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I'm back, baby! The new site is fully operational!

2/2/2024

How to use GitHub Actions to Automate Expo EAS Builds and Releases

How to use GitHub Actions to Automate Expo EAS Builds and Releases

As you use Expo more and more, you'll notice EAS builds can take a while to process. We're going to look at how to automate EAS builds using GitHub...

6/27/2022

How to make App Icon variants with Expo

How to make App Icon variants with Expo

You may be wondering how to make custom App Icons for your apps made using Expo. It's pretty simple, with just a few tweaks.

6/18/2022

Upgrades, people. Upgrades.

Upgrades, people. Upgrades.

After being quiet for a bit, I'm back with some updates, a new site and more!

6/11/2022

Tappr Released!

Tappr Released!

My mobile game Tappr, built with React Native and Expo, has finally been released. Here's the lowdown.

5/25/2022

Fix Unreal Projects not showing in the Epic Games Launcher

Fix Unreal Projects not showing in the Epic Games Launcher

Sometimes projects don't show up in the Epic Games Launcher. This is a very simple thing to fix. Read on to find out how.

4/14/2022

Getting App Version with Expo and React Native (Updated)

An app version being displayed in a Settings or About screen isn't uncommon but how do we get that value from our React Native app built with Expo?

2/8/2022

What causes Giga Monty in FNAF: Security Breach?

What causes Giga Monty in FNAF: Security Breach?

FNAF: Security Breach includes many bugs. One of the many bugs included is called "Giga Monty". This is what I feel causes this bug and a potential...

2/1/2022

How to add Tick to an Unreal Editor Module

How to add Tick to an Unreal Editor Module

Adding Tick to Editor Modules. For a small project I was working on, I needed to add Tick to the Editor. This isn't usually exposed, but I did it a...

1/3/2022

How To Make Custom Unreal Engine Nodes Easily

How To Make Custom Unreal Engine Nodes Easily

Creating custom nodes using C++, in Unreal Engine, is pretty simple and can be very quickly picked up with some basic C++ knowlege. Let's go over it.

9/17/2021

How To Convert a Blueprint Unreal Project to C++

How To Convert a Blueprint Unreal Project to C++

Converting a Blueprint project to C++ is pretty quick and painless but lets remember it should be a one-way thing. But the pros can outweigh the cons.

9/16/2021

UPaT Has Been Released!

UPaT Has Been Released!

A simple, easy to use, tool for interacting with UnrealPak.exe without the command line or editor.

9/14/2021

How to send an email from SendinBlue with Node.js

For a project I'm working on, I needed to use SendinBlue. The SendinBlue docs aren't very good right now. This is a quick guide to get you setup ni...

8/7/2021

TTS Tool is now public!

I recently released TTS Tool to the public over on GitHub.

7/26/2021

Get the current App Version with Expo and React Native

Most apps show the version number somewhere in the app, usually in the About or Settings screen. I recently wanted to add the ability for my users ...

7/7/2021

How To Convert a C++ Unreal Project to Blueprint

How To Convert a C++ Unreal Project to Blueprint

Converting a C++ project to Blueprint isn't difficult but a lot of people don't realise how easy it is. Lets switch back to blueprint.

6/29/2021

How To Enable Lumen in Unreal Engine 5

How To Enable Lumen in Unreal Engine 5

So you want to enable Lumen? It's very simple but not too clear from the outset, so here you go. A clear guide to enable Lumen in Unreal Engine 5.

6/21/2021

The Unreal Engine 5 Early Access Preview is here!

The Unreal Engine 5 Early Access Preview is finally here! I've been waiting a very long time for this. Let's take a look at Lumen, Nanite the new U...

5/28/2021

A site update and how you can help

It's that time again, here's an update and how you may be able to help.

5/24/2021

Controlling what happens on Fell Out Of World in UE4

Controlling what happens on Fell Out Of World in UE4

Unreal, like most game engines, has a failsafe for if the player falls out of the map. In Unreal this is called Fell Out Of World. This is how you ...

5/17/2021

GIF Not Working on WordPress?

GIF not working with WordPress? Sounds very much like WordPress doing WordPress things. Here's how you can fix it!

4/25/2021

Keeping Ubuntu Server awake on a Laptop when closing the lid

Running Ubuntu Server on a laptop? Don't want to have to keep the lid open? This guide is for you!

4/18/2021

Fixing an UseAuthorization() error in ASP.NET Core

Recently I had this error while I was adding authorization to a web API I have been building. Read on if you've faced something similar!

2/4/2021

Taking In-Game Screenshots With UI in Shipping builds of UE Games

Taking screenshots in Unreal is super easy, you just open the console and type "HighResShot". But what if you wanted more? Like taking screenshots ...

1/6/2021

A bit of a mess

You may have seen lately that my website has been on the blink, literally, it's been on and off and on and off again. I recently switched to using...

11/29/2020

Taking in-game screenshots with UI in Unreal Engine 4

Taking in-game screenshots with UI in Unreal Engine 4

Taking screenshots in Unreal is super easy, you just open the console and type "HighResShot". But what if you wanted more? Like taking screenshots ...

9/8/2020

Enable OpenGL, and disable Vulkan, in Unreal Engine 4.25

Enable OpenGL, and disable Vulkan, in Unreal Engine 4.25

Can't support Vulkan? Tired of typing -opengl4 every time you want to open UE4.25? Don't want to edit -opengl4 into the generated desktop files s...

6/12/2020

Fixing Unreal Engine: Vulkan Device Not Available

Fixing Unreal Engine: Vulkan Device Not Available

You've just spent a few hours waiting for Unreal to compile, you go to launch it and you're faced with this message: "Vulkan device not available"

6/12/2020

I'm back! With some updates.

Guess who's back, back again. Rhyce's back, tell a friend. So I've been away from my site for nearly a year now, I can't believe it's been so long...

6/9/2020

A Phoenix Update

Recently I released an update for Phoenix. It was pretty small on the user-facing side of things but pretty big on the back-end. Read on for more i...

6/27/2019

Improving UE4 Shader Compile Times

Improving UE4 Shader Compile Times

So you want to speed up Unreal's Shader compile times? You've come to the right place. Read on for a guide on giving it a major speed boost.

5/27/2019

Compiling Unreal Engine 4 from source on Windows and Linux

Compiling Unreal Engine from Source can sound like a challenge but it doesn't have to be. Lets go through downloading, compiling and installing it ...

5/2/2019

Hello, World!

So, where do I begin? My name, if you haven't quite guessed it already, is Rhyce. I'm 21, at the time of this post, and from the UK. I enjoy progra...

4/29/2019