Create Map in 3D Software or in UE4

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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if I should create a whole Map in a 3D Software (I use Blender) or just assemble the assets in UE4. My Problem is that I have to create a MOBA (LoL, DoTA, HoN, Smite) style Map and it needs to be perfectly symmetrical. It’s very easy in Blender to create such a Map but I don’t think it’s a good solution. For Example recreating all those Materials in UE4 and they are all on just 1 Model? I don’t think that thats the best way to do it. But I don’t know how I could create a terrain that is symmetrical.

How would you guys approach such a Map?

Thanks in advance.

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Build you map in the UE4, because then you can use LOD’s and culling + you are more flexible as you can move the assets :slight_smile:
You could create your terrain in your 3d program -> after that just bake a raw16 heightmap and then you can import it into your landscape tool

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Thanks I didn’t think about creating a heightmap from the Map in blender at all. That seems like the best possible solution.

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You could also build one half of your map in UE4, export the map (e.g. to PNG or RAW format), then mirror it in Photoshop/GIMP and then re-import the map back into UE4.