Getting Started with the Unreal Development Kit Part 1 - UDK Tutorial

Short tutorial on some basic principles of the unreal development kit.

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Prerequisites:
None

UDK:

Documentation:

Special thanks to
rijndersnathan's for the logo

[jakedickson]

This video was one of the first I watched when learning Unreal, when I was 13. Today I am a Lead Engineer working on C++ and Unreal 5.2 currently. I'm sure there are many out there like myself, so thank you again for kickstarting my career.

[showalk]

These are the videos that really got me into game design. Absolutely wild. So much nostalgia.

[Zizaco]

I remember using UDK back in the day. What a nostalgia trip :)
Thanks for the video.

[drinfested]

Blender is FANTASTIC once you get used to all the hot-keys and shortcuts. It has a ton of great features, and when you get good at it, you look like you're typing quickly. :)

[i_like_Peanuts]

Came from one of your Rusted videos. My boy is talented👌✨

[Mekormek]

This is absolutely perfect. Just this small amount of info is exactly what I wanted to see. Thank you.

[CrazyBrickFilms]

I love this idea, honestly, it's powerful engine, and not too advanced.

[raven]

@GhostReconGuy

It means it wants to rebuild the lighting and the AI path. For this tutorial only rebuilding the light is necessary. As we don't have any AI it doesn't matter if its rebuilt or not. Anytime you move a light or a static object or do anything that involves the lighting you will have to rebuild.

[EFGAlterEgo]

Here's how I understand it. Both the UT3 editor (for mods) and the UDK both use the same game engine (Unreal 3 for lights, physics, etc). It is independant of any game. The UDK has more updated light features for dynamic lights instead of having to put a lot of static lights to create mood. The UDK is for stand alone games mostly for indie developers. If you wanted to make a mod you use the UT3 editor.

[VEGETADTX]

Thank you for reply! I am happy to hear that and I am actually doing better and better with UDK :)
So UDK ROCKS! so far :)

[ojdon]

Ah you've refreshed my memory on how to use the Unreal Editor, thanks a lot. :)

[raven]

Your welcome and thanks. I am making a few more I also have a few more as well.

[dermotte]

You got it to the point! Straight and well spoken tutorial! Thanks!

[showoffrich]

Thank you very much!
I can't wait to try this out myself!

[Thaibiohazard]

Nice!!! This is what I need to do in the future. So I already installed the UDK in my computer.

[Sovereign]

When you hit the CSG add button and all you get is a black box, make sure that on the bar above the 3D viewport, its set to Unlit. That will make the box the purplish and grey checkerboard that you see in the video.

[TroelsThorsen]

Thanks alot for the tut.

It really helped me into the program, this made me get the basics.

[raven]

Sure I will add that to the ever growing list of tutorials people want :). But yeah I will get to it hopefully sometime soon.

[jadephoenix]

Thank you very much for this tutorial raven! It saved much time messing around in first use :)

[yhr]

Don't Look Now is a good one. It's what made me check out the engine in the first place.