(39) Rama's Extra Blueprint Nodes for You as a Plugin, No C++ Required!

[mandango]

Rama Save System Plugin (save entire worlds to hard disk using C++ binary serialization!)
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Your system is ready to save (and restore it) fragmented meshes in game time?

[Rama]

Awesome new node! Could be very useful!

Hee hee!

Your system is ready to save (and restore it) fragmented meshes in game time?

I could develop that tech yes, but it is relatively complex, involving talking to the PhysX engine and also communicating everything to the Destructible Mesh component.

Anyone who wants me to develop that tech can PM me!



Rama

[TK-Master]

Nice job Rama that's an interesting new node
I had tried disabling collision for individual chunks a long time ago without success, I will be definitely looking at the source!

--slightly off topic--
Speaking of destructibles, since 4.7 I'm having a crash when I try to apply force to all the chunks per tick.. but if apply force to an individual chunk only it doesn't crash.
Do you have any ideas why this might be happening by any chance?
I'm trying to do something like your rock vortex using forces.

[antsonthetree]

First I just have to say THANK you so much for all the work you've done with these nodes. They are amazing!

I have a question re the LoadLevelInstance functionality. Is there an equivalent UNLoadLevelInstance node? I'd really like to be able to wipe out old levels as my players move from one to another.

Thanks!
Jake

[John Alcatraz]

Dear Community,

My newest node was sufficiently cutting-edge that I decided to make a video of it!

This node allows you to destroy individual pieces of a destructible mesh after it has been fractured!

Awesome! Thanks for this great node!

Your system is ready to save (and restore it) fragmented meshes in game time?

I agree that would be a very useful feature. Actually, I have no clue how to solve this in my game, it does not seem to be possible with BP.

Rama, have you considered selling your save plugin on the marketplace? It would surely sell really, really well. If it's not too expensive and if it could save the state of destructibles I would instantly buy it

[sivan]

Rama, have you considered selling your save plugin on the marketplace? It would surely sell really, really well. If it's not too expensive and if it could save the state of destructibles I would instantly buy it

another vote here

[Kenomica]

another vote here

Same here.

[MartinJasso]

Hello Rama,
thanks for your plugin. It's awesome.

But it doesn't work for us after we updated to 4.10. We did everything following the instructions here https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Rama%2..._Editor_Plugin


But now we get this error right after loading the project:

"Assertion failed: Class [File:d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\public\uobject\UObjectGlobals.h] [Line: 1128]
NewObject called

UE4Editor_Core!FDebug::AssertFailed() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\core\private\misc\outputdevice.cpp:374]
UE4Editor!NewObject<UUnrealEdEngine>() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\public\uobject\uobjectglobals.h:1130]
UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::Init() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2076]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!EditorInit() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\editor\unrealed\private\unrealed.cpp:63]
UE4Editor!GuardedMain() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:133]
UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:126]
UE4Editor!WinMain() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:200]
UE4Editor!__scrt_common_main_seh() [f:\dd\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl:264]
kernel32
ntdll

[Dannington]

Hi Rama -

Just submitting a bug report - someone please double check this.

I'm using 'Has Substring' to check for a colon ( in a filename and it crashes the engine! No crashes with the Find Substring command (but no easy bool)

Whoops - didn't want an emoticon there!

Hope you're well, and thanks again for all the good stuff!

Dan

[CriErr]

Hey rama
from time to time, here and there, topics about sorting arrays comes out, your plugin has something to do with that? if not, can you please add sort for float, int and byte(i guess).
thanks.

[Jamendxman3]

Rama, have you considered selling your save plugin on the marketplace? It would surely sell really, really well. If it's not too expensive and if it could save the state of destructibles I would instantly buy it

He is already giving it away for free, so I doubt it would sell that well, as people could just use the past free versions. It would also take A LONG time for the marketplace team to thoroughly test this plugin. Plus it might make him look greedy if he tried to make money from it (not to me, to everyone else, sad world )

[Jamendxman3]

and byte(i guess).

Lol, inspired by my thread?

[CriErr]

Lol, inspired by my thread?

i dont even know what is those byte is and what you was actually sorting , but if thats possible, why not.

[Rama]

First I just have to say THANK you so much for all the work you've done with these nodes. They are amazing!

I have a question re the LoadLevelInstance functionality. Is there an equivalent UNLoadLevelInstance node? I'd really like to be able to wipe out old levels as my players move from one to another.

Thanks!
Jake

My LoadLevelInstance node returns a ULevelStreaming* which you can drag off from and set the boolean bShouldBeLoaded to false

Then the engine will unload the level in the next tick

Again you can do this with just current BP as this variable is exposed in ULevelStreaming.h:

/** Whether the level should be loaded																						*/
	UPROPERTY(Category=LevelStreaming, BlueprintReadWrite)
	uint32 bShouldBeLoaded:1;

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Hey rama
from time to time, here and there, topics about sorting arrays comes out, your plugin has something to do with that? if not, can you please add sort for float, int and byte(i guess).
thanks.

Yes I offer sorting of float and int arrays as part of my plugin

Internal Thread Link to Sorting of Array Nodes
https://forums.unrealengine.com/show...l=1#post399240

Enjoy!

Rama

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Hello Rama,
thanks for your plugin. It's awesome.

But it doesn't work for us after we updated to 4.10. We did everything following the instructions here https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Rama%2..._Editor_Plugin


But now we get this error right after loading the project:

"Assertion failed: Class [File:d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\public\uobject\UObjectGlobals.h] [Line: 1128]
NewObject called

UE4Editor_Core!FDebug::AssertFailed() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\core\private\misc\outputdevice.cpp:374]
UE4Editor!NewObject<UUnrealEdEngine>() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\public\uobject\uobjectglobals.h:1130]
UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::Init() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2076]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!EditorInit() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\editor\unrealed\private\unrealed.cpp:63]
UE4Editor!GuardedMain() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:133]
UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:126]
UE4Editor!WinMain() [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.10\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:200]
UE4Editor!__scrt_common_main_seh() [f:\dd\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl:264]
kernel32
ntdll

Hi there!

I am using my Vertex Snap Editor in 4.10 project with no issues

1. make sure plugin is at project level not engine level

2. open up your DefaultEngine.ini and add these lines

[/Script/Engine.Engine]
UnrealEdEngine=/Script/VictoryEdEngine.VictoryEdEngine

3. Make sure you are using this:

UnrealEdEngine=/Script/VictoryEdEngine.VictoryEdEngine

Note the bold

Good luck!

Oh and Welcome to the Forums!

Rama

[Rama]

He is already giving it away for free, so I doubt it would sell that well, as people could just use the past free versions.

Well actually the Save System plugin at my website is indeed a paid plugin, here's the intro video!

I have free wiki C++ material here.

My website:
www.ue4code.com

PS: I did appreciate your sentiment tho Jamendxman3!