Creating Houdini Landscapes for Unreal Engine Lesson Two

Continuing on from Creating Houdini Landscapes for Unreal Engine Lesson One, we set up our Unreal Engine Project and import our terrain. We utilize the terrain layers to create a complex landscape material.

Set up your Unreal Engine project for high-quality rendering
Add in the Sun and Sky system
Import our landscape as a Houdini Digital Asset
Build a layered landscape material master
Creating a Material Instance
Adding in Environmental height fog

Houdini Landscapes for Unreal Engine

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Creating Houdini Landscapes for Unreal Engine and Unity

Creating realistic landscapes in Houdini requires an of understanding Heightfields. Unreal Engine and Unity require specific settings we need to know. We explore creating terrain layers to create complex materials for our terrains.

Correctly size your landscapes for Unreal Engine or Unity
Use geometry as a mask for customizing your landscapes
Overview of use nodes like Heightfield Erode, Heightfield Mask by Feature, Heightfield Flow, and others
Customize your landscape layers with masks
Creating a procedural pipeline
How to create a Houdini Digital Asset