Learning Unreal 3 from Scratch - new tutorial pages

[dragondude]

Thanks Waylon

[Odedge]

Hi waylon.. how about blockingvolume? when im trying to fix that it wont work at all so i still can walk throug bushes and other objects and run out of the map :P

Double check the collision settings, but it should (by default) to block players, but not weapon fire.

Also, try a geometry build, since volumes are more similar to brushes than static meshes.

[Unreal4Eva]

Thanks for sharing.

[hulle]

Hi waylon.. how about blockingvolume? when im trying to fix that it wont work at all so i still can walk throug bushes and other objects and run out of the map :P

[youlong]

thanks for sharing!~~

[Odedge]

Thanks Odedge ...do i need the UKD or Unreal editor for these tutorials?

The links I gave you are for the Unreal Editor. There is a small section, I believe for the UDK on the official UDN site. I also have a small section at the bottom of my UT 3 tutorial list that covers UDK specific tutorials.

Keep in mind though, enough/a lot of the UDK is similar to the Unreal editor. The UDK does have new and improve features, like Lightmass, which is used for lighting a level.

One thing to keep in mind though, that with the UDK, you don't have that many stock assets and you only have a small UT 3 type demo to test your stuff in. For a character, this might work, but you can't really share it with a "community".

[Silvanost]

Thanks Odedge ...do i need the UKD or Unreal editor for these tutorials?

[Odedge]

anyone know where i can get tutorials on character creaation? thanks

I am level designer, so I don't keep track of these types of tutorials, but you might want to start looking around here at the UDN site and at IceCreamYou tutorial list.

is the Unreal Development Kit the same as the Unreal Editor?

The UDK is basically a means to create games from scratch. It does come with an editor that's similar to the UT 3 version, but it's been updated. The kit only has a bare minimum of assets to do anything with, so you need to create your own.

[Silvanost]

is the Unreal Development Kit the same as the Unreal Editor?

[Silvanost]

anyone know where i can get tutorials on character creaation? thanks

[cookiekid1]

this is great!

i have learned the basics in like 1 day

[Waylon]

I've just released a DVD with the Gnomon Workshop, covering the UDK. Check it out!

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/sto...evelopment-Kit

I realize there are a lot of free resources out there, but if you like my teaching style, this DVD will be a great way to learn the editor. It's 5 1/2 hours long, and I cover all of the core features in pretty good depth.



Also, great tutorials Scruffy! Thanks for sharing. (Check your links though - it looks like you moved them after posting this.)

[stevelois]

I add your url on my resource page since a while but I want to say many THX for those tuts, they're very useful & it's very nice of you to share them

[Odedge]

On my web site are a bunch of tutorials for both UT3 and UDK, anywhere from mesh building, normal maps, lighting and more.

Hope you all enjoy.

Thanks for posting. Interestingly enough, i discovered your site when someone posted a link to one of your tutorials. After viewing your tutorials, I added them to my tutorial list (see signature).

[scruffy]

Tutorials

Hi everyone. I figured i should share this with the rest of the world.

On my web site are a bunch of tutorials for both UT3 and UDK, anywhere from mesh building, normal maps, lighting and more.

With the new UDK released, i wrote up a Lightmass, Ambient occlusion and Emissive lighting walk through for an easy visual representation of what different functions can do.

Included in this tutorial list is the new 'mesh painting' function and i wrote a tutorial to show how it works and how you can get different effects with it, like offsetting the speed, time or direction of a pulsating light. This can be anything from a street light to a candle. One mesh, one material, thousands of uses.

Also i have a tutorial to show how you can offset a texture on the mesh based on its worlds location. This is EXTREAMLY handy for hiding repeating textures.

http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/3D_Tutorials.html

Lightmass:
http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UDK_Lig..._Tutorial.html

Global Illumination:
http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UDK_Amb..._Tutorial.html

Emissive Lighting:
http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UDK_Sta..._Tutorial.html

Mesh Painting:
http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UDK_Mes..._Tutorial.html

Asset Position Offsetting Texture Coordinates:
http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UDK_***..._Tutorial.html



Hope you all enjoy.