in the explanation of the one who told me how to put the gun, he did not put anything, that had to be his mistake, right?
#ue4-general
plush yew
no idea what that means sry
delete the actor form the scene
got to the blueprint, set the scale to 1 for your weapon
ok, could you make me a simple tutorial, how to change that, so I can solve my problem? is that in the other group they couldn't, and I think that if
attach the weapon to the skeletal mesh (drag and drop ther compoennt in the ocmponents window)
ok
ok, could you make me a simple tutorial, how to change that, so I can solve my problem? is that in the other group they couldn't, and I think that if
@plush yew no i won't make a simple tutorial, if you want to do this on your own then you should learn how these things work
it will benefit you on the long run
have, I was just asking
once you attached the weapon to the skeletal mesh component
you can move it around to the correct position and scale it
and more that I am a beginner in this, and I do not have much knowledge, because I wanted to consult in a group of unreal engine 4
have, I was just asking
@plush yew there are plenty of tutorials teaching on the subject, it's very basic and you'll understand why once you're on the path of learning these
and more that I am a beginner in this, and I do not have much knowledge, because I wanted to consult in a group of unreal engine 4
@plush yew i understand, sadly i can't help you in spanish, but there are plenty of tutorial videos in english
the engine is trolling me again or? the editor and the standalone are looking different. why arent the setting in the editor the same as game. it is stupid imo
glacial pecan
8-bit 2d game in unreal? someone is a glutton for punishment 😄
plush yew
@plush yew one is in unlit viewmode,
try pressing F1 F2 keys
maybe F4?
ok
Yes, I know, I am communicating with the translator. I don't know if you can do me a favor, to be able to record a quick video, doing that, so that I can continue with my project
too busy sry
but look
unlit or lit does not make any difference
plush yew
then the scalabiliy settings maybe different?
8-bit 2d game in unreal? someone is a glutton for punishment 😄
@glacial pecan i am doing a game for a jam 🙂
@plush yew
comon
then the scalabiliy settings maybe different?
@plush yew so scale is different between editor and game you say?
no.
i mean it's likely the graphics settings (scalability settings)
i understand. i am going to look into that
it's a silly term used in software engineering here it refers to the engine being able to run on an Arduino and on high end hardware
fierce crest
Hi all, i am using the new volumetric clouds and the sunsky. It works good but what do i need to set to let the clouds cast dynamic shadows?
plush yew
try pressing F1 F2 keys
@plush yew exactly like that. standalone game always start in lit mode. i thought the setting in editor lit or unlit mode was also in the standalone but not. thank you. cheers
👍
soft wedge
Can anyone give me advice on Far clipping planes. I am able in editor to have this view, but in play the mountain is gone. What would be best approach to this 😉
thick herald
@fierce crest as far as I know, that will be added in 4.26
@soft wedge landscape LODs? Maybe.
stuck prawn
why do these waterfalls here look wierd? I tried building lighting but It has not changed anything
plush yew
hard to tell without looking at your material, mesh and other setup
stuck prawn
I have a directional light and a skylight
changine the angle and position does not really change anything
ember shadow
Hello, is anyone here good with blender to ue4... im having some trouble with materials
If anyone could help that would be amazing
plush yew
@ember shadow we're here to help you, we live to help
stuck prawn
I also used Kenney assets https://www.kenney.nl/assets/nature-kit
plush yew
@stuck prawn whats wrong with the waterfall? how should it look like? hard to tell what is the problem
low qualtiy images
ember shadow
Alright! So i have a model and multiple materials for color it in blender. When i export it to Ue4 it comes with all the materials separate and not one material for the model. Is there a way to condense all the materials to one big material then export it?
ember shadow
Im not using UV textures as i havent really learnt about them yet
ember shadow
Ah 😂
plush yew
that's the only way unless magic is back to the world
ember shadow
i think my model is abit too complicated for a UV texture tho
stuck prawn
so what do you guys think I could do to fix my problem?
plush yew
hard to tell without looking at the material
stuck prawn
I could send the level...
plush yew
hard to tell without looking at your material, mesh and other setup
@plush yew repeating myself
stuck prawn
and the content I used
plush yew
screenshot of the waterfall material?
is it that complex?
i think my model is abit too complicated for a UV texture tho
@ember shadow well you textured it already , so you have UVs on it no?
uneven tundra
@ember shadow That model looks easy to UV.
plush yew
@ember shadow That model looks easy to UV.
@uneven tundra smart UV project is always easy if you wanna be lazy 😄
@stuck prawn try changing the color in the materail editor
ebon marlin
how do I run my game with a parameter?
Where do I do that? Is it from the command line?
fierce tulip
the .exe
fierce tulip
rightclick the .exe, properties, add it
stuck prawn
@plush yew what would that change? the other cliff peices are also the same texture
fierce tulip
yup
ember shadow
I havent UV it already
brittle tundra
how would you package a NormalAOheight texture ?
plush yew
What do you use Height for in ue4?
fierce tulip
i wouldnt package a normal
fierce tulip
because you'll lose the quality of the normal map due to packaging compression
normal map should be a normal map compression
brittle tundra
just trying a tiling algorithm which is using a NormalAOHeight texture
plush yew
How do you use a height map in ue4? 🤔
midnight gate
so im right now making the options menu and i got to the graphics part and i was wondering do you really really want customizable graphic settings or do you prefer presets of low medium and high? please vote on this poll this is very important for me to know your opinion https://www.strawpoll.me/20026670
clever arch
Hi Everyone! I'm using a "line trace by Channel" bullets from a weapon (When the triggers pulled the line traces go out and the apply damage to the enemy) what I need to do now is set an ammo amount and then decrease that as the weapons fired. I'm having a bit of a mental block as I can't figure out the best way to get the amount of bullets from the line trace so i can decrease the ammo
desert tangle
Hey guys, im trying to create a specific foliage material. I have my alpha channel, and normal diffuse, and I set the material to masked. But now I also want it to be transparent slightly. How would i go about doing this? IF I set the material to transparent, then it wont correctly cast shadows, and it wont blend well with other foliage. So with having Masked on, how do I make it transparent, when a opacity mask is 1 or 0?
I tried hooking up my alpha to the opacity input but that did nothing. All I want is my foliage to be a bit transparent, but also cast shadows and not clip in itself. And they say the proper way to do foliage is do it with a masked blend mode and have a alpha channel.
merry gazelle
what's the name of this node?
found it
twilit hill
is there a way to switch back to the old foliage painter tool in 4.25?
crude linden
@clever arch did you solve your issue? DM me if you need a hand mulling it over 🙂
grave sphinx
@merry gazelle probably an equals(enum)
@clever arch bullet deduction has nothing to do with the line trace. I don't understand what you mean by "get the amount of bullets from the line trace"
you should know at weapon fire time(before you even do the trace), how much ammo the shot consumes, bc you need to validate that before even doing the trace
honest vale
@clever arch yeah it's up to you to keep track of bullets. Traces are just traces, lines drawn in 3D space
honest mango
hello, when i spawn actor, it spawn the actor but i would like that if i spawn again than it remove the previous actor
how can i do that please
like if i spawn 2 box, the first get removed
grave sphinx
keep a reference to the first, and destroy it when you spawn another
clever arch
Hi! @honest vale @grave sphinx yeh that kind makes sense i've been massively over thinking it! I have set the "Bullets Per Second" just before that so I guess i should be setting what i need around that area
honest mango
how can i make a reference to the first ?
honest vale
@clever arch that's probably used to calculate the rate of fire, no?
just have a second variable that stores the current amount of bullets
clever arch
correct
grave sphinx
hold an actor reference that you set when you spawn, but first check if it's valid and destroy it before spawning(and setting it again)
clever arch
ok awesome thanks for your help!
honest mango
because if i spawn a cube than 2 the first get removed, if i spawn a second cube so the previous will be removed, etc...
hmmmmmm
i dont really see ... i have this https://gyazo.com/fef4f9e583b1fdf59c74c8d211d2a053
grave sphinx
store the return value in a variable
honest mango
okay i did it ^^
grave sphinx
and then add a snippet before that which destroys the old if it's valid
honest mango
what is a snippet ?
grave sphinx
a bit of blueprint code
honest mango
hum but i dont know what to add to it lol
grave sphinx
conditional if the variable is valid(not null)
grave sphinx
you want to do that check and destroy before the spawn
because you want it to destroy the last one before spawning a new one
right there you are destroying it right after spawning it
brittle tundra
Hey guys, small question for the Material guys: https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/uvqmqjpk/ I made this to randomize the tiling of my texture. I want know to have all my textures to go through the same process in a landscape material so then I can Paint my landscape freely... I have isolated the 2 first Texture Paremeters... I would need to add more layers without copy pastin the whole thing or do I have to ?
clever arch
Hi again another question! I've created an interaction that when it gets to a climbable wall that it triggers an animation and then force it to move the players location when near the top. The only problem with this is it doesnt look smooth. Am I better to create an animation that isn't an "Inplace" type animation. For instance the player goes to climb it triggers an animation, the character climbs then takes a step forward then allows the player to take control again? if that makes sense?
grave sphinx
yes, if valid, destroy then spawn, if not valid, just spawn
honest mango
that work nice thanks, your a god
honest mango
haaha x)
crystal jasper
Hey Guys! Some Unreal github repositories are unable to access !
Even after login! How can I get it?(official Unreal github)
grave sphinx
@ebon linden I always use floats so there are no truncation surprises
not sure what you mean. floats work with anything you need a number for, provided you aren't representing values with obscene precision requirements(huge values)
if you are using larger health/damage values using ints should be fine as well, the numeric loss of multiplying and dividing larger numbers is less significant
not sure what they would be referring to. lots of games use a standard 100 health values as a base line, maybe it's related to that
the values can be whatever you want them to be, particularly if you are not showing the player the raw value, and just a bar for instance
0-100 health is just historically intuitive for games
yea, but you can turn any set of values into a percent for a progress bar
fraction / whole
I don't know anyone that does health as a 0.0 - 1.0 value. that would be silly
so even a 0-100 health you'd have to convert to a 0-1 for a progress bar
plush yew
my screen messages stopped showing
DISABLEALLSCREENMESSAGES
how do i turn them back on?
fierce tulip
iirc re-enter the same sentence
lament saddle
hey is it just me or does ENABLEALLSCREENMESSAGES not work? (Used after DISABLEALLSCREENMESSAGES)
icyneo asked about it in the blueprint channel
I tried it myself and it doesn't actually enable it
even though it's in the Unreal Engine 4 Console Variables and Commands reference
(type help in console to see that)
UE4.25 here fyi
grave sphinx
do you not see "Onscreen warngins/messages are now ENABLED" in the output log
lament saddle
oh actually it does work, nevermind. Not sure why it wasn't before.
molten rune
HI all! couldn't exactly find my answer through searching (maybe I haven't dug deep enough) but could someone explain the performance difference to me of BSP versus static meshes?
I generally replace all my BSPs with static meshes but I've never really understood the exact reason for this. Static meshes are generally considered to be more optimal but everwhere I've searched (including the Wiki) doesn't explain why this is the case.
I don't mind doing it! Just would like to know why BSP is considered heavier. thanks!
lost reef
Assertion failed: 0 [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/ApplicationCore/Private/Windows/WindowsWindow.cpp] [Line: 192] Window Creation Failed (1158). 6432Assertion failed: 0 [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/ApplicationCore/Private/Windows/WindowsWindow.cpp] [Line: 192] Window Creation Failed (1158). 6432
any thoughts?
no it doesnt unfortunately and I did which is why I came here, didnt get any hits when i googled it, instead got a bunch of d3d crashes
molten rune
@plush yew I've read those threads before, but as far as I know it mostly just sounds like BSPs are more of a hassle to work with (which I certainly agree with). Inefficient lightmaps are certainly a problem.
But for example, say I just wanted a simple squared floor, no complex shapes. I wonder how much is the advantage does a static mesh would have over a BSP in that regard.
None of those answer the original question.
I suppose I'll rephrase it.
Why are BSP considered more optimal in terms of performance
sly coyote
@plush yew you need to plug in a location in that or it will spawn at world 0 0 0
molten rune
Lightmaps are generally the only major problem I'm aware of at the moment that BSPs are really garbage at. Same for UVs and such
grim ore
BSPs are not more optimal in terms of performance in a game in modern engines
they are supposed to be used as a stepping stone to a proper mesh
thick herald
or create a basic static mesh that has the correct sizes but no detail whatsoever, and you only need to reimport the mesh later on, with all the detail etc. Saves a bit of time.
thick herald
I'm told UE4s BSP aren't really that great compared to other engines. No idea personally 😄
plush yew
@thick herald have a look at quake or source engine rendering, also there is a JavaScript implementation as well shows how efficient it can be if used correctly
the javascript version of the source engine renderer 😄
slate basalt
anyone ever had the problem where you generate your visual studio solution for your project and when you press f5, it builds fine but it says it can't debug and to check the debug project setting
it seems to be pointing to stock ue4.25 binaries and my project. nothing really weird here
fossil ore
Could someone tell me how can I interact with physics in viewport?
I know simulation, but how to drag objects?
tawdry python
what do you mean by stick? @plush yew
you can try to make the sword attach to whatever it touches with a physics constraint I think
been a while I didn't use those so I don't remember the details
sly coyote
Attachtoactor node targeting your player...theres also a yt tut that shows you how to stick an arrow to a player...you can apply the same stuff in this case
Its exactly what chkuo said...it sticks it to wherever it hit the player
Which sounds perfect for your use case
tawdry python
I'm making a stylized game and I need a way to hide the terrain when it's at a certain distance of the player, do you guys think that it's fine if I move the skybox with the player?
@plush yew yup
you should check that arrow video
I don't have it but I think you could find it by typing "make arrow stick to character ue4" in google
clever arch
Hi 🙂 is there a way to have separate anim blueprints for the main character or is it general that all the animations are under one animblueprint?
Not sure if that makes sense 😂
grim ore
you can only really have one "anim bp" loaded at a time but you can swap them out, say one per weapon type or something like that
you can also have animation layers that you can swap in and out
find forward direction -> launch character in that direction -> profit? or if you want it to be instant use the teleport node
if you want it to look good you would start animation before launching the character
so what are you getting the forward vector from?
because that looks like nothing
the forward vector needs a rotation to get the forward vector from
your character has a rotation that you probably want to use?
you need to figure out which way is forward then on your character and use that
it also takes in a velocity so you need to get the forward direction, assuming you want to go forward, and multiply it out to a larger # to get the velocity you want
this is for a normal TPP
karmic mason
After Force Delete the engine gets fucking slow 😄 😄 😄
grim ore
it does yep, its trying to not let your project break by deleting stuff you are using
normal burrow
they need a better solution than redirectors
we'll have to wait for ue6
bold use of vector multiply int there matheww
grim ore
lol it was the first node to come up and figured it didnt matter 😛
spiral island
I have a UMG widget, and I want to invoke an event when a button is pressed that C++ can subscribe to. This is for VR, so I made a C++ class to display UMG widgets in, then made a blueprint subclass to set which UMG widget, and I declared 2 blueprint callable events in the C++ base class. How can I send the button clicked from the UMG widget to the C++ method?
I don't know blueprint very well which is why I'm trying to do as much as possible in C++
spiral island
in this case, the part i am struggling with is ferrying the button click to my C++ method
this part is all blueprint
grim ore
there should be an on clicked event you would use on the button, in the details panel, that would be called every time you click it. You would do whatever you want after that
assuming your C++ method is exposed and can be called from BP it should be as easy as hooking it up
spiral island
yes i have that in the UMG widget, but how do I invoke this on the blueprint class that is holding this widget
grim ore
so your Event is on something else and not a global function?
spiral island
yeah, HUDActor is what has the interface to C++
grim ore
what is UIWidget?
spiral island
it is a widget component
grim ore
okdoke so this is a 3d widget in world space then?
spiral island
it is
then inside HUDActor I have these 2 methods that I want to call when the buttons in the UMG widget are pressed
these are my C++ BlueprintCallable methods
half barn
I keep seeing this curved wall in various screenshots/demos. Is it a public asset somewhere?
harsh tiger
https://gyazo.com/8d7ca2c130d956573f9ee9251db49907 hey guys, why would this be returning false when 1 = 1?
grim ore
@spiral island I could think of 2 ways. One would be when you create the widget, you pass in self (the actor this is on that you want a reference to) as a variable on the widget so it knows who you want to talk to when the button is pressed. The other is you create an event dispatcher in the widget that is called when the button is pressed and you bind to that event dispatcher in the bluprint you want listening for the click
@half barn that is in the Content Examples project on the learn tab
stone dagger
hey i have a "best-practice" question :
Is it better to :
- put const variables in the header of the cpp for gobal variables.
- or put them in the h file
- or doesnt matter
here is an image of the .cpp file
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/664146427865464878/709851980255854653/unknown.png
it's a friend who did this ^ btw, not my code
grim ore
@harsh tiger just so you know every time that Random Integer in Range is called you will get a different value, it will not be the same. So you are getting atleast 3 separate values so perhaps what you are seeing is the new value on it LATER when it is called again?
harsh tiger
@grim ore hmmm even if the custom event only gets called once?
spiral island
i have created 2 event dispatchers, but I can't find where to bind these in HUDActor
harsh tiger
i used a print string and it only shows once
grim ore
pure nodes, nodes without execute wires, are called new every time they are used. so 1 node with 5 wires on it will call that node up to 5 times, once each time the wire is activated
spiral island
grim ore
@spiral island you would get the widget component, get the user widget from it, cast it to the widget class, then bind to event
the widget component is just a generic widget component at that point, is has no idea what the user widget it holds is or the class
grim ore
spiral island
yes that part I have
grim ore
the red ButtonWasPressed in the top screenshot is a custom event that I bound the event to in the main actor
ashen ermine
Hey all, any idea what "static duplicate object" is?
harsh tiger
pure nodes, nodes without execute wires, are called new every time they are used. so 1 node with 5 wires on it will call that node up to 5 times, once each time the wire is activated
@grim ore
how would i work around this issue? if i only want it to run once
grim ore
@stone dagger probably a more accurate answer in #cpp as we are all blueprint n00bs in here
@harsh tiger save the result into a variable and use that variable
stone dagger
yeah thanks, i put it in there
grim ore
@spiral island that looks good here assuming your events are hooked up to be called in the widget yep
spiral island
it worked, thank you so much!
low bear
has anyone any idea on how to import/use volume VDBs in UE4?
short vector
Anyone knows why my character look so Dark in shadows?
spiral island
Can you AddDynamic Lambdas in UE4 C++? or do they have to be separate methods
auto incsizedel = [&]() {
};
HudActor->IncrementSizeEvt.AddDynamic(this, incsizedel);
this doesn't seem to work
mint sequoia
Has anyone experienced editor freezing during PIE after using Live++ hot reload specifically in 4.23?
lusty rampart
I'm learning about niagara. I understand how to use Niagara System-level input parameters, but I'm having trouble understanding why and how you would use Emitter-level Input Parameters. I don't see a way to set them from your System which is where I'd assume you'd set them.
sweet relic
@lusty rampart iirc any emitter level parameters will be available in any system that uses the emitter.
also you may want to ask in #niagara
lusty rampart
oh cool, didn't think about looking for a channel for that 😉
tiny sonnet
whats the difference between these two
sweet relic
The second node has execution output that will be called on the relevant events, rather than simply passing executiion flow through
polar hawk
they could of just called it Latent Montage Play
or Montage Play Latent
someone should pr this
worn granite
One you get callbacks depending on notifies or how it ends, the other one you can see how long it'll take to run or you can cancel other montages
@polar hawk stop being reasonable, this is the BP API
polar hawk
maybe I'll make that a thing
all bp latent functions should have the name Latent in them
still moat
@harsh tiger I had a similar bug with enums once
Literally deleting the node and making a new one fixed it
harsh tiger
What mathew suggested fixed my issue. Works 100% flawless now! But its good to know thats another fix haha
worn granite
That shouldn't be a fix to pure node semantics?
Pure nodes always execute once per output
harsh tiger
I only wanted 1 output from the random node. How else could i do it without making it a variable?
harsh tiger
Ahhh. Was you referring to wizards message about just deleting and reusing the node that fixed it? That shouldn’t be the fix to the issue
harsh tiger
That makes sense now. I thought you was saying my fix wasn’t the correct method haha
golden shoal
Anyone have a good way to detect which side of a mesh was hit via hit result on collision? I have used actor rotation as a cheap trick but it is very messy and only works in certain cases i.e. an object hitting the floor. Face index always prints zero so I'm not sure if it does what I think it does. Example use case would be to determine which side of a cube was hit.
rose fern
Hey guys hope somebody can help me, i'm new in UE4. Stats are enabled and i can't stop them tried to to use command stat stopfile but it didnt help
lucid egret
Hey can someone help me figure out how to remove enemies from the world after they die? I am making a tank game. After AI tanks are killed, I want them to stop functioning (stop shooting at player tank). Then after a 10 s delay, I want the tank bodies to be removed from the world. Here's the code I have so far. I don't know how to remove the tank bodies after disabling the controller.
flat idol
try setlifespan(10)
lucid egret
cool thanks, I'll try that
spiral island
i have an inherited UWidgetComponent, but when I try to configure it in the inspector inside the blueprint, the side panel is blank
this happens after creating the subclass blueprint, then restarting the editor
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite)
UWidgetComponent* UIWidget;
when i add this blueprint to the scene, the widget has a different name and behaves differently
does anyone know what might be causing this? this type of behavior is why I avoid blueprint
vital kernel
timber panther
Has anyone been messing with raytracing? I'm wondering how to fix this problem with reflections
ebon marlin
Can anyone shed some light on how Ticking works?
Every tick is understandably per frame, but what is a frame?
Is it a rendering frame? Is it a logic frame?
Is rendering decoupled from logic/simulation, or are they coupled together?
ebon marlin
Perfect! And another question then
Given a server/client model
The server doesn't need to do any rendering!
So what determines its tick rate?
spiral island
it's 40 hz by default
ebon marlin
Oh, okay, and how can I change that, or how can I read more about it generally?
spiral island
you can change this in default engine .ini: https://www.epicgames.com/unrealtournament/forums/unreal-tournament-development/server-administration/10691-server-tick-rate
NetServerMaxTickRate=60
LanServerMaxTickRate=35
Oh yes, this is good stuff
Thank you <3
Oh
One last thought I've got
Were I to try and decouple rendering from logic - would it be a smart move writing my own tick functions as described here:
In addition, an actor or component can have multiple tick functions. This is accomplished by creating a struct that inherits from FTickFunction and overriding the ExecuteTick and DiagnosticMessage functions. The default actor and component tick function structures are good examples of how to build your own, and can be found in EngineBaseTypes.h under the names FActorTickFunction and FComponentTickFunction.
And then just treat the 'standard' Tick() function as a rendering frame? 
rancid lynx
in 4.22 OpenLevel Node was instant. after upgrading to 4.24, OpenLevel node locks up the system for 8-12 seconds. then loads successfully. Even with brand new projects. Does anyone know why? load level shold not produce a generic system hault for 11 seconds, even with medium sized maps, but especially with new maps.
on top of that shit. its instant the first time i click it, but systemhalting the second time i click it. which eventually resolves and proceeds as normal, after 10 seconds.
wide girder
Which Windows API is calling by AddMovementInput()
Or how can I list out the Windows API calling by Unreal source code
rancid lynx
omfg after 6 months. i finally found the google answer to Oculus OpenLevel system haulting
splash screens auto
grim ore
That is not something I had any idea about, I wonder if its mentioned in any documentation?
worn lantern
I'm making avatars for VRChat on Quest and recomended poly count is 5000 one mesh one material. Gotta say its a struggle to make something look good in 5000 polys.
rancid lynx
trench coats i guess X_x
plush yew
Does anyone know how to manually set a value to an actor in the editor? (blueprint)
Like I have multiple triggers and I want to set each trigger different IDs
gilded plinth
Anyone know if there's a way to get the houdini plugin working with 4.25?
plush yew
why do i get that white thing around the edges when bloom is active? with emissive color
grim ore
@plush yew I think we need more info on what you are trying to do
plush yew
In Unity you can manually set public variables in the editor
in unreal you can create variables in the editor
gilded plinth
mar, maybe you are asking how to set a variable on an instance of a blueprint in your level in the editor?
Just create a variable inside your blueprint and expose it on spawn and make it instance editable
plush yew
Ohhhh so that's what the eye does
gilded plinth
you do that in the details section of the variable inside the blueprint
plush yew
This makes the variable public and visible in the editor
gilded plinth
yes
dense hatch
anyone know why an instanced static mesh component would not generate an overlap event?
I made two identical components in my actor using the same mesh, one is a static mesh component and one is a ISM component. the SM triggers an overlap but the ISM does not
plush yew
check generate overlap events is on, collision channels are correct, and simulate physics is set to query too
dense hatch
yup
have this set in both components (all settings are identical), and the static mesh works, ISM does not.
dense hatch
so i set up a box trigger and used "get overlapping components" every tick, it only detects the SM not the ISM
wild cobalt
Hey guys, I have some assets I bought on unity years ago. I want to use them in UE4, has anyone tried the "Project Exodus" conversion plugin or is anyone aware of something similar to use?
UE4 Forum Project Exodus: https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/1611679-plugin-project-exodus-unity-to-unreal-scene-converter
GitHub Project Exodus: https://github.com/NegInfinity/ProjectExodus
No this is not mine even though my name is similar to it lol
heady quartz
So i have a question. In an open world game, If i want a “Dungeon” whats the best way to approach this, Making a new level and opening it or level streaming or idk something else?
abstract relic
Please read the EULA of the assets. Some merchants won’t let you transfer platforms.
wild cobalt
@heady quartz Depends on size, Personally I would use a trigger to load the player into the dungeon and unload the open world. This IMO would be best on performance.
heady quartz
So level streaming is the better option for skyrim / zelda botw type of game?
wild cobalt
@abstract relic I believe the ones I have I saw I am able to transfer platforms, I will look under unity EULA over all and double check everything
@heady quartz sorry I havent played BOTW or Skyrim. The way I was saying to do it I was thinking like how WoW has you go into a dungeon. I have been doing a lot with level streaming and worldcomp recently Id be happy to chat with you via PM if you want.
carmine sorrel
Does 'Import into Level' always create the origin at the world 0,0,0 when importing as a Blueprint?
I feel like the 'bake vertex' does literally nothing
hoary locust
what's the difference between setting collision preset in BP component vs static mesh vs the static mesh component in the world? Nothing happens when I change in the world, and the SM in the BP is different from the SM. This is supremely confusing
reef mist
Does anyone know how to change the background color on the combo box dropdowns?
Can't seem to find that option
wild cobalt
@abstract relic yeah looks like under Unity EULA its not possible and ill have to rebuy them. Thanks for pointing that out.
novel locust
@wild cobalt Do you know if you can use Houdini PDG in Unity, then run the plugin and does it convert over?
wild cobalt
@novel locust I am not sure I have not tried it sorry :/
@hoary locust How is the SM different in the BP?
hoary locust
i dont know, they're all different
which am I supposed to change?
game is complaining that I don't have the right collision preset for simulate physics
novel locust
Has anyone been able to build UE 4.25 Source yet? I tried and was getting issues building it.
hoary locust
I saw someone build from source in a tutorial so yeah
wild cobalt
@reef mist Not sure maybe this video will be helpful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwnaC3PWxXU
plush yew
I created a lamp texture in substance painter with a texture, normal map, height map, roughness, and ambient occlusion. I want to make sure I apply them correctly here in the node editor. How do I apply these maps correctly here?
brisk urchin
Can the lighting from the outside directional lighting source screw up the lightmap of a floor static mesh when there is also some indoor lighting as well??
hoary locust
@plush yew albedo into base color, normal into normal, height is not used, it's either transformed into normal or displacement in painter, roughness into roughness, AO thrown away or multiplied with albedo (if you use dynamic lighting and want to cheat a little shadow in there) or into AO (if you use static lighting)
plush yew
@hoary locust just like this? and would pixel depth work with a height map?
hoary locust
you never mentioned metallic
plush yew
forgot it
hoary locust
roughness and metallic are scalar values, so you don't plug in the entire RGB thing
you want to channel pack all those into the same texture
pixel depth offset is something completely different, definitely don't plug in a height map there
plush yew
ok, how do I channel pack them into the same texture? And instead of plugging in the entire RGB what do I do?
dim arch
you do that in your texturing program
if its substance painter it has a UE4 preset which packs those channels into one texture
if it's photoshop you have to copy each image into a seperate channel
plush yew
That's what I thought I did, i exported it with the unreal engine pack preset
dim arch
what's the name of the textures which are output
plush yew
here is how I exported it from substance
dim arch
that doesnt show the channel packing
plush yew
I'm not sure what channel packing is, I can do that from substance painter?
plush yew
hoary locust
you'd really want to understand this if you're going to work with materials and textures at all
plush yew
I agree, lol
hoary locust
yeah see it packs AO, metallic, and roughness
dim arch
yup
the AOMR texture contains 3 seperate channels of data for shader inputs
this is a AOMR texture
you can see in the bottom right, the red channel contains AO, green channel roughness, blue metallic
they are all black/white textures
when you connect them in UE you drag the red pin into AO, green into roughness etc
hoary locust
(just be wary that AO does absolutely nothing if you use dynamic lighting)
brisk urchin
I converted my project from 4.20.3 to 4.24.3 yesterday and I can't fix this lighting issues. The first pic is how it's supposed to look and the 2nd is how it's currently looking. I've tried increasing the lightmap resolution but that didn't help at all.
plush yew
So this is what gets exported from substance, The orangey one is the compact channel right?
brisk urchin
@hoary locust what do you mean exactly? A setting?
brisk urchin
I see. thanks. I'll go over there.
acoustic crag
Anyone run AMD cards in unreal?
tiny sonnet
are there any good gamelift alternatives
grand scarab
Anyone seeing FRender issues when trying to build/cook on the new 4.25? 4.24 works fine, but if I do the copy/upgrade to 4.25, I get FRenderResource compile errors
Fatal error: [File:D:/Build/++UE4+Licensee/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/RenderCore/Private/RenderResource.cpp] [Line: 149]
A FRenderResource was deleted without being released first!
(d:\build isn't where my install is located, btw)
topaz arch
Hey guys, got a mesh from quixel megascans and trying out the new remesh tools in 4.25. theres a message that pops up to "Consider clearing UV layers using the remesh tools." How do you clear the UV layers?
plush yew
Any recommendation for a good udemy course?
hoary locust
which topic?
hoary locust
I don't think there's any advanced one really
these two are pretty nice
the urls might be wrong
worn granite
most of the stuff out there will get you "serviceable". Getting "advanced" just takes a lot of practice.
hoary locust
i remember it as worth it when I was a lot newer to unreal
it's probably the best one on udemy
unreal comet
If my character has rigged clothing, can I simply make it simulate physics or do I have to apply the clothing painting to it?
carmine sorrel
How up-to-date is the information on that Udemy course? Is the content still largely relevant? I know many older courses have outdated methods to achieve different results.
silk ivy
I've been trying to my collision to work with my player pawn. I've added collision to the static mesh, changed the LOD to LevelArchitecture & set the collision in the level to Default.
Ping me if you have a suggestion or solution, thx.
heady moon
For the people who have installed 4.25, is it good or bad
Multiple users report it being buggy
solemn gorge
yeah 4.25 is super broke for me:
-SSR doesn't work without TAA
-Opening blueprints or levels takes ages and randomly crashes the editor
normal burrow
4.24 does not crash?
solemn gorge
4.24 is fine
normal burrow
That gif did not work, but yeah submit bug report
rancid lynx
They are adding so many catagories of jsjdjd recently. Ill probably stop updating more than once a year tbh. The less crap they bloat, the faster the load times. I have no idea. I dont even know how to uh, benchmark performances.
But useless is useless. So meh
normal burrow
they usually refine performance after introduction of new features down the line
hoary locust
for me 4.24 was a broken mess but 4.25 fixed all of that
solemn gorge
I'm waiting for a hotfix or two
heady moon
4.1X was constantly crashing for me
solemn gorge
haven't really had any issues with upgrades till 4.25
heady moon
Maybe we the new features get out of beta (like Xbox series x and ps5 support) I'll install it
storm terrace
was watching that
only one game in unity, surprising
I find it incredible that "Bright Memory" (4:15 into the vid), is made by a solo developer. Looks AAA in every way.
hoary locust
probably hired a lot of freelance work with his grant money
silk ivy
I've been trying to my collision to work with my player pawn. I've added collision to the static mesh, changed the LOD to LevelArchitecture & set the collision in the level to Default. Collision shows on the mesh editor but not in the level itself
Ping me if you have a suggestion or solution, thx.
silk ivy
no, it's a third person character. the LOD is to make sure that collision is generatable since I had that issue before.
the floor panel is a static mesh that I want my character to step on
hoary locust
and it falls through?
silk ivy
exactly
hoary locust
what is the collision set to on the static mesh?
silk ivy
default
countless other static meshes use the same default setting and was able to work fine, just not this one and a few others
hoary locust
well there you go
silk ivy
it's not nocollision tho
hoary locust
there's no default setting
on a static mesh
default means "use the collision in the static mesh"
so that would be circular logic
silk ivy
the static mesh itself uses simple as complex collision
hoary locust
yeah but what preset
silk ivy
what do you mean?
besides, I found a workaround. I just replaced the static mesh actor as the same actor and the collision works, thx.
hoary locust
???
tender flume
Got a dumb question haha
Does spawning a large amount of trees explode your laptop if its a medium end potato?
hoary locust
only if you have a bomb in it set to detonate
what do you mean spawn a lot of trees? like, in game?
or paint them?
tender flume
But wont it explode though as dumb as it sounds since im trying to spawn trees almost on lots of terrain areas
Using procedural spawner
tender flume
Idk. Someone told me it might explode lol
But right now im trying
Alright the worst that happened was it crashed phew
hoary locust
I think he was speaking metaphorically
tender flume
Memory ran out
unique timber
how to get keyboard input in UI mode?
tender flume
Huge regrets now trying to make forest on a potato lol
hoary locust
do it in chunks then
why do you spawn it in anyway
@unique timber UI accepts input when you set the input mode to UI
unique timber
how do i get keyboard input?
tender flume
Uh to simplify things for me.
modern sinew
Can someone help me fix my Advanced Sessions plugin? I think I broke it when I moved it from the Engine to the Project, as it was working before, so it should be an easy fix
I'm just not confident enough to do it by myself because I already broke it once
brittle tundra
Hello guys can I use dynamic lights with planar reflections.?
hoary locust
yes
normal burrow
Does planar reflection work with deferred?
unique timber
@hoary locust see https://ibb.co/gT4822X
hoary locust
@unique timber do you want to use the input mappings you named or just key events?
unique timber
key event
hoary locust
there's a node called OnKeyDown or whatever
you can use that
or you can use Listen for Input something
which enables you to listen for actual input in a widget
@tender flume only you can know that
unique timber
huh i guess its in function override on the left, not right click menu
glacial pecan
@unique timber I think it's good practice to respond to input action mapping on the player controller and forward them to your widgets... also, if you set input mode to either of the two UI ones, unreal will automatically respond to an internal set of navigation keys (like arrow keys, and the enter keys) and you will no longer be able to listen for them yourself
dark briar
anyone know of some good tutorials on creating a fully functioning character from scratch
trying to learn how to create an ARPG here
or a third person shooter tutorial
preferably in blueprints
arctic imp
i put projectile movement on a bullet but where do i control the speed?
olive steeple
Can someone DM me a link to beginning of design and development with ue4? I sort of know how to do it in unity and I just need an overview to get started with the basics. Docs or video are fine
I'm on youtube now so I'm searching for which is best to start with
plush yew
Who speak russian?
unique timber
@unique timber I think it's good practice to respond to input action mapping on the player controller and forward them to your widgets... also, if you set input mode to either of the two UI ones, unreal will automatically respond to an internal set of navigation keys (like arrow keys, and the enter keys) and you will no longer be able to listen for them yourself
@glacial pecan how do you forward to the widget?
When 'Set Input Mode UI Only', the input actions dont fire in the player blueprint
glacial pecan
you can only forward non-ui related action inputs. as I said, any UI navigation input gets swallowed by the engine (and it gives you automatic grid navigation, for example, and onclick events, etc)
short vector
Anyone knows why my character look so Dark in shadows?
hoary locust
because shadows make everything darker!
unique timber
@glacial pecan What is non-ui action input? I press key 'I' -> open widget, set input mode UI only. I want to press 'I' again to close widget. How?
hoary locust
do it in the same place that accepted I
unique timber
@hoary locust when I set input mode UI only it doesn't fire. Seems this is a long issue https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/blueprint-visual-scripting/124089-set-input-ui-only-removes-keyboard-input
hoary locust
use Game and UI then?
and you should really use input mappings, not separate keys like that
glacial pecan
@unique timber it looks like that guy also tries to listen for keys in the widget itself... as I said, it's best practice to do that in the player controller via input action mappings
sand solar
Ca someone help unreal engine wont load and it says that some file wasnt found
unique timber
Wont the character still be able to move if game mode is enabled?
glacial pecan
that's for you to decide 🙂
hoary locust
so you want the game to magically know exactly which keys to disable without telling it to?
unique timber
I just want keys in the widget
glacial pecan
well, when you set input mode to ui, the game does magically take over a few keys without telling you 😛
hoary locust
that's not what you said before
you said you wanted to close the widget with the same key as you opened it with
unique timber
Yes...?
hoary locust
that's not the same thing as accepting key input in widgets
glacial pecan
@unique timber I wanted that too in the beginning, but epic doesn't want you to do that and if you want to use the unreal engine... well, it's best to do it the epic way 🙂
unique timber
The key is the same in both cases, the 'I' key
hoary locust
I mean I already explained how to listen for input in the UI
unique timber
Yeah I'll try this On Key Down thing
hoary locust
but it does not make sense to close the widget in a different placeyou opened it in
sand solar
Can someone help me, unreal engine wont load and it says that some file wasnt found
hoary locust
@unique timber are you opening the whatever-it-was in the character or the controller?
cause if it's in the controller, why not just tell the character to disable inputs and then everything is fine?
unique timber
@unique timber are you opening the whatever-it-was in the character or the controller?
@hoary locust Like this https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/UMG/HowTo/CreatePauseMenu/index.html
I don't see a 'Controller' blueprint
crimson basin
hi,
Has anyone tried the Landmass Blueprint brushes in 4.25? I am wondering if the river brush is broken?
hoary locust
@unique timber you create the PlayerController BP yourself, based on the PlayerController
ember shadow
My blender model has 3 material elements. Why doesn’t it just have one
hoary locust
because it has 3
ember shadow
But how can I make it have one
hoary locust
delete the other two
hoary locust
material properties
second button from the bottom in that list of stuff
i dont really use blender
unique timber
I think I'll figure this out tomorrow. Thanks for the help, cheers 🙂
whole quarry
@ember shadow I would recommend to do some basic tutorials for Blender, else you end up skipping stuff you should know
@sand solar try reinstall
sand solar
how do i reinstall
whole quarry
how did you install it?
whole quarry
you installed ue4 via the web?
sand solar
ye there website
whole quarry
are you 100% sure, that you installed unreal engine 4 via the web?
sand solar
yes
ember shadow
@whole quarry I have done some basic tutorials. I’ve created this with a UV map
sand solar
welp technacly it was the launcher as it downlaoded the launcher then unreal
ember shadow
But I broke it some how last Night and I done know what I did 😅
whole quarry
@sand solar Its not just "technically", you downloaded the launcher setup, installed the launcher, and then you used the launcher to install the engine. It's important to be precise else you get miscommunication and misunderstanding
in the launcher you can click on the black little arrow next tot he engine version you installed, either chose verify or uninstall and install it afterwards again to do a reinstall
modern sinew
Can someone help my fix my plugin install?
One of my plugins stopped working after I moved it from the Engine to the Project
so I think I messed it up
whole quarry
you didnt install the plugin via de launcher?
hoary locust
moved plugin from engine to project? what does that mean?
fallen stratus
Hello everyone! I have a problem with the new version 4.25, I updated and now my project has really low fps
clever arch
Hi Everyone! Is there away I can play an animation all the way through before it does something else? Currently I have it playing an animation that puts a gun away i use a delay node in order for it to complete before it goes to the next node. Is this the correct way of doing it?
clever arch
ok i should have mentioned that these animations are inside an animation blueprint is that a problem?
clever arch
so i can have my main character animation blueprint then inside that find the animation i want to use and then set a notifier on it and i assume call it when i need it
thanks for the link
queen wasp
I really like that ActorFoilage is possible, as I need to have plants and trees that are removable in-game. I wish I figured out a way to get rid of baked shadows though. Been thinking some decals magic. But hope ActorFoilage is going to become more stable. The scale variation doesn't work so I had to do my own constructor with a public randomstream, sometimes it fails when changing and undoing, but reloading the level and they pop back to random scale, after lighting build everything is stable though.
lucid magnet
so can anyone tell me how to make a new slot in 4.25?
queen wasp
I wish one could have parameters for the actor foilage, as in setting public actor variables to specific or random, another desire would be to have regular foilage be possible to hide/remove in-game. And yet another to be able to have ActorFoilage actors that inherit from a usermade ancestor.
thick herald
have them not cast static shadows, should be a check box somewhere.
queen wasp
@thick herald I know, though dynamic shadows are too expensive for a pretty big map in an RTS game, with 1000s of trees and plants.. It looks so darn nice with shadows hehe.
I also tried setting the actors to moveable, but shadow stays if static..
whole quarry
Add a thick fog so you cant look further than 25 meters, then set all culling to the same distance, then you can do full dynamic shadows 😛
queen wasp
If you could have low-cost "shadow removal volumes" I could put where I remove plants and trees, removing the impact of light/shadow maps... 🙂
thick herald
Culling distance etc all play a part, distance shadows etc.
dim arch
anyone know how to recompile a project on mac?
queen wasp
Another thing that I hope gets fixed, getOverlappingActors for actor and components.. It worked according to forum posts before. not in 4.24 or .25.. I now have to do a sphereoverlap and sometimes plants that are removed leave a dark shadow since outside range of the building I place.
dim arch
I deleted binaries and it forced a recompile, but idk how to recompile with a source change
whole quarry
@dim arch I googled this for you: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Development/CompilingProjects/index.html
thick herald
or rather, how are you placing them in the level?
queen wasp
More or less manually 🙂 Well, with ActorFoilage you can draw many at a time. The trees I have placed one by one, about 13-1500 per map.. They got a construction that handles random branches and sizes
I could code something to place fields of trees, but I guess I get picky about the details too.
They are actors since I 1. need to be able to remove them, 2. I replace them with another actor that enables me to cut trees branch by branch, slice the branches in pieces (harvesting as a resource)
thick herald
2 secs
whole quarry
Cant you just remove the tree from the instances and replace it with a actor type that you can cut when needed?
thick herald
Why not use the foliage painter since it supports Actor Foliage, or the PFV?
queen wasp
@whole quarry It is all about performance. The branches that can be cut are more expensive to draw. But yeah that is what I do, replace them when they are to be cut.
I don't know if I can remove foilage instances. I tried but failed before. But nevertheless, ActorFoilage works for this too, just that I have gotten used to manual control of the trees 🙂 the plants are another story, so I use ActorFoilage for those.
Still the problem is the static baked shadow .. but I think a simpler decal might do the trick
ActorFoilage you can get actors and set them to hidden in game
thick herald
with the Procedural Foliage Volume you have a lot of control over how they are placed, or there is a Marketplace pack that adds in more functionality
queen wasp
@thick herald Yeah, I reckon I could try that too, but I have found an intermediate solution 🙂 Just the shadows gets baked regardless.
atomic onyx
You can remove foliage instances actually 🙂
queen wasp
Just to be able to move one tree, and retrigger the random construction of it.. 🙂
thick herald
shadows will be there unless you selected them not to me.
queen wasp
@atomic onyx How?
If you draw a foilage onto the level, where to get the ISM, or HISM and how to? could be helpful to know.
hoary locust
how do you select individual trees with the PFV? I've never used it
doesn't seem like you can
honest vale
you use the normal foliage tools
atomic onyx
I remember doing this using some sphere tracing, getting the hit components and casting to the instance, similarly to how this guy does it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_RS1vlBYXI&t=1293s
hoary locust
@honest vale was that an answer to me?
queen wasp
I do sphereoverlap in the AI behavior tree of the cutters, they then go to a tree, it gets converted to the other type of actor with treebranches, then the treebranch is sliced in pieces and pieces picked
honest vale
yes if you asked how to select individual trees placed by the procedural foliage system
hoary locust
yeah
queen wasp
sphereoverlap and then find closest tree... 🙂
atomic onyx
yeah so that's it
hoary locust
definitely doesnt work with normal foliage tools though
honest vale
really?
I might be mistaken, haven't really used those tools in a while 😄
normal painting operations should work at least
queen wasp
@hoary locust No, but with ActorFoilage and in-game you can get the actors with sphereoverlap
hoary locust
remove my definitely, I just think that would be the first thing I'd have tried
not what I asked though, I'm a different guy from the other one lol
queen wasp
Hehe OK
I love the baked lighting I get, wish it was realtime.. But I get like 10fps with dynamic shadows.. 🙂 I have 50-70fps now, which is OK for an RTS.
@atomic onyx interesting, could also be an option sure.
hoary locust
do you see the trees up close?
queen wasp
But ActorFoilage works pretty well, not much overhead, the problem with the shadows remain, regardless of foilage type. Decals might "fix" it a bit though, I have a material using worldcoordinates that mimic the landscape material, uses the exported and imported as textures layers of the landscape but is dead slow for decals for this use, but I reckon just 2 layers could be good enough. I have 8 layers landscape
hoary locust
with dynamic shadows you want to use distancefield shadows far away
and find the right mix between distancefield shadows and cascaded shadows
queen wasp
@hoary locust No, it is all RTS distance, means, well, 50 meters away or something
or more.. 🙂
I have a map mode where you can see larger parts of the map, it works good now, but a year ago or so I tried dynamic shadows and it was syrup
hoary locust
doesnt need to be
queen wasp
If you could control different shadowing on different LODs perhaps
hoary locust
I mean it switches to distancefield shadows which are cheaper than your worst LOD
queen wasp
Mmm, I guess I need to look into distancefield shadows 🙂
It is hard to compete with baked shadows though..
queen wasp
Yup.. I fear the maps each cost me almost 2gb of GPU mem..
And then there's all the buildings and everything else and I am looking at a minimum 8GB gfx card, since it goes over 4GB..
I'd love for the game to play well in 4GB cards, have to cut down somewhere.
My dev/test system is a 6700K skylake, 32gb ram and RX580 8GB GPU
My target is 30fps on an nvidia 1060 or something like that, the game will be finished in 1-2 years from now, it is OK to require a decent system but yeah.
hoary locust
yeah, usually people don't build lightmaps for a lot of foliage
queen wasp
I guess it depends on what "a lot" is and how important it is how good it looks. In my game it is under 10K foilage, and it looks awesome with lightmaps.. so, but f.ex. grass with like 50k+ you would want to avoid it, or do 4x4 or something IDK.
In my case I keep on trying and failing till I get there..
Lighting build for a map takes about half an hour, not too bad
But yeah, the amount of maps and GPU ram is of concern
I had to turn off texture streaming, if I could specify per actor if textures are to stream I could perhaps make it work though. But for now no streaming..
I have auto generation of menu 3D icons of buildings that the texture hasn't streamed in high enough quality and bah.. 🙂
Note to self "foliage" .. 🙂 Not "foilage"
Everything is green in shader complexity, but in quads it is a bit heavy. I get as said 50-70fps but if I press F5 when running I get 120fps
I reckon I need to try optimizing the landscape material, the trees and plants are actually light green
hidden crystal
I have a big issue, I came here as last resource for knowledge, how can I package a project in Unreal with a cinematic already in a video ("mp4") and be able to see it. Right now, I'm seeing the video while in the editor and whenever I package the project I just see a white screen... 😦
sand solar
bruh
hoary locust
@hidden crystal videos must be in the folder /Content/Movies
and as far as I know that means the actual mp4 video, not the uasset
so you move them there in in windows explorer, not in the content browser
then you point the uasset to the right location
(using relative paths)
hidden crystal
okay, that will package the video ? @hoary locust
clever arch
Hi! I have a roll animation and basically it works fine but if I don't release the roll input button (In my case "C") it doesn't move to the next animation until i release it. is there away I can tell an input button that once its been pressed do it once then release it?
jaunty haven
I get this issue sometimes, how can i debug
it stucks on this for sometime, but usually it gets loaded pretty qucikly
hoary locust
@hidden crystal I think so, I've never done it, this is just something I've read
plush yew
how does the multigate work in comparison to the gate
dense aurora
whole quarry
what?
honest mango
https://gyazo.com/7bc27fd9e83bb6cd8a671c7daf54149f can someone help me disable physic dont work
rain pier
Hey guys, I have the stupidest problem and I can't for the life of me find how to fix it.
It's been 2 days now that when I click on a part of a skeletal mesh in the skeletal mesh viewport, it selects a bone and not the part of the mesh with the corresponding material. It's suuuuper annoying and I can't figure out how to switch the mode back to material / part selection. Does anyone know how to fix this ? I'm sure it's a dumb thing but it's driving me insane :)
digital anchor
rain pier
Oh my god, THANKS, I knew it was something stupid
3 years using UE and never gave this button any attention :x
midnight root
ah, I can't even SEE anything, the response by takain is So TINY , I see nothing ????
just asking bc while I'm not working on my own char, I MAY need this info for future reference
raw rock
One quick question, why does my foliage of trees not generate evenly
grim ore
He is pointing out the "Section Selection" button at the top of the window
raw rock
Like trees spawn in the middle or center and none in another side
late stag
When I shoot my gun what the other character sees in normal but then when i shoot the gun it like disappears idk if thats the recoil tho
like in third person view it's fine but I'm my screen when I shoot it goes out of my sight then comes back right away
vital cosmos
bruh why did they change the landscape and foliage layout in 4.25
midnight root
@grim ore section selection ?
grizzled axle
I was testing the new sky and wondered what is killing my frames when I hit play.. then I found this in level blueprint
without hitting play
playing...
thick herald
yeah recapture fires every time there is a change
grizzled axle
I took new template that you can select when you make new map and it was connected to tick and I'm not even changing anything that should affect sky :/
its connected to tick so you can see changes in editor?
granite iris
Hey everyone! Does anyone has run into camera post process settings overriding level post process volume settings? I have a weird bug where everytime a cinematic fires, the post process changes to the cinematic camera settings, and we don't know how why that is 😦
harsh tiger
Hello everyone I’ve got a problem. I’ve started to package my game an my has froze. I can still hear spotify but i cant click or open apps an can just move my mouse around. Also, task manager doesn’t open with ctrl shift esc. I don’t wanna power off my pc so came here for suggestions (im on my phone)
thick herald
@grizzled axle a lot of the new sky stuff isn't game ready yet, 4.26 should add in a lot of stuff and make it more performant.
grizzled axle
oh, I see, thanks for response!
thick herald
I'm guessing you have been looking at the new clouds etc?
harsh tiger
Should i wait longer? Its been near half an hour
grizzled axle
I'm not sure what I'm looking at, just noticed when you make new map, you can select "TimeOfDay" and then rotate the sky when pressing ctrl+l
thick herald
Sounds like one of the example maps they added.
I prefer the SunSky actor for really easy ToD usage
quick kelp
@deft salmon try this, go to the material, click on the big node (results node), on the left you should see the details tab, check the box for "Double sided material"
maybe this will fix it
halcyon marsh
quick kelp
np
whole quarry
Thats common, use the print screen button on your keyboard for screenshots instead of using your smartphone to make photos of your monitor
might be hidden as "prt sc"
grim ore
shut down the launcher and restart it, the next time you try to launch it should say pre reqs and try to reinstall them. The other option is to make sure you launch the launcher as adming to try and help @halcyon marsh
azure shore
is there a way to just move the position of an animation in the animation window? like with the import translation, but you cant seem to change it without reimporting
like why does this do nothing and only allows you to change it when importing
grim ore
it bakes the changes into the animation is why at import time
ionic oxide
Data Asset are only for reading data, or can also be used to store data?
grim ore
@azure shore You should be able to go in and target the root in the animation window and add an additive layer track/keyframe offset. Grab the root, adjust the settings like you want it, add a key and apply it and that should translate down to the rest of the bones properly
azure shore
oh thanks
surprised I didnt try that lol
oh god what it affects the other animations
winged crypt
half panther
2021
grim ore
*magic 🌈
half panther
this cant be true
brisk osprey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp98SUBZYH8 The bois from Epic on game summer fest rn!
grim ore
well its targetting 30fps probably and hardware can process the hell out of data now
grim ore
meh, its just data
gpu's can crunch the hell out of numbers
Blog post here https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5 btw
wary birch
Real time one billion trigs :O
brisk osprey
GIVE ME THE LUMEN NANITE SOMETHING LIGHTING RN!
half panther
no more lighting baking
slim horizon
this is incredible
tiny sonnet
LUMENI WANT IT
brisk osprey
NIAGARA REACTING TO LIGHT wtf
slim horizon
33 million??
azure shore
oh my god this is insane
slim horizon
i feel stupid being shocked at 33 there 
brisk osprey
Wait a minute
half panther
also royalitys were waived on 1 million, but who even needs that xD
brisk osprey
WAIT A MINUTE You saying i spent years and hours learning optimizing models, creating lods, and even creating procedural ways for baking FOR DAMN NOTHING RN ?
slim horizon
i've just spent 3 years at uni being so focused on optimisation 
half panther
and i wanted to get into ue4
brisk osprey
I feel actually scammed
half panther
top 10 1 anime betrayal
wary birch
Who's ready for the next real time movie haha
slim horizon
I knew tri limits werent really a thing anymore but jesus
half panther
but im still so hyped
slim horizon
ue5 
half panther
i litteraly just want to smash my keyboard into the wall rn
azure shore
yeah damn I would never feel comfortable splashing out on high poly models, its like instinct to optimise things where possible
oblique sorrel
UEV
brisk osprey
UE5
vestal stone
WTF
brisk osprey
20201
vestal stone
4.25
brisk osprey
2021
vestal stone
was on week
half panther
azure shore
I mean tbf my pc can hardly run minecraft but Im still excited af for this
vestal stone
tbh my pc can run mario
oblique sorrel
Holy hell, the name has never been more fitting
Built-in flocking?
Built-in contextual animation?
fierce tulip
fricking hnng
plush yew
UE55555
sonic ruin
unreal engine 5!!!!!
vestal stone
BUT WHY
half panther
and epic games has also functionality now
vestal stone
we didnt saw enough NORMAL GAMES ON UE 4
sonic ruin
best name
vestal stone
and they releasing 5?
half panther
FREE server stuff for devs etc
sonic ruin
2021 baby
maiden swift
oblique sorrel
What?
half panther
"Friends, matchmaking, lobbies, achievements, leaderboards, and accounts: we built these services for Fortnite, we launched them across seven major platforms - PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. Now we’re opening up Epic Online Services to all developers FOR FREE in a simple multiplatform SDK!"
plush yew
Huge potential for next gen games
civic crown
Now I'm concerned all the UE4 stuff I've learned is gonna be useless, lol
forest tree
Holy shit, UE5?
brisk osprey
Im still mad about realtime light bounces and nanolite having billions polygons, after finishing lot of lighting academy and model prepation
sonic ruin
yes sir
plush yew
@civic crown Yes ur gone
oblique sorrel
Tell me it has C#/Lua/AnythingButC++ support and I'll cream my pants
civic crown
although I doubt they're gonna ditch blueprints and such in UE5
plush yew
@oblique sorrel calm ur ass bitch
maiden swift
Tim Sweeney interview on the Twitch channel I linked.
distant river
HOLY FUCK
turbid wigeon
holy shit
dim plover
I'm so confused.
sonic ruin
I want to know what is gonna be new to UE like a different programming language or smg
turbid wigeon
#mindblowntoJupiter
azure shore
FREE MULTIPLAYER STUFF?!
wary birch
It is already out!!!
wary birch
Source code is on the repo
brisk osprey
Pre alpha ??
azure shore
damn this is so sudden
wary birch
brisk osprey
I dunno much about the repo
wary birch
I don't care
uneven torrent
WAAAAAAAAAAAT
brisk osprey
what does this mean ?
tiny coyote
what are you talking about?
wary birch
On master !!!
brisk osprey
Can i load the current build or ?
oblique sorrel
Now we wait for plugin upgrades 🤣
brisk osprey
Please god update me
grim ore
Where does that say ue5 on the repo?
forest tree
4.25, not 5, what are you on about @wary birch ?
wary birch
My eyes betrayed me
tiny coyote
About what exactly?
forest tree
Haha we're all too excited @wary birch, no worries 😄
azure shore
lol so ue4 is only at 4.25 and 5 is here
forest tree
hoping there is some sort of porting possibility of 4 to 5
hard cobalt
Why does my engine only show things in unlit mode ?
oblique sorrel
I sure hope there is. It would hurt having to stick to 4.25 when 5.0 is out lol
forest tree
2021 @oblique sorrel
half panther
add light @hard cobalt
forest tree
Will be a while I think
pearl sparrow
Can't wait for 4.26... WHAT
gleaming narwhal
It will be a jump similar to a normal minor engine upgrade
wary birch
Where are seeing 2021?
oblique sorrel
In the trailer, says 2021
devout rune
They said 2021 on the stream
violet frost
"Unreal Engine 5 is being designed with forward compatibility in mind, so you can start with next-gen development now in UE 4.25 and move your projects to UE5 when you're ready."
oblique sorrel
Holy hell
half panther
o:
somber locust
So, UE is like cryengine now where major version number means nothing special
crisp swift
unreal engine 5 be looking crazy tho
wary birch
I wonder how long before the experimental release
oblique sorrel
Other engines are officially obsolete for anything non-mobile lol
azure shore
POLY COUNT IS JUST A NUMBER
crisp swift
🔥 🔥 🔥
turbid wigeon
wait, UE5 != UE 4.25
hard cobalt
lit mode makes everything
add light @hard cobalt
@half panther it kinda works but not like the tutorial i was following he has on light
wary birch
Who cares about poly count haha
oblique sorrel
UE5 = UE 5.0
maiden swift
Preview in early 2021, full release in late 2021.
violet frost
if the new geometry tech can run at a constant 90 fps im more than just hyped.
crisp swift
also you do realize we're going to get everything in this demo just like we got the kite demo
oblique sorrel
Hell, even if it runs at 60, imagine what you could do with that + a bit of cheating with classic normalmaps and stuff
azure shore
I bet itll feel really irresponsible just slapping in models with billions of faces without even caring
oblique sorrel
what
tiny coyote
Can someone pls send me the link to the announcement (not the youtube video)
grave spruce
no more 5% every 3k
crisp swift
bruh youv got to be kidding me
crisp swift
das crazy
limpid turret
ok wow
azure shore
maybe the material itself is unlit
lofty wave
Is Unreal 5 actually a real announcement?
crisp swift
you gotta love fortnite...
tranquil isle
@fierce tulip niiice
grave spruce
@lofty wave yes
lofty wave
Nice
half panther
just add a directional light or switch to unlit @hard cobalt
limpid turret
it says coming 2021 but is that including public release?
shrewd axle
@azure shore it's gonna enable the worst modeling habits lol
azure shore
yeah thats what Im thinking lol I always try to optimise whilst modelling
but damn no limits would be amazing
devout rune
It'll be weird to not think about optimizing
violet frost
cant wait for them to release more info regarding performance. this new geometry thing reminds me of this point cloud scam of 2011. "unlimited detail!" and then they never showed anything. euclideon it was called.
tranquil isle
it's going to be a nightmare to update a project haha
crisp swift
i looked at the new xbox gameplay thing and about 90% of the games on there were ue4
devout rune
Would LODs even be needed at this point?
grave spruce
unreal twitter is now ue5 twitter
dusky inlet
will this be more or less a rebranding with a cleaned up pipeline (niagara, chaos, rendering etc.) or actually a new engine that just gets some of the new systems?
wary birch
Would LODs even be needed at this point?
@devout rune Yes, for slow hardware
limpid turret
I did however notice one thing
grave spruce
Twitter
limpid turret
you know how in games they do that wall sidle thing?
grave spruce
they change the name of the twitter