September 2010 UDK Beta

23 сетября компания Epic games ,известная по сериям Unreal и Gears of War выпустила September 2010 UDK Beta это последняя версия бесплатного варианта знаменитого движка Unreal Engine 3, что и говорить движок открывает огромные возможности для творчества новоявленным гейм-девелоперам, и дарит шанс выпустить свой коммерческий проект, если блеснете на ежегодном конкурсе независимых игр Make Something Unreal, к тому же Epic оказывает мощнейшую поддержку пользователям UDK.

Итак последняя версия доступна здесь http://www.udk.com/download

Если вы уже начали творить то выкладывайте результаты своих работ(гейплейные видео,скриншоты, демоверсии) сюда: http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=368

Вы используете UDK для создания архитектуры, или различных симуляции? Можете пообщаться с другими творцами на этих форумах: http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=393 (Architecture Forum)

http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=392 (Scaleform UI Creations)

Хотите создать коммерческий проект? Вам сюда: http://www.udk.com/licensing

Местный FAQ поможет разобраться какой именно тип лицензии вам подходит: http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitFAQ.html

"Фичи" новой версии

· UDK users now have access to the gameplay profiler tool.

· Matinee’s movement tracks can now be split into individual translation and rotation components.

· Users can bulk edit texture properties within the Content Browser

Upgrade Notes

· Due to changes in PhysX you should re-save all of your content.

UDKGame

· Fixed leaning during jumps in UDK.

· Fixed UDKVehicle crash.

· ‘AllowNVidiaStereo3D’ is false by default for UDK.

· Switched UDK maps over to use precomputed visibility.

· Resaved UDK maps for updated PhysX changes.

Также стала доступна способность прямо в редакторе опробовать то что у вас получилось, и если понадобиться отредактировать код.

Некоторые изменения:

Particle System improvements

· Now supports multiple ribbons per emitter.

· New 'RandomSeed' module in Cascade helps particles play back more consistently.

· Random size and lifetime can now be specified per ribbon in an emitter.

· Particle spawn rates are now clamped to prevent negative spawn rates.

Rendering

· Added ‘ImageGrain’ to ‘UberPostProcess.’

· Improved post processing.

o Uses less memory.

o Better CPU/GPU performance.

o Improved quality and consistency.

o New features such as HDR scale and film grain.

· Optimized distortion pass.

· Fixed multiple split-screen issues causing color leaking.

· 'F5' key now enables shader complexity mode by default.

Animation

· Added support for rotating Joint Bone to ‘SkelControlLimb.’

· Animation compression improvements.

o With automatic or the ‘CompressAnimations’ commandlet.

§ Savings of 30% over the previously compressed size are typical.

§ Can be much higher on some animations or with adjustments to the compression parameters.

Scaleform GFx

· Integrated fix for sRGB handling with fonts from Scaleform.

· GFx now supports Distance Field and RGBA UFonts.

· Added a sample GFxUI.int to Engine/Localization/INT/.

DCC Tools (Max/Maya)

· ActorX for Maya and Max 2011 is now supported.

PhysX

· ‘PhysXDestructible’ has been removed.

· APEX destructibles are replacing them.

Other Improvements:

· Workflow enhancements (e.g., find all materials using this texture, support for local collections to the Content Browser).

· Fixed hitches during gameplay caused by long processing times for zero length linechecks.

· OBJ mesh export now can generate a diffuse, specular and normal texture from the material.

· Alternate mesh bone weight import tool has been much improved and supports both low->high and high->low bone count swapping.

· Streaming texture stat enhancements including the new STAT TEXTUREPOOL command.

· Landscape editing improvements.

· The new color picker is now integrated into the mesh paint tool.

· The mesh paint tool now supports flood fill.

· Gamma can now be used even if the tonemapper is activated.

· Texture properties can now be edited in bulk via the Content Browser

Полезные ссылки:

Страницы UDN

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CapturingCinematicsAndGamepla...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/GameStatsVisualizerReference....

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/InstrumentingGameStatistics.h...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/HitMask.html

Обновления и расширения:

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UDKProgrammingHome.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UDKContentCreationHome.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UDKLevelCreationHome.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UDKCommunityLinks.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitFAQ.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitFirstScriptProj...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ContentBlog.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/AnimSetEditorUserGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/KismetUserGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/AssetConsolidationTool.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MaterialEditorUserGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/PostProcessEditorUserGuide.ht...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/SoundCueEditorUserGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/PhATUserGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/AnimTreeEditorUserGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/StaticMeshEditorUserGuide.htm...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MaterialInstanceEditorUserGui...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/SceneManagerReference.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ColorPicker.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ViewportToolbar.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/SCCIntegration.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ImportingSkeletalMeshTutorial...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ImportingAnimationsTutorial.h...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ImportingMeshesTutorial.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ExportingMeshesTutorial.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/PhysicsConstraintReference.ht...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/Scaleform.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ScaleformWorkflow.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/SettingUpVehicles.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/VehiclesTechnicalGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/SettingUpWeapons.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/WeaponsTechnicalGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CameraTechnicalGuide.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/PrecomputedVisibility.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/TextureDefinedSpecularReflect...

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/SoftMasked.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ColorGrading.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UnrealScriptReference.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CommandLineArguments.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CommandletList.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/ActorX.html

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/Eat3D.html

Сообщество:

Форумы по UDK www.udk.com/forums

Девелоперы на Linkedln www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2493123

UDK на FaceBook www.facebook.com/pages/UDK/183744733429

Epic Games на Твитере www.twitter.com/EpicGames

Дерзайте с помощью этого редактора уже созданы такие игры как Damnation и The Ball все в ваших руках!