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#ue4-general
plush yew
@light lintel So I'm looking straight at the Action RPG stuff. And I found P_Sword_Trail_F As the particle system used for the sword trail
and I'm looking to see who is using P_Sword_Trail_F
And I found Anim_Blunt_Gound_Pound_C Using it
And looking at this animation I see an anim notify state called Trail
Now when I look at this notify state I see
ha, That's not the only unknown, I also don't find any Weapon sockets referenced in the SK_Blade_BlackKnight Which is basically the skeletal mesh for this sword
the skeletal message has only one bone: Root
darn it, This is confusing 🙂
oh, I understand that
Those socket names it's what's missing in the ingredients
I was expecting to see a skeletal mesh with some bones and some sockets , plural
but I see a skeletal mesh with only one bone and zero sockets
on the weapon
It's not on the weapon
I was hoping this is the pattern: 2 Bones with two sockets on the weapon, so you can have room to maneuver your particles
which would make sense in my non-artistic head 😄
because long time ago, and I cannot stress enough how long ago and how not an artist I am, I imported a light saber into unreal, and I had 2 bones with 2 sockets on it
Unfortunately, I cannot answer your very valid questions, because my particular set of skills is non artistic 😄
But they are valid questions, hopefully someone else would be able to chime in
for 3. in c++ CurrentWeapon->AttachToComponent(GetMesh(), FAttachmentTransformRules::SnapToTargetIncludingScale, "hand_rSocket" /*no bWeldSimulatedBodies?*/);
for Sure that's correct
I don't know for 1./2.
ah!
austere scroll
guys
i nneeed BIG help , there is 700$ oon the line
i have a problem in my game , if i dot fix it , i probably wont get those 700
cloud cobalt
So ask your question
plush yew
When I was doing the blueprints to C++ translation, I did some streamlining of the base classes, so I decided to attach a particle system component on the weapon-based C++ class. That's way there are some changes in my final result 🙂
my picture was meant to be from the Action RPG Original project, by accident I took a picture from my custom-made one
I apologize for confusing you
nah, I didn't even get that far, I just decided as an internal design to have on all my weapons a particle system component just in case
but I actually didn't look into the correct way to use it
yet
as I already mentioned, my focus is to learn C++ under the hood, the visuals are somewhat secondary systems for now
@light lintel
tender flume
Is there a quicker way to build lighting?
plush yew
@tender flume Faster CPU/GPU power. More parallel processing, such as multiple computers in a swarm. I guess...
lapis vine
gpu lightmass
plush yew
any1 can explain macros and functins cuz they look exactly the same
exotic thicket
modulo returns the remainder from a division operation
plush yew
@light lintel if you may can you explain more plesae?
exotic thicket
I think the most important thing to note between functions and macros is that you can call functions from outside of your blueprint
so for example you can define a function on an actor that you can call from outside of it to do some effect on it
exotic thicket
@light lintel it's basically doing a division of a number by three and looking at the remainder. The remainder changes depending on what's being divided, so it can be used to choose an operation like that
do you know what the remainder of a division is?
correct, so for example if you divide 1 / 3 the remainder is 1, 2 / 3, remainder is 2, 3 / 3, remainder is 0
then it just loops, because 4 / 3, remainder is 1, 5 / 3 remainder is 2... and so forth
I assume the count could be any number, like 152 or something
if it's always a number in the range of 0..2 then not using modulo would be fine yes
plush yew
Any thoughts how i can do a combo chain?
with a sword
Oh thanks tidii am new and i just wanna see how people doing it
brave salmon
Cannot construct StaticMesh_GEN_VARIABLE because we could not find its template
what now 😄
austere scroll
cloud cobalt
Sounds like the code for firing isn't correct
austere scroll
Sounds like the code for firing isn't correct
@cloud cobalt can u make it clearer\
the bullets shoot out of a socket in the gun
i got suggestions to change that , but i dont know how to
cloud cobalt
I have absolutely no idea what your code is like
plush yew
@light lintel wew
cloud cobalt
So obviously I can't tell you which part of it is wrong
plush yew
can you screen shoot what you working at mate?
austere scroll
so the direction of the gun is wrong ,or it has multiple posiblities so you dont really know ?
exotic thicket
the sequence just makes things run in sequence :)
cloud cobalt
@austere scroll There is no way to help you with that without knowing exactly what your entire code is like
austere scroll
ok thanks
cloud cobalt
So show the entire Blueprint for it and maybe people here can help
exotic thicket
so you could do a -> b -> c, or you can do a a -> sequence (-> b, -> c)
cloud cobalt
@austere scroll I'm not sure how you use the crosshair in this Blueprint to make it shoot at the crosshair.
austere scroll
i feel really bad for the people i wasted their time , i found a video on the same channel of the tutorial series ... the title was unclear tho
Thanks @cloud cobalt 😬
jade ice
Hey guys
I want to scale a static mesh but not its child static mesh.
Is this possible?
tawdry storm
pretty sure that only works if you scale the child mesh smaller at the same time
uncut vigil
@jade ice is it inside a blueprint? how about setting absolute scale to true for the child mesh?
jade ice
Yeah its inside a blueprint, i will try both options thanks!
flat flame
Hey can i download unreal engine without launcher
On my pc when i download it always buffer and stop
placid arrow
is there any way i can get some kind of permission to contribute fixes to pages on wiki.unrealengine.org or is that access for epic staff only?
for example the page on setting up a dedicated ue4 server on linux really should mention the -nullRHI flag
i mean this notice has been there for 3 or 4 years now?
tawdry storm
well it's temporarily, but they never said how long it'll take
cloud cobalt
Wiki's dead, @placid arrow
placid arrow
thats like saying the age of the dinosaurs was temporary
thanks Stranger, what replaced it?
wary wave
nothing
placid arrow
😦
wary wave
they locked it, and threw away the key
I'm willing to bet the person who locked it doesn't even work at Epic any more
placid arrow
cant they unlock it?
tawdry storm
they probably can, but they're too bussy swimming in fortnite money 😦
placid arrow
i feel i could contribute so much to it
wary wave
if the person who locked it doesn't work there any more they would have difficulty unlocking it
placid arrow
i bet a lot of us do
wary wave
but it's pretty much dead, anything on there is now out of date anyway
placid arrow
@wary wave not particularly, its mediawiki, you just go into the database and add a new admin password to the table
wary wave
assuming they can get into that
placid arrow
and if the password for the server is unknown, you can reset it in maintenance mode
wary wave
haha, I guess
placid arrow
or with boot media
nocturne dragon
heady quartz
When you already had all the "Free for the Month" assets
@nocturne dragon a widget or a plane with that image as a material or there is something else that i forgot its name.
boreal topaz
I am trying to figure out a best practice to accomplish this. We have a game where the player checks inventory (serial numbers, location of item etc) There is a worksheet the player brings up on a widget that will display the item serial numbers and information. Since I want the game to be replayable i want the worksheet to be differnt everytime a player starts the game. im currently using a random item spawner that has an array of all possible items. It will pick one of those items. How can i associated a serial number and information to that specific random item that is selected and have it show that specific item information in the worksheet as well. cliff notes the worksheet will be differnt everygame (also the item(s) that spawn) how can i tie the two together
brave salmon
https://monosnap.com/file/B8zDKTq4Vz0XJ5ZZrcvVBR1IyKVG4G
what's even superstruct? 0_O
scenic carbon
How should I make Sequencer to be able to handle animated multiple enemies' transformation that have different loop time?
For example Enemy1 has total loop time for 120 but Enemy2 has 70. I don't know how to make sequencer have separate start and end time for each actor.
normal burrow
Material functions can hide some mess
nova harbor
Anyone got a link for it on making interactive sand?
normal burrow
From dust is a fun game
crude vessel
It's a damn fun game that was wayyy too short
And I was shocked to see it's all the way from 2011, I can only imagine what could be done with today's processors and GPU
tawdry storm
is journeys sand even interactive?
crude vessel
I don't think it was super interactive but I thought it had some particle/material effects
But I mean yeah the OP didn't really specify
plush yew
why is no big studio making a flight sim in ue4?
grave nebula
You can be one of the first ones 🙂
normal burrow
Microsoft Flight Simulator is pretty ambitious. Kind of understand why ue4 isn’t used
cloud cobalt
Flight sims are pretty special tbh. You give up a lot of the engine's value just by design and instead want huge worlds, incredible view distances, etc
grave nebula
project wingman lad was posting here frequently before. Where did he go? Game looked very nice.
cloud cobalt
It looks amazing
grave nebula
Not a sim, but a very good game I'd love.
worthy flame
how would I make it so when my character goes into flight mode it gains a little bit of altitude
lapis vine
If you consider Bandai big studio - Ace Combat 7
normal burrow
I really enjoy the big studios moving to unreal for some reason. like namco, squaresoft
copper flicker
hola. I've some trouble transfering translation and rotatoin between 2 cameras. one is inside the player.. one external. I can't get the player camera to work outisde it.. without some crazy jitter.
smoky sonnet
pls help, i watched blueprint communication but i still dont know what i should do now: [picture comes one second]
copper flicker
it looks like every time the player turns, there;s trouble
honest vale
@smoky sonnetyou put in the instance of some class that you want to cast to something
uncut vigil
What are you trying to do?
smoky sonnet
i want to cast to my blueprint left and rightwall to get the location in world
but i need to put smth in at my cast
but idk what
copper flicker
I always do the simple thing, I use collisions.
uncut vigil
The location of what?
copper flicker
dunno if you can cast otherwise...
copper flicker
so it depends on what you want to do specifically
uncut vigil
Yeah needs all context
smoky sonnet
i want to get the location of left and rightwall that i placed in the world
to do something
im casting to it in another blueprint but dont know how to get access to it because they need an object
idk which
copper flicker
in your scene you have an object that;s unique. you have to find a way to talk to that unique object.
so one way is to come in contact, phisically
uncut vigil
add two variables, actor references and pick the walls from the world, use those as the objects in the cast?
smoky sonnet
how can i pick it from the world
copper flicker
another is interfaces I think.. but I never used that
smoky sonnet
ahh wont work eitherway
copper flicker
if your wall is just 1 object in the whole world.. you can get all actors of class
copper flicker
and it will always get that 1
copper flicker
it's not efficient, but for a simple example...
for an even simpler, dumber way, I think there's level BP
which I never use..
you can get references to actors in your lvl
plush yew
@cloud cobalt doesnt ue4 has huge view distance?
when far away LODs. when not in screen, no gpu active
smoky sonnet
yea the levelblueprint @copper flicker but i dont want to use it idk if im creating another level i need to copy and paste it
i already tried that
copper flicker
back to my problem, does anyone know how to transfer rotation translation cleanly between 2 cameras? one inside the player, one external.
the lvl BP is only good for simple tutorials and learning....
pallid talon
Question - What is the best method to calculate vehicles traveling by mph? For example. The "WheeledVehicles" in UE4 throttle system is a 0.0 - 1.0 system. How can I set this up calculate the speed by mph?
copper flicker
get world space
translate values.. from units in world space to mph
so back again to my issue......
😄
the problem is we don't have simple rotation translation on a camera....
there's some offset.
the cam rotates around the player
pallid talon
@copper flicker Im not 100% sure what you mean to set that up. Sorry.
smoky sonnet
@copper flicker it worked
copper flicker
yay
Teri, you can get world space or velocity for any object. probably velocity is what u need tho
velocity is in cm I think.. or some small unit
pallid talon
Velocity is what Im trying now, but I'm unable to determine the mph, or set it.
copper flicker
why
get ABS from velocity
so it doesn't give you negatives
also... get X and Y and probably Z velocity as well, and add them up
pallid talon
I'll try that.
copper flicker
ok more explanation..... so I made an external camera actor. and I have the player camera. and I'm spawning this external camera actor from gamemode. and in gamemode tick... I tried this
tender flume
Does the default UE mannequin have a run anim?
copper flicker
rotation works. but when I move and TURN the player, there's some rotation jitter in the new camera only
grim ore
move the tick for the 2nd camera to later so it turns after your other camera?
copper flicker
oh..... how do I do that?
grim ore
every actor has a tick group in their settings, adjust it to a later one so maybe your main camera will move first then your external camera will move after it has moved
just a guess as I can't see what is driving the 2nd camera
chilly egret
Hey, people, what do you think about moding?
summer maple
Hello ! I have a problem since the last update UE4, I have the option to restore opened asset at launch checked, but opened asset don't want to be open at launch anymore
Someone have an idea on how to fix this ?
copper flicker
@grim ore oh wow, it worked with the last one! post update work!
nothing else is driving the second camera
grim ore
well something is, your tick for example is making it move is what I meant
copper flicker
but you are right, it was working with jitter.... cuz of the first camera calculating at the same time I guess
btw, I use tick inside game mode, is it ok?...
I'm using gamemode to spawn and control the external cam
grim ore
its fine if thats what you want to use, if it works it works.
copper flicker
this is amazinnnnnnnngggg!
I have an external camera that doesn't HOP with the player
:D:D:D
I can control horizontal and vertical lags independently now
I don't udnerstand why they didn't think of that
they should include that in the player ctrls
ctrlr
it's massively useful.. for any camera, 2d, 3d.. platformers, RTS, so on..
grim ore
you can set up camera lag when using a spring arm
copper flicker
but you can only set it up for all 3 axes
at the same time
you can't have sharp lag for horizontal move
and slow lag for vertical
grim ore
ah
copper flicker
and since the camera is parented under the player........................
I can't even freeze it, and have it follow 2 spring arms
grim ore
well the camera doesnt have to be, a camera is a camera you can create and set up your own anywhere in the world and use it. it just defaults the camera to the one on the character
copper flicker
is there some node like that?..
yeah I see.. I never knew how to get another camera to work tho, it's easy when you use the camera inside the player
it automatically gets set as view
spare sun
can an actor owning a component get deleted without the component stopping the ticking?
in other words, is there a point in checking the GetOwner() pointer for validity?
worthy flame
is there a way to force a character to move up on the Z axis when is in flight mode. so when I change its mode from normal to flying, it should move up by some amount.
azure reef
Hi there. I'm having some problems when changing the levels. I'm using level streaming so the cycle is like this. Main Menu -> Loading -> Level 1. When Level1 is loaded and visible, here comes the problem. Sometimes the level loads first and after that it loads the character and sometimes vice versa and each time, I posses a flying camera and only a half a second it posses my character camera. Why is this delay and how can I solve it?
This is how the first second look like and only after that it posses the character. (btw I've clicked outside the window to make those 3 fps and to test it)
primal furnace
Hey guys, if I cast to a blueprint class that is not a character, what is the "object" I need to input?
I remembered just as your answer got in.. thanks!
unique gull
Hello folks, is Runtime Virtual Textures working with landscape tessellation? I'm getting constant render crashes. I have 4.24.2
gleaming narwhal
@vale silo RE: 4.24.3 hotfix - Yes it's planned!
fading vector
Does anyone know if the moveto in the behavior tree works with simulate physics? also does it require CMC?
near panther
Hey guys, any of you use the Chromium Embedded into Unreal ? Youtube seems they won't support it anymore
main fulcrum
If i want to collaborate with someone. What is the best way to go about to sync files? github is not an option really since assets and other files could be rather large? What do most people do to get by this?
main fulcrum
is that like Resilio Sync? it used to be called bit Torrent sync?
near panther
I dunno that
worthy flame
how do I fix this different coloring?
main fulcrum
@near panther you said it's free. i got to their site and they only offer a trial?
Nvm, found it
team hub
copper wadi
Hey all, I'm working on a top-down space game and I have a really nice space skybox going, but I've noticed that since the skybox doesn't move much it's hard to see movement without anything in the background moving. I want to add a field of white dots, almost like dust that the player has to fly through so it's easy to tell that the player is moving. I've looked into using particle effects, but I'm not sure if that's correct. What are some keywords I should be looking for to learn how to do this?
Like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/eyed2u/planet_shader_in_action_how_do_you_like_it/
Not the stars in the background, but the white dots the player is flying through
mossy nymph
fix redirectors, you still have 1 or more of them
you moved an asset out of that folder, unreal left a redirector
and now its preventing you from deleting the folder
is the most likely scenario
abstract relic
Filter >> show redirector
mossy nymph
right click on content directory
abstract relic
No
normal burrow
are you working with other people tidiii?
you can fix it then without worry, don't delete
celest creek
Does AI work with sequencer? Do I have to do any hacky things to get it to work?
mossy nymph
they simplify animation state machines by overriding what the skeleton is doing
fading vector
Could someone help me with this basic AI?
mossy nymph
jump for example: you can have state jumping, flying, landing with transitions
celest creek
@light lintel Montage can put multiple animations together, and you can add things like event triggers inside of it
fading vector
Well, better question. Does MoveTo in the behavior tree work with simulate physics?
mossy nymph
or you can have a single anim montage with 3 sections - jump, fly, land
and then just manually play it when required
abstract relic
That’s the worst way to use an montage zlo
mossy nymph
its the simplest possible example that popped into my head
abstract relic
Let’s preset you an exercise tidiii. How would you go about doing a reload animation. How would you run it using the number of time the animation needs to loop without knowing what the present ammo counter is
They don’t care lol
mossy nymph
this is load it bullet by bullet scenario
celest creek
Hey guys.. does anyone know if I can play AI characters in sequencer somehow?
fading vector
Does MoveTo in the behavior tree work with simulate physics?
sage pelican
Anyone know what this error means?
fading vector
hmm
Hmm
Let me run through what I have
I have a pawn, with an AI Controller, Blackboard, and Behavior tree.
my player is also a pawn
AI Controller:
Behavior Tree:
Blackboard:
Doesn't move at all
I have a navmesh
Hmm, let me see
Well the behavior tree is firing off
polar hawk
fading vector
@light lintel So everything fires off okay, how can I see if he can find a path tho?
I did that
It's a separate matter
Trying to use the built in AI because its more efficient/better coding etc
heady moon
Is it in anyway possible to make a part of an asset or a whole asset invisible?
celest creek
select mesh in BP, rendering/visible (or hidden in game) option
heady moon
Ahhh and it will still have physics right?
celest creek
I'm pretty sure yes, haven't tried that but I'd say so
heady moon
Alright thanks
vale snow
I have a quick question do you guys think unreal would be a suitable engine to make an American football game
celest creek
Sure
serene birch
as long as you don't intend to port it to HTML it should work
celest creek
an animation of... your controlled player?
serene birch
or you don't do it in any way and then it's uninterruptible
celest creek
Stof is right, it's a yes but how you do it is dependent on what you want
So for your player it also depends I guess. Something like this perhaps:
OnStartAttack:
PlayAnimTilEnd = True
play animation
PlayAnimTilEnd = False
OnOtherAnimation:
If PlayAnimTilEnd = False
do other stuff
You essentially just have a boolean that stops other things from happening while the animation is playing
Might be a bad solution but it's probably a solution
rotund scroll
@light lintel you'll need input buffering as mentioned in #blueprint
I don't know any plugin, nor would I trust one tbh
if you can't see from the manual how to use the plugin, you're better off not using it
carmine garnet
Um
thick herald
Manual? You mean asking in discord surely 😄
carmine garnet
How would i go about creative a massive open world in ue4
thick herald
Make your terrain really big
thick herald
yeah, it would .
celest creek
@light lintel That was pseudo code, it's just for the idea of it
thick herald
@carmine garnet you need to look into World Composition and Level Streaming.
rotund scroll
hey guiz I'm one prson but I wanna make an mmo pls help
thick herald
Making a large world "just because it sounds cool" isn't a good idea though.
rotund scroll
^^^
celest creek
@rotund scroll If you just want to play around sure, otherwise just start with something much much smaller
rotund scroll
generally making things big is way more trouble than its worth
thick herald
If you have the time/resources to fill it with game stuff, go for it.
rotund scroll
@celest creek you must be new, I was being facetious
but
I accept that Poe's Law still reigns
thick herald
Cranz has a low tolerance of certain types of questions. Levels of sarcasm vary.
celest creek
I see.
thick herald
Rumour has it @rotund scroll is changing his nickname to "Read #more-resources "
rotund scroll
it's all good, glad you're at least set on putting people on the right path @celest creek
lmao
I SHOULD
celest creek
I prefer starting out in a respectful tone, we all started our journey somewhere.
haha
thick herald
Yeah everyone has different levels of starting knowledge and expectations based on it.
celest creek
..with that said, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to play AI in the cinematics sequencer. Is that possible?
thick herald
rotund scroll
it's a good question. I haven't played around with sequencer myself... buuuuuuut
yes that
also, ahem, #more-resources is helpful 😉
thick herald
😄
thick herald
See list 👈 of channels 😄
rotund scroll
I guess separating guide out into that might be a good call
people don't scroll down
I see this every time I make new documentation
sweet relic
@celest creek do you mean running an AI behavior tree in sequencer? because i dont believe that is possible.
you could use sequence/take recorder to record their actions to a sequence
dim dragon
https://twitter.com/UE4Memes I've got no idea where to put this, but apparently it exists.
Twitter
Hue
celest creek
@sweet relic Yea I was afraid of that. I have AI that fire bolts and a bunch of stuff that gets spawned during the AI behaviour. How can I record all of this?
plush yew
Is there any good courses that are good to start with?
project doesn't package if I have plugins in the /Plugins local folder
Are these 100% free? i wont get tax charge or anything after a while?
tough sierra
theyre free for this month
plush yew
@tough sierra where ican find the assets i downloaded?
thick herald
Everything you need to know about them is covered in the Unreal Marketplace.
tough sierra
in your UE library under Vault
sweet relic
@celest creek I believe that you can record spawend actors using "nearby spawned actors" as a source in take recorder. Or in sequence recorder "actor classes to record"
plush yew
Yup yup just found it thanks
@thick herald is there any tutorials for rpg games?
i searched in youtube but is there any other place?
thick herald
yes several, just do a google 😉
Udemy if you feel like paying for it. But honestly youtube is full of great tutorials
sweet relic
brave carbon
I was wondering if anyone had any resources on how to break down a Decal Atlas in a material in Unreal? In terms of being able to set coordinates for each decal's start and end X and Y values. I haven't been able to find anything successfully that has worked for me.
jolly steppe
What are my options to make this neater? Those big blue nodes are anim montages and next to them are delays so I can't put them in a function. They are the ones I want to put in a function though : /
grim ore
probably not much if using delays. does it need to be neater?
brave carbon
@rotund scroll ah okay thanks
jolly steppe
I guess not really but it's just a personal preference. It looks kind of crazy, lol
grim ore
well you can collapse it all down into sub graphs or functions but will that help readability at all?
only the delay nodes themselves need to stay out here lol
jolly steppe
Imo it will help me. I don't think those anim montages will go in functions either.
I did put them in a node, but that ended up messing something up before, so idk if this is a good idea.
This is sorta what I'm trying to accomplish. Doesn't seem to be breaking anything yet, so I'll keep it like that unless it's a bad idea?
rotund scroll
generally if you end up in a situation like that @jolly steppe it's more likely that there is a better structure for what you're trying to do
jolly steppe
tbh, there probably is
This is what I'm trying to do.
I don't think I'm using Anim Montages to their fullest.
nova harbor
So yeah, that question I asked about interactive sand. Forgive me, I was on a break at work and couldn't find anything online about it. The ideas sounded right, journey is the most ideal. Interactive meaning, to condense to the shape of whatever is touching it, ie a barrel rolling down a dune would leave a trail behind it.
jolly steppe
but I wanted to atleast get it working, and then polish it later
rotund scroll
@jolly steppe yeah it's a good thought to have in mind, just keep in mind refactoring blueprints is a pain in the ass and that makes technical debt in BP much harder to manage
anyway I can't clearly make out what's going on in your video
jolly steppe
It's a 4 combo attack pattern. What I'm trying to do is have it so on the 3rd one, she does a multi attack pattern when holding the attack button.
The sword trails are temp 😅 They're a bit distracting.
oof, I just noticed the video started recording a big late.
Maybe this one is better.
rotund scroll
@jolly steppe an input buffer system would be better for this
rotund scroll
idk, perhaps there are some tutorials out there
thick herald
there is a free input buffer plugin in the marketplace
rotund scroll
the basic concept is that you capture inputs every frame, then compare each new input to previous frame's input and check what to do based on that
then you probably need an action queue to support that, realistically
but one step at a time
jolly steppe
hmm alright. I'll try that out if I can figure it out 😅
I'm going to a Smash Bros, combat type of feel so whatever will help with that.
rotund scroll
then you'll definitely be looking for an input buffer, since that is the essence of fighting games
rotund scroll
you can capture inputs lazily, but you have to check every time an input is buffered what to do with it
so technically you can do it not per frame
but rather per input
as far as I know UE4 only allows 1 input per frame
I could however be wrong
you will also have to manage the buffer array in order to not let the size get out of hand, as well as consider that inputs over time should be removed
the removal in this case will be the most expensive operation
since it will likely be per frame
(not necessarily removal itself, just a check on whether or not you have to remove)
jolly steppe
alright! might take me a while to grasp all that but I'll do my best! : )
rotund scroll
it's a fairly interesting concept to work with and it can teach you quite a lot about the internal workings of games
remember to have a fixed framerate as well
jolly steppe
ahh okay. I'll definitely see if I can figure that out. right now I'm working on an animation but after that I'll see if I can get the other method to work.
jaunty pelican
Recommendation on a new Laptop to run UE4?
I currently have a late 2011 Mac Pro which at best can run 4.14...but struggles. I'm looking under 2k and dont plan on using it for anything else. I realize how computers work, however I'm unsure how much it really takes to flawlessly run the program. As of right now, certain commands lock me up completely.
Thanks
grim ore
same requirements doesnt matter the form factor. Lots of ram, lots of storage, more cores if you plan on doing material work or light maps, dedicated GPU
soo.... what do you plan on doing in it is the first question
oh and 2k in what currency as well lol
but use case matter more than cost
jaunty pelican
Right now it's open world work. Not extremely detailed. $2,000 USD
And I thought everything I saw on forums was recommending 1 core. More cores is better for UE4?
grim ore
as it's a laptop first figure out your screen size and if you will be using it remotely or on a desktop with a monitor most of the time
grim ore
like I personally like 14" screens as I use it remotely alot but if it was on a desk 17 is better.
ok so 15.6" is good lots of options. Aim for 16GB ram so you don't have to complain for a bit. Any idea how big your projects are?
jaunty pelican
I couldn't say for sure at the moment.
grim ore
welp you can go with say a 512GB SSD and it should work, or go with a smaller set up like 256GB for a main drive and a 1 or 2tb spinner with it depending on how much you need
jaunty pelican
Here's what I was looking at
grim ore
1660ti is what I would say for the minimum price to performance on the GPU, with a 2070 being better but a good chunk more (way closer to that 2k mark)
ooof. 4k on a 15'6 is just a waste of screen and cost
jaunty pelican
But I dont want to pull the trigger of that's not going to get the work done without extreme lag
normal burrow
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-IPS-Type-R7-3750H-GeForce-TUF505DU-EB74/dp/B07SXTDL1S but should probably move to #lounge
grim ore
I hate moving to lounge lol
grim ore
the one he linked is good but the CPU throttles way too much using ue4 😦
grim ore
yeah I would have suggested a 2060 but a 1660ti isnt much different
that 7590 you linked originally if it has the 1650 is not recommended @jaunty pelican
dell has some 1660ti/2060 ones but they are all 17 😦
normal burrow
$1,099.99 for AMD Ryzen 7 R7-3750H, GeForce RTX 2060, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD
this wins imo lol
normal burrow
yep lemme make sure though
grim ore
it's great for normal work but once you hit all cores it drops way lower than I would suggest plus at this point the 8750H 6 core intels are cheap
the eluktronics machines are my go to for low cost good rebranded machines https://www.eluktronics.com/Max-15-1p16r is a nice 15"
normal burrow
Yeah i've got the same chip. I've honestly not tried ue4 dev on it. but i wouldn't expect the 8750h to do much better (or at least for double the price)
grim ore
and you can of course configure as needed
the 8750 keeps a couple hundred more MHZ on all cores plus the 2 extra cores. Definitely helps on compiles
in normal use yeah the ryzen is going to do editor stuff the same
jaunty pelican
I'm still here, just kinda skimming laptops back and forth
grim ore
i mean if you dont do a ton of compiles (shaders, engine, lightmass) then a 4 core is great
normal burrow
Desktops are good too though, portable ones even
unless your going to be developing on a plane you can still save a lot of money making a portable desktop
jaunty pelican
I work in a mine and primarily do my work while I sit around all night. Laptop is a must because its gotta move easily with me and fit on the ride down
normal burrow
this is a legitimate laptop scenario then.
grim ore
as an example here is a cheapy baseline https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-by-hp-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-256gb-solid-state-drive-shadow-black-carbon-fiber-pattern/6356994.p?skuId=6356994 that I wouldnt be ashamed to use. A couple small upgrades and it hits the mark
but yeah aim for a 1660ti/2060 or higher on the GPU
16gb ram
and as much storage as you need lol
normal burrow
i mean an itx or something could be as small to carry, and they make laptop size displays
may be able to get a little better quality of life on it, but would have to compare that to the daily setup
jaunty pelican
Number of cores?
grim ore
4 core / 8 threads is fine, more is better if you can get it and need it (compiling, shaders, materials, lightmass)
you pretty much only have a choice between 4/8 and 6/12
normal burrow
definitely want to add some ram there, yeah
grim ore
I mean there is a ton of options but it will come down to what feels right as well since you have to use it (keyboard feel, screen size/panel type, refresh rate)
but try and hit those core parts on the cpu and gpu
jaunty pelican
Sounds good. Thanks. If anything pops up later just @ me. I probably wont order anything tonight
Back to comparing.
copper flicker
does anyone know where 4.23.2 is?...
normal burrow
it was never a thing
copper flicker
there's a bug that crashes fullscreen builds
copper flicker
and it appears as fixed in 4.23.2
normal burrow
4.24.0
copper flicker
yes, that's what I'm doing
no, I can't use 24
so I can't fullscreen my game...
24 comes with even worse bugs
normal burrow
there is no 4.23.2
normal burrow
target fix means the thing they were planning on fixing it in
and 4.23.2 isn't a thing.
normal burrow
I'm not positive on what version the fix is in tbh
but i know that 4.23.2 isn't a version that was released
copper flicker
I tried 24 a month ago or so.. and it was building builds that don't launch
is there any other way to fullscreen? or only c++ code?
wooden leaf
I need a new Inventory system. The video I watch that the dev doesn't want to help unless I give him more money. I need a good video that just tell me how to it shows me what to do. step by step
I need a Crafting, Action Bar and a inventory system, Using slots and drag and drop
copper flicker
youtube has some in depth tutorials
wooden leaf
yes, I been looking. Just haven't fount one that does both. I see most of them and they miss too much detail
copper flicker
start with what you can and then find more tutorials
wooden leaf
see if I do that. The options cause change. That means I mite have to make more changes to code I all ready have.
copper flicker
get one to work, move on to the next, maybe from a different tut
yea it's possible.. for 2 tuts to have very different aproaches
wooden leaf
That's why I'm asking, hoping that a few of you mite have watch the same set of videos.
wooden leaf
do you know any that are simple and easy to under stand, that are step by step
copper flicker
once you understand what you need you might be able to find the right tutorials
what you are trying to do is not simple
I'd recommend an in depth tut, and watch it many times
and try to copy the code while you're doing that
wooden leaf
ok, cool, do you know of any.
copper flicker
again.. youtube
that one is quite detailed
and there must be a few more
even if it doesn't fit your game, you can at least see how he does stuff, and steal some ideas
wooden leaf
ok, that video the guy doing it has no mic
forest aurora
Anyone here running Pop!_OS 19.10 and have Unreal Engine working?
copper flicker
iceman... r u kidding me
have you even tried opening that link in youtube?
there's an entire series
and yes, he talks
wooden leaf
?, no, The 1st one I watched he has no mic. Let me try is again and see.. when he didn't talk on the 1st one.
carmine garnet
do mixamo animaitonjs have like
royalty
does not making some of the animaitons i use make me a bitch pussy
cuz ill tell you right now buddy i dont wanna animate strafing
wooden leaf
@copper flicker Thanks. He talks about meshes and it says Slot inventory in the description. so he has me all so lost
silver yoke
best free C++ IDE for windows?
copper flicker
iceman.. making an inventory system is not easy. if you can't research and you have no patience, it's gonna be even less easy
wooden leaf
see that's not the issue. I have an inventory system all ready. It's just the guy that makes the videos wants more money to make the videos I need to make the game that I want. It's this is how most of them are.
grim ore
@silver yoke for use with UE4 VS Community works well
silver yoke
thanks
copper flicker
so I installed 4.24.2 .. latest and greatest. converted my project in place. made absolutely no changes. built. no errors. the built game doesn't start. not even the slightest attempt at starting...
wtf is going on in 24?
I'm not using any plugins, nothing custom, only basic BP stuff
plush yew
Can someone help me with the trapserency not working on my decal? Please and ty in advance.
jolly steppe
In the material section, the fist step is to set the blend mode to mask. I haven't tried the other options but I'm sure the setting you want is masked
jolly steppe
And then you take the alpha channel of your png and place it here.
np! You caught me before I stepped out 😂
Make sure it's the "Opacity mask" one
plush yew
jolly steppe
Did you set the blend mode to Masked?
I think also Translucent will work in your face.
plush yew
@boreal plinth
jolly steppe
oh is that the texture?
jolly steppe
Yeah I see the problem
it's white where the alpha channel is suppose to be
I forget how people work with that. I think there's a node that turns white into alpha channel or something.
boreal plinth
Thank you so much! Been kinda messing through each option to see what works but it definitely is the alpha, I'll look into what node I need.
plush yew
As noted, you need a texture or some other way to mark where something is not clear and something is.
Overall, Unreal normalizes values from 0-1, with 0 being transparent (masked out) and 1 being fully opaque.
0-1 works for each of the material properties like 0 = no specular/shiny and 1 being fully-shiny.
I'd suggest these 3:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Rendering/Materials/MaterialProperties/LightingModels
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Rendering/Materials/PhysicallyBased
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Rendering/Materials/MaterialInputs
jolly steppe
alright, np. tbh, if it were me, I would either look for a png with an alpha channel, or see if I could remove the white and make it a transparent png, (That might be really tough/not possible without it looking bad with that texture though)
plush yew
In this case you can use a multiply node, plug in your texture sample and change the "B" pin on the multiply node to be -1, this will invert the map for you.
jolly steppe
oh
copper flicker
ok.. can anyone help me pls, in my game build logs I have this...
LogPluginManager: Error: Unable to load plugin 'EditorScriptingUtilities'. Aborting.
LogCore: Engine exit requested (reason: EngineExit() was called)
LogExit: Preparing to exit.
that might be the reason the game doesn't load?... what does it mean
O O
grim ore
Weird as the game should not need that plugin
If you don't use it you can disable it in the plugins
copper flicker
I'll check
this was not a problem for 23
I don't understand why I'm building the game, all fine, no errors
and then this happens, and the game aborts loading
can this EditorScriptingUtilities be used for.... my editor widget?
grim ore
It should be for editor utility widgets
But disabled in a built project as it should not be used then
copper flicker
yeah... but it shows up in my log, when I try running the built game
grim ore
Disable it and try again
copper flicker
yep
maybe cuz it's experimental?
the strange this is that my widgets still work, with the plugin disabled
copper flicker
ok, it works
so this is a legit bug then
few people probably need EditorScriptingUtilities running...
I'll try figuring out how to submit this... but thanks MW!
night charm
you may want to examine your build scripts before and after the version upgrade. The way things are marked for Editor vs Build has changed a bit, depending on the previous version of Unreal you were using. You may just have to adjust those
glossy shoal
Are there any common mistakes that would lead to a project failing to build lighting?
copper flicker
I odn't know what build scripts are Geo, I don't use C++, I'm BP all the way
grim ore
@glossy shoal read the error log otherwise if you disabled the network request it would do it
night charm
@copper flicker they are the C# files that control the build process. https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/BuildTools/UnrealBuildTool/ModuleFiles/index.html
and you can open the main .uproject file and look at that in a text editor
they are easy to read, don't be afraid @copper flicker Compare the old and new ones after conversion
next current
uhhhhh what does this mean
copper flicker
if it's c# @night charm I can understand. if it's C++ I won't
glossy shoal
means you got a big thing in the sky @next current
glossy shoal
do you have 2 sky shpheres?
next current
i dont think so
glossy shoal
i dont think it should cast a shadow in the first place
it cant hurt to just do what it says
next current
i dont understand what its telling me to do
next current
thank
glossy shoal
spelling
jolly steppe
@thick herald https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/input-buffer-advanced-edition
Is this what you were talking about?
@rotund scroll Do you know about this ^^?
I was wondering if that would help achieve what you were saying.
scenic carbon
How do I animate multiple platform locations in a scene? Should I use Sequencer? But what if each platform has different ending time?
lime gull
How would I change the color of text on a widget?
Like I want to make it where when you hover over it it changes its color
Nvm i got it
fading walrus
Is there any way to switch 4.24.2 back to 4.24.1?
fading vector
Is there anyway to make a Cube hollow in ue4?
fading walrus
well you could disable collision
fading vector
I suppose I should watch a level design tutorial
I think I'm going about this wrong xD
Any suggestions, anyone?
fading walrus
it might be easier to set the collision on the Cube to No Collision, this way players can walk threw the cube
fading vector
It's not that I want them to walk through it
I want to create a hole for jumping over and such
fading walrus
maybe try using a plane to overlap the side of the cube you want to appear open, it could glitch the side invisible but it may also be fixed.
would you like me to attempt to create a mesh for you?
pure nymph
im starting to learn UE4, should i do blueprints or c++?
(im learning c++ in uni right now)
grim ore
Yes. Learn both. Use what works for what you want. If you are learning standard c++ now that's good once you learn it you can learn the way ue4 uses it.
pure nymph
but for my first project ever which one should I start on?
grim ore
Learn the engine. https://learn.unrealengine.com/home/dashboard
pure nymph
ok ill check it out thanks!
fading vector
Is there anyway to scale the UV mapping on a cube or custom mesh? I dont want to edit the material itself.
abstract relic
Texture coordinate node
normal burrow
if you don't want to edit the material, you'd need to edit the mesh I think
abstract relic
Or just use texture coordinate node 🔪
fallen marten
And parameterise it to get an adjustable x-y scale
normal burrow
with the texture coordinate node.
abstract relic
normal burrow
Jays
plush yew
Stupid question .. but does UE4Editor Run better on Windows than on Linux?
normal burrow
Wouldn't expect it to unless the hardware is better.
plush yew
I'm on a dualboot system.. so same hardware
abstract relic
Would there be any factour to it being os dependent
plush yew
I'm just having trouble with it on my linux setup so I didnt know if it might be more compatible on windows or sumn
normal burrow
Yea linux isn't gonna support rtx i don't think, so it might run better.
Its something you'd need to test yourself i'm betting. It'd matter what features your using
plush yew
Isnt rtx nvidia related?
normal burrow
its dxr, direct x raytracing acceleration
abstract relic
no one needs rtx at this stage
normal burrow
you'll need to package the game on windows i think too?
plush yew
As linux requires source install which only.gives you the editor
normal burrow
I may be wrong, but I don't think the editor runs on it
plush yew
Doesnt run on what?
normal burrow
ah interesting
plush yew
It runs on Linux if that's what you mean..
normal burrow
I was thinking you had to package for linux on windows, but no
Yeah, its what I meant but was wrong
plush yew
Nah, you have to sign up for the Unreal git and compile from source.
I'm having a lot of weird buggy issues too though, like its resetting my preferences on each launch.. and not actually letting my save the preferences config sometimes.
Super glitchy and freezes up if you click 2 things in a row.
abstract relic
Delete /intermediate folder (half joking)
plush yew
I'll try windows tomorrow. Luckily, I can access my windows files from linux
normal burrow
this half joke usually fixes things for real
plush yew
I could do that but it wont help. It's a fresh install
It could help maybe actually..
But I don't think that's gonna fix everything.
normal burrow
did you build/install it with root or something?
plush yew
Idk. I'm gonna just go with windows so I can at least get the unreal menu and visual studio connection.
No
normal burrow
not sure why those ini's wouldn't be writable
plush yew
It's all in my local user partition
It saves sometimes but most of the time it becomes unresponsive
For example.. it started with font size 6 ..
So after alot of squinting with my face to the screen.. I found where I could change it to 13.. and trying 5 times it saved and said restart.
20 minutes later after it restarted.. it still said size 13 but was still displaying size 6 font.
Some other settings reset itself. Idk
fading vector
Level design related question. I'm trying to create a wood floor, however I want to put cracks to jump over, and add some curves here and there. I'm having a struggle trying to figure out how to do this, any suggestions?
plush yew
Windows will probably be more stable in this rare case (but I wont tell my linux friends)
abstract relic
Would genuinely like to know if Linux build is the problem. I’d greatly appreciated it if you shoot me a ping if you find out.
plush yew
Yeah. It may be MY linux build also.
normal burrow
kind of doubt it unless you changed things. which distro?
plush yew
Arch
^^ that's why I'm thinking it could be MY build, because Arch will do some weird things sometimes.
normal burrow
this is its reputation yeah
plush yew
Yeah. Sometimes it has multiple drivers installed and a program might pick one over another or whatever.. I havent configured my gfx card or the software in any way either so..
normal burrow
did you try the intermediate folder deletion?
fading vector
How come level design is so.. complicated. Am I doing something wrong?
plush yew
I'm not near my PC right now.
Itll have to be tomorrow.
Follow some guides @fading vector ?
fading vector
I've tried to look up tutorials
plush yew
Unreal has tons of documentation and excersizes online for free
normal burrow
grey boxing
fading vector
The only thing I found was a guide on splines
plush yew
Follow the Unreal tutorials. It's like free training
fading vector
which is somewhat useful
normal burrow
plush yew
Polygon has come a long way. Gotta give em credit
abstract relic
That’s more for visual composition, not level design
plush yew
The only thing that sucks about dual booting is have multiples of the same program..
Js
normal burrow
yeah tbh, i'm more used to bsp with level design.
I guess that would be the thing to do after laying out the landscape
plush yew
Bsp?
normal burrow
old corridor style design
plush yew
Oh
abstract relic
Those old box brushes
plush yew
I like doing alot of my asset design in blender and importing into Ue
Blender is actually how I got into learning gamedev, and programming, and then linux.. complete accident lol
bright root
Hi Everyone, I have some questions about character design for VR. I have to give the designer some guidelines...
We have a project where we need to create characters for a multiplayer VR simulation. but we need some level of customization like a character selection screen with skin tone, head type, etc. and there will be 5 or 6 characters in view at the same time.
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Would it be better to use a separate head and body or would this be too harmful on performance. (I imagine a screen where you choose from 5 heads and 5 bodies and adjust the skin Colour etc.) or is it better to use whole body meshes??
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Materials - How many slots should we use..... should we combine shirt trousers and shoes into 1 UV? I know this affects the number of draw calls but would this make much difference?
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Materials - If we want to change the colour of clothing with performance in mind.... would it be better to
a. have 1 UV and switch out the diffuse texture for different colours
b. Have seperate UVs for trousers and use hue in the material? -
Polycount - What is a good number to aim for on a VR character. Will be used on Samsung Odyssey
Thank you
abstract relic
plush yew
Shouldnt that be in #design-chat ? Js ?
mossy nymph
its a technical question... so maybe not
abstract relic
Cranz would be rolling in his bed-grave right now
fading vector
High Tide you know cranz?
mossy nymph
design chat is more "what do you guys think i could do here?" and less "how can i do this?"
abstract relic
Game design is about the art of fun to put it simply
bright root
thank you but Its not the method I am asking for, we know how to do it... I am asking for advice on what is the best practice and best for performance in a VR environment.
fading vector
Ohh, theres that word again. Best....
mossy nymph
might try #virtual-reality if the answers don't come in here
abstract relic
Unfortunately it’s down to what you need as a team and what the target specs are
bright root
yes, i know there is no best, it depends, but i am giving the scenario
mossy nymph
approves
fading vector
@normal burrow Hey, can I explain something to you real fast?
or anyone who can assist me and is not busy atm
abstract relic
I’m a fan of making assets as modular as possible. That can lead to comparably limited texle density but less random textures being thrown around
Thankfully it’s not difficult to transfer textures from two different uvs -albeit with some data lost- regardless
There should always be a high poly version of your models anyway so poly budget also not an issue in the long run
Transferring skin data is annoying but can also be done if any major changes need to be implemented
fading vector
This is an example of my level layout, it's a 2.5d game. At the bottom I have a wood floor, which is a cube with a floor material attached. More or less the same concept for the wall, now my issue is that I would like to create some variation, holes in the floor, ups and down etc.
abstract relic
Only thing I’d encourage you is consistency
fading vector
Any suggestions?
normal burrow
Yeah modular assets are the thing for sure
abstract relic
Time to learn about normal maps 😜
normal burrow
to get your wood grain to look more wood grain
abstract relic
Like texture
fading vector
oh
bright root
@abstract relic thanks, that helps. I also like to make things as modular as possible just concerned about the cost of this as its going to be quite a complicated project and need to get these decisions right from the start
abstract relic
Fakes the appearance of 3D detail on a flat surface. Uses light data in the scene to add the illusion of bumps.
fading vector
I see
bright root
@abstract relic i think the client is expecting photorealistic multiplayer VR which obviously isnt gonna happen.
bright root
nope
fading vector
lmao
abstract relic
On a Samsung phone? Did I read that correctly?
fading vector
photorealistic multiplayer vr
bright root
it will be on a 1070 and an odyssey
fading vector
oh nooooo
bright root
we use laptops as this simulation goes around the world
fading vector
Big yikes
fading vector
I mean half life alyx will probably be the best looking vr game for a while and thats gonna be pretty demanding. Not to mention its no where near "photorealistic"
bright root
i started playing walking dead saints and sinners and that works so well
fading vector
and its singleplayer xd
bright root
the people who want projects are not video game people so they never have a great understanding of what is or is not possible
fading vector
The tech isn't here, not yet
plush yew
Next gen maybe
normal burrow
you probablyh want 100% baked lighting and forward rendering ryan
bright root
@normal burrow yes... i think they also have the vive
silver compass
Will it be good,
plush yew
I think Sony will yeet everyone out if I had to guess.
normal burrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yx9IEOc5s4 @bright root
plush yew
The PSVR was essentially a beta, and Sony is notorious for making massive progress behind closed doors..
fading vector
I mean we don't even have the hardware to perform at photorealistic
gpu, cpus etc
Im not even talking about headsets
bright root
@normal burrow yeah i watched that one before, and theres one about occulus quest too. I have another project that has to go on a quest
abstract relic
Use colour mask to control changes you want made to a particular item of clothing
plush yew
Photorealistic vr is a scary concept to me.
fading vector
#MeltMyGPU
plush yew
By the time that technology is made readily available, I think hologram tech will really take a leap forward.
abstract relic
So you’re down to skin mat, clothes mat, fancy eye ball mat, and hair mat
plush yew
Interactive game rooms and fully submersible 3d
fading vector
plush yew
I'd say that's semi photo realistic, no?
bright root
@abstract relic yes
abstract relic
Photorealism is almost as gross as the word ‘best’ 😜
plush yew
Holy nvm
bright root
also i wasnt sure if we need to keep the materials as simple as possible...
fading vector
Anyway
@abstract relic so these normal maps
I understand they will bring my wood floors to life
plush yew
- buys stock in quixel *
normal burrow
quixel is bought already
fading vector
but I'm still at a loss for how to actually create my level with more depth.
Let me provide another example
if I use a cube with a grass/dirt material
and I want to turn it into a hill, how can I do that?
abstract relic
Make a hill
fading vector
How do I curve a cube?
fading vector
Oh like blender?
abstract relic
You can’t make much with only 6 polys 😜
fading vector
Mmm, good point
abstract relic
Will I guess there’s Minecraft
fading vector
xD
abstract relic
Shhh
fading vector
Another question to whoever can/will answer. Since my game is 2.5d any suggestion for setting up the background?
abstract relic
Are you looking more for landscape sculpting tool?
fading vector
Obviously in like a house, I can have a wall.
Mmm, I tried landscaping it was kinda odd.
It seems very.. tedious to say the least
abstract relic
Obligatory plug for voxel
fading vector
Hmm, that seems kinda useful lol
jade ice
Guys i have a strange problem.
I record my player movements.
Then unposses and have the ai controller take over.
On replay the aicontroller moves my recorded axis.
Everything goes well until sometimes the ai looses collision.
I dont know why because from my understanding it only controls movement?
abstract relic
There’s a link to get some free hdri at the bottom of the page
normal burrow
your sweeping savvy? with the move
jade ice
I dont know how to sweep.
Or if its set by default
normal burrow
how are you having the ai move with the recorded data?
jade ice
I checked its not sweeping
Recorded the gamepad axis into a array.
Playing that data back and feed it back in to the ad movement input.
In a nutshell.
normal burrow
your sure nothing else is moving it? 
jade ice
You mean like a doubled data somewhere?
This is the result of the ai jumping on a platform the second time and falling through.
Found the issue, the capsule gets ofset somehow on replay.
Solved! Phew Been hammering this one for 3 hours 😇
your sure nothing else is moving it? :fishthonk:
@normal burrow Thanks for the tip! This made me think straight again.
signal minnow
How the hell do companies determine "minimum" hardware? Do they just keep testing until they reach a bad performing setup?
Like required specs for running a game
jade ice
Good question, my guess is for bigger companies, a lot of experience and lots of hardware to test on.
Feedback from beta testers also would give much info about their problems with it running on their hardware.
signal minnow
i 100% guarantee to myself ill just throw "a good pc" under minimum specs LOL
jolly steppe
If UE4 isn't running under 10 fps then you don't know how to live.
dim merlin
Hi, anyone knows why updateMeshSection aint doing anything?
golden crescent
Hello! Please help with making Cloth in Blender and move it to UE 4.24 before lessons worked for before versions of UE but now it does not work! Help me please!
plush yew
Hello everyone, I have an fbx made of several animated meshes. Is there a way to import it in unreal? If I import it as skeletal mesh I get the animations but not the hierarchy, if I import it into level I get the hierarchy but not the animations. Of course recreating the hierarchy in unreal by hand is out of the question since the fbx comes from a CAD with hundreds of pieces
tender flume
What kind of art style does Pokemon Sword & Shield use?
fading vector
is anyone awake who could help me with a terrain issue?
tender flume
It's evening here though? How is everyone asleep
whole quarry
Time zones.
tender flume
Oh.
golden crescent
I sleep well... Now learn how to tune environment light in Unreal Engine well
Will You help me?
tender flume
Too bright, too many reflections
Too many lights casting.
Okay, thats all. Time to rest.
golden crescent
This is my style too bright and many reflections
I need to have universal light that it wont make big shadows and would light all scene in good way with no need to add additional point lights... do you have such example scenes with good light... I want to just build in 3d without work with light but for this I need good ready to go environment... for example with this picture I showed I have shadows inside spaceship and under it I would like there wont be such big shadows and everything will be light smooth and the same way
Please teach me how to do this!
golden crescent
Thank You for Unreal Engine!
well... no help, I return to learn myself...
please write me here invitation for this channel... I would like to login not from browser but from my account on computer
oh I already see invitation link... well, good bye my another account is Andrey
tawdry storm
@golden crescent do you have a refernce for the look you want to achieve?
golden crescent
Unfortunately no! I do all by moving different parameters and see what changes
tawdry storm
well it would be better to have a reference to work with, otherwise everything is pretty much up for debate and helping you will be really difficult. especially with a look like that
golden crescent
I know that need to ON main light (Global Illumination!) And then light will spread smooth over all objects and inside them
and no need after this to play with LIGHTS!
Help me to do this I press Global Illumination and nothing changes
Where to switch it on
?
tawdry storm
in realtime?
golden crescent
Yes
tawdry storm
that's not possible without RTX
abstract relic
Maybe this will help you in general
https://www.tomlooman.com/lighting-with-unreal-engine-jerome/
golden crescent
There will be planets and spaceships only next years of work! For this I need standard good light and this is all
I would like to get lesson in two clicks how to do this
without difficult tunings
tawdry storm
that doesn't exist
golden crescent
not true in all engines is this function and light is smooth over all lines of objects and shadows even can do not such dark
This is GLobal Illumination but how to activate it in Unreal Engine?
Raytraced too expensive
need before generation
exotic thicket
If you want everything to have some light by default instead of it being dark, one way I found you can do it is by using an Ambient Cubemap
tawdry storm
all engines do this? that's news to me
exotic thicket
in a post process volume
exotic thicket
you can adjust that to choose what level of ambient light is everywhere by default
(assuming I understood what you're looking for)
tawdry storm
a skylight will also help with that, but it's pretty similar
elfin canyon
I just need good environment light all over the map... then make shadows more white and this is all
tawdry storm
but that won't be GI, that's just some ambient light to make the shadows less black
then use a skylight or ambient cubemap like zomg said
or turn off shadows if you don't want any
fading vector
This is so frustrating
elfin canyon
skylight and cubemaps I'll try them now
fading vector
I cannot figure out why
but terrain for some reason has small bumps between each square
and the player is a small ball so as you can assume, hitting these bumps is super annoying
elfin canyon
Thank You for help!
abstract relic
May I see a video or gif for my own amusement crypto
tawdry storm
that looks surprisingly intentional
abstract relic
I’m tickled pink. Thank you
abstract relic
fading vector
Any idea on fixing this one?
abstract relic
You’ve made quite a bit of progress since I’ve seen you join. Congrats.
fading vector
Thanks, I've been working hard. Hopefully I can continue to grow 🙂
Truth be told, I've only be able to accomplish this much due to all the support from the community.
I have an awful solution to my problem
I stick a blank box collision barely above the terrain
plush yew
Hi guys, im not a game developer but im interested in how ue4 works, i want to model my house and make a releastic final view of it, Can i use ue4 to build the house model with the garden and everything included using the engine only ?