Getting Started Compiling a Mod

[Mr. Pointless]

Okay, I'm following both the custom mid-game menu tutorial and this one, and when I tried to compile it, I got this:



So... I'm at a loss here. As far as I can see my filenames are fine, if that's what it's screaming about, and I can't think what else it could be. I'm sure I followed this word-for-word...

[gravity0]

i have used unreal fronted to compile my basic mutator.... everything get far but i cannot find any configuration file in the Config directory

[JaFO]

You do have your sources in "mypackage\classes", do you ?
And did you try my MagickBuilder-utility ? (or see Beta-secion of this forum)
That should save you the trouble of trying to manually add those packages to UtEditor.ini ...

[2tall]

I added mypackage to the UTeditor.ini but all i get when i run 'ut3 make -full' is

core - release
engine - release
gameframework - release
...
...
...
UTGameContent - release

//edit
when i run 'ut make' i get this message

I tried to compile my mutator and I'm seeing the same thing as what your screenshot shows. I plan on checking everything over again but what did you do to get past this?

[JaFO]

Has anyone noticed that the reported execution-time given by UT3 make is not even close to reality ?

At least on my system the commandlet has the nerves to tell me it took 0.00 seconds to execute when it didn't have to compile anything.
Yet the entire process requires +/- 20 seconds.
I've also noticed that I need to start UT3.COM when starting it from another process.
Is there any reason for this ? (except to confuse users ?).

// -- edit --
Just in case you think that messing with UnrealEditor.ini is too complicated you might want to take a look at a little helper-utility I wrote (it's the basis for a project of mine :
UT3 Magick builder

[KewlAzMe]

Speaking of interesting options ...
Anyone got a clue if these do what I think they do :

[ModPackages]
ModPackagesInPath=..\UTGame\Src
ModOutputDir=..\UTGame\Unpublished\CookedPC\Script

I noticed them in UtEditor.ini after running "ut3 make".

Yes they do do what you think they do. I have mine redirecting my output to my Server PC's published folder.

[JaFO]

Speaking of interesting options ...
Anyone got a clue if these do what I think they do :

[ModPackages]
ModPackagesInPath=..\UTGame\Src
ModOutputDir=..\UTGame\Unpublished\CookedPC\Script

I noticed them in UtEditor.ini after running "ut3 make".

[Athest]

Anyone know a place with tutorials for people who've never before worked with the unreal script and anything involved with it? I'm trying to follow Kewl's tut, but I find myself with no clue what I'm doing and no idea how to fix it.

Update: Ok, what was confusing me was that adding extra mutator command lines, but since I just skipped that I was able to make it compile correctly. I suppose now the only problem would be the actual coding of what I want to happen. Anyone have any good tutorials for this part?

[BakerCo]

yes and yes Kisk took care of it http://www.codekisk.com/unreal/ut3/scriptref/

[KewlAzMe]

Speaking of which.. anyone got a UnCodex working for UT3 code?

And yes I know about these:
http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/In...To_Replication
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UT3Mo...%20a%20Mutator

But its still not getting through to me. Perhaps if a tutorial took existing mutators and stepped through the parts that use replication and the parts that are on the server, rather than a generic functions like "DoOnServer()". Need real examples.

[QuinN]

i had a look at creating a mutator anyone stubled across any docs like the php docs for refrence. it would be kl if some one has found some

[Geist]

Are you extending your class to UTMutator or just Mutator? I had accidentally forgot the "UT" part in front of mutator and it wouldn't generate the file for me. So check that.

Also ensure you don't have "bExportMenuData=false" in the defaultprops area.

Yep, I'm extending UTMutator... and nope, I don't have bExportMenuData=false. The strange thing is that after working on a few other mutators, I recompiled and it made 4 .ini files (for past mutators) in a row, as if it finally noticed the .ini files needed creating. *sigh*

So then, it eventually did create them, but I don't know why it's so inconsistent.

[{SAP}THEEDGE]

pingfreak...can you explain how you did the sound and sound cue section of your rifle?? What is the relationship between those two things

[Mysterial]

You can just copy them to the appropriate places in the Published directory. You don't need to cook them and for mutators you probably shouldn't.

[pingfreak]

But there is a .upk file that goes with it/ how does that get cooked?

This is my situation:
I have made a gun with custom sounds and textures 'materials' rather. When I load the weapon in game, the Gun texture is missing and there is no sound.
0 Errors and 0 Warnings.. and all textures materials sounds and cues referenced.

Please help :/