ue4-general

[kindred viper]

you live and learn. I learned the hard way too 🙂

[fossil ore]

ERROR: Platform Android is not a valid platform to build. Check that the SDK is installed properly.

[grim ore]

did you install the android stuff from the launcher?

[versed burrow]

Hi

[fossil ore]

Android Studio?
I have installed from SDK platform: Android 4.4 (kitkat) and the NDK 21.1.6352462

[grim ore]

no the launcher,

[fossil ore]

I've literally wasted 4 hours trying to set this up... and UE4 still refuses.

It's set on by default.

The UE4 does not detect Android at all.

[grim ore]

when you ran setup android it should have downloaded files, did it?

[fossil ore]

You're talking about this?

[grim ore]

yep that is what installs the correct android version of the NDK and sets up your environment variables

[fossil ore]

Yes It download stuff... but each time I launch SetupAndroid.bat It redownloads again

[grim ore]

maybe run it from the command line so we can see the final message when its done

[kindred viper]

run it with administration right too otherwise things can get messed up if your setup doesn't allow certain locations to be written to by batch files

[grim ore]

and obviously you restarted your PC when done right?

but when its done it should give you 2 success messages

and running it again should not re download the files, it should check for updates and if none (you just installed it) it should skip that part immediately with success

and I know this since I just tested it

[grim ore]

and if you run it again immediately? does it re download?

or does it go thru that part quickly

[fossil ore]

It went thru quickly this time

[grim ore]

ok did you restart the computer last time you did this? or since then

[fossil ore]

I just did restart.

[grim ore]

ok try the projecgt again then, and how are you packaging to get this error?

[fossil ore]

There should be Android option in Devices but It never shows up

[grim ore]

oh

hell no

that is not the way to do that

are you trying to package to a file to sideload, or test in the editor?

[fossil ore]

anything

anything to actually work

[grim ore]

try packaging normally first, file -> package -> android

im guessing the project might not be set up for android and your "jumping" to the wrong step which is an issue

[grim ore]

your launch menu should look like this, with the Android section

[fossil ore]

Any of these options sends me to Documentation

[grim ore]

package for any android, it wont matter

yeah then its not detecting it, which means your global environment settings might be bad

[fossil ore]

I want to strangle UE so much

[grim ore]

go to your Project Settings -> platforms -> android and see if your project is set up to support android

[rotund kernel]

me too

[grim ore]

you cant blame ue4 for this, it uses the setup files which might be set up wrong

[fossil ore]

After several versions.... multiple forum posts, hundreds tweets... you would think they would imrpove this.

[grim ore]

they rely on third party stuff, they cant account for issues with something outside of their issue

[fossil ore]

Everything is setup as the tutorial shows

[grim ore]

ok so what do you have for your environment variables?

[fossil ore]

eveyrthing is default

The installation director is default.....

[grim ore]

yeah my only difference is I never installed JAva by itself its just using the Android studio JRE

ok the environment variables are definitely the issue, now to figure out why

i nuked mine to get it to reset and now android is not valid for me

[kindred viper]

I don't like to put anything into windows drive folders for such things. So many stupid windows locks on folders and files that cause issues with compilation and tools that it's just a mistake in general, even if it does work :/

[grim ore]

@fossil ore so my variables are similar,

but my path variable also has the android stuff in it, i dont know if yours do as well

[potent bridge]

does anyone know why any heightmaps I import turn out like this?

(trying to use it as a brush)

[grim ore]

so testing the environment variables, the NDKROOT is the one that determines if the "Android" support is enabled in the project, without it you get the error. With it you get android support in the project. The others are still needed for stuff like accepting the SDK license

I will say I have .26.2 for UE4 installed and Android Studio 3.5.3 since I had it installed from 4.25 install and it works for me so I cant say if its an android studio issue or not. I can say I never installed Java just followed the instructions on the android page on the ue4 docs site

[fossil ore]

Someone pointed out to me that 3.5.3 is used only for 4.25 and that I should install higher version (4.0)

Even documentation says that

[grim ore]

not arguing against that, I am telling you what I have and am using

[fossil ore]

right, I will test that theory

[grim ore]

the NDKROOT variable is what is causing your issue tho

can you verify that folder actually exists that it is pointing to?

[fossil ore]

The folder exists

[grim ore]

and is full of fun stuff?

[grim ore]

yep looks right.. super weird

all I can say is that the environment variable for NDKROOT controls if the Android platform shows up on the launch menu and it only reads/sets it after a full reboot

I just tested all of them and that was the one that determined if it showed up, and only took changes between reboots

and I was just able to test a basic project packaged out using android studio 3.5.3 and UE 4.26.2 using the SetupAndroid.bat file

[fossil ore]

I will return to this later.

[sly vine]

hey guys

i hope someone cant help me

i really need

i did a project in 4.26 and i need to change the version to 4.24

but

once i open the uporject with ue4.24

the content assets is totally empty

[grim ore]

you cannot go backwards

[jagged raft]

Hello

does anyone know what is this .ignore file that is generated when I ask Engine Launcher to generate Visual Studio files?
Why does this file gets generated alongside a .gitignore file? It feels like unnecessary redundancy.

[grim ore]

what function does that? which generate VS files?

[jagged raft]

File -> Generate Visual Studio Project

topbar menu

[grim ore]

it doesnt create an .ignore file here

[jagged raft]

oh perhaps it is because of the visual studio version that I assigned within the Unreal Engine

I am going to investigate further, thank you

[grim ore]

could be, using 2019 VS community here without issue

no .gitignore is generated as well

[jagged raft]

2017 version ignore

here**

I think it is because of the version indeed

thank you for the help

[dusk nebula]

I feel like I just don't get what cast to is supposed to be used for, despite having watched several videos on it

[potent cosmos]

cast forces a data into what you want it to be. So if you get an integer, you can convert it into a double if you cast it that way. ie: (double) myInt

[grim ore]

I am Hugh Jackman. I am an an actor. I know how to act generically

I am also Wolverine, a different actor but also Hugh Jackman. I know everything that Hugh Jackman knows but also how to be a mutant

I am now in the middle of field and you go "hey you, actor I want you" and I now know about you

now the issue is I want you to do your claw stuff as a mutant but only Wolverine can, not a generic actor or Hugh Jackman. so now I say "Hey I want to treat you like Wolverine (Cast to Wolverine)" and now I can use Wolverines special stuff

if I wanted I could have also just kept talking to you as an Actor and told you to do generic Actor stuff, or Cast to Hugh Jackman and had access to stuff that both Actor (Parent) and Hugh Jackman (Child) have

so the key for Cast is.... if you need to treat something as something else because reasons? using Get all Actor of Class on Wolverine? You would get Wolverine and dont need to cast. Using Get all Actors of Class on Hugh Jackman but wanted to talk to him like a mutant? You would cast that Hugh Jackman to Wolverine. Quite a few things return the "Generic" parent classes like Actor when you use them such as Collision which returns just back the generic Actor that was collided with.

[misty wharf]

Incredible metaphor

[potent cosmos]

Good thing he didnt apply the Angelina Jolie Metaphor

[rotund kernel]

why does ue4 crash when interacting with a uasset from another project

[grim ore]

its not compatible? its corrupted? it doesnt support that asset type? it's bored and wants to annoy you?

[rotund kernel]

probably the last one lol

nah but really, im confused

im using the same ue4 version as the project

the uasset files are anims, skms, skels, bps, etc

[solar kettle]

Hey guys

[grim ore]

did you migrate the asset from the other project?

[solar kettle]

I have a massive bug in my game and it's really stressing me out

[rotund kernel]

i cant right click on them without it crashing

[solar kettle]

Would anyone be able to help me?

[rotund kernel]

does migrate mean straight copy from

rip

im assuming not!

[grim ore]

no it means using the migrate option

[rotund kernel]

ye

can i migrate uassets from the project i need into the project im working with, or do i have to open the project from which the uassets are from

[grim ore]

the proper way is to open the project with the asset you want, use the migrate option to the new project, then open it in the new project

[rotund kernel]

well piss

im trying to mod a game, and i got some result from it

the problem is, i cannot move, which probably means that the skm does not have any animations linked to it

skm probably doesnt have blueprint info too

[trim mantle]

Mathew W im the chat 😐
You tutorials helped me a lot.

Thank you so much for them ^^

[opaque wing]

any1 know why this is happening

[edgy vine]

hello

[opaque wing]

help?

[prime willow]

I return!

[rotund kernel]

if ue4 was a person i'd kick it in the balls

[prime willow]

same

than give it a french kiss

for all of its amazing finesse and ease in comforting me through the game dev process

[rotund kernel]

bro im a source user and this is hell to me

[prime willow]

Now why would ya do that :3

[rotund kernel]

my pc is not fast enough

source cool and easy

[prime willow]

now why would you start without proper equips

never touched source

[rotund kernel]

idk dude

[prime willow]

dont even understand it ;-;

[rotund kernel]

i woke up one day and was like

[prime willow]

trsut me i wanted to start unreal wityh my surface book

but bought a 4k tower waiting 5 years before doing such xD

[rotund kernel]

"im gonna make a mod for little nightmares"

[prime willow]

do it!

:>

[rotund kernel]

i just hopped on ue 4 and let my monkey brain do the rest

i kinda did!

[prime willow]

yes yes

progress ❤️

[rotund kernel]

just increase the brightness and contrast

i cant move, but the model is there!

[prime willow]

https://tenor.com/view/my-first-girlfriend-turned-into-the-moon-thats-rough-that-rough-buddy-avatar-avatar-the-last-airbender-gif-5710468

[rotund kernel]

blueprints, animations, and other stuff is not associated with the skm

but if i interact with the files, ue4 crashes!

then mathew tells me i need to migrate the files from the lni project, but in order to do so, i have to download msvs 15

and i cant :(

[prime willow]

[rotund kernel]

so i guess i give up

ye

im gonna get on tf2 now

[prime willow]

try it again when you feel better and im sure youll tackle it proper :3

[rotund kernel]

yo thank you

i need to get more familiar with ue4 and c++ i guess

[prime willow]

of course darling we are all in this server for that very reason ^^

[dusk nebula]

Oh I was thinking it was the other meaning of cast, like it was "sending" something to another BP to get a reference or variable

[severe ibex]

Has anyone worked with or is a UX/UI designer? I'm hoping to learn more about the role.

[grim ore]

@dusk nebulanope thats just communication, getting or sending data is nothing special once you have a reference to talk to

[prime willow]

@grim ore is there a part of this server that's used for discussing game development ideas and other mechanical implementation as well and or structuring of ones game systematically or theoretically?

for example: if i wanted to discuss how rewards in ratios of how much should one receive during missions or dungeons via looting compared to the mission completion reward and how much of that would make a player feel looting aspects were worth the time wasted in comparison to zerking the mission to completion over and over

where in here would i or do we even have a section for that here?

[grim ore]

not really as thats game dev related, maybe a gam dev discord itself

could maybe try bring it up in #lounge

[prime willow]

yeah i kind of figured we wouldnt have a place like this in particular but i felt its something game developers might benefit from having as sometimes you want to rework an idea before or during craft and being able to exchange intel with others can really help see other perspectives about your ideas x3

i will try the lounge however and perhaps push this into the server feedback ❤️

[inner cloak]

Is it possible to add starter content to an existing project easily ?

[grim ore]

content browser, green add button, all the way at the top

[inner cloak]

oh ..

[tired quest]

Hello ! Does someone knows how to migrate a full Folder (meshes, reflection captures, cameras, etc) to another Unreal Project please ?

[prime willow]

https://youtu.be/i59AKLodlAM?t=219

sorry he rambles on for 3 minutes

so i skipped to where he explains migration

[tired quest]

Yea thank you i did this but it break some rotations

[drowsy snow]

I swear most of the tutorials for outline effect are post process effect, which is not what I wanted.

[grim ore]

thats how its normally done is why

[drowsy snow]

Well, the merits of it is that it tanked down performance, and break many other effects, so I'm looking for non-post FX ones.

[limber oracle]

Any way I can stop unreal engine, opening my steam vr without needing to uninstall steam vr?

[grim ore]

disable it in the project (the steamvr plugin), or go into the steamvr plugin in the engine and edit the .uplugin file and turn off enabled by default

[drowsy snow]

Trivial question: Is +X actually North?

[grim ore]

no?

+X is forward

about the closest you could get to cardinal directions would be the top down view and this

which would put Up/North as -Y and East/Right as +X

[wet schooner]

why are vehicle templates broken this patch

i'm not pressing anything lol

but it keeps going backwards left

[grim ore]

your joystick is set up?

[wet schooner]

no

keyboard

[grim ore]

no issues here with .26.2

[wet schooner]

that's so weird

I have no idea how to fix this

[grim ore]

restart the editor and your computer

[prime willow]

@grim ore i kind of need your help

i just neeed terms i dont want to burden you with making the game mechanic for me

[drowsy snow]

What mechanic do you want?

[prime willow]

we spoke months ago about being able to make specific animations, have a specific reaction animations, so touching the door knob for example would start the door opening animation whilst the doors reation animation would be opening up what was the term id look for that <-

as well as the system that would make it so if i chop a tree for example even though im pressing the tree input 3 times the exact same way 3 completely different animations will play even though the mechanic hasnt changed the used animation will change

@drowsy snow ^ that :3

[drowsy snow]

Anim Montages?

[wet schooner]

nah didn't work sadly

😔

I was going to use this for something so this sucks

it makes no sense

[prime willow]

animation montage would make it so two different actors have matching animations per input?

[drowsy snow]

Wait, I mean interaction

[grim ore]

try making a new project then and add the template, if it still does it your machine has an issue. if you push the keys does it do anything?

[magic lantern]

I am working on a cover system for my player character. And when I diable the collision I am having falling problem

[prime willow]

like kicking with my leg will make the person crouch under it o.o

[wet schooner]

it does thing but it's really weird

this is a new project but i could try making another one

[drowsy snow]

Opening door -> interaction with anim montage
Dodging a kick -> action (either player input or AI reaction)

[wet schooner]

it's just vehicles for some reason

[prime willow]

@drowsy snow would they be the same thing?

anim montage

[grim ore]

@prime willowsomething like a montage could be used for the tree stuff, you could even use a random animation node to pick from a few different chopping ones.

[prime willow]

^ thats what i need darling

[drowsy snow]

Not the same, but can be used together.

[prime willow]

ok so random node < - for randomizing animation that comes out
anim montage <- to make animations have a specific animation reaction to said animation done
is this all im looking for?

[prime willow]

or am i missing something in particular

[wet schooner]

yeah idk wtf this is lol

[grim ore]

and when you press forward to go forward what happens

[wet schooner]

this but the wheels move very slowly

[drowsy snow]

Yes, that's what you're going for.

[grim ore]

@prime willowwell montage or random would work for the tree, the montage could be 5 different chopping swings in one and then you just pick one and go to that point in the montage to play it. Alternately random would be in the anim BP and it just picks a random chop to play when needed

[prime willow]

ok so what would sequencer have to do with this

i know ive been told that before that i need it for combat systems

[wet schooner]

going right does nothing, going left does this

[drowsy snow]

Well, if you want to make your own animation in-engine, you can bake control rig keys in sequencer. Otherwise, no sequencer necessary.

[prime willow]

ah okie

[grim ore]

@wet schoonerwelp if there is no extra controllers plugged in might need to just watch the blueprint and see what input is going in. the template is fine in .26.2

[wet schooner]

it's a new project so i'm not sure why it would be different from yours

I disabled the vr plugins

and restarted

[prime willow]

so anim montage <- for setting up the animations that play out with matching animations
sequencer for control rig <- to bake that stuff proper for use
randomization node <- for mixing up which animations play out

^ @drowsy snow does that sound about right

[wet schooner]

i fixed it

wow i hate this haha

so i have a bluetooth dongle for my ds4

that caused the issue

[drowsy snow]

That's right.

[wet schooner]

the controller isn't connected

[prime willow]

ok last question

[wet schooner]

thanks for trying to help

i appreciate it

[grim ore]

so

[wet schooner]

damn you sony and microsoft

[prime willow]

what if i wanted 1 animation to have several reaction animations based on thing is recting to said animation

like axe against wood

gets sdtuck than pulled out

[wet schooner]

I made sure it wasn't connected and even disabled it in microsoft's usb thing

[prime willow]

axe against metal wall bounces back

[wet schooner]

but I guess it didn't work

[prime willow]

axe against water makes him stumble off footing

[wet schooner]

taking it out of my pc worked

[prime willow]

same stuff? @drowsy snow

[grim ore]

@prime willowhave multiple animations, check what surface it will hit, play correct animation

[drowsy snow]

You would mix them with another montages.

[wet schooner]

not sure why disabling the usb connection didn't work but ds4 has always been very buggy on windows in my experience

sometimes it randomly stops working and you have to restart it

[grim ore]

your trying to make the game very robust and that just means you get to make the same animation 10 times

[drowsy snow]

Say, if it wood, continue the animation. If it's metal, change the animation with something else when the axe hits.

[prime willow]

i dont mind

if it means making my dreams a visual reality

[drowsy snow]

That's where anim notifies came into play.

[prime willow]

jsut have to figure out the terms and learn how to do it x3

[pseudo river]

any1?

[pastel ginkgo]

How can I make it so that when I'm in the editor piloting a cine camera I can control the focus distance with the bumpers on my gamepad?

[drowsy snow]

@prime willow You would place an anim notify (when the axe is supposed to hit something) to cast a line trace and detect the object type.

[prime willow]

o.o

i watching matheww's video on it

[drowsy snow]

This is a fairly old tutorial i used to follow back then. It covers the anim notify too, so you could improvise on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CA4e818erY&list=PLtpNaPTkjdL6jauQ8ZbiB9xe9ay_zfWNE&index=32

[prime willow]

oooh

nice

[drowsy snow]

If the topic isn't in that one video, the others in the playlist are. I forgot exactly where he goes through the anim notify stuff :''3

[grim ore]

yep notifies should work for most things, you can also look at stuff like the action RPG example on the learn tab to see more. BLending from one animation or effect to another with notifies can be a pain to set up is about the only real issue. in the end it might be easier to just "fake" dynamic with multiple pre set animations than to try and do it "right"

[prime willow]

ill suffer through it unfortunately but it seems you guys have the right of it

make anim montages <- for setting up the animations that play out with matching animations
sequencer for control rig <- to bake that stuff proper for use
randomization node <- for mixing up which animations play out
multiple animation montages per attack and reaction to attack type
and anime notifies to make sure each attack type are notifed of each other

[grim ore]

the last one is more for "hey this happened during an animation, maybe we should do something?"

[autumn grail]

Hello is there a way to rescale a bunch of animations at the same time? because my mesh it at the right size and the animations are older with 100 times bigger than the mesh.

[grim ore]

like your swing could have a notify at the "hit" point on it, when the notify hits it looks to see the surface it hit and spawns a particle for wood or water or metal.

thats a simple example

[prime willow]

o.o

oh seriously thats amazing

that means i can setup very specific parts of the animation to than have a reaction

like the straightening of the leg during a kick to make him knock back and reel in right? @grim ore

[minor shell]

Good Evening! Seeing if someone has an idea of what could cause this crash i get whenever i try to start to simulate / render a sequence in a level. Or just moral support at this point 💔

[grim ore]

@prime willowyou could probably do that yeah, or you could have that part of the actual BP if its in pieces such as Start Kick -> transition to this animation based on something-> transition to this one, etc.

or your animation could play, then the notify is fired when you want to check, you check then swap animations or go to a different part in the montage for the next part based on a result

[prime willow]

o.o

like if i swing a sword

and the victim is unarmed

itll check

and make the victim do the unarmed block right

[grim ore]

like for example the combo punch example in the learn project is a montage with start punch, combo 1, combo 2, end punch. it will play start punch, combo 1, and then if you are still in the attack do combo 2, then if still in the attack back to combo 1, and repeat until you are out of the atack and go to the end

[prime willow]

and vice versa for a different type on unarm,ed vs unarmed

[grim ore]

it wasnt ignored, someone who can answer it is not here. You could put it in #multiplayer or search through multiplayer

[prime willow]

@grim ore so does it seem like im getting it ^ also can this be used for whiffing an attack and by missing an attack it plays a completely different animation montage for doing a combo on no one o-o

because the notify doesnt seem to find anything in range?

[grim ore]

sure, play attack, attack notify at the end and see if it hit something, if it doesnt play missed animation. if it did hit something, play whatever animation

[prime willow]

so from attack 1 to end it is different because no ones there

[grim ore]

the notify is used as a point where you want to "do something", in this case check for a hit

[prime willow]

ooo

can it flip flop- back and forth lmao

well

technically

if it can check

it can flip flop

dang

[grim ore]

yep

[prime willow]

this is a really reeally really reaallly good system

what the heck

[grim ore]

its "good" but need quite a bit of setup for "really really" good

[prime willow]

yeah im kind of realizing that

like it can get pretty dumb awesome with a crud ton of work

[grim ore]

i mean its like all things in game dev, you fake it when you can otherwise its hard work lol

[prime willow]

this is almost as cool as the state machine systemssssssssssssss

https://tenor.com/view/thank-you-happy-anime-cry-gif-15792713

[timid frost]

what is naigara in ue 4

cant understand its interface and what this thing in ue4 at all ?

[minor shell]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/Niagara/Overview/index.html

Niagara is the new system for vfx/particle effects in unreal engine. The system before it was cascade.

[signal bone]

hello

[versed burrow]

Hi

[plush yew]

Hi, anyone knows how can i get user VRAM size? Is there a functions for this?

[autumn grail]

If i understand Lumin will give us a perfect global illumination in the scene?

so goodbye the old directional lights?

[drowsy snow]

Lumen is basically SVOGI

[autumn grail]

Nice

But Lumin is already here in 4.26? i have seen folder named lumin and nanite

[modest trench]

Add RHI module to your build.cs and

FTextureMemoryStats TexMemStats;
    RHIGetTextureMemoryStats(TexMemStats);
    const int32 DedicatedVRAM = FMath::DivideAndRoundUp(TexMemStats.DedicatedVideoMemory, (int64)(1024 * 1024));

    UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("Total VRAM: %i mb"), DedicatedVRAM);```

[dusk nebula]

Can a progress bar image be a gif or is there another convenient way to do that?

[midnight cloak]

Its possible to delete all contente who is not use automaticly?

[plush yew]

Ty! Helps a lot

[drowsy snow]

Consider animating it with materials.

[dusk nebula]

Do you mean to use a material as the progress bar texture or something?

[midnight cloak]

yes

[drowsy snow]

Yes. Slate Brush accepts both Texture and Material type assets.

[plush yew]

hello gentlemen, which channel would be the best place to ask for modelling help with the Unreal Editor?

[dusk nebula]

That's actually insane, I didn't know that. So I'd do a dynamic material instance or something?

[drowsy snow]

If you want to drive the parameters in runtime, yes, you can do dynamic material instance.

[dusk nebula]

I don't even know how to get started making materials that aren't just a color but I'll keep in mind that I should use slate brush

[drowsy snow]

UMG widgets that have kind of images are always using Slate Brush, so unless you're doing Slate in C++, you don't have much stuff to worry about.

[drowsy snow]

Tried "stealing" newer plugins from the 4.27 branch, turns out you need some precompiled/dependency stuff 🙃

[autumn grail]

When i use two characters with the same skeleton, have i to duplicate animations for the second?

Because the second character appears 100 times shorter when animated

Both characters have the right size in skeletal mesh editor viewport

but the second is 100 times shorter when animated in BP viewport

[crystal ginkgo]

I'm working with the GameUserSettings and struggling to get the game to launch on a different monitor. I've added the necessary code to switch monitors. I've extended the GameUserSettings to have an additional field that can load which monitor the game should launch on. However, at launch, the GEngine isn't available and it therefore can't apply the window move command. I'm running the settings load/apply in the GameInstance init event.

1. Should I be loading/applying the settings somewhere else?
2. If this is the correct spot, how can I get the monitor to launch on a different monitor?

UPDATE
Turns out the GEngine does not allow negative values for starting window position even though Windows uses negative numbers for certain monitor configurations (i.e. [2][1])

[modest trench]

yeah, one thing that sucks sometimes is that you can't just rip out a lot of the 3rd party crap/plugins to make full builds faster

not that that's related to backporting whatever plugin that is

[spark plank]

Does anyone know who I have to contact, what I have to do etc for the Unreal Engine 4 Xbox build?
I recently became a Windows Store developer and there doesn't seem to be anything on EPIC on how to... Get the build that ships for Windows Store / Xbox :/

[drowsy snow]

Register for Xbox Developer Account and then contact Epic for verification.

[spark plank]

I've done the first step, I just can't figure out the second step - Like, how do I contact epic for verification?

[surreal eagle]

When does ue5 release

[thick nebula]

in the future

[fleet dagger]

DM me if u know how to keep 2d sprites on the ground, i really need help with a project

Would be very helpful since ive been working on this problem for ab 12 hours now 😐

[pulsar badge]

Guys can I use google drive as a svn?

is that possible

[drowsy snow]

I don't think it's possible.
You'd better having a GitHub repository. IIRC it's able to intercommunicate with SVN clients.
You can also look for BitBucket.

[pulsar badge]

its pretty pricey

lol

@drowsy snow our stuff is like 250 gb of game files. I believe we tried it but wasnt big enough lol

[sinful token]

Hello people!

Yesterday and today i try to vertex paint with the auto material blend from Megascans. I was painting Red channel, it was working and then i release my mouse, it crashed instantly. Tried to migrate, not working. Tried to use fbx instead of datasmith gltf, not working. Tried turning off Tessalation inside the material, not working

It showed me this everytime

[young schooner]

Hey guys please help if you can my emissive material is not glowing I used film template to create my scene of idea to fix this I tried increasing the value to 60 also

[plush yew]

anyone know why when restarting your engine the .umap file for your level just wont show up anymore in the project but it does in file explorer

[drowsy snow]

Possibly the .umap file is corrupted somehow.

[plush yew]

oof

i dont even have a backup

;/

[drowsy snow]

Adjust your exposure camera.

[drowsy snow]

Wake up call to use source control 😉

[plush yew]

yep sadly

it was such a great map also gosh

[midnight mantle]

does anyone have any experience with 2D in UE4?
I'm seeing a category for "Paper 2D" but I think most of my google search results come up with "Pixel 2D"
so I'm curious what would be the best way to approach 2D in UE4

[drowsy snow]

Paper2D.

Paper2D is Unreal's 2D game framework that provides you sprite assets and flipbook (animated sprites)

[midnight mantle]

got it

[amber dune]

anyone ever come online with something really important to say but then forget what it was?

cos i just have

[drowsy snow]

Too often to count.

[amber dune]

what a noob

i saw that thing above...........

the usuall screenshot of the

"ue4 error box"

depressed me a bit

especially after seeing it has an error ive never seen before

"ohhhh im making a a map and ive got into the artistic flow where i forget to save"

bam

tis when you get got

usually when youve done your best work

then you reload, and find the collision on something is a bit wront

wrong*

are we using game maker studio?

[sinful token]

@amber dune Shit is wrong with you?

you high on shit?

[drowsy snow]

@sinful token No need to fight fire with fire.

[sinful token]

@drowsy snow i'm new, i don't put up with this kind of tripping

[maiden swift]

You mean how when you close/reopen the editor and it shows a blank map instead of the one you were working on? Or are you trying to open the map and getting an error?

[amber dune]

@sinful token what do you mean?

@sinful token what makes you think im "high on shit" ?

and @drowsy snow i meant no offense saying "what a noob"

i dont think i understand the internet anymore

i was meme? ing

[mortal cedar]

To understand the internet you must understand yourself first. Internet isn't a place, it is a dimension made of human thoughts, words, desires, fears. It is the essence of collective consciousness. And cat pictures

[amber dune]

i was a jsust about to say, spit it out HxE

thought you were writing a novel

and you did

i think your novel is scifi thouh

dimension of human thoughts?

more like a dimension of misunderstanding

[mortal cedar]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere

[amber dune]

i see

thats cool

tis not why im here

[mortal cedar]

Ah yes, this is not the #lounge

[amber dune]

funny

usually get threatened to be kicked when i go off topic in a channel

[plush yew]

@maiden swift na i open my editor back up and the map is not in my maps folder anymore but its in my file explorer

[amber dune]

@mortal cedar fancy a bum?

[mortal cedar]

Can you try to drag and drop it into another project then migrate it back into the main one?

[plush yew]

i could try that

[amber dune]

drag and drop

ppffffffff

[jaunty matrix]

anyone have any recommendations on getting a team together to work on a game. ive always been solo and i dont really know where to start

[drowsy snow]

Prepare yourself a design document so that your collaborators have clearer idea of your direction. Also money if you're able to.

[mortal cedar]

Also learn how to setup git or other version control and repositories

[restive eagle]

or wait for a game jam, teams based on rev share dont last long

[modest trench]

#game-jam-lfg has people looking to jam together

[celest sequoia]

when i load up the level using "Load level" the nav mesh volume doesn't work but when i load the level from content brower it works

[drowsy snow]

The more I think of it, the only exciting things to come in 4.27 is hoping that the weird malloc with Control Rig is solved, and backporting Oodle to 4.26

Because the code did compile, but missing some libs.

[plush yew]

gimme some good hair options

like i tried doing it like a 2d plant texture and its bad

[drowsy snow]

If you're in 4.26, you can make use of the Groom system.

[plush yew]

i mean

like

its pretty good for how ez it is

but i want realistic hair

i use blender and max

[drowsy snow]

Groom system is strand based, so it's as realistic as you can get in-engine.

If you're in Blender, you can export hair strands as alembic data, and import it to the engine as Groom asset.

[plush yew]

wow

thats neat

the first strand type hair game

[drowsy snow]

I'm sure you have seen (or even use) the MetaHuman (Creator) - all the hairs, eyebrows and eyelashes, down to skin fuzz, are using the Groom system.

[plush yew]

yo wtf

they look real af

[steel crest]

Any guides on making skill/ability levelling? Skyrim/RuneScape type stuff

Only seen ones on the player level itself

[plush yew]

anyone know how to save plugins

some plugins wont stay enabled for multiple projects, only if i save the project

i want them to be enabled for every project

is it possible

[drowsy snow]

Put the plugin into the engine's Plugins folder, and in the .uplugin file (it's editable with notepad), add this line before "Modules"

"EnabledByDefault" : true

[inner cloak]

@steel crest : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHWbl8IB1Y

[plush yew]

ez pz

[drowsy snow]

Be careful though if you're sharing the project to team or open sourcing it using source control (GitHub/SVN/Perforce/etc). Any thing in the engine won't be carried through if your project is separated from the engine folder.

[plush yew]

oh yeah anyone figure out the live project thing

on ue3 u could play a game while ur friend was in the developer window

and change the map around

it was so cool

[inner cloak]

There is a collaboration feature in ue4

@steel crest Why ask a question if you dont stay to get an answer ?

[steel crest]

Sorry was watching that link you sent

[inner cloak]

There are a few more you could look into .. just search for "UE4 Skilling"

or RPG skills, etc

[restive eagle]

@plush yew https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/ProductionPipelines/MultiUserEditing/index.html you probably mean this

tried it before and decided its not worth it, too many issues with it

[plush yew]

it worked perfect on ue3

that sucks

[drowsy snow]

UE3 is vastly different from UE4 so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[plush yew]

you mean superior

[drowsy snow]

No, just vastly different.

UE4 is superior compared to UE3 in many, many ways.

[plush yew]

hi

[bleak drum]

hi everyone. i am looking for a good course on the asset manager (like used in the arpg demo for the weapons and spells) ? doesnt matter which platform (udemy, yt, etc)

[tired quest]

Hi, does someone knows why my flag animation works perfectly on simulate but renders like this at final render ?

[covert onyx]

I have exactly the same problem, could someone help us ?

[astral ravine]

So I'm trying to decide the best method for generating/creating a set of convex hulls for this vehicle mesh I'm working on. Other than just adding the collision piece by piece manually, would anybody know of a better method?
I tried getting the V-HACD add-on to work with no success, but if i do it manually I was thinking there might be a way to decimate the geometry and split pieces off and making each one convex shaped. I'm still new to all this so words of wisdom are appreciated.

The built in tool for generating collision simply would never work for something like this.
How would a studio such as star citizen be developing their collisions for complex physics based objects? I wouldn't expect manually doing it while keeping things tidy and not have holes or 1000 separate pieces be the industry norm.

[honest vale]

you create a collision mesh using the same app you used to make that model

I'm not sure how other engines do it though

[graceful onyx]

Can anyone suggest me a good place to start with Niagara?

[honest vale]

huh, shooter game example project was updated 😄

[spark plank]

Does anyone know? Player support don't 😅

[astral ravine]

this was my first idea and makes the most since. But It's incredibly tedious work and I'm just wondering if a specific method would lesson on the work.

I'm sure someone more involved in the modeling industry than me would have more insight.

[languid flax]

That's the reality of it :P

Doesn't look like it would take long to create a collision mesh tho, if you know your way around modeling software.

[astral ravine]

yeah, this one wouldn't be too bad actually, but i have no doubt larger and more complex objects would.

[languid flax]

I'm not sure what kind of complexity you need, but I'm 99% sure you won't notice a difference between a mesh following the original shape and some primitive shapes

I'd say don't block yourself till it's actually an issue.

I wanna make a "Quest" struct that contains a bunch of data for all kinds of different quest types. Which means the objectives can be resources, items, enemies. Those are all different classes. Does somebody have experience with how to handle this? Should I use a class like Actor for the objectives that is very far from the actual resource/enemy classes. Should I just have a lot of different data setups in that one struct? I could also have subquest structs that only contain one set of data each in an array. Not sure what is the best method here. Also idk if structs in structs in BP are still a landmine? I had those break in the past.

[graceful onyx]

Is the documentation good?

[dusky inlet]

Why not just read it and ask afterwards?

Also there is a Niagara channel where you will get better answers :)

[languid flax]

Theres a yt channel, CGHOW, that has a lot of niagara tutorials. Not sure if they are beginner friendly tho.

[graceful onyx]

thanks

[plush yew]

How could I transform a procedural material of a sphere to 2D texture that can be exported?

[modest trench]

Check out the content examples project as well. Lots of examples with comments

[deep stump]

What’s the best source control that isn’t overly expensive for a game with lots of files lol

[languid flax]

https://www.raywenderlich.com/6817-dynamic-mesh-painting-in-unreal-engine-4 Check this and then you need a plugin like Real Time Import/Export or similar to export the render target.

[autumn grail]

Please ! I need help.

My skeleton is at the right size

My animations are at the right size

My skeletal mesh (of my 2 characters ) are at the right size

I have retargeted the animations in the skeleton like mentioned in the doc

But the skeletal armor pieces still appears 100 times smaller when assigned to a AnimBP

The armor pieces are at the right size also , in the editor view

Everything has the right size , but it dosent work

[raw escarp]

I'm running into an issue since yesterday where the unreal editor isn't showing all of my blueprints in the content editor, but the .uasset files exist in the folders on the drive. Is there a way to fix this?

[autumn grail]

in the last image , the armor dosent appear when the AnimBp is assigned

[fierce tulip]

@cyan bronze generally yes
@raw escarp that shouldnt happen normally, did you move them from one project to another? or did you move the files in the explorer? or content browser? I might not be able to answer, but the more thorough you can explain how and what, the easier it is to provide solutions.

[autumn grail]

My skeleton has a Reference size of 0.01

What is the reference scale , and how to change it ?

[fierce tulip]

@autumn grail you already asked the question just now, please be patient until someone is able to answer it.
you might wanna read the #rules

i know it sucks if nobody can answer right away, but this is also rather bothersome

[autumn grail]

I just add a new thing

i hadnt see the reference scale

ok thanks

[true ravine]

Is this where you can ask questions regarding unreal engine?

[restive eagle]

if you are not sure, read #more-resources and #rules

or you can also check the description of this channel

[wise trail]

Is there a feature that changes the view to show black and neon lines for objects only nothing is enabled inside view modes. My friends having this issue not me.

[plush yew]

how do i adjust the position of the scroll box/vertical box on this widget? i want the scroll bar to go on the right side for scrolling up/down

[raw escarp]

@fierce tulip Honestly, I'm not sure what happened. I think something may have happened with file corruption, but no, no files were moved.

I think I'm just going to take this as a lesson in source control and get things properly set up and greenfield it

[autumn grail]

Can someone check if it is normal to have the root bone of our character's skeleton scaled to 0.01 ?please.

[plush yew]

can someone tell me how to do this? Im new to this programme and it is for homework

[velvet palm]

Any fly BP.

[wise trail]

To do what exactly?

[velvet palm]

Flying randomly mukha around radius.

[wise trail]

fly the bug or flying?

[velvet palm]

some fly.

around trash bin.

sprite.

in 3D.

[restive eagle]

using niagara might be the best choice for that

unless you have a reason for it to be a sprite

[velvet palm]

Need mobile optimization, because sprite.

[vernal spoke]

I want to code my character's movement logic from scratch. Up until now, I was making a class that extends UCharacterMovementComponent but I want to make my own system instead of extending and overriding existing functions. Does anyone know what's the best way to do this?

[pulsar badge]

Is there something i can use as a svn without running a server at my house? other then github to much lol

[minor shell]

Do you mean as source control offsite or just on your pc? Because you can use just a local SVN repository if what you're only looking for is the source control / history. Though if you mean that someone else is responsible for the data (github etc) you have to find a provider with a plan that fits your usage.

[pulsar badge]

Ya source control i have people that needs to join it so it cant be local

something like github thats cheaper like google drive but dont think its possible

[minor shell]

does it has to be SVN or is git +/ git LFS an option?

[pulsar badge]

doesnt need to be svn no

source control

[minor shell]

Check if AWS CodeCommit might work for you

https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/pricing/

[pulsar badge]

it will work for the whole project?

[minor shell]

It all depends on how much storage you need and how you use it. Im not sure if AWS CC supports git LFS either.

What is your budget?

[untold yacht]

https://gyazo.com/a359d5e922419ebee1d3c39bea8fa8ea

hey guys im trying to deplete my "stamina while running" and it works however it loops even when released, is ther a way to detect "while button is pressed" ???

[thorn violet]

Not sure where to put this, so throwing it in here... Does anyone have an idea what might be the issue if my Dedicated Server's Crash Minidump file is 0 KB, the CrashContext doesn't contain any Callstack and neither does the Log. This is only happening on our GameLift server, working fine with GameLiftLocal. Happening since swapping from 4.25 to 4.26 (I think)... It's like everything is just killed before it has time to paste in the callstack or something. Makes no sense to me....

[plush yew]

why does the image in my button widget stretch out?

[pulsar badge]

maybe 15$ a month google drive is 10$ for like 2tb lol

github is 21 but thats per person O_o

[thorn violet]

If you want a cheap solution, I'd recommend https://www.plasticscm.com/pricing

[minor shell]

If you dont find a suitable host and you know your way around some basic hosting and linux i can recommend getting a cheap VPS with like 100-200GB of storage and self host a Gitea or SVN server. That's what i do in my team because the cost of us self hosting it is so much lower with all our users, including payed backups.

If not yeah checkout Plastic SCM or just google "git hosters compared" etc

https://discord.com/invite/blender

[celest trout]

Hey, does anybody have the default action mappings and axis mappings for Unreal Engine 4? I would like to see them, so that I can switch my action mappings and axis mappings back to the default state.

[latent moth]

All, I'm rotating a controller together with an actor so that it can be used on walls. Therefore, I need to be able to astjud not the controller YAW per se', rather rotate around its UP vector. Same for pitch. This does not work, because for some reason I can only use either turn or lookup but not both at the same time (I get really weird translations). Anyone knows why?

[narrow mauve]

How do I see the shder complexity/overdraw of the volumetric clouds??? it doesnt work

[gleaming lagoon]

So I ran across this weird unusual bug. Any idea why it'd turn black all the sudden?

It does this for any of the node parameter inside this material.

Anytime I change something, it stays black forever 😦

Anyone? 😦 Guess this bug isn't very common...

[narrow mauve]

Ive had nothing but problems with Nvidias drivers

i constantly ahve to close and reopen the editor for issues like this

idk what to say or how to fix

[gleaming lagoon]

😦

[narrow mauve]

:\

[gleaming lagoon]

Thanks at least a response is better than no response.

[narrow mauve]

I guess XD

[restive eagle]

@narrow mauve check the pinned messages in this channel, it's a known issue

there are atleast few posts about that

[gleaming lagoon]

Makes me feel like I should've bought an AMD video card instead of getting a Nvidia one...

[restive eagle]

or just use an older driver version 🤷‍♂️

[gleaming lagoon]

Sure, let me go ahead and setup my etherium rig up and running 😉

[versed burrow]

Imagine using blender lol

[gentle charm]

Guys does anyone know the solution for this:
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-physics-constraints-wont-lock-position-properly/230448

[dusky mural]

I'm importing my base colour into Unreal and it comes in washed out and strange with sRGB turned off, forums say to turn on RGB again and it should be good but instead it is just washing it out even more and making it look washed with a white coat

does anyone know what to do to fix this? it seems to happen randomly

nevermind, figured out it was a bit depth issue where my Substance designer was exporting as 16 instead of 8

now I need to figure out how to make it do 8 by default

[merry bison]

What do you recommend? 3ds..?

[paper oriole]

hi, i need a info about adding textures to a 3d model on unreal engine

model has 43 textures and i dont know how to add it on blueprint

[prime pilot]

Anyone here knows how to import json files as a struct (not a dt)?

[paper oriole]

im trying to learn unreal engine for two weeks, when i talk about my projects i always get positive things but when i had a issue nobody cares, nobody responds

its sad

[restive eagle]

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.

i mean no one is getting paid here for helping others, so don't expect that we will solve all your problems everytime

or maybe people that saw your issue just didnt know how to solve it

[paper oriole]

oh i know that buddy, but im on three different unreal discords and nobody respond it, for 4 days

[drowsy snow]

Imagine poor shaming Blender users.

[restive eagle]

we help when we can, just be respectful and put some time into phrasing your issue. it helps a lot if you include some pictures, mention what you have tried and maybe some other relative info

[lone moss]

@paper oriole I think the issue with the question is that your question isn’t specific and it’s too broad to even answer

[drowsy snow]

If anything, you're encouraged to post a clear, straight to the point question, and find workarounds while you wait for someone to answer.

[restive eagle]

questions like: help my game is not working will just be ignored

[paper oriole]

thanks doc, and hoodie guy and ponnkis, and tsauken im not crying or yelling like ''my game is not working'' if i say that you can ignore it, i just asked how can i add textures to my 3d character on blueprint it must be understandable question all right? ponnkis have no idea about it but at least he send smth to help. i already searching it, after i ask here but i cannot find a solution. So, if somebody wants to help, they help thats all. If somebody says maybe i can help but i dont wanna waste my time. Thats what i see for 4 days. Even i dont have a info about questions. I can try to help, i can talk.

[restive eagle]

if you want to texture your character then try looking into materials slots and materials in general. use unreals default mannequin as an example how its set up

[honest vale]

1. Make a UV map for your 3d character
2. Make textures that match the UV map
3. Make a material using the textures
4. Assign the material to the character mesh

[restive eagle]

one advice i could give if you hit a dead end then dont struggle too much, you are just learning. you wont be releasing a game anytime soon so just focus learning all the engine fundamentals

after you gain some more experience you can always go back to your old issues with newly gained experience and it will be easier to solve what was wrong.

[drowsy snow]

Also, don't afraid to experiment a lot. If you break things up, you can always create a new project files with no repercussions.

God knows how many new disposable project folders I made back when I'm still learning UE from ground zero lol

[paper oriole]

thanks guys, i will create a new level and im gonna start with basic stuffs about texturing models, maybe i can see how to solve my problem on here that was a great idea to learn

[gray kindle]

i want to make water plane make surfaces wet around it, but i want it all to be done inside water plane material, without adding anything to the surfaces that i want to affect. is it possible?

just basic roughness increase

[drowsy snow]

You could use Material Parameter Collection, but if you want to have more accurate wet part, you'd have to prepare your materials to be wet.

Exception for landscapes, you can have a predefined tidal wave area where the area is more likely to get washed by the ocean. It's fake, but it works.

[brave niche]

Hey so if I downloaded the engine source with my binary copy of the engine on the launcher,

Do I need to actually download only the source code version or can I build the version from source code and it works the same?

This is specifically for the requirement of building a dedicated server

[restive eagle]

as far as i remember you can test dedicated server with the launcher engine by including a target to your uproject -server

but when packaging the game you will need to build the one from github

because the launcher one does not include dedicated server binaries

[drowsy snow]

Is there any issues with different build ID and such by ad hoc merging the launcher build?

[restive eagle]

i'm not exactly sure if i understand your question, could you please rephrase it? 😄

[drowsy snow]

Like, say, I build the engine source, and then merge all the precompiled stuff to the launcher build. Will that cause issues down the line?

[restive eagle]

i dont think you can do that

[drowsy snow]

You'd have to build the version from the source code, as binary builds don't actually detect any changes to the source code or build configuration.

[gray kindle]

thank you 🙂

[spare kernel]

@drowsy snow just make an installed build

it will act just like a launcher build

[drowsy snow]

I already have installed build (out of necessity for my contributors lol)
It's just a curiousity question tbh

[brave niche]

So, just to be clear. I have to build from the GitHub source, the source downloaded via launcher does not work?

[spare kernel]

yeah you can actually build a launcher build (using the build scripts that is supplied)

@brave niche for dedicated server? yes

[brave niche]

Is it worth uninstalling the one that I have installed now?

[spare kernel]

that graphics card is a bit lack luster

[restive eagle]

@spare kernel so you can include dedicated server binaries to the launcher engine?

[spare kernel]

@restive eagle if you wanted to build your own launcher version with the server targets

@plush yew Please be patient. Don't be so rude.

and to answer your question, good graphics? sure. Will it run on your graphics card? probably not.

that is a very weird question to ask. so you get a weird answer.

and Good Graphics is also very subjective.

[restive eagle]

@spare kernel i dont, i thought maybe they included that in the latest launcher engine version and i missed that update, but it seems thats not the case

[spare kernel]

they dont provide the server targets in the launcher build

nor the server built binaries

[restive eagle]

thats what i thought. i was thinking maybe im getting too old and missing some important updates 😄

[spare kernel]

either for technical reasons, or just size restraints or because they want people who run dedicated server to build the source engine 😄

@plush yew cause Good Graphics is subjective.

minecraft can be good graphics to some people, etc

[drowsy snow]

Unpopular opinion: Legacy Editor Mode UI is much better and more usable than the new one

The new one felt like a bodge work, and unintuitive, with inconsistent arrangement and coherency relative to other tabs.

[restive eagle]

can we get back legacy physics editor too then? 😄

[drowsy snow]

The new one doesn't even work properly with small icons mode.

[merry bison]

I'm in my 4th week. What I do is I watch tutorials on youtube, and take courses on https://learn.unrealengine.com/ and ask here occasionally when I get stuck.

Also, when asking here - for your own good: Think carefully about how to ask your question, because the clearer your question is, the clearer a response will be.

And finally, UE is hard (imo), it takes time to learn. Lots of time. Two weeks is nothing. Be patient. 🙂

[brave niche]

The GitHub source button doesn't take me to the source download

[restive eagle]

have you connected your github account to your epics account?

[brave niche]

Yes

[restive eagle]

do you get an option to download it as zip?

[plush yew]

Is there a way to expose parameters like turbulance and levels of material noise and edit them while the game is running?

[brave niche]

No

To tsu, not piers

[restive eagle]

@plush yew https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/Materials/HowTo/Making_Parameters/index.html this probably

@brave niche

what do you get when you click code

[brave niche]

Couldn't see that page

[restive eagle]

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine

so when you click on this, what happens?

[brave niche]

404

[restive eagle]

so you didnt connect your accounts

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ue4-on-github

read this

[brave niche]

I did

It's connected

[restive eagle]

sign in to your github account then

and read the guide i've sent you

maybe you missed something

[brave niche]

I'll just Download the source from this sketchy third party site instead.

That'll work fine.

[restive eagle]

🤷‍♂️

[brave niche]

hitgub downloads here we go

[plush yew]

@restive eagle Yesh I know how to make parameters, but I wan't to know too how to expose parameters like turbulance. They are hidden from parameters normally 😛

[restive eagle]

oh sorry i thought it was your own made parameter, im not so good with materials

[pale verge]

Anyone know why when I make controls changed in my project settings, why they aren't saving?

[brave niche]

When I build it from source I can add it to the launcher right?

[drowsy snow]

No, source builds won't be added to the launcher, but project associations will work fine.

[gray kindle]

how i would go about finding the place where every circle crosses with each other in ue4 materials? want to make foam at the connections of each gerstner weave, im not sure how to word that question in english so having hard time with looking online 😂

thats how i visualised it in ue

[ruby crystal]

Hello. How do i lock my character in the Z axis so it can't move in the Z axis no matter what?

I only want it to move in the X and Y axis. can't find anything on google.

[versed burrow]

Nah I actually do recommend blender

It's really good i use it.to for maps and.other.stuff

[versed burrow]

I was jk lol

Klol

[shadow violet]

why i have this squares?

on landscape

[grim juniper]

Build lighting

[drowsy snow]

Build the lighting or set the directional light to moveable.

[dire spindle]

can anyone help me with a thing? So im trying to make the character im using rn use another rig like the mannequin from the ue4 starter pack since there is alot of help full animations i need from there but i've tried blender and it just doesnt work, I have looked at youtube tutorials ttoo

[versed burrow]

What can I do here it keeps.on.crashing

[honest vale]

install debug symbols and check the actual stack trace

[drowsy snow]

Retarget the animations.

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/AnimationRetargeting/index.html

[versed burrow]

I'm sorry what 🤨

[honest vale]

they're an option for your engine installation in the launcher

[dire spindle]

well yes @drowsy snow I've tried that and it turned out looking like this :

[drowsy snow]

Perhaps the translation retargeting is wrong.

[dire spindle]

yeah but how do i fix it

[drowsy snow]

Pelvis/Hips should have Animation Scaled type of Translation Retargeting. Everyting else is Skeleton.

[dark kraken]

i'm trying export mesh, but have this error, someone know how to solve? inside unreal its perfect

[drowsy snow]

What's your export options in Unreal?

[drowsy snow]

Disable everything except Export Morph Targets

[dark kraken]

same error

[dire spindle]

uhhhhhhh, I dont know if im kinda dumb but i dont understand

[dark kraken]

i was trying export in 4.26, in 4.25 its fine, thanks everyone

xD

[drowsy snow]

See the screenshot I posted to you earlier? That's how you should set it up.
If you don't follow the docs, here's how you can show the retargeting options.

[dark kraken]

i tried export in versions of fbx, i think i need reinstall my 4.26

[dire spindle]

ahhhhh alright i think i understand i'll give it a shot thanks @drowsy snow

[robust marten]

How would one play a flipbook animation or flipbook material inside UMG?

[lucid grove]

Hey! for some reason my AI with simple AI move to sometimes goes FAIL for no reason. Its flat landscape with no obstacles. Is there a way i can see why its become Aborted?

[astral sundial]

Hey I am having a problem all my UI worked great and fitted to the screen perfectly (they were copy pased but slitly diffrent). I decided to take one of my widgets and delete a image on there. Now the widget gets brought up at a diffrent scale than before, like its zoomed up and to the left like the widget is bigger than the screen. How can i fix this? it worked before i deleted the image.

@robust marten you just put it in as material not a texture in the editor i believe

@lucid grove do you have a nav mesh on the ground?

[lucid grove]

Sure, it wouldnt move at all without it 🙂

[astral sundial]

does it just not work or does it stop?

[flat spear]

Why the fuck is this happening and why cannot i not remove this event dispatcher now??? it just gives me this error without being able to do anything about it.

[toxic birch]

Any idea why the line connecting to the opacity is grey?

[trim mantle]

You selected wrong settings in material

Should be a translucent material

Press the right most node and look at its settings

[toxic birch]

I thought I did

My bad, seems like I did

Thanks

[trim mantle]

No problem

[flat pewter]

does anyone how I could replicate object movement via axis in unreal? I my players to be able to move stuff around the same way unreal allows you too

a bit confused how they do their calculations from mouse to world position

[limpid egret]

Is it possible to Lerp between two Vector(4)?

I really need that alpha 😦

[vital bramble]

Hi, im having issues with unreal engine 4. When trying to make a blank c++ project the engine hangs at 80%, continuously looping in the terminal "Discovering modules, targets and source code for project"
I have a i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz × 8 with 16 GB of ram and a NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730]

[lusty ridge]

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OoYzzk

[drowsy snow]

By now it should be done.

[devout whale]

Hello, anyone know if fortnite uses Xsolla for inventory and a store system to store their items and sell them?

[drowsy snow]

Epic Games payment in general uses Xsolla for the payment.

[vital bramble]

ill try it again but i think there is something wrong

[devout whale]

You reckon they use their inventory system too, integrated with Xsolla payment ?

[flat pewter]

if anyone's interested, managed to do it with:

FVector MouseLocation, MouseDirection;
PlayerController->DeprojectMousePositionToWorld(MouseLocation, MouseDirection);
FVector FramePointLocation = CurrentFramePoint->GetComponentLocation();

FVector EndLocation = FMath::LinePlaneIntersection(
    MouseLocation,
    MouseLocation + (MouseDirection * 10000.f),
    FramePointLocation,
    FVector{ 0.f, 0.f, 1.f }
    );

CurrentFramePoint->SetWorldLocation(FVector(EndLocation.X, FramePointLocation.Y, FramePointLocation.Z));

[sharp crest]

how do I create a bindable event in BP?

so I can bind the event into other bps

NV. Answer: event dispatchers on the left below variables

[drowsy snow]

Event Dispatchers and Blueprint Interfaces are what you're looking for.

Event Dispatchers is geared towards more specialised inter-BP communication, while Blueprint Interfaces is more one-for-all solution, as you can apply it to many classes at once without having to get the reference to it first.

[sharp crest]

found but thx

[junior nimbus]

trying to implement a paraglide system and don't know what to do with Evaluate on this animation

I needed to retarget the skeleton which I did but what do I do to "evaluate" the animation to be able to plug in here and replace the old ones (the ones with errors)

[drowsy snow]

What's the error log says?

[junior nimbus]

its the retarget, which I did

but I dont know how to make the animation an evaluate

so, for example, the Play Paraglider that is highlighted up there

is what I dragged in

to replace it, but I dont know how to plug it in because it's a "play" animation and the one I need to replace is an "evaluate"

[compact plover]

This is not working anymore?

[drowsy snow]

Have you retarget the animBP into the skeleton as well? AnimBP is per skeleton and can't be shared with different skeletons without retargeting it.

[junior nimbus]

Yeah, thats what I did, I'm literally just trying to find the "evaluate animation" thing

like, what is it lol, I can't figure it out

(I'm 4 weeks in to learning unreal)

[amber dune]

anyone here deveoped/optimized for mobile before?

just wondering what the techniques are, what to avoid for mobile, and how to work with a project from mobile to desktop

i know realtime lighting is supposed to be a big nono on mobile, so whats the solution to a day night cycle there?

[vital bramble]

where should i post my issue with unreal engine 4 linux?

they have disabled issues on github

[fallow oxide]

delete key not working in editor, can't delete my meshes from level.

i restarted my editor, cleaned project but no luck

[sharp kestrel]

I'm following a tutorial on making a dedicated server and I cannot find a file named "Win64" in WindowsNoEditor\Engine\Binaries. How can I get the file?

[gentle ivy]

General question I should know but have forgotten

What is the .module file and should I add it to source control?

it tracks the buildid of the engine dlls right?

[sterile perch]

Hi, i need urgent help for my project. I haven't opened the game project in awhile and when i try to open a map/level into the viewport it freezes my laptop as its loading for hours to a point i have to shut it down manually. If there's a possible solution please let me know thank you so much

[drowsy snow]

https://issues.unrealengine.com

[mystic holly]

This should help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ab_channel=CaptainYee

[sterile perch]

...really

[mystic holly]

Yeah

Helped me with some stuff

[plush yew]

i put a new custom anim in and now my mesh does this, help?
and it seems to work just the placement of the arms are off

[mystic holly]

Have you tried restarting your laptop?

[sterile perch]

100s of times already since yesterday

[mystic holly]

hmmm

You could try reinstalling ue4

[wise trail]

nvidia studio or game driver for ue4? So many different answers ive seen on the forums..

[mystic holly]

Haven't really had an issue like that before

[drowsy snow]

Game driver, obviously. UE4 is a game engine, not an offline renderer.

[amber dune]

and youre not a studio??

seems like quadro vs mainsream

pointless

[wise trail]

Fair

Not like I use many rendering programs much

[amber dune]

uh?

[wise trail]

Im tired 😛

ty good sirs

[amber dune]

a gpu is a gpu

[wise trail]

True

[amber dune]

it does dpu things

[sterile perch]

i did

[amber dune]

gpu*

[wise trail]

I notice studio drivers were crashing dx12

:/

Couldnt load ray tracing

[amber dune]

dnt try and run stuudio drivers on a general gpu?

seems expected

[wise trail]

Just been doing a lot of research and a few people on ue4 forums recommended it my bad.

[mystic holly]

I honestly don't know, but I'll look and see if I can find anything

[sterile perch]

i appreciate the help thankyou

[amber dune]

sure you can, but you can also do raytracing on one rtx cards

pointless shite

[wise trail]

2080 super

So yes

1660s can do dxr also

[amber dune]

still the same

[wise trail]

But eh

[amber dune]

unless you have a quadro

[wise trail]

Got it

Game ready

or gtfo

Thanks

[mystic holly]

How long have you been using ue4? And how old is your pc, and what are your specs if you don't mind

[amber dune]

🙂

[sterile perch]

i've been using it for a year now and my pc is 3 years old

[amber dune]

this is the biggest smiley ive ever seen on the internet

[mystic holly]

And nothing similar has happened like this right?

[sterile perch]

yes, it hasn't

i'm just trying to package and export my game and only now its causing problems
i cant even open up the levels i made

[mystic holly]

Can you send me a video of this happening?

[amber dune]

this world

everyone needs a video to understand something

[sterile perch]

alright i'll send it to you in abit

[vital bramble]

ive searched trough the issues and cant find anything related to my issue how do i report an issue

[drowsy snow]

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/support/report-a-bug

[amber dune]

video tutorials and education are great

videos of people with problems

mehhhhh

i might seem harsh here, but i have never once in my life seen a video of a problem get fixed

[brave niche]

Wait wait wait

if I build UE4 from source I don't have to launch it from source every single time do I?

I should be able to export my own binary version with Dedicated server functionality....

[drowsy snow]

If the UE4Editor.exe existed and can run, no, you don't have to run it from VS.

[brave niche]

Cool, thanks

I'm in the process of building it now

[amber dune]

launch it from source?

im in pain

do people know what "source" means?

every kid is building ue4 from source and think theye doing like, fortnite building?

gotta give it to epic, most companies ship games

anyone wanna buy a couple of dogs

hell ill pay you to take em

little shits theye being

[vital bramble]

Thanks ive submitted a bug report

[random violet]

hello all - i've notice in tutorials some folks use question marks in their bools. is there a reason for that besides being more semantic? like, does the punctuation do anything?

[brave niche]

Yes sir I most assuredly do. I am a software developer.

Seemed a little condescending there friend c:

[amber dune]

well i was talking in general

the general man considers himself a coder these days

"coder"

[brave niche]

Ah yes, the good ole script kiddie comparison

[amber dune]

im a coder of 20 years, and have no need to buld ue4 from source

plugins exist

[brave niche]

Apparently it's necessary for dedicated servers, otherwise I'd be there with ya

Yeah, I didn't do much research on plugins

[amber dune]

someone else was saying this the other day, im not that far yet into a game to worry about building a dedicated server

but

are youi telling me you can build a whole game in blueprint, and then need to build the engine source justy to be able to build a dedicated server?

[brave niche]

Yep.

It also can't be a 'blueprint project'

[amber dune]

seems a bit mental

[brave niche]

That doesn't mean it can't have blueprints, but something about selecting a blueprint project from the templates? Idk

[amber dune]

seems like it should just be part of the build process of the project

[brave niche]

You'd assume

Maybe UE5

lol

[amber dune]

why on earth would it need a manually built engine source

i dont get it

the project sits on top of the engine

[brave niche]

Yeah but the binary distribution may not include the capability to build without graphics? Idk

[amber dune]

and the binaries, are just prebuild engine sources

[brave niche]

that's the only thing I can think of.

[amber dune]

hmm ok

[brave niche]

You'd think even then

[amber dune]

that makes sense

[brave niche]

They'd distribute a binary of the server building process.

[amber dune]

yep, id imagine that would be part of the engine

in a prebuilt

[brave niche]

Even as a separate download, or one of those checkboxes in the options when you download a binary

[amber dune]

considering its size, and its debugs

yeah exactly

i havnt got that far yet, i just assumed

that would be a thing

i dont get what project would need

to require an engine build

all the underlying stuff is there

should just be the same thing, with no assets id imagine

maps, collisions etc...anything math based

well it is that

[brave niche]

shrugs I didn't build the absurdly complex engine used by dozens of AAA developers and I don't know why listen servers are available to be built from the binary and dedicated are not.

[amber dune]

just dont understand why youd need a seperate, self build

[brave niche]

But there's probably a reason

[amber dune]

peobably

well

certainly

id like to know what it is:D

ill guess its something to do with reflection

having to be rehooked back into the engine source

tis the only thing i can think of

a kind of reverse compilatiion, where you need the source

to knit everything together, in a production environment

still though:S

the code in the engine, when ive been debugging

ending up in the engine source, usually the memory management

its mental, someone wrote that, and a team of people apparently must understand it

this uncommented mess of stuff

unreadable code

when you break an array and end up in the dark side of the engine source

[bitter viper]

quick question

Unreal uses Baking for static Lightning, right?

Does that mean I have to make UV Maps of Objects so that the Borders don't overlap?

Or Does Unreal take care of that for me?

[drowsy snow]

Yes, and you can have separate UV map for baked lightmaps

*lighting

[bitter viper]

Do I have to seperate them?

[drowsy snow]

No, but it's a good idea to separate them from the texture map.

Otherwise it'll assume your texture map is also the lightmap, of which if you have close or overlapping UV islands, it'll cause graphical issues.

[bitter viper]

Ok, thank you very much

[bitter viper]

I have another Question regarding UV Maps and Unreal

So, for a bit of context, I'm working on a House in Blender currently, which I will later use in Unreal. In Blender you can assign more than One UV Map on an Object, and for simple repeatable Textures it's enough to make a simple Cubemap Reflection which overlap on the UV Map. But for Baking/Lighting, I'm gonna make a seperate UV Map. Is it later possible in Unreal to choose which Map is for Textures and which is for Lighting?

[drowsy snow]

Unreal will choose the UV map automatically for either texture or lighting. This video mentions how you set up the UV map:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkcbGJf3aU0

[bitter viper]

Ok thank you, that helps me a bit, but what if the Object is larger, like the mentioned House? Because I can't simply put every Surface into One Map, the Lighting Texture would need to have 2000000 Pixel then. Like, if there are multiple Maps, how does Unreal decide which is which?

[drowsy snow]

Why not combine all the texture UV map into one UV map channel, and separate them with material slots?
And it's not like you're going to merge the furnitures and stuff into one mesh anyway. It's a better practice to just have separate mesh for walls, rooftops, floors, and all the necessary furnitures, then arrange them in Unreal.

If you want to use it strictly for archvis and not for game purposes, you can use Datasmith tool set to bring in the entire scene into Unreal, without combining all the meshes into one.

[bitter viper]

Well I wanted to combine Floors, Walls and Ceilings all into One Mesh, but thinking about it, like you said, it's probably easier to just make them seperate Objects I guess.

Oh, wait now I get what you mean

Thank you for the help

[drowsy snow]

No probs.

[bitter viper]

Just one last thing

eh, no, I think I'm being too complicated here

[sterile perch]

I tried recording the video but the file is too big here
Just basically what happens in my unreal is
I open my project > click onto a level design > it loads but then freezes my whole laptop at 75%

This is the my screen right now

[drowsy snow]

How spacious is your RAM?

[astral ravine]

Anyone know if collision shapes absolutely shouldn't overlap or is it just about performance?

[drowsy snow]

Simple collision meshes generally be the outside approximated shape of the visible mesh for performance. You could use down to the tris accuracy with complex collisions, but it can tank down performance as the calculation for the collision detection will be a lot more.

[astral ravine]

I actually was talking about multiple collision shapes overlap with each other.

[drowsy snow]

Oh, alright. I don't see reason why you shouldn't have collision shape overlap each other.

[sterile perch]

I currently have 12gb

It used to work normally but only now its causing problems idk why

[velvet palm]

Need free any weather effect BP (rain, snow, etc).

[wise trail]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/good-sky

Has a random weather system

Didnt mess with it much myself

[velvet palm]

Not skysphere, rain/snow particles for free.

[wise trail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvVFpi1405U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODlt4v5VMU

[modest trench]

It snowed here last week if that helps

[wise trail]

just get ultra dynamic weather

Its worth it

[velvet palm]

Thanks.

[wise trail]

np

[stiff bane]

;-;

[shell surge]

Hey guys, how can I export an Unreal Scene for putting it for sale on the marketplace ? Is there any tutorial or something ?

[drowsy snow]

You just have to bundle the .umap file together in your marketplace submission.

No exporting is necessary.

[shell surge]

any tutorial on that ? I have never done it before

[olive niche]

hey guys i added many addons to my unreal engine game (the ones u get in the marketplace) and it took so much pace do you think if i delete the cache my game will still run?

[umbral harness]

Could someone suggest to me a nice website or software to use for doing simple architectural diagrams? Like how classes relate to each other and so on. I feel like it would be awesome to do in the Blueprint editor, is there any way to do that with a pluging?