ue4-general

[compact marsh]

I'm compiling unreal from source but it's super slow. What gives? I have i7-6700K, GTX 1070 and 16 gb ram.
The source code is on a 1TB HDD.

[grim ore]

@manic dewlook at the top right of your viewport, one of those is for grid snapping when moving. look at your value? does that value seem right?

@compact marshdefine super slow? what is your CPU usage % when compiling?

[compact marsh]

99%

[grim ore]

quad core, could take up to 90 minutes to compile just the editor/engine then

[pine pewter]

Your system cant run dx12

so you need to run it in like

[compact marsh]

HDD usage is 100% CPU usage varies between 99% to around 30%. After few hours CPU goes back to idle and HDD usage locks at 100%

[pine pewter]

-dx11

[grim ore]

sounds like your HDD is a big bottleneck for some reason, also if you have any virus software running it should be disabled during compilation.

but a proper compile with ~100% cpu usage on that machine should take less than 90 minutes

[compact marsh]

Oh it's taking a lot more that 90 minutes to compile. After 6hrs it's at [1200/3100].

[spare kernel]

@compact marsh you using an SSD?

[pine pewter]

How full is your hdd

Is it fragmented?

[spare kernel]

HDD is super slow, the I/O time is the bottle neck

low IOPS

[pine pewter]

yeah its my bottle neck as well for a lot of things lol

I thought it was gpu for a while

[grim ore]

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Unreal-Engine-AMD-Ryzen-5000-Series-CPU-Performance-1967/#BenchmarkAnalysisCompilingSourceCode gives you some rough numbers, like i said it should be under 90m and more like 45m

if your HDD is hitting 100% usage, its... not good

[compact marsh]

I compiled unreal on a 120gb ssd 6 months ago, it took around 55 mins the repo was on ssd but since engine doesn't fit in 120gb anymore I transferred it to HDD and it became super slow.

[compact marsh]

Mostly empty

[spare kernel]

like i said above ^

HDD IOPS is the issue

[grim ore]

disable windows defender scanning if its your only anti virus, cross your fingers and hope for some improvement, otherwise.... wait

[spare kernel]

or bite the bullet and get an SSD if you can afford one, and put the engine on that. You will then be limited by your 16GB ram and CPU

[plush yew]

guys how do i delete one of these?

[grim ore]

hit the delete key?

[plush yew]

doesnt work

[grim ore]

hit it harder?

[plush yew]

😐

[grim ore]

well i mean that is how you delete it, it should delete. Maybe restart your pc

[cedar wave]

If that isn't working, either your delete key is faulty or your editor isn't the thing that has your OS's focus.

[plush yew]

what is my OS?

my delete key works fine

if i highlight text and press delete in discord for example it does work

[grim ore]

I would just restart your pc

[plush yew]

ok then

[grim ore]

you might have some other window doing weird stuff over it and preventing it, its a normal node it should delete. what happens if you right click it?

[plush yew]

if i right click and do delete it doesnt work

delete is gray

but im gonna restart first

[willow horizon]

Hey guys - I'm having trouble with Metahuman hair - working on a projector type lighting setup, but hair doesn't seem to be affected correctly. Shader on the hair is the Metahuman default aside from base color changed. Lighting is three spotlights stacked in the same position with r,g,b channels separated on the lighting texture

[plush yew]

it works now i restarted

kinda weird though

[hidden fossil]

Hmmm anyone knows if I am allowed to modify Epic's free assets if i use them solely with unreal? Like can i download paragon characters, modify them in DCC to differentiate them a bit and put them in my UE game?

[spare kernel]

sure

they give you them to do what you like with them.

if you want to modify them, no issue there

[warm fossil]

Thanks, I will try it

[hidden fossil]

I knew we could use them as we wish as long its within unreal engine but i wasnt sure if i can (for example) place one asset in zbrush and straight up modify it to my hearts content.
Thanks for clarification

Yes, understood

[pine pewter]

what graphics card do you have

[warm fossil]

Intel r hd graphics SDM-HS75P

Is there a problem with that

[pine pewter]

Try dx10 or dx11

dunno if those are supported since I cant find anything about your graphics card online

I assume its integrated

[warm fossil]

-dx11 is working but I’m at 45% and hasn’t moved

I believe it is referring to the ray tracing

[pine pewter]

Dx12 / other numbers refers to direct x version

I'm unsure of how it relates to ray tracing

[sweet solstice]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xfHjA-v72hCsCg5NZvg7Qdrgmn66cxTh/view?usp=sharing , https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GRBSSkTG8Dxl-cZMGZ3Kg-jh1vnau57-/view?usp=sharing ' in these videos like showen the montage plays in client view and if u go to the view of server client plays again.

has anybody experienced something like this ?

[small basin]

For some reason I cannot use gamepad input. In the editor, the gamepad just highlights editor buttons (like in this screenshot) instead of controlling the character, even with the game viewport focussed. Tried making a build, same problem, only my keyboard controls the player and the gamepad does nothing. I've never had this problem before...

[narrow mauve]

Anyone use render target 'volumes' before?

I had an idea about taking an actor position and drawing into the volume

[lyric cedar]

can anyone tell me why this code doesn't work?

I want this mesh to change colour every second in game

but it does nothing

[iron kelp]

has anyone had the problem where everything in packaged version goes dark in a scene and how to fix it ?

[native tulip]

is there a way to make a custom shape for linetraces in unreal engine 4? for example i want to use a cylinder trace to detect whats around teh player, but that doesnt exist, what am i supposed to do??

the sphere trace is cancer because if i want to make it wider i have to make it taller too

[iron kelp]

add a cylinder collider

[lunar depot]

for ue 4.27 physx is the default phyiscs engine or chaos ??

[grim ore]

Physx

[lunar depot]

thank you

[lyric cedar]

that is such a weird coincidence i'm literally watching your videos on one monitor and then you pop up on my other screen

[neon bough]

you create a new dynamic material instance each tick, but you never apply it to your mesh

what you probably want to do is to create the DMI on beginPlay event and assign it to your mesh (and store a reference in a variable of your blueprint)

on tick you would only change the color parameter, and the target would be the variable which holds the DMI reference

nvm, you create the DMI on the mesh... (anyways i would only create it once, and store the reference for the tick event)

other than that, there only reason i could imagine it not to work is that you use the wrong element index, or you misspelled the parameter name

[humble palm]

Hello, I made house but I can't enter it, I tried different collision settings in UE, but It doesn't seem to work the way I would like, How do you guys create custom collision in 3D program? I also tried exporting mesh and naming it UCX, but when I try to import in into ue it gives me an error.

[neon bough]

as a first test you could set your meshs collision settings to use Complex as Simple collision (that would use poly based collision)

just to rule out that it's actually an issue with the collisions (as you should try to avoid complex collisions)

[humble palm]

How do I choose Complex collision? I can't find it in ue5

[neon bough]

in the mesh editor in the collision tab theres an option for it

looks somehow like this

[potent cypress]

Does anyone know how to work with the character interaction asset?

[plush yew]

im at 13:39 and have done everything he did but its not working? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJpfLkEsoek&t=336s

[fair summit]

do editor utility widgets work when the game is packaged

or does it have to be a normal widget

[thick herald]

editor widgets are, as the name implies only for the editor

[humble bay]

#instructions

[worn mountain]

Hey everyone I have a 2D Sprite with Sockets that hold dynamic objects (Basically think of a torso and different limbs). I would like to have a black outline of the final Sprite and all of the Socket Sprites. What is the correct way to implement such a thing?

[humble bay]

Anyone know how to open a scene from an exe?

[fierce tulip]

not possible trough legal means unless the publisher of said game allows for it.

[timid frost]

why i am having this flicker i have walls in my level which i made in blender with alot number of vertices on it how can i fix this flicker???? please help 🙏

[opal lark]

Hello all

I nee dsome help please

Can someone please help me out I have no idea why my level will not load any more gets to 100 pct then crashes thanks.

Could be thanks

how can i fix it ? do you thanks

[autumn flame]

Do you have UIWS aka Unified Interactive Water System?

[opal lark]

I do

[autumn flame]

Is the plugin installed?

[vestal anchor]

Where are editor keybinds saved? I have a bunch of keybinds from one project I want to bring over to another project

oh I found the export/import

nvm

[autumn flame]

DefaultInput.ini just in case

[vestal anchor]

ty ty

[opal lark]

lannis, not its not installed now

no i mean sorry

[autumn flame]

Then the error makes sense, you're trying to package something that uses UIWS stuff, in this case M_MWall but you don't have the Plugin installed

[opal lark]

Ok ill add the plugin see if it helps

thanks

[olive steeple]

Does anyone have experience with using gamepads for a two player split screen co-op? Whenever I do full screen in the editor, I can't get player 2's controls to work anymore. Regular works, but after I go into Fullscreen, they don't respond to any input, while player 1 still works. Anyone else with this issue or a solution!? Thanks

[knotty summit]

Hey people, I have a question about soft object references and memory. Let's say I loaded an skeletal mesh to the game with async load and then I removed it, do Unreal Engine remove it from the memory or it stays there till you close the game? Because I noticed if I remove and spawn it again, it loads pretty fast so it stays there. Is there a lifespan for that or do we need to manually remove it from the memory?

[opal lark]

Im still having the crashing error

Ive added uiws

[runic fern]

Hello again Guys is there anyway to cast Dynamic Shadows for Mobile ??
i can cast shadow with movable light as i remember but its very limited like just 4 lights i think
can we increase this number ?
i want to get as much as i can realistic scene for Virtual Mall

[sullen willow]

hi guys

whenever i equip my weapon to the spine socket

it appears each time more inside into the chest

whats the problem?

[wide kestrel]

Hi gang,

Can someone tell me which fog i can use for our VR game we're working on? I know volumetric is a no go, i'm not sure which i should be using?

[sullen willow]

help please

[opal lark]

@wide kestrel Hi Fred

[spare kernel]

@sullen willow please be patient.

[dense knoll]

is there a icon pack or font that includes all the keyboard key charecters and Controller buttons (Playstation, Xbox, Switch)

[grim ore]

look at the recent pack that Kenney released, no PS buttons due to copyrights tho

[humble bay]

Anyone How about a .pak file?

Is it possible to open a .pak file*?

[dense knoll]

you have a link?

[grim ore]

yes, but its not something we suppot, googles.

[dense knoll]

nvm found it

[fierce tulip]

@humble bay I suggest to read the #rules because what you are asking could result in removal from this discord server

[humble bay]

oh

mybad

I didn't know.

@fierce tulip I'm just looking for a ready made VR scene i can use for sound design

[fierce tulip]

then look at the marketplace and learning tab content.

[humble bay]

I have

But thanks

[grim ore]

There is a VR template. Does it not work?

[humble bay]

It does, but it really isn't complex enough for a full sound design project

I'd have to build a whole 3D scene and mod the teleportation system to be able to teleport in the newly added 3D assets

[hard pilot]

hi i wanted to know if anyone could possibly help me, i need help with plugging in an attack animation into agame i am making?

im not sure why but it doesnt seem to be working

i thought this should be enough

[opal lark]

Any one know what this error is thanks. Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION writing address 0x0000000000008020

[charred leaf]

Looks like memory overflow or something.

idk though, you should paste that into google.

[opal lark]

Yeah my map wont load

It used to

[rose plume]

hi, is there a way to seperate the camera view from player? right now everytime i start "play" the camera view is attached to the player itself, i want it to be fixed somewhere looking down at an area that i can see player and stuff, (something like how fixed camera on league of legend looking down at the map)

[charred leaf]

@rose plume You might find this video useful. Skip to around the 6 minute mark and then probably re-watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjSf1Hru_u0

[soft flax]

hi guys just wondering how i can make an object have gravity ?

ok

thx ^

so im trying to get a sword to land on a table but it goes straight through the table and i have collision enabled on both the table and sword

[autumn flame]

Well, one of the 2 or both probs don't have the actual collisions created

[soft flax]

when i check the collisions tho they have them

[autumn flame]

They both set to BlockAll?

[soft flax]

yes

[autumn flame]

Do they actually collide with the terrain or go through it too?

[soft flax]

they go through the terrain

[autumn flame]

Then they don't have collisions created

[soft flax]

my brain is hurting

wow

[autumn flame]

Are both of them Static Meshes?

[soft flax]

yes

[autumn flame]

Double Click to enter in the Static Mesh Editor

[soft flax]

yep

[autumn flame]

Then on the top click Collision -> Simple Collision

If no coloured lines appear, means no collision

[soft flax]

no lines their

their is however on complex collison

[autumn flame]

Complex doesn't work unless you specifically tell it to use that which is not a good idea

[soft flax]

ok

[autumn flame]

You either wanna add shapes yourself, or generate in automatic or have it really simplistic

Auto Convex is the more advanced auto generation

[soft flax]

right

thanks so much for the help

[autumn flame]

Remember to do it on both the sword and the table

[soft flax]

the table is fine that already has collision it was just the sword

[autumn flame]

Sounds good

[soft flax]

https://tenor.com/view/thank-you-thanks-thanks-you-thank-you-so-much-thank-you-a-lot-gif-18664000

[lyric cedar]

anyone have any idea why I can only change the size of the mesh and not the complete character

capsule component and all

[weary basalt]

Because primitive shapes are usually scaled differently.

The Capsule will have properties on it for manipulating its scale.

CapsuleHalfHeight

CapsuleRadius

I believe they are called.

From memory.

[sullen willow]

hi guys

i cant wrap my head around on how to have a combat system, in which when i have a weapon in hand my attack animation is different than if i have an axe..

i want to throw punches if i have nothing in my hand, but axe slashing attacks if i have it wielded

anyhelp i can get?

[lyric cedar]

does anyone know why me pressing the "end" key doesn't make props hit the ground like it used to?

[hidden sparrow]

Hey, I have and editable text box and a variable. How do I add the variable to the text? For example my Float Variable is 100 and I want to set My text to Points: FloatVariable(100)

[autumn grail]

I use 4.27 source , mt pc shut down while i was saving and now i have this error when i try to save my map :

Assertion failed: bUncompressMemorySucceeded [File:D:/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Private/Serialization/Archive.cpp] [Line: 683] Failed to uncompress data in C:/

The Map is not readable by UE5.0

and i have lost my project settings etc

[weary basalt]

@hidden sparrow Use a FormatText node. It will allow you to specify "wildcard" inputs anywhere in the text by using the following format:

"Points: {PointsVariable}"

You will then see a grey colored pin called PointsVariable that you can plug anything into to express it within the Text.

The { } allow you to specify wildcard inputs.

[hidden sparrow]

Yay, it works! Thanks!

[weary basalt]

👍

[gleaming narwhal]

Make sure they have collision and that they're not overlapping anything

[sullen willow]

hi everyone i need help, i'v set the sheath and unsheath to key R, but in the tutorial video he sets it to left click, so when not attacking he unsheaths with click, and if ready to attack he left clicks again and attacks..

thing is

i want letter R to be the equip and unequip, and i want to attack with left click

but i cant find a way to incorporate the left click input to the R input of sheathing and unsheathing sword

[coarse apex]

hey im looking for some feedback on this scene im working on, where would be an appropriate/good place to put that?

[gray basalt]

I would like to use binds already used by the in game debugger, where can i change those binds ?

[coral saffron]

Anyone experience issues with Raycasting a widget intercation onto a World UI element that has the cylinder geo mode set?
Like this: https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/704417/widget-interaction-collision-problems-when-using-g.html

It appears the bug tracker was marked as "Won't fix" recently

[vale silo]

while Epic is asleep

how TF did this happen?!

(that's after running Setup.bat and UE4 downloading stuff )

[weary basalt]

Mentions its a "Text Shaping Library"

Probably a false positive.

[vale silo]

never happened before

I rarely get false positives

[weary basalt]

@gleaming narwhal Something to look into?

[vale silo]

how can I disable this particular plugin(?) from being downloaded during setup ?

[weary basalt]

You cant.

[vale silo]

ugh

alright, I guess I'll just wait for Epic to see what's up

everything else is downloaded though

I had to Ctrl C to interrupt bat file cuz AV wouldn't let it finish

is there any way to manually finalize setup and move to generating solution/projects ?

[lyric cedar]

can someone please tell me why I can't migrate a map or a blueprint from a ue5 project to a ue4 project

it keeps saying migration successful

but then i look in the project i've migrated to and none of my stuff is there

and it's there if I look at the project in my file viewer

but if i look in the assets in the project it isn't there

[weary basalt]

@lyric cedar You cant move back to a previous version dude...

Once your in UE5, you cant go back to UE4

Same goes for any major version of UE4

Once you update an asset to 4.27, you cant then move that asset back to 4.26 for example.

Doesnt work like that.

Assets are only forward compatible.

[lyric cedar]

that's good to know tbh but i'm also having problems moving a blueprint from ue4 to ue5

like it moves everything that the blueprint depends on but not the actual blueprint itselt

itself

[weary basalt]

UE5 is in Early Access, expect issues.

[lyric cedar]

yeah that's fair

[weary basalt]

Try asking in #ue5-general these issues may have workarounds that others have found etc.

We have an entire category for UE5

[sullen willow]

guys how do i attack while moving

[plush yew]

is there a general consensus on handling collision with blueprints or c++, im trying to learn which to use in which scenario

[fervent saffron]

How long does it take for one to feel comfortable with the engine?

[quaint sedge]

Hello guys, I'm a complete beginner and I'm wondering how you can make a float variable go from 0 to 1 in an amount of time and not just jump instantly from 0 to 1 ? I'm trying to make an animation run when my character shoots but the animation instantly gets played at the last frame which is at 1sec and not from the first frame to the last in 1sec. That happens i think because my variable is already set at 1 before i play the animation and idk how to make it 0 to 1

[lyric cedar]

timeline

[lyric cedar]

i've been dabbling on and off for 3 years and theres still like a million things idk how to do on it

[quaint sedge]

OK thank you, i'll watch a few tutorial about that

[crimson vale]

hey i have a problem, everytime i enter play mode it doesn't use the fps character that is already on the map it just spawns me where i am in the editor idk if i was clear

[shadow ravine]

Hi guys, does anyone know of the best guide for creating an inventory system. I've been following along with this guide: https://youtu.be/yxqSkFNAzE0 but I'm having an issue where the items collected aren't going into the inventory. I've watched through the series about 4 or 5 times now trying to work out where I've gone wrong and have been pulling my hair out trying resolve this. I've contacted the guy who created the tutorial series for advice but unfortunately he hasn't replied to me. So I thought my best bet would be to make contact here for some advice, maybe a better option on how I can approach this all. Thanks in advance to anyone that reaches out to me 🙂

[lyric cedar]

theres also devsquad tutorials on this

[plush yew]

Hey guys, i got a question!

Im having fun doing a game (TPS) and i already added the character.

Now i would like to know how could i make different characters and in a menu you choose the characters, like Paladins/Rogue Company/LoL/Dota

What would be the best way, any tut out there?

[round quiver]

I can't move in my editor and there's a weird white thing over the screen

whats going on

[void sierra]

You're locked out of the viewport. It means that your free trial of Unreal Engine has expired. If you want control back, you have to make an Epic Games account and pay the monthly fee.

[round quiver]

rip @void sierra

guess i gotta buy a license from that nigerian prince

[void sierra]

Im kidding 😂 . Just restart the editor

[round quiver]

ya lol i did

[weary basalt]

@round quiver Looks like a Editor Window Drag/Drop bug.

Seems its stuck in Dock mode.

[round quiver]

ah ok thank you @weary basalt

[crimson peak]

Hello,

Is it possible to add collision to light? I made something that follows the character around. And it dims until you power it up. But I would like the lightsource to harm enemies. Would collision work, or do I need to make it so when the light hits the enemy it takes damage

[prime willow]

can you undo or change character animation blueprints

or do you have to tear out states if you want to adjust them for whatever reason?

[prime willow]

either or would work

use box collisions than tie dmaage to it

or use collision traces and have the traces calculate that

[jagged pivot]

Anyone know about how to change the camera inertia? Just need to know how to delete the inertia

[limber oyster]

Anything i do wrong if i need to double click instead of simple click to change the checkbox state from clicked to unclicked ?

[crimson peak]

I didn't think you could tie a collision box to a lightsource if it dimmed down.

If it works, the Collison box would still stay after the light dims i think tho

[trail crater]

The epic games launcher frequently crashes whenever I open it(for mac). Does anyone know how can i fix this?
Or is there an alternative way to launch unreal engine

[weary basalt]

Your better off asking on the Forums, there is pretty much nothing any of us can do about that here. Unless some workaround exists for your specific crash.

[static crystal]

What can it be if a mesh doesn't recognize collisions? I have a lightsaber blade and a droid skeletal mesh. Both have collisions enabled and set to BlockAll. I added a print method to both on component hit events but none fires.

[ripe gull]

anyone good with animations here?

[craggy sierra]

is there anyway to copy current camera location in editor and send it to someone else so that he can see what im seeing?

(without playing)

[compact marsh]

How to make pawn walk on planet (sphere)?
I think it's called Planetary Gravity or Faux Gravity.

[stiff yew]

There are plenty of guides online on how to do it, basically just applying a force on each object directed towards the center (position) of the planet!

[lapis plinth]

Do you guys know why i can't select 4.27 update in the launcher ?

can't even see it

[blissful trail]

ive been trying to fix this for 7 hours followed like 5 different tutorials anyone know how to fix ?

nvm i think i fix me dum dum

[rare tapir]

Hello all, Im having a weird problem in unreal and i dont know what to google to find a solution!

My viewport looks different to my movie render queue sequence

Viewport^^

Actual render^^

as you can see the actual render looks like a massive turd! anyone have any idea why its being like this?

Nevermind! i forgot im an absolute genius and solved it myself

[plush yew]

So what was it?

[rare tapir]

this needs to be set to shadow maps

it switched its self to virtual shadow maps

[cyan bronze]

Does anyone know how can i access the Mesh child actor components like that PrimaryGun from BP_MyCharacter to this UI widget

If i make them a variable they dont show up in the class defaults

Im trying to set the child actor class when i press the that button with image

They are also in my GunInventory array variable

The UI widget is in different level than the character

[green cradle]

Im trying to get the ancient demo scene and put it onto my E drive, Why is it saying i need 100gb free on my C drive?

[thick herald]

Anytime you download an asset pack, it gets stored in the vault cache, which by default is on the C drive. You can change it though in settings.

[green cradle]

I kind of only want the terrain / environment from that demo, is it possible to transfer that into my existing project @thick herald ?

[thick herald]

Yup, you'll need to download it but after that you can select the assets you want within the content browser, right click and look for the "migrate" option. 🙂

Then pick your project and select it's Content folder

[pine prawn]

Hello everyone, unity or unreal engine , it looks stupid to ask about unreal in the channel.

[exotic thicket]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Build_engine_logo.png

[tranquil wave]

Hi

[oblique drift]

is there a way to run a part of my visual script on the gpu?

[desert pagoda]

Can anyone recommend good tutorials for C++ programming in UE4? I know the basics of C++.

[autumn grail]

Anyone have an idea about that VS issue?

1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(45,5): error MSB3073: The command "D:\UE_4.27\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat mystic_worldEditor Win64 Development -Project="D:\mystic_world\mystic_world.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code -532462766.

I can't compile my project anymore

[fervent saffron]

I'm always a youtube learner.

[pine prawn]

Bro code

youtube channel

[desert pagoda]

I know

But I am asking if anyone can recommend any specific.

[midnight timber]

Has anyone had their controller suddenly stop working? I was testing with it earlier today and it was working perfectly fine. Windows still recognizes it, steam too, but UE4 has completely lost it.

[lapis plinth]

Do you guys know why i can't select 4.27 update in the launcher ?
can't even see it

[wraith flume]

please someone help me 😦

I enhanced the lighting on my Pavlov VR map and now it won't upload to the steam server

these are the error codes I get

[green cradle]

Personally i prefer unity, But thats purely because im much more competent in it and used it for many years. But i also dont like the editor feel and blueprints of unreal

[ripe gull]

have u tried ue5? the ui is much better

[green cradle]

Im currently using UE5

[desert pagoda]

?

[grim ore]

the docs have the basics, there are some on the learn portal https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses, and there are some older ones with some issues on the YouTube channel

also... #cpp

[wraith flume]

thanks for your help everyone s/

looks like i had the lightmap resolution too high for the landscape

[green cradle]

How do i get rid of this blue but at the bottom of my skysphere?

[wary wave]

that's probably fog

[graceful onyx]

i have a probably very beginners issue. I want to create a path for my character to run on. Is there a way to do that without making infinite copies of a plane and without stretching materials?

so the only way i know right now to make a path without stretching materials is just making a long row of planes.

I am positive there is a very simple way i have not found out about yet.

[ripe gull]

probobly something to do with drawing a navmesh

[green cradle]

how do i paint a texture onto my terrain? i have the base material on it, but i want to paint a new material on some mountains, is that possible?

[plush yew]

@green cradle in the landscape material use the layer blend node to put multiple textures on it

[green cradle]

i have this thati got from quixel

[plush yew]

Also besides asking all your questions here there are unreal documentation and a ton of tutorials, and just double click the material in the content browser, if you know how to use textures it should be easy just right click and type landscape then you should see the layer blend, there are tutorials out there that can show you how to use it to paint on your landscape

[green cradle]

the amount of tutorials i have watched is uncanny, But i cannot figure it out

and this is only the last hour

[fervent saffron]

https://youtu.be/gQmiqmxJMtA?t=8598 not sure if this is what you want to do

[plush yew]

Yeah most of the tutorials don't really help but they do give you a idea of it for the future, just search landscape painting and how to set up the blueprints for it, its a lot easier then you'd think

[fervent saffron]

time stamp

[green cradle]

that'd help, but my layers are blank

[plush yew]

I think that may be a bug, ue5 is still early access so bugs are everywhere ha I couldn't even get it to work

But you could just create a new material and add the textures to it

Also did you set up the material currently?

Correctly*

[green cradle]

i just dragged in a material igot from quixel into the slot

[plush yew]

Yeah most of there materials are just one texture put onto it with normals etc but you could if you want to paint you would have to open the material and do the layer blend and add whatever other texture you want to paint onto the layer blend node

[green cradle]

Unreal is so long

In unity its literally so simple

[plush yew]

Well its a lot more simple then you would think, just unreal gives more freedom so there is a few differences and a lot you could do, but in simple words to do what you need and the easiest way, create a material then right click and type LandscapeLayerBlend from there plug it into the alpha or the top thingy forgot what it was called anyway on the panel where it shows the layer blend details you can hit the plus to add slots to add the textures to by doing that you will be able to use those textures to pain, the first texture will be the main landscape texture so in the paint panel on the editor you will have to hit the plus button on those materials, but it won't work because you will need to make the weight so.wthing I forgot the name of ha sorry it's just been a while since I messed with landscapes

Oh also make you you open the material by double clicking it sorry I didn't add that

Sure*

[sturdy smelt]

anyone know how to change in BLueprint Groom, Stiffnes at Runtime ?

[grim ore]

@green cradle there are documentation pages on what you want, the issue is you are trying to use something that is probably not designed to do what you want. You just dont "use a material and paint", you have to set it up using landscape layers https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BuildingWorlds/Landscape/Materials/

This guide is a quickstart and show the basics as well as setting up a basic blend https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BuildingWorlds/Landscape/QuickStart/

[tranquil wave]

Hi

extracting file in core games app

?

[grim ore]

that was not a question

[tranquil wave]

I'm using a translation

core games export apk ?

[grim ore]

you can add a preview mesh to a socket in the skeletal mesh editor, the place where you add sockets at

[plain void]

Hi,

I was wondering if anybody has had success using RVT with Dynamic Material Instances? I'm trying to create a dynamic material instance in the level blueprint's BeginPlay but the blending isn't working when the dynamic material is assigned to the static mesh actor.

If I go in and actually change the RVT properties on the material instance to match what I'm setting on the dynamic material, the blending works fine.

Any suggestions or debugging tips would be appreciated. Thanks

[plush yew]

hi every

question

how to master smaller tiles please

[ripe zenith]

You want to make the tiles smaller ?

(the tiling node is a scalar parameter)

[plush yew]

tks bro

^^

[ripe zenith]

Your welcome

[plush yew]

lol i no

look

^^

@ripe zenith

[ripe zenith]

type "scalar parameter"

[plush yew]

no inderstand sorry

translate

^^

[ripe zenith]

écris "scalar parameter" dans ta barre de recherche

[plush yew]

whouuuuuuuuuuuuu

tks bro

merci boucoup

voulez vous une baguette

https://tenor.com/view/baguette-baugette-gif-19324932

[dusky slate]

Does anyone know how i can setup a VisualSVN Server that i host on my own PC but others can connect via Internet?

[autumn grail]

Can someone help me with this issue please?

[plush yew]

for working together in unreal viewport?

@autumn grail is open software?

[autumn grail]

VS ?

[plush yew]

you open

software unreal

[autumn grail]

Before this error came when i try to save the map , now the soft doesn't open

[plush yew]

and crach?

inderstand

you need reinstall

the softxware

[tawdry sigil]

Hey does someone know a way to switch smooth between splines ? With a moving Actor. Like A-B C-D act the Actor is Jumping/Teleport weird and its kinda more messy than working.

Pm pls or @

[autumn grail]

I have formated W10 , reinstalles VS and its dependecies , and i have reinstalled ue4.27

[plush yew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEKACTnXLJ0

@dusky slate

for you bro

whouah incerdible

sorry i no possible help you for this bro

[autumn grail]

ok

[livid lily]

What is the download size for unreal engine 5?

And when is the full release?
Should I wait or get it rn (make a project in early access)?

[tawdry sigil]

@livid lily round about 35Gb as i remember and what i heard End of the year earliest.

roast me if wrong

[nova garden]

Hey everyone, I just have a quick question. I downloaded Unreal engine source file from GitHub to build the dedicated server. My question is, can I keep using it instead of the launcher version ? Or I'm gonna miss something ?

[livid lily]

Can you pls tell whats the size after installation? (no additional components)

[nova garden]

36.1 GB

[sterile acorn]

guys is there a way to clip far planes in a prespective camera

[thick herald]

a little over 17 without android, iOS, Linux etc etc

[stiff bane]

is there a way to monitor blueprint performance in runtime?

[plush yew]

omgusssssssh

wtf

import only bulding XDDDDDDDD

[sharp crest]

look they r featuring this discord on the epic games launccher

[grim ore]

@nova gardenthe launcher version is basically the git version just made easier for you to get. You can use the source version without issue and never need to touch the launcher if you dont want.

[twin folio]

guys something weird happened with my static mesh. I dragged it into my scene, and I decided to set my shaders compiler's priority to high in task manager. The results were extremely quick which is what I wanted, but now I have this odd black shading on my mesh. I can barely see any of the detail. Does anyone know how this happened? edit: nvm, I got the issue resolved. It just needed more time to compile

[summer plume]

I'm almost ready to release a demo version of my virtual art museum. Could someone tell me if it's recommended to use any of these options for asset protection?

[ivory spire]

how would i go about rendering an item in a players hand, like so it can be swapped out for any other item mesh on runtime

basically, how do i add or remove a skeletal mesh during runtime via blueprints

[desert pagoda]

Thx

[warm hornet]

Frustrating issue simply trying to update assets in my Content Browser. When I right click and attempt deletion of a folder in the Content Browser I get an error message 'Failed to load Assets' and the folder cannot be deleted.

I tried closing the editor, deleting the Saved, Intermediate and DerivedDataCache but no difference!

[grim ore]

@ivory spirespawn the item, attach the item to a socket.

if you want to swap you would remove the old item and swap in a new one. Removing could be hiding or destroying, same with swapping in a new one it could be spawning or unhiding.

[tranquil terrace]

i'm making a very radially symmetric room, and it would save a lot of time if i could select some meshes, and click some blender-type modifier to mirror some stuff around

should i make a blueprint to achieve this? i'm somewhat new to UE

i've done a procedural fence generator with a spline, so i think i could

just not sure if there's a better way than that

mention me to respond please, i suck at tabbing back to discord

[muted imp]

Is there a Feature Request channel? I'd love the ability to follow certain creators on the marketplace to get alerts when they post new asset packs

[crisp summit]

So I have one quick question. I checked my movement blueprint and compared to the one I created watching a tutorial and is exactly the same but the character when you press A to move left or D to move right he just runs in place and slides left or right without turning.

How do I fix that? If i move the camera with my mouse he switches fine when turning left or right but wont do it if i only press the WASD keys

[tranquil terrace]

it could be a lot of things

[radiant surge]

Could someone help with this, I applied a grassland material to landscape but is not rendering correctly as I zoom in, any ideas why?

[grim ore]

@crisp summitpawns, character movement component, and characters, and heck the camera/spring arm all have settings that control how they react when doing movement. Show a video, or check out those items in your blueprint to see what is different. Chances are one of the orient or use control rotation settings are not matching

[ivory spire]

doesnt work with skeletal meshes

but imma research sockets

[plush yew]

its possible help me please i have problém for import

my bulding

[grim ore]

@ivory spirewhat part doesnt work? I have a SKM on a socket on another SKM right now in the first person template

[night burrow]

How can I open a project made in 4.27 in 4.24?

[grim ore]

@night burrowyou cannot

[night burrow]

I mean how to migrate it

[grim ore]

you cannot...

[prime willow]

[fervent saffron]

Holy molly, I wasted days to make my own game from scratch just to found that there is a template available for free just now.

[plush yew]

Is there a way to make your project disable raytracing on medium/low graphic setting options for a project?

(I mean there has to be, I just don't know where the option is)

[thorny patrol]

anyone know to make unreal engine not open steamvr whenever I open it?

thx

[plush yew]

r.raytracing.ForceAllRayTracingEffects 0

[autumn grail]

Hi , Someone know why i can't open my map from 4.27 project to UE?

UE5

[tranquil terrace]

because UE5EA2 was released before 4.27

and backporting isn't supported @autumn grail

[autumn grail]

omg

ok

but its weird i used 4.7 source , released before ue5

[steep urchin]

hello, i'm wondering where i can ask a question about lighting?

[prime willow]

@plush yew Wait will add-ons and functions in 4.26 be com[patiable with ue5

i ask because if so

im definitely moving on full release o-o;

well i mean add-on and plug in wise

not necesssarily the function mechanic

so plugins need to be updated for ue5

it isnt just backwards compatible

_>

Im a very stupid chimera so i apologize for not following o-o

[twin folio]

@radiant surge maybe the roughness in your master material was set all the way down and you're getting some weird interaction with the settings in your tiling far and tiling near parameters in your material instance. That's just my theory though

[carmine slate]

hey anyone mind helping me with a simple issue? im trying to figure out how to align the camera with a mesh so its first person but it keeps aligning wrong and looking to the left even though i have them all facing the same way in the character blueprint.

[thin tendon]

Anyone got experience with gimp? Its exporting my icon pngs using G8 transparency format and I want it to use Dxt5

yes

[prime willow]

isnt there a if node?

something like if (blank) than you connect nodes from there

im trying to setup slide on the crouch button ;-;

[thin tendon]

I fixed my own problem by using a dxt5 png. deleting the image. Copy pasting my icon into it. Then exporting with the file name I wanted.

[prime willow]

what problem was this related to? o.o

good luck ❤️

[thin tendon]

Gimp exporting png using G8 transparency format instead of dxt5 that unreal uses.

[bitter gazelle]

why is the flowers or grass not appearing?

https://streamable.com/rteupf

im using brushify

[green forum]

under unreal engine folder, do i need these files : linux, Ios, android and mac? as i am on windows

[toxic sapphire]

Hi Folks, any clue what is causing this flicker?

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-4-26-reflection-flicker-issue/246662

[woeful fern]

Hello everyone, newbie here!

So I want to make my static mesh component glow. I already have a material and also made a postprocess material named glow. Nut what I want to do is make it glow on a curtain time. Do I need a sequencer to make that trigger at a time?

If somebody knows how to do this (it is very simple i guess xd) we can voice call

[plush yew]

heyy guys

today will be new month free staff right>

?

[autumn grail]

@plush yewthanks

[short mesa]

Is it normal for about 200 non-instanced static meshes (cubes with default material) in a grid to cause 1/2 fps (down from 120 to 60ish) on a 1080TI and 2700X CPU?

[ionic temple]

How is paper2d compared to unity 2d or Godot 2d. I heard it was abandoned from a YouTube channel don't remember which one. Or is it still a viable way to make 2d games?

[tranquil roost]

So I have this cabin in a forest environment. I've enclosed it in a Lightmass Importance Volume, but I can't get a bake going due to all the foliage in the scene. Hiding it in a layer doesn't work. What is the general workflow for this?

[fierce tulip]

I think most ue4 2d games either ignore 2d or use it sparingly and use a regular workflow, but with 2d results.

(but I havent really done much 2d, so im not a good source of info)

[green cradle]

Where in here can i change how wide an area the particles cover? Atm its just in a small box

[odd fractal]

Hi, UE 4.26 crashes when I change output pin's variable type to array in my interface blueprint. Anybody knows has it been fixed in 4.27? I'm building it from the source right now

[hexed gale]

Hi folks!
Have you ever seen this material error in 4.26?
No error in graph, it appears when pinning random stuff into material (like opacity mask or WPO).
It disappear only if I uncheck the use for skeletal meshes.
But I can't...

[knotty summit]

Is it possible to use gameplay tags as datatable?

[ionic temple]

So better to just make a 3d game with a side camera. Hmm sounds like more trouble than wanted

[fierce tulip]

you could still use 2d sprites/planes and layer them.
in some cases you'd use flipbooks trough materials instead of that flipbook system paper-2d offers.

there is an example of paper 2d in the learning tab you could check out. there is also a 3d sidescroller example.
besides documentation/tutorials those would be decent examples.

[sullen willow]

hi guys

im trynna make my character attack in place if im not pressing W

and attack with a step forward if im pressing w

how can i do that?

[flint tree]

Hi guys, I want to make a 2d memory match card game using paper 2d or 2d only stuff and blueprints only without making it complicated. Can someone please guide me with how should i get started?..thanks in advance.

[sullen willow]

guys when i start my game, i pick up my weapon i attack and its all good... but when i roll with ctrl, after that i cant attack anymore. any suggestions

[tender vigil]

is it possible to edit stuff while in play mode or simulating?

[static crystal]

Does anybody know when they will release the new months free assets?

[sterile acorn]

guys can i create a far plane cliping for prespective camera

?

[nocturne warren]

How can I check if ray tracing is available in blueprint ?

[static crystal]

Alright thanks!

[grim ore]

@green forumif you havent gotten the answer yet, in the launcher next to the engine install is a drop down arrow that can get you the options. In there you can install/uninstall extra platforms (like linux) that you do not want

@tender vigilmost things do not stay between play sessions, but there are special options for physics items to remember their state when you stop playing. Useful for scattering stuff simulate and having it stay, like say trash or boxes.

[sullen willow]

im trynna make my character attack in place if im not pressing W
and attack with a step forward if im pressing w
how can i do that?

also

when i start my game, i pick up my weapon i attack and its all good... but when i roll with ctrl, after that i cant attack anymore. any suggestions

[grim ore]

@sullen willowcheck your code for the second part, we have no idea what you did. This is when you start to learn how to breakpoint and debug to check stuff.

as for the 2nd part, you can check to see if the W is down (or use a simple input for W (forward?) and when pressed you set a boolean and release you unset it. Then during your attack you check to see if that boolean is true or false before deciding what to do

[drowsy snow]

Create your own C++ function exposed to BP for checking that in RHI level.

[autumn grail]

I need help , my custom PlayerController is just not executed

[sullen willow]

do yall recommend me to leave ue4 video blueprints tutorials for a while, and instead study c++?

wil that help me have my own opinion and solutions in ue4?

or what do yall recommend me to study in order to handle ue4 like a champ

[ripe gull]

I would like to know as well

[grim ore]

studying C++ is not going to help you understand how unreal engine works, and if you plan on learning unreal engine you might want to start with that first and finish learning it

[sterile lichen]

you won't go anywhere far without at least basic programming and c++ knowledge

[grim ore]

add C++ later once you need it

[sullen willow]

so what should i learn

for ue4

[grim ore]

do you feel comfortable doing everything you need to get your project finished? if not that

[sullen willow]

theres is no school for ue4 i mean, a lot of youtube tutorials but no concrete name for the matter

[grim ore]

you dont need a school, you figure out what you want to do, break it down into as small as pieces as you can, and learn how to put it all together.

if you need directed guidance, try and find some videos or documentation on step by step for something specific.

[sullen willow]

okey thank you for the recomendation

[grim ore]

adding more "stuff to learn" isnt going to help you. find something and learn it, then find something else and learn it. finish something and apply and continue forward

[sullen willow]

yeah, well i got into ue4 with little to no knowledge, im able to do the basics, but after a while of tutorial i just wonder, why can i not be the guy who make tutorials about anything? why cant i make anything i want without depending on youtube tutorials, and how do i get there?

and im asking about c++ because ue4 has the c++ or blueprints option

[grim ore]

learn, repeat

its not or for that, its both.

[sullen willow]

of course practice you men

mean*

[grim ore]

and neither are needed until you learn how Unreal Engine works, then you start adding on

[sterile lichen]

that option is to choose one of templates, it does not limit whatever you do afterwards

[sullen willow]

bro im scare tho, every since i started with ue4 i dream in bluprints

idk what will happen after i go down the rabbit hole

[sterile lichen]

you can make project from c++ template but would still add blueprints
you can make project from blueprint template but can easily add c++ modules and code

[sullen willow]

ohh yeah cool

well then i decided imma go for c++ learning

[grim ore]

welp good luck on that

[sullen willow]

for a little at least

thanks

lucky for you too

in your projects

[grim ore]

its like saying your going to start with driving nascar when first starting to learn to drive

[sullen willow]

yeah 😆

and what yall think about python?

in comparison to visual studio

[grim ore]

those are 2 different things

hence the good luck part, your skipping learning to count and going right to advanced calculus

[sullen willow]

i mean i dont know what each is

i know they are programs to code

but whats the difference

[grim ore]

thats the thing, you dont know what each is

they are not both programs to code

one is an IDE, the other is a language

[sullen willow]

An integrated development environment (IDE)
is software for building applications that combines
common developer tools into a single graphical user interface (GUI)

cool

so python works to give c++ or other languajes a further and upgraded way to express?

[grim ore]

nope

python and C++ are both languages

[sullen willow]

and those two languajes can be displayed in programs like visual studio?

ohh i get it now

[grim ore]

you can use VS to create code using those languages, yes

[sullen willow]

i just saw that python is not a program itself, but an addition

so now i see it clear

i thought it was a single program like visual studio

[grim ore]

This is where learning what something is and how it works and how you would use it comes in. This is why starting with learning how unreal engine works and not worrying about c++ or blueprints or other parts of it and trying to learn how the actual engine itself works and the pieces fit together is where you should start

Then and once you understand how things work and go together you can start applying them

Because Believe it or not c++ and blueprints are not the only two languages you can use to help create games in unreal engine

[green cradle]

I made an animation in blender, but it imported every keyframe seperately?

[sullen willow]

maybe its not properly rigged

[green cradle]

theres about 500 of these...

[sullen willow]

i see

[green cradle]

there is no rig, its a reversed physics simulation

[sullen willow]

well thanks for the conversation

[sullen willow]

you tried to retarget them into your charac already?

or they were black from the beginning

[green cradle]

being black isnt the problem, the amount of them is the problem

it should just be 1 asset

not 9000

[sullen willow]

ohhhh

in the import setting maybe

you imported mesh and skeleton?

[autumn grail]

The Player controller events are no more executed

my game starts at the playerstart with a spectator camera

it was working 20 min ago

[grim ore]

start the map, shift-f1 to release the mouse, look at the world outliner in the top right and look for your player controller. if its not there, your not using is

[tidal jewel]

Hey, not sure what your workflow is, but I encountered a similar problem when exporting custom animations from blender. If I remember correctly it has to do with information blender stores in the FBX files.

[cedar wave]

Perhaps the map is overriding the player controller

Map overrides the defaults in the project settings

[green cradle]

Did you find a fix for it?

im currently deleting the 9000 files and its taking ages, So ideally i want it to import correctly nexttime 😛

[autumn grail]

its there

I'm playing in standalone with 2 clients viewports

and connect to the server after the main menu appears

[tidal jewel]

@green cradle I don’t think I did (I just ended up deleting the extraneous animations as it was just one set) this was the thread I’d found when I was trying to solve the problem but I’m not sure if it will be much help: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/exporting-animation-from-blender-to-unreal-creates-a-large-number-of-static-animations/26955/7

[autumn grail]

and launch separate server

[timber birch]

Has anyone encountered something similar flickering RVT blending?

[cold bridge]

how do I make an "instance" of a blueprint class I have? I have a blueprint for a furniture item with functionality on it; and say one copy has a few child actors inside it, and I want another instance of this furniture without the items but same functionality, do I have to make separate blueprints?

[cosmic venture]

Have you ever encountered a case where Unreal deletes a lot of its Engine binaries and installed Plugin module files upon crashing or failing to load a plugin (message about plugin's module file missing or been unreadable due to problem with operating system)? I have a problem like that and searching for the root cause. Building the project with Visual Studio works completely fine tho... (Not sure if this is the correct channel for that question 😔 )

[worthy plaza]

There is a discord for epic games launcher?

[grim ore]

@cold bridgethe blueprint in the content browser is the code, once you put it into the world it becomes an instance and a unique copy of that code. IF you want to have 2 completely different ones in your content browser to re use, duplicate the first one and change the duplicate (its completely separate)

[tender vigil]

i don't need the states to persist when i stop playing, i'd just like to pause and experiment with values on the fly

[grim ore]

depending on what you are doing, you can shift-f1 to escape the mouse then pause and change values. depending on the item it should update in real time

[grand oyster]

how do i make it so when i stop pressing shift the animation slows down this doesnt work

[grim ore]

how is the animation being told to speed up? or are you talking the character is moving faster?

[waxen narwhal]

So today should be a webinar regarding Twinmotion/GIS and stuff. The Webinar was scheduled for 7PM BST which is 9PM my timezone. I now already received an email with "Did you miss the webinar check here for on demand streaming" which is wierd since it is not even 9PM and the link in the mail is broken aswell. Any advice ? 🤔

[grim ore]

There was one for 2PM as well so perhaps that is why you got the mail

the 7pm one should start in like 30m

[grand oyster]

i just want the running anim to speed up when shift is pressed and slow when realease

[grim ore]

that code makes the character move faster, which makes the animation "play faster" since its using a blend space

if you just want the animation to play faster, you had it right by changing the play rate

[compact marsh]

I was reading this tutorial series https://medium.com/@lordned/ue4-rendering-part-6-adding-a-new-shading-model-e2972b40d72d
But the author didn't make the last part of the post (part 7)
What to do next?

In our next tutorial we will cover creating an outline shader by adding a Geometry Shader to the deferred base pass. This covers how to add a shader stage and how to modify the existing base pass shaders to handle going from a Vertex Shader to a Pixel Shader, but also handle Vertex Shader to Geometry Shader to Pixel Shader.

It never came. 😢

[grand oyster]

how can i make it so when im at speed 600 the anim doesnt move super slow

[cold sage]

hmm.. not sure which channel this question falls under, but I'm working on some asset preloading. Wondering if there is a way to force the editor to flush the memory so I don't have to wait for garbage collection before I can test preload times repeatedly?

[plush yew]

Why am I getting this message? Also on the 'array get' node to the left, when I try and use 'get a ref' as soon as I input the array it changes itself to 'get a copy'

whats a good way to move a character a short distance? like a knockback or forward charging attack

launch character doesnt suit it

[dapper vortex]

this is possible any way

[static crystal]

Hello. I'm making a little coin pusher game. Now I've got a problem. The coins are not rolling over the pins. 3/4 got stuck. I already tried reducing the friction to 0 but it still hangs. Anybody an idea how to tackle this?

[dapper vortex]

any chance to make the view smaller , and world looks like a l lot bigger from the character?

[plush yew]

found a addactoroffset node im gonna play around with

probably that with a timeline right

[dapper vortex]

?

[grim ore]

@dapper vortexyou would have to make your character smaller. There is a VR scale offset but that doesnt work for normal game

[plush yew]

@plush yewhttps://streamable.com/4smev1

gotta tweak the numbers lmao

[dapper vortex]

@grim ore any no vr way ?

[grim ore]

you could try scaling your character or just adjust everything else

[dapper vortex]

textures not possible

to do

😄

but when this is frist person i mean there is no character

there is only camera

i mean character is camera, jump move etc

[grim ore]

you scale the first person character

[median cove]

I need some help, i am new at this and I am stuck.

4.27

[dapper vortex]

@grim ore this is possible to make on this model collison, but not in the enter to the model ?

[grim ore]

you can add collision to it yes, you double click on it and enter the static mesh editor. it has collision tools in there. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/WorkingWithContent/Types/StaticMeshes/HowTo/SettingCollision/

@median covewhen you go to window at the top when the blueprint is open, what do you see?

[median cove]

Here is what I see

Here

[grim ore]

double click the blueprint that is "broke", click on window

[median cove]

yes then what?

Here is what i see

Ok wow i figured out how to access it. i dont know why I have to click through so much though. i am sure I am doing something wrong.

Thanks for your help.

[dapper vortex]

Ok i got small problem this model what i have i need scale up in unreal this is ussles, i test it on untiy and this model have right biggest etc, how i can have same thihing on unreal ? there is diffrenct units for the ue4 and unity im sure ?

some one ?

[bronze vault]

UE4 and Unity handle scale differently. You will ether need to change your export settings or import settings to get what you are looking for. I found this that may help explain it better. http://www.aclockworkberry.com/scales-in-3ds-max-unity-3d-and-unreal-engine/

[dapper vortex]

thanks

[olive steeple]

Looks like my issue is here: https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-94984
Hasn't been resolved yet, so I upvoted it. Anyone else know what is going on?

[stray leaf]

Just a note, if you want to use virtual shadow maps with MRQ you often just need to increase the page pool size (r.Shadow.Virtual.MaxPhysicalPages) as MRQ renders with a much higher resolution internally. See "Overflow of Dynamic GPU Resources" in https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/RenderingFeatures/VirtualShadowMaps/

[covert stratus]

Why doesn't the montage play?
Details:

• Hero is a subclass of Character
• The montage is the standard Attack_A montage provided with the Paragon Greystone character
• If the Print executes on the 'On Completed' pin, it will actually wait the appropriate time that the animation would play before it prints to the screen

[grim ore]

is your animation blueprint set up to use montages?

[covert stratus]

The only step I've found that needs to be made is adding a default slot node between the blend space and output pose nodes

[grim ore]

yep the code looks fine for the first picture, the slot just in the output pose is fine, you dont need the extra one just adding in the slot to the state is fine

so now you need to make sure its actually firing off on the correct mesh

wait

your slot is wrong?

[covert stratus]

Is it?

[grim ore]

your slot on the montage is UpperBody, your checking the DefaultSlot in the animbp

[covert stratus]

You. Are. Correct.

You have no idea how long I've been hitting my head against this

Thank you so much

[grim ore]

2 minutes?

[covert stratus]

I wish

[grim ore]

2 weeks!

[covert stratus]

Not quite that

About a day and a half

[grim ore]

ah, could have been worse!

[covert stratus]

Very true, but it always feels bad when you just hit a brick wall and have no idea what to try anymore and can't move on lol

[plush yew]

whats t f black bulding so what?

tks

[grim ore]

thats when I just read the docs a couple dozen times

@plush yewwe have no idea what your material looks like to even guess, but im guessing wrong?

[plush yew]

clean

every material

is only black

wtf?

^^

[bronze vault]

Looks like some kind of light map issue to me. Is it still all black if you make your Directional Light Movable?

[quaint sedge]

Hello, i wanted to implement SuperGrid in my project but it's asking me to create a new one, how can I put it in an already existing project ?

[meager shale]

I have a problem where "Your scene contains a skydome mesh with a sky material but it does not cover that part of the screen" flickers over the screen in yellow. All dynamic lighting. Any ideas?

[plush yew]

Hiya, I'm having an issue where previewing multiplayer, where alt-tabbing from one player to another disables input in the up/down direction. I didn't have this problem before and it just developed today, I didn't change anything related to the controls so I'm mystified as to why this is happening.

[short socket]

I had similar issue, try to check recompute normals https://prnt.sc/1qzeka3

[bronze vault]

I think you need to create the new SuperGrid project and then migrate what you need to the project you want to use it in.

[short socket]

Hello everyone! Maybe somebody knows how to fix it? Some objects are imported from blender looks strange , without faces

[grim ore]

if you dont see the faces, the normals are backwards/inverted. You need to fix in blender

[idle mantle]

I have a a simple/noob question please and sorry:

^ How can I get rid of this highlighted yellow selection thing please?

I need to select the character in order to see the camera view (on the bot right)

but there are this yellow selection

can't work with that 😢

[short socket]

I don`t think so, because copy of this object looks fine

[bronze vault]

Normals look flipped to me too, but if they are for sure the same mesh, maybe one is using a 2 sided material and hiding it?

[cold bridge]

is there some way to make "setactorlocation" work as an animation? I have a wall I want to move when doing some action

[bronze vault]

This may be what you are looking for. https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/542129/how-to-turn-off-the-mesh-highlight-for-skeletal-me.html?sort=oldest

[short socket]

Ok, I will try to flip normals in blender, but why it happend ? one object is completely fine, but it`s copy is inverted ?

[bronze vault]

lol, yeah, not sure, maybe it has something to do with the recompute normals you mentioned earlier.

[olive steeple]

@grim ore cool, my friend recommends your channel. Very informative. I'm trying to fix an issue with two player split screen. While in full screen or the PIE, the 2nd controller/gamepad doesn't take any input, but windowed mode works. Have you heard of this issue?

[short socket]

Oh, I think it have been broken after mirroring in blender

[bronze vault]

You could try using a Timeline.

[cold bridge]

oo ty!

[cold bridge]

real helpful ^^

[bronze vault]

Totally shooting in the dark here, but in PIE, if you click the game window and then try the second controller, does it work?

[cloud stone]

Are there any plugins that connect unreal to discord that show what I'm working on within unreal as a discord status?

[olive steeple]

No it doesn't

[summer plume]

Hello, my packaged game puts my gpu to 100% load if I don't cap my fps. I implemented a 60/120fps cap switch that you can toggle, but I'm wondering if it's okay to leave it uncapped and the gpu hitting 100%. Is that something that I should avoid for my users? I don't want to harm the hardware of anyone on accident.

Also, if someone runs the game on a really shitty laptop that doesnt even hit the 60fps cap, would the 100% load on gpu be something that I should "fix" somehow or is it kind of unavoidable?

[plush yew]

Tks very much

@summer plumeisnt that because if its uncapped its using 100% of the gpu to get as many frames per second as possible

[summer plume]

I'd assume so, but beyond 144fps is kind of pointless, so no point in having it at 100% for no reason, but I'd still like to know if having it at 100% would be bad or not.

[plush yew]

dont think so, you kinda want to use 100% of your gpu anyway cause else its just a waste

but spending it on more frames then needed is up to the player I suppose

thats why literally every game has a framecap option

[humble bay]

@plush yew as in Ian Hubert?

[plush yew]

nope

you could do a trace btw

[summer plume]

I'm just worried about lower end laptops/pcs, because for example if I let the game run uncapped on my brothers pc, his gpu hits 82 degrees at like 200fps. Now if a shitty laptop runs at 100% load and hits even higher temps, then that's kind of an issue.

[plush yew]

anyones gpu will do that if you run it uncapped im pretty sure lol

on modern games atleasy

[summer plume]

So, I guess it's something I shouldn't necessarily worry about right?

[limber mesa]

Hello could anyone help me resolve an issue that suddenly occurred? When I loaded up ue4 my map was gone but is still in the backup, I can’t access it anywhere in the project and tried pasting it into it as well. Could anyone assist. It would be greatly appreciated

[dark briar]

Is there a way to export file as "type .glb" in blueprints OR as a command?

[limber mesa]

The map isn’t in a auto save but it is in a back up.

[silver magnet]

hey idk if its the right channel but how do i paint ivy foliage on walls with the correct angle?

[limber mesa]

It says that the map was made using a different version but that is incorrect

Nvm I’m wrong I hope this works @plush yew

Thankyou for the help

@plush yew it loaded up the map but from a while ago

the file is there but the dragged version wont appear in the editor

[surreal eagle]

I was told you would get files in the epic megajam. Where do I find them

[fierce tulip]

you know, files

[limber mesa]

@plush yew what would you suggest I do ?

Would that help with getting the map back ?

Is there another way? I really need that map

[surreal eagle]

Some guy said you got assets like buildings and things

[limber mesa]

@plush yew I transferred the old file from another computer to my project

Everything is there in the world but I can’t see it

The world outliner shows it there but I can’t see anything

[neat shale]

you guys know any way to freeze a ragdoll

[bronze vault]

Sounds like all the actors may be missing their references.

[limber mesa]

What would you suggest I do?

[bronze vault]

if you click on one of the actors in the outliner, is the mesh missing?

[limber mesa]

One sec

[bronze vault]

honestly, not sure, sounds like a bit of a mess

[limber mesa]

Yea. I hoped on today and my level was gone

It said must have made the level with a diff version

I only have one version

I got it!!!!!!

But it’s not the same project

[bronze vault]

not sure if it would work, but you could try cloning your project and seeing if it opens.

[limber mesa]

i worked on this project on another computer before i transferred the files over. The recent edits didn't save but i only have to do very little. @bronze vault thank you for reaching out i appreciate it

would it be a great idea to use source control from now on ?

[bronze vault]

np, im glad you didnt loose everything

[vale silo]

somewhere in my project I have a texture that has a checkbox "virtual texture" ticked. I need to find it and untock it. Is there a way to search for something like that in the Editor ?

[bronze vault]

lol, yeah, I was gunna suggest looking into version control.

[limber mesa]

so for a single person project it wouldnt hurt

ill look into it. thankyou. much appreciated

[neat shale]

anyone know how to use the put rigid body to sleep node

[hazy horizon]

I keep getting this error when trying to build my project in VS:
"UnrealBuildTool : error : Program targets are not currently supported from this engine distribution.
50>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(46,5): error MSB3075: The command "D:\UE_4.24\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat SymbolDebugger Win64 Development -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 5. Please verify that you have sufficient rights to run this command."

anyone know any solutions

[obtuse beacon]

im doing an unreal course where we create CPP class to BP project and it had some errors, the instructor showed how to fix that in VS code (we changed where it looks for the .h file) and he then proceeds to recompile it in VS code so that the changes take effect. Does anyone know how this is done in rider?

[mellow turret]

any idea why I can't cook my server through the Project Launcher?

[high mauve]

hey me and my friend are having trouble connecting to the same session in Unreal engine, we are using Multi-User Plugin.

[umbral solar]

Yea

[lyric cedar]

can anyone tell me why my character is walking through planes?

collision is set to blockalldynamic

[high mauve]

Maybe use Cubes instead of Planes lol

cubes are more proper

[thin tendon]

Could be a bunch of things. Should probably check that your plane has a collision mesh set

[lyric cedar]

i'm very far gone in the project to replace all my planes with cubes lol

[high mauve]

ah RIP

[lyric cedar]

is that different from setting the collision?

[thin tendon]

Planes are better for larger projects and serious projects anyway. Less faces and data to commit to memory

I can't remember the setting exactly but go into the editor. Click show and turn on collisions. So you can see them

If you can see a collision for your plane. Then it will be something in either the player or the plane's settings

[trim belfry]

not sure if theres a better channel for this, but is it possible at all to have a headless editor to host a multi-user session? say if i have my project on a server or in AWS or something i can connect to it and have it do all the building and packaging?

[pliant junco]

yo guys i have a problem. my character disappers after a specific height.

[modest trench]

check the "Kill Z" in world settings

[lyric cedar]

this isnt even a plane and my characters going through it

with "blockall"

[modest trench]

showdebug pawn? check to see what it actually looks like in collision

or showflag, I forget

[lyric cedar]

am looking at the collisions and the brickwork doesn't have collisions but I still don't know why

[thin tendon]

@lyric cedar Is it a static mesh?

[lyric cedar]

yes

[thin tendon]

ok so if it is a static mesh actor. Locate it in your content browser.Open it up. And generate a simple collision

[lyric cedar]

like this?

[thin tendon]

all that does is show you the collision you don't have yet but yes you will want it on when adding one

[lyric cedar]

yoooooooo it worked, thanks man 🙂

[minor grove]

Hey folks, I am trying to recreate the jitter/shake/bouncyness one would experience inside of a car when riding off road. Does anyone know what heuristic might simulate it? I tried messing around with some perlin noise and applying it to rotation, but its not selling the effect

the scenario is that the player is inside of a mech's cockpit, and the cockpit semi-violently shakes around when boosting along the ground

Actually, playing a bit more with perlin noise is getting me kind of close

[thin tendon]

@minor grove If you socket the camera to a specific location within your player or car. As it animates and moves through the world, it should accurately move up and down etc

[minor grove]

thanks @thin tendon. There aren't actual things in the environment causing the shaking - I am just looking to fabricate a movement that feels similar

[thin tendon]

ohh sorry. I have no idea on that one mate. A socket would provide the actual movement in the world.

[minor grove]

no worries, I appreciate you taking the time to read and respond 🙂

https://tenor.com/view/yeah-muito-bem-hell-yeah-vai-garoto-gif-14366181

[thin tendon]

something like this might work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nMKHwsXSCc&ab_channel=UnrealEngine

[minor grove]

thank you!

[torn pilot]

hey guys, can anyone tell me how to draw a spline between two objects in the editor viewport? My problem is that the target object is not referenced in the consturctor therefore i cant get its location. Kinda lost rn

I'd like to have a OnViewport render event or something where i can check if the target has been set or not.

[static crystal]

Hello. I've created a little coin pusher game. Now when I start the game the coins hang on the pins instead of rolling off them. What am I doing wrong? I recorded a video of it happening. Thanks in advance

[torn pilot]

k, i found PostEditChangeProperty and PostInitProperties, that solves my issue

hm, still not a 100% in PostEditChange i can add the Spline, in PostInitProperties the Target is not set yet. which makes no sense in relation to the event description Called after the C++ constructor and after the properties have been initialized, including those loaded from config.. Anyone has some expiereince with this?

[peak blade]

Does anybody know how the web remote is working after building a project? Do i need to specify this somehow during building?

[torn pilot]

virtual void PostRegisterAllComponents() override;``` Those in combination do the trick 🎉

[plush yew]

anyone ever see trees behave like this? they're speedtree foliage instances painted on a landscape with wind and leaves are getting warped in one direction

[torn pilot]

calm down picasso 😂

[severe jetty]

lmao

[dapper vortex]

how i can add like that colission bsc this is show up like that but not working like that lol

nvm gotta it.

[left citrus]

Hey guys, I wasn't certain where to post this.
Our artists have been regularly running into a bug with grooms, certain groups we load cause pretty significant lighting artifacts, giant shadows across the scene which appear to sit in world space

just wondering if anybody has had any similar issues

cheers

[atomic marten]

How does one go about spawning blocking volumes

[pliant junco]

is there a way i can make all geomatry meshes come with a specific tag instead of me going into literially everything?

[prime meadow]

Hey guys, is it possible to use ray tracing in VR in UE4.26.2 or similiar?

or does ray tracing not work with VR right now

[plush yew]

@prime meadow I think it does, however it is rather resource heavy

What card do ya have?

Okay so it does, from the documentation on real time ray tracing.

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/RayTracing/

Scroll down there is table that shows what is supported, and VR is.

[prime meadow]

rtx 3060 , I am doing my bachelor thesis on something regarding many light rendering. Since i found some methods which are capable of optimizing performance in vr application I needed to know if it is possible in unreal since I am using unreal in my project.

Thank you

[plush yew]

Your welcome, feel free to ask anything ya need.

[prime meadow]

thanks a lot.

[brisk karma]

Hi! I am somewhat of a newbie so please have patience. 🙂
I have an issue with some trees making crazy shadows when they sway. Any suggestions?
Im in 4.27.0 with Ray tracing enabled.
https://vimeo.com/596470708

[sharp crest]

HELP

IT WON'T LINE UP

https://gyazo.com/e78f0606c9614cef9e7483dfc71aa287

[fathom bone]

Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Right now I try to validate the content,but.. in case it doesn't work ... What should I do? I try to package a game on Android

[sharp crest]

did u try to google it?

wtf does validate asset do, lol, only time I used that was by mistake and had to force close the project cuz it took too long

[green cradle]

what can i delete from a UE5 project file system to make it smaller to zip and send to google drive?

Is there a cache folder i can delete to make it much smaller?

[scenic fox]

CAN literally anybody make a tutorial on teams, they are none, i've been struggling for months on how to do teams, if anyone is actually willing to help please do so

[exotic thicket]

what exactly do you mean by "how to do teams"?

[exotic thicket]

the folders specified in the github gitignore file for UE can be ignored https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/UnrealEngine.gitignore

[scenic fox]

Like specifically how in the actual hell do i specify what team a player can be n

in*

like how to identify what team a specific player is in

[exotic thicket]

for AI perception system or just in general?

[scenic fox]

multiplayer,

[exotic thicket]

I haven't really done mp stuff but in general you probably would need to save a Team ID into the player's pawn or player state.. it could just be a number or such. Alternatively you could perhaps have a list of teams in game state, to which you assign the players. #multiplayer would probably be able to give better help

[scenic fox]

well

could you help me with this one thing

my rep notify

isn't working on every client

[exotic thicket]

Like I said I haven't done mp stuff

[scenic fox]

Oh

[scenic fox]

Hey could you explain how you would do it with AI though?

[exotic thicket]

You would need to create a C++ baseclass for your pawns, and implement IGenericTeamAgentInterface on them

this would allow the AI perception system to determine whether they should be hostile/neutral/friendly towards them based on the team agent info

[sharp crest]

Just send only these folders: Content and Config and Source

[sharp crest]

google.com

[lucid plover]

can someone help me? My mesh keeps flickering when i press play

[sharp crest]

gif/video

[sharp crest]

remove/replace everything until it stops flickering to figure out the cause

(replace mesh / stop movement / etc)

[lucid plover]

we've been at it for 3 hours now

[sharp crest]

send files Ill try if u want

if it's small

[lucid plover]

okay

basicly 7 cubes turning

[sharp crest]

but rly if u want any help without that then u'd have to post more details on what u r doing otherwise no one can help lol

ye well send files I will check if u want

[lucid plover]

@low mica will send you the file

[sharp crest]

ok

[lucid plover]

it is a 3dsmax file

[sharp crest]

na bro

need a ue4 file lol

[lucid plover]

oh okay haha

will take a few minutes

[sharp crest]

👍

[plush yew]

Hello! I just read the rules for posting a job but I am a little confused- if I want to post a freelance gig and have devs respond if they think they are a good fit (rather than me messaging random devs if they are a good fit) - where is the best place to post a description of a freelance gig here?

[exotic thicket]

#freelance-jobs or #salary-jobs

those are the two channels for posting paid jobs

[scenic fox]

looked everywhere couldn't find one

[sharp crest]

one?

u just asked how to do AI in ue4

there'll be 100

[lucid plover]

@sharp crest fixed it 🙂

[sharp crest]

nice

[autumn grail]

Is there something specific to do for my custom PlayerController graph to be executed? because i have set my custom gamemode with its playercontroller , and its not executed ?

[sharp violet]

HI'

IDK why but foliage is only showing on a static mesh not on a landscape how do i fix this

[prime egret]

how can open the files net profiler?

[sharp violet]

how do i change procedural spawner to landscpae grass type

[quasi lynx]

Hey, How can i check if theres a line of sight between two objects? thanks

[regal mulch]

No

Not sure that's easily possible. Wouldn't even know how to do that in C++.
You probably need to actively check if the NavMesh code supports querying the edge.
Specially because there can be a lot of edges.

[regal mulch]

Via the NetProfiler that ships with the Engine. Unless I'm missing something about your question.

[regal mulch]

By tracing from the Location of object A to the location of object B.

You can then ignore ObjectA and B in the Trace and if it hits something there was most likely something between the two objects

[quasi lynx]

Cool, tysm!

[wide cloak]

Hell, I recently rigged a character using Auto Rig Pro and everything is fine except my character's collider seems to push him beneath the floor. I should note I did have to scale down the character to make him the proper size. Can anybody help me fix this?

[regal mulch]

Was there a way of moving a Character a given distance (over time) but making sure it follows the classic CMC logic?

I want to move the Character forward, but it needs to follow the rules of the CMC in terms of edges, bumping into things, ramps that go up or down (uneven floor)

I know I can add this as a custom movement mode via custom CMC and I have done similar things for fixed distance dashes, but I wonder if there is a more generic/easier way

[wide cloak]

Nevermind I fixed it. I accidentally scaled down the capsule as well as the mesh

[spare kernel]

@regal mulch RootMotionSources

[regal mulch]

I shall google, but would welcome any good resource you know about :D
Cause I read that a few times but never used it.

[spare kernel]

UAbilityTask_ApplyRootMotionConstantForce in the engine is a good source of info about it

[regal mulch]

Alrighty

[spare kernel]

easier than me trying to explain 😛