Unreal Tournament 2003/04 resources

This is a link of great maps and mods I have come across.. They're for Unreal Tournament 2004.

[url="http://www.streamline-studios.com/goodies"]AS-Confexia[/url] - Great assualt map by Streamline Studios. Very detailed, and requires a more higher end machine..
[url="http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=387013"]Ons-ToonCountry[/url] - Zelda/Wind Waker inspired onslaught map. Fantastic looking!
[url="http://www.unrealplayground.com/maps.php?mapid=6078"]Ons-Aliens[/url] - very nice Aliens inspired onslaught map. Includes the nuclear reactor station, and some samples from the movie.

[url="http://www.planetunreal.com/cbp/"]Community bonus maps[/url] - The Community Bonus Pack 1 and 2
[url="http://www.blackcatgames.com/swarm/"]Alien Swarm[/url] - above view, co-op teamplay orientated mod with Aliens-like theme
[url="http://redorchestramod.gameservers.net/"]Red Orchestra[/url] - WW2 mod

Ok, So Im kinda new to the making a Ut character thing.
I "am" in the videogame industry and i do make video games for a living so i would like to beleive that i have a fair ammount of knowladge as far as 3d packages go.

My main questions is... How can i take a .psk file IE a UT Character Raw Skeleton and import it into maya, so i can bind my character to that skeleton and not have to create my own animations.

So far i have found only one skeleton in maya's format and its for a male... and a friend got it from some unknown source. that is all and well, but i need one for a female or it will look very odd. So far the only way "theoreticaly" i can do it is to import the .PSK file into Lightwave... and then export that as an OBJ... and THEN import that into MAYA. The only thing is... does the OBJ format include skeletal bone structures or rigs for that matter?

I know there is ActorX for MAYA and MAX, but it can only EXPORT a psk from my knowladge...

If anyone can help... I have scoured the internet for information on this and i have been beaten into submission!

Please HELP!

quote:Originally posted by KeepItEvil

Ok, So Im kinda new to the making a Ut character thing.
I "am" in the videogame industry and i do make video games for a living so i would like to beleive that i have a fair ammount of knowladge as far as 3d packages go.

My main questions is... How can i take a .psk file IE a UT Character Raw Skeleton and import it into maya, so i can bind my character to that skeleton and not have to create my own animations.

So far i have found only one skeleton in maya's format and its for a male... and a friend got it from some unknown source. that is all and well, but i need one for a female or it will look very odd. So far the only way "theoreticaly" i can do it is to import the .PSK file into Lightwave... and then export that as an OBJ... and THEN import that into MAYA. The only thing is... does the OBJ format include skeletal bone structures or rigs for that matter?

I know there is ActorX for MAYA and MAX, but it can only EXPORT a psk from my knowladge...

If anyone can help... I have scoured the internet for information on this and i have been beaten into submission!

Please HELP!

I assume that the ActorX tool can do this. If not, it's likely that you can create the skeletal structure so that it can use the existing character animations in adition to those you make on your own.

to reuse the game animations all that matters is the bone names. obviously you'll want the default pose to be simular to avoid ugly deformation though. so either re-position the male one to look like the female ones (and add any extra bones such as ponytails) or create a new one with the same names. if you've got access to 3dsmax you can use the game bipeds for reference (links above)

in my experience keeping the bones positioned exactly as they are has been really important. some strange things have gone wrong when i made a character once and when i reskinned it by scalling, moving etc the character to fit the skeleton as apposed to the other way around things went smoothly upon importing.
If your using maya a nifty feature (which no doubt max has, i just dont use the program) is it set the preffered angle of the bones as you find them (assuming you get a hold of a "official" skeleton as apposed to making your own with simply the same bone names) and then rotate joints to fit your character (say you positioned the arms differently when modelling) then once youve bound the skeleton to the geometry, assume the preffered angle (both of these features can be found through right clicking on the bone or through menus).

Hey, I did the characters for Unreal Tournament 04- If your stuck I could export the biped rigs as boxes in .OBJ format for you- that should give you a good start I imagine. (We did the characters entirely in 3dsmax so there isnt a 'maya version' to my knoweldge.

Drop me an email and I will see if I have the rig you need.

You Rock Mr King!

I would love to see any of the UT2K rigs you may. Feel free to spam my email address with them if you find any.   

Is this thread dead cause maybe it could be resurrected for Unreal engine 3 links. I got a couple, does anyone else have any?

Roboblitz Unreal engine 3 wiki
Hourences Unreal engine 3 tutes
Some kismet stuff