Unreal Engine

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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 …	25 Last	alexworx May 2021
Unreal Engine 5, Download Early Access Unreal Engine 5, Download Early AccessUnreal Engine 5 Early Accesshttps://youtu.be/d1ZnM7CH-v4?t=3Unreal Engine royalties waived on first $1 million in game revenue https://www.unrealengine.com/…	165 Last	littleclaude May 2021
UE4 Sequencer won't record from cameras? Hello everyone!I've got this scene set up in UE4, ready to render out as a series of images so that I can edit it in Adobe Premiere.But, for some reason, the Sequencer won't render it from the 4 came…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2021
Baked Lighting on Tessellated Mesh? Hello all,I seemed to have run into an issue when baking the lighting with a tessellated mesh... is this something that can be fixed or is it a limitation?So far I've tried upping lightmap density an…	1 Last	LynnKillian May 2021
Invisible Meshes??!! Hey guys, i'm having a MAJOR problem with udk. when i place one of my own static meshes in the scene it looks fine, and shows up in game mode as well, but then when i go to play in editor there's not…	6 Last	mixeron May 2021
Is my workflow stupid? I am making a game that is an ode to zelda, here's a gif:I am currently in the early stages, trying to settle on a workflow that will allow me to smash out maps and environments while achieving certa…	6 Last	A_B May 2021
How to Include Skin Wrapped Objects in your Skeletal Mesh? So, I'd like to import my model as a skeletal mesh into UE4. However, there are a few elements of my model that are not bound to any bones. They use skin wraps to drive animation instead. Those piece…	1 Last	poopipe May 2021
"normal+diffuse mask" decal like this possible in UE4? I noticed these normal decals from an Overwatch reference that somehow also allow diffuse information with a mask:From what I've experimented with, it doesn't seem possible in UE4? I was hoping …	1 Last	Rangaros May 2021
Advice for Better Glass on Object? I have been trying to put together a render in Unreal for a prop I have made in the past but I can't quite get the glass to look as good as it did in Marmoset. This is my first go with Unreal Engine …	3 Last	Obscura May 2021
Hey I'm new here, Would really appreciate some feedback on my WIP :) Hey Everyone, Glad to be here amongst the Polycount 3d community. To cut the story short and get into the nitty-gritty details...I'm basically working on a 3d environment in unreal engine to revamp m…	1 Last	A_B May 2021
How do I achieve this effect? Dynamic decal paths I'm trying to figure out how to achieve the terrain texturing effect in the attached images.As you can see the dirt paths on top of the grass texture here appears to be some kind of decal, with both …	10 Last	A_B May 2021
Adding Viseme blend targets to Metahumans Hi, Did anybody manage to adjust the Metahuman mesh exported into Maya (Blend shape creation using the control rig and saved as a blend shape for use with Oculus Lip Sync and Visemes) and succes…	0 Last	RocKenny Apr 2021
Textures in UE look bad but good in Substance painter : why ? Hey ! I'll make it short, I'm happy with my work in Painter so I exported everything for Unreal Engine. I don't know where the problem occurs, maybe it's my mesh export, or some settings I'm missing …	11 Last	Obscura Apr 2021
how to get beautiful edges and detail in dunes? thats how detailed i want it to be. look how perfect the eges are. no visible tristhis is how it looks when i make it: i use world creator 2 i made the desert with 1/2 meter resolution. but when…	1 Last	eCstatic Apr 2021
Problem with Shadow in UE4 Hey, i have a problem where my character get dark spots/shadows. When i import just the character without the rig its working fine but when i add the rig i get the dark shadows/spots. This happens af…	0 Last	Dankri Apr 2021
Lightmaps Hi guys, I've started studying lighting in UE4 recently, and I have a doubt about lightmaps. When we import an object into unreal, by default the engine generates the lightmap uvs for us, so I was wo…	2 Last	sprunghunt Apr 2021
Any tutorials or methods used to create film quality realistic architectural materials Hello, I am trying to recreate a room I seen on a horror movie and I am new to unreal. I want film like quality textures for the room i.e antique wood, brick, decay, fabrics etc. I have seen a few tu…	2 Last	gnoop Apr 2021
Are smoothing groups really necessary? I am accustomed to use custom normals rather then smoothing groups . Those groups rather complicate modelling imo. My geo and its shading look perfectl…	5 Last	poopipe Apr 2021
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Sun intensity in U4? Isn't it important for proper PBR to have physically accurate sun intensity ? So why in game templates I see like 2,5 lux, some you tube tutorials suggest 15 lux , in Ar…	2 Last	gnoop Apr 2021
The Wonders of Normal Map Baking So I've done a bit of testing with normal maps in Unreal to see how optimal I could make my results, after testing different things for years. I've known about smoothing groups causing issues for nor…	18 Last	Obscura Apr 2021
Faces goes black after building the lights.	0 Last	Ankitkumar Apr 2021
Glass as Material Layer? I've got an asset that includes some metal surfaces and a glass surface. I looked through the docs on Layered Materials and through the available properties on the Material Functions I created. Even …	1 Last	poopipe Apr 2021
1st frame of animation blurred Hi!Im still pretty new to Unreal, I'm setting up some animations where my model is doing a Turntable animation, and then the camera pans up. The first frame looks like thisWhat can I do to avoi…	1 Last	Obscura Apr 2021
UE4 Runtime Virtual Texture normals https://youtu.be/johsKkowXPA Using RVTs to make roads in UE4 terrain. I've not been able to solve this flickering/shimmering issue that occurs when noise or horizontal lines are perpendicular to the…	2 Last	rollin Apr 2021
Poly Faces Missing/Not Showing in Unreal Engine I tried to import my character in unreal engine 4.25 but some faces were missing or not showing. but the model looked perfectly fine in other software like maya, Substance painter and marmoset toolba…	2 Last	Sagnik18 Apr 2021
I can't close UE4 Hi everyonei think i have a big big bug in UE4 and the same time is BIG problem for me.Sometimes UE4 stops and is not responding, so i go to task manager, END TASK but i can't close it,. So, i go to …	2 Last	SuSo Apr 2021
Using Unreal products to produce NFT’s... Hey there guys,Sorry for my ignorance but just a quick question...if I’m looking to dip my toe in the NFT craze atm and produce a still image or animation render with UE4, Quixel, etc can I do this f…	2 Last	Lissa_xyz Mar 2021
[BUG] Grass disappears after building the level Hey people, does anyone perhaps know why is it that when I build my level, all the grass I placed using the layer grass node inside the landscape material disappears? I have a Layer Blend called …	4 Last	yaschan Mar 2021
[4.26.1] Spline (Meshes) - don't work with Ray Tracing Hi,Is there a way to make spline meshes visible in ray tracing (shadows), or is it not supported yet?Is it possible to bend actors with static meshes without the usage of splines in UE4?Thx	0 Last	GhosTDoG Mar 2021
Triplanar Mapping for animated Objects? Hi,is Triplanar Mapping for animated objects possible?I have tried world aligned texture with local position as input, but the local inputs is based on the mesh UVs, so it makes no sense.And the trip…	4 Last	Obscura Mar 2021
[UE4] - " The Sage " - A real time Unreal Engine 4 integrated character This Character is Inspired by the Work of Mr. Bala R Called " The Sage ". This is my representation of the character. I chose a semi realistic style. This process shows the integrated Low Poly Charac…	0 Last	saahil131 Mar 2021
Cascading shadows Hi all, I've been having a weird issue with UE4 shadows losing quality as you get further away from the shadow. You can see it here in action, the image on the right is much closer to the f…	1 Last	jRocket Mar 2021
Black face/polygon on Ue4 ( zbrush-> maya->ue4) Hi,I got a problem when importing my mesh from Maya to unreal there is some polygons that appears black.the mesh looks fine in Maya and even in substance painter.I try revers normal, Set from face, s…	1 Last	YTV Mar 2021
How to achieve a limited color palette art style? I'm trying to achieve a kind of over-exposed style with "crushed" colors for a more retro horror feeling, and would appreciate some pointers. I'm looking to create a similar texturing style as can be…	1 Last	poopipe Mar 2021
UE4 - when was 'remove selected' uv channel added? I'm trying to figure out what version of UE4 added the 'remove selected' UV channel feature. We want to backport it into our editor, but I can't seem to find its implementation in the release n…	0 Last	aclund3 Mar 2021
Unreal - Automatically Generate Materials from Textures? Hello!I have several texture sets in my HD and I would like Unreal Engine to import them all and automatically create a material instance for each of them. This material instance should be based on a…	2 Last	FredCM Feb 2021
Advanced Skeleton : Trying to export sample file "Tuna" to Unreal but failed Hi,So, I'm trying to export and test sample file "tuna" to Unreal with facial and body animation to test the workflow and the plugin for my characters.Even try exactly this tutorial but with the last…	0 Last	skyrick Feb 2021
VolumeEdgeMask Does anyone no where I can get some info on the VolumeEdgeMask function. For some reason I cant find any docs on it?ThanksA	0 Last	alexworx Feb 2021
UE4 - Auto Landscape Material Creation Issues Hello, I am currently working on a uni project in which i want to create a landscape. I thought it would be great to learn how to make an auto-landscape material but I've come across with some issues…	1 Last	cewok Feb 2021
Creating a city I'm sourcing some more in-depth information on creating cities, such as GTA V or Watch Dogs legion. Especially when it comes to the city base. Landscape and roads with or without height variation. I …	1 Last	cspahr Feb 2021
Landscape Brush freezes? Hi, I randomly encounter some freezing issues, while using the landscape brushes. >> 2-3 sec. Freezing always happens after a brush stroke. It’s similar to this issue: https://answer…	0 Last	GhosTDoG Feb 2021
[SOLVED] Blending between 2 textures using vertex paint in UE4 Hello fellow artists! I'm in a dead end and would greatly appreciate if someone can help. I have made a tree, where lower half is sculpted and unique texture is made for in Painter and upper half is …	3 Last	Mink Feb 2021
UE Crashes, PLEASE help :( After spending some time in UE, like 1-2 minutes, IT freezes, then after some time computer freezes, IF i use task manager to shut it down, computer freezes.I tried to update drivers and ue, didnt fi…	0 Last	KebabEmperor Feb 2021
POM with shadows? Hello.I´m trying out parallax occlusion mapping and so far it works nicely. The one thing I am missing is shadows.Let´s say I have a generic cobblestone material and them POM effect really works well…	1 Last	zora_c Feb 2021
Lightning Study \| Vol. 01 The first part of an effort to get better at working with baked lighting and especially getting a deeper understanding of lightmass and the whole UE4 lighting framework.Photo by Evgeny Larinhttps://v…	0 Last	krsolovev Feb 2021
Broken and Wavy Edges and Surfaces on the Model Hi,I have created a modular project for Unreal Engine 4. I'm just learning to use Unreal engine 4. I export it in the unreal engine to test the models. But I saw some wavy and broken shading on the s…	0 Last	Frigus Feb 2021
Unreal Engine Crashes Computer It wasnt like that before. I open UE (4.24) and It crashes my computer few seconds later, no error messages, nothing, whole computer freezes and i force restart it.Drivers updated, UE updated to 4.25…	2 Last	KebabEmperor Feb 2021
Arena project in Unreal I'm working on getting an arena into Unreal and I'm wondering what the best way to import something like this is. I'm using Datasmith + dataprep to help automate the mundane tasks. My question is, is…	1 Last	Vollgaser Feb 2021
Lighting Tutorial, Unreal Engine, Things I Wish I Had Known. Hi everyone. I've had some people ask me about lighting in Unreal, so I decided to make a tutorial. This is a "things I wish I knew when I started with the Unreal Engine" kind of thing. My hope is th…	0 Last	Jacob Lubinski Feb 2021