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Particle Emitter Velocity over Life

Hello everybody! I'll get straight to the point: I am making a cold breath particle system with smoke particles but I get some strange results from my "Velocity over Life" module. I set my initial …
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johan.qarlsson

Normal maps in UDK

Hi im fairly new to polycount forums so first hello everyone:) Im currently trying to put a rock I made into Udk with the normal map i extracted in mudbox but the normal map doesn't seem to show in …
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Jacky

LOD switching error

I've created a static mesh with 3 LODs and it works pretty well for the most part but when it switches to the next LOD there is a brief moment when the two LODs are visible and Z fighting with each o…
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cptSwing

odd UDK Material questions

Hey guys, I've been experimenting with some material tricks and particle effects, and I've run into some questions I can't google my way out of. #1 - Can I get emissive textures to show up properly …
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fearian

Putting a bird in UDK?

So I'm relatively new to UDK, and I've been having some issues. I have a bird that I have made flying, idle, and landing animations for. I have a good idea of how to link these all together in UDK …
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pen

Translucent colored shadow

Trying to get a colored shadow just like this [IMG]http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/rsrc/Three/Lightmass/translucent_T.JPG[/IMG] in my level but not quite there yet... [IMG]http://img232.imageshack.…
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Notes

using UDK for professional presentation

I have a scene in UDK that I would like to be able to present professionally. What is the best way to capture footage within UDK and bring it into video editing software like after effects?
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AbominableSoul

Do Spline Loft Actors not recieve shadows?

I'm using some spline loft actors to help build a path and I've noticed I can't seem to get shadows to cast on top of them. The static mesh alone is fine but when I deform it with a spline loft it do…
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Dibbz

Moon disappears when lighting is built

hi guys, just a quick one i have an outdoor scene i'm doing in udk and have used the default night sky. now all is well when i put a dominant directional light in, the moon shows and there are no pr…
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Sandro

Lightbeam fade

[img]http://i.imgur.com/9DB2X.png[/img] Using the [URL="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/VolumetricLightbeamTutorial.html&sa=U&ei=QmomUK-LJY3g6wHPkYCQDA&ved=0CAUQFjAA&clie…
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zombie420

how to offset texture?

Hello I'm a noobie wandering how can move/offset a texture along the material? I know how to scale a texture, but I need just to move it at some direction. I would be very happy if someone help! :)
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JamesWild

Color Adjustment in a material?

Hey guys. I'm working on some character customization in unreal3. Specifically, right now I'm trying to wrap my head around a good way to color shift my character's armor inside the material (think "…
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stoofoo

Make the render mesh the collision mesh

I'm new to UDK and can't work out how to make the render mesh the collision mesh. I've created a bunch of houses and want the render mesh to be the collision mesh. I've looked through the documentat…
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JasperHope

Strange Shadow After Cooking

Hello everyone. Found this forum while looking for a solution to this and it looks promising so hopefully one of you can help me out with what's going on. I've been having this strange issue after …
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osman

single sided planes not casting shadows

I have a plane that is showing a shadow in my lighting preview (1) but not when baked (2). And the material [I]is [/I]set to double-sided. What am I overlooking that is causing this? [IMG]http://i.i…
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JoshWilkinson

Landscape Tesselation

Hi, I've created a landscape in udk, but I would like to have more tesselation in my landscape. I don't mean the tesselation in the material editor. So . In the landscape Editor I have tried to ch…
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wes.sau

Yep, it's another UDK static mesh lighting issue

I know that everyone has seen a ton of these, but I'm honestly stumped because I've gotten my static mesh to look great in the Static Mesh Editor window, but in the level, it's not looking so good wh…
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McGreed

Switching Material Instance Actors

Hey guys, I'm building a day/night/weather system at the moment, treading a lot of new territory but making progress nonetheless. My progress has been stumped however, here's the pickle: For my gro…
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PaulH

Shadow Color - Newbie Question

Hi guys. I'm very new to UDK. I have most of my environment set up and I've been messing with lighting. I wanted to change the shadow color to a blue-purple color, but it keeps coming out a dark t…
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Santewi

Reimport FBX models, only one part is imported

When I export a model, which consist of several objects (so not all objects are merged into one) to FBX, and then later rightclick the model in UDK and choose to reimport it, it only import one of th…
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McGreed

Everything a Platformer Should Have!

So this is my first post on polycount, and it is a project that i have been looking into for some time. I am going to do my best to get as much done now before school in september...we shall see how …
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AbominableSoul

Point light moveable limit

Hi all , me again :D. This time i would like to know your opinion on Point lights moveable, I fall in love with them cause of sharp stencil shadows. But with just 10 of them in my map + one dominant …
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ZacD

Lights

Hi all, this is my first post in polycount forum! I'm a newbie in udk and in 3d/2d art, so I have a bit of questions... Is lightmass useful? I think light points are the best to have a better atmosp…
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osman

Bake AO into vertices

Hi! I used to bake AO maps and merge them with diffuse maps in Photoshop. Now I read that you can bake the AO directly into the mesh vertices in 3ds max. Can anybody please explain to me how this wo…
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cupsster

Landscape Normal Shadow

Hi all, using Moveable Point light to get stencil shadows, (shadow mode to normal , SQF set to High) Works perfect but not on areas that are close to Landscape. As in landscape surface is like 256 un…
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HAWK12HT

My UDK shader collection "WL-Shader"

Hello. I'm trying UDK for portfolio. And we need to use many materials in a scene. I thought it troublesome to make a new materials. Then, I'm making the materials with all required functions. Plea…
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tristamus

Material instance constant / multiple meshes

Hi all ok so while working on my level i came across another question in head. I have several emmit map information on my texture, so im confused which way to go with. 1. have multiple copies of …
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McGreed

Simulating a far view of a city

I've searched for this technique where you mimic a view of a very far city just like the one in Samaritan demo but with no luck. I have though of sky-box but i didn't try that. If it is not a sky box…
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sprunghunt

Offsetting texture position within a material?

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the position of a texture within a material in UDK? I have a texture that is tiled (using a TextureCoordinate) and I'd like to nudge it over a few pixels/…
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LoTekK

Textures

Hi all, How much textures are too much for modern PCs given the new lines of GPUs in the market going with 2gb + video memory. Basically lets say if I have 8 1024x1024 textures in one map how much o…
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HAWK12HT

terrain lighting disaster

I posted this on my thread in the pimping section too, but I figure it might be better to put this here as well. I'm having serious issues with lighting this terrain. Since my terrain is very flat …
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Kenturrac

Sidescroller Camera shouldnt move on Z axis when jumping

Hello there! I'm currently making a simple sidescroller game based on the sidescroller platformerkit from epic. When I'm jumping with the character the camera automatically moves with the character…
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sebi3110

UDK dynamic lighting problems

Hi.I started a new environment in UDK, and i wanted to use fully dynamic lighting with no pre computed shadows (without lightmass).The problem is, when i deselect the light source, all of the shadows…
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Minato

Mid fight Particles when map loads.

Hi, I was wondering if its at all possible to have particles spawn half way a long their path rather then at the start, when the level loads. I want it so its as if the emitter was already running fo…
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imbueFX

Issue with viewmodel lighting

Hi, I would really appreciate if someone could help me out on an issue I have been having with my custom viewmodel. I have searched the forums and cannot find any similar threads. Here is an image …
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Bellers

UDK - Isolate mid-gray color in material editor

Quick question for you polycounters: Is it possible to isolate the mid-gray color in this image? [IMG]http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad53/whynot1983/UDK.jpg[/IMG] I've used power nodes with ex…
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Harbinger

Window/Glass

Hi everyone, soo after searching loads here and other sites, im unable to decided which is better way to make glass window. 1. Have 2 material ID and mask (for window) and make a cube map etc 2. Ha…
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JamesWild

Got a weird viewport shadowing/artefact problem

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20141186/3d%20stuff/NEW%203D/Environments/NEW/industrial/wips/viewport_artifacts.jpg[/img] No normal map applied, it's real-time in the viewport and it has proper light…
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Ace-Angel

APEX Problem

I use the APEX cloth in my project,but when the character moves ,the cloth will shake back and forth very fast so that it may break like the picture below [IMG]http://fmn.rrimg.com/fmn063/201207…
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dengbohan

transparent material (glas)

Hello That´s what I did with" alpha blending" so far. I already included some reflections in those areas where the glass should be. Now we want to make the glass transparent (It should be visible).…
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ZacD

UDK Texture Error?

Hey guys, I am having a problem best described with pictures. Shadermap 2 (Blender looks the same): [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ziiE3.png[/IMG] UDK: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/uFFq3.png[/IMG] I am not r…
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Benton

Material Effect to PP Volume

Hey guys, I'm trying to add a material effect or a post processing chain to a specific post process volume. but it does not have a parameter that asks for a material effect or a post process chain …
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Kenturrac

UDK Landscape Menu Missing

Ive been trying to create some landscapes in UDK , but have come across a problem that my landscape editing menu isn't there?? It should like the UDN one. [IMG]http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/rsrc/Th…
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reverendK

Skyrimesque area hard loading?

Hi Folks I'm having a small problem loading interior cell's on a mainly exterior map within the UDK. I'm aiming for a skyrim/fallout approach however the problem arises when it comes to transitionin…
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TheSerum

UDK Bink Movie texture help

Ok so i have a movie texture in my game, i also have audio from the video and i have it so that when the player starts the level the audio and video play at the same time, but the video goes slow, in…
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Chay Hawk

UDK Particle System

UDK Experts help please. i have a partice system that i set up but for the love of me i can NOT get it to loop or cycle more than once. i've played with the duration settings, there is also a value w…
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ChickenNoodleSoup

Landscape material setup

Does anybody know if I can blend my Colormap with a blend_overlay and LayerBlend for my detail textures this way? Also is my WorldAligntexture setup correctly? [IMG]http://img221.imageshack.us/im…
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decorix

sharing scene and material.

I have this scene of a landscape and I would like to share it. How can I share my Landscape scene and the landscape material. I have created in one package. There are also other materials in that pa…
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DeadlyFreeze

Particle over time, not life?

Is there a way to affect particles over time rather than over life? Like no matter what the lifetime is of a given particle it's velocity will be affected the same after 3 seconds.
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imbueFX

UDK Custom Height Map Collision

Hey guys, Just curious if anyone can answer this. I made a terrain in World Machine and exported the height map. I was able to bring it in no problem, however, when I wanted to test out using 'Play…
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AzzaMat

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