Frontend Issues with July 2012 UDK Beta

[DemoMan2]

Epic Developers
I noticed a few small glitches with the Frontend program in the July 2012 version of UDK. I'm running the program on Win 7 with a Quad-core AMD cpu. Here's what I noticed

1.) I built my list of levels for my game and compiled it into a new .exe file. That worked fine. When I ran my game I noticed two test levels that I had accidentally added to the .exe that I shouldn't have. So I deleted those name from Frontend and recompiled the exe. When I installed that exe those two deleted levels where STILL in the game! I checked it twice and I did remove the names from frontend.

2.) When compiling my game the first custom map picture from UI package FrontEnd-Art was missing. It's in my package and shows up when I run UDK but for some reason is not in the .exe created by Frontend.



So I hope this information is helpful to you in building a better version of UDK. Thanks again for all your hard work!

[geodav]

never had a problem with extra maps, what you might need to do is exit the frontend and re-start. as for the missing UI make sure you add your map/package to the defaultengine.ini

[Engine.PackagesToForceCookPerMap]
.Map=UDKFrontEndMap
.Package=UDKFrontEnd
.Package=UI_FrontEnd_Art
.Package=UT40k_UI_Materials

[DemoMan2]

never had a problem with extra maps, what you might need to do is exit the frontend and re-start. as for the missing UI make sure you add your map/package to the defaultengine.ini

[Engine.PackagesToForceCookPerMap]
.Map=UDKFrontEndMap
.Package=UDKFrontEnd
.Package=UI_FrontEnd_Art
.Package=UT40k_UI_Materials

Hi GeoDav,
I have the line in the defaultengine.ini file. It just didn't include the picture for the first custom maps. All the other custom map pictures are fine it's just the first one. This seems to be something specific to the July 2012 UDK. I didn't have this with May 2012 UDK.

[geodav]

are you using the udk/ut3 menu system/code as atm mine always loads the default deathmatch stuff even though i don#t have that in the ini, you might want to look into the GFxUDKFrontEnd_LaunchGame.uc default properties
also check your defaultgame.ini

[Engine.GameInfo]
DefaultGame=UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch
DefaultServerGame=UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch
PlayerControllerClassName=UT40k.UT40kPlayerController
GameDifficulty=+1.0
MaxPlayers=32
DefaultGameType="UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch";
+DefaultMapPrefixes=(Prefix="UT40kDM",bUsesCommonPackage=FALSE,GameType="UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch")
+DefaultMapPrefixes=(Prefix="UT40kTDM",bUsesCommonPackage=FALSE,GameType="UT40k.UT40kTeamGame")
+DefaultMapPrefixes=(Prefix="UT40kWF",bUsesCommonPackage=FALSE,GameType="UT40k.UT40KWarfar

[DemoMan2]

are you using the udk/ut3 menu system/code as atm mine always loads the default deathmatch stuff even though i don#t have that in the ini, you might want to look into the GFxUDKFrontEnd_LaunchGame.uc default properties
also check your defaultgame.ini

[Engine.GameInfo]
DefaultGame=UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch
DefaultServerGame=UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch
PlayerControllerClassName=UT40k.UT40kPlayerController
GameDifficulty=+1.0
MaxPlayers=32
DefaultGameType="UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch";
+DefaultMapPrefixes=(Prefix="UT40kDM",bUsesCommonPackage=FALSE,GameType="UT40k.UT40kDeathmatch")
+DefaultMapPrefixes=(Prefix="UT40kTDM",bUsesCommonPackage=FALSE,GameType="UT40k.UT40kTeamGame")
+DefaultMapPrefixes=(Prefix="UT40kWF",bUsesCommonPackage=FALSE,GameType="UT40k.UT40KWarfar

Hi GeoDav,
That is an interesting idea. These lines I don't have in the defaultgame.ini presently. The map in question is a deathmatch map with the DM- naming convention. The part to remember is that the map picture works fine in my July 2012 UDK beta but not in the .exe file created by the frontend program.

[DemoMan2]

Hi Guys,
I finally found the error with my first map picture. I forgot to capitalize the name of the map. That's why front end couldn't find the map picture.