Unreal Engine

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Set up Win 10 Ue4 connection for Collab project. (Solved) MMO noob here, and its come to bite me in the bee-hind.I would like to connect two laptops (well one laptop and a notebook for testing atm) so that I can use the Collab scene in Ue4 4.23. There seems…	0 Last	kanga Nov 2019
General questions about materials, lightmap and performance. Hi, i've started to learn how to bake light this week, and have some other questions concerning performance and materials that i can't find info about.1. What are those other colorful maps that you g…	1 Last	Obscura Nov 2019
See through walls and Frame loops ? Hey guys,I'm wondering if there's a way to loop certain frames within an animation ( exported from max)in blueprints. I wanted a spinning blade to move into position only to start (and keep) spinning…	1 Last	Digipyro Nov 2019
[Blueprint] Make static mesh array Hey guys,I'm trying to make a blueprint in Unreal Engine that will create static mesh array and place them on top of pedestal. I describe overall logic like this: add meshes as components to blueprin…	4 Last	mickeyvpn Nov 2019
[Finished] Dubai in the Sky - UE4 Finished Work:Original Post:Hi guys. I'm currently working on an aerial view of Dubai during a foggy afternoon. I'm somewhat undecided on which color scheme is most appealing. Here are screenshots of…	7 Last	TheGabmeister Oct 2019
Noob Question On UE4 Dynamic Lighting I'm sure i'm not the only one who finds lighting complex, and I'm currently trying to get my head around the basics. This very crude scene uses dynamic lighting which all seems to make sense so far, …	8 Last	940nmt Oct 2019
UE4 Emissive Lighting Tutorial hey everyone :) I just put out a new tutorial on how you can get some really nice soft baked lighting using emissive materials in Unreal Engine. Hope it helps some of you with your next projects!&nbs…	0 Last	PixelMasher Oct 2019
[UE4] Normal map and light bounces calculations ? I have been wondering does normal maps affect light bounce calaculations. In ue4, does light bounce with refrence to normal maps or u need a displacement to make that happen. If u have like a very ro…	4 Last	melviso Oct 2019
UE4 padding issue? How would you fix this issue?	3 Last	Obscura Oct 2019
[GAME] Gears of Kombat - Free Homebrew Game for PC, PS3 and Xbox360 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9FYKO3FPYo	4 Last	udkultimate Oct 2019
Problem with Landscape Material created from World Creator 2 heatmaps [UE4] Hi all, I have a question about using Textures heatmaps exported from World Creator 2 in Unreal Engine 2. I've created landscape material and set heatmaps as below. LanscapeCoords Mapping scale …	1 Last	408473415 Oct 2019
[Blueprint] Smooth object rotation with Timeline node Hey guys,I'm trying to make a blueprint in Unreal Engine for asset presentation. Idea in general is to make circular array of assets that will rotate to take place before the camera when player…	8 Last	mickeyvpn Oct 2019
Best Practice for Multiple Materials? Materials Functions or Element Slots? Im making a building that's going to be using multiple materials, concrete for the ground, metal for the door handles, wood for the walls etc. What is the best and most optimized approach to do …	1 Last	Obscura Oct 2019
UE4 tiling textures with painter masks I am doing this boat with a master material where you use tiling textures and export masks from substance painter to separate them and make the object unique. But the boat is 12x5m and the painter ma…	3 Last	Obscura Oct 2019
Directional lights cause weird square lighting glitches I'm learning to light a basic scene in Unreal and I'm getting some weird light glitches from directional lights. It's better visible when I remove lights one by one. Point light doesn't cause such gl…	5 Last	Obscura Oct 2019
Texture shining through Mesh Hey I made a picture in Gimp to better illustrate my problem. I have a static mesh that is instanced to make a roof. The part of the texture on the lower side is black and the upper side is re…	6 Last	Armitage19 Oct 2019
Migrating from Unity to Unreal -- best system for foliage spawning and splatmap generation? Hello, I have begun a new game project and before I go too far with it I want to test things out in Unreal. There is one third party tool I use in Unity that I believe I would need a counterpart to i…	4 Last	Alex_J Oct 2019
Duplicates VS Prefabs in Unreal 4? Hi all,I'm creating my first environment in UE4, but wanted to clarify the difference between Duplicating an Object vs Prefabing it then adding more prefabs of that object to fill the scene.I know in…	4 Last	Obscura Sep 2019
Any program like Bridge for custom assets? Hi there, Moving across to more realtime stuff, I've noticed with Unreal Engine the best way to use custom assets between projects is to create a project with...custom assets.Is there a solution out …	3 Last	jkelly206 Sep 2019
Integrating Multiple Textures in 1 Material Tutorial I just finished working on Asset from UnrealThat i wanted to use two base color textures ( one as Base and one as details), i found some half solutions so i improvised. Here is my way:This is aimI us…	0 Last	HelionDark Sep 2019
Substance to Unreal - Roughness Issue Hi guys,hope you can help me with the foloowing issue I'm facing already a long time.As I started working on my unreal scene this week again I hope to clarify this issue soon.The issue is that my tex…	3 Last	Dennis_Levi Sep 2019
Maya to UE4 - morph targets' shading breaks, help please! Hey, I've spent almost a week trying to solve it, but I am running out of options, and I have to ask the community for help.I first encountered the issue while exporting my character with animated co…	13 Last	unit187 Sep 2019
Unreal engine vertical tilt issue Is there a way to get a (near) 2 point perspective in native unreal?I've already found the fantastic perspective plugin which solves this issue. But the project needs to be accessed by someone who do…	3 Last	m00k Sep 2019
Tips for lighting in UE4? I don't have too much experience with baked lighting in UE4. Can anybody share documentation/ videos that run through best practices for lights and reflections? I've been on google but most of what I…	3 Last	Obscura Sep 2019
Chunks of landscape don't render normals Here's an example of what I mean. When painting my landscape, certain chunks will not render with normals. Any idea what could be causing this?	0 Last	supremedalek925 Sep 2019
Red glitch/error in entire Unreal Scene? Hi all,I'm creating my first official unreal environment and came across an issue where my lighting and skybox are red with weird stripes.I'm not sure what caused that. I opened the project earlier t…	8 Last	Amank679 Sep 2019
ERROR: Nearly zero bi-normals (Tolerance of 1E-4) Hello, guys! Thanks for trying to help me :)Everytime I import this mesh into UE4, I have this message (Nearly zero bi-normals...)I exported it from blender 2.8. FBX file. UVs are good.I don't know w…	2 Last	SuleimanZhukoff Sep 2019
Closed I ported UDK Engine for PS3 and Xbox360 Hello guys, I just would like to invite you to know my modified version of UDK (Unreal Development Kit) Engine. I was able, with the help of other folks (programmers and game developers) to add …	13 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2019
Human Anatomy Kit Unreal Engine 4Human Anatomy Kit presentation More shot:https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lVnwX5	0 Last	Farzin Sep 2019
EU4 blueprint actor I created a blueprint actor and added the Hierachical Instanced static mesh. I choose my model. Within the blueprint viewport and within the heirachical instance static mesh i added a few to the Inst…	1 Last	Obscura Sep 2019
360° Videos in VR, 8k Hey there~Has anyone experience with 8k videos in unreal? currently using 4.22.3 We're trying to get a 360° video ready for VR - it works fine in 4k but it would be great to use the 8k ver…	1 Last	Obscura Sep 2019
Dotted Shadows in modular environment? (UE4.22.3) Hi All, I'm making my first modular environment in UE4.22.3 and I came across an issue when lining up assets together. I seem to be getting a dotted shadow line. I'm not sure what could be causing t…	4 Last	Obscura Sep 2019
[Download] - Hi5 Interactivity demo + Full Body Motion Capture + Full Body VR Interactivity demo I recently added a "Downloads" page on my website, in order for potential customers to try the Full Body VR solution I created, for both Full Body Motion Capture and Advanced Interactivity, using IKi…	0 Last	_Enter_Reality_ Sep 2019
Bright highlight on models from unknown source Hey guys. I added some little characters to my office scene, but when I build the lighting, many of them are getting a bright highlight on one side of them, and I cant tell where it's coming from. Th…	4 Last	cbates540 Sep 2019
material elements how to assign them properly Hello.I have a problem and at the beggining it looked like a simple thing but 2 days later I found no way to fix it.I have several different characters all based on the same mesh with a few changes, …	0 Last	juguefre Sep 2019
movable light vs static for portfolio I am creating a scene in ue4 for my portfolio since i am learning all there is on internet i have few questions1.For portfolio should i use static lighting or movable lighting.which one give&nb…	4 Last	roshankarel Sep 2019
Having problems with custom sky sphere Hey everyone,I am trying to get a nice sunset HDR into Unreal and use it for a sky sphere. My first attempt was to plug the HDR image into the emissive channel of a an unlit material, but I got hit w…	3 Last	JamesBrisnehan Sep 2019
How to set a Dynamic Material Instance to change textures with bone rotation? I'm trying to do an animated 2D face for my character, changing textures with like this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvLG4rmkB8A So, I followed more or less the process they used, I made in …	1 Last	Obscura Sep 2019
Shading issue on cilinder https://www.dropbox.com/s/rez2mxbz1hgqsyy/2019-08-30_16-50-02.mp4?dl=0There is two edge loops where the light seem to reflect from a different source.Any idea what this could be?On substance I don't …	1 Last	cbates540 Aug 2019
Product Viz - normal shading problem Hi guys, I've played with Marmoset for a while now and decided to to a very small product viz type project as an introduction to UE4, which I've been meaning to get my hands dirty with for ages.Anywa…	4 Last	Temppe Aug 2019
Ford Mustang 2013 (Real time Raytrace in UE4) Hey guys! 🙂 Here's my latest project, a Ford Mustang 2013 render in UE4 with raytracing ! I had so much fun to play around with this new technology. What do you think?If you want to see more sho…	2 Last	TheRedWall66 Aug 2019
[Technique Showcase] Unreal 4.13 Mesh Normal Map Decals Example:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66IGMnPgEW0Hit me with any q's about the technique.	40 Last	Geexile Aug 2019
Rigging characters for Unreal. Is there any common sense when rigging for unreal is the subject or "do what works best for you" is the way to go ?Do people still use Unreal Maya rigging Tools (ART) ?	1 Last	kanga Aug 2019
Mesh Decals. Decal in front of decal. Displayed incorrectly. Hello i have a little problem, and I don't know how to handle this. I have trim sheet with decals witch i use to make decals meshes and put them in front of my model. Everything is perfect until i pu…	0 Last	corthus Aug 2019
Found a tutorial on using iClone live link to record a level scene right in UE4. This adds a neat way to iterate scene levels pretty quickly. The animation can be built in iClone, or mocapped in iClone. It's a crazy-powerful cut scene editor! :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJ…	0 Last	Rampa Aug 2019
UNreal Engine 4 How can I create Gloss Spec Material ? Hello, I am texturing asset in Specular Glossines workflow and I wanted to render it in UE4. But I don't know how to create material that will accept spec and gloss and won't need roughness. Is it ev…	1 Last	Obscura Aug 2019
Tesselation crash I have this snow that is using world displacement and just tesselation of 1.I want to make the tesselation stop after some distance from the camera. And every time I plug this in it crashes:Can some …	1 Last	Obscura Aug 2019
Strip lighting material Hi all,I'd like a bit of help creating a UE4 material that looks like the below image please. Currently I'm using a basic emissive material from this tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45HW6h…	1 Last	Obscura Aug 2019
Importing UCX that consists of multiple mesh doesn't work Hello,I've tried for the last hour to import a mesh (as fbx) alongside its UCX mesh together, but it doesn't work, from my testing it's because the collision consists of multiple cube, when I import …	3 Last	cupsster Jul 2019
Landscape shader problem Hi guys I followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAJhppttJgI and I want to add distance scaling on all the textures using pixel depth fade. I have this mask When I put…	1 Last	Obscura Jul 2019