Unreal Engine: Open World Landscapes

Master Unreal Engine's Landscape editing tools to create massive environments like in "Breath of the Wild"

Created by: Greg Wondra
Unreal Authorized Instructor

What Will I 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 landscape's performance

Requirements

• SUGGESTED: Basic computer knowledge
• SUGGESTED: Desktop PC with Windows 7 (or later) 64-bit - OR - a Mac with Mac OS X 10.9.2 or later
• SUGGESTED: 8 GB RAM
• SUGGESTED: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor
• SUGGESTED: DirectX 11 compatible video card
• SUGGESTED: Unreal Engine version 4.23 or later

Target audience

• 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 Engine's tool sets (Landscape & Foliage Tools especially)