#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 854

open wadi Oct 7, 2020, 10:17 PM

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That would be nice to globally auto-save on compile

broken stream Oct 7, 2020, 10:23 PM

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Hi guys, do you know how to turn of this fuzy bloom in the camera

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marble sparrow Oct 7, 2020, 10:47 PM

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Hi how do i get a handle on a actor that has been spawned from a spawn point?

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I can explain farther if you need more clarity

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the trace I get shows the spawnpoint instead of the actor being spawned or something

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That spawnpoint blueprint makes sense to me but I need to get a handle on the actor that it spawned so I can move its location

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I can currently move the spawnpoint but the actor spawned by it doesn't follow

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I'd really like the actor to follow the spawnpoint when the spawnpoint moves

bright arch Oct 7, 2020, 10:55 PM

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Is there a place where I should report typos that I find in the UE4 documentation?

humble yacht Oct 7, 2020, 11:03 PM

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Why is a CameraActor still being created when i already have one in the scene

open wadi Oct 7, 2020, 11:15 PM

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I have two buttons, let's call them A and B, that are on top of one another. On construct, button B is set to hidden and button A is visible. When a user clicks button A, some activity occurs, then button A is set to hidden and button B is set to be visible. This works fine visually.

Except, button B doesn't work if I don't move away from the button and back to it: that if I leave the mouse cursor over top of button A and then attempt to click button B after it is made visible, it doesn't work. I have to manually unhover the cursor (move it away from the button) then back over it for it to register. I've confirmed this with print string nodes that simply say "Button A was clicked" or "Button B was clicked"

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Anyone ever seen anything like this? It's very odd.

narrow mauve Oct 7, 2020, 11:23 PM

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Does anyone know how to get the source built version of ue4 to show in the epic games launcher

dense gate Oct 7, 2020, 11:24 PM

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One option is to download an engine version to some place, then replace all the source in it with the engine source

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But an already built version is sadly not there

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You can't "import" a path

lucid grove Oct 7, 2020, 11:38 PM

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Now im completly lost it

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Two characters. Same position. One almost black with global illumination, other is fine

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At this point i have no idea where to look. Anyone experienced with lights?

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The further i go the worse it gets

glass adder Oct 7, 2020, 11:53 PM

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Hello everyone! Guys, tell me how to get sound from a smartphone's microphone using nodes?

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 12:37 AM

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I'm using fully dynamic lighting in my project, and light seems to leak through walls whenever the player is far enough from them. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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That thin line of light shouldn't appear

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 12:43 AM

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Hello guys 👋🏽

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Someone use the ALS V4 merge with Pro Inventory System?

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Pls mp me if you use ALS V4 🙏🏼

fervent sigil Oct 8, 2020, 12:51 AM

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@ornate forge I remember I had a similar issue, don't remember the solution so not 100% sure it applies; It's late here but I'll check tomorrow and see.
If you found a solution in the meantime mention me, would love to know.

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 1:09 AM

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@grim ore Are you around; also to you smart guys i really really really want to figure something out i cant seem to find decent enough information about

night bridge Oct 8, 2020, 1:09 AM

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Guys

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 1:09 AM

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Clothing damage or tears and such

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is there a concise or even term for this when looking up resources

night bridge Oct 8, 2020, 1:10 AM

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In the place where it is supposed to show the image of a cube it says "none"

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And I cant drag the cube into the scene

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 1:10 AM

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I keep finding chaos engine stuff instead of someone talking about clothing damage, is it just apart of Chaos engine or am i really stupid, please ping me if you know what i should be looking for :C

empty dawn Oct 8, 2020, 1:19 AM

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Exporting a character from maya and getting: Can't detect import type. No mesh is found or animation track.
When importing, what's up?

burnt egret Oct 8, 2020, 2:20 AM

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Anyone know anything about ProcessingExports when saving a map or blueprint? All of a sudden whenever I save something, it stops at ProcessingExports and it takes like 5 to 10 minutes to save.

open wadi Oct 8, 2020, 2:21 AM

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I've got a structural question. I have a custom video player I've built for remotely-hosted videos with a bunch of functionality, but it's all contained within a single widget that loads the video. I'd like this functionality to be modular, so that if I update one video player, it'll update all of them. What's the best way to design this?

marsh swallow Oct 8, 2020, 2:30 AM

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Is there a way to make a post process that is visible (for instance a fog) from outside of the PP Volume? I am trying to create cave darkness on a dynamic moveable sky map and after weeks of research it seems that its a pretty common issue to have a nice dark cave since the skylight lights interiors.

distant marlin Oct 8, 2020, 3:06 AM

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I've got a structural question...
@open wadi what do you mean by update? At runtime or during development?

storm venture Oct 8, 2020, 3:22 AM

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i keep getting this error when trying to simply duplicate a level... what gives?

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elfin stream Oct 8, 2020, 3:48 AM

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@marsh swallow are you trying to keep the cave dark from outside?

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Usually people use an imposter that fades as you get closer

torpid notch Oct 8, 2020, 4:07 AM

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When setting up a third person camera on a Pawn that can be controlled. How come the Camera movement effects the model of the player? It rotates it

frigid needle Oct 8, 2020, 4:30 AM

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Likely because on the pawn you have, you're adding input to the pawn, and the camera is just inheriting the rotation.

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If you want to move the camera without affecting the model of the player, then you'll need to specifically move the camera. Or, typically, the spring arm that the camera is childed to

terse ferry Oct 8, 2020, 4:35 AM

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Mine was on github
@regal mulch OK thanks, I think I'll use existing UE4.25.3 functionality like you suggested.

tiny sonnet Oct 8, 2020, 4:41 AM

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Hey, does anyone know how to make it so your movement arrows are relative to the rotation of the object?

frigid needle Oct 8, 2020, 4:45 AM

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Where?

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I believe what you're looking for is the toggle between "Local" and "World" space. That will adjust the movement axes

torpid notch Oct 8, 2020, 4:55 AM

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The problem is, Add Controller Yaw and Pitch input does not allow me to set a target

void mirage Oct 8, 2020, 5:53 AM

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anyone awake?

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need to ask a question

distant marlin Oct 8, 2020, 6:04 AM

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anyone awake?
@void mirage yup

ancient kayak Oct 8, 2020, 6:57 AM

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anyone here using Blender + Unreal engine = bones?

daring tundra Oct 8, 2020, 8:57 AM

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Hi all. Quick question: Has anyone any info on how to create a simple join / dropout menu for local multiplayer games?

restive yarrow Oct 8, 2020, 9:18 AM

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someone quickly tell me if i should place the navmesh in the sub levels or in the main parent level?

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I have my landscape sections in sub levels

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and the persistent level only has the sky and lighting

sterile tulip Oct 8, 2020, 10:45 AM

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How can I increase the shadow distance of my foliage?

fickle ridge Oct 8, 2020, 11:11 AM

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think it's worth doing a 2d mobile game in unreal?

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or should i go for a diff engine

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 11:12 AM

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is there a free plugin for steam sdk in ue4 bp ?

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in the marketplace

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 11:43 AM

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hello , how i can add arrays in function parameters ?

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in c++

exotic thicket Oct 8, 2020, 11:45 AM

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TArray<Foo> MyParam ?

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 11:48 AM

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tnx

rocky radish Oct 8, 2020, 11:50 AM

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I'm using fully dynamic lighting in my project, and light seems to leak through walls whenever the player is far enough from them. Does anyone know how to fix this?
@ornate forge increase the distance that the player can see the dynamic shadows (i dont remember what the option is called)

quaint fox Oct 8, 2020, 11:53 AM

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do cull distance volumes not work on characters?

restive yarrow Oct 8, 2020, 12:18 PM

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Guys my AI isnt working on world comp levels

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its like the nav mesh isnt working

analog summit Oct 8, 2020, 12:20 PM

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Hi, i try to add some animations to my GUI, i have an arrow that represent the speed.
So in the game, when the speed is increased, the arrow it will be animated, else it will be a static image

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Static image

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the animation

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this will always be on the screen, let's say it will be in the upper right corner

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or left, as in this image :D
How would you proceed?

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quaint fox Oct 8, 2020, 12:30 PM

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you could set the velocity as a float or vector in a material parameter collection, then access that in your widget material and use it as the panning speed for the UVs? or the lookup index/offset for anim if thats what you had

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 12:30 PM

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@quaint fox what is the character ?

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skeletal mesh ?

quaint fox Oct 8, 2020, 12:31 PM

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yes, its ACharacter and its skeletal mesh comp

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 12:31 PM

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nope the cull distance volume will not affect the skeletal mesh

quaint fox Oct 8, 2020, 12:31 PM

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ahh, alright, thanks!

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 12:33 PM

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you're welcome

exotic thicket Oct 8, 2020, 12:43 PM

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you should make a game with that

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it looks like some kind of horror game lol

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graphics glitches like that can be really creepy when you don't expect them

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:D

terse ferry Oct 8, 2020, 12:46 PM

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@regal mulch The function "Get Magnitude for frequencies" which is in engine should do the trick.

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 12:56 PM

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Simple question - can you attach two or more components to a single socket?

analog summit Oct 8, 2020, 12:58 PM

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@quaint fox this is what I have in my material, that param "Frames", but I don't know how to access the "default value" of that param from my widget grapgh.

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marsh sparrow Oct 8, 2020, 12:58 PM

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Oh hi. So the level-design room is hopping ( or not ) does anyone have a level design person I might talk with for a bit about optimization?

analog summit Oct 8, 2020, 12:59 PM

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if I change that value, the arrow go up if is + value or down if is -

regal mulch Oct 8, 2020, 1:00 PM

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@terse ferry the point is that originally the function only worked in uncook editor

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Because the required data gets stripped when cooking iirc

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So it doesn't work in package builds

quaint fox Oct 8, 2020, 1:03 PM

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@analog summit You should be able to do something like this in the widget

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terse ferry Oct 8, 2020, 1:06 PM

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@terse ferry the point is that originally the function only worked in uncook editor
@regal mulch Ok thanks for clarifying 👍

regal mulch Oct 8, 2020, 1:07 PM

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I don't know if it's different now

analog summit Oct 8, 2020, 1:07 PM

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@quaint fox i was close :))

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regal mulch Oct 8, 2020, 1:08 PM

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Best is to check the cpp code. They had a comment about it not working in package builds in there

terse ferry Oct 8, 2020, 1:08 PM

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Tried to work with that

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@regal mulch But it didn't worked for me when packaging...

regal mulch Oct 8, 2020, 1:08 PM

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Then it's still broken

terse ferry Oct 8, 2020, 1:09 PM

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Then it's still broken
@regal mulch Guess so

strong schooner Oct 8, 2020, 1:11 PM

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Has anyone been granted with the unreal grant without the actual game? I plan to just send the plan as pdf with containing the descriptions, snapshots the partial gameplay mechanics and 3d renders, costing, and explanation why it would help the medical community, etc. Although I would still want to send a packaged partial example so that they could understand what I am dealing with. They put me on hold since I asked for more time, I was trying to see if medical students would want such an interactive game. This an interactive medical game btw.

light thunder Oct 8, 2020, 1:17 PM

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UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): LogDerivedDataCache: Warning: C:/Users/blmcc/AppData/Local/UnrealEngine/Common/DerivedDataCache is very slow (0.10MB/s)

warm hornet Oct 8, 2020, 1:17 PM

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Hi Guys. Curious about the Twinmotion free trial version. It states that "it may not be used for commercial purposes." Bit of a grey area. Recently laid off trying to build a portfolio of archviz work that I would display online. Does self promotion = commercial work?

exotic thicket Oct 8, 2020, 1:20 PM

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Commercial in this context usually means work that you get paid for

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If you're not getting directly paid for the work then it's not commercial

warm hornet Oct 8, 2020, 1:20 PM

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ok got it. Thanks

twin hawk Oct 8, 2020, 1:39 PM

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Hey, I've got a question, I'm trying to implement a slide mechanism in my FPS movement, and saw a tutorial that uses the AddVectorWorldOffset for the sliding, this is however a big buggy as it will sometimes clip into walls, is there a better way to do it? In Unity I could just transform the rigid body with a force..

empty crest Oct 8, 2020, 1:40 PM

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Hey guys 🙂

twin pawn Oct 8, 2020, 1:42 PM

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does landmass work with world composition?

exotic thicket Oct 8, 2020, 1:49 PM

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@twin hawk in my FPS project I did sliding by reducing friction when the player does a slide

twin hawk Oct 8, 2020, 1:50 PM

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reducing friction speeds up the movement?

exotic thicket Oct 8, 2020, 1:50 PM

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ah if you want to speed it up then that probably wouldn't work

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I think there should be like.. add force or add impulse or something on the character movement component though

twin hawk Oct 8, 2020, 1:50 PM

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oh.. yeah I'd like to make it like in Apex Legends.

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yeah I'm struggling with it a bit.. I just thought maybe someone has a good solution to this. 🙂

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 1:52 PM

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Heya! Thats almost a tradition 😄 Anyone know how to fix it? Opposite part of any model is completly black with dynamic lightning.

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simple fern Oct 8, 2020, 1:54 PM

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Is Unreal too much for an FMV game? We wouldn't really need any 3D

open fulcrum Oct 8, 2020, 2:12 PM

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Hey. I need to animate the character. I want to implement this by showing/hiding sprites. There are two sprites for showing the left and right sides of the character and four sprites for the hands positions. When you press one of the four buttons, the player sees only one character sprite - left or right side and one of the four of hand sprites. I would be grateful for any help with implementing it in a blueprint.

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it's about this game: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JfcAAOSw1Upd3Jfu/s-l1600.jpg

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I think I don't need animate it with Paper Flipbook and with state machine because it's too complicated for a simple thing

warm hornet Oct 8, 2020, 2:17 PM

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Any Houdini users in this channel? Just curious what the recommended workflows are for getting data (individual meshes, animations or entire ecenes) from Houdini to Unreal? Doesn't seem that DataSmith has native Houdini file format support. USD, FBX, or ?

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 2:23 PM

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@lucid grove Have you tried adding a Sky Light?

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:23 PM

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@lucid grove Have you tried adding a Sky Light?
@ornate forge Its already there

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 2:24 PM

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Is it set on Movable?

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:24 PM

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That a problem im fighting one week

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yep

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almost got depression ha

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 2:24 PM

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Lighting is tricky

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It was so much simpler in Source Engine, but it was 95% static

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:26 PM

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Basically i have a sun with directional light - everything that touch it looks perfect, but the backside is completly black.

empty crest Oct 8, 2020, 2:28 PM

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@lucid grove try increasing the exposure in the scene

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the sky might get blown out a bit but it's worth a shot

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also it's possible the default tonemapping curve is crushing the blacks too much

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:29 PM

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@lucid grove try increasing the exposure in the scene
@empty crest Where can i do that? In post-process?

empty crest Oct 8, 2020, 2:29 PM

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yes under Lens

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Exposure compensation and you can also lock eye adaptation by setting the min and max to the same value

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the tonemapping slope is under Film

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you could try Slope 0.98 and Toe 0.35

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and then lastly if it still isn't looking good you can adjust the skylight intensity which should directly lift the shadows

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:36 PM

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Exposure just made my scene brighter, which is bright, only shadows black.
Any settings at Film impact scene, but not those black shadows.

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some things that i noticed with skylight. this is how it looks when i just un-posses character

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When i click recapture - its seems like fixes most of the too dark shadows.

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fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 2:39 PM

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how i can put a FString in return in c++ ?

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 2:42 PM

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@fierce forge

{
    return FString(TEXT("Blablabla"));
}```

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:44 PM

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@empty crest hmm is possible that only particular model got this problem?

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empty crest Oct 8, 2020, 2:45 PM

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it seems like really weird behaviour that the entire scene is lit differently when you possess a character, unless you're also possessing a different camera with different post process settings

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:46 PM

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Head attached to body

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And it looks ok

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But the model not

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this is what detail lightning shows me

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empty crest Oct 8, 2020, 2:47 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/uBRNB9D.png the shadows also changed on the rocks

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lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 2:49 PM

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I dont understand. Two characters. One get good lightning, other is not.

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Changed clothes in same scene for two characters. Left looks ok, right (player) - top part is not.

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Same cloth models

unique kraken Oct 8, 2020, 2:51 PM

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hey question, if i plug vertex normal ws, into normal, shouldnt i get the basic result?

wind gate Oct 8, 2020, 2:54 PM

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Guys, I need some help! My lighting is failing to build, just on this map.

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plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 2:54 PM

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Hi guys. Does anyone have a good example of Blackboard + Tree that covers a dynamic Deathmatch bot? The movement I have is quite static, straight liney sort of stuff. Thanks for the help.

wind gate Oct 8, 2020, 2:54 PM

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Im 4.25 btw

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 2:56 PM

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hello , how i can set rich presence for steam in c++ ?

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 2:59 PM

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@wind gate I beleive that happens when meshes have no materials assigned to them perhaps, might want to look into that

wind gate Oct 8, 2020, 3:02 PM

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really? wow, i didnt expect that. Thanks I will try it. I yesterday installed malwarebytes on my pc and i think that's what caused it, like somehow banning the swarm agent. I'll check what you recommended.

regal mulch Oct 8, 2020, 3:06 PM

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Anyone ever got a ProjectileMovementComponent to work with more than one Collision Component on the Actor?

lunar depot Oct 8, 2020, 3:07 PM

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what is the difference between aabb tree and bvh tree ??

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 3:09 PM

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@grim ore good day! You are my last resort 🙂 Have you experienced problem i did?

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 3:13 PM

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I don't art much so all the suggestions so far are what I would have suggested

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 3:14 PM

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Got it. Guess i have to made big post on UE forums

devout gulch Oct 8, 2020, 3:16 PM

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@lunar depot aabb is aligned

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bvh is not

lunar depot Oct 8, 2020, 3:20 PM

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anyone gone through chaos code

case ESpatialAcceleration::BoundingVolume: return Ar.IsLoading() ? new TBoundingVolume<TPayloadType, T, d>() : nullptr;
case ESpatialAcceleration::AABBTree: return Ar.IsLoading() ? new TAABBTree<TPayloadType, TAABBTreeLeafArray<TPayloadType, T>, T>() : nullptr;
case ESpatialAcceleration::AABBTreeBV: return Ar.IsLoading() ? new TAABBTree<TPayloadType, TBoundingVolume<TPayloadType, T, 3>, T>() : nullptr;
case ESpatialAcceleration::Collection: check(false); //Collections must be serialized directly since they are variadic

glass adder Oct 8, 2020, 3:21 PM

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Hello everyone! Guys, tell me how to get sound from a smartphone's microphone using nodes?

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In short, I need a recorder. Where can I read about this?
Also, tell me: I get a photo from the android camera and put it in an array, which in turn is placed in a structure, I write it through the save object, but when I restart and load from the save object of the application, the image does not appear, although everything indicates that the array they are not empty, can anyone come across? Maybe they do not have time to boot or something like that?

lunar depot Oct 8, 2020, 3:22 PM

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anyone gone through chaos code
@lunar depot what is the difference in the ESpatialAcceleration types ??

wind gate Oct 8, 2020, 3:32 PM

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@grim ore all my meshes have meterials, even the default one imported from rhino. any other ideas? What does this error message say? What is lightmass crashed? I just cant believe it happened out of the blue!

flat axle Oct 8, 2020, 3:42 PM

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Can you put functions inside of functions? Or is that not good practice?

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 3:45 PM

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hello , how i can access onlinesubsystemsteam in c++ ?

lunar depot Oct 8, 2020, 3:45 PM

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Can you put functions inside of functions? Or is that not good practice?
@flat axle yes ... they are called lambdas and there is nothing wrong in using them

flat axle Oct 8, 2020, 3:45 PM

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@lunar depot thanks

sterile tulip Oct 8, 2020, 3:54 PM

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guys

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I need to learn

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how to make a landscape

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and good looking mountains

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 4:03 PM

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beautiful lines

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 4:05 PM

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how i can convert FString to char ?

lunar depot Oct 8, 2020, 4:22 PM

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how i can convert FString to char ?
@fierce forge https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/c-gameplay-programming/38026-can-the-type-of-fstring-be-converted-to-char-in-ue4-c

Unreal Engine Forums

For gameplay programmers writing C++ code.

obtuse egret Oct 8, 2020, 4:23 PM

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guys I'm tired of ue4 crashing I've tried couple of versions it keeps crashing (4.25,4.26)

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 4:24 PM

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whats the crash log

obtuse egret Oct 8, 2020, 4:24 PM

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grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 4:24 PM

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those are normally PC issues 😦

midnight jetty Oct 8, 2020, 4:24 PM

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Hi, I’m new here. I just got one question. Do most people use Meters, or unreal units for their form of measurement?

obtuse egret Oct 8, 2020, 4:24 PM

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😦

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those are normally PC issues 😦
@grim ore what do u think it might be?

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but it's working fine on the older versions like 4.20

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 4:26 PM

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newer versions of the engine use newer drivers and rendering paths, it could be many things but newer versions might push the hardware harder. all you can try is make sure your video drivers are as up to date as possible and your machine is updated.

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 4:26 PM

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anyone know what i should use to make a low poly terrain/map

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 4:27 PM

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I know that on my video card It was overclocked too much so I had to make sure it was correctly set up and then it would stop crashing the GPU

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@midnight jetty 1 UU is 1 CM so they are interchangeable

obtuse egret Oct 8, 2020, 4:27 PM

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newer versions of the engine use newer drivers and rendering paths, it could be many things but newer versions might push the hardware harder. all you can try is make sure your video drivers are as up to date as possible and your machine is updated.
@grim ore everything is up to date

upper fulcrum Oct 8, 2020, 4:30 PM

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I started running my UE4 Program at a lower value for the graphics and it cleared up some of the issues I was having.

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 4:32 PM

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pretty much if the gpu gets lost at some point, not enough power into the gpu for example in my case, ue4 will lose its connections to the gpu as it resets and crash

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figure out which video card you have, see if it has like a factory overclock, or go grab something like msi after burner and look into lowering the core clock speeds to give the gpu more headroom or increasing the core voltage and see if either help. For me I could crash UE4 in the arch viz example every time if my gpu was undervolted

obtuse egret Oct 8, 2020, 4:34 PM

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figure out which video card you have, see if it has like a factory overclock, or go grab something like msi after burner and look into lowering the core clock speeds to give the gpu more headroom or increasing the core voltage and see if either help. For me I could crash UE4 in the arch viz example every time if my gpu was undervolted
@grim ore I'll take a look at it thx

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I started running my UE4 Program at a lower value for the graphics and it cleared up some of the issues I was having.
@upper fulcrum what do u mean at a lower value?

upper fulcrum Oct 8, 2020, 4:37 PM

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that manage 3d settings I lowered all the values and run the program that way.

obtuse egret Oct 8, 2020, 4:39 PM

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that manage 3d settings I lowered all the values and run the program that way.
@upper fulcrum I dunno if that gonna work in my case

upper fulcrum Oct 8, 2020, 4:40 PM

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well I was using sli and maxed all settings

orchid sable Oct 8, 2020, 4:43 PM

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Can anyone give me any insight on properly passing parameters thru the node child_process.spawn() methodology?

https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options

I am passing my info thru the args (2nd .spawn param from the docs above) but I am not sure they are showing up properly in unreal

hidden aurora Oct 8, 2020, 4:52 PM

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Do you guys know when will 4.26 include the new water systme? Preview 3?

twin hawk Oct 8, 2020, 4:59 PM

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where is the best way to get characters that can be later animated with maximo ?

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I'm looking even for a paid service

subtle timber Oct 8, 2020, 5:23 PM

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Hi everyone, I need help with the process of bringing UDIMs into UE, I know UE does not support UDIMs directly. Is there any work around? or do I have to rescale my UVs?
Please Tag me if you guys and girls have any resources to share
Thanks.

night bridge Oct 8, 2020, 5:23 PM

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Guys

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 5:23 PM

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@midnight jetty 1uu = 1cm

night bridge Oct 8, 2020, 5:23 PM

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I dont have the Cube Mesh

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 5:24 PM

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wdym

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don't have the Cube Mesh?

night bridge Oct 8, 2020, 5:24 PM

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Like

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Normally u can just drag the Cube into the scene right?

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I cant do that

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 5:25 PM

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ye

night bridge Oct 8, 2020, 5:25 PM

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In the place where there is supposed to be an image of a cube it says "None"

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 5:25 PM

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have you tried reinstalling the editor

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this is all i can say, am not a technical expert

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also i'm going to sleep so i hope this is gonna do the job 4u

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is there any way to load HLS Streaming video in Unreal's Media Player?

vapid karma Oct 8, 2020, 5:34 PM

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what is this webinar and what happens when you register

serene heron Oct 8, 2020, 6:24 PM

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You guys think that hangar 13 would be okay if I made a non profit "mafia 3" of my own in Unreal Engine 4

winged crypt Oct 8, 2020, 6:47 PM

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Is it possible to get the physical material traced against (complex) from a skeletal mesh? We want to see which part of a skeletal mesh a sword hit (via trace on impact) to differentiate between armor and skin, for example.

But face index doesn't work with skeletal meshes apparently, and just returns the 1st material by default.

(This is for VR)

sterile tulip Oct 8, 2020, 6:47 PM

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i dont feel good

lament star Oct 8, 2020, 6:48 PM

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Has anyone tested the new AA method?

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 6:53 PM

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What new AA method?

lament star Oct 8, 2020, 7:20 PM

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They added a new kind of AntiAliasing method in the 4.26 preview

marble sparrow Oct 8, 2020, 7:26 PM

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I'm adding text to the face of a cube which works great in the editor but when create a windows exe the numbers are lost out in empty space. The text is kinda verbose I can paste in paste bin if you want to see code

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BTW the text is numbers

thorny perch Oct 8, 2020, 7:27 PM

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I have a question I have this project I have started, first for pc now i want to go oculus quest/quest 2 with it, is there a way to easy convert it into a vr project with the vr-parts baked in?

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as if I started a VR blueprint

flat axle Oct 8, 2020, 7:36 PM

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When hitting play the editor doesn't fill the screen on the sides. How Do I fix this? ( not talking about immersive mode/fullscreen)

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delicate onyx Oct 8, 2020, 7:41 PM

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Does anyone know how to customize this? I want to remove some of these buttons

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lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 7:44 PM

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Does the material have a parameter that is responsible for its light absorption?

honest vale Oct 8, 2020, 7:48 PM

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the materials follow the PBR convention of specifying mats

lucid grove Oct 8, 2020, 7:50 PM

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That... didnt explain anything to me 😄 Can you make it simple please?

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I only need to for one task, dont need to go deep

frail badger Oct 8, 2020, 7:52 PM

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guys I felt so confused, I model a nice low poly in blender, but when I put it in unreal it looks so bad. any idea how to make it nicer?

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top one unreal, bottom one is in blender. the color in blender look far better than in unreal, not to mention the edge distinction between each poly

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 7:55 PM

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how do i stop this from detecting itself

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for reference this is an rpg bullet actor that should destroy everything inside the sphere when it hits something else that isn't itself

thorny spindle Oct 8, 2020, 7:55 PM

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Hi guys!

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 7:56 PM

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however it detects that the actor has for some reason overlapped with itself and kills the bullet and only the bullet

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as soon as it is fired

thorny spindle Oct 8, 2020, 7:58 PM

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Do you guys know some good tutorials for begginers in unreal engine?

frail badger Oct 8, 2020, 8:00 PM

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@thorny spindle just any tutorial series in youtube for making specific type of game. I'm in my 3rd month learning unreal now, and those series start from basic so you can grasp the concept until a bit advance one. if you jump from one tutorial to another it would confuse you

thorny spindle Oct 8, 2020, 8:02 PM

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@thorny spindle just any tutorial series in youtube for making specific type of game. I'm in my 3rd month learning unreal now, and those series start from basic so you can grasp the concept until a bit advance one. if you jump from one tutorial to another it would confuse you
@frail badger thx, the problem is that I don't know which one is more suited for me so I can learn how to do something like this https://youtu.be/FzoY062kY1s

YouTube

Quixel

Create a Forest in UE4 in 1 Hour

Wiktor Öhman demonstrates how you can create a realistic forest environment with Unreal Engine 4 and Megascans. Learn about basic layout, composition, detailing, lighting and post-processing in this 1 hour tutorial.

For more on Megascans: http://www.megascans.se

Ground Mater...

▶ Play video

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 8:03 PM

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in my personal opinion level design is harder than actual development

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i develop solo so i kinda gotta be the jack of all trades but it's a pain in the ass

frail badger Oct 8, 2020, 8:07 PM

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yeah, just take your time @thorny spindle , level design require another set of art skill and sense, you will get there when you get there. maybe if you invested in graphic then takes some tutorial focused on designing level (landacape, lighting, foliage). I'm not that far there, but pretty sure that one require all the free monthly meshes you can get

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@rough knoll dude maybe I'm wrong bc I'm still newb here, but I think you can use tag for avoiding destroying itself. like put different tag for the other actor, and use sphere trace to trace the tag

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 8:13 PM

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well its not really a set number of actors that are being destroyed

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it's destroying every actor within the sphere, no matter what it is, but it needs to exclude the rpg bullet itself

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 8:14 PM

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how do i make inkscape work in english not my native language ?

lusty saddle Oct 8, 2020, 8:26 PM

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Hello I’m in need of assistance. Unreal never want to display my specular maps properly. I’ve tried fiddling with the nodes but it’s not working at all.

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 8:36 PM

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Does AI Perception's hearing sense not invoke UpdatePerception? I've set up both the sight and hearing senses, but only the former is invoking UpdatePerception when another actor is spotted

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Am I supposed to handle hearing separately in HearNoise?

left citrus Oct 8, 2020, 8:50 PM

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is there a way to package 'input' settings into a plugin?

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I'm writing a runtime VR plugin so the vr pawn is part of the plugin content

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but obiviously the inputs are project specific

lusty saddle Oct 8, 2020, 8:51 PM

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Does anyone know why specularity wouldn’t render out?

left citrus Oct 8, 2020, 8:52 PM

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@lusty saddle what results are you getting?

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a spec map should be fine to plug into the specular channel in a material

mossy cloud Oct 8, 2020, 8:53 PM

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^ what he said

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@lusty saddle send a pic of your material

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 8:58 PM

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It seems that I need to use ReportNoiseEvent instead of MakeNoise, huh

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I'm using C++, yes

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ReportNoiseEvent didn't work either

fleet cedar Oct 8, 2020, 9:02 PM

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are you overriding a c++ function or calling one? one minor thing may be forgetting to call the super() of it

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 9:03 PM

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I'm calling MakeNoise and ReportNoiseEvent

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Neither seem to work for me

trim pike Oct 8, 2020, 9:06 PM

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It seems the server pfp has changed

wicked sparrow Oct 8, 2020, 9:11 PM

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Funky new discord logo!

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 9:11 PM

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I changed bDetectFriendlies to true and now the enemies do hear player's shots, but now they are shooting the floor underneath them instead of the player character, what the hell

hearty walrus Oct 8, 2020, 9:11 PM

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How would I stop the "overflowing" from happening?

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fleet cedar Oct 8, 2020, 9:12 PM

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@left citrus one area you may be able to look at for something like that is the floating pawn / default pawn source code, since im pretty sure that runs without having to add any input

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Another spot is the content examples, some of the blueprints in that work with key pressed interactions without needing any setup is memory serves me right

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from default pawn.cpp:

void InitializeDefaultPawnInputBindings()
{ 
UPlayerInput::AddEngineDefinedAxisMapping(FInputAxisKeyMapping("DefaultPawn_MoveForward", EKeys::W, 1.f));
}

void ADefaultPawn::SetupPlayerInputComponent(UInputComponent* PlayerInputComponent)
{
  InitializeDefaultPawnInputBindings();
  PlayerInputComponent->BindAxis("DefaultPawn_MoveForward", this, &ADefaultPawn::MoveForward);
}```

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there's a bit more that goes into it than that but that's the general gist

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@hearty walrus widgets aren't my strong suit but if I can try to point you in the right direction, I'd recommend looking into either using vertical boxes or size boxes

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also anchors for their positions

hearty walrus Oct 8, 2020, 9:16 PM

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this is a custom widget

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rich geyser Oct 8, 2020, 9:19 PM

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I’m trying to mod a game...Is it possible to load .uasset’s and changing blueprints?

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Into the engine**

barren flume Oct 8, 2020, 9:20 PM

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For some reason when I press play in the editor the viewport just keeps getting brighter and brighter the longer i'm in game

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 9:21 PM

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That's probably tonemapping

barren flume Oct 8, 2020, 9:21 PM

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how would I go about messing with that?

hearty walrus Oct 8, 2020, 9:22 PM

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For some reason when I press play in the editor the viewport just keeps getting brighter and brighter the longer i'm in game
@barren flume Have you got a PostProcessVolume?

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if not, add it

barren flume Oct 8, 2020, 9:22 PM

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yes

hearty walrus Oct 8, 2020, 9:22 PM

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then go to exposure

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and set the min and max values to the same number

barren flume Oct 8, 2020, 9:22 PM

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Thank you

hearty walrus Oct 8, 2020, 9:23 PM

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np

mossy cloud Oct 8, 2020, 9:26 PM

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@barren flume you could also do this
(taken from https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/61561/view.html)

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lusty saddle Oct 8, 2020, 9:28 PM

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ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 9:29 PM

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It seems that AI Perception's hearing sense doesn't handle teams properly

fervent sigil Oct 8, 2020, 9:30 PM

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@ornate forge I remember I had issues with teams, but I fixed it using cpp implementation. It was a few versions ago though

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 9:30 PM

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The sight sense correctly perceives the player character as an enemy, while the hearing sense for some reason considers the player character a friendly

shell compass Oct 8, 2020, 9:31 PM

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So, I know I can do Get Forward Vector * 100.0 to get a point 100 units in front of something (for example the camera), and I could do Get Right Vector * 50 and add those together to get a point in front and a bit to the right of something.

But is there a shorter math-way to get such a point?

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Instead of combining each step one by one

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Doing RotateVector(100,50,0) seems to do what I want unless I'm mistaken

celest vapor Oct 8, 2020, 9:48 PM

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Is there a good plugin for database work using BPs?

ornate forge Oct 8, 2020, 9:55 PM

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I'm giving up on AI Perception's hearing sense, will have to find some kind of workaround later

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It's broken

mortal cedar Oct 8, 2020, 9:56 PM

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Does anyone know where I can get full body animations designed for first person multiplayer games? so minimal headbob, arms in the view of the camera etc? I can't seem to find anything like that. its always animations for third person games or first person animations just with arms

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I'd rather not have to use seperate animations/models, and have to set everything up twice. I'd rather just have some slightly janky looking animations I can set up once lol

rich geyser Oct 8, 2020, 10:12 PM

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Does unreal engine have a real-time thing for working with partners

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and a team

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 10:17 PM

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@rich geyser like real time editing the world ?

rich geyser Oct 8, 2020, 10:17 PM

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yes

fierce forge Oct 8, 2020, 10:17 PM

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Yes it have

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@rich geyser multi user editing

ancient lotus Oct 8, 2020, 10:52 PM

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@celest vapor I cover doing that in c++, its the same concept using their json serialization and http requests, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyaUOuVwN3A&list=PLnHeglBaPYu-H3Gqe_94oFkmn9amBXNZp&index=46&ab_channel=SneakyKittyGaming

YouTube

Sneaky Kitty Gaming

Unreal Engine C++ Nazi Zombies: 43: "Master Server: Create Web API"

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SneakyKittyGaming
Discord: https://discord.gg/VUJKzE3

Postman: https://www.postman.com/downloads/

In this video we start the creating of our master server by creating our C# ASP.Net project.

▶ Play video

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 10:55 PM

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how do i check to see if an actor has collided with the landscape

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 11:15 PM

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should i make low poly terrain in ue4 or blender

scarlet birch Oct 8, 2020, 11:18 PM

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Anyone know what might cause the viewmode hotkeys to stop working when launching as standalone from the editor?

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Works in PIE or in a new editor window but not standalone

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:26 PM

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whats up with this? even far away it sounds like it's right up close

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why does the volume not change based on distance

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 11:44 PM

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This rotation setup allows me to transform my skeleton in the AnimBP so that the spine rotates so that the held gun points directly at a given point. But at the moment it overshoots the target before reaching the goal. So if I turn 45 degrees to the left the spine will rotate 60 degrees then back down to 45. What's wrong with this setup, how can I get rid of that issue? I imagine it's because the function is using its own value to calculate. Additionally, if I'm not interpolating then the spine will go absolutely wild

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grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:44 PM

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@rough knoll is this sound inside the grenade that is being played?

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:45 PM

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it's not a grenade (thats just the sound name), it's apart of the RPG bullet and whenever it hits something it spawns a sound at it's location, spawns a particle effect, and then destroys itself after

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:45 PM

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ok so its inside the bullet ?

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:45 PM

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but i'm not sure what you mean by inside

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:45 PM

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the code, that graph is in that actor

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:45 PM

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oh

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yea

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:46 PM

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just making sure the get actor location was getting that actor. What is the sound radius you have set up for the sound? is it using the default settings (this is a sound wave?) or is it using a cue that has attenuation overriden?

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:46 PM

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this is just a sound wave

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.wav file so i assume thats what it is

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:46 PM

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its possible your attenuation settings are super large by default

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so your always in the radius which means the same sound level

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:48 PM

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i created a new attenuation blueprint, and i assume i need to change this ?

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grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:49 PM

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yes, honestly set them both to 1 and test it

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just to see if it works

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or uh i guess 1 and 2 so they arent the same lol

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you should barely if at all hear them

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:51 PM

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yeah i didn't hear them over the rpg firing sound effect

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:52 PM

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now you can slowly increase the numbers to try and get what you want from the distance you want for testing.

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an easy way to "test" this is to add an audio component to the item temporarily and adjust it in the viewport in the blueprint and you can see the radius debug circles

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:53 PM

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well i want it to be heard from a pretty far distance but pretty quiet if you'ree far

plush yew Oct 8, 2020, 11:54 PM

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Whenever I add a variable to my structs I end up having to go back and making sure that each of these Make Struct nodes is connecting the new variables. I don't have too many of these but is this even the right way to go about this?

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grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:54 PM

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rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:54 PM

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i.e. it would hit this massive tree across the water

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it would be very quietly played

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:54 PM

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this is the third person template, you can see the smaller inner cone and the larger falloff by default

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:54 PM

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so i assume the smaller inner cone is where it's in full effect and the larger falloff is just the range that the sound can be heard at all

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:55 PM

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so yeah add an audio component to the item and drop it where you want it then edit it away

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yep the tooltips basically say that, no attenuation until the inner radius is met then it falls off to the distance. the function and shape determine "how" it falls off

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:55 PM

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well whats the scale of this

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because it's going to be a pretty damn large sphere

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:56 PM

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mock up a generic BP, add an audio component, drop in the sound to loop, then play with the spehere

rough knoll Oct 8, 2020, 11:56 PM

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will it calculate the distance and how it should be attenuated

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or will it just stop at a range in the circle

grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:57 PM

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that depends on the attenuation method you use

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or the attenuation function is what it is called in the override

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again you need to test it, drop a test actor in with your effect looping and move to a distance and play with the settings. eject out of the character and you can edit them while its playing

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or you could use simulate and test in editor

serene heron Oct 8, 2020, 11:58 PM

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It's not allowing me to change the skeleton for the animation why?

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grim ore Oct 8, 2020, 11:58 PM

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animations are tied to skeletons is why

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so thats just for reference, not to adjust

serene heron Oct 8, 2020, 11:59 PM

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Ahh how do I change it?

lethal bison Oct 9, 2020, 12:00 AM

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What are some rendering optimizations apart from asset optimization and draw calls that one could use?

grim ore Oct 9, 2020, 12:00 AM

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you won't change it, you would retarget the animation to a new skeleton using retargetting. https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Animation/AnimationRetargeting/index.html

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 12:24 AM

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Head disappears and animation isn't being played

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dawn bloom Oct 9, 2020, 12:41 AM

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folks learning UE4 is so hard

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:p

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how did you guys first start out

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 12:43 AM

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tutorials and simple projects until I could make those simple projects without tutorials then repeating that cycle endlessly

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but a lot of the knowledge builds on itself so the need to use tutorials drops off pretty rapidly at a certain point

dawn bloom Oct 9, 2020, 12:44 AM

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trying to make a pinball game, its been hard 😎

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what do you think about the learn tabs?

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 12:45 AM

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idk what those are, I just searched youtube tutorials that were highly rated for the topics I was trying to learn about

dawn bloom Oct 9, 2020, 12:46 AM

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whats an early project you worked on?

supple totem Oct 9, 2020, 1:21 AM

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For some reason people miss unreal academy a lot, it looks pretty good

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I learned with epics tutorials, before they had academy

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Also epics live streams in whatever topic I was interested in

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:39 AM

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Hello , how to set scalabitity settings by blueprint, without use console commands

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:41 AM

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What's wrong

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autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:41 AM

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@serene heron what 3d software do you use?

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:42 AM

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I changed the format to fbx and exported out of blender originally obj

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:43 AM

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you need to put your object in the center of the world in blender

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and set the object origin to the center of the world too

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:43 AM

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How do I put it in the center?

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:44 AM

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and apply scale rotation and location

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shift + s then cursor to world origin

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next shift +s active to 3d cursor

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then f3 set origin , origin to 3d cursor

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ctrl +a , apply transform

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:46 AM

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So I applied transform

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Set cursor to world origin

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I didnt see active to 3d cursor

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:46 AM

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export in Fbx with checkbox selected objects checked , disable all actions

static sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 1:46 AM

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I saw some people recently talking about v4.26 ? As of right now, 4.25.3 is still the latest version, right?

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:47 AM

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If I put a cube collision on a moving platform, the cube slides all around, how do i make the platform or cube very high friction , so that it doesnt slide around ?

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:47 AM

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sorry king its Selected to 3d cursor

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:47 AM

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without linear damening, thats a hack, it still needs to move naturally through the air

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:48 AM

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Is this good @autumn grail

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I'm sure I did all the steps

static sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 1:49 AM

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Rob Card If there aren't settings for friction already available in the details panel, you may wanna look into Physical Materials

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:49 AM

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now in object mode move your armature with the character slowly the feet on the ground

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:49 AM

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thank you Cali

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:49 AM

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the feet on x axis

static sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 1:50 AM

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But I coulda sworn that friction is a setting you can set without resorting to phys. mats

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:50 AM

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ill look again ty

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well, clicking on capsule collision, searching fric, in details, zero results.

static sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 1:50 AM

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also, check the setting for "Can stand up on" or... something like that

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in the details panel near (or in) the collision settings

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:51 AM

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with g +z and drag

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:51 AM

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i remember that one. ill test it thanks

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this controls if they can step up on something, its default is yes.

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serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:53 AM

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I'm importing it back into unreal engine

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:53 AM

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physics materialls should work

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:53 AM

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@autumn grail

static sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 1:53 AM

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k. That's what you'd want. If that's set to no, then no matter what the friction, anything that "gets on top of" that object will slide right off

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:53 AM

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and?

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:54 AM

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Oh... I was just making sure everything was fine for importing g

autumn grail Oct 9, 2020, 1:54 AM

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i mean is it ok?

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:54 AM

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oh X_x. that makes since. so the boat needs the update. thanks

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ive been hoping for "new crap" to learn with ue4 while i ride the train to work. i can never think of something to search for. physics materials ! Yehaw !!

serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 1:55 AM

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I think so

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 1:55 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEyqewn409E good old mat wadstein

YouTube

Mathew Wadstein

WTF Is? Physics Material in Unreal Engine 4

What is the Physics Material in Unreal Engine 4.

▶ Play video

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omg exactly what i wanted. thanks Cali

static sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 2:13 AM

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np 😉

lucid grove Oct 9, 2020, 2:13 AM

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hey guys, ragarding sun rotation

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for some reason when i set Y less then 0.1 its stuck at 90*

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 2:14 AM

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Hey guys i really need some help with a git issue if anyone knows a thing or two about unreal/git

fading moth Oct 9, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Hi guys! Does anyone know any source of information about XMPP in UE4? I have some experience in XMPP servers, but I can't find how to use a XMPP client in the UE4 docs. All the links related to XMPP that I tried are broken. Thanks in advance

true rune Oct 9, 2020, 2:51 AM

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Hi I'm working on a water material and for some reason I'm getting the shadow that seems to follow the camera. Nothing should be casting that shadow and I'm not sure how to turn it off

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serene heron Oct 9, 2020, 3:11 AM

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What is wrong

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Its only like this in the animations

dawn bloom Oct 9, 2020, 3:26 AM

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wow the raywenderlich guide is so good

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I think its my favorite so far

signal jetty Oct 9, 2020, 3:32 AM

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How do u guys make custom collision For Land ... so can I use blender to make a custom collision “not auto or simple collision”

frigid vale Oct 9, 2020, 3:52 AM

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Are the tutorials from 2018 still okay to learn from as a beginner?

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or will they throw me off because ue4 is in a new version

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 4:08 AM

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are timelines locked to framerate ? probably not right ?

brisk spire Oct 9, 2020, 4:08 AM

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@frigid vale They're okay, most of the stuff is the same, the big things you might find confusing is animation stuff and particle stuff

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But like 90% still applies

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 4:08 AM

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do timelines fire updates only 1 time each frame, or would they fire twice, if you are only running 2 framesper second?

brisk spire Oct 9, 2020, 4:09 AM

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Per tick, not per frame, I think

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Maybe

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Actually no, I have no idea

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Timelines are magic

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 4:10 AM

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id imagine they are close to ticks also, but not blueprint tick, oh, i can test blueprint tick TL myself

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wait no i cant. i cant see at the speed of light

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but i can verify that they run faster than blueprint ticks at least X_x

brisk spire Oct 9, 2020, 4:11 AM

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Might be able to see pretty accurately by getting a print statement to print out like "Timeline: tick time" and "tick: tick time"

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so you can compare the two

rancid lynx Oct 9, 2020, 4:12 AM

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ill try that also ty. i did verify that they dont run on blueprint tick limits at least.

brisk spire Oct 9, 2020, 4:12 AM

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Yeah, sorry I don't have a solid answer for you ):

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I know that you can't run them inside functions, so that would indicate they're at least reliant on blueprint tick

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 4:26 AM

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is there a way to have multiple event ticks

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like theres two branches i want the game to check if true constantly but both need to be able to happen at the same time

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nvm figured it out

shell compass Oct 9, 2020, 4:42 AM

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So, I'm making a VR game and the space that the player is able to move about is no larger than a room/house, so I don't need to make use of UE4s capability to have a 20x20km world

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Can I somehow easily change the world scale or something so I get better small-scale floating point precision for physics instead?

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So a 2x2km limited world but with 10x better precision for physics calculation?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 4:55 AM

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So here's an interesting question - I have a widget that plays a video that I call from a BP function. I'd like to make sure, in the function, that any other currently-loaded versions of said widget are removed from viewport prior to loading the new widget, so as the user navigates between videos the old video isn't still present.

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I'm sure this is possible - how?

shell compass Oct 9, 2020, 5:07 AM

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@open wadi if you store the created widget as a variable, there's a function called something like "is in viewport", and then you can do remove from parent on it

thorny perch Oct 9, 2020, 5:22 AM

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anyone know how to convert an non-vr project to vr? 🙂

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basic functionality as like the template

long elbow Oct 9, 2020, 5:39 AM

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Mine keeps crashing due to an INTERNAL_ERROR. d3d lost. I only have 1 display drivers and that's my graphics card. So wtf is the problem, anyone?

nimble dagger Oct 9, 2020, 5:41 AM

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everytime i try to import a uaasset it says it cant find the file extension, anyone know a fix?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 5:53 AM

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@shell compass Thank you, I was looking into that.

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So here's my situation - I need the function to simply check to see if the widget is in the viewport, remove from parent if so, then either way load the widget to the viewport.

📎 widget_in_viewport.PNG

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That's the logic I have, which would work, except the cast operation is failing - is it possible to cast to a widget not already present in viewport?

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Because if not, I see no way to check to see if a widget isn't in the viewport.

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Looks like you might have to "get all widgets of class", I'll check that.

weary gale Oct 9, 2020, 6:12 AM

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Hey guys, what's the best way to distribute custom Engine versions to other team members and external freelancers?

Is there a difference in building and deploying through UAT and BuildGraph vs brutally zipping up the Engine folder and giving it to other people?

I tried the latter and it works, so I was just wondering if I'm missing something and need to go through the whole process to avoid any problems later on.

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 6:13 AM

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If you dont plan on making Engine changes often, your better off creating your own Installed Engine build and hosting it on Source Control or some other platform that team members can access.

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For example, we have an Installed Engine build with Dedicated Server support compiled in with some minor engine changes. The team uses the Installed Build. It is much more compact than a Source Build version.

weary gale Oct 9, 2020, 6:15 AM

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so there IS a difference

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the Installed Build is lighter?

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 6:15 AM

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Depending on what you put into it via build graph, yes it can be.

weary gale Oct 9, 2020, 6:15 AM

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it has no source, right?

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(engine source)

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 6:16 AM

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It does, but its basically like downloading a Launcher build.

weary gale Oct 9, 2020, 6:16 AM

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oh ok

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thank you for the info

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 6:16 AM

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Its like a customized Launcher build, you choose what features it maintains etc etc.

weary gale Oct 9, 2020, 6:16 AM

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yeah, I saw you can strip platforms you don't need, etc.

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 6:16 AM

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Like i said, we have ours configured to allow for building a Dedicated Server executable.

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Among other things.

weary gale Oct 9, 2020, 6:17 AM

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that is great because I also need to include console stuff

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 6:40 AM

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So Devil, I am wondering what the difference between creating a game lift object vs using the invoke node for lambda to put get query dynamodb.

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I take it using lambda would be the better option?

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 6:42 AM

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A

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 6:49 AM

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Not sure i follow?

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Whats an "invoke node"?

restive yarrow Oct 9, 2020, 6:51 AM

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my redirectors crash, what could be the cause?

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 6:51 AM

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We use Lambda mainly because its much easier and quicker to iterate on for use with GameLift and other AWS Services instead of having to introduce their respective SDKs into the game.

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:06 AM

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yea i miss typed I mean game sparks get game spark object when accessing the database vs using game lift invoke lambda function to retrieve and edit dynamodb

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 7:07 AM

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Well the difference is they are completely separate services

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GameSparks is a somewhat all in one solution i guess.

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:09 AM

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difference would be game spark node creates an object when used and invoke lambda function does not ?

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:14 AM

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has anyone here used ue4 4.26 Preview 2 and is anything new?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:20 AM

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Question: Is it possible to cast to a widget that has not been loaded to the viewport?

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:20 AM

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yea i do not see why not

snow crown Oct 9, 2020, 7:21 AM

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waterplugin is now in the 4.26 branch on github: https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/02d7bf775f92690244f64fe5107d7c0377700aaf

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which that probably means it'll be in preview 3

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:22 AM

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oh thanks

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:22 AM

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Here's the issue - This cast operation is failing. This is a BP function that 1. Checks to see if a widget is loaded to the viewport already and remove from parent if so, then 2. Either way, add the widget to viewport

📎 castissue.PNG

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:22 AM

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would i have to build the whole thing

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or could i just some how get that plugin

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:23 AM

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That cast operation is failing. Is this because I'm calling it incorrectly (via Get All Widgets of Class + Get + Cast to widget) or because it's not possible to cast to a widget that hasn't been added to the viewport?

snow crown Oct 9, 2020, 7:23 AM

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you would have to build the whole thing

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:23 AM

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dam son

snow crown Oct 9, 2020, 7:23 AM

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probably best to wait if you don't have that set up

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:23 AM

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i done it before its just file size its big

snow crown Oct 9, 2020, 7:23 AM

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yeah

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:23 AM

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guess imma wait

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just cant wait lmao

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:24 AM

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So from what I am seeing is that with gamespark I have to create an object but if I use gamelift invoke lambda function it returns a structure.

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:26 AM

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well if anyone has built it could they try give me the Experimental folder from the plugins?

formal needle Oct 9, 2020, 7:29 AM

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Hey, sometime around last month (iirc) Epic released a ship-game livestream. Does anyone know what the stream was named or a link to it? I can't seem to find it.

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:33 AM

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wait @snow crown couldnt i just build the plugin in vs?

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or is the files not there

snow crown Oct 9, 2020, 7:33 AM

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you could probably

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:33 AM

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hmm i could try but might fail

snow crown Oct 9, 2020, 7:33 AM

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but that i think is more trouble than it's worth personally

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:33 AM

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Is it not possible to cast to a widget that has not been added to the viewport?

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:33 AM

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ah ok roy

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well imma give it a shot and see if it does any thing

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wym drop

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:35 AM

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Hi everyone, so here is my scenario: I am trying to execute a simple operation - A BP function that 1. Checks to see if Widget A exists, 2. Removes from parent if so, then 3. Adds the widget to the viewport. I believe I have the code correct, but my cast operation is failing.

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:35 AM

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oh

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i wouldnt know about that stuff

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:36 AM

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Which makes me wonder: Is it possible to cast to a widget that has yet to be added to the viewport? The "Is in viewport" node implies that yes, one could certainly do this, yet any attempt to cast to the yet-to-be-created widget fails. I"m currently using "Get All Widgets of Class" set to Widget A > Get > Cast to Widget A

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As seen here:

📎 castissue.PNG

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:38 AM

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you know what would be nice streaming in the general vc

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:38 AM

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That cast operation fails. Is that "Get All Widgets of Class" > "Get" > "Cast to Widget" sequence incorrect?

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As research indicates that should be the execution flow.

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:41 AM

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when i create the widget I would cast and set a text variable to working. Then when you add it to view port see if it prints working if it prints the default text its not

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but then again when you create an object you create an object does not matter if its added to viewport

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:42 AM

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Right, but see here, the point of this code is to check to see if the widget exists in the viewport or not, and to remove it from parent if so.

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Is there another way to "create a widget" besides "add to viewport"?

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:43 AM

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thats what I am trying to say is that when you use the create node its created

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you dont have to add it to viewport and you can use use a bool value and change it when on screen and off

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:45 AM

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I see. So simply create the widget first via the create node, which would allow for such casting

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I see, and you maintain a bool to monitor whether or not create was successful

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:46 AM

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yea and you can send that object to whatever bluprint you want to store it at so you can add it when you need it

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:46 AM

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Got it, very helpful @versed spear, thank you.

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So in this scenario would I still use "Get All Widgets of Class"?

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After creating the widget?

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:52 AM

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no you will drag from the create widget node

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that will be you object

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then type cast to

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:52 AM

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Well ok, so wait a minute.

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So the entire point of this code is to see if the widget exists, then remove from viewport if so, which as I understand it destroys the widget and removes it from ram (once garbage collection hits it), is that not the case?

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Doesn't "remove from viewport" destroy the widget? Or no?

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:54 AM

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remove from parent

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:54 AM

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Sorr yes

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:54 AM

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and yea its gone no more object

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:54 AM

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Yes, remove from parent.

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:55 AM

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at that point you would be trying to reference an object that does not exits.

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:55 AM

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So the issue is, I have some 9 remotely-hosted videos for my project. I built a video player to play them. But I don't want to generate 9 different versions of the same video player, I want to modularize the player, so I put the player in a single widget, where it takes params for video URL, description, so forth. The user is likely to be clicking around the project and the idea was to only create the video player widget when the proper section is clicked.

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:55 AM

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ok so the water plugin worked 😛

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:56 AM

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So my idea was, when a user clicks a new video, have a function that checks to see if any version of the video player widget exists (since I only want 1 at a time), destroy it if so, then create the video player widget with the new video params

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:56 AM

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oh hi @empty arrow

empty arrow Oct 9, 2020, 7:57 AM

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lol

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yo

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:57 AM

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sup

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:57 AM

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thats what the bool is for

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isvideoplayeron

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:57 AM

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@versed spear Can you elaborate for this scenario?

empty arrow Oct 9, 2020, 7:57 AM

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nm

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:57 AM

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oop

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:57 AM

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Ok, so perhaps, I could create the bool as a GI variable so it remains persistent?

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:58 AM

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you need to pass it around

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:59 AM

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I see. So basically, I create a "video player running" bool as a GI var so it remains persistent, set it to false on start, then when someone clicks a video, create the widget and set the bool to true, and use that bool as a global var for knowing if the video player widget is already loaded.

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Yes, that works, very helpful Mattxor.

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 7:59 AM

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yea

winter gale Oct 9, 2020, 8:13 AM

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So I'm trying to tweet some (hopefully helpful) UE4 tips everyday. Here is the first tweet from couple of days before https://twitter.com/RyanJon2040/status/1295767385639489538?s=19

And here is the second one just tweeted now. https://twitter.com/RyanJon2040/status/1314466704244662272?s=19

Satheesh PV (@RyanJon2040)

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Quickly create your own #UnrealEngine GamePlay Effects by defining them in Gameplay Effect Parents via Project Settings. Requires Gameplay Abilities to be enabled.

Satheesh PV (@RyanJon2040)

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winter gale Oct 9, 2020, 8:29 AM

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Next tweet tomorrow at 11:45 AM IST.

lost niche Oct 9, 2020, 8:31 AM

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Is it possible to add variables to World Settings panel?

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 8:33 AM

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yes

lost niche Oct 9, 2020, 8:33 AM

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Where and how can I do that?

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Tried by adding instance editable variable to level blueprint but it doesn't seem like it's there

versed spear Oct 9, 2020, 8:38 AM

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looking at the WorldSettings.h and WorldSettings.cpp does not seem like you would need to do much.

lost niche Oct 9, 2020, 8:43 AM

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Well, considering it's engine code, I need the soruce build of the editor then?

weary basalt Oct 9, 2020, 8:44 AM

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The WorldSettings class can be overridden in the Project Settings.

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No need for Engine Source.

lost niche Oct 9, 2020, 8:47 AM

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Ah I see, I can derive a C++ class from it. Thanks to both of you

surreal laurel Oct 9, 2020, 9:47 AM

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Is it possible to grab a single channel from a texture sample and manipulate it's UVs by itself?

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📎 unknown.png

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:50 AM

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Feed it into the UV input

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I mean if I understood correctly, you want to get R from a specific UV coordinate? If so, you'd just feed the coordinate you want into the UV input on the Texture Sample

surreal laurel Oct 9, 2020, 9:53 AM

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More like I want to control the UVs of the R channel separately from the other channels, is that what you mean?

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So you'd get a result of the red channel's UVs panning for example, but no other channel

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:55 AM

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Right - so you'd create two texture sample nodes, you'd feed in your custom UV coord into one and read R from that, then read the two other channels from the other

surreal laurel Oct 9, 2020, 9:56 AM

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Yeah I'm trying to cut down on the texture samples so I was hoping there would be a way to do it within one sample. Thanks though

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:56 AM

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hm, I wonder does that actually get optimized 🤔

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I always assumed if you used texture sample with the same texture it would actually just effectively use one texture sample

surreal laurel Oct 9, 2020, 9:57 AM

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I'm wondering that too

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:57 AM

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it definitely seems like there should be a way to do that, on the shader level it's like.. TextureSample2D(Tex, Coord1) and then TextureSample2D(Tex, Coord2)

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So my assumption would be that if you use two Texture Sample nodes with the same texture, it would effectively compile into that which seems like the most efficient implementation

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btw #graphics can probably help you more with this

serene birch Oct 9, 2020, 10:22 AM

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why not split that in two textures? the GPU will waste "time/cache" reading data it doesn't need that way 😛

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but yeah, I'm pretty sure if you duplicate the sampler node it doesn't really cause a duplicate sampler in the final shader

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as long as the sampler settings aren't changed after the fact

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though this probably only really matters if you reach the "sampler per shader" limit

sour slate Oct 9, 2020, 10:47 AM

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hey guys can you tell me what make collision working with gpu particles? i mean if i use a basic color + radialgradientexponent node they work but if i use a custom texture they dont...why?

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 10:47 AM

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guys can some one help me

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i cant scale down my phsyics capsules

loud eagle Oct 9, 2020, 11:16 AM

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new logo who dis

vivid stratus Oct 9, 2020, 11:47 AM

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how much time does it take, usually, for the plugin download?

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drifting geode Oct 9, 2020, 11:53 AM

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does somebody know if its possible to fake this lighting without baking lightmaps for mobile?

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📎 unknown.png

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both images have no lightmapping, its just mobile vs pc preview

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is there a gloabal ambient light which might could be lifted up?

vital parcel Oct 9, 2020, 11:59 AM

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@drifting geode Try the skylight.

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 12:06 PM

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does anyone have a 3d model of a cube?

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oh wait nvm, the second i write for help, everything fixes it self

subtle timber Oct 9, 2020, 12:09 PM

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is there a UE shader for USd?

loud eagle Oct 9, 2020, 12:18 PM

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does anyone have a 3d model of a cube?
@plush yew what

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 12:18 PM

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@loud eagle what? xD

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no sry, i needed a normal cube ;/

ancient tangle Oct 9, 2020, 12:24 PM

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A one-click solution for copying and pasting location/rotation/scale of multiple objects at once from Blender to Unreal Engine, CoordiKnight is a free Blender addon that speeds up the tedious process of placing objects in the scene, letting you port over to Unreal what you already did in Blender.
https://youtu.be/H2aOcPezVks

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zenith drum Oct 9, 2020, 12:45 PM

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Hello Guys im working on some Real Time virtual production. We are in search for some members and a guide/expert who has some experience. Please Let us know you If one can get help for us.. Thanks!!

drifting geode Oct 9, 2020, 1:26 PM

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@drifting geode Try the skylight.
@vital parcel thx John!

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 1:45 PM

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so, ue4 Multi-threading? is that a thing?

thick herald Oct 9, 2020, 2:15 PM

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@zenith drum try #looking-for-talent read the pinned message there

maiden quarry Oct 9, 2020, 2:15 PM

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hi all, is there anyone that can help with crash errors ?

rigid aurora Oct 9, 2020, 2:17 PM

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shut glen Oct 9, 2020, 2:18 PM

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i have made an ip multiplayer in ue4

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but

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physics objects dont update

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any idea why?

vital parcel Oct 9, 2020, 2:31 PM

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@rigid aurora what the fudge?

hushed cedar Oct 9, 2020, 2:31 PM

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@shut glen Ask in #multiplayer

rigid aurora Oct 9, 2020, 2:32 PM

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@vital parcel literally epic games add the ultimate captcha

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i need to make like 20 of them just to login

vital parcel Oct 9, 2020, 2:33 PM

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Darn, I have some complicated math on my morning phone alarm that I have to fix so that I don't fall back asleep

rigid aurora Oct 9, 2020, 2:33 PM

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this is very funny now i can lose my time trying to do them, gj epic games 👍

vital parcel Oct 9, 2020, 2:33 PM

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That sloution seems cooler though, I'll slap it on my phone and have it force me solve it each morning so that the alarm will turn off

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Had some nuke alarm if I don't solve the math properly 🙂

rigid aurora Oct 9, 2020, 2:33 PM

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xD

dense knoll Oct 9, 2020, 2:44 PM

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id there a way to import 16k images?

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or 64k images?

fierce forge Oct 9, 2020, 2:59 PM

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hello , how i can use a plugin like easy multi save in c++ ?

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 2:59 PM

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I don't know if you can

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If you have C++ defined properties with the SaveGame flag, it will happily save those if it's a blueprint that derives from it or contains it

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i've been wondering about the same, and there seems to be basically zero information on EMS in particular... You'd have to look at the EMS source code to figure it out

fierce forge Oct 9, 2020, 3:01 PM

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@exotic thicket but a plugin like a online subsystem ?

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 3:02 PM

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Huh?

fierce forge Oct 9, 2020, 3:02 PM

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like the online subsystem steam

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exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 3:04 PM

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I suspect it might be C++ only

fierce forge Oct 9, 2020, 3:04 PM

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yep , how i can include it ?

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like #include "........"

summer edge Oct 9, 2020, 3:14 PM

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Hello everyone,

I want to do something like, consider for multiplayer like while game begins I've one character/actor, once this character/actor pass through some door or some region, it will create all players. Like initially when game play only one player is spawn, now as soon as this passes this region it get all players and spawn all connected or join player. If four player than four come if eight player is playing than eight player created by that one actor

mental apex Oct 9, 2020, 3:22 PM

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Is it possible to make it so owner sees mash 1,other player sees mesh 2,and owner also sees mesh 2 on a specific pose?

open fulcrum Oct 9, 2020, 3:36 PM

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Hello. How to make a simple 2d-animation for a few sprites, without Flipbook, just by show/hide for each sprite? Is it possible?

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 3:51 PM

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that free girl pack thing on the ue4 market place should be banned

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its uhm pretty 18+ lmao

grim ore Oct 9, 2020, 4:06 PM

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none of the skin textures have genitalia so I don't see why it would be 18+

fierce forge Oct 9, 2020, 4:09 PM

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can somebody help me ?

potent bridge Oct 9, 2020, 4:19 PM

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Does anyone know any good free terrain brush packs?

grim ore Oct 9, 2020, 4:25 PM

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have you looked at the free marketplace content?

vast garnet Oct 9, 2020, 4:36 PM

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Brushify - Environment Shaders Pack
Brushify - Arctic Pack

@potent bridge these two packs were given free sometimes. Check if you have them in your vault.

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 4:51 PM

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how do i import blender meshes to ue4?

vast garnet Oct 9, 2020, 4:55 PM

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In real-time? you can check this plugin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_xUMQ6hhs

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plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 4:57 PM

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I got it into ue4 but now i cant see my mesh

hardy jewel Oct 9, 2020, 5:04 PM

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what are some good scripting tutorials for someone who knows some cpp

runic fern Oct 9, 2020, 5:05 PM

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Hello Guys .. I have this 3D widget the Resolution is low i cant resize it because the size in the world will change any idea ?

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vast garnet Oct 9, 2020, 5:08 PM

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@hardy jewel The following link is for Educators (I use stuff from there in my class). If you know some cpp it will help you understand UE4 specific stuff easily
https://epicgames.ent.box.com/v/NavigatingLargeCodebases

inner vine Oct 9, 2020, 5:09 PM

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@plush yew did you set the scale correctly? Unreal units are centimetres, so if you used units as metres in Blender then your mesh will be really tiny.

hardy jewel Oct 9, 2020, 5:10 PM

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@vast garnet Thanks!

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I was asking because most tutorials out there tell you to put stuff and dont even explain what it is

spare sun Oct 9, 2020, 5:29 PM

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@plush yew since you asked for the link
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/download-our-new-blender-addons

Unreal Engine

Download our new Blender addons

We’ve released two new, free addons that greatly streamline the workflow between Blender and Unreal Engine.

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the addon converts the scale and sets some things up for you so it might fix ur problem, but the usual fbx import should be working too tbh.

Check inverted normals, scale, whether you actually export the selection etc.

viscid plinth Oct 9, 2020, 6:03 PM

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not letting me turn off texture filtering for 2 textures

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checked it in texture tab when viewing texture

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:09 PM

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does anyone know how to call a variable from a different level blueprint

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im trying to make it so a widget only opens when a variable is true, but idk how to reference the variable in a different lvl

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:12 PM

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@radiant jasper Check out "cast to"

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:12 PM

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ohh right

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:12 PM

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Whenever I have to use a variable from another widget, game instance, etc ,I always have to cast to it, then I can access that variable.

tired lynx Oct 9, 2020, 6:14 PM

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howdy all!

azure reef Oct 9, 2020, 6:14 PM

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Hi. Does anyone having problems with 4.25 when changing a structure which is inside a game instance? Each time I add a new variable inside the structure and re-compile the game instance it's crashing. And now it looks like 1 month projects is not starting anymore

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:14 PM

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@azure reef I am using 4.25.3 and I have many variables within my GI, and I recompile fine.

tired lynx Oct 9, 2020, 6:15 PM

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could somebody tell me why, when doing a render pass, my world normal render pass starts off like this for the first couple of frames (which is what i want)

📎 mainWorldNormal.0001.png

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but then turns into this a frame later:

📎 mainWorldNormal.0003.png

azure reef Oct 9, 2020, 6:15 PM

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You use any structures?

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Or direct variables?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:15 PM

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@azure reef I can't say that I do, I'm using all standard GI instance variables: strings, text, booleans, etc. So perhaps I'm not helpful in that regard.

tired lynx Oct 9, 2020, 6:15 PM

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need the former for compositing but it seems to be the latter for the remainder of the render. very confused

azure reef Oct 9, 2020, 6:16 PM

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This happens only when using structures, in my side

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:18 PM

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@azure reef Give me a sec, I'm going to test.

azure reef Oct 9, 2020, 6:18 PM

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Thanks. If you're not getting any crashes there must be a problem with my pc or something. It's crashing even on fresh projects.

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:19 PM

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@azure reef Just tested adding a random struct (abc compression) to my GI and compiling, compiled fine.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:19 PM

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azure reef Oct 9, 2020, 6:19 PM

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Just create a struct, add it into Gi. Compile and after that add a new variable in the structure, and re-compile

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:19 PM

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📎 unknown.png

azure reef Oct 9, 2020, 6:19 PM

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Can you add another var and make it array? And re-compile

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:19 PM

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it still doesnt work @open wadi

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am i doing something wrong

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:20 PM

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@radiant jasper Where is it failing? I don't see a compile error

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:20 PM

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the widget isnt created

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:20 PM

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Are you saying the branch statement isn't returning the expected response?

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:21 PM

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yeah the widget its suppose to create doesnt actually create

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:21 PM

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So add print strings to the true and false of that branch to confirm whether it's hitting true or false.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:21 PM

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ok

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it says false

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:22 PM

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But if you're not getting a compile error, that implies that it did successfully cast to "third person character"

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Ok

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:22 PM

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but it should be true

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bc it has to be true otherwise the level wouldnt have opened

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:23 PM

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So drag off that "as third person character", uncheck "context sensitivty", and make sure you're getting "isTime G"

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:23 PM

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its a 6

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but wdym its already dragged off

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open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:24 PM

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double-check that you're getting the right variable - otherwise, I'd look into that istime G bool, because if you are doing that correctly, it looks like it's casting fine and something is up with istime G itself, it's not becoming true as you would expect.

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Also

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Drag a print string off that "cast failed"

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And make sure to label it properly

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:24 PM

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this works fine

📎 unknown.png

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:25 PM

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Say something like "cast failed to thirdperson character"

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IN the print string

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To test and make sure that cast isn't failing

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:25 PM

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ok

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:26 PM

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Sorry, that was incorrect previously > compiles won't fail on an improper cast (unless you do something like not passing gameinstance to a cast to gameinstance), that's the point of the "cast failed" pin

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:26 PM

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ok

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:26 PM

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So the more correct statement is compiles CAN fail on an improper cast if you pass the wrong params to the cast.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:27 PM

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the cast works

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it just branches false

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:28 PM

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Well, I mean, if the cast is confirmed working, you're casting to the right level, you're getting the right variable, it's a boolean, and it's returning false...

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Sounds to me like that variable isn't being set to true like you'd expect, or is getting reset somehow.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:28 PM

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idk how it would be getting reset tho

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i have it connected to a branch that opens the main menu level if true

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shouldnt it stay true?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:30 PM

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If you're asking if using the bool in a branch previously would impact the value of the bool, no, that wouldn't impact it.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:30 PM

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so do u know what could be affecting it

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:31 PM

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I mean, my next steps would be to double-check the logic of the level to confirm that bool is set correctly, and otherwise I'd look into whether you're unloading that level and perhaps doing so would impact the values of instance variables

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:31 PM

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it works fine in the original lvl tho

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like it goes true and then goes false after it opens the main menu level

feral crow Oct 9, 2020, 6:32 PM

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Can someone please help me in #blueprint ._.

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:32 PM

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@radiant jasper Another thing to check would be to use that cast statement and some print strings to check other variables from that level

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:33 PM

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im testing what i think might be the problem

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:33 PM

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See if, once you switch levels, any variables maintain their values.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:33 PM

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nvm

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:33 PM

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Sounds good.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:33 PM

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i had "absolute" checked and unchecking but it still doesnt work

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in the open level node

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:34 PM

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For example, I stream load levels and unload levels once not needed - I would assume UE4 garbage collection would not maintain the values of instance variables. For global variables I want to be persistent throughout the game, I use the GameInstance itself, since the GI remains persistent from game launch to close.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:34 PM

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how do i use game instance

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:35 PM

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Well you have to set your game to use a GI, hang on, let me pull the setting

terse crow Oct 9, 2020, 6:35 PM

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Help plz, I did everything according to the article, reviewed a bunch of videos, nothing works for me...

I need to achieve object translucent (subsurface scatering)

Made according to this documentation

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/Materials/HowTo/Subsurface_Scattering/index.html

Using Subsurface Scattering in Your Materials

Guide for using the Sub-Surface Scattering shading model in your Materials.

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📎 image0.jpg 📎 image1.jpg

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:35 PM

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Here's a good article that does a good job of keeping it simple and walking you through setting your own custom GI, then using it: https://couchlearn.com/how-to-use-the-game-instance-in-unreal-engine-4/

Couch Learn

How to use the Game Instance in Unreal Engine 4 - Couch Learn

The Game Instance is one the most important blueprint classes in an Unreal Engine 4 game. In this guide we will go through what the Game Instance does and how to use the game instance in Unreal Engine 4. Contents hide 1 What is the Game Instance 2 Creating your Game Instance 2...

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As I have been trained, the GI is one of the only components that remains persistent throughout the game, so it's a great place to set global variables and global events you want to access in various levels and components, since UE4 will never "unload" it

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And you can test this yourself to see if any instance variables are maintaining persistence from level to level - take the older level you're trying to cast to, create a test string, set it to something like "This is my test string", then in your new level, where you cast to your old level to get that bool, try getting and printing that test string from the old level.

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See if it's still persistent.

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If it IS, and you've confirmed your level instance vars are persistent from level to level (the test string from the old level successfully prints fine in the new level), then you know that something is up with that bool value itself

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Hopefully that helps.

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Here's a question: A variable with the key => value formatting - In Ruby it's called a hash, in JS it's called an object - what is the term for that variable type in UE4?

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An example would be myVar = { "name" => "bob" };

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 6:44 PM

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Map

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:44 PM

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Thank you zomg, and good afternoon.

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Or evening. 🙂

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 6:45 PM

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Good 9:45pm

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lol

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:45 PM

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I'll get used to that at some point, my word.

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It's 1:45 here.

terse crow Oct 9, 2020, 6:45 PM

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can you guys help me?))

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please

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 6:46 PM

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Don't know anything about subsurface scattering unfortunately

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Try on #graphics maybe

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:46 PM

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@open wadi

📎 unknown.png

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the true doesnt work

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when time = 5 the true branch is not executed

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nvm fixed it

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:48 PM

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🙂

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:48 PM

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ty

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one problem - it continues to repeat the code from the bp

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is there a way to have it so it stops repeating

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like it keeps reopening the level

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should i make 2 seperate variables and set the one that opens the level to false?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 6:53 PM

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Well, yes, you'd have to write logic to do so. I have GI vars that are set to"which stream level last loaded" to ensure when a new level is loaded, the one previously loaded is unloaded, and so forth.

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That's just a matter of determining and writing the logic to ensure a given level is only opened once, and/or the previously-loaded level is unloaded in the case of stream-loading.

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Which is very project-dependent.

radiant jasper Oct 9, 2020, 6:57 PM

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im setting it to false but its still doing the true branch

📎 unknown.png

terse crow Oct 9, 2020, 7:07 PM

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@terse crow Make sure to set your lights mobility to movable. Sss doesnt work with static or stationary lights.
@plush yew nice though but doesn’t work

storm terrace Oct 9, 2020, 7:08 PM

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I use spawnActor into the world and the material is very fuzzy, but if I move in it gets clear (makes sense) but then when I move back out, it is 2-3x more clear than before at the same distance I started at. How do I make it clear to begin with, without needing to move in and then back out to make the materials clear?

ornate forge Oct 9, 2020, 7:09 PM

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Do I really have to make a new subclass of UCameraShake to use camera shake? Ugh, why can't I just use an instance of UCameraShake itself

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 7:10 PM

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which is the best channel to ask about exports from blender into ue4 having a crap tone of verts and struggles with applying mats afterwards to it?

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:12 PM

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i need help, my clothing assets are ignoring my capsules

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what do i do

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Bruh whenever i talk, chat imediatly dies

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 7:14 PM

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what do you mean ignore

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and you gave it like 20 seconds of respond time

terse crow Oct 9, 2020, 7:14 PM

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@terse crow works for me. you need to play with some values. like crank up the intensity of the light
@plush yew yas... tried but nothing

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:15 PM

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and you gave it like 20 seconds of respond time
nah like ppl stopped typing lol

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what do you mean ignore
@marsh sparrow it goes thru the capsule

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📎 unknown.png

weary hare Oct 9, 2020, 7:15 PM

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I'm new to UN4 and kinda confused on certain things. Like I have a trigger down and trying to make it, so when the player collides with it, they teleport somewhere. But it isn't teleporting. I looked in the code block bits and the Boolean updates from false to true. What am I doing wrong?

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 7:16 PM

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DM me the BP, i can see if i can help

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 7:16 PM

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@rotund yew thanks for the example.. I don't know how to help 🙂

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@weary hare also, check which location you are moving the actor from / to

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i think there are 2 locations

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world and local or something

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actor->getworldlocation() || actor->getlocalworldlocation

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can't remember exactly

night bridge Oct 9, 2020, 7:17 PM

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Guys

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I dont have the Cube Mesh

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Like I cant drag Cube into the scene

weary hare Oct 9, 2020, 7:19 PM

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@marsh sparrow May I DM you?

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 7:22 PM

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not at the moment

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in a meeting

fierce forge Oct 9, 2020, 7:37 PM

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is the online subsystem steam c++ only ?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 7:47 PM

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Question: I have a series of videos that are segmented by "game segment 1", "gamesegment 2", so forth. Each video consists of 3 strings: VideoURL, downloads, and transcription. Therefore, it would be akin to:

` "Game Segment 1" => "Video 1" => "VideoURL"
"Downloads"
"Transcription"
"Video 2" => "VideoURL"
"Downloads"
"Transcription"
"Game Segment 2" => "Video 1" => "VideoURL"
"Downloads"
"Transcription"

... So forth. The video params are all strings. What would be the ideal variable type for storing this information in a UE4 blueprint? In Ruby I'd use a hash or in JS I'd use an object.

vague scaffold Oct 9, 2020, 7:49 PM

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For some reason Unreal is generating shadows on my surface when there should be none there. I have tried rebuilding lighting, but that didn't work.
Is this a known phenomena?
Is there a work around to fix this?

When I turn off the light, the major contribution is removed, but a smudge still remains even though the material is a constant color.

📎 ur_fake_shadow.gif

vivid stratus Oct 9, 2020, 7:55 PM

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some questions

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Unreal Editor:
can I enable camera object collision and terrain collision? I hate when zooming and moving into terrain for no particular reason BrookShrug

can I enable to show current camera position? I sometimes loose my self X/Y/Z thonk_hmm

digital anchor Oct 9, 2020, 8:19 PM

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just set the terrain to Block the camera channel (or whatever you set as your camera channel)

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and for the position you could log to screen?

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assuming you are using a spring arm, with bDoCollisionTest enabled

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 8:21 PM

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you know what

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at this point im quitting UE4

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whenever I'm stuck in blender and i need help
its because i don't know what I'm doing
with unreal engine its broken, and unfixable
also i always get the rarest problems, not common problems, so it takes me 1-2 days to do it, and then another major rare unique problems comes to screw me over
And unreal lacks the tools to do this
its automation without input and requirement on other external processes is too much for its request
its requesting a pizza, and if one singe piece of a topping is missing, you send it back and redo the whole thing no matter how long it takes you
and they are making an unreal engine 5 🤦‍♂️
with how crappy and trashy this one is and the amount of problems I've encountered with the short span of the lifetime usage, ima not even look into it

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im not even a 2 weeks into UE4 and im quitting

digital anchor Oct 9, 2020, 8:23 PM

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hope you learned something, try godot, seems easy, good luck

vivid stratus Oct 9, 2020, 8:24 PM

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and for the position you could log to screen?
I'm used to CryEngine (and other) having this as default tbh as well as many other info
but I can't fnid option to do it

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assuming you are using a spring arm, with bDoCollisionTest enabled
I'm talking about the "navigation" camera

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📎 2020.10.09-22.26.mp4

digital anchor Oct 9, 2020, 8:30 PM

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then ignore me, i though both questions were in game

vivid stratus Oct 9, 2020, 8:31 PM

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ah, sorry, my bad for not explaining carefully enough!

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 8:36 PM

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@plush yew im quitting cuz its broken, not cuz its hard to learn

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2 weeks into blender, nothing has went wrong, but i hardly knew what i was doing, i was still able to cope

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but now jank cloth physics are the reason why im quitting

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i was even able to reacreate what i wanted the cloths to do in blender

signal root Oct 9, 2020, 8:40 PM

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hey!
just a quick question:
When I possess a pawn and hit "ALT + S" I eject the pawn. I looked up the editor preferences already but I can't find the keybind/shortcut to override. Any idea?

cursive salmon Oct 9, 2020, 8:45 PM

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Hi, there is à system for used Google keyboard in unreal engine please Guys ?

river wave Oct 9, 2020, 8:47 PM

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does anyone know how to bake materials on ue4?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 8:54 PM

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There are few things more broken than Unreal's ability to rename folders in the content editor and updating assets that are in those folders upon doing so.

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What an absolute disaster.

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How is this a thing by subversion 25.3 of version 4 of the engine.

peak arrow Oct 9, 2020, 8:55 PM

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Hello, Everyone, don't know if that is correct section for the questions, however maybe some one of you was facing such issue in the past and know work around in ue4 , currently making a rig for the UE4 , and the main headaik is the belt which should be rigged by dinamic joints, i mean that lower belt can have one connection to the main root bone but i cannot connect secondary bone to the root obviously so in general i am always using pont constrains for other application but this is ureal and rig should be dynamic and be driven by main UE4 skeleton. So i was thinking how to achieve it or maybe unreal can handle for example multiple rigs driven, or how to achieve it in order to have such effect. as you can see small rope in the right it is not the problem as only the part of the bones will be dynamic. So if someone know how to achieve it please let me know. thank you in advance!

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marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 8:57 PM

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@rotund yew there are some workflow courses on the unreal website that talk about blender to unreal with materials etc that should help you out. If you want to continue that is.

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 8:58 PM

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please send

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 8:58 PM

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I went from Unity to UE4, and do Web dev for my day job. I will say in my experience for the last 8ish months at it, that typically I'm doing it wrong vs the engine

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 8:58 PM

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i would like to see it

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 8:58 PM

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sure one sec let me find it

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 8:58 PM

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thank you

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im about to call it a day

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ill watch it in bed in my tears of pain and time wasted 🥲

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 8:59 PM

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https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/building-better-pipelines

Unreal Engine

Building Better Pipelines - Unreal Engine

In this master class, we explore ways to take your visualization pipeline to the next level. Learn how to build better meshes, Materials, and textures, as well as how to improve optimization and performance.

rotund yew Oct 9, 2020, 8:59 PM

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thank you

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 8:59 PM

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When i started with blender to UE this was recommended to me

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I haven't watched it yet, but people that get paid to do this everyday said to go this route

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📎 unknown.png

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I got some rays peeking through today

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progress 🙂

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:03 PM

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I would love to know who exactly at Epic is responsible for the directory structure handling engine.

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It has to be a relative of an executive.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:03 PM

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hahahaha

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what do you mean

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cpp or the editor?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:05 PM

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Rename a directory in the content browser that contains assets and all hell breaks loose - on the filesystem, the old directory remains, some assets are set to point to files in the new directory, some the old directory, .uasset files that exist on the disk in one directory or the other do not appear in the content browser, yet if you try to move files to or from the "old" directory (that shouldn't exist, it was a rename) Unreal will say that a file already exists with that filename, despite it not appearing in the content browser.

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It's an absolute shitshow.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:06 PM

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ah

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you need redirects

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:06 PM

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Protip: Never rename content directories once the project is underway. Just leave them be.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:06 PM

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you totally can

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you need redirects

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i don't think its an unreal only thing

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/Assets/CoreRedirects/index.html

Core Redirects

Core Redirects enable remapping classes, enums, functions, packages, properties, and structs at load time.

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:07 PM

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I can assure you, files existing on the disk, that are generated by and specifically for unreal, not appearing in the unreal content browser, yet the content browser saying you cannot copy that file to a given directory because the file exists

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That's an Unreal issue.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:07 PM

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i've had it with solutions with c#

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🙂

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and java classpath

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and ruby

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but i agree.. its pretty dumb

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but.. there is the link to making your life easier

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:08 PM

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So you're saying, you've had issue with various compilers where the compiler / IDE content browser doesn't display a file in a directory that exists on the disk in the directory?

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:08 PM

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yup

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and i use jetbrains all day long

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:08 PM

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So you're saying shit design is widespread.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:08 PM

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yes

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:08 PM

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Terrific.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:08 PM

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its not company specific

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:09 PM

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Yes, many companies create broken things.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:09 PM

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many people create broken things

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they just move companies

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:09 PM

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Ahh yes, the same people jump around breaking things in various locations.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:09 PM

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anywhos.. i did learn from the cpp guys on here that you try as much as possible not to reference things by path

austere viper Oct 9, 2020, 9:10 PM

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This is why experienced programmers tend to end up in text editors more than IDE's. Text editors rarely lie to you.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:10 PM

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hahhaha

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sure. they just take 2x hours to make anyhthing

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🙂

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eMacs, VIM...

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goodness

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:10 PM

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Good to know my IDE was an impostor all along DCKnifeFlipped

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:10 PM

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anywho.. for a project underrway.. core_redirects

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will save your life

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i think with UE its the BP, Actor refreence stuff that gets all jacked

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less of an issue with st8 c++

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:11 PM

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Some things don't properly redirect once moved for sure

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:12 PM

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one reason i spent 3 months in cpp land

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now im in the editor more

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:12 PM

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I've been running my humongous project almost entirely in BPs but I wouldn't recommend it

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:13 PM

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so was the culling 🙂

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bp's aren't bad

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but if you have a choice and can do it

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use the right spot for it

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:13 PM

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Ok, so for example.

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I quickly said "fuck this" and I want to simply use the old directory name.

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But I can't do that, unreal refuses to recognize the assets in the old directory name.

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They exist on the disk mind you.

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But they don't appear in the content browser, 2 of the 3.

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:14 PM

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They exist as redirectors there I believe

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:14 PM

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did you try removing the intermediate and binaries folders then regenerating source

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:14 PM

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Oh I see, alright. So the .uasset files that exist on the disk are simply redirectors?

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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Pretty much

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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stuff gets cached there like a target dir

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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Huh, alright.

austere viper Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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I haven't had a lot of experience with that, but isn't there a command that moves everything (and removes the content redirect)?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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So basically rename nothing.

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Is the lesson here.

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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Once you move something, always run right click -> asset actions -> fix up redirectors

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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Because the disk becomes a shitshow.

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Ok.

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:15 PM

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yeah

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:16 PM

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Got it.

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:16 PM

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After making my project modular by spreading content to plugins, that's been a lifesaver

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:17 PM

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^

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Also.. i've been building things as subsystems

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less intertwined

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:18 PM

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I tried doing that initially, but once I eliminate too many references,

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This is basically the entirety of the base functionality

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And yes, this is all BPs

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The only C++ used is really exposing console commands to BPs

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:20 PM

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soft refs too so you don't pull your entire project in on itself

dense gate Oct 9, 2020, 9:20 PM

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Yep

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Soft refs help with modding too

marsh sparrow Oct 9, 2020, 9:20 PM

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anywho

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back to FPS optimization and landscape.. gotta sketch a 4000bc city layout real quick

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before i get back into why my blender asset is frigging huge

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and how to fix that

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night guys.. bb on in a bit

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@open wadi I hope all this helps

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:37 PM

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@marsh sparrow It did actually, I appreciate it.

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I'm now no longer frustrated, and instead have purchased a 5TB external drive so I can backup automatically every hour instead of every 24 hours.

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So I don't lose 2 hours of work like I just did.

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Moving forward.

plush yew Oct 9, 2020, 9:53 PM

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hm

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:53 PM

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Is it possible to have a nested map variable?

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:54 PM

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You need to have a struct inside it which contains the nested map

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:54 PM

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The map datatype is revolutionary for my code, thank you zomg.

azure roost Oct 9, 2020, 9:54 PM

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Is there a place for discussing 4.26?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:54 PM

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Should have presumed Unreal BPs something like this since it's based on C++

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@exotic thicket Do you have an example?

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Because whenever I try to set a variable to type struct, I am presented with some 200 options

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:55 PM

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I mean basically you'd have Map<FString, MyStruct>, where MyStruct contains a variable Map<FString, Whatever>

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:55 PM

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And I haven't a clue which to use, and I'm trying to find info on it, but the issue is the term "map" overlaps with editing a game map so Google queries are littered with irrelevant results.

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zomg: Ok

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So let's say I want "Modules" (int) => "Video" (int) => "Name", "URL", "Description" (all string). Should I create a BP struct for Modules => Video and then use that struct as the datatype for the key variable type in my map?

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:59 PM

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So basically you have X amount of modules, which contain X amount of videos, and each video has the fields Name, Url and Description?

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Exactly.

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 9:59 PM

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It sounds like you should probably have two structs: one for modules and one for videos

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and the modulestruct would have a variable which is an array of videostructs

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then you can have an array of modulestructs to contain all of it

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 10:00 PM

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Hmm

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So struct 1 would be Modules > Videos, and struct 2 would be Videos > Name / URL / Description?

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 10:01 PM

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yeah

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 10:01 PM

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Oh I see

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Right right

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 10:02 PM

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Or rather, in singular not plural :)

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one struct represents one module

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and you have an array which contains videos, where again one video struct represents one video

open wadi Oct 9, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Well whenever I go to manually create a BP struct to be used in a map, the BP struct seems to only have key > value

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I can't have 3 values per key

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Or is that incorrect?

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In this case, every video needs 3 keys: name, URL, and description

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I'd be happy to not use a BP struct to be used in a map but I cannot find information on what type of the 200-odd "declare a struct" options to use for this purpose

exotic thicket Oct 9, 2020, 10:04 PM

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you need to first create a struct that has those values inside it