OLD TRAILER (landscape materials from the trailers are not included in this pack)
All my REAL-WORLD heightmaps/terrains, including this one, are UNIQUE on Unreal Engine Marketplace because:
- I use real-world data with the best possible resolution (most of the cases 1 meter horizontal precision and about 30 cm vertical precision). Resolutions higher than this are not possible because of the current technological limits.
- I am the only one who's real-world heightmaps PRESERVE the real-world SCALE
- My real-world heightmaps are not procedurally generated in some kind of software like World Machine or Gaea where a heightmap can be generated in minutes. Instead, I use pretty complex manual methods to transform the High Resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM) into heightmaps which are in the end perfect copies of real terrains/landscapes. Because of this, creating a single real-world heightmaps can take up to 3 hours.
- My real-world heightmaps are the only heightmaps from UE Marketplace which simultaneously respect all the above statements.
This pack contains 168 real world heightmaps which will help you digitally recreate breathtaking landscapes from USA and UK. All heightmaps have a resolution of 4033 x 4033 (recommended by Unreal) and each landscape from the USA section will have 100 square Km and each landscape from the UK section will have 25 square Km. To recreate these landscapes, I used Digital Elevation Models with 1 m precision so they are as accurate as possible with nowadays technology. Actually, the landscapes are so accurate that you will be able to clearly see not only the roads or rivers, but also the manmade footpaths, different erosion types depending of the sun position or even the animal trails from the wildness. Using this, you will be able to recreate in less than a minute, landscapes from Yosemite National Park, White Mountain National Forest, Mount Baker National Forest, Mount Saint Helens, Bridger National Forest, Black Hills National Forest, Arkansas, Dakota, Texas, Washington, Virginia, Peak District National Park, Northumberland National Park and many other areas. All the little details that are so hard to recreate are already there. This pack is for everyone who wants to create a natural and realistic game/scene/trailer/movie etc.
Step By Step instructions of how to integrate the heightmaps into your level:
1. Install one of the FREE plugins: "Export PNG" or "ILIAD"
2. Select in the Content Browser the PNG heightmap you want to use in your project
3. Right click on the selected PNG texture (heightmap) and select Asset Actions - Export (or ILIAD Actions - Export, in case you are using ILIAD)
4. Save the PNG heightmap to your hard disk (keep the same PNG format)
5. Open the map you want to import the heightmap into and select Landscape Mode
6. Choose option Import from file and select the previously exported PNG file
7. In order to keep the exact proportions of the real landscape, in the name of every heightmap you can find the X, Y and Z scales for that heightmap. For example, in the filename USA102_XY_248_Z_166 , the X and Y scale is 248 and Z scale is 166. So type the correct XYZ scales and then press Import to import the heightmap into your level.
8. Done! In a few seconds you should see the landscape...
This pack contains 7 Demo Maps.
If you prefer procedurally generated heightmaps instead of real world heightmaps, check my other packs HERE
If you like this pack, feel free to write a review and rate it. This will keep me motivated to create better and better assets. Thank you!