ue4-general

[narrow mauve]

Hm. Can someone help me with this. Masking directions of a mesh is simple..but what about a volume material? The facing direction of a pixel seems arbitrary. Is there some way to mask an upward facing/downward facing pixels in a volume

[dire coral]

is there a tutorial or a asset for a realistic fire effect for ue5 (best if its free if its an asset)

[rough kraken]

is "NotPlaceable" negatable in a derived class with "Placeable"?

[neon hatch]

How is this fixed? Have watched 5 different Youtube "tutorials" on this and all end up doing this, I just want these "seamless" textures to stop tiling

[narrow mauve]

Maybe they arent seamless lol

[neon hatch]

What's the point of calling it 'seamless' if it isn't? lol

[narrow mauve]

where did you get the texture from anywya

[neon hatch]

textures.com

under "seamless" ... lol

specifically to avoid stuff like this

[narrow mauve]

theres tons of free stuff from megascans

hundreds of textures

[neon hatch]

i am aware of that, but i'm not looking for megascans

[narrow mauve]

Well

Well even if you don't want a stock megascans texture you could make your own in megascans Quixel

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to get what you need that way unless I misunderstand

[neon hatch]

'just get megascans' is not an answer to my question

[narrow mauve]

link me the texture

I want to check somethjing

[neon hatch]

i just went to textures.com and typed 'medieval' and have been grabbing any standard flat textures that say 'seamless' in 512x512 or lower

[gray basalt]

If many C++ classes needs the same BPs, is it ok to store this BP in a dataasset instead of setting the BP in every classes ?

[neon hatch]

https://www.textures.com/download/BrickJapanese0071/120035 this one in particular is the one i'm trying to use most recently

[plush yew]

the material is invisibile

[narrow mauve]

Its not seamless they lied D:

There's a clear seam in it

Made the material and scaling it there is a clear seam :\

[neon hatch]

oh my lord

i just want some seamless textures jfc lol

[narrow mauve]

XD

Well now you know the problem isnt you

and the texture is not seamless :3

[neon hatch]

good thing i didn't pay for their shitty subscription service -_-

so basically if the texture is seamless, it will work with those settings and be tiled if not? oof

[narrow mauve]

It should work

What are you creating the material for? A wall? Walkway? Street? Other?

[neon hatch]

just a basic floor to start with. ideally 512x512 or lower and not reflective/shiney/etc just base material, no normals or roughness maps either just albedo ideally

[narrow mauve]

ah okay. Is the lack of normal/roughness to do with optimization or just a specific style you're lookikng for

[regal totem]

hey i need really big help please

i can't even start my project loads up to 91 and then crashes

[sterile lichen]

download engine symbols in launcher

[regal totem]

okk

i know where the error might be but is just i can't load into it to fix it ik?

[ivory spire]

is there a limit on procedural mesh actors or a point at which the engine just stops doing stuff because of lag ?

because wth

when building procedural terrain, coordinates grow really large really quickly and i dont know what to do about it..

[regal totem]

how about you make it so it only spawns around the player

like minecraft

and as the player goes away it despawns

[ivory spire]

I will in the future but for now i were just testing the limits and i reached them much faster than i expected

this is 1 min walk from 0,0,0

[regal totem]

have u made it so it only shows the faces that the player sees

[ivory spire]

yes

[regal totem]

i have no idea lol never tried it

i still try to find why my project is not loading

[neon hatch]

kinda both, but mostly for 'retro' style

[alpine glade]

@ivory spire

Are you using the Unreal Engine - Brushes to build geometry?

(often called BSP)

for this

Because that's the downside of using brushes, it's kind of slow compared to building geo in a 3D application and importing meshes.

The more I build geo with the UE4-Geometry tools, the more unstable and likely to crash it gets.

At least, that's how that was in 2014. Not sure if they changed it since then

[pulsar onyx]

https://i.imgur.com/7iTtZgc.png

anyone know whats causing this

[hazy lake]

Unreal BSPs code is pretty much untouched since Tim Sweeny originally programmed the system way back in the Unreal Tournament days

[fierce tulip]

even earlier for unreal itself.
when we had non-solid, semi-solid, and solid bsp's

[distant totem]

those options are still available in the advanced dropdown section of the bsp geo. I thought on a livestream they mentioned they intended to replace BSP with "something", and I think that was supposed to be the new modeling mode (keyword I think, don't quote me on that), but BSP is included in 5 still because it's just much easier and quicker to use

[alpine glade]

Considering that UE4 is more mature now.
Is it possible that Epic Games could use UE4 for less demanding hardware (similar to Unity Universal Rendering Pipeline) and use UE5 for high end PCs?

Or is Epic Games moving forward fully with UE5 and will drop UE4 at some point?

[coarse apex]

anyone know why when I import a asset pack from one project to another all of the textures fail?

[fierce tulip]

need to migrate to the content folder. if you place it in another folder the linkage between files gets lost

[fierce tulip]

I'll bet that once you disable any of the new ue5 features and the users optimize their content well enough things should still run about as good as they would in ue4.

[light thunder]

I'm trying to save wav files and I've realized that the times it is failing is probably due to the names I'm using to build the path - (also found LogAudio: Error: Wave serialize operation failed: failiure in SerializeWaveFile) -

is there some magic string tool I can use to just parse out / or - symbols from a string without making some crazy logic?

[rich oar]

Got a problem.... trying to draw a debug capsule but the scene is putting a random camera in my level ???

[light thunder]

just the outliner of that level BEFORE you hit begin play

[rich oar]

Not on the correct camera ??? lol

It prints out the correct location of the camera im using but its drawing the debug on a different camera that is generated automatically in the scene

[zinc shore]

how can i have 2 actors that are overlapping like 2 players get pushed apart like in minecraft and apex legends if 2 players stand at the same location they get pushed apart but could still walk though each other

[void siren]

Hello. I am new. I have a question. I am trying to edit a level that was already made. Is it possible to delete individual trees from this group? It's a HISMA, and when I select one it selects all of them. I really don't want to have to go in an replace all of them with individual meshes. Thank you.

[glossy dagger]

Any one know how it is a common "thing" to distrust a game being built by 1 person, why is everyone trying to One-Up evertyone else with the learning curve and instead, people should get into traditional alterations. New ideas, Excellent, reinvented ideas based off of real world functionality, also excellent

Fromj what i've seen Title Updates seem to be the META and are acceptable as patches, best to do it before console releease, console patching costs a fee everytime

[muted imp]

is there a way to have a character BP be a skeletal mesh

[prime willow]

if i make an animation with a model who's skeleton is shared by 16 models

will all 16 models be able to share the animation in unreal

or would i need to retarget the models or some weirdness like that xD

[thin tendon]

@prime willow If they all share the exact same skeleton with no differences then there isn't any need to retarget. They can just use it.

@muted imp Add a skeletal mesh component

@void siren Try the foliage brush tool. Clicking on it selects the foliage instance actor which contains all the foliage

[void siren]

Thanks, slimwaffle!

[muted imp]

@thin tendon How

[thin tendon]

@zinc shore Set collision to not block but allow query. On query apply force

@muted imp Top left corner of your fresh BP. there is a button for adding a component. Click that and type skeletal mesh. Once you have added the component. Click on it and set the mesh variable to the mesh you want to use

[void siren]

what about for non foliage?

[thin tendon]

@void siren There is a panel on the right of the screen that give you all the information you need about actors you click on. It will tell you what it is all the settings etc and all the child components. Its likely a created BP or a HLOD actor. Or they merged them into a single mesh. These will all change how you deal with it

[thin tendon]

@void siren Its a HLOD actor. Which means they have all been combined into a single actor. I haven't really used this system much. But pretty sure you would have to delete the whole thing and place them all back in

[void siren]

Ok, that's what I thought.

Thanks for the help

[muted imp]

I keep getting an error saying accessed none. The BP compiles correctly with no errors but I can't click start on my game

[humble bay]

THANK YOU

[thin tendon]

@muted imp Try this. From the get Game instance Ref variable. Do an is valid check before Using your Set Player Character node

[pliant junco]

anyone know why tis happening?

[muted imp]

I tried that and it didnt produce any errors but when clicking start nothing works

[thin tendon]

@muted imp So that actually tells you your problem. That means that you need to correctly set the Game instance ref variable before using it. Right now its being detected as empty

[muted imp]

So I bought this lobby system asset that has you join in a shared lobby room before starting the game. It works in its original project but when I migrated it over, it didnt work

How do I set the game instance ref variable before using it? I didn't touch any settings

[thin tendon]

I would just bread crumb it. To find out how far it loads your code. Right click on it find references. If you can't find a set node. You need to set it

[muted imp]

on the bottom u can see it does show set nodes

[thin tendon]

You should just bread crumb it. On your is valid node. Drag out print string for each state. If it prints the string for is not valid. 100% your issue is that set node that you found.

[muted imp]

it says its not valid

[thin tendon]

okay so you need to go to that set node. And set it so that it is valid. Not valid means that you are setting it to empty. There is no value there. So you can't interact with it

[muted imp]

theres no option to select is valid

[thin tendon]

So now we bread crumb it again using print strings. From the cast failed print a string. From the blue pin on the right side of the set drag out and add an is valid. Then print strings from both valid and invalid again.

[muted imp]

so drag an is valid off the "Set gameref"

[thin tendon]

yes

[muted imp]

Like this?

[thin tendon]

Add another print string from the cast node. Where it says cast failed

[muted imp]

like this

[thin tendon]

no

[muted imp]

why add a 3rd one

I added one after the SET game instance ref but nothing is showing up either way on the screen

[thin tendon]

Like this

All these prints are what is called bread crumbing. Depending on what prints. It will tell you exactly where your problem is

[muted imp]

I think i fixed it. I had to go to the project settings and enable the right game instance class

[thin tendon]

Sounds about right. It should print valid now

[muted imp]

yep but now I got to fix why my character isnt showing up lol

[thin tendon]

Just use bread crumbing mate. Its going to be your best friend as a programmer

[muted imp]

Thanks for ur help I'll keep trying

[rough kraken]

You know what's funny? You can spawn something marked NotPlaceable

via blueprints or code

but you can't override NotPlaceable with Placeable in a derived class so you can just... place the thing

im not sure why its safe to spawn with something like "SpawnActor" but not placable in a level via drag and drop

wait, wtf, this compile error indicates otherwise

MyDeleteMeTestDerived.h(14) : Error: The 'placeable' specifier is only allowed on classes which have a base class that's marked as not placeable. Classes are assumed to be placeable by default.

but if I have deletemetest with "NotPlaceable" and then the derived with placeable, it won't place

wtf

my mission to understand continues

Maybe its still broken? https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/1008499/class-specifier-placeable-does-not-work.html

[hidden bloom]

Testing Fog Particles in my Cemetery Scene

[stuck linden]

Does anyone know why steam isnt retrieving friends list on a packaged game but on a standalone its working?

[azure nimbus]

Does anyone know how to properly spawn a default pawn without setting it and then posses it like the game does automatically. I tried "Creating an actor" and possing it but this feels unsafe since it says server only. It also doesn't handle my camera the same way It does when it's a default pawn.

I basically want to spawn the pawn later on or via a save game so i don't want it just spawning right away via default pawn.

Figured it out so i guess the UI i had was causing the issue it was removed correctly.

[stuck linden]

does anyone know what can i remove from Saved without fucking the project up?

[dusky inlet]

You can delete everything in saved

[prime willow]

you ever experience or remember a system so amazing and or incredible

and youre sad because youll have to rework everything from scratch to include it and it doesnt fit the games identity

but its one hell of a gem mechanically ;-;

[wary wave]

No, you can't. E.g. some of the audio system plugins saves things into there for some reason, and those will be lost if you just delete the whole directory. You can usually delete most stuff though.

[dusky inlet]

Is that stuff required though? As in, will it break content?

[wary wave]

it'll break utterly

[dusky inlet]

Whew, poor design

[wary wave]

so yeah, as an example the modulation plugin saves config files matching the uasset path here;

along with settings:

which correspond directly to this asset:

without that config, the asset will completely break

(it's this asset the ini file is for: )

it also, as we discovered last night, doesn't get included during packaging, so the whole thing is unreliable AF

[jade surge]

AI's and Doors are the absolute worst combination

[exotic thicket]

^

you can cheat it somewhat by making AI's clip through doors and just faking a door open animation while they clip through it, but making it work better than that is kind of a pain :D

[fierce tulip]

https://lizengland.com/blog/2014/04/the-door-problem/
mandatory url when mentioning doors

[exotic thicket]

heh

this reminds me of the book The Design of Everyday Things actually... it has a chapter on the design and usability of door handles

basically it talks about "how do you know if you need to push or pull a door?", and how you by designing the door handles (or "affordance") correctly, it's just immediately and naturally obvious

[obsidian nimbus]

why are they stuck to the door, why doesnt every1 has his own doorhandle that just fits on every door?

[exotic thicket]

lol

[fierce tulip]

a friend of mine works as an architect/designer for a freight ship building company. he once showed me an entire book about the design of screws. just regular screws.

[exotic thicket]

heh

I don't know much about screws but from what I understand at least some of the design is to support different amounts of torque

[obsidian nimbus]

torques are the best screws

[fierce tulip]

it went over my head for sure. even mathematical equations on a lot of things.

[exotic thicket]

interesting

[obsidian nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/calculation-math-hangover-allen-zach-galifianakis-gif-6219070

[exotic thicket]

I'd imagine if it goes into the maths it's probably about torque and load bearing and such

[fierce tulip]

yea, friction and such as well

[exotic thicket]

The Design of Everyday Things is a quite easy to understand book even if you're not like a usability person, and it has some interesting stuff also on things like the handles on teapots, and some other stuff that I forget because it's been ages since I read it :D

[fierce tulip]

yea, a lot of everyday things you take for granted, but even the design of scissors or can openers are actually stupid smart

[obsidian nimbus]

not allways

sometimes broken by design

[fierce tulip]

like unbreakble geotriangles XD
I teacher was telling me they intentionally putthe word unbreakable on them because they know that students will try and break them (and they will) so they sell more XD

[exotic thicket]

haha :D

I had to think for a moment what on earth is a geotriangle

[fierce tulip]

not sure what the english word was

[exotic thicket]

but that's actually exactly what it's called in finnish too except obviously with triangle in finnish

but I just forgot they were a thing because it's probably been over 20 years since I last saw one

[fierce tulip]

O_o

[obsidian nimbus]

its the math triangle

[fierce tulip]

no that is a moped with a cannon on it XD

[exotic thicket]

technically it's a recoilless rifle

[fierce tulip]

hehe

[obsidian nimbus]

mayB its a plane

[fierce tulip]

i now want one in PUBG

[green cradle]

Is it possible to edit the basic demo vehicle from starter content to use my own model?

[fierce tulip]

<_< I thought I was in #lounge
/me strikes himself for offtopic chatter

[buoyant granite]

:warning: You can't give yourself a strike.

[obsidian nimbus]

yea you can drop a new model on the template, not sure if the vehicle template is great tho

[green cradle]

How do you mean?

I've just got an untextured FBX and first time using Unreal

[obsidian nimbus]

i havent messed much with the vehicle template

[exotic thicket]

There's probably a guide somewhere on how to import vehicle meshes into UE

afaik it needs to be a skeletal mesh with a certain bone setup but I haven't really looked at it much, I just remember seeing some guides for it

[calm sphinx]

How many days it takes Epic to reply back for custom license applications? 1 week or more? I've started to think they'll never reply our application form, lol.

[obsidian nimbus]

is it a moped with a connon by any chance? 😛

[green cradle]

4 wheeled vehicle

[obsidian nimbus]

you can prolly just replace the mesh than

[green cradle]

I'm used to unity call me a sinner

I dont see how to do that

i have a skeleton ect for the new vehicle mesh i want to add

[obsidian nimbus]

you need to set it in the blueprint, the thing thats place in the level and you drive when you start

[fierce tulip]

can take a long time from what ive heard.
If they dont reply after a few weeks you can always fire off an email to inquire about it.

[obsidian nimbus]

weird, thats a big part of their business i think

usually anything that generates income is way faster than tech support

[fierce tulip]

they'll probably do research/have to go trough the hoops etc

[calm sphinx]

Do you know which e-mail we should use in that case? I couldn't find any contact e-mail for such inquiries?

[fierce tulip]

dooooont know. not sure the regular support email is the way to go

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/custom-license-no-response/146669 seems to happen

[obsidian nimbus]

@green cradle the unreal launcher has a learn tab, it has a vehicle game and a car configurator project

the vehicle game might not have been updated for a long time and the car configurator i never downloaded

but you could take a look at em

[exotic thicket]

Frankly it feels like a litmus test like for that guy who posted in that thread "waited 7 years"

If you wait 7 years to get the license you probably aren't the target market for a custom license

[fierce tulip]

installs top down demo, asks for custom license without credentials

though, could be any reason really

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[prime willow]

luos if you dont mind guiding me

What term would i need to search to make it so different reaction animations happen when specific animations occur

[fierce tulip]

if I did more with anim and blueprint I would probably know

[prime willow]

ah would it be best to ask there?

and would that be okay considering it would be dual posting x-x

[fierce tulip]

first try to formulate better what you are trying to achieve, maybe use a scenario or so to make it clearer :)

[prime willow]

hmm

can i show a visual example?

[fierce tulip]

whatever works for you (and hopefully for the people who could help)

[prime willow]

oki :3

[plush yew]

I think they want to know if they can set things up in a way that a particular animation playing leads to other animations playing, eg: When the player does the pulling the trigger animation, the gun does the firing animation.

[prime willow]

kind of like that

[plush yew]

I think it would be doable using Notifies right?

[prime willow]

more akin to you see the standard reaction characters make in fighting games when their hit by a attack
can i choose which animation they make instead of standard heeling back recoil

https://tenor.com/view/marvel-vs-capcom_2-marvel-vs-capcom-cammy-air-combo-captain-america-gif-22642687

like in this example he cycles between 2

[plush yew]

a hit reaction

[ivory spire]

No i am using procedural meshes and built the logic for the mesh generation from scratch

[prime willow]

yes

can you pair particular hit reactions to particular animations

[fierce tulip]

I know you can, but im not the person who can explain that.
you can go really in-depth even and have dozens of interaction animations depending on a lot of variables.

[plush yew]

I think it has to do with setting up collision boxes on the char and then using those to guide the animations.

[prime willow]

no its ok im not looking for how to but what to search to figure out how to

i want to have about several for types of attacks, and differing ones for weapon size or weight if that makes sense

[plush yew]

ue4 setting up hit reactions

This might help get you started

[fierce tulip]

^ seems about right

[prime willow]

so CQC shares the same set of of 10 but light weapon have their own 10 and heavy weapons have their own 10 if that makes any sense x3

so anim notify and hit reactions

[plush yew]

10 what

animations?

[prime willow]

reaction animations

so CQC attacks in general regardless of how many will cause a hit reaction of 1 through 10

thats an example lol but its to get the point across

[plush yew]

Here is how I would set it up:

[prime willow]

o.o

[plush yew]

Prepare hit reactions for all the player/npc skeletons, and then set those up with registering hits. I don't think a weapon really matters?

Example: No matter who punches a character in a game the character responds the same.

The type of punch itself like high, low , medium, grab, stun changes the reaction mostly.

[prime willow]

well weaponry doesnt matter id be the same process as CQC setup just with CQC cross Weaponry animations

and yeah kind of like that

where if human punches human in the face the target coils his head back but if human does combo hit 2 and kicks his ribs attacked human bends inwards towards kick

adjust your physics

[plush yew]

yeah the physics asset is fucked up I guess

[prime willow]

use multi convex or make them smaller and morepercise to the body

[green cradle]

once I've highlighted nodes in a blueprint, how do i comment what that section of nodes does?

[prime willow]

its in the enxt tab

[green cradle]

Like whats the hotkey

[prime willow]

press c

[plush yew]

C

[prime willow]

than enter comments

[green cradle]

Thank you 🙂

[prime willow]

https://tenor.com/view/handshake-new-girl-fist-bump-explosion-jake-johnson-gif-5181448

[plush yew]

Yeah so not 100 % sure, but I think what you want to do is setup multiple collision boxes one covering the head, one the middle body, one the lower body.
You can then :
if(hit)
{
if(hit==head)
play>headhit
else if(hit==mid)
play>midhit
else
play>lowhit
}
else
miss

[prime willow]

oh i see where youre coming from

[plush yew]

this may be a stupid question but i have been doing a lot of research and found nothing that was helpful, i was wondering when i export a animation i had made to unreal why is the animations changing size? the character is perfectly fine and exported properly but the animations go tiny the only thing i got was it was some sort of but with the 3d software but still nothing

[prime willow]

check the scale maybe?

i have no clue how to do animation in unreal for the most part

[plush yew]

Are you using Blender?

yes

Yeah Blender has a habit of fucking the animations up

[prime willow]

@plush yew did you ever finish your robot o.o

[plush yew]

https://youtu.be/1Xm1h700uhk

Try this whole channel out to learn lots of useful stuff

yeah, is there any other way i could export the animations? or should i just download a different software and sort of i scraped it because i basically broke the topology

Some normal Blender tips:

Make sure you have applied all transforms

There is an official Blender to UE4 pipeline tool although I haven't used it in a while

[prime willow]

@plush yew ok youre really smart

i can even stack collisions properly and layer them on top of each other

[plush yew]

could you send a think to it?

link

Not really, hang around and hit your head against software enough and you learn stuff.

[prime willow]

so based on angle of the hit when colliding it plays the animation

thats how ive been learning unreal xD

tutorials and failing nonstop

[plush yew]

not really the angle, the collision

[prime willow]

i mean the angle of the attack

[charred leaf]

I think those are the wrong color robes.

[prime willow]

if it touches a layered collsio itll play the animation associated with the angle o-o

[plush yew]

also you can make sure to not get weird collision bugs by adding colliders to your characters hands and feet and having the opponents have custom collisions that only respond to the character and not to lets say a bush.

[carmine olive]

anyone know how to find your compile log on Mac, my build keeps crashing, and I can't find the location of: Users/MyName/Library/Logs/ ...

[plush yew]

Can you get to the library folder?

[prime willow]

thats really smart thank you ❤️

[runic fern]

Goodday guys can i get ue4 development certificate after a course or something ?

Official training program or something

[hard lagoon]

If I wanted to make a 2d tycoon game, which type of game should I choose as a starter template? Puzzle?

[sick slate]

anyone knows why i cant set bounds on my rvts? i have virtual textures and all settings and plugins enabled

[meager frigate]

I thought there was a way to add a suffix or prefix to an imported mesh's materials but now I can't figure how? Is this a thing? was I dreaming?
I thought it was in the panel that comes up when you import a mesh.
(UE4)

[wintry torrent]

I am using 2d sidescroller template and i want to make the character turn 180. I was wondering if anyone knew of a fix.

This was the fix I found but it forces 90 on z.

https://gyazo.com/f22a82d27f3244f57ac14f50730bea3f

[worldly kettle]

hey there 🙂
just wondering if any of you have been using Modular Game Features in Multiplayer, yet?
it seems to me that loading features (even via command line) in multiplayer results in weird and inconsistent behavior.

I'm looking for guidelines what to call locally and what on the client, or if it is even possible to load features only locally.

[plush yew]

why are my leaves invisible when i look from down?

[fierce tulip]

did you enable 2 sided?

[plush yew]

no

where?

oh

in material

[fierce tulip]

yea

[plush yew]

yay it's working now, thank you so much

[fierce tulip]

np :)

[prime willow]

can you use unreal engine's cloth physics paint on clothing that are affected by morphs?

like making a jacket expand due to muscles than adding cloth psyiques on it

[thick herald]

try it and see 🙂

[prime willow]

i dun have any setup ;-;

[thick herald]

Well, it's not going to be an issue then 😄

[prime willow]

i guess xD

[idle haven]

Guys would it be possible to vertex paint in game?

Player character would trace a line a it would paint a color or different material on static mesh.

[coarse apex]

hey sorry to bother you guys but I’m having trouble finding the right turtorial for a sky lightning flash, I already have some lighting but the sky doesn’t do a white flash with it. If someone could link me any docs or video that would be great thank you! (also please tag me bc this chat moves fast af lol)

[somber mauve]

can anybody help me i cant find any fix online about this, i am floating above the landscape i have created at a certain level in vr

[brittle plume]

But how do you do Landscape on Unreal Engine? That is to say, like the islands ...

[tired abyss]

Is there any strong example work of melee combo systems before i start trying different things, would be nice to look at some example work

[plush yew]

Is there a way to disable one shadow for one mesh? I dont want to disable light shadow, or mesh's static/dynamic shadow. I really want to disable one light's shadow for one mesh. Is there a way to that? really guys I must do it

[grim ore]

do you want light affecting the mesh still? just no shadow? or no light or shadow?

[plush yew]

wait, I need to explain a little more detailed

[prime willow]

if i wanted to make my game have buildings each one being modular with upper and lower floors in a city like hub would that be problematic down the line performance wise

[plush yew]

I am using a interactable grass, it uses mesh distance fields. I have two main lights, one is sunlight which is not using dfs shadows, it's just using normal dynamic shadows. Anyways, for make my character to interactive with grass, I were need a object like in the screenshot, because it needs to generate distance field. Well everything was alright, After I add a flashlight to my character and make it uses distance field shadows, it cast's sphere shadow Although it is completely transparent. Because distance field shadows doesnt support translucent materials, so that makes the problem. All I need to is, just disable "flashlight's shadow" only for that object

However if I set my flashlight to cascaded shadows, the problem goes away. But I really want to use dfs because it is so cheap and looking great

i wonder if this is possible?

[somber mauve]

can anybody help me i cant find any fix online about this, i am floating above the landscape i have created at a certain level in vr

[prime willow]

have you checked your collison channels

the ignore block sort of settings

that happened to me with enemy nav

[somber mauve]

can anybody help me i cant find any fix online about this, i am floating above the landscape i have created at a certain level in vr

i cant go higher or lower

[grim ore]

dude you waited 3 minutes before reposting lol

and thats not enough info to help. but uh random things to try are collision, collision, and collision? and your VR pawn movement

[brittle plume]

Mathew? You are the famous YouTuber?

[grim ore]

Not famous, but yes

[brittle plume]

😲 You??? WOOWOWWW!!!!!

Yes you are famous

:DDD

[brittle plume]

50.000 subscribers

[grim ore]

43.1, not quite 50

[brittle plume]

You will soon get there 😁

[grim ore]

@plush yewthere are lighting channels where you can set a light to not affect objects that are not on that channel, they all default to channel 1 which is why lights work with everything. The issue is if you move that object to another channel then the other light will stop working on it. The other options are to start adjusting the lighting and use multiple channels but that can use more memory

[rich oar]

What's the best way to check for collision like a wall. I am working on a custom FPS controller and don't want my weapon to clip through objects.

I am not asking for a detailed how to*

Just curious about the best methods in terms of performance/optimization.

Example: Should I use a ray cast or use a physical collision component

[grim ore]

raycasts are cheap, normal collision if its simple is cheap. both probably wont be different in the end in terms of cost

[rich oar]

All I needed. Thank you

[brittle plume]

What is lumin and nanite used for?

[calm sphinx]

Lumin or lumen?

[clever harbor]

I want to learn unreal engine should I use 4 version or 5 ?

[worn granite]

4

Anything you could learn that's 5 specific isn't worth learning with the bugs

[prime willow]

Should i make a video game or make the coolest video game ever >O>

[brittle plume]

lumen

[brittle plume]

it's the same

[azure egret]

Does ue support shader coding?

[calm sphinx]

With hlsl, yes.

[azure egret]

ok thanks

[brittle plume]

maybe I don't know, but being a graphics engine with which you can create anything you want, I suppose you can do whatever you want

[calm sphinx]

I think you should check out Unreal engine 5 docs, there are plenty of information there.

[sterile lichen]

5 is same 4 with just extra new endgame features

[brittle plume]

🥶 Suddenly I don't want to know what lumen is anymore

[calm sphinx]

It's new global illumination system

[brittle plume]

At the moment, however, with UE4 there are more pre-created, I don't know what to call them ..

[brittle plume]

Ah oh well who cares XD

thank

[calm sphinx]

And nanite lets you render high poly objects with low performance cost on next-gen systems

[brittle plume]

As they say in Italy ... cool = figo

[calm sphinx]

Bruh

[trail crater]

Hey! Is there a way to figure out if my vehicle is drifting or not?

[plush yew]

hello, how can i solve this problem?

[grim ore]

do what it says, remove one of the two items

[nova portal]

I use https://i.imgur.com/1ltxrxP.png
Is this enough? If not, what should it be at least

[nova portal]

Oh. That sounds like it caused the problem? What is a recommended resolution for it to look less squary?

[stray smelt]

what would be the best way to go about creating a red vignette for damage feedback? (think of a subtle red flash along the edges/vignette). do I update the postprocess? do I use something else?

[plush yew]

hello guys so iam learning UE c++ FPS.
i don't know what happen, but my FPS character is not spawning bullets but sound is coming, firing animation is playing and i added one log massage even that also not printing in Output log

Can any one Help me

[cyan bronze]

I have thise Niagara system bullet trails which have force on them. But the actual shooting is a hitscan. How do i make it so that it destroys the effect after it hits something like an enemy so i t doesnt go trough it and the actual line trace hits. Do i have to make it a projectile actor just for the visuals?

Like how do you guys usually do it

[grim ore]

@plush yewwhat would you want help with? we dont have your code, and we cant see the issue. You've narrowed it down to the problem (no spawn?) so start debugging and walking through the code as it runs to see if its being called and if it is, is it spawning

[plush yew]

i didnt change any thing i was checking code how its there and all and ya bullets are not spawning @grim ore

[grim ore]

so start debugging your spawning code then

put a breakpoint on the spawn line, make sure all the values going into it are valid, then step to the next line and make sure it spawned the item and the return value is valid

[prime willow]

@grim ore is using unreal engines water plugin a good idea for a game i want to make productize and eventually sell i ask as it still says its in it's experimental phase o-o

[grim ore]

good idea? only you can figure that out. It's in use in Fortnite right now is about all I can say for how well it works

[prime willow]

ah

so its stable

okie than i will definitely use!

wait

@grim ore is landmass also ok to use as well

its also been in beta for a year xD

stability wise

[grim ore]

it's kinda hard to really know, most of those features are in use somewhere we just dont know how much they use them. landmass is in fortnite for example

but they tend to only bulletproof how they use it

[prime willow]

ah

well if thats the case i think i can handle whatever implosion it may cause down the line x3

if not i cna always load up a backup before i took the dive

[plush yew]

@grim ore i did debugging i added to walking, fire, jumping its working but when its coming to projectile its not even showing

[manic dew]

guys can any1 help me please

my project wont open after i turned on raytracing

its stuck at 39% each time

[grim ore]

what does your task manager show for CPU use? is it high. I bet its high

I bet you didnt realize it was going to have to compile the permutations for DXR shaders when you did that

[manic dew]

yes its

100%

[manic dew]

the cpu usage

is at its highest

[grim ore]

yep that's what I said

[manic dew]

so is there a fix

to it

[grim ore]

#ue4-general message

[prime willow]

48 hours at this

so much progressss*

goodnight guys o/

[manic dew]

i cant understand

[grim ore]

wait

the fix is to wait

[manic dew]

till it opens?

[grim ore]

till it finishes compiling the shaders, yes

[manic dew]

oh its compiling the shaders

i got it

imma leave it for like 1 hour

then ill see

[grim ore]

It will finish when it finishes, all you could do at this point is wait or turn off DXR and DX12 and go back to what you had before

[manic dew]

any idea

how can i do that

[grim ore]

you would change the lines in the engine .ini files that enabled it

but you turned it on for a reason

[manic dew]

yes i turned it on

cus i wanted to c how it looked

but i can do without it

[grim ore]

in your DefaultEngine.ini file, find the default RHI section and remove it or swap it from 12 to 11

or just wait

[manic dew]

its like

rlly late here

thats the thing

i found the ini file tho

[manic dew]

it says here ray tracing= true

will it work if i do false

[grim ore]

it wont fix this issue, its the change from DX11 to 12 that caused it

[brisk spire]

I had a project I normally work in take like 3 hours to open yesterday because someone in my perforce group changed some graphics settings, lol

[grim ore]

it might not hurt it you can remove that part and the default RHI or change the default RHI from 12 to 11

[brisk spire]

I think Mathew's right, you just gotta be real patient

[manic dew]

so im here

atm

[manic dew]

well my problem is with ray tracing

and it isnt a big deal

even if i disable it

[brisk spire]

oh, sorry, I misread

[manic dew]

but i have to find

where to change the rhi

u have any idea where>

[brisk spire]

I'm using a 970, raytracing is basically a "brick your graphics card" button, I haven't looked into it, sorry :(

I do have an unrelated question though... I've got a weird bug with importing armor from an .fbx file.

I imported my armor yesterday, and it told me I had incorrect bone hierarchy, and I assumed I had mistakenly fooled around with the skeleton at some point (using the default UE4_Mannequin_Skeleton) .

I fiddled with the file a bunch, fixed it through disabling a bunch of stuff and cleaning weight painting, a bunch of random hail marys, and eventually it just started importing to Unreal normally again.

TODAY, my armor is once again refusing to import, and giving me the same error. I have not touched the armor, the skeleton, or even the file they're inside since yesterday. Any idea what could cause this?

[manic dew]

OMG

it opened

[brisk spire]

oh yay, nice :D

[manic dew]

but its really laggy

well not laggy but its not smooth movement as before

[brisk spire]

is it still compiling shaders

[manic dew]

nope

its like low fps

even tho before it was alright

[gloomy cosmos]

i need help

[west merlin]

Has anyone replicated this or something similar?

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/advanced-interactive-foliage-system

[light thunder]

This bind event isn't happening because I'm invalidating the reference right afterwards, correct? That's the nature of my problem?

[hot magnet]

is there any way to make your actor tags a constant you can select from a dropdown, to avoid having a typo on one object that you will never find? I looked into Gameplay Tags but it looks like you have to make a new class to add that in, which isn't that hard, but I want to use that system on just a default actor I put in the scene instead of making a new class for every generic object.

[sick patio]

hi @grim ore

[plush yew]

every time I open epic

HELP me please

[tender pecan]

post the stack trace of your log file, this is not enough for anyone to help you. 🙂

[plush yew]

no inderstand

sorry

what do you need to help me? sltp ^^

please

[tender pecan]

no problems, so go to your project folder, look under [project]\Saved\Logs\bla.log
open that file, snip the last few lines *there should be an error there, and ensure it contains enough for someone to decipher a little

so there should be a clear readable stack trace, which normally includes some error message, and locations pointing to source files.

[grim ore]

the launcher is crashing and I dont see a valid trace there, so I doubt the logs will have anything usefull. uninstall and reinstall the Epic Games Launcher and see what happens

[sullen willow]

hi everyone

im having trouble

i'v set up a simple rootmotion

but when i walk i only walk forward

but when i press D or A or S to walk backwards or to the sides

it dont move, but it do plays the animations

of walking back and sides

it only moves forward

help?

[tender pecan]

try this
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/981675/view.html

Reinstalling the launcher could fix it maybe.

[ivory furnace]

Does anyone know blender to unreal engine export settings?

my meshes are spawning really big when spawned from c++

[sullen willow]

okay thanyou guys

[plush yew]

do you think having both unreal can be a problem? thank you

@tender pecan

[grim ore]

the engines are separate from the launcher, so it should not cause the launcher to crash

[plush yew]

ok ba i'm moving back i'm telling you

[sullen willow]

hello may i get help?

im having trouble
i'v set up a simple rootmotion
but when i walk i only walk forward
but when i press D or A or S to walk backwards or to the sides
it dont move, but it do plays the animations
of walking back and sides
it only moves forward

[plush yew]

I'm sorry I don't know the spas software to help you bro but it is on somebody will help you from here max 5min be blessed

[grim ore]

you asked 10 minutes ago the same quetion @sullen willow , its still on my screen... if someone could or wanted to help they would have.

[brittle plume]

I think UE5 has a bug, I wanted your opinion, maybe I'm wrong ...
I created this Blueprint for the Auto Material in the Landscape... but

This is right.. think

Here... nothing appears ... I tried to build, but it doesn't change anything, it doesn't update the shaders when I change the BP

After the built by this error, so I set all lights to movable ...

here yes... but is, down... under the map XC

night

[vestal anchor]

Can you add more lighting channels to a project?

[fierce tulip]

no, unless you really weally know how to edit source code

[ivory furnace]

does anyone know how to stop child objects from colliding with their parent? Example a weapon with its owner?

I attach a weapon to a socket and it keeps colliding with the parent mesh

if i turn off collision for everything then the weapon doesnt effect anything and I dont want that

[grim ore]

you would set the collision channel on the child mesh to ignore the parent collision channel

also does the weapon need collision? like need need

[ivory furnace]

No I mean I guess I could do line tracing for the weapon collision detection. But I'm debating on whether I want to use physics for sword fighting so that I could use sword collision physics along with rag doll physics and the control rig so that when the player swings his sword it actually seems like it hit the other character

and thanks! I didnt know you could do that with the collision channel, I thought it was just categories based on object type

ill look into that thanks

[grim ore]

you can create your own, of if your using a normal character then the capsule at root is PAWN and you can try and just ignore that (but if you have enemies that are the same object type...). this might be a good chance to make a custom Player and Enemy object type for collision presets

[ivory furnace]

Ooh okay thanks sm. Ill def try that out

[sullen willow]

hi everyone i need help

[winter gate]

How can you quickly figure out which objects are causing Shadow Projection and Shadow Depth to be slow?

[ivory furnace]

Not entirely sure but usually what makes creating shadows slow is ambient occlusion so try looking into that. I forgot how to make it appear in the editor

[viral lagoon]

Anyone knows what causes a Translucent material to render on top of another Translucent material in the wrong order?

I've tried many things (even if I disable depth test) but the issue keeps happening

[winter gate]

Does the white outer part have to be translucent, what if it were opaque?

[viral lagoon]

Yes, that is a mesh that it is used in a particle system to generate an effect.

I left a white material to showcase the issue

If renders on top only at specific angles.

[pine pewter]

Ok I have encountered an error in ue4

I enabled "show animations" by mistake in the editor

and now I cannot click on any drop down tabs

I also cannot access the editor preferences because of this now

[winter gate]

Are they sharing the exact same vector? Is it possible to move one of them a very small amount? I don't know if translucent materials have a "z-index" or layer controls.

[viral lagoon]

If they are far enough from each other it becomes impossible to reproduce. But it happens even if there is considerable distance between them.

@winter gate

[winter gate]

Is the material for the "other side" of the portal part using refraction to cause a distortion? Does it happen in standalone?

[viral lagoon]

Yes, It uses refraction.

By standalone do you mean without refraction?

[winter gate]

Standalone game

to play test it

[viral lagoon]

Yes, just tested that.

[winter gate]

Still happens there?

[viral lagoon]

Yes

[winter gate]

Any luck with adjusting the amount of refraction? Maybe you can use something else to have a similar effect?

[viral lagoon]

Just tried turning off the refraction and it still happens.

[winter gate]

hmm interesting

[viral lagoon]

Unfortunately I need the material to be translucid in order to use refraction. I would have to fake a refraction if I want to keep it opaque.

I guess I'll have to go that route.

[spring jasper]

Hey, anybody sing 4.26 Enhanced Inputs? I am wondering if you need to do any coding to make the EnhancedInput actions in blueprint fire correctly? I've done this, but not having my event get called!

[viral lagoon]

Thanks @winter gate , let me know if you think of any other ideas to try!

[regal marsh]

how can i optimise Alembic Grooms for lower end platforms? My target platform is XBox One as the lowest of platforms I'm planning releases to

[fierce tulip]

thats because of how ue4 renders translucency. not much you can do about it.
if its separate meshes you can try to set their translucency sorting order but generally doesnt matter that much.
either gotta live with it, or find ways to work around it. (using a masked texture for the non-refracting one, fake-layering trough material math, that sorta thing)

[ivory furnace]

hmm

[night burrow]

Why is my pat tracing so grainy even with 500 samples?

[winter gate]

I'm thinking it might have something to do with the scene being so empty. There isn't much to bounce off of when its just a smooth flat world.

[night burrow]

could be that actually

I was watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5zVhc5ahl0

and the scenes are really nicely rendered

[plush yew]

does anyone know how to get rid of these black bars

on a template i downloaded

[night burrow]

check postprocess volume

[plush yew]

oh its post process!

thank you 🙂

[night burrow]

sorry letterbox

[plush yew]

letterbox??

[night burrow]

in postprocess

[plush yew]

okay

awesome

thank you!

its under camera

its because im using a cinematic camera instead of a regular camera

[south valley]

my character keeps going too up or too low and im stressed out and idk what to do lol

i havent even worked on the map yet

is this how it feels to game develop>

[viral lagoon]

Thanks!

[sullen willow]

hi everyone

is there anyone online to help me?

[drowsy snow]

https://www.dontasktoask.com

[zinc shore]

when i am in a collapsed group of nodes why cant i straighten connecting nodes

some times they only way to do it is to constantly restart the editor

[sullen willow]

well i have set a root locomotion system

had some trouble

but handled it

now i`v set a crouch

thing is i can crouch

but when im to walk crouched

i stay stuck some seconds in place

and then start going forward

any ideas?

[zinc shore]

is there a shortcut to straighten bp nodes cuz the right click one isnt working and not being able to straighten my nodes is really annoying

[winter gate]

Q

[zinc shore]

👍

[ancient lotus]

test at 1000 ping with a new method of handling grenade syncing. much much cleaner in my opinion than the previous way as its end point is in sync with the server, plus come on its also 1000 ping

[sullen willow]

when i walk right its all ok, i strafe right, but when i walk left, it strafes but wont move it only plays the strafe left animation

whats the problem?

[vocal flume]

I have completed my app for the iPhone. I’ve tested it on different iPhones and everything seems to be in order. Now I want to port the same app for iPads. How do I go about doing this? Copy the project, make the UI adjustments for iPad and upload it as a new app for iPad? I’m doing this first time. Kind of clueless here.

[coarse apex]

hey guys, any idea on how to make volumetric clouds that can be affected by light? Im trying to make lighting and the sky flash white, any ideas would be awesome thank you

[tired sierra]

can i ask some question

is unreal engine friendly to low end pc?

[coarse apex]

how low end?

[tired sierra]

does date work?

[coarse apex]

cpu gpu

[tired sierra]

hollon

dumb question how do i check

[coarse apex]

These are the min:
Windows 10 64-bit
Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster
NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher
8 GB RAM
this doesnt mean it will run smooth at all and if anything you will experience many crashes.
UE4/5 still crashes my computer and i have 3080/3900x

[ancient lotus]

@tired sierra in start menu type dxdiag and you can see specs

[coarse apex]

about this pc

[arctic hare]

there was a space marine model that was free what is it called I forgot. All i remember it came with gun and a spider.

[tired sierra]

AMD A8-6600K APU w/ Radeom(tm) HD graphics (4CPUs) ~ 3.9GHz

is that right?

[coarse apex]

yes, your cpu is fine

[ancient lotus]

@tired sierra what gpu. its under Display 1 tab at the top

or is it just from your apu

[tired sierra]

there's no more at the top

[coarse apex]

to check gpu without needing any software right click the windows icon in the bottom left > device management > display adapters

[tired sierra]

it says "bios"

[tired sierra]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

[ancient lotus]

is your hdmi or display port cable plugged into your motherboard or graphics card? or would it not show the 750ti if it wasnt plugged in?

[coarse apex]

you will be very laggy in ue4/5, a 750 is very close to the minimum

[coarse apex]

it will show no matter what, its just checking the driver, unless he has the wrong driver installed but doubt it

[coarse apex]

amd has no integrated graphics

[tired sierra]

icic, thank you so much

[coarse apex]

no problem, you could try UE5 it is unstable but maybe nanite/lumen will help your pc not sure tho

[tired sierra]

btw another question

nvm

[coarse apex]

?

[tired sierra]

i thought it was unrelated about unreal

[coarse apex]

i dont think they really care about specific channels as long as it not like hate/racism type stuff

[tired sierra]

really? okay

[coarse apex]

not sure

[tired sierra]

it's about blender

[coarse apex]

im sure its fine

i dont know much about blender sorry

i know ~the basics

[tired sierra]

ooh icic

just wants to talk about the rendering

i never used unreal before, so does it also have that thing where you render an image or an animation

[sullen willow]

i have a question

is it posible to change a character mesh without having to change the animation bp

or retargeting anims

[coarse apex]

no it is real time, sometimes you will have to build the level

[sullen willow]

they have the same skeleton

just the mesh

[coarse apex]

yea if they have the same skeleton then you should be fine

[sullen willow]

aight thanks

[tired sierra]

Wow that's so good to hear

[worn granite]

I had an A10 APU. If you plan on compiling the engine yourself, you will see a 3 (more likely 4/5+) hour compile time for iterative changes. So not only is your GPU pretty min spec, but your processor is too.

Good news!! I did freelance dev on my similar setup, it's certainly possible.

[tired sierra]

as long as it's possible, its very good to hear 😄

[primal valve]

sorry to barge in so late at night, but i actually had a question, can u use a drawdebugcone to kill an enemy if they overlap?

[ancient lotus]

@primal valve you wouldnt use the draw debug but instead do the cone trace to get the actors overlapping

[primal valve]

oke holdup!

[sullen willow]

aye guys

how do i make an input thats w+w quickly to do an action?

[ancient lotus]

@sullen willow setup a integer (uint8 if c++). when you press the key start a timer thats something like 0.3 delay and add 1 to the integer. when the timer finishes check and see if that integer is greater than 1. if it is then there was a double press, then set the integer back to 0.

[sullen willow]

i set it in the input action in the event graph from character?

[ancient lotus]

whichever function you call on the key press

[sullen willow]

aight thankyou

[vocal flume]

I have completed my app for the iPhone. I’ve tested it on different iPhones and everything seems to be in order. Now I want to port the same app for iPads. How do I go about doing this? Copy the project, make the UI adjustments for iPad and upload it as a new app for iPad? I’m doing this first time. Kind of clueless here.

[dull mango]

Could you please explain me, what does it mean convex mesh. Asking in context of custom collision. Does it mean, collision for the room should be a branch of boxes. Mesh that looks like simplified room - doesn't fit for collision. Am i correct ?

[vivid girder]

Can you add c++ custom classes to a BP project?

[wary wave]

yes

[stuck linden]

does anyone know how to fix shootergame in unreal 5?~~

[crimson peak]

Is that compiling a build?. So far my time hasn't been to bad yet

[brittle plume]

Why with the AUTO Mat the foliage does not appear??

[brittle plume]

Sorry for the music 😂 😅

Nothing?

😦

[rich oar]

Is this an asset from the marketplace ?

[brittle plume]

no, the texture yes, but the Auto material I created it

[rich oar]

Well there may be a problem with your auto material lol. Can you share a screenshot

[brittle plume]

Material Function

[brittle plume]

🥶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h4-h8zyVzE&ab_channel=NoahIlbery
i followed this tutorial

But I am almost certain that I am going to freak out and going to buy an auto material from the marketplace, the € 2 one is not bad

XD

[rich oar]

Have you gone back over the tutorial? There's so many lines everywhere it's hard to really look into this lmao

Sometimes you accidentally miss the slightest detail that would cause an issue

[brittle plume]

ik, think of my minutes of life wasted copying the blueprint

[brittle plume]

I think there will be some money in the epic games today

[rich oar]

Lmao. I created one along time ago from scratch and it was a nightmare

[brittle plume]

You're encouraging me ... really XD

25- ok no, I believe I will do it myself

[static crystal]

Hello. I'm new to UE4 and have a question about blueprints. Right now I'm determining if I can cast an object to the wanted object by creating an empty parent class and checking if the object is a child of. This feels really sloppy and I don't know if I should do it this way. Maybe somebody can give me some feedback on this code.

[rich oar]

Lol sorry bout it. Yeah I'd either do more researching learning about the material nodes or follow another tutorial

[brittle plume]

@rich oar How do you create landscapes? Because I believe the Heightmaps and then I upload them, but they are all broken and ugly 😦

[rich oar]

What do you mean by cast an object to the wanted object ? What exactly are you checking isTrue before calling the fire function

[rich oar]

Hieghtmaps ?

[brittle plume]

yes, it

hahahAHh

[static crystal]

@rich oar I'm checking if the class is a child of the empty parent class.

I just discovered the blueprint channel and asked the same question there.

Got feedback about blueprint interfaces.

[rich oar]

I was just trying to figure out (why) you were checking this before calling Fire() -> your reasons behind it

[rich oar]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BuildingWorlds/Landscape/Custom/#importingcustomheightmaps

Have you seen this yet ?

[static crystal]

@feral stumpt because otherwise I'm going to cast the object to the wrong class.

if it's not a blaster

I also have light sabers

oh btw it's for VR so it's about whats in the hand of the character

I should have mentioned this

[rich oar]

Ohhhh okay. I get your reasoning now lol thanks

[brittle plume]

Yes i seen it, and and I know how it works, but it's not the best, that is, I see people doing realistic things etc ... like islands ...

@rich oar he's breaking into pieces to help everyone, he's a golden person

[knotty summit]

Hey there, sorry for pinging. I'm dealing with a similar issue, did you managed to fix Error: RequestAsyncLoad called error?

[tardy hedge]

Hey I have a skeleton when auto rigged to the humanoid rig needs slight adjustments is there any way I can save these bone adjustments as a preset so I can apply them to animations without needing to adjust the bones each animation

[tight prawn]

in UE4.27 I can't find Fracture mode for Chaos physics even though I have the plugin enabled, what am i missing ?

[copper flicker]

@knotty summit I don't really remember man, it's an old issue, don't remember which version.. so on

try maybe checking the integrity of files. and look for any BP that might error. but this is a shot in the dark, I really have no idea and I don't remember what I did

[blissful trail]

is this a bad way to opimize a game ?

also this is bad right

[rapid arch]

Hello Dears , Somebody can help me, I am looking for a SpotLight Target on Ue4... I don't find this option thanks if you got the solve

[green cradle]

What does this mean?

[tight prawn]

it means you're trying to access a property of something that doesn't exist

[green cradle]

i have the WBP_UI Blueprint

Ok i fixed it 😛

[brittle plume]

In your opinion, is it true that single players die first?

[stuck linden]

Does anyone know why its showing default engine checkbox

[plush yew]

is there any way to scale skeleton?

[sturdy smelt]

Hey anyone knows how to get an High Resolution Collision Model, for Characters in Ue?

with Spheres and capsules its not work that well

[plush yew]

Do you mean change a landscapes materials during runtime?

[brittle plume]

How do I enlarge the BlenderSpace1D? I don't want it to stop at 100 ...

Done

Thank

[plush yew]

I think you should look into masks, I have seen people set up landscape changes using masks or something.

Because landscapes are static i think.

Might work with dynamic materials

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

Maybe don't ping him

[rich oar]

Curious as to what you did. I sent a message in the BP channel

[green cradle]

I didnt drag a connection to 2 of the white inputs

I don;t know what they're called

[rich oar]

Oh lol

[thick chasm]

Hey, I need help - I'm using same Anim blueprint for multiple characters in-game of same bp. Obviously characters need to animate individually, but they all share and override the exact same variables and I have no idea how to make separate variables for each character. Any ideas are appreciated. Also is this a support chat, sorry if not...

[green cradle]

I've now gone into perpetual WASD camera controls for scene movement

My cursor goes into the scene view and i cant do anything? Did i press a hotkey by mistake?

[winter wedge]

anyone know of any render engines that work on unreal engine, that use ray or path tracing and are not rtx hardware dependent

[wary wave]

"render engines"?

[rich oar]

F8 ? Lol is it every time you hit play ?

[green cradle]

Not play, just in the editor

I restarted UE and it fixed it 😛

[rich oar]

Lol sometimes the craziest s*** happens.

Restarts work wonders

[exotic thicket]

Anyone know if there's a way to identify a specific foliage mesh that's in the world?

LogNavigationDirtyArea: Warning: Skipping dirty area creation because of empty bounds (object: FoliageInstancedStaticMeshComponent /Game/tapegame/Maps/MainGameWorld/UEDPIE_0_MainGameWorld.MainGameWorld:PersistentLevel.InstancedFoliageActor_0.FoliageInstancedStaticMeshComponent_0)

Can't find any way of finding this since it's just all part of the dynamic foliage 🤔

[green cradle]

Are you good at unreal ttritt?

How long would you say you became competent at it? This is my second day and im not sure if i can grasp it

[rich oar]

I've been on and off since I was 14 (im 21 now)

I started with Xcode
Then unity
Now Unreal.

I messed around with Unreal years ago and it was too much to take in. I knew the basics of game dev principles and OOP. The transition from c# to c++ isn't that bad. It's just the unreal API that is the biggest learning curve.

I'd say years if you do not study properly. There's a wrong and right way to maximize learning potential. Otherwise, in 3-6 months of dedicated (proper) study. You can definitely know your way around the engine and also more technically challenging things.

To grasp every tiny detail in Unreal is hardly possible lol. To become a professional just takes time and experience. @green cradle

[green cradle]

Im very competent with Unity, Trying out Unreal for the first time 😬

[rich oar]

The biggest challenge in game dev is more about PROBLEM SOLVING . Big and bold. But this wasn't really your question lol.

Yeah Unreal is a different animal. Once you get the hang of it, and how it wants you to do things. It's wayyy too good. Never will I go back to Unity lol.

[thick herald]

Finding the right resources that fit your way of thinking or rather your way of learning is the key. The official learning hub has a host of information and is a good place to start. Mathew Wadsteins "WTF" videos on YouTube are a true Godsend with nearly every commonly used node explained.

[rich oar]

@green cradle
Do you code or use purely BP ?

[green cradle]

Blue print

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITCWa3oLNAQ I just followed this tutorial just now

I don't know c++, I know c# though 😛

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1380400/Saving_Grace/

[rich oar]

Learning c++ with a foundation in c# isn't bad.

And dude... Working with Cpp and blueprints together is a beautiful thing

And using BP to prototype is great. If you know cpp it's super easy to prototype in BP and then use that reference to re create in Cpp

[stuck linden]

Anyone knows why check box is returning default image when clearly theres one selected?

[green cradle]

How do i build my game?

[tawny burrow]

can someone help me. Im having an issue where i cannot launch the UE4 editor, unless I directly open .exe in Program files folder.
It displays "Error Failed to launch editor" when clicking on .uproject file, and when clicking from Epic Games Launcher then it says "Launch Failed Could not Launch Unreal Engine Error code LS-0013" - but even when I re-verify, nothing fixes it for me.
Ive tried reinstalling aswell

[plush yew]

click on package project, packageing it sends the game folder into whatever destination you put it in but if you want to publish it you will have to make a zip file and put the project in there after you packaged it

also it would be best any ue5 related content be in the #ue5-general

[sterile lichen]

Do ShooterGame and other demo projects get any kind of updates or has a repository to send PRs to ?

[plush yew]

can someone help me please i would need the car without the skeleton please could you help me thank you for removing it thank you this is a shit question lol ^^

[green cradle]

How do i change the master volume of the built game? Im not making audio sliders ect, i just want to lower it

[brittle plume]

Depends bro, is it for Android/IOS?

[green cradle]

Windows

[brittle plume]

But you disabled it XD

[green cradle]

oh, I've built the game now. just the audio is really loud

i want to reduce the volume of the audio

[brittle plume]

The audio of what?

[green cradle]

The game

[brittle plume]

How many audios are there? You should do this from the Blueprint / code you operated them in!

[green cradle]

its the demo first person controller

is there no global audio volume?

[brittle plume]

IDK, in project setting, in the engine section, there is the thing for the audio, try from there and let me know

[pine pewter]

hey is anyone getting this bug in unreal engine

all of my menus flicker and the windows and drop downs turn invisible

[green cradle]

Worked perfectly 🙂

[static crystal]

Yes I have the same problem. Have to restart the editor when that happens. I don't have a clue on how to fix this.

[pine pewter]

I have another question

whenver I go into play mode

another one of my character controller spawns for some reaosn

[autumn flame]

They switched from 1.47 to 1.51 SDK, but 1.47 is still there, not sure about it being broken, works on my side

[green cradle]

Is there any vehicle tutorials thats start to finish in unreal? I've watched a couple but i couldnt get them to work, I'd like a full tutorial if one is about

I've also moved the locations of these projects, can i delete these previews somehow? rightclicking and pressing delete doesnt do anything

[forest notch]

Hello. Is someone here with experience on First Person Shooters that can help me regarding some tips on handling a weapon system in Blueprints? Private chat would be preferred thanks!

[pine pewter]

Hello, can anyone explain to me why my character controller spawns twice when I test play my game?

[drowsy snow]

Check if the Auto Possess is set to Player 0.

[thick herald]

Keep in mind that you are using UE5, and the vast majority of stuff out there is for UE4. While much of stuff is the same, you will run into issues where things aren't the same, and even more so if the tutorial was made with an even earlier version of UE4.

Also #ue5-general is the place, if you're using UE5 🙂

[stuck linden]

can anyone pls let me know whats happening here im stuck on this problem for 3 hours now

i think checkbox may just be broken in ue5

[pine pewter]

Where would I look for that in the settings

Sorry I am a total beginner

[drowsy snow]

It's in your pawn/character's details panel.

[pine pewter]

Thank you ill check

Thank you

That made it so I spawn but I can no longer move

I can now also launch myself wtf lmao

[odd wyvern]

sorry, I don't really know the category this fits in. I have a character mesh with multiple materials on it, when I export it as FBX to put clothing on it, it defaults back to 1 material on import. What's the correct way to deal with this?

[pine pewter]

AHA

I FOUND IT

[vital jolt]

Hey

I've never developed a game before. Should I start with UE4 or UE5?

[paper garnet]

someone pls help in #blueprint

[paper garnet]

5

[vital jolt]

Is it harder to develop games compared to UE4?

[thick herald]

UE5 is not as stable as UE4. There are several issues that you could run into. Best keeping to UE4, until you know what you're doing 🙂

[vital jolt]

oh alright thanks

ima look up how to use visual scripting

since i don't know how to code in c++

[pine pewter]

When I set this to player 0 I cannot move

[drowsy snow]

What about the input events?

[thick herald]

Check the pinned messages in this channel for useful links

[pine pewter]

I set it to player 0 but it didnt let me move either

im following a tutorial and the guy never mentions it

WAIT

it fixed itself wtf

I just had to add my jump input

[brittle plume]

If is UE5 is normal XD... is so bugged

[pine pewter]

No its ue4

lol

[brittle plume]

😕 rip

[gray light]

Probably a really simple fix... i imported a demonstration level and for some reason I can pass through the floor. But not the walls. Some collision thing?

[plush yew]

@gray light the easiest way i can think of is the level you imported the collisions arnt compatible with unreal you would have probably gotten a error or something if so but another reason is the object may not have collisions or they are turned off, if it doesnt have collisions unreal as a weird way of makeing custom ones once imported long message but its worth noting it could be a lot of reasons

[gray light]

the walls work as collisions and as far s i can tell the collision settngs are the same

should i be looking at the static mesh?

[plush yew]

you could look at the settings in there or see the collisions i forgot the button but when you double click it, on the top of the editor it should be up there

if there is collisions then there is probably something else going on

[cyan bronze]

Which way is better to do "aiming down sight" in fast paced FPS game which only floating gun and floating hands (not arms, only hands). By animating it in blender or with procedural aiming?

[pine pewter]

procedural aiming in ue4 is always gonna look weird

[cyan bronze]

and with animating I have more control over it i assume

[pine pewter]

yeah

[cyan bronze]

ok ty

[knotty summit]

Thank you for answering. It solved own its own. Classic Unreal Engine bugs. 🙃

[gray light]

another clue for the floor that falls through... it does not scale in the z direction and is see through when looking up at it but when looking down i see the floor

wtf

[glacial pecan]

Is this really too long a folder name/asset name for Unreal?

It feels as if I'm back in the DOS era all over again...

[plush yew]

you can change that by making the material two sided, and its like that because its a plane like just a pure flat surface thats only one sided so my guess is how they set it up may have messed up its collisions i hevent really ran into that problem so im not to much of help but the only thing i can say is you could go to a 3d software and export it if it still keeps happening then i dont think unreal is adding collisions to it, you could always add them tho by going into a 3d software and adding a cube then rename the cube UCX_ObjectName make sure you scale the collision box to fit and then export it may be a lot but this long message makes it seem harder then it is

[gray light]

ok thanks!

apparently other ppl are having this problem

I guess i have to go into static mesh and add box collision to the floor supposedly that will work

[plush yew]

i mean you could do that to but it wont be as reliable as custom collisions

[gray light]

hmmm ok

so you are suggesting editing the static mesh

what kind of software does that?

can i use photoshop haha

[plush yew]

i wish but no, you could use maya, blender etc

[gray light]

got it

those things

right

thanks!!!

[plush yew]

blender is free to use and it can do a lot so probably your best bet if you want to say make your own animations etc etc

[gray light]

well the good news is the simple fix got it working

[plush yew]

thats good

[gray light]

idk who goes through the effort of making a demonstration level like this but forgets to put a collision on the foor

[pine pewter]

So my biggest issue I have with UE4 is that most of the tutorials either look like dogshit or have really messy blueprints

[plush yew]

well i mean it may just be a importing problem or because of the version, but unreal usually adds collisions if you select it in the importing option but not always reliable if you want to make a walkable bridge or a fence you can shoot threw or like walking over rocks the unreal collisions are just squares

[pine pewter]

How am I supposed to learn unreal 4 if the documentation on it is so daunting

[gray light]

ask questions in this community

i've learned a ton

that way

[pine pewter]

asking someone to teach me how to use unreal 4 is unrealistic

[plush yew]

mainly research but the old unreal and the newer layout of it are almost the same just some stuff is moved but dont to tutorials for ue5 unless your using it ue5 has majer bugs right now and isnt fully released

[pine pewter]

good thing im not using ue5 lol

[plush yew]

also the tutorials arnt really for full games most of them are for you to just get a idea of what to do, they make it so you can learn about it more and well make your own kind of code or bp

[coral lotus]

Hellooo, does anyone know why a I'm getting an error message in my skybox after painting in foliage?

[pine pewter]

yeah and most of them are terribly made or dont explain how or why they work

hence why Im asking where do I learn

ive been watching unreal tutorial videos for years now

[plush yew]

there are a couple youtube channels that could help but they wont really help in detail the only true way is just learn the layout first and go slow like make a small game like i dont know a jumping game haha

[pine pewter]

well I mean I already follow tutorials pretty easily

I just cannot find ones that are actually well made

like for example every fps tutorial on youtube have the most awful and jank animations

like the tutorials just show you how to make asset flips basically

[plush yew]

ha yeah but it does show you how to make it all you have to do is add your own to it

[pine pewter]

yeah but it looks like an asset flip because they never show how to polish it

[plush yew]

like say you want to shoot your weapon follow the tutorial for that part but if you want your own anmations etc you will need to do some of it yourself or go to placed and download them

[pine pewter]

I'd do them myself but guess what there's no information on how to animate certain weapons

like revolvers

[plush yew]

well yes but a easy way is just to learn how to rig and animate first and a revolver seems east just a couple bones

[pine pewter]

Yeah I already have all the bones rigged in blender

The videos in blender on how to animate things are just a nightmare though

Whatever I guess I'll do that now

[neon hatch]

Is it possible to replicate EAX sound propogation in UE4?

[spare stirrup]

Hi, i have a question: I'm adding more content to an asset pack I've made, and I need to edit the name of the new version. The version numbers are the thing that confuses me, so this may be a dumb question but does it sounds okay if I name the different versions of the asset pack like this (Let's say I'm updating it four times in total)
Assetpackname 1.0
Assetpackname 1.1
Assetpackname 1.2
Assetpackname 1.3
Assetpackname 1.4

[fierce tulip]

yea, thats fine

[spare stirrup]

@fierce tulip Thank you!

[tawdry oasis]

halp!

[fierce tulip]

@spare stirrup
what I do in such cases is:
XX.YY.ZZ
X > release number/very big core changes
Y > new content added
Z > fixes
so 1.2.4 means: release number, 2x new content added, and I fixed bugs four times.

[spare stirrup]

I'm going to use that sorting method in future, seems rational. Thank you for answering and teaching me about the issue!

[dreamy saffron]

Hey! Really new user here. Created an empty Blueprint project and I seem to be missing the "Add C++ Class" Option here, what should I do?

[cyan bronze]

Create it to that folder

Its created automaticly

[brittle plume]

I have a problem... I have to show a video, so I used the widget technique ... I uploaded the video, I took the media player, I inserted the video and created the texture, then I created the material and turned it into User Interface, and then I put it as image on the widget, and from the level blueprint I added it to the vieweport, but it shows all white, unless in the media player I re-click the video ...

[dreamy saffron]

Wasn't created 😦 any way of creating it manually?

[cyan bronze]

Ok so you selected the blueprint and not C++ when created the project... Yes you can wait

There?

New C++ class

If not then

Then you can delete all the things it adds

[cold bridge]

hey guys, I'm trying to set a textbox in the HUD component to display a letter that's in the games settings, but I'm not sure how to access this HUD component from my gamecontroller blueprint

[cyan bronze]

@dreamy saffron Or if its empty project you can just create a new one and remember to select C++ and not Blueprint

In C++ selected you ofc can and WILL use blueprints

[brittle plume]

I have a problem... I have to show a video, so I used the widget technique ... I uploaded the video, I took the media player, I inserted the video and created the texture, then I created the material and turned it into User Interface, and then I put it as image on the widget, and from the level blueprint I added it to the vieweport, but it shows all white, unless in the media player I re-click the video ...

[quartz reef]

Does someone know if there's a way to export a Skeletal Mesh from Unreal Engine into blender AND keep the vertex groups ? Because currently if i import the skeletal mesh (fbx) into blender and change something and import it back to unreal engine i lose all the vertex groups.

[ivory spire]

Hey, in UE5 my create c++ class buttons are missing

i did this but it didn't change anything

my .sln file for VisualStudio is there

but i can't seem to generate a new class from within unreal

[spare kernel]

it got moved

check one of the dropdown menu's from the toolbar iirc

[ivory spire]

i did

i created a new project

and its right there

[spare kernel]

and what is the issue?

[ivory spire]

but in my old project

the c++ classes folder is missing

it was originally a blueprint only project and i converted it

"converted"

did the create vs files thing

[brittle plume]

🤨

[spare kernel]

is this ticked? Show C++ classes?

[stiff summit]

Has anyone ever had an issue that pressing G turns off Atmospheric effects?

[ivory spire]

imma check wait

[spare kernel]

@brittle plumePlease be patient. If someone knows the answer to your question they will answer it. No need for the random face.

[ivory spire]

yes it is

[brittle plume]

I just sent an emoj. 😉

[spare kernel]

Also you posted twice within 20mins or so. Next time, you will get a strike.

[ivory spire]

i had my hopes up for just a second

that i just were stupid

[spare kernel]

@ivory spireOnly other reason it won't show up is you never compiled it properly. Other than i have no idea. It has always shown up for me.

[dreamy saffron]

File -> Add C++ worked, thx!

[cyan bronze]

np

[cold bridge]

how do I get the node marked in red??? the context-sensitive option on my end is not displaying it and I have no idea what it is...

[spare kernel]

pull and type Get

[cyan bronze]

@pine pewter How do you add the aim animation to the game. You cant use booleans or functions or inputs in animationBP

[spare kernel]

you will see get Copy

[cold bridge]

it's not giving the same thing as the video... it's of type action key mapping structure, and the "get key display name" requires a key structure

in the video it gives out the array as key structures

[spare kernel]

thats incorrect

arrays always get copy

[brittle plume]

LightShot confirmed 😎

[cold bridge]

nothing to do with the copy... I'm talking about the type it returns...