Unreal Engine

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Creating sand piles and blending them Hello, I'm creating an sandy environnment, I'd like to create sand piles as it's a abandon old place.Here is my current setup: I have a plane that I 'bumped' a bit in maya as to create a pile, and I …	0 Last	efwfew16 Feb 2021
Unreal decals issue - roughness messes up lighting. Hi!I'm quite new to making environments with unreal. I'm trying to create an abandoned asylum room scene, and I´m trying to acheive a symilar look to the one of the walls from the following picture:T…	7 Last	Jean_Pierre_Varg Jan 2021
Voronoi Node-UE4 ?? Came across this for Blenderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve3TXCuwoKoI am trying to see if I can replicate this in UE4 but I can't find a Voronoi node. Is this even possible in ue4 and if it is. Ho…	0 Last	melviso Jan 2021
Bad edges after build...why? Good afternoon, I'm new in Unreal, I have the following problem: Edges are visible when baking stationary light, but when light is movable its all good, tell me plz what I'm missing?	0 Last	dolya Jan 2021
Normal Maps - Marmoset/Substance Painter vs Unreal Greetings fellas,I decided to give the marmoset baker a try for the first time (pretty good so far), but ive come across an issue thats confusing me a bit at the moment. I read some Marmoset/Substanc…	12 Last	Sloth_42 Jan 2021
Spline Blueprint points rotation. I want to make every spline point in the blueprint be able to rotate on its axis. In this way, I will be able to blend the path better to the landscape.I want it to be able to rotate to the sides on …	0 Last	KirilZangagolev Jan 2021
Blender to UE4 units? I have Blender 2.92 and UE4.26. I also have the official 'Send to Unreal' addon for Blender. Just one thing bothers me about Blender to UE4. The units in blender to UE4. I'm trying to create a modula…	0 Last	Oblivion2500 Jan 2021
How to setup/export Subsurface Scattering Textures from Substance Painter in Unreal Engine? Hi,This is the first time I texturing skin and am using subsurface scattering. I have added the scattering channel in substance painter. However, when I export using Unreal Engine SSS (packed) …	0 Last	wannabe3d Jan 2021
Blend /Lerp node? I am wondering why there isn't a blend node with alpha like in other material editors. The Lerp node doesn't allow you to multiply, add or overlay two textures with a plug for an alpha texture. If I …	6 Last	melviso Jan 2021
How to make glass / transparent materials SUPER fast to render So I recorded a quick video that I think could help some people when it comes to cheaper ways to handle glass or transparent materials in ue4. I couldn't find this information in many places so just …	0 Last	BradleyWascher Jan 2021
Best level design / set decorator tutorials Hey,I'm looking for level design / set decorator tutorials for a friend who is just starting with Unreal Engine. I know I have seen plenty of high quality ones, but because I haven't been actively co…	1 Last	fangazza Jan 2021
2 sided plane lighting problem [img]http://i.imgur.com/lTzXk3y.jpg[/img] The back face of my grass foliage planes are really dark. How can I fix this? I know how to solve it in the previous Unreal Engine, but I just can't figure…	9 Last	joejexy Jan 2021
Landscape UE4 Hi everyone!I have a little problem and i don't know what is happening because it's my first time with this error.When i try to paint MUD in the landscape, i just see the floor sector without t…	0 Last	SuSo Jan 2021
Sand/dusty effect over a desert landscape so folks, any idea what is the best approach to create a moving dust/sand over my desert landscape in UE4?	1 Last	MrNinjutsu Jan 2021
Lighting Problem: Lightmap Leaks Hi everyone, I've been struggling with a lightmap issue with this prop. Searched this topic on forums but I've finally posted this and maybe someone can help.As you can see right side has some strang…	0 Last	Festuc Jan 2021
Foliage Lighting/Shadows Issue Hi all :)Working on some foliage at the moment and I can't for the life of me figure out what's best to do with my grass.I'm struggling to produce decent cast shadows without the back of the alpha sh…	5 Last	SopheeJay Jan 2021
Material Tutorial \| Unreal Engine - Color, Roughness, Metal, Normal This is a beginner / intermediate tutorial going over the creation of a good base master material in Unreal Engine. The tutorial is meant to be a "wish I would have known this when I started" kind of…	0 Last	Jacob Lubinski Jan 2021
Foilage paint tool not showing on static meshes Using the latest ue4 version, foilage brush circle isn't showing on the static meshes so I can't paint on them. I am not sure if this is a bug but the fill tool works just fine.Also is there a perfor…	1 Last	melviso Jan 2021
Scene Lighting Help I'm trying my hand at rendering in UE4. My goal with my current project it to replicate, or get as close to, a rendering I did in Substance Painter inside of the Unreal Engine and I would like some a…	2 Last	sprunghunt Jan 2021
When I open my project my pc crashes Hi, I deleted my DerivedDataCache and when I try to open my project my pc crashes.I'm using GPU LightmassMy specs, CPU Ryzen 5 2600X GPU NVIDIA GeForce 2060 6GB The cache was around 70bg so…	0 Last	Loops Jan 2021
How do I make "cracking ice" looking? reference image from gears 5, how do I achieve it? is this made by decals or etc?	2 Last	Dks13632725 Jan 2021
UE4 crash on RayTracing-enabled project I got this error every time I try to open Blueprint (third-person blueprint) in Unreal. My project is simple (default Third Person UE4 project) I am using Razer Blade 15 with RTX 2060 max-P…	1 Last	melviso Dec 2020
Light Bake wont get fixed whatever quality I set it Hi,I'm in version 4.25 and I'm using GPU lightmass.The problem is that in my entire scene my shadows look like this. They seem to be like in preview bake, but what you see in the example the bake is …	1 Last	Barbiturat Dec 2020
unreal engine crashes when using more than a few reflection captures If somebody knows, I have a problem with texture streaming pool size, I raised the default unreal size to 3000, but the message doesn't go away. Also, it destroyed my lighting somehow, That is a prod…	8 Last	Loops Dec 2020
Bad render in the distance UE4 Hi everyone!I create this texture of mud like you can see.But in my project looks weird.In the distance like you can check, it looks bad.The terrain is quite large, that's true, the resolution is 204…	2 Last	SuSo Dec 2020
Scene too bright I disabled and enabled static lighting in project settings before but never had problems. However today when i did the same my whole scene is so bright. No matter what i adjust it wont change b…	1 Last	birb Dec 2020
How to apply foliage material to a mesh to freely transform it? I want to be able to rotate, flex and freely transform vines (to wrap around objects, buildings etc). I tried to import a cylinder from blender to unreal engine and apply the material to it but obvio…	0 Last	timeyful Dec 2020
Exploded View Tool https://vimeo.com/273370342https://vimeo.com/252070180Hey everyone!I've been working on a tool that automatically generates an exploded view from your models in the engine.You can download the latest…	1 Last	Kidame Dec 2020
Procedural foilage world composition issue?? I am trying to get the procedural foilage to work in a sub level I have and It keeps giving this error:''unable to spawn instances. ensure a large enough surface exists within the volume ''I am not s…	2 Last	melviso Dec 2020
Substance to Unreal, lighting issue Can anyone help? I haven't used Unreal in a long time, and I'm struggling.I'm trying to get my meshes from Substance to Unreal, but after setting up the material, it has extremely strange lighting, a…	4 Last	Bonsparks Dec 2020
How to blend building assets with the ground so as to look natural? I'm working on a map for a VR tank-based combat game, and am trying to blend building assets with the ground (sand and concrete) so as to not look unnatural/just plopped into the scene.I've used sand…	1 Last	shabba Dec 2020
Creating Games For Beginner's Using Unreal Engine Hello All, I am new to this community. I am working on some projects which need unreal engine programming. Can anyone suggest me which unreal engine tutorial is best? or Does anyone know the be…	1 Last	fangazza Dec 2020
Textures from Substance Designer not displaying correctly in UE4 Hey folks!I am seeing a problem with textures I've created in Designer that are not displaying correctly in UE4. More specifically the problem is that the Albedo/Base Color is super washed out in the…	5 Last	BradyJ Nov 2020
Problems with Decals, please help me hey, I am working on my first ever environment(never used ue4 before this) and started getting these weird patterns on my (letf)wall when I look at the wall from that specific angle. When I hide my d…	1 Last	Obscura Nov 2020
How to get Sequencer to render only the gun i selected and not an old one that is hidden? the one turning is the only one i want to show up. The other guns and attachments are all completely hidden and only show up in the final render..Any help would be amazing!	1 Last	Obscura Nov 2020
weird bug on texture for animated mesh when putting my normal map on my mesh I get this weird looking things but its only weird on animated mesh. My only solution is to remove the normal map but is there anything else I can do Thanks…	1 Last	MostHostLA Nov 2020
Help transferring facial hair with facial blendshapes I have a character which had xgen eyebrows and eyelashes. The mesh has about 250 blendshapes for facial animation. I wanted to transfer this to UE4 and I did that by transferring the mesh with blends…	3 Last	MostHostLA Nov 2020
Importing animation from Blender Hi!I made a simple animation for my vehicle in Blender. I have two main problems during import process:1) The orientation of model is different than in animation. The animation is ok, but the model l…	2 Last	A_B Nov 2020
Learning Character Animation Blueprints Hello,I have a background in animation having studied it at college. I have become very intrigued and invested in UE4, learning blueprint when I can and practicing a lot. I'd love to be able to creat…	1 Last	A_B Nov 2020
Simple animation request Hey guys, I am trying to create a simple hot stamping machine inside unreal. I have done a fairly smple model, just to test out basic animations on it. Now to say, I have some basic skills with bluep…	0 Last	Filip5 Nov 2020
How can I control the speed of a pawn that inherits from defaultPawn? As per title really - How do I get at the movement speed so I can change (via blueprint)? it doesn't seem to be exposed directly but I'm not that familiar with the structure so probably mi…	3 Last	poopipe Nov 2020
Obscura's Niagara learning thread So I finally decided to start learning Niagara, Unreal's relatively new particle system, which meant to fully replace Cascade soon. The learning curve seems to be alright so far, however I find that …	18 Last	Obscura Nov 2020
Static Mesh Actors with Negative Scale? Hi! Do you use Static mesh actors with negative scale in games production (to get more variation)? What are considerations when scaling static mesh actors negatively in UE4? Considerations from …	0 Last	Fabi_G Nov 2020
Are my UVs okay for Unreal Engine? Hi everyone,First time here :) I'm trying to model a gun for using in Unreal Engine.Here is the model:Here is the combined UVs:Here is the UV of a single part:My question is that are my UVs okay? Ho…	4 Last	wannabe3d Nov 2020
UDK 8192x8192 Texture Hello,in order to Import this size,follow the steps.1) UDK-2015-01-Engine-Config-BaseEngine.ini2) inside BaseEngine.ini,in the middle of the commands,you find this"[TextureStreaming]".3) one line ben…	0 Last	Ink9 Nov 2020
Translucent Shadows in UDK who seeks shall find..finally i got one! i tried something rare..i just went over to UE4 and looked therewell it was more y.tube,however i recreated one from the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…	0 Last	Ink9 Nov 2020
delete this please! delete this please!	0 Last	Ink9 Nov 2020
Coloured glass works in Unlit, not in Lit Hello, I have come up with another issue. I suspect this one will be simpler to resolve than my last!I created a simple master material for translucent glass. Blend mode is Translucent, shading model…	0 Last	Temppe Oct 2020
Decal masking question Hi all,Recently started digging into mesh decals in Unreal and have hit a snag with blending. I think what I need is to be able to use an alpha in the base color of the decal, but not sure if thats p…	0 Last	modimist Oct 2020
Light leak with realtime lights Can't figure out how to fix this, I tried making the wall thicker but didn't work. Playing with shadow bias can fix the leak but then the light falloff looks awful.Having backface on all of the objec…	1 Last	Obscura Oct 2020