Welcome to the Unreal Developer Network!

The Unreal Developer Network (UDN) site is based on the Twiki collaboration platform. Learn more here.

Check Yourself

Before you get started, you should go through the minimum specifications for your project to make sure your drivers and other software and hardware are up to snuff. It's rather annoying to get all geared up to play with the latest Unreal technologies, only to find you need to spend an hour downloading and upgrading half the drivers on your system.

For more information, please see:

• Minimum Specifications (UE2)
• Minimum Specifications (UE3)

Site Features

This UDN web site is your first line of support, providing you with detailed documentation, tutorials and example content to get you on your way.

Here are the core features available with this site. Availability depends on the level of access - not all features are available to all users.

Navigation

The UDN sites share a common layout:

• Site Areas is the toolbar across the top of the site, showing the different areas of UDN.
• Page Contents takes up the majority of the screen, and is where the current document is actually displayed.
• Area Features is the top portion of the toolbox at the right, with links to logging in; or special, area-specific functions such as search, recent changes,email notifications, and a master index.
• Page Functions is the next section down in the right toolbar, and contains page-specific features, like Editing the page, Attaching files, displaying a Printable version, viewing revisions, or other functions such as moving/renaming/deleting content.
• Additional Features is the bottom section of the right toolbar, and provides informatin such as links to other documents and topic categories of documents related to the present topic, as well as version and author information.

Site Areas

The UDN site is broken down into the following areas:

• Unreal Engine 3
• Unreal Engine 2
• Business and Legal
• Community and Support

For a complete list of pages available for each area, see the associated index page:

• All Documentation (Unreal Engine 3)
• All Documentation (Unreal Engine 2)
• All Documentation (Main)

Unreal Engine 3

Focused on Unreal Engine 3 development, the UE3 section of UDN allows access for the following developers:

• Licensees
• Mods (Unreal Tournament 3)
• Mods (Gears of War)

Unreal Engine 2

Focused on Unreal Engine 2 development, the UE2 section of UDN allows access for the following developers:

• Licensees
• Unreal Engine 3 Runtime (for Licensees)
• Mods (Unreal Tournament 2003/2004)

Business and Legal

Other information related to the general business and legal aspect of working with the Unreal Engine technology can be found on the site:

• Unreal Technology Roadmap
• Licensing
• Integrated Partners Program
• Legal Notes
• Third Party Software
• File Extensions
• Shipping Checklist

Community and Support

The site also has information regarding general support and information about the Unreal developer community:

• Getting Started
• Quick Start
• Contact Us

Documentation

UDN is a Wiki site, which means anyone can add or edit documentation pages. We encourage you to join in the effort to make this site the best possible resource for Unreal Engine development.

Documentation usually represents user guides, tutorials, references or ovierviews, or technical guides related to the various subsystems in the Unreal Engine; but there are also pages such home pages and pages such as this which detail other processes not directly related to the development aspect of working with the Unreal Engine technology. Documentation pages are organized for technical and content creation developers, and are associated with various topics for quick referencing of related pages.

Mailing Lists

Mailing lists are available to Unreal Engine licensees. Epic's Unreal-powered games also have mailing lists dedicated to mod developers and server administrators. Subscription information can be found on the related game pages on UDN.

Mailing list archives can be found here: https://udn.epicgames.com/lists/.

Searching

The legacy UDN search system - based on htdig sometimes may not produce desired results when doing a global search through all of UDN.

However, if you search in a specific area you'll get better results. For example, instead of selecting Search all UE3 pages, try using the Wiki search for documentation or Search list archive for a mailing list. You're likely to get better search results on what you're looking for.

Although these workarounds have become commonplace, this is not desirable and we are working on a better solution.

Administration

Account administration functions may vary depending on staff role or engine license. If you don't have access or permissions, you don't need them.

Red Links

Links that appear in red color are inaccessible based on the current permission level for your user.

The documentation that is password protected contains proprietary information about the Unreal Engine that is not publicly accessible. Examples might include pages that reference C++ source code, which is not available to the public. Those pages are intended only for the use of Unreal Engine licensees. Unfortunately, we cannot give public access to those documents.

If you are an Unreal Engine licensee, a red link indicates that you do not have the proper access rights to that page; for example, the page might describe Unreal Engine 3 systems when you have an Unreal Engine 2 license, or the page might include discussion of confidential console systems.

Of course, the only way to find out is to log in.

UDN login information is only available to Unreal Engine licensees. We will continue to make documentation publicly available as we see fit, and as priorities allow.

Contact Us

For guidelines regarding contacting the Unreal Developer Network staff and Epic employees, please see the Contact Us page.