Setting up script projects (easy guide)

**tegleg** · 06-18-2012, 06:58 AM

hello there.

i see people struggling and making silly mistakes setting up their script projects, or just doing it plain wrong.
the official docs here are not all that easy to follow.
so heres a quick step by step.

1. navigate to UDK/Development/Src/
make a new folder, call it what you want but here ill call it 'TegIsAce'.
make another new folder inside that and call it 'Classes'
now you have something like this
UDK/Development/Src/TegIsAce/Classes
this is where all your custom script files will live.

2. to make the engine know about your project we need to tell it.
open UDK/UDKGame/Config
find DefaultEngine.ini and double click to open it.

find this bit

Code:

[UnrealEd.EditorEngine]
+EditPackages=UTGame
+EditPackages=UTGameContent

add the name of your new script folder here like this

Code:

[UnrealEd.EditorEngine]
+EditPackages=UTGame
+EditPackages=UTGameContent
+EditPackages=TegIsAce

if you try and start udk now it will moan at you because the script folder is empty.

3. add a script file of your own.
heres a simple gametype to get you started.
create a file called MyGame.uc and paste this into it. then Save it in Your Script Folder ei. UDK/Development/Src/TegIsAce/Classes

Code:

class MyGame extends UTGame;

/**
  * Allows overriding of which gameinfo class to use.
  * Called on the DefaultGameType from the ini, or the one specified on the command line (?game=xxx)
  */
static event class<GameInfo> SetGameType(string MapName, string Options, string Portal)
{

	return default.class;
}

defaultproperties
{
   //define default hud, pawn and player controller and other stuff for this gametype here
   HUDType=class'UTGame.UTHUD'
   PlayerControllerClass=class'UTGame.UTPlayerController'
   DefaultPawnClass=class'UTPawn'
}

you now have your own gametype, to make udk use this as default...
4. navigate to UDK/UDKGame/Config and open DefaultGame.ini
find these lines

Code:

DefaultGame=UTGame.UTDeathmach
DefaultServerGame=UTGame.UTDeathmach
....
DefaultGameType="UTGame.UTDeathmach";

change it to point to your gametype

Code:

DefaultGame=TegIsAce.MyGame
DefaultServerGame=TegIsAce.MyGame
....
DefaultGameType="TegIsAce.MyGame";

so thats "YourScriptFolderName.YourGameType"

you can also define the default player controller in that section
PlayerControllerClassName=

and thats it.
open the frontend and click 'Script' then 'Full Recompile'

any problems or anything let me know
Happy Coding

edit:
5. (optional)
one other thing,
to make the game just start on your map open UDKGame/Config/DefaultEngine.ini
and change these lines to point to your map

Code:

Map=YourMap.udk
LocalMap=YourMap.udk

**UnWheelModeller** · 06-18-2012, 07:48 AM

You have been a huge help to this forum tegleg! Thanks again for making life a little easier

Steven

**JohNLA** · 07-12-2012, 12:44 PM

I am coming back to the engine after a long break and I dont seem to be able to get the editor or game to load my package by following this tutorial. Can anyone confirm that this is still the way to do it?

**geodav** · 07-12-2012, 02:07 PM

afaik thats still uptodate , just make sure your graphical content is in the UDK\UDK-2012-05\UDKGame folder.

i show this in my videos

**JohNLA** · 07-12-2012, 03:32 PM

LOL, I was just watching your (Geodav) Youtube channel to try and figure it out and I was so happy to see you had updated your vidoes. Its funny that you were the first to reply.
I had just started your second gametype video and then I had to go away before getting through to do my job and now its time to leave.
I have my folder setup as:
C:\UDK\UDK-2011-11\UDKGame\Content\JohNLA\Content\Characters
BTW, you truly deserve that MVP badge

**tegleg** · 07-12-2012, 06:14 PM

thanks geodav

did you get it sorted JohNLA?

**subgamedeveloper** · 09-04-2012, 09:26 AM

EDIT : i was trying to compile the Aeroplane man code
after several retreis and looking over the code carefully i still can't get UDK to compile the code you gave here. I think i did it excatly as im supposed to.
Do you have any idea what it might be? i was thinking i made a pathing error but ....it just can't find the mistake
here's the error