#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 934

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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i messed up

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xD

wanton lotus Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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Ah, ok

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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wait

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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i clicked the wrong button

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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I think I know what you've been doing

wanton lotus Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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Well, you need to edit the parent of that blueprint.

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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and now it is like this

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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you've been trying to create a blueprint actor from a selection of actors in the viewport

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHfiAOlZZRQ&t=795

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Unreal Engine

Intro to Blueprints: Level Editor Component Workflow | 09 | v4.8 Tu...

In this video we approach creating a new Blueprint Class through alternate work flows. We start by adding an Empty Actor to our level which we then populate with Components and then turn it into a new Blueprint Class. We also take our little room and light setup and convert those Actors into a new Blueprint Class which we then place inside a new...

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yes

wanton lotus Feb 5, 2021, 10:36 AM

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All of those can't be changed in that child blueprint, since it "inherits" those from its parent class.

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:37 AM

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ditch the entire generated blueprint

leaden dust Feb 5, 2021, 10:37 AM

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Just a general question, for making this kind of inventory, should I use a canvas panel or a grid panel?

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versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:37 AM

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what should i do

leaden dust Feb 5, 2021, 10:37 AM

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for the On-Drop operation

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:38 AM

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@wary wave shall i delete the whole blueprint?

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:38 AM

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you did this:

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wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:38 AM

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versed forge <@!99264143659401216> shall i delete the whole blueprint?

yes

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you chose "child actors"

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you want "harvest components"

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:38 AM

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oh but can i re fix it

worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 10:38 AM

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There is a way for know how meter is tall/large an asset?

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:39 AM

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but in any case this is a terrible, unreliable workflow and most people don't even know this thing exists, hehe

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:39 AM

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oh

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:39 AM

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I build my blueprint actors entirely in the blueprint editor

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manually adding the components

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:39 AM

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yeah

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the guy just wanted to show it

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in the tut

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so

wanton lotus Feb 5, 2021, 10:40 AM

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wary wave you did this:

That is cool, didn't even know this existed. Being a programmer I never do stuff like that since I rarely work in the level editor.

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:40 AM

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i just delete everything and start from scrach

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over

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:40 AM

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yeah, delete that blueprint it generated, then go through the process again and make sure you choose "harvest components"

versed forge Feb 5, 2021, 10:40 AM

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okay

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tnx!

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:41 AM

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wanton lotus That is cool, didn't even know this existed. Being a programmer I never do stuff...

it has some uses, but for the most part it's just awkward and you have to dick about with the BP it generates to get the component hierarchy sorted etc

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assuming it even successfully gives you the component you need

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none of which will have names, of course

wanton lotus Feb 5, 2021, 10:42 AM

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Seems like it is more for the artist, to help them add functionality to their creations.

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:42 AM

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it's too hard to use

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I'd prefer they didn't know it existed

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 10:42 AM

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Thankyou, but what if i want to display the collision during GAMEPLAY, in the live final build sold on steam. not in editor mode. is that also possible?

wary wave Feb 5, 2021, 10:42 AM

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no

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 10:43 AM

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leaden dust for the On-Drop operation

The grid panel is a child of canvas panel. Use grid panel. You can have tiles of different sizes in the same grid panel as well. More specific questions perhaps #umg

wanton lotus Feb 5, 2021, 10:43 AM

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worthy plaza There is a way for know how meter is tall/large an asset?

UE4 measures everything in CM. So, 100 units would be 1 meter.

worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 10:44 AM

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so for example

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this is high 2,5 meter?

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wanton lotus Feb 5, 2021, 10:44 AM

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worthy plaza this is high 2,5 meter?

Depends if its original scale was 100cm tall.

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You using the 1m cube? Then, yes.

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 10:45 AM

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is there a way to display the collision from "STATIC MESH" during live gameplay on the final product? during game mode, i want to hide the static mesh and only display the collision of some items. I dont want to double box collisions just to fake it.

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worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 10:45 AM

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this is the default size

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So if i put on "1" is high 2,94 meter?

tiny ginkgo Feb 5, 2021, 10:46 AM

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I am looking to do something like this in Unreal and was wondering if anyone can help me? I have a media texture on a UI and I would like to display models in front of it like the developers have done here. I understand it may have something to do with render depth? I am new to unreal so I am not sure where to start!

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tender pecan Feb 5, 2021, 10:46 AM

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@rancid lynx no, not in prod build. you will have to make geometry that will go through the render pipeline and set materials and shaders on it to render

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 10:46 AM

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what about wireframe mode? also no ? X_x

tender pecan Feb 5, 2021, 10:46 AM

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you can run wireframe, and show collision, using a development build

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but not prod

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 10:47 AM

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thank ya

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i wasnt seeing the option either X_x

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my game scales meshes during gameplay, but the mesh can obstuct views, so a wireframe would be great. especially considering its already in game X_x. ATM i use holographic , well, semi opaque mat swaps. but I noticed how nice and clean the collision mes looked, and really wanted that instead X_x

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UE4 is full of candy. guess im just asking for too many cakes ^ ^

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but seriously , a default OFF on "show comment bubbles" isnt too much to ask X_x

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 10:50 AM

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/237110/prevent-camera-from-going-through-walls.html#:~:text=In case you accidentally disable,select 'Do Collision Test'.&text=As the tooltip suggests%2C this,from clipping into the level.

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it is annoying

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rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 10:58 AM

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when my player pawn walks off a 50cm stair, he instantly travels 50-z. anyone know how to use regular gravity while walking off a ledge, instead of warp to next floor?

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:04 AM

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Should I create a hard topdown shooter 3d game?

worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 11:05 AM

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And the geometry box how much is large/high? 1x1x1? can't find on internet

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 11:05 AM

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I would never play it. but there are people who would. but technically, you will learn something, so technically, you should.

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i enjoyed a few for a little whlie , while i was younger though.

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:07 AM

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worthy plaza And the geometry box how much is large/high? 1x1x1? can't find on internet

Ehh me?

worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 11:07 AM

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you?

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:07 AM

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Is that a yes?

worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 11:07 AM

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Idk, is a question ahah

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:07 AM

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worthy plaza Idk, is a question ahah

Oh ok

worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 11:07 AM

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So it's 1x1x1?

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:08 AM

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Which one?

worthy plaza Feb 5, 2021, 11:09 AM

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geometry box

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:09 AM

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No

leaden dust Feb 5, 2021, 11:38 AM

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This is a grid panel on top of an image of a grid

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Is it possible to move the image up and down the grid without adding more elements

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Because if I do not add any placeholder images to this the arrows do nothing

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I guess I should just patch together a grid box myself because this doesn't seem to work in my case

honest lily Feb 5, 2021, 11:52 AM

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guys do you know why doesnt the water cover this green thing?

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i dont know why it does that

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(im using the water plugin btw)

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well i put the default wave asset

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but it goes inside the island

chrome mural Feb 5, 2021, 12:11 PM

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Hi,
I would like to rig a character in Blender and exported in UE4. I am planning to use some animations from Epic, so I need this rig to be compatible with UE4. So far I know Uefy and Mr Mannequins tools. Which one do you recommend?

odd fractal Feb 5, 2021, 12:19 PM

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Hi

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When I import my assets again (or reimport) should I re-add them to World Outliner?

silver cypress Feb 5, 2021, 12:29 PM

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Hi, Im new in UE and Im wondering why light goes through the geo in UE. Is there a turtorial on this?

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Thanks

crimson jungle Feb 5, 2021, 12:36 PM

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Any one knows?

odd fractal Feb 5, 2021, 12:43 PM

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I need some answer too...

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 12:51 PM

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when i walk off this yellow collision box, i teleport directly to the floor below instantly. how can i disable that trash? if i jump gravity works normally, if i walk off, i telliport down the stair, no matter how short or tall.

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if checked all the physic and fall options i can find in the player pawn movement controls and capsules in the actor

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i want gravity to take over when i walk off a box. not a 50cm teleport.

lucid grove Feb 5, 2021, 1:04 PM

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Heya, how can i save changes that i made in viewport in editor?

sonic cliff Feb 5, 2021, 1:11 PM

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Hi Everyone! I have an issue that i am struggling maybe someone could help me please.

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Hi everyone! could somebody help me with an issue about control rig? I am following this video to put an additive control rig to my mocap animation and i can't find the additive control rig bp. How i can get acces to it? ive installed the plugin and it doesnt appear like in that video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIp4vFoU_d8

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Unreal Engine

Animating with the Control Rig Sample Project | Inside Unreal

Control Rig is a scriptable rigging system that is based on Blueprint and is mainly designed for controlling properties to drive animation. This week on Inside Unreal Helge and Jeremiah will break down the Mannequin Control Rig example from the Marketplace, show how to use Control Rig with Sequencer to animate a character, give tips on how to de...

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This is how appear in the UE webinar

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and this is how shows to me

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So its completely different i dont know whats wrong but it doesnt work

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 1:18 PM

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i messed up world grid material somehow

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how do i get it back to normal

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it has some dots now

thick herald Feb 5, 2021, 1:26 PM

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In the launcher for your engine version click the little arrow, pick verify.

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 1:43 PM

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how can i make unchild

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weak forge Feb 5, 2021, 1:44 PM

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So I am attaching an actor to another actor via a valid socket and for some reason when it goes to attach the weapon goes to the origin of the scene. Any tips on how to diagnosis this?

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 1:48 PM

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help in 4.26 when i build the game the water literally moves places

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in has moved downwards

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why doesnt it stay in the same place as it is in the editor

unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 1:54 PM

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quick question, im very very new to unreal engine, and im trying to make a first person shooter, i want to change the texture of the bullet, and i have one, but its .c4d file, i was wondering if anyone knows how to convert a .c4d file to a .uasset file, the only things i can find online are the opposite of that

flat dirge Feb 5, 2021, 1:56 PM

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c4d files are cinema4d project files aren't they? you'd have to open it up in c4d and export fbx or obj or whatever

unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 1:56 PM

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ok thanks

exotic thicket Feb 5, 2021, 1:56 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/WorkingWithContent/Importing/Datasmith/SoftwareInteropGuides/Cinema4D/index.html how about this? This was literally the first result on google for "ue4 import c4d" lol

Using Datasmith with Cinema 4D

Describes special considerations that apply only when you use Datasmith to bring scenes from Maxon Cinema 4D into the Unreal Editor.

unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 1:57 PM

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oh guess i didnt google the right thing, thanks

flat dirge Feb 5, 2021, 1:57 PM

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huh, didn't know ue could import those lol

exotic thicket Feb 5, 2021, 1:57 PM

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yeah depending on things it might be easier to just export it as fbx or whatever :) but at least that's an option

unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 1:57 PM

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thanks, im very new to this

flat dirge Feb 5, 2021, 1:58 PM

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anyone know how i'd go about making a mask texture that has more than 4 options?

unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 1:58 PM

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not me sadly

flat dirge Feb 5, 2021, 1:59 PM

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i know the rgba method, but i need more than just 4 areas

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sadly i'm having no luck feeding google the right words to find an answer

exotic thicket Feb 5, 2021, 2:01 PM

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I'm not sure if you can do it with one but maybe you can combine two masks

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this way you'd get 8

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#graphics might know better

flat dirge Feb 5, 2021, 2:01 PM

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yeah i'd rather not go making more images, specially when in this particular instance i only need 5 lol

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i'll likely need more than 5 in future, but if i need 5 or 9 a whole extra image for a single area seems like a waste

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 2:33 PM

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How to i create a teleporter?

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 2:38 PM

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how do I reset a timer ? do i have to create a new one ? or can i clear it ? would that reset it to 1 ? it doesnt seem to be working

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plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 2:38 PM

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rancid lynx how do I reset a timer ? do i have to create a new one ? or can i clear it ? wo...

You need to create a pawn and name it "Bp_Timer"

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Then uhh

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wait ima search for the tutorial again

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 2:39 PM

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pawn? a variable? a handle ? ok ty.

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 2:39 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR4l_tsYcqs

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Markom3D

UE4 - Creating a Timer - Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints Tutorial

We create a widget, and user blueprints on the game mode to create a timer. Direct to the point.

This is a very watered down version of the Unreal tutorial series, and it is more of a way for myself how to do this, then for anyone else. If however you would love to see more tutorials like this, then let me know.

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rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 2:39 PM

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you mean like an entire new actor ?

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 2:39 PM

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I think

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I forgot the timer tutorial

rancid lynx Feb 5, 2021, 2:40 PM

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ty im watching it now. no way im creating additional actors just for a timer X_x

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 2:40 PM

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rancid lynx ty im watching it now. no way im creating additional actors just for a timer X_...

I think it includes

lucid grove Feb 5, 2021, 2:47 PM

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Heya, im looking for solution about modular stuff and saving changes from runtime to editor

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The one i have now is save var and load it in construction set

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plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 2:47 PM

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Nice

lucid grove Feb 5, 2021, 2:47 PM

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But the problem is that i have to refresh actor to fire construction set

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inside editor

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How can i avoid that and fire up var that vas changed in editor?

errant spire Feb 5, 2021, 2:52 PM

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Hi everyone! I was wondering if there is any way to set up an occlusion zone for exponential height fog?
Specifically trying to do this for interiors of buildings

thick herald Feb 5, 2021, 2:54 PM

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No easy way, unfortunately

errant spire Feb 5, 2021, 2:55 PM

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Gotcha, I was reading something about maybe using a translucent material?

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 2:55 PM

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You'd have to make some blueprint that takes in the distance of the player to whatever you determine and it can use that number to drive the opacity of the height fog

errant spire Feb 5, 2021, 2:56 PM

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Thank you!! Seems like an extremely manageable solution

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 2:57 PM

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plush yew How to i create a teleporter?

Anyone gonna mind this?

eternal osprey Feb 5, 2021, 2:58 PM

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Hi!
I'm new to UE4. Do you know where I can change the pan speed in the graph editor?
(I already switched the panning mouse button to middle)

gentle sage Feb 5, 2021, 2:59 PM

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yo, is there a help channel for unreal here?

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 3:00 PM

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gentle sage yo, is there a help channel for unreal here?

Your here

gentle sage Feb 5, 2021, 3:00 PM

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sweet

thick herald Feb 5, 2021, 3:01 PM

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light thunder You'd have to make some blueprint that takes in the distance of the player to wh...

Unless the fog also has to be visible from windows etc, then it gets complicated

errant spire Feb 5, 2021, 3:02 PM

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thick herald Unless the fog also has to be visible from windows etc, then it gets complicated

I considered that too, but I think I'll settle with this for now. I was really hoping for something as simple as implementing an occlusion zone

thick herald Feb 5, 2021, 3:03 PM

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Yeah, that would be a great thing to have but alas we don't

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 3:04 PM

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thick herald Unless the fog also has to be visible from windows etc, then it gets complicated

No, you just have two fogs, and switch their visibility when you are inside or not, but I get your point, it's definitely not a straight forward thing

thick herald Feb 5, 2021, 3:06 PM

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exponential height fog covers the entire level though, that's the issue

errant spire Feb 5, 2021, 3:06 PM

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light thunder No, you just have two fogs, and switch their visibility when you are inside or n...

Okay okay, so maybe I could have fogs within the actor blueprint, that turn "on" when you enter the interior, while the level opacity is set to 0

thick herald Feb 5, 2021, 3:07 PM

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You could create a basic cube and use a volumetic material on it. So the edge wouldn't go inside the buildings, but that's far more expensive

errant spire Feb 5, 2021, 3:08 PM

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Hmmmm maybe particle systems then?

true falcon Feb 5, 2021, 3:10 PM

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Anyone know how you see actual assets on Epics github? Per default only code assets are visible it seems

thick herald Feb 5, 2021, 3:10 PM

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errant spire Hmmmm maybe particle systems then?

even more expensive

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Limit what your windows and doors see of the outside, maybe use fog cards while inside

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 3:11 PM

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Please help. I tried this Blueprint from the internet it didnt work.

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stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 3:11 PM

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im trying to create a level where their will be puzzles based around water

true falcon Feb 5, 2021, 3:12 PM

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↑ Every question in a nutshell 😄

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 3:12 PM

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and you will be able to rise and lower the water level, and i've done this by a physics volume and the new water feature

true falcon Feb 5, 2021, 3:12 PM

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plush yew Please help. I tried this Blueprint from the internet it didnt work.

You havent connected the timeline node

errant spire Feb 5, 2021, 3:13 PM

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thick herald Limit what your windows and doors see of the outside, maybe use fog cards while ...

Thank you!

true falcon Feb 5, 2021, 3:13 PM

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oh wait, you have, sorry

gloomy ginkgo Feb 5, 2021, 3:13 PM

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plush yew Please help. I tried this Blueprint from the internet it didnt work.

"other actor" is an actor object renfrence

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 3:13 PM

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im set a level sequence to control the physics volume and the water mesh to go upwards, but my character isnt affected by the physics volume until i move

gloomy ginkgo Feb 5, 2021, 3:13 PM

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u are comparing to the player controller

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 3:14 PM

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so if i press a button to to raise the water level but stand still and don't press any keys my player stands in place instead of floating to the top? how do i fix this

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and also when i package the game the actual "WaterBodyCustom" changes places, and not by any code telling it to, it has just moved for no reason

gloomy ginkgo Feb 5, 2021, 3:16 PM

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stark marsh so if i press a button to to raise the water level but stand still and don't pre...

try adding movement input like "0.01" or smth like that

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 3:16 PM

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errant spire Okay okay, so maybe I could have fogs within the actor blueprint, that turn "on"...

yes, it is not that hard to do once you figure out how to access the fog's parameters in blueprint - I used it once to make the visibility change in a smokefilled room based on the player's height in the room relative to the room itself - when they ducked down, the heightfog was dialed down a bunch and they could see again

gloomy ginkgo Feb 5, 2021, 3:16 PM

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gloomy ginkgo try adding movement input like "0.01" or smth like that

when u raise the water

true falcon Feb 5, 2021, 3:17 PM

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It's a bit weird that it lets you compare different types, but I guess its polymorphism and controller is an UObject or something

gloomy ginkgo Feb 5, 2021, 3:18 PM

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plush yew Please help. I tried this Blueprint from the internet it didnt work.

this one u mean?

spare kernel Feb 5, 2021, 3:31 PM

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@plush yew why are you using a timeline?

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seems a waste of resources, just use a timer, set it on overlap, clear it on exit overlap

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or use pause/resume if timer exists

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sonic cliff Feb 5, 2021, 3:46 PM

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Hi! Please could you tell me where to find and apply the additive control rig to the ue mannequin like here?

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This is how it shows to me

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stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 4:40 PM

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its not working properly still

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i just want to not have to press anything and my character to react to the water levels rising

stray tangle Feb 5, 2021, 5:22 PM

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Hello does anyone have an idea on how to integrate als v4 with close combat swordsman?

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 5:26 PM

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What's the trick to getting all 4 cameras to be in the same lighting mode and actually visible - when i make them lit, it turns blue like in the upperleft corner - brushed wireframe is impossible to see and I don't want to hide all my geometry - I just want to zoom in around different cameras while I'm positioning certain objects without going back and forth or panning around in perspective -

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light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 5:54 PM

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Also, anyone else find it incredibly unfair that hitting SAVE can causes a crash, thereby losing unsaved work (unless autosave snagged it)

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 6:06 PM

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hello noob question. i switched to DX12 but im getting freezes with movie render queue after rendering 30 or more frames. planing to switching to DX11. does it reduce the rendering and graphic quality ?

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in landscape actor: what means "Max Lod Level" and -1?

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 6:28 PM

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and when i package my project for windows 64bit i get the error: RROR: Missing object file C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4\Shipping\Renderer\Module.Renderer.1_of_16.cpp.obj listed in C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4\Shipping\Renderer\Renderer.precompiled

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someone knows what might be the problem?

worldly lynx Feb 5, 2021, 6:48 PM

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how can change image of as example button A when i clicked on Button B? need set image or something else? i dont see anything , help

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i want change image of buttons after click on it with blueprint

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 7:02 PM

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you would set the brush of the image to change it

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if you want to change other brushes you would keep track of them all and then change them as needed

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so in your case a function that might take in the current widget you want to "make active" and it would go thru all of your widget icons, probably in an array, and tell them each to be not active if not the one you wanted and active for the one you want

muted imp Feb 5, 2021, 7:11 PM

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Hi guys so I'm trying to make a game like mirrors edge but I don't know how to have certain animations play when I'm sprinting or jumping or wall running. In mirrors edge, there are first person arm animations for different movements. How can I assign an animation to play when I press SHIFT for example?

unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 7:24 PM

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muted imp Hi guys so I'm trying to make a game like mirrors edge but I don't know how to h...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQrNQtfNOHc&list=PLZlv_N0_O1gZS5HylO_368myr-Kg2ZLwb&index=16 i found this video on a wiki, i hope it helps

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Unreal Engine

16 - Introduction to Animation Montage in UE4

This video covers the Animation Montage asset, how it works, and how it can be used for special case animations.

A link to the wiki for further notes is available here -
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Blueprint_3rd_Person_Game_Creation_Tutorials:_Intro_to_Animation_Montage_in_Unreal_Engine_4

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muted imp Feb 5, 2021, 7:24 PM

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thank you I appreciate it

unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 7:25 PM

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You're very welcome

muted imp Feb 5, 2021, 7:27 PM

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why can't I drag in a reference to my levelsequence into my level bp?

viral garden Feb 5, 2021, 7:27 PM

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I'm having an issue with reflections

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 7:27 PM

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hi.. anyone know how to make the standalone editor game play option have a bigger window when it starts up?

viral garden Feb 5, 2021, 7:27 PM

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unique rock Feb 5, 2021, 7:27 PM

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muted imp why can't I drag in a reference to my levelsequence into my level bp?

unfortunately that i have no idea about, im very new to unreal engine so i apologize

muted imp Feb 5, 2021, 7:27 PM

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@unique rock its cool thanks

viral garden Feb 5, 2021, 7:28 PM

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if i put box or sphere reflection capture on the front windows and then another on the terrace, then i see the terrace reflection on the front windows

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I use forward rendering, and i don't think i had this issue before enabling forward rendering

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As you can see, we can see the path on the windows even though the path is in the garden

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How can i fix this please?

worldly lynx Feb 5, 2021, 7:47 PM

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grim ore you would set the brush of the image to change it

i just use set brush and it solved my problem, thank you

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/UI/LevelEditor/Viewports/ViewModes/index.html does anyone have a working link for this?

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 7:53 PM

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How does one figure out what is causing this ```Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION writing address 0x000000000000022d

UE4Editor_UMG
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crashes when I try to start the game.. not hitting any debug points I have in cpp

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 7:54 PM

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can you pastebin a log?

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 7:54 PM

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the log that is in the crash dir?>

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project.log?

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 7:54 PM

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the log that is in saved/logs

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 7:56 PM

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📎 bible_noahsark_2.log

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I've never used pastebin before.. trying to check it out

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 7:59 PM

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getting real tired of your shit, Editor - anyone got a fix for this?

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marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 7:59 PM

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@kindred viper https://pastebin.com/3FS76ePw

Pastebin

Crash Log - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

vagrant pagoda Feb 5, 2021, 8:02 PM

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Have a skeleton mesh and want to break apart at crash in collision. What's the best method. Link or suggestions. Don't want to use Chaos or Apex. Cheers

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:04 PM

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@marsh sparrow you have an array access issue, which is presumably setting up some water project stuff. Without it I guess it's crashing. I would check the references it mentions

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:05 PM

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hmm.. thats always been there

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 8:05 PM

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i want to make a level based around water where the water level can be raised and lowered to access differant parts of the map, but i've tried using a level sequence sequence to move the water and the physic volume upwards/downwards but the player character isn't affected by it moving until their is input

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:05 PM

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oh really? Thats odd

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:05 PM

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yeah.. some wave pack i put in

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needs cleaning up

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recently.. I added a new hud widget

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doesn't even get to that breakpoint

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lol

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or that one

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:06 PM

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[2021.02.05-19.48.39:317][284]LogTemp: Warning: Broadcast New Quest Name this is the last line of the log then all error checking ends, so there is no fatal error /exception in the log itself

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 8:07 PM

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it's strange what happens

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:07 PM

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kindred viper [2021.02.05-19.48.39:317][284]LogTemp: Warning: Broadcast New Quest Name this ...

K let me track that down

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thats been there a while too

stark marsh Feb 5, 2021, 8:07 PM

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say if i press the button to raise the water but don't do any movement input i stay still, i don't float to the top of the water, but stay on the ground as if there was no water at all

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:08 PM

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works here...

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kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:08 PM

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the next best thing to do is make sure you have debug symbols installed and crash it with the debugger, then you can see exactly where it's crashing

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it will show the full stack in VS then

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:08 PM

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yeah.. i hit new game.. and it fails loading the next map

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usually.. its a missing pointer or null somewhere

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im using rider

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been looking all over

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:10 PM

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seems to be telling us it's UMG so perhaps a corrupt widget? Or a bad reference on construct of the map?

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but it's just too hard to tell without a bit more info.

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:10 PM

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yeah. i wish it gave me more

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ill start backtracking till it works...

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:11 PM

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this is why debug symbols are 100% vital for code dev in UE4.

gaunt abyss Feb 5, 2021, 8:11 PM

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this^ and look at the callstack, see where the crash is coming from

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:11 PM

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not sure what that is.. im running the editor in debug development mode

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in rider

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:12 PM

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debug mode is like a light version. The debug symbols hold a compiled database of your data structure so you can read them in memory to see the values. It also helps the debugger catch errors and display an appropriate break routine to see it before the program ends

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:12 PM

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sweet.. where do you get those

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because i thought debug mode was debug mode

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apariently im trying to save calories by not having the write drink

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 8:13 PM

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Is there anyway this color change is NOT LOD related?

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kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:14 PM

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@marsh sparrow looks like you can get them from the launcher now

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:14 PM

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well..

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I removed the whole add widget to viewport for that new widget.. and it works.

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hmmm

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:15 PM

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tada

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:15 PM

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this is my first widget I started from cpp

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im sure I did something wrong

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:15 PM

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makes sense 😄

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:16 PM

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ha yeah.. sometimes doing too much logic in bp freaks my head out

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whoa.. what is 4.26-chaos

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:16 PM

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widgets I keep to UMG always. No reason to make them in C++ unless specifics are required

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:16 PM

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is that like canary 4.26

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:16 PM

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it's the engine with Chaos Physics built in

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:17 PM

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ah

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yeah.. well I needed to build a typewriter function

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but.. plenty of people do this.. so it should work

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:17 PM

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its possible, but UMG is kind of rooted in blueprints really

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:17 PM

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okay you said i can get the debug stuff in the launcher?

kindred viper Feb 5, 2021, 8:17 PM

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Slate is best for C++

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 8:18 PM

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it does - I guess I don't know enough about materials - I thought LODs shifting but obviously it affects this - I had dead leaves as a texture for my base color and I got the green color by multiplying - thought I was done and clever but then I noticed the distance - it's like the instance just turns off the base color tint I'm using when I get a certain distance away - why is that?

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grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 8:18 PM

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so something like this @marsh sparrow ? https://youtu.be/XolvdHmo2q0?t=27

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:19 PM

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hahaha yeah

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I guess I share your stuff to other people enough I should probably know more about all your videos

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well.. it seems like I need to just delete some things and go watch that video LOL

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 8:24 PM

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are you sure its not the self shadowing?

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 8:38 PM

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no, it was the color - i'm not sure why but I just changed the actual colorization of the TGA and that fixed it

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 8:38 PM

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oh weird

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 8:39 PM

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I thought so too

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I thought just doing a multiply on the base color would be clever and efficient

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had no reason distance would affect it, when it did, figured there was an LOD that I hadn't changed the material instance on, nope, only a single base LOD on the mesh

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:40 PM

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okay.. so I think I should have something that works.. but.. still no worki

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{
    OnTriggerHUDToStoryMode.Broadcast(Stories);
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that gets called.. its in my subsystem

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Here is the bind to that event.. but it never triggers

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i think something is weird with the event binding maybe

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 8:46 PM

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then just make a brute force begin play event that binds it to test it out

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:47 PM

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begin play doesn't exist on widgets?

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going to bounce for a bit.. thanks for the help

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 8:49 PM

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it doesnt its on construct

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:49 PM

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move the binding to construct?

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vs initialize?

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 8:49 PM

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no just saying for a widget its not begin play, its construct

marsh sparrow Feb 5, 2021, 8:50 PM

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ah k

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are you able to bind to subsystem events from a widget?

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I'm at least trying to do something you should be able to do right?

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 9:00 PM

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@grim ore if you destroy a static mesh during play, what happens to its LOD actor?

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Does it remain?

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Is there an "IsInsideOfMe" function? Because overlapping is too goddamn simple to actually work

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Here's my issue- I have an incident command simulator for Public Safety - you show up on scene and have to command some disasters - my level setup is that I have various AREA levels that are the "intact" city, then I have scenarios that are sublevels where I will swap in static meshes that are destroyed, spawn particle effects, etc - it works fine but I'm running into one snag - MY HLOD ACTORS ARE STILL THERE even though I have toggle visibility on the mesh that they are apart of. Since HLODS are a super big goddamn secret that everyone at Epic guards like it's their resume armor, I have to guess at how to deal with them -

**I want to get the HLOD actors inside of a volume and destroy them. ** But since they don't have collision, I can't use overlap events to detect them. (I'm assuming they don't have collision) - I can do a brute force and just get all HLOD actors and destroy them but I'm close -

How do I get the locations of these actors and compare them to the box extent of a volume? Then I could use a quick vector comparison and if it falls within range, delete it. And yes, I'm still pissed about the lack of in depth HLOD references

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I'm just not sure how to get the range between those points

subtle bramble Feb 5, 2021, 9:27 PM

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Could someone help me please, I made a wall in blender and then exported it as fbx but some of the faces are one ways and I flipped them and it didnt fix it

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 9:27 PM

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subtle bramble Could someone help me please, I made a wall in blender and then exported it as f...

apply your transforms - I just had the same problem earlier this morning

subtle bramble Feb 5, 2021, 9:27 PM

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wdym

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 9:28 PM

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otherwise show me a screenshot of your face orientation - make sure they are blue

subtle bramble Feb 5, 2021, 9:28 PM

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I dont think I have any

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 9:28 PM

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hit CTRL A and trust me

subtle bramble Feb 5, 2021, 9:29 PM

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so I turned on face direction and it made the faces red and blue, how do I flip the wall because I can rotate it but it makes the shape weird because its filled from vertices

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also I applied them so ill export after this

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 9:34 PM

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Shift_N and flip the normals or recalculate outside - you want the outside facing blue, but you should really head to the Blender help channel, it's a godsend

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@plush yew @grim ore so in the magical world of HLOD's, apparently, they all have the same world position of 0,0,0, inexplicably

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fuck this undocumented system

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subtle bramble Feb 5, 2021, 9:35 PM

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light thunder Shift_N and flip the normals or recalculate outside - you want the outside facin...

I didnt see that channel, thanks

subtle bramble Feb 5, 2021, 9:41 PM

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light thunder Shift_N and flip the normals or recalculate outside - you want the outside facin...

where is the blender help channel?

static wharf Feb 5, 2021, 9:46 PM

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I keep getting this when I build lighting, my editor is completly locked up and it wont go away

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Just as I ask for help it fixed itself

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It was stuck for 20 minutes

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sigh

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 9:47 PM

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subtle bramble where is the blender help channel?

https://discord.gg/blender here

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Try to give as much as you get

subtle bramble Feb 5, 2021, 9:47 PM

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thanks

clear patrol Feb 5, 2021, 9:48 PM

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is there a way to do animation like SFM where you can like control your player and start recording your the player's actions?

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 9:51 PM

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You can look into the sequencer take recorder

clear patrol Feb 5, 2021, 9:52 PM

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wdym "take recorder", I know what the sequencer is

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 9:54 PM

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I mean what I said, look into the sequencer take recorder

clear patrol Feb 5, 2021, 9:54 PM

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ok? I'll take a look at the sequencer again

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 9:59 PM

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WTF Does making a text render "hidden in game" HIDE IT IN THE EDITOR?

golden niche Feb 5, 2021, 10:12 PM

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I cant open the console in the editor

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Im pressing tilde but nothing

livid haven Feb 5, 2021, 10:15 PM

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Here's a general question, not sure how well people will be able to answer it but...

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Thoughts on using SceneCapture2D versus changing camera/view target?

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Context is a "photo mode"

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The latter involves more book-keeping to get the player's view back to how it was before, but it is more performant as they will only be rendering once, rather than twice.

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 10:18 PM

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@golden niche depending on the keyboard that might not work, you can open the output log and its at the bottom of it

golden niche Feb 5, 2021, 10:19 PM

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where is it?

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 10:19 PM

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windows -> developer -> output log

golden niche Feb 5, 2021, 10:24 PM

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thanks!!

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 10:40 PM

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** Educational question: **So I've been working on a multiplayer game for quite some time now, and I was curious if anyone can shed some light on how "run on server" and multicast work in terms of performance. I could only assume 100 players constantly sending messages to the server and back would easily cause the host to lag. Is that not the case?

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 10:45 PM

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Why am I still getting these errors if I am checking if the actor is being destroyed before I try to do something to it? Do I need to move this check earlier perharps?

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I've tried rearranging some of the isValid but itn's not working

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 10:53 PM

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Maybe try casting the soft reference to whatever it belongs to, and then set that actor hidden? @light thunder

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https://gyazo.com/d485a15cb853b50a7244b3ff5057aeed?token=20cd65ffe06a48829c2aa20e83fb19f7

Gyazo

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Someone did it this way, instead of just converting it straight into target like you did, they did a cast first.

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Don't know if it'll work or not, but just something you can try seeing as no one else has been able to answer

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 10:57 PM

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I appreciate it - it's a matter of execution order - i think in between some tick, it's trying to set the visibility of an object setting pending destroy - I thought the IsPendingKill would help but it didn't

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I ended up using an event dispatcher bound to the kill event.... the call happens when the other thing is finished with its toggling visibiliy (mainly because I realized later that the collision was in the way so it was easier to delete them)

torn atlas Feb 5, 2021, 11:18 PM

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Hi, anyone here know how to make a character lean with the mouse pitch.
I've set up a third person character to be first person, but I don't want the camera itself looking up and down; I would like for the whole character to lean so the camera isn't just looking down into the body.

grim ore Feb 5, 2021, 11:21 PM

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you would probably rotate one of the bones on the animation based on that pitch. similar to a torso aim

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 11:25 PM

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So, when this shit happens, does Unreal even give you a chance to SAVE anything?

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plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:26 PM

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weird question but when your messing with unreal engine can you only use unreal skeleton

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or can i import a different skeleton and use said skeleton for gameplay and such

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like a dinoasaur or sandwich with legs

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ive noticed most tutorials tell you to retarget and use unreal skeleton and change your bones to match it

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 11:27 PM

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plush yew weird question but when your messing with unreal engine can you only use unreal ...

it can only do bagettes with legs, an engine limitation

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:27 PM

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only bagettes D:

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 11:27 PM

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but yes, you can

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the reason for all the retargeting videos is there are a huge amount of animations available that use the unreal skeleton

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:27 PM

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i only ask because i wanna use my own skeletons and animations for said skeletons instead of retargeting and creating mannaquin replications ;O;

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 11:27 PM

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and it's humanoid and pretty flexible so it makes things a lot easier to get up and running (literally)

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:28 PM

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oh

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so you can create a dinosaur like mecha turret creature

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and just use that instead of unreal

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just a lot harder

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this makes me content~

arctic horizon Feb 5, 2021, 11:32 PM

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light thunder So, when this shit happens, does Unreal even give you a chance to SAVE anything?

It can't, that's a crash.

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just because it has a fancy error message doesn't mean it isn't any less of a crash 😛

formal quiver Feb 5, 2021, 11:32 PM

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I've started noticing that when I'm attempting a build process, Unreal seems to hang semi-frequently when starting Swarm Connection (100%) and I'm not sure why, or what I can look at to debug this. Anyone have insight to how I could debug this? Attached is the build process window, and the level set up I have going (read: 3 lighting scenarios, but that shouldn't be the cause?)

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I'm going to let it sit for a bit to see if its just taking a long time to think about how its at 100% completion....

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 11:33 PM

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Don't ever listen to those progress bars

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they are liars

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the main thing is, the details of the swarm.exe in task manager

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wait --- you are using the ditor while building lights?

formal quiver Feb 5, 2021, 11:34 PM

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light thunder wait --- you are using the ditor while building lights?

ditor?

plush yew Feb 5, 2021, 11:34 PM

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@plush yew Kheart

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ok

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weird question what should i google to figure out how to turn a widget system that goes into a custom level into a button you can press to go to said level and widget system and than back to base game

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if any of that made sense sorry im stupid ;D

formal quiver Feb 5, 2021, 11:39 PM

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light thunder the main thing is, the details of the swarm.exe in task manager

had to delete that screenshot, didn't realize some info was visible that probably shouldn't have been <_<; -- but swarm exe is not showing progress either

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Ah, turns out it was a hardware setting on the router that was blocking the connection to be made. Posting just in case anyone else ever runs into this:

Callstack:    
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint localEP)
   at System.Net.Sockets.TcpListener.Start(Int32 backlog)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.ExclusiveTcpListener.Start(Boolean exclusiveAddressUse)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpServerChannel.StartListening(Object data)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpServerChannel.SetupChannel()
   at Agent.AgentApplication.Main(String[] args) in D:\Build\++UE4\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealSwarm\Agent\AgentApplication.cs:line 13```

light thunder Feb 5, 2021, 11:59 PM

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why can't I see this?

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formal quiver Feb 6, 2021, 12:00 AM

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nothing is in the group?

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:00 AM

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then why is it there?

formal quiver Feb 6, 2021, 12:01 AM

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no idea lol

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:03 AM

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because they had to have this as a hotkey

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defaulted

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I thought I was ungrouping something and I hit that

oak sedge Feb 6, 2021, 12:09 AM

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Hello. I found this line that works in an Unreal Engine 4 game by placing it in "Input.ini":
AxisMappings=(AxisName="LookUp",Scale=-10.000000,Key=V)
How can I invert an "AxisMappings" line in "Input.ini"? I want that line to work forever. I've considered using a program called "AutoHotKey" to make the "V" button be held down forever while the game's window is open, but is a better way possible?

I mean an idea like this:
AxisMappings=(AxisName="LookUp",DefaultValue=-30.000000,Key=None)
I'm not creating a game. This game was already created by other people, but I am asking here because I believe the people who would most likely know about my question would be here.

(I know an "AxisMapping" is designed to use "MouseX" or "MouseY", but regardless of the axis or button that it could use, I want the line to be activated forever.)

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:10 AM

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light thunder So, when this shit happens, does Unreal even give you a chance to SAVE anything?

When I walk off this yellow block, or any other step in game, I instantly teleport down to the grass, instead of using correct gravity physics. how do i disable that garbage? it may not be apparent in pancake games, but warping 50cm in VR on every step looks terrible.

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grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 12:17 AM

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@oak sedge it wont work how you want. That’s not the way axis input works.

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:18 AM

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rancid lynx When I walk off this yellow block, or any other step in game, I instantly telepo...

What do you mean? something is setting your players location somewhere

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:20 AM

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the player pawn or character have inherited capsule collisions, and ive read that they automatically line trace straight down to test if the player is standing on the ground or not, flying falling walking toggle. when you walk off a ledge,or step, it doesnt use gravity to let you "fall" to the next sstep below, it teleports you from Z+5, or Z50 directly down to ground level instantly. if you jump it applies gravity, if you "walk off ledge" it doesnt use gravity,

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long story short, when i walk off a step, ledge , you dont "fall" you "teleport" to the ground. default game engine behavior, probably to keep traditional characters solid on the floor as oppsed to gliding down stairs.

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:22 AM

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rancid lynx the player pawn or character have inherited capsule collisions, and ive read tha...

No, it's to keep VR players from puking all over their rooms

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:22 AM

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but VR games perspectives "zoom in" much closer, so the warp is very noticible.

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teleporting 50cm is the puke enducer.

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:22 AM

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If you know what it is doing, then just override it

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:22 AM

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still trying to figure out how or where

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based on stuff i googled, may not be correct.

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:23 AM

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can anyone figure out how to avoid that pop in - as far as I can tell, I've enabled "use complex as simple" collision on both these things, and I've moved them farther apart - how can I be sure it's using the complex collision ?

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light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:23 AM

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rancid lynx still trying to figure out how or where

Get a reference of your player pawn and search in blueprint for all references to it

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or just search for teleport

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for now just disable it or tie it to a boolean that's easily accessible

livid hazel Feb 6, 2021, 12:24 AM

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I have a question when parenting my camera to the player models headbone the camera gets super big in size. Why is that so and what is the best way to counteract it. I had to shrink the size to 0.0075 for it to be slightly normal again. If that question is too unclear or too vague then it doesnt rlly matter.

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:24 AM

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ty, well its a build in player character inherited trace i imagine, teleport keyword may help alot

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are you exporting stuff from blender metabo ? blender does a terrible -100x or +100x scale on skeletal mesh - armature exports. i had to google a while to find the fix, or just manually set import settings

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:28 AM

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light thunder or just search for teleport

Sorry blake, im not sure what you mean, get a reference to pawn and search in blueprint.

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how, where, do i search for teleport? i think its an inherited function from the default player character bp actor

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i know how to find refs in blueprints, but i think this line trace doesnt show up, hidden code from inherited, oh maybe i can find the characters parent class and peek in the editor code idk. nm sorry spam

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:30 AM

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rancid lynx Sorry blake, im not sure what you mean, get a reference to pawn and search in bl...

I think you really should watch the blueprint communications video

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

YouTube

Unreal Engine

Blueprint Communications | Live Training | Unreal Engine

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

This Training Stream takes a look at Blueprint Communication. We find that Unreal Developers of all levels can sometimes struggle through the concepts behind moving data between objects. So in this video we'll take a look at the different ways to make Blueprints talk to one an...

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Don't worry about the date, all still relevant

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:31 AM

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sending references between actors is simple.

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as is expose on spawn and instance ediability

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:31 AM

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then you need to search for the default character BP actor

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I'm confused, you are not sure of what I mean - I'm telling you, if you need to stop the teleport from happening, find the blueprint it is happening ON

rancid lynx Feb 6, 2021, 12:32 AM

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ok thanks, ill watch it on my way to work tonight.

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yea, now i think i understand.

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maybe i can find the inherited character bp

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:33 AM

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it's not inherited

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it exists

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if you made a child of the original BP, that's fine but you can still search for the functions of the parent, they are still in your project

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and any functions that exist in the parent, are being called by your child, put a break on them and you'll see, then you can override them

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meanwhile, at disaster town ----

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What am I missing here guys?

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candid grove Feb 6, 2021, 12:34 AM

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https://prnt.sc/yggt1y

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Any idea why it is truncating the other members of player data when adding it to the array?

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:36 AM

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I think it's just the engine behavior - you are bringing in a single element on that event but you are watching an array, and I think that's why it's truncating it

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if it didn't, you literally could not see anything on your screen if that array was populated

silver cypress Feb 6, 2021, 12:37 AM

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Hi all, anybody know how to fix this or have a link to a tutorial for this problem? Thanks in advance

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candid grove Feb 6, 2021, 12:37 AM

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@light thunder the issue was I was passing the incorrect playerdata to the custom event. Everything that was default was truncated and it didn't have the other data I was looking for.

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 12:47 AM

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trying to simulate physics on but it has complex as simple collision WTH does this mean?

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molten solstice Feb 6, 2021, 1:01 AM

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Hello! I cant move in my editor, i've this and idk why someone can help me?

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Okay thx!

oak sedge Feb 6, 2021, 1:07 AM

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grim ore <@286955792618487808> it wont work how you want. That’s not the way axis input w...

I found a script for AutoHotKey that seems to achieve my goal perfectly. It makes the game believe that I am holding the "V" key pressed forever.

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:30 AM

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How do I create a teleporter??

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 1:47 AM

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I still can't get this collision to work

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WTF is it talking about -

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IT DOESN'T

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plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:50 AM

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plush yew How do I create a teleporter??

Can someone mind this

light thunder Feb 6, 2021, 1:51 AM

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Best advice I can give you is to do one of the Udemy courses online, they are like 10 bucks and have 40 hours of video

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it's not like you are going to not need help again, after someone tells you how to make a teleporter

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:55 AM

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bruh

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I don't like Udemy

spare kernel Feb 6, 2021, 1:56 AM

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Teleporter is super simple though

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walk into teleport, then set actors location to other end of teleporter

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:57 AM

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spare kernel Teleporter is super simple though

Thats what I did

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It doesnt work

spare kernel Feb 6, 2021, 1:57 AM

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then you did it wrong

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:57 AM

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spare kernel walk into teleport, then set actors location to other end of teleporter

This one was before.

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But now a teleporter to go to the next level

spare kernel Feb 6, 2021, 1:58 AM

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eh

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you want to teleport to a new map?

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:58 AM

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yes

spare kernel Feb 6, 2021, 1:58 AM

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well, if you use OpenLevel then you will start a whole new level

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:59 AM

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I know.

spare kernel Feb 6, 2021, 1:59 AM

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so just call OpenLevel node to the name of the next level

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:59 AM

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K

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Thanks

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Should I create a mesh because my mesh is like a roblox character

torn atlas Feb 6, 2021, 2:36 AM

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grim ore you would probably rotate one of the bones on the animation based on that pitch....

I attempted what you suggested, and although i found plenty of guides, every single one either was out of date, or flat out didn't work.

inner flume Feb 6, 2021, 2:55 AM

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I have[/Script/Engine.GameUserSettings] ResolutionSizeX=1280 ResolutionSizeY=720 FullscreenMode=1 in Config/DefaultGameUserSettings.ini but my packaged game still runs at fullscreen, anything else i'm missing?

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 3:00 AM

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Are there any good animations for my project?

solemn marten Feb 6, 2021, 3:06 AM

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hey I have this problem "DX11 Feature Level 10.0 is Required to Run the Engine" I think it's because I removed my graphic card because it doesn't work, how can I solve that?

gleaming creek Feb 6, 2021, 3:15 AM

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Buy a new graphics card?

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Or install proper drivers for what is presumably a built-in on-CPU one

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Updated drivers will likely let the engine start, though performance may be too poor to use, depending on what the built-in is

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 3:18 AM

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which subforum would be most appropriate for a question regarding the substance to unreal engine livelink?

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its crashing on me pretty nasty

solemn marten Feb 6, 2021, 3:29 AM

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gleaming creek Or install proper drivers for what is presumably a built-in on-CPU one

I'll install another gpu later, but for now I want to see if it's possible to run unreal without a graphic card

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 3:40 AM

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@solemn marten just depends on the cpu

broken heath Feb 6, 2021, 3:55 AM

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Why epic launcher uses camera when signing in

austere hinge Feb 6, 2021, 4:14 AM

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Is there anyway to use unreal gpu baking on direct x 11?

Gpu baking requires dx12 to be enabled.. But I am working on a app that is using direct x 11

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:41 AM

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kind of a noobish thing here... but is there may7be a more graceful way to do this?

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passing in ints from 0-127

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to do "whatever" per int

clear patrol Feb 6, 2021, 4:43 AM

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Why does Unreal keep crashing when I create my control rig?

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:45 AM

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that sorta depends on alot of things doesnt it

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:45 AM

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dark stag passing in ints from 0-127

Iterate over an Array of Strings instead.

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Since it seems your using the same function, just with a different input each time.

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:46 AM

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well i wont be using the same function.. just kinda used the first 10 for that function

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beyond that itll be a bunch adiff things

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like thats the part from ableton that i change camera:

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but for notes past noteNum 10 itll be other crap

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:47 AM

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You need to separate the problem into smaller problems that each can be solved in their unique way.

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:47 AM

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would just like to keep them all in the same channel

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for sanity

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:49 AM

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So im assuming this is some sort of Event track.

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You want some function to be called when you reach a particular point.

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:51 AM

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well, yeah, that "point" just send an int 1-127 (notenum value)

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so that parts cool.

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just how to delegate each note to its own event vs. 127 custom events

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coz its all coming into one custom event to start and passes the int

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half questioning, half talking myself through it here... coz sometimes just explaining it youre like "oh"

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:54 AM

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So is the input to the other 11-127 functions also a String?

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:54 AM

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nope

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sometimes other ints. or bools

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like these 10 in particular piock a camera and select that as the new view target... the next "set" will probably be floats/ camaera speed settings etc

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or other events

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:55 AM

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Is the sequence these occur going to be identical everytime?

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:55 AM

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unfortunatley no.

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:55 AM

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Ok well then you dont really have much choice.

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You have to group them in some way.

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:56 AM

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i think i might be stuck with the switch on int

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its ugly, but it does work

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i can just hide it in a macro. heh

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:56 AM

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If i know that 1-10 has the same input, id store all those inputs in an array of that type, then use the int as a lookup key to get the correct value for the function.

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Following that pattern for the others as well

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:56 AM

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for sure.

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but if the incoming int order shifts... yer kinda asking for it

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but i understand your thinking

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 4:57 AM

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hey dudes, i got an empty map, i dropped a box geometry in the map, and when i select it the selection rectangle starts to flicker, is there an option to fix this?

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:57 AM

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stuck key maybe?

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you mean the select marquis on the actual geo?

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 4:58 AM

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Tried restarting your Editor?

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:58 AM

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failing that, could be driver related.

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 4:59 AM

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yeah still flickers

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:59 AM

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what RHI?

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dx11 or 12?

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mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 4:59 AM

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i got a nvidia gtx 1650

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oh let me check

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:59 AM

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hove mouse over

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 4:59 AM

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11

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 4:59 AM

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hm.. yeah, try updating your drivers maybe?

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never encountered that one myself... but theres no "option" for it that im aware of, so could be a driver thing

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you mean the orange selection "flickers" right?

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 5:01 AM

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yes

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 5:01 AM

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ah yikesy.

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 5:01 AM

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updating driver atm

leaden dust Feb 6, 2021, 5:01 AM

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It did happen to me once

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don't remember how i fixed it though

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 5:01 AM

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quite possibly a driver update

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driver updates seem to sometimes fix bugs you didnt know you had or could never figure out, and you just never really noce or remeber them until after you update

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*notice

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or breaks shit.

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never really know

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lol

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Octane for c4d is notorious for driver updates breaking things

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 5:25 AM

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ok so the driver update fixed the flixker

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that was wierd i just updated the driver a few weeks ago, shrug

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 5:27 AM

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funny

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glad i could help

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yeah, in my experience with anything GPU / IDE related just do a weekly sanity check and keep drivers up to date.

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unless you know why you shouldnt.

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 5:28 AM

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though i did just update unreal engine today, so i guess it makes sense that a new GFX driver would be needed

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 5:29 AM

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riiiight. yup. that'll do it

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GPU driven IDE's are finicky like that

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 5:29 AM

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well thanks for letting me throw rubber duckys at you 😄

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 5:30 AM

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not a problem. the best ducks.

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yeah, cards a bit older too, if you can afford it, might be time for a lil upgrade

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coz its kinda approaching deprecation

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 5:31 AM

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well pending i can go back to work that is

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 5:31 AM

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yeah no shit, i feel you.

mental yacht Feb 6, 2021, 5:31 AM

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😄

velvet magnet Feb 6, 2021, 5:37 AM

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Honestly as a hot take Minecraft festivals are over rated

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Unreal engine has potential to host a way better quality virtual concert

next dome Feb 6, 2021, 5:41 AM

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https://gyazo.com/570b5132e5646ce4fe5a9db3eac83b18

Gyazo

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Hi! does anyone know why this happening and how to fix it?

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the footage is rendered as 24fps

empty condor Feb 6, 2021, 5:55 AM

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looks like occlusion culling is hiding things a bit prematurely, and/or motion blur is screwing with occlusion culling somehow. that's a guess; I don't know

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does it still do that if there's no motion blur

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 6:11 AM

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hello. im tring to render a cinematic using movie render queue. but its everytime get freeze at after some frames. 30, or sometimes 100. i tried dx11 and 12 both. idk why this happening. updated driver. wiped. nothing works. but i’ve lot of foliage 27.1k. any tips ? plz :/

next dome Feb 6, 2021, 6:13 AM

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@empty condor i managed to fix it by rendering with Movie Render Queue and settings the sub samples to 16!

empty condor Feb 6, 2021, 6:15 AM

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Nice

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 6:57 AM

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way ahead of you

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oof.

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minecraft concerts made me die inside

green gate Feb 6, 2021, 6:58 AM

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Hi! Need a help in 4.26.1 raytracing, I recently shifted to UE 4.26.1 and noticed raytraced shadows are little different when compare to UE 4.25.4. Attaching couple of images here.

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4.25.4 render

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4.26.1 render

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Please help me out with this one. Thanks in advance

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 7:00 AM

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oh damn, thats odd

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so those arent baked?

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obv not i'd imagine

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hence raytraced

green gate Feb 6, 2021, 7:01 AM

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Yes, Increasing the samples didn't help me and this one is real-time rtx

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 7:01 AM

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interesting

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and not at the same time.

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same RHI for both?

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coz i know there will be some massive discrepancies between dx11 and 12

green gate Feb 6, 2021, 7:02 AM

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Yes same settings for the both versions

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I am using dx12 for both

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 7:02 AM

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yeah, thats dark territory for me, so i dont think ill be of much help

green gate Feb 6, 2021, 7:03 AM

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Thank you, Hope some one here could throw some light.

vale oyster Feb 6, 2021, 7:06 AM

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recently i create game it's have simple mechanic just endlees runner. just single sprite for character and one tile, and i follow all instructions and file size become 75MB is there any way to reduce apk size further......if yes plz let me know

halcyon prawn Feb 6, 2021, 7:09 AM

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Was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of a tutorial or guide on adding in game screens to my level? Like billboard style, or think time square screens perhaps

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 7:10 AM

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75MB for a game today is probably grounds for a pulitzer prize

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fyi

halcyon prawn Feb 6, 2021, 7:10 AM

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It would have to be a mobile game and even then that's a stretch

vale oyster Feb 6, 2021, 7:13 AM

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dark stag 75MB for a game today is probably grounds for a pulitzer prize

Yaaa but it's just have 2 sprits and 2 sounds it's should be atleast in 20MB I know ue4 is AAA title game engine and it have lot of contents but i just wanna know cane we really decrease apk size further so consumer download easily

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 7:13 AM

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build a lighter engine than ue

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thats like cutting the lawn with napalm

weary basalt Feb 6, 2021, 7:15 AM

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Choose the right tool for the job. If you want a smaller size, use a smaller and less complicated engine to build the game.

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 7:17 AM

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you can strip UE down a decent bit... just because you have all this content doesnt nesc mean its all going to get compiled to your pak or what have you

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but a game with 2 sprites and 2 sounds sounds like something you can whip up fairly quickly with homebrew

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png was under a couple KB.

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2 sprites and 2 sounds even

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*png

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so UE pong... yeahhhhh not sure how id feel about that

vale oyster Feb 6, 2021, 7:19 AM

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dark stag but a game with 2 sprites and 2 sounds sounds like something you can whip up fai...

Ok thanks for info

halcyon prawn Feb 6, 2021, 7:19 AM

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Hm.

true ridge Feb 6, 2021, 8:19 AM

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Has anyone experienced flickering with the UE4 Editor?

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Ever since I got my 3080 the editor has been very finicky. Context menus will disappear and the editor will turn black.

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 8:22 AM

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How do I create a respawn system?

dim arch Feb 6, 2021, 8:23 AM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/HowTo/RespawnPlayer/index.html

Respawning a Player

A How To Guide for respawning player characters in Unreal Engine 4.

velvet magnet Feb 6, 2021, 8:24 AM

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dark stag way ahead of you

Fuck yeah, can’t wait, I’m tired of seeing the same old shitty indie Minecraft music festivals that aren’t immersive at all and always fall apart half the time, like that other one that scammed you

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 8:24 AM

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Ok! Thanks

inner cloak Feb 6, 2021, 8:30 AM

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Does someone know that type of tree this is ?

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plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 8:45 AM

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dim arch https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/HowTo/RespawnPlayer/i...

It did not work

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But I found the solution!

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velvet magnet Feb 6, 2021, 8:47 AM

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By respawn did you mean to say restart?

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Cause it looks like you're just restarting the game, and not actually respawning the character

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 8:47 AM

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Yes

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Thats why my name is "a Stupid dev"

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lol

velvet magnet Feb 6, 2021, 8:48 AM

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oh everybody makes slips in language, I do it all the time

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 8:48 AM

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Ok

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 9:16 AM

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@plush yew If it is a shipping build, you can try
#cpp message or
#cpp message And get some logs

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if it's a developer or debug build Just look at the logs already generated

formal quiver Feb 6, 2021, 9:21 AM

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How can you batch render high res still frames from multiple cameras in engine? Do you use Sequencer / Movie Render Queue for that?

honest lily Feb 6, 2021, 10:46 AM

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guys

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i have a problem with my water plugin

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first i put the landscape

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i create it

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then i have to go to the place actors

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import the water body ocean to my landscape

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and it does that

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it doesnt create an island

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i tried to do the same to other project but it works

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i dont know whats happening

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 10:52 AM

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hello everyone :))

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picking up unreal from scratch, been modding JFO for a few months now but wanted to try making something myself

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is this the right channel to ask for advice/support?

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i just have a couple questions

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 10:55 AM

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well, were not a modding group, but happy to help with any UE related Q's

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if youre new to UE, there are a ton of howto's and basic tutorials available from the UE docs in the learn tab

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high berry Feb 6, 2021, 10:57 AM

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dark stag well, were not a modding group, but happy to help with any UE related Q's

oh, no, i'm trying my own thing this time! not a mod :))

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 10:57 AM

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always the best place to start

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 10:57 AM

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i've been checking out a few tutorials and currently watching a YT series,

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for the most part things have been going pretty smoothly,

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i have a bit of a weird issue though i can't seem to find

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most likely i'm not using the right words

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 10:57 AM

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whats that

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 10:58 AM

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so, my mesh and the capsule collision don't seem to align - i've made sure everythings good as far as the origin in blender and i've aligned in the blueprint but no use

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i'm probably being silly here but

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i'm not sure how to fix

honest lily Feb 6, 2021, 10:59 AM

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you have to go to your player character and choose the capsule in the left top corner i think and try to move it to your player

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 10:59 AM

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just transform the x o r y position of the capule

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*capsule

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or the mesh

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either way

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i tend to keep all my transforms at 0,0 cept for capsule, which should be half-height

honest lily Feb 6, 2021, 11:00 AM

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go to your caspulecomponent

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 11:00 AM

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well his mesh is probably a child of that

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she hell have to move the char mesh iirc

honest lily Feb 6, 2021, 11:01 AM

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yeah

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just move your mesh to your capsule i guess

dark stag Feb 6, 2021, 11:01 AM

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mnoving the capsule just moves everything

velvet magnet Feb 6, 2021, 11:16 AM

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@honest lily just so you know the water system is still like, very, very broken, so for some water related things you’ll either have to implement a fix yourself or wait for more updates

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Does the water body island work at least

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 11:18 AM

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dark stag just transform the x o r y position of the capule

i can only seem to scale the capsule

honest lily Feb 6, 2021, 11:30 AM

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velvet magnet <@280685104127541249> just so you know the water system is still like, very, ver...

well i made a new project

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the thing is that i migrated all my files to this new one

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but check this

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when i press play it shows this it doesnt go to my character

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the options for GameMode is none

velvet magnet Feb 6, 2021, 11:38 AM

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So setting it should fix the problem right

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 11:40 AM

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Hello. Anyone know where can I find information about the Input Data Node？

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 11:40 AM

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honest lily the options for GameMode is none

GameMode Override is None, which a per level override, instead go in your project settings > Maps & Modes

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there you have a Default GameMode which should never be empty

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 11:41 AM

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Just that stuff looks red , similar to delegate

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 11:43 AM

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drowsy gull Hello. Anyone know where can I find information about the Input Data Node？

can you screenshot the node? I'm not sure what you're talking about

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 11:43 AM

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like this

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outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 11:47 AM

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oh ok I was stuck with blueprint in mind

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have you checked this https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/Materials/ExpressionReference/index.html

Material Expression Reference

Reference for all material expressions available for use in the Material Editor for creating complex node-based shader networks.

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as well as the Content Examples Project from Epic

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 11:49 AM

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thx.let me have a look

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 11:51 AM

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hi

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how can i move a blueprint to other project ?

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 11:53 AM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Basics/ContentBrowser/UserGuide/Migrate/index.html

Migrating Assets

This document covers how to migrate assets into other projects within the Content Browser

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 11:55 AM

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thank

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you

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 11:57 AM

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how can i rotate my springarm without rotating the whole capsule, but keeping that kind of camera?

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hope that makes sense! :))

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 11:59 AM

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check this on the spring arm

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uncheck this on the character

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that should do it

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 12:00 PM

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high berry how can i rotate my springarm without rotating the whole capsule, but keeping th...

answering to Keore

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also disable this (use controller desired rotation) on the character movement comp

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drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 12:01 PM

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I found nothing about the nodes of special type 'Input Data'. I wonder if I can create such a node .

📎 Screenshot_2021_0206_195858.png

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 12:03 PM

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drowsy gull I found nothing about the nodes of special type 'Input Data'. I wonder if I can ...

well of those node are Input Data node, what would you like to create exactly?

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 12:03 PM

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outer moat also disable this (use controller desired rotation) on the character movement co...

thank you! :))

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 12:06 PM

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Something shown in Details Panel. When I give it a value , I can find a node with the same name as it shown in Details Panel available in Material Editor.

limber badge Feb 6, 2021, 12:06 PM

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another day another crash

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drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 12:07 PM

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And that node is a Input Data Node , returning the value I gave it to the next node

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 12:07 PM

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drowsy gull And that node is a Input Data Node , returning the value I gave it to the next n...

What's wrong with parameters?

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 12:08 PM

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I am just curious about whether a Input Data Node is available for us to create

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 12:13 PM

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Well using cpp of course

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If you have a system that needs to feed data into a lot of material I would consider using material parameter collection

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 12:14 PM

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Thanks

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 12:19 PM

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is anyone aware of any good resources to get comfortable with animation in blender? i know this isn't directly UE4 related but i imagine there's overlap :))

outer moat Feb 6, 2021, 12:27 PM

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#animation maybe

vocal flume Feb 6, 2021, 12:52 PM

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I got in app purchases to work but success mode fires as soon as I click purchase button in my app. Then I get the option to choose the card and the pay button. Success should fire after i click the pay button. Does anyone know why this is?

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 12:53 PM

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Hey guys, I am new on Unreal, coming from the VFX industry, and I would need some help for a basic alpha question... where can I post my question ?

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 12:57 PM

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does anyone get freez issues with movie render queue ?

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it’s getting stopped sometimes 25, 50,100 frames. idk why. tried everything

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no crash errors, no nothing

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:00 PM

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(I need to render a frame from Unreal, a street scene with building on both sides, but not including the sky in the render, I would need to export a file with alpha, I tried a lot of things but, I am still unable to export an image without the skydome and postprocessvolume)

half panther Feb 6, 2021, 1:06 PM

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Is it safe to scale a landscapes Z value? I know it is a problem with X and Y, but Z?

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:15 PM

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@boreal schooner try #graphics . Although I don't quite understand your problem 🙂 as extreme measure, make the SkyDome green and key it out in Photoshop, or something 😄

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also maybe #cinematics or #visual-fx ?

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:21 PM

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Oh really lol 😂 ? I thought there was basically an option to hide the skydome. Like, there is one, but even if I remove it, plus removing the postprocessvolume box which is englobing the whole scene, I am still unable to export an image with alpha xD this is insane

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Just imagine a street with buildings on both sides, and a sky in BG : I want to export a frame, and do a BG Matte Painting

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So I would just need to export this with an alpha channel in order to put my DMP easily behind haha

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:23 PM

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You can delete the SkyDome from the scene

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And add a directional light or some other lights as you like

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I'm really not an artist, but I feel it should be easy 😄

high berry Feb 6, 2021, 1:24 PM

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awesome, thank you! :))

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 1:25 PM

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And during play, any wired box Should be hidden @boreal schooner So I don't know how exactly you actually see it 😄

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:27 PM

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I don't know, as I said, I am pretty new. I just know that, even if I am removing completely skydome + postprocessvolume box, I have basically nothing around my streets, right ? In the viewport, there is a kind of 'environment' color which is blue, but I guess this is the basic viewport BG color

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Like here : I want to export a frame, simply, without the "sky" BG. Just an image, with an alpha cut, only with the buildings and wires

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📎 tessss.JPG

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just want the sky to be transparent basically 😄

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 1:29 PM

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Oops, what's wrong with Foliage Tool？
Even without Per Instance Fade Amount Node in material the instance can still fade out when I slide the Cull Distance

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:30 PM

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So I enabled the alpha in the parameters, I checked the alpha box in the png / exr row

drowsy gull Feb 6, 2021, 1:30 PM

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And it seems that this can't happen without correct LOD

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:31 PM

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there is no more geometry behind my street, this is only the viewport background, but still unable to export this image without the sky ..

worn peak Feb 6, 2021, 1:38 PM

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whats the ''proper'' way to get 2 blueprints ( not level bp ) communicating with each other ?

exotic thicket Feb 6, 2021, 1:38 PM

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there's multiple ways to do it, it depends on context somewhat

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:39 PM

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Context ? 🙂

exotic thicket Feb 6, 2021, 1:39 PM

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As in what you're trying to do

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:39 PM

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As I said, My plan is basically to keep the CG for the foreground

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and doing a BG in DMP

thick herald Feb 6, 2021, 1:39 PM

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worn peak whats the ''proper'' way to get 2 blueprints ( not level bp ) communicating with...

You want to research 'casting'

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:39 PM

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on an image sequence

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so I need to export like an exr sequence, with an alpha channel to "cut" the sky

worn peak Feb 6, 2021, 1:40 PM

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@thick herald theres any other way but the cast node ?

exotic thicket Feb 6, 2021, 1:40 PM

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Oh sorry my reply was to Naivy

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:40 PM

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Okay 🙂

worn peak Feb 6, 2021, 1:40 PM

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oh

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@exotic thicket for basic things like character getting damage after enter a damage zone

exotic thicket Feb 6, 2021, 1:41 PM

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You could for example have your damage zone call the apply damage function on the actor that walks into it

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usually if you want to do it in a "generic" fashion you'd use blueprint interfaces

dusk lava Feb 6, 2021, 1:42 PM

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Is there a standardized "forward" in UE4 (X or Y), like Z is for up?

exotic thicket Feb 6, 2021, 1:42 PM

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that video is pretty good for the general methods of doing so

worn peak Feb 6, 2021, 1:42 PM

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do u guys knows if this live video covers all the methods

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at least the most useds

exotic thicket Feb 6, 2021, 1:42 PM

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it's two hours long

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it better

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lol

worn peak Feb 6, 2021, 1:43 PM

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also hope its better -.-'

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anyways

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tnks for the time and the link

plush spruce Feb 6, 2021, 1:44 PM

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I'm pretty new to Unreal Engine, so I don't know how did this happen. For some reason, the Asset Options's getting clipped. Can some one help me on this?

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boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 1:56 PM

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I already watched this video, thats why I asked the question here 😄

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Yeah I guess VFX artists are not using Unreal that much haha

summer wyvern Feb 6, 2021, 2:08 PM

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Which text channel ought i to text in if i wish for some help with a particular problem?

wanton lotus Feb 6, 2021, 2:11 PM

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summer wyvern Which text channel ought i to text in if i wish for some help with a particular ...

A channel that fits the particular problem. If you can't find one, just ask here.

sharp frigate Feb 6, 2021, 3:20 PM

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yes

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it is

manic sluice Feb 6, 2021, 3:22 PM

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Anyone know how in a code project I can make the include file paths set up in a way so I don't need to use ../?

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📎 unknown.png

robust marten Feb 6, 2021, 3:22 PM

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Is there a command to tell the blueprint to run X amount of times? For example, I want to have random containers of food that generate when opened, but I want it to generate X amount of times. X being an editable variable

manic sluice Feb 6, 2021, 3:22 PM

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I'd like it to just be "Utility/SignalProcessing.h" or even just "SignalProcessing.h"

manic sluice Feb 6, 2021, 3:23 PM

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robust marten Is there a command to tell the blueprint to run X amount of times? For example, ...

A For loop, or a Do N node

robust marten Feb 6, 2021, 3:27 PM

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Ah, How could I forget the For Loop node lol I was trying the Do N node at first but that only let me interact with it for X amount of times before stop working. Thanks for reminding me, I've only been working with UE4 for a month now, thank you, the For Loop node works perfectly

weary lion Feb 6, 2021, 3:33 PM

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is there any resources or documentations on setting up factions for player and NPC's warrior factions mage factions, animals/monsters and assigning amity levels etc?

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 3:50 PM

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Hey guys, quick question about the Unreal Contests...

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Is there anything i need to know related to legal issues ?

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Do i need to register the patent for the game first? If i used assets from other creators, do i need to send the licenses for each asset?

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I dont think ive seen any of this information around...

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Ive just started looking about it recently though

humble fossil Feb 6, 2021, 4:02 PM

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hallo all, I'm very new to Unreal having dabbled mostly in either Unity or proprietary engines so apologies for quite a basic question;
Is it possible to create reference to a specific instance of a component or object within an actor's blueprint by picking it directly? I noticed you can do it in at a game world level but not within a blueprint.
If not, is the best way to just do a search for the component in script?

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 4:02 PM

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I didnt really understand your question..

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This component is inside the class of the actor?

humble fossil Feb 6, 2021, 4:03 PM

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exactly

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 4:05 PM

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what type of component is it?

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In blueprint im pretty sure any component inside the class can be called through a variable?

tulip lily Feb 6, 2021, 4:10 PM

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hey all, does anyone know if it’s possible to update display device model at runtime (for motion controllers)

humble fossil Feb 6, 2021, 4:17 PM

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the use case is that I've created a generic controller class that takes and processes a bunch of other components that exist within its parent. For example, a plane controller that computes forces based on the number and placement of its engine components which can vary from plane to plane

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I can do a search in the script but was wondering if I could just straight up point to the components and fill out the array manually

thick herald Feb 6, 2021, 4:20 PM

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humble fossil hallo all, I'm very new to Unreal having dabbled mostly in either Unity or propr...

You can cast to the actor, get it's components that way. Don't think I've saw someone use a direct ref for another actors component.

humble fossil Feb 6, 2021, 4:21 PM

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ah its all within the same actor

thick herald Feb 6, 2021, 4:22 PM

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So you're wanting a reference to the actors own components?

wary wave Feb 6, 2021, 4:23 PM

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get component of class, then check if it's valid

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casting to the actor will create a reference between the two classes, which you usually want to avoid

thick herald Feb 6, 2021, 4:23 PM

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^

sterile tulip Feb 6, 2021, 4:23 PM

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use a greenscreen over your city and key it out in a image software @boreal schooner

plush yew Feb 6, 2021, 4:25 PM

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does someone knows someone that worked with unreal on linux and released a game?

humble fossil Feb 6, 2021, 4:25 PM

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cool cool, thats what I thought it would be. Just teething issues coming from Unity Prefabs 🙂 thx

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 4:26 PM

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Hello, does someone know why this trigger box seems to have a collision and my sphere is reacting to it? Id like the sphere to kinda go through the trigger box without having that ,,collision", how could I achieve that?

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📎 CollisionProblem.mp4

boreal schooner Feb 6, 2021, 4:27 PM

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@sterile tulip So there is no clean way to do this ? oO

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 4:30 PM

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Bruce you probably need to change the Collision settings inside the Class, if youre using blueprint, you select the component and theres several options, like Ignore Overlap Block

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the solution is around that i think

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 4:31 PM

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The trigger is currently on OverlapAllDynamic, only blocking projectiles. That sphere isnt a projectile

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I tried to ignore everything, but then it wouldnt trigger the overlap event anymore

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 4:42 PM

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Make it so projectiles block something that the sphere doesnt

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then the trigger should block what the projectiles block and the sphere doesnt

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hmmm

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or create a new Object Response? i think you can do that

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not sure though

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Or when theres an overlap

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Youre using the Component begin overlap correct?

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 4:44 PM

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i once set that sphere as a projectile, and then ignored projectiles for the trigger. it still collided tho

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yes i am

broken rapids Feb 6, 2021, 4:46 PM

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Just wanna know in Unreal Engine, how to save in-game currency data?

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Pls help

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 4:46 PM

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You should search it up

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but

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its with the savegame BP

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Bruce

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If this trigger isnt Triggered too many times

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i think a way to do this can also be

broken rapids Feb 6, 2021, 4:47 PM

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That's not available on YT that's why I am here

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 4:47 PM

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you cast to the Projectile

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It is, thats how i also learned

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Theres alot of it on youtube

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wait a minute

broken rapids Feb 6, 2021, 4:48 PM

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Please share link then

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 4:48 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf98GRZA2d8&t=446s

YouTube

Ryan Laley

Unreal Engine 4 Tutorial - Saving & Loading Pt.1 Basics

In this video I go over how saving and loading work in UE4 and give some pointers as to some ways to improve organisation and efficiency to developing a save and load system.

Support me on Patreon and get access to videos early, join our developer community on Discord, get exclusive behind the scenes videos on my projects and much more over at ...

▶ Play video

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This will help

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you set the variables you want in the BP

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and then when you load a save you can use them

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Guys

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Im using an event tick to make something move along the movement of my character, what should i use instead?

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Since tick is dependent on framerate im not sure its too reliable for this

broken rapids Feb 6, 2021, 4:51 PM

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Thanks a lot buddy .. I will check this out..

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I made an endless runner game just like subway surfer will it work for that..?

glad obsidian Feb 6, 2021, 4:54 PM

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hello i have a question

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can i animate joint by joint in unreal in the sequencer? i installed the control rig plugin

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 5:00 PM

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Thanks Ponkkis 🙂

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But for example,

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If i define a time for the event TIck

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For example to tick every 0.01

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would this work the same as delta secs ?

wary wave Feb 6, 2021, 5:01 PM

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if you have a timer going off every 0.01 seconds it's basically the same as tick but with worse performance overhead

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unless your game is running at above 100fps anyway

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 5:02 PM

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Im using the event tick but changing the Tick interval

wary wave Feb 6, 2021, 5:04 PM

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if your tick interval is shorter than the game's tick rate, it's not going to happen any more frequently

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I don't know what your problem is, but it sounds like you need to be using delta time

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 5:05 PM

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Weird...

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Yeah it seems to me too

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Im gonna search it a bit better

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thanks 🙂

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Delta seconds worked perfectly thanks :))

viscid bough Feb 6, 2021, 5:20 PM

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Just in case anyone searches my last question and is looking for the answer. If you are running out of video memory (dedicated and shared) while moving files within your project, and you are running an older GPU, make sure your graphics RHI is set to DX11, not DX12.

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 5:34 PM

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New question, really weird, i hope someone knows the answer for this one...

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Basically I have a Lava Actor

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and i put the material for the Lava on a Plane

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Then i create a dynamic material

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and set the coords for X and Y on the UV

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So i can stretch the plane but keep the texture for the lava equal for different scenarios

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BUT

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Sometimes, with the same Text Coords, the lava texture has different appearences

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It seems random

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anyone have any idea?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:36 PM

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so you want to keep the lava texture scale the same, but still be able to resize the plane its on?

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 5:38 PM

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yeah exactly

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I just dont get why this "bug" happens

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:39 PM

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look at using something like a world aligned texture then, dont have to do anything special

📎 unknown.png

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the scaling on the texture is fixed based on world coordinates, regardless of the item it's on

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 5:40 PM

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oh wow!

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Didnt even know that existed

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thanks 🙂

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What did you connect to the Texture Size though?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:42 PM

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a vector 3 since it wants the texture size for scaling in all 3 dimentions, so that one is 1024x1024x1024

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if you look at the end of the TextureSize input you can see (V3) which is what it wants

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its also optional if the default scaling is good

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:44 PM

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amber ibex Hello, does someone know why this trigger box seems to have a collision and my s...

Does someone maybe know how to fix it? Continued trying around but really couldnt find an solution :/

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:44 PM

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do you want the sphere to not have any collision, or the trigger box?

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or for them both but to ignore eachother

crude jasper Feb 6, 2021, 5:45 PM

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Bruce did you try Casting?

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:48 PM

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grim ore do you want the sphere to not have any collision, or the trigger box?

the sphere is set to NoCollision, id like the trigger box to just let my sphere pass, you know?

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:48 PM

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crude jasper Bruce did you try Casting?

could you explain? i am indeed casting something, but has nothing to do with the sphere

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:48 PM

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what is your trigger volume set to?

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:48 PM

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grim ore what is your trigger volume set to?

OverlapAllDynamic

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:49 PM

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yep might need to show it happening then, those should be fine

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:49 PM

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the only case (talking abt collision settings) to let the sphere through would be if the trigger is set to NoCollision, but that wouldnt work for me because I need the overlap event

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:49 PM

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how is the sphre being moved for example

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:49 PM

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grim ore how is the sphre being moved for example

its a static mesh in my FPS Character

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:51 PM

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you might need to show more code or double check your settings. Is this a custom trigger or just a trigger volume?

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overlap all dynamic has nothing in it to collide with

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:51 PM

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its a box collision

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:51 PM

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unless you added a custom channel and its set to block

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so another BP actor with just a box collision in it?

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:52 PM

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yeah, and a lil cube (SM) but it doesnt have anything to do with it

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:53 PM

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welp I can say I put a sphere with no collision on a character in front of it and a bp actor with a box collision set to overlap and no issues here as expected

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:54 PM

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does it maybe matter if the Sphere is a WorldStatic whereas the trigger volume is a WorldDynamic?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:54 PM

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you said the sphere was on no collision didnt you?

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so then it cant be world static

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i mean it shows that but no collision ignores that stuff

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:55 PM

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📎 2021-02-06_18_55_00-Greenshot.png

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the collision settings of the sphere

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:55 PM

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uh....

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look at the bottom there

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:56 PM

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the blocks?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:56 PM

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try changing it to overlap all dynamic on the sphere

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just see what happens, to eliminate the sphere

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:56 PM

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still the same problem

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 5:57 PM

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move that BP to the side and drop a trigger volume into the level in its place and see if it still blocks it

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 5:59 PM

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still blocks it

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:00 PM

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hmm that makes no sense. so at this point I would open a new map, just the one with the floor. add a trigger volume and your character and see if it blocks with just your character and the trigger volume

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if it still does you got something weird

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:01 PM

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i've got some scripts that manage if the player has keys and what doors have been opened in the level blueprint but it is only relevent in one area in my scene

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:01 PM

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as far as I know a trigger volume has no physics collision so it should never block anything

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:01 PM

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but how could i transfer all of that to a seperate thing that is NOT the level blueprint

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:01 PM

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grim ore hmm that makes no sense. so at this point I would open a new map, just the one ...

still does

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:02 PM

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@stark marsh copy/paste, never use the level blueprint in the first place. Can put them in a separate BP actor in the world, or some place like the game mode

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:02 PM

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like a manager of some sort, because it is pointless in being the blueprint for the whole scene when really it just applies to one part

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i've tried putting it inside an actor but i can't reference things like triggerboxes

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:03 PM

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@amber ibex I am out of ideas 😦 something is odd with your setup if a trigger volume is blocking., Might want to try and remember if you changed anything in the project or engine settings

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:03 PM

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that for some reason i can only do in the level blueprint

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:03 PM

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@stark marsh yep thats why we dont use the level bp, you end up getting stuck once you realize this

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the level BP always exists and it knows about all the items in the level so it can reference them directly, its why you can directly make variables for those items

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:04 PM

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and also i would be able to completely disable the manager once i exist the part of the level it controls, saving performance, and enabling as soon as i enter the area it manages right?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:04 PM

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other blueprints dont exist in the level until you put them in so they have no idea about everything else unless you tell them (exposing variables)

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:04 PM

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i'd like to save everything stored in it so if i return it knows what i've done, but can also be disabled so it doesnt run if im nowhere near the part it managers

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:05 PM

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so your manage can have variables for those items, like the trigger boxes, and expose them which would let you choose them in the editor

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:05 PM

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grim ore <@!264107489128087553> I am out of ideas 😦 something is odd with your setup if...

oh, i remember something. the location of that sphere is determined by the impact point of a line trace. does a volume collide with a line trace?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:05 PM

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if it's just sitting there doing nothing, tick disabled for example, and it's just to manage information then disabling it isnt an issue

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wait so this item is not attached but you move it?

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:06 PM

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amber ibex oh, i remember something. the location of that sphere is determined by the impac...

oh yeah it does, just checked it.

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:06 PM

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yeah we assumed this was being moved with the character, not by code

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:07 PM

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so yeah the sphere is getting moved by a line trace basically

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:07 PM

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hmm i cant access and reference other objects in the level

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from the manager actors script

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:09 PM

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"other blueprints dont exist in the level until you put them in so they have no idea about everything else unless you tell them (exposing variables)"

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at this point you need to learn about communicating between objects

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:10 PM

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i think i fixed my problem, I just have to set the trigger to an object type the trace doesnt care about. thanks for everyones help tho and the fast responses!

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:10 PM

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if the blueprint is in your content browser, it only knows about items in your project that are asset form that are in the content browser. Once the blueprint is created and an instance of it is inside of the world it can access any other items in the world if you let it (exposing a variable to the editor/instance editable). This lets the instance of that blueprint that is in the level set that variable to any other actor that is in the level of that type

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it might be easier to just set your trace on your line trace to visibility instead of camera so it doesnt collide with invisible stuff

stark marsh Feb 6, 2021, 6:12 PM

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i've put it from the content browser actually into my level

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it's not letting me reference other things like box triggers (for the doors)

astral sundial Feb 6, 2021, 6:12 PM

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so i ahve some of my ai getting stuck on one another so for a fix i have a overlap collision box in front of my enemy to check if there is another ai in front of it. If there is it stops moving until its out of the way. This works great however it sees it self as an actor in the way so I fixed this by checking if the other actor is self to ignore using BP. Is there an easier way to do this like a setting on the collision box to ignore its parent actor so that i dont have to call this function constantly?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:13 PM

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once you put it into the level it becomes an instance, it now has access to the other parts of your world that are loaded. You need to use a variable and set it to instance editable/public/exposed

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:13 PM

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grim ore it might be easier to just set your trace on your line trace to visibility inste...

how would I do that? or how abt setting trigger boxes as an actor to ignore, if thats possible so easily?

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:13 PM

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then you can set that variable in the editor

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@amber ibex

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assuming you are using the by channel trace

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:15 PM

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im using the for objects

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:15 PM

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what objects are you tracing for?

amber ibex Feb 6, 2021, 6:16 PM

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worldstatics and dynamics

grim ore Feb 6, 2021, 6:16 PM

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any reason to trace for objects instead of by channel?

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usually objects is if you want some actual object

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otherwise if you want to use object just make a new object channel in the settings for those trigger boxes and set them to that