- Replace the USkeletalMesh pointer by a USkinnedAsset pointer in USkinnedMeshComponent.
- Manage backward compatibility through changes to codebase to a new Getter/Setter API, transfer pointer values in PostLoad/Getter, and deprecate direct pointer property access.
- Add a GetSkeletalMesh function to USkeletalMeshComponent to facilitate the transition, cast to the correct type, and maintain blueprint functions.
Chaos Cloth:
- Update UClothComponent to inehrit from USkinnedMeshComponent.
- Complete first pass at implementing rendering of the UClothComponent.
#rb Josie.Yang
#preflight 62d02a26a6141b6adfecda22
#jira none
[CL 21091021 by kriss gossart in ue5-main branch]
This change addresses the errors found with applying certain modeling tools to skeletal meshes due to the old code not using the appropriately setup MeshDescription for skeletal meshes.
#rb Ryan.Schmidt
#rnx
#jira UE-138420
#preflight 61d8dbc4430de36baa5fd904
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: nathan.mitchell
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18588220 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18588227 via CL 18588243
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v899-18417669)
[CL 18588249 by nathan mitchell in ue5-main branch]
Improve the language around the asset only targets to better clarify their purpose.
#rb lonnie.li
#rnx
#jira UE-138425
#preflight 61d75952932a02483cd89823
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: nathan.mitchell
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18537480 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18537494
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v899-18417669)
[CL 18537507 by nathan mitchell in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
Add new MeshTargetInterfaceTypes.h file, move EStaticMeshEditingLOD there and rename to EMeshLODIdentifier. Add FGetMeshParameters and FCommitMeshParameters types.
IMeshDescriptionProvider::GetMeshDescription() now takes FGetMeshParameters to optionally specify LOD.
Added IMeshDescriptionProvider::GetMeshDescriptionCopy() function, to handle copy-case.
removed IMeshDescriptionProvider::CalculateAutoGeneratedAttributes(). This was only being used to force Tangents computation, which can now be done via GetMeshDescriptionCopy() and FGetMeshParameters.bWantMeshTangents option
IMeshDescriptionCommitter commit functions now take a FCommitMeshParameters to optionally specify target LOD.
StaticMeshComponentToolTarget::GetMeshDescriptionCopy() added, optionally computes auto-generated MeshDescription attributes on the copy
StaticMesh(Component)ToolTarget updated to support FCommitMeshParameters target-LOD.
SkeletalMesh, Volume, and DynamicMesh ToolTargets updated for new APIs but do not currently support any of the new LOD parameters. These should never be called w/ LOD parameters in the current codebase, ensures added to catch any errors (they would be non-fatal).
UE::ToolTarget::GetMeshDescription() and GetMeshDescriptionCopy() in now take FGetMeshParameters argument.
Removed bWantMeshTangents param to GetMeshDescriptionCopy(), now done via FGetMeshParameters. Updated call sites.
TransferMeshesTool now supports specifying read and write LOD (numbered or HiRes) for StaticMeshComponent source/target, via above functions.
TransferMeshesTool can now also target a new LOD in a StaticMeshComponent, index is 1 larger than current maximum source LOD.
#rb lonnie.li, rinat.abdrashitov
#rnx
#jira none
#preflight 61b8d56b2e65a1df046aa5e1
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: ryan.schmidt
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18461686 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18461725
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v899-18417669)
[CL 18461778 by ryan schmidt in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
Reduce surface area of MeshDescriptionProvider/Committer, replace with UE::ToolTarget:: calls where possible.
Add new UE::ToolTarget::CommitMeshDescriptionUpdateViaDynamicMesh() function. This is being used for now to avoid potential regressions as UE::ToolTarget::CommitDynamicMeshUpdate will preferentially use DynamicMeshCommitter, and I am not certain it is functionally equivalent in all cases.
Add new UE::ToolTarget::CommitDynamicMeshNormalsUpdate(), similar to existing UV version
Add new Move-variant of UE::ToolTarget::CommitMeshDescriptionUpdate(), uses new Move-variant of IMeshDescriptionCommitter::CommitMeshDescription.
Make existing IMeshDescriptionCommitter::CommitMeshDescription callback interface protected, to prevent usage of this function at public API level (will be removed in future).
Tool updates should not change, just using cleaner APIs.
EditNormalsTool now uses CommitDynamicMeshNormalsUpdate(), which does go via DynamicMeshCommitter preferentially, where it previously went via MeshDescriptionCommitter. In light testing the results appear equivalent.
AttributeEditorTool now operates on MeshDescription copies in various update functions. These are not performance-critical.
#rb rinat.abdrashitov
#rnx
#preflight 61ae45998358693a22c28d1b
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: ryan.schmidt
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18384350 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18384361
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v896-18170469)
[CL 18384373 by ryan schmidt in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
