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plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:00 PM

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and i can't find any tutorials

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okay fuck this #animation

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:00 PM

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isnt that procedural animation

balmy tide Jul 17, 2020, 2:00 PM

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there are just jump animation, but none with 3 parts. Also I don't get how retargeting Mixamo to UE4 works fine, but vice versa doesnt

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:01 PM

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procedural animation as in changing bone position in Character BP?

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:01 PM

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what, no

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besides ask in animation channel

rustic pewter Jul 17, 2020, 2:02 PM

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i just switched to unreal and when i made a project and made a class i got all these errors and no code completion. does anyone know what could be causing this?

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hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:05 PM

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When i move the folders 01-11 into the "Test" folder, then why
1.) Are they still there afterwards
2.) can i NOT delete them because they apparently have still references?

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plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:06 PM

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UE has probs with file management

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even like

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taking 100 lightyears to delete a single folder

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:08 PM

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Yes i mean that makes sense, because it checks references and stuff

But after moving folders into another folder...they should be deletable

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:08 PM

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i'm guessing that it's an insect

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:08 PM

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I managed to get around this once but have forgotten how 😂

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:08 PM

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business as usual

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:09 PM

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you can go into explorer and delete the folder manually, ue4 still believes the folder is in use. So find and delete the folder in windows explorer, and restart ue4 @hidden viper

rocky radish Jul 17, 2020, 2:10 PM

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When i move the folders 01-11 into the "Test" folder, then why
1.) Are they still there afterwards
2.) can i NOT delete them because they apparently have still references?
@hidden viper fix up the redirectors

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:10 PM

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this true

rocky radish Jul 17, 2020, 2:10 PM

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and you'll be able to delete them

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:10 PM

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@steep cedar The thing is, it actually STILL has references, and that drives me crazy!

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@rocky radish how can i do this?

regal mulch Jul 17, 2020, 2:12 PM

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Lovely, OnComponentHit calls with "OtherActor" and the HitActor from the HitResult being two different things.
Sometimes they are the same, sometimes the HitActor is just the Actor in which the OnComponentHit calls. WTF UE4

rocky radish Jul 17, 2020, 2:13 PM

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@rocky radish how can i do this?
@hidden viper go to the content browser->filters->miscellaneous and in there you'll find redirectors, enable that filter and right click the redirectors of the folders and select fix up redirectors

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after you've done that you'll be able to delete the old folders

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:13 PM

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saviour

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:13 PM

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@regal mulch UE physics do be like that

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i had my linetrace going into fixed position once

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better than that

weak cypress Jul 17, 2020, 2:14 PM

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@plush yew i hadnt made anything incredible

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:14 PM

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k then

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you can start fresh

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:16 PM

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@rocky radish Thank you, really appreciate your help, it worked!
I wonder why UE just dont do this on its own..

rocky radish Jul 17, 2020, 2:16 PM

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np

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:17 PM

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This actually should be something which should be done on the fly, without doing normally. I dont see any reason why not to do that after you rename/move a folder

rocky radish Jul 17, 2020, 2:17 PM

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@rocky radish Thank you, really appreciate your help, it worked!
I wonder why UE just dont do this on its own..
@hidden viper Moving or renaming an asset in UE4 leaves a Redirector in its old location. This is so that packages that are not currently loaded, but reference this asset, will know where to find it in its new location. Choosing a naming system early on and sticking with it will avoid many of the problems experienced with Redirectors.

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thats whats in the docs page for redirectors

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:18 PM

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Yep, after you gave me the name "redirector", i found it aswell. So i am really glad for that. Sometimes its just to know what to look for

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:20 PM

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Would anyone know where I should ask for help here, because I'm kind of stuck, not sure if its within graphics or blueprints channel...

I am to make an enemy NPC switch faces when noticing the player, but I'm unsure on how to do this if its with animated UV maps or something?
The faces would have to switch instantly or very fast when noticing the player.

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Tried asking in graphics channel first, should I try posting in UE4 forums as well? Just unsure what category this fits within

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ofc if anyone has any ideas to this just ping me

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:22 PM

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@steep cedar there are different ways to go for this, and im no expert at all, but here is how i would do it:

In blueprint: If enemy sees player, then switch the material.

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of course, you need to programm the "if enemy sees player" on your own.
for the material part: you can have 2 materials

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:22 PM

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And it could be just as simple as that you think?

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yeh yeh

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Yes I have AI blueprint I can modify the branch when they see player

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I can prob mix it up with "chase player" or something

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do you know what nodes are used to switch material?

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never touched this before

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Im making a small game

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for my exam

rustic pewter Jul 17, 2020, 2:25 PM

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i just switched to unreal and when i made a project and made a class i got all these errors and no code completion. does anyone know what could be causing this?
i fixed all the errors, but i still dont get intellisense

steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:27 PM

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What do you think is best, to make a separate BP or to add as a task inside AI blueprint? @hidden viper

weak cypress Jul 17, 2020, 2:30 PM

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well i had around 40hours of work in there @plush yew

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but thats nothing

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 2:31 PM

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wtf

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alright then

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nothing indeed

patent crater Jul 17, 2020, 2:33 PM

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@steep cedar usually people use morph targets for that kind of stuff, assuming you have a 3d character

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 2:33 PM

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@steep cedar our whole village lost power..wtf..anyway:
https://youtu.be/DJ7fBSTE45Q

YouTube

Lusiogenic

UE4 How to Switch Materials at Runtime using Blueprints in Unreal E...

In this free step by step Unreal Engine 4 tutorial video (UE4 how to) you will learn how to Switch Materials of an object at Runtime.
All my UE4 tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT0jFArPtGM&list=PLEp7216xGGILh3i2BZe2E0ZEuiIGa-VQT&index=1

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steep cedar Jul 17, 2020, 2:36 PM

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Could you explain if you could? Not sure how that works in UE4 @patent crater

woven tree Jul 17, 2020, 2:37 PM

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This is interesting, did someone did the same in Unreal?

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https://80.lv/articles/overview-indexed-material-mapping-tecnique/?fbclid=IwAR3_3jG0rchN1tqaDMogI8qx6nZbbXNeYVLZ9FTrrUKVuMQ0wQDrvE6_yn0

Overview: Indexed Material Mapping Tecnique

Artem Krizhanovskiy demonstrated the Indexed Material Mapping approach that allowed him to increase detail without memory loss by sampling all material data from pre-defined LUT.

oak sequoia Jul 17, 2020, 3:06 PM

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how can I make my animation montage interface look like this?

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mine is like this atm

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tight prawn Jul 17, 2020, 3:16 PM

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ugh, the pain, the paaaaaiiiin

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hoary silo Jul 17, 2020, 3:27 PM

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Does anyone know where to get started to use custom maps from the steam workshop into ue4?

next badger Jul 17, 2020, 3:52 PM

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@hoary silo try https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/marketplace/1526653-plugin-steam-workshop-accessor-blueprint-wrapper-with-full-access

Unreal Engine Forums

Description
This plugin exposes the full Steam UGC API to blueprint, which allows you to access the Steam Workshop. Steam Workshop allows you to upload and download any arbitrary content for your game that can be shared between users.

Easily create, update, download, delete y...

hoary silo Jul 17, 2020, 3:54 PM

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Thank you so much, that's exactly what I needed, wasn't sure what to look up!

remote frost Jul 17, 2020, 3:59 PM

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Hi all, I play a racing game built on UE4 4.22. I have some rendersettings in the engine.ini which work nice and makes the game look better beyond their Epic Settings, however I can't get foliage.LODDistanceScale or r.Shadow.DistanceScale to work. The only way is to launch Uuuclient everytime and use the console. I've also tried adding then in scalability.ini but again ignored, however when I check the logs they accept them but the game when running is using the original settings. Is there anything else I could try? Thanks.

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BTW the game is Assetto Corsa Competizione

next badger Jul 17, 2020, 4:04 PM

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that's because there's a priority of settings, ini file settings are lower in priority than say console

hoary silo Jul 17, 2020, 4:04 PM

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dang nevermind the plugin is $30

next badger Jul 17, 2020, 4:08 PM

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@hoary silo you can try mod.io

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@remote frost if you can check which way the setting was modified last (it's written in console generally "lastsetby:")

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if it's scalability you can make BaseScalability.ini
and follow steps from here https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Performance/Scalability/ScalabilityReference/index.html

Scalability Reference

Scalability options, properties, and console variables.

slate basalt Jul 17, 2020, 4:27 PM

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is it possible to download dependencies via a webbrowser instead of running ./Setup.sh?

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(it'd be easier than going through the process of getting a security exception from the company)

hoary silo Jul 17, 2020, 4:32 PM

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@next badger that plugin is perfect, thanks!

desert plume Jul 17, 2020, 4:53 PM

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Guys, I would like to use Unreal engine 5 in the future. But I don’t want to learn C ++. Do you think there will be ways for me to use C # in UE5?

hidden viper Jul 17, 2020, 5:04 PM

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Dont think so. You might search for a plugin which converts C# into C++, but probably wont be reliable @desert plume

sweet relic Jul 17, 2020, 5:07 PM

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@desert plume just use Blueprints if you dont want to learn C++

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 5:08 PM

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Hi all,
If I want to retarget a mesh to a skeleton which already has a bunch of sockets, do I retarget the mesh to the skeleton or the skeleton to the mesh ?
(which do I select first?)

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or do I retarget the skeleton without the sockets to the one which has them ?

zealous galleon Jul 17, 2020, 5:11 PM

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I'm tryna get a weapon pick up
I have data tables for the weapons states
And the pickups
But whenever I set the row name to 3 it picks up any weapon and set it to 3
How can I make it depends on the weapons name to go to that weapon state??

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@ me if you could help

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 5:14 PM

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if there is anyone here who knows about retargeting could I please ask you a couple of questions...
please @ me

hoary silo Jul 17, 2020, 5:16 PM

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does the UGC plugin work with steam workshop?

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 5:31 PM

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Hey guys, I'm new here! I have a very strange UE4 scripting bug.
I'm picking up and dropping crystals in my level (it's based on God of War)
Currently, when I pick up a crystal, I'm attaching it to the player's shoulder bone so that it looks like they are carrying it.

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When I drop it, I am detaching it from the player and placing it in front of them at a location.

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The weird thing now is that it seems to be grabbing the nearest crystal (or maybe next in the level heirarchy) and placing that one down instead of the one I'm carrying

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And it's not detaching the current one at all

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Does anyone have any ideas what might be going on?

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 5:37 PM

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I am happy to pay 10 pounds for a little retargeting advice if anyone is up to helping me out

rigid belfry Jul 17, 2020, 5:41 PM

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@sour quiver you gotta store the reference of the actor you picked up somewhere. how do you know what crystal it is that you picked up?

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 5:43 PM

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There's a variable called "Carried crystal" that sets the crystal on pick up

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It's also weird because it's doing this bug even if I just play from start, without touching any other crystals, and pick up and drop a crystal @rigid belfry

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 5:44 PM

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I am trying to transfer from one skeletop to another and I could do with some help as i want to take the sockets to the new skeleton too.
so far all I have manage to do is break everything and deform the mannaquins :S

scarlet birch Jul 17, 2020, 5:57 PM

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Not sure if you can add sockets as custom bones or not. Haven't messed with retargeting in while but you could check under the skeleton retargeting manager and try it.

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Can you keyframe sockets anyway?

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if not then you'd just want to copy them over or recreate them

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 5:58 PM

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There's a variable called "Carried crystal" that sets the crystal on pick up
@sour quiver try printing to see if you are setting the variable at any other time

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either the reference is incorrect, or the variable is set more than once

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 5:59 PM

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Where would you recommend doing that?

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just a tick?

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 5:59 PM

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no

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right after you set the variable, print the name display name of it

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so you know both when and what is being set

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 5:59 PM

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@scarlet birch I would just remake the sockets but the actual animations are becoming deformed when I retarget, massively stretched and deformed.

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 6:00 PM

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You can just try out things. Tick works to see the var content, if you have a dedicated function to set the crystal you could just set a breakpoint instead

weak coral Jul 17, 2020, 6:00 PM

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@sour quiver are you calling the drop logic before picking up?

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Need to make sure carried crystal is not valid before picking up

scarlet birch Jul 17, 2020, 6:01 PM

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Then go through the retargeting settings, double check the bones are set right, that everything is appropriately set to animation, skeleton if that's good maybe the skinning is off on one of the models or the bone rotations.

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or retargeting poses

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 6:02 PM

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@weak coral I am only calling the drop logic if the character presses the interact button and is carrying a crystal

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 6:02 PM

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But are you maybe calling the pickup logic again by accident too?

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Effectively overwriting the reference to your currently carried crystal with the new one

weak coral Jul 17, 2020, 6:03 PM

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You need to check if carried crystal is valid. If it is call the drop logic then call the pickup. If its not valid go ahead and call the pickup

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 6:03 PM

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Huh. Very weird. Okay. So it's picking up the right crystal, but when I "drop" it, it drops the wrong one, and then if I pick it up again, it's the wrong one

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 6:04 PM

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thank you for the info @scarlet birch I will work on it

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 6:04 PM

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To be a bit more clear, I'm picking up BlueCrystal0, then when I drop it, it's actually grabbing BlueCrystal8 from a different part of the level and dropping it in front of me (while keeping 0 on my shoulder). If I pick it up again, then I'm actually somehow carrying two crystals on my shoulder (both 0 and 8)

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 6:05 PM

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You will need to debug that stuff, set breakpoints and trace the bug

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 6:05 PM

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It always seems to be the same crystal, even if I delete it, or rename it

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I even tried setting "Carried crystal" as null at begin play

weak coral Jul 17, 2020, 6:05 PM

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Then your setting a reference to it somewhere where you shouldnt

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 6:06 PM

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or you're using the reference incorrectly when you drop it

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 6:06 PM

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No way to help you without the actual code or you debugging it on your own

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 6:06 PM

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just check both of those places and work your way in, you'll get it

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 6:09 PM

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I'll keep looking. Thanks for the advice!

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 6:09 PM

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good luck!! ^^

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has anyone here experimented with OBS Game Capture transparency?

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I can't seem to get my project to appear transparent at all

exotic thicket Jul 17, 2020, 6:14 PM

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You should be able to use a chroma key to get the capture source to be transparent for a specific color/range of color

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 6:14 PM

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Right

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I'm not trying to get the effect of it, I'm trying to get the transparency as a feature to work. Chroma key will not work for me :p

exotic thicket Jul 17, 2020, 6:15 PM

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I'm not sure if I understand - are you trying to capture your game in OBS, while making certain parts of that transparent?

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 6:16 PM

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OBS has a feature in their Game Capture called "Allow Transparency" which can be used to render a game with elements of transparency

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For example, Stream Avatars is compatible, and it allows you to composite just the foreground (or whatever part) on top of everything else

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oak sequoia Jul 17, 2020, 6:17 PM

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how can I set homing projectile to target a pawn and not a static mesh?

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 6:18 PM

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This is what happens when you click Allow Transparency for Stream Avatars. But when I click Allow Transparency for my game, it doesn't change the appearance at all

exotic thicket Jul 17, 2020, 6:19 PM

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Ah, yeah all programs I've ever used that were designed for that used the chroma keying functionality instead 🤔

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This might be something in the Windows API where you need to enable it for your application's window or something like this

sour quiver Jul 17, 2020, 6:23 PM

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Aha! I got that problem fixed! Thank you everybody!
Now I just need to figure out why it's not detaching from my character...

plucky mural Jul 17, 2020, 6:25 PM

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Why do unreal engine games struggle on amd hardware?

forest patrol Jul 17, 2020, 6:26 PM

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Hello guys i downloaded unreal engine recently... im wondering where do i start? Should i watch some courses on yt on how to make some games or learn blueprinting by myself?

carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 6:27 PM

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Has anyone had success running the Chaos Demo files on 4.24 or 4.25? I'm using the sourcecode version and building it - and can run my own projects with Chaos. But I can't seem to get the Demo project to open at all in either 4.24 or 4.25 (I've not tried 4.23 yet).

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@forest patrol https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses is a great launch pad to get started.

Unreal Engine

Unreal Online Learning

Unreal Online Learning is a free learning platform that offers hands-on video courses and guided learning paths.

plucky mural Jul 17, 2020, 6:27 PM

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Hello guys i downloaded unreal engine recently... im wondering where do i start? Should i watch some courses on yt on how to make some games or learn blueprinting by myself?
@forest patrol
I would say better buy udemy course of unreal engine if you can. In case you can't you can also find a lot of YouTube tutorials

forest patrol Jul 17, 2020, 6:28 PM

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lemme check it out

keen moss Jul 17, 2020, 6:28 PM

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what does it mean when unreal says a placed object is outside the bounds of the current level?

forest patrol Jul 17, 2020, 6:28 PM

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@plucky mural yes but i feel like im just copy pasting blueprints from yt i dont feel like im learning...

plucky mural Jul 17, 2020, 6:29 PM

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I know it feels overwhelming at first but try to not understand everything they say in videos

forest patrol Jul 17, 2020, 6:29 PM

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then how do i learn?!

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if i dont try to understand everything

carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 6:30 PM

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@forest patrol - take a look at what I just sent a link for.

plucky mural Jul 17, 2020, 6:30 PM

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You'll start to get the hang of it slowly as you go on further

forest patrol Jul 17, 2020, 6:30 PM

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kk lemme check the vid out

carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 6:30 PM

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It's a directory to the UE4 online learning portal with different learning paths.

plucky mural Jul 17, 2020, 6:31 PM

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What i really meant is that if you don't understand certain thing then don't beat yourself for it

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 6:31 PM

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How do you hook a texture 2d array into a widget brush image?

plucky mural Jul 17, 2020, 6:31 PM

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Try to learn one thing at a time

storm venture Jul 17, 2020, 6:32 PM

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anyone know of a way to check how "lit" part of a material is? i assume since lighting is baked onto lightmaps, maybe i can pull data from a lightmap to use in a material?

forest patrol Jul 17, 2020, 6:34 PM

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@plucky mural i will learn "Exploring Blueprints" learning path on the unreal engine tutorials on epic games

carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 6:34 PM

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@storm venture I could be wrong nowadays, but I think that can be a bit tricky, since I believe you'll need to cut into the atlasing process for the lightmaps.

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Since lightmaps are merged and combined in the baking process depending on the size you specify in the lightmass settings and the objects.

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@storm venture But if you're just trying to check the lighting, you can flip through the different visibility options.

weak coral Jul 17, 2020, 6:41 PM

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@storm venture

https://github.com/MedicalDog/UE4-Light-Detector

GitHub

MedicalDog/UE4-Light-Detector

A C++ Implementation of a stealth game Light Meter similar to those seen in games such as the Thief or Splinter Cell games. - MedicalDog/UE4-Light-Detector

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Might be able to look into this to get an idea

storm venture Jul 17, 2020, 6:48 PM

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awesome thanks guys

robust obsidian Jul 17, 2020, 6:53 PM

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Anyone put a camera in a blueprint, than tried to attach said blueprint as a child actor of another blueprint?

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 6:58 PM

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@robust obsidian youre better off stating what youre trying to acheive

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:06 PM

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I have a question. I purchased a plugin, UMG Video Player, from the UE Marketplace. I followed the instructions here: https://docs.isaratech.com/ue4-blueprints/video-player

I installed the plugin via Epic launcher, and Epic launcher gives me the following message if I click "install plugin" now, indicating it has been successfully installed to both my UE4 versions, 4.24.3 and 4.25.1:

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Isara docs - Video Player

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However, when I go to the Content Browser > View Options and ensure "Show Plugin Content" is checked, I do not see any evidence of it in the Content Browser as I am supposedly supposed to. For example, here's what my Content Browser looks like in a given project - I see the same behavior for old and new projects in both engine versions:

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carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 7:07 PM

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Did you enable the plugin?

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:07 PM

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Per the docs, I'm supposed to see the plugin directory "UMG Video Player Content" in the Content Browser. I've reached out to their support, but in case I'm missing something obvious, does anyone have any ideas?

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@carmine sorrel Apologies for the newness - how does one enable a given plugin?

carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 7:09 PM

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@open wadi I dont have the editor open in front of me, but above the viewport there's settings dropdown, and will say like 'plugins' or plugins settings. Basically it's a list of all the enabled plugins. You'll want to check to make sure the specific one you're wanting to use is enabled (checked box).

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Here's the example for Niagara, but similar workflow for any plugin - you'll want to check that whatever you're using is enabled https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Niagara/HowTo/EnableNiagara/index.html

Enable the Niagara Plugin

Describes how you can enable the Niagara.

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:11 PM

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@carmine sorrel Thank you, very helpful. I have now enabled the plugin and restarted the engine. However, I still don't see the specified plugin directory in the Content Browser.

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hasty osprey Jul 17, 2020, 7:12 PM

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I have clothing data on a different skeletal mesh than the one i want it on

carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 7:12 PM

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At that point I'm unsure since I don't use the plugin - but the fact you see it enabled is a good sign. Probably need to hunt around for the specific places it's found in.

hasty osprey Jul 17, 2020, 7:12 PM

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how can i transfer?

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:12 PM

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Screenshot of current Content Browser, same as before. View Options are confirmed to have "Show Plugin Content" checked.

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Thank you @carmine sorrel, will continue to hunt.

tired lynx Jul 17, 2020, 7:13 PM

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my actual human brain

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i'm currently on the materials segment of the 'getting started in unreal engine' learning path

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and hoo boy is it complex

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on the surface it works really similar to blender's system, especially re: the material instances, but from there it seems like a real departure 😅

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anyone else transitioning from another DCC experience this kind of whiplash?

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:16 PM

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Well, I'm coming from a background in non-GUI-based coding - C, x86 / AT&T Syntax ASM, Pascal, Ruby, little Bash scripting, and yes, UE4 to me has been quite a journey.

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Just determining how to leverage Blueprints to display and hide content in a GUI has been an adventure. But progress is being made.

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 7:18 PM

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Anyone know how to set a widget image from a texture 2d array?

tired lynx Jul 17, 2020, 7:19 PM

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i'm finding a lot of the naming conventions for nodes super unintuitive vs blender's 'texture is a texture node, colour ramp is a colour ramp node' etc. plus the fact that every blender node has internal parameters and does not need to be driven by an external math value

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this is such a good example:

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five steps to insert a simple image texture vs just the single 'drag and drop' in blender :')

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dgmw i love this program and it's just a different workflow that i'm not used to

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but man is that 'getting used to' process painful

storm venture Jul 17, 2020, 7:23 PM

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hey does anyone know the hotkey to control the sun with that cool gizmo they added recently? it let you change sun direction and it auto adjusted temps and whatnot as you did it

fiery mortar Jul 17, 2020, 7:31 PM

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whenever I try to import character from character cretor 3 I get this error anyone have any idea?

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dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:33 PM

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@open wadi do you see .uasset files in the windows explorer?

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:35 PM

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@dusky inlet Come again? Are you referring to my previous question from last evening where I was asking about UE4 leaving behind .uasset files for deleted content that no longer appears in the Content Browser?

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:35 PM

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no, your plugin content you're looking for

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:35 PM

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Or is this in reference to my current question about the missing plugin?

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I see.

scarlet birch Jul 17, 2020, 7:35 PM

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@open wadi Plugins are not under the content directory. You may need to check show engine content. I'm not sure why you need access to the plugin directory in editor though.

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:35 PM

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Hmm, let me check.

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@scarlet birch It's in their documentation here: https://docs.isaratech.com/ue4-blueprints/video-player

Isara docs - Video Player

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:35 PM

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oh yeah and that ^, it wouldnt be under your game's content anyways

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:36 PM

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Under the section "Testing the video player", it specifies "Don't forget to make the Plugin directories visible"

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:36 PM

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enable showing engine content too and see if that makes a difference

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:36 PM

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And in their example screenshot, it shows , underneath content in the Content Browser, a directory for "UMG Video Player"

scarlet birch Jul 17, 2020, 7:37 PM

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There's a discord support link on the market page. I'd suggest you ask there.

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:38 PM

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@dusky inlet Well I'll be damned, that did it.

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It's under Show Engine Content.

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Hi @scarlet birch - Yes, as specified earlier, I've already done so, but there's little activity in that Discord channel so I gave it a shot here.

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Thank you @dusky inlet - Very interesting, so it is here in Engine content, buried with all the other ten million directories.

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:39 PM

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figured... often times developers create their plugins project-based, not engine-based. But marketplace plugins always install to engine rather than to the project

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:39 PM

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Ahhh, I see. So it's due to the fact that I leveraged the Epic installer to install the plugin.

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Thus it wrote to the engine itself.

north badger Jul 17, 2020, 7:39 PM

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Quick question, sorry to interrumpt, how do you block a component rotation ?

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 7:39 PM

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what is the bare minumum you can use to achieve a material ?
is a 3 vector into base color ok or do you need a roughness value too ?
its for mobile and I want to make it bare bones...

open wadi Jul 17, 2020, 7:40 PM

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No worries CastleMS, I'm done here, thanks much @dusky inlet, very helpful.

scarlet birch Jul 17, 2020, 7:40 PM

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No, not always. Not all plugins install at the engine level.

dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:40 PM

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which doesn't?

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and glad to help droptone

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what is the bare minumum you can use to achieve a material ?
is a 3 vector into base color ok or do you need a roughness value too ?
its for mobile and I want to make it bare bones...
@frank oar if you arent supplying required values it uses default values, so you can't really 'lack' any

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@scarlet birch Im genuinely interested, what plugins don't?

frank oar Jul 17, 2020, 7:44 PM

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ok thank you @dusky inlet

carmine sorrel Jul 17, 2020, 7:44 PM

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just checking again - has anyone gotten the Chaos Demo project working in UE4.25 or .24? I have built and run the source code and gotten chaos working on my own stuff, but with limited docs I'd love to get the demo working. Can't figure it out.

scarlet birch Jul 17, 2020, 7:47 PM

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I was barely paying attention and didn't see you specified marketplace plugins.

karmic obsidian Jul 17, 2020, 7:47 PM

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Hey everyone. Does anyone know why the CSV fails to import? The structure has the correct variable name

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This is the structure

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dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:49 PM

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ah ok, nevermind then

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amdude, can you show the csv?

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top left corner would be enough

karmic obsidian Jul 17, 2020, 7:52 PM

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dusky inlet Jul 17, 2020, 7:56 PM

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hmm no clue then, seems like it should be working (outside of your rows possibly having too many cells)

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@karmic obsidian googling gave me this https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/blueprint-visual-scripting/115669-general-question-about-importing-csv-data-tables

Unreal Engine Forums

Build powerful visual scripts without code.

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seems like your row names should start from the 2nd column

solemn niche Jul 17, 2020, 8:00 PM

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Hi guys, I would like to ask if any of you face this issue before.. the Unreal source 4.24 I can not compile after I installed the Linux tool Chan version V.16 _clang C:\UnrealToolchains\v16_clang-9.0.1-centos7 """Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error MSB3073 The command "chcp 65001 >NUL && ....\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat ShaderCompileWorker Win64 Development -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild -2019" exited with code 9009. ShaderCompileWorker C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets 46"""

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 8:03 PM

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@solemn niche looks like shader compiler crashed. try restarting your editor?

karmic obsidian Jul 17, 2020, 8:03 PM

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@dusky inlet ok thank you

solemn niche Jul 17, 2020, 8:06 PM

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@dense hatch Thanks Lyric, I already tried that did not work unfortunately.

hidden knoll Jul 17, 2020, 8:22 PM

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I have a system that finds the closest player, but I need to exclude the owning player

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Does anyone know how to do that?

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 8:26 PM

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@hidden knoll

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hidden knoll Jul 17, 2020, 8:26 PM

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😮

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Thank you

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I've been looking for this for a long time XD

gleaming narwhal Jul 17, 2020, 8:29 PM

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Adding Mod Support with the UGC Example Plugin - On Inside Unreal next Thursday!
https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/events/1789649

Unreal Engine Forums

Inside Unreal: Adding Mod Support with the UGC Example Plugin

WHAT
We've released a new sample project to help Unreal developers bring mod support to their games. Based on the work done for Robo Recall, the UGC Example Project and SimpleUGC plugin aim to make it easier than ...

dense hatch Jul 17, 2020, 8:49 PM

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very nice!!

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 8:59 PM

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what is the hotkey to come away from character while playing?

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cant remember what it's called so can't figure out what to google lol

exotic thicket Jul 17, 2020, 8:59 PM

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not sure if there's a key for it but there should be an unpossess button in the toolbar

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:00 PM

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yeah that's it

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I thin kit's one of the F keys

exotic thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:00 PM

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Shift+F1 unlocks the cursor at least

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so you can then press that button :D

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:00 PM

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where's the button on the toolbar?

exotic thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:00 PM

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oh sorry it's called "Eject" not unpossess

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:01 PM

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Ah that's it Eject

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 9:02 PM

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Can I make games in UE4 without coding experience using blueprint?

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:02 PM

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It's supposed to be F8?

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B001 absolutely

plush yew Jul 17, 2020, 9:02 PM

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Thx

vernal thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:03 PM

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@exotic thicket It's F8 to eject but only works if playing in 'Selected Viewport'

exotic thicket Jul 17, 2020, 9:04 PM

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ah cool, good to know :)

fallen elbow Jul 17, 2020, 9:07 PM

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wait

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ue4 only supports vulkan for android?

brisk spire Jul 17, 2020, 9:24 PM

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Nah there's another option

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It's like a checkbox in the settings @fallen elbow

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I think it depends on your android build as well

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Emm, for some reason I can't send a screenshot, but.. yeah it's in settings > platform > android

fallen elbow Jul 17, 2020, 9:36 PM

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i want it for desktop

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tbh

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 9:41 PM

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hello, excuse me, how can I make the camera rotation not affect my character's position?

fallen elbow Jul 17, 2020, 9:41 PM

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so there is this

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but i how do i switch

restive zinc Jul 17, 2020, 10:50 PM

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my climb animation plays but he doesn't get up help

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restive zinc Jul 17, 2020, 11:07 PM

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nvm it was root motion

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fixed it

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:09 PM

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when I look up or down, the whole body changes of perspective

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how can I fix it?

digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:40 PM

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@modest agate Are you re-making the ps2 harry potter games in UE?

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:41 PM

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yes, Im recreating it

digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:42 PM

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I'm sorry I can't help with your issue, but that's cool I miss those games 🙂

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:43 PM

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the problem I have is that when I look up or down, the body is changing of position and I cant play it very well, if anyone can help me, thank you very much

quiet swallow Jul 17, 2020, 11:46 PM

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I have never heard a better quote about unreal, "Why don't you download it, it's free so what can you lose...? Apparently your mind"

digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:47 PM

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@modest agate Could you show me your SpringArm settings?

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And Camera settings as well

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Gonna try and help you - until someone who actually knows the issue comes

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:49 PM

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digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:50 PM

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Can you enable "Use Pawn Control Rotation" on the spring arm?

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:51 PM

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yes, I enabled it, but not much has changed

digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:53 PM

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This issue is so weird, your settings are exactly the same as the TTP template

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Wdym exactly with the perspective changing?

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:55 PM

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digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:55 PM

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oh lol

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:55 PM

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this is I what I mean, sorry if it wasnt well explained

digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:55 PM

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Nah it's fine

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I'm just thinking what it could be lol

modest agate Jul 17, 2020, 11:56 PM

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oh okay xD

digital badger Jul 17, 2020, 11:57 PM

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I've found your issue 🙂

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Go to the class detail panel of your pawn

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Then search for "UseControllerRotationPitch"

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And set it to false

modest agate Jul 18, 2020, 12:00 AM

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thank you very much

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it works well now

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😄

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Any more issues on the pawn class or is harry okay now?

modest agate Jul 18, 2020, 12:01 AM

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yes, he is okay

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thank you

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:01 AM

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yw 🙂

night eagle Jul 18, 2020, 12:02 AM

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How do guns work in Unreal?

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:04 AM

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@night eagle Like in any other game engine, you mainly have two options Raycast and Physical Projectiles.

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actually I saw this article on 80.lv today hold on

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https://80.lv/articles/how-does-shooting-work-in-games-hitscan-and-projectile-ballistics

Bullets in Games: Hitscan and Projectile Ballistics

Today we're going to look at two main techniques used for bullets in games.

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In UE4, hitscan this node is used:

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While projectile is represented well in the FP content template

night eagle Jul 18, 2020, 12:06 AM

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Thank you, I'll read this article and look into it

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I always wondered in shooting games like COD or something, do they actually spawn bullets moving at fast spped

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:07 AM

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Yes. They do this in order to have effects applied on the bullets

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such as wind velocity

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Overwatch is really good example of this ( as seen in the article) as it's less realistic and easy to understand. A character with an RPG shoots projectiles ( Pharh) these take time to travel where as the Soldier( 76) shoots hitscan and is instant

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The RPG is affected by effects, such as a character's ability which pushes objects back( Lucio)

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Probably a bad example as it's 1am and specific to a title however I hope it helps along with the article.

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Any more questions just ping me,

night eagle Jul 18, 2020, 12:10 AM

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It does help

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I will if I do , Thank you

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:11 AM

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UE-Specific wise some devs implement guns with the #gameplay-ability-system with each gun being a gameplay ability - though I haven't looked into this.

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While others use a weapon component that is equipable by a character which gets data by a Data Asset

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The DA would store stuff like, "bIsHitscan" or "RateOfFire" etc which is then used directly in gameplay

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Data-Driven gameplay is my favourite lol 🙂

night eagle Jul 18, 2020, 12:13 AM

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: )

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 12:15 AM

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I’m smart

radiant jasper Jul 18, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Anyone know what the problem is?

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:18 AM

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What have you brought on this cursed land

radiant jasper Jul 18, 2020, 12:19 AM

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I’ve packaged and deployed my game, and it’s doing some weird flickering

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 12:19 AM

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thats creepy

radiant jasper Jul 18, 2020, 12:20 AM

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The flickering is a bug not on purpose lol

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:20 AM

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Flickering should come from an hardware/packaging issue

radiant jasper Jul 18, 2020, 12:20 AM

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Would it be an issue that my phone is running ios 14

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:20 AM

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Maybe export as a DebugGame and go into Unreal Insights?

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Not sure, Epic seems to support IOS better than android

radiant jasper Jul 18, 2020, 12:20 AM

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It’s a beta

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:21 AM

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Oh, apologies I'm not familiar with the apple ecosystem

radiant jasper Jul 18, 2020, 12:21 AM

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Would it support betas

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:21 AM

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Might be, always better to test on stable

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Probably not

radiant jasper Jul 18, 2020, 12:21 AM

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Ok

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Oh I found the problem, some things are overlapping

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 12:45 AM

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Someone post this in another server

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alpine laurel Jul 18, 2020, 12:46 AM

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#lounge @plush yew

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 12:46 AM

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Ok

alpine laurel Jul 18, 2020, 12:52 AM

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my camera is a child to the arms of my character so the arms wont go up and down with the camera. what do i do to fix that

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 12:55 AM

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Checking again - any chance anyone's gotten the Chaos Demo Project to work on 4.25 or 4.24?

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 12:58 AM

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@carmine sorrel Binary or Source?

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You need to use a source build for it to work

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 12:59 AM

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@digital badger - oh yeah, I'm using the source code version. I can run chaos in my own projects. But I can't seem to open the Chaos Demo projects. The demo project build's without error,but when I launch it in either 4.24 or .25 it doesn't seem to function properly.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:00 AM

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Hmmm perhaps they're just building? I remember getting it to work a while back( year maybe idk what time is)

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Not building sorry, compiling shaders

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What does the output log in VS say?

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:01 AM

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It won't even open the project at all - like no loading splash or anything. It seems to fire up a background task that seems to keep restarting over and over.

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I'll have to double check the logs - I'm less familiar with the VS / Build side of things and running from source code, but got it in my own created projects okay. So wasn't sure if I was missing something specific for the Chaos Project that's creating such odd launch behavior.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:03 AM

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Well, next time you launch run it from inside VS

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The output log should open( since you're technically debugging the application)

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Allowing you to see what UE4 is doing

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:04 AM

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correct, if I recall it just said it was opening a bunch of modules then instantly closing and exiting. I didn't see any clear red flags, but I'll have to check.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:04 AM

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Exiting modules is a red flag, maybe it can't find something and gets stuck in a loop?

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:04 AM

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it all happens in a flash, too.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:05 AM

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It's very late here, so I'll be unable to help you. However if you run it and copy the output log to a service like pastebin and DM me I'll be able to help you in the morning

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:05 AM

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I know most people have said they can't get it to run - so I'm not sure if there's anybody out in the wild who has gotten it to work on .24 or .25.

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@digital badger I appreciate it - I'll send a note when I look at it again. Thank you

humble oyster Jul 18, 2020, 1:06 AM

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For goodness sakes

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Yes it’s me y’all

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I’m a changed man

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It’s been like a months since I’ve been here and I still have no idea what I’m doing

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:06 AM

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When I get back home tomorrow, and if you're still having issues I'll try to get it to work from my end and tell you the steps for it to run. Worst case I'll just send you my whole environment 😂

humble oyster Jul 18, 2020, 1:07 AM

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I will once again ask... if someone will please help me lol🥺

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This time I know what I’m asking

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:08 AM

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@humble oyster It's etiquette to post your issue first rather than having someone to ask what the issue is first

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:08 AM

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Yeah, I'm just glad I know Chaos itself works on my own projects. But documentation is so limited, I wanted to poke around the projects. I still need to attempt in 4.23 since I think that was the start of that Chaos project.

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But they have it listed and creatable as a project for 4.23, 24, and 25.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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@carmine sorrel If you're in America I should be home by maybe your noon? Then I can look over your output log and try it on my end, I plan to use chaos myself so this will be a good for me too :)

humble oyster Jul 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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Wait wait wait

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Your game is called chaos?

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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No.

humble oyster Jul 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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Oh

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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Chaos is the new Beta destruction / physics engine.

humble oyster Jul 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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Oh I see

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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Not beta it's ready for production now for most applications

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The UE5 stuff is still in alpha but destruction is production as of 4.25.1 I think

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:10 AM

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It's still listed in beta. I think it wont be considered production ready until it's merged with the launcher branch of UE4.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:11 AM

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Ah my mistake

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:11 AM

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You can find all of the plugins in 4.25.1 and enable them - listed in beta - but the front-end isn't get there to use it.

ornate ice Jul 18, 2020, 1:11 AM

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we want infinite triangles!!!

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give us infinite geometry!!!

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:11 AM

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Lol, still going to use LODs personally

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:12 AM

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I liked the UE5 talk looking more at the art pipeline. Nanite seems intriguing. But seems like it's only for solid, surfaces.

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at least right now. And nothing transparent / masked.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:12 AM

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Yes it is. There's a limitations slide floating around somewhere

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Though as much as I believe in Epic's technology. I worry about File Sizes and tarfetting low/mid spec hardware

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Since the majority of players don't have an RTX 2080TI ( or will it be the 3090TI by that point?)

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But I guess we'll see

carmine sorrel Jul 18, 2020, 1:15 AM

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Yeah, they'd require a lot of storage on any platform.

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:15 AM

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I read an article recently stating that the new gen platforms have storage capacities of 1TB or less

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 1:15 AM

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guys how do you add a weapon to a third person character

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:16 AM

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The new COD game is like nearly 200gb( according to the article, I haven't played the game)

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@restive zinc As in a mesh of a weapon? Or the actual gameplay

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 1:17 AM

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um a skeletel mesh that fires a line trace that applies damage

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or is a static mesh better

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its a third person game

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:18 AM

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Typically you have a SK with the same bones as the player rig, so then you can use the "Set Master Pose Component" node to equip the weapon SK to the player

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From there you want a socket on your weapon at the muzzle. Then get the location of the muzzle and plug that into your line trace code

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Then get the actor hit, and use the "Apply Damage" function

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 1:19 AM

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can i make it an actor to attach it to a bone of my character

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:19 AM

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This will call the OnDamageReceived function on the hit actor

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Definitely, that's just my approach that I listed.

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That just means you have to play the animations on the actual equipped weapon rather than on the player

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( my weapons have bones for things like ammo clips, which then is linked to a reload animation which is weapon agonistic, though most weapons have unique animations)

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 1:22 AM

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i already have all the bones for my gun

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muzzleflash

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muzzle

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:23 AM

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Ik I'm just bragging

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Anyway you need a socket/bone for the muzzle

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So then you have the location to spawn the bullet trace from

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Then you can use the bullet in damage system on the actor or implement your own function / interface

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 1:24 AM

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oh how do you attach a child actor to a bone also

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:25 AM

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I'm not sure about actors

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Components can be bound to bones

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Ah here you go

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Perfect for your use case

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 1:27 AM

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thx

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:27 AM

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The "in socket name" can be a socket or a bone

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@restive zinc Though make sure the In Parent Actor is the mesh of your pawn

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Or else the bone attachment thing won't work

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 1:34 AM

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@digital badger how do i attach it to the back of the default character can you show me pls

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digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:35 AM

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I would but it's 2:34am and I'm away from my home office. Your best bet would be to make an animation for it, or you can just position it using the transform gizmo and save those coords

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Then move the component into those coordinates when you need to display the weapon on the characters back

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 1:39 AM

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@restive zinc open up the skeleton and add a socket where you want it. then select that socket in the details panel for the mesh (parent socket) so the mesh will snap to that socket on the characcter. The you can rotate/move it as needed to make it look right.

cold thunder Jul 18, 2020, 1:40 AM

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Please @ me. How do I prevent my whole character/camera from rotating on a rotating platform. My game is side scroller based mainly. Thanks in advance.

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digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 1:40 AM

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Ah that's much a better approach rather than it being hard-coded

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Plus you can change the socket in a skeleton rather than finding the "CharBackV3" variable

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 2:21 AM

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why does it freeze when i simualate physics on death anybody know why my ai applies damage and then when my player has no health it ragdolls but it freezes

harsh ether Jul 18, 2020, 2:27 AM

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Hi I was thinking about making an ads for rewards app but was wondering about rate limited with the ads. Is there a certain number of ads that can be shown for every person? Or is there a certain amount everyone on the app has?

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I'm going to use Google admob btw

ebon storm Jul 18, 2020, 3:27 AM

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is it possible once that you have extracted a pak file what contains a unreal engine project file and all its plugins and content to load it up if so where do i put these plugins and contents from this file ive extracted

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 3:29 AM

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@grim ore how do i make ai go to last seen location

open wadi Jul 18, 2020, 4:51 AM

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By chance, is there a known phenomenon where videos being played in UE4 don't emit audio (despite confirming the machine itself is emitting audio fine)?

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I realize that's vague, just wondering if that's a known phenomenon.

open wadi Jul 18, 2020, 5:39 AM

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I've got a question. I'm interesting in adding some basic community functionality to my app. I'd like users to create an account, and be able to for example, message each other, and maybe have a basic forum or simplistic Facebook-like functionality. Can someone point me in the right direction for adding such functionality to a UE4 project?

open wadi Jul 18, 2020, 5:54 AM

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I've been reading documentation on the UE4 "Identity Interface", but I'd like to have my own user authentication system, basic usernames and passwords, not link them to Facebook, Gmail or anything else. Anyone familiar with tutorials or guides on such matters? Anyone in here done this themselves?

sage shoal Jul 18, 2020, 6:20 AM

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I'm trying to 'template-ize' all my buildings (Currently i have to place individual assets to make a house - 4 walls, roof and a floor). Is there a way to make it a single object, but then allow me to delete 1 wall and replace etc (Editable)?? Currently im turning my props into 1 big static mesh, but i can't edit it later...

mighty copper Jul 18, 2020, 6:35 AM

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Would anyone happen to know any good tutorials for horse mounting and socket attachment and control like for controlling a Lance in a players hand? (not a gun) or possible point to some good Unreal doc that may highlight on one or both of these? If so please P.M me. so I get the message directly. Thanks

dusky crest Jul 18, 2020, 6:51 AM

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anyone have ContentExample project ??
if you have, can you export 3 of those skeletal mesh for me
i need for some test retargeting

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I don't want download 3GB ContentExample only for model

azure reef Jul 18, 2020, 6:56 AM

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Hello guys! It's been a week and I still can't solve this error. I've posted everywhere and nobody know what this is! Can somebody explain to me what this means? My app crashes after the splash screen on a mobile device.

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Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0x0 in tid 23830 (Thread-4), pid 23751 (MainThread-UE4)

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Even on a fresh project it's not working if using obb files

celest dew Jul 18, 2020, 7:14 AM

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So megascan library is free with Unreal. Is mixer free as well?

dusky crest Jul 18, 2020, 7:57 AM

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@celest dew yes, You may use other tools at various stages in your pipeline, as long as the final product is in Unreal Engine.
https://help.quixel.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003457057-I-am-on-the-Unreal-Unlimited-plan-Can-I-use-tools-other-than-UE4-

Quixel

I am on the Unreal Unlimited plan. Can I use tools other than UE4?

Under the Unreal Unlimited plan, your access to Megascans is licensed for use in Unreal Engine as UE-Only Content -- that means that any output (renders, game, demo, video, etc.) should be produced...

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someone already ask that question in https://help.quixel.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/360000090137-Mixer-Support, but I forget the thread

Quixel Forum

Join the Quixel community. Connect, discuss, and get help from fellow Quixel users.

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the point is as long as the final product is in Unreal Engine

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like mixer is free, but the material and 3d model is still importing from megascan

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barren kayak Jul 18, 2020, 8:08 AM

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Anyone willing to help out a new unreal engine user? I’m in need of help with modular objects functionality. I can’t figure out how to activate the grid snapping or the shaping of modular objects.

Also what’s the best way to learn coding .

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Please dm me all the tips and tricks you can offer . Thanks 🙂

marble isle Jul 18, 2020, 9:21 AM

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Anybody know how it is possible to draw shapes inside the animation editor like this?

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silver crown Jul 18, 2020, 10:07 AM

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First off video memory doesn't page

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Which engine version is that?

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I've seen several reports of out of video memory on 25

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 10:25 AM

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I have been looking for draw calls to see the count for meshes/materials.

Is that the DrawPrimitive calls ?

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crystal glade Jul 18, 2020, 10:35 AM

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Hi there, I'm just playing about with the TopDown Example. I'm trying to get my player to move to an exact location when I click it, but he moves next to it instead, any idea what I'm doing wrong? Here's a link to a video showing what happens.

Edit: Also just to note, my controller blueprint is almost identical to the original example one, as in it uses the "Simple Move To Location" function.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/25sch1dmmgijpn9/TopDownTest - Unreal Editor 2020-07-18 11-30-21.mp4?dl=0

Edit2: Found the issue, my characters collision capsule was colliding with the end point of the path, so technically it had reached the end of the path. Setting this to something small allows the character to stand directly on top of the last point, but obviously collision for the character is then borked. Going to need to find a better way...

Dropbox

TopDownTest - Unreal Editor 2020-07-18 11-30-21.mp4

Shared with Dropbox

restive yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 10:59 AM

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Yo guys emergency alert here, what is this message? why does it say this? on UE 4.22 I load my level it takes around 15 mins to load and opens, but i converted this project to 4.25 and the level load goes upto 20 mins or something and ends up crashing

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what is this ^ ?

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 10:59 AM

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Hey,
After messing around for a while I believe that my widgets are tanking my performance, specifically these two stats...

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Does anyone know how I might reduce /improve them ?

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HitTestGrid AddWidget and
Tick Widgets

wet laurel Jul 18, 2020, 11:03 AM

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i cant find the Procedural Foliage Tool. 😦

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:04 AM

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There is an arrow on the side of the modes tab @wet laurel

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wet laurel Jul 18, 2020, 11:06 AM

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Your version is not the 4.25 or?

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:06 AM

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4.24

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Haven't updated yet

wet laurel Jul 18, 2020, 11:07 AM

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i have the 4.25 and i cant find 😦 mimi

restive yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 11:07 AM

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@everyone what is this?

📎 crash_snip_1.JPG

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:08 AM

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i have the 4.25 and i cant find 😦 mimi
I will have to check whenever I update 😃

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@everyone what is this?
@restive yarrow Please do not use everyone pings, even though I think they would be closed here

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Is it possible to have a movable object invisible but the shadows remain visible in-game?

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Also the engine is telling you that you are calling a pure virtual function

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I want to make an "invisible" enemy and have its shadows still visible

tender pecan Jul 18, 2020, 11:09 AM

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@wet laurel is it not still under "Experimental Settings" that must first be ticked in the editor?

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:10 AM

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Set visibility off @plush yew maybe would that also remove shadows?

wet laurel Jul 18, 2020, 11:10 AM

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lol i dont have experimental settings.

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:10 AM

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Yeah the shadows disappear

tender pecan Jul 18, 2020, 11:11 AM

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@wet laurel From the Main Toolbar click on the Edit option then click on Editor Preferences, no main toolbar either?

wet laurel Jul 18, 2020, 11:11 AM

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I think they have integrated that now but I have no idea how I can get there.

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that is version 4.25.1

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plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:12 AM

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In Unity there's an option to set an object to "shadow only". I just wanna know if that's something I can do in Unreal 4.

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Maybe add another component to the enemies Closet?

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Well that I would have to check

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hmmmm

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Found it

tender pecan Jul 18, 2020, 11:13 AM

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@wet laurel the documentation needs to be updated then. 🙂

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:14 AM

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select the object

go to it's details panel

go to the rendering section

set the Actor Hidden In Game flag to true

go to the Lighting section

set the Cast Hidden Shadow flag to true

wet laurel Jul 18, 2020, 11:14 AM

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oh yes.

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:15 AM

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Ooo

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@plush yew Thank you so much!

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This is gonna be terrifying 😂

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He he he

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I have the power

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Now let me go learn how animation is supposed to work

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My idea was to have a literal shadow monster that you only see on the walls

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So glad I can make that happen

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Glad I could help somewhat

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Yes, thank you!

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And as a bonus I can still see the object in the viewport to edit XD

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 11:20 AM

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is it possible to reduce widget tick like this ?

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 11:22 AM

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The way you wired that hurt me XD

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It arguably should Nut

restive yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 11:23 AM

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yeah the ocd kicking in

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same here

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 11:26 AM

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haha Its just how it spanwed, im deleting it because I cant see any improvement when I use 'stat slate'
and implement this bp.

tender pecan Jul 18, 2020, 11:59 AM

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ouch

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 12:23 PM

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How can I record the last open page of a menu (element in a widget switcher)
so that when the menu is re-opened it returns to that last page ?

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I cant find anything like 'get current widget' ect...

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 1:00 PM

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hello guys,

can you separate a static mesh you imported into Unreal?

I combined a 4 walls and I was wondering if you can separate them in Unreal.

If that is not possible, its alright :D

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nvm found out that you can uncheck combine meshes

tired lynx Jul 18, 2020, 1:25 PM

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hello! how do i go about resetting my editor settings in unreal engine? i'm experiencing a nasty crash that i need to troubleshoot

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hello guys,

can you separate a static mesh you imported into Unreal?

I combined a 4 walls and I was wondering if you can separate them in Unreal.

If that is not possible, its alright :D
@plush yew you need to import meshes into actor instances

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then you can have separate control over those objects within the actor editor, yet have those objects be treated as one within the main editor

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oh just noticed you'd already fixed it!

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guess that's another way of doing it haha

solemn siren Jul 18, 2020, 1:32 PM

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This query is not directly related to unreal engine but I didn't know where else to ask so here it goes:
Can I download a free fbx file from turbosquid or other sources in the internet using python script?

Any pointers are appreciated
Thanks!

tired lynx Jul 18, 2020, 2:11 PM

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any answers for my Q about resetting unreal engine back to defaults? really need to get back up and running

tight prawn Jul 18, 2020, 2:13 PM

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how to copy an asset thumbnail (to be used outside of unreal

coral shoal Jul 18, 2020, 2:25 PM

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I can get a physmat return from a trace, is there a way to get a physmat return from a sweep hit?

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Like a projectile sweeping into another mesh

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the hit returns are just all blank for physmat when i sweep

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got it, "return material on move" in the collider

empty mason Jul 18, 2020, 2:36 PM

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Hey i gave downloaded unreal engine rn and joined because if i well have questions i can ask here

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 2:42 PM

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Guys who can help with Automaterial landscape

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 2:52 PM

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Sorry for the noob question, I knew how to do this but it is totally escaping me...
what do I connect into these object pins to resolve the errors ?

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oak sequoia Jul 18, 2020, 3:01 PM

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Does anyone know why my particle effects dont show in anim notify?

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Ive followed tutorials but it doesnt show :/

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hm seems some show up actually but not all :/

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:14 PM

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you able to play test it in the editor @oak sequoia
I have several things happening in on anim notifies but In my case they only happen when the game is running..

oak sequoia Jul 18, 2020, 3:16 PM

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Ahh okay thank you!

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:22 PM

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did you have any luck with it ?

oak sequoia Jul 18, 2020, 3:23 PM

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Hm its being wqeird, some particle effects work fine but others dont

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weird*

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:27 PM

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hi guys i have looked it up but i dont think ik how to use the right words but how do i make it so when i interact with something it plays music but when i interact with it again it stops?

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:28 PM

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I would be very greatful for some help, I have forgotten how to use the cast node and am unsure what I should plug into these object pins.
I have been watching videos and reading up on it for a couple of hours now...
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221798862938046464/734058547163168808/unknown.png

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@wraith wyvern what kind of interaction do you want ?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:28 PM

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as in?

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okay

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:28 PM

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Do you want music to play when your player walks into an area ?

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or when it presses a button ?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:29 PM

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so i have a thing where i press and hold E on a object i can pick it up right ( like in half life or gmod )

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i want it so when i press E on it

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it plays the music

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( i wont enable physics so it wont be able to move)

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:29 PM

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in your bp you can do the pretty easily I think

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:30 PM

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so is it just blueprint then pawn?

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:30 PM

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could you take a SS of the bp you are using to pick up ?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:30 PM

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okay

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ill do that hold on gimme a sec

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there are a few

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( i used a tutorial to do it)

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:31 PM

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I think youll have a good idea once you have shown me one I might be able to help

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:31 PM

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welp gimme a sec

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its rn fucking my pc with a 21 inch strap on

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i made it force delete some shit

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:32 PM

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np, no rush

forest compass Jul 18, 2020, 3:32 PM

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Hello, I am beginner and I'm trying to follow a tutorial, but there is one menu that is missing from my Unreal Engine 4 editor. How can I enable it? Basically I want to use the Extrude option which is currently missing?

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Thats how my menu looks like at the moment

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frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:34 PM

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sorry I thought you didnt have that at all

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:35 PM

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god my pc doesnt like this

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:35 PM

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actually it might be

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:35 PM

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its frozen lol

forest compass Jul 18, 2020, 3:35 PM

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Its just the edit, extrude options are missing

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:36 PM

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mine looks like this

forest compass Jul 18, 2020, 3:37 PM

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Strange 😦 mine are totally missing

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:37 PM

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think its the geometry editing tools, was a long time ago when I was creating all my meshes in unreal instead of blender

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:37 PM

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bug?

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@frank oar

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forest compass Jul 18, 2020, 3:43 PM

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If I disable legacy editor mode I cant find the geometry items like cubes etc

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:43 PM

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thats the picking up thing

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:43 PM

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ok do you have the sound clip ready to use ?

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@wraith wyvern

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:43 PM

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uhhhh

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nope but ill get a test one

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brb

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:43 PM

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it sdhould me a.... one sec

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:44 PM

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?

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:44 PM

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sound cue @wraith wyvern

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:44 PM

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what sound type does it have to e

forest compass Jul 18, 2020, 3:44 PM

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@forest compass they're there:
@plush yew I had to enable them from "window", thanks a lot!

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you guys saved my day! 🙂

frank escarp Jul 18, 2020, 3:45 PM

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wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:46 PM

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what sound type does it have to be

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:46 PM

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can you drag a sound file into the content browser then right click on it and select create sound cue ?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:47 PM

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does it need to be WAV ?

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but it sholud look like a sound file

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that doesn

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t

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:48 PM

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yeah wav

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then you should be able to right click the wav and create sound cue

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:49 PM

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gimme a sec

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:49 PM

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@wraith wyvern

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:49 PM

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im using a sketchy website

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to change it to wab

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wav

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 3:49 PM

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Guys, how can i get overlapped static mesh actor with Trigger box?

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:49 PM

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I do all the time XD

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 3:49 PM

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This doesn't seems to grab static mesh actor i Placed on the editor

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:51 PM

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@frank oar it says " create cue" is that right?

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:52 PM

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yes

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do that 😄

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:52 PM

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plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 3:52 PM

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You can use audacity to convert to wav @wraith wyvern

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wat are u trying to do?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:53 PM

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You can use audacity to convert to wav @wraith wyvern
@plush yew haha N o p e i used a website

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:53 PM

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Then drag from the white exectuion pin of the grab component at location (the first SS you put up)

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 3:53 PM

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well what ever work

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frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:54 PM

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from there @wraith wyvern make a 'Play sound at location' node

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put your cue in the sound drop down

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if you don't set a location it will just come out generically (that is how I play all of my sounds).

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:55 PM

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my cue isnt there

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just the WAV file

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:56 PM

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have you saved the cue ?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:56 PM

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yea

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 3:56 PM

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file save all?

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it should list every single audio existed in the project

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wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:56 PM

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found it nvm

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now what do i do

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and im guessing when ever i press and hold E it will make this noise

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:57 PM

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if you attached that node, when you pickup it should play now

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so go into the editor and test it if you can

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:57 PM

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frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:58 PM

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oh yeah it might, that should be easily fixed if that is the case!

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:58 PM

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so go into the editor and test it if you can
@frank oar H U H so every time i press E it starts the song

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thats not what i wanteeed

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:58 PM

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LOL its easy to fix

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:58 PM

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i wanted when i pressed E on a specific object

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it wolud start music

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from that object

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like a radio

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 3:59 PM

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is it actually a radio, do you want it to fade if the player runs from it ?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 3:59 PM

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yes

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like.. okay so

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you walk up to this object

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and you interact with it

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by pressing E

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it then plays music

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FROM THAT OBJECT

open wadi Jul 18, 2020, 4:00 PM

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Good morning, team! I've got a question. I'm interested in adding some basic community functionality to my app. I'd like users to create an account, and be able to for example, message each other.

First things first, I'd like an authentication system and don't want user logons linked to an external account from Facebook, Google or anywhere else. I've found the unreal documentation on "Identity Management", but that seems to be used for leveraging 3rd party providers.

Does anyone have an example or tutorial, or general advice, for building such an authentication system?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:03 PM

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@wraith wyvern look online for object interaction. The quick and dirty way is to make a blueprint interface that you can put on object you want to interact with that has an interact event. Your radio is a blueprint with this interface that knows what should happen when you interact with it (play music in this case). Your player when you press E does the line trace, checks to see if what it his has that interface on it (can be interfacted with basically) then tells that item to do its "interact" event which plays the music.

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 4:04 PM

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https://youtu.be/u1iwQBwafNI
is is a good tutorial for that kind of thing @wraith wyvern

YouTube

Dean Ashford

UE4 - Tutorial - Music and Sound!

How to set up some basic music and sounds in UE4!

Music used was "Shadows of the Mind" from https://machinimasound.com/

Sound used was "Spring Birds Loop" from http://www.freesound.org/

Both music and sound are used fairly under the creative commons licences provided.

▶ Play video

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particularly the bir sounds he makes fade in and out

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:04 PM

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@open wadi a user system like that, if you plan on it not leveraging a 3rd party, is mainly not UE4 related. Look up any normal user authentication system created in asp or node and such and you would use that with something like a rest.api on the UE4 side to send the data back and forth

open wadi Jul 18, 2020, 4:05 PM

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@grim ore Will do, much appreciated.

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 4:06 PM

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@grim ore oh wise one please could you spare me a moment to tell me what I should be plugging into these Object pins to resolve my errors.
I spent a long time firguring out how to put this BP together but since I worked with BP last I forgot how to use them and looking it up hasn't helped me understand it..

I would be very grateful.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221798862938046464/734058547163168808/unknown.png

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:06 PM

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you should be plugging in the items you want to talk to... thats how it works

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in #1 you are trying to talk to a motion controller pawn blueprint, where is that at? talk to that item and get it and done

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you want your controllers to talk to the user interface. Something created the user interface. that something should keep a reference to it so you can talk to it later. That something should be something that is easy to get to (player controller, character, game mode, HUD, etc) so you can easily get it when needed

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 4:09 PM

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when I 'get' motion controller pawn and plug it in I get the blue note saying it is refrencing itself :/

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:09 PM

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all of the information is in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM_HYqQdToE you have to understand communcation and references

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 4:12 PM

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thank you, I have looked into and learned communication a couple of times but when ever I move onto learn another aspect I spend so much time doing that I forget the communication info
I have a bloody siv for a brain

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I already have used casts a bunch of times in my project and they all work, but I am having a totaly brain malfunction

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 4:13 PM

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will this loop?

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frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 4:15 PM

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@wraith wyvern this is how I loop

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glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:21 PM

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Hi, I'm trying to make an ability system like Overwatch but I would rather not use GameplayAbilitySystem. I need to be able to replicate it.

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 4:21 PM

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@open wadi you need data base

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and have ways to access it

open wadi Jul 18, 2020, 4:21 PM

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Disregard, I'm watching various tutorials.

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 4:21 PM

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I use firebase for my game

inner cloak Jul 18, 2020, 4:21 PM

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Any of you know of a reason that would prevent Print String to display in viewport ?

open wadi Jul 18, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Oh, interesting, thank you @plush yew.

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 4:22 PM

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I just do an http request to my end point

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there are some tutorial out there with Php

glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:22 PM

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plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 4:22 PM

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but that requires u to have server i think

glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:22 PM

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@inner cloak

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Print to screen?

inner cloak Jul 18, 2020, 4:23 PM

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yes, as a debugging tool

glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:23 PM

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what are you trying to put into the string?

inner cloak Jul 18, 2020, 4:24 PM

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Could it be because its a Construction Script?

glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:25 PM

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Im gonna remake it @inner cloak to see if it works for me

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@inner cloak What are you trying to do? I don't completely understand

inner cloak Jul 18, 2020, 4:28 PM

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i'm trying to make a grid of some sort .. really just trying to learn stuff

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like that could be used for terrain

glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:29 PM

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how are you setting the height? do you want it to print before you play?

inner cloak Jul 18, 2020, 4:30 PM

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i have not started on the height yet, just trying to make some grid

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this is the full blueprint

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wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 4:31 PM

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https://youtu.be/u1iwQBwafNI
is is a good tutorial for that kind of thing @wraith wyvern
@frank oar nothing in the tutorial is what i wanted

YouTube

Dean Ashford

UE4 - Tutorial - Music and Sound!

How to set up some basic music and sounds in UE4!

Music used was "Shadows of the Mind" from https://machinimasound.com/

Sound used was "Spring Birds Loop" from http://www.freesound.org/

Both music and sound are used fairly under the creative commons licences provided.

▶ Play video

glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:32 PM

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@inner cloak Are you setting the variables in the viewport before clicking on play? If you want to use these checkboxes on each variable

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inner cloak Jul 18, 2020, 4:33 PM

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never mind, i'm dumb, that will only output if i add the component to the project

glass rapids Jul 18, 2020, 4:33 PM

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yep

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its fine

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good job and good luck

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 4:33 PM

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@wraith wyvern I am only learning myself still but I can tell you theres only a couple of steps between what he did with the bird sounds and you setting it onto that radio you talked about so that you can walk away from it and have it fade out...

inner cloak Jul 18, 2020, 4:33 PM

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thanks

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there are the numbers

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frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 4:34 PM

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most of the time you are in unreal you will have to adapt concepts to get your own desired outcome.

gusty stirrup Jul 18, 2020, 4:43 PM

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edit: Qn removed. Realised i should be asking my qn in blueprints instead.

tribal citrus Jul 18, 2020, 4:49 PM

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hey guys, is there any way to link a light's intensity to the intensity of an emissive material...
i'm completely new to unreal idk whether it's possible or not...

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:52 PM

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@tribal citrus not directly but there is nothing stopping you from setting it automatically or whenever one changes you can set the other

gusty stirrup Jul 18, 2020, 4:53 PM

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wait

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mathew wadstein?

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i just watched a vid of yours on youtube lol

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:54 PM

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That's what my profile says!

gusty stirrup Jul 18, 2020, 4:54 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/ahhhhhhh-gif-5739192

Tenor

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Your WTF and HTW do i helped me out a bunch

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:55 PM

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Thats why I did them 🙂

mint raptor Jul 18, 2020, 4:57 PM

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Guys I'm super confused, can't find any real answer to this but how do you convert Scene Depth value to Unreal Units?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 4:57 PM

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@wraith wyvern look online for object interaction. The quick and dirty way is to make a blueprint interface that you can put on object you want to interact with that has an interact event. Your radio is a blueprint with this interface that knows what should happen when you interact with it (play music in this case). Your player when you press E does the line trace, checks to see if what it his has that interface on it (can be interfacted with basically) then tells that item to do its "interact" event which plays the music.
@grim ore i did a tutorial but im un sure on how to make it play music in the location of the radio and for it to stop playing when i press E on it again

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:57 PM

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@wraith wyvern the play sound at location node would let you play it at the location of the radio. The interface would let you talk to the radio and turn it on and off as needed.

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if you can talk to the radio, you can tell it to play or stop. have you got that part working yet?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 4:58 PM

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is this right?

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all i got it to do

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was when i pressed E on it

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it wolud say "succsessfull"

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:59 PM

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well what is printing successfull? nothing I see there

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 4:59 PM

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well i deleted it

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it worked

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 4:59 PM

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and to make it play from that location you would put in the Actor Location into the location

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so Get Actor Location (which if this is inside the radio blueprint would be the location of the radio) and plug that into the Location for the Play Sound at Location

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in order to turn it off you can either set a boolean for like "IsPlaying" and turn that on when you start playing. Then right after the event interaction you would check to see if the boolean is true or fale and either play or stop the sound.

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:01 PM

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this was the closest thing

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i colud find

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:01 PM

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welp I can find it in mine, GetActorLocation

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this is assuming you are inside of your radio blueprint and it's an Actor (which it should be if it's inside the world)

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:02 PM

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im missin

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the thing

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something needs to go there

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:02 PM

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well you unhooked the wire

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:02 PM

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me dumb

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:03 PM

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you will still end up running into the issue soon where you wont be able to stop it, since you have no actual sound to stop

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:03 PM

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yup

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every time i press E on it

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it plays the song

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over the last time

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:03 PM

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yep, if you read the tooltip it tells you that

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"fire and forget", it's intended for one off stuff

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the node you actually want, if you are doing it this way, is the Spawn Sound at Location node (and this assume you are not moving the radio at all?)

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the difference is the spawn sound has a Return Value on the right which is the sound that is playing

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:05 PM

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wait so sorry what do i do now

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:05 PM

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wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:05 PM

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like how do i make it so when i press E on it again it stops?

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whats that SET blueprint called?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:06 PM

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its a variable I created

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the node is a Setter, it sets a variable. The variable is named Sound That Is Playing

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You can drag off the Return Value and Promote to Variable to create it, or just create one in your My Blueprint panel and use that

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This is approximately what you want to end up with, not the "best" but it should work. Better would be for the radio blueprint to have it's own actual audio component (so you dont spawn in a new one as needed) and use that. Doing it this way above you will keep spawning in new components

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:08 PM

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how do i open a varable?

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i have done it before

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im just tired

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sorry

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im a idot

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wait

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is that a boolien?

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i cant spell but you get what i mean

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:10 PM

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the red one is a boolean, the blue one is an audio component

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but the blue one you can create automatically by dragging off the return value and promote to variable

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this is the better way. The radio blueprint has an audio component sitting on it that has your sound you want to play. All you do is toggle between playing and stopping the component

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no spawning, no destroying, nothing heavy just play and stop

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and you can ignore the red IsPlaying on the left, its not used I forgot to delete it (we are asking the audio if its actually playing, its more efficient)

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:13 PM

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grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:14 PM

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assuming Audio is an Audio Component on the blueprint and you have it set up to play your sound, that seems right. You can even adjust it at some point so it "pauses" the music and when you play it resumes where you left it if you wanted

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:15 PM

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that sounds complicatec

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to have a stop and a pause button

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:15 PM

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the nice thing is if you can put 10 or 20 of these in the world and just change the sound on them in the world and they will all work uniquely

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:15 PM

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yeah

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well the thing is

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im making a sanbox type game

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and you can spawn in objects

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(like garrys mod if you will)

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and this will be one of those thign

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the nice thing is if you can put 10 or 20 of these in the world and just change the sound on them in the world and they will all work uniquely
@grim ore wait how do i make it so the music gets more quiet the ferther i walk way

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:18 PM

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its already set to do that, your audio radius is probably just real high

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:19 PM

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oh okay

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:19 PM

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its part of the sound effect itself but the easiest way to do it for this item is find the Override Attenuation checkbox on the Audio Component

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then you should see 2 spheres in the viewport around the audio, scroll down to Attenuation Distance and check Enable Volukme Attenuation and then you can adjust the distance (the spheres you see)

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the default one is 3600 for the outside which is pretty big

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:21 PM

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grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:21 PM

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pretty much yes, if you dont search you can find the entire section which has more options like the inner radius

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and in the viewport if you click the Audio Component you can see the radius with 2 orange spheres

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:23 PM

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uhh can i make it so

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when i walk away

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it still plays

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but i cant hear it

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:24 PM

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if you go into the Sound Cue or the Sound itself, look for

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you can change it to play when silent and it "should" keep playing when out of range

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:25 PM

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thanks

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ill do that niw

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wait

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why did you put sholud

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doesnt it always work?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:26 PM

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mouse over the Play when Silent and read what it says

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you can only have so many sounds at once, if it has to force stop this one due to other sounds then it would restart

hallow heron Jul 18, 2020, 5:28 PM

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Hi everyone. I'm having problems with the Epic Games Launcher. Every time that I want to execute the launcher, I got this message. The weird thing is that this happens when I put my PC in Standby mode and after installing Quixel Bridge Plugin. I reinstall the launcher twice but, I still got it. Do you know what it could be? 🤔

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kindred viper Jul 18, 2020, 5:28 PM

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Would anyone happen to know anything about the Send to Unreal plugin for Blender requiring remote execution? Because I guess I need a local IP in there or something right?

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:28 PM

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sweet thanks @grim ore

kindred viper Jul 18, 2020, 5:29 PM

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@hallow heron could be a number of things. You would need to check the logs in Saved/Logs and read the stack before it crashed

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:30 PM

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Hi, does anyone know how to loop part of an animation in a anim montage? This is for a jump animation

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:34 PM

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@hollow yarrow you would set that part twice basically in the montage and that sets it to loop? is this using the new .25 stuff or older?

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:34 PM

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the .25

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:35 PM

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so here I have my montage with my 3 sections set up, on the right I have my montage sections

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I click the whic box next to jump start and choose jump loop and I get this

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hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:35 PM

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thats exactly what i want to do

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:36 PM

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I click the box to the right of jump loop and select it again

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hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:36 PM

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how do i split the montage into the the 3 sections?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:36 PM

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and now I get the loop

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you need to define groups, right click on the top track and create the montage section

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so you can see I have one section for each animation on mine and that lets me set up the timing and flow

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:37 PM

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i created the sections but im unable to move them

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:37 PM

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you drag and drop the animations in to the slot/group you want it in on the timeline

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:37 PM

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only been using unreal for a few days and still learning lol

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:38 PM

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sec

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:39 PM

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is this correct?

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grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:40 PM

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the question is does discord process mkv as inline video lol

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it does not, durn lol. sec

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:40 PM

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i downloaded it dw

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:40 PM

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does any one know how to made it so if you press a button on your key bored a interface shows up and if you press it again you guessed it it goes away

dire sentinel Jul 18, 2020, 5:41 PM

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hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:41 PM

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my animation is one, not split into parts so i cant do it that way lmao

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im a noob

dire sentinel Jul 18, 2020, 5:41 PM

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why does my spline not texture my landscape? if i enter the name here, no matter what layerr i use it doesnt work

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:41 PM

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ive actually never tried it on one animation

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:42 PM

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ive seen a few tutorials on it using one animation but its from older versions

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:42 PM

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nah it works

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looks like it works the same way

dire sentinel Jul 18, 2020, 5:42 PM

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anyone?

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:42 PM

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so the way ive done it is correct?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:42 PM

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you dont have your loop set to loop is why

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 5:43 PM

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does any one know how to made it so if you press a button on your key bored a interface shows up and if you press it again it goes away?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:43 PM

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you have it set to jump start -> jump loop -> jump end -> jump start. Try jump start -> jump loop -> jump loop

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tell it to go to itself is what sets up the loop

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:44 PM

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this?

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grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:44 PM

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and I never tried doing sections inside one animation so that is neato that it works

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yep that looks right

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:44 PM

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awesome, thanks for the help man

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:45 PM

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@wraith wyvern its just simple UI, check out the your first hour with UMG course on the unreal online learning it has something like that to show a menu

hollow yarrow Jul 18, 2020, 5:45 PM

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just so you know, you click the arrow to the right of loop and choose that section

spice cliff Jul 18, 2020, 5:49 PM

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hey how can i cast to my level blueprint, im trying to use a custom event but i dont know how/if theres a way, please help thanks

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 5:51 PM

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you generally cannot. The level blueprint is a bad place to put stuff due to that issue

hallow heron Jul 18, 2020, 5:52 PM

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@kindred viper Thanks for your help. I'm going to send this as a report to UE support

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Can I send via Bug submission form, right?

spice cliff Jul 18, 2020, 5:56 PM

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@grim ore thanks but is there another way?

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hello, what would i put in the object port for this error to go away?

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wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 6:12 PM

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i need help

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dire sentinel Jul 18, 2020, 6:13 PM

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why does my spline not texture my landscape? if i enter the name here, no matter what layerr i use it doesnt work
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wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 6:16 PM

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how do i get my details panel back?

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like its not attached onto my screen

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grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 6:17 PM

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@spice cliff you would need your CPC blueprint to make the error go away

silk sleet Jul 18, 2020, 6:19 PM

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is there a way to zoom in further when using "front" or "left" etc. instead of perspective

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 6:20 PM

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@wraith wyvern if you go to window, load layout, default layout it will reset. Otherwise drag that to the right and it will try and dock it to the right

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@silk sleet just the normal mouse wheel to zoom in and out, but I dont think it can go any closer than 1 grid = 10cm

wraith wyvern Jul 18, 2020, 6:21 PM

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those dident work

spice cliff Jul 18, 2020, 6:21 PM

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@grim ore what do you mean by that

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 6:22 PM

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@spice cliff I mean it's asking for your CPC blueprint in the object in, you need to give it a reference to it. I have no idea where that item is or if it even exists in the world.

silk sleet Jul 18, 2020, 6:23 PM

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I mean like, I need to place sockets on the iron sights of a gun, and I can't zoom in far enough to do it accurately, unless im in perspective, then it's hard to line up because of the perspective

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 6:23 PM

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have you watched the basic introduction to communication in blueprints videos or courses that epic provides? they are pretty much required @spice cliff

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@silk sleet about all you could do is adjust it manually in the details pane, it only zooms in so far with the mouse wheel

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so no , there is no overdrive setting to zoom in "further" than the default scroll in and out

silk sleet Jul 18, 2020, 6:25 PM

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ah darn, thanks!

spice cliff Jul 18, 2020, 6:27 PM

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@grim ore nope

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but i just want to know how i can use 'event destroyed to and cast' thats it

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if keep asking me for a object but no luck

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 6:28 PM

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same way you would communicate with anything else, you need to point it to the item you want to talk to

spice cliff Jul 18, 2020, 6:28 PM

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mean i cant use it

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 6:29 PM

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it has no idea what you are doing

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you could have 10 copies of this item in the world and want to talk to a specific one, how would the game know which one you want?

spice cliff Jul 18, 2020, 6:30 PM

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yh that makes sence

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 6:30 PM

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if you only have one, it's fine you can use something like get actor of class and find the one that is in the world at that moment. otherwise you need to find a way for this thing to know about that thing

frank oar Jul 18, 2020, 6:33 PM

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anyone understand why this isn't changing the active index ?

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spice cliff Jul 18, 2020, 6:34 PM

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right ok

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thanks

mortal cedar Jul 18, 2020, 6:53 PM

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is there a feature in unreal engine to put licence ifo into assets and generate licence list of them afterwards?

for example, I want to use third party sounds with cc-by licence, which requires attribution — you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

imagine the pain if you have more than dozen of such assets, it is impossible to track all of these.

so I imagine a feature, which:

allows to put a licence metainformation into asset, e.g. a piece of text;
parse all assets and compose all licence notes into one complete list.

is there something like that in the engine, or available plugins for it?

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 6:57 PM

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@carmine sorrel I've sent you a DM :)

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@mortal cedar No feature like this exists. It's recommended to keep a license folder during development and put all license files in there as you develop your project rather than at the end. Also metadata on assets isn't the correct attribution method, you should include attributions in the credits

mortal cedar Jul 18, 2020, 7:00 PM

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metadata on assets isn't the correct attribution method
that's why I was asking about
parse all assets and compose all licence notes into one complete list.

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hm

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how hard it should be to write such plugin

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it might be useful

crystal ruin Jul 18, 2020, 7:02 PM

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hello everyone !! .. please help me in the * morphs not being imported * ... i tried checking advanced setting * import morphs targets * in unreal importer ... nothings happens ... someone tell me the trick !! PLEASE !!

coral shoal Jul 18, 2020, 7:10 PM

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So, in BP you can call an RPC to server from a client but only if you are the actor's owner. Is there a way to make an actor that accepts RPCs from every client, not just the owner? Can pass signals through the playercontroller for each client instead but that's a bit clunky

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:12 PM

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Hello everybody!

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I started playing around with UE4 and I ran into an issue

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my view port has changed dimensions

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and the window at the bottom is gone

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how do I reverse those?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:14 PM

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go to window, load layout, reset layout to default

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and what has closed is the Content Browser

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well and the world outliner in the top right it looks like as well

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:16 PM

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thank you

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currently UE4 froze for me lmao

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I pressed "Launch"

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ok I fixed the layout

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Could you please tell me how to build my "game"?

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I want to be able to access it from an .exe file

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:26 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Basics/Projects/Packaging/index.html

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read the docs

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:26 PM

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alright

dry moon Jul 18, 2020, 7:27 PM

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What's better performance wise. SetActorHiddenIngame or set visbility

silk sleet Jul 18, 2020, 7:28 PM

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okay when you right click the camera speed controls / snap scaling / etc bar in the top right of the mesh editor how do you get that back

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:28 PM

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@grim ore do I really need Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 in order to compile my "game"?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:30 PM

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@dry moon the code for that is the same, setactorhiddeningame is just a node that toggles the hidden property

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@plush yew you need it depending on your project, if your project is just blueprints then no. If it needs C++ then yes

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:31 PM

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mine is just blueprints

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but still

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grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:34 PM

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read the middle of that

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it's the raw input plugin that is causing it

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:36 PM

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so?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:36 PM

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so that plugin is requiring a compile, if you use that plugin then yes

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:37 PM

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from where can I get this plugin?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:37 PM

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@silk sleet

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@plush yew the plugin is part of the engine, you had to have turned it on or you are using something that is using it

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:38 PM

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well I guess it is not turned on

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:39 PM

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it looks like its turned on by default on the template you used. you can go into plugins and disable it then try packaging again

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:40 PM

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noted

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what's the name of the plugin?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:40 PM

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RawInput. It's in the middle of the error message

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:40 PM

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ah yes

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and where is the plugin menu located?

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:41 PM

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Edit menu, and I tested and it worked fine with it disabled

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:41 PM

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thank you!

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:43 PM

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ah this is why "Example (Vehicle Templates)
As an example, the Vehicle templates that ship with the Unreal Engine have been configured to work with the Logitech G920, a driving-game controller with a steering wheel and gas/brake pedals."

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I don't think they realized it needed C++ installed to compile

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:46 PM

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oh

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btw

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I cant find that "Raw Input" plugin on that plugins list

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:47 PM

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did you type raw in the search bar

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:48 PM

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nope

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found it

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thank you once again

grim ore Jul 18, 2020, 7:48 PM

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ah yeah it's called windows raw input would be why

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I sent in a bug report on this, it's not the only one that has this issue lol. I think devs forget not everyone has C++ installed

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 7:54 PM

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probably

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hope they fix the issue

neon grove Jul 18, 2020, 8:04 PM

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i tend to avoid plugins they just cause so many problems

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 8:05 PM

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Guys

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Do you think it would be possible to make an AR game where you scan the room like the quest does

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And make like an army game

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i dont know how to create a character and i dont know how to make animations and stuff, please help

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restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 8:15 PM

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@plush yew microsoft visual studio 2019 is not a big download its only a gb

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 8:16 PM

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thats not my issue

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I just hate Microsoft and their accounts

restive zinc Jul 18, 2020, 8:17 PM

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oh

plush yew Jul 18, 2020, 8:17 PM

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sooow

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no one who can animate?

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#looking-for-work I guess

cosmic veldt Jul 18, 2020, 8:24 PM

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hey anyone knows anything about chaos vehicles? just find out it's coming with 4.26

heady quartz Jul 18, 2020, 8:27 PM

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I just realized that HUD stands for Heads-up display

digital badger Jul 18, 2020, 9:09 PM

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@cosmic veldt This was a short and sweet GDC talk - quite old but covers the basics of easy animation for indie developers

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

YouTube

GDC

Animation Bootcamp: An Indie Approach to Procedural Animation

In this 2014 GDC session, indie developer David Rosen explains how to use simple procedural techniques to achieve interactive and fluid animations using very few key frames, with examples from indie games like Overgrowth, Receiver and Black Shades.

GDC talks cover a range of ...

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If I recall correctly, the developer created only a couple of frames per animation and used math functions to make the transition between them look correct

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Compared to a frame-by-frame approach more commonly seen

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Of course like any skill you'll need a good couple of weeks to practice before getting anything usable.

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And even then it won't be perfect.

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If you're open to using third-party assets a lot of indie devs use Mixamo when first starting out available here - https://www.mixamo.com/

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Mixamo is a library of animations with an automatic rigging system

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I think it's free for commercial without attribution but check this yourself