Chameleon Post Process

[SUMFX]

@Pine722

@SumFXSupport @

1. Is Chameleon Post Process for use on Windows OS only? If it is not, how does one get all of its features working on Linux? For example almost all of the effects such as pixel dissolve, ASCII, Comic, etc do not work on the latest version of Unreal on Linux and will instead create a blurry brownish parchmentlike border around the edges of the screen instead of the effect you want. How do I go about fixing this?

2. If it is currently only for use on Windows OS, is there any chance you will bring it to other OS as well?

Thank you

Chameleon using some hardcoded shader codes (‘Custom’ node) which doesn’t transform to running platform’s graphics codebase automatically as the material blueprint nodes do. The problem you are experiencing sounds like a shader error and needs a deeper look on that specific platform. Give me some time so I can investigate this and come up with a more detailed answer.

[Pine722]

Chameleon using some hardcoded shader codes (‘Custom’ node) which doesn’t transform to running platform’s graphics codebase automatically as the material blueprint nodes do. The problem you are experiencing sounds like a shader error and needs a deeper look on that specific platform. Give me some time so I can investigate this and come up with a more detailed answer.

Alright thank you, I’ll look forward to it, as I love the effects that Chameleon can do, but I just wish I was able to use them on Linux.

[MalikuMane]

Chameleon using some hardcoded shader codes (‘Custom’ node) which doesn’t transform to running platform’s graphics codebase automatically as the material blueprint nodes do. The problem you are experiencing sounds like a shader error and needs a deeper look on that specific platform. Give me some time so I can investigate this and come up with a more detailed answer.

I’m seeing the same issues on Linux as well. I’m looking forward to a fix for Vulkan.

[Pine722]

Chameleon using some hardcoded shader codes (‘Custom’ node) which doesn’t transform to running platform’s graphics codebase automatically as the material blueprint nodes do. The problem you are experiencing sounds like a shader error and needs a deeper look on that specific platform. Give me some time so I can investigate this and come up with a more detailed answer.

Any updates on the progress?

[SUMFX]

@Pine722

Any updates on the progress?

Hi Pine722,

I couldn’t test this on actual Linux environment but my tests on Windows with SM4 showed no errors. Can you share your OS and hardware details with me? Which OpenGL/Vulkan version are you using and also what graphics card are you using? By the way, do you see any errors on a material blueprint for one of those problematic effect materials?

[SUMFX]

“Zone” is a new effect from the upcoming update.

https://.net/demo/chameleon/ChameleonFXZone.gif

[SUMFX]

“Mojo” is a new effect from the upcoming update.

https://.net/demo/chameleon/ChameleonFXMojo.gif

[MalikuMane]

Hi Pine722,

I couldn’t test this on actual Linux environment but my tests on Windows with SM4 showed no errors. Can you share your OS and hardware details with me? Which OpenGL/Vulkan version are you using and also what graphics card are you using? By the way, do you see any errors on a material blueprint for one of those problematic effect materials?

I’m running OpenSUSE 15.0 with an NVIDIA 1080, SM5.
I tested it on a laptop with Windows 7 and a Quadro K2000M and the result is the same.
In Windows I’m launching with UE4Editor.exe -vulkan. For Linux Vulkan is the default.

Here’s a detailed error log.

[SUMFX]

@MalikuLupo

I’m running OpenSUSE 15.0 with an NVIDIA 1080, SM5.
I tested it on a laptop with Windows 7 and a Quadro K2000M and the result is the same.
In Windows I’m launching with UE4Editor.exe -vulkan. For Linux Vulkan is the default.

Here’s a detailed error log.

Hi,

The problematic parts are these circled functions below. You can bypass these two functions in effect materials for an easy and hopefully temporary fix but as a side effect, you won’t be able to use the advanced features section. Eg: blending, custom depth, and stencil settings etc. I’ll try to find a workaround for this problem but unfortunately no ETA yet.

https://.net/demo/chameleon/nonscalarswitchprob01.jpg

[SUMFX]

@MalikuLupo

I’m running OpenSUSE 15.0 with an NVIDIA 1080, SM5.
I tested it on a laptop with Windows 7 and a Quadro K2000M and the result is the same.
In Windows I’m launching with UE4Editor.exe -vulkan. For Linux Vulkan is the default.

Here’s a detailed error log.

I think I’ve fixed the problem on my end. Waiting for a confirmation from another user and if it works, I’ll share the fix with you too.

[Pine722]

@MalikuLupo

1. Unhook the MF_Depthmasking node from every material in the materials folder and reconnect the nodes as if it hadn’t been there. this is so the editor won’t crash for the next steps. this means you should ignore the part where said to unhook the blendingnode as we are actually going to keep it this time so you can have blending effects work otherwise they won’t work if you were to do what said with that node, and then ONLY AFTER you unhooked the MF_Depthmasking node and rewired the nodes of ALL materials,(if you don’t do it for all materials first, you will end up with crashes so fair warning!):
2. Open MF_Setblending Material Function.
3. Click custom node, it’s the really tall, green one with all the stuff plugged into it.
4. Delete all the code in there. Replace it with this code,

     if (BlendMode ==  1.0f) {        return B1;    } if (BlendMode ==  2.0f) {        return B2;    } if (BlendMode ==  3.0f) {        return B3;    } if (BlendMode ==  4.0f) {        return B4;    } if (BlendMode ==  5.0f) {        return B5;    } if (BlendMode ==  6.0f) {        return B6;    } if (BlendMode ==  7.0f) {        return B7;    } if (BlendMode ==  8.0f) {        return B8;    } if (BlendMode ==  9.0f) {        return B9;    } if (BlendMode ==  10.0f) {        return B10;    } if (BlendMode ==  11.0f) {        return B11;    } if (BlendMode ==  12.0f) {        return B12;    } if (BlendMode ==  13.0f) {        return B13;    } if (BlendMode ==  14.0f) {        return B14;    } if (BlendMode ==  15.0f) {        return B15;    } if (BlendMode ==  16.0f) {        return B16;    } if (BlendMode ==  17.0f) {        return B17;    } if (BlendMode ==  18.0f) {        return B18;    } if (BlendMode ==  19.0f) {        return B19;    } if (BlendMode ==  20.0f) {        return B20;    }    return B0; 

5. Compile & save it.
6. Almost all the materials and blending effects should work now, with some exceptions.

However we must wait on a fix for the depthmasking from in the meantime. Once we have the depthmasking fix, we need to replug the depthmasking node back to how it was originally. Then after that we need a fix for the drawing, custom depth highlighter, infected & (actor featurette which crashes the editor.)

[MalikuMane]

@Pine722

@MalikuLupo

1. Unhook the MF_Depthmasking node from every material in the materials folder and reconnect the nodes as if it hadn’t been there. this is so the editor won’t crash for the next steps. this means you should ignore the part where said to unhook the blendingnode as we are actually going to keep it this time so you can have blending effects work otherwise they won’t work if you were to do what said with that node, and then ONLY AFTER you unhooked the MF_Depthmasking node and rewired the nodes of ALL materials,(if you don’t do it for all materials first, you will end up with crashes so fair warning!):
2. Open MF_Setblending Material Function.
3. Click custom node, it’s the really tall, green one with all the stuff plugged into it.
4. Delete all the code in there. Replace it with this code,

if (BlendMode == 1.0f) { return B1; } if (BlendMode == 2.0f) { return B2; } if (BlendMode == 3.0f) { return B3; } if (BlendMode == 4.0f) { return B4; } if (BlendMode == 5.0f) { return B5; } if (BlendMode == 6.0f) { return B6; } if (BlendMode == 7.0f) { return B7; } if (BlendMode == 8.0f) { return B8; } if (BlendMode == 9.0f) { return B9; } if (BlendMode == 10.0f) { return B10; } if (BlendMode == 11.0f) { return B11; } if (BlendMode == 12.0f) { return B12; } if (BlendMode == 13.0f) { return B13; } if (BlendMode == 14.0f) { return B14; } if (BlendMode == 15.0f) { return B15; } if (BlendMode == 16.0f) { return B16; } if (BlendMode == 17.0f) { return B17; } if (BlendMode == 18.0f) { return B18; } if (BlendMode == 19.0f) { return B19; } if (BlendMode == 20.0f) { return B20; } return B0; 

5. Compile & save it.
6. Almost all the materials and blending effects should work now, with some exceptions.

However we must wait on a fix for the depthmasking from in the meantime. Once we have the depthmasking fix, we need to replug the depthmasking node back to how it was originally. Then after that we need a fix for the blur, drawing & actor featurette effects.

I got it to compile with this work around! Thank you. Id like to add that you can save some mouse clicks if you move the connection by holding ctrl + left click. Instead of breaking and creating a new one. Is this an upstream bug with the engine’s Vulkan implementation?

[SUMFX]

The new demo hall, coming with the next update of Chameleon.

[SUMFX]

The new demo hall, coming with the next update of Chameleon.

Chameleon Demo Hall is now downloadable: https://.net/download/2209

[SUMFX]

Chameleon V11.0 is live! And here’s the changelog:

• New effect: Zone
• New effect: Pyramid
• New effect: Mojo
• The new demo hall.
• Grid Cell Animated field has been added to Grid Cell effect.
• Grid Cell Animation Speed field has been added to Grid Cell effect.
• Circles Ratio field has been added to Circles effect.
• Tiles Centered field has been added to Tiles effect.
• Camera Shake Power field has been removed from the Camera Shake effect.
• Camera Shake Power (X) field has been added to Camera Shake effect.
• Camera Shake Power (Y) field has been added to Camera Shake effect.
• World Glitch Animated field has been added to World Glitch effect.
• World Glitch Animation Speed field has been added to World Glitch effect.
• Scratches Distortion Map field has been added to Scratches effect.
• Scratches Distortion Amount field has been added to Scratches effect.
• Scratches effect is completely rewritten in a blueprint.
• Screen Damage effect is mostly rewritten with performance and workflow updates.
• Sketch effect is mostly rewritten with workflow updates.
• Sketch effect is now before tonemapping.
• Screen Damage Intensity default value changed to 10.0 (was 3.0).
• Screen Damage Distortion default value changed to 0.15 (was 0.03).
• Screen Damage Edge Size default value changed to 0.8 (was 0.11).
• Screen Damage Fading default value changed to 0.3 (was 0.1).
• Sketch Power default value changed to 0.3 (was 4.0).
• Sketch Pattern Speed default value changed to 1.5 (was 0.0).
• Performance improvements on both editor and cooked builds.
• Effects are now displayed in alphabetical order by inside the Chameleon’s details window.
• Chameleon’s actor icon now has world space sizing to prevent out of bounds editor camera when **focusing **on its actor.
• Package size is now 320 MB (was 150 MB).

[Ryan_Darcey]

Awesome! Thank you!!! I saw previews for Mojo and Zone…do you have one for Pyramid?

[SUMFX]

@Ryan_Darcey

Awesome! Thank you!!! I saw previews for Mojo and Zone…do you have one for Pyramid?

Sure

https://.net/demo/chameleon/ChameleonFXPyramid.gif

[Medvega]

Greetings, Comic effect does not work correctly - (Blending Opacity) does not work in 4.21 after latest update.

[SUMFX]

@Medvega

Greetings, Comic effect does not work correctly - (Blending Opacity) does not work in 4.21 after latest update.

Hi,

Thanks for reporting it. Fix has been submitted.

[Medvega]

Hi,

Thanks for reporting it. Fix has been submitted.

Can you please say where to look to fix it manualy?