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[prisma seal]

ah thx

[rich spoke]

I don't see particles channel so I will ask here if you don't mind
How can I make particles spawn immediately. Like, all emmiters have to spawn at the same time

[drowsy snow]

It's not like you can't dock the Output Log tab with other tabs in the same panel anyway.

[fierce tulip]

@rich spoke if cascade > #visual-fx if niagara #niagara

[chrome hedge]

I have it floating all the time on different monitors and sometimes I close it by accident or can't find it 😛

[drowsy snow]

One other way is you can use the Ctrl+Tab menu to bring it back.

[chrome hedge]

thanks

[dull swan]

Anyone know why Megascans textures arnt appearing on after importing them with displacement enabled and applying them to a model?

[merry bison]

Oh? But everyone says that geometry should not be used in a final product, because of performance issues.

[ember shadow]

Hello all, how would i fix these

[drowsy snow]

That's why you replace them with static meshes once your blocked level is finalised.

[drowsy snow]

#graphics

[merry bison]

But then again, it sounds to me that creating static meshes from the start and use them as "lego" to build your level should be a smarter way to work. I mean, the static meshes needs to be created at some point anyway according to you. So building geometry first and then build meshes after doesn't sound effective.

[drowsy snow]

Not really.

Blocking your levels with BSP is a way to settle on the level design and navigability, before using the BSP geometries to piece together the static meshes.

That's also why you would need concept arts as well, no matter how rough that is.

[merry bison]

Ok, I'll try your suggestion then. BSP it is. Thanks man.

[vale silo]

I need some help with aim offset making anims out of sync, please https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/aim-offset-and-animation-out-of-sync-how-do-i-fix/227999

[fading wraith]

Hope this is alright to ask here, but I have this system working to fetch dialogue and put it into a dialogue box Widget. Im trying to figure out how to be able to edit "MyDialogue" after fetching it though. For example in a language like C I could easily do "MyDialogue = Enemy %f meters away" and then designate %f as whatever. Right now MyDialogue at index 0 has "Enemy meters away" so after fetching that how can I edit it before moving it to the Widget to add the distance away to the string? Or literally any value at all just for testing purposes? is that possible?

[grim ore]

once you get it, you have it. what you are asking about is setting parameters inside the string (replacing the %f for example)

your original string doesnt have that, so you cant "replace" it.

[fading wraith]

so I can legit just add %f to MyDialogue and then replace it in blueprints?

[grim ore]

you want to create a custom parser to do what you want, your source string could have <ENEMY> for example. then once you get it you can just look for the replace option for a string (going to have to convert the text -> string since your array is text or swap that array to string)

[digital hinge]

Is there a way to import these into another project? I tried migrate but it doesn't work [SOLVED]

[grim ore]

but yep its doable, just make a custom function that does it for you and call it on the output

[fading wraith]

never messed with parsers before, Ill look into that now thank you for the advice

[grim ore]

it shouldnt be too hard, your function takes in the "string" your working on then can take in any variables (your replacement text) then it just calles the replace blueprint node with those 2 things and returns your output string that is updated, then your function returns that back out with your updated string. You can have it "replace" multiple things in a row in the same function if you just want to chain it together

[fading wraith]

yooo that's actually so helpful for way more things than just this current task im working on

thank you so much 🙏

[grim ore]

you need to contact epic and go thru the EGS stuff, this is not really support or info for that

[tough pagoda]

Why I can't change location of UCameraComponent Instance in BP?

I made UCameraComponent in C++.

I can change only in code location?

[plush yew]

The landscape image is

[merry bison]

try ask in #cpp

[plush yew]

and when i import it it became

[tough pagoda]

No answer.

[plush yew]

can anyone answer mine

[fierce tulip]

dont ask repetitively please

[drowsy snow]

2. Be patient when asking for help. This isn't an official Epic Games support channel so we can't guarantee a response. Don't ping people unless you're replying to them. If someone can help, they will. If not, come back in a few hours and consider rephrasing your question or adding more details.

Also consider that not everyone here have spare time to look through the questions, decipher the poorly explained ones, reproducing the problems, and answer them accordingly. Don't treat this server like your personal tutor that sit besides you 24/7.

[upbeat tendon]

ive written a plugin, i want to tidy up the UI , should i group by environment, Release,etc or another way?

[plush yew]

anyone has an idea what H as a texture is it looks like a displacement one but im not sure

[fierce tulip]

height

[plush yew]

ye that makes sense

sry dumb question

[fierce tulip]

np

[steel shell]

is it possible to see the fps in vr preview?

[brazen venture]

how to make calculate direction blue?

[exotic otter]

souds familiar xD

[drowsy snow]

The "pureness" of a function is "hardcoded", so you can make a "shell" function containing the pure function inside an exec function.

[unreal venture]

anyone knows what its this bug related to?

[knotty heron]

How do I cast to a camera actor from the character BP?

[acoustic wraith]

What object are you casting? Do you have a reference to it in your character class?

[knotty heron]

It's just a camera actor placed in the level, how would I get it to set the reference?

[kindred viper]

if its placed in the level you need to get actor of class (with camera type).

[fossil spade]

I rendered the light which caused this weird "effect" of certain parts of the building to become slightly darker. How do I fix this issue?

[plush yew]

ohhhh
i want UE 5 right now.
and i want a good photogrammetry tool which only needs 10 pics or so. and works with reflective objects

[desert ocean]

When i export my Game and click host i loads the Game Level but switches instantly back to the Main Menu, but if i try it in the editor it works

[kindred viper]

@plush yew nice to know. What is the question? 😄

I could send you to Blender or Maya for those things. Then you don't have to wait 😄

[plush yew]

future is not now.

[kindred viper]

I wouldn't wait if I were you. I'd start going externally for your photogrammetry and setting it up for when the time comes. Its going to be months yet.

The engine is just the rendering part right? So you can use other apps to manage it for now

[plush yew]

there is nothing to set up if the new photogrammetry science can make models with just 10 pics.
no there are no other products u can use for GI. rtxgi is bad.

[kindred viper]

I've not heard of that being in Unreal 5 though.

And you can use GI in a lot of apps.

[plush yew]

PG isnt in ue5. its a different thing.

[kindred viper]

I know thats my point.

[plush yew]

what apps?

[kindred viper]

Blender, Maya, any app that lets you add external code bases.

[plush yew]

they dont offer global illumination for ue4!?

[kindred viper]

if you absolutely need realtime, you can even use UE4 for it

there are several flavours of GI for UE

[plush yew]

ssgi bad. dxgi bad. rtxgi bad.
lpv bad.

i dont see any options

[kindred viper]

you can use anything you want to implement with UE. It has the support for external code. The options you mention (and including VXGI and others) are realtime options that will never be as good as offline renderers because they don't need to be. They just need to be good enough for realtime. There is a price for realtime to pay. Quality is often it. UE5 won't change that.

It would be nice if we had offline quality in realtime, but then all those offline renderers would become obsolete.

[plush yew]

how pitty 😦

vray unemployed

corona unemployed

[kindred viper]

yeah one day perhaps it will become a reality. It has to happen at some point 🙂

[plush yew]

rtxgi would be fine if you could import quixel assets into lol

but u cant. rtxgi stops working once u import em

[kindred viper]

that would need specific material setups to enable the RTX flag I guess?

[plush yew]

i gues

[kindred viper]

check that out. It might be the issue. Nothing I run supports RTXGI until I enable it manually.

[plush yew]

ok thanks 😄 i mean u a right in the end

[kindred viper]

only problem is it can be a mammoth task with some assets

[plush yew]

ue5 will give same performance as rtxgi most likely if GI is on?

[kindred viper]

the property matrix can let you bulk edit so thats good.

[plush yew]

even tho ue5 wont use ray tracing

[kindred viper]

I couldn't say really. I would hope so

[plush yew]

ok love u

[plush yew]

what settings do you change there?

[kindred viper]

the RTX flag

[plush yew]

never seen that

[kindred viper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44Ttd_5UG4

[plush yew]

isnt that for dxrtx

[kindred viper]

it would depend what you have support for.

[desert ocean]

This is only if i use the Steam Subsystem

[plush yew]

i use rtxgi. meaning its from nvidia

[kindred viper]

most things in UE are interfaced. So it's entirely possible one flag enabled can manage several different supported modules.

the Nvidia RTX branch is a separate build right? I would check those docs specifically. I haven't used it myself because im still on a 1080ti

[plush yew]

ya

so u use ue4 native rt?

[kindred viper]

I barely use that in all honesty. Using RTX on a 1080ti is like swimming in sand.

[plush yew]

Ouh.

[kindred viper]

Most of my RTX stuff is offline rendered

[distant cobalt]

Are there one or two people here who would like to exchange ideas? From programming and unreal engine knowledge? Would be interested in learning good things from others. Is always exciting

[kindred viper]

does it pay?

[short willow]

what's the most recent content examples updated with?

I saw it updated but didn't know what parts are added/changed?

[short willow]

I already saw insects before this update(like 2~3 days ago)

I guess I can always create different project to compare/migrate what I have in the old ones

[short willow]

I check the Niagara advanced map nothing new is added

also checked the maps, no new maps are added.

[mortal cedar]

whats a good way to deal with ai's getting knocked off nav meshes?

[lean mauve]

So.. I am pretty new in RVT stuff. I am trying to create new blending material for landscape. Material is taken from megascans site. Looks like they changed the way they have built materials and because of that now it looks like this. The question is, how can I add "Runtime Virtual Texture Output" to it?

[pure sorrel]

Why I get this message when I want to use the C++ helper

Command 'Create Implementation' resulted in an error (command 'cpp-helper.create-implementation' not found)

[spare kernel]

maybe ue4 sourcebase does not support C++ helper (whatever that is?)

[plush yew]

why is my brush not appearing in mesh paint when i try to vertex paint with my combined megascans meshes, im following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_3_lYyydgA&t=447s

[pure sorrel]

fixed it

had to install the C++ helper unreal extension, instead of only the C++ helper

[kindred viper]

@plush yew maybe if you ask a 4th time someone will help :p Honestly I have no idea. If you are following a tutorial I would presume you did it wrong.

[plush yew]

well no one was answering so how do i know if anyone even saw it maybe they have a suggestion

[kindred viper]

in that amount of time between asking, you could have gone and redone the entire tutorial or even read the documentation or used the Unreal learning portal. Just sayin'. Nobody is here to do it for you.

[plush yew]

i did and i looked it up nothing...

[kindred viper]

as usual

[plush yew]

i reinstalled mesh paint in my plugins

tested a new project

[analog tusk]

What's the best way to sell a small game? I'm making a simplistc hack n slash for mobile and PC, don't know if I should sell it for $1-$2 or put in ads that you have to view to unlock stages and character colors.

[plush yew]

its not that hard also it doesn't seem like a very common problem

how can i see more water from the river ? 😄

[autumn latch]

how can i disable fog only client

[plush yew]

what happens to my landscape? 😮

i did days on this map please anyone help me i dont want it to be ruinµ

[autumn latch]

.

[thick nebula]

anyone know how to remedy this LogPlayerManagement: Warning: UGameViewportClient::MapCursor: Could not find cursor to map to 1.

I get it as a repetitive warning

[plush yew]

what setting makes this solved?

[fallow hornet]

what hotkey did i fat finger to active these controls

and how do i get it back to the other?

this mode won't let me change between local and world space transforms

[autumn latch]

what is "is locally controlled"?

[devout whale]

Is it possible to create a system where if you press a button or something similar the world can go old or even modern? So like once the button is pressed the environment become very modern so like making the whole environment go in 3020 maybe, and pressed again the world goes back to present time ? Ectt

@ me if your reply. Thanks

[kindred viper]

@devout whale funny you should ask as I was considering doing that for some animation im working on right now. I asked and the general consensus was world composition could work. I've not tested it yet as im not upto there but another consideration was to have materials/shaders so the blending animation work. That might be more effective if you are a material hero, which I am not 😄

[devout whale]

Oh really? Thanks this helps me alot. I'm no material expert either but what you have said gave me a few ideas thanks 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[kindred laurel]

does anyone know what this error means

[plush yew]

hello

i dont know c++ or c#

[kindred viper]

@kindred laurel self explanatory error message right there.

[plush yew]

can i get anywhere near the works done with c++ with blueprints?

[kindred viper]

yes

[plush yew]

because c++ is pretty hard

[kindred viper]

its not really. Not with Unreal. Dont be scared homie.

[kindred laurel]

sorry im new to unreal just confused about the PIE etc

[kindred viper]

its the path to the map that is wrong.

[plush yew]

i just know python and some java

i guess i gotta start with blueprints

and then later some c++

[kindred viper]

if you know python and java you can handle C++ with Unreal. You don't have to worry about some of the caveats of learning native C++ as its handled for you. You just need to understand the structure of how to access things mostly.

And its quite reflective in its blueprint counterparts anyway

[plush yew]

yeah i hope so

do i gotta know something like blender

for models and stuff

or can i do those on unreal

[kindred viper]

it helps yeah. You wouldn't want to make models in unreal. You can do basic shapes but its not a complete tool for it. Blender and Maya are the two obvious choices. If you can afford Maya, use that. If not, use Blender.

[plush yew]

im newly getting into game making

i just used to do some minecraft plugins and programming

the model making and stuff was always hard for me

my older brother used to do cool stuff on source engine

but i guess source is old now

[drowsy snow]

If you have experience with Source modding, the basics can be applied to Unreal.

Also consider taking your time learning from the learning resources provided in the pinned message, and even Epic's official Unreal online learning courses, which are free to access.

[versed burrow]

I'm pretty sure u can use python with unreal

But if you know some stuff about blueprints I'd say learn that because it's the same as coding and if you learn that you will be able to learn c++ easily

[drowsy snow]

Python in Unreal is geared more towards editor scripting.

[versed burrow]

Ohh

[dapper swift]

Hi, how do you remove a re-routing node without deleting the connection?

[kindred viper]

make a new connection

[drowsy snow]

Redo the connection.
As far as the editor concerned, the reroute node is just another BP node with no functions.

[hot timber]

How to fix player walk through buildings ?

[kindred viper]

you goto learn.unrealengine.com and start learning the core basics

[hot timber]

which lesson ? It is not numbered, I can not specify @kindred viper

[kindred viper]

like I mentioned earlier. Do them all.

start with the introduction tutorials and keep going.

[plush yew]

Best time you'll spent all year round :3

[kindred viper]

its so good, even the professionals use it.

[plush yew]

Or just Google whatever you want or need to learn based on the aspects your project needs to be completed than back track and pick up other stuff

Granted I've mapped out my project from an centimeter to centimeter basis so it makes making the game infinitely easier when you dont have to think of what to do next or what is needed for each step until time to sell said project

Just learn said function make it move on lol

[kindred viper]

aye writing everything down helps a lot. However if you don't know how the structure is made, or how to use blueprints or collision in engine, then writing it down is like guessing on paper.

[plush yew]

^ pretty darn much

I spent a silly amount of time about a year really finding put how to make the most complex systems and functions into mere slaps of a button with mechanics and systems dating back as far as the atari or neogeo

As I hope unreal engine can replicate any mechanoc or system done in old 80's to early 2000 consoles especially if made on unreal engine lol

[kindred viper]

someone emulated the Apple II in Unreal

[plush yew]

Its about 700+ pages long and alot of it is to be cut for free dlc content updates but it means I don't have to even process a thought with how mapped it is I just got to learn how to make the mechanics done before for over 30 years
how to make grapple system like no mercyfrom Nintendo 64 or smash bros melee and swamp animations to more martial art like forms

How do I make swimming combat like monster hunter tri from wii
Or older dreamcast games etc etc

Wait Apple 2?

Thats weird... xD

However learning the basis is super important its helped me in more ways than I thought it ever could lol

Its like learning to walk i guess

Turn Based or ARPG?

Arpg

Way more engaging

If built with action in mind

[thin tendon]

Anyone else having troubles with the steam subsystem? I upgraded from 4.25-4.26 a while back. Without changing any steam stuff. It now activates fails to create instance and then shuts down the subsystem

To update this now even the old build of my game (played through the steam store / library) which uses unreal 4.25 won't use steam overlay either. Steam says on my profile that I am playing my game. But I can't access any steam stuff from in game

[tidal wigeon]

Having a problem with redirectors - we're trying to replace all our old Substance materials with equivalent material instances we've created. Replace references on the old MAT files seems to work, and Unreal seems to claim that you can do this sort of cross-class replacement for the various materials classes, but any asset using the redirector fails to load the new material instance. The MI itself is fine, and you can manually change a material in one of the referencing assets and it all works fine. It also works if an asset happens to be open when the replace references operation is done on the substance MAT it uses, which is apparently special-cased. The redirector appears to be fine, the reference viewer shows all the expected references (asset references old MAT redirector references new MI asset). But the MIs fail to import when the mesh object is opened in the editor, and the mat selection shows as the generic world material. The issue appears to be that we're trying to redirect from a regular material to a material instance. This is supposed to work, but it does not. Anyone have a notion how we can fix this? We have far too many assets and materials to want to do this at the referencing asset end

[sudden olive]

So I have a gun that is 7/32 and everytime i pick ammo it goes 7/40 7/48 etc

What I want is to 32 max ammo

Whenever I have for example 7/30 it goes back to 7/32 not 7/38

[plush yew]

help, my camera is static

how can leave that mode?

[drowsy snow]

Drag around another tab to refresh the snapping frame

[plush yew]

thanks bro

[sudden olive]

what logic do i have to make to not picking up more than max ammo (32)

[next dome]

hi guys, when i try to paint with foliage tool, it would not let me paint, its megascans assets btw, when i try to paint, it just goes through the megascans mesh as if it was invisible and paint on a plane mesh that is under it. anyone know why?

[paper sphinx]

Hey, is there any way to make make a light only light certain objects, but not effect others?

[pseudo pulsar]

I'm struggling with some weird visual errors, and I'm not too sure why.

I tried doing a clean install of my graphics driver since it was outdated, but that didn't seem to be it.

[brazen venture]

i need that blue node for
this

[pastel ginkgo]

I downloaded this RTGI petra demo someone made and I want to open in in unreal and play around with the map. Is this possible with the exe?

Demo: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kDGlmy

[drowsy snow]

Just create variables for the Rotation (type Rotator) and Velocity (type Vector)

[woven patrol]

how would I link my health system to the health display

also if ur reading this look at the messages above if u wanna help out, some dude has a deadline and I dont wanna push his message up and have no one see it

[pastel ginkgo]

Where do you add "DISABLEALLSCREENMESSAGES" to the config file so messages don't show up every time you open?

[rough knoll]

is it possible to create 60fps cinematics when you can't run the scene in the viewport at 60fps? sorry if this is a stupid question

need to create a cinematic and the scene i've created is quite tolling

[honest vale]

yes

[umbral ferry]

what you think about this course https://www.udemy.com/course/dungeon-crawler-rpg-unreal-engine-4-co-op/ ?

[main pewter]

yes, use the render queue. personally I'm a fan of 24fps cinematics 🙂 don't like the gaming look with higher fps....

[prime willow]

does something like eyebrows as a mesh need its own physics assets

[half drum]

is it a seperate asset?

[prime willow]

i plan to make it a seperate mesh slapped on the actors face

i ask because making small bones seem to not work so well with tiny mesh pieces x-x

in engine i mean

[half drum]

you probably don't need it

[prime willow]

i still want the eyebrow to have several bones

so it can bend and twist to make different expressions

will no physics asset be ok if that happens

[half drum]

you don't need physics asset for non-physics animation

[prime willow]

ah okie :3

[half drum]

check the animation channel for better help

[prime willow]

thanksies thanksies

will do ❤️

[half drum]

haha np

good luck

[prime willow]

thank you thanks you

[paper sphinx]

Is there any way to make a light only affect a single object and keep the others dark?

[half drum]

seperate the object on a different layer or smth

not sure on the terminology

[paper sphinx]

How do i do that?

[half drum]

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/163955/can-a-light-affect-only-certain-objects-if-not-can.html

Sorry it's not layers, but a custom depth buffer

[paper sphinx]

ok thanks. So do i put the light in the depth buffer as well?

[half drum]

not sure, I just know it's possible 😄

[paper sphinx]

ok awesome

thank you

just a quick question

because i may not need to do

it

i may as well tell you what im trying to do

[half drum]

sure

[paper sphinx]

Im trying to get an effect like this (The bottom picture is photoshopped combining the ground from the left picture and the planet from the right picture)

[half drum]

Can't you just add a giant distant sprite or mesh that is textured and make it unlit?

[paper sphinx]

yeah, i guess i could do that. but the shader on the planet is made in unreal engine

how would I bake the shader onto a texture?

[half drum]

or is the planet dynamically lit

does the angle change?

[paper sphinx]

yes it is dynamically lit

but the angle wont change

its for an animation that goes for 5 seconds

so it stays in the same position

but i dont know how to bake the lighting onto a texture in unreal

is that possible?

[hallow cradle]

can any1 help me with some animation stuff?
@ me

[woven patrol]

@hallow cradle u animating on blender?

[half drum]

check the animation channel

[harsh tiger]

Hi everyone, I have a problem with my VR game. The left hand is basically the right hand by with a -1 scale. This is fine until I pick up an object with my left hand as it inverts the model it's holding. Does anyone know of a workaround for this?

[hallow cradle]

dead

[hallow cradle]

nah its when i need to implement the animations to the character so it moves accordingly

[woven patrol]

I meant what animating software are you using

[hallow cradle]

im new so its jjust the free starter character (third person) animations from the marketplace

the extra ones

with crouch etc

[half drum]

@paper sphinx
option 1. - Make a light only effecting the planet
option 2. - photoshop baked lighting
option 3. - maybe you can bake lighting of the planet by extracting the level lightmap of a level with only the planet and the light
option 4. - make a black to white gradient go from top to bottom, the rotate it to look at the light source and use the gradient to effect your shader instead of the scene lighting. Might require your planet material to be unlit

[half drum]

Post your issue there in detail and then someone could help you solve the issue. This is a chat forum, not support, so don't expect instant help from people

[hallow cradle]

aight 👍

[main pewter]

maybe https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/bakerman can help you. I'm not sure if it was on the freebies or is....you could use that plugin for baking in engine. there was also some baking BP shipped with the engine content if I remember far way back in my brain....
a there is something in the docs: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/RenderToTextureTools/index.html

[exotic otter]

I use SceneColor(HDR) with inv opacity as capture mode, how can I apply post processing to this. I cant use FinalColor cause then my opacity channel is fully white which it shouldnt be, with the otherr one it masks what I want

The problem I am having is even if I use a rendertarget with alpha fully transparent, as soon as I render in LDR to it(even empty scene) the whole alpha becomes opaque

BBut I want LDR + post process while only pixels that actually have meaning be opaque, so only actual actors in the scene

[sharp crest]

sometimes my UE4 tooltips get randomly disabled, how can I reenable without restarting the editor?

the editor ones don't work + in game ones

[paper sphinx]

Thank you guys so much for all the help.

[lone flame]

Hey, an animator here looking for a little help.
I just simply can't figure out, nor find a tutorial on youtube how I make a BP to toggle visibility of an actor in my scene when I press "V" key, as I have set it as an input to do so.

I don't want to have a trigger box etc. just a key to press to set an object/actor visible-invisible.

[harsh tiger]

any ideas on this?

[proud narwhal]

Getting a crash [2021.05.07-11.19.16:276][ 0]LogSockets: Error: Unable to read full network header
when I try to launch to a headset

[drowsy snow]

#virtual-reality

[proud narwhal]

thanks

[ashen brook]

create a new actor class, on begin play call enable input on it for player controller 0, then add a V key press event to it and do whatever you want there

simplest way, but not the most flexible

[marble monolith]

is UE4 performance and memory friendly for mobile hypercasual games?

[fierce tulip]

that mainly depends on how good the developers are at optimization

[lone flame]

Thx! I maybe got it!

[brisk gyro]

hi guys! If anyone could give me an advice that would be awesome. I want to create a little shortfilm (star wars theme) thats 100% CGI. For that I thought of spaceships that would be animated and fly through the scene. I want to build the environment in unreal but I dont know much about animating in unreal. Should I animate instead in maya and import it into unreal or should I do all in unreal. If anyone have done something like this before and can help me that would be insane!

[sleek kiln]

How do I replace the default character with a new character

[storm burrow]

I apologise, I wasn't aware that I shouldn't post this. Had no bad intentions.

[fierce tulip]

no worries at all, just a precaution

[oak lance]

Any Idea how to make planar reflection render only on a specific static mesh? In my example I have a wall with 4 mirrors near each other and want to use only 1 planar reflection instead of 4 for each mirror and so it won't render on the wall and the other props on the planar reflection area

[umbral ferry]

what you think about this course https://www.udemy.com/course/dungeon-crawler-rpg-unreal-engine-4-co-op/ ?

[drowsy snow]

If you really want to, you could disable viewport rendering and make a game entirely using UMG.

[plush yew]

how to setup discord presence in unreal engine

[drowsy snow]

Refer to Discord's Game SDK documentation.
https://discord.com/developers/docs/game-sdk/sdk-starter-guide

[plush yew]

i saw the video and did all things but didn't worked

hey people i started to do some stuff with blueprints

but if i wanna also learn c++ in windows

what should i download

Visual Studio 2019 & Game C++ ?

i did this from og epic games website https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/activating-discords-rich-presence-in-unreal-engine/112875

but didn't worked

[drowsy snow]

The old Rich Prescence has been phased out.
Discord consolidates the Rich Presence functions into the newer Discord Game SDK

[plush yew]

ohhh ty

[autumn flame]

https://github.com/ryanjon2040/Discord-UE4

[marble monolith]

My game is 3d so that’s not a option

[plush yew]

is there anything like this

[kindred viper]

that discord UE4 annoys me because I wanted to be the first to do that and Discord wouldn't give me SDK access. So now I hate them. I hate them like peas.

[plush yew]

how to get arrows while scaling object in blender

how to get arrows

any shortcut key to do that instead of pressing shift+tab

[raw salmon]

I'm studying cloth sim in Content examples project and I'm looking into Owen character set up. Seems like it uses these blue spheres for cloth collision. What are they? I cant see them in skeleton three

[digital anchor]

physics body @raw salmon

open the physics asset editor

[raw salmon]

Yeah, but as I said there is no any thing like them in Skeleton Tree in Physics asset. Or I'm missing something

[digital anchor]

check your 'show' settings, they are there

[raw salmon]

I see blue spheres when I turn on Character -> Clothing -> Collisions

[digital anchor]

ah, youre poiting to the blue sphere not the capsule

[raw salmon]

I dont understand what's going on here 😄
There is these capsules, but it doesn't seem like cloth is colliding with them

[raw salmon]

Exactly

I'm just trying to figure out how to properly set up cloth sims

[drowsy snow]

Not all the cloth vertices actually have cloth physics.

[raw salmon]

Yes, I know. But bottom part of his coat masked with 100 value and it seems like it's colliding with these blue spheres

[plush yew]

is blueprint easy to learn or to see courses

can i learn without any videos

[trail crater]

my actor is not spawning at the player start. It's giving the following error:

"LogSpawn: Warning: SpawnActor failed because of collision at the spawn location [X=36280.000 Y=49580.000 Z=132.000] "

"LogGameMode: Warning: SpawnDefaultPawnAtTransform: Couldn't spawn Pawn of type Vehicle2_C at Rotation: Pitch 0.000000 Yaw 0.000000 Roll 0.000000
Translation: 36280.000000 49580.000000 132.000031".

How do i fix this?

[plush yew]

which is the best thing to do between this
creating environments in blender
or
using assets

[trail crater]

i don't see my player start colliding with anything

No

how do you do that? Sorry I am new

i did that however it still stays the same

oh ok thanks for your help though

[tight needle]

help me

ue4 is being a b#%!^

with cpp

I need to add C++

but it wont let me

the option just isnt there

and when I add a c++ content pack the project breas

*breaks

[sudden olive]

I have gun that is 7/32 ammo

[tight needle]

And yes i have visual studio installed

[sudden olive]

everytime when i pick up ammo box

[tight needle]

Wait what

[sudden olive]

it gives me +7 so its like 7/39 etc

i want it to be locked at 32

[tight needle]

I know how to fix that

[sudden olive]

what logic do i put here

[tight needle]

add a clamp node

between set and +

clamp it to the max ammo

and have it get current ammo and set current ammo

not max ammo

also add a get actor location to the spawn sound at location

weird

il try it

[autumn latch]

not working, why?

[sudden olive]

@tight needle Could you show me that on ur bp? i messed up sth and not working

[lucid grove]

Hey fellas, i think im overplaying myself but cant understand where

Simple add to array function

Its impact point from trace

When i print it from here - its showing me last index, vector data and etc

But when i do it outside function its showing me epmty results

Whats wrong with it? Cant figure out

[plush yew]

what was the command for fps limit can anyone tell me once again

[kindred viper]

t.maxfps 60

[fallow hornet]

I have faceting/aliasing occurring on a light texture that is showing up in the reflection on an object. The light texture i am using is a 2k texture that i created in photoshop. When inspecting in PS no faceting/aliasing is occurring. Mips in the texture setting are set to Blur4 to produce the best results but It makes the curve in the light texture more present.

Anyone have an idea how to smooth this out, or is it a matter of up-resing the texture

[tight needle]

The c++ class isnt appearing in my ue4

Wdym rebuild

and it is on

like rebuild the editor from source?

or the project

because i dont have the editor source

oh good

generate visual studio project files?

or do i press build in the editor

sorry its been a long time since i have done this kinda shit

the sln file?

[finite dew]

This is getting annoying now. I cannot find
Get velocity. Please help

[tight needle]

you have to select a component i think

so do get capsule or something like that

or get mesh

[finite dew]

Oh I'll try now thanks

[tight needle]

let me know if it works

[finite dew]

I wrote get mesh and get capsule nothing comes up

[tight needle]

your casting to the wrong thing then

[hot timber]

can you help me ? how to scale material size !

[tight needle]

its a player right

wait a moment nin jax

[finite dew]

I'm following a youutbe video and it's working. Yeah

[tight needle]

Ok

so first

create a child material

then go into the original material

on the texture sample

add a texture coordinate node

and add a param to the texture coord

then you should be able to scale it in the child mat

[hot timber]

okey how to create a child material ?

[tight needle]

right click on the normal material

create child material

or something like that

im very tired

its 12pm

[hot timber]

Material instance ?

[tight needle]

yes

thats what there called

[hot timber]

okey i will try from here thanks bro

[tight needle]

12AM

sorry

midnight

[hot timber]

np

[vernal compass]

hello everyone. Does someone here worked/works with cesium world in unreal engine?

[tight needle]

Its still not working

@plush yew please help

[hot timber]

when i am clicking to a material i didnt get this

i am getting only this

[tight needle]

Can anybody help me

[plush yew]

Hey, does anyone know a workaround for naming folders with a space? I just dont love having to give everything a _ instead of a space.

[grim ore]

you are not opening a material, you are opening a material instance @hot timber

[tight needle]

Thats not me

i was responding to him about it

oh you fixed it

[grim ore]

@plush yew don't use spaces, spaces are bad, just don't use them. That is the workaround

[tight needle]

Yeah

just use _

Someone help me please

I cant access C++

[grim ore]

did you rebuild the project?

[tight needle]

Yes

I think

I opened the sln file and clicked build

[grim ore]

well you would know, you would have opened it up in visual studio

[tight needle]

is that rebuilding the project

I also tried pressing rebuild

[grim ore]

close the editor, open the visual studio solution, right click your project in the top right in the solution explorer, build, wait for it to be success, then open the project back up

then in the editor in the content browser make sure show C++ is enabled

[raw salmon]

These blue spheres are collision objects from mesh.
Does anyone know how to import collision object together with character? Docs say something about prefixes for meshes like "UCX", but when I name mesh like this nothing happens and it imports like regular mesh attached to a bone

[tight needle]

It doesnt say my project name though

it just says UE$

*UE4

[hot timber]

bro every material i download it .. it's a material instance ! .. i am downloading from Bridge

[grim ore]

show a screenshot?

@hot timber if you scroll down in the instance, it will show the parent material.

[tight needle]

Ignore that it says Hello Neighbour at the top (I know its pathetic im making a hn fan game)

thats when i open the sln file

[grim ore]

yep that solution file looks bad

[gilded needle]

It's not pathetic, make what you enjoy.

[tight needle]

do i regenerate it?

Should i d e l e t e the old one and then r e g e n e r a t e it

To late already doing it

done

[grim ore]

This is what it should look like, with a Games folder for your C++ module(s) for your project

so do you have any actual C++ code added thru the editor to your project

[tight needle]

yes

[hot timber]

the parent not like instance! It is completely different

[tight needle]

10 minutes later

same thing

i regenerated the file

[grim ore]

then your project is bad, you have no valid module or C++ code

[tight needle]

still hapened

[grim ore]

@hot timber open the parent material

[tight needle]

How can i get a valid module then?

[tight needle]

because i have these

[grim ore]

that is your parent material you can edit it in there

those are not C++ code, that is just build files

[tight needle]

I know

[grim ore]

what is in the Source folder?

[tight needle]

Thats the source folder

[hot timber]

but why it looks different ?

[grim ore]

@hot timber because it is using material functions and material attributes

its a complicated material

[gilded needle]

Did you add a C++ file through the editor or just create a source folder and put some C++ files in it?

[tight needle]

Editor

as i said already

[grim ore]

@tight needle you are going to need to start over or add a proper C++ class. Your code is wrong. its just wrong

[gilded needle]

Okay, well I don't work here and you have 9000 messages I am not reading through.

[tight needle]

I have those tho

[grim ore]

this is my source folder where you can see the target files, then in the module folder (tpptest) it has the source code for the module and the source for the actor

[tight needle]

but there in a subfolder?!?!?!

wtf

thats not normal is it

[grim ore]

that is EXACTLY how ue4 created my actor when I added it thru the editor

[tight needle]

do i move those to the previous folder

They should be there

[grim ore]

delete the source folder, go into the .uproject and remove the module

[tight needle]

I did

[grim ore]

then start over and dont move anything in the create C++ dialog

[tight needle]

when it failed

first

so delete source?

fully?

fine

il do it

[tight needle]

but i copied my code from there

that i need

[cinder flare]

why the fur and hair like that

i mean its pixelated

[tight needle]

deleted

[tough pagoda]

How to display C++ actor standard billboard(white circle) in scene?

BP:

[tight needle]

do i delete the sln to?

[grim ore]

@tight needle then you need to move files and folder to the correct place, you can see exactly how it should be. or create a new project and move them in

[tough pagoda]

cpp child BP Actor:

[tight needle]

im starting the uproject

its up

now what

[tough pagoda]

If you deleted .sln, need to generate new.

[tight needle]

good

[tight needle]

i know

im not dumb

[tough pagoda]

I didn't say it.

[tight needle]

i know

[tough pagoda]

:3

[tight needle]

its an expression

in that sense

[tough pagoda]

Emotions?

[tight needle]

because i am stupid lmao

[tough pagoda]

Hm...

[tight needle]

idk how i got 1k on yt tbh

[tough pagoda]

https://tenor.com/view/loading-cat-thinking-wait-what-gif-15922897

[tight needle]

there algorithim is weird

what now

uh

heeelp\

[autumn latch]

when i am jumping upper physics object, my character throwing to space why

[pulsar ruin]

how i can sculpt or smooth a blueprint object with unreal world building system

[weak sorrel]

shadow quality changes super abruptly when I get further form an object. I'm using a movable directional light at the moment (eats less draw calls than the stationary one). Been trying to play with Cascade shadowing, anisotropic filtering, etc... and changes nothing

I'm okay having something not optimized at the moment I just want that my game doesn't looks like Stalker which was terrible for this kind of thing (great game tho)

thanks in advance

[tight needle]

Help me

please

[autumn latch]

how can i slove this problem?

[mint raptor]

Did you ever find out what causes this?

[tight needle]

Help me

[tight needle]

Can you help me please

[versed burrow]

Guys is it better to code an ai with blueprint or c++ ?

[little breach]

I have an uasset, that git keeps replacing with a 1kb thing

how do I fix this?

[cold ruin]

Anyone have a quick console command fix for this landscape material issue? In the rural Australia maps, after enabling ray tracing it looks like the landscape material has some radius prohibiting proper illumination.

[autumn latch]

how can u open that radius

[cold ruin]

Moving the atmosphere directional light? CTRL-L

[silver cedar]

@cursive stone I channeled your advice, took my time, found the unreal engine default animation pack, and it comes with a backwards walk. I messed with it and figured out how to use it.

[fervent verge]

Having issues getting my unreal builds to cool on an offline network is there a work around for it?

[terse zealot]

is the issue that your cook can't use Swarm?

[fervent verge]

That is my issue keeps giving me a libcurl 6 error

[terse zealot]

what error are you running into?

[tight needle]

Help me

My c++ classes arent showing up in ue4

[fervent verge]

libcurl 6 couldn't resolve host

[brittle tundra]

hey guys would someone be able to send me the ue4 startup movie Logo from https://epicgames.ent.box.com/s/t94yqy3lxb3mlytmqf5znrr2pobus3fm ?

it appears the login doesnt work for me ... don't know why

[tight needle]

My c++ classes arent showing up in ue4

[steady violet]

has anyone had any trouble loading the AnswerHub lately?

Did you add the C++ classes from the editor? File -> New C++ class? @tight needle

[finite dew]

Can anyone tell my why my animation keeps repeating it self ?

[tight needle]

yes its all i could do

there werent any other option

*options

[spare kernel]

@finite dew #animation and that screenshot will help no one.

[steady violet]

you have to compile after that, and it they should show up if your project compiles

[finite dew]

Tried to post a video but its too large apparently

[spare kernel]

It's like asking "why is my car making a funny noise", and sending a picture of the car

[finite dew]

Lol

[spare kernel]

you can upload videos or use some capture program like gyazo to make small gifs

[finite dew]

I'll try now

[tight needle]

but i cant see the c++ classes tab

[steady violet]

There's a little eyeball in the bottom right corner called View Options. Make sure "Show C++ classes" is checked

[tight needle]

it is?

it is ticked?!?!

Visible confusion

I DID

MULTIPLE T I M E S

caps

[spare kernel]

closed the editor and loaded it again right?

[tight needle]

yes

of course i did

yes im sure

oh damn

[spare kernel]

Please dont spread fake info around.

[tight needle]

i know its a joke ok

[neat carbon]

Awww thats no fun 😦

[tight needle]

ue5 isnt even out

no but seriously how do i fix

[spare kernel]

but people will not know its a joke, and we get influx of people saying its out

[tight needle]

oh damn i didnt know you were a mod

for real tho do any of you have any idea how to fix it

yes

nothing

i have been having the c++ issue for over a month

wdym

[finite dew]

@spare kernel its here

[tight needle]

can you join unreal hang out so i can screenshare

i cant talk tho

[worn granite]

Kinda weird if you

1. close editor
2. close and re-open VS
3. build/rebuild (don't do rebuild if you have a source build)
4. open editor

and that doesn't let you see the C++ classes.

[tight needle]

damn it

you cant screenshare

[worn granite]

Can you make a derived type from your C++ type?

[narrow mauve]

I haven't actually tried this yet..but would it work you think to use multiple virtual texture volumes for a tiled landscape...... ..the virtual texture size just doesn't have enough resolution for gigantic worlds

[worn granite]

You don't need it to be in the content browser to use it in BP

[tight needle]

i still cant see it in there either

in that menu either

[worn granite]

Have you tried removing your intermediate/ddc?

[tight needle]

not for a while

i can try

done

restarting ue4 now

ye

i tried

[spare kernel]

ah that be the problem

[worn granite]

Just an empty file without anything?

[spare kernel]

you need a UObject derived class

[tight needle]

oh no

[worn granite]

Oh man

[tight needle]

not what i mean

i made a proper one

[worn granite]

Alright, it's code time.

Show header file

[tight needle]

wait a sec

``// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "AIController.h"
#include "SosedAIController.generated.h"

/**
*
*/
UCLASS()
class HELLONEIGHBOUR_API ASosedAIController : public AAIController
{
GENERATED_BODY()

};
``

[tight needle]

so?

[worn granite]

Modkit?

[tight needle]

no

fangaem

Thats the base aicontroller

[tight needle]

????

[worn granite]

I'm doing other things

Okay, well, if you had been using their modkit you can't C++ at all

If you're going to ping, let's have all the pertinent details.

[tight needle]

it is

for some reason

i just realised

[worn granite]

If I would have to ask a follow up question at your next ping, I'm moving on with my day

[tight needle]

do i change it

to something else

ok

now im having a different problem

CompilerResultsLog: Creating makefile for HelloNeighbourEditor (no existing makefile)
CompilerResultsLog: Parsing headers for HelloNeighbourEditor
CompilerResultsLog: Running UnrealHeaderTool "G:\HelloNeighbourPrototype\HelloNeighbour\HelloNeighbour.uproject" "G:\HelloNeighbourPrototype\HelloNeighbour\Intermediate\Build\Win64\HelloNeighbourEditor\Development\HelloNeighbourEditor.uhtmanifest" -LogCmds="loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error" -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors -abslog="C:\Users
\Ciaran - thxtnt\AppData\Local\UnrealBuildTool\Log_UHT.txt" -installed -FailIfGeneratedCodeChanges
CompilerResultsLog: ERROR: 'G:/HelloNeighbourPrototype/HelloNeighbour/Intermediate/Build/Win64/UE4Editor/Inc/HelloNeighbour/SosedAIController.generated.h': Changes to generated code are not allowed - conflicts written to 'G:/HelloNeighbourPrototype/HelloNeighbour/Intermediate/Build/Win64/UE4Editor/Inc/HelloNeighbour/SosedAIController.generated.h.conflict'
LogMainFrame: MainFrame: Module compiling took 10.001 seconds
LogSlate: Window 'Message' being destroyed
Message dialog closed, result: Yes, title: Message, text: Successfully added class 'SosedAIController', however you must recompile the 'HelloNeighbour' module before it will appear in the Content Browser. Failed to automatically compile the 'HelloNeighbour' module.
Would you like to open the Output Log to see more details?
LogSlate: Window 'Add C++ Class' being destroyed

that was when i tried to add a new cpp class

i deleted the old one

ok

also

ponkkis

what were the dependencies of unreal in visual studio

i forgot

i think i have them all

but im not sure

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wtf

Help

please

i have an idea

wait a sec

[terse zealot]

@tight needle usually when you change C++ files manually, you'll want to (essentially) clean and recompile. Usually for me, that's removing my Intermediate folder, generating projects, compiling.

It's a difficult process but you get the hang of it.

[tight needle]

i fixed it

i made a new project

and migrated the assets over

[terse zealot]

that works, glad you were able to find a resolution 👍

[plush yew]

How to install dmx plugin..I did tht by enabling it .but it's still unavailable in my project file

[autumn latch]

not working with physics cube

any body now why?

[plush yew]

Didn't they say how ue5 demo will be out early 2021? and the full version late 2021 is that still valid, or was it delayed due to covid

[fierce tulip]

generally with this kinda thing it'll be ready when its ready.

[plush yew]

I see

but like as it seems ue5 wont be that big of a change like ue3 to ue4 for example

morel like multiple updates together

[fierce tulip]

you could consider it multiple updates yea

with some additional oomphsies

[plush yew]

I mean im really exited for Lumin that seems cool

[graceful sentinel]

Guys, after 20-30 minutes working with unreal engine, the menus stop working, even if i right click, i see it for a milisecond, and then dissapears...
I'm using 4.26.2, any fix for that?

[fierce tulip]

check the pinned messages, should be two about nvidia

[graceful sentinel]

thanks

[next dome]

hi guys, when i try to paint with foliage tool, it would not let me paint, its megascans assets btw, when i try to paint, it just goes through the megascans mesh as if it was invisible and paint on a plane mesh that is under it. anyone know why?

[spare kernel]

@tight needle please calm down with the amount of one /two word messages. It is really spammy.

[merry bison]

I have the same issue - where's the pinned messages at?

[fierce tulip]

https://i.gyazo.com/3bff090a04a39f32f8c56315b601aedf.png that pin-thingy top right

[runic iron]

#ue4-general message
And #ue4-general message

[merry bison]

thanks

[fierce tulip]

@junior nimbus you might wanna read the #rules hehe

[ornate bobcat]

Guys

do ue4 games in general heat the pc

or i am too bad in optimization?

[drowsy snow]

It's the latter - you're likely too bad in optimisation.

UE4 provides a robust optimisation tools, so most UE4 games are well optimised compared to Unity games.

[sweet axle]

13gigs of Paragon Arora and monolith assets plus around an average of 2 - 3 gigs for all the characters. And it was a mobile game? That is optimization.

each character, not all jeez, i wish

[plush yew]

hey

any news on 4.27

[neon bough]

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commits/4.27 those are the news

[modest trench]

favourite 4.27 feature: loading splash screen shows what it's doing

[paper sphinx]

Quick quesiton. If im making a cinematic and using quixel assets, should I use LOD 0 or should I use the High poly source?

[drowsy snow]

If your GPU can handle high poly count in real-time, then go for high poly source. Otherwise, go for LOD 0.

Unreal's method of pre-rendering is different compared to offline renderers, in a sense that if your GPU isn't up for rendering the assets in real time, UE will crash right away with little to no tolerance.

[paper sphinx]

Even with movie render queue? will it crash if it doesnt keep up?

[drowsy snow]

Yes.

[paper sphinx]

ok, and if i import it and it crashes is there any way I can get my scene back?

[paper sphinx]

Like how will i be able to remove it if it crashes when i open the scene?

[drowsy snow]

If the asset cause the crash, you can remove it from Windows file explorer directly. Look for the offending .uasset file and get rid of it.

The asset will be gone from your level, but the level itself will load if not crashed upon saving it.

[paper sphinx]

Ok thank you. 🙂

[pastel ginkgo]

Just want to give a shout out to [PF] The Hoodie Guy for helping all us newbs. Every time I get on here you're helping someone out. Thank you for what you do

[narrow mauve]

perforce or git

[drowsy snow]

Up to you.
If you can pay for it, Perforce. Otherwise, GitHub is cheaper.

[narrow mauve]

isnt perforce free for a certain number of users in a team

[amber dune]

where was i above? ffs

did discord die for anyone else?

was talking to @plush yew

[drowsy snow]

The setup isn't as straightforward as GitHub tbh

But I won't stop you from using Perforce if you so desire.

[amber dune]

i have the ultimate solution for people people working in teams

stop working in teams, and work alone

if you need some kinda team software to keep you going

meh

github or nothing, dont reinvent the wheel

[narrow mauve]

10-4

[amber dune]

working as a team is rare enough in real life, why chase that in an online world?

[drowsy snow]

That's very egoistic and cynical. But if your game is a passive game (walking sim type), and you can create all the assets and gameplay by yourself, then by all means go alone.

Just so you know that Bing Yang ended up creating a team for his UE4 game, Lost Soul Aside, that he used to worked on it by himself.

[amber dune]

i dont see how that egotistic

thats

[drowsy snow]

Egoistic.

[amber dune]

its just true

[drowsy snow]

Most of the one man projects I know of still have other contributors making assets or working on other related stuff to the game.
That's basically teamwork.

[amber dune]

not really

thats just someone with a skill thinking they can put their mark on something they already see as good

one man projects dont just happen

when they go viral people wanna help

[drowsy snow]

Can we migrate this debate in #lounge ? I don't want you to clutter this channel.

[amber dune]

clutter?

noone else is talking

bahhhh

[drowsy snow]

We can continue the debate like gentlemen in #lounge . This is no longer related to UE.

[amber dune]

"can we leave this empty room, so we dont clutter it?"

makes no sense to me

what debate?

[spare kernel]

Move it to #lounge this is not the place.

[prime willow]

if i setup virtual bones for IK FK stuff

and i have 14 meshes that use the same skeleton

do i have to set it up once on said skeleton

or 14 times per mesh ._.

[drowsy snow]

Once on the skeleton.

[prime willow]

this makes me infinitely content :3

oh hoodie guy!

my creation system almost done

i can almost finally move on to combat and movement ;O;

[drowsy snow]

Can't wait to take a look at it, oh Snowie!

BTW heads up for those. If you want to have enemies with different skeleton (like quadruped or bird monsters), you'd eventually have to redo the virtual bones setup for their IK foot placements.

[prime willow]

yeshhhh :d

its ok

i have uefy for blender so i shouldnt have any issues with sabertooth mouses or Turle lions >O>

[drowsy snow]

Uefy?
instant rigify nightmare flashbacks

[prime willow]

yup

percisely that ;O;

[craggy umbra]

hey guys, I just downloaded Unreal today, following a tutorial, and the tutorial says to import a height map, i dont know what that means, and i dont want to pay for anything yet as im just messing around.

[gilded needle]

You can use something like tangrams heightmap https://tangrams.github.io/heightmapper/#10.29167/25.1846/-77.0638 doesn't cost anything.

[craggy umbra]

thanks

[drowsy snow]

I swear I wasted 1 month just to struggle with Rigify complications

[short willow]

Is there a better rigger now?

(not a animator so was pretty not aware of all the rigging situation)

[drowsy snow]

UE4 skeleton compliant rig + control rig is a better option, especially for animating in engine.

Mr Mannequin Tools for Blender is also a good option

[short willow]

Yeah make sense for any bipeds.

I like that some of those werid paragon char still use the same rig. But if you have say like a vehicle, what would you use for rigging?

[drowsy snow]

Rigify has this one nasty unfixed error where some of the ORG bones are marked as deform bones, thus screwing up automatic weighting and importing to Unreal due to it detected as multiple root bones.

[prime willow]

i barely used the rigify add on so i dont even know that that existed D:

[drowsy snow]

I'd often make vehicle rigs from scratch in Blender.

[drowsy snow]

I wasted 1 months of finding for workaround, failed, and eventually bailed out to use normal UE4 compliant rig + Control Rig (and ended up delaying the demo date), so you don't have to.

[prime willow]

x-x;

big ouch

i will take note of this!

[surreal eagle]

how do i fuse bones iinue4

[icy egret]

#level-design message
someone please help me?

[narrow mauve]

Anyone else having issues with the editor windows dissappearing, not moving to other monitors..

[rancid lynx]

Do I need to be careful about spamming "scene" components in a VR game? or are they nearly free? i know they are basically free but.. if all my actors have 2 or 3 extra "scene" locations, Im not sure how free they are

i like to throw extra "scene" markers in blueprint actors for easy access and faster math on this like line trace and spawn from class.

[vocal nimbus]

anyone know how I can increase sampling in UE 4 render?

[modest gate]

Hi All, im new to this forums and also not a programmer.. joined her to ask for some guidance on the technical feasibility on using unreal engine for a company that i want to start and am preparing to pitch to some investors..

I want to build an application running on unreal engine + cesium for unreal with some of the following features

1. a gui to add information (basic text field, date, numbers etc) and tag it to a particular location on a photogrammetry model
2. this data would be stored in a database such as sql, mysql or even a geospatial db

Yea so just for these 2 features first would be the base of my application.

Would really appreciate any developers input and if there is any interest to collaborate (and be paid of course) please do reach out.

[copper mesa]

Hi guys

Any chance of using sublevels in sublevels?

Is it even possible?

And if there is any workarounds?

[hybrid brook]

Hi, on 4.26 when i migrate a project to a other project he messup the collisionchannels any idea how to fix this

[vague vapor]

editor freezing at 13% when importing an 80k tri plane as a skeletal mesh

nvm worked with 40k tri

[plush yew]

im not able to get live cinematic preview during editing sequence..how to fix tht

[loud fiber]

anyone knows the best way to do an open world map? dynamic shadows really cost allot of performance

[hot thistle]

Hi, does anyone here have some experience with the Composure plugin? Could use some help

[maiden sundial]

Hey uh, does it make any sense to make equippable rings(Which are also visible on the hand) as skeletal mesh so that you can set the master pose component on it ?
Or should i make it a simple static mesh where i attach it to a socket ?

[surreal vector]

hello everyone i have a problem, i can only change the directional light of my scene in the editor, when i run the game the intensity or color doesnt change and when i restart ue4 all the settings restart too

[drowsy snow]

#virtual-production

[drowsy snow]

It's a good practice to have it as skeletal mesh and do set master pose component on it.

[maiden sundial]

Alright, the problem is just that the ring will disappear after setting the master pose component here for whatever reason 😅

It works for things like the harness, the helmet and such though

[autumn latch]

can anyone know plugin or something like "multi user editig" for level designer

[drowsy snow]

Try enabling Use Attach Parent Bound in the ring skelmesh inside your BP.

[maiden sundial]

Now it doesn't disappear anymore 😄
But it's still not going to the right location

[drowsy snow]

Is the Set Master Pose Component working?

[maiden sundial]

This here is how i use it.
It works for all parts, but not for the ring

(Also tried it with Force Update = true)

I guess i have done something wrong in Blender

[drowsy snow]

Ah yes. Try to check if Blender screw up your bones in the ring mesh.

[maiden sundial]

The bones are the same as for the harness e.g.
So i think it's something else

[drowsy snow]

Doesn't really matter in Play mode tbh

[drowsy snow]

I suggest check the bone orientation in the FBX, see if it aligns with the harness's skeleton.

[maiden sundial]

Looks exactly the same.

I kinda feel like it has something to do with how i set the parent inside of Blender

Like only the rings are giving me this black line

[hardy nacelle]

Hi i was having huge problems with setting up Chaos Vehicle for over a week. I was trying everything, and now I have read that Chaos isn't working after some update in UE4 4.26.
Does anyone set up working Chaos Vehicle in current UE release?

[drowsy snow]

I presume you don't have the transform applied

[maiden sundial]

Any chance that you could tell me how to apply it ? 😅

Actually, maybe it's also something else

I haven't used the automatic bone weight

[drowsy snow]

If kliksphilip say "Valve please fix"
I would say "Blender please fix"

I'm bringing up again a small but nasty bug in Rigify have yet to be fixed in 2.92 and 2.93 preview.

Guess they got too carried away implementing the new features

[maiden sundial]

Yeah, it was actually due to the missing bone weight

Now it works how it should

[drowsy snow]

Imagine having one Blender bug that stalled you for a month

I tried to make a workaround script, but bpy has not much access to the bone system.

[distant cobalt]

why comes that

[waxen parcel]

you don't have plugin)

[drowsy snow]

If you're installing from Epic launcher, try verifying your engine installation.

[drowsy snow]

PythonScriptPlugin is a built-in engine plugin for editor scripting with Python.

[finite dew]

Can anyone tell my why it wont let my fly once I press e ?

[maiden sundial]

yikes

[thick nebula]

hi guys, quick question, should a portal check for player touch or player for portal touch?

[maiden sundial]

The portal should check that imo

[thick nebula]

Not sure if it's that important, or which would be better so I figured why not ask around

Cheers Yinsei!!

singleplayer - 3D - just messing around learning unreal

[maiden sundial]

I mean, if you keep the mindset of the player should check all things you quickly end up with the player being bloat af cuz duh it checks all things xD

[thick nebula]

yeah, it makes sense, but at the same time you have everything in one place if u can organise properly :d

[maiden sundial]

No way to organise that properly

[drowsy snow]

The tilted photos makes me dizzy ngl

[thick nebula]

I did that in unity tho, it just worked

[finite dew]

Srry

[drowsy snow]

Computer gods invented direct screenshooting not without a reason

[maiden sundial]

You should take use of OOP.
Like the player don't even have to know about portals while the portal should know about players walking into it @thick nebula

[thick nebula]

Actually, the more I think about it, I think portal Script was on portals, so they did their own thing

it was 2 years ago, I mad a masters degree for a friend

project

Yeah, I see your point, and it makes a lot of sense, I'll go with that logic now

Thank you

[maiden sundial]

Np

[drowsy snow]

Sorry, I refuse to help with overexposed and tilted photos of the screen taken from phone. I just can't read it without feeling dizzy.
Consider direct screenshot with Windows' own Snip & Sketch or Snipping Tools, or using third party tools like Gyazo, and post them via the Discord app or website on PC.

[obsidian nimbus]

some keyboards have a print scrn button

[maiden sundial]

On Windows you can also do this key combination
Shift + Win + S

To select an area

[steel leaf]

Hi, if I want to make a 2d game, should I have big actors that contains everything in my level, or just a lot of little actors in a level ?

[maiden sundial]

If you want to make a 2D game you should consider to not use UE at all xD

[drowsy snow]

Consider using Unity, Godot, GameMaker Studio, or even Clickteam Fusion for 2D games.

But in case of you insist, the way it works is just like the 3D games counterpart - it's the latter.

[drowsy snow]

I mean, I still make 2D minigame inside Unreal so yeah

[maiden sundial]

So really in paper2D or 2,5D ?

[steel leaf]

@maiden sundial, @drowsy snow I know ue4 isn't the best enine to make 2d games, but I was starting to code so I thought blueprint was easier to learn 🙂

[drowsy snow]

Well, BP is indeed easier to learn.

[drowsy snow]

Paper 2D + UMG

[maiden sundial]

I've tried Paper2D, but it was really a pain in the butt

Like UE was just never made for 2D xD

[steel leaf]

So i should have a lot of little actors right ?

[drowsy snow]

Yes, each with their own codes and behaviours.
The level will contain them for you.

[steel leaf]

Okay thank you!

[vernal compass]

hello. does anyone here has the cesium plugin in unreal engine?

[weary hull]

anyone know if ue4 projects will load into ue5 when it comes out, or will you need to restart a project to make it work?

[fierce tulip]

if you did not edit the source code, in theory (and hopefully in practice) it should be like downloading a new ue4 version and opening your project in it.

[waxen parcel]

yep) But he doesn't have it))

[tame bobcat]

If your only reason for using UE is blueprints, then why not use Godot? It has node based system and visual programming. Most importantly, it's 2D pipeline is one of the best you can find. I think using UE for 2D isn't economical , though possible.

But if you're planning to move to 3D sometime then you can stay with UE.

[limpid spade]

Heyo guys, just wondering, if I hide the visibility of an object, if anything happens to that object is it going to affect the performance of the game more/less than usual?

ie, if i had like 144 hidden objects moving as the player moves around is it going to murder my performance

[tame bobcat]

I'm not sure but I think it'll make the scene less demanding in terms of graphics ... Definitely there are less objects to render ryt?
Logic wise, I think there will be no change in number of calculations per frame, just by turning off visibility.

[limpid spade]

So it'd just be safer to destroy and figure out how to spawn as required, makes sense

Just wanted to confirm, thanks ^^

[fierce tulip]

whether to despawn/make invisible, or destroy really depends on the objects, the scene, the gameplay, and what is the most performant friendly approach. (the latter can only be found out by testing each and profiling em)

[pulsar ruin]

how i can sculpt a blueprint object? in unreal landscape mode

[finite dew]

Not sure how to say this but when I play my character is runs everywhere not walks.

[steel leaf]

I didn't know godot had node scripting when I started my project... Thanks anyway for the advice!

[plush yew]

i made my first ever game

[tame bobcat]

So you did absolutely nothing related to game dev before?

[plush yew]

yes

[tame bobcat]

That's cool, I started with the same thing today. Let's see how our learning progress compares from time to time.

[plush yew]

yeah

[noble palm]

Anyone had this issue when loading any kind of virtual camera in? You can see it's massively effecting the hair, but seems to be other things in the scene as well. The hair is using groom and I am using ray tracing.

[kindred viper]

@noble palm yeah I've noticed that any movement or reset of positioning that enters the scene can move the physics of the hair grooms. However it tends to reset itself when you hit play (or possibly simulate but I didn't try that). If it doesn't, then I manually do a quick rotation of the head rig control to reset it

[noble palm]

It seems to keep continuing in both the view port and the camera output until i remove the camera and then it goes away

[kindred viper]

have you tried pressing play?

[noble palm]

I do in the video

It only happens when I press play

[kindred viper]

ahh ok I didn't notice in tiny mode 🙂

It seems to me to be some kind of anisotropy flicker but Im not sure how to fix it because its not my area

[noble palm]

If i remove the virtual camera from the scene and I press play it doesn't happen

[noble palm]

No problem 🙂 looks to be like Temporal AA is being turned off when I press play but I have nothing in the scene that should be making that happen

[kindred viper]

yeah it might be worth testing with a couple of different materials or a post process to see how it affects it so we can get to the bottom of it

[noble palm]

Ill try a few tests, Thanks!

[trail crater]

When i spawn an actor using player start, it gives me a collision error. When i move the player start to a high altitude it spawns. However before falling on the ground it gets stuck in air. I can control the actor in air. How do i fix this?

i checked. Its collision preset is set to 'no collision'

[kindred viper]

when you say you can control it, do you mean you can move the camera? ie. Camera moves but player does not. And does not animate.
If so, it's probably not possessing correctly and I would double check your settings.

[trail crater]

i can move the actor

[kindred viper]

this seems like we need more of a visual clue. Can you post a gif/video?

[distant cobalt]

is that the fix?

idk

[hardy nacelle]

Is there a way to install plugin (UI navigation) for ue 4.26chaos, when it's only aviable for 4.26 ?

[drowsy snow]

You could set the "Enabled" flag to false, or remove the entry entirely.

[distant cobalt]

why

i must have it yk

[drowsy snow]

Install it like you would to normal UE4.26. The only thing different from normal UE4.26 is the build config, adding Chaos modules.

[weak harness]

For some reason when running UBT -projectfiles it doesn't update the uproject engine version. Ideas?

[drowsy snow]

Have you even tried to verify the installation via the Launcher?

[distant cobalt]

yes

is always correct xd

[drowsy snow]

Try deleting the PythonScriptPlugin folder from the engine (or cutting it somewhere), and verify again. Just to trigger the launcher.

[hardy nacelle]

I can't even choose UE 4.26 chaos, in plugin page in epic. Maybe I should install it somehow directly (not using Epic) ?

[distant cobalt]

I get it only at the Github so for a dedicated server you understand?

by this

[drowsy snow]

UINavigation is also available on GitHub, so you could install it directly.

[hardy nacelle]

Ok thanks for the help. Have a nice day 🙂

[drowsy snow]

I thought you're using binary builds from the launcher.
Well, now it depends on how you setup the local repo and how you build it.

Consider asking on #engine-source shall you need more assistance on this.

[kindred viper]

UE4 isn't the startup project in that solution. I'd fix that first

[flint trench]

Anybody know if UE4 has support for Multi-GPU with DX12?
https://developer.nvidia.com/explicit-multi-gpu-programming-directx-12

[kindred viper]

It's not likely until UE5 (and not even sure if it will then) as it has virtually no benefit to the way UE rendering systems work (afaik)

[drowsy snow]

Practically nobody use realtime game renderer with multi GPU.
(by practically nobody, I mean less than 10% of the general PC gaming audience)

[kindred viper]

yeah especially when it's hard enough to buy one GPU right now 😄

but in terms of programming for them, its probably over-doing it for no real benefit

[trail crater]

will a screenshot do?

[flint trench]

I see that SLI has Alternate Frame Rendering, I figured DX12 Multi-GPU would support it too

[drowsy snow]

Recording would be way more helpful to analyse.

[flint trench]

ah

ah

yeah that's fair enough then

[trail crater]

um the problem is that i don't have one and secondly when i record i'll get an extremely low fps coz i am running it on integrated graphics

[flint trench]

Aye, I was hoping it would be as simple as a dropdown box hehe, If not then yeah not worth it for me

[drowsy snow]

Just set the graphics to Low/Medium, use lower screen percentage, and use the new TAA.

[trail crater]

um i don't have an egpu as of yet

i'll send a screenshot so u can see

[flint trench]

those are either some rly big crash barriers or rly small trees

https://tenor.com/view/sus-fry-futurama-gif-4691459

did u make 3D outrun

[drowsy snow]

It's huge crash barriers to me lol

[trail crater]

um i suck at graphics so yea

[flint trench]

https://tenor.com/view/outrun-race-video-game-gif-8699836

[drowsy snow]

Honestly I still can't get much info of what's going on from this frame.

[trail crater]

what do u feel the issue is

[kindred viper]

the issue is you aren't showing any information. You could have said "car flying" and covered that screenie. Better to have a gif or video with some more information on the settings you are using for it

Try cover the setup, or the detail panel with relevant information. Perhaps show the collision of the meshes in the viewport

[drowsy snow]

^

Again, lower the engine scalability settings, lower the screen percentage, and use Temporal Upsampling, so that you can record it with a measly iGPU.

[kindred viper]

Also, FYI, Outrun sucked. :p

[next badger]

FU**...Undo system in UE4 is SH !
Made some changes.
Undoed them.
Saved the asset.
And ue4 saved the asset with the changes!

[drowsy snow]

Also fuck dodgy autosave system in UE4

[next badger]

@drowsy snowoh! that may still have the asset saved there!

[rigid belfry]

any references on creating advanced animation blueprints?

[drowsy snow]

ALS is one quasi-official reference.

[rigid belfry]

does it have any documentation?

[next badger]

@rigid belfry study Advanced Locomotion System (it's free and it's overcomplicated)

[rigid belfry]

i have als but reading other people's code is not really soemthing i wanna do on my free time