Digital Mercs

After a few rounds of “How did I do this before?” and countless crashes from the Unreal Editor, we have two of our three custom cars drivable in game. They aren’t finished being modeled, nor are they textured but they’re setup and ready to go as actual vehicles. Once they’re completed it will be as simple as reimporting the skeletal mesh and driving away.

After three days of tinkering we’ve figured out all the steps needed to get our own custom vehicles into the Unreal Engine. Above is a short video of our demo “box” car all rigged up and running around our test-bed map that I’ve dubbed “The Playground”.