Instance names in UE4

[sant0s81]

Morning,

I wonder, how I could rename the instance in UE4.

Right now the instances are named like that:

For unity I can use an attributecreate and instance_prefix:
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/unity/_instancing.html#Instancing_Names

For UE4 I couldnt find something similar:
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/unreal/_attributes.html

I tried the unity instance_prefix - but that doesnt work.

Anyone has an idea how to change the instance name?

Thx,
sant0s

 

 

 

Edited August 18, 2020 by sant0s81

[sant0s81]

Ahh, got it....

Was looking for something like prefix - but for UE4 its "unreal_bake_name"  "unreal_generated_mesh_name".

So to rename an instance, just add an attributecreate behind the instance object:

 

Cheers,
sant0s

 

Edited August 18, 2020 by sant0s81

[Dumarus]

Hi Santos.

Nice find!

I will add one more piece of info to that. If you want to add multiple names the global values will stack into a multivalue attribute in details and unreal might crash.

Instead of a global value apply the same Attribute on points, pack the geo, and transfer that attribute to the packed geo.

Best Regards,

Tom

 

 

[sant0s81]

On 7.5.2021 at 7:59 AM, Dumarus said:

Hi Santos.

Nice find!

I will add one more piece of info to that. If you want to add multiple names the global values will stack into a multivalue attribute in details and unreal might crash.

Instead of a global value apply the same Attribute on points, pack the geo, and transfer that attribute to the packed geo.

Best Regards,

Tom

 

 

Hey Tom,

sry, I didn't see your answer...

Thanks alot for the additional information and improvement!

Cheers,
sant0s