some things like when to use 'make relative transform' or 'relative parent transform' or whatever the other similarly named node is.. like there could be a lot of improvement. but its just a side effect of unreal using quat, and two vectors over a matrix in a lot of places
#ue4-general
normal burrow
rancid lynx
oh
well. its almost simple : ) Thanks Todd Sweeny
tim Sweeny haha. i had to wiki google it. oops
obtuse swift
is there a help channel anywhere?
normal burrow
obtuse swift
thx
pastel magnet
hey, is there somewhere I can post for help with animating a mesh in unreal?
been stumped on it the past two days
dire fjord
I have solved the issue of the constant compiling of shaders. I have no idea how this problem occurred. I did not intentionally put these lines into my defaultengine.ini so I have no idea how these got in here.
Boot=(Type=Boot, Filename=”%GAMEDIR%DerivedDataCache/Boot.ddc”, MaxCacheSize=512)
Local=(Type=FileSystem, ReadOnly=false, Clean=false, Flush=false, PurgeTransient=true, DeleteUnused=true, UnusedFileAge=34, FoldersToClean=-1, Path=”%GAMEDIR%DerivedDataCache”) ```
These lines caused it to look for a DDC folder inside the game folder. Since it didn't exist, it couldn't access it and just compiled shaders to memory temporarily. It had to redo it every restart. I tried creating the folder but it still couldn't access that folder. Finally I just removed those lines since I have no idea how they got in there. On restart it had to recompile one more time, but after doing that and restarting, the project now opens normally.What could possibly edit my ini file and insert those lines without my knowledge?
This project was fine for about 3 months before this started happening.
tidal crypt
Why is converting an FString to a char array impossible?
swift spindle
because F-U (horrible tech joke!)
tidal crypt
damn this is annoying
like I can only send out a char and i have no idea how to work with fstring
The docs don't seem to say how to use certain things or what they return like getchararray
I just need this stupid fucking vector in the correct format to go through this fucking socket
barren flume
Does anyone know how to setup online multiplayer?
I have multiplayer setup but for lan
normal burrow
#cpp should be able to help you out if you run into more things like that. Heading out for the night
plush yew
Is it possible to increase lighting intensity on a per-mesh basis?
abstract relic
Look into ambient occlusion
plush yew
Isn't that just fake detail shadows? I'm looking to decrease the strength of the shadows on my character specifically, and I've found that increasing the indirect lighting intensity does a good job of that (as well as screwing up the environment lighting)
normal burrow
Ambient occlusion would work, as you could darken the effects of light.
Not something you can just scale arbitrarily though (intensity)
lucid magnet
No matter what i do, i cant seem to have my EnemyBlueprint play montages - i dont know why, and i have tried a lot of stuff - can anyone help, its really anoying
lucid magnet
f this shit - i found the solution
dim arch
hey
to deploy a project to an iOS device
you need a mac, right?
for example, if I wanna make some ARKit app, I need to package and deploy it using OSX?
glossy ginkgo
You guys know if it's possible to take like a planet that is small and when you go in it it's like 100x bigger in terms of map size? Tryna have 2 planets with the same concept in the same map (@ me or dm me plz for a solution)
half turtle
so i got this bp that has an increment for an int in an array of structures, for some reason it instead decrements...
the increment at the end of the chain is decrementing instead of incrementing
urban rapids
Hello everyone,
Do anyone know how to make mirror geometry in unreal engine easily?
frozen mural
anyone can guide me how to export maximo fbx to ue4? my animation seems not working when downloaded as fbx
rustic imp
anyone know if there's an easy way to replace a font with a new one on all widgets?
plush yew
make it a variable
urban rapids
@dim arch worked like a charm! many thanks!!
alpine elm
hi hope everyone is well and staying safe in the pandemic can anyone give us some advice we are trying to create a island the width is 1287.48 KM how can i create the height map
the total size of the island is 200,000 km
what's the best height map software ?
silent forum
you can divide into layers like the Kite demo
hmm
never tried before
there are so many programs of it btw
like the World Machine etc
misty stone
does anyone know any good github alternatives? I need to use more than the bandwidth quota but can't afford to increase it.
silver crown
gitlab
vestal anchor
Could anyone lend me a hand possibly? I am incredibly Unreal novice so I followed a tutorial to get the bulk of what I wanted, leaving everything out that I didn't need. Everything is working as I need it to but I can't seem to get any menus working (pause or main). I am also trying to implement a "remove built object" function but no luck. I've tried everything I can think of, nothing is working.
plush yew
can anyone recommend something good on the marketplace for vehicles that are fun to drive? i think i saw everything there is but figured i'd ask here as well just in case
something arcadeish with just the right amount of realism so that its fun
ideally i want something that can even make a cube drive, with wheels being optional / fake, but anything thats fun to drive will do
rich helm
What specs do my computer have to have to run UE4 60fps
plush yew
depends on what you have in UE4 i guess...
rich helm
Ik my system is trash but can I run UE4 with I5, Gt520M, or is that wayy to old
8Gb ram
radiant haven
GUys, how can I make a mesh, that only collides with a specific mesh
somber quail
GUys, how can I make a mesh, that only collides with a specific mesh
@radiant haven Custom collision channels
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Physics/Collision/HowTo/AddCustomCollisionType/index.html
hi hope everyone is well and staying safe in the pandemic can anyone give us some advice we are trying to create a island the width is 1287.48 KM how can i create the height map
the total size of the island is 200,000 kmwhat's the best height map software ?
@alpine elm
World Machine is the most well know. Gaea is also good and is made by the guy who made the popular "GeoGlyph" plugin for World Machine. World Creator 2 is another good option.
dim merlin
Hi, anyone knows distance field shadows can be updated at runtime? e.g. spawning actors with DFS ?
oblique tangle
Anyone know if it's possible to affect an emitter's attach point once it has been generated in game?
Not the end point, but the starting attach point in particular
hoary locust
In 4.23 my landscape material was about 7k shaders to compile, now in 4.24 it wanted to compile 70k shaders but I quit out and tried it again, 35k shaders now... What's up with that?
plush yew
@rich helm sure depending on what you wanna do with it
@rich helm also i5 does not say much, if you got a K (unlocked multiplier) they are generally pretty amazing overclocked
GPU is old though, but should be fine if you don't do anything that it can't handle i guess
could try to find a more recent cheap second hand GPU
hoary locust
quit out again, now it's back to 70k shaders
nobody warned me that 4.24 required 10 times more shaders
abstract relic
When you use any engine for the first time. It needs to compile everything. Once that’s done, it’ll be cached so you don’t have to recompile those foundational shaders
rich helm
@rich helm sure depending on what you wanna do with it
But why do I get low fps on a blank template?
hoary locust
I already have compiled everything, this is just me changing one thing in the material
abstract relic
Hmm
civic lance
So i packaged my game and stuff, for 64 bit, but when I try to run my executable, literally nothing happens. You guys know anything about that?
No errors or anything
abstract relic
I’ve heard several people had that issue over the years. Unfortunately they never tell us how they fixed the issue 1cg.
Hopefully someone will step forward
civic lance
I'll try building it as a 32bit app, see if it works
radiant haven
@somber quail Doesnt help me, I have a collision sphere and it collides with itself (cause its overlapping the mesh) but I dont want that. the collider only should overlap(trigger) at an other mesh
hoary locust
collides with itself cause it's overlapping the mesh... what?
dreamy lake
anyone else who has had flickering issues after pressing the play button ?
radiant haven
@hoary locust Yes#
it overlaps with itself
and sadly it also collides with the Plane that shot it and thats bad
hoary locust
a collider cannot collide with a mesh
read the link and set your collision up properly
you can decide what exactly collides with what
shadow violet
how can i divide texture to sub sprites?
proper stump
im spawning a bullet object, that has a prejectile movment, to the SpawnActor i pass a transform with location and rotation, but where do I set the direction of the perjectile trajectory?
supple totem
Somewhere on the proj comp. I think initial velocity?
proper stump
@supple totem yes, that's there, but it needs to be changed on every spawn.. is that possible?
supple totem
Yeah just set it after you spawn it
odd lantern
Does anyone know how to turn off the snapping on x and y axis when moving tiled landscape in World Composition ?
It's very frustrated since I just need to offset it a little bit to match with the old landscape.
Thanks a lot !
plush yew
plush yew
np, hope it helps enough to get it useable
if not just find a cheap second hand card i would say (maybe a 970, pretty cheap now)
light thunder
Is it possible to rename a display name of an object via blueprint?
grim ore
he has a laptop, hence the M on the end of the video card number, so he wont be able to replace it and chances are its a dual core 2nd gen CPU so there isnt much they can do to get good performance in UE4 @rich helm. about all you can do is replace it if this is the case
light thunder
@grim ore Following your WTF is Download Image video - What did I do wrong here? The download Image output is now dynamic but that's not compatible with the brush texture?
It is downloading as successful and I am copying the print out from the URL string and manually checking it in a browser and it displays the image fine
Crap, even THIS didn't work -
I changed the type to match but even when it is successful, the texture itself comes back as none, I'll try a non-google api image, even though the browser test works, maybe UE isn't playing nice with it
Okay, I figured it out...if anyone ever does searches here, hopefully this will help if you want to DOWNLOAD AN IMAGE AND SET IT TO A TEXTURE IN UMG - Make sure you use the On Success Node, because if you use the top execution pin, it will pass the texture before it has been actually downloaded, in which case, you will have an empty image
sage kettle
Guys, I cannot drag and drop any files to content browser 4.24 anyone having the same issue?
Same goes for fbx obj import and textures
native garden
is there any good tutorial on how to export from max to ue4?
vague topaz
@native garden I use the datasmith exporter from unreal engine to go from Max to UE4. In most cases this works really well.
Does anyone know if you can use an eGPU say a 2080RTX ti for rendering inside of unreal engine? I am working remote and don’t have access to powerful cards ATM. If you can, is there a setting in UE4 to recognize the eGPU as the primary graphics?
dire coral
can i get some help im replicating the weapon component asset in my own project and i did every thing except some of the animations (that should interfear) i cant get the parent weapon to appear in the world when i press play the code is the same as well as the settings
for the actor
grave osprey
When skeletal mesh LOD implemented :(
limber mesa
how can i make a procedural foliage
i have it checked but its not showing up in misc
nvm i found it
they moved it
anyone know where the foliage type is at?
grave osprey
Anyone here manage to export UE mannequin to blender and didnt have distorted bones ?
I need the bones for skinning my character. But when i import it the bone is scewed. The result stay the same with autodesk max
grim ore
@light thunder lol I went looking at my video to see if I messed it up and I do mention that it doesnt return the image until the success and in the notes I have the fix for the new return type
@vague topaz https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/general-discussion/4068-multiple-graphics-adapters-related-to-4-1-qfe-very-low-fps-rendering , use the output log on startup to see the #'s assigned to each adapter
brisk urchin
If I use the Merge Actors Option under the Dev Tools section in UE4, does it create a new static mesh in my content browser? Also, do I still keep the two original static meshes as separate unmerged in the content browser too??
limber mesa
@grim ore sorry for the ping but do you know where foliage type is at?
vague topaz
@grim ore Thanks for the link. Read through it and it looks like trying to specify the device with a command doesn’t always work and sometimes reverts to CPU only which wouldn’t work since I’m trying to do some raytracing with the eGPU. But worth a shot, maybe it’s been worked out since the 4.14 to 4.22 they spoke about in that chain. Thanks again!
light thunder
@grim ore Thanks for following up, yeah it was my dumbass mistake for not even thinking about using the success pin
zenith lily
Does anyone know here how to fix like darker / more black lightmaps on imported LODs? It's driving me crazy
Left pillar/column is how it should look (LOD0) but on the right (LOD1) you see the lightmap is way worse
left sphinx
so the same data issue has decided to pop up again even though the name change thing work until now
brazen pond
Anyone have problems with the New RTX cards tanking your performance in UE4 4.24, I'm getting a nice solid 120 FPS in game, But my friend running a 2080 card with the latest drivers gets 1-5FPS and constant stuttering
junior shard
when i resize the capsule for my char it gets too high how can i move it down? (third person blueprint)
left sphinx
any advice on fixing that build data issue the name is just Reflections no spaces or anything
light thunder
Silly question - is your hard drive low on space?
that's caught me more times than I'd care to admit
@left sphinx
worn granite
multiple editors open is also common
left sphinx
@light thunder 148gb free space
light thunder
This is more of a programming logic issue, but can someone give me a nudge here?
I'm still working on this map to help firefighters learn their zones (and get there faster). So I've been fiddling with Google API calls, it works fine but I'd love to center the image on the actual point from Unreal, meaning, if you had an image pointing to a specific street on google , rather than just center on wherever google thinks that street is, you could take the point and center it specifically on the lat/longitude.
**I'm trying to convert the position of the image on the widget I have relative to actual map lat/longitude. ** I think the concept is right but I could use a little help getting over this hump -
My steps are :
- Get the position of the pushpin image itself, relative to the widget it is on. ex : x - 765, y - 440
- Multiply those number by the magical factor that converts it to it's Lat/Long
- Insert the adjust number into a string used to make the API call to google maps
It works for just one and I know it is because I haven't figured out the RANGE , say, of a change in a single X unit, to the corresponding Latitude number. I'm trying to find the pattern here, should I just take the actual dimensions of the image itself like 0, 1920, and convert those to their lat/longitude, and use that to find the range. Any ideas on how to do this? Not sure how I should deal with the lower dimension, like 0 (or even 1) and convert that to latitude, and translate that appropriately.
left sphinx
@worn granite just one editor
light thunder
You've restarted it right?
left sphinx
yeah
worn granite
@left sphinx source control?
limber mesa
anyone know how i can find foliage type
left sphinx
@worn granite is disabled
worn granite
Oh that's a bummer
light thunder
Have you built that same reflection data before?
worn granite
Free space, only one editor, no source control... my friend, windows has lost your file handle and you need a restart
knotty rampart
Does anyone have a recent Blutilities tutorial?
dire coral
any good multiplayer inv system
exotic cave
@light thunder : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensional_analysis might help.
One of the issues you may find is that you're fundamentally trying to convert rectangular screen coordinates to a spherical world coordinate system. Remember, the real world is round.
Each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles (111 kilometers) apart. The range varies (due to the earth's slightly ellipsoid shape) from 68.703 miles (110.567 km) at the equator to 69.407 (111.699 km) at the poles
A degree of longitude is widest at the equator at 69.172 miles (111.321) and gradually shrinks to zero at the poles.
I can't tell offhand if longitude lerps from 69.172 mi to 0 mi, or if it's another kind of relationship besides a linear one. 🙂 Good luck!
light thunder
Well, thankfully I have a small sample size relative to the world (like less than 5 square miles probably, if that)
@exotic cave and only have to repeat this approximation maybe, 10 times in total
Range of image dimensions vs lat/long
0,0 - 28.555914, -81.783670
1920,1080 - 28.525743, -81.730122
x - -30,171
y - -53548
exotic cave
I mean, I would guess you can get the lat/long of a point on Google Maps from the API somehow, no?
light thunder
Already done that, I'm trying to work backword and figure out the lat/longitude of the points I have in the widget itself
exotic cave
Then take the scale of your screen in miles, and convert that to degrees based on your distance from the equator
light thunder
couldn't i do this? 0,0 - 28.555914, -81.783670
1920,1080 - 28.525743, -81.730122
x - -30,171
y - -53548
normal burrow
would recommend just storing the lat lon on the pins somewhere other than where you place them on ui
your placing them no?
light thunder
@normal burrow that''s alot more work
light thunder
the data I have is for the streets themselves, names and stuff, and I do have a lot of GIS dadta but I don't have the specific lat/long of the areas I want
I'm not doing that for like 600 streets
normal burrow
well this math your coming up with, or storing accurate data
exotic cave
You can GET THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE of ANY GOOGLE MAPS REQUEST YOU MAKE man 😄
light thunder
if I can figure this out, it will do more
exotic cave
Goodness gracious
normal burrow
lol
light thunder
You aren't listening friend
exotic cave
Gmaps GIVES you the coordinates in lat/long in areas where it doesn't have good street data
light thunder
look at that 3rd street icon
exotic cave
This is your homework, not mine
light thunder
hah
exotic cave
I try to help out here when I can. In this case, I'm happy to bow out. Enjoy.
light thunder
if I do an api call on that, if will give me 3rd street much farther away
than where I specifically want it, but thanks for at least taking a look, it's not like I can ask for the money back
normal burrow
are you placing the pins tho?
light thunder
yeah but that's a fast drag and drop, maybe some rotation
and it's over a static image not a google maps API
normal burrow
when you place them, do you not find the relevant data your looking for here?
light thunder
I'm just making a static api call after the fact
no, this is all widget stuff that's driven by some data tables, but again, the lat/long (which is in an excel file) is a generic lat/long, not specifically placed
normal burrow
coudl you not stuff the data in the excell file? i'm just trying to understand why you want to work backwards
light thunder
like, if you google the street outside your neighborhood, it will give you a random spot on it, not the spot right outside, unless you give a numeric
exotic cave
Use actual street addresses? Street corners etc?
Yes, if you Google a street, it will give you a spot somewhere else in the city that is roughly the "middle" of that street.
light thunder
I might look into that, but the problem is figuring out the api call, and I have north/south sections of the street to deal with
exotic cave
I mean, seriously, the lat/long math you want to do is not hard either
light thunder
I agree with you, that's why I'm looking at figuring it out
normal burrow
if lat lon is all you need yeah, that is very forward math
exotic cave
Assuming you have the lat/long of your center point and the scale of your map
normal burrow
you can more or less designate a lat lon per corner of your map and interpolate
light thunder
scale is problamatic, can I use dimension?
normal burrow
that ignores curvature of course but w/e, game
normal burrow
well you lerp (start_lon, end_lon, pixel_lon / pixels_lon_size) yeah
exotic cave
Calculation at right bottom corner should be that you add (scale of map in miles)/lerp(68.703-69.407, normalized latitude from 0-1) for lat
light thunder
0,0 - 28.555914, -81.783670
1920,1080 - 28.525743, -81.730122
x = -30,171
y = -53548
exotic cave
And (scale of map)/lerp(0, 69.172, normalized lat) for long
snow reef
is there anyone i can go to for help with a problem?
exotic cave
@narrow ridge : They're all over. Just ask.
normal burrow
so for x blake
T = (x - 0)/(1920-0)
A = -28.555914
B = -28.525743
answer = (B * T) + (A * (1.0-T));
(aka lerp(A,B,T) which is just (A+(T*(B-A)) [same fundamental result] )
the - 0 there is just to give you an idea of a start pixel space, going from 0 to 1920
narrow ridge
@narrow ridge : They're all over. Just ask.
Wrong tag? 😅
exotic cave
Yeah, my fault.
I really thought I had the right one.
@snow reef : Just ask! Don't ask about asking.
exotic cave
gives thanks for his ridiculous old hip hop DJ name that he specifically picked to be unique in an internet search
normal burrow
dj exo was me, but there are many of these
normal burrow
you know
its a real thought
but i don't think so because they're spherical coordinates more or less
we're already assuming a flat world here
but i bet there is a lot of standardized way for this stuff if you wanted to be more accurate @light thunder
wouldn't doubt google maps relays stuff like curvature
light thunder
It doesn't need to be that accurate
there is a decent amount of "ISH" / wiggle room
just not lerping this right
T = (x - 0)/(1920-0)
A = -28.555914
B = -28.525743
@normal burrow how do I do this for the resolution again? what if it is zero?
snow reef
does anyone know how to fix this? whenever i jump i just continue to float like this https://gyazo.com/516c2d7e06ec426cacdcaa07dcad3bf2
exotic cave
@snow reef : We'd need to see your Blueprint...check your scene gravity also.
normal burrow
lol 😄
normal burrow
but blake you take the position of the pin, divide it by resolution if the top corner is zero, this is what you pass into lerp
light thunder
I'm doing this wrong too @normal burrow Obviously I need to normalize, just not sure how
rough hound
What type of external database would you use? Or does UE4 have a way to store data by itself?
light thunder
god i'm dumb
rough hound
Thinking about stuff like MySQL etc.
light thunder
@normal burrow better?
normal burrow
yes but you lerp between the start and end lat / lon
the part passed into alpha is correct
A should be left side of the screen, b right
light thunder
the vector on the left is the screen position
normal burrow
nosql is a fine option zadkiel but idk about bp support
rough hound
nosql?
normal burrow
i gathered that blake
normal burrow
ye first set of lerps there you should get rid of
the lerps in the comment are what you want
light thunder
that's what I was looking for
normal burrow
pass alpha as the ones you need to remove
light thunder
thanks for spelling that out for me
it's a smidge off...I know this is a very hacky/sloppy way of doing it, but it's not really essential I was just trying to see what extra stuff I could easily add
too far to the south...hmmm
normal burrow
you may want to consider where the points on the pins are
i don't know what corner of the image is the screen position
light thunder
yeah, i am trying to get the exact center but I think the points themselves, yeah I'm sure that's enough to throw it off
normal burrow
can always fudge it until it looks right
light thunder
rough hound
Would it be optimistic of me to hope a SQlite plugin from 5 years ago still works?
light thunder
so, i'm placing it so the end of the actual point is literally pointing into the street itself
normal burrow
i'd call that optimistic
light thunder
so maybe just a small image actor on to this widget and get the thing's coordinates
rough hound
Ugh. Everything that seems up to date is like 40€ on the marketplace.
normal burrow
yeah that would be ideal blake. you could also just put an + to the screen point and find some value that looks proper
so long as the screen point is always in range of 1920 x 1080 it'll be fine
neon bough
@rough hound data tables
rough hound
I need to be able to write to it in realtime
normal burrow
can't write to datatables afaik
rough hound
DataTables are read only.
normal burrow
maybe with bluetilities or editor python you can
neon bough
well, then i would give that sqlite thing a try
normal burrow
but i'm assuming this is for runtime storage
rough hound
I'm making persistent character system.
normal burrow
sleepers?
rough hound
?
rough hound
I just mean persistent in that the server can be turned on and off and people still load in with their characters.
normal burrow
yeah then your sqlite would be worthy
can't recommend anything i've not used, but yeah
rough hound
Problem is there's nothing up to date.
normal burrow
protocol buffers are great but i highly doubt there is anything like that for blueprints
light thunder
@normal burrow Okay, so I can figure out the + to the screen point, so here, it's like 724,160 in the widget but the point is actually 789, 225...it's easy enough to add that on, but what if I have the image push pin rotated? that distance wouldn't be the same since it might be higher instead?
light thunder
just need to figure out a helper that is on that widget but fits with the scale box
because then the position could be polled relatively
neon bough
thats simple trigonometry
light thunder
sometimes I think trig is simpler than figuring out widget rules/hierarchy
normal burrow
personally, i would just take that position your sending into lerp and offset it with an add until it looks right
light thunder
just need to put something there so I can get the exact coordinates of the "point" of the pushpin
I tried that @normal burrow but with the different rotations, it's throwing it off a lot more than I thought it would
polar hawk
just... make a new texture with the push point being exactly on the bottom of the image centered horizontally?
normal burrow
ah if you've got multiple rotations ye idk
neon bough
in widgets you can use vector math to make life easier
polar hawk
then adjust the pivot point to be 0.5, 1 or whatever
and then it'll just rotate around that point
¯_(ツ)_/¯
neon bough
yea that sounds like a good suggestion^
normal burrow
its a good approach
polar hawk
you're making your life harder by not just using a sane texture
neon bough
or make one where the pin hits exactly the center?!
would allow all rotations without a hastle
polar hawk
either way
normal burrow
widget's pivot is what matter i think though but me giving advice on umg is not a great thing
polar hawk
making the push point dead center will be easier
normal burrow
ye
polar hawk
wastes some texture space but honestly you probably don't need to worry about ui texture waste
especially if your problem is just texture alignment
light thunder
@polar hawk How do I do that given this hierarchy?
polar hawk
you open photoshop
light thunder
lol goddamnit
exotic cave
@snow reef : Are you just using the default Third Person Controller?
If so, then you have a problem with your stage setup or your project settings.
light thunder
I literally can't just drag and drop ANY UI element on top of that pin, I guess because it is a button?
polar hawk
wait what
exotic cave
The Third Person Controller works, and it works well. If you're sticking in the air, you've likely got some rogue colliders somewhere, or a problem with your stage gravity.
polar hawk
imma have to afk this one
light thunder
well that makes me feel a bit better
normal burrow
consider using anything other than a pin
like a circle, that would be pretty straight forward
then you could swap it out later on
light thunder
the things can get pretty busy, but I"ve learned the hard way, once you position these things, they are SET
normal burrow
light thunder
yeah, try driving an emergency vehicle to that shit, when the street breaks up 3 times
light thunder
whoever planned those roads should have been drug out to the street and shot, those guys took their money and retired and laughed their asses off
I looked at some google api calls that might show a path (in fact my implementation now does that) but figuring out how to implement that into some UI that allows you to click on it
@normal burrow um, I"m dumb, I can use your + screen space adjustment thing, I just need to compensate for the rotation, but that is a known quantity so I need to use it
so -140 there
normal burrow
so your placing these pins in umg manually right?
light thunder
I suppose I could have google place them but I'd have to figure out the correct addresses, it would never be exact
normal burrow
like move the whole thing up, left
light thunder
yes, but how do you get that green outlay to be by the point itself? further down
I guess that should work?
normal burrow
i'm not sure what that represents, but if the pin point is at 0,0 the whole pin will rotate about the point of it
light thunder
how would I access that in blueprint, if I get it directly from the widget itself, it gets the relative dimensions
Slot as Canvas doesn't seem to work with Widget...hmmm
lucid magnet
what function do i use to smoothly go from one float value to another over time?
tough fractal
Hi everyone, i made a build for my project for windows but when i launch the file, it don't launch. any help please. when i pack the project for windows32bits, the process run until displaying message "Build Success". but when i try to launch the executable, it don't launch.
mellow pebble
what function do i use to smoothly go from one float value to another over time?
@lucid magnet finterp to maybe
limber mesa
Where is the foliage type at. I’m trying to make a forest
mellow pebble
Miscellanous
mellow pebble
Right click in the content browser
Might need to go to editor preferences and enable "procedural foliage" under Experimental
mellow pebble
Hmm that's odd
mellow pebble
What version are you using? (I'm on 4.21)
limber mesa
I have 4.24
lucid magnet
ok
limber mesa
It’s not there
teal tulip
Well I see it in your capture
limber mesa
teal tulip
Staitc Mesh Foliage
mellow pebble
They renamed it? oof
mellow pebble
My goodness that SLIGHTLY bugs me lol
dark rune
is there like a voice to text plugin? i want to try sth with voice to text
limber mesa
Thanks everyone
mellow pebble
np
keen moss
anyone ever experienced a bug with unreal raytracing where it shows something in the reflection that is totally wrong?
light thunder
@normal burrow the reference to the position from the pin isn't a problem, I have that...what do I do with it to get it's screen position? The only blueprint node I can find that goes Get Position is a Canvas Slot but when I try that it comes back empty
neon bough
get transforms?
grim ore
canvas slot is the only one that has a position associated with it, the other parent panels are more layout designed
so if this widget is not in a canvas panel you will not be able to position it in a fixed position
light thunder
reference
severe elbow
how to make a physics entity rotate using custom axis (like player's axis for example)
light thunder
it is in canvas panel, but how do I ask the canvas panel to tell me where it is?
light thunder
@grim ore How do I get that particular position?
grim ore
your not going to have a good time thats for sure
you would have to take the positioner, slot as to the parent whjich looks like a button? then slot that result as the scale box, then slot that result as a canvas panel and NOW you can adjust the position of the Scale Box which adjusts the children of it. Or you can just go right to the scale box, slot as canvas, and move it like that.
if you look at the positioner in the details panel, the top will say Slot (Whatever) and have controls. Those controls are the only controls you can use to adjust it and you slot it as the whatever (the parent)
Parents control layout of children in UMG
light thunder
Can I work down from the top? I'm doing this from the actual widget itself
grim ore
well you would move the scale box in this case if you are trying to position this item somewhere in a fixed position as the scale box is the only item that is a child of the canvas panel
light thunder
that, or figure out the math based on the rotation of that image
-140 there
zero there
basically I"m looking for the offset from the center of that widget/image so I can add it to a lerp that converts screen space coord to lat/long
it works but it is off because I'm not getting the point the pin is pointing at, I"m getting some center of the image
grim ore
yep. Doesnt the scale box have an alignment variable that defines the center point? cant you just set that to where the pins center is then whenever you move or rotate the scale box it should do it around the pin point no?
since the scale box is the parent of this mess
light thunder
grim ore
ok so in your case from what I can see playing with this
if I use the scale box alignment settings to move the point I want to the top left of the canvas panel then do any offsets scales sheers rotations to the canvas panel then that point (the canvas panel point as the parent) is the exact location of that item in the umg ui
so like here you can see my scale box , the alignment is set to be the bottomish of that image, I want that to be my pin point basically
light thunder
hmm
grim ore
and now if I have that widget in another widget, my main UI the location of it in the parent canvas panel (my main ui panel) is correct for that point
you can see how its at 212,300 in the parent and thats the top left corner of that item or the bottom center of the image
spice shore
hey everyone i have a question on amd rx 5700 xt. I went from a gtx 1060 to the Rx 5700 xt and ever sence hated and loved it. but now unreal crashes hard. im getting video driver crash every time i place a cine camera on a map with only landscape material with grass instances in the shader. no trees and the cull distance is set to a 30,000 cm. any advice besides upgrading to nvidia right now.
Tdr is set to 60 also
light thunder
when I'm dragging it, I'm like wayyyy offset versus being exact
plush yew
Hey, where can I change max RAM limit for cook / packaging project? UE4.exe uses only half of my RAM
grim ore
but if I have more ram it should use it, what the hell I paid good money for this to not go to waste. Make it use it now now now!
normal burrow
lol 😄
cmon ue4, get careless
but really, just grab houdini and houdini engine plugin
you'll use all the rams
neat galleon
Hey so when I import my skeleton, the rotation axis aren't parallel to the model/forward direction, they're rotated slightly
Anyone know about this?
gray ether
Hey y'all, how do I open a map/level from a "pak" file?
I tried open [mapname] and it didn't work even though the pak file was mounted
whole quarry
grave nebula
Have you tried turning off and on ?
barren flume
brisk urchin
If I have a pretty large scene, what should my Skylight be set to? Static, Stationary or Movable?
My directional light (light source) is set a stationary if that matters or not.
honest mango
guys, is it possible to change bone rotation ? it goes left ... https://gyazo.com/a624eb104e24f5d646df8d8688f7db04
honest mango
i think i cant
plush yew
Is it better to go the blueprints route or the C++ route? For a decently complicated game.
bitter iris
im bp only atm, with some C++ tweaks
worn granite
Mixture of both IMO
grim ore
^^ both
worn granite
All enum and struct should be defined in cpp
grim ore
and better is subjective
worn granite
I say that simply for interoperability
exotic cave
Try Blueprints first. If you can't do it in a Blueprint then write the code.
limber mesa
i made a static foliage mesh, is there any way i can turn on collisions
exotic cave
I do not.
bitter iris
hmm ok
exotic cave
BP's are way easier to maintain and far less likely to spaghettify, in my experience.
limber mesa
c++ is pretty cool
bitter iris
I read it like "If you cant do BP which is easier, go to C++"
limber mesa
yes, someone who gets it
worn granite
If you plan to do that, make your core types in cpp. Becuase you will run into something that would be easier to do in code and it WILL need some core struct. If that core struct is a BP defined type you have to either replace it or mirror it over.
With that caveat I agree with Cali
BP are powerful and you can do most things with them
exotic cave
One big reason I will never switch back to UE's main "U" competitor willingly is the last non-BP project I did over there 😄
Code is great, the most powerful of all logic tools.
But because of that power, it's also very very easy to end up with code that doesn't talk to each other/steps on each others' toes.
plush yew
Just got back to UE4 after 2 years break, looking at my old blueprint screenshots and I can't understand crap xD
exotic cave
BP's just do that less, in my experience. Yes, you CAN still write logic badly in a Blueprint, but the very process of working through the graph tends to prevent a lot of cruft developing...if you do it right.
grim ore
always keep in mind that Blueprints have C++ behind them, it's not like some magic code that exists somewhere separate of C++
exotic cave
Of course. BP's just compile to actual code, like every other graph editor.
Anyone tried to write a shader by hand in the last few years, compared to the Material Editor? 😄 That's a good thought experiment for why BP's are the future, at least in my opinion.
heady moon
I think starting with C++ is better than starting with Blueprint
regardless of your programming level
worn granite
I fully agree. Starting with bare minimum, basic STL style c++ is the best start
heady moon
yes exactly.
worn granite
Get comfortable with that, then come to UE4 BP, then UE4 cpp
grim ore
oh god dont start with C++ if you are learning programming
worn granite
If you just come directly into UE4 cpp from nothing you will get rekt
limber mesa
if you know another language then c++ is ok @grim ore
worn granite
Matthew it is better to start with cpp than with ue4 cpp
grim ore
which is why I said learning programming
worn granite
Fair
heady moon
Which is what I'm saying lol
grim ore
and yes learning C++ normal before UE4 C++ is definitely the right way to approach that can of worms
heady moon
Yes of course. How are you going to understand -> and * then 😂
worn granite
We're all agreeing here
grim ore
but if you know basic programming, you can start with BP since it masks some of the harder crap in C++ and learn how stuff flows and goes together then look at that same code in C++ and recreate it and profit 🙂
worn granite
I like it
heady moon
grim ore
too many people are like "whooo C++ makes games, I am going to learn UE4 C++" and then... the error log starts
normal burrow
idk yall, is there really much to benefit from knowing std and console io if intention is to work in ue4?
heady moon
Yeah people think that buying a course would make them make a game and earn millions
normal burrow
you can pretty much treat ue4 c++ as unrealscript6
worn granite
@normal burrow Go into #cpp and scroll around for a while.
like the past few days is why you need plain cpp first
heady moon
^
worn granite
And it isn't that person's fault so I'm not going to ping them or mention them
heady moon
UE4 C++ = Prepared for game development C++
normal burrow
not saying there aren't shared topics of course, but i mean dedicating ones self to understanding how std::vector works or console io is, with every hello world thing could be a waste
worn granite
But not knowing how to call a function or how to add a param to a blank function is something you can learn Waaaaay faster without grappling with ANY engine
heady moon
void classname::function()
{
// your code
}
example of famous lines ue4 c++ devs write everyday 😂
normal burrow
yeah though, learning that kind of stuff through ue4 and not textbook console io etc is really that bad?
worn granite
Playing around with your debugger to know what is happening and how debuggers work is easier with console stuff
heady moon
yep
worn granite
If you ask for help here I expect to be able to give you partial psuedocode and you put it together well enough. If you started cpp earlier that afternoon you're going to have a hard time of it
maybe that's a poor assumption on my part?
heady moon
1 month is the minimal for understanding basic C++ (depending on how much you study daily)
normal burrow
i started with c++ long ago yeah, unreal mostly gives the finger to standard c++ so theres no denying that much of what you learn there is just gonna get tossed aside quick. stuff like pure virtuals, proper const usage, not fighting with uht all day 😄
but yeah wouldn't doubt i'm overlooking something, i'd just think one could pick up the stuff ue4 uses in particular and doesn't shun
worn granite
Yeah you definitely throw the baby out in that method somewhat but
If you said you're new to cpp and ue4 and asked me to explain TArray I'll compare it to STD::vector
heady moon
Here's a rule you must know:
Don't have so much hope,
Don't have 0 hope.
worn granite
The knowledge isn't entirely a waste
heady moon
You're not going to make the next GTA V tomorrow
you need to keep working hard
and keep making test games
until you're finally ready to enter the industry
normal burrow
yeah knowledge isn't a waste in general, wording not good there on my part. just its a very long detour for someone that wants to just make games. I'd rather stumble around in unreal working with 3d math and stuff than parsing and printing but its all programming yeah.
would say for sure though, you can't skip learning blueprints in ue4, that should be the first thing 😄
worn granite
I reckon a few weeks for a driven learner would be excessive to have a graceful transition to ue4 cpp
but it's all relative
worn granite
Eh
normal burrow
Eh indeed lol
heady moon
I guess this is a topic of opinions then.
worn granite
I make engine edits if there need to be engine edits
heady moon
but I'm pretty sure learning ue4-cpp first is better
normal burrow
i started with c++ in 2003 or so
and tbh i'm probably thinking much more than the basics when i think of picking up c++
if cpp outside of ue4 interests you, you should definitely go for it yeah
worn granite
I was actually suggesting the basics, yeah.
abstract relic
Why in the world would you learn an api before the basic?
worn granite
Getting comfortable all the way up through templates and having a minor amount of experience with preprocessor stuff
Dunno. Don't ask me. Some people are more "Unreal lets me make GTA, I must learn that and the industry uses C++ so even better" or they dive in for some other reason and don't know any C++
normal burrow
because the api rejects standards and basics is my thinking
worn granite
I'm talking (in some cases) more like "what is a for loop"
or "how do I debug"
--> MSVS Console App
normal burrow
All important things to learn, but i wouldn't say you need to seperate self from ue4 is all. like don't see importance to that, unless its a matter of learning material quality
abstract relic
“How do I do??”!😜
brisk urchin
If I have mutlple lights in building, is it ok to disable shadows from certain but not all light source in the building? Might it help with performance too?
plush yew
Guys I have a question about anticheat
worn granite
General accessibility of tutorials at that level, for one
Lot more off the street stuff if you learn c++ without UE on top
normal burrow
Ye if its an accessibility of good material to learn from then that makes sense. But i mean starting off with how to use the << and >> pipe operators is what my mind immediately goes to when i think "Standard C++ Tutorial" and its just that sort of stuff that is completely irrelevant. But its a great way to learn the language I suppose. Just not the stuff like vector subtraction and how to get distance etc, which you could potentially be picking up at the same time instead
plush yew
Is it enough to use the stores free anticheat for an offline rpg, or is there another free way to stop people from using something like cheat engine?
worn granite
You'll probably want an anticheat expert to answer that, dunno
Yeah, that's a decent point. Of you are able to learn that way you'll feel more accomplished as well
plush yew
Is it pointless to add stats to weapons in one BP , and ask if they match another BP so they can't do damage cheat?
runic fern
Hey Guys why when im deleting a file from my engine the engine freezing long time
runic fern
take ages 😄
abstract relic
Ye
dark rune
its a bug? thought it was my shitty pc
runic fern
no i have Ryzen 3600 and 16GB 3200Mhz its shouldn't be that shitty but still 😄
abstract relic
Delete time increased by tenfold in .24 (or was it .23?). Hopefully it’ll get fixed in .25
dark rune
btw does anyone know of voice recognition (speech to text) plugin that works in .22
i want to try a thing
runic fern
i have project in 23 its working normally when im deleting something but on 24 takes long time
normal burrow
I kind of hope it wasn't a fix in .24 for missing reasons to make a redirector or not. I fear that could be a case but i think it was confirmed as a bug somewhere right?
abstract relic
.24 then. Makes sense. Since they’re doing a lot of house cleaning in the engine
runic fern
if this is the reason no problem we can get sanitizer also 😄
abstract relic
It’s not on your end. Don’t sweat it
normal burrow
yeah, just bite bullets for now
runic fern
normal burrow
though i think a way to lessen the time is if you have less loaded in editor
so if you restart your project to an empty level, to delete things, might be quicker
abstract relic
Delete /intermediate (joking)
runic fern
well the level is empty except the sun and cine camera
normal burrow
yeah then just restart the editor if you've not freshly opened it. It might not be much of a win tbh though
runic fern
I think i will force close it because its been 15 minutes since i pressed on delete
or more
normal burrow
nah
do you have source control of some kind enabled in editor btw?
if your internet drops momentarily with source control and it needs to check something, it will get stuck. just mentioning it
runic fern
no im using git desktop
normal burrow
ok, yeah would just wait for it, check that the process is doing something in task manager
normal burrow
you've got 8 threads or so?
11.4 would be fully hung at one of those so yeah its definitely doing something lol
runic fern
How can i check the threads ?
frozen pond
is there way to create aset in game and then save it for ussage ?
digital anchor
subtle flex
runic fern
Mine is 12
hidden heart
lmao pat
normal burrow
so then you got more than one thread doing something to get that high
runic fern
ThreadRipper xD
normal burrow
wouldn't cancel it anyways
runic fern
frozen pond
@runic fern broda
runic fern
Its Monster @frozen pond
frozen pond
my first AMD cpu ever, don't regret (expect for motherboard bios update xD)
normal burrow
i didn't mean to trigger this lol
abstract relic
This is not the place for a dick measuring contest
frozen pond
k question again: is there way to dynamic create asset in game and then save it for ussage ?
normal burrow
save it for usage?
frozen pond
for example: i create simple ui, few models simple slider and its sword designer, you chaose parts and then save it, but i want to have that created sword as actor
heady moon
My cpu is 4c8t and unreal rarely lags
runic fern
Well engine just disappeared at the end xD
heady moon
It can depend on your ram
8GB is the minimum to be able to use unreal engine
Higher better
normal burrow
#lounge for hardware talk bily, was just trying to see how consumed his computer was with deleting
heady moon
Ah ok
normal burrow
Did it end up deleting the things?
abstract relic
Log time 😜
normal burrow
oof yeah, lol i should have thought of that
abstract relic
/saved/logs
snow reef
I have an issue I have with my character, every time I jump the character continues to fly up
runic fern
check your animation blueprint maybe jump animation looped ticked
snow reef
But how would that make me fly?
I also dont have a jump animation, in my game jump wasnt intented but the issue is that the player cant fall either
runic fern
oh yea your character is flying i can see the gif now
its looks like moving on something idk
abstract relic
Collision might be a possibility yes
snow reef
Im not sure where should I check, sorry im new.
runic fern
wait
click on these cube and go to collision and select NoCollision
for both cubes
snow reef
Should i turn do collision test off?
snow reef
Ill check
runic fern
HighTide i was thinking about a mesh scaled very big so he is colliding inside it
snow reef
Where do i check gravity for the plane
snow reef
Do you think transfering all of the stuff will bring the problem or could it just be the level?
runic fern
just an empty level with small plane and jump there
runic fern
Ok try to take your camera little bit far from your current level and check if you are running inside a scaled mesh maybe
HighTide
abstract relic
Yao
runic fern
i enabled the Dirgravity in my project and i made an new set of childrens from Gravity Character .. the gravity works fine but when the character reach the location 0.0.0 stop moving and being very heavy ..
did you faced an issue like this before ?
normal burrow
what is dirgravity?
runic fern
Dir gravity plugin
proper stump
Hey, when importing an FBX from blender, the model is imported with the right orientiation but the animations are upside down........... what's going on?
runic fern
directional gravity
runic fern
yes when the player reachs 0.0.0 stop moving or shaking
earnest pawn
Hey, does anyone know how to get NetPktLag to now?
None of the NetPkt... Console commands seems to ve working for me
normal burrow
is 0,0,0 the center of gravity?
runic fern
yes like the half of the sphere
i've sent a video i thought the phyiscal animation i disabled it same
normal burrow
is that when it stops moving?
plush yew
any news on the release for 4.25 (NOT preview)
limber mesa
what would be a good way to make grass foliage
exotic cave
@limber mesa : There are quite a few valid approaches.
You're going to want to probably use photoscans, unless your game is very stylized. Then you can explore either doing grass cards, or actual grass clusters.
After that, connect a Grass Node in your landscape material somewhere, then explore the ground cover settings.
The actual Epic tutorial on grass is quite good: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/OpenWorldTools/Grass/QuickStart/index.html
dawn hedge
anyone know why this doesnt work? i have a text variable being set here and when i try to bind it to a text ui with a reference of that pawn, the text doesnt show up on the screen
runic fern
Can you show me the creation of the widget @dawn hedge
quartz pike
Hey everyone! Happy to be a part of the group. Hope everyone is keeping safe across the world! First time post here and I was wondering if this is doable inside of Unreal Engine. I'm currently building a camera rig inside Cinema4D that updates it's focal length towards a target object no matter how close you get. Further away, smaller focal length, closer - bigger focal length. But it also keeps the object in frame. It's still a little janky but I'm just wondering if this could be pulled off inside UE4.
dawn hedge
@runic fern yeah hold up i had to restart ue4
runic fern
Ok np
unkempt raft
Bro i forgot how do i up my graphics in unreal engine 4 when i press play?
where do i go
dawn hedge
@runic fern this is the creation of the widget that has the text box in it. Its in my player blueprint
runic fern
You need to make the text variable expose on spawn and editable
unkempt raft
Bro how do i change my graphic settings.
runic fern
So you can reference it here and write your text
dawn hedge
Ok
unkempt raft
nvm
runic fern
@unkempt raft ingame or in editor graphic settings you mean ?
unkempt raft
nvm i got it
runic fern
Ok good
unkempt raft
Alr i got a question tho where would i start learning blue prints in unreal?
i was told to first learn blue prints then go to c++
runic fern
Start from basics udemy or youtube for beginners
unkempt raft
Alr
runic fern
After that you can go for advance learn how the things go
dawn hedge
virtus learning hub and awesome tuts have great tutorials at least in my opinion, except awesome tuts has an academy which costs money
runic fern
If you understand how its work the cpp will be easy to learn
crimson vector
Anyone know why levels sometimes take a loooong time to save? Like a minute or more? And even more strangely, if I go File -> Save All then it saves instantly, but File -> Save Current takes a long time
runic fern
Idk but i think sometimes if you have alot of lights may take time
bitter iris
hey, how would i go abouts making an actor (so my sky) be hidden at start and enable it at a later stage in bp
runic fern
I think you can get a reference for the object and set enable something like that
amber loom
Hello, i have a question about Demo maps that come from marketplace packs, is it safe to delete them?
bitter iris
cheers I used Set Actor Hidden In Game with a Variable set for my sky
amber loom
@runic fern yes to delete them from my Project.
radiant haven
@grim ore Do you have a vid to a timer, i am too dump to understand it
bitter iris
man ive never hated doing loading screens so much in my life
theyre proving to be a pain in the ass
runic fern
Lol why
bitter iris
ill show you now
runic fern
Ok
bitter iris
its 1 frame but its so noticeable
runic fern
runic fern
Downloading
runic fern
Im using a mobile now thats why downloading
bitter iris
ahh
runic fern
Why you have blue screen pops
bitter iris
its the world
im trying to put a loading screen from main menu to world load
in bp
so 2 loading screens essentially
idk how to do it so it doesnt freeze so had to scrap my intro and do static images
runic fern
Mainmenu ends with loading and world starts with loading
bitter iris
yeah
soons mainmenu loading ends, thats why it shows the map, then persistant loads the 2nd loading screen
bitter iris
im not sure how to do one continuous one as it freezes i need one that will cover it
limber mesa
thanks @exotic cave
runic fern
Use render target image for loading screen
Live camera from scene
And put it in Loading UI
I think it might work because the camera will be already created
bitter iris
ill give it a shot like
i need to look into the C++ area also
just something to cover up the loading on the streaming world
runic fern
Well goodluck
bitter iris
😄
runic fern
Im using black screen from mainmenu to lobby
But all maps into one level no need to travel
For minigames idk for big worlds if you need to use loading screen
Im using black screen from mainmenu to lobby
With throbber xD
bitter iris
lol
always gotta have a throbber
i made an axe loading screen
but this crap is just annoying
bitter iris
lol
runic fern
Like google the circle switch colors
plush yew
What's a safer online system in terms of security? MySQL or NoSQL?
I've heard by word of mouth MySQL
Though if NoSQL is open format how can anyone know what's there?
plush yew
Hackability or packets of whatever
bitter iris
Id say mysql
runic fern
But its little bit slow if you will make big transcations
normal burrow
really off topic though, search google. mongodb is another one
runic fern
P@t
I sent a video debugging the location of a planet
its start moving left or right
normal burrow
i kind of wonder if your movement isn't being rotated there
like it might rotated around yaw/z but
is it for curvature?
runic fern
Well i have used the same settings they used in the plugin's character
Yes
I did that before 2-3 months also face same issue but i fixed it but i really cant remember how i tried to recover my memory but failed 😩
normal burrow
i think when you reach the sides
your telling it to go off the side and not with it
try printing whatever is driving the character
runic fern
Ok i will when i reach my pc morning and show you the result
gray ether
Hey guys, how do I mount a pak file?
I'd like to mount it and use a map from in there
thin tendon
Is there a way to disable Garbage collection or the hitching it causes? -NoVerifyGC doesn't seem to be recognised as a command when using execute command node
normal burrow
you just want to generate less garbage
try and find out what is being collected so frequently
obtuse swift
i dunno where to ask so- how do I keep my gun from going through stuff when I approach it
grim ore
trace out from the front of the mesh, see if its hitting anything and adjust it. Or let it go thru stuff. Or move your capsule for the character so its larger and surrounds the gun
obtuse swift
how would I increase the capsule size? it seems that it wont let me increase the size without increasing the size of everything else.
actually I can just make it play an animation of putting the gun down and to the left when the gun touches anything
so the first one should work
plush yew
From 1/10 what do you guys think about this shield bubble
Is it annoying some how
?
lilac wedge
Is there a way to change a meshes animation class in blueprints during runtime?
@plush yew what do you mean annoying? In which way, seems kinda cool to me tbh
plush yew
Thanks guys, just thought maybe i can improve some how humm
grim ore
@lilac wedge On a Skeletal Mesh that is the Anim Instance, so yes you can use the Set Anim Intance Class node on the Skeletal Mesh
lilac wedge
Dont want to change for the skeletal mesh, I have a bp and at the starts it sets a random skeletal mesh to the mesh component. But when i do this i cant change the anim class
plush yew
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MathewW
For animations do you use Enum?
To select which one to play
lilac wedge
@plush yew Theres a looking for talent chat
grim ore
you asked to changer the animation class, as far as I know that is only on a skeletal mesh.
grim ore
@plush yew for animations I use whatever animation is correct for the time. So if using a 2h sword I would use the 2h sword animations.
Dont want to change for the skeletal mesh, I have a bp and at the starts it sets a random skeletal mesh to the mesh component. But when i do this i cant change the anim class
@lilac wedge so you don't want to change it for the skeletal mesh but you do want to change it for the skeletal mesh?
plush yew
so normal States with boolean taking control?
grim ore
I use montages for animation currently and just play montage from the character as needed. nothing in my anim bp really but the idle/walk/run blendspace and the layer blend for the other animations
I did use a full anim bp with different animations but I would have 1 anim bp per weapon type for animations basically and just swap the entire anim bp as needed but that was for testing and I replaced it with the montage stuff since that is what epic did in the action rpg example
grim ore
the animation BP?
plush yew
yup
grim ore
@lilac wedge literally just asked that question and I said how lol, yes
plush yew
Really?
grim ore
@lilac wedge On a Skeletal Mesh that is the Anim Instance, so yes you can use the Set Anim Intance Class node on the Skeletal Mesh
@grim ore
plush yew
I thought you just said you change the Animation BP as you change the weapon
I guess i got it wrong
grim ore
yeah
so destroy old weapon, spawn new weapon, attach weapon to socket, replace anim bp on player with the anim bp for that weapon type
plush yew
I think am doing everything you are doing atm
But not the BP animation thing
am doing Montages as well
grim ore
well I stopped with the anim bp thingy because it became too rigid. If i wanted a 3 combo attack I would have to code up a 3 combo attack in the state machine
what I am trying now is similar to what epic does and the weapon contains all the info needed, so the montages used when attacking, any ability montages, etc.
so my process is the weapon holds an array with all montages used when attacking, so combo01, combo02, etc.. as well as the blendspace used for idle/walk/run
and when I swap weapons I just look up that info on the weapon, and tell the anim bp to use this new blendspace based on the weapon and whenever I call an attack in the character it figures out which animation montage to play based on where it is in the combo and grabs it from the weapons array
not saying its smart but its kinda neato because I can have a 2h weapon with 2 attacks, then just make a new one with 4 attacks and they all "just work" when I equip them
got to design your systems around your goals 🙂
plush yew
I have to say that's a really cool way what you are doing
grim ore
right now my prototype is in a giant mess as I am converting it from a player controlled attack system to an AI assist attack system similar to ff12
plush yew
And really advanced in a smooth way
normal burrow
sounds cool
grim ore
its super duper complicated but I like engineering systems 🙂
grim ore
well not super duper but whatever I like making systems more than games lol
bitter iris
tried my best https://streamable.com/wmcwz1 smoothed the few frames you could see of the map, i just no clue on how to get a clean ver
plush yew
MathewW you facing the same thing?
grim ore
@plush yew I beleive you can check if a montage is playing currently
but I dont run into that issue because I dont play my next montage in my attack combo until the current one finishes and is blending out
so play montage -> wait for the montage to trigger the blending out execute wire, check to see if I should pplay the next combo montage? if so wrap back and start doing this again else do nothing
plush yew
@plush yew I beleive you can check if a montage is playing currently
@grim ore If thats true that will be a time saver tbh
grim ore
lol now I have to check my prototype for that
plush yew
so play montage -> wait for the montage to trigger the blending out execute wire, check to see if I should pplay the next combo montage? if so wrap back and start doing this again else do nothing
@grim ore I think here you are using the Notfiy montage
For combos
But for normal animation the small Montage
Which has no notify
grim ore
uh the normal Play Montage node
grim ore
play montage, wait for blending, see if i should still be comboing and if so repeat the event or stop montaging lol
grim ore
and yeah
plush yew
This is my combo
grim ore
this is my actual code before that
and the get montage to play just talks to the current weapon, asks if there is a montage to play for that index and if there is returns that montage and pases it along or it wraps back to the first index (so repeats the combo) and returns that one
which is why that function returns the next index (in the event it wraps back to 0 it knows to start over basically) and returns the valid montage to play from the list for the current weapon
plush yew
"Get Montage To play curret weapon" Is that a node?!!!
grim ore
but this works because I designed it to do this lol
nope thats what I just described, half of it is here
the bottom half off screen is just doing the same for the right weapon
lilac wedge
dunno wtf i just clicked but my mesh within bp is always located at the center of the map all the other components move according to bp location inside world
grim ore
so it goes "hey left weapon, you got montages? and if so returns it. This is in the event the left weapon is a shield for example and has no montages BUT the left could be a 2h sword and it would have them
storm terrace
hey @grim ore Nice youtube vids!
plush yew
@grim ore I think you should make a udemy course
grim ore
@plush yew to be honest it's kinda weird but like 90% of this was stolen from the Action RPG example once I figured it out
plush yew
I checked out the RPG Example
grim ore
then I was like whooooo and made it my own lol
plush yew
it has great ideas
grim ore
the only downside with the action rpg stuff is it uses the GAS which is a pain in the ass for newbies or non C++ people or sane people or well anyone not at epic lol
storm terrace
how do you make it so sockets can't disconnect. My tank tracks disconnect when force is applied on them.
plush yew
Like when you are forced to use C++?
grim ore
well technically never if you get someone to write you a plugin and expose what you want to BP 😉
plush yew
So you can just make a node yourself? thank god i know some C++
grim ore
every node you see now in BP is a C++ created construct
It's why if you want to learn ue4 C++ a good idea is to start with Blueprints, learn the systems then look at how your blueprint code is actually created in C++ and profit
plush yew
Have seen any games reached the end with only BPs?
grim ore
There are a few indie ones for sure, most larger groups have C++ programmers to do the grunt work and to make things easier in the end
like Bierzerkers is very BP heavy. and I think there is an animal kart racing one as well
meh you can do it without C++ out of the box but it's gonna be a bit simplistic and you would definitely need some plugins for database support
yep yep
there is a neato mmo kit someone has made for UE4 that isnt half bad
but seriously making a real MMO and asking these questions is just asking for trouble lol 🙂
yep as long as you know what you are doing it's good to go 🙂
plush yew
sukebi what kind of difficultes you are going to face making a multiplayer game
Unreal
grim ore
#1 is not understanding how networking works lol
best part about replication is testing with the default setting and using a listen server then getting confused on why stuff doesnt work on a dedicated server setup lol
hollow ridge
If I spawn a bullet then I change the bullet speed should the bullet change its speed? If not how can I make it?
rancid lynx
how can i make the linetrace in the video follow the X-Y-or Z axis of the wand static mesh ?
plush yew
The plan now is going full BP and as am strong with it i add c++ with it
rancid lynx
when i pick up -attach to component- the trace doesnt follow the mesh rotation
plush yew
I dk if thats how you started or if you would recommend a better path
grim ore
@rancid lynx any reason not to attach a scene component to the end of the meshes tip that is X+ forward from the tip then line trace from that item?
atomic forge
Has anyone ever run into the "cl-filter\cl-filter.exe (tool returned code: 2)" error when trying to package a Ue4 project?
rancid lynx
thats a wonderful idea. ill try that. thank you.
atomic forge
It's the only error I have, and it kills my entire packaging.
grim ore
its the same concept as doing it for the barrel of a gun when firing a bullet
rancid lynx
but. why would the vector follow the scene, if it wont follow a mesh ?
grim ore
well you dont add to a forward vector, you multiply it by a distance
rancid lynx
it would follow a scene, but not a mesh ? i do attach to component onto a motion controller
grim ore
so that might be one issue
rancid lynx
ok. ill try that also.
grim ore
a forward vector might be for example (1,0,1). If you add to that you now have 300,0,300 for example which is sooo not forward anymore
multiplying it gives the correct "make it go more in that direction"
storm terrace
how do I apply force to the tracks and not disconnect from the body?
hollow ridge
If I spawn a bullet then I change the bullet speed should the bullet change its speed? If not how can I make it?
rancid lynx
damn. i totally dont understand that. or vectors i guess
grim ore
yep vectors suck, math sucks etc.
rancid lynx
i tried to copy wtf ue4 trace tutorials.
grim ore
those should all show multiply, maybe you mis saw it?
rancid lynx
yea