ue4-general

[regal mulch]

Yeah what I try to do is make an AnimNotifyState that allows me to move the character x units over the duration of the state

[spare kernel]

            ConstantForce->InstanceName = ForceName;
            ConstantForce->AccumulateMode = bIsAdditive ? ERootMotionAccumulateMode::Additive : ERootMotionAccumulateMode::Override;
            ConstantForce->Priority = 5;
            ConstantForce->Force = WorldDirection * Strength;
            ConstantForce->Duration = Duration;
            ConstantForce->StrengthOverTime = StrengthOverTime;
            ConstantForce->FinishVelocityParams.Mode = FinishVelocityMode;
            ConstantForce->FinishVelocityParams.SetVelocity = FinishSetVelocity;
            ConstantForce->FinishVelocityParams.ClampVelocity = FinishClampVelocity;
            RootMotionSourceID = MovementComponent->ApplyRootMotionSource(ConstantForce);``` but its just creating a task

[regal mulch]

Works fine with rotation, but location I would much rather make sure the CMC moves me

Uh, sexy

I assume I could use that to rotate too?

(on the spot for example)

[spare kernel]

hmm, never tried that

rotation is normally done by setting the control rotation

via an interp

[regal mulch]

Yes and no

My control rotation is controlling the camera (third person)

So the Pawn is not bound to it

But I get what you mean

[nocturne warren]

I am getting unable to find package for map while cooking and one of my object is not showing up in same map after packaging. Can someone help ? I am creating it for game jam and deadline is near.

[regal mulch]

I can keep it split between rootMotionSource for movement and ActorRotation for Rotation (as long as one doesn't override the other if they run at the same time)

[spare kernel]

oh my game (ThirdPerson), the camera follows the pawns control rotation

[regal mulch]

Check #packaging I guess

[regal mulch]

Maybe it makes more sense to say why I even want this:
I have a Montage that has multiple Sections.
Each Section is one Attack Move of a Sword Attack.

Each Section should allow moving towards the current target (current target being something determined in some manager).
For that I want to use an AnimNotifyState, because that allows me to define the Duration and point in time where it should move and rotate towards the target.

[nocturne warren]

I posted my question there but looks like no-one is online.

[regal mulch]

Which, for Rotation atm, works quite well

[regal mulch]

You shouldn't cross post though. That's against the #rules

[fierce tulip]

stern look

yup

[regal mulch]

So you don't spam your question into every single channel

[fierce tulip]

^

[regal mulch]

You do know you can report users for saying something like this to you?

(Given you have visual proof of that)

Well, if someone is answers you in bad manner on this server, ping the moderators.

But that is a different topic.

Crossposting is still not allowed

You shouldn't be insulted for it of course

Yeah, sadly not everyone that wants to help does it in a proper way.

[robust marten]

Is it possible to make an exported texture of a scene capture? I already have the scene capture image and I see i can make a brush out of it in a widget but I wanted to export the captured actor

[regal mulch]

You can update but not downgrate

Well you can always duplicate it when converting

Should be an option when doing it

[magic nebula]

hi everyone. Anyone has a link to a tutorial or guide for making a 3d loading level?
All I can find are tutorials for loading 2d screens. An example would be the Mass Effect elevators.

[autumn flame]

Not sure Mass Effect changes levels when in Elevator

Feels like more that it's unloading previous level and streaming the new one, so when the new stream is loaded it opens again

[regal mulch]

@spare kernel Quick question about the RootMotionSource. So it's working, sort of, but I'm not sure how the "Force" parameter is supposed to work. Does it apply the Force for each frame (with deltatime in mind) over the duration?

[spare kernel]

yes

[regal mulch]

Because when I further go into the source code, it looks more like it uses that value as an end location

Hm

[spare kernel]

sec

maybe i am mistaken

ah

so its direction * strength

which gives the end point

and it moves over duration to end point

[regal mulch]

In the ConstantForce example?

[spare kernel]

yes

[regal mulch]

Epic strikes again with misleading naming

[spare kernel]

yeah

[regal mulch]

Okay, that's actually useful then. Thanks. I added the code to the AnimNotifyState and now my anim Notify can move the Character. Quite cool

[spare kernel]

FRootMotionSource_MoveToDynamicForce

allows you to update the end location

but it requires target location

[regal mulch]

Force is relative, right?

So (500, 0, 0) is 500 along x from current location, not world origin, or?

[magic nebula]

Wait. but which level you think is loading. level 1 is loaded, then it loads the elevator level. and behind the scenes it's either loading level 2 or streaming level 2?

but that was just the example. The Ascent does it too. a 3d level to load something in the backgroudn while you wait

and I can't find any info about it

[regal mulch]

Hm, ConstantForce comment says it applys a fixed force to the Actor. Very vague

/** MoveToForce moves the target to a given fixed location in world space over the duration */
USTRUCT()
struct ENGINE_API FRootMotionSource_MoveToForce : public FRootMotionSource

Given I can calculate the location I want to move to, this sounds better actually

@spare kernel Did you mean MoveToForce instead of ConstantForce?

[spare kernel]

MoveToForce requires a target location vector

which can be WorldDir * Distance

and might be better

[regal mulch]

Yeah, okay. The COnstant one still puzzles me then though

Cause "Moves Actor with a Constant Force" would mean to me that I give it a force and it moves it by that force for x seconds

[spare kernel]

yeah that is how i read it..

[regal mulch]

So if that force is 100, 0, 0, and duration is 5, it would move 500 units or?

Okay then MoveToForce might be better. The "Force" word is annoying

Force is something "physical" in 90% of UE

Or "being forced to do something"

Neither apply here :D

I mean, they do, but not in every source

Ahhh anyway, I shall continue trying

Thanks for the help!

Def something I need to learn abotu so I can make my own if ever needed. Sounds powerful

[autumn flame]

Look into Level Streaming

[steel leaf]

Hi, I made a 2d game and wanted to know if there's any way to avoid getting this error ? (I can run the game on my main computer, but I tried to see if it'll work on a worse one (here it's a VM ))

[autumn flame]

You card probably doesn't support DirectX 11 and up

[drowsy snow]

Level 2 VMs (like VirtualBox and VMware) aren't meant for modern games anyway.

You'd need Level 0 or Kernel Virtual Machine for proper gaming in a VM, and it's only available on Linux.

[wet schooner]

Does anyone know how to package a game the second time but way quicker, like do I just package again in the same spot?

[drowsy snow]

By doing exactly that.

[wet schooner]

Ty hope it works I need a end

[steel leaf]

Uh okay so do you think it would still work on other computers without GPU ?

[drowsy snow]

Obviously not.
Though technically/pedantically speaking, modern CPUs have integrated GPUs built in, largely for display drivers and laptops. Those should support DX11 stuff, even though performance is less than stellar.

[steel leaf]

Okay, thanks for the answer!

[plush yew]

any tuts like this but for arena games? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09r1B9cVEQY

[grim ore]

it applies to arena games, level design basics are universal

#animation ?

#animation

[prime willow]

you know whats weird

watching your game slowly but surely come to life

bit by bit mechanic by mechanic o-o

[grim ore]

You were reminded that Crossposting is not allowed, not that posting in other channels is not allowed.

you're playing the poor me game and it's not going to get many people to want to help you

you were directed to #animation since people who would have experience with that would want to hang out in there and help out in there for that topic. As for the answer to your issue, if its a humanoid setup it doesnt matter what the names are that is what retargeting is for. If its not humanoid, or it has a different hierarchy then retargeting is not going to work and you need to fix it outside the engine and make the hierarchy more compatible with the UE4 skeleton

[thick herald]

<@&213101288538374145>

[grim ore]

pointing you to the correct channel for the question was helping, you just didnt like it

[humble bay]

bro why're you picking on him? Just let him be

[ashen brook]

fucking hell folks, calm down

[buoyant granite]

:triangular_flag_on_post: Heisenberg#2332 received strike 1. As a result, they were muted for 10 minutes.

[ashen brook]

You are not entitled to other people's help. If you insult them because you don't like the help that they do give, that makes you look pretty shitty. Please reassess your behavior going forward.

[harsh copper]

esp when u feel like ur making slow/no progress, but you go back to 6 months ago and ur like holy shit

[prime willow]

omg literally man ❤️

@grim ore I'm sorry you have to deal with "mature intelligent and coherent" individuals like him, you truly deserve better than this ;-;

[brittle gulch]

is there anything new on the water system in 4.27?

[prime willow]

Dude calm down

you're coming off as a crazy narcisist

and id like to believe youre better than that :3

actually yes

[autumn flame]

Common sense
Enough said

[prime willow]

well you go off hinge when you get help that doesnt suit your particular desires

and anyone can see it

you act entitled and ravenous, and front when things you dont like are said; when no one here owes you anything

well you asked in the wrong channel

[plush yew]

when i wanan go up the stairs i get stuck here. jumping is possible tho. and if i jump and move forward then i get unstuck. https://i.imgur.com/5AGDb6h.png

[prime willow]

you reposted your question thrice over

so clearly you didnt even read the rules

idk chief

i wish your game project the best

you have the perfect attitude to be successful long term ❤️

https://tenor.com/view/drink-tea-spill-tesa-tea-gif-14006405

[prime willow]

have you tried moving the stairs

to make an opening for the character?

[plush yew]

there is an opening

[autumn flame]

Can you walk up to that point or for every step you gotta jump?

[plush yew]

i can walk up there. then stuck

and if i jump and forward then i can walk up. but only walk, stuck

[autumn flame]

Perhaps use the Player Collision view buffer thingie

[plush yew]

this is collision view. walking stairs down works too.

[autumn flame]

So the other stairs down work perfectly?

[plush yew]

ya

copy pasted all of em

it has to be the ceiling of the building

[autumn flame]

You using BSP?

Maybe you could look into the Megascans scene creations or just general environment creations, but for sure use Megascans stuff, they have lots of useful assets

Or they can directly do it in UE4 👀

They said they wanna do it in UE4

You could do it in World Machine, World Creator, Gaia

[prime willow]

relax

no one here wants to fight

we come here to make video games

they were teasing

chill out dude

youre getting crazy defensive

they do the same to me when i ask questions or say things people joke around in the real world

[autumn flame]

If you get offended by one little reaction, can't imagine in a future when you'll make a game and you'll have haters

[prime willow]

no no he has the perfect attitude to be succesful long term in any business :3

[plush yew]

bsp yes

[prime willow]

i'm a chimera thank you very much

dont group me in with the fleshbags U:

ouch why do you have to hurt me ;-;

What did i ever do to you mega macho man 69

look you need to relax

[autumn flame]

Could be a problem with BSPs when you subtract 2 BSPs, never know, they are magic
You could try converting into a static mesh or just making the hole bigger for testing

[prime willow]

youre attacking peoples personal lives

and now youre calling us monkeys

arent you such a nice guy xD

[grim ore]

I know we shouldnt be arguing and doing stuff like this in general, but #lounge might be a better place to go if you want to keep doing it.

[prime willow]

@grim ore ❤️

youre literally wonderful

[grim ore]

doing it in here you're likely to get banned again, they might ignore it in #lounge lol

[prime willow]

^

arent you such a tough guy

wanna take this to lounge buddy

we can talk aabout all of those feelings you hold so close to your chest

[grim ore]

@plush yewlike suggested maybe remove the roof as well instead of making it larger. have just the stairs? for testing purposes

[prime willow]

after we talk it out we can do some game design :3

[autumn flame]

Interactive grass textures are satisfying

[plush yew]

ur positive

[buoyant granite]

:no_entry_sign: Heisenberg#2332 was banned.

[fierce tulip]

I dont like that kind of attitude here, he was warned before, he did not behave. byebye

[prime willow]

i tried to save him guys ;-;

we'll miss him as much as we enjoyed his presence..

[clear estuary]

is there a help channel?

[prime willow]

this is the help channel

[clear estuary]

i have weird install issues

[2021.09.02-17.41.58:238][305]Manifest Check: 0x0000021FDEF72FE0 ue:3ddb1bad6e004b99a7192c1a29f2318a:UE_4.26:4.26.2-15973114+++UE4+Release-4.26-Windows CPAM Line: 2703 Desc: OnNewAppInstallation
[2021.09.02-17.41.58:239][305]WinReg: ERROR: Could not create registry value SOFTWARE\EpicGames\Unreal Engine\4.26/InstalledDirectory. Error Code 5: Access is denied.

i have the launcher running as admin - it crashes when installing through the launcher in the unreal tab - adding 4.26.2.

[fierce tulip]

*almost all channels are helpchannels, just pick the one closest related to your issue

[clear estuary]

it causes a weird issue so that windows doesn't see it being installed.

[fierce tulip]

prolly not the error, but im always confused about paths using both / and \
value SOFTWARE\EpicGames\Unreal Engine\4.26/InstalledDirectory

[clear estuary]

i instantly get this screen when installing

[woeful crystal]

hello , how do i make a player attach to a other character?

like to its side

[drowsy snow]

It is weird tbh

[clear estuary]

i've never had this on my personal machine, but my work machine is plagued with issues

[autumn flame]

Interactivity from Landscape Grass Output no?

I never tried myself but i imagine it's not possible to have it interact like that since it has no collision response at all and Dynamic Foliage is usually based on Pivot Painting where it usually either offsets the foliage in the shader or moves it based on a physics asset (which can cause problems if your world is big enough where you lose physics precision)

[drowsy snow]

Can you elaborate on what you're trying to achieve?

[woeful crystal]

so i want to run up the prey and pounce it and attach the pouncing character to the prey and make the pray be able to walk with the pouncer on its side or back

[drowsy snow]

One way to approach it is to align the characters into position, and play the animations together.

[woeful crystal]

animating is the last thing i do for the creatures

[autumn flame]

Honestly realism is in the first place mostly about lighting, so start looking on how you can setup photorealistic light or environment

Then after that comes the general ground texture and assets, they are probs going for very high quality texture sizes, like 4k-8k with very high quality displacement resulting from it

With UE5 you have Lumen and Nanite to help you make it look right + performance

Wait

Have a look at this

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/rural-australia

You can learn from it

You can download the project and look at it yourself, they different DefaultEngine.ini settings too for rendering

Then you can try to follow the rural australia environment in UE4

[plush yew]

many people learn 0 from opening such a project and analyzing it.

i mean i dont know if u can learn from it

[autumn flame]

I mean, there's texture sizes, how stuff is placed, how lighting is setup, rendering settings they use

There's plenty to look into

Even the materials

[plush yew]

u cant remember all the sun and skylight values if they are not default

[autumn flame]

But if someone has achieved photorealism, you can have a look into how they set it up, it's teaching yourself

[grim ore]

if they are not default there is an icon showing that

there is this learning path if you want a large amoung of general info on howit all goes together https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/constructing-believable-environments

[plush yew]

nah. not for me. i dont learn anything open projects from othes. once i close it. i forgot everything.

0 learn value

[autumn flame]

Not everyone has the same learning methods :p

[plush yew]

i dont even know mine.

[upbeat tendon]

i am wondering if i should review my VAX licence or if i should consider Rider for unreal or something else to make my c++ coding easier

renew oops not review

VAX seems like a lot of money compared to even buying all of jetbrains tools

[drowsy snow]

I don't even use both, just vanilla VS2019 (formerly VS2017)

[upbeat tendon]

so pay jetbrains double the first year and get all their tools

and then it goes down each year until it is the same price, but you get all the tools

i still write all my backend in java

and some python etc

VAX however has been great at supporting unreal

[dense wren]

hello

how is everyone

im trying to make my character dash to the sides

well actually to F and B too

when i press w+w or d+d

like pressing the key twice

but idk how to make that input

[upbeat tendon]

a double tap?

[dense wren]

yep

like running in minecraft

you ever played minecraft? you press ww twice consecutively

and start sprinting

[upbeat tendon]

not since 2011, but i understand double tap

[dense wren]

would you do a bluprint and send me ascreenshot? not necesarily now, take a day if you want when you have time, IF you can

im kinda new, sorry

[upbeat tendon]

just google it

i found a youtube vid doing exactly what you want

[dense wren]

okay thanks! if you remember the name or link to the video it`d help me lots

[upbeat tendon]

i already sent it to you

[dense wren]

oh yeah thanks

!

one more thing, once i add that w+w=dash, i want to make another input to, dash(w+w) + attack= dash attack forward

[shadow ravine]

Hey guys, I'm having an issue with my ALS V4 where my weapons and items aren't spawning in the correct location. Anyone know what might be causing this?

[dense wren]

is it a big difference in the location? or just some units

maybe theres something in between making collision

[shadow ravine]

There's nothing colliding with it as my character was duplicated from the ALS character then re-targeted

[safe rapids]

we live in a society

[dense wren]

ohh i think i know

go to the attachment blueprint

and snap to target

location and rotation

you know where it is?

[shadow ravine]

No I don't think I know which one you mean

[dense wren]

it could be either in the character blueprint

or the actor class of the weapon

[shadow ravine]

Oh the function attach to hand

[dense wren]

yes, attach to target

you get 3 options, location, rotation and scale

set the location and rotation to snap to target

you also need to check if the socket is well put too

in yout skeleton

attach to actor i meant**

[opal lark]

HELLO AGAIN

Sorry caps

Any idea how to make a velocity rain effect ?

with material ?

[shadow ravine]

The skeleton is the same one from the ALS character so it should have the same set up right?

[dense wren]

not really

[shadow ravine]

Hmmm okay

[dense wren]

you made a humanoid rig exactly like the ue4 mannequin right?

there is a tutorial in yt about als and retargetting that came in handy to me

just search alsv4 retargetting to ue4mannequin tutorial

yes you might have to delete those

[pearl nymph]

hello I have 12 years old and I participate to the 2021 epic mega jam and I have somme issues to package the project and not times left pleas help me it is my first game jam and...

im so so sad

[dense wren]

what is the problem you have?

[pearl nymph]

someone can help me

[dense wren]

yikes

[pearl nymph]

pakaging

[shadow ravine]

Okay it's definitely set to snap to target

[pearl nymph]

but it is stupid

tu fix an age limit for game jam

[dense wren]

you should take a little rest on that, and check the youtube video im telling you

the video i saw that shows how to set the virtual bones

its about methuman retargetting

but i think it works for manny too

maybe your socket is colliding with the vitual ik bones

[dense wren]

but what is the problem exactly, maybe send a screenshot of what the engine tells you when packaging

[shadow ravine]

Okay so this is what my skeleton looks like

[dense wren]

you see thos blue virtual ik bones?

you might have to recreate them in your other character

or

delete them

here imma send you the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t22BC_6IVyc&t=781s

there

he recreate the virtual bones

and he teaches you how to properly attach them to each ik

for the hands foots and calf

feet*

[grim ore]

@pearl nymphyou can try #packaging but "problems" doesnt help anyone, we cant guess without any info

[shadow ravine]

Okay I'll give it a watch thanks, hopefully this resolves it. I've been stuck on it for days now 😂

[dense wren]

im sure it will, dont mind the metahuman, since metahuman has the same ue4mann, skeleton i think?

[opal lark]

@plush yew Thanks mate

Oh thats for someone else lolk

know

do you know how to do the rain effect

[tawdry oasis]

hey peoples

[opal lark]

Thankyou

Its a velocity effect im trying to do as the vehicle moves faster the rain streaks

[vivid ether]

Yo, got a noobie question, but google did not help me nor the documentation.

How to work with Lightmaps when using UDIM? We created a lot of Udim based assets for a work project but we are a bit dumbfounded by the lightmaps, it feels like unreal isnt reading the custom made udim lightmap channel (also UDIM), the bake result was crappy.
Channel 0 is the base texture map, channel 1 udim lightmap and channel 2 i created a 1tile pack of the whole udim and thats the only one that actually bakes, obviously with quite low resolution and the outcome isn't ideal.
Anybody can provide me with some help / links to a good explanation or example? Thank you kindly, Dan

[dense wren]

the skeleto from my new anim is missing the third spine, that should match the ue4 mannequin spine_03

how do i do?

[shadow ravine]

Just finished the tutorial you sent over and sadly ended with the same results 😭

[grave pollen]

I got problems

[raven nest]

why won't my xbox series X/S controller do anything in UE4? neither editor nor game, editor is set to accept input, game has joypad mappings.. they work over USB with old xbox controller. new series S/X is connected over bluetooth and I verified it is sending input and the systems does see it. Unplugged the old controller and restarted even, wtf

restarted the entire system and still nothing

there's a plugin for ps4 controller support so putting this on end users via xboxce is not my idea of acceptible

[grim ore]

I can say on 4.26 a series s controller over bluetooth seems to work here. I have never had a wired one connected. It shows up as a Buetooth LE XInput compatible input device in windows game controllers

[raven nest]

hmm interesting

[grim ore]

I can navigate the viewport when editing, and game controller input works in the FPS template

[raven nest]

maybe it is confused about the old joypad somehow then

[grim ore]

in the windows game controller setup thingy, what does it show for controller(s) ?

[grim ore]

yep same here, thought maybe it was reading another one

[dense wren]

ohh man thats sad, i let you know if anything comes to mind

[grim ore]

so assuming when you test it in there it shows input, it should work

[raven nest]

poking around and I don't see any reference to the old joypad to remove either

yeah it shows input

[shadow ravine]

Thanks I have no idea what else might be causing this

[grim ore]

only thing I can think of is to make a new fps template project, or a blank one, and see if it works when you click in the viewport. If not something is stopping it on the pc, maybe another piece of software

[raven nest]

yeah kinda wondering if my combo oculus+steam setup is getting hung up, but you'd think then the wired controller would also fail

hmm yeah it does work in a different project file

blast

ah, heh

now it works in the other project where I'm actually working

'huzzah!'

[grim ore]

I have oculus and steamvr on this one for my quest2 and it works, I dont have them running with UE4 tho

[dense wren]

guys i have this rootmotiona ttacks

but whenever i attack and the combo is completed

my player goes to the begining point

and the camera dont even follows the character

it stays behind as he goes forward attacking and then the character goes back to the starting point

[raven nest]

I wonder if plugging the wired controller back in would screw things up again

anyway thanks for the help

the friggen pot on the left stick was going out and it was starting to drive me crazy

[grim ore]

@dense wrenthat is the way it is supposed to work, if you dont want that you need to adjust it. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/RootMotion/

[dense wren]

but is it because the animation does not have rootmotion?

because i enbaled rootmotion, but in the anim sequence the character it still moving forward and not staying in place..

enabled*

[grim ore]

root motion would only really help with the capsule collision and such seperating. IF you need it to be in place, you might need to reanimate it so it's in place

usually when using animations that move the mesh like that, you have to do some special work

[dense wren]

i understand.. this is going to be a long day

[grim ore]

do animation, move camera or lock it as needed, and when the animation is done move the actual character to the new location so it doesnt snap back to the characters location. that animation is moving the mesh only

[humble bay]

Anyone know how to take the " preview " material out?

Or remove the " preview " word itself

[grand gate]

what is problem

[shadow ravine]

Okay so I thought my best option to try and find a solution to this annoying weapon animation bug was to post a video of my retargeting process. Ignore the montage as I didn't include them here as I just wanted to show what I'm doing. But I've also added a video of my main character which has all the montages included and basically has the same issue. Any help would be incredible appreciated . Thanks guys! 😀

This is my main one with the montages working fine

[shadow ravine]

My own character has it's own skeleton which was made using the same method

Which menus would you of needed to see

[shadow ravine]

Yeah this is the skeleton for my own one

Okay I'll try changing them to attach to hand_l and hand_r, which bp/function am I changing? The attach to hand one?

Ah I see that actually makes a lot of sense

I've redone them about 5 or 6 times now with the same results, it's been killing me 😂

Okay so this is my attach to hand at the minute

Btw thanks for replying and helping me try debug this, appropriate the help

Okay great I'll give it a watch and see if I can work this out

Is it going to be an issue that the guy in the video's virtual bones are greyed out and mine aren't

[dense wren]

hi guys, question is, can i use ue4 assets like animal variety or infinty blade stuff, that arent compatible in 4.27, in the 4.27 version by migrating from a 4.26 proj?

or maybe creating a 4.26proj and opening it a 4.27

[shadow ravine]

Sorry you're right I realized that after I said it 😂 so as my rig has the ik bones he's creating the virtual bones for, is that not going to cause any problems if I create them on my rig or do I need to remove any of the ones I've already got before creating the ones he is

I have just had a thought Lyric-cyst made me think about it. You don't think the engine version could be the issue as the documentation for ALS v4 is for 2.6 and I'm using 2.7

The ALS one's aren't greyed out for me

[dense wren]

nice thanks

[dense wren]

i had to install .27 since i bought a anim pack without checking it was only compatible in .27

but it opened my project without any problems

so all good

any of you work with 2d pixel art?

[shadow ravine]

Do they?! I will definitely try fine that if that is the case

Yeah I'm so confused with this bug everything seems to me adding up

It's all good bro you've been so helpful already, thanks for all the advise I've joined the ALS Discord so fingers crossed I can get some help there

[ivory spire]

How do i get a graph to do stuff on an material instance

[wary knot]

can headless server builds use blueprints (like a game mode blueprint) or only C++ classes?

Unity convert here getting used to everything

[tough thistle]

yes you can use bp in server builds

[balmy chasm]

I need helppppp
Does anyone have experience with replication in unreal

[brisk mirage]

was told from person That bought asset from to make my landscape not blurry is to (Well, this is because you will need to bake the new material to the textures of the mesh lods.
To do this, simply select the levels you want to bake and hit the "generate" button in the "level details" window.
I recommend that you do this step once you finish editing the landscape, although there should be no problem repeating this step as many times as you need will this work?

[blissful current]

Heyo, for some reason my landscape is glitching out whenever I try to add a new square onto it

[pliant junco]

i personally rig in blender

[rancid lagoon]

i just packeged my project, but in my menu im not able to click anything bc my cursor is not showing up. i have show cursor enabled as well and input mode uI only. but i cant figure out what the problem is

[brave lark]

did something kinda cool today. Made it so all my print (string/text) and traces can be toggled by gameplay tag label in my dev menu

I'll take it to c++ later to improve the auto generation so that parent tags can be used and it's sorted alphabetically

[wraith flume]

This is an imported static mesh, combined. How do I move these vertices inside the engine?

[drowsy snow]

Just open the project with UE5.

Seems like compiling shaders to me.

[pliant junco]

well its mostly comes down to practice makes perfect

[drowsy snow]

It's more of a CPU operation than GPU operation

[pliant junco]

it took me 3 weeks to weight my first character

now it takes me less than 30 mins

[drowsy snow]

If you want to use automation, you can buy Auto Rig Pro addon.

[compact marsh]

Is it possible to change the build directory when compiling UE4 from source? (The default is Engine\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor.exe) can we change this path so it outputs the binaries somewhere else?

[compact marsh]

Is it possible to remove unnecessary platform from unreal engine source?

[ripe gull]

guys I have an idea

for my solo dev journey that is

what if I make a system that people can contribute to me by either financial support, or doing a super small task?

[compact marsh]

For example I would like to remove every platform (like Linux, MacOS, Android, iOS, VR, etc) except windows.

[drowsy snow]

Yes, you can add -exclude commandline args before executing Setup.bat

[drowsy snow]

Patreon exists.

[ripe gull]

for financial yes, but not for doing the task

[compact marsh]

This will stop the compilation of unnecessary platform specific code?

[ripe gull]

and its gotta be in a way that makes my work less then more

[drowsy snow]

Who said it's not for the task? I've seen semi rare occurences where patrons in Patreon assisting in content production.

[ripe gull]

huh

[compact marsh]

Is there a way to remove platform-specific code from the codebase altogether? Since ue4 is completely modular.

[ripe gull]

but I think the first step is to get people interested in the game enough to do it

[drowsy snow]

It shouldn't be your concern anyway, because there are #if for platforms within the engine source code.

[compact marsh]

What are the platforms that I can exclude using the --exclude flag?

[drowsy snow]

Anything, really (except consoles, because it's not included to begin with)

[compact marsh]

Thanks! 👍

[heavy yew]

I would like to save data (ideally CSV table) from the game.
Is this achievable with blueprints?

[pliant junco]

just search blender weight paint

[late verge]

hey everyone!

so, i’m working on a cinematic and cranked up all the shadow related settings on my directional light. unfortunately, i’ve noticed shadows still cull and/or disappear from not very far away. is there a setting or console command i could look into to help eliminate/alleviate this?

[heavy yew]

Replying to myself. Apparently no, but the C++ part is easy
see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZPzTN5Debc

[wide girder]

oh man I know it's one of the most powerful softwares

but as a first time user, I did not except Unreal to be this buggy

[compact marsh]

What is the best unreal version (4.0 - 4.27) for studying the source code?

[pliant junco]

Bf2?

Well here's what i usually do

i get a skeleton

i pose it to make ue4 manequinn

then i weight paint manuelly

which is a pain in the ass

[drowsy snow]

Language

Also, if it's not for a game, you can use auto riggers like Mixamo (incompatible with UE skeleton but gets the job done for linear animation)

[clear estuary]

morning everyone! is there a way to "delete history" so to speak on assets tied to placer/duplicating plugins. In maya for example you can delete history and it remains in place. any ideas?

[cyan bronze]

I was trying to open stuff that i closed and tried this "load layout" -> "default editor layout" and it broke some of my animationBP

anything i should know about that?

[pure sorrel]

It will be easier right to step by step write down your implementation, sub steps when using blue prints.

[shadow ravine]

Didn't get any replies in the ALS Discord annoyingly but I did try changing the attached bone to hand_l and hand_r which gave me different results.

[wide girder]

I'm following a online course Battle Tank

I got my Tank movement setup like this but only the IntendMoveForward is changing the tank's position

IntendTurnRight did got call but the Tank is not responding at all

well the tutorial did use a controller axis mapping but I don't think that's the issue?

desperate

[gray plaza]

When can we expect compatibility btw 4.27 and ue5, is their any chance it will be before UE5 is production ready?

[wide girder]

I don't believe it, turns out it's the scale value is too small

😩

[minor badge]

May I ask a question, I used chaos Phoenixfd to create a fluids simulation in 3d max, and exported to .abc file, but import to UE4 doesn't work, why?

[fierce tulip]

try asking in #niagara or #visual-fx

[strong obsidian]

Is there in unreal some command to check current FOV ? (not in blueprint)

[pure sorrel]

How can i put my character which is in the scene into my pickobject blueprint as a reference

[cyan bronze]

How do you make animation blueprint to "widget animation class" reference? I need to change the animations depending on the gun i have equipped and i cant figure out how to make the reference out of animation blueprint. And it needs to be "widget animation" type class reference

[strong obsidian]

@pure sorrel Create actor variable in bp and make it public

[pliant junco]

yo what model is that thats clean?

[native swift]

Can anybody help me please?? How do you get a characters fingers to wrap around a weapon once it's equipped? i'm using a synty polygon character with the advanced locomotion system v4. The hands just stay open in the default position and i'd like them to grip the weapon. Thanks in advance

[drowsy snow]

Short answer: Inverse Kinematics

[native swift]

okay that's a great starting point! could you elaborate please?

[wraith flume]

This is an imported static mesh, combined. How do I move these vertices inside the engine?

[plush yew]

does ctrl + D is buggy in unreal?

[native swift]

I have a weapon that snaps to my characters hand fine, however his fingers wont close around the weapon.. any tips?

[drowsy snow]

What's Ctrl+D doing in UE4?

[plush yew]

let me explain, sorry

[drowsy snow]

I hope you're not mistaken it with Duplicate, which is assigned to Ctrl+W

[plush yew]

aswd move player, while when u press ctrl + awsd moving player slowly. When i try to move when ctrl pressed it works when ctrl+a, ctrl+w, ctrl+s but when pressing ctrl + d its not moving

one guy said that is ue4 bug

[steady owl]

I'm on the fence about switching to Forward for a PC / Switch title to hit 60FPS on Switch. Would you say forward is a good choice and would there be anything to look out for other than the obvious missing rendering features listed in the docs?

[plush yew]

when i try first D and then CTRL its working fine, but when i press first ctrl + D its not moving

maybe windows bug?

[kindred viper]

@steady owl afaik it's just easier on the hardware and specific techniques used when you have a restricted amount of processing available, hence the promotion of it for VR. But I'm not so sure about that recently as like I said in that post, I've seen people going deferred in VR too these days.

[drowsy snow]

Not a windows bug, that's for sure.
It doesn't even slow down camera as you described.

Just executing the shortcuts.

[plush yew]

not moving general

[native swift]

Can anybody help me please?? How do you get a characters fingers to wrap around a weapon once it's equipped? i'm using a synty polygon character with the advanced locomotion system v4. The hands just stay open in the default position and i'd like them to grip the weapon. Thanks in advance

[steady owl]

Thanks for the answer. From my tests I almost doubling performance on PC and switch so it seems like a huge advantage. Just seems too good to be true so I'm looking out for any reasons NOT to upgrade. I certainly don't need raytracing or anything fancy on Switch, looking for performance over anything else

[drowsy snow]

#ue4-general message

[kindred viper]

@native swift have animation close the fingers.

[steady owl]

And Would like to avoid making 2 versions of the game, one on forward and one on deferred, having to make sure the visuals match for each patch

[kindred viper]

yeah that would suck for sure

[steady owl]

It just seems like the forward renderer is always promoted as for VR in the docs

But it seems fine to use for desktop and console too

Just want to make sure that is the case

And it's stable / fine to use

Then will make the big switch

[kindred viper]

indeed. no problem with using it on desktop either tho. Its just a case of what specs you need rendering wise

[steady owl]

I'd like the game to scale down to integrated graphics on PC

And doubling frame rate goes a LONG way there

With forward

I suppose my game is a good candidate as it has very little lights

And not a lot of high res geo

So the two things forward are bad at (Small tris and lots of overlapping lights) aren't an issue

Which leaves just a much faster baseline cost it seems anyway

[kindred viper]

mobile has the edge in optimising with very few dynamic lights. Could find some info in that department too

[steady owl]

Thanks I'll look for any other console commands or .ini settings that can further drive performance

Sitting at a solid 60FPS on switch now though

Which is a great place to be at, all thanks to forward

I'd also like to see any games other than Valorant that use Forward rendering on PC

I think Batallion does

[idle bear]

Sorry to jump in here got a basic question that someone may be able to help with.

[drowsy snow]

I still preferred deferred over forward, less bitchy with fully dynamic lighting

[idle bear]

Am little new to UE4 as in just opened it up.

I have added a “Print String” node hooked from event begin play (BP).

I can see the message in the “Output Log” but not in the “Message Log” -> “Blueprint Log”.

Maybe need another type of node, other than “Print String”?

[drowsy snow]

Output Log would be what you need more than Message Log.

It logs practically everything happened within the engine (that are set to log something) and less abstracted.

[steady owl]

Is there anything that stands out that I should look for here?

I haven't noticed any changes from Deferred

Apart from losing DFAO

Which is to be expected

Same with SSR / SSAO

I'm using fully dynamic lighting too

[drowsy snow]

I used SSR, SSAO, Subsurface scattering, Decals and Temporal Upsampling

[idle bear]

I see, I was aiming for something other than the "output log" due to so much text.

I thought that “Message Log” -> “Blueprint Log” maybe a built in solution to see log data from BP's.

[drowsy snow]

My scenario is open world, so less reliant on cubemaps is a win.

[steady owl]

I'm the same. Is there anything else "bitchy" or just missing features that are mentioned in the docs?

Looking for any issues I may encounter other than those

I'd hate to remake many levels and rewrite shaders to find some rare edge case bugs or crashes when using forward shading

But if it seems solid other than the missing features covered in the docs then I'm sold

[drowsy snow]

I think not much else outside from those mentioned in the docs.

But I think SSGI is also out of the question with Forward Rendering

[steady owl]

Yeah anything screenspace

Thanks for the help

Sounds like it's a great option then

And a free 100% increase in performance!

[drowsy snow]

I'm (a bit over) relying on SSGI, because LPV doesn't work well for interiors. And on par with RPG cliches, one must have enclosed dungeons.

[steady owl]

SSGI is expensive AF

Wouldn't run on integrated graphics that I'm targeting

Also find that SSGI has quite a lot of noise and artifacts, moreso than the other SS post processFX

[drowsy snow]

Sky Light from Sky Atmo isn't going to cut it either - it just feels wrong in caves and alike.

[steady owl]

Yeah it's a hard problem

I'd probably just use different PP volumes to change the vibe in caves

But might be a lot of manual work

It's very hard to match exterior and interior lighting with just one global light / PP set

[drowsy snow]

Though it might be worth it if it isn't procedurally generated (which is not, in my case), but I need more testing in that regard tbh

Also kinda afraid that Forward Rendering's texture sampler limit is smaller than 16.

[steady owl]

Can just use Shared samplers to work around that no?

[drowsy snow]

I think not. I didn't use channel packing (at least for the anime characters)

A way to mitigate it is to make separate materials for hair, eyes, skin, clothing, weapons, accessories, and whatnot.

[dense wren]

hi guys

theres nobody at animation so im gonna ask here just in case someone knows

i want to make my animation turn around completely as if mirrored

i have a boxer stance, with the right hand forward like lefthnded

handed*

i want it to be right handed with the left forward to cross punch with the right thats behind

[drowsy snow]

You're not waiting for it long enough.

[dense wren]

i assumed there was noone since a guy asked at 6 am

and noone answered him

[drowsy snow]

#rules #2:

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

[dense wren]

.-.

[drowsy snow]

Also, time zone exists.

[dense wren]

i said

okay cool hoodie guy

im sorry for disrespecting your mother

[drowsy snow]

[idle bear]

found it,

"Filters" > "LogBlueprintUserMessages"
Also helped to "Verbosity" the "Messages" only.

[fierce tulip]

no need for snarks <_<

[woven marlin]

Good question, i'm still learning UE. If i'm about to create a character with animation should i go with PAWN or CHARACTER class?

[steady owl]

Character if humanoid

Can use character for non humanoid too if you are ok with it moving with a capsule

[woven marlin]

Oh i see

[drowsy snow]

Character is inherited from Pawn anyway.

[woven marlin]

Yeah but whats the difference

more functionality?

Can i add hands to Pawn? or only Character can?

[steady owl]

Character has a Character movement component

And more specific functionality

You can add anything to pawn

[woven marlin]

hm

now some tutorials go for pawn

and some goes for character

i'm lost

[drowsy snow]

Generally Character has everything you need for humanoid characters.

That includes a pair of floating FPS arms.

[woven marlin]

I see

[drowsy snow]

As for non-humanoids, like animals, you can still use Character class. It's just a bit more hacky to get the collisions right, due to how the capsule collision is the root component.

[woven marlin]

Ok i'm thinking of creating a fantasy character (small and oval shape with arms & legs)

is it doable with pawn?

[woeful crystal]

hello , how do i attach a player to another player?

[drowsy snow]

Anything that can be done with pawn is automatically doable with Characters. Pawn is simply possess-able Actor.

[steady owl]

Just do it with the Character it'll be far easier to get set up

[woven marlin]

I see because i'm following a tutorial that created a tank with Pawn

[drowsy snow]

Character class is in a way extension of Pawn class, providing pretty much all you need for character movements.

[woven marlin]

so i think Pawns usually not for humanoid stuff

[drowsy snow]

Tank is a vehicle and it's kind of a different story with vehicles.

[woven marlin]

Yeah but very simple tank

not much of animations

[drowsy snow]

Mechas with legs (e.g. Metal Gear, Wanzer, Gundam) falls under characters - in case you're wondering

[woven marlin]

Oh i see

Is there any good tutorials i could follow?

There's nothing much i could fine suit conventions or good coding

[drowsy snow]

Pretty much tutorials that uses Character class as the basis.

[native swift]

thank you for the tip! this really helped to figure it out.. it is now done! thanks again

[kindred viper]

no worries

[calm turret]

hello, do UE4 have similar tool like in twinmotion's path tool (character path, especially)?

[narrow loom]

helooo!!

im neq

New

[dense wren]

hello guys

im trynna do a w+w= dash i saw the tutorial on a video, but he does a set max walk speed to run when w+w is tapped

i want to make a dash with an anim montage

and i can set it right

this is the blueprint

its what i tried to do, he instead of putting an play anim montage, he sets max walk speed

[drowsy snow]

Not a ready to use one, but you can make one with BPs.

[calm turret]

thank you for the reply, I was trying to see if there is tutorial for it online, but so far, no luck here. I'm too new to know how to build BP for it, unfortunately

[loud maple]

how do i know if my map is updated?

i'm using UE5 btw

oh wait nvm

i found it

lol

[narrow loom]

Hey guys, i have a custom rigged model (robotic)
how can i import to ue4 and make it the starter player without errors

(Ping me when u answer me)

[dense wren]

drag and drop

into the contetn browser

then you choose wheter you wanna import mesh and skeleton

that depends if you have the mesh in the project already

and if your rigged skeleton matches the ue4 mannequin or whatever skeleton you are previously using

[narrow loom]

it doesnt match it cuz it robotic

and custom rigg

[dense wren]

then import with skeleton

and mesh

[narrow loom]

how

[dense wren]

and to make it the startet player

[narrow loom]

me new to ue4 so idk much

[dense wren]

you should check a video, you need to go to project setting>map and nodes> and select a previously game mode created for your character that you also created previously

soooo yeah, a video should help you lots

i recommend you yo watch a begginer`s tutorial in youtube

[narrow mauve]

Does anyone know anything about mie scattering, multi scattering, phase functions etc; it's all implemented in the cloud volumetrics system. (though some are highly approximated equivilants to scattering - for real time rendering purposes) it seems the hardest thing to render when it comes to physically based clouds (in real time that is) is to scatter enough light through the medium that you get that dirty popcorn/dark inner edge look. Another approximation can be done through the material graph using very basic multiplier and a power into the Albedo. This a beers powder effect (but it looks terrible and only darkens the edges with a fake approximation (non physically based), not the way that light scattering does). Increase the bounces of the Multiscattering in the.ush file does 'help' but it is in no way suitable for real time. I tried to mask the upward and light facing pixel of the volume to darken those spots (would be a better approximation than arbitrarily darkening the Albedo with a multiplier and power) but I can't seem to 'mask' any part of the volume to achieve this. I am sure there is a way but I have no idea how it could be done. I think the reason it doesn't work is the pixel in a volume is in an arbitrary direction and masking its 'up' vector has no value

[narrow loom]

can i dm u

[dense wren]

yes you can

[still breach]

Hey guys does anyone know how I can attach the colliders on a pawn to a socket or bone?

I guess I need to do that for root motion to work for animations

But I’m not really sure how to do that

[wraith flume]

When I click "edit" plugins, my only options are installed and built in

I need to select "all" to search for the modeling tools editor mode

but "all" isn't an option I have. Why is this?

[clear estuary]

can i really not use swarm agents w/coord and other machines to cook content? (final export to windows)

[compact marsh]

How the "peek through the time" mechanic is implemented in this game?
https://colourfool.itch.io/timelight

[drowsy snow]

Render Target is one way to tackle it.

[compact marsh]

The Meshes also come out of the spotlight area.

[compact marsh]

It's kinda like the crack in the slab mission from the dishonored 2 but instead of traveling to the "past" it only changes the part of the present scene that is covered by the spotlight area.

[cold meadow]

Would I ask for a collab here

[broken heath]

How to recover unreal default window layout

I messed up my unreal viewports and all

Figured it out

[sterile acorn]

hello guys

i now created a new Ui

added to it an image

in the ditor i see the image fine

but in game it turns to be white

not the image

or in other words in turns to the image component without adding any texture to it

[dense wren]

what type of collab

[pure sorrel]

What do I need to look for, for collision detecten"?

[stuck linden]

does anyone have any idea why my arms dont move with my camera when adsing?

[desert verge]

what would you use for creating inventory slots? images and a horizontal box?

[static crystal]

Hello. I have a lot of coins which simulate physics. When I play the game the objects are shaking. Anybody got an idea what this is and how to get rid of the shaking?

[bright root]

Wondering how to do this setup from the ascent.
Heres what i did so far in the right image....

1. disable depth test to make ring go on top of everything
2. Custom depth with PP material for xray.

but the ring is on top of the character...

how can i render the character on top of the ring but have the ring in front of everything else?

Maybe something to do with the opacity in the ring?

[blazing violet]

Hi, quck question. New dev, small project. UE4 or UE5?

[pure sorrel]

my logic character < collision < destroy < object

looks up tutorials

ah an little bit more complicated then i thought

[cold meadow]

Well

I need someone that know how to use unreal

I have a dream of this rpg mmo

And I have started. But I need help

[dense wren]

im not a profesional

but you wont find someone to do the work for you

im doing my best to learn

[cold meadow]

Dms

Well nvm

I am looking for someone that knows there way around unreal for a mmo rpg

[bright root]

there are so many people who want to be the ideas guy for things like this. 1. a MMORPG is possibly the most challenging type of game to pull of for an experienced team of professionals. 2. unless you have a hell of a lot of money and can run a team then it isnt going to happen. 3. your idea probably isnt that unique or special and even if it is, an idea is nothing without the ability to make it happen.

[cold meadow]

That’s very true

I understand. Thanks anyway

[bright root]

out of interest what is roughly your idea?

[cold meadow]

Ok well. You start off in the beginning at the begining of time fighting bosses and leveling up untill you get to the final boss. Then you enter rifts to get to the next world. Throughout the world there is green rifts which are for dungeons. After the final boss is competed you will enter a blue rift and get teleported to the next zone. After you get to the future you will be taken back to the first time zone. This time is will be harder. As you keep progressing levels get higher better mounts can be obtained.

[pure sorrel]

how to character and actor collision

[cold meadow]

@bright root

[bright root]

good luck

[cold meadow]

Thanks…..

Coming from you that sounds impossible

[thick herald]

There are currently 16,247 people online here, each and everyone has ideas they want to create into their game. Only way for that to happen is to learn how to do it yourself. A mmorpg is not a good thing to attempt even if you knew what you were doing, never mind as a starting project.

[bright root]

it is

[cold meadow]

Ah ok. Sounds great!

Lmao

I’ll just drop the idea. Thanks guys!

[thick herald]

mmo's require a stupid amount of time and resources to make.

[cold meadow]

I bet

[mossy wagon]

This Skeletal Mesh of Steel comes with a big shield in the back... is this supposed to be or can I remove it? I'm super new to UE

[pure sorrel]

how to add collision

to actor

[thick herald]

Start with a smaller project, single player rpg. That way you have much more control over who much content and how the player deals with it 🙂

[mossy wagon]

it went away when I added the animation blueprint 🙂

[mossy wagon]

• Double click on your actor from the content drawer
• Then from the detail look for "Collision Complexity"
• Change that to "Use Complex Collision As Simple"

Then make sure to save in the top left

[pure sorrel]

where do i see detail

[mossy wagon]

When you open up your Actor they should be on the right side.. or you can select details from the Windows tab at the top

[pure sorrel]

i just see only collision

[mossy wagon]

That's where it's at un UE5 works perfectly

[pure sorrel]

dont see that here ue4

i jsut want to charactyer to collide with the actor and then destroy the actor, thats it

[elder lion]

Hello! I'm following a tutorial on materials and I need Function Input (Scalar) node, but I can't find it. Can you please help me? ❤️

[pure sorrel]

why the spere is not destroy

[torpid stone]

hi my post process volume showing the effects in Editor viewport but when build or play it doesn't show

[broken lily]

Attach the hands to your camera

[pure sorrel]

can someone help me

[chrome beacon]

Hello everybody. Can somebody help me to figure out how to fix a corrupted Engine Starter Content? I made a mess with the animations and I would like to redownload a fresh copy of its content. Can't find online any specific solution to this case.

I'm terrified by the thought of reinstalling the whole engine, which would be absolutely crazy.

[dense wren]

what happened? you messed up your project?

or the unreal engine program

[chrome beacon]

usual issue when importing new characters... used the engine original content instead of a copy of it

[dense wren]

can you migrate the stuff you need into another new project?

[chrome beacon]

it's the engine StarterCcontent with the mannequin and all its stuff

[dense wren]

you can create a new project

then select the stuff in that new project

and migrate it

to the project you want to use

then click on over write

so that it overwrites the already messed up content

[chrome beacon]

it's the engine original content gone broken

[dense wren]

but how, you always can create a new project

with fresh starter content

and migrate it to the project you messed up

in a folder appart

[chrome beacon]

doesn't it import in the project the corrupted content!?

[dense wren]

no because if you create a NEW project, you will get the starter content from scratch

so what you have to do is

[chrome beacon]

I'm probably explaining myself badly

[dense wren]

yes

what i do when i mess up the starter contet(mannequin`s animbp mostly) is create a new project and migrate it to the project i messed up

then i delete the messed up content

such as character, skeleton anim bp and whatever i messed up

[chrome beacon]

what I'm trying to say is that the broken content is this inside the engine.

[dense wren]

mm

so you mean everytime you create a new project, it will be messed up?

[chrome beacon]

when I create a new project the corrupted files from the engine get loaded in the project

exactly

[dense wren]

ohhh i get it now

mmm

i think theres an option to repair files in the epic games configuration let me see

[chrome beacon]

Usually I use a backup copy but I missed that this time

[dense wren]

maybe you should take the L and reinstall the engine

[chrome beacon]

I didn't find it. Last time something like this happened I had to redownload and reinstall everything including plugins and all the content from the marketplace I got

[dense wren]

and back up your projects

it would also be good for you to take a step back, breath and wait

ntil then reorganize your ideas

and it will be much better than dealing with a headache trust me

[plush yew]

what does the 7 and 0.25 stand for in the animation montage?

[desert verge]

what's the latest you'd look back on a tutorial?

is 2017 too far back?

[unique kraken]

hey anyone here knows how i can export custom shapes to control rig?
i know for SURE in some vid somewhere i saw how they did it.
i think they created a seperat asset in the content browser.

but i cant quiet put it together and i dont find the vid anymore

[plush yew]

ey great news guys

nvidia is releasing rtgi binary for 4.27 !!!!!!!!!!!! yay !!!!!!!

this is an f-ing great news considering all the hustle that used to be in building the source code.

oh is luncher down ? cant login ?

[grizzled carbon]

I need to visualize a spline, in game (not debug). The spline needs to show the nav path between the player and the mouse location. So it needs to be done every frame if the mouse doesn't move... What would be the best approach here while looking nice?

[odd ermine]

as a solo developer
only want to make mobile games (2d&3d)

is Unreal Engine is my best choice to start my journey?

[plush yew]

@odd erminetake alook at unity3d then make your choiice

[unique kraken]

@grizzled carbon particles?

[odd ermine]

the thing is
I have no coding experience
wanna count on blueprints

can I make 2d&3d mobile games
perfectly with UE ?

[unique kraken]

as far as i know it should work as well but usually unity is used

[odd ermine]

you’re answering my question right ?

[unique kraken]

ye

but i just would do some research

setting up some simple mini game and test it on phone

[odd ermine]

then why they always say
unity is better for mobile games
since you can do everything in UE

[unique kraken]

bcs everyone does it

not a fan of doing what everyone does

just test it urself if u want to use ue4

[sterile lichen]

blueprints still somewhat programming but with lego blocks rather than text

[grizzled carbon]

@unique kraken is here anything built in to follow a spline in niagara?

I was unable to find anything

I see people moving their niagara system along the spline but that feels dumb

[unique kraken]

you defenetly can do a whole ton in niagara.
i didnt do enough to give specific advice.
but when i imagine what you want to do i see a repeated wave of particle flowing over that path

its just a matter of how you adjust them i guess

if you tell the particles to just not move, it would creat a path

for example

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN-XH6BI85RG2-Hj7C9oWOw

this channel does a lot of particle system, pretty sure you can put the pieces together

[grizzled carbon]

hmm yeah I saw his. I didn't really like it. It seemed like he was spawning particle systems and moving them along the splines. That just doesn't feel right. The particles should have a way to follow the splines from a single system I feel.

[unique kraken]

he has so many im sure there is something that goes beond that

maybe something from his lightning systems

[grizzled carbon]

I'll try the niagara channel I guess

thanks

[dense wren]

guys is it posible to use 3d animations in the plataformer starter content?

[bronze vault]

Should be, do you mean the SideScrollerExample?

[broken heath]

Can i use the same physics asset on different skeletal meshes that uses the same skeleton?

[unique kraken]

intresting question^^

but i think no?

but would like to be proofen different

question is if it scales with the skeleton

otherwhise it doesnt make much sense

[dense wren]

yep i mean the sidescroller example

[hidden sparrow]

Hey, what is the best way to see if that variable is equal to one of few that I want? Do I have to compare it to every audio separately or can I check it just once?

[bronze vault]

Yup you can, but you will need to edit or make a new character or actor that has a skeletal mesh to play your animations.

[unique kraken]

hmmm

[bronze vault]

I just tried this with the male and female mannequin and it seems to work. https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/782363/retarget-physics-asset.html?sort=oldest

[unique kraken]

i run a bunch of chars of the ue4 skeleton, but they have different sizes/aditional bones

lets say i make a skirt physics asset, you mean i could reuse it on a different char with a different size?

hmm, that sounds handy

why that? same skeleton, same physics asset

it also transferes the same logic to upper arms etc

[stuck linden]

can some good soul pls help me with anim offsets im stuck on it the last 4 hours

[unique kraken]

🤔

just make a ctrl rig with a aim and cast the variable

[stuck linden]

i followed the tutorial step by step

[unique kraken]

im not even sure what you show there

never rly done that but wouldnt u need a 3d blend space?

[sinful osprey]

ForEach with Break is probably the best way, @hidden sparrow

[stuck linden]

everyone i saw doing it was doing 1d blendspace and it worked @unique kraken

it should of played the AO_UP and AO_Down animations

[unique kraken]

hm, yea, idk. thats something that screams "control rig" for me

[sinful osprey]

There's also a ForLoop with Break

[sterile acorn]

Guys any help please

Now i creates a ui

[bronze vault]

@stuck linden This may be a silly question, did you click and drag that dot in the center?

[sterile acorn]

Placed image in it

[stuck linden]

yep

idk what im missing

[sterile acorn]

And i created from the inage i want to show a material and made its material domain user interface and applied it on the image components

In editor can be see fine

[broken heath]

Thxx

[sterile acorn]

But when i start game it is not appearing

[dense wren]

how do i fly?

in real life i mean

[unique kraken]

jump of a building and wiggle with ur arms

https://tenor.com/view/funny-animefunny-dazai-osamu-anime-gif-18602005

[dense wren]

i already broke my collar bone, but i seemed to not have coded my ish correctly

i splashed like a hot potato

[sterile acorn]

Any help?

[dense wren]

maybe any of you can help

i checked if in air, then set variable to true but still hit the ground

[unique kraken]

what is it ur even trying to do

@sterile acorn @dense wren both of u proper explanations

[dense wren]

mm

that seems like a logic question

[twin folio]

can someone help me out here? I'm trying to build unreal engine from source, I ran setup.bat and it crashed half way through, and whenever I try to run it again its just stuck at checking dependencies. How can I get this working properly?

[dense wren]

ill be right back

imma try again

[bronze vault]

@dense wren Try asking in #lounge

[dense wren]

dang it i broke my crane brain seems to be coming out how do get it back in

they told me to gtfo

nah im just kidding

i just had a brain melt with my computer and had to get the stress out

im good

i would like to know how to make the ground in my side scroller like rounded

and that it ends up coming together

with gravity

so that i run to the right side and evetually end up in the left side

idk if im explaining my self

like a limited world

[sterile acorn]

btw guys is there a way to lets the widget images postion alternate when the game is resized

so the widget resize with the same way the screen is resized

so the image positions dont move

[autumn flame]

Anchoring it the right way

[sterile acorn]

i anchored to middel

but it dont work right

[bronze vault]

@sterile acorn I think you need to wrap it in a sizebox, but it been a bit since I made some widgets

[autumn flame]

You're not really sending any pictures and #umg

[sterile acorn]

what is sizebox?

[bronze vault]

@stuck linden Hmm. Seems like it should work. I dont have UE5 installed to check, but it works in ue4.

[stuck linden]

thats a blendspace 1d

im doing it on a aimoffset 1d

[sterile acorn]

@bronze vault what is sizebox

[bronze vault]

doh sorry lol

[bronze vault]

I think Anchors was probably the correct answer tho https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/UMG/UserGuide/Anchors/

[short mesa]

Should I use the Oculus fork or the mainline UE 4.27 if planning to work on a game that would work on Quest/Quest2 ?

[sterile acorn]

okay this happens

when i try to Alt+Enter

u see the change in positions

i changed the anchors and dont know what to do

[mossy wagon]

"Texture Streaming Pool Over Budget" what can fix this? Make environments blueprints?

[opal lark]

Can I have some help please

Thats my simple BP But after the rotation plays it snaps back In not sure why

[bronze vault]

@sterile acorn Sorry my UMG is a bit rusty, #umg may have some people with better answers, also some screen shots of your Widget setup may help.

[ornate dome]

Doesn't that have one more part the both connect to at the end?

[opal lark]

Which part connects where Im confused, sorry

[bronze vault]

its not a quick answer, but this may point you in the right direction https://www.techarthub.com/fixing-texture-streaming-pool-over-budget-in-ue4/

[mossy wagon]

I did build -> Build streaming textures and it went away... however I'm also going to star grouping a lot of actors together and making them instances

[dense wren]

guys, question: posible to set up a side scroller multiplayer? (answer based in your knowledge about multiplayer side scrollers)

[mossy wagon]

Thanks for the help @bronze vault

[bronze vault]

Defiantly possible, but will probably get more difficult depending on how you want it set up. Shared Screen, Split Screen, or Online.

[desert verge]

how often do you guys buy environment packs?

there's a really nice looking one on sale for $80

[opal lark]

This move component node just snaps back, i STILL CANNOT FIGUIRE IT OUT

Sorry caps

keys sticks

[bronze vault]

@opal lark The only thing I can think of is maybe you have something else telling the component to move back.

[opal lark]

No theres not, its weird

Just a simple move to component node

[bronze vault]

Is this a multiplayer project? Maybe the door is only moving on the client and the server is fixing it?

[opal lark]

No its single player

I really do not know

[bronze vault]

Hmm, I ask because it looks like your variable is being replicated.

[desert verge]

yeah it does

the mail icon

[bronze vault]

I was looking at the RelativeLocation

2 spheres?

I think the mail icon is for an Event Dispatcher

[opal lark]

It looks like it being replicated ?

[humble bay]

https://discordapp.com/channels/187217643009212416/221799478364078081/883508869563813929

[molten cairn]

Can somebody tell me what are the Main Classes of a New Game in Unreal Engine 4?

[bronze vault]

Yeah a variable will look like this if it is being replicated. I don't think this variable is causing the issue necessarily, but it make me think that things may be being set someplace else.

[opal lark]

ok thanks

No ther not relicated

[radiant surge]

could someone tell me if the water plugin can work with height maps? if so, how? when I place water body ocean on landscape, the height map disappears, tried all blending modes but still cant get it to interact with the height map correctly. I have a central landmass and want an ocean around it

[rose plume]

anyone know how to make a game that is fully control by mouse itself (without player character) ex: the mouse (hand) can grab a sponge by have the mouse hover over the sponge and hold right click to pick up and holding. something like that

[desert verge]

is it going back to the 0,0,0 point?

[versed wing]

Echoing Ryan_Yates comment what you are proposing is not a trivial endeavor. Consider saying I have a great idea for setting up a base of humans on Jupiter and living in the clouds above the planet where the gravity approximates the Gravity of Earth. Can anyone finance it and build the ships and recruit the people and launch the mission and keep it secure and preserve it while I claim credit for the idea? I have so many ideas every day and know that 99.99999% of them will never see the light of day. But if your passion to create is set to power your idea to completion you will toil in the service your dream until you can see it with your eyes and touch it with your hands.

[light bone]

How would I fix this?

it's terrible UV mapping

[desert verge]

post a full picture of the BP

[opal lark]

Ok mate

Thanks for the help

[versed wing]

The hand would be the used instead of the 3D character but i think you could use a 1st person template to get started. But, definitely check out Unreal Learn tab and documentation so you have clear design document laying out what you can do.

[opal lark]

You can see it snapping back here

@desert verge

[plush yew]

I dont get the hype over USD

there arent any applications besides substance painter that will work with unreal engine in USD

even the industry standard 3dsmax to USD doesnt work properly with unreal engine

[bronze vault]

@opal lark Oh, maybe the overlap events are triggering more than once, try adding print nodes to the end of each of the events.

[opal lark]

ok ill try

[bronze vault]

@opal lark or maybe the beginning, idk if Completed will fire each time

[opal lark]

It must be a bug

[desert verge]

waot

its your time

lol

its moving back in .5

the over time

try putting 5 or something

and for begin check ease out, end put ease in?

i did that and it worked for me

[arctic hare]

i got a question im trying to make the enemy teleport to my character without any animation. I've tried to make it work but nothing seems to work anyone know any solutions?

[rose plume]

so i would still need to use the "hand" as the player character?

[desert verge]

this isn't the best but i just did it quickly

[opal lark]

did it work

[desert verge]

yeah

[bronze vault]

Just realized that I was way overthinking the replicated variable thing.. for some reason I thought that was a variable you made. 🤦‍♂️

[opal lark]

I can,t figuire it out

[dense wren]

hey guys

im trynna do a side scroller

and i want to set up the aim system

where you look at where the mouse is pointing..

thing is

all the tutorials i saw are about gun weapons

and in my game there will not be such thing as guns since its based in medieval age

how do i set it up easily without needing weapon aim animations

i just want to face where the mouse is pointing

[radiant surge]

so I managed to get the water working with the height map but it doesnt affect it and the post processing effect depth Z can't be adjusted, keeps snapping back to default, any ideas

I can scale X and Y but not Z

[lyric cedar]

is there any way to add box collisions within a mesh?

my character is walking through the windows and door of this mesh

[desert verge]

open up the mesh and on the top click collision

then add box collision or you can do it more accurately with the convex decomposion

never really used that part though

[lyric cedar]

i think convex decomposition might be the one

[desert verge]

try hull count 8 and the max hull 32

i never really know what to do for that part tbh

[plush yew]

Hello!

[desert verge]

hello 😄

[lyric cedar]

is there a reason why my map might disapear from the content browser by me switching from ue4 to ue5?

i dont understand because other maps went across just not the one I wanna actually use

and in my filing system it's in the project files

but I can't view it from ue5

[plush yew]

@lyric cedar #ue5-general

[lyric cedar]

oh sorry man

[plush yew]

@lyric cedar also ue5 is very very buggy so its best to stick with ue4 untill ue5 fully comes out