Hacking Minigame, hard to implement in UDK?

mparis · Jan 2011

How are hacking minigames usually implemented in a 3d engine? I've been hoping to incorporate a minigame into a UDK environment I'm working on but don't have the slightest clue where to start.

I'll be taking an interactive flash design course this semester, and it's been my assumption so far that most of these minigames are flash based, but I could use confirmation on that.

So how would you connect the dots between Player hitting an action key and a hacking minigame popping up on front of them? Is it something that would take a long time to implement in the unmodified UDK?

Sorry if any of these questions seem uninformed, I'm trying something beyond my own current abilities and could really use some help in deciding whats doable as a level designer/ environment artist....

Thanks for any help in advance!

Example:

LMP · Jan 2011

in UDK probably with kismet and a UI Scene it might be possible.

Visceral · Jan 2011

I love that the examples he is using are both using Unreal Engine 3 :P What you could do is have a trigger start a UI scene. However this is removed from the december build of UDK and thus requires you to learn flash and action script. The result is sooo much better, but its harder to learn.

cholden · Jan 2011

Yea, the first thing I was going to say was UI scenes are obsolete now. Though you could download an older build. You'd be best using Scaleform OR use static meshes and kismet to "hack" it in. I recently did this to a small project since I had to replace UI scenes.

haiddasalami · Feb 2011

On a sidenote, has anyone messed around with scaleform? Im decent at as3, havent had much time to explore Unrealscript and Scaleform with trying to learn mel etc.

Visceral · Feb 2011

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SanderDL · Feb 2011

I made a simple menu that let you switch camera's using the tutorials Visceral posted.

I should point out that AS3 isn't supported yet, only AS2.

Anyway, if you can make this sort of game in Flash then you shouldn't have too much trouble getting it into UDK eventually.

haiddasalami · Feb 2011

SanderDL wrote: »

I made a simple menu that let you switch camera's using the tutorials Visceral posted.

I should point out that AS3 isn't supported yet, only AS2.

Anyway, if you can make this sort of game in Flash then you shouldn't have too much trouble getting it into UDK eventually.

Past has come back to haunt me nooo...Ill wait till as3 support comes.

Hacking Minigame, hard to implement in UDK?

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