Hey! In one of the tutorials the guy scatters plants around an object just by selecting an object an

Hey!
In one of the tutorials the guy scatters plants around an object just by selecting an object and the scattered material and clicking a button but I don't seem to have the same button, can someone please help? I would really appreciate it!
I circled the botton I am talking about above and the on the right is my screen. I want to scatter things on a surface around an object

Ascenial•9/13/24, 2:58 AM

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1160522353919410316/1283983493113712660/dash_test.mp4?ex=66e4fa50&is=66e3a8d0&hm=ac4c12bd072b3046fe9703a540c918242a6d766718a8bb926424b2dbacee50fa&

Ascenial•9/13/24, 2:59 AM

making a title card for my trailer and came up with this cool effect

MMaybe_Jamie Hey! In one of the tutorials the guy scatters plants around an object just by se...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/13/24, 4:36 AM

Hey! That icon is from a very old version of Dash actually! Now in order to scatter things around an object, you need to open up the full Surface Scatter tool, scroll down to proximity masking and assign your object in there!

In order to update Surface Scatter, you select the scatter result, and click on the icon left of your circled on

Btw, quick tip, you can try the Dash 1.8 beta instead of Dash 1.7, for 1.8, we have a great getting started guide here: https://docs.polygonflow.io/
Download 1.8 beta here: https://polygonflow.io/download-latest-beta

Dash Documentation | Dash Documentation

AAscenial https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1160522353919410316/1283983493113712660/d...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/13/24, 4:36 AM

That's awesome!

Night Contraband•9/13/24, 4:32 PM

quick question. I was checking my installed apps and seen "Dash" twice. Im guessing this is because the first time that I installed dash I only had one version of UE, now I have two so I had to re install dash. My question is do I need to keep both of these if I want them for both versions of UE or can I delete the first installation?

NNight Contraband quick question. I was checking my installed apps and seen "Dash" twice. Im guess...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/13/24, 7:07 PM

You only need one, it is an bug that you get several

In 1.8 we will make sure this bug not occurs again

DDanielFreden (Dash for UE5)Hey! That icon is from a very old version of Dash actually! Now in order to scat...

Maybe_JamieOP•9/13/24, 9:06 PM

Thank you so so so much I was so confused!

This helps a lot!!

Night Contraband•9/15/24, 9:33 PM

all the content that I had tagged got untagged and it's asking me to compute again. Have no idea what cause this but thought i would bring up that there's some sort of bug

MMadChadden I saw somewhere we could use our own assets to scatter, is that tutorial anywher...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/16/24, 12:23 PM

Yes! You can do that in two different ways:

1. You can manually search for Surface Scatter, Path Scatter etc and open up an empty tool and then assign the asset and surface, that exist in your level already to the tool.
2. You can also compute your own assets in the Dash Content Library, after you have done that you get the same drag and drop with CTRL functionality as you have with Megascans and Poly Haven assets in the Dash Content Library. By computing, I mean that if you open "Current Project" View in the Dash content library, you will see on the left your folders with assets, you can then choose one or several folders and compute them with our AI tagging system, doing this will make them appear in the Dash Content Libray. + as a bonus the assets will have AI tags, making them easier to find by searching for what you need

p.s, they UI in this video is from Dash 1.8 beta, but it will work the same way even if you are using official Dash 1.7

Kkaciuk well since it didn't appear anymore in "Show tools" I guess I messed something u...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/16/24, 2:06 PM

Fyi, most common reason for loosing tool connection is that one accidentally deletes the original mesh being scattered or the surface. But ofc you could have experiences a bug as well, if you get this issue more, just let us know and we can investigate with you!

Ccinemaas I can’t get anything from megascans into dash whatsoever

Adnan Chaumette•9/16/24, 8:08 PM

Hi!
Could you copy paste the path you've set in Dash? This is what it looks like for me

Adnan Chaumette•9/16/24, 8:11 PM

if you could grab a similar screenshot where i can see the full path in the tooltip, that would be very helpful

Adnan Chaumette•9/16/24, 8:16 PM

Thanks! Switch the dropdown at the top right corner of the content browser from my_project to megascans

Adnan Chaumette•9/16/24, 8:16 PM

that should show you the Megascans assets.

Nnil How large an area would you say dash can work for? Think a 1k area would be fine...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/17/24, 6:36 AM

1k should be fine! Ofc it depends on your hardware as well, but I know the user OxyggenCube managed to get good performance when he did this 8K map

https://discord.com/channels/826908885024636989/1149783415474896986/1270448881179689105

SSlinkysVaR i seem to not be able to find the idea. can dash be used where i have all uasset...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/17/24, 12:47 PM

Hey!
If you want to be able to access all your UE5 assets in all your UE5 projects, the best setup would be to add all those assets to one UE5 project, called "AssetStorage" for example. Then you open that project and tag all those assets with the AI Tagging system of Dash. Then the assets will be searchable and useable for all your other UE5 projects. And once you actually use an asset in the new project, it will get auto-imported.

I hope it makes sense, let me know otherwise!

aaronfhd•9/17/24, 5:32 PM

This news is horrible for anyone using unreal engine. Marketplace stuff was already a hit and miss.

aaronfhd•9/17/24, 5:33 PM

and now trying assets to see if they work in your scene will not work out.

OffTheRails•9/17/24, 5:50 PM

Time to download the megascans library!

OffTheRails•9/17/24, 5:50 PM

https://tenor.com/view/all-of-it-jean-luc-picard-star-trek-the-next-generation-everything-gif-23455350

Tenor

FFatih Hello everyone. Is there a channel for support or questions on the channel?

Daniel (Dash)•9/17/24, 7:01 PM

Ask away here and we'll assist

FFatih hi. my dash panel dont cache megascan folder in my project

Daniel (Dash)•9/17/24, 7:04 PM

Might be this? faqMegascans/Bridge assets not visible in the Content Library

Ascenial•9/18/24, 4:02 AM

How will the megascans changes effect dash? @Adnan - Founder/CEO

Adnan Chaumette•9/18/24, 7:37 AM

We'll continue to have the Megascans library in our dropdown, and as long as Bridge works, it won't really change much

Once Epic fully moves to Fab, we'll make an update to ensure that Megascans content you download through Fab is available in Dash, too.

Jjohcu Any plans for a sketchfab integration?

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/19/24, 6:39 AM

Not right now no, but we will see how FAB turns out and what our possibilities are

Jjohcu Thanks for the respone!

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/19/24, 6:48 AM

You are very welcome!

DDaniel Hey guys. So i was wondering if there is a way to select single objects within a...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•9/20/24, 6:58 AM

Hey Hey!

Yes kinda! Two methods I would recommend:

1. Select the scatter, search for Toggle Instancer Selectability. This will give you the ability to delete individual ones, but as soon as you change something in Surface Scatter etc, again, they pop back. (after enabling it, it might be a bit hacky to select one of the scatter assets, I needed to change a value in SS; before I was able to select a tree, not sure if it is an issue or a one-time thing just for me)
2. If you know otherwise you are 100% done with the scatter, you could convert it to UE foliage, and then you can brush away the ones you don't want with the foliage painting tool. This action is non-revertable though!

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