Unreal Engine

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UDK for iOS - This Friday! So, I'm sure many of you have already seen this info, but I was not able to see even one thread dedicated to the topic....and I'm pretty sure this is big enough news to talk about ;) [url]http://www…	3 Last	tristamus Dec 2010
Inverting a mid grey color in UDK Material Editor Hey guys, I was trying to invert a channel of a normal map by shader code in UDK. So I used the OneMinus node in UDK and I was confused with the middle grey tones ending up being a different shade o…	5 Last	kodde Dec 2010
Ambient Lighting in Material I feel like I'm missing something small, but I'm trying to set up a material that uses an ambient cubemap for ambient lighting. It took me a while to figure out how to set up the orientation, but now…	3 Last	Ben Apuna Dec 2010
Changing vertex color in game Essentially I am working on a level where the character burns some bushes etc. I accomplish this by using a transition inside of the material. I need to be able to burn one bush at a time, even if th…	3 Last	Froyok Dec 2010
Exporting a UDK package to another computer? Hello all, So, I recently got another computer and I want to work on the same project and transfer the files back a forth between my computer. Does anyone know an easy way to do this? I saw somethin…	7 Last	Andrew Mackie Dec 2010
Confusion about LOD's and mapping I have heard that you don't want to have more then four LOD's in your model but what does this mean? I can only have four uv maps/material ID's per model? And how does this apply to a large scenes? …	3 Last	polygonfreak Dec 2010
Light Leak Hey guys, im having a problem in my environment with light leaks. I have 2 walls, both static mesh size 16 width, one wall is straight other is at a slight angel. Even when i weld it to a one object…	3 Last	Ben Apuna Dec 2010
Blended normals in UDK? Hey guys. I wanted to try to get blended normals in an UDK material and I don't know how to approach this or if it's even possible? I know how blended normals work in theory and I've created this w…	14 Last	kodde Dec 2010
Generally...how bad is this? Hey everyone, ive been workin on putting together a shader that can be instanced for the easy plug-in ability for a project im working on. here's the thing.. this shader has 69 instructions.. the sha…	5 Last	Oniram Dec 2010
Material Editor Preview background color? Topic pretty much says it all. Can the Material Editor Preview background color be changed? How? I'm finding it hard to preview my results with a pitch black background. Thanks.	1 Last	Oniram Dec 2010
Custom Vehicle into UDK [FONT=arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=White][FONT=arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hi Guys, I'm currently working on an assignment which involves me importing a custom low poly vehicle into…	3 Last	WhiteNorthStar Nov 2010
Vertex Painting + Grunge Variation So I've been following Chris Albeluhn's tutorials [URL="https://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/3D_Tutorials.html"]http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/3D_Tutorials.html[/URL] , more specifically the [URL="https://www…	4 Last	ErichWK Nov 2010
unreal lighting problem I am getting this weird black blotchy line on the boarders of the mesh that don't have geometry behind it when I add a light. Id like to know how to turn that off so i don't have this any more.Any he…	4 Last	Mike Yevin Nov 2010
Terrain Foliage removed from latest build - What?! So I've spend the afternoon working through the 3D motive UDK terrain tutorial (Which I recommend) and due to some problems opening the tutorial packages in the July build, I updated to the latest Oc…	6 Last	Snipergen Nov 2010
Need Help with Lightmap Density I'm having some really annoying problems with UDK lightmaps, and since I'm somewhat of a UDK noob, I'll buy whoever can tell me the really obvious answer a cookie. Shadows are obviously really blobb…	6 Last	Jarod1872 Nov 2010
Decal that casts light Hey guys i was wondering if there was a way you could have a decal that has an emissive and can cast light on things? Like an emissive for a static actor but just with a decal?	4 Last	SaferDan Nov 2010
Opening/Closing Door with Kismet So I'm finally back to working on some levels after getting a few other classes out of the way. I spent the last day or so refreshing myself on getting skeletal meshes into UDK and getting the animat…	2 Last	Mcbiskit Nov 2010
Multiple people working on one UDK map file? Hey I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a way to have multiple people accessing the same UDK map file but saving it across all versions. Have a group level next semester but was researching s…	10 Last	00Zero Nov 2010
Rising Water? Hi guys, being forced to do a UDK level for uni (Uni is predominatly games based, but I'm doing animation, so UDK is pretty new and level design is pretty irrelevent to my general course) What I wan…	1 Last	Xoliul Nov 2010
Sending an "out" based on time in Kismet Hey guys, im looking for a node or a way to send an "out" to an "in" every few milliseconds. What I want to do is get a door to open and close gradually depending on how far away I am from it. I got …	1 Last	Xoliul Nov 2010
showmethatagain : 2 new UDK terrain tutes Hi Everyone, I've uploaded two new tutes in the UDK series at my site : [url]http://www.showmethatagain.com/videos/UDK/terrain09/[/url] : vegetation - objects & shadows (26 mins, 90 MB) [url]http:/…	3 Last	ultramedia Nov 2010
Can this (shader?) be done within UDK? Hello there. I've been playing around with UDK for a while now but usually just to set up 'simple' scenes and make basic shaders, but I wanted to do something a bit more complex this time. I don't r…	20 Last	kdm3d Nov 2010
::UDK Lightmap UV Tip:: So, maybe everyone already knows this, maybe not... Straightening you UVs = clean (baked) lightmaps UDK > Baked lightmap > 128x128: (see attachment)	7 Last	kdm3d Nov 2010
Package Woes At some point, I have no idea when, my map started saving as one giant .UDK file. I only need this one file which is something like 100mb to open and see everything in map. I would really like to s…	6 Last	Lamont Nov 2010
UDK shader help HI I need help in making a shader in UDK.I need it to only show up on the model's shadowed parts..How do I do that..links for tutorials, tips etc are most welcome & are much appreciated..	0 Last	Pangahas Nov 2010
Weird Shadows? Hey guys, so I've been working on a new level for the project, and we're trying to do a cliffside by the sea. Only thing is the rock that I've imported has got some weird shadowing appearing on it. W…	6 Last	Neox Nov 2010
Stained Glass Church enviornment Hey I am currently doing an indoor church environment. I was wanting to put some stained glass windows on parts of the walls. Is there a way I can do this so that it can allow sun beams to travel th…	2 Last	cholden Nov 2010
Modo to UDK Hey guys! Just wondering if there is a plug-in much like actor x or something similar for Modo 401 or even a file format that is used to export meshes to take into unreal. Modo doesnt seem to have t…	5 Last	CT007 Nov 2010
Skybox Texture Compression Issue Hey guys, Just having an issue with my skybox and compression settings in UDK. I've done a quick Polycount search and found one thread but I couldn't fix my problem. Basically, this is my problem: …	3 Last	PogoP Oct 2010
Free showmethatagain UDK tutes Hi Everyone, I'd like to announce my two new tutorials for UDK. The first is an intro to UDK for beginners, the second shows a technique for creating a large map from satellite imagery. You can vi…	6 Last	Visceral Oct 2010
noooob question about transfering stuff between installations. basically i have some art assets that are all setup and pretty in one installation and i want to take all that and just throw it into a totally different udk instalation. i tried bulk export but it d…	2 Last	planaria Oct 2010
Exporting from Maya I am trying to export a shattered object from Maya into UDK using FBX. The object has been shattered and a radial field applied to make it "explode". I then baked out the animation but it wont expo…	0 Last	jjoyal88 Oct 2010
How to do AO in UDK? Hi all, Real UDK newb here. And yes I have used google and polycount search! I have been seeing a lot of cool renders on the forums with really dark AO's in UDK (some a little too dark might i add…	1 Last	cholden Oct 2010
Random Flickering I'm trying to get some random flickering to occur on the opacity of my material. Right now i'm using Sin and time to get a "pulsing" effect but I want it to be random. Anyone have an idea of how to…	8 Last	Oniram Oct 2010
Cloth Help I'm trying to get a basic bit of cloth to work. I added a cloth bone, and weighted all my verts to it that I wanted to be simulated and then weighted all the other verts to a "rigid" bone and import…	1 Last	jocose Oct 2010
UnrealED 2.5 Dark+Grainy Post-Process Effect Help Hey everyone, I'm using an older Unreal editor to make maps for Gears of War and I'm trying to achieve a dark horror feel. The closest example I can find is something that the Diablo 3 fans wanted…	3 Last	Xendance Oct 2010
Inverse Fresnel Help I'm trying to modulate the opacity of a material based of the fresnel vector, but i want the opposite effect that fresnel is giving me. Does anyone have any idea how to achieve this? When I look di…	5 Last	divi Oct 2010
Terrain Foliage Error When adding foliage to my level, in this case grass, I get strange artifacts and color errors in my editor window. This only happens when I start to move my camera around while editing the level. Whe…	6 Last	Mike Yevin Oct 2010
Skeletal Mesh Questions Ok so first time I do this with a .PSA, some stuff doesn't work [U] -I have all animations in one file, and just digest ranges of them. If I have an animation going from 0-80, I type this in the rang…	0 Last	Xoliul Oct 2010
Help with UDK ! please hi i'm new here in this forum : ) and i have a small question about UDK ... in this img [url]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/189/test6k.jpg[/url] i wanna know how to make that glow on the board…	7 Last	polygunz Oct 2010
difference between physx mesh and fractured mesh Thanks for helping me with the ladder volume the other days guys. still working hard on learning UDK. Came across Raven's tutorials on physx He teaches about using physx to shatter the wall, and y…	4 Last	ihour Oct 2010
Control sound through Kismet Simple question really, but there's not much to be found: How do i go about controlling (ambient)sounds. As in, have them fade in, loop for a while, fade out. Toggling isn't hard, but it's the fading…	9 Last	Lamont Oct 2010
ladder volume in UDK hi guys just to pop my head in head again ( i've been lurking on all sorts of forums reading and trying to absorb information ) something i cant figure out. Ladder volumes. i've watched Raven's tut…	8 Last	ihour Oct 2010
UDK dominantDirectional poor shadow qualtiy? The shadow casting from my one light (DominantDirectional) is really low, i know ive seen in other games using udk, really crisp real time shadows. do i need to up some setting or something? i'd like…	3 Last	Nielsen Oct 2010
Terrain creation question Hey all. Myself and several others just started work on a platforming game which we're creating in the UDK. We've run into a small hitch though. One team member has brought up the possibility of c…	4 Last	Ryno Oct 2010
Daigonal Geometry & The Grid Hey Everyone, I have some modular pieces I am trying to lay out diagonally to the grid. The problem is that once I rotate the sections at this arbitrary diagonal angle (30 degrees) it isn't on gr…	5 Last	Xendance Oct 2010
FBX Normal Issues I couldn't find this issue by searching, so here goes. Is anyone else having issues with importing FBX files from Maya 2009 to UDK? Every single edge on all my meshes are showing up as hard and face…	5 Last	Jeff Parrott Oct 2010
MaxScript: UDK Export I have been working with a fair number of multisub objects lately, I also work with groups a fair amount and have had problems exporting things if they weren't first detached from a group. Also I u…	0 Last	jocose Oct 2010
Render_Fisheye_Smoothing groups_ 3 Questions Hey guys, I made a post on the master thread, but nobody answered, and i'm on a bit of a deadline here so time is of the essence. My questions are 1.) How would I go about making a fisheye lens…	10 Last	Xoliul Oct 2010
Directional Light not lighting So I'm brand new to UDK so excuse my noobness here, but I cant find an answer to this anywhere. I'm trying to set up a directional light, and when I place one, initially its lighting up the scene a…	7 Last	Nate Broach Oct 2010