ue4-general

[lucid jetty]

set the sound value when you click it etc

[rough knoll]

its inside of the animation blueprint so i can check that if the player has the pistol weapon equipped it goes into the idle pistol animation

[radiant jasper]

where do i search for that

[lucid jetty]

on the audio component

but then you have to use "activate" node so it might get complicated

leave sound value empty, then set it imo

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll you will need to get the player character from within the animbp. the tutorial i mentioned shows exactly how to do this. 🙂

[radiant jasper]

how should I set the volume multiplier

bc it has to be connected with input and output

[rough knoll]

which tutorial, the video one?

the video didnt seem to mention it

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll yes, they form part of a series released by unreal engine, to demonstrate how to use state machines, as they are quire complex ( not just one video ).

you can use Get Pawn Owner to get the character from the anim bp. 🙂

[radiant jasper]

ok all i had to do was turn auto activate off lol

[rough knoll]

@tender pecan i may be misunderstanding you but this doesnt work

[radiant jasper]

I have this also set to turn on a light, however when first clicking the button, the light does not turn on

after clicking twice, it begins functioning normally

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll the engine should tell you what it thinks the warning is, just give it a recompile and check the messages.

[radiant jasper]

should I place the set visibillity nodes in a different order?

[rough knoll]

i dont understand these though

all i can get out if it is that cast to thirdpersoncharacter is pruned and that makes weapon selected not work

but there is nowhere to connect the exec pin

i could try a branch but i dont know if that would work

[radiant jasper]

sequence

idk

i just know sequence has to do with that sort of stuff

[rough knoll]

nope just tried it it will not work

[radiant jasper]

ok. should I use a sequence for my issue?

[rough knoll]

is there some kind of thing at the beginning im missing that i have to connect cast to thirdpersoncharacter to?

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll right, the exec pin will typically come from the blueprint update method|function . 'Event Blueprint Update Animation' within the main Event Graph itself.

[rough knoll]

im not in the event graph im in the rule for going from idle to idle pistol

im just hella confused

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll for the rule, it is best to simply reference a variable set directly on the animbp. again the tutorials actually show how to do all of this. 🙂

[radiant jasper]

ok i fixed all my problems. TYSM

[rough knoll]

so i cant just get the weapon equipped and check if it's 2?

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll yes. create one directly on the amimbp. populate it in the main event graph ( from the pawn owner as character ). and simply check the animbp variable in the transition rule.

[rough knoll]

it has a target

i have no idea what to connect it to because the target is what has been causing these errors

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll what does the error message say?

[tender pecan]

ok, so the engine believes the current anim blueprint that you are in, is not a swat_animbp_c, and therefore does not have a PistolEquipped

do you perhaps have different anim bp's for different animations?

[rough knoll]

nope, theres only one

[tender pecan]

ok

[rough knoll]

so what should i do

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll in which blueprint is the above from?

[rough knoll]

thirdpersoncharacter

[tender pecan]

and not from the animbp

[rough knoll]

no

[tender pecan]

you can get the amimbp from the character, and connect it to a cast to swat_animbp_c, then connect that to set the boolean.

[rough knoll]

there is no option for inputaction in the animbp

[tender pecan]

if you want to go from character to animbp

it is called Get anim Instance. https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Components/SkeletalMesh/GetAnimInstance/index.html

[rough knoll]

can you explain this to me any simpler

[open gorge]

@barren flume did you ever get steam to work?

[rough knoll]

i cannot understand it at all im sorry lol

pretty new to ue

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll no need to apologize, i am sorry i am not a great teacher. 🙂 my advice is just take some time, and do the entire tutorial series. it is quite tricky to explain animation state machines. or maybe see fi you can ask some one to spend some one on one time with you.

it is not an easy subject at all, and it will require some effort to get to grips with it.

you could also look at sample projects in the marketplace, which already contain animbp's with blend states and various state machines.

they (Epic ) really do explain it in great detail on the channel.

and they assume you know nothing.

[rough knoll]

i just dont understand why some have targets and some done

dont*

like sprinttrue does not have a target

though its used in both the animbp and thirdpersoncharacter

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll it also might be more beneficial to first get a reference to the outer object, say the character, or the animbp, then do your cast, and then drag out and get a reference to the variable. if it is not in the list, the variable is not on that particular class | bp.

its more tricky to try and hook up a variable with a class, looking for the correct 'target', even though you know it is there, UE might still contain some hidden references in the blueprint variable node, that will not allow it to connect simply on its name.

behind the scenes. so to avoid that altogether, drag out the variable from the parent object rather. ( for getter and setter )

[rough knoll]

how do i get a reference to the character?

[tender pecan]

so that is quite easy. you can call GetPawnOwner in the animbp. or you can call GetPlayerCharacter in an Actors blueprint. then drag out a cast from there, ( it will give you a list of things this actor can be cast as ) if the thing you want to cast to is not in that list, it simply means the thing you are trying to cast, does not inherit from that class hierarchy you are trying to cast to, or is not of that type.

[rough knoll]

like this?

[open gorge]

or Get Player Controller slot 0

if you're trying to get the first character locally

[rough knoll]

i get the same errors as always though

[open gorge]

what error?

[open gorge]

cast failed?

where is that error coming from?

[open gorge]

casting to the ThirdPersonCharacter gives you access to it's variables and public functions

[rough knoll]

weapon selected is an integer variable

which i want it to check

and if its value is 2 it can enter the transition

[open gorge]

where are you calling it?

[rough knoll]

the rule for idle to idle pistol

in the animbp

[tender pecan]

that call is inside an animation state transition though, there is no execution line in there.

you will have to call the update inside the animbp main graph.

[rough knoll]

so then how do i do that

there is no can enter transition in the main event graph of animbp

this is the place

[tender pecan]

correct. you have to create a variable in your animbp, then in the animbp main graph, you do the cast, and update the variable from your character, to your animbp

[rough knoll]

ok that was easier to understand lemme try it

[tender pecan]

then in the state trandsition, you check the animbp variable.

[radiant jasper]

is it possible to have the player character zoom onto a specific object in a sequence?

[rough knoll]

okay so heres my thought process from what you said

[radiant jasper]

and if so, is there any documentation from Unreal abt it?

or just a tutorial in general of some sort

[rough knoll]

I have to create a boolean variable in animbp event graph to check if the pistol is equipped or not, then i go back to my thirdpersoncharacter and set that boolean to true when the pistol is equipped, and then i check if the boolean is true and if it is i allow the transition?

[open gorge]

not really

basically you need to make a bool or something

that flips between true/false on your variable

in the BP part of your anim bp

then you can use that variable to change the transition

[rough knoll]

im so confused lmao

[open gorge]

sec mid OW game

[rough knoll]

this is here

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll i will see from ours if i can show you in screen shots.

[rough knoll]

this is in thirdpersoncharacter and this is where the binds are to switch to the secondary weapon

so i assume there should be a boolean in there that is set to true whenever the select secondary is pressed

and set to not true whenever primary is selected

so in the rule for idle to idle_pistol there should be a check to see if that is true

and if that is true it should allow the transition

but there are roadblocks

[tender pecan]

Ok. so first thing. go to your animbp. create a variable. then in the animbp main event graph, drag a line from the 'Event Blueprint update Animation' and get your character, and set the animbp variable from your character. like this.

[rough knoll]

what type of variable

boolean?

[tender pecan]

now everytime your animation blueprint 'ticks', it will ensure that your variable is in sync, with your character variable.

it would be better to keep them the same

if it is an int on character, keep it an int in the animbp to avoid confusion

[rough knoll]

should they be named the same thing or does it not matter

[tender pecan]

it really is all about confusion, i would name them the same

avoid confusion

[rough knoll]

ok so you say drag a line from the event blueprint update animation and get my character

what do you mean by get my character

[tender pecan]

2 months down the line you wont remember where pizza variable in animbp comes from

🙂

you see my screen shot?

[rough knoll]

yes

[tender pecan]

it contains get pawn owner, and a cast

connected with a white line

[rough knoll]

should i make isvalid so i can connect the try get pawn owner

[tender pecan]

you should yes. isvalid is your friend

it will save you from crashes when stuff gets destroyed in game.

[open gorge]

ok

OW Match over

[rough knoll]

so i have this now

[tender pecan]

@rough knoll once you have done that, go into your transition, and simply connect your variable to the outcome.

if it is an integer, make it a branch with variable == value, so you know when to transition.

[rough knoll]

so this here

[open gorge]

@rough knoll to explain further. You want to use the Blueprint Update Animation event, as linked above and set your boolean variable in your anim BP there. Your character will be assigned an Anim BP through the class defaults window, so you'll need to use TryGetPawnOwner and to a IsValid check on it. Then you can cast that to your ThirdPersonCharacter blueprint and access your variables. Then you just set your boolean variable inside of your Anim BP to w/e values you want to trigger idle on.

that's it

[rough knoll]

ok back to here

[open gorge]

read what I wrote

[rough knoll]

how do i define weaponequipped

hmm

[open gorge]

does that make sense?

[rough knoll]

i mean from looking at it yes but i have no idea if it will work

[maiden vector]

https://tenor.com/view/melting-weird-liquid-gif-8930338

[open gorge]

TryGetPawnOwner returns the type APawn, which you then need to cast to your ThirdPersonCharacter BP to access it's funcitons

[maiden vector]

i would like to liquify a static mesh, is it with niagara ?

[open gorge]

since ThirdPersonCharacter inherits from ACharacter which inherits from APawn

I'm not sure if UE4 can do that tbh @maiden vector

but you should ask in #niagara

[open gorge]

or #visual-fx

[rough knoll]

ok wait

[maiden vector]

damn, thankyou v much Djriff ❤️

[open gorge]

i'm not an artist though

[rough knoll]

so should i put trygetpawnowner in as third person character?

[open gorge]

so I honestly have no idea

yeah as the object

[rough knoll]

instead of input object?

so 2 of them?

[open gorge]

#madpaintskillz

[rough knoll]

so this

[open gorge]

no

you can have the pin be in both

you want it to be in both

[rough knoll]

ok

i just did that

now the weapon selected integer that is in animbp

how do i define this (weapon selected integer in animbp) to be the same thing as the weapon selected integer in thirdpersoncharacter

and update as the weapon selected integer in thirdpersoncharacter changes

[open gorge]

it already is

you just use Get Weapon Selected Integer

and you have your variable

then you need to do a boolean check

[rough knoll]

there is 2

[open gorge]

and set that result to your boolean variable in your anim bp

[rough knoll]

bottom is from thirdpersoncharacter and top is from animbp

[open gorge]

did you make a weapon selected variable in your anim bp?

what is your end goal?

[rough knoll]

my end goal is to change the idle animation when someone is holding a pistol vs holding any other weapon

[scarlet birch]

Do you need to use a isValid in front of a cast with that? It returns null if it fails and the cast will fail.

[open gorge]

oh

no reason to not

granted, it should never run if the pawn isn't valid

but it's an 0(1) complexity

not really a performance hit

I would handle it a bit differently

[rough knoll]

and my thought process when i got that end goal was to go into the rule and check if the selected weapon integer was equal to 2 (the pistol integer) and if it was to allow the animation

[open gorge]

I'm assuming you have anim montages or what not for pistol vs other weapon idles?

you should use 2 state machines

[open gorge]

ah I see your point, that would work

[rough knoll]

i have a normal idle animation and a pistol idle animation

[open gorge]

right

[rough knoll]

i want to switch to the pistol idle animation when someone equips a pistol

[open gorge]

but walking/run/sprint/crouch will be slightly different no?

[rough knoll]

yes but i can just use blending for that

have it play the pistol idle on top and walking animation on bottom

[scarlet birch]

create an enum for stance, inside idle blend by enum between idle_unarmed , Idle_pistol, idle_whatever.

[rough knoll]

all i need it to do is switch to the pistol idle when they equip the pistol and i can configure how it will look in the actual idle_pistol state

[open gorge]

I'm also going to point out, if your player has a pistol equipped none of their other animations will play

I would also do what Mike said

[rough knoll]

so i connect idle_pistol to everything else

[open gorge]

and @rough knoll you're nearly there. Take your cast to the ThirdPersonCharacter drag off Weapon Selected then if it equals w/e number your pistol is, set your boolean bIsPistolEquipped to true, if not, it's false.

then use that to change the idle

ezpz

[scarlet birch]

in each state that has animations which vary by stance use a blend by enum

[rough knoll]

the only difference between pistol idle and normal idle is the way the hands are placed

the hands look different

so the only thing that needs to be changed is the hands which i can do with blending

and just have every other animation playing on the bottom for the leg animations

[scarlet birch]

but it's going to be the same change for other animations too, rather than having to create a bunch of complicated states use blends in each.

ah,

[rough knoll]

@open gorge wdym?

[open gorge]

?

[rough knoll]

i understood basically nothing you said

[scarlet birch]

Then use a locomotion state, cache it, feed it in as a base pose to blend your stance over.

[rough knoll]

" Take your cast to the ThirdPersonCharacter drag off Weapon Selected"

what does this mean

[open gorge]

yes, you grab the variable from your 3P BP

[rough knoll]

mhm

[tender pecan]

i think we are overloading jayleaf...

[rough knoll]

and put it in animbp?

[plush yew]

Dumb Question chat- Do i need to install vs in an ssd or will the project only affect the compilation speed

[open gorge]

SSD is preferred

I noticed ~40% faster build times

[timber minnow]

Hi im' using world composition to create huge world, but sometimes there is a weird bug, some of my scene , for exemple rock , or tree, or even landscape are weirdly offset, and if i reload the scene it all return to their place . Does anyone had already the same issue ? thx

[rough knoll]

im still beyond confused lmao

[scarlet birch]

LODs?

[rough knoll]

ok so im going to go back to the start for a sec

this is what i originally thought would work before i saw the target self thing

all i want it to do is check if the weapon selected value from thirdpersoncharacter blueprint is 2

and if so it enters the transition

@open gorge explain this to me but even simpler if you can

[open gorge]

1s

[rough knoll]

kk, thank you for trying to help me sorry that i cant understand anything lmao this is only like my 3rd day on ue

[open gorge]

ok so you want to do that bit in your main event part of your anim bp

and create a boolean variable in your anim BP

[rough knoll]

okay

and do what with this boolean variable

[open gorge]

think about it

you can figure that part out

[rough knoll]

okay, correct me if im wrong about this

i can only use the weapon selected integer variable from the thirdpersoncharacter blueprint because that is the only integer variable that shows which weapon is equipped

this is all i can think of

and im pretty sure its wrong

and then this

oh hold up the animations change but it looks wack gimme a min

oh i dont remember who said it but they were right

i have no other animations but the pistol one

ok

[open gorge]

so you figured it out? 😄

[rough knoll]

i did but i need a lil more help

for the rule going from pistol_idle to idle how do i check if the pistol is not equipped

[open gorge]

you can figure that out

how would you set that bool?

[rough knoll]

well i assume it should be not true but there is no check box

[open gorge]

you need to set it

you have all the info you need

[rough knoll]

this?

[open gorge]

no

[rough knoll]

it was a guess

[open gorge]

oh yes

[rough knoll]

that works though

what

[open gorge]

right

so you want it to be true to swap to it

and false to swap back

[rough knoll]

i assumed the oh yes was saying "oh yes it was a guess" and not saying "oh yes that works"

[open gorge]

yeah sorry

i was mid game again

so i just glanced

[rough knoll]

alright well thank you and @tender pecan for maintaining sanity while helping me

i may be back

[open gorge]

I don't look forward to it 😛

jk

I like helping people new to the engine

although it astounds me you know what blending is but not how an anim BP works

[tender pecan]

i would have thought blending more tricky to get than the diff between animbp and character bp. but maybe they already have knowledge about animation blending from previous engine

[open gorge]

That was my thought as well

I came from a programming background before working with UE so a lot of that stuff clicked.

[rough knoll]

no the blending was from a different tutorial. the only programming i had done before was html/css and discord.js for bots

[open gorge]

Blending was an interesting concept to nail down for me personally. Lots of ways to do it

[untold swallow]

heyy its me again lol

[open gorge]

No discord py? For shame

@untold swallow wb

[untold swallow]

what wb? @open gorge

[open gorge]

Welcome back

[untold swallow]

ahh thanks

[open gorge]

No problem (np)

[tender pecan]

and the welcomest of backs indeed

[open gorge]

takes mind out of gutter

[untold swallow]

btw i wanted to ask something, how do i remove one virtual joystick and retain only 1 for movement ?

i wna add buttons on right side

[open gorge]

For VR?

[untold swallow]

android

[open gorge]

Oh

Uhhhh

No idea

[untold swallow]

im new to engine😅

[open gorge]

I've not working with android from ue

only from java

[untold swallow]

ohhk thats alright bro

btw im just new to g dev! like i just started 2 months ago xD

[open gorge]

But I imagine you can just change the button mappings. Maybe in inputs.

Welcome to the grind

[untold swallow]

ohhk ill see to it

[open gorge]

I'd google around about it. I'm sure there's a ue forum post about it

[untold swallow]

ohh sure thanks btw

[dull dove]

Hello guys, I started learning unreal engine just a day ago I have a question can someone help

[open gorge]

Ask away

[untold swallow]

btw bro, can there be a nice career in game dev? @open gorge

[dull dove]

So I wanted to make a door that opens when you get next to it and press F

[open gorge]

definitely, I freelance and do contracts mostly

quite lucrative if you know what you're doing

[dull dove]

and I made the vectors from 0,0,0 to 0,0,90 but when I press F it goes to the 0,0,90 of the actual map

not spinning in its current location

[untold swallow]

definitely, I freelance and do contracts mostly
@open gorge so this can be a nice option, right?

[open gorge]

you need to use relative location @dull dove

err rotation

[dull dove]

lemme send an picture

[open gorge]

@untold swallow it is.

I've been working on one project with a team for a few months, i'll get a nice pay day in a month or so hopefully

[open gorge]

umm

so @dull dove there are better ways to do what you're trying to do

where is that input event at?

on the door itself?

[open gorge]

where is the static mesh component being assigned?

[rough knoll]

this is probably going to be the stupidest question i ask

[dull dove]

it's the door itself

[rough knoll]

how do i edit the animation again

if i just double click it and change stuff it does not reflect

[open gorge]

how do i edit the animation again
@rough knoll

[open gorge]

so I would handle it a bit differently

[rough knoll]

like no matter what i change it will never reflect the changes

[dull dove]

I can't rename the static mesh component too it's stuck like that

[open gorge]

let me open my project and see how we have our elevator move

[rough knoll]

this is what it looks like with that animation

now if i rotate the arm for example

and click save

and then click play again

it has the same exact look

and when i close out that window and re-open the pistol-idle the changes did not save even though i clicked save

[digital rover]

how do we make a patch with new plugin

[open gorge]

what do you mean?

[rough knoll]

nvm i fixed

[cosmic geyser]

anyone who has 4.25 engine i could'nt build it from source engine

[open gorge]

what error did you receive?

[digital rover]

what do you mean?
@open gorge can we make a patch for our game with new plugin?

I mean a plugin after installed initial package(build)

[open gorge]

yeah you would just repackage

[untold swallow]

hey how do i disable a button if the character is dead ??????

[open gorge]

Like an Input?

[untold swallow]

Like I've turned off input for everything when character dies but the button is in UMG so when I click on button Even when's the player's dead it still jumps :(

[open gorge]

Do you have an event play when the character dies?

[fair mango]

Does anyone with UE Viewer experience know how to toggle or not show certain materials in a model?
With 'M' I can toggle showing the list of materials but can't disable certain materials from view on the model, is this possible?

[alpine laurel]

when the ai in your own game scare the shit out of you

[untold swallow]

Yes it has an event @open gorge

[fiery relic]

hey, does anyone know why ue4 generates weird collisions when I import blender models as .fbx?

im kinda new to unreal

[glacial pecan]

@fiery relic the fbx import dialogue should have an auto generate collision checkbox. also, you can go into the static meshes later and re-generate them, I think... plus, there's a super old way of naming meshes inside the .fbx files to mark them as collision meshes (but I can't remember it off the top of my head)

[exotic thicket]

^don't recall it off the top of my head but the naming conventions are listed in the UE documentation in the FBX import section

[fiery relic]

k, thanks

[kind pumice]

Anyone happen to know why a point light would cast shadows with these circles in them?

guessing it's something with self-shadows on the landscape?

[vast warren]

Anyone now how can I automate my project to join server hosted on AWS ,such that multiple clients join server do some stuff and logout ?

[tight prawn]

are there specific AI functions to handle grid based movement ?

[vast warren]

Yes there are, to use tools qnd move around

I want to see it there is way to automate joining server and logout

[kind pumice]

hmmm the torch was a problem at first, but I disabled the shadows on it - at first it was casting a shadow of that entire iron holder thing. I'll move the point light up out of its way to be sure though

[tender pecan]

@plush yew dunno where to put this , as there is no Shader.Materials channel, i will add as a final note you can look Custom Shader for UE. I warn you though.. here be dragons.

[kind pumice]

@plush yew looks like you are correct. A regular point light doesn't cast the weird shadows..... totally unexpected behavior because I have "Casts shadows" disabled on the material on the static mesh of the torch lol

and disabling it did stop the big shadows from casting from the torch's geometry... weird

[tender pecan]

@plush yew hang on a second... if you look here. (https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/Materials/Functions/Creating/index.html) there is a 'expose to library' tick box. this may be what you want.

"Publishing Your New Function
In order to make the most out of your function, you will need to make sure that it shows up within the Material Function Library, available in the Material Editor. In order to do this, you will need to make sure that the Expose to Library property is set to true"

LOL.. i dont think you can add c++ code by inheriting from MaterialFunctionLibrary, that will appear in the material editor. 🙂

only shader code will appear there.

[royal temple]

Project requires temp target (GoogleARCore plugin is enabled)
Unable to use promoted target-ARTest/Binaries/Android/UE4Game.target does not exist.

Im getting this error and unable to package or launch. Help!

[weak gyro]

Currently making a mobile game and wanting to test swipe controlls when i click play then mouse disappears and doesnt let me swipe anyone know a way of testing?

[merry gazelle]

I'm deleting the directional light variable before it calls this event

also the "city steam" is also randomised

[thin sluice]

hi, im using an hdri for lighting here, is it possible to make the hdri transparent but still affecting the reflections/lighting

please help i've been trying to figure this out for a while now

[ember star]

Once a level is a sublevel, can it be opened and modified independently? I can see/play it from the persistant level, but the sublevel is just black when i open it

ahhh ty

[prisma plank]

how much verticles is good tree for game. Cause my is laggy like as forest.. 230k verticles

[whole quarry]

do you use LODs?

[prisma plank]

don't know.. like automatic

[barren flume]

OOOH after so long I finally got a notification for an update

this is what it meant I guess

[vestal ferry]

hey, i have a problem with the landscape paint layers, for some reason i can't have more than 2 on one chunk, is it normal ?

[prisma plank]

@barren flume lucky i have win7 still..

[late patrol]

Hi ! Excuse me, I have a problem, since this morning, when I've done the Unreal Engine minor update, I seems that he can't find my assets anymore
In doubt that my files could be corrupted, I've pulled from an older version on my github, but still, he can't find my map, or any assets file, but they still are here

[cedar carbon]

@late patrol yes, since I updated mine last week, strange things has been occurring. Unable to locate a folder, even though it's clear as day in the solutions panel, and even worse, unable to locate a sub folder when building the C++ source code in Visual Studio 2019. I'm just going to check the forums to see if others are having issues. Bugs, bugs and more bugs.

[frosty maple]

That feeling when you have to completely redesign something you spent 3 days on

[supple totem]

@vestal ferry I think you need to adjust some settings related to texture wrapping in material

just google ue4 landscape texture wrapping and I'm sure you'll find something

[ember star]

I have a spring arm/follow camera on an actor, but when I setActorRotation, the actor rotates but the camera doesn't follow, what am I doing wrong?

[wintry pecan]

@ember star I just went through this, the controller rotation is what changes the view of the player

[ember star]

Hmmm i turned off 'use pawn control rotation', and i was able to load properly, but now i lost controls

can i easily toggle that in BP?

[upper karma]

There’s a way to open up unreal projects if you, say, zip up the project, store it somewhere and then unzip it back where it was before?

[fluid lance]

How do I fire an event "onNiagaraSystemCompleted" - Cascade has an event dispatcher, can't find anything similar for Niagara Systems

[upper karma]

I need space and I wanna zip my project up so I can open it up later

[ember star]

this doesn't work 😦

[fluid lance]

@ember star *In the controller

if you want to do it in blueprints,

"get character movement" (since it's a component, you need to get that in order to access/override variables), then set/modify whatever you want, whenever you want. Variable names will always be those you see on default panels.

[ember star]

ohh thanks lemme try that out

[swift locust]

Hi guys, did any of you ever used similar in game bug reporter like this where you can instantly just pop report window with screen attached and write message (the reporter shown on set timestamp in video)? https://youtu.be/JzyE9hi912c?t=1158

[ember star]

this is the only way i can make it work

without the delay, the toggle does nothing

can i somehow make something in here a blocking function?

[jolly jungle]

What’s the best free way to bake textures? Quixel uploaded a video using marmoset tool bag but is there a good way to do it for free?

Cna I do it right in blender?

[brave salmon]

what's the way to set correct path to steamclient.so on Linux server?

[ember star]

Am I trying to rotate the wrong thing? If I have 'use pawn control rotation', should I use a different function than setactorrotation?

AH HAAA

set control rotation

[whole swift]

anyone get strange cpu fan speed increase when using the editor in full screen?
i have a i9 with water cooler and a most simple scene.
it happens on other projects too

[untold swallow]

heyyy how do i turn 90 right or left by hitting buttons on screen????

[brave salmon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/hyvnzp/linux_dedicated_server_with_steam_support_is/

[exotic thicket]

Oh I'm sure this is a very productive reddit thread based on that title

Calling something cancer is a great way to get help with your problems!

[mighty copper]

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... Even compiled and saved... got no errors, but when I try to make the Local Variable with the same name that the Variable had even though I deleted it.. I have 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... This only came up as an error when I deleted the one type and tried to make it again as another with the same name the way it was meant to be done... Can anyone help or explain why this is? or direct me to a specific person whom I can reach out to about this... I've posted in the Unreal Slackers in multiple sections and pinged people on the side... No one can answer my question... I'm in UE4 version 4.22.3 if that helps... Please someone tell me you have some kind of help you can provide....? I'm not looking for a work around... I'm looking for the cause and solution... I know that giving it a different name will correct the issue... Just stating that now... again thanks for any help provided...

is the a garbage file or trash I can clear in UE4 4.22 to correct this...

[exotic thicket]

I've seen that problem happen sometimes when renaming variables

But removing the variable, recompiling and saving, and then recreating another one has always fixed it for me

[mighty copper]

could it be the ver of engine?

some bug in the source code corrected in a later build... what ver are you using?

[exotic thicket]

I used 4.24 and 4.25 and it did work with the remove/recompile/readd method in those

[mighty copper]

ok I may convert to 4.24 or 4.25 then... what would be the best practice steps to get no loss of data?

[exotic thicket]

you'd need to check all your plugins have versions at 4.24 and install them, then you should be able to right click your project file and choose to upgrade engine version

I'm not really super familiar with that procedure though so I can't say how safe it is though

[mighty copper]

migrate is only for parts of you project not the whole thing correct?

@exotic thicket I'm trying it in 4.25. now.

No joy... same error...

If anyone at all can find a solution again not a workaround... please DM me...

I'll be back on later.

[willow wyvern]

hi everyones i not sure but the asset that given with tutorials like the blueprint to c++ (in the unreal engine website) course can we reuse them for prototyping games?

[grim ore]

IF they are provided by Epic Games you should be able to yes. For example projects in the Learn tab are goog to re use in unreal engine

[vestal ferry]

also, for some reason unreal just deletes some files sometimes like i opened my files, the textures for my banana trees were there, save, open and they're not there anymore

[marsh sparrow]

oh hi

Design-ish question. I have quests that are AInfo classes. Which i think is fine, but if i want to have them picked up or read from.. would an option be to have some sort of interation class or object, then just refrence what i need to from the Info class? Second... can you populate info classes from a data table?

[dusty gull]

I finally made unreal chaos physics to work, yay, but when i play in standalone or build the game, the geometry collections turn invisible, anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!

[static belfry]

does anyone know how to make decal show up in game, i can see it in engine but not in game

[honest rune]

Anyone know if ProceduralMeshComponent supports Runtime Virtual Texturing? I know that the 3rd party RuntimeMeshComponent does not currently because there is no batching but looking at ProceduralMeshComponent's source, I can see it does have batching. I can't find anything in official docs about RVT and the ProcMesh though

[devout rune]

Is there any way to change FBX import setting when importing LODs?

[rough knoll]

how do i put both of these into here because it only lets me put one at a time

this may work hold on

[rough knoll]

it worked

wait no it didnt

[somber quail]

this is basic logic gating, what are you trying to do?

and are you sure it was this part that broke your anim

[rough knoll]

if they are aiming and have the pistol equipped it goes to the idle_aiming_pistol animation

it may be this that is causing the problem

[somber quail]

Yeah that's never getting fired

[rough knoll]

how would i make it get fired

[somber quail]

well for one what you're doing there with the branch makes no sense, just plug bAiming into bIsAiming

and set it after you set the other bool

[rough knoll]

like this?

[somber quail]

yeah

[rough knoll]

does not work

wait

hold on

mb im retarded i redid my ads stuff and forgot to re-add set aiming when you ads

[somber quail]

It's hard to say what will and won't work when I can't see the whole setup

Also looks rather messy, you might want to start collapsing things into reusable functions

[rough knoll]

one more question

how do i lock 2 parts of a skeleton in an animation together

the left hand sways apart from the right

i want them to both sway at the same time together

[worn rampart]

attach the non dominant hand to any part of the weapon utilizing IK that will allow the off hand to adjust to the animation via IK movement. similar to how animations utilize IK for sloping terrain

This can also be adapted for reload animations allowing the hand to be placed in the correct positions for any weapon that requires the same animation.

[dry moon]

Moving foliage (wind) doesn't work with Raytracing correct?

since its WPO?

[marsh swallow]

i can say from experience a few objects with Wind did not have proper shadows, but with some tweaks they worked.

[dry moon]

https://i.gyazo.com/8a063ab2445b57a5e9e3426c92f0afea.mp4

no matter how much i tweak I get this

[azure reef]

Does anyone know what this crash is about on Android?

I don't know where to start debugging, because it's crashing when opening a new map

and I don't see anything relevant in the logs

[calm sentinel]

Hi, i bought this module :https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/secure-socket#
They sayd there are 3 files C++ but i can't find them? Do you have an idea ?

[rough knoll]

man why is ue so unstable i crash so often

and why does it take up so much memory

[marsh chasm]

this might sound weird but were do i install unreal engine 4.10

[dense knoll]

how do you make something on one players screen happen on anothers

like firing a projectile

or rotation

@anyone?

[rough knoll]

how do i go about it playing the one with weapon_attach_beretta when someone is aiming and weapon_attach when they are not

ive tried using a branch but it never changes so i assume it has to constantly check if they are aiming or not

[dense knoll]

why does everyone ignore me

[rough knoll]

im not i just dont know the answer to your question

[grim juniper]

@dense knoll https://youtu.be/16BvKb-OPOg

[wispy imp]

Hey guys, i have a question about ue4 c++. How would I cast to a class that I have created myself with actor as the parent class?

[haughty moth]

Hey guys. There are a chanel for game designers in this server ?

[thorn crown]

Can someone explain here why input axis are always ticking?

[plush yew]

Hi Folks:

I have a project that I am working on right now that I would like some ideas on how to proceed. I am building a model of a travel trailer. I’d like to be able to walk through it in a nice setting (First Person Shooter style, but without a gun) Id like to be able to activate buttons to slide out the sliders, have the lights and ceiling fans turn on, raise and lower bunks etc. Ive never really done something like this – Ive looked at Unreal, and I also have the demo of TwinMotion (This is a personal learning project, so no TOS violations there). Id also really like this to not be stupid hard, or if it is to have a good set of instructions. What can you recommend?

Thanks

[haughty moth]

I dont know anything about unreal engine I am very noob but I recommend you to see gameplays of cinematics of games to have a solid idea of the cinematic

Luck in your proyect

[plush yew]

Thanks

[frosty maple]

Well after seeing that the skeletal editor has changed of late

I was wondering if somebody could tell me how to change the default scale of my skeletal mesh

I know there is a way to do it I just can't find it

Yep found it

Apparently the skeleton itself is an asset nowadays

instead of just being called skeletal mesh

[marsh chasm]

were do i install unreal engine 4.10

[radiant jasper]

im trying to make a camera system so when u click a button, the camera is shown in place of an image in my widget bp
everything works, except idk how to make it replace the image
does anyone know how I could do that?

[mental shale]

btw how come the editor keeps bringing this menu up every time I press play, even with literally NO CHANGES to anything in the project!?

[radiant jasper]

lmao there r changes

the level

[mental shale]

well I didnt do it

I litterally just quit the game, clicked on the blueprint window and pressed play again

and it prompts again! >:O

[radiant jasper]

it saves everytime u launch in a standalone window

[mental shale]

oh

damn

when they start forcing that?

I dont remember needing to do it in earlier versions

is there a way to make it autosave without prompting me?

huh...

[radiant jasper]

no i dont think so

does anyone have an answer to my question

[mental shale]

replacing images in UI right?

[radiant jasper]

yea

with an event dispatcher

[mental shale]

oh

im not too sure about event dispatchers with ui

[radiant jasper]

cuz i have it set up so the event dispatcher opens a camera in my level

but i want it to open it in place of the image

[mental shale]

but cant you just make the image a variable in BP editor, then change it?

[radiant jasper]

the event dispatchers r in the level bp

can I still reference the image in the lvl bp?

[rough knoll]

any idea why the beretta's camera kinda rotates when i look up? (it should behave like the first weapon)

[wispy imp]

AActor* LeftCollisionBox = Cast<ACollisionBox>(GetActor());

I'm trying to get a reference from a class, but i keep getting the error GetActor identifier not found

does anyone know why?

[merry gazelle]

anyone have any ideas to reduce god rays from tree spawned as instance in a blueprint? I'm using volumetric lighting and have an extinction scale I would like use for everything (except detailed trees). My plan B is to just stop casting shadows only on the trees, however I would prefer to just use my main settings and modify the tree's shadows

[rough knoll]

i cant find anything on the internet about rotating cameras when i look up

[minor quest]

@rough knoll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4fr23pVEuo

[rough knoll]

but could you tell me why its rotating when i look up even though i never selected any option to make it do so

i do not want it to do this and the only way i can stop it is by turning on use pawn rotation but then the view messes up

[radiant jasper]

does anyone have an answer to my question?

im trying to make a camera system so when u click a button, the camera is shown in place of an image in my widget bp
everything works, except idk how to make it replace the image

[rough knoll]

" the camera is shown in place of an image in my widget bp" ?

[radiant jasper]

thats what i want

but rn it just goes behind it

like the view of a specific camera i placed

how would I do that?

[rough knoll]

no idea but i can show you how i replace images in a hud when i swap between my weapons

if thats any help to you

[radiant jasper]

hmm yeah I don't think that will help me

cuz I want it to switch to a live camera, not another bp

[rough knoll]

no idea

i just nee dsomeone to help me wit my camera

[radiant jasper]

wdym by rotating

does ur camera have the head parent socket?

[rough knoll]

its attached to the socket the beretta is in

when i look up it slightly rotates one way or another

i dont know how to fix that

[radiant jasper]

thats the body part moving i think

[rough knoll]

ive had it happen to other cameras before and somehow i fixed it but i cant remember how

[radiant jasper]

the part its attached to has some sort of animation or something most likely

[rough knoll]

my arms are static though unless moved

the only thing i have that moves the arms is when you look up the weapon follows

[radiant jasper]

basically i want the image to be deleted

how do I reference it

but only when the camera im trying to show is activated

[rough knoll]

this is what i have for weapon swap @radiant jasper if it helps

[radiant jasper]

and then when the player goes out of the widget, the image is unhidden

how do i reference the image tho?

?

[harsh tiger]

hi, random question. does anyone here have an elgato streamdeck. an if so, do you use it for anything within ue4?

[radiant jasper]

how do i use it to get access to that image

nvm

figured that part out

hmm, nothing happened

the image didnt go away

@plush yew what am I doing wrong?

oh ive been creating the widget within the button press

lemme try that

ok that works, ty

oh wait

now when I click the button again, the image isnt there

nvm I fixed it, just had to set visibilty on the back button I have

[rough knoll]

(reposting question because problem still persists, scroll up to find video)

[rough knoll]

problem sorta solved, i just ditched the idea of swapping to a new camera when you aim and opted for a custom aim animation

[plush yew]

is the new chaos system in 4.25 from the epic launcher or do I still need to grab source?

[rough knoll]

really simple question that i cant find the answer to

how do i open more tabs

editor tabs

i closed one and i cannot get it back

i closed this one

its sorta here but really small

nevermind

alright back to the questions

how do i play an animation upon an input action

like i just made it so my slide goes back and forth with an animation but i only want it to do that when you shoot (left click)

[plush yew]

get key input then play animation in character bp is the "easiest:"

[rough knoll]

ok but heres my confusion

my player is holding a blueprint actor that is my gun

my animation is not connected to that blueprint actor

so i assume that my animation will not play

@plush yew

[plush yew]

will need to cast to that gun BP

[rough knoll]

alright i did that and it worked thank ya

[plush yew]

glad it helped 🙂

[keen moss]

ive added these to my sequencer, but it keeps unchecking the check boxes, how do i fix that?

[tawny quartz]

hello, I am startaing as a lighting artist and I'm not sure where to ask this...So far I made a day/night cycle for an environment and I created a particle system to simulate fireflies. If I only want it to emit during the night, what should I do ?

Here is the part of my blueprint who change the cycle if it can help 🙂

[plush yew]

@tawny quartz https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/blueprint-visual-scripting/18791-how-to-create-a-bp-light-lamp-that-turns-on-off-automatically-at-day-night-cycle this should point you in the right direction

basically need to store , isdaytime/night time and enable/disable lighting accordingly

[tawny quartz]

Oh I think I understand! Glad to know I wasn't THAT far from it haha

Thanks a lot I'll try this

[frigid kindle]

is it possible to have this sequencer animation to have colission with the wall? I tried to add a box colission to it but im not sure if i set it up correctly or if its possible at all . thx

[radiant jasper]

Im trying to import a model with colors stored per vertex (.obj)

when I import the mesh, the colors do not show

its just white

does anyone know how to fix this?

[tawny quartz]

@plush yew I tried and it seems to work! Thank you, I changed some things to make it so it goes hidden at daytime. Now I just got to figure how to make it gradually and i'm golden 😄

[rough knoll]

how do i turn off colission for an actor

collision*

nvm i got it

[proper dust]

Hey guys, was wondering if anyone had a minute to help me out, if so I would really appreciate it. Been stuck on this all day. Link to a post I made on reddit about the same problem, just so I don't glog up the text channels. https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/hz64nq/trying_to_create_a_leveling_system/

[distant totem]

@proper dust hey, check these this tutorial series, and this free example of it on github

tutorial series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDcXrLCowkA&list=PLtpNaPTkjdL6jauQ8ZbiB9xe9ay_zfWNE&index=4

github: https://github.com/TitanicGames/RPGProject

[plush yew]

@proper dust try this one out, it goes over leveling systems as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z82RWgVnnM

[sweet grotto]

Am I correct that unreal engine 5's nanite will not apply to character models? Does anyone know who should I ask this?

[plush yew]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-unreal-engine-5-playstation-5-tech-demo-analysis#:~:text=Core to the innovation in,used extensively in movie CGI. @sweet grotto

this covers some of the tech details around nanite

nothing stating saying it doesn't work on characters

[proper dust]

@plush yew that's the tutorial I followed actually, but I'm getting an error with it, and can't narrow it down

[plush yew]

ah, lll take a quick watch through and see if i can spot it 🙂

[proper dust]

@plush yew My Bar is just displaying 0 0/0 instead of 1 0/500

[sweet grotto]

I thought I saw in a previous thing, that something about only static objects can use nanite

i'm not sure

[plush yew]

@proper dust did you add the levelling system to your character bp and compile?

[proper dust]

@plush yew Is what I got in my Player BP

[plush yew]

@proper dust can you show me the xpbar widget bp

@proper dust https://youtu.be/soCeAS5A5Bo?t=665 watch from here, i think this is the spot

[proper dust]

@plush yew I did that

[plush yew]

did you update CurrentMaxXP default value to 500 as well in the levellingsystem BP?

[proper dust]

Yes

[radiant jasper]

r there any 3d modelers here

[plush yew]

sorry Nyxis, I've setup the same tutorial and i've got it to work for me. and I cant spot anything from your screenshots 😦

[rough knoll]

@plush yew do you perhaps have any idea how to combine a static mesh and a skeletal mesh into one?

[plush yew]

combine or convert?

[rough knoll]

combine

i have a pistol magazine as a seperate static mesh

i want to combine it with my pistol skeletal mesh in order to make one

[plush yew]

you want to combine them together like adding a pistol to your characters hand/back etc?

[rough knoll]

no the pistol is already in my hand and i have it on the object so the pistol will appear with the magazine in it

but when i go for a reload animation i need there to be a skeletal mesh with both the pistol and the magazine so i can slide the magazine out in the animation

the magazine is in the blueprint that is created in the characters hand but it is not in the skeletal mesh of the pistol where the animations are done

i want to make a skeletal mesh with both the pistol and magazine as one so i can create my reload animation

[vocal loom]

Hi? I'm having an issue when signing my pak file

Is there any support chat or anything?

I'm getting this error

LogPakFile:Display: Parsed signature keys from command line.
LogPakFile:Display: Testing signature keys.
LogPakFile:Error: Keys do not properly encrypt/decrypt data (failed test with 11)
LogPakFile:Display: Loading response file C:\Users\acube\Documents\Unreal Projects\PackagedGame\getDatatoPack.txt
LogPakFile:Display: Added 2 entries to add to pak file.
LogPakFile:Display: Collecting files to add to pak file...
LogPakFile:Display: Collected 40 files in 0.00s.
LogPakFile:Display: Added 40 files, 3707253 bytes total, time 0.02s.
LogPakFile:Display: Unreal pak executed in 0.026986 seconds```

[rough knoll]

ok ill reword it

is there a way i can add an asset to a bone that is not a preview

[plush yew]

I think sockets are what you need to use but I'm not sure

https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/animation/114120-how-should-i-set-up-gun-reload-animations

this might help too

[rough knoll]

i cant use sockets though because i dont want it to just appear

i want it to be an actual part of the skeletal mesh

one skeletal mesh with the mag inside of it

[scenic oriole]

Here is a newb question: is there an easy button to add characters into UE4? I mean I don't seem to struggle with anything but this so far.

[rough knoll]

this without the [Preview Only]

[plush yew]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/content-creation/801-socket-permanent-attachment

try this out

I hate skeletal stuff 😦

[cold vale]

Hello

I was wondering if someone could help me

I'm new to Unreal Engine

If you think you could help me, please @ me

[void barn]

saw this from internet

bs usually come with 2d

direction and speed

x and y

but how to have that 3rd input ?

the play rate thing

nvm found it

[open gorge]

Use Git

[open gorge]

nope

[kindred orbit]

I dunno what to do after learning basic ue4 blueprints and interface

[tender pecan]

make a game?

[pseudo pulsar]

I don't understand how scale works in UE4. lol In blender stuff is SUPER tiny when I set my Unit Scale to .01 (Stuff as in new objects that I make)

But the confusing thing is that when trying to make my stuff equally as small at that cube it; it just makes everything small when importing into Unreal. 💀

[glacial pecan]

@pseudo pulsar https://github.com/xavier150/Blender-For-UnrealEngine-Addons

Note that Epic's official blender to unreal plugin ALSO gets the scale wrong.

The above one is unofficial, but gets it right.

[dark rune]

any word on when UE5's gonna come out
sth like a release date

[worldly rose]

Only thing I've seen is "Unreal Engine 5 will be available in preview in early 2021, and in full release late in 2021" from https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5

[dim arch]

I am trying to export a texture from the engine

but it will only let me export .COPY or .T3D, anyone know why?

other textures can be exported as TGA

[cosmic matrix]

Does anyone could make work mixamo character skeleton and ue4 blender tool?
I can t make it work for mixamo character

[trim dawn]

hey, does anyone recognize the problem that the IDE (in my case 'CLion') fails at indexing files? it just seems to skip most if not all of them and as a result the IDE will error everything, but compiling and running the engine works totally fine. this is happening on all 4.25* verisions. 4.24 is the latest that does not have this bug

[worldly rose]

What type of project files do you generate?

[trim dawn]

not sure? ive run the "Unreal engine generate project files" on the uproject if thats what you mean

[restive yarrow]

What is the best way to manage windows paging file sizes ? Ive been experiencing a lot of issues with merging actors or generating proxy meshes for HLOD because the editor just crashes saying ran out of memory trying to allocate x bytes allignment 0 , I have 16gb RAM, is paging file size the way to fix this? I have like 30 gb free space on my C drive where the OS is located, and after the crash occurs its left with 10 gb

then i have to restart my system, then wait a whopping 20-30 mins to get my level to load just for it to crash again, this is not good

[cosmic matrix]

@plush yew yeah i delete extras bones of hands feet and head but when i click in fk to source in node editor i can t plug node

have you rename bones?

seem mixamo doesn t use .r .l

namming conv

ok thx i will try right now

or maybe just by adding .r .l

cause in the current state mirroring X doesn t work

with mixamo bones namming

[zealous cloak]

did i missed any update of some implementation on VR subtitles?

just wanna make sure it doesnt work

[cosmic matrix]

@plush yew did you get this error?

@plush yew ok but is it for the calvicle you got the priblem i don t understand what do i need to link

[pseudo pulsar]

When renaming folders it sometimes duplicates itself with the old one having nothing in it, and being undeletable. Is this a common issue for others as well?

[cosmic matrix]

ohhh my doesn t look like at all

is it your meta rig or your source?

@plush yew

yeah i suppose too

is it your final metarig?

and i do not understand why there is an error in the default metarig lol
Are you using the mannequin default rig or you create your own?

@plush yew

[thick herald]

@cosmic matrix You could try this app, I've used it and it does what it says it does - just make sure to read and follow the simple instructions. http://terribilisstudio.fr/?section=MC

[cosmic matrix]

@thick herald thanks but i really need to create a rig inside blender to create my own animation with mixamo character already weight paint

so you are not using the mannequin you created a new temple?

so you are not using mixamo character

i m looking this doc https://github.com/EpicGames/BlenderTools/wiki/UE-to-Rigify-Templates

[plush yew]

Im new to UE4 and at first it seemed easy but now I don't get it at all

so confusing

I deleted the player spawner but when I ctrl+z to bring it back it said bad scale

no idea what it means and why does the object come back broken after I just delete it and ctrl+z bring it back

or where is the player spawning referencing the player to spawn

I can't find it anywhere

there's nothing in the details tab

[tender pecan]

@plush yew the default player character is set in the game mode.

Project Settings -> Maps and Modes

[plush yew]

whaaaaaat

ok

[thin sluice]

hi, so i get this every time i try to add a cine cam actor to my level, but the thing is all my drivers are updated and everything. how do i fix this

[ember star]

I tried to make a dedicated server, which involved 'switching unity versions', now im unsure about the state of my project. Should I stop using 4.25 and only use the -release version?

when i tried to open the project, unreal warned it was built with a different version

[plush yew]

How to rotate image widget?

[ember star]

also, i changed solution configuration to 'development server' without paying attention to the original value..

[plush yew]

How to rotate image widget?

[desert lava]

Can anyone help me with UE4 html rendering black on mobile browsers. Textures are appearing black. Below is the screenshot of basic map in html android mobile

[lunar scarab]

Hey everyone, I keep getting this error with the LightMass. what can cause this issue? I'm using ue 4.25.2 launcher version

[gritty thicket]

Hey everyone i was working on a blueprint last night and I compiled and saved then closed the engine, but now that ive came back in the morning none of the components are visible except the camer (player controller blueprint)

[cosmic matrix]

@plush yew i follow the doc as the begging but what i have is this:

i haven t the red sphere like in the tuto

so i can t map my source to my meta

[ember star]

If a new client connects to the game, and the pawn is anywhere remotely near another pawn, it pushes existing pawns away. how can i stop that?

[cosmic matrix]

@plush yew 2.83.3

tool 1.3.6

[glad loom]

Hello, in what order are things happening in a tick? If I damage the player, doing a cast to player and damaging him, does it first do the event tick event for the player, or does it first do the damage in the tick, then the event tick event?

[cosmic matrix]

@ember star maybe you could override some function

@plush yew are you using an animation or not when doing the process?

ok like me

yeah i saw that

that s why i m asking if you did it with anim or not

i try to use human metarig

right after the 3rd step i do not have same result as the video show

this is really strange

[azure reef]

Hello guys! I'm trying to build my game with UE4 from source but I'm getting this errors. What are this? Thank you

[cosmic matrix]

@plush yew In the video he hit convert just after namming a new temple and he have a rig etc...
in case when i hit convert my source armature disapeare and i haven t a rig ...

[maiden swift]

@plush yew Please stay on topic in this channel. Thanks.

[cosmic matrix]

@plush yew no my char is by default 0.01

oh

ok will try your solution right now

no that s doesn t change anything

still doesn t work

with char at scale 1,1,1

and scene .01

and my character still loose his armature

ok my armature is 1.1.1 and my mesh is 100.100.100

have you the same?

wwith scene in .01 .01 .01

meter

ok

[alpine laurel]

when im making a new c++ project it keeps getting stuck at "generating code" at 67%

and becomes unresponsive.

[worn rampart]

I saw this on reddit and thought it would be awesome to share!
https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/hyvhxr/pong_ai_running_entirely_in_bp_node_graph/

[exotic thicket]

wow :P

looks... hard to follow

pretty neat idea though lol

[karmic nymph]

How do I utilize timelines?

theres nothing in it and I dontt know how to do anything with it

[worn rampart]

when im making a new c++ project it keeps getting stuck at "generating code" at 67%
@alpine laurel It used to take me about 20 minutes on my old i7 when it hit that magic % UE4 often quits responding under heavy loads and computers in general will pause a process to reallocate resources to complete it.

[ember cypress]

@karmic nymph Click these to add a track for their respective 'type' -- Float and Vector are the first two. I don't recall the last two off the top of my head.

[karmic nymph]

ah ok

im not sure what type of timeline this is though

[worn rampart]

@karmic nymph was about to mention what is it that you are using a timeline for? These things need to be added as indicated by @ember cypress

[karmic nymph]

so if im not mistaken the timeline provides a range of values

[ember cypress]

That's a Float track.

[karmic nymph]

of which the code will use to determine the player's speed while sliding

its smoother than a linear slide

[worn rampart]

so, as the player slows down so does the slide motion?

[karmic nymph]

not sure what u mean by that

what its doing is making the player move slower the longer u slide

[worn rampart]

thats what i meant

[karmic nymph]

ok

[worn rampart]

you can also use float curves for experience curves

[karmic nymph]

no its definetely a float curve im just dumb ._.

[alpine laurel]

@alpine laurel It used to take me about 20 minutes on my old i7 when it hit that magic % UE4 often quits responding under heavy loads and computers in general will pause a process to reallocate resources to complete it.
@worn rampart literally just worked

[worn rampart]

nice!

[ember star]

When I log in with a new client, existing character pawns load in the wrong location. Once they move they appear to teleport to the right spot. Whats wrong?

[worn rampart]

your loading your pawns on the client first

[ember star]

client is just doing 'open IP'

then it connects, most everything is right, but other player locations are wrong

[worn rampart]

I assume other players see you in the wrong spot as well?

[ember star]

hmmm

appears so

but as soon as anyone moves, their location is fixed

[worn rampart]

is it a dedicated or a client to client server (host)

[ember star]

'server' is a listen right now

from a package, not in editor

[worn rampart]

so you run a separate instance as server correct

[ember star]

yeah, one copy doing World?listen

then clients each connect

[worn rampart]

dedicated server

that server needs to tell the client where to spawn when they connect. It sounds like the clients are spawning then the server updates their location when input is detected

[ember star]

the pawns have beginplay - setActorLocation

which loads from a savegame

thats not being replicated maybe?

[worn rampart]

that actor location is not set by the server

[ember star]

gotcha. i shouuld make that is authoritive?

[worn rampart]

try this, custom event -> to another custom event that runs on server with set actor location (replicated)

[ember star]

ohh i need an RPC for this?

[worn rampart]

Begin Play -> Local Event -> Server Event - actor location

Begin play runs locally. The server needs to know where the player should be when they connect.

[ember star]

awesome, thanks! I'll take a shot at that

[worn rampart]

Without knowing how your set it up i can only offer suggestions

[ember star]

Working perfectly!

Thank you neo

[worn rampart]

NP, here to help

[karmic nymph]

i love this community

so helpful to each other 😄

[tight prawn]

quick math question, how can I check if the delta between two vectors is greater than 50

meaning it's either > 50 or < -50

[worn rampart]

i believe there is a min max node

[tight prawn]

no i'm not looking for min max

I want to avoid too small floats when handling touch events

[worn rampart]

didnt mean it that way, it will give you the greater or smaller of two numbers

compare node if you will

[tight prawn]

i'd like to move the object only if the previous - current position of the touch index > 50

the said value can be -60 hence moving the object backward and forwards

[eternal urchin]

does having a level loaded but not visible cost much?

[worn rampart]

Compare Float in blueprint

@eternal urchin having it loaded will only take up space in memory, its when something has to be rendered will it affect performance. keep in mind loading assets in memory can affect performance such as load and unload speed

you may not notice the performance due to read/write speeds for example if you have a library full of books and you need to find just one is much slower than looking for that same book in a library with fewer books. this is where memory referencing and pointers come in handy

If i remember right pre loading was a recent topic to improve performance

alternatively you can use async loading

[eternal urchin]

well i was thinking about multible planets.
thing is i cant have clients load a level without the server.
so the server would have to have all planets loaded.
and the clients therefor only set visability.

[worn rampart]

If that is the case use client side level streaming. server will always have assets loaded but the client will only load what is necessary. granted a little extra setup

[eternal urchin]

nice!

[worn rampart]

in some cases the server will only deliver the data without having to load anything, keeping the server size and resources to a minimum

[eternal urchin]

does clientside levelstreaming work with preloading for clients?

[worn rampart]

if you select it as an option

[eternal urchin]

downside?

[worn rampart]

the manual labor to set it up

some items will be a simple check box others will have to be set up

level streaming volumes etc.

is the game based on space and traveling to planets?

[eternal urchin]

kind of

large maps and teleportation

loooong distances

[worn rampart]

empty space is easy, server just needs to know where the player or players are

[eternal urchin]

max world size is an issue thou

thats why im using origin rebasing

[worn rampart]

origin shifting my be something to look into

is it multiplayer

[eternal urchin]

yep

[worn rampart]

then look into instancing for servers. then split your game into galaxies(instances) world size would be moot

Amazon, spatial OS, are a few examples

[eternal urchin]

thing is i still need to be able to teleport.

flying from A to B is all cool with oriigin rebasing but...
teleporting is another level O.o

because of maxsize and origin

oh and i need to be able to render whats on the other side. i found a halfway good solution but its far from what i need.
but thanks for your help, was very informative

[worn rampart]

amazon and spatial os use seamless transition. teleporting from one instance to another relativly simple.

Good luck with your project

[eternal urchin]

thx ^^ u2

[iron wadi]

is it possible to show editor only actors in play while ejected?

It was possible by showing collisions, but that seems to be fixed now

things like sprites, empty actors etc, cuz I need to select points and can't while playing

[lofty wave]

Select them from the world outliner

[iron wadi]

yeah I have like 100 points and I don't know which exact one I need to select

that's the problem

[lofty wave]

If its just for testing purposes you can make them visible at all times
I cant think of any other reason to do something in an running editor

[iron wadi]

pause, select actor, check values is a valid reason

for most invisible actors like patrols, events etc

[lofty wave]

Dont they have a billboard?

[iron wadi]

yeah but I can't see it while paused

only if I stop PIE

[lofty wave]

Make them visible at all times

Give me a second

[iron wadi]

there has to be a way to make them not visible in PIE, but visible while ejected, it boggles my mind, that wouldn't be possible

I was using the show collisions trick as of last version, but now that's fixed :/

[lofty wave]

Then attach a mesh to them and delete them after you tested everything

[iron wadi]

i mean sure, I can hack my way to make it work, but if there was a simple solution, that would be better 😄

[lofty wave]

afaik there is no other way

Is there a way to subtract Navigation like subtracting from a BSP brush?

[limber mesa]

anyone know how to get the dialogue plugin?

[lofty wave]

Can you please elaborate?

[marble shoal]

Thought I would show off some work here., I posted this In the forums, reddit, and had very little traffic or likes , Kinda disappointed and left wondering why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5f5j7JgDb0&t=1s

any feedback is appreciated

[lofty wave]

very little traffic or likes , Kinda disappointed and left wondering why.
Because yt nowadays functions this way: "Big channels get bigger and small channels remain small unless someone bigger mentions them"

Or at least it feels like that

[marble shoal]

😦

[plush yew]

Why does this not work?

[obsidian wasp]

I've run into issues with something that seemed like it should be fairly simple. I'm trying to achieve (almost) the opposite of this disintegrate effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bXMDFPcWQ

But rather than having to specify an impact point from which the material should start to appear, I would simply want it to start at the center. I don't quite seem to understand how the A and B inputs for the Sphere Mask node work though.

I figured I should just be able to set A to AbsoluteWorldPos + (some Z value), B to AbsoluteWorldPos, and then increase the Radius to have the effect appear from the middle, but no.

Anyone got an idea how to achieve an effect like this?

[glad loom]

Hello, shoud errors reported while in editor that don't affect anything be taken into consideration? Or can I ignore them, if they don't matter

[obsidian wasp]

Actually, setting A to AbsoluteWorldPosition and B to 0 makes it work just fine in the material instance editor. It just doesn't work in the map editor/in-game (The material shows up/disappears based on distance to the center of the map instead).

[dawn gull]

Hey, I was following this tutorial and I got to the point where he starts doing a rotating planet around the rotating planet, and I did exactly what he does and the smaller rotating planet doesn't move around the planet when it movies, it rotates where it was at the beginning of the level. Why is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkIlzA-q5Go

[obsidian wasp]

Never mind, I'm stupid. Absolute world position is the position of the rendered pixel, not that of the object. So all I need to do is plug in the object's position I assume >_<

[burnt crescent]

Android preview is not showing any material aur texture . How to fix?

Anyone??

[calm sphinx]

Changelog for 4.25.3? 😂

[marsh sparrow]

Heya, if i have a struct and i want to map data from my data table through the struct into an info object which has more fields than the struct, what is the best way to do this in a BP

class BIBLE_NOAHSARK_API AQuest : public AInfo
{
    GENERATED_BODY()

public: 
    // Sets default values for this actor's properties 
    AQuest(); 
    
    // Called when the game starts or when spawned
    virtual void BeginPlay() override; 
    
    // Called every frame 
    virtual void Tick( float DeltaTime ) override;

    UPROPERTY( EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Quest" ) 
    TArray<AObjective*> CurrentObjectives;
    
    UPROPERTY( EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Quest" )
    TArray<TSubclassOf<AObjective>> Objectives;
    
    UPROPERTY( EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Quest" )
    class USoundCue* QuestStartSoundCue;
    
    UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Quest")
    int32 QuestId;

    UPROPERTY( EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Quest" )
    FName QuestName;
    
    UPROPERTY( EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Quest" )
    FText QuestStartDescription;
    
    UPROPERTY( EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Quest" )
    FText QuestEndDescription; 
    
    UFUNCTION( BlueprintCallable, Category = "Quest" ) 
    bool IsQuestComplete() const; ```

Sorry for the flood of context

i'd be happy to 1 on 1 chat about it.. but in short it says my struct can't map to my info object..

[exotic thicket]

flood of context huh, would you say we need an... ark to navigate it

sorry saw the name of your project and couldn't resist lol

[marsh sparrow]

hahaha

[exotic thicket]

Have you tried just mapping it so you get the struct, break it, and then insert those values into the new object?

[marsh sparrow]

so in my BP picture.. i have get data table row names.. looping over those names and the out row doesn't go to the quest object

are you saying.. instead of DT row to quest Info object.. i need to do DT->StructObj->QuestInfoObject?

like the get data from DT doesn't do that?

i see a set members in quest_struct

[exotic thicket]

I'm not super familiar with how it works tbh, but I think at least that should work. Maybe there's some other way too 🤔

[burnt crescent]

Hey guys when I run my apk on my device no texture or material are present how to fix ?

[marsh sparrow]

@burnt crescent are they in the APK?

its pretty much just a zip..

@exotic thicket thanks i see a break struct into fields i'll try some of those

[burnt crescent]

Don't know I am new to this

[marsh sparrow]

outside of UE, the assets for mobile need to be in the package

I've been down this road with normal web development

but thats a good place to start

when you build to apk

make sure you open it up and your assets are there

if not.. it didn't build

if it did.. might be a reference

[burnt crescent]

I m getting these while packaging

[marsh sparrow]

not sure

i'd open the apk directly

see if they are there

[burnt crescent]

Ok let me try

[worn rampart]

@obsidian wasp The open world spawn system uses the desired effect your looking for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YTw-pFuWig

[mint sparrow]

is there a way to make the navigation in unreal more like blender?