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Unreal Development Kit Beginner's Guide

By : Richard Moore
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Unreal Development Kit Beginner's Guide

By: Richard Moore

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Unreal Development Kit 3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Summary


We learned a lot in this chapter about:

  • Naming the different types of map convention

  • Adding a player start to our map

  • Placing pickups in our map

  • Placing weapons in our map

  • Placing jump pads in our map

  • Adding other game objective types to our map

  • Placing path nodes in our map

So that's how you add gameplay elements such as player starts, special pickups, weapons, jump pads, and other gameplay elements such as teleporter and vehicles. We also have learnt how to use path nodes to create a path where the bots will navigate around our map. In the next chapter, we will be looking at basic Kismet scripting.