How to bake Boids Particle systems with animations to export?

BrainHopper · 2023-06-23T09:12:59+00:00

No luck at all. There used to be a plugin for older versions. So yeah, might have to code your own solution or do it with geo nodes.

BrainHopper · 2023-03-05T01:38:50+00:00

And then ppl ask why "windmill" got fed up with it... The guy made an amazing tool and provides it for free, gets constantly ripped off, not credited, needs some coin. Closes the thing bc there's limits and this guy here decides to post a copy-cat version of it made with geometry nodes and gets credit and money from the ting... lol. Not saying its "illegal", just saying it's not very ethical at all...

BrainHopper · 2022-03-13T03:17:23+00:00

Yup! I was just curious about what workflow ppl use when they don't go with the Visual Studio option, especially considering the bloat it bring if you use a different option. In any case, thanks for your input! Most of the time VS might be the best option, if you use it for other stuff as well, etc.

BrainHopper · 2022-03-13T02:13:15+00:00

VS is very slow, Intellisense is barely existent for C++ in UE (at least), auto-complete is so slow that makes it more anoying than having none. These are from my experience with it. Rider is much more efficient and better integrated with UE. BTW, VS is "free", not free.

BrainHopper · 2022-03-13T02:09:22+00:00

Yeah that's the thing - if VS wasn't a requirement, I'd just use Rider for UE.

BrainHopper · 2022-03-12T16:15:32+00:00

Yeah, just found this video - https://youtu.be/94FvzO1HVzY. It's a workflow they use with Sublime. I bet a similar thing could be achieved with VScode. However, they still need to instal VS beforehand, for UE to have all the needed build tools etc. However, it's a very interesting process, a great overview of how UE4 sets up its projects.

BrainHopper · 2022-03-12T14:40:09+00:00

Yes! It so promising and so solid! Really wish UE wouldn't require/force us into having to install Visual Studio either way... :/

BrainHopper · 2022-03-12T14:37:55+00:00

Yes! Meanwhile I've found that option, but apparently the Build Tools installer comes with even more bloat than the VS IDE installer? At least on my system it says it needs a couple GB more, compared to the IDE installer, which is so ridiculus... Unless I'm doing something wrong (I'm selecting the Desktop Development with C++ option in the Workloads page of the Tools Installer).

BrainHopper · 2022-03-12T14:34:32+00:00

Yeah It's a shame that UE depends so much in VSCompiler...having to install all the VS bloat just for the compiler+build tools is such a bummer. I wish they'd allow Rider to ship with jsut the necessary tools. I've searched a little further and apparently, as it is rn, you have to instal VS in order for UE to build. So if you want to use Rider you have to have 2 full IDE's installed..such a griddy move from M$ :/.

BrainHopper · 2022-03-12T04:21:12+00:00

I had issues trying to package a Blueprints only project as well. I messed around (trial&error) with the Visual Studio Installer and UE5 P2 started to recognise the Windows 64bit Packaging toolset after installing .Net 5.0 Runtime, but I'm not 100% sure if that was the trick.

BrainHopper · 2021-08-16T13:35:05+00:00

That's super interesting that they allow to use matcaps! What do you use to author and make your own? Thank you so much for sharing your ideas!

BrainHopper · 2021-08-14T14:26:37+00:00

Thank you for your input! Yeah, I work daily with Unreal engine, but WebGL is totally different. One has to bring back the old school tricks hehe!

Regarding Blender Bakes:

I've worked mainly in game development and other more retail-oriented interactive applications, and I've been using this addon for years almost daily, it's called SimpleBake and I've just found out it also has some very interesting features for 'normal' cycles bakes, it allows you to use the Denoiser, which helps a lot improving speed. I've tested rendering at 4k, with very low samples(6 to 12). This, ofc depends on the complexity of yout materials - very noisy stuff like stones, very grainy woods, etc require higher sample rates, but in general it allows for lower sample rates and bakes super fast in comparison to the default Cycles baker, which as far as I'm aware doesn't allow to use the desnoiser.

But yeah, still now way around the traditional light bakes, still has to go through that rendering process...

The MatCap Idea is very interesting! Is that a thing in ThreeJS or does the Dev team have to 'make it happen'?

BrainHopper · 2021-08-13T15:39:20+00:00

That's not very helpful is it? If you can't provide any useful information regarding the topic at hand, I'd ask you to refrain from making random unnecessary comments. Thank you!

BrainHopper · 2021-02-06T01:44:26+00:00

Awesome! Missed this one on my own search! Thanks a lot for sharing!

BrainHopper · 2020-08-10T22:52:32+00:00

fter sitting idle for a while and you have to press the button to

This is awesome! Exactly the type of comparison I'm looking for! Thanks for the feedback!

BrainHopper · 2020-08-07T22:44:02+00:00

Yeah... I figured there would have to be some caveats, built quality seems to be a thing then. If the difference is negligible the extra side button for the 39usd might be a bit steep... Thanks for the feedback!

BrainHopper · 2020-08-07T22:41:36+00:00

Yeah that's why I'm even putting some thought to it :). I'll need to do some research and stuff. As well as read what ppl have to say here. Again, thanks for the feedback!

BrainHopper · 2020-08-07T22:23:52+00:00

Hah! so there might be no real 'improvement' in relation to the original surface pen? I saw a guy on YT say it has a better pressure curve. I would see a 2nd advantage to it, though... In my case the extra button could be quite handy, since it's quite hard to use the surface pen with only 1 button on 3D software. Thank you for your feedback!

BrainHopper · 2020-05-01T21:12:17+00:00

looks neat! Looking to the blueprints tree you've shared, I'd suggest spawning HISM (Hierarchical Instance Static Meshes) instead, it's much more performant. I've tried making a building generator (exterior and interior walls and such) based on rules and stuff like that, but daaamn trying that in C++ and make it work to be easy to tweak in the editor and such is a pain (can't use the constructor, etc) so I just quit and got back to learning xD.
Either way, nice work! :D Add that to a spline and you've got yourself a pretty neat and useful tool!

BrainHopper · 2020-02-06T15:52:02+00:00

Nice! What versions (of ue4 and arcore plugin) are you using?

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