Unreal Editor in VR - Official megathread

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Thanks everyone for the feedback!

@EffectsAnimator;526332

I can’t seem to get the snap to ground to do anything or I am not understanding it properly.

This snaps the selected object to the closes object underneath it.

@EffectsAnimator;526332

I also noticed that the video demos showed the user being able to basically “alt drag copy” without needing to go into the thumb button to hit the duplicate button. I didn’t see how to do that in the tutorial but that would be awfully useful.

With the VIVE this is done by pressing the button above the trackpad and then you have to drag.

@EffectsAnimator;526332

I would also absolutely love the ability to lock transforms (and selections) on various actors (I am pretty sure this has come up in the forums even beyond just the VR applications) as it’s too easy to miss the manipulator and accidentally select and move the actor directly behind the one you mean to manipulate.

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@Irigoyen;526433

Is there a way to lock objects from selection or movement while in VR editor?

I have locked my ground in the regular editor, but then in the VR editor is selectable an moveable and I keep moving it accidentally.

It is kinda dirty. UE4 doesn’t have this feature, because it isn’t really necessary in the conventional editor. But you can do this by running the editor with the argument “-VREditorDemo”. This will make the tutorial not appear, but also, when you put “Frozen_” in front of the name of the actor it will not be movable by the VREditor.

@EffectsAnimator;526332

Aside from that wishlist… I also seem to have a problem building my lighting. I get a swarm agent error. I suspect it has to do with my compiling of the engine. I am an artist that happens to have a bit of tech ability but no real programmer. Any suggestions on how I can circumvent this problem and continue working with the preview build so I can still use the VR editor?

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First of all it seems I have some resolution issue, both in the VR editor or simply in VR mode. Everything looks likes the DK2 resolution, even though I am using the Vive or Rift CV1. Is there anything I can do to improve that ?
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We will look into this.