Unreal Engine- Open World Landscapes

Unreal Engine: Open World Landscapes, available at $79.99, has an average rating of 4.25, with 113 lectures, based on 1078 reviews, and has 10913 subscribers.

You will learn about How to download, install, and setup a project using the Unreal Engine How to create new landscapes How to import existing (real world!) landscapes How to stitch together multiple landscapes to create massive open worlds How to sculpt mountains, valleys, plateaus, and caves How to paint a terrain with mud, grass, rock, or snow textures How to spawn different visual and audio effects based on the surface type a character is traveling upon How to populate a landscape with grass, flower, bush, and tree foliage How to populate a landscape with road, fence, and river splines How to create a day / night cycle How to add God rays and fog How to visually profile and debug your landscapes performance This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner Game Designers interested in creating open world games or Beginner Level Artists interested in crafting realistic outdoor environments or Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Level Design or Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Unreal Engines tool sets (Landscape & Foliage Tools especially) It is particularly useful for Beginner Game Designers interested in creating open world games or Beginner Level Artists interested in crafting realistic outdoor environments or Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Level Design or Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Unreal Engines tool sets (Landscape & Foliage Tools especially).

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Summary

Title: Unreal Engine: Open World Landscapes

Price: $79.99

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 113

Number of Published Lectures: 113

Number of Curriculum Items: 113

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 113

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

How to download, install, and setup a project using the Unreal Engine

How to create new landscapes

How to import existing (real world!) landscapes

How to stitch together multiple landscapes to create massive open worlds

How to sculpt mountains, valleys, plateaus, and caves

How to paint a terrain with mud, grass, rock, or snow textures

How to spawn different visual and audio effects based on the surface type a character is traveling upon

How to populate a landscape with grass, flower, bush, and tree foliage

How to populate a landscape with road, fence, and river splines

How to create a day / night cycle

How to add God rays and fog

How to visually profile and debug your landscapes performance

Who Should Attend

Beginner Game Designers interested in creating open world games

Beginner Level Artists interested in crafting realistic outdoor environments

Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Level Design

Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Unreal Engines tool sets (Landscape & Foliage Tools especially)

Target Audiences

Beginner Game Designers interested in creating open world games

Beginner Level Artists interested in crafting realistic outdoor environments

Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Level Design

Beginners looking to expand their knowledge of Unreal Engines tool sets (Landscape & Foliage Tools especially)

In this game design course, you’ll learn how to use Unreal Engine’s Landscape and Foliage Editing tools so that YOU can build open world environments like seen in “Legend of Zelda:  Breath of the Wild.” Knowing how to use these tools is a critical skill for those aspiring to be Level Designers or Environment Artists!

This course contains over 113 fun-to-follow video lessons!  You’ll learn how to:

Download, install, and setup a project in the Unreal Engine

Create a new landscape

Import existing (real world!) landscapes

Stitch together multiple landscapes to create massive open worlds

Sculpt mountains, valleys, plateaus, and caves

Create a landscape material

Paint landscape surfaces with mud, grass, rock, or snow textures

Utilize Blueprint Brushes to sculpt and paint a landscape

Spawn different visual and audio effects based on the surface type a character is traveling upon

Populate a landscape with grass, flower, bush, or tree foliage

Populate a landscape with road, fence, and river splines

Use numerous Sculpting and Foliage tools within Unreal (including Procedural Foliage tools!)

Create a day / night cycle

Add fog & God rays

Stream sections of your Open World in and out

Visually profile and debug your landscape’s performance

And more!

With the knowledge gained in these video lessons, you’ll have the necessary skills to start building your OWN open world environments!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Project Setup

Lecture 1: Project Primer

Lecture 2: Download & Install

Lecture 3: Project Creation

Chapter 2: Landscape Creation

Lecture 1: New Landscapes

Lecture 2: Import Height Maps

Lecture 3: Custom Height Maps

Lecture 4: Creation – Q & A

Chapter 3: Landscape Sculpting Tools

Lecture 1: Sculpt Tool

Lecture 2: Erase Tool

Lecture 3: Smooth Tool

Lecture 4: Flatten Tool

Lecture 5: Ramp Tool

Lecture 6: Erosion Tool

Lecture 7: Hydro Erosion Tool

Lecture 8: Noise Tool

Lecture 9: Retopologize Tool

Lecture 10: Sculpting – Q & A

Chapter 4: Landscape Sculpting Brush Types

Lecture 1: Sculpting – Circle Brush

Lecture 2: Sculpting – Alpha Brush

Lecture 3: Sculpting – Pattern Brush

Lecture 4: Sculpting – Component Brush

Chapter 5: Blueprint Brush Sculpting

Lecture 1: Blueprint Brush Setup

Lecture 2: Blueprint Brush Effects

Chapter 6: Landscape Material Creation

Lecture 1: Material Shortcut

Lecture 2: Material Creation #1

Lecture 3: Material Creation #2

Chapter 7: Landscape Painting

Lecture 1: Paint Layers

Lecture 2: Paint Tool

Lecture 3: Texture Sizing

Lecture 4: Texture Variation

Lecture 5: Painting Restrictions

Lecture 6: Smooth Tool (Painting)

Lecture 7: Flatten Tool (Painting)

Lecture 8: Noise Tool (Painting)

Lecture 9: Visibility Tool

Lecture 10: 2-Sided Material

Lecture 11: Painting – Q & A

Chapter 8: Landscape Painting Brush Types

Lecture 1: Painting – Circle Brush

Lecture 2: Painting – Alpha Brush

Lecture 3: Painting – Pattern Brush

Lecture 4: Painting – Component Brush

Chapter 9: Blueprint Brush Painting

Lecture 1: Blueprint Brush Painting

Chapter 10: Landscape Grass

Lecture 1: Grass Overview

Lecture 2: Grass Creation #1

Lecture 3: Grass Creation #2

Lecture 4: Fields

Chapter 11: Landscape Region Tools

Lecture 1: Region Selection Tool

Lecture 2: Region Copy / Paste Tool

Lecture 3: Mirror Tool

Chapter 12: Landscape Material Instance

Lecture 1: Material Instance Creation

Chapter 13: Landscape Layer Effects

Lecture 1: Surface Types

Lecture 2: Physical Material Creation

Lecture 3: Assign to Layers

Lecture 4: Footfall FX Script #1

Lecture 5: Footfall FX Script #2

Lecture 6: Footfall Decal Script #1

Lecture 7: Footfall Decal Script #2

Lecture 8: Character Movement Script

Chapter 14: Landscape Splines

Lecture 1: Spline Overview

Lecture 2: Spline Layer Setup

Lecture 3: Spline Tool Basics

Lecture 4: Spline Control Points

Lecture 5: Control Point Mesh Settings

Lecture 6: Spline Segments

Lecture 7: Segment Mesh Settings

Lecture 8: Spline Road

Lecture 9: Spline Fence

Lecture 10: Control Point Spline Settings

Lecture 11: Deformation Settings

Lecture 12: Spline River

Chapter 15: Landscape Management

Lecture 1: New Landscape

Lecture 2: Add / Delete Tool

Lecture 3: Selection Tool

Lecture 4: Move to Level Tool

Lecture 5: Change Component Size Tool

Chapter 16: World Composition

Lecture 1: World Composition Overview

Lecture 2: World Composition Setup

Lecture 3: Level Tiles #1

Lecture 4: World Composition Interface

Lecture 5: Level Tiles #2

Lecture 6: Streaming Layers

Lecture 7: Level Tiles #3

Lecture 8: World Composition – Q & A

Chapter 17: Landscape Profiling & Performance

Instructors

Greg Wondra
Unreal Authorized Instructor

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 6 votes

2 stars: 9 votes

3 stars: 58 votes

4 stars: 301 votes

5 stars: 704 votes

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