How to build beautiful landscapes in Unity using Terrain Tools | Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- In this video, we are going to walk you through Unity's Terrain Tools to show you how you can easily create beautiful landscapes in your own projects!
Learn more about Unity's Terrain Tools here!
on.unity.com/3qA8mPP
Assets used in this video:
Terrain Tools Sample Assets - on.unity.com/2NIGevj
Azure[Sky] Dynamic Skybox - on.unity.com/3s7xqOD
Grass Flowers Pack Free -on.unity.com/3qw7rQy
Yughues Free Ground Materials - on.unity.com/2NjBZXr
Free SpeedTrees Package -- SpeedTree® - on.unity.com/2ZykkO6
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Get Started with Terrain Tools (Setup)
01:07 Start Building a Terrain
02:27 Terrain Brushes and Shortcuts
03:00 Creating Details
03:31 Brush Mask Filters
03:50 Texturing
07:04 Adding Trees
09:35 Adding Grass
10:48 Adding Wind
Unity Version used 2020.1 
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still no path/road tools! why can we have splines built in? unreal engine has water and path system.
Thanks SO much, I was getting really frustrated trying to download the terrain tools in the package manager and your tutorial fixed the issue for me!
So clear and direct. Thank you for this effective tutorial. I will definitly use this for reference
Really need to get back into creating cool landscapes, the tools are much better now!
It's...it's beautiful 🤤
I know how to use the tools, I usually don't know WHAT to do, I'm not a good artist, so I end up creating something forgettable.
Please turn this video into a series.
Even great artists have to inspire from something to create
I dont think it matters how it looks in the showcase video...they are giving us the tools, it's up to us to make it look good...They just showed us how to use some simple tools using free assets. Great video, and once again, i learned something from it.
Thank you, Nice explain. I understood how terrain system works a bit. But people want some many updates in this year for make their landspaces/terrains more creative and look better without losing much performance on mobile or computer 🧐 Also some HDRP support. Am agree with that. Idk how that will happen but i believe unity can do it 👍
Fantastic, I can't wait for the splines 😁
This is amazing! Learned a lot!!
Very nice and clear, thanks
Great video guys, keep up the good work!
Grass scatter is not supported in HDRP just for those who are going crazy with that!
@Dindu Well if you say like that I can say we should use Unrxxx, but it depends on what you need to do isn't it?
@Dindu If you don't use HDRP everything looks dated 10 years in my opinion it's the only good option
@@LelandCartire what? URP and build in looks great. URP vs HDRP looks almost identical
@@robosergTV I agree URP Looks good I was mainly talking about built-in which makes everything look like its from 2012
@@LelandCartire You don't know what you are talking about, since the built in renderer till now still has more features than the URP. Performance is a different story - but you are talking about the look or what you can achieve with it. SSR alone is worth it to stay with BuiltIn, for those of you who don't want to move to HDRP now. When you target mobile devices, go for the URP. The reason is performance, not the look.
thanks for that much effort
thanks a lot unity i was searching for this
Awesome 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏...I am gonna try this💪💪💪
This was so good! Thanks!
wow. thank you for the amazing video
"How to help BSG to make Escape From Tarkov a better game."
YES THE MOMENTS IN 53 SECOND IN THE VIDEO THAT WHAT I NEEDED THX U
really nice
about old grass. I remembered 7 years ago it was when I was studying Unity
Thanks! Very helpful tutorial for beginners. Your terrain looks great!
Thank you .
Great video, Sad that half of it doesn't work in HDRP :( would like a better vegetation tools in the future when HDRP vegetation tools comes around. a triplaner option would also be great :)
Make grass as trees on the terrain. Loses some functionality
Good Vid' - Cheers (PS - More terrain material layers for HDRP please ('had to ask)). :-)
Before this Tutorial my Landscapes looked like DOOM! Now my Landscapes look like Skyrim. 😄😄😄
Great Tut as always!!
Maybe I'll upload my landscape that I created with this tut soon..
Please do that and post the link here :)
Hoping for a good buildin Path tool for terrains in the future, the paths in video doesn't look like proper paths with no edges etc.
I luv unity.....😘😘
World Creator 3 will be the best builder map for me :P
Unity should also give us dynamic sky like terrain tools but i like the video unity is awesome.
yes dynamic sky would be cool
Is it better to make a landscape with Blender/Maya etc and import to Unity or directly make the landscape here?
@Unity you should add a Mass Grass placer like you have for Trees.
I hope I can do this someday
No decals? Decals can be used to really sell the terrain by adding unique details to the terrain like cracks in the road.
critical! we need decals!
OK. What about adding hanging cliffs or caves? Looks like the tool creates some sort of flat hight map and such things aren't supported.
This might get to you a bit late, but for cliffs, you can just go a gradual elevation by raising the terrain and then doing a sharp/concentrated leveling job (all this done with the paint brush). For the caves I use Maya3D to personally 3D model it. You can use Blender as I believe it's a free alternative. That way you can export the cave and just drop it in Unity as an object so you can duplicate it or whatever. Also, what I used to do is just make a huge box or tunnel using the create>square 3d object and just decorate the inside with prefabs of rocks/crystals to give it a cave look. The same with the outside of it. (hopefully the last part makes sense)
Or you could use height map from real world terrains, get landscape automaterial , and world random creators systems .
09:36 I still don't know why after all these years, the Scene Window Camera still have that bug where anything in front of the camera disappears even when it's not so close to the Scene Window camera and you have to close & re-open the Scene Window in order for it to get fixed. It's still happening here in your video...
I couldn't figure out how to get Terrain Tools because I had another asset called terrain tools and was confused as to why it wasn't working. Classic Unity, making us download some extras that probably should've just been included in the base engine lol
Thanks unity
I just started using Unity but I ran into an issue idk if its just me but the dragging the Terrain Tools next to the inspector tab doesn't work for me. also I dont see Terrain on the window menu so idk if i'm just doing something wrong.
Terrains still reduce performance on Android hope u do something about that too
Thanks, it is really informative.
Also is there anything for making tiling less noticeable?
I'd suggest using 2 textures together to add variation
@@stylie473joker5 yes i did it 👍.
I was using urp terrain material so i copied the original shader and modified its code a little. I used the same texture but superimposed its 4x image on itself
Can this be used to make a game world the size of GTA 5 with seemingly infinite draw distance (when viewed from high points e.g. flying in jet or standing on mountain) or do I need to make a custom sliced mesh LOD system?
"You can mitigate this issue by adding multiple directional lights" must be the most hacky unperformant solution to a problem I have ever heard.
I hope they do smoething for detail brush in hdrp :(
The layers tab under Paint Textures disappears sometimes.
8:22 Ahh, another half implemented set of features Unity is trying to push on us. Not gonna bite, sorry.
The video literally starts out with "Enable preview packages". Like why even make this video at all.
It should've been: "How to build beautiful landscapes in Unity using Terrain Tools (in 2024)"
I love Unity but it has a ridiculous amount of half-baked features and poor documentation. Every single time I've been enticed to try a new Unity feature it's been utterly unusable.
Bounce lights arent exactly a feature they're just directional lights with low intensity to reduce shadow darkness that's been used in the industry since Quake
I cant find terrain tool box. I have preview packages enabled.
Anying bug is the Unduo buffer if you increase texture size on the terrain i hope it gets fixed, and also yes spline tool for road simular to what Torque3D/Torque Game Engine had :)
Make Hole in Terrain is Great for making tunnels etc, but light mapping is bugged if doing that :(
The like number three thousand !!!!
me gusta mucho todo el método es bueno
Speed Tree's package is deprecated. Does anyone have a better option?
Are there built-in ways to do fast world streaming already? Or things like SECTR are still the only viable option if you don't want heavy lags in open world projects.
Hey there. For now, only via third party systems, like World Streamer.
@@unity Okay. Maybe consider hiring/funding World Streamer 2 devs and make it a part of the engine, like you did with ProBuilder. Unity desperately needs this feature built in.
@@unity I am very new to unity and this helped me get used to making a terrain but there’s one problem, I can’t get grass, I tell my friends for help because they have more experience than me but they tell me to download from a website or make a mesh, none of these work as they both turn out weird if that makes sense, where do I get grass do I download it and if so where? (Sorry for my bad English)
This is haunting me! I have updated from 2020-3-13F1 AND 2020-3-15F2 and have the "Terrain Tools" and "Terrain Tools Sample Asset Pack", but do not have the ability to do "Edit Terrain Layers" to add Layers to the Terrain (under Paint Texture). I get the same common 6 subjects in Terrain drop-dow, but not the extended list from "Terrain Tools Sample Asset Pack". Any ideas?
I am using unity 2021.1.3 and the terrain tool box doesn't show up in the package manager at all. What do I do?. I've enabled preview packages as well.
Same, waiting for an answer
My Unity Terrains Trees and Grass just end up looking rather metalic, with bright green trees and grass, with no colour depth on the flowers. So the default lighting or materials must be messed up somehow. It is still not obvious how to get decent looking Terrain with the default setup.
the windows tab in unity doesn't show a "Terrain" option...??
hey i have a problem, when i enabled the previe packages it still doesn't show the "Terrain Toolbox" tab but the "Terrain tools", and it's not the same, doesn't show the same options. Please help ASAP. :(((
I can't seem to alter the brush with the keyboard short cuts any ideas?
When will you add detail brush to hdrp? :D
Prob around summer time or by falls 2021 release.
@@iamtibit would be great :)
@@bencemervay We're looking into adding an improved detail painting brush to the Terrain Tools package. It is on our roadmap for this year, and it will work in HDRP.
@@unity Cool! I am more than excited! :)
i cant find the tool please help
Most of the free assets in URP is showing pink and is always showing error, It is very time consumming to change the texture of each object.. This has been reported many times but still nothing is happening..
i know its an old video but i still try to do the same as you did. i downloaded the tool asset pack (even tho on the link is it a different name). i even did get through the package manager and installed the terrain tools but for some reason i do not get the window for terrain tools. im searching and searching but i just simply cant find the reason for it. can someone help me please?
i cant even use the shortcuts A,S and D for the brush.... its like im missing something important here :/
Great, Terrain Tools nowhere to be found, thanks :) .
Did you turn on "Enable Preview Packages" im Edit > Project Settings > Package Manager ?
@@christopherborchert6951 i did, it was really nowhere to be found, had to force it through link install instead.
@@NulleDulle Weird. I'm glad you were able to get it eventually though.
@@christopherborchert6951 but by using it seems way more difficult.. as if i accidently click outside of the terrain, i have to restart unity to be able to use the brushes again, so i restarted Unity 10 times during 15 minutes.
why its dont use heightmap and occlusion blending between the Terrain Layers ? Its look 100 times better and its not difficult to intergrate.
Can you please help me?
In the 1:08. when u open the terrain ..
i dont have this option
did i install something wrong? do i need another download?
am i on the wrong unityversion?
me too
same here
You need to install terrain tools before
Auto-Materials and a World Composition system like Unreal are needed.
Heads up the terrain tool that was linked is the 2.0 version. I didn't work for me. I found the newest 4.0 version and downloaded that and all is well for anyone having the same issue.
Thanks for pointing it out dude! I couldn't find out why I had less brushes than the tutorial, now I know :)
why my Noise and Erosions brushes aren't working? They just work and Raise or Lower Terrain brush!
what is the max possible terrain size?
Will these Unity assets work for mobile android and IOS?
Great features... except HDRP Grass Layer :P Did I mention how outdated this looks?
I am a regular unity user. Still I will say unity must need to focused on realtime GI and make light calculations more accurate
Hey Unity, your videos are awesome but i have some issue that i cant install anything on package manager, i clicked it but it does nothing, pls help
Hey there. We're sorry to hear that you're running into problems. We'd suggest checking out the forum thread we have on general issues with the package manager. Let us know if the tips here don't help at all: forum.unity.com/threads/read-me-first-troubleshooting-connection-loading-project-issues-with-package-manager.869683/
@@unity also, how to change ambient light in 2019.4?
Wait for me I'm using 2021.1 and instead of "Preview Packages" it's "Pre-released Packages" and even when I have that checked, it won't show the Terrain tools to download.
did you solve the problem? i have it too
Oke Nanti Ku Buat :v
This is why Unity needs to add grass and details to HDRP terrain so you can actually have "Beautiful" terrain not whatever this is
None of that seems to work in 2021. Can't find the terrain tools asset package, it seems to be built-in already. But then, the hotkeys simply don't work. It's been 5 months and thats hella change that wen't completely unnoticed for me lol
edit: oh yeah, the terrain tools simply aren't available for 2021.1 for some reason. congratulations unity, you played yourself
I followed the instruction but there is no "terrain" on the window tab.
on the top right in the search, enter the word "terrain"
@@anon94736 Thank you!!!
i don t find terrain in window and i have installed and import terrain tool package
same dude, lemme know if you already fix that
I don't have "terrain" in "windows"!?
when I place trees, I can't modify them individually afterwards.
Why the the most BASIC part is never explained on Unity videos? How we put a texture to the terrain to start?
Prolly unity ignored unreal 5 trailer
You showed the more obscure "erosion" tool but you didn't show the smooth height tool, which is probably the most important terrain sculpting tool. The smooth height tool isn't working. All the other tools are, but they are basically useless without the smooth tool available. Why doesn't the smooth height tool work on some of my terrains when the other brushes all work fine?
this is happening in multiple projects and versions of unity. In some projects with multiple terrains, the smooth tool works on some terrains and not on others. Please address or help me fix this asap
it works, when you have high density mesh (meaning, it is high resolution) the average normals of the faces are much tightly packed, and there is less of pinch to smooth. Smooth tool does not correct the height values of landscape, but corrects stretching of the mesh, preventing texture distortion. Its more of optimalisation really, than actuall terraforming tool.
I can suggest you, to use flatten slope tool, with the help of thermal erosion. Thermal erosion "melts" geometry, and flatten slope tool, fade out wierd pinches.
Excellent page! I can find "Terrian Tools" and "Terrain Tools 2017" but neither of them are the Steps in the panel and none are showing me how to do Erosion. Help!
turn on show preview packages in package manager. look for terrain tools sample asset pack and terrain tools. install both. hope it helps!
The Tree Package is not available anymore
when i hold D it doesnt rotate the brushes
Hey guys how are you? Well i´m modeling some trees in Blender to use in my game, and i wanted to know if there is a way to import this Blender tree model to unity, more specifically to use it in Terrain Tools as a brush for example? Can you guys help me please???
Hello there! You can absolutely import your trees from Blender into Unity. Here you can find our documentation on importing assets into Unity: docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ImportingAssets.html
@@unity Thanks!!
i have in package manager only Enable Pre-release Packages
When I click on window i dont have the option to click on terrain? 01:10
get a cube a click add componet. Search up terrain and it should show up.
Guys get a cube a click add componet. Search up terrain and it should show up.
Why are so many people nagging about the quality and how "dated" the scene looks?! It looks amazing and I've played way too many games in the nineties to assure graphics weren't a fraction of that. Plus, now we can make indie games much better visually than those of the nineties, but the fun factor of the nineties can hardly be found in what is done today.
why my terrain painting shortcut can't work? I mean the A ,S,D,
Why isn't the "normal hit" feature in the terrain tools yet?
Hey there. Could you please clarify on what you mean by a 'normal hit' feature, so we can ask the team on your behalf?
@@unity Hit Normal or Hit Surface. It is a feature that allows the object to be painted on the face, calculating its curvature. This allows you to paint other things apart from trees / plants like rocks, stickers or anything that needs to calculate the curvature of the surface.
Or just use MapMagic combined with MicroSplat/MegaSplat, because who wants to hand-paint terrain in 2021 and only have a diffuse/normal map that tiles???
HDRP and DOTS terrain never
Free SpeedTrees Package got taken down :(
there is no solution for paths and rivers out of the box. working with custom trees is a pain (vertex painting for wind has to be done manually, no mesh collider support), unity builtin grass looks horrible und in masses has a bad performance.
rocky cliffs... just don't talk about it, this video does not talk about it too.
I love unity, but working with terrain is pure pain and its sad to see it promoted as "beautiful landscapes".
for the pure environment design shown in the video: it feels like programmer-art. just for an example: in a dense forest you usually don't find grass. the ground should be covered in leaves, you should leave trails behind if you walk through it.
Can you make a source package