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Edwards_Omatic
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Cgtextures and Ndo2 are all you need to create some pretty believable materials.
I believe Ndo2 is free from Quixel now as well (apologies if I'm wrong).
picpar should work; I always use abload.de for high-res direct-linked screenshots, though you'll probably want popups blocked when you go there.
1. Any tutorials that take you from scratch, step by step into creating a simple game? So far all the tutorials I've found are very narrowly focused on some particular aspect of the game engine rather tha taking you through a simple fully working game. Maybe a pong clone or a 2D platformer.
2. Anyone else a programmer and finding the whole blueprints thing compltely awkward and convoluted? Actions that would take like 2 lines of code require this web of linked boxes that seem totally unintuitive to me.
2. Anyone else a programmer and finding the whole blueprints thing compltely awkward and convoluted? Actions that would take like 2 lines of code require this web of linked boxes that seem totally unintuitive to me.
1. I think a lot of people have released series on how to create certain types of games, or just released their complete games (so that you can reverse engineer them). I would check https://forums.unrealengine.com/forumdisplay.php?12-Community-Content-Tools-and-Tutorials for some of these tutorials.
2. That's totally fine, I only know C# so C++ seems kind of annoying to me as I don't know enough of its syntax to be able to do what I want to do. However coding in general seems easier than using BP. However I wouldn't really call BP unintuitive, for me it mostly just makes sense.
Spazznid
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Thanks, guys. I'm assuming the "older versions" is the free version. I suppose when it comes to props, I'm on my own for now, huh? I don't really have much experience in 3d modeling.
Edwards_Omatic
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The free Ndo2 is pretty much the same as the new version that comes with the Quixel Suite I think - I'm still using it anyway and it works great, particularly for normal maps.
To get started making stuff look half decent, all you need texture wise is diffuse, normal and specular really... It's pretty easy to get to grips with if you watch a few tutorials and whatnot.
This won't fly when / if you start getting serious and I might get some questionable frowns for saying this but, an easy, decent beginner workflow for textures is:
Create the diffuse map using photo textures, and then generate your normal and spec maps using the diffuse you've already made by using Ndo.
It'll get you started at least, and when you're a little more confident you can step up your game and implement some proper texture workflows.
Overly compressed YouTube video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNQ47MY-Eo0
EDIT: These archviz clips I posted about earlier in this thread have now gone viral, by the way. On Reddit, etc. Too bad most of the people don't realize it's all baked lighting.
https://www.youtube.com/user/koooolalala/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=list&live_view=500
Just came across this: https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=12646
These are most UE4 demos compiled to work with DK2, you don't even need a sub.
Even in that quality it's clear that it works incredibly well, all sorts of sparkling aliasing vanishes..
Blueprint question maybe someone here could help me with.
Is it possible to get an actor variable ( and value ) using Get All Actors of class ?
I know how to get an actor variable from a persistent level object/actor. But for actors I'm actually spawning during the game, how can I actually get their variables value ?
Is it possible to get an actor variable ( and value ) using Get All Actors of class ?
I know how to get an actor variable from a persistent level object/actor. But for actors I'm actually spawning during the game, how can I actually get their variables value ?
If I understand what you're asking, you probably want to run a foreach loop and cast to the objects to get that value. If you want to get it from a specific one, you'd have to specify the one you want by name, but that might be difficult if it's spawned at runtime rather than placed in the level.
If you add the objects to an array when they spawn and then get that object from that array at the index of that object, you can do what you want, but it depends how you're spawning things. UE4 forums and AnswerHub are great resources for these types of questions.
Barely improved, but hey. I started working on the wall shader today. Right now still looks wrong (the detail normal doesn't fit at all), but hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to improve it and hopefully by the end of the weekend all the walls, floor and trims will be done. Next week I'll be working on the props. I also need to start working on the window as well. Probably after doing a few more assets and whatnot, I will have to work again on the proportions of the corridor.
I might add more detail later, when I have access to UE4, but yeah I was hoping that doing ( from the level blueprint ) Get All Actors of class => foreach loop would allow me to get the content of their variable the same way I can get it from an an actor in the persistent world.
It will have many use in the project be for example, my game being more or less grid based, with player able to spawn different kind of units. I hoped that clicking on on actor, would give me access to everything about him ( value of his variables included ) in the level blueprint.
I probably could do some kind of work around in this specific case since my game being grid based, I could store in an Two-Dimensional Arrays of structur every variable ( life, attack value, etc ) I need when I create the actor, and only use the actor as a moving mesh. Which isn't really different from how it worked when I made the same game in 2D, in C with the SDL library few years ago.
I have also a pretty 'similar' problem with Event Dispatchers. I would like spawned units to return me ( to the level blueprint ) a value when clicked on. But there again I can't get the custom event in the level blueprint since the actor with the event dispatcher is spawned during the game, not placed on the level.
I'll have a look at the "cast to the objects to get that value", it's not the only time I see that while looking for an answer about blueprint communication etc.. but don't quite get what it is/how it work.
I'll also try to put it in the UE4 forums and/or AnswerHub, thought I wasn't really lucky the last time I tried.
Higher quality QuickTime video: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=126416234#post126416234
DryvBy
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Barely improved, but hey. I started working on the wall shader today. Right now still looks wrong (the detail normal doesn't fit at all), but hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to improve it and hopefully by the end of the weekend all the walls, floor and trims will be done. Next week I'll be working on the props. I also need to start working on the window as well. Probably after doing a few more assets and whatnot, I will have to work again on the proportions of the corridor.
This looks like P.T.. Am I right?
Edit: Went back and saw you were. This is awesome.
Got back from work.
Gave a try to "Cast to" 30 secondes of trial and error to understand how it work and... tada ! it did exactly what I was looking for.
Big big thanks.
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah
VisceralBowl
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Barely improved, but hey. I started working on the wall shader today. Right now still looks wrong (the detail normal doesn't fit at all), but hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to improve it and hopefully by the end of the weekend all the walls, floor and trims will be done. Next week I'll be working on the props. I also need to start working on the window as well. Probably after doing a few more assets and whatnot, I will have to work again on the proportions of the corridor.
Looking good.
How to scale down and not get caught - The Unreal Engine 4 "Rivalry" Demo
80-minute presentation by Martin Mittring. He was Lead Graphics Programmer for Crysis, now at Epic.
Slides: https://de45xmedrsdbp.cloudfront.ne...nd-not-get-caught-Gamecom-2014-871799785.pptx
80-minute presentation by Martin Mittring. He was Lead Graphics Programmer for Crysis, now at Epic.
Slides: https://de45xmedrsdbp.cloudfront.ne...nd-not-get-caught-Gamecom-2014-871799785.pptx
The thing that gets me is, Unreal Engine 4 was in its earliest stages of development before the Xbox 360 launched. I can't find it anymore but there was an interview with Mark Rein or Tim Sweeney about UE4. In 2005, Mark Rein said UE4 had been in development for 2 years. And I think in another interview Mark or Tim Sweeney said something like, UE4 would take advantage of a dozen or so CPU cores / threads, that the next-next gen consoles should have, meaning the PS4/Xbox One gen.
Thanks for the heads up! I look forward to a version of the hang glider demo supporting that.
Once the Lionhead GI finally hits, I'm diving in!
Question: How does the sub cancellation work with updates exactly? Do I lose access to updates immediately after I press cancel or do I still get any updates released until a month passes since I last paid? I want to cancel my sub before I forget about it but I don't want to lose out on any updates for the duration I paid for.
You pay on a month to month basis, you won't lose access to what you payed for if you stop the subscription.
That looks cool!
The guys from Allegorithmic were there today, Substance demos were really neat.
They will soon release a demo level on the marketplace, called Atlantis. You can see some pictures of it here:
http://www.allegorithmic.com/demo/atlantis
The guys from Allegorithmic were there today, Substance demos were really neat.
They will soon release a demo level on the marketplace, called Atlantis. You can see some pictures of it here:
http://www.allegorithmic.com/demo/atlantis
That koola fellow over at the UE4 forums really does have a great eye for creating pretty scenes. His use of color is stellar.
Damn, I was so busy last week that my PT corridor barely improved since then.
I got back to work today, doing a few more things for the wall (still not finished) and also placing the paintings on the walls.
The lightmaps on the paintings are automatic UV unwraps, that's why the shadows look so ugly.
Ignore the actual painting, I just put it there to get a closer idea. I started working on the actual frame now, then when all the frames are finished I will start working on the actual paintings.
I got back to work today, doing a few more things for the wall (still not finished) and also placing the paintings on the walls.
The lightmaps on the paintings are automatic UV unwraps, that's why the shadows look so ugly.
Ignore the actual painting, I just put it there to get a closer idea. I started working on the actual frame now, then when all the frames are finished I will start working on the actual paintings.
Sorry for the koola spam, but his stuff is just so amazing: https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?28163-ArchViz-Lighting&p=130743&viewfull=1#post130743
The Marketplace is now open for business!
https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/marketplace-now-open-for-business
I wonder what their quality bar will be. Hopefully not too low so it doesn't get filled with terrible assets from day zero
https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/marketplace-now-open-for-business
I wonder what their quality bar will be. Hopefully not too low so it doesn't get filled with terrible assets from day zero
He has an amazing grasp of PBR materials. His work should be used whenever we get people whining about wanting separate specular/glossiness controls (argh).
Unreal Engine ‏@UnrealEngine 24m
Unreal Engine 4 wins CEDEC Best Engineering Award! Epic Games Japan's Taka Kawasaki accepts. http://instagram.com/p/shDZ0NRaUm/
Unreal Engine 4 wins CEDEC Best Engineering Award! Epic Games Japan's Taka Kawasaki accepts. http://instagram.com/p/shDZ0NRaUm/
Feel free to ask anything you want!
Thanks for the offer, really kind. I'm hoping the community here on GAF remains active. I've fiddled around with Unity a few times, and before that (long, long ago... about a decade ago) 3D Gamestudio. UE4 looks fantastic, so I'm looking forward to learning.
There are a few here who just stay around always, like Blizzard, Prophet Steve, desu and JordanN. The community here isn't too big, and you will definitely find more people on forums like the UE official forums, but posting here you get to interact with people you also see in other threads around, so I kinda like it here
I also post around polycount a lot, so if you wanna ask anything art-related, remember to check out that forum as well (you might already do, if so, never mind!).