5.1.1 falling through the floor in a new and exciting way

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Hi all! Just switched from 5.1 to 5.1.1 and suddenly my character is falling through the floor. I would do the usually check player start point, etc, but that doesnt apply here. my player is falling through the floor while i am in editor mode. the second i start the simulation, i am standing right where i am supposed to be. i stop the simulation and i am falling through the floor again. the fact that i am falling means it is absolutely impossible to do anything in editor mode. anyone have any clues? i would really rather not have to rebuild this game from scratch…

after a little more experimenting: can not go back to 5.1 because 5.1.1 thinks it is the same version. same thing happens with new file created in 5.1.1. i am falling and i can’t get up, but the second i hit simulate i stop. can’t edit though. anybody got a parachute? this is kind of making me dizzy

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I suggest you move the starting location up a bit from the floor to see if it helps. Also verify that the collision on all meshes work.

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unfortunately this does not work. i am falling in the editor, which is not effected by the starting location. i turn unreal on and start falling, then when i hit play simulation, it stops and goes to the starting location. best explanation is that instead of flying around in editor, gravity is turned on while i am in the editor, so i can’t stay still long enough to change anything at all.

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So you are saying that when you launch the engine the character starts to fall, even though you are not simulating, or using the Standalone game window?

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yes, and it happens with all my existing game files as well as newly created templates

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This is very strange. I suggest you try to verify the Unreal Engine files through the Epic Games Launcher.

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this is what it is doing. yes, very strange. verifying engine as we speak… …and it turns out that verification did not help. the problem has not gone away/been solved.

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I did not find an exact cause, but after shutting down the machine, waiting a couple of hours and restarting, the problem seems to have fixed itself. it makes me wonder if there might have been a driver conflict or something that hung in windows that was causing it.

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Super weird… Well I hope it isn’t something recurring.

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I had exactly the same issue! Just went away after a day…

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I ended up coming to the conclusion that this was a glitch with simulation. I had turned on simulation so that i could see something that i was doing with a metahuman, which was fine initially, but created this problem for a bit. if you see this, try turning off simulation.

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Hi there, I’m having a similar problem. Could you please tell me where you turn on and off simulation?

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top of screen, hit the 3 dots menu for play in editor and check what mode it is in. if you are seeing the play sign with a gear, you are in simulation mode. default hot key for it is alt s, I think.

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