Strange! look at the physics setting on terrain and see the layer setting match your player layers settings

yeah there is a brush for flatten

@@mohsenzare2511 I mean for non destructive workflow and quick itertations like in UE

MTerrain

@@mohsenzare2511 Thanks a lot!

I used world machine!

Yeah I am working on a CurveInstance system which also can be used for road side! it is half complete! I put some video in progress section of discord if you are interested you can see them!

Off-course you can use your own grass! just create them for different level of detail and you are good to go! Also you need to understand the concept of the grass system! I made some video about them!

Great!

Thanks you very much! I am glad you like it!

As this working really fast in editor I believe you can use that also at run-time! The UI part of the road deformation is written in GDScript but the core functionality is done in c++! there is a class in c++ which is responsible for that! it is called MCurveTerrain, you just need to pass the ID of the connection with terrain, some setting and it will modify for you the terrain!

@@mohsenzare2511 That's great! I am very excited about it. As you mentioned several times in this video, we need to merge the layers at the end, if we were do this at runtime, we would probably need to save a heightmap of the world in each game save file to ensure that the preset height map is not destroyed, I'm just worried that would make the save files too large.

By the way when you save something on some layers! that will not duplicate the entire terrain Height-map! that will create a layer data only for the regions which is changed! For now you can do this! but I think we need to add compression algorithm which we did for heightmap to layers too! If you really decide to make a game which need this mechanic come and discuss about it! maybe we need to do some small modification! but I think it will be possible!

@@mohsenzare2511 Thanks for your help and invitation, the basic idea comes from classic strategy games, where players will explore natural resources → build facilities to develop → expand new trade roads between these settlements, but in an RPG game. I'd love to join the discussion, in a place suitable for long-form discussions, where should I go? where is our main discussion board now? Thank you!

@@NoctorOnwood Come in discord channel!

Thanks a lot!

Glad you liked it!

I totally agree. What users always want to do is create terrain with one click. I couldn't have done all this even by watching this video.

Functionality and ease of use are always a trade-off, you can't have both. I think this plugin is on its way and it can help people who are serious about developing games. The terrain generation function you mentioned can be done with many professional software, or by extending the art workstation of your choice. They often use node workflows, which is essentially a visual programming language, even the use case is very limited. Creating terrain in an art workstation will add some pipeline work. Mohsen has demonstrated how to make and import it use World Machine. If you use other software, you need to explore it yourself. In some opensource environments, you may need some plugins or do some adaptation extension work, such as Blender, because usually only complete commercial software will make complete industry adaptations in professional workflows. This is a rather tedious task and an important part of their commercial value. But if you only need to adapt to Godot, it is actually not that much work. Using a professional art workstation will always give you better results, while a one-stop solution will tie your hands and feet. This is the direction of development of the Unreal Engine that I am not optimistic about. It always tries to do things like DCC software. I don't understand why I need those functions in game engine. Using professional DCC tools is obviously more comfortable, richer and more powerful. Of course, some DCC functions of UE are well done, and it tries to make short-term profits in this regard. I think this is the main motivation. But the 3D art workstation is obviously a large enough feature library, and there is enough fierce competition in that field. Even in film and television workflows, the final composite step is often separated, and all the finished artworks are placed here for final processing, assembling and rendering. In addition, the game engine also has to complete very complex game logic, which is already troublesome enough. If it is mixed with the art workstation, it will be too large and complicated. This largeness and complexity are the current situation of the Unreal Engine.

I don't think so! For something like no man-sky you need to write from the base everything else! this terrain just works for traditional way of making terrain I mean by already existing height-map

@@mohsenzare2511 to be frank, the everything else is handling pole, using 3d noises and orientation for the tiles. That's not a lot

My pleasure!

Yeah that was helpful! thanks

Great to hear!

@@mohsenzare2511 heyo fellow Godot dev are you an iranian (if yes then barikalla mohsen khube in plugin!)

Yeah I am Iranian, Thanks Man

I found an approximation: DEPTH = 1.0 - (atan(d * multiplier) / (PI*0.5)); Where multiplier is some constant around 12.0 in my case. It's not precise enough to properly intersect with other geometry though... But it looks OK in some cases.

in Godot 4.3 to forward some stuff in GDExtension has been changed! it will be corrected in the next release of Terrain! and even if you build terrain by yourself it will work

.... this is not his voice, this is the plug in maker voice. His voice is manly

Thanks

Glad you like it!

If you read the description, RossUnger is the designer of the plugin's UI. I'm pretty sure he's the one presenting this improvement.

​@@fredericklebeault3467 Ohhhh ok

This use multimesh! It also support grass with collision for things like tree!

Thanks 👍

Thanks, will do!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks

That is not a big deal! I think Godot 4.3 can not import that mesh! does terrain works?

Your welcome