Okay. Jumping back into Dash, this time
Okay. Jumping back into Dash, this time doing deep dives into various features. This first post relates to "Surface Scatter". Struggling with a few things here and looking for advice. I've read through the docs on this and watched a few videos. Nothing seems to answer what I am encountering.
1) I'm having trouble keeping the Tools Panel in the viewing area of the screen. It keeps jumping up above, so that it is impossible to access the upper portion of the window. I finally figured out that if I drag the UE window down to the lower part of the screen, it will pop down like it is following it. But as soon as I max the UE window again, it jumps back to the top. I've tried moving it, "X" it and then reopening, and making the Tools Panel smaller. Nothing seems to work. This is very frustrating when needing to access the upper section of the window.
2) I created several (5-6) surface scatters in my level and tried to rename them. But every time I edit one of them (the actors), it immediately changes the name back to "Surface Scatter". Is there any way to tag them so that I know which one is which, and so that it keeps those names after editing?
3) I'm also having trouble getting the Tools Panel to select the Surface Scatter that I want to edit after the scatter is initiated. I've tried closing the Tools Panel, selecting the Surface Scatter that I want to edit, and then click "Edit". That doesn't guarantee it will pick the right scatter. I tried selecting the Surface Scatter AFTER bringing up the Tools Panel. That doesn't seem to work. Since all of the scatter actors are named the same (see #2 above), I've had to go into the Scatter "Edit Table" and click the arrow icon to select what objects are scattered to know which one I'm working with. I'm clearly missing something. Is there a consistent way to select the scatter actor I'm working with?
4) Sometimes I can save the level, close the project, then when I reopen it, not all changes are there. What am I doing wrong?
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Hey @jdhart.
Just wanted to say I have seen your message and I will get back to them when I am back at the office on Tuesday 👋
Adding the screenshot of message nr2 here so we got all context in one thread
Okay. I'll delay uninstalling/reinstalling Dash until you have had time to read through my post here. Thank you.