Unreal Engine 4.11 Preview

General Announcements
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Will Content Examples be upgraded with new Hair, Eye, Cloth and Skin shaders/materials?

Thanks.

Oh please oh please oh please, epic santa, please put this under the christmas tree for us to play with over the break…

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Right as I get my project back to 4.10.1 this pops up. Evil!! Looks like I need to make a copy and play.

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[= Pfisterer;442016]
Holy ****. I found all the new Settings nodes in Blueprint. Dreams do come true! Can we expect to similar treatment for input mappings?

…care to provide a master list? I can’t play with the new engine until updates for it but I’m interested in holding off on certain settings-based workarounds if a solution is coming when 4.11 drops.

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^ I’m also curious about these Settings nodes, I’d appreciate any more info.

About these performance optimizations (always needed and always great :slight_smile: ), will they result in more FPS during gameplay, or are they just for in-editor performance?

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Quick question since sometimes it isn’t the case: do the new lighting features work in VR, too?

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Thanks for the holiday gift =)

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Only complaint I have is I need to do a source build so I can put Substance in it. Need that for my work and models. Owell (goes to download and code)

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Awesome updates!!!

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[=egotwig;441847]
Epic Games launcher for Linux, or I will stick to using Unity.

Thanks.

You shouldn’t be in that threatening/demanding position since you’re not paying a cent for the program.

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Yea have to agree with the engine is free now…the fact that there is Linux support is awesome imho considering most major engines have little to no Linux support.

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Substance plugin doesn’t play along very well with 4.11 preview 1, yet.

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First detected (sorry guys, Answerhub still doesn’t work for me).

Created a C++ project, loaded the engine in DevelopmentEditor. Created and opened a new UMG widget. Close the whole editor while the UMG editor is open, without saving the widget and NOT by ‘Stopping’ in Visual - get a here (Line 395, SlateApplicationBase.h)



	static FSlateApplicationBase& Get( )
	{
		checkSlow(IsThreadSafeForSlateRendering());
		return *CurrentBaseApplication;
	}

I can repro this reliably.

What is the callstack, that line doesn’t help. That’s from someone accessing Slate Application after the Slate module has shutdown.

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I made a video that demonstrates how the feature works:.com/watch?v=

Nice demo video.

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[=Vance;441964]
Instanced stereo currently works on PC (DirectX) and PS4. Other platforms will be something I look at after 4.11.

Is it safe to say Gear VR projects will have to wait for 4.12 or 4.13 or longer for instanced stereo rendering ?

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[=tupikp;442060]
Substance plugin doesn’t play along very well with 4.11 preview 1, yet.

I will find a way >_> I am known for finding weird things with the Engine. Had LPV working in ways it shouldn’t had back in 4.4/4.5 which was fun. Thanks for the heads up though

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PrecomputedAOMask doesn’t seem to be working in 4.11 preview while it is working in 4.9. Can you guys reproduce?

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Thanks Epic :slight_smile:

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Epic Gift from Epic Staff and Contributors.

Thanks. Happy Holidays!

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Hair shading does NOT like point lights. Or I don’t know how to use it. A brief explanation of the new nodes would be marvelous.

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How to use the light portals? I don’t see Light Portals or similar in UE4.11 editor interface.