Unreal Engine

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Shadow Casting Grass / Transmission So I've got grass and ivy in this thing I'm working on. The grass casts a stark, dark shadow at the moment, and I only want it to block some light. Preferably leaving behind a nice, blurry green sh…	8 Last	A. Rabbit Feb 2011
Weird Lightmap Artifacting Getting some bizarre artifacting on lightmaps for this static mesh, this is just a lowpoly with flat grey diffuse and a normalmap on it: [IMG]http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3699/justfuckoffudk.j…	10 Last	tristamus Feb 2011
UDK Lightmaps Issues It's been a few days that i'm working on that problem and it feels like i'm going nowhere. I created 3 tileable modules that's render pretty clean in Max and when it comes to UDK, I get this weird s…	2 Last	Mattvince Feb 2011
Environment Light problems Hi I've started using UDK 3 weeks ago and through this time I've been learning it. I am currently doing a uni project for which I have to build an environment. I have a big problem with lighting in…	9 Last	Bart Feb 2011
Vehicle Animations (need help) Hey guys, I am trying to have my vehicle play an animation when it fires my projectile. What do I need to do for an animation to be triggered when firing my gun on the vehicle? But what script do I e…	2 Last	BenHenry Feb 2011
Light through Alpha not casting correct shadows I'm still a bit new to UDK. So much info and settings it is overwhelming. I've tried looking for a solution but can't seem to find one. The problem is Lighting. I'm casting a light through a static …	10 Last	Xendance Feb 2011
taking screenshots of props I just started importing my meshes from maya into UDK and wanted to have images of them in realtime. These meshes are only props, not full environments or levels. I would like to create a custom back…	7 Last	tristamus Feb 2011
UDK - Strange Lighting Issue with Player Actor For a student game, we have recently imported a new character model from 3DS Max 2011 into UDK (2011-02 build). When in the game, the character seems to be having a very odd lighting effect that we…	0 Last	gameniac85 Feb 2011
Lighting MIPing? LODing? So there was a post earlier about Texture Quality by "reanix", and it got me thinking of a current issue I am having. My meshes and shading seems to look like sh*t at certain distances. I have sepa…	4 Last	knak47 Feb 2011
UDK environment HELP! Hi, I'm new to this forum. This is an environment I've been working on, but I ran into something that I can't seem to fix. For some reason, some of my mesh, especially the roof is darker than the oth…	1 Last	Ben Apuna Feb 2011
Fresnel \ Rim lighting So - I have just started looking into UDK\ UE3 again and am familiarizing myself with the material editor. Im knocking up a character shader and have a slight fresnel effect going on to give a subtl…	2 Last	FAT_CAP Feb 2011
UDK Texture Quality I'm working on some UDK stuff for university. I of course work at home on things and bring them home. Today I noticed how much better my textures seemed to look on the (better) university machines. …	14 Last	A-N-P Feb 2011
Issues with UDK player spawning So I recently began with UDK and I am having some issues. Whenever I run UDK from FrontEnd, it merely takes me into the level I specified in the URL properties and never actually spawns me. I only fl…	2 Last	isack55 Feb 2011
Static Mesh actor not lightmassing Hey, i cant run lightmass on a static mesh actor. I keep getting this error. [B][FONT=Arial][Static Mesh Actor] : Static mesh actor has NULL StaticMesh property[/FONT][/B] There's nothing particul…	1 Last	Lamont Feb 2011
No Lights, lit mode is super dark. I had some lights , a few spot lights and a dominant directional, as well as a few meshes that had emmisive enabled. I was getting some issues so I decided to delete all my lights and turn of the emm…	3 Last	Ben Apuna Feb 2011
Lighting issues please help! Hey all, so I am fairly new to udk and quiet a noob with it. Im wondering what im missing here... My lighting is looking terrible and I have no idea why. When I build lighting I'm losing all the de…	8 Last	Harbinger Feb 2011
Setting up props with animation the easy way. Hey guys. Lately I've been getting into animating my props and such (It's awesome!) and I was thinking of writing up some stuff from my latest "play around with stuff and do cool shit at home"-sessio…	18 Last	Lamont Feb 2011
Can't undo during transaction? Help please! So I am working on a project in UDK right now, and very often, I end up not being able to undo anymore. When I go to the edit tab, and try to manually undo, it tells me "Can't undo during a transacti…	3 Last	Oniram Feb 2011
smoothing group fbx importing problem Hello, I have some meshes from Maya in fbx format. A friend who wants to import it into unreal development kit got error: [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/2czdbvm.jpg[/IMG] and for one object [IMG]http…	3 Last	Bal Feb 2011
Asset Placement In UDK Hey everyone, is there an easier way to place various assets within a level? An example would be crates and then placing various objects in those crates, using KActors so that you can play around wi…	5 Last	A. Rabbit Feb 2011
Attachments? I am wondering how to attach two static meshes, or a light to a static mesh and also a light volume. I created a lamp (static Mesh) and used a basic spot light and a light volume and I just wanted to…	9 Last	knak47 Feb 2011
Shadow Issues Hey guys, not sure exactly what the problem is, it might be to do with LODs but as i said i'm not sure. But yeah it seems to be the further i pull back from my model the weirder my shadows become, an…	6 Last	Elith2 Feb 2011
Unreal Cascade: Spawn Location Falloff I'm trying to create a particle effect using cascade that has particles that spawn over a volume. I was able to get this working by adding the "initial Location" module to the emitter and and defin…	7 Last	ImSlightlyBored Feb 2011
UDK Lags I have a few lag issues in UDK, it seems whenever I move something it lags. Here are my specs: AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core 2.1 GHz 3GB RAM ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Pac…	2 Last	PolyHertz Feb 2011
Camera Issues I'm having some issues making cinematic cameras. It seems that I can set up a camera to animate just the way I want to, and as soon as I close the matinee window, and open it back up, it's completely…	0 Last	dawson_john Feb 2011
Hacking Minigame, hard to implement in UDK? How are hacking minigames usually implemented in a 3d engine? I've been hoping to incorporate a minigame into a UDK environment I'm working on but don't have the slightest clue where to start. I'll…	7 Last	haiddasalami Feb 2011
importing meshes from Maya problem to UDK Hello, I have some meshes from Maya in fbx format. A friend who wants to import it into unreal development kit got error: [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/2czdbvm.jpg[/IMG] and for one object [IMG]http…	0 Last	winternights Feb 2011
Making your own player model FPS with ADS? delete	0 Last	mortalhuman Feb 2011
Material Param Tracks super slow! So I've got a few material param tracks in Matinee. some of them control materials that are on just one or two objects, others are for materials on dozens, maybe even up to a hundred objects. Turns o…	0 Last	Xoliul Jan 2011
Tiling, covering up? I am sure there are many ways to accomplish this I am just wondering what are some different approaches. So basically what I want to do is break up the tiling of my floor panel texture by overlayin…	11 Last	knak47 Jan 2011
Node discriptions Is there somewhere that I can find descriptions of what each node in the material editor does and is used for. A lot are self explanatory but some I just have no Idea what they do or are capable of.	2 Last	knak47 Jan 2011
Lightmaps and shadow problems Hey guys So im working on a scene and i was using the August build and was getting nice shadows like this [IMG]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/ddexter2/good.jpg[/IMG] but then i went to De…	1 Last	SaferDan Jan 2011
Lightshafts Hello, Going back to my Evil Genius environment, I've noticed my Light Shafts are no longer enabled. Here are some points of interest for those who think they could help me out here: [LIST] [*]I ha…	2 Last	Oniram Jan 2011
Emissive question Hey guys, I am wondering how to set up an emissive texture so that the area that I have painted on my emissive texture doesn't completely cover up the diffuse map underneath it. Here is a screen shot…	6 Last	Oniram Jan 2011
UDK Custom packages problem So, here I am with last month's UDK beta, working on my project and everything's going fine. I had my custom package with all my materials etc in it, saving constantly. Then, the new beta comes out…	4 Last	tristamus Jan 2011
halftone shader after seeing this thread: [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77268[/url] I made this shader in unreal (click the image for larger version): [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spru…	22 Last	Ga2Z Jan 2011
Can you stop Lightmaps from LODing? So I am working on a gray scene to work on my lighting. I've been primarily working at home, but today I tested it out on my work computer, and now i notice my light maps are LODing and they look li…	6 Last	Arac Jan 2011
UDK Lighting Shadows & Spec Snafu Alright, so here's my beef in a nutshell. Have a dynamic light casting dynamic shadows behind a brush wall, on a brush floor with a material that has a nice spec map on it. [IMG]http://oi54.tinyp…	0 Last	GoalieZero Jan 2011
Material Tree error It's my first time working with the material system in UDK and I've stumbled on this weird error. I've been trying to get the glossiness to work as it does in Max, and from what I read online, the b…	5 Last	JobyeK Jan 2011
UDK Export problem hi guys yesterdy i try to export some assest to UDK , From Max as ASE Format but i get some Problem :( ASE : [IMG]http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8777/asexy.jpg[/IMG] and when i try to export…	4 Last	ayoub44 Jan 2011
FBX the new hotness? So just from reading threads by other people and such it seems that FBX is the new way to import to UDK and has been for a bit I assume? Mainly just want to check as I haven't had time to keep up to…	11 Last	Bal Jan 2011
How do you turn off/down the ambient occlusion in UDK? Please forgive/point me in the right direction if this has been covered. How do i turn down or turn off the realtime "ambient occlusion" pass in UDK. It's [I]way[/I] too intense for what I'm doing,…	2 Last	JonathanArmstrong Jan 2011
Rigging for UDK Hi everybody, I have a general inquiry about rigging characters for the UDK engine.I have searched all over and I haven't found any real answers on the proper way to rig a character for UDK. I have s…	4 Last	Treacharous Jan 2011
UV map of character model in UDK help Here there everyone, I apologize if this questions has already been asked before, but I had trouble finding the answer and I could use the help. I am a beginner and I am having trouble getting star…	4 Last	fac7orx Jan 2011
Object goes blurry at certain distances? My object has two materials on it, one material with its textures looks good from whatever distance, you can see the two round things at the top, those look fine always. for some reason, the matera…	9 Last	Numerator Jan 2011
Lightmap Hi to all, in this days im trying to create a ME Scene Style, but i have problem for the lightmap. Without lightmap: [IMG]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/977/udkproblem.jpg[/IMG] With lightmap: [I…	14 Last	Covin Jan 2011
iOS Bug - Shader compile error Just in case ya'll are going nuts like I did. "Failed to compile shader" error, and after some digging found it was because I ticked "MCES_Constant" under Emissive in the Mobile Material editor. 100%…	0 Last	Lamont Jan 2011
Emissive Lighting Acting Weird In the hope this gets solved today I wanted to post this problem I've been having. I'm using emissive lighting on this fluorescent light. This did work at one point, and I'm trying to figure out what…	10 Last	haiddasalami Jan 2011
Transferring project to newer UDK Hey guys, have been working on a project using the March 2010 version. And there are some features that newer versions have that might make life easier for us. Tried this tool ([url]http://forums.ep…	3 Last	Oniram Jan 2011
December beta lag? Anyone else having any problems with the December beta? I downloaded it and opened up an earlier file that I worked on with the august version of the engine.. And I'm down to approx 0.1 fps here. T…	3 Last	Ga2Z Jan 2011