Other Unreal Editors
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The RoboBlitz Editor is a heavily modified early version of the unreleased UE3 Editor. Many users will be familiar with the UE2 editor (since this is currently available with most UE2 games). This page documents differences from the UE2 Editor and some of the modifications that have been made to the UE3 editor.
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BSP
The UE2 editor always used subtractive BSP geometry, which means that you had to carve out your level from a solid block.
The RoboBlitz Editor allows you to choose Subtractive or Additive BSP when you select "New..." from the menu. Using Subtractive will make things easier for old UE2 designers, but all of our levels were built using Additive BSP, which means that a level is a big empty space, and you add BSP into the level. We do this because we don't use portals in our engine, so there is no need to carve all levels out of a solid block.
Pawns
Unlike other Unreal games, there are no Pawns in RoboBlitz. All the characters in the game are made up of static meshes instead of pawns. Instead of placing pawns use a BaddieSpawnPad to spawn a bot from a Bot Factory
Kismet
Kismet is an entirely new scripting tool used in the RoboBlitz Editor and UE3.
RVolumes
Trigger Volumes Volumes don't respond to RDestructibles and everything that inherits (RParts, Players etc) instead use RVolumes and RTriggerVolumes. Also use RTouchEvents instead of TouchEvents.
Zones
The UE3 engine no longer uses Zones.
Physics to Matinee Tracks
Physics to Matinee tracks are a customization built for RoboBlitz. This feature will most likely not be available in other versions of the engine.
Sky Box
Sky Boxes have gone. Instead a large static mesh is used in RoboBlitz for space. I believe Sky Boxes have gone from Unreal Engine 3 all together.
Other Lists of Differences
You can see a more comprehensive list of differences between UE2's Editor and UE3's editor at the BeyondUnreal forums: http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?t=187447
