Unreal Engine: Open World Landscapes

In this introductory game design course, I will be teaching you how to use the Landscape Tools in Unreal Engine 4 to create Open World Environments.  

The course contains over 100 fun-to-follow video lessons taught by 12 year game design veteran and current full-time game design instructor Greg Wondra.  

In this course you'll learn how to:

• Setup and create a project

• Create a Landscape 

• Sculpt a Landscape 

• Create a Landscape Material

• Paint textures (grass, rock, snow, etc.) onto a Landscape

• Create paths, rivers, and roads using Landscape Splines

• Populate a Landscape with dynamic Foliage (grass, bushes, trees, etc.)

• Add cool effects to a Landscape (fog, God rays, etc.)

With the knowledge gained in these video lessons, you will be armed with the necessary skills to start crafting your OWN gaming environments.

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• Course Trailer
• Project Primer
• Download and Install
• Project Creation
• New Landscapes
• Import Height Maps
• Custom Height Maps
• Creation - Q & A
• Sculpting Tool
• Erase Tool
• Smooth Tool
• Flatten Tool
• Ramp Tool
• Erosion Tool
• Hydro Erosion Tool
• Noise Tool
• Retopologize Tool
• Sculpting - Q & A
• Sculpting - Circle Brush
• Sculpting - Alpha Brush
• Sculpting - Pattern Brush
• Sculpting - Component Brush
• Blueprint Brush Setup
• Blueprint Brush Effects
• Material Shortcut
• Material Creation #1
• Material Creation #2
• Paint Layers
• Paint Tool
• Texture Sizing
• Texture Variation
• Painting Restrictions
• Smooth Tool (Painting)
• Flatten Tool (Painting)
• Noise Tool (Painting)
• Visibility Tool
• 2 Sided Material
• Painting - Q & A
• Painting - Circle Brush
• Painting - Alpha Brush
• Painting - Pattern Brush
• Painting - Component Brush
• Blueprint Brush Painting
• Grass Overview
• Grass Creation #1
• Grass Creation #2
• Fields
• Region Selection Tool
• Region Copy / Paste Tool
• Mirror Tool
• Material Instance Creation
• Surface Types
• Physical Material Creation
• Assign (Physical Material) to Layer
• Footfall FX Script #1
• Footfall FX Script #2
• Footfall Decal Script #1
• Footfall Decal Script #2
• Character Movement Script
• Spline Overview
• Spline Layer Setup
• Spline Tool Basics
• Spline Control Points
• Control Point Mesh Settings
• Spline Segments
• Segment Mesh Settings
• Spline Road
• Spline Fence
• Control Point Spline Settings
• Deformation Settings
• Spline River
• New Landscape
• Add / Delete Tool
• Selection Tool
• Move to Level Tool
• Change Component Size Tool
• World Composition Overview
• World Composition Setup
• World Composition Level Tiles #1
• World Composition Interface
• World Composition Level Tiles #2
• World Composition Streaming Layers
• World Composition Level Tiles #3
• World Composition Q & A
• Landscape Visualizers
• Console Variables and Commands
• Engine Scalability Settings
• Foliage Mode Overview
• Foliage Types
• Foliage Paint Tool
• Foliage Type - Paint Settings
• Foliage Type - Placement Settings
• Day / Night Cycle
• Foliage Type - Instance Settings #1
• Foliage Type - Instance Settings #2
• Density Scaling
• Foliage Reapply Tool
• Foliage Select Tool
• Foliage Lasso Tool
• Foliage Fill Tool
• Foliage Q & A
• Procedural Foliage Overview
• Procedural Foliage Spawner
• Procedural Foliage - Placement Settings
• Procedural Foliage - Instance Settings
• Procedural Foliage - Cluster Settings #1
• Procedural Foliage - Cluster Settings #2
• Procedural Foliage - Growth Settings
• Procedural Foliage - Collision Settings
• Procedural Foliage - Simulation Settings
• Procedural Foliage Blocking Volumes
• Foliage Summary
• Fog
• God Rays