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hi,

i´m just an ue4-noob coming from maya, zbrush and postproduction.

i want to build an ue4-game (i know, thats a long challenge) and i´m looking for my best wokflow.

so here are my questions:

what is better for creating maps with much different grounds…

boxbrushes

  • creating content with boxbrushes
    (can i migrate those boxbrushes from the scene outliner into an other project too?)

maya-fbx-meshes

  • using maya-build meshes
    (which can migrate into other projects).

thanks a lot for an answer!

a sunny week to everybody
greetz
loopon

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You can create a landscape with the landscape tool, with a heightmap that you have generated in a 3d program or world machine/terresculptor. For a level use static meshes instead of brushes -> better performance

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hi ,

thanks for your fast reply!

so, brushes are slower in performance as maya-build-meshes…

i´m really surprised, because i thought, that ue4-internal-tools are much more performance-friendly, than external fbx-meshes.

thank you very much!

greetz
loopon

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They are not so good for the performance and also not so “user friendly” :slight_smile:

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by the way:

your tutorials are fine!

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I just want to add to this that static meshes are certainly more performant than anything else. The reason is that static meshes can be culled, have setup LODs, unique UVs for texturing, and plenty of other things.

BSP/Geometry brushes are simply meant for prototyping and rapid iteration. Using them for that allows you test gameplay much more quickly than waiting for meshes to be completed. If you decide to use BSP it is recommended that they be converted to Static Meshes via the details panel. You will need to create a lightmap for them along with collision though.

If you have any other questions feel free to ask!

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Good to hear. thx! :slight_smile:

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hi !

thanks for your reply!

thats very interesting for me, to see, how the engine is “ticking”.

so i will through away my boxes in future to replace them by maya-static-meshes.

thanks a lot!

and let me post this too:
this forum is great… what a good support!

greetz
loopon