ue4-general

[tardy hedge]

majority of my game logic is in widgets, may i have ai also have a ui to implement that logic

[narrow igloo]

no, sorry. logic nor state should be contained in widgets. widgets are really only for displaying that state to a player

[tardy hedge]

the widgets hold indexes to abilities and items, which my ai cannot use

[steady spear]

i wonder how devs make enemy ai's that shoot player but how would they manage the shooting thing? Like if it was really ai, woundt it 99% of the time track the players head and shoot at it like aimbot?

[bright sigil]

yeah, thats why they add "innacuracy"

[steady spear]

wouldnt the ai have free will?

[bright sigil]

what do you mean

[steady spear]

nvm

[oblique coyote]

I wanted to ask if anybody has resources on how to make modular non humanoid characters. For example awitching out arms and such. Any resource helps(mainly looking for model reqirements)

[drowsy snow]

Basically the same as making modular humanoid characters, really.

[rigid yacht]

doees anyone pay attention to grass these days

does using ue4 default grass seem bad

[drowsy snow]

What default grass? The ones from Starter Content?

[rigid yacht]

yes

[drowsy snow]

Well, nobody use them in serious projects.

[rigid yacht]

true haha

[plush yew]

Hello! Looking for a 3D generalist and animator with experience with Maya/Blender, ZBrush, Unreal Engine, and Marvelous Designer for a 2 month project. Budget: $50,000+ USD. Send portfolio to: [e-mail]

[sick patio]

hey @drowsy snow did i ask about this the other day? it didn't save and I forget the fix you all told me.

something about adding something in the project setting?

#blueprint

[drowsy snow]

Please see the #instructions on how to post to job board channels.

[sick patio]

is @oak patio around?

i figured it out on my own 😦 bought me a seeing eye dog. LOL (blind joke)

[timid meteor]

i am going to ask something that a million people asked in this channel xD

learn me ! 😄

i am pretty advanced and i want to devlup

in bps afcours

[dull girder]

can i get a list of all dedicated server arguments ??

[dull girder]

isnt that for a space in the variables?. try removing space

[narrow condor]

I'm very new to UE, but I'm trying to use it to model a desk setup with four monitors and the monitor arms(which I haven't bought yet) because I want to have as little complications in the future as possible. Just getting a feel for the scale of everything and how long the arms have to be, general shapes of the arms, etc. Does anyone have any advice on scaling(like getting the measurements mostly accurate from real-life in UE) because I'm really just winging this and hoping the scale is somewhat accurate. I think it is, but still, I have no clue.

Note: Don't mind those colored spheres there, I just put those around to mark what worked and what didn't. That red one there is just a marker to let me know that the height of the vertical monitor and the stand arm didn't match up after all.

[dull girder]

i think all the measurements are done cm in unreal engine.

[narrow condor]

But how exactly? Did you mean that in the XYZ scale I see in the details panel, the measurement "1.0" is equal to "1 cm" IRL?

Again, I'm very new and all of this is confusing so sorry in advance in the explanation is frustrating.

[bright sigil]

scale is a percentage. 1.0 is 100%. Location of 1.0 means 1 cm. Did you model these in another software?

[narrow condor]

Here's an example. The box geometry here is x0.03 y0.03 z0.025. I just had to google it, but there's 2.54 centimeters in an inch(and that's the unit I'm using IRL rn. Overall, if I had that box geometry in my hand in real life, then it should be over an inch long(or somewhere around an inch give or take). So, I think that this box is more than 2.54 centimeters in length. But, I'm also horrible at math. So I was thinking that an x value of "0.03" must be longer than 2.54 centimeters(or a bit less, like I said I doubt I scaled this right in the first place).

[narrow condor]

Oh, now that is very very helpful information!

[bright sigil]

it looks like you are using BSP Geometry, and you can adjust the width, height, depth instead of scale - and these values are based on cm

[narrow condor]

That does make a lot more sense now that I think about it...now I don't why I thought otherwise since scale is obviously going to be a percentage.

[narrow condor]

This makes so much mores sense now, I think I'll have to spend a lot more time getting used to scaling things correctly, but I'll do that alone so I actually learn it. Thank you so much for the help and information!

[narrow condor]

Thank you too!

[arctic sundial]

I'm sorry to be posting the same Q twice, I've fixed the issue with actor rotation (thank you @ebon geode - im sorry it was such a basic question). But The actor I am trying to pick up is one generated from a blue print. i.e. in the game details tab - you can select the mesh type, colour, material, etc. What happens when I pick it up is: despawn the OG actor and spawn a child that is "held", it reverts back to whatever the default BP model was. IS there a way to rectify this? images of before and after interact and the BP below

I'm sure this is another basic Q but can't seem to find the right thing on google, maybe just not searching the correct terms

[ebon geode]

I don't get why you need to respawn an actor in the first place to replace it with an identical copy ^^

[narrow condor]

Sorry, forgot to answer your question. No, I didn't use another software, I just started learning this huge world of graphic design, art, game design, etc. even exits and I decided to just start with unreal engine because I heard I didn't have to learn how to code and it was free. I also just started doing free YouTube tutorials and recently found Udemy(not endorsing or promoting). Using "simple geometry" is all I've learned so far really in terms of building without pre-made assets that the "Instructor" has provided.

[arctic sundial]

I think that is roughly what I attempted to do with the class thing. Honestly, I am very little into my basic development - like <1 week so I'm literally following and trying to make sense of tutorials, then reworking it for my own stuff. I wasn't aware that you shouldn't generally use child components etc.

[narrow condor]

I should have been more specific, I meant I didn't need to learn C++ or C#(which I think is what Unity uses?) right off that bat and that made it sound more beginner friendly.

I'll keep that in mind, and maybe start looking into C++ tutorials...

These ones?

I'll save them right now

[arctic sundial]

this may be another dumb Q then so bare with, but what is the best way to spawn an identical actor and attach it. Like What I am wanting is sort of a basic cooking game style system. There's a bottle of red fluid with a level of 0.5 (0-1).

you pick it up, You rotate it, the fluid level decreases at a certain rate etc. to say 0.2.

you place it back down and it keeps that new fluid level.

How is it I would specify what each actor looks like. Can I make a property matrix type thing manually for each of the different fluids etc, that I want and can call from that - saving each one as a different actor?

ah sorry, bad explanation - in terms of spawning then, I was thinking longer term to have an inventory type "cupboard" that you could pull the actors from. In the previous example of just picking it up, yes what you suggested would be ideal. I'm just unsure where to start with specifying that actor to pick up.

Also I really appreciate the labour - I understand I'm rattling off a lot of questions

Fair enough - idk why the tutorial i followed suggested the way it did then 🙂 I'll give it a try. Thank you for taking the time buddy

[ebon geode]

You can make your variables "Expose on Spawn" which means when you Spawn Actor of Class, those variables are exposed and you just spawn whatever mesh and color you need

It would be great to create an AItem main class that has all the main functions like a pickup system and make all other items inherit from that one.

I feel the structure is missing. Normally you think more general. What is an item and create a main class with all properties an item has. Then you think about interaction with the item and maybe create one or multiple BP Interfaces just with all the functions like pickup,consume,put in inventory,etc
Then you implement those functions into the item one by one.
It seems like you first start implementing functionality without considering the whole picture which will make the code messy and complicated in the end and you might end up with respawning actors because otherwise your systems breaks for strange reasons and messy code 🙂 but that's okay, because it's stuff that everybody needs to learn :)

[shell ibex]

Im a very noob, and i really need some advice... How to go about developing a system for the player to put his files in the game. For example the player must put files in a folder of the game, how the game can read these files

I would be very grateful for an answer

[ebon geode]

I think you would want a C++Plugin for that.

Yeah but maybe the idea is, that there already is a plugin for file-io in existence 😅

[shell ibex]

Does this process have a name?

The process of reading files that players put

I have no landmark to direct me...

ty I needed exactly this kind of keyword

[sick patio]

NO capito

[sharp crest]

With Chaos, can you set a destructible to be a custom mesh during runtime (Before spawning it)?
Or you have to generate the pieces for each mesh individually in the editor first?

[sharp crest]

variables

and a button has an 'enabled' var that u can set to not let ppl click

like?

[drowsy snow]

Are you trying to make a cheat code system?

[timid meteor]

how can i do this good again ? :p

[sharp crest]

anyone knows how to spawn a chaos destructible in real time? lol

can't find a node for it, and the componet doesnt let u set the geomtry collection

[timid meteor]

it the sprint thing

[sharp crest]

set it to the vaiable u want... not what it currently is at

u dont need the get var nodes

[timid meteor]

ow okay thanks

can you show me? haha

of like that

[sharp crest]

no just remove those nodes and u will have the option to set a custom number

[sharp crest]

seems good

[tame marsh]

Is there a plugin for UDP from Epic? Or are ther only third party ones

[sharp crest]

search on the marketplace

[drowsy snow]

What's UDP?

[tame marsh]

Yeah I've checked, some paid ones, just wondering if there's one from Epic that I've overlooked. Epic's got a plugin for OSC so I'm surprised there's none for UDP

[tame marsh]

Data transfer protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol

[sharp crest]

I googled it then realized if I don't know what it is then I probably can't help him

[tame marsh]

Thanks for the effort regardless haha

[shell ibex]

how to make a playmodel bone static?

this

[drowsy snow]

What do you mean by "playmodel bone static"?

[tight crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/unreal-shader-confused-unreal4-unreal-engine-gif-15378565

[shell ibex]

for imported model like with vrm4u

im noob idk how to make static

the hair

@drowsy snow

[shell ibex]

true

[teal badger]

Any advice, pointers or guides for automating packaging (I am searching it. Just want to make sure I don't overlook anything or fall into rabbit holes)?

[drowsy snow]

#automation

[shell ibex]

i found it sorry

[drowsy snow]

What do you mean by "static"?
Because that depends on the animBP if it has anim dynamics or not

[shell ibex]

because when I play the hair went in all directions

[flat trail]

hey, where are the content folders COLOR stored in 4.27?

[pine siren]

When I exit "play in editor", can I force the camera to go back to where it was before I started "play in editor"?

[flat trail]

Used to be a project settings per user but i cant find it anymore

[fallen marten]

Hey guys do any of you have a controllable vehicle in your projects?

I have a plugin im going to put up for consideration on the ue4 market - but i want at least one person to try it before i do

[fallen marten]

nope

[drowsy snow]

Not sure how VRM4U really set it up
I do use VRoid Studio models, but I rerig it myself to match UE4's mannequin standard and fix twist bone issues, and went with Kawaii Physics for the anim dynamics on hair bones.

[shell ibex]

tysm

[fallen marten]

Does anyone want to try drag and drop PhysX vehicle skids - available for 1 lucky user

No-one? Jeesus..

[teal badger]

Ooops. Thank you!

[drowsy snow]

Nope.
I use my own custom vehicle physics 😛

[fallen marten]

Its not for physics

Its a drag and drop skid component

[fallen marten]

Good on you setting your own physics - standard vehicl is a bit dodgey

[flat trail]

Sorry il refine my question
I dont want to use the file perprojectusereditorsettings cause it interrupts everyones workflow, but i want to have the same colors on the content folder spread across source controll to everyone

Is there a way i can achieve this

[drowsy snow]

I'm afraid you can't. Folder colours aren't stored in default config files.

[flat trail]

hmm this is a pity

Should request a feature for this

[ebon geode]

If you want to torture people with your 255;0;255 folder colors :P

[drowsy snow]

Good luck, your request should be rejected on arrival if there's no super rare astronomical event happening

[fierce tulip]

@wild kestrel still has a plugin laying around that does folder colors. (on my request) but he never finished it <_< (and stores them)

[drowsy snow]

I would consider myself lucky my bug report on the built in water system actually went through

[fierce tulip]

cmon shadow, take our money!

[wild kestrel]

:>

sry i forgot

[fierce tulip]

:p

[wild kestrel]

i though i finished it

[flat trail]

lol

[wild kestrel]

there something wrong with it?

or you mean unreal update issue? :p

[fierce tulip]

no, but people would like to have it for their projects. could be a neat marketplace pack or so :)

or on github

[drowsy snow]

The issue in question:
https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-136830

[wild kestrel]

hmmm i will think about it, currently busy with other stuff

[fierce tulip]

sure, take your time :)

hugs shadowriver

[wild kestrel]

hugs

[fierce tulip]

i'll remind you in another two years :p

[worthy elbow]

Does anyone have any idea whats going on to my character clothing (Static mesh) on multiplayer?
on server's view it works fine but on client's view, the clothes mesh's not following the master pose properly

[wild kestrel]

lol

ue5 version :p

[drowsy snow]

Why is your character clothing a static mesh?
Also I'm inclined to think the clothing mesh copying the master pose isn't necessary to be replicated and can be done locally.

[covert burrow]

Hi, I'm not sure where to post this but I have a gigantic map and I'm struggling to move objects for example the player start across it, I'm aware of the End key to snap the object to the terrain but I need an easier way to move the player start into a desired location.

@safe shoal Oh and nice set of games! 🙂

[drowsy snow]

Not sure if pressing End is not an easier way than manually aligning the Z position, unless your keyboard has the End key busted.

[covert burrow]

@drowsy snow It's X and Y I want to move and I'm finding it tedious.

[drowsy snow]

I don't know if two drags and one key press that took at least 5 seconds is tedious as it is.
But hey, I wasn't aware it is a thing before.

[covert burrow]

I don't know what that means but moving move objects across a huge map really is difficult when I can just travel around it, find a suitable location and grab some coordinate and set my object down there.

[drowsy snow]

If you want to travel around while moving the object, you can hold Shift while moving the object to make the editor camera follow around, but I assume you don't want that kind of hacky shortcut.

I don't think there's any other way, as right clicking on an object also means selecting it right away.

[ripe delta]

How would I go about making a player 'slip' when running over a surface I classify as vomit?

[drowsy snow]

Sorry, what? Vomit?

[ripe delta]

I have characters that vomit decals on the ground. I'm trying to make it so walking over them causes the player to slip/affects their movement in some way.

[covert burrow]

@drowsy snow That's not at all hacky, that's perfect thank you! What would've taken me 2 hours has taken me 2 minutes! 😄

[drowsy snow]

So what you want to do is to have a trigger box on where the vomit decal spawned, and if the character overlaps on it, do your slip thing.

#graphics

[icy plaza]

owh my bad!

thanks

[pine siren]

Any UPROPERTY-grandmasters here?
I have a TArray<USomeObject*> that I'd like to alter in the editor.
I'm using Instanced, EditInstanceOnly, and it works fine, but whenever I click the + icon to add a new instance to the array in the editor, it defaults to None and I get a drop-down where I can choose between None and USomeObject.
Is there a way to make it auto-initialize to USomeObject, or does it have to be null?

[sharp crest]

u just mean that u want to the default the new array item to some object instead of null

[drowsy snow]

#cpp

[pine siren]

Yea, I already clicked the + icon, so I don't see why I should have to manually specify that the added item shouldn't be null.
I mean, I understand it if the array could consist of several different types of classes, but in my case there's only one option..

[sharp crest]

Idk if that's doable but ye #cpp would prob get u a better answer

[pine siren]

Ok. I actually decided not to post there, because the UPROPERTIES are very much UE-specific and not general C++ stuff. But I guess only cpp-developers would ever need to deal with them, so you're right. I'll head over there:)

[drowsy snow]

Well, #cpp is mainly for Unreal C++ stuff.

[sharp crest]

bp devs wouldn't even know what a uproperty is

not atht I know much cpp but. y.e

[pliant yoke]

this place is humming along

[devout mason]

Why is my Glass Material always blurry when using DOF?

(already tried "Render after DOF" on & off)

[ebon geode]

Well if you try to store a reference inside this array the reference should exist. It's not like by clicking + to add an array index a new USomeObject is created.

[pine siren]

It does if I select it in the class picker that appears.

[ebon geode]

So if there is no USomeObject in the Scene or whatever what reference would you choose? The reference to the USomeObject that is a component of the game mode or a thingy inside the characters damage system....

[pine siren]

No, that's what Instanced mean, I guess. It makes an instance for me. The list shows exactly two things. None and USomeObject(class, not instance). If I select the USomeObject it creates an instance for me. If I click + again, this second array element also defaults to "None", but I can select USomeObject in the dropdown, and it creates another different instance of USomeObject.

This is behaving as expected, I just want it to automatically make that instance, instead of being None by default, as that doesn't make any sense in this scenario with one valid class to make an instance of.

[tawdry zealot]

I disabled Engine.ini from the Config directory, can players still find a way to edit Engine.ini?

[ebon geode]

Ah I see... It's with floats and ints so the moment you click the + there should be some instance already created. Maybe you can take a look at how they do it with those basic data types.

There might be some other UProbs like NoClear that might mess with this somehow (I'm not a C++ expert so my advice is probably bad 😞)

"Prevents this Object reference from being set to none from the editor. Hides clear (and browse) button in the editor."

[pine siren]

Yeah I already tried it, but it just removes the clear-button 😦 It still sets it to None by default.

[ebon geode]

So how do strings, floats and ints handle it? ;)

[fallow jackal]

What is a control rig used for? real time gameplay or pre made cutscenes?
Whats the difference between a rigged model and a skeletal mesh?

[teal parcel]

if anyone could help with

#virtual-production That would be massively appreciated

[final moth]

39% initialazing problem, any advice? How to move on?

[sharp crest]

in the editor startup loading? just wait ye

[amber shuttle]

why does timer makes a tick after unpause?

i want to pause it while level loads, pausing just after tick and unpausing after level loads , makes them load one after another at the speed of light

clearly says its resumed

wtf

im just showing those im not dumb 😄

[ebon geode]

There could be many wrong ways something like that could be implemented ^^

[amber shuttle]

goes like that

[hollow ridge]

Hi there! QQ, is it possible to keyframe/animate the focal length in sequencer? I tried to keyframe it but doesn't do anything in the preview. Thanks!

[amber shuttle]

button press event is where it loads the level

if timer is set for 5 sec, it waits for 5 sec and then starts fricking loading 69mph

like it ticks when unpaused

[amber shuttle]

one guy had the exact same question the other day

we tried but it seems focal length is broken or smth

make sure you're using default focus settings

theres not much else to it

[brittle plume]

Do you know any interesting plugins that allow me to read and write data online?

[lapis ore]

If I wanted to have a weapon leave a continuous mark everywhere it hits, what's the best way to do it?

[hollow ridge]

ok

[dull heart]

Hey, I need some help with UE 4.27.2. I cannot understand how to run a C++ file I made that just simply writes to the output log. Thank you for any help.

English is not my first language, so if there's any questions just ask

[drowsy snow]

The easiest way would be making it an actor and calling the function.
#cpp can guide you more on it.

[dull heart]

Thank you

[pure viper]

Please can someone tell me how i can get these assets that are originally for UE4 into UE5

[rose tiger]

why is the water system in 4.26.2 don't work?
i can't see anything

[thick herald]

same as any asset pack that doesn't support an engine version. In the launcher click Add to project, there is a check box that lets you pick any project [not just supported version] pick your UE5 project. it will ask you to chose the closest compatible version, do that and then magic happens.

[thick herald]

The water system is buggy as hell.

[rose tiger]

is there any alternative?

[thick herald]

Loads of water systems in the marketplace, depends on your needs though.

[brittle plume]

Hi! Do you know any interesting plugins that allow me to read and write data online?

[peak falcon]

do you know what kind of data you're trying to read and write?

[covert burrow]

I'm trying to map W,A, S and D keys to something like Add Controller Yaw Input but not sure how to do it, I have my InputAxis components already in place just not sure what to pin them to.

Currently Mouse X is mapped to Yaw.

[pure viper]

thank you

[brittle plume]

all? String, number... Variables

[peak falcon]

well.. that's very vague, you might want to try to narrow it down a little

are you trying to work with an API? or JSON ? some kind of database?

[brittle plume]

I'm fine with anything that can help me that doesn't require too much work ... XD

(A database is fine)

[drowsy snow]

This should be your input settings, you can simply swap the input axis events around in your event graph.

[peak falcon]

maybe just scope out some tutorials on persistent servers and use the built-in multiplayer stuff. talking from client -> server is maybe "easiest" to get working in ue4

[twilit hill]

theres like 50 free http-post/get/json plugins

[brittle plume]

PHP...

[twilit hill]

the literal industry standard for this use case, yes, what about it?

[brittle plume]

The superglobals

Are... SCARY

[livid portal]

is there a way to automatically populate a struct from a datatable? ...maybe stupid question, but it seems like this should be a thing, since datatables are based on structs.

[pallid talon]

Question, can I use a PC version of Unreal to Package for iOS and create AR content for an iPhone?

[drowsy snow]

There's no Unreal Editor for mobile anyway.

[pallid talon]

I don't understand. Are you saying ARCore and ARKit doesn't exist?

[drowsy snow]

Theoretically you want to for each on every row and add it to an array.

[covert burrow]

That wasn't what I asked. I never mentioned the mapping of keys to InputEvents, I don't know how to connect those input events to the camera to control the Yaw.

[drowsy snow]

Are you having Third Person template? Because it has basic third person controls set up from the get go, and you can analyse it.

The camera is Input Axis amount multiplied by turn rate to set the control rotation.

[covert burrow]

It's a blank template.

[drowsy snow]

You can Add Content/Feature Pack and bring in the Third Person Template right there and then.

[pallid talon]

Does anyone know if I need a Mac to create AR for an iPhone or will it work with the PC version of Unreal?

[pure dagger]

Hey. I made a group, but now it's grey and i can't select that. Why?

[plush yew]

Hello guys, I am new into unreal engine, I watch tutorials everyday, and getting more familiar with the interface and some functions.. etc, I was wondering if anyone would be available or interested to have a 1 on 1 zoom to explain me some stuff I get stuck at ( like adding displacement to the material i get from megascans ) .. etc ( paid ofc ) hit me in dm

[covert burrow]

I have a collision sphere around my pawn camera but still seems to go through terrain.

I would like it to not do that with any object unless I make an exception.

[bright sigil]

If this is a third person camera, the template uses a springarm which handles collision.

[covert burrow]

It's not a third person template but I have the spring arm but I can't get the camera to go along it. :/

Sorted, I didn't know it had to be right up its arse. haha lol

[peak falcon]

i'm curious too!

[lucid egret]

is it normal to go over 70 Celcius when cooking stuff?

[amber shuttle]

depends what stuff are you cooking

you can go higher if you cooking water

[wind gale]

Is there a hotkey or something that allows me to activate a transform in editor without having to grab the widget? Like, I need to look at a corner of a static mesh up close in wire frame mode, and then rotate the object to get registration correct. Equivalent of hitting R, G, or S in Blender.

[bright sigil]

you can hold the ctrl key down then either LMB, RMB, or both to affect a specific axis

[upbeat tendon]

no idea where to ask this question, but i thought i might bite bullet and upgrade to win11, seeing as the main thing i do with my pc is my ue4 hobby project, am i likely to find problems running ue4 on win11?

[cedar wave]

What's the gain that you get with Win11?

[autumn flame]

Just depression

[cedar wave]

Any critical thing you need from an OS that is less than a year old?

Win10 is still supported until 2025

There was someone talking about issues with 11 a few days ago if I recall correctly.

[fierce tulip]

my take on it is, I rather have my pc as stable as possible, instead of using basically untested software/OS's. having to deal with ue4/max/win10 crashing from time to time is frustration enough.

[lucid egret]

I'm cooking a character mesh with a few small blueprints

[wind gale]

Thank you. So glad to know this.

[fossil nexus]

https://streamable.com/xep8qi
I have this cube with a World Aligned Texture.
I use Scale 3D to reduce its size, and because its World Aligned it crops the texture as it reduces size. Thats what i want.
However you can see that right after, when it moves, the texture moves also.
How do i prevent that from happening?

Thats in the material?

i cant find it

[covert burrow]

How do I set an initial material to my landscape so I can see it when sculping?

I want a checkerboard texture.

Before clicking create landscape I apply an initial material yet I don't see it in the created landscape.

It's completely transparent and I see the sky cube.

@plush yew Under the details pane of the landscape I apply a landscape material and I don't see it. :/

[bright sigil]

yeah you can throw on whatever material, but youll need a proper landscape material to blend multiple textures

make the landscape and confirm it all, then drag and drop the material

[covert burrow]

Oh I see it now.

Weird I tried 6 and all 6 didn't show then a 7th and it did.

[fossil nexus]

That worked, it fixed the sliding. But now the texture rotates. I thought maybe the World Normal can fix this?

[bright sigil]

at this point, why not just unwrap the model and slap the texture on it? 😄

[fossil nexus]

Unwrap model? And that will crop the texture when i reduce the scale of the cube? Because thats my issue. I need the texture to not scale, only the object. I need it to crop as it reduces... and only world aligned texture achieved that in part...

[bright sigil]

did you restart the editor?

[bright sigil]

i honestly have no clue what effect you are trying to achieve. But from what ive read, you want the texture projected onto each face of the cube, to maintain it's size, and to maintain its projection when rotated

unwrapping is usually done in another software however

its been awhile since ive had this problem, for the very reason i delete my assets from level before deleting from project folder 🙂 but maybe there is a redirector of the asset hanging around - it's a uasset, but it doesnt always show up where the original asset was, it might be there if you look via file explorer

[buoyant granite]

:triangular_flag_on_post: Sheprekt#1130 received strike 1. As a result, they were muted for 10 minutes.

[covert burrow]

Does anyone know why on a blank landscape the light model takes forever to build? There is things I have done, camera stuff, keybindings, and sunset and sunrise along with day and night cycle.

[fossil nexus]

Yup, thats it. Though i never heard of unwrapping. Im looking to it right now.

[fossil nexus]

By now im thinking about just trying to reduce the texture also when reducing the scale of the cube, at run time.

[covert burrow]

Come on lighting... :/

Haha here goes! 😄

Is there normal for it to stay at 0% for a while before it starts showing build progress?

[bright sigil]

you can try making a BSP Geomtry cube and then apply the material. in that cube's details, you can play with uv placement. you can convert it to a static mesh when you are happy with it

[bright sigil]

the aspect of scaling though, might not be handled the way you'd want. I would imagine you want the texture to remain it's size while the model changes in size

@fossil nexus there is a ScreenAlignedUV node, the result is a bit different, but it is screen space instead - it would maintain size on whatever object, but again, its a different look

[bright sigil]

im not sure how big your landscape is, but usually for building lighting of large scenes a lightmass importance volume is used to define where the "important" baking areas are

you may get better awareness in the #volunteer-projects - essentially you are looking for playtesters (read the #instructions first 🙂 )

[covert burrow]

It was weird, it hung at 0% for 20 minutes then start progressing.

[ashen sky]

anyone free?

[cedar wave]

I'm always free

https://tenor.com/bmaCw.gif

[ashen sky]

lul

wanna help me with my project then

(unreal project)

errr... before then let me uninstall and reinstall my amd drivers

orrrr not...

seems i may just lock my gpu (by doing something only my out of date gpu can do) so i cant update it

[summer turret]

@mystic oar @small burrow it was nice talking, gotta go get ready for the interview 😭

[mystic oar]

@summer turret Good luck! 😉

[ashen sky]

i still cant find a single person to help... damn it

yepo. i think i did

ahhh

errr... then ill be specific

can someone help me make a working handle for a model.

well is it you?

😄

no no

its not that its not working

its that i dont know how to make one

[fervent trout]

I dont know if this is the correct place for asking, but, is it possible to migrate files (models) from 4.27 to 4.26 ?

[ashen sky]

most likely would work

[fervent trout]

I need to use 4.26 because most of the plugins Im using arent updated, so maybe I did something wrong with the migration

Thats another easy way, yes

Well I found out about my #graphics issue, it works fine on 4.27 the model is seamless there

[fierce tulip]

anybody know how to use the search syntact "SizeX" and SizeY" in content browser search.
I cant get it to work.
whenever I add stuff like SizeX=4096 or whatever it just ignored it.

[bright sigil]

use Dimensions=4096

[covert burrow]

I need to compile Unreal Engine 4.27.2 from source, I was unable to access the repository as it was giving a 404 error but then found out that I need to associate my Epic Games account with Github account. I checked to see if both accounts are linked and they are, I'm also signed into both accounts. How do I get the source code?

[fierce tulip]

@bright sigil that works, thanks :)

[bright sigil]

double check the steps, you linked your epic account but there's two emails as well for this process

[covert burrow]

What do you mean?

[tawdry python]

I don't get it this time

I had legit 4GB of ram free

and NOTHING open

[bright sigil]

you make your githhub account, link your account, wait for the email, use the join link, wait for the confirmation email, then you should be good

[tawdry python]

why is VRAM usage so high wtf

[covert burrow]

I'm sorry to be rude but I'm sure people don't listen to what I'm saying in here. I already said the site gives a 404 error.

[tawdry python]

I have no clue I wasn't running the app you sent me

[covert burrow]

I already said the account is linked.

I'm aware.

[bright sigil]

i had this same problem when i was linking to the github. i thought i did all the steps and was still getting the 404

[covert burrow]

Well I'm glad this was finally made clearer to me. I will use SSH.

[bright sigil]

fwiw i didnt do that, i just double checked the steps and made sure i did each one

[covert burrow]

Sorry for getting short.

[tawdry python]

urgh

™️

but how come unreal is the only one to crash

[autumn flame]

Doesn't like you, try taking it to a date first

[covert burrow]

Time to bring up WSL to get the source on this Windows machine LOL

[grim ore]

@covert burrowI know that other people who have had this issue before remove the link to github in their account (disconnect) then reconnected it and it worked

[covert burrow]

I'm more comfortable with my GNU/Linux environment for things like this. Thank you though! 🙂

[tawdry python]

@plush yew I just triggered the Microsoft ®️ Windows 10™️ Experience

It happened right when I enabled the standby cleaner and reopened unreal

[fallow hornet]

is there a way in a static mesh to move elements to the pivot?

[grim ore]

you can using the new modeling tools plugin

[autumn flame]

If you're using up to date Nvidia driver be sure to install the fix for UE4

[fallow hornet]

@grim ore is that in 4.26.2?

[grim ore]

the tools are yes, I dont know if the pivot part of it is.

[bright sigil]

there is an edit pivot option in the right click menu as well

might be better to handle it in your dcc though in case you reimport

[fallow hornet]

was planning not to re-import

[slate vessel]

There seems to be many commands relating to volumetric fog but I can't seem to narrow down the one I need. I need to correct the noisy slice appearance because as the camera moves it kinda strobes too. I've tried grid pixel but I don't think that's the one. Any suggestions please?

[covert ivy]

When you see these graphics, what game does it make you think of ? 🤔 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-IUJLpWEAEY4Nx?format=jpg&name=large

[bright sigil]

if i ignore any gameplay semblances, that arena shooter gigantic

[twilit hill]

man its really a crime that none of the screenshots of the old answers forum work anymore, i need those so often, why in the world where those lost

[bright sigil]

yeah, i get annoyed everytime its that "we moved everything for a better experience" page

[twilit hill]

that is literally the worst thing anyone could have messed up

cause thats the only place where problems were handled and solutions were posted

including workarounds from developers

i dont even visit the forums anymore since the changed it to the mess it now is

[covert burrow]

Yeah me too, winds me up real bad!

[twilit hill]

could be just me, but the readability in the new forums is super garbage

[covert burrow]

Things can change for the better but usually they change for the worse! Oh dear boy.

[twilit hill]

man im just glad that you can still make games with ue, they prioritized so many fancy schmancy features which have absolutely nothing to do with games its scary

like look at this great new feature which looks awesome at 200% display resolution for a quick screenshot at .5 frames per century

[covert burrow]

@twilit hill I've always struggled with editors of any kind when they're packed out with panes.

[twilit hill]

or nanite, thats scary stuff .. the performance is really really not good if you want to go for big landscapes - and then they cut off tesselation alltogether, super scary stuff

[covert burrow]

It would also make more sense if a graphics design software didn't get a GUI packed out with graphics.

[twilit hill]

also lumen is not usable from what i could test so far, it simply wouldnt run anywhere smooth on the absolute majority of systems - im looking forward how AoC will handle this .. they plan to implement it as default

but hey, at least i found the holy landscape grail for good performance - its using NEITHER world composition NOR world partition, just a huge 16x16km chonk of a single landscape with the legacy auto landscape lods

[covert burrow]

I've noticed Unreal Engine can get really slow at building light models very easily.

[fierce tulip]

it'll be back

in some form

[covert burrow]

It's not difficult to slug that build process LOL

[twilit hill]

if you think light is slow then try to rebuild grass maps for 256km²

[covert burrow]

I've I've yet to add that in my world and I'm going to, it's planned and I've already read about the nightmare lol

[twilit hill]

it "was" rather fast with only a few grasstypes, but now it takes minutes - and i need to flush it after every build because its bugged

[covert burrow]

People saying "Keep low on the grass" lol

[twilit hill]

nothing like seeing a random 200k tree instances in the sky

[covert burrow]

@twilit hill I've wanted to design a world tree for a long time. lol Like Yggdrassil or Teldrassil

[twilit hill]

yeah that sure would look nice

[covert burrow]

Walk through a portal like the one outside Teldrassil and end up in the land on top 😄

That would be a tree that doubles into an island in size. lol

[twilit hill]

getting these vibes from my directional text indicator so i stop getting lost

[covert burrow]

Yeah I can see why that would be heavy.

How big is that world? It looks big! 😄

[twilit hill]

256km²

actually more

[covert burrow]

Oh nice. 🙂

@twilit hill Are you using day and night cycles?

[twilit hill]

ye the performance aint bad with just the landscape and some grasstypes, but i need to start on the water, hate the tiling

using UDS for sky and cycles, with custom randomization

[covert burrow]

Yeah the water could do with some improvements but you got to start somewhere, you can't fit a goat through a needle without the needle being big enough. 😄

Beautiful world!

[twilit hill]

thats 1440p btw not 1080p

so some headroom for heavy stuff

[covert burrow]

I compiled a huge map and ran it in 4K lol

[twilit hill]

nice

[covert burrow]

My system just keeps giving more and it's a VM!

[drowsy snow]

KVM under Linux?

[covert burrow]

vfio KVM yes

[covert ivy]

You're right. There is something 🙄 https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/gogigantic/images/f/f9/Sanctum_Falls_load_0.png/revision/latest?cb=20171106200211

[covert burrow]

Oh wow nice! 😄

[covert ivy]

I would have said Fortnite or Spyro : https://img.20mn.fr/LFXhNsEPR7Ow9sJ3zVZrSg/830x532_fortnite-lance-sa-formule-payante.jpg https://i.imgur.com/edTytM4.png

[covert burrow]

Okay so I tried cloning the UnrealEngine repository via SSH and still says the repository doesn't exist.

[plush yew]

anyone aware of any issues with UE 4.27 and media files? every time i try to preview a Media reference file from the media player in engine it basically crashes, goes unresponsive indefinitely.

[covert burrow]

I NEED the source files!

[tawdry python]

niet

[covert ivy]

@plush yew Water and stone looks close to this : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-NgAyWWQAER1N6?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[tawdry python]

SYMBOL_NAME: nt!KeAccumulateTicks+2064ce

MODULE_NAME: nt

IMAGE_NAME: ntkrnlmp.exe

IMAGE_VERSION: 10.0.19041.1466

it's the Microsoft®️ Windows™️ NT™️ 10™️ Experience™️

unless it just doesn't say which driver it is while it should

[covert ivy]

Actually, I think that all are rather close but... I don't kow... In the last pic (or the first that I posted at 22:44 - it's the same game - ), there is a little thing that makes I like this style a bit more, I don't know what it is exactly... More detailled and clean textures, maybe...

[covert burrow]

Has anyone managed to get the Unreal Engine 4.27.2 source code?

[fierce tulip]

dejavu, didnt we have this discussion last night as well? @covert ivy

[cosmic nymph]

"With Unreal Engine 5 new features, Games will be able to be shit out much faster as if they had the runs, lets hope it smells like roses!!" ~The Black Lamb, 2022

[fierce tulip]

<_<

[covert ivy]

@fierce tulip Maybe you've seen the last pic yesterday because I already posted it. But I don't remember have this discussion with you ^^

[plush yew]

weird, media files play fine on 4.26, something with my project is crashing mediaplayer

[covert burrow]

I read something about getting an invitation to download the source which will expire in 7 days, the Github account was linked to the Epic Games account a long time ago, how do I get that invitation back?

[fierce tulip]

not me in particular, just in general. was having a matrix-dejavu moment XD

[surreal prism]

Does someone know how to translate this landscape to real world km2?

[plush yew]

damn, its a particular video file causing the crash

i guess it doesnt like the format

[covert burrow]

I re-linked my account, I didn't receive an invitation.

[autumn flame]

16km^2

[covert ivy]

@fierce tulip You are not in the matrix, Neo, I assure you that I already posted the last pic 😉

[drowsy snow]

Not in your e-mail after reloading?

Who knows if it somehow got put into spam junk folder

[surreal prism]

So resolution is expressed in something equivalent to meters ?

[autumn flame]

Yeah, unless you scale it up from 1,0

[surreal prism]

cool thanks

[drowsy snow]

Yes, every vertex in highest LOD spans to 1 meters, unless per mentioned X/Y scale is anything but 1.0

[surreal prism]

gotcha

[autumn flame]

Even if i think Landscape base scale is 100,0

[covert burrow]

Maybe I should ditch Unreal Engine, it's slowing me down.

[autumn flame]

But ya get the point :p

[drowsy snow]

If you thought Unity grass is greener, well, go for it.

[autumn flame]

Gotta love that Source Access

[drowsy snow]

I know Unity can be as slow as well if the project has more going on, but I digress.

[glossy mica]

why can i not find help anywhere? all pages in the forums are non accesible or deleted, if there is a question in the forums no one has answered it, when i ask n the discord, nobody answers, all the documentation i need is just for APi stuff and everything is set up in such a complex manner in the engine that your brain melts when trying ti find the simplest of settings.

[covert burrow]

@drowsy snow I should be able to build a f%%king dedicated server...

[autumn flame]

Yes, with Source you can

[covert burrow]

@autumn flame Read what I said above.

[drowsy snow]

Dedicated server? The only real reason people go through building from source 😆

Should've figured

[autumn flame]

I totally have access to Source, yes

It's pretty Epic ngl

[drowsy snow]

Me too, even maintaining my own fork and put anime shading model in it 😆

[covert burrow]

I don't because they won't send me an invite.

[autumn flame]

They sent me one

Not sure what you're doing wrong

Check your spam?

[covert burrow]

Already have, I even relinked my account.

[rose sleet]

Hey does anyone know how i can get both these textures to look the same?

The rest of the room looks the same except that window wall

[drowsy snow]

It do be pretty epic

[autumn flame]

It's very Gitty

[drowsy snow]

Searched for any mail from GitHub, even in junk folders?

[covert burrow]

Yes.

I've done everything.

[cedar wave]

As a professional engine hopper (I've used Unity, Unreal, Godot, GameMaker, Bevy, NeoAxis, O3DE, Unigine, and more) - having an interruption in getting your account linked so you can gain access to the source is frustrating, but solvable. I would rather deal with that headache than dealing with the headaches that the other engines provide.

Yeah - getting a dedicated server is much easier in other engines

[autumn flame]

You can still test Dedicated in Engine btw

Source is to package one

There's even a cool option to not run the windows under one process

[covert burrow]

Just re-linked account again.

Still no invite.

I might write my own server.

[autumn flame]

Just to make sure

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ue4-on-github

I think the easier solution would be creating a new account in that case, lol

[cedar wave]

Do you absolutely need the dedicated server to be set up and deployed right now? Or are you just trying to set it up? If not, I'd just wait until tomorrow or somethin'. Then send a support ticket. Work on other things in the meantime

[drowsy snow]

I want to go off tangent and say LAN Party / Peer too peer is still cool, but I think that's way off tangent

Maybe for cheat prevention, but in peer-to-peer MP, that'd be up to the one hosting the game to decide.

[covert burrow]

Got it

Finally

Never cloned a particular branch via SSH before.

[autumn flame]

Just replicate GTA's netcode

So everyone can enter your singleplayer game

[drowsy snow]

https://tenor.com/view/no-michael-scott-the-office-gif-11803340

[plush yew]

@plush salmon Continuing from the #cpp channel:

Initially I wanted to ask if anyone has managed to compile HTML5 for UE4.27 or any platform setup on 4.27.

SInce the community version is not being updated anymore.

[fossil nexus]

https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/hfi5ssjr/
Im trying to change the scalar parameter of this material at runtime. But its not working.

[plush yew]

No, forget pixel streaming right now. I am just trying to bring back the old HTML5 platform option.

[sharp crest]

😂

[autumn flame]

How to draw

[drowsy snow]

Even with how unreliable Emscripten implementation is?

[plush yew]

Well, do you have any better alternatives that do not require using a cloud server?

[drowsy snow]

Yeah, found it odd that it's not the created material, but it'd also be better if it got stored as reference

[drowsy snow]

Unity.

[autumn flame]

Plus everytime key is pressed

Scalar Parameter will be bigger

Scalar Parameter += 0,3

[drowsy snow]

No, for real, Unity's WebGL packaging actually works, as opposed to Unreal's HTML5 emscripten supposedly only work on Firefox (and even then is super unreliable)

I've tried it myself even back then, I failed to trick web developer I used to work with using it.

[fossil nexus]

https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/jh6yinqo/
It still doesnt work. I press M and nothing happens. Material stays exactly the same.

[drowsy snow]

What about the parameter name?

[autumn flame]

Show the actual Material

[drowsy snow]

Unless...

[autumn flame]

Or if the Mesh has more than one Mat slot

Or if the input is being received...

[fossil nexus]

im setting it on the rectangle static mesh

thats a cube

[autumn flame]

A rectangle that's a cube

Sure 👍

First of all, are you sure it's receiving your Input?

[drowsy snow]

What he meant is that when you creating material instance, you don't tell the mesh to use that material instance.

[autumn flame]

There's so many things that could be wrong, lmao

[fossil nexus]

this is the material im using

[autumn flame]

Yeah no

[drowsy snow]

Aha.

There's no scalar parameter per specified in BP to begin with

[drowsy snow]

If you want to have adjustable tiling, multiplying TexCoord with Vector2 is the way to go.

[autumn flame]

oh wait

[drowsy snow]

You switched around the Append and Multiply

[autumn flame]

There

:p

Total brainfart

[ashen sky]

i admit unreal engine has some bugs

[autumn flame]

Impossible

[ashen sky]

the downloading bug

[autumn flame]

It runs Fortnite

[dense knoll]

Just wondering... Is there a way to overide the default UE crash handeling, so instead of opening the crash reporter and killing the game, the game instead will just pop up a message and reset

[autumn flame]

It can't have bugs

[ashen sky]

lul

[ashen sky]

still does

[dense knoll]

UE4 crashes if you close a widget editor

[autumn flame]

Totally impossible for it to have bugs, trust me, certified bug exterminator

[dense knoll]

in only one of my projects

no other project

[ashen sky]

ahhh. well it has glitches that make it either not work or not install

[dense knoll]

Creating too many blueprints without saving crashes the editor

[ashen sky]

does that say bandicam.

[dense knoll]

leaving the editor running for 4 hours without any activity crashes

[autumn flame]

Parameter names need to be exactly the same both sides

replace u and v with stars1 and stars2

[drowsy snow]

Unity has it as well

[ashen sky]

oh your here!

are you free!?

[drowsy snow]

I had the editor running for 24 hours and no crashes.

[drowsy snow]

No, I'm paid.

[dense knoll]

my build of UE is weird

[autumn flame]

I fell asleep with UE open, didn't crash

[ashen sky]

lul. hmmm.. let me simplifi it. do you have free time to help meh

[drowsy snow]

Goddamnit, missed opportunity to use this lol

[dense knoll]

like i said, my build is just wierd

[drowsy snow]

Ask here right away

[autumn flame]

Then unweird it

[ashen sky]

errr... how do i add a handle onto my microwave

that can be interacted with

[oak patio]

What do you mean interacted with

[ashen sky]

tits a model

[oak patio]

Is it vr?

[drowsy snow]

The same way you add handle to any door in game

[ashen sky]

vr hands

[ashen sky]

i dont... i dont...

[drowsy snow]

Calm down with the typo

[ashen sky]

that was not a typo. i meant to say it like that

[drowsy snow]

T-word tho

[ashen sky]

ehhh?

wait theres a t word?!

[dense knoll]

scr0ll iop

*scroll up, dont know why i transcended space time for a second... again

[autumn flame]

This has become mayhem

[ashen sky]

dont see it

and now with your activity status

[dense knoll]

here

[ashen sky]

i will figure out how to add activity statuses to my game for discord

lul

[dense knoll]

plugin

[ashen sky]

ahh. whats the t word then?

[ashen sky]

for when people that download the game open it?

[autumn flame]

I use a GitHub plugin for Discord rich presence

[dense knoll]

yea

[plush yew]

Alright. I guess reviving HTML5 is no longer worth it.

[dense knoll]

i also use another plugin for the editor rich presence

[ashen sky]

ahhh alright i will apply it once i get done with the hardest part of my project

[fossil nexus]

@plush yew im trying that now

[drowsy snow]

But yeah, I don't know anything about VR, so #virtual-reality might know about it

[ashen sky]

awww

well ill go check it out

i hope atleast one person can help

i dont wanna stop production

[drowsy snow]

It sucks that my body can't take VR without getting nauseated after few minutes

[ashen sky]

how does that happen?

[dense knoll]

ok now back to my question: How would one override the default crash handling so that the game will just do sone memory shenanigan's to regain stability and either continue or reset

[drowsy snow]

Long story short, I consistently had nausea when viewing VR in public tech exhibitions.

[ashen sky]

errr... also if i fail at finding a solution how does the #volunteer-projects channel work

[ashen sky]

oof tat sucks

id still atleast try seeing the cause

[dense knoll]

The default crash handler always defaults to an exception access violation event when another component fails and causes the crash

[ashen sky]

cause i doubt thats normal

though i never used vr in public

so yada yada

[autumn flame]

Some people just get motion sickness, that's it

[drowsy snow]

I read somewhere you can override it but IIRC the behaviour changed sometime in 4.24

[ashen sky]

yeahhh but i dont know how that would happen

[autumn flame]

It's a natural thing

Can't change the brain

[ashen sky]

its very rare to see that happen to a person from my perspective

[late verge]

hey everyone, i'm running into an issue where the culling is broken on my map. anyone know what could be causing this? it's entirely based on camera position, zooming has no effect. i tried disabling my precomputed visibility problem but it's still happening. https://streamable.com/avx0zy

[ashen sky]

hmmm alright

[ashen sky]

hey is that payday 2? lul

[fossil nexus]

oh wow it worked finally. thank you so much all.

[drowsy snow]

Try checking the mesh bounds.

[autumn flame]

And don't forget to Activate Windows!

[late verge]

it's just so weird cause this wasn't happening yesterday...

[drowsy snow]

One might be larger than it should, causing view frustum culling to trigger early

[ashen sky]

pirates windows instead

[drowsy snow]

I never did lol
(at least in VM)

I do still go for legitimate copy for host system

[ashen sky]

could i... have a key..?

[autumn flame]

Yes

[drowsy snow]

🔑

[ashen sky]

awww damn it

[autumn flame]

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

[ashen sky]

oooh. says its invalid though..

[drowsy snow]

Sorry, but I'm not a hotel clerk

[lapis ore]

I'm working on a material. I am trying to use OpacityMask. It works, until I use WorldPositionOffset, then the OpacityMask is ignored. Any ideas?

[dense knoll]

NEVER-GONAA-GIVEE-YYOUU-UPPPP

[ashen sky]

never gonna let you down

[drowsy snow]

I had this issue as well, I can only assume it has something to do with texture mapping

[drifting mulch]

anyone know if there's a way to see what static meshes use a certain material instance?

the delete assets window isnt taht helpful, it just says there are references but not what they are

[lapis ore]

reference view of the MI?

[drowsy snow]

Right click on the asset and choose Reference Viewer.

[lapis ore]

Did you ever find a way around the problem?

Makoto?

[drifting mulch]

it only displays the textures that are referenced in the instance

not meshes in the level

I also tried material analyzer but that was useless as far as I could tell

[lapis ore]

Check the options in the Ref Viewer

Try turning them all on?

[lapis ore]

Did you find a solution?

[drifting mulch]

its only showing that theres something in the level, but not what it is

anyway sorry to interrupt, ill try the forums

[drowsy snow]

My case is inverted hull outlining, so I just outright remove parts that used it.

[lapis ore]

thanks, I'm doing VAT destruction using Houdini

[lime gull]

Anybody have an idea on why a delay on a packaged game keeps varying the actual delay?

Sometimes its less than what I put, sometimes more

[drowsy snow]

What about the framerate?

[drifting mulch]

ok, I found it, riight cliking on the material in reference viewerand select show reference tree. shows a list of static meshes. double click on them and it focuses on the assets in the level.

[lime gull]

Not sure, didnt even realize framerate would need to be taken into account.
Anyway to make the framerate not matter?

[drowsy snow]

No, as it would wait for next frame closest to the delay end, which usually only matter if you had your game run like slide show.

[lime gull]

aah alright
The game runs pretty smoothly, id say at or around 60 fps

So maybe its not the delay at all

[narrow haven]

Does anyone know if there's a way to check for this "visibility" state for the world outliner (the eye toggle) through code/blueprints? I have some debug rendering code that I dont want to run if the actor is not visible. I tried the "IsVisible" function but that doesn't work

[plain crypt]

Anyone know where this setting is in ue4? I can't find it in my player controller anywhere

Been looking for like 15 mins

[steady spear]

is it possible to run the game in the editor without compiling it first?

[drowsy snow]

Yes.

[steady spear]

how

[drowsy snow]

Simply press Play in the editor (hidden in the right arrow thing, since it's 1366x768)

[steady spear]

how do i change the jump height

[novel spade]

If I want to reference a blueprint class in a data table I made what should I set the variable as

[oak patio]

In the third person character bp, click on the character movement component and in the details section you can then change jump z velocity

[plain crypt]

It's not under my character controller or under gamemode

[steady spear]

?

this

[oak patio]

Yes

Increasing velocity increases height

[steady spear]

i keep getting the error

lighting needs to be rebuilt

[oak patio]

Thats not an error

Every time you add or remove something from the scene, without dynamic lighting, you must recalculate the lighting information for the scene

I wouldnt do it every time

[tribal leaf]

You should make your own DataTable that extends from FTableRowBase and then you can use a TSoftClassPtr<YourClassName> for the row.

And then in the dropdown, you can actually select your BP.

[oak patio]

And i wouldnt worry too much until you actually start making levels

[steady spear]

I accdently did something

[oak patio]

Change the mode from brush wireframe to default lit

[oak patio]

Now change the view from back to perspective

[steady spear]

it seems i can move my mouse from left to right to look left and right

and w and s keys to go up and down

but no key or way to look down?

[bright sigil]

Watch some videos dude. Youre asking a lot of questions that a lot of beginner vids go over and then some.

[oak patio]

Indeed that would be best

Soubds like you need to get used to the principles of game dev and the layout of ue4

Some great resources on youtube

[drowsy snow]

Your First Hour in Unreal Engine 4 https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3756115

Animation Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537714
Blueprint Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537777
Character Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537798
Engine Structure Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537730
Materials Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537805
Programming Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537752
Rendering Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537481
World Building Kickstart https://learn.unrealengine.com/course/3537476

[oak patio]

Well damn thats 1 or two there

Reminds me of when i started my course

[drowsy snow]

I'm just copypasting what's on the pinned message 😉

[oak patio]

They gave us a week to complete an online unity beginner course that had a solid 2 weeks if content

The kicker? We didnt even do unity

In fact we wont ubtil about 4 weeks time

[steady spear]

wait who gave u?

[oak patio]

Wdym

[steady spear]

"they gave us a week"

whos they

[oak patio]

Ah my uni

Sorry

[steady spear]

ohh nice

[novel spade]

Cool, betterway to automate this based on the name of the blueprint?

[drowsy snow]

No, Data Tables were meant to be read only.

[novel spade]

basically im doing an item database

is the point

[steady spear]

so i packaged the default thingyy ( the one with 2 chairs ig) and found that I was only getting around 20 fps

[novel spade]

maybe a better way

[tribal leaf]

Just asking, why would you want to automate? I'm doing the exact same thing that you are doing and I can point and click to select the weapon blueprint that I want.

[novel spade]

im gonna have Alot of items

or atlleast wayyyy more then id want to select

[tribal leaf]

Well...you can export that list to Excel

Create a Macro...

By the time all that is done, you could have selected them manually and been done... Just sayin'

[novel spade]

Well in the future im gonna have 1000 items easy

[steady spear]

is blender a good software to make cherecter models?

[novel spade]

so that might be an issue

is there a better way to create an 'item database'

Im also doing this to make a drop table for when I kill an AI

• I hope im making sense

[tribal leaf]

Most people will extract the data table to Excel and enter all the data

But I really don't like entering in data for references in Excel

[novel spade]

Im importing the data form excel, im surprised I cant use the name of the blueprint and it auto finds the path

YT vid I watched about this it worked like that

[tribal leaf]

It can't?

If you select one manually and the export it, you can see how the value is exported. Then you can copy that pattern for when you import.

[steady spear]

whats some good starter software to make cherecter models

[tribal leaf]

I initially had that problem too... I didnt' know what came first, the chicken (excel table) or the egg (Data Table). But once I figured I can just create everything in Unreal, there was no need for me to export/import anymore. I don't and will not have as many items as you, though.

[novel spade]

I have an Idea to reduce the amount

but its a far sited thing so it might blow up on me

o well only time will tell lol

[drowsy snow]

Yes.

[steady spear]

best?

for starters?

[drowsy snow]

Depends on who you ask.

[steady spear]

well im asking u

[tribal leaf]

I've been burned that way many times. Doing something the least efficient way since it's quick and then it works....but then later having to make a bunch of changes... 😩

[tribal leaf]

Do you have $ to spend?

[steady spear]

no

[tribal leaf]

Based on your previous questions, you probably need something simple with pre-defined models or something.

[steady spear]

i dont know what the means but yes

[drowsy snow]

And Marketplace has free Paragon characters supplied by Epic for use in UE4.

So go nuts with it, prototype your gameplay with it.

[steady spear]

alright lemme try and make something

how do i look down

i tried everything

[tribal leaf]

?

[steady spear]

I can go up, i can go down

I can look to my right

I can look to my left

but not up or down

[oak patio]

you can hold right click and use WASD and the mouse

[pulsar lark]

Hello guys! first time here

[tribal leaf]

Welcome

[oak patio]

Also off topic question cause idk where to put it, but does anyone have a good guide on how to set up a workflow for quickly making and exporting animations form blender

cause idk how the pose system works

[steady spear]

what this

[oak patio]

the camera

you should really look at those tutorials

the beginner tutorials

[steady spear]

but my camera always follows me so why is it just in one place

[oak patio]

thats the player camera

not the editor camera

again, look into beginner tutorials that explain the engine

[drowsy snow]

Sorry to interfere, but you really should take the First Hour course.

[steady spear]

yeah ill be back

[drowsy snow]

I linked it above, or in pinned message

[sharp crest]

anyone wants cookies?

[oak patio]

yeah sure

slide em over

[sharp crest]

@oak patio bring me some too then

[oak patio]

damn

you got me

[sharp crest]

😂

[oak patio]

imma sulk now for a bit

[drowsy snow]

Sorry, but trivial beginner questions every few seconds sure would frustrate everyone else, myself included.

[steady spear]

my bad

[sharp crest]

I think

i'ts okay to ask

but don't be suprized if u get ignored

watch youtube yes

[steady spear]

yes

[sharp crest]

okay brb going to get cookies

[plain crypt]

Man, i'm really struggling with this one. Do i need to have a character controller to detect clicks? I'm trying to follow a tutorial but i'm very lost

[surreal eagle]

input>whatever key you need

yes you do

alr

[plain crypt]

I'm get this event to work

[oak patio]

thats a touch event

whihc is for mobile

like touchscreens

[plain crypt]

🤦‍♂️

[oak patio]

you might want this, or you could define the click as an input action in the project settings

and then use the event for actions

[plain crypt]

Wont that trigger whether i'm looking at my object or not?

I'm trying to detect when the player clicks on an object

[oak patio]

indeed it will

use event actoronclicked then

that should work

[plain crypt]

It seems to not be triggering

Note i don't have a player controller

I have a character with a very basic movement blueprint set up

[oak patio]

I don't know why that wouldn't work, havent done much with mouse interaction, sorry I couldn't help more

[fringe lodge]

does anyone know how to set the camera during the animation?

I'm doing a first-person game and during the roll I want to attach the camera to my head

[burnt ether]

Hey... Noob question here...
I was trying giving my character a collision sphere and discovered it's not working without it being the root component.
Why's that?

[grim violet]

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/BMaL/ultimate-eye-generator-2 anyone used this before? want to make sure before i buy lol

[steady spear]

im confused

[oak patio]

how ocme

come*

[ashen sky]

andddd i may not find help anytime soon..

[ashen sky]

hey you there may i ask a question

gonna do it either way

do you know how to make one part of a model interactable

oof

dont know how to do that

got it off sketchfab

awwww

i guess ill stop development there

errr... well is there even a way to break a piece of a model and make that another model?

[oak patio]

Yeah open blender

Select the faces

Separate them

[ashen sky]

could ya guide me through it. so i dont look like a dumbass

[oak patio]

Unfortunately not as i need to sleep

[ashen sky]

awww. what about on friday?

yeahhh ill look them up

but they arent live chat support

so if i mess something up i may have to come back early

[oak patio]

Yeah hat is just real basic blender knowledge, in sure you will be fine

[ashen sky]

i have never opened blender once in my life time. only unity to export... eww. vrchat models

but i have changed so i wont ever do that again

What is that?

ahh

will i find someone that can help...

or guides

bet. got a link..

[ruby wyvern]

is there a way to re-order the 'details' panel items? I'm following guides for brushes, and the brush properties would be handier being below 'transform', and the guide seems to have it like that, but for me its further down the list

[ashen sky]

i will accept lee dms then

also overclocked my gpu and cpu today

cpu to 4ghz so pog

awwww

i hate (discord) bots that randomly ping me for no reason.

thinking about it again.

i am still confused on what that will do. i wanna also get the microwave to move and fully open. and also be slapped.. and slapped to be close. well not fully it needs stoppers..

[soft fiber]

I created a second camera because I was having an issue. For some reason the first camera is null in BeginPlay:

They are the same? The first camera created is called FollowCamera.

The camera has a value in the contructor, but loses its value at the top of BeginPlay?

[rare lantern]

anyone been getting lightmap encoding crashes with 4.27.2 after updating?

[dreamy zenith]

ray cast keep heading to the middle of the map, any help?

[copper musk]

Hey guys! I asked this question a while back and have been investigating a solution ever since, but I'm still plagued by these dang stubborn shadows. Hoping I might find some more help here again 🙏🏼

[midnight bolt]

how do i enable the preview of light area? you know, the cones and such. it just disappeared

[storm parcel]

Quick question, I want to scale a box from both +X -X +Y -Y axes equally (so scale it in all 4 directions), how do I do that?

I'm very new to UE4 and I only know how to scale in one direction

[grim violet]

Is there support for Intel Realsense cameras and hand tracking with live link?

in UE4

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/intel-realsense-plugin-for-unreal-engine-4 I found this but the repository is read only now

[plush yew]

what's causing fog flicker in post process? I assume

even without post process it still flickers

[neon hatch]

Is it possible to replace every cutscene in my project with other takes in a NG+?

[lavish onyx]

What's the best way to start a project in Unreal 4.27.2 that I want to collab on with a friend?

[plush yew]

lowering emissive view distance fixed it

[autumn flame]

#source-control

[cunning umbra]

Does anyone know if there's an existing engine feature which allows us to record and play back hardware inputs?

[covert burrow]

I'm pissed off with Windows, nothing new there!

[drowsy snow]

No.

[covert burrow]

It's buggy, it kept me up all night downloading Unreal Engine because the Downloader gets stuck and I've to hit Enter on it once in a while, today I move over to a network location and Windows Explorer crashes on me.... really pissed off...

Using my GNU/Linux system to grab it again, can't take anymore chances with Windows. lol

[drowsy snow]

Thus the penguin and the gnu welcome you with open arms. May Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman be with you, and may the beer is free as in free speech.

The only caveat is you're slashing compatibility, because Linux gaming is still niche (not including potential Steam Deck users turning it into Windows machine), and also requiring to build from source for editor in native Linux.

Speaking of gnu

fun fact:
Using GPL source code in your Unreal project is actually a EULA violation, as it specifically prohibits GNU GPL viraling into Unreal Engine's closed source code.

[covert burrow]

Unreal Engine supports GNU/Linux fully from what I've seen, I'm not slashing anything.

[drowsy snow]

Not fully.

[covert burrow]

I just don't want to use the Windows file manager to copy files, it's dangerous.

[drowsy snow]

Also I hate referring it as GNU/Linux lmao

[covert burrow]

cp and mv never crash on me yet I get crashes from Windows Explorer.

[drowsy snow]

Least it's not as dangerous as sudo rm -rf no-preserve-root

[covert burrow]

I'll give that a try, I have WSL so maybe I'll just use that instead.

[covert burrow]

I'm not sure how someone would run that by accident and it's only dangerous if you stick / on the end of use it to remove something important.

[drowsy snow]

I do it all the time

Because Archie is a VM in my Windows host.

[covert burrow]

It is funny though, since 2005 Windows Explorer has had many crashes yet cp and mv just keep giving.

This is my point with the danger bit.

I never make mistakes typing on the cli.

[drowsy snow]

I can abuse Archie all I want like asian parents and I'm not in demon rights violation

Get it?

Archie
Archvile
Arch Linux

[covert burrow]

Something else "git clone" seems to be working faster on GNU/Linux where as on Windows it took me all night, it's only taken me 20 minutes in GNU/Linux.

I've noticed performance issues like this for a long time.

Oh

[drowsy snow]

Git clone took me all night because I have shitty internet

[covert burrow]

I don't

[drowsy snow]

I think shallow clone solve it for me

[covert burrow]

It was on objects and deltas it was slow.

[drowsy snow]

Also call me when cross compiling UE game to Windows from native Linux is a thing

I know the other way around actually works.

Least in Windows, all it take is a cross compiler and flip the switch to Vulkan.
Got my game running on Linux one other day.

[shell ibex]

Does c++ limit the different file types the player should import into the game files?

file format

I imagine there would possible for reading basic image formats but what about rarer file format?

[bleak bridge]

Hi everyone, need help!! My scene used to look like this and ive opened it this morn and looks like this! what do i do!

[shell ibex]

maybe the streaming pool

check with the console

im noob but im pretty sure its that

[bleak bridge]

hah what is that? and where do i check it

im v new to engine !

[shell ibex]

from what I understand the software automatically lowers the quality of certain textures for various reasons, and you can determine why

to display them normally again

try the command "Stat Streaming" in the console

[bleak bridge]

did it but it didnt work 😦

[tight crystal]

how do i import textures i vertex painted in blender into ue4?

[shell ibex]

Its supposed to show you that

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/Textures/Streaming/Stat/

[tight crystal]

k

[shell ibex]

@tight crystal what

[tight crystal]

nvm

[shell ibex]

I was replying to someone else im sorry

[tight crystal]

yeah i dint see it😂

[bleak bridge]

thank you ill look now!

it said my streaming was 900 something

changed it to 3000

still nothing

[shell ibex]

maybe try restarting UE4 after that

[drowsy snow]

Is this persisting after restarting?

[shell ibex]

@drowsy snow you can help him i think

[drowsy snow]

I never really done vertex painting before.

[neon hatch]

Is it possible to hide the blue camera preview meshes?

[drowsy snow]

Yes, press G in the editor viewport.

[neon hatch]

I mean permanently, and only the cameras.

The sprite stuff is fine and not overwhelming.

[tight crystal]

am i able to just vertex paint in ue4?

[modest trench]

you can set the scale to 0 or get fancy and mess with the actual engine asset I suppose

don't think the scale affects the actual camera functionality but don't take my word for it

[neon hatch]

I'd prefer to figure out the engine asset method, so it applies to all future imported assets.

Or at least that's what I assume would be the case.

[modest trench]

UnrealEngine/Engine/Content/EditorMeshes/MatineeCam_SM.uasset I forget how changing engine assets in a non-source build works though

seems to work, changing it changes all cameras

I just made mine red

[solid anchor]

Hi! I was hoping someone can help me figure out this issue!

I was working earlier and ue4 crashed and said it ran out of video memory so it closed. I just restarted my pc and opened up the project again to find everything super low res! I thought it was my GPU so I swapped it with another one. Still same issue! When I move really close to objects they look normal but far away it looks like really low quality! Its got this really bad motion blur on everything and it looks ugly. Either I just never noticed it or some kinda setting changed.

I snapped this while rotating the camera very slowly

there are no post process volumes in this map either. Its just a basic test map

[drowsy snow]

This isn't permanent tho

[solid anchor]

ah was definitely a setting in my project config file. not sure what i changed but i reverted that to an earlier version and it fixed the issue.

[drowsy snow]

Still, you can destructively change the material or replace the mesh outright by reimporting with different FBX

[neon hatch]

I managed to replace the Engine Content asset with a completely translucent material, which is more than sufficient for my needs. Thank you everyone for the help!

[drowsy snow]

To be fair it's editor only asset

[neon hatch]

How so? I only changed the texture material of the camera mesh.

Oh I see. This is my only project so I don't foresee that being an issue, but I will remember your warning should it prop up later in something else, thank you

[covert burrow]

Setup.bat in the Unreal Engine source files immediately closes when I run as Administrator. How do I keep it open to see what the error is?

I also have a network drive which powershell run as Administrator can't seem to see.

[drowsy snow]

You don't need to run Setup.bat as admin

[covert burrow]

I'm simply following instructions, if not run as Administrator it reports "Access Denied" on stdout.

[drowsy snow]

All it did is fetching Gitdeps and installing prerequisites, which the latter will prompt UAC anyway.

[covert burrow]

@plush yew Why not? It's where I'm storing the source for future use.

[drowsy snow]

Don't.

If you want to store it for future use, might as well install another HDD/SSD in your machine

[covert burrow]

I'll copy it out then sigh

[drowsy snow]

Inb4 "this isn't happening on Linux"

[covert burrow]

A copy is staying on the network drive lol

[limber badge]

Hello. Hot i can cut commit for 10 small commits?

[drowsy snow]

Revert the monolithic commit and commit the files you want for one commit, then another.

[limber badge]

I have realy many changes.

[limber badge]

Its really hard to add it in commit one by one((

[drowsy snow]

You can either use git add and specify the files for one commit, or use Git GUI clients to select the files with checkboxes.

[covert burrow]

@plush yew You say you don't run "sudo make" and I agree with that unless it's to do a system-wide installation of a compiled build but Windows seems to expect everything to be done as Administrator I've noticed.

So what else am I supposed to know?

[drowsy snow]

Nope.

[drowsy snow]

Don't run Setup.bat of your local repo of the engine in the network drive.

[limber badge]

you gineos.

I try to use space in Githab desktop/

[covert burrow]

I've tried running software from within my home directory on a Windows system in the past, it wined for Admin credentials.

[limber badge]

And its work

[covert burrow]

*whined

[limber badge]

Dont know that its possibity

[drowsy snow]

I never had issue where it ask for admin privilege just to run it, considering I have them in my local drive.

[drowsy snow]

Move on, sis. 😆

[ashen sky]

Morning unreal crew! (simulated people)