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Unreal engine 5 Lumen reflection problem

Hi guys, so I was experimenting with lumen on a project that I was finishing in UE 4.26, but I'm having a few issues. My main problem is about the shaders, this wwater shader is not reflecting at all…
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Mink

Documentation: Hatched Ink Shader for Concept Art

In this documentation, I describe in-depth the Hatched Ink Shader for Unreal Engine. I aimed this shader specifically at Concept Artists, but I can also imagine a use for it on games or anything else…
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ElKaWeh

Is it possible to have multiple directional/skylights visible at the same time?

Hey everyone!That's pretty much it, I had this idea for a portfolio piece that would be something similar to this scene in Dr. StrangeSo essentially I would be making 4 environments in one (killing 4…
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Luiz_Gustavo

Rubber Duck Physics (WIP)

Shape Retention test for the Deformable Mesh Component plugin that I am working on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TNK7UEnXB0
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poopipe

Use LOD0 lightmap on other lower LODs?

Hi,How can we  reuse a lightmap generated on LOD0 on a lower LOD1 ?ThanksAssuming my UVs are identical / were retransfered
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poopipe

2021 Epic MegaJam - Running out of space

Hi, just wondering how many of you participate in the 2021 Epic MegaJam :) I wish my skills level was high enough to participate but I can't wait to see what people come up with :) At the time of me …
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50p

UE5 NANITE vs VRMESH who wins?

Since new Chaos Vray Vantage supports full vrmesh proxymesh features and UE5 releasing nanite technology, i cannot find comparisions between them. Any ideas?
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CGAlex2020

Blotch everywhere

Hi, I'm new to Unreal, but have some notion about lighting (some tutorials watched) I've recently done an archvis scene which the static lights are as blotchy as they could be upon the surfaces. I'm …
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Finardi

Cant figure out my problem tried everything but cant fix. Please Help?

One side of my mesh is reacting weirdly when I Import from Maya to unreal using fbx. the colours seem to reverse and I can't seem to fix it I believe its to do with the mirroring and or normals any a…
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poopipe

Question about certain World / Terrain Creation Software

Hi, I'm Uber. I'm new to the PolyCount forum and I heard it was a good place to follow 3d modelling. I hope questions are allowed here.I am a novice 3d modeler that is working with Unreal Engine and …
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poopipe

Animation from Blender is messed up when imported into UE4

Hi, as the title says, I have an asset animated with bones in Blender, asset has it's uvs/smoothing groups and both the asset and the armature have all the transformations applied before the FBX expo…
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HammerB

How to use displacement maps in UE5?

Hey guys,I want to use a displacement map on my roof tiles texture, however the option has been removed from the material itself and I can't find a way to implement it. would appreciate any given hel…
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salimmatta

Select and move Nanite foliage instances??

I can't select and move or rotate individual foliage instances that have nanite enabled. Can anyone else confirm if they are experiencing this as well or they don't have this issue?
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melviso

Rendering with burn ins

Hello everyone.I want to render animation sequences from the sequencer (several shots in a master sequence) and use nurn ins.I want to show the name of the single sequences and the burn in uses the n…
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C86G

Using translucent material, different static meshes act like there is z-fighting issue

Hi, I have this protractor model which has two static mesh parts, one if the main body of it and the other is the thin black string which starts from the center and can rotate around. I hav…
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Alex_J

Deconstructing foliage shader from Rural Australia pack, question about packed texture

Hi, I am studying the Rural Australia package and can't figure out how a texture channel has been packed and is being used. The Blue channel in the Normals texture sample:The comment suggest tha…
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Alex_J

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ElKaWeh

Tutorial - Creating highpoly meshes for Nanite, using editor modeling tools and displacement (UE5)

I thought a lot of people would appreciate this so I made a mini tutorial about it. So there is a simple and fast way to bake displacement and subdivision into lowpoly meshes inside the editor, using…
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melviso

Translucency map problem

How do i make translucency map for Unreal Enigne? Trying to make nature assets. Weird, i tried to google solution and every time it is all about transparent (black and white variant). Can i make it i…
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Alex_J

Hi I'm looking for a height map of an real life terrain, to create a terrain out of it.

Hi, I'm looking for a height map of an island in Greece, to create a terrain out of it. The thing is I have tried a lot of different websites but can't get a good resolution. Is there a way I can cre…
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poopipe

Need help using the Simple_Hair_UV script for creating hair uvs

Im using the Simple_Hair_UV script found in the Xgen UE documentation however when i imported my IGS alembic file that i exported, it has 3 different description and multiple splinegrp .How do i add …
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mickeal_alex

[UE5] Procedural building generation with blueprints and Nanite.

What are the implications of Nanite for procedural generation with blueprints? If we look at environmental design and especially buildings, why would you use for example Houdini to generate large chu…
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poopipe

Time for an upgrade!!!

Ok my GTX900 machine is looking pretty old, so time for an upgrade. I received the following quote (in $AU) and was wondering if these are the right specs and price if i’m freelancing with Blender, U…
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twistedpancreas

Scale each square of the Vector noise by individual origins??

Is it possible to create individual origins for each square in the vector noise node in the material editor and be able to scale them by each square origins in ue4 or ue5 equally?This is possible wit…
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melviso

Lit UI material possible?

Is it possible to make a UI material (screenspace) that is lit? Looks like the UI present for material type can't be lit, is there any work around? 
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Alex_J

My 3D model sculpting & Texturing workflow for Unreal Engine

ShapeWorks: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148910/ShapeWorks/ShapeWorks is an innovative and extremely beginner friendly program for effortless 3D digital sculpting. Its fluid interface ena…
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redneck0007

Import Models

HelloI'm trying to add some of my assets to unreal's asset store, but I'm struggling quite a bit since I've only worked with Unity.  I have this unrigged torture chair asset that doesn't contai…
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Alex_J

Shared asset libraries across multiple Unreal projects.

What is the best way to create a Library of Materials/Material Functions/Textures/Meshes etc that can be accessed by all Unreal projects? I Have tried to find a solution but most threads about it are…
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poopipe

[UE5] Nanite not enough detail (Trangles in Nanite view are too large)

Culling starts too soon resulting in clearly visually triangulated geometry (something that should be round getting straight corners), Triangles (in Nanite view) are much larger than the surrounding …
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OccultMonk

UE4 Baked AO doesn't work.

For some reason Ambient Occlusion simply doesn't work in my project. I'm talking about the one in World Settings.Here are the settings:After several unsuccessful attempts at having AO after baking th…
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Kligan

[Unreal] Skylight problem

Hi everyone!I have a problem that i have never had before.Like you can check, after put the skylight with/without HDRI (i tested with some maps of HDRI so i think is not the that the problem) my text…
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SuSo

3Ds max to UE4 hair export settings?

Hey all,I'm trying to export my Hair and Fur WSM as an alembic file but for some reason it's exporting the geometry and when I bring it into UE4 it's detecting it as either a static mesh or skeletal …
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TorQue[MoD]

Help requested, bark material in Unreal 4

Hello :) I would be grateful if you could point me in the right direction to fix my banyan tree bark? Background: I'm creating the texture in Substance Designer. This is a test in UE4.26 to see if th…
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Camille_Meehan

Movie Render Que not rendering Post Process Volume correctly

I cant seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. Let me try and explain and see if anyone can shed some light on this.I have 2 post process V in one sequence. One is spawnable the other is not. One o…
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alexworx

Creature Creator - Layered Materials for Markings?

Hi! I am a noob with UE4 but I got an idea stuck in my head and wanted to see if it was possible. My goal is to create a Creature Creator where the user cycles through markings and can add at least o…
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HarlequinWerewolf

Unreal Engine 4 Lighting Units confusing, issues Candela to Lumens

Hi, I know something similar has been covered before but I couldn't find anything related to this issue.I have 4.26 UE version, here the issue:I want to simulate a Spotlight just like in real life. A…
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Alex_the3DRookie

The wonders of technical art (Unreal Engine)

I thought I should share this here instead of the Technical talk section, because its showing art too, and some solutions that can show up in specific cases in games. Here I'm showing my experiments…
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Obscura

UE5 cinematic model quality ?!!!

hello my friendsas u know in the introduction ue5 they said u dont need to make the low-poly model any more !!!if this be true i thing the industry would completely changewhat your opinion my friends…
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ZacD

datasmith exporter stop working on 3ds max

hi, I have a problem with datasmith in 3ds max. I have it installed but don't see it in export options (I don't see anywhere.datasmith) Has anyone had that problem before?I reinstalled it but it…
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Loops

Unreal Engine 4 - Stationary shadows seems to change resolution when the camera moves out and in

Hi everyone! I am not really a tech savy person so if I am not really sure if the stationary shadows are suppose to act this way? For my scene all the meshes are stationary, including my directional …
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rollin

Gradient by Actor Bounds?

Hi, how can I get a gradient by actor bounds? Only found a tutorial with object bounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NqpGPjMi8I As you can see, the gradient gets applied on every sin…
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Obscura

Xgen to Unreal Alembic Hair Exporter Maya script

Hi guys, Just wanted to share this tool here for people who want an automated exporter from Xgen in Maya to the new Unreal Alembic Hair format without the hassle of having to prep the scene manually.…
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fbb

Transparency material issue

Hello. I finished texture for my simple 3D game-ready model and when I tried to apply it in Unreal engine I got an issue with the material. After I set everything in material editor model looks weird…
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Vargo

Unreal Engine 5 Materials

Hi,Maybe this is a stupid question but i want to know if with UE 5 and Nanite the materials that exists in my project doens't need to be optimized as before.For example: I have six different fruits. …
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Obscura

Material to draw lines at set intervals (contour lines on a map, for example)

Here's a handy material that's helped me out a lot so I figured I'd share with the community. I didn't invent this- @almighty_gir gave me a hand and was kind enough to take some time to explain how i…
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Alex_J

Unreal Engine 5 Lumen Lighting tutorial - Polygon Academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMTq4xPvxfkHey guys! Last week I was super inspired by the new release of UE5 early access and had to dive into the lighting tools, ever since I saw lumen when it…
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PixelMasher

Distance Field Modeler for Unreal Engine

I've already posted a lot about this in my sketchbook thread but I think it deserves its own especially since now its official that I'm going to release it in q3 of this year.For newcomers, this is a…
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Obscura

tessellating a mesh based on special texture with dots for vertexes?

I wonder if any way exists In U4  for doing this?  Not in run- time but rather like a special  automatic  first lod creating  technique?    I mean  instead of …
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gnoop

UE4 Alembic Hair Braids?

I'm wondering if anyone has achieved making of braids that work with physics simulation? I'm talking about long braids that swing with motion. It seems like the only way to preserve their shape and p…
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Tamuna

Blueprint Randomization?

Hi all,I am new to BP and I am looking for some advice on how to create some procedural meshes. I have successfully created the first part. I have imported 6 buildings ( as one mesh not 6 individual …
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alexworx

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