UDK general question

Mypeople

I'm mainly using unreal to showcase my models.

i have a scene with my character and the environment i put him in. i just want the environment to bake lighting and it keeps baking lighting on my character as well. anyone know what i do to not make only the env bake?

cholden

In the Build Lighting option you can click a check box for 'Build Only Selected'. I reckon if you import a character as a static mesh placed within the scene, this would be a quick work-around. Simply select everything BUT the character static mesh and viola.

Ben Apuna

Assuming you placed your character into the level as a static mesh then right click it in the editor then choose: Convert -> Convert StaticMeshActor To Mover.

Then rebuild the lighting.

I hope that helps.

Teemu

Or simply delete the character from the scene, bake and place the character back

cholden

BAM! Look at all these options! Suck it any option Mypeople does not use!

Mypeople

Thanks gang. Ben, what does turning him into a mover do?

Ben Apuna

A mover is a movable mesh you can animate it through kismet/matinee. It only accepts dynamic lights just like a character which would normally be a skeletal mesh.

Mypeople

Thanks ben, that did exactly what i wanted. thanks also for the speedy replies. really helped a fella out. thanks guys.

cholden

For laughs, select your character as a static mesh in the Content Browser, then right click in the scene > add actor > add interp actor > Double click or select your mesh in the scene and press F4 > Movement > Physics (set this to PHYS_Rotation) > in Rotation Rate, set the Yaw to 10-30.

That Yaw number, set it whatever you like, it control the speed which your character will be rotating in the scene. This is real handy for getting a demo reel style rotation presentation of a mesh.