ue4-general

[vocal sorrel]

Gonna give it a go! Really appreicate your help!

[grim ore]

yeah dont put raw stuff in the content folder, it will try and import it. put it in the root of the project if you need it

[spice talon]

Got it. Thank you. I'll try to go through my assets one at a time and get them into a sensible place. Luckily my project isn't huge yet.

[grim ore]

and as for keeping reference, nope you cant once it comes in it stores it in the asset. if you need to update it you can always go in, reimport it, and it will see its missing from the first spot and ask where it is now

[spice talon]

It makes sense that I would "need" it for source control collaborating though, right?

[grim ore]

well.. what do you need it for?

[drowsy snow]

For comparison, here's my project folder in a private GitHub repo.

[grim ore]

^^^ if you need to share the source assets, then yep do that or put it in another repo

but like.. does the programmer need the source music files?

[drowsy snow]

All the .UASSET file goes to Content as usual, but source assets (in this case would be .BLEND files and more) goes to the SourceFiles folder.

[spice talon]

All make sense. Only question now is how to change them since I didn't do that from the start.

[grim ore]

move them, open the asset, click reimport at the top

it should complain its missing and ask whereit is now

or.. just dont care 😛

[spice talon]

And yeah, we're just a two person team, doing various aspects.

[grim ore]

again do you need the source again for some reason? UE4 converts from source -> asset and unless you need to change it you dont need the source

[spice talon]

Oh, so the uasset stores it's own version of the source?

[grim ore]

it converts it from the source to its internal format yes

[spice talon]

Maybe the error he's getting isn't from missing assets then.

[grim ore]

all you should need to share is the project folder itself assuming your engine is set up the same, and even then you dont need all of the project folder

you can pretty much see above what is needed, I also tend to save the Saved folder but only the config part under it

[spice talon]

Right, okay. This was very helpful. Seems like our problem is something else. This is what it was spitting out ".../Content/Maps/NewWorld.umap appears to be an asset file."

[drowsy snow]

@spice talon To get started, here's the .gitignore file adjusted for UE4. It pretty much ignore Saved files and build files.

[grim ore]

spitting out when?

it would say that when he is trying to import it perhaps?

[spice talon]

On my collaborators end after he pulled it down from GitHub

and tried opening for the first time

[grim ore]

well maybe have them screenshot it when it happens, or detail what they re doing

that sounds like someone trying to manually import asset files into the editor

[spice talon]

Good idea

thanks again

Oh, ha ha. I think he just needs to change his project settings maps and modes behavior. Should have Googled the error first. Always Google first, damnit. 😆

[soft tree]

Are there any extensions for unreal to write custom editor windows?
Or add things like buttons to blueprints to run functions in editor

[drowsy snow]

You don't need extensions (or rather Plugins) for that.
You just need to create editor module in your project or even modify the engine source code.

[gusty comet]

Anyone with experience please help me with this. I found that the game is just too big(~3GB for just a simple game and assets) I want to know how should I manage the project so it's much smaller and performance focus ? I want to make 3D games with good enough graphic(I'm using Paladins as the high baseline which mean it could go further down depends on how much I can do to improve the performance while keep the game looks good) So I want to know how should I manage the overall assets, project setting and workflow in general I guess? I couldn't think of a word to describe....a way to improve performance if the game use many levels instead of full open world(I know the open world is kinda more resource hunger but I suspect that even I use multiple scenes could also lead to some kind of performance issues). So in conclusion I want to know the workflow in UE4 which I could improve the overall performance(both for developing and the game itself). Thank you in advance.

[drowsy snow]

Is the entire project folder, not just the Content folder, accounts to 3 GB?

[soft tree]

Thanks I'm going to look into that

[gusty comet]

entire project is 6GB

[drowsy snow]

As for performance, don't cram in an excessive amount of active ticking actors inside a level, and make sure the materials don't have excessively high shader complexity. That's the basic things you need to keep in mind.
Also, in UE4, you have built-in profiler tools - use that to eliminate the stuff that's less problematic in performance, and focus on more problematic stuff.

[drowsy snow]

Have you tried packaging it in Shipping configuration, and see the final size?

[gusty comet]

I didn't see that tho, maybe I missed something there.

[forest kettle]

hey, quick question i'm not really sure where to put: we're trying to create a custom trace channel in project settings. after restarting the engine, the channel is gone. any idea on this end?

[gusty comet]

btw I'm pretty new to UE so it would be nice to have some hand holding hips

[grim ore]

there isnt much hand holding tips for what you are asking

what you need to do and how will depend on your project and the goals and its nothing really specific to UE4

[drowsy snow]

Likely something to do with your DefaultEngine.ini file.

[grim ore]

@forest kettlewhat does it show here for you?

@gusty cometgo to the learn.unrealengine.com site and search for some of the courses on optimization/optimize. building better pipelines might help, as well as the intro to game dev courses

[forest kettle]

we have defaultengine.ini checked out

spoke too soon, wasn't checked out, checking out fixed it. thanks!

i guess i was (naively) assuming that changing project settings would automatically check it out (as i believe it does in some cases?)

[gusty comet]

will check it out

@grim ore do you have recommendation course for optimization ?

[hidden sparrow]

Hey I have a problem with my user widgets. I have 2 widgets with buttons on screen one next to the other so they dont overlap each other. Then I use the set visibility to off node on the first widget, and then set visibility On on the same widget. For some reason the widget that was hidden and then shown again is now the only one I can interact with. The wigdet next to it I didnt do anything to, cant be clicked or interacted with. How can I fix this?

It feels like that first widget is taking whole screen but it is impossible because I can see the second widget but I just cant click it.

[forest kettle]

if it feels like that, i wonder if adjusting the zordering of the widgets will give you anything useful. you could try to attempt to debug by setting the widget you can't click at a higher zorder level. that should give you more info to what's actually going on.

[grim ore]

@gusty cometcheck out that course I recommended as it can help you understan how to get in better. the other optimization courses in general are for more AEC and manufacturing but their logic is sound. otherwise the general game ones handle how to create projects for games and take that into account

@hidden sparrowwhat does the widget look like for the "button" ?

[light tulip]

Hey folks I am slightly confused about where I'm supposed to ideally be putting my camera logic and how cameras are working with the sequencer. I'm trying to fix a bug right now where blending out of a cinematic sequence to my player camera seems to cause a bunch of jittering as my camera and the blend out "fight" over the camera pos. I'm a tad confused about where I'm supposed to put my camera positioning logic. I've tried to store it in the player camera controller and in a stand alone actor but both appear to cause "fighting" over the final view once the blend begins.

[gusty comet]

oh right, I I somehow skipped that part in reading. Thank you btw.

[hidden sparrow]

@grim ore Not sure I understand. The widget contains only a button and a picture. Both widgets are interactable before I turn off and on the visibility of the widget

[grim ore]

so the root component in the widget for the button is a button, not a canvas panel or anything else?

[hidden sparrow]

There is a canvas panel

[grim ore]

yep so thats what is probably taking the hits when you are place it as a new widget over the old one, just because you cannot see it doesnt mean it is not taking hits

click on it and make sure it's visibility is not hit testable for self

one thing to consider if this is what you are doing, is to have both these buttons in the same user interface and then just toggle them as needed like you are doing. instead of 2 user interfaces with a button each, 1 with 2 buttons

[hidden sparrow]

It is set to not hit testsable for self.

when hidden again the other widget is clickable

[grim ore]

yep it shouldnt be blocking it, the next test then is to turn on the widget reflector when running

[hidden sparrow]

it seems like setting the visibility on is the problem

[grim ore]

and you can see what is what

oh well yeah.. how are you setting the visibility lol, if you re setting it to visible its going to take hits

set it to the not hit testable self and see what happens

[hidden sparrow]

oh crap

you are a god

thats it

thanks a milion

[soft tree]

Looking for advice on inventory system
I'm working on an inventory system and trying to determine the best way of going about creating a base item
The equipable items should be either a static mesh, or a skeletal mesh. I'm thinking picking up a book has no animation, so could simply be a static mesh, while something like a gun does, and should be skeletal mesh

Should I have a base BP_BaseItem, and a BP_StaticMeshItem with a BP_SkeletalMeshItem class? Where the individual items inherit from either BP_StaticMeshItem or BP_SkeletalMeshItem ?

OR should all items that can be picked up be imported of and made of skeletal meshes?

or is there just a better solution I am not aware of?

[drowsy snow]

You don't have to make separate classes just for either static or skelmesh component

For one thing, you can have both Static Mesh component and Skeletal Mesh component in the BP. Then you can set visible one or the other, and set the mesh accordingly.

Though my practice is to have them skeletal meshes for animating purposes, even if it's just one root bone.

[soft tree]

Thanks! Didn't think of that, but that makes sense. Sure does simplify things
Can just call a hide/show message that hides static mesh if there is one, and skeletal if there's not.

I guess only mild annoyance there is no auto generated thumbnails since the mesh isn't the parent.

[drowsy snow]

The thumbnails will still be generated - it'll be generated if there's actually a mesh inside it.

[soft tree]

I'll have to play with it then. It wasn't generating thumbnails when I did sample tests earlier
Hierachy was like:

Default Scene Root
 - Static Mesh

[buoyant compass]

Is anyone familiar with the navigation system?
I have an idea for a setup, but not sure if its feasible.

I'm doing some procedural generation where I'm combining hand made rooms at runtime.
Ideally I'd like to build the nav data into these rooms, that way i can setup things like nav links, and make sure its as i want it.

Then at run time, I'd like to combine all these nav meshes together so the AI can traverse between them.
Is this a realistic setup?

[mossy nymph]

i don't think it is, we explored something similar, but eventually let the nav generate at runtime

there were ludicrous amounts of artifacts

maybe if you use streaming levels as your rooms, we didn't have a run at that

[untold girder]

Where would I ask questions about skeletal meshes / materials?

[mossy nymph]

#animation for skeletons

[drowsy snow]

Use Navigation Invokers.

[mossy nymph]

nav invokers are pretty stupid on complex terrain

easy to get AI stuck

[buoyant compass]

Ya I was hoping for a way to kind of chunk out navigation.
Within the rooms it won't change, so it seems logical to lock some nav in on the rooms and allow for customization there.
Is there no easy way to combine them?

[late verge]

heyo! is it normal for me to have to recapture the skylight every time i load up my level for the first time after opening up the engine? or should i not be having this issue?

[mighty oak]

I keep getting this warning when I play game in PIE, but not sure what to do about it... any ideas? Mobility of /Game/Maps/UEDPIE_0_Playground.Playground:PersistentLevel.RecastNavMesh-Default : SceneComp has to be 'Movable' if you'd like to move.

[winter rain]

I presume you have the mobility set to Movable?

[finite ocean]

https://youtu.be/Jx7gV1_1Vtk

Anyone know where I could get help with this if I can't get help here?

[grim ore]

what are you using for capturing reflections, and what reflection mode?

[severe hinge]

ok so i know this question is asked frequently and many times but i cant find any answer to it

how does unreal engine 5 change the workflow of a 3d artist like me?since baking textures is not needed anymore how would i texture something that is stylized and highpoly inside substance painter that has no UVs?

or do i have to wait until substance painter adapts to the new workflow?

with mega scans i think things are a bit easier,but when it comes to stylized work UVs are needed i think

[grim ore]

did you check out #ue5-general or #nanite ?

and UV's are not removed, why would you think they are removed?

[severe hinge]

how would you UV a 35million polygon asset?

how would you UV a 35million polygon asset?

ill post my quest in #ue5-general

[analog wasp]

where can I find a tutor to help me learn the basics of ue4?

[finite ocean]

@grim ore I'm using reflections captures. Quite a few of them actually. But I've tried turning them off. It doesn't do anything.

😦

[grim ore]

damn that was my only good guess. #graphics might be able to help. disable shadows on the lights and see what happens maybe, see if those are causing issues

[wise tide]

@grim ore problem i had earlier went away when i updated engine?

[finite ocean]

@grim ore was a good guess. Thanks for telling me where to go!

[plush yew]

has anyone figured out how to simulate clothing physics

[wise tide]

updated engine and now a simple function ant working use to be from interger to text but trying to set a text box in a ui is now a variable?

[neon bough]

use int => string and string => text

[wise tide]

this what i mean

[novel wren]

Can anyone help me? Baking lights on my open world game takes 1:30 hours. and when it finishes it crashes and doesnt save the bake. what do i do?

[neon bough]

remove that set node and just return the text

so hook it to the output

[neon bough]

you most likely run out of system memory

increase page file size or buy more ram

[novel wren]

how do i increash page file size? I have 32gbs of ram which should be enough

dynamic lights?

[neon bough]

i'm pretty sure the first google result of "increase page file size" will tell you

[wise tide]

thanks old engine had to set it first now you dont

[novel wren]

I turned on dynamic lights

but everything is really grainy for some reason

when my plants move it looks really bad'

also @neon bough are dynamic lights good?

[neon bough]

yes but slow

moving stuff is actually using dynamic lighting anyways

so for open world, your rocks could be the only thing that would bake good results

and no, 32GB is not enough for large scenes with much geometry

[mighty oak]

on what?

[ashen frost]

can unity top ue5

[jolly steppe]

Does anyone here have an answer to the question I posted in #animation ? I've been trying to figure this out for a few days now

[neon bough]

probably, but what are the chances?

[drowsy snow]

Unity 5 was good, but then we have Unreal Engine 4 for free, no tiering at all, and source code available with no extra cost

[latent sonnet]

On reddit I asked how to make a stopwatch that can continue after death and can save your best time and some lovely fellow took the time to give me this... But I don't understand it.

Any help?

[plush yew]

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/860905/making-a-stopwatch-in-blueprints.html

[latent sonnet]

Thanks. I'll take a look

[ashen frost]

[ashen frost]

True but features/capabilities wise
UE5 seems to be making it very hard to top, as if UE4 graphics wasn’t high enough, this lumen and nanite is going to make it very hard to top, can unity top this or even come close

[latent sonnet]

My printstrings aren't showing up?

[hoary holly]

Anyone here ever dabbled in compute shaders? Wanting to move calculating a procedural sphere from the CPU, to the GPU

[winter rain]

Whichever static mesh you are having an error with

[true ridge]

What are the best practices for handling player input in UMG?

I hooked WasInputKeyJustPressed into a widget's event tick and it feels dirty.

[drowsy snow]

Using C++ for cleaner BP obfuscation.
The UI Navigation plugin can do just that.

[quiet token]

i just made playercontroller inputkey function fire off a delegate and just have umg hook into that

its ugly but it works, there gatta be better way

[restive eagle]

you can also override a function inside the widget on key down/up

[quiet token]

yea but that only works if the widget is focused

[restive eagle]

true, dont see why he shouldnt have that focused

unless he wants for pc to receive inputs as well

[drowsy snow]

@wheat rose Still North Media has excellent and quite extensive medieval weapon sounds that are freely available. Those are in WAV files, so it's pretty much drag and drop to UE4.
https://www.stillnorthmedia.com/libraries

[wheat rose]

thanks

[drowsy snow]

BTW they also have both edited and unedited firearm sounds, so sound designers can base the work from those libraries.

[grim ore]

you can have the widget listen for user inputs if thats important

[desert verge]

i converted a project to a newer version of unreal the library shows it as the older version, even though it isn't

[drowsy snow]

If it launches the correct engine version, it doesn't matter. The launcher will update the list on its own.

[desert verge]

ah okay, the only thing is i had an issue adding an asset to that project, it downloaded the assets for that version

rather than the one it was running

i had to use migrate to move it..is that the normal method?

i'm coming from unity

[grim ore]

you can change the version of the assets it installs in the drop down menu when you add them

and restarting the launcher would probably fix the launcher issue.. now.. if you converted it in place instead of making a copy thats another issue

[ashen frost]

@grim ore hi Matthew

I wanted advice on if it’s okay to write c++ code on blueprints. I have heard that it’s horrible, and that you should write c++ as the foundation and then blueprints

[drowsy snow]

It's okay to write C++ functions as BP function library.

[ashen frost]

Okay

Because am learning blueprints first, and do want to eventually learn c++ because of its benefits; and I might want to add c++ to a blueprint game that i may have spent time working on

[drowsy snow]

It's not a bad practice to write C++ function to be Blueprint Callable. In fact, if you deal with asset referencing, it's better and more foolproof to have it Blueprint Callable and do the asset loading/referencing in BP.

[grim ore]

https://youtu.be/flEtQBPtBTc

[ashen frost]

What if the variables and components are in bp

[restive eagle]

been using bps for probably 6 years now, barely had to touch c++

there are plenty of people that only do work in blueprints

video said it well

[drowsy snow]

You only have to care about the function input and output, shall you want to use it on BP.

[ashen frost]

True, I don’t need c++ but I just want to milk as much as possible to push the game to its limits

[drowsy snow]

You don't have to "hard reference" anything in C++.

[grim ore]

do you need to push it to the limit? is it meeting your goals... then...

[restive eagle]

dont try to loop 10k actors on a single frame and you will be fine

[drowsy snow]

Don't use C++ just to look cool. You may shoot yourself in the foot with tonnes of crashes.

[ashen frost]

What if the function input and output is in bp, can I still add c++ later on?

[restive eagle]

once you learn better practices/approaches, bps wont have any noticeable performance drop

[ashen frost]

Overall yes, am just greedy

[grim ore]

well every blueprint node is C++ so take that for what you will

[restive eagle]

your limits will be pushed most likely from the visuals

not your game logic

unless you start doing some crazy stuff

[ashen frost]

True, but this is in the far future, like at least 2 years, after I have really learned blueprints, I might want to dive into c**

[restive eagle]

you wont learn everything in 2 years

[drowsy snow]

I've been using UE4 for almost 5 years now, and I still use little practical C++.

[ashen frost]

[grim ore]

yes you can move stuff over to C++, you will be fine doing it all in BP now, you should do it all in BP now to learn the engine. just flow with the go

[restive eagle]

at best i would say after 3 years you might stop relying on tutorials/google

only then the real fun starts

[ashen frost]

But u mostly use bp?

[drowsy snow]

Yes, mostly BP, even after these 5 years.

[ashen frost]

That’s good to hear, so you can just port the game to c++

[ashen frost]

Nice nice

[grim ore]

i mean with enough time you can do anything

[ashen frost]

3 years of bp, and we only getting of google

[grim ore]

hence the part about if your at your goal already there is no reason to spend time for no benefit

[restive eagle]

your first year will probably just be getting to know all the nodes

using the worst possible practices

because youtube is filled with them, unless you watch Mathew's channel 😄

[grim ore]

hey even learning worst practices is atleast learning the wrong way so you can learn the right way later. and even then... wrong ways might just be less right

[drowsy snow]

My mostly BP game is stress tested in packaged situation, and the game thread is only 3 ms, on low power CPU.

[ashen frost]

Yes, I have no issue doing the things I want in bp so far, I really like it, but I have also heard many times that BP is great and you can do pretty much any game but c++ is like better at more lower level programming stuff

[restive eagle]

yeah you will learn on what not to do in the future 😄

thus you will remake your game mechanics dozen of times when you learn something new

[ashen frost]

Someone told me that to 😫

[restive eagle]

which is the best way to learn i guess, you learn from your mistakes

and never repeat them again

[ashen frost]

Lol yes that’s me

[grim ore]

iteration is part of development and normal

and when you hear "X is better than Y at Z" your getting hung up for no good reason. Do you need Z? is Z required? why does it matter if Z is not needed or required

if making a sound effect play in BP or a sound effect play in C++ is the same result......

[ashen frost]

Lol I just saw this

[ashen frost]

Good point

[restive eagle]

there's also nativization, but i couldnt vouch for it

[grim ore]

its removed in 5 so don't vouch for it

[restive eagle]

good

[drowsy snow]

The point is, don't embarrassed just because you mostly use BP 😉

[ashen frost]

[restive eagle]

this guy is dragging boxes around?? hehe he's not a dev

[ashen frost]

What can c++ do that bp can’t

[drowsy snow]

Nativization is more miss than hit tbh
Many of my BP stuff won't even packaging with it on 😄

[grim ore]

if you go "only use BP, C++ is horrible" or "BP is for noobs, C++ is pro level" then you can be embarrassed.

[ashen frost]

Yep

I heard that it was better to use both

[restive eagle]

there are people that will make fun of you for using a game engine, instead of making your own

[ashen frost]

Lol

[grim ore]

it is better to use both where its appropriate, thats generally how all development works

[ashen frost]

Indeed

Do you use both?

[grim ore]

I can use a spanner to dig a hole in the ground but... wtf is wrong with me if I have a shovel as well

[ashen frost]

[drowsy snow]

I use probably about 10% C++, and 90% BP

[ashen frost]

I see

[grim ore]

I use whatever is appropriate for what I am doing lol

[ashen frost]

Yea I want to get to that level to

[restive eagle]

sell your 5 years to the devil, and you will

[ashen frost]

5 years to learn c++?

[restive eagle]

maybe he will give you a discount for 3

no....

everyone will work on his own phase

some learn faster, some slower

[ashen frost]

True

[restive eagle]

some work full time, some only on weekends.

[ashen frost]

Yes

[restive eagle]

you can learn in 1 week if you want to

[ashen frost]

Lol

[restive eagle]

but you might not be that good or exprienced

[ashen frost]

I mean, am not like creating game engine, just enough to do certain stuff

[grim ore]

theres a course on the learn portal that you can take for fun, see how well you do. well 2 of them actually. spend some time, learn. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/balancing-blueprint-and-c-in-game-development and https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/converting-blueprints-to-c it's almost like Epic knows the answer to C++ or BP

[restive eagle]

as Mathew said before, try to learn the engine first. dont worry if you need c++ or not

[ashen frost]

Thanks

[restive eagle]

maybe you will drop the engine in a week or so, it's not easy

[ashen frost]

Yep

[restive eagle]

and not for everyone

[ashen frost]

I like ue4

[restive eagle]

99%(random number to make a point) of projects don't even see the completion stage

[ashen frost]

True

[restive eagle]

it's always fun to start something, but not everyone can reach the finish line

[ashen frost]

Indeed

[grim ore]

make a button that prints out "you win", package it up and your now a game dev!

[ashen frost]

[restive eagle]

you're*

aham

[drowsy snow]

*You're Winner!

[ashen frost]

[grim ore]

well I mean its silly but.. you have to learn the ui system for the button, you learn actors, you learn levels, you learn blueprints, you learn to package

you might even learn variables in there

i mean its like... 3 minutes of work for a dev who knows the engine but a lifetime of learning to a new user!

[ashen frost]

Indeed

[drowsy snow]

Don't forget to add this screen after pressing the button, and then you're learning about basic widget management practices!

[ashen frost]

Will keep in mind

[drowsy snow]

But seriously, after showing the screen, you want to have the button behind it unclickable, or even disappear in lieu of the screen. You learn how to use widget visibility types, anchoring the image to make sure it fills the entire screen, removing the button widget, and even playing widget animations for extra flair.

[restive eagle]

and you will learn about DMCA's for using copyrighted images

[drowsy snow]

It's not like Big Rigs devs'll care 😛

[ashen frost]

Lol

[restive eagle]

only god knows

[drowsy snow]

I mean, if it's for learning with meme flairs, it's fine. Just don't distribute it online.
Some developers are dickish, some are welcoming to fanmade stuff.

[rigid bridge]

i made a 5 level by 5 level world comp map

roughly how big is that in miles or km

[plush yew]

this is a dumb problem to have but hair in blender is fine but in game i have a bald spot

it doesnt seem to be affected by gravity either

is there a way to move the hair upward

in ue not in blender

[drowsy snow]

Depends on how big every tile is.

[rigid bridge]

idk i just clicked on the default tile size and everything

[drowsy snow]

By default, the landscape tile is about 500 metres across, so 5 tiles across should be about 2,5 kilometres.

[rigid bridge]

so 2.5 km x 2.5km

thx bro!

[plush yew]

how do I make hair move less

like make it less sensitive to my characters movement

[open compass]

is it possible to convert plugins to a updated engine even if the plugin hasnt been updated?

[winged notch]

yes

@open compass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0gnfYzFzU

@open compass you will need VSC
https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/ProductionPipelines/DevelopmentSetup/VisualStudioSetup/

[woven patrol]

I accidentally deleted ue4 and ive been reinstalling it

and its stuck on verifying

could I get some help with whats going on?

[winged notch]

did you start and stop the download well it was going ?

[woven patrol]

nope

[winged notch]

can you send a screenshot from the Epic launcher

[woven patrol]

oh nvm cleaning up

it was just stuck for a while

[winged notch]

ok good

is there a official Speedtree Discord sever ?

[open compass]

@winged notch legend

[winged notch]

thanks you will need VC before you build it

[open compass]

yeah i got visual studio

[winged notch]

ok than i think you are all set

[open compass]

sweet as

[plush yew]

hair stretches when I move forward pls @ me if you know what could cause this

[winged notch]

send a screenshot

[plush yew]

i dont have it open rn

but basically when i walk the hair stretches behind me

a lot

lol

[winged notch]

check your SK mesh collision

[plush yew]

it dont look like a collision thing

also its almost 1:1

high poly collision

its affected on the z axis too

[wide beacon]

does anybody know how i can ads, do i need to cast to a camera?

[robust owl]

Is there a way to check the existing value of a console command in UE4 from the console?

[runic fern]

Hi guys ..
When i package HTML5 it doesnt Export lights rect lights not working

Why

[modest trench]

try sending a command without a number e.g t.maxfps

[plush yew]

how do i add a new collider

and thanks @modest trench it worked

had the same issue lmao

[modest trench]

right click a bone to add a body to it

[jagged agate]

hello guys, complete newbie question here,
i have just started to install epic games launcher today, and this is what i see after i open the launcher.

can anyone help a newbie out by pointing out where i can install unreal engine 4?

[plush yew]

@modest trenchthere is no option for that

[deep quest]

this i think or the install engine

[jagged agate]

yea its weird nothin happens when i click on it

[deep quest]

restart

your pc

i think it will help

[modest trench]

how about the install engine button on the top right?

[jagged agate]

ok!

install engine leads me to the library page, which is empty... i wil try restart~

[deep quest]

hmmm

wait

[deep quest]

what about this

[jagged agate]

@deep quest @modest trench thanks for the help! turns out i just needed to restart~ it was bugged

[deep quest]

np

gl

[upbeat tendon]

Hi, I am trying to get RVT terrain working, however once the game is running there is a lot of flickering

[plush yew]

fixed it all wew

one last problem, after about 10 mins of use ue4 just flickers, goes black, and has all kinds of visual issues and i have to restart it

i have an i7 and a 3070, so im pretty sure it aint a issue with not enough power

not a very complex scene

low poly scenes even

ue5 never does this

its just ue4

anyone have this issue and can fix?

[drowsy snow]

It has to be NVIDIA driver issues all over again.

[fierce tulip]

@winged notch i dont know if anybody needs it, but here are the #rules

[modest trench]

try this out
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5157

flickering issue that affects RTX cards

[plush yew]

YES

thank you

it happens almost exactly after resizing a window

[modest trench]

almost feel like we should sticky that somewhere

(remember to restart after installing the reg edit)

[plush yew]

uee

yee

is there any expert on softbodies

like body physics

[modest trench]

how are you moving it? did you accidentally set the scale to 0,0,0 etc?

[plush yew]

because the collision meshes ue4 uses are very simple, is there a way to add custom collision meshes from blender or max i have both

[modest trench]

try simulating and read the the properties etc

[drowsy snow]

Is the mesh already placed somewhere in the level?

Set it to Moveable.

Make sure the mesh in the BP is moveable.

[vagrant hornet]

what terrain precision would you recommend for something outdoors

like a forest

or hills ,canyon

[drowsy snow]

The engine's default is enough (1m per quad).
You just have to be creative with adding additional meshes like rocks or cliffs.

[plush yew]

something pretty obvious to you guys but i cant find it, im looking for that button that says "edit blueprint" and I cant find it

or is there another way to access my players blueprint class

i swear the edit blueprint button was right here before lol

also is there a way to search up a blueprint class in the asset browser, or would i need to search within a blueprint itself

guess it isnt so obvious i googled it lol couldnt find a mention of locating one just how to create one

[proven mauve]

Hey guys, I'm looking for some insight into slow loading times between levels, when built in stand-alone.

Obviously there will be a wait (especially on low powered devices).

The part I'm trying to understand is how it can happen between pretty much empty levels. I'm sure its codebase specific, but I'm looking for hints at what areas to investigate.

[winged notch]

is there a good way to show the sever with out braking any rules

[plush yew]

yeah, what rule did i break

lmao

you mean LEGS?

the censor is past fingertip length, and it covers the entire upper body. If its not too lewd for 5th grade it couldnt possibly explode anyones heads on here

lmao

[fierce tulip]

@winged notch we dont allow links to other discord servers.
you can try asking pfist for permission, but thats about it.

@plush yew you are fine.

[plush yew]

ik was just playing along

[winged notch]

ok thanks

[plush yew]

im sure he was being sarcastic haha

btw would you know what this means

translated from chinese
"To do activate them, go to your player's Blueprint class (I am assuming you are adding this to a previously-created character). First, select the CapsuleComponent object to set the collisions to custom, and then set the PhysicsBody to overlap. This is important so your PhysicsAsset doesn't go crazy when it collides with your CapsuleComponent."

in the blueprint class settings I dont see anything about capsule componets

so im not sure what she is trying to imply with her tutorial

[drowsy snow]

What system do you want to achieve from this?

[stoic scarab]

Hi does anyone know a way for an audio track effect the position of a mesh/actor? Effectively wiggle it.

OR.... Add the camera shake BP to an object to generate random movement?
Thanks!

[drowsy snow]

Execute the camera shake in parallel to the audio actor

<@&213101288538374145>

[fierce tulip]

yea, warned em in voice.

[drowsy snow]

Also in #lounge

[fierce tulip]

oh ffs hehe

[stoic scarab]

Hi and thanks. I've no clue how the Audio actor would move the object?! Sorry!

[drowsy snow]

If you simply want to shake the camera, use Camera Shake assets. You can then check distance to the audio source actor and scale the "intensity" with it

[stoic scarab]

Ahh. No soory, I want to shake and object. Create a random movement of a mesh or actor.

[drowsy snow]

Then you need to somehow move around the actor on Tick, while storing the true transform, and scale the "intensity" or multiplier accordingly.

[vagrant hornet]

when will the water plugin be fixed

[drowsy snow]

Probably in UE5 or 4.28

[honest vale]

4.27 is last, no?

[plush yew]

can anyone here give tips on studying a large unreal project? like where should i start? how should i study it? should i start i looking at the game mode? or the indivudual components? should i start studying the cpp files in order? etc. any tips are welcomed/ Thanks!

[honest vale]

and UE 5 (or only EA?) was forked off from 4.26

[proven mauve]

Ken, for exploring large code-bases, you should always have a clear goal in mind.

If you want to understand structure, you may be able to do so without getting into the C++ at all.

If you want to understand some core element, you can do a deep-dive on that.

My personal suggestion is to simply jump in somewhere. Skip around till you find something interesting, then follow that thread to other files to see how it all shapes together.

If you are planning on working on this code (new hire?), the best you can do is ask for a small task.

A bug to fix, or a very small feature. Completing this will be a great intro to at least one aspect of the code.

[drowsy snow]

The master branch is still 4.28

[honest vale]

oh, okay

[drowsy snow]

Not many large UE game projects are open sourced, but you should start in making single player games, since you don't have to worry about networking stuff and learn the good practices along the way.

[proven mauve]

I interpreted his question as "I have this project I'm invested in (new hire? just curios?), and I want to learn about it, but I am overwhelmed"

I would agree that making small stuff is the better way to learn the engine than jumping into some abstract "code study" of a mature project.

[drowsy snow]

I interpret it as "What are the industry standard practices that I should get used to when making game?"

[proven mauve]

Fair enough

He was talking about reading C++ files in-order

Thats usually something somebody asks when they want to get to know a particular project, not just UE4 in general (do we have to say UE now lol?)

[drowsy snow]

Not much people confuse UE as Unity Engine anyway 😛

[proven mauve]

UE5 is messing everything up

[drowsy snow]

Before that you have UE3/UDK 😛

[stoic scarab]

Ooook... 🙂 Well thanks... I'll google around that... Thanks

[lethal bison]

is water in 4.26 stable? I know it says experimental but is it due to stability or just lack of features?

[drowsy snow]

More of general stability and ease of use, than lack of features.

[plush yew]

anyone know how to access this menu? what kind of object needs to be selected to get here?

[drowsy snow]

As of now, the water system is still difficult to use, and cause a lot of issues.

[lethal bison]

What if I just use it for cosmetic purposes no physic

[plush yew]

this menu makes no sense to me

is it in the physics tab

it looks like its in the event graph to me

[drowsy snow]

The issues is the entire system is still cumbersome to setup.

[lethal bison]

basically how the collision component reacts to all typse of collisions, should it be able to pass through or should it be blocked

[drowsy snow]

What system do you want to achieve from this?

[plush yew]

leg physics

i want them to collide

[drowsy snow]

You mean IK foot placements?

[plush yew]

no i want the thighs to collide with each other

[drowsy snow]

You can use physics assets to cover the limbs with collision primitives.

[midnight gulch]

I have a ton of RPG skills stored as Actors. Is it possible to export the information stored in the actor (name, description, mana cost, etc.) to something like a spreadsheet, and to export many to the same spreadsheet?

[drowsy snow]

Yes, you can pass the information to Data Table assets, which is pretty much a (fixed) spreadsheet.

[midnight gulch]

I don't think that solution will work. Essentially what I'm trying to do is automate the creation of Wiki pages for each skill based on the information stored in each actor

[plush yew]

yep. I am a new hire. my lead told me to look into the project then they will give me tasks next week. Thank you for this helpful suggestion! will keep this on mind.

[proven mauve]

Ask them for a bug

[unique cove]

Quick question in between this discussion: In which channel can I ask about sdks and dlls (in unreal 4)? There are so many channels that I'm not sure which one is the right one

[proven mauve]

Or go on Jira or whatever and find one yourself.

Shows initiative, and will allow you to focus your efforts.

Also if they just told you to explore the code-base without further instructions, thats pretty suss

Read any available documentation they have as well (confluence, whatever).

[drowsy snow]

If it's about the engine source code: #engine-source

[plush yew]

not really the code base, just the project itself. like the build and I should study the game mechanics and design

[plush yew]

Alright. Thanks!

[drowsy snow]

You can send your UE4 game build to the cloud gaming providers, or use Pixel Streaming.

Oh, obviously not.
You have to set another PC running UE editor and stream to another PC through remote control softwares, like Team Viewer.

[stiff plank]

recently I have started with unreal 4.26 [made the shift from unity] and learning blueprints, just want to know about few assets on the store as my plan is to build a very basic rpg

• basic question can I mix templates together or mix templates with few of my own functions I create in bp
• Able ability system - heard a lot about this, how stable / good is it
• third person controller remastered - how about this anyone using this
  can I mix able and third person controller and able together anyone tried this combo
• super RPG framework - how good is this, anyone tried mixing this with third person template or able
  ideally I want to avoid templates but then building a basic rpg with turn based combat, inventory, quests and dialogue is going to be a tough in bp or I could be wrong too

[drowsy snow]

Searching for "light" in the search bar?

The search function also puts Type into account though

[drowsy snow]

If you're just going for basic RPG, I think there is a free RPG template in Marketplace. You can make adjustments on it accordingly, of course.

[stiff plank]

@drowsy snow thanks, can you please tell me which one is it / link
also used any of these three mentioned assets [able / tp template / super rpg] any idea on any of those

[plush yew]

I fricken did it

i followed some chinese tutorial on simulating body physics (everything even morphing things like cellulite)

someone i can send this project to so they can make a video tutorial? im sure it would help a lot of people

[old nimbus]

I need help with Game Modes, anyone willing to help?

[wary wave]

if you have questions, best to just ask

if you have code specific questions, there are #blueprint and #cpp channels you can go to

[old nimbus]

ok

[plush yew]

how does the "then 0 then 1" button called?

[wary wave]

...err, what?

you may need to be more specific 😄

you're looking for something like the Sequence BP node?

[plush yew]

yes yes

this

ty

[wary wave]

no worries

[late stag]

I have a wheel scene component and a wheel mesh attached to it so i add the wheel mesh to the static mesh attached and when i compile it disappears

[drowsy snow]

Return value of the create widget -> target

[plush yew]

ohhh, yes

sry iam new

[shell compass]

Running into an issue here where GetInputAxisValue() only returns non-zero values for the mouse if a mouse-button is also held down

I'm trying to make it so that if the player moves the mouse, it should switch over from gamepad-mode to M+KB mode in the main menu

But yeah, I have to hold down LMB or RMB and then move the mouse in order for it to notice.

Ugh, seems to be this issue

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/possible-bug-with-mouse-x-y-events-or-i-just-dont-know-how-they-work/36241/5

It only works if input mode is set to "Game Only". Why is that a thing??

[old nimbus]

I feel sad

Everyday, it just feels like I am capable of nothing

[wary depot]

Can i ask a simple question

Do i need to make a different material for every single object in my room? Wouldn't there be too many materials in a complex scene? Or is there a different way i dont know?

Or can i just use a one single material and different textures for similiar objects?

Like lets say i have 5 different stone models in different sizes,(different UV maps) can i add one single stone material that sets roughness and stuff and then add different textures?

[wary wave]

this is a perfectly reasonable approach

common, in fact, the engine supports it through Material Instances as a core feature

[mighty oak]

I'm using runtime navmesh generation and only on demand. Everything works fine in game and PIE, however the editor continues to tell me I need to build navmesh, I would like to hide this erogenous message, since I don't need to build navigation. Yet most information I gathered online hasn't helped here. These are my settings:

[wary depot]

Ohhh i see, i can make a material instance and use the parent feature

[wary wave]

yup - set up your material, use parameters for textures, roughness values etc, then in the instances you can change them as you see fit

should be straightforward with a little playing in the material editor

[wary depot]

Yeah i got it now, will try it out, thanks!

[stiff plank]

link to the asset please

[old nimbus]

Is there a Vent chat log in here, where I can vent about my Incapabilities?

[plush yew]

is there a way to migrate assets that have plugin dependencies from UE4 to UE5 yet?

[unique kraken]

hey can anyone look at that?
shouldnt my target array variable now have all dynamic material instances?

oh, i see. i had to creat arrays inside the variable. any way of creating the array in the bp?

[dense knoll]

Anyone know whats up with this?

[formal needle]

Anyone know why after play anim montage,anim graph always jump to entry again

After play montage

didnt pass through Holster state

[fallow hornet]

Is there a way to blend a cubemap and a skylight capture?

For instance I am using the currently a skylight with a set cubemap I want to create a new skylight and capture and blend between both

[stuck linden]

does anyone have any idea why my movement fucks up when i add a camera? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221798862938046464/850376577614348298/jittering.mp4

first video is with camera second has no camera

[plush yew]

it looks silly

but it probably took hours to setup

major props lol

[azure shore]

lmao cus its moving with whatever its attached to

when the player rotates to change direction the camera moves with it

[torpid mica]

I had packaging working before to launch onto an android device. Then it stopped working where it is not finding the Java home... should I just re install Java studio?

[onyx mango]

how do I mark specific actors to not be destructible?

I mean so that Destroy Actor node will not work on them

[stuck linden]

theres a arm mesh but it doesnt have collisions nothing there have collision and its causing this weird bug

[azure shore]

but I mean what its attached to

[azure shore]

the camera must be offset slightly for the noticeable rotation

[cyan bronze]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K-Hyu4Xn3g&ab_channel=MattAsplandMattAspland
Time: 7.15
Im following a tutorial for creating animations and the guy adds "Calculate Direction" node on blueprint but there is no such thing for me. Im using Unreal Engine 5!

[azure shore]

try in unreal 4 idk it shows up for me

[cyan bronze]

nvm

i had context sensitivity on

[azure shore]

does anyone happen to know why shapekeys/morph targets just refuse to import?

and yes I ticked import morph targets

[deep quest]

hey i've treid some dowload animation and it works, buut it dosent work on my metahumen charater

any1 help

[modern kite]

is it possible to do an day/night cycle without using dynamic lightning?

[soft panther]

my mobile preview does not render lights as should any help ?

[azure shore]

[onyx mango]

Is there really no easy way of recursively looking up and destroying a parent and all its children and childrens children?

As in Unity3D destroying a GameObject will take care of the children as well

Parts of UE is so weird to me I wonder what the design decision process has been

[azure shore]

relatable

man

Im ruining my life just because I want to make a game

I cant take it anymore

[toxic lily]

does anyone know where the "eventbeginplay" node is located in ALS v4?

[azure shore]

[merry bison]

Exactly what I feel about UE. It is weird and has a weird workflow.

[wary ferry]

@grim ore I am not sure if anyone else already mentioned this but the Intro Course Second Chapter for the download of the intro project references to the wrong learning ressource // download project 🙂
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/521038735547170826/850420016746725397/unknown.png?width=797&height=434

[grim ore]

@wary ferryI beleive that is a generic "here is how you use codes" module

[wary ferry]

😮

[grim ore]

otherwise they would have to make a unique module with unique screenshots to show the same stuff for every one

[wary ferry]

OK 😄

well good to know we sat her searching for that learning ressources tab in the library and could not find that supposedly newly added learning ressource project at all xD

not by name, tab or any other place

[grim ore]

gotcha. The name of it should be the same name as the course, and it will only show up after you restart the launcher

[wary ferry]

but I was able to piece it together in the end 😄

well thanks for that and sorry to waste your time 😗

[grim ore]

makes sense tho, I'll pass the feedback on maybe they can make it clearer

[plush yew]

where can i get a list of all animals in the world?

yea, that would be cool, and thats a limited list xD
i mean like all all xP
hard to believe no one wrote them down xd

[fierce tulip]

that list would be over 1.5m species long, and thats only the ones we have found

(and that question is kinda out of the scope of #ue4-general )

[plush yew]

ok ok i'll drop the subject xD

[fierce tulip]

now all we need is some AI that takes that info, finds photos/models of em, turns them into fully worked 3d models, and gives them proper game-ai

[plush yew]

yes! xD

(actually i just did find the actual list on https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/download and its over 3TB XD)

[wide beacon]

Can anybody help me with attaching a static mesh to a skeletal mesh (movement breaks upon attachment)

[light thunder]

hello darkness my old friend.....

[toxic lily]

i actually am having the same issue as gentrix, help would be appreciated

[wide beacon]

so do they need collisions?

[maiden sundial]

Nice UE bug i've found here 😄

[toxic lily]

nvm got it figured out

[runic fern]

hi guys how can i make a high resolution web project like virtual exhibitions ? i've tried to use HTML5 the lights too bad

[grim ore]

you can look into using pixel streaming

otherwise, html5 and working with the limits

[runic fern]

Pixel Streaming isn't that expensive ?

i mean if i have 100 person view the Gallery i will need a 100 instance running

[grim ore]

if you want them to all be interactive yes, otherwise it has to be local which would be HTML5 if in the browser or download the client

[runic fern]

Yes they will be interactive and in the browser true

idk how large the server should be for 500 user for example is
16 core
32 GB Ram enough or that just for 2 users 😄

[grim ore]

no way of knowing, its up to your project and what you plan on doing

[runic fern]

Yes true

well then Pixel Streaming

thanks Mathew

[wide beacon]

does anybody know how i can implement ADS? i have the gun at my chest but want to Aim Down Sights

[plush yew]

i never done it, but i would imagine it would be along the lines "detect key press -> play animation -> adjust the camera"

[midnight ferry]

Is anyone here experienced with compiling plugins for a source build running on a Mac?

[wide beacon]

i dont know if i would need to cast to camera

[safe osprey]

why does my anim edits not apply when i save it in the anim editor

[last spear]

Hi guys. Does anyone remember that save system that was free for the month? I can't find it in my library so maybe it was taken down from the market?

[restive eagle]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-multi-save

this one?

[last spear]

no, I remember being free for the month ( the one I'm talking about)

[restive eagle]

its the free one

[sturdy smelt]

https://puu.sh/HMhGF/aca5af0c6c.png

anyone knows how to rotate the axis with that Node?

[restive eagle]

it's the only save system i have in my library so im pretty sure its that one

but the free period has ended so its no longer free

[last spear]

oh alright, it may be like u say thanks

[neon bough]

just bought savior ;/ didn't knew about the other one

did someone try both?

[dense knoll]

Is there a BP node to get all Maps that are located in the games directory? (Even mods)

[unreal comet]

So I'm having the most annoying bug with UE 4.26. For some reason it doesn't like my Windows Resolution scaling because it's set to 150% so I can actually read the text on my screen. So sometimes UE4 makes the right click window go off the screen and I can't click the things I need to click. Is there a way to fix this without me having to constantly change the resolution scaling for Windows everytime I need to right click? https://i.gyazo.com/6bc63a040c025909a5bacc2d6ed8a6e4.gif

In the gif you can see it does it when I right click an animation but is fine when I click a folder

[latent sonnet]

Did I do something wrong here cause nothing is showing up?

[granite mortar]

Hi was wondering if someone could help me with a file issue? I have been working on a particular level in my project and have been saving it and working on it for aobut a week now. I just had to re-login to epic games and now that level is absent from my project? Is there anyway to retrieve this level?

If it matters, I was using the Save Current icon on the top left toolbar

[plush yew]

is there a nsfw channel?

I followed page after page of chinese forums to compile the most advanced body physics simulation in a game to date, a bold claim im confident in. I am not a game designer, im just dicking around. So I want to share this knowlage in the hope someone makes something awesome with it

[granite mortar]

@plush yew ok i see the file that saved this morning its umap. how do i open it?

copy it? its weird it just disappeared from the content expliorder

ok thx

@plush yew got it working. thanks a ton!

[paper ginkgo]

ive been wondering, do big name companies use packs from the marketplace or do they create everything they need from scratch?

[grim beacon]

I should still be able to call the functions from cpp if I create a bp function library class right?

[autumn flame]

If you write C++ in that you can call them in BP

[fluid lance]

Is there any way to export variables outside UE through blueprints? I need to export to an online learning platform (moodle) information about game completion. The game is not HTML, it's PC.

@grim beaconafaik, you cannot call bp made functions on cpp, only cpp functions in bp.

[grim beacon]

It's a c++ class

[fluid lance]

but is it a bp function?

[grim beacon]

Yeah it's a bp function library on cpp

So cpp functions to call in bp

[fluid lance]

oh, so the class is cpp, the function is cpp and u wanna call it in bp. That works.

[grim beacon]

I'm wondering if I can still call the functions from cpp

[fluid lance]

the blueprint functions made in the "blueprint function library" no

only the other way around

but ask in #cpp to be sure. They help and know their stuff 🙂

[grim beacon]

Turns out I can

[plush yew]

how would I remove the dependancy of a plugin from a mesh

[grave kettle]

guys im trying to edit a animation here just by a bit but I dont know how to find the animation tab(I think) and the key button is also grayed out

[pastel ginkgo]

How do I blend two normal maps together in a material instance? I'm using a megascan and the parent material is some weird tile texture.

[grave kettle]

thank you but how exactly do I open up the sequence? I just want to make the running with the pistol look a little better

ah. Is there any way I can edit all directions or all sequences at once?

[plush yew]

i dont need a tutorial but

[grave kettle]

actually nevermind

[plush yew]

can you have two enviorments in ue4/5 at one time?

like can I make a atmosphere for day and an atmosphere for night with different settings and alternate between them in realtime with nodes like a revolving sun and moon

yes or nah

[quiet quartz]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/832609705998286908/850474751121162260/unknown.png

This is an UE4 course udemy

The tutor deleted all the videos

[fierce tulip]

udemy being trash is no surprise hehe

[quiet quartz]

@fierce tulip is this a good place to post this btw?

[fierce tulip]

its a bit of a personal post from him, but it is unreal engine discussion related. im personally fine with it

[plush yew]

anyone know what directx 12 smg is

its one of the options in ue5

is it faster than dx12

or better looking

whats it do

[wise tide]

Is this right?

Blueprints References; Can be used to link BP's to one another to share functions and variables?

im new an trying to understand thanks

[pastel ginkgo]

Is it possible to split up a static mesh in unreal? For example, these pillows are one static mesh. Can I separate the left two from the right two?

[frozen pond]

hello, is there a way to create custom destructible ? i mean theres standard apex system, but in my case i got fence and i want planks to fall off when destroyed instead of fracturing

[plush yew]

@pastel ginkgoexport as fbx, open in blender or any 3d modeling tool, seperate, import as fbx as new objects

theres no reason it wouldnt keep its materials after splitting it up

i dont think so anyway

[pastel ginkgo]

Just thought there might be an easy way to do it in unreal.

[plush yew]

I wish

just a tip when applying materials in ue4 or ue5 as long as the seperate parts of the mesh have their own materials you can inherit this in ue

for example i have a boot with a leather material and a metal material from substance painter, in ue4 it shows them as two different materials not just one for the single mesh

[glossy jetty]

any idea guys if i can load a version 4.26 map in 4.25?

[fresh bay]

Why is it that when i use the "Add instance world space" i get a properly sized mesh but when i use "add instance" i get a mesh scaled to the root of my blueprint component?

[plush yew]

@glossy jettyi found a really easy way

first i need to know

does your map use any plugins

[glossy jetty]

GPU lightmass

it uses that

[plush yew]

is this a ue4 default plugin

[glossy jetty]

yes, i just enabled it

[plush yew]

what is the error message you get when importing the map thats strange it didnt work

[glossy jetty]

the maps are not even readable

the folder containing map when i open in editor is empty

[plush yew]

did you compile the map and save before trying to open it in ue5

[glossy jetty]

my map is in ue 4.26, i want to open in 4.25

and u mean build? coz i use blueprints

[drowsy snow]

Why use Udemy when you have the official Unreal Online Learning courses for free? 😉

[drowsy snow]

You can't open maps built with newer engine version in the older versions.

[glossy jetty]

okay

[quiet quartz]

Bought it like a year ago before i knew learn unreal even existed

[torpid adder]

i'm getting this error with a project i cloned

https://i.imgur.com/WgNj7jN.png

where in the editor can i do this?

[restive eagle]

right click in the content browser and look for add c++ class

or if the original one you cloned from had a source folder, just copy that

[torpid adder]

alright, will try. thanks!

[fading copper]

https://youtu.be/MW4l9MCzzr4

I thought they weren’t allowed to sell games using unreal default assets ? Did I read the TOS wrong?

They literally have the default unreal character in here. How’s epic not suing them yet?

[restive eagle]

what ever is provided within the engine, you can use however you want

if you are planning to use the default mannequin, people will make fun of you and call you lazy

it was never against their TOS

[fading copper]

It’s against unity’s I think so I guess I’m just confused

[restive eagle]

if unreal gives you smth you can onyl use within unreal

and dreamworld is made using unreal, as far as i've seen

[fading copper]

Not according to the devs though they’re known liars

[restive eagle]

the stuff they showed, i've seen plenty of times the same exact in unreal

it's clearly unreal

[fading copper]

How does someone make unreal look this bad though?

[restive eagle]

it was enough to see their progress bar, which is using the default style

dunno, i don't really care about these kind of games.

[fading copper]

Then again they’re going to be sued by everyone else so it may be superfluous

[restive eagle]

if they broke no law, no one will sue them

[fading copper]

You familiar with the drama behind the game? Pretty sure the backers have some grounds to sue

Idk. Just kinda depressing to see things like this when games that are good struggle to get noticed

[restive eagle]

i think backers knew what they were getting into, they took the risk to invest

it's not like the gameplay was being hidden

[fading copper]

because there was none

[restive eagle]

for me it was enough to see their trailer

and if someone expected much more, its their own fault

i dont know all the drama, maybe their advertising was missleading. sure

[fading copper]

The drama is literally five hours worth of videos documenting it

[restive eagle]

a lot of scams happen these days, it's not the first nor the last one. just don't back any projects that you have doubts and wait for release

[fading copper]

I guess. Maybe after star citizen people should’ve learned not to be too over eager

[restive eagle]

but you originally asked if they can use unreal default assets and way epic is not suing.

[fading copper]

Or asking them to change them

[restive eagle]

so i dont think that they did something for epic to sue, maybe those who invested can but then again im not a lawyer

[fading copper]

Maybe “suing” is the wrong word

DMCA isn’t the same as suing

[restive eagle]

i dont think that epic would gain anything from getting involved

just waste of money and time

nor i doubt they have any grounds for that, just my oppinion

[fading copper]

Protection of the reputation of the unreal engine and its marketplace. Trust me if there’s a will there’s a way

They can cite what happened to unity’s reputation with the asset flips on steam

Then again after the last six months maybe epic isn’t eager for lawyers of any sort for a long time

[restive eagle]

if they bought all the assets legally, they own the right to use them. just trying to think logically

[drowsy snow]

Compared to Unity, Dreamworld is the only bad Unreal game that sticks out.

[fading copper]

Yeah. Unreal has a great reputation

[drowsy snow]

Nothing to be really worried about.

[fading copper]

No. Not worried. Just surprised

Long as it doesn’t become a trend epic doesn’t have to care I guess

[restive eagle]

you could also ask why steam is allowing all these kind of games?

[fading copper]

I don’t think it’s on steam

[restive eagle]

in general i mean, most of them go on steam

for a quick buck

[drowsy snow]

The bad devs still beating Unity's horse anyway, because of low spec requirement for the editor and forced logo

[restive eagle]

and now steam is filled with garbage

[drowsy snow]

Because Epic Store and GOG has more strict submission process.

[restive eagle]

i know, im just trying to show space doge that these things are commonly happening

[fading copper]

Oh I know they happen. Just usually not with unreal tech

[drowsy snow]

Steam is as loose as Play Store - you pay the upfront fee, you can sell them immediately.
There's no storefront screening involved.

[restive eagle]

the platforms that are publishing these kind of things have their own rules

sometimes kickstarter will close down the project if they think it's a scam

[drowsy snow]

There are lot of bad Unreal games, but Unreal doesn't force devs to stamp their logo on the bad games.

[fading copper]

But they tend to be made by professionals

Like Silicon Knights with their bad X Men game

[drowsy snow]

Silicon Knights are dead

[fading copper]

Because of Epic

Which is the ironic thing

I don’t get to this day why SK thought that lawsuit would work

[drowsy snow]

But then going to present day, as I said, there's a lot of bad UE4 games, but they don't have UE logo in the startup, so it won't tarnish UE's reputation.

[fading copper]

That’s good. I’d hate for it to be tarnished cause the engine is a work of art

[drowsy snow]

Unity is just falling from the grace after Unity 5.

[fading copper]

Sad thing is unity is still a solid engine

[drowsy snow]

not in current days, no.
Unity is way more messier than the early versions of UE4.

[fading copper]

I always felt unreal was more fun to use from the beginning

[restive eagle]

for example escape from tarkov is still using unity 2018 version

because they dont think that newer versions are stable enough

but they are trying to get it updated to the 2019 for quite a while now

[fading copper]

Tarkov looks graphically pretty good so I’m genuinely surprised

[drowsy snow]

Also the new Oddworld game

[fading copper]

Oddworld is poggers

[restive eagle]

updated rust looks pretty good too

[fierce tulip]

https://twitter.com/Luos_83/status/1400959817909420035

Luos_83 (@Luos_83)

TIL:
You can drag and drop assets from the content browser right into the reference viewer!
#ue4 #ue5 #unrealengine https://t.co/pMbmftTF5B

Twitter · Jun 4, 2021, 11:37 PM

[fading copper]

Didn’t PUBG use unreal?

[fierce tulip]

they do

[drowsy snow]

Yes, even the mobile version

[fierce tulip]

theres at least two peeps on this discord working on it

[fading copper]

There’s PUBG devs here?

After what happened?

That’s pretty cool

[plush yew]

so uhh

can I use nanite on mobile? Yes or No

[drowsy snow]

Not yet.

[plush yew]

oh shid but its coming?

[fierce tulip]

this is a community based discord, so its not run by epic.

[plush yew]

imagine what phone games are gonna look like with that sht hahahha

[fading copper]

They sued Epic awhile back.

[drowsy snow]

It'll take a very very long time for phone hardware manufacturers to catch up.

[plush yew]

huh

doesnt nanite allow you to use millions of polygons

at no cost

[fading copper]

Supply shortage won’t help that at all

[plush yew]

or like unlimited polygon detail or something

[drowsy snow]

It's even longer because phone manufacturers trying to crank up the megapixel numbers in the camera.

[plush yew]

how limited is nanite

[fading copper]

I don’t think it’s limited and that’s why phones would struggle with it

[drowsy snow]

There is actually a cost, mainly CPU and GPU processing

The engine has to decimate them in real time.

[fading copper]

Which is taxing on a phone

[soft tree]

Supply shortage will be over in a few months for the most part

[fading copper]

Here’s hoping. Those PS5 scalpers are still out there and it’s depressing

[soft tree]

Damn scalpers! Raising the prices of my GPUs!

[fading copper]

I’ve always wanted to play around with EA’s frostbite engine

[drowsy snow]

And wonder how difficult to repurpose it is.

[fading copper]

I’ve heard the stories and oof

[drowsy snow]

I mean, both Unreal and Frostbite were originally first person shooter engine.

[fading copper]

Yeah but frostbite specializes in such a way it’s hard to adapt

[drowsy snow]

But then UE4 excels to be multi-purpose engine.

[soft tree]

But one of the biggest reason for the mass shortage is simply due to leadtime and mfg capability. Orders for semiconductors are in. It's a matter of the manufactures being able to produce the semiconductors

[fading copper]

Even unreal 3 excelled at being multipurpose all things considered

[drowsy snow]

Manufacturers have to limit workforce due to pandemic limitation

[fading copper]

Speaking of pubg. Callisto protocol is my most hyped game in some time

[soft tree]

we're starting to see much less and less of that now. in most of my companies CM plants they never decreased workers

[fading copper]

Well with vaccinations being more available I think hopefully that’ll help

[soft tree]

Release a game
$20 if vaccinated
$99 if not

[fading copper]

So since many of the people in here are professionals as an aspiring one myself I gotta ask: how do y’all handle it when people spread rumors about games with no basis in reality?

[soft tree]

One other thing that screwed is that isn't being talked about.
There's a worldwide shortage of plastic material

Plastics that are used for component bodies and packages

[fading copper]

There’s also a water shortage

I’d mainly like to ask the people at rockstar how they feel about people spreading bogus rumors. That has to drive them nuts

[soft tree]

They probably love the rumors

[drowsy snow]

They love the rumours lol

[soft tree]

I know I would. I'd love to see what people think from leaks and teasers

[fading copper]

They do? I mean they’re amusing I agree but it must get tiring to hear people proclaim GTA 6 is coming out in like ninety seconds

[drowsy snow]

Rumours is less of a concern to them than single player modders.

[soft tree]

They're professionals. They could care less about any of those rumors

[drowsy snow]

BTW getting out of topic should move to #lounge

[fading copper]

Sorry

Back to unreal engine. I know it can be upscaled from 4 to 5 but can we like make something in 5 and downscale it to 4?

[drowsy snow]

Not if you use the new features exclusive to UE5.

[fading copper]

That’s what I suspected. Not sure it’d ever happen but figured this’d be the place to ask

[drowsy snow]

Backporting UE5 stuff to UE4 already involves a lot, it won't worth frankenstein-ing UE4 just for UE5 features.

Yesterday I attempted to backport MetaSounds to UE4, just to have UE5's engine module missing here and there.

[fading copper]

Epic is going to retire UE4 at some point I’d think

Cause of things like that

[drowsy snow]

4.28 is still in master, though.

UE3 was supported 2 years after UE4 was out.

[fading copper]

Felt like more than 2

[drowsy snow]

Last UDK version available is from 2015.

[fading copper]

Nope.

[drowsy snow]

I think they removed the download links circa 2018

[wise tide]

how would i got about getting mapsize?

outside map blueprints want a universal

[wintry raptor]

what's the difference between putting assets in a persistent level and having the assets in a streaming level that is set to "always loaded"?

[pastel ginkgo]

How do I remove the black part from this flower texture?

[wintry raptor]

For anyone who's curious, the difference is that you can actually stream out a streaming level that is set to "always loaded."

[inland flicker]

Is there a way to like ... snap floor pieces together so they move simultaneously?

[wise tide]

yeah set the position snap grid

find out floor dimensions prefereably something square divide by 2 or 4 set that value happy days

[radiant sun]

Would anyone be able to help me with a packaging issue? My game plays fine in editor, but crashes because there's missing files when I try to launch a build

Only there are no missing files from what I can see

I'm using 4.25.3

[plush yew]

im having trouble understanding what the use of lod is

the terrain max in ue4 landscape generator is so small

is there a way to generate two landscapes and join them together

or just increase the landmass

[austere vessel]

im having some issues rendering out shots from UE5. im using the ancient world demo and have some animated cameras in a master sequence. but when i render the cameras it always renders out the first camera from the demo and all the PNGs are black.

[dusk nebula]

do I have to make each of my individual HUD elements into its own widget blueprint, or am I massively over complicating it?

[restive eagle]

@dusk nebula I would say it's more how you want everything to organize, you can have 1 parent widget that holds bunch of child widgets or just cramp all components into 1

if you are only going to use some components temporary then you can seperate them into seperate widgets and add/destroy on demand

[dusk nebula]

so if, for example, I had specific UI components that would be visible at different times I would need separate widgets to add or remove separately?

you kinda answered my question already actually

[restive eagle]

but if they dont have some constant logic running you can also just hide them when not needed

just be aware that even hidden components will be drawn

it's better to use collapse as far as I remember

[dusk nebula]

by constant logic do you mean a binding that updates a text field or something?

[restive eagle]

hidden geometry is still being drawn i mean

forget binds in general

[plush yew]

where are assets from the marketplace for UE4 saved? which is the path to them?

[dusk nebula]

yeah I understand that they still exist in memory if they're created and not removed

[restive eagle]

don't use them, they will have a huge impact on your performance

[dusk nebula]

I'm planning on using remove from parent for anything that's not relevant, within reason

[restive eagle]

update all information only when it gets changed

[dusk nebula]

so don't use binds?

[restive eagle]

all tutorials will show to use them, but these tuts are just lazy and don't care about using good practices

[dusk nebula]

I thought binding a field on a widget is just the way to do that

[restive eagle]

so for example you have 100hp, then update that hp once when you take damage

binds will run on tick and will be much more expensive than any actor tick

[dusk nebula]

so function for a binding runs constantly and I don't want that, right?

[restive eagle]

correct

if you have enough experience with unreal, make that information to update with events

you take damage, you fire event once to change the info

[dusk nebula]

so in your example I'd have something at the end of the damage logic that changes the field semi-manually?

also how do I do that because I thought binding was literally the only way

[restive eagle]

yup, have a reference for that widget and inside that widget you can make your own custom event

so when you add widget to viewport, promote the return value to a variable

[dusk nebula]

so I just call the event and message it with the variable?

[restive eagle]

and when you want to access the widget you will have that reference

[dusk nebula]

or do I set the variable that already exists within the widget?

[restive eagle]

just by setting the varibale wont update the text box for example

you need still to get that text box and feed it some value

[dusk nebula]

so you're saying that this function would be running every tick, so I should instead make it update as necessary?

[restive eagle]

add a print string

and test it

[dusk nebula]

test the output value?

[restive eagle]

just the default print string

[dusk nebula]

or do you mean just to see that it runs constantly even if it doesn't update?

[restive eagle]

to see how often it prints

[dusk nebula]

I believe you tbh

[restive eagle]

just so it would be easier for you to understand what's happening

[dusk nebula]

so how do I update the text box that this value is meant to be tied to?

[restive eagle]

give me a sec to prepare a small example and i will ping you in #umg

[dusk nebula]

sure

[plush yew]

Where are assets from the market place saved? What is the path to them? I don't need all of the assets in the marketplace pack just a few

[gleaming creek]

When you add them to a project, they go into a sub-folder under "Content" in your project, with the name of the asset

[restive eagle]

@plush yew

[plush yew]

ty

[toxic lily]

need some help

something simple i promise

need to disable this mesh's visibility ingame

how can i do this?

i cant delete it as its a being used as a reference

[restive eagle]

change it inside your actor bp

click on that component and look for these settings under details tab

or make a new material with opacity set to 0 but that might not be the correct approach, not sure if you want to constantly change visibility or just to keep it permanently hidden

[toxic lily]

keep it permanently hidden

if i can

[restive eagle]

if its not going to be used at all and you dont have any hard references to it, then just make an invisible material i guess

but if you do have a reference for that mesh, then just uncheck the box visible

[dawn gull]

Is there an easy way to replace the third person character’s arms with the FPS arms?

[austere goblet]

When I press "P" with the nav volume highlighted, no green vizualizer for the nav mesh appears. When I build paths, it finishes instantly, which makes me think the build didn't find any surfaces to draw the nav mesh on.

This issue only happens in one project, nav mesh generation works fine in a blank project.

I wonder if something like custom collision channels I've created or generating mesh distance fields has messed with the nav mesh generation?```

Any ideas what I should try to hunt down?

[wise tide]

How can i get map size from outside map blueprint but also be universal to any map

[toxic lily]

i cannot find the ignoe actor when moving function, did it get changed or moved somewhere else?

trying to create a projectile

[wary wave]

I have no idea what you're describing; I don't believe it's a thing on primitive components

[austere goblet]

If I were you, I would create a custom volume blueprint actor class that you can scale to the exact dimensions of any level you create. Then you'll be able to call "get all actors of class" for any level you've placed it in, and get the size of the bounding box for the volume. Then use that to extrapolate map size

[restive eagle]

@toxic lily

[versed lichen]

Anyone have a way to create polygonal volumes? Specifically looking to create custom shapes for marking an area And/Or custom nav mesh shapes. Unreal isn’t respecting rotation of the nav mesh bounding box, let alone custom shape.

[frozen girder]

Could anyone recommend an accessibly priced add-on with nice game-ready trees? I picked up all the free assets I could find and searched up trees on the marketplace but I don't know how to sort by rating. I just want to prototype some environments while I learn UE

[drowsy snow]

Project Nature has some free reactive foliage pack that's endorsed by Epic.

[frozen girder]

I'll check that out, thanks :)

[drowsy snow]

There's also this pack, but I forgot the exact price of it
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/tropical-jungle-pack

[plush yew]

Hey, i made a fall damage system but it does not work, can someone please tell me what is the problem?

i am a begginer, idk what's wrong here. please help me!

[plush yew]

ping on help please

[plush yew]

Guys

unity or unreal engine 4 for a fight game

For a fighting game

[drowsy snow]

If you ask here, the answer is obviously Unreal Engine.

Unreal Engine can create pretty much anything. Many famous fighting games in recent years are made with Unreal Engine. Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5, King Of Fighters 15, NetherRealm fighting games, are made with Unreal Engine.

[wary wave]

should probably note, they are made in heavily modified versions of the engine

but I'd expect that to be the case with any 'off-the-shelf' engine, that it would want considerable adjustment

[drowsy snow]

Not necessarily heavily modified, but still Unreal Engine 4 (except NetherRealm's game)

[wary wave]

Mortal Kombat's version of the engine has it's own animation systems etc

[drowsy snow]

My game is pretty much slightly modified Unreal Engine 4.

[plush yew]

Can ue make an open world game with one person creating it

[wary wave]

also Mortal Kombat is actually Unreal Engine 3 😄

[drowsy snow]

Yes, but you won't be able to create interesting content for it. Beautiful vistas can only help you little.

[plush yew]

Wdym

[drowsy snow]

At the very least, the engine handles all the open world level streaming stuff and LOD management for you.

[plush yew]

How long does it take to learn the engine

[drowsy snow]

The rest of the content are up to you, and manpower of single person is not enough to create quality open world content.

[drowsy snow]

Depends on how you want to learn it.

[drowsy snow]

Also Injustice 2 (except mobile version)

[plush yew]

Should I use unreal engine 4 or 5 when making my game

[drowsy snow]

Depends on what feature set you want.
Depends on when do you want to start development.
Depends on how scalabe you want your game to be.
Depends on why do you choose one over the other.

Honestly, rather than spamming with generic question, you should think yourself what do you want to achieve with your project, and just start using the editor and learn along the way.

[restive eagle]

if he has trouble deciding now, it will be pretty rough finding tutorials for ue5

who used ue4 before they can easilly adapt to the new interface, but those who havent they will have no clue where is what

[drowsy snow]

Some newcomers just want to use juicy UE5 features, and don't have a care in the world to think about starting with UE4 in the meantime.

[restive eagle]

people need to learn how to use google properly, a lot of basic questions being asked here. instead of spending 10 seconds googling for info

that should be common sense imo

[toxic lily]

I mean, yeah if you got the time and patience to learn it and build everything,

But like, don’t expect to have something polished in a couple of months, an open world game is quite a hefty undertaking

[drowsy snow]

But the juicy after launch profit though 🤑
(Kidding)

[radiant sun]

Icon and title do nothing for packaging a game, right?

Because so far they do nothing for me

[drowsy snow]

Packaging in Shipping matters though.

[toxic lily]

I’m sure you’ll make a killing up on patreon or Kickstarter, just show some store bought assets with some slightly edited UVs