy nymph
there might be a few minor adjustments to code you'll need to do
normal burrow
If quesiton is about upgrading visual studio 2017 to visual studio 2019, it might break your stuff yeah
keen shell
Sorry for bad english i try to say way you can understand
normal burrow
its all good
mossy nymph
VS 2019 compiler doesn't approve of some implicit conversions that VS 2017 lets slide
normal burrow
personally mingxyu when i upgraded to 2019 it pointed out problems in my code that 2017 did not.
keen shell
What is implicit
normal burrow
so it was good break, because i found problems 2017 did not show me.
normal burrow
template<typename Variable> void func(Variable const&Variable){..
mossy nymph
like letting integer being interpreted as boolean
normal burrow
2017 be like: cool.
plush yew
one fast question there is command for pause, I tried then with unpause but doesn't exist or?
from where to see all the commands of the execute console command?
mossy nymph
int32 i = SomeNumber;
if (i) // 2017 doesn't have a problem with this, 2019 does
if (i != 0) // works with both
Make the box a little bit big so it cover the others @plush yew 😛
normal burrow
ideally 2019 is better @keen shell but it might not be. things change towards being all round better but that doesn't necessarily mean they are. You are best staying up to date regardless 90 percent of the time.
keen shell
But if something break how? Can u help if it break? I just show the thing that show on screen if break
abstract relic
set up source control first
keen shell
How
abstract relic
there's no backward completability
mossy nymph
you should google that in your language @keen shell
abstract relic
or github, perforce
plush yew
this is @keen shell
normal burrow
yeah those are good too, just not free for everything (was joking about svn being the best, but it is probably the easiest to set up locally)
normal burrow
try it?
normal burrow
enter it in manually with console
normal burrow
normal burrow
url please
normal burrow
If you want to make a local server to just keep backup you can use https://www.visualsvn.com/server/ which is a really easy to install svn server
but otherwise using github will work too, though you will have size limitations
normal burrow
you can install the server on the same computer you work on the project with.
But if you lose the computer you lose everything
but at least it keeps version support, so you can still use that feature.
keen shell
Oh but you say which good?
normal burrow
they all work.
plush yew
Does anyone here use iclone 7 and UE4 if so please dm me so i can have some help
Thanks
normal burrow
svn is easiest to install and use in my opinion if you are on windows.
keen shell
Yes windows
marsh swallow
Okay So I was finally able to capture this in editor. This is our oldest bug. It has happened 3 known times in editor in a year. Its happened about 20-30 times to play testers. RANDOM things the player character will not collide with. Static Mesh, Skeletal Mesh, doesnt matter. In this instance i am going to show. Its the Capsule collision settings LOOK right, but its being ignored. Now I did confirm today that Overlap events are firing.
If anyone can help me solve this, i do have a financial reward available. 😂 This is the top 2 bugs we have. lol.
If i Stop play it could be another month before i encounter this again, so any ideas or data to collect in the next few minutes would be ideal. lol
normal burrow
would really recommend using collision profiles
marsh swallow
?
normal burrow
in project settings
you can configure collision profiles that define all those check marks
normal burrow
yeah
marsh swallow
I have a few collision channels as well
normal burrow
if it were happening when using one of those it would at least be a more standard thing to look at and ponder why its not working
marsh swallow
Well if it were just 1 type of thing it would make sense to me
But i took another video and you can see 2 building made from the same items
alpine wigeon
I think the issue is with the movement. The collision is somewhere else than the actor that is moving around... my best guess...
alpine wigeon
hm but you are saying that you have it on static stuff as well
marsh swallow
However you can see the collision capsule and the actor both
thats why i enabled it. lol.
alpine wigeon
I do not trust that as it obviously does not work 😄
marsh swallow
haha
alpine wigeon
Also where is your player collision?:)
errant dagger
LogUnrealEdMisc: Warning: Heartbeat event firing too frequently. This should never happen. Something is wrong with the timer delegate!
Did anyone catch this bug? I am just opening editor...
marsh swallow
@errant dagger Its normal
they need to dial back the severity of that warning
lol
alpine wigeon
"normal" 😄
normal burrow
identify every place where you manually move something without sweeping darinius
that is where passing through things happens
or if something is spawned late or whatever
errant dagger
@marsh swallow it is not normal. Other projects run without this thing
marsh swallow
okay, well i looked up that error quite a bit and Unreal themselves stated that normal and nothing to worry about
normal burrow
i don't recall the exact rules for overlaps
is it both parties need to accept overlaps from eachother?
marsh swallow
i think so yes
because 1 can ignore the other
Here is an additional one with lots of examples. lol
alpine wigeon
is it multiplayer?
marsh swallow
nope
alpine wigeon
had to ask
alpine wigeon
yeah 😄
normal burrow
with what i said about using set actor transform or position without sweeping
is that a thing?
normal burrow
not root motion or anything right?
marsh swallow
idk what you mean by that
to me root motion is only applied for anims. lol
didnt know it had another meaning.
normal burrow
is the character movement component the only thing moving the character?
marsh swallow
oh! yes
normal burrow
yea root motion animations was the question
marsh swallow
character movement is the only thing that moves this character
its never under any AI controller
however...
I did grab that up after i ended play a min ago
thats my NPC AI controllers
normal burrow
ai should still be using the movement component though
marsh swallow
so then, no. Movement Component is about it
normal burrow
yeah honestly, making many physics/collision profiles and replacing all your custom entries would be the first thing i'd do
marsh swallow
okay
normal burrow
might not be an issue after that. does not appear to be a chance type thing, more of a if it happens, it happens over and over in the same game instance
so maybe when you added more trace channels or object types, some of the custom settings on blueprints got malformed or something in a way that isn't being shown in ui.
if it does fix things would submit a bug report.
jovial pollen
does anyone know how to fix the problem im having above...
normal burrow
what is the problem?
jovial pollen
this, when I play the level in VR everything green and dark gray just disappears
like they are there but the color is invisible
marsh swallow
might not be an issue after that. does not appear to be a chance type thing, more of a if it happens, it happens over and over in the same game instance
so maybe when you added more trace channels or object types, some of the custom settings on blueprints got malformed or something in a way that isn't being shown in ui.
if it does fix things would submit a bug report.
Okay I will try that and see if it happens. its so damn rare in the editor that I wont have anything to report for a month or 2. lol
azure shore
hey, if I set my players movement mode to flying, how can I make them move relative to their rotation? so if the player rotates sideways, I want them to move "up and down" in world space but its like forward and back in their perspective ok Im making no sense
brazen hull
Ttrying to import blender model I rigged using the mannequin skeleton but I get https://i.gyazo.com/thumb/1200/1c36a8b4b55778cba93ad05d507282fa-png.jpg
azure shore
oh god not that
brazen hull
its exactly the same bones nothing changed
marsh swallow
@brazen hull The same name scheme right down to capitalization(not sure if that matters) as well as the root set the same
brazen hull
everything is the same but rig idk if its blender export settings tho
azure shore
basically this is what Im trying to do
brazen hull
I even get the same error when I take mannequin to blender then export again
faint juniper
Can someone please help me? I have been struggling with this for hours now. I have built my lighting with Production Quality. My floor and Ceiling are currently Planes, however I have also used 3D cubes with the exact same problem. I have used Unreals Auto generate lightmap and also used My Own UVs. Why are the edges of my Meshes showing like this? They are not overlapping, they are vertex snapped together.
faint juniper
Will do thanks
open eagle
Try 128 Or higher
azure shore
fine DONT worry then
spark sonnet
So when you are pressing D it should always move forward @azure shore ?
azure shore
yeah, and when the player is facing up, "forward" would actually be up in world space
but it should be at any angle of course
quick plover
Hi guys, anyone here using UE for VJing or real-time graphics?
i'am a complete newbie and i'am looking for resources or references
worthy flame
how would I go to add tail physics to a character, if its part of the body, not something I will attach
I only saw the ponytail ones where they atttach it, but I cant attach it, this is part of the character
spark sonnet
This should work @azure shore
azure shore
thanks
sly coyote
4.24 crashes over and over when you enable ray tracing with a rtx 2080 ti....what a mess....
brand new c++ project, just choose ray tracing on...proceed to crash with "video driver has crashed and was reset", over and over
and this
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000018
whole quarry
Tried to reinstall your videocard driver?
late verge
hello! i dropped a .wav file into my content folder, but it's not showing up in my content browser. i believe it's because the .uasset file isn't there for some reason. any way to fix this?
swift spindle
@sly coyote if you have a slow HDD / SSD https://docs.substance3d.com/spdoc/gpu-drivers-crash-with-long-computations-128745489.html this can help with that particular crash
yes.. I know it's for another piece o software 😉
sly coyote
yeah tdr delay is off for me, however its now any slow components in this system lol
i opened with a 2080 ti...
swift spindle
I have the same card
sly coyote
lol
swift spindle
I have to do this also
sly coyote
how does this become a issue between 4.22 which runs flawless....upgrade to 4.24 and its a crashing mess
normal burrow
how heavily optimized for 4.22 is it?
sly coyote
like...they need to slow the hell down with thier adding features and make sure they dont just deliver a steaming pile....
normal burrow
eh well other option is to not upgrade
sly coyote
but theyre missing a mark here somewhere...what was broken to cause this?
normal burrow
do you have a crash log?
sly coyote
of course
normal burrow
is it something you can reproduce? if you have any c++, start it up through visual studio
normal burrow
launcher or github?
normal burrow
how recent are your drivers?
sly coyote
they were last months drivers, updated them to the latest from this month after i got the first crash
normal burrow
a log file would be helpful, but yeah start through debugging on visual studio (F5) and the crash will at least be paused where you can see whats causing it.
sly coyote
thats a great idea, the debugger will take me to the exact line of code causing the issue ill give that a shot
normal burrow
the call stack can be a good thing to walk in that scenario too
azure shore
@spark sonnet thanks, it works! I really dont know why I didnt think of that...
spark sonnet
Glad it worked. Sometimes the easiest solutions are the most difficult ones to come up with
sly coyote
Exception thrown at 0x00007FFA964D8C50 (nvwgf2umx.dll) in UE4Editor.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000000000018.
azure shore
yeah, that happens a lot to me like it can literally be a single tickbox thats causing a huge problem
plush yew
Hey guys does anyone know why my imported mesh is unaffected by the heightfog?
my megascan stuff works fine but this random mesh i imported doesn't cooperate with my world 😠
normal burrow
@sly coyote you play many games on the computer without issues yeah?
sly coyote
yeah no issues in anything else
including in ue4 4.22 <---- ...this is only happening in the 4.24 ue4
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000018
nvwgf2umx
nvwgf2umx
nvwgf2umx
D3D12
D3D12
dxgi
dxgi
dxgi
dxgi
dxgi
dxgi
UE4Editor_D3D12RHI
UE4Editor_D3D12RHI
UE4Editor_D3D12RHI
UE4Editor_RHI
UE4Editor_RHI
UE4Editor_RHI
UE4Editor_RHI
UE4Editor_Core
UE4Editor_Core
UE4Editor_RenderCore
UE4Editor_Core
UE4Editor_Core
kernel32
ntdll
normal burrow
and its a new project right?
normal burrow
hard to really say why its doing that. everything on internet says drivers, or card fault
next badger
Try to reinstall driver completely, by using Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) (i think it's still relevant app to do that)
sly coyote
ok going to try ddu and reinstall of my drivers
i would be very very hard pressed to believe there is any hardware faults, cause as i said it is only happening with 4.24 and literally everything else i do on this computer is flawwless
normal burrow
afaik, still relevant sed
next badger
it may be that some feature was implemented in 4.24 that was recently added to drivers and it may cause fault in old or damage driver setup
brazen hull
model just shows up like this when I select it. It got bones, rig etc
ignore physgun
ashen brook
alright... set up incredibuild on my home swarm. Let's see if it speeds up my material compilation at all!
edgy halo
can i make a physics constraint ignore ALL angular and sideways movement, and only move linearly up and down no matter what
normal burrow
@ashen brook i'm very curious how that goes for you
ashen brook
@velvet haven you can just compile it *shrug
sly coyote
so even after ddu and reinstall i was crashing, I created a blueprint only 4.24 project, that doesnt crash(or atleast it hasnt crashed yet)
grim ore
@sly coyote I just created on .24 a new c++ blank project with RT enabled, no issues. I am in the editor and VS 2019 is loaded. no crashes. 2070 super , latest windows 10, 436.30 driver version (non creator)
sly coyote
thrid person template, move around some of the stuff and hit build lighting button...
see if you crash
grim ore
i thought you said it crashed when launching but will do
sly coyote
it crashes randomly but mostly with launching....when launching doesnt crash it moving an item and hitting build lighting crashes it
grim ore
I know at some point in the last few months a recent nvidia driver was having crashy crashy issues
no problems here. TPP template, C++ and RT on, VS and Editor open. Moved around 5 items in the default level, hit build button, waited for build and lightmaps to apply, no issues
sly coyote
ok downloading 436.30 driver going to try it with that one
grim ore
holy crap it looks like my driver is old lol, cant figure out how to go back that far in the search
sly coyote
google the driver number
grim ore
ah, thats cheating
sly coyote
you can get to the page that way lol
grim ore
ah there we go, sep 10 2019 so yeah I think I kept on this version due to that "crashy crashy" I saw people report
which version were you running?
sly coyote
latest driver
grim ore
man I love playing with RT reflections
plush yew
Do any of you frequently use DoF?
azure shore
hey how do I make the player jump relative to the capsules rotation (similar to what I asked earlier) I would assume you could use launch character and multiply from the up vector but that doesnt bloody work
sly coyote
ok so 436.30 seems to be working fine
no crash yet
so there we have it, do not update your drivers if you run an rtx card and use 4.24....
normal burrow
hurray
grim ore
I can say I have the latest drivers on a 1050ti so no rtx and no issues there. It seems random on the RTX stuff but at this point I don't want to upset the gods by updating lol
azure shore
...anyone?
sly coyote
nothing more frustrating than owning a 1400$ card and getting driver crashes
dim plover
You're multiplying by 0.
azure shore
?
I printed the up vector and noticed it wasnt changing
but the z 400 is right there why wouldnt that do it
WHAT I had to put it on the others too
my brain is never good enough for this
grim ore
normally you multiply the entire vector by a value to extend it
so Get Up Vector -> Multiply 400
azure shore
thanks, I assumed it would just use z
grim ore
well it did but like Floss said you were taking what was in the X and Y and making them 0
split wedge
lol when i put mouse over a button or something pops up this happens
tough loom
is it possible to have fully destructible map in a mobile game
I have not found examples of Unreal chaos being used for mobile
abstract relic
Chaos is very experimental and recently added on top of that
normal burrow
Yeah #engine-source has more or less turned into the place to talk about chaos @tough loom since you need to compile the github source to enable it.
split wedge
should i reinstall my editor since everything i put the mose over enlarges 300 percent
normal burrow
yeah kraknaknork
split wedge
kk
split wedge
lol
normal burrow
whats happening is internal buffers are some how hitting your front one
i don't know if a reinstall will fix it
split wedge
i just installed 4.24 last night
normal burrow
is it intel graphics or something?
normal burrow
may be the second driver update referral today
split wedge
drivers up to date
normal burrow
hmm
grim ore
can you actually see the editor itself? I am not seeing any editor in your screenshots
grim ore
well assuming you tried the first rule of robotics, turning it back off and on again, that's weird
split wedge
yea repoened it few times havent restarted pc tho
i'll try 4.20 version see if same thing happens
normal burrow
restart
split wedge
kk
errant dagger
Hi! Can anyone suggest me where is a problem? I have 6GB project with a lot of Bps, and editor startup time is very slow at powerful PC with fast ssd. I think that is some BP referencing others and all my Bps go to RAM at editor start, but its not true. I use completely blank map as editor startup map and native CPP gamemode and game instance classes. But editor starts at least 60 sec....
split wedge
yea it was 4.24 version i opened 4.21 and its not doing that anymore
grim ore
@errant dagger It's possible it is doing asset reference and lookups during startup and that is normal. Lots of stuff to check it sounds like
it might not load it all into memory but it still does stuff like loading the .uasset info into the content browser
errant dagger
probably , but I have 60 gb projects and they starts very very fast. P.S. your youtube is best ever. Thank you very much!
grim ore
Eep. That does sound bad then 😦 I know the newer version of the engine tried to defer the asset registry stuff until after it opened but yeah if you don't have a large startup scene it shouldnt be too bad
errant dagger
tons of animations , tons of skeletal meshes, very very large map. And its loads 2-3 secs! but now I completely confused. 60 secs or more! But shipping build runs instantly!
grim ore
is it stuck on the editor loading window, the one with the percents, or somewhere else?
only reason I ask is the caches have max sizes and maybe you keep hitting that limit so it has to shuffle stuff around, redo stuff like shaders on each load
still schooner
hi guys i need help with sequencer hdr output
errant dagger
percents. 9percents about 45 sec. than jump jump to 83 percent wait 20 sec and jump jump and fast open editor
grim ore
hmm.. 9 percents is normal stuff loading, 83 % is a small cache check. 😦 damn
errant dagger
at least 10 assets failed to load. can it be a bottleneck?
grim ore
yes it can since it has to try to load them
errant dagger
4.22 now. can 4.24 skip this check if I use blank map at startup?
sudden barn
@plush yew - uhh, what happened, dear?
Did I do anything wrong? Also, the featured links you send me included a video of someone describing how publicity leads to the higher possibility of your private-created games being more frequently watched and recognized => brands and companies trying to find ways to shut you down as you are posing a threat competition-wise in marketing & business.
However, we aren't gonna be profiting nor capitalizing off of our game before we achieve a minimal standardized approval of rights through a license or alike, and will be keeping it 200% safely legal and lethal, @plush yew. You should really look into Fair Use and keeping off of capitalization/transactions for good. There really isn't anything to fear, otherwise you'd have to be aware for any kind of anime-inspired content out there.
I hope you reevaulate flunking from the server as your collective effort would have been highly appreciated.
wary wave
I don't know the original context, but non-profit isn't in itself a defence in cases of intellectual property violation and fair use won't cover you if you're releasing material into the public eye using someone else's IP
sudden barn
That isn't the case either, dw.
The content we're using isn't officially owned by anyone, and we aren't capitalizing off of it. It is purely fair use and we don't allow for a single transaction. I am pretty sure Fair Use keeps that happenable.
wary wave
it's unusual for any content to not be owned by anyone?
sudden barn
Also, the content is nearly 10 years older than its previous use.
grim ore
oof. Fair use has specific uses, it's not just a general "hey we arent getting paid for it so it's cool"
anywhoo no one here is identified as a content lawyer that I have seen so might be best to just leave it off the channel as it's a legal issue
sudden barn
Well, it is obviously owned, but just isn't in use, really. And when trying to get in contact with the content creators, they won't answer. The publishers of the previous pre-historic game seems to be stating that the rights aren't owned anymore/re-something (I forgot the word).
@grim ore, then what would you say about fan-art?
It is the same case.
abstract relic
Fan art can still be hit
grim ore
it's the same thing, it's a legal question/issue I would leave it to a legal expert in that field
when ANYTHING get's to be a legal question do it right or not at all
sudden barn
I obviously know that most legal things has to do with the possibilities of people deciding to hit others and file and what not, which is the scepticism that goes into meddling with rights
But I can't see any problem going into it when the content hasn't been used for nearly a decade
By the actual content creators
As well as not resigning the copyright claims for it
wary wave
unless something has been explicitly abandoned, the work remains copyrighted for decades after the owner's death
abstract relic
It’s a matter of if they want to prosecute
wary wave
^
sudden barn
Exactly
I obviously know that most legal things has to do with the possibilities of people deciding to hit others and file and what not, which is the scepticism that goes into meddling with rights
And the percentage possibility that we got estimated was fairly low by a decent amount of legal advisors out there
Since our community is fairly low in quantity
And barely just are trying to make use of content no longer being used nor officially stated resigned
As in decade-not-being-used
abstract relic
They’re the consequences you’ll ultimately have to live with. Do what you want
sudden barn
We get that the chance is there, but it has been estimated to be very low in our case
wary wave
I would be pretty wary of going anywhere near any IP that isn't explicitly abandonware
sudden barn
@abstract relic, I mean, does that not go for everyone out there on the net then?
wary wave
it does, and people have been stung pretty badly in the past
abstract relic
It’s not a fact some people are aware of
sudden barn
Obviously, and we recognize that, but the percentage of being stun is so low in our case at the current
We are aware
I just think it has to do with the fact that some people are just too passioante
To look past it
wary wave
I mean, it's up to you really, it's your risk
sudden barn
I GET THAT
Sorry, but it just sounds like a negative attitude on it all as if I am dealing with something exclusive here. This goes out to everyone, really.
I mean, the picture we're using on our pfps can get us filed as well lmao
A lot can be 'hit' in that sense
Our intention are nowhere near marketing/business-oriented, nor is it malicious in any way
abstract relic
Don’t need to justify it to a bunch of strangers on the internet. Just a bunch of strangers in a courtroom 😜
normal burrow
May be good practice lol
sudden barn
I get it and I will take responsibility for my community if that happens. I get the realism in what you all are saying, but where is the realistic thought in all of this though
fierce tulip
meh, as long as you are having fun, if you dont get a c&d yay, if you do, you learned a lot along the way.
sudden barn
I just feel like this whole conversation stirred into being a 'o, yo ass getting whooped if you get that hit' and so on when it is obviously something I recognize
normal burrow
Well, don't need a C&D as proof of wrong doing. C&D isn't always justified
sudden barn
I mean, no need to paint it even worse than it already is
normal burrow
But yeah you sound like you know the murky water your in with this
sudden barn
The chances of our work getting filed is as big as a deviantart creator being filed for using a Naruto sketch
Exactly
grim ore
Investing time into something that is worth time investing in is why you are getting the pushback from the people trying to be realistic in here.
sudden barn
No need to paint it as if I am going to learn a lot lmao
I realize
Thanks, I guess
I just find it unnecssary and would at least appreciate some realistic thought according to the way of how possibility works
- our community is miniscule
abstract relic
The folks here are solution oriented. They’re providing insight. Nothing more
sudden barn
- our project are nowhere near profit-oriented, but rather works on driven-passion for a nostalgic game that we all come together to unite on/about
grim ore
My wife became pregnant while on birth control and with a condom being used.... some of us are very much aware of reality and chances.
normal burrow
karam these things have no pull on if your infringing on someone elses work or not. Small community and non-profit based does not make infringment cool.
wary wave
Usually the size of a community isn't really relevant; in a number of countries businesses are required to defend their intellectual property by law
normal burrow
If your claiming your not doing it, then yeah it makes sense. but those aren't excused
wary wave
failure to do so means losing trademarks etc
wary wave
the length of time is totally irrelevant
a decade is also a really, really short period of time
sudden barn
I realize you find it not-cool
grim ore
this is one case where @sudden barn would like to get support and will not understand why he is getting pushback instead. I don't think anyone is going to change their minds on either side for this 😦
sudden barn
Am I just gonna be hit with the same replies now or?
abstract relic
What are you trying to get out of this discussion? No one is beating you with a stick 😜
sudden barn
I get what you are all saying
dw
No I get it
I just was trying to also give insight
grim ore
We are only responding to you, you are repeating the same stuff and getting the same responses.
abstract relic
Conversation reset?
sudden barn
I was just trying to tell @plush yew about how the whole policy and rights worked regarding intellectual property
And the minimal risks and possibility
swift spindle
I need to interject here.. I have no idea what is going on.. Can we move this to a different channel if it needs to continue ?
sudden barn
But if the case goes as far to court then I'll make sure to stand in for my community
errant dagger
@grim ore I found it. DefaultEngine.ini -> [InstalledDerivedDataBackendGraph] Shared= ... to local server stucks me. Now large map loading time is 10 sec
sudden barn
It doesn't
grim ore
There is a large amount of people in here who have experience and just want to help others prevent mistakes when they can. Support is great and all but asking for a realistic answer to something that might not have flowers and bubblegum responses will get you those answers.
@errant dagger Where was it at before?
abstract relic
Just a little confused
sudden barn
I realize, thanks.
wary wave
posts deleted, I think
sudden barn
It just seems as if I kept on going on with the 'I get the point', but it came across as if I didn't understand what was being told
And everyone felt like being the teacher and having that moment
Thanks doe
errant dagger
@grim ore local network server in Office!
grim ore
"I understand if I cut off my feet I am going to have trouble walking, why do you keep telling me to not do it when I say I am going to do it"
@errant dagger lol well that would do it
errant dagger
@grim ore Legend, thank you very much
grim ore
makes sense on why but I never assume people are doing more than a single man project so I miss stuff like that lol
sudden barn
Wait, but I feel bad now. I guess we're ending it off with an overkill.
So I guess this ended off with a brutally honest and one-sided way of looking at things - harshly factual.
Although, the matter of fact is that there are many Fair Use-ish games out there that have been made on the outlined purposes of passionate players and communities who feel like recreating lost, nostalgic-felt games and content out there. I just see miniscule percentage to worry (although I do worry, I still will hold myself accountable for my community).
timid flame
Anyone know if tessellation/displacement on landscape is supposed to be broken in 4.24?
grim ore
I think half of landscape is broke in .24. I have seen people mention tessellation directly.
sudden barn
Omg I hate how that ended. I was trying to first explain everything to someone in basic measures, and then later address the reality in the minimal possibility of being filed, but I guess that took a massive turn that I wasn't able to follow up on to conclude harmoniously.
My bad @plush yew
timid flame
That's a shame, PoM it is then =/
swift spindle
@timid flame landscapes are busted in .24.... on so many levels
timid flame
I remember back when material tessellation killed perf if used on the landscape, and then I saw the updates about it being fixed... and now it doesn't even work period lol
-sighs-
swift spindle
material tesselation works.. you just can't add it to the whole of the terrain
swift spindle
well... 2 things you need to do..
one... don't use "crack free" displacment
and use a camera / distance control so it's only local
timid flame
Yea I kept crack-free off as I assumed it would cause issues. And I always use distance controls, but I didn't bother until seeing if it worked on the shader at all. Is shader distance control a requirement to get it to function?
timid flame
Yes I def would use for performance, but the shader should respond regardless. That's the thing it doesn't even work at all
sudden barn
However, to conclude to my dear @plush yew-pal! The rights situation is as miniscule as everyone else's content out there you've seen used indie-wise, and if anything was to ever escalate, then I am devoting myself to taking care of it.
timid flame
Presumably. I haven't tested landscape tessellation since 4.19 or something
swift spindle
because shaders are failing to cook randomly....
I've had 120k + shaders try to cook for most basic landscape over
sudden barn
I hope to hear from you and at least be able to have a decent conversation with ya. I feel bad about how it was portrayed rather illegitimate and exclusively encounting in here, although it literally is the case for every single indie-project out there and a couple of million more.
Please, do reach out, @plush yew.
Yours truly,
Karam.
timid flame
Shaders have been cooking ok for me, but I've only been using 4.24 briefly
Either way that might be related to the tessellation issue
swift spindle
are you using the new layered materials ?
normal burrow
tesselation on landscape is something that has come up frequently here.
it may have to do with landscape lod
rancid lynx
is there a way to stop SteamVR and Controller bindings from OPENING every single time i start UE4?
i havent found the option yet
normal burrow
how do you close ue4 regularly?
rancid lynx
with the X button, after i save
normal burrow
ah ok, the project settings shouldn't re-open everytime if closed properly. Uninstalling steamVR makes it not pop up if you don't need it i think.
rancid lynx
steamVR automatically loads, and Steam's "controller bindings" automatically startup, when i start ue4
normal burrow
ah gotcha, yeah idk about that
rancid lynx
it just started last week, with 4.24's addition of inteigrated oculus input, so they might fix it soon , a few weeks later.
spark sonnet
Happens to me too and im using version 4.21
spark sonnet
Quite recently, but I think it started when I installed SteamVR which was recently
thin tendon
Is anyone able to think of a reason that a save and load feature would work perfectly in the editor but not work once packed?
I have been trying to fix it all night and for the life of me can't figure it out
kindred viper
the system is based on a plugin?
normal burrow
do you write c++ slim?
thin tendon
No not at all. It just uses blueprint
kindred viper
hmm the native save object system will package. Unless you are calling the functions via debug flagged functionality or external code that is not described as being packaged
thin tendon
I don't think it is. Either. It worked pre 4.24.1 and now I get the ingame notification to let me know it finished loading. But the player is the only thing that doesn't get loaded
So its like its reading through the code but not doing anything
rancid lynx
has anyone tried the new free vehicles pack, that was released last week?
i cant control any vehicles. every time i add it to a package and push play, i see the vehicle spawn, but no controls.
i set the blueprint option about auto possess
plush yew
@thin tendon Are you using async load and save? I'm using them in 4.24.1 and they work fine for me.
thin tendon
Yeah I got async loading thread enabled
plush yew
This is my load code
` UAsyncActionHandleSaveGame* aSyncLoadGameFromSlot = UAsyncActionHandleSaveGame::AsyncLoadGameFromSlot(this, sSaveSlot, nUserIndex);
bool bValid = UKismetSystemLibrary::IsValid(aSyncLoadGameFromSlot);
if (!bValid)
return;
FScriptDelegate DelegateAsyncLoadGameFromSlot;
DelegateAsyncLoadGameFromSlot.BindUFunction(this, "Completed_AsyncLoadGameFromSlot");
aSyncLoadGameFromSlot->Completed.AddUnique(DelegateAsyncLoadGameFromSlot);
aSyncLoadGameFromSlot->Activate();`
and save
UGameplayStatics::AsyncSaveGameToSlot(GetCurrentSaveGame(), SaveSlot, SaveUserIndex, FAsyncSaveGameToSlotDelegate::CreateUObject(this, &URPGGameInstanceBase::HandleAsyncSave)); It's from action RPG template @thin tendon
kindred viper
DelegateAsyncLoadGameFromSlot.BindUFunction(this, "Completed_AsyncLoadGameFromSlot");
Im unfamiliar with binding UFunction and if it works like this, but is it means to have a string function name as an arg?
omg my typing is literally broken today
kindred viper
I sound like i dont speak english as a first language. stupid wrists and brain
worn granite
you can use GET_MEMBER_NAME_CHECKED
kindred viper
yeah I figured a check at least, seems dangerous and kind of odd with just string
worn granite
What's the type of DelegateAsyncLoadGameFromSlot?
plush yew
FScriptDelegate ?
worn granite
oh fair
kindred viper
const FName & InFunctionName seems to be the required arg
worn granite
yup
plush yew
I learned this syntax from denativization of the actual blueprints used in action RPG template, But you are correct DelegateAsyncLoadGameFromSlot.BindUFunction(this, FName(TEXT("Completed_AsyncLoadGameFromSlot")); would be a more appropriate approach