Map Editor : Basics to create a map

Let’s start the map editor.
From Steam, press “PLAY” button and select “Play Unreal Editor for Master Arena“:

Once it is started, you will have three windows. Close “Startup Tip” and “Content Browser”.

To start creating a map, you’ll need to click on “File” and select “New Level…“:

To access to the library, click the “U” icon:

Once the “Content Browser” is open, expand “UDKGame > Content > MasterArena > Lib > Environnement“.
Right-click on Environnement and select “Fully Load“.

At this step, the content browser lists all assets: textures, materials, static meshes, particles system, etc.
In our case, we only want to list static meshes:

Now you can browse all our static meshes library. Select a ground and drag & drop it:

Here is the result:

Close the content browser. Click on the top right to switch to multi-view mode:

Here is the result:

Camera and Navigation

• Left-click + move: you can move forward/backward or adjust your camera along the horizontal axes.
• Right-click + move: you can turn the camera in all angles.
• Left + Right + move: You can go up or down.

(In 2D views, use Left or Right click + move to adjust your position and both click + move to zoom in and zoom out)

The snapping: You can select a snapping to move or rotate an object:

Rotation: If you press “Space bar” on your keyboard, you will switch to rotate mode:

Scale: If you press “Space bar” once more, you will switch to scale mode:

By pressing “F4” or double-clicking on the static mesh, you can open its properties.

Ok, we are ready to create the floor. Reset your static mesh rotation and do some copy/paste to create the ground as below:

Once it is done, you need to add light. Without it, your map will be totally black. So, press “right click” on a mesh and select “Add actor” > “Add Light (Point)“:

Place the light using the arrows. You can scale it by using space bar or directly from its properties:

For your map to be playable, you are going to need to add a Player Start. Same process as a light, “Right-click > Add Actor > Add PlayerStart“:

An important point about the PlayerStart, is its rotation. It determines your spawn orientation:

OK! Your map is ready! Don’t forget to save it. Please, save it inside \MasterArena\UDKGame\Content\ folder like in the example (you will need to create a folder named “MyMaps”)

You can test your map by clicking “Play” button:

Here is the result:

Oh! It’s black! Yes, you need to build the lights. Before building the lights, you have to select the quality (right-click on the icon and select “Production”):

Now, click on “Build > Build All“:

Build progression :

Once it is finished, do not forget to save your map and re-test it: