Unreal Technology Help Videos

[legacy-Pezman]

For heaps of helpful videos and classes check out: www.masteringunreal.com

[legacy-Kirin RiotCrash]

wicked!

[legacy-CTFX1]

no kiddin i thought i knew alot and i still learned a few cool things.:up: :up:

[legacy-Desolator]

brillant!

[legacy-stlf]

Originally posted by CTFX1
no kiddin i thought i knew alot and i still learned a few cool things.:up: :up:

kool
ya thanks for finding them here and bringthem over there

im now excited to open ued insted of scared

[legacy-CTFX1]

oh hey there stif your on this forum too?

[legacy-Sajre]

Awesome! THis video tutorials really helped me get started with mapping. If you search around the site there are almost 20 hours of UT2k3 videos for beginner level to advanced.

Keep up the good work guys!

[legacy-Orchid]

Anyone know what the deal is with their training courses? You have to register to take one, I'm assuming they cost something. Anyone know the price? I couldn't find much information on them on the site other than the content covered.

[legacy-Sajre]

Cost is FREE! Although, you do need to register on the site, get a username and password. Just click Become A Member in the upper left to register. After you're registered, go to Video Training on the top bar, and then Unreal VTM's. All the videos that are shown are free to download! When you click download, read over the agreement that pops up and say I agree and the download begins.

[legacy-Orchid]

Originally posted by Sajre
Cost is FREE! Although, you do need to register on the site, get a username and password. Just click Become A Member in the upper left to register. After you're registered, go to Video Training on the top bar, and then Unreal VTM's. All the videos that are shown are free to download! When you click download, read over the agreement that pops up and say I agree and the download begins.

I wasn't referring to the VTMs, but rather the online classes they offer. However, I did go to the main 3dbuzz.com site and noticed the courses were labeled as free, so apparently that answers my question.

From the course description page:

The Unreal Online Courses are a series of classes, which each specialize in one area of content creation using Unreal Technology. These courses are meant to be completed entirely at the student’s own pace, as there is no set time for each lesson. Each class is meant to be separate from all others, so that a student who wishes to learn the fundamentals of level design need not take the class over vehicle design. The classes themselves are divided into modules, some classes will be comprised of a single module, and some will span several. Each module will be taught through VTM lectures, after which the student will be given completion quizzes covering the information discussed in each lesson. Following the completion of all lessons and quizzes, the student will be given a series of assignments to test the amount of absorbed knowledge. These tests are typically completed within the given program, but may sometimes involve writing assignments as well. After all assignments are complete, the student will have to take a set of final tests. These will tests will cover application of theories presented in the lectures, as opposed to the completion quizzes which are meant to verify that a student has watched the entire lesson. If a student successfully completes the final tests, they will be eligible to complete the final project, which will be a cumulative, hands-on assignment involving all material taught throughout the module.

The classes are each supplemented by their own set of point-based forums, in which a student may ask questions to gain help from other classmates. Each time a student does this, he or she assigns a point value to the question, and those points are then awarded to the first classmate who acceptably answers it. Points can also be awarded at the discretion of the instructors for exceptional work on assignments or projects. Each student begins the class with 1000 points, and can spend or earn them as they work alongside their peers. This system is intended to promote a sense of friendly competition, as well as student help and interaction within the virtual classroom.

Once again, these classes are designed to be completed at the student’s own pace. Since each lecture is a downloadable video, there is no need for classes to meet at a given time. This means you are free to take each lesson whenever you wish, and not have to worry about any deadlines that might conflict with other obligations.

Here's the page listing the courses that are offered: Unreal Technology Online Classes

[legacy-TyPe][]

The 3dbuzz.com lessons are great, may take a while to download but shows u how to do loads of stuff.

They have actually inspired me to make some maps for this Version of UT (made a couple of maps for UT1 for the Fragball Mod) and i still have some funky ideas which hopefully will make some great maps.

[legacy-TseTse]

btw, there's apparently some new sets of video tuts on unreal that went out with some graphics mag, with a ton more stuff on ut2k3.

i was OK with max, and OK with UED when ut2k3 came out. i gotta say that 3dbuzz not only helps you get on your feet, but i CONSTANTLY go back and watch newbie vids just cuz i always, always inevitably learn a couple more tricks by simply watching the workflow or the shortcuts (especially in max, my god).

i love these guys... and i hope somebody is studying their impact, cuz as an educational project this is perhaps the best example i know of a, EFFECTIVE free "cyber-university."

[legacy-Dark_Knight]

I can't play the videos because I do not have winRAR. So do all of you guys have it? I do not want to pay $30 for it.

[legacy-CTFX1]

you can download a free zip utility called ultimatezip @ here its wonderfull, its free and it does everything no ads no trials no bs

[legacy-Slave.Zer0]

SWEEEET!

[legacy-CTFX1]

glad you liked it

[Wowbagger]

Just in case noones reading BU (shame on you ) new Terrain VTMs are out :up:

[legacy-CTFX1]

oh hell yes! its about time i learned to terrain map,

[legacy-Undead_Jedi]

Total f***ing pain in the ass to download..got it in the end though. They make it look so easy. I'm like an incompotent child by comparison. :cry:

[legacy-CTFX1]

ha ha dude man just get into computers, in a broad way after only a year you'll become really smart with computers and you are an incompentent child in comparrison

[legacy-Undead_Jedi]

I'm not that bad with computers in general, I just suck at designing or constructing things.

So...

F***ing...

Long...

To...

Down...

load...

[legacy-CTFX1]

dude man just devote your time to it and you will get good at designing stuff

[legacy-Powerslave666]

True that CTFX. I just started mapping yesterday using the VTM's and I think I'm doing pretty good for having been mapping for two days. The only thing that's gonna be hard to get a hang of is knowing what dimensions to use for the primitives, some practice should take care of that though. Hopefully I'll be able to create my own decent maps within a month or two

[legacy-CTFX1]

ok, thats pretty much the hardest part of mapping, the scale and creating a layout. Some say doing a re make is the easiest way to get used to the editor. well in any case i wish you the best of luck dude.

[legacy-Powerslave666]

Thanks :up: I'll try.

[legacy-lRe4peR]

you can play instant action while downing hINT HINT...

[legacy-MrCamper]

Well worth the hassles and time to doanload the tutorials...... 3D Buzz and their VTM's Rock!:up:

[legacy-Fuzzlebunny]

These tutorials are awesome, they really helped me get started with editing as I found unrealEd to be very intimidating.
Why not include this stuff with the next UT release? I'd certainly pay a little extra for that.

Edit: I found their download system to be fine. My speed is good enough to download one tutorial while watching another. So in effect I'm only experiencing the download time of the very first one.
I watched the first series "seamlessly" this way.

[legacy-TrodKnee]

Does this place still work? I have tried numerous times to register with no success. Anyone been able to register for these videos lately?

[legacy-Shirts]

I had no trouble downloading and extracting, but there is an error codec when I try to play them. Anyone know which codec to use?

thx

[legacy-CTFX1]

you can just download the kazaalite codec
found here

look on the left and click the k lite codec pack. Just download that ,install
and you should be able to play the movies with (wmp) windows media player

[legacy-evilUTion]

DivX 5 or higher. Just install the codec and you will be able to play the VTM's with Windows Media Player

http://download.divx.com/divx/DivX51Bundle.exe

[legacy-mcshlong]

Before I started my mod I took two full weeks and watched everyone of these videos.

And then rewatched anything that I didnt understand.

Guess how much thin helped when I started editing?

Not a minute of your time will be wasted watching these videos.

[legacy-Jesster]

I was confused about what codec was needed too. I used a free program called Gspot http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ to find out what the it was and it is DivX Codex at http://www.DivX.com (All!!! you will need is to insatall is the codec NOT THE WHOE PLAYER) It will be a checkbox while your are installing the "FREE" player.

Have fun
-=Jesse=-
http://www.skellington.biz

[legacy-RetZ]

Rather than installing the standard DivX codec for playing back DivX video (which doesn’t always work with the older DivX versions), I recommend ffdshow, which takes care of both DivX and (standard) XviD video. It is a free DirectShow decoding filter which works seamlessy in most players, including Windows Media Player and Winamp.

I want to add that many DivX videos I have downloaded have either stuttered or been totally unplayable using the standard DivX codec, even when I opened them in DivX Player (which only supports the AVI container format). ffdshow, however, handles these videos perfectly.

You may install both the standard DivX codec and ffdshow on the same system without any problems (I’ve not encountered any), but in general the standard DivX codec would only be necessary in a situation where you want to edit or encode DivX video, in which the ffdshow filter is not sufficient since it’s for decoding purposes only (and since video processing utilies such as VirtualDub don’t grok DirectShow filters).

[legacy-egames-berlin]

yes these VTMs really look great, but how to get stars, to download the rest of them?

I can only download the first of each category, but the rest is closed :-( I dont want to wait for weeks until i can download the nxt vtm - how did you do, to download them?


thx a lot!

[legacy-Wittert]

Yeah same here can only get the 1st tutorial, i think these are the tutorials being included on the second disc of UT2004 though. Sounds like the DVD version is a good package.

[legacy-egames-berlin]

hm,

do you really think that these tuts will be included on the dvd of UT2004?

I've nothing read about ... but it will be a nice add-on for all who wants to create maps on their own, because most of the maps
included in ut2004 i've already seen :-/

greets eGB

[legacy-Wittert]

Yup fairly sure. The 2 DVD version comes with 1st DVD featuring all of the 6 CD game data and second DVD including MAYA Learning Edition and a huge ammount of Video Tutorials for both the level editor and Maya provided by 3D Buzz. Also comes with a headset for voice chat i believe. All for only $20 more, not to shabby.

[legacy-egames-berlin]

alright,

amazon proposes only the 1 dvd version - will there be a 2 dvd and a 6 cd version too?

I thought there'll be only one version ... we'll see.
however, here in Germany it will take some more time, till ut2004 will be available :-(

thx