Unreal Engine

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How to save/set up new projects Hi I'm kinda new to UDK. I'm wondering how to start a new project and set up my save folders. I've tried searching on UDN but cant find what I'm looking for. I think I'm setting up things wrong as…	4 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2012
UDK Simple SSS Shader Hi there, i would like to share with you a very simple SSS Shader. [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1812933/Images/SSSSimple/image_01.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1812933/Images/SSSSim…	14 Last	\|BILLY$CLINT\| Jun 2012
Fracture Pieces Hanging in Mid Air For some reason, sometimes, when I have a fracture object I wind up with several pieces hanging in mid air. I noticed that the fracture object has a flag for "Always Break Off Isolated Islands" but …	2 Last	Imatk Jun 2012
Moving objects around in UDK Im stuck with picking up and dropping objects in UDK using kismet. I can pick up the object, move it around but no higher than floor height. Basically i was wondering how i can make it so that when…	2 Last	Synoise Jun 2012
3Ds Max UV Channels messing up in UDK As the title says my UV channels are messing up. It might be something simple that I am missing but basically I have created a building consisting of 4 UV channels 0 - Main Building Walls/Exterior D…	1 Last	seanburrows Jun 2012
losing texture quality at a distance Hi, I'm making a turntable of a character for my demo and I wanted to move the camera back and zoom in. The problem I'm getting is the texture quality is reduced and I would like to know how to kee…	5 Last	olivierth Jun 2012
UDK & Maya questions Hey guys, I am in the process of re-doing a scene from my portfolio and I need to get into the habit of using a game engine so i was going to use UDK. I was just wondering, is it better to make and…	14 Last	FlynT Jun 2012
Character Splash rotating So I've got a character diving into the water, jumping back out then falling back in. He emits a splash in the AnimSequence for each of these. The problem is, with all the tumbling and such the parti…	1 Last	imbueFX Jun 2012
Interp Actor and SSS (image) I was following a tutorial on making a turntable of my character and they said to use a "interp actor" instead of a "static mesh" to make it turn. The problem is, the same character as an interp acto…	11 Last	olivierth Jun 2012
Something I figured out I figured something out that you can do when sizing brushes that I never thought would be something they'd have. Let's say I want to increase my brush by 128, it's at 256, well, normally I could do 2…	3 Last	\|BILLY$CLINT\| Jun 2012
Inset / Chamfer 1 Smooth group Hi all so im back :D, Ok this time I am wondering if it will be too much to chamfer edges and use inset when making models for games. The reason i am doing this is that with the right combination of …	0 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2012
Nasty Lightmaps (Help!) I've created several levels from start to finish but have never had a lightmap look as bad as some of the shots I'm about to show you. It's been a while since I've done baking and Lightmass so I ma…	22 Last	Froyok Jun 2012
K Actor Disable Bounce and fall speed Currently i have a Kactor that drops on level start up, No mater what I do, I can not disable the bounce when it hits the ground. I have attempted to add a Physics material with a restitution of 0 a…	2 Last	Froyok Jun 2012
Multiple diffuse textures, one material one model Hey guys, got a question, i used to know how to do this but i completely forgot, i have a tree and one uv set for the trunk and one for the leaves, i want to apply the two different diffuse t…	4 Last	Minato Jun 2012
UDK Tessellated Roof Troubles Hey Guys Iam working on a japanese inspired environment in udk and want to add some nice dx11 features to some assets. Iam currently building a shrine gate and the goal is to have nice tessellated r…	6 Last	darthwilson Jun 2012
Random particle system play? Hey there, I have a particle system (dust falling from the ceiling) that I want to set up to play randomly within a given time frame (every 10-50 seconds for example). I've played around with differ…	3 Last	MorganFX Jun 2012
Exporting Cutscene issue? I have Kismet set up with a Matinee with all my camera Q's set up and I am ready to export for editing in Premier. Problem is, when i play in editor it stalls at my player start point. Here are the…	2 Last	knak47 Jun 2012
lightmapping problems I'm pretty new to lightmaps and am trying to better understand them through lots of trial and error. When I lightmap meshes with a lot of separate geometry, I sometimes get the error that it has over…	1 Last	tristamus Jun 2012
Smoke Trail I have a smoke trail that I'd like to attach to a gun my character is using. The problem is when he moves it leaves little "puffs" of smoke instead of a trail. Anyone have any tips on how to do som…	3 Last	Imatk Jun 2012
UDK- additive vertex colour blends Hi all, This may have been asked before but I'm not finding the solution for my problem anywhere so far. I'm fairly new to UDK and working my way through a few projects. I have a shader setup that…	11 Last	nathdevlin Jun 2012
Sine/Cosine phase Shift? May seem like an odd question,but how can i shift a sine wave left and right in the material editor?...	9 Last	Minato Jun 2012
Matinee and Multiplayer Hey ! I have a question regarding the use of Matinee in Multiplayer. My Problem is, that every matinee sequence seems to open up new network channels for each of the objects which is modified...wh…	0 Last	silent_death Jun 2012
Particles, explosions set up not working right. So I'm still pretty new to cascade and UDK in general, and I'm trying to make an awesome explosion effect. One of the various problems I'm having is with the spawn node I guess? Basically, this only …	3 Last	TdGoods Jun 2012
Comments function in material editor? I'm using version 9505 of UDK (which I think is May 2012) and I can't seem to find out how to create comments around my functions in the material editor. Some tutorials say you just press "C" and som…	2 Last	zombie420 Jun 2012
Light Functions I'm trying to make a flickering light in one of my levels, but whenever I click on the blue arrow to create a light function it doesn't do anything. I've been searching around for a couple of weks no…	7 Last	Azumante Jun 2012
Brush Help- New to UDK Hello, I just started UDK and I'm following an Eat 3D intro to UDK tutorial, and in the newer version, when I spawn a blank level there is no brush, nor can I seem to make a new brush, I've been loo…	4 Last	AlexCatMasterSupreme Jun 2012
Screenshots & Presentation Help/Thread of Knowledge There's a TON of unique steps that each of us takes to finish a piece, but in the end, there's one universal and final step we [I]all[/I] take - Screenshots. However you reach the end, your work can …	1 Last	underfox Jun 2012
UDK content browser/materials In my version of UDK the content browser has very little in it. It has basically nothing when it comes to textures. Is there a library of textures that I can download? Also how can I import my own te…	5 Last	underfox Jun 2012
Green strip in reflections I have a reflective material set up but I am getting a terrible green strip in my reflection. It seems the more distortion I apply to the reflection, the worse the green strip gets. Any news on how t…	12 Last	\|BILLY$CLINT\| Jun 2012
recording with Matinee (blurred) Hi, I'm trying to record a movie with matinee (UDK MAY 2012 build). But when I render out my frames (as bitmaps) they are blurred in the beginning of my sequence. Does anybody know why this happenin…	4 Last	decorix Jun 2012
Problem with Cube Map Reflection Hey guys, I'm having some problems with cube map reflections in udk, and I can't for the life of me figure out what I'm doing wrong. I figure a picture of what is happening will help: [IMG]http://i…	3 Last	Angry Beaver Jun 2012
can't add a new light function. Hi , i have yet another problem. This time i have a probleme with lightfunction, i can add a light function to my dominantdreictionallight, but i can't add one to any other light, does somenoe know w…	2 Last	underfox Jun 2012
Odd Lightmap UVW in Editor view Hi all so i came across this NEW issue, may be its not new but new for me :). [IMG]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E843jFW4xq8/T9znSI_ZxRI/AAAAAAAAAQY/hmDJWMASzZU/s800/problem1b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]…	10 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2012
Particle bounds in viewport Is there a way to show particle bounds in the main viewport? I know how to turn them on in Cascade and in-game but not in the viewport... Thanks	2 Last	naked_chicken Jun 2012
Shadow Blotchy, blurry, Artifact Hi, I know this has been asked several time and for all different solution :D. Ok So i have plain white (sci fi med lab/ Research Facility) style walls. I have added subtle dust dirt all over on text…	7 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2012
Vertex Painting Mesh Bug I folks, I'm actually working on a wall shader for a personal project, with vertex painting , and when I want paint, I can't. [IMG]http://www.polycount.com/forum/images/smilies/pcount/icons/poly12…	3 Last	Dolmen Jun 2012
Flash Light : Volumic effect Hey guys, I am trying to achieve a flash light effect, exactly like the one which is in the Alan Wake game : [URL=http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=383006alanwakepc0001.jpg][IMG]http://img4.h…	9 Last	ambershee Jun 2012
Decals problems i have a little problem with a decal i created. [IMG]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1797/rendu7.jpg[/IMG] here is the material it self, maybe it can helps your find out the problem. [IMG]http://…	4 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2012
iPad Touch Screen Touch to Touch and Move Rigid Body Actor no Pawn Whatup homies. Any help or direction on this one would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance. Think iPad btw... In short, I need to have; Player touches the iPad touch screen. And that touc…	1 Last	voytech216 Jun 2012
how to relink assets in a map to new packages? hi all! finally i managed to organize/move all my assets into a good and brandnew package order. all with new names of the packages. the thing is that all the assets in my maps are now linked to othe…	5 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2012
whats best closed or open meshes in UDK Hi all, so im making a railing for balcony, its round and have poles under it. Now i know for lightmas to work proper mesh have to be closed and proper lightmapped UVs are required. But given the tas…	8 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2012
UDK and tessellation question. I made some really sweet looking materials using the tessellation feature and thought this would look great on a terrain. But when I auto create the mat for the terrain layer, it looks flat and the t…	3 Last	jetskee96 Jun 2012
Best method for onscreen effect, like blood, dirt, etc.? I'm working on a level for class and I'm trying to replicate BF3's style, with strong lighting, lens flares, and the dirty lens effect. I've been messing around and so far, my only method of the dirt…	34 Last	Minato Jun 2012
Fire particle So I have a stock UDK fire in my scene but want it to use it as a light source sort of like this [URL="http://www.lee-3d.com/?p=206"]http://www.lee-3d.com/?p=206[/URL] where you see the fire and flam…	3 Last	Minato Jun 2012
DECALS how much is too much Hi all, I would like to know about DECALS use in environments. My goal is to use lots of grunge, rust, oil, snow decals on my environment. The reason why i want to do it like this is I am limited to …	4 Last	Xendance Jun 2012
PhysX Destructible Mesh Rendering Invisible XBox360 Just like the title says, I have a physX destructible mesh exported from PhysX lab and for some reason when I run the game on the XBox 360 the mesh does not render. It's there... just invisible like…	2 Last	Imatk Jun 2012
I'm having problems with a ramp shader for toon shading... Ok, it's been an absolute nightmare trying to learn about how to use gradient maps for toon shading, as I keep on seeing examples of people using it but never any explanation to how they've done it. …	5 Last	BishyT Jun 2012
Assigning UV channels [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Otw0u.png[/IMG] I've heard stories of using rectangular maps in UDK but I have no idea where to allow that. Some say it's within the FBX export options while others say it's …	5 Last	passerby Jun 2012
Capturing Gameplay I want to capture gameplay of a level I created for my demo reel, but I'm not sure how to do it. As everyone knows, using the Matinee video sequence makes it unplayable and hogs memory. Does anyone h…	2 Last	decorix Jun 2012
Building interiors - BSP? Static meshes? Hello! I've recently started a UDK project - a game in which the action takes place inside a huge facility. The thing is, the scenery is mostly going to be walls, corridors and rooms. Now I've rese…	9 Last	sprunghunt Jun 2012