Unreal Engine

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UDK Toggable lights Hey guys, Just wondering, is there a performance hit if togglable lights are set to toggled off in udk? My understanding was the only hit was if they were toggled on.	0 Last	unstoppablex Apr 2012
UDK landscape - heightmap scale Heya PC I come here with a bit of a question, I'm prepping to start working on an environment in UDK and the basis of it will be centered around an island. To be specific its the "Old town" island i…	6 Last	praetus Apr 2012
Heathaze Post process Hello, I've managad to setup a heat haze post process effect. But I've been wanting it to combine it with UDKs DOF features. the question is how do i set it so that the haze effects appears where th…	3 Last	AslanTech Apr 2012
UDK modular wall masking set: normal/geometry shading error. Hi guys, my name is Oli, I'm making a set of four modular walls from a masking technique so that I only need to use one texture. I generated the normals, made two sets of UV's (one for the details,…	1 Last	Pola Apr 2012
Specular in Cascade Node? Is there a way to have a lit particle like a phong so that you can have specular in a particle?	2 Last	Imatk Apr 2012
Only having a bot activate a trigger? Pretty much I'd only want a bot to activate a trigger and not the player. I'm sure i might just be plugging in the wrong item to the Class Proxy and Ignore Class Proxy in the Touch Type options. I've…	0 Last	Notes Apr 2012
Can't find missing packages in UDK, missing nodes and other tickytackies [url]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7114801515_d526a68d0e_b.jpg[/url] 1.)see pic aboveI'm rather new to UDK, but not once have I opened a file of my scene and everything is where I left it. I…	6 Last	Karmageddon Apr 2012
Ninja UDK im working a script to help export out levels to UDK thru Maya. This building was created with Ninja City. It is set up to be modular.. there are 9 modules that make up this building. [IMG]htt…	10 Last	bk3d Apr 2012
Align planar texture coordinates to 3d vector location I'm trying to create a material where a textures uv coordinates are aligned towards a 3d vector represented by a constant 3. This is similar to a aligning by screen position, except instead of poi…	6 Last	Vailias Apr 2012
Persistent Renaming? Hey, There were some release notes awhile back ago (2010) mentioning that you could rename a persistent level and have the sub_levels also be renamed to a specific prefix. "When saving a persistent…	0 Last	Murdoc Apr 2012
Distort Particle SubUV... UV? Is there a way to distort the UVs in a particle subuv node like you can in a texture node? In a texture node you just plugin a "Bump Offset" into the "UVs" port of your texture, but it doesn't have …	4 Last	Imatk Apr 2012
Flipped (mesh) UDK Hi, I have this mesh peace 128 x 256, but i need a oppisite side part too. What would be the best way to achieve this? I can't flipped it in UDK with the transform x, or y, because the tilling is …	4 Last	16bit Apr 2012
Questions About PostProcess Material Effects Hi This is my first post,so,nice to meet you...^^ I've only recently fallen in luv with this subject(MaterialFX),and am very new to shaders in general,so,please overlook the probable silliness of …	9 Last	Minato Apr 2012
Pre-Loading Particles? I remember seeing a tutorial or a setting where you could have particles already pre-spawned before the level loads. For instance if I have a large smoke column, I want it to appear as a smoke colum…	2 Last	Imatk Apr 2012
Multi range transparency mask. OK so I originally posted this in the 'Pimping' thread, but I've mostly just got feedback on the art aspects. I suppose this is the better place for UDK tech questions. So I have the following alpha…	1 Last	Xendance Apr 2012
Alphas in UDK Hey guys, so this is my first question. I've been a lurker for a while, I figured it's about time I get serious about getting help at becoming a better 3D Artist, so here it goes :) I'm working on a…	2 Last	lopesy1191 Apr 2012
Crazy perspective camera So I'd like to try to recreate some crazy perspective like some of Escher's work: [IMG]http://www.mcescher.net/Escher/house_of_stairs.jpg[/IMG] Setting the camera's FOV higher just gives me a disto…	1 Last	Phrexeus Apr 2012
Static mesh that swaps meshes So say you have a static mesh, you want to have that static mesh have multiple "versions" of itself that look different. Now you want to swap between versions of that object based on a button press. …	6 Last	JamesTan Apr 2012
Issues with Image Based Reflection! :) Hello there!!! I use in my scene some Image based reflections and decals. The problem is that the the Image based reflection didn't take care about the specular, normal map of the decal (you can see…	14 Last	lucashug Apr 2012
Animated Cop Car Light? So how would you guys approach this? I'm thinking of just an animated spotlight controlled with matinee, but I wanted to see if there's another way people are doing this. Thanks for any help!	7 Last	Imatk Apr 2012
Eye translucency issue [IMG]http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv125/barnesy35/eye_setup.png[/IMG] Hey guys, I am trying to adapt this 2 layer eye technique to UDK - [url]http://www.poopinmymouth.com/process/eyes/ng_eyes.…	2 Last	Xendance Apr 2012
Dominant light domination Hey fellow Polycounters, I am trying to light some eyes in UDK and have some cool little reflections that are not part of the cubemap but the dominant light will not let me play ball. I can add ligh…	5 Last	sprunghunt Apr 2012
Vertex Blending and Shaders? So the basis is I like snow - a lot. And if I wanna make a snowy village perhaps, would I be able to make my buildings and props not have any textured snow in them, and be able too paint snow onto it…	5 Last	Donavonyoung Apr 2012
Rigging gun magazine to reload Hi guys, I have a pretty standard automatic rifle that I need to rig. The magazine just needs to come out in the characters hand, and return to it's position in the gun. I know for UDK I need to have…	3 Last	Dave-Mastor Apr 2012
God Rays Rendering from wrong Location. Hi guys!I'm having this issue where my God Rays aren't emanating for the sun, but from another random location.Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Here is an example of what I'm getting: [IMG]ht…	2 Last	Dr.cube Apr 2012
UDK - Cinematic Capture Hi, I´m wondering how do you guys, make your videos of cinematics. I´m in the final stage of my proyect ( [URL]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92693&highlight=Lost+Island[/URL] ). I…	12 Last	Xendance Apr 2012
UDK Viewport wireframe issues Hi all, I have a problem with the mesh viewport. In the picture, when I switch to the wireframe view mode, I get some wierd artifacts, without viewing wireframes. I'm using UDK January 2012. My graph…	10 Last	Assassin0323 Apr 2012
'bookmark' DOF I'm wondering if it's possible to save different DOF settings, and switch between them easily. I want to do this so I can have different DOF settings based on where my camera is for taking screen sh…	4 Last	imbueFX Apr 2012
Making Lava In UDK anyone found a good way to create a Lava material in UDK? ive tried a few but the flow of the textures on the material just doesnt look realistic , anyone got any good tutorials? Ive browsed online b…	2 Last	Anthricus Apr 2012
UDK 32bit No Lights Show Hey all when I attempt to play the level I built which is just a 512 plane with a light over it, the lights do not appear anywhere except the far edges of the plane. [URL="http://s1049.photobucket.c…	3 Last	Animesh Apr 2012
Light Map's acting silly So I am still getting a feeling for UDK. Can anyone explain why my light map in certain areas is acting really funny? I have a 2nd UV set with evenly laid out UV's, with no overlapping. Most areas…	6 Last	Sandro Apr 2012
Emissive help How do I change emissive levels in udk? I am trying to place few lights in my level and few of the lights need to have no emissive. I am unsure on how to do this. I remember it had something to do …	1 Last	sprunghunt Apr 2012
How can I Move a physical object on the path? [kismet] I can move an UTPawn on the path. but all my tries to replace the UTPawn with another physicall object like wall/box, failed. the purpose is that I want to move objects on the path step by step to be…	7 Last	omid3098 Apr 2012
UDK Lighting Effect Hey, Im trying to get this effect: [IMG]http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae170/Strasserbenjamin/overheadbeam3.jpg[/IMG] Not really sure how to achieve this, appreciate any help :) Here is a WIP…	21 Last	sprunghunt Apr 2012
Custom Weapon Healing Help Alright so I don't know how many of you here are very familiar with Unreal Script but I figured I'd ask anyway. I'm trying to figure out a way to get a weapon to heal people when shot. Negative healt…	5 Last	Shmaba Apr 2012
Specular map help I need help making my spec maps more believable. When I connect a spec map to my meshes, they are all very shiny even though I didn't blow out the whites in the original maps. Everything looks like…	15 Last	spectre1130 Apr 2012
scaling Tiling textures I've this problem were I need to scale texture (B) to the same scale as texture A. All meshes are 256x256 with a texture of 1024x1024. For texture (A) I have set the texture coorinate node to tile 2…	8 Last	decorix Apr 2012
UDK Need help with Offsetting Texture I have a texture of windows, an example should be below. I am trying to be able to create material instances (in udk) to switch between the different windows by offsetting the texture, like in Max. I…	6 Last	naked_chicken Apr 2012
Landscape Mat borked This landscape material I'm trying to work on just doesn't work at all. I think I set it up correctly from following Swizzle's guide but I'm at a loss now. I also have 2 properly named layers set up …	6 Last	Norron Apr 2012
Laying out UVs for modular pieces??? This is my first time attempting to make modular pieces for UDK and I was wondering about how to lay out my UVs for the different pieces. Say the roof here( pic below) I have the UVs packed to the ed…	3 Last	praetus Apr 2012
How do I make the camera Orbit an object? Hello. I am building a set-piece, where my camera is meant to orbit the centre of the enviroment, in relation to the players position. I am working in kismet, and the problem I am having is that th…	4 Last	PointlessReboot Apr 2012
More then one Lerp blend Shader possible? So I wish to have a shader that blends 2 textures together based off a height map that is based on the vert colors I already painted on the model in Maya. Which I was able to do. I also want a shad…	15 Last	Autocon Apr 2012
UDK Replace instead of just Blend for Height Maps So I was curious if you can instead of blending 2 height maps together, use one height map as the base and one as the replace map. Example I have a cobble stone texture, I want to blend in some san…	4 Last	Autocon Apr 2012
UDK Soft Alpha Problem Greetings, I've seen recent examples of hair made with soft-alphas in UDK, which looks like a big improvement over 1-bit masks. I'm having trouble getting my own to work. For some reason my alpha m…	2 Last	Ace-Angel Apr 2012
Reflection/Cubemap issue Can anyone tell me how to plug in a Reflection/Cubemap parameter inside my Master material? I beleive this must be plugged into the Diffuse box somehow but have no clue how to do it. I tried looking …	3 Last	Sean VanGorder Apr 2012
Odd UV importing A couple factors to this problem, I think? The main problem, the one I want corrected, is that I am getting shadows cast where my tiling UV shells meet. So the vertical shadows along the concrete bor…	3 Last	JoshWilkinson Apr 2012
UDK Animation Wings in Wrong Place I've made a idle flying angel animation using xtra bones using 3ds max biped, attached to the spine using the xtra bones box with an arrow on it and by connecting them in skematic view. When I impor…	0 Last	maniczombie Apr 2012
UDK sounds - How to stop JumpPad actor sounds? SO, how do i stop the sound that comes from the JumpPad Actor, not the jumping sound but the ambient sound it makes when you are in its vicinity? And where are some options to control sound volume i…	3 Last	King Mango Apr 2012
Deleting unseen faces??? In school we were always taught to delete the unseen faces to save tris...makes sense...then one of my instructors had us re-create a static mesh from UDK to seen how the pros worked...great assign…	7 Last	passerby Apr 2012
Normal issues exporting from maya and importing to UDK Hi, I think other Polycounters has been circling around this issue but I haven't found anyone that really has nailed the issues I'm having. I've noticed that when export my meshes from Maya and impo…	15 Last	King Mango Apr 2012