Sometimes your heroes don't recognize you, and that's OK! Just be chill about it. Don't be like me when I met @timsweeneyepic.bsky.social. He's so famous! Uhm, do as I say, not as I do 😅

One week until Unreal Fest Stockholm! I'm so excited because I heard that Jack Condon will be there 🤩 Hmm, I wonder if I can get him to guest-cameo on stage with me 🤔

Episode 21 of AnsweRED Podcast with Ari Arnbjörnsson, Senior Software Engineer, Developer Relations at Epic Games talks connecting art and programming, how much courage it takes to ask questions, and more! 🎧 YouTube: cdpred.ly/AnsweREDPodc... 🎧 Spotify: cdpred.ly/AnsweREDpodc...

so many devs treat perf this way, like a series of unquantifiable acts of god

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I couldn't even speak straight when I met the one, the only, the most FAMOUS @highlyspammable.bsky.social ! 🤩 I think he even glanced my way *swoon* ❤️ Unreal Fest Stockholm is SO CLOSE! I can't wait to meet all the cool people there.

Looking forward to seeing some of y’all!

Late to an online meeting again? So embarrassing! A 10-minute default heads-up is way too much time when I just need to join a Zoom. Pro life hack: Go to the calendar settings and set the default notification time to 2 or even zero minutes. Never be late to an online meeting again!

Whoa, I ran into @phyronnaz.bsky.social in Orlando! He made the Voxel Plugin for Unreal! So many cool people to run into at Unreal Fest. And it's only two weeks now until the next one in Stockholm 😯

If you see this dialog in your Unreal Engine project, click Install. At Epic Games, we now ensure that the preferred toolchains for the current engine version are listed in the Visual Studio solution. #uetips

This is how my game dev journey started. When I was 15, I got a trial version of Flash, created this short with my friend on his computer, and submitted it to newgrounds.com. It scored 2.06 out of 5 😄 And now I work at Epic Games! 😮 What ignited your game dev career?

Even though there will be many Epic folks at Unreal Fest, I'm also excited to meet the community people! Like when I ran into @gamedevmicah.bsky.social in Orlando 🤩

Update: The PSOCacheBuster plugin now implements a fix: github.com/Flassari/PSOCacheBuster

Did you know that the Unreal Engine EULA does not mandate you to show the UE logo at the start of your game? If you want to use it, you actually need to ask us for permission to show it. You only need to credit UE in your credits, per unrealengine.com/eula.

⚠️ Driver-cached PSO file extensions recently changed in an Nvidia driver update, meaning that the -ClearPSODriverCache UE startup parameter (and my PSO Cache Buster plugin) does nothing in UE versions older than 5.6 😱 Fix in 🧵

Three weeks until Unreal Fest Stockholm! It's your chance to meet your heroes 🤩 Like when I ran into Ben Board! Most UE licensees have probably interacted with this legend. Indies might have heard of some of the things he's worked on, like Bullfrog games and Fable! 😯

In the latest episode of AnsweRED Podcast, we sat down with Ari Arnbjörnsson from Epic Games to talk about creativity, community, and the connections that push our industry forward. 📃 Read the article here: cdpred.ly/podcast_21_a... 🎬 Watch the full episode on YouTube: cdpred.ly/AnsweREDPodc...

I had a great time on the @cdprojektred.com podcast! We talked about Unreal, sharing knowledge, impostor syndrome, and lots of other topics near and dear to my heart ❤️ Thanks for having me over Sebastian and Pawel!

Less than a month until Unreal Fest Stockholm and I'm so excited! Did you know that Unreal Fests are packed with awesome famous people? I can't believe I got to meet @theunwisetina.bsky.social in person 🤩

Hiding behind the stage while the intro video plays, waiting for my cue to jump out singing 🎵😄

Whoa, I ran into Victor Brodin! He's famous 🤩 Attending Unreal Fest is such a great opportunity to meet cool people from Epic and the Unreal community. Only one month until Stockholm!

Killing hitches is hard work, but someone's gotta do it 🏹

Shanghai was amazing! 🤩 I'm excited to have recruited the biggest group of hitch hunters yet 💪🏹

Unreal Fest Stockholm is sold out! 😯 Looking forward to meeting all the Epic folks. I heard Arjan Brussee himself is going to be there! He's famous! 🤩

The great thing about attending Unreal Fest in person is running into your heroes! I found @mattoztalay.bsky.social in Orlando, and he will apparently also be at Unreal Fest Stockholm this September. We still have some tickets left, get yours here! unrealengine.com/events/unreal-fest-stockholm-2025

I ran into the Hitch Hunter General himself at Unreal Fest Orlando 🏹 The Hitch Hunt goes strong, but we need all hands on deck! Join the hunt at epic.gm/HitchHunt

Do you want to guest star in my Unreal Fest Europe presentation "101 UE Tips and Tricks"? I'm looking for the community's favorite #UETips! Record a short video of your favorite tip and submit it via this link. I might include it in my slides 😀 epicgames.ent.box.com/f/d338fb079a... Example:

The Great Hitch Hunt video is now available! Share it with your teammates, recruit your friends, let's rid our industry of those hitches once and for all! #uetips #unrealfest www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaVT...

The Great Hitch Hunt is going strong! I found a bunch of Hitch Hunters at @cdprojektred.com joining the hunt. Or should I call them "Hitchers"? 😄 "Kill the hitch!"

The Great Hitch Hunt is upon us! I found a bunch of Hitch Hunters at the #FirstPlayable conference to join the hunt. "Kill the hitch!"

I'm so happy that @digitalfoundry.bsky.social joined my "Great Hitch Hunt" presentation. Digital Foundry, Epic Games, and game developers alike all share the same goal: smooth, hitch-free gameplay for the players. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vk...

If ya'll haven't seen our cameo in Unreal Fest, check it out. The whole presentation is stellar. www.youtube.com/live/AjgxaDR...

The Great Hitch Hunt continues. I found a lot of Hitch Hunters at WB Games ready to join the fight. "Kill the hitch!"

The outro of "The Great Hitch Hunt" unfortunately got cut off during the live stream. But no worries, here it is in all its glory! Music by @stephanrueb.bsky.social 🤘 #UnrealFest

Missed "The Great Hitch Hunt" at Unreal Fest? You can see it right now from the livestream recording (mind the timestamp 6h51m21s) #UEFest #UETips www.youtube.com/live/AjgxaDR...

Digital Foundry are quite the hitch hunters, they share my mission for hitch-free games for all so I'm happy they were up for joining me on The Great Hitch Hunt ❤️

The text version of "The Great Hitch Hunt" is available right here! Let's get rid of those hitches once and for all! 💪 #UnrealFest #UETips dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

The Great Hitch Hunt has begun! We recruited a whole room of Hitch Hunters at #UnrealFest Orlando 💪 "Kill the hitch!"

"The Great Hitch Hunt" will be broadcast live here at 3:30pm Orlando / 22:30 Finland / 21:30 CET / 19:30 Iceland time. Hope you can make it! ♥ #unrealfest www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajgx...

The full 4k capture of The Witcher 4 tech demo at #UnrealFest shows off the great content that @cdprojektred.com built and the Unreal Engine improvements that are available to all games (most of them are in 5.6). Yes this is a smooth 60fps on a real PS5: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aorR...

The Great Hitch Hunt is only two days away. Oh, but what to wear, what to wear... #UnrealFest

While presenting, remember to wildly flail your arms around every once in a while to keep the audience on their toes. I'm a professional 👍

When hunting hitches in your games, you'll need the tools of the trade. And any hitch-hunter worth their salt carries with them a Lantern of Insights at all times. See this mystical lantern in action in "The Great Hitch Hunt" at Unreal Fest Orlando on June 4th, 3:30 PM ET in North Session Room 5!

"There are hitches in our games..." We won't stand for it anymore! Catch my presentation, "The Great Hitch Hunt", at Unreal Fest Orlando this June. Let's get rid of these hitches once and for all! Get your tickets at www.unrealengine.com/en-US/events...

Oooooh I've been looking forward to this one! Lab Rat, and Gwen's previous title Kine, are great examples of what you can do with mostly blueprints in Unreal 💪

It's VERY common for sync (blocking) loading BP nodes to slip into a project, making it hitch. A project should have ZERO of those in their projects in my opinion. Finding them can be a challenge, so I made a validator to catch them in BPs early 👇 #uetips github.com/Flassari/Com...

To simulate a first-run experience for testing PSO compilation hitches, you need to run your game with the -ClearPSODriverCache parameter. I feel that studios should be testing their games that way ALWAYS. So I made a plugin that does that for you. #uetips github.com/Flassari/PSO...

A great article on optimizing animations in Unreal Engine. Lots of amazing takeaways in there, check it out! #uetips dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

Early Bird tickets for Unreal Fest Orlando are available now! I'll have a presentation there, but it's not just a talk, it's a show 😉 www.unrealengine.com/en-US/events...