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Details are in the video description, though i'm not quite sure what youre asking.

Thanks and no, the bridges and lamps are just BPs still. Fairly simple line traces to find where to snap to. PCG has some options to do that, but I found it much harder to control, so far.

@@DCTechart Same! Some things are just easier done in BP. Thanks for the answer.

Thanks much! And since the system is still in development, it was a LOT of trial and error... and debugging just to figure out why things work the way they do. But these channels are a great resource, if you want to start to learn PCG: UnrealityBites www.youtube.com/@unrealitybites763/videos and FreetimeCoder: www.youtube.com/@FreetimeCoder/videos

@@DCTechart you’re welcome. Also do you mind sharing the pcg graph blueprint? if not I totally understand.

I cant sorry, its in progress and part of private project

I would love to make a tutorial, when I get time and maybe when the PCG system is a little more stable and finished. These channels are a great resource though, if you want to start learning now: UnrealityBites www.youtube.com/@unrealitybites763/videos and FreetimeCoder: www.youtube.com/@FreetimeCoder/videos

@@DCTechart thx so much for sharing! I’ll take a look

This version is using handmade splines, but yeah, you could totally generate the splines on the fly and let pcg build out a section or even a whole level at runtime.

They were built in houdini by taking a basic blockout shape of the wall, breaking that up with a shatter node, then extruding the front faces of each forward by random amounts. Plus a bit of noise and warping

@@DCTechart Interesting technique, thanks!

It takes a lot of tinkering and experimenting, but these 2 channels are a great place to start learning - UnrealityBites www.youtube.com/@unrealitybites763/videos and FreetimeCoder: www.youtube.com/@FreetimeCoder/videos

Thanks and yeah, i can definitely see why after doing this. Much easier to make more organic and scattered things with PCG.

Its on the unreal marketplace link in the description

what is dungeon maker?

Right now you have to manually draw out the splines, but yeah, that part could be made totally procedural too. It's on my list to try. This could be used in VR, though UE5 (especially nanite + lumen) are still pretty costly to run there.

Thanks! And yeah, I would like to make a tutorial or some sort of guide for building these, but I have a lot on my list right now, so I couldnt say when it might be made.

Oh man. Yes please - this is exactly the use case I’ve been dreamIng of for PCG!!

You should check with the houdini forums, but I feel like I saw that once or twice. I believe it was just a setting on the export node, but it has been a while.

Thank you I find the problem , it is because the mesh contains LODs@@DCTechart

Bumping up - what about deformable geo?

Nanite can use WPO and other vert offsets like that, but no, not skeletal meshes

No, but it'll allow more visual fidelity.

Thanks and this was blocked out in Unreal with simple cubes and planes, then built procedurally with Houdini (and a touch of Blender) A bit more info here: www.artstation.com/artwork/LeK5Rv And I am planning on adding a breakdown post on ArtStation in the next day or two.

@@DCTechart It works, it's really beautiful anyway.

For sure, though they have said at least some of that is in the works. I think the biggest issue is that lumen and nanite work, so well BECAUSE they're static meshes. If anything moves it means the system has to recache a ton of data.

Unreal auto generates lods for you anyway

Some of the textures have them baked in, others are pure concrete/asphalt so you can use them with decals.

Right, that is all running real-time in Unreal 5

There's a few options for that: when exporting the nanite pieces you can also export a simple skeletal mesh that is either just a tiny quad or some thin geo that would be naturally hidden by your nanite meshes. (i show a quick version of this in my previous video) You can also apply a masked material with 0 opacity to the skeletal mesh, for a quick fix, though that one is definitely less performant. Some meshes will still need transparent sections, like hair/fur/glass too, so leaving just those bits on the skeletal mesh can make for a good combo, since nanite cant use those types of materials.

@@DCTechart Gona try it, making most of the gear nanite atm, they are just slapped on with sockets.

These models dont use any UV's or texture data, but yes, you could auto-uv within Houdini. They have many great options for that. Also, yes on using the vert color like those Paragon masks. Works exactly the same, just instead of reading from a texture node you use the vertex color node in the material editor. Vert color is usually whats used in a lot of foliage materials too. It's very useful data to consider on almost any model, but especially with nanite meshes, since they can be soooo vert dense.

@@DCTechart How did you get the curvature to vertex color? I tried to use a measure sop but it doesnt seem like the way to go about it. I'm not too good at vex but could figure it out if I know where to look

You can do it with the measure sop and some specific settings that i havent used in a while, but the easiest way is to use the labs measure curvature sop. Works as is with some nice visualization and strength options too! The labs tools are just amazing all around, if you havent installed them - www.sidefx.com/products/sidefx-labs/