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October 18, 2016
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Using oculus usernames in UE4

  • October 18, 2016
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Hello, my name is Jacob. I have recently been busy trying to figure out how to acquire the current user's Oculus username but have been having a rather difficult time. When I tried to get the username using blueprints, neither method I utilized worked: following brain_jew's results simply gave me the desktop name. Using "GetUserProfile" I get a blank name result in the UE4 editor and running off the Oculus Home I get "Oculus User". Is there a method I am missing to retrieve the Oculus username? 



In the latest push of the SDK "Unreal Engine 4 Integration 1.8.0 Released" there is mention of a way to retrieve the ID and username, but I believe I am only getting the ID. Also, is the blueprint referenced in the 1.8.0 release the "Get User Profile" blueprint, or is there something I am missing? Thanks for any assistance. 

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Best answer by brianjew
Hi Jacob.  The second method is the easier and more reliable way of getting it.  Our release notes relate to our UE4 branch on our github.  Are you using the UE4 binary from the EpicGame launcher?  That could be why you are not seeing it

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brianjewAnswer
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October 19, 2016
Hi Jacob.  The second method is the easier and more reliable way of getting it.  Our release notes relate to our UE4 branch on our github.  Are you using the UE4 binary from the EpicGame launcher?  That could be why you are not seeing it
motorsep
Inspiring
October 19, 2016
When will BP nodes make it into UE4 binary from Launcher ? (keeping fingers crossed for 4.14)
brianjew
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October 21, 2016

motorsep said:

When will BP nodes make it into UE4 binary from Launcher ? (keeping fingers crossed for 4.14)


I downloaded the UE 4.14.0 Preview 1 today and checked it out.  Looks like the BP nodes for both entitlement verification and getting the oculus id and username both are in there!
wirelitesoftdev
Up and Coming
August 20, 2018

brian_jew said:


motorsep said:

When will BP nodes make it into UE4 binary from Launcher ? (keeping fingers crossed for 4.14)


I downloaded the UE 4.14.0 Preview 1 today and checked it out.  Looks like the BP nodes for both entitlement verification and getting the oculus id and username both are in there!


using this node only gets an Id number. it does not output a profile name in 4.20.1 any suggestions? i tried both outputs and its only outputting the same number. I wanted the name ::neutral:
    wirelitesoftdev
    Up and Coming
    August 20, 2018
    Hello again, this is how I'm using the get oculus identity node. but my text looks like Welcome: 584758434578 584758434578 any ideas why it is doing that?
    this is after the entitlement check.

    any ideas?

    @brian_jew @imperativity

    wirelitesoftdev
    Up and Coming
    August 20, 2018


    @"wirelitesoft.dev"

    Let me reach out to internally to see if I can get you some guidance on this. Stay tuned.


    EDIT->  here is some feedback from our UE4 team:

    "It's probably because he has this [see image below] set. That means the blueprint will execute the set text both in the next tick and if it succeeds. I'm guessing it's not succeeding so it's only firing off in the next tick and print out garbage values. The developer should unset that top one and also set the "On Failure" and see if that fires. 





    This is actually not the case.here is a video to confirm what I'm dealing with.
    in the video you can clearly see that no matter what is hooked up
    it still only gives a big long number instead of names. this is on an event begin play only. it is not on tick or any other event...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWscT6aQd8M

    @imperativity

    note: trust me when I find an issue like this I test it every way possible before posting.
    It seems to me that 4.20.1 has broken a lot of things that used to work?

    Edit: added more info
    wirelitesoftdev
    Up and Coming
    August 20, 2018
    I have submitted a bug report here on the bug tracker and on ue4 showing the bug in a video. hope to see a fix for this issue asap ! <3
    wirelitesoftdev
    Up and Coming
    August 22, 2018


    @"wirelitesoft.dev"

    Let me reach out to internally to see if I can get you some guidance on this. Stay tuned.


    EDIT->  here is some feedback from our UE4 team:

    "It's probably because he has this [see image below] set. That means the blueprint will execute the set text both in the next tick and if it succeeds. I'm guessing it's not succeeding so it's only firing off in the next tick and print out garbage values. The developer should unset that top one and also set the "On Failure" and see if that fires. 





    This is actually not the case.here is a video to confirm what I'm dealing with.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWscT6aQd8M

    @imperativity

    wirelitesoftdev
    Up and Coming
    August 22, 2018


    @"wirelitesoft.dev"

    Let me reach out to internally to see if I can get you some guidance on this. Stay tuned.


    EDIT->  here is some feedback from our UE4 team:

    "It's probably because he has this [see image below] set. That means the blueprint will execute the set text both in the next tick and if it succeeds. I'm guessing it's not succeeding so it's only firing off in the next tick and print out garbage values. The developer should unset that top one and also set the "On Failure" and see if that fires. 





    This is actually not the case.here is a video to confirm what I'm dealing with.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWscT6aQd8M

    @imperativity

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