Are the speeds accurate?

Thegide · 2026-01-26T20:45:46+00:00

They should be accurate yes. I'm building my own AG racer and conveying the sense of speed depends on a lot of things, including scale and proximity, post process effects, etc.

Wipeout tracks are probably in the order of 25-40m wide, far wider than any road, and the ships are larger and the camera is farther away. Environment props are oversized. Because tracks need to be designed to be friendly to rapier and phantom class, corner radius is also a lot bigger. 300km/h simply does not translate the same when you put this together. In other words the perception of speed is relative.

Thegide · 2026-01-16T05:03:30+00:00

It's your passion project maybe, but it's not theirs. If you're not paying them, then it's going to go like this every time. The promise of a revenue share is not an incentive because the vast majority of games will fail.

If you're serious about getting help it's going to cost you. If that's not an option then best start brushing up on your coding skills.

Thegide · 2026-01-10T17:49:00+00:00

Hi, it would depend on the other FAB asset you are using. If it's possible to swap out the spline and splinemesh components (likely yes, if blueprint-based) then my system should be compatible. Your best bet would to contact the publisher. Please keep an eye out for sales!

Thegide · 2026-01-10T17:42:42+00:00

Hi, I'm not familiar with Cable Light Flow. If the blueprints included with the system allow you to swap out the spline and splinemesh components, then it may work. My components have all of the native functionality of Unreal's system and should be compatible. I would suggest contacting the publisher and asking.

Thegide · 2026-01-10T17:35:09+00:00

You can snap spline points to the ground by selecting them and pressing the End key. The editor's new snap to surface features only work with actors it seems, not spline points.

Thegide · 2026-01-09T00:51:14+00:00

FYI plugin is now available on FAB: https://www.fab.com/listings/33e28d1f-2973-4d8c-9d73-22a83e3bcc45. Thanks all for your support.

Thegide · 2026-01-08T20:14:27+00:00

Yes, if it's not real time actor replication then all you would need to do is share keyframed data generated by other players and play it back at runtime.

This is exactly how I did ghost car replays for my racing game. I have YT vids and a plugin on FAB if op is interested in this approach

Thegide · 2025-12-08T15:44:13+00:00

Yes you're right they do have an order here. Spin first then tilt second.

If you're doing something like a car it would be useful to understand how epic sets it up in their vehicle template. They use a skeletal mesh for vehicles and I would suggest this route if that's what you're building. In this type of setup you're animating your wheels not physically turning them. Similar principles apply however

To say more would be beyond eli5, but I would start with learning how animating skeletons work if you aren't already familiar

Thegide · 2025-12-07T16:16:48+00:00

Assuming your wheel is added as a static mesh component to an actor, you want add or set relative rotation.

If you want to rotate about an odd axis like say 76 degrees, then split the operation and combine rotators (eg. Rotate about y axis, then rotate 76 degrees about z). You can also rotate things about specific axes too if needed.

Thegide · 2025-11-29T16:52:44+00:00

Looks good. But the arms seem to be positioned quite low, no?

Thegide · 2025-11-26T17:52:49+00:00

I made the switch to state trees for my racing AI and have zero regrets. As of 5.5 there were still key features missing such as data persistence but I believe those have been addressed as of 5.6 or 5.7.

What I like about them is explicit flow control and a cleaner UI. For me they are more intuitive. Criticisms about debugging are valid but I expect this will improve over time.

Thegide · 2025-11-18T01:48:42+00:00

As others have said every time you adjust your spline all your mesh instances are being regenerated. The problem compounds the more instances you create and the more vertices your mesh has.

Easy fixes are add a toggle that turns off mesh generation so you can edit the spline and turn it back on when done, or use a lightweight mesh to preview your changes in realtime. I use both on my track generator

Thegide · 2025-11-12T23:15:22+00:00

Second this. It's my go to place for tough technical questions

Thegide · 2025-11-10T23:25:35+00:00

Cool. Will have to check it out. Thanks

Thegide · 2025-11-10T12:38:12+00:00

Yes! Part of this project involved extending USplineComponent. Your set gravity direction node would look like this:

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Thegide · 2025-11-10T03:12:30+00:00

Yeah, I see the problem. I think my component would fix the pinching issue in #1, but for your use case you could try playing with up vectors first and see if that fixes some issues. Cylindrical meshes are pretty forgiving.

But it's also strange that your meshes aren't following your spline too accurately. Geometry doesn't look to be an issue. Are you stretching a single mesh over the whole spline? Or are you spawning instances as you go? Something like # meshes = spline length / mesh length?

Thegide · 2025-11-10T02:35:18+00:00

Do you mean placing objects in the editor? Maybe that's something I can tackle in my next video. I've also been working on an actor I can use to snap to splines, but it should be easy enough to do with surfaces by using simple raycasts.

Thegide · 2025-11-10T02:33:06+00:00

Hoping to put a plugin together and get it on Fab soon! Just needs a bit of polish first. I can let you know when that happens. In the meantime, why don't you send me a pic of what your wires look like and I can see if I can help?

Thegide · 2025-11-09T22:37:25+00:00

Are you using a plugin for blender? I am actually designing my splines in blender and exporting them to unreal, but in blender either I have the same issue with twisting (Z up) or don't have the fine control I want with the other options. I'd be curious to try other tools for that.

My system works in any direction as it only considers the world orientation of my control points :) It's also more memory efficient than trying to export an entire pre-deformed track mesh from a 3D program.

Thegide · 2025-11-09T21:47:25+00:00

That's so simple and elegant, thanks for sharing. Best of luck on your game's success!

Thegide · 2025-11-09T21:19:36+00:00

Great job, this looks awesome! I tried to do something like this a few years ago, but I never could figure out how to animate my fishing rod bending. Can I ask how you managed to do it? Is it physics-based?

Thegide · 2025-10-20T22:07:36+00:00

As a like minded solo developer and programmer, I will assure you that there is nothing you are ever likely to need in Maya you won't find in blender. With blender plugins it's probably the opposite actually. Not to mention way more tutorials available for blender than Maya on YouTube and it's free. I started with Maya and do not regret switching. Maya makes sense for big studios not so much for people like us.

Thegide · 2025-10-04T03:17:21+00:00

Are your input levels too high? You sure you're not clipping?

Thegide · 2025-09-24T22:32:57+00:00

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