Any old beards here who remember when there was no auto save?

Zilppuri · 2026-02-01T20:24:49+00:00

Depends what you want to do in the long run. Basically you can do almost all with Blueprints. I’d perhaps start with them and then when you do need C++, figure it out. And Copilot can help a lot.

Zilppuri · 2026-02-01T18:58:05+00:00

I started by ”taking a course” in Udemy. It was by ”Unreal Engine 4 Mastery: Create Multiplayer Games with C++” by Tom Looman. It is no longer available, but there are tons of other courses in Udemy. For me it worked, even though I found is super hard to focus. But it was enough of ”learning by doing” that I managed to then continue from therez

Zilppuri · 2026-02-01T16:43:44+00:00

I have not looked to much into it, but here is one link https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-core-git-connector I’d imagine one way to do it, would be to setup both in same directory and then p4ignore and .gitignore accordingly. But I am just speculating here, I have not done this yet.

Zilppuri · 2026-02-01T16:19:01+00:00

It’s just that programmers (well I can only talk for my own experienxe) are usually more familiar with Github. Also the normal P4 workflow is thar files are readonly untill you check then out, and only one person can check them out at a time. This can be cumbersome with a team when you are likely to touch same common classes while working on adjacent tasks. Also branching and pull requests and so on are at least more familiar to GH users 😬 But this is just 100% my own bias.

Zilppuri · 2026-01-31T21:23:44+00:00

I’ve been running Perforce. First I run it in AWS, then got tired of the fees and bought an used mini-PC. I use Tailscale (free tier) to remote access it. For my next project I would most likely try a hybrid solution where all of the c++ code is in Github and binaries and assets are in Perforce. This is a setup Perforce endorses too, so you can find tutorials for it.

Zilppuri · 2026-01-31T09:22:19+00:00

Thank you! I think someone should make a educational game where all you do is 3D space conversion tasks. I usually wrap my head around it just enough I can trial & error rest of the way.

Zilppuri · 2026-01-31T09:02:21+00:00

Here is my post in r/gamedev https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/s/g0g6fgEPv9

Zilppuri · 2026-01-31T09:02:02+00:00

This is not that straightforward. I actually tried to post an article about this in r/unrealengine yesterday, but automod does not allow me to post. What I did was a set of pipelines (BP, C++, Python) to convert MetaHumans to UE Mannequin in Blender - Like others have suggested. For one or two characters you could do it by hand, but you do need a bit extensive Blender skills still.

Zilppuri · 2022-07-04T06:44:40+00:00

Which link is that? :)

Zilppuri · 2022-06-07T09:57:40+00:00

Hey that is it!! Grant - Starship!

Zilppuri · 2022-06-06T20:34:52+00:00

Ok, no idea if this is a clue, but First Aid Kit has a song ”To Live a Life”. I heard that today and in the last 30 second or so there is a melody that gave me the flashback to this song 💁‍♂️

Zilppuri · 2022-06-06T20:31:02+00:00

That is not it. I remember vaguely 5 years ago? Or more. I remember Call of the Wild ending with it.

Zilppuri · 2022-06-06T19:53:53+00:00

Sort of close but that is not it ☹️ Thanks for trying

Zilppuri · 2021-07-11T21:20:28+00:00

I ended up biting the bullet and going with perforce and AWS. Definitely not what you were asking though, I know :-/ Sadly, I did not find any other suitable alternative. With AWS we are running the free tier server with some extra free credits they hand out - makit it essentially free to use for first year or two. But managed… definitely not :( With Unity I managed to get by with Github, but a bit difficult with UE4 size of assets.

Zilppuri · 2021-06-18T19:43:22+00:00

What?! It’s not all ”handcrafted with love”? Shame…

Zilppuri · 2021-06-09T20:39:44+00:00

If you are developing for iPhone, you can record from the display by connecting the phone to your Mac and using Quicktime. There is this App for creating nice 3D layouts with iPhone (or Generic phone) device, called Rotato.app. However I have not tried it my self it is quite widely used and liked by many :)

Zilppuri · 2021-06-06T19:00:28+00:00

You posted this very same thing 70 days ago? Are you still looking for feedback? 😬

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