Unreal Engine

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Is it more adequate to create a material in Maya or UDK? Is it more adequate to create a material in a 3d program (like Maya using the hypershade) or in a game engine (like UDK material editor) for games? I mostly use UDK material editor but recently I be…	4 Last	gsokol Dec 2013
Unreal Engine 4 Release Date Question This post is too old, go away.	11 Last	r4ptur3 Dec 2013
Is it possible to have a second viewport? Hi guys, in maya I often have a 2nd viewport with custom settings (creating/shooting to camera)and wondering if you can do that in udk, but mainly with different camera settings instead of default. T…	3 Last	Butthair Dec 2013
Terrain / Light Issues on Game Build: Disparities with Editor vs. Baked Game Hey Polycount: I'm working on several visual issues that are occurring with our game, [URL="http://maestrosgame.com/"]The Maestros[/URL], as we're barreling down to our Alpha Build for[URL="http://g…	2 Last	Hourences Dec 2013
Sorting issues on double sided material Hey, I've been testing out UDK's material editor with some old models and I'm getting some sorting errors on transparencies. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/m7qHfp6.png[/IMG] Anybody have any idea how to f…	3 Last	Santewi Dec 2013
Animation Issue Hey guys! I created a lever for udk and animation for it. Nothing too fancy, just up and down. Baked it all, export as FBX with animation checkbox checked in and tried to import it in the UDK but ev…	6 Last	r4ptur3 Dec 2013
Camera Pitch parameter Can somebody tell me which/who parameter in the udk i must change for a greater vertical pitch? In the Stadart udk first person camera i can mabye looking for 75° but its not good enough. The intern…	0 Last	Cibo Dec 2013
Translucency Issue Has anyone out there had similar issues as this with an Alpha placed in the Opacity channel? My Blend Mode is set to BLEND_Translucent, which should be correct and I also have "Use Lit Translucency …	3 Last	Accipiter Dec 2013
Controlling Post Processing via Kismet or Unrealscript question I am a bit new to the more technical aspects of UDK, and been following the official UDK tutorials and I am a bit stuck on this one. It's the UDK Tutorial called "Controlling Post Processing via Kis…	0 Last	corrosion Dec 2013
How to change lightmap mipping distance? I am working on a scene, but my lightmaps are mipping at way to low of a distance causing noticeable issues. Is there a way to change the distance that UDK will mip your light maps at?	1 Last	Hourences Dec 2013
LandscapeLayerBlend Hi all, When I use LandScapeLayerBlend node and plug this into my normal slot I get this error? Does anybody know why this is happening? Many thanks warning X4008 floating point divisopn bu zero. …	9 Last	decorix Nov 2013
Huge texture quality difference in mesh compared to content browser Hey there, having an issue relating to the texture quality of a skeletal mesh. In world the texture quality is abysmal, in the browser it looks like it should - they definitely have the same materia…	3 Last	Azranel Nov 2013
Terrain texture wont change color When I paint one of my terrain layers, it doesnt paint in the color I want. I have the 'base' material layer from world machine that I use so that could be an issue as you see here [IMG]http://puu.sh…	0 Last	joshschmitt Nov 2013
Waterfall tutorial. Does anyone know of any good waterfall tutorials in UDK 3? looking for one is proving difficult. Thanks!	5 Last	ng.aniki Nov 2013
Waterfall tutorial. Does anyone know of any good waterfall tutorials in UDK 3? looking for one is proving difficult. Thanks!	0 Last	Rockley Bonner Nov 2013
UDK Using Morph-targets and Sockets and one anim set. Will this work? Hello everyone! I am just wondering if i can get some input on whether this will work before i put a very long time into building it. I currently have a mesh, and this mesh will use morph targets to…	0 Last	weebrett Nov 2013
MouseInterfaceHUD script throws error even though it was copied from UDN. Hello! I haven't used UDK in months and these errors that are coming up in my files were not there when I first created them (or if they were, I don't remember). I was using the UDN Creating a Mouse…	0 Last	Raptor-chan Nov 2013
Jagged Alpha Maps :( Hey All!, I'm having some trouble with Alpha maps in UDK, I cannot figure out how to stop the map from causing so many jagged edges on the cards i'm using for the hanging spore sacs and the vines. …	1 Last	r4ptur3 Nov 2013
Help creating a game level based of TF2 Payload Hey I'm pretty new to UDK, and I need to create a game level for this class at uni. Basically the crux of the design is kind of like the tf2 payload scenario, where your team escorts an object one d…	3 Last	Neavah Nov 2013
.Fbx import in UDK : lighting issues, tangents and binormals ? Hi guys ! First time posting here but I've been lurking a long time, finding many solutions and tutorials as well as beautiful work, so I can eventually say : thank you Polycounters ! :D This time I…	0 Last	JeanValjean Nov 2013
Live VFX Class in UDK [B][I]Sorry to double post from general, but I figured it'd be good to post this here as well![/I][/B] I wanted to share that we're now offering live online web classes! Our 1st class will cover fro…	0 Last	imbueFX Nov 2013
Diamonds and all things shiny Hello everyone! My partner and I have been all over the internet searching on how to create a decent looking Diamond within UDK. Everywhere that we've found the object is always rendered in Maya/Max…	1 Last	Obscura Nov 2013
Creating a Master Material for your scene in UDK Hey Guys, I was feeling productive today so i thought i'd walk you through my workflow of creating a master material for the new scene i'm working on. This is a 45 minute tutorial shot in HD. ENJ…	38 Last	Artaekos_inactive Nov 2013
UDK Lighting won't build. *FIXED* For some reason it seems I had [I]Force No Precomputed[/I] Light at ON. *FIXED* So I got an issue and the cause eludes me. The lighting of my UDK environment won't build. So I sta…	0 Last	Low Nov 2013
Material editor not assigning textures Sorry if this is a common question but I tried searching, couldn't find a thread related. Disclaimer: I'm a UDK noob. Been following tutorials so I believe my procedure is correct. Problem: I load …	4 Last	GrowlerProductions Nov 2013
Butterflies/Birds in UDK? Hey guys, was just looking around for some refs for a project I'm working on, and an idea to add glowing butterflies that kinda hover around a small area or scattered around the map came to mind. Th…	36 Last	andr3w1sh Nov 2013
Material Instance with screendoor fade Hey everyone. I'm working on a project where we need to have multiple material instances which need to have the screendoor fade effect. I've gotten the screeendoor fade to work on the original mate…	0 Last	GarfSnacks Nov 2013
UDK Material/Black Diffuse for metal So I kind of quickly tried out joeriv's approach to the black diffuse with metal with only color from the spec. [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1942890&postcount=67"]http://www.po…	7 Last	Vailias Nov 2013
Please help. Locating the Origin in UDK 0,0,0 I can't seem to find the origin in UDK editor 0,0,0 Usually the x, y axis is bold as to make it easy in the editor to see the origin. I may have turned it off by accident? Is there a way to vis…	3 Last	synergy11 Nov 2013
Normal Maps with mirrored UV's again... I hate to bring this subject up because I think I've read every post about this problem...but for some reason I can't solve my issue. Normal Maps with mirrored UV's in UDK. This object is a Static …	10 Last	Obscura Nov 2013
Importing path animation to UDK? (escalator) Hello there. I've been working on an escalator to put in UDK and I decided to animate it. I never do animation stuff so I don't know how to get the animation to work inside UDK. Right now my escala…	3 Last	Mik2121 Nov 2013
FBX/normals issue in UDK Hi, i have a big issue with working between Maya and UDK (as far as i remebmer i've never had this problem) , but i'm not a big hardsurface guy, mostly i'm doing organic stuff with one smooth group. …	5 Last	knj Nov 2013
Draw Calls Vs Material Instances I'm starting work on an environment with a surrounding cityscape and I'm debating how to approach it. I know I want to create most of it in "building blocks" (haaa!) but I'm wondering if it would be…	3 Last	mAlkAv!An Nov 2013
A better shader for UDK I am super underwhelmed by the default dif/spec/gloss/norm shader in UDK for my scene. It probably has to do with all this physically based stuff and next generation that just makes it look meh. I do…	8 Last	Fingus Nov 2013
Surface Properties and Shading Problems So, I'm having some problems setting up a scene in UDK and my hope is that you intelligent and ever so wonderful people of polycount can help me out. I've searched the google and polycount for simila…	3 Last	Santewi Nov 2013
UDK Staticmesh lighting Help Hi, my staticmesh is creating ugly unrealistic shadows when I add separate objects to it. [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/b88lkj.png[/IMG] The one on the right is the same one without the separate geom…	6 Last	Wozner Nov 2013
Streching Texture on some parts of level + Other issues Hi Peoples of polycount! First let me say a big welcome to you all, I cam heard after reading many great threads and hearing how this is the place for help,feedback and inspiration..:D Anyway, On …	13 Last	jimba86 Nov 2013
UDK weird lightmap shadowing. Hi everyone, I'm having trouble to get rid of some shadowing issue that comes in the middle of the mesh and I dont know why . [IMG]http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/513/uosm.jpg[/IMG] Now withou…	4 Last	underfox Nov 2013
UDK road collisions Hello, I'm working on an open world racing game in UDK. It's the first time I'm working on such a project and have a lot of questions about the specificities of road modelling. Anyway, the question …	2 Last	Flohock Nov 2013
udk not reading secondary uv channel? Two days into trying to built my first scene in udk, and it's already driving me to madness! Welcome to UDK, me. Importing this small modular asset into udk, looks fine in max with AO and Normal ba…	11 Last	Count Vader Nov 2013
Spawn Static mesh in level via kismet at runtime How do I correctly spawn static meshes via kismet at runtime? The way i have it working right now is placing the mesh in the map hiding it at map start then unhiding it via a trigger. Are hidden mesh…	2 Last	Pangahas Nov 2013
Landscape Layer Blend Help Hey guys, i am in need of some help with UDK textures for landscape, i have been looking for a solution to this problem i am having and i came across an old post on landscape layer blend [URL="http:…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2013
Making Collision for Inverted Objects? So I was wondering about these corner pieces that are inverted to have a negative space. I heard UDK doesn't really do shapes with cut outs inside it, as it will just fill up the mesh collision. I w…	4 Last	r4ptur3 Oct 2013
Recommended edge padding? I'm baking a model @ 4096x4096 but I believe the final in-game texture size will be 2048*2048. What would be the recommended edge padding to avoid seams w/ mipmapping?	2 Last	mAlkAv!An Oct 2013
Culling rain particles when inside a building? Hey! I currently have a particle system attached to the player that spawns planes with a rain texture on them. The player can walk into buildings inside the level I created..... And it rains inside…	7 Last	JoshVanZuylen Oct 2013
UDK freefly cam from command line? Is there an easy way to do this? My default game view is first person, yet I'd like to switch it to a freefly cam to see from other angles. Also is there a quick and easy way to have 1 to 1 collisio…	1 Last	ng.aniki Oct 2013
What FBX type and version is the most ideal for UDK? So I have heard that certain FBX versions are more stable than others, but I am still unsure of which version to use. In Maya I am given the option of Binary and ASCII and also year. I was wondering…	4 Last	passerby Oct 2013
BSP and Mesh Material Problem? I am running into a weird problem. My material looks very different applied to a BSP block then a mesh object. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LUf0EbX.png[/IMG] The BSP looks fine, but even when I turn the…	3 Last	Santewi Oct 2013
Changing the direction of laser beams? Hello, I'm currently working on a puzzle and I am confused on how I would get this to work, similar to the laser beams in Portal 2, you have a cube and you can redirect the laser beam direction acros…	9 Last	ambershee Oct 2013
Lightmap UV overlapping error depends on resolution Hi PC, I just discover something confusing while learning UDK, does anyone know why UDK give me an error about overlapping UV when I change my lightmap resolution from 32 to 64? at 32 resolution, bui…	5 Last	Wozner Oct 2013