Мартовская Beta версия редактора UDK с помощью которого можно создавать игры, оружие, технику и т.п. на движке Unreal engine 3!
UDK
(Unreal Development Kit) стал доступен для бесплатного скачивания и
опять же бесплатного использования для некоммерческих целей.
UDK включает различные инструменты разработки (например UnrealEd), пакет лицевой анимации, редактор растительности и пр.
Теперь с поддержкой новейших графических технологий!
Important DirectX features now shipping with UDK include:
- Tessellation and displacement;
- Geometry shaders;
- Multisampled textures; and
- Shader Model 5.
High-end rendering features include:
- Image-based reflections that allow surfaces of any shape
to reflect an approximate version of scenes, with varying glossiness
across surfaces, anisotropic HDR highlights and anti-aliasing;
- Subsurface scattering (SSS) that simulates the light that
scatters inside semi-translucent materials, making character skin come
alive;
- Anti-aliased masked materials that super sample the edges
of masked and alpha-tested materials, making character hair more look
realistic than ever before;
- Deferred rendering with MSAA support;
- Bokeh depth of field providing close to film-quality DOF, with artist-controllable Bokeh; and
- High-quality dynamic shadows from many lights on the environment, such as shadows for point lights and other light sources.
NVIDIA’s APEX technology has also been integrated into the engine and ships with UDK.
In addition, Epic has raised the royalty-free revenue
threshold for UDK commercial developers. Under the new license
agreement, developers don’t pay any royalties until their total revenue
exceeds $50,000 (US). Beyond that, developers keep 75 percent of each
dollar they receive and Epic receives 25 percent. A great article to
reference is here.
UDK projects can be promoted to the community in the Works in Progress forum and the Released Projects forum.
It’s easy to sign up as a commercial UDK developer online. Have questions? Check out our FAQ.
March Beta Upgrade Notes
DirectX 11 is now supported in UDK!
- Adaptive Bokeh Depth of Field (DOF)
A Bokeh shape, which is controllable by artist, is used for lens flare. 
The red area is full quality, while the green is area partial quality and 4x faster.
- Dynamically shadowed image-based reflections
Rendering
- The ability to scale effects (such DOF and bloom) with the view size was added.
- Post Process Effect -> Scale Effects with View Size
- The ability to use tiled normals on fluid surfaces and any material was added.
Unreal Landscape, UDK’s new terrain system!
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