Unreal Engine

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UE4 Editor Slow/Laggy - Impossible to use Problem:Opening a brand new empty scene, I am unable to orbit the viewport, use the interface, or add objects without an insane amount of lag. 1-5fps if im lucky.Any help would be greatly appreciated…	6 Last	shabba Dec 2017
Why does Unreal decide to mess with my textures? I've noticed for a long time that Unreal has been interpreting my textures in a very strange way. I feel like I'm being an idiot and missing something really simple but google didn't have any answers…	5 Last	poopipe Dec 2017
Emissive Heatmaps? I made a prop that has some heat maps that look fantastic on Marmoset.But when I try to import it into unreal it looks terrible. What I'm doing wrong? Is there anyway to fix it or at least to ma…	2 Last	HammerB Dec 2017
Issue with material blending depending on distance from mesh Hey guys,Working on a simple material for a scene and having a bit of an issue with the blend. When you get closer to the mesh (see gif below) the top material fades out. Been troubleshooting it for …	1 Last	mats effect Dec 2017
Are there alternatives to speed tree for creating great foliage? Title says it all.	3 Last	Irkie500 Dec 2017
Vertex painting, modularity and complex pieces Hello o/I'm currently working on my first environment piece and had a question on vertex painting and modularity.I wanted to try and make my modular pieces have variations on their textures that can …	1 Last	Mant1k0re Nov 2017
Solved: Inside the fish's mouth--custom depth? I set up this diorama thing in Unreal. Nice and dandy, except the water material clips inside the fish's mouth. Not good.So I poked around the internet, and it seems like the solution to this problem…	3 Last	Obscura Nov 2017
Help! Uv offset'd textures not tiling together correctly when exported from maya to ue4 Hi!I have spent a ridiculous amount of time tweaking textures in maya, for modular pieces of wall, to make them tile using the place2Dtexture node options as illustrated in picture 1(this took so lon…	7 Last	PrajnaParamita Nov 2017
UE4 shading problem (SOLVED) Hello o/So I've been having a lighting issue on an asset in my scene in UE4. No matter what systems I turn on and off the result is the same my assets appears partially black and the lighting seems r…	5 Last	HashBrownHamish Nov 2017
UE4 project crashes when I enable forward rendering Hi guys I'm working on a project atm that is using stereo projection. The project has been working fine for the last month but recently the UE4 editor file crashes when I try to open it on any other …	1 Last	Vexar Nov 2017
use combined textures or not? noob question.Is it better to use combined textures such as a roughness/occlusion/metalness single image?or the engine take care of it during the build?Thanks	2 Last	MmAaXx Nov 2017
Portfolio renders in UE4 help Hi there,I've used UE4 a fair bit for setting up assets and level building, etc but never actually tried to get any high quality portfolio renders in it. I'm used to Marmoset but have to take a few r…	3 Last	Bletzkarn Nov 2017
How do I start building my level? I'm aiming to create a low-poly 'quad-poly' style of level that looks something like:I love the art style but will modify it for a different genre of game.My question is what's the best way to get st…	3 Last	Bletzkarn Nov 2017
Learning Unreal Gang, ive been trying to learn Unreal using videos. And its gotten me a decent ways along, but I know from my own experience I learn better with books and projects. My goal is to be able to brin…	3 Last	pmiller001 Nov 2017
Create Classic Computer Screen Shader UI for UE4? Hey all, I've been searching and searching and I have no idea how to make a simple 80s, 80-column/25-line LCD screen in UE4.I am new to UI/video effect shaders in Unreal and don't know where to start…	4 Last	Axi5 Nov 2017
FPS blueprint is broken Hello! I'm having some trouble with blueprints. I just copied & pasted the blueprints from the FPS demo into my project (You know, for a fast and easy test) and then my character looks completely…	2 Last	Vexar Nov 2017
Indirect Lighting Not Working Hi Guys,I'm quite new to lighting in Unreal, so I've not got a clue what's happening with my lighting (see image below). I'm trying to get my garage interior to be lit purely through the windows, but…	2 Last	JordonTurberfield Nov 2017
character is looking strange Hi All,So I am in the process of doing some very rough tests for this space. I added some characters that are animated. Two of the three look fine in the space. One of them, the woman standing behind…	4 Last	Obscura Nov 2017
import keyframed uvs movement to ue4? Is this possible in ue4? If I animated certain uv movements of a static mesh. Can this be imported into ue4 and it would work accordingly with textures.	4 Last	melviso Nov 2017
Realistic Lighting - Can't Avoid Black Edges at Wall Intersections Hi, I'm currently working an an ArchVis project and I'm trying to achieve the most aesthetic and believable results from the lighting bake. However I keep getting black seams at my wall intersections…	10 Last	Kogoshi Nov 2017
Trying to make a texture of a window into outer space, need help with scaling. Hello! I'm making a window into space and I would like the texture of the stars to look like it's always the same distance away, so it would need to shrink as the player gets closer, and increase as …	2 Last	Obscura Nov 2017
Landscape vs Static Mesh material painting Hey everyone,Just a quick question regarding high quality material creation and blending in UE4. I'd like to know what or if there are any big advantages using the Lansdcape tool to create terrains v…	2 Last	Tfoxxer Nov 2017
Enemy Ai attack animation set up bp HiSo yeah i have looked at all the tutorials... Well it feels like it. Every tutorial is outdated, nodes does not exist thats used in most if not all tutorials. Making things very difficult. But then…	2 Last	Mcbeardo Nov 2017
Looking for a good Tutorial on 2 handed weapon set ups and rigs UE4 Hello all, I haven't really found a good tutorial on setting up 2 Handed wepaons and rigging those weapons. I know how to create sockets and place weapons but the Off hand seems to be a little wonky …	0 Last	Tfoxxer Nov 2017
Car Top Speed So I've been all over the UE4 Forums and other Forums as well. I'm trying to figure out how to increase my cars top speed past what UE4 is giving me. I've adjusted the RPMS and I've tweaked the …	0 Last	Tfoxxer Nov 2017
Show/Hide variables Unreal Engine 4 Hey guys, I would like to know if it is possible to do this: I have a master class called Door, and this door has 3 variables, aimationDuration, Start Delay and an Enum with 2 options - ClosingDoor a…	1 Last	Obscura Nov 2017
actors, skeletal meshes, trigger volumes, blueprint Hello and hiI have been fiddling with unreal for a short period of time. Now i wanna learn to make gameplay happen. Like put box on button to activate a windmill that activates a raft (once…	22 Last	Mcbeardo Nov 2017
Editor scripting.. Hello,Can anyone either point me at docs/examples for editor scripting or tell me it's not possible so I give up hope? Ta	2 Last	poopipe Nov 2017
Ue4 4.18 ''play actor'' missing Hi guys,I recently started with the blueprint system and try to follow up with some of the tutorials. I have a door animation (have to start somewhere) but i cant locate the play actor. Tha…	9 Last	Obscura Nov 2017
Vacuum tube glow effect - quality reproduction, how to approach it? Hey guys, how would you approach recreating this light effect? Quality is priority and vaccum tube is going to be used in microworld, so it's relatively large (like a tree) What I did so far, is thi…	4 Last	JordanN Nov 2017
[UE4] Blueprints- Spline mesh that spans more than one spline point? Hi guys I am trying to make a cable spline in UE4 blueprints similar to this one and am wondering if it is possible to span a spline mesh across multiple spline points. I want to create some ver…	8 Last	poopipe Nov 2017
Stopping construction script from recompiling when instance is transformed Hi. I was hoping someone could help me figure this one out. In UE4, I've made a blueprint that sets a dynamic material instance for its mesh component. I want the construction script to r…	3 Last	Obscura Nov 2017
Lack of Bounce Lighting Hi guys,im currently setting up some blockout and first pass lighting for a small scene im working on, althouugh this is a night time scene i feel like im not getting the amount of bounce lighting fr…	3 Last	leleuxart Nov 2017
Low poly character facial animation Hello,i'm new to UE4 and i want to create a character model similar to the one in the attached picture, i wonder what is the best method to add facial expression like eye blink, mouth opening, eyes e…	2 Last	Obscura Nov 2017
Unreal 4 link to phone Hi guys!I'm working on a project with some friends and i would know if it possible to link/sync an android phone (or apple) to a game in unreal. Let's say you enter a room in the game and a map is up…	2 Last	daviddionne Oct 2017
Using atlas-texture and UV-sets for texture variation on prop Hi guys!I am currently working on a scene in Unreal that is basically a "remake" of the game System Shock 2. So far I've made a couple of props for the scene. One of them being a chemical container t…	8 Last	b0lly Oct 2017
Weird circle of light even in Blank Project Hello!I am getting this weird circle of light effect which is affecting only the objects inside it while everything outside behaves strangely. For instance emissive light material is working ok on di…	4 Last	islingtonbel Oct 2017
Do you use AO maps in yours PBR materials? Hello,I'm asking this question because basically I couldn't found a difference between material with and without an AO map.I hook up a pure black color and still nothing. Then I start to search why, …	8 Last	kurt_hectic Oct 2017
foliage on colliders how does one go about separating foliage painting from colliders? When I remove said colliders the foliage goes with it.	1 Last	Shirk Oct 2017
[Beginner question] Characters transforming into others Hi, guys!!! I'm learning to use UE4 and I'd like to create a character that transforms into another, in a Hulk-Bruce Banner fashion. Is it possible to actually replace the mesh (not by using blendsha…	2 Last	Kyle_butler Oct 2017
Unreal - Have transition play only during a certain anim Hey,So I have a blendspace that blends a walk, jog and run. I want a transition from the run to the idle. However, I want the transition rule to be "Only play this transition rule when the character …	2 Last	AGoodFella Oct 2017
Material seems off compared to SP Hello guys, this is my first time using Unreal 4.What I'm trying to do here is exporting my SP project to UE4, but I get this weird render from my viewport,the material for one part just doesn't matc…	9 Last	HaxLee Oct 2017
multi Materials for a main character Hey guys,It is okay to use 2 materials for a main character ingame? (for pc)for example: 1 material that covers the organic skin of the character and a second one for the armor only.	6 Last	poopipe Oct 2017
PSVR used as a University learning tool Hi there,I work for the University of Wollongong as a 3d generalist creating learning resources for academics and their students and we've created a rough VR demo to be pitched to the academics on ca…	1 Last	poopipe Oct 2017
Character only plays idle anim, can't rotate cam Hey,For some reason, my character stays in an idle state and won't blend to the other anims. Also, I can't rotate the camera at all.I've been following this tut:https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/I…	0 Last	AGoodFella Oct 2017
Keymapping decal work? I'd like to sped up my decal work in Unreal with keyboard shortcuts. Is it possible to do something like:Ctrl + Mousewheel = opacityShift + Mousewheel + bounding box scaleAlt + Mousewheel scrolls thr…	3 Last	zombie420 Oct 2017
Unreal Engine - World Construction Hello there - i am new to this forum but was recommended by a friend.I am currently at the earliest stage in terms of my Game Developing have written down some solid ideas, but can't do anything unti…	4 Last	Bletzkarn Oct 2017
UE4 Landscape Material and Blends [ Query ] Hello,I'm currently producing a landscape for a folio piece, and i've been following this tutorial youtube.com/watch?v=NAJhppttJgI&t=523s whilst incorporating my own knowledge and techniques from…	0 Last	Dave Jr Oct 2017
Quick button for toggling local/ world orientation? In my keyboard shortcuts I see an option to map "local-relative transform" to a key and "world relative transform". Am I overlooking an option to toggle between the two orientations? My goal is to pr…	2 Last	zombie420 Oct 2017
AO texture for multi mat mesh HiI have a mesh with 7 materials. Each has its texture applied correctly in the material editor.In 3ds max I mapped the uv's on the meshes second channel, and baked an ao texture.Now I have this sing…	10 Last	Shockpuppet Oct 2017