Unreal Engine

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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
Skydome texture tearing I don't know if anyone has experienced their skydome textures tearing. I've tried searching and can't find anything. Is this because I have too many static meshes? This environment isn't meant to …	2 Last	FUNK_DADDY Nov 2012
Moon Texture Issues Hi, I'm working on a scene for my University project and in the project I'm using an edited version of the Skybox that comes as default. The only problem is that I have a moon texture that I would l…	12 Last	downarmy Nov 2012
Falloff volumetric Moss or Snow falloff with dynamic tessellation I know how you can create falloff materials in UDk for use as a dynamic snow or moss shader. I would like to give the snow or moss some volume though by using tessellation, but my tests haven't been …	1 Last	Visceral Nov 2012
Cubemap madness! Hey guys, I have ran into another problem. I found this nice little tutorial about making custom cubemaps but mine doesnt seem to work properly :s In the newer versions of UDK it doesnt have the …	8 Last	TorQue[MoD] Nov 2012
Shadows/Lighting on plants. So I'm now struggling a little to get my shadows and lighting to work well. It seems that when I have accepts dominantDirectional shadows ticked on my speedtree factory actors terrain properties, th…	6 Last	spectre1130 Nov 2012
Live Feed camera on Static Mesh I'm trying to find some info on how to set up a camera in UDK to display on a static mesh. Basically I want a camera to display its feed of my door on a static mesh computer monitor I have in a secur…	2 Last	blankslatejoe Nov 2012
UDK invisible meshes in perspective viewport??!!? Hey guys, When i went to look for UDK earlier today i found that it had dissapeared after a quick google search i found that you may have to redownload the newer version so i did. When i made a new …	1 Last	Benjam Nov 2012
Height Maps Issues Hi there, im new here, but looking foward to getting involved with the community. Was hoping some one out there might be able to help me out with a problem im running into. I am currently trying to m…	10 Last	e-freak Nov 2012
serious problem I had this problem with the May 2012 build and now the July 2012 build. Absolutely NO mesh is showing at all. Content browser, game, nothing. And not just my custom packages, all meshes period. shoot…	4 Last	megasean Nov 2012
Normal Map Mirroring & Overlapping woes in UDK....SOLVED!? I'm posting this because I know there are many people out there who have no idea how to fix this problem, or have been searching tirelessly like I was recently. As far as I know and as far as I've s…	3 Last	Froyok Nov 2012
Smooth WorldPosition node output I have a bit of a problem : [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8O4Do.png[/IMG] Now, why am I trying to do this : I was thinking "hey, if I could interpolate texture based on the relative height of the surf…	1 Last	JamesWild Nov 2012
UDK LIght mapping issues Hey people, so i've spent a good few hours trying to fix these light mapping issues and I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix it. I've tried stitching planer faces together, cutting them a…	4 Last	osman Nov 2012
Workflows for creating effects Hi All, I am doing a project for university and are just trying to get a better understanding of the workflows that people use when creating effects (rain, snow, etc.) inside UDK. Do you prefer to …	1 Last	imbueFX Nov 2012
Circular terrain? Hi, For my school project I have to create a circular terrain in the udk. I tried to use the terrain editor. Especially the visibility tool. With the visibility tool I tried to give my terrain a c…	1 Last	Xendance Nov 2012
Overlay mode in UDK? Hi all! I am trying to mimic the overlay function in 3D Max in the UDK material editor. Any tips on what node I should use? Use: Trying to add a grunge map to overlay a base material. * it needs…	4 Last	odd_enough Nov 2012
Creating a button to open door. Hello friends. i am trying to make elevator doors open by pressing a button. I have attempted many times. but failed. Can anyone help me out? thankS!	2 Last	Visceral Oct 2012
Generell Refraction based on Snell's Law Hi, I want to create a general refraction shader based on physical laws like Snell's one. I alredy tried to transform his term n1 * sin(a) = n2 * sin(b) while n1 equals the IOR of the surrounding sub…	20 Last	StirriX Oct 2012
Making a fighting game in udk? Hi, I was wondering how easy it is to make a fighting game in udk? I know some of the basics in udk for example cinematics, level design and some basic kismet but I have not really started making any…	8 Last	John Crean Oct 2012
Skeletal Mesh Collision Hey guys, may sound like a noob question but how do you give skeletal meshes in udk collision so that you cant just walk though them ect also with custom characters? I've been looking around and trie…	12 Last	JamesWild Oct 2012
Lighting help... Hey all, I've been working on this scene for a couple of weeks now, off and on. I'm getting to the point where I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Except I think that light is ugly as hell…	7 Last	Jacky Oct 2012
Creating a blood trail in UDK Hi, I have been working on a UDK environment for a couple of months in my spare time now and the finish line is in sight, I'm just experimenting with decals and any final touches. The loose story of …	4 Last	JamieRIOT Oct 2012
Warning Message about static mesh After I build lighting I got multiple warnings stating this: [B][Static Mesh Actor] : Static mesh actor has NULL StaticMesh property[/B] so I went to Epics website and checked out the directions on…	3 Last	solarSailor Oct 2012
UDK Trouble I am about two seconds away from never using Unreal again. I have spent hours double and triple checking everything I can think of. These modular pieces are unwrapped to tile perfectly and the smooth…	6 Last	ambershee Oct 2012
Normal maps in UDK Hello! New user here. I've been using UDK for a little under a year and am not working on my portfolio. I'm having a huge issue with normal maps showing properly on my characters. I have tried just a…	1 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2012
material RTT in UDK Hello, Is it possible to render a material's output directly to a texture? I've seen plenty of tutorials on the scene capture actor, but implementing something simple like directly rendering to a t…	9 Last	ambershee Oct 2012
Skydome lightmaps...yikes So my problem is this, when my scene is unlit it looks great as far as the skydome goes. When it is lit by building my lights, the dome does not show up at all. I was having a problem earlier whe…	11 Last	spectre1130 Oct 2012
Creating a button to open door. I am made an elevator in UDK. and need to figure out a way to open the doors with a button on the wall. can anyone help? Thanks!	2 Last	blankslatejoe Oct 2012
"killer7-style" - how? Hello. I wanna make a game in a style, similar to killer7 so i decided that UDK is good for it. So here goes question "how exactly".. Firstly, about "cell shading" i found this thread on epic [url…	2 Last	qmish Oct 2012
Pieces With Mirrored UVs Have Normal Errors In July xNormal Workflow This is a continuation of [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102838&page=2"]this[/URL] thread. I'm using the new xNormal workflow in the July UDK build to achieve normals without …	12 Last	TychoVII Oct 2012
UDK lightmaps Hey girls & guys, I got some issues and questions with the lightmaps from udk. First I show you my process: For a simple and clear exemple I made a simple cube and a simple plane in Maya, then I s…	16 Last	solarSailor Oct 2012
Inverted Reflection I´m trying to make a mirror like reflection in my map, but i´m not having sucess, looks like the reflection is inverted up/down, shout be a simple setting there i am missing, i have attached some img…	3 Last	JamesWild Oct 2012
Making proper conifers with speedtree? Default textures looks terrible. Hi, I'm trying to do a little winter scene but I'm running into one major problem. The conifers (pine trees and such) I did with Speedtree look very bad :s [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4IZCd.jpg[/IMG] [I…	4 Last	Xendance Oct 2012
Creating faceted shadows I'm working a small scene in UDK, and I'm trying to achieve a look similar to [URL="http://geoaday.tumblr.com/"]Geo-A-Day[/URL]. While I have most of my scene working the way it should, the shadows a…	16 Last	Visceral Oct 2012
Blurry Texture mipmap or LOD help Hey guys ran into a big trouble of blurry texture on my Static mesh here is the mesh up close [IMG]http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv339/downarmy/UDK2012-10-2514-38-48-92.png[/IMG] and here it …	6 Last	wes.sau Oct 2012
The Mystery of the Disappearing Landscape Ok so I opened my UDK scene file this afternoon to find that my Landscape had vanished. After freaking out for a few minutes, I figured out that the landscape did in fact still exist. I could find i…	3 Last	Xelan101 Oct 2012
Deleting Foliage? I tested out the lovely foliage planter function in UDK, and now unfortunately, I can't seem to delete it off my static mesh with CTRL/SHIFT! When I select a single mesh to apply the foliage to, it …	7 Last	wes.sau Oct 2012
Light building nonsense, light map problems? Okay, so I'm trying to put together a little outside winter piece to put one of my characters in. I worked on a cabin and decided to see how it would look in a basic UDK map. I simply opened the def…	6 Last	Pioldes Oct 2012
New to 3D modeling Hey guys, I'm new to this forum and to UDK generally. I am learning through forums and tutorials but I have a big issue around the material editor. I dont have any experience with it and I basically …	2 Last	McGreed Oct 2012
UDK / xNomral lighintg seam normal problem Hi, i'm having some issues with UDK :( i've been looking around for a solution to the mirrored lighting problems that happen in unreal but for some reason this asset is really stumping me. [img]htt…	8 Last	cptSwing Oct 2012
Cook-Torrance Wondering if anyone has any good UDK Cook-Torrance shaders or examples on hand. Badly in need of one for my project!	8 Last	tuxmask75 Oct 2012
Shadows+Cubemap [URL="http://postimage.org/image/psdzulqg7/"][IMG]http://s15.postimage.org/psdzulqg7/2_issues.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://postimage.org/image/4r95qwbe3/][img]http://s9.postimage.org/4r95qwbe3/So_Far.…	6 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2012
UDK July 2012 now supports XNormal normals! [URL="http://www.unrealengine.com/news/epic_games_releases_july_2012_unreal_development_kit_beta/"]http://www.unrealengine.com/news/epic_games_releases_july_2012_unreal_development_kit_beta/[/URL] S…	34 Last	JamesWild Oct 2012
Custom Lighting with Anisotropic Specular? How would one go about implementing anisotropic specular into a shader using custom lighting? I've tried searching for this myself but the only information I can find is how to recreate phong shading…	18 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2012
Export UDK Materials to HLSL? Is it possible to export materials made in UDK to HLSL or any other language?	1 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2012
Urgent "Landscape Mode" Mapping Scale Question/Issue (+Images) [COLOR="DarkOrange"][B]I played around with the nodes and figured out how to do it :) [/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR="#FF8C00"]Original post, Question #1[/COLOR][/SIZE] [B]Ok, I've looked around the Int…	0 Last	Actorx Oct 2012
UE3/UDK - Texture/material in a particle system producing hard edges on intersections Hey all, So I'm trying to teach myself how to make my own waterfall by stumbling through the material editor and the particle system editor. Here's something I have for the mist: [IMG]http://www…	5 Last	imbueFX Oct 2012
Shadow issue - Tree branches gets almost pitch black Hey Polycount, this will be my first post here on the forum :). I recently started making my first enviroment in UDK. It's alot to learn but I think I got a pretty good grasp of the basics now. Howe…	3 Last	Odahl Oct 2012
ProcessTouch not called Hi! I'm using UDK with UE3, and I have a class that extends Projectile: [code]class QuadForceChaosProjectile extends Projectile;[/code]It seems to function fine, in that it travels, and it gets des…	3 Last	almo Oct 2012
Install of UDK 12/2010 didn't put a shortcut on my desktop... I had to reinstall, no biggie, I had the installer saved in one of my docs folders and so I just did it.... ...but there's not desktop shortcut. I don't wanna play Unreal Tournament 3, I wanna fire…	2 Last	NoisyMonk Oct 2012