Hello Everyone Again,
I'm learning the Unreal Engine and had a few questions about packages.
I created a simple level named .ut3 map named Metropolis in the following directory: C:...\My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Unpublished\CookedPC\CustomMaps. It contains a couple materials and static meshes that I placed in groups named accordingly.
Here are the questions:
Where are my .upk files? When I save out Metropolis.ut3, I assumed that it would create a .upk file for my textures and static meshes in the same directory. What am I not understanding?
When I tried saving a .upk through the Generic Browser, an error message pops up saying "Can't save files via a generic browser. Not saving Metropolis." How do I save packages then and where should I save them too?
My final question is concerned with source art assets. Does UnrealEd search for source art assets in the directory they were imported from every time a package is loaded? Or are packages independant of directory location once a Static Mesh or Texture is imported? If any artists out there using Maya can let me know how they organize their textures and static mesh files, I'd appreciate it. Until then I will assume saving them in the Scenes and Texture directories is fine.
Okay! Well those are my noob questions for the day. Please be kind with your replies. I appreciate the help.
I'm learning the Unreal Engine and had a few questions about packages.
I created a simple level named .ut3 map named Metropolis in the following directory: C:...\My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Unpublished\CookedPC\CustomMaps. It contains a couple materials and static meshes that I placed in groups named accordingly.
Here are the questions:
Where are my .upk files? When I save out Metropolis.ut3, I assumed that it would create a .upk file for my textures and static meshes in the same directory. What am I not understanding?
When I tried saving a .upk through the Generic Browser, an error message pops up saying "Can't save files via a generic browser. Not saving Metropolis." How do I save packages then and where should I save them too?
My final question is concerned with source art assets. Does UnrealEd search for source art assets in the directory they were imported from every time a package is loaded? Or are packages independant of directory location once a Static Mesh or Texture is imported? If any artists out there using Maya can let me know how they organize their textures and static mesh files, I'd appreciate it. Until then I will assume saving them in the Scenes and Texture directories is fine.
Okay! Well those are my noob questions for the day. Please be kind with your replies. I appreciate the help.