July UDK Beta Released

*hal* · 30th Jul 2011, 09:09 PM

Late this week Epic Games released the July beta Unreal Development Kit and, as always, there's quite a few useful additions. I'll direct you to the release notes for all of the details, but we'll cover a few highlights below:

Unreal Landscape Improvements
Use the new landscape gizmo to copy and paste chunks of terrain. Import and export entire regions.
Landscape gizmos can be arbitrarily positioned, rotated and resized.
Use the brush tool to mask landscape and selectively paste over it.
Each Unreal Landscape layer can now be assigned a physical material.

Simplygon Skeletal Mesh Simplification
Simplygon can now be used to simplify skeletal meshes the same way it can be used to simplify static geometry in UDK.
Generating LODs using Simplygon is also supported.
Morph targets are disabled for skeletal mesh LODs that have been simplified.
Alternate bone weightings are disabled for skeletal mesh LODs that have been simplified.

Post-Process Anti-aliasing
FXAA and MLAA post-processing methods have been integrated into the engine. Post-process anti-aliasing is supported on DirectX 9 and DirectX 11.

Festering Anus · 30th Jul 2011, 10:53 PM

the return of demoguy

Spiney · 30th Jul 2011, 11:58 PM

bonus points for epic if they can squeeze that AA into GOW3.

GreatEmerald · 31st Jul 2011, 01:42 AM

Integrated AA support? Do want. AA is probably the thing that tends to lag UE3 the most.

Firefly · 31st Jul 2011, 04:48 AM

Can the UDK be used to create stuff for android?

UBerserker · 31st Jul 2011, 04:55 AM

AA support about time.
Also DEMOGUY

*Sir_Brizz* · 31st Jul 2011, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firefly

Can the UDK be used to create stuff for android?

Not yet.

Firefly · 31st Jul 2011, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir_Brizz

Not yet.

thx

DannyMeister · 31st Jul 2011, 09:21 PM

I haven't downloaded it yet to take a look at the quality of the MLAA and FXAA, but I'm hopeful that it is a lot nicer than the other post-processing AA attempts I've seen experimented with in the UDK up to this point. They are pretty common industry standards now so I know they'll be decent, but I still worry a bit from that screenshot. The edges look great, but notice the blurriness of the textures on flat surfaces like the sunny side of the stone square structure. Oh well, when multisampling isn't possible, you have to make due.

Spiney · 1st Aug 2011, 04:14 AM

It doesn't really blur textures much apart from removing shader aliasing.

NRG · 1st Aug 2011, 04:34 AM

FXAA ain't exactly purdy. In fact, I sometimes wonder if I'd prefer scenes without it because of all the blurring it does. MLAA though, that's much better.

30th Jul 2011, 09:09 PM	#1
hal Dictator Join Date: Nov. 24th, 1998 Location: -------> Posts: 21,340	July UDK Beta Released Late this week Epic Games released the July beta Unreal Development Kit and, as always, there's quite a few useful additions. I'll direct you to the release notes for all of the details, but we'll cover a few highlights below: Unreal Landscape Improvements Use the new landscape gizmo to copy and paste chunks of terrain. Import and export entire regions. Landscape gizmos can be arbitrarily positioned, rotated and resized. Use the brush tool to mask landscape and selectively paste over it. Each Unreal Landscape layer can now be assigned a physical material. Simplygon Skeletal Mesh Simplification Simplygon can now be used to simplify skeletal meshes the same way it can be used to simplify static geometry in UDK. Generating LODs using Simplygon is also supported. Morph targets are disabled for skeletal mesh LODs that have been simplified. Alternate bone weightings are disabled for skeletal mesh LODs that have been simplified. Post-Process Anti-aliasing FXAA and MLAA post-processing methods have been integrated into the engine. Post-process anti-aliasing is supported on DirectX 9 and DirectX 11. __________________

30th Jul 2011, 10:53 PM	#2
Festering Anus Cheeto Hans Join Date: Mar. 16th, 2005 Location: Punch 100 babies to unlock the secret level Posts: 2,543	the return of demoguy __________________

31st Jul 2011, 01:42 AM	#4
GreatEmerald Khnumhotep Join Date: Jan. 20th, 2008 Location: Lithuania Posts: 4,017	Integrated AA support? Do want. AA is probably the thing that tends to lag UE3 the most. __________________ GreatEmerald's Domain (my website)

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31st Jul 2011, 09:21 PM	#9
DannyMeister UT3 Jailbreak Coder Join Date: Dec. 11th, 2002 Location: Bolivar, Missouri Posts: 1,162	I haven't downloaded it yet to take a look at the quality of the MLAA and FXAA, but I'm hopeful that it is a lot nicer than the other post-processing AA attempts I've seen experimented with in the UDK up to this point. They are pretty common industry standards now so I know they'll be decent, but I still worry a bit from that screenshot. The edges look great, but notice the blurriness of the textures on flat surfaces like the sunny side of the stone square structure. Oh well, when multisampling isn't possible, you have to make due. __________________ UT3 Jailbreak is under development! Forums \| Website

30th Jul 2011, 11:58 PM	#3
Spiney Registered User Join Date: Jun. 12th, 2010 Posts: 177	bonus points for epic if they can squeeze that AA into GOW3.

1st Aug 2011, 04:14 AM	#10
Spiney Registered User Join Date: Jun. 12th, 2010 Posts: 177	It doesn't really blur textures much apart from removing shader aliasing.

1st Aug 2011, 04:34 AM	#11
NRG Master Console Hater Join Date: Dec. 31st, 2005 Posts: 1,639	FXAA ain't exactly purdy. In fact, I sometimes wonder if I'd prefer scenes without it because of all the blurring it does. MLAA though, that's much better. __________________ Steam \| LastFM

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