UDK Custom Vehicle - Hummer with a Rocket launcher Part 4 (Damage Morph Targets)

This video shows you how to create damage morph targets for your vehicle which will be linked into the animtree..
Then when your vehicle takes damage from either end or side the damage is updated in real time to the vehicle....

Actor x is a plugin for 3ds Max and Maya which is in your UDK directory here,
C:\UDK\UDK-2011-09\Binaries\ActorX

Pick the one for your build of Max or Maya and place it here for 64 bit windows,
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\plugins

And here for X86 windows,
C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\plugins

There isn't Actor x available for Max 2012 at the time of this tutorial.

[Danuxsy]

this seems so advanced, i made a tree in speedtree today xd

[Seekanddestroygames]

@Danuxsy

Its easy Simon.
In the next video in this series you'll see it working in the Animtree

[Seekanddestroygames]

In that particular vehicle I used boxes instead of bones and that's why they were visible !

[Seekanddestroygames]

@Danuxsy

I'll sort them out today at some point and then put them all in one package..You'll have to be using the September 2011 build though..
Post your email to my mail box because I can't remember if I've got it!
Don't put it here on the comments!

[Seekanddestroygames]

All the assets to the Hummer are now available from a link in the comments

[Seekanddestroygames]

Fbx..
If you go onto the UDN and type in FBX Pipeline it will explain everything...You could also watch my "Baking animation onto a skeleton" video because that covers animation export and import into UDK

[Seekanddestroygames]

Probably, but I don't know how !

[Seekanddestroygames]

I don't understand your question!

[Puddin]

On the last video you got cut off right when you started making an animtree.  Were there any steps between right clicking and creating the anim tree to hotting OK in the box that pops up?

[ZillexGames]

i know you can make difference models for difference damage but can you just make it like difference septet mechs but all in one that bits just fall off instead of using 2 mechs or more just use one and bits for all when it gets damaged

[Seekanddestroygames]

Have you adjusted the drag grid or the scale grid in view?

[aliasdarknut]

I noticed the bones were visible when you were smashing the front, is this a setting when exporting from max, or am i missing something something from earlier?

[Seekanddestroygames]

@Danuxsy

I've got hundreds of speedtrees I can send you if you want?

[MrSteved]

Hi Dave

Been trying to follow your tutorial here but been using Fbxs rather than Active X. Got as far as adding the morph tagrets but it doesn't pick up Fbxs on the sliders that appear with your Active x format. Any ideas?

[ZillexGames]

if you make a destroyable building in udk with the destruction tool is there any way of making a car where bit come off when it is damaged let say i hit a building (front of the car) the front bumper comes off and if i like take to meany hit on a wheel the wheel comes of the car