#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 804

slender sierra Jul 25, 2020, 2:38 PM

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yea so i export as fbx

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but then it doesnt actually keep all inverse kinematic info

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is that why its broken?

soft fiber Jul 25, 2020, 2:39 PM

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hmm

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I'm not sure why its not working.

slender sierra Jul 25, 2020, 2:41 PM

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would you like me to send you the blend in dm?

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and you can try and import?

soft fiber Jul 25, 2020, 2:42 PM

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just sec

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Have you watched this:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNeLYCO4ssI

YouTube

Jayanam

Blender 2.8 Export Lowpoly Character with Animations to UE4

In this Blender 2.8 tutorial I explain how to export a low poly character model with animations as fbx and then import it into UE4. I use a simple demo project in UE 4.24 to import the models, create a material with a diffuse texture and add a model with an animation to the le...

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slender sierra Jul 25, 2020, 2:44 PM

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no i haven

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my character is low poly too

soft fiber Jul 25, 2020, 2:44 PM

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Its the same concept

slender sierra Jul 25, 2020, 2:44 PM

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but i have anims too

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i know how to import and stuff

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its just my ik rig is not working

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everything else is fine

soft fiber Jul 25, 2020, 2:45 PM

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What did you use to do your rig?

slender sierra Jul 25, 2020, 2:45 PM

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blender?

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well i used CATs plugin

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to fix it up a bit

soft fiber Jul 25, 2020, 2:47 PM

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I usually use the AutoRigPro FBX export which it meant to work with Unreal. Maybe that's why I haven't seem this issue.

slender sierra Jul 25, 2020, 2:47 PM

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could you tell me all the info in dm?

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like about auto rig pro and link and stuff

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if you dont mind that is

soft fiber Jul 25, 2020, 2:48 PM

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DM your model and I'll give it a try.

slender sierra Jul 25, 2020, 2:48 PM

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alright thanks

thick herald Jul 25, 2020, 3:01 PM

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Send to Unreal, Epics official addon may be of use.

dim echo Jul 25, 2020, 3:15 PM

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Hello, I had a problem with UE4. Every time I click launch to try and see if everything is working, nothing launches and my cpu goes up to like 80%. Just wondering why it's not launching

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 3:22 PM

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Hello, I had a problem with UE4. Every time I click launch to try and see if everything is working, nothing launches and my cpu goes up to like 80%. Just wondering why it's not launching
@dim echo Check your resource monitor. It might be compiling shaders in the background, give it time.

ancient parrot Jul 25, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Hello, are there any tutorials on multiplayer FPS using C++?

worn peak Jul 25, 2020, 3:33 PM

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any ytb channel recommend to start learning ue4 ?

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any beginners tutorial or something lik

thick herald Jul 25, 2020, 3:38 PM

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Ryan Laley, underscore are good places to start.

grim ore Jul 25, 2020, 3:42 PM

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@worn peak look at the pinned message in this channel for learning resources

flat axle Jul 25, 2020, 3:54 PM

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@grim ore didnt even know that was there. Thanks!

worn peak Jul 25, 2020, 3:57 PM

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@grim ore thanks ^^

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 4:19 PM

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Does anyone know of a good, fairly recent flipbook tutorial ?
I have 5 second videos in my tutorial widgets but because it is in mobile it is tanking my fps from 72 to 15-30

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after looking into it, it seems like flipbook is the way to go ?

exotic thicket Jul 25, 2020, 4:24 PM

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Have you tried downscaling the videos or reducing the video framerate?

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You usually wouldn't need them to be at a particularly high fps or resolution on smaller screens especially if it's some kind of a tutorial video clip

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 4:25 PM

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Has anybody who did initial design in unity pivoted to UE4 for production and had better than expected results? (for mobile games) Also, can you build for android supporting rtrt yet by default?

zinc basin Jul 25, 2020, 4:25 PM

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Hey guys, I have a 'super' simple bug I can't get to the bottom of.
I am making a shield recharge delay for an FPS, I have a simple Delay Timer, with a Float of 3s, and it works fine - after 3s it resets a boolean. If I use it with a retriggerable tho, it never resets; is somthing retriggering my delay, or is there possibly some kind of bug regarding this someone knows about atm?

exotic thicket Jul 25, 2020, 4:26 PM

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If your retriggerable delay never runs it means your BP keeps triggering it

zinc basin Jul 25, 2020, 4:27 PM

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im going to make a trigger counter and add it to my HUD just to check actually, and yep that's what I'm thinking, thanks. Just wondering if it was me. It probably is.

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 4:28 PM

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@exotic thicket I would be happy to try reducing the resolution and frame rate, would I have to do that with the media file outside of unreal or do you know if it can be done within unreal ?

exotic thicket Jul 25, 2020, 4:28 PM

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haven't really done that much with video in UE so don't know

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 4:29 PM

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ok, thank you for the suggestion anyway

exotic thicket Jul 25, 2020, 4:30 PM

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ffmpeg is pretty easy to automate with a script or such if you have a lot of videos :)

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it can do all the rescaling and such

storm venture Jul 25, 2020, 4:37 PM

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can i apply the lighting of mesh A to mesh B?

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as in, if mesh A is beside a spotlight and mesh B is in darkness, can I still project the lighting of mesh A onto mesh B to make it look like it is lit as well?

grim ore Jul 25, 2020, 4:55 PM

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I dont think directly but there are lighting channels so you could have a light casting on channel 2 and that mesh accepting light only on channel 2 and that light would then only work on that mesh

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 5:14 PM

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Hey everyone, what size do you think i should make my map (im going to be making multiple of them). This is for a mob killer type game, similar style to CoD zombies

grim ore Jul 25, 2020, 5:16 PM

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put your player model in the game and start blocking it out. The size is your design choice

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:17 PM

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Is it possible to change the resolution of media played within unreal engine ?

instead of having to use a video editor to change it out of the engine/having to re import and do all the setting up again ?

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 5:17 PM

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been watching your videos for a while and just realised it was you when i looked at the profile picture lmao @grim ore

sharp magnet Jul 25, 2020, 5:23 PM

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I got a question, what makes you guys choose Unreal over any other engine?

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:24 PM

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@frank oar r.setres

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:25 PM

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@plush yew I don't understand what you mean.

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@sharp magnet for me, it is free, fairly user friendly, and a lot of my favorite games actually run on it.

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:26 PM

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after you google r.setres it says you can pres the tilde key, type that in, and type in any resolution you want as a console command.

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@sharp magnet unreal is best for 3d, unity is good for 2d.

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:28 PM

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looking into that now, will that work specifcally on the media I have in my scene (and not the whole scene) ?

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@plush yew

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:28 PM

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@frank oar try it out and get back to me? 🙂

sharp magnet Jul 25, 2020, 5:30 PM

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I kinda wanna try making 2d and 3d games with unreal. To me it just looks and feels better.

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:31 PM

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use paper2d then in unreal if you're adamant

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for sprites and platformers

wheat hare Jul 25, 2020, 5:31 PM

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The node editor is really convinent and routine tasks are really easy with unreal

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:32 PM

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yep. blueprints and material node editing is pretty nice.

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a bulk of my code is in bp for my games

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a good reason to use unreal is UE5 which comes out late 2021, should be compatible with 4.25 / 4.26 @sharp magnet

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:33 PM

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@plush yew hmm looks like that is for resetting screen resolution, also, pressing the tilde key just brings up a strange color pallette with cubes and spheres.

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:34 PM

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what are you trying to set the resolution of?

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the screen space is usually what people do that to

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are you using file media source ?

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:35 PM

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Ok so I am in VR and using 3d widgets, on those widgets there are media textures I am using for my tutorial...
its causing my game to drop fps badly.
I was wondering if you can down res the media in unreal engine @plush yew

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yeah I think so

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:36 PM

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just re-encode the media using handbrake en masse and reimport to unreal as files?

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why would you want to downscale in unreal? unreal is not an encoder

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:37 PM

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Yeah, if you do it in handbrake and keep the same file location / name you can just right click them and reimport

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:37 PM

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because It took me a while to get the media working and it has been a while so I am scared of messing it up if I try to do it over with lower res videos.

Also I am not educated/inteligent enough to just assume that unreal can not down scale these textures...

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:38 PM

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then backup your files using git / perforce / file backups first

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and run the encoding in handbrake using in place encoding over the same filename

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and re-load the files in unreal after you're done

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i do monthly backups.. tends to work pretty well

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:39 PM

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the only handbrake I am familiar with is in my car XD
is this a program I would need to download ? 😄

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:39 PM

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google handbrake

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and my car doesn't have a handbrake.. how old is your vehicle? :X

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:39 PM

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2017

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:39 PM

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get a tesla

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model y

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:40 PM

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lol as if I could afford one XD

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I do like tesla though!

honest pivot Jul 25, 2020, 5:43 PM

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any idea when 4.26 will come out ??

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:43 PM

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@scarlet birch sorry to @ you,
If I follow your instructions, how do I reimport ?

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scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:43 PM

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Right click? or you might be able to use the bulk editor

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:44 PM

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@honest pivot

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scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:44 PM

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Don't recall if you can multi select, right click, reimport

fossil crane Jul 25, 2020, 5:44 PM

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We are doing a game me and a friend and someone told me we should focus the textures on the game engine is that true ?

honest pivot Jul 25, 2020, 5:45 PM

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damn i wanted to use chaos in my project

frank oar Jul 25, 2020, 5:45 PM

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none of those files give me an actual reimport option when right clicking

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:45 PM

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4.26 looks to be getting close but you never know when until it's out. You can use chaos now.

honest pivot Jul 25, 2020, 5:46 PM

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how? thought it wasn't working for 4.25

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:46 PM

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Why?

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:46 PM

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epic said the approximate date in the UE5 description nick penwarden did . usually they don't announace ETAs though Mike Unreal Engine for Next-Gen Games | Unreal Fest Online 2020

untold swallow Jul 25, 2020, 5:47 PM

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hello, currently my project has no virtual joystick or any buttons for android.... i wna add a joystick which will only do work of A/D keys ... i.e move left right and a button to jump!!!! please helpp

honest pivot Jul 25, 2020, 5:48 PM

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might want to look at controller tutorial on YT

untold swallow Jul 25, 2020, 5:50 PM

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yes for sure

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pls send if u find one

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i didnt find a good one

sharp magnet Jul 25, 2020, 5:50 PM

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I really enjoy using unreal more than unity, my college mostly has people working in unity but I've focused more on unreal

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:51 PM

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In the past, commits on Github and activity on Trello has been a somewhat reliable indicator of when a release was getting close. Based on that I think there might be a 4.26 in the near future. But I've not had a lot of time to keep up with all the news and stuff.

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 5:51 PM

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you haven't seen the ue5 launch stuff?

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:51 PM

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I've seen it.

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and I've seen the dates discussed about UE5.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 5:53 PM

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Does anybody know why HISM is ignoring the collision of the set mesh although the HISMs collision is set to default (which should fallback on mesh collision settings)?

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:53 PM

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are you changing the mesh?

untold swallow Jul 25, 2020, 5:53 PM

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hello, currently my project has no virtual joystick or any buttons for android.... i wna add a joystick which will only do work of A/D keys ... i.e move left right and a button to jump!!!! please helpp

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anyone plz help

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:54 PM

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Don't spam.

untold swallow Jul 25, 2020, 5:54 PM

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uh okay sorry its just somewhat important, could u help?

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:55 PM

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Everything's important to someone.

untold swallow Jul 25, 2020, 5:55 PM

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i said sorry ! have a nice day

sharp magnet Jul 25, 2020, 5:57 PM

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oof

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 5:58 PM

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@plush yew Good video, hadn't seen it. Thanks.

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A little more detail than I'd seen before on quite a few things.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:00 PM

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are you changing the mesh?
@scarlet birch I made a spline tool for quicker level design and I don't want certain meshes to respond to visibility. They don't show up in visibility collision visualizer but they do block visibility channel...

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:01 PM

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So they're blocking something you don't want them to?

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:01 PM

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yep

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:01 PM

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Player?

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:01 PM

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visibility

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it's top down and these are between the camera and the player. I'm using a ditther mask to fade them but somehow they still block vis channel

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:02 PM

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By blocking you mean they are not transparent? or they are returning a hit on a visibility trace or interfering with camera movement or something? a screen or short vid might help.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:04 PM

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@scarlet birch

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the debug runs on vis channel

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it's what I use for the nav*

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:04 PM

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I follow.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:05 PM

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so if that pillar blocks, then i can't trace down to the floor and navigate properly

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now...the HISM component is set on default collision

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which should fallback on SMs' settings - right?

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:05 PM

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ideally.

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Are the pillars in a BP?

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:06 PM

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yep

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:06 PM

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It's returning a hit from a trace?

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:06 PM

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this is the meshe's collision

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yep, returning hit

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:07 PM

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Can I see the trace node?

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:07 PM

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sure - standard top-down get under mouse cursor

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sec

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aw lol...

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scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:10 PM

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I'd try manually setting the collision in the BP with the pillar before doing anything else. What happens if no hit is returned? it doesn't look like that is accounted for.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:10 PM

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I'm not use I know what you mean - sry 😅

proper stump Jul 25, 2020, 6:12 PM

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Hello, I've got wind in my level, not sure how, is there a global wind setting?

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:13 PM

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Select the component for the pillar in the BP and set its collision properties there.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:15 PM

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@scarlet birch yep...that's it, found the problem...This bit of code adds the HISMs, there may be several in the tool, and it's collision was set in the node

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However, problem is this: 😭

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scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:16 PM

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Yeah, I've had issues in the past with collision when changing meshes in a BP.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:16 PM

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I can't set default!

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:17 PM

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You could go into project settings and add another preset or just set it to custom and set the responses.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:17 PM

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ahhhh, i wanted to avoid that! 😂

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:17 PM

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You might have varying collision settings?

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:19 PM

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yea...but if i set it to ignore/not ignore "navigation collision" - say i just name the new channel that - on the HISM component and NOT on particular meshes, then I can't use the same tool for the floor & walls, since none of the walls should be navigable 😦

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or maybe add to the struct collision info on that channel and adjust for each HISM component accordingly...

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:20 PM

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I don't know if you can do this, but you might be able to get the default collision for the mesh when you set it and then use that to set the collision for the HISM

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I'd have to open an editor to see if that is doable

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:21 PM

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hm...i'll check that out. So basically after I set the mesh, get it's "native" collision and apply to the whole set (HISM comp)

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:21 PM

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I'm not sure if you need to reregister it or if the collision would update without it. In the past there was issues with it not updating collision

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yeah

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:22 PM

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😐 I can't "get" the static mesh's collision

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:27 PM

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I'm looking. You could always just set a bool or something though for what to set the collision to.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:28 PM

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trying that now 😆

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"blsIgnoreCollision" in the struct for each procedural element

proper stump Jul 25, 2020, 6:30 PM

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I've got something weird, I have a skeletal mesh with bones that react to wind.... I have not wind source in my map... where does the wind come from?

brazen harness Jul 25, 2020, 6:32 PM

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does anyone know anything about making a replay editor with keyframes and different camera angle options?

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:33 PM

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I don't understand, there's functions that should return that but they don't show up for me in the editor.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:35 PM

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@scarlet birch done with the bool 🙂

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:35 PM

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cool, works?

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:35 PM

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thanks for the ideas, went great in the end 🙂

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yep, made a bool which selects to ignore or not so yea 🙂

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 6:36 PM

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There's functions for getting the info, it looks like they may only work in the editor though or for editor tools. I haven't spent a lot of time looking at it though.

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 6:36 PM

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it's weird that the SM var type doesn't hold collision information...

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And that the add HISM node doesn't support "default" collision preset.

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Aaanyway, as long as there are workarounds it's great! Thanks! 🙂

coarse turtle Jul 25, 2020, 6:42 PM

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Is there anyway to copy/paste or drag/drop static meshes from one BP to another BP?

dense hatch Jul 25, 2020, 6:44 PM

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@coarse turtle yes, you can right click on the static mesh component and copy (or use ctrl-c ctrl-v)

plain terrace Jul 25, 2020, 6:49 PM

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how come streaks like this are created by my lights?

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hearty igloo Jul 25, 2020, 6:51 PM

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I can’t make a #looking-for-talent post any ideas why?

gusty dune Jul 25, 2020, 6:53 PM

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Could anyone recommend a tutorial for a cover based system please? I'm hoping to get started on a Division-style project for my course

mossy nymph Jul 25, 2020, 6:56 PM

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blueprint or c++?

gusty dune Jul 25, 2020, 6:58 PM

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Blueprint for now 😅 I'm still starting out learning c++

mossy nymph Jul 25, 2020, 6:58 PM

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no idea then 😦

gusty dune Jul 25, 2020, 6:58 PM

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Although I'd be willing to try some basic level c++ if you think that's not too crazy

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 7:04 PM

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@gusty dune maybe start by looking at TurnBasedTileTookit on Marketplace, it's dev (Knut Overbye) has some tuts explaining how the Kit works and it also has a cover system (if I remember correctly). Maybe go through his vids on youtube.

brisk echo Jul 25, 2020, 7:09 PM

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Hi guys, I'm trying to loop through animation montage on RMB press

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however it only plays the animation once

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Montages are usually for playing something once.

brisk echo Jul 25, 2020, 7:11 PM

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idk man, i'm just following this tutorial series

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=200-D0A3ntU&list=PLfQ3pODBwOcaV1TdnqNWLTJ4wiUzEvXis&index=19

YouTube

Unreal Engine

BP 3rd Person Game: Playing Our Animation Montage | 19 | v4.8 Tutor...

(00:05) - Intro and Hugh Jackman analogy
(02:30) - Adding a Custom Event
(04:49) - Adding Anim Notify Events
(06:32) - Telling Montage to jump to Sections
(07:55) - Calling punch Custom Event and wrap up

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i'm actually using montage cus of slot nodes

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so i can use the animation on upper body only

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 7:14 PM

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You can blend States the same way in the animation BP. If the animation needs to loop then a montage is likely not the best solution.

brisk echo Jul 25, 2020, 7:16 PM

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oh... i thought it works on animation montages only

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 7:17 PM

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Slots are for montages, but you have nodes to blend.

brazen harness Jul 25, 2020, 7:17 PM

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-.- i keep getting ignored

brisk echo Jul 25, 2020, 7:17 PM

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do you have a better tutorial for that kind of thing?

scarlet birch Jul 25, 2020, 7:18 PM

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No idea. sorry.

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Tear apart the Paragon assets.

brisk echo Jul 25, 2020, 7:18 PM

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aight, i'll keep searching

storm terrace Jul 25, 2020, 7:27 PM

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Do any of you have a script that will re-name a UE4 project?

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I don't mean just re-naming .uproject file, I mean all the nested folders, creating re-directs form old to new objects an everything in-between

mossy nymph Jul 25, 2020, 7:33 PM

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there is a 28 step guide on how to do this

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few can be skipped for projects without c++

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sp google is your friend

narrow mauve Jul 25, 2020, 7:56 PM

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Anyone know why when I export FBX from blender some of my UV's arent exporting with it? I never had this problem before I am so baffled

haughty moth Jul 25, 2020, 7:58 PM

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Hi i am new in unreal engine

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how can i learn

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 7:58 PM

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Curious, does SunSky intend to replace HDRI Backdrop, or will they work together in tandem?

frigid temple Jul 25, 2020, 8:06 PM

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Hello plssss, I have this issue, it might not be big for you guys but I am trying to stop widget from replicating in an actors blueprint when "on component overlap"

autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:07 PM

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@haughty moth YouTub Game Theory, Unreal UI+Navigation, Blueprints.

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 8:09 PM

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Also @haughty moth : https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses These are some good learning resources 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.

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:16 PM

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anyone one know why my stuctures arnt rendering in game?

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they look all pixely

autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:18 PM

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was it working before?

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:19 PM

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ive only just started building my map so this is the first time checking

autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:19 PM

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Got a pic?

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:21 PM

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autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:21 PM

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Throw a checkerboard texture on ur wall.. does it look better?

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:22 PM

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how do i do that?

autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:22 PM

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Clear the material slot

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and unreal should automatically put the grey checkerboard texture on it

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:23 PM

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still the same

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 8:24 PM

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hi

autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:24 PM

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Pic

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Check your LOD stuff in ur mesh

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 8:24 PM

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i need help on something

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:25 PM

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its rendered in now but taken like 5mins

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 8:25 PM

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i need to publish my app yes or yes to the play store to use admob?

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or

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how do i use admob

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:28 PM

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it now says 800MiB over budget...

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 8:28 PM

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i have 7 day searching videos

autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:28 PM

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does ur PC suck, zee?

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😂

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:29 PM

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no... 16GB RAM, ryzen 7 3700x, rx590

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pretty good pc, it shouldnt be like this for 2 wall pieces lmao @autumn elbow

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 8:30 PM

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but look man

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i have all

autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:30 PM

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Ya.. lol

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:30 PM

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i fixed it, had texture streaming turned off lmao

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 8:31 PM

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thanks for the help

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:31 PM

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what it should look like

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autumn elbow Jul 25, 2020, 8:31 PM

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Looks grand!

hollow yarrow Jul 25, 2020, 8:31 PM

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thanks man xD

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ill do a quick showcase once finished!

haughty moth Jul 25, 2020, 8:41 PM

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Do you know a server like this but in spanish ?

glacial pecan Jul 25, 2020, 8:42 PM

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anyone know why this function doesn't appear under the interface? (it's the same category as the others)

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holy shit, wait... that's the wrong interface even... wtf

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ooh... ok, get it now... that interface doesn't have categories, so it's listed under its interface name... but if you add a category, only that gets listed

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ouch... so now I can't get back to the "engine default" category anymore that lists it as an interface

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😭

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 8:56 PM

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@glacial pecan tried playing with context sensitivity? it should show everything regardless of messed-up categories

glacial pecan Jul 25, 2020, 8:56 PM

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it shows everything, just under "Default" instead of "My Cute Interface"

fluid lance Jul 25, 2020, 8:56 PM

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oh lol 😛

gentle crypt Jul 25, 2020, 9:26 PM

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when exporting an fbx from blender to UE4. Which smoothing method do i choose? face or edges?

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 9:36 PM

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Hello ! There is something that confuses me with the retargeting of animations and skeleton in UE4. For me, the retargeting is essentially this thing (but I know this is not the only thing) :

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https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KVtNTsldw3Q/VRcuf3FpzYI/AAAAAAAADDA/fxfUyKDFi-I/s1600/Untitled-10.jpg

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But if I import a character and assign it the skeleton of another character, here in the FBX Import Options :

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... Isn't it a retargeting method in itself, also ???

storm terrace Jul 25, 2020, 9:47 PM

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from the UE4 Marketplace, "Pro Main Menu v2" looks just like "SWBF2"

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In fact it is so good and close, I would be called a copy-cat if I used the menu system unfortunatly.

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They did a really good job making it look professional, especially for $40

vale notch Jul 25, 2020, 10:14 PM

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does anyone know how to add animation notifications in 4.25

supple totem Jul 25, 2020, 10:45 PM

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I think its nothing special

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right click on the notification track

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@vale notch

vale notch Jul 25, 2020, 10:46 PM

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The layout is different now tho

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I don’t see the notification track

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Oh

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Thanks appreciate it

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 10:51 PM

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Fellas is there a proper way to import a model to ue4 that's a parent and has children objects as well

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I exported the file as fbx

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From blender

frigid temple Jul 25, 2020, 11:10 PM

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Yh

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Just import them from blender (in blender)

patent cave Jul 25, 2020, 11:12 PM

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hey guys

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I just joined because I need help with something

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I'm trying to script timestop for jojo's bizarre adventure

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I already finished everything except the effect

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because it's such a trippy weird effect I can't replicate I thought I'd use professional help since I just started unreal engine a few days ago

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tokiyotomare

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^talking about this thing

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any advice on how I should do it?

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 11:15 PM

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Why is my game so blurry when I use stand alone and full screen it? (via F11)

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@frigid temple not quite that simple if im understanding you correctly

I exported from blender
Then my friend dragged and dropped the model into ue4 but he had to set up sockets for all the seperate meshes manually

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Despite already parenting the meshes in blender

silk sleet Jul 25, 2020, 11:24 PM

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hey, i'm trying to generate a water mesh, but the texture is getting stretched oddly.
all the vertexes in the mesh are on the edge of the water, making some of the triangles skinny
the uv just calculates each vertex's position within the level (0 -> ~100k units) as a percentage (0. -> 1.) and uses that for the uv coordinates
shouldn't this be working?

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can see it better here, sorry

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frigid temple Jul 25, 2020, 11:37 PM

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@plush yew did you export it directly from blender? I.e the export to unreal tab in blender

neat forge Jul 25, 2020, 11:43 PM

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Is there a way I can make a volume make a material inside of the volume disappear for only the overlapping part?

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I want the water material inside of the sphere to disappear

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idle garden Jul 25, 2020, 11:51 PM

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same here, ive been experiencing crashes too
@restive yarrow I changed from DirectX to Vulkan and reinstalled the engine, and now it is really better than before

plush yew Jul 25, 2020, 11:52 PM

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@frigid temple ...that exists?

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I feel stupid but where is that option

frigid temple Jul 25, 2020, 11:54 PM

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Just go to blender and look for import

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Sorry export

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And you ll see one for Unreal

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 12:02 AM

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By the way this is supposed to be 4K (from an earlier message) I am not sure why it was 1280x720... Which is what I mean when I said that I was having issues with fullscreening the game.

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limber oar Jul 26, 2020, 12:06 AM

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hey is there a channel that covers game crash errors ive tried everything trying to fix my asgards wrath and UE4 keeps cucking me

unique lodge Jul 26, 2020, 12:18 AM

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hello fellow youngsters, How tf do i fix Unable to patch action graph - unexpected executable in compile action (C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x64\rc.exe)

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its an unreal error when i try to compile my project

frigid temple Jul 26, 2020, 12:21 AM

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Haven't encountered this before, sorry

limber oar Jul 26, 2020, 12:24 AM

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k thank you

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 12:30 AM

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Ah thank you very much that fixed it.

balmy tide Jul 26, 2020, 12:42 AM

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does anyone know any free animation pack for pistol wielding animations? the Mixamo ones are not good. I want a idle pistol animation, but the mixamo ones are constantly aimed

brazen crow Jul 26, 2020, 1:03 AM

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make ur own? idk

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idle animations should be easy to create i would think

ocean hemlock Jul 26, 2020, 1:03 AM

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Am i allowed to animate this weapon pack that is permanantly free for collection and then sell it on the marketplace
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/fps-weapon-bundle#:~:text=7 weapons and 4 attachments optimized for FPS.&text=This weapon pack is optimized,are included for all firearms

FPS Weapon Bundle by Deadghost Interactive in Weapons - UE4 Marketp...

7 weapons and 4 attachments optimized for FPS.

brazen crow Jul 26, 2020, 1:04 AM

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probably not

weary basalt Jul 26, 2020, 1:05 AM

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@ocean hemlock You cannot resell Assets.

ocean hemlock Jul 26, 2020, 1:05 AM

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How can i sell a fps pack on the marketplace, do i have to learn how to make a 3d model?

brazen crow Jul 26, 2020, 1:05 AM

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gotta make ur own

ocean hemlock Jul 26, 2020, 1:05 AM

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I have the animation skills just not the 3d modelling skill

brazen crow Jul 26, 2020, 1:05 AM

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has to be 100% urs

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im pretty sure

ocean hemlock Jul 26, 2020, 1:05 AM

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Ok

brazen crow Jul 26, 2020, 1:06 AM

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u cant just take other ppls free stuff and sell it xD

ocean hemlock Jul 26, 2020, 1:06 AM

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it was sponsered by epic so i thought you could

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 1:08 AM

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@frigid temple

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export to unreal is an addon

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you probably should have mentioned that

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 1:37 AM

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well the asset is in game

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but for some reason the cloak isn't parented to the body

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hey guys plz @ me for a response, is it possible to export animations and particle effects from unity to unreal4?

scarlet birch Jul 26, 2020, 1:54 AM

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Animations yes, particle systems no.

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You can copy the parts of the particle (meshes, sprites, etc )and rebuild it in UE.

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 1:59 AM

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ok kool

narrow mauve Jul 26, 2020, 2:00 AM

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Is there a way to interpolate between multiple splines with niagara particles

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 2:00 AM

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so ive been animating this in blender for all this time when i could literally just do it in unity and see what it would actually look like

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i love my life

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:/

midnight root Jul 26, 2020, 2:17 AM

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did you mean unreal ? ;))

ashen nymph Jul 26, 2020, 2:42 AM

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I have a question regarding importing meshes if anyone can help

uneven fractal Jul 26, 2020, 3:26 AM

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is there a way to downgrade to 4.25.1?

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@exotic plover were you able to fix your plugin issue?

opaque crystal Jul 26, 2020, 3:30 AM

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What's your plugin issue?

flat axle Jul 26, 2020, 3:30 AM

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@uneven fractal

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click the drop down

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do you mean to or from?

opaque crystal Jul 26, 2020, 3:31 AM

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@uneven fractal there's also a hotfix you can do instead of downgrading

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/announcements-and-releases/1755531-unreal-engine-4-25-released?p=1792437#post1792437

Unreal Engine Forums

Unreal Engine 4.25 now available!

With the release of Unreal Engine 4.25, we continue our mission to provide the most complete, flexible, powerful, and proven real-time 3D creation tool. We have further expanded the toolset to include content creation and editing for more ar...

uneven fractal Jul 26, 2020, 3:31 AM

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like 20 different plugins appear to have been broken by the 4.25.2 update

opaque crystal Jul 26, 2020, 3:31 AM

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Some people have been talking about it in #plugin-dev . I literally just fixed this issue

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It's a simple hotfix, there's a post there by an unreal dev. If you download and open the zip folder it'll tell you where to put those files

uneven fractal Jul 26, 2020, 3:31 AM

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oh I didn't even know there was a plugins channel

opaque crystal Jul 26, 2020, 3:32 AM

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it should work after that

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if it doesn't, i can't help you. i downloaded unreal today :^)

flat axle Jul 26, 2020, 3:32 AM

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Does anyone know how to get a BP's rotation to follow a player? (all directions)

opaque crystal Jul 26, 2020, 3:34 AM

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I have a question as well. Does anyone know why a plugin I'm using has intellisense errors for include files? I'd like to fix it; it builds fine but it's a bit annoying

flat axle Jul 26, 2020, 3:35 AM

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This is what I have right now, but the Y Axis doesn't follow

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tribal citrus Jul 26, 2020, 3:36 AM

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hi there, does anyone here know how to add anamorphic lens blur in unreal?
is it possible?

flat axle Jul 26, 2020, 3:37 AM

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@tribal citrus post process bloom?

tribal citrus Jul 26, 2020, 3:39 AM

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that won't effect the depth of field right?

flat axle Jul 26, 2020, 3:40 AM

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@tribal citrus to be honest, I have no clue haha

ashen nymph Jul 26, 2020, 4:37 AM

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any reason why i all of a sudden wouldnt be able to move or anything when hitting play (and my inputs are still there)

marsh chasm Jul 26, 2020, 4:39 AM

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how do i make fortnite terrain like in unreal fest

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:52 AM

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@marsh chasm The water video or a different one? if water it's not out yet

marsh chasm Jul 26, 2020, 4:52 AM

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the terrain

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:53 AM

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if its just terrain then its just the terrain system, have you read any docs or watched any videos?

marsh chasm Jul 26, 2020, 4:56 AM

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how to i get the hill stone with it

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:56 AM

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you might need to be more specific

marsh chasm Jul 26, 2020, 4:57 AM

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like this

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grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:58 AM

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that just looks like a normal terrain

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multiple layers, either painted or set up based on height

marsh chasm Jul 26, 2020, 4:59 AM

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how do you make it based off of height

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:59 AM

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read the docs and check out the tutorials on it

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you have access to the world position of an item in the material editor so you can blend based on that

marsh chasm Jul 26, 2020, 5:00 AM

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ok

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how do i replace the third person character with a fortnite skin

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 5:07 AM

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you don't

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none of the fortnite assets are public or available for use outside of Epic and their game

marsh chasm Jul 26, 2020, 5:12 AM

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what about from inside the files

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 5:36 AM

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Having problems getting the steam api to work with my project

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I did what it said on the steam subsystem on ue4 docs

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but doesn't seem to start up

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when I run standalone or packaged

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I also tried using the same settings I used on a different project that worked before but still doesn't work on the new project

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Plugins are also enabled already

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open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:21 AM

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@barren flume including ?

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barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:22 AM

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yes

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open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:22 AM

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and you've setup your .ini correctly?

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:23 AM

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yes

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:23 AM

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you have steam open?

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:23 AM

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yes

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open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:24 AM

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you're playing in standalone?

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:24 AM

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yes

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:24 AM

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paste the bits from your DefaultEngine.ini regarding steam

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should match this:

[/Script/Engine.GameEngine]
+NetDriverDefinitions=(DefName="GameNetDriver",DriverClassName="OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetDriver",DriverClassNameFallback="OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver")

[OnlineSubsystem]
DefaultPlatformService=Steam

[OnlineSubsystemSteam]
bEnabled=true
SteamDevAppId=480

[/Script/OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetDriver]
NetConnectionClassName="OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetConnection"```

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:26 AM

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how do you do the box thing? (nvm)

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[/Script/Engine.GameEngine]
+NetDriverDefinitions=(DefName="GameNetDriver",DriverClassName="OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetDriver",DriverClassNameFallback="OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver")

[OnlineSubsystem]
DefaultPlatformService=Steam

[OnlineSubsystemSteam]
bEnabled=true
SteamDevAppId=480

[/Script/OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetDriver]
NetConnectionClassName="OnlineSubsystemSteam.SteamNetConnection"```

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:26 AM

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three `

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text then three more `

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:26 AM

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i already did it

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it looks like that

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:27 AM

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i'm not sure then

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:28 AM

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idk if it's a project setting or something

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:30 AM

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it shouldn't be

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that should really be all you need to do

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you've used steam before with this UE4 version?

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:30 AM

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yes

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:31 AM

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no idea then

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that's very strange

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just to double check, you're definitely using this?

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and you're actively signed into steam

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:32 AM

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yes

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:32 AM

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try restarting your PC

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:32 AM

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tried that

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:32 AM

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restarting?

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:32 AM

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about an hour ago

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:32 AM

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whelp

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I got nothin then

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sorry

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what does the log say?

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:33 AM

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i don't know how to open it up

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:33 AM

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alternatively

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Saved\Logs

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:33 AM

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weird it doesn't work anymore on my packaged build of the other one that worked

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just doesn't work at all anymore

open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:34 AM

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that's very strange

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you're using a binary version of UE4?

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:34 AM

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i tried both

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but still nothing

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open gorge Jul 26, 2020, 6:35 AM

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that's super weird

barren flume Jul 26, 2020, 6:37 AM

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yeah it worked fine before on that one project

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let me try another version of that same project

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having more issues

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i already have 4.8 installed

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oh nvm i got regular

supple bridge Jul 26, 2020, 6:48 AM

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Im learning the basics of Unreal Engine 4 nut keep running into the same problem, Im trying to put grass onto my map and have already made a landscape which is colored screen but I cant get use a imported file or know how to to use actual grass textures, I tried Unreal's Offical site but they tell me to download and use the Open World Demo Collection which I did but it just says use it, how do I use the imported textures from "Open World Demo Collection."

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glacial pecan Jul 26, 2020, 8:18 AM

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urr... I'm missing something about interfaces

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crisp fable Jul 26, 2020, 8:21 AM

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anyone know how to attached foliage to a new landscape? right now if i delete this landscape, the foliage goes with it

hexed siren Jul 26, 2020, 8:52 AM

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same here

crisp fable Jul 26, 2020, 9:09 AM

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they should prompt you if you delete a landscape if you want to try to drop it on something else

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at the very least

restive yarrow Jul 26, 2020, 9:10 AM

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I have 2 copies of my project, one copy is 67 GB, and the other one is 59 GB, the 59 GB project seems to be very slow and choppy, and often tends to crash when I delete something like a player start from my level, and even sometimes would say out of texture memory and then shuts down, when im near my HLOD actors it says texture memory streaming pool over budget 251 MB ( keep in mind i have done everything to make the 59 GB project work well, like delete extra junk folders, redirect folders, etc )

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Inside the 59 GB project's level, there are only 3.3 k actors and a few HLOD cities, the project crashes

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inside the 67 GB project's level, there are over 30k actors and no HLOD cities ( everything is laggy ) but yet no crash, no texture stream warning

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 9:14 AM

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Anyone here used Hanbrake to get videos onto a mobile device ?

exotic plover Jul 26, 2020, 9:17 AM

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@uneven fractal Can't remember what the issue was exactly haha, i'm currently stuck on gettting the ocean project plugin to work on unreal 4.25 i can only get it to work on 4.24 i am getting some "Houdini runtime" error when i compile for the 4.25 version. It's really frustrating how it won't just work on the next stage of the engine.

restive yarrow Jul 26, 2020, 9:18 AM

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Who can tell me whats going on in the 59 GB project?

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 9:19 AM

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@frank oar still at it eh? 🙂 what's the issue?

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 9:21 AM

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Hey @plush yew I just have such a large list of things I have to do in a short time I decided to attack something else yesterday while I considered the options Hanbrake vs making a flipbook vs just using images to explain the tut...
I want to try with just 1 video this morning to see if there is an improvement in frame rate...
I wasnt sure on the settings in Handbrake though

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 9:22 AM

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i'm going to @ you in #cinematics ok?

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 9:22 AM

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Im also unsure if I should try 720 then lower, or just start at an even lower, test it an move up...

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yeah thats fine thank you

limber swallow Jul 26, 2020, 9:31 AM

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Hello... I'm making a 3d game with 2d gameplay, but sometimes the character gets moved in other directions by accident (for example, when standing on top of a spinning enemy). Do you know if there's a way to guarantee that that doesnt happen?

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I'm thinking about detecting if the character is not in the correct Y position and setting it, but I'm not sure about how expensive that would be, and I try to avoid things that happen every frame

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I mean every tick

limber swallow Jul 26, 2020, 10:00 AM

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nevermind, I just had to set planar movement correctly on the character 😄

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 10:46 AM

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Any idea how to fix this error ?
LogMediaAssets: Error: Failed to validate media source

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nothing in google that I can see XD

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Never mind 😄
Got it.

supple zodiac Jul 26, 2020, 11:22 AM

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I have folders "CustomStructs____" and "HUD_" in the c++ classes folder and they dont show up in content browser. What is causing this?

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 12:06 PM

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Has anyone here used handbrake before ?

thin sluice Jul 26, 2020, 1:04 PM

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Yo I have a quick question

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How do I make an hdr dome transparent but still affecting the scene?

idle garden Jul 26, 2020, 1:34 PM

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question

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I have a NavMeshBounds

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I put it there

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But when I do my Simulation

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It changes

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Someone knows why this is happening?

proud hedge Jul 26, 2020, 1:51 PM

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short question: Does someone know how to get the physics work on the paragon models? (hair, cloths,..)

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glass raft Jul 26, 2020, 2:09 PM

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hi all, need recommendation
for env design, would you prefer
1x 16:9 2K 32 inch 144hz monitor.
or
3x 16:9 FHD 24 inch 60hz monitor?

pliant rose Jul 26, 2020, 2:17 PM

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Hi all, what is the name of the website, that stores immages, artists use it for reference when sculpting or designing scenes? i remember its grey color amd you simply drag and drop pictures there, possibly accessed from phone or pc and..

idle garden Jul 26, 2020, 2:33 PM

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Someone knows why this is happening?
Remove NavMesh, Build Everything, close editor, deleted builddata and rebuild everything and adding a new navmesh worked to fix this

wraith wyvern Jul 26, 2020, 3:14 PM

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hey guys i dont know what to look up for this but how do i do something like just as a example having a "block" following a path in the map and mooving like that
like a train

glad loom Jul 26, 2020, 4:07 PM

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Hello, how to see if an actor exists anymore? ( Casting to it and using the return value node ) Is there a "Does actor exist?" or something like that?

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 4:11 PM

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Hi super basic question.. I want floors to act as a parent to walls/roofs/objects and I figured I could drag the latter into the former in the World Outliner to create a parent/child relationship that I could navigate - but this seems to be wrong-minded

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what is that relationship in the world outliner and how to access it in code?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:19 PM

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@glad loom you would use an is valid on a a reference to see if something is valid. If something exists is different as you would need to either have a reference to it you can check with is valid or it sounds like you want to see if something is in the world, for that if it's unique you can do a get actor of class and see if the result is valid from that.

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:31 PM

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Anyone know why I can't to see imported marketplace animations in the default thirdperson animbp ?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:32 PM

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different skeletons

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:33 PM

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so I need to retarget the animations using imported sk_mannequin, to the thirdperson sk_mannequin ?

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 4:33 PM

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Hi @grim ore do you happen to know if Modulated shadows currently work without Mobile HDR ?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:34 PM

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@acoustic wing yes or you can just use the imported mannequin and animations instead of the third person template one

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 4:34 PM

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looking for a way to get a single dynamic shadow in my mobile game (for oculus quest)

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:35 PM

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@plush yew how are you trying to get the parent? read the tooltips on the nodes some of them are for getting child actors and others are for getting transform parents

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@frank oar I have no used them so I don't. but #virtual-reality might have tips on how to do what you need

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 4:37 PM

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Tried several approaches - from my component - GetOwner()->GetOwner()

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or GetOwner()->GetParentActor()

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:37 PM

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Look at the code for the Get Attach Parent Actor node

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 4:37 PM

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ok great idea

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yeah attach seems to be the terminology

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:38 PM

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figure it out in blueprints then look at the code, usually a good process

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 4:40 PM

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ComponentUtils::GetAttachedParent() looks promising

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:40 PM

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@grim ore THANKS ! I was quite confused because the retarget mannequins were not showing since they were marked as "incompatible" .. for some reason ?

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 4:41 PM

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thanks @grim ore

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:43 PM

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@acoustic wing ah thats not really an issue just uncheck show only compatible skeletons that is very common even if its the same structure it just means it was not created from the same parent

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:43 PM

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To be specific, does that mean same parent as in the GUID at the time it was made/exported ?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:43 PM

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pretty much even in the same project half the time

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like I have 5 characters in my project all using the same skeleton base = compatible

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pulling in the free animation stuff into the third person template = not compatible

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both are the same tho lol

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:45 PM

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😬

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:45 PM

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its probably used an id like you said or something internally to ID it

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:45 PM

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yeah

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I was wondering actually how to clean up duplicate mannequins like that - would you want to important, retarget, and delete dupes after that ?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:45 PM

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or just only use the imported ones

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:46 PM

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it'd make it .. difficult .. to cleanly import and update and propagate the changes if any

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:46 PM

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if using multiple packs then yeah you would have to retarget to something and only use that something

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ah I knew there was another option

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:46 PM

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it'd be nice to have a workflow that can preserve those kinds of transformations in a project

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:47 PM

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you can retarget skeletons, I was trying to find it

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:47 PM

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OH

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right under our right clicks

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:48 PM

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yeah like in this case for the anim starter pack that is the anim starter pack skeleton and I retargetted it to the third person template skeleton and

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now all the animations use the template skeleton

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:48 PM

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does it disappear the anim starter pack skeleton as well ?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:48 PM

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nah but at that point you can delete it, you can see it references no more animations

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yep in this case I deleted the map, deleted the character, then deleted the mannequin folder that came in with the anim pack and done

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:50 PM

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makes sense

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:50 PM

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even the anim BP gets remapped properly to the new skeleton

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acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:51 PM

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wouldn't the animBP potentially have custom logic for the set of animations ?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:51 PM

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well they link to the animations which are still there and good

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all you did was say hey these animations now work on this skeleton, the anim bp just plays back animations

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possibly if the old skeleton had custom sockets I could see an issue

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but even then, 95% of the work is done now so lol

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:52 PM

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what about the custom event logic + anim state machine ?

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I thought that might be specific to the character actor / control logic

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:53 PM

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well yeah if you deleted the character you might have an issue

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but if you planned on using the anim bp might as well keep the character at that point as well

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:53 PM

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interesting

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 4:53 PM

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the hard work of remapping is done tho which was the big one

acoustic wing Jul 26, 2020, 4:53 PM

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yeah

frank oar Jul 26, 2020, 4:56 PM

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I found that modulated shadows work in the editor at least but because they require a directional light they totally light up my (supposed to be dark) scene XD

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I wonder if I could make an invisible box to stop the light escaping into the rest of the room....

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saying that I think directional lights are boundless ?

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because I only need it to cast a shadow on 1 actor (an animated mannequin) and do not need it to lighten up the room...
hmm maybe if I can set a channel on it to only effect that actor...

digital rover Jul 26, 2020, 5:04 PM

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can we make a new patch to same game by upgrading engine to latest version

glacial pecan Jul 26, 2020, 5:10 PM

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Does anyone know why an interface function can "suddenly" become "read only"?

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I mean, setting a variable in my blueprint class works in my interface function, but calling a slightly more advanced function from within that same interface function fails

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 5:11 PM

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When I'm looking for the path of the FBX animations of my project (from the Advanced Locomotion System), I have something like this : ../../../../../../SourceFiles/Mannequin/Animations/Actions/ALS_LandRoll_F2.fbx

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I have launched a research of the file in the window explorer but I didn't find it

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 5:11 PM

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usually the source animations are not included with marketplace assets, if they are they would be called out in the docs and usually in a separate .zip file somewhere else near the Content folder in the project once imported

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Unreal Engine converts source assets to it's own format when it imports, it does not use the source after that except for reference if it needs to reimport it

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 5:12 PM

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oh

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thanks

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So this source file path is not very use to me 😄

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Hi Guys
I watched the show bernd the bread last night. it is a german show where the bread is stuck in an endless room or dimenson and every time he walks through the room he ends up in the same starting position. can someone explain to me how I can make something like this ?

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( In fact I would see if I can find the fbx to import it in blender )

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Keep getting this error whenever i try to move files within editor itself or submit files so source control, i have 8GB of VRAM and 16GB of RAM so i don't think thats the problem

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UE 4.25.1

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 5:15 PM

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@plush yew any more info on that? if its just what you said you can easily teleport someone to the starting location if you want

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 5:16 PM

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a Teleport is something with a cut.
i need something seamless

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the user doesn't see what's happening

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one tiny room but endless

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imagine you walk in a house.. you go trough the house and out of the backdoor . you going over the street and there is the same house. you turn around and there is nothing. just the street and the house

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to much ?

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a room within a room within a room... endless

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 5:27 PM

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you can use portals and render targets to make it seamless or just keep duplicating the same room around you. there are a few ways to hide the cuts

primal scroll Jul 26, 2020, 5:33 PM

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Where there is a indie . . there is this as his alter ego https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0x0aWvazkc&pbjreload=101

YouTube

Stick Figure

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chrome moss Jul 26, 2020, 5:35 PM

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If I were to use Amazon GameLift servers, would there be latency on the server and the clients or just on the client's side? I'm trying to debug, but I'm not sure what settings I should use.

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grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 5:51 PM

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well technically both? the connection between the client and server would be where there is latency

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usually its a round trip number that matters so test with both

proper stump Jul 26, 2020, 5:57 PM

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I've got a BaseCharacter BP can I create an interface that's added to the base class but only implemented in the child classes?

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pure functions style

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Also, classic inheritence does seem to work with BP... got a Base class implementing an interface, got a Child class overriding that interface function....

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on a child instance, code written in the parent class does not call the overriden functions but the base class functions...

ornate forge Jul 26, 2020, 6:27 PM

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Epic's 2FA keeps failing to send a code to my email, this is really annoying

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Can't login into Quixel Mixer for half an hour because of this crap

dawn gull Jul 26, 2020, 6:29 PM

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Hey, so I have a Gravity Control system that allows you to switch the way gravity goes so like on the walls or ceiling if you are in the box of influence, and I am making it so the Z rotation of the box is always the same as the character so when you want to go left you go to the player's left and not a set left. And it works, but when I go on the walls it goes berserk, and whenever i look around it changes the gravity. How can I make it so when I go to wall it does the same thing but the box is rotated towards the wall so it does the same but on the wall? Sorry for wordy question

plush yew Jul 26, 2020, 6:34 PM

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How do you guys get intellisense working in VSCode? Its not autocompleting for me

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proper stump Jul 26, 2020, 6:49 PM

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As can be seen: a == b == 1 but the red color is not selected... why?

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grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 6:59 PM

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did you hit aply to compile it?

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but it should work as you expect, it should be red

proper stump Jul 26, 2020, 7:02 PM

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i think it's a bug in the latest ue version 4.25.3

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 7:03 PM

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works as expected here in .2 which is the latest

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oh

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uh

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You have 2 parameters with the same name

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so yeah fix that lol

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poor engine getting blamed for something it didn't do 😦

proper stump Jul 26, 2020, 7:05 PM

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worked fine before the update 🙂

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but yeah, that was the issue.. thanks

radiant shoal Jul 26, 2020, 7:08 PM

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Hi everyone.
I have a bit of a question. I'm interested in using Zbrush to model terrain to use in unreal, along with substance painter to texture it, but I'm a little fuzzy on the details on dividing the model in sections so that parts of it can be lower poly whilst keeping UV coords intact.
My main concern is making sure that the edges still align though.
which might not be possible considering the disparate number of polygons

Say I make a terrain in Zbrush for a couple M polygons.

I paint the mesh in subtance painter.

I export that and some fewer polygon versions to blender and there I partition it up.

Now finally in unreal the goal as I see it is to use the appropriate amount of detail per section depending on camera position
However this creates problems at the edges between sections because they have different levels of detail they don't align...
Ideally there would be polygons bridging the gap
I'm unsure as to the best approach to solve this problem

Is there anyway to perform mesh to unreal terrain conversion and thus not have to deal with this issue?

radiant shoal Jul 26, 2020, 7:42 PM

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heightmaps are a less than ideal way to convey detail from a 3d sculpted mesh... They lose a lot of detail on the sides :(

I suppose B is a good-ish option. It would still break any sort of shader smoothing and I think it would eventually be noticeable.

C is problematic but I see how it would be used.

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oh there are plugins for this?

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nice

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that price tho.

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I mean this is fairly common issue developers have to run into, how is this typically handled?

obsidian nimbus Jul 26, 2020, 7:43 PM

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expensive is relative 😛

radiant shoal Jul 26, 2020, 7:43 PM

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So you think it would make more sense to try to use UE's terrain tools for this?

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I'm concerned it wouldn't match the level of detail the sculpting tools in Zbrush allow

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And it would also throw substance painter out the windows

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I think I'll start there

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thanks

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 7:45 PM

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hey does someone know how i can fix my camera to capture a specific spot? - I dont wnat to have black bars on my android phone but it should also not just cut out some of this spot to get fullscreen (fullscreen, with no black bars but with the entire picture/image/view without cutting) is this possible?

grim juniper Jul 26, 2020, 7:46 PM

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That's in engine right now. 4.26 is the water feature

radiant shoal Jul 26, 2020, 7:46 PM

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4.26 is not out yet tho

grim juniper Jul 26, 2020, 7:46 PM

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It's the Landmass plugin

radiant shoal Jul 26, 2020, 7:47 PM

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danke this is perfect

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I'll have to see how it shapes up

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it's quite sad as Zbrush has all sorts of neat tricks to make sure you have the exact amount of detail where you need it and not more

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It would be nice to see integration at the terrain level

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Considering it's such an essential part of most scenes I would say

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exactly, but you could easily have some sort of exporter or that 80€ plugin that does that work

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anyway I'm talking out of my ass atm as I'm not familiar enough with the terrain tools

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in UE

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first order of business is to do that.

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thanks for the assist

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yeah true

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and it can easily enough

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but the reason to use Zbrush is anything but that.

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it would be to preserve extremely fine detail

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something you could never export on a height map

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well I support it comes down to texture in relation to mesh size in scene

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pretty

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UE5 is still a year away no?

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anyway my point was just that a heightmap could either convey information for a canyon or for a rocks but not both as you don't want to try to load an impossibly large height map.

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like a 1:1 one x)

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exactly

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hence my

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original problem

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how to model terrain properly.

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model and paint*

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it seems there's an entirely different workflow for terrains and it sorta sucks

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in comparison to all the stuff that exists

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for meshes

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 7:58 PM

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can a ad banner be resized for example to lock it at the bottom and use the full width

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or just ad it in the widget

radiant shoal Jul 26, 2020, 7:58 PM

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I'll first have to see how powerful the terrain tools are. It's possible that I can do everything I want there.

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I'm more concerned with very fine detail

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the sort you possibly try to bake.

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but I suppose all these terrain tools are scalable

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I'd have to look at the

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project itself

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you can easily just use meshes for those shots

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yeah

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no

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nor did I want to

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but I did want to sculpt it with the detail I wanted

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and then trim it down based on camera position

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yea

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mesh procedural detail is a tricky subject

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that's why terrain usually has a lot of constrains at the polygon level

ember star Jul 26, 2020, 8:08 PM

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My onOverlap isn't firing when I spawn an actor inside of it. They have to leave and then go back in to get first onOverlap. Is there a fix?

sinful sage Jul 26, 2020, 8:14 PM

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I really need some help with my cover system. I only want my character to be able to move left and right without the camera affecting the rotation also have to use “Add Movement Input”

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Thanks I will look into it

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 8:21 PM

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is it possible to change size of banner ad

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for example to use entire width

atomic meadow Jul 26, 2020, 8:34 PM

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Hi, whats wrong ? https://gyazo.com/bb673366b08d2bc89880a700d92c35c6 4.25.2 pc spec- gpu 2070 cpu i5 9600k 16gb ram...

Gyazo

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this happens when I open a project

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 8:41 PM

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maybe smth fucked up in your project

snow saffron Jul 26, 2020, 8:44 PM

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@atomic meadow do you have enough space on your hard drive you're running Unreal off of?

atomic meadow Jul 26, 2020, 8:46 PM

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https://gyazo.com/eb4561f7dabc776d1386ea70579ca865 xd

Gyazo

mighty copper Jul 26, 2020, 8:54 PM

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I'm not sure where to ask this question... I'm working in a blueprint on a project I'm working on... I was creating a Local Variable named Return and by mistake created as a Variable... Noticed my mistake and then deleted the Return Variable and proceeded to create the Return Local Variable... and it won't let me... I've closed out and gone back in... No luck just tells me "Conflicts with another object in the same scope!"... I can't find a Ref for this in my project anywhere... Can anyone help or explain why this is?

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Anyone?

ancient lotus Jul 26, 2020, 9:11 PM

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im having a big brain moment so heres dumb math question. i have some full auto firearms in my game and im trying to control their fire rates in terms of RPM. im trying to figure out what value to input into the timer to achieve the RPM value. for example i have a gun that shoots 550 RPM, but i cant quite figure out a formula to convert 550 to a value that the timer would match. ive tried a few things but keep getting stumped, any suggestions

storm venture Jul 26, 2020, 9:14 PM

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@ancient lotus if you want an RPM of 550, then that's 550 shots per minute, so 60 seconds for 550 shots means 0.1090909 seconds for one shot (60/550)

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so i think all you want is (60/RPM) = delay

ancient lotus Jul 26, 2020, 9:14 PM

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derp thank you, i was going the other way around

next badger Jul 26, 2020, 9:16 PM

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hope you aware that i'ts super hard to maintain rpm with inconsistent fps?

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Borderlands 3 devs iirc even made video on that topic

unreal comet Jul 26, 2020, 9:20 PM

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Hey guys. Somebody asked me an interesting question and I didn't know the answer. So If you are using the default Steam AppID 480. Why is it that when you you find sessions it doesn't show lots of found sessions for everyone in the world using the default AppID? Instead it only finds sessions using the same project as you. Is their some sort of built in filter where it can detect the version of your game? Just curious. Thanks 🙂

next badger Jul 26, 2020, 9:30 PM

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@unreal comet it filters all the sessions by BuildId

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you can set it to custom value as well

unreal comet Jul 26, 2020, 9:31 PM

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@next badger Ahh Ok that makes sense. Thank you very much. 🙂

supple totem Jul 26, 2020, 9:54 PM

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@next badger do you happen to have a link about the borderlands devs talking about rate of fire? Sounds very interesting but my googling failed me.

next badger Jul 26, 2020, 9:56 PM

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nope sorry...cant recall what this video was about in general

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maybe it was sound design

ancient lotus Jul 26, 2020, 9:58 PM

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@next badger are timers not framerate independent? if not cant you just use deltatime?

next badger Jul 26, 2020, 10:09 PM

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timers are, but you can only read the timer value during game loop tick

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i.e. every 1/60th of the second, every 1/34 etc

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https://youtu.be/lHwG-JqbUuI?t=484

YouTube

Gearbox Official

The Weapon Audio of Borderlands 3

Help us entertain the world! Gearbox is hiring: https://www.gearboxsoftware.com/careers/

Take a look at how the audio team at Gearbox created the unique weapon sounds for Borderlands 3.

▶ Play video

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^ timestamped

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@supple totem

supple totem Jul 26, 2020, 10:15 PM

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Thanks!!

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 10:16 PM

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why isnt my c++ blueprint node not showing up any tips?

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 10:31 PM

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i need to learn about how to use textures and maps and PBR

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but i need guidance and direction

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anybody can help ?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 10:34 PM

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watch the unreal online learning courses on....... textures maps and pbr

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 10:39 PM

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hot reload ufunction macro?

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is smth wrong with it?

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@plush yew

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 10:49 PM

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@grim ore the official courses ?

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 10:50 PM

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is someone seeing any mistakes in those 2 pictures?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 10:51 PM

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@north stream yes. tons of free official resources out there if you are trying to learn how texturing works in UE4

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 10:53 PM

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these ones ?

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i watched them but i'm still lost

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 10:53 PM

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@grim ore can you check my 2 pictures pls cant find why it isnt showing up in the editor

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 10:54 PM

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i need to learn what are these, and when to use them:

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albedo, AO, specular, roughness, metallic, normal, diffuse

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i watch different tutorials, but i cant understand their thought process

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 10:55 PM

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did you look at the materials masters course... https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/2842589

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or the creating PBR course https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/2436592

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like... 2 of the 3 courss that came up when i typed in PBR

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 10:56 PM

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where did yu find them

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 10:56 PM

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I typed in PBR or Material in the search bar on the learning portal...

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and one thing is PBR and what it is is not unique to UE4, its an art thing and there are plenty of resources out there to learn what they are

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 10:58 PM

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i figured that out, but thank you so much for telling me

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that''s why i need to learn about it to make my environments

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 10:58 PM

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you should learn what it is in concept outside of UE4 then

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thats why you dont understand the thought process, all they are doing is applying knowledge to the UE4 materials

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 10:59 PM

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but i'm watching tuts in UE4

opaque crystal Jul 26, 2020, 11:00 PM

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in c++ how would i set my groundfriction for my character programmatically?

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is there a GetMovementComponent() thing?

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 11:00 PM

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im lost when they work on the editor

opaque crystal Jul 26, 2020, 11:02 PM

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Thankss

north stream Jul 26, 2020, 11:03 PM

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@grim ore i'll check those courses tonight, that's already a big push forward

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thanks a lot

restive zinc Jul 26, 2020, 11:10 PM

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what line trace is the best for a gun?

alpine laurel Jul 26, 2020, 11:26 PM

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any idea whats doing this?

📎 Desktop_2020.07.26_-_16.25.04.05_Trim.mp4

smoky sonnet Jul 26, 2020, 11:28 PM

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anyone know how i can scale an object between 2 objects to fit?

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 11:32 PM

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@alpine laurel do you mean spawning somewhere other than the start? what happens when you try it in single play and not multi

alpine laurel Jul 26, 2020, 11:32 PM

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still does it

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you can see where the player start is but the camera just spawns way away from it for no reason

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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an under the play drop down is it set to spawn at player start or camera?

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well if you have 1 player start you might have issues when spawning in multiplayer is why I asked

alpine laurel Jul 26, 2020, 11:34 PM

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actuall i just fixed it a bit. not the camera spawns with the player, but it still spawns way away from start

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 11:34 PM

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you might have collision enabled somewhere and its pushing the player out of the area

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sky sphere, collision volume, mesh, etc.

alpine laurel Jul 26, 2020, 11:35 PM

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i didnt change anything from earlier though.

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it just started doing it for no reason. i didnt change anything

grim ore Jul 26, 2020, 11:36 PM

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close the project and open it back up

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but you might need to just watch what happens and see if you can figure it out. see if there is a reason why its moving the player if its spawning it.

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shift-F1 lets you unlock the mouse you could click on stuff then and check or eject out and see what is going on. maybe drop a plane in the area somewhere outside where you are , move the player start there and see what happens

alpine laurel Jul 26, 2020, 11:37 PM

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i might make a new map and see if it does it. if it doesnt then its something on the current map

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 12:07 AM

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how do i set the amount of time before you can fire your weapon again? (semi auto rate of fire)

ember star Jul 27, 2020, 12:08 AM

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create a float, 'time since last fire'

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each tick, increment by delta

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if time since last fire > reload time, allow shot

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 12:16 AM

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ty

ember star Jul 27, 2020, 12:28 AM

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i seem to have broke one of my levels. I added it to a persistant world comp, then removed it. now i'm stuck with this:

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'go to' anything in the scene just puts me here

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i cant seem to ever scroll to my level?

smoky sonnet Jul 27, 2020, 12:53 AM

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why am i getting so many deprecated messages

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rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 12:54 AM

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okay, another one

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how do i go about finding out which weapon is equipped and showing a different item on the hud based on the equipped weapon

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i assume its a boolean but i dont know how to put the equipped weapon into a boolean

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like if the equipped weapon is the pistol show the pistol hud

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if the equipped weapon is a rifle show the rifle hud

smoky sonnet Jul 27, 2020, 1:03 AM

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okay

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thx

mighty copper Jul 27, 2020, 1:48 AM

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I'm not sure where to ask this question... I'm working in a blueprint on a project I'm working on... I was creating a Local Variable named Return and by mistake created it as a Variable... Noticed my mistake and then deleted the Variable and proceeded to create the Local Variable with the same name after I recompiled and saved so I could use the same name... and it won't let me... I've closed out and gone back in... No luck just tells me "Conflicts with another object in the same scope!"... I can't find a Ref for this in my project anywhere... Can anyone help or explain why this is or ran into it?

viral herald Jul 27, 2020, 2:00 AM

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got a quick question, what is the ebst LOD range difference do you guys use for small bushes?

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its a 0-4 lod

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https://gyazo.com/2e7a4f4454176cce5fc7f6e34cd16100

Gyazo

plush yew Jul 27, 2020, 2:02 AM

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Has anyone managed to get a switch pro controller to work with unreal?

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Not for a switch game, just so I can use my switch controller instead of my crappy xbox controller

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(No clue where this question would go so Im asking here)

alpine laurel Jul 27, 2020, 2:17 AM

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so aside from constant crashing, what exactly are the differences between 4.24 and 4.25

plush yew Jul 27, 2020, 2:29 AM

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Hello

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How i save this checkbox like when i leave and join again is unchecked

📎 7251b8f8d59e4a35.PNG

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ot when i hit play

alpine laurel Jul 27, 2020, 2:50 AM

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also why is unreal engine so damn slow and making my entire computer slow as fuck

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like seriously, i have seen molasses on a slope move faster

plush yew Jul 27, 2020, 2:51 AM

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Hello?

alpine laurel Jul 27, 2020, 2:52 AM

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dont expect responses right away

brazen crow Jul 27, 2020, 2:58 AM

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@alpine laurel are u running from ur samsung smart fridge

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or integrated graphics

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same thing

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or u have 8 gb of ram

alpine laurel Jul 27, 2020, 3:03 AM

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i have 32 gb of ram, rtx 2060 and a 4.7 mhz quad core cpu @brazen crow

marble hazel Jul 27, 2020, 3:04 AM

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I have been having this issue that I can see the cpp files in the source folder in the file browser, but they don't show up as classes in the ue4 editor

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Does anyone know why?

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They were sent over through source control

brazen crow Jul 27, 2020, 3:08 AM

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maybe

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uh

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its using integrated graphics

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lol

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idk

alpine laurel Jul 27, 2020, 3:14 AM

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me?

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yeah. cause a lot of the other stuff i do requires a strong pc

static sparrow Jul 27, 2020, 3:21 AM

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Because I was having problems with the state of my project (see #macos for the entire horror story), just for the hell of it, I decided to run the editor from the command line. I was intrigued when I discovered that doing this produces (in my case at least) much more informative output than running from an IDE or just launching it from the prebuilt binary's desktop icon...

I noticed a lot of lines like this:

2020-07-26 20:03:29.027 UE4Editor[39858:8299847] [UE4] [2020.07.27-03.03.29:027][ 0]LogLinker: Warning: While loading '../../../../../../${USERNAME}/Documents/UnrealProjects/KittyCatastrophe/Content/KittyCatastrophe/Characters/Kitty/AI/AIC_Kitty.uasset' failed to load '/Game/KittyCatastrophe/AI/Kitty/Tasks/BTTask_PlayWithLure': Can't find file.

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where ${USERNAME} is just my username on my computer

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All these lines were exactly the same in that they all referred to something in the AI directory

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Now, does that mean that my uproject file:

{
    "FileVersion": 3,
    "EngineAssociation": "{1811139E-5B40-8814-B46E-A5BC83FCE296}",
    "Category": "",
    "Description": "",
    "Modules": [
        {
            "Name": "KittyCatastrophe",
            "Type": "Runtime",
            "LoadingPhase": "Default",
            "AdditionalDependencies": [
                "Engine"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "TargetPlatforms": [
        "Android",
        "IOS",
        "MacNoEditor"
    ]
}

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Needs "AIModule" added to its AdditionalDependencies section?

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(Also, I just noticed, what the hell is MacNoEditor? Is that normal?)

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OR... is it that the two paths don't match? i.e. It's trying to find file '/Game/KittyCatastrophe/AI/Kitty/Tasks/BTTask_PlayWithLure' but that actual uasset file is in .../Characters/Kitty/AI/Tasks/, not .../AI/Kitty/Tasks/

Why would it have that mixed up?

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I would have posted this in #build_issues if that were a channel, but it's not, so I posted here...

static sparrow Jul 27, 2020, 3:50 AM

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Okay, so...

I had originally placed AIC_Kitty in Content/AI/Kitty/Tasks/, but later reorganized my project and changed its entire directory structure. But I did so using the editor's content manager by dragging the asset, clicking MoveTo...

Why is it still referencing the old location? I opened up the AIC_Kitty.uasset file in vim and it's a compiled file so can't just fix it like that, I'd have to have UE do it for me. Is that possible or should I just create a new project and recreate all my broken AI assets? I hope not, but whatever, that's part of learning to use something like this

tiny sonnet Jul 27, 2020, 3:54 AM

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How do i make it so my grass ouput only places where the grass material is on my auto material. I used the explicit normal until now, but i have additional weight layers now.

static sparrow Jul 27, 2020, 3:54 AM

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sounds like you may wanna ask that in #graphics

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shit, I just realized that I probably should have asked my gigantic question in #engine-source

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 4:48 AM

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the B output doesnt stop the sound

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does anyone know why?

regal hawk Jul 27, 2020, 4:55 AM

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does anyone know why?
@radiant jasper Just use a branch node to connect IsA

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 4:56 AM

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i have it so when the player presses a button, the sound is toggled, and when the player presses it again, to toggle the sound off

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but idk how to toggle the sound off. I do know that I have to use a flipflop

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 4:57 AM

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in function FlipFlap not work

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 4:58 AM

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so how should I do it

regal hawk Jul 27, 2020, 4:58 AM

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use a bool parameter to trigger it

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 4:58 AM

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inside the blueprint

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bool or id int

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 4:59 AM

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how would I connect it

regal hawk Jul 27, 2020, 4:59 AM

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When you press a button, set it to true or false

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:00 AM

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the false would be if the button wasnt pressed, no?

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I need it to be a toggle

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:00 AM

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its simple bool tof any object to off and on

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to this what @regal hawk say

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:01 AM

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idk what that is

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:01 AM

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True and False

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branch

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:01 AM

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oh

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but what would the false output mean

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and do i delete the flip flop?

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:02 AM

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yes

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u dont need them

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:05 AM

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hmm, it doesnt play the sound, and the false branch doesnt work

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:05 AM

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how me your code

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show me

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:05 AM

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night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:06 AM

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make vareiable bool

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and connect them to branch

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set checked

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:06 AM

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them? u want me to make 2?

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and what should I set the variables to

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:07 AM

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u have team viewer ?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:07 AM

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No

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:07 AM

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wheit

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your code is not correct

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sound

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felt

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:09 AM

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what is wrong with it

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:09 AM

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u need put sount on spawn

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sound

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and the option is wrong

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u need create sound

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:10 AM

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ok yeah I forgot to do that, False still doesnt work tho, pressing only continues to play the sound

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ok

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How do I make the false output work though?

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@night basalt

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:13 AM

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If I set a custom mesh as the complex collision mesh in a static mesh, when visualizing collision it still shows the complex mesh but the applied mesh seems to be the one actually used. Does anyone know if anything is actually gained by setting the collision mesh in this way? I'm trying to work out the different ways I can setup collision when working with assets generated in Houdini.

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I suspect it's just an error in the visualization, but wanted to ask to see if anyone knew better.

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night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:13 AM

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scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:17 AM

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Wow, that's a mess.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:17 AM

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scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:18 AM

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@radiant jasper You're just spawning a sound each time

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:18 AM

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now clicking the button doesnt do anything

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:18 AM

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you need to set a reference

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and use that

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:18 AM

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how do i do that

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:19 AM

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Set that little blue output on the create sound to a variable.

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:19 AM

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ehhhh

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look bool

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:19 AM

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not compatible

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:19 AM

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wrong site

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:19 AM

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?

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:19 AM

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True True ?

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True then False, and False to True

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u have True to True

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:20 AM

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Do not listen to that person, in any way.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:20 AM

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uh

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well the sound plays but doesnt stop

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we're back to square 1

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:21 AM

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What type of BP is this? is it a widget?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:21 AM

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level blueprint

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there is a physical button in the map

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:21 AM

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Light sound Default is checked ?

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:21 AM

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ideally, you would do this in the bp for that button.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:22 AM

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it is checked

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:22 AM

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You want a sound reference then when the button is clicked toggle back and forth between play/stop

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:22 AM

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show me now the code

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:22 AM

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This is relatively simple.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:23 AM

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its an onclicked event tho

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it automatically added the event to the level blueprint

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:23 AM

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What that is doing is creating a new sound each time it's clicked

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:23 AM

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whats wrong with that

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:23 AM

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change check on set vareiable

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:23 AM

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it is not referencing the existing sound

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:24 AM

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ohhh

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ok

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:24 AM

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Are you both just trolls or what?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:24 AM

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yeah thats a problem

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no not a troll, promise

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just kind of new to unreal

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so u want me making the onclicked event in the bp of the button

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:24 AM

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I would. It should all be together.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:25 AM

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ok, is it neccesary tho?

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:25 AM

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Create an audio component in the button, turn off auto activate, on-click use a flip/flop for play/stop

night basalt Jul 27, 2020, 5:26 AM

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hehehe

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:29 AM

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radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:29 AM

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im also having the button trigger a light tho

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:29 AM

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Not an issue.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:29 AM

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and I cant put the light in the bp

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or how do I?

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:32 AM

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I would recommend going through the learning projects or some more tutorials.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:32 AM

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Ive tried

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it only references in the level blue print

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can u tell me how to reference the light in the bp of the button?

scarlet birch Jul 27, 2020, 5:36 AM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Blueprints/BP_HowTo/DirectBlueprintComs/index.html

Direct Blueprint Communication

A demonstration of passing information directly from one Blueprint to another.

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https://youtu.be/EM_HYqQdToE

YouTube

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Announce Post: https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?101051

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radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:41 AM

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still cant get sound to work

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@scarlet birch

lucid radish Jul 27, 2020, 5:41 AM

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Can anyone give me any example (reel or video) that shows cool explosions made with Unreal Engine? I just want to set some goals

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 5:47 AM

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@scarlet birch can u help me please

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man can someone help me

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all im tryna do is have a button that toggles an audio cue

fiery relic Jul 27, 2020, 6:08 AM

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hello hello

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 6:22 AM

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how do i go about changing animations based on equipped weapon (assuming equipped weapon is an integer 1-2)

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i have different animations for each weapon that i made but idk how to change them based on the equipped weapon

tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 6:30 AM

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@rough knoll You have to use Animation State machines, that transition between the various finite state machines, and each would require their own locomotion with upper|lower body blends. https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Animation/StateMachines/index.html

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@radiant jasper it's better to do more tutorials and learn more on blueprints, especially components, their life cycle and their relationship to their owner|parent, as what you are showing here violates some basic rules, you will have a few unforeseen issues because of spawning and adding a new runtime audio component (and then loosing the reference afterwards), along with a flip flop which only affects the last added audio component. look at how someone else did more or less the same you are trying to do, as there are always different ways to solve the same problem. https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/767683/turning-audio-onoff-with-same-button-input.html

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 6:39 AM

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problem is its a clickevent

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not just pressing a key

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so the flip flop becomes kind of neccesary

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i think

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idk

lusty carbon Jul 27, 2020, 6:40 AM

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Noob question. If Unreal is DirectX, how does it work with mobile phones and other playforms?

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Isn't DX a Windows api only?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 6:41 AM

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@lusty carbon it doesnt use directx for mobile, it uses Metal for iOS

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and something else for android

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@tender pecan how do I add the audio into the bp like that? It forces me to make the add audio component thing

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 6:50 AM

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?

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tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 6:50 AM

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@radiant jasper you can look at Sound Actors ( https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Audio/SoundActors/index.html ) and several ways to reference them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiI0doBarkg

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 6:51 AM

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any idea what i did wrong there

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 6:52 AM

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right but its forcing me to add it as an audio component

tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 6:53 AM

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@rough knoll you are going to need to learn about statemachines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYFeFUxU6DI

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if you want to use different animations based on equipped weapon type.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 6:54 AM

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ok figured out how to set it wit a variable

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 6:55 AM

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im just confused about the error though

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what did i do wrong

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 6:55 AM

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audio component object reference is not compatible with sound cue object reference

tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 6:57 AM

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@rough knoll if not providing a target, it will assume 'self' on the cast. learn more about casting in blueprints here. https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Blueprints/UserGuide/CastNodes/index.html

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the rest of the error is quite understandable, as it states, the blueprint ( self ) [ this is the current blueprint ] is not a ThirdPersonCharacter_C...

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 6:59 AM

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so then how do i go about checking if the weapon selected is equal to 2

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(and if so allowing the transition)

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:00 AM

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it doesnt let me connect the stop node to the variable

tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 7:01 AM

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@rough knoll you can look at how to access and check those using the tutorial I provided. they explain it in great detail there how to access the character from the animbp for the transitions.

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start with a new small empty project if need be, and then use what you have learned to figure out what you did wrong in your existing project.

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:02 AM

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so how do I get that specific reference

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which one can connect to the stop and play nodes

tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 7:03 AM

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@radiant jasper you should rather use an audio component already in the blueprint, it will have stop|play etc.. look at the content provided above. 🙂

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:04 AM

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it didnt work tho

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whats wrong

tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 7:06 AM

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@radiant jasper my same answers as above. 🙂

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:06 AM

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Did you make sure Audio Component actually got sound in its details?

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Click on the "Add Audio Component" and you will see details

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:06 AM

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yes

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:06 AM

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Hm. odd.

untold swallow Jul 27, 2020, 7:06 AM

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Hey I had an issue could anyone help?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:06 AM

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it says "sound cue Lightsoundeffect" in grey

untold swallow Jul 27, 2020, 7:07 AM

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how can I make a UI like a joystick on Left A jump button on right and 2 more buttons to turn??????

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:07 AM

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Onclicked is actually working?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:07 AM

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yeah

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but false output doesnt work

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and when it goes back to the true output, it just creates another sound

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@untold swallow widget blueprint, buttons

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:08 AM

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I think the reason is you are constantly spawning an Audio Component.

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Spawn Audio Component somewhere else like on beginplay

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:08 AM

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ok

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:08 AM

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Then have a reference to it, and it shall work

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:08 AM

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what type of variable do i use to reference it

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:09 AM

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Drag from the Return Value to set variable.

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It will give out an "Audio Component"

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:09 AM

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ok

untold swallow Jul 27, 2020, 7:10 AM

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@radiant jasper ohh Shall I just Normally add 3 buttons?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:10 AM

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yeah

untold swallow Jul 27, 2020, 7:10 AM

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So what abt the joystick?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:11 AM

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unreal engine has defaults

untold swallow Jul 27, 2020, 7:11 AM

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Like I've 2 joysticks right now! How do I remove right joystick?

radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:11 AM

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oh uh idk lol ive never wanted to do that

untold swallow Jul 27, 2020, 7:11 AM

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Ohh :<

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Okay Thanks Btw I'll Just Seee :)

rough knoll Jul 27, 2020, 7:11 AM

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i cant find for the life of me how to do it

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is this not the connection to target?

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radiant jasper Jul 27, 2020, 7:14 AM

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Ok it works now!!! only issue is that its on by default when I launch the level

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how do I turn it off on default

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:15 AM

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search for "deactivate" option

tender pecan Jul 27, 2020, 7:15 AM

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@rough knoll hi. 'As Third Person Character' is a result of a cast, target is a receptor to a 'get' variable where the variable name is weapon type. So this means WeaponType requires an object that exposes this variable. The engine believes that ThirdPersonCharacter does not expose this variable. And it also believes that the current blueprint where this is begin called, is not of type ThirdPersonCharacter. Which is why you are getting all of those messages and errors.

lucid jetty Jul 27, 2020, 7:15 AM

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or have no audio component sound value