Space?

[TidbiT]

How do I make space? I want it to be like that one map you play at the end of UT and have to fight that hard boss. I want it to look like your floating in space and when you go out there is less gravity. How do i do this?

[yossa]

First, create a zone in which you want to have different gravity, then under ZoneInfo properties => ZoneInfo change the ZoneGravity Z value to something below the default.

Rebuild and it should work.

As for the space effect it is all the matter of a skybox. Here is skybox explanation from unofficial unrealED manual (http://strony.wp.pl/wp/yossari4n/content/ued_help05.zip) The concept of a skybox can sometimes be difficult to understand, but I've found it's best to use this analogy to describe it: Consider the skybox a small room with a camera in it. Any face with the surface property "fake backdrop" applied acts like a TV connected to this camera. So if you apply the appropriate SkyBox textures (Load->SkyBox) it becomes very easy to create skies in your outdoor areas.
So create a box separated from the rest of your world, and apply the appropriate textures to it. (i.e., a cloud texture on the top, mountains on the sides, and ground/rock on the bottom.) Then under the Classes menu expand the Info->ZoneInfo->SkyZoneInfo thread and add a SkyZoneInfo actor to your SkyBox.

To spruce up your skies, you can add the "UPan" or "Vpan" surface properties to make them move. Another neat trick is to add a translucent sheet of a cloud-like texture slightly below the sky in the skybox. To change the speed at which the UPan and VPan properties move the sky you'll want to edit the Zone properties. To do this, double-click on the SkyZoneInfo in the 2D or 3D view, and look under the "ZoneLight" heading for UPanspeed and Vpan speed. Raise or lower these numbers to suite your tastes.
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[ 05-23-2002, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: yossa ]

[yossa]

I've just created a VERY simplified version of DM-HyperBlast (the boss level). You can download it here (http://strony.wp.pl/wp/yossari4n/content/dm-gravity.zip) .
So, take a look at the map in the editor and examine the way things are done.
After all it's the best way to learn...

[ 05-23-2002, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: yossa ]