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M_Orlich
03-20-2003, 08:23 PM
hi,

I was wondering if anyone else here has or is building UT2003 levels?

I'm just getting started with it and lots of questions keep popping up.

Before I start enundating this forum with them I wanted to make sure they weren't going to fall on deaf ears.

thanks,
matthew
Chappo
03-20-2003, 09:01 PM
You might wanna check out the VTM's provided at www.3dbuzz.com

They have a few vids on how to build stuff for UT2003 !
Bpanting
03-21-2003, 01:23 PM
I am pretty sure for most of you level building you will want to do it UnrealED. You can use Maya for level objects to import into your levels. At least that was how it was when working with Unreal Tournament, it might have changed in the new one.
X-Tender
03-21-2003, 01:29 PM
You can build all your map in Maya export is as static mesh with the ActorX plugin for maya and import it in UnrealED .. you only have to bild some VIS blocker in Unrealed so that the performance of the map keep good.
Bpanting
03-21-2003, 01:37 PM
Cool, thats good to know. I will have to chek it out some time, thanks.
M_Orlich
03-21-2003, 03:01 PM
There's also a plugin for the PLE that makes exporting meshes into the editor quite easy. I glanced over an actor x tutorial and it seemed like there was a few more steps involved.

Intitally I was hoping to build the whole level with maya, but am not sure this the best way. The unreal editor is quite easy and putting water and things in a snap. You have to be really careful how you edit geometry in maya or it doesn't convert over properly.

One thing i'm having trouble with is scale. I find maya funny that way. i can't seem to build things the right size.

Get on it, so you can help me figure this stuff out.:)

matthew
Bpanting
03-21-2003, 03:07 PM
One thing i'm having trouble with is scale. I find maya funny that way. i can't seem to build things the right size.

Just remember Maya uses cm as its unit of measure so you need to scale things up or build them accordingly.
sigma
03-21-2003, 04:26 PM
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45170
Maya Ayanami
03-25-2003, 05:27 PM
I dont really like the editor that comes with unreal. it is weird. i guess it is cool with stairs and stuff as primitives. but maya is much easier to move around. and its is best to use that one plugin that M_Orlich brought up.


can you do new characters in Maya. that would be really cool
Bpanting
03-25-2003, 05:37 PM
can you do new characters in Maya. that would be really cool

Yea that is what the actor x script was created for, to create characters.
Maya Ayanami
03-27-2003, 06:32 PM
hu! what does the actor x script do. and how do I do these so called new characters. is there a maximum poly count
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