UE3 - UDK Creating a Mutator

[cH40z]

hi everybody,

i'm planning to write a game with the unreal engine 3.
the last days, i read some tutorials and i must admit that i'm a little bit confused.

i choose visual studio 2008 professional with the nFringe plugin as my ide.
first i started to implement my own gametype called GDGame.
i created the following folderstructure:

UDK\Development\Src\GDGame\Classes\GDGame.uc
UDK\Development\Src\GDGame\Classes\GDGCamera.uc
UDK\Development\Src\GDGame\Classes\GDGPlayerController.uc
UDK\Development\Src\GDGame\Classes\GDGPlayerInput.uc
UDK\Development\Src\GDGame\Classes\GDGPown.uc

i added my gametype in the UDK\UTGame\Config\DefaultEngine.ini

[UnrealEd.EditorEngine]
ModEditPackages=GDGame

when i start the game with the following parameters, i can play my new gametype.

UDK.exe testmaps001?game=GDGame.GDGame -vadebug -useunpublished

when i don't define it, it won't be shown in the menu as gametype.

i also created a mutator with add->new->UT3 Mutator:
UDK\Development\Src\ThirdPersonMutator\Classes\ThirdPersonMutator.ini
UDK\Development\Src\ThirdPersonMutator\Classes\ThirdPersonMutator.int
UDK\Development\Src\ThirdPersonMutator\Classes}ThirdPersonMutator.uc

i added my mutator in the UDK\UTGame\Config\DefaultEditor.ini

[ModPackages]
ModPackages=ThirdPersonMutator

after all i use the make command to recompile and the frontend to cook.

when i start the game with the following parameters i get no errors.

UDK.exe testmaps001?Mutator=ThirdPersonMutator.ThirdPersonMutator -vadebug -useunpublished

i think the mutator works because of no errors. (the mutator doesn't do anything at all!!!)

i modified my mutator class this way:

class ThirdPersonMutator extends UTMutator;

function InitMutator( string Options, out string ErrorMessage )
{
		`log("mut init");
	super.InitMutator( options, ErrorMessage );

}

function bool CheckReplacement( Actor Other )
{
	`log("check rep");
	// return true to keep this actor
	return true;
}

DefaultProperties
{
}

but the console only say:

ScriptLog: Mutators ThirdPersonMutator.ThirdPersonMutator
ScriptLog: Mutator init

when i start the game without parameters the mutator still doesn't appear in the mutators menu!


how to make my gametype/mutator vissible in the menu of the game?

why is the `log(); command in the InitMutator method ignored? it seems, that this function isn't called!

please help me. i'am new in unrealscript and the tutorials i found are really outdated i think.

thanks