UnrealEd Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
UnrealEd (UEd for short) is the level design software used to create levelss for Unreal. It was one of the first level editors to ever be packaged with a first person shooter, and prolonged the longevity of Unreal and its sequels. Amateur level designers, also called mappers, could now create their own levels for the game, providing a near endless amount of additional content for the game. In addition, the built-in scripting language called UnrealScript allowed for editors to customize game content.UnrealEd has a customizable interface, but the most common is the quad viewports with the top view in the top left, then, moving clockwise, the front view, the side view, and the perspective view. It has a row of buttons along the top pertaining to various options such as save, open, and rebuild, and a series of buttons to the left of the viewports which access editing functions.
Versions
With the various Unreal games, UnrealEd itself has seen many different versions. Unreal shipped with UnrealEd 1.0, which displayed most of the editing tools on a single large left bar adjacent to the four viewports. This version was extremely buggy, particularly while rebuilding maps.
The release of Unreal Tournament saw an update to UnrealEd 2.0. The editor underwent a major visual change from the previously colourful buttons to a more subdued green scheme. The editor also underwent a significant stability upgrade, and though the editor still had its share of strange crashes, it wasn't nearly as particular as UEd 1.0.
Bundled with Unreal Tournament 2003 was UnrealEd 3.0, which further increased stability. It maintained the green colours, and looks virtually identical to UEd 2.0. The editor added a static mesh browser to support static meshes, and combined the various browsers into a single browser with tabs to switch between textures, meshes, actors, etc. This is the current version of UnrealEd.