Epic Games has released the September 2011 UDK Beta, the latest version of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 that provides access to the award-winning toolset used in blockbuster video games, 3D visualizations, digital films and more.
Mac OS Support for UDK Games
● UDK games can now run on Mac OS
Every UDK game's potential user base has increased dramatically yet again
September 2011 UDK contains a preview of our Mac OS support
Foliage Instance Selection and Editing
● Two new tools, individual instance selection and paint selection, have been added to the foliage edit mode
● Selected instances can be moved, rotated and scaled with the widget, and also snapped to the floor, deleted and cloned with ALT-drag
● Foliage random yaw is now an optional setting to support camera-facing foliage sprites
● Fixed foliage painting behavior with very small brush sizes
Multi-Display Support for iOS
● Works with either HDMI cable or AirPlay
Other Improvements
● Decals now scale correctly when placed
● Added texture import option for inverting green channel
● Slightly increased the size limit of files when importing to 4096x4096x32
● New button can remove all notifies from an anim set
● Added editor comments for AnimNotifies
● UnrealConsole now has text color coding for warnings and errors
● New ambient sound spline actors emit sounds along paths for adding noise to rivers, roadways, etc. with a single actor
Read More [via MacStories]
Mac OS Support for UDK Games
● UDK games can now run on Mac OS
Every UDK game's potential user base has increased dramatically yet again
September 2011 UDK contains a preview of our Mac OS support
Foliage Instance Selection and Editing
● Two new tools, individual instance selection and paint selection, have been added to the foliage edit mode
● Selected instances can be moved, rotated and scaled with the widget, and also snapped to the floor, deleted and cloned with ALT-drag
● Foliage random yaw is now an optional setting to support camera-facing foliage sprites
● Fixed foliage painting behavior with very small brush sizes
Multi-Display Support for iOS
● Works with either HDMI cable or AirPlay
Other Improvements
● Decals now scale correctly when placed
● Added texture import option for inverting green channel
● Slightly increased the size limit of files when importing to 4096x4096x32
● New button can remove all notifies from an anim set
● Added editor comments for AnimNotifies
● UnrealConsole now has text color coding for warnings and errors
● New ambient sound spline actors emit sounds along paths for adding noise to rivers, roadways, etc. with a single actor
Read More [via MacStories]