UE4 Heightmap Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Landscape Heightmaps for UE4

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In this guide you will learn everything you need to know and how to use heightmaps in UE4:
-What is a heightmap?
-Correct Heightmap file format you must use
-Where do you get heightmaps?
-Landscape scale and heightmap scale
-Recommended landscape sizes for heightmaps
-Why to use Epic's recommended landscape sizes vs power of 2 texture size
-Can you still use power of 2 texture sizes for heightmaps?
-Fix: Blocky landscape after heightmap import
-Importing Heightmaps into UE4
-Fix: Imported landscape Heightmap is too intense
-Exporting Heightmaps from UE4
-Reimporting Heightmaps in UE4
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@atlanteum Месяц назад

This video demonstrates the true beauty of the internet... Post Once, Teach Forever. 4 years after this video was posted... another Thank You arrives from yet another grateful student -

@georgerobozrecursivedigita207 3 года назад

Ok, I must say this is one of the best tutorials I've ever seen. Perfectly paced, no BS, straight to the point, incredibly informative. Thank you!

@GaryParkin 3 года назад

Wow, thank you. I knew what a height map was from using other software but the integration into Unreal was very complete. Thank you so much for this. I'm just beginning landscaping that your tutorials are gold.

@reiguensouza 2 года назад

This is the best tutorial I'd finding on RU-vid. Thanks mate to share your knowledge with us. You got a new sub member.

@LCHSTCprogramming 3 года назад

Another magnificent video, you are remarkable. Keep on rocking.

@gmckart Год назад

Excellent tutorial, fast, clear explanation of what defines success and failure

@Origamity 7 месяцев назад

Finally someone explains this well, thank you!

@Hdrien 2 года назад

Cristal clear explanations, thank you so much !

@metafuel 4 года назад

Thank you again for this - couldn't have been better timed. Thanks again and stay safe and healthy.

@WorldofLevelDesign 4 года назад

Thanks Shane. Same to you.

@xantishayde-walker4593 4 года назад

Woooo! That was awesome. Just as you said, you delivered. Thanks a ton! Now I can give fixing up that terrain.party file a shot. You are the man.

@WorldofLevelDesign 4 года назад

You're welcome man. I will have a terrain.party tutorial coming up soon as well. But I think you know how to use it and this was a more important tutorial to release.

@user-mu5fq3hh6v 2 года назад

Short and precise!Very handy

@avakodev 3 года назад

amazing tutorial bro! thanks a bunch!

@TheRoadTraveledByFew 3 года назад

Very thorough, thanks for making.

@ddankhazi 3 года назад

If you change your Photoshop Color Management settings you can use the correct mid values. It's so much easier. Edit -> Color Settings -> Gray: Set to a non-print targeted profile like sGray (or Gray gamma 2.2) (the default Dot Gain is causing the non 50% gray mid value). This way the mid Brightness value 50% will be the zero elevation in your terrain. Use an Exposure Adjustment layer to modify the values (Offset and Exposure). Don't forget to set the Z offset to 0 in Unreal. Also the Z Scale in Unreal will change the min and max elevation correctly. Cheers, D

@ruslanmansurov3790 4 года назад

Super useful, thanks! And what I found, if you exporting the height map from Houdini it's better to set 16 bit Fixed instead of the Floating Point. In that case you wouldn't get a terrace like effect.

@50shadesofskittles9 2 года назад

this is a great guide along with the site I found you from! :)

@juliasilkina 3 года назад

Awesome tutorial! Thank you so much

@Jake-co7rt 2 года назад

Thanks for doing these vids. They are super helpful! Is there a way to apply heightmaps to non-landscape objects in UE4?

@cepryn8222 4 года назад

Damn man, you uploaded this tutorial at the best moment ever xD

@marklavania3680 2 года назад

Thank you! That was wonderful info.

@samohickey 3 года назад

Fantastic information! Thank you!!!

@Lechaudron_GISU 2 года назад

Great tutorial. Thanks !

@cgtechie 2 года назад

I had to comment say this was very helpful. Unreal Engine Heightmaps are rare topics!

@andcaru 3 года назад

Thank you for the useful explanation.

@dozar911 4 года назад

If you make course on WorldMachine or WorldCreator 2 making huge landscape export heightmap and import on ue4 that would be great

@arashi8876 3 года назад

Check "Design with TP" RU-vid channel.

@RazorOfArtorias 4 года назад

Curiously I started learning Gaea for creating custom landscape heightmaps for UE4. Nice timing.

@stephanecampa9779 Год назад

Very informative, thanks ! Btw I was wandering if you know a way to sculpt with alpha brushes an heigtmap landscape (because I couldn't find a way .)

@SkSafowan 4 года назад

really thanks !!!

@slicktatum1986 3 года назад

You my hero mate

@sergiofigueiredo1987 Год назад

Thank you so much for this explanation, they should replace the entire heightmap doc. section of UE with this video.

@josedecanha7312 3 года назад

hi and thank you for the videos, my question i, there is a way to use paint intead PS?

@videostories734 Год назад

Thank you.

@unreasonablebastards753 2 года назад

I seem to get blocky landscapes even with 16-bit heightmap data :'( seems lots of people having this issue as well, but no solution I have found yet

@williamsli3745 Год назад

Is there anyway to exprot heighmap includ sculpted and landmass brush blueprint?

@PuppetMaster-Blade 3 года назад

How would I be able to connect 2 landscapes together?? example if I have 2 separate builds for World Machine and place them in UE, how would I connect them?? because right now, for me, they are not connected and cant fin out a way to do so.

@directorindirect 4 года назад

So good info

@sohrab2149 Год назад

thanks a lot

@pawelbhandari1621 2 года назад

hello i have my all my height map setting correct as shown on this video i.e my map is 16 bit but still i am getting all those ugly terrain inside unreal why any solving idea sir.....please it means a lot for me...thank you

@kalwallingford7039 2 года назад

Can you show how to create a realistic to scale height map? im trying to recreate my town almost perfectly, please help?

@manusiasapu2 4 года назад

the best ma maann!!

@declanflynn6806 2 года назад

Has the heightmap file format changed now that UE5 is out?

@officialjmweh120m3 Месяц назад

7:43 help me to fix blocky landscape terrain thanks you❤

@anddero 2 года назад

If each pixel of the heightmap corresponds to 1 square meter, then how come the peaks and valleys are so detailed (lot of change within each square meter)?

@datguy6745 Год назад

I just cant get the heightmap for Tokyo/Japan.. I tried SO hard with Tangram and soooo many times, but it just wont work. Is the terrain too mountanous there? no matter what i try it always looks like Sh*t ._. been trying for literal days...

@risnandarmultimedia5296 2 года назад

when i import the png heightmap in unreal the shape is very spiky.. any idea why?

@sjru4eu4u45urjdrjrj 2 года назад

How can I change the z axis from the imported heightmap? I can not sculp deeper, looks linke i m on the max depth but i have a lot of height, how can I now move the heightmap up so that the collisionbox remains in place and I can sculp more deeply?

@Cotteswe 10 месяцев назад

DId you ever find a fix for this?

@arcarcarc376 2 года назад

Help! i dont understand: all the landscapes must be allways imported as image heightmaps??? I own a contour-lines-file (topographic .dwg file), (that i can convert into a mesh) of my city, but I dont understand, it has several vertex, but its not beter to convert into a giant mesh and import into UE5? or its harder to load? why is the reason? sorry, maybe for somes its obviously but im new at UE

@WorldofLevelDesign 2 года назад

It does NOT have to be a heightmap. One option is to create a landscape in UE4 and heightmap gets automatically created for you. Option two is to have a heightmap where the landscape will be created from that said heightmap. Option 3 you can bring it a large mesh that will be your landscape. However there are downsides to this. One mesh will always render and will not occlude at a distance. Landscapes in UE4 will automatically occlude and optimize at a distance making them more ideal.

@noellemcclain 10 месяцев назад

Does this work for ue5

@ishitrealbad3039 Год назад

mine are still blocky even with 16bit image

@bigdaddystrokes 2 года назад

Can you paint onto height maps?

@WorldofLevelDesign 2 года назад

Yes, you can use Photoshop and paint your heightmaps manually. Watch this to get you started: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PUCdRPPwP6g.html

@Nick_Wind 3 года назад

TerreSculptor 2 - new free program for generating landscapes

@WorldofLevelDesign 3 года назад

Thanks Nick. Haven't tried it yet but its on the list to do.

@mace2055 Год назад

how to import starts at 8:20

@altairofjedi5406 2 года назад

Kral

@dang64337 3 года назад

My terrain looks ugly and has spikes on it can someone help me???

@WorldofLevelDesign 3 года назад

Your heightmap is 8-bit heightmap, needs to be 16-bit.

@dang64337 3 года назад

@@WorldofLevelDesign unfortunately no difference :(

@mae2309 4 года назад

when you can, could you do a quick tutorial on how or where to insert those so called Manifest projects.. what are those anyways... hahahahaha... Thanks in Advanced cheers ...

@shneersh3110 4 года назад

I have some questions: Is Unreal Engine 4 free? Also could you make a tf2 map making tutorial? Also good work explaining UE4, Idk anyone who makes better tutorials.

@gursimransingh3513 4 года назад

Ue 4 is free

@shneersh3110 4 года назад

@@gursimransingh3513 awesome!

@gursimransingh3513 4 года назад

@@shneersh3110 yes

@WorldofLevelDesign 4 года назад

Yes UE4 is free. Follow this tutorial to get it downloaded and installed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8bwAIRMW3Y4.html For TF2 mapping, I don't have anything specific for TF2 but I have done a lot of Source tutorials that can be used in TF2 (geometry, blockotus, lighting, texturing) all follow the same workflow: ru-vid.com/group/PL_c7yiTIRI8pv2Z1yqoLyLU7k2j-bM435 Thanks for watching!

@mae2309 4 года назад

I gave it a love. Not a like..