Create a Massive Open World Map in 15 minutes - Unreal Engine 5
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In this video I'll show you how to create any type of massive open world, like 32x32 km, 52x52km or more using World Machine and Unreal Engine 5.
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can you help me find the attach new layout as mask input??
I love the thumbnail. I don’t love this.
Once you get to the point at the end it's very simple to "paint" the terrain with textures, grass, trees and other miscellaneous items.
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@@swoodc f all y'all. He right. This clickbait.
If you are stuck at trying to enable world partion...
In UE5 Release, World partition is now enabled by default. That is why the option is missing from Project Settings - To enable world partion for your level, use Tools -> Convert Level (it will actually be flagged on by default when you do this.)
I hope this helps other people who get stumped by the changes and out of date documentation. :)
Thx for helping out the community!
Damn. Could not find this anywhere else. Thanks for this!
i was visting a highschool for IT today and 2 students had made a whole map in just 2 days!!! Fascinating work
CG Dealers: 15 minutes. Bethesda: 15 years. At this rate I’ll probably watch my son playing TES6
Very helpful. Just started doing some basic design and level design looked so daunting but this makes it tolerable.
Nice. Have you worked with THE Stone Pine assets? THE terrain is already setup at the Map Level. It has a mix of the trees, two waters. a dirt , gravel, and grass layer. It is also super easy to modify. AND, of course to tutorial. Excellent.
I wish there were more options to match settings from World Machine. I can get various heightmaps displaying properly way easier in Blender.
Thank you so much. This gave me some ideas for at least a starting point for my project land foundation.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much! I'm working on coding my first indie game and this is so helpful. I will make sure to give you credit in some way if I use this tutorial in the end!
Glad I could help! Subscribe for more videos. Also check out my last video where i show u how to build terrains with Gaea. Which is better software than world machine.
Thanks for the hard work! Looking forward to that Gaia Tutorial. I have had horrible luck with world machine. It's just not up to par with what I have been working for. I have been trying to make a lot of islands but not happy with the results. I'm in the process of an open world Sea type game and the terrain is really kicking my ass. So, I am excited for the Gaia tutorial. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Gaea is coming very soon!
Great tutorial! Would it be posssible to create a tutorial in WM on how to import a custom drawn map to build terrain from? Like, is there a way to import a black and white (2-tone) image of a landmass and bring it into WM? I want to make a huge world or at least the continents/islands that make the world but they were already drawn in photoshop
I forgot the actual node name but in WM you can use your black and white image like some sort of a mask for the Perlin noise, something like a file input node under generators
very cool demo thank you!!
So, that's how Battlefield 2042's maps made! 15 minutes each! Nice!
I think with all the buildings and stuff it took them 25 minutes at least.
Hi i love your video, you are wrong just in SIZE. Unreal Engine uses 1 meter per pixel so if your resolution is 1009x1009 your map will be 1008 meters on Unreal and not 4 kilometers! this is a bit weird but your are actually losing resolution of your terrain! In Ue5 your final map have 8 kilometers and not 32 kilometers take this in mind and your terrains will have a better resolution in Unreal. Excellent video bro i hope ue5 convert our far terrain to meshes in nanite like was in world composition of UE4
That is weird but I did dig into it and you are 100% right. I though resolution was just for the textures (means they will blurred out).
However the correct size should be 4,036x4,036 which will end up with 32km map.
I showed the Unreal Terrain texture size relation from the docs, I hope people take it into action and make the correct math.
More stuff about Unreal & Unity are coming. Thanks for the constructive feedback!
Cheers!
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@@CGDealers what type of computer will i need to make something like this.
@@richmind5867 NOT A SCARY ONE....I have ryzen5 3600 16gb ram 1660 graphics card....oooo..and ofcourse ssd storage ...some m2 samsung evo 960 or better
this takes to long. do you have a way to make an open world like gta5 in 3 minutes ?
I'll probably never do this myself because I'm not a dev but really fascinating and excellent tutorial, subbed!
you should def try it tho. as someone who actually is a dev. its more intimidating then anything. and it will take some time, but i give it like 2 weeks and you'll be doing small projects by yourself like nothing. dont let the UI intimidate you. just go for it.
This aspect of gamedev is more design than dev
@@Leon-mn8eo Needed this advice right now for a noob cheers!
Oh yeah by the way, feel free to mess around a little more in World Machine to get more realistic results. If you want erosion and whatnot. Which is recommended. Also, I don't know if it's possible, but grabbing different Heatmaps from world machine for flow lines and height is good for better textures in Unreal.
I have used Gaia in the past and it comes with the tools to export heatmaps for things like snow, flow lines, rivers, height, even vegetation. You can export slopes too which is useful if you want rocky-looking slopes and cliffs.
Yes, I will need to make a dedicated tutorial on World Machine as it has a lot of features and it can be very in-depth!
Can you do different island types for bioms or regions in gaea ? i have it too but i cant figure it out how to do that
Bro thx so much for telling me how to makea heightmap using this software helped alot
I think this tutorial has convinced me to move my development from Unity to Unreal 5.
C++ will throw you back)
@@Andredy89 I doubt it.
@@Textra1 hope so. Also want to switch to UE. But C++ is the only thing that stops me here. Since I am a solo developer I need to model, texture, sculpt, level design, write plots and programming of course. So rly afraid to mess with a harder PL cuz it seems to be an additional weight on my shoulders(
@@Andredy89 UE4 to UE5 workflow is now generally made blueprints, you can basically make a game withing it and less C++ blocking your way in, the only time you will need to touch C++ is if you are thinking to make a more advance game mechanics like a serious Final Fantasy level of RPG games... but if it's only like puzzle solving, racing games, platformer, you can get away with just Blueprint, I still dont know why people are stuck on the old mindset of UE equals C++ not good for beginner so be afraid type of mindsets... i mean I'm an artist too and focusing on just BP basically it wasnt that hard. Also there's a community out there where you can ask people if you just dont know what you're doing with C++ in UE.
Great job man
I don't know it looks like you have a recent video but what World Machine build version do you have? It looks like you have an old build version, I would recommend you leave that in the description box of the video.
I don't know if there is another way, I didn't find that 1:07 options the guy in the video has. It was a bit frustrating. If I had known which version you was using in the video I wouldn't have gone so crazy with that.
Well enough. Guys 1:07 if you are using the free build tier 4031.2, then you should create a custom shape node by:
(1) Pressing F5 then Generator -> Shapes, then connect the shapes and then press the F6 button while you are selecting the shapes node in the "Device Workview".
(2) Then you must press the right button -> Polygons, do your shape, then to confirm you should press the right button outside the polygon shape. And there you have it a custom polygon shape. Enjoy! 😊
you sir
You're a friggin LEGEND
Thank you so much
What are your pc specs? And what would you recommend for uE5 (with raytraycing etc)?
Well made
I really appriciate this bro. Thank you so much bro
Happy to help
Have you played with ErrantWorlds plugins yet?
Thanks so much for this. Really helped me.
You're welcome!
This is awesome! Combined with the previous video this is a great resource. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yeah, I deleted my criticism of what I thought was a clickbaity thumbnail after realizing another video of theirs already covered the things missing from the thumbnail. Overall great job!
@@chrisbeffa8890 Thank you. I can't explain the whole thing in 1 video because it will take hours. I'm breaking it up in series of videos (more to come) in order to keep you engaged. Quick and short straight to the point videos is my aim. In the end you will be fully equipped with all the knowledge to create high quality terrain in 1 hour or so.
@@CGDealers can 2 guy make game like Fortnite?
Yes Ubisoft does this however they have pros that can take over a year to design just the landscape he exported the base landscape that comes with world machine, from my experience complex landscapes take forever to design because you need x amount of landscape types, and they take even longer to export the height map if you have a computer to accomplish such a big map each tile has to calculate individually and won't finish until the others closest to it are also calculated which becomes a lengthy process you then have too build each individual lod because unreals lod algorithm won't hold the edge, each individual edge vertex which will create gaps in the landscape from afar. This is a really good starter video but your still have a long way to go if you want your landscape to lod properly and span forever if you want to mitigate popping nothing more weird when a mountain literally spawns in front of you when you finally reach a spot where world partition adds in a new section of landscape xD
wow bruh! Awesome
I have the latest version of World machine, but I cant find the " Attach new layout as mask input"
In alot of landscapes the mountains aren't claimable with rough edges but not in your tutorial is there any trick you used for that?
Just using the World Machine settings for height and mountains does the trick.
Be cool to be able to feed in reference images of a jungle for instance and have it do the rest automatically.
I love your tutorial, but unfortunately for me, it is not possible to use the old version of WM. Could you port this tutorial please (I beg you) to the new 4000 build version?
Yea
Loool yes! World machine is the best :)
I was super early on the gaia train and was the first to email them to implement sizes for ue4
ExcelentTTTTT thanks so much!!!, you are the best!, have a questiion do the same video but using version 4.7, please, thanks.
So a question I have is can you still modify the terrain in Unreal Engine if you use an imported JPEG from World Machine? Like Sculpting/eroding the imported terrain further in Unreal Engine itself. If so what do you do with the textures?
Yes. Check my last video, I'm showing just that. How you can still sculpt and modify the terrain after importing from World Machine.
FOR ME this stopped at 1.03 when there is no attach new layout as mask input ....if you have pre setup you should show us ....in the mean time I will follow other tutorials...even this one was so interesting
Yeah same. It says attach new layout as mask input, but my worldmachine looks totally different. To bad. I would have loved to try this tutorial.
Assuming your's is like mine, I believe you have to select the "Overview" tab and have Erosion selected on the left. (I think that's what he had selected?) It took me a bit to figure out. World Machine has a very confusing design.
That’s how Ubisoft makes their games
Hi, thanks for this Tutorial ! 1 question when creating the Tarain, can I also load a picture into the software to create a landscape?
If its a height map. Yes.
Great video, can you show how to do this with importing real world maps 😃
Yes, soon
Hi. Great Video. Is it possible to generate landscapes in a perfect tileable hexagon base?
I would say it is not impossible but difficult indeed.
Hey mate I can't seem to get the tiled build to import all the layers. When I import the first 0 tile I only get the entire sample in one instead of divided. Any idea why this happens? My resolution is at 1009 and not 8k like yours.
thanks :)
Can you add roads and rivers in world machine then add meshes and water in UE5?
Nice tutorial thank's! what about layout creation command? I cant find it in my world machine 4031 version and I cant attach my layout as mask input
Watch my last 2 videos. World Machine is a program that I ditched and switched to Gaea! Better do that yourself. Gaea is Free at some point and very useful! Watch my videos and you will see!
Nice
How was the terrain textured after making it? A function?
This development is hard and i dont have time to learn, but if i can i would remake a simple game i love to unreal engine 5 just because how awesome this engine is
What game
Thank you very much
You are welcome
Hi! Could you update your tutorial? You are explaining everything very well, but World Machine has been updated to 2.0 and is totally different. Currently I’m stuck on exporting my map, because you can’t Tile Build in 2.0 without Pro edition (229$ 😒).
You just saved me a ton of time. Thanks dude.
Yeah I'll release updated version very soon.
Would you tell which version do you use? Can i do the same with the free version or would i need indi or professional license? Nice tutorial btw!
Indie/pro
what if you want to model your own terrains like having a vulcano and a lake and the perimeter with mountains?
You need to mix traditional modeling/sculpting or generating mesh from Blender/Maya/Max and mix it with the Terrain.
Do you have to buy World Machine to do bigger maps? And what version are you running seems to be an older one.
World Machine Professional 3026 "Alpine Lake"
@@CGDealers its on build 4020, and its completly diferent :/ if you upload a new video with athis new build let us know =D
I would like to see a tutorial, that starts from a map creation, like this one but with adding objects and making it more realistic and I would like to see that tutorial ending up with how to add character to use instead of that robot. :)
You'll be looking for this then (minus the player character thing ;) )
ua-cam.com/video/gQmiqmxJMtA/v-deo.html
Its nice to think there is one quick resource that shows you exactly what you need to make what you want, but unfortunately as with every technical skill and field that sort of thinking is delusional. It takes a long time to find all the pieces, and the best sources of information are often paid courses.
@@JonesCrimson any recommendations for courses?
Just replace the third person character mesh, you'll have to create animations for it though
Hello! nice video, pls let us know about your pc characteristics as well.
Sure!
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I have no clue how you got to the layout creation commands in the beginning of the video, my World Machine looks different and I can't seem to access that pane. I feel so stupid, and it's probably right in front of me - but it's definitely not just there like it is for you when you go into layout view. I'm on build 4031.2
Seriously!!! I have been looking for the mask option too! lol (there are other tuts that show the same method lol) so frustrating why is it so different lol you would think it would just be a different tab or something.
It's an older version of World Machine. I'm working on a new video introducing Gaea - better solution for big world maps.
This is super confusing with the newer version of World Machine... there is NO way to attach new layout as mask input lmao
Is there any major reason to work in WM. There are some other software like Houdini,some Addon in blender,
Houdini will be a great choice. However World Machine works very fast with Unreal Engine 5, and you can iterate in couple of minutes with World Machine to UE5. Great choice for prototyping and even for final product.
At the end of the day it's a matter of taste. In 3D And Game Dev, there are hundred ways of doing one thing.
Cheers!
Can you sculpt on imported terrains in Unreal that came from World Machine?
yes pal you can....you can copy and paste and all manner of cool shit!....i dont have world machine...i actually sculpt the whole thing in engine and used brushes to get a realistic effect....400kmSQ...its taken ages and still no end in sight!....what a journey!....from zero skills all the way to now....where i could pretty much do whatever i want with the engine.
Does this work also work with the free verdion of WM?
Might try this with the sonic infinity engine
Go for it :)
the final demo looks like you can run in 1 minute over the whole map. that looks like 1km instead of 32?
Could you say how to download the older version or how to use the new one, because i dont know how to do it :(
Try from their official website or write to their support.
My name is ubisoft and this is my favorite video on the internet :D
Can you carve out roads and tunnels after you have imported the base world?
Yes. You can stil sculpt on imported heightmap. No problem.
You are amazing thank you! This helped a lot as I didnt know this was a feature until I watched your video. I am making a game with a friend and this helps a lot! Subscribed!
i wonder if final fantasy remake part 2 is using something like this
goodMan
is it possible to create a 1000km2 landscapes using tiles ?
You need to separate it on tiles and different scenes.
can I use this to add random procedural generation to my game? I'm looking for a way to make the worlds random every time you make a new world, but so far all the options I have found have been paid plugins which I can't afford
Yes
Can you make a map of World of Warcraft with the same cartoons textures ? As Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, many of us are dreaming about a WoW in VR and with a graphics rework
Cool vid but I don't like how the cube just popped in, is there a way to solve that?
It could be fade in/out effect yes. Or you can use LODs with fading between the LOD levels depending on how far the objects is.
a dream come true - democratized open world creation, time for crowd sourced fantasy world recreations such as middle earth! (probably illegal.somehow)
is there anything like 'world partition' in unreal engine 4?
So my obvious question is, if you place objects (like that cube example) and it has to "pop" into existence because of your draw call/view distance, how come open worlds have trees and buildings in the far distance (obviously low poly/level of detail) - but they exist and not missing from the map. I don't understand why this is a thing, things popping into existence like it's 1995.
Most games uses fog + LODs + Fade between LODs. And by doing this it seems there is no pop.
In general you can always not cull completely your model but place a LOD with only 1 plane facing the camera of the player with a texture of 2D "Tree" like a billboard. This works great for far distances.
Is it possible to play these maps in VR?
Yes
@@CGDealers Can you point me to a guide for how to do this?
Can specific geographic locations be recreated using this feature?
Yes it could.
@@CGDealers Hmm... Would you know how I could go about learning how to do that? Or... is it in this video? (I've not watched it all the way through.) I want to create a 10-mile region as photo-realistically as I can within realistic constraints.
How do we find the tile build option???
Now how to install the Battle Royale plugin on the giant open world? Instant hit game.
lol
Then add the NFT and Loot box plugin to ruin it.
Nice ! It will be nice if you give it some finished look, add some trees ect.
You really love being spoon-feed are you mate?
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@@Fiatluc I mean, when I'm in a classroom, reading a textbook, or viewing a tutorial, I kinda do want it spoon-fed to me, yeah. That's kind of the point. You learn all there is to know and then use that newly acquired skillset to let your creativity run rampant.
FYI (more directed at the initial poster): I'm fairly certain another one of their videos covers foliage.
@RAYfighter I totally get the logic of splitting these things up into separate videos as to not confuse newcomers, I was more so responding to the person who mocked the initial poster for wanting things spoon-fed to them as if that wasn't the entire point of tutorials, textbooks, etc. It just seemed rude and IMO wrong. That's obviously not the case, here, as I made a point of telling the initial poster.
Anyone have a link to a similar tutorial with an updated version of world machine?
Updated version is coming soon. I’m working on it!
Was this video re-made to fix the issue of what @Luciano Jacomeli said? I know people could have fixed the math in their heads while watching it but I think a re-make of this video with the fix would help a lot out. (yes, I know about the hearted comment)
Im trying to learn but i cant even begin because i cant open the window on the left that says "New Layout" "Select" "Focus Extants"
MW Auto material and also this World Machine is licensed (World Machine is semi licensed but you need to buy it to be able to do something other than a D&D map basically). Can you please make a video with free softwares.
Basic version does not have Tiled Build Options? This is so confusing with the new UI layout.
You need pro version of World Machine.
tried following but my world machine doesnt give me the same windows as yours when selecting stuff
Man the future of gaming is going places, unlike Battlefield 2042 😂 That's going in the trash
Great tutorial...just some things I ran into...
It should probably be noted that this is Unreal Engine 5 Preview and some settings with World Partition have changed I believe. The only way I could find to get the World Partition options and to properly import the heightmaps was to use Tools > Convert Level first.
As some mentioned the math is wrong and files size of a 32x32km landscape would be about 4GB? I suppose that's just resolution and you could scale up to 400 to get 32km? I don't understand math when it comes to Landscapes 😂 Has someone made a calculator yet? I figure resolution is okay to be low and detail can come through textures and other meshes...
Check the pinned message.
Unfortunately, I cannot delete a terrain after it has been partitioned. I have to delete the whole level to do so
Can you do it with new version?
This looks interesting, though I don't know that I'd play with it. I have built virtual worlds in second life and Open Sim but I couldn't make a game I'd play as easily as I'd want to. I've no interesting in being a graphics artist or learning to code.
@RAYfighter I've actually seen 2 other users that posted this exact text so i thought it'd be funny to just copy paste and post it as well 😂😂 did u find the 2 others?
Ubisoft: "Write that down, write that down!
What version of World Machine is this? I'm not seeing the options you're clicking on.
I'm working on video - showing the same stuff on the new version. Mine is very old :>
Does this work on Source 2?
Looks like a great video, but I'm stuck at 1:08 because I don't have the Attach New Layout as Mask Input button... :( Could you help me plz?
You need to use World Machine Professional.
@@CGDealers Ooooh okay :( Thanks
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Have I downloaded the correct version of world machine? My one looks completely different compared to yours.
You need the pro version.
@@CGDealers oof that sucks :(
how can i do with noncommercial licence ? do you have some tip? because i want to creat a map for my game and sell him
Check my last video about Gaea. Its free at some point and can do the same!
64km is large minimum FarCry 6 or Stalker 2
How do u make an landscape as big as skyrims
Make it on parts, not a single one.