So, I am trying to learn some things, but in textbooks they mention BSP in the place to choose things, but in mine it says, “geometry”. Is that the same as BSP in newer unreal? Also, I can’t find the brush setting at all nor how to choose a asset and give it coordinates in the x, y, and z position.
Yes, BSP are the same as Geometry. Why they changed it, I have no clue.
These are located in the Place Actors window, under the section called Geometry. They are blue icons (not to be confused with the white mesh primitive icons). Click and drag one (the box for example) into your scene, then you can edit the location, as well as it’s size.
There is quite a lot you can do with them and all of that is in the Details window for it (press F4 if it isn’t otherwise docked in your UI). Do be aware that clicking the surface of a BSP is shows certain Details than by clicking the Wireframe, so swapping between Lit and Wireframe View Modes can help.
BSP is partitioning. I believe the original Unreal Engine stored triangles in them for occlusion and so they’d render in the correct front to back order. The proper name you’re looking for is Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG), or just geometry. 