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Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design (Paperback)

by Jason Busby (Author), Zak Parrish (Author), Joel Van Eenwyk (Author) "The saying goes that the Roman Empire wasn't built in a day, and neither was Unreal ..." (more)

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Paperback: 984 pages
Publisher: Sams; Pap/Cdr edition (16 Dec 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0672326922
ISBN-13: 978-0672326929
Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.8 x 5.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Let your imagination run wild in the world of Unreal Technology. Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design knows no boundaries as it shows you how to build custom mods, maps and levels with the Unreal engine. Its tutorial format will give you immediate results through the tips and demos provided from the industry's top level designers. Learn to create your own characters, weapons and gaming environments, as well as how to go beyond the Unreal environment and export custom elements from 3D modeling applications. A CD that contains the Unreal Engine, graphics, examples and code is also included, giving you everything you need to create custom levels in Unreal or build your own games and virtual environments. Mastering Unreal Technology will help put you on the cutting-edge of gaming technology.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need, 30 Jan 2005

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Been creating levels for the Unreal series of engines for over a year now. At the time no books were available so I had to learn everything of the internet and posting in various forums. The Unreal engine is extremely powerful and can do amazing things once you have a good understanding of how everything works. It has taken me many hours to figure out how to accomplish what seems a simple thing at times. I can honestly say that if this book was available at the time life would have been so much easier. The book really does go through everything you will ever need to know about creating levels. What's most impressive is how it makes complicated stuff become easy. I may already know a fair amount of level design, but I got this book anyway as it covers everything and I still need to refer back to text at times.

I should point out this book is designed to be read from front to back, so it perfect for beginners. With this book and lots of dedication you WILL know how to create visually stunning and complicated levels with a fair amount of ease. For those who are already level creating for some time now will still find this book very helpful, even for reference. Though I am willing to bet you will still learn lots of helpful information.

Bottom line is if you want to start using the unreal engine to create your own content get this book to lean all you need to know, with out it you WILL end up searching on the net for hours at a time trying to figure out how to do things.

Have fun and good luck with creating your own content.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Using UnrealEd is now easy, 12 Jan 2005

By	Carl Brooks (Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

I'd like to say that since having this book i find it hard to put down.
It's so easy to follow and the amount of useful information is out standing.
For example Chapter 3 when you create your first room you are fully aware
why the height and width of doors, corridors etc are so important.

I recommend this book to anyone who is remotely interested in designing,
modding games or even creating characters.

This book was a present given to me at my request for christmas but if it
wasn't put on my christmas presents list then I would have been really happy
if I bought it for myself.

You utterly get your moneys worth here!!!!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, terrible CD, 11 Jul 2008

By	Scott Atkins - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book itself is very well written, starts with the basics and gives a good overview of unreal and how the technology works before starting tutorials.

The tutorials start with the very basics, making this good for those new to Unreal modding (like myself), alongside the tutorial are screenshots to help you along.

The big problem with this book is the CD. It comes with a free trial of the Unreal Editor, however all the examples and textures on the CD require the commercial version to work.

The version of Maya on the CD is version 5.0, the most recent Maya is 8.5 and you cannot get a v5.0 unlock key without using illegal sources. There is no key on the book.

Overall it's a great book, but if you don't have a commercial editor and a 3d modelling program you're going to find it very difficult to get started.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good item
Super comprehensive and easy to understand; makes an excellent tutorial/reference. The resource CD is fantastic, and the modelling guide will really help you create individual... Read more

Published 5 days ago by Fishwah

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, if incredibly broken
Good book but misses the point mostly, I thought this was solely about level design, I don't want to learn about Maya or character creation, not that I could because the CD is... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Mr. B. A. Ball

5.0 out of 5 stars Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design
I purchased this for my 15 year old son who likes designing his own maps for games. He is very pleased with the book and says it has helped him enormously.

Published 9 months ago by Sam, Llandeilo

4.0 out of 5 stars not quite everything you need.
Although things have moved on to Unreal III, (and the collectors edition of that has a fantastic 20 hours of video tutorials on Unreal Ed) this book is great reference material... Read more

Published 19 months ago by S M

5.0 out of 5 stars worth the money...
even with the updated engine (unreal 3 - unrealed 4) this book is still worth the money, having read it, you are able to either read from start to finish or just flick to the... Read more

Published 24 months ago by A. Reale

5.0 out of 5 stars Not mastered yet.
I bought this book for my first year at University and already it has helped! The book was the "key text" for my games design module an it is easy to see why, the index is well... Read more

Published on 11 Nov 2007 by Walker

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is totally awesome
This book has very indepth coverage on almost all parts of the Unreal engine.

If your into games development, game modding this book is a must have.

Published on 13 Jan 2005 by sakchaid

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