Importing huge world terrains, which way to do material?

[neighborlee]

HI all,

I am trying to import tiled terrain ( or just regular of course) into UE4 editor but I’m seeing various versions of it.

Using WM basic atm ( Looking for alternatives ), and I’ve seen tutorials showing where you need ? to use a splatmap device, yet a UE4 wiki document shows no such necessity, showing a MUCH easier way of getting maps and textures into UE4.

Are both correct, are their pros and cons to each design ? THe two variations are here:

A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki - Announcements - Unreal Engine Forums < no spaltmap device

- YouTube < and this MUCH more complicated one.

Of course, If I can create equally viable worlds with #1, I’m all in, but I just wanted to verify this.

thx
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[anonymous_user_8f916b13]

I would also like to know this because I am about done with my Terrain that I made in World Machine and am about to try and import into UE4. The tutorial I have lined up to watch is WACOmatts but if UE4 wiki version is better, I’d love to do that instead.

[neighborlee]

Ok thanks for the heads up chariots

cheers
nl

[neighborlee]

@Chariots;153443

“Splatmap” device is basically a consolidated and more detailed version of the first select slope devices. Quality you’ll get with the first link will be limited and will require more extensive manual touch ups. The goal with the second link is to reduce the amount of manual work as much as possible and get a good looking terrain texture setup from both close and far range.

In essence, both are valid, but the first one is essentially a starting point, where you make it more and more advanced to fit your needs until you end up with something more detailed than the second link.

I have another question; you say first link is limited in quality…are we talking blurry textures,or…can you elaborate on why this is so so we all have a better ideal,if the simpler way is just too inexact to even bother with at all ? Are there any pictures or videos that you know of showing the differences…if the first truly is inadequate ( maybe only for prototypiing??) maybe a warning should be issued on that wiki page alerting users to the fact along with pictures so each can make up their own mnds.

thx
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[neighborlee]

bumping this because I think the information asked for is important.