What? Like inputs don't work, velocity mapped to camera fov not calculating correctly or ?

Thanks! Check out some of my other videos or let me know a suggestion and I can see about doing it!

Do your bolt meshes still have collision? For this it needs to be removed or the bolts can make the physics act strangely

@@crazedmonkey231 Turns out I didn't have a mesh for the bolt. Woops. That makes physics handles very angry, apparently. Thanks! I was able to get it working in a different context and it works perfectly!

Double check collision settings or make sure the interface is returning the character ref properly

​@@crazedmonkey231 Ok it working I needed in power node to set the as power node to self now I have error for set attach end to component, the error are from the add component by class > cable component class I will search from that

@@felax5410 Use breakpoints to see if it's returning an actor this should give you an idea of what it is hitting, the other think I could think of is that you need to put the fps character into the ignored actors because it may be hitting your character

i have a question about your grappling hook video, how would i make it do the grappling hook isnt on a timer and stops instead when the key is released

@@homiinashack If your not using a timer then the other option would be to use the tick function and set up a bool for key pressed/released

Not sure the exclusion zone should be a simple subtraction against the area you are populating using pcg

@@crazedmonkey231 Isn't that the same setup you described in the video? How would I go about it then?

@@stefan.o Hard to say without seeing the bp. But I'm wondering are you using the volume sampler node with the spline? There is a specific spline sampler which I think needs to be set up the same way I usually stick to simple shape areas they are just easier to work with.

@@crazedmonkey231 Nothing in the BP besides a spline component with a closed loop.

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Shader tutorial? I'm not sure I understand, I haven't done anything like that, are you asking for the project files?

Great to hear! It's always good to have a quick start or refresher to a quick little system

The pawn moves using physics and applying a force

I've never had proper learning, but don't fret I do have 5+ years of watching tutorials of UE and playing around in the engine, 10+ years of both Java and Python programming, and a few years of C# making mods for Rimworld. My best advice to learn is to pick up something like C# and go mod a game from steam, look at the internal workings of the game and see how those devs "did a thing" and see you you can apply it, when you learn that blueprints are basically just a visual interface over code it becomes much easier. Another decent option is to take a look at Scratch that's the program I started with back in highschool before UE and it's very well documented and easy to use.

Same here.

Same as all others I got distracted lol and went to do development with python

I see, thanks for letting me know so quickly what are you working on now ?

Nothing really specific. I've been trying to improve my game dev skills by participating in game jams over on itch and based on the scores I've been getting I need a lot of work lol

Well we happen to be working on ue 5 game, maybe youd like to join us, whats your discord lemme show it to you

Sure I'll take a look, I'm not sure it can join, free time is kinda hard to come by, but discord is almost the same as here crazedmonkey231

I think that you would just want to use the pcg volume itself in that case, that's where all the spawning happens for the foliage, you can have multiple pcg volumes per level if you need to create something like parks in a city or for points of interest

@@crazedmonkey231 Yeah i figured as much, but hoped it wasn't so, thanks though

Similar logic would apply, basically have a list of points in an actor and on startup you can run something like a create ropes function that will loop through your points taken every 2 points and attaching a rope component that sets the start and end points for the rope. Or you can create simple static mesh components to define your points then using that you can move and modify when you place the actor into the world then use the create ropes function to loop through them and attach the ropes between a set of components

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@@crazedmonkey231 Ah just that.. you aren't really doing a tutorial, just showcasing something you've made, It didn't really go in depth by showing step by step what you do and how you make it, it just went from place to place showing it already made. That's very hard to follow, and doesn't really give any new knowledge because you don't explain why along the way so we can learn to do this ourselves in different ways in the future.

I understand that but my videos aren't and shouldn't be classified as tutorials I specifically chose to use "how to..." In all my videos because they are a combination of showcase and information. As well as they are geared toward intermediate level meaning you should have some basic knowledge of working with unreal without needing constant guidance on every node

@@kazunha9759 not sure what you mean, the cable component should attach to the root actor not the attachment component

Yeah I'm having the same problem, did u find a solution?

@@geistdylan dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/blueprint-interface-in-unreal-engine?application_version=5.4

Thanks for watching! I was thinking about making a follow up on this system for 5.4 that can be more generic for things like pipes as well

I just wanted an inventory system that used interfaces more 😅. Programming wise, I learned java when it was offered as an elective in highschool, python/java were the two main languages that my 4 year Comp Sci degree required, I learned C# as a hobby to make Rimworld mods, and currently I mainly use python for work and hobby games for game jams.

@@crazedmonkey231 Interesting, because it's quite unorthodox to say the least. Typically interfaces aren't used in this way. Have you done any performance tests or tried to compare other methods? I have an unhealthy obsession with inventories and inventing creative and performant systems. It's how I stumbled upon this video. From my experience it looks convoluted and confusing, but creative. If you don't mind answering: What did you learn from this? Specifically with regards to logic systems and optimal systems in Unreal Engine.

@@gstreetgames2530 Honestly when I started UE years ago I struggled with trying to understand basic systems but using interfaces something clicked. Performance wise I personally haven't done tests but I avoid casting nodes when ever possible because I've heard they can be quite expensive if you use a lot of them

@@crazedmonkey231 Thanks for the answers. I hope you keep it up and keep making videos!

Not sure exactly, there is a link to the github source in another comment which might be able to help and the template shouldn't matter your adding a component that switches between flying and not so both templates should work

My guess is because your movement type gets set to flying, the "can jump" variable never gets set to 0, as it normally would in a third person game when you are in the air and movement changes to "falling". Try setting can jump manually to 0 when movement changes to flying. If you aren't able to do that, try adding a branch condition for your jump event that checks if your movement type is walking, or if your character is on ground.

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@@crazedmonkey231 Yeah I had 5.1 and had issues now installed 5.4.2 and got no real issues. It kept saying something about the object was invalid, I'll suss it out more later. Thanks for the reply.

Thanks for watching! Yeah even a basic item struct will get large over the course of development and will have unused properties because of it being fairly generic needing to handle things from consumables, armor and clothing, stat changes, meshes...the list goes on lol 🤣

@@crazedmonkey231 ahhh so it’s not really a problem then maybe? Maybe I should just let the struct balloon lmao

​@@MarshallMcGee If you are worried about ballooning funny enough I did some 3 day game jams using UE5 and you really learn what the essentials need to be for items if you want an inventory system in 3 days lol

also for some reason my player doesnt move when i do it

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Should work the same as trees only smaller so I'm not really sure

The volume is an actor class if you want to add it to another it has to be as a child actor.

@@crazedmonkey231 makes sense, im new to BP so things are just starting to click. Thanks!

I think I understand, the power grid here will do I believe what you are asking, anything can be on the network once it's attached using a cable this will work for lights, gens, ect. This also opens the implementation to add the actor to the power network if you have a building system you can add the power building on spawn

Hard to say from your description my guess is that you may not be attaching the cable component to the rod correctly, the project files are available over on my github if you want to check github.com/crazedmonkey231/MyProject2Fishing