Unreal Engine

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Udk importing textures - purple/fuzzy Hello, I'm sorry if there's a thread already on this but I don't know how to explain the problem..so I can't really search for something that I don't know the name of. So here's the problem- I put a…	2 Last	GenericGoodGuy Jul 2013
Material ID limit? Hi, I've got a character with [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]8 material ID[/COLOR] in 3ds max and they all have the same multi/sub material applied to them before export. When I get into UDK all I have is […	6 Last	olivierth Jul 2013
UT3: Creating face masks for characters? Hey guys, I want to make a mask/ face accessories for UT3. I downloaded ONE of the iron guard UT3 males as a .fbx file that epic made available, but [SIZE=4][B]how do I ensure that what masks I mak…	5 Last	Vailias Jul 2013
DirectX 11 Lighting/Shadow on Player Weapon Oddity Note: I need to take some screen shots, but I'm worn out. I'm just going to throw the question out in case it is something dumb, recognizable, and can be easily fixed. Whenever I turn on Direct X11 …	0 Last	mister_s Jul 2013
Transparent & Opaque Decal I haven't had much luck in finding a tutorial (might be using wrong key words) on how to make a decal that is both transparent and opaque with desirable results, so I figured I'd post mine here. J…	3 Last	Harbinger Jul 2013
Import mechanical animations to UDK pipeline Hello folks, quite new here, great forum you got here :). I have a quite simple question. I am aiming to import an animation to UDK of a button being pressed. The animation would be quite complex, s…	3 Last	SopMod Jul 2013
Ocean, again :) Hi guys, I'm working on new ocean shader for my project. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h795SUTUOc"]Previous[/ame] (not my!) realization was actual for "yesterday", but today tech allows us t…	17 Last	passerby Jul 2013
Particle ribbons's material lagging behind the object/particle it is attached to So, I'm trying to create this kind of motion blur effect on a lightsaber blade. I'm using a mesh for the actual blade and a ribbon particle with SpawnPerUnit module to spawn the ribbon when the blade…	1 Last	imbueFX Jul 2013
Open World Game Hi polycounters, I have a question bothering me for some time, what is the workflow of creating maps for an open world game. Let's say for ex. Guild Wars 2, or other mmos out there. I think that th…	4 Last	passerby Jul 2013
Shadow Problem Even after giving this simple modular planar mesh a proper light map in a second UV channel I get these horrible blotchy shadows.How can I fix this? Please note that: -I have already created a second…	1 Last	Santewi Jul 2013
Shadow Problem Even after giving this simple modular planar mesh a proper light map in a second UV channel I get these horrible blotchy shadows.How can I fix this? Please note that: -I have already created a second…	0 Last	danscott Jul 2013
Tutorials for noobs Hello guys Moving from CE3 to UDK and need some basic tut's to get me started, there are a loads of them on youtube but I am sure you guys know the best ones. Cheers Pete	6 Last	Obscura Jul 2013
boost light bounce ? Hi everyone ! My first post here, so i hope it's ok to begin with a question :) I have some problem to configure the light for my scene in UDK. I make a map with both interior and exterior.…	13 Last	passerby Jul 2013
Tilling normal on another normal map Hi, I've got a character with normal maps and I want to tile another norm map on it without destroying the base normal. I've tried a "blend_overlay" to mimic what I would do in photoshop but the re…	14 Last	Vailias Jul 2013
Problem Importing Textures - UDK crashes Hi, I'm having a problem importing textures. I save the texture as a .tga at 512x512 from photoshop and when I import it to UDK it crashes! Every time! file size: 512kb using UDK July 2011 Any h…	5 Last	PeteHawk Jul 2013
Skeletal Mesh Custom Lighting Heyo, running into a problem here using Custom Lighting in UDK. While using Skeletal Meshes with a Custom Lighting Material, adding two or more lights into the scene results in weird shadowing artif…	4 Last	wahtye Jul 2013
Invisible Light Actor, lighting my room in UDK, that shouldn't be I have two identical rooms I have textured and lit in UDK. The first one looks great but the second one on a couple of the walls give off a red hue. Not what I'm looking to do. I've tried deleting…	0 Last	acealmighty13 Jul 2013
Extending Dominant Directional Light So I am working with a version of the UDK that doesn't have this actor class extended to a moveable state. This is the extension I have .fctbNone{ color:#000000; } .fctbStyle4Style11{ color:#0000…	1 Last	Vailias Jul 2013
Blend_Overlay: bad behaviour I'm trying to use the alpha channel of my normal map to be tiled and [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]overlayed[/COLOR] on the diffuse but I'm getting a big problem. It feels like the [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]bl…	7 Last	olivierth Jul 2013
normal map with alpha? Hi, I want to have a normal map with an alpha. I tried saving the normal maps with the alpha as a [COLOR=MediumTurquoise].tga[/COLOR] and imported with the [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]TC_NormalMap[/COL…	3 Last	Zocky Jul 2013
Update material nodes thumb? I can't remember the shortcut to update the preview of all nodes. Any help? Thanks.	2 Last	olivierth Jul 2013
Landscape Deleting Component Help! I know this questions is pretty common, but i have yet to find a solution to fit my current problem. Going based off the UDN Site for the recommended Landscape size. [URL]http://udn.epicgames.com/T…	1 Last	wes.sau Jul 2013
Apply transformations to multiple instances of a static mesh at once? In my case, I changed the pivot point of a modular piece after I had placed many instances of it in UDK, so when I reimported after making changes to it, all of the pieces I had placed were rotated 9…	3 Last	Subtle 1rony Jul 2013
Spawn Animated Skeleton Mesh (Not a Bot) from Actor Factory and Move Hi, I am trying to Spawn an animated (Skeleton Mesh) animation (Looping or Rigid) from the Actor Factory. Then I want it to move from one point to another (Left to Right). I got it to Spawn from Ac…	0 Last	sventhors Jul 2013
Limit the amount a value can change per frame/smooth blending So, I'm trying to create this dynamic tonemapping postprocess. I calculate the brightness of the screen and then use it to brighten/darken the image if necessary. The problem is, I can't come up wit…	3 Last	Santewi Jul 2013
Need some UDK help [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3]I am trying to follow this tut. I think because the tut was created three years ago the settings have all changed. While he is creating his level he has a checker pattern s…	4 Last	fifftyframes Jul 2013
Can't find specific tutorial Hi, I remember seeing a tutorial about character presentation in UDK and it was with a mass-effect-like character that looked like a volus. I looked for it but I just can't find it anymore... I …	2 Last	olivierth Jul 2013
3DS Max --> UDK FBX export with animation Hey guys, this should be a pretty quick question. I'm trying to export an animation (with no heirarchy, it's literally just movement and rotation of a single object) with FBX, and I'm not sure how to…	11 Last	Roca Jul 2013
Lightmap compression always on ingame Hi, i have disabled lightmap compression in the config files but i still get the compression while ingame, while in editor it's fine. Is there another config file besides lightmass.ini where i need t…	3 Last	Blubberblase Jul 2013
Render Passes Hey, even though I almost completely ruled it out, are there in any way Render Passes while using the Material Editor, as there are in common shader languages? Would be pretty helpful with achieving…	1 Last	sprunghunt Jul 2013
UDK lightmap problem Hey all! I'm making small map, and i'm having problems with baking lightmap. I made 3 assets, each having two uv sets. The second, shadow map, has no overlapping faces, and it is snapped to grid as…	17 Last	Laguna88 Jul 2013
Switching materials from black to white and repeat I want to create a material that goes black then white and it keeps repeating this. What do I need to do in the material editor to achieve this?	3 Last	Evil raz Jul 2013
UDK - Material - Oren Nayar Help Hey to all, I'm trying to create an Oren Nayar material like this: [url]https://lva.cg.tuwien.ac.at/cg1/wiki/doku.php?id=students:oren-nayar[/url] But I'm running into some issues since I don't hav…	52 Last	Johnny100 Jul 2013
Missing Materials and Textures in UDK I'm using UDK to build a level for my first game, between me and another through Dropbox. The UDK file is in the Dropbox account, we keep our UPK files in the content folders of our own PC's. I've …	5 Last	Xendance Jul 2013
UDK and Dropbox Is there anyone that uses UDK's engine with Dropbox to transfer files to others? If so, do you need to keep the UPK files within Dropbox to keep any changes or additions to files on all computers us…	3 Last	passerby Jul 2013
Rotating a dynamic light? Hey guys, I'm trying to make one of those cliche, red, emergency lights that spin round, but I'm not quite sure how to go about doing it in UDK. I presume it's something to do with Kismet, but I can…	11 Last	Hourences Jul 2013
SoftImage not saving 2nd UV for lightmap in obj? I thought it was ZBrush, but after remaking the second UV set again I realized it was disappeared when I export the mesh as .obj. How can I export a second UV set for lightmap painting from SoftImag…	13 Last	Desperad0 Jul 2013
Question about third person camera in UDK. So while trying to figure out what to go with, UDK or Unity for a small little project, I noticed something with UDK and I'm not sure it's just bad examples I'm seeing or if this is how UDK really is…	0 Last	Dagobert Jul 2013
Even more halftoning So I was looking into custom lighting, and after looking at this thread, [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78408[/url] I dug in and tried to replicate what Sprunghunt was doing. …	0 Last	PatoGrande Jun 2013
UDK - Wrong scale when importing from 3ds Max 2013 Hey there! Just a quick question - I have a cube in 3ds Max @ 96 generic units high. I export via ASE to udk, and place into a level. The box is now roughly half the height of a human. Does anyone kn…	4 Last	WarrenM Jun 2013
Sun rotatation/sky change through kismet/matinee issues So i've got a little issue with a scene I'm working on. I've been putsing around learning simple kismet and matinee stuff to do something similar to the day/night cycle level that comes with udk. Th…	5 Last	paradoxical-pixel Jun 2013
Dynamic Lighting Tutorials? Does anyone know where I can find some tutorials for setting up dynamic lighting in UDK?	1 Last	Obscura Jun 2013
world align normal issue - rotating meshes This might be a strange one. We've just noticed at work that on world aligned materials (which we're using for mesh ground tiles) when a mesh gets rotated the direction of the normals seems to rotate…	4 Last	wes.sau Jun 2013
Problems w/ Modular Floors & Lightmass Hello I've been having this problem with this modular floor system and lightmass for a very long time. I've simplified the scene significantly for the sake of this thread. These floor tiles are per…	25 Last	wes.sau Jun 2013
Help required for destructible assets lighting problem in UDK Hi, I am working on a project type fps game using a lot of destructible assets i created using 3ds max and Apex destructor. The problem here is that when thoses assets are lighten in UDK, their dark …	2 Last	Mia Jun 2013
Car glass udk Hallo Im currently working on a car for my exam. I have looked all over the internet for a tutorial on how to make car glass in UDK, but I can´t find anything. can you guys please help me, my de…	1 Last	cptSwing Jun 2013
Light Building Texture issue Hey all Having a bit of an issue with one of my assets after I build the lighting in unreal. The first screenshot shows the asset in unlit mode and the texture on the wall looks as it should [IM…	4 Last	mats effect Jun 2013
Beat em up Style Camera Hey guys, im thinkin of working on a beat em up of sorts, but im stuck with the camera, I managed to get a basic side scrolling camera but his movements are limited to just left and right cnt get him…	0 Last	TheRod Jun 2013
Custom mouse behaviour Hi all, i'm in trouble again :( I solved my problem with the camera but now i'm dealing with mouse movements: first off i need to disable the mouse (i won't need it 'cause i'm moving with arrow keys…	2 Last	SkyNet00 Jun 2013
Diffuse Refraction material ala frosted glass I've spent a few hours hammering through the UDK material docs now, and I'm still no closer to an actual solution to this. What I want, is a translucent material which renders everything behind it bl…	25 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2013