@twin adder any idea how long this game will be free? 2 weeks???
#ue4-general
daring prairie
uncut tinsel
till 21
daring prairie
rocky radish
@twin adder any idea how long this game will be free? 2 weeks???
@daring prairie till 21
rocky radish
thats odd @daring prairie that doesnt happen to me
plush yew
@jagged meteor
jagged meteor
@plush yew what is happening inside select jump velocity func?
twin adder
@daring prairie hmm what @rocky radish is kinda works, try to close launcher and then right click in tray and open Unreal Engine
still marketplace is somewhat dead
jagged meteor
is this about GTAV being free?
twin adder
@jagged meteor yep
rocky radish
yes
twin adder
true that
rocky radish
and next week theres another mystery game that will crash the launcher again
twin adder
most of it what I love right now is server redirections so launcher starts to show different languages
gotta collect 'em all
jagged meteor
1 million in revenue being waived retroactively. Like nah we don't need ur money we good... btw heres gtaV free + a bunch of game assets
uncut tinsel
Marketing ??
plush yew
@jagged meteor
cunning siren
SO UE5 tech demo made me moist. Anyone else?
jagged meteor
@cunning siren and confused af
twin adder
@cunning siren same here but I want to get my hands on it
thick herald
liquid looked a bit pants
twin adder
right now it's kinda of hard to decide
rocky radish
@cunning siren i thought it was just some fake when i first saw it, but it is AWESOME
hollow ore
Epic servers are a total dead stick right now
thick herald
actually the liquid sim, look a lot like Marvel Masters water.. but worse :/
twin adder
well the liquid wasn't on the showcase list if I recall correctly
so they did kinda placeholder
deft nebula
Only the unrealengine.com site online
twin adder
I've got redirected to other regional servers and can even boot games now
jagged meteor
wtf guys liquid sims are hard af real time
twin adder
store is still dead
jagged meteor
@plush yew where are you getting sprint speed from?
rocky radish
wtf guys liquid sims are hard af real time
@jagged meteor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XurAmUH3kfA
cunning siren
I mean, the environment legitimately looked like real life.... I don't understand the magic behind being able to have basically infinite tris. If that's legit, it'll turn the whole industry upside down....
jagged meteor
@rocky radish exactly
twin adder
@cunning siren hard to say, lets imagine that normals and retops are not needed for UE5 now, what will become with the models file size then
rocky radish
@cunning siren hard to say, lets imagine that normals and retops are not needed for UE5 now, what will become with the models file size then
@twin adder 1tb a small rock
cunning siren
As far as the liquid goes, honestly I thought it was great. The issue is that you're used to seeing "good" liquid rendered in a game, but that looked like what it actually looks like irl to walk through that kind of liquid.
fierce tulip
its in lament-ish terms the mesh-equivalent of virtual texturing/megatextures
twin adder
@rocky radish so you need a data server full of SSD's to play the game 😄
cunning siren
1tb small rock. RIP my pc
swift sedge
How do I add a restart function to a 2D side-scroller, and how do I make an ending?
rocky radish
casually builds a full data server warehouse to play next gen games
twin adder
@swift sedge if you don't want to save anything, I would just reload level
@rocky radish oh god yes, imagine whole cities of warehouses where you can see game names on each
twin adder
oh yes
rocky radish
and for a even more expensive alternative, playstation ssd's
twin adder
I just can see as the guys from the film industry will now build servers from PS5's to get UE5 working top notch
if I recall correctly there was something similar with guys from astronomy thing and bunch of PS3 working together in a cluster
dark rune
anyone else got this message when trying to open Epic games store
My friend messaged me and said something with Epic wasnt working for him
apparently its not working for me either
rocky radish
its because gta v is free
and their servers cant handle the ammount of people that want to get it
rocky radish
until when im interested
even though its not ue related
@dark rune till 21
dark rune
ah still got time
got time for people to calm down a little and for them to fix servers
rocky radish
its been a hour and its still the same
they were rerouting their servers causing the launcher to just change the language
shut gulch
lol
half panther
in-depth ue5 tech analysis
https://youtu.be/iIDzZJpDlpA
jagged meteor
@plush yew its your sprint speed that is the problem. The value is either 0 which makes your jump max jump velocity go to 0 as well OR your spacebar doesnt work
dark rune
yeah i noticed that
changed it from eng to german, sth else, sth else then cycled back to eng
shut gulch
I hope they consider making the backend for dev facing stuff and the consumer facing stuff seperate in the future
the idea that game promotions can take down the UE marketplace interface is kinda bad :/
clever arch
Hi everyone! How would I go about creating turn in place animations. I would like it so if I move the mouse or right thumb stick that when it turns the camera the character plays some moving in place animations
fierce forge
gta 5 is free on epic games ?
dark rune
@shut gulch I hope they just make it 2 programs
1 for basically Steam Rival with Free Games
other 1 for marketplace, ue4 ue5 everything ue
and optimize them because holy it lags
rocky radish
gta 5 is free on epic games ?
@fierce forge yes
dark rune
so is no one able to get into epic or is it just limiting people
rocky radish
i feel sorry for anyone trying to play their games
wheat hare
@clever arch I feel like you can apply the translation to the object directly but I'm pretty new
Like have the thumbstick apply the translation
rocky radish
@rocky radish I just want to download my assets D:
@tidal hawk you can still do that
dark rune
first thing im doing next morning is getting gta v then probably that mocap online zombie pack
does the website still work i want to buy an asset pack
plush yew
the shutter speed is 400, the jump speed is 400, even if the gearbox does not work @jagged meteor
rocky radish
No, because its not letting me get in xD
@tidal hawk go to the hidden icons>epic games launcher (right click)>Unreal Engine
clever arch
@wheat hare yeh I thought that but it doesn’t seem that simple 🤔 I can see it firing mouse coordinates if I attach a print string but that’s as far as I can get
deft nebula
Use unrealengine.com for marketplace
rocky radish
@rocky radish For you that may work, for me it doesnt
@tidal hawk 😞
jagged meteor
@plush yew gtg for real this time, but if you still struggle tomorrow I can assist then. All I can say is that I replicated your blueprint and everything works if sprint speed is a 3 digit number
outer void
@clever arch Do you mean literally just playing the animation where the character would shuffle his feet to turn around?
Like this: https://youtu.be/Osapl2IYoxA?t=10
plush yew
@jagged meteor what is the problem ?
clever arch
@outer void Yes. It’s ironic as I’ve created loads of animations for gun reloading firing running climbing etc but this one I can’t solve. I will check that tutorial out again. I tried it before but didn’t work so I must be doing something wrong!
outer void
That's odd
@plush yew That's a bit of a vague question. Can't you just turn off gravity if the characters enters a volume and then switch to a swimming animation?
clear isle
Question guys, which would be the most appropriate channel to ask a question relating to The Engine (Namely the Localization Dashboard and a Bug/problem with it)?
Was thinking engine-source (but since it's not directly working with said source I don't think it should)
normal burrow
probably here
outer void
What about making an "isSwimming" boolean to check and replace the jumping code with moving the character's location up code
coral wasp
cryengine
clear isle
Okay so TL;DR I started work with a company and I basically had to take over the project from the previous lead (who just ghosted and straight up dropped off the face the earth) so there are couple of settings and things that I might not know 100% if they are active or not so apologies form the get-go.
Basically and too the point. I have the default Game Target for the Localization with the path and everything to collect the text to be localized. The problem arises from the fact that everytime I close the project, and re-open it. It re-creates the default "Game" Target again, and if I don't delete it before closing again, when I re-open it next time i throws everything out for a loop since there is a conflicting "Target"
And I have no idea what's causing this (if anything), I've worked with UE for a bit and never had this happen before (but since first time working on 4.24, I'm not sure if it might be something specifically with this engine version since I haven't been able to find any information of this happening to anyone else.
lilac wedge
i remember seeing something like a function or custom event that keeps looping/firing until its told to stop, anyone know what this node is called
past pilot
soooo... should i be skepticle of this UE5 tech demo at real time on a ps5? Cause it looks like it was written by god.... but we all know god isnt real... right?
whole quarry
Sure, Epic shoots in their own foot by doing a No Mans Sky move..
half panther
WELL
fierce forge
hi , i need a company to put games on epic games store ?
half panther
the tech will be pretty expensive
past pilot
Obviously this isnt just out of the box stuff...
half panther
you cant just put everything on the epic games store @fierce forge
clear isle
@lilac wedge I don't remember a function like that (Apart from the event tick function, but that's not toggeable apart from having a variable and checking inside of it every tick if to do or not, which is a pretty bad idea) What you can do is this though. You can set a timer that executes a custom event (whatever you want it too) (every X seconds specified). And when you done you take the timer reference and invalidate to cancel it IIRC)
past pilot
the particles arent just gonna talk to each other and work in the environment and such... there is going to be a steep curve im sure, but hundreds of billions of tris?
warped tundra
hey i have a question,
how hard would it be to make procedural animations in UE4?
for say like large machines and all that what not
past pilot
So many tris you could just color them and they become the texture
fierce forge
@half panther epicgames said epic store will be opened for all developers , i think from indie to company
half panther
@fierce forge yep. but your products will need a certain quality
lilac wedge
@clear isle Hey i think thats what i was looking for, but found a node 'set actor tick enabled' which turns event tick on and off which is kinda perfect for my situation 🙂
past pilot
@lilac wedge id have to open up the engine, i dont use BPs often but is there a do until type node or even a while node that you change the condition on?
fierce forge
@half panther steam is the biggest , and you just need to pay 100$ and you can put a simple game .
sweet relic
@past pilot there is a while loop node
half panther
100? wasnt it more?
abstract relic
Epic store isn’t steam
lilac wedge
@abstract relic It will be soon!
past pilot
just use the while node then and change the condition when you want it to stop
fierce forge
@half panther no , i already bought one license and i know
clear isle
There is a "while and do while node". It all depends on what you are looping and how intensive it is also.
abstract relic
I certainly hope they keep quality control
half panther
@fierce forge oh, well then
heady moon
is there a way to rent dedicated servers for your game or should i just buy servers
if i make my game online
clear isle
And depending what shenanigans you are doing it might give you infinite loop errors (I.E. changing the stop value inside the same loop)
past pilot
i always try to keep out of tick where i can and do 10th of a second "ticks" instead of per physics frame ticks
lilac wedge
@clear isle the while node gets stuck in a infinite loop as the condition is changed outside the loop and cannot be changed within it :/
@past pilot Yeh i hate using event tick iswell but cant really find an alternative :/
past pilot
Just use an event to change the condition can you not?
half panther
@fierce forge https://www.epicgames.com/store/about
you can request to publish it in the form on the bottom
clear isle
The option I gave it just a way of doing it that gives you more control over how many times you want it firing
fierce forge
i can't access this
half panther
yep, servers are down
fierce forge
i know about this from about a year ago
half panther
what do you want to know then?
past pilot
i know there was ann event based loop termination type node i used a long time ago....
lilac wedge
@clear isle I kinda need it to fire every tick as it is an actor attached to the player, so any less then event tick will look bad and laggy
past pilot
@lilac wedge Sometimes you just cant get around tick
clear isle
^
fierce forge
@half panther if is available because i sawed this :
clear isle
If that's the case then you'll just have to use even tick inside the actor and use the "Set Actor Tick Enabled"
lilac wedge
@past pilot It just makes me really uncomfortable using event tick for some reason haha
clear isle
As long as you don't put anything intensive inside it, it won't be a problem (I.E. very stupidly update 1,000 entry row Data Table or something like that)
abstract relic
There’s now a channel for that @fierce forge #epic-online-services
clear isle
And just make sure that you don't have anything else running inside the on event tick becuase since you will toggle it on or off, it will cause problems if you have anything else running inside it that should not be toggled.
past pilot
can you use a for loop with break
set some high number and on complete run it back to exec
use an event to break
normal burrow
don't forget that they also gave you 1 million dollars yesterday @fierce forge
in not-taken money
past pilot
They raised the royalty limit to a mil
serene birch
they changed the payment rules for using UE4 (and UE5)
past pilot
they didnt give a million they just raised the amount you can make pre royalty
serene birch
note that it's not per quarter anymore though
they did mention giving money back retroactively though 🙂
plush yew
WHO CAN HELP ME PLEASE
normal burrow
(by a million)
plush yew
normal burrow
er a million minus 3000
plush yew
The jump don’t work
past pilot
did you bind the button?
are you running BPs?
did you try watching graph execution to see where it failing?
honest vale
did you program it to jump? 😛
normal burrow
spacebar jump always.
past pilot
a video with a dude mashing a spacebar isnt gonna get much useful help
misty owl
Super helpful when they wait 0.005 seconds and repeat their question in all caps.
past pilot
If you wait for UE5 it will just work for you though... lol
outer void
Well, to be fair, ciro asked earlier too
abstract relic
Still pretty funny
past pilot
@plush yew go ahead and DM if you want and i can try to help you
normal burrow
smash smash
past pilot
HULK SMASH.... SPACEBAR
outer void
Even looking at the screenshots, I can't tell why the character won't jump lol
half panther
did you edit your blueprints @plush yew
past pilot
So how many other people make a pretty good start on a project, really like where it is going, look at source control and upload it, find out you need to reformat your computer, download your last branch and find out you were stupid and set up your source control wrong and are missing all of your content (but you have your source at least) lol
wheat hare
I started cloning drives before formatting 30 years ago and never looked back
as a result of something similar
past pilot
i had the project on a seperate drive, drive died... said screw this and started using drop box back in the day. Lost the password to my dropbox and email after a reformat not thinking and said screw that and started running a script to zip and send it to a second computer on the network. That computer had the drive fail and lost it again after a reformat so said screw that... now i started using source control... ooops.... one day i will figure this shit out lol
past pilot
my launcher is stuck
outer void
Yes, they are looking into it apparently
past pilot
just dont use the launcher 🙂
coral wasp
ok nice thanks a lot
past pilot
if you let it 404 you can still use the library tab
coral wasp
if you let it 404 you can still use the library tab
@past pilot 500 error sorry , there're nothing but the back home button
normal burrow
everyones feeding their gta online gambling addiction i suppose
past pilot
i get 404 on the main tab but can use the rest
kill it reopen it
cause i got main tab back now
hard quarry
I only have one Directional Light in my scene, every side the sun does not facwe is very dark. Can I somehow change this, that the shadow is not that strong?
serene birch
do you have a skylight?
past pilot
skylight, reflection and Gi i think
outer void
I love me some skylights
serene birch
you probably have some of those else the shadow parts would be pitch black
past pilot
GI bounce i think is a thing, and reflection spheres and shit i think, i suck at lighting though
plush yew
is something going on with the epic games launcher?
outer void
Yeah, GTA5 is free and there is a sale, so it's getting hammered lol
plush yew
ohhh, good to know.. I try to boot up launcher to access my unreal projects..
hard quarry
@serene birch Yes I have a Skylight. Where can I set GI?
coral wasp
free for week or ? can I get tomorrow ?
serene birch
try boosting the skylight power first I guess
serene birch
that yeah, it's called "Intensity"
nimble comet
Guys do you have any idea how to put images on a mesh?
hard quarry
@fierce tulip I use this engine for quiet some years, I normally never do lightning, so I am pretty good with blueprints and cpp, but i suck at lightning
fierce tulip
oh i was talking to redraco
nimble comet
I know the basics but I was having a hard time puting images on my mesh 😅
outer void
What kind of an image
nimble comet
Just a random image Im going to edit on photoshop like ads etc.
Then I want to put it here
I have tried Dragging an image but it was tiled 😭
hard quarry
I have two projects, but in one project everything is darker than in hte other one, does anyone have an idea why?
merry gazelle
guys what's up with UE5? Is it just marketing hype or a big step up?
Also will PCs have similar performance to PS5 / hardware
abstract relic
You need to disable auto exposure Markus
grim ore
@nimble comet https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/Materials/IntroductionToMaterials/index.html and the courses on the right
outer void
@nimble comet You'll need to use UV texture coordinates to scale the texture inside the material
But yeah, you might need to familiarize yourself with materials inside UE4 first with that link. It'll make everything else a lot easier too
deft nebula
Question with the save system if i for example add a new variable to save can i still load the old save from before the new variable
outer void
deft nebula
Someone
next badger
Launcher is ded...great!
deft nebula
Question with the save system if i for example add a new variable to save can i still load the old save from before the new variable
Example i make a build where it only saves and loads your location but then i make a new build where i add coins saving and loading can i still load the old save
obsidian remnant
Hey slackers, i have a question, im somewhat new-ish to unreal, and i had to send my whole project folder to someone for some reviews and inputs. i took the whole project folder, zipped into rar parts and sent over wetransfer, now he downloaded everything and and opened it. but most of the materials and textures aren't showing up, its mostly all grey ,any idea why?
next badger
astral phoenix
Hey idk where to post this but is it possible to make a .io game with Unreal? i have tried to google it but i cant seem to find a real answer :/
@next badger yeah u right i got this https://gyazo.com/066c6390517a59048687f64a759ee6e7
thick herald
.io is a domain not a game type?
thorn violet
.io games are like... simple multiplayer browser-based games
Or something like that 😄
astral phoenix
@thick herald sorry my bad i just mean a domain where alot of people play like the famous slither.io or Agar.io game 🙂
obtuse sun
How's everyone doing? I'm a complete beginner so you'll have o forgive me... I have visual studio installed but I can't seem to be able to generate the visual studio project... What am I doing wrong?
weary hull
is there a stream today?
shy silo
it just started. Its on soft object references
obtuse sun
Thank for helping me @outer void
still moat
Last time I did that, compiling didn't work anymore
vale silo
with all this UE5 excitement, are we getting 4.25.1 any time soon ?
brave lark
anybody else or just me?
outer void
@obtuse sun Did it work?
thorn violet
Blame GTA V
brave lark
oh really
brave lark
can we please separate UE4 from the game library
for that matter, do I have to use the launcher to download plugins. I don't use binary engines and yet I need to install one in order to download assets
tiny sonnet
@fierce tulip i just reload and got a 403 error lol
obtuse sun
@obtuse sun Did it work?
@outer void I had to load it through the actor itself but hey, its working ? xd
outer void
lol. Whatever works xD
deft nebula
How can i save the player location with the world origin shifting system
obtuse sun
lol. Whatever works xD
@outer void I'm sorry... I only got access to that one script not he whole project :/ I though perhaps by building the damn thing I would get access to that option BUT NooO
outer void
Did it actually create the project solution at all?
Like, is there a .sln file in your project directory
outer void
I mean in the project folder itself
mighty copper
Has there been a fix for unreal launcher not loading?
outer void
Not yet
obtuse sun
Do you mean this?
hot thistle
Is marketplace down?
obtuse sun
wow that's weird then .. Maybe cuz U didn't have the visual studio attached when I first created it
Nioe
This is the unreal's first person
outer void
Doesn't matter, same thing
Right click in the editor, "New C++ class" and choose "None"
It'll make a project solution for you
Also check this
obtuse sun
@young kernel
question, is Epic launcher down?
@plain mural try reloading that fixed it for me
plain mural
kk, will try
urban gyro
any animators around?
past pilot
i restarted it then went and got GTA V for free through it just because lol
obtuse sun
@outer void or... x)
I'm attempting to do it again ahah
I'm creating a c++ project
And if that doesn't work , I'll attempt your way. Thank you helping me man, I know you must be busy
I'm going to probably hate this, because I only intended on changing a few blueprints by adding c++
This will give me EVERYTHING in code won't it?
outer void
You didn't need to create a new project
hasty osprey
so this was a UE3 tech demohttps://t.co/pam5pZm9e5?amp=1
but no UE3 game ever looked as good as that correct?
does that mean this UE5 tech demo is kinda unrealistic for future games?
past pilot
You had an issue with ability and budget. You could make a game that good in ue3 but no one was going to spend the money to do it
The ue5 tech demo shows technologies that are supposed to be automatic
meaning no or even less cost to make that quality.
There is a hard divide most times between an engines capability and how it is used
hasty osprey
ahh thats right, the new engine comes with Nanite and Lumen by default
past pilot
Also this new demo is 1440p upscaled to 4k at 30fps. A lot of companies are going to target 4k native 60fps so they wont look that good
And unless they want a 300gb+ download they wont have everything streaming 8k textures with z-brush models
clear cave
Not sure where this question belongs but I have an issue with shadows. I want to be able to see my own ThirdPerson Mannequin mesh but I'm unable to after setting "Owner No See" to true. What to do?
past pilot
you can set shadows to show even though the model is hidden.
this should be default in the 1st person template
clear cave
How do you do that?
Thanks! Figured it out. Ty @past pilot ❤️
Didn't notice the Hidden Shadows option!
hasty osprey
So what does this new engine actually offer then, if the size issue still remain?
clear cave
What size issue?
deft nebula
How can i save the player location with the world origin shifting system
obtuse sun
WHY Won't my visual studio show the thing now?
hasty osprey
Isnt the point to give devs more time to create more maps, since they can just bring em straight from modelling without any baking?
past pilot
@clear cave i think this
clear cave
Yep thank you 😄
past pilot
@hasty osprey You can still take full advantage of that while scaling back the resolution of textures and still making lower poly models
mighty copper
I'm still getting a 500 error and I've even rebooted my computer
past pilot
you dont need a million tri rock with 8k you can do a 2k with 15k tris and the system will still just work
grim ore
the launcher is brokey right now, please visit it later
hasty osprey
ahh ok, thanks @past pilot
mighty copper
I was trying to get to the epic stream today that is the only way I know how to get there, doesn't show up on youtube and I don't know the twitch link if that is where they're streaming from...
mighty copper
thanks
deft nebula
How can i save the player location with the world origin shifting system
heady moon
Can I use bind action to run a function with parameters
past pilot
The biggest things i can see from ue5 for time savings is the lack of a need for LOD generation and the time saved baking lighting and normal maps. Im sure studios will still rather spend that time if it means meeting a certain performance/spec budget for their specific title
maiden swift
Hot tip: If you get the 500 error in the launcher and can't get back to your library, open Settings and check Hide Game Library, then click Back. You'll land in the Unreal Engine tab and get right back to business.
obtuse sun
Warning: HotReload failed, recompile failed
Warning: RebindPackages failed because compilation failed.
lol, bouwmeester is not getting any response. You might want to try asking on answerhub too if nobody here knows the answer to your question.
obtuse sun
Oh My Days... First script I attempt to add AND I GET A COMPILER ERROR? The script has NOTHING in it
past pilot
fix what you broke in your code @obtuse sun
ancient lotus
@obtuse sun check the include path for the .cpp and compile in visual studio not the editor
past pilot
compile it in VS and see what error it throws
deft nebula
lol, bouwmeester is not getting any response. You might want to try asking on answerhub too if nobody here knows the answer to your question.
@outer void
Already did that via forums but takes so long for a response
hoary goblet
or just browse to "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.25\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor.exe" to avoid the launcher at all
heady moon
Can I use bind action to run a function with parameters??
fierce tulip
who the bleep installs ue4 on their C drive :p
hoary goblet
my c is big and fast 😄
past pilot
i did... cause its my raid 0 SSD array also
maiden swift
@fierce tulip Most people, I would venture.
past pilot
recently got a NVMe 1tb drive though so might move it there since it still faster than my Raid 0 array
obtuse sun
Ok so following the Console Log it says that it couldn't find the directory .. Should I just pull the explorer out and create the sum b?
hoary goblet
@plush yew Yes after each 500 error, I did watched for a while, was funny
urban gyro
which is better, blend 3 states in one animation or have each state have its own animation?
past pilot
Just need to toss this overclocked 6700k cause its too fucking slow compiling shaders and get a 3900x or 3950x...
@urban gyro i would assume it would depend on the states
urban gyro
well, linked states of course 😄
ancient lotus
@past pilot 4670k here bud, enjoy it
distant totem
lol whats wrong with installing ue on C?
past pilot
i think blend would likely look better?
urban gyro
dunno thats why im asking lol
obtuse sun
@obtuse sun check the include path for the .cpp and compile in visual studio not the editor
@ancient lotus Where's the path and how can I change it... Sorry for the stupid question
outer void
past pilot
@distant totem people dont do it cause if they have to reinstall they have to redownload and compile the engine
If its on a different drive you can reinstall windows and open UE4 like nothing happened
obtuse sun
@obtuse sun You looked at https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Development/VisualStudioSetup/index.html and https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Development/ManagingGameCode/CppClassWizard/index.html yet?
@outer void I did (: Couldn't find a fix so looked for this discord in hopes of one you great people could help 👼
hoary goblet
No backup, no merci... so C: is fine for me 😄 with backup and version control
past pilot
@hoary goblet you use binary version then?
past pilot
yea, it becomes a bigger problem when you use the source version
hoary goblet
to cross compile for linux
past pilot
Just saves time and headache to have it on another drive. Dont have to recompile, remember and install plugins and shit like that
reset settings
blah blah
hoary goblet
i plan to run ue as a daemon, for this i will need the source verson
gui less i mean
neat forge
Can anyone explain to me how I can update a plugin myself? I have the zip file for it and I need to update it to 4.25
past pilot
paste it into the plugin directory and let the editor try to recompile it i think
if it is compitable it should work
neat forge
It said I have to do it manually
past pilot
is it in your projects plugin folder?
neat forge
Yes
past pilot
is your project bp or source
past pilot
then i think you MIGHT be boned... might have to take it out, open project generate source files and put it back in and try compiling from vs
obtuse sun
Ok , so many questions... This time I built the project before attempting to add a new actor component and that did the trick... WEIRD
neat forge
Not sure what I did wrong before but I got it working this time
past pilot
ok, yea it should just try to recompile if it isnt too old and contain depreciated code
hoary goblet
Btw. anybody know which Linux Distribution Epic uses for their Fortnite servers? Found CentOS and Ubuntu hints, but nothing officially
?
past pilot
does distro really matter?
brave lark
eh
hoary goblet
support wise maybe
past pilot
Thought most distros used the same standard kernel and most was package and ui differences
frozen mural
anyone getting this message when load marketplace?
An error occurred while trying to process the response from server. Please retry later or contact an admin for help.
past pilot
Servers are overloaded right now i think
brave lark
which sucks because i need a plugin
frozen mural
true
brave lark
need to buy it
neat forge
its saying to try to rebuild it from source manually still, how do I rebuild it?
past pilot
oof
brave lark
might be able to write my own in the time it takes for servers to calm down
past pilot
@neat forge someone might know better but i would try creating a source class and get it ready for VS and try a manual compile with VS
hoary goblet
@past pilot nah Distros also differs by lib versions, system structure etc. e.g. Debian is always behind the rest...
brave lark
@past pilot did you change the engine version in the .uplugin file?
(open in text editor)
past pilot
not me with the issue its @neat forge
past pilot
Everyone is a total noob with one system in UE4 or another lol
hoary goblet
👍
past pilot
I am a pro at taking the default UE4 lighting and somehow incrementally making it look worse and worse
urban gyro
wait till that sweet juicy GI comes in
outer void
You made my spit coffee all over my desk
urban gyro
my specialty is making a messy folder structure in the project, no matter how neat and thought out I make it, in the end it's one giant mess...and thhen the redirectors come circling like vultures
past pilot
Its true though... then i watch youtube videos to figure out what the hell i did.... and then it gets exponentially worse lol
i tell it to fix up redirectors almost every time i move something lol
past pilot
The best is moving something, the engine freezing then loading in with a bunch of missing asset errors
urban gyro
can't 4get the classics of course
fierce epoch
which sub-thread should i go to for optimization questions with sprites and unreal?
past pilot
With the new Lumen system in UE5 im tempted to just stop trying till next year lol
fierce epoch
paper2d isn't quite right, i'm not sure design is either
fierce tulip
graphics perhaps
past pilot
maybe graphics?
fierce epoch
ooo ty
fierce tulip
@digital badger https://twitter.com/Luos_83/status/1260933898067775493
Twitter
doh
didnt copy the url
there
past pilot
Im a sucker for a good UV map
the divide between gamer/dev and writer... "i played x game and it looked just fine, this new stuff looks fine too. So they are the same"
outer void
What an eye-rolling article
fierce tulip
you should read the comments on the tweet. it got slightly viral and I had to mute it :p
digital badger
Some journalists( Jason schrier for example) understand the game developer position, for a lack of a better phrase
But PC-Gamer screwed up lol
hoary goblet
I mean what do they expect from "something" that would bring the gamedev forward? UE4 lic change + UE5 announcement was like XMAS for me
fierce epoch
the comments sound very knee jerk, i haven't had time to read the update notes for ue5 yet tho so i can't say junk about what's practical
past pilot
They miss that even if the looks were identical, the effort required to produce it will be a lot less making more time for gameplay or for an idie to put out a better product
digital badger
Exactly @past pilot
fierce epoch
oo i see
frosty heron
I wanted to see the character wireframe in the demo
fierce tulip
if there are odds of it not improving gameplay vs it will, my money is on "it will"
past pilot
The only thing im weary of and likely because ive seen it too many times... was that REALLY a live playing on a ps5?
fierce epoch
it felt like a demo >.>
frosty heron
because I'm seeing polycounts for characters progressing from 30k to 60k to 205k triangles
fierce epoch
like a vid demo
fierce tulip
its live
fierce epoch
@_@
fierce tulip
knowing epic itll be released at some point during ue5's lifecycle
so we can all play with it
frosty heron
quadrification of essentially flat surfaces that don't really need the polycount
past pilot
They should compile it for PC and let us load it right now.
It would put a lot of people at ease of it being real
digital badger
It'll be released like "A Boy and his Kite" was
past pilot
Cant hurt anything to send out a binary build for people to actually play with
digital badger
I think it depends heavily on the 5gb/s SSD that the PS5 has though
past pilot
I got that on my NVME
digital badger
The demo implies that assets are streamed.
past pilot
gimme
fierce tulip
that, and it was probably patched to work fine in that one situation, without having to take care of random hardware users have.
so it is probably far from working-on-pc-ready
outer void
@plush yew You'll have to look at the rest of the log to see if it identifies the offending asset and debug from there
digital badger
Consoles allow for a standard experience, which is why it was probably used. Since every PS5 is built the same, unlike PCs which vary largely in specifications.
past pilot
if it can run on an integrated Navi i want to see what it can do on a 2070 super
digital badger
I worry that Nanite will have a spec boundary( e.g can only run on games which are hosted on an SSD which is at a certain speed)
If that is the case, this advancement is useless for PC games
past pilot
Im sure it would be scaled
digital badger
As most PC users don't have great SSDs
manic pawn
it's not useless, your toaster is useless
digital badger
So you would have to worry about LODs
manic pawn
games will keep moving forward
fierce tulip
scaled, and you could still have loading-parts (like opening a door) to load in more for those who have slower ssd's
past pilot
I think the streaming is less about LOD and more about open world large amounts of textures
The CPU is likely going to be the one hammered calculating the variable LODs
digital badger
I suggested previously that assets could be loaded into RAM for PCs which are too slow. As ram speeds are like 12 times faster than the PS5 demo and most gaming PCs have 16gb+
past pilot
Wonder if games can dynamically set a ram disk type deal...
digital badger
This might only work on smaller levels though
past pilot
Still have the issue of 8gb builds still being rampant though
hoary goblet
@digital badger well the ones that cares for such games would simply get a SSD, or get new PC, it's always a matter of knowing your audience. But yes i think you won't be able to work around LODs.
past pilot
i mean i have 32gb in my system with 32gb sitting on the desk beside it (took the 32 out for overclock)
SSDs are so cheap now
Even a good 500gb NVMe
hidden bloom
hey guys wassup today
plush yew
I need help
hidden bloom
me too lol i cant get marketplace to populate keeps saying cant connect or somethign
digital badger
I'm always wary of new technology, @past pilot and @hoary goblet. New solutions need to be scaled to a large consumer base, which sometimes limits the advancements in game dev. We are reaching a new generation though, so perhaps I shouldn't be so "set in stone". I just can't see studios telling people "To play our game, get a SSD or go away" lmao
Though, checking amazon, a 6gb/s SSD on SATA is only £60 which is like 70 dollars
past pilot
i can... Microsoft said get a new CPU or go away...
gleaming crest
Hello everyone i just joined this server. I am interested in game developing. I dont know if this is the right channel to ask about this but i was wondering what is a good place for me as a beginner to start
hoary goblet
@digital badger Yes that's why LODs will stay for a while... but good to be able to have none 😄
digital badger
@past pilot Which game was that for? I don't remember unfortunately
fierce epoch
@gleaming crest i started getting familiar with UMG stuff by binging the WTF Is.... series on youtube, as well as Epic's youtube channel giving overviews and highlights
that's on the technical end of it though, not so much building out the steps that bring you to that point
polar fossil
i half remember that ue4 had smaa built in some time ago, but can't seem to find it anymore. was it ever built in?
fierce epoch
i've been really careful about curating info from trusted sources, so i don't pick up errant workflows
past pilot
@digital badger the whole operating system lol
jolly steppe
If PC memory gets better because of PS5, then I'm sad I spent so much on ram and SSDs, lol
fierce epoch
if you're interested in the out-of-engine game development i'd recommend a ton of competative analysis (looking at successful stuff similar to your idea) and collecting elements they use. IE: collect phases, animated elements and where --- gameplay stuff is way out of my realm tho
gleaming crest
@fierce epoch I found out there are beginner videos on the unrealengine site, there is a Unreal Online Learning section
jolly steppe
unless the new stuff will still let me use that stuff, lol
gleaming crest
is this a good place to start?
fierce epoch
absolutely!
fierce epoch
if it helps, i had to binge and rewatch a ton of these things before they 'stuck'
digital badger
@jolly steppe I remember when I spent 150 dollars on 16gb of DDR4, now it costs 80 dollars in my region. Which is annoying....
gleaming crest
gotcha
past pilot
sorry, they refused to support new cpus on win 7 im backwards
jolly steppe
@plush yew So did we find out if PCs will get better tech for memory?
fierce epoch
cus unreal is great, but it's also very ENG-heavy for workflow; from an prod art perspective that was a hard thing to wrap around
jolly steppe
@digital badger ooof, that sucks, : (
fierce epoch
feels like maya and after effects had a baby, that you can create games on
jolly steppe
can't wait for UE5
jolly steppe
Games in 5 years are going to look amazing
past pilot
Games do have min requirements though phasing out older hardware
lusty pumice
What would be good skills to have learned before UE5 comes out? Blueprints or C++?
jolly steppe
"This is why PS5 is better than X Series. XBots are crying now"
digital badger
@novel summit Remember that Nanite is not confirmed for Skeletal Meshes
jolly steppe
comments like that are hilarious to read
novel summit
my question is what will this do for vr, if you don't have to worry about polygons
honest vale
@lusty pumice both
novel summit
gonna push that baby to the limits
lusty pumice
why not photorealistic FPS
hidden bloom
is anyone else having probs with marketplace? is it just down for maint
jolly steppe
you're rich, lol
jolly steppe
I got Index Knuckles, and Vive headset
lusty pumice
@honest vale thats gonna take more than 6 months right?
novel summit
oooo dats still a good setup
jolly steppe
Yeah I love it. I have no plans on going to an Index headset.
novel summit
I just hadn't had a vr before so why not go all out and not have to upgrade any time soon
honest vale
@lusty pumice learning programming in general is a lifelong task anyway 😛
lusty pumice
so its not good to know level design together with programming/blueprints?
yea I figured but I wanna make a game
so bad
in ue5 😄
honest vale
vale lagoon
hey guys? anyone have any experience with DLC in unreal?
jolly steppe
I wanna make a game too but blueprints is my bottleneck 😂
novel summit
anyway, anyone know how to randomly rotate actors with constraints, trying to make concert lights
jolly steppe
I can't get the thing that I wanna do working and I tried for months....... and it's a simple thing..... I don't think I'm qualified to make a game, lmao
novel summit
what the thing?
jolly steppe
grapple, lol
novel summit
oooooof
jolly steppe
like grappling onto objects and pulling enemies towards you
in a 2D game
sidescrolling style
jolly steppe
xD
novel summit
so many in 3d
jolly steppe
I tried taking stuff I learned from vids and converting it to 2D but something just isn't working right, lol
I don't think I'll continue it, don't worry
I'm going back to the drawing board 😂
lusty pumice
I really wish someone makes dead island 2
it's really hard to achieve those zombie physics in unreal
frank iron
Hi how can I have to-scale 3D models of the Earth in Unreal Engine?
frank iron
No I just want to use unreal engine as a way to 3d visual trajectory data of a satelitte. I just need to know how I can get a to-scale earth
*visualize
No playable characters
Well the player will be the camera so I can zoom in and out
ember shadow
Hey, im importing this from blender and this comes up when trying to put in a animation... help?
digital badger
@ember shadow May you post the blender hierarchy?
ember shadow
Sure! Just had to restart my pc give me a sec
digital badger
That's fine 🙂
outer void
How dare you make Maestro wait!
digital badger
is that a second armature underneath the pose?
hollow ore
And has a TON of UI stuff that is gonna transform my games lol
fierce epoch
oh god label the bonesss
digital badger
unless I'm being stupid - I'm no expert on blender
OR you need to parent all your bones to a root bone
YES THAT'S IT @ember shadow
mighty copper
ok I have a question to whomever can answer... Would it be possible to take the Chaos Destruction Demo built on a Github Source Build of 4.23 and then with a fully enabled Chaos project built in 4.25 which is just install from the Epic Launcher get it to load by migrating the project or something in that way? Is something like that able to be done? or because the way they've built/created the Chaos Destruction Demo?
digital badger
Like my spine bone in the metarig example
ember shadow
sorry about that had to do something quick
so i just parent all my bones to the root bone?
fierce epoch
do you need to adhere to the hierarchy or just all bones to the root
i havent rigged shit in years
hollow ore
@mighty copper pretty sure you have to build whatever version of the engine you want to run it in.
ember shadow
ahhh it works!
trim tapir
When two of my enemy pawns spawn in the same location, one of them flies far away. Is there a way to decrase it so that they are only nudged?
frank iron
So is it impossible to have a to-scale Earth on unreal engine?
plush yew
Any news on if Unreal Engine 4 projects will be upgradable to Unreal Engine 5? Team is trying to decide whether to start in Unity or Unreal 4
We have an abundance of plugins for each
digital badger
@plush yew UE4 projects can be transferred to UE5
And ue5 will have the same licensing structure as ue4
frank iron
@digital badger what's world comp?
digital badger
World composition is like level streaming essentially
outer void
@trim tapir I'm sure there are a lot of different solutions. I'm assuming you mean in the are spawned on the same location, the physics freaks out and yeets one of them?
trim tapir
yea
digital badger
But I'm not sure how you could have earth work as the earth is a globe and UE4 levels are flat
trim tapir
@outer void
So what I have is a "freeze" gun that prevents enemies from moving
and when it shoots the spawn new enemies have a hard time spawning in and jump around
outer void
My initial solution would be to just disable collision and then move the actor's transform manually until it's no longer colliding and then reactivating collision
But I'm sure there are more elegant solutions that I'm not thinking of
trim tapir
ok I will look more into it
maybie theres a way to increase mass or something so that it doesnt fly as far
outer void
That seems like a very hacky solution that might not work in all instances, but heck, give it a shot. That's the fun of game dev.
trim tapir
haha yea
hot thistle
Anyone know of any good animation pack including FP walking and running, and defaul stuff like that?
outer void
By FP, do you mean arms only?
plush yew
Hi, is there some website where I can get like photorealistic demos and such stuff? I would love to see some kind of storm or tornado as photorealistic demo to play with
balmy marsh
How do I add collision for procedural mesh?
plush yew
Also something like rainforest with rain, apartments, nature, maybe town
trim tapir
@outer void I changed the spawn settings from "try to adjust location, but still spawn" to "always spawn" and I think it worked for the most part
outer void
Neat
trim tapir
although i think I still get some flying around
its less common i think tho
Im thinking about spawning enemies in a random location in a radius
hot thistle
Its the same if its only arms or the whole model, but just that they look decent from a fp perspective aswell
outer void
Have you looked at this?
This is just very basic, though. But good enough for prototyping. Maybe someone else has a better resource.
trim tapir
Splat I think making the spawn more random work
hot thistle
@outer void yea I did, but thats mostly with weapons, I need more of just arms swaying and such
outer void
Nice. Random might still get you a yeeting enemy from time to time. The only way to really guarantee is to check a location for collision first and then spawn if it's all clear.
obtuse sun
I'm sorry, I'm retarded... but where's the fleeping Compile Button ?
hot thistle
Does anyone here own this pack?
There's no video of it, only a pdf of the animation animation names so I'm kind of hesitant to buy a animation pack based on only pictures and names.
orchid minnow
I kind of don't like UE4.25 UI for panting/sculpting (Etc..
outer void
That one?
orchid minnow
any way to revert it to how it was?
obtuse sun
That one?
@outer void ❤️ It's different NOW 😮
outer void
What do you mean?
obtuse sun
Inside of assets the Compile button has an image of sprockets whilst on the main screen the Compile Button just looks like a cube of cubes ahah
outer void
lol
plush yew
Are you able to use level streaming and world comp at the same time
@hot thistle Read / watch some reviews on Filmstorms other content, some have said its just mixamo. not sure if it is, on that specific pack.
After checking to verify it was this seller. - I do know for 100% fact i bought an animation pack from filmstorm on gumroad and it was just mixamo animations on the ue4 skeleton. I requested a refund and never got one. gumroad sided with seller, even after providing proof of copied animations from mixamo. So i legit paid for mixamo animations from filmstorm. I don't care what anyone says or what filmstorm says, they 100% sold me a mixamo pack as if it was their own and continued to lied about it being mixamo even though the animations were identical after downloading them and comparing. This happened over a year ago, so things could have always changed. just always do your research before buying something and see if someone has had experience with them. if you doubt something, just pass on it. I have bought allot of content that seemed to be good, yet taken off this marketplace or that marketplace, because it was found to have stolen content, if it worries you or you cant afford to lose the investment in the cost of assets don't buy it.
solar marsh
Hello
late verge
hey everyone. i remember there was some kind of exe that would allow me to open up ue4 without internet access. it had the ue4 logo but instead of it being black it was blue. anyone able to point out it's location to me?
fallen marten
It sounds like the file in your project folder
outer void
Yeah, it sounds like you are referring to the uproject file in the project directory?
You don't need an internet connection to launch it
elder viper
Hi all, I started learning Unreal a couple of days ago so I very new to this. My file is named texture.1001.BaseColor.tga but in content browser it imports as texture_1001_BaseColor.tga. I right-clicked on the BaseColor and converted it to Virtual Texture but it doesn't work. In Project Settings, I turned on Virtual Textures under Rendering options as well. Also restarted Unreal Engine.
Nothing seems to work.
Please help!
late verge
@fallen marten @outer void yup, thanks you two!
grim ore
@elder viper soo.... what are you trying to actually do?
elder viper
I have two UDIM textures and want to apply them onto my mesh. right now it seems like only the 1001 texture is being applied onto the mesh
The mesh has two UDIMs and I exported two base color maps from substance. texture.1001.BaseColor.tga & texture.1002.BaseColor.tga but they are imported into the content browser as texture_1001_BaseColor.tga & texture_1002_BaseColor.tga. I right clicked on the 1001 and converted it to Virtual Texture. There is a small VT on the bottom right corner of the thumbnail. Then I drag it into the material editor and connect it to the Base Color input of the material and click apply. The mesh is only taking in the 1001 and applying it on both 1001 and 1002 UDIMs
hot thistle
@plush yew oh damn, thanks for checking that out, definetly won't be buying this then!
grim ore
did you import both of the files @elder viper or just the first one and let the engine do the rest?
elder viper
@grim ore I have imported both into the content browser
the material I created was a normal physical material . right click > create material
grim ore
you should not be doing that, you import just the first and the engine finds the rest and makes 1 asset for you that has them all
no need to convert to VT, it's all automatic if your naming is correct
elder viper
I tried renaming it with dots but it says name not allowed
grim ore
delete the assets from the projects content browser, make sure the files are named correctly on your disk, go to the import options in UE4 in the folder you want them int (right click, import/add is at the top), select just the first one (the 1001 file) and import just that
you might also want to make sure the udim coordinate numbers are at the end before the .file extension
elder viper
@grim ore okay. will do. On my disk, they are named as water2_1001_BaseColor.tif & water2_1002_BaseColor.tif
grim ore
they need to have the dots on disk like the docs state
BaseName.####.[Support Image Format] is what it is expecting
and uh.. I dont know if tif is supported
png or tga would be better
elder viper
okay. will rename them with dots. Also when I import with dots they get replaced by underscores. I'll try again with tga's
@grim ore thanks! Will try now and report back
grim ore
its fine if it renames it, the key is the import file(s) have to be correct, and you import just the first one (1001) and it will scan for the rest
forest tree
elder viper
@grim ore it worked!! thankyou!! 🙂
Hopefully substance will update their Unreal exporter soon haha
hidden bloom
hmm they must have been down for maintenance or something cause after short nap seems like marketplace is working again
exotic cove
Hey guys... I seem to keep finding myself running into situations where I have the desire to create a "component of components" or a set of components that I want to be able to attach to an actor (or even another component) as a pre-defined group. I'm guessing this is anti-pattern, but I'm not quite sure what the correct way to do this is. Is my best bet just creating an actor with those components and using the ChildActorComponent to attach it, or is there another pattern/alternative/best practice I might be overlooking here?
obtuse sun
My fellow amazing people ... When I do AActor * blabla ... the " * " is just expressing that that's a pointer right?
manic pawn
yes
obtuse sun
Thank you 🙂
So, let me see If I get this right, When I do :
TakeDamage(AActor* DamagedActor, bla bla bla
What I'm saying is : Go to the Func Take Damage and receive the pointer of class AActor called DamagedActor
right?
honest mango
https://gyazo.com/933cf51b1a6c6a3bd873623c3b341414 can someone help me ? it only rotate at the world origin
trim tapir
trying to package my project but this happened: UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (32-bit)): LogInit: Display: LogProperty: Error: UStructProperty::Serialize Loading: Property 'StructProperty /Game/BP/Tiles/PlayerTiles/Turrets/Cannon_BP.Cannon_BP_C:ExecuteUbergraph_Cannon_BP.CallFunc_GetDataTableRowFromName_OutRow'. Unknown structure.
hollow ore
Canon bp has an error
trim tapir
got a ton of unknown structure errors
there should be no errors
i can play it fine in the eidotr
editor*
im using a data table for all of my turret blueprint properties
its more than just the one
hollow ore
Blueprint where that array is being called . Pic?
trim tapir
hollow ore
Data table
outer void
@honest mango Doesn't "Get socket rotation" return world space?
hollow ore
trim tapir
ill try refreshing nodes
look like it worked for the cannon
ill just have to do it for the other turrets
warped tangle
Did you change the struct without recompiling the BP's that ref them?
next badger
Anyone watched today's stream?
grim ore
I did
next badger
Was it about "Inside Unreal: Demystifying Soft Object References — Science & Technology" ?
I'm looking in the Twitch and it's not there
grim ore
about 10 minutes of UE5 questions then yep about soft objects. Was basically the same as his other video/tweet he put out about it
maiden swift
Christian's great. We've had him a few times at the Portland meetup.
tiny sonnet
I have 0 experience with working with montages, why does the character wait like that after clicking left-click. I can't seem to figure it out, the animation sequence itself does not have that wait https://gyazo.com/08428f9f00d61162e29bb01b4b249c54
grim ore
well we cant hear you left clicking, is it a delay before the attack?
tiny sonnet
lemme just put the input action in a blueprintue
grim ore
plus we dont know how you are calling the montage or what the montage is made of so you could show that ? also #animation might have more actual help if this is not a simple issue
pure pollen
am i the only one thinking that if the devs has put an amazing detailed graphic into the game is because they wanted to see that at least 1 person stop playing and just apreciate the amazing efoort they've put in the map-creating process?
tiny sonnet
https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/doidikv_/ @grim ore #animation is my next stop if i cant figure it out here, #ue4-general is faster so i start here usually
the isattacking boolean is controlling the montage
in the animBP, its basically the same usage as the "using anim montage" documentation usage
pure pollen
and that's why in unreal engine i use quixel megascan to get the assets, but i can't figure out what is wrong with them
th easset's are nothing like the preview in bridge
like the geometry isn't right
let me do some screen
grim ore
@tiny sonnet well the anim montage stuff on the docs use the BP nodes, not playing them in the anim bp directly.
tiny sonnet
i dont understand?
grim ore
so debug you anim bp, does the node to fire off your play attack montage fire off immediately after you press the button? put a breakpoint on that node
tiny sonnet
from wut i see, it holds the first frame of the montage for a second, before playing the rest
grim ore
so the montage fires immediately? what does your montage look like then
next badger
@tiny sonnet you are using ALS...it may have so many reasons to fail
tiny sonnet
@grim ore yes, it fires immediately
rocky radish
@pure pollen you do realise that the displacement is disabled right?
pure pollen
i see you guys are chatting and i'm sorry for bothering you, but i may need some help here... i'm not really skilled with ue4
rocky radish
and also that the material that comes with bridge is not really perfect
next badger
@pure pollen you need to change all maps except diffuse to linear color afaik
grim ore
@pure pollen the biggest thing is the environment between quixel/bridge and UE4 are not the same
warped tangle
It's not drag and drop/plug and play @pure pollen
pure pollen
i see
warped tangle
That's like expecting a game to look like the cinematic trailer you saw on youtube lol
rocky radish
also i'd highly recommend you modifying the master material because the default one isnt the best at what it does
pure pollen
any suggestion on how to get a better looking assets? (still with quixel)
next badger
@pure pollen use pom where it's possible
warped tangle
LOLOL
pure pollen
pom?
winter gale
Parallax Occlusion Mapping
elder viper
does Unreal have a POM material preset?
warped tangle
It was a joke. As mentioned, modify the master material, play with params, lighting makes a huge difference (don't trust what you see in the material viewport, as that won't necessarily look like the same thing it'll look like in your level)
next badger
@elder viper afaik, not in default assets...some are in content examples iirc
@warped tangle you can set material preview to look like your game lighting setup
elder viper
@next badger ah okay
I bought a Material Pack off the marketplace and it has some cool materials. It came as a project. How do I get those materials into my own project?
pure pollen
Daniellll said that the displacement is disabled... how do i enable it?
rocky radish
Daniellll said that the displacement is disabled... how do i enable it?
@pure pollen in the plugin there's an option
tiny sonnet
@grim ore i figured it out, thx
next badger
@elder viper in hte launcher you will have that pack...there will be an option either add to project or make new one
rocky radish
but as i said before MODIFY THE MASTER MATERIAL, because the default displacement is not good
elder viper
ah okay
tiny sonnet
is epic games back up?
pure pollen
@rocky radish which master material should i use?
next badger
@rocky radish Quixel's master material is horrible
rocky radish
@rocky radish Quixel's master material is horrible
@next badger wich is what i said, just didnt want to over-exagerate
elder viper
@rocky radish is there a Master Material tutorial you recommend?
rocky radish
@rocky radish is there a Master Material tutorial you recommend?
@elder viper idk, i never really watched many tutorials on master materials tbh
elder viper
aha okay
rocky radish
@rocky radish which master material should i use?
@pure pollen get the one that comes after you enabled displacement and modify it. heavily.
elder viper
please forgive me for my noobness here. When you say master material, youre refering to the default Material that can be created in the content browser?
next badger
@rocky radish yes...i need to soften the statement...it's good for archiviz, movies and tech demos, but not games
pure pollen
@pure pollen in the plugin there's an option
@rocky radish wait what plug in?
rocky radish
@rocky radish yes...i need to soften the statement...it's good for archiviz, movies and tech demos, but not games
@next badger exactly, but it's also really bad for displacement because all it does is increase the entire mesh size and it still looks flat
@rocky radish wait what plug in?
@pure pollen the one that you can download from bridge
pure pollen
got it
rocky radish
wdym with shaking
pure pollen
shaking?
elder viper
@rocky radish please forgive me for my noobness here. When you say master material, youre refering to the default Material that can be created in the content browser?
or is there some other Master Material that I can create?
rocky radish
@rocky radish please forgive me for my noobness here. When you say master material, youre refering to the default Material that can be created in the content browser?
or is there some other Master Material that I can create?
@elder viper the material that is used for a base for the instance material
elder viper
ah okay
@rocky radish got it! I didnt think of looking at that. I am just exploring the default material
pure pollen
@elder viper in your ue4 projec, if you look up there's a megascan button, press it, there you can override the master material
mint umbra
Any suggestions on how to make my sheathed sword simulate physics? I've looked into physical constraints, but unable to make the sword simulate using that for some reason... is there any other approaches, other than animating or rotating the sword based on movement?
elder viper
@pure pollen I am not using Megascans. Havent been able to get the hang of it. I am waiting for the Substance plugin for 4.25 :p
next badger
@mint umbra are you using socket or physics constraint?
pure pollen
@elder viper i see, sorry then
next badger
launcher still ded
trim tapir
When I packaged my game and ran it, I got a fatal error when I opened a level from the main menu. The main menu is fine, but as soon as I load the level, it crashes. The game plays fine in the editor.
warped tangle
@plush yew I don't see an issue with that
rocky radish
they added the collection of the ue5 demo in megascans!!!!!
warped tangle
Some jittering/aliasing is common
hot thistle
Is there a simple way I can hide the head of a skeletal mesh?
warped tangle
set the scale to 0, or export it, remove it, reimport it
mint umbra
@next badger I tried physic constraint in the past; currently not using anything as Im just about to start, but knowing that I wasnt able to make the physics constraints work before... yeah... the mesh is attached to a socket.
hot thistle
I have a third person mesh, but only use the arms really, but now the head is clipping a bit
warped tangle
@plush yew Is it from one specific camera view, like are you fighting to see the jittering or is it more egregious than that in other places
Yeah, the bottom of the capsule/feet are clipping through the floor
next badger
@plush yew hit G
warped tangle
make sure you're clicked into the viewport, move the camera around a bit, then hit G again
it should hide the capsule, gizmos, camera mesh, etc
hot thistle
so i did this and saved, but it didn't update?
next badger
G enables game mode/view
there is no shaking in viewport, all you see is widgets zfighting
warped tangle
Yep
mint umbra
@hot thistle You need true person view, i.e split the mesh up in parts, spawn all the parts and make them combine animations using Master Pose, and then hide the head tag for owner
hot thistle
Really? Just for something as simple as this?
mint umbra
(If its for multiplayer)
next badger
@plush yew that's what zfighting is
hot thistle
its single player for now
mint umbra
Wont need it if you wont have anyone seeing your head's missing
next badger
huh?
mint umbra
What about head shadows? @hot thistle
next badger
triangle draw order may be random
misty creek
The problem is that the engine doesn't know which one to draw on top
hot thistle
Won't bother with that for now
mint umbra
😉
next badger
@plush yew how about no
warped tangle
not at all true
How long have you used UE4? Is this your first launch? Has this problem just now started happening?
next badger
@plush yew the capsule? yes
hot thistle
I can scale the head to 0, but how can I ''save'' it so all animations ect get that scale?
warped tangle
Lol you see UE5 release demo and think "meh, time to switch to Unity"
wait what
they let devs keep more money, and that upsets you?
Oh, I misunderstood, you are a Unity Dev looking to switch to UE, my bad
next badger
@plush yew try that:
trim tapir
Any1 know what would cause a fatal error in a packaged game, but no no crashes in the editor window?
warped tangle
"Show" button?
trim tapir
wdym? dont think so
next badger
warped tangle
oh did you not have AA or something?
next badger
@warped tangle it seems like TAA causes that flicker
warped tangle
Ah, I haven't used TAA in forever, it's shit
trim tapir
I get some errors in output log when I play it normally. Do those need to be fixed for a package?
mint umbra
@next badger So ehh... https://gyazo.com/4dea7cfb6f59e258a95a432c5e23ea9b do you see what am I doing wrong here? It's not simulating as I was expecting
next badger
@plush yew ue4 has TAA on High and FXAA on low as aa, nad FXAA does not flicker for me
warped tangle
I should elaborate....TAA is garbage for VR
rocky radish
what about msaa(yes, i am aware its more expensive to run it)
warped tangle
MSAA is forward shading only
trim tapir
@plush yew I have a 3rd party plugin. Would that cause the poblems im describing
serene birch
UE4 got a few effects that count on temporal AA smoothing things over after
warped tangle
@trim tapir start with the errors, but understand that package-failing errors may not necessarily stop you from playing in editor.
next badger
@mint umbra constraints are based on simulated physics...sword need to have simulation of weight etc, and constraint need to have axis of freedom to swing
serene birch
so it gets rather entrenched in
next badger
@serene birch some day we will be able to replace TAA...some day....
trim tapir
@warped tangle When I stop the editor game at the spot where it crashes in the package, no errors are made in the output log. Only stuff after it make output log errors
warped tangle
@trim tapir third party plugins can indeed cause packaging failures, check your log for errors, trace those errors down and fix them.
trim tapir
My level does a lot of heavy work on load
dont see any package errors
like it generates some procedural terrain
but no errors
warped tangle
So there are no package errors, but it fails to package
trim tapir
it does package
but when I play my level in the editor it says fatal error
i can even go to the main menu without problems
warped tangle
oh, so this isn't a packaging error, this is a runtime crash
trim tapir
yes
it doesnt make much sense cause any errors should have been pointed out by the output log
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000020
0x00007ff6c76827af TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c76841fa TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c7676bdf TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c76647a6 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c768451b TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c7676bdf TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c7676ade TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c7559289 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c76769b5 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c8249cd4 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c823333f TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c8237b84 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c88a17bc TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c848a4c1 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c88849de TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c8847a6a TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c883a01c TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c884e0f7 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c8471852 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c71a026a TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c71a639c TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c71a63fa TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c71af909 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6c905c752 TurnBasedPC-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007fffa2c17bd4 KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []
0x00007fffa3ccce51 ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction []
for some reason this gets copied to my clipboard
when the fatal error message occurs
where do i go for that?
i found a log
idk what anything in it really means
surreal laurel
Hey looking for some advice here, been working with modeling/rendering for over a decade, but fairly new to UE so bear with me - I'd like to control a bunch of different blueprints with a single variable contained in it's own blueprint (or possibly the level BP?), and still can't figure out the most efficient way to do that. I've looked up casting, BP interface, BP function library, event dispatch, and there hasn't been a simple answer. It would go like this - changing a single variable would simultaneously control the volume of a sound object, speed of an animation, hue of a texture, etc. I have all the receiving blueprints set up, I just can't figure out the best method for BP communication. Anyone willing to help?
trim tapir
i already fixed those packaging errors
my game has a runtime error if the packaged game is run
@plush yew
late stag
i was setting up my spawn for my charcacter but then when i tried i got a infinite loot error what are somethings to do to fix that error
trim tapir
@plush yew is seems like this is happening with other projects using a perlin noise plugin
ill test it on projects not using the plugin to see if it is something wrong with mky PC
hollow ore
What platform are you building for and why are you trying to package a shipping build?
trim tapir
PC. I was reading up on solutions and someone recommended a shipping build
trim tapir
use a switch ig
hollow ore
Is plugin from marketplace or internet random?
hollow ore
What engine?
obtuse sun
My people ❤️ what's the UPROPERTY for a var that can be accessed anywhere but cannot be changed once defined in constructor?
lucid magnet
@trim tapir what should i search for the switch (the exact name)?
trim tapir
switch on bool
@hollow ore ue4?
wait i think its just "switch"
wait lolol
its select
obtuse sun
is that for me?> xd
worn granite
@obtuse sun no such thing
hollow ore
4.22 4.25 4.17 what?
worn granite
@obtuse sun Closest thing would be UPROPERTY(BlueprintReadOnly, VisibleAnywhere)
trim tapir
@hollow ore 4.23.1
obtuse sun
@obtuse sun no such thing
@worn granite WHAT? There's like UProperties for everything xd
hollow ore
That is probably why it is crashing.
worn granite
Yeah but it won't prevent C++ from changing it
You could even technically write BP that would change it
just would require a bit of tricky custom C++ bpfl
lucid magnet
@trim tapir i cant find a switch on bool?
worn granite
You also might want to do some kind of const field. That's going to be very tricky if it is even supported, and the const won't even survive
hollow ore
Looks like last update was a really long time ago. @trim tapir
hollow ore
4.19 maybe. Hard to tell
trim tapir
ok ill try it
hollow ore
Going backwards is hard. U be better off finding an alternative
trim tapir
ye
this is like the only free perlin noise plugin I have found
ig ill just have to buy one from the marketplace
its only $5
obtuse sun
@obtuse sun Closest thing would be
UPROPERTY(BlueprintReadOnly, VisibleAnywhere)
@worn granite I have to do this assignment and in there it tell me to have a var that : " Can be accessed anywhere, cannot be changed once defined in constructor."
I've just realized that a constructor is the first func called in a class so If I define my var inside of BeginPlay() , that should do it right?
worn granite
That seems like a very general C++ thing to ask for
how does it interact with UE4? where should be accessible
Also... #cpp
obtuse sun
my bad
hollow ore
@trim tapir good call. Make sure it supports 4.23.
Github stuff is good but it almost never works out of the box. Always seems broken in some way
trim tapir
I'll see if the plugin is causing the crash. If it is, I'll buy a plugin off the marketplace
lusty rampart
My project performance immediately starts tanking on start, dropping from 120fps to 30fps within 20 seconds. I'm sure I'm doing something silly, but I'm trying to figure out how to use the profiling tools to find it instead of just guessing. I'm using the "session frontend" and I'm seeing weird things as the highest time "event name".. things like "FAssetDataGatherer" and "ScreenSaverInhibitor" and I can't find it now, but something about android device scanner. Am I looking at the right stuff at all?
or just any suggestions as to something to google for finding performance bottlenecks (presumably a resource leak of some sort)
lusty rampart
is this normal?
hollow ore
Can you just delete folders in the UE4VaultCache to make extra room on a hard drive? I know it is still on the launcher
real bane
@rocky radish UE2 + Windows 10 are ridiculous. Unfortunately. If you have any ideas how to make it not lock up when you click on a static mesh or anything for that matter, do let me know. On my Windows 7 PC, no issues!
humble stratus
I am getting charged $20.70 monthly from Epic Games and I can't figure out what it is. I checked my transaction history with epic and it shows nothing. I started getting charged last month and noticed it today after it was charged again. Anyone have a clue what this might be?
fierce tulip
might want to take it up with the EGS team
humble stratus
EGS?
fierce tulip
good luck!
never tried it, but first guess is to get a dxd9 dll thingy perhaps? that might make it work.
my thought is that the dx9 etc on win10 work differently.
else no clue
oh god yea
sounds awesome though, i kinda miss that version of the engine hehe.
i got that.
would be fun to go back and make an old ut99 map.
NO LUOS NOT MORE THINGS ON YOUR TODO LIST