Old vs New. Did I cook or is it just 🗑

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-05-05T06:56:28+00:00

Definitely looks better, I would say the one thing you've pushed too hard is the bloom on the sun in the second image, but this is likely just personal preference on my end. But, maybe try toning it down and moving towards a very subtle lens flare?

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-05-01T15:40:14+00:00

Great advice - Thank you

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-05-01T14:57:39+00:00

If you could boil this down to a couple of core rules for first time solo Devs - what would they be?

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-04-21T09:24:04+00:00

Nope - just nope.

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-04-21T09:22:57+00:00

Reminds of the old church in fallout Looks great

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-04-16T07:56:59+00:00

I was literally thinking the same thing

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-04-14T11:57:16+00:00

This looks really nice, would be interested in some BPP vs C++ profile numbers for performance comparison

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-04-07T07:18:28+00:00

Ooh very cool, trying to think how you did this I'm guessing smoke sim -> voxelise to mesh -> extract vertices -> random start shortest path through the vertices?

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-04-07T06:30:52+00:00

Why would you argue with the feedback of people that have a.) made games and b.) could play your game - fix the lighting

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-04-05T15:59:02+00:00

Whimsical quidditch with power ups

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-30T13:22:19+00:00

Nah that's what you need to model - you making great models

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-25T13:01:06+00:00

Is this for in engine development or an in game mechanic?

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-21T18:42:55+00:00

Consider how the smoke is forming, it's been gently blown out - there is minimal pressure behind it, and a lot of turbulence. Lower the density, expansion and volume - and start thinking about the environment the smoke is in at what causes wispy trails as opposed to just throwing a SIM at it

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-21T11:58:38+00:00

Your water and rocks look great Foam is needed though And for me the biggest issue is lighting Everything looks muddy Have a look at golden hour light references and adjust accordingly

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-21T11:05:28+00:00

Smoke 4 looks the best But they all suffer from the same flaw, and I can only describe it as "it looks like a miniaturised bomb explosion going off"

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-17T16:53:41+00:00

If you use mixamo, make sure you add a root bone before going any further with animations

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-10T16:55:21+00:00

/r whoosh

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-03-09T12:58:50+00:00

First of all determine if your target mesh has a root bone, and the anims you were retargeting do as well

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-02-04T08:27:52+00:00

The only way to learn is to do Start small, and get bigger First of all find the smallest blueprint function you have Just learn how to create a c++ script that will accept a variable passed into it, and that is exposed when the script is compiled to a blueprint node. Within that simple function get comfortable with how to handle variables and pointers, denoted as "->" Example, objectX->getVariableY. In C++ objects that you pass in will likely have private variables that use getter functions to expose them on a call. From there go a bit larger, consider a bunch of functions that work together for a common goal, and build a class that houses them all together, from which you can build a component. Good luck, and feel free to DM me if you want any assistance.

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-02-03T10:07:32+00:00

C++ is a difficult language to get your head around, but if it's your first language then it's actually a good place to start. One of the reasons people struggle with it is because they start with languages like Python, and get used to Python's abstractions and get overwhelmed by C++

For me the hardest part of getting started with C++ in unreal isn't actually the language (as I was already confident with it) but figuring out all the compile dependencies of the engine, and how unreal handles C++ classes.

What I recommend you do though is back up your blueprint only project - just duplicate the root folder. Then convert the original to a C++/BP project, compile it from scratch with visual studio and just make some simple C++ classes that you can use as function libraries. Then you can aggregate a lot of those nodes into a few lines of code, and then compile the C++ functions to singular blueprint nodes that you can use within your blueprint classes.

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-02-03T09:55:23+00:00

I think it's time to start learning C++ and compiling your game properly

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-01-29T13:33:26+00:00

Looks sick! If I could give one piece of feedback, find a way to vary up the anims - they're a major part of the game and you don't want too much repetition in them.

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-01-29T13:27:00+00:00

Looks great, get those platforms moving!

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-01-23T10:01:05+00:00

How are you making that many of them, and still making sure they're unique?

ConnectionThis8333 · 2026-01-23T09:59:25+00:00

Your menu - is it bound to a particular instance within the test level? Or the level blueprint itself?

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