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Blendlayer with two different materials output finction output Hey guys, i've two materials that i want to blend with an alpha mask. the idea was to set up both materials seperartly and blend them by using an alpha mask in a third material. i know that it wor…		2 Last	mobpapst Jul 2015
Unreal Engine 4 AI discussion Hey PolyCount users, First off, forgive my first-ish posts length, I hope I'm in the correct spot for this type of discussion and that I'm not over looking any rules. Secondly, I'm looking to grab…		0 Last	crisosphinx Jul 2015
Unable to get the lighting needed on an object I've been making a scene in UDK and everything is working out fine apart from this one object that I just cannot get the lighting I need on it. :poly127: I've tried converting the light to all types,…		1 Last	PolyBend Jul 2015
UE4 Lighting issue: no shadows! Hi. I think I must have accidentally changed the project settings in some way or made some other kind of mistake because shadows have become completely nonexistent. They will not bake on any produc…		3 Last	ghaztehschmexeh Jul 2015
Sudden FPS-Drops Hi guys, I am having fps-troubles with a level in UE4. For some reason my fps suddenly cap at 35 while playing and sometimes even drop down to 25. This happens in a level which ran pretty smoothl…		2 Last	ghaztehschmexeh Jul 2015
Simple Material Question Hey PC, I am just experimenting here, but I'm trying to make a with simplistic graphics (think minecraft) but here is the thing. I don't want to even texture my objects. I want them to just be simp…		5 Last	innervision961 Jul 2015
Looking for a way to crop a texture to the visible part with a node Hi Guys, I haven't found anything on this yet in the forums, so I was thinking I might post it. I'm currently working on my final project for my Bachelor and I have run into a problem... on the UE A…		2 Last	ChaosPanda Jul 2015
Retopping to UE4 Units Hi, I wanted to make a quick and probably basic query. I produced a base mesh that fitted into my UE4 scene and snapped to the grid, I have since took this into zbrush and sculpted over - producing…		1 Last	WarrenM Jul 2015
Exporting Unreal Sketeal Mesh Socket to Max or Maya? Hi guys so in this project I'm working on there's a Skeletal Mesh Socket that is offset from the hand. Anything like guns or objects get attached to this socket. The problem is I have to make some …		9 Last	Obscura Jun 2015
Maya: Lightmap Grid Settings Nevermind.		0 Last	Nightasy Jun 2015
Grass 4.8 Questions So I've been learning UE4 the last few days and I've come to the point of foliage 1) Is this about the what your average AAA grass should look like in UE4 ( 4.8 )? 2) What is it missing? From Cryen…		4 Last	maximumsproductions Jun 2015
Placement tool Hi guys, I seem to remember some easy ways to place objects back in unreal 3. Holding ALt+ S or something, while clicking, would spawn the selected static mesh and align it to the normal of the terr…		3 Last	Spoon Jun 2015
How to set up a masked Material Instance? Hey guys, apologies if this is a FAQ but I need some help. I'm not great with materials in UE4 (Would like to get more competent) but I'm under a bit of a deadline and I need to know how I'd set up a…		4 Last	Auldbenkenobi Jun 2015
lightmap bake doesnt take vertex colors in to consideration? I have a roof, where you can paint holes in to it using the green vertex color channel. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/goWOWl5.png[/IMG] now even if I paint the whole object's vertices black (so there are …		2 Last	Olli. Jun 2015
Maya / Max shader to UE4 Material? Hi, my name is Scott, I'm new to the Polycount forums. I was wondering if there was a way to create a shader network inside of Maya, (let's say blinn a wood shader) and export it as an image file so…		1 Last	LMP Jun 2015
Need help with chest animation Ok I tought this would be easy but it's not. Basically I submitted an asset pack with 10 chests on the marketplace, but they suggested that I made them openable and animable. The problem is, I don't…		5 Last	polynesia Jun 2015
best way to make modular ? i have a small question what its the best way to make modular pieces 1- extract pieces from texture sheet ? 2- model pieces first and then add texture ?		3 Last	b4der Jun 2015
Camera Question. Hey guys, i created a Camera in 3Ds Max to úse for perspective match. Is there a chance for me to export the same camera to UE4? so i can use it there? best regards		0 Last	wirrexx Jun 2015
Trees like Rime and The Witness? Hey guys, i've been trying to get trees like Rime and The Witness. [IMG]http://www.push-start.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Rime-4.jpg[/IMG] Anybody know how these might have been done? I'm thinki…		6 Last	and_im_javert Jun 2015
modular scale problem (not about grid scale) i have problem with scaling in maya let say i have modular texture and i want to extract modular Pieces from it the question is how i can set scale for it like for example i want wall like 400 height…		4 Last	Dklang Jun 2015
UE4 facial Morph Target error hey guys, i have some error with the morph target. im use faceshift for my character facial animation, when i capture facial animation in faceshift the result are good, when i export the facial anima…		0 Last	ArcaneLeo Jun 2015
Magnify Glass Material? Hello, I was wondering if anyone might know how to go about creating a "magnify" type effect on a material for UE4, such as the glass effect seen in a magnify glass. I've been trying to figure it o…		1 Last	Obscura Jun 2015
Texture corruption on 4.7.1 and 4.7.6 Hi everyone, I've been using UE4.7.1 and upgraded to 4.7.6 yesterday however I'm seeing the same texture corruption in both versions, both in Windows 7. It always occurs in the viewport, both panni…		3 Last	whw Jun 2015
Let Viedeo run in Game Scene Hey guys, i got a little scene with a first person controller and i got some sceens as objects in it. how can i make a video run on these screens when i start playing?		2 Last	Vailias Jun 2015
How do I unwrap this object for lightmapping/texturing/collision? Hi all, I create most of my assets in Rhino before converting them to meshes and exporting to 3ds Max. This process creates lots of triangles and the topology isn't particularly clean, which I belie…		2 Last	Gooner442 Jun 2015
Having big troubles with UVs in Max and Unreal... Hey guys! I've posted a thread to ask someone to help me on skype with UVs cause I can't get things done correctly after watching many tutorials. But the only answer I've get was sugesting me to pos…		15 Last	Knightfall3D Jun 2015
UE4:3DSMAX: FBX Import, Scaling, Max Settings. I've been having issues getting UE4 To get scaling right. Currently these are my settings in Max and the issue itself. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BBfEX8q.png[/IMG] I am leaning toward it being my unit…		2 Last	LMP Jun 2015
UE4: Why won't my scale work in blueprints? So i got this fence blueprint for the content example and started tweeking it so it would fit my needs. Basically its a blueprint and you give it two meshes, one for the end and start point and one f…		0 Last	elias leoanrd May 2015
Anisotropic material solution? So, I've been reading a bunch of threads and discussions, googling for hours now, looking for a way to replicate an anisotropic surface inside UE4. The answer so far is basically: none of the shader…		8 Last	a3D May 2015
UE4 FBX Importer [b]EDIT: This was originally split off from the Handplane3D thread requesting a UE4 preset for Handplane. It's now discussing some apparent faults in the way UE4 calculates tangents on imported FBX f…		131 Last	JedTheKrampus May 2015
UE4: Mesh emitter with refraction material "breaking" UE4 Hi, I'm trying to make a shockwave just when a energy ball explodes. This shockwave is made out of a mesh emitter (sphere) that quickly expands with a refraction (glass material with a water normal …		2 Last	elias leoanrd May 2015
UE4: Mesh emitter doesn't follow direction of velocity So I made a mesh emitter with some bugs that fly around. The emitter is on PSA Velocity and I locked the Y axis so they should be tumbling upside down, but they don't follow the direction they are m…		1 Last	tharle May 2015
Archmodels Question Hello Guys! I have a question, but i think i already know the answer. If i export an FBX of a 3D model made by archmodels, i'll need to unwrap the mesh? or the models already come unwraped? Thanks!		1 Last	[HP] May 2015
Correct way of baking normals for UE4 Feeling lost. I've been having trouble trying to bake correct tangent space maps for UE4. My first approach was the traditional one. I use Maya 2014. I exploded my mesh, triangulated, managed smoot…		14 Last	a3D May 2015
Best way to model for dynamics in UE4? Hey everyone! So I'm working on this personal project, and kind of ran into this stump involving modeling assets for dynamics in Unreal Engine 4. I'm trying to have a house be hit by a missile. The …		0 Last	MsPrestige May 2015
How to do Layered Materials in Unreal engine 4 UE4 So I Just watched the fallowing video on layered materials in unreal 4 [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjSFbPv3SLc&feature=youtu.be"][/URL] However I just don't understand one thing about it. …		14 Last	Jose.D May 2015
Terrain height blending Hey guys, I'm attempting to use height blending on terrain, but it doesn't seem to work correctly for me. The stones which are completely white in the height map are fading out like they would in ver…		0 Last	Ekibyou May 2015
Custom Painted Terrain I was wondering how i can learn to create my own custom terrain? the terrain thats built into the terrain editor is nice, but i don't think it would fit the art style i want for my scene. Any idea if…		4 Last	illbleed May 2015
How can I make the sidescroller camera not jump with me? I just started messing around with UE about a week ago and I've been importing my models and building a level in the Sidescroller template. The "2.5D" template, not the 2D one. I want to make it so t…		4 Last	Skeletos311 May 2015
Terrain Material Setup with LandscapeLayerWeight Hey there, I am following [URL="https://wiki.unrealengine.com/World_Machine_to_UE4_using_World_Composition"]this awesome tut[/URL] showing how to use tiled terrain in Unreal, it's working great exce…		2 Last	Mant1k0re May 2015
Advanced Vertex Painting? So, i'm just going through Tor Fricks (Snefers) Modular environment Tutorial, but trying to do it in unreal, and something hit me. While Tor Frick goes through a lot of amazing tips i was thinking …		3 Last	[HP] May 2015
how do i import materials i download from the internet? there was a material i downloaded from the internet but i can't seem to import or see any of the uassets in my project. does anyone know how to fix this?		1 Last	leleuxart May 2015
Multiply Decal? If I have a decal that I just want to darken the surface it's on, (say, a nail hole, or bullet hole), is there a way to mimic the multiply blend-mode, with a decal? I can't quite figure out a good e…		1 Last	Joopson May 2015
UDK Particles - Help with glitch? [url]http://imgur.com/6VZuf4F,QBjxfd6,gc94DK5#0[/url] So first and second image are captured using screenshot, which only gets one frame - so the full effect is not visible in these. Third image …		0 Last	KageMao May 2015
How to learn Materials? Ok, so a simple question really, How do I learn about materials? I have watched the tutorial series on YouTube and have read the UE4 documentation but still dont know how to do great materials. I …		9 Last	Praglik May 2015
UDK- Pistol Scripts not working (need some help) Hey guys, I followed a tutorial to implement a gun into UDK with a reload system and it comes up with an warning that I can't seem to find what's wrong. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/FKhe0zP.png[/IMG] I…		3 Last	Vailias May 2015
Mystery nodes in blueprint I'm attempting to follow this tutorial here ([url]https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/AI/BehaviorTrees/QuickStart/11/index.html[/url]) and I can't figure out what these nodes are. I've o…		3 Last	AtticusMars May 2015
UE4 and standard texturing workflow Hi! Is there any chance to import textures to UE4 which were created using specular workflow? Let's take this model for example from racer445. You can found here texture sheet. [url]http://racer445.…		8 Last	ZacD May 2015
Robbie's UE4 learning thread. Creating first level - stadium. Hey guys! I am completely new to ....the industry. I've discovered UE4 about 3 weeks ago and so I decided this is what I want to do. Even if I just finished law school , this is my passion, I've bee…		5 Last	Ninjin May 2015
Maya 2015 Workflow for UE4? Hi, I have a couple of questions about Maya workflow for UE4 that I want to ask. I blocked out my entire level in UE4 to real world measurement so it is huge. Now I want to use Maya to model/uv ass…		7 Last	Dklang May 2015