Unreal Engine

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backface lighting is there any way to have a mesh with no backface cast a shadow? ive got a bunch of wall pieces that are meant for an interior, and light just goes right through them. a small fix ive got for that is …	9 Last	Ben Apuna Mar 2011
What am I doing wrong? (Another) Texture Seam/Lighting Question Hello, First and foremost, I appreciate your time to read and respond to my question. I've searched multiple forum's post histories regarding similar problems, but nothing has proven helpful. Bel…	4 Last	Ben Apuna Mar 2011
Help getting particles to receive lighting. I made a smoke particle and have it being emmitted from an emmitter. It apears to be completely self illuminated all of the time. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get it to receive lighting fro…	1 Last	RAL Mar 2011
The Look? Anyone looked at the list of all new features in UDK March 2011? Looks pretty interesting how I can finally make Zbrush terrains. Anyways, I am wondering how can I render a game so it looks cartooni…	5 Last	passerby Mar 2011
Saving Assets to Project hey i'm pretty sure this is a really basic step that i'm missing, but whenever i import assets of my own into a scene, i'll save them as a package. here is where i put my models and materials, throug…	2 Last	sprunghunt Mar 2011
Uninspiring Lighting Question So I have a rather embarrassing grasp on lighting in UDK considering how much time I've spent with it. Lighting tweaking is something that always gets pushed to last in my projects and ends up gettin…	1 Last	Runner Mar 2011
Linear 1.0 Gamma in UDK Does UDK support that, anyone knows?	2 Last	Samfisher84 Mar 2011
Weird shading Hey so I'm very new to UDK, and have been looking for a solution to this problem and I am truly stumped. Anyone know why I'm getting this weird shading on my ground, it looks fine in the content bro…	1 Last	sprunghunt Mar 2011
sidescrollin halp hey all, so i've been trying to setup this really basic sidescrolling game just to see if i could manage it. So far i've followed ([B][URL="http://www.hourences.com/an-entire-simple-udk-game/"]houren…	5 Last	Nizza_waaarg Mar 2011
The UDK doesn't load? Hi I just installed the SDK etc but when I click Game , editor or whatever nothing happens and I see nothing on screen appear , what's wrong? I have windows 7 64 bit ....	6 Last	Froyok Mar 2011
i hate deco layers The models on my deco layers wont cast shadows, or get darker when they're in a shadow. How do I fix this?	4 Last	roosterMAP Mar 2011
Multiple UV Performance? What I have is a car skeletal mesh and I want to add decals on it like flames, stripes, etc. Now I want these decals to be used among several different cars and recreating them for each vehicle woul…	6 Last	16bit Mar 2011
Super Noticeable Seam after Baked lighting please help. Hey guys! for the last 3 hours i've been going slightly insane. so far i've been pulling my hair out and only have a bout 1/4 of my hair left on my head. I've been making this train and everything …	8 Last	Arac Mar 2011
question abt UDK how do I force UDK to not derez the textures that are at a distance?	5 Last	bgoodsell Mar 2011
Terrain foliage not receiving terrain shadow? At first I thought my problem was my material or my mesh, but I've tried a hundred different settings with the same results. Is this just a limitation of the UDK terrain? [IMG]http://img842.imagesh…	2 Last	tristamus Mar 2011
Exporting Animations from UDK to Max Hello! Is it possible to extract the animations from UDK for use within 3dsmax? I wish to build a scene featuring animated characters, but using animations for walk cycles etc. from UDK. I have a ch…	2 Last	Envart Mar 2011
help with geometry appearing broken in UDK SO I am doing this small level and a perfectly normal mesh appears broken in UDK. I am using the unreal actor X static mesh exporter. In Maya displaying soft and hard edges. [IMG]http://www.pixelsin…	5 Last	tristamus Mar 2011
UV problem when importing a mesh Hi! i hope someone can help me. Im trying to import a house i made in 3dstudio max, to UDK, with no success. Here is the model: [url]http://kepfeltoltes.hu/110227/house_1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg[…	2 Last	Xendance Mar 2011
modularity for architecture Hi im new here and fairly new to udk and have a few questions about modularity. Im gonna start modeling houses and apartments and was wondering if it would be better to model the rooms in one piece …	5 Last	war2die4 Mar 2011
fracture mesh in kismet [SIZE=2]How do i fracture a mesh with either a trigger or a boulder, not sure how to do it in kismet. [FONT=Segoe UI][SIZE=2][FONT=Segoe UI][SIZE=2]I've watched a decent amount of tutorials but nothi…	0 Last	deanmacgreor Mar 2011
UDK - reflection + cubemap and mask Hi How do i use reflection in UDK and mask it of witch textures? tried doing it here with alpha. [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aV-rbMncCM8/TWlRkQBySUI/AAAAAAAAAD8/iO_njK5Q4wU/s1600/reflect-test.j…	11 Last	Samfisher84 Mar 2011
UDK Lights and Beauty Renders I have more than a few props I want to show off in my scene. I am struggling to find any settings that really look great for my lights and my props. I had tried doing a 3 point lighting setup (Fil…	3 Last	Incomitatum Mar 2011
UDK weird move tool Wanna edit my bsp brush but the axis of the move gizmo is all messed up? where can i reset it to normal?	2 Last	Samfisher84 Feb 2011
Material shader - when model collides intersects another, add an edge? Hey guys, sorry about the cryptic thread title. I'll explain a little more. I'm re-making an old Zelda dungeon in 3D to test out modularity for my university degree, and I'm wondering if it's possib…	8 Last	Neox Feb 2011
SceneDepth-based material problem. Hey guys. I usually lurk, but I'm having some trouble with a postprocess material I've been working on. I'm trying to selectively mask zdepth in relation to the current location of the pixel being dr…	6 Last	adinolfi Feb 2011
Light Help Hey guys im starting to light my scene. I have a single Dom Directional Light, aimed through window. All default settings, i dont understand the shadow from the window? Why is it show the outline of …	4 Last	nick2730 Feb 2011
tri count in UDK? Anyone know if there's a way to get the exact number of tris in a scene in UDK? Thanks in advance.	2 Last	Aigik Feb 2011
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