#ue4-general | Unreal Source | Page 960

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 10:54 PM

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all of the templates/old examples use HUD

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:17 PM

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is "Cast To xxx" an open stream?

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Is there an alternative to check something from the BP from an animBP?

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:18 PM

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any normal way would work to talk between blueprints

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:18 PM

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whats a normal way?

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:18 PM

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one blueprint telling another to do something. casting is not communication its just treating one thing like another

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we dont know what you are doing

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:20 PM

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Im wondering what the different ways are to communicate between blueprints

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specifically anim and animinstance

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:21 PM

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thats a generic question tho, its like asking about the different ways to program a hotbar

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:21 PM

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not really, my question is kinda feature agnostic

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:22 PM

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what is an anim and an animinstance specifically?

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:22 PM

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anim blueprint and blueprint that is linked

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or however its said

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:23 PM

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yep thats what I am trying to figure out. I guess the answer to the different ways to communicate depend on exactly what you are doing and want to do

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it sounds like trying to get a value out of the linked pawn in an animation blueprint?

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:23 PM

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in this case, in the animBP, play a thing if a custom event happens.

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:24 PM

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ok so do something in the animbp. In that case it depends on what your using for the custom event.

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anim sequence can use notifies

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the linked pawn can just call a custom event on it and then the animation graph can alter

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the anim bp could listen for an event and act accordingly using an event dispatcher

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:25 PM

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nice

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:25 PM

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the anim bp could poll something every frame but thats not efficient

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i mean technically anything could tell the anim bp to do something as long as it can find it

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:26 PM

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This is why "cast to xxx" confused me.

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I dont like it but its what i have learned so far from the intertubes

grim ore Mar 12, 2021, 11:26 PM

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the cast is treating one thing like another, so if your trying to talk to the connected pawn you would only know its a pawn without casting to your specific class

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so the cast is not doing the communicating, its just allowing you to be more specific when doing something with something

main cedar Mar 12, 2021, 11:30 PM

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I am having an issue rendering out a pannaram its only using 8% of my cpu and 20% of GPU is there anyway to get it to be multi core I have alreay set all the multithreading i can find in settings

opal lark Mar 12, 2021, 11:37 PM

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My game crashes after splash, Just black any ideas thanks

rotund elbow Mar 12, 2021, 11:38 PM

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I guess i try to overthink it. I wanted an enemy to play a hit animation on a condition. But i see there are AI behavior classes i can dig into

dense knoll Mar 13, 2021, 12:34 AM

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Assertion failed: World [File:D:/Build/++Portal+Promotion/Sync/LocalBuilds/PluginTemp/HostProject/Plugins/SaveExtension/Source/SaveExtension/Private/SaveManager.cpp] [Line: 251]

UE4Editor_Core!AssertFailedImplV() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\Misc\AssertionMacros.cpp:100]
UE4Editor_Core!FDebug::CheckVerifyFailedImpl() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\Misc\AssertionMacros.cpp:450]
UE4Editor_SaveExtension!USaveManager::UpdateLevelStreamings() [D:\Build++Portal+Promotion\Sync\LocalBuilds\PluginTemp\HostProject\Plugins\SaveExtension\Source\SaveExtension\Private\SaveManager.cpp:251]
UE4Editor_SaveExtension!TBaseUObjectMethodDelegateInstance<0,USaveManager,void __cdecl(UWorld *)>::ExecuteIfSafe() [D:\RocketSync\4.25.0-13144385+++UE4+Release-4.25\Working\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Delegates\DelegateInstancesImpl.h:716]
UE4Editor_Engine!TBaseMulticastDelegate<void,UWorld *>::Broadcast() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Delegates\DelegateSignatureImpl.inl:1013]
UE4Editor_Engine!UEngine::LoadMap() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:12673]
UE4Editor_Engine!UEngine::Browse() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:12101]
UE4Editor_Engine!UGameInstance::StartGameInstance() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\GameInstance.cpp:579]
UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::Init() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\LaunchEngineLoop.cpp:4031]
UE4Editor!GuardedMain() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Launch.cpp:155]
UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Windows\LaunchWindows.cpp:137]
UE4Editor!WinMain() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Windows\LaunchWindows.cpp:268]
UE4Editor!__scrt_common_main_seh() [d:\agent_work\5\s\src\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl:288]
kernel32
ntdll

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Any way to fix this

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The plugin is used everywhere in my project

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and for whatever reason replaces the engines default save system

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so anything that is supposed to be the engines save system

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gets replaced

rotund elbow Mar 13, 2021, 1:04 AM

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when making a child character, dosnt it inherent its parent AI controller?

inland orchid Mar 13, 2021, 1:22 AM

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hey yall,where do you guys put global variables?

fossil ore Mar 13, 2021, 1:22 AM

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Reminder: Create backups regularly.

inland orchid Mar 13, 2021, 1:23 AM

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I tried using a game instance blueprint but it resets every new level

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or do i just leave it where it is and do cast to?

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actually nvm

next rover Mar 13, 2021, 1:39 AM

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Anyone here know how to get the Gameplay Ability System cooldown working? I have a Cooldown, it shares a cooldown tag with the Gameplay Effect, but I can still re-use my Ability within the cooldown window

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Issue was me: I put my tag in the wrong section on the cooldown

rotund elbow Mar 13, 2021, 2:00 AM

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great

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Why do i want an animation montage instead of the animation?

midnight bolt Mar 13, 2021, 2:27 AM

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Has anyone had killed ssd drive when building lighting in ue?

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Having two pcs destroyed on build attempt, i sorta feel like something is up

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Or completly botched windows update

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But two pc, Both very new and old in span of 24h i find very strange

prime willow Mar 13, 2021, 2:29 AM

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making a good creator system

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sweet jeez its so much work xD

rotund elbow Mar 13, 2021, 2:32 AM

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wats a creator system

tight pond Mar 13, 2021, 3:03 AM

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Ok i got an UE5 question.

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Heavy polys. Got that much but did they say only using specular and diffuse textures?

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Sss im guessing too.

floral heart Mar 13, 2021, 3:27 AM

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I'm expecting to be disappointed. E.g. Virtualized geometry is static and you can have X materials per virtualizedmeshactor.

sly wagon Mar 13, 2021, 3:45 AM

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how the heck do I attach a particle to every actor on a map when I press R

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I've been trying everything ;.; I swear im gon give birth to a child if I dont figure this out

spare blade Mar 13, 2021, 3:52 AM

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Can someone tell me how I can turn off the Auto exposure. I am working in Modeling Editing mode and as I orbit around my scene the geometry gets blown out. I tried droping in a Post ProcessVolume but I cant find the attributes to check to turn this off

median hound Mar 13, 2021, 4:02 AM

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project settings autoexposure wont turn it off?

past pilot Mar 13, 2021, 4:11 AM

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Anyone know if there is a way to get all child classes (not actors in level)? I want to make an admin Widget that will allow me to give any item to a player but i dont want to have to make the item and keep a seperate list for the widget. I just want it to search the assets for all children

spare blade Mar 13, 2021, 4:32 AM

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Does anyone know how to edit vertices in the model editing mode? I basically want to select the verts on the poly object I have just made, then snap them to my underlying static mesh.
Basically just want to be able to move verts on a static mesh?

rustic panther Mar 13, 2021, 4:43 AM

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Anyone else having this issue where drop downs stop working in 4.26.1?

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is this a windows issue?

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interesting... these videos aren't showing what it looks like on my monitor

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it pops up and disappears immediately

spare blade Mar 13, 2021, 4:51 AM

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@rustic panther Will a restart not fix the problem? I havent experenced that yet.

rustic panther Mar 13, 2021, 4:51 AM

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ya it does

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but it happens after like 15 minutes everytime

spare kernel Mar 13, 2021, 4:59 AM

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pinned messages @rustic panther

rustic panther Mar 13, 2021, 4:59 AM

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ohh, nice thanks

spare kernel Mar 13, 2021, 4:59 AM

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Might be that?

rustic panther Mar 13, 2021, 5:00 AM

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sounds right

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started happening around the time I updated my drivers

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gonna try 461.40

jade heart Mar 13, 2021, 5:19 AM

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Hey, I'm not sure if this is the right place but I was watching the "first hour in unreal tutorial" and in it he specifically shows him going into the details of a directional light and checking the box "Atmospheric Fog..." but I cannot find any matching options even though I have followed him step by step. Does anyone have any ideas, maybe something has changed since the video was made?

worn copper Mar 13, 2021, 5:53 AM

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Hi Friends i have added Compass in my Project
But it is only working for third-person-Charactor.
When i drive vehicle it is not working can anyone help me with this

restive eagle Mar 13, 2021, 6:04 AM

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because its using third person character to update your location/rotation, so when you posses vehicle the cast to the third person character will fail and wont update the compass

rare cipher Mar 13, 2021, 6:43 AM

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Hi, does static mesh collision extends when rotating fast? I have a handle that I can rotate to hit a ball. when I rotate it slowly it doesn't reach and hit the ball but when I rotate it fast, it does hit the ball. how can I solve this?

vale silo Mar 13, 2021, 6:50 AM

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I hate git, but I need to do something.. I'd like to diff 2 tags in the same repository, remotely (if possible), make a patch and then apply the patch to a local checkout of another repo
how can I do this ?
this tag https://github.com/Oculus-VR/UnrealEngine/releases/tag/4.26.0-release
with this tag https://github.com/Oculus-VR/UnrealEngine/releases/tag/oculus-4.26.0-release-1.57.0-v25.0-patch-1
and the I'd check out current 4.26 branch from Epic's repo and apply patch to it

upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 7:05 AM

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I am upgrading from ue 4.25 to .26, something has gone a little wrong with my character control during the process, I have build a basic character select where i was releasing the mouse and then recapturing the input, I can't find the code anymore which is a little strange did something major change in this part of the engine?

zealous shard Mar 13, 2021, 7:05 AM

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from 25 to 26, i doubt it

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 7:06 AM

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How does the default third person character change its rotation when a or d is pressed?

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I don't want my character to strafe

spare blade Mar 13, 2021, 7:16 AM

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How do I make the pivot point of one object match the pivot point of another object?

restive eagle Mar 13, 2021, 7:17 AM

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@plush yew click movement component and look for orient rotation to movement , set it to false. also under class defaults settings of your character set use controller rotation yaw to true

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 7:20 AM

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restive eagle <@456226577798135808> click movement component and look for `orient rotation to ...

Thanks I got to work by changing controller rotation yaw to false

restive eagle Mar 13, 2021, 7:21 AM

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np, didnt quite understood what you meant by strafe because by default it runs in the direction you are pressing. still glad it led you to the correct answer 🙂

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 7:35 AM

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BTW when I press forward and side buttons together the speed increases from 150 to 212

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When Im moving forwards /backwards or left/right the speed is 150 but when I move diagonally it increases to 212

upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 7:45 AM

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oh weird so after the upgrade a setting must have changed, the input isn't reaching my code, i bet something happened to registering input listeners

upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 8:25 AM

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PlayerInputComponent->BindAxis("MoveForward", this, &AAresHeroCharacter::MoveForward); is called but input never reaches the moveforward

toxic zealot Mar 13, 2021, 8:43 AM

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strange. Did you check with the axis mapping keys for MoveForward from Edit->Project Settings->Engine->Input?

upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 8:44 AM

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yes they were there from before and they seem to be there now

cedar fossil Mar 13, 2021, 9:08 AM

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Hey I have a question regarding VRPN / ndisplay. Im trying to add a blueprint called "Cast to Display Cluster Blueprint APIImpl" and can't find it? Anyone know how to trigger ? https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/8o9eoafi/

BlueprintUE

VRPN Vive

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Any tips appreciated I just cant figure it out

honest vale Mar 13, 2021, 9:09 AM

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if I use core redirects and then start up the editor and fix up redirectors in the whole project, shouldn't everything then work after that without the core redirect?

worn copper Mar 13, 2021, 9:14 AM

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Hello I'm Trying to optimise my game.

For that I'm reducing size of megascan texture from Texture Compression.

So I am using
512px for Texture
128px for displacement
512px for Normal DepthMap
128px for Roughness map

Is it right thing to use different resolution for same texture maps.?

winter gale Mar 13, 2021, 10:01 AM

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upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 10:24 AM

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is there a way to force recompile of all blueprints?

velvet magnet Mar 13, 2021, 10:26 AM

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Idk about recompile, but hitting play will compile all blueprints

upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 10:44 AM

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well i've figured out my problem, the server is spawning a different character than the client, hmm 🙂

arctic drum Mar 13, 2021, 10:51 AM

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Anyone know if theres some sort of "invisible to me" type node in ue4? I have a basic third person body to represent my character to other players but I dont want the third person mesh to be visible to my first person body cause the camera clips into the mesh

restive eagle Mar 13, 2021, 10:54 AM

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owner no see only owner see

lucid grove Mar 13, 2021, 10:58 AM

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heya

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When im using POM on my landscape material

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my foliage looks like its not on landscape

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is there a way to work with it? right now the best i could think off move foliage a little down

worldly cipher Mar 13, 2021, 11:04 AM

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is there any way to have decaly appear on transparent surfaces?

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or another thing would be to have a dummy mesh but for that i would also have to have it be somewhat transparent

unique canyon Mar 13, 2021, 11:34 AM

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exotic thicket Mar 13, 2021, 11:48 AM

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I wonder - are there any books or other material on sort of "game dev patterns", as in, just high level patterns and ideas on how different game mechanics are typically implemented?

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As someone who's done programming for a long time, most stuff I can solve, but since I haven't really done a lot of gamedev specifically, I sometimes wonder if there are better more general purpose solutions to some of the things than what I come up with :D

ember star Mar 13, 2021, 12:17 PM

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I have some widgets inside a parent widget container. I need the children to have a reference to parent. Do i need to loop thru all of them on construct and set the parent variable? theres no way to do that from designer?

winged flame Mar 13, 2021, 12:19 PM

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guys do you have any idea on how to make wind schytes?

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Without weapon or anim just magic so i cant slap a collision to the hand

exotic thicket Mar 13, 2021, 12:22 PM

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ember star I have some widgets inside a parent widget container. I need the children to hav...

there's a Get Parent, have you tried that?

ember star Mar 13, 2021, 12:24 PM

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yeah not having any luck

jagged halo Mar 13, 2021, 12:28 PM

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stupid question: when dragging meshes in the scene, is there any way to force them on z=0 (like if there was an infinite surface on which to drop them)?

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they end up at seemingly random z positions

ember star Mar 13, 2021, 12:29 PM

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are you using setactor location?

unique canyon Mar 13, 2021, 12:30 PM

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i think he means automatically

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i'm not aware of any features like this

jagged halo Mar 13, 2021, 12:30 PM

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unique canyon i think he means automatically

yep, dragging from the content browser to the editor

ember star Mar 13, 2021, 12:30 PM

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just break the transform pin

unique canyon Mar 13, 2021, 12:30 PM

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beside changing their location manually no

ember star Mar 13, 2021, 12:30 PM

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and set the z to 0

unique canyon Mar 13, 2021, 12:31 PM

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@ember star he means in editor not bp

jagged halo Mar 13, 2021, 12:31 PM

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unique canyon i'm not aware of any features like this

really? it's a bit strange - how do you typically put floors in levels? just fix the z layer manually and clone?

unique canyon Mar 13, 2021, 12:31 PM

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yes why not ?

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u know u can set it exactly to 0 in the location window ?

jagged halo Mar 13, 2021, 12:32 PM

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yep

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just felt weird that there's this neat grid, but it can't be used to position things on drag 😅

unique canyon Mar 13, 2021, 12:33 PM

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so u would like a snap to grid feature ?

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not sure what u want

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there might be a snap to grid im not a editor expert tbh, i do everything from bp's

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(there is i just checked)

jagged halo Mar 13, 2021, 12:38 PM

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it does snap to the grid in x and y, but z is seemingly random (well not exactly random, I just don't understand the logic)

unique canyon Mar 13, 2021, 12:38 PM

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i see

jagged halo Mar 13, 2021, 12:38 PM

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if there's a surface behind the cursor during drop it's used to position the new object, otherwise it usually results in it floating in the air

rugged rivet Mar 13, 2021, 12:56 PM

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Hey guys! idk where to ask this but is there any way to change these bindings?

ember star Mar 13, 2021, 1:14 PM

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I'm using actor on clicked/onreleased to do drag and drop, but there are situations where the release happens and the actor doesnt have the mouse over it to catch on released

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is there another way i can universally catch/reset isdragging?

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Maybe it belongs in the player controller?

dense knoll Mar 13, 2021, 1:25 PM

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UE4 gets stuck at 18% when running Vulkan

split ice Mar 13, 2021, 1:29 PM

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slate kernel Mar 13, 2021, 1:37 PM

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I clicked a key on my keyboard by accident, any way to get off this?

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nvm it was alt+g

ember star Mar 13, 2021, 1:49 PM

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I'm building 'rooms' of tiles by setting tile data one by one in the details pane. Is there a smarter way of doing this?

worn copper Mar 13, 2021, 2:16 PM

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When I'm trying to move Sun Position by Ctrl+L it only changing Light Source Direction. Sun is not changing Position...

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Please Help

rigid belfry Mar 13, 2021, 2:34 PM

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ironic how i cant even seem to be able to finish project i named "i cant finish projects"

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i am actually tying up whatever i was able to achieve and packaging it. i am fed up with myself

exotic thicket Mar 13, 2021, 2:35 PM

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Nothing wrong with that imo

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I've done a lot of projects because it seemed like an interesting problem and once I solved that part of it I lost interest and never really "finished" it in that sense

minor ocean Mar 13, 2021, 3:01 PM

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If one were to start premptively creating high res assets for the marketplace in anticipation of the UE5 release. Does anyone know what limitations to consider for nanite? I'm thinking of trying to find the time to make a variety of hyper-realistic imaginative objects.

fierce tulip Mar 13, 2021, 3:03 PM

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the only people who might know signed nda's so until that is lifted (or the veil around ue5) nobody can answer that.

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but in theory, anything that is not animated should work

wet berry Mar 13, 2021, 3:21 PM

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Does anyone else have problems when dragging blueprint nodes where the node falls significantly behind the cursor?

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It's driving me nuts and I can't seem to figure out what is causing it

worldly rose Mar 13, 2021, 3:26 PM

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worn copper When I'm trying to move Sun Position by Ctrl+L it only changing Light Source Dir...

Is it with a BP_SkyS_phere? If so, it has a Refresh Material checkbox in its Details Panel. Click that and the sun will realign with the light source.

wet berry Mar 13, 2021, 3:37 PM

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Yeah, my editor framerate tanks from ~100 to ~20 when I drag a blueprint node. Any ideas?

rigid belfry Mar 13, 2021, 3:39 PM

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how do i package a project for html5?

upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 3:45 PM

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am i right in thinking that an instance of a controller class exists on the server?

wary ferry Mar 13, 2021, 3:46 PM

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Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

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i was able to fix it by deleting and re-adding the starter content from the project. Not sure about the cause though

upbeat tendon Mar 13, 2021, 3:55 PM

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so In networked games, PlayerControllers exist on the server for every player-controlled pawn, and also on the controlling client's machine. if i had some character selection per player it would be best to keep it in the controller

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than then replicate it to the client

rigid belfry Mar 13, 2021, 4:13 PM

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how does one create a game worth downloading

exotic thicket Mar 13, 2021, 4:21 PM

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make it not suck I guess? 🤔 I mean that question is pretty hard to answer because what makes it worth downloading depends entirely on the player

glacial dawn Mar 13, 2021, 4:23 PM

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Damn, I was working adjusting the location and rotation from a couple of sockets and, after saving, the skeleton got corrupted. There's some way to recover the file??

exotic thicket Mar 13, 2021, 4:24 PM

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Use a source control software

tulip willow Mar 13, 2021, 4:28 PM

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IG i made my first c++ "game"

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going to add respawning and some sort of flag that will light up when you touch it

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then no idea xd

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moving platforms and falling platforms have been already done

glacial dawn Mar 13, 2021, 4:30 PM

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@exotic thicket I'm already using it, I don't want to lose my last hours

exotic thicket Mar 13, 2021, 4:31 PM

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Yeah not sure if there's much you can do if UE didn't offer to recover it when you restart and you can't undo it either

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Save files more often and commit into your source control more often is pretty much the way to go with things like this

wanton bloom Mar 13, 2021, 4:47 PM

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Hello guys this light bleeding through wall, but when i came to closer is dissaper how can i fix this?

glacial dawn Mar 13, 2021, 4:47 PM

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Lesson learned, not to mess much with socket position and rotation. I lost completely the skeleton. Next time better to change position of SM in blueprint

jade swallow Mar 13, 2021, 5:01 PM

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wanton bloom Hello guys this light bleeding through wall, but when i came to closer is dissap...

from your description, it sounds like a mip mapping issue. When it displays the lower resolution, that part is blending with the pixels from the other side. A solution would be to split the wall UV there, so that the other side would be further in the texture.

wet berry Mar 13, 2021, 5:12 PM

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I had to roll back the nvidia drivers to 4.60.89, as any more recent driver seems to cause huge performance issues in the UE4 editor (4.25/4.26 both launcher and from source). For anyone who was interested.

honest vale Mar 13, 2021, 5:23 PM

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what's the policy on putting plugin stuff (100% own code) publicly on github? I guess that's fine?

jade heart Mar 13, 2021, 5:25 PM

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Hey, I'm not sure if this is the right place but I was watching the "first hour in unreal tutorial" and in it he specifically shows him going into the details of a directional light and checking the box "Atmospheric Fog..." but I cannot find any matching options even though I have followed him step by step. Does anyone have any ideas, maybe something has changed since the video was made?

wet berry Mar 13, 2021, 5:34 PM

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Atmospheric fog was deprecated https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BuildingWorlds/FogEffects/AtmosphericFog/index.html

Atmospheric Fog User Guide

Atmospheric Fog Actors provide a realistic sense of atmosphere, air density, and light scattering through atmospheric media.

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So you can either try to play with the new fog or ensure you are running the same engine version as the tutorial

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BuildingWorlds/FogEffects/VolumetricFog/index.html

Volumetric Fog

An overview of the Volumetric Fog features available when using Exponential Height Fog.

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 5:40 PM

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@jade heart since the video is mainly referring to the sun spot and color you can still use it and follow along, they just removed the FOG part of that property its now just Atmosphere Sun Light

jade heart Mar 13, 2021, 5:45 PM

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Thank you both! So @grim ore Will the spot of the sun update as I move the directional light if I checked the atmosphere sunlight box on?

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 5:45 PM

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it will... did you try it?

jade heart Mar 13, 2021, 5:46 PM

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I have but I think I need to somehow update the atmospheric fog to match the directional light but I’m not sure how to do that @grim ore

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 5:47 PM

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as long as there is an atmospheric fog actor, a directional light, and that checkbox on the directional light checked the color of the fog and the sun sphere will match the rotation of the directional light

jade heart Mar 13, 2021, 5:50 PM

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grim ore as long as there is an atmospheric fog actor, a directional light, and that chec...

Ok thanks, I’m going to try this again. I’m very new so your help is very much appreciated!

forest tree Mar 13, 2021, 5:56 PM

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wet berry Yeah, my editor framerate tanks from ~100 to ~20 when I drag a blueprint node. A...

Long shot, but there are reports of some nvidia drivers causing performance issues

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In pins

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 5:57 PM

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yep I use 460.79 personally

forest tree Mar 13, 2021, 5:57 PM

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I'm on 461.40, but have heard nastiness about that driver too

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YMMV

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😄

safe grove Mar 13, 2021, 5:58 PM

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Hey Guys, I'm a beginner at Unreal Engine. Can anyone please provide me the City Megapack link. I missed the free monthly sale

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 6:01 PM

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if you missed it then you cant get it for free

safe grove Mar 13, 2021, 6:02 PM

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I know. Can anyone please provide me with a Google drive or dropbox link

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 6:02 PM

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that would be pirating content

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5. Don't share, promote, or ask for pirated goods. It's OK to discuss the broader topic of piracy and its implications. However, if you are found to be encouraging piracy in any form, you may be banned without warning and reported to Discord staff.

safe grove Mar 13, 2021, 6:03 PM

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It would be helpful too. I'm a student and I don't have the money to pay for that stuff

honest vale Mar 13, 2021, 6:03 PM

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too bad

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 6:04 PM

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there are other free content you can try and use

exotic thicket Mar 13, 2021, 6:04 PM

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Unfortunately such is the licensing of assets on the UE marketplace... There are other free assets, or you can make simple assets yourself

safe grove Mar 13, 2021, 6:04 PM

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Okay

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It was available on May 2020. I started learning this engine from July 2020. My bad

tired island Mar 13, 2021, 6:08 PM

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question, im making a first person shooter out of the tutorial and made the camera a parent of the mesh character. However I'm noticing that the camera shakes too much, is there a way to fix this?

honest vale Mar 13, 2021, 6:09 PM

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don't attach the camera to the character mesh

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 6:09 PM

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mesh animates, camera animates with it

honest vale Mar 13, 2021, 6:09 PM

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or do some sort of stabilization system for the head

tired island Mar 13, 2021, 6:15 PM

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gotcha

magic fern Mar 13, 2021, 6:16 PM

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Hello, what can I do in steam sessions so that players can't enter while the game is playing and not on the lobby?

rare cipher Mar 13, 2021, 6:49 PM

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Hi, does collision for static mesh extend when rotating fast? I have a handle that I can rotate to hit a ball. when I rotate it slowly it doesn't reach and hit the ball but when I rotate it fast, it does hit the ball. how can I solve this?

dense knoll Mar 13, 2021, 7:14 PM

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How do you make a material render over everything?

inner vine Mar 13, 2021, 7:14 PM

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You mean like a post process effect?

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 7:23 PM

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How would I do to create this type of gradient background without a sun and still light everything inside up evenly?

glad knot Mar 13, 2021, 7:27 PM

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anyone use the Send to Unreal addon in blender?

jade heart Mar 13, 2021, 7:42 PM

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grim ore as long as there is an atmospheric fog actor, a directional light, and that chec...

So I checked that box on the directional light but as I rotate it the sun does not move, do you have any ideas on what could be the issue?

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 7:52 PM

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I dont. I tested it in 4.26.1 and it worked for me. New blank scene, dropped in atmosphere fog and directional light. checked the box and it immediately changed color and sun position. then rotated the directional light.

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do you have anything else that might override it, like a skysphere

vernal quarry Mar 13, 2021, 8:07 PM

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[2021.03.13-19.05.53:164][138]LogModuleManager: Shutting down and abandoning module D3D11RHI (22)

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help

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please

bleak copper Mar 13, 2021, 8:18 PM

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So... sanity check. If I set a rotation value on a component... the transform is brought to the GPU and the vertex movements are performed there, correct? I keep seeing things like this https://www.tomlooman.com/rotate-mesh-vertex-shaders-ue4/ and thinking "Nah... that has to be in the default vertex shader, right?"

digital anchor Mar 13, 2021, 8:20 PM

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its not

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its 100% cpu

bleak copper Mar 13, 2021, 8:20 PM

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Jeeze. Okay good to know.

digital anchor Mar 13, 2021, 8:21 PM

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because physics etc run on cpu

bleak copper Mar 13, 2021, 8:21 PM

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Yup... but that should just be the collision meshes.

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In my case my object has zero collision.

digital anchor Mar 13, 2021, 8:22 PM

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if an object has no collision setting the transform shouldnt be costy anyway

bleak copper Mar 13, 2021, 8:23 PM

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Yeah it's not costly, but the draw meshes are kind-of high polygon for the Oculus Quest.

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Not really having any performance issues at the moment, but I want to know what to look for if I actually need to profile stuff.

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Thanks @digital anchor btw

next badger Mar 13, 2021, 8:41 PM

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Rotating meshes in shaders is way more cost effective, but physics is not getting any updates, so it's fine as soon as you use another collided for this mesh or not using any collision at all. That also includes tracing unfortunately.

bleak copper Mar 13, 2021, 8:51 PM

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It seems... odd to me.

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You'd think, when collision is disabled, they'd just bake a transform matrix and send it up to the GPU but <shrugs>.

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Then again they ARE doing GPU culling so that might be part of it, too.

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I'd be curious to hear an Epic graphics dev discuss the trade-offs that went into the decision.

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Also... I rarely use mesh colliders. Almost everything is primitives.

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Some exceptions exist, though... like if I have a complex, modeled level. I might have the base mesh (before decorations) be a mesh collider. Depends.

prime willow Mar 13, 2021, 9:06 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIfzbrVK4nk
solo game design & high scopes in a nutshell :3

YouTube

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don't be stupid like me you guys be better than me

still moat Mar 13, 2021, 9:19 PM

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plush yew

I did once make something similar in C++ regarding gradient textures creation at runtime.

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Perhaps a simpler solution would be to take a 4x4 image, color the pixels to the color you'd like and then (not sure anymore, can't remember correctly) just choose some compression thingy and stretch it out, i think i used default or something, creates a similar effect.

outer solar Mar 13, 2021, 9:25 PM

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Hey I'm trying to follow this tutorial using Quixel assets my the master material looks like this instead.
Heres the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATM3VMxckQ

I need the pixel depth offset.

YouTube

MR3D-Dev

Unreal Engine 4: How to Quickly Blend Megascan Assets with the Land...

This is a quick way to do the blending between assets and terrain in UE4. This is great for anyone who is not extremely familiar with shader nodes in Unreal.

Please Like and Subscribe it really helps my videos get out there
New to Megascans? Start here: https://youtu.be/F6HrM6OTNMQ
#Quixel #Megascans #UnrealEngine

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grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 9:30 PM

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@outer solar that material is using material attributes is why, click on the empty space then near the top in the details panel for the material is the use material attributes checkbox

outer solar Mar 13, 2021, 9:32 PM

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Thank you but now what do I connect the displacement node to?

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 9:33 PM

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Weird general question but I am curious about personal methods. The setup is you have a BP_Door class with a OpenDoor custom event on it. You have 6 of these in the level, with one specific one being the last door in the level. Your game mode need to call OpenDoor on this one specific door at the end of the level, how do you do the communication between the two

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@outer solar I have no idea, I just know what the problem was lol

outer solar Mar 13, 2021, 9:33 PM

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Ah alright. Well thank you

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 9:34 PM

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the output of the displacement node, since its a material attributes try dragging off of it and break material attributes @outer solar

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then you can wire them in 1:1 with the normal output

broken heath Mar 13, 2021, 9:42 PM

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Any suggestion on bending this through a material?

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I failed

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sharp eagle Mar 13, 2021, 9:46 PM

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pretty cool tho

potent bridge Mar 13, 2021, 9:48 PM

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Would anyone know why my animation wont play?

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Montage is UpperBody btw

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stupid mistake, fixed.

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 9:52 PM

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and what was the mistake

potent bridge Mar 13, 2021, 9:52 PM

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Simply got the wrong bone name

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I thought it was spine_01, not the actual name assigned in that slot

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"J_Bip_C_Spine"

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the animation retarget looks horrible though 😦

broken heath Mar 13, 2021, 9:54 PM

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Can i do mocap and lipsync with unreal through phone / ipad apps?

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And cameras?

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 9:55 PM

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facial capture with iphone yes

broken heath Mar 13, 2021, 9:55 PM

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What about body animation , is it there yet?

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 9:55 PM

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most people use mocap suits, i dont know about pure camera out of the box

broken heath Mar 13, 2021, 9:56 PM

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I will check about facial capture iphone

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 10:08 PM

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grim ore Weird general question but I am curious about personal methods. The setup is y...

Did you figure this out?

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 10:09 PM

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not really a figure it out question, trying to see what options different people use

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 10:10 PM

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I am a noob, but I had two ideas. Put a tag on the final door and search for classes with tag. Or add a TSubclassOf<Door> member to the game mode and drag in the instance.

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No idea if those would work but it’s what I’d try.

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 10:11 PM

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the first would work for sure, but game mode doesnt exist at design time so the 2nd would be an issue

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 10:11 PM

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As in there’s no BP_GameMode?

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 10:12 PM

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there is but how do you link an instance in the level with the game mode?

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 10:12 PM

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🤔

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I guess it would need to be assigned at begin play

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 10:13 PM

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if you use the search sure

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theres a few ways, trying to accumulate all of the different ways people do it for reference

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 10:14 PM

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maybe delegates 😄

potent bridge Mar 13, 2021, 10:14 PM

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Mathew, you know about BPIs right? Why isn't this working?

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 10:15 PM

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Assuming BP instances have their own event graphs, I guess event delegate is something else I’d try.

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 10:15 PM

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yep event dispatchers technically work but no real need for one since you can do a direct talk to the item anyways

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 10:16 PM

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Hehe this is like UE scrabble.

grim ore Mar 13, 2021, 10:16 PM

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@potent bridge that should work assuming that item has the interface and that event, debug it see what happens

past pilot Mar 13, 2021, 10:17 PM

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Anyone know why my cheat manager command would show up in the console bit it isnt recognized?

potent bridge Mar 13, 2021, 10:17 PM

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fjkiabai, Darky you stupid sonofa... yeah, pro tip, use the hitbox and NOT the cube.

past pilot Mar 13, 2021, 10:17 PM

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rustic panther Mar 13, 2021, 10:32 PM

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@spare kernel Unfortunately I'm still getting that menu disappearing issue with 461.40 driver :(

spare kernel Mar 13, 2021, 10:32 PM

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im still on 460.89

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and do not experience it

twin geyser Mar 13, 2021, 10:33 PM

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is there a questions channel

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?

spare kernel Mar 13, 2021, 10:34 PM

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What is the question about?

twin geyser Mar 13, 2021, 10:34 PM

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I am on 4.26 and i cant find custom events

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i cant find custom event

spare kernel Mar 13, 2021, 10:35 PM

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you cant create events inside a function

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only in the event graph

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Construction Script is a function

twin geyser Mar 13, 2021, 10:35 PM

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oh thanks you very much im new to this

spare kernel Mar 13, 2021, 10:35 PM

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np

rustic panther Mar 13, 2021, 10:37 PM

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you can call functions in the Construction Script fyi, so you can make an event in the Event Graph and call it in the Const Script

plush yew Mar 13, 2021, 11:00 PM

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@grim ore I searched "blueprint talking to blueprint" and the top result was https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Blueprints/UserGuide/BlueprintComms/index.html

Direct Blueprint Communications

How to use one Blueprint's functions, events, and variables from another Blueprint.

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Something like this is what I had in mind ignorantly saying "drag it in," lol.

frozen pond Mar 13, 2021, 11:26 PM

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can i make somehow combo box select on actor from array ?

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(in editor)

rotund elbow Mar 13, 2021, 11:39 PM

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my queries are getting lazy

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:28 AM

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Hey all, curious if anyone could give me some insight on what CPU they would say is best for unreal engine development, specifically rendering and rebuilding lighting? I was thinking the Ryzen 3900x 12-Core or the Ryzen 5900x 12-Core, but do you really think the price difference is worth the performance difference as far as Unreal Engine goes?

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:34 AM

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carmine slate Hey all, curious if anyone could give me some insight on what CPU they would say...

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-9-5900X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-3900X/3870vs3493
5900X looks better,but both are very good

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:34 AM

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Yeah, its just like a $400 price difference so lol

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Did not know if anyone might recommend an Intel processor over Ryzen but I assume that more cores in this case would be better.

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Wait whhat, its way cheaper on new egg (and out of stock)

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:35 AM

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I wouldnt buy more than a 5800x

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I have a 5600x i upgraded from a 6700k and the diference was huge but 5800x to 5900x is a huge price jump for not a lot of return really unless your building lighting and shaders all day every day

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:37 AM

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meaybe threadripper?

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:37 AM

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for a small indie team i would think threadripper or 5900x is overkill

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:37 AM

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Thanks for the recommendation Kilrath. Do you think the Ryzen 7 5800X is better than the 12-Core 3900x tho?

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:38 AM

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https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-9-5900X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-3900X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-5800X/3870vs3493vs3869

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:38 AM

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5800x should trounce all over the 3900x. the IPC gain is huge and makes up for a few less cores

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:38 AM

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I mean the last gen 3900x 12core

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:39 AM

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don't forget about fast rams

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:39 AM

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my opinion is, as a small developer most wouldnt benefit much from more than 8 cores. For the amount of times you compile a ton of shaders or build your lighting, its not worth it

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:39 AM

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ryzen need atleast 3200 mhz rams

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:39 AM

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Yeah that much I knew about the ram. Just trying to figure out if its worth the money to go with a 12-core over an 8-core Ryzen really.

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For Unreal's usecase.

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 AM

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If you were a big studio with massive high quality lighting builds happening constantly i think you would see more swarm farms than computers with massice core counts anyways

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 AM

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But seems like Kilrath answered my question haha.

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 AM

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if you have spare $ yes, as you won't upgrade to anything in near future

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 AM

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He has a point... if your rich, go big lol

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:41 AM

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Haha I have the money, but saving money is still nice lol

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:41 AM

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if that affect other components and your budget, i would go cheaper way

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what gpu your will run on it?

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:41 AM

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Well looking to get a 3080

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:41 AM

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I was worried about my 5600x only being 6 cores but honestly it doubled my performance over the 6700k and i havent had a core count issues in 2 months

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:42 AM

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I'm currently using a laptop with a mobile i5 processor lmao

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Its bad

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:42 AM

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i'm runing on r5 3600 + rtx 2060 but many times i got 100% usage

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ah that sucks, i was working on that

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:42 AM

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Yeah so its about time for an upgrade

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I do a lot of map design and work with lighting a lot so the build times are killing me

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:43 AM

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i5 mobile... shader compile from a asset pack import must be a load and go watch a movie, go to the gym and eat supper then come back kind opf deal lol

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:43 AM

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LOL

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I produced an entire song while waiting for it to compile

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:43 AM

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one time i was opening paragon character on mobile i5 for about 45 minutes untill all shaders compiled lol

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:43 AM

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No kap

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Lol

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:44 AM

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if i reinstalled the engine when i had my 6700k i had more than 100k shaders to compile. It took hours

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and it was water cooled and overclocked to 4.8ghz on a m.2

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:45 AM

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Oh my lord

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:46 AM

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its what ahppens when your dumb and just hit import from the launcher way too many times and then never clean it out lol

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i find it tough to manage what stays and what goes. To grab all the assets and organize them and delete the rest. I think i read somewhere you should have 2 projects. One with all the shit in it and the other with the stuff you use exported to cut down the load.

carmine slate Mar 14, 2021, 12:47 AM

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Oh thats smart if you have a large project

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 12:48 AM

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Yea, you export the core stuff and it only takes the referenced assets

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That way you can still load all teh asset packs and look at them, mess around with them without over complicating your main project and having shaders compile for no good reason

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There is a bunch you can do to get a lot done on a little, if you do it the right way. Wont need 20 cores if you cut the fat and only use 10

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Its something i see a lot of game studios doing now, less optimization and hope people just throw hardware at it.

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Now if only i could figure out why my CheatManager shows my commands in the console but then says they arent recognized when i try to use them, id be a happy man.

grim ore Mar 14, 2021, 12:57 AM

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@carmine slate https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Unreal-Engine-AMD-Ryzen-5000-Series-CPU-Performance-1967/

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There’s some real results for your question so figure out if that time savings is worth it for you.

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 1:10 AM

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looking at those numbers, imagine being rich and buying the best ryzen 5000 series thread rippers when they come out? crazy.

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lol... ooof intel

floral heart Mar 14, 2021, 1:12 AM

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Imagine buying a dozen. "What shader compilation?"

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 1:13 AM

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next time i get a ton of money im thinking i might get the 5950x and give the 5600x to the wife just to flex... but its a lot of money to save a few minutes every so often

dry latch Mar 14, 2021, 1:14 AM

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anyone knows why is this happening ?

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the fingers doesn't grip the gun

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https://streamable.com/b9km2z

Streamable

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only on idle

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it does grab when I move

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and in my anim, he is indeed grabing

floral heart Mar 14, 2021, 1:15 AM

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It makes a lot more sense to buy the expensive stuff when you have employees waiting for something to finish.

dry latch Mar 14, 2021, 1:15 AM

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lol wtff

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 1:15 AM

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that looks like a custom display message. So i would check what conditions that message gets shown and see why

dry latch Mar 14, 2021, 1:15 AM

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no

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not the red stuff

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look at the hands

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when moving & when idle

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@ 0.35 sec

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 1:16 AM

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You using a different animation when moving or idle? It might be maybe a blend issue?

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Running he makes a fist, standing he opens his fingers and the blend is changing the fingers

dry latch Mar 14, 2021, 1:18 AM

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mmm imma check

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 1:18 AM

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So your anim might move the arms up and all that but the moving animation might be overriding the gun animations fingers

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This, however, is making me angry...

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past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 1:42 AM

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I know its initializing

dry latch Mar 14, 2021, 1:45 AM

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couldn't find

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the problem

bleak copper Mar 14, 2021, 2:01 AM

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Hmm... I want to make an interface that has a function I can call and receive a value from (a boolean). Completely blanking how to do that.

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In pure C++ no problem of course.

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Not sure how to setup the UFUNCTION() to implement it in blueprints though

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So I implement this function in either C++ or a blueprint... and I can call it in either C++ or a blueprint to find out if "thing that can possibly have a menu" has the menu active.

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By-ref event maybe?????

dense knoll Mar 14, 2021, 2:05 AM

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why wont anything render

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????

celest vapor Mar 14, 2021, 2:13 AM

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What would be a 'better' way to handle an inventory system? (On mobile)

Storing an array of actor classes (each storing item data struct) and each has unique 'use' functionality executing when spawned and triggered.
Storing an array of Item data struct. in the struct is an actor class that is spawned in to execute unique 'use' functionality

Or is there a better way to handle the unique use functionality?

dense knoll Mar 14, 2021, 2:13 AM

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any way to fix this?

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 2:22 AM

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If you do actor clases i think things get a bit complicated. If you dont have them actually spawned in the level all you can access is the class i think which as far as i can tell makes item customization tough. Im trying it with an array of structs that is taken from the actor with a reference to the actor in the struct so that i can pass pure data around altered as i wish and when i go to use it or spawn it in the world i can use the class reference and then match the actors values to the struct in the inventory array

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what the best way is, of course depends what you are doing. If there is no customization whatsoever its much easier to use actor class. My items will be able to have different stats when crafted at different levels and the ability to imbue stats to them which will even change the name of the item so class references i dont think will work well for me.

celest vapor Mar 14, 2021, 2:29 AM

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some extra reference for the project is text based type game.
I normally go for storing and array of structures but I want the be as small of a memory usage as possible (being its for mobile) whilst still being able to have unique 'use' functionality of items
and I didnt know what method would use more memory.
As for the actor classes its not that hard to simply "get class defaults" really.

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I'm mainly worried about memory usage in all honesty.
perhaps storing a soft object reference to spawn for the unique functionality

grim ore Mar 14, 2021, 6:25 AM

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@dense knoll if your icons are flat and you haven’t figured this out yet it’s your near clip plane being too low

winter gale Mar 14, 2021, 6:32 AM

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plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 6:35 AM

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Just spun up a brand new empty C++ project

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And I'm noticing these linker warnings...

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I'm wondering if I should reinstall 4.26 🤔

golden idol Mar 14, 2021, 6:44 AM

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anyone else having Crashing issues trying to use the 4.26 water tools?

leaden dust Mar 14, 2021, 6:59 AM

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I am just trying to get started with multiplayer

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Why does the emitter only spawn on the listen server?

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The damage and the destroy actor seems to work fine

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this is in a bomb blueprint btw

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its just a sphere with projectile movement

worldly cipher Mar 14, 2021, 7:08 AM

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https://gyazo.com/2fbc641262f4e4fcdf59b1d16370e569
https://gyazo.com/beab8dea93232903af0cd303d700d1e6
Anybody knows why my material looks different ingame as opposed to in the shader editor/preview/Viewport?

Gyazo

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Gyazo

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the lines are intended to be distorted but ingame they are completely straight

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this is non instanced: https://gyazo.com/e58b8877fb63969ef127392142cfed0f

Gyazo

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maybe because part of it is being multiplied by 0.00001 and ue4 maybe wants to round up?

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it works when multiplying the instance by 100

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 7:18 AM

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Heya, anyone have experience with landscape perfomance?

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Right now i have 110 fps, its a huge impact since there is no other objects a view

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moving up block wall and its 120 fps again

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So its definitely landscape or something about it

honest vale Mar 14, 2021, 7:58 AM

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could be anything

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it could render more foliage in the top picture for example

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 8:33 AM

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There is nothing on those hills

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I have same screenshots without any foliage

hardy granite Mar 14, 2021, 8:45 AM

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@lucid grove maybe its not auto LODing the distance good

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 8:46 AM

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hardy granite <@!667566391444111380> maybe its not auto LODing the distance good

It seems its not autolod it at all hmm

hardy granite Mar 14, 2021, 8:46 AM

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I know landscape can be really bad if you dont spend extra care to make it good proframnce wise, there is just so many triangles

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weird then,

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what about the fog effects in the distance?

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 8:47 AM

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its not heavy, no fps impact with it and without it

distant totem Mar 14, 2021, 8:47 AM

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lucid grove Right now i have 110 fps, its a huge impact since there is no other objects a vi...

check your component size, each landscape component ticks the CPU, when setting the initial resolution size try and start as low as you can, like 4 components, and go up as you need more detail in your scene, also if you are using any assets/textures from quixel, make sure the LODS for those are coming in, IIRC there is some texture LOD toggle in the details of a landscape

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BuildingWorlds/Landscape/TechnicalGuide/index.html

Landscape Technical Guide

Technical Settings for Landscape.

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hardy granite Mar 14, 2021, 8:47 AM

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^ prob the best responce ive seen to a question asked here

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 8:48 AM

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Since there is an option to stream the world, i have a question about it: what happens with actors and characters within not streamed level?

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 8:48 AM

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distant totem check your component size, each landscape component ticks the CPU, when setting ...

Thank you, i will take a look

hardy granite Mar 14, 2021, 8:51 AM

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from my experiance with it, it all resets whenever you load/unload it

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just like you opened the level. I use a steamed level to teleport trhe player into a box and show the inventoy for my game

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but i still have to load the varables in the streamed level each time its loaded or it wont stay

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 8:53 AM

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Is that true for both level composition and streaming? i thought that streaming keep vars in memory, but remove visual

hardy granite Mar 14, 2021, 8:54 AM

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i might be thinking of the wrong thing, its in like a menu thing to load in a level as well as the level you currently have open

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it dosnt allow you to click on anything in the ediotor at least in 4.15

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on the streammed or what ever i was using level thing

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 9:02 AM

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Probably it is. Correct me if im wrong:

All my main actors should be in persistent level that always loaded (like grayscale platform)
When im moving to new level it starts the tick of everything that happens there
When im not there - nothing happens there

Since i have my small openworld with day\night work routine and everything was placed there already i need to:

Spawn NPC's everytime i move there with their vars
For D\N cycle i had to teleport them force them use objects (like beds and etc) depending on their day night routune

brittle sundial Mar 14, 2021, 9:13 AM

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Anyone know how you fix "failed to load" errors?

quasi zealot Mar 14, 2021, 9:27 AM

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Is it possible to change rotation of character (smoothly, not instant), using gameplay ability system? It has "apply root motion" functions that allow you to move character with events when action is finished, but i cant find similar for just rotation, i need to rotate character to mouse cursor when he use ability

waxen harbor Mar 14, 2021, 9:37 AM

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will UE5 have a scripting language?

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I read on the internet it will have some sort of godot like script?

rigid belfry Mar 14, 2021, 9:55 AM

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why are blender exports so massive in unreal? an object the size of a pebble in unreal comes out as a giant boulder in game ahah

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 10:14 AM

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I am trying to load data in from the server and then replicate it down to the client's player controller, I've setup UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, ReplicatedUsing = OnRep_SetTeamData, Category = Ares)
FTeamData TeamData; // and DOREPLIFETIME_CONDITION(AAresPlayerController, TeamData, COND_OwnerOnly);

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i don't see the OnRep_SetTeamData ever being called

robust oar Mar 14, 2021, 10:21 AM

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https://gyazo.com/ccde5c163b3bf6721a4f0386b2108383 hello guys

Gyazo

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anyone knows why in the gamemode blueprint I dont see any widget blueprints?

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https://gyazo.com/5db4ca3fa306e73ec3da39e1c84a31b8 I have these 3

Gyazo

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 10:29 AM

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@robust oar what are you trying to do?

robust oar Mar 14, 2021, 10:36 AM

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@upbeat tendon I have a health bar and I want it to be visible in the game

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nvm

cosmic nexus Mar 14, 2021, 10:40 AM

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hey everyone, i'm using sequencer but when i'm animating the object, it only follows the world axis and not the local axis of the object. Would anyone know how to rectify this? any help is greatly appreciated 🙂

rigid belfry Mar 14, 2021, 10:56 AM

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was reading throught the documentation about behaviour trees and i found this
Currently, by default, Players do not get assigned an affiliation and can only be assigned one through C++ code.
i wanted to know whether this has changed

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 11:01 AM

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@rigid belfry #multiplayer

rigid belfry Mar 14, 2021, 11:04 AM

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@next badger pretty sure #gameplay-ai would be more fitting

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 11:04 AM

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why would you need affiliation for player if there's only one?

rigid belfry Mar 14, 2021, 11:05 AM

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because i am using ai

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instead of using tags for the player i could use affiliation

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 11:06 AM

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well, ok...then #gameplay-ai

ember star Mar 14, 2021, 11:21 AM

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I have a set of tiles and I want to indicate certain ones visually as starting zones. I was thinking emissive material was the way to go, but can't seem to find a way to make the lighting conditional, unless I have two separate materials, and set the material based on condition?

hybrid citrus Mar 14, 2021, 11:21 AM

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How do i remove the background from a image box in widget desginer? its white and I cant change the color since that will override whatever image i put it in it

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 11:23 AM

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@ember star do you want the emissive be different and both of those different materials be in the level at the same time?

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if not - you may use material parameter collection
if yes - you can use either dynamic material instances, or custom primitive data

west furnace Mar 14, 2021, 11:30 AM

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Does anyone have any tips to make Unreal lag less often?
My PC specs:
Processor - AMD Ryzen 4600H
GPU - GTX 1650 4gb
Ram - 8gb

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 11:31 AM

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get moar ram

magic lantern Mar 14, 2021, 11:32 AM

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How can I get mouse speed without casting

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 11:35 AM

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mouse speed but in DPI or what?

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 11:35 AM

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i don't get why can't you cast?

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cast once, store a reference

ember star Mar 14, 2021, 11:40 AM

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next badger if not - you may use material parameter collection if yes - you can use either d...

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this is what ive managed by using 2 separate materials.

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can you elab on the dynamic material instances, plz?

magic lantern Mar 14, 2021, 11:42 AM

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frozen pond mouse speed but in DPI or what?

When I get mouse speed as float it want a referance

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İn animation blueprint

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But in char. Bp. Too

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:12 PM

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@ember star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVKVXjaT6QM

YouTube

Mathew Wadstein

WTF Is? A Dynamic Material Instance in Unreal Engine 4

What are Dynamic Material Instances in Unreal Engine 4?

Source Files: https://github.com/MWadstein/wtf-hdi-files

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHAgm4opF_k

YouTube

Volkiller Games

Custom Primitive Data Materials UE4 4.25

In this video i go over the use of Custom primitive data with your materials and inside of Blueprints using unreal engine 4.25
Unreal CPD Docs:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Rendering/Materials/CustomPrimitiveData/index.html

Support my gamedev as well as more videos/projects:
https://www.patreon.com/volkiller

Keep up with my gam...

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unreal rapids Mar 14, 2021, 12:20 PM

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Looking for a pros and cons list for swapping out the default capsule component on my main character. I've always found it weird that people use the capsule.

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The tutorials I've done in the past, for things like crouching, just have you cut the cap size in half, and that causes weird camera issues and even more issues with characters made in the construction script.

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I was thinking at the bare minimum, I'd want to add 2 capsule components for each leg, and just one for the upper body.

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:23 PM

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@plush yew which one?

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@unreal rapids you have better options?

unreal rapids Mar 14, 2021, 12:26 PM

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I've just never altered the capsule component on my main character before. The only alternative I know, is to leave it as a capsule component, because apparently everyone does.

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:26 PM

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don't forget to modify the navigation system in you plan to use one

unreal rapids Mar 14, 2021, 12:27 PM

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What do you mean by that?

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The more I think about it. I may only need the capsule component on the chest and then one capsule on each foot?

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Does this all sound stupid? Am I able to attach and animate that main player collision capsule?

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Sorry to ask so many questions, I kinda just need direction moving forward. Any input is really appreciated

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:35 PM

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that is not the answer tho

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:36 PM

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is the default web browser plugin not supported in HTML5 builds ?

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:36 PM

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@unreal rapids the navigation that is used to build a space that can be reached is built using capsule movement

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 12:37 PM

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Does anyone know what controlls the UV's direction ?
I have tried messing with it in Blender but the orientation I make doesnt seem to effect how the material sits on the mesh in UE

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:37 PM

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@near stump you're asking "why can't I embed a browser inside ue4 that runs in the browser?"

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:38 PM

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exactly , but whats the use if its not for HTML5 projects ?

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:39 PM

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@near stump it's a browser...it's for embedding web in the ue4

unreal rapids Mar 14, 2021, 12:39 PM

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@frank oar it comes down to how you unwrap the UV. If you look at it in the uv editor, you could literally rotate a face. Think of your UV like a stencil.

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 PM

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@unreal rapids I have tried rotating those faces in blender on the UV grid but it doesnt change for me in unreal

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 PM

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@frank oar in ue4, UV controls the direction, as in any other 3d application

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 PM

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Even intentionally making it bad

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:40 PM

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next badger <@!488698114987786240> it's a browser...it's for embedding web in the ue4

you mean not for production ?

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:41 PM

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@near stump how is that related?

unreal rapids Mar 14, 2021, 12:41 PM

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@frank oar I'm assuming you didn't make the material then? The material is probably being applied through some triplanar projection or something very similar

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 12:42 PM

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The above SS is with the UV being like this in blender, (I wanted to see if I could make the bricks go diagonal, in order to undersstand my level of control over it).

unreal rapids Mar 14, 2021, 12:42 PM

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Its in the material blueprint

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:42 PM

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@next badger i dont get it tbh .

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 12:42 PM

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ah ok then, I did not make the material, guessing there is something within the material which decides its orientation then. cool

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:43 PM

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@near stump yep, seems you're not...
Ue4 uses chromium engine to embed web INTO the UE4

unreal rapids Mar 14, 2021, 12:43 PM

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Yes, you can just remove the node, and plugin texture coordinate or whatever you want

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:43 PM

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you can ofc publish ue4 project for web, but not the chromium project

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well, cause it makes no sense

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:44 PM

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ah so there is no way i can inject a web browser inside a web browser project

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:45 PM

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can you embed chrome in the firefox?

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:45 PM

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well no

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:45 PM

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here's your answer

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:46 PM

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👍

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arigato sensee

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 12:46 PM

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ue4 is transformed to a webgl, to render 3d graphics by the browser

near stump Mar 14, 2021, 12:47 PM

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exactly

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i wanted to make something that you can access webbrowser inside the webgl app without leaving the game. thats the idea

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 12:52 PM

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small problem with widget: i got animation that change scale, from 1 to 0 but even if i don't play it widget going to 0 at start

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nvm

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 1:24 PM

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thank you for your help @unreal rapids !

ember star Mar 14, 2021, 1:38 PM

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I'm struggling to spawn replicating actors from the client (rpc call). i think i remember something like... i can't do this from an actor, it needs to be from controller. How do i make it work from actor?

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'If the RPC is being called from client to be executed on the server, the client must own the Actor that the RPC is being called on.'

spare sun Mar 14, 2021, 2:27 PM

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dual quats are not a thing in unreal, right? Like Ive been searching for a tickbox or something

runic fern Mar 14, 2021, 2:49 PM

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Hi Guys If i want to Use the Motion controller To open water Valve how can i simulate the Physics but keep the object at same location and moves just one direction ?

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like if the player moves his hand like open animation its will Move same

mighty badge Mar 14, 2021, 3:05 PM

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FBX File Loading: Found name clash, node 'Bow' was renamed to 'Bow1'
i have problem with adding parts to my base mesh
someone knows how to get this to work

scenic fox Mar 14, 2021, 3:08 PM

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my nav mesh stops here but continues on the other side help

flint dagger Mar 14, 2021, 3:23 PM

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frank oar Does anyone know what controlls the UV's direction ? I have tried messing with i...

This is a world aligned material, the UVs are determined in a material function I think.

wanton lotus Mar 14, 2021, 3:27 PM

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scenic fox my nav mesh stops here but continues on the other side help

Maybe show it compared to "the other side" so everyone knows what you are expecting it to do. I'm guessing you want it to also have a nav mesh behind those characters? Maybe even where they stand?

scenic fox Mar 14, 2021, 3:28 PM

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here

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it continues from the other side as in the opposite side

scenic fox Mar 14, 2021, 3:28 PM

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wanton lotus Maybe show it compared to "the other side" so everyone knows what you are expect...

yes exactly

vagrant coral Mar 14, 2021, 3:38 PM

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scenic fox my nav mesh stops here but continues on the other side help

I believe you need to change the nav mesh bake settings in either the World or Project settings. There's some properties in there that control the max angle it will traverse when building (which is here 90 degrees) and also some other important stuff. I'd recommend you look those over, experiment with the angle thing

rancid bramble Mar 14, 2021, 3:44 PM

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How would I render multiple components only in a scene capture?

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 3:52 PM

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I've loaded in a players character list from my web services, i've done this on the server and i want to replicate the USTRUCT down to the client's player controller, i've set up a ReplicatedUsing = OnRep_SetTeamData on the var, but the function never triggers since i upgrade to 4.26

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 3:53 PM

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guys, there was some kind of pointer that you can drag in actor but i can't find it

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 3:54 PM

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is ReplicatedUsing = now legacy and i should be doing something else?

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 3:54 PM

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looks like this:

grim ore Mar 14, 2021, 4:21 PM

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@frozen pond that is exposing a vector and checking the show 3d widget option. Make a vector variable in your bp, make it instance editable/public, then you can check the 3D widget option in its details panel.

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 4:24 PM

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thanks

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is there a way to hide default scene root in editor?

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i got some billboards and its clipping with it 😦

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nvm - just dragged bilboard to roto

jade hawk Mar 14, 2021, 4:30 PM

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In the content browser everything has a nice little icon for the view. Where are all of these icons stored?

prime vigil Mar 14, 2021, 4:51 PM

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Is there a way to re-order things in World Outliner? I am trying to use new Modeling tools and bake high-res mode, and that literally hangs on the fact that low-poly model needs to be at the bottom of that list, and yet I don't see an option anywhere to reorder things in World Outliner

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Such a simple feature is missing, I can't believe it

rancid bramble Mar 14, 2021, 5:11 PM

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How to render actors only in a scene capture component?

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 5:12 PM

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@frozen pond to remove default scene root, drag new scene component and make one as root, it wont have the ball

rancid bramble Mar 14, 2021, 5:15 PM

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prime vigil Is there a way to re-order things in World Outliner? I am trying to use new Mode...

Hmm, to my understanding the world outliner order is the placement order. So might not be possible to reorder. Any other way to affect the order that your baking handles them?

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Also, no idea what you're doing, actually. Sorry.

prime vigil Mar 14, 2021, 5:16 PM

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@rancid bramble I think maybe selection order is what actually takes into account

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 5:16 PM

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@rancid bramble world outliner is ordered by name

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or any active columt

prime vigil Mar 14, 2021, 5:16 PM

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Didn't know that huh

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So there's no like, actual hierarchy?

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 5:17 PM

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only attachment

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folders are just for visuals

jade hawk Mar 14, 2021, 5:17 PM

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You could make a folder then add them in one by one which might put them in the right order

prime vigil Mar 14, 2021, 5:17 PM

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Ahhhhh

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okay gotcha

next badger Mar 14, 2021, 5:17 PM

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attachment looks like this

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Alt+A will let you attach one mesh to another (mind the mobility)

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static cant be attached to movable

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 5:31 PM

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does begin play on a player controller only get executed on the server?

high dragon Mar 14, 2021, 5:31 PM

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this. I have been playing with actor component widgets as a form of floating UI above the character.

For some reason it seems like the widget looks like it's a lower resolution than what it's supposed to be.

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 5:33 PM

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i was sure that beginplay would be called on both the server and the client

dire coral Mar 14, 2021, 5:39 PM

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is there a way to check if a videogame name isnt used

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i have a name but dont know if there is another game with that name when i google it nothing comes up

restive eagle Mar 14, 2021, 5:42 PM

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https://steamdb.info/ you can try here probably, but thats for steam only ofc

SteamDB

Steam Database

This tool was made to give better insight into the applications that Steam has in its absolutely huge database.

dire coral Mar 14, 2021, 5:48 PM

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Great on steam there is no game like that

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with that name

restive eagle Mar 14, 2021, 5:55 PM

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but still you probably couldnt name your game like "world of warcraft", just keep that in mind 😄

lyric timber Mar 14, 2021, 6:02 PM

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im getting weird "failed to load errors when i open my project. fixing redirects and saving does not fix it.

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nothing seems to be broken but they are scaring me

lucid grove Mar 14, 2021, 6:06 PM

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Heya anyone had problems with splines become invisible after engine restart?

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this how it looks

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when i change any settings it becomes visible again

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but open every spline and fix it that way kinda sick

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moreover they become invisible again

fast girder Mar 14, 2021, 6:36 PM

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Any experienced devs around I ask a few general questions about basic best practices?

drowsy widget Mar 14, 2021, 6:39 PM

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Hey I'm pretty new with Unreal.

I was looking to make a manager class to coordinate the different characters in the game to do their animations, with camera cuts, spawning vfx etc.
Something like a cutscene, but dynamic.

But not I'm not sure what type of parent class would be appropriate for this?
I'd rather not put this logic inside gamemode which would be my first guess.

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 6:48 PM

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is there any easy way to make text box text be strikethrough ? like this ~~some text~~

dense knoll Mar 14, 2021, 6:49 PM

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Why does UE4 love randomly eating it and then just causing massive lag spikes

stiff verge Mar 14, 2021, 6:59 PM

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textures with alpha: yay or nay?

worn swallow Mar 14, 2021, 7:02 PM

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To anyone having RTX black screen flickering problem in unreal engine 4:
Open your Nvidia control panel by right-clicking on your desktop. in the 3d-settings - adjust settings with preview - for some reason, the newest driver automatically sets: "use the advanced 3d settings" while the proper settings are: "let the 3d application decide"
the Nvidia drivers and GeForce experience tries to force some graphic settings that end up fighting with the ue4 settings ending up in shut-down of the driver :/
This solved my issue.

clever vault Mar 14, 2021, 7:08 PM

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    Mesh->CreateDefaultSubobject<USkeletalMesh>(TEXT("Mesh"));
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C:\Users\Iulian\Desktop\SimpleShooter\Source\ShooterAssetPack\Gun.cpp(17) : error C2039: 'SetupAttachment': is not a member of 'USkeletalMesh'

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 7:10 PM

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wtf are those bright areas?

clever vault Mar 14, 2021, 7:13 PM

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plush yew

build the light?

obsidian nimbus Mar 14, 2021, 7:14 PM

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your sun is pointing up?

remote bramble Mar 14, 2021, 7:26 PM

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how do i make the character move in the direction im looking when pressing w?

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this is what ive got so far

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this is the issue

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please help

swift spindle Mar 14, 2021, 7:32 PM

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anyone have any idea of why an unreal project keeps defaulting to DX11 ? even when set to RHI directX12 (100% sure drivers / hardware are not issue... works in other projects)

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 7:33 PM

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obsidian nimbus your sun is pointing up?

then why is there light on the ground/mountain?

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 7:33 PM

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clever vault build the light?

i did already

obsidian nimbus Mar 14, 2021, 7:33 PM

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backface culling

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 7:34 PM

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wut

obsidian nimbus Mar 14, 2021, 7:34 PM

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landscapes only stop the light from one side

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 7:34 PM

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explain this lol

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obsidian nimbus Mar 14, 2021, 7:36 PM

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does it change when u rotate the sun?

tulip wolf Mar 14, 2021, 7:56 PM

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Is there some way to adjust the field size so the float input box isnt so squished? (FScalableFloat)

long gyro Mar 14, 2021, 7:56 PM

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Can somebody explain me why the rendering of my virtual texture from the landscape create those weird distortions?

frozen pond Mar 14, 2021, 7:57 PM

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my ik is working perfect

jagged halo Mar 14, 2021, 8:05 PM

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are you aware of a technique in ue4 to hide objects when they are out of sight of a character (or perhaps when the light level is under a threshold)?

inner vine Mar 14, 2021, 8:06 PM

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hiding objects out of sight is called "frustum culling", and UE handles that automatically.

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If you want to hide objects below a certain light level you'd have to implement something manually.

jagged halo Mar 14, 2021, 8:08 PM

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inner vine hiding objects out of sight is called "frustum culling", and UE handles that aut...

not quite - in my case the character is top-down; out-of-sight meshes may still be in reach of the camera

inner vine Mar 14, 2021, 8:08 PM

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oh like that

jagged halo Mar 14, 2021, 8:08 PM

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I'm looking for a kind of fog of war effect

inner vine Mar 14, 2021, 8:09 PM

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I don't think UE has anything built-in for that.

solemn siren Mar 14, 2021, 8:10 PM

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Have anyone worked with DMX plugin in UE? If yes, please dm, need to ask a bunch of doubts, thanks!

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 8:13 PM

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Is there a tcp json game analytics plugin?

covert moss Mar 14, 2021, 8:14 PM

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Does anyone have any feedback or tips for this small scene im working on?

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 8:15 PM

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frozen pond my ik is working perfect

where can i get models/animations

surreal oak Mar 14, 2021, 8:18 PM

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Quick question: This is the execution order diagram for Unity's game engine. Is there anything like this for Unreal? The best I've found is the GameFlow (which is just launching the engine and starting a game) and the Actor lifecycle (which is only the lifecycle of an actor), but I'm looking for more of an overview of the Unreal game loop

abstract cedar Mar 14, 2021, 8:30 PM

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Would anyone know what is causing the black artefacts on this mesh material?

Desktop_Screenshot_2021.03.14_-_20.15.43.90_2.png

unique canyon Mar 14, 2021, 8:31 PM

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frozen pond my ik is working perfect

ouch 😖

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 8:50 PM

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It's hard to tell what is an artifact and what is intended, but your geometry looks a little weird like non Euclidean lol

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 9:12 PM

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Hi all,
Very curious about software like Substance painter...

Everywhere I look seems to say you should make your materials in the Unreal engine itself...
and unreal is an industry standard.

What does that mean for software like substance painter ?
Most of the materials I have made in blender do not work in unreal very well and vice versa.

Is this the case for Substance painter too ?

I would just love to know...

inner vine Mar 14, 2021, 9:14 PM

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You should make the materials (shaders) in Unreal, but you can't create the textures in there. The substance tools are quite good for painting or generating textures which you can then base the materials on.

frank oar Mar 14, 2021, 9:16 PM

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thank you @inner vine that makes a bit more sense now.

distant totem Mar 14, 2021, 9:27 PM

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jagged halo I'm looking for a kind of fog of war effect

(is or was free)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/vafogofwar

Unreal Engine

VaFogOfWar in Code Plugins - UE Marketplace

A clear and simple solution of Fog of War for Unreal Engine 4

timber nymph Mar 14, 2021, 9:34 PM

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remote bramble how do i make the character move in the direction im looking when pressing w?

so the issue is that the character isn't turning toward the movement?

somber rover Mar 14, 2021, 9:38 PM

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did epic scrap the "press Z" to make the actor selected automatically go down to the landscape so it's flush with it

restive eagle Mar 14, 2021, 9:44 PM

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@somber rover i believe its the "end" button (or one of those buttons atleast)

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im pretty sure you can rebind it back to Z if you wish so

stiff verge Mar 14, 2021, 9:46 PM

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what? what can cause this?

restive eagle Mar 14, 2021, 9:47 PM

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it could be your source control, or maybe you have two projects open. it could be something else ofc

stiff verge Mar 14, 2021, 9:47 PM

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i just rebooted.. nothing else is open kind of

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hmm weird it seems there's a backup version of that map.. loading it gave me the default map.. but with one of my asset

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then reopening the original map makes it so I can save again..

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that's weird I think I,ll back up the whole project

magic fern Mar 14, 2021, 9:49 PM

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Hello, what can I do in steam sessions so that players can't enter while the game is playing and not on the lobby?

stiff verge Mar 14, 2021, 9:50 PM

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so weird

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now the assets are doing it what the hell

digital anchor Mar 14, 2021, 10:04 PM

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@magic fern SteamMatchmaking()->SetLobbyJoinable(Id, bJoinable);

stiff verge Mar 14, 2021, 10:04 PM

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what the hell I can't package my project now

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wow

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how did this happen

magic fern Mar 14, 2021, 10:05 PM

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digital anchor <@!144961023189843968> SteamMatchmaking()->SetLobbyJoinable(Id, bJoinabl...

I can just do it with c++ then?

digital anchor Mar 14, 2021, 10:05 PM

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ah by steam sessions you mean the plugin?

magic fern Mar 14, 2021, 10:05 PM

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I am using the advanced sessions, yes

digital anchor Mar 14, 2021, 10:05 PM

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i havent used much in BPs but try seearching for lobby joinable or something

compact patio Mar 14, 2021, 10:08 PM

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hey, im trying to make an object with physics on and with Collision but im keep getting this error:
Invalid Simulate Options: Body (ball_2.StaticMesh swingingball) is set to simulate physics but Collision Enabled is incompatible

anybody knows a solution?

digital anchor Mar 14, 2021, 10:18 PM

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@compact patio you need to set CollisionEnabled: Query and Physics https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Collision/SetCollisionEnabled/index.html

Set Collision Enabled

upbeat tendon Mar 14, 2021, 10:19 PM

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is there something similar to player state just replicated from the server to a single player

tiny sonnet Mar 14, 2021, 10:20 PM

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is there a way to "add to child" but at the end of the scroll box instead?

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compact patio Mar 14, 2021, 10:23 PM

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thanks @digital anchor !

somber rover Mar 14, 2021, 10:32 PM

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restive eagle <@!190978155354390529> i believe its the "end" button (or one of those buttons a...

Thanks!

blissful wharf Mar 14, 2021, 10:35 PM

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is copying content folders with meshes/textures/materials in uasset format over different from importing them via the epic launcher with the vault cache?

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like does the epic launcher do any extra import operations or is it the same as just copying the files manually?

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like e.g. if i download a bunch of assets into a placeholder project and then just copy them over into my other project if i need them, does that cause any problems?

magic fern Mar 14, 2021, 10:42 PM

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digital anchor <@!144961023189843968> SteamMatchmaking()->SetLobbyJoinable(Id, bJoinabl...

What would be the include here?

digital anchor Mar 14, 2021, 10:44 PM

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i think its from the api itself so
#include "OnlineSubsystem.h"
#include "steam/steam_api.h"

lone pebble Mar 14, 2021, 11:31 PM

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how to export empty animation from blender to unreal?

past pilot Mar 14, 2021, 11:31 PM

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ok.. how do you figure out if you are the player? I put in a is locally controlled and its false for everyone. My char, other network chars... doesnt matter.

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im trying to hide the head bone for local player and it either hides every pawns head or no pawns head.

jagged halo Mar 14, 2021, 11:35 PM

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how would one make a fully dark scene, except for a few point lights?

plush yew Mar 14, 2021, 11:36 PM

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Make it dark

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Add some point lights

jagged halo Mar 14, 2021, 11:39 PM

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right - how do I make it dark?

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I tried making a double-sided rect and putting the camera inside - there shouldn't be any light inside, but I still see things mostly fine

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removing the intensity and rebuilding the lights seems to do the trick

weary willow Mar 15, 2021, 12:06 AM

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Hi guys I am trying to recreate this spear effect, I thought I could go try to make it in photoshop (never used Ps before) and it didn't turn out great... I am looking for a good way to tackle this effect. Ideally it also has the fire animation with it!

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This is what the photoshop blunder looks like

trim silo Mar 15, 2021, 12:34 AM

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Anyone understands what's going on in this crash report?

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it happens when i try to run project in standalone

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it works in editor

surreal gyro Mar 15, 2021, 12:46 AM

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Would it be possible to recreate Overwatch in UE4?

exotic thicket Mar 15, 2021, 12:47 AM

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I don't see why not

broken heath Mar 15, 2021, 12:51 AM

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Would it be possible for Unreal to use Pen Pressure inputs for tablets with pen?

hybrid oar Mar 15, 2021, 12:54 AM

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Hey everyone, just joined in. Total noobie here. I'm following along with some tutorials but I'm getting problems with collision. Can anyone help me for just a few minutes?

zealous cloak Mar 15, 2021, 1:33 AM

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when someone joins my dedicated server game mid round it takes a real long time to load. Is there a good debug command to show me what is going on in this period?

outer crane Mar 15, 2021, 2:12 AM

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@broken heath yes, but not through blueprints unless there is a plugin somewhere or your tablet has api you could talk to via varest or something like that

flint dagger Mar 15, 2021, 2:13 AM

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zealous cloak when someone joins my dedicated server game mid round it takes a real long time ...

#multiplayer

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 2:43 AM

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zealous cloak when someone joins my dedicated server game mid round it takes a real long time ...

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/TestingAndOptimization/PerformanceAndProfiling/UnrealInsights/index.html

Unreal Insights

Profile application performance with Unreal Insights

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 2:44 AM

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past pilot im trying to hide the head bone for local player and it either hides every pawns...

is it the player's pawn? if so then check if Controller is set

weak tree Mar 15, 2021, 2:49 AM

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is there a general guide to gamedev/ unreal software suite? im having a hard time mapping all the software i need to learn to their respective role
i have used unreal at my uni but we were using default everything

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 2:52 AM

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like what software do you mean exactly?

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you just want a list of 3d modelers, audio editors, photoshop alternatives, etc?

weak tree Mar 15, 2021, 2:53 AM

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just the graphics/ animation stuff i think

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 2:54 AM

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if you're indie then probably blender and if you're commercial 3ds max or maya

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that pretty much sums up 99% of it

weak tree Mar 15, 2021, 2:54 AM

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what about the quixel suite?

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blender is for modelling right? you draw your characters/ object there and import into unreal to use like the default mannequin?

minor ocean Mar 15, 2021, 2:56 AM

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covert moss Does anyone have any feedback or tips for this small scene im working on?

Might be cool to see the wings and one engine destroyed in the BG to create some layering. Also the the two major shaders of fuselage and ground look very similar in this lighting. You could push the spec on the aircraft higher with some top down dust breakup

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 2:59 AM

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weak tree blender is for modelling right? you draw your characters/ object there and impor...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVes6OUyzdw

YouTube

Unreal Engine

Paragon Character Texturing Pipeline | Unreal Dev Day Montreal 2017...

In this Unreal Dev Day Montreal presentation, Technical Artist Harrison Moore goes through the texturing pipeline used on Paragon from start to finish, breaking down the steps and techniques the team uses to texture hyper-realistic characters in UE4.

(00:09) - Intro & Paragon Workflow
(04:55) - Material Functions
(10:13) - Inside the Material F...

▶ Play video

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what you're asking about is called an asset pipeline

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it's a broad question so a broad answer is you'll have 2d assets edited in 2d software, 3d assets modeled, texture mapped, rigged,
and animated in 3d software, materials made in e.g. unreal or houdini or quixel mixer

weak tree Mar 15, 2021, 3:05 AM

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hmmm it's a long video. this is for 3D pipeline right?

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 3:06 AM

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this is an example of texturing characters for a real game in unreal

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making materials and working with assets of different kinds

weak tree Mar 15, 2021, 3:08 AM

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okay i should watch it. btw im aiming for BotW aesthetics, is there a keyword for this style?

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 3:08 AM

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cartoon?

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weak tree Mar 15, 2021, 3:09 AM

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gotcha, though cartoon is a bit too broad

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 3:10 AM

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cel shaded is probably what you're looking for

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look at jet set radio future

opal lark Mar 15, 2021, 3:30 AM

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On particle collide does not seem to be working for me

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when shell hits the floor

distant totem Mar 15, 2021, 3:43 AM

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timber nymph cartoon?

it's called stylized, so is windwaker, skyward sword, ect. half life alyx is stylized realistic, but zelda twilight princess isn't stylized (to my understanding)

opal lark Mar 15, 2021, 3:43 AM

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Can you help me out with this particle effect please

dry latch Mar 15, 2021, 3:50 AM

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anyone to help me fix a little HUD issue ? :p

autumn elbow Mar 15, 2021, 3:53 AM

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Best way to get the amount of seconds passed since I pressed a key?

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 3:56 AM

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distant totem it's called stylized, so is windwaker, skyward sword, ect. half life alyx is sty...

lol I feel like stylized is as vague as cartoon

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but yeah it's not cartoon

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@weak tree I think I've got exactly what you need
https://kidswithsticks.com/creating-stylized-art-inspired-by-ghibli-using-unreal-engine-4/

Kids With Sticks

intoxicate

Creating stylized art inspired by Ghibli using Unreal Engine 4

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because @distant totem hit the nail on the head lol

weak tree Mar 15, 2021, 3:58 AM

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holy shit yeah

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great find. thank you

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 4:30 AM

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how can i cast to Btservice

light thunder Mar 15, 2021, 4:32 AM

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These are all valid references, so why is this 3D Widget not changing? What am I forgetting here?

tepid acorn Mar 15, 2021, 4:55 AM

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hey im fairly new to ue4. I've made a project in a way that if a player walks over a box collision, he will take a 5% damage (function). He can Fire weapon through custom event. but when i the fire function is triggered, the begin overlap is stopped and it gives me an 'Accessed None' error. any solve?

vagrant coral Mar 15, 2021, 5:41 AM

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@plush yew You can (try to) cast anything to anything else

regal mulch Mar 15, 2021, 5:47 AM

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:O How does one undo the double click selection in Unreal Insights?

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It basically focuses out the double clicked stat and all others of that type.
I tried RMB, LMB, MMB, combinations with CTRL, SHIFT, ALT and also ESC, Backspace.
wtf :D

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 5:48 AM

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@vagrant coral XD

blissful ibex Mar 15, 2021, 5:57 AM

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Hi, anyone can help me with something?

remote bramble Mar 15, 2021, 6:03 AM

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timber nymph so the issue is that the character isn't turning toward the movement?

yes but i dont want the character to turn when i move the camera, but to turn when i move

regal mulch Mar 15, 2021, 6:06 AM

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blissful ibex Hi, anyone can help me with something?

Only if you actually post what "something" is.

blissful ibex Mar 15, 2021, 6:08 AM

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regal mulch Only if you actually post what "something" is.

I dont know in what channel my question goes but, i wanna make a fps game with multiplayer so other players can see your character but you cant see yourself only your hands and gun

regal mulch Mar 15, 2021, 6:10 AM

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#multiplayer maybe :P

blissful ibex Mar 15, 2021, 6:11 AM

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regal mulch <#221799385611239424> maybe :P

Thank you, i will post it there

lethal herald Mar 15, 2021, 6:20 AM

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Hi, I was thinking about making a dice rolling app in UE. Like the dice rolls when we shake the mobile. But I don't know how to do this. If anyone can point me to any tutorials or website that has information's about this, That would be great!

winter gale Mar 15, 2021, 6:40 AM

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https://twitter.com/RyanJon2040/status/1371344158019915777?s=19

Satheesh PV (@RyanJon2040)

Quick #UE4 Tip number 129.

Delete node without losing connection.
https://t.co/L38E2q3Eiz

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

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 6:47 AM

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remote bramble yes but i dont want the character to turn when i move the camera, but to turn wh...

did you use this?

calm pollen Mar 15, 2021, 7:19 AM

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is crossplay like ridiculously hard to have in a game? or is there certain assets, plugins, etc that you can buy that makes it a bit easier

dry latch Mar 15, 2021, 7:33 AM

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Can anyone competent with HUD can reach me ?

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Just a few questions

remote bramble Mar 15, 2021, 7:40 AM

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timber nymph did you use this?

i'll try it right now

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 7:40 AM

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@dry latch just a friendly tip, when you start questioning peoples competence/knowledge (for example can a pro help me?) most likely you will be ignored. it's better if you state your problem from the beginning and even the "incompetent" people might be able to help you

remote bramble Mar 15, 2021, 7:42 AM

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timber nymph did you use this?

thank you it worked

dry latch Mar 15, 2021, 7:43 AM

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restive eagle <@!295360338092752897> just a friendly tip, when you start questioning peoples c...

ah it wasn't this way, I just wanted to ask so I don't waste peoples time :p

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 7:43 AM

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remote bramble thank you it worked

awesome!

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 7:44 AM

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restive eagle <@!295360338092752897> just a friendly tip, when you start questioning peoples c...

^ I've been using UE for like 2 weeks

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so if you ask if I can help I'm probably gonna say no

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but I've helped a few people lol

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 7:44 AM

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oh no it's allright, you are not wasting anyones times. whos able to help you, they will. just sometimes it can get redundant when you have to squeeze the question out 😄

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you will save us some time too if you started with your issue from the beginning

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@timber nymph yeah true, questioning someones knowledge usually pushes them away

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even though they might know the answer

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there was a good thread on stockoverflow i believe on how to ask a good question, but cant find it anymore 😦

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 7:47 AM

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probably got removed as "not a good question"

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 7:48 AM

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things like, hey you here, whats up, or even the same can i ask? should be avoided in general

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 7:49 AM

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https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/284236/why-is-can-someone-help-me-not-an-actual-question

Meta Stack Overflow

Why is "Can someone help me?" not an actual question?

To an asker, their question seems pretty good. They've explained the context of their project, there's a detailed list of what they want to accomplish, and they've shown what they have tried / their

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that one?

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 7:50 AM

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@dry latch please don't get discouraged about asking for help, just want to help you to get your issue fixed, because i've seen plenty of people with these questions being ignored

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 7:51 AM

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lol yeah @dry latch I'm just gabbing nothing personal

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 7:51 AM

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no i dont think its that one

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still helpful though

timber nymph Mar 15, 2021, 7:53 AM

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I just see it as poking your head in to ask your coworker a question at their desk vs sending them an email asking them to come see you and answer questions

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idk anything about UI though so bedtime for me 😘

dry latch Mar 15, 2021, 7:55 AM

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no worries guys :p

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gotcha

hidden dew Mar 15, 2021, 8:22 AM

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Quick Q:
If I right-click the Content Browser and make a new C++ class, should an icon for that appear in the Content Browser?

solemn siren Mar 15, 2021, 8:25 AM

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Is DMX plugin in UE just used for previs(with sequencer)or can we use the sequencer to power a real setup of dmx fixtures?

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 8:31 AM

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@hidden dew should be under here https://prnt.sc/10m3d0q

Lightshot

Screenshot

Captured with Lightshot

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but keep in mind that empty classes might not show up

hidden dew Mar 15, 2021, 8:35 AM

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Hmm

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I don't have that folder initially. I was thinking the icon would appear wherever I right-clicked to create it

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The classes aren't empty, and I can actually use them to put new actors in the scene

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 8:36 AM

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i've added an empty character class and it appeared afterwards, though was asked to rebuild the modules using visual studio

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oh i wanted to say a "none" class

hidden dew Mar 15, 2021, 8:37 AM

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Module.. as in the project in VS?

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 8:37 AM

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https://prnt.sc/10m3jqy

Lightshot

Screenshot

Captured with Lightshot

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this one probably wont show up

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try to add a character class and see if that folder pops up afterwards

hidden dew Mar 15, 2021, 8:38 AM

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ok

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No luck, tried both None and Character

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But I have to afk right now

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Thanks for the thoughts though

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 8:41 AM

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https://prnt.sc/10m3o8b you clicked this right?

Lightshot

Screenshot

Captured with Lightshot

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to show source panel

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kk, sorry i couldnt help 😦

queen wasp Mar 15, 2021, 8:42 AM

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Spooky, totally randomly the scale of a Decal was changed from 1.0 to 8.0, I know I didn't do that.. UE "virus" anyone? :S

hidden dew Mar 15, 2021, 9:02 AM

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@restive eagle Yup
Though now I remember there's an option to show/hide some folders, like Engine Content and such

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Maybe it's involved with that (and I have to find that option)

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ufff

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View Options in the bottom right

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That's what I was missing. Eyes didn't wander that way

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 9:05 AM

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oh lol yeah, for me its on by default

hidden dew Mar 15, 2021, 9:05 AM

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Thanks for the tipoff

restive eagle Mar 15, 2021, 9:05 AM

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good catch though 😄

hidden dew Mar 15, 2021, 9:06 AM

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Ho damn you can rotate the camera on 3D object icons

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So cool 😄

long gyro Mar 15, 2021, 9:10 AM

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Can somebody explain me the weird deformation in the virtual texture of the landscape?

jagged halo Mar 15, 2021, 9:56 AM

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if I have a discrete mesh, can I make it lighten up what's beneath it, and only that? kinda like a down-facing directional light using the mesh as mask

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 10:04 AM

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long gyro Can somebody explain me the weird deformation in the virtual texture of the land...

Is it the hight texture? Is Lerp a solution?

jagged halo Mar 15, 2021, 10:09 AM

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jagged halo if I have a discrete mesh, can I make it lighten up what's beneath it, and only ...

I wonder if perhaps I can render the scene with everything lit to a render target, then render it a second time with everything dark - except that my mesh material would use the first render as input

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is it even possible to change settings (like light) between renders?

unique kraken Mar 15, 2021, 10:23 AM

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hey guys i just realized something very stoopid lol.
im doing a lot of rigging and im useing ctrl rig 1.0
while ppl already talk about 3.0 .... how do i update my plugins lol

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or am i wrong here? i might have mixed some stuff up

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plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 10:27 AM

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jagged halo is it even possible to change settings (like light) between renders?

I have seen this on the marketplace a few years ago, shooting and rendertargets

next badger Mar 15, 2021, 10:32 AM

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Greetings.
Is 4.26-chaos - build gone from the launcher?

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 10:39 AM

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how would i from time hour (and minute) like 0-23 map it to a point light

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i want its intensity to be 0 at day time basically and automatically go to like 50 when its night

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i thought sinus but idk

next badger Mar 15, 2021, 10:40 AM

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next badger Greetings. Is 4.26-chaos - build gone from the launcher?

it's back

mossy nymph Mar 15, 2021, 10:42 AM

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@plush yew (cos(Hours * pi / 12) * PeakIntensity + PeakIntensity) / 2

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or you can make a curve asset and just make your curve by hand

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https://www.desmos.com/calculator/fpeznlaf6z

Desmos

Desmos | Graphing Calculator

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math off the top of my head before morning coffee = bad

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 10:55 AM

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@mossy nymph Thank you. I'm new to UE so I'm not sure whats the best approach

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rn i just wanna play around

mossy nymph Mar 15, 2021, 10:55 AM

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curve gives you more control, and its a little bit more work

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with cos, you'll have 20% max intensity at 10am or 2pm already

shut stump Mar 15, 2021, 10:59 AM

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Hello

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How do I discard changes in UE4, like some change to an asset or level, when there's an asterix on an asset,

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 11:01 AM

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mossy nymph curve gives you more control, and its a little bit more work

thx the cos thing seems to work altho seems staggered i'll add minutes to it ig

mossy nymph Mar 15, 2021, 11:01 AM

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hours is a float

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 11:01 AM

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oh well i have it different xD

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its int hour and minutes

mossy nymph Mar 15, 2021, 11:01 AM

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so you put in (hours + minutes/60) into the cos

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 11:01 AM

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gotta convert it

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ok thx

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it still looks choppy

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sec i forgot to actually input minutes

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nice

jagged halo Mar 15, 2021, 11:21 AM

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what can I do to remove this shadow, that appears at the edge between two joint meshes?

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 11:26 AM

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how do i snap to that corner (corner to corner)

scenic fox Mar 15, 2021, 11:33 AM

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so how do i get instance editable variables from my player from a player start/

potent bridge Mar 15, 2021, 11:43 AM

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Would anyone know why my characters just floating a little bit? I'm fairly certain theres no polys beneath the feet.

frigid harness Mar 15, 2021, 11:43 AM

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is it the collisions on the model maybe?

potent bridge Mar 15, 2021, 11:44 AM

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I don't know, how do I check?

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I used a VRM import

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but I still have the skeletal mesh and everything

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 11:45 AM

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potent bridge Would anyone know why my characters just floating a little bit? I'm fairly certa...

Its in the blueprint, the collission box

potent bridge Mar 15, 2021, 11:45 AM

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You mean this? this is just the hit generator.

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 11:46 AM

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Yes

potent bridge Mar 15, 2021, 11:46 AM

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moving the character doesn't change anything

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wait

autumn flame Mar 15, 2021, 11:47 AM

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Character is smaller than the Capsule

Or move Mesh down or reduce Capsule height

potent bridge Mar 15, 2021, 11:47 AM

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this is better

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fixed, ty

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 12:00 PM

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plush yew how do i snap to that corner (corner to corner)

Right mousebutton move pivot, snap to grid again?

potent bridge Mar 15, 2021, 12:02 PM

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does anyone know of a good asset pack to help with scale?
Something like this but actually with materials.

unique kraken Mar 15, 2021, 12:07 PM

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plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 12:07 PM

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Quixel textures covers this, or something like this. https://twitter.com/DLineDigital/status/1265214605233709056/photo/1

D-Line (@DLineDigital)

Useful for U-tiling, V-tiling and rotating in the QUIXEL MEGASCANS INTEGRATION - STANDARD MASTER MATERIAL @UnrealEngine @quixeltools

long gyro Mar 15, 2021, 12:16 PM

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plush yew Is it the hight texture? Is Lerp a solution?

I'm using the a heigh lerp function to blend between the two mat

copper flicker Mar 15, 2021, 12:16 PM

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So I came back to Unreal after a short break, reinstalled Unreal, same version, opened my project where I left it, it was building fine.. Now a bunch of Errors. Like RequestAsyncLoad called with empty or only null assets! And more. I have no idea what changed, none of this makes any sense, and my game was building fine. Nothing is supposed to be any different now from 1 month ago, same project, same save.

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I had odd issues in the past, in a similar way, it's pretty crazy that Unreal compiles a game just fine, until you reinstall it?

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Or if you move to another PC, or reinstall Win.

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I also had issues trying to move from 24 to 25. But this is just 24, same build, same project..

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I also got a: Failed to Create Player: A local player already exists for controller ID 0,

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 12:22 PM

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long gyro I'm using the a heigh lerp function to blend between the two mat

And the normal map? Looks like a overlapping.

copper flicker Mar 15, 2021, 12:25 PM

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And a few invalid nodes like... Default__BP_AnimatedNode_C is not valid. No idea where all these nodes area, they are Unreal stuff, not mine.

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Anyway, any idea, any advice?

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Atm I'm looking at a project that's dead for no reason and I have no clue what and where to fix.

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🐸

fierce tulip Mar 15, 2021, 12:33 PM

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plush yew Quixel textures covers this, or something like this. https://twitter.com/DLineDi...

this one makes little sense

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its multiplying uv's on 4 different parts, without offsetting (even though its called offset)

dry latch Mar 15, 2021, 12:35 PM

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Hey! I am struggeling setting an animation in widget for my pause menu! Anyone has an idea how to do it ? I checked lots of tutorial but it just doesn't work on mine

long gyro Mar 15, 2021, 12:39 PM

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plush yew And the normal map? Looks like a overlapping.

some other part works perfectly well, I don't know why some material don't work as well.

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 12:42 PM

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fierce tulip this one makes little sense

Is was working , the green one was the Quixel standard at that time.

fierce tulip Mar 15, 2021, 12:44 PM

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it might be working, but that does not mean its good practice

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if you'd put everything from the green stuff into the rotator you would have been done.

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 12:48 PM

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Yes is a divide/divide, But dont want to touch the Quixel code.

fierce tulip Mar 15, 2021, 12:49 PM

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its a multiply/multiply/multiply/multiply

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 12:49 PM

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Yes thats right

fierce tulip Mar 15, 2021, 12:49 PM

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its a multiply+multiplymultiplymultiply
to be exact

short obsidian Mar 15, 2021, 1:16 PM

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Does anybody know is that possible to turn off ue4 auto welding verts?

digital anchor Mar 15, 2021, 1:17 PM

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remove degenerates on import settings

short obsidian Mar 15, 2021, 1:17 PM

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What if its skin weight profile? Can i change it there too?

scenic fox Mar 15, 2021, 1:17 PM

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how can i spawn an actor in another level

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like spawn an actor when i open a new level

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 1:33 PM

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is there any performance advantage of animating a character with ControlRig and it is tools rather than external software?

stark ledge Mar 15, 2021, 1:36 PM

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Probably a performance hit tbh compared to baked animations, as the control rig would need evaluating each tick.
But maybe you can simplify your blend space / anim graph.

plush yew Mar 15, 2021, 1:41 PM

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sorry but by typing performance hit you mean a better or worse?

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and this options here are for the viewport or for the packed project?

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and one more question about performance, does the Sections and Components of the Landscape Editor is a kind of Level Streaming or I need to set up manually?

velvet iron Mar 15, 2021, 1:57 PM

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Hi! Is there anyone who used VaFogOfWar plugin ? There couple of question about setting it up...

forest knoll Mar 15, 2021, 2:02 PM

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plush yew and this options here are for the viewport or for the packed project?

this only for the viewport

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 2:24 PM

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show the issue, it might help more. If your making a material with a proper texture on it and that material is going on a mesh but its not showing as you expect perhaps your UV is messed up on the mesh

regal mulch Mar 15, 2021, 2:41 PM

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Does anyone know if I can somehow (easily or via some code support) track the full memory usage of an actor including the assets it loads?

elfin badger Mar 15, 2021, 2:47 PM

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Hey guys, I'd appreciate some help as a newbie to Unreal. Basic tower defence game. For some reason my projectiles are just missing and 'pushing' the enemies. I can't figure out how to disable that push

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grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 2:48 PM

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are you checking for on hit or overlap

elfin badger Mar 15, 2021, 2:49 PM

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Using the event hit on the projectile

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 2:49 PM

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perhaps switch it to overlap with overlap for the collision type, then you wont have any collision

magic fern Mar 15, 2021, 2:50 PM

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Hello, what can I do in steam sessions so that players can't enter while the game is playing and not on the lobby? I am using advanced sessions.

elfin badger Mar 15, 2021, 2:50 PM

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Thanks Mathew, I'll give it a shot!

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You're a genius! It worked perfectly

candid flicker Mar 15, 2021, 2:52 PM

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Hello, I recently unpak a .pak file of a game to make a mod but the problem is once I extracted the UE4 project when I open it in the content browser I only see the folders and subfolders but no assets, while on Windows Explorer I see all the assets.

Thank you in advance

vagrant coral Mar 15, 2021, 3:03 PM

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elfin badger Thanks Mathew, I'll give it a shot!

Sounds like you figured it out, but also it could be because you need to tell Actors to enable OnHit or whatever it's called. On Hit is not called by default. I think it's in the Collision section of the details pane

upbeat tendon Mar 15, 2021, 3:04 PM

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in my player controller i am trying to force some code to execute on the client, so i wrote UFUNCTION(reliable, client)
void UpdateClientTeam(); but it doesn't seem to work

tribal crescent Mar 15, 2021, 3:04 PM

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Hi guys

is it possible to create something as big the earth (to scale) in unreal engine, and be able to render it smoothly?

i have thoughts of creating planet models according to scale, and place a human standing infront of it so i can kind of look at that planet as if i am standing infront of it for real to experience how big they really are

vagrant coral Mar 15, 2021, 3:07 PM

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tribal crescent Hi guys is it possible to create something as big the earth (to scale) in unrea...

UE uses a game unit scale of 1 unit = 1 cm by default. You should be able to see what happens pretty easily by making a sphere primitive as big as the earth and then a box as big as a person. Then just set your cameras position to be as far away as the moon or some such and you're on business.

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Those numbers may be too big to actually fit into the fields for these things in which case you'd want to switch to using 1 unit = 1m and seeing how that goes. I say switching, but there's really nothing to be done in the editor afaik; the scale is ultimately arbitrary and decided by you the creator

tribal crescent Mar 15, 2021, 3:11 PM

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wow thanks for the reply

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thats good to hear

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i tried to ask in blender but they say blender struggles with super big and super small objects

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when i create those things, can i play around it like how i would when i am playing a game?

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or do i need to render those out and be like for example gif?

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:15 PM

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hi there, i want to build an apk for android due i have something to do for my boss, im using 4.25 unreal engine and its like i cant install ndk for some reason i dont really know, the bat file just close and there is no message to me, i have restart pc after install android studio so i actually dont know what to think at this height so i come here, i installed android studio 3.5.3 how it says on docs and then went to the bat after restart pc following a tutorial in youtube... didnt work for me the .bat file what i should do for get installed correctly the ... NDK ?

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should install it via android studio the NDK thing? im so confussed now. 😦 thanks for the help

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:19 PM

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the docs should be correct. you install android studio so all the "installer" files are on the machine, then the bat file in the android extras folder updates and installs the correct files

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its a bat file which means it has output, run it in a command prompt so you can see the error

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:20 PM

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is not the same doing double click ? :S

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and what this soppouse to be? jesus

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NVIDIA was unexpected at this time?????? what? lol

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thanks at least i have a message to see now ...

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:23 PM

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check out the .bat file itself and see what commands are running

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:23 PM

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looking for this error message lead me to a no end ...

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this should be out of box stuff 😦

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what i would search for?

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:24 PM

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did you install the older NDK setup at some point or as part of trying to fix this?

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:25 PM

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nope

candid root Mar 15, 2021, 3:26 PM

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anyone know of some good tutorials for the new water system, trying to set up a beach with appropriate waves/foam etc and ive never touched water before

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:26 PM

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might be your environment path not being correct then

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:26 PM

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but i used default bro

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C: all default

hidden cargo Mar 15, 2021, 3:26 PM

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hi, does someone know if there are any compatibility problemas with UE4 and RTX 2060? Cause i keep getting a problem that my right click goes crazy and does not show the popup menu when i press it.

jagged halo Mar 15, 2021, 3:26 PM

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hm I still have shadow glitches on the edge of my floor meshes :/ anyone seen that before?

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:27 PM

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hi

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how can i check which anim my character is using as default mode ?

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im on firstpersonbllueprint

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:28 PM

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so whats the solution any ones here knows? coz im stuck and i need to get this fixed asap, this is really frustrating me alot i can even say that im actually SAD due all this...

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:28 PM

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@ocean pumice animation or anim blueprint or what?

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:28 PM

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cant be that complex to make an apk...

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:28 PM

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its an issue on your side with the install, something is not installed where it should be

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:28 PM

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Like?

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:28 PM

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have to step thru the .bat file and find out

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:29 PM

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lol

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this is terrible ... cant be this automatized for the god sake?

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:29 PM

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well you could type all of that into your command prompt instead of using the .bat

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:30 PM

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now i must learn BAT programming due thats cant be a way...

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i dont know bat programming

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:30 PM

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i want to be able to know when the foot is hitting the ground

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:30 PM

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@echo off
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS
set KEY_NAME=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Android Studio
set VALUE_NAME=Path
set STUDIO_PATH=

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:30 PM

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but no anim(right panel down) is working

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:31 PM

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@ocean pumice are you playing that animation and do you have the anim notify set up in the anim bp?

unreal venture Mar 15, 2021, 3:31 PM

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should i set the path here? give me a official guide please can you? coz im really need urgently im running out of time then this come up and i cant believe it

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:31 PM

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grim ore <@!171751358347739136> are you playing that animation and do you have the anim n...

yes but i don't know what animation my character is playing sadly

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:31 PM

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none of that is an issue in the .bat file, your output shows you below that @unreal venture

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:32 PM

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when i move no anim is specified there

jagged halo Mar 15, 2021, 3:32 PM

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jagged halo hm I still have shadow glitches on the edge of my floor meshes :/ anyone seen th...

I think it might be related to how scaling the floor mesh doesn't increase the shadow map resolution ... unless I missed a setting to do so?

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:32 PM

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but one is specified for the gun for exeample

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:32 PM

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@ocean pumice your anim bp tells your mesh which animation to play. Your notifies in that animation trigger in the anim bp. You shouldnt need to know what is playing

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do you know how animation blueprints work?

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@unreal venture my first suggestion would be to remove android studio completely in windows, restart the pc, then run the .bat file again to make sure it gives you an error. then reinstall the correct android studio using defaults following the docs then restart and run the .bat again

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:35 PM

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grim ore <@!171751358347739136> your anim bp tells your mesh which animation to play. Yo...

i need to know because i want sounds to play when the player is walking on a certain surface

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:36 PM

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@ocean pumice yes, and you want them to play during that notify time right?

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:36 PM

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yes 🙂

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:36 PM

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yes so did you set up the notify event in your anim bp to fire when that happens?

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:36 PM

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yes but does this animpbp works for all animations ?

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for now it's in the "run" one

grim ore Mar 15, 2021, 3:37 PM

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it sounds like you need to learn how animation blueprints work

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it runs on the mesh and determines which animation to play based on your input into it

ocean pumice Mar 15, 2021, 3:37 PM

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i guess yeah 🙂