ue4-general

[uneven hemlock]

I use it using blueprints or smth

Pls help me

[grim ore]

welll #cpp would be better for this, but what do you mean you set a pointed or something to null lol. Do you know what you are doing?

[plush yew]

can anyone help me ?

im doing playfab

like you see i registered 2 acc but they dont see eachother

[uneven hemlock]

nvm no one help me

it was just a matter of restarting unreal

[plush yew]

What is the best version to use?

[dense knoll]

How do you make a Widget/Hud glow / bloom using a retainer box

[round quiver]

so I'm trying to learn Unreal Engine in C++. I have a lot of 2D experience in Unity and Monogame and am looking to try 3D.

What tutorials are considered the best for learning Unreal?

[plush yew]

Hello TimDevs, Click the ">(Pointing down)" arrow and put it as the the max players.

[ancient lotus]

@round quiver self advertising https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYcDJPGvIUFxBTmXOZWFswQ/videos

[round quiver]

cool stuff, thanks @ancient lotus

I think your stuff is more geared towards complete newbies though

i'm someone with a decent bit of experience wanting to learn unreal quick

[ancient lotus]

some of it is, the nazi zombies series is more geared towards the intermediate level in terms of using beacons to interact with a web api to use with a mysql DB for custom server handling and then everything gameplay related (which is pretty straight forward) which your probably familiar doing in unity so it should be pretty effortless moving to ue4

[shell tangle]

I'm having some trouble wrapping my head around using BPs along with C++ classes. I'm trying to create a menu widget via my player controller class but now I need a reference to the widget's BP class. I don't want to use the path to the BP file so the best option left to me is uproperty tsubclass for a class viewer in the editor. Now it looks like the player controller isn't something that shows up in the editor so I can't customize fields in the details pane. Should I be going about this another way?

[ancient lotus]

it is, did you create a BP class version of the player controller?

[shell tangle]

no but I haven't thought about that

[grim ore]

There is an entire section in the official docs for C++ https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/ProgrammingWithCPP/index.html plus this new joint venture with Gamedev.tv http://learn.unrealengine.com/?C=3750189 @round quiver

[mental stone]

I want to learn unreal engine what are some good tutorials?

[shell tangle]

Okay so I'm starting to wrap my head around this now, is it normal practice to be creating C++ classes just to create a BP out of it for editor customization?

[ancient lotus]

yes

[grim ore]

@mental stone look at the pinned messages in this channel

[mental stone]

This message?

[grim ore]

yep

[shell tangle]

So i've created a BP for my player controller, my game mode c++ class was referencing the player controller c++ class. If I now want to change this to the BP version do I now have to also turn my game mode into a BP? Do you ever run into situations where you are multiple levels of classes deep and you have to go up the entire tree of references turning them into BPs?

[ancient lotus]

its common to have blueprint classes for most things like your game mode, game state, player controller, character and so on. not really no, nearly every class i have has a blueprint version of it, i use blueprint versions whenever i need to set a uproperty for example

[plush yew]

if i color or paint my blender meshes that are rigged and everything

will it be possible to overwrite their skin color and such body features

i want character creation for my game but idk if texturing and painting my done models will affect the abilty to have them change into whatever a player wants later on if it already has a set default texture and painting done to it o-o

[ancient lotus]

you can switch materials that the player is using for their character

[plush yew]

so i just have to setup the basic skin color or such so its a change-able state o.o

[ancient lotus]

pretty much, you can tinker with it with the mannequin, create a material instance with different colors and switch between them with a key press to see

[plush yew]

oh

so i dont even need to paint my default mesh

i can just set that up in a modular means in unreal engine

[chilly sun]

model uv texture, import setup materials, edit parts of the texture

this u wanna do yesno? and yes you can

right?

[plush yew]

o.o

[chilly sun]

blender mesh u wanna paint -> model uv texture

thenu wanna edit skin color -> import and edit part of texture

or am I big off and wrong?

[plush yew]

yeah im, building the character creation part first starting with proper meshes which are done ik/fk rigs and all i just need to figure out the whole skin changing and eye iris part x3

[chilly sun]

or just hard to understand 😄

[plush yew]

though i think eyes can be modular

[chilly sun]

o rite rig part

[plush yew]

but yeah that sounjds like what im looking for i think

[chilly sun]

not sure how, sure u can tho 🙂

[ancient lotus]

lets say you have a character mesh, and you have created two textures for it in something like substance, lets say you made one set of textures with a white skin color and one with a black skin color, you would create a master material, hook up your substance textures into that material so that its setup, right click on each texture your using and click set as parameter and name them (like base color, normal and such). then right click on the material and create a material instance, create two of these, for the first one just select your textures for the white skin color, for the second one select the textures for the black skin color. thats it, whenever you want to switch between these materials (white/black skin colors) you just change the material your mesh is using which you can do on teh fly

[plush yew]

if you two dont mind ill be saving this conversation for reference afterwards x3

[chilly sun]

mask on the eye texture, multiply the color values covered by mask.. something someithng -> new eye color

[plush yew]

ah

so @ancient lotus the skin part can be done via unreal engine

i know how to make master materials too

so this is pretty sweet x3

[ancient lotus]

yes, you just have to make the textures for it (either in UE4 which wont look very good, or in something like substance/quixel/marmoset/blender and so on)

[plush yew]

oh yeah

that reminds me

can i use quixel textures and such for game design

or is it like license pay for their stuff

[ancient lotus]

yes

[plush yew]

for some reason i can just use them for my project no questions asked o-o

[ancient lotus]

free, epic games purchased quixel and made it free to use for unreal engine developers

[plush yew]

creeps me out i feel theres some catch

[chilly sun]

lol

[ancient lotus]

you can sell your game with those textures in it as well, no paying no nothing (assuming your using unreal engine)

[plush yew]

wait

so all of this crazy content

is just

hand outs..

[chilly sun]

basiclee

[plush yew]

look

thats

[chilly sun]

all the tools are ... basiclee at our feet n stuff

[plush yew]

i grew up in a very different time xD

you werent even taught basic stuff unless there was a catch lmao

thats so weird asfdjh

[chilly sun]

catch is, uniformity

[plush yew]

ive been skeptical as heck about using quixel past training tutorials..

[chilly sun]

if everyone uses same animations.. even with small adjustments, over a range, we'll be able to recognize sameness

[plush yew]

yesh yesh :>

[chilly sun]

contradicting myself maybe: but all u need is a baseline.. after that edits bring about the new and improved.. if u so will

sry bit hazy wording lol

[ancient lotus]

yep, now we have blender, quixel, armor paint, gimp, materialize, and a bunch of other free software that you can literally do anything with for free to create some amazing things. i suggest you checkout armor paint and materialize if you havent already, you can make some fantastic textures from scratch with just your smart phone camera (i was able to make a very nice detailed looking road using just blender, materialize, armor paint, and my phone and bring it right into ue4

[plush yew]

o.o

its ok i understand

well i want to make a more stylized anime like game

i have a personal thing for that 80's anime to 90's color aesthetic with hues and saturations and shadow/color choices

and i have no clue where to start or where to go for that sort of stylization when it comes to material creation x-x;

[broken heath]

Y not just buy some cell shading post process effects from the market

[plush yew]

doesnt post process effects change the overall look of a game or such

and if so than wouldnt i be able to just use about any material or such and still have that 80's to 90's aesthetic look?

[broken heath]

U can but i think its easier to apply post process effect so it applies automatically on any simple material u create

[plush yew]

so if i use a 4k hyper realistic leaf will it make it look anime ish with post process xD

[broken heath]

Unless u want the environment or other specific things rendered differently

Ya

[plush yew]

o-o;

❤️

love you darling

[broken heath]

Its like

These anime filters

[plush yew]

;DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[broken heath]

We apply using camera , we’re realistic ourselfs

[plush yew]

this makes me content :>

[broken heath]

Yes i think its worth it to look up atleast , unless u want to learn and advance it yourself

[plush yew]

Yeah definitely going to look

thanksies so much hun

[broken heath]

Post process negative thing is mobile

Some mobiles wont support its effects

[plush yew]

its ok i want my game for consoles & pc

[broken heath]

Ur good to go

[plush yew]

❤️

[faint forge]

Greetings to everyone, I am trying to add the animation loop to my I got from marketplace to my rigged ready characters which I also got it from marketplace. I was hoping you can tell me step by step what should I do, if its complex maybe you can suggest a tutorial, thank you

In this pic, left animation is the one I got from the pack and the other one is from another pack, It would be really easy if I could just drag and drop the left one to the right character but I guess I need to retarged or something, anyways hoping to hear some guidance from you, thank again.

[chilly sun]

SnowToday at 6:36 AM
this makes me content :>

the feeling or the item ? 😄

"both" 😮

[plush yew]

both ;DDD

[chilly sun]

@faint forge my 2cents not worth much..
if your models have same skeleton rig thing, they should be able to use the same animations more or less drag n drop like u wish
it does look odd tho, and retargeting sounds like the thing that fits to fix it, no idea tho sry ;c

[plush yew]

If you use dual perspective (1st and 3rd) will you need two pairs of animations for each perspective ?

I programmed it so that I use two cameras and I can switch at my will between them.

[uncut vigil]

@plush yew possibly. I think I read somewhere that its incredibly hard to nail using a single character for both perspectives, and having to pull tricks like multiple models and anims

[plush yew]

Does anyone have experience with Ultra Dynamic Sky from the Marketplace?

[rare gyro]

Is there any chance I can import a blend file to an actor so I can rotate diffrent pieces of the blend?

[west aspen]

Hello I want to create an Android game I installed the Android Studio 3.5.3 according to the documents, but SetupAndroid.bat file is not working, it opens for a second and then nothing happens, can anyone help?

[mellow flame]

anyone experienced with cryptocurrency games?

[north monolith]

We are making an ambitious game that will be an multiplayer game in the end. However, my thinking has so far been to get the studio running smoothly and show that we are able to ship something. So I've stripped down the game to have it work as a single player game, and I think it will work fine this way even though the whole idea is more geared towards multiplayer, too first and foremost refine the pipeline within the studio and be able to complete. However, since Im inexperienced with multiplayer systems, Im not sure about this decision. This is not a shooter, so the game mechanics will not be as complicated as those games. How hard is it these days too create for multiplayer, I guess is what I am asking.

[sullen steeple]

hey

i have a bit of aproblem

[lost grotto]

how would i make a moveable character that is legit just a cube

that can move foward and back and also jump a bit

[fierce tulip]

https://giphy.com/gifs/facepalm-simon-cowell-6yRVg0HWzgS88

quixels naming conventions

[plush yew]

Does UE 4 have biomechanical AI ?

I mean, not just simple ragdoll physics but something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7fJGAK7EbQ

[lost grotto]

pls help

[tight prawn]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Basics/GettingStarted/index.html

[lost grotto]

that doesnt help

but ok

[tight prawn]

you need to get started somewhere

what you are asking is a very basic question that is covered many times, it wouldn't help you to just jump right in

[lost grotto]

i know the basics but like how do i make a cube a moveable third person character

[tight prawn]

you can create a new project with the third person template and see how it works

TLDR: create a character class, it contains character movement

and that's about it

[lost grotto]

ik how it works
used unreal many times before

but how do i swap the manequens mesh for a cube

[tight prawn]

delete skeletal mesh and use a static mesh, if you can't delete the SK, just ignore it and use a static mesh

[lost grotto]

so where u put sketeal mesh just put a static mesh of a cube

[tight prawn]

yup

[slender glade]

Hi. Who knows why the fence is spinning so much and why it doesn't open smoothly, if in the timeline settings I made it open smoothly. I can't use set because it opens for 1 tap, it also spins and then simply does not respond to clicks.
Thank you!

Unfortunately I can't upload the video here so I posted it on YouTube
https://youtu.be/is3SK9N2jNM

[lost grotto]

search for the cube mesh here and nothing

[fringe pivot]

You need to have installed the starter content, don't you?

nvm maybe not

[lost grotto]

i do

and the cube is in starter content

[jolly mason]

Can you create sockets for a procedural mesh or create sockets at runtime in general? I haven’t gotten much help from reddit 😦 only a downvote

@lost grotto it could be because skeletal mesh needs a rig whereas your cube is a basic static mesh. What you want is a pawn

[lost grotto]

i need a moveable character thats a cube tho

it needs to jump and move foward and backward

[jolly mason]

Use a pawn. Pawns can have all the movement components of a character

Example, I am using pawns for airship movement with basic addmovement

[lost grotto]

how do i set it up

[jolly mason]

Hi into the BP and add a cube and a movement component

Then use the input axis/ events to trigger addmovement nodes

Just copy paste the movement code from the character you started with

Don’t forget the springarm for the camera

[lost grotto]

sorry i dont understand that really as im new to ue4 😆

[jolly mason]

I get ya man, I know it sucks to hear but you might want to check out a „how to set up a pawn“ video

[lost grotto]

also how do i go into the bp of it
cant find it in content browser

[jolly mason]

But don’t worry all the things as of now are easy and doable

If you create something you have to right click the content browser and then choose create blueprint. It then will give you a list of things to create and you can pick from actor to pawn to etc

You will want a pawn

[lost grotto]

nvm

im in the pawn now wtf do i do as i have no clue

@jolly mason how do i use the input axis/ events to trigger addmovement nodes

all i done so far is make the pawn and add a cube in there idk what to do now

[dawn gull]

You can program your own :)

[jolly mason]

I know it’s easier to ask but cmon man, I can’t feed you all the solutions. You first need to do some research yourself and learn the basics of blueprint

It’s not difficult but you won’t learn anything if I tell you all now

[lost grotto]

I understand what your saying
But from here i have no clue what to do

[dawn gull]

That's why you use Google and research

Like he said

[jolly mason]

Also can someone please help me with my question 😦 I have looked into the procedural mesh article of UE but have found nothing about it. Is there a way to add sockets to a procedural mesh.

I feel like if we have the power to create a mesh ourselves we should be able to make sockets as well

I made a pretty smart procedural mesh generation that can create blocks out of 3 static meshes using their mesh data and I would want to have sockets at the parts so I can add doors or walls to the procedural mesh

[lost grotto]

why does my standalone game window look this small

[jolly mason]

Try making it bigger

[dawn gull]

If that isn't a node try looking into plugins, open source or on the marketplace

[lost grotto]

cant package game

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Took 2.9678752s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=6
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Darcy Pratt\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_4.26\UBT-CuboidGame-Win64-Shipping.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=6 (6)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher.
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

[dawn gull]

Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher

[lost grotto]

how

[dawn gull]

Try Googling it

[jolly mason]

That’s a good idea. Tho I am sure I would have found something by now. I looked for sockets at runtime and checked out almost any article and none had a solution for that. Well they were mostly from 2015 but this just tells me that there hasn’t been any progress on that matter

[lost grotto]

found it https:// download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/acff3e6a-d8d6-4c2a-a0cb-1853b58055cc/7910b2a414caa17d30b0cb82583cb542/dotnet-sdk-5.0.101-win-x64.exe

[dawn gull]

@lost grotto https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/visual-studio-sdks

yes

[dawn gull]

Are you good at C++?

[lost grotto]

shouldnt all prequesites like this install when u download the engine

[dawn gull]

No, not always

Sometimes copyright laws don't allow the engine to do that

[jolly mason]

I am good at coding, I get the basics so c++ shouldn’t be a stretch

[dawn gull]

because @jolly mason it's not helpful, and probably not what you're looking for, but you could try programming your own plugin

[jolly mason]

I will take that as a last solution

[lost grotto]

it still says it @dawn gull
guessing i have to restart engine?

[jolly mason]

Every softaware help discord I am in has the same issues where people as the most basic questions that they could just google and overshadow anyone who has a “proper” question 👏

[lost grotto]

restarted and it still does it

[fallen flower]

Does webcontrol api work in packaged projects? I have it working in editor and PIE, but not packaged.

[lost grotto]

keep getting Could not find NetFxSDK install dir; this will prevent SwarmInterface from installing. Install a version of .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher. even though i have it installed

[dawn gull]

How tf did swam not install with the engine\

[lost grotto]

lol

[dawn gull]

try uninstalling and reinstalling the entire engine

[lost grotto]

i figured it out

[dawn gull]

That sucks man. I wish you luck.

[plush yew]

unity already has dynamic lighting the hell.

O_O why doesnt ue5 have

[dawn gull]

You mean UE4?

Also does Unity's dynamic lighting need you to bake lighting?

[rocky radish]

dynamic lighting? both have it, unless you meant realtime GI

[plush yew]

@dawn gull ue4 ya

@rocky radish ue4 dynamic lighting is more like beginner stage of dynamic light

unity seems like is more advanced.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/realtime-gi-using-enlighten.html but it says deprecated

[rocky radish]

what specifically

[dawn gull]

They use the same lighting system lmao

[rocky radish]

so you meant GI

that link is a documentation page about GI

[plush yew]

GI is relevant for a good dynamic light solution

[rocky radish]

yes, i know, im just saying that because i asked if you were talking about GI and you said you weren't

[plush yew]

i thought youd understand me

id really love to see how it looks when sun lightens up a enclosed object, like a flat

without anyadditional window shit

cant do it at my flat

@rocky radish

[fallen flower]

nvm webcontrol works in packaged.

[plush yew]

how can i change camera position of ThirdPersonCharacter while watching thru camera

[jolly mason]

So aight I found a smart alternative for my socket issue. I stead I will use scene components. Now here’s the thing. I would have literal dozens of scene components with that solution. Is that bad ? :/

[plush yew]

so i enabled the water plugin in my project now its just stuck at 39 lol how to fix haha

nvm xD

[hardy pagoda]

@dusky hedge i'm sorry, bullying? you specifically asked for feedback in your post in the WIP section. Its on you for not being able to take any other feedback other than praise.

if you're really so upset about receiving criticism after explicitly asking for it in a WIP channel, take it up with the moderators instead of dragging it into other channels.

[neon grove]

and youtube for praise
"OMG (game company) HIRE THIS MAN!!!!!"

[mystic shard]

Any ideas on how i can make the crosshair pop a bit more

[dense knoll]

There any way to fix the contrail going dark like this when angling the camera at it in a certain way? Its supposed to be white but keeps going like this

[regal mulch]

If someone with EQS and C++ knowledge could have a look at #gameplay-ai , that would make me happy. Been a while since I've been so lost with the Engine. Stupid bugs.

[dusky inlet]

does this count as cross posting? ;D

[regal mulch]

A bit I guess. #gameplay-ai is pretty dead sadly

[dense knoll]

Any idea why whenever using any resolution above 1920x1080 breaks my game? The effects meshes and some other stuff get pushed asside

[plush yew]

Breaks your game, or your monitor?

[dense knoll]

Idk

lemmi show

[plush yew]

What resolution is your monitor?

[dense knoll]

On any resolution above my 1920x1080 monnitor this happens

[plush yew]

Whats wrong with it, are the exhaust flames in the wrong place or something?

[dense knoll]

yea

along with other effects

[plush yew]

okay. are they part of the scene or the HUD/UI. Because if they are UI, it messes around, and changes position depending on screen size

[dense knoll]

Nope

[plush yew]

Hmmm

[dense knoll]

they are attached to the actor

or effects

the spawning of bullets and other things work

just not the effects and some meshes

this is on 1440p

[plush yew]

Does this occur when you playing it in normal-sized viewport, compared to immersive mode? Or just above 1920x1080

[dense knoll]

just above 1920x1080

[plush yew]

You need to set the starting point of the fire.

[dense knoll]

in viewport it works fine

in game it works fine

[plush yew]

Whats your monitor?

[dense knoll]

but above my displays normal res

it break

a Acer Generic monitor

[plush yew]

The location of the particles are tailored to your screen.

[dense knoll]

G237HL

nope

the particles are spawned in normally

or attached to an actor

this could be ue4.25.4 but then its not going to be updated given ue4.26

[plush yew]

I think that particle spawn is seen differently depending on the resolution adopted.

[dense knoll]

any way to fix that?

[plush yew]

I have the same problem with my widgets when I use a full Hd monitor or a phone or tablet

[dense knoll]

so this is a engine issue not a project issue

[plush yew]

A project issue. It can be repaired

[dense knoll]

is there a way to set the in game resolution based on the displays resolution

how?

[plush yew]

I don t know yet hiw can be this possible.

You could allow the player to set their resolution in the settings menu (when you distribute the game. ) And set the particle location according to that.

[dense knoll]

im using the Spawn emmiter at location

or attaching it

its not based of off the display

but then this keeps happening

[fast spindle]

Hello everyone I have question.

I want this tabard (I parented it to hips rig.) to be affected by character's hitboxes.

How Can I do it?

[plush yew]

@dense knoll I realized what wasn't working. The pixels that the plane displays create are consistent with the length of the plane. In viewport you have fewer pixels and the length is smaller. You set the fire particle display to a fixed location.

[dense knoll]

is there a way to set the plane to a certain size at startup?

[plush yew]

Yes. Make the viewport on the resolusion you want to play the game normally and then set the spawn location of particles

It may works. Maybe I am wrong.

[dense knoll]

Is there a node that gets the Users current display res?

[plush yew]

I don t know these things. Sorry. You need to adapt the game just for a resolution.

[dense knoll]

Ok found a node that does this

[plush yew]

I am sorry if I can t help you bro. I hope you can solve that problem!

[dense knoll]

k\

[plush yew]

Any idea how I can replace the mesh of the main character with this one ? I need to keep everything working as it is, I only want to change the mesh.

I tried adding it in there but the blue mesh stays and they overlap.

@plush yew Is this for Advanced Locomotion System?

[plush yew]

Yup

[wanton lotus]

@plush yew in ALS, the bodymesh is the alternative mesh you can switch to during runtime by pressing "M". Try changing the "mesh" instead of "bodymesh"

[plush yew]

@plush yew You'll have to retarget all the animations to your new character

[plush yew]

Any idea where I can find the Mesh object ?

I can't seem to find it in here, only the BodyMesh

[wanton lotus]

And as Edward says, you need to make sure the new mesh uses the ALS skeleton. Easy way to do this is to delete the skeleton used by the new mesh and in the delete window, select the ALS sekeleton as the replacement reference.

Mesh (CharacterMesh0) (inherited)

That is the actual ALS character mesh. The other one is the alternative mesh.

[plush yew]

If I do that it stays in t pose and animations dont work anymore.

Do I need to delete the skeleton from the new mesh first ?

[wanton lotus]

Because your new mesh does not use the ALS skeleton and therefore cannot use the ALS animation blueprint.

[plush yew]

Sweet I had no idea that was how it worked

[wanton lotus]

Yes, delete the new mesh skeleton and choose to replace its reference with the ALS skeleton.

[plush yew]

@plush yew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pY4rcxmk_Y

[plush yew]

Huge thanks guys

[wanton lotus]

Better off deleting the skeleton and replacing reference in the delete window than going through the retarget process. Doing this is essentially the same as doing a fresh import of a mesh and choosing ALS skeleton for the import, but it will also work for all the meshes tied to that skeleton (every 3D scanned person will be retargeted all at once).

[plush yew]

Hmm, any idea where is the delete option in here ?

[wanton lotus]

Should be a magnifying glass icon in the upper left corner to browse directly to the actual uasset in the content browser. Then you can delete in the content browser. A delete window with warnings and references then pops up. In the lower left corner will be where you choose the ALS skeleton to replace the references.

[plush yew]

I think I may've found it but I still don't see any skeleton I can delete

Do I need to be in the mesh menu or in the Skeleton menu ?

[light wigeon]

hi how can we use multi user?

[wanton lotus]

@plush yew when you are in the skeleton, click here:

That brings you to the content window in which you can select the skeleton there and press delete. Then follow previous instructions.

[plush yew]

Found it

[wanton lotus]

Make absolutely sure you put ALS skeleton as the replacement before confirming the delete.

[plush yew]

I found it by entering the mesh menu and scrolling down to where it said skeleton

[plush yew]

Yup I did that

And now I can simply replace it where you said before and it should work ?

[wanton lotus]

Yep, should be good to go

When you replace the mesh, you may have to also set the animation blueprint again,

Just select the ALS animation blueprint and you should see the mesh in idle animation.

[plush yew]

Do I select ok ?

[wanton lotus]

That is normal.

[plush yew]

Hmm this may actually work lol

[wanton lotus]

Looks like scanned 3D people asset doesn't use the exact base ue skeleton and they added some bones.

You may want to click the yellow arrow next to the material for the mesh to revert it back to default.

You got the mesh showing, but it is still using the blue material for the ALS character, hehe.

[plush yew]

Uh I have a problem, the fps sudenly dropped by alot and when it moves head the mouth is glitching

plus I have these errors

[wanton lotus]

Might have to do with the added bones.

Geez, did 3D scanned people asset rename every bone in the skeleton or something?

[plush yew]

lol I guess

[wanton lotus]

I really hate when creators do that, stick with the default names.

You may need to actually follow the retarget video.

What I suggested only works when the skeleton is nearly identical. Maybe a few new bones added, but all original bones need to be used.

[plush yew]

So I need to add back the skeleton I deleted ?

[wanton lotus]

Better off re-adding the 3D scanned people asset.

[plush yew]

Yup

That's what I was thinking

lol it looks like it has mouth cancer

Horrible

[wanton lotus]

lol

[plush yew]

But we were close, the animations and everything work but the fps drop is unbearable

it runs with like 12 fps

[wanton lotus]

I'm adding the scanned people asset to a project right now. Want to see its skeleton.

Never messed with it before.

[plush yew]

Oh wait

I didn't click Compile

before testing

In the mesh inherited thing

Is that the cause ?

[wanton lotus]

It compiles automatically before playing

[plush yew]

Ah, gotcha

Do you think we can add behaviour to the ALS ?

I mean to the AI that takes care of the animation

I'd like to add two behaviour trees, namely balance and protect

[winter gale]

https://twitter.com/RyanJon2040/status/1342715516369186816

Satheesh PV (@RyanJon2040)

Quick #UE4 Tip number 80.

Making changes to your plugin? You can reload, unload or recompile modules from the Editor itself by opening Modules Tab.

#unreal #unrealtips #unrealdev #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #UnrealEngine

Twitter · Dec 26, 2020, 6:15 AM

[plush yew]

I'm not sure if ALS uses the behaviour tree

[dim narwhal]

Hey I have a question

It’s really weird

[wanton lotus]

I can only answer moderately weird questions

[dim narwhal]

Any idea why there’s this weird black horizon thingy? I’m trying to follow a the sky atmosphere tutorial

[thick herald]

Looks like it's a keyboard

[wanton lotus]

lol

[dim narwhal]

😂

So there’s the sky, and this stupid black thing😂

Any idea how I can remove it

[jolly mason]

click on it and delete it

i have encountered an issue when my character is standing on a moving platform, i attached her to the platform because i want her to be able to jump on it and not fall off instantly.
expected behaviour is her moving with the object she is attached to
resulting behaviour however is that she begins sliding off the platform she is standing on, to be more precise her movement seems to double. and once i am off the box, still attached tho, it works correctly.

i looked what might cause it and found only one person with a similiar issue who hasnt found the solution either

this is the code, really barebone. i think it has to do with the movement component but i am not sure

nevermind that attach to component solved it

false alarm it still doesnt work

[zealous cloak]

My player's pawn will occasionally fall through the terrain, not every game, I can't find a pattern, but something causes it to work 95% of the time and then occasionally fall through the terrain. Is there some bug? My googles haven't been useful yet

[dusky inlet]

the survey is very representative

[jolly mason]

i play warthunder because i hate myself 😄

[zealous cloak]

I'm wondering why Minecraft isn't on there. Skeletons shoot at you

and you have to survive

and your pickaxe has this cool super breaker ability

[plush yew]

So one more thing, is it possible to have this in Unreal Engine 4? Is there any documentation on how to achieve this level of animation? I only found some active ragdoll tutorials but they seem like a simplified version of this type of ragdoll tech and this was way back in 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0yvs6RJVVY

This thing is mind blowing, it bassically creates animations on the fly in a way

[dense knoll]

How do you add a holographic effect to a hud?

[glad karma]

Hey guys, did somebody courses through unreal engine online learning? I have a question trough which courses should I started, is it sone list or should I pick that what I want?

[dense gate]

Any information/documentation on how texture sharing works in 4.26?

[dusky inlet]

just pick what you want according to difficulty level, as far as I remember there are beginner courses and so on

[plush yew]

aren't morph targets

shape keys in blender?

[obsidian nimbus]

or was it blend shapes?

[plush yew]

D:

[obsidian nimbus]

i call em vertex targets

[plush yew]

o.o

i ask because im trying to figure out how to make a character muscle system

where the body can get crazy toned

and be added to sliders or such during a character creation system

[obsidian nimbus]

i think its shape keys

morp target, shape key and blend shape is all the same thing tho

[plush yew]

ooo

so i just gotta setup morphy bois o:

[obsidian nimbus]

you need to hit a checkbox morph on import window and checkbox morph in material of the mesh

[plush yew]

;DDDDDDDDDD

[weak veldt]

Hey guys

[plush yew]

gonna have sum floofy BRICC waifu's in my game >:3

[dawn gull]

@plush yew Yeah thats cool, but this is better and faster for ingame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCyRlcZt7E

Basically it runs the animations, but it also morphs the animations so when you run into something it can push your limbs around

[plush yew]

Thank you!

I ll look into it

Is there a status on Epic games if you are in UE?

[dawn gull]

I don't think so

Is there a way I can add 4 floats together and have the first float contribute the most and the 4th float contribute the least and then have the second and third inbetween?

[plush yew]

Is it possible to create some variable to change the GameMode in game ?

[sterile tulip]

Does UE4 have DLSS implementation support?

[rocky radish]

pretty sure only on the nvidia ue4 branches

i believe its called NvRTX

[ancient lotus]

@dawn gull make it percentage based? like so, the first addition is more than the second, the second is more than the third, and the third is more than the 4th

float One = 30.0f;
float Two = 35.0f;
float Three = 28.0f;
float Four = 39.0f;

float Total = 0.0f;
Total += (One * 40.0f) / 100.0f;
Total += (Two * 30.0f) / 100.0f;
Total += (Three * 20.0f) / 100.0f;
Total += (Four * 10.0f) / 100.0f;

[dawn gull]

Alright, thanks!

[timber tulip]

Love the fact that you use blueprints and cpp together, it's really neat

[dense knoll]

Any way to improve performace when using Convulsion bloom?

[warm hornet]

What is the recommended procedure to determine exactly which Ray Tracing feature is causing the biggest performance hit?

When I toggle

r.RayTracing.ForceAllRayTracingEffects

I go from 15 FPS to 120 FPS!

[light thunder]

why aren't my hotkeys working, like Shift+1 to change editor modes?

[plush yew]

Can someone explain differences between Functions,Macros and Events?

they look so similar

I want to make a fps game and I am just starting to make games, I am not planning to finish the game, but i just want the practice for later. Should I use blueprints or c++? and how does level design work in UE, I am coming from unity so I am really bad at level design in UE

[dim narwhal]

Blueprints is just amazing

You can try c++ if you wanna learn programming

But it’s hard

Blueprints are very visual and simple. I come from a pretty strong programming base. I used to code in C# for unity and got pretty good at python and base C++ too

But i find unreal’s c++ quite hard

And another reason is that if you have a mid ranged comp then compiling c++ code is gonna take a while. I just didn’t like waiting that long. So I went ahead with blueprints

I would say go with blueprints. It’s an amazing tool and gets your prototype done in no times

Time*

[plush yew]

Yeah they are

Even c# was too hard too me

[plush yew]

.

[shut glen]

i have never been able to do physical animation

anyone know how?

why it doesnt work@

[shut glen]

github?

yep

[viral fractal]

Its very easy... All of them

But GI has the most impact because improper and innefficient Implementation

[slow coral]

I'm creating a mesh with the procedural mesh component in an actor blueprint. why does my frames drop from 120 to about 30 when i select the actor in the editor? when i select nothing or anything else i have full 120 fps

[light thunder]

well screw this thing -

[light thunder]

your construction script is probably the issue

if you load a blueprint, you load every thing that it references into memory, to a certain extent

basically, when you are selecting that one actor, you are selecting ALL of those procedural meshes as if they were all individual things

[slow coral]

but i just have one mesh

it has 6k verts 9k triangles it shouldnt be a problem

[light thunder]

show me a screenshot of your actor's components

[bold oracle]

Am I missing something or does Unreal really not have some kind of generic HFSM/BT systems?
It has HFSM for animations and a BT system for AI.
But no generic ones for say a character controller's states

[light thunder]

now the construction script of the blueprint

[light thunder]

Yeah that's why some people aren't super keen on it

[bold oracle]

Seems like a pretty big oversight.
Guess I'd have to roll out my own. I was hoping to have that time saved but oh well.

[slow coral]

https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/17p-8axf/

[light thunder]

Check marketplace, there's probably a pretty cheap solution someone did

[light thunder]

Okay, if I'm reading correct, you are probably doing too much with these loops during construction

I'd try incrementing a variable each type that loop runs, then check output and print that variable out at the end of the construction script - I bet it is big

It's not the end of the world because as long as your spawning those actors that fast, a built game should handle it much faster than editor but you want have a good idea about how complicated your loops are in construction scripts

[plush yew]

what is the best way to make limitation to your open world game

[dusty pulsar]

Hello Everyone!

I have a question, I'm new with UE4 and I'm trying to figure out how to do something like this (I don't even know how to search something like this)

I have a truck loaded with something (dirt, grain etc) that has volume.
I start to dump this cargo on the ground and then the game creates this "volumetric actor" that basically works like this: If there's nothing on the ground same as that actor, then creates it. If there's anything in the ground already, start to add more volume to it creating some kind of "heap of dirt"

Can someone help me? Just give me tips what I should look for please!

Thanks!

[mental stone]

Approximately how long will it take for me to learn the basics of the unreal engine?

[rotund scroll]

not making it open world 😉

[plush yew]

hahah

yea

i know

but i was just wondering if i was to make one

how should i put limitation on it

[rotund scroll]

up to you

water seems popular

[plush yew]

how should i get the player to be stuck in one path

the mission path

[rotund scroll]

make a linear game instead

[plush yew]

yea i thought about water and rock but it just seems weird

it doesnt fit

yea thats prob best ;-;

[rotund scroll]

open world games is where good design goes to die so don't fret

[plush yew]

thats actually true

[finite dew]

i have a amd radeon r7. What should i get so my ue4 can run smoothly ?

[plush yew]

my idea was to make it seem like the player has a choise on what to do but in fact he doesnt he just needs to finish his mission

but i dont think it can work

[mental stone]

How long will it take me to learn ue

[plush yew]

hm

1

[mental stone]

1 what?

[plush yew]

1 day

sike

1 year

[mental stone]

1 year for the basics?

Or fully?

[plush yew]

well if u want to learn ue i am guessing you dont want to learn only the basic

the basic you can learn in 3-4 days

[mental stone]

Ohhh that is good

I do not have a lot of time on my hands, I think I can dedicate 1 hour and 30 minutes a day to learn ue

[plush yew]

yea good luck with that

[mental stone]

Thank you

@plush yew does this tutorial series seem good? https://youtu.be/iTwxuahe5B4

[plush yew]

i dont think you can find better tutorial about unreal engine

she is the best

beacuse she actually works in the industry and is not just a youtuber

[mental stone]

Oooooooooo but does she teach about scripting or making a game

[floral mesa]

no she teaches you basic fundamentals to get you going in the right direction

@mental stone https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses earn all the badges here. youll know how alot of things work after that

[finite dew]

i have a amd radeon r7 8ram. What should i get so my ue4 can run smoothly ?

[floral mesa]

ryzen 7

comes with a cooler that works well so you dont have to buy a cooler that was nice

[finite dew]

How much

[floral mesa]

like 3 hundo

[finite dew]

If my ue4 runs good then I'll defo buy the

Anything else ?

[floral mesa]

this conversation is better for lounge

[finite dew]

Oh srry

[plush yew]

help

i can't open UE4

can anyone help me

[tough pagoda]

Hello. I have switching weapons by array.
And I have system of reloading. I have also ammo current and ammo max for my weapon. But I have issue that after switching to another weapon and switching back to the previous, stats of my weapon are getting to default, but I shot and so on. How to change element of array I tried, but nothing!

Please, mention me, I can be afk.

[velvet vapor]

https://gyazo.com/30f0fe29952c70c424b1aca5621487b7 Why is this happening? I mean, by changing hours it only goes so far and also there is literally no night, any idea how to fix that?

[atomic forge]

compared to 4.25 how stable is 4.26?

[mental stone]

Thank you

[ancient lotus]

alt + drag?

[velvet vapor]

How do I do that? Is it in the engine?

I use sun position plug in, sun position calculator to be specific.

[dreamy perch]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BuildingWorlds/LightingAndShadows/SunSky/index.html#enablingthesunpositioncalculatorplugin

[civic saddle]

https://youtu.be/1E-y9jdtM9M

Trying to figure out impulse, lol, came across that

[uneven hemlock]

wut does that purple thing mean

[hardy granite]

@atomic forge since 4.26 is new it is leas stable

[velvet vapor]

thank yoiu

[dreamy perch]

Good luck!

[light thunder]

I have an level that is built of static meshes (modular) and it's complete but I realized the size is all off - I can select them all and resize them, but is there a way to scale them without them losing their relative positions?

[dreamy perch]

If you select multiple objects at once, you can scale them uniformly. shiftand/or ctrl in the outliner would be your best bet. Unfortunately, I think you -will- have to reposition the objects in relation to their world position, regardless.

@light thunder

But there may be a better option out there, so don't take my word as law.

[light thunder]

you can but you have to do it along the same axis ....

[dreamy perch]

Another option could be to rescale the player character, or scale the map down entirely. Both of which... I would definitely be careful of. Lol

[light thunder]

actually

I have world scale in VR

[dreamy perch]

Scratch my last response, I'm a liar. lol

[fallen marten]

Is there anyone here who has built a shipped version of their game and found the navmesh doesn't work when you spawn AI ? Is there a fix?

It's fine in dev build

Tag me if there's something I can try

[plush yew]

hello can anybody reccomend computer requirment for ue4 chaos ?

[oblique grotto]

So UE will get new scripting language like godot ? Can anyone confirm this ?

[umbral pike]

so im trying to set up a joystick controlled line trace using 2d sprites, are there any good tutorials as far as setting up to where the character aims with the directional input? essentially a the gun points where the character is aiming but for a sprite. Sorta similar to contra or Enter the Gungeoun but 2D. i've got the projectile working and able to shoot in all the directions but the animation just sticks to the idle pose. Am i looking at just setting up a bunch of flipbooks in the state machine or is there an easier way? Any help would be incredibly appreciated

[cedar wave]

The only thing that anyone knows is that Fortnite creative has a scripting language that has similarities to python in that they are whitespace sensitive (I think that's the correct term, can't recall).

[plush yew]

Hey, aspiring 20 y/o game developer from the middle of nowhere. Just joined and I was wondering if anyone could direct me to some useful online resources to start learning to use UE4. I usually do the art when creating video games but this time around I wanna make it from scratch, any tips?

I looked up some tutorials on youtube but they seemed very specific and I'm not sure if I'll learn anything by just copying people

[oblique grotto]

Oh .. maybe

[glass karma]

There's Unreal Engine learning material from Epic, I suggest following their course material to start

[nova trench]

On tutorial stuff are there any good tutorials just for using unreal for cinematics and films

[plush yew]

ill look into it ty

[nova trench]

Im looking into Unreal for animating stuff, but I cant find a good tutorial on importing rigged characters into unreal. I've got a rig that parents individual parts to individual bones, not a pre made rig.

[digital solstice]

I have a very basic question. I'm using a plane as the floor for my level, but since it's very small when I initially load it in, I've scaled up the size of it. However, I'm finding that the collision box for it is not scaling up as well. How do I fix this?

[plush yew]

How can I make my character fall ?

I mean, when one foot is in the air

Or maybe a better question is, why doesn't it fall when in that circumstance ?

[urban iris]

the character's capsule is still on the box even though some of it is off the ledge

in this circumstance, the collision is based off of the capsule

the foot IK is only for animations/visuals

[plush yew]

The strange thing is that if I enable ragdoll (by pressing x) the character realises it's outside the edge and imediatly falls accordingly, but the problem is this has to be manually triggered.

[urban iris]

Yes, because then you ignore the capsule, and trigger physics simulation.

[urban iris]

If you want to ragdoll in this situation, you need to program the logic so it switches by itself when a foot is off the ledge

[plush yew]

This should normally happen automatically right ?

[urban iris]

i don't specifically know how to approach that though :/

[urban iris]

As far as I know, not unless you program it on purpose

[plush yew]

hold on, I have an idea

What if I trigger the x button when on outside of the edge ?

Like, have it trigger by itself

Actually I'd still have to program edge detection or something for it to be aware of the surroundings lol

[urban iris]

yeah, that ends up like i said

you're thinking like

the ragdoll is held up by muscles and skeleton

[dark thorn]

I want to jump a ball on pressing space, is AddImpulse function is good for this?

[urban iris]

yeah

[dark thorn]

Thanks @urban iris ,one more thing, how can I avoid jumping it more than expected if player keeps pressing space?

[plush yew]

I found something that may be of help but it's going to be difficult

I will wait until you help Shantanu to elaborate

[urban iris]

There should be a node to check "is on ground"

you should branch the jumping action off that and only jump if you're on ground

another option is to check for Z velocity and only jump if its equal to 0

[urban iris]

that might be a macro i made myself 😄

[dark thorn]

Thanks @urban iris ^-^, that was helpful!

[urban iris]

no problem!

[dark thorn]

😂 , so there is no isOnGround

[plush yew]

So, I think what I'm looking for is Procedural Generated Animations aka Physicallly Based Animations (which exists in UE4 thankfuly).

[urban iris]

Then you GetVelocity>split the vector> Z=0 > branch > True > addImpulse

[urban iris]

I've had no luck with that, i don't have the proficiency for messing with the PBR animations 😆

In my case, they were a bit janky

[plush yew]

Well, there is always Euphoria Physics but it's way too expensive

From what I've heard it works with any humanoid mesh you throw at it out of the box

And they are using like 2 systems, one of pga's and the other one for the physics simulations

Euphoria is the one that generates the animations and there is one more system that simulates the physics stuff

and they kinda work together

[pliant rose]

i need someone to confirm

[urban iris]

Ahh the good old euphoria

Yes, the euphoria's system works more like a human body

I don't know how hard or easy it is to implement into ue4 though

[plush yew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7fJGAK7EbQ

[plush yew]

It is already implemented but not publicly available unless you have a license

[urban iris]

Years back they had something like a demo kit

[plush yew]

I found out yesterday

[urban iris]

where you could animate and test the engine

[plush yew]

Like, it is in the engine already

[urban iris]

oh i see

yeah, that stuff is probably expensive

rockstar games wants to make it as exclusive as possible i guess lol

[plush yew]

Yes that is the reason

The interesting thing is that they didn't just stopped at animations, they also made an autonomous ai that makes use of the animation tech to mantain balance and protect itself, kind of behaviour tree on top of the rest.

If you take a look, those skeletons react to what's happening around them, actively

[urban iris]

I've been always amazed by the AI and simulation in GTA IV

[pliant rose]

excuse me, i must make sure whether this the noxious fumes, or is it the space dust?

[urban iris]

that was the full blown euphoria

[urban iris]

can't really tell 🙂

[pliant rose]

unlabellable

[plush yew]

If you liked that, they took it to the next level in RDR 2

[urban iris]

ooh that might be the reason for the performance issues 😄

[pliant rose]

ai can be a good opponent to beat... call that tactical practice..

how expensive is this tech @urban iris

[plush yew]

You know what ?

I changed my mind, I think instead of making a game I will make this my game, like trying to come up with a system that does just what euphoria does

[urban iris]

euphoria intern wrote this on reddit:

"The engine needs integration with a games code base, which is a lot of work. Especially if you are not using an off the shelf game engine.

The Euphoria behaviors are incredibly complex simulations and need a very competent mathematician to create. This means a lot of the work to create them has to be done by NM. This inter company cooperation scares away corporate type developers who are terrified of such things. (A lot of developers are afraid of middleware as they see it as cancerous on the code base)

It should be noted that a lot of companies do have their own similar animation systems. I currently have friends at EA tech working on physics based animation. Even at Frontier there was a cheap knockoff in production for a while.

And yes, it is quite expensive. Also Natural motion is focusing more on free-to-play games now, with the animation tech taking more of a back seat."

you know, when the price of something isn't visible on webpages, it is VERY expensive

[plush yew]

So whoever said that it is implemented on yt was wrong hmm.

I mean, maybe if you pay them they send their team to implement it in your game perhaps

Maybe that is one of the reasons it's so expensive

[urban iris]

i think that's how it works

[pliant rose]

respect

[urban iris]

check PhysX active ragdolls

that might be use to you

[pliant rose]

engine goes another dimention

im too dumb for that )

so far saw Spacetime series heavy use of CG

want my children to observe simulations

can u remember there was a book with a picture, it was dead..

[plush yew]

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/unreal-engines-new-chaos-physics-system-screams-with-in-depth-intel-cpu-optimizations.html

[pliant rose]

how about particle meshing.. dense.. layers of particles..

i mean instead of meshes?

[urban iris]

oh i didn't know about chaos ragdolls

[winter gale]

https://twitter.com/RyanJon2040/status/1343077904326934528?s=19

Satheesh PV (@RyanJon2040)

Quick #UE4 Tip number 81.

Disable all tutorials from Editor Preferences -> Tutorials -> Disable All Tutorial Alerts.

#unreal #unrealtips #unrealdev #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #UnrealEngine

Twitter · Dec 27, 2020, 6:15 AM

[lost grotto]

how do i get a media player to automaticly play in standalone game

[dark thorn]

I tried this @urban iris , in most cases it is working but if player keeps space pressed then ball keeps jumping when it comes is at the highest point as Z velocity is also zero there.😄

[urban iris]

ah yea, i forgot to mention that 😄 i thought it would be for such short time that you wouldn't be able to time it

are you making your custom movement or using a prebuilt one

[dark thorn]

custom movement means?

i am adding Z impulse when space is pressed and Z velocity is zero.

[urban iris]

for jumping

are you working on a Character or

[lost grotto]

pls help

[urban iris]

a Pawn

[dark thorn]

A Pawn!

[urban iris]

I see

in the Character class, there are nodes like canJump and a function called Jump

that's why i got confused

[dark thorn]

Ohh! 😄

[urban iris]

so you're building a custom movement

i'd like to find out what "canJump" node actually checks

[dark thorn]

Yeah!

[dark thorn]

the canJump node which in Character class? yeah, it will be helpfull to know what that node is doing

[urban iris]

i have an idea for you but this is getting a bit complicated

and very JANKY

[dark thorn]

I was also thinking to add impulse based on its height, but this might not work in all cases

[urban iris]

you can try gating the jump

and reset the gate after you land

im not very "clear-minded" right now, so I probably sound completely dumb 😄

[dark thorn]

Not sure, might work. Nothing is wrong in trying 😄

[urban iris]

the reset trigger could be a collision volume under the ball

placed just at where it would only trigger when you're standing on something

[dark thorn]

yeah, this might work. It will be moving as ball moves on ground! ^-^

[urban iris]

the problem is the odd cases where if you fail to jump, the beginOverlap event wouldn't fire and the gate wouldn't be reset

which results in losing the ability to jump

so you'd need a failsafe for this method

i'm sure there is a better way to do this

😄

[dark thorn]

no problem! I will try this trigger thing anyway, just to see how this goes 😅 . Thanks for the help @urban iris .😄

[dark thorn]

Got it working @urban iris 🙂 , Added one more condition along with checking is Z velocity is 0 i.e. checking sign of last non zero velocity and jump is activated when Z velocity is zero and sign of last non zero velocity is negative(downwards).

[pliant rose]

missing something

[sleek swift]

Guys @here I am having problem in Importing/Re-importing .Umap files that got auto deleted from a sudden electricity cut.

[mint gate]

I would like to pass the variable (total) from another widget(Q1) to this widget(Q2), however it cannot show it. What shd I do?

[chilly sun]

anyone able to recognize what Im doin? -tryin to rig a toon with the ue mannequin skeleton..
But the question-- am I on a right path, or should I abandon asap and figure out how to do it right (assuming this is wrong, assuming its obvious what Im doing)

[obsidian nimbus]

@chilly sun that is goin to be hell to weight

[steel shell]

Does someone know how i can simplify an imported heightmap landscape?

[forest orchid]

Guys where can i enable collision for audio?

[dusty pulsar]

Someone please can give me a direction?

[true nexus]

@forest orchid First you need to enable ray tracing for audio. Also only works with version UE 5.91

[forest orchid]

@true nexus Where can I enable this?

@true nexus

can't find the reason why it doesn't work. It seems to me that he does not see the coliseum

[plush yew]

Could anyone tell me why my blueprint does not work? Why it has an empty variable?

[plush yew]

where do you set 'enemy 01'?

[urban iris]

i know what you're trying to do.

do this: drag a reference of widget component and add the get user widget node to it and cast that to the healthbar widget, then as that widget set the enemy to self

that should be done in the bp_enemy class

[steel gull]

Try watching unreal starter tutorial in unreal learning tab in unreal official page

[keen minnow]

Might be a stupid question, but I tried googling and found no result:

Can I "refresh" the "VR Preview" state of Unreal Engine? (I plugged in my headset after starting a project up, and the "VR Preview" is currently greyed out)
I know if I close the project and reopen it, it will be an available option, but seems tedious to have to close down your current work, because I forgot to plug in my headset before starting up work on it. 😉

[past stag]

What is unreal engines default light source position/rotation?

blank project i mean

[steel gull]

No lights and nothing in blank , that is why it is blank

[past stag]

But there is light source.

Nevermind. I looked it up from new blank project.

[steel gull]

Yes you can find everything used in that level in outliner

[frozen pond]

is there any way to force actor reference into class reference? in c# i would do something like this (int)string , but in unreal i know only cast to class using actor reference, is there any other way for doing that ?

[smoky sonnet]

can anyone explain to me why I need to use deltatime when working with inputs and also why i should add the desired altitude with the old one ?

[left arrow]

Hey guys, Can someone please tell me why I cant see any foliage? I just opened my project and its all gone. But its still there I just cant see it. I also cant place any foliage

[fierce tulip]

if this isnt it, i dont know (as I dont do work with that stuff a lot)
viewport's Show > Advanced > Instanced Static Meshes option and toggling it on.

[echo zealot]

Am I allowed to use the art in the engine content for my commercial game? (There are a few pretty cool sounds in there!)

[fierce tulip]

generally, if epic supplies it, you can use it

[plush yew]

hello

[fierce tulip]

https://giphy.com/gifs/foxhomeent-napoleon-dynamite-20th-century-fox-icUEIrjnUuFCWDxFpU

[dusty pulsar]

lol

[smoky sonnet]

can anyone explain to me why it is necessary to use deltatime within your calculation when working with forces/inputs to control movement etc?

[lusty carbon]

What could be causing this?? lightmap UVs are perfect

[left arrow]

Hey, does someone know why my foliage still has shadow even when I turned shadows off ?

[broken heath]

U sure its the same as selection?

[broken heath]

Lightmap resolution?

[left arrow]

Yeah, i turned the shadows off for all my foliage

[broken heath]

Did u build lighting after ?

[left arrow]

Nah I never build lighting. is that important? Im new to UE4

[broken heath]

Rebuild lighting since static shadow is baked on the map

[left arrow]

Okay then I will build lighting when I placed all my foliage. But this always take ages

Thanks

[broken heath]

Maybe choose preview quality if ur in early stages

[lusty carbon]

512

[broken heath]

Show screenshot of lightmap density?

[broken heath]

O

Maybe its the material/ texture then, not sure

[plush yew]

How can we display all the Optimization Viewmodes (Lightmap density just like up above but also Light Complexity, Quad Overdraw, etc.) in the same time (splitting the screen with each different modes) ?

I'm pretty sure there is an option for this because I already do it once, I believe... But I can't remember how to do that...

[broken heath]

Oh split layout won’t work? Why not?

[frozen pond]

hello, how i can disable cloth physic simulation when time dilatation is set to 0.01 ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bwkCeLrS_8&feature=youtu.be

[dense knoll]

Any way to fix UE4 not spawning a player and resulting in an instant mission failure?

Its not happening on my PC but on other peoples PC its not spawning

[frozen pond]

it's multiplayer/singleplayer ?

[dense knoll]

Both

[dense knoll]

whenever spawning into a level the Player doesent spawn, So the camera sets at 0 0 0 and the level cant find any player charecter and puts that as a Mission FAilure

[cedar fossil]

Hey anyone have an idea how to get the Vcam in 4.26 working with stabilization? All works but I get LogBlueprintUserMessages: [VCAM_W_Button_Ear_2] WARNING: Missing Focus Modifier
LogBlueprintUserMessages: [VCAM_W_Panel_MotionAdjustments] WARNING: Missing Stabilization Modifier when trying to trigger buttons

Unreal documention of course skips this part...

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/VirtualCamera/VirtualCameraActorQuickStart/index.html

[oblique steeple]

how can i do camera tilt when strafing?

[cold pecan]

Hey guys. Does anyone know if it's possible to set different frame rates for distinct Actors/Widgets? Like, I wan't so set an actor to render at 30 FPS and other Actor/Widget to render at 60 FPS. I know engines like Anvil can do this, but found nothing about unreal. Also, is there any way to get the last rendered frame as a picture?

[light thunder]

Need to resize objects without changing their position - found this on answerhub Alternatively, transform SpawnLocation by the inverse of the block's intended scale to offset the change in position caused by scaling the component.

[broken heath]

So did u succeed

[light thunder]

is this the right way?

to do an inverse?

no, it is not apparently lol

[broken heath]

Split the transform

Oh u did already split

[cedar fossil]

anyone get the Vcam component to work fully on iphone/ipad?

[plush yew]

I am following DevSquads fps tutorial and I'm having some problems: 1. When I am leaning forwards the camera goes to the legs 2. When I am aiming down sights the camera is snapping in a weird way, this happens when I'm not aiming down sights too

and when I'm running the weapon go behind the legs

[ancient lotus]

well its kind of a hack video on how to just setup a fps with as little resources and as quickly as possible. generally you have two different meshes for first and third person and a separated upper/lower body (if using full body for first person) where the upper half pivots and such with the camera and the lower body is planted like legs. how is the aiming setup

[plush yew]

I think i'm gonna just throw that project in the bin because I don't think its the right way to make an fps and I did it because i just needed to get used to UE4

[light thunder]

This is thing that worked - while you can resize them if you select and group them all, it's difficult to be precise - if you use this but make a blutility script that takes in a float, you can scale it - while everything will move (it has to) they will all be positioned right next to eachother, the same as before you scaled them

[proud prism]

Check out Ryan Laley's FPS series. He teaches the proper way to do things.

[plush yew]

ok thank you

[cedar wave]

Yeah - dev squad is uhhh questionable in my eyes.

Ryan Laley all the way.

[plush yew]

Hello guys I have little problem with changing the name of the player system

it is not working

The NewName variable is cretaed inside of the widget

The Name variable is stored in the thirdperson controller

[vernal thicket]

anyone use git?

got an issue

[fringe pivot]

@vernal thicket just ask

[vernal thicket]

git can't locate the origin/master inside the repo folder, i saw recommendations to delete the origin/master and then it'll be forced to create new but there doesnt seem to be one there at all

[fringe pivot]

what does git remote -v say?

[vernal thicket]

i think it's fixed by checkout?, it's pulling latest through command prmt atm

nope

says fetch & push?

origin - fetch
origin - push

[fringe pivot]

that's the repo where you made the checkout from right?

[vernal thicket]

yeah,

[fringe pivot]

and what action are you doing that shows you that git can't locate it?

[vernal thicket]

anything, but currently trying to fetch & pill

pull

However, it's asking me to 'publish branch' as it doesn't seem to think it exists?

error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master': unable to resolve reference 'refs/remotes/origin/master': reference broken

[frank oar]

Hi guys,
Is it possible to move projects between ssd's without causing problems ?

[vernal thicket]

@frank oar only with the UE reference file (if you launch from epic launcher), but to be safe why not clone it onto your SSD first and then open it make sur ethere's no issues?

[frank oar]

thanks @vernal thicket I have never tried cloning so I will have to learn the process.
Are you saying that I can relocate files from the epic launch btw ?

[fringe pivot]

@vernal thicket you could try git gc --prune=now
backup your repo first just in case

[vernal thicket]

I'm pretty sure I tried that and nothing happene

same error or similar with regards to not locating the origin/master

@frank oar you can create a clone from the launcher

[frank oar]

ok so create a clone, check it, then delete the original ?
thank you

[vernal thicket]

Just make sure it's all good before you delete anything lol

[main juniper]

yo anyone can help me with my problem

i have 2 problems
1 my shooting assualt rifle and pisol actions are both wrong and i dont know how to fix them

2 i got problems unequiping the pistol

anyone can join a voice chat plz and help me i would really apretaite it

mention me or dm please if u can help

[exotic radish]

Is there any way to "show" epic games launcher previously installed UE 4.26? I've just reinstalled windows, but I had EGL and engine and editor installed on a separate drive but EGL wouldn't have started until I reinstalled it too. So now when I launch it it lets me only install new UE4.26, but how do I actually use my already installed version?

[tiny sonnet]

Why can u not use a tif file as a heightmap, is there any way to losslessly convert to PNG??

[dawn gull]

Is there an LOD setting so it can automatically lower the detail of meshes the farther away? and if not is there a way I can make my own?

[ancient lotus]

there is, it decimates the mesh automatically. you can also bring in your own LOD's if you wish and use those

[dawn gull]

What's it called?

[plush yew]

help

how do i fix this

[dawn gull]

build lighting

like the red text says

[plush yew]

ah okay okay

kk

not working

[dawn gull]

so fix your lighting

[plush yew]

how

[dawn gull]

add more lights or change the light direction

[plush yew]

ah okay

[dawn gull]

I can't find the BaseEngine.ini file, has it been renamed in new versions?

This says that theres a project one
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/WorkingWithContent/Types/StaticMeshes/HowTo/AutomaticLODGeneration/index.html

will it do the same thing if I add it to the engine one?

[flat pewter]

does anyone know if there's a build log that tells what's occupying build size? (textures, meshes, etc)

[plush yew]

can anyone help me

[dawn gull]

add more lights or change the light direction

you already got an answer

[plush yew]

yeah but it looks too bright

[dawn gull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVFcZN8eBps

[plush yew]

um

ok

it's working

but when i click on play the light is too bright

how do i fix

[rotund scroll]

magic

and love

[plush yew]

when i click on play the light is brighter

how do i fix

this

[rough knoll]

how to round a float to the nearest tenth? (i.e. 100.5999999 to 100.6)

[plush yew]

@plush yew in your post process find exposure and find min/max brightness change min to 2 then find infinite extant and check it

aah ok

where is post procces

visual effects in the side panel it should be the top one

using infinite extant means it effects the entire level turned off means it only effects inside the box

ok

ok

i found it

ok now

i set it to 1.0

set what to 1.0?

min brightness and max

set min to 2 max stays at 8

ok

yooo

thank you so much

then again find infinite extant so it effects everything besides having to be in the box

[dense knoll]

Any way to fix Player Actors not spawnig on other PCs

[plush yew]

Is it possible to use only one widget for 2 enemy ? I'm getting this error and empty bar on the first enemy as I start playing.

[plush yew]

It is strange. I am almost at 60 FPS in all the Optimization Viewmodes. On "Lightmap Density" mode, for example (picture on top). Though, when I go into "Lightmap Complexity", my FPS fall in the red. Same when I go into "Stationay Light Overlap". Even stranger is that UE tells there is no problem neither with Lightmap Complexity nor Stationary Ligh Overlap" because the colors are green or blue/green. Look :

I don't understand. Is it normal ??

If I believe these optimization viewmodes, the issue CANNOT be other things because I repeat, I am on approximately 60 FPS in ALL the other optimization viewmodes... So it is clearly reliate to the Lightmap Complexity or the Stationary Light Overlap. Though, it is all green ! 🤔

[plush yew]

guys

how can i make a transparent glass

window

[normal olive]

So I have a question that'll probably sound rather n00bish because I am n00b.

How suitable is Unreal Engine for creating a "massive open world" similar to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, where you can see pretty much all the way across the map if you have a good vantage point? (I'm aware that BotW doesn't actually LOAD everything at once though, of course - it loads/unloads relevant objects by predicting where the player is headed.)

I've got ideas. Need to get learning UE

(gotta start somewhere)

[plush yew]

how can i make a transparent glass
window

sorry

@plush yew Answering to myself but : Indeed, these optimization viewmodes is absolutely are an indicator of the FPS of the game. So I said nothing. I'm still on low FPS in the game though, so I guess I have a problem somewhere but I don't find it still... 🤔

@normal olive Noob here but I'm pretty sure that all is about good construction with level streaming (in short : split the level world in multiple part and hide/display some parts wisely)

[minor grove]

Is it possible to launch a packaged build via an external link?

[normal olive]

Another thing that I'm considering is a game similar to ye old "Uplink" by Introversion... where the GUI is -basically- just a "fake desktop operating system" and so there is no physics or 3D - but I'm not sure what sort of tech stack to use for that. probably wouldn't need something like Unreal but dunno....????

[tiny sonnet]

Why can u not use a tif file as a heightmap, is there any way to losslessly convert to PNG?? Can I plz get some help??

[normal olive]

@plush yew aha. So it has amenities. Good to know. 🙂

[proper quiver]

How do I change the build of my game from WindowsNoEditor to something else? Google was of no help at all in this regard.

[restive zinc]

how do you do a camera bob

what is the actor called they changed if i remember?

which one of these are for camera bob such as walking and running it used to be called camera shake

[plush yew]

guys

how to remove the red chrossair

crosshair

?

can anyone help me

[placid citrus]

It's probably in your HUD bp

[plush yew]

Yes

Ik

I have to uncheck

event recive draw hud

But i can't

sorry to interrupt but is there a way to temporarily disable an input? i added crouching and can still jump while crouching i dont want that to happen so i was wondering if theres a way to disable the jump input temporarily, i did look something up but when i tried it, it removed the input completely

I fixed

[broken heath]

Yes u can i think its a set gravity?

Or maybe theres ‘can jump’ in blueprint , i forgot

But Tryna let u guess

[plush yew]

@broken heath ok thanks ima try both ways, i completely forgot there was gravity

[broken heath]

Alrights

[plush yew]

guys

how do i fix this

that preview thing

it's annoying

how do i get rid of it

can anyone help me

@plush yew build lighting

ah okay

Hey

I'm on low FPS in the editor :

But pretty high when I hit Play :

Is it normal ? Can you explain why please ?

[ruby ocean]

What's a good way of understanding snap flags/groups?

[plush yew]

when i rebuild the light the lighting looks weird and if i move a light it's saying again lights need to be rebuild

[plush yew]

U can do 2 things, build light or set it to movable

[plush yew]

.

someone is already helping me

Movable is better cuz u don’t have to build light but it would use more cpu power

Oh ok

@plush yew Yes I was thinking the same because when I go into Stationary Light Overlap (which shows the cascaded shadows if I understood well), the FPS is red :

@plush yew Though guys on discord explained me that FPS in these "Optimizations Viewmodes" was due to specific calculations of these modes and it was not an indicator on the real FPS stats of the game

Moreover, the color is all green, meaning that it's good here

so really, I don't know...

Yeah, I think too

ok

interesting

But anyway... If it's all green on the screen I've just put, that means that the Stationary Light Overlap is good, right ?

Though, I guess you're right when you talk about cascaded shadows because when I build the light, I have some overlap warnings :

So, it is green but it is bad ? 🤪

and though, it's green : #ue4-general message

Do you and I agree ? I hope I am not colour blind ! 😆

but maybe the stationary lights and this overlap lightning UV are two different things, finally... I don't know...

[obsidian nimbus]

the green is not a light map

its shader complexity

[plush yew]

Mh, shader complexity is still another optimization viewmode :

Here, I am well the viewmode called "Stationary Light Overlap"

[obsidian nimbus]

ahh ur right

you prolly need to up ur lightmap reslution for the meshes that give the error for the error to go away

[plush yew]

well you're right it is definitely two different things

[burnt ether]

Can I smhw spawn Actors with the Foliage Tool ?

[plush yew]

These error comes from the foliage. Though I didn't make the landscape neither the foliage... In the log, it is called "InstanceFoliageActor_0" I think it's the same that the foliage in the Details panel called "InstanceFoliageActor" (without the zero) because I have only this foliage. I have a doubt though...

Moreover, I don't find where is the lightmap resolution setting for this

I made an idle animation for my 2d sidescroller game, should i export it as a gif or make it into different png files that i can put together in unreal

Apparently, the lightmap resolution settings are here, in the LOD, but I don't see anything here :

Yeah this is not the first time that I hear complaints about lightmaps, lol. I can't wait for the Lumen system of UE5 !! :🥳 🥳 🥳

Oh, I get it. So it's on each mesh composing the foliage, ok

[worldly sonnet]

Hey Guys, i need some help. I'm getting a weird error that I cant wrap my head around.
This happens only in a cooked build as well.
On a level transition i get the following error:
http://prntscr.com/wb3niz
Thats what it says in the debug file:
http://prntscr.com/wb3o8r

The thing is im not even killing anything at any point

I assume he has problems deleting things on the previous level? Im really confused

[timber tulip]

What's a good version to stick to?

I don't wanna use the LATEST one, but I also don't want to use one from years ago

what's the latest stable one - is pretty much what I'm asking

or maybe you should use the latest one in UE4?

[plush yew]

@timber tulip Because I'm also afraid of unstable versions, I use to pick the latest version - 1. So now, I am on 4.25. But it's just my (noob) opinion ^^

@plush yew @obsidian nimbus I've just gone into foliage mode and found the lightmap resolutions of the meshes but... It seems that I don't have ones, actually... 🤔 Am I wrong ? https://gyazo.com/34c4de696ca4d6103f38f8ba10e46be9

( Light Map Resolution is untick on all the meshes )

[final gyro]

Hello, I have a small issue that I tried to fix for the last hour. These little stats on the top right corner are no longer visible in my editor and I cant find out how to turn them back on: https://answers.unrealengine.com/storage/temp/318352-untitled.png

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

.< oh! I was looking through there two times. Must have missed the obvious. Thank you!

[plush yew]

so that means it is the good settings I have to check, right ? Or does the lightmap resolution settings of the base meshes count too ? EDIT : Ah I've misread your answer. Ok, so it uses the lightmap res of my base static mesh !@plush yew

[final gyro]

jupp, that did it, thanks a ton ponkkis!

[plush yew]

@plush yew Ok so all the mesh have a Light Map Resolution of 64 :

Don't know if it's good or not but I'm gonna reduce it just to see what it happens...

Ah ! Just read again what you said and figured out I can simply check the Lightmap resolution of the instances (which is currently set on 8) to reduce it 👍

I am working on my 2d sidescroller game and i have coded it so that when falling the jump animation is set to true, but when its coded like that the animation loops, how do i fix this?

[river drum]

anyone ever get strange e_outofmemory crashes in unreal? never had a problem before, on a new system though but same project which runs fine on my other machines keeps crashing with this error. its choosing the right adapter, and its an nvidia 3070 with 8 gigs of vram. doesnt actually seem to be out of ram. if anyone has run into this issue and found a fix please let me know.