Custom Vehicle into UDK

amingtonspitfires

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hi Guys,

I'm currently working on an assignment which involves me importing a custom low poly vehicle into UDK and to get it running around.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The problem that I currently have is trying to rig the vehicle in max so that it is able to work in UDK. I just wondered if you guys could point me in the right direction as it would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks for your time.

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Xoliul

There's a huge step between getting a rigged and animated skeletal mesh in Unreal and actually having a driveable vehicle. Getting a SK mesh in there is not very hard, but the interaction and gameplay requires unrealscript coding. You could opt for replacing/extending one of the existing vehicles, but really, it doesn't make things easier.

All of this would be a lot easier if there were some pre-made "base" unreal classes for a driving and/or a flying vehicle. Right now there's either the base vehicle class that barely does anything (you can't even enter it or control it) and then there's the very specific, mega-extensive vehicles like the Scorpion and Cicada and so. They are just wayyy past the idea of being abel to do your own thing with 'em.

3Drobbo

Xoliul is right, it is a mission to get a working car into UDK, im currently giving it ago and finding it very hard. Here is a link or two you might already have but others might not.

http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=367
Great for anything, there are a few vehicle things there.

http://sites.google.com/site/ut40kmod/UT40k_mod/udk-tutorials
Great for a start on rigging.

Give them a look over and keep trying, its possible, if not hacky and messy but it can be done. Send me a PM if you get stuck i'll help where I can.

WhiteNorthStar

There are a couple of plug and play (using the term very loosely) in the UDK forums. These are good starting points:

flying elephant http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=722623&highlight=elephant
car (use the search function, it's by GeoDav)

The elephant is easy, but in general vehicles do take time to get going.