New Beginner tutorial...UPDATED 11/03/02

**legacy-mrpartyhat** · 06-01-2005, 08:14 AM

Originally posted by Drin
Where did Noctivagus go, anyway? He still mapping? :bulb:

That's exactly what I was about to ask... he/she got me into mapping and for that I say thanks! Was and still is greatly appreciated (although I have to say I haven't mapped for a while... but still it got my zest for mapping started and from there I blossomed).

**legacy-mr_roll** · 06-01-2005, 02:37 PM

Hi all, Noctivagus is a god for those tuts

But I am getting stuck at an early stage... I've looked through this thread quickly and done several searches for this problem but couldnt find anything on it.

on here: http://www.planetunreal.com/architec...vel_part1.html
Basically, when I press the "build Cube" button it will instantly build the cube and I want it to bring up the CubeBuilder Box like in the tut.

Does anyone know how I could get it to do this?
Maybe an option or reinstall UnrealEd ?

Thank you in advance, mr_roll

[EDIT]Nevermind all, I figured out what I was doing wrong[/edit]

**legacy-neogeo0823** · 06-06-2005, 05:54 PM

like everyone has been saying: great tuts, man! but theres a few things i dont get.

1. i found another tut on making teleporters and it was very vague on making the cool effects. if you could make a tut on making various cool effects with emmiters, thatd be freakin sweet!

also, i have a problem. when i went to make subtract a new cube for a skybox, all my terrain vanishes completely. theres nothing left and if i go to play the level as is, i die as soon as i spawn. i know that its not anything that is already wrong, because if i play the map before making the next cube, it works fine.

any solutions to this?

thanks advance

**legacy-Merrell** · 06-08-2005, 05:24 PM

This link, for the teleporter guide, is broken (for me at least)
http://www.8ballshardware.com/articl...rtut/page1.cfm
I searched the forums for any, but didn't find any, are there any other teleporter guides?

**legacy-neogeo0823** · 06-08-2005, 11:20 PM

yeah, thats the only one i could find. the effects portion of it isnt that great, though. i was looking for something with a little more variety... and one that was a little clearer.

**legacy-DKnight1104** · 06-12-2005, 09:41 AM

Heres a link on how to use teleporters only thing i cant seem to make work in it though is the emitter
http://www.8ballshardware.com/articl...rtut/page1.cfm

**legacy-ManifesT-quange** · 06-17-2005, 06:20 PM

where do i get UTed3.0???i have 2.0 it came with the game..... help please thanks

**legacy-Merrell** · 06-17-2005, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by DKnight1104
Heres a link on how to use teleporters only thing i cant seem to make work in it though is the emitter
http://www.8ballshardware.com/articl...rtut/page1.cfm

That link is broken, if you would of read my whole post.

**legacy-Rhebus** · 07-03-2005, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by neogeo0823
like everyone has been saying: great tuts, man! but theres a few things i dont get.

...

also, i have a problem. when i went to make subtract a new cube for a skybox, all my terrain vanishes completely. theres nothing left and if i go to play the level as is, i die as soon as i spawn. i know that its not anything that is already wrong, because if i play the map before making the next cube, it works fine.

any solutions to this?

thanks advance

Yeah, I had that once in the beginning of a map. I built a hollow box as a base. At one point (I still don't know how it happened) some of the textures of the base where linked somehow to some of the textures of the skybox (many UU's away). The base's properties had changed too, in that my ASVehicle points and the PlayerStart suddenly gave the error that they were in the geometry level, or level geometry (while they were clearly not (>16UU above gndlvl).
I had to delete the base, rebuild all and add it again. Just to be sure I rebuilt the skybox aswell. It was all in the beginning, so it wasn't much work.

I hope this will help. Good luck :up:

**legacy-halogenlamps** · 07-06-2005, 04:19 PM

I have unreal editor 2.0 and I would really like to know where I can get unrealed 3.0? All the online tutorials are for version 3.0. Can you please help?

Gordon Penny

**legacy-whats for tea ?** · 07-10-2005, 07:52 AM

lol thx for tuts i am so happy now i got my own small ...

DM-Room_of_doom

hhehehehehehhahahahahahha

**legacy-GalloPinto** · 07-13-2005, 02:59 AM

I'm just starting. I'm on part II, where it explained how to merge the polys on the side of a staircase. I'm afraid the explanation is not good enough for my feeble mind. The stairs show a blue wireframe and I've got the side polys selected. I right-click and go to polygons > merge, but it doesn't work. i've still ogt a stupid number of polys on the flat face.

Can anyone explain how to mere polys?

**legacy-Wolv34ine** · 07-14-2005, 08:06 AM

As far as I can recall you select the brush, not the faces ( might be best to select it in wireframe) and then right click and merge polies.

bear in mind that some brushes/faces cannot be optimized beyond what they are already, it depends on the brush...

**legacy-BoogaHunta** · 07-16-2005, 06:59 AM

:bulb:

**legacy-OOBXLR8R** · 08-08-2005, 07:50 PM

Ok here's the deal. I am working my way through the tutorials and I am stuck very early on. I am trying to build the sample room. I had no problem making the cube with the specified dimensions nor subtracting it. My problem came with adding the textures. I loaded up the texture file as instructed and selected the walls subdirectory. I selected the desired wall texture, then tried to select a wall to apply the texture to. Nothing turned blue as described in the tutorial. I am wondering if I must use some selection tool that was maybe not mentioned. This seems easy enough, but it is giving me th eblues:sour:

**legacy-Nuclear hazard** · 08-10-2005, 07:46 PM

this should never be deleted or unsticked IMO
:up:

Originally posted by OOBXLR8R
Ok here's the deal. I am working my way through the tutorials and I am stuck very early on. I am trying to build the sample room. I had no problem making the cube with the specified dimensions nor subtracting it. My problem came with adding the textures. I loaded up the texture file as instructed and selected the walls subdirectory. I selected the desired wall texture, then tried to select a wall to apply the texture to. Nothing turned blue as described in the tutorial. I am wondering if I must use some selection tool that was maybe not mentioned. This seems easy enough, but it is giving me th eblues:sour:

maybe you should make a new thread, if havent already. im not sure people visit very much this thread to discuss, anyway i cant help you in your problem:bulb: :up:

**legacy-Mastro** · 09-19-2005, 08:47 AM

This is a great tutorial but I'm still stuck with the whole door thing, leading to the other area.

Need tips like, how to move an entire rooms of objects, to line up better with the terrain area, i'd like to see a screenshot of your door farther out and how you connected it to the other level.

**legacy-Wolv34ine** · 09-19-2005, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by OOBXLR8R
Ok here's the deal. I am working my way through the tutorials and I am stuck very early on. I am trying to build the sample room. I had no problem making the cube with the specified dimensions nor subtracting it. My problem came with adding the textures. I loaded up the texture file as instructed and selected the walls subdirectory. I selected the desired wall texture, then tried to select a wall to apply the texture to. Nothing turned blue as described in the tutorial. I am wondering if I must use some selection tool that was maybe not mentioned. This seems easy enough, but it is giving me th eblues:sour:

This problem is as old as the hills

Disable Antialias in our videp cards settings.

**legacy-Wolv34ine** · 09-19-2005, 06:52 PM

You can marque select the room and the obecjts in it ( though I would move the objects separately as they have funky pivots).

As for the terrain, you can set the terrain actor to snap to the grid, so you can line it up with your BSP more effectively.

**legacy-bodaddy** · 10-04-2005, 10:57 AM

Yes , Thanks much. For a noob like me with the best of intentions, I usually screw up more stuff than I make, So this TuT is invaluable to me. Can't wait for more.

P.S how bout showing me how to make a cowboy hat for my player

Thanks again----Bodaddy:noob:

**legacy-bodaddy** · 10-04-2005, 01:40 PM

Originally posted by OOBXLR8R
Ok here's the deal. I am working my way through the tutorials and I am stuck very early on. I am trying to build the sample room. I had no problem making the cube with the specified dimensions nor subtracting it. My problem came with adding the textures. I loaded up the texture file as instructed and selected the walls subdirectory. I selected the desired wall texture, then tried to select a wall to apply the texture to. Nothing turned blue as described in the tutorial. I am wondering if I must use some selection tool that was maybe not mentioned. This seems easy enough, but it is giving me th eblues:sour:

Try double clicking the wall first and it will turn blue then open the texture menu and click the texture picture. You'll see the texture pic get a border then it should show up on your wall.

hope that helps-----Bodaddy

**legacy-Kzzz** · 10-05-2005, 11:18 PM

It appears to me you know what your doing with this editor. I have just started learning to use it and it seem's to be lots of fun. But I have one problem. Some of my Static Mesh's I create are "solid" and others I can walk through.
Do you know why this happens and if there is a way to fix it?

Example: I pulled the rocket launcher out of "WeaponStaticMesh.RocketLauncherPickup" package and made it a decoration in a large room. I was able to walk through it. Then from the same package I set a large RedeemerMissle and it was solid.

I've noticed about 3/4's the static mesh's I place in my room are walk through - ?

I appreciate anyones help.

Casey"WeaponStaticMesh.RocketLauncherPickup"

**legacy-bodaddy** · 10-06-2005, 09:51 PM

although I am noobier than you, the one time (so far that I had to deal with that) I used the collision tool in the static mesh browser. Don't know how it all works yet but I will. Look in the forum for the same question, I think theres one about blocking and covering your mesh with another object that will cause collision. Sorry I'm not more help. But I know you can find your answer in here somewhere.:noob: -----Bodaddy

Hey I just found a great thing on the 3dbuz.com/vbforum/sv_home.php site. Go there and register then to downloads then scroll down to the unreal tut (just before the maya stuff, then you will find a world of help that you can take home with you. Hope that helps, I'm loading up on stuff 2 :up:

**legacy-Mangoo** · 10-22-2005, 12:12 AM

how do u post viachels

**legacy-Tur@el** · 10-31-2005, 07:27 AM

great tutorial

but how to add music? when i go to actor classes/music and i open file with music there is a critical error and the editor crash

**legacy-WiglyWorm** · 07-10-2006, 04:36 AM

However, later in this tutorial, I'll highlight some methods to create a skybox without a static mesh

You say you will, but you never do.

**CANDLHOLDER** · 08-07-2006, 03:47 AM

i just finished all of the indoor tutourial, and i plan on doing the terrain one tommarow...this was a very helpfull tutorial

**intelpro** · 08-22-2006, 02:51 AM

thanks for taking the time to help us beginners thanks for people like you that care about others to take your time to post these tutorials thanks from richard im not a bigginer any more with map making but i did learn a thing or two from these tutorials

And, these tutorials were written by others:

**TCU** · 09-09-2006, 11:39 PM

this is really good and all but I would really apreciate links that give you a more specific and detail sites that have the subject "character design" insluding modeling,texturing and export to Unreal with Maya or 3ds max.

**BilL@** · 09-24-2006, 10:15 PM

hi

i am new with the unreal map editor and i am totaly confused with the brushes i need to make for a door to work can any 1 help me with this plz email me : haydon_jamieson@hotmail.com or add me to xfire : billa06

ty

**Cusher60** · 09-30-2006, 06:37 PM

i need help when am i able to play and fight other peple

**ScarFace** · 10-22-2006, 12:43 AM

I NEED HELP WITH MY UED IT WON'T WORK WHEN I STARET IT I CAN SEE THE BOTTONS ON THE SIDES BUT I CAN'T SEE THE Perspective viewportS IS JUST WHITE

HELP PLZ

**lancedashiz** · 11-07-2006, 10:37 PM

yah thx and all but do u have tutorials on how to make maps for 2004 thx

**Firestorm** · 12-30-2006, 01:52 PM

its handy and its also good for 2004 rihgt?

**Firestorm** · 12-30-2006, 02:10 PM

w8 a sec. its good for 2004 tnx

**Firestorm** · 12-30-2006, 02:12 PM

where to substract?

**darkspirit** · 04-09-2007, 04:40 AM

Thanks now i understand the program instead of just making random shapes

**The Dooby** · 04-26-2007, 04:43 AM

I dont know how to mod my xbox can someone help

**jimbo8098** · 08-20-2007, 01:45 PM

I was making lifts using the editor but then I lost the properties menu and cant get the menu up for anything now! WHAT HAS HAPPENED???????

**taylorj0209** · 10-09-2007, 07:28 PM

yeah i have tried everything and it says that no paths connect to Teleporter1 or whatever and obviously when i test it i dont go anywhere and so yeah if anyone could help that would be great. I also have done the tag and url thing correctly so i dont know whats going on

thanks