Hey all, I was wondering if it the case that you "Should" convert your instances to Foliage or if it
Hey all, I was wondering if it the case that you "Should" convert your instances to Foliage or if it is better to leave as instances?
AHi!
Instances are totally fine. It uses UE's HISM structure, fyi.
Instances are totally fine. It uses UE's HISM structure, fyi.
AHi!
My colleague @Daniel - COO will record you a small video first thing in the morning
My colleague @Daniel - COO will record you a small video first thing in the morning
DHey!
There are two ways to create meshes from atlases in Dash:
1. If you are using atlases from Standalone Bridge, they are now easy accisible in the Dash content library, ready to be used directly. We use our Alpha Cut tool in the backend for you. You just have to make sure the path to standalone Bridge is set in Dash preferences.
2. If you are using other atlases, you can use the command Texture to mesh cards in Dash, find the opacity map of said atlases and it will open and use AlphaCut for you!
Both examples shown in this video
There are two ways to create meshes from atlases in Dash:
1. If you are using atlases from Standalone Bridge, they are now easy accisible in the Dash content library, ready to be used directly. We use our Alpha Cut tool in the backend for you. You just have to make sure the path to standalone Bridge is set in Dash preferences.
2. If you are using other atlases, you can use the command Texture to mesh cards in Dash, find the opacity map of said atlases and it will open and use AlphaCut for you!
Both examples shown in this video
DHi! Happy that you are interested in Dash!
We are working on some good beginner guides and documentation, but until then I would recommend our YT channel, it has a bunch of videos, some more in-depth than others. One I would recommend though, is this one, it shows the full process of creating an environment with Dash: https://youtu.be/kJhqc5_6usc?si=38QY_ETymfd9xmOk
We are working on some good beginner guides and documentation, but until then I would recommend our YT channel, it has a bunch of videos, some more in-depth than others. One I would recommend though, is this one, it shows the full process of creating an environment with Dash: https://youtu.be/kJhqc5_6usc?si=38QY_ETymfd9xmOk
YouTubePolygonflow Dash
In this comprehensive 79-minute Dash tutorial, we dive deep into the entire process of creating a Helldivers 2 game environment in Unreal Engine 5. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned UE5 user, this full guide provides detailed insights and techniques to help you master environment creation with the help of Dash.
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DAha nice! Happy to hear it works!
We do have a tool called Decal Scatter that works well for Decals if you don't want to convert them to static meshes, just so you know!
We do have a tool called Decal Scatter that works well for Decals if you don't want to convert them to static meshes, just so you know!
DNot right now no
we are working on that support though!
we are working on that support though!
ANot as of yet. We're planning to do a terrain/landscape refactor in the near future to support such things, and much more.
AHi again, do you think you can add a modular conmection tool like the spline where we can draw modular similar meshes.
Like when we have modular mesh walls instead of manually placing them and snapping them or via pivot point or vertex point. We can simply draw a line/spline and it generates a wall from the modular meshes based on the dimension. I am not sure whats the best way to do this, but probably via bounds of the mesh or pivot.
Like when we have modular mesh walls instead of manually placing them and snapping them or via pivot point or vertex point. We can simply draw a line/spline and it generates a wall from the modular meshes based on the dimension. I am not sure whats the best way to do this, but probably via bounds of the mesh or pivot.
AHi!
This is in our plans yes We're slowly building up a bunch of really useful pivot/bounding box scaling and curve fitting utilities for our other tools, and I suspect that a decent modular building solution is only one or two releases away.
This is in our plans yes
We're slowly building up a bunch of really useful pivot/bounding box scaling and curve fitting utilities for our other tools, and I suspect that a decent modular building solution is only one or two releases away.
Aim glad to hear that, so that I can lessen multiple tools from other sources.
so far thats the only missing feature for me in using modular mesh walls, a tool to connect the modular meshes and hopefully easy connecting corners as well.
not sure also if you can modify the default cube grid on the modelling tool like make it like a spline but retain its functionality to add boxes x, y and z. hehe
thank you
so far thats the only missing feature for me in using modular mesh walls, a tool to connect the modular meshes and hopefully easy connecting corners as well.
not sure also if you can modify the default cube grid on the modelling tool like make it like a spline but retain its functionality to add boxes x, y and z. hehe
thank you
AHi, does your blend material support VT textures? I'm right that includes texture bombing too?
Bhi i dont have permissions to post to the faq-forum for some reason, but i want to procedurally spawn desert foliage - am i better using dash or the pcg tools of unreal - it a world partition map. Also i cant seem to find out how to spawn in just certain area - it seems an all or nothing affair?
Band having to disconnect my display to use it due to offset is simply dumb
AHi!
You can limit the masking to inside a curve: faqHow to Scatter Inside Curves?
As for PCG vs Dash for large maps, I'd say Dash is fast enough to prototype with that you could probably get a good idea within 1-2 hours.
You can limit the masking to inside a curve: faqHow to Scatter Inside Curves?
As for PCG vs Dash for large maps, I'd say Dash is fast enough to prototype with that you could probably get a good idea within 1-2 hours.
ADash right now only support atlases from the Quixel Bridge standalone, I'm afraid. The reasoning is that atlases are simply not supported in the Bridge UE plugin at all, and we thought it was important for people to have easy access to them.
For regular assets, Quixel has kind of given up on the Bridge standalone, which is why we didn't think it worth the investment for full content support.
For regular assets, Quixel has kind of given up on the Bridge standalone, which is why we didn't think it worth the investment for full content support.
Awhat's your email?
ATry again, it should work now
LOne suggestion to improve tag quality about texture size
Las mentioned in above image, the texture size is very important for us to set texture scale in materail
DVery true! Noting this down and hopefully we can add that info 
Bhi what happens when you run outta credits - can you buy a credit pack or do i have to wait! I just imported a large project and have no credits left?
BAlso a note i dont know if tagging uses the folders structure its in - but it would be good as my assets are semi organised, but dash seems to ignore folder names?
DDash camera is more or less like an normal CineCamera, but it has some more features. After an UE restart you have to select to pilot it again through the Perspective button in top left of UE
BHow can i select my road again to edit values? I tried clicking on output mesh and curve but nothing!
BMy road is whacked!! ((left side is normal landscape spline, right is dash @Daniel - COO @Adnan - Founder/CEO
B?
DYe it should be, just assign it as any other UE cine camera. If it does not work, let us know
DThanks for the suggestion! We will check if it is doable! Would be really nice to have for sure!
Would be really nice to have for sure!
Aactually it isn't quite practical to do without also tweaking the blueprint of our camera, i'm afraid 
Bgreat news on being able to add your own api key!!!
DAwesome to hear that!
Not sure if you tried 1.7 or 1.8 Beta, but with the AI assistant and our WIP documentation in 1.8 beta, I would say it is even easier to learn
Not sure if you tried 1.7 or 1.8 Beta, but with the AI assistant and our WIP documentation in 1.8 beta, I would say it is even easier to learn
AThanks for the screenshot! I think the error is caused by the special character in your PC's name
Could you try to uninstall Dash, then install it at a path where you don't have special characters
Luke's PCCould you try to uninstall Dash, then install it at a path where you don't have special characters