ue4-general

[exotic thicket]

Anyway, just make sure you commit your project state, and if you delete the from windows you can always fix it from source control if UE freaks out :D

[mint raptor]

I tried deleting with replacement that worked but now I can't delete the replacement

and validation says passed

[zenith mountain]

Hey I am not sure where to post this but I have a massive problem getting rect light baked through glass :

second screenshot shows an unbaked rect light

shader setup

Glass is on two planes

[cloud briar]

Hi! Can somebody help me find these blueprint nodes?

https://docs.unrealengine.com/Images/Engine/Rendering/HDRDisplayOutput/HDRGameUserSettings.webp

Support HDRI Display Output, and Enable HDRI Display Output nodes

[karmic cloak]

Hey guys i got a rip of a map im trying to port to a different game. it has exported as a .obj and a .map file how would i import that into ue4

[alpine laurel]

is there a reason why the normal map is having no affect?

there should be scratch marks on the armor if it was working

[dawn gull]

Is there a way to to dedicated servers without downloading and compiling the source?

Specifically Unreal Engine version 4.20.3

[lost marlin]

anyone knows why some things are different in the built project than the editor when playing? For example, my character has vastly different jump distances

[vernal thicket]

Different controllers?

What do we use now matinees are gone for level specific cinematics?

[kindred tusk]

im trying to cast to my game instance to get a reference to a variable but when i attach it to a branch it says that "Property associated with Level 1Complete could not be found

[valid agate]

@thick herald Found out that, at the scenes on my project with this error, when disable in the viewport ->show->Specula. The redness disappear. Dummy question: Does that makes any sense to you, what am I missing in my lights?

[midnight gate]

so your specularity is super red huh? @valid agate

[valid agate]

@midnight gate Is there's any master config for this? as it affects most of my maps now.

[winter gale]

Is there a way to to dedicated servers without downloading and compiling the source?
@dawn gull So far no. You need source version.

[dawn gull]

Dang. The source is super big and I barely have any space left XD

[midnight gate]

must be smth with your lighing

[valid agate]

@midnight gate Originally I tough it was. But had downloaded the Lightroom_day from the UE Library, and after the first build this happened. Without me touching anything.

[midnight gate]

hm lighroom is known as a color modifier

it could be that it sets all your specularity to be red with some kind of color lockup

ya got a post proces volume?

or any kind of post process aplied

[valid agate]

This is the project I'm referring to.

@midnight gate this project in particular has a Post Process Volume.

@midnight gate anything particular setting you would suggest me to look at?

[midnight gate]

try disabling the post proces and seeing if the specularity is still red

[valid agate]

@midnight gate It is the post processing indeed!

[midnight gate]

ah must be some lut file that makes it all red

[valid agate]

thanks

[midnight gate]

np

good luck

while ima tryna figure out how to export eveyrthing as fbx in blender

[valid agate]

@midnight gate FBX is Another topic that I'm struggling at the moment.

Have you tried FBX Converter?

Autodesk.

[kindred tusk]

im trying to cast to my game instance to get a reference to a variable but when i attach it to a branch it says that "Property associated with Level 1Complete could not be found

[novel oriole]

Hey all, how would I go about getting a perpendicular vector to a wall in ue4, I've tried crossproduct, but the axis of which I need the perpendicular wall can change, thanks

[midnight gate]

no thats not my problem

[runic yoke]

Hi. Tried to make the hand follow the camera(to move the hand with the camera rotation), camera is attached to the “camera” socket, but it doesn’t work. What am I doing wrong?

[mint raptor]

How does one not force delete an asset that has circular dependency?

[midnight gate]

can i export 2 riggs on one skeletal mesh in ue4?

can i use bones as controlers for morphs in my 3d software and will it work in ue4?

[kindred tusk]

how do i reference a variable from a game instance to a level blueprint when i do it gives me an error that it could not be found

[midnight gate]

game instance is your game mode i assume?

[kindred tusk]

i have a vaiable that is marked as complete and i need that to be able to affect weather an actor spawns in one of the levels i have

[exotic thicket]

@kindred tusk you probably need to show what your BP looks like because if you use get game instance -> cast to YourGameInstance and then try getting the value it should work

[kindred tusk]

i get an error when attaching it to a branch

[exotic thicket]

so if you drag from the "As My New Gam Instance" pin, and type in get level1complete, does it show that as an option?

[midnight gate]

@kindred tusk what object are you trying to refence to?

i recomend using a data box and a save file for complex casting

[kindred tusk]

no but if the get game instance isnt there it does

[midnight gate]

a data box is an actor that stores all your data

maybe its not set to that instance

the lvel that youre casting it in

[exotic thicket]

The game instance is always the same, it can't change mid-game

I'm not sure if I understand what's going on with it though, because assuming My Game Instance has a variable in it with that name, and you have changed the game instance class in your project settings to My Game Instance, that should work

I do exactly the same in my game and it works :P

[kindred tusk]

weird

[exotic thicket]

Are you sure the variable exists in the game instance you created?

you didn't put it somewhere else?

[midnight gate]

try data box

its good

no weird casting

only data and saving and loading

simple

just gotta have it in your level

thats it

just as easy as that

method i came up with when i was doing pokemon template

[kindred tusk]

how do i make a data box it doesnt show up when i try to make a new actor

[midnight gate]

because its a thing i named

just name a normal new actor

and name it data box

thats where ya can store your variables

just cast to it if you ever need any

now is this suposted to be goingon for over 20 minutes?

my mesh isnt really that big

oh wow ok it imported like 90 animations

where did that come frm

[midnight gate]

ok ugh

how can i make rigify and another secondary rigg that controls the face morphs work from blender to ue4?

[open eagle]

How could I know how close my reticle is to a certain actor on screen

Like, if I am looking at it or not

I have a reticle/crosshair in the middle of my screen

I want to know how close it is to a certain actor

[midnight gate]

you can try get distance of 2 points theres a node for that

[open eagle]

Oh wait

Can I use world to screen and compare it to the screen location of my reticle?

how would I get the middle of my screen

for any given screen

[midnight gate]

i dont think so

you can try tho

[open eagle]

oh wait

hold on

lol

I can just get my screen resolution and divide it by 2, that would be the middle

and compare that to the screen position of that actor

[wraith wyvern]

uhh colud some one help me?

[kindred tusk]

How would i start this command "EventBeginPlay" and "EventTick" Both dont work

[wraith wyvern]

yeah can some one help me with my problemo

[proper holly]

Do we need to enroll for apple dev program to just test the faceARsample? I am getting issue while trying to install the app in the ios device. It is asking for provisioning profile and signing certificate

[kindred tusk]

@wraith wyvern what is your Problem

[wraith wyvern]

hold on

i might beable to fix it in #blueprint

[fresh rampart]

Hello, Im new to Unreal and im trying to make an enemy do an attack like this -> https://youtu.be/ShJP0oyrJrg?t=12
I asked in another place and was told to look into RootMotionSources to mix an animation root motion with code, and in the docs there is even a FRootMotionSource_JumpForce which sounds promising (Even though im having trouble finding much documentation about it). Has anyone implemented something similar and how would you recommend doing it?

[fresh python]

the clouds move way too fast but i dont see anywhere in the plugin settings to make them move slower

https://imgur.com/a/qKYAdgQ

[digital badger]

Anyone know why the engine is hard limited to 120fps?

[exotic thicket]

I don't think it is? I've definitely had UE based games run at way past 120 :P

[rocky radish]

Anyone know why the engine is hard limited to 120fps?
@digital badger you can use t.MaxFPS <fps number> if you want to remove the fps limit

[storm jasper]

how i can set this character

to player?

when i press button play i want to move

tihs

this*

character

[wraith wyvern]

hey can some one help me real quick

[digital badger]

@exotic thicket @rocky radish My mistake, t.MaxFPS 0 defaults to 120fps, however individually setting higher numbers allows the fps to climb higher than 120fps

[rocky radish]

hey can some one help me real quick
@wraith wyvern yes?

[wraith wyvern]

is there a way to put music in the main menu?>

and have a video as the main menu background insted of a picture

[rocky radish]

add an ambient sound in your level and select the sound file UwUOwO

[wraith wyvern]

like the forest background

[kindred tusk]

yeah i have an idea just let me set up an example

[river silo]

Hey can somebody help me creating a C++ Character Movement for small planets?

[wraith wyvern]

add an ambient sound in your level and select the sound file UwUOwO
@rocky radish god im dumb that makes so much sence thank you

[exotic thicket]

@digital badger sounds like it might be defaulting to your monitor's refresh rate :)

[rocky radish]

@rocky radish god im dumb that makes so much sence thank you
@wraith wyvern you're welcome, and don't say that, you're learning

sounds like it might be defaulting to your monitor's refresh rate :)
@exotic thicket it doesn't defaults to refresh rate, it's 120 fps no matter what

[exotic thicket]

Ah I see

I wonder why they picked 120 :P

[wraith wyvern]

yeah i have an idea just let me set up an example
@kindred tusk were you talking to me

[rocky radish]

my monitor is 60hz and it's 120fps limit by default

[kindred tusk]

i thougth i had an idea but it turned out to not work

[wraith wyvern]

sad

thanks tho

Danielll do you have a idea?

[plain terrace]

ive been using unreal for a few days and the only thing i know are booleans, and begin and end overlap

lul

[wraith wyvern]

uh oh

@rocky radish i have a problem... when i dragged my audio it doesnt show as a music thingy

its a mp3

[rocky radish]

@rocky radish i have a problem... when i dragged my audio it doesnt show as a music thingy
@wraith wyvern whats the file format?

[digital badger]

it needs to be a .wav

[wraith wyvern]

mp3

EGG

thanks

how do i convert it 👀

can i use aduicy

i cant spell

[rocky radish]

there are tons of software for file conversions, but i think you can export the file as .wav in audacity

[plain terrace]

whatever that works and doesnt give u a virus or a redirect to shady extension

[wraith wyvern]

thanks

[plain terrace]

vlc would also work if u have it i think

[wraith wyvern]

yeah i do

[digital badger]

Audacity will work 🙂

[wraith wyvern]

https://www.freeconvert.com/

im using this

[digital badger]

But you might suffer quality loss, export it straight out of the DAW

[plush yew]

I wonder if there's a way to measure light intensity at a point or a material surface or at least to tell if it's lit/unlit

[wraith wyvern]

But you might suffer quality loss, export it straight out of the DAW
@digital badger i cant make music for shit so its just nature sounds

i think it will be good

@rocky radish sorry for all the questions but its it possable for me to have a background like the forests menu thing whats like its in the game but yeah

do you know what i mean

[rocky radish]

@rocky radish sorry for all the questions but its it possable for me to have a background like the forests menu thing whats like its in the game but yeah
@wraith wyvern that's not just an image?

[plain terrace]

you can take a picture, or copy the terrain

or have the main menu on the same level

[wraith wyvern]

@wraith wyvern that's not just an image?
@rocky radish yeah no image

[rocky radish]

you can make a camera in the world that possess the player and make the enviroment in that level

and remove the background image you have

[wraith wyvern]

ohh okay

but how do i make a skybox?

sorry for the questions im just really stuck

do i make it like in hammer?

a big box

nah

that wont work

[plain terrace]

also how can i make other actors/pawns that are not the playable character recieve axis inputs. I do not want to do possesing cuz thats annoyin

ive followed some tutorials and docs and did not find any solution

[exotic thicket]

You can put input events directly into a pawn

instead of having them in the player controller

[plain terrace]

so i just smack this in a pawn, then wat. i honestly have a very empty mind at the moment

[thick herald]

@plush yew yes there is, but can't recall how exactly.

[jolly sage]

how do i seperate these textures?

[fresh python]

@jolly sage I was wondering the same, because its impossible to change textures of synty low poly free pack

when its all mashed together in one texture

[jolly sage]

im glad im not the only one with this problem

[plain terrace]

reee still i dont understand how to make this work for a pawn. Imma stop now then

oh wait do i have to posses a pawn to move it

[river silo]

Hey can somebody help me creating a C++ Character Movement for small planets?

[kindred tusk]

i want to have a chain of commands start and then repeat inside of a game instacne

Can anyone help me

[fresh python]

How can I copy this to another level? Including settings, CTRL C+V not working, drag and drop into new editor window with level open not working

[kindred tusk]

click on the skylight and then shift click on the volumetric sky portotype map

[fresh python]

Do I have to do everything from scratch just to include it in my level? :(
Yes I did, that marks everything right? But nothing happens when I drag and drop into other world outliner

[kindred tusk]

you need to select to whole thing and the ctrl+c and the go to the world that you want to add it to and then ctrl+v

[wraith wyvern]

my directional light

is fucked

can some one help

[kindred tusk]

what is wrong with it

[wraith wyvern]

can you join general vc?

i can stream m y screen

ill be muted

[kindred tusk]

ok

[wraith wyvern]

and defend

nvm

i cant

[kindred tusk]

ok

[fresh python]

@kindred tusk thanks wow that actually worked! i feel dumb now. but i still cant get the blueprints + specific settings copied

[wraith wyvern]

okay so eggnog

the world goes really bright when i move one in

and its not directional

atall

[kindred tusk]

@fresh python no need to feel dumb im not super good with unreal either

[kindred tusk]

have you tried re building the lights

[plain terrace]

theoretically this isnt supposed to move, but it does

[wraith wyvern]

have you tried re building the lights
@kindred tusk how?

[plain terrace]

the button that says "build"

to the left of "play"

[wraith wyvern]

waiy

wait

i think it works

its just super bright

How do i make a Static camera

for my menu

[kindred tusk]

like a camera that doesnt move

[eternal urchin]

set camera in level

if ui is open show camera

[wraith wyvern]

like a camera that doesnt move
@kindred tusk yeah

[kindred tusk]

the way that i have done it in the past is to turn your player toward where you want to have the static view and then disable movement

[wraith wyvern]

?

[eternal urchin]

or just change gamemode character @wraith wyvern ?

[wraith wyvern]

this is for my menu

[eternal urchin]

is the menu in a level of its own?

[wraith wyvern]

yeah

god damn it

i cant see my cursor now

[eternal urchin]

the add it to level bleuprint

or the character you have set in the game mode

[kindred tusk]

to see your couser you need to set the mouse couser to on by typing show mouse couser with context sensetive off it should show up

[eternal urchin]

or the pawn you are using

[wraith wyvern]

im so fucking confused

im sorry

[eternal urchin]

is, the menu in a, level , of, its own?

first question to be asked?

[wraith wyvern]

yes

[eternal urchin]

goodm, then change the game mode

[eternal urchin]

in the world settings

[wraith wyvern]

is it on here

[eternal urchin]

its top

[wraith wyvern]

so go into the world settings

okat

okay

[eternal urchin]

search for game mode

yes

change character into what ever you need it

[wraith wyvern]

player controller?

[eternal urchin]

deafault pawn class

[wraith wyvern]

uhh

okay

i made it none

how do i make the camera a pawn

[eternal urchin]

you dont want the camera to be a pawn.

[rigid belfry]

where can i read more about making multiplayer games?

[kindred tusk]

#multiplayer

[wraith wyvern]

you dont want the camera to be a pawn.
@eternal urchin then how do i make it so a;kdfm

[eternal urchin]

give me a moment @wraith wyvern

[wraith wyvern]

okay

[cosmic panther]

How do I call a Variable from client to dedicated server, I have the variable inside of game instance and then the GameMode calling it to set it, When I do Open Level and it loads everything into my database correctly including the right GameMode. but once the dedicated server is involved it just set it to the default value of the Variable

It works on sending the variable if I click listen server and then open the map directly without the IP travel. But once I do an IP travel it just sends a 0 to my database

[wraith wyvern]

#multiplayer

ask therte

they know

i think

[storm dome]

Hi I literally downloaded UE 4 a couple hours ago can someone tell me or link a vid as to how I would add the textures given by unreal to blocks ive placed

[wraith wyvern]

okay

mace

[cosmic panther]

I asked yesterday, got no response so I figured I should ask in here @wraith wyvern

[wraith wyvern]

@storm dome https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0cLF8gjBpqGJwEe5XL5mSL8UvwwVMKu follow this tutorial

it helped me learn

the basics

[storm dome]

Thanks

[wraith wyvern]

on his channel

[kindred tusk]

@storm dome if you look on youtube you can find anything that you want to make and it you have anyother questions someone will probebly help you here

[wraith wyvern]

there are diffrent games he teaches you how to make @storm dome

[lime gull]

Is it possible to add decals onto a sprite?

[storm dome]

Okay I'll have a look through his channel now 👍

[eternal urchin]

https://gyazo.com/ab27177528d6e0a6b63fcd71f36d82b6?token=50220aa955baad3e8bc2c6a13d0fafc9

[wraith wyvern]

is htat for me?

nope

[eternal urchin]

thats my menu.
now create a new character (for example) like in my content browser

[wraith wyvern]

dude

just saying

you dont need to uplode it

you can press print screen

or use snipping tool

so make a charicter

[eternal urchin]

what ever. now create a new character.

concentrait, i wanne go smoking, so keep up

[wraith wyvern]

still doesnt work

[eternal urchin]

go to content browser. right click.

blueprint class ->

character

[wraith wyvern]

yeah i did that

empty charicyer

[eternal urchin]

put it into the gamemode in the world settings

[wraith wyvern]

great done it

uhh

f ug g g g

now it just acts like there is gravity

and falls

NOW IT DOESNT WORK

[eternal urchin]

then give it sometrhing to stand on...

a small 1m by 1m floor

[wraith wyvern]

i do

i know whats happaning

the camera isnt spawning where the charicyer is

its spawning where my camera is

the player

[eternal urchin]

add a playerstart to the level

[wraith wyvern]

isnt listed in the world settings

[plain terrace]

noice i finally figured out how to make a vroom vroom machine (car)

[wraith wyvern]

This is getting really annoying

[plain terrace]

ya can take a break and work on da map instead

[eternal urchin]

did you add a playerstart?

[wraith wyvern]

yeah i did

[eternal urchin]

good now it should work

[eternal urchin]

you have a playerstart and you gamemode is set with the character

[wraith wyvern]

not were i placed it

[eternal urchin]

replace playerstart (>°.°)>

[wraith wyvern]

can i resize the player start

[eternal urchin]

no

why do you even want to do that?

thats nonsense

[plain terrace]

lol

[wraith wyvern]

okay

it works

one problem

tho

if i click on anything other than the buttons

the cursor goes away

[eternal urchin]

levelblueprint

[wraith wyvern]

im there

[eternal urchin]

now let me smoke for a sek and wait

[wraith wyvern]

ok

[eternal urchin]

we already solved the first probl.

[wraith wyvern]

yeah

[plain terrace]

https://tenor.com/view/cigarette-funny-gif-3994682

[wraith wyvern]

tell me when you done smoking

[plain terrace]

lol

https://tenor.com/view/unicorn-smoking-horse-gif-5298012

most convincing argument tbh

time to use the worst language for making functions: js

[eternal urchin]

eventbeginplay -> create widget -> show mouse cursor

@wraith wyvern

[wraith wyvern]

there is no show mouse cursor

for the return value

for anything

[eternal urchin]

right click. press show context sensitive

[azure shore]

set show mouse cursor

ok so can anyone help me with flying movement mode

[wraith wyvern]

right click. press show context sensitive
@eternal urchin it was alreaddy ticked

[azure shore]

when the player is flying he isnt affected by any moving objects

they just go straight through

[eternal urchin]

untick it

[azure shore]

ok I guess I picked a bad time

[rigid belfry]

what are game states?

[wraith wyvern]

like this ?

[eternal urchin]

remove everthing behind show mouse cursor

and set the widget in construct none

[brave lynx]

hello! can i leave a basic beginner question here?

[wraith wyvern]

yes

[brave lynx]

thank you!

[wraith wyvern]

and set the widget in construct none
@eternal urchin set it to what?

[eternal urchin]

main menu UI. or what ever your main menu widget name is

[brave lynx]

this is where i am. right now. i try to connect the variable "DisableCamNav" (boolean) with this condition here, following an older tutorial. however its an array it seems (?) i cannot connect it.

[wraith wyvern]

error @eternal urchin

[brave lynx]

this is the same scene in the tutorial.

[eternal urchin]

remove everthing behind show mouse cursor

[wraith wyvern]

what does that even mean

[eternal urchin]

remove the nodes behind it. just delet them

[wraith wyvern]

do you mean After it

[eternal urchin]

now create a playercontroller

[wraith wyvern]

okay

[eternal urchin]

connet to cursor

and widget

[wraith wyvern]

get player controllor?

[brave lynx]

i think its an issue related to working with an outdated tutorial, because, i also had a different situation with an array here.

wasnt part of the tutorial either

[eternal urchin]

@brave lynx you need to change the variable

[brave lynx]

just was created automatically

okay thank you.

[eternal urchin]

its set to array

[brave lynx]

strange. i thought i have boolean set there in details

[eternal urchin]

it is a bool. but its also an array

press here: https://gyazo.com/4e19a8fc659b8df0e32df94b022e5b14

behind the dropdown @brave lynx

@wraith wyvern and connect it to mouse cursor

[brave lynx]

okay thank you

i just found it! nice

great thanks again! 🙂

[eternal urchin]

np

@wraith wyvern did yiu connect it?

..

[wraith wyvern]

sorry

brb

[eternal urchin]

Just connect it and you are done...

[wraith wyvern]

connect what sorry?

[eternal urchin]

ffs. connect player controller to mouse cursor

[eternal urchin]

yes

[wraith wyvern]

dfsht dfhgsdfgh sdfgdfasg

[eternal urchin]

compile

and save

[wraith wyvern]

it doesnt show my fucking menu now

[eternal urchin]

COMPILE!

[wraith wyvern]

I DID

[eternal urchin]

and?

[wraith wyvern]

it doesnt show my fucking menu now
@wraith wyvern

i think i know how to fix this

[eternal urchin]

add a "add to viewport" behind the create widget

forgot that

now its working

atleast it should

[wraith wyvern]

YES

[eternal urchin]

good

[wraith wyvern]

it works

thanks

i just need grass and trees and shit now

[eternal urchin]

do me a favor go to this discord and do the walkthou of the #getting started channel

[wraith wyvern]

uhh

why?

[rigid belfry]

i dont think thats allowed

[wraith wyvern]

yeagh

[eternal urchin]

because you have no clue what you are doing you should start learning the engine first.

its a lerning path from epic games. to learn the engine

[rigid belfry]

#old-rules

• No Discord Server or other community group invites or links, unless determined by <@&213101288538374145> to be relevant and useful to developers.

[rocky radish]

• No Discord Server or other community group invites or links, unless determined by <@&213101288538374145> to be relevant and useful to developers. Contact a <@&213101288538374145> via DM for approval.

[snow crown]

hi

yes

[rocky radish]

oh i didnt see you already sent that righy lol

[eternal urchin]

jajajaja. no the less.
do the tutorials

[wraith wyvern]

oh hi danielll

[rocky radish]

oh hi danielll
@wraith wyvern sorry for not helping you before, i was helping some people in bp chat. Hi!

[wraith wyvern]

can you tell me how to add grass?? as in

[snow crown]

as was correctly quoted, @eternal urchin please don't link discord servers here

[wraith wyvern]

3d grass

[snow crown]

thanks have a nice day

[rocky radish]

can you tell me how to add grass?? as in
@wraith wyvern foliage tool

[wraith wyvern]

that makes sence

im dumb dumb

[rigid belfry]

anyway, anybody knows what "PlayerState" and "GameState" are? whats their definition and their use case?

[wraith wyvern]

thanks

[rocky radish]

that makes sence
@wraith wyvern https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Foliage/index.html

you're welcome

[wraith wyvern]

uhhh

Danielll

[rocky radish]

yes?

[wraith wyvern]

is there foliage in the starter content?

like grass

[eternal urchin]

ffs @wraith wyvern do the tutorals first https://learn.unrealengine.com/home/LearningPath/90588

[rigid belfry]

actually, yes

[wraith wyvern]

ffs @wraith wyvern do the tutorals first https://learn.unrealengine.com/home/LearningPath/90588
@eternal urchin dont get angry at me

[rocky radish]

is there foliage in the starter content?
@wraith wyvern there's a plant asset (only a single one though)

[rigid belfry]

its not that bad either

you can check how they made the material too

[wraith wyvern]

oh sweet

do you guys know what folder

it is?

[eternal urchin]

nwm

[rocky radish]

anyway, anybody knows what "PlayerState" and "GameState" are? whats their definition and their use case?
@rigid belfry there's this forums page that people explain what they are https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/blueprint-visual-scripting/119603-what-should-i-do-in-gamemode-gamestate-and-playerstate

[rigid belfry]

you can search in the toolbar

[rocky radish]

do you guys know what folder
@wraith wyvern props folder

[rigid belfry]

@rocky radish i knew about that but i wanted to see if others had anything more they wanted to say

[wraith wyvern]

thannks

[rocky radish]

thannks
@wraith wyvern you're welcome

@rocky radish i knew about that but i wanted to see if others had anything more they wanted to say
@rigid belfry oh, my mistake then, sorry

[rigid belfry]

i have worked with the engine for well over a year now and i havent seen playerstate and gamestate ever mentioned

[eternal urchin]

its for mostly mmo @rigid belfry

[rocky radish]

i have worked with the engine for well over a year now and i havent seen playerstate and gamestate ever mentioned
@rigid belfry they're mostly for multiplayer games in general

[eternal urchin]

dedicated server and such

[rocky radish]

not necessarily mmo's, but multiplayer games in general usually use these two

[wraith wyvern]

its not letting me drop it

[rigid belfry]

maybe i havent encountered them because i have never done any multiplayer

[rocky radish]

maybe i havent encountered them because i have never done any multiplayer
@rigid belfry they're kinda useless in singleplayer anyways

[rigid belfry]

i am just starting to do online stuff so i wanted to make sure i knew what i was getting into

[rocky radish]

@wraith wyvern you need to drop a mesh in there, not a material

[rigid belfry]

@wraith wyvern theres a foliage quickstart guide you can read

[rocky radish]

or a foliage asset

[wraith wyvern]

ypu

im a idiot

sorry

[rocky radish]

@wraith wyvern theres a foliage quickstart guide you can read
@rigid belfry yeah, i sent him the docs page in here https://discordapp.com/channels/187217643009212416/225448446956404738/724365114035142706

[eternal urchin]

...do the tutorials...

[rocky radish]

im a idiot
@wraith wyvern you're learning, don't say that about yourself

[wraith wyvern]

thanks danielll i dident know i had to drag the prop insted of the material until you told me 😅

[slate vessel]

is there a way to get a report of what specific textures are hogging streaming memory?

[eternal urchin]

none the less. im looking for a node that shows me if a actor is loaded or not

any clue?

[rocky radish]

is there a way to get a report of what specific textures are hogging streaming memory?
@slate vessel maybe this https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Content/Types/Textures/Streaming/Stat/index.html but i'm not sure if thats what you're looking for

thanks danielll i dident know i had to drag the prop insted of the material until you told me 😅
@wraith wyvern 😄

[slate vessel]

thanks

[rocky radish]

thanks
@slate vessel np

[wraith wyvern]

any one got free tree modles?

[kindred tusk]

what do you mean

oh wait nvm

Tree models

[wraith wyvern]

sorry i suck at spelling

[kindred tusk]

its ok

you should check the free for the month section on the Unreal Market

[wraith wyvern]

i have done

no trees or stuff

[wanton lotus]

@wraith wyvern https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/assets?count=20&keywords=tree&sortBy=currentPrice&sortDir=ASC&start=0

Sort by lowest price first

[clever sequoia]

Hey guys,
I am a cinema 4d user and I am searching for a "realtime" bridge to ue4. I know, that there is the cv-c4d to ue4 plugin, but it is not available for the newer ue4 versions. I hope that anybody can help me to find a bridge! Btw. I also know that you can import the c4d files directly, but it is extremely complex to delete all files and import them again.
Greetings Jonny

[wraith wyvern]

i alreaddy looked for trees on the market

there is nothing free

[wanton lotus]

There are lots of freebies there

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Project+Nature?count=20&sortBy=effectiveDate&sortDir=DESC&start=0

[wraith wyvern]

ooo!

this is some good stuff!

thank you!

[kindred tusk]

yeah i love the epic market they give so much away for free or very cheap

[wanton lotus]

No prob, but that is just a small example. There are over 400 free assets with a bunch of them being 3D models of all kinds.

[plain terrace]

"tropical vegetation" this looks similar to weed lol

[kindred tusk]

dude thats just canabis

[wraith wyvern]

No prob, but that is just a small example. There are over 400 free assets with a bunch of them being 3D models of all kinds.
@wanton lotus are they free to use like 100% or do i have to like mention them in the game

[wanton lotus]

100% free if found on the ue marketplace and used within the unreal engine.

[rocky radish]

@wanton lotus are they free to use like 100% or do i have to like mention them in the game
@wraith wyvern free assets on marketplace are completely free for use, no need to mention (idk about the ones made by epic games though)

[wanton lotus]

If you find the content somewhere else, they will specifically mention what their license needs.

[wraith wyvern]

sweet!

[wanton lotus]

Ones made by epic games state that they must stay within the unreal editor. So as long as you don't plan to take the assets and then build your game using unity or something, then all is good.

[kindred tusk]

does anyone know how to start a chain of commands in a game instance

[rocky radish]

does anyone know how to start a chain of commands in a game instance
@kindred tusk wdym?

[wanton lotus]

Async?

[kindred tusk]

i have a chain of nodes that i need to start on starting the game

both event begin play and event tick dont work in game instance

[wraith wyvern]

Huh

the stuff i got

isnt in my market libary

[rocky radish]

event init @kindred tusk

isnt in my market libary
@wraith wyvern restarting the epic launcher maybe will work

[wraith wyvern]

i did that

[plain terrace]

yeah it aint

i know the solution

[night bridge]

How was I so stupid to not know that UE4 has this thing where you can destroy stuff

[plain terrace]

search "temperate Vegetation: Spruce Forest" or another product

[kindred tusk]

thank you so much i have been sitting here wondering how to do that for about 2 hours now

[plain terrace]

and then it will show

and then click on "project nature"

to see all of them

[wraith wyvern]

oh

i think i did it

yup i did

BRUH

THERE IS SOME TREES

[rocky radish]

thank you so much i have been sitting here wondering how to do that for about 2 hours now
@kindred tusk you're welcome

THERE IS SOME TREES
@wraith wyvern tbh i thought that it'd be bigger lol

[wraith wyvern]

can i indivisually place them

[rocky radish]

can i indivisually place them
@wraith wyvern yes

[wraith wyvern]

great

[wanton lotus]

@wraith wyvern https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/interactive-tree-creator INFINITE TREES! ........ but for a price 😝

[wraith wyvern]

EGG

whats money

OUCH

[azure shore]

hey does anyone here know how to let the player move upwards but without using fly mode, aside from jumping

[rocky radish]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/interactive-tree-creator INFINITE TREES! ........ but for a price 😝
@wanton lotus that's an interesting pack i never heard of

hey does anyone here know how to let the player move upwards but without using fly mode, aside from jumping
@azure shore launch the player maybe?

[azure shore]

Ive been p;laying with that a bit but it seems that it just stacks up and gets faster and faster

well theres the override but thats not great

oh launch makes the player think hes falling too

ok launch wont work

GOD ue4 really lets you down with such SIMPLE things sometimes

[wraith wyvern]

guys if im ever rich

ill buy you all each

1 tree

[wanton lotus]

Only the best tree will do

[wraith wyvern]

it will be £98 each

[plain terrace]

lol

[azure shore]

god this is a nightmare

[wraith wyvern]

god this is a nightmare
@azure shore fine you get a rock insted of a tree

happy now?

[azure shore]

bruh

[rocky radish]

lol

[azure shore]

Im trying to make some stupid fuckin wall walking but unreal engine makes it as hard as possible for you

[wanton lotus]

@azure shore you will want to look into some of the directional gravity plugins.

[azure shore]

I tried with custom gravity it didnt even help

plugins are either a thousand quid or too hard to implement into existing projects

[wanton lotus]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/directional-planet-gravity

freebie one

I've actually messed around with that one before. It is on a per actor basis so should fit your needs.

[azure shore]

thanks I guess I can look at it

[wraith wyvern]

well fuck

the trees were too cool

for my pc

my unreal engine is frozon

frozen

[wheat hare]

Crap man

Feels bad

[night bridge]

Guys

So

I now know how to make a gun shoot and stuff

But lets say I equip a Rocket

And I shoot a rocket at a building

How do I make it so that there is a huge explosion and that there is massive damage to the building

[rocky radish]

How do I make it so that there is a huge explosion and that there is massive damage to the building
@night bridge you mean destroying the building?

[wanton lotus]

@night bridge https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Chaos/ChaosDestruction/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chaos+destruction+ue4

[rocky radish]

you can either use chaos (as Slashin8r said, but requires building the engine from source) or use apex destruction system if you want (doens't require building from source)

[azure shore]

chaos looks awesome but I have no idea where to even start with it if I wanted to

[wanton lotus]

It is also possible to setup your own destruction system using procedural meshes and slicing patterns.

[azure shore]

apex is good but kinda limited

[night bridge]

@night bridge https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Chaos/ChaosDestruction/index.html
@wanton lotus Where am I supposed to look in that link

[wanton lotus]

The "starting out" page

The overview

[night bridge]

Because I know how to apply destruction to the object

[brave lynx]

hello!

1. i followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpKXKr9alqY
2. I got this issue: "Blueprint Runtime Error: "Accessed None". Blueprint: CACameraPawnController Function: Movement Speed Calculation Graph: MovementSpeedCalculation Node: Return Node"
3. i watched the slackers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uDQnQty0-4
4. i tried to repair my CameraPawnReference being not filled, but i could not. It is the value the engine doesnt fill. i attach a screenshot.

[night bridge]

But I dont want to walk into it and destroy it

But like shoot a rocket or grenade at it

And make an explosion

And destroy it

[wraith wyvern]

how do i remove

the forage effect

[brave lynx]

so my "get camerapawn" doesnt work it seems but i dont know how to fix this; because i cannot choose the camera pawn mesh or anything, and in the camerapawn i also cannot set up anything as mentioned in the unreal slackers fix video there.

[rigid belfry]

is there a way to download the multiplayer shootout project?

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Resources/Showcases/BlueprintMultiplayer/index.html

also is there any other way to read about starting a multiplayer project beside starting a 20 episode series on youtube where each video is 40 mins long?

i'd rather read than watch tutorials

[wraith wyvern]

does this look good?

[rigid belfry]

no

[wraith wyvern]

rip

[rigid belfry]

first scene?

[wraith wyvern]

yup

[rigid belfry]

then thats pretty good

[rocky radish]

rip

[rigid belfry]

@wraith wyvern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPimiBP8d6o
watch this YouTube video

[plain terrace]

Lol

[wraith wyvern]

why isnt the paint tool working

[night bridge]

@wanton lotus I still dont understand how to do it

[rigid belfry]

the paint tool is used to paint textures on a landscape

[tight prawn]

is there a way to scale texture files inside UE ?

I want to reduce the size of a texture

[rigid belfry]

@tight prawn the UV channel

[wraith wyvern]

the paint tool is used to paint textures on a landscape
@rigid belfry i know im trying to place dirt

[tight prawn]

no, not via code or anything

the actual file resolution

[rocky radish]

@rigid belfry i know im trying to place dirt
@wraith wyvern do you have a landscape material?

[plain terrace]

If ya don’t know, ya don’t have it

[wraith wyvern]

? @rocky radish

[plain terrace]

So he doesn’t have one

[wanton lotus]

@night bridge I'm definitely no expert on the matter, just was pointing you in the direction that could achieve your goal.

[rocky radish]

? @rocky radish
@wraith wyvern do you have the landscape material with the layers for you to paint?

[wraith wyvern]

i have a material

on the paint

[night bridge]

But like I need a specific tutorial

[night bridge]

On how to shoot a projectile and when the projectile hits I want it to explode and destroy the thing

[rigid belfry]

@wraith wyvern no idea what you're doing, but this is how you paint materials on a landscape

[craggy wraith]

@wraith wyvern you want to use the layer blend node to paint multiple textures on your landscape and that picture i posted is the most simple set up for it

[wraith wyvern]

@rigid belfry how do i change the texture?

[sinful plume]

Hi guys, I have a question about adding a key stroke to trigger particles. What's the best channel for this?

[wanton lotus]

@night bridge How you go about that all depends on how you want it to be destroyed. Let's say it is a brick wall. Instead of being a single wall, it could be made up of individual bricks, ready to be destroyed. Or, you can have a single wall, and procedurally destroy it by cutting it up into smaller pieces.

[rigid belfry]

@wraith wyvern https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Landscape/QuickStart/index.html 😄

[wraith wyvern]

look

no thingy

[rigid belfry]

dude

follow

the damn

quickstart

😄

we cant guide through clicking each button

[night bridge]

@wanton lotus I read something about diffferent parts of the object

For example you want it to break into 10 pieces

Then it breaks into 10 pieces

Something like that

[rigid belfry]

@night bridge what are you doing?

[night bridge]

Im trying to find a tutorial that shows how to do it so that when a projectile hits an object an explosion happens with a sound and the object gets destroyed

[wanton lotus]

@night bridge that would be procedural destruction, so you would look into using APEX, Chaos or procedural meshes with slicing.

[night bridge]

And that the pieces fly into the direction to where the rocket it

[wanton lotus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1jgrpVihXM

[rigid belfry]

the projectile or the object that collided?

also i think you dont need chaos for that

[wraith wyvern]

@rigid belfry bruuhhuhuhuhhuhhuhhhhhhhhuhhu

[rigid belfry]

ue4 should have a built in mesh destruction system

[wraith wyvern]

the option isnt there

[wanton lotus]

You don't need chaos, but it is an option for it.

[wanton lotus]

The built in one is called the apex destruction system.

[wanton lotus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKJlB_ep3lU

[brave lynx]

okay so no ideas why? thx anyways

[wanton lotus]

@brave lynx someone in #blueprint may know.

[brave lynx]

ah thank you!

[alpine laurel]

why is my main menu ui blurry for about 10 seconds after starting the game (in editor and application)

its only the buttons. the images are fine

[wanton lotus]

@alpine laurel can you show before/after screenshots or a short video of the problem. Preferably in the #umg channel so other ui experts can see it.

[alpine laurel]

sure

[rigid belfry]

@wraith wyvern did you find it?

[wraith wyvern]

n o

why am i seeing

preview

[rigid belfry]

what is that you cant find?

[wraith wyvern]

for somereason

[rigid belfry]

preview means that the lighting needs to be built again

[wanton lotus]

^

[wraith wyvern]

Zoinks

thanks

[wanton lotus]

It is guessing what the shadows should look like without knowing for certain, hehe.

[rigid belfry]

can you post ONE screenshot of your whole engine?

you cant find the landscape button?

[wraith wyvern]

Give me a minute

[craggy wraith]

shift + 3 is a short cut for landscape tool

if that helps

[wraith wyvern]

i gotta go

[wise dirge]

whats the difference between "Merge Actors" and "Convert Actors into Static Mesh"?

[spice cliff]

hey, i need some help, i want to make my own function called 'is moving' its like 'is falling' but its used to find out if the player is moving, how could i do that??

@ me if you know what i can do, thanks

[wheat hare]

monitor your location and see if it changes lol

if it changes, set a bit high

[rigid belfry]

i think theres already a function for that

[wheat hare]

hook a variable to it

[plain terrace]

@spice cliff

[wheat hare]

cool

I don't have any players yet, I'm still working with my objects

[plain terrace]

I thought there was already a function for that

I wanted first person mode so I just use the template and deleted the gun and now there’s an error every time I play but it works 👌

[wheat hare]

I was going to buy a player when I'm done

[spice cliff]

@plain terrace i wanted to know cuz the 'is moving on the ground' does not work as it should be, call me stupid but, it does not work the same as 'is falling' or 'is crouching'

[rigid belfry]

yes it does

it works as intended

[spice cliff]

well im not getting the same reading dont know why

:/

[plain terrace]

Maybe ur pointing to the wrong object I dunno I haven’t used it so I don’t know how it works

Have u tried finding an example of it?

[rigid belfry]

also, while it says "moving on ground" it actually means "is on ground"

[spice cliff]

@plain terrace well i tried using print strings to show the current state

[rigid belfry]

btw, if you just wanna check if player is moving, you can get the velocity

[spice cliff]

@rigid belfry well if you put it that way, yes is does work but whats with the "moving" part

oh ok

[rigid belfry]

you can do get velocity and then get the vector lenght

it should spit out a float velocity

[spice cliff]

oh ok

[rigid belfry]

btw you shouldnt run in on tick

also if you really wanted to check if moving, you can set a variable to true while Movement input pressed, and set it to false when released...

[spice cliff]

ah ok

how would i do that

[rigid belfry]

what?

change a variable?

[spice cliff]

how would you lay out setting the variable for movment

[whole quarry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLZWdc2b6k

oh wait, thats not just variables..

[spice cliff]

oh yh that makes sence

but, since 'is moving on the ground' is just 'are you on ground' how could i do a 'is moving' for when I'm actually moving? sorry if im repeating myself

[rigid belfry]

are you pissing me?

holding down W = moving. releasing W = not moving.

[spice cliff]

ok, sorry, im being stupid, thakns for your help

[rigid belfry]

i dont think you're being stupid

you just gotta focus

[sterile venture]

why is my cpu 100% and my gpu 0%

i7 7700k and a gtx 1080ti

raytraceing is 10 fps and without it is looking bad 😦

[plain terrace]

First send me the gtx1080

And then it will work fine

[sterile venture]

If u give me the rtx 2080 super 🙂

[spice cliff]

@rigid belfry well your not wrong there, thanks

[earnest violet]

My landscape Heightmap has suddenly got low res textures and I haven't chaned anything. I have built everything and the landscape is now lo res material. Does anyone know what's causing this please? THX! 🙂

I got a 2080 super! Well powerful!

[jolly sage]

does anyone know how to make your character go through windows

[wise dirge]

@jolly sage do you mean the collision is blocking you? if so set the collision to "use complex as simple"

[open wadi]

I'm studying a project here and I notice in some of the widgets, they don't have a canvas panel, such as seen here. Is this OK? Is the Canvas Panel asset in the hierarchy not necessary? What is its purpose?

I ask because every time I create a new widget of my own, the canvas panel is present by default in the hierarchy.

[jolly sage]

@wise dirge ahh sorry im new to unreal where can I find the collision settings again

[wise dirge]

click or open you asset and then on the right. you might have to scroll down a bit or just search for "collision" @jolly sage

[grim ore]

@open wadi Canvas is just the default as you need a default something, also canvas is the only one that is positional so having something else like a box would confuse people. You can adjust it to be whatever you want. And yes its ok to have something else, for example you would have a button as the root if your widget was just a custom button you were making.

[open wadi]

Perfect @grim ore, thank you much.

[rain pecan]

anybody got some tips for what's a good first thing to mess with for designing 3d spaces in ue4?

trying to get past a "block" so to speak so just messing with some tutorials atm

might look around the marketplace to see what assets might be good to mess with

[kindred viper]

depends what kind of 3d spaces really. There are some great sci-fi packs on the marketplace for janking together some scenes. You can find kitbash everywhere (including the main kitbash site). Just throw it in and see what sticks. If you have a design in mind, perhaps simply blocking it out is a start, then working on each individual section to bring it out of blocking stage.

[distant totem]

i had no idea about the UMG root, here I have dozens of canvas panels overlapping from different small widgets

[earnest violet]

My landscape Heightmap has suddenly got low res textures and I haven't chaned anything. I have built everything and the landscape is now lo res material. Does anyone know what's causing this please? THX!

[rain pecan]

I'll have to peek around, I'm trying some landscape stuff now

since the brushes sound fun to mess with

I'm thinking of making something simple to mess around with

[dim plover]

Canvas Panels get pretty expensive, don't they?

[rain pecan]

my ideal is I wanna be ready to do a gamejam

[plain terrace]

i wanna make a game where you drive for 10-15 minutes to go order a pizza

obviously theres gonna be a bit more to it

but thats the first thing im gonna work on

[rain pecan]

how do I get the modes bit to appear? I can place actors but unsure how to get these to show.

(also sorry, unsure of best place to ask)

probably in one of the programming chats I'm guessing ?

[jolly sage]

how do i download my character from unreal to use on mixamo

[rain pecan]

hrm all I see are 2 grayed out modes (I'm on 4.25.1, tutorial I'm on is old though)

[distant totem]

@rain pecan

since your following an old tutorial you could go into editor settings and tick enable legacy ui for modes tab

[rain pecan]

Ah I see, so they just changed how it was and I can enable legacy too

I'll have to get that a bash, thanks @distant totem !

yeah enabling legacy helped a lot, everything matches now

I'm so glad they fixed the weird shadow lighting bugs the older versions had

everything looks so much nicer

[open wadi]

Question: What is the purpose of marking a given palette asset, such a size box or overlay, as a variable? How can that be leveraged?

Is it used to be able to dynamically modify a given palette element within the project?

[mint raptor]

should an empty scene eat up tis much memory?

[idle hearth]

Hi

How to create sand Strom in unreal

[mint raptor]

@idle hearth Ask in #visual-fx or #niagara depending on if you want to use Cascade or Niagara for particle effects.

or if anyone can help me understand better memreport results

[open wadi]

I have a question - I have some assets from another UE4 project I want to import into my current project. When I copy / paste the uassets and attempt to open them, the engine crashes. What's the best way to import said assets?

[mint raptor]

@open wadi Right click on asset and migrate it to your new project by selecting the content folder in said project when it asks you to pick the location to migrate to

[open wadi]

Ahh, there's a migrate option?

Will give that a shot @mint raptor, thank you much.

[mint raptor]

np

[open wadi]

When I highlight the folders in question in the old project, and I right click, the menu I get does not have a migrate option.

The options are Show in Explorer, Set Favorites, Set Color, Save All, Resave All, Delete, Fix Up Redirections in Folder, Reference Viewer, Size Map, Audit Assets, Shader Cook Statistics, Validate Assets in Folder, and Connect to Source Control

Seperate question: What is the recommended source control provider?

[mint raptor]

@open wadi Sorry this has to be done inside Unreal

Not in your OS

[open wadi]

Right, that's within the content browser in Unreal.

I'm in the old project that has the assets I want in the new project, I highlighted the folders that contain the assets, and those are the only options I saw.

Do I have to do it one asset at a time?

[mint raptor]

You may need to select the folder one by one or if the entire content folder then just the content folder

You can only do one folder at at time it seems

not multiple folder

single assets or single folder

[open wadi]

Yes, I see it now, thank you @mint raptor

What's the difference between export and bulk export?

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/342519/import-t3d-copy-files.html

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"Hi Marcos,

I took a look through our other JIRAs and asked some of our developers about it, and it seems that both .COPY and .T3D are legacy UE3 options. We don't have a specific plan to remove them, yet, but the expectation is that Blueprints shouldn't be able to be exported.

There are a couple of other options for moving Blueprints that may help, however. First, the Migrate feature will allow you to simply move the Blueprint and any relevant assets from one project to another. If you don't have access to both projects on the same machine, you could instead copy the graphs in a Blueprint and paste it into a text document. This becomes a little more complex once you involve multiple functions, as the Blueprint and each function needs to be created in the receiving project before you can copy the graphs over, but it's an option.

Additionally, .uassets can be moved to and opened in a separate project directly as long as all references are moved with it (with the same file structure). This is basically what the Migrate feature does.

Hope that helps! Right now, there's no easy way to use T3D files in the manner you suggested."

[subtle hatch]

is there a way to limit the max velocity of the character movement component?

[open wadi]

Looks like, for BPs, you might need to leverage Migrate

[distant totem]

to import a .uasset file, you have to use windows explorer to drop it into the content folder somewhere, but if you want to transfer something like a blueprint, using migrate will transfer all dependencies

[open wadi]

@distant totem I'm getting that, thank you.

[mint raptor]

@subtle hatch You can always clamp the velocity of the Character Movement Component every tick

[open wadi]

That's the issue, when I simply copy a blueprint to a new project manually, and try to open it, the engine crashes, I'm sure due to lack of dependencies.

[mint raptor]

@open wadi Is migrate not working for you?

[open wadi]

@mint raptor No migrate works, I tried export first and it created a .COPY file which apparently is leftover from UE3.

So I was a little confused for a moment.

I appreciate the help.

[subtle hatch]

@mint raptor yeah, was wondering if there was already a option in the default movement component options so i dont add something that was not needed.

[mint raptor]

@subtle hatch From the quick peak I saw there is no setting to set to clamp velocity on the character movement component natively

[subtle hatch]

@mint raptor Alright, Thanks for the help.

[mint raptor]

np

[open wadi]

What's everyone's preferred SouceControl provider?

What's the favorite around here?

[tawny python]

If anyone's experienced with world blend landscape materials, dm please. Having some trouble figuring this out

[distant totem]

perforce without a doubt, or do you mean server hosting?

https://www.linode.com/pricing/ isin't bad, but i've seen some people chatting that azure has a killer hosting package

[fierce forge]

how i can disable the shadow from a widget ?

[prisma plank]

how to isolate some indoor from fog? Have a whole scene with fog, but want to isolate some interior. With blueprints?

[dim arch]

@fierce forge disable shadows on the surface the material is applied to

@prisma plank you need to create a volume around the building and disable the fog when the player steps inside

[prisma plank]

@dim arch what kind of volume? there is scene not players

[dim arch]

what do you mean

[prisma plank]

how to disable fog when in?

[dim arch]

I have no idea what you mean

"there is scene not players" doesnt make sense

[prisma plank]

ok then how to disable when enter players?

[dim arch]

get a reference to the fog actor and the collision box

(in a blueprint)

CollisionBox:OnEventOverlap->cast to player->fade/disable fog

CollisionBox:OnEventEndOverlap->cast to player->fade/enable fog

the easiest way is to make a collision box, convert it to BP, add an actor object reference, set it to editable, pick the fog in the editor

[prisma plank]

will try now

[fierce forge]

@dim arch ?

[dim arch]

you're in the wrong editor

[fierce forge]

?

[dim arch]

your widgetBP is applied to an object in the world

you need to disable shadows on that

[fierce forge]

i don't have a real widget for it , so ?

it's just a material

[dim arch]

whats is casting the shadow?

[fierce forge]

?

a widget from the bp

[dim arch]

widgets dont cast shadows

[fierce forge]

but it's just a material

on the widget from bp

yeahhh..... sure

[dim arch]

can you take a screenshot of the BP

[fierce forge]

wait a sec

[dim arch]

emm

can you screenshot the full window

Ok, I just tried it, apparently they will cast shadows from a directional light but not a point light

[prisma plank]

@dim arch cast to player and fade fog- not see in bp..

[dim arch]

@fierce forge

This is how you setup your widget, you set the material to Widget3DPassThrough_Translucent

then, you add your WidgetBP in the "Widget Class" option. You need to create a widgetBP and set the image there

Basically, the material you have applied to Element0 shouldnt be there, it should be applied to a texture object inside a widgetBP, and you need to set that widgetBP to your WidgetComponent in the Blueprint

once you do that you will have one which doesnt cast shadows

@prisma plank that isnt the name of the function, you need to get the fog actor and set its density using a timeline or something, there's not automatic function for it

[fierce forge]

the widget class also have shadows

[dim arch]

this also works with transparency type set to masked

it wont work if you set the widgetcomponent material directly, you need to add a widgetBP with a UI material

[dim arch]

what material is set in the widget component?

[fierce forge]

it's just a progress bar

[dim arch]

you're using passthroughmask

use passthrough transluscent

I guess the mask material casts shadows, transluscent doesnt

[fierce forge]

what's the name of the material ?

[fierce forge]

i don't have it

[dim arch]

wut

[dim arch]

which version of the engine are you on?

[fierce forge]

4.25

[dim arch]

make sure show engine content is checked

[fierce forge]

it is

[dim arch]

it's a material insttance, not material

do you have a filter on?

[fierce forge]

anyway how i can make my material to be like this ?

[dim arch]

just make a material, set its domain to UI and blending to transluscent

[fierce forge]

how i can add opacity mask to a translucent material ?

[dim arch]

you cant

it uses opacity

[fierce forge]

but i need mask

[dim arch]

its the same thing

[fierce forge]

no

i need opacity mask

for deleting the black put from ue4 on the image

if it is on translucent then this is the widget

[dim arch]

You have two choices

set the blend mode to transluscent and feed the alpha into opacity

you have no shadows, and a transparent object

set it to makes and feed the alpha into opacity mask

you have shadows, and 0/1 transparency

I am pretty sure opacity/opacity mask are almost identical for UI materials as they have no normal/specular pass

one just has on/off and the other has opacity blending

[plush yew]

hello im new to unreal engine and did a couple of things for trying but i like to know how to start a dungeon crawler game

[tender flume]

Uhhhh. not sure if thats a good idea

you'll be overwhelmed if you can handle it

[plush yew]

i wanted to make a game

i have a log in menu

but doesnt have the background function

i wanted to make a dungeon crawler game but i cant find good tutorials

[exotic cave]

That's not because there aren't good tutorials out there 😉

But you can't do it in a night.

[waxen raven]

There are packs