ue4-general

[meager frigate]

crashes when i close it out too almost every time

[narrow plaza]

I get a few crashes in 4.26 on exit (1 - 3 a day), but I exit a fair bit I guess

you have plenty of HD space? and SSD?

[rancid lynx]

When I WALK over a 50cm physics cube, one of us usually flys away voilently, launching like 20 feet, I set Max depenetration to .0001, I tried setting MASS, tested "multiply MASS" . why do physics cubes violently launch the player pawn around when walking over them ?, I set my step height to 90, so that i can walk onto a cube. its ok if the cube moves or rotates.. but whey the ffff does it violently launch ?

whats the solution? surely walking over a brick or block with physics shouldnt trigger a violent launch.....

im pretty sure i solved this very issue in my last version, but i cant figure out what the secret bull---- was.

[narrow plaza]

on your object Details panel, choose the eye dropdown and select "only show modified properties" - you might have tweaked something it didnt like

[ancient lotus]

dumb question, how can i spawn a replicated actor without it replicating to clients (for example spawning a firearm on the server (listen server) and not have the other clients know it exists)

[hexed cove]

Hi! I am facing this error while building project for andorid. It says could not find com.firebase.messeging.cpp

can anyone help me with this. its 4.24. eariler i was using sdk from codeworks but then i shifted to android studio sdk

[real wasp]

anyone having troubles logging into the launcher?

the forums work

[plain vapor]

I have a healthbar widget and it's casting a shadow, and I cannot figure out how to stop it from casting a shadow, 4.26. Anyone know how?

[mental yacht]

anyone have super beginner friendly tutorials for getting started with unreal?

[winged ridge]

how tf do i add a save option. i am not doing an in world game. its a story game made with just widgets

[midnight root]

@mental yacht You can judge how easy or not but it does say beginner at top of page of ue4 doc website, never used it so beware I guess, but it looks like it should 'meet' your custom needs https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/SaveGame/index.html

From there it gets interesting , maybe for latre https://www.youtube.com/c/UnrealEngine/featured

[mental yacht]

cool thanks ill look into it

[candid grove]

https://prnt.sc/xchpvo

https://prnt.sc/xchrh6

Anyone know why after I set control rotation, the mousex/y rotation doesn't work anymore?

setting control rotation on beginPlay

[tough pagoda]

@candid grove
Why you have * -1?

[candid grove]

invert up and down

[tough pagoda]

Man, look at pre-made project.

By Epic Games.

It's look like this:

[candid grove]

Yea I think you are misunderstanding my question

The rotation works perfectly fine, unless I call set rotation first to set the intitial rotation after spawn. It sets the rotation like I would like it to, but then it no longer rotates, like its setting the rotation permenatly

[tough pagoda]

Debug and watch at variables.

I think that your rotation is locking.

Need to reset or something.

[candid grove]

https://prnt.sc/xcj95z

It seems like event Begin Play is running more then just at the start. With the delay it is setting control rotation every second back to the specified rotation

I see the issue now

https://prnt.sc/xcjd3u

coming off the update pin of the timeline 😦

[tough pagoda]

https://www.google.com/search?q=set+control+rotation+it's+locking+rotation+ue4&oq=set+control+rotation+it's+locking+rotation+ue4&aqs=chrome..69i57.30715j0j4&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#

Maybe it can help you.

Is link on Mattew's Channel.

[tough pagoda]

I'm not at home I implemented lock on enemy.

And I have rotation reset.

[candid grove]

Nah, its because of this looping animation

its calling update every time the animation finishes

so its setting control rotation each time

[tough pagoda]

Pin node for stop.

[candid grove]

I need this animation to keep looping

I can use a custom event

[tough pagoda]

Okay.

[candid grove]

Yup got it working

thanks for your help

[tough pagoda]

You plugged stop pin?

[candid grove]

no, I dont want it to stop

I just put the timeline at the end of the execute for begin play

[tough pagoda]

Welp, that's good if you resolved this problem fast.

[pseudo river]

gg

[latent pivot]

don't use the error window. use the output window instead. set up your visual studio to stop opening the error list on failures

[pseudo river]

yeah it doesn't bother me but the headlesschaos is 🅱️orked

[harsh coral]

settings values in blender for animation and dimensions with less decimals can help performance in a open world game?

[clever axle]

https://i.imgur.com/HZ3zh1k.png These shadows are really harsh.. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

[wary wave]

sky light

[tired escarp]

@clever axle how

Did you find

Egyptian assets

[clever axle]

I'll answer you if you can get your question onto a single line ;P

[tired escarp]

Last time I looked on the marketplace there were like 4 packs, and unity's marketplace wasn't much better. I would really love to know where you got those Egyptian themed assets?

Egypt is cool

[clever axle]

@tired escarp I lifted them off racing game or what it's called in the learning tab

@wary wave I'm moving the skylight but it has no effect on those shadows.. I have static lighting disabled so it should hit immediately I was thinking

[wary wave]

moving a skylight would do nothing?

[clever axle]

oh damn, it seems to be linked to my directional light somehow

[forest finch]

Hey im new to UE4 and i was wondering if there are any good Books/YT Channels for people coming from Source(Valve's Game engine) to UE4??

oor Similar YT Channels to 2KlicksPhilip or 3KlicksPhilip??
(Edit#1: But for UE4)
(Edit#2: If any one has answers pls DM me oor @forest finch/Ping me )
(Edit#3: I am a noob so go easy on me)

[coral kernel]

Hi Can i get some help guys

i have trouble with my interact system the problem is when i start my game 2 player when first player come to the door press F widget appear on the player 1 and player 2
It should only appear on the first player

[serene birch]

skylight will capture your sky to simulate how much light falls down on your scene per direction

so you need a sky that is somewhat emissive in the first place
in a typical setup, if you use stuff like the UE4 sky atmosphere, the sky power is computed from the light that comes from the sun, aka your main directional light that is linked in the sky atmosphere object

[clever axle]

ah, right

thanks!

[serene birch]

you can technically feed a sky texture directly to the skylight too if you want

[clever axle]

alright.. I pretty much got my game code done so now I gotta make it look nice..

which isn't easy :>

[fluid swift]

Shouldn't there be some property for component replication?

[coral kernel]

@fluid swift Let me see

[fluid swift]

According to a tutorial I'm following it should look like this:

[fluid swift]

I assume it must have been moved/named something different, since the tutorial is from mid 2019

😮

[coral kernel]

nope but nothing changed

[fluid swift]

Is it not the correct place?

[coral kernel]

No when you click on object like box you can change it in the deatils

[fluid swift]

I've clicked on the "Sphere"

[coral kernel]

yes

then in the right

[fluid swift]

Ah

[fluid swift]

I needed to access the blueprint for some reason, the other details was a wrong view

Cool tyvm!

[coral kernel]

what the toturial you watching

[naive reef]

Why don't my Light Sources contain the details menu?

[fluid swift]

https://medium.com/@alexandre.lombard_91611/ue4-network-multiplayer-in-blueprints-getting-started-c456f54d0232

[coral kernel]

idk

But

guys @fluid swift @naive reef if you cant see the details menu you can just go to

make sure its cheked

[naive reef]

ok thanks

[clever axle]

how do you get a smooth horizon on an ocean body? https://i.imgur.com/Kzx17w5.png

been experimenting with exponential fog and postprocessing fog but nothing really clicked

[neon bough]

does anyone by chance have an alembic file with long hair, that he successful imported to UE4 and would share it? (shape doesnt matter, i just need something to test, as my abc from blender is missing parts)

[turbid vigil]

Just a quick question for curiosity.. uhm can u sculpt imported meshes in ue4 with the sculpt tool like for example rocks

[sonic quest]

Are you using the Sky Atomosphere? Try using that.
If so, you need to change project settings to support Expo. height fog.

Check this video on setting up those: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCd4RnFZHz8&t=8s

This doesn't have the water system. But it should work.

[plush yew]

Hello guys, I’ve created an input mapping system in my project, but if I want to change the widget BP too how do I do it? ( I have a text that says( “E” to open the door ) and I want the E to change on the input mapping). I hope I explained it good

Do I have to create a widget BP for every key?

[regal mulch]

You should only need one widget. But you do need some static lookup for key to icon or text. Can be just a dataTable. You should be able to query the keys via binding name. Not sure what the function for that was. But basically, have a binding called "Interact", check what key is currently bound to that, get the matching icon to that and use that for your widget

[crimson lake]

hey guys, (apologies if I'm interrupting something)

is there anything noticeably wrong with my post process mat?

i should create a simple outline around my object

Stencil enabled, depth enabled

on both object and world

[wind iris]

Hey all. Can anyone tell me if there is a way get "Keep Simulation Changes" to work with Destructibles or GeometryCollectionActors, such that the simulated positions of the fractured pieces can be retained outside of the simulation/game? Or if there is a workaround to achieve this behavior?

[wary wave]

I'm unfamiliar with Geometry Collections, but no, you can't do this with destructibles

[dark briar]

how do i use a mesh's socket location to place my hands using two-bone ik?

[plush yew]

hi guys

i made a bowls collision : complex as simple collision

but unreal engine cant simulate physics in ComplexAsSimple Collision

ue5?

[patent cobalt]

@plush yew that is correct. Complex collisions can be used for scene queries or kinematic collisions, but actors simulating physics cannot use complex collisions for performance reasons.

[plush yew]

but

[patent cobalt]

Why do you need complex collisions?

[plush yew]

because

[patent cobalt]

You can also create custom collision volumes

[plush yew]

the other actors can't get into bowl when it's in simple collision

i think

[exotic thicket]

The typical solution is to create a separate collision mesh out of simpler shapes

[patent cobalt]

Or a custom collision volume

[plush yew]

okay

[patent cobalt]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/WorkingWithContent/Importing/FBX/StaticMeshes/index.html

Look under Custom Collisions

[plush yew]

i'm trying custom collision

[river bridge]

Hello everyone! Is there anyone who knows what is wrong with camera transform on sequencer in UE4.26? I can't add, edit etc. I guess there is a weird bug 🙁

[regal mulch]

Has anyone ever had the issue that the context menus all over UE4 just flicker and visually disappear until editor restart?
Only happens in UE4 and only after some time. I can still click where that menu should be. Think that also happens where drop down menus are.
Really annoying

[fierce tulip]

@regal mulch ive only had that happen when i enabled animated menu stuff in ue4

[regal mulch]

the what now :D

Now my editor just flickers black, lol. Every other program is just fine.
I also just had it that I could see through the editor where the context menu should be.
Could literally see my jira behind the editor.... what the hell

Oh lord, it works fine on my other screens. How is that even a thing

[exotic thicket]

Sounds vaguely like some of the random issues I had when I still used an AMD GPU :P

[regal mulch]

It's only the middle screen ,lol

Na it's a NVidia one

[exotic thicket]

Check your refresh rate

I bet you might have it higher on your middle screen than others at least if you play games

That's what was causing some weirdness for me on AMD lol

[regal mulch]

It's all 3 the same, just in case

But I do remote into the PC a lot, which is only the middle screen

Maybe remote desktop shizzle broke something

Hm, nope, all 3 the same

[warm hornet]

Anyone familiar with alembics in UE? How do you start playback of an alembic on a specific frame in your UE sequence ?
Or in other words stop and start playback. There is a 'Start Frame Offset' in UE but this is for the frame offset in the actual alembic file. Alembic files imported as Geometry Cache always start playback on frame 1 of your sequence.

[sterile tulip]

guys

Im trying to import a 4 wheeled vehicle in UE4

How do I do this if I have more than just the body and the 4 wheels

I have the car body separated in many parts, and 4 wheels

I parented everything to the base mesh, I have like 30 separate objects or something, but when I import it, the parented objects are invisible and only the base mesh is visible in UE4

[proud narwhal]

If I open any object up in the viewer it has what looks to be a building and carpark as the backdrop whereas my actual map seems to be a dark grey sky, is there an easy way to change this to something a little more interesting?

heres a comparison of what I mean

nevermind I got it, HDRI backdrop

[late loom]

Does animation notify not work when playing animation directly??

[echo zealot]

Why is there no "Is Focussable" checkbox on "spin boxes" and "input key selectors"? I need to disable it, there must be a way right?!

[plush yew]

hello! Is it possible to animate the player in a Level Sequence? Specifically, can I animate player bones in the sequence or does that all need to be a pre made animation clip?

[wary wave]

I don't understand either the question nor what you are trying to do?

[plush yew]

I want my brush to be a square and not a circle

In the landscape editor

[hoary holly]

Anyone here got an idea how to get started with enemy knock up? I know how to do knock back, but not a small knock up like in GoW

[kindred viper]

same thing different vector?

[crimson lake]

Hey guys, is there any performance difference between using an Actor class or a Pawn class?

[hoary holly]

Nope

[next badger]

@crimson lake actor is just a class that can be rendered in viewport, pawn can be controlled

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/Framework/Pawn/index.html

[crimson lake]

Oh yesyes I know

Is there a proper performance difference ?

[next badger]

UObject -> AActor -> APawn -> ACharacter

[crimson lake]

if a pawn was not being used

or posessed

would it act the same as an AActor?

performance wise

(if that's a thing)

[next badger]

ye, pawn has a lot of components that are ticking

[wicked fjord]

how does mordhau cast a headless chromium/CEF browser to clients? It also playback audio too

[crimson lake]

mm

another question then if I may thanks alot @next badger ❤️

so, would I rather

use an AActor and disable input from char, then enable it in the AActor

or

use a pawn with tick disabled, enable it (sphere trace or sm), and possess it ?

[next badger]

@wicked fjord maybe...it has embedded CEF in it...like ue4

[wicked fjord]

yeah, but how do you send a texture/video stream/picture over the net?

what kind of API i should look for that?

[next badger]

in CEF?

[wicked fjord]

no, I mean broadcasting texture (in this case CEF) to clients

[next badger]

CEF is not a texture...it's a full pledged browser

[wicked fjord]

yeah but CEF render the display to texture, isn't not?

[next badger]

yeah, but you not streaming texture...it renders it on the client...like any other browser

you can open youtube and it will be playing it

[wicked fjord]

but the problem this, how does the other player see the exact timing and audio?

i expect there will be some desync, but nope

[next badger]

only if you can sync the web streming this way...

as twitch cant sync stuff over the web...sometimes you can't too

[wicked fjord]

maybe it sets the URL?

[next badger]

well, all depends on your streaming capability

[wicked fjord]

for all players

[next badger]

it's not related to ue4 anyway, pure web

[wicked fjord]

well, it looks like magic to me. I doubt it sends the full texture to each client, probably replicates the URL on every client CEF

[next badger]

i've already said it, it's a browser

it does not send any texture

it's a BROWSER (in caps)

[wicked fjord]

lmaooo

I worked with webkit before, I have a mindset that the browser is just texture copied from memory

[next badger]

cool, ue4 uses CEF as is

no magic, texture is rendered by CEF and then it's placed somewhere in widget

all done on client

this is why Epic Launcher is so laggy and consumes alot of CPU sometimes

[light thunder]

Why does my model come over in blender with 22 material slots but when I look in blender it only has 7?

[hoary geyser]

i am having a bit of an issue with importing a fbx mesh into blender with the unreal rig

is this the right place to ask?

[light thunder]

meh, kinda - might have more luck in blender discord to be honest - i can tell you what I've learned importing fbx's from blender but I haven't messed with the rigging stuff

[modest agate]

whats good to use for data persistence, datamodel? gameinstance?

[light thunder]

persisting across game sessions or just levels?

[turbid vigil]

my textures from the auto material arent showing in the instance material any clue?

[plush yew]

I know this is a super longshot question, but does anyone here still have Maya 08 on their computer?

[ocean grove]

Dumb question but if I have a widget where I get the player to put in their name (menu level) and I want to access that input in the game map (world level) I don't just cast to that widget right?

[grim ore]

it depends on where you store it? is this all single player then you can store it in the widget but if this is the player name it might make sense to keep it in the player as part of his info

[worn peak]

excuse me

[clever axle]

Guys I have this problem where sometimes there are assets (in this case right now a level) in the filesystem but the content browser doesn't pick it up

[worn peak]

any1 knows anything about a date for the ue5 preview ?

[clever axle]

Anyone else?

[grim ore]

the preview will be out later this year, thats aboot it. they said maybe quarter 1?

[ocean grove]

It's all single player, I was messing with player info yesterday and idk what I did but anytime I touched the node it crashed.

I'll have to mess with it some more.

[modest agate]

across game sessions

how can i add 3rd party cpp code? which is not created inside ue?

[broken fulcrum]

Hi guys, I'm going to build my pc to gaming and to work with Unreal and I come to ask you for recommendations on components, the idea is to build something mid-range and improve to high-end over time.

[tame marsh]

Goshdarnit why does UE4 generate decent lightmaps at LOD0, LOD2, and LOD3 but LOD1 is completely blank

[ocean grove]

@broken fulcrum I know a decent amount about PC's send me a message if you'd like I should be able to help

[light thunder]

there are savegame assets from the unreal marketplace that help with the process - in terms of making savegame objects, you don't need to use CPP to do that

[long stag]

So I moved my project from one harddrive to another and now its throwing an error when I try to launch it from Visual studio saying "Failed to open descriptor file and gives a path to the uproject that was from the other drive. Not sure if this is the right channel to ask

[grim ore]

after you moved it, have you tried regenerating your project file? (right click the .uproject and regenerate solution)

[long stag]

yea tried that, still threw it

Had to physically delete the folders, then generate and that fixed it

[dark briar]

how would i get the socket from my skeletal mesh (trying to tell my character where to grab 2 handed weapons using sockets)

[clever axle]

@broken fulcrum https://www.logicalincrements.com/

[grim ore]

@dark briar you need to pass the weapon reference into your anim bp somehow then go from there. You could set up a variable in the anim bp and have your character send it over, or your weapon send it over for example

[dark briar]

@grim ore thanks! since all my 2h weapons / halbers / spears will use the same socket names, would i pass it as an array?

[grim ore]

I guess it would depend on what you are trying to do and how many weapons. Assuming you have 1 weapon out at a time and the socket name are the same like you say this operates generically on a scene transform so just making sure the weapon reference in the anim bp is the current weapon is fine

[dark briar]

ohh okay thanks! perfect 🙂

[grim ore]

im not saying this is perfect and if you have no weapon by default its going to give an access error temporarily until you do but it makes sense on how to do it, #animation might have more info but since you need the weapon reference to get those socket locations in the anim bp the other alternative is to get the transform in the character and pass it to the anim bp instead of the item itself

[dark briar]

oh i meant thanks for your info! i'm new to UE4 so anything helps. I also added an alpha curve name which my 2h montages are set to 1 (on), hopefully that avoids the error for the time being. i'll post the video of my results!

[modest agate]

where can i add external cpp sources to link and get compiled as well?

[modest agate]

thanks! i will have a look, probably i will just all save/load by json for now, like my generic landscape data, etc.

[brave shard]

how can i swap 2 children in a scrollbox?

[devout swift]

if I want to move my character forward very fast for a brief moment (like a dash or flash step ability), what's the difference between using AddForce vs LaunchCharacter ?

[modest agate]

i see i have to extend that build.cs

[latent pivot]

to any unreal veterans here: is the general consensus still to avoid using hot reload?

[clever axle]

Not a veteran but yes.

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/935431/view.html anyone else have this + a solution?

says Cannot create SoftObjectPath with short package name '('! You must pass in fully qualified package names and prevents me from cooking

[echo zealot]

Hi, i've been strugling with this problem for way too long now! If you press the tab key in your packaged project you enter a keyboard navigation mode in your UMG widgets, however i did already make my own keyboard navigation system and i want to disable this but by some hilarious reason it is just impossible! I've already tried all of those things:

Set "Render Focus Rule" to "Never" in the project setting, this hides the selection button but it's still enabled so if you will press enter it still presses the random button you selected.

Set all properties on the buttons under "Navigation" to stop, this will make it impossible to move the selection, but one will still be selected.

This seems like the cleanest solution so far: Set "is Focussable" to false on the buttons, this worked perfectly but by some wierd reasons this checkbox is not available for "spin boxes" and "input key selectors", so this solution also doesn't work for me.

I also made a hidden "pseudo button" with all navigation set to stop, this seemed fine but then i realized you can also enter this focused navigation mode when pressing on the button and then hitting tab..

I also tried to "consume" the navigation keys with listen for input action events, but they were less prioritized so it didn't work.

I just can't believe that there is no proper way to disable this function!? Can PLEASE someone help me, how did y'all solve this in your projects?

[ocean grove]

Is there a benefit for doing one method over the other?

[light thunder]

If you are constructing it, the options will be defaulted and won't persist

in terms of what is displayed

[plush yew]

It is easier to use method 2 it is easjer

So really both of them are the same

[light thunder]

They aren't the same

option will will make a new one every time it is called

[plush yew]

Oh really

[light thunder]

think about it

you are constructing a widget each time that options button is click on 1

[plush yew]

But I'd do option 2 it is easier what do you think

[ocean grove]

Ahhhh but if you request show options menu it will ref the game instance so anything you've already entered will persist?

[light thunder]

You can still do that, but you have to make sure you aren't makign mutiple widgets, so in the first one, check to see if that widget reference is valid, if it is, just switch to it, if it isn't ,then construct it

[light thunder]

yes, but just remember there is a difference between your widget itself and the game variables it might be referencing

[plush yew]

But why can't you hide it so it doesn't to add all the time

[light thunder]

removing from viewport hides it

[plush yew]

Option 2 Is easier and better in many ways

[light thunder]

FYI there is a #umg

section here guys, might want to go there if you are going in depth

[plush yew]

Quick tip instead of using remove widget use hide widget so I'd doesnt just add all up

[ocean grove]

Oh I have pause and unpause functions in my character bp that removes all widgets

[plush yew]

Good

[vale silo]

any inside scoop on 4.26.1 release time frame ?

[edgy anchor]

Hello everyone, I start working with Unreal, I'm a programmer but I have some difficulties to learn BP, BP for programmer is not easy so I think I may go to c++ directly, it's there's a good tutorial to learn BP for programmer, like compare code vs BP to have a idea to how to assemble those graph block.

[sterile tulip]

Are megascan assets royalty free or do they have a license?

Can you earn as much as you want with your project with megascan assets in it without giving out a percentage?

[thick herald]

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses and https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/balancing-blueprint-and-c-in-game-development may help you decide what to do 🙂

[edgy anchor]

Thank @thick herald very appreciate 🙂

[thick herald]

If you have connected your Epic account with Megascans, you are bound by the Unlimited Unreal License. Basically if you are doing it in UE you don't pay to use the assets at all.

[edgy anchor]

I decide to let down unity..

[plush yew]

Hello guys, if I add a real car in my project but I remove the logo of the car do I get in trouble or not?

[thick herald]

Maybe. It's usually good practice not to copy real life things. They can be similar, but not copies.

[dim oyster]

Hi guys, I've been trying to import some foliage from bridge to unreal but it only imports the textures and not the mesh any idea why?

[daring tundra]

[ARKit/IOS] Could someone from Epic or the mods please verify that only Apple devices with the A12 Bionic Chip or newer are supported with engine version 4.26 when using AR Kit?
I wasn't able to get our previously well working Apps running with 4.26 on older Apple devices and would be happy to spare the time trying to get it to work, when it's not possible in the first place.

[thick herald]

This isn't an official Epic server. You might be better posting that in Epics forums

[plush yew]

you mean the unreal forums? @daring tundra they have forum mods in the server by the way

[thick herald]

There are community managers in the server, however they are often very busy with their jobs and aren't active much here.

[sterile tulip]

Dont add a real car in your project except you have an agreement and a license for usage of their cars from their company @plush yew

Make your own or change their design

[daring tundra]

@thick herald Yeah will do that too, it was pretty much just a shot in the dark

[sterile tulip]

You cannot take anything from the internet and put it in your project and sell it except the owner clearly states that you are allowed to use it in your project without any restrictions

[clever axle]

oh man, damn.. I don't know what to do anymore.. I recreated my project like 5 times now and migrated various stuff over but nothing helps, I just can't cook it anymore, it fails on this:
Cannot create SoftObjectPath with short package name '('! You must pass in fully qualified package names
I haven't been able to trace this far in the code. It just seems that some path in the project is broken

[winged crypt]

Any way to override the velocity of a ragdoll flying through the air?

I tried setting the linear velocity for all bodies to 0 but it has no effect

[crimson lake]

hey guys

I have an object that I'm tumbling

moving around, take input from player and set it on this actor

when I take control of the actor's camera (the cube im turning)

instead of the players

it flies off and keeps moving away

for some reason

that's the script

(mirrored for y)

any clue?

also code for bringing the cube to the front

[pallid talon]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make a Landscape conform to a mesh? I have a real world location mesh in my scene, and I want it to use the Landscape tools. Can I convert it or morph a landscape to its shape easily without using hightmaps?

[meager frigate]

119 gigs left out of a TB ssd on the drive the projects on and the two projects ive started are barely started

my main c drive is pretty low though, only 42 gigs left out of another tb

[fierce tulip]

how to ruin ssd's :p

[plush yew]

Hello guys, if I want to add a weapon to my game could I add a line trace and don’t spawn a projectile but if the actor is overlapping the line I lower the health variable. Is that a good idea?

Cuz I have no idea how to do it

[meager frigate]

thanks for being cryptic and not enlightening me on what im doing wrong lol. @fierce tulip

[light thunder]

How do I visualize an objects Center of mass? is it the pivot point/world origin? or does Unreal actually try to guess based on the bounds?

[meager frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/bottenbig-pool-pool-fail-summer-cold-gif-14194288

[light thunder]

thanks for being cryptic and not enlightening me on what im doing wrong lol

[meager frigate]

lol i meant to add that to my post

[light thunder]

lol context is everything

[plush yew]

I think that if you add a mesh that will be the perfect center

[meager frigate]

im not sure what you mean by center of mass, i think in blender when you set the origin point to the mesh you can set it to the meshes volume, im not sure that has anything to do with its mass though

the pivot point is always the meshes origin point

unless you change it, you can do that by holding middle mouse wheel on it

in unreal

then you gotta right click on the object and set the pivot point to where it is currently

otherwise if your turning physics on in the mesh options theres a way to set the center of mass in that details sections @light thunder

[winged ridge]

anyone a fucking genius and know how to save slider values for audio adjustment

[light thunder]

How do I visualize it - I have mass properties turned on but can't see it on the mesh in the world

[meager frigate]

ill take a look let me see if i can help

[light thunder]

You can see the mass properties on some of the objects in the scene - but not the one I want -

[obsidian nimbus]

mayB use 2 collision boxes and make the 2nd more heavy

[light thunder]

there it is 🙂

[maiden swift]

Does anyone happen to know why the build data for the default map in the Blank film template is nearly 300 MB?

It looks just like the basic default map you get with File → New Level → Default. 🤔

[light thunder]

Found center of gravity - I want to make this fall over like it was leading and then just gave way -

if I want to nudge it, am I looking for radial force?

[obsidian nimbus]

you coould, or add force add impulse

[meager frigate]

i would just cut the mesh at legs where you want it to buckle, bring both pieces back in and have the mesh change when your event happens then turn physics back on

itl just fall on its own

[light thunder]

it kinda is cut already

but I want it to fall towards the street, so basically I guess add some impulse to it at negative y?

[meager frigate]

theres a couple impulses you can use, i usually just keep toying with them until i find something i like

[light thunder]

so, it goes flying though -

I need to make the weight more accurate or tweak the collision at the bottom maybe?

when I disconnected the add impulse it is fine

but even an impulse of zero makes it fly off

[meager frigate]

to me it looks like your legs are sticking in the ground, if your colliding with the ground and the legs are inside of it its going to launch it when you turn physics on

[light thunder]

I kinda have to have them in there

[meager frigate]

thats why i was saying if you cut the mesh at the legs and then bring it back in you can turn the physics on, on the tower and let the legs stay there with no physics and itl clip right through it and fall on its own

ill make a mock up real quick and show you

give me a couple

[light thunder]

what if I just move the collision up on the static mesh

this is a one time thing so I'll just animated it falling - but do you know about how to make it go through these powerlines? My thought was to just animate the spline endpoints move (basically pulling them down)

[queen fulcrum]

Hi all, Im new here with a beginner question: if I have a scene in a 3dapp like max with several props I want to export to unreal, as i update them, is there a way to avoid having to export them all from origin, since they seem to get displaced with whatever distance they deviate from 0,0,0 when entering unreal? I havent found a solution looking elsewhere yet but its probably some import option im missing?

[light thunder]

look for "import vertex absolute" or something

in blender you have to make sure you "apply" your location before you export,..probably the same thing in max

[queen fulcrum]

I think that option doesnt work that well if you have a large hierarchy linked to a root. I would have to collapse all everytime.

But thanks! that was one of the options i tried.

[light thunder]

the problem is I have to have it wrest against that building but it is colliding with it

so even if I fix the legs, I"ll have to deal with simulating physics launching it, like you said

[meager frigate]

ah ok, maybe a interpolated timeline that starts the rotation off the wall, just enough to let the physics take over maybe

[plush yew]

Lol

[lapis bronze]

idk why you arent just making this an animation

you'll never get a curated fall out of using physics

[light thunder]

I am using an animation lol that was my thought

@lapis bronze the exception to what you are saying is if you simulate ragdoll physics and save the new result - that crap is amazing

is the only way to length those tangents just to add more keyframes? trying to make this thing linger at the top then fall down hard/fast

[lapis bronze]

if i were doing it, i wouldnt animate it using curves, but do it in a 3d software

then when the animation is done (if you desire this) enable physics on the object so players can hit it or sometthing

[light thunder]

it's not traditional, it just need to look like the damn thing feel realistically lol

help me tweak this timeline but it's close to wear I need it to be

[half bay]

any1 have any idea why the UMG expandable area, when expanded / collapsed, sets the visibility of the elements inside it faster than the animation runs? it ends up having say 0.2 seconds of this while expanding / collapsing

id hate to have to make one myself, but this apparent glitch makes the control unusable due to how annoying it looks 😦

[meager frigate]

man that looks damn good but what about ending it right when its over the street and letting the physics take over from there

[light thunder]

because i'll have to animated other stuff coming on and it will be easy if it lands in the same spot everytime

[meager frigate]

@light thunder that was my mock up, it needs a lot of polish though

[candid grove]

Anyone know how I can get that infinity mirror emission effect like in the screenshot above? I saw you can maybe use bump offset, but can't find any examples

Another example

[light thunder]

Can I make changes to the timeline and have them reflect realtime, if I am looping through the falling action? like blueprint reset it and just keep doing it?

The answer : yes this will make iteration so much faster

just add this to the finished of the timeline then call another event that plays from start

[plush yew]

hi guys i have a problem. I have a wall with a texture but when I fix the tiling the texture is fine in front and behind. but on the left and right the wall being less wide the texture appears stretched. how can i fix it?

[brave shard]

how can i swap 2 children in a scrollbox?

[light thunder]

@meager frigate

[modest agate]

whats the performance factor of BP vs CPP?

[light thunder]

I can almost hear Cleveland yelling "No no no noooooooo"

[brave shard]

all depends on how u optimise it

u can make a game that is perfectly optimised with both

[modest agate]

well once i know the api more i will prefer cpp but right now bp is great fun to work with, and think its great to build on top of my further cpp ai code

prototype or any other small things

and it compiles super fast

[brave shard]

well idk about compiling im talking about in-game performance

[modest agate]

yes i understood

[light thunder]

@meager frigate anyway to collide with these?

spline actors

[light thunder]

I probably need to add more segaments then

you can see the spline collides since I enabled collision during construction script

[candid grove]

https://prnt.sc/xe2xmq
Anyone know how I can treat this multiplay as a texture sample?

[median kettle]

im sorry guys i just redownloaded UE4 and some stuff just feel weirder than the last time i had it, for example my sphere is no longer a sphere

[candid grove]

lol

Thats funny

[median kettle]

i just started using it

looks kind of unusual doesn't it

[light thunder]

I'm trying to add points to a spline mesh with control click but it just selects crap behind it - I can't just hide everything in this scene, some of it is used for referencing this

[plush yew]

Hello! Is it possible to play an animation sequence from a level sequence?

[worn mirage]

I've noticed I'm unable to paint foliage on the landscape if the landscape is set to a custom object channel. Is there a way to fix this? Or do I have to switch it back manually when painting and remember to put the value back when done?

[steady owl]

my bet is this friday

[plush yew]

What is going to change in 4.26.1 ?

[still moat]

Its not a bug per say but you need to change something

Hold up

[half bay]

i changed the roll up animation speed, but it's still overlapping, i started adding a fade in animation for the controls inside it, works with the expand, when it collapses it overlaps :/

[half bay]

i'm looking how to expand it on demand, by pressing a button for example so i can add a delay

hmm

oh wow ❤️

[still moat]

try this

[half bay]

omg i donno who you are but i love you!

[still moat]

https://tenor.com/view/hugh-jackman-yes-yeah-well-agree-gif-15220825

[half bay]

and you scrolled up like 3 hours or something to help me ❤️

[still moat]

If its an issue thats not a basic question that can be googled in 5 minutes then I always help 😉

(or when I am here lol)

[half bay]

i ended up on the 3rd page of google, went to take a walk while still checking my phone for the damn problem, then started looking for workarounds with fade in and bleh

[steady owl]

Nothing changes, but lots gets fixed!

[still moat]

Imagine and all it took was clicking a dropdown menu😆

[half bay]

well the damn settings were the 1st things i started looking at, i'm fairly new to ue4 so i didnt quite understand the clipping option

[naive reef]

@fierce tulip can i watch your stream?

[fierce tulip]

no need to ask, anybody can join

#vc-unreal-hangout

[half bay]

opsie

[edgy anchor]

newbie question here, Why when I test my scene, it look like blury, even if the quality is at max

[plush yew]

AntiAliasing

Write in the console command: r.defaultFeatureAntiAliasing 0

Or smthing like that

[dawn gull]

Or motion blur

[edgy anchor]

thank Boolean

[plush yew]

Np

[molten solstice]

Hi! I accidentally deleted an entire Level in my project and save... But I ve a version of last week, I would like to take the Level in my old version to reintegrate it into my current version. I saw we can Export or Migrate, by clicking on Migrate it shows me all the assets used, but they already exist in my current version, should I use this? Unhook everything? Or another option?

[fierce tulip]

I'd use version control and revert the level

[edgy anchor]

it's work with AntiAliasing but the character look too sharp now and pixeled heh

[molten solstice]

Or maybe copy paste the level from the windows folder?

[plush yew]

Ye that is a problem with antiAliasing. Try different numbers

[molten solstice]

@fierce tulip If I copy my .umap in the windows browser and paste it into my new project will it work?

[fierce tulip]

I'd rename and try, but def look up version control because that is really what you need to be using

[still moat]

@molten solstice There might be a chance theres a backup in your Saved folder

[molten solstice]

that works!!

Thx

[rain forge]

Hey guys, any chance somebody know this bug? It starts randomly and I’m not able to open any context menu. The only way to fix it is restart

Interesting thing that if I would do a screen video capture it shows everything as normal

[lapis bronze]

If you're running editor mods like blueprint wires, it could be a visual bug solved by restarting the editor?

[rain forge]

As I mentioned, restart is the only way to fix it

Wires shape is only editor mod I have, however I doubt that it is what causing it

[lucid grove]

Heya

is there a way to loop whole animmontage?

I can see there is an option to loop single animation, but not while montage

Looping with bp is not an option

[worn mirage]

@rain forge Perhaps the Plugin? I'm running "Electronic Nodes" and thought the menu didn't popup some times but then it would. It's never been a showstopper.

[lapis bronze]

Not testing that seems folly

[light thunder]

I'm trying to enable physics on these spline meshes but it just makes it disappear as soon as the construction script compiles

[midnight gulch]

I get a bug during gameplay where pawn collision shuts off (player characters and enemies can move through each other) and World UMG elements (like healthbars) disappear. AI and pathfinding continue working. After a few seconds, collision and UMG elements return.

[spare kernel]

@midnight gulch that could be caused by wrong mobility components intersecting a static

when moved

we had one where a pickup would spawn in the floor, and the entire floor collisions would go and player just falls through

[agile nova]

how to stop or turn off this madness ? lol

[midnight gulch]

@spare kernel Cool if I DM for some help debugging this? Really appreciate the help! Thanks!

[grim ore]

fix the errors and warnings

[agile nova]

but can off in editor settings ? i dont need this popups ;p

[grim ore]

not that i know of, its important to fix

[wanton lotus]

Add like 10 million validation checks.

[clever axle]

I posted this like 10 hours ago and I'm about to recreate my entire project.. Any help before I go that far?

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/935431/view.html
anyone else have this + a solution? says
Cannot create SoftObjectPath with short package name '('! You must pass in fully qualified package names
and prevents me from cooking

[grim ore]

you could try running the editor with source version so you can debug this in visual studio and find the affected file

[clever axle]

I'm doing this right now but it's not much help

This really goes into the guts of the engine

https://i.imgur.com/4YIykoE.png

it seems to me some blueprint linkage is off

I gutted a clone of the project earlier to see what might set it off. if all content is gone, it cooks NP. The last thing I had going was a link to the player controller from the HUD. But only removing that didn't help later

[grim ore]

well somewhere in the engine is that error, I would breakpoint on that error and when it stops VS step back to find the item it's having an issue with

[clever axle]

@grim ore yes.. what I posted there is the exception stack trace

[grim ore]

but is that with the source version of the engine or the launcher version?

[clever axle]

source

[grim ore]

so ignore the trace and actually look at the code thats running where the breakpoint hit

[clever axle]

I've tried to that. From what I can see the problem is that an FSoftObjectPath is corrupted

but I can't find where it is

[grim ore]

so the path being sent is is bad to that code?

[clever axle]

appearently, yes

[grim ore]

yeah the path is ( which is odd

[clever axle]

I'm trying to find out where that path is coming from

yes

it should be something /Game/foo.foo or something from what I can gather

[grim ore]

there is supposed to be a pointer to the object being serialized in that line but I assume its returning nothing?

[clever axle]

it seems

and yes, I'm a step further. It really seems to be a link to the player controller

[grim ore]

so the findimported object in the stack below it is calling it, you would have to break on that one and see whats being passed in or in that stack see if you can see whats in memory in the OwnerObject that is being passed in

actuall the owner object is nothing so that doesnt help lol

maybe just recreate the controller if you can or resave it? or move it and resave it lol

[clever axle]

I tried moving and resaving before, didn't help

and that controller is everywhere

but I'm onto something here with FindImportedObject

[modest agate]

how can i get an actor by name in a blueprint?

at runtime

[clever axle]

@modest agate what do you mean by "name"?

you want to tag the actor maybe?

[modest agate]

have it, used getallactorswithtag, thanks a lot

but what's strange my actor has a camera boom and when i switch back from cam2 to the actor the camera is kinda different

[clever axle]

@grim ore appearently it's trying to import this string value: L"(PlayerController_10_9373161F418EC9361F7D9F84291412B5=None,PlayerState_4_7FF8F7C8464EBB53BCAB37B5279832FC=None,GameState_7_B9D72FB940375FF1CCBE6AA675232141=None)"

This looks like a struct (BP) I had a while ago but removed since

then it figures this is not valid, returns the first character and then explodes

[modest agate]

got it, i used getplayercameramanager, but its strange if i set the player camera its not using its cameraboom camera

but i could imagine whats wrong

unreal is reall super great

[clever axle]

@grim ore I figured it out more or less. I think it really is that struct.. I used to pass that as an argument to my widgets, now I only deliver the controller. It cooks now so I only have to recreate my HUD tomorrow.. Thanks for your help!

[light thunder]

can you do a "pick from world" type of instance editable variable?

Does anyone know how to keep the location of either end of a CABLE COMPONENT the same spot?

I can't make one side of it fall without the other going

[rough knoll]

how do i make materials not stretch on the landscape?

[grim ore]

@clever axle so what was your actual fix for this based on that error?

[worn mirage]

I've noticed I'm unable to paint foliage on the landscape if the landscape collision is set to a custom object channel. Is there a way to workaround this or do I have to switch it back manually when painting and remember to put the value back when done?

[clever axle]

@grim ore killing everything hud and all references to it :>

[grim ore]

Ugh

[vernal compass]

Lets say i want to create a world like litteraly the size of the earth like Microsoft flight simulator The best i got is world composition and level of streaming. But i need heightmaps, a lot of them. Is there any free ap to do it?

[cerulean nova]

Yes and no

believe me when I say that big maps mean a lot of work and no matter how motivated you are you will reach your limits

I spent over 3000 hours in the tools for a terrain and another 7000 hours in placing objects

Its a pain

[vernal compass]

I believe you

I was hoping to use ArcGIS plugin

To get a headstart

Most of the planet is water

[cerulean nova]

https://i.gyazo.com/ccea52d6bcff8bbc3d6c0f7455dcf582.png

Objekt placement was done ingame via extra scripted tools

https://i.gyazo.com/34a8aaffa75a1377db7feb3b184af383.png

Thats for the tools

Stunden = Hours

i mean sure it was cool to remake GTA Vice City 🤷‍♂️

Just for a Life Roleplaying game

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/925935020680202914/EADE55C32848ED67DAED714A8F802B1FA93A63E2/?imw=1024&imh=576&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true

Every little light was placed by hand

[vernal compass]

Thats a lot of hours

[cerulean nova]

on that dam airfield

[vernal compass]

Its very nice

[cerulean nova]

Sure but was it worth it?

NOPE

over 10.000 objekts just for sidewalks you get crazy just from placing them

https://i.gyazo.com/fcb8bcb0b5d98ad78e295aee90d20f28.png

i mean it was not 1:1 Vice City but close 🤷‍♂️

[vernal compass]

Lot of work for That airport

[cerulean nova]

had to change the runway since aircrafts took way more space to get up and stop aafter landing

https://i.gyazo.com/2122aaf35347374ce42eb472e4d42406.jpg

Also old WIP pic

[frosty hollow]

oo

[cerulean nova]

https://i.gyazo.com/ea0628bcddaad844c4e2428a48e07331.jpg
https://i.gyazo.com/43b8c7033d8748966cdeaf6cc39dd8de.jpg

[frosty hollow]

wait hours for what

[cerulean nova]

Arma 3 Tools

[frosty hollow]

AHH

so thats in arma 3?

[cerulean nova]

yes

and belive me its a pain in the ass to use the tools in the first place

[frosty hollow]

i bet

i have never used armas tools myself but i would assume there semi outdated by this point

[vernal compass]

Níce job

[cerulean nova]

Thanks but realy it was a crazy waste of time 😄

and thats just 4x4 Km

sure i had other maps aswell that scaled to 16x16 but they had mountains and lots of trees and i came to the point where i said its so much terrain and nobody ever gets there since there is nothing that it was literally wasted space and performance to some degree

[vernal compass]

Ok
Thanks for the tips

[cerulean nova]

what are u trying to do? with your large terrain ?

[vernal compass]

Open worlf

For world war III

[cerulean nova]

multiplayer?

[vernal compass]

Single

Could be multi but first want single

[cerulean nova]

if you ever want to go multiplayer you should plan ahead otherwise u will have to rework almost everything 😄

then keep in mind that unreal engines multiplayer replication is kinda limiting ^^

if i would do my dream game i would make a Dark Souls Open World MMORPG with some areas that have World PvP so when u go there u can attack other player and with a arena system but i dont think that will ever happen not without enough people who would join in on the fun ^^

[low rock]

Hi guys, does anyone knows how to link ue4 with google maps?

[vernal compass]

You can try. Get experience too

[cerulean nova]

i wonder why people always ask for google maps since microsoft flight sim uses bing maps wich are funny enough as far as i know even better wich is hard to belive since google is more known 😄

[vernal compass]

How to link bings in ue4? Might teu something

Try

[low rock]

for example press a button and google maps open and show you a certain location

[cerulean nova]

if it would be that easy 😄

im not even sure if it would work but

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/maps-and-location/display-maps

abit down there u can see the 3d map

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/maps-and-location/images/only3d-730width.png

but not even sure if it would work 🤷‍♂️

[dapper bridge]

Hell all, I am interested in using a phone as a controller for a game made for console. Can anyone help point me in the right direction, offer any guidance or link any tutorials if you have used them to accomplish the same thing. I've just been Google the crap outta this and haven't found exactly try what to do.any help is much appreciated.

[low rock]

I know it woudnt be easy but i just want to display a certain location

[cerulean nova]

just the map or heightmap ?

[narrow mauve]

Anyone have any idea how I could project a UI onto a mesh...or well..to fake it anyway. I have a laptop in my game that I want users to be able to open and navigate around in

[dapper bridge]

Look into scene capture components. I'll try and find a good link to video

[cerulean nova]

like possesing a camera infront of the screen in a fixed position and display ui over it to fake it?

[narrow mauve]

Thats what I was thinking

but there must be a better way

[dapper bridge]

https://youtu.be/uv0jYHLirbg

[narrow mauve]

Thanks Ill take a look

[dapper bridge]

I made a game, the player can play within the actual unreal project.

[low rock]

never mind, i have a better idea haha

[vernal compass]

Half my brain sleeping. Going to rest the other half. Thanks for the help and tips

[cerulean nova]

move the mouse curser on the laptop via line trace and fake inputs by placing invisible hitboxes for interaction? 😄

or mouse position to world space ?

So many projects that i would do if i just be able to model humans 😂 and i dont know but Character Creator 3 the models always look weird but maybe its me 😂

and most of my ideas involve of players being able to make their own charkter wich is alot of work so lets go Robots 😂

[plush yew]

hello everone im is there a way to make tree interactive in ue4 i want only the leave like in the last of us 2 when abby walk to the tree its interactive i search on yt but no tutorial for it but the a lot for grass THanks 🙂

[cerulean nova]

its just a shader thing that could be applyed to trees

not played any last of us so not sure what u mean ^^

is it at the museum i might saw a making of of that level 🤔

https://youtu.be/KW4JlxAEAE0?t=303

this ?

(scene)

[plush yew]

no what i mean i want the tree is to interactive just example in the last of use the tree is interactive

the last of use 2 made from ue4 right ?

[cerulean nova]

i dont think so

if u use it spare just for a one thing thing for example might for for bones and ridgid bodys but im not sure how it would look

[plush yew]

nvm i will check it on google thank you so much @cerulean nova 🙏

[latent sonnet]

Fellow UE4 programmers help is needed. This guy is supposed to play an animation when I press the up key but it's not working correctly. I'm following a tutorial and I'm sure I did everything right. If anyone can point out a flaw I made it would be much appreciated.

[plush yew]

are you following dev react tutorial ?

[latent sonnet]

:0

Yes I am!

[plush yew]

ohhh ok hmm idk i never saw it before xD

sorry about taht 😦

[latent sonnet]

It's on udemy.

And it's cool. Just looking for someone that can help.

[plush yew]

ohh i though from youtube xD

[red arch]

Hey everyone!! could someone help me? I've just started using unreal and i was following a tutorial, however for some reason the emissive colour doesnt glow even though i have it in the same values as the person in the tutorial

i've tried looking for solutions online and in Reddit but no one has been able to answer my question, i was hoping maybe someone here could!

[narrow mauve]

I am so confused...and it's such an elementary thing too. I can't find a single thing wrong about it. When play testing in editor my character will not spawn at all...only when I manually place and make sure player 0 possesses. Shouldn't have to do that. Should just spawn at the player starts..so elementary..I'm baffled...everything is perfectly fine in the game modes

[rancid lynx]

yea, you have to add a player to the map somehow. it needs a start location.

when I scale a 50cm cube to .1, 5cm and then back to 1, the collision is wrecked. if i scale it to .5, that bug doesnthappen. whats the work around? this happened to me before, deleting the actor and starting again may have fixed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wuCsBsrvk&feature=youtu.be

when i put this block in my menu "scale to .1 and attach to primitive comp, very simple, when i grab it and scale it back to 1.0 , the collision fails. why? any ideas?

if i only scale it to .5 andback to 1., it doesnt happen, something about collision boxes failing to scale correctly

see how it flows into the floor and falls through ?

has something to do with mass or depenetration , when the block rolls, it falls through the floor less quickly. so the invisible box is the right size. seems like msas isnt updating.

ive tried ramping all mass options highe ran dlower to test X_x

[rancid lynx]

found an accidental criss cross -

[plush yew]

can someone tell me where is the settings for how much K you want in megascans i want 4K but where do i set that i updated my quixel everything change Thanks 🙂

[plush yew]

hello guys, can i use the blocking volume to block landscape sculpting in that area?

[plush yew]

i dont think so

[wary wave]

Blocking volumes are collision geometry for gameplay and do more or less nothing in the editor.

[midnight gulch]

I get a bug during gameplay where pawn collision shuts off (player characters and enemies can move through each other) and World UMG elements (like healthbars) disappear. AI and pathfinding continue working. After a few seconds, collision and UMG elements return.

[turbid halo]

Does anyone have a world machine tutorial for unreal , I've been trying to import a 505x505m terrain to unreal but everytime I import it , unreal changes the res to https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/533644946541117449/802017294075166740/unknown.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/533644946541117449/802017449095725086/unknown.png

and the mesh looks weird too

[empty helm]

Hello, my terrain in unreal is blocky, not sure why. On another machine it's fine, it shows all the smooth falloffs. Is this a performance thing? Any way around it?

[plush yew]

Could be the brush strength brush size, how large the landscape is, or the quality

If its a small landscape that's probably another reason

does anyone know a plugin like ProCore thats free on unreal engine?

[fringe obsidian]

Is 4GB RAM, a SATA SSD 111GB, Intel Celeron N4000 make UE4 run? I don't really intend to run any other background apps w/ UE4. Something like Unity runs fairly fine for me even with Chrome and Atom open.

[wary wave]

it is not even close to adequate

what you're describing is basically a mobile phone :/

[fringe obsidian]

I asked "run", like would launching the editor instantly crash or something like that?

[wary wave]

I don't think anyone can answer that question without actually trying it

there's also no mention of a graphics card, which is ominous, so if it runs, it'll probably be at a fairly unusable frame rate

I would expect to run out of memory and crash a lot

you'll probably also run out of disk space pretty quickly

[fierce tulip]

shadowriver ran ue4 on a computer that dx-wise shouldnt even be able to run ue4.. so you can at the very least try

but if your experience will be good... thats up to your patience level

[fringe obsidian]

UHD Graphics 600, the one which is with the Celeron N4000

[fringe obsidian]

Yeah, then I think I should atleast try it.

[wary wave]

yes, the inbuilt GPU is grossly outclassed by the requirements

I mean it supports Dx12, but it's also very weak

a 200MHz GPU and 1.1Ghz dual core processor will just about deal with browsing the web

[fringe obsidian]

Nope

much more than that

Probably some Office application, 3 tabs, MS Teams all together runs fine for me... And I do that every morning for 5 hours...

[wary wave]

I'm surprised Teams runs tbh

it's such a memory hog

but in any case, Office is very light compared to a game engine

[fringe obsidian]

"deal with browsing the web"

But overall I guess I found out my answer, it will atleast run, and how well it runs depends on my patience

[wary wave]

I would stress that you're probably going to run out of memory a lot

[fierce tulip]

i still feel sad shadow had to deal with that

https://i.gyazo.com/318568fd3946889dfffc45fd208885f2.png

[fringe obsidian]

20FPS is cool for me

[wary wave]

...and that was 7 years ago. The engine is a lot more hardware intensive now :/

[fierce tulip]

true :p

[wary wave]

I routinely run out of memory on 32GB now, haha

[fierce tulip]

he could load 4.4-16-ish though :p

[wary wave]

loading is one thing, using is another!

[forest tree]

Felt that 😢

[plush yew]

hello guys, i implemented a crouch system in my game, the problem is that when i change the capsule size it gets smaller in the center and not from top to bottom. how could i fix it?

[clever axle]

@grim ore I replaced my Initialize event that previously passed a struct with PlayerController, PlayerState, Gamestate down the UI tree with the Init event that only takes the controller for all widgets. It cooks now. 😆

@plush yew how are you actually changing the capsule? You only need to change Z in this case I think

[plush yew]

wait

[clever axle]

@plush yew https://i.imgur.com/TWOkjop.png

it also sets the radius so I'd just do it by hand, see if that changes it

[plush yew]

can i mix cpp and bp without problems right?

[clever axle]

the passed radius is GetUnscaledCapsuleRadius() but I'd still see if that changes anything

yes.

@plush yew have you set your capsule height on the actual character to 50% to see how that actually turns out?

hm, on a character, the mesh is actually below the capsule so there needs to be some scaling anyway I think.. What do you mean by smaller in the center?

[knotty summit]

Did you guys notice any performance issues after last NVIDIA driver? Talking about 461.09 In graph editor, I feel like I'm getting 15 fps

[wanton lotus]

Walmart suggests:

[knotty summit]

yeah I'm about to do that 🙂

[plush yew]

is there a way to use tons of foliage without performance issue ? Thanks 🙂

hi

[knotty summit]

@plush yew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J9uGacgMIA

[storm vapor]

My project was 15gb, i made somethings that i dont know with plugins. Now, its 24 gb

Please help me

How can

i reset plugin settings

[viral garden]

is it an issue to have uv lightmaps overlapping ?

[dim merlin]

Hey, so console command 'viewmode' wireframe not works, why?

(not in editor)

[storm vapor]

if i delete saves folder which is in my project folders, can this be problem?

[fierce tulip]

@viral garden yes

@storm vapor generally no problem, but i'd back it up first, then see if project loads fine.

[storm vapor]

ok i will try, thanks @fierce tulip . Also, i have another question. My project was 15gb, i made somethings that i dont know with plugins. Now, project become 24 gb. Can plugins effecting like this big sizes ? Im not sure why my project became 24gb, maybe plugins

[fierce tulip]

@storm vapor iunno, not sure what could cause that.

[storm vapor]

it is probably saved folder. It was 4gb, now 14gb

[viral garden]

why is it an issue? i made grass, since it's the same texture on multiple planes, i overlapped my UV to gain space, is that really bad ?

[fierce tulip]

for your lightmap it is

fix your lightmap uv

[dim merlin]

anyone knows how to change viewmodes ingame? (not editor) Tx

Sorry to double ask, pulling my hear out why it aint work 😅

[fierce tulip]

try the F keys

[dim merlin]

not working

the console also does not auto complete when i type e.g. 'viewmode wireframe'

[fierce tulip]

oh actual build game? no clue, need to enable some console stuff thats about as much as I know

[dim merlin]

Its not a packaged game, just launching it from .uproject shell menu

like 'Launch Game'

[fierce tulip]

https://i.gyazo.com/6b9a23bc0805cef0e61663fa36f837b1.gif
nooo clue why its not working for you, sorry

[dim merlin]

Thats ingame @fierce tulip ?

[fierce tulip]

yea, trough launch game

[dim merlin]

Standalone Game to be sure?

[fierce tulip]

yup

[dim merlin]

hhm so yeah, not working for me

must be some config

i even set r.ForceDebugViewModes=1 in my ini

Soo hhm

actually, seems there is a difference between 'Stand alone game' and what i do

i just rightclick the uproject and do 'Launch Game'

it does work when i launch the game when editor is open

(from the editor)

@fierce tulip i think some more stuff should be set like the ForceDebugViewModes

I actually Love the way to test my games using the windows shell option on uproject

but it seems like to figure as a semi packaged game for the ViewModes

[left mist]

Hi all, can someone tell me where I can find the small previews that are made in the variant manager? ( I think they are also the same as the previews in the Content manager? )

[wary wave]

I'm not sure many people have even used it

[lucid grove]

heya, im trying implement water shader i just made

thi thing is its applying to both sides of material

[left mist]

@wary wave What about those content preview images?

[lucid grove]

So both sides of village house looks like they wet (but only external one should)

[wary wave]

I assume they're saved into the assets

[left mist]

Oh, so like into the Uasset file...

[wary wave]

yup

[left mist]

Ofcourse no dev around to confirm this..... But it would make sense ofcourse

[digital anchor]

mask it with vertex paint @lucid grove

[wary wave]

or UV the house appropriately

[lucid grove]

I have a very little experience with materials

but it covers both external and internal wall

in same direction

[digital anchor]

‎

[worn peak]

newb question

how do i change the default screen size for 'play standalone game' ?

[wary wave]

advanced settings in the same drop down

[worn peak]

it only shows theses for standalone

[oblique tangle]

Bit of a noob with niagara but I've setup a system that does what I want it to do on the first spawn, however on subsequent spawns it doesn't follow the logic I want it to follow

https://i.gyazo.com/dc357d0073488f54a34506d8e2e3515d.mp4

Looks like this, the web does the stretchy effect I want it to on first spawn, however on subsequent spawns it just stays static

[leaden hedge]

Hey guys I have a level 'Scenery' with a bunch of meshes and some blueprint systems.
I want to have 3 different light times (noon, evening, night) all separately in 3 levels for optimization purposes (using static lights).
I have tried to create 3 levels and add 'Scenery' as a sub level but everytime I build one of this 3 levels the build data ends up going to the sub level 'Scenery'.
I'm trying this type of workflow instead of duplicate 'Scenery' because if I have to change something in 'Scenery' I would only need to change this once.
What do you suggest for me to deal with this?

[split lake]

Hi. Write this in ue4 log - Slate.ShowWireFrame 1 🙂

[worn mirage]

Can I paint foliage on a custom collision object channel?

[crude robin]

any idea how to get your custom gamemode working i had made two one for the main menu and one for player c ontrols and rules but then deleted the main menu stuff since i didnt like it but now none of the game mode that is set in project setting is working

seem like the only option is to recreate the project.

[vernal spoke]

Hey guys, I'm feeling really stupid right now

I've been trying to import blueprint splines for a while

And... I just simply can't get into the "spline" mode anymore

Like, I can't see the curve control points etc.

Whenever I drag a BP-based spline into a project, it behaves like a static mesh, the gizmo and all

I haven't used them in a year or so, but from what I recall, it was just "drag in BP spline, see the control points, use ALT to drag out next element"

I... simply can't seem to get into the "Spline Editing" mode anymore, unless for Landscape Splines, those I still remember how to find...

Can anyone help a caveman out? 🙂

Feels like holding a pen in your hand, knowing what it should do, but not remembering how to make it do it, lol

[midnight gulch]

I get a bug during gameplay where pawn collision shuts off (player characters and enemies can move through each other) and World UMG elements (like healthbars) disappear. AI and pathfinding continue working. After a few seconds, collision and UMG elements return.

[gleaming hedge]

guys, i have a problem with lighting

[coral kernel]

Hello guys i have source ue4 how can i install bridge quxile plugin @here

[gleaming hedge]

whenever i try to import this object, it returns this

while other objects seem fine

[wary wave]

it's probably something like your mesh normals or lightmap UVs

[coral kernel]

@gleaming hedge try the same object in onether level

if the problem still

[gleaming hedge]

i tried

[coral kernel]

then your object has some problems

[gleaming hedge]

bruh

the uvs are completely fine

[coral kernel]

Nice

[wary wave]

what about your lightmap UVs

(and also, it could still be normals or something similar)

[gleaming hedge]

nah

the normals are completely fine

they aren't flipped or something

[iron nexus]

Hey, I have a question about what's contained in what folder
I had a working project and when transfering it between computers I lost my Config folder, what types of stuff is usually stored in there so I know what to fix? Would it just be like, Action Mappings?

[gleaming hedge]

bruh

no one experienced this shit?

i tried to recalculate normals outside and even inside

[worn mirage]

No but now I want a donut

[gleaming hedge]

here's the UV map

i think the UV map is overlapping

[azure shore]

theres an import normals option, may not help but worth a try

in the static mesh window

[gleaming hedge]

its already there

@azure shore

[azure shore]

did you reimport since choosing that or has it always been on

[gleaming hedge]

it always been on

always has been

[azure shore]

damn its odd then

[gleaming hedge]

i think theres no fix

also there's a warning after i import the FBX file

[glad loom]

Hello, I have a game with only widgets and I have 2 buttons placed one under the other. If I press the button above, and then press space, it presses the button, and I can press the arrow keys to change which button it presses. How do I disable that?

[gleaming hedge]

It says :
No smoothing group information was found in this FBX scene. Please make sure to enable the 'Export Smoothing Groups' option in the FBX Exporter plug-in before exporting the file. Even for tools that don't support smoothing groups, the FBX Exporter will generate appropriate smoothing data at export-time so that correct vertex normals can be inferred while importing.

[median hound]

you have to export in blender with face smoothing

[gleaming hedge]

Done lemme try now

this is my donut when i don't build lights

this is my donut when i build lights

i over cooked it

[median hound]

that shit is coal

[zealous magnet]

DId anyone ever have the problem that the engine does get stuck at 39% or 45% when loading the project? I checked the log and it says "Missing cached shader map for WorldGridMaterial" and that's everything. Nothing happens for hours

[median hound]

put a point light ontop of it maybe it can restore some pink

[gleaming hedge]

@plush yew

so?

nothing?

[karmic ermine]

hey im having trouble finding the plugins directory to link with bridge, any pointers?

[kindred viper]

@karmic ermine it tells you to point it at the Engine/Plugins directory of your Source installation

I guess its the same with binary but I don't use those very often

[karmic ermine]

source installation would be? i downloaded UE through epic games

[kindred viper]

well wherever you installed the engine

[latent sonnet]

Hey guys. Still looking for a solution here if anyone can help.

[karmic ermine]

got it, thank you, brain fart moment

[kindred viper]

no worries

[broken heath]

How do i rotate a static mesh

How do i control static mesh default rotation

[karmic ermine]

hey, found the folder, apart from when i export assets, im getting an error?

[kindred viper]

can you post the error?

[karmic ermine]

sure

[plush yew]

im not totally sure whats wrong with the images you sent but in my case its better to use a AnimBP instead of using montages, i mean you could use them but

[broken heath]

K , i will just rotate it in blender -.-

[latent sonnet]

I was thinking the same thing, but I was following a tutorial so I didn't want to try and change anything.

[plush yew]

yeah i get it, the tutorial might have been an older version or something of unreal im not sure tho so

[latent sonnet]

It seems like it was. They were using 4.24 I think.

[plush yew]

i dont understand how it would effect that but, montages i feel like are specific now a days if you know what i mean

[latent sonnet]

I don't really lol.

[plush yew]

more complex to use then how it use to be or like different to work with, i hevent used them in a while tho soooo but, again AnimBP is probably you best bet

[latent sonnet]

Okay thanks.

Now I just need to learn how to set it up.

[plush yew]

Hey there, Im new to Unreal and I was wondering, should I use bp or c++?

a boolean and a branch node in the players character bp then in anim bp cast to it should be pretty simple once you get the hang of it @latent sonnet

[humble dagger]

Hey, silly question, is there an easy way to apply the same material to 81 different skeletal meshes?

[plush yew]

whatever you feel most comfortable with, BP is basically code just more complex and easier if you're a beginner and C++ again the same thing but a little bit harder but easy to get the hang of, bp might ne harder to navigate the ui tho in my oppinion, but whatever you feel comfortable with

(there both sorta the same in my book)

[potent dune]

Hello. I have tried working with Unreal Engine and have even taken some in-depth classes as part of my Master's Degree on it, but I have since not tried to do much on it afterwards due to a few reasons, and I thought to ask here about some of them. What is the proper channel for asking?

[plush yew]

I've been coding in C# for a whole year now and honestly I know UE uses C++ but I have not much knowledge of how different they are. I think I'll just stick with C++ since im a bit familiar with it, just asked because maybe Blueprint could be more efficient in some way, thanks!

[plush yew]

quick note most people use both BP and C++ when making a game

I didnt know you could use both not gonna lie

[potent dune]

(You kinda need to use blueprints to place almost anything, it's harder to try not to)

[woeful willow]

hey guys hope everyone is doing well!! how can i make so that when i rotate using mouse while sliding my Mesh doesn't rotate as well, Currently i have it so that while sliding my player can't move right or left but i want the mesh to not be able to move as well.

[plush yew]

haha well at the start is sorta a pain to hook up from BP to C++ but the other way around is pretty simple @plush yew

[potent dune]

I'll try to ask the questions/issues I have found here, please remove them if this is not the channel for them.

1. Too intensive to compile. I know for a fact UE is infamous for this much, to the point where it is recommended to keep the installation and projects on an SSD, and have a beefy many-cored processor as well as enough RAM to handle everything, but even then I found it exceedingly frustrating to work with whenever I need to modify something in code. What plug-ins / well known solutions are there to improve compile times?

2. Too intensive to autocomplete. Working solely with Visual Studio Community and no other plugins, I have found myself missing the fast autocompletion that Unity gave me when working with C#. I know for a fact this is due to how massive the UE4 engine is, and also because of the hilariously large number of nested macros that the IDE must work with every time I try to do an #include. Another commodity from C# is that if you type the name of a class, it is able to locate the path you need to include it from, which is almost definitely not a thing for C# and while not something I would consider necessary, would be a godsend (I kind of feel lazy to remember in what path things are, when I know their name already). Is there any plug-in and/or help to have an almost-zero seconds functioning autocomplete while developing? (Heard of Rider, but the website gives me an error when trying to apply for their early access...)

[fierce tulip]

this kinda question works better on a forum than on a discord tbh.

[kindred viper]

@karmic ermine sorry had a baby to deal with for a while. I think that error happens when you don't have the editor open iirc. Bridge and asset export only works with the editor open

[potent dune]

That is a very valid thing to say. Though seeing how there are over 14k people online here, I wanted to try my luck here. Discord usually feels a bit easier to find people that are knowledgeable than some forums

[plush yew]

Does anyone know some tutorials for effect like when geometry starts appearing from nowhere and builds a whole mesh, for instance a bridge?

[fierce tulip]

@potent dune you could try asking the bold part of your questions in #cpp if anybody knows its the people active there

[potent dune]

Will do. Thanks

[crimson lake]

mm weird question that might be based on nothing

is casting to the character or using Get player character

cheaper?

or is it basically the same sh

[kindred viper]

its not the same

[crimson lake]

jus performance wise

both ways work for me

[kindred viper]

get player character will get the base class reference. Casting to your class gets your class reference of the player character

[kindred viper]

so get player character will still need casting to for specific functionality.

[crimson lake]

I'm just comparing the object hitting

so I can either branch it off like this

or set it if casting succeeded do X

but based on what you said I guess casting straight away would technically be cheaper

as getting the player character still casts anyways?

[kindred viper]

you dont need to cast for base class functionality with get player character

it's already at the base class. You only cast when you need your custom functionality

[crimson lake]

fair fair

I'll stick to getting the player char then thankyou ❤️

[plush yew]

Hello guys I have a problem, I exported a rigged character from blender to unreal engine 4. The problem is that I had 10/20 bones in blender but I only have 1 in ue4

[tribal holly]

I don't see a channel specifically for it, but where would I ask a physics asset related question

[fierce tulip]

#legacy-physics

[tribal holly]

... I don't know how I missed that. Thanks

[fierce tulip]

hehe np

[turbid halo]

Is it possible to sculpt natural looking landscapes in unreal without using any external software?

[worn peak]

I downloaded and installed the android studio
the phone its usb conected to the pc
any1 knows what else should i do to be able to package to android ?

[plush yew]

should I do ant ai or colony sim ai aka dwarf fortress ai in blueprints or the ai blackboard stuff?

Im thinking here, does Unreal really worth it? It seems super heavy for my PC specially when I have no SSD

I have only 16gb ram though the processor is ok imo

Its an amd fx8320e 4.32ghz

[potent dune]

That's already better than my computer @plush yew . I would suggest you would try and judge for yourself. The biggest appeal of UE imo is the graphics and prestige it gives.

(And performance too, but you shouldn't worry about that unless you make something tremendously big)

[cosmic kiln]

I'm trying to use SetCollisionResponseToChannel from BeginPlay event in a component. I need a reference to the "Primitive Component Object" in the owner to set collision responses for. Anyone know how I can call up and/or cast to get that reference?

[plush yew]

hi guys

how can i add weapon to third person project

(bp)

[plush yew]

I wont make anything big for at least a year, I wanna get experience by doing small stuff first

[potent dune]

Small stuff is possible too. If you're looking for experience, depends on what you're looking for. Most companies look for UE developers but do want a lot of expertise on the engine, so it's not a bad thing if you are willing to invest your time and effort into making small projects with it

Unity is easier and much more friendly, with the downside of requiring a lot of RAM and power to match Unreal Engine's level of quality, and is mostly frowned upon by most AAA publishers. Its fame is mostly due to indie games, but that doesn't make it any less worth.

Both engines are good in their own way. UE4 is just more demanding is all

[plush yew]

Silly question, but what is AAA? I started game development like a week ago

[potent dune]

Triple A is a term used to describe a big game from a big company that takes a lot of time, money, and has great quality

[plush yew]

Oh, I see now

[potent dune]

Mario Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA V, all of those are AAA

[fierce tulip]

"and claims to have great quality until published" :p

[cosmic kiln]

This doesn't work, but for reference in case I explained that as bad as I think I did. This is from the EventGraph for a component that is attached to the blueprint I want to change the responses for. I just can't figure out how to get that reference from this scope.

And in simpler terms, I need a reference to the static mesh in a blueprint from a component attached to that blueprint.

[potent dune]

Try the blueprint channel maybe

[dawn gull]

How do I get a boolean on whether or not I'm currently overlapping with a specific actor type?

[cosmic kiln]

Ah. .Thanks. I didn't see that

[glad loom]

Hello, I have a game with only widgets and I have 2 buttons placed one under the other. If I press the button above, and then press space, it presses the button, and I can press the arrow keys to change which button it presses. How do I disable that?

[potent dune]

A quick google search tells me you can just do something likeTriggerVolume.GetOverlappingActors().Find(this) exists. If you're looking for a blueprint version of that, I think GetOverlappingActors returns a list of actors, and you can probably do a search there and try to see if it's one class or not (assuming it doesn't have an option for filtering the type of actor)

[dawn gull]

Alright, thank you!

[plush yew]

Guys how to create this sort of effect ? What's called? Mb some tutorial pls https://youtu.be/Z8zVyQIyuCU?t=430

it's based on niagara mesh morphing?

unreal engine blueprint scene in a messenger app in my country

this is embrassing thing

[potent dune]

Cool 3 screen setup tho

[fierce tulip]

@plush yew no real name for it, could be re/construction effect, assembly effect.
dont know any tuts for it, so your google-fu is as good as mine

[latent sonnet]

OK so following up on my question from before, I don't think I'll be able use use blueprints due to the way the entire game is set up. Or, at least, I'm nowhere near skilled enough to try and fit them into the game to work proplerly.

I still don't understand why the montages won't work.

And overall I kinda just want to get through this and move on.

[eager radish]

hello, im new in the server and a beginner in ue4, i wanted to learn unreal engine and maybe create my own game, as a starting point i want to place blocks aligned to the grid, i googled so much stuff but its seems to be impossible to find a solution, a friend of mine has done the same in unity forcing the coordinates to be exact numbers(sorry for bad explanation i hope it can be understand)

[fierce tulip]

you might wanna check the pinned message and follow some getting started tutorials

[eager radish]

ok thank you 🙂

[turbid halo]

Hey guys , can someone please help me with landscapes in Unreal. I'm using world machine to import a terrain of size ( 505 x 505 ) to unreal but everytime I do this it ends up looking like a weird box. I was just following a tutorial but the guy in the video had it perfectly imported but mine just ends up looking like this everytime. I've been doing this for 3 days now. Unreal shows the heightmap res as 256x256. What am I doing wrong here?

[tough coyote]

guys how can i do marketing for my game

i'm about to release it in 10 days

and i have not reached even 100 wishlist on steam

[fierce tulip]

should have done marketing sooner

[tough coyote]

so does this mean that i'm fuc*** up ?

[fierce tulip]

nah, but i'd look up some gdc talks on youtube about marketing on no/low budget

[uncut fulcrum]

Send keys of your game to youtubers/streamers

right before release

and don't just spam try to be a bit personal about it

[tough coyote]

ok what if i already send 20 codes to youtubers and no one is replying

lol

i'm so desperate i should kill myself

[uncut fulcrum]

20 is nothing, no surprise there's no response

[plush yew]

share it lol, work on publicity

[tough coyote]

ok other ways than sending to youtubers

ok ty guys

[rapid wharf]

can someone help me on support vc

[fluid wagon]

ok so I am watching this "how to" tutorial and its telling me to hold alt and drag the item. When I do this it just moves the screen. What am I doing wrong?

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=UE4+map+building+tutorial&&view=detail&mid=28A21F5906D58E8943B128A21F5906D58E8943B1&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DUE4%2Bmap%2Bbuilding%2Btutorial%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

[paper sluice]

sorry this a bit of a shit question, but i genuinely can't figure out how to put text over my progress bar (it's currently taking up some of the progress bar)

[uncut fulcrum]

try using an overlay widget

that might help

[paper sluice]

instead of horizontal box?

or put the text inside that

[uncut fulcrum]

put text and progress bar as child of an overlay