UNREAL Editor Tutorials

UE3 Map and Package Cooking. (13apr09)

Setting up your Map file (ut3) and Packages (upk) for cooking in UE3.

UE3 Copying Package Content (09apr09)

Brinck's How to transfer content from one Package to another.  Simple and good stuff. Look at the end for method to transfer content out of one package into another.

Working with Packages (Importing and Creating Assets). 

UE3 REAL TIME REFLECTIONS/CAMERAS (09apr09)

Hourences' How to create reflections using a camera. Pretty simple and straightforward.  DO NOT use in a large scene.  It will bring your map to its knees.

Real Time Reflections And Cameras: How to create a real time reflection or camera..

UE3 Cooking Maps (30mar09)

Here are the directions I showed you in class on 26 March 09 on how to COOK a Map.  I think this covers everything.  Glenn

UE3 Water (30mar09)

Hourences' How to create water materials.  I have not done this material.  I just applied one of the existing materials to a surface. Hourence says not to use a BSP plane because they will cast shadows, but I think you can turn cast shadows off.

UT3 - 2.0 Patch   is available (24mar09)

 http://download.beyondunreal.com/fileworks.php/official/ut3/UT3Patch4.exe

After you download the 2.O patch follow these steps:  [Peter Smuda]

 1. Make sure your map is fully built then save it and exit Unreal ED.

2. Make Backups of your map files and packages.

3. Delete the \Unreal Tournament 3 folder that is created under My Games.

4. Restart Unreal ED.

5. Unreal ED will create the folder structure again.

6. Drag the files you backed up into the appropriate folders

     (Packages in C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Unpublished\CookedPC)

     (Level in C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Unpublished\CookedPC\CustomMaps)

7. Then just open up front end and cook it using the instructions that were posted earlier. 

 NOTE:  This did work with Windows Vista 32 bit, with Run As Administrator checked.

NOTE:  You will have to re-enter your CD key when you start up Unreal Tournament so have it handy

 UE3 - Materials and Textures (24mar09)

Waylon Brinck, Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Learning Unreal Engine 3 – UE3 Editor:  LightMaps. This is a really good tutorial on how to improve shadow cast and shading of static meshes.  See posting below on starting a level.

UE3 - Materials and Textures

Unreal Developers Network - UDN  http://udn.epicgames.com/Main/WebHome.html

Material Tutorial.  http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MaterialsTutorial.html Great simple tutorial on how to build a range of materials, including reflective car paint, gold leaf, leather, corroded plate metal, rough rock, snow, mosaic tiles and decals.  It also covers the principles of Bump Mapping with Normal Maps, Environment Maps (Reflection), animated materials, and particles with materials.

If this is your first time creating a Material in the Unreal Editor, be sure that you read up on Importing Textures, Creating a New Material, and The Material Editor.

Render To Texture - UVW Unwrap:  G. Hill (12mar09)

UE3 - Starting a Level

Waylon Brinck, Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Learning Unreal Engine 3 - UE3 Editor (main page) - This website includes some simple tutorials on the basics UE3.

Basic Editor Usage:  Basic Navigation;  The Generic BrowserYour First Level Part 1 (Learning CSG);  Your First Level Part 2 (Testing and Texturing);  Adding Gameplay; and  Running, Testing, and Distributing your Map. 

Importing Custom Assets:  Working with Packages (Importing and Creating Assets);  Importing Custom Meshes; and Importing Custom Textures. 

Advanced Topics:  Lighting;  LightMaps;  Material Basics;  Material Basics 2;  Skydomes and Non-Playable Space;  Height Fog and Atmosphere; and  Fixing Common Errors and Bugs. 

UE3 Terrain

Hourences' Community Site  http://book.hourences.com- Great Site Check it out

  • Terrain: How to create a Terrain in the engine, control the LOD'ing, paint materials, and bump up lighting quality.
  • Foliage and Deco Layers: How to add Foliage and Deco Layers to a terrain in UE3.
  • The Foliage Volume: How to randomly scatter objects around on any type of surface.

    • http://www.gasduck.com/  Another but not very detailed tutorial on Terrains.   

    Φ Terrain   • Creating Terrain
    Φ Static Meshes       • Adding Sky

    UE3  Static Meshes

    Hourences' Community Site  http://book.hourences.com- Great Site Check it out

  • UE3 Modeling - Basics: How to prepare a mesh for the engine, how to export and import it, how to batch export, and how to set up collision.
  • UE3 Modeling - Advanced: Common questions/answers, and advanced tips on mesh optimization within the engine.

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    http://www.gasduck.com/  Another but not very detailed tutorial on Static Meshes.   

     

    Φ Static Meshes   • Importing Static Meshes

    UE3  Kismet Tutorials

    Arcadia Vencennes: Level Design  http://www.avld.org/pages/tuts/tuts.htm - A series of tutorials on explaining the concepts of Kismet.

     

    UE2 Textures Textures in Unreal - THE BASICS

    UE2 Heightmaps Import Heightmaps to Unreal

    UE2 Glenn's Unreal Editor 2.0 Demos  Door Open and Trigger Fan demo