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pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:13 PM

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This doesn't sound normal

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:13 PM

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idk

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one sec

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How do i check wether i have this enabled?

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:14 PM

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It's RT, do you have an RT capable card?

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:14 PM

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No

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:15 PM

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Then that shouldn't be the issue

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It may have to do with the DBuffer settings you have

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That's the only thing that comes to mind

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:15 PM

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its set to 1

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r.DBuffer = "1"

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:15 PM

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Go to project settings or engine settings, don't remember which and change the dbuffer

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:16 PM

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Here?

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:16 PM

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Not that

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:16 PM

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ok

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:16 PM

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I don't have access to my computer right now, but basically it tells you what's stored in the DBuffer

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Have you tried changing the RHI to Vulkan or DX12?

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:17 PM

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Vulkan just freezes

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when loading

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and the project is currently running DX12

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:18 PM

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I don't think going back to DX11 will fix anything

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:18 PM

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Going to DX11 softlocks the project from starting

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:18 PM

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I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what's wrong

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:18 PM

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dense knoll Going to DX11 softlocks the project from starting

That sounds strange

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:18 PM

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At least in editor

pearl shoal Mar 21, 2021, 9:18 PM

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As if your gpu drivers were corrupted or something

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 9:19 PM

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When running the project packaged it doesent crash

plush yew Mar 21, 2021, 10:01 PM

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Hey Ya Mates and hi around again, was here a while ago. Iam Usually using UE4 just for testing here and there was a bit into blueprinting simple things etc. But more as a 3DArtist or Design usage in general. But yea things have changed and i was learning a bit python and licked the blood. SO i programmed here and there and now i want to come back to game engines and have a little idea. But dont know where to start off. Should i use C++ or should i start to learn entire new environment ( unity ) for the babysteps? Project Idea is more like a screensaver then a game, so just simple white spheres as little workers building an random generated little house and chop trees etc. on a maybe random generated little square map. So should i stick on blueprints? could u point me good c++ tutorials to get in + and could u maybe point out where u would start maybe ? 🙂 thank u folks

dawn gull Mar 21, 2021, 10:07 PM

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Is there a way I can make shaders that I can put in my world with GLSL?

dense knoll Mar 21, 2021, 10:33 PM

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How do you make UE4 use Vulkan as the Default RHI without the engine taking forever to load? (And never load)

obtuse egret Mar 21, 2021, 10:49 PM

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hey guys,
is it possible to output multiple outputs in the custom node (material)
and is there other way to define a function in hlsl other than inside a struct

digital anchor Mar 21, 2021, 10:49 PM

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@obtuse egret click the button + on the outputs

obtuse egret Mar 21, 2021, 10:50 PM

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and how do I do it in code?

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do I return 2 values?

digital anchor Mar 21, 2021, 10:51 PM

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you set them like an out param

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and you can add a file to the custom node with your function

obtuse egret Mar 21, 2021, 10:51 PM

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I'm new to coding shaders can u explain a bit more

digital anchor Mar 21, 2021, 10:52 PM

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obtuse egret Mar 21, 2021, 10:52 PM

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oh I see

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and the functions
do I need to do it in struct?

digital anchor Mar 21, 2021, 10:56 PM

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obtuse egret Mar 21, 2021, 10:58 PM

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oh ok thx a lot

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I was struggling with this

digital anchor Mar 21, 2021, 10:58 PM

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np

crisp turtle Mar 21, 2021, 11:17 PM

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anyone know when UE5 might come out?

devout whale Mar 21, 2021, 11:19 PM

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crisp turtle anyone know when UE5 might come out?

Probably full release might be near the end of 2021

crisp turtle Mar 21, 2021, 11:20 PM

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early release date?

devout whale Mar 21, 2021, 11:22 PM

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Maybe a early bata release sometime soon 🤔

prime vigil Mar 21, 2021, 11:28 PM

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Wonder if covid has pushed EOY beta release or not :)

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Have you guys tried using Landmass blueprint brushes with levels & world composition? Whenever I create adjacent levels, my blueprint brushes just disappear =\

devout whale Mar 21, 2021, 11:39 PM

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prime vigil Have you guys tried using Landmass blueprint brushes with levels & world composi...

Whats EOY haven't heard of that before ?

prime vigil Mar 21, 2021, 11:43 PM

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End Of a Year

devout whale Mar 21, 2021, 11:48 PM

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Oh thanks thanks 😅

fierce merlin Mar 22, 2021, 12:16 AM

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for source builds of the engine, where do i check to see what version of the engine they were built from? i think i have like 4 different ones spanning 4.22 to 4.25 and i kinda wanna get rid of the ones i dont use

thorny jay Mar 22, 2021, 12:23 AM

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Wondering how to get cockpit to render without and affect from Volometric fog

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 12:42 AM

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howdo you freeze a level while its loading?

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So that when the player isnt loaded it doesent cause a mission failure

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while its loading

dense salmon Mar 22, 2021, 12:49 AM

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does anyone know how to make your character not rotate when using WASD keys for moving? I want him to just run backwards and sideways, not turn around. I have the camera parented to the character's head and I'm in Third Person Template doing an FPS.

zealous cloak Mar 22, 2021, 1:18 AM

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If I am using Unreal 4.25.4 source and am going to 4.26.1 source

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should I convert straight to it, or upgrade 4.25.4 source, to 4.26.1 regular, then 4.26.1 source

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is the latter just a wasted extra step?

ashen geyser Mar 22, 2021, 1:28 AM

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unreal

somber rover Mar 22, 2021, 1:33 AM

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Is there a limit on how big a nav mesh should be? As I need a companion to follow me wherever I go so all my maps going to have to have a full nav mesh on them

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 1:39 AM

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Anyone else have issues with dropdowns in the blueprint editor rendering names over each other so you can't see anything? I can mouse over it multiple times to clean it up enough to read it eventually, but it makes some things absolutely unusable. It also eventually results in things that pop out (like selecting a variable type) not remain on screen long enough to actually select it so I have to restart...

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 1:42 AM

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sinful osprey Anyone else have issues with dropdowns in the blueprint editor rendering names o...

Here's an example... In another 30 minutes or so (not sure if it's time or occurrences) the little pop out to choose, Object Ref, Class Ref, etc will flash for a split second and go away making it impossible to select anything. Restart is the only way to fix that part. The render issue is always there.

autumn elbow Mar 22, 2021, 1:46 AM

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Is there a way to get Curve data at a specific frame ?

weary basalt Mar 22, 2021, 2:04 AM

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@sinful osprey Do you have Enable Window Animations turned on in the Editor Settings?

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 2:14 AM

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weary basalt <@!103535232736571392> Do you have `Enable Window Animations` turned on in the E...

Not sure... I'll try toggling whatever I have set and see if that helps.

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 2:16 AM

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weary basalt <@!103535232736571392> Do you have `Enable Window Animations` turned on in the E...

It was off, I turned it on but I'm having the second part of that issue at the moment so can't test. For reference to the second part, any right click menu immediately disappears on me so I can't select anything. I have to restart UE4. 10-15 minutes since last restart of UE4 on this one...

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These issues happen most often when I'm making good progress on a project so I guess that's the good news 🙂

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 2:27 AM

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Hi all!
How are you doing ?

I am facing the Low FPS issue in Unreal.

I have followed the following steps already :

Updated Game Ready Drivers

Updated Studio Drivers

Added Unreal Engine in Nvidia Control Panel Settings

Added Unreal Engine in Windows Graphics Settings

Restarted the laptop after these steps

My Laptop is plugged in.

Configuration of my laptop are :

Intel i7 10th Generation
500 GB Nvme SSD
32 GB Ram
RTX 2070 Super 8 GB MaxQ Design

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 2:30 AM

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weary basalt <@!103535232736571392> Do you have `Enable Window Animations` turned on in the E...

Seemed to make it worse 😦 It's spawning 2 menus now... or maybe it's flashing one in two different places... that's unusable, at least the other had a workaround

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 2:32 AM

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@rapid frigate define low FPS and what situation. Also did you confirm in task manager it is using the dedicated gpu.

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@sinful osprey don’t have animated menus on. It’s bugged. Other than that the video issue is newer driver related and multiple monitors cause more weird ness

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 2:34 AM

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Ah, I do have 3 monitors although I'm only using the main 1 for UE4 right now. Thanks for the heads up

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 2:34 AM

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grim ore <@500001518687354881> define low FPS and what situation. Also did you confirm i...

By low FPS is 8 FPS

Even on blank projects

Yes I check the task manager it's not utilising the Nvidia GPU :(

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 2:35 AM

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Then you need to fix that on your laptop.

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But even then the intel gpu should be more than 8fps

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 2:36 AM

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I mentioned all the steps that i mentioned in the message

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 2:36 AM

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Also in newer versions of 10 the gpu assigning for apps is handled in windows not the nvidia control panel.

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 2:37 AM

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grim ore Also in newer versions of 10 the gpu assigning for apps is handled in windows no...

I set it to use GPU explicitly

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 2:37 AM

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So your windows settings. Not nvidia. Windows. Is set to use the nvidia gpu for the ue4editor.exe

tired escarp Mar 22, 2021, 2:38 AM

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hello

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curious if anyone is working on a horror game with lovecraftian or occult elements that I could help on???

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 2:38 AM

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grim ore So your windows settings. Not nvidia. Windows. Is set to use the nvidia gpu fo...

Yes

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 2:39 AM

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And task manager is showing assigned to the igpu?

tired escarp Mar 22, 2021, 2:39 AM

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I trust Nvida GPUs or Intel

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my AMDs have always had problems

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 2:40 AM

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grim ore And task manager is showing assigned to the igpu?

No but it's not utilising Nvidea GPU

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 2:41 AM

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So it is showing assigned to the nvidia gpu? If so you can open the console in ue4 and type t.maxfps 200 and make sure it’s not locked low

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If it still doesn’t go up try 5 for maxfps and see if it goes down. If it does then ue4 is at least respecting the option and you can swap it back to 200

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 2:43 AM

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Okay I will try it as soon as I sit on my desk, I just woke up

prime willow Mar 22, 2021, 2:57 AM

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Took a break from game design

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idk what the heck i was thinking xD

loud sequoia Mar 22, 2021, 3:05 AM

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any suggestions for version control? I've heard good things about plastic, but I'm not sure what is best.

prime willow Mar 22, 2021, 3:09 AM

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@grim ore How taxing would groom hair systems be with a typical 3 - 6 pvp setting

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if the game was suppose to launch on typical next gen consoles

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that wouldnt break the bank right..

burnt ether Mar 22, 2021, 3:25 AM

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Hey everyone... so I installed the Discord Game Sdk to my project but now if I package without editor it's telling me that it's missing the discord sdk binary... I know I can just paste it in there but isn't there a way to include dependencies ?

rapid frigate Mar 22, 2021, 3:39 AM

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grim ore So it is showing assigned to the nvidia gpu? If so you can open the console in ...

Nope it's not making any change

I restarted the editor but still no change

glacial dawn Mar 22, 2021, 4:10 AM

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@sinful osprey I have the blinking menu too, approximately after 20 - 25 minutes using it. Did you solved it?

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And I'm using just one screen. It seems related with the HDPI option but I don't want to disable because makes the application very blurry. I'm using just one monitor.

versed wagon Mar 22, 2021, 6:55 AM

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hey. looking for recommendations for running a cloud dev environment, ue4/win. the game is really low end so the minumum gpu acceleration is fine. What is the most affortable option (developing a free game as a hobby - "glitch arena," 2 years in and early access on steam). Thanks for your 2c

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 7:30 AM

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Hello everyone i want to make an procedural terrain and there a plugin out there called voxel plugin but i can't buy it so i need to make procedural terrain by my self does any here have messed around with like procedural terrain ? Thx

dark depot Mar 22, 2021, 7:34 AM

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@plush yew they have a free version of voxel plugin maybe check that out

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 7:35 AM

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dark depot <@456226577798135808> they have a free version of voxel plugin maybe check that ...

but i need the pro one mate

dark depot Mar 22, 2021, 7:35 AM

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ahh didnt know what all they started to limit

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 7:35 AM

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dark depot ahh didnt know what all they started to limit

im not sure if the free one can procedural terrain

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 7:50 AM

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Hi, I am trying to import a tiled terrain from worldmachine, i've done it for a few years and it has always worked, i am trying a new terrain, but ue4.26 locks up when importing with a material and layers selected, without seems to work fine

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is this a known bug?

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just checked, it imports the first tile and then gets stuck

worn wasp Mar 22, 2021, 8:33 AM

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Guys does anyone know how to make hit events from line trace in als character

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The line trace goes through it

wide swift Mar 22, 2021, 9:14 AM

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Can anyone help me , to make this kind of range indicator for my game i want to make this kind of indicators for my character

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 9:15 AM

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@worn wasp checkout the shooter demo

worn wasp Mar 22, 2021, 9:15 AM

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Which one

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I am kinda new

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And is there anyway to make impuls opposite to the line trace rotation?

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impulse*

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 9:35 AM

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wide swift Can anyone help me , to make this kind of range indicator for my game i want to ...

That is a "decal."

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I'm sure there are a few tutorials on something similar if you search for that term.

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 9:43 AM

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worn wasp Which one

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Resources/SampleGames/ShooterGame/index.html

Shooter Game

Documentation for the C++ example game project ShooterGame

worn wasp Mar 22, 2021, 9:47 AM

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I use blueprints :(

exotic thicket Mar 22, 2021, 10:14 AM

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If your line trace is going through a character, then it means the character is not blocking on the channel you're tracing on

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so you need to either trace on a different channel, or adjust the collision settings on the character

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(this is assuming you've verified your trace is actually going into the right place by enabling the debug visualization for it, that should always be the first thing to check)

merry canopy Mar 22, 2021, 10:23 AM

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Good morning everyone.
I have a question about payment with paypal, maybe someone had a similar problem:
A mate bought a plugin over MY epic account with HIS paypal account so that I can use it.
Now he was about to buy the same plugin on HIS epic account, also with HIS paypal account.
But during the payment progress, the Epic account gives an error, that the paypal account is used with another account already.
We already wrote the Epic support with the answer, they cannot give out that information because of privacy.
Anyone had a similar problem and could solve it?
Thanks a lot!

exotic thicket Mar 22, 2021, 10:24 AM

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Maybe you can ask them to just remove the paypal account that's associated with your account?

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No idea tbh. Seems like a pretty crappy system if they can't do that

merry canopy Mar 22, 2021, 10:25 AM

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@exotic thicket I gonna try that.

wide swift Mar 22, 2021, 10:30 AM

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plush yew That is a "decal."

can u recommend me any tutorials on that topic plz

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also i need to scale that when character uses any abilties

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 10:35 AM

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worn wasp I use blueprints :(

IMHO it is good to mix both

worn wasp Mar 22, 2021, 10:36 AM

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Yeah, but I don't even know a single line of code in c++

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 10:37 AM

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worn wasp Yeah, but I don't even know a single line of code in c++

there are lots of good c++ primers, c++ in UE4 is mostly assisted

quick kelp Mar 22, 2021, 10:48 AM

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Hi, im making sort of a racing game, and i want my game to support physical steering wheels input like the logitech G29 racing wheel. does anyone know a good resource (tutorial, documentation, or even plugins) to help me set up the support for that input? anything helps.

exotic thicket Mar 22, 2021, 10:49 AM

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Afaik inputs like that generally appear as regular joystick/gamepad inputs

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So using the normal axis based methods should work, you'll get analog inputs on those from controllers

merry gazelle Mar 22, 2021, 10:51 AM

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I need multiple countdowns I'm my character (for abilities). Are timelines the most efficient?

quick kelp Mar 22, 2021, 10:52 AM

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i would use set Timer by function name or set Timer by event delegate instead that calls a function or event that resets the ability

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Utilities/Time/SetTimerbyFunctionName/index.html this node is what im refering to

Set Timer by Function Name

merry gazelle Mar 22, 2021, 10:53 AM

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Ok thanks, I tend to use those most 👍

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 10:59 AM

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What is a "empty map game"?

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https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3041/guidelines_for_developing_.php?print=1

worn wasp Mar 22, 2021, 11:24 AM

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upbeat tendon there are lots of good c++ primers, c++ in UE4 is mostly assisted

I'll try to start learning c++ as soon as my exams are over thanks for the advice :)

mortal cedar Mar 22, 2021, 11:27 AM

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why is profiling so hard haha. Theres a million "wait for events" but how do I work out what its waiting for

stuck schooner Mar 22, 2021, 12:16 PM

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Help! Apparently UE Editor is running somewhere in the background for reasons unknown, and I can't end its task because it keeps telling that it is in use (EVEN THOUGH UE4 IS NOT RUNNING!) Can't uninstall it either. HELP??

mossy nymph Mar 22, 2021, 12:25 PM

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kill the clientcrashreporter

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or restart the pc

proud narwhal Mar 22, 2021, 12:57 PM

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If I convert a group of actors to a static mesh does that mean that I am safe to delete the original actors from the content browser?

soft wedge Mar 22, 2021, 1:04 PM

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What would be best approach to have player share ingame photo to Social Media from inside my game.

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 1:07 PM

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You should delete the original actors from the scene first, and replace them with the static mesh.

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@proud narwhal then, assuming the actors aren't referenced anywhere else, you can safely delete.

winter gale Mar 22, 2021, 1:08 PM

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https://twitter.com/RyanJon2040/status/1373880872898764802?s=19

Satheesh PV (@RyanJon2040)

Quick #UE4 Tip number 136.

Easily add shore wetness to landscape with Water plugin.
https://t.co/826ECS5VFa

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

robust needle Mar 22, 2021, 1:12 PM

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@gleaming narwhal https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download/creators Hello! Blocking in Russia while pressing the download button. Writes: Доступ к информационному ресурсу ограничен на основании Федерального закона от 27 июля 2006 г. № 149-ФЗ «Об информации, информационных технологиях и о защите информации». Google En: Access to the information resource is limited on the basis of the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 No. 149-FZ "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection".

Unreal Engine

Download Unreal Engine

Choose the Creators License or the Publishing License, or enquire about other licensing options.

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 1:19 PM

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robust needle <@!531923466799284244> https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download/creators Hell...

My link working just great from Saint-Petersburg

robust needle Mar 22, 2021, 1:20 PM

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lucid grove My link working just great from Saint-Petersburg

Tomsk

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 1:21 PM

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robust needle Tomsk

PM me i will help you with files and stuff

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 1:27 PM

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anyone know of a work around for https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/1007789/view.html ?

rocky epoch Mar 22, 2021, 1:29 PM

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Hi, why the creator did that?
What do I miss because I suppose the Append+BreakOut is unnecessary.
I saw that here and there and I was always puzzled.

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 1:46 PM

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anyone know how bugs are reported?

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 1:46 PM

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A small question about visual and Height Fog - do you use it in an open world with dynamic lighting? I mean constantly, not situationally (for example, for the effect of rain with fog or weather).

The fog itself creates very beautiful sun rays, however, which logically also creates a fairly noticeable fog effect in the player's field of view.

serene birch Mar 22, 2021, 1:56 PM

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no EGS launcher, I do not want to visually scan my whole library of not installed UE4 Marketplace stuff to find the one that has an update waiting XD

light perch Mar 22, 2021, 2:00 PM

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hi there does anyone know if there is a setting to start your application on top? Right now when it starts up you have to click on the screen to get the sound to play. (i have a simulation that auto restarts every 8 hours or so...but when it restarts there is no sound unless you actually click the application)

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:02 PM

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Why is ue4 not loading any maps?

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Only the startup map and main menu are working

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ANd the other maps are in asset manager

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:03 PM

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Fatal error: [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Private/UObject/Obj.cpp] [Line: 113] Using incorrect object initializer.

UE4Editor_CoreUObject
UE4Editor_MyProject!ABatteryMan::ABatteryMan() [C:\Users\Iulian\Desktop\MyProject\Source\MyProject\BatteryMan.cpp:24]

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my unreal editor keeps crashing and i have no clue

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:03 PM

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clever vault Fatal error: [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Private...

SOmething on your map is broken

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Or your code is broken

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:04 PM

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but i can't open the editor to fix it

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:04 PM

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Try temporarly removing the file from the content folder

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dont delete it

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just drag it out

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:04 PM

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    bUseControllerRotationPitch = false;
    bUseControllerRotationYaw = false;
    bUseControllerRotationRoll = false;

    GetCharacterMovement()->bOrientRotationToMovement = true;
    GetCharacterMovement()->RotationRate = FRotator(0.0f, 540.0f, 0.0f);
    GetCharacterMovement()->JumpZVelocity = 600;
    GetCharacterMovement()->AirControl = 0.2f;

    CameraBoom->CreateDefaultSubobject<USpringArmComponent>(TEXT("CameraBoom"));
    CameraBoom->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
    
    CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 300;
    CameraBoom->bUsePawnControlRotation = true;
    
    FollowCamera->CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(TEXT("FollowCamera"));
    FollowCamera->SetupAttachment(CameraBoom, USpringArmComponent::SocketName);
    FollowCamera->bUsePawnControlRotation = false;```

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UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category="Camera")
    USpringArmComponent* CameraBoom;
    UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category="Camera")
    UCameraComponent* FollowCamera;```

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:05 PM

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go into your engine install and go to Obj.cpp

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go to line113

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UObject* UObject::CreateEditorOnlyDefaultSubobjectImpl(FName SubobjectName, UClass* ReturnType, bool bTransient)
{
FObjectInitializer* CurrentInitializer = FUObjectThreadContext::Get().TopInitializer();
return CurrentInitializer->CreateEditorOnlyDefaultSubobject(this, SubobjectName, ReturnType, bTransient);

proud narwhal Mar 22, 2021, 2:07 PM

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nice rat ?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:07 PM

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Wrong thing

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Those lines are what is calling a error

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:08 PM

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i can't find the file

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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its not in your project

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its in the engines source

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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i looked in engine source

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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THat line is calling the error

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C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.25\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\Obj.cpp

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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yes

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there i am

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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Hmm

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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ah yes ghosts are calling me

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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Then you should repair your engine

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Its normally full for me

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:11 PM

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how do i create several skeletal mesh components that are combined and physics bodies? i can create 2, like torso and head. but combining them and adding physics is confusing.

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 2:11 PM

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looks like i am missing some files

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:11 PM

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clever vault looks like i am missing some files

indeed you are

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:11 PM

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rotund elbow how do i create several skeletal mesh components that are combined and physics b...

Try using joints/sockets

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/WorkingWithContent/Types/StaticMeshes/HowTo/Sockets/index.html

Setting Up and Using Sockets With Static Meshes

How To Set Up and Use Sockets

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:12 PM

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its a skeletal mesh

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:12 PM

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Skeletal meshes can simulate physics

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:13 PM

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the info is already present i just need to add several skeletal mesh components and attach them to the same physics body and skeleton

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 2:13 PM

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I’ve upgraded my project from 4.22 to 4.26 recently and for some reason I’ve lost quite a lot of FPS without changing anything in the scene really, I’ve read on the internet that apparently 4.26 has changed the way shadows work or something like this and that apparently there is a way to go back to legacy shading model somehow. Anyone knows how to do this?

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:13 PM

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head arms torso, for example.

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:14 PM

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Create Sockets in the torso

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then attach the head and arms to thosesockets repectivly

scenic fox Mar 22, 2021, 2:14 PM

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why does pause at end not work with level sequencer (im using a camera)

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:14 PM

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scenic fox why does pause at end not work with level sequencer (im using a camera)

wdym

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:14 PM

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so i should just disregard that all the skeletal meshes are on the same skeleton?

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redo it all but different?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:15 PM

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rotund elbow so i should just disregard that all the skeletal meshes are on the same skeleton...

One sec, ima show

scenic fox Mar 22, 2021, 2:15 PM

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dense knoll wdym

so in the world i select the level sequence and check pause at end but it doesn't work it keeps resetting im using a camera

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:15 PM

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ait

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:15 PM

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scenic fox so in the world i select the level sequence and check pause at end but it doesn'...

have the sequence pause before the actual end

scenic fox Mar 22, 2021, 2:15 PM

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how do i do that

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:16 PM

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count how long the sequence is

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and have a script that pauses it right before the end

scenic fox Mar 22, 2021, 2:17 PM

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but that also didn't work

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:18 PM

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does it help explaining that the effect i want is a procedurally put together ragdoll. generated when i hit a bone name?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:18 PM

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wdym

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:19 PM

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rotund elbow does it help explaining that the effect i want is a procedurally put together ra...

wdym

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:19 PM

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first question put into the real context

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:19 PM

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rotund elbow first question put into the real context

lemmi make a quick model and import one sec

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:20 PM

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alright 🙂

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:22 PM

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that or you can model out spesific models each conected

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:26 PM

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yes so how do i add several and connect them to their respective joint on the same skeleton

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:26 PM

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MEsh editor?

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:26 PM

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i tried attach component to component but the joints never match

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:26 PM

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You can edit them

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or manually adjust the location

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:27 PM

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its not a mesh problem its a flow problem

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all these have the same skeleton asset

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ill just put them all into an array and try spawning them until i get the flow right

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:30 PM

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wdym

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by they all have the same skeleton asset

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:31 PM

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what do you mean

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:32 PM

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all the physics assets share the same skeletal mesh?

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:32 PM

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yes

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:32 PM

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you should prob re import the mesh as different skeletal components

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:33 PM

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seems backwards

somber rover Mar 22, 2021, 2:33 PM

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rotund elbow all these have the same skeleton asset

What are you trying to do?

pearl stag Mar 22, 2021, 2:33 PM

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hello. i noticed a weird bug yesterday when i exported textures from Substance Painter. The content browser in Unreal made the folder disappear. The one that had the textures in it. And i could not find them again until i restarted the editor. Anyone had this before?

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:34 PM

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cut torso, add torso arms head and combine into a ragdoll

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i want to add any body parts and combine them

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and simulate physics on the "combined" segment

somber rover Mar 22, 2021, 2:36 PM

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You need to look into set master pose component, tons of tutorials for that

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:36 PM

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i tried it but maybe i did it wrong

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i mean the character is already constructed with master pose component

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i just want to add more 😄

stuck schooner Mar 22, 2021, 2:37 PM

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Did you use Global Illumination? Ray Tracing?

somber rover Mar 22, 2021, 2:38 PM

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Make sure you only set the body to have physics asset, everything else should be a slave of the body with no physic asset

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 2:40 PM

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ill try it. it gets so annoyingly complex when i try just 2 parts. i need to add all first.

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thx anyway 🙂

rancid bramble Mar 22, 2021, 2:44 PM

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Skeletal mesh physics asset overlaps. Any way to get the overlapped primitive/bone?

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nvm, had to break the sweep result in the overlap node and use hit bone name

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 2:49 PM

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I have a stupid question if anyone can help? Can we use any emissive materials in UMG?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:51 PM

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tiny ginkgo I have a stupid question if anyone can help? Can we use any emissive materials i...

Annoyingly no

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 2:52 PM

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trim silo I’ve upgraded my project from 4.22 to 4.26 recently and for some reason I’ve los...

Is forward rendering on?

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 2:55 PM

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Do I need to have an active controller to send variables to a character's animation BP?

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I have a setup where I have a character type that is possessible by both player or AI. When the player dies, I unpossess but I assume it is automatically repossessed by AI controller, I set a variable in the anim BP and play a 'death' animation (before destroying actor a few seconds later). When the AI dies, I unpossess but also null out the default AI controller class; when I try and play the 'death' animation, nothing happens.

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 3:00 PM

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dense knoll Annoyingly no

Thanks! It seems like something most people would want to make great looking UI stuff. I wonder why they haven't made it possible?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:00 PM

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The way UE4s desighned

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they could impliment this in UE5

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Hopefully yhey do

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 3:05 PM

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i think its due to the fact that the ui is rendered in a separate pass and not in the normal pipeline. If you want a glowing effect you can create it as the way your image looks and show it like that. thats generally whats done normally, its all 2d for the most part anyways.

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 3:06 PM

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One other thing, I know this will sound crazy. But you know how you can export renders with transparency from Unreal. Do you know if anyone has been able to make a real-time app/game that has transparency so that it could be used as an overlay for a broadcast etc? I've only ever seen green screen type stuff and it obviously limits your colour usage!

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Hey @grim ore ! Sadly I'm trying to make everything real-time 3d animated with perspective so 2d stuff is out for me!

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:08 PM

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YOu could have a 3D rendered hud

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thats Thats rendered in 3D space instead of inside of a widget

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or UMG

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 3:08 PM

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yeah I'm making life hard for myself

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My goal is to have a full screen screen capture with a 3d overlay

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I have tried a plane in 3d space with a media texture applied for the screen cap. my problem then is the camera positioning and lens settings.

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using the UI elements makes it clean and precise but I then can't have 3d models in front without some sort of green screen or masking!

small vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:10 PM

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I'm trying to profile my vr game but I'm running into some issues identifying why I'm getting this small spike. The profiling is full of CPU stalls etc but I'm looking for the cause of these stalls

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:11 PM

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tiny ginkgo using the UI elements makes it clean and precise but I then can't have 3d models...

you could have the 3d models rendered infront of the playerr

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:11 PM

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Fatal error: [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Private/UObject/Obj.cpp] [Line: 113] Using incorrect object initializer.

UE4Editor_CoreUObject
UE4Editor_MyProject!ABatteryMan::ABatteryMan() [C:\Users\Iulian\Desktop\MyProject\Source\MyProject\BatteryMan.cpp:24]

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same error

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wtf

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:12 PM

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even with the CPP file not in the dirrectory?

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:12 PM

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let me check

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:13 PM

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small vault I'm trying to profile my vr game but I'm running into some issues identifying wh...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.tasks.task?view=net-5.0

Task Class (System.Threading.Tasks)

Represents an asynchronous operation.

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:13 PM

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still not here after repair

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wtf

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:13 PM

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Hmm

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Do a fresh reinstall of the engine

small vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:15 PM

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dense knoll https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.tasks.task?view=net...

Sorry but I'm not sure how to use the knowledge in that documentation to really figure out what's going on here. I can show you multiple examples of these spikes but I just can't seem to get to the root of the reason for the spike

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 3:18 PM

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Hey @dense knoll sorry to keep bothering you (I can see you're busy)! So do you think using a plane in 3d space with a media player texture is the better option? I have it working with a UMG widget but the webcam is laggy as hell (I assume because it's applied to a 3d model that is then being rendered to a second material with transparency to cut out it. I did try a plane previously but I don't know how to position a camera to make sure the pixels from the screencap perfectly align so there's no loss of quality!

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 3:18 PM

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well the engine is crashing due to their custom code in their project

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its nothing to do with the engine being bad

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:19 PM

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tiny ginkgo Hey <@!569339985379983360> sorry to keep bothering you (I can see you're busy)! ...

Eitheir seems fine, I have no expiriance with using Media Player textures, i usually render things that aare 3d in 3D space

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:20 PM

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📎 BatteryMan.cpp

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📎 BatteryMan.h

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here is the code

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:20 PM

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If it seems a bit laggy try increasing the quality?

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:20 PM

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i don't think its bad

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 3:20 PM

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ahh ok no worries dude! Cheers!

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:21 PM

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{
    // Set this character to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
    PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

    GetCapsuleComponent()->InitCapsuleSize(42.0f, 96.0f);

    bUseControllerRotationPitch = false;
    bUseControllerRotationYaw = false;
    bUseControllerRotationRoll = false;

    GetCharacterMovement()->bOrientRotationToMovement = true;
    GetCharacterMovement()->RotationRate = FRotator(0.0f, 540.0f, 0.0f);
    GetCharacterMovement()->JumpZVelocity = 600;
    GetCharacterMovement()->AirControl = 0.2f;

    CameraBoom->CreateDefaultSubobject<USpringArmComponent>(TEXT("CameraBoom"));
    CameraBoom->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
    
    CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 300;
    CameraBoom->bUsePawnControlRotation = true;
    
    FollowCamera->CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(TEXT("FollowCamera"));
    FollowCamera->SetupAttachment(CameraBoom, USpringArmComponent::SocketName);
    FollowCamera->bUsePawnControlRotation = false;
}```

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Something in there has a issue

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CameraBoom->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
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this line

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error is from that line

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 3:23 PM

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well it tells you which line as well, which line is 24?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:23 PM

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Wrong call?

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:23 PM

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the compiler didn't trow me any error

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 3:24 PM

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doesnt mean there is not an issue, the crash tells you there is an issue

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:24 PM

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UE4 has an issue with that line tho

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:24 PM

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yea but its not very helpfull

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:25 PM

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/659627/view.html

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similar issue here

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:25 PM

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deleted the line still crashing

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:26 PM

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the error change?

small vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:26 PM

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small vault I'm trying to profile my vr game but I'm running into some issues identifying wh...

is nothing jumping out for anyone here? Losing my mind 😦

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:26 PM

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UE4Editor_MyProject!ABatteryMan::ABatteryMan() [C:\Users\Iulian\Desktop\MyProject\Source\MyProject\BatteryMan.cpp:25]

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CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 300;

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:26 PM

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small vault is nothing jumping out for anyone here? Losing my mind 😦

SOmething may be too intensive for yor system to handel

small vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:27 PM

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Yeah I figure something like that is happening but I gotta figure out what it is

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:27 PM

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so if the offending line gets removed the editor throws off another line

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odd

small vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:27 PM

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figured profiling like this would be the way to go

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:27 PM

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small vault Yeah I figure something like that is happening but I gotta figure out what it is

whats rendering at that point during the spike

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:28 PM

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clever vault CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 300;

try just removing the camera boom code

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 3:28 PM

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yes the issue is probably on the create default sub object line

small vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:28 PM

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I've tried to find any consistency in it but it seems to happen at random pretty much

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 3:28 PM

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thanks

magic fern Mar 22, 2021, 3:29 PM

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Hey guys. Anyone knows about a tutorial or resources that help me with UE basic concepts? Like game instance / Mode / Stage / Player State and stuff like that?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:31 PM

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Nvm thats for enviroments

covert hedge Mar 22, 2021, 3:37 PM

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dense knoll ```ABatteryMan::ABatteryMan() { // Set this character to call Tick() every f...

bruh use ``` to put code nicely on discord FeelsBadMan

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:38 PM

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You saw nothing 👀

tough pagoda Mar 22, 2021, 3:39 PM

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abstract scaffold Mar 22, 2021, 3:40 PM

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Trying to make a sphere shaped projectile shield, however I still want people inside of it to be able to shoot at each other. What would be the best way to accomplish this?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:40 PM

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tough pagoda

You call THAT Spagete code

tough pagoda Mar 22, 2021, 3:41 PM

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dense knoll You call THAT Spagete code

Nope.

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But it's almost spegete.

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:41 PM

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let me sohw you spagete

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or failer replication

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IDK how past me even managed this

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and this is with a P51

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with only gun

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imagine a 22

tough pagoda Mar 22, 2021, 3:42 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you-tyler-perry-madea-madeas-farewell-whats-wrong-with-you-gif-18251457

Tenor

tough pagoda Mar 22, 2021, 3:43 PM

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dense knoll IDK how past me even managed this

Damn boy.

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:43 PM

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Evrything

tough pagoda Mar 22, 2021, 3:43 PM

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What means P51?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:43 PM

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i do everything in the least conventional way possible

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:43 PM

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tough pagoda What means P51?

P-51D mustang

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WW2 aircraft

tough pagoda Mar 22, 2021, 3:44 PM

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Welp.

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:44 PM

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in a game about Flying F22 Raptors

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and F.

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F/A-18F s

tough pagoda Mar 22, 2021, 3:44 PM

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This is hardly thing that I have ever seen.

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:44 PM

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abstract scaffold Trying to make a sphere shaped projectile shield, however I still want people in...

Make a mesh thats hollow

abstract scaffold Mar 22, 2021, 3:46 PM

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yeah that just dawned on me. Instead of using a sphere collision, i'll just make a hollow mesh with collision for the shield. Thanks

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 3:46 PM

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np

fiery lagoon Mar 22, 2021, 4:00 PM

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Anyone have any idea why my animation is disappearing when switching to additive animation mode when using
the FKcontrol rig in sequencer?

dry latch Mar 22, 2021, 4:04 PM

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Is there anyone here that is using Sketch that could do me a service ? :p I don't have any macOS

proud narwhal Mar 22, 2021, 4:05 PM

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I did a datasmith import that has nested quite a lot of objects, is there a quick way for me to un-nest them? heres an example

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 4:07 PM

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Is there a way to define "New Mesh" somehow? I want to derive it from bone name, is that possible?

thorny kraken Mar 22, 2021, 4:07 PM

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stuck schooner Did you use Global Illumination? Ray Tracing?

nope

rotund elbow Mar 22, 2021, 4:11 PM

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or is there a way to know, from a bone name, which meshes are attached. And any meshes to connected bones?

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like if i get upperarm_l collision, can i know which names and meshes are connected out to the hand?

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 4:16 PM

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I'm using a media texture and the quality is awful! Does anyone have any tips? I have tried adjusting the emissive value but it always looks blurry/blown out!

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ideally it would just display as you would see it on a monitor with no in-game lighting applied to it.

worthy plaza Mar 22, 2021, 4:21 PM

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Learning how to paint landscape and now i've this issues, anyone know how to fix?

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acoustic kindle Mar 22, 2021, 4:25 PM

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hey i just needs someones feedback does there look like there is something off about the water?

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 4:25 PM

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tiles a bit but other than that i cant see antthing twrong with it

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 4:26 PM

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tiny ginkgo I'm using a media texture and the quality is awful! Does anyone have any tips? I...

Texture could just be low res

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 4:26 PM

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the text is all blurry!

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it's a 1920x1080 image

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 4:26 PM

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but is it pixily

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or sharp

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 4:27 PM

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it's fine when used an a UI texture

acoustic kindle Mar 22, 2021, 4:27 PM

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ok thank you

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 4:27 PM

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go into the texture settings and turn off mipmaping

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by that go into the texture files settings

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not the engines texture settings

acoustic kindle Mar 22, 2021, 4:28 PM

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ok thx

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 4:28 PM

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acoustic kindle ok thx

No not you

acoustic kindle Mar 22, 2021, 4:28 PM

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o

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 4:28 PM

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talking about dead4sure

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autocorrect can burn in a ditch

tiny ginkgo Mar 22, 2021, 4:29 PM

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lmao

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I'll have a look, cheers

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yeah mipmap generation is off

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cheers for the help

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Gotta go walk the wife and doggo lol

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I'll tackle this again tomorrow

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👍

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 4:43 PM

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dense knoll

I call that an accomplishment.

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 4:46 PM

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Heya,
A small question about visual and Height Fog - do you use it in an open world with dynamic lighting? I mean constantly, not situationally (for example, for the effect of rain with fog or weather).

The fog itself creates very beautiful sun rays, however, which logically also creates a fairly noticeable fog effect in the player's field of view.

haughty peak Mar 22, 2021, 4:55 PM

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Hey there
I Wanna make a game like YuGiOh capsule monster coliseum (for PS2)
But I don't know how to spawn in a monster on the playing field

So I basically wanna have a grid , and on each tile I wanna be able to spawn a monster in game
Does anybody know how to do that?

I know how to do it in preset locations, but as I said, I need to be able to place them in game, wherever I want
Thanks for the help 🙂

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 4:56 PM

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you would use the spawn actor node and spawn them into the world

haughty peak Mar 22, 2021, 5:00 PM

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grim ore you would use the spawn actor node and spawn them into the world

Thank you, I'm just looking for it
Would you mind helping me in a voice channel?
I'm really new to this and never used blueprints at all

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:00 PM

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I dont use voice sorry. there are plenty of documentation and tutorials out there, if you are new start learning

broken lily Mar 22, 2021, 5:00 PM

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how can I debug the ai perception thing? I have it in my ai controller and I saw somewhere that you can see it

haughty peak Mar 22, 2021, 5:01 PM

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That's okay, thanks anyway 🙂

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:01 PM

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https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/ArtificialIntelligence/AIDebugging/index.html

broken lily Mar 22, 2021, 5:01 PM

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yea

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saw

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that

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I want to debug in the blueprint or in the scene not while playing. Cause I am developing in vr and its kinda difficult to press buttons while wearing it.

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for example the sight one

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when I change sight radius it changes and I can see it

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dont know if its possible

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:04 PM

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i dont think you can debug while not playing since its a live system

broken lily Mar 22, 2021, 5:04 PM

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oh ok then thx

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 5:05 PM

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loading times

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:05 PM

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all I could think of is to put a debug sphere or a collision sphere or something to approximate your sight radius and have it update on construct to match the sight radius value so you can see it in the editor

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:08 PM

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On forums people mentioned that you could use the legacy shader over the new shader model , in 4.26 but noone says how, anyone knows?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:09 PM

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what is the legacy shader?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:09 PM

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i dunno that's the problem lol

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basically my issue is

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i upgraded project from 4.22 to 4.26

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and lost about 30 fps

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i'm trying to figure out why

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:10 PM

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ok... but your saying that people say you can use the legacy shader, what is that?

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:11 PM

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trim silo and lost about 30 fps

Ha, im waiting for solution since 4.26 came out

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:11 PM

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@ebon linden so the for each loop doesnt print anything? if so then you have nothing in the array. Did you try debugging it by stopping it at that point to see what is in the overlapping actors return?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:11 PM

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i'm not entirely sure, in some threads on forums and on some random websites people say that 4.26 changed how it handles shading and stuff and that there is a way to change it to legacy which i assume is something that was used in versions prior 4.26?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:12 PM

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so someone randomly said something about something randomly being randomly possible and... your asking if its possible?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:12 PM

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Yes

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:12 PM

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but there is no actual info of this being a thing anywhere

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:12 PM

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grim ore so someone randomly said something about something randomly being randomly possi...

I can confird that there is some perfomance drop in projects when moving from 4.25 to 4.26

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:12 PM

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basically that's why im asking here becasue people here know more about unreal probably than some randoms on internet

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:12 PM

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i mean technically the engine does get updated after each version, its possible the renderer was updated for sure.

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but like was mentioned you need to profile to find out why

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:12 PM

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There is not much info, but what i was seeing was about shading model as well

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:14 PM

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I'm going to try and profile first i was just looking for some things that could be just toggled on and off or something

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:14 PM

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im not seeing any release notes major changes for shaders 😦

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:15 PM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/1839511-4-26-performance/page4

Unreal Engine Forums

Has anyone noticed worse performance with the 4.26 version. I have like 10 fps less in the same map, compared to 4.25 version.

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:15 PM

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opengl was removed is about the only major change I can see

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:15 PM

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https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/999538/huge-performance-issues-with-the-editor-in-426.html

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here some guy mentions legacy shading model

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i will find more

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:15 PM

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RESOLVED : I had activated dx12 and with a 1080gtx in VR I loose 15fps.

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so this persons problem had nothing to do with the update

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perhaps ray tracing was enabled for your project. what is your GPU?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:16 PM

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i checked for ray tracing it's also gtx 1080 8gb

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:17 PM

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I have 3070 and latest CPU, had fps lost from 120 to 80-90

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:17 PM

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ray tracing is disabled

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:17 PM

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so.. both of you are using RT capable cards

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:17 PM

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unless maybe im checking in wrong place

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:17 PM

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Yes we are

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:18 PM

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lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:18 PM

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About shading model:

new shader model for the engine with included emissive lighting.

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:18 PM

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nope thats the right spot, I would check to see if its running in 11 or 12 tho (mouse over your project name in the top right of the main window)

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:18 PM

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also there are multiple threads talking about performance loss in 4.26

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:19 PM

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@lucid grove where does that come from, its not the notes

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:19 PM

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lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:19 PM

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grim ore <@!667566391444111380> where does that come from, its not the notes

Yeah, its from same forum branch

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:19 PM

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ok so your running under 12, try switching back to 11 and see if it happens

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:19 PM

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ok i just checked and old proj was in DX11 let's see if this helps

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:19 PM

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so someone randomly says thats the issue but the release notes dont show it. I guess its possible

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:19 PM

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trim silo ok i just checked and old proj was in DX11 let's see if this helps

tag me please also

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:20 PM

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11 and 12 will run differently for fps due to how it handles the CPU and GPU workloads

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12 seems to be more CPU intenstive

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:20 PM

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As i remember CPU was something about 4ms

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:20 PM

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checking now

lucid grove Mar 22, 2021, 5:20 PM

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Ang GPU at 11

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:20 PM

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it's just the matter of selecting DX 11 from dropdown ?

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as default RHI

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:20 PM

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yes then restartr

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:21 PM

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ok

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:21 PM

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then check in the top right again

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:22 PM

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switched to DX11 but still no increase in performance

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:24 PM

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when built is the performance different? have you tested with a packaged cooked project and not just in editor?

worn peak Mar 22, 2021, 5:25 PM

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its possible to animate this property ? its from UMG Text

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:25 PM

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i'm gonna build and test but in general on older versions if i had stable 60fps built version was even better

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while now i have 30 fps in editor

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:29 PM

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you might need overlap world dynamic checked on the enemy

rancid bramble Mar 22, 2021, 5:30 PM

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Is overlap body index bugged in 4.25 forward?

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 5:31 PM

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@glacial dawn What plugins are you using? I'm looking at a project with none turned on and don't see the menu render issue. HDPI off didn't change anything on the other one. I'm looking into what plugin it might be now

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 5:32 PM

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UE4 translucency broke, Turning off DBuffer fixed the effects but everything else is still borknes

rancid bramble Mar 22, 2021, 5:32 PM

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Other Body Index returns me 0 for head bone and returns its name as "root". Then it seems the upper body returns 1 and lower body 2, and getting the bone names results in those two reversed. And some overlaps return -1.

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 5:34 PM

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hey there... looking for a "mentor" to blast my little questions to about c++ / blueprint simple tasks ( german / english )

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:36 PM

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also about performance im not sure if it matters but even unlit mode shows around 30 fps

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 5:36 PM

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Global Illumination tanks engine performance (on my pc at least)

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it could be set to enabled by default in 4,26?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:38 PM

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I can say the default .26 and .25 performance for me in the default third person scene is near identical so its not a problem out of the box

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its weird tho since its showing me 4 lights in scene in .25 and 1 light in scene in .26

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:40 PM

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cooking almost finished will test in a sec

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:41 PM

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im actually getting better performance in .26 since its instancing more meshes

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 5:42 PM

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ue4 translucency broke, turning off DBuffer helps but it still doesent fix certain materials and the clouds

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:42 PM

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so whatever is causing it is project specific(ish)

dense knoll Mar 22, 2021, 5:42 PM

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that or PC specific

sinful osprey Mar 22, 2021, 5:44 PM

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@glacial dawn I seem to have "fixed" it for now by turning off PSD2UMG and Logic Driver Pro plugins. Strangely, turning on all the same plugins in a different project didn't result in that issue so maybe it's a weird race condition with plugins. I'm not using either of those for this project anyway so I'll keep an eye on it.

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:44 PM

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well as i've said the project was stable 60 and then upgraded to 4.26 and it lost about 30 fps

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:44 PM

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yep could be pc specific, maybe offloading more stuff to more cores now or the drivers are crazy now etc.

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:44 PM

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so to me it looks like there is something going on with engine

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:44 PM

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I know that .26 seems to have some weird issue with newerd nvidia drivers

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:45 PM

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some improvements or something

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could be this i did actually upgrade to new drivers

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:45 PM

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I know you say it was this and now its this, and I can say that for me I am not seeing that

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if there was a test case multiple people could compare with it would be easier, one of the epic learn projects that could be "I get this in .25 and this .26" for same-same comparision

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:45 PM

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well i guess it's also different depending on the project

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i have a lot of stuff going on

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fog/lights stuff like this

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but what is weird as i've said it's the fact there is almost 30 fps loss while same project was stable 60 before

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so my bet is something changed about rendering lighting or shadows or something

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:46 PM

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yep thats the problem. IT could also be a bad plugin if using them or an older setting that reset itself

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most people seem to say occlusion is acting weird on smaller object in open world, as well as shadow casting

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or again it could be the way that nvidia handles something in the driver now that epic did a work around for and now its broke again

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:48 PM

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hmm no all plugins i use are newest versions

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:49 PM

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going to try boy and his kite in .25 and .26, see if anything weird pops up.

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:49 PM

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might be a good idea

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but yeah it's really weird and im a bit stuck on what should i do because technically engine upgrade shouldn't force me to reduce quality of things and make the game worse

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:50 PM

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the literal only way to know the exact issue is to profile on the project

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:50 PM

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yeah i will profile afterr it finishes cooking

rancid bramble Mar 22, 2021, 5:51 PM

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trim silo

That looks absolutely fantastic.

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:51 PM

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it was running fantastic too

rancid bramble Mar 22, 2021, 5:53 PM

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Yeah, that fps loss sounds too bad. Do you think a project setting or world setting in .26 version might be different?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:53 PM

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when doing stat scenerendering what bar has the biggest bar lol

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but yeah honestly we are just throwing out ideas when only profiling tells the story

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:55 PM

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would you be able to help me on some profiling in few mins and maybe try to catch the culprit

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also just tested cooked build

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still performance is the same

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ok so in GPU Visualizer

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there is this

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:57 PM

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cooked build is poor performance or normal?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:58 PM

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cooked is also poor performance

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 5:58 PM

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this is for .26, but what does it look like in .25?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 5:58 PM

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so standard deferred lights

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4.25 cooked build i've had saved is still nice and smooth

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:03 PM

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yes but is the gpu visualizer showing the same large chunk there?

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also http://viclw17.github.io/2019/06/20/unreal-frame-breakdown-part-1/

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says that standard deferred simple lights could be particle lighting

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:04 PM

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and with this my friend we found the issue

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so it turns out

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i have blueprint with torches

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i just disabled all of them and fps is back

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i have 20 in my level

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:05 PM

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using particle lighting?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:06 PM

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yes! It seems that this particle is using light

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now the question is

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should it be this taxing?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:06 PM

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is the emitter set to run on the CPU or GPU, I am curious

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:06 PM

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i assume it's this

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where would i check this setting on emitter? im a bit of a noob with particles i use marketplace VFX

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:08 PM

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I beleive it would say on the emitter part

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i barely understand cascade lol

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it might not even be using a real particle system it looks like its manipulating a mesh maybe

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but I would guess its that last module anyways, the one with the light

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i think you can uncheck at the top just the last module, the particle emitter, see if that shuts it off and the performance is back

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then we can go from there lol

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nevermind the docs says light is cpu only lol

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one would assume if you cant see them they shouldnt render tho right?

cursive frost Mar 22, 2021, 6:12 PM

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Trying to get a reticle with an arrow indicating which direction the mouse is pointing. Is there some way to turn the mouse axis values into a degrees value (0 to 360) and then use that to control rotation of the reticle arrow indicating the mouse direction?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:12 PM

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maybe that part got broken

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@plush yew one would assume you are joking but.... this is part of the .26 release notes lol "Niagara High Quality Particle Lights"

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apparently there is a cascade -> niagara converter in .26

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:15 PM

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sorry i had to go for a sec

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:16 PM

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I only see one possible cascade -> light thingy in the notes but its not like they are 100% accurate lol

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:17 PM

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ok so if i removed the light from the particle

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then i lose the light

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but i would like to keep this light

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is therre any difference if this light is inside particle

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:17 PM

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yep but does it give back the FPS? we are trying to determine if thats the exact issue

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:17 PM

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yes it does

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 6:18 PM

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evening, other than to install ue 4.25 and migrate content to 4.26, does anyone know of a work-a-round to importing tiled terrain with a texture set?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:18 PM

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when the flickering light is removed the fps comes back

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so it seems having 20 of those torches is a bad idea

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so now the question is

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is it the particle light issue

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or if i made separate flickering light

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will it still kill fps

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im gonna tag the other guy btw maybe he has some dodgy particles too

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:19 PM

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go into the light module in there and what does it show for the Spawn Fraction?

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:19 PM

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@lucid grove Issue on my end at the moment it seems it was my torch lights particles having lights inside them and they were killing fps

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spawn fraction is 1

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:20 PM

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this was literally the only thing I saw about lighting in cascade "Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Cascade's High Quality lights would not respect the Spawn Fraction setting of the light module."

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:20 PM

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grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:20 PM

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shoot, thats probablt not it then

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:20 PM

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lifetime

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because it flickers

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spawn and burst

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:21 PM

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im not getting a ton of fps loss here with the starter fire so that doesnt help lol

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:21 PM

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particle does use the mesh to flow material over it

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but it's the light itself that's the only issue

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:21 PM

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when you are disabling the light are you nuking it at the top or just the light sub module?

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so the top checkbox or the one to the right of the world Light

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curious if its the light itself that is the issue or the particle emitter

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:23 PM

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ok now i don't underrstand this

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i got rid of all those actors

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but now fps is back to 30

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:23 PM

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gpu profiler still showing weird?

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I was also going to suggest making the radius scale much smaller, like 5 and see what happens lol

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:24 PM

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not as much

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the lights bar is a lot smaller

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:24 PM

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light emitting particles are on cpu right

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:24 PM

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they are in cascade yep

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:24 PM

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the editor fps is back to almost 60

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but in game it's low

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when i press play

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:25 PM

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there is gpu emitting in niagara?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:25 PM

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maybe you have gsyn on or something weird

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:25 PM

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my monitorr doesn't support gsync

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so i don't think so

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:26 PM

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vsync

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:26 PM

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well gsync does weird stuff like half refresh rate is why I was curious, might lock a 60fps screen to 30

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but vsync shouldnt. but maybe your project properties do. but then if it didnt before it shouldnt now

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@obsidian nimbus looks like no, lights in niagara are on the CPU still 😦

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:28 PM

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its gunna be heavy either way 😛

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:28 PM

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maybe it is on cpu

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i mean on cpu sides of things maybe it's not graphics that nukes the fps

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i'm not sure why it would but im gonna profile cpu in a sec

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:29 PM

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stat unit

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:30 PM

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stat unit shows this

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this is in editor window

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:31 PM

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stat scenerendering gives more details whats what

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but might need to do another gpu breakdown while in game and see what is going crazy

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:32 PM

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ok so in editor

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in game

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obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:33 PM

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gamethread is high in editor

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more than gpu

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well its kinda the same

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but cpu should be kinda low in editor

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even with the overhead

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:34 PM

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your lights are almost doubled when in game

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:34 PM

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hmm how

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:36 PM

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dunno was just noticing it in the bottom screenshot

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:36 PM

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yeah i just noticed it too but how can lights double on their own

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:36 PM

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yep lots of profiling and stat stuff to do 😦

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:36 PM

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well emitters can emit

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dunno if that counts as actual lights tho

abstract scaffold Mar 22, 2021, 6:37 PM

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I have a top-down game. Camera is attached to the pawn via a spring arm. When they move cursor to the edge of the screen I want to bump the camera out in that direction just a bit to give them a little extra view distance. But it would snap back to normal location when they get off the edge of the screen again. Best way to accomplish this?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:37 PM

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it seems to be normal tho, like in editor for me third person template is 1 and in game its 2. it might be a rendering thing

acoustic kindle Mar 22, 2021, 6:37 PM

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hello does anyone know how to make an item shop like fortnites, etc if so please send a tutorial if u can

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:38 PM

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if there is movable lights as components of enemies or somethign that spawn it wil kill perf

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 6:38 PM

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yeah I would ignore that statement about "doubling" of lights, I think its just a stats thing

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going to just have to profile again and see what the big slice is

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:39 PM

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put graphic settings way lower and see ur cpu/ gpu again

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find out whats the bottleneck

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render% or something

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 6:41 PM

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ehh this is weeeeird like

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so we managed to fix fps in the editor

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by getting rid of those lights inside the particle

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but the fps is still trash as the game plays

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lol

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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this is sooo odd

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 6:42 PM

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whats the forward vector in ue4?

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y?

obsidian nimbus Mar 22, 2021, 6:43 PM

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nah its the forward vector

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get forward vector

exotic thicket Mar 22, 2021, 6:43 PM

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X is the forward axis

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but forwar vector depends on orientation of the thing

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 6:56 PM

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if the player controller has input enabled, can i rotate still rotate the camera or is it tied to the controlled pawn?

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 6:57 PM

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how do i know if there is likely to be a fix for https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/1007789/view.html ?

frozen pond Mar 22, 2021, 6:58 PM

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upbeat tendon how do i know if there is likely to be a fix for https://answers.unrealengine.co...

don't add material -> assign it latter from loaded maps

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 6:59 PM

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and the layer blends can be loaded from a file?

frozen pond Mar 22, 2021, 7:01 PM

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weights won't work idk why but got same problem in 4.26, in my case i just turned my grass to 100% of weight and it's freeze

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 7:01 PM

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used to work

upbeat tendon Mar 22, 2021, 7:31 PM

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this is a damn miserable manual process

pallid talon Mar 22, 2021, 7:35 PM

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Question. I have glass windows that are tented on a building, but the tint effect doesn't effect the lighting unless I use "Static" for my directional sunlight. But I prefer the "Moveable" light. Any solution to forcing the tinted window to darken my sunlight while keeping a moveable light?

drifting geode Mar 22, 2021, 7:46 PM

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does anyone know how to fix this color problem?

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the whole project seems to have some kind of gamma problem, also the case for the packed app

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 7:49 PM

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so that grey is the material on a floor or something?

drifting geode Mar 22, 2021, 7:49 PM

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skybox

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but also a fresh map looks way too dark

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grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 7:50 PM

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did you disable auto exposure? whats it look like unlit

drifting geode Mar 22, 2021, 7:51 PM

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everything default

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unlit viewport looks normal

trim silo Mar 22, 2021, 7:54 PM

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i have another issue

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my lightmaps are messed up

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any ideas?

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rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 7:56 PM

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if i have a camera on an actor, when i enable input for that actor and temporarily disable input for the pawn, can i use that actor's camera and rotate it? just wanna make sure before i start trying. current setup for reference

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 7:59 PM

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if it doesnt work by default you can probably set the new view target to the camera in the actor you are enabling

abstract scaffold Mar 22, 2021, 8:05 PM

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I have a top-down game. Camera is attached to the pawn via a spring arm. When they move cursor to the edge of the screen I want to bump the camera out in that direction just a bit to give them a little extra view distance. But it would snap back to normal location when they get off the edge of the screen again. Best way to accomplish this?

dapper swift Mar 22, 2021, 8:07 PM

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Hi all, please answer when you can, need some advise regarding Megascans. When I download a quixel material/surface, no material instance shows up in Unreal Engine content. Only the maps. Please help, because that's not the first time i downloaded Megascans materials. But it's the first time with the new Bridge update.

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:09 PM

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abstract scaffold I have a top-down game. Camera is attached to the pawn via a spring arm. When th...

pretty sure you dont even want the camera to be actually attached to the player in that case

chrome socket Mar 22, 2021, 8:10 PM

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I am having trouble with animations. I'm working on a horror game and I want the AI to do a run/jog animation when the enemy starts to chase you. I can you some help.

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:10 PM

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dapper swift Hi all, please answer when you can, need some advise regarding Megascans. When...

i think there's a attach/detach node in blueprint. on a toggle, you can add/remove camera and have whatever code follow after that- edit: i replied to the wrong user. this text was meant for @abstract scaffold

past stag Mar 22, 2021, 8:15 PM

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Have anyone encountered this weird thing, my unreal engine shows white square at taskbar, there should be ue4 logo

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:16 PM

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grim ore if it doesnt work by default you can probably set the new view target to the cam...

i am already setting the view target, i dont really know how to make the camera receive the player controller input thought. ideally i'd be able to look around using this camera

past stag Mar 22, 2021, 8:16 PM

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past stag Have anyone encountered this weird thing, my unreal engine shows white square at...

Like this

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:18 PM

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wait

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 8:18 PM

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@rigid belfry well the camera itself doesnt really receive input, its not a thing that knows what input is. Im assuming its on a character or pawn, and you would take the input in there and do "something" like rotate or add movement if using a movement component

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:19 PM

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the mouse input is currently configured inside the player pawn. i have to tell the camera to use the controller yaw/pitch inputs

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wonder if i can just move all the mouse inputs from the TPCharacter to the controller, that way i can save time

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 8:20 PM

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if its something that should apply to anything controlled yep

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the controller passes the input down to items that can receive input from it, or from whatever it's possessing

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:27 PM

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yeah this is where i hit the wall

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current idea is to make the camera a pawn, and make the controller posses the camera instead of setting the view target

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at least thats my solution. maybe theres something better

past stag Mar 22, 2021, 8:28 PM

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past stag Like this

Fixed by deleting iconcache

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 8:29 PM

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if your trying to like swap to something else, making a separate pawn to possess seems like a good idea.

broken heath Mar 22, 2021, 8:29 PM

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Hey mathew since u owned macs do u happen to know why there’s difference in model numbers?

I am buying a mac mini and noticed a difference in model numbers with exact specs, does this mean anything?

Both
Z12N0000J
z12n000g0

Are mac mini m1 16 gb ram 256 ssd @grim ore

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 8:30 PM

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how do i post in job board?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 8:30 PM

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chances are the difference is due to region

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@clever vault #instructions

broken heath Mar 22, 2021, 8:31 PM

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Oh i thought so too , alright thanks lets hope m1 be unreal packaging friendly

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 8:32 PM

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where do i use the commands tho?

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 8:32 PM

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@broken heath I didnt have an issue once you got it running, its more of the need for metal to not look weird and one other setting regarding precision.

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@clever vault did you read it, it tells you to message the bot

clever vault Mar 22, 2021, 8:33 PM

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now yes

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:34 PM

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this is what i have working. i can access whatever camera is in the level throught the computer. i prevent the pawn from moving by disabling input, and i can swap from one camera to the other since i controller input is enabled. i set the view target to the new camera, but i am thinking about making the cameras actually pawns. that way not only am i able to possess and whatever, but i can also link eventually AI to the cameras

broken heath Mar 22, 2021, 8:34 PM

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If metal looks weird in m1 would it mean it would look the same on an ios device? Or it would look as it should for mobiles? (After packaging)

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 8:35 PM

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what I mean is you have to use metal on the m1, there is no opengl support which is default

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for the editor to look right, packaging is fine

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packaging really does not care about the machine, just that it has xcode and supported libraries

broken heath Mar 22, 2021, 8:36 PM

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So performance is fine and only backside is metal

grim ore Mar 22, 2021, 8:36 PM

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@rigid belfry it sounds like that might be a good idea, it might not hurt to just try it

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@broken heath yep. there one other box to check for the colors to look right in the editor but at some point it should get fixed. again only visual issues not impacting packaging

broken heath Mar 22, 2021, 8:39 PM

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Oh btw do u recall the checkbox , so i take note , sorry

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:41 PM

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it could also mean that i can design characters that can hijack cameras by possessing it and doing whatever. yeah this sounds great

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wasn't there a OnPossess event? or was it cpp only?

jagged halo Mar 22, 2021, 8:45 PM

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what happens with components within controllers? (currently testing, but if someone knows)

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in particular, I thought that controllers weren't actually visible entities (unlike the pawn they possessed), so I wonder what to make of them ...

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:47 PM

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jagged halo what happens with components within controllers? (currently testing, but if some...

controllers are re non-physical actors. they can only possess pawns(a character is a type of pawn)

exotic thicket Mar 22, 2021, 8:47 PM

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You probably could put a static mesh on a controller

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they do exist in the world somewhere

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:D

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It would be a dumb thing to do but hey

jagged halo Mar 22, 2021, 8:47 PM

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I'm trying to render a procedural mesh on a render target, but only on the owner machine (useless elsewhere)

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so rather than putting the procedural mesh and the capture inside the character (which seems a bit out of place), I was thinking to put them in the controller instead

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:49 PM

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exotic thicket You probably could put a static mesh on a controller

even if you did, the static mesh would not be visible because controllers are non physical actors. the collision would remain(i think)

exotic thicket Mar 22, 2021, 8:50 PM

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You are right, I just tested it out of curiosity and that is indeed exactly what happens

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 8:56 PM

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so it seems like it wasnt an straightforward as i thought. i am possessing the camera pawn, but the controller still sends input to the character instead of the new pawn. i feel like i should tell the program to do more than just possess, but at the same that should...just work.
edit, after some testing, i am pretty sure i am returning none so that might be the reason. need to debug further

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 8:59 PM

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i have aliasing only infront of the sky. how can i prevent this aliasing?

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:03 PM

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Well

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:04 PM

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steel shell i have aliasing only infront of the sky. how can i prevent this aliasing?

I will need more information to know why its happening

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:04 PM

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what information?

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i want to provide all the information you need 🙂

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:05 PM

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Are you saying in the other side its okay ?

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or the whole thing is like this

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:06 PM

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i marked the problematic aliasing in red in this image

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in the blue area there is no aliasing

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:07 PM

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I see

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I know what the issue is

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:07 PM

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cool what is it?

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:07 PM

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Something with the translucent of the terran

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terrain

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or the sky depends how you want it to be like

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 9:09 PM

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very funny

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:09 PM

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steel shell cool what is it?

Haven't had this issue in a long time so try to change the translucent to -1

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:09 PM

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fluid swallow Haven't had this issue in a long time so try to change the translucent to -1

where can i change it?

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:10 PM

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once you click on the terrain

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it should be somewhere in the settings

broken heath Mar 22, 2021, 9:11 PM

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rigid belfry very funny

Why is it funny? I’m noob

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:12 PM

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fluid swallow it should be somewhere in the settings

i cannot find such a setting

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:12 PM

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Looking for it ill screen in a sec

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 9:14 PM

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broken heath Why is it funny? I’m noob

in the loop i am adding stuff inside an array, but since the array element is not connected, i am not adding anything

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i am telling the pogram to add nothing

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 9:14 PM

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why on earth would this be giving me 'accessed none trying to read 'AI controller''?

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 9:14 PM

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like telling a calculator to to " 2+ "

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:14 PM

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@steel shell hey can you show me your details ?

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like this

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:16 PM

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fluid swallow <@!752595131235827734> hey can you show me your details ?

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:20 PM

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okay i did something similar to yours

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:20 PM

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no aliasing...

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maybe because i have a virtual reality project?

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:21 PM

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Oh

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I have no idea actually i have never made any VR projects

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i have 0 knowledge of anything that relates to VR

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:22 PM

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mhh ok

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but its good that you dont have this aliasing

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so its something that either my project or i set

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:22 PM

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Hmm There are a few console commands to try out maybe

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its r.PostProcessAAQuality 0

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up to 6

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so r.PostProcessAAQuality 2 ~ r.PostProcessAAQuality 4 ~ r.PostProcessAAQuality 6

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try out on begin play

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steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:24 PM

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ok i try this

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mh but the aliasing only occurs in the sky

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its not a general problem

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:25 PM

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This is as far as i know i guess

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I don't want to make you try stuff I am not sure about ;D

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:28 PM

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thank you for trying to help me 🙂

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 9:29 PM

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its working! tomorrow i'll probably make this an interface function, that way i can better control everything. i'll probably want to clamp the camera movement and also general speed. after that(hopefully the day after) i'll make this replicate everything 👌

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:30 PM

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steel shell thank you for trying to help me 🙂

I am sure if you post it again later someone else might know how to fix this ;D

fluid swallow Mar 22, 2021, 9:30 PM

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rigid belfry its working! tomorrow i'll probably make this an interface function, that way i ...

Cool Stuff

steel shell Mar 22, 2021, 9:34 PM

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i have msaacount = 4

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r.PostProcessAAQuality = "3" LastSetBy: Scalability

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Aliasing works.. only not on the sky

jagged halo Mar 22, 2021, 9:40 PM

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seems like I corrupted my project; now accessing the content browser insta crashes 😢

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no idea how to fix that ...

broken heath Mar 22, 2021, 9:42 PM

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jagged halo seems like I corrupted my project; now accessing the content browser insta crash...

Sometimes deleting content inside saved and intermediate folders fixes my project but try that after backing up ur project

jagged halo Mar 22, 2021, 9:46 PM

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no luck

light gale Mar 22, 2021, 9:49 PM

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Could someone point me to clear and up to date information relating to using purchased assets in a project in a team system? IE, the process and limitations for building with assets purchased from the store, or just knows offhand how that all works

jagged halo Mar 22, 2021, 9:55 PM

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jagged halo no luck

rebooting seems to have helped

weary hull Mar 22, 2021, 10:01 PM

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have epic said if there will be a 4.27 or will 5.0 be next?

dry latch Mar 22, 2021, 10:11 PM

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hey guys, I am making an apex legends type of menu. Currently my widgets works great, but it happens that when I click on the menu that I am currently in (for example the Play tab) it hides my UI

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Anyone has an idea ?

plush yew Mar 22, 2021, 10:14 PM

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So does 'spawn default controller' handle destroying any old controllers? Basically I have characters that I want to be controlled either by players or Ai, when players unpossess them I want them to use an AI controller, I tried to store a reference to the AI controller but doesn't seem to work, but 'spawn default controller' does, however I assume this deletes old versions of the AI controller? Otherwise is a memory leak I think

ocean pumice Mar 22, 2021, 10:16 PM

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what's the best option for creating characters with clothes etc.. in your opinion ? It's just for creating some poses for an instagram avatar..

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thanks a lot

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 10:17 PM

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ocean pumice what's the best option for creating characters with clothes etc.. in your opinio...

something like this maybe? https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/WorkingwithModularCharacters/index.html

Working with Modular Characters

Describes the different methods you can use to create modular characters comprised of multiple Skeletal Meshes.

ocean pumice Mar 22, 2021, 10:18 PM

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ah thanks a lot but i'm looking for something to create the character, the integration won't be a problem..

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i've tried Character Creator 3 but the options are really shallow

rigid belfry Mar 22, 2021, 10:20 PM

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oh i see

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well your best option is to hire an artist

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i guess

ocean pumice Mar 22, 2021, 10:21 PM

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true 🙂 thanks 🙂

autumn elbow Mar 22, 2021, 11:10 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221798806713401345/823448048134127656/2021-03-21_23-44-42.mp4

▶ Play video

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Anyone know why this silliness is happening ?

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The foot slides in realtime, yet at .2, it's locked

tall plume Mar 22, 2021, 11:29 PM

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Does anyone know what this problem is?
screenshot from a small scene in Oculus Quest 2
Textures behave strangely, like low resolution, but not all

jagged halo Mar 22, 2021, 11:30 PM

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is there a way to debug runtime-created render targets?

sonic quest Mar 22, 2021, 11:50 PM

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jagged halo is there a way to debug runtime-created render targets?

What sort of debugging are you looking for. Maybe render that into some plane in your map or render it inside a Widget.

jagged halo Mar 22, 2021, 11:51 PM

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already doing that, but things seems ok - until they are applied to another more complex mesh

sonic quest Mar 22, 2021, 11:52 PM

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Ah okay. Don't know about anything specific render target debug options.

still hemlock Mar 23, 2021, 12:10 AM

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Hello

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can I get some help

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I'm trying to setup SpatialOS for Unreal

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but the Linux download isn't working

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has anyone tried using SpatialOS recently?

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like the setup

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btw it's the toolchain I'm trying to download from

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I click it but it doesn't redirect me

tall plume Mar 23, 2021, 12:13 AM

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jagged halo is there a way to debug runtime-created render targets?

I try to somehow start displaying statistics in Oculus, but I still can't

tall plume Mar 23, 2021, 12:18 AM

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still hemlock has anyone tried using SpatialOS recently?

try using the context menu on the Save As link. I had a similar problem

still hemlock Mar 23, 2021, 12:25 AM

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tall plume try using the context menu on the Save As link. I had a similar problem

Thankyou it's downloading now

robust marten Mar 23, 2021, 12:28 AM

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Just curious but would y’all consider it wise to use a master actor for creating NPCs?

jolly vector Mar 23, 2021, 12:37 AM

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robust marten Just curious but would y’all consider it wise to use a master actor for creating...

It really depends on what you're doing. But invisible actors (eg. AEnemySpawner) tend to be common. (Edit: they don't need to have a visual representation in a level.)

dreamy zenith Mar 23, 2021, 2:47 AM

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Hi, im new here, i got a question about a issue with the game im making so in which channel do i ask

hearty idol Mar 23, 2021, 3:36 AM

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Why has there been absolutely zero ue5 news? It's almost April. I really have been hoping for more exciting information, even if the release has been delayed.

blissful wharf Mar 23, 2021, 4:13 AM

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what are the axis (+/-) for forward (away from viewer), right, up?

plush yew Mar 23, 2021, 4:23 AM

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Is there a way to move my blue prints from side scroller to third person?

blissful wharf Mar 23, 2021, 4:34 AM

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what do you mean?

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moving them to a new project?

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you can copy the uasset files of the blueprint to a new project, but if a blueprint inherits from another blueprint then you need to make sure you copy both over

plush yew Mar 23, 2021, 4:45 AM

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blissful wharf you can copy the uasset files of the blueprint to a new project, but if a bluepr...

im following a tutorial where he makes a game in side scroller but i need to make it in third person

blissful wharf Mar 23, 2021, 4:46 AM

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import the third person character

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(it's an asset that you can import and drop into the scene)

maiden otter Mar 23, 2021, 5:16 AM

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plush yew Is there a way to move my blue prints from side scroller to third person?

In content browser, Right click -> asset actions -> migrate -> select content folder of new project

gilded root Mar 23, 2021, 5:52 AM

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Hi, I wonder is it possible to customize the color of UE's window frames based on projects? When I have multiple projects open at the same time, it would be nice to tell which window is of which project.

surreal vector Mar 23, 2021, 7:06 AM

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Hello i have a question, can having a lot of variables in the game instance (like 100 variables) can create performances issues?

modern cedar Mar 23, 2021, 7:19 AM

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@surreal vector That should primarily depend on what you're doing with these variables and what they are. If it's just 100 ints that just silently wait for their turn to be checked once in a while it really shouldn't create any bottlenecks. But when in doubt -> prototype what you're intending to do and then check the performance - that's the only way to get a definite answer! 😉

surreal vector Mar 23, 2021, 7:36 AM

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Alright thank you!

dim merlin Mar 23, 2021, 8:03 AM

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Hi, anyone knows how to optimize my AI so i wont get this warning:

plush yew Mar 23, 2021, 8:18 AM

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Is there a better way to check if a key is released inside my character BP, other than 'was input key just released' on tick?

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 8:20 AM

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yes

plush yew Mar 23, 2021, 8:20 AM

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how

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 8:20 AM

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on pressed and on release

plush yew Mar 23, 2021, 8:24 AM

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i don't see that anywhere, only 'is input key down' and 'was input key just released/pressed'

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 8:24 AM

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project settings input events

plush yew Mar 23, 2021, 8:25 AM

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ah I see ty

sharp shadow Mar 23, 2021, 8:59 AM

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hearty idol Why has there been absolutely zero ue5 news? It's almost April. I really have be...

UE5 very soon™️ , as far as I heard it is still planned for Spring as they mentioned before

proud narwhal Mar 23, 2021, 9:13 AM

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Is there any way to filter the worldoutliner to only show certain types?

drowsy snow Mar 23, 2021, 9:28 AM

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How do you actually use this material function? I'm still confused.
Of course SimpleGrassWind won't suffice, because this is in context of sky clouds, not grasses. I want to pan textures according to Wind Directional Source actor.
What's to feed on Vector4 WindActor input really?

plush yew Mar 23, 2021, 9:40 AM

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this is maybe a dumb question but does playing games from the epic store affect my rights to publish my own ue4 games

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 9:51 AM

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you can open up that wind function

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i expect madness under there

tame marsh Mar 23, 2021, 9:58 AM

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@plush yew It's possible that if you get your Epic Games account banned, you might lose access to your Marketplace purchases

magic fern Mar 23, 2021, 10:16 AM

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Hello guys. I have one question, I have water as a cube, but when the player looks at the horizon he can see then line where it ends. How can I disguise that?

proud narwhal Mar 23, 2021, 10:25 AM

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Any way to lock an object in the world outliner so you cannot accidently interact with it

tame marsh Mar 23, 2021, 10:27 AM

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@magic fern Fog, distant scenery...

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Some things I can think of

restive yarrow Mar 23, 2021, 10:29 AM

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Hello folks, I have a set of grouped actors, and dragging them from the X,Y,Z arrows takes too long ( my pc freezes ) so i have decided to move them by adding X,Y,Z coordinates . but when i write the coordinates all the actors get jumbled and mixed into each other when they move. how do i stop this from happening?

sturdy plinth Mar 23, 2021, 10:42 AM

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hello, from an actor reference, for editor purpose, is there a way to get the thumbnail generated by UE ? from BP or C++ ?

tame marsh Mar 23, 2021, 11:06 AM

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@sturdy plinth Hey, I remember seeing a reference to the thumbnail in the Python API https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/PythonAPI/class/StaticMesh.html#unreal.StaticMesh

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It's the thumbnail_info property. That might give you a direction to look in

dim merlin Mar 23, 2021, 11:10 AM

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So i have a game with lots of AI actors spawned, around 2k

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these are just plain actors with a skeletal mesh

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however when they distance cull, i still have a low fps

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When i 'reset' the mesh to empty, the fps gets better

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why doesnt distance cull work for me?

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 11:33 AM

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why does this print the absolute desktop position of the cursor

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The window is this small

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 11:52 AM

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can somebody explain to me why till this day there are no "Community Pre-Built" versions of UE4 for Linux??

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(||To who ever dares to say "Pakage blah blah blah" don't fool me i know that the Linux community is big enough to make a txt file with the needed dll's and other stuff||)

next badger Mar 23, 2021, 11:54 AM

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@forest finch well, cause UE4 officially is not supported on Linux

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 11:54 AM

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next badger <@!414165615670984734> well, cause UE4 officially is not supported on Linux

what has "Officiall" to do with "Community"??

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the UE4 Source Code is available for compiling

desert widget Mar 23, 2021, 11:55 AM

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Hello all, does anyone have any news regarding UE5 beta release? Will it be by the end of march?

next badger Mar 23, 2021, 11:55 AM

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@forest finch who is "community"? You - go and make it, then maintain it

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@desert widget probably not

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 11:56 AM

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next badger <@!414165615670984734> who is "community"? You - go and make it, then maintain i...

i would if i had big enough HDD to compile UE 4's thicccccc 🍑

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 11:57 AM

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lol

rocky radish Mar 23, 2021, 11:58 AM

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forest finch the UE4 Source Code is available for compiling

you can't distribute source code to the community

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 11:58 AM

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why?

rocky radish Mar 23, 2021, 11:58 AM

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it's in the TOS

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 11:58 AM

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eff the TOS

next badger Mar 23, 2021, 11:58 AM

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*TOS -> EULA

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 11:59 AM

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if they are so smart why don't they compile it?

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i'm sick and tired of being a Linux user and not to be able to use something as a normal person

buoyant graniteBOT Mar 23, 2021, 11:59 AM

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Something went wrong. Check the logs for details.

next badger Mar 23, 2021, 12:00 PM

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forest finch i'm sick and tired of being a Linux user and not to be able to use something as ...

WINDOWS is your salvation

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:01 PM

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Use WINE

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*Windows In Linux

next badger Mar 23, 2021, 12:01 PM

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@dense knoll probably will lag like hell

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 12:11 PM

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What was that for??

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you know what?, i'll come back to UE when Linux gets fully supported(which is probably never) i guess i'll need to start learning C# and Unity now

hearty idol Mar 23, 2021, 12:18 PM

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@sharp shadow thanks for the update!

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@forest finch ok you do that. Let us know how that works out for you.

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:20 PM

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Classic

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"Im going to use the competitors product because you cant help me with ___!" I have heard similar lines like this so many times its getting old

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 12:22 PM

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no need to be mean

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 12:22 PM

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hearty idol <@414165615670984734> ok you do that. Let us know how that works out for you.

probably much better than UE because Even tho Unity is half or even 3 times smaller than epic it supports almost every platform and manages to have Linux support even if it's not the greatest support

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:22 PM

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again

hearty idol Mar 23, 2021, 12:22 PM

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One tip though. You should get used to that feeling being a Linux user. What percentage of Linux users are there now for game development? Outside of a major studio like Activision studio, which makes their own engine anyway

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It all comes down to need

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And I doubt it is there for Linux to justify the priority

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 12:24 PM

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there was this research done by some game developers on if its worth porting to linux, and no its not.
you get more sales adding new language options even for obscure languages over porting to linux compared to time spend/costs.

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so kudo's to those who do port their stuff, but doing it out of profit is not a decent reason atm

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:25 PM

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Im pretty sure you can port UE pretty easily if you have access to the source code?

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 12:26 PM

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hearty idol One tip though. You should get used to that feeling being a Linux user. What per...

You should get used to that feeling being a Linux user.
why should i? the all Linux based OS-es are getting treated badly by developers like epic

What percentage of Linux users are there now for game development?
so far none only because there is none support for linux

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 12:26 PM

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neko, behave. your blatant bs about getting treated badly by epic will not do well here.

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:27 PM

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Whining isnt going to change anything

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IF your this annoyed about something so small like not having proper support for one of the most modifiable OS

forest finch Mar 23, 2021, 12:28 PM

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well epic should get their job together they are bigger company than Unity yet can't manage a simple thing it's more of a shame than something also im outta here no need to ban me

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:28 PM

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then i doubt the Unity Community would fare well either, Just calm down

exotic thicket Mar 23, 2021, 12:29 PM

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I'm not really sure why Epic should do anything

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If it doesn't make them money then they don't really need to :P

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You have to keep in mind that ultimately they are a business

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 12:29 PM

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they left

exotic thicket Mar 23, 2021, 12:29 PM

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Rip

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:D

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:29 PM

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Well i can tell that the unity community isnt going to like him either

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

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unreal does have linux suppiort right?

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

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they have one thing missing and he has a mental breakdown and a midlife crisis

exotic thicket Mar 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

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sounded like he just wanted to vent lol

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

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pretty sure FN servers are linux

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

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isnt there a Linux fork of UE4?

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 12:31 PM

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its like "i picked this thing and its not supported, Y U HATE ME Y U NO SPOORT ME"
imagine them making a blueprint for X using Y, but the proper approach would be to use Z for X.
Y U MAKE ME USE Z I WANT TO USE Y WHY YOU NO SPOORT ME

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y u no let me use tick on everything omg

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:32 PM

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Actuall

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you can compile UE4 for linux

exotic thicket Mar 23, 2021, 12:32 PM

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Well no one says you can't use tick on everything alex

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:32 PM

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i just checked the git

exotic thicket Mar 23, 2021, 12:32 PM

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Yeah afaik it does compile there :P

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 12:32 PM

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i never tested it

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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i would test it but my PC has issues with UE4s Zip file

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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uh guys seems like my problem got buried under this whole rant, how soon can I repost it?

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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if u do dedicated server u should prolly do a linux build tho

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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now would be fine

obsidian nimbus Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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linux servers are way cheaper

fierce tulip Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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yea, you can repost cool

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

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I have this small window

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221799467689574410/823882489499877396/unknown.png

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but this

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prints the absolute position of the mouse cursor

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:34 PM

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Ok im confused on this as well lol

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:34 PM

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I can't seem to figure this out for the life of me

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:34 PM

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oh wait is this a drawing BP?

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:35 PM

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No its an editor utility widget

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I am making a custom node editor

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for dialogue system

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:35 PM

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You can just use BP for that

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its a tad easy

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er

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:35 PM

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I know

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I already have a system in place

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Just want to make it a bit more designer friendly

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Things were going smooth enough until this crap happened

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:36 PM

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the windows too small?

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:36 PM

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I don't think so

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I have used this code fragment a fair bit of times

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this is the only place where it seems to mess up

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:37 PM

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i dont get whats messing up? Is it not showing the nodes?

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:38 PM

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@dense knoll its not giving the local position

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which would start at the top left of the window

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its giving me the absolute position in the whole screen

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:38 PM

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did you recently update your engine?

leaden dust Mar 23, 2021, 12:39 PM

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@dense knoll I didn't update this project

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I made it on 4.26

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I use 4.25 normally

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but since I was making this as an experimental feature I decided 4.26

drowsy snow Mar 23, 2021, 12:40 PM

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Holy shit, Neko.

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:40 PM

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Neko is gone

drowsy snow Mar 23, 2021, 12:40 PM

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IKR

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Also, we assume Linux users are mostly super nerd anyway, they would go their way tweaking WINE or even make Windows KVM inside their Linux system, so we could just safely built both the game and editor with Windows or Mac

dense knoll Mar 23, 2021, 12:41 PM

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leaden dust <@!569339985379983360> I didn't update this project

just use get mouse position on viewport