Unreal Engine

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Help! ISSUE RENDERING P_TORCH [{"insert":"Hi everyone!\nI've come here to seek your precious help. I'm trying to render a scene, there's a torch visible in the viewport, visible through my camera, everything seems fine but when I…	0 Last	KODA Mar 2023
[Shaders] Help creating masks for texture maps in UE5? [{"insert":"I'm trying to create a shader that will blend two materials together with the top material being blended based on a simple world rotation mask so that if I rotate my mesh the blended mate…	6 Last	coolguyslims Mar 2023
Reflection "moves" through object shadow [{"insert":"This is a hard one to explain so I tried to capture it in a screen \ngrab. Ive noticed this before in Unreal Projects where when you do a light bake, the reflections don't always work as …	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2023
How do you keep the third person Camera follow the character relative to its size? [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/8U0MVXJE9X60\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":199733,"width":1428,"height":727,"display…	1 Last	poopipe Mar 2023
[UE5] Is there now a specular workflow or still only metalness? [{"insert":"Metalness has problems and generally less control than the specular workflow. Especially for gradual transition areas where you do not want to have a binary on\/off for metal. Metalness w…	7 Last	poopipe Mar 2023
Please vote for request of full specular workflow in UE5. [{"insert":"Feature request for colored Specular PBR workflow as alternative to the metalness workflow:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"body":"Metalness workflow is binary and not suited fo…	3 Last	ZacD Feb 2023
Please explain difference between static mesh (instance) and an Instanced static mesh? [{"insert":"I have run into some confusion on when is a static mesh actually an instance where it is reducing its draw calls in the project. Every static mesh in the detail panel has the word (instan…	5 Last	arcitek Feb 2023
Layer blending gives me a blocky result [{"insert":"I'm trying to smooth out this transition between the soil and the white background, but I keep getting these massive blocky tiles. How can I change this? Is it because the landscape geome…	1 Last	poopipe Feb 2023
Help with opacity map for character [{"insert":"so i have this opacity map which works in marmoset and other programs but in unreal i cant seem to get it work,even after watching and googling lots of tutorials.In material opacity chann…	1 Last	poopipe Feb 2023
sky luminance in a post process shader [{"insert":"Hello\n\nI'm working on an optoelectric night vision post process shader, its pretty cool and stuff but it has some ugly hacks\nnone of the atmosphere nodes in the material editor that I…	0 Last	poopipe Feb 2023
UDK Rain Shader Hi, I'm making a rain shader inside UDK for my folio : [url]https://vimeo.com/40859784[/url] It's WIP so it needs many improvements.	34 Last	TheMetaMorphe Jan 2023
UMG Collapsibles/Accordions Possible? Hi guys,I'm just wondering if anyone has ever had any luck with/ever made accordion style menus with UMG/Widgets in UE4?If you're not quite sure what I mean, here's an example: http://www.w3scho…	2 Last	Sergey_Filin Jan 2023
Lumen, volumetric fog and flashlights. [{"insert":"Hi!\nMy scene consists of a dark environment, a flashlight and fog. pretty clichê.\nI’m using lumen for lightning.\nMy issue is, when the flashlight is on, is has a nice effect on the fog…	1 Last	GlowingPotato Jan 2023
UE4 Landscape: does it support mesh distance field? [{"insert":"I would like my niagara gpu particle to collide with landscape mesh, and so far I haven't been able to do it with gpu distance field mode, only depth buffer mode works.\nI checked the mes…	5 Last	bitinn Jan 2023
Help understanding elements of digital human [{"insert":"Hi\nI've recently finished a character model, which I'll eventually post on this forum for some feedback. "},{"insert":{"emoji":{"emojiChar":"😉"}}},{"insert":" I did debate on whether to …	0 Last	DustyShinigami Jan 2023
How to access vertex normals of static mesh in Unreal C++ [{"insert":"I am working in UE5 and would like to get the vertex normals of a static mesh using the C++ API. I can successfully access the vertex buffer, and then get the "},{"attributes":{"bold":tru…	4 Last	cathodeyolk Jan 2023
During world origin rebasing, how can I add the offset into Absolute World position of materials? [{"insert":"\nHello, I am not noob to Unreal, but pretty close to a noob with material graph stuff. Not a math skilled person. However, I think I know what needs to be done, just not the way to say i…	8 Last	Alex_J Dec 2022
RESOLVED: Trying to create simple 2-PBR material blend - NOT Vertex material [{"insert":"I will start by saying I am NOT a material expert in anyway so this is all on me, meaning, my ignorance is creating this issue. I am wanting to take two full materials that are each a typ…	2 Last	poopipe Dec 2022
How can i rig this garage door for animation [{"insert":"I have a garage door that needs rigged and do an opening animation for an Unreal engine project\nhere is the vid for the animation ref\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"height":11…	2 Last	VISDE Dec 2022
Lightmaps popping based on camera angle/position [{"insert":"Hi everyone, I have started to have an issue that did not exist before. I have a vr scene made in UE5 with just basic functionality. I have one 1 movable directional light and 1 stationar…	2 Last	Dantexagc Dec 2022
RESOLVED: Why does my material look different based on view angle? [{"insert":"I have what I feel is a pretty straight forward material that is a wood plank floor. There is no fresnel or anything that would impact how the material looks at a certain angle but yet, a…	3 Last	arcitek Dec 2022
FWVN edge wear material function for dynamic procedural texturing I got a bunch of requests for a tutorial or release of the fwvn edge detect technique in the past, so I finally decided to take some steps and roll it into a material function, which I will make avai…	73 Last	Hellfire Dec 2022
unreal 5.1 can't connect break Vector 3f to things [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/Q39L798046YS\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":46932,"width":943,"height":233,"displaySi…	2 Last	poopipe Nov 2022
Multiple root bone error when importing baked Metahuman facial rig [{"insert":"For a university project we want to use the Metahuman facial rig on our own characters. So far I have managed to detach the head joint from the Metahuman neck in Maya and attached it to a…	0 Last	QILIN Nov 2022
UE5 Idle Cloth Jitter [{"insert":"Hello all \n\nI’m experiencing an issue where my UE5 cloth jitters after falling into the idle position. The jitter seems to increase when I click the screen or hover over the cloth. What…	0 Last	MDuncan3D Nov 2022
UE5 VR environment, presentation, techincalProblems and Feedback request [{"insert":"Hi everyone, I am a 3D artist and I wanted to make a VR UE5 project for the sake of learning and improving my skills. I want to present what I have so far and hear your advice and feedbac…	6 Last	Fabi_G Nov 2022
Normal map compression and channel packing I also posted the same question in the technical talk sub-forum: http://polycount.com/discussion/184005/normal-map-compression-and-channel-packing To avoid having split threads (and repair my mistak…	3 Last	eCstatic Nov 2022
Normal seams in unreal. Hey there, long time no posting here, hope this community is still active and hasn´t moved to facebook or discord...So, I have bit of a complicated problem, so bare with me.I´m working on a shortfilm…	4 Last	sprunghunt Nov 2022
Difference between PBR and PBS? hi guy one of my friend is saying that there is a lot of difference between pbr and pbs but he wont tell any.:poly127: So is there any difference between PBR and PBS?:poly122:	5 Last	ZeusDrinksWater Nov 2022
[4.27] Single Layer Water Material and Static Light not working together? [{"insert":"Hi!\nI have this scene I'm working on in Unreal Engine, and for some reason, the water material in the scene is not taking any static light. Base color is black, when it should be "},{"at…	0 Last	BTDarmstad Oct 2022
Trying to fake DOF in scene, not game (help!) No matter what I do, I can't get DOF to work with any camera type, any scene, even in the ones I download from Unreal's learning section. I can make the entire screen blurry or the entire screen clea…	16 Last	karpo Oct 2022
A little confusion with BlendShapes/Morph Targets workflow for Unreal HiI have an animtion planned for a project I'm working on, and I aim to have different facial expressions that I'll be making in ZBrush with Layers that I'll either export into 3ds Max as Morph…	4 Last	DustyShinigami Oct 2022
Inverted normals only in pathtracer [{"insert":"Im doing an archvis marketing project.\nParts of this office chair I made simply won't render in pathtracer without some faces being inverted.\nModeled in max, baked in marmoset, textured…	0 Last	Ghogiel Oct 2022
Need a little help with a postprocess material in ue4 [{"insert":"Hi\ncurrently I'm using a celshader material I found in ue4 marketplace to make an environment scene \nI am facing an issue where I want printed dots on the scene as postprocess material…	4 Last	FarzinArshadi Oct 2022
UE 4.26 bug. Object ID’s rendering only a 2 colors Cryptomatte [{"insert":"Hello posting this issue also in the UE forum, please have a look at the link below\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/polycount.com\/discussion\/231501\/ue-4-26-bug-object-id-s-renderi…	0 Last	bob3636 Oct 2022
UE 4.26 bug. Object ID’s rendering only a 2 colors Cryptomatte [{"insert":"Hello,\nI’m having this bug where when I try to render out the object Id pass using movie render que, I just get a couple of colors out of the Id Cryptomatte (Green and yellow), which it’…	0 Last	bob3636 Oct 2022
[Unreal] Spot light not working [SOLVED] [{"insert":"For some reason my spotlight is not rendering. It's JUST the spotlight. It occurs in both lit and pathtracing mode. It does not turn on even when I delete the raytrace post process volume…	0 Last	daniellooartist Oct 2022
Metahuman hair textures [{"insert":"Hello guys,\n\nI am trying to make hair using metahuman workflow. I already created groom via Houdini and generated Cards. How I am struggling with textures. \nThere are for Cards: Depth,…	0 Last	tomasburancgi Sep 2022
Any info about Way of The Hunter environment asset creation? [{"insert":"Is anybody aware of any info about how things were made from the recently released unreal game Way of the Hunter, published by THQ? \nI'm specifically interested in foliage and billboard …	5 Last	Alex_J Sep 2022
Invisible mesh. [{"insert":"\n"}]	6 Last	DEEPENDRA DEV JAISHI Sep 2022
Foliage settings for light baking in UE4? [{"insert":"Trying to find some info here with no results and its just confusing me a bit more. I have a lot of grass in my outdoor scenes in my game Im making. Its currently all instanced using the …	4 Last	Fabi_G Sep 2022
Why Niagara Determinism does not work? [{"insert":"I want the Niagara system to simulate at a certain time, And I Check the \"Determinism\" option like Pic1. When I Drag the timeline at the particle editor, the simulation results are dete…	1 Last	Cup_Water Sep 2022
Should my game run on a GTX 675M? [{"insert":"I don't know a lot about hardware. I looked up this card and it appears to be at least 10 years old.\nA play tester reports my game crashes on their computer. Is it considered reasonable …	2 Last	Alex_J Sep 2022
I created 100 Post Process shaders in Unreal Engine. [{"insert":"I have spent over 2.5 years working in Unreal Engine to create 100 post process shaders. Each shader has a few images and a video showcase. You can "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/eli…	0 Last	EliasWick Sep 2022
UE4 Static mesh Glow problem [{"insert":"Hello Everyone! \nI'm working on a level design and I imported this warehouse that I created in maya, and everything inside the warehouse mesh has a weird white glow around it, and black …	0 Last	rgvsharma98 Sep 2022
Animation system for NPC walks? [{"insert":"Hey, everyone! I have some questions regarding animation systems for NPC characters walking around a scene, whether it's during gameplay or an in-game cutscene.\n\nIn my mind, I have put …	0 Last	BTDarmstad Sep 2022
Documentation: Graffiti Decals [{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.unrealengine.com\/marketplace\/en-US\/product\/graffiti-decals"},"insert":"Available on the Unreal Engine Marketplace"},{"insert":"\n\nDescription"},{"attributes…	0 Last	ElKaWeh Sep 2022
Lightmap Density based on camera distance? [{"insert":"Trying to figure out how to set lightmap resolution based on distance. Im working on an isometric scene and since the camera is further back, Im assuming I dont need as high lightmap reso…	1 Last	rexo12 Sep 2022
Tileable Normal Map Causing Incorrect Hard Shadows After Light Map Bake [{"insert":"Hi,\nI've been having an issue with a tileable normal map in UE4. Whenever I bake the lighting, I end up with this result:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-c…	1 Last	Fennec_Raptor Sep 2022
Use of Layers prevents Retop on my landscape, any other solutions? (UE5) [{"insert":"Starting a new UE5 environment of a desert road. I used layers for my landscape, however I didn't realize you cant retopologize with layers enabled. These banks on the edges of the road s…	1 Last	poopipe Aug 2022