Unreal Engine

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Meshes from Content browser missing in Viewport Hi guys, it suddenly started happening and I dont know how to resolve it. Basically whenever i try and import assets from Content browser they dont appear in the viewport, even in wireframe mode but …	2 Last	passerby Dec 2012
UDK Lighting: Theory and Practice question Hi my name is Brian Choi, and I'm the student Art Director of "Core Overload," an Advanced Final Games project for the Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 year at the University of Southern California. Core Ove…	2 Last	Angry Beaver Dec 2012
A couple UDK questions Hi everyone, I'm building a level in UDK for my semester project, and I have a couple of questions/issues I was hoping you guys could shed some light on. 1) Can you duplicate landscape safely? …	4 Last	Angry Beaver Dec 2012
Move player start after cinematic I am having trouble moving the player after the cinematic ends. The player hits the trigger at which point a static mesh of the player walks over to something in a matinee. After the matinee is over …	5 Last	blankslatejoe Dec 2012
FBX Vs. ActorX So I'm working on a project (animated mech from Xenogears), and I'm using Link Constraints to pass control. When I tried to import this into Unreal, UDK wouldn't read the animations. I knew Link Cons…	3 Last	blankslatejoe Dec 2012
DX11 Image Based Reflection Problems I'm working on an interior scene to play with some DX11 features. I'm running into a problem where surfaces that are parallel to the reflection source have a strange radial specular reflection patter…	5 Last	JamesWild Dec 2012
Lost Power When Working in UDK- now can't load map. I lost power when working on a map in UDK and the power randomly went out, and came back on right away. But now I can't open my map at all. I load the external packages the map requires, and then try…	2 Last	blankslatejoe Dec 2012
Trying to get awesome using materials Hey Polycounters, I am not the best guy in the world when it comes to texturing and using the material editor, as proud as i was of my last project thinking back it wasn't exactly the most performan…	2 Last	Benjam Dec 2012
Usinig UDK's Skeleton - Problems - Advice needed As part of a project for my game development class, my group, decided to make our own character. We're using the same skeleton that they used for their male character, but I am having issues... [IMG…	3 Last	Jowens Dec 2012
Noob UDK Question Hey i'm having problems with a model I am importing from Maya it looks fine in maya but when I import it looks like this [img]http://i49.tinypic.com/2mi3l9f.png[/img] That pattern stuff shouldn't b…	2 Last	Jacky Nov 2012
One texture to rule them all... Is it possible to create a Texture-node, that you expose as a parameter in the material instances, that affects several TextureSample-nodes within the material? I have three TextureSamples with diff…	2 Last	ivars Nov 2012
Obscura's questions for UDK Hi everybody, today I downloaded the latest UDK release. After the setup, I realized, Epic removed the UTgame Game Type. This means, my game starts with empty inventory...I tried the cheats to add we…	8 Last	Obscura Nov 2012
Turning a float into texture2D? Hi. Is it possible to blend some textures together, and then manipulate the UV:s for it. As I get it, you can only plug Texture coordinates in to a texture2D but the results from my blends would be …	3 Last	imbueFX Nov 2012
UDK - Tiling platforms, lightning errors Hey guys! I have come upon a problem when im reapeting some platforms in udk, which i don't know how to solve. I have 5 different platforms that i want to switch between but i encounter some shading …	4 Last	Twoflower Nov 2012
UDK - Lightmass bouncing issues. Hi Guys and Girls, I was hoping someone could help me with getting lightmass bouncing in my UDK scene. I apologise if there as simple fundamental mistakes I'm making as this is my first UDK scene. …	15 Last	Ark Nov 2012
use prefab as interpactor I want to build a moving train in unreal, but I can't find a way to use a prefab constructed from a modular set as an interp-actor so that I can properly animate and light each cabin with relative ea…	4 Last	dregoloth Nov 2012
Flipped UV problems with July version Xnormal workflow Hi guys, I'm having some problems mirroring UVs when using the new Xnormal normalmap workflow implemented in the July version of UDK. The UV-shells that are flipped wont get the correct shading wich…	3 Last	o2_is_alright Nov 2012
Vehicle spawning problems Hi guys, I've been working on implementing an AH6 into UDK, its not the first vehicle I've implemented, i previously got a harrier jet in but the same issue occurred, i got around it by messing arou…	1 Last	JamesWild Nov 2012
New Tutorials: UDK Animated Sky, and Dynamic Sun. Hello Everyone, I wanted to share my latest tutorials. [B]UDK Animated Sky[/B] The first one covers how to create an animated sky dome from beginning to end. Tutorial results can be seen here: […	47 Last	Mio Nov 2012
UDK layer masking? Hi all, I have recently downloaded UDK and I'm loving it so far. Although I can't work out how to do one thing... I need to apply a detail texture to a terrain using a mask, so it will paint in the …	8 Last	DonCornholio Nov 2012
Advance vertex painting - blending 3 or more textures Hey all, i'd like to make a shader in udk, where you could, say, blend between 3 different textures. Sort of like if i was doing landscape (but without Landscape or Terrain tools). So you have 3 ba…	2 Last	Zocky Nov 2012
Normals keep giving problems with some meshes I have a staircase asset that I made for an environment in UDK. For some reason the normal map for this object looks very pixelated and ugly when brought into the engine and applied to the object. I …	4 Last	theonewhoknocks Nov 2012
Tree Foliage Lighting Problem - Bad Shadows I'm currently at a loss as to how I can fix the shadows on my tree foliage. I noticed that the shadows throughout the leaves are repeated - they're circled in red. In other words, the exact same sh…	2 Last	Santewi Nov 2012
Question: Toggle Specular for lights Hey guys, I'm wondering if it's possible to control which lights cast specular or not. I can find if they cast different types of shadows but not the specular control. Currently it seems to me that …	2 Last	timotronprime Nov 2012
UDK LensFlare Dirt Problem Hey guys i recently followed [URL="http://imbuefx.com/products/introduction-to-lens-flares-in-udk/"]this [/URL]tutorial and adjusted it to my needs (Sun LensFlare) and i was wondering why my dirt ele…	3 Last	pongo1967 Nov 2012
New to all this, a question on terrain layer masking Hi all, I have recently downloaded UDK and I'm loving it so far. Although I can't work out how to do one thing... I need to apply a detail texture to a terrain using a mask, so it will paint in the …	2 Last	DonCornholio Nov 2012
Sculpted areas disappear from Landscape I ran into a problem yesterday where parts of the landscape I recently changed don't show up correctly in a Frontend Build. The image below shows that lightmaps are still present as well as the folia…	0 Last	NickGW Nov 2012
Question about light in Viewport/Gameplay There is a HUge difference between what i see in my UDK viewport and when i hit to play the game, anyone knows how to fix it? i would like me game to be like the viewport preview, thanks a lot!! her…	3 Last	Jacky Nov 2012
Plugins for scene export from Max to UDK I blocked out a big map in 3Dsmax, I need to get it to UDK but exporting the whole thing at once leaves me with billions of little pieces with poorly located pivots. Apparently there are some plugins…	3 Last	cptSwing Nov 2012
UDK - Lighting/Shading Issue Hey guys and gals, I'm new here, so plaese don't be too harsh. Anyway the problem i'm getting is strange shading on static meshes. (Check images below) I'm running UDK July 2012. It's modelled in…	6 Last	PaRsOnS21 Nov 2012
UDK Transmission material issue I set up a basic transmission material that works just fine until i build the lighting (lightmass) after i build the lighting the SSS is gone from the model. Works well in the material 3d viewer and …	1 Last	Ghostman511 Nov 2012
renderCam_blurrines whenever I use the 'Create Movie' button the first 5 seconds or so of footage are always blurry, it always takes a while for everything to come into focus, so I always have to cut a bunch of footage …	3 Last	decorix Nov 2012
Geometric deformation materials tutorial Hi, I recorded this video today. It goes over how to create a skew, taper and twist material in UDK material editor. They are not completely useful as this method cannot affect the lighting properly …	10 Last	TiGuy Nov 2012
New Material I havent used UDK in a while so I just downloaded the latest build of UDK. My question is. I made a new material and for some weird reason the opacity block is grayed out to where I cant use it....Is…	3 Last	snake85027 Nov 2012
AO multiplied to specular Hey guys, Is there a way in UDK to get the AO from lightmass to be multiplied or to occlude specularity?	0 Last	bugo Nov 2012
UVs and lightmass Hi Guys Im fairly new to UDK and making a small environment for uni Im curious will overlapped UVS cause an issue when i bake the light using light mass? this is in regards to say a wall and both t…	9 Last	L1151502 Nov 2012
Re-Import with Option Dialog I've got a skeletal mesh I imported, and placed a lot of sockets on it. I've updated the mesh and need to re-import with different setting that I originally choose. (I need to turn on Import Tangent …	7 Last	monster Nov 2012
(URGENT) Huge visual gap between viewport & ingame (saturation & lighting) Hi, I have a project I want to put in my portfolio for today, and I've been wanting to render it out. Problem is, whenever I chose: play from here in viewport (so I can use the tiledshot command to s…	1 Last	Pioldes Nov 2012
Lighting issues even with lightmaps Hello everyone. Just a quick one here to get some feedback on why i am having issues with these shadows. The shadows cast onto this wooden boat by a dominant directional light seem to have banding …	1 Last	JonathanLambert Nov 2012
Lots of 'LOD Elements' for trees I'm working on some trees and when I imported them into UDK, I had over 50 elements that I had to apply the materials to. Normally, I usually only have 2 if I have a separate material for the leaves …	7 Last	blankslatejoe Nov 2012
UDK Camera head movement/breathing camera effect Hey guys, Anyone know how to disable the new camera sway effect in UDK? The one I'm talking about is the "breathing" effect when you're standing still (dont care about the head bob when you're movin…	4 Last	BaNaNaSpliTTer Nov 2012
Tutorial: Lens Flares in UDK Hey everyone, I've finally gotten back to making new tutorials for imbueFX. This new one is 30 minute breakdown on making a simple anamorphic prime lens flare in UDK. And it's free! Check it out and…	7 Last	Jacky Nov 2012
Mesh size/complexity vs Lightmaps? Heya folks, I just got a question here about something I've never really seen an explanation for. As a self taught user of UDK I've not really found a tutorial or the like that lays out how big a mes…	5 Last	reverendK Nov 2012
Side Scrolling Game Hi everyone, I'm starting to learn how to use Unrealscript in UDK. Now, I've been following a page about a side scrolling game (with documentation from UDN). Here's the link: [URL="http://udn.epicgam…	2 Last	frostraver Nov 2012
Lightmass Render Times. taking Long.. I am working on a landscape scene with has some foliage and some other props on it. When I'm making a bake with lightmass it takes arround 15 min (preview mode), but in production mode... after 3 hou…	1 Last	Jacky Nov 2012
Need advice on lighting a scene & some light issues Okay, I'm currently working on an interior scene. When I build the lights, I get some overlapping uvs some wrapping uvs erros. For the overlapping, I think it's pretty self-explanatory, but I'm still…	2 Last	Pioldes Nov 2012
Particle mesh rotation when screen alignment is PSA_velocity? I am spawning meshes from a sphere, and to get the meshes face away from the initial location, I've set screen alignment mode to PSA_velocity (velocity is based on the position on the sphere where th…	2 Last	Santewi Nov 2012
UDK Dynamic Lighting Distance Ok, UDK's lighting is killing me. I am forced to use dynamic lighting because if I bake lighting the 'moss'(green thing on the right) on the ground dissapears(I think it has something to do with spec…	6 Last	sprunghunt Nov 2012
Dynamic shadows making no sense! So I have 2 dynamic lights in my scene, which is a small space craft, I have one external, blueish and one warm interior. However, the warm interior light is casting odd shadows that make no sense. …	5 Last	Dazz3r Nov 2012
Lightmass problems: artifacts/stains I am having trouble getting Lightmass to create Lightmaps without blotches and stains. Even on 512 or 1024 for each window and on production quality. Is Lightmass supposed to produce so many artifact…	5 Last	Angry Beaver Nov 2012