Unreal Development Kit Beginner's Guide. A fun, quick, step by step guide to level design and creating your own game world

Unreal Development Kit Beginner's Guide. A fun, quick, step by step guide to level design and creating your own game world - Opis

Unreal Development Kit (UDK) is the free version of the award-winning Unreal Engine 3. It is used to create a wide variety of games ranging from amateur to professional standard next generation AAA titles.This book will show you exactly how to create an enjoyable and immersive game environment using the UDK. You will learn how to implement, level design, lighting, environmental effects, movement, terrain, map creation, item placement, kismet, materials and complex event sequences.You will work through the level design process from navigating round the editor to learning how to develop a fully playable environment. You will quickly master all of the engine’s key tools that are accessible through Unreal Engine 3. You will then start putting together your first level using step-by-step instructions. Next we will implement real world features such as dynamic lighting and shadows, particle effects, physics, terrain, item placement and advanced AI/bot pathing. Finally you will learn how to use UDK’s cutting edge high level scripting. By the end of this book you will be equipped with the skills to create an entertaining and imaginative game world. Spis treści:
Unreal Development Kit 3
Table of Contents
Unreal Development Kit 3
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
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Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
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1. Level Design HQ
Time for action UDK download and installation
UDK folder structure
Time for action launching the editor
Autosave
Content browser
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Time for action movement and rotation
Navigation
UDK
WASD key navigation
MAYA users
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BSP
Why use BSP?
Can I use static meshes to create my map without using BSP?
Dominance of static meshes
Brushes only, no static meshes
Brushes and static meshes
Time for action using BSP brushes and static meshes
Additive and subtractive
Additive
Subtractive
Unreal scale and proportions
Grid snapping
Viewport options
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Have a go hero wireframe brush
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Summary
2. Hello UDK
Your first map
Time for action setup, where to save the file, what to name it
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Why CSG?
Time for action the builder brush and our first cube
Subtractive
Brush Order
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Time for action geometry editing tool
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Time for action building our first room
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Have a go hero second floor
Time for action placing lights and a player start
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Have a go hero advanced lighting
Time for action creating a hallway and a second room
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Time for action applying materials to CSG surfaces
Surface Properties
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Have a go hero adding more elements to your level
Time for action test map and add bots
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Have a go hero content browser
Have a go hero bot navigation
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3. Applying Lighting Effects
Directional lights
Point lights
Spotlights
Skylights
Time for action different types of light
Point lights
Spotlights
Directional lights
Skylights
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Time for action lightmaps
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Time for action adjusting lightmaps on CSG surfaces
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Have a go hero reduce lightmap resolution on surfaces
Time for action lightmaps on static meshes
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Have a go hero creating lightmaps for custom static meshes
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4. Battling the Elements
Time for action the basics
Time for action add a new particle emitter
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Time for action the smoke example
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Time for action adding height fog
Setting parameters
Uses
Atmospheric haze
Localized fog
Dense haze
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Time for action creating the surface
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Time for action water volumes
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Time for action underwater
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Have a go hero animated cloud shadows
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5. Movement with Movers
Time for action a basic elevator/door
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Time for action elevators UT style
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Time for action a continuously looping animation
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Time for action a continuously rotating animation
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Time for action attaching something
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Have a go hero triggering sounds
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6. Terrain
Time for action your first terrain
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Time for action applying materials
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Have a go hero deco layers
Time for action light mapping
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Have a go hero foliage layers
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7. Adding Gameplay Elements into your Map
Adding gameplay elements
Time for action naming your map
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Time for action adding a player start
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Time for action play in editor
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Time for action placing pickups
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Time for action placing weapons
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Time for action placing jump pads
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Time for action adding other game object types
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Have a go hero adding music to your map
Bot pathing
Time for action adding path nodes
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Pop quiz
Summary
8. Complex Event Sequences
Time for action a simple sequence
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Have a go hero preview screenshot
Time for action basic UIScene
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Time for action basic cut scene
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Summary
9. Materials
What is a material?
Time for action creating a new material
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Time for action adding textures to a material
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Time for action creating a shiny metal surface
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Time for action adding a normal map
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Time for action seeing your material in the world
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Time for action giving a perfect texture to your material
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Time for action color specular highlight
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Time for action adding a tint to the diffuse color
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Time for action making your material easy to read
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Summary
Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 1
Level Design HQ
Chapter 2
Hello UDK
Chapter 3
Applying Lighting Effects
Chapter 4
Battling the Elements
Chapter 5
Movement with Movers
Chapter 6
Terrain
Chapter 7
Adding Gameplay Elements into your Map
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