Don’t Do this! When you do this it stops caves form working because it will teleport you to the top of your land! Having beaver dams is important however having caves is far more important.
When aligning the WaterVolume and the WaterPostProcess I found it easier to switch the "perspective button" in the main view area to "side" and "top" and align them there.
This is why I never use public swimming pools... 8:50 in and he pp'd in the water. Great videos though! They're really helping me with my first map and I appreciate that you took the time to make them.
This tutorial seems to still work in the current DEvKit version...but the water transition seem's VERY odd indeed in the devkit. In first person view, the player never seems to get above water and the transition from water to air is very long lasting compared to in game. You don;t really notice in when playing...but my test map in the DevKit is really disorientating. Is that normal?
Thank you for this, really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos, please make more. Would love to possibly collaborate on a mod or level with you.
For those saying don’t set landscape to ground that is wrong because otherwise caves may not work! I’ve had trouble teleporting to the top of my maps whenever I go in caves. This is because it is set to ground terrain!
okay so i know this was forever ago but i dont have the island waterplane on normal search and even when i load the island level file it only says it has like 104 content and still nothing with the plane pops up?
Hey! I want to delve into ark maps because I really love the style of the game, but the underwater processing really hurts my eyes with all the blurriness and chromatic aberration. Does anyone have some alternate settings for the post processing that are a bit easier on the eyes? I'd mess around with them myself, but I am always worried about messing stuff up so I'd like to see if anyone has an idea before I start playing with settings.
so im doing a wild west themed map with rivers only and no ocean do you know of a way to make the water plane look more greenish brown instead of the crystal blue? I got the post process volume to look like cloudy river water but I cant see a way to make the water plane look more like that
CaseFace5 if you edit your water plane bp, there are a couple of different options of which water plane you can use - I believe one of them is more like what you're describing
Im a little stuck here. When I go into the water everything is black! Even though I have put everything at -15000, it still is black! Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
this is an old comment but the guy in the video says that if your island isnt at the bottom it would be either completely blue or black. So just rewatch the video he shows you the fix.
so sorry if i am bothering you, i have done everything fine in this video, but i can't see my water effects nor the lines for the physic volume meter, only the corners, this made placing the physic volume very tedious, is there a setting to allow me to see the water? atm all i see is my island, the water is there in game but in creator, it doesnt show
Whenever I attempt to open TheIsland file in File/Open Level/Maps/IslandSubMaps/TheIsland. Is this the right area? Should I be opening another file? I get an error message saying that it failed to load a TON of files.
In the Open Level window expand the 'Maps' folder on the left. There will be a 'TheIslandSubMaps' folder. In there scroll down to the bottom you'll find a level called 'TheIsland'. It will take a good long while to open. It may look like it's frozen, it's just loading everything behind the scenes.
Awesome vid I started working on my map after I found your vids but is there an easier way to get the water physics to match up with the water or am I missing something
Alex Mora To do this you need a 3D editing program (I think something like blender would do it) then make a copy of the waterplane, and edit it in said program. Then you can reimport it into the Dev kit and use it in your map. I'm not aware of any way of doing this inside the Dev kit, but if anyone knows then do say
"load Island level to load everything" Ya and send me a Ryzen 7 processor while your at it. And after the hours of loading, it like to crash. You must have the patience of a saint
Ryan Mussell You can remove them by switching out the plane type in the BP settings, but to make your own you have use a 3D modelling program like blender
Nice videos, I do have one questions when I'm trying to attempt my character to swim he's not swimming, I get into the water and see the water visuals change and everything but the character does not swim nor does he have an oxygen bar.
@@TheDonkeyBoy does not work for me, water volume is checked, as i walk towards the water i cross a thin blue layer end the walk straight down the cliff as if i was still outside the water, there is also no underwater atmosphere, it's just as if i was out of the water
Hello again!!! Another great video and I am so excited that I'm finally able to do stuff like this. One question...the map I am working on (special request from a friend, so I want it to be epic) is the biggest you can make...I can't remember the dimensions but when you set the z value after you get the physics completed, the x and y values seemed to change and everything just looks wonky. I am just wanting to know if the map is bigger, does that mean the values change for the physics?
It shouldn't do, maybe try moving everything down before start to place other things into your map? Or try taking note of the X and Y values and correct them after changing the Z? I'm glad you're finding the tutorials useful, I'll try and help where I can!
I put your comment through google translate and I think I get your question. Have you tried Pressing your 'R' key, or selecting the scale option and expanding it a bit?
Or I suppose -- (Google's awesome;) ) Я поставил ваш комментарий через google translate, и я думаю, что у меня есть ваш вопрос. Пытались ли вы нажимать клавишу «R» или выбрать опцию масштабирования и немного расширить ее?
If the issue is what I think it is then it's the dark blue water yeah? I believe I covered this in the video - You have to move everything down below a certain height to get the water to work properly. Can't remember the exact details off the top of my head though sorry
Thanks for the answer. I already figured it out. There really was a problem in height. I was able to solve it in the blueprint. You do not know how to make the mirage effect on a separate part of the map. How many did not try, so could not figure it out.
Aligning the physics volume is the bane of my life. If you link the water plane and physics together before you change them at all, will that keep them at the same height?
You could try selecting one, then holding down AltGr or Shift and selecting the other, then dragging them. I'd recommend playing your map first to get the load time out of the way, then you can quickly hop in and out of your map to see if you've got the heights right
+Taiko This will be coming up in a video shortly, so I'm currently not entirely sure. You could try copying and pasting everything to do with them from the island though
Taiko Well there could be a few reasons - make sure you have any options about it being visible enabled in the details tab, and make sure you have it positioned correctly under the map?
Taiko well it sounds like a bad response but tbh just try delete it and then add it again. Or download the file that I've linked in my Weather video, that will give you a new dirt plane and water plane
I know this video is old, but as a veteran UE user that also has knowledge of post-processing and camera work in general, I have to call something out... Those DoF settings made no sense to me. You may as well have disabled it, as simply having it on takes up VRAM (and I believe more GBuffer usage). You point out the memory footprint of the physics volume for the water (which is actually negligible) and suggest to keep on eye on its scale, but then enable an expensive PPE and tweak its parameters to basically be off? If I'm missing some quirk to the ADK that's not applicable to general UE use, please explain. Is there a reason for those settings you showed, or was it just a preferential thing? If it was purely preference, you're silly :P
Nathan Harris Hey, I’ll be honest considering this video is so old I have no idea what I meant ;) I’m planning on re-doing most of this series so I’ll be sure to keep your points in mind when I do, thank you for the comment!
That'd be awesome. I like ARK, and I have deep and wide experience with UE, a match made in heaven? I'm finally getting around to trying my hand at ARK modding, and quickly realized there isn't a lot of documentation. The documentation/tutorials that do exist are outdated or more often than not, just a rehash of the same topic, only covering the basics. Revisiting the series you've made would surely be welcomed by the community, especially if you cover elements and gotchas specific to the ADK. There is so much pre-existing documentation for general UE usage that applies, so you can refer viewers to more complete and specific content on that end. Just my 2 cents! Keep up the good work :)
+Super Power Movies Wait for your engine to finish discovering assets etc, then open Game>Maps>TheIsland_SubMaps and find TheIsland level. It's there! If you really can't see it then you could do a search, or try opening a few other levels to see if that'll make it show up
Dont set it to ground set it to GroundTerrain otherwise beavers will not make there damns.
Good shout!
Don’t Do this! When you do this it stops caves form working because it will teleport you to the top of your land! Having beaver dams is important however having caves is far more important.
@@masopaly_._.5863 you use a structure prevent volume to stop the teleporting
When aligning the WaterVolume and the WaterPostProcess I found it easier to switch the "perspective button" in the main view area to "side" and "top" and align them there.
+Randall Bennett that is indeed a good way of doing it, I believe I actually cover using it to align volumes in my Caves pt.3 video :)
Good man. I accidentally deleted my first attempt and was loth to manually fiddle again
Hi DonkeyBoy,
Im a German,and it given´t a lot or good tutorials.
You´re helping me so lot!Thanks and go on so!
+Gamer 911 Thanks! Hope they continue to help you out!
This is why I never use public swimming pools... 8:50 in and he pp'd in the water. Great videos though! They're really helping me with my first map and I appreciate that you took the time to make them.
Twice even. And just like at the public pools, it even turned the water blue!
+Skull Island ARK Mods Very clever ;)
Thanks again for taking the time to make these vids. They've been super helpful.
Awesome Videos! There are almost no Dev kit vidoes on maps as clear as yours! Awesome!
HORSEDICKoMPEG thank you!
DonkeyBoy and Horsedick. This is all so wrong.
This tutorial seems to still work in the current DEvKit version...but the water transition seem's VERY odd indeed in the devkit. In first person view, the player never seems to get above water and the transition from water to air is very long lasting compared to in game. You don;t really notice in when playing...but my test map in the DevKit is really disorientating. Is that normal?
Keep em coming! Really looking forward to caves and such. But still need to know all the fundamentals first. :-)
so waht if i do this and the water is completely transparent. i can see the waterline from below but the water is completely transparent
Thank you for this, really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos, please make more. Would love to possibly collaborate on a mod or level with you.
For those saying don’t set landscape to ground that is wrong because otherwise caves may not work! I’ve had trouble teleporting to the top of my maps whenever I go in caves. This is because it is set to ground terrain!
Is there no way to manually/numerically set the water height to align exactly with the physics so lining it up with the mouse isn't necessary?
okay so i know this was forever ago but i dont have the island waterplane on normal search and even when i load the island level file it only says it has like 104 content and still nothing with the plane pops up?
Hey! I want to delve into ark maps because I really love the style of the game, but the underwater processing really hurts my eyes with all the blurriness and chromatic aberration. Does anyone have some alternate settings for the post processing that are a bit easier on the eyes? I'd mess around with them myself, but I am always worried about messing stuff up so I'd like to see if anyone has an idea before I start playing with settings.
Use the water plane from the ocean biome in gen 1. Its clear to the bottom but you will still get some water distortion.
thanks for the awesome tutorials!!
Best tutorial I ever found =)
one of the best of ARK dev Kit tutorials!!! And there are not many
Thanks! Glad to hear they helped
so im doing a wild west themed map with rivers only and no ocean do you know of a way to make the water plane look more greenish brown instead of the crystal blue? I got the post process volume to look like cloudy river water but I cant see a way to make the water plane look more like that
CaseFace5 if you edit your water plane bp, there are a couple of different options of which water plane you can use - I believe one of them is more like what you're describing
i have a problem my phyisics volume wil move around when is am placing it so everytime it wil not stay in place
Im a little stuck here.
When I go into the water everything is black! Even though I have put everything at -15000, it still is black! Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
this is an old comment but the guy in the video says that if your island isnt at the bottom it would be either completely blue or black. So just rewatch the video he shows you the fix.
@@LazyDev27 He said he set it to -15000 which is exactly what he needed to do to "avoid" that. So watching the video again probably wont help much.
Thank you very much. Im from Russia, but i understand your video. Keep doing what you do :D
Your tutorials are fucking amazing! You are such a good teacher and go in-depth about everything!
+Cheb Thanks! There are more on the way!
so sorry if i am bothering you, i have done everything fine in this video, but i can't see my water effects nor the lines for the physic volume meter, only the corners, this made placing the physic volume very tedious, is there a setting to allow me to see the water? atm all i see is my island, the water is there in game but in creator, it doesnt show
I would suggest attaching the physics volume and post processing BEFORE moving either.
any new video about dev kit coming out?
YOU videos have been so helpful thank you
What if I wanted to make a lake hire up. is that possible?
Yes it is, it's a little complicated though so I'll try and get a video done on it for you asap :)
Anyone able to find a fix for this?
Whenever I attempt to open TheIsland file in File/Open Level/Maps/IslandSubMaps/TheIsland. Is this the right area? Should I be opening another file? I get an error message saying that it failed to load a TON of files.
Game/Maps/TheIslandSubMaps/TheIsland is correct. Maybe verify your dev kit files in the EpicLauncher?
How do i load the island level i cant find it?
In the Open Level window expand the 'Maps' folder on the left. There will be a 'TheIslandSubMaps' folder. In there scroll down to the bottom you'll find a level called 'TheIsland'. It will take a good long while to open. It may look like it's frozen, it's just loading everything behind the scenes.
@@shadowcryptic7848 Thx it worked
@@shadowcryptic7848thank you
Awesome vid I started working on my map after I found your vids but is there an easier way to get the water physics to match up with the water or am I missing something
Could someone please tell me how to "cut" a hole in the water's layer to allow for landscape below water level and caves?
Alex Mora To do this you need a 3D editing program (I think something like blender would do it) then make a copy of the waterplane, and edit it in said program. Then you can reimport it into the Dev kit and use it in your map. I'm not aware of any way of doing this inside the Dev kit, but if anyone knows then do say
Theres a tool on the sculpt setting. Might have to go into the bp and activate it. Tutorials online already
"load Island level to load everything" Ya and send me a Ryzen 7 processor while your at it. And after the hours of loading, it like to crash. You must have the patience of a saint
Mine came with it I think they patched that
@@LazyDev27 Mine didn't :/
There are multiple holes in the water plane for caves, is there a way to remove these and create my own?
Ryan Mussell You can remove them by switching out the plane type in the BP settings, but to make your own you have use a 3D modelling program like blender
Ok thanks
Now how on earth do I import this thing to blender
I'll be honest with you I've got no idea, I absolutely loathe that program lol
Great :/
where do i find the island map, i am not finding it in the maps folder or maybe its named weird
+Geek With A Gun Should be in the maps folder, called The Island Sub maps or something. Then in that folder there is a level called TheIsland
Nice videos, I do have one questions when I'm trying to attempt my character to swim he's not swimming, I get into the water and see the water visuals change and everything but the character does not swim nor does he have an oxygen bar.
Have you checked the 'Water Volume' box in the physics volume settings?
@@TheDonkeyBoy does not work for me, water volume is checked, as i walk towards the water i cross a thin blue layer end the walk straight down the cliff as if i was still outside the water, there is also no underwater atmosphere, it's just as if i was out of the water
Hello again!!! Another great video and I am so excited that I'm finally able to do stuff like this. One question...the map I am working on (special request from a friend, so I want it to be epic) is the biggest you can make...I can't remember the dimensions but when you set the z value after you get the physics completed, the x and y values seemed to change and everything just looks wonky. I am just wanting to know if the map is bigger, does that mean the values change for the physics?
It shouldn't do, maybe try moving everything down before start to place other things into your map? Or try taking note of the X and Y values and correct them after changing the Z? I'm glad you're finding the tutorials useful, I'll try and help where I can!
По какой-то причине, я не имею постобработки для Volum воды на некоторых частях карты. С чем это может быть связано?
I put your comment through google translate and I think I get your question.
Have you tried Pressing your 'R' key, or selecting the scale option and expanding it a bit?
Or I suppose --
(Google's awesome;) )
Я поставил ваш комментарий через google translate, и я думаю, что у меня есть ваш вопрос.
Пытались ли вы нажимать клавишу «R» или выбрать опцию масштабирования и немного расширить ее?
Yes. I changed the size to "Shift + R" and "R". Already tried differently. The same post process works in another part of the island unchanged.
If the issue is what I think it is then it's the dark blue water yeah? I believe I covered this in the video - You have to move everything down below a certain height to get the water to work properly. Can't remember the exact details off the top of my head though sorry
Thanks for the answer. I already figured it out. There really was a problem in height. I was able to solve it in the blueprint. You do not know how to make the mirage effect on a separate part of the map. How many did not try, so could not figure it out.
Aligning the physics volume is the bane of my life. If you link the water plane and physics together before you change them at all, will that keep them at the same height?
Hmmm, not that I could make work. But any quick solution to that would be wonderful
You could try selecting one, then holding down AltGr or Shift and selecting the other, then dragging them. I'd recommend playing your map first to get the load time out of the way, then you can quickly hop in and out of your map to see if you've got the heights right
why i cant find BP_IslandWaterPlane?
I can't find a way to open the island map to populate the water component. And nobody on the internets feels like telling me. lol Help?
Can't find a way to open it? Go Open>Game>Maps>TheIslandSubLevels and find TheIsland and open it. Does that work?
YES! I didn't see it before. THANK YOU!
YES thanks!!
That water physics volume is really hard to place right.
i found moving my entire level down causes textures to become messed up
How can I add a functional Obelisk to the Map?
+Taiko This will be coming up in a video shortly, so I'm currently not entirely sure. You could try copying and pasting everything to do with them from the island though
ok^^ another question... My Dirt Plane is invisible in the game... why?
Taiko Well there could be a few reasons - make sure you have any options about it being visible enabled in the details tab, and make sure you have it positioned correctly under the map?
yeah its under tme map and visible :/
Taiko well it sounds like a bad response but tbh just try delete it and then add it again. Or download the file that I've linked in my Weather video, that will give you a new dirt plane and water plane
cant find it when i search it up
I cant find the island lvl :(
I can’t find BP_IslandWaterPlane
I know this video is old, but as a veteran UE user that also has knowledge of post-processing and camera work in general, I have to call something out... Those DoF settings made no sense to me. You may as well have disabled it, as simply having it on takes up VRAM (and I believe more GBuffer usage). You point out the memory footprint of the physics volume for the water (which is actually negligible) and suggest to keep on eye on its scale, but then enable an expensive PPE and tweak its parameters to basically be off?
If I'm missing some quirk to the ADK that's not applicable to general UE use, please explain. Is there a reason for those settings you showed, or was it just a preferential thing? If it was purely preference, you're silly :P
Nathan Harris Hey, I’ll be honest considering this video is so old I have no idea what I meant ;) I’m planning on re-doing most of this series so I’ll be sure to keep your points in mind when I do, thank you for the comment!
That'd be awesome. I like ARK, and I have deep and wide experience with UE, a match made in heaven? I'm finally getting around to trying my hand at ARK modding, and quickly realized there isn't a lot of documentation. The documentation/tutorials that do exist are outdated or more often than not, just a rehash of the same topic, only covering the basics. Revisiting the series you've made would surely be welcomed by the community, especially if you cover elements and gotchas specific to the ADK. There is so much pre-existing documentation for general UE usage that applies, so you can refer viewers to more complete and specific content on that end.
Just my 2 cents! Keep up the good work :)
@@00matthewrayment00 as you asked so nicely, we'll see ;)
Hey @Donkey I can`t find "BP_IslandWaterPlane" and in Open Files too I dont know what to do.... pls send help :D thx
Very nice tutorials.
ore i cant find the TheIsland level so i cant load it
Did you ever figure this one out? I'm looking through comments for a fix on it rn.
EDIT: Someone named Zosh answered this two comments down!
when i try to search BP_islandwaterplane it isnt there
Phill Smith have you opened TheIsland in the Dev kit? If you haven't then it won't be there.
ok this might sound dumb but how do i do that
sorry this might sound dumb but how do you do that
Phill Smith I believe i showed it in the video but maybe not, go to Game>Maps>TheIslandSubLevels>TheIsland
ok thank u for your time its working now
Even after moving everything down a bit (I tried up to -30.000), everything underwater is black... T-T
What effects do you have on your PostProcessVolume? Check the one in TheIsland to see if the settings are the same
mehh i cant find even in the folders any of BP_ thinks
same problem here
I couldn't find the island level :P
+Super Power Movies Wait for your engine to finish discovering assets etc, then open Game>Maps>TheIsland_SubMaps and find TheIsland level. It's there! If you really can't see it then you could do a search, or try opening a few other levels to see if that'll make it show up
TheDonkeyBoy I managed to do it! Thanks for the info :)
Hey my Sky Sphere is all white
I just deleted the sky sphere and then turned up the lighting in light source
this is literally unreal engine! they called this ark devkit??
yeah, it is literally a modified install of UE4
i totally didnt expect you to reply that quick! nice