Bob Cober
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I have been posting new content directly to Epic: https://dev.epicgames.com/community/profile/vElq/OptimisticMonkey#learning
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Bob Cober
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Masked VAT -Independent Rigid Body VAT in UE4
Masked VAT extends standard VAT 2.1 playback by enabling each rigid body to playback independently of each other. Partially destroyed...
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Robert Cober
- Dec 8, 2020
- 9 min
Inside Unreal Physics
This post hopes to document various additional information about using physics in Unreal. It is meant to be supplemental information to...
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Bob
- Dec 10, 2018
- 10 min
Unreal - Tick Functions, Delta Time, and the Task Graph
The Tick All video games need to execute code before rendering a frame. The Tick() function is the core mechanism in Unreal that allows...
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Bob Cober
- Aug 24, 2018
- 5 min
Blueprint AI
So I decided to do a short post on implementing AI in Blueprints. AI can mean so many things - but in this context I mean creating the...
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Bob Cober
- Oct 11, 2017
- 2 min
SQLite With UE 4.15(and above)
So this is a follow up to a previous post on using SQLite with Unreal. The good news is that compiling the SQLite amalgamation now also...
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Bob Cober
- Aug 7, 2017
- 9 min
Getting Started with UE4 Source Code
One of the biggest benefits of Unreal is the access to it's source code. Source Code can be the ultimate documentation - with it you can...
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Bob Cober
- May 10, 2017
- 3 min
UE4 Root Motion
I have seen constant confusion surrounding what root motion is and whether it works over the network or with NavMesh. After spending...
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Bob Cober
- Jan 7, 2017
- 6 min
UE4 - Overview of Static Mesh Optimization Options
As you start to build out a larger level, you begin to realize the performance costs of rendering a large number of static meshes. ...
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Bob Cober
- Nov 18, 2016
- 2 min
UE Tip - Using Blueprint Interfaces to implement easy Usables
Implementing a bunch of doors or other interactable items in your world is a great opportunity to utilize Blueprint Interfaces. A BP...
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Robert Cober
- Oct 16, 2016
- 8 min
UE4 Behavior Trees
So your zombie needs a brain... Luckily there is a bunch of stuff built-in to UE that can help....Behavior Trees! Behavior trees are...
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Bob Cober
- Sep 15, 2016
- 2 min
Inside UE Source: FUObjectHashTables - the magic behind GetAllActors* Nodes
I was curious about the performance implications of the GetAllActorsFromClass blueprint node vs GetAllActorsWithInterface and...
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Bob Cober
- Sep 12, 2016
- 1 min
UE4 Physical Animation Component Demo
Here is a short demo using the new Physical Animation Component in 4.13. Might do a more proper tutorial on it soon...
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Bob Cober
- Jul 31, 2016
- 1 min
Perforce and UE4
Originally I was using git for my UE projects. Unfortunately the git repo quickly became rather large very quickly. The main problem is...
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Bob Cober
- Jul 23, 2016
- 1 min
Intro To Unreal Animation
I recently presented a talk covering animation in UE4 at the recent Phoenix Unreal Engine Developers Meetup.
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Bob Cober
- Jun 3, 2016
- 3 min
Using SQLite with Unreal (on iOS)
This post documents the steps needed to use sqlite within a UE4 game on ios. SQLite SQLite is awesome. It is a lightweight,...
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Bob Cober
- May 17, 2016
- 1 min
BSP Blockuout and WorldAligned UVs
This is a short tutorial illustrating the use of BSP to block out a dungeon. The video also illustrates the use of a brick material with...
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Bob Cober
- May 15, 2016
- 1 min
Creating Latent Functions for Blueprints in C++
While working on an AWS Blueprint library, I came across the need to expose some Latent Actions to blueprint. A Latent Action is a node...
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Bob Cober
- Apr 22, 2016
- 1 min
iOS Game Development with UE
This is a presentation I gave at the local Cocoaheads:
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Bob
- Apr 22, 2016
- 1 min
Using Curves in Unreal
Quick tutorial of using a curve in UE4 to transform data.
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