hmm hopefully that doesnt happen to me
#ue4-general
wet brook
I have just learned of treeit
floral arrow
yeah
i know that 4.24 supports speed trees more with ray tracing
at least ray traced shadows on speed trees
wet brook
It's 20$ a month if you make under 100k
forest tree
Right
wet brook
But treeit is completely free
honest vale
speedtree is dirt cheap
wet brook
But not free
wet brook
Treeit is free
honest vale
and nails
treeit is... bad the last time I tried it
does it do billboards nowadays?
wet brook
Well I don't want to pay 20$ a month for trees
floral arrow
how does speedtree handle assets again cant you just make a ton of trees and save assets and not repay subscription till you need it again
floral arrow
treeit worth a try i guess if it works for you then thats good
plush yew
someone doing endless runner?
thick herald
Speaking of trees, there is also the procedural tree generator made by Elhoussine Mehnik https://ue4resources.com/plugins
unreal sable
What channel is best to use when asking for help?
I would like a rundown of why changing ZOrder on "Add to viewport" suddenly makes my buttons work/not work on some HUD.
I have ranging from 1 to 7.
odd wyvern
I got the saving part done
but how do I get it to ignore the default player start on second run
upbeat trench
If save game detected then dont load default start and use save game player location
upbeat trench
I would probably query for both the save game and the location, in the off chance you create a save game before you save a location to it
upbeat trench
Just as an FYI this isnt really the help channel
plush yew
flight simulator 2020 would be so freaking cool if it had 3rd person movement, Just like star citizen where you can leave the cockpit and move around the plane, also a Co-op would be great me and my buddy, also challenges like thunder and sand storm. Also allowing the player to get inside airports and outside and sleep and rest and change clothes inside Airport Hotels.
@plush yew
celest creek
Hey all, what are the options for getting a latlong render out of UE4?
plush yew
@plush yew are you 12 years old ?
you sound like it
im 21
you wanna see my hairy dick ?
<.<
celest creek
@plush yew I love that feature in Star Citizen.. but it took them a lot of work to make that work. I'd say in an offline game it'd be not as hard mind you.
plush yew
without hair ok
@celest creek yeah or a co op with only 1 person to actually render what you do
upbeat trench
How is any of this Unreal Engine?
floral arrow
@upbeat trench there actually are some really knowledgeable people in here sometimes
delicate needle
Does anyone know of a situation where a lightmap (interior condo project) can be baked to look good, and then at a later time the light maps look reduced in quality. I was working on this project, remember the light maps looking better, but now they look "dirty" all around. Not sure if there is some kind of compression, or something strange, or I'm just losing my mind.
upbeat trench
I honestly dont care about knowledge only that its related to the topic of the channel. We have #lounge for general chat
delicate needle
I do have "texture streaming" off, thats always been off.
floral arrow
@upbeat trench people talk in here the most generally
tends to be about unreal engine more often than not
unreal sable
I've got a simple question.
What's common practise when it comes to making bool variables? (naming conventions, category placement for example)
Currently i use "bool"category.
With "IsUnitMoving", but when i followed some c++ tutorials a year ago they used "isUnitMoving" lower case first.
I've heard bools have different conventions from other variables.
upbeat trench
Honestly there is no standard, Epics BPs have question marks at the end of bools
digital anchor
bMyVariableName
unreal sable
Ahh yea i think i heard about that one
Is it more of a C++ vs blueprint thing though?
like bMyVariableName makes sense in c++ since you don't have icons and need readability.
Blueprints have red icons though.
upbeat trench
It does help in a few instances in C++ but in all honestly Hungarian notations been out for awhile now or we'd preface more than just one type
Epic use it for their API stuff though, the U, F, A etc
serene birch
I can somewhat admit it there because you REALLY want to know if something you manipulate is a UObject or some basic class 🙂
unreal sable
https://www.xoax.net/cpp/ref/core/incl/hungarian_notation/
So use these?
I guess i have a lot to do if i'm gonna fix every variable at this point, but good to know.
upbeat trench
Whatever works for you really as long as its consistent
unreal sable
Alright, thanks 🙂
manic pawn
celest creek
@unreal sable UE4 standards are 'UpperCase' as opposed to 'camelCase'. I don't know why, and it really doesn't matter. General coding standards follow camelCase
plush yew
How to know what instanced mesh im clicking
My instanced mesh has many cubes and i want to know what im clicking
next badger
@plush yew no, you can't
plush yew
Well thats how minecraft works
next badger
ISM/HISM can only return component hit
plush yew
and all block games
tawdry storm
that's a big logical leap
next badger
i;m just telling you those have no such capability
plush yew
well how to do it so
next badger
use something else, like runtime mesh component
plush yew
last time i had it so that every block was blueprint, but that lag was terrible
what is runtime mesh component
abstract relic
If you want to make a voxel game, use voxels. As I assume that’s why you made that comparison 😜
tawdry storm
but couldn't you get the closest instanced mesh to a location or something?
grim ore
the hism can tell you which instance is hit when you get a hit result on the parent
plush yew
is there way to use it as click too
maybe you like gate that opens when i click and then use that hit thing or something
grim ore
well you would do something like getting the hit result under the cursor when you click and then acting based on that
next badger
@grim ore hism hit event has that info?
grim ore
the Hit Item is the index of the item you hit in a hism object
abstract relic
There we go. Voxel was mentioned 😜
delicate needle
Is there any issue that could happen that would cause previously good looking lightmaps to load and look lower res. I "think" this has happened to me. Several items in my project which I remember looking better now look dirty (interior condo high detail trim, etc).
I should note that "texture streaming" is off, which has in the past caused low res lightmaps to pop-in and out
tawdry storm
that's a very interesting sample scene
abstract relic
Everyone has their experimental project
next badger
yeah, i basically testing all my random stuff here
tawdry storm
I mean yeah, but you see them too rarely
next badger
it has a nice landscape
next badger
plush yew
instanced mesh*
tawdry storm
we might got answers 🙂
next badger
@tawdry storm it's based on depth, and it seems like it's not smoothed in engine
plush yew
I don't know how to search for this
do you know the effect that plays on the ammo of far cry 5
to catch your eye?
tawdry storm
do you maybe have a pic, a video or a gif of that?
tawdry storm
@next badger interesting. it's a little bit pixelated, yeah
@plush yew do you have more than one chunk in your szene?
tawdry storm
well there you go, you just grab the first one
plush yew
hold on I am uploading a commit on github and my internet is slo
tawdry storm
on your hit you'll have to get the actor aswell
plush yew
Blueprint to actor?
tawdry storm
on the hit event it has "hit actor" use that and use a 'cast to X' where X is the blueprint name of the blueprint that has the stone block variable in it
then use that as the input for the target input
next badger
@plush yew you mean on pickups?
tawdry storm
does that work? @plush yew
plush yew
it doesnt send error but it doesnt remove what i want
Any1 know how to do combo attacks using Play montage on notify begin?
It works now
I didnt remember that it was stone VOXEL
not stone block
next badger
@plush yew #animation probably
tawdry storm
well there you go. now make UE4 minecraft and get rich
next badger
isnt minecraft free?
plush yew
xdd
abstract relic
Well if you just keep adding 0s, you’ll be fine
tawdry storm
minecraft is the game with the most sales, so it's definitely not free 😄
or at least it's very high up there
abstract relic
Classic Minecraft is now free
plush yew
@next badger no it's that weird effect on top of the unpicked ammo
hold on im making a gif
any way i can make the save button marketplace etc.. smaller?
like they taking so much place
@tawdry storm
abstract relic
That’s just a highlighting material
frigid needle
@plush yew do a quick google search for UE4 toolbar icon size. There’s a short video with the instructions
normal burrow
thats also fc5
normal burrow
ah missed it
next badger
@plush yew open ue4 properties and type "small" in search box
plush yew
How to have noise and make instanced meshes where is "dark"
3D
@next badger thanks it worked
abstract relic
I would probably use an additive material
normal burrow
that kind of glimmer effect could be done with stencils and a post process too, but not sure what fc5 uses. there are a lot of approaches that would work yeah
plush yew
or is there even 3d noise
next badger
i think in fc5 it's some additive vector rotation specular
normal burrow
i'd bet its stencil camera space normal dot product against moving vector type thing
but really a lot of ways to pull it off
next badger
if i had fc5 i'd try to renderdoc it =)))
normal burrow
now super mario 64 lighting this is another thing worthy to mention
it is always camera space
the sun rotates with you
grave nebula
How irresponsible. Reverse engineering a game. You should never ever do it.
next badger
@normal burrow looking at super mario 64...there are no shadows ...
normal burrow
https://youtu.be/XnqGFn0Byg4?t=54 watch the highlights on mario as the camera spins around him
next badger
oooh...i see
i think that's default lighting technique from back of the opengl appearance era, at least that was first thing in open gl lighting to learn
normal burrow
i worked on a sm64 renderer, yeah they don't multiply glLightParameterfv by view
just lights triangles as if top corner of screen points to the center of it
next badger
i've just noticed...all spherical objects there are sprites
normal burrow
the trees in that game a single triangle of one 32x64 textures repeating with mirror horizontally
like any hardware feature at all, fully in use lol
abstract relic
The joys of limitation. Forces you to get creative
normal burrow
exactly, extremely novel
next badger
I like Michael Ashworth's videos cause of that
plush yew
why is that annoying CameraActor spawned into the world as default. it does not do anything it seems. the DefaultPawn does not have a Camera component but i know CameraManager use the position of the default pawn as viewtarget
next badger
gamemode settings maybe...not sure
plush yew
is the gamemode spawning that cameraActor. Probably, but why? 😄
next badger
cause no cameras in scene?
next badger
play rate
cosmic veldt
Hey guys is there a way to get navmesh borders? I'm trying to create a cover system like the one in the cryengine
plush yew
@next badger thats going to be in details? cuz i searched for it
and i tried to press right click on rred thing below as well
didnt find play rate 😄
am i missing it?
azure shore
do axis constraints not work properly? my games on a 2d perspective so I lock one of the axis but it still somehow falls off the floor sometimes
the player I mean
next badger
@plush yew sorry, yep, rate scale
plush yew
Am trying to do the Do once thing
but as i do it, it happen again
is there a way to reset it?
like if i did another thing then reset it
How to know if im hovering same instanced mesh
/Having mouse over it
gilded lichen
Hello, what is the best way to learn what the different nodes do and gain the knowledge of the nodes?
gilded lichen
As I've used the engine for about 3 years now, through college and uni, but when I create something I always get the feeling that I could of do it better but I dont know how.
plush yew
You send code here and ask people what you could do better
And perfect code doesnt exist
gilded lichen
ok, thanks
plush yew
@grim ore
How to know if im still doing mouse over event to same instanced static mesh
lime gull
Can someone give a rough explanation of what functions in widgets should be used for?
Idk when I should be making them
Id like to believe I can use them for most of this
plush yew
I have never used those
lime gull
plush yew
Only when i want button or something to do something when i click/hover them
lime gull
As you can see I have quite a bit more than that haha
and I still need to do a LOT more
plush yew
lime gull
But id like to not completely fill this uop
plush yew
here is you some real spaghetti
lime gull
hahahaha
lime gull
OH GOD
plush yew
i cant even show all
lament saddle
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
lime gull
Im still in awe
lament saddle
those are some real https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/
normal burrow
super computer
lime gull
I can even fathom why you would need this
plush yew
@normal burrow how to know if im still hovering same instanced mesh
normal burrow
you check the index
on the hit result
hit component & index == unique instance
i'm of course making a lot of assumptions on what you mean by hovering
plush yew
normal burrow
lament saddle
upbeat trench
you could try using less lines
plush yew
Better questions would be "how to make inventory"
normal burrow
there are not enough pixels for me to understand what is going on there altter
upbeat trench
By the looks it should be using arrays, but yeah cant be sure cuz 480p
normal burrow
wouldn't say your doing it wrong by just looking at that altter. but if you want alternatives there are probably many videos on youtube
advice would be to avoid making data entry super customizable with inheritance and stuff from outset
plush yew
normal burrow
you're probably gonna rework it multiple times
lime gull
DUDE
normal burrow
my eyes
lime gull
OH MY GAD
plush yew
yes adding new block to that inventory is HELL
i have just broke this inventory system
all time
lime gull
I can imagine
upbeat trench
which is why I recommend arrays
normal burrow
plush yew
teach me data table
lime gull
This makes me worried cause I want an inventory system
normal burrow
@grim ore can teach better than me
plush yew
Sounds like problem solver
lime gull
Hey P@t do you mind if i ask a quick question and get your opinion?
plush yew
Can i create game engine inside unreal engine and sell that engine
normal burrow
short answer is no
normal burrow
maybe if you can have it work accross other engines than the one
upbeat trench
just no
lime gull
Okay so I'm trying to make a battle system as you may or may not know, and I would like to have multiple enemies (as one would) but I'm not sure how I could do that. Everything is handled in a widget and variables are stored in a game mode. So would Functions work for that sort of thing? ( Heres what i have so far in terms of bp
digital anchor
you absolutely can, just follow normal packaging and dont include editor code
plush yew
UNITY SUCKS
grave nebula
I really like those graphs. They seem to be reflection of myself and my work.
normal burrow
how so?
normal burrow
yeah was asking death, i agree on unity being a trap
plush yew
unity is pay to create
lime gull
oops
uh that is a trailer to Ori and the blind forest
which was made in unity
and it looks stunning
grave nebula
I am a frequent guest on Blueprintsfromhell, Pat.
normal burrow
Its a hard answer for a question lightsaber, think of a way it could work and it probably will be fine
tawdry storm
what the fuck did I stumble in to?
lime gull
I had a slight idea and Im gonna hope to god it doesnt end up like that whole bullet spawning 5 times ordeal
tawdry storm
are we sharing blueprints?
upbeat trench
Is there a Blueprintsfromheaven? Cuz mine would be there ✝️
normal burrow
tawdry storm
#RateMyBP
grave nebula
I can't compete with some Houdini guys with respect to awesomeness of their graphs 😦
lime gull
https://66.media.tumblr.com/ffbcb63fc92f8889a1bb80d90a3e338b/tumblr_poe2vdyJ4Z1wp4jg6o1_500.png
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f6/0d/90/f60d90608371382ce55cb1317765df26.jpg
Same energy
plush yew
@normal burrow how to add noise to world generation
normal burrow
heres a material
plush yew
thats noise ?
lime gull
DEAR GOD
https://66.media.tumblr.com/0da4d6ef52e755f70cd6c487c3e81cc8/tumblr_pla7qjQtK11wp4jg6o1_1280.png
tawdry storm
wait @grave nebula is also working in houdini? is there anything you can't do? D:
lime gull
Deathrey is god
tawdry storm
this is me before figuring out functions 😄
grave nebula
@tawdry storm I am familiar with it, but never used it in a pipeline, so no.
plush yew
Can full community create own game
Everybody mostly gets access to github
and creates gmae
lime gull
Why are delays not allowed in functions? That puts a sock in my plan >:|
normal burrow
functions aren't graphs
normal burrow
the way functions work is more or less to return something
tawdry storm
btw @grave nebula may I ask what you actually do for work?
normal burrow
a function that doesn't return something shuold almost always be in the event graph
lime gull
aah okay
upbeat trench
latent functions only allowed on the event graph
plush yew
cOmunity sucks, nobody tells me how to noise world
grave nebula
@tawdry storm I convert liquid into distance
tawdry storm
not quite the answer that I hoped for, but maybe the one I deserved
@normal burrow but if you want to do the same thing multiple times wouldn't it be better to do it in a function?
or at least a macro
normal burrow
custom events are better for non-returns
you can still call parent implementation on those as well if you wanted to override
functions are meant to be a request for information, opinion is based on the way they've set things up for native -> blueprint overrides
they need to respond immediately afaik
tawdry storm
well I mostly use them to condense code down into a single not that's reusable
normal burrow
yeah function libraries are good for this
lime gull
I don't mean to butt in, but for an inventory system, should the variables be saved within the game instance?
normal burrow
macros are my favorite but lots of people dislike them
and there has been some kind of issue with macro libraries or something
but i've not had real problems with them personally
tawdry storm
well I like macros because of their multiple exec inputs and outputs, but I dislike that they don't have local variables
tawdry storm
oh right you mean stuff like this, right?
abstract relic
Where’s that quadruple break macro pat? 😜
tawdry storm
that sounds dangerous
tawdry storm
is that a reverse loop, p@t?
grave nebula
What is this graph sorcery?
upbeat trench
is it a reverse loop or inverse loop?
cuz its not the same if I reverse the array then loop it is it 😛
normal burrow
goes from last to first
calls second exec with each ref to array item
could expose the integer too
upbeat trench
yeah its so you can remove elements if you want
normal burrow
yep
upbeat trench
which you couldnt do if its reversed but iterated in the same order
normal burrow
have to be careful removing more than the one item of course but, macro risk hah
plush yew
is there a way i can link my notify name to something i call a specific notify?
upbeat trench
I guess if you say reverse loop its correct cuz the loop is the one doing things in reverse
but if you reversed the array and put it through a reverse loop youre looping in the correct order with the ability to remove items still
brave lark
@fringe crest the lighting completely changes the colors though. Example and orange rock is white now
tawdry storm
reminds me of https://reactiongifs.me/-/w_300/https://reactiongifs.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Time-Bomb-Lost-Girl.gif
there we go 😄
upbeat trench
associative array of indices, then randomise it and loop
normal burrow
then make a sort node for blueprints
upbeat trench
supafast
plush yew
What is meaning of life
normal burrow
delete tha missing indices!
plush yew
If universe will die out, why are we doing stuff here
it doesnt matter
And none of aliens will ever know that we were here
thick herald
Everything matters, unless you are traveling at C, then you are energy.
fallow tusk
When adding a level in through levels panel, does this transform bit even do anything?
I've never seemed to be able to get it to work, and now I have a good use for it.
I'd use the runtime level instance node, but I need to soft reference an object in the level.
plush yew
How i can check if left mosue button was pressed?
tawdry storm
@fallow tusk I actually used this just this week, so yes, it works.
fallow tusk
@tawdry storm is there some trick to using it?
tawdry storm
if there is, then I accidentally did that.
basically I just added the level from the levels window and then opened this little dialogue to move it
hitting viewport edit even gives you a nice little gizmo
plush yew
how i can do it if i press mouse button Attacks Counter it adds +1 to the attack counter
tawdry storm
Get AttacksCounter + 1 and plug that into the Set node
fallow tusk
alright I'm trying the viewport edit, I do see the gizmo
and I see the highlights of the level being moved, but anything within the level seems to stay in place 🤔
tawdry storm
that's really weird
sweet relic
@plush yew or use ++ node
tawdry storm
... yeah just use the increment node, might be better
fallow tusk
@tawdry storm so you did Add Existing in the outliner, then hit summon level details, and changed it there right?
plush yew
am testing ++
tawdry storm
but the output of the + would have to go in the input of the Set node if you do it like this
++ is simpler though
@fallow tusk pretty much
fallow tusk
darn alright, thanks.
If I use the rama load instance way the transform changes correctly too... super weird.
tawdry storm
yes
you're setting it to 0 and then you add 1 to it
every time
use 'Get AttackCounter'
upbeat tendon
i am trying to write a more elegant teleporter, i have an actor for the teleporter, a collision sphere, i put a break point on the collision code it only seem to execute on the client
i thought that the server would simulate the collision too?
pallid talon
Question - Has anyone had any issues with Pixel Streaming where running the project and going to "Localhost" in a browser results in, "Not Found" ? Yes, I have Pixel Streaming enabled, I also have these Parameters set in the Editor - -AudioMixer -PixelStreamingIP=localhost -PixelStreamingPort=8888, and I've opened the ports 80 and 8888. Any suggestions?
@grim ore What do you think?
plush yew
saving my project folder files that count as i backup for my project right?
upbeat tendon
oh weird, problem solved
grim ore
@pallid talon if a web browser is showing it as not found its the connection between the node.js web server and the browser. does it show listening on port 80 when you run the run.bat?
plush yew
@grim ore how i can make a backup for my project 😄
pallid talon
@grim ore This is what I get -
grim ore
yep your code is bad, something in there is causing the node.js server to crash
it gives you the line you have to fix it if you changed it
grim ore
oh yeah its failing trying to bind to the local address
do you have something else running on that port? maybe just restart the Pc
pallid talon
Hmm....
I'll try a restart. I have no idea if something is using that port right now. Would it be port 8888 or 80 I need to examine? Also, I checked in "Services" and Im not sure how to identify if I need to stop anything here.
grim ore
it says 80
pallid talon
Hmm, know a quick way I can check before I restart?
grim ore
you shouldnt have to do anything it should just work but its complaining something is stopping it from using that port on your local machine to listen
pallid talon
I'd like to know what it is, so I can kill the process.
grim ore
it could be related to this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9164915/node-js-eacces-error-when-listening-on-most-ports
rigid dove
It says permission denied, not address in use. It's because you need elevated privileges to bind to ports < 1024 on *n?x systems.
grim ore
@plush yew you could just copy the entire folder somewhere else and then it's a backup. other than that look into source control
rigid dove
I'm not familiar with what Cirrus is, or what kind of environment node.js is running in here, but if it's being run from Windows, you might just need admin privileges for it
rigid dove
Any reason you can't bind to a higher port? Is this an API that needs to run on port 80, or a game server type thing?
pallid talon
Yeah, I ran, run.bat as Admin and it still didn't work. I guess I need to consult with IT?
rigid dove
Oh I see now. PixelStreaming listener
pallid talon
By the way, @grim ore It's really cool you're on here helping people out. Not sure how much you make but you deserve 10x more!
@rigid dove Yes, Pixel Streaming..
grim ore
you can pop into the cirrus.js file and about 20 lines down change the var httpPort = 80; to something like 8080 instead and connect to localhost:8080. It might get around your issue
pallid talon
Ok, will try that. Also... I ran " netstat -aon | findstr 80" and it says:
Does that mean 80 is open?
grim ore
yes but your node cant bind to it to listen for traffic, probably due to the admin issue that was mentioned. If you change that line to 8080 and it runs without crashing then you know its an admin issue
grim ore
I tested and it does work fine on 8080 with that change here
rigid dove
Yeah finding the same thing, change your port. Or figure out where to adjust the properties for whatever is launching the node.js binary to run as admin
rigid dove
Sweet
brave salmon
[Callstack] 0x000007fecb1c2100 UE4Editor-Core.dll!FDebug::CheckVerifyFailedImpl() [d:\build\++ue4\sync\engine\source\runtime\core\private\misc\assertionmacros.cpp:455]
[Callstack] 0x000007fec8a90597 UE4Editor-Engine.dll!FShadowMap2D::GetTexture() [d:\build\++ue4\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\shadowmap.cpp:540]
any ideas why does default map crash?
runic fern
DXGI_ERROR_INVALID_CALL
Anyone Got this Error Before ?
its crashing when im trying to launch the game in new window
obtuse root
hi guys, is it ok to use a NAND boolean between 2 a begin and end anim notify?
kindred viper
@runic fern only ever had that from driver problems.
next badger
@runic fern call stack is needed
in several occasions it's resizing issue
@brave salmon have you tried to verify ue4?
brave salmon
it's just one map and in a dedicated server mode... everything works PIE
brave salmon
LoadTest -server
jusy trying to launch an editor server
maiden swift
Hm... there's a new branch on GitHub called 4.25-plus. 👀
plush yew
aight,i have a question
if i have a structure
and it has a int value in
and i do a set by ref
will it pass the value to the structure
I did everything with the 1st way
pallid talon
Question - When Pixel Streaming, with multiple connections, what is the best way to reduce the latency issue? It appears to lag when more connections are made. Perhaps mirror the output to another device?
Setup AWS?
swift hearth
Anyone know of a good tutorial on how to make a progress bar (in this case a haalth bar) that works sort of like the health bar from kingdom hearts? Something that's not linear and has a dynamic shape. I'm surprised at how difficult it is to find a video on this 🤔
abstract relic
So all you need to do with dynamic shapes is create a grayscale mask.
Then make a mat dynamic in the widget to update the material in realtime
an example of what the mat should look like
gilded plinth
Hey peeps, not sure what channel is best to ask this, but is it possible for me to have a plane with a material which plays back a video ignore my level lighting but still play back at the video contrast?
So far my video on the plane plays back great, but i'm needing to light it
sweet relic
@gilded plinth set the material lighting mode to 'Unlit'?
swift hearth
@abstract relic Thanks, I'll give that a try later
tiny sonnet
@normal burrow u know my error, well, I had to track down a single fucking level, in a single fucking asset that i didnt use, that was inside of a FUCKING PARAGON ASSET. I wasted 20 fucking hours because epic games screwed up.
im kinda pissed
normal burrow
all good now, time for celebration when you find such things
glossy kayak
Do anyone knows how to fix this error?
abstract relic
Just in time for the weekend. Throw a mean party in celebration
Spam implies multiples
For a quick aside? Sure. I alway work on the weekends. You learn quickly to remove that stick up one’s arse.
normal burrow
strong opinion, delete, asinine comment, delete
loud knoll
@glossy kayak Do you have UDP enabled in the plugins?
jolly steppe
I had someone at one of my jobs who swore he was Jesus, lol
fierce tulip
passes along some chillpills
normal burrow
much needed luos
glossy kayak
@loud knoll where i can check this?
abstract relic
Eh, let it drop. Stress does that to a person. Just remember to look at the bright side of life. You only have one after all😉
loud knoll
@glossy kayak go into your plugins settings and scroll down the U's
thick herald
Except for Buddhists
abstract relic
Even then. That’s one life. Out of many
loud knoll
@glossy kayak Check around here.
glossy kayak
@loud knoll
loud knoll
@glossy kayak So was it on or off? are you going to restart to turn it on?
glossy kayak
@loud knoll It had turn on ) I'll restart ue4 on the safe side )
loud knoll
yeah I would double check that you have all the network plugins you need on they have a lot you dont need but are for specific networks
gilded plinth
@sweet relic thnx that worked. i forgot i had to plug the texture into emissive
glossy kayak
@loud knoll ty for ur help. I'll try
plush yew
Is there a way i can stop my character from moving
when i do an attack
like disable movement
@plush yew You can consider An animation notify state on your attack animation
at the beginning Of your attack animation you notify to disable movement, And at the end you notify the opposite
for more info you can study the action RPG template free from marketplace, they do similar things there, I vaguely recall 😄
@plush yew thanks for the tip mate
found a way
Do you know how to do a dash btw :D?
A very good dash example is in the GAS documentation with root motion
The Sample Project uses a AbilityTask_ApplyRootMotionConstantForce for its Dash GameplayAbility.
https://github.com/tranek/GASDocumentation/tree/master/Source/GASDocumentation @plush yew
@plush yew am the wrost in using this git thing 😄
Am checking atm
any idea how i can do like this dash right here?
sly hare
The insane amount of detail required for such wonderful functions need to be brought up by the gods of this discord.
For we a mere peasants.
XD
fierce tulip
odd that it first shows /.../.../ and suddenly goes \\
normal burrow
its cutting out the text yeah
fierce tulip
well it has forward and backward slashes
normal burrow
that too yeah
tiny sonnet
sooo what should i do...
normal burrow
you know i just realized someone else had that same issue a bit ago bivze
tiny sonnet
i didnt cook or build....
normal burrow
Delete binaries and intermediate in the packaged folder
tiny sonnet
and then?
normal burrow
then package again
tiny sonnet
should i delete the exe file?
normal burrow
would get red of anything that will come back yeah
tiny sonnet
i was doing development, should i do shipping
normal burrow
yeah
tiny sonnet
did he manage to fix it
tidal bluff
Has anyone run into an issue where you AO maps just stops working?
normal burrow
tidal bluff
Heres an example
wooden leaf
Guys, how can I setup an item that has to be unlocked. 1st before they can craft it. and I'm still looking for a crafting system.
tidal bluff
R channel AO
tiny sonnet
@wooden leaf there are many crafting system tutorials on youtube
wooden leaf
Well then I must be searching for the wrong thing then. can you give me an idea on what to search for.
tiny sonnet
my pc frozen bcz im packaging rn
plush yew
i am using this to dash
everthing is going well but if i jump and dash
it dash like crazy crazy far away from it suppose to
grim ore
if you lower that amount, the launch velocity, and then try it when jumping is it better? If so you could just check if you are jumping (is falling from the character movement component) and make it give less launch velocity
grim ore
I would have to guess it's the friction on the ground causing it to move less with that value when on the ground
plush yew
Yup i thought it would be something like that
wooden leaf
I need a slot inventory and crafting system. I looked again and fount that most of them are way too old. Any one have an idea of something newer
plush yew
Is anyone else having issues with the UI flickering black when in DX12 mode? I've had it ever since 4.22, and makes RTX effectively unusable. No issues in completed DX12 games, using an RTX 2060 and a R5 2600.
tiny sonnet
@normal burrow i ran it and i got the same error
gilded plinth
Evening all, if anyone has a sec for a quick tip: how can I completely deactivate an actor blueprint in my level? As in, not only do I not want to see it, which is easy (set not visible) but how do i stop it from calling all its functions etc?
i don't want to delete it because this is just for testing and comparison
tiny sonnet
uhh
lament saddle
@gilded plinth I'd love to know the expert method. My jury-rig is I set an actor tag called Delete_me and I have my game mode destroy all tagged actors & run garbage collection at beginplay.
plush yew
@gilded plinth You could try using a "gate". Just route all your execs through it, and close the gate when you want to disable it.
tiny sonnet
@normal burrow yes
@normal burrow i repakaged it
do i have to cook before pakaging?
normal burrow
don't think so
tiny sonnet
what is unreal pak?
normal burrow
did it package successfully?
tiny sonnet
i just got off pc, i was going insane
normal burrow
haha ok
tiny sonnet
you mind if i give it to you tmrw?
normal burrow
sure
tiny sonnet
i rly want to get over with this
floral arrow
doncha love troubleshooting
bitter siren
I'm losing my mind... can someone help me?
Anyone have experience adding media files (videos) in UE4?
tiny sonnet
like as widgets?
or in the beginning
also, i assume you have been on ue4 for a while. how do u still have a mind??
bitter siren
Yeah like in widgets... although thats not the source of the problem
The real problem is the url which points to the media source is absolute and I can't for the life of me figure out how to change it to relative
Well, the media source is actually relative, but the media player URL is absolute and so the video won't load
sacred sluice
Can you colab on UE4?
bitter siren
yes if you use something like git
sacred sluice
So 2 people cant be working together?
bitter siren
yes they can if you use something like git
or any versioning control software
I think UE4 prefers people use perforce
sacred sluice
Could you call me and explain that more?
bitter siren
I can't talk right now sorry I'm trying to figure out a problem that is driving me absolutely nuts
But hold on
sacred sluice
thanks
bitter siren
Look into that
Warning: collaborating is not an easy thing to set up in a few minutes
It will likely take many hours for you and your partner to work together on the same project
sacred sluice
I see.
odd hornet
I'm having a problem that feels like it's very basic, where should I ask for help with that?
bitter siren
Ask it here and maybe I can help
Also @sacred sluice head over to #source-control for more questions
odd hornet
Alright. Whenever I'm trying to load a custom texture on a BSP's surface in UE4, it just reverts to the default texture.
I can load it on models just fine, but BSPs refuse it. :(
odd hornet
Yeah
odd hornet
the BSP is just a flat ground. It's a rectangle + subtracted BSP to make a little road looking thing.
odd hornet
I do not have a way of recording video. :((
bitter siren
Can you screenshot your material?
odd hornet
In the editor, or what?
bitter siren
yeah
is your material just like a sample texture node hooked up to a basic opaque material?
odd hornet
sacred sluice
Anyone have a good video that shows how to package the game up so I can send it out to friends?
odd hornet
The starter content materials are fine, just not this. :(
bitter siren
go to the parent material and look at the material editor @odd hornet
odd hornet
alright, now what
bitter siren
Look at the material properties
So click the giant material node that has things like opacity, base color, etc.
look on the left side panel
try checking "used with geometry cache"
@sacred sluice like this? Like just so they can play it?
sacred sluice
hmmm
odd hornet
Alright, done that
bitter siren
@odd hornet save and apply the material then try applying it to the BSP's again
If that doesn't solve it then I'm not sure what to do sorry 😦
Other than restarting the editor sometimes that fixes weird things
@sacred sluice is that not what you meant
sacred sluice
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher.
PackagingResults: Error: Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher.@bitter siren
guess i need to download that
bitter siren
"As mentioned in the output, you need to install/update .NET Framework. You can do this by running Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, then click on "Modify" next to installed version of Visual Studio, switch tab to Individual Components and check latest version of .NET SDK."
Yeah guess so
I need to go to bed
Later gents
odd hornet
Nighty night
sacred sluice
see ya
odd hornet
Also, yeah, that's not worked. :(
plush yew
Hello there. Can someone explain please why I cant see anything executing in my character bp when for example press some key.
The action happpens in game but i cant see anything in the bp
gilded plinth
@lament saddle @plush yew thnx for the tips, surprised to hear it's not that straight forward haha
floral arrow
@sacred sluice yeah you can collab together with perforce server or git. but its annoying to set up
when ive worked with someone else before we just used a dropbox and shared the project file
and merged once we were done doing what we were doing
sacred sluice
@floral arrow I decided not to worry about it
Just packaging it up and sending it to him sso he can see what I have
normal burrow
No version control with Dropbox though right?
floral arrow
nah but its basically a backup being on dropbox
if youre doing a game or something with multiple people on a team version control is necessary but i didnt find it to be needed with just one other person
grim ore
@plush yew when running make sure you have the instance to debug selected in the debug filter in the top of the blueprint. That will be the one that it will show when running if you want to see the execution
plush yew
ahhemm what?
how to do that?
ok so its on
but it shows somethiong
but none of my inputs
and im sure they do what they have to do
it shows event tick
floral arrow
do you want him to be able to work on the game too or just want to package it for him
sacred sluice
let him download and play
snow crown
@odd hornet dont post like that again
odd hornet
t'was merely a jest
snow crown
ya, and it wasnt funny
floral arrow
@sacred sluice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjzjnv9E5SU
abstract relic
I'm assuming you're looking for this if you're already familiar with source control. If not: SET UP SOURCE CONTROL https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Editor/MultiUser/index.html
plush yew
hmm
i dont have a clue why its so hard to implement montages
4 hours studying animation montages and 0 result
bp is without errors
but nothing happens xD
proud verge
😭 Hi guys, do you know if Epic´s Mega Grants is over? I applied almost 3 months ago (26/11/2019)... but Epic Games haven´t even played my in-game footage, not even once.... 😦
abstract relic
It's not an event
normal burrow
Believe the program is ongoing yeah
sly hare
"UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher.
PackagingResults: Error: Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Took 1.438999s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=5
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Watson\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\E+GameENGINE+UE_4.24\UBT-AUTOSETTINGS-Win64-Development.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=5 (5)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error"
What is "NetFxSDK"?
proud verge
🥶 I hope, Epic Mega Grants at least, write an email back.... i guess ,if Epic didn´t like it, at least writing a review about, some feedback about why not helping me, is good practice to improve, but my project is awsome and its way better now, 3 months later
normal burrow
Do you have vs installed diablo
sly hare
Visual Studio?
normal burrow
Yup
proud verge
Nope, im talking about a video game project
sly hare
normal burrow
Yep diablo run the installer app
sly hare
@normal burrow I have that.
normal burrow
Then modify install
And inside that window go to “individual components” tab at top
Then look for anything marked netfxsdk
plush yew
does anyone know how to move the gun in the first person project?
its like locked, and idk where to ask about this
proud verge
🙂 I´m working on a videogame project, that i have worked with UE for the past 2 years, almost done, so i applied alsmot 3 months ago to Epic Mega Grants (26/11/2019), sent an ingame footage... but the video has not even been played once since i sent it....
normal burrow
Have you received any follow up email?
abstract relic
proud verge
Sorry my spelling but even my keyboard needs that contribution LOL....
lofty imp
does anyone know about water in a multiplayer game?
im trying to make an ocean like sea of thieves or blazing sails
agile spruce
Does anyone use Git with UE4?
abstract relic
Look into Gerstner Waves. It will be quite a journey. You have been warned
lofty imp
thanks
agile spruce
Answer: You can't. Epic hasn't built in the push support into their git integration
😐
plush yew
how to have many objects as target
carmine garnet
i want to parents a pawn sensing thing to the head of my charecter put i cant move it
why
its just stuck at the top of the capsule
gentle agate
My mob is a push over...How can I fix this problem?
Is it because I'm using Capsule?
cursive dirge
I don't see anything wrong in that clip
gentle agate
😮 I was hoping colliding with it wouldn't push him over. I think its cause its using capsule for collision box as its rolling from that point. Gonna poke with things to figure it out
lapis vine
Cute 🤩
normal burrow
Doesn’t look like it’s falling over I think is the problem
jolly steppe
oh yeah I see it
didn't catch it at first cause of the camera angle
@gentle agate you could try locking the rotation? but idk if that's the best solution
it's under physics in your blueprint when you click on the capsule component.
gentle agate
o thats cool. Ye ticked them all and it works now i can collide without cow tipping
jolly steppe
nice! I just don't know if That will interfere if you actually want it to rotate at some point.
gentle agate
Me either. Ill jot it down as a note I shouldn't forget I played with
As i would hope that if i give it ai it can still move and rotate to face its direction
proper hatch
I'm exporting FBX from UE to C4D. Why some textures appears in the materials while other don't? Is it a naming convention?
Anyway I can get as much materials linked to the FBX in C4D or Blender?
jolly steppe
I have the same issue
that's what I do though.
you'll most likely end up changing materials anyway.
proper hatch
What's frustrating is that some normal maps and some Albedos show up in the C4D material.
Anyone tried that with Blender?
honest vale
why even do the materials twice?
just slap the diffuse on while modeling and then just create the material in UE 4
proper hatch
I'm talking from UE to C4D export. Are we talking about the same thing?
proper hatch
yeah I'm wondering if anyone tried a successful export from UE to Blender
earnest scaffold
I would like to do a torus world in combine the view of two camera into one
How we can do that ? I don't fond on google
fierce forge
why the client/clients have a glitch animations from this values ?
but at server is perfect
carmine garnet
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
glossy kayak
Anybody, help with this, please. I can't find info about this error in internet... T_T
gentle agate
I am me? I'm not selling anything?
plush yew
@gentle agate nono. only the 2nd line is to you. regarding the wobbly bobbly cuties
😮 is your soul in this wobbly body?
so adorable
gentle agate
Yes the slime is me. I'm just beginning and didn't want to follow humanoid tutorials so I messed up alot 😛
Not a 3d artist at all. But slimes have a nice simplicity to them
tender flume
Question.
If I dont have a specular map, whats the closest to it?
Can I use a metallic map instead?
dry shuttle
Hello all good morning or afternoon. Quick question, does anyone know how to make sure an asset in my project is not currently being used? I would like to get rid of some of the assets as I am not currently using all of a pack, I use a little from one or another and dont need the other assets and would like to get rid of them/
tender flume
Nvm, figured out thanks
fierce tulip
@gentle agate that blob is kawaiiii
dark rune
my cursor in my game is mobile and is not locked in place. How do I make a crosshair follow it on screen?
thorny perch
the deepr I get, the more I love UE4 😄
just getting to love the material node-editor
Not much yet, but coming along 😄
sketching ideas with simple primitives first, then I create the final models, next is the ceiling light rig
abstract relic
#work-in-progress
blissful trail
any way to maybe increase frames ? lowering graphics doesn't do anything
im trying to get 30fps with 4 different things open
honest vale
it's your CPU that's holding you back most likely
thorny perch
@abstract relic just a general praise of UE4 😄
super new to it, loves it simplicty when one needs it and the complexity when getting there 🙂
rain venture
can I make my own custom graphic settings that doesn't increase gpu usage too much?
screen percentage and framerate are the biggest issues in unreal engine
I already found a solution for frame rate
but for screen percentage
loud knoll
yes, you can turn off rendering features
loud knoll
yeah you can set those and not give the player an option to change them
rain venture
how many commands does the screen resolution has?
loud knoll
you might want to do a search about this subject I think I went through a tutorial its a lot of information you can change a lot of things, you also need to think about a strategy if you are planning on selling the product. You dont want to limit your game to your machines limitations or maybe you do,
rain venture
I think there was a document where it was showing all the console commands for graphics
loud knoll
do a search for graphic settings unreal engine 4
rain venture
found it!
loud knoll
yeah try to think about it from your perspective of developing the product and the "customer"
you can do what ever you want, just put yourself in the customers shoes and decide what is best for them you know your game better then anyone else.
rain venture
alright
loud knoll
when I was using a 580GTX a few years ago I knew I was going to run out of video horse power, then I got 1080GTX but I had plan to fill one cup and then expand to that next level of graphics. If you set the hardware to the current or future console specs you know that most gamers can run those games that are PC gamers, if you are doing a mobile game you have to spec your game toward the most common used hardware out in the wild. Which might cause some limitations but you want to make that choice for them so your product is being seen at the highest level quality possible.
plush yew
is it really possible to see code of all games?
fierce tulip
no
fierce tulip
barely any game allows it
i think your question is wrong
basically no game alles access to source code
fierce tulip
there is a difference between access to source code, and having aspects of it open for mods.
plush yew
somehow some games can be opened
plush yew
so they can get access?
fierce tulip
read
clever sequoia
Where can I ask a question? 😄
fierce tulip
the channel thats most related to your question :)
clever sequoia
It is about the standard movement in the editor.
fierce tulip
this one might work
clever sequoia
Ok, I want to disable the LMB Drag and the RMB Drag movement... How to do this?
fierce tulip
not sure you can, not sure why you would do that either.
anyways
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/UI/LevelEditor/Viewports/ViewportControls/index.html
clever sequoia
I am C4D user, and I only want to move the canera with Alt-Mouse! 😄
I cant find any setting to disable it?!
azure shore
hey, why do unlit materials still appear to be lit slightly? just a sec Ill show a screenshot
lilac sparrow
ue4 game
fierce tulip
@lilac sparrow this is not a channel to just post random ue4 games
lilac sparrow
oh okey sory
fierce tulip
think it already got posted in released a few days back as well
lilac sparrow
on which channel did he broadcast?
fierce tulip
@azure shore to quote Raildex
"The Lit Mode has Post Processing and Tonemapping Applied, thats why even unlit materials look different between lit and unlit"
azure shore
ah, so how can I take them off?
fierce tulip
@lilac sparrow as I said, he posted in #released
edit the engine source, custom passes.. Iunno, outside of my paygrade
plush yew
Hi,how can I load a new level when colliding with an object?
azure shore
isnt there just some load level node
ffs unreal
one unlit material
5k shaders makes sense
guess Ill be waiting till next week
fierce tulip
if that material is used a lot, that makes sense
azure shore
nah theres three cube brushes in the whole map
clever sequoia
Another question:
I modelled a sword in Blender and now I want to bring it with the materials into UE. Everytime I am doing this with datasmith or fbx the glass textures are completele false and the blender noise texture (procedural) are also gone?! How to fix it or how to inmport blender assets with materials into UE4?
fierce tulip
you can import textures used, but not materials afaik
shell jetty
god like luos? @tender flume like that VFX asset master?
clever sequoia
Oh. Thats too bad!
shell jetty
well the thing is early stages still
clever sequoia
I have also the sword in Corona C4D... Is this possible?
half scroll
hello everyone, whoever knows what this parameter is and why it can increase
tender flume
He's one of the best.
fierce tulip
dont really agree, but thanks
plush yew
@azure shore might be color grading
azure shore
well, is there a way to just keep the game in unlit mode entirely?
tiny sonnet
remove lights
plush yew
i found some workaround for it the other day
because my sprites looked all color graded
or it it tonemapped?
I'll try to set something up
Anybody know what changed in 4.24 that causes lighting to do this now?
serene birch
unlit means you write HDR color
thick herald
Having trouble linking to Github, I click connect it says redirection but loops back to the connected accounts page without doing anything. Anyone experienced this or know what might be causing it? I've disabled all blockers etc in the browser.
serene birch
screen isn't in HDR though
so you NEED the tonemapper to convert HDR to displayable colors
you can set a custom Tonemapper if you want now though without having to recompile the engine
tonemapper job is to convert HDR to SDR (or to a lower grade HDR screen)
plush yew
showflag.tonemapper 0 seems to work and also
r.TonemapperGamma 0
r.TonemapperFilm 0
r.Tonemapper.Quality 0
and also on the postprocess volume you might disable auto exposure by setting min and max to 1 and maybe even bloom, depending on what you need
serene birch
I think you want exposure at 0 rather than 1 for a neutral effect
serene birch
if it's in EV100 notation 😛
plush yew
but maybe 0 does even less
I think there was also a way where you could set the film settings to certain values to disable it but I might be wrong
serene birch
better write a custom tonemapper for that, the shader will be far simpler than trying to tweak the math/values of the current one
azure shore
thanks
hidden aurora
Making a dedicated server is way too hard lol
azure shore
ok Im not sure which was the actual solution
floral arrow
is it possible to copy foliage from one level to the next. im copying an island i made that has grass on it to a new level but the grass doesnt copy over. everything else does though
normal burrow
Hm unless someone else knows better, maybe you could use world comp to move it into the new level
plush yew
@normal burrow