🔧︱dev-tools

[winter plaza]

do i have to set anything in attributes when i place an envprobe in a certain area?

because i placed the envprobe in a room that i created, generated it and it seems brighter than before

[torpid horizon]

No

You need to build it

In this upper panel

[winter plaza]

you mean this one? i did that and now it is brighter than before

[torpid horizon]

Yep

But save before you do it

[fading coral]

Make sure the light settings in the mission (and editor) match the daytime you generated it for. For example if you generated only for a specific time, then the lights won't look realistic if the time is different

[winter plaza]

i set it to all times

[fading coral]

You said it was brighter than before, does it have custom lights?

[torpid horizon]

it's brighter before you build it

[winter plaza]

no there are no other lights i only placed the envprobe

[pearl rivet]

i've noticed the same thing, envprobes always make my interiors brighter

[torpid horizon]

it's brighter before you build it

[signal lava]

Why is door prefab invisible?

[fading coral]

You have to press the filter button

I think its the 10th from the left side

[signal lava]

It worked, and it will be visible in gameplay of course?

[torpid horizon]

Yep

[trail atlas]

getting this mohawk bug with spawned duke enemies, any way to fix this?

preset used:

[brave lynx]

Missing mesh. Probably currently no way to fix that 🤔

[latent scroll]

try to change the lod and if it's not fixed that's because it's bugged

[trail atlas]

its probably just bugged

[latent scroll]

yes lot of things like that need to be fix

anyway that's look unique 😅

i would like to know if someone have play with sound like sfx or so ?

[hushed flint]

bro have a free no mesh hair cut

[trail atlas]

ong

btw the other duke models are fine, just that mohawk one in particular is fucked

[pearl rivet]

i hope there's more map contests in the future with themed challenges-- seeing the variety of different submissions coming in has been really cool

already been dreaming up my next map while i'm working on this one

[torpid horizon]

Probably not

But I want to assemble a team to create DL1

Like the whole game

All Quest and full map

[pearl rivet]

helluva mission!

also has anyone experimented with the tv mesh skins es_dependent_a b c etc? they show up blank, but the name makes me think it'd be cool if they worked in conjunction with a camera system

wait i think i almost have image posting permission

ok looks like it's around 80 messages

or so before you get perms

[pearl rivet]

little modular house for my map

some assembly pieces

[hushed flint]

dick ?

[hushed flint]

I love the light you have make

[pearl rivet]

thank you!

[torpid horizon]

Is it dying tho?

[pearl rivet]

this one is!

[torpid horizon]

bussin

[random badger]

Jeez, that's a lot of messages

[pearl rivet]

right! i feel like, twenty messages in y'know. that's a human

[random badger]

I guess it's probably a good threshold to stop bots and stuff from popping onto a server and dropping links all round and whatnot.

By the by, I'm pretty sure mod files with special characters (that windows does not accept) don't get extracted and installed properly. No matter how many times I tried to install "Dying Light - Elyseum "DLC": [WIP]" and "Overgrown: The Cure", it would "complete" the file copy, but never copy the files over.

It seems that the folders get named exactly the same as the title on mod.io

Which makes sense, it's a string field... but windows doesn't like some special characters in folder names (\ / : * ? " < > |)

So I imagine the tool is trying to un-pack the files into a folder with the same name as the mod title, failing to create the folder and then crashing.

So I guess PSA: don't put those characters in your mod title fellas

[torpid horizon]

Programur

[pearl rivet]

does anyone know what timezone the deadline is on for the 20th? i think im gonna be cutting it real close

[random badger]

According to techland gg:
Submit the Shape Your City entries before 20 Jan 2023, 11:59 pm CET

According to the T's & C's doc:
Entries (maps) will be accepted beginning from 16:00 CET, December 13th, 2022 (Starting Date), until 16:00 CET, January 20th, 2023 (Closing Date), with the reservation that Techland may extend the Closing Date for any reason at Techland’s sole discretion.

I would aim for the earlier time (16:00 CET) January 20th to be safe.

[pearl rivet]

good call, thank you

i'd kill for an extension! but that's my fault for bitin off more than i can chew

[random badger]

Indeed, I had to cram all my map work in as well because I started work again after December. I think everyone's been a bit crunched.

[pearl rivet]

yeah i'm heavily considering calling in sick on wednesday haha

i still got this whole area to fill in and i haven't even fully blocked it out 😔

[random badger]

You could try blocking off sections and taking them on piece meal, that way you'll at least have something finished by the deadline

[pearl rivet]

yeah, i've been cutting corners here and there-- removing small rooms and what not

[random badger]

I ended up greatly reducing scale my end, but I feel like it turned out better for it. It ended up feeling more focused and detailed.

[pearl rivet]

least i was able to get most of this room done today!

[pearl rivet]

probably a good call!

[winter plaza]

did you use roombox or envprobe for the dark lighting?

it seems that i cant get my room dark with envprobes

[pearl rivet]

Dim box has been my hero

that and the shadowcaster

[random badger]

In the few areas I have darkened I've been using roombox.

[winter plaza]

great thx guys

[rain hull]

also FYI:
the maps you subscribed will be firstly downloaded in C:\Users\Public\mod.io\3992\mods before you install them
there are folders of maps named with modID
you can manually move them to devtools' project folder(and rename them
That's how I installed elyseum and overgrown

[random badger]

That's good to know.

I also found them living in:
C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\Temp

[brave lynx]

I just found the blender Suzanne model in the meshes section haha

Good to know the devs use blender too. My go to program for 3d modelling!

[latent scroll]

that's good did you make your prefab with randomization or so ?

[winter plaza]

Put ? In front of your file and you’ll never see it again

[random badger]

🤣🤣

[signal lava]

Why randomly my buildings change their mesh skin wihout me doing anything? It seems like the editor is trolling me and i need to change them back again and again xD.

[brave lynx]

Perhaps these prefabs are built from prefabs?

[latent scroll]

have you make a copy of this building in your project ? if so that's why

[signal lava]

I'm constantly making a lot of these copies to open and edit some parts of buildings. Is there any other way to open them?

[latent scroll]

it's a wrong way did you use atlas_building classic ?

[signal lava]

This one i placed from the prefab browser

[latent scroll]

did you built walls per walls or its a block ?

[signal lava]

At first i was moving buildings from the classic buildings atlas but then realized it's kind of stupid so i deleted the atlas and some of the buildings have atlas in their name

[signal lava]

Nah this one was just directly placed from the prefab browser

the whole building

And sorry if i'm talking shit but i'm a beginner xD

[latent scroll]

yes that's why you have this problem if you want to make it right you need for example take part of bottom STR7 you make a copy with shift+mouse the these copy move it out the atlas then save and reload your atlas or whatever prefabs, now open the copy and take all part then move out into your level then now you can make a prefabs with theses

dont understand ?

dm me

[signal lava]

Okay, so there is not much i can do about the buildings i already placed the wrong way?

[latent scroll]

of course you can

but at least make your own

do not just make a copy past

[signal lava]

To place a building from prefab browser or atlas correctly i need to:
place it on sandbox?
copy it with shift and mouse
save and reload the prefab
open the copy?
move it to level
and create new prefab from selected?

[latent scroll]

that's correct i think

because if you dont do these if you change some walls all the building with these walls will be changed

i mean materials wall

[signal lava]

I started making my first custom building and i think i will do it this way but snapping doesn't seem to work correctly most of the time idk.

[signal lava]

Okay thanks

[latent scroll]

aciek made a video too i think in his drive

[signal lava]

I will check it

[latent scroll]

called like make prefabs on your own

[latent scroll]

sandbox or level it doesn't matter

[hidden cedar]

Did you just test to figure out the dead zones?

[latent scroll]

sure it work well it is made with original prefab from techland

[hidden cedar]

Which prefab is it?

[latent scroll]

i dont remember the name exactly but try to find helper from garage prefabs

also i'm not sure you can see the dummy box that's why i have take the dimension and pasted it into my own prefabs

[hidden cedar]

is it in an atlas? i'll try looking some more

[latent scroll]

try to open someone called margarita

if your pc blow up that's your on good path lol

[hidden cedar]

ok 😆

[latent scroll]

you will find it 🙂

[hidden cedar]

holy moly okay I think I know which prefab lol it's massive

i gotta fly around and find it

[latent scroll]

you will find some good things 😉

use search bar also

[hidden cedar]

okay thanks!

[latent scroll]

np if your ran into issue performance try to set G Buffer> Diffuse or reload editor it work for me

[torpid horizon]

how to add side quests to the main story line?

How to connect them and end

[latent scroll]

why you would like to create side quest into main story ? if it side quest consider it's an independent quest

if you have multiple objective put it into your main story

[torpid horizon]

yep add side quests

[latent scroll]

that can be considered as side

[torpid horizon]

but i have to place them somewhere

I want to create one to pop up after 5th mission

[latent scroll]

so in your main story at the 5th mission you would like to start the side quest ?

maybe try create a bool variable and set as true when your 5th mission is complete. Take back this bool to check if you need to launch your objective into your side quest ?

idk that's whatt comes to my mind

[torpid horizon]

Will this work?

[latent scroll]

hard to know just try it but you need to connect the end pin Red pain is side quest ?

[torpid horizon]

it is side quest

if i connect it to end it will end the map

[latent scroll]

and if you connect it to where is hakon ?

[torpid horizon]

i will check

[latent scroll]

cuse for now the player fire the event red paint and finish it but where the execution flow goes ?

[torpid horizon]

but then after doing the last quest in story line if i do the side quest it will redo the where is hakon

[latent scroll]

maybe you need more conditional event or different path of execution try to experiment

[torpid horizon]

I tested it

it works

is there tutorial for rewards?

[latent scroll]

yes you can make it lol because you learn something so give a share

[torpid horizon]

video tutorial from aciek?

[latent scroll]

ahhh you want reward player ?

[torpid horizon]

yep

[latent scroll]

my bad miss understand yes on drive it's very simple create reward with ID then setreward node

[torpid horizon]

thanks

do you have the link?

[latent scroll]

something like this

[torpid horizon]

does the reward have to be placed on the map?

[latent scroll]

in my case the rewards are given t

to the player

inventory player i mean

[torpid horizon]

how to change it to id?

[latent scroll]

but you can set the reward to get from an NPC i think

[latent scroll]

double click on it lol

on item id

[torpid horizon]

ok

how to givee money?

[latent scroll]

put itemspawner prefab on your scene and check something called coin or cash i dont remember the exact name

Item Cash_Cash

[torpid horizon]

what is the name of the preset to spawn random renegades like archers and meele?

[latent scroll]

have you try ai_spawner_number ? maybe you can find the enemy npc you want

[torpid horizon]

I have it

Im just looking for preset name

Cause poll renegades camp spawns only archers

[deep bronze]

Because pool's can be dedicated to Encounter System which spawning AI Based on BehaviorPlaces tags. It's kinda complicated.

Search just for Renegade_One_Handed, Renegade_Archer/Range, Renegade_Lieutenant etc.

[latent scroll]

Aciek please how can i optimize that ? is PlayerHealthWait is node based on tick ?

[hidden cedar]

Is there a way to put collision on mesh with no col? There's no option in the MESH dropdown, I tried Force Enable in Generation overrides Collision Mode but it didn't work

[deep bronze]

It won't work, it's feature related to City Builder. Just put Dummy_box with Null skin.

[deep bronze]

No need to optimize it, it just says you could set nodes in a single row instead of split like that, but as long it's desired don't mind it.

[latent scroll]

ok well i was worried with that

[deep bronze]

Naah, it will work.

[latent scroll]

can you hide all the markers on the map ?

[deep bronze]

Is it "Kill"?

Just hide indicator or set to show on certain amount in that node.

or swap to Clear Area

[latent scroll]

ok thanks i go for m_VisibleOnRadar only

[torpid horizon]

Thx

[latent scroll]

when you set m_AIsAmountToShowIndicatirs to 1 for example in Kill node do i need to keep visible on map, radar and scene in attributes ?

[deep bronze]

I don't have the slightest idea what you just asked me.

[latent scroll]

think like gungame mode i have ~60 zombies on my map, every 1 kill the weapon is change. The player can kill 1 of any zombie on the map how can i show only 1 marker on the my scene for example (the closest)

[deep bronze]

If you set indiactor to 1 it will show the closest.

Try it.

[latent scroll]

i have try but not working

[deep bronze]

Show me Kill node

I need to go so I'll take a look tomorrow.

[latent scroll]

it is to big sorry

[latent scroll]

ok thank you for your help have a good sleep

[sage elk]

How do I make my map forcefully end, after you complete a quest

[torpid horizon]

end node

[winter plaza]

HOLY SHIT I DID IT

IM DONE

ALMOST

[brave lynx]

Anyone know the best way to show a hint on screen? I know show hint exists but does that just show in loading screen? I'd need to make a custom one 🤔

All good, figured it out!

[pearl rivet]

congrats!

[pearl rivet]

it's a handful of prefabs, i made separate prefabs for different wall and floor types, then another prefab for the base platform

they all slot together nicely

they're being used for a sorta nuketown situation in the map context

that's why there's the test dummy's (dummies?) positioned in different spots, testing for radiation exposure

[pearl rivet]

can never be too safe with these backups 😓

also does anyone have a good suggestion for a player-sized mesh i can use to figure out scale?

[hidden cedar]

try helper character

[pearl rivet]

perfect! thank you

[hushed flint]

goofy explosion

[pearl rivet]

that's great

[hushed flint]

is it normal if the grass have a time to spawn ?

like this ( in game same things )

[tall hull]

might be your hard drive reading the files slowly

[pearl rivet]

i love making interiors but my bane is ceilings

i never know what to put up there. always drawing blanks

too boring if it's flat. too busy if there's a lot going on. what does a ceiling even look like?

[torpid horizon]

look up bro

[pearl rivet]

you wont believe this

[hollow kraken]

this from dying light 3 👀

[pearl rivet]

yeah spot the volatile

[hollow kraken]

this can be interesting quest on custom map btw 💡

[pearl rivet]

i like where your head's at

[winter plaza]

plot twist: you are the volatile

[pearl rivet]

why do you think i have the camera pointed away 😳

[winter plaza]

whats the prefab for fog

[pearl rivet]

check vfx

[torpid horizon]

does anyone know the names of some 200+ damage weapons I can give as a reward for doing a quest?

[serene gyro]

anyone know why packing data when uploading ur map is stuck at %0

o dont worry

it just started going up after waiting like 20mins lol

[torpid horizon]

its stuck for 10 - 30 min

then it starts

why?

who knows

[hushed flint]

Guys ! You should try the map of @serene gyro its one of the best

[torpid horizon]

name of the map?

[deep bronze]

https://mod.io/g/dying-light-2/m/prison-awaken-2

[torpid horizon]

Looks bussin

[latent scroll]

when i reach my objective 47 the execution was stopped i have try many thing to but it's like the execution flow does not go forward no matter what i tell him to do

does objectives have a maximum number to be played into one main quest node ?

[deep bronze]

No idea.

I think noone never reached such point in a Story 😄

[latent scroll]

i will try to create a new main node and switch the rest of my objectives to it to see if it's work

[pearl rivet]

that's a lotta objectives 😳

[latent scroll]

yes but it's not a story lol

[willow monolith]

How do I regenerate dialog prefab? Somehow its not showing in my m_dialogEntity even though the prefab is place on the level.

[torpid horizon]

you need to name it

[willow monolith]

@torpid horizon Thats what I forgot😄 Its fixed now.

[hidden cedar]

Is there a way to refresh ground material? my foliage is missing

[torpid horizon]

Unlock and then lock

Maybe works

[hidden cedar]

Nope doesn't work, I've also tried the 'Regenerate all layers' in the terrain window

[torpid horizon]

hmmm

dont know

[willow monolith]

Did any of you build satellite textures? Mine always crashes the editor.

[torpid horizon]

specs?

[willow monolith]

amd ryzen 3700x, although I have the dev kit on hdd not ssd

[torpid horizon]

idk then

[hidden cedar]

works fine for me, check your error logs

[trail atlas]

happens to me too

[trail atlas]

It crashed every time for me until I disabled this

it will make it so that the editor does not run frames when out of focus, seemed to fix it for me

(image by aciek btw)

[hushed flint]

: (

this is not cool

[winter plaza]

how do i create a zone area where when you enter it the UV meter decreases

[deep bronze]

GMA + Dark_Zone tick

[deep bronze]

lol thats interesting

[deep bronze]

Bub's resolve is that genereate sat textures in Terrain Window instead of "Build" and It suppose to work there.

[alpine lynx]

Youre goddamn right it works

[brave lynx]

Interestingly, that gets me to like 92% but then crash

Only to 12% in build window. Better but still doesn't work for me

Anyone struggling to upload new images on their maps?

Problem solved itself somehow? Strange

[winter plaza]

lule

[hollow kraken]

YO! can some one help with story nodes? i need wake up animation from start map (in DM plz ❤️ )

[deep bronze]

restingplace.prefab + ForceSleep node.

Just pin restingplace to both slots of node

[hollow kraken]

how i put prefabs in story nodes?

[deep bronze]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16yTlkW7l0wABXm0bNR8TUzEySAg_XryI?usp=sharing basic about Story

DL2 DT TUT || QUEST CREATING & BASIC || MY OWN STORY how to setup story and OBJECTIVES for new map

[signal lava]

How can i mirror the destroyed wall on the other side to match them?

[torpid horizon]

Find the assets

[signal lava]

I'm looking for it but can't find it

[willow monolith]

@trail atlas @deep bronze I could try these tricks

[fading coral]

" Level Status: Not Accepted

This level requires game moderator approval to be available to play. "

Is this an automatic process? And how long does it take?

Also when uploading for the first time, only the left button is required? The right one appears to be for update readme files, is that correct?

[torpid horizon]

I pressed the right one and then the left one

[random badger]

Left is first time, right is updates

[random badger]

It's not automatic, but Aciek usually gets to it when they have a moment.

[fading coral]

oke thanks, I clicked it to see what it does, now it appears to upload it again.

[torpid horizon]

Do I need to Press the left one as well when updating?

[random badger]

Nope only the right one

[torpid horizon]

Thanks

[hidden cedar]

did you figure out how to fix this?

[latent scroll]

check your foliage file it was maybe overwritten

[hidden cedar]

Ahh still won't show, I tried overwriting and then i tried removing the entire script and re-adding it, also didn't work.

[latent scroll]

did you close the editor when you modify your foliage file ?

[hidden cedar]

yup both times

[latent scroll]

did you try to set it to read only ?

[hidden cedar]

no let me try rn

still won't work 😦 I wonder if maybe I hid it somehow

[latent scroll]

double check your prefabs options step by step my issue was resolved by just changing the foliage file so i cannot help you more sry 😦

[hidden cedar]

no worries thanks for the help anyway!

[latent scroll]

you welcome

[random badger]

Not sure if helpful, but when I had issues with tiny objects showing up a rebuild usually helped... oh also there were a few instances where the tiny object helper needed to be just lower than the terrain level for it to work properly.

[hidden cedar]

Yeah I've tried rebuilding terrain, regenerating all layers, refreshing file system none has worked. tiny object helper does spawn foliage though so I guess I can atleast use that

[winter plaza]

@hidden cedar yo what’s your problem? Maybe I can help you

[hidden cedar]

Grass is no longer spawning on terrain material

[winter plaza]

Just on terrain? Or also like on roofs and stuff

[hidden cedar]

Yeah just the terrain, none of the ground materials are spawning anything. I just tried using tiny object helper that works though

[winter plaza]

Is it just in the editor or also like Ingame because sometimes it’s bugged so you can see it when you’re in the game

If not then maybe there is something wrong with the foliage file

[hidden cedar]

It's not showing in either, I repasted Aciek's original foliage script to check if it was overwritten as well.

[winter plaza]

Hmm. Did you changed the name of the foliage file when you messed with the script? Maybe the editor can’t find the file anymore because the name was changed

Also make sure that the file should be an .scr file if I recall correctly

[hidden cedar]

I never changed anything with the foliage script before it stopped showing, file name is still the same. Script is also the same so I don't think it's that

[deep bronze]

@fading coral It's live 😉

[fading coral]

thanks!

[torpid horizon]

give the name

@fading coral

[deep bronze]

.

https://twitter.com/DyingLightGame/status/1616103321621643267

Dying Light (@DyingLightGame)

Dear Creators
We've decided to give you more time to polish your Dying Light 2 maps, so we're moving the contest deadline to 27.01.2023.
This means that you can upload your maps until 27th January and we will choose the winners on 9th February, so good luck, and Stay Creative!

Twitter · Jan 19, 2023, 4:00 PM

[winter plaza]

noice

[pearl rivet]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[winter plaza]

where do i find both? it seems theyre not in my prefab browser

[torpid horizon]

siuuuuuu

[deep bronze]

gameplay_modifier_area

[torpid horizon]

does anyone have working npc animation?

[deep bronze]

Visualisation of the animation in editor is bugged atm, but in game it will work.

Or you asking how to make it?

[winter plaza]

[torpid horizon]

I placed some inhibitors from item spawner but when I collect them they dont show up in the upgrade menu

Does anyone know how to fix it?

[brave lynx]

Does it perhaps need to be in a container?

[torpid horizon]

its an inhibitor container

when its a whole gre container it doesnt open in dev tools

[hushed flint]

damm so Nice !

[pearl rivet]

wtf why are half the people retweeting that so bitter

they need to chill

[winter plaza]

lol

[torpid horizon]

Bruh look at the comments

"Yall gave the community more time to polish their shit yet you couldn't even take the time to polish your own unfished game?"

[pearl rivet]

its like ???

why are they so entitled lmao

[torpid horizon]

Try to do your own map then

[winter plaza]

haha i read the same comment

[torpid horizon]

I'm happy and sad at the same time that they added more time. Happy cause I have more time. Sad cause I didn't sleep for the last 5 nighs and it turns out I could. But I ain't shit posting

[pearl rivet]

lmao i had the same exact reaction

[winter plaza]

true they could have atleast announced it at the beginning of the week

not like the day before the contest is closed

[torpid horizon]

I'm making a map based on Fight Club and I kind of feel like the narrator who barely sleeps so his day blends with dreams

or smth

But the mup is bussin

[pearl rivet]

i was crunching all week thinking it was tomorrow and then when i saw the announcement i was simultaneously relieved n like "man i wish i had known that ahead of time"

but hey, the extension is what counts. i'm not complaining there in the slightest

i was worried since i've barely touched the quest system, but now i have a lot of time to get it right

[torpid horizon]

same here bro

[pearl rivet]

yeah

[torpid horizon]

we will see how it turns out

[pearl rivet]

which is good because i'm a writer first n a map designer second, haha. story means a lot to me

[torpid horizon]

people added like 5 maps today

[pearl rivet]

yeah that was crazy

i've been checking in the mornings to see what people have been putting out and usually its like one, maybe two maps

this morning there were a ton of good looking maps

[torpid horizon]

A lot of them are couple of buildings tho

[pearl rivet]

really? i saw this one uh

[torpid horizon]

but some are really good

[pearl rivet]

Hangover

hangover looked really nice

[torpid horizon]

btw
anyone wants to recreate dl 1 after the contest?

[pearl rivet]

oh snap another one got added while i wasn't looking

also it's been fun seeing all the different fonts n logos people are whipping up for their maps

a good thumbnail really makes a difference

[torpid horizon]

yep

I don't know if it does for the contest tho

[pearl rivet]

who knows 👀

[hollow kraken]

same bro but i have electricity in random time 4-5 hours per day and sometimes at night. i try use all of it

[torpid horizon]

DL > Sleep

[pearl rivet]

have you published your map on mod.io yet?

[torpid horizon]

Is there a way to turn off the trees animations for editor? Pause time doesn't do it

[pearl rivet]

i've been wondering that myself

or at least a way to tone down the wind so it's not as intense

[hollow kraken]

its not alpha even 👁️ 👃 👁️

[pearl rivet]

got any pics? 👀

[hollow kraken]

hahha

[pearl rivet]

i'm curious! i'm a curious fella

[hollow kraken]

i dont love spoilers

i mean dont wanna upload before beta maybe

i hope u like it 💪

[pearl rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/frodo-keep-your-secrets-alright-then-lotr-gif-12907121

[torpid horizon]

some maps were uploaded with 5 buildings so

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-finally-rest-watch-sunrise-grateful-universe-gif-14058636

[torpid horizon]

Me when the contest ends

[pearl rivet]

lmao

i get it though-- i wouldn't upload my map before it's finished, i'd feel naked

[torpid horizon]

pp

[pearl rivet]

🥴

[torpid horizon]

sus

[hollow kraken]

i hope we can change this cover to ours

[torpid horizon]

that would be cool

[pearl rivet]

i'd love that

and i'm just dreaming here, but being able to modify the ui at all would be fantastic

[torpid horizon]

you can change a lot about it

[pearl rivet]

really? is that in the quest options?

[torpid horizon]

oh this ui

in game?

[pearl rivet]

yeah like modify the ui specific to a map

i was picturing changing the inventory background behind aiden

[torpid horizon]

nah bro

I mean you can mess around with game files but

[pearl rivet]

yeah, like i said, just dreaming

[torpid horizon]

anyone has money as a reward for doing a quest?

or some healing?

[hollow kraken]

im a in nodes here

I wonder... will we be able to get the map tools (M) or will we be able to draw it ourselves? not big deal for my map but overall 🙌

[left steppe]

Hello everyone 👋🏼 I just started the game and scared as hell to play alone. Maybe smn wants to play coop with me?

[torpid horizon]

not this channel

[left steppe]

Could you show me the right one plz?

[torpid horizon]

just a sec

dl1 or 2?

[left steppe]

First one

[torpid horizon]

just ask on general

[fading coral]

Do terrains "work" currently? I have not tried to get them to work after I got crashes when locking/unlocking or just building the map with terrains present. Now that the contest is a week longer I want to try it again.

[torpid horizon]

My map crashed afrer locking the terrain right now and I cant open it

The dev tools just close

[torpid horizon]

Its safe to say it doesnt

[hidden cedar]

It's been working for me. no crash locking/unlocking or building

[fading coral]

I have tried to load a new map, then create a terrain patch, then lock or unlock, it would cause it to crash.

[hidden cedar]

yeah not sure.. i haven't experienced any crash on my end. I did start my project after the patch was put out though

[fading coral]

When was the patch?

[hidden cedar]

#🔧︱dev-tools message

[fading coral]

That appears to be before I knew the contest or the map tools exist

[hidden cedar]

Ah okay unfortunately i have no idea what's causing it tto crash for you, maybe check log to see if it would tell you anything

[torpid horizon]

Bruh

My file ain't opening

[fading coral]

Does the editor crash when you try to open?

[torpid horizon]

I open the project and after 2 second it closes

My friend also cant open it

[fading coral]

I have a suspicion the material textures might cause it.

[torpid horizon]

I dont know

But it still doesnt open

Even tho I reinstalled the dlc

[fading coral]

Have you tried deleting the textures associated with the terrain?

[sage elk]

Can someone help me here I can't go down to the publish button after I attach an image?

[zinc river]

Maybe try with Title or image ratio 16:9.

[hoary topaz]

Alright, question as I've tried everything: Is there a way to make round, smoothly connected roads. I made a road that encircled Triumphal Arch in Elyseum, but it just looks horrible. Very jagged and with obvious clipping and gaps

[pearl rivet]

do you have a picture? there could be things you could do to touch up the clipping / gaps

you could also try using this combo of assets for a simple gravel road turn: https://i.imgur.com/Q0Qkn5d.png

🤷‍♂️

[hoary topaz]

Ooh nice

There's not much I can do with the clipping, but the gravel path might work if I use them correctly

Thanks

[pearl rivet]

no prob, it's

• [bld_ce_a_modern_roof_arc_4r0h_a_a] for the corner
• [int_un_a_floor_decor_str_2x_a.msh] with the yellow_rubber_trim mesh skin
  and optionally [decal_flat_str_a.msh] with the interior_floor_square_colorization_a mesh skin to make the road darker

for the straight paths i used [backyard_floor_1x1_a] scaled to x4 with the nat_gravel_path_a mesh skin

[hushed flint]

https://tenor.com/view/hulk-gif-25216212

( me the 17 and 18 for nothings )

[pearl rivet]

@brave lynx your map, Terra Divisa, has some really nice unique areas

that old mansion was super well executed, i dig the creativity

[brave lynx]

@pearl rivet thanks so much!. Means a lot 😄

[winter plaza]

@deep bronze sry for ping but is there a way to turn aiden into the volatile mode

[rain hull]

I'm not sure but there is a StartFury node

[light lily]

Hey I just uploaded a level to the mod.io and it says that "Level Status: Not Accepted", does anyone know how long does it take to get it accepted?

[alpine lynx]

Or fury_area

[alpine lynx]

Shouldnt take long

[fading coral]

You have to wait for high priest aciek to perform the ritual of acceptance. Also make sure when you upload to have a black cat on your leg and pet it it while it uploads to ward off file corruption.

[pale dragon]

how do i download custom maps with dev tools?

like wtf is the input auth code

[fading coral]

You have to make an account on mod.io. Then when you log in to the devtools, the auth code is a security code sent to your email.

[pale dragon]

oooh just got he email, thank u

[pale dragon]

what do u even get for winning the map creation thing

[latent scroll]

you want to create dl1 with devtools ?

[light lily]

Yeah I hope so bc time is ticking

[hidden cedar]

Is there a way to make the water flow like a river or stream with the waterbox?

[coarse matrix]

Is there an integrated Autobackup inside Devtools? Normaly I copy paste every 2 hours or so the complete Project folder. But at the wrong time the editor crashed and progress of 2 hours is gone. I tried to copy to much Objects at one and than it died..

I see there files in C:\Program Files\Epic Games\DyingLight2StayHuman\DevTools\projects\City-1\work\data\maps\city_1\autosave How does the recovery work there?

[random badger]

If you're working inside of a prefab, when you attempt to open that prefab again it will say:

Do you want to open this file (instead of copying current prefab)?```

If you select yes, it should reload your existing prefab and your progress should be there from a few minutes prior.

IMO you should try to be working in prefabs as much as you can, it really minimizes the chance of huge time loss if/when your application crashes.

That feature saved me like 8 hours of work once, which was a huge relief for obvious reasons.

[coarse matrix]

There wasn't a recovery request at all. All the Progress I didn't saved was quick save is gone.

I press the Save Button in the Toolbar every 2 minutes but that Save function doesn't seems to work at all.

[hollow kraken]

save and reload prefabs its fundamental for saves

[random badger]

Are you working in the "Sandbox - editor only" or "Level" prefab?

[coarse matrix]

Only in Level

[random badger]

There is an option for "Save and Reload" that should actually save progress working in the prefab.

[hollow kraken]

make Sandbox.prefab and save and reload for save progress if u warning his gone

[coarse matrix]

When there is a Save Button in the Toolbar it should be like a Save All Button and not a save maybe something Button

[hollow kraken]

prefabs its like FOLDER in windows 👷‍♂️

and when u save and reload this save it to prefab files.. and if u take error or electricity off u save all your progress in this prefabs 🛠️ 🙌

[coarse matrix]

But what does the Save Button in the Toolbar than?

[hollow kraken]

when u put your prefabs maybe

back ups maps need too

i lost almost half map some days ago

electricity is not stable in Ukraine 👷‍♂️

[coarse matrix]

I can enable my synology Active Backup for Business for a Folder every Minute too. But the Files the Map Folder must be also saved than when I press the Save Button in the Toolbar

[hollow kraken]

idk i just share my experience 🙌

[coarse matrix]

I got it back when I opened the prefab Folder and pressed yes.

😀

[alpine lynx]

They extended the contest time so no worries

[coarse matrix]

Extent it a month please that I can build a map ^^

[alpine lynx]

plus you've done your part and uploaded map to mod.io

Hell no Im already pissed

[light lily]

So when did they extended the contest to?

[light lily]

Ah I see now nvm

[alpine lynx]

next week around this time. Check their twitter

g

[winter plaza]

Ngl they should have announced it at the beginning of the week

[torpid horizon]

Agreed

Maybe they made the decision yesterday

Thats why

[winter plaza]

Could be true but still

[coral cargo]

Can someone help out or explain as to why i cannot see items/prefab when testing after placing down?

Thank you in advance

[coarse matrix]

Move the Objekt Sandbox to Target Level in Scene Editor.

[torpid horizon]

Can I add song to a map?

If I put it inside files

[coarse matrix]

I'm sure that it doesn't or shouldn't work. Sharing Malicious Files when you Download a Map would be a disaster.

[torpid horizon]

ok

[random badger]

Custom audio isn't supported yet, but should be in the future. At least it was in the DL1 tools.

[hollow kraken]

and custom decals and murals plz 🙌

[thorny viper]

Heyyyy I need an opinion from everybody what ending should I do I want to get the underground city but I also want the secret ending so which one should I do should I go for the underground city or should I do the secret ending leaving with lawn

[hollow kraken]

listen to your heart ❤️

[elder ravine]

can you add quests?

[thorny viper]

@hollow kraken ikkkkkkk but they're really good endings but I don't know which one I want I don't know if what happens if I get the underground city if I'll still get the secret ending because I've been looking at videos I didn't spoil the whole story for me I really want to know what happens if I finish the game by working with the butcher

[west kettle]

hi all i want to download a costum map of someone but can't figure it out how to do that can someone help?

[regal sapphire]

Why, when I go into my map, I don't see items?

[coarse matrix]

@regal sapphire You need to move the Objects in the Scene Window Sandbox to Level. Set as Target the Level and Move to Target Select Objects in Sandbox

[torpid horizon]

there is a quide on how to do it on mod.io

you can find it in quides panel which is under levels

or by clicking on my map or map called intersection. There is a link provided in the description

[west kettle]

oh oke thanks 😄

[coarse matrix]

I have Performance problems with Dummy Objects inside a Room because of useless reflections inside. How to disable that?

[latent scroll]

@deep bronze Hello can you check on mod.io i have uploaded my mod and he need to be approved 🙂

[torpid horizon]

Is there any way to pause animation in editor? pause time only does it for vents

[frail scarab]

Does anyone here know how to reset sequences, or reset the map everytime you start a challenge?

[torpid horizon]

there is a tutorial

on the drive

[frail scarab]

do you know the name of that file?

[torpid horizon]

not really

i think it had a separate folder tho

not sure

[frail scarab]

It only shows how to reset an humanai to it's original position, it doesn't work with meshes and sequences

[torpid horizon]

I dont know then

I don't have this type of stuff on my map

[frail scarab]

Do you know how to use this in the story node?

[torpid horizon]

I didn't touch sequences

[regal sapphire]

I have a question, where is a normal tutorial to learn this editor?

[pearl rivet]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16yTlkW7l0wABXm0bNR8TUzEySAg_XryI?usp=sharing

[regal sapphire]

thanks

[frail scarab]

Can I make it so a mission fails and starts again everytime a player reaches a certain trigger? like restarting a challenge

[torpid horizon]

Does anyone know if there is a door mat with text "come in"?

[frail scarab]

It there a trigger zone that can be used indefinitely, so it doesn't disappear once you use it once?

[trim knot]

Hi guys, I don't find any ways to add water to the terrain ?

[hollow kraken]

waterbox

[trim knot]

Thank you, can you guide me to where I can find it in the editor ? In what tab ?

[coarse matrix]

C:\Program Files\Epic Games\DyingLight2StayHuman\DevTools

[hollow kraken]

my electricity is off on 5 min ... u can open prefab tab u see "prefabs" "presets" "mesh" "gpufx" etc..

[coarse matrix]

run the .bat File

[trim knot]

Thank you very much 🙂

I was wondering if there were all the assets available from start or if we had to add others from somewhere ?

[hollow kraken]

u can search "Atlas"

its like albums

[trim knot]

Ok 🙂

[hollow kraken]

u can find many things

and watch tutorial from Aciek

[trim knot]

On google drive ?

[hollow kraken]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16yTlkW7l0wABXm0bNR8TUzEySAg_XryI?usp=sharing

🙌

[trim knot]

Thank you I will 🙂

[hollow kraken]

good luck and have fun

[coarse matrix]

I still have Performance Problems inside a Room only when I run the Game. In the Editor it's all fine.

I have made that with Dummy Objects only.

[trim knot]

Is it normal some assets are totally black and does not have any textures ?

[coarse matrix]

You can change the Texture in the Attributes Window.

Open it under Windows-> Attributes

[trim knot]

Yeah just found the tutorial about that, thank you very much Mario 🙂 Iappreciate

This is harder than unreal engine to handle lol

[coarse matrix]

Unreal Engine is also 350 % better than this Engine at all.

[trim knot]

Yeah ^^

[zinc river]

Unreal Engine is better because it's full engine with many tutorials, but assets and map editor in Unreal is awfull. I prefer C-Engine editor to create map. C-Engine is faster and easier for work with ready-made assets.

[trim knot]

In the youtube tutorial video, they show that we can scale as we want cars and meshes, but I can't replicate it in editor, do you have any clue how to achieve that ?

[coarse matrix]

Select the Object and set in the Toolbar World to Local Coordinate System

[trim knot]

Yeah but it doesn't do anything

[coarse matrix]

In the Toolbar is an Icon Scale

[trim knot]

Yeah I cliked the icon scale, then I put local

[coarse matrix]

Than hold the Mouse Courser when you are over the arrow.

[trim knot]

But when I drag the gizmo arrows, the asset stays the same

[coarse matrix]

Which asset do you use?

[zinc river]

Try to use open/ or save as and replace on parent asset

[trim knot]

The bus ?

[coarse matrix]

The Bus can't be Scaled in free directions

You can Scale that one only complete in all direction when you press the Yellow Triangle.

Search for Dummy

These Objects can be scaled in all directions.

[trim knot]

ok thanks

So for the train, I can't split it ? The one made of three rooms,

I'll have to deal with

[coarse matrix]

I already made my own train only with Dummy Objects ^^

[trim knot]

Is it efficient ?

[coarse matrix]

There seems to be a Performance Problem when you load it in game inside Rooms with Dummy Objects

[trim knot]

Ok

[coarse matrix]

Outside is all fine and inside in the Editor only too.

You can use my Train when you want.

I have made a wagon too.

I have to write text here for /biomarker 100% I'm at 96%

98%

Don't like that all all that you can post here Links and Screenshot without Biomarker 100%

[trim knot]

:/

[trim knot]

How so we can make assets and share them ?

[coarse matrix]

C:\Program Files\Epic Games\DyingLight2StayHuman\DevTools\projects\City-1\source\data\Editor

[trim knot]

Is it possible guys to hide the white square aroud assets ?

When going to atlas, it's a mess of white squares lol

[coarse matrix]

There are Files like in the Editor with the name Prefab.

[zinc river]

You can split train to 3 independant room. Just use "save and replace" asset, save as "train2" and you can open this asset and you can split this train for 3 trains.

[coarse matrix]

You can copy and paste Prefab Files inside windows explorer and you will see them in Editor than.

Done 100%

[trim knot]

Looks pretty good

[zinc river]

It's from Dummy box in editor or in blender ?

[coarse matrix]

It's all made with Dummy Box.

[zinc river]

wow

[trim knot]

I'm starting to get comfortable with the editor

[coarse matrix]

You should know that Terrain is broken and you can't Build your Map and Play it without a crash when you use it.

[trim knot]

So using terrain is risky ?

[coarse matrix]

Yes results in an Editor crash when you press the Build Button.

[trim knot]

Ok is the build thing the same behavior as Build in UE ?

[coarse matrix]

It's a compiler. You need to run it before you can press the Play Button to start the Game.

[trim knot]

Ok oh by the way I wanted to know if there is kind of a asset limit ?

for a world ?

[coarse matrix]

Don't think so.There is always Performance Limit.

[trim knot]

Ok good to know 🙂

[coarse matrix]

When you have a lot of Objects you want to move them you have to create a Prefab in the Scene Editor for them first. Than you can move them without problems.

[trim knot]

Is there any possibility to lower the wind for foliage such as ivies or trees ?

[trim knot]

Good to know

[coarse matrix]

And be sure that you make always complete Backups of your Project Folder.

C:\Program Files\Epic Games\DyingLight2StayHuman\DevTools\projects

[trim knot]

Soudns terrifying lol

[coarse matrix]

To see you Objects in game you have to move them in the Scene Window from Sandbox to Level.

[trim knot]

Yeah I already figuredt that out :p

[coarse matrix]

And you have to right click in the Scene Editor on the Prefab Save and Reload to really save your Objects.

[trim knot]

Oh ok

Ok so workflow is

I make a scene, I make the scene a prefab. I save and reload the prefab.

[coarse matrix]

yes

[trim knot]

Ok ty for the tips

Any way to disable wind on foliage ? :S

[coarse matrix]

Didn't found a option for that.

[trim knot]

Ok np

[trim knot]

not a lot of bushes I'm sad x)

[torpid horizon]

Peter Drippin

[trim knot]

^^

[random badger]

There is a setting under the mesh tags for "affected by wind" (I can't post picture unfortunately), if you uncheck that it should disable the wind effect.

[trim knot]

Ok thank you

[trim knot]

Now I will have to rush a bit to submit a kinda good looking project for the contest ^^

I'm going for a Last of Us vibe map

[coarse matrix]

Don't think that you can build a map in 7 Days.

[torpid horizon]

maybe he can

we will see

[trim knot]

Probably not a full map but at least a showcase of what I'm capable of and it's mainly for fun. Plus I have a lot of IRL stuff to do 😢 But let's hope

can we make things invisible and keep their collision on ?

[coarse matrix]

Search for barrier

[hollow kraken]

u can use any dummy_ choosing null or null metal and null wood for sound 🙌

[dusk dagger]

dummy box

[trim knot]

Do you know if there are some skyscraper ?

[latent scroll]

yes there are but i don't know exactly the name

[deep bronze]

Yesterday it was checked and approved, but I'm sure you know already. 🙂

[trim knot]

Ok

[latent scroll]

yes i have seen that yesterday thank you for your help 🙂

@deep bronze also did you know when we will get a maj for the devtools and if it will a large update ?

[deep bronze]

No. I'm not related to dev tools, just helping sometimes in creating content.

[torpid horizon]

Is there any way to make this better? Like a lamp model like this with light already set up? Or do I need to play around with shadow casters?

[trim knot]

Just a question about the contest. Does the map have to be big or even a small but interresting map is good ?

[torpid horizon]

"Build the most creative, fun, and adrenaline-packed map in Dying Light 2 Stay Human"

Techlandgg.com

[deep bronze]

Is it lamp.prefab with preset or some kind of other prefab e.g. just some kind of light added manually?

[torpid horizon]

Some model

I couldn't find anything like that with light in prefabs

So the light and lamp are separate

[deep bronze]

So you can edit light attributes?

There's two ways then: ClippingVolume. You can see how it works in my tutorial folder: DL2 DT TUT || LIGHTING || Lights only in specific Area and how to make very dark Area

Other way is to set a projector, currently they are broken, but I have one. In light attributes you have here, set proj texture:
ph/source/data/lights/flashlight_a_prj.png

Just paste this path ^

[torpid horizon]

Thank you

[deep bronze]

discord wtf

[torpid horizon]

For some reason some messages are deleated

[deep bronze]

Yeah, funny thing I could see it

[torpid horizon]

Hakon not working

[trim knot]

Thank you 🙂 How big is your map currently ?

[torpid horizon]

Well

I dont know about other maps

But it is pretty big

[trim knot]

Yeah I tested some maps and some are definitely huge.

Mine is not going to be that huge lol

[torpid horizon]

Not too much time to be honest

Try your best tho

We will se

I'm working on smaller details and quests right now

[trim knot]

I'd say my map will be more of a showcase of my skills. So people could know what I could make in a further update :p

[torpid horizon]

If you want to show what you can do in future update work on some interesting plot I would say

No need to make 100% of it

But just some sketch of what it will look like

If you want to go more for contest then Im not sure what to focus on. Probably both

[trim knot]

yeah

[trim knot]

For my first day with the editor, I'm quite proud of what I've done. I will continue this way 🙂

But for now, it's sleepy time, have a good night.

[hollow kraken]

can i delete generated envprobe? dim box work better... but in my time i have bad envprobe

[worthy shuttle]

Looking for a Ping? Detected Ghostping of @trim knot by @torpid horizon

[torpid horizon]

It's past your bed timeee

[random badger]

A little bit late to the conversation here, but I would say judging by past contests that Techland wasn't necessarily looking for huge maps in those past contests, they were looking for interesting and fun ideas. A good example of this in the current maps is LabRat and Heavy Rail I would say.

[random badger]

LabRat conceptually it's a really nifty idea, scaling everything up so that it all feels so insurmountably huge. It reminded me a lot of "Grounded" for obvious reasons.

[random badger]

Point I'm trying to get at is focus on a cool concept and build off of that. Don't focus on making it huge or flashy, try make something exciting that grabs attention.

Especially with the limited time you have available 🙂

[torpid horizon]

4 days aint that much

Definetly

[winter plaza]

Is there a quest node which tells you to complete a challenge?

[deep bronze]

ChallengePass

[fading coral]

for me the first 2 days was figuring out the systems, trying to wrestle control from the asset browser. I felt like a raccoon looking for stuff in a dumpster, and the asset browser was another raccoon fighting with me over assets. "No you will never get to move this prop, it belongs to me!"

However after you understand how it works, the editor is very good. You won't find another editor where the preview lighting looks as good or even bette than ingame

[torpid horizon]

If you have experience with UE5 its really easy

They are both node based systems

UE works better tho because it's all in one and in dev tools if you want to test your game it has to launch Dying Light which takes some time

[fading coral]

I work with the snowrunner editor, which is a good editor. However in there, if you want to test a small map ingame, compiling and packing takes 6+ minutes on my machine

[torpid horizon]

Yep

But it is what it is

[fading coral]

I noticed how good the audio design is in dying light 2

I was waiting in front of a hardware store in old town for nightfall. There is distant audio, of people shouting and screaming. And monsters growling. However one set of voice lines stood out (playing without subtitles). It was a guy yelling "OPEN THE GATE!" then some thumping, and followed "OPEN THE DAMN GATE!". It was barely audible and it was time to fire off seconds before 19:30

[torpid horizon]

Well
I know a lot of people are complaining about the plot but we can all agree the sound is threw the roof

I have a Spotify playlist of parkour songs

They bussin

No Cap

[fading coral]

And then the buildup a few seconds before night falls and followed by the sirens

I remember in the first game, in the old city, there was sounds of scratching and faint growls behind a door that slightly moved in an apartment hallway, indicating a zombie.

The guy yelling open the gate, it appears they have the audio scripted to fire off specific voice lines that play just about nightfall, which is amazing

[torpid horizon]

Yeah

[frail scarab]

Is there a way to make a mission repeatable?

[latent scroll]

did you check if the tutorial "DL2 DT TUT _ QUEST CREATING _ Missions - Repetitive part of the quests" fits your needs ?

[frail scarab]

I did, I'm making it so a parkour challenge starts after talking to an npc, problem is, after you fail or complete it, the quest disappears

[latent scroll]

you need to make a condition if you fail or complete > then do this (complete mission, fail mission)

[frail scarab]

If it were that simple, I would've done it already, the fail node ends the mission completely, while the complete node just advances

[trim knot]

Hi guys, I have a weird issue where I can't right click on stuff inside the hierarchy or veiwport

Is there a way to fix that

[brave lynx]

You need to right click on level in hierarchy and click open. Wait a while until it's done

[hidden cedar]

Is your level open

[trim knot]

I can't open it, that's the issue too ^^

[hidden cedar]

If you right-click your level, the open option is greyed out?

[trim knot]

The only thing that appear when I right click on the level or any of the hirearchy thing is :

Select Xform hierarchy Subtree

[trim knot]

Oh so a Last of US style map is less interresting than an original creation

Is it really buggy to use terrain ?

[random badger]

I don't know if "less interesting" is the phrase I would use, I think high density maps just take significantly longer to make.

I would argue that Dino's "Ruins Of A Past" (which imo is a "Last of Us" style map) is impressive in its in own right, but the maps like "Heavy Rail" and "LabRat" are equally as impressive, just in a different way.

[trim knot]

Ok good to hear. do you know if Techland is running these kind of contests often ?

[random badger]

No idea, they ran 3 or 4 from what I can remember for Dying Light 1, and that was over the 7 year period of its life cycle... but who knows, they may be more active this time around given that mods are being enabled on console as well.

[trim knot]

Thanks 🙂

Hey guys, I'm trying to follow the tutorial about textures for terrain but I'm not able to open the YourMapName_t2mat.scr

I got a message saying I can't open that kind of thing on my PC :/

[random badger]

Do you have a text editor like Notepad++ or VS Code?

[trim knot]

VS code yes

Should I open it from it directly ?

[random badger]

Yeah

[trim knot]

ok ty got it

[hidden cedar]

Hmm not sure why but yeah in your Scene window if you right click on Level it should have the option to Open, but if you can't right-click anything there then idk sorry

[trim knot]

Well I have to restart a complete new project as I'm not able to open it in any way even in the backups :c

[hidden cedar]

Curious if anyone has seen this in prefab browser? I'm trying to find it

[trim knot]

Are they premade parkour stuff ?

So there is no tutorials about how to apply a texture o nterrain ?

[hidden cedar]

yeah metrics for player movement and abilities

[hidden cedar]

check here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16yTlkW7l0wABXm0bNR8TUzEySAg_XryI?usp=sharing - Aciek's editor tuts

[trim knot]

Yeah but I can't find any texture tutorial ^^'

No way to lower the strength of material ?

Also my textures look like 100x bigger than a player character lol

[brave lynx]

Change the scale of the texture in the material settings

[trim knot]

It's a long process to get it done lol

[latent scroll]

never seen that did you find them ? what's the name of this prefab's please ?

[hidden cedar]

Nah, haven't found them. They'd def be useful to have though

[latent scroll]

Yes for sure that's why i'm looking for 🙂

this one "backyard_test.prefab" if someone looking for name of mesh skin

[brave lynx]

Hey @deep bronze 🙂 I've got a question! May I DM you?

[torpid horizon]

How to make dummy boxes invisible?

[hidden cedar]

mesh skin to null

[deep bronze]

Please write down question here.

[coarse matrix]

Question: Is it a known bug with Performance Problems when you use Dummy Objects for a Room?

[brave lynx]

Is there a way to disable the emissive material on an object when it's day time in game?

[coarse matrix]

In the Editor is all fine but ingame FPS go down to 6 from 60 FPS.

[brave lynx]

I would show you what I need to use it for but I can't post images here

[alpine lynx]

Sometimes yes. Check objects attributes -> UserData -> Emissive threshold value -> 0

oops wrong quote

[coarse matrix]

Outside is all fine but inside Train in-game there are extreme FPS drops.

[alpine lynx]

meant to answer @brave lynx

[brave lynx]

@alpine lynx Will that automatically disable the emissive at day and enable at night?

[alpine lynx]

Nope, that requires some logic

but in practise it does because if you set emissive low enough it wont be visible during day

because sunlight

[brave lynx]

I suppose that's true, I appreciate it, thank you! 🙂

[torpid horizon]

thx

[hidden cedar]

anyone know why the highlighted wall has a mesh skin option but the other mesh on the right doesn't? is it a bug?

[pearl rivet]

yeah, there's a handful of objects that have that issue

occasionally if you flip through the mesh skin options there will be a few that work

[hidden cedar]

ah okk ty

[fading coral]

I think this may be because of the train bein built out of many dummy boxes, causing the game engine not to be able to separate the area into pieces that can be rendered efficiently

Also how many lights do you have and what is your computer specifications?

[coarse matrix]

I9 9990k with RTX 2080Ti + 32 GB Ram + 1 tb nvme m2 SSD

I have there 4 Lights only. Without a Light there is this problem too.

In the Editor all runs very well 65-70 FPS but ingame it doesn't.

[coarse matrix]

Graphic Settings are all on maxed to the Limit ingame.

[brave lynx]

How big is your map?

[coarse matrix]

Outside the Train ingame it also runs well

There is only the Train.

[brave lynx]

That's really odd! I'm not a pro at devtools but I'll try to think of some possible fixes

[coarse matrix]

It seems to be a light problem inside room or a problem with reflexions of the material color.

[brave lynx]

And what happens if you disable Ray traced reflections?

[coarse matrix]

Didn't have done that but it should work with Raytracing too.

You can download the train here in Discord under show my map Train Model.

[pearl rivet]

what's the object count?

[brave lynx]

It should but perhaps there's some bug right now although with that being said, I don't seem to have that problem. I definitely have performance issues but that's lod related which can't be the case with your train

I'll try it when I get home

[coarse matrix]

Didn't counted the Objects but i think over 8000 or so.

A lot of details require lots of Objects. But the Game must load much more Objects Outside than inside the Train.

[brave lynx]

Not that this will help much but Do you use Occluder planes within your train walls? Worth a try?

[coarse matrix]

What are occluder planes?

[brave lynx]

Search Occluder plans in the meshes or prefabs section in editor

[coarse matrix]

You can disable there Objects or so it's just the hull around it which is needed^^

[brave lynx]

Occluder planes will disable all objects that are rendered behind it

I can't see if helping much tho as you don't have anything other than the train. But perhaps there's too much detail in one area?

[thorn beacon]

guys, how to play at custom map from other players?

[brave lynx]

Download dev tools and upon launching, click get maps and download the ones you want to play

[random badger]

mod.io/g/dying-light-2/r/how-to-play-custom-levels

[thorn beacon]

ty

[coarse matrix]

You can download the train and take a look maybe you find a problem.

[frail scarab]

How can I increase the range at which a point_marker can be seen from?

[brave lynx]

When I'm home, I will 🙂

[hollow kraken]

@deep bronze Sensei! how to delete generated envprobes? in my case dim box work better... but in my time envprobe not gone

[torpid horizon]

how to make fx's play non stop?

[hollow kraken]

how to enable prefabs in night time automatic?
example: im create night.prefab and SelfeActive off.. when night time coming is SelfeActive on
tnx 👷‍♂️ 🙌

[deep bronze]

On HUD? AFAIK You can't.

[frail scarab]

So I have to spam them so the player knows where to go?

[deep bronze]

Remove entity from location you want to remove 'em. There's folder in project /work where you can find Envprobes folder. If you remove this folder should do (ofc before that just drag this folder out just to be sure)

[deep bronze]

No. It's automatically, on compass you'll see in 2D when you're away 60m. and when you're within range of 60m. it will be showed on 3D. If you need something that shows step by step, yes. You need multiple goto.

[deep bronze]

It's depends on GPUFX settings that are in scripts, that required data mining if FX is looping or not.

[deep bronze]

Multi_Controller_Conditional.prefab

You can set what entites should enable at certain time.

[frail scarab]

Wish I could've used a parkour challenge instead, but it doesn't work properly if I do

[hollow kraken]

perfect

[deep bronze]

You're creating something that doesn't exist in base game with sequences that are not usable well in DT, so I could say: unless you experience and do research by yourself no one will help you in that case.

I also would need to check everything and understand what exactly you're trying to make, but I don't have time to do that. That why sometimes I'm skipping your questions because I just simply don't know unless I try.

So, sorry about that. Keep experimenting.

[frail scarab]

Actually, as a mission it works fine because when you fail it, every trigger zone resets, but they don't as a challenge, that's why I'm making changes of turning it into a mission that can be replayed instead of a challenge

[deep bronze]

And here you go. That's a good research and I didn't even knew you can do it. 🙂

[frail scarab]

But the sequences do not reset and remain in their last known position, but can be triggered again, so to combat this, you need a trigger in the beginning that resets all prefabs and meshes to their original position

I'll be abusing DT as much as they abused me

[deep bronze]

Perfect! 😄

[torpid horizon]

I have 4 switches and Player has to decide which one to choose. After the switch is pressed there is 1 out of 4 dialogs played then its connected in Any and the objective ends. But when I Press the switch the other one dont dissapear it says 1/4. How to change it so thet they dissapear after switching one?

[frail scarab]

can you show a screenshot of the nodes for that?

[deep bronze]

You can set in "Any" node "Cancel Inputs"? I don't remember.

[torpid horizon]

Gonna check it out

"Cacel inputs when done"

I have it on true

[deep bronze]

So it should work.

Would need to check your story why it's doesn't end (some pics)

[torpid horizon]

DM?

Its kind of Secret top G move

For a map

[deep bronze]

Well, ye.

[brave lynx]

Idk how it took me so long to realize but there's legit a benq monitor advertisement texture on one of the shop signs 😂 good way to implement ads 😏

[winter plaza]

Susge

[winter plaza]

how do i make a dialogue with choice

[frail scarab]

There are a few tutorials in the drive related to that

[winter plaza]

ok and how do i make it like if you choose a specific choice the quest ends´?

[alpine lynx]

End

[winter plaza]

huh can you elaborate further?

[alpine lynx]

End node

Did you watch the tutorial

[winter plaza]

yes

let me show you how i mean it

so basically what i am trying to make is that if you choose the lower option the dialog ends and the second complete objective should lead to the end of the quest

[winter plaza]

ok sorry im actually stupid my bad

i thought it was only possible to have 1 end node at a time

[frail scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/coincidence-i-think-not-coincidence-i-think-not-the-incredibles-gif-5096707

[winter plaza]

wat

[random badger]

Has anyone managed to find an alarm sound or similar in any of the built-in prefabs?

[winter plaza]

i havent tried if it works but there is noise_maker_button.prefab

[hollow kraken]

how name this prefab? and its work automatic? tnx 👷‍♂️ 🙌

[torpid horizon]

It doesnt

[thick tundra]

what happened that they need artists

[frail scarab]

@deep bronze is it possible to turn a prefab/mesh into a balancing prop while still being able to enter it?

[deep bronze]

CustomMove + Airbag mesh.

[deep bronze]

Hmm... using movables or using physical handle (i don't have name of the prefab but it's the same logic as the physical platform, but I never used it in much complicated way)
I would use movables imo

[frail scarab]

I tried using the Physics Formation, but this turned the mesh into a cube collision wise

[deep bronze]

I never had to use that, but that's the thing.

[winter plaza]

how do i make parkour challenges repeatable?

and also increase the area of the challenge

[torpid horizon]

area - scale up the area marker

repetable - there is a tutorial provided on the Google drive

[winter plaza]

ok ty man

[torpid horizon]

Np

[frail scarab]

Is it possible to create a trigger that can rotate a prefab 90 degrees everytime you activate it?

or a way to cycle sequences without the devtools trying to shank me?

[random badger]

No dice unfortunately 😔

[winter plaza]

[signal yew]

I hope the dev tools become just as moddable as a Bethesda title

[thorny viper]

I need an opinion right now I'm at the choice do I believe the colonel to get the secret ending or don't believe the colonel to get the underground city my head is spinning I don't know which one to pick

[torpid horizon]

how to add tekst to quest_object_withbrief ?

[elder ravine]

Chicken nugget gang

[winter plaza]

[deep bronze]

Movable Controller.

[frail scarab]

Is there a tutorial in the devtools drive related to this?

[deep bronze]

Yes.

[deep bronze]

Attributes. m_description

[pearl rivet]

love me a movable controller. i think i got one in every other room in my map

[frail scarab]

how is the tutorial named?

[deep bronze]

Noise_Area.prefab have UID Noise. When player is in that Area he'll make a noise UID you selected logically (not with sound, you can add it but up to you). So after using trigger you can set area on enable.

[torpid horizon]

I added a photo as well but its really small. How to scale it up/

[deep bronze]

No idea.

@frail scarab In your case, Movable_Controller will be better than rotator, because, and on button controller just move to next node and use Loop A -> A in settings.

I'll leave how it works to you.

[frail scarab]

aight, will try it out

[random badger]

Fantastic, thank you 🙂

[fading coral]

Aciek, I have a question about mod visibility. If I soft-deleted a mod, and then had it reactivated, that means it would be on mod.io again, without a dev from techland having to manually approve it again?

[deep bronze]

idk, shall we try? 😄

[fading coral]

Thanks however it is not necessary now, I assume if my friends can see the mod on mod.io then it should be functioning

I wrote an email to mod.io to reverse the delete and it appears to function.

[deep bronze]

kk

[fading coral]

The preview lighting in this editor is so nice. It looks better than my ingame settings.

[pearl rivet]

one of the things that's been impressing me most about the editor is how well optimized it is

i'm nearing 20k objects and its still running fine

[fading coral]

where can you see the object count? also does it mean total objects in the map?

[random badger]

It definitely performs remarkably well

[pearl rivet]

😳

[random badger]

I'm also glad the learning curve from DL1 Tools to DL2 tools wasn't huge

[pearl rivet]

learning curve in general is pretty nice! i never used the dl1 tools so im new to this whole thing

which... shows, but i've been going back and redoing the earlier parts of my map now that i know i can do better

[random badger]

I used the DL1 tools quite a bit, and it wasn't too huge of an adjustment, there are a lot of things that improved significantly.

One I can think of immediately is how quick the navmesh generation is. It used to take forever in the DL1 tools.

The lighting setup is also significantly better and in general it looks excellent compared to the same amount of work you would've had to do to accomplish it in the first tools.

Only comment I would make is that the performance could be better (at least on my side)... but they already know about that. The lack of LOD for a lot of objects makes things difficult.

[pearl rivet]

im def excited to see where they go with the editor, considering the amount of assets i've stumbled into that aren't implemented yet

there's a lot to look forward to using

especially future dlc assets.... 👀

[random badger]

I'm looking forward to the implementation of custom assets and audio

I have a project I've been concepting since Dying Light 2 came out and those features are going to be necessary

Anyway, it's really cool to see what everyone's up to... and based on what has been done in the past month it's going to be an exciting time ahead for the DevTools.

[pearl rivet]

absolutely

[winter plaza]

Me who never touched devtools before until 14th dec

Also does anyone know the prefab for jumpads

[deep bronze]

custommoveobject.prefab + m_Type AirBag

[winter plaza]

[brave lynx]

Would anyone be available to download my map and let me know if the city behind the wall is there? My dl size has decreased 🤔

[deep bronze]

Map name?

Prefabs usually have only few kb, size can be most increased or descreased by envprobes, navmesh.

[brave lynx]

Oh interesting! It's terra divisa

[winter plaza]

Ye true my file size has also decreased

[brave lynx]

It always worries me when I see the size drop. Last time that happened, nobody could actually download the map

[deep bronze]

Camera pos?

[brave lynx]

I'll send those in 2 mins

[winter plaza]

I mean you can always try to run the game yourself

[brave lynx]

[-436.782898, 94.312042, 768.639526][-0.381689, 0.247123, 0.890642]

[brave lynx]

Yea but somehow doesn't work for me

[winter plaza]

Oof

[deep bronze]

@brave lynx

[winter plaza]

What’s the cause? You on epic?

[deep bronze]

But... terrain is missing?

[brave lynx]

Yea it's weird sometimes. It does this often

Hmm

[deep bronze]

Had to unlock/lock and everything is back.

[brave lynx]

The thing is, I can only lock by compiling

The other way crashes for me every time

[winter plaza]

Ye same

Luckily I don’t need to work on terrain anymore

[brave lynx]

When I lock by compiling, the terrain stays invisible until I close the project, start it again and then crash it and start again

[deep bronze]

Would you report this to support?

It shouldn't be that way, lol.