Able Ability System Info and Support Thread

[ExtraLifeMatt]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Failed to produce item: E:\UE_4.16\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\Able\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-AbleCore.dll BattleRoyale E:\UnrealProjects\BattleRoyale\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\ERROR 1


Now i Cant roll back to stock 4.16 version of the engine ;/

A couple questions:

- What is the error above that? There's no way it should fail to compile Able Core unless you're just missing files, or that DLL is marked as read only for some reason.
- When you copied Able into the Engine/Plugins directory, you regenerated the Engine solution file before rebuilding right?
- If you want to roll back, it would just be removing Able from the Engine/Plugins directory, regenerate the engine solution, and rebuild the engine.

[AngeIV]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Failed to produce item: E:\UE_4.16\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\Able\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-AbleCore.dll BattleRoyale E:\UnrealProjects\BattleRoyale\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\ERROR 1


Now i Cant roll back to stock 4.16 version of the engine ;/

[AngeIV]

it is in engine/plugins and was recompiled with the engine.

[ExtraLifeMatt]

I'll investigate that as well. One last thing you can try and is copy Able to your Engine/Plugins directory (rather than having it as a Project Plugin) and see if that fixes things. I always run Able as an Engine Plugin and I've never run into this issue (I also build my own engine binaries, so it may be a pre-built binary thing - again, I'll investigate).

[AngeIV]

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Cook: LogInitisplay: Warning/Error Summary (Unique only)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Cook: LogInitisplay: Success - 0 error(s), 68 warning(s)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool: Running UnrealHeaderTool "E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\BattleRoyale.uproject" "E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Build\Win64\XXXX\Development\XXXX.uhtmanifest" -LogCmds="loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error" -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool: E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Plugins\WindowsNoEditor\NativizedAssets\Source\NativizedAssets\Private\ALS_Player_CharacterBP__pf2749898454.cpp(214): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'IAblAbilityTask.h': No such file or directoryE:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Plugi
ns\WindowsNoEditor\NativizedAssets\Source\NativizedAssets\Private\CrowdAdvancedAICharacter__pf826264485.cpp(212): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'IAblAbilityTask.h': No such file or directory
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool: E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Plugins\WindowsNoEditor\NativizedAssets\Source\NativizedAssets\Private\ALS_AnimBP__pf2749898454.cpp(211): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'IAblAbilityTask.h': No such file or directory
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool: E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Plugins\WindowsNoEditor\NativizedAssets\Source\NativizedAssets\Private\BP_WeaponManagerComponent__pf106410343.cpp(210): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'IAblAbilityTask.h': No such file or directory
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool: E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Plugins\WindowsNoEditor\NativizedAssets\Source\NativizedAssets\Private\WP_WeaponMasterBP__pf106410343.cpp(218): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'IAblAbilityTask.h': No such file or directory
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool: E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Plugins\WindowsNoEditor\NativizedAssets\Source\NativizedAssets\Private\BP_ZombieComponent__pf826264485.cpp(211): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'IAblAbilityTask.h': No such file or directory
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool: ERROR: UBT ERROR: Failed to produce item: E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\Intermediate\Plugins\WindowsNoEditor\NativizedAssets\Binaries\Win64\XXXX-NativizedAssets.lib
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Program.Main: ERROR: AutomationTool terminated with exception: AutomationTool.CommandUtils+CommandFailedException: Command failed (Result:5): I:\UnrealEngineGit\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool.exe XXXXWin64 Development -Project=E:\UnrealProjects\XXXX\XXXX.uproject E:\UnrealProjects\Bat
PackagingResults:Error: Error Unknown Error


I did do all you asked of and rebuild the project. still fails to cook.

[AngeIV]

I managed to run a custom event, nad in this event make an ability context and run it on the owner taken from the active ability context. than this custom event i can input like 10 times in a single active, and they will actualy run. but will also throw a lot of error warnings in editor and bug out on multiplayer sometimes.
the idea is runing an active that is addick stack of passive every 1 second. or an active that has animation of an animation sequences, and at each of those attacks to run a pssive attack containing the query and damage logic. it also works but its a hack. native suport would be better. a node "run passive ability" and it should be async.

[ExtraLifeMatt]

1. I will try the nativization part today. without nativizatrion it works fine.
2. You can limit the TYPE of assets he searches? so in example only pawns? my life was a lie! didnt check each option. my bad
3. Any idea how to trigger multiple pasive abilities inside a single active ability? as run ability node stops the runing ability : ( branch obviously as well.

Adding multiple passives during Ability execution currently isn't supported as those would need to be queued up till the next frame. However, that should be fairly easy to setup, so I'll dig into that and try to add it in the next update.

[AngeIV]

1. I will try the nativization part today. without nativizatrion it works fine.
2. You can limit the TYPE of assets he searches? so in example only pawns? my life was a lie! didnt check each option. my bad
3. Any idea how to trigger multiple pasive abilities inside a single active ability? as run ability node stops the runing ability : ( branch obviously as well.

[Trojke]

Awesome thanks! I got the charging part kind-of right but was getting hung up on the part where "How does this ability know to go to that ability" and my thinking process was it requires a branch task, and it didn't occur to me that you could just set it like that. Again, day 1 with this plugin, so thanks for the quick responses.

[ExtraLifeMatt]

@Trojke

Not quite.

You want to just have your first Ability (the charging Ability) just play a particle, or animation and just loop indefinitely as long as the user is holding a button:



You then want to just activate/branch to your Powered Shot (or normal shot, or have different types for mid charges, etc) when the Ability is interrupted (the player let go of the input) and based on the time they held the button:


Just make sure you set the Ability to pass along and such in the example above, but other than that - not much to it!