Unreal Engine

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physical based shader questions So I have been looking into these physical based shaders, but I am running into some problems. I don't have a lot of experience with shaders, so some of my questions will probably be very basic/stup…	2 Last	joeriv Mar 2013
Custom Weapon and Projectile Not Showing Up in Game (URGENT) Hello, I'm creating a custom weapon for my game. I created the UScript for them and placed a Weapon factory in my game that corresponds to the new weapon. When I pick up the new weapon, it just says…	0 Last	Raptor-chan Mar 2013
Errors that either dont exist or I dont understand ^^;; Errors that either dont exist or I dont understand ^^;; Im following along with tutorials sent to me by a previous college instructor. To help with my learning he basically told me to just copy w…	1 Last	Parkar Mar 2013
[Question] Is there a way to project an image on objects as if it's from a projector? I'm currently working on a UDK project which requires to apply an image on objects as if the image is projected from a projector. In Maya, I can accomplish this by using a File node as projection (Pr…	3 Last	newperspective Mar 2013
Post process chain changes contrast Hi, sorry to bother you guys but i`m having a really weird problem with post process chains, i`ve been tryng to solve this and googled a lot without success. Maybe some one can help me out here. As…	2 Last	fabian roldan Mar 2013
Modular Tech Tutorial Hi all, Made this tutorial after reading loads of helpful pages here on Polycount and EPIC forums. Hope it helps you folks starting to make their levels / environments. [ame="http://www.youtube.com…	3 Last	HAWK12HT Mar 2013
Errors in Script; Not sure what they mean or how to fix... Hello! I'm trying to create a custom HUD with its own font and colors. I'm following a tutorial video given to me by a former college instructor (he made it). I followed everything he's talked about…	3 Last	alfalfasprossen Mar 2013
Custom Color Grading Shader: Help Hey guys, i've been struggling over the past couple of hours to create a custom color grading shader that I can inject into my post processing chain as a material effect. For reference, this is what …	0 Last	Indecom Mar 2013
Cool/weird cubemap shader effects? I was discussing this with some people at work and we were trying to determine how the sword effects in this Guild Wars 2 video were achieved: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J_spuKY3oQ"]Guild…	12 Last	Drew++ Mar 2013
New to UnrealScript. What is contained in the WorldInfo class? I'm learning UnrealScript and am curious about something. I know the WorldInfo class is one of the main classes that must be referenced in your script. Is there a way to find out what's in this class…	3 Last	ambershee Mar 2013
Extend from UTGame; not sure if it will work. I'm trying to extend my created class through the class UTGame. I typed in what I need to do that and UTGame didn't come up as an extendable class (shouldn't you be able to right-click on it and chec…	0 Last	Raptor-chan Mar 2013
Day/Night Cycle UDK tutorial? Anyone know of any good video tutorials, been searching for the last couple of days and I only found 1 of any worth and it was only half of what to do. Cheers	1 Last	Hellfire Mar 2013
Dominant Light with Sky-dome issues Hey PC, I need some help... For some reason whenever I bring a sky-dome mesh into my level and build lighting my shadows become so black that you can't see anything that isn't in direct light. I'm …	2 Last	Ghostman511 Mar 2013
UDK gravity question. So i wanted to make a zero gravity part in my game. The problem is that when ever i am floating around I can move with out touching any thing. i want it to be that you have to set were you want to go…	1 Last	ambershee Mar 2013
UDK 3 point lighting tutorial? Got a minor problem that I was hoping that you guys from the forum could help me with. I have been having major issues with the quality of my renders in UDK while making sample sheets. The problem is…	5 Last	darkmanx_429 Mar 2013
Having problem with terrain Hy, have builded terrain then brushed mountain and then started to smooth and it created auto more terrains with same sice just x,y cord. little diferent. then i deleted them coz it lookt like glitch…	4 Last	noxtech Mar 2013
Blotchy Lightmap Issue Hey guys, Just wondering, does anybody know what might be causing this blotchy lightmap issue? It seems to not correspond to my lighting... [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7557268/London/Screens/light…	3 Last	Visceral Mar 2013
Lagging Problem: Is it possible to put static meshes in groups/layers? I am working on a UDK level right now that involves a lot of trees, which unfortunately are causing a lot of lag. I fairly new to UDK so I had a question: is there a way to add static meshes such as…	4 Last	RoxyPox Mar 2013
Sub-Surface Scattering hey all. i was just running some tests with the new dx11 features and man are they awesome! here's my results from subsurface scattering. just thought id share this with you. :D the only actual textu…	21 Last	leleuxart Mar 2013
UDK dynamic cable physics with connector. Need Help I have been search everywhere and I can't seem to find the solution I am looking for. I am trying to be able to click on a power connector end and plug it into the wall with a drop spot or something.…	0 Last	ScubaSteve Mar 2013
moving meshes based on mesh continuity I have several rocks as a singe object on the same texture. I was wondering if I can move each of the rocks separately and how I would go about doing that. Still new to udk. Thanks!	5 Last	Hourences Mar 2013
Dynamic-only lighting questions When I add only a single point light to my scene, and set it to 0 brightness, the scene seems to be lit by a default directional coming from above. Where is this lighting controlled? If I disable the…	16 Last	Santewi Mar 2013
Issues with RTT Can anyone tell me whats wrong with my RTT [IMG]http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/sziada/Dwm2013-03-1014-45-14-71_zps06a50740.jpg[/IMG]	1 Last	Santewi Mar 2013
Advice for using UDK with disabilities? Hello! I know I've posted quite a few (rather silly) questions in regards to UDK. I'm a disabled user (cerebral palsy/hydrocephalus). I struggle using the program from a physical perspective. I don'…	8 Last	cptSwing Mar 2013
No Camera Icon in Camera Group? I'm working through a tutorial on creating a flythrough. In the tutorial, the author says to click on the camera icon in the camera group. I'm not sure what version of UDK or UE he's using, but in 20…	3 Last	Jacky Mar 2013
Resetting everything within UDK created level after fly-through completes? I have several different aspects of my level which I'd like to reset to a default state after a fly-through sequence runs at the beginning of the level. I have to reset: make sure lights are off whe…	5 Last	blankslatejoe Mar 2013
Animation problem in UDK I followed many tutorial, I compiled the script: No error related to the animation but yet my character on the gmae is alway in T pose Here the script discribing my custom pawn Begin Object Class=Sk…	3 Last	sprunghunt Mar 2013
Do skeletal meshes (like the robots) have default idle/taunt animations I'm curious if any of the default skeletal meshes have default idle/taunt animations? I need a boss to show both of these, but I don't have experience making them myself. My disabilities make drawing…	3 Last	r4ptur3 Mar 2013
Lights won't toggle; fail to modify actor? I'm playing around with shooting out lights with a weapon, but for some reason it's failing. I found a tutorial online and followed it exactly (minus the fact that the author of the tutorial was usin…	1 Last	Hourences Mar 2013
Vertex painting on static meshes? I have a static mesh with multiple materials on it that I'm trying to vertex plaint but it seems the paint cursor only displays itself on one of the materials (and one that doesn't need the vertex p…	5 Last	JoshWilkinson Mar 2013
UDK --> tessellation Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone has had any success with the new DX11 tessellation features? I was playing around to try and turn a low res cylinder into a smooth beveled cylinder. The sides c…	12 Last	r4ptur3 Mar 2013
Horse basketball mini-game in UDK? Possible to create? I'm considering creating a mini-game where the player has to shoot a projectile through a hole (basket). The game would use the rules of H-O-R-S-E, where the player would have to make baskets from se…	3 Last	sprunghunt Mar 2013
Symmetry issue in UDK I'm having an issue in UDK where if I used the symmetry tool to create mirrored geo, I get the spec issues seen in the below shot. This piece was created using symmetry, rotating the mirror, and sym…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2013
How to make a CD-like specular in a material? Hey, so I would like to make specular in my material which is reminiscent of a CD. What I mean by that is Id like the specular to have a rainbow-like effect which splays out from the specular highlig…	23 Last	Obscura Mar 2013
Custom Package Won't Load: Package Version? Hello! I'm trying to load a custom package, and a package that came with tutorials that I used to make a level in UDK (learning). I have these packages saved on two different computers. Both of thes…	3 Last	James Ordner Mar 2013
UDK Light Lister Is there a way to list all of the lights inside of my scene in UDK? I'm having troubles finding a light lister of some sort...	2 Last	RobbZ3D Mar 2013
Skleletal Mesh out of Characters Mesh Hello Guys! I hope someone can help me out with my Problem!? Info first:I´am working with Maya 2010 and the newest version of UDK, so i can´t working with the fbx format. In that case i´ve to working…	0 Last	moonwind81 Mar 2013
UDK - Pitch Black Shadows Hey to, I was wondering if anyone knew a way to avoid pitch black shadows in UDK? Currently, in the editor I have Precomputed Lighting which works, but once I jump into "Play", it stops working. […	6 Last	Ace-Angel Mar 2013
UDK runs very slowly; advice on speed up of program? Hello! I've noticed that as I put more and more in my level, UDK starts to run very slowly. This is especially true when I go to test my level. It will run frame-by-frame with no fluidity and makes …	2 Last	SonicBlue Mar 2013
Weak imported vertex color Anyone know why vertex color imported via FBX from 3ds Max is super weak in UDK? Even if I plug it directly into Emissive, it's very weak, like pastel colors.	12 Last	System Mar 2013
foliage lightmaps? I've been working on a cornfield for a bit and am loathing the results I get when I bake the lighting. What I would like to see is the lighting light the corn stalks and create high and low lights th…	4 Last	System Mar 2013
World position offset, reset problem I've got an issue with a material I've been working on. It's an ocean shader using world position offset and some sine/cosine nodes to distort the surface like waves. The problem is there's a really …	1 Last	Norron Mar 2013
Translucent material pass behind distortion. hey guys, I cant seem to set up the following scenario correctly. lets say we have flat plane with a water material using translucency and also distortion. You also have a character or object with…	3 Last	Froyok Mar 2013
My material editor is missing the Texture Coordinate node I'm trying to adjust the map channels of my materials but I can't without that node. Any reason why it would be gone?	4 Last	Chase Feb 2013
Rotation Animation Import I am doing a simple rotation in 3ds max of a fan spinning. There is no bones in the mesh. I know i'm suppose to import the object as a skeletal mesh. I know im suppose to bake animation, and also I k…	4 Last	Hourences Feb 2013
Create heat lightning effect in UDK? Hello, I would like to create a "heat lightning" effect in UDK (lightning that only goes from cloud to cloud with no sound). What is the easiest way to accomplish this? Any help would be greatly app…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 2013
Obscura - UDK Materials Hi! I made a "little" material to test the vertex painting features in UDK. Just want to share, for some feedback.Its for any tile type material. This is how it looks in instance. [IMG]http://imagesh…	0 Last	Obscura Feb 2013
Importing Animation I have seen in projects, that people use animations from other games... Now my question is, how would one do this? I myself would like to use an animation from Battlefield: Bad Company 2, but I don't…	2 Last	Sensonomirai Feb 2013
Crazy glow on side of the screen? Hey polycounters, I am having some crazy weird glow on the side of my monitor when i am in game preview mode. It isn't there when editing normally but as soon as you press G the glow appears and is …	8 Last	Xendance Feb 2013
UDK, scripting, and examining objects I'm looking for some general advice, and you seem like the people best-able to help. I'm fairly new to the UDK, but I do have experience with several other 3D engines, with Flash/Actionscript, and w…	3 Last	Smashbox Feb 2013