Beginning iOS 3D unreal games development

Cover\r......Page 384
Contents at a Glance\r......Page 3
Contents\r......Page 386
About the Author\r......Page 391
About the Technical Reviewers\r......Page 392
Acknowledgments\r......Page 393
Introduction\r......Page 4
Unreal Editor Overview......Page 6
The Generic Browser......Page 7
Actor Classes Tab......Page 8
The Content Browser and UDK Assets......Page 10
Searching for UDK Assets......Page 11
UDK Texture Assets......Page 13
UDK Material Assets......Page 14
UDK Mesh Assets......Page 15
UDK Particle System Assets......Page 18
UDK Sound Cue Assets......Page 19
Saving Data on an iOS Device......Page 21
Player Input Controls on an iOS Device......Page 22
iOS Requirements......Page 27
Running the UDK Game on the iOS Device......Page 28
Configuring Custom Game Types......Page 32
Summary......Page 33
Kismet or UnrealScript?......Page 34
Overview of UnrealScript......Page 37
UnrealScript Variables......Page 39
Operators......Page 43
Code Execution Flow Control Statements......Page 44
Functions......Page 46
States......Page 47
Creating and Compiling UnrealScript......Page 48
Hands-On Example: Selecting an Object with Touch......Page 50
Creating the Game Type......Page 51
Creating the Player Controller......Page 52
Settting up the Game Type Configuration......Page 54
Running the Game Type......Page 55
Summary......Page 56
Player Controller and Pawn Overview......Page 57
Creating the Default First-Person View......Page 59
Adding a Skeletal Mesh to represent your pawn......Page 62
UDK Camera Overview......Page 63
Hands-on Example: Changing the view of your pawn.......Page 64
Weapon Types......Page 67
Weapon States......Page 68
Weapon Selection......Page 70
Weapon Firing......Page 71
Creating the Weapon......Page 72
Creating the Bullets for the Weapon......Page 74
Creating the Custom Inventory Manager......Page 75
Adding to the Player Controller......Page 78
Creating the Weapon......Page 80
Creating the Pawn......Page 81
Creating the Player Controller......Page 82
Setting up your new Game Type......Page 84
Running the new Game Type......Page 85
Summary......Page 86
Collision Meshes......Page 87
KActor and KAsset Overview......Page 90
Hands-on Example: Creating a KActor and applying a force to it......Page 92
Hands-On Example: Creating a KAsset and applying a force to it......Page 104
Physics Constraints Overview......Page 114
Hands-On Example: Creating physics constraints with the Unreal Editor......Page 117
Collision Overview......Page 125
Hands-on Example: Creating a Collision Object and Putting It in a Level......Page 127
Hands-On Example: Making an exploding wall of blocks......Page 136
Summary......Page 139
UDK Bot Overview......Page 140
Key Bot Related Functions......Page 141
Possession......Page 142
Path Nodes......Page 143
Navigation Mesh......Page 144
Hands-On Example: Creating a bot and having it follow you using Path Nodes.......Page 145
Hands-On Example: Creating a bot and having it follow you using a Navigation Mesh......Page 157
Hands-On Example: Moving a Bot to a point in the world specified by the Player......Page 164
Hands-On Example: Equipping your bot with a weapon and Taking Damage......Page 169
Summary......Page 177
Overview of the UDK Sound Cue Editor......Page 178
Adding Sound Cues Using the Unreal Editor......Page 183
Adding Sound Cues Using Kismet......Page 184
Hands-On Example: Adding Sound Cues to a Weapon......Page 185
Hands-On Example: Using Kismet to create a Moving Platform......Page 188
Hands-on Example: Using Kismet to create Locked Gates......Page 196
UDK Heads Up Display......Page 202
Overview of the HUD......Page 203
Hands-on Example: Adding a Basic Heads Up Display......Page 204
Summary......Page 207
Game Difficulty......Page 208
Game Balance......Page 209
Hands-On Example: Creating a Basic Game Framework.......Page 210
Summary......Page 228
Vectors......Page 229
Vector Magnitude......Page 231
Rotator to Vector Conversion......Page 232
Vector Addition......Page 233
Scalar Multiplication......Page 234
Unit Circle......Page 236
Right Triangle......Page 237
Dot Product......Page 238
Cross Product......Page 239
Cover Node Overview......Page 240
Hands-on Example: Cover Nodes......Page 241
Third-Person Camera Positioning......Page 259
Deriving a Direction Vector for Kicking an Object......Page 260
Summary......Page 262
Physics Game Framework Overview......Page 263
Specific Overview......Page 264
Creating the Game Type......Page 265
Creating the Player Controller......Page 267
Creating the Game Ball......Page 274
Creating the HUD......Page 276
Creating the RigidBodyCubeEx Object......Page 278
Creating the Level......Page 279
Running the Game......Page 282
Summary......Page 283
Game Framework Overview......Page 284
Specific Overview......Page 285
Creating the Game Type......Page 286
Creating the Player-Related Classes......Page 288
Creating the Enemy Bot Related Classes......Page 296
Creating the HUD......Page 311
Creating the Bonus......Page 313
Configuring the Game Type......Page 314
Creating the Level......Page 315
Running the Game......Page 317
Summary......Page 319
Third-Person Shooter/Adventure Game Framework......Page 320
General Overview......Page 321
Creating the Game Type......Page 322
Creating the Player Controller......Page 323
Creating the Bot Ally Controller......Page 331
Creating the BotMarker......Page 337
Creating the Enemy Guard Bot Controller......Page 338
Creating the Heads Up Display......Page 343
Creating the Power Generator......Page 346
Configuring the Game Type......Page 347
Creating the Level......Page 348
Running the Game......Page 349
Summary......Page 351
Top-Down Shooter/RPG Game Framework......Page 352
Specific Framework Overview......Page 353
Hands-On Example: Creating a Top-Down Shooter / Role-Playing Game Framework......Page 354
Creating the Player Controller......Page 355
Creating the Player Pawn......Page 360
Creating the Enemy Bot Pawn......Page 362
Creating the Character Information Class......Page 363
Creating the Save Marker......Page 364
Creating the Load Marker......Page 365
Creating the HUD......Page 366
Configuring the Game Type......Page 368
Creating the Level......Page 369
Running the Game......Page 370
Summary......Page 372
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P, Q......Page 376
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U......Page 380
W, X, Y, Z......Page 383