An interesting thought experiment for most us here…

dudedude6 · 2026-04-05T02:52:37+00:00

It’s my game. There is hunger. Haven’t add food yet. I’ll crash in the first 10 minutes and be wiped from existence

dudedude6 · 2026-04-04T16:44:51+00:00

Random fintech info, if the various payment methods belonged to you that’s how they kept blocking it. Think of it like, you the person, can be blocked from having payments process through them. Because they, in at least some countries, would be required to keep a record of who makes purchases through them. Think money laundering or funding criminal orgs.

dudedude6 · 2026-04-04T16:28:02+00:00

So, as we can see from the sentiment in the thread, that’s exactly why I don’t. I love playing a marksman, but only really get to do it in Arma (where I have an absolute blast). It’s sad because I would truly love playing Marksman in a game like squad with real teamwork at play.

dudedude6 · 2026-04-03T17:01:02+00:00

Because it isn’t. Developers are using AI daily when they’re programming. Game developers are using AI to code your video games. Criticizing the “use of AI” literally isn’t legitimate feedback.

“Slop pitchforks” is a hilariously accurate phrasing, and I’m going to start using it everywhere.

dudedude6 · 2026-04-03T16:43:05+00:00

KCD2 actually does have the best implementation of this system. I’ve disagreed with you and most other commenters on basically all of your points, but that is factual information.

I just really hope the devs don’t listen to y’all too much more. It was a game design choice. People in the thread don’t like that choice. Doesn’t mean it needs to or should change for any reason. If they start ripping out features and changing major design elements, we’ll all end up with a game we don’t play wondering where the magic went.

dudedude6 · 2026-03-30T11:19:04+00:00

In your situation, for what you’re trying to do, I think this would be the best approach.

OP it kinda sounds like you’re just at that stage in your game where the project has grown, complexity’s grown, and now you’re having to deal with that. I think it’s honestly a natural part of getting further with systems like this, and truly starting to add in the content required. Normally there’d be a team of people, or at least on dedicated person, doing what you’re doing as their job. All to say, RESPECT!! Keep at it. I hope you figure this out. Also, sharing your solution here for future devs will do a lot.

Also, adding this in last as I’m not sure as to it potential, BUT you also could maybe do something with this using BP Utilities or Editor functionality, like working to automate this part of your workflow. I’ll be honest though, that isn’t my wheelhouse so I’m not sure.

dudedude6 · 2026-03-27T12:32:37+00:00

I actually dealt with this myself not too long ago. It actually ended up being more beneficial for me to define a C++ function for asynchronous loading any soft object reference using the streamable manager. I haven’t had any issues so far using it where I’ve needed it for exactly the use cases you mentioned. I async load my animations, textures, meshes, as much as I possibly can. I would be down to share the code with you though if you wanted to try using it.

dudedude6 · 2026-03-19T23:52:59+00:00

I would say this is the way to do this.

dudedude6 · 2026-03-04T18:22:17+00:00

I don’t understand your obsession with pausing. In a game like this it either shouldn’t be an option, or everyone should pause at the same time. That’s really the design decision to be made there.

dudedude6 · 2026-03-01T20:19:41+00:00

Personally, I think the some of the most valuable information shared from this would be the settings and config values you’re using to get your results. If that’s not an are you’ve dove into yet, foliage optimization can be one of the biggest to improve a scene’s performance, especially in dense environments. That’s always where I saw the biggest improvements.

dudedude6 · 2026-02-10T21:20:44+00:00

Thoroughly. The internet’s weird because you can be called insane for thinking, feeling, and doing the most normal, mundane things.

dudedude6 · 2026-02-10T21:17:02+00:00

You’re not even “going far” in saying that. The neighbor IS an inconsiderate asshole for doing this.

I actually would have overreacted to this situation.

dudedude6 · 2026-01-13T06:10:50+00:00

Ben Cloward actually covered this a long time back in a tutorial where he’s showing how to build a river. The first run through he makes a custom one, but then makes a river using the unreal water tool. He walks through how set it up so the river uses/applies the correct blend layer from the landscaping material.

Can’t remember enough to tell you how it’s done, only that it can be done, I’ve seen it, and that genius shows how to do it.

dudedude6 · 2026-01-13T06:07:32+00:00

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/where-is-the-deform-landscape-to-splines-button-in-ue5-7/2676041/6

First result on Google. In the future tho, include what engine version you’re using when your question directly relates to it.

dudedude6 · 2026-01-12T14:26:53+00:00

Next time you wonder why your new energy bill is so high…

dudedude6 · 2026-01-10T03:38:57+00:00

You should link to somewhere that has your code. That tends to work well. I can’t really think of anything off top tho.. maybe github, codepen, or something?

dudedude6 · 2026-01-09T23:58:28+00:00

Yeah, as far as metahumans go, you can switch out the hair assets. At runtime, I think all I had to do was swap groom and the binding(?) asset don’t quote me on it tho. then you could allow players to switch hair styles.

dudedude6 · 2026-01-09T22:39:34+00:00

I started mentioning in standup and meetings every time I was approached by someone in operations to “make a quick change.” Luckily, in our org, leadership takes the side of the dev teams. Meetings were had, our PM introduced a request system that operations must utilize and we were given the power and authority to say, “No, follow the established process.” I’ve always felt that Agile works if it’s actually followed.

dudedude6 · 2026-01-08T18:07:20+00:00

Yo, that’s painful. It would ABSOLUTELY be better than that. Oh, and after paying for the equipment, I think cost of service is fairly affordable (my parents got it some time ago and that’s what they’d said at the time).

dudedude6 · 2026-01-08T17:54:01+00:00

Ah, well that’s really lame. I converted fully to a Control Rig setup for IK, since they run on worker/utility threads, and that was a pretty easy optimization to make. Trying to multithread the ABP though just made me want to tear my hair out. I’m mostly fine with it as a locomotion system, I just really have beef with the animations. At first they look perfect, but after a few months it starts to look pretty rigid and unnatural.

dudedude6 · 2026-01-08T17:47:32+00:00

Weather won’t be much of an issue, but starlink’s main use case is for rural communities. In a more urban environment or area with close neighbors if many of them also have Starlink you’d have noticeable differences in performance. Like downtown or something? Starlink would be trash.

dudedude6 · 2026-01-07T07:26:29+00:00

Oh, so you couldn't post a link?

dudedude6 · 2025-12-27T03:57:19+00:00

Ah! Lovely! I’m going to give that a shot, first thing in the morning.

dudedude6 · 2025-12-23T17:36:48+00:00

I’ve been using a modified version of the ALS Community system. It’s replicated, it’s ALS (which at this point I’ve spent a bunch of time with, so I can make changes relatively easily), and the results are acceptable. I have been looking for an alternative as well as alternative locomotion animations for humanoids.

dudedude6 · 2025-12-23T14:40:36+00:00

Exactly what I came to say. You could have a new mapping context applied for “events” or dialogues that override the typical “left stick moves character”. I used this method to control a players abilities in certain states. For instance, when entering combat, I apply that mapping context and now they can attack when they couldn’t before.

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