UT3 ADVICE

HI ALL, AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIMENTATION THIS AFTERNOON I CAN OFFER A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE RE UT3:

1. THE TUTORIALS AT http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/ ARE VERY GOOD. I CAN BACK UP HIS ADVICE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST LEVEL TUTORIAL THAT THE SUBTRACTIVE MODE CAN LEAD TO SOME "WEIRD BUGS". ADDITIVE WAS MUCH BETTER.

2. THE MOST RECENT PATCH I COULD FIND IS HERE: http://www.gamershell.com/download_23348.shtml WHICH SEEMED TO HELP A BIT.

3. QUIT THE UNREAL EDITOR IF YOU WISH TO OPEN YOUR MAP IN UT3.

4. RUNNING UT3 IN A WINDOW STOPPED THE STRANGE RIPPLING EFFECT OVER THE TEXTURES; WHICH DIDN'T HAPPEN EVEN AT A HIGHER RESOLUTION WHEN IT WAS IN A WINDOW. YOU CAN ALSO MAXIMISE THE WINDOW SO IT TAKES UP THE FULL SCREEN...(LOOK IN THE VIDEO SETTINGS IN THE USER INTERFACE)

EDIT: I'VE JUST FOUND IF I FOLLOWED THE ADVICE FOR "PREPARING YOUR MAP FOR PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION" HERE:
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=590932 MY GRAPHICS PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE THE SCREEN SHOT PART OF THE TUTORIAL SO IT WAS SOMETHING IN THE FIRST FEW STEPS. I'LL DO ANOTHER COUPLE OF TESTS TO CONFIRM.

EDIT 2: IT LOOKS LIKE MY SCREEN PROBLEM HAS GONE AWAY FOR GOOD, I'VE JUST TRIED MAKING A FRESH MAP TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM AND THEN FIX IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T GET THE PROBLEM TO REAPPEAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'VE GONE BACK THOUGH ALL OF THE FIRST TESTS I HAD DONE AND THE PROBLEM DOESN'T REAPPEAR. VERY STRANGE. I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR IF ANYONE ELSE HAS THIS PROBLEM.

5. WHEN I SHIFTED AN EDGE (USING GEOMETRY EDITING) SO THAT IT SNAPPED TO ANOTHER EDGE, I WAS MAKING AN RAMP, THE SIDES OF THAT GEOMETRY DISAPPEARED. A WORK AROUND IS TO REDUCE THE GRID FOR SNAPPING AND PLACE THE EDGES CLOSE BUT NOT OVERLAPPING. A BETTER WORK AROUND IS TO BUILD YOUR GEOMETRY IN 3DSMAX.

6. A FORUM SO WE CAN CREATE A DATABASE OF ADVICE AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA TO ME. THERE ARE PLENTY OF UT3 FORUMS OUT THERE ALREADY BUT HAVING SOMETHING SPECIFIC MIGHT SAVE US ALL TIME IN THE LONG RUN.

CHEERS, HAVE A GREAT LONG WEEKEND