@Ruiner got another relatively dumb

[ruby quail]

do i need to do a component selection as well?

#pcg-framework message

@tired orchid indeed!

[tired orchid]

do it by actor tag, not component tag

[ruby quail]

i already see the problem 😄

[tired orchid]

👍

[ruby quail]

that did it, sorry about that 😄

[tired orchid]

you use component tags if it's something like a blueprint that also houses a PCG component

[ruby quail]

@tired orchid speaking of which, is there any way to pass in a custom float to the PCG on demand?

i'm generating the PCG component when new rounds start

potentially answered here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NQAQPaJ8ko

answered here actually, ty!

[tired orchid]

you can get or set like this from a BP:

had to dig through my UI stuff to remember how lol

but you get all actors of class PCG volume, then get the component, then get the graph from that and from the graph, you can get/set variables you want. in this case, i'm doing a float

[ruby quail]

i guess this isn't possible?

[tired orchid]

don't use the $ symbol

that's for the default variables on every point

[ruby quail]

ah right, but even without it it still fails

[tired orchid]

oh you need to get the parameter, i think in 5.6 you can now reference them directly in nodes like that though

[ruby quail]

ah crap

no way im gonna upgrade to 5.6 😢

that's alright, i think i can drop down to CPP for some pcgen

[tired orchid]

there's an actual density attribute already in every point

it's $Density

[ruby quail]

right so this is coming from the round level

as the rounds go up, that float goes higher

so it's not really a good name for the parameter

[tired orchid]

okay, so you can copy that value from ClusterDensity to $Density

or use it elsewhere

[ruby quail]

with Copy Attributes?

[tired orchid]

yeah or set

probably set

like here's an example of how to use a parameter with points

[ruby quail]

oh shit, like this?

[tired orchid]

yep

[ruby quail]

it worked, fabulous. ty!!!

[tired orchid]

np, it takes a LOT of getting used to. it's quite a bit different than regular BPs

[ruby quail]

i already have lots of XP with PCG, just returning so i completely forgot everything 🙂

[tired orchid]

well i spend lots of time with pcg and constantly forget everything, so don't feel bad

[ruby quail]

well not everything, but enough 😂 it's a beast of a tool