Unreal 3 Engine now for FREE

[Red Phoenix]

so anyone downloaded the udk yet and started to fiddle with it ?

[Frisbeetarian]

Yeh....it uses its own programming language, its completely object oriented....but still a whole range of new syntax to learn

[Frisbeetarian]

Holy ****! I just figured out how to alter explosion effects!

[Red Phoenix]

frisbee, unrealscript is not very different from java as u noticed (or the family of simple OO c scripts)

& that's the case with many engines who support a c-like scripting syntax (unity3d, gamestudio, crytech..)

u just need to learn their specific engine API set, and only when u need to so u can always use their function list reference

but by default we can use the kismet module to connect the many default scripts together in a node like visual structure for the level (quest3d and c4 have something similar to that also)

now i'm surprised the udk has support for speedtree with it by default

and for the editor well i can see it has many mini editors in it which is nice and self contained, particles/animation/lightmass/..

now this being unreal tech here, their approach to doing things in the work pipepline might not be obvious at first glance without fiddling around well or looking up the answer somewhere

just too bad that 3d actor class imports plugins and the facial animation plugins dont have support for cinema4d nor blender with them, just the high end 3dmax and maya and softimage

as for documentation it's all online, big not not completlely comprehensive, but a very very good start

yalla dude keep playing around with it, i commend u for the effort ;)

this is a AAA engine everybody should be messing around with it not just me and u hehe

[Vampire]

So what does a free Unreal 3 Engine means? Does it mean that we will see a home made 3d games?

[Red Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Vampire

So what does a free Unreal 3 Engine means? Does it mean that we will see a home made 3d games?

it means small teams can get a shot to make a game with it without paying 1 million up front ;)

[Frisbeetarian]

Im already prepping up the cash to build a super rig coming the next 5 months, solely for this engine and the texture rendering that will have to complement it.

[Red Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Frisbeetarian

Im already prepping up the cash to build a super rig coming the next 5 months, solely for this engine and the texture rendering that will have to complement it.

i'm already good here man, i retired my legendary northwood single core pc and running now a c2d at 3.8ghz with 4gb ddr2 and a gf9800gtx+ some month ago

unreal3 doesnt require a core7 but it does ease development to have faster and faster workstations just as long as one keeps in mind to make the end product able to run on low end systems and hence optimized properly ;)