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I DID IT! There was probably a simpler way of doing it but I figured id start from the beginning. Sooo I deleted it from UDK applied new separate materials (ones that UDK would pick up as they are already part of a material) and exported that and boom jobs a goodn. Haven't got a clue why it worked that time and not last night. Oh well alls good now :)

I sorted the normals and the specular out for the photo frames today, it was really quite hard to choose just 3 photos. I was overwhelmed with the outcome though, they are never far from my thoughts and seeing them in game with my work I know they will be chuffed. I intend on putting a sepia overlay on the photos to give an aged effect, I think also increasing the contrast will help with this.

The overlay adds a small difference however I think it will work well. The only issue I am worrying about is how brown the asset as a whole is looking.

From this I went and created a lantern. I had been meaning to create one for a while now as I think it will give the scene an older feeling. This took roughly 4-5 hours, unwrapping and light mapping which isn't that bad. If I can continue at a pace like this I think I might just be able to catch up with myself. I say that now but I think it might be due to me waking up at silly o'clock in the afternoon and feeling like I haven't done anything all day. Needless to say I have had a few energy drinks and will stay up to sort my body clock out. Hopefully if I sort my body out it will be easier to be more productive.