Unreal Development Kit - a version of Unreal Engine 3 that can be used to make games for PC and iOS. Licensing is done on a back-end-only basis.
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UDK vs Eclipse? [closed]
UDK vs. Eclipse Engine
Which one is better? I prefer a reliable engine that doesn't lag as much for the game.
I know UDK uses C++(which I prefer).
What do you guys think,which engines are best for ...
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UDK: Checking actor type in projectile ProcessTouch
So, to be brief, I'm trying to teleport a pawn when it's struck by a projectile (or damaged by any weapon in my game.)
Right now, I'm trying to just call Pawn.SetLocation in the projectile's ...
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Import FBX with multiple meshes into UDK
I used this script to generate a few buildings that I was hoping to import into UDK. Each building is made of about 1000 separate objects. When I export a building as FBX and import the file into UDK ...
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UDK : Problem with Touching Actors
In my game I am trying to see all touching actors of a particular DynamicSMActor and it does return only two Actors as touching Actors - Water Volume and Player Pawn. It is ignoring all the other ...
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Is Free2Play w/ cash shop “non-commercial”?
I'm new to game development and considered using the Unreal Development Kid for a test game. The website states it is free for non-commercial use. I know that games that can be obtained free of charge ...
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UDK or Unity Dynamic Runtime Mesh Boolean subtraction (or alternative)
I'm new to 3D game dev and was wondering if anyone could help me out.
I'm planning to use UDK and would like to have deformable items in the world.
So a projectile strikes a target, and a dent or ...
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UDK Modular construction (customisable vehicles etc)
I'd like to build an interface whereby the user can attach various components and blocks onto a vehicle, this is then saved (as object/coordinate, rotation, scale values - in database) and can be used ...
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How to work with global variables in udk?
my problem is here:
I want to check whether global boolean variable is true or false in one of my customPawn's function.
For simplicity, let's say that I want bots to kill me when I enter the room ...
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How do you set event after a pawn takes damage?
How can I set event after bot/pawn takes damage in UDK? (possibly in Kismet?)
I need to do something similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjRf5lTcWLY
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relationship between eye height and collision body in UDK
We are using the UDK in a research lab setting so we must understand exactly how tall users feel in the virtual world (camera position). By Googling and digging through code, we have discovered the ...
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Optimizing UV Map Sheet Based On Surface Area?
I am trying to get my UV Map Sheets Optimized Based On Surface Area , I need Them optimized cause my scene area is huge and i want to use them in UDK so i am trying to get maximum possible ...
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Getting UV maps from UDK?
I have created a map using UDK and I am exporting it as a .fbx for use within an XNA project.
My question is, can I generate a UV map for texturing the map or is there an easier way to texture a map ...
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Collision detection when pathfinding with pathnodes, UDK
I'm trying to create a class that allows my AIController to path find using pathnodes (NOT NavMeshes).
It's doing a swell job of going from point to point in a set order (although I would like for it ...
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UDK - Where might one look to begin developing a standalone multiplayer system?
To be brief, I'd like to create and integrate my own network handling system that would support 500+ players into a UDK project. Best I have understood various guides and online references, the most ...
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UDK: Animating characters with weapons
I imported a custom character and a pistol model to UDK and both work, but the pistol doesn't appear with the animation of the pistol when I shoot or reload... Also, the character doesn't change its ...
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Changing crowd agent animation during movement between destinations
As the title suggests, I am trying to change the animation of a set of crowd agents while they are moving between destinations.
The agents I use have the AT_CH_Human AnimTree. I tried to change the ...
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Check if Pawn is colliding with anything (UDK)
I am new to UDK, so bare with me. I have a pawn that is going to be thrown in the air quite a bit, or will be hovering (custom code based on changing velocity).
I am trying to detect whether the pawn ...
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Distortion of color space in UDK (material editor)
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Using UDK's material editor, I wish to use a texture as a two-dimensional array of values for mathematical computations (basically, the color components of each pixel in the texture alter ...
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Collision with RigidBody
I am currently working in a project with UDK and I have a problem with collision.
I have a Crate who is a kActor in RigidBody physic and my player who is a Pawn. When my player move and go in ...
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how to run game server [closed]
I'm creating a game on UDK and i have some questons about the server. my game is a 3d mmorpg simliar to dayz/warz. I have some questions
Each map will consist of 30-60 players similar to dayz/ ...
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How do I change the window position in Unrealscript?
So when I start my game it starts out in the middle of my screen at 1024x768 resolution, but then when i change the resolution via a consolecommand("SETRES ..."); it resets the window position to the ...
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UDK Fixed AIController / Pawn Height
[I already asked this question on the UDK forums, without much success though.]
I'm using a class derived from AIController to control my pawn in RTS-style. My problem is that the pawn does not have ...
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Unrealscript: Switching physic states of actors - what do I need to know?
I'm a complete beginner to UDK who's been doing two months of reading now. I'm working on a project with UDK and here's the deal.
I've two controllers, one player and one AI, which are both meant to ...
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SetBase with a KActor descendant does not appear to function
I have a KActor descendant, which is a carging shot, kind of like in R-Type. When it starts charging, I do projectile.SetBase(Pawn) in the PlayerController where it is spawned. I've checked in the ...
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Playing basic imported animations in UDK
I'm trying to wrap my head around basic animations in UDK.
I've created a simple turret-like structure in Maya, rigged, skinned, and animated. It has 4 bones. I have done all the steps necessary for ...
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Subclasses of GameInfo and Input in UDK
We have two main subclasses of GameInfo for the two game types we have. I'm wondering if it's possible to get one of these to read a different .ini file because we'd like to move a few of the controls ...
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how to use serial port in UDK using windows DLL and DLLBind directive?
I want to use serial port in UDK, For that purpose i use a windows DLL and DLLBind directive. I have a thread in windows DLL for serial port data recieve event. My problem is: this thread doesn't work ...
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How do I create an actor class in UDK that will spawn a specific particle system?
I'm trying to write a new class that I can drag from actor classes window into the scene and it will spawn a specific particle effect. Its going to be a 'prop' that later will also contain a static ...
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differences in UDK map on different installs
My goal is to create a simple groundplane in UDK (11/2012 version, fresh install) that the user will be able to run around on. My requirements are therefore very basic and I tried to whip something up ...
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Which would a game development company prefer; UDK experience or C++ game projects?
Which would a game development company prefer, a developer with experience in UDK engine, or a developer with projects made entirely in c++ with a graphics engine like Ogre3D?
I think that a coder ...
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Blender models appear in UDK asset manager, but not in game
I am new to UDK and blender. I am using UDK3.
I have tried the following so far:
Making the mesh origin, (0,0,0)
Making the parent bone origin (0,0,0)
Parenting the root bone with the mesh
I have ...
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In UDK, how and where do I script to enable Alt-F4 for exiting game?
By default, Alt-F4 does not work in a UDK game.
How would I go about adding unreal script to cause the game to exit to desktop upon Alt-F4?
Update
This is what I've tried:
; Primary default ...
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How should I set up UDK with Git and CruiseControl?
For a new project in UDK, I'd like to set up a Git repository for version control and a CruiseControl.NET-based continuous integration solution. The good news is that he first part seems easy enough ...
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Start an animation exported from 3ds Max in UDK
I made a shape in 3ds Max with one bone and I gave it an animation. I exported it and imported to UDK. When I shoot to that shape, I want my animation to start playing.
How can I do this?
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Does using LWJGL and Slick2D yield promise for the future of my project? [closed]
I've been looking around the net for months now in an attempt to find the most appropriate tool for my needs. I haven't had a lot of time to devote to the creation of systems that could possibly ...
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Creating a option menu in UDK
I'm wondering how to create an option menu in UDK, can somebody explain how to do it?
aka
Graphics settings [Low] [Medium] [High]
Anti-aliasing [x2] [x4] [x8]
Resolution [800 x 600] ...
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How do I find actors in an area on a poly-precise basis?
Ok, I've been asking various questions and getting some good answers, but I think I need to rethink my method, so I'll describe the problem.
I have a player who has a big blue box in front of him. ...
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Best way to programmatically create 3D curves for animation paths in UDK
Working on a character that throws projectiles. Every time the projectile is thrown, it needs to travel along a different curve. Are there any built in classes for parametric curves and path ...
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Is there a prohibition against scaling collision shapes at runtime?
So, I have a StaticMeshComponent attached to an Actor:
Begin Object Class=StaticMeshComponent Name=StaticMeshComponentObject
StaticMesh=StaticMesh'QF_Art_Powers.Mesh.GP_ForcePush'
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Drawing a texture at the end of a trace (crosshair?) UDK
I'm trying to draw a crosshair at the end of my trace.
If my crosshair does not hit a pawn or static mesh (ex, just a skybox) then the crosshair stays locked on a certain point at that actor - I want ...
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How to factorize code in Unreal Kismet (i.e. “Material Function”s for Kismet)
In the Unreal Development Kit, when using the Material Editor, one can factorize frequently-used groups of nodes by creating a Material Function (content Browser → right-click → new matrial function, ...
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How do you access Target in a Beam ParticleSystem in UDK?
I have a Beam ParticleSystem which looks like this:
I want to set the Target location when the effect plays, but I can't figure out how to do that from UnrealScript.
I've looked at the UDN page on ...
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How access PhysicalMaterial from Actor Class?
I use Projectile for my weapon system and UDKProjectile has two main function to handle Hit of projectiles(=bullet of my weapon):
simulated function ProcessTouch(Actor Other, Vector HitLocation, ...
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Is it ok to initialize an RB_ConstraintActor in PostBeginPlay?
I have a KActorSpawnable subclass that acts weird. In PostBeginPlay, I initialize an RB_ConstraintActor; the default is not to allow rotation. If I create one in the editor, it's fine, and won't ...
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UDK and C++, is it possible?
I've never used the UDK before and I am wondering: is it possible to use the UDK through C++ instead of UnrealScript?
I saw it's possible to bind external C++ DLL's to UnrealScript, but I don't know ...
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UDK game Prisoners/Guards
For school I need to make a little game with UDK, the concept of the game is:
The player is the headguard, he will have some other guard (bots) who will follow him. Between the other guards and the ...
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How reimport a package in UDK with command line?
sometimes ago, I saw a command to re-import a UDK package content without opening the UDK Editor.
(Especially, it was used for reimporting a Flash package in a scaleform tutorial, but it doesn't ...
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Is it possible to use a spherical collision component in UDK?
I have an object in UDK, which has a SkeletalMesh. At certain times in the game, I want this object to continue rendering the SkeletalMesh, but I'd like it to use spherical collision temporarily.
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Unity3D or UDK or OPENGL from scratch? [closed]
I am just very confused which I should choose in terms of high end game development. The application that I am designing is pretty simple, requires some 3D, and some effects. I am looking at a game ...
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Cry Engine 3 vs UDK [closed]
Me and a bunch of guys from my University are thinking about getting started in game development, but, even though the game design is kind of ready, we are stucked at the point "which Engine should we ...
