Porting from UDK3 to UE4

Porting from UDK3 to UE4

I am going to detail everything I will go through porting from UDK3 to UE4.

I have many textures, complex materials, complex kismet & matinee orchestrations and a master level with over a dozen child levels. If there is a problem I am probably going to encounter it. I imagine this will take weeks to sort through.

Installation Directory:
 c:\UDK\UE4
I wanted to keep things consistent

Backup:

Before I press "Fix Now" and UE4 start mucking with stuff I'm backing everything up:
maps, packages, custom code and configuration files. Clicking "Fix Now" didn't seem to do anything. I had to close down the install and reopen the executable "Unreal Engine". This presented me with an install button on the left.

Yea... This is totally going to suck:
https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?6975-Looking-for-advice-on-porting-my-game-from-UDK-to-UE4
The game has to be rebuilt.

Here is my discussion thread on the UE forums:
https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?8205-Porting-from-UDK3-to-UE4

I was pointed to these pages:
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/UE3_to_UE4_Transition_Guide
https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?297-Curious-if-I-can-open-a-UDK-project-in-UNREAL-4&highlight=Porting

Install underway

This may take a while

First Impression
My first impression with UE4 are: wow! I wish this was available a year ago. I feel like I am starting over again. I know how to build 3d objects, what uv and light mapping is, how to build materials and orchestrate animations but this has a lot different (and better approach). Keeping the blueprint and c++ examples in sync was a brilliant idea.

There are a ton of videos here I need to start watching:
https://www.youtube.com/user/UnrealDevelopmentKit/playlists

Playing all the demos
These things give me a headache. Three things cause this:
1. They have changed the inter oculur distance. The old default was perfect. This feels wrong
2. There is a blur as you approach object causing them to lose their 3d look until you stop
3. The framerate on all of the demos was bad

I have a really high-end machine. I think UE4 may cause me to have to reduce the size of maps significantly.