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Authoritative guide to building custom mods, maps and levels with the Unreal engine from Epic Games.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• I The Unreal Universe
• 1 Unreal Technology: The Big Picture
• Unreal and Its History
• The Unreal Engine Introduction to the Unreal Engine
• The Components Overview of Component
• Interaction Engineering New Worlds with the Unreal Engine Game Assets
• The Tools
• Summary
• 2 The Process of Game Development
• Building Your Foundation: Before Production
• Developing Your Idea The Player''s
• Perspective Gathering the Team Refining Your Ideas with the Team Creating a Production
• Schedule Beginning Construction: During Production Maintaining the Schedule
• Dealing with Delays Bringing It Together Testing and Acquiring Feedback Internal Testing
• Alpha External Testing: Beta Remodeling and Closing: Ending Production
• What to Do with Beta Test Info When to Stop Beta
• Testing Finalizing and Releasing
• Summary
• 3 Creating Your First Level with Unreal
• Ed
• What Is UnrealEd?
• The Subtractive Method of Level Creation Rebuilding
• The Anatomy of an Unreal Level World Geometry
• Actors Some Assembly Required
• A Quick Tour Around the User Interface
• The Main Menu Bar
• The Toolbar
• The Toolbox
• The Viewports
• The Console Bar
• The Browsers Property Windows Working in 3D Space 2D Versus 3D
• Positive and Negative
• Directions Creating Your First Room Subtracting Out Space: How Tall?
• Brushes in Depth Navigation in Unreal
• Ed Moving Actors Creating Your First Map
• Subtracting the First Room Adding
• Textures Texture Fitting Making the Level Functional Expanding the Level: Creating Objects and Adding Lights
• The Window and Hangar Adding Detail: Static Meshes
• The Static Mesh Browser
• Placing Static Meshes Decorating with Static Meshes
• Summary
• 4 Advanced Brush Techniques
• BSP Theory Polygons
• BSP Trees Brushes from Other Brushes
• The Intersect Tool
• The De-Intersect Tool Brush Manipulation
• Vertex Editing Face Dragging Brush Clipping (2D and 3D)
• Freehand Polygon Drawing
• The 2D Shape Editor User
• Interface Overview Shape
• Editing Using the 2D Shape Editor to Create a Simple Level
• Brush Solidity Solid Brushes Semi-Solid
• Brushes Non-Solid Brushes Saving Brushes (u3d Files)
• Importing/Exporting Brushes
• Summary
• 5 Terrain
• What Is Terrain?
• The Components of Terrain Terrain
• Zoning with the Zone
• Info Actor Using the Terrain
• Info Actor Controlling Terrain with the Height
• Map Layers DecoLayers Altering Terrain with the Terrain Editing Dialog
• Lighting Terrains with Sunlight
• The Skybox What Are Skyboxes?
• How Does a Skybox Work?
• A Closer Look at Terrain Editing Terrain Editing User
• Interface Height Map Editing Tools
• The Select Tool Applying the Terrain Editing Tools Terrain
• Info Properties Texture Layer Editing Tools Painting
• Smoothing Noise Tex Pan Tex Rotate Tex Scale Editing
• Terrain Texture DecoLayers
• Summary
• 6 Working with Volumes
• Concept of Volumes Basic Volume Volume Properties
• DecoList BlockingVolume PhysicsVolume Water
• Volume Lava
• Volume Xfalling
• Volume Ladder
• Volume
• Summary
• 7 Lighting in Unreal
• Light Concepts Light Maps Light Placement
• Light Classification Static Lights Dynamic Lights
• Light Properties Light Color Light Radius
• Light Type and Light Effects Directional Lights
• Lighting Workflow Light Creation Viewing Lights
• Working with Light Effects Rebuilding Lights
• Light Map Size Lighting
• Surfaces World Geometry Static Meshes, Meshes, and Movers Terrain Particles
• Advanced Lighting Effects Scaling Lights
• Using SpecialLit Ambient Lighting
• Emitting Light from Other Actors Coronas
• Using a Trigger
• Light Projectors
• Using Projectors Common Lighting Pitfalls
• Summary
• 8 Creating Materials in Unreal
• Textures Creating a Texture
• Importing a Texture
• The Texture Properties Window Texture
• Properties Shaders Diffuse and Specularity Maps
• Opacity Maps Self-Illumination Maps Other Properties
• Modifiers
• The Color Modifier
• The TexOscillator Modifier
• The TexPanner Modifier
• The TexRotator Modifier
• The TexScaler Modifier
• The Combiner Modifier Creating Reflective
• Surfaces with Cubemaps and TexEnvMaps
• Final Blend Material Using a Scripted
• Texture
• Summary
• 9 Interactive Elements
• Movers Creating the First Door
• Introduction to Trigge