how is it preference if you literally get the wrong results
#ue4-general
visual belfry
obtuse pendant
its not wrong
youre reading it differently
hence why any decent teacher forces you to use parentheses
because if you dont its left up to interpretation
...
visual belfry
perhaps, it's not something that's saved off however as results are calculated immediately when you leave the field
done and ... poking around 🙂
hoary silo
How can I create an in-game ray tracing toggle like in Metro Exodus?
vernal thicket
Anyone know if you can change a character capsule collision settings in blueprint realtime/
hoary silo
@vernal thicket Yes you can
vernal thicket
currently have an issue where after killed player still collides with capsule but because i'm simulating physics the body is somewhere else compared to the capsule
I've currently used Set collision response to channel and set it to ignore pawn but it doesnt seem to work?
hoary silo
@plush yew That wont work because the global ray tracing disable/enable is in the project settings
And the last time I tried that it didnt work
alright ill give it a try
@vernal thicket Destroy the capsule component when your player dies
vernal thicket
Ight i'll try that again, pretty sure I ran into issues with them falling through the map last time?
hoary silo
@plush yew Yeah that's where I didnt know what to do
vernal thicket
Welp @hoary silo that works fine, thanks man
floral mesa
ive had nothing but issues attempting to utilize ray tracing
they need to work on themselves before we can work for them lol
thats why they shouldnt market rough unfinished features like they do with the obvious misconception the functionality is solid and tested. waste all of our time. we end up not using anyway
i bought a couple rtx 2080 supers and a 2070 and the reason was, availability is older powerful cards pushed their prices up
so i could only strategically afford the rtx cards really
people began marking up the 1080 ti even more. although the benchmark comparisons were similar
so whether i wanted to support rtx was down to whether i wanted to work with nvidia or not
rigid belfry
even thought i am struggling to get anything done because of procastination, i made some changes to my missions menu. this is the before
this is after
i feel like what makes me procrastinate is the feeling that i might've started something too big, and i have the feeling i'll be dropping this anytime soon
like, i am working on this multiplayer stuff, yet just implementing a functioning multiplayer system with a working menu and all is very tedious work
i cant image how much time will go into starting to work on the actual game
multiplayer makes everything i want to do 10x harder
maybe more
i tell myself that the time i take off to procastinate is used for thinking about ways of doing this right
yet i find myself playing games and waching youtube videos
oh for sure, i am not gonna do anything too weird right now
i am thinking about a walking simulator, mind you
no combat at all
i just want to understand how networking works first
before diving into it
i want to get the whole UI looking well polished and fresh
sucks that i've never done anything like this before
but it is what it is
right now i find myself stacking boxes on top of boxes, in terms of widgets
it has worked wonders so far, at least i like to think so
ahah
sick turret
Yo
anyone know how to add multiple lods to a mesh with diferent sections successfully?
im clothifying both a strap and hair
did the strap
and created the hair lod
but it wont apply it
even tho i select it
grim zenith
uhh how long is this gonna be under maintenance for?
static cradle
Same question here. I was about to start a certification test and I can't find any announcement regarding this maintenance.
rocky radish
is that on online learning?
static cradle
yes
rocky radish
ooooooooo then it is maintenance
floral mesa
@plush yew yeah i want multiplayer but i dont have time to write complex systems from scratch. so i use framework i purchased then its just setup, customization, and implementation
static cradle
@rocky radish yes, but it seems it's not planned since there was no announcement made in the forums. The last programmed maintenance was announced in May
floral mesa
@sick turret why dont you have the lod's auto generate by ue4 instead of doing it manually
upon import
i dont overthink LOD's because i make my meshes as optimized as possible to begin with and let ue4 handle the LOD's
rigid belfry
@floral mesa i mean, you kinda need a system that suits your view of the game at some point. you cant just buy a multiplayer template and hope for the better
floral mesa
not what i said, but if you wanna complain and procrastinate then use a framework nuff said
use something that works for you obviously
sick turret
ok, all im tryna do is clothify both a strap and hair on the same mesh, but both starp and hair are different objects and Sections+ Materials.
I created the clothify LOD for the strap and set it up perfectly. then i created the second LOD for the ahir. But whenI apply it wont work.
mental swan
Hey! IDK the channel for that question, but I just watched some episodes of the last of us and I saw that there are more Ais that you have to follow for example and if you don't they stop to wait. How do you think those are made? With some collision around the character and they have waypoints to follow?
and same if they have to follow you
floral mesa
@sick turret import them separately and merge them post design
@mental swan probably behavior tree system
floral mesa
@mental swan and yeah you set tasks which can include pathfinding like waypoints
@sick turret yeah its annoying but i guarantee it will work
@sick turret plus merging the assets combine the mats too, so its probably something you want to do anyway. essentially you wanted to merge them early so its like doing it in a reverse order
sick turret
ok, thnx
dusky token
I feel like these shadows are inaccurate but I'm having trouble wrapping my head around what would happen in real life... it would depend on how bright the moon/sun is right?
vernal thicket
@dusky token IMO the best shadows are generated on an interior, they can promote mood a lot more than exterior lighting
i,e through a doorway/window
@dusky token Also if the lighting is more realistic it promotes the aesthetic of the shadows
snow berry
the more directly above an object the light source is, the shorter the shadow cast will be. So that shadow (as far as what I can see) is because the sun/moon is like 45 degrees in relation to that pillar
idk if that makes sense
it seems ok though
ivory plume
Is it normal to get extremely huge folder size after building the engine on Ubuntu?
I cloned Unreal and started building on Ubuntu, not long after I got a 50+ gb folder and I had to cancel the building cuz no space left
grim ore
building the engine is ~100gb folder size when finished
mint raptor
ivory plume
oh lol, I see
dusky token
@snow berry well, you're right, pointing the moon light directly down did basically eliminate the need for confusion
snow berry
@dusky token shadows can essentially be different colors, so to speak. the point where two shadows overlap would be darker than the area where they did not
not really colors, per se, but theyll have differing levels of darkness
dusky token
it makes sense, but I feel like I've never consciously seen/noted that in real life
dusky token
lol I just tested it with a coffee cup and my phone flashlight, crazy
snow berry
lmao
also this quote from the wikipedia Shadow page
"If there is more than one light source, there will be several shadows, with the overlapping parts darker, and various combinations of brightnesses or even colors. The more diffuse the lighting is, the softer and more indistinct the shadow outlines become, until they disappear."
hope that helped
dusky token
it did thanks
dull obsidian
@everyone can anyone help me on terrain textures? if so ill be in general voice chat thanks in advance
snow berry
im pretty new, but try not to @ everyone thats like 40k people lol
sterile sinew
can any one tell me, please, how to get audio from a media player in umg?
rocky radish
im pretty new, but try not to @ everyone thats like 40k people lol
@snow berry noone gets the notification when you @ everyone
snow berry
oh word
rocky radish
not on this server
plush yew
Hey guys, could somebody explain me why my mesh is turning black whenever I want to use the 'mesh-editing' panel to apply new textures? I made a short video to show my problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-SUgOxJs4&feature=youtu.be This problem only occurred with meshes I created myself in C4D..
I'm new to UE4, so the answer could actually be really simple.
thorny perch
trying to load a project, progress stuck at 39% 100% cpu
anyone had that issue? 🙂
4.25.1
fresh install
it used to open in like secons, 30 mins now
*seconds
nada
rocky radish
@thorny perch first time opening it?
rocky radish
then just wait, the next time you load it will be faster
thorny perch
lets see again then 🙂
yeah could be compiler, all 48 of them compiling like crazy 🙂
azure shore
hey how do I do the thing where transparent materials dont add up when overlapping? like a transparent object wouldnt render behind another transparent object
like this
stray notch
really simple question but i forgot
what button do i hold down to connect state machines?
oh nevermind
have to click off to the side
copper elk
bitter orchid
Is there a way someone can help me with an audio issue involving a hit sound when my PhysicsBallBP collides with a wall or floor?
nova kernel
is the marketplace down for anyone else?
bitter orchid
Works fine for me as well.
nova kernel
odd, was working for me, then the images stopped loading and now cant even load it, Can load every other UE page but marketplace.
bitter orchid
You tried restarting the launcher completely? Like with the little carrot on the bottom right hand side of your pc? Assuming youre using Windows
plain terrace
Mm carrots
obsidian abyss
Is there a concept for UPROPERTY declarations for Lists? i.e. an extendable array which can be populated through the outliner?
or can you only UPROPERTY arrays of a statically determined size?
and if so how does one "typically" solve the 'expose to design' question of having extendable sets?
cosmic matrix
Hello,
anyone know where the tiles of the nav mesh are generated?
nova kernel
yes i have tried plenty (Just not fully rebooted PC as i have too many things im working on right now)
bitter orchid
I'm not sure, friend. I'm sorry that I'm no help.
bitter orchid
Can anyone help me out with my checkpoint system. I've found the issue but I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix it
It works. I just have a problem with it triggering when I overlap a component that isnt my checkpoint.
grim ore
is the code in your checkpoint or in the player?
bitter orchid
I have the code in a checkpoint blue print
For the checkpoint itself. I can place them anywhere easily. I also have a moving platform and when i interact with it it triggers the checkpoint for some reason.
grim ore
when "you" the player or when the platform hits the checkpoint?
bitter orchid
When the player touches the platform.
it actually delays for a few seconds then tells me "checkpoint reached" when I'm still a good distance away from the checkpoint.
grim ore
set up a breakpoint for the checkpoint, after the overlap put a breakpoint on the next node and then when you get on the platform wait for it to trigger and pause the game. Then you can see what is triggering the checkpoint while you are on the platform.
bitter orchid
Let me see what I can figure out.
neat galleon
Very cool 👍
cosmic matrix
what does that mean:
//size of single tile, expressed in uu
i do not understand "UU"
fallow frigate
im trying to make a 2d platformer, but i cant figure out how to make the character wall jump
can someone help?
ocean geode
What would be the best way to handle damaging other players on steam multiplayer game? 🤔
grim ore
player does something, that something is sent to the server, the server does the something, if something happens that would cause damage the server would handle the damage, the clients would be updated. repeat as needed
fluid lance
Noob question here: How do I offset and sharpen the black on the gradient obtained through texcoords?
azure gazelle
@plush yew Which is all you need as the server should handle the damage calculation anyway. AnyDamage -> change the health (replicate that)
But I’m not absolutely sure how they implemented it.. I thought it was multicast. But if you write it executes on server only, then that means it is not a multicast event
obtuse pendant
Im having issues doin difference booleans in blender, can I just do it in ue instead
frick
i think i know how its supposed to work
but it just doesnt
nova kernel
yea, so i rebooted PC, and still cant load the marketplace
prisma plank
How to make 3d material caustics? My only works horizontal with 4 way chaos parameter..
At down fine, but on sides bad
Material
quasi scaffold
maybe light profiles instead?
prisma plank
same
obtuse pendant
@plush yew I think its because I used archipack to create the walls because every other tutorial I followed just works fine but those damn walls dont wanna cooperate :<
supple cove
Hey guys i just wrote in the #blueprint channel, i dont want to spam but i am in need of assistance, and its a bit urgent. Is there anyone who can help me? i have a blueprint object, and when it is destroyed i want it to spawn 2 more in a limited area but the problem is i cant make them add themselves to the array of another blueprint object :/ if someone could help i'd appreciate it. Thanks
proud elbow
Is anyone else having issues with using the console command "open anymaphere" when running in PIE standalone or a dev built project?
It wont work for me on any project, even untouched ones from epic games on marketplace, tried on 4.25.1 binary install & source install
It works in editor though
For the record if anyone else has the issue I just mentioned, it seemed to be an issue with the Oculus runtime, wasn't using it but it was plugged in
Unplugging it made it so I can open maps again... will look further into that
prisma plank
hehe light function caustic)
open wadi
Looks like the experts are off for the weekend.
tiny sonnet
I cant use the animation of another skeleton into this blendspace. The skeletons are basically copies of each other. It doesnt showup in the retarget menu. I have no idea what is going on
tranquil rover
Do I need to watch out for anything if I start using structs in structs
hidden knoll
Does anyone know how to exclude actors from a Global Time Dialation, or have multiple actors on a Custom Time Dialation?
Nvm I just found a node called Set Ignore Time Dilation
steel patio
Hey all, sorry for the dump in main channel, but seems the issue might be engine related. Problem is as shown in the picture, for some reason, my 3d Widget text on my very basic Actor is being offset based on camera position (further the camera, further the text gets).
This is a new project on 4.23.4 I've just started. Has anyone come across this before and know a way to fix?
EDIT: ah... its my 150% scaling on the 4k screen.. ugh, regret buying this monitor so many times now >_<
open wadi
Here's a question - I'm looking for some art to use as placeholders for top navigation in my project. Where's the best place to download some free art before I commission someone to design the art for us?
Question 2: I'm writing a project that will only be used on Windows desktop and Mac desktop, no mobile. However, I'm aware of the Mac switch to ARM and Rosetta 2. UE4 already supports ARM. Is it OK to just compile as normal for MacOS Intel, knowing that Rosetta 2 will support the transition, or should I design things with ARM in mind for future Mac OS, and if so, what are the limitations of designing for ARM?
floral mesa
@open wadi depends on who you know. do you currently have an artist?
open wadi
The project I'm designing is relatively simple.
@floral mesa I do not, this is for a non-game, relatively simplistic project I'm doing for training purposes, where I'm basically using UE4 to design a simple menu system that will play some videos and songs on demand. While cash isn't an issue and I'll pay for art if necessary, in the meantime, I'm interested in just having some decent placeholder art while I shape out the project.
Assuming that is realistic.
floral mesa
if its simply placeholders id just use free or open source assets
floral mesa
For menu items, thats 2d or 2.5 d so. i usually make my own placeholders with gimp 2
i cant reccomend a market for 2d assets, but ill add you and poke around actually
ill contact you later k
hidden knoll
Does anyone know how to put a black and white overlay in game?
tiny crescent
can anyone help me? i dont know how to make my model connect with the unreal map without it falling through the ground
brazen crow
does anyone know how to get rid of this background thing
i already removed the normal background by setting intensity to 0 and color to black
but there is still this thing
and its reflecting on the ground through the roof somehow
vernal dock
hey guys i am trying to program on my mac with ue4 but i am having problems with auto complete is there anything i can do besides program on windows
round hawk
but there is still this thing
@brazen crow That could be atmospheric fog.
hey guys i am trying to program on my mac with ue4 but i am having problems with auto complete is there anything i can do besides program on windows
@vernal dock Hmm IDK about programming on Mac, but it is not a massive problem if you don't have auto complete
ionic gyro
anyone know why my map might be turning black after being built?
smoky imp
@ionic gyro Probably no material on it.
ionic gyro
what do you mean? i have materials on everything
ionic gyro
yeah
smoky imp
ahh no light then?
ionic gyro
yeah
i did notice right after building that for a split second there is light
wait it fixed when i reopened the editor
weird
wait nevermind
smoky imp
im still looking for someone who can help me actually, im new to ue4 and wanna use the cmd console, when i check the input it says tilde, because i use german keyboard i set it to tab, and it works when i hit play, but in the editor i cant open it. Is that normal?
quiet token
how do i change these names to something more meaningful? this is the BehaviorTree dropdown box thingy
they are all different actor/pawn types but use the same kind of ai controller you know ?
open wadi
Here's a proper question - in my main menu, I have a top nav like this, but I want, when I click on a top nav item, for submenu items to appear in the manner shown here. Any good place to start? Particular tutorial, etc?
smoky imp
wow everyone is asking here, not even thinking about the question was asked first...so
open wadi
Yes Tizzalicious, welcome to the Unreal support channel.
The reality is the experts, like MathewW, apparently aren't here right now, so this is how it goes.
smoky imp
but if i see this proper question i could think you might know or could give a answer
brazen crow
hey the question that buried mine got deleted?
tiny crescent
at least you guys havew a basic foundation lol i cant even fix the collision on my model since it keeps clipping through the map
tiny crescent
sweet lol. i use iclone7 for my models and just found out about the maps for unreal i figured why not combine the two
floral mesa
you mean you use cc3
tiny crescent
yeah
floral mesa
and where is the player start positioned?
brazen crow
ooh i used blender for a while so i can model stuff myself (:
tiny crescent
though i have the plug in that lets me transfer and animate in unreal
brazen crow
unless its complex them im lazy
tiny crescent
floral mesa
@tiny crescent i have every reallusion product, i hate those guys but i use the stuff.
tiny crescent
XD
floral mesa
@tiny crescent spent a fortune on that suite
so im mean to them, because of their paywalls
@tiny crescent so where is the character clipping?
tiny crescent
tell me about it. just spent $4,000 for my set up and half that on the live link programs
floral mesa
@tiny crescent im adding you because we have the same pipeline for characters and animation
tiny crescent
i closed both programs but here's a screenshot
floral mesa
@tiny crescent id say im a good person to know
floral mesa
so his foot remains above the terrain?
auto import feature ofr iclone chars is always so buggy
or her foot haha
tiny crescent
yeah when i move the model in iclone it clipps in unreal
i tried looking for any help but cant find any
floral mesa
do you have 3dxchange pipeline edition?
tiny crescent
yes
floral mesa
yeah its hard to find help for us with reallusion stuff
good and youre doing your animations in iclone with a livelink
tiny crescent
yep no other way that i like
floral mesa
id prefer to import the animations and apply them in engine
raven island
so when making 3rd person character into first person one i cannot find the thing that rotares character with camera? did they move it somewhere? the character rotation yaw thing
floral mesa
try it and see if it replicates the issue
tiny crescent
hmm will do
floral mesa
message me directly if need be. im interested in the solution
tiny crescent
copy that gonna be a while though im currently updating one of my programs and the files are gonna take a while. slows everything else down
also do you have a render of a model ytou made in iclone?
i like seeing hat others come up with lol
floral mesa
and everyone is an expert at some area of dev. its a big world. sometimes the experts just dont have time to take from their work to answer really simple stuff i see in the chat. google has links to everything yall. and people like us asking questions are qualified enough to help troubleshoot issues because chances are we want to know the solution ourselves. so be patient, ask more than once, and please be kind always. especially if you need help and trust me i get the frustartion.
@tiny crescent as you know i could set one up or many up and render them out but i dont want to
@tiny crescent i can show you my processes
or explain
tiny crescent
you dont have to its no big deal
brazen crow
cool community
yea i agree
i learned so much from google
@round hawk thank u sm it worked!
tiny crescent
ok im giving it a try still i love the ability to just animate in a simple program like iclone and see the results in unreal lol
brazen crow
godamn i hate when i have to rebuilt lighting 20 times because it leaves shitty artifacts everywhere then i have to remove a light and rebuild everytimeeee
tiny crescent
jesus that seems a bit excessive lol
brazen crow
it would be fine if building lighting didnt take 15 minutes
what type of game are u trying to make?
its been 5 minutes
yesterday it took an hour to package my project
tiny crescent
im not making a game. im using unreal for the animation side of things. although I can animate easily in iclone, i feel; that unreal has much more stunning environments to use
proven shuttle
@neat galleon Your image gave me inspiration
brazen crow
does anyone know why its so shit
i know someone whos been doing unreal for a few yrs he says it used to be good
it used to be fast
now its just
its just like bruh
brazen crow
ooh hows the switch
proven shuttle
my next game will probably be with godot still, but I love messing with Unreal
brazen crow
i heard good things about godot but never tried it
proven shuttle
Godot is amazing
for 2D though, 3D is only OK, if you gonna do 3D like stick to unreal unless you're on a potato
30MB game engine though, and it's fast af
brazen crow
xD
oh ok
so id imagine that it has less features when compard to unity or unreal?
but its better for simpler games
proven shuttle
dunno i'm not too advanced, but I'm only now learning how to do more stuff with unreal
but I want to make a 2D game cause i got a game idea I want to try out
proven shuttle
lo
Unreal Engine is, like, difficult kind of to a new player, but I have trouble doing stuff on my own with it, while with Godot i've never had that
brazen crow
yesss its why i used unity for a bit
proven shuttle
I dislike Unity a lot, they're money greedy f*cks
brazen crow
until i realised its... not the best
proven shuttle
Light mode
brazen crow
yea
tiny crescent
Rare u wanna be friends too?
brazen crow
its kinda
tiny crescent
Us noobs must stick together lol
brazen crow
and he was like "this shit ew im not paying for dark mode"
proven shuttle
No reason to use Unity IMO
fallen plaza
I'm a noob also
brazen crow
so he hacked the exe and made it dark mode
proven shuttle
I did that, still not worth it
brazen crow
he said its literally just
proven shuttle
Why use Unity? Godot does everything better and is free
proven shuttle
No it's hex edditing stuff
tiny crescent
more noobs XD
brazen crow
ah rip
fallen plaza
Yea
tiny crescent
joking but welcome and ty lol
brazen crow
us noobs gotta band together
fallen plaza
Ok lol
proven shuttle
Just like
The master of 3D is Unreal Engine
The master of 2D is Godot Engine
brazen crow
i remember when i was still trying to do graphics in java....
fallen plaza
I want master of 3D is Unreal Engine
proven shuttle
Most people doing 2D want to be simpler, godot achieves that amazing
brazen crow
man that was painful
brazen crow
it killed my braincells
neat galleon
@proven shuttle funny lmao
proven shuttle
Ouch
I hit my desk a lot learning blender
I was like, "why the FUCK won't this work for me"
proven shuttle
Blender is awesome, so damn hard
brazen crow
good
fallen plaza
Well I juts want to make simple 3D game
brazen crow
i use it for basic modelling
and basic material
the animation tho
hell no
never touching animation
proven shuttle
have any of yall actually used godot engine
fallen plaza
I like to learn 3D modeling
brazen crow
imo if u can do 3d with unreal and use blueprints then why do 2d
blueprints are so easy
proven shuttle
This UI Sexy
brazen crow
until u forget which node to use
proven shuttle
Which Unreal could look like this lmao
fallen plaza
well this is for UE4 just saying
brazen crow
thats cool that u can choose
brazen crow
i aint touching cpp
java is already difficult to learn
then u slap on memory management
no
brazen crow
oohh god those nodes look horrifying
proven shuttle
GDScript though, very nice language for begginers
lets move to #lounge tho
this has nothing to do with ue4
fallen plaza
can we learn blueprint in UE4 please !!!!!!!
brazen crow
sure ill teach u
so u have events
events lead to other stuffs u want ur object to do
so if u want ur dood to move 1 unit to the right
u just use the onstart event
and do setlocation
and give it ur current location
and use vector+vector node
and just add 1 to either the x, y, or z, or all axis
proven shuttle
You should use tutorials from yt tbh
fallen plaza
I trying to make a Game Over scene in my game. I already have my AI setup now I need my game Over scene
proven shuttle
I don't do C++ yet, because every damn tutorial says to buy this 200 dollar extenstion for VS
@brazen crow
any c++ experience
fallen plaza
That's nice !!!!!
proven shuttle
okay
brazen crow
ill just use blueprints
brazen crow
oh god wHY
proven shuttle
I like learning shit
fallen plaza
@tiny crescent did you model this yourself
brazen crow
but theres an extent where the learning becomes painful
well actually
maybe not rly
do u already know c#
or java
tiny crescent
@fallen plaza , I created the models using a mix of morphs. the clothes are premade i just changed the textures. as you can see in her eyes closely they are the mangekyo sharingan from naruto >_>
proven shuttle
I think if I learn C# or C++ I'll be able to understand the engine better though
Like the classes and stuff
brazen crow
xD
tiny crescent
O.O
brazen crow
google it bro thats how everyone else learns
proven shuttle
I got annoyed at blender cause I couldn't get my object to show in cycles renderer
and ppl tried to help me and I leartned every damn way to hide an object
tiny crescent
im probably not the best to learn from XD honestlky i use iclone7 and it makes modeling and sculpting childsplay but it cost money
brazen crow
xD
proven shuttle
no doughtnut
brazen crow
i see u followed the tutorial
fallen plaza
Yea that’s true but I like to learn from someone who is doing a Visual call. Because most of the videos go too fast
brazen crow
donut yes
tiny crescent
ah a cup of coffe with an invisible doughnut?
brazen crow
of course
tiny crescent
the only scene build im proud of XD
proven shuttle
I'll be getting a GTX 1660 Super
fallen plaza
Nice donut
proven shuttle
Instead of my Vega 8 graphics
brazen crow
damnnn 1660
proven shuttle
:p
brazen crow
im running a 970 lol
proven shuttle
Yea it's like 250-270 within my gpu budget
brazen crow
1660 damnn
proven shuttle
by budget I mean my dad's buying one for me
:p
He also wants to build a gaming pc
tiny crescent
step ur game up my set up cost over4k
brazen crow
the flex is real
brazen crow
mine was all free except for the gpu
tiny crescent
XD hey i wanted the best and i paid for it literally
proven shuttle
also spent a lot of money on shit i didn't need
like three mouses and a keyboard, 6 or 7 fans and two headsets
gone
tiny crescent
my very 1st 3d model
brazen crow
6 or 7 fans
tiny crescent
i really have a thing for gloves huh O.O
fallen plaza
That’s awesome
tiny crescent
i feel like gloves makes everything better or cooler lol
fallen plaza
Same here @tiny crescent
tiny crescent
trail and error belive it or not lol
brazen crow
GODAMN THISMANS A LEGEND
he actually did what i do everytime but he skipped the "fuck this ill google it" step
tiny crescent
truthfully iclone7 is where i started morph mixing for that perfect body type i wanted, Source Filmmaker is where i started learning texture swapping with teh splatoon models and animations
after that MMD is what i used to test out pre made models with physics enabled and from there i literally just stuck with iclone lol
proven shuttle
wow
tiny crescent
oh im no pro im still learning even right now
proven shuttle
I cou;dnt even figure out how to move in blender w/o looking it up
fallen plaza
Yea that’s true
fallen plaza
I think it would be nice if we work together on a game if you guys don’t mind
brazen crow
Nah im already working with someone
fallen plaza
We all have some skill in something that we all know
brazen crow
My few yrs experience friend
proven shuttle
real talk, I'm trash at unreal though when it comes to figuring something out I don't know
fallen plaza
Because I’m really good in drawing
proven shuttle
Only really screwed around with it not really created anything
brazen crow
Same
proven shuttle
like I wanted to do a FPS but
brazen crow
I just ask my friend
proven shuttle
I don't know how to animate shit
brazen crow
Animation sucks
Its so annoying
I would outsource it to an app which does it for u
Or just import the animation which u want
proven shuttle
wdym outsource
brazen crow
Get another app that does it for u :p
proven shuttle
like what
tiny crescent
i would love to but sadly guys im only using unreal for animations 😦
fallen plaza
Well we focus on what kind of game we should make then we can go from there
Well that’s awesome that you know animation @tiny crescent
brazen crow
Im making a horror game u should too its fun
tiny crescent
thanks zeno and anyone can learn it lol
proven shuttle
are you animating like characters and stuff
fallen plaza
Well like make a game that people would like to play
tiny crescent
teh hardest thing i had to leanr was literally the walk cycle .....dam thing still gives me chills when i make it from scratch
fallen plaza
You’re welcome @tiny crescent
proven shuttle
ye I was gonna make a puzzle faced pace platformer in godot and I got thrown into this convo
lol
tiny crescent
yes rare im animating models
fallen plaza
I was making a action adventure game
brazen crow
Rpg?
fallen plaza
I got everything that I need my game
proven shuttle
That's good
tiny crescent
animation in iclone 7 using aura partcle, trying to transfer it to unreal
proven shuttle
I always struggle with assets
fallen plaza
You can test it out if you guys want
proven shuttle
That sounds cool
fallen plaza
Thanks
proven shuttle
You can dm me and we can add a group if other ppl are interested
tiny crescent
thinking of changing the blue to pink....give it more of a girl vibe yeah?
proven shuttle
Maybe, if you want my critueq I can give it
fallen plaza
Ok sure @proven shuttle
brazen crow
Hey ill join cuz why not
Its summer vaca i got time
And theres no harm in learning
fallen plaza
That’s awesome @brazen crow
brazen crow
We all do :p
tiny crescent
Blender is for TRYHARDS!!!!
proven shuttle
But tbh I don't really feel like I have fun in blender
fallen plaza
That’s what I’m do with my summer vaca is trying to learn how to make a video game @brazen crow
tiny crescent
joking just joking dont kill me
brazen crow
O:
tiny crescent
oh rare i posted a quick vid for you
proven shuttle
I mean IM NOT COMPLANING
tiny crescent
not my best but short lol
proven shuttle
Am I doing this wrong
Do I have to edit the code inn the ENGINE?
Wow I'm very lost lol
brazen crow
Lol
brazen crow
Oof
proven shuttle
So I guess .h files are for declearing functions and variables?
plush yew
How to find aes key in ue android mobile games
grim tusk
Anyone able to maybe help me out with something?
I there any way to properly use world position offset for displacement on a mesh without it breaking the mesh where the seams are?
potent sleet
is it weird for a 14 yr to be advanced with unreal engine?
potent sleet
good point
exotic thicket
UE wasn't really a feasible option for a 14 year old to learn when I was 14 but I was half decent at some other programming stuff lol
potent sleet
i mastered roblox developing with lua so i decided to try taking a step further
molten kayak
You can be talented at nearly any age. It takes hard work and focus.
mystic holly
Anyone want to make a game together?
brazen crow
LOL
u came a little too late
and @potent sleet literally no one asked why are u trying to flex to strangers on a discord server
vernal thicket
Let him be a teenager lol
brazen crow
sure sure
viscid mural
brazen crow
oh god
vernal thicket
This is a unreal engine related discord chat, if you want to argue use DM's
whole quarry
vernal thicket
Or that lol
potent sleet
toxic much i just read that
it’s not even a flex i’m just saying my achievements
smh
spring cloak
hi all, just quickly popping in for some somewhat urgent advice
im not used to unreal at all so forgive if i sound ignorant in what i say but i specifically need to use 4.23.1 for the task im trying to achieve
I'm trying to import a skeletal mesh FBX file exported from Blender, and it has shape keys as well as lots of close-together vertices.
It's important those vertices remain separate for a look I'm trying to achieve, but the 'Keep Overlapping Vertices' import option from older versions of Unreal Engine 4 is simply not present anymore with almost info as to why on the internet, I've searched the same 5 pages on loop for about 2 hours now.
What do I do as a replacement for the 'Keep Overlapping Vertices' FBX Import option in 4.23.1?
brazen crow
@potent sleet thats what u call a flex
spring cloak
i tried setting the position threshold to 0, and while it IMPROVES it, it doesnt make it perfect, its as if it only halfway fixes the problem
i dont know why keep overlapping vertices had to go away
acoustic crater
@all Is Unreal online learning page still in maintenance?
molten kayak
Yeah, theres a forum post about it now. No ETA last i checked. @acoustic crater
unique kraken
anyone know ho can get a ramp 0 to over 1
unique kraken
no materials
i creat a ramp from my uv´s
but i need more of a 0 to 100 relation
well that will sharpen it
lets see, tried that
its not more
im trying to basically displace a spline
like bend it to a curve
u see multiplying it
not a curve
its not more then this
well it can be
hmm
well how do i get it to 10 first of all
well but i would loo 0 to .9999 wich will become 0
unique kraken
no
thats the long awnser
the short one is no
you could probably already do it in ue4
but it would be a pretty round about way figuring things out urself creating a own technique
unique kraken
no
void barn
ok basically
i downloaded a 3d model from deviant art which has no skeleton
yes xps thing
then i use mixamo to implement the rig thing
unique kraken
i have no idea what ur talking about
<,< im more of a designer then a ue4 person so i dont understand why those are even a thing
UX?
well
i would say that about ue4 tbh
when i tried to sculpt a simple landscape it almost drove me crazy
void barn
then i realizes that the animation from mixamo is not suitable and i was tryirng to do animation retarget for my 3d chara instead of using animation from mixamo , but it turns out that there was some missing "human body parts" like joint or something that mixamo didnt give me ,but the original 3d model in xps has the joint thing
unique kraken
who ever created the ui / shortkeys must have beena intern or something
unique kraken
fbx
void barn
this software has no access to export as fbx option
void barn
unique kraken
why is something so simple so hard
void barn
any other option i can actually take
ngff ?
software like xnalara ?
what
ah
ok
im a programmer guy i dunno anything about 3D model
unique kraken
i dont see why blender isnt a option here?
void barn
it was xps
unique kraken
xps is only for that programm?
unique kraken
then you have no options lul
unless you find a importer add on for blender that takes that ngff file
void barn
ill try this
basically allow me to open xps file in blender
i guess?
is rigging process
difficult ?
for someone
who never do any 3D modelling
in his life
i thought rigging is ez , i blame mixamo
unique kraken
riggin itself is not difficult
but you, like everwhere, have to understand what you are doing
dont overreact on blender dude, bcs its not a nightmare
that isnt true lol
thats just not true <,<
and you dont select bones in the hierachy, also you shouldnt use left click <,<
its a missconception
void barn
as a programmer who started UE4 , the interface is more appealing to ppl who has done the 3D software before becuz they are quite similar
unique kraken
of all the softwares i used maya c4d substance painter unity ue4 blender has the best ux by far. but like always you have to know what oyu are doing
it does
facts
thick herald
unique kraken
no
not really
hard disagree
well
depending
only for posing?
yea if its bcs of that add on only works there then you dont have another choice
well yea 2.74 is quiet far off tbh
but it should be simular enough
void barn
nvm the latest version will do
unique kraken
lel
void barn
just got the add on in blender
unique kraken
ehm
unique kraken
well then
unique kraken
just to clearify
what does this other programm actually do if u end up in blender anyway?
hum okey i guess
just wondered if its something i could use
unique kraken
yea but i need a good reason to leaf blender
unique kraken
well what you have to do now is understand your rig
i daubt it exported ik´s and or controlls
so either you set up some simple iks or ur stuck with fk
void barn
im trying to import to ue4 now
unique kraken
huh i thought its supposed to be easy pose in the other programm?
okey, here we are starting to aggre lorash, thats the part where blender sux
unique kraken
have fun trying to export it
void barn
cerulean sandal
How can i export a blender material to Unreal?
cerulean sandal
F
unique kraken
but nodes and math are very simular
cerulean sandal
Nah its all volumetrics and refraction
cerulean sandal
See, this Is in blender
unique kraken
^^
cerulean sandal
shiiiiid
void barn
oh fuk
cerulean sandal
Alright ill try
unique kraken
well u exported it wrong
is it even rigged?
i dont think its even rigged
ah it is
hmm
he doesnt
well kinda
unique kraken
that doesnt matter question is if the rig works
you can try this
exporting from blender can be a pain at the beginning but i get my models out without a problem
void barn
ok so
export as fbx allow u to view the entire body with 3d viewer thing
but when it goes to unreal
it becomes lego
right?
unique kraken
did u trie the export settings i showed
unique kraken
send me the blend file and ill take a look
unique kraken
@void barn
unique kraken
i didnt actually change much
unique kraken
void barn
how about ue4 import setting?
unique kraken
unfold that
mystic holly
Anyone want to make a game together?
void barn
@mystic holly what kind of game
mystic holly
I've already started it. I want to make a open world zombie apocalypses game, with a small story.
We don't have to do that
That's just what I've been working on a bit
@void barn What do you think?
void barn
just started ue4 and i would like go build my foundation for now
its a good idea but i dun think i can help you with anything with my beginner lvl skill
void barn
ill stick with my own projet for now
mystic holly
@storm jasper I've had this problem before
Have you done any code for that blueprint?
storm jasper
no
mystic holly
Before you do anything on your own
Look up tutorials
I'll send you some links in dms
storm jasper
oke
midnight gate
hey guys i started a new project without starters content for some testing with imports now i need the ue4 default mannequin to retarget my rigg where do i get it?
is the mobile version from the market place the same as pc version?
i need the pc rigg
wanton lotus
Under Add New > Feature or Content Pack. I think that is what it is called.
midnight gate
thank you
midnight gate
did i fail at the retargeting stage
did i select the wrong bones for the wrong places
wanton lotus
Were their poses the same before you retargeted? What you see tends to happen due to mismatched poses.
T-pose vs A-pose, etc.
wanton lotus
That shouldn't affect it. What do your bones look like? Can you show the skeleton hierarchy? Preferably from the retarget window.
midnight gate
she is 3x as big as the manequen mesh but yes i shall show you the bones and the retarget settings
just give me a minute
here
im using only the ref bones
wanton lotus
Can you show this window with both skeletons in view? Looks like your poses aren't matching up, but want to make sure you aren't using a better pose at this stage. Show me exactly what you did in this window when retargeting.
wanton lotus
If it never appears, how did you retarget it in the first place?
midnight gate
it fixed the hands
the usual way
i think i got this
ill come back if i cant fix the head
bitter iris
does anyone here do animation in blender with the default ue4 character?
lost marlin
can someone explain to me the unreal engine scale systems? I imported an animation where the root bone travels 2413 units in local space, with a scale of 100. So that would mean 24 units in world space? Because when I use that movement in the world, the character travels about 250 units
rigid belfry
@bitter iris mrmannequin's tools
bitter iris
that work perfectly with the ue4 default skeleton?
rigid belfry
that is the default skeleton
rigid belfry
bitter iris
cheers
midnight gate
for the head it seems that that i picked the wrong bone
@bitter iris thats exacly that im doing rn budy its hard stuff
to import right
it seems to be the way my rigg is setup
pseudo veldt
I cant upload into my steam workshop. Anyone know why?
midnight gate
could i like parent 2 bones to 1 bone in the retargeting thingy?
or could i reparent the head to be on the org inside the editor 🤔 ?
bitter iris
@rigid belfry thats gotta be the most unstable addon ive ever seen lol
wanton lotus
@plush yew just add them to the same parent and align them as you see fit.
Make sure the text block is below the image in the hierarchy to guarantee it is on top.
Or set ZOrder accordingly if available.
If you intend for this to be a button, then replace image with button and then the text block can be a child of it. Then in your button's appearance/style you can change the images.
plush yew
@wanton lotus Hi, thanks for your attention. I want to add area like this (image) but i added a horizontal box i can not change ZOrder, i tried to add a border and put image and text in it, if image is in border, text can not be in it
wanton lotus
@plush yew wrap your border>image in an overlay like this overlay>border>image, then add your text to the overlay.
wanton lotus
I actually was going to suggest removing the border as well. Otherwise, with a circle image, your border looks like below, so it is best to just add the border directly to the image.
The blue is the border.
@void barn yes, you can manipulate bones. What exactly are you looking to do? Do you need to do this in C++ or with nodes or just in editor?
void barn
basically im doing animation retargetting
from aurora chara from marketplace
but my 2B is missing one bone
luckily i have one spare that the original creator didnt use it
so i was thinking of
extending this orange line
to match the original aurora chara
this is the one im missing
tight shell
Migrating assets from a 4.25 project to a 4.23 project - is there some trick to it? The editor in the 4.23 project doesn't see the copied assets
void barn
they have hands and this lower arm twist thing which annoy me
i only have wrist which can be used to replace hand
but i dun have loweraram twist thing
@wanton lotus is it possible?
wanton lotus
You don't need to extend the bone. It is the mismatch of bones that is causing the problem.
wanton lotus
Not necessarily, you just need to know which bones correlate to the bones on the ue4 skeleton.
void barn
but i dun have that bone
wanton lotus
Did you make the other characters skeleton or did you download the character?