Flobee
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Imported assets, tried to delete the folder and could not.
Now everything is running slow, and even renaming something is taking 30s or so.
Any ideas?
Folder Structure in UE4 is ass. Mainly because of the dependencies and the engine checking to make sure you don't break anything.
Easiest way to organize your assets is to go to the Content Folder for your project using Windows File Explorer and deleting/moving that way (outside the engine). HOWEVER, do NOT do this with assets being used in the game, there can become some cases where your project won't load if some dependencies are broken. I've mainly had this occur with Levels, especially if it's the Default level upon engine load.
Moving things IN the engine often takes a long time. 30s is fast
If I'm trying to organize without breaking dependencies, I'll execute the move then actually leave the PC for a while while it churns.
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I never had redirectors that wouldn't "fix up". Maybe restart the engine? idk.
I try to avoid moving assets once I've imported or created them.
I also found that Marketplace assets are best to stay in the top-level of your Content folder, otherwise "updates" to Marketplace assets is a lot more cumbersome.
Makes your directory a large mess but at least the search functions are decent.
LachiusTZ
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Yeah, learning a painful lesson. Looks like I've broken half a dozen things trying to fix the redirectors.
And now getting all kinds of issues.
Kharzette
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Some free stuff!
www.unrealengine.com
They probably do that every month but I hadn't noticed till now?
Featured free Marketplace content - October 2020
Create the unexpected with 10 free products, including robust character sets, modular environments, and eerie ambience—available for free through October.
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They probably do that every month but I hadn't noticed till now?
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Yup, they've been doing it a while. Started in 2019. Definitely worth it if you ever plan to use the engine. I have $1000s of assets for free from the giveaways.Some free stuff!
Featured free Marketplace content - October 2020
Create the unexpected with 10 free products, including robust character sets, modular environments, and eerie ambience—available for free through October.
They probably do that every month but I hadn't noticed till now?
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Set a recurring reminder, it's monthly. Most months it takes a few days for them to appear. So set a reminder for the middle of every month if you want to be safe.
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Also while you look at the Free Monthly content.
There are 3 other categories of permanently free content, they show in your asset Library after "Purchasing" them:
Epic Games Content:
Has the Paragon assets & Infinity Blade assets, plus other tools. A lot of High Quality assets (Paragon, Kite Demo). The Paragon characters have hundreds of FX in their packages too you can rip out and use elsewhere.
Quixel Megascans is free with Unreal, I recommend using the Megascans Plugin for Unreal so you can browse the full library and select exactly what you want, but the premade packages are less of a hassle.
Permanently Free are assets made by 3rd Parties that Epic has made an arrangement with to distribute for Free - Permanently. Quality is usually good. The types of assets are usually more focused on a specific game topic.
As of this post, their Marketplace seems to be down/struggling btw.
There are 3 other categories of permanently free content, they show in your asset Library after "Purchasing" them:
Epic Games Content:
Has the Paragon assets & Infinity Blade assets, plus other tools. A lot of High Quality assets (Paragon, Kite Demo). The Paragon characters have hundreds of FX in their packages too you can rip out and use elsewhere.
Quixel Megascans is free with Unreal, I recommend using the Megascans Plugin for Unreal so you can browse the full library and select exactly what you want, but the premade packages are less of a hassle.
Permanently Free are assets made by 3rd Parties that Epic has made an arrangement with to distribute for Free - Permanently. Quality is usually good. The types of assets are usually more focused on a specific game topic.
As of this post, their Marketplace seems to be down/struggling btw.
Tuco
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On the topic of free art, as a software developed I've always wondered how transferable assets were between modding communities. Ex: GTA 5 Vehicle Mods - GTA5-Mods.com has about a billion different highly detailed vehicles. Nexus Mods :: Home has art from many different games. Is there a lot of effort in the art and art tools community to port stuff between engines?
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The Model/Mesh should be no problem to transfer between engines (legalities aside).
Getting the model/mesh to do similar functionality between engines is going to be the biggest work.
You can probably copy "concepts" but will still need to re-program from the ground up for the most part.
jooka
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I don't even use the engine but when I see stuff I grab'em anyway. On a whim I bought iClone 7 and Character Creator 3, makes playing around super easy and I find it mostly understandable compared to times I've tried maya or 3ds which always felt like pulling teeth to get something done.
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New Free Stuff for the Month
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Featured free Marketplace content - November 2020
Forgot to trick or treat yourself last month? Gobble up November’s feast of free Marketplace content for modular realistic environments, sweeping VFX, and a way to stay ‘glassy’!
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