character movement is supremely expensive
#ue4-general
copper flicker
jolly jungle
@sharp crest here is the crash report from before could u look at it? https://pastebin.com/RGzjtQdC
copper flicker
and even projectiles are.. well. not cheap at all
plush yew
hmm ๐ค
sharp crest
@sharp crest here is the crash report from before could u look at it? https://pastebin.com/RGzjtQdC
@jolly jungle can u add context?
jolly jungle
it happened when i put a completely normal landscape blend material on a completely normal landscape
copper flicker
btw, at 1000 KM!!!.. that's 100000000 cm........ I start having issues.... haha... the camera is shaky a bit
sharp crest
Maybe send me your project files if it's small and new? I will test on my side @jolly jungle
copper flicker
this is really surprising
sharp crest
If not then Idk how to help rly it can be a lot of things
jolly jungle
ok
copper flicker
but at 1000km the shaders seems to still work.. and collisions mostly work too
jolly jungle
tb, its uploading to google drive, will send a link after
copper flicker
in Unity I had some ugly rendering issues past 5 km
it's odd, since the numbers are just numbers
copper flicker
the number limit is supposed to be exactly the same, no matter the 3D app
sharp crest
@copper flicker hey maybe try posting ur rant in one msg, when it's between all of our msgs I dont think anyone will bother reading/helping
copper flicker
@sharp crest go play fortnite already
sharp crest
you should come too
copper flicker
I would never play that
sharp crest
why?
copper flicker
haha... it's... not my kind of game
sharp crest
klol
sharp crest
not to me
tired lynx
following on from my thread earlier I finally heard back from support and
I just??
sharp crest
copper flicker
I just have a problem with the idea and the graphics
sharp crest
@tired lynx looks fun
copper flicker
in fact I never play any royale games
sharp crest
save the world is not battle royale
tired lynx
for context I emailed about a fatal error w/ unreal causing my system to crash. they replied asking me how I would like to fix my connection issue with Fortnite. this is now their reply to my reply saying 'what are you TALKING about'
sharp crest
well I was talking about save the world rly
but ok if it's not related just a general point Ig
tired lynx
literally got uni deadlines relying on unreal and I'm getting no support. everyone I've spoken to in here and on Reddit have looked at my crash logs and been like 'yo yeah this is beyond my scope contact support'
sharp crest
for context I emailed about a fatal error w/ unreal causing my system to crash. they replied asking me how I would like to fix my connection issue with Fortnite. this is now their reply to my reply saying 'what are you TALKING about'
@tired lynx it literally says 'epic games player support'.. u contacted the wrong people ๐
plus u cant rly email them on these type of stuff.. there is answerhub maybe.. try to figure it out yourself? what is the issue?
tired lynx
everybody I've spoken to about this issue has told me it's beyond their scope. I don't see how yet another forum is going to help
tired lynx
when you say I should start with answerhub you make it sound like there's a next step beyond that. is there nobody I can contact directly?
sharp crest
have not heard of anyone emailing ue4 for support lol
tired lynx
man. I get better customer support for my fridge.
sharp crest
when you say I should start with answerhub you make it sound like there's a next step beyond that. is there nobody I can contact directly?
you should have started with answerhub then done all of the other things so the answerhub post can be there to get answers during that ime
man. I get better customer support for my fridge.
well ur fridge is not ue4
tired lynx
aight dude there's no need for sarcastic emoji. I'm under a stupid amount of pressure here and am just looking for help.
will post on answerhub if there's literally nothing else to do but it'll likely be too late by the time I hear back.
sharp crest
kk gl, dont think u will get any direct answer from epic
jolly jungle
@sharp crest heres the project files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X_gEF3ykkvk8k9zll17Y7crOZQ2XnRwO?usp=sharing
sharp crest
looking at it
jolly jungle
k
sharp crest
worn granite
man. I get better customer support for my fridge.
@tired lynx Your fridge comes with that service. The equivalent for UE4 is UDN, and you have to reach out to ask about getting access to that.
sharp crest
No idea what you mean but I agree with the point u r trying to make lol
jolly jungle
ok sorry, was just saying okay
sharp crest
๐
worn granite
worn granite
its like answerhub, but it gets engineering support from epic
sharp crest
sounds epic
jolly jungle
@sharp crest does it crash for u?
jolly jungle
ok cool
jolly jungle
when i assigned the landscape blend material, named BlendMaterial to the Landscape
actually thats the wrong one
thats the vertex paint one
thers another material in mspresets
inner cloak
are there 4.25.1 relesease notes available yet ?
jolly jungle
ok
sharp crest
we get it
how do u get into it
๐
you get access to some nice projects
tell us more ๐
jolly jungle
theres was a forums post from 2014 saying the landscape blend node crashes the game but i only started unreal recently and have used that node before
sharp crest
@jolly jungle it actually iddnt crash, just froze a little, maybe u were a bit impatient?
jolly jungle
nah, the editor literally closed and opened a crash window
worn granite
@tired lynx Gonna be hard to diagnose without a minidump. You might try asking over in #engine-source and ๐ค you might bump into somebody more familiar with this stuff.
This looks like you might have corrupt data. That'd be my guess. Totally a guess.
sharp crest
jolly jungle
thats still the wrong one
sharp crest
then how about tell me the right one, for the third time maybe we will get it right?
jolly jungle
the project folder is a mess
sharp crest
jolly jungle
im opening unreal rn
jolly jungle
its the one in the base folder called LandscapeMaterial
sharp crest
or the full source to UE2, 3
sounds helpful lol
sharp crest
sounds elite
worn granite
anywhere else, sure you might bump into somebody from epic helping out on their own time
sharp crest
@jolly jungle it still doesnt crash
jolly jungle
wtf
il keep messing around and see if i can get it to not crash
huh, still crashes
worn granite
Feel bad for the guy just trying to work around that crash for his uni project though. It won't be worth it monetarily for one crash and it sounds like he can't wait long enough to go through the process
sharp crest
well he didnt even try posting his crash ๐ @worn granite
seems like he wants support he doesnt deserve
worn granite
Nah he did, just not what all is needed.
jolly jungle
i dont think its a problem with my pc not being able to handle it cuz i have an rtx 2060 and a 16 thread 10th gen intel i7 and 16gb ram
worn granite
He gets a D3D11 crash because a query fails. That seems like the code assumes the layout of everything should be assured.
errant crow
it is, when we had ours the barrier to entry was a couple hundred thousand dollars
@plush yew
This doesn't sound like a viable path to resolve anyone but a AAA studio's problems
rocky radish
i dont think its a problem with my pc not being able to handle it cuz i have an rtx 2060 and a 16 thread 10th gen intel i7 and 16gb ram
@jolly jungle if you're using rt then it's gonna put a ton more load in your pc
tired lynx
alright. i guess all i can do now is wait. here's the answerhub post if anybody fancies having a crack at a particularly stubborn issue and helping a brother out: https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/964049/ue4-ui-urgent-freeze-followed-by-system-crash-how.html
errant crow
Oh well that's not so bad
worn granite
Also I know it doesn't help you, but contacting fortnite player support for a low level RHI crash in a UE4 project is 
jolly jungle
@rocky radish ik but its had absolutely no problems doing anything until i have done this landscape material
errant crow
About on par with a Unity enterprise licens
tired lynx
(an upvote would also be hugely appreciated. i really don't want to fail this module over technical issues)
worn granite
Did you see my pings?
rocky radish
@rocky radish ik but its had absolutely no problems doing anything until i have done this landscape material
@jolly jungle you may be running out of ram/vram when doing so, just a guess, i'd recommend posting the crash on forums first
rapid ridge
Hey guys, does anyone know if there's any way of enabling Rootmotion in AI?
sharp crest
sounds like a question for google @rapid ridge
@jolly jungle I have made a nice mountain
still no crash
rocky radish
still no crash
@sharp crest i think that his pc is struggling to do that but idk its probably not that
rocky radish
oh ok
but like he has a 2060 and RT on so thats a ton of load
and shaders are probably compiling nonstop
so
tired lynx
@plush yew heck, yeah i just noticed that it's waiting moderator approval. i'll repost it once it's through.
worn granite
If we're not going to get a dump for the crash... I'm not of any more use here.
worn granite
that's not a crash dump
worn granite
Didn't you just get onto someone for abbreviated communication?
I don't mind, just sayin'
sharp crest
not the same as saying just k
in my view
well also I said vs before so that comment was pointless anyways
lol
I think he died
errant crow
While there's a little more activity here than there was in early morning US time... has anybody done much with the Blackmagic Capture plugins? I think I'm trying to use an input device that has the wrong colorspace capabilities for Unreal but I wanted to verify that there wasn't something obvious I was missing. If not, no worries.
rocky radish
@jolly jungle are you alive
sharp crest
rocky radish
he's dead
errant crow
lol
sharp crest
it's ok he isnt afraid to ping later
I'm sure he will ping the blue guy with that file when he is back lol
rocky radish
sharp crest
I like this blueprint brush thing
jolly jungle
ok im back
rocky radish
hello again
jolly jungle
how do i turn off ray tracing on an alredy created project
sharp crest
in the project settings @jolly jungle
jolly jungle
ok
sharp crest
u should send that blue guy the dump vs file
coral shoal
is there a way to use shader complexity view in a packaged development or debug build?
white relic
I like this blueprint brush thing
@sharp crest How do you do that
manic pawn
@coral shoal there is supposed to be, but it doesn't work
wireframe doesn't work properly in packaged either
coral shoal
What is the "supposed to be" method zeblote? how would you try to enable it and have it fail to begin with i mean
i dont even know where to find the command/func to call
sharp crest
@sharp crest How do you do that
@white relic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbj1qgPOl3E
why does moving a folder copy it instead of moving it?
@alpine sand right click and fix redirectories, then delete the old folder manually
inner cloak
isnt it to hold Shift so that it moves the folder ?
sharp crest
isnt it to hold Shift so that it moves the folder ?
@inner cloak well u should first choose u want to move lol, just drag it and select move
inner cloak
For the "Building Natural environments in Unreal Engine", i heard we must get some texture packs somewhere, anyone know where i find them ?
sharp crest
inner cloak
Abandoned Apartment ?
cerulean sandal
hey so im trying to make a 3D main menu. I got the buttons down and working in the scene, the only thing left is making the settings. For this, i want the player camera to smoothly rotate towards another direction, how do i do that?
like for the lerp, what do i put in the alpha?
nvm
inner cloak
hmmmm .. why would landmass plugin not show in 4.24 or 4.25 ?
it kind of was there, i restarted engine and now its gone
sharp crest
@inner cloak Idk it works for me in 4.25... havent tried other versions
marsh swallow
Where does Epic Launcher store the download cache at?
cerulean sandal
hey guys i need some serious help, since i cant use timelines in widgets, how can i use the lerp?
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal Depends, but usually if you lerp from XYZ to X1Y1Z1 with a lerp, just think that alpha is "over time". So, you can tell it to go from point a to point b based on alpha which in your case can be 2 secs, 10 secs or whatever you need it to be.
marsh swallow
thanks
cerulean sandal
@cerulean sandal Depends, but usually if you lerp from XYZ to X1Y1Z1 with a lerp, just think that alpha is "over time". So, you can tell it to go from point a to point b based on alpha which in your case can be 2 secs, 10 secs or whatever you need it to be.
@ashen ermine ik, but idk how to do that without a timeline
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal why w/o a timeline?
radiant leaf
What's the best way for someone new to 3D to learn terms like 'lerp', 'occusion', etc?
cerulean sandal
@cerulean sandal why w/o a timeline?
@ashen ermine im in widgets, and i cant use a timeline there
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal tried anim?
cerulean sandal
@cerulean sandal tried anim?
@ashen ermine what?
ashen ermine
sec, lemme think/check@cerulean sandal
cerulean sandal
Okay
radiant leaf
@plush yew ok ty
xD
ok tyvm will look into that
yep found it - so it covers the terms I mentioned too?
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal try fInterpTo, see if you can play with that a little bit
radiant leaf
mostly don't know the terms used for textures, lighting, etc
cerulean sandal
@cerulean sandal try fInterpTo, see if you can play with that a little bit
@ashen ermine Okay thx
cerulean sandal
@ashen ermine rotation not working, nothings happening
but i need to call it only when the button is pressed
yeah
so it shouldnt rotate before the button is pressed
but tick runs everytime
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal did u plug in the delta time?
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal
But for rotation you probably need to break and make rotation and run the finterp for each of them.
cerulean sandal
it works now
ashen ermine
๐
cerulean sandal
but one more thing, how do i make it Ease?
ashen ermine
xD
cerulean sandal
lol
ashen ermine
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal Or use a custom curve just like @plush yew said
cerulean sandal
lol help its rotating infinitely
shell hinge
I'm new to UE, what built in audio-importing modules if any are there?
cerulean sandal
Okay thank you for all the help guys
ok i found the problem
the FInterpTo is always 0.007
inner cloak
how do i add a landscape to a scene ?
cerulean sandal
so it never reaches 1
how do i add a landscape to a scene ?
@inner cloak theres a landscape tool on the top right
select size, and create
inner cloak
Thanks, but was not top right for me
cerulean sandal
Thanks, but was not top right for me
@inner cloak top left, sorry lol
ashen ermine
@plush yew my folder structure looks kind of like this all the time:
inner cloak
no problem, we all make mistakes once in a while
hallow compass
Hi guys, any idea why I cant see additional meshes?
radiant leaf
hehe, managed to make some basic multiplayer functionality - I understand a bunch of it's not being copied from server to client and v/v though as stuff isn't replicated ๐
inner cloak
Any of you know where to find the materials that are used in the tutorial for building natural environment?
distant totem
@inner cloak can you link the tutorial?
inner cloak
sharp crest
lol I asked them in the comments for the project download, no response
inner cloak
The tutorial is nice but materials not included .
sharp crest
It's probably all Quixel stuff, from here probably https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Quixel+Megascans
inner cloak
ok, thanks
frozen pond
so i have static mesh on spline, but i can't enable collision on it?
aka spline mesh component
sharp crest
๐
cerulean sandal
the code is the same for the going forward except it goes - instead of + on the rotation
but for some reason it tries to stick back in place
inner cloak
i found this for landscape materials ....https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Landscape/Materials/index.html
sharp crest
@cerulean sandal u need to post the code...
@inner cloak it's a tutorial for how to code it, it's not assets
distant totem
When you download Quixel bridge, you can choose a material, and it will install Unreal Link automatically (giving you the green megascans M in your editor) and then Quixel bridge will automatically create a material for you
inner cloak
Yes, i have it
cerulean sandal
distant totem
choose a material, maybe down it to 4k, make sure you originally had your license set up to unreal, then you should be able to export it to unreal and it will generate a material for you
cerulean sandal
@sharp crest posted the code
storm venture
anyone here using a 3rd gen TR with ue4?
inner cloak
TR?
uncut sky
@toxic surge See the UnrealBot in the #looking-for-talent and type a dm in this bot
toxic surge
thx
uncut sky
You understand?
inner cloak
ah, that would make sense
still hemlock
Hello
distant totem
@vague spire Incredible work!! That really is a AAA menu, Congratulations! Great detail everywhere, I love the tiny dust particles, well I love everything about it lol. Very well done to you all, very inspiring
cerulean sandal
How do i cast to a widget?
Is it possible to add more landscape to a current landscape
@still hemlock Yes
rocky radish
Is it possible to add more landscape to a current landscape
@still hemlock wdym
still hemlock
If someone could tell me how to do this It would help alot
If I can't it's gonna be pretty hard...
vague spire
@distant totem Dude, you really made our evening, I just read your message to our team
thank you so much for your kind words
still hemlock
@cerulean sandal you know how?
plush yew
OMFG
I deleted my terrain
and i pressed ctrl+S instead of ctrl+z
What can i do??
still hemlock
Undo
plush yew
bruh
still hemlock
In edit
plush yew
I cant undo after i accidentally saved
still hemlock
Oh
plush yew
How lorash?
jade rivet
lol nah i just need opinions
jade rivet
how can anyone just let there cat roam free
with the hard facts
they kill billions
not for fun
cats just kill for the fun of it
no
jade rivet
domestic cats (mostly unowned) are the top human-caused threat to wildlife in the United States, killing an estimated 1.3 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.3 to 22.3 billion mammals annually
this is a fact
plush yew
Im alone on my project
jade rivet
the rape and torture induced by NATIVE species is a natural cycle
introducing a domestic animal as an invasive species is not responsible
and it is you directly making that choice to affect the wildlife
so yes, its a selfish one
you are responsible for the lives you pet takes
you can run away from facts, but they still remain
@plush yew always cute to see something hide away when they cant easily win a discussion
vague spire
@jade rivet dude, you're in the unreal engine forums, no one should care about your cat, I think it's a decision only you can make, since you have a very strong opinion about it
vague spire
nah you're fine man, takes a lot to apologise for past mistakes, you're a good person for doing it
distant totem
Rofl, a few things here, First, @vague spire, I really do mean it, it's really inspiring, Im still going through it over and over and observing details, techniques, object placement and lighting styles.
@jade rivet, definitely chat for #lounge, but while we are here, I have 3 cats here where I live in the middle of a pacific north west city, some wildlife here and there. These cats literally just like to go outside and wander around for a few hours, but they always come home. In the course of 6 years, there probably have been a total of 3 times that any wildlife has been brought in, once was a baby bird, it got away fine, once was a baby bunny, we released it back outside but it died a few days later. Animals are animals, but in MY VERY BIAS OPINION, as long as they always have food and lots of comfortable cat spaces available throughout the house, they won't be outside hunting for wildlife, I live next to a forest and near a golf course both with a decent amount of wildlife. This neighborhood in particular have cats roaming around everywhere, there are a few that will follow people walking around for blocks and blocks. You said your looking for opinions, and my opinion is that you should just go for it and let it happen, if it actually does become a problem there are things that you can do, (like harmless little psychology techniques)
cerulean sandal
Hey guys once i finished a game how can i advertise It? Because im pretty sure even if i create GTA 6 no One would even notice it
sharp crest
If you have GTA 6 you just put it on Steam and that will do @cerulean sandal
If you have anything less then it's recommended to work a little harder like email youtubers/streamers/press keys and post it on reddit/imgur/twitter etc
cerulean sandal
But putting stuff on steam costs 100 bucks
sharp crest
Just google 'steam game marketing' 'game marketing' etc
.
Then ask your parents for 100 bucks
cerulean sandal
I don't even think its legal to publish a game on steam underage
sharp crest
Well you can just ask your parents to sign the stuff
They just need someone they can sue if you put porn on a child rated game
sharp crest
Was just trying to make a point
cerulean sandal
Lol ik
But if i email youtubers they are gonna Ask for Money 
Which i don't have
royal orchid
I'm extending a weapon from UT2004, I wish to make it that when firing firemode[0] it turns bheavy=false, and when firing firemode[1], it turns bheavy=true for the weapon
sharp crest
no idea what u r talking about @royal orchid
first thing that came to my mind from that sentence was UE3
royal orchid
Yeah it's UT2004
cerulean sandal
If your game is good they might play, you need to give a key ofc
@sharp crest ye, giving them a Key Is kinda like giving them Money to buy the game
cerulean sandal
I think Unreal tournament
sharp crest
ah
ashen ermine
'heh, only played the 1st UT back in 98 or 99 - can't remember. That was before motion sickness really kicked in hard which ended shooter games for me ๐ - yep, no HalfLife or CS. Ever
cerulean sandal
Thats sad
ashen ermine
idk...Shooters were pretty much the only games which also made me pretty angry which beats the point of playing a game ๐ So it's like my beer allergy - seems tragic but it's not quite so for me xD
cerulean sandal
Lol
ashen ermine
<----weirdo ๐
cerulean sandal
Idk how much "devs" here have my Age, but im pretty sure It everyone had, this community Will explode in a moment xD
Because im quite stupid
ashen ermine
I'm 34 atm so...idk, many ppl around here seem younger, also, others aren't. /offtopic btw ๐
ashen ermine
wow, that's amazing! ๐ GJ!
cerulean sandal
Gj for doing what lol?
ashen ermine
just for trying to learn/do stuff in UE while others at 25 only know tik-tok and fool around with selfies/other (many) useless "skills" coughs parkour & stuff...
cerulean sandal
xD
inner cloak
im 54
cerulean sandal
I actually know c# and VB, and some PHP, HTML and CSS bc its Easy haha
But really nothing more
Now an actually Channel topic related question, how do i improve Volumetric Fog performance?
Rn its taking 5ms per frame
ashen ermine
@cerulean sandal afaik, you don't atm - the volumetric fog thing
oh, that's not good
check out your material instructions and try to look 4 help in #graphics - some if not most boys there are PRO
cerulean sandal
Alright dw thank you! :P
mellow flame
alt + drag the last point
inner cloak
thanks!
terse cradle
Is there a help channel because got some issues?
mellow flame
Is there a help channel because got some issues?
@terse cradle i got millions ๐คฃ
terse cradle
HAHA true
mellow flame
what's your problem?
mint umbra
What's the best method of creating floating islands that is playable area? I'm thinking between two possible solutions:
-
A landscape as the ground of the island and scaled up cliff/rock meshes covering the sides of it and seams between the landscape and cliff meshes.
-
Huge rocks that make up the whole island (as seen in the photo for my block out) and landscape placed ontop of the rock meshes. Is there any way to make the landscapes "wrap" to a mesh and delete remaining components, or are landscapes nailed down to equal components X Y?
-
Is there a better method? ๐
terse cradle
The problem is that when i render a image through the CineCemeraActor i get a blured image
i tried turning off depth of field didn t solve the problem
it happens when i rotate the camera to the light in the scene it strange
mellow flame
I had a similar issue that I solved up changing the manual focus distance. I don't know if this can help, but you can try to check
plush yew
is lightmass on by default?
terse cradle
i am pretty sure yeah
plush yew
hey Iโm trying to cook/package a level, when I do it for default level for third person it works. When I do it with premade assets it wonโt work? Any solutions?
terse cradle
ok got it to work for some reason the first frame get so blurry for some reason after that its fine
plush yew
There are no errors, when I open file it wont open at all. When it compiles it says stuff like "cannot find asset" or "rebuild and Rebake" in yellow text in the output window
but when I try another level with the same asset sets its fine?
kindred crag
Does anyone know how to make a smooth blend transition in the cinematics as shown in the timestamp here? https://youtu.be/2xa_P1KrQvQ?t=7
IIRC from a forum question I saw online it wasn't added in 2017 at least
I hope its there in UE5 though ๐
plush yew
@plush yew how do I run a map check?
There are no errors?
do you know anyone else that could help?
alright
distant totem
@kindred crag, it's not possible to blend 2 shots like that together in unreal natively, what is happening there, is that guy has small shots rendered in sequencer, rendered meaning its been exported to a video file, so he takes all hit shot files and uses another video editing software to blend the shots together
kindred crag
yeah so it seems
I really hope UE5 gives us that good stuff such as that since its literally running on voodoo magic
distant totem
adding a new feature to sequencer like that, is like adding a new character to smash bros or dota 2, you have to test it with/against all 119 other characters, including kirbys copy ability. I'm sure it's not there because it's not easy enough to implement, and it's much easier to take a finished shot file and blend it with another one externally, then to try and blend 2 scenes while simultaneously rendering the scenes, I think I remember seeing somewhere a few years ago it was just too much performance cost, imagine if you have level streaming and you are trying to load 2 extremely heavy RTX environments at the same time, for a split second your rendering fps may drop and ruin your shot
still hemlock
If I put my multiplayer game on steam or another online store for games they should both sync when playing online right?
The servers?
It won't be separate I hope
distant totem
Motion something, it's a VR hand controller
cedar bay
Does anyone know how long it usually takes your first post to get approved in the moderation queue on the forum? I think it's been like almost 3 days now.
manic pawn
apparently the forum software is broken so posts don't actually show in any queue
they have to manually find and approve them
cedar bay
kindred crag
@distant totem thanks, is there a way to render your cinematic with audio? having a hard time finding a solution
oh nevermind found a way
open wadi
Anyone know if it's possible to aadd a background image to a TabButtonBar?
kindred crag
I cant somehow render my cinematic despite this option selected, any help? It captures a different cinematic altogether with no audio (this is in 4.25)
waxen imp
hi guys
anyone know how to implement parry system in close combat swordman?
steep sandal
Is it possible to make a good game using this pc (i7 7700, 16 rams, gtx 1060 3 GB)
tight shell
Not really sure which specific section this question belongs in, but how can you get axis input from mouse without having a mouse button pressed? For example, I want to rotate camera around character with mouse while holding a keyboard key, but it won't give me any axis input.
Without changing input mode to game only, it should stay game and ui
steep sandal
Is it possible to make a good game using this pc (i7 7700, 16 rams, gtx 1060 3 GB)
@steep sandal
barren flume
help those little things on the corner disappeared
with the perspective and viewmode
fixed it
plush yew
how to fix this error
gritty zinc
I'm guessing you would make the material you are working in a post process or transparent material. @plush yew
young bobcat
Hey guys!
CameraBoom = CreateDefaultSubobject<USpringArmComponent>(TEXT("CameraBoom"));
FollowCamera->bUsePawnControlRotation = false; // Camera does not rotate relative to arm
CameraBoom->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 300.0f; // The camera follows at this distance behind the character CameraBoom->bUsePawnControlRotation = true; // Rotate the arm based on the controller
// Create a follow camera
FollowCamera = CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(TEXT("FollowCamera"));
FollowCamera->SetupAttachment(CameraBoom, USpringArmComponent::SocketName); // Attach the camera to the end of the boom and let the boom adjust to match the controller orientation
FollowCamera->bUsePawnControlRotation = false; // Camera does not rotate relative to arm
Does anybody know what last line of code mean ?
if i will set it to true, it will work same as false case
wispy kraken
@kind dew what kind of structure are you using?
kind dew
wispy kraken
@kind dew
kind dew
its 4.25. in other versions there was a way to change the name. But it must have moved
wispy kraken
when filling the table, you have in the upper side the "RowName"
I changed it to "HERE"? See?
kind dew
can you take a screenshot of where you change it? I'm sorry
wispy kraken
lol
kind dew
thank you
marsh swallow
double click
lol
yeah that took me a bit
but the new DT editing tools are just amazing.
kind dew
im seething rn im so mad hahaha
marsh swallow
our game uses about 35 DTs
and management was a pain
i had to export to excel to organize the damn things.
now all in editor ๐
wispy kraken
nice
I wasn't using any till now I figured that to help Green, now I'm making one for NPC spawn
wispy kraken
Nice, all my three npcs are not dinamically spawned ๐
sage tree
Plug for an asset I found on the marketplace. it allows you to remote access uassets and pull content out of it, only taking what you want in your current project (automatically pulls dependancies as well) its really good, it even access uassets on my network server. https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/uasset-browser#
plush yew
Hello guys I want to make when I click on object to popup 3 variations of colors: blue red and green, but now I am looking in the docs of ue 4 for this interaction but I can't find it, hmm
late coral
are there tutorials for doing water in unreal for games (like lakes, rivers, ocean)?
plush yew
yeah
hardy python
Hey there, quick question. I'm trying to compile my project into a .exe file, although whenever I press Launch the editor just freezes. Any ideas?
plush yew
where you press launch?
when you choose to package for windows 64 bit you choose flder and you stay and wait
hardy python
in the top menu bar
plush yew
show me screenshot please
hardy python
plush yew
why you click launch not on Play?
hardy python
Because I'm trying to make it a .exe to send to other people
ooh holdup something it happening lol
It finished! nvm lol
unique timber
How to open .uproject file in UnrealEditor?
plush yew
??
you go into your destination of the project
and click on the .uproject file double click and wait untill it loads
unique timber
@plush yew it says unknown file type
If I go to Open with and select UnrealEditor.exe, it does not show up
plush yew
show me screenshot
guys when you want to show problem don't describe it only, put one screenshot to get idea what is going on, lol
unique timber
*UE4Editor.exe
exotic thicket
Have you tried just opening unreal first and then using "open project"?
It sounds like the file association for .uproject files is missing for some reason
unique timber
It was not in the list of projects to open
I opened the Epic Games launcher and it asked to associate uproject files now its working
fiery moat
omg I think I messed up good
I followed epic game's guide on how to make an aim offset but now the animation pack mannequin has replaced my SideScrollerCharacter help!
someone pls help me
PLEASE! I am talking about 2 days worth of work here!
modern sinew
Does anyone know why this isn't making my character go down?
fiery moat
Oh well thx for trying to offer help
oh ok found out how to change back to the og player
vernal thicket
Guys any help? I've changed the mesh on my third person character and moved its location to a new folder and now when I hit play it runs from a spectator camera?, do I need to change a path or something?
fallow oxide
How can I exclude SoundWaves, SoundCues, DailogueWaves from my dedicated server build?
vernal thicket
I've checked the game mode default pawn class and it's correct so idk what else it could be?
austere scroll
is it normal to not feel like doing anything in your game for like 2 days
gritty zinc
@modern sinew is the event you are calling add movement input in an input firing event? or are you calling it one time?
the nature of that call is the scale should usually be a joystick input. in your case I'm assuming you are trying to use it as a dive mechanic, maybe based off a button press. You need to ensure it keeps firing that event as the button is pressed down
i would suggest adding a print call after the add movement event, and if it only fires once, your problem is that it isn't being called over and over
if you are trying to set up some sort of reaction, where the pawn is moving down as an impulse, you are just going about it wrong
@fiery moat I strongly suggest you hook your project up to some version control to ensure you don't lose multiple days of work.
fiery moat
its ok I fixxed the problem
gritty zinc
version control is still good for any project you are working on. github offers free private repos. really no reason not to have a remote backup and versioning on your project
merry flower
how could i get rid of the "extra" lightning in the tunnel?
im new to ue so if its something related to material reflectance then im completely lost
modern sinew
@gritty zinc yea it's called when the crouch button is pressed
gritty zinc
@modern sinew is it called when the button is pressed and only once? or is it refired every frame it is held down?
modern sinew
I should probably have it on a loop, yea?
gritty zinc
no
you should not have it in a loop
you should check in tick, or in some event that is fired every frame, if the button is down
modern sinew
Well it's supposed to keep going down when they have the button pressed
gritty zinc
a loop wont do that
modern sinew
So it should loop until they release the key
gritty zinc
thats not how a loop works
modern sinew
Which I already have a boolean for
gritty zinc
make a custom event called move down
modern sinew
But it's not adding any input, or at least doesn't seem to
gritty zinc
if it's fired only once
instead of 60 times a second
its going to look like nothing
modern sinew
Oh
gritty zinc
make a custom event called move down
in that event, check the bool for the button
if it is down
call that input down
call that move down event in tick
fiery moat
how can I make muzzle flash come out of the muzzle of the gun and not the center of the character? I tried making a socket but it won't work
I set the name for the rotation and the location to that socket but the effect still shows up at the character's center
plush yew
Hello guys I created cinematics for the level and i want to render it but when i click on render it doesn't render moving the cammera, what to do?
gritty zinc
@modern sinew yeah i told you that's not how a loop works
I can't teach you how flow control works or blueprinting basics. I told you the solution earlier if you read what i told you to do. otherwise, i'd suggest a beginners tutorial for blueprinting
mellow flame
@plush yew did you add the cameracut sequence?
modern sinew
Assigning it to the key event would take more effort
plush yew
wut?
I have these stuff
I made door animation
and I want to capture it
also I did change color of cube and I will want after this to can render it too but idk why it doesn't render it
restive yarrow
Important question : how can i stop my character from pushing another physics based pawn?
restive yarrow
No, I just dont want my character to be able to push the vehicle with force
cause when i walk into my car pawn, my character tends to push it and the car moves slowly
mellow flame
rise the mass of the vehicle
restive yarrow
but wont that affect othe propeties of my pawn? like if i increase the mass wont it get too heavy to move iteself?
like acceleration
mellow flame
@plush yew that's weird, try to ask on #cinematics maybe someone can help there
restive yarrow
increase Mass scale or MassInKG?
plush yew
okay, hmm
mellow flame
I usually set massinkg, you just have to try.. I'm quite new to unreal, but I would like to be helpful as I can
gritty zinc
the other option is make your player lighter and make the move with less force
so they dont shove as hard
gritty zinc
if you are moving the char that way they will be able to push any physics object of any mass
if they collide with it they can move through it or move it, if it can be moved
so either the car needs to lock when you exit it
and become immovable
or you need to rethink your approach
jolly jungle
where is the setting to turn off raytracing on an already made project
nvm found it
frank oar
What might be the reason that switching levels while in the editor take 2-4 seconds but while in VR preview,
using a widget with an "On clicked > Open level" setup,
takes nearly 30 seconds ?
austere scroll
i know that the message is simple but why did this start happening only a few days ago , i even updated my drivers and nothing is running on my pc except blender and it exits out suddenly after 30 mins of normal work
did this happen to anyone else
mint wave
I am looking to rotate ingame actors when interactions with my umg widget are made. Does anyone have a direction I can start looking to figure this out?
plush yew
What was added as 4.25.1 feature
is looking for a short and wholesome LIGHTING documentation where everything is explained up to ue 4.25. From DF Shadows to GI to Distance Field to anything else.
exotic thicket
@austere scroll mine does that randomly sometimes.. happened also with 4.23. I suspect there's some type of graphics memory leak issue with the UE tooling
restive vale
HI! anyone have good tutorial to make UI animations? I only find translation and very basic things. I'm trying to do a celebration widget to unlock stuf, like chests, skins new worlds etc.
mint umbra
Anyone that can help me figure out why my foliage are spawning on my spline, and not the layers it's meant to spawn on? The spline paints a layer onto the terrain and it's supposed to not be spawning any foliage:
I'll try adding them to an exlusion layer aswell I guess
flint ermine
I think you need to paint that spline using specific layer paint to make it work. It doesnt regonize layers that are made with landscape automaterial thing.
mint umbra
Oh really? that blows o_o
Whats the point then haha
The ground procedural foliage -does- get triggered and removed by the mud though, as it's minused from the mud layer. Soo that would be a weird exception
And its also like that spline is attracting nearly all of the foliage Im spawning instead of adding them to the grass around
tired lynx
ok
my answerhub post got approved
if anyone feels like taking on a particularly stubborn bug with the engine and helping a brother out here you go https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/964049/ue4-ui-urgent-freeze-followed-by-system-crash-how.html
i've got some uni deadlines up in five days depending on unreal (including work that still needs doing) and i'm reallyyy desperate to get this fixed asap else i'm quite screwed
or if people can just upvote it so it's seen by a dev or something that would be super appreciated
thank you all!
plush yew
niagra โค๏ธ
hello
InputAction Event references unknown Action 'Sprint' for InputAction Sprint what does it mean?
thick herald
You need to define 'Sprint' within project settings ->Input.
plush yew
oh
it didnt save
thanks @thick herald ! it works really great!
i just switched from unity and i see unreal is much more easier
thick herald
You'd have got there yourself ๐
Every engine has it's pros and cons, good luck with your UE4 adventures ๐
wheat hare
I have scenes in unity I can't even navigate in the editor, and ue4 handles them with no effort
At least for my uses, datasmith is the next closest thing to direct imports.
plush yew
ue4 has longer build time, that is only one con i saw.
covert ivy
Sorry if I'm not in the good section but I don't know where to anwser this... I'd like to know the difference between iClone and Character Creator (both by Reallusion). Somebody knows ??
hearty walrus
I love the free stuff
plush yew
any ideas how to resolve this error?
it shows every time i turn on unreal
the program works but this error comes
frigid herald
@austere scroll @exotic thicket I saw someone else post about that previously and got curious enough to look into it. The error message says video memory, but the issue can apparently also be caused by system ram/paging memory issues as well
src: https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/72xt9o/out_of_video_memory_trying_to_allocate_a/
exotic thicket
sounds plausible, I usually get that error when I've had a ton of stuff open most likely bogging down all the ram :D
frigid herald
plausibility aside, i suspect it's just how the exception is handled, resulting in a slightly less than accurate message, heh.
blissful trail
trying to make some sort of gravity system
any ideas on how to fix this ?
https://gyazo.com/1e8042e113d2a7aa7b58fb456f4b738b
mint umbra
I think you need to paint that spline using specific layer paint to make it work. It doesnt regonize layers that are made with landscape automaterial thing.
@flint ermine This is for certain or? I'm not using landscape automaterial, I'm using splatmaps. The layer I made the spine paint is Mud, which is not meant to spawn the foliage
vernal solar
Has anyone worked with HLOD's before? im trying to use HLOD Volumes but its not working at all and yes i have read the documentation and it still doesnt work.
flint ermine
Im using splatmaps too and my foliage spawner only knows to spawn foliage to all layers or separately painted and specified in foliage spawner settings. Im not sure if i have made mistake somewhere im new to unreal engine. Sorry my bad english.
alpine sand
So this is meant to move the camera to the left or the right of a third person character, but it seems to move it into the position relative to the level instead of the character
How would I go about making it stay behind the character?
rocky radish
So this is meant to move the camera to the left or the right of a third person character, but it seems to move it into the position relative to the level instead of the character
@alpine sand that's because you should use relative locations if you want it to be relative to the owner(the third person character)
world locations are relative to the level
rocky radish
SetRelativeLocation
alpine sand
Got it working, thanks :)
rocky radish
you're welcome
plush yew
how to fix it
dry wedge
hello can someone help me I want to implement a SpawnActor to a pickup function that pulls data from a DataTable but I don't know how to do that. The functions are ready I just want to implement when picking up the gun on the floor then appear in the player's hand, I know how to do this function is very simple but I'm using a video pickup system and so I don't know how to implement it
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzykqv-wgIQWdaHxxeFvA2z7aDEQFWOJX im using this tutorial
but I'm not using the character Paragon, I'm using ALSv3
this is the pickup function
mint umbra
I mean, it's strange because it's working for the larger trees, but not the smaller trees. #confused @flint ermine
stray notch
ayy, everybody. found a thread that I want to find more information about.
It's about editing the official ue4 source code (not sure if that is a thing?) in order to create a custom online editor that lets people upload their own models/objects serverside. If you know something related to this that I should read about, then please let me know. Here's the thread.
Tl:dr - trying to make a sims3/secondlife type of game. Newbie needs help finding info b4 doing it all from scratch. Want to c if theres some tips/guides b4 i start.
https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/93087-is-there-any-tutorial-do-create-a-builder-game-or-the-sims
sharp crest
how to fix it
@plush yew install it with the visual studio installer (open the installer, press modify installation, go to components, select that component and install)
Tl:dr - trying to make a sims3/secondlife type of game. Newbie needs help finding info b4 doing it all from scratch. Want to c if theres some tips/guides b4 i start.
https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/93087-is-there-any-tutorial-do-create-a-builder-game-or-the-sims
@stray notch https://www.ue4community.wiki/Building_engine_from_source
For what you want to do, no idea how would you do it, your best bet is to google, if can't find then good luck, probably not a very common thing people try to do lol
Surely it is possible tho, everything is - the engine is open source
stray notch
It's a start and now I know about this wiki too. Looks like a good learning resource too. I'll be jotting that down. I've just been googling and searching around for various things. Having gotten through my unreal bootcamp, I'm just eager to work with some rl friends on something.
Appreciate it.
There's a few limitations that may exist down the line based on the research I've made so far. But I'm certain they can be worked around for a while. Will take a year or more to get to that point frankly...
inner cloak
Im confused a bit, i'm trying to get assets from Quixel Bridge to UE 4.25.1 but quixel is redirecting me to quixel subsriptions ...this is the asset im trying to get
Anyone know why it does that ?
stray notch
is there an indirect link through marketplace to quixel?
if you can load it through the store (mycart > purchase), then you can probably get around that. if not, hopefully somebody else canh elp.
inner cloak
i dont think so .. it was working normally yesterday
time to hit support at quixel again i guess
its back to working .. no idea why
plush yew
dumb question. what's the best way to get collision event in blueprint between player and doors?
grim ore
the door has a collider on it and when the player overlaps/hits with it, the event happens?
inner cloak
Ya, that's like the standard way
plush yew
im newbie, whats the name of it in blueprint and should it be on doors blueprint or player blue print?
inner cloak
i think its a collision volume
plush yew
in unity it was OnCollisionEnter2D()
inner cloak
Something like Trigger Volume
Tigger Volume has Entered and Exited events you can handle
plush yew
thx ill watch
inner cloak
@grim ore wanted to thank you for all your tutorials !
sharp crest
good tutorials indeed
inner cloak
@grim ore Did you make tutorials on Landscape with Edit Layers yet ?
sharp crest
can just google there are a lot of tutorials for this
inner cloak
He was a short n sweet way of explaining ๐
grim ore
@inner cloak nothing on the new landscape systems ๐ฆ
inner cloak
ok, has to be me that is late lol .. been stuck on Blender for a while
hexed jasper
Can someone explain how UE5 will have billions of triangles on a mesh but in UE4 it starts lagging hard when I use a couple million?
Just better optimization orrrr?
inner cloak
It will work mostly due the new hardware that nvidia/amd have worked on
hexed jasper
ah so having an older graphics card wonโt do the job then
worn granite
Also, there's a difference between cooked data and data being actively authored.
That's why you can run a game that looks better than UE4Editor will handle on the same machine
inner cloak
I agree, but the new hardware will account for 60 %to 90% of the performance gains
dark stag
so my variable type is color... but in the mat inst its a 3vec... how do you even set that from the object?
inner cloak
Copy required values in a 3vec ?
worn granite
is there a "Set Color Parameter Value" function?
worn granite
you can try directly connecting the color variable and vector pin. there are some common conversions that do a thing called "auto cast"
dark stag
yeah doesnt do that
doesnt cast obj to vec3
which makes sense... whats strange to me is that theres no set Color Parameter function as you mentioned
oof i think i found it
heady quartz
Hi so i'm trying to "Fade In" when the player is spawned and completely ready to move around. i have everything set up but idk how to make the player start with a dark screen? every time it lags a little then it goes dark.. How can i fix this issue?
dark stag
nope. heh thats for dynamic mat instance
plush yew
how to set
this text to be center horizontally
i set anchor point
but it's a little on right as object X starts from left to right
heady quartz
change the aligment to 0.5 in x or -0.5
worn granite
change the alignment and it more or less handles you changing the size
if you just change X, it's very hard and tedious to line up
plush yew
unity was better in that task
flat rapids
I guess I will try anyone want to be a developer for my arrowverse fan game itโs no Iโm guessing dm if so
solemn goblet
Have they seriously not added any lighting method for the destructible mesh editor
solemn goblet
@plush yew Look into blue print interface tutorials for interaction via line trace its much easier once you see how to set it up and add the interfaces
tight prawn
any clue why my character is floating ?
when using a regular cube as plane this issue doesn't occur
however when using landscape, the character is floating :/
plush yew
@solemn goblet that's useful vid, but id like to make collision interaction (showing hud) not a ray interaction
stray smelt
How can I fix this reflection? The repeating:
thick herald
@plush yew check out videos from the one and only Mathew Wadstein https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVfF7PfLbRdVEm0hONTrNQ Casting, blueprint communication, UMG, widgets etc he covers them all.
plush yew
ok
mellow flame
so my variable type is color... but in the mat inst its a 3vec... how do you even set that from the object?
@dark stag did you try "tocolor (vector)"
plush yew
finally got working collison ufffff
tight prawn
is it possible to reduce a plane's size and have the objects in it snapped to the new size boundaries?
sharp crest
Everything is possible, the engine is open source @tight prawn
There is a snap node, you can snap the location of the actors on the plane to the plane
gilded plinth
@dark stag if that latter node you found works sweet. Otherwise you could right click on the Light Color variable pin and break it open since it may be a struct variable by the color of it. Not sure what it has but if it's floats you can then drag one out to make a vector or break the vector on that set vector param function and connect the pins
dawn gull
Hey sorry if I am interrupting, but when I use the Spawn Actor Class node and I spawn in an AI character it does not do anything. I have the Nav Mesh and when I drag it in through the editor it moves.
sharp crest
@dawn gull did you check the settigns on the character actor?
dawn gull
@sharp crest I don't have that pawn tab
twin adder
Hey guys, maybe someone can give a hint, I'm just banging my head against the wall trying to solve this for solid hour. I have a main menu widget, which I create on begin play in player character, create only one instance, creating variable referencing to it and adding it to viewport. Later, after start button is pressed, I send "remove from parent" function to that variable reference and widget just refuses to remove in any way. UE 4.25 btw.
gilded plinth
dawn gull
@twin adder Have you tried the "Remove All Widgets" or do you need to only delete that one widget
twin adder
well I can try to do that but removing all widgets is not the best way, I will check it now
dawn gull
k
twin adder
yeah, remove all widgets works, but this is really strange
sharp crest
๐
past pilot
Is 4.25.1 completely broken? It started with me missing the details panel on blueprints now all of my meshes show textured but when i open them they lose their texture and it is impossible to re-apply the texture because the texture slot that shows isnt on the model. I tried loading models from 7 different content packs and all of them show one material slot and when i highlight, nothing on the model is highlighted. The editor has also crashed a good 30 times since yesterday
cerulean sandal
help, i have some actors in the scene that for some reason everytime i play they turn like this
everytime i press play or restart unreal
and "Hidden in game" is disabled
so idk whats happening
white relic
....my texture is just showing as a single color..tf
past pilot
something is completely broken. If i go to the materials folder it shows a material too until i apply it then it goes default and throws failed to load errors
cerulean sandal
@white relic It's still compiling shaders. Give it time. You can see progress on the top left "Compiling Shaders (3293)"
the number is the leftover shaders to compile
white relic
I knew you'd say that..that's not what it is. I thought at first too but when it finishes it does not result in a working texture
devout swift
does anyone know why I can't debug UE functions and classes?
In my Watched section, it says "Function FString::Len has no address, possibly due to compiler optimizations."
I have selected "Debug Editor" and "Win64" as my build configuration. I am using version 4.25.0 of the source-compiled engine from the GitHub repo
weary hull
anyone know why swarm isn't using all my cores even though I told it to? it did for a few seconds then switched to using a few of them...rest sitting doing nothing
shrewd marlin
For the love of god why the hell does the following statement
GetComponentsByTag(UStaticMesh::StaticClass(), FName(TEXT("Tire"))
lead to the following error
Assertion failed: ComponentClass->IsChildOf(ComponentType::StaticClass())
after compiling.
gilded crest
hello engineers, is there a problem with quixel bridge and ue 4.24 and 4.25? plugin doesn't wanna work
even when u install it via bridge, with the right folder settings etc, it doesnt appear in the engine ๐ค
whole quarry
Did you enable the plugin in plugin settings?
gilded crest
it does not appear in there
shrewd marlin
Nevermind my question I'm a retard who doesn't know the difference between StaticMesh and StaticMeshComponent
plush yew
quick question ... i'm new in all the developing thingy ... i'm struggling to create a cube as a player character in a top down gamemode ... how do i set the character? i made a new blueprint for it, but i can't set the cube (object) as player character
warm furnace
So, Im not sure where to ask this, but here it goes. I am trying to add some particles to certain weapons and armors in ARK Dev Kit. I can easily add them to weapons via the components field, but when trying to do the same for armors, I get this
Components greyed out. how can I enable them?
plush yew
it must be the blueprint class
cerulean sandal
help, i have some actors in the scene that for some reason everytime i play they turn like this
everytime i press play or restart unreal
and "Hidden in game" is disabled
so idk whats happening
shrewd marlin
Quick Question: If I use GLog->Log("") to print something where is the output actually?
dawn gull
Is there a way to detect if there is an actor below a certain object? If so, can it detect which object?
tired lynx
hey, posting again just bc stuff can get lost in the noise on discord. can anybody help me/upvote my question on answerhub so i can get the help i need? https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/964049/ue4-ui-urgent-freeze-followed-by-system-crash-how.html
plush yew
can someone please help me how to make that new character asset? i can't figure out ...
cerulean sandal
what are you trying to do? @plush yew
plush yew
i don't know what asset is needed ... i just wanna make a cube as a player character ..
dawn gull
@plush yew I'll try that
cerulean sandal
Add component -> Static Mesh
@plush yew
then set the static mesh to a cube
also if someone could help me that would be nice ;-;
warm furnace
Ah, I see, one of the blueprints is data only
plush yew
i can't get that cube being an asset ... and can't find anything on internet either ... ๐ฆ
past pilot
@cerulean sandal would love to, just dont quite understand your problem. Seems like your having an issue with stuff going hidden when you hit play?
plush yew
cerulean sandal
whats the problem there?
plush yew
finely used linetrace or something, only the line isnt that optimal, how can i set it that the line is more straight and not up straight likely ? :p
xD
cerulean sandal
can you help me please?
plush yew
can you help me ? xD and whats your problem ?
cerulean sandal
its that i have some actors that turn invisible when pressing play
they look like this after i play
plush yew
they are hidden in game and u want it to be not hidden ?
plush yew
oke most of the time there is a boolean that is disabled as default check that, also check if there is a node after visibility on that it says visibility enabled
also got some screenshot from the actor class event graph?
cerulean sandal
its just a static mesh
plush yew
hmm is it a big map were u use level streaming or something ?
if you have that and you are to much away from the chains then it will be like that ?
otherwhise i dont know
cerulean sandal
im right close the chains
right under them
and the map rn is very small since its a new project
inner cloak
im on 4.25.1 trying to work on landscape, can't figure out how to make a moutain like in 4.24
cerulean sandal
why, whats different?
cerulean sandal
oof thank you anyways ig
plush yew
when u cant to do landscaping u got file edit window help
np ๐
if you see under help u see modes/ press modes
next to source control and content
@inner cloak
inner cloak
you're right, i dont see modes ...
plush yew
i send screenshot
plush yew
cerulean sandal
hes already on landscape mode
inner cloak
duh !!!
plush yew
oke in that mode u can leave and change stuff wait i explain more with a screenshot xD
cerulean sandal
oh btw DevTim i solved my problem in a very original way
inner cloak
ok
plush yew
plush yew
haha xD
cerulean sandal
it worked
plush yew
did it work?
cerulean sandal
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
inner cloak
yes, i do see
plush yew
guess there are hundreds of possibilities
cerulean sandal
inner cloak
actuallly, what i'm looking for is the spline mode for making mountains
plush yew
oh that i dont know xD
inner cloak
Guess i'll go back to 4.24
dawn gull
Hey, in my blueprint game I am using the Top down example and I made it so when you hold down the mouse button it grabs the object underneath it and drags it, but it goes to the cursor. The problem with that is that it goes to the nearest surface where the cursor is so it starts flinging towards the camera. How can I fix this?
cerulean sandal
use the mouse position as an offset
dawn gull
ok i will try it
cerulean sandal
instead of setting the object position to the mouse you do object position + offset idk
viral flame
how can i use the axis value in order to set some boolean to true or false?
white relic
Anyone else having an issue where the editor crashes when clicking something. Seems pretty random and arbitrary in my case
dawn gull
@cerulean sandal I do this and it disappears
cerulean sandal
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dawn gull
this is my code
oh wait
hmmmmm
nope it still flings itself when I switch the y to y and put the value in y into z
viral flame
does this make any sense?
like
i cant really understand this since the axis value should be equal to 1 in this case
cerulean sandal
it does ig
viral flame
and if it is? the code runs, right?
cerulean sandal
yea
cerulean sandal
Np
past pilot
@cerulean sandal So they are just static meshes visible is checked and hidden in game is unchecked?
cerulean sandal
yeah
i fixed the problem just by removing those meshes and i spawned new ones @past pilot
past pilot
must of been something that got set that you didnt notice then
whole tartan
Hello, I'm new to this and have this problem.
I placed a drawer, placed a key inside it but when I open the drawer the key stays there without moving
whole tartan
Now it goes straight to the ground
keen holly
hey all I have a quick question for anyone that can help, if you have a block type Enum is there a way to use a struct to set its different parameters based on the block type (block strength, tool required, material etc.)?
cerulean sandal
make sure the Drawer has proper collision
hey all I have a quick question for anyone that can help, if you have a block type Enum is there a way to use a struct to set its different parameters based on the block type (block strength, tool required, material etc.)?
@keen holly i think so
keen holly
any idea how?
cerulean sandal
Nope, never used structs or enums.
keen holly
ok thanks
cerulean sandal
you dont have to attach the key to the drawer @whole tartan
harsh tiger
i have a call in editor event. an it works just fine, but for some reason. print strings are not being shown? any idea why
cerulean sandal
c++ or blueprint?
harsh tiger
bp
cerulean sandal
show code
harsh tiger
the line trace fires just fine. but the print string on any of the branches dont show
but i have a print string on begin play in the level bp and when i simulate the level that print string fires
cerulean sandal
the second branch, the comparison is null
so thats always gonna result true
so it will never print
harsh tiger
whole tartan
What should I change in the drawer's collision?
cerulean sandal
it should be a "complex as simple" collision
harsh tiger
it returns true, unless this variable is set to none. the bp event works as intended, but the print strings just stopped showing all of a sudden? it was working earlier on today
cerulean sandal
hm
harsh tiger
i tried to restart the editor an same issue
whole tartan
It works now thx
cerulean sandal
np
harsh tiger
just baffles me how every branch output is connected to a print string and it just stopped working
cerulean sandal
also how can i improve performance? i have 200+ static meshes with 2k triangles each and in the future i will have like 3000 of those meshes
copper gulch
also how can i improve performance? i have 200+ static meshes with 2k triangles each and in the future i will have like 3000 of those meshes
@cerulean sandal
Make use of Hierarchical Instanced Static Mesh components.
The engine can auto generate LODs.
harsh tiger
run time print strings work just fine. editor time print strings dont show up
but it shows in the output log???
heady quartz
does anyone know how to fade in camera when the player is loaded?? (Multiplayer so using "Start Camera Fade" will give a delay before it becomes dark and fade to 0)
cerulean sandal
@cerulean sandal
Make use of Hierarchical Instanced Static Mesh components.
The engine can auto generate LODs.
@copper gulch I already implemented LODs, and instancing stuff with the "Merge" tool seems a good idea
harsh tiger
found a fix on answer hub!
inner cloak
Finally, some results ๐
harsh tiger
had to close the project, delete intermediate and saved folder and reopen the project
copper gulch
Improving performance is highly dependent on your scene. Since you mentioned possibly having thousands of these 2k meshes I assume you're worried about geometry being the bottleneck.
If you have reasonable LODs and create HISMs that should help a lot.
A scene I'm working on has this exact scenario. Where I have a 2.3k mesh at LOD 0 and there are thousands of this mesh in the scene visible at any moment.
On a mid range CPU I'm getting roughly 80-90 fps so that should work for your situation.
The issue with merging all the meshes is you lose the ability to change between LOD levels in reasonable way.
For example in my scene I have stadium seats. They change LODs individually based on camera distance.
If I were to merge large chunks those chunks would have to LOD collectively. Making it less flexible.
carmine garnet
cerulean sandal
Okay, thank you @copper gulch , i also added Precomputed Culling so it enhanches performance a slight bit, and i made the lod1 very close because it doesnt make too much of a visual difference
barren flume
so confused on why the level sequence keeps breaking every time i open the project
i'll fix it and save and it works fine
then when i open my project again later in the day
it's broken
the camera is weird
still hemlock
I'm having a problem, when I walk a certain distance from an area my FPS camera crashes
storm jasper
curent version of unreal engine is compatible with visual studio 2019?
cerulean sandal
I'm having a problem, when I walk a certain distance from an area my FPS camera crashes
@still hemlock Wdym?