UT 2004 Editor Help?

[Spacemanchuck]

I'm just starting off in my attempts in building in the UT2004 editor. I was wondering if anybody might know any really good tutorial sights they could share. Suggestions or help of any sort concerning the topic is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
CHuck

[MoP]

http://udn.epicgames.com/Main/WebHome

UDN is the main site for Unreal editing, it has some links and info there.

Also if you have UT2k4 I think it comes with a bonus disc with video tutorials on it (or maybe that was UT2k3?) ... either way, they're made by the friendly folks at www.3dbuzz.com , and you can download some very good video tutorials on UT2k4 level building there.

[Spacemanchuck]

Thanks that was some helpful stuff. Yeah after I typed this up a friend of mine told me about the UT2004 special edition. It's got some kick ass tutorials, like 600 hundred hours of video. Good stuff.

[asoir]

600 hours? Wow, it's kind of a shame that UT2k4 is getting fairly dry mutliplayer wise...I tried to make a level quite a while back, fun stuff!

[masque]

UDN is good for technical research (though it's not 100% up to date in some areas -- their tutorials are often fairly old, based on earlier builds) but if you want feedback from UT200* mappers, modelers, coders, and modders there's no better forum than the Beyond Unreal (http://forums.beyondunreal.com/) site, IMHO. their mapping, modeling and coding forums have been invaluable to me.

also be sure to check out the Unreal Wiki (http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/Home_Page), one of the best sites for from the trenches modding info.

Another active Unreal modding forum is the Atari site. (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=249)

[fukifino]

Ahhhh, nostalgia. I miss UTXX :(

[adamlogan]

Ahhhh, nostalgia. I miss UTXX :(

no kidding dude, I was hardcore utxx fan for like 5 years. Ut2004 multiplayer has been dead for awhile now. Pubs for sure, what few good games that go on are clan matches or private. Used to map too, but then I went to college and just didnt have the time for it anymore :-(

[fukifino]

Yeah, UT99 ruled my life for a while. I ran a competitive clan for nearly 3 years, then joined a new one for 2k3, but the community in 2kX pretty much died.

[masque]

but the community in 2kX pretty much died.maybe for the gamers... but for mappers and modders, i think the community's pretty solid, or was last i was frequenting it ('bout a year ago). i learned a lot from lots of different folk, cranked out a few maps and a couple of small-scale special-purpose (not gameplay) mods, did a few machinima-style animation demos. woulda been no fun a'tall tryin' to pick all that up without those forums and the wiki i cited.

[fukifino]

My own experiences with the 2k3 editor made it seem pretty buggy (which is saying a lot when comparing it to the originaly UnrealED, which was buggy as hell). I would constantly get unexplained lighting issues that really turned me off of it. But I was a poor level designer anyways. :)

[dan_cgfx]

www.3dbuzz.com