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[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

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/…
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littleclaude

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…
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Eric Chadwick

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…
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LynnKillian

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…
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mixeron

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…
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A_B

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…
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poopipe

"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 …
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Rangaros

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 …
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Obscura

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…
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A_B

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…
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RocKenny

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 …
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Obscura

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…
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eCstatic

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…
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Dankri

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…
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sprunghunt

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…
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gnoop

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…
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poopipe

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SopheeJay

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…
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gnoop

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…
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Obscura

Faces goes black after building the lights.

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Ankitkumar

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 …
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poopipe

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…
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Obscura

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…
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rollin

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…
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Sagnik18

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 …
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SuSo

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…
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Lissa_xyz

[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 …
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yaschan

[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
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GhosTDoG

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…
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Obscura

[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…
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saahil131

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