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New outdoor level:
Delete default cube
Goto View > World Properties
Lightmass
Turn off use global illumnation
GameType
Default Game Type
UTDeathmatch
Game type for PIE (play in editor)
UTDeathmatch
Zone Info
Kill Z
-900
Autoback:
The disk in the lower right of the interface
Size In UDK:
1 UDK unit is 2cm
1 cm is 0.5 UDK units
1 meter is 50u (makes everything seem small)
Average US male height: 176.3cm
88.15uu
IronGuard: 95uu
190cm
(A sensible size for a guard, taller than average.)
(Note this guard looks too small considering how big he is.)
Door: 91cm 203cm
45.5uu 101.5uu
54.6vu 121.8vu
Door
To get uu take cm/2 cm * (0.5 * 1.2)
for visual units
cm*0.5 is the right size
cm*0.6 tends to look right
Simple Exterior:
Start with an outdoor scene
Add buildings and materials on them
Simple interior:
Make an indoor scene
Make at least one light to light it
Make at least one player start
Add materials to the map (at least one)