UDK Modular Building Workflow

Mark Dygert

3dmotive.com has a $15m 50 minute video by Tyler Wanlass about modular creation inside of the Unreal Developer Kit.

"In this tutorial we'll be talking about creating modular assets that are on the grid and highly reusable. We'll then be using Photoshop to create a detail texture sheet that we can use to quickly and efficiently map to our modular building set. In 3ds Max we'll discuss working on the grid, setting proper pivot points and quick UV techniques for these types of assets. Lastly, we'll discuss how to rapidly build inside UDK using grid snaps and a handful of meshes."

http://www.3dmotive.com/product-modular-building-udk

PogoP

Umm it costs $15. Shame, because this would be useful for my final year project.

Neavah

Free?! free minute and a half. Looks dope though.

gamedev

Hey everyone,

You're absolutely right, this video was just launched and is not part of our free collection. Sorry for the mis-info. We've contacted PC and hope to have this resolved shortly!

Happy Holidays!

-Tyler

adam

Fixed!

Loren Broach

Neat! This would have been really helpful back when I was doing the beat-em-up challenge. I'll be checking it out!

Oniram

just purchased the mesh paint dvd from 3dmotive.. this one looks like it is very promising as well. im definitely gonna buy this.

Mark Dygert

Very very sorry about that... Thanks for fixing it Adam!

Stromberg90

Bought it a couple hours ago, havnt had the time to realy get into it, but i looked trough it, defently worth the 15 bucks :P

mkandersson

Really like 3DMotives Tutorials so I might buy this one

leechdemon

How much of this is UDK-specific? I don't do any work with UDK itself, but I do a lot of environment work, and I'd be curious to see what they have that's useful in other destinations.

adam

leechdemon - UDK is 100% free to use.

leechdemon

adam - yeah, I've kicked the tires a little bit, but my point is that exporting through UDK isn't something I intend to do. So my question is, how much of the "UDK Modular Building Workflow" relies on UDK specifically? Is the info they're mentioning good for any Modular Workflow, or is this specific settings inside of UDK itself?

If it's a Modular Workflow that they're doing in UDK as an example, but most of the bulk work is done outside of UDK (like in max, photoshop, etc) and then just brought into UDK towards the end, that would benefit myself (and probably others) just as well.

ZacD

I'll let you know leechdemon, but it sounds like it'd be useful for any app that allows grid based snapping.

Ott

Hey leech, sorry for any confusion.

The video covers modeling in 3ds Max and working with the grid, snaps, pivots, planning, etc. Texturing with the grid with modularity in mind in Photoshop, and a whole slew of techniques and tricks that could work with any game engine when modularity is your goal. It does cover the UDK assembling side of things as well, but the techniques could translate to any game engine out there with a similar grid system. Hope that helps!

leechdemon

Awesome, that sounds like something I could take advantage of. Thanks, Ott (and the rest!)!

Ryan Smith

Sweet! This video looks awesome! I think i'll pick it up later.

Y_M

As someone who finds UDK completely and utterly alien (Comes from many years of source), are the 3d motive videos a good place to start?

ZacD

I picked it up to force my self to try out the UDK and Max more, It'll show you how to throw together a building, it wont help you with the basic controls, or settings.

BrendtheCow

@ Y_M The 3D motive vids are a great place to learn specific aspects of the UDK engine and UI, but if you want a great place to start I'd pick up Eat3D's Intro to UDK. Once you've run through that, hop on over to 3d Motive. =]

Urbanmelon

If you want to learn UDK's basics, there's the free 3D Buzz tutorials available on the UDK's site (http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/VideoTutorials.html). If you're like me and want to save some money for the more in-depth tutorials, they're a good alternative.

TheDarkKnight

Does it go in to depth on using tile-able textures, video looks pretty interesting so do want to pick this up.
But if it shows using tile-able textures, i'll pick it up right now

mats effect

Really good video. Some great 3D Max and Photoshop tips.

Tyrone70

I liked the tutorials. Learned quite of few basic tips that I didn't know and some advanced tips that are going to make my life easier from now on.

glynnsmith

$15m seems rather steep!

" It does cover the UDK assembling side of things as well, but the techniques could translate to any game engine out there with a similar grid system."

I take it the tutorial doesn't cover Facade, then?

SnakeDoctor

Yah what DarkKnight said, does it deal with tile able textures?

Christian Hjerpe

This is going to be a xmas gift to me from me

ZacD

its a big texture sheet with some parts that tile completely and some that just tile horizontal.