# My Landscape tool is broken..?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-landscape-tool-is-broken/407022>\
**Category:** World Creation\
**Tags:** sculpt, unreal-engine, Landscape, question\
**Created:** [October 14, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-landscape-tool-is-broken/407022 "2017-10-14T17:59:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![R\_shed](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@R\_shed](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/R_shed)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-landscape-tool-is-broken/407022/1 "2017-10-14T17:59:56Z")

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I don’t really know how to explain it but when i try to sculpt or smooth or flatten the landscape it doesn’t give me that smooth look at just give me a minecraft-related landscape I tried smoothing it but no use sure it give me that little slope but its not as good as it was now it give me a slope with a flat surface, it looks like a flipped V, Sorry i couldn’t take a picture because it won’t let me upload it.

Unreal engine 4 experience: 2 months worth of time.

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**Author:** ![TorQueMoD](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/torquemod/32/710746_2.png) [@TorQueMoD](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/TorQueMoD)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-landscape-tool-is-broken/407022/2 "2021-06-02T09:46:55Z")

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I realize it’s been ages, but in case someone else finds this question…Likely you used an 8 bit heightmap when you imported your landscape. Landscapes need to be 16 bit uncompressed or you’ll get artifacts in your terrain when importing.