Learning Unreal 3 from Scratch - new tutorial pages

[Waylon]

Hey everyone. I'm teaching a class on the Unreal Editor, and I'm writing a set of tutorials alongside the class. (Which is really cool, because all of the students' questions and issues are fresh in my mind when I'm writing the tutorial.) I'll be updating this list of tutorials every week after I teach the class.

The basics
Basic Navigation - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...Navigation.htm
Navigating the Generic Browser - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...ricBrowser.htm
Creating your First Level using CSG (part 1) - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/UE3-03A-CSG.htm
Creating your First Level using CSG (part 2) - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/UE3-03B-CSG.htm
Adding Gameplay Elements to your Level - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...ngGameplay.htm
Running, Testing, and Distributing your Map - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...ingYourMap.htm

Creating custom assets
Working with Packages (Creating and Importing Assets) - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...thPackages.htm
Importing Custom Meshes - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...tingMeshes.htm
Importing Custom Textures - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...ngTextures.htm

Advanced Topics
Lighting - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...9-Lighting.htm
Lightmaps - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...-LightMaps.htm
Material Basics - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...rialBasics.htm
Material Basics 2 - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...ialBasics2.htm
SkyDomes and Non-Playable Space http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/UE3-SkyDomes.htm
Height Fog and Atmosphere http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/UE3-HeightFog.htm
Common Errors and Bugs http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...mmonErrors.htm

Appendix
Useful Console Commands - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...leCommands.htm
Finaling Checklist - http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...gChecklist.htm

And the main topic listing is here.
http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/

Also, I just released a training DVD for the Unreal Development Kit. I realize there are lots of other free resources online, but if you like my teaching style, you may find this really useful. You can find more details here:
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/sto...evelopment-Kit

[Figboy]

i'm new to Unreal Ed, so this is very helpful. thanks for sharing!

[Waylon]

Added a new tutorial - creating a basic level using BSP. (Parts 1 and 2)

http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/UE3-03A-CSG.htm
http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/UE3-03B-CSG.htm

Covers
- Basic map setup
- Using the builder brush
- Additive vs subtractive brushes + sort order
- Geometry Editing Tools
- Adding a player start and lighting
- Lit vs Unlit mode
- Applying materials to CSG
- Surface properties (texture tiling, offset, rotation)
- Playing and adding bots

Also, I cleaned up the others a little and added some links to the main page.

[m3fs]

Waylan, are there going to be tutorials on Kismet/Matinee/FaceFX?

[Figboy]

Added a new tutorial - creating a basic level using BSP

http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...FirstLevel.htm

Also cleaned up the others a little and added some links to the main page.

sweet! reading it now! thanks a lot for this!

[JohnsShadow]

cool sombody to help me learn to do all the things in my sig
bookmarked

[Elohim]

Nice - thanks for taking the time to do this. I'm currently going through the video tutorials that came with the collector's edition. This is a nice supplement.

[Waylon]

Waylan, are there going to be tutorials on Kismet/Matinee/FaceFX?

Kismet and Matinee yes. Obviously those are huge systems, so I'll just be giving an introduction. But I'm not teaching those until later in the class, so you'll have to wait a month or so.

FaceFX probably not. (At least not any time soon.)

[Figboy]

thanks to your tutorials, i've managed to create my first map of sorts (nothing spectacular, just playing around with the tools).

i can't wait until i really get the hang of them, and start work on my first real map. which i'll talk about when i have something to show for it!

thanks again!

[Waylon]

I added a new tutorial, on adding gameplay elements to your level.

http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...ngGameplay.htm

It covers
- Getting a basic map set up for different gameplay types
- Everything to do with pathing (pathnodes, path connection colors, troubleshooting path networks)
- Adding and configuring pickups (weapons, weapon lockers, health, armor, powerups, and using the Actor Classes browser)
- Adding some other objects (jump pads, teleporters, defense points, translocator destinations, vehicles)
- Creating a CTF map
- How to fix the "pickup light" error messages

[Scorch88]

I would really like to follow your tutorials but I can't see any of the pictures. They just have little red x's on them.

Does anybody know how I can fix this?

[Waylon]

Woops! The tutorials weren't working in Internet Explorer. Fixing them right now. Check back, and if you're still having trouble please let me know!

[Waylon]

Added two new pages.

One, on everything you need to do to test and publish your map.
http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...ingYourMap.htm

It covers
- Proper folder setup and naming conventions
- Saving, crashing, and backups
- Building (geometry, lighting, paths, and building all)
- Some basic console commands
- Publishing your map (so that it shows up in the game list)
- Distributing your map (Beta and Finaling)

The other is a list of useful console commands for testing your map.
http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal...leCommands.htm

[DaZ]

Thankyou very much for these tutorials, I come from a Quake level design background and UE3 is very different than what Im used to, these tutorials have shown me most things I will need to know!

[Vertigo101]

theres some VeohTV ones you can check out as well.

http://www.veoh.com/channels/HouseofUnreal&#

Hey Waylon after waiting 10 mins on the site it finally let me see your pictures. it said page done for 10 mins then bam half the pictures are showing while the other half still say its a picture and no errors detected..

also can you make some video audio tutorials for us noobies =) Ah that be so wunderfull!