Tropical Environment Test
Setting the Landscape tool to create landmass.
Creating mountains and hills to start making the island.
Painting with the Landscape tool to add sand, grass, snow, and mountain rock textures. This was made by creating materials to paint with in Landscape mood.
Adding the ocean to start to shape the island land mass.
Using the Foliage Tool to add palm trees, ferns, and other planet life to the island.
Painting using the Landscape Tool.
Using materials to paint in the Landscape Tools.
Adding an element of snow to create more of a mystical island scape.
Adding meshes that I had and from Quixel Bridge to create a lost civilianization creating a story narrative and interest to the island.
Making adjustments to the ocean water.
Testing scale of the player and how big the terrain is for the island level.
Deeper learning of the Unreal Engine 5, using materials to paint the landscape, using Quixel Bridge to work with Mega Scans assets to build the scene, using UE5 tools to paint an organic landscape within a scene, using the landscape Foliage Tool, to add plants to the environment, adding water for the ocean, and using Blueprints to make things more efficient. Great project to learn from!
I can always add more and refine the environment as I go, for the first pass, I feel that UE5 has made things must easier for developers to create quick and beautiful environments for any game theme. A shout out to Smart Poly for a great tutorial for learning UE5.
