A few questions about licenses

[Ivey]

Hi, I’m an IT tech working for a public school and I have been ask to register for the UDK Engine. After looking at the docs I still have a few questions.

Hi! A quick distinction - UDK is the latest version of the publicly available UE3 tools. The education announcement pertains to UE4, the shiny new toolset

If we have, for example, around 160 computers dedicate to these classes can we ask for 200 licenses for teachers, IT tech, etc. computers?

You can request per student, that way they each have their own individual log in to access the software.

How are the licenses working? Is it a serial number that we have to type that register the computer on your server for example.

Each account set up will have a code that the student can assign. this grants the account access for the duration of the code (1 year per)

What happen if we have to reinstall a crash computer?

The codes allow access to download and install the software, and get free updates to it as long as the code is still valid. It’s not serial number based like windows, per-se, so a crash just means you can reinstall. You may lose projects on the machine, however, unless you back them up elsewhere

The student’s part is not clear. Do we have to give licenses to students or can they get them themselves?

Since the codes are good for adding time to a subscription, a student can create an account themselves, or you can create one for them. Once the account is setup, you’d apply the code and they’re all set!

5- I need to do a silent install of the Unreal UDK using our ZENworks engine. With the free version it’s now possible. But is it also possible to do that with this version?

I’m not familiar with ZENworks, can you explain what the limitations of this are?

Update 10/7: Students can now obtain access to UE4 directly for free through our collaboration with GitHub’s Student Pack https://education.github/pack