UnrealFastNoise - Modular Noise Generator Plugin

[zerofiftyone]

Hi there. I'm having an issue with this plugin that you might be able to shed some light on:

I've been using it and it's been working great in the editor, but it doesn't seem to work in a packaged game. Is this something that's intentional, or have I done something silly? Any help much appreciated.

[mid_gen]

Hi there. I'm having an issue with this plugin that you might be able to shed some light on:

I've been using it and it's been working great in the editor, but it doesn't seem to work in a packaged game. Is this something that's intentional, or have I done something silly? Any help much appreciated.

It's usually missing UnrealFastNoise in your Build.cs dependencies that causes this problem with pacakaged builds.

[AinSophAur]

Finally got this plugin to work with a spherical mesh the way I wanted. Still needs a little bit tweaking, but that's expected.



[MENTION=10227]zerofiftyone[/MENTION].
I just did a quick test and I have no issues packing with this plugin.
Do you have an output log to attach?

EDIT: Btw, I'm using 4.16.1

[zerofiftyone]

It's usually missing UnrealFastNoise in your Build.cs dependencies that causes this problem with pacakaged builds.

Thanks for the quick reply . I haven't touched the Build.cs at this point as I'm using the plugin in a BP only project (4.15). Is converting to a code project the best course of action here, or is there a missing step that I'm not aware of for running it on my setup?

[MENTION=10227]zerofiftyone[/MENTION].
I just did a quick test and I have no issues packing with this plugin.
Do you have an output log to attach?

EDIT: Btw, I'm using 4.16.1

Cool, thanks for checking. It's good to know the issue is on my end and potentially resolvable. I'm not at my PC atm, but I'll find an output log as soon as I get back in.

That spherical mesh looks rad btw.

[zerofiftyone]

I fixed the issue I was having. I opened up UnrealFastNoisePlugin.uplugin in Notepad++ and changed this:

{
"FileVersion": 1,
"Version": 1,
"VersionName": "0.1",
"FriendlyName": "UnrealFastNoisePlugin",
"Description": "Visual Noise Generator Plugin",
"Category": "Noise",
"CreatedBy": "Chris Ashworth",
"CreatedByURL": "http://www.cashworth.net",
"DocsURL": "",
"MarketplaceURL": "",
"SupportURL": "",
"Modules": [
{
"Name": "UnrealFastNoisePlugin",
"Type": "Developer",
"LoadingPhase": "Default"
}
],
"EnabledByDefault": false,
"CanContainContent": false,
"IsBetaVersion": true,
"Installed": true
}

to this:

{
"FileVersion": 1,
"Version": 1,
"VersionName": "0.1",
"FriendlyName": "UnrealFastNoisePlugin",
"Description": "Visual Noise Generator Plugin",
"Category": "Noise",
"CreatedBy": "Chris Ashworth",
"CreatedByURL": "http://www.cashworth.net",
"DocsURL": "",
"MarketplaceURL": "",
"SupportURL": "",
"Modules": [
{
"Name": "UnrealFastNoisePlugin",
"Type": "Runtime",
"LoadingPhase": "Default",
"WhitelistPlatforms": [
"Android",
"Win64",
"Win32",
"Linux",
"PS4",
"Mac",
"IOS"
]
}
],
"EnabledByDefault": false,
"CanContainContent": false,
"IsBetaVersion": true,
"Installed": true
}

[mid_gen]

I fixed the issue I was having. I opened up UnrealFastNoisePlugin.uplugin in Notepad++ and changed this:



to this:

Thanks, I'll get that change pushed to the repo later today.

[AinSophAur]

[MENTION=10227]zerofiftyone[/MENTION] Thank you very much.

Here is a small update as well.

[zerofiftyone]

Looks cool!

I released the game I was using this plugin for recently by the way: https://zerofiftyone.itch.io/evader

[AinSophAur]

Looks cool!

I released the game I was using this plugin for recently by the way: https://zerofiftyone.itch.io/evader

That looks good!

[TheParadox]

Hey,

This plugin looks awesome - however, I am running into some issues.
I found your tutorial series on youtube and got through parts 1 and 2, the issue arises in part 3.
I am duplicating everything you have in part 3, values and all - but the results I get look nothing like what you have.

I am using 4.16.1, got all three required plugins, BUT for the RealtimeMeshComponent - I am using the plugin found on the UE4 marketplace.
EDIT: tried it in 4.15.3 get the same results.

The attached image is from 4.15.3 - well if I can get the image attached...

In case it is to hard to read the values they are:
Noise Type: Value
Seed: 12345
Frequency: 0.00001
Fractal Gain 0.5
Interpolation: Linear
Fractal Type: Rigid Multi
Octaves: 6
Lacunarity: 1.7

Thanks

[mid_gen]

Hmm, should be exactly the same if you're using the same settings. I am due to make a new tutorial video because I've pushed a bunch of changes that mean setup is a bit different now.

[kafl]

Hi there - plugin looks really grat :-)
any news of 4.18 version ? - and the tutorial?

[mid_gen]

Spent some time yesterday trying to set up a new demo project but ran into some version problems, and had to give up in the end.

I'll give it a try again when 4.18.1 is out.

[mid_gen]

Updated to 4.18 and changed to IWYN, tested packaging etc.

Created a separate demo project repo:

https://github.com/midgen/CashDemo

[mid_gen]

Working on updating to use the SIMD enhanced version of fastnoise.

https://github.com/Auburns/FastNoiseSIMD

Should give a 4-5x performance uplift.