Me: No of course I can't just make DataTable in UE4 reference static meshes. Spawning in-world objects entirely by data would be dangerous. The table's mesh refs would be pure strings! super fragile, what if the mesh moves?!
UE4 Experts: "..."
Me: <tries it> Motherfucker WHAT
UE4 Experts: "..."
Me: <tries it> Motherfucker WHAT
Me: HOLY SHIT IT WORKED
UE4 Devs: "Now make them soft references so they don't get auto-loaded, only on demand"
Me: But that would probably cause segfaults! Dangerous
UE4 Devs: "... actually-"
Me: <tries it> oh my god they're even cute pastel colors
UE4 Devs: "Now make them soft references so they don't get auto-loaded, only on demand"
Me: But that would probably cause segfaults! Dangerous
UE4 Devs: "... actually-"
Me: <tries it> oh my god they're even cute pastel colors
(you can do some of this in The Other engine, but you can't really, it ends up causing performance nightmares and incredibly long load times because of how hard the references are VS how you have to structure your entire game to use soft references)
I am somewhat annoyed that I have to call a manual asset load on the soft refs, that they don't just auto stream, but
I guess that's a little petty of me.
But still. Dangit. Why isn't this very clever system EVEN MORE CLEVERER.
I guess that's a little petty of me.
But still. Dangit. Why isn't this very clever system EVEN MORE CLEVERER.
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