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| Name | Tim Oxley |
It's never about whether someone is "offended" or not:
There are not enough people talking about the Sadocus. Such a beautiful creature. Looks like a cross between a harvestman, a whip scorpion and a demon orchid. Amazing.
S. asperatus ( ♂ ); S. polyacanthus ( ♀ ); S. polyacanthus ( ♀ ); S. asperatus ( ♂ ); S. dilatatus ( ♂ ); S. ingens ( ♂ ); S. a...
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Unreal C++ Protip: Always include the current frame count in debug logging output. Low cost, high yield.
I find this to be surprisingly useful information, helps you to deeply understand the execution scheduling and to spot subtle timing issues or reveal surprising behaviour.
Can also be useful as a text filter for only showing relevant logs.
I like to add the frame counter as a consistent log prefix for all logs, even when I'm not necessarily trying to debug timing.
You can also use this plugin, but you have to manually list every class you want to add a section to, and every category that belongs under that section.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/custom-details-sections
I wanted a way to automatically set up the section + default categories for anything created inside the current project.
Here's how to auto-generate custom sections for your game + use emoji in custom section name:
https://gist.github.com/timoxley/9557f285cb64b48eed9f4048dcf3f308
Timelines in Actors can make Actor -> Component refactoring a bit troublesome, but no longer!
The "Component Timeline" plugin makes Timeline functionality available in Actor Components, not just Actors:
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/component-timeline
Not a sponsored post, I just like this plugin & saw it was currently on the marketplace showcase.
