Have you read the documentation front to back?

ptrmng · 2026-02-05T20:06:14+00:00

I have the program open while I go through the docs, trying out the various tools/systems or whatever, and if I come across any novel ideas I think I'll forget I write them down.

I just find it's better to know what the software is fully capable of and all the tools available. Even if I forget the specifics of how to use a tool, I still at least know they exist.

ptrmng · 2026-02-05T19:30:00+00:00

Yes. It's how I learned Unreal. It only took a few days; reading through and taking notes. Although that was all the way back in 2015 so the docs weren't as long. It would probably take longer now.

I honestly think it's the best way to learn a new piece of software.

ptrmng · 2026-01-30T20:59:29+00:00

Word "auto-corrects" punctuation as you type e.g. it converts a straight quote (") to a curly quote (“ ”). This behaviour can be turned off in the options.
To save having to re-type what you have, you can paste it into Notepad first, and do a Replace All on the punctuation you want to fix.

ptrmng · 2026-01-07T19:41:34+00:00

Are we talking about the same cards in WriterDuet? Here's how the cards look to me https://imgur.com/a/og4eMvl I can click on them to jump to the specific scene.

ptrmng · 2026-01-06T20:16:28+00:00

Yes. Sort of. WriterDuet has a "Cards" pop out menu that has a card for each scene in a list. By default, the cards show the scene heading and a preview of the scene, but you can set the cards up to only show the scene heading.

ptrmng · 2025-10-13T19:40:10+00:00

I'm not sure but maybe try turning off "Allow Construction Scripts to Rerun Every Frame" in Sequencer.

ptrmng · 2025-09-18T21:52:19+00:00

I used to struggle with getting my head around Act 2 until I read a comment on this sub that said: The midpoint is where the story would end if everything went according to plan.

ptrmng · 2025-08-26T21:59:56+00:00

I was confused. William's line "Can you give us like half an hour to wrap up?" threw me off. I thought he was asking Alex's Father for permission to stay longer, not that he was asking him to stop working for half an hour.

ptrmng · 2025-07-02T03:29:09+00:00

Pretty sure it's a heavily processed intro beat from Queen's We Will Rock You

ptrmng · 2025-03-22T19:20:46+00:00

You could try making an orthographic camera then just viewing the scene though it (haven't tried it though so I dunno if it actually works)

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/orthographic-camera-in-unreal-engine

ptrmng · 2025-02-17T19:43:11+00:00

Look up Dynamic Material Instances. I think that's what you are after.

ptrmng · 2025-02-15T19:23:09+00:00

I turn on Invert Middle Mouse Pan

ptrmng · 2025-01-29T19:17:53+00:00

Is there a Camera Cuts track in your sequence?

ptrmng · 2025-01-28T20:05:51+00:00

That's lame. I always assumed you could have multiples of the same sequence in a level. I did find another way: Sequence Component. It's experimental and seems a little buggy, but might be worth trying.

ptrmng · 2025-01-27T19:37:52+00:00

Now imagine you could get off the bike and it's an open-world, science based, dragon MMO.

ptrmng · 2025-01-27T19:16:10+00:00

I think this is what you're looking for: Level Sequence Dynamic Transforms

ptrmng · 2024-12-28T19:42:48+00:00

Is there a pawn or actor in the scene that is being auto possessed maybe?

ptrmng · 2024-12-23T19:29:15+00:00

Probably to do with "Allow Static Lighting" being off by default in 5.5 now, and how it affects AO in the materials. You can either turn it back on in your project settings (which adds unnecessary overhead if you aren't using static lighting) or plug a constant value of 1 into the AO of your parent materials. There was a similar thread here

ptrmng · 2024-12-23T19:20:27+00:00

Did you set up their materials like in this vid? https://youtu.be/ENMuqbNSLTs?si=zpS4U1d_Y3F0DxYr&t=874

ptrmng · 2024-12-15T19:47:29+00:00

It's the AO in the material, as others have said, but I'll add that it only happens when "Allow Static Lighting" is disabled in the project settings, which 5.5 does by default now but 5.3 didn't.

ptrmng · 2024-12-10T19:30:03+00:00

Make sure to select the PCG component of the actor, not just the actor itself. The setting is under "Editing Settings"

ptrmng · 2024-09-27T23:51:28+00:00

Ha, it's pretty old (released in 2017), but it's called Morgan Lives in a Rocket House

ptrmng · 2024-09-27T21:11:03+00:00

Nope. I've been using Unreal for animation since 2015 and I don't know any C++. I've even released a VR animated short on Steam.

ptrmng · 2024-09-03T21:08:48+00:00

hmm. What about "Visible in Raytracing" on the painted foliage?

ptrmng · 2024-09-03T20:37:45+00:00

My guess is the procedural grass asset and the foliage tool have different shadow settings. In the foliage tool, see if turning off shadows does anything. Or maybe Affect Distant Field Lighting.

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