Epic Games Releases March Unreal Development Kit Beta

 

CARY, N.C. (March 9, 2010) – Epic Games, Inc. has released the March 2010 UDK Beta, an updated version of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 that provides uncompromised access to the award-winning game development toolset. 

Epic is committed to providing the UDK community with regular software releases at no charge, and the latest beta is available now at www.udk.com/download. 

An extensive list of new additions and improvements included with this version is available at:
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitBuildUpgradeNotes.html#March 2010: UDKInstall-2010-03-BETA

March 2010 Beta

Improved UDK Features and Tools

  • Interactive Static Meshes
    •  Static meshes can now be configured so that all instance of that mesh placed in a level can become dynamic and react with physics when shot or pushed, giving the environment a more interactive feel.
    •  The advantages of this implementation are:
      • Consistent behavior
        • all objects using that mesh will be interactive, instead of it depending on level designer set up.
      • Transparent to meshing
        • L.D.s don't have to do anything special, but they can prevent specific objects from being able to become dynamic when necessary.
      • These meshes are lit like any other static meshes until they move so there is no visual impact to using this system.
      • No additional performance or memory cost to these meshes except during the short period when a mesh is being physically simulated.
    • This system is intended for use with small decorative meshes that don't have any gameplay implications.
      • The interactivity is client-side and is not replicated.
    • http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/InteractiveStaticMeshes.html

New UDN documentation

 

Updated UDN Documentation

Additional documentation, code samples and more are available at the Unreal Developer Network (UDN):
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitHome.html

Community links:
UDK LinkedIn user group: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2493123
UDK on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/UDK/183744733429

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