Simple blender -> udk tutorial posted

[wagdog]

It took a while (ok, too long, and yes, I'm a noob), but I finally figured out how to get a simple mesh from blender into the udk. There seemed to be a group of stuff on the net, but it just wasn't watered down enough for me to grasp it.

I posted a tutorial here if anyone is interested: http://wagner-usa.net/udk/blender_to_udk_simple.html

This tutorial takes a simple cube from blender, textures it, exports it and imports into to the udk, makes a material, maps it, and finally places it in a simple level. Sounds simple, but it wasn't for some reason.

[marcusmattingly]

Thanks! You can never have too many tutorials out there.

Marcus

[wagdog]

Thanks! You can never have too many tutorials out there.

Marcus

If you (or anyone else here) has any suggestions on improving it, please let me know.

My goal was to have it be as simple as possible, so there isn't a lot of fluff in there (even though it turned out pretty long).

[cdiddy]

nice thanks for this

[Xero]

Great tutorial wagdog. Very informative.
I've been meaning to write one myself about importing characters with animations in UDK from Blender but I just need to find the time.

[WithBacon]

Awesome Writeup, now i just need to learn how to use blender..

[cdiddy]

Great tutorial wagdog. Very informative.
I've been meaning to write one myself about importing characters with animations in UDK from Blender but I just need to find the time.

please do that would be AMAZING. do u have to do your animations in blender or udk??

[Xero]

I do the animations in Blender and with a few adjustments UDK on import they work fine. I'm see if I can free up some time next weekend to get started on that tutorial.

[wagdog]

Great tutorial wagdog. Very informative.
I've been meaning to write one myself about importing characters with animations in UDK from Blender but I just need to find the time.

That would awesome if you did that. I could certainly use something like that.

[wagdog]

Awesome Writeup, now i just need to learn how to use blender..

It's a great program, and free. I don't have much experience with maya or 3dsmax, which are the defacto "pro" tools, so I can't compare. I will say that I wish that the UDK had native .blend file support. With the UDK being free now, I think a lot more hobbyists will start using it.

[nvisiongameco]

dude nice tutorials! I was having trouble trying to figure out how to import from blender!

[leifdk]

yeah great tutorial mate thanx

[utech]

Is there any chance that UDK will support native .blend files ?
And as I see UDK support FBX file format, does that include skeletal meshes or only statics.

Thanks

[dukejib]

@utech
with blender 2.59 u can export static meshes with fbx exporter, skeletal mesh support is still not working. however, u can use psk/psa exporter by darknet (built in blender) for skeletal mesh.

[kg777]

sweet d/l blender now. custom static meshes here i come :}