Fix bsp alignment problem (4.8.1)

anonymous_user_1144b233 · July 8, 2015, 4:00pm

Under the geometry "Alignment "dropdown menu does not do anything when you click it to align materials. Please dear unreal solve this problem. thank you…

anonymous_user_51b994c9 · July 15, 2015, 4:39pm

Also experiencing this problem in 4.8.1 in an isolated test project.

Lovecraft_K · July 16, 2015, 1:33pm

Hi MutantCat -

Again, Thank you for your report. We have assigned this issue to a member of our support staff, and they will begin investigation as soon as possible. If we are unable to reproduce the issue, or we need additional information, our staff member will comment here with additional questions. Otherwise, we will post an ‘Answer’ once we have logged the issue in our bug database or we have a solution for it.

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anonymous_user_cc69b907 · July 16, 2015, 2:54pm

Hey MutantCat,

That section is labeled geometry. It is meant to align the geometry of the mesh itself with another surface. What you want is to move the materials to align them. That is under the surface properties which is right under the geometry tab.

Have a look at our documentation and it should answer all of your questions.

anonymous_user_51b994c9 · July 16, 2015, 5:09pm

Hey ,

From the wiki page, Alignment is described as:

Realigns the texture coordinates for
surfaces based on your desired
settings. This is useful, for example,
when you need a complex arrangement of
Brushes along the floor to align and
look like a single surface.

Which is currently not working, pictured here:

I just relaunched 4.7 to make sure I’m not crazy and it worked as it was described.

Here’s some 100% repro steps:

Go into orthographic top down
Go into geometry edit mode
Select pen tool
Draw out some cubes of different dimensions, but side by side like the image below

Go back into lit perspective mode
Notice the seam in the UVs between BSP brushes
Select a surface
Shift + S to select all BSP surfaces
Hit the Alignment button
Select Align Surface Planar
Notice that nothing happens

You can do these steps in 4.7 to see that it actually used to work.

There is definitely 100% a bug here.

anonymous_user_cc69b907 · July 16, 2015, 6:30pm

Hello GD09Scott,

Sorry about the earlier confusion. When you said materials my mind went to the tiling on the surface itself, as if you wanted to edit that manually.

Thank your for reporting this bug. It is a bug with 4.8. It has been reported and has been addressed. Look forward to the next major release for this fix.

Thanks,

anonymous_user_1144b233 · July 18, 2015, 8:36am

hey, thank you for your answer. Here is the problem :

for complex faces like this, there has to be an alignment tool. it was working properly in 4.7. But in 4.8 alignment button does nothing.

anonymous_user_cc69b907 · July 20, 2015, 12:49pm

Hey GD09Scott,

This is a confirmed bug with 4.8. Look forward to the next major release for this to be fixed.

Thanks,

Yasser_M_S_1 · July 22, 2015, 1:21am

I have the same problem here in UE 4.8.2
I hope it will be solved as soon as possible.

until that time, Is there any alternative method or trick to have the same result as “alignment surface planer” ?
any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

MrGoatsy · August 27, 2015, 7:52pm

Do you know if it is fixed in 4.9?

anonymous_user_cc69b907 · August 27, 2015, 8:00pm

Hello MrGoatsy,

I have verified that this is fixed in the 4.9.4 preview.