[PROTOTYPE] HeatMap (Server and Editor) [25/10/2018]

[MrTapa]

This HeatMap implementation consists of two parts, a mutator and a collection of blueprints for the editor. This allows level designers to take a more in-depth look at their data.

Feature Highlights:
No mutator updates - meaning your data prior to the update will work perfectly
Huge performance improvements and loading time optimizations
Weapon Sorting - You can now enter the weapon name you want to view, and only data relevant to that weapon will show as well as how many kills and suicides were found with the selected weapon, and the visualizer can automatically find the most dominant weapon in your loaded data sets, and show it to you


Screenshots:

 

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The maps viewed are DM-Sanctuary and DM-SpaceGallery

Features:

 

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What kind of data can be visualized

• Kills - Gun Information and Player Name + #
• Deaths - Player Name + #
• Suicides - Player Name + #
• Line of Sight - connecting kills and deaths respectively
• Movement - player pathing
  • Movement is only recorded when the actual match starts, everything else includes warm-up
• Weapon Stats - Automatically find and isolate the most dominant weapon and isolate the Kills and Suicides made with it. All other weapons present in the data being viewed can also be isolated

Other Features

• Supports LAN, in-editor play, dedicated servers and HUBs
• Supports both players and bots
• Data is visible trough level geometry
• Kills,Deaths and Suicides are more vibrant when many are found next to each other - in BETA

Downloads:

 

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Mutator
HeatMap Visualizer

Instructions:

 

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Managing session files

1. Setup the mutator on a server.
   • you can also set it up in the editor, by clicking the dropdown next to PLAY > Advanced Settings > Server Game Options - ?mutator=/Game/HeatMap/M_HeatMap.M_HeatMap_C
2. Download The Visualizer Blueprint package
3. Extract that archive into ...\UnrealTournamentEditor\UnrealTournament\Content
4. Once you have a recorded session, get the .sav file from ...\WindowsServer\UnrealTournament\Saved\SaveGames
5. Transfer the .sav file(s) to your editor's savegames : ...\UnrealTournamentEditor\UnrealTournament\Saved\SaveGames

Viewing the data

1. Add HeatMapLoader to the level First.Otherwise the editor will crash !!!
2. Add the HeatMapVisualizer and HeatMapDeployer to view the data
3. The Visualizer is the blueprints that controls everything, select it in the level
4. Paste the name of the .sav file you want to view into the SaveGameName field
   • Tick Stack Data to add more Array Elements if you want to stack multiple sessions, but keep in mind that the more you stack, the more time it will take to display them.
5. Toggle whatever data you want to view
6. Since this is a blueprint that runs in the editor, I have no control over Infinite Loops, so please add three zeros [000] to the Maximum Loop Iteration Count, found in Edit>Project Settings>General Settings>Blueprints>
7. As for next time you open the Editor, if the three files are present and saved in the level, which loads up by default when you boot up the Editor, you wont have do the workaround mentioned in [1.]

*Non self-explanatory options have a ToolTip

Update Instruction:

 

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Delete the old HeatMap folder and extract the new one. Once you boot up the editor, make sure you drag in (or right click) on the HeatMap Loader first, and then the Visualizer and Deployer, otherwise the editor will crash. Once you have done that, you are all set. As for next time you open the Editor, if the three files are present and saved in the level, which loads up by default when you boot up the Editor, you wont have to do the above mentioned workaround

Changelog:

 

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 Public Beta: Second Release 25/10/2018
Everything except line of sight meshes is now offloaded to separate actors, so it doesn't get deleted and re-spawned each time you interact with the Visualizer. This improves performance significantly, especially when stacking multiple data
Weapon Sorting and Find Most Dominant Weapon has been added
Numerous quality of life improvements regarding exposed option structures, including helpful ToolTips for everything that might not be clear
The ability to change movement spline meshes and smoothing has been added
The ratio by which the K/D/S color intensity materials are increased if neighboring spheres are found is now controllable

Public Alpha 1: Initial Release

Upcoming Features:

 

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• Clean up both the mutator and the visualizer blueprints, so people can study them and hopefully learn something - Halfway Done
• Being able to view data only for a specific player - SOON-ish
• Team based game modes recognition - Sometime-ish
• You tell me, what would you like to see

Any feedback and suggestions are always welcome!

Bugs, Issues and workarounds:

 

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1. Names and gun information aren't clearly visible if the See Trough Materials are applied
2. If you initiate the find most dominant weapon, while LoS is toggled on, LoS meshes wont be updated, unless you toggle them back again.
3. You tell me

This is being made as an optional student project, and is built for DeathMatch levels as that is our project.
The project ends November 2018, and afterwards I plan to continue supporting this and focus on compatibility with all game modes
You can donate, if my work has helped you.
Thank you guys for being awesome and keeping the game alive.
Second Year Technical Designer at BUAS, signing off.

[ÐutchSmºke]

A neat mutator you've posted here MrTapa. Thank you for share'n this with the rest us!

[Will_Of_Landru]

wow that looks cool throw something like that with some movement ontop of it on the regular map in game and youve got some real neat stuff there. sure would add some flavor to an otherwise boring gray map screen full of info i like it but then again im just a fan who loves the editor with all his heart, nothing much realy
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[NoSoulBack]

Since you're detecting movements, I was wondering if it would be possible to make something to visualize how much time a player/bot stays in a precise spot. The idea behind would be to detect places where bots are getting stuck in order to eliminate them. User would have to determine a maximum time and everything over would be considered abnormal. Then maybe in another view, show places where time spent is abnormal by a spot, bigger time value bigger spot. In case you have several spots in a small area, it would probably mean that you have a camping zone so it would also help to detect that.

[MrTapa]

Since you're detecting movements, I was wondering if it would be possible to make something to visualize how much time a player/bot stays in a precise spot. The idea behind would be to detect places where bots are getting stuck in order to eliminate them. User would have to determine a maximum time and everything over would be considered abnormal. Then maybe in another view, show places where time spent is abnormal by a spot, bigger time value bigger spot. In case you have several spots in a small area, it would probably mean that you have a camping zone so it would also help to detect that.

Good idea, I will keep it in mind for future releases. However you can basically detect these spots yourself. The movement is recorded on a fixed timer, and not on distance traveled by the character, meaning if they stay stuck in one place or roam a certain spot frequently, the movement color, when you visualize the data, will be bright, as there are multiple overlaps happening there