Kamyker's Verse Wishlist

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Here’s my wishlist of bugs/missing features in Verse. Just putting it out here so I can stop thinking about them.

I hope to find some time to properly report bugs with repro projects and explain the need of new features:

Language only

Features:

  • “var” variables support in parametric types - without them parametric classes are very limited in use, this features removes massive amount of boilerplate code that’s required currently

  • make ‘type’ comparable - for ex. in dependency injection framework types would be used as keys in a map

  • no way to cast using parametric type https://twitter.com/kamyker/status/1655566126187773952

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Bugs:

  • defer sometimes doesn’t execute

  • unstable parameteric methods - random freezes when using for ex. parametric bubble sort, not easy to repro as depends on project complexity

  • Verse freezes require a long process of restarting Fortnite/UEFN or waiting few minutes, launching new session immediately simply doesn’t work.

  • nested modules should be public instead of internal - a module created using a folder is internal instead of public preventing 2nd level parent module from using it.
    In other words my LibraryModule isn’t able to access anything from LibraryModule/AnotherModule/TargetModule.

Engine integration

Features:

  • A way to attach/reparent positionals or transforms to each other
  • MoveTo or animation controller for ui widgets

Fortnite integration

Features:

  • A way to attach/reparent creative_props to each other, transforms and fort_characters
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Thank you for the feedback. I’ll pass this along.

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Thank you! I will be updating the list over time.

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Added the “add support for “var” variables in parametric types” that’s actually the most important improvement I forgot.

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Added FN/Engine sections and reparent feature.

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Darn, I have the exact same wishlist regarding everything you mentioned about parametrics. I saw this ones being requested in the forums and on discord, is there any confirmation that this is actually something being considered?

I am not exaggerating, but it is really important to add these things because otherwise Verse simply isn’t useful for anything else than extremely simple tasks.

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Some time has passed and unfortunately nothing was added. Possibly “long process of restarting Fortnite/UEFN or waiting few minutes” was improved or I’ve learnt what to avoid in Verse to not freeze anymore.

Parametric methods still freeze whole server in large projects (7000+ loc). Impossible to use them unfortunately in my maps.

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