Create a 3D TERRAIN with Godot Tutorial | TerraBrush Alpha Release

[@abof_games]

I think it is a good thing godot doesn't have its own terrain system , because the community is really killing it specially talented ppl like spimort

[@spimortdev]

Hahah that's true! Community is killing it! Thank you 😎!

[@msd-x990]

Thanks for your generosity! Hopefully LOTS of aspiring indie developpers will use it, give feedback, even help it make it better and it could somewhat become a real big thing!

[@spimortdev]

I hope it will help a lot of people 😁! Thank you! 😍

[@IkaBakaKu]

Watching this changed my life, thank you!

[@spimortdev]

Awesome, I'm so happy to hear that! 😎

[@JinQiangXu-h8c]

Thank you very much. This is exactly my dream plug-in and what I need most at the moment. As a novice independent developer, this is simply an artifact!

[@spimortdev]

Heck yeah!! 😁

[@jordanriver_optryx]

Looks great! Thank you for your time and energy, can't wait to try it

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 🙂 Let me know if you do!

[@Ftradorex-oficial]

Wow, thanks for the video and the plugin!

[@spimortdev]

You are more than welcome 😁!

[@Itsa_Me_Jay]

man i've been scouring for ages just to find a way to sample ground textures for color and use that for grass, the fact that you have that included for this plugin is insane and i love you

[@spimortdev]

Thanks a lot! I'm so glad you like it 😊

[@suraca8695]

I've been using Godot for about 5 years now, and consistently avoided making the kind of open world game that I wanted to because I hated all the Terrain tools. I tried this one yesterday and fell in love! Thank you for making the easiest to use terrain editor I've ever used.

[@spimortdev]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoy it 🤩

[@njdarda]

oh hell yeah! this is amazing that you made this opensource.

[@spimortdev]

Let's go! 🤘

[@FredCactus]

Thank You for Developing This, I was looking for an easy way to make terrain in editor, and this is perfect. Thank you for releasing this to the public.

[@spimortdev]

You are more than welcome! I'm glad you like it 😎

[@channel11-n]

Looks great. Thank you so much

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 😎

[@sventomasek]

Wow I just tried it out and I'm surprised how easy it is to use. I kinda hated working with terrain in Unreal and Unity but this was so simple to set up and use. Thank you so much for making this!

[@spimortdev]

Hey wow, that's an awesome comment! I'm glad you enjoy it 😎!

[@sventomasek]

@@spimortdev Is there a way to change the sampling mode of the textures to nearest? I want to use pixelated textures for my game but I can't really find a setting or figure it out in the code.

[@spimortdev]

@@sventomasekThis was in fact a pretty requested feature! I completed it today, version 0.3.16Alpha should include a way to enable nearest filter! I hope this helps! 🙂

[@sventomasek]

@@spimortdev Yes that works great. Thanks!

[@spimortdev]

​@@sventomasekawesome! 😎

[@jake4andrws26]

yo this is so sick, thank you for releasing this man you are a legend edit: especially for free, you are awesome. create a kofi or something man you deserve support.

[@spimortdev]

Thank you so much! 😎 There is a kofi link is the github, just in case 🤘! ko-fi.com/spimort

[@The_Crucifix]

Thanks for this absolute monster tool! I have a pretty stupid question, but... can I just assign a material instead of a texture? For example, if I don't use textures in a game and only use flat albedo, is there a way to do that without creating a solid color texture?

[@spimortdev]

I'm glad you like it 😎! You could probably use gradient textures to use flat albedo. If it does not work, you could create flat color images and use them as a texture. Let me know if it works!

[@Ulticutie]

Yay im going to try this when i wake up tomorrow :D

[@spimortdev]

Awesome! let me know if you like it! 😎

[@lucas.dickinson]

First of all, great plugin. The best thing about Godot is the community and open source character. This has probably been said in other places, but you should put the Godot version required somewhere prominent; probably the ReadMe around the How To Use section. I tried to add this to a project that was written in Godot_v4.1.1 and it didn't build. It was an easy fix that didn't take me long, but I could see someone getting stuck.

[@spimortdev]

Hey thank you! That's a good point, I should put it in the readme! I'll do it in the future versions 🙂

[@OttomanPadishah]

@lucas.dickinson how did you solve it tho? I think I'm struggling with a simillar issue and can't figure out what's wrong.

[@spimortdev]

​@@OttomanPadishahit's hard to tell without seeing the project bu try to install the last version of dotnet SDK maybe!

[@lawsoncho]

Awesome video! 1 question though. Is it possible to add a collision shape to the trees? Thanks

[@spimortdev]

Of course! Make a scene with your tree model and add a collision inside of this scene. Then, select this scene and add it to TerraBrush 🙂. Feel free to join my discord server if needed, I'd be happy to help you! (Link should be in the Bio)

[@ithillron4073]

Incredible work my friend! Working great, only little problem I am having is the textures look blurry/too grainy when looking at from a longer distance.

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 😎 That's interesting. Could you share a screenshot of the issue? I have a discord server if you want to join (link in the bio), it would be easier to help you 🙂

[@derv1sh135]

Wow thank you for this amazing tool, have you experimented with deforming/destructing the terrain as a game feature?

[@spimortdev]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! 🥳 Yes! I think I'll expose some fonctions to allow anyone to play with the terrain in game 🙂

[@toddmakesgames]

Great stuff! Does the plugin allow for building terrains programmatically as well?

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 😊 You could probably modify the heightmaps in runtime so I believe it is, but I haven't tryed it!

[@DucNguyen-rz3gc]

Thank you for the amazing plugin & video

[@spimortdev]

Hey thanks! I'm glad you like it! 😎

[@penguinmilkstudios]

Can't wait to give this a spin. TY!

[@spimortdev]

Awesome! Let me know if it fits your needs! 😎

[@fidojones]

Best addon as far. Great job

[@spimortdev]

Thank you ! 😎

[@NaughtyKlaus]

I really love this, one thing I've noticed is there seems to be no way to scale the textures themselves. If I have high-resolution textures, the terrain makes them really big.

[@spimortdev]

Hey thank you! I'm glad you like it 😎! Have you tried to use the texture detail setting? Also, I have a discord server if needed, we could talk about it. The link should be in the bio.

[@NaughtyKlaus]

I've messed around with it but every value appeared to do the same thing.@@spimortdev

[@spimortdev]

Did you hit the update button when you were changing it?

[@futursoup9007]

excellent, mate! thank you!

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 😎

[@GreenCrowDev]

Hello fellow plugin developer, keep going contributing to the Godot community! I'm developing a procedural geometry plugin

[@spimortdev]

Hey that's awesome! Do you have a link for it? 🙂

[@sigitsatriap6505]

Love the shortcuts

[@spimortdev]

I love them too! 😁 Thank you!

[@LaurentSparksMusic]

Absolutely loving the addon! Im running into an issue with trees not properly loading materials, im not sure if its because they have 2 materials in one mesh or because they have transparancy, but either way the textures show up fine in editor but disappear at runtime, any thoughts?

[@LaurentSparksMusic]

nevermind >.< i forgot all the images have to have same import settings! got it!

[@spimortdev]

@@LaurentSparksMusic Alright cool! I'm glad you like the addon 😊

[@thehyper4288]

This is gonna be huge! Thanks a lot for releasing it

[@spimortdev]

Awesome 😎

[@Yoni123]

Oh snap. Exactly what I was looking for

[@spimortdev]

That's awesome! 🥳

[@Gorartsy]

Hey thanks I’ve only just started game development and I really needed terrain so thank you I will one day build my dream game

[@spimortdev]

That's awesome! Can't wait to see what you build with it 😎!

[@Gorartsy]

@@spimortdev one question how do you save your project not the ingame progress like save the node and all its children.

[@Gorartsy]

Like the node and the children

[@spimortdev]

@@GorartsyYou mean for the plugin? All of this is being saved in images that are being sent to shaders at the end 🙂

[@Gorartsy]

@@spimortdev oh ok I don’t really understand but I’ll try

[@Fantasitama]

this is an awesome tool i just started using godot, and have followed your tutorial but my character walks through objects (trees, rocks, etc) how do i stop it from going through those objects?

[@spimortdev]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! 😎 You have to create a packed scene out of your objects and then, you add a collision shape to them. I hope this helps!

[@nbourre]

Good job! Très prometteur!

[@spimortdev]

Hey merci 😎!

[@Foxwizard35]

I'm new to godot, is this project fully open source? Like could I use it for a commercial game?

[@spimortdev]

Yes! The project is full open source! You can even contribute to it if you have ideas 😎 You can use it in commercial games 🙂

[@Foxwizard35]

@@spimortdev Wow that's so cool, thanks so much

[@SomeSickDingus]

I was a bit perplexed by water, thinking it just made uneven surface water, until I figured out that it controls it's own depth in the settings rather than the terrain. That changed everything. Unfortunately it's distracting me from other projects! That's all your fault! 😉 But honestly, it's probably the best terrain system on the asset store so far as features, but would love to see it as a GDExtention . I'm going to try implementing underwater shader for the camera with GetPositionInformation, but Perhaps that will be a feature at some point? Having simple interaction and information functions are really nice and simpler than most other implementations I've used. ♥

[@spimortdev]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it 😊. This project has been distracting me from my main project for quite a bit too now haha, I know what it is! I was looking to handle the project as a GDExtension while keeping it in C# (I love C#, sorry about that) but it's a work in progress, a pretty hard task. For the underwater thing, sky is the limit! You can open an issue on Github, so we don't forget about it (it does not mean that it will be a thing soon but at least it will be listed 🙂). Contributions are also welcomed if you have something you want to include. Again, so happy you like it 🙂!

[@williamtemple4331]

What I would like to see is a tool like this which can be used inside a game itself as a terra forming device for a strategy game for leveling land for build roads and villages. Or as a perlin noise generating settings mechanism for setting the parameters for a procedurally created environment for game play.

[@spimortdev]

It would be really fun! Technically Godot itself is a game, so it would be possible with some tweak 🙂

[@arthurwiebusch9292]

the foliage tool didnt work, when creating a mesh there is no mesh material to select,, any idea how to fix it?

[@spimortdev]

The foliage system has changed quite a bit since this video, I'd suggest you to check my last one about it 🙂 The way it works now is to provide albedo images, albedo color, or custom shader Let me know if it works!

[@dairygecko]

Thanks a lot, im a beginner so idk if taking this kind of shortcuts is okay or not, but im really struggling with terrain creation in my project, id say overall level creation. I've been searching for tutorials on how to build levels in godot and there's not a lot of them, some use GridMaps which limits your building or difficults your modeling (imo), others just paste the models inside and the scene tree ends up looking like a mess. I dont know whats the way to go about this.

[@spimortdev]

I'd say that using a terrain plugin is probably the best idea yes 🙂. If you have questions, feel free to join my discord server, maybe I can help you. The link should be somewhere in the bio.

[@MrJoono]

This looks awesome, congrats and thank you! It's made with C#, does that mean I can only use it with a game made with C# or can I use it to build a level and still code my game in GD Script? Thanks!

[@spimortdev]

Thank you ! 😎 Both languages can be mixed together (and even interact with each other!). There are no draw back that I'm aware of to use the .net version. You can refer to this portion of the documentation : docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/cross_language_scripting.html

[@qooldeluxx]

What software did you use to create this tutorial?? I like the keyboard annotations you show!

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 😎 I used Davicin Resolve for the editing part, but the keys in the video are from keyviz (they look good!) github.com/mulaRahul/keyviz

[@qooldeluxx]

Thank you!!!@@spimortdev

[@abvoltbolt]

hey, I'm using terrabrush in a game me and my buddy are making, but its low poly textures and I'm noticing I can't change the sampling of the terrain textures to nearest for a nice pixelated and crisp look. it would be nice to see some sampling settings added to the texture settings for terrabrush. thanks spimort!

[@spimortdev]

Hey that's awesome! Can't wait to see what you make with it! 🥳 For the sampling, I'd be happy to add that can of feature! Could you open an issue on Github so I can keep track of it (and so we don't forget about it). Also, if you have issues, I have I discord server were we can talk (feel free to join, nothing mandatory 😉). The link is somewhere in my bio.

[@my2cents795]

Great plugin. I tried it today and I must say it is great and feels so polished. I have quick question about the size. is it possible to make a terrain that has a width different than the length ?

[@spimortdev]

Hey thank you! 😎 I'm really happy you like it! Not at the moment but I have some ideas for that Btw, I just released an update like right now, introducing the clipmaps LOD 🙂! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJLVlamBeJV7fJI

[@my2cents795]

​@@spimortdev I've watched it already because I have notifications on for your channel :). I love the LOD optimization. I don't personally think it will be useful in my case because my RTS game has a top down view and cannot see a big portion of the terrain at the same time anyway. But I'm sure a lot of people will find extremely useful for performance. That gets me thinking though. For games that are not in first person or 3rd person, it might be nice to add the option to define the resolution of the mesh cells as something bigger than 1x1 meters. But I guess for that we could just scale the whole terrain object ? I don't know but either way, I really love what you've been able to achieve and I'm here to watch it mature into something even more amazing. Well done.

[@spimortdev]

@@my2cents795 Thank you so much 😎 So cool if you use it in a top down RTS! And yes, it is already possible to do it, I did not show case it but there is a "LOD Initial Cell Width" option available 🙂. That drives the size of the first cells in the middle.

[@my2cents795]

@@spimortdev Ahh, I missed that somehow. Great to see the option already exists. Great stuff. Congrats for the 0.2 release and all the best for what's to come!

[@fnaffartsanimations8013]

I cant see the C# solution anywhere?!

[@spimortdev]

Make sure you use the Dotnet version of Godot 🙂

[@SKAIROs1]

thank you soo much you are awesome but there’s a small problem that is there’s no water texture in the water section so what should i do i want the water texture .😅

[@spimortdev]

Thank you so much 😎! The water shader is composed of several parameters that you can fill. If you look at the demo project, you see a DefaultWaterResource which contains all the parameters I used for the demo scene. Let me know, does that fit your needs 🙂?

[@parallelhighway4191]

Can i use terra brush on my own imported terrain to like paint grass trees and stuff ?

[@spimortdev]

The foliage/objects will only work on a TerraBrush Terrain sadly. If your own terrain is a heightmap, you could try to import your heightmap into TerraBrush, there are ways (unofficial ones but it works)

[@hsaY_gj]

I am so happy after watching this video ❤🎉🎉🎉

[@spimortdev]

I'm glad you like it 😎!

[@kuzgununal]

I'm using 4.2.1 and when i wanted to export i encounter an error: addons\terrabrush\ButtonInspectorPlugin.cs (1 issues) The type or namespace name 'EditorInspectorPlugin' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) (6,46)

[@spimortdev]

Oh thank you! I realize now that there is a small thing missing for the export! I'll definitely fix it (I'll try to open an issue on GitHub today). Thank you for using it and reporting this issue 😊!

[@chuck180]

can i ask you why the map is teleporting under me? did i miss something? Its loading chunks and the river follows me weird

[@spimortdev]

Humm, that's hard to tell without seeing your project 🫤 If needed, you can join my discord server (link in the bio), I'd be happy to help you!

[@carlossic16]

Thank you, good work.

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 😎

[@picklechinazzboi2991]

One of my main worries with Godot is that terrain creation would be a nightmare, not a nightmare, thanks!

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 🙂 Tbh, that's the main reason why I did this addon, because I was unhappy about the tools available!

[@picklechinazzboi2991]

@@spimortdev Hello again, This may not be the spot to ask this but I hit a bit of a roadblock with the tool and thought that you might have some insight. I've tried modify the tool to generate a grid of zones from randomly picked zone resource files and although they get properly entered into the Zones array, it seems like each .tres zone resource file can only be loaded once. When I tried to enter the same zone file twice in the editor, the zone positions got set equal no matter what. Would you know of a way to have the tool load the same zone twice in different locations? If not, don't sweat it. Thanks in advance!

[@spimortdev]

​@@picklechinazzboi2991It's because the resource file is the same for Godot which means, it's the same object reference. If you want to create zones like that, make sure that you duplicate the resource by also duplicating the images inside of them, otherwise, each zones will share the same information. If needed, feel free to join my discord server (link in the bio) 🙂

[@picklechinazzboi2991]

@@spimortdev Thanks a bunch man!

[@헥스48]

What do I do if there is no C# in the tools?

[@spimortdev]

Make sure you use the .Net version of Godot 🙂

[@thassioalves304]

Thank you very much for sharing

[@baophan5921]

look cool but how can I bake navigation in terrain

[@spimortdev]

Thanks! 🙂 For the NavMesh, please check this issue github.com/spimort/TerraBrush/issues/111

[@baophan5921]

@@spimortdev Thank you very much! now this is perfect

[@Lucas-gg9yb]

is is possible to raise grass density? i'm trying here, and it's getting so few blades, that's why i went back for this video.

[@spimortdev]

Yes! you can play with the LODInitialCellWidth in the foliage definition 🙂 1 (the default) means that it will place 1 mesh every 1 meter. 0.5 is half a meter. I'd recommend not going too small here because the LOD won't go really far if you reduce it too much (every LOD level is double the size of the previous one). I hope this helps 🙂

[@Lucas-gg9yb]

@@spimortdev thanks! I'll check It!

[@Lucas-gg9yb]

@@spimortdev what value would you call too small?

[@spimortdev]

@@Lucas-gg9yb I would say that 0.5 is enough to get a good coverage (my recommended is still 1 tho). Below 0.25 I would consider it too small. There are other ways you can improve the density without playing with the LOD: -I would recommend to use a cross mesh (if you check the demo project this is what is being used : res://Assets/Models/Foliage/foliage.obj). Or other meshes that covers more (be careful for perfs if you use too many polygons on a mesh) -You could change the mesh scale so it's lager (there are options for that in the foliage definiton).

[@Lucas-gg9yb]

@@spimortdev if i scale the mesh i get some proportion problems with the scene, i tried here and even with 0.5 and it keeps being very few, would be nice if it had a defaultObjectFrequency like the object placement tool that i found out to be really nice!

[@Shop-Sampson]

when i went to tools to enable c# it wasn't there

[@spimortdev]

Make sure you install the dotnet SDK 🙂 dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0

[@tevii2104]

is it possilble to just texture paint with this on mesh i already have?

[@spimortdev]

The system is working with heightmap, so unless your mesh is a plane it won't be possible

[@vranigavrani]

Is it possible to bake lightmap for this terrain?

[@spimortdev]

I never tried (sorry, I'm not used to lightmaps), but if it's not the case, feel free to open a Github issue so we don't forget about this 🙂

[@rok_e]

Is it possible to use a height map for a terrain?

[@spimortdev]

Yes! The whole system is based on heightmap 🙂 tho, right now there are no easy way to import a heightmap as is (maybe this is something I'll do in the future). What you can do right now is to convert your heightmap to a RFloat image texture resource. When it's done, you place it under a zone heightmap 🙂

[@godofdream9112]

can i use gd script for coading or i have to use c# ?

[@spimortdev]

You can use GDScript, there's no problem with that! As long as you run Godot .Net so the addon can run, all the other stuff can be in GDScript 🙂

[@doctorskiy]

Вроде прикольная вещь, но у меня из-за этого очень сильно лагает(

[@blba2]

i can't make a C# solution help!

[@spimortdev]

Make sure you use the Godot .Net version 🙂 If needed, you can join my discord server (link in the bio)

[@meloettafg]

mine says "failed to create a c# solution"

[@spimortdev]

Make sure to use the dotnet version of Godot and that you have the dotnet sdk installed 🙂

[@meloettafg]

​@@spimortdevwelp, now it says there's an error in the code. (I'm gonna take this as a sign from god and give up)

[@spimortdev]

​@@meloettafgwhat is the error you have now?

[@PlayPrimeOrignal]

I got error showing warning please help

[@spimortdev]

Sure, what does it says? 🙂 Also, if needed, you can join my discord server (link in my bio)

[@twin_835x]

Suggestion: Do so if you select a brush witch is not round it will rotate evrytime you click and move your mouse so that the terrain ore the texture wont be the same evrytime at a brush. Can you olso add so that you can control how deep the water ore the lake is? Is there collision? Pls do the icon the same colore as the otherones in the 3dnode. I love the terrain tool i will try it now thx :D. I cant import the plugin!

[@spimortdev]

I was thinking about doing the brush rotation, we'll see 🙂 And yes, you can control how deep is the water! And yes, there are collisions! Make sure you run the .net version of Godot :)

[@twin_835x]

@@spimortdevthank you i will try with the .net version

[@twin_835x]

@@spimortdev nvm it works

[@twin_835x]

Do you have a discord server?@@spimortdev

[@spimortdev]

​@@twin_835x alright, cool! Feel free to join my discord server if you need help, I'd be happy to help you! The link should be available somewhere in my bio 🙂!

[@Ftradorex-oficial]

c# solution doesn't appear in Project, tools. How do you obtain it?

[@spimortdev]

Make sure you download the .net version of Godot 🙂

[@Ftradorex-oficial]

@@spimortdev Still having problems, but I'll check if community can help me with it 👍

[@spimortdev]

@@Ftradorex-oficial feel free to join my discord server, I'd be happy to help you (the link should be somewhere in my KZbin bio) 🙂

[@Ftradorex-oficial]

@@spimortdev Finally got the solution. So, I needed the .Net file and the .Net SDK latest version. Glad that Godot community helped. Now time to test the plugin!

[@spimortdev]

@@Ftradorex-oficial Awesome! Let me know how it goes 😎!

[@Wabiro]

Nice one

[@spimortdev]

Thank you! 😎

[@lego8292]

thank you!

[@trinketos]

Is this works in runtime?

[@spimortdev]

Yes, absolutely! I use it in my own game 🙂 There is a demo project in the repository that you can run. This is also showcased in my Twitter post here : twitter.com/spimortdev/status/1738059788699783342

[@Ehren1337]

thanks alot.

[@spimortdev]

no problem! 😎

[@ystervarkies1069]

gives error: Unable to load addon script from path: 'res://addons/terrabrush/Plugin.cs'.

[@spimortdev]

Make sure to use the .Net version of Godot. Also, make sure to hit that hammer button to build the project. 🙂 If needed, you can join my discord server (link in bio), I'll help you 🙂

[@ProjectDragonflyOfficial]

it says i cant enable the plugin with error "Unable to load addon script from path: 'res://addons/terrabrush/Plugin.cs'."

[@spimortdev]

Make sure to "compile" the project first using the Hammer button close to the play button 🙂 If needed, feel free to join my discord server, I'll help you with it!

[@OOF-sb3rk]

does it work with godot 4.2.2 ? cause i've tried to use it but it says "Unable to load addon script from path: 'res://addons/terrabrush/Plugin.cs'. This might be due to a code error in that script. Disabling the addon at 'res://addons/terrabrush/plugin.cfg' to prevent further errors."

[@spimortdev]

Yes, it works with 4.2.2 🙂 make sure to use Godot .net and to hit the hammer button to compile the project ! Also, if it's not done, make sure to install dotnet SDK

[@AngelCnderDreamer]

I tried to use your plugin and it not letting me enable it at all. It wont let me enable it and gives me a warning on my own project. Warning is this: " Unable to load addon script from path: 'res://addons/terrabrush/Plugin.cs'. This might be due to a code error in that script. Disabling the addon at 'res://addons/terrabrush/plugin.cfg' to prevent further errors." --------- I follow along and did the exact what you did in this video, downloaded the new version Godot V4 2.1 mono that supports #c. Same version of yours with NET. I dragged the folder into a new project, not enabling even after I did the create C# thing like you did in this video, I even tried using the demo that came with it and that isn't working and says the add on is disabled. :c It wont even let me click on the enable box at all in the demo. I even tried re downloading it, and Im still getting the same problem. Im not sure what I did wrong here.

[@spimortdev]

Hey! I'm sorry to hear that you had issues with it! The usual solution when this happens is to make sure you build the project after importing the add-ons, but clicking the hammer button. If this does not help, feel free to join my discord server, I'd be happy to help you with it (link should be in the bio) 😊!

[@AngelCnderDreamer]

@@spimortdev I forgot to update this comment. XD I already solve it with your help on discord. Also the problem was I didnt have NET installed. Thanks for the help again. ^-^

[@헥스48]

What do I do if there is no C# in the tools?