Scale question in udk.

KristianT

Hi. i have a file in max with system units set to meters and the object are 200 meters long.

Anyone know how to scale it to match real life in udk? I have tested most of the options on fbx export but none seems to be correct so i think i have to manually scale it? or can you scale the size of the character?

Anyone got some advice here?

DeadlyFreeze

The default setup of unreal is 1 cm = 1 unreal unit, if you have max set to meters then you don't need to change anything in fbx leave it set to 1.0/centimeters.

KristianT

good to know.

But what about the characters? they are kinda big and pumped on steroids. isnt it usual to have a little larger scale than the correct scale to make it feel real?

almighty_gir

well, if you make a building that's to scale, and is say... 10 meters tall. and you make a character to scale, and he's say 1.8 meters tall, then it will all look "correct" in-game.

the problem comes when everyone in your team has max set to meters/centimeters/whatever, they're all synced up, but then enviro artists don't build props to scale, and character artists don't build characters to scale either...

that said, 1 unit in max = 1 unreal unit.

WarrenM

We typically set Max to use generic units. That way it's a 1:1 ratio with Unreal.

KristianT

thanks for the good answers. but generic unit is only available as display unit and not system unit?

if you have display unit as generic and system as yard wouldn't that be wrong?

WarrenM

I'm not really sure, to be honest. Everything I do in Max is in generic units so it must be possible. I never see stuff like inches or yards or whatever.

KristianT

I work in the offshore business and we recieve models from everywhere so i see it alot :P

when i exported with cm in fbx it got to big but when i scaled the model to 50 percent in max it all looked good in udk when exporting as cm.

Thanks for good info.