Could I commission you to help me take a selection of geotiffs I downloaded for my hometown and create a landscape with that information for unreal engine? I have never used houdini.
Yes, of course. When I get some free time to actually continue the series, I'll cover that. The main goal is to show the workflow of building the custom tree from the blockout in Unreal, but the setup will work with standard tree generator in Houdini.
I'm sorry you had to endure that. I was nervious and set up the recording level too high (because in the previous tutorial somebody commented that I was too quiet). It's just impossible to make everybody happy. Hopefully you'll find another tutorial with better sound quality.
If the lidar data has it, you can use the classifications to help place vegetation and other surface features. Another source is vegetation classification vector sources, which you can import as splines (export from QGIS as a SHP - it’s easy to make an importer in python)
Thank you very much for the comment! I never tried to extract anything except the heightmap from the lidar data, but it will be interesting to try one day!
Thank you! I'm replying in English for the sake of the rest of the audience. The question was if I make more complex procedural hard-surface models in Houdini. The answer is - yes, I do. I model almost entirely in Houdini now. For instance, everything in my Christmas in New England scene, or almost everything (except the flying garden hull) in Neo Tokyo scene. And stuff for work as well.
@@tinyredkite Я буду отвечать на русском, потому что с английским у меня не все идеально. Я читаю на нём и понимаю всё, что ты говоришь, но с правописанием у меня всегда было плохо. Извини за неудобства, если что. В следующий раз попробую через переводчик, посмотрим, что он выдаст. Слушай, ну это очень круто! Я так понимаю, что основная тема канала это Unreal, но буду рад увидеть сложные туториалы и по созданию hard-surface моделей для CG. Может на Патреоне, как тут предлагали, хотя и рановато еще, мне кажется. Органика, впрочем, меня тоже интересует. Сам я изучаю Houdini полгода, но серьезно начал рассматривать его как инструмент для моделинга только недавно. Так что надеюсь на твою помощь в освоении) В общем, удачки!
@@ION_RU О, не проблема! Можно и по-русски. Основная тема канала - скорее Houdini, в связке с Unreal. Я не планирую делать туториалы на патреоне, потому что затеяла это все, чтобы делиться знаниями бесплатно. Если и заведу патреон, то только чтобы выкладывать готовые hip файлы. Hard-surface моделирование - тема обширная, так что, если интересует что-то конкретное из того, что я делала, то дайте знать, что именно. Короткие видео про мои персональные проекты есть на этом канале. Ну а я планирую и дальше записывать уроки.
@@tinyredkite Если брать что-то конкретное, то в основном архитектура, наверное. Было бы интересно узнать, как ты сделала сцену из Новой Англии или маяк и прилегающие к нему здания. Ну и самое главное, как сделать модель так, чтобы потом её форму и детали можно было гибко менять, делать вариации. Если тебе это не совсем сложно и долго, конечно. Я пробовал сделать генератор с модульной системой, который брал бы готовые кусочки здания и расставлял бы их по сетке, но как то скучно вышло. И деталей особо нет. Заранее спасибо!
Запрос понятен, но не знаю, доберусь ли до этого. Здания, которые я делала для сцены в Новой Англии, хоть и процедурные, но не модульные. Могу посоветовать изучить серию видео под общим названием Project Titan, там есть несколько видео про процедурные здания. Ну и обширное видео от Unreal про построение мира в проекте Matrix Awakens (The Matrix Awakens: Generating a World | Tech Talk | State of Unreal 2022).
Thank you so much for your kind words! ❤ Comments like yours actually show that my work is valuable to someone and encourage to think about starting a Patreon. Thank you!
In the talk "Nanite for Artists" by Epic, they mentioned that a static mesh like that shouldn't have LODs because a single nanite model that doubles the polycount takes up less space than the combined size of the LODs.
Absolutely agree. Don't create LODs, if you plan to utilize nanite. But I still wanted to show the process of creating standard mesh with LODs, because in some cases it's needed, even for very high poly meshes, like with path tracing, which doesn't support nanite.
@@tinyredkite To add to that, if someone was developing these things for a game they might want to keep in mind that not every platform supports Nanite, and for the platforms that do not every person has it turned on. LODs and baking normals are still something that would need to be considered in that case.
@@thephobos1810 That's right. If I was making this a game asset, I would bake normals of my high poly mesh to the lower poly cylinder for the LOD0 and simplify cylinder for at least two more LOD levels.
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Hi, thank you for reaching out and the compliment! My tutorials are very niche, so I don't think any reach will improve anything. It's not like I'm producing entertaining videos and the only thing I need is wider audience. So, thank you again for reaching out, but I will pass.
The only thing I can think about in this case - too low Dirt Mask Intensity parameter. Try something very high - 50 or 100. And, I guess, make sure you are actually seeng the exact view in the camera - toggle it with Ctrl+Shift+C
Thanks for the tutorial! I met a problem, I followed your steps and created the material instance， in its parameter table I can't see each layers' parameters,,which should be divided with layers' name, but all layers' parameters in some global parameter goups, do you know how to fix it?
Thank you for the comment! If you look at 16:12 (where I show the setup for grass layer), you'll see that each parameter has "Grass" in the name, and also in the bottom left in the layers details you'll see a dropdown with group named "Grass". I didn't emphasize that in the tutorial, but this is how you group the parameters. Simply click on the dropdown and type the name. Then select all the other parameters that should go into same group and select the one you've created from the list. I hope this helped! If not, please let me know, and we'll try to get if fixed for you.
600k isn't terrible for a hero piece, but only if you're using Nanite for it in Unreal5. It won't work on lower end platforms like PS4, etc, but for any platforms that are running with Nanite enabled it's fine. :)
Yes, it could only work as piece for cinematic project. As I mentioned in the video, there are ways to make it more game-friendly, like bake flowers bunches on cards. I'll get there eventually. As to Nanite, I don't like them for foliage, so usually don't use them.
Very nice. How do we add real world data like tree placement.. roads .. etc .. I’d like to create a digital twin neighborhood.. and it’s a pain. Especially the homes. Have to create that in blender and import into unreal.
Thank you very much! Unfortunately I hadn't create auroras in Houdini, so can't help with it at this time. But maybe somebody else already created one?
Hey Svetlina :) Thank you so much! I hae the problem but I have some gaps in the circles ... I cant find the solution currently - played with everything around, maybe you know it anyway :) <3
Hi Svetlana, thanks for this! I'm working on a similar project and am running into combining multiple Heightfields and getting them into UE5. When I use the Height Project node my terrain disappears and I just get a flat surface.... any idea why this is happening? My original height field isn't square. So I also need to figure out if I can work with a non-square or I have to crop the height field somehow. Any ideas?
Thank you! Heightfield not being a square shouldnt be the issue. Could you please point the time in the tutorial at which you have the issue? There is more than one project node there.
You can use any other puddle tutorial to use with this material, because puddles go as overlay. I personally used this one (youtube.com/@LukasKoelz?si=E90oCUHiFVzFFZDf) in totally different project for ue4, but it did work as well in ue5. There is also a tutorial by Ben Cloward. I didn't do it personally, but Ben is always a good choise.
Yes, of course. You can do it the same way I add the current layers to the material in the video. Select layer blend node (the one where all the existing layers are going to), and press plus on the left. You'd prodably want to make it height blend. As the the actual new layer, I guess, the fastest way is to just copy existing one (e.g. grass for standard and gravel for world aligned), replace the textures, rename the parameters and then add it to the blend. Please mind that after that you'll need to go to the landscape mode in the editor, add a new layer asset (weight blend), and paint on the landscape manually or load a weight blend map. You might want to reference the video, I explain all these steps in the beginning. Please also note that sometimes the landscape mode is stubborn and doesn't show changes right away. In this case try to reopen the editor, or reassing the material on the landscape in the editor and so on. By your question I assume that you didn't have much experience with landscape materials before. You might still want to watch the part of the video where I assign material to the landscape and do all the manipulations there. In any case, I hope it works out for you. The last thing: I will not have internet connection at all for a week, starting tonight, so I will not be able to answer the questions. But everything is in the video.
Yes, that's the point. It works like any asset pack. It will ask you to choose your project to add assets to. Then you'll see a new folder with everything
@karlblumstein8396 Thank you very much! I don't know if it's possible to make this just in UE5. There are some modeling tools there, geoscripts and modern PCG tools, but I only tried to use geoscripting a little, and get to conclusion that Houdini is way easier and more robust. But this is just my opinion.
@@tinyredkite Thx for your fast answear ;) I learn since some Month UE5. I would like start after UE with Houdini. But its realy to much to learn. I will try to copy your way in Unreals PCG ;)
Thank you so much! As to the technical stuff, I will give you my opinion (which you didn't as for :)). You can do many things with many different tools. You can make textures in Paint, but Substance Painter is still much better tool for the job. You can drive the nail into the wall with many objects, but hammer is just better. UE5 is an awesome tool for so many things, but I don't feel that modeling in it is the best option you have. And it looks like the PCG is the best for placing things, but is it good for modeling? I'm not so sure. The tutorial is very easy, I'm pretty sure you can follow it even if you open Houdini for the first time. Again, all this is just my opinion. Hopefully you'll get awesome results with whatever tool!
@@tinyredkite In the last month I saw a lot of UE5 tutorials and the most of them was from India. Indish-English is very Hard (for me european) :D It was a surprisly well to hear a very nice voice :) Thanks again. When I start with Houdini, I hope its will be ok to ask you stupid amateuer stuff :D Have you a webside?
@tolispiperas6322 While I believe in sharing knowledge for free, I don't believe in working for free. This tutorial explains in details how to recreate the material. On the other hand, if you don't have enough time, I guess I can try to upload the scene to the Unreal Marketplace (or Gumroad).
@tolispiperas6322 I'll see what I can do. It's not going to be very fast though, because Marketplace takes some time to review the upload (and they might not approve it). I'll keep you posted.
Thanks for all the hard work in this series, really impressive. Just a side note, could you raise your recording levels up, its difficult to hear you, I'm having to raise/double my volume.
@TC-1207 Thank you for your kind words! As to the volume, could you please confirm that you have the level in this particular youtube tab to max? I compared it with other tabs I have open, and I didn't have to change the volume at all, and my headphones are on 58%. But I definitely will raise the recording level, microphone is far from maximum. I also speak much louder later in the process, while I'm getting less shy and more excited )))))
@@tinyredkiteSounds like it might be my laptop causing issues, I noticed that other videos (not all) are fairly low as well. I am re-watching this now on my desktop and it is louder but it is lower than other videos but not terrible. I am wondering if RU-vid is adjusting audio levels during uploads, just a thought. Thanks again for all your hard work, keep it up 👍
@TC-1207 Thank you very much for double checking it! And for appreciation of the work I do. I rechecked the volume on RU-vid and actuial video, it's the same. I think that the biggest problem is me - in the beginning I'm very stressed and speaking very quiet. Wait till I become more comfortable and start yellling further in the video, it's like twice louder. I will work on it and will definitely raise the microphone sound for the future recordings!
You can download the heightmap and weightmaps I used for this project for free: tinyredkite.gumroad.com/l/lidardata Or you can download the landscape with material from the Unreal Marketplace: www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ca3460d7309940cdaf594dd6d02ca83c In the video I complained about Unreal's "Blend Overlay" function and replaced it with simple Multiply. But Overlay can be easily recreated: multiply the overlayed layer by 2 and then multiply it with the base layer, then saturate. More on the topic in this awesome tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V6s4hfYAAWk.htmlsi=f7AZn75ZliBSFVbV&t=3181
