Brushify - Beginner Tutorial for Unreal Engine 5 (Full Environment in 1 Hour) 

It is a so helpful tutorial for environment building 👏👏👏👏👏.what a work !keep going .cant wait for the next tutorial or some new projects👏👏

This is such a great toolset! I'm new to the product, but do you cover how to use your landscape material with imported heightmaps and layer ID maps? I have a ton of content created in Houdini, and I'd like to buy this to use your automaterial and props. Also, do I need the full Brushify add on for that usecase, or could I buy the forest or plains pack for instance?

most of them can still be followed along, just gotta account for UI changes in UE5. However getting new UE5 tutorials out is a priority for me. Atleast covering all the basic features. This one tries to cover a lot of ground in a short space of time.

the old tutorials aernt really tutorials though are they...

@@timmayvnsnot sure what you mean, there’s hundreds of hours of tutorials on my channel going back to 2018. Some videos are 1-2 hrs long where I show the entire workflow and process.

The plan this year is to redo as many tutorials as possible in UE5. Starting with the essentials.

@@HavokSage great to hear, I’ve still never managed to get RVT working in UE5, landscape is in the red, but performance wise it does okay, I just like my scene green haha.

@@MankindFilm if you have the brushify env shaders package it comes with an RVT example map that's already setup.

@@HavokSage I do have that, I’ll check it out!

I’m planning to redo a lot of the old ue4 tutorial and showcase videos in ue5

thank you, this is awesome news@@HavokSage

Almost every developer seem to focus on the country side or jungle environments. The real world city and urban environments are really what most film makers desire,

I’ll have a video on Nanite soon. It’s actually very easy to enable on both static meshes and landscape, just a tickbox! :)

Hi, yes that’s coming up soon :) for now please refer to the UE4 version, the workflow is identical: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cewUcdO89J8.htmlsi=5e4ozKUXvTD993zh

Great, thanks!! @@HavokSage

Hi, this is very simple. use the RemoveProcedural paint layer. Make sure to set it to non weight blended layer, otherwise it will paint black. Tutorial here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AGgzAaAk7vI.htmlsi=dWYp_M816_F7NFsc

It usually comes down to the skill of the person doing the renders. When combined with Hemisphere skies , and good cinematography, attention to set dressing, brushify assets can produce photorealistic results.

Hi, yes, in fact they support Nanite displacement (although that’s an experimental feature that requires a custom console variable to enable it). The also support POM as well, which is a shader based option. I’ll be making videos on both in the future. For now you can lookup the old POM ue4 video, that’s still relevant: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PqMZl7wFX7I.htmlsi=fkqlCbTivtkLNLsw

I mean, at the end of the day. It depends on the user: what are you trying to build or make? If you have beach pack you already have assets required to make beaches, like the one shown in the showcase video. It’s as simple as that. everyone’s needs are different, that’s why there are different packs. A combined pack containing everything is coming in the future.

@@HavokSageI’m looking to build open world procedurally generated islands with forest, desert and tundra biomes. I’m more than happy to buy all the packs, I think I was confused with smart brush, maybe a different thumbnail for that would help it stand out from the packs. Looking forward to the bundle. Happy to support you. Excited to see how the performance is when used for a game.

Hi, Depends if you mean for actually running the compiled game, or for development. They are two very different concepts. For running the actual assets in a compiled build, target spec doesn't need to be that high. Would usually be something like a RTX 3060, combined with a CPU/Memory that doesn't bottleneck it. With that most Unreal games will run decently. For actual development spec however, I'd recommend a beefier multi-core system with a lot of ram though. My current development PC is an absolute powerhouse. i9 13900k, 128GB Ram, RTX 4090. That's certainly overkill for most developers though. But I'm a poweruser that handles complex tasks like photogrammetry processing, and shader compilation work.

An updated roads tutorial is definitely on the list!

@@HavokSage Thanks, can't wait

Never mind I figured it out.

Sometimes it takes a bit of time for it to load. Try moving the camera closer :) Good to hear you got it figured

I'll create a more advanced tutorial where we build an Tropical island soon.

@@HavokSage Thanks! Would be really helpful to many of us. Btw, I assume in the tutorial would you also show us how we can use multiple of your Brushify products together in a single landscape right? 😊

Hi, usually the grasstypes take some time to load in. Try to set a warmup time before the cinematic captures

that's what this is designed for.

You'd need to implement something like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TwWDT5zCnLg.html

@@HavokSage Thanks! I saw that and wrote a system.

Many projects start off with Brushify as a basis. Then they gradually replace assets with their own, for instance textures and swapping meshes, or diving into the materials and making changes. It all depends on your level of expertise and how much time you have on a project. It's also very easy to overlook the use of brushify simply because the environments are so generic. Once gameplay characters or actors are added to the scene, it's less easy to notice the use of generic assets.

Please send along an email to my customer support: support@brushify.io Usually it's down to lighting settings. But without seeing a screenshot or video it's difficult to make a recommendation.

Substrate is still an experimental work in progress feature. It's not ready for shipping a game yet. When substrate is finally stabilized, I will be investigating re-authoring my materials to align with the system, depending on whether or not there are any performance or feature level advantages to be had. In general though, it doesn't look like the system would benefit landscape materials too much to be honest. It's more for improving Archviz/automotive , realistic surfaces and reflective/refractive materials.

Is collision enabled in the procedural foliage spawners, the foliage types? Usually it’s always on by default

The folder containing the presets is here: Content/Brushify/Materials/Landscape/Presets

Thank you for help!

Hi, the Landscape Automaterial and Distance Meshes support nanite, Foliage also supports nanite. I'll have a video coming on Enabling Nanite soon.

Nanite video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZokkH4_eCPI.html

Might be something with your lighting settings? Please contact our customer support : support@brushify.io

@@HavokSage Alright I sent a video to that email hopefully it can be fixed. I am also interested in purchasing the grasslands pack. I noticed there is a grass material in the canyon pack but its to noisy to use. Is this the same grass material in the grasslands pack? I want to know before I buy it.

It can be done in the actual shader, but then it won't work for gameplay as the landscape physics will still register as 1 paint layer. (snow capped mountains will still have grass footstep and impacts etc.. I'll investigate this soon, but for now i think you'd be better to paint down real paint layers using a weightmap. Brushify attempts to add as many features as possible without requiring any external code plugins. From what i've seen any other landscape materials resort to a custom code plugin to make this possible, though I may be wrong.

Thanks Joe. Your auto-material is about 99% what I need, the ability to control/limit height distribution would be the cherry on top. @@HavokSage

What's your streaming pool size? It could be that you're reaching the memory limit. If that happens sometimes textures will show up blurry. Try: r.Streaming.PoolSize=9999

@@HavokSage thank you for answer. I have rtx3080ti. I even typed 12000 didnt help. The thing is, when i disable rvt by taking off the checkbox from landscape material instance, all textures become normal. No blurry texture anymore. I think it is related with rvt somehow 🤔

@@turalmemmedov3648 I had the same issue in my VR project recently, ending up not using RVT at all. I couldn't find any solutions to mitigate the blurry landscape materials.

@@turalmemmedov3648did you ever find a solution?

Please check the documentation for massive worlds: www.brushify.io/post/massive-worlds-workflow Nanite Displacement is supported: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZokkH4_eCPI.html

Please read the product description as it’s explained there.

I guess you missed this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bvcBBa3X4js.html Brushify works very well with Voxel plugin in UE5. :)

@@HavokSage Definitely did, thanks for the heads up and brilliant work!

Yes! Same exact techniques, Automaterial, sculpting brushes, distance meshes etc. The only thing that changes per pack is the subject matter.

Yes, actually I want to do another voxel plugin tutorial soon. Check my brushify voxel videos on my channel.

Hi, I’ll try to get that out ASAP

Thank you so much it will be super helpful

Hi, Go to your landscape and make sure to Uncheck 'Enable Edit Layers'. This can sometimes cause this issue.

Maybe take a look at the Brushify - Tropical Pack www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/brushify-tropical-pack

I think these scenes are very beautiful, this vegetation is very dark green, it had to be a lighter green, it adds more life to the environment, thank you!@@HavokSage

@@jnswarrior you could try tweaking the foliage materials. they're very easily adjustable.

@@HavokSage Muito obrigado.

Hi, please read our FAQ: www.brushify.io/faq Brushify packs share certain assets/shaders, they are designed to be overwritten/merged and to work together.

It used to run on my 2200g with 16gb ram and 8gb amd gpu

Try this: Build > Build Landscape Go to Play In Selected viewport Usually that clears it. The warning message is actually a bug with 5.3 that epic haven't fixed yet. You can just ignore it, it doesn't really affect anything. If nothing else works, just go to console and type 'disablescreenmessages'

At 21:10 I discuss some of the console variables that can be used to increase quality at a distance. You need to be careful to find a good balance of performance / quality though. The default settings are optimised for low/mid range hardware. But if your game is just environments without much else going on you can also increase much higher.

Hi, the process hasn't really changed. When are you experiencing a crash? is it while compiling shaders?

@HavokSage I migrated everything to a new project amd it's working fine I'm not too sure what was wrong with the project but it seems to be resolved. Keep up the great work!

Hi, did you buy Forest Pack? Thats the one that comes with the trees. If you bought Environment shaders pack, that will not contain those.

@@HavokSage Hi, I got the Forest Pack it says trees on it, on the information on the Unreal Market. Its not a drama for me. just notice it when you started adding distance mountains and I only had the first one. and no tree. I'm happy with the rest I'll just use trees from my own collection. I'll be getting your beach one next.

@@waterdragonstudios7167 have you tried loading the forest example map? You should see everything is included

yes it can. however you'd need to set the meshes up yourself.

Easy way is to use console commands. foliage.LODDistanceScale grass.CullDistanceScale More permanent way is to edit Grasstype and Foliagetype files. :)

@@HavokSage thanks!!

I have another question: is it possible to add collision to the grass?@@HavokSage

What are the errors? You can contact our support email: support@brushify.io

@@HavokSageI did

@@coystt7233 Hi, I took a look, looks like your errors are caused by landmass plugin being disabled :)

@@HavokSageThanks will take a look

Nanite video will be uploaded soon. Brushify is already nanite compatible, just need to teach how to enable it. Not all projects need Nanite, and it does affect performance. It’s more for high spec systems than the low and medium spec that brushify is aimed at.

Maybe try saving and reloading the level? Sometimes it takes time for the grass to spawn in.

@@HavokSage could you do a tutorial on how to prepare a level made with brushify for packaging/cooking? Your support said it cannot be packaged in the configuration it comes in, but didn’t provide any more details.

Hi Nanite with brushify material is quite simple setup. I’ll make a tutorial and update the docs on that in the future.

@@HavokSage Hi. Thanks for support. I'm wait for upgrade.👊. Nice Job.

@@HavokSage For texture puddle, how to make in photoshop? Normal map invert, where you paint?

The most basic brushify pack is priced at only $10.

@@HavokSage cheers dude

unfortunately not, the shader is not compatible with mobile. Basically the landscape layer blend node is limited on mobile, so Brushify wouldn't be possible without massive restrictions.

@@HavokSage thank you so much

Those renders use a plugin called hemisphere skies. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2qvICoUhk50.html

@@HavokSage I have that plugin, thank you. I thought you did it with ultra dynamic sky. I even rebuilded hemisphere plugin for UE 5.3.

Yes. All Brushify assets are optimized for real-time.

Hi, Hopefully this can help: Floating Rocks: This is caused by the placement of the rocks by the GrassTypes system. The best way to ensure rocks are seated correctly is to make sure the terrain isn't too jagged or spiky. Sudden changes to the angle/slope cause rocks to spawn floating or at strange angles. I mention this in the video at 21:54. The best way is to make sure your playable landscape is as smooth as possible. Then add vertical details using actual cliff geometry , as shown in the video. Brushify is limited by what the actual unreal grasstypes system is capable of, however it’s possible to get perfect result, you just need to understand what the limitations are and stay within reasonable boundaries. Grass wind: It's possible to reduce the default Global Wind value as shown in the documentation here: www.brushify.io/post/wind-system You can even go into the individual grass material files and edit the wind settings there. You can find that here: Content\Brushify\Materials\Landscape\ProceduralMeshes\Foliage\Grass\MI_Grass.uasset In general if you have any specific questions for our Customer Support, please contact us at Support@Brushify.io Brushify is built as a One Size fits all solution, and it's also restricted by the limitations of the unreal engine itself. I've tried to create a comprehensive system for building landscapes, however it's not always possible to make everyone happy out of the box. That's why we try to have a lot of documentation and customer support to help everyone.

@@HavokSage Thanks for the quick reply. Very helpful! I just looked, and I have 19 of these Brushify packs. With these 2 problems solved, I will hopefully get more use out of them.

Nanite is fully supported, tutorial coming soon

@@HavokSage exelent it would be awesome if you could show how to create a full open world with nanite thank you also great job with brushify💪

@@wantedscroll1365 I have a video coming soon where i enable Nanite on this exact environment. It’s mostly just tickboxes and a few settings for landscape displacement

@@HavokSage excellent!

@@wantedscroll1365 Nanite video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZokkH4_eCPI.html