Epic Games Releases February 2011 Unreal Development Kit Beta

[Flak]

February 14, 2010 – Epic Games, Inc. has released the February 2011 UDK Beta, the latest version of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 that provides access to the award-winning toolset used in blockbuster video games, 3D visualizations, digital films and more.

Epic is committed to providing the UDK community with regular software releases at no charge, and the latest beta is available now at www.udk.com/download (http://www.udk.com/download).


Look for exciting news from the Game Developers Conference (http://gdconf.com/), which will be held February 28 to March 4 in San Francisco. Epic will be demonstrating major new features and upgrades to Unreal Engine 3 at the show.
UDK projects can be promoted to the community in the Works in Progress (http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=385) forum and the Released Projects (http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=386) forum.


It’s easy to sign up as a commercial UDK developer (http://www.udk.com/licensing) online. Have questions? Check out our FAQ (http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitFAQ.html).

February Beta Upgrade Notes

Unreal Editor


New preferences enable bracket visuals for selected actors in all editor modes.
New motion blur preview is active and can be disabled by showing flags.
Additional improvements were made to mobile Unreal Kismet support.

Unreal Matinee


Visibility tracks in Matinee can now be previewed by scrubbing the timeline slider.

Rendering


Modulative decals can now be correctly influenced by fog.

Skeletal Mesh


UDK now supports 32-bit index buffers for skeletal meshes which have more than 65,535 vertices.

Steam


UDKGame now has additional Steam integration examples.
Substantial updates have been made to the Steam online subsystem.

FBX Importer


The FBX import pipeline has received improvements for importing and re-importing base LODs for static and skeletal meshes via the FBX pipeline.

Bink Video


Upgraded Bink to version 1.99a, which fixes problems with 5.1 surround sound.

Updated UDN Pages


http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedOverview.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedProduction.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedEngine.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedProgramming.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedGameplay.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedLevels.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedContent.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedBuilding.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GettingStartedDeployment.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/BasicGameQuickStart.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GametypeTechnicalGuide.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/StringsInUnrealScript.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UnrealScriptReference.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UnrealScriptGameFlow.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CustomUnrealScriptProjects.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MobileHome.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UDKInfoPListApple_iOS.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MobileMenuTechnicalGuide.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UnrealiPhonePackager.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitGems.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitGemsCharacterLighting.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitGemsCreatingAMouseInterface.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitGemsCreatingASimpleBlobShadow.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MainEditorToolbar.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ViewportToolbar.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/PerformanceAndMemory.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/LevelOptimization.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ContentAuditCommandlet.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/HotSpotReportGeneration.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/PerfDebug_DynamicLightEnvironments.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/TextureStatsBrowserReference.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/StatsDescriptions.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/NetworkProfiler.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ScaleformImport.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ActorsBrowserReference.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UnrealFrontend.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitHome.html
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/OnlineSubsystemSteamworks.html


Community Links
UDK Forums: www.udk.com/forums (http://www.udk.com/forums)
UDK Developers on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2493123 (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2493123)
UDK on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/UDK/183744733429 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/UDK/183744733429)
Epic Games on Twitter: www.twitter.com/EpicGames (http://www.twitter.com/EpicGames)
Unreal Engine on Twitter: www.twitter.com/UnrealEngine (http://www.twitter.com/UnrealEngine)

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[TheAgent]

Flak, how much more verts is now supported? Instead of 65k, thanks : ]

[ffejnosliw]

65,535 is the max value for 16-bit. For 32-bit, I believe you would be looking at something in the neighborhood of 4,294,967,295? I don't think it is a limit you will be hitting anytime soon.

[TheAgent]

ahhh so its exponential, well thank you very much those people wanting to make racing games like Gran Tourismo 4 can make detailed cars now .

[Dregoloth]

...February 28... ...San Francisco... ...Epic... ...major new features?

You've caught my attention.

[Hboybowen]

65,535 is the max value for 16-bit. For 32-bit, I believe you would be looking at something in the neighborhood of 4,294,967,295? I don't think it is a limit you will be hitting anytime soon.

@ffejnosliw is any information on Terrain?

[SeanO'Connor]

Anyone else having trouble setting the engine to DX10 or 11? AllowD3D10=true no longer appears to have any effect as of this build.

[Havoc89]

Yeah, kinda saw this coming, but looking forward to seeing the new features.

Everyone keeps saying new terrain which I too would like to see. If there is one, my main concern is some sorta conversion tool for being able to port old terrain over to the new terrain system, I'd pull my hair out if that isnt possible.

[TheAgent]

It should be as easy as exporting terrain as height map.

[Nawrot]

...February 28... ...San Francisco... ...Epic... ...major new features?

You've caught my attention.

Indeed, I hope for new terrain system and moar Androids.

[tegleg]

Indeed, I hope for new terrain system and moar Androids.
although its good to play games on phones and stuff, android and even ios seems a total waste of a good engine.
its about as much point as trying to drive a ferrari in your bathroom.
ios graphics looks pretty similar to a ps1 to me.
i hope this ace new feature is a bit more interesting than that.

[arcshiri]

Skeletal Mesh

UDK now supports 32-bit index buffers for skeletal meshes which have more than 65,535 vertices.

help me!!!How do you do to run the UDK 32bit on Windows 7 64bit?

[TheAgent]

uhmm 32 bit index buffer in skeletal meshes has nothing to do with 32 or 64 bit udk?

[arcshiri]

Thank, TheAgent!


65,535 is the max value for 16-bit. For 32-bit, I believe you would be looking at something in the neighborhood of 4,294,967,295? I don't think it is a limit you will be hitting anytime soon.

I do not understand how to import more than 65.535, or other reasonable means.

[Blade[UG]]

Skeletal Mesh

UDK now supports 32-bit index buffers for skeletal meshes which have more than 65,535 vertices.

help me!!!How do you do to run the UDK 32bit on Windows 7 64bit?

Run Binaries\Win32\udk.exe instead of Binaries\udk.exe

[Hboybowen]

;27930507']Run Binaries\Win32\udk.exe instead of Binaries\udk.exe

wait shouldnt it not matter if its 32-bit version of udk or 64 bit?

[xnasorcerer]

Yeah, kinda saw this coming, but looking forward to seeing the new features.

Everyone keeps saying new terrain which I too would like to see. If there is one, my main concern is some sorta conversion tool for being able to port old terrain over to the new terrain system, I'd pull my hair out if that isnt possible.

A new terrain system? Does that means that the current one shouldn't be used anymore?
If so, that explains why UDK keeps crashing at random places when I am trying to create and edit a terrain.

[xnasorcerer]

I was reading about the new improvements and I have a suggestion:

The new Align to Floor editor lets you snap actors using their pivot point.

This option could be changed to work like the way this game engine is doing. Take a look at how it add objects: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkxH5rqEtjc&feature=feedu

[Jason Amstrad]

Will UDK also support voxel smoke in the upcoming March 2011 release ?