ue4-general

[fleet marten]

and you can set a Do Once node for it also

[trim mesa]

see, its like i enter the door, it closes, perffect, but when i exit through it, its not opening properly and if we take in real life, its like punching on our face

[coarse gale]

The "HeldDown" and "SET" things are where I'm lost with that image. I don't know where those came from

[trim mesa]

the door is punching on our face

can you send me screenshot for the same

if you can

how to do it

[fleet marten]

Flip the rotation so the door is opening outwards instead of towards the player as well, but here's a copy of my BP's for a door that opens when I press F

[bright sigil]

Set variable

[fleet marten]

@trim mesa

[trim mesa]

so it opens backwards?

can you send me the blueprint

[bright sigil]

custom event (then renamed to HeldDown)

[trim mesa]

for the door opening backward thingy

rob?

[fleet marten]

You'd just change the rotator, add 180 degrees to whatever value will spin it around the hinge side

[coarse gale]

I copied what the image was, but now nothing happens when I left click

[bright sigil]

you said this is in the player controller right? or character?

[trim mesa]

let me send you my blueprint

then pls explain me

[coarse gale]

I don't know

[trim mesa]

@fleet marten

my blueprint for the door

[fleet marten]

what's your timeline's max value

[trim mesa]

like length is 1 sec

[bright sigil]

alright, well this isnt your player controller, this is just an actor. the other thing is the rotate values are all zero 😜 but as for the first problem. You need to set something so that this actor knows to pay attention to input events

[trim mesa]

and the rotation is 90

[fleet marten]

try -90

[trim mesa]

ok, let me check

[coarse gale]

I haven't done that, but I set the Delta Rotation X (Roll) to 10 and it works now!

[bright sigil]

well alright then, lol it was just the value then

[coarse gale]

Thanks for the help!

[bright sigil]

going to assume you already did this at some point earlier

[coarse gale]

I had done it, but the left click didn't do what I wanted it to

[bright sigil]

right. try to use print strings to understand what is going on through the chain of nodes (when you run into trouble)

[trim mesa]

i created a new timeline

and i cant find the dot

how do i find the dot

[bright sigil]

right-click in the timeline, add key

[fleet marten]

the arrows at the top left there in your timeline fit the timeline to frame all your points

left click the one pointing left and right and the up and down one to scale it so you can see

[trim mesa]

-90 not working

[fleet marten]

is it opening in the reverse direction now though?

[trim mesa]

no same direction

i lost my second point of the timeline as i set it to -90, how do i make it come back

i.e key

[fleet marten]

ctrl+z to undo everything. But like Conrad said right click and add keys. You can also use Shift+Left Click to do it

if you had the same timeline in the first version* and switched your end 1 second key to a -90 value it should be swinging in the opposite direction on the z axis than your initial 90* was

[trim mesa]

i changed -90 to 90 now, and now its coming in opposite direction

but now i cant enter the door

because when it was -90, i was not able to exit

and now its 90, i am not able to enter

[fleet marten]

simulate the game and make sure that there's no collision clipping into the open door frame where you're trying to enter, otherwise nothing should have changed besides the door's rotation by editing that value

[trim mesa]

cant understant what you just said, pls explain in easy language or by sending screenshots

[fleet marten]

when you play the game click the side arrow and simulate it so you can fly the camera around and get a close view to the door opening

[trim mesa]

which side arrow

[fleet marten]

this is probably unnecessary but just do it so you can make sure that visually the door's framed right so it's not blocking the character. Otherwise by changing that one value in your timeline from 90 to -90, if everything else stayed the same, you didn't change anything besides the doors swing direction. So nothing should be causing you to be prevented from proceeding once its open

[pulsar badge]

Hey just wondering how would i put my game on xbox only my console though i dont want to publish it at all

i downloaded the devkit activation app on xbox

[fleet marten]

@trim mesa any luck?

the only other thing I could imagine is you have unnecessary geometry behind the door, the red outlined box here, and if that has collision it's blocking you from walking in when the door's opened in the opposite direction - as taht red block would now be in the line of the player instead of towards the game camera (which is how your door swung in the first place from the video)

[trim mesa]

i cant get it

what should i check after simulating

[trim mesa]

this box is for collision

@fleet marten

[bright sigil]

so i dont know whats exactly going on, but from the video, and it may not do anything, but hey who knows.... make sure you start playing without the player in the trigger box

in other words, move the door away from the player so there is no overlap

it can cause unpredictable results, but i dunno if it fixes it

[trim mesa]

what do you mean, pls explain in simple language

[bright sigil]

in other words, move the door away from the player so there is no overlap

then play test

[trim mesa]

door or the collision

?

[bright sigil]

like the whole thing

when u start playing in the video, the player is really close to the door

overlap may not fire when the player starts in the overlap area

[trim mesa]

this is my door

where should i move it too

[bright sigil]

talking about the big trigger box

[trim mesa]

yes

[bright sigil]

move it to the right if your player spawns on the left

so that it does not spawn in the trigger box

[trim mesa]

what?, thhis is a side scroller game

[bright sigil]

green handle, move negative

[trim mesa]

wait, so, i should move the door, but where i dont have place to move, and my character spawns downwards, not at the door,

so what should i do

[bright sigil]

oh so the player doesnt spawn right next to the door?

my mistake, thats what i saw in the video

[trim mesa]

yes

[bright sigil]

ah k, nvm then 😛

[trim mesa]

tell me the solution

if you know

[bright sigil]

i dont really know the problem

you want the door to swing away from the player?

[trim mesa]

this guy was about to solve my problem, this, read this

he got offline

[bright sigil]

id rather not, these are pieces

they dont clear up anything

im coming into this completely unaware of anything

all i know is there is a door and its not doing what you want

i dont know what you want it to do, in full, nor whats not working

and if you do decide to explain, please do so in simple english

[trim mesa]

the door is not letting me in from either side

if its -90, it doesnt let me enter

and when its 90, it doesnt let me exit

its like the door hits the player

and the door is not able to open

its not smooth at all

[bright sigil]

so when the player approaches on from the left side of the door, it opens towards them?

[trim mesa]

yeah

[bright sigil]

and would you want this to do the same for then the player is on the right side of the door?

that based on which side they are on, the door will open away from them

[trim mesa]

yes, thats what i want

[bright sigil]

you should use two triggers then

one on the left and one on the right

[trim mesa]

explain in simple language pls

[bright sigil]

i will also add that door functionality like this is actually tricky, its not as simple as it leads on

[trim mesa]

or it will be kind of you if you send screenshots

[trim mesa]

how do i do it

can you send blueprints or something

for help

[trim mesa]

ok, but what should be the blueprint

[bright sigil]

#ue4-general message

it will be quite involved

there are plenty of door tutorials out there

[trim mesa]

for both

yes

let me see

[bright sigil]

i dont have any door like this made

that is for you to solve

but that is the right way to start what you want the door to do

id rather not spend time to make this when there are plenty of tutorials which cover the same sort of thing

even if its just triggering one animation in the tut, all you do is the same for other trigger

[pulsar bison]

Hey, having a weird issue - I made a new Player Controller, went into my custom GameMode and updated it to use the new controller. Verified that my project is using the custom game mode, but when I run it still spawns the default controller. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

[bright sigil]

so its hooked up in the game mode and you hooked up gamemode in the world settings override and your character bp is told to be possess by it?

[pulsar bison]

Yeah, I verified in both project settings and my custom game mode, it's set in both.

[runic fern]

Guys how can i keep same PlayerCharacter and PlayerController when travelling between maps without destroying them ??

[bright sigil]

yo that has me stumped. never thought about it

is there something about them that you need to retain or specifically the whole thing?

[runic fern]

I'm using plugin called Photon API cloud use mainmenu and play level at same world so just streaming between them

The plugin owner said you have to save your PC and Character while " open level "

[bright sigil]

oh

i guess there is a way i dunno though

[plush yew]

Hi guys, anyone knows what is VisibilityCommands on stat gpu?

[round light]

any idea why my text has a ghost text behind it?

[rugged harbor]

Judging by the ghosty zero behind the “Lvl: 1”

[bright sigil]

my mind jumps to duplicate something.... maybe another widget

[raw harbor]

General question, where do I publish my game?

Steam has a 100 dollar fee, which I won’t pay to post a free game, itch. Is more for indie games not driving sims

[feral patio]

Who knows why my objects quantity keeps going up and making it impossible to use the editor? It gets extremely laggy

[pure void]

I havent done algebra, trigonometry or geometry in a long time and I am a little bit uncertain on how vector. Does someone have a good learning resource on the maths required for the basic things in unreal? (Dot product, sincostan, vectors)

[pure void]

If you want to use the services of a company like steam, you are gonna have to spend money. If you don't have 100 dollars to spend on your final release, you are probably better off on itch because that makes you an indie developer. If you made your driving game by yourself it's an indie game

[rugged harbor]

Wish I kept my college algebra and trig textbooks… as far as vector and matrix math, I would recommend “Introduction to Linear Algebra” by Strang, 5th edition. It starts out with simple systems of equations and builds up to more complex techniques.

[reef lotus]

does anyone know how to make cheat engine not work on unreal engine 4? there were a few people speedhacking on my multiplayer game with cheat engine

[pure void]

Thanks teku I'll look into it but I thibk that might be a bit above the knowledge I need but then again it couldn't hurt to know more than absolutely neccesary

[autumn flame]

Nothing client authoritative?

[reef lotus]

doesn't the movement have to be client side? since it's client predicted movement and all?

[autumn flame]

Pretty sure CMC has stuff against it

[reef lotus]

CMC?

[autumn flame]

Character Movement Component

[reef lotus]

well idk really, there were a few people who were speedhacking

[autumn flame]

It really depends if you are letting the client set the speed client to server too somewhere

[rugged harbor]

If you know ax + by + cz = d polynomial equations, this is the starting point of the book. If you’re looking for something quick-n-cheap, then you may try searching YT for

• vector-matrix multiplication
• matrix-matrix multiplication
• and maybe also matrix transforms
  These are used heavily in any game or 3D modeling program.

As for trigonometry, geometry, algebra, calc., etc., there is a (one-time paid) mobile app called “MathRef,” which gives you all the functions, identities, laws, etc. (very helpful source through my math and engineering degrees) That paired with the Key-words: “math proofs”.

Khan Academy is another great and free source for math lessons along with open MIT class lectures.

[raw harbor]

where do people get models for games that cant get you sued? yeah i know google but they all copyrighted

[reef lotus]

well yeah my movement is client side, but i thought that's how the CMC works, in the past any timeI tried using the movement input on server it would not work or be desynced and twitchy

[autumn flame]

Thing is, if you set the movement speed Client -> Server
Passing the value through Client

Any value will go through

[reef lotus]

I don't tho

the values are hard coded

I do pass the movement component tho,

as a variable

to go from character to player controller

and vice versa

[pure void]

Thanks for the elaborate answer. I've settled on this youtube series for a quick refresher and will try out that app

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab

Khan academy is probably a good next step for some practise

That site is amazinf

[autumn flame]

Well, CMC should theoretically have protection against that, not sure if enabled by default tho

Time Discrepancy Protection

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/GameFramework/UCharacterMovementComponent/OnTimeDiscrepanc-/

https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/428329/client-speed-hack.html

More info about it

[reef lotus]

thanks

[drowsy snow]

They either hire someone to make up a new design (GTA) or pay manufacturers for licence and then hire someone to model it (most licensed racing games)

[fallen hatch]

Hi everyone, I need some advice with my texture issue, I am trying to make a hyper realistic planet so I bought some 86K textures from cgtrader and other sites, however as you already know Unreal has a 8K texture limitation, what would be your advice for me to create this hyper realistic world. only solution I can think of atm is seperate that 86 K to pieces and texture the sphere piece by piece which will be painfull, I am open to any advice or suggestion you can give

Thanks in advance for your help

[drowsy snow]

FWIW making car models to begin with is fucking hard, especially with all the details put into account, let alone making up new designs

[kindred depot]

I mean if you change one thing about an object (transform it) and give it a different manufacture, lets say instead of Toyota call or Royota, you can't really be sued. lol

[drowsy snow]

But why 86K? That's insane size even for asset creation standard lol

[kindred depot]

This is why you see drinks and stuff in movies and cars with the same prototype but with a different name.

[drowsy snow]

You see that Matrix Awakens tech demo? I bet the textures aren't even larger than 8K.

[fallen hatch]

because planet is a huge object and getting close to a part of it will be blurry with anything less than that

[autumn flame]

I don't think you will even see all that detail from a distance

[drowsy snow]

If you're going to use UE5, let Nanite do the grunt work.

[kindred depot]

I bet this is what the matrix uses... i THINK all textures are 1 - 2k.

https://gpuopen.com/learn/ue4-fsr/

[fallen hatch]

Guys I appreciate your reactions however I need guidance and advice with how to integrate :))

[fallen hatch]

No next gen game uses larger than 4K texture but this is a different project with different scope

[drowsy snow]

The point with UE5's Nanite is to cram shit ton amount of polygons into something that look good either from far away and close up at excellent framerate.

So yeah, use UE5, yeay.

[drowsy snow]

Next gen games already getting into 8K, in particular with UE5 stuff.

[fallen hatch]

Nanite has nothing to do with this issue, I am not trying optimize a rock or something, just trying to find a better way to increase texture quality on my planet

[drowsy snow]

Doesn't even matter if it's a rock or not.

I mean, pedantically, most planets are made out of rocks, but I digress

[fallen hatch]

I appreciate your comments but this doesnt even relate to my issue or to what I need, but thanks again for your time

[kindred depot]

Explain what you want.

[drowsy snow]

TL;DR: use UE5 for your lofty space sim project

[kindred depot]

You want to upscale textures?

[fallen hatch]

UE4 has a 8K texture limitation I need larger texture size

only work around I can think of is add multiple material to the mesh and seperate the texture I have to piece by piece

I am trying to have a planet with higher texture quality, as high as possible

[drowsy snow]

Okay, it seems like you need to look at it from different perspective. No offence.
Those huge details that got lost in textures can be made up with geometries, and that's why I brought up Nanite.

[kindred depot]

Im sorry but this is what nanite is for. lol

[fallen hatch]

I already have 86 K and 92K textures but trying to find a better solution instead of just cutting those textures into pieces

[kindred depot]

take a megascans object use it with out nanite, and with nanite.

huge difference with the quality of the texture.

[drowsy snow]

I say it and I'll say it again, look at it from different perspective

[autumn flame]

Well, you can't go over cause the max amount of mips is 14 on DXT

[drowsy snow]

And no, Nanite is NOT just for rocks.

It can be practically anything that has huge amount of polygons, even planets with astounding details down to the milimetres

[fallen hatch]

I understand and used nanite before but in this case I am trying to create huge planet simulation, hyper real and right now dropping a 8K texture to a sphere isnt cutting it, In max i put 86 K texture and it solves my issue, creating the same scene in unreal has limitation and I am trying to find a work around

[autumn flame]

most space engines i've seen generate the Texture from the Polygons and the actual texture is mostly a repeating one iirc

[fallen hatch]

problem is a texturing issue not mesh related.

[fallen hatch]

yes exactly

[kindred depot]

Thats the thing tho,

[drowsy snow]

Problem is you have to take different approach.

[kindred depot]

make it mesh related.

[fallen hatch]

and texture it how

[drowsy snow]

I'm not sure if you blocked me, but I quote this:

Those huge details that got lost in textures can be made up with geometries, and that's why I brought up Nanite.

[fallen hatch]

Of course I didnt block 🙂 why would I, you guys are giving your time to help me and I really appreciate any input

[autumn flame]

Imagine having an auto material that it's a repeating texture and when there's an angle or a certain depth is a different texture

Theoretically you could still keep the texture detail from afar too without the geometry, basically being a detail approximation and when you get close the details show up

[drowsy snow]

Let the detailed geometries do its thing, I'm sure you can run away with some basic 8K rock surfaces and the detailed geometries will make it pop.

[fallen hatch]

alright but how that work flow will be, lets say I created a huge detailed mesh with 86K heigh maps

then what? just texture it with 8K and it will be blurry again in upclose

[autumn flame]

That's why having stuff more procedural is a good idea

[drowsy snow]

Not unless your camera is supposed to be a bloody microscope

[autumn flame]

Imo look at Elite Dangerous planets, they all procedural and have details from space and upclose too

[fallen hatch]

So I should change the mesh, material and handle it within the blueprint to get higher resolution when you get upclose?

[kindred depot]

Are you not tiling your textures?

[fallen hatch]

I have a 92K world texture base,normal etc.

[autumn flame]

If the mat is procedural, you can just use lower resolutions or bigger macro details from afar, pretty sure you can calculate distance for Mat just from Camera

[drowsy snow]

And I'm sure Nanite can make up the macro details from far away on the spot.

[kindred depot]

so your world is basicilly one large texture?

[autumn flame]

The closer you get the more the area where you get close by will be detailed shortly texture wise

[fallen hatch]

So your suggestion is for me to change my entire method and not use those 92 K texture and just try to handle all this with procedural and blueprint based solution and tricks?

[fallen hatch]

it is in 3dsmax

[kindred depot]

this is your problem then xD

[fallen hatch]

just one sphere and 92K texture which looks great in max

[drowsy snow]

Forget the 92K texture, embrace Nanite and layered texturing.

[fallen hatch]

Or just rip the texture to pieces and implement that way? because if I go with your method its gonna cost me extra couple more weeks

You are right

[gaunt abyss]

Neither nanite or gigantic textures are feasible here if you want to be able to go to the surface and have decent details

You need to look into generating the geometry and potentially textures at runtime procedurally

Mesh data alone for an Earth sized planet with some decent detail could take up like half a terabyte of memory

[fallen hatch]

I understand

so what would be the step by step workflow for the best approach

because my goal is creating a rocket launch simulation from earth to Iss

[drowsy snow]

You're not going to be able to travel around the world and visit my house, right?

[autumn flame]

Time to buy Cesium

[fallen hatch]

It will be a launch from space station from earth to ISS

[wary wave]

there is no step by step and there is no best approach - this is one of those "if you don't know how to do it, pay someone who can work it out" situations

[fallen hatch]

what now 🙂

[kindred depot]

Trial and error is part of game dev 🙂 I once spent 6 months on a project just to throw it away. BUT the knowledge I gained really helped me with my newest project.

[wary wave]

what you're asking for is non-trivial and entirely custom to your requirements

[fallen hatch]

I understand

[icy plaza]

I got a very strange problem. My geometry is shaking when playing the game in the editor. Did someone ever encounter this before? It's like a very weird minimal shake that is very distracting

[autumn flame]

https://cesium.com/platform/cesium-for-unreal/

[drowsy snow]

If your stuff isn't open world, in a sense that you can go to my house / RL location in your virtual Earth, then don't overdo it

[fallen hatch]

I have a workflow and I was just trying to get some of your input to get more perspective

Thank you everyone for your all input, I appreciate it.

[drowsy snow]

You can have the launch station environment super detailed and left everything else less detailed, and blend things up in between, if you have no intentions to go somewhere else in the Earth.

Also texturing tricks, blending the less detailed but general texture of earth with more detailed general smaller textures.

[autumn flame]

And be sure to use some sort of Rebasing if you really plan on it being on a huge scale

[drowsy snow]

Also for trivial comparison, MS Flight Simulator "cheated" with procedurally making up the earth surface based on satellite imagery, streamed from cloud Azure network. I saw how the buildings look ugly outside of landmark locations.

[autumn flame]

Look ugly mostly upclose, all an illusion in the end

Same with the trees

[kindred depot]

Makes me think.... how does microsoft get there real world data with flight sim.

you just posted it

nvm

[autumn flame]

Plus buildings most of the times are not even representative of the real life ones

Especially in less urban areas

They can be completely different

[frank fern]

Hey guys

Actually I was learning unreal engine

And did cover most of the engine basics, like movement and stuffs

Even learnt a bit about blueprints and stuffs

But I don't think I am frank with blueprints

I know c++ and have some experience in programming stuffs

But when I was searching for some c++ unreal tutorial

Didn't find anything

Can you share me some if you do know about any?

Courses in skillshare would also do

[kindred depot]

What kind of game

https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?src=ukw&q=unreal+engine+c%2B%2B

or use the learn tab in launcher 😉

[frank fern]

thanks dude

[drowsy snow]

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/programming-kickstart
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/converting-blueprints-to-c
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/balancing-blueprint-and-c-in-game-development

Also Unreal Online Learning has good courses for absolutely free, including those.

[frank fern]

thanks man

[small ridge]

Hellooo, I have a noob question here

Hello there,
I’m completely new to unreal and I’m now tackling the UI part of a small project
We’re going to recreate Pac-Man UI

In Pac-Man, lives are displayed in bottom left of the screen (done) but the player gets and extra life after reaching 10000 points (done) and uses a life to respawn. so if player has 2 lives and he dies life counter goes to 1. how can I achieve that? Should I place 6 images in the widget and just torn them on/off on a trigger? even so, what’s the best way to do that?

[exotic thicket]

You can create the widgets based on how many lives you have

[pure void]

Have a background image and then show the number of lives as text onto that image

You can use any font and import one

[exotic thicket]

Easiest way to do it would probably be to create a horizontal box, then you can just insert the widgets directly into it and the horizontal box will automatically lay them out nicely so you can add or remove them when needed

[pure void]

You can then use blueprints to communicate to your widget what your number of lives are

So if the variable of lives is changed from 2 to 1, it will update the widget, which will then change the text to 1

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses/your-first-hour-with-umg

This free course from epic will go over all things you will need to know plus more

Like making a menu or pause screen

[plush yew]

Where do I find this

[bleak zodiac]

yup, i would still go over that tutorial many time to understand the basic

[exotic thicket]

If this is in the material graph, that's just called a constant

[kindred depot]

4 days of migrating my project and looking for a 5.0 commit that works... I am finally able to open my project in UE5, not EA.. The unreal gods have answered my prayers.

Is it better to use an arrow component for a bullet with a collision sphere, or just the arrow, or just the sphere?

[kindred depot]

Just promote to variable

right click on node link... bam

[raw harbor]

Can I remove company logo to avoid copyright? Iv seen games with just the logo removed but the design is the same, any idea?

[kindred depot]

Nope. The actual physical appearance needs to be different as well.

[drowsy snow]

For comparison, GTA devs went their way mashing up designs to create new "original" cars.

[raw harbor]

Can someone please help me with this, I’m not familiar With blender, if someone can help me with changing the design/model or send me a video that clarifies it, iv seen videos but they don’t really explain it, your tips will be helpful for me too Since I’m a startup both in ue4 and commercial games, all my games were private, also thanks for everyone that answered my questions since I got here, especially @TheHoodieGu., really active and helpful on the sever

[distant siren]

how can i call a widget inside another widget?

[small ridge]

yeah but I don't want to update text, i want to show/hide/create an image

[drowsy snow]

Create Widget -> Add to Viewport (or Player Screen)

Per usual

[distant siren]

yes that has been done, but the first widget after I press the menu button must send me to a second widget also the one with other buttons, how do I do?

[plush yew]

Guys how to make animation run from bottom to top

[drowsy snow]

By making animation of running from bottom to top.

Should be more descriptive with the question.

[plush yew]

the animation starts from the middle and not bottom

[pure void]

If you need someone to help you you gotta give a full explanation of what you're trying to do and how, preferably with a screenshot or drawing

[plush yew]

where can I find this?

[drowsy snow]

What asset is this editor for?

[plush yew]

idk it's for animation

[drowsy snow]

Is that the older sequencer editor?

[dusky inlet]

Yeah, seems to be an older umg animation

[plush yew]

idk I found on a website

[small ridge]

What's the best way to create a blinking text box?

[blazing niche]

Hi all! I have this error when I`m trying to open my BP class based on C++ class with custom Character Movement component written in C++ . Its appears after i have updated my local perforce repro. (Its seems binary is corrupted by something, but I'm not so sure)
Someone know how to deal with that problem?

Rolling back to previous version does not help

the error is still here

[drowsy snow]

the callstack doesn't seem to blame on non engine classes, so you might be screwed. Also I hope you're not using Hot Reload

[blazing niche]

ok

[blazing niche]

well as i remember i was working yesterday with BP only I so did not compile anything in Cpp. I just made some changes and compile Bp as usual via Compile button and send that stuff to my repro. And thats all

• I forget to say: a have also tested my changes before sending and it was fine - no errors at all

Live coding is dissabled

ok. thx i will try that

[drowsy snow]

I thought he refers to BP's Compile button 🤔

Had my initial worries if he indeed used Hot Reload / Compile button in the main toolbar

[blazing niche]

sorry for misconception. I mean BP's Compile button not a hot reaload

Upd: I fixed that error by Reloading

thx for all!

[worthy elbow]

Hello! is there's any way to change General game volume using blueprints?

The sounds in general

Music, sounds generated by AI etc.

[drowsy snow]

Master Volume

[worthy elbow]

Or master volume

yeah

Ill just go with this one xd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSy4ybZQK3I&t=415s

Hi.. how do I get "Master volume" here pls halp ;-;

[drowsy snow]

You make a new one

[worthy elbow]

Oh okay thank you, I need to change all my sfx class to master right?

Oh nvm, I don't have to

Thank youuu

[eternal lotus]

i'm making a crash-bandicoot clone. building my levels using a landscape. How can I get some clean-cut pits like you see in this image? I've tried doing some sculpting to create it, but sculpting tends to lead to more soft-round indentations than this kind of thing. Am I missing some technique here?

[drowsy snow]

Help it with static meshes on the edges.
Or better yet, make your entire level with just static meshes, as landscapes might be overkill for that kind of gameplay.

[eternal lotus]

hah you're probably right there actually... this is a jam game tho, so landscapes win because i can build them so fast lol

[sinful tendon]

3D model the environment and do a top down height map render of level.

[eternal lotus]

ah lots of options

thanks friends

[plush yew]

well guys I'm going to switch to Godot over unreal

I wanna make 2d games and Godot makes it perfect

[drowsy snow]

Godspeed.

[plush yew]

Wdym

I mean I will still be on the server I'm 24/7 learner

[drowsy snow]

Yeah, but in most part, you won't need this server if you're working with Godot.
So considered it a farewell.

[plush yew]

I think I need there some stuff that I see useful in the chat

You is thinking about me leaving, I did not said so

[drowsy snow]

well guys I'm going to switch to Godot over unreal

It's your words, not mine.

[cedar wave]

It really depends on what you need for your 2D game.

[plush yew]

yes

I don't like unity

I think it's pretty glitchy

[cedar wave]

Agreed. (Godot is my primary engine, definitely the one I have the most experience with)

I find UE's 2D tools lacking, yes, but it is servicable for most types of games. IE - lights, tilemap, spritesheets.

[plush yew]

I mean UE is for 3d specialized

[velvet orchid]

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One message removed from a suspended account.

[drowsy snow]

Try excluding editor content and any unused plugins.

[velvet orchid]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[plush yew]

XD

sorry I just love these kind of talks

[plush yew]

I found this interesting how much memory can unreal eat

vs godot

[stray drift]

Unused memory is wasted memory, Mac's 'pressure' indicator is better if you don't know what you are looking at

[plush yew]

I don't care about mac much

[stray drift]

Good for you 🤷

[drowsy snow]

Unreal Engine has a lot more going on than Godot, which leaves you with pretty much a blank slate

Same goes with ||Unity||

[stray drift]

wdym they are both game engines running on Windows 🧠

[plush yew]

I mean unity is can even run on phone

but for unreal you need a gaming pc

kind a

[stray drift]

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/action-rpg-game-sample/id1411473790

[kindred depot]

maybe upgrade your pc then? Unreal Dev is not meant for low end pcs.

[plush yew]

Are you stupid or something?

[drowsy snow]

PUBG Mobile is a UE4 game.

[stray drift]

Bold words for someone so apparently braindead

[plush yew]

I mean for the ENGINE

[drowsy snow]

He has a point. Ideally you need more powerful rig for development.

[plush yew]

what's wrong with you?

[kindred depot]

Thanks 🙂 im opting out of this useless convo

[plush yew]

I do have jeez

why not lmao

wtf is this question?

[drowsy snow]

If you have more time to kill, sure.

[kindred depot]

Already remade PUBG, man i must be stupid.

[plush yew]

hmm

[drowsy snow]

And if you have SSD doing page files, you might get some extra mileage out of it

[plush yew]

I mean I have 1tb of SSD

[drowsy snow]

This applies to HDD as well, but HDD's I/O speed means virtual memory is so slooooooooooooooooooow

[stray drift]

• even SATA SSDs are relatively slow compared to good NVMe

[plush yew]

honestly SSD made my laptop very thin

[drowsy snow]

I think laptops still use SATA, but some models might already sporting NVMe or M.2

[plush yew]

I want to buy in the future a laptop can replace any parts of it

[drowsy snow]

But I digress

[stray drift]

NVMe is the protocol thing delivered chiefly over M.2 🙂 Some M.2 ports only support SATA for reasons, but modern ones are typically PCIE gen 3 at least, sometimes 4 for the speeds

[kindred depot]

Honestly tho, best course i ever took on Udemy.

[plush yew]

What was it?

[plush yew]

looks pretty now what next?

I mean what was the reason to copy the game?

[stray drift]

Weren't you calling atomik stupid like 2 minutes ago?

[kindred depot]

Nothing, Learned from the project. Create your own br with the knowledge. 🙂

[plush yew]

It was a quesiton

[drowsy snow]

What was the reason for you to use Godot?

[plush yew]

2d game

also the programming language got me

[drowsy snow]

I'm sorry, but you're just come across as purely disingenuous.

[zinc shore]

why dose setting the AIs focus always give me a error saying none tiring to read

[plush yew]

wdym

[modest trench]

This is a really funny thing to say lol

Nobody would interpret what you said as just a question, but whatever

[plush yew]

I mean what should I say, he is stupid or what?

[stray drift]

This is the hardest I've seen anyone twerk for a ban TBH

[modest trench]

Try to communicate in a more professional manner I guess

[plush yew]

I did not said he is stupid I ask him if he is

[plush yew]

no thx

boring

[stray drift]

This was you minutes ago

[plush yew]

yes and?

[drowsy snow]

Not sure, the casting should do the validation in the process 🤔

[runic fern]

is Anyone got an issue with Chaos Wheels and WheeledVehiclePawn .. the movement not working

[drowsy snow]

Might worth asking on #legacy-physics

[plush yew]

I asked him if he is I did not said he is

[runic fern]

deal

[drowsy snow]

That way, you come off as disingenuous and having bad faith.

[plush yew]

What makes you think that?

[stray drift]

Are you here to waste people's time or?

[plush yew]

I have a noob question about textures and channels, why do they always take things from the red channel? Also is there a way to preview only one channel like what the red looks like?

[plush yew]

You doing the same with talking about this

[drowsy snow]

I'm this close to summoning moderators for that behaviour of yours 🤏

[plush yew]

do it what ever

[drowsy snow]

Because in many cases, greyscale images are R8, which only has the red channel.

[modest trench]

Which part is null? The controlled actor part of getaicontroller?

[kindred depot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA9DJWM8EpA

there you go bud 🙂

[drowsy snow]

<@&213101288538374145> judgement for not being nice?

[plush yew]

I'm here to learn but I'm getting more questions like this and I'm stupid to even answer them

Thanks y'all 👍 lemme look at them

[plush yew]

that's funny

[stray drift]

You're contributing absolutely nothing @plush yew , and when someone commended a course you were putting them down for making a PUBG clone as a learning exercise. GTFO

[plush yew]

I asked him what next and what was the reason to copy the game

[buoyant granite]

:triangular_flag_on_post: sdpro#1769 received strike 1. As a result, they were muted for 10 minutes.

[drowsy snow]

Oh, okay, the AI Controller is invalid

[zinc shore]

how do i fix it?

[modest trench]

Get the controlled actor ref for the unused pin on get AIcontroller would be my first guest without context

[zinc shore]

so would it be self?

or get controller

[stray drift]

Unrelated, but Godot stinks xddd

[kindred depot]

Oh its not up no more 😦

he took it down

hold on

Well its not for sale

[modest trench]

Whichever works?

[zinc shore]

it seems self gives the same error

[kindred depot]

53% complete it says xD

i finished the whole thing and he never released anything more 😦

big L

[plush yew]

🥱

[kindred depot]

huge understanding of how brs are made tho.

[plush yew]

it's getting late here

[stray drift]

#lounge

[plush yew]

cool we have that too

[stray drift]

Have a massive melee enemy and when he swings sometimes it goes beyond the player, which breaks the camera movement for a very short time (weapon between camera and player maybe).

I'm guessing a camera avoidance box on the enemy character is not the solution here.

[raw harbor]

If any one can help me with car models or sculpting in blender please message me

Or if you know anything ab blender

Please

[plush yew]

I can only do pixel art XD

[raw harbor]

Good enough

[modest trench]

I guess change the camera boom or weapon to not collide?

With each other in this case

[drowsy snow]

See #instructions on how to post to the job boards channel

[plush yew]

A little note the server bot needs a some kind of storage

[raw harbor]

I don’t want to hire someone, I just need someone to explain something in blender, I don’t understand what’s written on forums

[modest trench]

Maybe ask on a blender discord

Or even just in #lounge

[stray drift]

I found the "Do Collision Test" setting, but turning that off sounds like a no-no. Might play around with it and moving around more complex levels etc, or look at the collision channel stuffs

[drowsy snow]

No dont lol

[raw harbor]

It’s something related to ue4 too

[plush yew]

I usually check on chrome after that on Youtube

[buoyant granite]

:triangular_flag_on_post: sdpro#1769 received strike 2. As a result, they were muted for 1 hour.

[modest trench]

I guess if your question is specific to importing blender stuff it's fair to ask here

[zinc shore]

so i tried this and i still get an error

[raw harbor]

Yes thank you finally someone who agrees with me, I tried looking on fourms but failed to do it and YouTube videos everyone uses a different way so idk.

[plush yew]

@upper heart check your logs before muting

or which mod was that

and they say I'm unprofessional

[raw harbor]

Best YouTubers for ue4?

[drowsy snow]

Tomatoes?

[raw harbor]

You joking or is that his name

[cedar wave]

Controller doesn't control a Controller. Should be a pawn. If that is snippet is in your pawn BP, then just use self off the Controlled Actor pin for the Get AI Controller node.

[drowsy snow]

Kind of a joke, because it's the intro on the videos

[stray drift]

UnrealSensei and AstrumSensei are the popular but wacky ones.

Official, Laley, Matthew Wadstein, for game dev and most generic things

[drowsy snow]

https://www.youtube.com/c/MathewWadsteinTutorials

[raw harbor]

Thank you

Thank you

[raw harbor]

Thank you

[drowsy snow]

If you want some cinematic stuff, William Faucher

[cedar wave]

Ben Cloward is next level imo. So good with materials and stuff.

[stray drift]

William Fauchner for VFX/ lighting, etc

[modest trench]

Lots of "learn ue5 now!!!!" channels where they do some normal ue4 stuff and turn lumen on

[drowsy snow]

Though William Faucher's tuts are not geared for games, but just for cinematic/filmmaking

[cedar wave]

I think he does well enough to get people going, but yeah - he often ends up with complete spaghetti. Like, what he does is his first take and doesn't do any revisions or anything like that.

[drowsy snow]

Devsquad (Virtus) were terrible, and I can't even fathom his tutorials even as a beginner

[modest trench]

Tom looman is not really a YouTuber but is well regarded

[cedar wave]

He at least explains things in a pretty beginner friendly way.

[stray drift]

Good to know! A friend followed UnrealSensei's AI stuff and... it bypassed BTree entirely and built a custom one "for performance" in C++? I ended up asking him to redo it all haha

[raw harbor]

No good videos plus barley even any videos on car sims or cars in ue4, not much tutorials like shops and stuff

[stray drift]

Virtus is like the hackaton reference, does things in 2 minutes but in horrible ways

[cedar wave]

Tom Looman is hands down my favorite.

[raw harbor]

No way around this right?

[modest trench]

I think you could get away with adapting other engine's guides and examples for things like ingame item shops etc

[raw harbor]

Matrix awakens was insane

I use it

[drowsy snow]

Performance might be suck, and not much docs in it though

[stray drift]

This mad guy for entertainment value 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/c/PrismaticaDev

[raw harbor]

Can I ask a stupid question? Since I really don’t know Anything

[modest trench]

Only smart 300 iq questions allowed 😡

[zinc shore]

ok i found out it was the client causing the problem if i do a check to see if its the server then it runs fine

[raw harbor]

What does Indie mean? I always though it’s games that feel cartoonish and stuff, is that what it means or is it related to amount of people working?

I’m new, it’s being stupid it’s learning

Ahhhh

Makes sense

Thank you

[stray drift]

But also practically can just mean small studios, or big ones that were indie at some point in the past

[raw harbor]

Is there a way to make money off free games on pc? I feel like it’s stupid to add ads to a pc game

Mobile yeah sure

But pc?

My game ain’t that worth it but Ok

Thank you

[modest trench]

Ad revenue is not often a thing for PC games

[stray drift]

Ads in a PC game would get your game uninstalled every time

[raw harbor]

Yeah Ik

What about links that like give you money

Bitly

[drowsy snow]

DLCs and more DLCs

[modest trench]

Trackmania had Subway ads on the track lol

[raw harbor]

😂😂😂😂

[stray drift]

I mean it's racing, which is a corpo wankfest anyway. Ads everywhere is kinda part of the experience.

It's also not a time consuming thing, just set dressing

[drowsy snow]

I'm sure those can be defeated with adblocks easily.

[kindred depot]

Do games make money based on there viewership on twitch?

[raw harbor]

It’s more of driving, open world but ok

[kindred depot]

with out doing a thing other than people playing it?

like twitch pays them.

[raw harbor]

What about ads replacing ads in game🤔

[drowsy snow]

Not really, AFAIK

[stray drift]

I'm referring to Trackmania

[drowsy snow]

It's more up to the streamers, example being ||Raid Shadow Legends||

[stray drift]

Not directly, but often leads to sales/ attention which is one step away from money

[kindred depot]

LOL

[worn crest]

Hello guys! Can I ask for advise here? On BPs

[raw harbor]

Facts

[modest trench]

Donations or pay what you want (itch.io style) are an option

[drowsy snow]

Oh right itch.io

Some big YouTubers do scour through itch.io for content

[stray drift]

Time to make GaaS real - OnlyPlayers, gaming subscriptions completely different to MMOs of days past

[modest trench]

Yep

[raw harbor]

What does your name or nickname mean/translate to

[worn crest]

Thank you! I looking for a way to get the name of a currently running behavior tree from character. OR just to check if it's valid, but cannot find anything on that.

[raw harbor]

About using chaos for physics, is it better than normal ue4?

Also if I switch to ue5 will it be better

[drowsy snow]

Makoto Kikuchi
Name of this fine tomboy lass

[tender ember]

hello. is there such a thing in unreal as parenting? like for example I wanna parent a roof to a rigged and moving house(it's a magical walking house) is it possible to do so in unreal?

[raw harbor]

What series is this

[drowsy snow]

In many ways, it's supposed to be better, but in UE4, it's not really stable. But with UE5, expect better stability.

[drowsy snow]

The Idolmaster (main 765Pro branch, not the spinoffs)

[raw harbor]

So should I switch over?

[midnight root]

Morn, just wondering, I have ( 4.26.2) an update as seen by orange circle on library tab in launcher, but I cant find anything, not engine version or any addsons,,is there a keypress to go RIGHT to it somewhow ??? o_0

[digital anchor]

ue5 demo robot is a good example of static meshes parented to a character

[tender ember]

so is that a yes?:)

[digital anchor]

Yeah

[drowsy snow]

I think you can switch right now. If you know how to build UE from source code, best get the 5.0 branch. Otherwise, 5.0 EA is expected to be forward compatible with 5.0 stable next year, but it's not really representative of 5.0 in current weeks

[raw harbor]

will the way i added cars to the game work for ue5? i heard it cant, im just making sure
basicly what i did is that i added the asset pack called veichle varaity pack which comes with ugly but working cars, i imported a .fbx model from blender without the wheels and i added it as a skel. mesh on the old car (blue sedan) and adjusted scale and postiton to make the wheels be where its supposed to do, then i made the blue sedan invisable and imported the cars wheels speratly and added them manually to the car, the car works very well and i was wondering will doing this work for ue5?

[plush yew]

how can i get position of certain animation?

[drowsy snow]

I'm not sure, personally I'm sticking with UE4, but #ue5-general should know better about it

Was meant to say UE4, not UE5 lol

[drowsy snow]

As in anim montage?

[plush yew]

yes

[dull girder]

I am stuck thinking why does steam community hates epic online service and easy anti cheat so much and also the epic games itself?

Any answer?

[midnight root]

菊地真 TY for info about being fwd compat I was worried about that having gone a bit too far in using 5ea lol

[plush yew]

oh no, i meant, animation sequence @drowsy snow

[drowsy snow]

Mostly elitism.

[midnight root]

Ya sadly its everywhere, not just in games ;0-

[dull girder]

Idk why the fk the do it

[raw harbor]

is the estimated game size around the size of the project?

i havent added even terrain and the project size is 15 gb due to assets

will it be like that for the exported game?

[drowsy snow]

With Oodle compression built in to UE4.27 and 5.x, packaged size should be way less than the project size

[raw harbor]

thank you

[drowsy snow]

For example, I heard Valley Of The Ancient demo packed into 25 GB, down from 100 GB of project files

[raw harbor]

what should i work on now?
experimenting in games?
learning blueprint?
or following tutorials then updating the game later

[raw harbor]

dam

[worn crest]

Thank you guys for advices.

[drowsy snow]

Anim sequence usually dealt with in animBP 🤔
Anim graph has time remaining node

[dull girder]

Like this

[drowsy snow]

Again, mostly elitism, and it's on Steam website, so expect circle jerk bias.

[tardy hedge]

Is there any way I can sync an project file with multiple projects, I would like a global function library I can access at all times

[plush yew]

is anyone here good with retargeting models im having alot of trouble understanding ive been trying to figure it out for the past 10 hours

[drowsy snow]

You can look into Plugins, it can do just that, especially if you place them in Engine\Plugins folder.

[dull girder]

Yeah

[drowsy snow]

Ask away.

[dull girder]

But they are jealous too

[raw harbor]

is there a way to get this working with ue4? it says supported only ue5

[drowsy snow]

Quixel Bridge, the standalone app, always able to work with UE4.

[plush yew]

ok so i am working on this spiderman project i got some open source controls for the free release open to use project and i am trying to use a new mesh i installed online to have a variety of characters but an time i try and retarget it does not work

[drowsy snow]

That's a different kind of Quixel Bridge. Same stuff, but not the same interface

[raw harbor]

then which one do i download, can your provide link?

[raw harbor]

https://quixel.com/bridge

[dull girder]

Why

[drowsy snow]

The UE4 Live Link plugin is can be downloaded in the standalone app.

[dull girder]

Sorry for mistake reply, but why?

[drowsy snow]

Holidays.

[raw harbor]

wait

will i wont be able to use unreal engine?

[drowsy snow]

Actually hold on, let me boot up my Bridge

[tardy hedge]

Any blueprint alternatives

[raw harbor]

c++?

[drowsy snow]

C++

[modest trench]

Nothing that isn't a third party plugin

[plush yew]

anyone help me please?

[modest trench]

Expect a new scripting language for ue5 sometime next year though

[raw harbor]

i still dont understand what do i do

[dull girder]

U will

[drowsy snow]

Ah shit, Bridge softlocks on me

[dull girder]

Cuz unreal is ur property

[dull girder]

Why?

Holidays?

[drowsy snow]

Check your calendar.

[raw harbor]

still dont know why but ok

[dull girder]

Nah i mean why softlock

[drowsy snow]

Okay, so in Bridge, with your asset selected, go to Export Settings, and under Plugin Location, point it to your UE4's plugin folder.

[raw harbor]

i did it thank you

wow

[dull girder]

Is eos like steam networking, i mean like steam networking doesnt require to open ports for multiplayet.

[raw harbor]

where do i get points?

[drowsy snow]

If you login with Epic Games account with Unreal Engine licence, you get them all for free

[dull girder]

Multiplayer *

[drowsy snow]

And "all for free", I mean, the ENTIRE Megascans library, free to use in Unreal Engine projects

[raw harbor]

wow

they so high quality too

i keep getting this

im logged in with epic games

[drowsy snow]

Are you on UE5?

[raw harbor]

ue4

only free ones work

[drowsy snow]

Huh, guess my Bridge client wasn't updated

[raw harbor]

wdym, so its paid now?

[drowsy snow]

No, but downloading from Bridge do tend to get bitchy at times 🙂

[raw harbor]

oh, well iv had this problem for a while now

[drowsy snow]

It's just that the Download button was different on my end lol

[drowsy snow]

Try using DNS proxies / VPN first

[raw harbor]

i went on fourms it said to download a certain version, im downloading it rn

[drowsy snow]

In most cases, it's the problem of the connection to Quixel servers.

[haughty hound]

Guys, when trying to post a question does this happen to you too?

this access denied thing

[raw harbor]

now its telling me to subcribe

bruh

[drowsy snow]

AnswerHub is closed (for good)

[plush yew]

can anyone help me with retarget issue i cant get this mesh to work on this rig

[haughty hound]

oh, i didnt know, ta for clarifying bru 🙂

[drowsy snow]

Restart the app. The magic bullet

[raw harbor]

still failing

[drowsy snow]

I guess try again later.
From my experience, first time signing in with Epic Games just works

[raw harbor]

i did try ever since i got it

only free downloads work

i guess it doesnt belive me that im using epic games

[drowsy snow]

Yeah, it's weird, maybe try asking around in the Quixel Discord Server

But then Bridge acting weird is not uncommon occurence anyway hehehe

[broken socket]

i have a question, its not a technical question but. I have a project i really like and ive been working on it on and off. but i had another idea for a totally different project and i want to work on it. should i work on both at the same time? or try and finish one before the other.

[drowsy snow]

If your mind can juggle between it and you can make sure your scheduling can last long, then by all means.

[raw harbor]

i fixed the problem, i knew it, bridge didnt belive i was signed in with epic games, i had to login via browser and authroize then download, it works now

thanks @thehoodiegu for helping me ever since i got on this server

your really active here

[drowsy snow]

Your main issue with multiple project going to be scheduling between them, because conscious minds are "single threaded", and you have to consistently following it. Not advised if either internal or external factor easily disturb that.

[drowsy snow]

No probsies, I just love helping others 😄

[drowsy snow]

Try again?

[raw harbor]

failed, i already installed it, il remove it from directory and try again

quess not

guess*

its not even there

[drowsy snow]

You said you have trouble downloading assets, might be your connection somehow hating on Quixel's CDN

[raw harbor]

now its the export

[drowsy snow]

It happened to me a few times, had to use 1.1.1.1 DNS on my system to get it to work consistently

[raw harbor]

i set the directory to ue4 its self not plugins and it installed, idk if it will work or not

[drowsy snow]

If it does download, but not appearing in the editor, find for MegascansPlugin folder in the engine folder, and move it inside the plugins folder

[kindred depot]

I mean if the plugin works on the previous engine version. You should try to download it that way then drag the assets into your content folder manually.

[raw harbor]

i removed it and installed it again\

works now

thanks

[drowsy snow]

Yeah, the magic bullet of retrying. Told ya Bridge is bitchy to work with xD

[plush yew]

I've got some questions about setting up a dedicated server

is this the right place?

[drowsy snow]

#multiplayer

[crisp sandal]

Is there an option in unreal engine to code without using blueprint?

[drowsy snow]

Yes, you use C++.

*100% C++ Unreal games

[crisp sandal]

What do u personally suggest?

[drowsy snow]

Both BP and C++

[crisp sandal]

Thanks

[tiny zodiac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoZ-dbLZG2o

Im trying to create meta humans with UE4.27.1.
I followed this tutorial. However when i try to export it it gives me an error, saying unreal is not open.
Does meta human only works with UE4.26 ???

oh i see sorry.

yup.

could you now tell me just if UE4.27.1 supports meta humans?

[thick herald]

#free-the-MetaHumans!

[drowsy snow]

MetHums supports 4.26 onwards.

[tiny zodiac]

so why is it not working with 4.27.1

?

😦

[drowsy snow]

Make sure your Quixel Bridge stuff working first

[tiny zodiac]

i did it

and generated it

when i click export it gives error saying that unreal engine is not open

[drowsy snow]

And by that, I mean, make sure the Bridge plugins in UE works

[tiny zodiac]

if i try to reopen it (it was already open). Then it asks me for version 4.26

[drowsy snow]

It works on 4.27 when I tested it a week ago

[autumn flame]

Why not install the version for 4.27?

I am on 4.27.2 and works for me

[tiny zodiac]

Also this error:
The following modules are missing or built with a different engine version:
MegascansPlugin
Engine modules cannot be compiled at runtime. Please build through your IDE.

[autumn flame]

Yeah, cause it's for 4.26...

While you running on 4.27

[tiny zodiac]

so why does it work on your 4.27

and not my 4.27 ?

[autumn flame]

Cause i installed the 4.27 version

[tiny zodiac]

😦

me too i have 4.27.1

[autumn flame]

Noo, your MegascansPlugin version is 4.26

[tiny zodiac]

ohhh you are saying i installed the wrong plugin

[kindred depot]

thats like saying why cant i install an amd chip on a intel motherboard.

[tiny zodiac]

ohhh

i see

so sorry

ok will try again

oh what a mess

[autumn flame]

Bridge will prompt the installation in case

Or update or whatever iirc

[kindred depot]

Oh hot reloading? lol

just kidding 🙂

[autumn flame]

Build with the engine open

[kindred depot]

The problem about trying to load a plugin from one engine to another, something changed with in the files. Delete it, and reinstall it

OR

do it manually

add a Plugin folder into your Directory of your projects folder and put the plugin in there.

[autumn flame]

I imagine he's on a launcher build tho, easiest solution in this case is just delete and reinstall from bridge

[kindred depot]

Yeah

that makes more sense xD

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/developer-interviews/severed-steel-is-an-fps-inspired-by-superhot-and-hotline-miami-made-mostly-by-a-solo-dev?fbclid=IwAR2_zCRn02eR-IqaRCGKMPh3MIFn0GOWuz46Zy2qweFxhIQ3YxF9xoKBl6E&sessionInvalidated=true

This could be the future for any of you 😉

[autumn flame]

Not when procrastination is my strongest virtue

[bright sigil]

ride that retrowave trend while it lasts

[plush yew]

wasting time is part of the process

afterall you play games to waste time

lol

[autumn flame]

Imagine being productive 😎👍

[plush yew]

but I wonder how long it took him to make it

he had expierence by teaching game dev

[autumn flame]

Depends on the amount of custom things and use of plugins I guess

And dedication

Experience is a big plus too for time

Aaand the type of game

[tidal jewel]

Is there a simple way to identify where an event/function was called from when debugging. For example, I currently have a "SetMovement" function that allows me to change movement speed, it's called in several places, by different actors, depending on the situation. It's currently being set to "Walk" when it shouldn't be. I can set a break point on the "Walk" branch, but I can't figure out how to get any information on what's calling it.

[kindred depot]

call a print string

plug it into what you want to call it by.

[plush yew]

I have a question I am a beginner

[kindred depot]

Ask away 🙂

[plush yew]

if someone writes with editable text

this is how to do what I write

for it to show up as text

you understand
?

explain?

[kindred depot]

I have no idea what you are trying to explain to me.

[tidal jewel]

Hey, thanks, yeah, the problem was more oriented towards finding a calling actor when you're unsure of which actor is calling the function in the first place (i.e., if you have 50 different places where a function might be called from, rather than adding a print string to each of the 50 places, is there a way to ID the caller from the called function). I appreciate the input though! I ended up creating a small test map, using the visual logger, adding a breakpoint, then scrubbing through each actor until I could ID the call. Would love to hear of a more efficient way if anyone has one though.

[kindred depot]

create a box collision, then in there create the print string 😄

[wide beacon]

Hey, Does anybody know how i can make this function? im trying to make a weapon customization system and i have the widget displayed on the screen, the button works, however i cant display the gun on the screen to be able to customize it, any ideas?

[zinc shore]

so i use setfocus to have my ai look at the player but that means his attacks are always 100% accurate so can i make set focus lagbehind a bit and less acurate

[cedar wave]

<@&213101288538374145> 👆 Second time they've posted their stream here, and Lorash replied to them before (2 hours ago) about the #share-your-stream channel.

[buoyant granite]

:triangular_flag_on_post: WOLF MAN PROJECT#2152 received strike 1. As a result, they were muted for 10 minutes.

[raw harbor]

can i use car models with the same interior even tho you never will see whats inside?

its merged i cant remove it in blender

will this work?

this is the original:

[charred blade]

If I set forced lod to 99 will it default to lowest poly lod

[plush yew]

Any way to set start time of an animation asset?

[plush yew]

Yes but only for Animation montage

[plush yew]

thank you

[plush yew]

hi

i have that bp_home that spawns my BPAIS now with a nice procedural foliage thing, my bps wont spawn

is this a commen issue ?

[raw harbor]

is learning how to model in blender worth it?

[cedar wave]

Yes

[drowsy snow]

Yes, at least the basics of it can get you somewhere

[raw harbor]

Well, I’m gonna learn to model a car bec well I got no options

I found a good tutorial should be good

Looks fun too

Il model the car body only, bec that’s only what I need

[cedar wave]

Could just use Kenney's assets as a placeholder

[neon bough]

you can split a model into lose parts in edit mode

however, learning how to use blender or any 3D software is probably mandatory unless you want to make an asset flipper game

and don't forget that car designs are IP material, and you should only use them for private stuff

[plush yew]

where are audio files located for Low Poly Shooter Pack - Free Sample?

or how to change and edit them

files are not showing in content

it's addition to engine and not project type

found it

lol

Is there a way to write blueprints to launch your character towards another object without having to enter a math formula?

[bright sigil]

launch character

there is some math, but if it's just forward, that can be the forward vector * strength

if it's aimed, you can feed in look at rotation to find the vector direction

[digital anchor]

theres SuggestProjectileVelocity

[plush yew]

Could you show me an example please?

[bright sigil]

oooo this looks cool

[plush yew]

Ultimately, I've got a sort of grapple line for my character and I want them to zip from their current location to the attachment point from wherever and whenever they push the button

[bright sigil]

that sounds a little tougher, i know the launch part but not the rest

[plush yew]

Fuck

Ugh

Idk what math I need

[digital anchor]

sounds like you just want to add force/impulse to the cable direction

no math needed

i am assuming its a grapple like that robot from apex

[plush yew]

Know what? This would be a lot easier if I just shared my screen with you, but I'm at work right now and will be home in about 4 hours

You got time then?

[digital anchor]

not really

[plush yew]

Shit

Fuck it

I should give up anyway

I don't have the balls to see it through

[bright sigil]

havent tested and you may need to alter some of it

took this from when i launch enemies away from the player in a sphere

[plush yew]

Thanks, guess I can try it when I get home

I doubt it'll work though cuz I suck

[bright sigil]

alright then

[plush yew]

Sorry, just in a bad mood

UE4 feels impossible sometimes

And that's just blueprints, not even C++

[cedar wave]

Gamedev is hard overall. It could be a lot more difficult with other tools.

[plush yew]

I guess yeah

It's just this grapple line thing has stumped me for weeks and I'm afraid to ask for help since everyone seems annoyed by me

[bright sigil]

well, there's been many features that i really like which ive simply cut and then did something different

[plush yew]

ok, so my best solution for setting a character with navmesh navigation was: when i click on the object i need it to interact, i code a script that uses Simple MoveTo into the exact Transform of the start of the animation sequence

then i start the anim

there is something else easier like referring the sequence in blueprints and get the location of it?

[tame mountain]

guys

[honest rune]

anyone have any experience with any of the drivable car projects from the marketplace by Digital Dive Studios? Like https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/driveable-cars-basic-pack for example.

The cars and handling are really great but you cannot flip these cars onto their sides or roofs if your life depended on in and I can't seem to find where the BP functions are that autocorrect their roll values

[candid imp]

I was going to type this into #web but since it seems mostly dead I'll ask here instead. Crucify me, if you must! My issue is that I can't seem to be able to export my project to HTML (running Unreal Engine 4.23.1, the last one to natively support HTML5). It's giving me these errors in the logs, but I don't really understand what they mean. Any help would be much appreciated! https://www.toptal.com/developers/hastebin/epenaxonej.apache

[plush yew]

how can I access Skeletal Mesh with Blueprints?

i already promoted the Level Sequence as a variable

[light thunder]

Updating the engine version of your project only updates the actual uproject file right?

[light thunder]

what's the reference viewer say - they might have wheel assets to them

[honest rune]

They do, its a BP class based on wheeled vehicle. Do wheel assets have something that controls whether or not a vehicle always lands on its wheels? I didn't think it does

I'm pretty sure its not the center of gravity too because the self-correction of the roll is pretty aggressive

[bright sigil]

Uproject is a pointer, moving to a new engine version "upgrades" all the uassets too. Expect everything in the root folder to upgrade.

[lone stump]

any way someone with 3dsmax could help me with something?

[light thunder]

I was told the content directory wasn't touched

[bright sigil]

For example, a material will be updated to the newer version and if there are any changes in the newer version of materials in the engine, that material can no longer work in a prior version.

[light thunder]

I have it all in source control, (perforce) so if the engine changes something, as long as I name the changelist to "updated to 4.x", then it should work

[bright sigil]

I am not referring to changes you make btw, these are changes to the engine because of the update

[bright sigil]

Never used perforce, so i dunno

[green bluff]

i know this question may seem obvious, but I accidentally deleted a few animations from the third person template that were being unused, and now I am getting lots of errors. Anyone know how to get them back?

[bright sigil]

If you dont use source control, maybe make another project and then migrate those missing anims over

[green bluff]

i tried that

for some reason they arent migrating

[bright sigil]

It may require more than just the anims then, but i imagine anims should come over just fine

Select anims, rightclick then migrate, send to other project, override dupes

[green bluff]

when you migrate them where do they appear? I've migrated several times and each time I don't see the anims

[bright sigil]

When you migrate you choose the content folder as the destination. All assets will then migrate with their respective folder structure

[green bluff]

Thanks, I just tried to migrate and it worked this time

[zinc shore]

so when i try and compile the FSR plugin for UE5 it says it requires UE4.27.1 or greater is this mean its not possible to compile the FSR plugin for UE5

[sly coyote]

am i crazy or does "get random point in bounding box" not take the boxes rotation into account

[honest rune]

well I'll be damned. It was entirely the center of mass offset causing the car to land on its wheels no matter what craziness you did to try to flip it

[fleet marten]

@honest rune what was your solution? How did you change it

[honest rune]

They set the center of mass offset on each car types BP so you can change it there but I'm already finding that won't be enough for all vehicles. For the hatchback, you can tweak the center of mass and find a range of "sweetspots" that work well like just changing the z-offset to -5 or -10.
But for the sports car for example, its gear ratios and clutch strength are way to high so once you play with the z-offset, it becomes super unstable and rolls way too easy

Basically they abused the center of mass way too heavily (in this particular content at least) rather than tweaking things better

[torn blade]

what would yall recommend, a 2070 or a 3060 XC for 3D work?

[split jasper]

2 things that aren't answers to your question:

1. If you're doing a lot of actual 3D work and not just running the game you're making don't forget to pay attention to your processor. That rules how fast a LOT of processes are that you'll be waiting for over and over and over again
2. There's a #hardware channel 🙂

[honest rune]

Things are generally tweaked pretty well though, until you start playing with that center of mass offset, more so on certain models

[split jasper]

Also does anyone remember how to prevent ESC from exiting the game preview?

[torn blade]

didnt know #2, sorry!

[fleet marten]

@honest rune thanks for the follow up. Always good to understand what problems others run into so I learn more about the engine

[honest rune]

Its a fun one to play with. If I can get things running well enough in this basic one, I'll probably buy their big one. The handling feels real nice for physx-based vehicles

[short cipher]

I'm in trouble...
I am trying to fire the Projectile from the tip of the gun, but when I shoot near from the enemy, the Projectile turns in a strange direction.

When I asked the seller of this asset, [I wasn't born to support your production. I was told to fix the bug myself] and didn't get anything done.

The contact judgment specification is to remove the Projectile and damage it when the ammunition hits the enemy's Mesh directly. There is no judgment on the capsule

[plush yew]

how do i get a bool from the third person character to the anim bp?

[bright sigil]

then you can reference it wherever you like in the abp

[plush yew]

cool thanks

[bleak zodiac]

maybe this site can help with your isue
https://answers.unrealengine.com/index.html

[bright sigil]

so this is a particle that spawns with forward velocity or is there some kind of auto-aim?

[plush yew]

Hi everyone, have you had this problem with groom? I've been researching tutorials and I've done everything they tell you to do in the export and project settings, I thought it was the skeletal mesh with the bones that were spoiling but when I test it with another object (in this case the sphere) it spoils the same

is there a loop with break? besides from the for loop with break

[eternal lotus]

yo i'm setting up music.. I have some 'menu' music, and some level music. I followed a tut for the menu music that allows it to play music between levels by putting it on the gameinstance... this allows it to play both on the 'start' screen and the 'level select' screen..

BUT: i can't figure out how to STOP it when I begin the actual game levels lol. is there a way to get a reference to the playing sound so I can kill it?

[bright sigil]

i mean....

[plush yew]

yeah i found the while loop but cant really figure it out

[bright sigil]

id guess this should be a function to do so in the game instance so you can call it since it knows about it

[bright sigil]

ah, the most dangerous of loops

[plush yew]

my brain is turning into uncooked spaghetti

[bright sigil]

you can try a recursive method instead, essentially a function that calls itself with a branch check to repeat the function call loop until the condition turns false

[eternal lotus]

i think i figured it out

[bright sigil]

same sort of thing as a while loop, but you just need to make sure there is a guaranteed resolve

otherwise you've created an infinite loop and the engine wont like it!

[plush yew]

that is actually a good idea

do someone knows by heart if morph targets cost more than scaling meshes with BP?

(performance wise)

[drowsy snow]

I'm inclined to think it's barely negligible.

[zinc shore]

so im tiring to recompile the FSR plugin for my source build of UE 4.27 but it keeps failing

ERROR: Unhandled exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): ApplicationName='xcode-select', CommandLine='--print-path', CurrentDirectory='', Native error= Cannot find the specified file

[drowsy snow]

I'd love to help, but the video file size is too large :/

[short cipher]

How do I send a video?

[drowsy snow]

If you're recording with Windows built in screen recorded, try re-encode it with Handbrake first (nice free software for video conversion)

[grim ore]

well your video isnt really going to help, we cant see any of your code. Your shooting, and when your too close to your target your shooting somewhere else. debug.

print out your values and see what is happening, or show some more code of what is failing

[bright sigil]

Hi Matthew

[short cipher]

I understand. Check the shooting code before sending

[zinc shore]

dose FSR plugin only support directx?

[glad orchid]

Does anyone know why z kill doest respect pawns when their world position is updated via actor world offset?

Am I missing something simple here?

Characters, simulated static mesh actors or any pawn with any type of movement component seems to fire z kill

If simulated or updated via movement component

But if you tick or timeline a pawn base it doesn’t destroy when passing z kill

[muted imp]

anyone know why i cant message mannybot? it keeps saying that i dont share a server with him and message cant be delivered

[sinful tendon]

Anyone know why I am unable to paint foliage?

[muted imp]

thanks

[sinful tendon]

When I click on the landscape with the Foliage paint tool nothing happens

[kindred depot]

This issue with this is you do not have your bullet trace correctly. Its not understand which direction the bullets are coming from on rotation. So if you found the rotation of your camera, then found the location and rotation of of the tip of your gun , your projectile should now rotate with your camera and tip of your gun.

[short cipher]

thank you. I will check it. I'll create a process of ammunition launch from zero

[sinful tendon]

Found this floating in the air.

[kindred depot]

ill give you an example when i am done compiling shaders

[sinful tendon]

let me know if i'm in the wrong channel

[kindred depot]

With this right here I am calling the weapon actor. I added a sphere collision to the end of it. and I called a reference to it as the tip of the gun barrel.

[sinful tendon]

Is it because I'm using UE4 am I supposed to use UE5?

[short cipher]

thank you! I will refer to it

[sinful tendon]

I Deleted the floating Foliage and it removed all the Foliage in the landscape. i added only one plant and i still cant paint on landscape.

[plush yew]

yeah play around with size

sometimes it doesn't spawn

radius, density

[sinful tendon]

idk how I fixed it all i did was create a Static Mesh Foliage and now i can place Foliage with nothing in it

strange

thanks guys

[plush yew]

😂 👍

Trying to figure this piece out.
When pressing a button the camera spring arm can change it's rotation. Also while scrolling with the mouse wheel it can change its arm length. Both of these are using smooth transitions with InterpTo. Problem is when starting the rotation and if I use the mouse wheel in the middle of it the rotation will stop and it will only change the arm length.