Unreal Engine

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Lighting issue in UE4, possibly lightmap issue Hey guys, I have this level I'm building as part of uni project, it's due next week so I'd really appreciate any help!I'm having an issue of different lighting, or seams between floor piecesHere are …	6 Last	McGreed Apr 2016
Plant/vegetation physics Hello!I am wondering if anyone has recommended reading/watching on creating plant or vegetation physics. (I'd like to make plants that react to player collision.)	6 Last	goldfarb Apr 2016
Tessellation performance Hello,I was going through my entire material setup to pin point what is really making my level lose so much FPS. I am now surprised to see this. I have put this simple setup below to demonstrate the …	2 Last	JedTheKrampus Mar 2016
[TUTORIAL] Creating a dynamic Interactable object with blueprint (Doors, Drawers etc.) Hey all,I just finished uploading my latest tutorial (and probably my best so far) on how to create a dynamic object that you can interact with. This is a very in-depth step by step tutorial on how t…	2 Last	TorQue[MoD] Mar 2016
[UE4] Emissive lighting artifact Hello. I'm doing a night city scene in UE4. I have two buildings with emissive materials, and between them a road, made from two parallel objects. As such, those two road segments are seamless, but w…	11 Last	repete Mar 2016
Need Help Making Dynamic Vertex Adjustments in UE4 Through Material or Blueprint So I've been trying to figure out how to make vertex normal changes in materials and blueprints in UE4. I'm not really sure if it's even possible at the moment but I'm curious if anyone else knows of…	1 Last	Jack M. Mar 2016
UE4 Material node setup Hi Everyone, I have an asset created in 3DSMax imported into UE4 that uses 8 materials through the multi/sub-object material assigned in Max. Each material has the following maps: Normal, Albedo, Rou…	1 Last	Tzur_H Mar 2016
UE4 Problem with normals hi,i want to create an lowpoly mesh for ue4 in maya2010 with rounded (smooth) edges for ue4...but everything i tried, was not acceptable for me:- i made an lowpoly mesh in maya 2010 and went to zbrus…	1 Last	riuthamus Mar 2016
Landscape Material only showing one landscape terrain, instead of four? The landscape I imported into UE4 is using weight blends, and has 16 tiles. The material I am currently using has selections for 15 layers of materials, and is currently working…	0 Last	Sammy101 Mar 2016
translucent meshes too bright Hi, i have mesh asset made of 2 IDs exported form 3ds max. One material ID is ordinary simple gray material. Second one is translucent material that is way too bright in shadows. Please look at …	0 Last	turbinea Mar 2016
How to set up HDRI as a light source (like in Marmoset Toolbag)? Hello there.I was looking in to using EU4 as presentation tool for my work, and first thing i looked into after importing my mesh: how do i setup HRDI lighting? Surprisingly, i found no good explanat…	6 Last	Jack M. Mar 2016
How to setup UE4 lighting to be kinda like Marmoset? Guys i've been trying to learn how to make an environment and stuck on "Why does my assets details look off" when i put it in UE4. it look good when i have it in substance and Marmoset. in UE4 i…	3 Last	Jack M. Mar 2016
UE4.11 preview install problem Hi all,I have been trying to install the ue4.11 preview for the past three days now without success.I have searched the ue answer hub for solutions, tried all of them with no results.I am using Windo…	0 Last	melviso Mar 2016
How to make a good looking female character in Unreal Engine 4? Hey guys. A friend of mine and I are working on a little game in Unreal Engine 4. Since we both aren't character artists we bought a high poly head for ZBrush, textured the first subdiv (lowpoly) and…	0 Last	Keks Mar 2016
X & Y mirrored normal maps? Is it OK to have one part of a character model or level asset's normal map mirrored on both the X and Y axis, so that you're only using 1/4th of the texture space? I ask myself this whenever working …	0 Last	Fuiosg Mar 2016
Weird lightmap issue on objcts with custom vertex normals. I have a bunch of objects in my scene that use custom vertex normals (for chamfered edges) that appear to be breaking the lightmaps. They are coming out looking like they are at a way lower resolutio…	0 Last	Count Vader Mar 2016
Ways to optimize smoke particles? I'm working on effects for a game, but I'm running into issues with optimizing smoke and dust effects. Even with directional lighting, depth fade, and SubUV frame smoothing turned off, the shader com…	0 Last	The Vman Mar 2016
Masking Detail Textures Is there a way to use detail textures via masks ?I have used detail texturing before on organic mesh's but I am stumped on how I can achieve the same effect on unique uv's / texture maps. There must …	1 Last	Quack! Mar 2016
My terrain disappears.... When I toggle game view or enter game, my terrain (generated with the terrain tool in UE4) disappears and I can't figure out why... Can anyone help me?Game view toggled off:Game view toggled on:	1 Last	stilobique Mar 2016
[UE4] Lighting doesnt seem right Im working on my scifi scene and Im currently having problems in lighting my scene. Whatever I try doesnt seem right.And this is what it looks like unlit.P.S: Im working on the UI on the screens too …	5 Last	leleuxart Mar 2016
My handpainted textures look terrible in the Engine I am not really sure what is happening. I feel like I am missing some vital part of the pipeline/something ridiculous is being overlooked.So I paint in Photoshop. Feel pretty happy with what I ha…	1 Last	Obscura Mar 2016
Can visibly see the polygons in my geomtry in UE4 My chair in UE looks terrible, you can see all the polys in the shaded areas. I've imported smoothing groups and they are definitely active in UE.Here's how it looks in 3DS MAXI don't really want to …	1 Last	Obscura Mar 2016
Realistic house size feels small in the level I'm doing an arch viz walkthrough type of project, and I've modeled things to accurate sizes, ie doorways of 2040 x 820mm and ceiling heights of 2700mm. When I place the building in the level though,…	3 Last	skankerzero Mar 2016
Dirt from glass texture not showing up in shadow from light map Hey guys! I have a quick unreal engine 4 question for you. So I'm building my first environment and I can't seem to get the dirt on the windows to project shadows to the light on the floor. I've chec…	0 Last	BailsOWheat Feb 2016
Need Help with this Energy Shield effect Hey guys, i'm looking for a way to make this kind of energy shield effect in UE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6k1uk6jl64For the material as well as the blueprint of the bullet hit animation. If …	1 Last	LMP Feb 2016
UE4 Vista Mountains Hey guys one of my tasks for my current project is to create background mountains. Similar to this https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/background-mountainsWhat is the best way to approach t…	1 Last	Cay Feb 2016
Help! I need realistic lights, IN SPACE, from far away! [UE4] Alrighty, so I'm working on a hard science space sim in UE4 and we're trying to figure out how to create super realistic, small and tight lights that can be seen from up close AND far away. Now,…	3 Last	Cay Feb 2016
How to make and export a working gun mesh with animations to UE4 from Blender? i have a SCAR-L model which i've learnt to make from Digital Tutors,and i can successfully import it into UE4,but i want to do more with it,but i don't know how.basically i want to1.Model a gun and t…	3 Last	ekul Feb 2016
Height Map Hey guys I was just wondering i know the height map gives extra depth within the texture but where do I use it within the unreal engine with my textures within the materail editor , I have tried havi…	1 Last	musashidan Feb 2016
Use lightmap UV for the AO? So I'm trying to figure out the best way to make materials, and one of my troubles are with the normal map and dirt map, because I'm using modular textures, so the texture is shared among lot of mode…	1 Last	LMP Feb 2016
Wind volume that affects particles So I'm pretty new to blueprint and I want to create a pretty simple system for wind that affects particles. I've got my particles set up with a "Wind Speed" particle parameter that changes the speed …	0 Last	The Vman Feb 2016
Blended detail normal maps Is there a way to have blended detail normal maps with a mask that has several different colors to differentiate where the different detail maps will blend together? If so, could you tell me what tha…	2 Last	Vailias Feb 2016
paths need to be rebuilt! Erm, what the heck is going on, i get this message, so to fix it i want to build the paths but all i get is this error message all over again, it is a very simple dummy level, just for art creation p…	2 Last	minafaw Feb 2016
Help - Orthographic Camera In 3D Scene I currently have an orthographic camera in a 3d orientation in my scene. Trying to get an old jrpg look in a 3d space. My camera's setup is as followsMy problem is:I only am only able to …	2 Last	oxygencube Feb 2016
UE4 refraction problem and depth fade problem and....well.. water ;) hello, i have some problems with my unreal 4 water... it's also a thread in the [URL="https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/29580/how-do-i-properly-use-refraction-on-water-and-how.html"]answerhu…	5 Last	hmnyari Feb 2016
Ideal Texel Density for UE4 I am currently working on a project and had a question about texel density. I'm using a MEL script for Maya (link here) and it asks for both Texel Density and Texture Resolution. While I'm assuming t…	1 Last	musashidan Feb 2016
Please suggest some good learning materials on UE Hey guys,can anyone here suggest some really good beginner-to-advanced level tutorials on UE especially which would cover Blueprints as I'm not into programming at all. All the tutorials that I'…	0 Last	Defonten Feb 2016
Advice on Flickering problem Hello All,Would like to seek your advice on LOD flickering problem.I used 3DSMax 2016 to export out a model with 4 LOD models in FBX format and had it imported into UDK Editor.After rebuilding, the m…	2 Last	lawrencepzh Feb 2016
Fix for Blurry resolution on a hand painted particle So I am just starting in stylized 2d vfx animations, and rendering them out in UE4 v 4.9.2 and capturing the attacks using matinee. It's still pretty loose, however, when I play the attack in the vie…	2 Last	KKValentin Feb 2016
Working with decals I have a scene that needs a shit-ton of decals in it, so I was just wondering , rather than saving each one out individually is there a way to create a 'texture' atlas that where the individual decal…	3 Last	Obscura Feb 2016
UE4 POM Cost Hello,I'm working on a little thingy here currently with tessellation:But for performance reasons I'm switching to POM instead.My material consists of 4 layers and without tessellation or POM it's ab…	4 Last	Tetranome Feb 2016
Physically accurate material values Sorry if this was covered elsewhere already, I am very lazy and don't feel like looking.I was just wondering, in my final push to even out any technical kinks in my work - do people use physically co…	16 Last	Count Vader Feb 2016
Should I not be importing my complex objects as a grouped object? I am just trying to figure out if this is true, after reading around a few things. For example if I make a light fixture that hangs from the ceiling, do I need to combine the whole mesh into a single…	4 Last	zombiexm Feb 2016
Speedtree with Ideal Vertex Normals I need some help in getting my speedtree models to point their vertex normals out from the trees origin.I've been trying to attain good vertex normals in UE4's speetree editor with little success. Ba…	2 Last	Maximum-Dev Feb 2016
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Any way to achieve these kind of trees in unreal engine? I've been developing my game in Unity so far but because it lacks too many features to continue I decided to port it to Unreal Engine. Everything is working out so far but I have no idea how to port …	14 Last	Vailias Jan 2016
Sky in UE4? Hey Guys,So I'm making this scene right now:And somewhere along the line I must have deleted the standard skybox that comes with new Unreal Projects. I'm not sure when I must have deleted but I do kn…	1 Last	Auldbenkenobi Jan 2016
Questions about Light Map Hi guys, this is my first attempt to do light maps, I've read epic docs about it and made a couple researches and learn some rules and techniques to do such thing, but I still have some questions.1 -…	6 Last	musashidan Jan 2016
Partial Texture Removal in RealTime? Hey everyone,I'm fairly new to UE4 and still not knowing how everything works I was hoping I could get some help :)How do I remove a part of a texture to reveal another texture underneath, all in rea…	4 Last	leleuxart Jan 2016
Blending/Switching between Texture Objects UE4 Hey guys. I'm currently looking for a way to blend or switch between texture objects in UE4 so I don't have to eat the cost of my UV set up, and what happens after the sampler, every time I nee…	4 Last	s6 Jan 2016